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SMITH & SON, FROM THE RAILWAY STATION NEWSPAPER OFFICE. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c THIS DAY THEATRE ROYAL—Dramatic Company. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—Doamatic Performances, &c. LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION Rooms (Post-office Place).—Adam and Evc THE PARISIAN . GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-stree ST. GEORGE'S HALL—Organ Performance. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS -Mount Etna, &c. TEUTONIC HALL (Lime-street)—Vocalists, Danc ALLSOP'S WAX Wonx EXHIBITION (Lime-stree CLAYTON HALL—Lecture : Eastern Sketches.. ' For particulars see advertisements on Bth page ;, Acrobats, &c tutlinn THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1839. THE DAY'S NEWS Between the Elections and the War News, the public appear completely bewildered, and the rapidity with which telegram follows telegram from the various points of the Continent, renders it difficult for the most attentive observer of passing events, to keep himself.posted up as to the latest intelligence. Yesterday was probably one of the most exciting days that ever occurred. First, we had the announce ment of- an intended French loan of £20,000,000; and another, that a treaty offensive and defensive had been entered into between France and Russia, and which we published in our yesterday morning's paper, and scarcely had we gone to press with these important telegrams, than were received a succession of others, no less important in their character. The facts composed in these may be summarised thus : French troops had already violated the neutral territory of Savoy, and had landed at Genoa, and entered the Sardinian terri tory near Susa, and that the passage of the Ticino . by the Austrians was hourly anticipated. Then came the report from Turin, that Count Cavour, Tuesday, delivered to Baron Kellersborg the answer of Piedmont to the ultimatum of Austria, and the departure of the Baron, accompanied by a Sardinian officer, to the frontier. Following this we had statements of the. movements of French troops in various quarters, and later in the day a telegram from Vienna, announcing the important fact that Austria had accepted the offer of the British Government for a direct media tion between Austria and France, upon the basis of Lord Cowley's proposals, and that she had delayed the declaration of war for two or three days. At the same time, another telegram reported that the same offer offer made to France had b een re j ected. It vas believed in Paris, on Tuesday night, that it was too late for the Austrians to make a coup d'muin against Turin, which is two days march from their present cantonments, as eight steam frigates l e ft Toulon on Tuesd ay morning for Genoa; they were filled with troops, - w_hich, by means of the rail- I way, can reach Turin before th e A us t r i an vanguard. The French army now collecting on the slopes of the Alps will be of the most formidable character. It will comprise no less than 16 divisions of Infantry, and four divisions of Cavalry, the Artil lery to match. Fourteen out of the 22 Battalions ' of Chasseurs are to form part of the army of the Alps. Genoa is to be occupied by the French as a basis of operations, whence they can threaten the Austrians' left flank ; and there is to be another basis at Susa, w hi c h w ill b e al so f or tifi e d, and made a great depot for the troops that arrive through the , Alpine passes. Paris itdvices, of Tuesday, also say that the Ministry of Police was to be re-established, after the fashion of the First Empire, at the Senate, on that day. M. Fould made a communication relative to the Regency, in the event of the Emperor's departure. The army of observation on the Rhine will be conspicuous chiefly for its imposing force of heavy cavalry. It will con sist of eight divisions of cavalry, and as many of infantry. For fuller details of the important matters this briefly noticed, we must refer the reader to another part of our paper. The Election News embraces some interesting fea tures. It is now confidently stated that there will be a contest in Liverpool. We have been informed, on what we cannot but regard as the best authority, that a meeting of Conservatives was held yesterday, and that, after considerable discussion, it was finally determined that, at the last moment, Mr. C. Turner should be put in nomination in oppo sition to Mr. Evart. Lord Palmerston made an election speeeh at Tiverton, yesterday/ i n which he expressed his hope that this country would have nothing to do with the war. "We may wish success," he said, "to the good cause and hope that the libe r ti es o f I ta l y will be established on a good foundation ; but England will act a wise part if she preserves a strict neutrality, unless. English interests require her interference." The opposition to Mr. Cobden has been withdrawn. The nomination for Marylebone took place yester day. Up to the time of the nomination it was thought that there would be no opposition to the return of the late members, Sir B. Hall and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., but at an early hour in the morning the hustings were completely covered with placards, announcing Lord Stanley as a candidate, and the opposition was persisted in, and a poll demanded, although the noble lord has not been consulted in the matter. THE STRENGTH OF UNION THE Liberal party ought, from its very designa- tion, to be a strong party. Of course we interpret the word liberal according to its plain 'common-sense meaning; and the more liberally we do so, all the more comprehensive will it make this term liberal to appear. It means, large, broad, bounteous, —the very opposite of what is petty, per Courier, Apply to Apply to generous,— narrow, contracted, mean. There ought to be about such a party, much of greatness, comprehension, amplitude. Well, the General Election is develo- ping all this in a very signal manner. Liberals in politics, as we all know, are of various shades, and of divers degrees. They are to be found of the positive, the comparative, and the superlative degrees. So long as these several qualities of the same thing remain separate and distinct in their respective positions, they are comparatively weak and powerless ; but only combine them, and they are at once so powerful as to be irresistible. " Take unity out of the world," it has been said, "and it dissolves into chaos." And as in natural, so is it, very much, in political philosophy. Union is strength ;it is more,—it is order, it is influence, it is success. But for such union at a political crisis like the present, Conservatism; they find, would inevi tably carry the day ; and . . they hold, by common consent, upon some indefinable principle or other, that this ConSen''atism is the common enemy of all Liberalism, and must therefore be united against. There was one, and, apparently, only one formid able obstacle to union on the part of the Liberals, at the commencement of the present struggle,—and that was, the difference of opinion on the subject of the Ballot. The advocates and the opponents of the Ballot were regarding each other not only with suspicion; but with something like hostility. But the latter saw the fatal mistake of such a course. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in the City of London, was one of the first to discover, and remark upon, this source of weakness. He remembered the ancient maxim—United We stand ; divided we fall. He saw it, he felt it, in his own case, as a candidate for re election. He became sensible that the hostility, and the consequent secession of the . Ballot men, imperilled his own return to Parliament, and placed in jeopardy, in fact, the Liberal cause. He had recourse, therefore, to conciliation. He appealed :to their forbearance. He would not yet give in his adhesion to the Ballot ; but he did con descend to point out to its advocates how they were to succeed in carrying it. "It is not," he told them, "by excluding men who are against the Ballot from any Government but it is by free admission into places in the Govern ment, into seats in the legislature, of men who take different views on this subject. It is by such a course that the Ballot, if it is well founded in truth and reason, if it is required for freedom of vote—it is in that manner, I say, that the Ballot is most likely to be carried, if it is ever to be carried at all. I believe much in the utility of constant discussion, year by year, for the carrying of questions which are recommended by reason and the public benefit." This was encouraging,—it was more, it was in spiriting. It raised their hopes ; it conciliated their good-will. And when Lord JOHN added, " Let the question be fairly and freely discussed ; do not proscribe men because they are against the Ballot do not adopt men who have no other merit merely because they are in favour of it,"—he carried con viction to many a lately reluctant mind, that they would gain by such a course as was here marked out for them. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, at Carlisle, has also conciliated the people on the same question. Sir JAMES, it is true, was in a somewhat better condition, from the fact that, lately, though he could not vote for the Ballot, he did not vote against it. And, besides, he went to them with a powerful argument. as a sub stitute, or a set-off, for his want of affection for the Ballot. He declares to them,--" Upon this matter of the Ballot, I say this, that a large extension of the suffrage is the surest protection, in my opinion, both against intimidation and against bribery." Such a result as this, therefore, would render the Ballot unnecessary ; and it could not but reconcile the people to a candidate of Sir JAMES'S complexion, to find him ready to grant them " a large extension of the suffrage," even without the Ballot. "I cannot ' the right hon. baronet further declared, " that I am a convert to it ; I cannot promise, my opinion being unchanged, to support it. But I did declare in my place in Parliament what I believe to be the truth, that the desire for it is increasing. In a marked manner I declared that it is increasing here. That was denied in his place by my colleague. You now have the opportunity of marking well what is your sense upon that point. I cannot support it ; but I believe my nephew, without pinning his faith to my sleeve, is prepared to support the Ballot." So that if Sir JAMES can succeed in carrying his nephew into the House of Commons under his wing, he will at any rate, gain them a Ballot vote, and thereby assist in procuring the Vote by Ballot,—in addition to his own vote for " a large extension of the suffrage ERE the present week has passed away, the Boroughs of England will have pronounced pretty decisively their opinions "on the state of public affairs." We do not know that it would be fair to draw any conclusions, however, from this week's issue of the appeal to the country ; though it It is thus, then, that union has been effected in certainly may be regarded as in some degree the Liberal ranks, and the strength of this union foreshadowing the response which the constituencies, will be tested at the Elections now about to begin. as a whole, will give to her Majesty's Government. The compromise is one in which both parties have But let us be patient. Another week—at most, made concessions. On the one hand, there has been another fortnight—will put the question beyond all everything yielded in its favour, save a promise to i doubt. The wind of on country is Liberal; and the , Liberal party have gone to the people with much in their present case to propitiate popular sympathy. It will generally 'be so, where it is the town populations that are applied to, in furtherance of a cause in which they are persuaded that their own interests are deeply involved. How far there may be a favourable response from the county constituen cies, we must wait to ascertain. But of this we may be sure, judging from all that is taking place,—that the voice of the country will be given in favour of peace, of reform, and of progress_: of peace, abso lutely, and without any conditions, except, of course, such as concern the national honour and security; bat of reform and progress, variously modified in some directions, and thorough and unlimited in others, and left, therefore to form the subjects of future parliamentary struggles, equally fierce—it may be, equally disorganizing—as any that have gone before. A well-informed contemporary has already hazarded the opinion, we observe, that " as far as it is at present possible to estimate the result of the election, the nominal balance of parties will remain unchanged, while the Liberal majority will be hampered by pledges, forced into action, and, for the moment at least, compressed into ostensible union. The Conservative candidates are already largely outnumbered, and as their party has been advised to assume the offensive, it may be supposed to have undertaken several uphill contests with comparatively little hope of a successful issue. The return of every ministerial candidate for Great Britain," it is added, " would scarcely give Lord DERBY a majority in the House. If he gains ten or twelve votes by the dissolution, he will have profited at the expense of the moderate members, who were, if not his safest allies, yet the surest defenders of the principles which he professes to maintain."* It is not, then, that there will be a loss of "moderate members " only,—but there will be the further, and, in many respects, the more serious consequence, of the Liberal majority being " ham pered with pledges." One of these pledges, it appears, is the Ballot. Though, for our parts, we do not see that it is so much a hampering by pledges on that question, as it is the spontaneous expression in its favour which an increasing force of the Liberal candidates are making to the borough constituencies. The same authority we have just quoted regards, we think most mistakingly, this popular question of the Ballot as one which it would be quite possible to put aside,—instead of, as it is termed, " the Liberal candidates bolting it on all sides." This, we say, is a mistake. The Liberal candidates find it in many instances utterly impossible to parry it any longer, provided, that is, they would succeed. If they do not practically declare for it, they feel it indis pensable, at the very least, not to declare against it. But let our ingenious and independent contemporary ' state his reasons. "If ever there was a question," he says, "on which, under fair conditions, a stand might be made against dictation, it is this of the Ballot. The Liberal electors of country constituencies merely cling to it as a tradition, or insist on it as the symbol of a compromise between the Radical and Whig sections. Genuine desire for it there is none. The original cry for secret voting came from persons who were disgusted with that change in the temper of the counties which showed itself soon after the Reform Bill. The Reform party of that day chose to attribute to the influence of the landlords over the class enfranchised by the Chandos clause a series of reverses which might, with great plausibility, have been set to the credit of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S dexterity, and of the mismanagement of the Liberal cause by successive Whig Ministries. But at the present moment the Liberals of the counties have learned to fight their battles by means of the forty-shilling freeholders ; and it is exactly the influence of occasional Whig landholders that turns the scale against the £5O occupiers, whom reminiscences of the Free-trade struggle have made Conservatives almost to a man. So far as the coun ties are concerned, there is little reason to believe that the Ballot would be of the slightest value to the Liberal party ; and it is quite as doubtful whether it would really help them in the towns. There are no closer boroughs in England than manufacturing towns of what may be called the second order. In these, a combination of a dozen large employers of labour entirely controls the representation. To such combinations the greater number of the Whig leaders owe their seats in Parliament, which would otherwise fall a prey to the Chartist and the dema gogue, or, still more frequently, to the democratising Tory." -i• Now, it is probable that one effort of this General Election will be, to expose the untenableness of such an argument as this on the question of the Ballot. As it is, there is a palpable contradiction to one of the most plausible of his arguments, in the admission that, at present, in the manufacturing towns, " a combination of a dozen large employers of labour entirely controls the representation." For if this be so, what a reason does it not furnish for the adoption of an expedient, the avowed object of which is to protect the trading and working classes against the influence of all such combinations of their employers, who may not always, as at the present conjuncture, be of one mind with them regarding the quality of the candidates it is desirable to return. We give this prominency to the Ballot in the Elections that are now taking place, because there is no question that is being pressed with so much earnestness upon the Liberal candidates in all directions ; as there is none, also, according to present appearances, which is likely to exercise greater influence upon the fate of such candidates, — at any rate in the boroughs. We may add, that there is no question, in our humble opinion, that seems so likely to give a peculiar influence to the general issues of this appeal to the country. One result of it will undoubtedly be, that, as we see it remarked, " the question of the Ballot can no longer be trifled with, as it has been, as if it were one which did not belong to the actual political world in which we live." Trifled with it certainly has been, by several leading members of the Liberal party,— Lord JOHN RUSSELL among the rest. We believe it is, in the main, true, as.it is further remarked, that " the humbler class of electors and the mass of non-electors in many large towns believe that they can at once distinguish between the friends and enemies of popular rights by the simple question whether a candidate for the representation of their community will or will not pledge himself to vote for the adoption of the Ballot." This is being illustrated at the present moment in many a borough con stituency. And the practical effect of it must be, to check the too general practice of late, among a certain class of Liberals, of halting between two opinions on this question. As the Elections take place, it will become more and more manifest. We shall have future opportunities, therefore, of referring to its influence in the issues of the present electoral cionflict. * 'Sat:inlay THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 28 1859 vote for it; while, on the other, they have contented themselves, for the present, with having gained, as a substitute, pledges for " a large extension of the uffrage," and also expressions of good-will towards it, and of success for it eventually. Thus the Ballot has lost nothing—it has rather gained. But, above all, they have by this course brought about the union of the two sections of the Liberal party whom this question was keeping apart from each other; and there will be displayed, before this day week, in all probability, proofs indisputable of the Strength of such Union. THE INCITEMENTS TO INTERVENTION. IT was satisfactory to find Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in the City of London, the other evening, advocating a policy of positive and decided non-intervention in the present disturbed state of affairs in Continental Europe. " They were going," he said, "to amend their representation, and consider several other things, which concerned them and their future liberty and happiness. Were they going to give up, attending to all these things in order to help the Austrian Empire to preserve its rule in Italy ? Or were they going to enter on what he should deem a Quixotic enterprise, to say to the States of Italy, We know better than you do how your States should be constituted ; and therefore we will inter fere and give you a good Government '—a Govern ment which, perhaps, was not the Government which suited them ? He was for not interfering either way, but for attending to our own measures, and not abandoning those questions of Reform and internal improvement in order to help any continental strug gle in which nobody would thank them, in which some party or other would be eager to get their aid, and then having achieved their object, spend the rest of their lives in abusing England, as they have always - done." This, we may depend upon it, is the policy that will be most likely to promote the best interests of England; and the Government that shall pursue such a policy will be well entitled to the gratitude of the country. It is the more satisfactory to find that such a policy of decided and entire non-intervention is advocated in that quarter, because there are not wanting popular incitements to interfere in favour of Italy, and in hostility to Austria. There are too many of our more Liberal politicians who think with regard to Italy that they " know better than the Italians do how their States should be constitu ted ;" and who would gladly act on that assumed knowledge, and give them institutions under which they would soon fall into a state of anarchy, because they are not yet fit for the freedom of such institu tions. One cannot but sympathise with any oppressed people that are longing to be free, and that deserve to be so. But we must not be too meddlesome, if we would avoid embroiling ourselves in foreign quarrels. Italy is in a condition that is very unsatisfactory, very abhorrent, indeed, to the English mind._ Enjoying the blessings of rational and well-regulated liberty ourselves, we would fain see the Italians enabled to enjoy it also. But we must not presume to interpose, even for such an object, rashly or injudiciously. It is a popular feeling that would urge such interference ; but even popularity must not be allowed to incite us to do mischief. Such sentiments as those which Mr. DUNCOMBE expressed last week in the House of Commons are doubtless popular sentiments but they could not be acted , upon without in' curring the danger of committing the country to a dispute which it had better be kept out of. The hon. gentleman thus declared himself in sympathy with Italian liberation,—" He repeated that the state of Italy was a disgrace to civilised .Europe ; and he believed nothing short of the complete liberation of Italy would satisfy Italy before long. Austria was the curse of Italy. She had been so long, and it was believed that the British Government were playing into the hands of Austria. They must get rid of the Austrians altogether from Italy before they could secure the peace of that country. War might be staved off for a time by this Congress, but they could never hope for the settled peace of Italy, or the happiness of the Italians unless Austria were excluded from that country." Now this, we admit, is a very natural sympathy for an English Liberal to express. But how it would embroil us with Austria, were we to attempt to give practical effect to it ! And how easy would it not be to get drawn into what Lord JOHN RUSSELL calls " a Quixotic enterprise," in any attempt of the British Government to aid in "the complete liberation of Italy !" To pursue such a course—to take up the cause of Italy—to send forth armaments from this country in aid of its liberation,—to thus openly and actively espouse the cause of liberty, would no doubt be a very popular proceeding with large bodies of the English people. Were the idea but once fairly afloat, it would not fail to be wafted along by popular acclamation. And the incitements to inter vention might thus become irresistible, had we only an Administration of a more Liberal complexion. But we must consider what might be the result of it. In the words of Lord DERBY, " Italy would be the central point or platform of a war of the most san guinary description, because it would be a war of principle and of passion ; it would not be a war between two great nations, or for som e definite and ambitious object, but it would be a struggle that would excite the most conflicting principles, and develop the most violent of passions, and of which, as regards the future fate of Italy, no satisfactory solution or cessation can be foreseen. But it would do far more—for, war once broken out in Italy, it is hopeless to imagine that it would be confined within the compass of that prin cipality. Other passions would be aroused, other conflicting nationalities would arise, and other nations be called on to interfere in the conflict ; and war once originated in Italy would, at no distant period, extend throughout its centre and to its frontiers, and bury the whole of Europe in one general con flagration." Who, then, would like to incur so fearful a responsibility as this ? We may thank Heaven that there is at present no prospect of any Ministry being formed in this country, that would be likely to rush into such an enterprise, even in a cause so dear to us as that of liberty. THE ELECTIONS LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. FATAL ACCIDENT.---Yesterday, a man named Lawrence Hull, was brought to the Royal Infirmary, from Fazakerley, with a severe compound fracture in the leg. He died shortly after being admitted. An inquest will be held on the body this day. BAZAAR.—A - fancy bazaar was held yesterday in St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, for the purpose of obtaining funds to be expended in the cleansing and repairing of the church. There was a numerous attendance, and it seemed probable that the receipts would be satisfactory. A CHILD POISONED.---Yesterday, information was received at the Coroner's-court, that a child named Henderson, five weeks old, had been poisoned by paragoric, that had been given to it in overdoses by a medical man. As the charge is a serious one, we merely give the fact, until the investiga tion takes place to-day, at the Coroner's-court. AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAlM—Yesterday afternoon, the Kangaroo sailed for New York direct with the American semi-weekly mails, 270 passengers, and a full cargo. The Canadian steamer, Nova Scotia, also sailed yesterday for Montreal and Quebec ; she had also a large number of passengers, and carried out the Canadian mails. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS were opened on Tuesday, and, under all the Circumstances, afforded the greatest satis faction. When the weather clears up, and when the splen did and ample arrangements can be brought properly out, this delightful place of recreation will be the favourite of out-door amusement during the summer, as nothing has been left undone to render the whole truly and deservedly popular. DEATH OF A. CHILD THROUGH A DRUNKEN' MOTHER.* On Monday night, a child named Molleneuz was killed by its mother, in a court off Nash-grove, under the following circumstances : The woman is the wife of a nightman, and had placed herself in a rocking- chair, with the child at her breast and another across her knees. She was pretty well in drink at the time, and having fallen asleep, her body leaned forward and crushed the child that was at her breast to death. An inquest will be held to-day. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—Number of patients during the past week : New cases received advice and medicine at the Institution : North, 208 ; South, 144 ; total, 352. New cases visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine : North, 76; South, 60; total, 136. Grand total, 488. President i Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M: ; Vice-President. of North Dispensary : Captain Bourne; Vice-President of South Dispensary : Mr. Charles Booth ; Treasurer : Mr. Francis Mill ; Secretary : Mr. J. Whitby Williams. Office : Leith Offices, Moorfields. EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, 126, top of Mount Pleasant.—Weekly Report.—Eye Department : New patients admitted in the week' ending April 23rd, 102 ; patients prescribed for, and who have received surgical assistance, 317. Ear Department : New patients admitted in the week ending April 23rd, 29 ; patients prescribed for, and who have received sur gical assistance, 116. Consulting Surgeon : Hugh Neill, Esq. Surgeons : John Poole, Esq., Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, and Dr. Nevins. Assistant-Surgeon : Thomas Bickerton, Esq. Treasurer : J. G. Livingston, Esq. CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLE, No. 1., Price id., is now ready.---" If this is not arriving at the, acme of perfection we know not what is. "—Surrey Times. A vast number of communications having been received showing that considerable difficulty exists in procuring copies in remote parts, of the country, the publishers, anxious to remove every obstacle, will (on receipt of remittances) for ward regularly packets containing four, nine, or eighteen copies of the Bible, free by post, at the published prices.— London : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, and all Booksellers. ST. GEORGE'S HALL. — Amongst the attractions for the " holiday goers," the opening of the above Hall, on Monday and Tuesday afternoons last, was the principal. To popularise this place requires great exertion, and, with the performances of Mr. W. T. Best, one of the most talented artistes of the day, upon the grand organ, much may be done to this end. On Tuesday afternoon, an attrac tive programme, comprising an Overture from " Maritana," the Mermaid's Song in Weber's "Oberon," an excellent arrangement of English Airs, by Mr. W. T. Best, Handel's " Let the Bright Seraphim," and Mendelssohn's "Wedding March," drew a large and admiring audience, who, by their plaudits, expressed their gratification at the treat. No town in England can boast of so splendid a building, or an instru ment of equal grandeur ; and, therefore, at holiday time, nothing can be a greater novelty to those who visit Liver pool. The usual Thursday's performanbe takes place this evening, the selection of pieces being the choicest morceaux of Handel, Mendelssohn, &c.* AI. sop's WAx-IVon'x.—A large collection of excellent wax-work figures, also sculpture galleries, a musical pro menade, and cosmoramic views, at Mr. Allsop's, Lime-street, has had more than a usual attendance of visitors during the past few days of "holiday time," and certainly in Liverpool we never had any one who catered so well in his line as Mr. Allsop has done. The figures exhibit a life-like appearance, many of them being stated as exact likenesses, and much expense has been gone to for the purpose of having them perfect. The well-known and noted characters of the day occupy a prominent position. To admirers of the " horrible,' a collection of murderers has been placed in a separate department, and from the exact phrenological construpt: of the heads, much instructive information may be obtained, The sculpture galleries are replete with grace and beauty, including a large number of admired groups. The cos moramic views are of an interesting character, and afford high amusement to the visitors. The music comprises many of the well-known operatic selections of the day. Altoge ther, there is not a more pleasing and instructive lounge in Liverpool.* ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN. —The poll was opened at the Sessions-house yesterday morning, and the result of the day's proceedings was, that Mr. Satchell was placed in a majority of 75 votes, the following being the gross returns of the day : For Mr. Satchell For Mr. Chesney Persons. Votes, . . 211 486 . . 195 411 Majority for Mr. Satchell The poll will be resumed this (Thursday) morning. BiosTox.---The annual vestry was held on Monday, in the Parish Church, the Rev. C. A. Graham, incumbent, in the chair, when the churchwarden's accounts for the past year were examined and passed. A rate was laid, unanimously, of ld in the pound, for defraying the current expenses of the ensuing year. Mr. James Highton, of Claughton, and Mr. R. Parkinson, of Moreton, were elected churchwardens f or the ensuing year. A vote f thanks was carried unanimously to the retiring churchwarden, Mr: Thomas M. Blythe, for his great zeal in the interest of the church during the period of two years he had been in office. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday, Mr. Pitt in the chair. The other members present, were— Messrs. H. Edwards, Abrams, Ledger, Shaw, Green, Garrot, Roscoe, Heyes, Mcdcalf, Parkin, Pilling, and Woods. Mr. Gough, the governor, reported that the number of paupers in the establishment last week, was 660 ; admitted since, 23 ; born, 1; discharged, 17 ; dead, 3. Number this week, 664, of whom 376 belong to Toxteth P ar k. Number in the corresponding week st year, 674. The master of the hospital reported that the number of sick pau pers in that establishment last week, was 100 ; admitted since, 8 ; discharged, 11; died, 2 ; number this week, 95 ; number in the corresponding week last year, 114. The following cheques were granted for out-door relief : Mr. Potts, £122 ; Mr. Olney, £36; and Mr. Lythgoe, £22. On the motion of Mr. Abrams, calls were or d ere d to be made on the several townships of the union. The proceedings of the visiting and hospital committee contained a recommendation to appoint Mr. H. Edwards as chairman. The proceedings were confirmed. On the motion of Mr. Woods, Mr. Cayzer was appointed vaccinating officer for the township of Garston, in the place of the late Mr. Bevan. This was all the business of public interest. SOIREE AT THE ODD-FELLOWS' HALL.—The Mayor, W. Preston, Esq., presided at a soiree of th e Odd-F e llows,held on Tuesday night, at the hall in St. Anne-street. About 300 persons sat down to tea. The tables having been cleared, his Worship, who was warmly received, said the committee had done him the honour of calling upon him to take the chair, but he regretted they had not fixed upon a more competent person. As the even ing was far advanced, and as music would be more pleasant to their ears than anything he could say, he would call upon Mr. Harding to proceed with the musical entertainment which had been announced. Mr. Harding then gave his able and popular musical entertain ment, illustrated by a number of ancient and modern English ballads. He urged that heads of families ought to encourage music at home, as it tended to produce domestic harmony. The teaching of music, he held, had the effect of diminishing crime. His selection of songs was given in excellent style, and met with a very hearty reception from the audience. A vote of thanks was given to Mr Harding for his entertainment, and also to the Mayor for honouring the meeting with his presence, and occupying the chair on the occasion. The accompaniments to the ballads were played most effectively by Mrs. Harding. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF AN ENGLISH CAPTAIN.—We regret having to record the death of a well known and respected captain, who has sailed out of Liverpool for several years, and whose melancholy fate has caused deep affliction in his own respectable family, and heartfelt sympathy from his numerous friends, who admired and respected him in all relations of life. We copy the follow ing from the New Orleans Daily Crescent, of the 31st March :—" Captain T. J. Sutton, of the British ship Rosalie, lying at post 47, Third District, was drowned on Tuesday ,;:TM by falling off a plank while walking from the wharf to his vessel. The body , was not recovered. The deceated leaves a wife and family in Liverpool. He had long been a trader to this port, and was well and favourably known. It is supposed that he struck the wharf in hig fall, 46 the set of his ring was found on the wharf." Captain Sutton was of Mr. Sutton, a respected druggist in Blackstone-str,,", Regent-road. The lamented gentleman was in the Blackstone~ploS• ment of Mr. Orr, the eminent shipowner of Glasgow, wP,iOO letters to the bereaved family here fully prove the estialat„ in which Mr. Sutton was held, and the loss t he owners of the ship have sustained in the death. ° f th e captain, as well as the kind sympathy expressed u lale owners to the family of Captain Sutton for their unsPea '- loss. Part l i * the father, CASSELL' S POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY. F tl " f alele 4 now ready, price 6d., free by post 7d. The unpar-wori success which the First Part of this new and orignll ts of has achieved, is a most gratifying proo f that the efforts the publishers to introduce a Natural History writte ll i l l it s of attractive and popular manner, yet embracing the ente r modern investigation, illustrated, too, with suitable eav,to ings by artists of the highest repute, and publishede h e al very moderate price, has met with general and b ort, aoceptance. Part 11., and the future portions of the „ hp? will be marked by that accurate and finished style ef 1;4 tration, c and by the same instructive and entertaotto characteristics of text which have caused the First F f _ die be pronounced perfect. " The text is evel leil Lroa s typography beautiful and clear, and the woodcuts 1111:0,- and well executed—altogether a marvel of cheall e i ; se Glasgow Post.---London : Cassell, Petter, and GrajP- iooksellers. ,i 3 de A MUSICAL LOVE LETTER.—An interesting' r un iviill interesting-received young ladies are iuterestingreceived the 1° safe that musical billet de,yx yesterday. It is needless to fwo je. all the names are attached to songs or piec es ° time It is the best medley we have seen for some Roslin Castle, Easter Monday.—" Dear Anni e ,101, will you meet me by moonlight alone, in the cibere within a mile of Edinburgh; where the bee sil e "; t lurk I ; with sweet Nan of the vale, and love aul en .' i chs e roses. And then go down the burn, Davie, I °, ce 'in Ol e , pensive, I thought of my love, as she ay all the no , s_, ll ' Bay of Biscay, 0 ! with Jessie, the flower of Dual': s prß Kate Kearney, how happy could I be with either, Dual' time of year is coming in April, when primroses P s i ; c leau sweet plain, and those evening bells, down amen,o t "00 men, in the deep, deep sea, my heart with love is beats' for the lass of Richmond Hill. Bid me discourse,. an , whel l o'er my senses stealing, and the girl I left behind rt t„° slow broke the light and rule Bntannia carried my .; 3 s bP, my mistress dear, where pop goes the weasel and go°' never see the like again, with here's a health to all Si, lasses, and love's young dream, and Partent pour Is ic t i ere and God save the Queen, in the old house at home; I'd be a butterfly, born in a bower, singing, 0111,1 w 1 13// 'tis love, to see the rosy morn appearing, where su3 true love find, bobbing around with the British t ellt f ee and black-eyed Susan, singing when shall Nye !rif e , th again in Rochester Castle, and then nix my farewell Manchester, to the tune of home, swee t - „010' '' cheer up Sam, when we can dance to the Latham - By Peter Stubbs. of COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO MR. Triom.t s, ires ter°, l l EDINBURGH CASTLE HOTEL, L I M E -STREET. --- ; i l l CO' evening, the friends of Mr. Thomas, of the Edinburgoorr Hotel, Lime-street, entertained him at dinner, a t, theße at/ named hotel, as a mark of respect and esteem. °ver e rytb i l gentlemen sat down to a dinner that consisted of ef d the season affords. Nothing could be better, a ll 1 the excellence of the viands, the wines were celld t ;ii and in abundance. Mr. Stephen Crouch abb . r fot o , l ,„, chair ; and Mr. Naylor was in the vice-chair, 9adr e 'onlro' the duties of that office in admirable style. 40 1 0 having discussed the bariquet, the chairman gave'werel appropriate preface, .‘ The health of our Graciona;favia„'l; sins g the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the R° 1° The toast was drunk with appla use , Mr. INT 3 P °r ,busi F ;l:e the national anthem, with full chorus, amid great 0 10[e The next toast was " The Army and Navy," w- r opy' Chairman introduced in a neat speech, and with aped allusions to the present critical moment. 1 4 - 1 r 3 ( 1 11 51 0i nb " The Old Musketeer," very well sung. I rt i go li o s then read several letters of apology from " e a regretted that they could not be present, and ala ° ' r g e was a letter from " Christie's Minstrels," the al an t a att e j l their part, expressing his regret that he could ae".005,11 the dinner, but enclosing a very handsome tes r t e l ee tfe ; to Mr. Thomas. Several other toasts were giv en ' Pte and responded to, and the health of Mr. Thoela', 3 11 `l l , posed in very eulogistic terms, and drunk svittic sp„.o, honours. Mr. Thomas, in a brief, but approF',l P g 3 returned thanks for the great honcur conferr e u,, 3 s, which he valued the more because it was spont all ; s l o t " b je then resumed his seat amid loud applause. S er oree ll y , toasts were proposed and responded to, and a m °s 4tesl e tlf evening was spent, interspered with song, ales ID° The company broke up about twel v e o'clock, L" delighted with the whole entertainment. ts l r „j oi e e : : ne LEWIS'S NEW BAZAAR. This splendid and j 5 lishnient, about to be opened in Great George - s t „„ r vi ti ati", 11 of the most extensive and attractive in Liver„,.l l ''' t ; as fitted up in a style that cannot be surpassed in ',,01 4 ;" t 0t as splendour. The interior tout ensemble is veil r'i o por'oi and looks more like a building reared for sola ..; e : c y c l public office, at large public outlay, than one r' f tenli enterprising and successful man of business, for ei c a lo se his trade.. There are_ many novel features T/,,,11,,11.ee be, °of this bazaar, deserving of special notic e ' fe el' i fis they exhibit a complete reform in the b li f trade to which the establishment is devoted. having observed that persons employed in 5, t1 , 1 , c- tlie Abe require relaxation; after business hours, and sv", - r ts °' of providing both for the mental and physical corn l° o p ' d e a persons engaged in this large bazaar, has fit b° had h ere neat' apartments, where these comforts nial ;'w e lses' n o enjoyed, without the inmates leaving to seek sati n g- 0 )o —reading-room, a library,. &c., and even a 5 013 ,7, 1 "ide r t be for those who may require such. Then a C ", -- ;le' r ifor number of the persons employed are married P c- i, • ie te "hcs° wives occupying positions in the shop, usually aPP . od t - n t, young ladies, and the husband the other portions-,oceoefol parties reside on the premises —a considerable inzd le, o o The domestic arrangements are carefully Eaten", ets , , t • elf no persons can be better provided for in all r es c, e 4 o ° •"the, are the employees of Mr. Lewis. The building is frols. of designed, and runs in an oblong shape for 17 8 f ee " ronte inside of the window, and 42 broad, with tw e l ot fee t, counters along the centre, and another rang 0600 walls. Over these run two beautiful galleries:A° fordo ol° of an attractive appearance, the fi rs t appro priaw - boa, and the transaction of b us i ness , an d forms t he °or promenade, affording a n e a t panoramic view of ali cl ' 9 ;4' floor. The upper gallery contains sleeping t hese °,05 apartments handsomely fitted up. From betwe elt i-b•15 1.° ; so leries spring the semi-arched roof 58 feet in Pitch' , constructed on a handsome and novel 1 3- ri neiP t Le hre H ci° t arranged as to preserve an equal temperature toryPoe the whole estabhshment at all seasons. In a s , 3e : te cl. ho le of view, this desideratum cannot be over eat' lll .r - be ` 1 '„." 1 11' ventilation is, at the same time, most rfect. - ,,ith;;4 of the establishment is lit from e lhe-roof P , e tog ether r a ' cs f 4 aes/' dows opening from te second galleries, th e ibe sl os t obliquely from the top, mingle with that foul j 1 11 0 00 throwing a mellow appearance on the whole/ $ll I TO preserves an equal light in all atmosPhtecrees'oreirig circumstances will at once show the atteu tbe has been pa Th id ese in a t r h a e a c f o a n w str o u f ct t i h o e n olfeatdhiaegb feu to e f of e t tare s e cy establishment, that forcibly present thcmseive,s. its di n ' s to as one enters, and looks about in 'admiration a' There t, ' s i tb o ai n ne s y , tpaona points t at i e t trmhfataityl fully be ui into t a t odbdeed, examinedts in sn ai gorgeousne ss ti7_o.s " zi b is e te i particulars, • Ance ~r N but we can safely say that all who visit the rf r 13° 0° agree that, in all respects, it cannot be surPas seu ' r e . lid ers o ll l of design, with a combination of details, that btl l l 0 , whole not only the first of its sort in Liver, P,l o ° fairly challenge anything of the kind in the 110'`"- WINDSOR CASTLE, T T H ue E sd C a O y. UR T T h . e Queen (1(0,0 (le --"Ir-- A rri',s tp c oyhne o uercthheieiro r drsu t ssa , keyb a aa c cf e kte ..m m p o a o n n i . e d Theby the Duke ofin T a_ r i t ti ; - a oer: - d tic Her Majesty's dinner party in the evening ° n e t (WV . la de 00 , Lady Sus oe a f Vana Saxe Coburg, the Belgian I'll Ve)sif Madame s e lie W m ey e e i r v , ilie M , Mademoiselle bra eer Susan Leslie the Princess Alice, the Du e . - istc r ei, "I lirort ieY ' 1 0 Olf • Ot e George Couper, Colonel Ridley, Commanding o leo fie Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards Lieutenant-Genle,irpfeto, 00 de a Companha, Captain Sergio, Le Baron - ,-# fro ll u pitaine de Reuter, A.D.C., and Colono Seymour, C.B. I fe d all ot The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards p. s, ad - dinner-Ho t a m : —, dinner. L L a a d d y y M ca a r r o y lin H e oo ß d a , ; 'ted7 The following had the honour of beino . 11 : 0 A- al m a jor Gf v ,,.ies of i , Hon. C. and :Airs. Grey, Colonel . the Hon. Sir C A , 130 , Lady Phipps, Miss Phipps, Colonel F. IL anti IlVeilesliUr Seymour, Mss H. Seymour, the Hon. 3- 1 " . A , coali e v" xt Mlj s or c aonudpert,holionv. Victor Van ILraonyddeLwindeysaeYr: a L n 7 /1 3,13.‘1 °1. ' Elphinstone, R.E. Mrs. Park Th thismorn Her Majesty's Duchess of Kent : • the tb The Queen, with Princess Alice, walked oes rrMinisgstolin,ood, tSe P-00;01 01 t ° antg,F private raong md bandvisitedie. w a s Herin attend Royal a nte. iiigd:o t o oi ro s e e His Royal Highness the Prince Consort I'o horseback, attended by Captain Du Platt. .te dr i" c Princess Louisa and Prince Leopold took a carrike 9616 The Duke of Oporto and His Royal Ili'hg ess t, - 1-1 -- . 061 ; of Saxe Coburg went to Twickenham, aFtended °J,, o , all tenant-General 'Vicomte de Champanha,CoPtain Sel red ti ' l t C h o e lo a n f e t l ern Se o y o m m our. Their Royal Highnesses visi Cast le 11:1 0 01 Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and returned to the -kr ' esti ~,, of . We have authority to announce that her - , ‘-fl ie 13w. give_ a concert at Buckingham palace on Fridah b May next,