The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-23 00:00:00

THE LATEST NENV 173 Y BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 22. The Patrie declares itself authorised to state that the rumours respenting the intentions of the Government to establish an income tax is with out foundation. LEGITIMIST AGITATION. The Paris correspondent of the Nines sllpplir a copy of a letter said to have been addressed by the Count de Chambord to one of the most eminent of those who have advocated the Papal cause. It condemns the dark policy which las been adopted towards the sovereign pontiff, cinder the belief that the moral sense of society -was sufficiently weakened, and public opinion sufficiently. kept down ; and attributes to this • Tolley the encouragement of an odious act of spoliation. To despoil the successor of St. Peter is to sap the foundations of every throne. It is sad to see France thus made use of As the instru ment to carry out attempts which can end only in new convulsions. The writer . concludes by Tregretting that the absence of a wise liberty leaves without protection and without guarantee, the dearest interest of France, of religion, and of :society. The Opinione Nationale expresses its belief that France is drifting into another war with Austria. In vain, it says, do diplomatists stay :Europe on its slipping descent. There is -but one :solution for the Italian question, and that. is total, radical, and irrevocable expulsion of Austria and ;the foundation of a national power in Italy. It is certain that both in the army and the .general public there is a strong impression that 'war will break out again in the spring. - The news of the division on Mr. Disraeli's motion produced a very favourable effect on the Paris Bourse yesterday. Prices have also risen SpecalatorS conclude that public opinion in England as in favour of the treaty of the Cabinet of the French alliance and of Italian independence. THE FRENCH FUNDS. 12.5 P.M.-A decided improvement took place in the tone of the Bourse. Rentes have risen to , 68f. 15c. 3.20 P.m.—The market has been very animated, and funds closed firm at a further advance in prices a 68f. 30c. TUSCANY. FLORENCE, Feb. 21. The Electoral Committee recommends annexa tion to Piedmont as the only programme which the candidates should profess. Baron Ricasoli has forbidden the distribution of Guerazzi's democrat protestation, the views •contained in which are refitted in an article in the Government journal La Nazi. • • The journals publish accounts of anti-Pontifical 'demonstrations in the Marches. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 22. N egotiations between the great powers in x ,eferenc e to the treaty of the Italian question are 13e r,, in g 'vigorously pursued. IQ.e 1, ''asis upon which a conferenre is to be iteld iSI not yet agreed upon. RUSSIA. The Russian PARIS, Feb. 22. Government has expressed a wish to propose jointly with Prussia a conference of the five great powers. It is asserted that Prus cia, with certain reserves, has consented to join in this proposal. The following appeared in a Portion of our arapassion of yesterday:— AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 22. The, Weiner Zeitung, of to-day, says—" We learn that `the question concerning the capability to possess landed property by Jews of those provinces not mentioned in yesterday's imperial decree is reserved for decision by the future preservatives of the country." ITALY. Reb. 21. 111.--Th ouve n e l' s d espatc h o f the 12th OME, was F presented 'two days ago by the Duke of Grammont to Cardinal Antonelli. The Secretary of the Roman States has, in ''his reply, confined himself to stating that immediately upon receiving the order of the Sovereign Pontiff; he Will place the Nuncio at Paris in a position to com municate the intentions of the Papal Government. The most, influential members of the Holy College affirm that the Pope holds in readiness a wilt ivoprio, already signed, . rea li sing the promises of Ga e t a , b ut that, before promulgating it, Pius IX.. demands that the patrimony of St. Peter shall be guaranteed to him. THE NEW BISHOP. The Daily News announces that Lord Palmerston has S ubmitted the name of the Rev. Dr. Vaughan to the Queen as the new Bishop of Rochester. Dr. Vaughan 'was lately master of Harrow. THE EXPORT DUTIES ON COAL. T he Post publishes a letter from M. Michel Chevalier, th e Z eminent French economist, addressed to a friend in this country, on the objections raised to the proposed removal of the export duties on British coal. The ob ject is to show that, in case of emergency, France can ?btain supplies of coal from various quarters, and, there lore, that the article relating to coal cannot fairly be r epresented as a virtual signing away of the national supremacy of England. W HOLESALE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE. At a numerous meeting of the trade, held at the Lon (1011 Tavern yesterday, resolutions were unanimously Passed to the effect that, instead of a varying alcoholic test, one uniform rate of duty upon all wines would be the more simple plan, and at the same •time more pro ductive to the revenue, and more satisfactory to both dealer and consumer, while the alcoholic test would raise constant dispute between buyer and seller, and lead to an uncertainty in all tran9ch.,— ; n wink, nnJ vaob t worms to the trade. Other resolutions. were Passed relative to the proposed arrangements for ob taining the drawback of duties. DIRECT TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.' The Times city article includes 'a letter explaining that in the coal trade, as in all direct trade between -England and France, the ships of both countries have, `,Pr since the treaty of 1820, been treated as abso lutely the same in the ports of either country, without Illy difference as to tonnage du es on goo d s i mper t e d rso ( )ng as the latter are the produce of the exporting cnintry. t . The objecti ona bl e regu l a ti ons i n t h e French`naviga h:on laws, s till so ex p ress l y reta i ne d i n th e new t rea ty, ave reference only to British vessels bringing cargoes France from third countries, India, or British 4 1 onies, and to the import into France of some sorts tt colonial produce otherwise than direct front th'e place Production. THE DEBATE ON THE BUDGET. - the .Deily Hews says, that upon all the leading features of the financial scheme Ministers. are, now sec ure of a s u ffi c i en t wor ki ng ma j or it y. - "he Herald s a y s the ques t ion a t i ssue i s, w h e th er th e --L,Nlise of C ommons i s prepare d to throw away f our nl illions of indirect taxation for so small a chance of profitable re t urn as th e commerc i al treaty with France olds out to them, and for the certainty, of a teupenny an eorne-tax. The T imes sums up the arguments of Mr. Du Cane, who, in effect, says, because there is international . ea louv, armaments, and a deficit, therefore, keep up your tariffs; don't squander a farthing of revenue; concede nothing; and, finally, arm! arm ! arm ! Mr. Gladstone, tin the other hand, says, because of this state of things abroad, and a deficit at home, reduce your tariff, sur render revenue gained, by all means concede all you fairly can, seize the opportunity of kindness, meet the advances of your neighbours, and, if possible, disarm. 300 females, of the class of unfortunates, attended a ;eligious midnight meeting at the West-end, last night. similar meeting is to be held at the East-end. 13,1%. requisition 16 i n course o f s i gnature to Mr. Cubitt, "eat Surrey, near C roy d on, requ i r i ng him to stand for "eat Surrey, in the Conservative interest. fe,2I°YAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The __ b dental glad tal p to ro and indeed the public generally, will at"tthat the Crown having, in pursuance of the visio ns in the Medical Act, grazited . a charter to the x ' u ve institution, empowering it to institute and hold_ p, k inations for the purpose of testing the fitness of of s ,, (l ris to practice as dentists, and to. grant certificates qich fitness -" and directing that " the Board of Th - 0 4t oiliers in ' Dental Stirgery shall consist of six e o - „ lll bers, three of whom shall be members of the tit of Examiners of the College, and three others of 0 0 - ," Shall be persons skilled in dental surgery ;" the by,' l ,eil of the College of Surgeons have established the is tie - ti 'aws and regulations necessary for carrying out ChL e xaminations, and elected the board of exaniiners. ~ FOR THE BRITISH FORCES SERVING IN and 4.---1110 following will be the combined British eo4t.rencli postage, to be paid in advance, during the po u ll luance of hostilities with China, upon such corres ken—el-Ice, viz.:—For a letter addressed to a commis 4-eu or warrant officer of the army or navy, not exceed -14 quarter of an ounce, Bd., above a q uar t er o f an ounce, Or es 14 .0 exceeding half an ounce, 10d. ; f or a l e tt er ad or se4 to a n on - comm i ss i one d o ffi cer , or private soldier, a sealnen, not ex cee di ng a quar t er o f an ounce, 3d., oui'lletlarter of an ounce, and not exceeding half an 404 6 d• The p r i v il ege en j oye d b y pr i vate soldiers Ilriti o e , " areen of sen di ng an d receiving their l e tt ers by ton t i n... Packet fo r a pos t age o f id., will, in addition, tnis a i rin " In full f orce . L e tt ers a dd resse d to ?ion.-coin *ill ed office rs , so ldi ers, or seamen serving in China, addre.7 f orwar4ed through France only when sp ec i a ll y Ini ssi ° s ed " via M ars eilles." Letters add re ssed to corn -24, or warrant officers will be forwarded as a rule, 01,t4thaanirseilles when not. directed t o b e sen t " v i a pton.,, By command of the Postmaster-Gene -413. 2 ° I WIAND RILL, Secretary. General Post-office, IMPERIAL PARUAIVIENT. - - Yfasii OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY. The Speaker took the chair at two o'clock. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is understood by the Govern ment that the proposed reduction and abolition of import duties, pursuant to articles 5 and ti of the treaty with France, are to take effect as tegatds nib Orodnte Vf other countries than France and her AePendeneiCs, in virtue of the obligatiens 'of V& tqiA ticaty. The errAN(CEY.f Mt A the Exclu Q urn replied that the ter - Mt oaf the treaty itself only applied to France ; 'but if the question intended to raise the point as to what were the intentions of the Government with regard to the duties on the products of other countries., • German silk fur example, he could not then State . the course they meant •to pursue, bet he *odd 'state that there was nothing whateVeli its The ireaty to prevent Parliament Prom diets' 4 sit-this respect precisely as they thought preper. f.lli'r C. 33eilitAra, moved the second reading of - the Window Gleaning Bill, stating that it was intended to prevent the aceidents which were constantly mem, -: Sir G. C. LEW.B opposed the bill as tnneeetOry, and moved, as an a.mendntent, that it te I'M a se and time that day fix months. After sOrte efiSefission the amendment was agreed to, ttn4 tie bill lost. The Attorneys and Solicitors Bill passed through committee. On the motion for the second reading of the Election Petitions Act Amendment.l3lll, Sir G. C. r Lawis observed that difficulties ectse front the Conflict of public and private calling out election petitions it Was impossible to sopatai - e the subject front that a corrtipt pi - adieeS Ali - ,ea.fly before a select committve, ArlasuggesiCtt tii the proper course would lose . real tare tttt ond time, and then refer it is that tomitaNt. A disinssion followed, mainly on the point whether the bill should he referred to the actual committee on the Corrupt Practices Act, or to the distinct etnn mittee. Ultimately the bill was read a second tithe r and the question, as to which committee it wait By be referred to, was adjourned, The Charitable Uses Eill• posed ,thtoitgh committee. The Dwellings for, Labotithtg Classes (Ireland) Rill was read a second time. 1 Mr, Dignr SEyluotin obtaited leer td introduce a bill to amend the jurisclittion of the High Court of Ad miralty, Tire SiitAKitn announced that the petition against the vlettion for King's County was withdrawn. The other business Was disposed of, and the House adjourned shortly before six o'clock. LOCAL IN'ALiIGENCE, ------- • THE FATAL ACCIbENTS AT ITltt tIHKENHEAD DOCK. W ORKS. — YeStChIaY, Ml'. Murton held inquests over the bodies of the two nwn who were killed on Monday, by the railing; of. a. "jin," at the Birkenhead Dock Works. In each case a verdict of accidental death was returned. THE "BLACK BALL" CLIPPER. DONALD 11PK AY. This magnifcent frigate-built ship, measuring 2,601 tons, and consequently the largest sailing ship belottging to the port, has been token up by: the VoVerriment'as a transport. The Donald ANtaf teaVes Liverpool on Monday next, and ptotetds to Cork, where she will embark upwards nf 1,600 troops, forming the Second battalion of tt* "24th Regiment, who are to do duty at the Mauritius. Upwards'of 800 men, of the 61st fle g i_ meat, will be brought home to Portsmouth, from the Mauritius, in the Donald WlCay. CONCERT AT ST. GEORGE'S-HALL NEXT SATURDAY. —Our musicalreaders will be delighted to observe that a grand concert is to be given in the above place on Saturday evening next. • The names of the first-elais artistes announced are sufficiently well-known to secure a bumper house. The programme, which we have seen, embraces " Merrily wak6 music's measures ;" "The voice that we love ;" "0 the sweet contentment ;" " We happy shepherd . swains ;", "Under th e gre e nw e o d tree ;" "Around the maypole;" "The hunt is up," in addition to those named in the advertisement. • WEST DERBY BOARD OF GILA RD rANs.—The usual weepy meeting of the West Derby Board of Guar dians was held' yesterday, Mr. Pitts presiding. The governor of the work house, Mr. Edward Gough, reported that there were in the house, 'last week, 320 paupers; admitted since, 31; 'discharged, 11; dead, 2; remaining this, week, 323 (of whom 10 belong to Tos teth-park) ; against 300 in the corresponding week of the previous year. Mr. Hall, master of the workhouse hospital, ,reported that last week there were 131 patients ; admitted since. 18 ; discharged, 8 ; remain ing, 141 (of whom 50 belong to Toxteth-park) ; against 113 in the corresponding week of lust year. Cheques for out-door relief were drawn as follows :—Mr. Potts, £105; Mr. Roberton, £37; and Mr. Lythgoe, £23. There was no other business of importance before the board LOCAL BILLS. —Among the bills read a second time on Monday last we observe the following, of local inte rest:-The Macclesfield Gal Bill; the Manchester and Milford Railway Bill; the Stockport, Disley, and Wha ley Bridge Railway ,Bill. OU Tuesday the committee on. the Blackburn Gas Bill sat. Petitions against the London and North Western Railway Bill (No. 2) were presented from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, from John Shaw Leigh, and from Joseph Gibbons Li vingston —all praying to be heard by counsel. A peti tion was presented against the Upper Mersey Dues Pur chase and Conservancy Bill by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, also praying for counsel. A petition was presented against the Vale of Clwyd Railway Ex tension Bill by the Birkenhead Railway Company, pray ing for counsel. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY. - (Before Mr. Commissioner Perry.)---ha re Leah Brothers. —Thi s firm, consisting of Thomas and Herbert Leah, carrying on business at Liverpool as commission merchants, came up on their last examination. Their balance-sheet had not been filed in consequence of their books bein g in the hands of a solicitor at Birmingham, who cl a i me d a lien upon them.—His Honour made an order for the delivery of the books to the official assignee, and adjourned the sitting for the last examination to the 20th March.— Mr. Sill, of Birmingham, and Mr. Evans appeared for the assignees; Mr. Woodburn for Mr.. Jabet, of Bir mingham, 'the solicitor claiming a lien on the books ; and - Mr. Weir Anderson for the bankrupts. BIRKEN HEAD MUSIC HALL COMPANY.—The want of a commodious structure in Birkenhead, adapted to the purposes of Concerts, lectures, assemblies, and other public meetings, commensurate with the large and increasing population 'of the Cheshire side of the river, being generally felt and acknowledged, it is sought to provide the required building by the above company, now formed under the ldw of limited liability. It is intended that the structure shall accommodate 1,000 vli,l a ails site propOSt . tt Capita . Of 44000 • Will, it is confidently believed, he ample. An eligible site has been secured, and it is confidently ex pected that the building may be opened in the present year, upwards of 4,000 shares having been actually signed for. A meeting of the.shareholders.was to have been held yesterday afternoon, but owing to some infor 'wilily in the notice convening it, the meeting was ad journed for a week. • HOUSE AND LANDOWNERS' ASSOCIATION.—A public meeting, convened by this association, was held last eveni-ag at the Clarendon-rooms, 'South' John-street—:the object being to consider the amended'bye-laws, and to pass the rules of the association. The chair was occu pied by Mr. Owen Williams, the president; and a large number of property owners were present.—The Chair man, in opening the proceedings, said that the com mittee appointed at the previous meeting had waited upon the Health Committee, by whom they were very courteously received ; and the result of the interview was that they had the bye-laws before them in an amended forma He then called upon the secretary, Mr. J. B. Hughes, who read the pro posed rules. Of the' association, which were adopted.- -Mr. J. B. Hughes, in moving that, in the opinion of .the meeting, the amended bye-laws were both arbitrary and unnecessary, said they must not be supposed to be captious, or as desirous of interfering unduly with the Health Committee in adopting the resolution. The re presentations of that society had already led to a great .alteration of the proposed bye-laws, which, however, still contained much that was bad. To carry out the bye-law fi properly, the Health Committ ee wou ld requ i re a. very'. large staff of officers, which would necessarily entail great expense, and the question was therefore one fer the rate payers as well as for themselves. Mr. Bannister seconded the resolution, and in doing so gave the, members of the Health Committee credit for goad intentions; attributing the misakes in the byer laws to their excessive zeal—The resolution was • unanimously agreed to.—Mr. Jones moved the next resolution, which was, "That a petition be presented to the House of Commons on the injustice of collect ing the property tax upon nominal rentals instead of on the net revenue." lie enumerated a large number of payments which had to be made by the owners of property, and said that he knew estat es i n Li verpool which for some years past had only paid a quarter of the nominal rental, and yet the owner would have to pay property tax on the whole.—The resolution was seconded by Mr. Martin, and carried unanimously.— This being the whole of the business, a vote of thanks was paSsed to the chairman, and the proceedings ter minated. • ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—A meeting of this society was - held last night at the Royal Institution, Colquitt street ; Mr. Horner in the chair. The donations an nounced were the three last numbers of the Building News. and twelve copies of the proposed byelaws of the Health Committee.—Before proceeding with the paper for the evening, Mr. Boult referred to the annual archi tectural exhibition in Lon(on, and stated that he hoped Liverpool would be represented at the . next exhibition. ü bit; Q n n . —Mr. Howard invited the criticism of the society a cartoon he had executed. He wished to have the and had on opinion of the so c i e ty upon the style ht treated the subject. He considered that freedom animation in the execu ti on o f p a i n ti n g glass were which h 6 as admissible as i n t h e ot h er b ranc h es o f architec tural decoration. S evera l mem b ers o f th e soc i e ty expreSsed a wish for further information respecting the building for which the cartoon was intended, tow! the matter was ultimately deferred. The chairman called the attention of the society to the proposed bye-laws of the Health Committee. He said that the society had had three meetings for the purpose of considering the course they should pursue with regard to those laws; and a letter. had been written for Tresentation to the Health Committee. Mr. Boult strongly opposed the presentation of the letter. The society had not given the . subject their serious consideration, as not more than one-fifth of their number had attended the meetings on the subject. The chairman explained that special meet ings were called for the purpose of considering the laws, and at those meetings nearly all the active and professional members of the society were present. It was then moved and seconded that the letter be'referred to the Health Committee. The motion was carried with but one dissentient. The 'paper for the evening, which was by Mr. Justin, and entitled " Romanesque Architecture," was then read. THE DIVISION ON MONDAY NIGHT.-011T borough member, Mr. T. B. Horsfall and the members for the southern division of the county, the Hon. Algernon Egerton and Mr. Legh, all voted in favour .of Mr, Disraeli's amendment on Monday night, PActrlc STemkt NAVIGATION SAN. CAntoB.---This handsome and eontmOdiotis .new stharner is td sail trOrn ;he Meney. to-day. She has . her lttiiithy Ratdolph, d 1,4, and is ti t ke . 461. (frein Larnetniiiders), with 00;0 chi, the donole-action principle, which has been sent out to the Pacific by the company. At th e Admiralty trial t r i p, on M on d ay, s h e obtained a speed, under very adverse-circumstances, of Ila knots. The power was developed to about 620 horses, with a con sumption of 10 . i cwt. of "Welsh coal per hour, or about I . Zths. lbs. to the indicated horse ,poTer: Tlto ffi Guayaquil and a s mall paddl e iteatiter re , .064. strutted for the. same V4nipaiiy. These vessels Odic the San ~tr3ol will he provided with Messrs. Randolph, Elder, & Ce.'s new patent boilers, which, in the case of the San Carlos, have been proved to:the surveyor of the Board of Trade with a water pressure of 120 lbs. to the square inch. COUNTY COPRT.—The folloWhig illsolVen6y eases were heard at this eolirt :Vesterda.y Barnes; engineer ) of Knotty Ash, .danie ilp dh nation, and Was slip sorted Was tettrancil i qntil the 2).A of March,-outfits b ockly pAssed 'mai bianitifttiloli without opposition.— C4i)orge Bednitind, of Scotland-road, Liverpool, mercer, Etupported by Mr. Husband, opposed by Mr. Gray. The case of this insolvent was adjourned until the 21st of March, because his books had not been filed within ten days of filing his petition.---Thomas Miller, formerly of the Bay Horse, Londen-road ) supported by Mr. Anderson, was ordered to be disc charged forthwith.—Charles George Glly, of No; 6, Goree-piassa, in partnefship With .Robeit COtton, patent anchor anti mandfaetdiers. This insolvent ails stippofted by Mr. Hill*, and. Opposed t-sr 4ray and drocott. „Adjedrned,Mitil Fri hi Midi a day will Iffq 'Ai:Tainted for thd filial order.--Robert Cotton,to 'rtlierelip with the above insolvent. Adjourned until Priday. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The management has suc ceeded in forming a brief engagement with the cele brated Spanish danseuse Dona Isabel Cubas, whose appearance in London created so great a sensation, The lady is aecompaned by Don Juan Ximelies; were sorry to see so thin a libltse sitght tilt We venture td say that the leipfesMeti prod uteti blob dash who Were present Will tell tipein the appearance f the house to-itight: . tf, ariX .lover df the Terpsiehdrean art omi ts seein g De na Isabel eiihaSi thby *ill lose one of the greatest treats of the ItiAtt trtey ever have an oppdrtnnity dl AritnesSilig. With a sweet fate, and,tfi t e gure 'dr a Hobe, D o n a I sa b e l ex hibi ts t h e ffidtio,,s of a sylph. We have seen nothing so startling since we first beheld the fairy-like movements of Taglioni. The audience last night, though not numerous, , was most enthusiastic ; and having repeatedly called for the Dona, applauded her again and again, as if loath to allow h er to leave the stage. She was cleverly and grace fully supported by Don Ximenes and the ladies of the corps de ballet; hut, however attractive thcse ntay, have have been, we, confess we iyere OaHelv able to lift our eyes II - 011 dansofse. We must see her :!gelid. The other pieces to-night are "The Wandering. Boys;" "Domestic Economy;" and "The Rendezvous:" but the great attraction will be the Spanish dancers. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) ~ . . A STEWARD CH ARGED WITH TvErt.---Willtath Irving, late steward of the fliiii t'iliniouth, was charged with hating stolen some wearing apparel belonging to Captain Metcalf, master of that vessel. Mr. Bluck appeared for the defence. The captain suspected that the prisoner had stolen some of his clothes, and on the previous day he ordered the mate not to permit him to take his clothes on shore. In consequence of these in structions, the mate stopped the prisoner when he was leaving the ship with a bag of clothes which were taken from him and locked in the cabin. The next morning the bag was opened, and several articles pf Clothing be d longing to th e p rosecutor AVere found ; and when the - prisoner *as apprehended, a collar with the cap'tain's name upon it was found in his pocket. • in reply to Mr. Bluck the captain said he . was not aware that there was an ill-feeling against the pri soner on the - part of the crew in consequence of his having dealt out the provisions sparingly, and the mate said, that after the bag, containing the stolen property, was placed in the cabin, the door was locked, and no one had admittance but himself. Mr. Block pleaded the - prisoner's .previous good character, and suggested that if lie had stolen the articles, and placed them in his bag, lie would have absconded. Ile also contended that it was possible the property said to have been stolen might have been placed in the bag'by some one else. The case was sent for trial. PASSING BASE COIN.--A respectabl e -l o A c i ng woman; named Ellen 6 huttleworth, was charged with having passed abase:. half-crown. Mr. Block appeared for the defence. It appeared that on Saturday night the prisoner went to Mrs. Powell's fruit stall, St. John's Market, and purchased some apples, tendering half-a crown in payment. Upon receiving the change she went away; and it was not till afterwards that the pro secutrix discovered that the money was bad. On Lies • day Mrs. Powell saw the prisoner in the market, and gave her into custody. Io reply to Mr. Block the pro , secutrix admitted that she had offered not to make the • charge if the money was paid, and that the prisoner had given her correct address. Under these circumstances Mr. Block urged the possibility of the prisoner having obtained_the half-crown accidentally, and passed it in ignorance ; and Mr. Rattles taking the same view as the advocate, ordered the priSoner to be discharged. ORDER FOR PROTECTION.-Mr. Block applied on be half of Mary Roberts, a huckster, living in Islington, for an order to protect her property from her husband's control. It appeared that the applicant's husband de serted her seven years ago since which time she had, by her own industry, acquired a little property. The order was at once granted. ITHE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. Captain Bensthirin then proposed a vote of thanks tti his 'Worship the Mayor. The Rev. Mr. TWIST, in seconding the motion, said there was not a single interest, whether social, religious, or industrial, with which his Worship was not identified, and to which he had not proved a great benefactor. (Applause.) His Worship having appropriately acknowledged the compliment, moved a vote of thanks to the married ladies belonging to the Ist Lancashire Volunteer Corps, i which w as carr i e d b y acclamation, a n d respon d ed to by Mr. Alderman Parker, on behalf of the ladies. At the call of Captain Obit/stone, three cheers were 1 given for Captan Bow:field and his Men. Mr. W. BuowN, who was loudly cheered, spoke in i favour of the volunteer movement, and intimated that he now stood before the company as the Colonel of the Ist Lancashire Artillery Volunteers. Three hearty cheers were given for the Queen. The band played the national anthem ; and the volunteers baying been put thr oug h s ev e r a l evolutions, Were marched out of the hall; and the interesting ceremony • was brought to a close. TRADESMEN'S GRAND FANCY AND FULL DRESS BALL. It is only on rare occasions that the tradesmen of Li verpool, as a body, ,step out from the pursuit of that industry, their energetic attention to which has contri buted so much to the prosperity of the " good old town," "„<I clic;nr,clvea lagh in the ebtheatten or the comaiercial world. In some instances, however, they do stand out into the public observation ; and when they, Rio su , they come lnrward with an amount of energy- and judgment which at once displays their innate sagacity and tact, and indicates to the world the true grounds on which their success has been built. To their credit, he it further said, that their departure from the secure and strict line of duty which they have themselves prescribed for their guidance has almost, if not invariably, always been adopted in the cause of charity. At the bidding of this virtue they have invariably shown a diTosition to throw off all narrow-minded trammels, and have de termined to bring to the purpose in hand much of that energ y and perceptive ability which distinguishes them in the conduct of their every -day avocations. Such has been pre-eminently the case with respect to their present movement in getting up the fancy and full dress hall, which is to take place in St. George's_ hall on Tuesday night. The entire success which attended that elegant and pleasing entertainment which. was given there ten (lays ago took full possession of the public mind, and at once suggested to a few of the more active members of our large trading community the question whether such a gay and a t tract i ve scene might not he repeated w ith advantage. Reflecting on the circum stance that, although a large amount must necessarily accrue to the funds of several of our most imp: rtant public charities, still there were many charitable institutions with Very strong, if not equal claims upon the public, which would not participate in the benefits to be derived from the last splendid fancy ball, they, trusting to the sup port Of their fellow-townsmen, resolved, if possible, to originate some similar entertainment, the profits of which might he &Voted in aid of the funds of those charities which derived no advantage from the pro ceeds of the former one. The idea once formed, it was not allowed to flag. The time and circumstances were fayourable, an t they were not lost sight of. A meeting was called for Saturday last, which was most influen tially and numerously attended, the ex-Mayor presiding, not one only, but several of our most distinguished fel low-townsmen being present, and aided the movement by their countenance and counsel. One° started, the game has been pursued with the energy and su cess cha racteristic of the tradesmen of Liverpool. On the even ing of the same day, the committee had secured the use of St. George's-hall, together with the gorgeous fit tings which had been prepared for and graced the pre vious hall. By Alond a ? a ft ernoon they bad secured an extensive roll of distinguished patronage, including the Lord -lieutenant of the county, the two members of Par liament fur the southern division of the county, and one of the members for the borough, besides numerous gen tlemen connected with the town, together with several ladies of rank. The next business of the committee was to arrange the leading features of the grand ball, and, in compliance with several suggestions, it was arranged that parties in full evening dress should be admitted to participate in the eujoym•ent of the occasion as well as those in fancy costume, although the committee felt strongly the advan tages which must be conferred on such an assemblage by the larger proportion, if not the whole, appearing m fancy dresses, which .render the scene so much more lively • and attractive. An important as well as novel feature of such an entertainment was also added, in the resolution of the committee to give a Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball, in the magnificent concert-room upstairs, in connection with the other ball which is to take place in the ,grand ball. Th e announcement of the Juvenile Fancy Ball has given. intense satisfaction, and we are glad to learn that the applications for tickets have already been so numerous as to give certainty for the entice success of the whole undertaking. His Worship the Mayor has kindly consented to become one of the patrons, and has also forwarded a handsome donation in support of the undertaking. Intimations of intended contributions have been received from a number of gentlemen, all of whom express a warm interest ill its success. Last not least, the committee have contracted with Mr. Morrish, of the Merchants' Dining-rooms, Lancas ter4mildings, Tithebarn-street, to supply the refresh ments, on the same scale of elegant abundance which gave such general and merited satisfaction on the occa sion of the last fancy ball. In short everything gives promise that the ball of Tuesday evening will be one of the most successful which has ever graced St. George' s _ hall. If permitted, we should venture to throw out one suggestion, which, we have reason to believe would meet PRESENTATION OF A SILVER BUGLE, AT 14T, c+BonttE , s Art interesting,tereitiony took plttee at St: tiecitde'a hall last evening, on the occasion of the prei.entation of a sii 9 t bole to, th b.. First Lancisl}kre,Volutitegt r Che (wei.t.appeared to excite !an Urwsual &Fp° of into rest iii the Pflblip milid: afid 164; beliire te*.lidrir an nounced for the commencement of the prodeedhigs, the 11411 was crowded in every available part, while a dense crowd congregated outside, an d c h eere d t h e various detachments and companies of volunteers as they arrived. The body of the hall was kept clear for the evolutions of the vol/rapers;, and ; As, the vpriotis companies. reacheit licit flestivaljpn, they were quarstiAlled in the C:.ntre the halli utidei' the ,COniMand or their i'spis.ti'te Officer: Ai far AS We Woe able to asce r t a i n , the folloWhig pies were present, each wearing their appropriate uniform, and forming an ensemble both pleturesque and imposing :- 40 men of the lit and 2nd Chester, under the command Of Lieut. French ; 40 of the 2nd Clieshite, Lieut. Hor ner; 40 of "Wallasey, Captain Cbambres ; 40 of Rock Ferry, Captain Jones 1 - 35 of Faitfieldi Lieut.. Marston ; 46 Of Aigl)iirth, Captain Gladstone; 40df &Change oqlo.l3any, papt*lsthidiviei picker ;40 of 39th)iipispS; Captdiii Oriflith I Ott of e 2 l-: linfrtoil; l ajitatii Patchett; PIO 'of Artillery, Captain Rornby, Lieut. Poole, and Lieut. Robinson; 200 ISt Lancashire, Captain Bousfield, and band. On the plat form were his Worship the Mayor, T. D. Anderson, Esq., who presided; W. Brown, Esq., and Major Chambres, in their uniform as deputy-lieutenants; Alderman Par ker, the Rev. Mr, Twist, Ste. There wire also present Sir Charles Bright, of the &nth Surrey Rifles, and ttirithilly of the &sok Rifles: The band of ' the Ist Lancashire ,Was in attendande, arid tinder the able leadership Of Mr: J. B. Cooper, they bontrihnted largely success of the ovation. •, • . 1 • The 11firoii.: .i rectlVed WWI ibild Phase: He said he CAM assttre them that he left! with pleasure accepted the invitation to be present on this interesting occasion, particularly as he was glad of the opportunity of acknowledging the obligation which the town, arid he thought he might say the country, were under to the Ist Lancashire Volunteer Rifles and their able commander, Captain Bousfield, to whom they were met to pay honour, He said the country advisedly, because he observed that Sir Duncan M•Pottgall„• in his Work tipOrt riatithial defends, had stAtbd tie tion sicle.red the ,forniatidti. of the Lancashire Rifle WM - item-A the iiiiniediatebatise of the Goierrinierit issuing the ciretil ar for the forniatien of volunteer corps. Captain Bousfield's corps Was the i'oliiVser corps in this endritt,,and th e third iii the United Itingdonii (Applause.) _The PreSent Strefigth of the corps, after fourteen of its regular mem bers had joined the regular army and the militia, some of whom had done good service in the Crimea and India, consisted of 247 men, 6 - officers, 9 non-com missioned, 1 bandmaster, and 2 bandsmen ; and sixteen gentlemen connected with the corps had received com missions in other volunteer corps. (Applause.) Since he had the pleasure of taking the chair in that hall on the gratifying occasion of swearing-in the volunteer artillery corps, the volunteer movemen; had inadi great progress-zinot only in this . But in - tl country gelierally and, he wa s glad' iii say, not ninny agreed with Sir Robert Peel in the opinion he ex pressed the other evening as to the effect it had pre.- dined. (Hear, hear.) Ile noticed with pleasure a remark of the noble lord 'at the head of the Government which was recently made at Tiverton, that the spirit which had been shown, and, the extent of the volunteer organisation in this country, had produced a marked effect, not only in this, country, but . throughout all the world, as it tended to inspire that respect avhich all nations • Must feel - fen' a co/nifty Wipiou i t the slightest dgeOtAijir.! tritbitio6, field gIIdIWI it was deter; mined to bold its own, and to defend it against • all comers. This opinion was held by the highest personage in the realm, her most gracious Majesty the Queen, who gave her approval in the speech from the throne; and it was also held by her royal cousin the Duke of Cam bridge, and the public at large. His worship concluded . by expressing his Opinion that the volunteers, if ever the occasion arose, would prove themselv. s excellent soldiers. (Applause.) Mr. JOHN HADDoCK then - stepped forward to the frown of the platforM, arid tireiented the ,bugle. to Capt. Bousflzdd, in the following address i Capt. Bousfield, Officers, and Members of the Ist Lancashire. Volunteer Rifles, I could wish that the pleasurable duty of this evening had fallen into far abler hands than mine ; but as the ladies have done me the honour of choosing me as their representative, I will endeavour to convey their sentiments and my own in a very few words. We. the, wives of the mern6ers•of your corps, have been desirous. of presenting you with some testimonal of our ap preciation of your energy in the practice of military tactics, r and have assembled this evening for the purpose Of placing in y_Rlir hands ble, as thh most appropriate one. Partidular interei att ac h e g to your corps, on account of its having taken the initia tive in the volunteer movement, not only in this town, brit. throughout Great Britain; and your example has been so folloWed that there is now scarcely a town of any consideration which does not boast of. its gallant hand of rifle volunteers. (Cheers.) • The other corps in 'Liverpool have borne ample testimony to your admirable training under Captain Bousfield, by the anxiety they have shown to select their officers from amongst your members. (Applause.) We present you with this bugle, in the sure confidence that, should its notes ever call you to active warfare, yOu will Obey, its voice with ardour . ; and fight, as Englishmen can fight, iii dcfeilee of your Queen, your country, and your homes." (Great applatise.) Captain Bousfield, with soldier-like brevity, acknow ledged the compliment thus conferred on his corps ; and Bugle-Major Winstanley, to whom the bugle was handed; startled the echoes of the hall by Sounding the assembly and the officers' call. At the request of Captain Bousfield, the men of Ist Lancashire Volunteers gave three hearty cheers for the brother volunteers who had come to do honour to them. INTERESTING PRESENTATION. On Tuesday, at noon, a number of g,entlemen assembled at Mr. Lynn's Waterloo Hotel, fin• the purpose of pre senting Dlr. Nightingale, on his retirement from the office of public judge, with some substantial recognition of his public services. The articles with which was pre-. stinted consisted of an elegant gold time-piece mounted on marble, and a silver model of a horse and greyhound also mounted on marble. They were made by Mr. R. C. Hall, electro plater, of Manchester, and their value is estimated at about 1175. The clock bears the follow ing inscriptioh : Presented to Mr. William Nightingale, by the cou:sers of England and Scotland, as a mark of their respect and esteem, for his manliness, straightforwardness, and independence as a public judge, during a period of twenty-seven years. 21E4 February, 1860. Among the gentlemen present were T.- Brocklebank, Esq., T. 1). Hornby, Captain Spencer, G. Blanchard, H. Hardman, Captain Bayly, Mr. Borron, Mr. I'caton, Mr. Gardner, &c., &e. Mr. H. Hardman having taken the chair, proceeded forthwith to call upon Mr. Bake to present the articles. Mr. JAMES BAKE then delivered the following address xise to nertOrm a vrry th;a morning,_ but in doing so 1 must say it i s m i ng l e d w ith pain, because I am sure there are many gentlemen among us more- fitted than myself for making this presentation. As, however, 1 cannot prevail upon them to undertake the office, I have consented to do it myself. It is about two years since Mr. Nightingale announced his retirement as public judge, and at that time I con. sulted with some - of my hien& upon the desirability, or rather the necessity of presenting something to Mr. Nightingale. The matter, however, was then post poned for sonic months, and after that time I wrote a circular, referring to Mr. Nightingale's retirement, and soliciting the help of the coursers of Great Britain to wards providing a suitable testimonial for presentation. The circular was published in Bell's Life, and was as follows :-- TO THE COURSERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. GENTLEMEN,---TWO years ago air. W. Nightingale retired from the coursing field as a public judge, in consequence of a bodily infirmity, brought on by over exertion in the execution gf h,s duty, much to the regret of a numerous circle of friends and acquaintances ; since that time up to the present, myse:f, along with twiny others who have known him throughout his career as coursing judge, have thought it a duty we owed to him, to call upou you to join us in subscribing towards pro viding a suitable testimonial, to be presented to him on his retirement, at such time and place as a committee to be ap pointed for the purpose should think fit. _ The grounds of fity ,appeal are these, I believe Nighingale to be an honest man, and some observations may be mute at the presentation to prove it; he has been a courser from chilohood, and a public judge for about thirty years I believe it will not be denied, that during this time he has been con sidered to be A 1 in his pfofession, and, farther, that the public judges of the present day will yield to hint the palm. I ma y be considered to be speaking boldly, but you will give me credit for sincerity when I tell you I have run doge under him for twenty-five years, in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cutuberland, Wiltshire, and Scotland, and so thoroughly con vinced was I of his knowledge of coursing, and his integrity, that 1 have always voted for film, at every meeting at which I ran my dogs, where the judge had to be elected by the subscribers ; therefore, I do Hope , all those who think with me, will come forward, and show that old and valued services' shall not be forgotten, and als , ), that in the decline of life, he may have sla.ethotg, to loOk back upon, and bejtble to say, my ftiends have not forgotten me, although I am deprived of that plea sure I once enjoyed, and that I have done my duty as a man. —I am, yours respectfully, JAM BAKE. You will see from this that I state my convictions on the value of Mr. Nightingale's services as a public judge; and that I thought, with many others, that it was the duty of society to make some acknowledgment of the services of a man who had so much benefitted it. I also state in that circular that I consider Mr. .Night ingale stands A 1 in his profession, and that the public judges of the present day will yield him the palm. believe that the coursers of England are much indebted to him for his fair and unbiassed judgment, He made his first appearance in public in 1831 ; and on that occassion I received the favourable impression res pecting his • honesty and integrity which I h im ever since maintained. Mr. Nightingale was after wards elected judge at various meetings, —at • the Chatsworth and the South Lancashire cup meetings. In 1838 he was judge for one of the largest meetings that is held ; but, as the public are naturally fickle, it is . no disparagement of Mr. Nightingale to say • that fit A c i t r. that in other judges were subsequently introdu i c s ed. a speaker' then went Night ingale had not judged much in Lancashire; his chief employment was in Scotland ; but it seventeen out of twenty of the Waterloo annual meetings Mr. Nightingale was the judge. The Nightingale hati on to say, that front these and other similar filets the). would no doubt think he was quite justified in appealing no more to the couriers of England Ott behalf of Mr. another. had b een gale. He bad no doubt that Mr. had his smiles and frowns, like Other men ; but the 'They Ivere so well s t( Ti b le im or acquainted with the gentleman whom they had met to th f a r n own tha o t f ofon one l) honour, that it would be unnecessary to dwell very much upon his private character or the•extraordinary ever tions he hail made for the public good. The inscription on the pedestal of the time-pieee spoke of Afr. Nightin gale 's manliness and independence; and he (Ih.. Bike) could remember many instances in which those qualities had been wilily displayed. D ar i ng his career as a pub lic judge, about £200,000 of money had been awarded by him ; and this might show the importance of the office. Seeig, then, that in such a responsible position , Mr. Nighti nga l e h a d so h ones tly discharged his duties, he had great pl easure i n presen t i ng him with those gifts . as memorials of th e es t eem i n w hich he was h e l d by the coursers of England and Scotland. Mr. NIGATINGALE, who seemed much affected, briefly returned thanks, after which the gratifying proceedings concluded with a rote of thanks to the chairman. THE DAILY TIMES, THURSSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, IMO , - THE PROUSIL F.ttmiLy _AND MISS Our native strains, That melt us as we sing them, and with a pathos, execution, perfect knowledge of Music and words 4 that compel her auditors to bate their I°l-path hist aiJy ii,o6 4 (1 arOd Shoilid be lqst, children do not afford -treats to as tint hi thi4 case the fact is reversed, for Blanche Cole can afford by 116• matchless singing a treat of no common order. This interesting little girl is a marvel; she ' executes the most wonderful ronlades, cadenzas, and shakes, as if she had been singing for a quarter of a century, instead of one-fourth of. that period. Little Blanche, for all the world reminds us of one of those diamond-eyed little birds, that jump out of a golden snuff-box, and while shaking its begrimed wings trolls forth some.familiar old song. I:ter-voice is.gpxible and tivtrett eltPerife,.4,ttd her correct node of ethineia tion, arid the feeling with liniCh ale ClaiverS het tekt t is worthy of all praise. The child is d Woridei, We must hear her again. This is the highest compliment we can pay her, • - v THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE UPON ANCHORS. At the sitting of this committee on Tuesday, Sir, J. Elphinstone in the chair; two witnesses from. Liverpool Wert; exqmined. Mr. Macdonald, Marlagbt of the Lit erpool Corpora tion t es ting machine, stated that the iiia4iitiestld in constant use, and was not sufficient ter the work required. In 1855 the number : of fathoms of chain cable proved was 10,717, of which 8,862 were found to be defective, and 576 were condemned. In 1856 the number of fathoms proved was 11,336, of which there were defective, 9,575 ; condemned, 438. In 18.57 the number of fathoms proved was 12,826, of which there were defective 10,393 ; condemned 316. In 1858, the number of fathoms' proved was 9,387, of which there were defective, 8,278; condemned, 383. In 1859„4 to Atighst 1, the number of fithoms proved • Was 5,711, of which there Vki.dre..defeaive 1,038, OA demned 357. The number of failairuS of slosh proved during the same period was 36,884, of which there were defective 21,487, and condemned, 1,541. The defects chiefly arose from the cables being constructed of bad iron. The condemned chains were frequently sold to the owners of vessel* The cables of vessels classed at Lloyd's are required to be tested. The cables of the Royal. Charter were not tested by the Liverpool machine. One of the makers at Liverpool had a testing machine, but he did not believe that any other of the makers had a machine:, ..___., , 1 fly Air. Sackson--7=Six testing niaafiries Ncitiki dot ho ' sufficient to do all the work required. - Many ships went to sea without having their cables tested. He had no doubt that if all the cables were tested there would be a great saving of life and property. Mr. Henry Wood, chain-cable and anchor-maker, of Liverpool and Chester, said there was a testing machine at his establishment, the steam power of which tested up to 300. The machine was similar to that used in her Majesty's dockyards. Various qualities of iron were used in the manufacture of cables and anchors, Ile prefe rre d S t aff or d shire iron for small sid es , ar id Welsh for the larger Ones. The best. cables were made from Plymouth bars. The strain on the 21-inch chains was 81 tons by the merchant test. Tho chain cables for the Royal Charter were manufactured at his works. The size was *inches and the strength 72 tons. Did not believe that either the chains or anchors were at fault in that case. Was of opinion that all sea-goitig ships should have their cables tested at a public establislinieiit, and believed that a ptihlid test would effect a great saving of life and property. lie thought the shipowners and underwriters were satisfied with the corporation test at Liverpool, and could not say whether they would prefer being placed under a Government inspector. He did not think any places would support the expense of ,an establishment for testing, except London, Liverpool, and the Clyde. The Admiralty test in the case of the Royal Charter would have been 81, and if it had been required that the cables should be put to that test better iron would htfire been used, and the cost would have been increased. The committee then adjourned, -.. COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Tier Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena, rode on horseback on Tuesday morning in the Riding-house of Buckingham Palace: His Royal Highness the Prince Conseil, attettbd by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. de fos, *tilt to the South Kensington Museum on Tuesday morning, and presided at a meeting of the Council of the horticultural Society, when Mr. Nesfield explained his plans for the laying out of the new garden at Kensington Gore. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanif d by the Princesses Alice and Helena, honoured the performance 'at' Covent Garden Theatre, on Tuesday evening with their presence. , The Royul suite consisted of the Countess of Desna, Lord De Tabley, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. De Ros. The opera selected was Dinorah, preceded by Ronurnee, and concluding with the fairy rifle scene from the pantomime of Puss in Boots. Lord De Tabley and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West have succeeded Lord CaMoys and Colonel the non. A. Liddell as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to the Queen. with the approbation of the committee, but the carrying out of which must rest entirely with the ticket-holders themselves; yet, if carried out, it could not fail to greatly titlo the effectiveness of the gentital spectacle. He rpEdnifileilddiidtt e Make is,, that patties gaitig, 6 - 'Mild go arr4l%o rls ritkiCiit ffiotips i fottitipg s'it were, ciiiaot4le or Other ddnee p'aftieg at ifistitietive Olifiracter ~and practice extensively folloWed in Pa i ris; the t pringpal,hallS the ds *ell ai id iioddOd. Its effect is f9upg to .conduce greatly to the inieielt dried iiettire,sqlti er io sg of the general scene„ while it also contributes, in no eriial. degree to proinote the harmony, and enliven the general enjoyment. _ Is there any onein this town„ who has not heard the Brousil Family? Is there any one who has not been deligh'ed to listen to their admirable performances-- their exquisite playing ? If there be such an one, let him or her lose no time in visiting Clayton Hall, where he or she Will find themselves joining heart and soul With the hosts of ddmlirers, cif these talented children. hl y dar,iiiadttiti dOrr t *tip Ateituliciiid; against the violins. Do hot think because your fafourite dtteffi failed in obtaining an adequate knowledge of the Violin, either in theory or practice, that it is necessarily an in strument of torture, at all times ? Don't be too hard of belief and too broadly assert " that children cannot play the fiddle" because Aufrustus failed, on attempting to become a Paganini. Will the fact of four children playing violins drive you into a fit. Dismiss such ap prehensions train your sensitive imagination. Hear the Bronsil family play their solos, duets, trios and guar tetts, and you *ill at once wipe every cobweb of prejii dide frm,yrir mind ; and yciti• will admit that, instead of a vOlih i beidg Ode cif lifc'# liditots, kis Obey an in- - stringent that cait prddiid e Inds agri - ,7)1e Listen to Bertha Brousil. Here is a little girl with a violin under her young chin, and a bow in her hand, producing matchless eff ec t s upon a most difficult in strument. What " linked sweetness long drawn out " does she notproduce ? What touching tones, and odd sounds too,' does she not elicit by the agency of those things of wood and cat-gut and horse hair ? Sometimes the notes swell under hez hands, with the fulness of half-a-dozen institiriMnts—soinetimeg a tone fine is produced, that she realises KnOwles' exquisite tlidiiglit, "that - there is nothing between it and silence." Ilettha ten= ders the most elaborate PassdgeS . of the ineist difficidt masters with Skill and brillipcyand . ,i;e4:t;e that upiny ni Servile ha:s been Violin playing; all his erin adt night or t*d .. d.go saw a dis tinguished professor aptilatid td the eery after playing a solo. It did us good.to see it. she tlet3elieil it. When we found in our bill that a little lady, a MiSs Blanche Cole, . aged eleven years, would sing several songs between the Brousil performances, we made up our minds patiently to endure, suffer, and abide the results. But oh ! Blanche Cole ! Horace's motto, nil admirari, has been long the one of our adoption. The •ease before us is an exception to our stern rule. To see anti hear Blanche Cole, is to give up prejudice respecting prOoitY:. Pant? the, !intent little fairy, w i th the prettiest little face,. standing lietdte toil With all the grace, ease, elegance of deportment, and the modest confidence of genius, a very prime (Tonna in miniature. There she stands in the face of all people, and then, with the sweetest of little voices, does she pour forth from her little throat,— ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. CASE OF THE Ray. A. POOLE. —Before the judicial Cominittee of the Privy Council, on Tuesday,. Dr. Pkillimore, Q.C., applied on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Poole, for lea've to appeal against a judgment of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Their lordships postponed the further hearing Of the application, in order that suffi cient notice should be given to his Grace the Archbishop, and also to the Bishop of London, so that they may have an opportnnity of appearing, if disposed. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., - and Mr. Prideaux appeared for the Rev. Mr. Poole. TILE LATE • Brinor or RociusaEa..--The funeral of the late Bishop of Rochester will take place to-day, the 23rd instant, at twelve o'clock, at the Kensal-green Cemetery, where there is a family vault. Most of the parishes in the diocese, where the lat..e bishop was uni versally beloved, intend to show their respect by having the bells tolled at the hour of the funeral. NEw Srlnrrunt Pram —ln consequence of the death of the Bishop of Rochester, the Right Rev. Dr. Camp bell, who was recently elected to the bishopric of Bangor, became entitled to a scat in the House of Lords. The new Bishop of Rochester will not sit in the House of Lords until the avoidance of a see other than Canter bury, York, London, Winchester, and Durham. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 20. Satiny at Nisi Prins, in London, before the LORD C HIEF BARON and a 'Special Terry) Qifi v. HIND. This was an action on policies of insurance for a total loss. The defendant, as underwriter, endorsed them for £llO on behalf of a ship called the Carpen taria, and which was valued ou the policies at £7,000 ; on the f re i g h t f or £l,OOO, which and there was a policy the defendant had subscribed for £5O, the declaration also claiming for a steam Pump sent out to the vesse l at the instance of the underwriters. The vessel encountered a gale off the Cape on her voyage from Bombay to Liverpool, - and sprang a leak and disabled her rudder, and in consequence put into Table Bay. Th e captain wrote to his owners and sold one part of the cargo and transhipped the other part home, and shortly afterwards sold the ship.piecemeal for £1,400. Th ree days after th e sale a steam pump ar rived, which h a d been sent out by the English mail packet for the use of the ship. The reason alleged for the sale was th a t, notwithstandi ng the carg o bei ng dis charged, the leak did not abaf ;e , and there was n o avail able means a t hand for heaving down so large a vessel. Eventually, upon an intimation from the Chief Baron, a verdict was found for the pl a i n tiff; th e d amages to be adjudged on the principle of partial loss so far as the ship was concerned ; the loss'of the freight to be taken at £6O, the amount of the defendant's full subscription. The verdict to comprise £2OO, the full claim against the underwriters in respect of the steam pump and the engineer employed. AME RICA. QUEENSTOWN, Wednesday Mornin,e, The Canadian mail steamer North American arrived Here e'atly this with dates f r o m P or tl an d to the Landed Eriglisli mid c'otelt math and proceeded ad toJfr~eip4rol; The North, D'iltott forarna Ott the karing.pckel the creit, ffib' Ifik 6rielies . ,. Newfoundland, wrecked ae sea: • tr.. ' , ; . , _FAN' YORK, Feb . •id • ,lhe (g.) - Atratiti , has ar rived a t .iN'ew York, with Cali fprnty advices of the :AO and,llfrly a million and a-half of treasure,-and upwards of,;; 4 (16 .• Advicesfiom 800-ota state that the Roman NtliA clergy had,collpcteeall BAles distributed by the London ble Society, nod burnt them in the public square. The tritislt slron.gly protested yainst,thp proceed; ;ngs, but Mr. J&l6,' wayKesent countenancing the outrage. A. Riff p l eoontit of the affair has been sent to Washington. A destructive fire had broken out at Valparaiso, and destroyed fittv houses. ... • Sonie indignation was manifested there in consequence of the attack by the. British squadron on Paraguay. The (s.) Tacurri, when leaving the harbour with Gen. Ilope, returned to Buenos Ayres. Gifayticfnil wits still ip, t ,pnssessign of the Peruvians, and it was stipp6ed they iiiteecker to hold it perma nently. _ NEW Y ORK, Feb. 10—PAtiling; It blew a heavy gale to-day, causing considerable damage to shipping. Both bridges of the Jersey City Ferry Coiipany were demolished. The Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, in Sixth-street, was unroofed. A large factory, buildingin Brooklyn, was demolished; and hundreds of other buildings in the city, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Hoboken,. were unroofed or otherwise injured. The S. Ilefidrick Hudson and Isaac Newton were badly injured. 0 - or :10 (Aber vessels acre mote or less injured. No idsd of rife is' rep'ofted. W. 11. Btieton, the ceidedtitt,,dted to:tray:., The barque E m il y , recently 14 - rotig - ht t6' geW York, has succeeded in making her escape, and is eApeeted to have sailed for the African coast. COADIEIiCIA L. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Cotton unchanged : sales. 1,600 bales: middling- up lands Hi, the shade b e tt er . C orn qu i et. Provisions unchanged. Sugar firm. Freights unchanged. NE\ Otti.v.ANA, Feb. 7.----Cotton firmer, and,, higher: ettlett, 10,000 bales: gth Cotton stiffer, but not quo tably chditged Ads,. 10,000 bales. Middli ng uplands 101 to 11k. Freights to iiiVetrol, 0-16. , .111ox , int - EAsv, Feb'. 10.---Tionte dhli, tit S'.s /6, wITEENsToWN, IVedfiedaj).. • , The Citt,of Baltimore (s), of the Liverpo o l ; -N ew York, and Philadelphia' Hie' arrived liere .. at six a.m. She brings 33 cabin and f." 3 steerage. passengers; landed 20 and prOcceded. She alco brings $74,500, and a large English mail. Left New York on the 11th inst. ~ The City of Washington arrived on the 9th at one a.m., and the City of Manchester at five a.m. the same morning, Seventeen passengers and twenty-one of the crew *eft &alined by the loss of the Northerner. Great eicitengitt titentails at the Isthmus about some new gold-diggings, said to have bttrt discovered 'near Cruxes. Thomas Francis Meagher has arrived at Panama. lIAVANNAH, Feb. 2. Sugar market and freights unchanged. lye have advices dated Ocupulco, 27th ult. General Alverez wanted $30,000 to continue the war. The American schooner Fellmouth, from San Fran cisco; had to run from port Manezella from dread of Sbifittc: • • • WAS The Com m itt ee on ConYmer Ei ll V a lNQ b T : N err ' d F ir e e b cie l d o :by the House to inquire into the expediency of pretribiting American vessels from engaging in the Coolie trade: Mr. Edmondson, of Virginia, and Mr. Hickmann, of Pennsylvania, came very near having a fight in the capitol grounds to-day. They were separated by the bystanders justin time to prevent hostilities. A despatch from Providence states that the Rhode island Exchange Bank, of East Greenwich, had failed, and' that the cashier was g defaulter to the amount of • . • .%1V- Van. 10. Sales of Cott o n t o ddk 006 bales. The market for lots sold in store closed tartielf, 6'l3th-rued fire ; the ,market generally was about oe pief flairei higher. Corn in good supply and heavy. Pork contithied to rule firm. Sugar and Coffee firm. Freights firm : more doing especially for English ports, at full rates. Money sluggish and unchanged. Exchange dull. Stocks inactive : some descriptions rather higher, others receded ; York Central advanced d ; Southern Michigan declined 7,1 to 1. ---..- iiEfn&kret,rriolsr 1 SORREY.---We learn that a re quisition is iu coarse o'f4eitatifre to Mr. Cubitt, of Den bies, requesting him to stand fOr ale' Western division of this county, in the Conservative interest, hi MC horn of the late Mr. Drummond, deceased. A NEWSPAPER AT TUNIS.—Mr. It. Holt has obtained of the Bey. of Tunis the authorisation of establishing there, under the protection of Government, "a printing press, and a Ga.:;ette, which is to be named Official Otazdtle O t t TrtniB. LIOItT DuEs.--4 return., shows, that the ordinary expenditure for the maintertartee or lighthouses for 1858 v*_,t' d'i ; ldB, and the ettoordinaq eApeTiditure for building newt lighthViises i76,4ig. The e±trdordinary expenditure for buildhig rievi lieittioyses, to be spread over several years, is estimated at .000',0W: - A NOBLEMAN IN THE RANKS.—The heir to a Odoifish earldom was discovered in the garb of a private soldier, a few days ago. On Leing recognised, his lordship, wh o formerly held the ran k of officer,' at once admitted that he had enlisted. How far this act will bar certain legal proceedings already commenced against him is yet to be decided.— United Service Gazette. Thii 44 INTVItNATIONAL" PRIZE FIG NT.—At the Isle of Ely si:ssioes; the thief constable, in his report to the magistrates, observed, A urine fiefs* : for the so called chaMpionship of England is advertised lsi ifilte hit on the 16th of April, between an Englishman anti at': American. .These disgraceful exhibitions could hardly take place in this locality if the directors of the railway were to follow the example of the South-eastern direc tors and refuse the combatants and their friends special trains." The chief constable also, addressing the magis trates. said he should like steps to be taken to prevent the lidlligetents ilslting the ,Tale. During the last five years, be added, the local ilolide eVegses,lueurred solely on account of prize fights had been in 1855, 1 . 3 lls: lid:; 1356, .-C6 is. Gil. ; 1857, £5 Bs. 3d. - 1858, £3 7s. -id: 1859, £3 ls. sd.,— ma ki ng a total of 10s. sd. The locality selected for the approaching tight is at the junction of three counties, near Littleport, and he sug gested that a letter should be written to the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway asking them not to grant a special train for the purpose of conveying the parties dowii. It ffas f6soked that this should be done. . • THE AMERICAN WIEA LE FISli Eat .----,lief e t r i ng t o the American whale fi s h er y f or 1859, the Peterhead Sentinel says :—" The result is not so satisbictory as iiie fiiid ttit: tieipated ; indeed, it will be seen that there are indica tions of a gradual decline. Going back seven years, we lind,that the number of vessels was nearly 670 ; on the Ist Jan., 1860, it was only 571, showing a decrease, as compared with the previous year, of 54 vessels, with an aggregate of 18,066 tons; and it is calculated that there will be as great a falling off during the current year, The whole imports for 1859 were as follows : --44peitti, ' 9,111 - tons ; whale, 19,011 tons ; bone, 1,923,8501 b. Fruni this it appears that there has been an excess over the year 18,58 --4 n sperm of :NO bills; vihalei . 819 tons ; and in bone, 383,2501 b. The exhorts of. ott and bone were :---Sperm, 5,221 tons; whale 818 tolls ;, and bone, 1,707;9291b.- This shows that the export of oil in 1859 largely exceeds that of 1858, while that of ciihrtle has heels light. As regards prices, the average of whale oil Was,. in 18583 2s. 3d. ; and in 1859, 2s. O.W. per gallon. • IlDuring the same periods the prices in tills country were respectively 2s. 9d. and t,s. sd. per gallon. In America sperm oil, in 1858, was ss. sd. ; arid in 1859, ss. Bd. per gallon, against 7s. to Bs. in this coun try. There is a steady and increasing demand for sperm oil, we are informed, both in America and Europe, and it is calculated that the price will go on increasing. OBTAINING SITUATIONS BY FALSE OBARACTERS• A Young French woman, who gave the name of Marie Julie VintY, Was charged, at the Hammersmith Police Court, with obtaining a situation, in the service of . Mr. Little, a gentleman residing in ' Onslow square, Brompton, by Means of a false character: The prisoher pretended she could not understand English, althdugh Mr. Little stated she could speak it very well. An interpreter was, however, procured. Mr. Little then said that on the 15th of December last the prisoner applied for a situation as lady's maid in his funnily, when she produced two papers ; one purporting to be a certificate signed by the Count de Lisbourne, and sealed with his crest., stating that Cie prisoner had lived in his service for six years, and left in consequence of the death of the countess. The other document was a letter from the count, confirming the c atitieate, in a style that might be more agreeable to an English lady:- She also said that she had been but ten days in England. Witness was so well satisfied with these documents, that lie engaged her, but in a few days two ladies called upon her, and when he asked who they were, she said it was a Mathne Bernard, the wife of a hair-dresser, whom she had known while with the Countess de Lisbourne He then received a letter from Lady John Somerset,Who was, in fact, the lady who called to see the prisoner. In consequence of the letter, he called upon Lady Somerset, when he was informed by her that the prisoner had been in her service a few days, by means of a false character, and that she lost £7O or £BO worth of lace, and that she believed the prisoner had been in service in Ireland. He re turned home, and told the prisoner he had found out who Madame Bernard was. She then became very much excited, and said that as he had found her out, she would tell hilts everything. She said the false character was written by an American gentleman, with whom she had been acquainted in Paris ; but when asked for the documents she made excuses of having lust them. After this wit n'ss sent her out of the house, after examining her boxes, which however contained nothing belonging to his family. After she had left he missed severalartieles of wearing apparel, and he then gave information to the police. Upon m a ki ng i nqu i r i es he found that the pri soner had been in the service of the Rev. Mr. Percival in Ireland, and that he had her from Paris. In conse quence of her conduct being so bad he was compelled to discharge her and hand her over to the French Consul in Dublin. Subsequently a gentleman named O'Connor, living in .Roscommon, took her front the consul, and in a few days afterwards Mrs. O'Connor missed a gold watch and chain from her . dressing-room. Wit ness h a d communicated with Mr. O'Connor, and had received a description of the. gold watch. A gold watch had been found in her possession by Sergeant Williamson, and it corresponded with the one Mrs, O'C o nn or b a d lost. The prisoner had gone by several names, and he believed that her real name was Judliw. Sinc e she had left him she hall obtained a situation in the service of at lady on Haverstock-hill, ti t which place she was taken into custody. She went by the name ofNeader in that situat ion. Ser g ea nt William_ son poss producedpossession, and the s ta stated o watch a :it% the name inof theth make r and priso ner ' s the marks upon it c orresponded with the description his French, and that given by Mr. O'Connor in_ his letter. lie asked his worship for a remand to make enquiries about the other Dayman remanded the prisoner until cases.—The prisoner was_as eif she had any questions and told her that in the meantime she to put to the witness, and she told the interpreter that she did not understand opportunity of e prisoner was then removed she wanted n a ex la t w S y a e t r t . t — rda M y r , . s w h o e ul w d is h h a e4 ve ... l t employing a lawyer if to the Cells. CORRESPONDENCE. OBJECTIONS TO THE BUDGET: PAIR PLAY, THE EARLY CLOgfAi MOVEMENT orting Autrilifieurc. NOTTigblibli RACES. FOREST PLATE. I I Lord Berkeley.. LITTLE JOHN STAKES. Little Lady 1 g Zodiac . .......... Twelve ran. HURDLE RACE. 1 I Par tOluS .... ...... Eleven ran. Confusion . ...2 ....... The Dane jiAIkiCHESTER BETTING. tiliffUßßA N. 12 to 1 agSt Chtie Aftto, (t). Nothing else d o i ng. THE GREAT WATERLOO ALT CA C R.OURSING MEETING, OVER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1860. President : The EarlpoefSeelf., Ran Sefton, Stewards Capt. Bathurst, Capt. Sne J. Gordon Esq. deli, E sq FieldiSteward A. Graham, ' Flag Stev ard s , Director of the Ground Sl ater, Esq. Judger Mr. Mizell. Slipper : Alr. The GREAT WATuntnid Ctri valt/e specie), b scripti n of J.',25 each ; the Winner 'to receive 3' sob- E2OO, two dogs to receive £5O each, foipr J;,30 see " d each, sixteen £lO each, the • Waterlod u 7:4Tht £2o £.L360 ; total, X 1,600. The winner to give tlitefy dozeln't claret to the dinner. Mr. Catterall's Altermiie beat Mr. Grenfell's Sweetbriar Mr. Hyslop'. Canopy beat Mr. Thompson's Annoyance Mr. Ditywood's Rattly beat Mr. Jefferson's Java Lord Grey d e Wil tan ' s Greek Mr. Borron's Bloody- Heartbeat Vire irifd SHlon's Sampler b;-at Mr. Gibson's Ayrshire Laddie Mr. Peitc(kk's Penrith beat :Mr. md's Lam' I,ad Mr. Hamitic/n(I 4 G Drodnothing beat Mr. Thomas's Derwent Lake Mr. Cartwright's Tiing , ton beat Mr, Sim Mows St, Anbcr Mr. Daintree'... Wildflower beat Alt. Boa _ Mr. Dixon's 11 .slight beat Miss E. Borna l , Mr. Dunlop's Cantina' Yon. heat Mr. Gehlerd's Cainden own. 0 8Ramatit o b Roy. Mr. Graham Penny- beat Mr. Randell 's 's Perfection t-liner beat Mr. BaMr.ke's l atc i y • a innor Captain Spencer's Skittles beat Mr. Irving , b s c. Brondrill's Bird of Passage beat Mr. liorhby's War -whoop. Mr. Boute' beat Mr. C. and ors Snap. Mr. Dicksott's IMybreak beat Mr. Lewis's Waterloo. Mr. Croft's Red Lion brat Mr, Jones's Joust. Mr. Brocklebank's Wilberforce beat Mr. Cass' Daniel. Mr. Daintree's Lancewood beat Capt Vattiburst's Trip the nni,— Mr. Illackstock's Maid of the Mill beat Mr. Store'', 11;,,p,,.14 Mr. Brown's Beranger beat Mr. Gregson's Raveosworlb Mr. Campbell's Canaradzo beat Mr. ctinningliarn's Cavalier Mr. Holme's Hidalgo beat Mr. spmks's Sponso r . Mr. Moore's 1141 moral be4t Mr. Wightman's selby Mr. Gordon's Cazzarinit beat Mr. B undell's Bowman Mr. Cooper's Canrither beat Mr. Hodson'n Gil Bias Mr. Blanchard'. Baffle heat Mr. Morrall's Middleham Mr. Grey's First MIA beat Mr. Steele's Bird of ney Mr. Vipan's Reber beat Mr. .T. Jardine's Orator Mr. Russell's Blue Hat beat Mr. Knowle's Breachloader Mr. Sandeis's Alice Hawthorn beat Mr. Eankart's Camden Villas SECOND TI PS, Altermire beat Cano;4y lied Lion beat atybreak 'Hardy be it Bloody-Heart Lancewood beat, Wilberforce Sampler beat Penrith Maid of the Mill b lleranger Dreadnothiog beat Kingston Hidalgo beat Canaradzo Wildflower beat Daylig 't Balmoral be it Cazzarma Cardinal York o Penny-a-liner Caurither beat Battle Skittles beat Perfection Rebel heat Frst Blood Bird of Passace h Wild Ware Blue Hat b Alice Hawthorne PRIZE FIGHT FOR £2OO. The prize fight for the above .stun between 'Mace and Travers took place yesterday. when, after a contest which lasted one hour and a-half, lighting about fifty rounds, Mace was declared the winner. STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES FOR ISGO. Derby Midland Feb. 23 P em b ro k e ............ 23 Bangor .............. ............ 13 Gullane 28 Coventry ........................ Tenay March Folkstone ............. .... 20, 21 Tenby 6, 7 Warwick ...................... 22 Liverpool 12, 13 Military (I,,Pthimpton).. 4 ‘ , 3 , Shrewsbury March 8, 9 Abel gavenny ...... April 12, 13 RACING FIX CURES FOR 1860. FEB !WARY. 25 28 Liucoln. . .............. M A RCII. Shrews Mgeeting. Niirthainpton Liverpool SPring bury Sprin • . 8 Llani-, Corttitry Spring oidy Park. Warwick spring Cheltenham Club ........... 29 .....2i ......... 39 . 7 ....______ LIGHT WEIGHT~ OF RACE HORSES. ' Last week Lord Itedesd. de introduced into the House of L or d: a bill for regulati ng . ' h when running for any pl ate ~ 'L i ghts carried by race-horses Ills lord-hip said, ridiculously ligat -r lnneY. t„, gambling practices on tt ou ghts no n carried in some cases led ce :'" li "g i S Preiudicial t, the turf, and were, he believed, ex ., Parliament imposed • • • i..e breed of horses. At one time iestrictlons on the IVcights allowed cart ed at races, and a i t h. to be evil now prevailed to. aligh that act had been repealed, the no be possible t ' such an extent that, although it might o remedy it altogether, something might to •t. that. if . - heft) me * Ev en' 22e, he thought, would orlon t a horse couhl not carry crowd of ho - ses' Y ' 7 1 he could be of no ive except to swell the i m a race, could not answer any i ; :eg.tiinat Purpose of racing. 14 ' and prize th e ti rst year r • --e vroposed to enact by his bill that after. p re ,:pt nam e a d a y earring less unlit() horse should start for anY. ra cing 74. ' lle would not at for the second ' reading, in order that have sufficient time for'itill persons interested nii v h't. was read a first time. considering ' the matter. The K erarilltz to the above speech by the noble lord, a- wtite in one of th e sporting journals remark::—" Lo rd Redes- r • dale has perhaps taken too high ground in estinllating' lowest w e i g ht a t i st., as i t woul d b a rely Benpv ' • for , afford a weight-for-age stake, unless the welter Weight of: 124. be appointed for five and six years old iw- d aged ho'rses, but it is certainty worthy of consideration whether Hi, , lowest weight in any race ought to: descend brow list. or sst. 71b. In a recent article upon the-Spring Handicaps,- I suggested "that the lowest weight in all handicaps supuld be .5 3t an d 'that a law E hould be passeit_to that .effeet.: . Lord Ited es law, :.proposed !Oil will, therefore, I trust, love the' cfreet of calling 'the attention of our racing magnates to the subject, and if , they adopt the reasonable medium course of fithig the lowest *: weight at fist. or . even sst. 711)., it 14- 11 have th e effect, .0f proving the present system of handieaPPing, although it might scarcely meet Lord Redesdale's views :Is to the improvement in oar breed of race-horses. The remarks of the_. nobly lord relative to gambling on the turf being i ncreased be the system of light weights is but too true, as the chances of some of the feather-weights arc entirely thrown out by their inefficient riders, thus destroying the original i ntention of ' handicaps, which arc presumed to p i gc e all hors es on fi n i equal footing." We do not hold ourstl6l:ol* 6 . 14M1e j r6 ) y the opinions of our correspoiidlitfs:l 14 THE EDITOR OF THE DA MT TIMES. Stg, —The Chan ge llor of the Exchequer having pro ' ini44 to reeopSider iti detail the numerous changes pro ik)4d lots blitet, i i s• to bo' &ITO that the main fea torti df '!,l4',ObVtieft§ raiseif it+pott it will not be lost sight of. I affOrfe'irlta l 6 elibeialky to' the panty impost upon small packages, fie l d tTit extra' ro,i- oj ai ngehatge of I ray use the term),' as set forth' elaiAes^ Pi and 11 Those etc in ,effect extra blirthe t m ttma , ttadb, which aPpear at tt L tE.-' 4 6 sigbt ikrbhp§' f t i atm:A:mt., but from their citinplexity are vexatious, an+d, in many instances, buittkrtsoine:- They impose a barrier to the interchange from Vat t 6.:p6ft-interfere by th.tlie employment of labour, and wilt tz:nnihilafe the witcilVofte dealer' or middle-man, whose profit is ttlYeadY at its minimi:rit The ,articles of tea ad sug:ar seerri ?/ be selected to bear tiie "heaviest weight;" and not only do they already contribu te hyond th e i r due share to the revenue, but can fairly claim fhb, first remission of any burthen when the finances of the . tonn.try can afford it. Parliament has promised this. And id . those times of " legislation for the masses,' are not cheap bread, sugar, tea, coffee, and beer, more necessary than I at e; altd brandy, and silk gloves ? TO THE EDITOR. OF THE DAILY TIMES. Sin,—Some time has elapsed since we last called your attention to this important subject, during the which much agitation has ensued, .private and small public rneetingS", have been held, circulars distributed, a nd placards issued—all tending to give i nformation to the ptkb is on this very neglected question. The test& has been a visible benefit, and success of the pulventelit: Merchate, tradesmen, and others speak of the nio?oriten , de . httting and Innis worth y. oppo sition has been Mit 41k,V, MA.ithen evi nce d , shown to be purely of a sordid arid sellish character: Indeed the movement ...ietirie ha Ve' pro sTrre d . well, and to have been carried on vrith' stut Vigour an d spirit, ably helped as it has been by your ittle , Sri', that we believe the Early Closing Associati on most Vow have derived much experience, and be able to convey to the town much information, on the movement. And it is for the purpose of asking for such info rm tion that we doff write; for, certain it is that some thing is wanted, for here we have tradesmen re a d y t o close eatly--=sente, every day, except Saturday-,-others, every day and gatiiittfi earlier than th e rest, We have merehants prepared ta clo se on Sa turday afternoon ; we have Tradesmen's Rifle Corps, needing m em b ers and time ready to be granted assistants to ;, we have Artillery Corps, wanting Saturday afternoon par a d es ___ and merchants willing to allow time for such —yet, st i ll it is not done: Why ? Because,• as we believe, there i s wanted a great iitatc meeting, at which the whole question shall be stated; sad here we would r emar k on R. Jeffery's speech on this maementz who-advises the Early Closing Association to memorialise, the Town Council to close the markets earlier. The early closing o f the markets would certainly be a great boon and help to the movement ; for, as a very extensive tradesman krt the locality has said, did the markets close an hour earlier on Saturday eveniiin% he c o uld close tw o h ours earlier ; and a large number of tradesmen inform us, that they o t i h e en biestti meanst he ' o rti f ole 4 t i s .4 l7e r g are kept open wholly through the ineALets, the p urc h asers c n i e o v , e e r a. thinking we fang ofvisitin y g the earlier closing of the markets would be to memorialise the Council, but not without giving such memorial the Aron; support of the approval of a large public meeting. We hear that it is contemplated to hold such a meeting; we have heard this now a month or so. Then, - why is it net carried out S(urely merchant s , tra d esmen, and philanthropists sittficient in this town, have already expressed their approval -otthe movement, and would be willing to attend such meeting ; : and, if we mistake not, our worthy nirOlY T.. D. Anderson, Esq., would nobly follow the footsteps of oar respected repre sentative, 11Ir. 110 ,..p0i by taking the chair at suc h meeting ; so that we might officially hear what progress his been made, and what success has attended the eiertions of the Early Closing Association. Again, information is needed ; for already tradesmen the north and south of the town begin to look with sitspiciort at the partial Saturday half-holiday movement itt teta/1 establishments in the centre of the town, to the injury of the Movement—not that they are less in favour of the same, but because in the absence of arty information officially given—they helieve the exertions of the association might he used for gaining. the results in their respective districts ; 1110 - same we correctly Understand—and we think we do—the principle upon which the association works, it is, that, business should cease when the demand is so small as to become imma terial to th e i r em pl o y ers ' .b ene fit ; as, for instance, the trade done in the c e nt ra l di s t r ict a f ter four o'clock on gatutday is very small; indeed, consequently, they pray for a • partial half-holiday. Whil s t i n t he other districts o f the town the business of Saturday- is all done after, and but little Wore four o'clock, consequently they pray for an early closing on every evening except Saturday, upon which day, as the business day, they are willing, and better able, to work with alacrity a n d bole fit,_ the later and longer hours. We trust, therefore, that this great, nay more, holy movement will progress as it deserves—that speedy steps may be taken to convey information, and stimulate the Etgitation in connection with the movement by m eans of a ptddie meeting, and that the result will be the earlier eldshigf of the public markets, and thereby the throwing drift the only barrier to many tradesmen adopting its principles, the carryine• of which will greatly tend to the early payment of wages, which in the end will prove the extinction of Sunday trading, and the more perfect adoption of that sacred day to rest and devotion —Yours, &e., B. H. G February 21. CONSUMPTION OF SLTGAR, TEA, &c. A return, laWly issued, gives some interesting information touching the consumption of these articles aYnong us, comparing the two periods of PB - 2'.ot and 1860'. In the former year the average quantity so sugar ebn'stimed per head by the population. was , 117 lbS. ;, at the beginning of the latter year the~ coti's*mptiinr had exactly doubled, viz., 34 lbs. a-head. The dig , * tear has been reduced, and the consumption,- like that of stiggat, , hus exactly doubled per head. Or coffee, each person he the . kingdom consumes on an ave rage three times as mach as in the year 1820. From both these latter cases, as horn sugar, the duty received by the Treasury has largely incroased. In foreign and colonial spi r it s th e consump ti on h as . j us t k ept pace with the increase of population, the aggregate consumption per head showing no variation. French wines hove doubled their consrtinfition, but other foreign wines a'd colonial *lnes Pernain stationary in respect to consumption. The - dirty on' malt has been lowered ; the consumption per head advanced from 1.25 to 1.44 bushel. Liverpool Cough Spftifit is an unfailing remedy: We con gratulate the' inhabitants of Liverpnol that so simple and effect - till a means of relief is at last procurable. For years this great Viami has been needed in this exposed part ; and it being an undoubted cure for the most harassing coughs, we can recommend i t.—Ailrt. The latest edition. Just published. Sent free per post for three stamps, or may be had on application. TEETH THRIR Laaint AND RESTORATION. Oh the best means of restoring teeth, by the new principle of self-adhesion, with vuleaniseu gum coloured /Min-rubber in lieu of bone or gold, and by means of a flexible gnat, without springs or wires, and without extract ing roots, at half the ordinary cost. By Messrs. Gabriel, Dentists to the Prince D'Ottajana. A multum in parvo bro chure, which all requiriftif the aid of a dentist will do well to peruse, as, emanating from such a , source, it may he confi dently relied on.--United Serriee Gazette. Dental Establish ments : 131, Duke-street, Liverpool ; 33, Ludgate-hill. and NO, Regent-street, London Note name and number. Eatab liandt!, i&JL Vide diploma. TILE PELIGIULTS RIOTS AT ST. GEOTIGE'S-IN-THE EAST.—CoNsistonx COURT, TUESDAY.—This is a case arising out of the proceedings which have been carried on for many months past in the church of the notorious. parish of St. George's-in-the-East, Cannon-street-road. Mr. Rosier having been cited to this court, and articles filed against him, was ordered to appear before the judge thismorning to answer the informations contained therein. Dr. Phillimore appeared to support the complaints of the Rev. Bryan King.—Mr. Rosier stated that it was not in his power to engage legal advice, but he would defend: his own case to the last.—The Judge stated that some of the articles in the citation were reformed, as not. being strictly confined to the charges to be brought be fore the court. He was no t go i ng t o a d m it unnecessary question's, such as a person saying the responses whilst others were singing them ; lie was not. prepared to say that Mr. King (the promoter) was entitled to plead that such an act was brawling , . The articles having been re formed, Mr. Rosier would have to appear to put in his answer, prior to the further hearing of the case.—lt was:expected that a large number of witnesses will be called to proVe the charges against Mr. Rosier, amongst others the Rev. Bryan Icing, the Rev. W. I'. Burn, who was the officiating minister, Captain Savage Hall, of 10, Carlisle -street, Soho, and several of time choristers. ARTIFICIAL TEETH ; GUMS, AND PALATES.- ritoTEcltu ET HER MAJESTY . S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. MESSRS. GABRIEL DENTISTS, IgEe'' 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, Opposite Berry-street; LONDON flair' 33. LUDGATT-HILL.. WEST-END BRANCO, gilr 110, REGENT-STREET- Observe Numbers particularly. ESI ABLISIIED 1815. —S E E D IPLOMA . 1 • —_,_.....—. lid TEETH, THEIR OSS. And as now resto re d, on the new pri L nciple of self-adhesion and capillary attraction combined, by means of a soft flex— ible lining, with CORALITE ODM-OOLOURED INDIA-RT./BDRR in lieu of bone or gold, without springs or wire, and with out any operation; THEY ARE WARRANTED FURY, WHOLE SOME, AND EXTIRELY FREE FROM SMELL; they are easy and comfortable upon the most sensitive gums, itad may br worn for many years without being in any way affected'. The materials used are of the best quality, the workan ship of the first order, and are supplied at less than Halt' the ordinalry cast. _ _ %ewEdition, just published. • " Gabriel's Trmtise is of importance to all requiring the dentist's aid, and, emanating from such a source, it may be confidently relied on."— United Service Gazette. "Thousands requiring artificial teeth are deterred from consulting a dentist, fearing the anticipated cost or dread of failure. To all such we say, peruse Gabriel's treatise..'" —Gird Service Gazette. Published by Messrs. Gabriel (gratis on application, or sent on receipt of three postage stamps), at their Establish— ments. FROM COUNTRY PATIENTS, ONE VISIT ONLY REQUISITE FOR A SINGLE TOOTH 013 COM PLETE SET. PATENT WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT, the only per manent preparation for front teeth, which effectually retains its colour (ss. per packet). PREPARED WHITE GUTTA PERCHA, the best stop ping for Decayed Teeth or Toothache. This invaluable•. stopping is placed in the cavity, when perfectly soft, becomes hard as the tooth itself ten minutes after inser tion, and renders the decayed member sound and useful in mastication. Is. Gd. per Box, or sent on receipt of ^_o• stamps. The ROY.I.L TOOTH POWDER, ls. 6d. per Box. The above preparations may be had front :mg chemist in the kingdom. Stopping Decayed Teeth, Scaling, &c. MESSRS. GABRIEL, THE OLD ESTABLISHED DENTISTS, 1 , 1 , 131, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL ErW 33,. LUDGATE-HILL, :, 110, REGENT-STREET, LONDON Attendance daily from Ten to Six A:arrillgts, all 4 Births, Deaths, and Marriages, forwarded for insertion, must be properly authenticated with the name and address of the sender. The charge for the insertion of .Births will be Six— pence each. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., at 17, Fitzroy-square, W., the wife of Alexander ltigienzie Ross ' Esq., C.E., of a son. On the 20th instant. at Cross-brow, Ambleside, Mrs...l. C. Shepherd, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 16th instant, Mr. Samuel Crosby to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Leonard Tinkler, both of Runcorn. On the 18th instant, Robert Gordon, Esq., captain of the 4th Rrziment (Rifle Corps) Bombay, eldest son of the Late Robert Gordon, Esq. ' to Marie Theresa, youngest daughter of the lane Sir East George Clayton East, of Hall-place, Berk shire, Bort- On the 21st instant, Mr. John Hunter to Mrs. Margaret Sheppard Williams, of Toxteth-park. On the 21st instant, Mr. William Cubbin to Miss Ellen Ainsworth, of this Sown. On the 21st instant, Mr. James Lang, Ranelagh-street, to Jane, eldest daughter of William Muir, Esq., Bedford-street, North. DEATHS. On the 1804 ult., Mr. William Harrison, farmer, of Anslow, Nertiwood Forest, near Burton-on-Trent aged 87. highly re speefrd by all who knew him for his amiable qualities. On the 18th instant, at 8, Northumberland-street, aged 75, Mr. Williaffi Morgan. ' On the 19th ilkant, at stock Cliffe, Blackburn, aged 59, Robert Hopwood, Erg. On the 19th instant, at 87, Great Oxford-strect, aged 25, William, son of Mr. John dinith. On the 19th instant, at 54, Dublin-street, aged SO, Mr. James Nicholson, of litanwix, lieu Carlisle. On the 211th instant., at 101, Richmond-row, aged 61, Mr. David Inman. On the 20th instant, at 313, Netherlield-road North, in his 72nd year, Anthony s, Esq. On the 21st inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, T. H. 8 " 1 -ram, Esq., 12. Inverness-terrace, Bayswater, London, Agnog .of M'eall, Esq.. of Liverpool. lIOLESALE & EXPORT BRITISH & FOREIGN STATIONERY WAREHOUSE. PATENT AC COUNT 1300 K MANUFACTORY. 32 CAST LE-STREET -32. ( Account Books.—A large and well seasoned Stock of Ledgers, Aottrual, Cash Books, Day Books. &c., always kept on hand ,mil made to order, at H. G.'s own Works, of the best hand-znade Kent papers, guaranteed to be well finished, and to be most substantial and enduring. Letter Papers.--Large Blue or . 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