The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-21 00:00:00

AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN. Feb. 20. The America arrived here this evening, with dates from Boston to the Bth, and Halifax to the 10th. Landed Irish mails only, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. The Asia arrived out on the sth, the Canada eon the 10th, and the City of Washington on the Ith. The President sent a message to the Senate, returning the joint resolutions passed on the last day of the session, appropriating money for re moving the bar and obstractions at the mouth of the Mississippi. The Post-office Appropriation Bill debated and. Taut over till next day. Advices from Mexico state that detachments of soldiers and marines from the United States ships-of-war Brooklyn and Saratoga. by order of the Government, have been stationed at Tampico and Miniatiltan for the protection of our consulate and citizens. BOSTON, Feb. B.—Telegraphic despatches over land:— FRANCISCO, Jan. 14: The Northerner, belong ing to the Pacific Steam-ship Company, was - wrecked January 6th, on her passage to Portland in Oregon. 18 passengers and 18 crew drowned. —Advices from Victoria, Jan. 6 : Business and mining dull in British: Columbia.—Havannah slates, Feb. 2: Stock of Sugar, 20,000 boxes ; Exchange on London, 131 to 141; Freights 'slightly advancing.—Orleans, Feb. 4: Cotton active ; 27,000 bales, at 10-ac. to 11c.; Exchange, 71 to 8 ; Freights, 9-16 c. NEW YORK, FEB. 7.—Money a shade easier at 5 and 9 per cent. Exchange favourable; buyers on London. 81 to 4. ; and bankers' bills, 81 to 7,-. Stocks dull. Erie, 9 ; Central, 56: 7 - to 1 ; New "York Central, 711. Freights to Liverpool firm. Cotton, 7 30 to 1 ; Flour at 25.; Grain at 6s. to t6s. mod. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.—Flour active and firm, Wheat firm. Corn active and advancing; yellow, 76e. to 77c. Pork, $lB. BALTIMORE, Feb. 7.—Flour unsettled. Wheat 6rin. Corn dull. Provisions steady. Pork mess at $lB. CHARLESTON, Feb. 7.—Cotton : Sales to-day, 1,500 bales. SAVANNAH, Feb. 7.—Cotton : Sales to-day, , 1,073 bales; the last closing firm and unehango . A. MOBILE, Feb. 6.—Cotton market dull; sales, 12,000 bales ; Middling, 101. AUGUSTA, Feb. 7.—Cotton Wiles to-day, 2,000 bales ; not quotably lower. SHIPPING. The Norwegian brig L'Union, Benson, from Marsoifirs, Nov. 19, for Boston, put into New York Olt the 6th instant, in distress, having experienctd heavy westerly gales on the . passage, during . which she lost sails, &c., and got sbart of provisions. • IRELAND. CORK COUNTY ELECTION. The Cork, _Examiner states that the return of lir. Deasy will not be opposed. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. A fatal accident occurred yesterday. on the Eastern Counties Railway. The only, account published is the official statement from the Secre tary's office, which states that seven of the pas engers and the engineman have been seriously injured, some of them dangerously, and the fire -man was killed. The train was an .up-train from `Cambridge, and the accident occurred at the 'Tottenham station, about 9.20 a.m. It is believed to have been occasioned by the tire of one of the 'wheels having broke while the train was passing the station. Me following appeared in a portion of /our impression of yesterday MAIL NEWS. The Panther, with the Bombay mails, arrived at Marseilles at two p.m. yesterday. The mails left for London at Ave p.m. Letters to-morrow morning. FRANCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.I PARIS, Feb. 19. The Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany, after having passed a few days in the strictest incognita, at Paris, has left again for Bavaria. It is asserted that he is about 'to address a manifest to the Tuscan nation, promising to forget the past, and to grant constitutional reforms. AUSTRIA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] • VIENNA, Feb. 19. The Austrian Government has not sent a reply to the l‘tiglislt proposals for the settlement 'of the Italian Fquestion. It, is stated that the Governments o f A us t r i a , russia, and Russia, have arranged that their replies to the English proposal arrive simultaneously in Paris and London. DF,NMARK. fREUTIIR'S TELEGRAM.] , COPENHAGEN, Feb. 19. Bishop Monrid has arrived here to undertake the formation of the new Ministry. He has declared to the King that his ministerial programme - will entirely differ from that; of the late Cabinet. His Majesty has con sented to the policy of the Bishop. THE BUDGET. The kteputations from the various trades connected `with o.le bonded system throughout the United King. 'do* had interviews with the Chancellor of the Vvzhequer on Saturday, and, while agreeing with the Main features of the budget, pointed out the oppressive, and, in some cases, prohibitory effect of the charges pro posed to be laid upon goods in bond. Mr. Gladstone expressed his readiness to receive all suggestions, and to introduce such modifications as may be proved to be riaocessary. On Saturday the Chancellor of the Exchequer re teived deputations from various trades, including whole mile stationers, paper manufacturers, and distillers. The President of the Board of Trade likewise received seve ral deputations, which pointed out the importance of certain alterations they considered desirable in the budget or traty. The paper manufacturers complain that France prohibits the exportation of rags, while French paper would come in free; but they admitted. generally, the merits of the budget, which, with the treaty, was:calculated to extend the trade of the country. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.---: SAiiAy, The Earl of DER intiiika 110 w the Government intended to carry i'Nt'd effect the 20th article of the treaty of ralfs, Providing that the assent of Parliament slrokkld be necessary to the validity of the treaty ? He wished to know what steps the Government ititelide4 take, and referred to the precedent of het in. Itk7, when the treaty of commerce i; - 4 Nance was submitted to the two houses io by resolution. He believed that the tte44 Was most unpopular in France, and that the t inperor, with all his power, would have great difficulty in carrying its provisions into effect. • Earl GRANVILLE replied that Mr. Pitt only dealt With France, while at present we proposed to deal 'com mercial relations—with the woldd laige. If the pro visions requiring the tdigat of Parliament were agreed to by the etitti' Douse, it was intended to bring the *hate treaty before their lordships by way of addresS. As for the treaty itself, while certain Englishmen de clared it to be one-sided in favour of France, there were Frenchmen who declared it to be one-sided in favour of . England. After some remarks from Ott fice Duke of Argyll, and the Earl of Itardiiticb, the subject dropped. Their lordships lelloWtned at 7.40 p.m. THE BUDGET AND TREATY. Anew feature of the crisis is a notice of motion put upon the Howe of Commons paper by . Mr. Disraeli. Re will move that the house do not go into committee On the CUstoins' Act until they shill have assented to the treaty. The general feeling appears tohe, that he tray succeed with such an amendment without thereby s4 , :fiangering Ministers. 'The Herald contends that the assent to Mr. Glad stone's resolutions seriatim would have raised an insur mountable objection to a fair consideration of the treaty, and that to have a discussion on the treaty and the budget, as a whole, the house 'Miist pursue the line pointed out by Mr. Disraeli's amendment. The Times remarks, that while Mr. Du Cane offered battle in the fairest manner, Mr. Disraeli challenges the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a conflict in which vic tory will be fruitless and defeat harmless, after time wasted in a worthless contest of verbal subtleties and technical refinements. The Daily News thinks Lord Palmerston should let Mr. Disraeli have his own way, and thus to checkmate him. Mr. Disraeli has not the number necessary to win, and a decisive majority will be found ready to affirm the essential principles of Mr. Gladstone's project.. The Star exclaims that the battle of free-trade is to be fought over again : after eight, years of silence and submission, its enemies once more reappear; and venture to challenge yet another struggle. The Paris correspondent of the Times says the French Government will agree to make such modifications in the 11th article of the treaty—that relating to coals— as will facilitate the success of the measure. Liverpool Cough Specific is an unfailing remedy. We con gratulate the inhabitants of Liverpool that o simple and effectual a means of relief is at last procura ble. For years this great boon has been needed in this exposed part; and it being an undoubted cure for the most harassing coughs, we can recommend it.—Advt. UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. Preparations are being made in scientific circles for a grande reunion of scientific men from all parts of the world, to take place in the mon th o f August; and we bel i eve t h a t, i n addition to many of the continental sevens, such as I3ohoblozi ("ex it inere Africano redux"), Schafer, &C., very many of the scientific men of Great Britain and America have enrolled their names. It is intended to be held annually in one of the capitals of the world. DIRECTIONS TO NON-SWIMMING SRATERS.—Skaters unfortunate enough to fall through the ice are sometimes lost through want of a knowledge of how they ought to act, under such trying circumstances. Presence of mind is essential, and the legs and arms should be thrown out as much as possible to prevent the body sinking below the sutface. The ice should then be seized gently, the feet allowed to rise forward, and the head to sink back ward up to the ears in water, in which position two fingers of each band holding the ice would' keep ono floating for hours, and very thin ice would afford ample support. THE PRUSSIAN FRIGATE ARCONA.—A grand banquet has been given at Southampton by the Mayor of that borough to Captain Sundewell and the officers of the Prussian frigate Arcona, now under repair in the docks at that port. The banquet took place in the Council Chamber, and the splendid band of the frigate was stationed in the ante-room. The toast of "The Queen" was followed by those of " The King and Prince Regent of Prussia," "The Prince Consort, Prince of - Wales, and Royal Family," and " The Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia," all proposed in appro priate terms by the Mayor, and drunk most enthusias tically by the company, consisting of representatives of the two nations. PRINCE NAPOLEON'S FETE.—The Emperor and Empress were present at a fCte given at the villa of Prince Napoleon. The fete was given in honour of the anniversary of the marriage of the Prince with the Princess Clotilde. The building was beautifully deco rated for the occasion. The entertainments commenced by a dramatic representation. Both authors and actors Were warmly applauded by the company present. After the theatrical performance, at half-past eleven, dancing Commenced and was kept up until after three o'clock. Their Majesties retired at half-past one. REPORTED DEATII OF MR. HENRY DRUMMOND, M.P.—We are happy to say that the announcement of the death of Mr. Henry Drummond is premature. The bon. member, who is at Alhury Park, his seat near Guildford, was considered rather better en Saturday last, and some hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. Lord and Lady Lovaine and Lady Gage are staying with Mr. Drummond at Albury. Up to an advanced hour on S un day ev en i ng the relatives o f the hon. gentleman had not received the slightest intimation that his illness had terminated in death. MOUSE OF COMNIONS.-YESTERDAY, The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Lord J. Russell presented a petition, from merchants of London representing a capital of ten millions, approving the propositions of the Chancellor of the Etcheeptei as - calculated greatly to improve the trade of the COW* Mr. Crawford presented A petition Prorn merchants to the Smile eitett, • An immense r►ntrtbev 4 petitions were presented against the &Apt and the Commercial Treaty, occapy irg nearly an holt". • • On the order of the day for going into committee on the Customs Act, • • Mr. LANIGAN asked the ebief S': , :Zie'tary for Ireland whether the Government hale heed informed of the dis tress that at prettiit prevails amongst the agricultural labouring Masses in Ireland, who are left unemployed tobsequence of the unwillingness and reluctance of the. tenant farmers in that country to employ labour (:)r invest capital in the permanent improvenicnt of their farms, as long as the landlords posted 16 power of eviction without componsatir‘h *hether there are any funds at the disposal of the Government to meet such a case; and 'hut ther there is any intention of introducing such h 'bill this session as will have the effect of remov ing the cause of this distress. Mr: CARDWELL replied that the information he bad received gave a very different account of the state of agriculture in Ireland, which was, he was happy to say, in an improving and thriving condition, He lied already given notice of his intention to bring in a bill regulating the law of landlord and tenant in 'rebind. Mr. JAmrs asked the efiaototior of the Exchequer whether he is prepared to state the course her Majesty's Government intend to pursue with reference to the granting of licenses for the sale of beer and wine by retail, to the keepers of refreshment houses, as indicated by resolution No. 15, to he p-oposed in committee of ways and means, and whether he still intends to pro pose that resolution to the committee. • The CIWeCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER said he had already had a deputation which waited ni)oti him on the matter—that he could tot It the wine licenses in their present state IlricW the alteration now contempla ted in the wino duties ; but as to the mode in which this was to he done, it was a matter of detail, on which he was ready to receive suggestions. But: the question would not come on till the budget was far advanced, and a bill would he placed on the table in the first instance respecting which, if further inquiry was thought. necessary, he was ready to have it referred to a Select committee ; at all events, ample time would be given for the full consideration of any definite measure before it was carried out, In reply to Mr. NA • Lord J. itirssma, said that he had been 'asked if he would give n guarantee as to the occupation of the Suez Canal, supposing it to 'be completed ; 'he had de clined to do so. On the question for going into committee on the Customs Act, Mr. T. DUNCONEE asked if. there . was any arrange ment between this country and that of France for the modification of the treaty in the eirentOf certain portimis of that treaty being rejected by the honse. Mr. Du CAM:, considering that the resolution of Mr. Disraeli ought to have precedence 'over his own, post poned it to that of the right hon. member for Bucks, reserving the power of bringing it forward at a future time: Mr, lAtqusAy also postponed his resolution. Mr. DISRAELI said he should not, in moving his resolution, give any opinion on the. merits of the treaty or of the budget. He would say, however, that after giving fair attention to the terms of the budget, he and his party felt that after the profeesions they had so often maintained, especially on the subject of the iucome tax, they would 'not shrink from maintaining those pro fessions, and joining issue in the form of a reso lution, like that proposed by Mr. Da Cane, with which he expressed his full approval ; they further felt that the expression of their opinions should not be de= layed beyond the time of the question being pat that the Speaker leave the chair to go into committee on the Customs Act. There arose, however, a conversation on Friday as to the form in which the treaty was to be considered, in which the answer of the Government was so ambiguous, and respecting which, on looking into precedents, lie found the position of affairs so extra ordinary, that he had no alternative but to undertake the task of bringing forward the resolutien he was about to move. It could not be considered as a party move, as, from the state of the house, he had bad no opportunity of conferring with any of those with whom he was in the habit of acting, except with Sir H. Cairns. In no previous session had matters of so much importance been so early brought forward before the house, and in none where the opportunities of discussion had been so limited and abridged. He had been placed in a most unfair . position by the difficulties which had been raised against the due examination of these matters. Unless the course he proposed was adopted, the commercial treaty, as it never ❑aa been netore the House, never coulil be before the House for purposes of debate. lie proceeded to show this by analysing the process of discussion which would follow if they went into com mittee on the Ctistorns Act. tinder the Constitution, the House of Commons had power to give or to refuse its sane tion to treaties—they were not binding without its con sent; and, therefore, if the only opportunity of discussion given them was in the Customs Act, how werethey to debate the article affecting coal and others not connected with the customs ? He entered into the subject of the article binding her Majesty not to prohibit the export of coal, contending that it had no analogy with the Russian treaty negotiated last year by Lord Malmesbury. Was this a matter which ought to escape the due con sideration of the House of Commons ? This argument alone was sufficient for the purpose he had in view to , show that the entire treaty ought to be considered before they went any farther. In what other form could the treaty he brought before them. Was it to be in the form of an address to the Crown. Such a course would be unpre cedented, when the Crown had not first addressed the House. On all former occasions the Ministers had brought down a message from her Majesty. If, again, the Prime Minister were to propose a day for the consideration of the treaty, what form would that pro posal assume ?—they could not take upon themselves to offer to ratify the treaty. He repeated, that if the course he proposed were not followed, the treaty would never come constitutionally under their notice. The only means of extricating themselves from the humiliating position in which they were placed was by following the precedent of the treaty of.. 1786 when Mr. Pitt, on the first meeting of the ensu ing session in 1787, after giving ample time for con sideration, brought the treaty before 'Parliament in a committee of the whole house, and in the form of large and general resolutions, which were amply discussed, and passed after several divisions. Those resolutions were then sent to a branch of the legislature which seemed to be forgotten on the present occasion— the House of Lords. He called on the House to follow a precedent so much in point and warranted by such high authority. Adverting to the treaty, he declared it to have been a most unwise selection to have appointed Mr. Cobden the secret agent to the nogotiation of the treaty. It was not free from the idiosyncrasies of the negotiation. It involved the reckless destruction of revenue. Mr. Cobden would be at no loss how to supply it with his views on the re duction of expenditure. Again, the treaty was either one of reciprocity, or not; if it was, he never knew an occasion where reciprocity was less adroitly managed ; if not, he could see no reason for the treaty assuming its actual conventionaVorm. If the principles of free trade were good, those of constitutional government were better, and, he would add, much older. This treaty was devised so as to silence the voice of one branch of the legislature : let it not deprive another branch of the legislature of its privileges. He imputed nothing but inadvertence to the Ministry, and called upon them to adopt the course he proposed, which they could yet do both with dignity and honour. He concluded by mov ing, as a resolution, That this House does not think fit to go into committee on the Customs Act with a view to the reduction or repeal of the duties referred to in the treaty of commerce between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, until. it shall have considered and consented to the engagements in that treaty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the present question was one of procedure, and he, therefore, protested against the extraneous subjects in troduced into his speech by Mr. Disraeli. If it was true that the Ministry had been guilty of a gross breach of duty to the House, it appeared to him that the leader of the Opposition might have taken broader ground, and he had to thank him for imputing to them nothing worse than inadvertence ; but, he QM tended; thaOlye,:iitrt.t 10,ioitraele gentleman was correct 0, "040'4. kC Cis- facts nor his principles, and that the Government had adopted a course consistent with general propriety, with due regard to the priyilegps of the Rouse, and, what scented to, have been- forgtoent with regard to those great iireits 0-re roo4eV;, , e. affected &ea* th. C.'6 0t 16 viii: ireaty of Mr. Pitt, tie t'f'S'Oldi:CiVis referred to matters of small detail-- L : l'6y were neither large nor general; and, moreover, the treaty itself referred to other matters than those of com merce. With regard to the motion of Mr. Disraeli, he really did not know what it meant, and believed that Mr. Disraeli himself did not know. The treaty itself ~,ittesskre ferred to the only sanction 4 Wllich PArl44ditl, 06q1d give to treaties, tii'64el3; 5, IddislailVe sanction ; and declared yut I t he treaty should be binding when that legis lative sanction should be obtained. He denied the proposition of Mr. Disraeli, that , the consent of Parliament was necessary to the execution of the treaty. Many of the clauses referred to matters altogether out of the reach of Parliament. lltr. Disraeli had not iq atlylaY.poihal tilt how he would work pnt his t\ Ptil, The Government had followed the eeean't of Mr. Pitt, making due allowance for change of time and circumstances. How could Mr. Disraeli, with his official experience, conceive that a minister would dare allow months to elapse between the enun ciation and the 'execution of a treaty affecting so largely our revenue and our trade ? Of the niftily treaties of commerce executed hi the pteseiit Century, mind were alirtOlintea by Message froth the Cro*n. What *as the practical ditTbrence betiVetn paftii presented by conunand and A InesAnite fidril the provrt§ iii - ,§l.lAsitAk titt ttich a subject was puerile. fi ad •Air. 1 4 itt, lived at the present period of commercial development he would have used more dispatch and not have alloW'ed the same delay to intervene ivbieli he then permitted. Mr. Pitt had pro, os . ed hid treaty lei committee of the *h6le IiOASe. The present Govern ment had ii4.t4Ply Considered the matter, and hail come t . . 4 the conclusion that Mr. Pitt had acted right under his circumstances, and that they should act Wrong if, under present circumstances, they adopted- the same course. Mr. Pitt negotiated a treaty exclusively referring to France. The measures now intended to be taken In Cqnsetitipo,e dt tl±d treaq were general ; they did ti'at apply to any one country in Orttelliar, and therefore would not have been deter mined in committee on a French treaty. They had adopted the spirit of the proceeding of Mr. Pitt, without following his precedent with a blind super stition. He declared, on the part of the Govern ment, that if the House assented to those parts of the treaty which required legislative sanction, it Was their intention to bring the treaty as a whole before the House; not that a treaty could be sanctioned eortstitiv• tionally by the House ) hitt in order that such an instru ment might have all possiblenioral sdpport. AAVertibtd to tlit) otlectiOris that viii Government had niited up thh treaty and the budget, his answer was, that they had done so in the first place, to avoid exclusive pro ceedings, and secondly with . a view to public interests which would have materially differed if the terirs of the treaty had been carried out without being' connected with the general arrangements of the year. Sir H. CAIRNS urged that there were points in the treaty requiring the assent . of Parliament which conld not he considered in cointhittet: On Mid diistonis Act he quoted lht Miele affecting coal as well as others. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL repeated, as Mr. Gladstone had done, that the 'objections of Mr. Disraeli were futile and puerile, and called on the House to proceed at once to the important discussion of the budget. Sir P. KELLY objected that there was no pro Vision for modifying the treaty in case any one article was rejected by the Howie. The treaty was one which the - Miaistry ought not to have entered into witluutt the previous approval of the House and of public opinion. Mr. NEWOEGATE lamented that fitiiher time had not been given for the oonsideration of the tieAtYl Tbefe Was no reason N'Aiateier sVlij'r it Shoilid have been put tints early. Mr. Cobden had, he declared, got the House into a very pretty fix. The House was trapped, in fact, and he thanked Mr. Disraeli for interposing, if only for a few hours to allow more time for reflection. Mr. AYILTON said that, in this present proceeding, the Government had forsaken all precedent, and entered upon a course altogether new. He demanded that' the treaty should be substantially brought, in the first in stance,-before them, and he therefore should vote for the resolution. The various interests affected by the treaty had A right to be heard before MO pledged themselves to a definite course with regard to the duties affected by it Mr. MALINS said the treaty had excited the apprehen sions and jealousies of the people, and it was not a puerile proposition to demand that the opinion of Par liament should be taken before they pledged themselves to serious reductions in the revenue. Mr. BRIGIL r reprobated the resolution as attempting to do by a side-wind what wonid have been done in a more manly and straightfontard tome. tegditi tion of M. Dd. ethic. As a free-trader, he should give the budget his decided support. Mr. S. FITZGERALD took Up the coal question. lie said that a steam fleet was useless without good coal ; that it could only be got from England; and that we were depriving.oursolves et' the advantage voi k ieil nature had given us. Were the)', or Ai - e0 thOi ridt; td liOe the opportunity dr eipibssiiig their opinions on this article? \V were they to' be able to express their opinion on the clause having reference to shipping. Lord J. Russ-Era, said that the effect of the resolution was to declare that the rights of the Crown were not valid without the consent of the House. How could they propose to go through every article of a treaty, half of which depended upon the prerogative of the Crown and half upon the consent of the Le,gislatoro Mr. Pitt, in the year 1787, only asked the assent of the'llonse of Commons to those articles *Ma *ere within its competence. He assmicd that the right Course was the one noW adopted by the Ministry to bring forward first those articles requiring the assent of Par liament. and thus giving an opportunity to the House to express their opinion on the whole. There were those who declared whenever France mado a movement that she meant war. llis belief was that the Emperor now felt and recognised- the advantages of free trade. He agreed with Mr. Bright that the more easy coarse was that proposed by Mr. 1)u Cane, and reprobated tht attempt to embarrass the house by tlin tains Of the resolution now before theni. Mr, .mTzett when the 7Atth article nt the treaty especially required the assent of Parliament, to hear that the article was to bear the limited construc tion now put upon it. He declared the conduct of Mr. Pitt to have been respectful to the country and to the House; while the secrecy on the present occasion—first in the negotiation, and then in the execution of the treaty, and present postponement of the treaty—to the budget, showed that there was something ill the trans action which would not bear the light. He protested against the advantage that would he given by this treaty to t military and already too predominant power. How were they to take in all the political considerations in volved upon a discussion of tire budget—in itself a most important one, and demanding separate examination ? Tie compared the budget with the financial reforms of Sir R. Peel—saying that Sir R. Peel was like a gentle man who spent money on his estate to obtain a large r. , turn ; while th© Chancellor of the Exchequer spent the estate itself, and then went. upon the highway and robbed the first coining, He ended by prOtesting against the present state of things, involving the expenses both of peace.and war. LOta PALM RALSTON, with much warmth, said that if the proposal of the resolution was that they were to go article by article through the treaty, it was unquestion ably unconstitutional. It was only in committee on the Customs that the articles could he discussed that were the foundation of the treaty. The resolution ought to he withdrawn at once as a childish interniptioti of business. It was the intention of the Gavernment, he repeated, to bring the treaty by address under the cognisance of Parliament, as Mr. Pitt had - - done in 17874 In reply to Mr. Heilman, he said that his arguments went to forbid intercourse with France al together. He asserted that Mr. Gladstone in his budget had strictly followed the precedent of Sir Peel. The House divided, when the amendment was re jected by 293 to 230. Mr. Du LAYS gave notice that in committee on the customs, this day, he should move a resolution,, in ternis as nearly similar as possible to the one of which be had already given notice, as the forms of the House would allow. The Heine then went into committee on the Customs Act pro formi, and immediately resumed. The report of the Committee of Supply was then brought up, The House adjourned. at five minutes to one. A SUICIDE'S GHOST LAID. ---The case of Scully v. Ingram, of which our readers may have observed fre quent notices of late, has just been settled. It is curious enough that on the ve r y anniv ersary of Sadleir's death acase arising out of one of his frauds should be under discussion in an English law court. The plaintiff was Mr. Vincent Scully, member for the county of Cork ; the defendant, Mr. Herbert Ingram, the mem scnily £9,000. In that year an ber for Boston, and proprietor of the well-known illustrated weekly paper. In the year 1851 John Mr. s r ilie Castle Hyde Estate, in the county vhStneliceauretlst(l)hyfae't e back e o S ;* at(l3 C itic o e' r r k k , lol w :w a ed s il for sale. Mr. Scully had £lO,OOO at his disposal, which sum, together with the above debt of £9,000, made £19,000. For this the Castle Hyde Estate could be bought, and Mr. Scully gave directions to John Sadlier accordingly. Sadlier bought in the estate as directed, but he was not ready with the £9,000, and it was resolved to resell the estate. This, too, was done. some 1 11 l i d negotiate with Mr. Ingram s at ent l i e y as d t, esi S r a e d d li t e o r Mr. Ingram was the purciih:3:lslsde2r, i — n Ms t °r h ' e county. Sadlier Early in 1853 it b i tt n ho e f e e li o : r u m n tr l o e c e lh a d t a h sh i : e f i o t r nt ; was agreed that Mr. Ingram should convey the estate hack to Mr. Scully for £25,000. Mr. Ingrain held himself forth as the owner of the estate. Two afterwards Mr. or three days Ingram had re solved to raise the price. He afterwards evinced an apparent disinclination to part with the property on any terms. Matters remained in this unsatisfactory con dition until after Sadleir's suicide, when it appeared that Mr. Ingram had never actually become the purchaser of the estate, and that Mr. Scully haul been the subject of a very gross mystification. , The only que s ti on * as whether Mr. Ingrain was really aware of what had been done; was he particeps crintinis or co-dupe with Mr. Scully ? The decision of a jury was ad verse to Mr. Ingram, who obtained a new trial ; but the charge of fraud against 111. r. Ingram has now been withdrawn, and the pecuniary question between the parties is left to arbitration ; 50 the ghost of John Sad& has been laid once more, T . T . M .. PAIL IME Y TS, TUESDAY; FEIPVCARY 21 i -7 1840:,1 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ,FATAACCIIVRT .A. 1,13/ MEM' I egertlay Rag r abottt tWo 41014 , a rat ACC,tident COnrted at the 6 ; 6 N. 614011 "ibe by ..'jut), Lioniii,s, labaufiei, Was killed oil the spot, and Charles Taylor, also a labourer, severely injured. Taylor had his legs fractured, and his head severely contused. It is a great wonder that he was not killed, for he fell from a height of 54 feet. COUN'Tt COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before W. A. Mil ton, Esq.)—CtAtst FOR Commtssion.—The plaintiff in this Vc*.,,iltr: 50,4. Steift, Ortys.ite l eitt.prOz Piet(it thili Thb NripAit feeofei tbb ilfiti of JA4 Troth tlie. defendant,. His , 110tioiir ben , sidered that the plaintiff's evidence was entitled to more weight than that of the defendant, and accordingly gave a verdict to the former for the full amount claimed. HIGHEST TIDE FOR A CENTURY.-11. Rabinet, the successor of Arago, says, in the Journal des Debate, that there will be the highest tide on the Bth of March next thaf there bas been in Europe for,A ; eentuy.. ; At lvetpooX tli hlkhea,t tide of the ptc64hit yiJaf, rig the 9th of March, when it will be 21 feet 11 inches above the Old Dock sill, and the lowest an the following Friday, when it will only rise 10 feet 1 inch above that datum. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—ReIIITII for week ending 18th February:--Admitted : In-patients, 33; out patients, 28 ;, surgical casualties, 32. Discharged : Cured, 28; relieved, and at own request, 4; made out patients, 4; irregitlar, 0; dead, 6: Remain in the house, 185. FM' the eilsaing, Webk—Visitdis, lkio4si's. Charles P. Melly and AV: Ratlitinne, jun; ;.Pnjisieian, lir. Indian; Sargeon,Mr. Long. lionse Stirkeqn; Mr:,T. S. w,ijk or; htimir Mr. Allefi 13110ia1'ci Poole. Charles Treasurer. LIVERPOOL Drsinmiati?_;s.—Nlimlier of patients diiring - the paSt week.—New cases received advice and medicine at the institution : North, ,W ;, South, 102 total, 357. Nevi cases visited at their own houses, and supplied With inedidne!, North, 02 ; South, 81.;. told, L 73. Itek. IteCtk Capiain vide-president of North Dispensary; Mr. Charles Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary ; Mr. Francis Mill, treasurer ; . Mr. F. H. Langley, secretary. Office, Leith-offices, Moorflelds. POCKET-PICKING AT BIRKENIIEAD.—On Saturday several persons had their pockets picked at Birkenhead. and it was evident that there had been an importation i c of " talent." Thepolice were on the alert, and in the evening SttpßEint9 etA Ilirtiie plight ir . ilpleg 1 1 , oyle; a tYlk iibin lAvcilioo , in tie act of picking a man's pocket near the market. Yesterday the offender was sent to gaol for three months.—A woman was charged with picking a man's pocket of £1 95., hut the - case was not strong enough to warrant a conviction, and she was discharged. .... . PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.-At the fortnightly meeting of this society, held last evening, at the Royal Institu tion, Colquitt-street, the chair was occupied by the president, the Rev. H. H. Higgins: The cecretaiy ackno*ledgod receipt, of the Preeeedings of the Royal AstrotiorriidEd SoeittS, arid. of d by entitled, " kniudatiOn fora Neil Theol df lqedieine." tiriouS objects of interest Were eillibtad; . . and .tIO ,Papers, • i'et' by .tie President; " The proper stied j, Of marikmd man ;" and the " the iltisertiellt bbd Of .1t664 Lion in the neighbourhood of Liverpool," by Mi. MOridti, F.G.S. ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.—CharIes Goodenough, a sailor on board the ship Cultivator, in the river, fell off the top-gallant-mast-yard on the deck, and sustained a compound fracture of the left leg and compound fracture of the right thigh, with severe contusions of the body. —Patrick Sweeny, a labourer, residing in Bent-street, received a seterit contused ankle, .by five bags of rice ills hitt! dt Waterloo thick.;- , :joha k4h 4 ierioud,,,a labourer, residing in litiblin-street, sustained -a severe contused back, by a cart crushing him against the wall, at the WaterlooLstation of the London and North- Western Railway. PRESENTATION OF A SILVER BUGLE TO THE FIRST LANCASHIRE VeLeYrnaris.—We understand that this ceremony, which is to take place to-morrow evening, and which has, excited so much attention among all classes of the community, will he attended by some of the principal gentlemen. of the Own and neighbourhood iii lUdinn those eartilettiki With the Military §eniee: We also Understand that General Pennefather, late &minor of .11ialta, awl, at Present, commander of the Northern DiCsion of Lancashire, Will he present. In WriseePieliee df the arrangenients for the fortlienniiiic randy dress }l i f the WOoden -flooring is td be retained; and as this will, in sonic degree, interfere With Lin; regii- Latium previously made, some of the best seats in the gallery have been set aside fur the exclusive use of the ladies. . , MEETING OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS OF SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. Last night the first general meeting of the superintendents .and teachers of the Sunday-schools of Liverpool and members of the Young Men's Christian AsSociation, for conference on matters relating, to the work of Sunday-schools, was held in litope=hall, Dr. Flctelier presiding. About tito•ltridted Persons titre pfeSeut. . After detotional etercist's, the meeting was addressed by the chairman, who. stated that the plan on which . these . niectity .Were to be held was similar to that of the Social Science gatherings. It Was intended that a friend should read a paper, and that discussion upon it should afterwards take place, as the promoters were anxious to make the meetings as practical as possible, and to result in eliciting the views, alms, and experience of those engaged in the Sunday-school work, and thus render more useful the Sabbath-schools of the town. Mr. R. H. Turner, of Cranmer School,' then read a paper on " The Conversion of the - Young," which Was followed by discussion. Votes of thanks to ebairtrian tlnil td the feadei.' Of tile paper *ere passed, and the proceeding:. concluded with prayer. LIVERPOOL TRADESMRN^S GRAND -FANCY AND VULL DRESS BALL.--7-The energy and tact with .which the committee of management, have gone about the pre liminary arratigenierits for this very interesting event prdniise mdst fairly for its ultimate and entire success; They have already been fOrtunatc in securing St. ;i degfee ofithlginent Which efddit i the);Hanle drhfflged that the brill shall be such as to allow it to be participated in by the juvenile 111PIllhers of families, for whom a grand juvenile fancy ball will take place in the splendid concert-room up stairs. The grand hall will be set out as a salle de dqnse for the ladies and gentlemen who ivill avail themselves of this opportunity of enjoying- such an entertainment as is but rarely atforded, and which, could not be matched in the abundance and beauty of its aceommod Hon in :my other town in the kinedom. A distinguished list of patrons and patronesses have, with the ntmost eordiallty ;Old ;isPecd td tdtlittet - firiCe tllti Hall. The names of the committee include those of all the leading tradesmen in the town, whose alacrity and energetic exertions in its behalf insure for it a cer tainty of success. This is not to be wondered at, when it is reflected that it at once met with the willing Counten ance of William Preston, Esq., the late mayor, and of William Brown, Esq., the generous donor of the Free Public Library; but while this cannot be otherwise than encouraging, it is not less gratifying to know that, so early as yesterday afternoon, several hundred tickets had been disposed of, MAIO, El's enthflettun.-4he. *Hcly meeting of the Markets Committee was held yesterday morning at the Town-hall, Alderman Woodruff in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Ridley, Shinnnin, Kitchen, Nicksun, Johnson, and Barton.— The returns of .the receipts anti . expenses of the various markets were read. For the Fish Market, it appeared, that since the commencement of the corporate bear up to the p resen t ti me th e rece i pts h a d een £6OB, and the expenses £BO. In the correspond ing period of th e previous year the, receipts were t•O‘2, and the eXpenses £123. The Chairman reutarlied that this showed au increase of ,about £2OO in nearly six months —a very gratifying result.—Mr. Kitchen a*cd how the increase arose. The Chairman said by an improved mode of working the • market. Matters were now more closely looked after, and altogether the management was much better than previously had been the case.—The Superintendent of the markets produced his weekly_report of the seizures of unwholesome meat anti fish. During the past week, it appears that in the north district there had been siji7ed 531bs. of meet l in the .Central distfict, di' meat; none in the south district; and that throughout the town there had been seized 3,9261b5. of fish.--In answer to the chair man, Mr. Hutchinson, the superintendent, said that all bad meat offered for sale in shops in any part of the town could bo seized by the officers. Meat that was seized was taken to St. John's Market, where there were many butchers, and thus an impartial jury was obtained to say whether the meat was sound or not, —The other business before the committee was Of a fofitilie MitKISTI MISSIONS AID SOCIETY.—A public meeting in connection with this important branch of missionary enterprise was held in Hope-hall, Hope-street, last evening, for the purpose of hearing information from a deputation in reference to the progress of the Gospel in Syria, Palestine, Asia Minor, and other portions of the Turkish empire. Adam Hodgson, Esq., took the chair on the occasion ; and the depu tation consisted of the Rev. Dr. Wortabet, a Pro testant pastor from Mount Hermon, and the Rev. J. K. Tucker, incumbent of Northwich, Cheshire. The Rev. J. B. Lowe, having opened the meeting with prayer, the chairman proceeded to explain the .objects of the gathering, Those missions in the East were first established by our American friends. They were very conscious of the extreme difficulties which they had to (mounter; but, with thoroughtgling energy and self devotion, the American missions had invariably been characterised with success. The Americans found their field of labour extend so considerably on every side, that they were compelled to seek co-operation and support in England. The appeal was res ponded to by the :English ; and, instead of establish ing a new mission, we united ourselves with the machinery already in existence. The sphere of those missions was a very extensive one, comprising Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Kurdistan —coun tries associated in our mends with our earliest recollec tions of those beautiful, Scriptural, touching pictures of pastoral life—associated with our recollection of the lives and labours of the Apostles ; b u t s till more asso eiated with the scenes consecrated by the life anirdeath of our Saviour. Having alluded to the usefulness of another agency, the Malta College, which he held to he important, whether regarded in a diplomatic, consular, or evangelical point of view ; the chairman wont on to say that when we looked at the Turkish empire, in the last stage of dissolution, and when we considered that in all human probability it must shortly crumble into dust, we could not over-estimate the importance of this great scene of Christian labour. (Applause.) We heard a great deal now of treaties of commerce, and national conventions, and political com plications ; but was there nothing interesting and significant in the fact that two nations like England and America were uniting their efforts to carry back the Gospel to those regions from which we first received the light of Bible truth ? (Applause.)—The Rev. J. K. Tucker next addressed the meeting ; giving various interesting details of the origin of the Turkish Mission Society, and the present condition of the Gospel in the Turkish empire. The mission included 45 churches, and about 1,600 communicants ; and in connection with those churches between 7,000 and 8,000 of the popula tion were enrolled . as a Prot , stant community. In Constantinople alone, • there were nineteen American missionaries and thirty-one native agents, and they occupied eleven distinct places of Worship.—The Rev. Dr. Wortabet, the Protestant pastor from Mount Hermon, also addressed the meeting; and, after several interesting details of missionary effort in the East, he concluded by an earnest appeal on behalf of the society. A collecgon in aid of the society concluded the pro ceedings. - . THB BROUSIE FAMiE4 Pfkirit - thCilit'T Ai CtAYTON- IiALL.—This talented faiidly are perterm ng . , nightly, t 3 numerous and delighted audiences, an almost entirely TAW ,selection. of Anusic, besides many of their old favourites. Everyone shiitad heir these Most charming 11 , 4trutilgi of .t k:7 SHO are t • teginttig ttoit4 #0,111„ nt invited, by advertisement in to-day's paper, to VLEY.q At/letting, to beheld to-morrow •afternoon, in the Bible Society's House, Slater-street, to assist the Domestic Mission in their efforts to alleviate the temporal and spiritual wants of the people in the populous districts of this Large town, oti the plan of "The Missinff Link." Art]) EAR INVIRMARY, MOUNT- PiiEitSAN.T.-4(11 4iitirie s4geqi i littet Neill, Esq. ; I , ig,+(fil4 7 lethh gittj.; •.1 - fibliert., Taylor, Dr. Nevins; Assistant-Stegoon, I, ; Treasurer, J. .G. Livingston, Esq. Report fOr week ending Feb. 18, 1860 :—New cases : Eyes, 74 ; Ears, 22. Prescribed for, and received surgical assistance : Eves, 328; Ears, 135. ST. COLTIIBA'S CHURCH.—The annual congregational soiree of this church was held last evening in the school room; PlensmW§trent. ,`lip zoom has decorated for the occasion, thb rieniefous, mittpdasist ,es i ldeqy r seemed determined to enjoy themselves. hi the oniirfi4 of ,the evening the audience were addressed - by the Rev. Mr. Bunt, the Rev. R. Moore, and the Rev. A. Gore. The proceedings were brought to a conclusion by singing and prayer. CORONER'S COURT.—The following inquests were held j at this court yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner ;--On the body of Catherine M'Govern, 46 years of age ; who resided at 20 1 Napier.street, The deceased was a woman dtrfitigly addicted t drink, and on last Saturday flight, *Hite in a state Of into4catioti, she fell dowit Otnitg;., and *as ad. setoiely injtitcd that death bristled in Aft I;urs. ' The airy feitirded a Verdict to the effect that deCeased died ftotti a fall Whilst in a state of intoxication.—Also on the body of lames Caskill, a cotton porter, who was accidentally killed, on Satiirday last,by the falling of th ree b a l es o f cotton. Verdict accordingly. Td i eAtan ROl'4f.—Professor Wiljaiba Frikell is nightly lA-fan - tit/I to crowded highly delighted houses at the Roya, in his new ;inn el6gatit entertain ment, entitled "Two Hours of Illusions." The pro- ' fessor, as is well known, has performed by command, before the court at Windsor Palace ; he enjoyed a run of popularity for no less than six hundred nights in London, and there is already every appearance of his " Two. Hours of Illusions" being quite as popular in Liverpool. We can safely say that it deserves the pa tronage f all. Who arc ,c4pable of enjoying a beautiful and really clever display (4 hat t'ornmonly de nominated magic. The hand under the leadership of Mr. Joliffo agreeably fills up the occasional 'intervals between the tricks, with excellent, music. BOUNDARY-STREET CHAPEL.—The annual tea-party in connection with this chapel was held last. night in the school-room 'underneath the chapel. After the liberal tea, which was provided fer the occasion, had been partaken of, the company adjourned to the chapel, for the purpose of hearing the annual report, and addresses h the different ministers 'Who were present. dtithieiller Tonkin Oetillied the Chttif, and after the retiorVidd been:en, read, piqeidd ti,ddtpss the meeting. Mr. erlidn. 'Was loudly afplauded thintighout, concluded by calling upon the Rev. Mr. GranshaWe to Move the first resolution:. Mr. Granshawe, in a brief gOeech,. proposed that the report be adopted. The niotidri was seconded, and carried by acclamation. Some other gentlemen blftt_i*ardS addressed the company, and the meeting concluded with a dordial vote of thanks to the chairman. _ . VV LANCAsinitE VOLUNTEERS. — The signature of the following. commissions has been announced .in the Gazette :-Bth Lancashire Artillery Volunteers: William Clay, Esq., to be captain ; George Swainsen, Gent., to be first lieutenant; John Clay, Gent., to be second Iteittentint,i lan. 9.-7th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers: William Halsteiid EleWhitest, tlent,,,, to be lieutenant, vice Robert Ellis Green, resigned ; cashire Rifle Volunteers : John Lees, Esq., to be captain; Thomas Mellor, Gent., to be lieutenant; Feb. 7.-36th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers: Robert Ellis Green, Esq., to be captain; Walter Watson, Gent., to be lieutenant; Feb. 7.-39th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers: William James Griffith, Esq.,. to be captain; William Henry Jones, Gent., to be lieutenant; Benjamin Gibson, Gent., to be ensign Feb. 9. WArmt ComictirrE.—Yr. Tiodsrm presided at the usual weekly rutaitig df the Water ettaffitute, yester day ; and the other nieltibers preScfmit Were--*lfesseg. Ctellini Mee,. Farnworth, Rae, Wagstaff, Woodruff, Bennett, and Earle.--The engineer reported that during the' Week there had been received from Rivinrton 7d,J3741i of titer, ,and from the wells there had been punilied h,416,129 gallons; 'total supply, 93,783,243 gallons. There had been tt ilst Of 21 inches in the Prescot (No. 1) reservoir, and a fall in the other reservoirs as follows :—Roddlesworth, 2 feet 11 inches ; Rake, 2 feet 11 inches; Anglexark, 21, inches; Riving ton, 5 . 1- inches ; Prescot (No. 2), 2 feet and three-fourth, of an inch.—An application from Captain Bousfield, for permission to use the top of the Audley-street and Ken- , smngton reservoirs as drilling places, was read. The applidatioii was not granted, by a vote of five against to font for. Jt'oiris thought that the croWdS would damage the top of the reseifdirs bat Vifoodrulf said he had authority for stating th at,if the privitige there granted, a guard would he appointed to keep order. A IhNDsOME PREStNT..—The Earl of Sefton having determined to present a clock to the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, on the occasion of his leaving the regiment, Mr. Hancock, the 'silversmith, of Bond ' street, was entrusted with the commission, and the work, now completed, is both bold in design and deli cate in execution. The movement is enclosed in a dwarf square pillar of ebony, springing from a tablet of the same materials Qn this latter, facing the spectator, are tWo pritateS, in the Uniform of the regiment, renewing it Charge of cavalry, Behind them MVO Others, also in unifortn, "on guard." These figures, modelled iit giffei, by Mr. Marshall Wood, from men still in the regiment, Whti tllstirlgtiislietl th6m , seivei by brave conduct during the Crimean War, fife pleasing works of art, and remarkable for the fidelity of the portraiture. On the square pillar beneath the clock face is a silver tablet, inscribed with the object of the Presentation. Surrounding the upper part of the dial are two antique &ailed figures holding the laurel tyreath of victory ; these are finely executed in relief, the prose being elegant, and the drapery graceful amid gloting. A majestic British lion is at the base of the clock, while a group of flags, •eirnins, and other military insignia form the uppermost ornament. The whole work is original and appropriate. LivEitrooL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. iiiiTi.Es;) ASSAULTING THE POLlCE. —Patrick Murphy, a strong looking fellow, whose appearance was very unprepossess ing, was charged with having assaulted several police officers who had interfered with him, in order to prevent hint creating a disturbance. Of course the prisoner said he got the worst of it; but, notwithstanding this, he was ordered to pay 40s. and costs. STABBING BY A FEMALE.—A young woman, named Matilda M‘Donald, was charg e d with having stabbed Jane Itilpode, who, as well as the prisoner, residtn in lirinee Minn - I -steed: It appeated, front the statement of the prosccutrix, that the prisortet WAWA het td go for ale without money ; and that when -"she rettised, the prisoner seized her by the hair, pulled her to the ground, and then taking a knife, stabbed her on the forehead. The prisoner, who expressed sorrow for what she had done, and pleaded drunkenness as an excuse, was sent for trial. WHAT'S TILE USE OF Tun BstinpAYELL RECORDS ? James Jeffers Was eharge4l with having stabbed a lalidnief flashed Man's M‘Duffy. The prosecutor alleged that about nine o'clock on the previous evening he was passing along Addisim-street r on his *Ay hote, having been enjoying himself at a public-house in Byrom-street, and was stopped by the prisoner, who seized him by the coat, and asked him where he was goin g . The prosecutor pushed him away, that the prisoner should mind his own business, and immediately afterwards he was stabbed °vet the eye. In reply to Mr. Raffles, the prosecutor said that he had been drinking with the prisoner, but had not seen bins liefore Sdnday, *hen he Met hint with some girls whom he knew.—Mr. Jones, surgeon, St. Anne's Dispensary, said the wound had penetrated -to the bone, and was dangerous. The prisoner denied the charge altogether, alleging that he and the prosecutor were drinking together, and that it was not till that morning that he had thought of charging him. lle added that the prosecutor had asked him who it was that had inflicted the wound.--Mr. Raffles : Is the pri soner known here ?—Bridewell-keeper lie was here last 'Week, tot breakin r ,(7 windows. - Mr. Raffles : Is that alo—Bridewell-keepW That's all I know about him —Officer 661 : Why, sit, he has been transported, and has served his time. After serving the first three years, he was released on a ticket of-leave, but, having stabbed a man who subsequently died from the wound, he was apprehended, and 'served the remaining four years, besides six months to which he was sentenced for manslaughter.—The prisoner was _ sent for trial. vV' A MAIL CHARGED WITII BREAKING INTO HIS OWN Box..—William Hicks, who resides in Queen-street, Edge-hill, was charged with having stolen £lB 2s. 6d. the property of Thomas Waterson, a boat builder. Mr. Bluck appeared for the defence, and elicited in cross examination that the money had been taken out of the prisoner's own box, the prosecutor allegin g that though this was the case, the money belonged to hint, having been given to the prisoner's wife for safety. Mr. Black also questioned the prosecutor as to intimacies between himself and the prisoner's wife ; but though he :idmitted that the prisoner was often absent, he denied that any thing 'improper had taken place between him and Mrs. Hicks. lir. Raffles did not think there was any case of felony, and ordered the prisoner to be diScharged. B WIFE EATING.—A man, named Richard Dowling, was brought up, charged with having assaulted his wife, but the woman being unable to appear, he was remanded ti I 1 Thursday. _ ° OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PILETENCES.—A woman, named Mary Ann Jones, a resident of .Warren-street, was charged. with having obtained the sum of 10s. by representing herself as another person, named Margaret Jones, and by signing the mime of Margaret Jones to a p os t -office oilier. it appeared that a woman, named Mary Jones, sent a post-office order for 10s. addressed to her sister, Margaret Junes, St. Vincent-street East, and that the letter-Carrier, having been in the habit of leaving . letters for Mrs. Sarah Ann Jones with the land lord of the Crane public-house, left the letter in which the poet-office order w as . enc l ose d at t h at p l ace a l so. Mrs. Sarah Ann Jones, finding that the letter was. not intended for her, made inquiries for the owner, and the prisonr having on this circumstance represented herself as the person to whom the letter was addressed, Obtained the order, signed the name of Margaret Jones, and reccivcc the money at the post-office. She was sent for trial. HoumnitnAxmo.—John Williams, (rlias Lythgoe, a man vho had had the honour of appearing seventeen times before the magistrates, was charged with having broken .nto the shop of Mr. Nicholson, leather-cutter, Scothinl-road, and with havir , stolen a pair of boots, a cash-)ox, and about live shillings ; and Ann Cuff, a ti a4 Mirtin, was charged with receiving the stolen pro perty. The premises were b ro k en i nto on Th urs d ay night, Ind on Friday the woman was stopped offering the boos for pledg e at Mr. Thompson's, Scotland-road. Detectile-officers Marsden and . 1 4edmond, on visiting the house occupied by the prisoners, found in a bed in which the inab prisoner slept a chisel corresponding to the marks bade on the window when an entrance was effected. The boots were identified by a person in the employ )f the prosecutor, and the prisoners wore sent for trial. LIVERPOOL INgTITUTION FOR THE RAINING EMP . Lot'Mfgrr OF NURSES. I: The anntfai ineAiirr l g shipporters of this society' awratesinheo.lo. . d n.i at the institiftiovi Soho street, yesterday ay . the absence of Mr. BroU,crhain, Mr. E. W. Copper eld t 6 report of th'e,.oi)brations - of the Society during klic Vaq Feet,, which was as follows The committee t 7 Li much pleasure in presenting MA :mond Men, for The institution continuos steadily to fiouriSh, SVAI as,ttiev hope and w tpliril ~ I litn .hnstitution have believe to increase in usefulness. The income GeMefi from the sums received for the services of the nurses is 'raga ttati dttritiii Any previous year, and the general testimony as to their eificienev continuos to be quite as satisfactory. The comittittee Would take this Opportunity of requesting all who emplo) , the rtqrses of this mstltlititin, to make a point of stating,ciiitlifirliv their opinion of the efficiency, or otherwise of the riii4S 'W fife fiii,o4vo Of Melt' chides. as it is only by this means that the conatiit.ee cdii, juogeof their qualification for their work. Very many' most grz - ?feruf.zirtfega jias'e been received from those who have had the service's eif tS'ennises., tither gratuitously granted by the committee, or at a con siderably reduced rate of charge. At the close of the 'year the balance in the hands of the treasurer amounted to about £220; and the committee feel that this is a rerr cheering circumstance as regards the per manent welfare of the institution; for although the health of theAtirses has on the whole been very good, it is not to be ex peetkl.that qtyie* a large and increasing staff there should be no eases of 'or dtebiAitY; .;wllich, by disabling_ the nurse from attending to het ditties; prevernsbeT frinri adding to the receipts of the society. „ 'I he number of cases attended by the nurses during thd`fast year WAS 168. Of gratuitous cases, 49 weeks; of cages at reduced charge, 76 weeks. The committee have to express their grateful thanks to J. N. Walker, Esq., of Calderstone, for a very kind donation of Lilt), and to Mr. P,rocklehurst, of Macclesfield. £10; and to Mrs. Moss, of Otterspool, for a donation of Li, towards a fund to be especialli , set dealt for the benefit of sick and disabled nurses, which plan the corn- Millet Rope may in time he fully careed out. • The nurse who was permitted by the committee to take cluO Re of the inValid Hospital; Wart given much satisfaction to the comtnittee managing that hist/anion. They have great Eopea that, it May, prdre ti real benefit to the Institution for training pit sk. tbongh front the great demand for the gel-Vices of the hike esta'blishment oh this hospital, it Ills not been possible for tei he tis'intrett there' as world he de sirable, its order to learn Aire of .the piinor requisites of nursing, so pleasant and. indeed, frtitikittily Sb essential to the comfort of the patient in a sick room. The committee would wish to express their great satigaction in the general conduct of all the nurses during the year ; and also their obligations to Mrs. Brown, who still continues to held the office of matron to the house in Soho-street. Some fcrvo restimonials are added, that the friends of the institution may knot?' how much the services of the nurses are appreciated, and of what essential benefit they have been in many cases of serious illness. The numilier of nurses at the close of th e Yraf r.trs 20. One on probation ; one nurse left during the, year. The usual votes of thanks were voted, and the Will mitte'es were re-appointed for the ensuing year. The proceedings then terminated. THE STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this useful society v'idS held at he'chambers of Mr. Beloe, 22, Lord-street, yesterday. Amongst thogentlernen present were his Worship the Mayor, T. D. Anderson, Esq., Adam Hodgson, .Esq., :George Arkle, Esq., Charles Mozley, Esq., George Them — Pson,• - Esq., 'James Lister, Esq., Mr. Alderman Preston, George Brown, Esq., and Messrs. Litherland, AudreWs, 'Pennell, Leicester, &e . &c. Letters were read frbni Messrs. George Holt, W. Rathbone, and S. R. Graves, regretting their Unavoidable absence. The Ataycifi Wiring been moved into the chair, called upon Mr. Beloe to iedd the ftillo*ing report Your committee, in reviewing the iabckifs of the past year, are of opinion that, although not a few cases df iCCYC stffer ing and destitution have claimed their attention, yet, UpCln the whole, the class usually applying for relief have been in a better pecuniary position than for some years past. Your (titrimittec feel cheered and thankful that they can say so much ; yet it IS t'vident that in a floatin g , fl uctuat i ng population, which siways exls!7" in a large seaport like Liverpool, there will be eases continually= ocevrring which call for prompt, tuougn it nray be only temporary; assistance, showing the necessity for an institution of the nature e 7 the "Strangers' Friend Society." Those great and good men (now long gathered to their wax who origin 'ted this charity had principally in view the relief of those who were merely sojourners or strangers in the town hence the name a rose ; b ut i t soon became apparent that 'other, and quit e as l eg i t i mate, objects presented themselves olf relief, and their claim s cou ld not b e disregardettwithout doing violence td tits hest feelings of the Christian visitor. As a case in point, we woiild tfrtll attention to the dock porter, who rarely has more beforehand ULM td supply the wants of the day; he goes out to work in the mornoig; and is carried perhaps soon after with a fractured limb to one of the loos ; pitals, leav;ng, it may be, a wife to provide food as beiZt she can for kerself and little ones. The parish, it may he, is the place for them to apply to for -relief ; true, yet a 1 who have had eases of this nature under their care will have found that a considerable time often elapses before this relief comes to hand ; and in the meantime famine, and often disease, makes its way into the home, causing an amount of suffering which thoite only who have witnessed it can conceive. What is here trio tired er.t the dock porter applies more or less to a large class of day labourers, whd form sitch is considerable portion of our population. It is in cases like laic *hove that the services of the soiety ' s visitors are called into reqiiiSitiost. At such times a little temporary relief and a few words of - syropuftty will go far in assuaging the tried feelings of the sufferers, and occa sionally call down a blessing on the supporters of the charity. Whilst this society renders assistance to sufferers such as dentribed above, munberless cases arc referred to the parish ' otliee--:thus acting as a valuable auxiliary to the authorities of the town. Your committee reft're't that the want of funds should have crippled the usefulness of die ethirlty, and they cannot but believe that if the services conferred tiptht the town by its un wearied visitors were more generally kmitin tittritberg would avail themselves of this agency to help those who arc e 1 much less favourably situated - as to temporals ; and the committee are cheered in .their exertions from the fact that the Town Council has so far recognised the usefulness of the society as to grant a sum of £2.5 in aid of its funds. The following resolutions were then passed unani mously Mofed try Charles Mozley, Esq., and seconded by George Arkle, 116 q.--" That the report and account now readhe adopted and passed, and that the same be printed and circulated." • Moved by Main Hodgson, Esq., and seconded by James Lister, Esq.—" That Thomas Darnley Anderson, Esq., be elected a member of the committee, and that the committee and officers be reappointed for the ensuing year." _ _ Moved by George Thompson, Esq., and seconded by Mr, Litherland—" That the thanks of the meeting be given to the officers of the instituti►nt for their great attention to the interests of the charity." • In replying to the vote of thanks to the officers, •• Mr. Defoe claimed special attention to the Valued services of Messrs. Vermeil and Leicester, under whose personal superintendence' the machinery of the charity is kept in order. It was a pleasing' fact that during the past winter the distress in the town has Ito a great extent been met by constant work ; nevertheless 3,763 families have been relieved by the charity. - He concluded by moving' n•Vote of thanks to the Mayor, who, in reply, acknowledged the great advantage he had derived in his official capa city fi-Oni tfze operations of the society to which he wished every success ; text should enrol himself hence forth as a subscriber. The meeting then separated. THE MEETING OF LORD DERBY'S SUPPORTERS ON THE BUDGET. 'the Weekly Mall—a London Conservati ve journal—gives the following account of this meeting last week : As notice of amendments on the budget hate been given by members of the Conservative party, it can now he no breach of confidence to state what took place at the much-talked-of meeting of Lord Derby's supporters. There was a very full attendance of the noble earl's political friends, and, front the beginning to the close of the proceedings, the greatest unanimity prevailed. Lord Derby,•*ho opened the business of the day, spoke . foe an hour arid tWenty minutes. He commenced by • glancing at the present posture of affairs both abroad and at home, touched briefly, but impressively, on the nimoured intention of the French Emperor to annex • Savoy, and then confined his attention to the immediate object of the meeting. " That object," said his lordship, " is to decide on the course which the party T have the honour to lead shall take with regard to the Budget rand the Treaty." Time noble earl then proceeded to mention some of the difficulties which had beset hint on previous occasions, in consequence of his consenting to take the helm st+htti his party was in a minority. So extreme had been the cmhartassment of his position—and so little forbearance, to use a mild term, had been shown him by his opponents—that he had determined never again to allow himself to be placed in the same sittni . - Lien, unless the most urgent public necessity arose. He could not but think, reluctant as he was to come to the conclusion, that such a necessity had arisen now. At a time when our revenue required to be . increased, at a time when the country was heavily taxed in order that out warliko services might be strengthened—at a time, in short, when it was imperative that every pound of the revenue should be carefully husbanded—the Government, in order to win the support of an extreme section of politicians in the House, 'had recklessly thrown away nearly two millions of taxes, and, in so doing, had not only been unjust to the English public, but servile and truckling to the French Emperor. The readiness displayed by the• Premier to humour Mr. Cobden and favour the last " idea " of Louis Napolecin, could not but be as objectionable in the eyes of the people as the conduct of the noble viscount with respect to the Conspiracy Bill. He (Lord Derby) was convinced that the general voice was against this treaty—against it on economic, ant national grounds. This portion of the noble earl's address was received with manifest approval, and seemed to echo the opinion of all present. Having elaborately explained his views on this head, his lordship adverted to the cry which had been raised against him " which, should the present Ministry he de feated on the Budget, would doubtless be raised against him again"—of factious opposition. lie could not but admit that this oft-repeated charge caused him pain and indignation. It was an unmeaning cry, having no found:llion on any action of his during a long political life. When he last took office it was not from any craving of his own,—nay, it was in direct opposition to his wishes,—but front a desire not to withhold his services from his sovereign an? his country when the occasion seemed to demand them. If the charge of faction could be laid against any, it was against those who, knowing under what circumstances he had assumed the duties and responsibilities of office, yet mct him in a spirit that he could not, even at that da to, call either generous or high-minded. Still as the cry of faction was So easily raised, and with so much difficulty disproved, the noble earl thought it would he well that, in the course the Conservatives took, there should be no appear of collusion with the Roman Catholic, the Independent they ()Illierho:v.fotoitild earnestly Liberal, or any other party in the House of Commorr. They must oppose the treaty, with the budget which was based upon it, Ott the high but simple ground that it was inexpedient, that it hampered the country, fet tered rather than relieved trade, burdened the people with fresh taxes, and played into the bawls of a foreign potentate. If, in taking this straightforward and honest course, they, received support. from those who were not usually associated with them, so much the • better. But they must not, by promise or pledge—by the slightest deviation from the line of independence which as a great and increasing party c h i u o s u e t — 0 f court support from any political section Commons. These being his views, suggest that, when the division on the amendment or amendments which they would propose took place, there should be no " whip," in the o rdinary sense, nor an v kind of persuasion, or coercion exercised. So far a s he could judge of p u bli c opinion the policy of the Govern merit had been so -weak , • waverin g , and anti-national, that he had no doubt Olt motives of himself and the playing wolild be unpatriotic. he had the honour to lead wo uld not be utisun party derstood; possibility of sus picion by adopting the course he lied reconoviended, Co permit Ministers to carry en uncheckei the "game still it was best to avoid all .• • • :nr)ifnihnimeleacztaleallrierual:::';:etiditettil:uslyetttgYti °lahlosnr°*evnratessirftt:arit:llliciwiti faction i ( °g T ll) I h Pi t e r: seniatioilb°elne: etaorAi the eatshi listened th s e a en n ret t do e mast suet the financial which had been so systema tically with hod his speech, with anxious attention, and at was warmly applauded by his political friends.) In the course of ate proceedings it was stated that, in itstt i o c a t e l bLr y o s e a g the event of the defeat of the pu‘Wnt - MiniStry, and the resumption of office by the Earl of b i eigy, Re . new Re form Bill would be proposed by the Conserthefre• def.. 'We tried - to settle the question," remarked The exq'tenlice, "and failed—failed because we were not even' Pernafftd to' catty our proposal into committee, where it might,'l4 ( trollied fardty, have been amended. Th'fs Nth* so', should theist consider ,Reform their _pf:erot!'atiVe; fail to Carty a measure before their eigefrifoti (dee, it Will not te' for the -Con tiervatives, with Moir recollection of the' mintier in which their last attempt *As ieceived .to propose any fresh legislation upon the subject." The lack of anything like public feeling npon the question -en pointed, out by several of the rrob , le . earl's supporters, in pied of, the soundness and sagacity of his lordship's determination after which the form of amendment or amendments wu' briefly discussed by a partion of the meeting, and the Pftreedings—which had been uniformly enthusiastic and harmorlvivi—were brought so a termination. T HE CHANNEL. FEAEFIJL On'e6 o'clock, as the On Sunday morning , fliitYa steamer Ondine, Captain James from Dublin to London, was abreast of Beechv Item, she came in collision with the schooner Heroine, of Bide , ford. She was struck just abaft the beam, and irmiedlately began to sink. So great was the injury that fa Itm than 20 minutes no traces of her were visible. A portfoi? of the passengers and crew, 21 in Oh: )ally-bo a t, an d l anded at number, were saved in' Dover, where the Sailors' Home was at once opened for their reception, and very possible ebyr o f ort a ff or d e d that their distressed. circumstances required. They were lauded perfectly destitute. About 50 of the passengers and crew arc missing. Some of them, in cluding- the captain, took to the starboard life boat, but it almost amounts to a certainty that they were swamped, as they could not reach the Heroine. !In the darkness of the night one fearful shriek was heard, and no more was seen or know n of them. At least 30 must have gone down in the steamer. The (Malik' Was a very unfortnnate vessel. She is the same steamer that a few months ago, when off the South Foreland, ian doWit the Robert Garden, a Dover collier, whereby the pilot and several of the aew were drowned. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE BUDGET. The subjoined tesnarks (says the Saturday _Re v i ew from which we copy tberi), were not intended for publication; but, without reference to the high autho r ity of th e wr it er , th e w e i g ht an d significance of the ob jections which are urged against some portions of the budget will explain a departure from our usual practice. It is proper to state that the writer is most friendly to the present Outernmetit, 1. It is too CoMpficatecl, and it involves too Many changes in taxation. Ali stich eltanges are in themselves a serious evil. Half the hardship' of a tax, and much of its apparent inequality, disappear as the tax has been long in existence. New interests accommodate them selves to the taxes, whilst, on the other hand, old exist ing interests are rudely disturbed, and much hardship, in addition to the money raised, is unnecessarily caused by the imposition of any new tax. In the present case, would not the more simple course have been practically the wiser course---to leave the existing taxes undisturbed, and to effect the necessary adjustment of revenue to expenditure by Means of the income-tax ? It The changes are based upon erroneous principles. First, the continual abandonment of indirect taxes, whilst there is a deficiency in the revenue, is a mistaken policy. The substitute must be found in a large increase of direct taxation. It is impossible that this can go on beyond a lithited extent—an indefinite amount of direct taies will not be tolerated. Au income-tax of 10d. in the pound daring peace is a near approach to the limit beyond which (tired taxation cannot be carried. A second error is the total abandonment of a tax, instead of the yeduction of it. A diminution of duties causes. increased consumption by lowering price, and conse quently. the revenue revives. By abolishing duties this advantage is altogether lost. This most important con sideration seems to be overlooked in the present budget. 3. The in:microns small duties to be repealed produce a sum not unimportant in the aggregate; it may be doubted whether anybody really feels them ; and it seems a gratuitous creation of financial difficulty, leading to danger, to surrender such sources of revenue when the loss sustained must be made good by an increase of direct taxation, especially the income-tax. . . 4. Can we be assured that t e .public will really obtain the benefit of the repeal of the paper -duty ? Will it not remain in the pockets of paper-makers, news paper proprietors, and publishers,?: ,At least we ought to have very cleat evidence on this point before we sur render so large an amount of indirect revenue under our present financial pressure. Upon similar principles surely the hop-duty might be most properly retained until we have a surplus revenue to meet the - lose which must arise from the repeal of it. 5. What advantage can it be shown that we shall ile. rife from red9ing the duties on brandy to the level of the duty on spirits, and from the enti re repeal of the duties on silk gloves and various other articles ? - Will not this be a useleSS sevilice of revenue ? 6. .The resort to the ineorne4ax as the source from which all fluctnationS in out financial balance are to be adjusted, whether those fluctuations arilie, from extraor dinary expenditure or from voluntary remission of other i taxes, is most dangerous. Many delicate and difficult questions beset the assessment of anmeome-tax. These NVIII of course be pressed in a more and more embarrassing form as the rate of the tax is raised ; but still more will these d i fficulties become ineOnveriient and pressing as the taxi in made uncertain as to i ts duration and fluctuating ► 'xis the rate. It. is only as a permane n t .and,invariable tax that it can be considered as approachi ng t o j ust i ce and equality. An income-tax, ste a d y and invariable, oat ht to form a part of our p ermanent and settled system of taxation-- . in that form i t is just and m a y b e d 'ed. But as a variable tax, to be w or k e d , up an d decfZaccording to every varying financial pressure, it is admiL s of no satisfactory em i ne ntly unequal and unjust, defence, and, it may be feared, cannot be maintained. A new adjustment of the tax will be demand e d, f or reasons which cannot be satisfactorily answered ; and such new adjostment, if attempted, will go far efficiency of the tax. 7. The treaty is l its principles and in its details. to endless - to destroy the o pen . objections, i both in Relaxation of impor •duties ought to be the pu r e result of a regard to our own interests, and not a matter of bargain with other powers. Such treaties necessarily restrict our free discretion in regul at i ng our own revenue system, and involve us in obligations which many prov e cinharrassing, and the s o u rce o f f uture ill -line. and disputes. The advant age o f lib eral principles f . trade h as already been given to a great extent by this country to France, and we have been for some time past lookinir for the equivalent due to us. Reciprocity, therefore, sunder present circumstances, i s not air equal game to the two pes. 8, Hence it is not surprising to find that the provi sions of the treaty aro apparently that and unfair. France gives very little—we give a great deal. What we give is of inestimable advantage to F iron, raw materials of manufauture of allrance—coal kid—the' means, in fact, of dev e l o pi ng a ll her latent resources and power for manufacturing industry and for warlike equip ment. What we re ce i ve f rom France is comp arative] of small importance—lu x u r i es w hi ch afford no additional means of directly augmenting our power or resources— brandy, wine, silks, gloves, &c. And add to these the admission of our manufactures into Prance at a duty of thirty per cent. ! Surely this requires no continent. - 9. Further, the treaty precludes us from any dis cretion as to the expediency, with a view to- our ow n trite fecal policy, of imposing a duty upon the export of coal and of iron. When a country has a peculiar advantage in the production of a commodity, eithe r as regards cost or quality, a duty upon the export of it, if cautiously imposed, is amongst the best sources of revenue. Coal certainly, antiprobabl y i ron, fall under this rule—and the more especially as they are 110 W t o b e reckoned as most important munition s of war. 10. What practical benefit will the MASS of the people of this eintutry derive from the admi ss i on, at low prices. of the inferior Freuch the admission, Their present beer is vastly superior for them in every respect, and the com mand of that at a moderate price renders the admission of inferior French wines a privilege of no real value, if not absolutely undesirable. 11. The exact nature of the. operation of calling- up the money in the hands of the maltsters is not very clearly explained ; but it may .be presumed that it is capita/ taken out of their hands, not really revenue, and applied to the exigencies of the year. If so, it is equivalent to a loan. 12. There are some things, no doubt, in the Budget to be approved. More free commercial intercourse with France is in itself desirable. It must tend, more or less, to widen the field of employment, to extend the command of material enjoyments to the people of both countries, and to strengthen friendly feelings by the multiplication of amicable and beneficial intercourse. But these advantages, so far as this country is concerned, must be considered as reduced to their mininium when the effect of the arrangenunit is to give so little of real importance to on ; whilst t o F rance is given a free command of coal, iron and, machinery, and raw produce—thus powerfully assisting her in the develop ment of her warlike preparations and in the facility of contending with us in industrial competition. The force of this consideration is flu eatly increased w h en we remember; fi rs t, th a t F rance still retains thirty per cent. Protection against our Free -trade ; secondly, that the pecuniary price which we pay for an arrange nick not over favourable, if it be even joist' er to us, is a large increase of direct taxation in the form cotee, already carried to a sufficiently high mintp ; and, Present Ruler of thirdly, that the character of the France, now unequivocally displayed, renders the main tenance of amicable relations altogether p r ecarious, ex cept through the conviction that our defensive armaments are abundant and is so complete, whilst our fi nancial system sou :mina p erfect order. 13. The mutual Obligations and restrictions i nvo l ve d 1 in a commercial treaty, as well .as the suspicions anti jealousy between two na ti ons, eac h of whomwill imagi ne that it has been over -reached by the other, m a , , very probably exert more iniluenee• in generating a state of hostile feeling th an w i ll be corrected by the anticipated The 'effect of this increase of commercial intercourse. extended intercourse will be greatly paraly sd, . bee;insi. it springs from a wrong source—the legal ties of a hard bargain instead of the spontaneous unfettered sense of it, ovni independent interest on the part of e ac h countrv. The principle upon which, on the . adoption of Free trade principles on our part without referenee tet reci- . procal action on the part of other countries, we repudiated commercial treaties, was perfectly sound. Their natural tendency is to create embarrassment and mutual jealousy. They invalidat e th e f ee li n g that and the remo va l of restric tions nl prohibitions is a pure and unequivocal gain to the country which gets rid of them ; and they check the spon- . which taneous dotions her of Free-tr tariffadweitho regut,au at one, as the country liber a a p lise present equivalent will have less to give in the way of r eciprocity,' should she subsequently enter into ii commercial treaty.. If we are right in now entering into a reciprocity treaty, we :then we .reduced our protective must have been wrong duties without aceompanying t equivalence ; for we sur renderedat that . period erataho e.ly that which we now riate mstr i l' or tor obtain ingvant as oar inst. and approp a lair and equal bargain. HORNDY CASTLE, LAscA snin E. - --The m agn ific ent estate of llornby Castle, North Lan cashire, which has been some time in the market for private competition, has within the last few days been Purha,sed by, Mr. John Foster, of Cliff-hill, near Halifax. The purchase money exceeds the sum of £200,000, prttls, aulY ptatts. Births, Deaths, and Marriages, forwarded for insertion, must be properly authenticated with the name and address of the sco f fer. The charge for the ?lisertion of Births will be Six jaklee Attu & BIRTHS. On the 1601 *lst.. ' at 10. Alma-terrace, St. G eorge ' s -hill , Everton, the wife of Mr. William Foulkes, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., the wife of Mr. N. Lees, Wellington vaults, of a son. On' the lith inst , at The Brook, Liverpool, Mrs. William Lassell. of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Brombomagh, Cheshire, Mrs. Henry Ctm, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Wellesley-terrace, Prince's-park, the wife of Anthony Wood, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. Oh the 15th inst.. at Birmingham. John George, second son. of S. G. White, Esq., Liverpool, to Mary Nlothershaw, younger daughter of the late J. Edwards. Esq., of Lichfield. On the 16th inst., James. son of the late Clement Swetenham, Esq., of Somerford Booths, Cheshire, to Esther Blanche, daughter of Michael Bumble, Esq., of Gwersyllt-park, Den bighshire. On the 16th inst., Mr. Richard ilassall Massey, farmer, of Wollerton, Salop, to Mrs. Eliinbeth Sanford, Toxteth-park.. • DEATHS. On the 14th inst., at 41, Crown-street. aged 19, Kate, third daughter of the late Michael Hayes, of Wexford. On the 16th inst., at 11, Clarke-street. Toxteth-park, aged 32, Margaret, wife of Mr. John Molloy, shipwright, of this town. and only daughter of Mr. William Clucas, Cross Four Ways , , near Castletown, Isle of Man. On the 16th inst., at her residence, Higher Whitley, near - Northwieh, Mary, relict of Thomas Caldwell, Esq., of Suttan Lodge, St. Helerm On the 16th intst„ at 77, Chester-square, the Right Bey. George Murray, Bis.bop of Rochester. aged 76. On the 17th inst., at her residence, 20, George's-street, in her 71st year, Rebecca, relict of Mt. Samuel Ashbrook, of Wallasey. On the 17th inst., suddenly, at 2, Croft-street, aged 65, Mary - Ann, wife of Mr. John Hemingway, sen., of this town. On the 17th inst., at Eyerton, aged 5 months, Bernard Her bert, infant son of the Bee. J. Herbert Jones, M.A. On the 19th inst., at Southport, Jane, second daughter of the late John Getty, Esq., of Dundalk, aged 49 years. On the 19th inst., at the Queen's Hotel, Lime-street, aged 1 year and 9 months, Henry l'arslow, the beloved child of Joseph and Charlotte Metcalfe, of Tunstell, Staffordshire. *art* Anitiligturt. LATEST ] TATTER LIVERPOOL ST. 10 to 1 agst Anatis (t) 100 to 6 ... Brunette (o) 100 to 8 ... Jealousy (t) 25 to 1 ... Telegram (t) 25 to 1 ... Abd-el-liader (0) 25 to I ... Emigrant (o) NOTTINGHAM 5 to to 1 agst Ambush (t) sto 1 ... Wallace (t)* 10 to 1 ... Remunerator (t) TWO THOUSA 5 to 1 agst The Wizard (t) 5 to 1 ... Lupullus (t and o) BETTING. SALL'S. 'EEPLE CHASE. I 25 to 1 agst Maria Agnes (t) , 125t0 I ... Huntsman (t) 33 to 1 ... Kilcock (t) 33 to 1 ... Redwing (t) 33 to I ... Venison (t) 40 to 1 Linkboy (t) HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Jenny Longiegs (t) 10 to 1 ... Vigo (t) SD GUINEAS. 5 to 1 agst Buccaneer (t) 12 to 1 ... King o'Diamondstt 3TER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Tame Deer (t) 50 to I ... Uncle Ned THE CHEI 25 to 1 agst Viatka (t) 25 to 1 ... Promised Land (t 100 to 6 Satellite (t) THE I 9to 1 agst Umpire (t) 9to 1 ... Mainstone (t, take 10) 10 to 1 • Buccaneer jt, take 11) 1000 to 45 Lupullis (t) CITY AND 25 to 1 agst Nucleus (t) 45 to 1 ... Ariadne (t) lEKBY. 1000 to 30 agst Cramond (t) 40 to 1 ... Sir William (t) 40 to 1 ... Lanchester 40 to 1 ... King of Dia monds (t) Upperhand (t) I 33 to 1 SUBURBAN. 50 to 1 agst Croquetmaine (t) 50 to 1 ... Narcissus (t) ;It BETTING. ,ND GUINEAS. 10 to 1 agst Klg. of Diamornals(t, 10 to 1 ... Umpire (t) MANCHEST TWO THOUS 5 to 1 agst The Wizard (t) sto 1 .. Lupullus (o) 5 to 1 Buccanncer (o) THE DERBY. 9to 1 agst Umpire (o, 10 t) 40 to I agst Lanchester (o)• 10 to 1 ... Mainstone (o) 1000 to 10 ... dabreur (o) 30 to 1 Cramond (o) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 7 agst Chere Arnie (t) 1 100 to 6 agst Andover colt (o) CHESTER CUP. 60 to I zrgst Satellite (t) 20 to 133 to 1 aget The Squire (o) 1, bar one, (o) NOTTINGHAM, Feb. 20. A ARTY/M.—Stapleton Ambush. Minster. Tyrant, Tormentor, Amsterdam, Julie, Ferrileaf, King Edward, Cheery Chap, Adi antum, the Dane, Rupert, Little Lady, Gipsey, Sirjlereuies, Rattlebone, Greta, White Rose, Jessamine, Lovett, Spicebax. Ryton, and Biddy butts. THE WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. The proceedings of the meeting will be inaugurated at noon, to-day, at Lynn's Waterloo Hotel, Ranelagh-street, by the presentation to Mr. Wm. Nightingale, the well-known and much-respected coursing judge, on kis retirement from office, of the testimonial, valued at upwards of £l5O, chiefly raised by subscriptions limited to a guinea. • There will be a meeting of the National Club, at the Water loo, at three o'clock, when, we understand, some alterations in one or two of the existing rules will be proposed. The President for the ensuing year will also be elected by the members present. The gentleman appointed will of excuse preside at the dinner in the evening, when five new members of the National Club will have to be elected by " the members of any recognised coursing club present," in place of the late Lord John Scott and four others who retire by lot. Those strangers desirous of enjoying the afternoon in a cP,f ferent manner will find some amusement in the racing at. Aintree, which has been got up by Mr. Topham, at the sug gestion of several gentlemen of this town and the neighbour hood. The entry for the Waterloo Cup, to which there are sixty four subscribers, closes at six o'clock this evening. The value of the cup is £1,600 (in specie,) by subscription of £25 each_ The winner is to receive £5OO, the second £2OO, two dogs £5O each, four £3O each, eight £2O each, sixteen £lO each,—the Waterloo Purse and Plate £360: total, £1,600. The winner has to give three dozen of claret to the dinner. Bell's Life, after describing the competitors likely to take part in this great struggle, says :—"lf compelled to make a selection from amongst the English dogs, it would include Greek Fire, Hardy, Attermire. and Mr. Oreason's represen tative." Of the Scotch Dogs "Caledonia" writes :—" I have. a very high opinion of Mr. D. W. Brown's pet and the joint champion of '59; their strides are enormous, and as speed is the chief element of success over the Altcar plains, if the hares are at all good, I cannot come to any other conclusion. than that if anything defeats Beranger it will be Selby." The attention of the Earl of Sefton, the patron of the meeting, who takes so much personal interest in the sport, has been drawn to one or two suggestions that have been made by several leading coursers, as to the necessity of avoiding the rough rushy ground upon which it has been usual to commence the first day's running at the North End, owing to the very unsatisfactory character of the trials de cided thereupon. and the many c ontretemps that have from time to time occurred to the competitors. Equally unsatis factory are the trials when the hares are driven from the young plantation behind the Hill House, where they gene rally begin on the third day, as when driven out the hares always run. in a succession of short circles; and this could easily be avoided by driving them out before daylight, and keeping them out by watching, whereby the hares would run from the meadows for the plantation, and afford the racing trials which hares running towards ho ate invariably do. The Crosby Coursing Meeting, postponed in consequence of the frost, will take place early next month. The Lincoln Spring Meeting is now fixed for Wednesday, the 29th instant, and Thursday, the Ist of March. Mr. G. ITolmes's brown' filly by Voltigeur out of Slayer's. Daughter, 3 yrs, has been named B crodius. Baron de Bray, of France, has purchased the brood mares Matilda, by Melbourne out of Caroline; and Whirl, by Alarm out of Distaffina. Sultan, winner of the Cambridgeshire in 1855, was a short time back made a present of by the Marquis of Anglesey to the Marquis of Conyugham. In the Chester Cup lots Telegram was returned in Anthony Taylor's instead of Thomas Taylor's lot; and is the list of the acceptances Godding was erroneously stated to be the trainer of Theodora. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. LONDON CLOTHING ,ESTABLISTIMENT, 31, AND 33, SIR TIIO3IAS'S BUILDINGS. HENRY respectfully informs his friends F and the public that an impression which seems to prevail of his having removed from Sir Thomas's-buildings is quite unfounded. There is no doubt that improvements in the neighbourhood are contemplated by the Corperation—the erecting of public offices, Ste. ; but by this circumstance his position has not been affected. 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