Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-03 00:00:00

do nmercfai bait.—ebfis At twelve o'c'ock, at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange-buildings, a Linseed Oilcake, Lar,i, and Ashes —J. H. quantity of Spe,la Oil. Rayner and Co. At one o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, a quantity of raisins and Currants. —George Badenach and Son. At one o'clock, at the brokers' office, 9, Temple-court, a quantity of Fruit. —Houghton and Levy, At twelve o'clock, 5,917 bags Rice.—Cox Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 6, Rumford-place, 35 boxes Pearl Sago, and 10 bags Pepper.—Wm. Adamson. ht twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 1, Oldhall-street, 152 bales Ryegra a Seed.—N. Waterhouse and Sons. At the broker's office, 11, Exchange-alley North, a quantity of Opium, Scammony, and Otto Roses.—W. H. Hawkins. At one o'cl ack, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-curt, a quantity of Fruit.—Fletcher and Firth. AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEEL'INGS, &e. THIS DAY. nava. AmparraZaraz—Dramatl3 Performance-7 p.m. HENOLEIt'S CfILQUEWARIZTE, Dale-street--7 p.m. Lr 3 711t14,01. ACADZUVIII EXIIIBITICM, Post-office-place. EGTAL CoLosssuss—General Entertainment-6.39 p.m. I For advertisements see second me. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Fersons seeking Employment, parties requiring Servants, Assistants or Clerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants under the notice of the public, by advertieing in the NORTHERN TIMES, and which, from its large circulation, is the most efficient medium of publicity in this ; district. The cash price for this special class of advertisements is now reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY ; WORDS, and for every additional five words onr penny, HEA TRE ROYAL. MAD'LLE PICCOLOMINI, LA TRAVIATA ! FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. FRIDAY, DEC. 4.1, 1857. C l e kort4tra Mum THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. The monthly meeting of the Town Council was held yesterday. - A. most important document, by the Town Clerk, was ordered to be printed, for distribution among the members of the Council. The income and expenditure of the Corporation, with the effects of the recently-passed ltersey Conservancy Bill, are laid down with much minuteness. We have have neither space or time. to analyse the report of the Town Clerk to-day, but shall take the earliest opportunity of doing so The recommendation of the Finance Committee, to contribute the sum of 2100, for the present year, towards establishing and maintaining a Liverpool office in London, was unanimously agreed to ; also the recommendation to appoint a Deputy-Recorder. It is generally expected that the Queen's Speech, which will be delivered this day on the assembling of Parliament, will refer to the Monetary difficul ties, but that this subject will only be treated as of secondary importance, and that the Speech will be chiefly taken up with the state of our Indian Empire. The fact is, that Ministers want to stave off any discussion on the Bank Charter Act. We understand that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce have had under its consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament on the Bank - Charter Act. This petition approves of the Act, but admits, under the circumstances, the wisdom of its recent suspension. The Chamber trusts that Parliament, after sanctioning the step taken, will, either by a select committee or otherwise, inquire whether one material cause for the neces sity of such suspension of the Bank Charter Act has not arisen from the reckless system of banking, and consequent expansion of unsound trade, pursued by some of the joint-stock banks which have recently suspended payment. The Governor-General of India, Lord Canning, has written to the Lord Mayor of London, in answer to a communication from the latter, accom • panied by an instalment of the Indian Fand. Viscount Canning incidentally states that the Spirit of violence and bloodshed, though gradually yielding to our arms, is not yet subdued, and he remarks that it would, under such circumstances, be impossible to say how large the field is over which it would be necessary to distribute the relief fund. The Committee which came together in Calcutta to raise money for the same purpose have obtained according to the statement of Lord Canning, a sum which represents £5,458 sterling. • The attempt to launch the Leviathen was not made yesterday, but preparations of the most • important character have been going on, and early to-day they will be tested. Eight rams will be used instead of four, and all the auxiliaries will be extended and increased in power. Today's tide will be the highest this month. The Recorder of Hereford, Henry Horn, Esq., has committed suicide. Various rumours are afloat us to the cause of the unhappy occurrence. Mr. Horn his left a widow and a numerous family. At the 'weekly meeting of the London Ballot Society, on Tuesday, Mr. George Staveley, of Geelong, Victoria, explained the working of the ballot in that colony. It appears that at the last election in Geelong for the members of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Legislature, Mr: Staveley acted as a scrutineer and so had occasion to perceive the working of the system. The election was very warmly contested, and par'y opinion was exceedingly high; and he firmly bAieved that it was simply frora the ballot being in use that no coercion was used to influence the expression of the opinions of the voters, and they were enabled to exercise the franchise without intimidation. He believed that the members of the Legislature, who were elected by means of the ballot, were the free choice cf the people ; the expenses to the candidates were but trifling, and the elections were marked with order and decorum ; many of the ballot's most violent opponents in Australia had become converts to it : anal the Attorney - -General, who fought the measure in the House step by step, had declared that it was desirable the ballot should have a fair trial. Germany is now suffering severely under the monetary crisis. A telegraph from Hamburgh informs us that, in consequence of not less than twenty new and extensive failures, and the absolute want of credit, business has come • almost to a stand still. The prices of merchandise, as quoted in the commercial intelligence of the newspapers, are entirely nominal, no actual rates having taken place. The latest news from Constantinopla announces the impending de parture of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who is expected to remain absent; for two months, being called home, it is said, by private affairs. He seems to have chosen his time badly, for it is no secret that just now the French Government, whose am bassador still maintains his menacing reserve, has pressed forward the Suez canal scheme at Constan tinople, as a kind of test of the good faith of Reechici Pacha, who always pretended to favour it. The mail actually speaks of ministerial conferences held on the subject, which, how ever, have as yet led to no result, but the most inportant foreign news to-day is the reported re fusal of the Spanish Government, in spite . of the earnest solicitations of England, and particularly of France, to receive the Mexican Ambassador on the terms proposed by the mediating Powers. At , the same time we hear from Cuba that the Spanish West Indian squadro4 lac taken artillerymen And a corps of 1.000 marines on board, and, when the mail left, was ready to sail at a moment's notice. Three members of the French Legislative Body will not take the usual oath. The Dutch Minister of War has resigned on account of the rejection of the war budget. FEW, if any, of the political events on the Continent have created a greater amount of aston ishment, and in some quarters a perfect hurricane of indignation, than the appointment of M. DUPIN to the office of Procureur-General of the Court of Cassation in France. M. DUPIN formerly enjoyed the reputation of being an honourable, far-seeing, and consistent statesman. He was formerly President of the Republican.' National Assembly of France, and now he has turned aside from the party of which he was a leader, and taken office under the Sovereign whom he not long since publicly impeached as a robber. His is the first sacrifice of honesty in a chief of the Orleanist party. The prominent part which M. Durix has taken in the politics, not only of France, but Europe in general, had raised up for him, in almost every quarter of his native land, hosts of friends and admirers. His acceptance of the office in ques tion must cause them extreme regret. They must bitterly deplore the degradation of a statesman too old to be excused on the score of ambition—too rich to urge necessity—too violent a political partisan in his early years to take shelter in cynicism at the close of a long and eventful life. Nor do we think it would be justice towards such a man to attribute to him base motives, seeing that he is so far worn out in body and mind as to be incapable of any offence except it be that of superannu Ited servility. Except M. DUPIN, all the Republican leaders have stood aloof from the Empire of LOUIS NAPOLEON. They saw that he waded his way to the French throne through blood, and total disregard to the solemn obligations of an oath. Bribes, numerous and tempting, have been offered . to them ; yet, with consistency and firmness, they have spurned with contempt every effort to seduce them from allegiance to that cause which they swore to defend and maintain- To his dying day, CAVAIG NAC was faithful to the violated Constitution ; and CHANGARNIER, for similar steadfastness and con sistency, sees, every day, officers not only of inferior merit, but much his juniors, elevated over him, because they cringe and fawn upon the parvenu Sovereign of their country. LAMERTINE, we also know, is no advocate or flatterer of suc cessful political: treachery, and it is notorious that all the other members of the Government of 1848 prefer exile before dishonour and disgrace. To M. DUPIN alone belongs the infamy of deserting his Republican principles. He has assumed the official robe which he indignantly cast off when the Orleans dynasty, which he had ever befriended, was pillaged and plundered by vassals of Louis NApJLEON. Ilow comes it, then, that this grey:headed citizen has deemed it worth his while to recant his former principles, forsake his late political colleagues, and now exhibit himself on the judgment seat of his country, a monument of public depravity and political inconsistency. Was he poo r ? He might have sought the financial aid of the more wealthy with respect and decency. Was he an adventurer ? No, for he has passed that period of life allotted to enterprize and exertion. Was he self sacrificing ? then he might have spurned the little " brief authority" of the judicial bench, and been con tented to remain among the despoiled ministers of justice, who in 1851, decreed in the most solemn manner, the depositions of the President, and sought by the Constitution of France, to deal with him as an outlaw, a felon, and a public enemy ! St. ARNAUD, who steeped the African bayonet in pure blood, might, with consistency, and despi:e any feeling of shame, sport the insignia of the Empire ; bat the case is widely different, when we are told that the Venerable Dupin, has so far degraded him as to mount the emblems of NAPOLEON, and become his chief dispenser of justice. One can hardly think of such political prostitution, without at the same time regarding the newly appointed Procureur- General of the .Court of Cassation as a dotard, without the smallest particle of mind, memory, or conscience. This will be more apparent if we reflect for a moment upon the circumstances which compelled him, as an Orleanist Judge, to retire from the Bench. It is a matter of history that that step was taken, when he solemnly protested that Louts NAPOLEON had disregarded all the principles of law and equity, repudiated the very foundations of property—intruded even upon the sacred rights of the tomb, and thereby rendered it impossible fur him—M. DUPIN—tO employ his functions as a Judge or a Lawyer. Then he spurned the polluted seat of judgment. He accused his master and his Sovereign as the perpetrator o f larceny upon a gigantic scale, and called upon history to hold him guiltless of any participation or act which he considered nothing less than " a flagitious act of plunder." It is evident that he has been drugged by NAPOLEON'S emissaries, and that he has agreed to wear the unenviable livery of a King who, according to his own. showing, has fraudulently robbed and plundered his (Duns's) long-cherished friends. Well indeed may the Emperor accept DIIPIN'S services with astonishment and scorn. The decision of such an official can never be regarded with confidence by his master, seeing that he is as fickle as the wind. The whole affair fills • the moralist with regret that public TM are so apt to recant all their feelings of consistency, and grasp at honour at the expense of honesty and virtue. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1857 THE LEVIATHAN. The operations, towards launching the Leviathan, yesterday morning, were confined to making everything ready for another effort to day at 7 a.m. Advantage has been taken of this pause to make fresh arrangements, and, above all, to • do away with the hindrance and loss of time caused by lengthening the beams by which the force is applied from the hydraulic machines to the cradles. A number of fresh piles have been driven to form a base for the additional rams to act against, and this morning eight of these powerful hydraulic ma chines will be in operation, being four more than were used on Monday. An examination of the vessel has taken place, and everything is reported to be satisfactory, and it is con2dently expected that by three o'clock to-day this magnificent specimen of naval architec ture will be afloat. In order to prevent any disappoint ment, every precaution that human foresight can suggest will be taken. It is stated that the hydraulic rams are now so perfect that without the use of additional aid the vessel could be propelled by them into the water. Mr: Brunel and his assistants are exerting themselves to the utmost to accomplish the launch to-day, and we sincerely trust that perfect success will reward their labours. THE ROAD TO INDIA. The first body of British troops sent out to India through Egypt was embarked at Malta on the Ist of October, 200 in number, reached Alexandlia on the 4th, was conveyed from the steamer at that place to the oteamer at Suez in twenty.six hours, and reached Aden in perfect health and efficiency on the 13th—the tragsfer from one garrison to the other having thus occupied only twelve days. In the newly published report of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, by which this important transit service was performed, the following passage occurs : " The application to his highness the Viceroy of Egypt for the means of transport of an .increased number of passengers and baggage, not only met with ready assent, but arrangements of the most efficient character were immediately made fm the rapid and comfortable transit of the troops ; while his highness conveyed to the company's agent the following expression of his feelings in the matter:—'The Viceroy is very desirous to convey through his country as many soldiers as possible,' and so great a disposition does he display to facilitate their movements, that he adds, ' I will consider them not as transit passengers, but as my own, and will carry them by my private engines, carriages, and trucks." AMUSEMENTS. THE HUNGARIAN RIND AT ST, GEORGE'S HALL, These coneeris came eff on Monday morning and even ing last. Herr Sarkozy was an enthusiastic and energetic conductor. The music was executed with great spirit and brilliancy, perhaps a little too much of the former, occa sionally. Miss Armstrong, as the principal vocalist, made a very favourable impression. Her voice is full, round, clear, and powerful, and her execution neat and finished. A little more ambition would doubtless improve her, when the proper stimulus is presented. At present she is rather too quiet in such songs as "I'm a merry, merry Zingra"— scarcely merry enough ; and when she told us that "she had a smile for all," we should have been better pleaded, and the song would have been more effective, if she had spared one for us. "Kate Kearney" was very beautifully sung and encored. Mks Armstrong will appear again on Saturday evening with Kalodzy's band, and on that occasion Herr Kalody will appear himself, and play a solo on the violin. Miss Armstrong will sing three songs—" Home, sweet Home," Welcome, my Bonnie Lad," and " Let me be near thee." The first and last we may expect to be highly delightful, and, if Miss Arm strong will only throw a little more spirit into her declamation, we may hope to be equally pleased with " Welcome my Bonnie Lad." Under any circumstances, we are sure that audience will be ready to " welcome" the "bonnie lass," as, in addition to the, recommendations we have mentioned, she is both pretty and lady-like in her appearance. Herr Kalodzy's Huegarian Band are less striking in their external display than in the vigour and precision of their performance. There are some very good violinists, a good violoncello player, two very clever per formers on clarionets, three sax horns of different kinds, and a nery noisy but skilful drummer. Herr Sarkozy's exertions on the violin— for he leads as well as conducts— are like those of old Chifney in the saddle, at the last three strides for the Derby, " truly wonderful" We wish we could say more for Miss Sudlow and Mrs. Mott; but they did ❑ot please after Miss Armstrong. However, we may say that the Hall was not full, and, in that case, demands greater power under other circumstances, or in a smaller room their singing might be more satisfactory. AFRICAN STEAM-SHIP COMPANY. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the offices in Mincing-lane, London, on Tuesday, Mr. P. D. lladow in the chair. The report contained the following statements : —Toe company's steamer Niger was totally lost at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, on her fifth homeward voyage from the coast, on the night of the loch of June last. This vessel was insured ' for .E 20,000, eighty par cent. of which has been paid, and the balance is in course of settlement by the underwriters It being necessary to replace the Niga-, in order to carry out the mail service efficiently, the directors have made an offer for a suitable vessel of 1,140 tons, new measurement, lately employed in the Transport Service (steject to approval after examina tion and trial,) which has been accepted. In conformity with a resolution passed at the last meeting of proprietors, au'horising the directors to take such steps as might be necessary to obtain from Government an increase of the subsidy for the performance of the African mail service—a proposal has been made, and is now before the proper authorities for the modification of that contract. A charge for depreciation of 6 per cent. per annum on original first cost of ship, has been made against the revenue account, in conformity with the provisions of the deed of settlement ; this has,.since the formation of the Company, been accumu lating, and on the 31st October last (after deducting 1,911/. 81. 21., proportion belonging to the Niger,) amounted to the sum of 17 8-111. Is. si. This sum has been transferred to credit of fi-st cost of ships, and in future, the deduc'ion will be made half-yearly. The directors have mulh pleasure in announcing to the pro prietors that the half-yearly operations have been satisfactory; their anticipaions of the advantages of Liverpool over London as the port of departure for the mail steamers, have been fully realised. By the exercise of rigid economy, the loss on the revenue account incurred before the vessels were removed to Liverpool, has been recovered, and the balance remains, sufficient to pay a dividend of 53. pr share, free of income tax. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, congratu lated the shareholders on the improved condition of the affairs of the company as compared with their condition on the occasion of their last meeting. In reply to a share holder, the Chairman stated that the new vessel would be called the Armenian, and was to cost £16,000. The report was unanimously adopted ; and the dividend, as .recommended in the report, was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman elosed the proceedings. ACCIDENT TO THE RIGHT HON, E. H)RSMAN.—The member for Stroud is well known to be an ardent lover of the chase, and is a bold and fearless rider. We understand that on Monday last, as the hon. gentl_man was preparing to mount h;s hcrse, he walked him a few paces before getting into the saddle. The reins were loossly slung over his arm, when the animal making a sudden swerve; Mr. Horsman was flung to the ground with great violence, and upon rising it was found that he had sustained a frac ture of the right arm between the elbow and the shoulder. Surgical attendance was immediately procured, and we are informed that the case is progressing very favourably, so that in all probability the hon. gentleman wig be enabled shortly to resume his senatorial duties.--S(roud Journal. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Her Majesty and the Court arrived at Bucking- ham Palace this day, and a Privy Council was held immediately afterwards. FRANCE. The intention of three members of the French Legislative body not take the oaths, occasions three vacant seats for Paris, but the election may be deferred to the legal period of six months. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. It is stated in the Vienna journals that some divisions are arising in the Divans of the Princi palities. The memorandum of that of Wallfichia has called forth an answer from Alexander Gobsco, in refutation. Thirty-two members have signed the reply. CHINA. HONG KONG, OCT. 15. During a gale, about 40 lorchas and 100 junks were smashed to pieces, and the loss of life is set down at from 150 to 250 persons. THE WEST INDIES. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Oronoco arrived hero today with the Wrest India Mails. The dates of this arrival, are—Vera Cruz, Nov. 4th ; Colon, Demerara, and Trinidad, 9th ; Jamaica and Grenada, 10th; Barbadoes, 11th; and St. Thomas, 15th. The Orinoco brings 1,478,608 dollars in specie on freight American produce of all descriptions are repre sented to be very scarce on the island. Coffee was also arriving in small quantities. Sugar market is stated to be very dull, and middling kinds were selling at 225. Fever was rather prevalent at Jamaica, but the islands generally are reported to be tolerably healthy. Exchange on London, 90 days, par; 60 days, per cent. prom ; 30 days, 1 per cent. Valparaiso was quiet. The revolutionary parties in Peru continue in the same state. THE COURT, &c. Her Majesty and the CJurt arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Her Majesty afterwards held a Privy Council. THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND AT BoLTON.--The Bolton sub scription for the relief of the sufferers by the mutiny in India now reaches £1,470 and we believe it is the inten tion of the committee to close the list at their meeting on Friday next. THE SHRIEVALTY OF LANCASHIRE.—MF. Marton, of Capernwray, will be the high sheriff of the county next year. The under-sheriff will be Mr. W. Robinson, solici tor, of Lancaster. The legal duties of shrievalty will be discharged by Mr. Miles Myres, the acting under•sheriff, in Preston.—Preston Chronicle. THE DEFAULTING RATE COLLECTOR AT BIRMINGIIAIII. —Henry Gibbs, the defaulting rate collector, was again brought up at the Public Office, in that town, on Friday, on the charge of embezzling £l,OOO, the property of the guardians of the poor of the parish of Birmingtiam. He wa3 committed for trial at the close of the case. THE WOOToN SHOOTING CASE.-0,1 Friday, at the Barton Police-court, John Thompson was brought up on a remand, charged with shooting at William Scarborough, on Saturday, the 7th instant. The case had been adjourned in order that some witnesses the pris3ner wished to have examined might be summoned ; and, after the additional evidence had been adduc.d, the prisoner was discharged.-- Bull News, CLOTH ROBBERY FROM THE LANCASHIRE AND YORK sautz RAILWAY.— At the Iluddelsfield Guildhall on Saturday, George Littlewood, of Iroaley, was charged with stealing two trusses of cloth, valued at .E 63, from the Brockholes Station of the Lancashire asd Yorkshire Railway. On the Ist of November, 1856, Mr. Joshua Moorhouse, of .Elolmfirth, was in Sheffield, and made up two tresses of cloth, which were sent to the station to he forwarded home. The trusses arrived safe at the Brack ho'es Station ; but when the truck arrived at Holmfirth next morning they were missiles In August last, the prisoner Littlewood wa s a pp re h en ded for a shop robbery at llonley, fur which he was convicted and sentenced to impri:ontnent. On his 1 algings being searched a quantity o' pawn-Seketa were fount to be for portions of the cloth stolen from the Brockholes Station. On his return from prison last Wedn.sday,the prisoner was apprehended on the present charge. A number of paws-brokers and others, who had bsught, cloth from the prisoner, were produced, and the cloth they had bought was identified by Mr. Joshua Moorhouse, as the property which had been stolen.—The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. CARNARVON CASTLE.—It is gratifying to be able to state that the 'small sum of 4d. for each visitor to this venerable ruin affords a fund, by means of which the deputy (J. Morgan, Esq.,) after paying the salary of the gatekeeper, is enabled to carry out on a liberal scale the repairs and improvements sanctioned by the Woods. and Forests. Last week, a new and massive gate of oak was fixed at the principal entrance. The design, which is appropriate, was furnished by Mr. Salvin, Government inspector of castles, and is taken from a gate, the date of which cor• responds with that of Carnarvon Castle, at Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland. The oak, which Was well seasoned, was purchased in Staffordshire, and weighs alone upwards of two tons ; with the addition of the iron work, the entire fabric, is about 2 tons weight: It is hung in two leaves on massive hinges driven through the masonary. A wicket in one leaf serves for foot pas sengers. On the inner side the surface of the gate is in tersected by cross bars, perforated at the angular points with iron bolts rivetted on bath sides. The whole gives an dea of strength and durability, and presents an imposing. appearance, perfectly in keeping with the grand archway wherein it stands. A decided advantage has been gained by moving it further in than the former gate, so that it occupies the exact position of the original gate as indicated by the remains of the iron hinges. This adds considerably to the exterior view of this part of the Castle. The ad mirable taste and judgment with which Mr. Morgan developer the beauties of the interior, deserve special remark. Galleries overgro wn w ith brambles and covered with rank grass have been cleared ; parapets, battlements walls, and passages, the architecture of which was die. guised and distorted by the accumulated vegetable deposits of generations settled down into a thick soil, are restored to the light of day, whilst dilapidated arches, and other falling portions are assuming their proper shapes, the greatest care and discrimination being exercised in secur ing harmony of effect wherever any part of the masonary has to be renewed. The well tower will doubtless form an attractive object to visitors next summer. Under an arch a flight of steps leads from the court yard down to the base of this tower, inside of which there is now accumula ted about six feet deep of soil. Another arch is in sight, furnished with the groove for a portcullis, evidently span ning a passages on a level with the bottom of the moat outside, and employed as a means of access, and egress. We understand that it is in contemplation to complete the excavation of these interesting portions as soon as possible. The top of the tower is now undergoing repair, and a parapet wall has been built to protect the walk on the adjacent gallery. The space over the arches and towers of the main gateway has been cleared, and the removal of a portion of the ivy covering the back of the beautiful facade or front elevation over the king's effigy, has dis covered several beautiful and well preserved corbels.— North Wales Chronicle. LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEO LOGICAL SOCIETY. The usual periodical meeting of the members of this society was held last evening at the Royal Institu►e, Col quitt-street. Mr. S. Huggins, the president of the asso• ciation, took the chair. The usual preliminary business having been disposed of, Air. John Young, of Lord-street, was unanimously elected an associate member of the society. After that the secretary announced the donations that had been received, amengst which was a copy of the Building News, and other publications appertaining to th• objects of the society. The papers announced for the evening was, " A Memoir of the Late Mr. Arthur Holme," by Mr. J. A Picton, F.S.A., and, "On a Supposed Masonic Prescription upon the Amphitheatre of el d:jew," by M. Berard, of Algiers. The HoN. SECRETARY then announced that he had received several acknowledgments from various societies for the copy of the annual transactions, amongst which were those from the Mayor, on behalf of the Free Public Library ; Dr. Thompson, for the Literary and Philoso phical Society ; Mr. Picton, from the Liverpool Library; and Dr. Hume, from the Historic Society of Lancashire ; and Mr. Akerman, /the secretary of the Society of Anti quaries, Somerset House, London. The Hos. SECRETARY then read the following letter, which had been received from Mr. Rawlinson :- 34, Parliament-street, Westminster. November 27th, 1857. My dear Eir,—Thanks for your note of the 23rd instant. I wish to read a paper to your society, on Masonry Con struction. When will be the beet time to do so? I presume soon after Christmas. The tall chimney designs are in course of publication ; I think of dedicating them to the members of your society—Will there be any objec tion ? I will send down proofs of toe lithographs in a few days, that the society may view them. You will no doubt, be aware that there is no foundation stone under the present St. George's Hall, but that a foundation stone was laid, and is now in the ground, or should be, if not stolen, on the site intended for St. George's Hall, opposite Old Islington market. Will "ii not he well for the Archi'.ectural and Archtn)lagi cal society to see to this ? In Liverpool you have the finest public building in Europe, without any foundation stone, memorial, coin, or tablet, beneath it ; but you have the foundation stone with vAluna memorial, coin, and tablet;buriedsomewhere to puzzle future archmologists as to its meaning. Pray have the mistake rectified ; at all events, let the false stone and its contents be taken up, if nothing is done beneath the existing building; if the money has not been stolen, it may at least serve to pay this cost—that is the cost of removal lam pleased to learn that tha society is flourishing— long mly it be an honour to the town, and a c edit to itself,—l am, my dear Sir, yours very truly, ROBERT RAIVIONSON. To Mr. W. H. Vireightrnan, Architect, Liverpool. Mr. JAMES MYES, asphalte manufacturer, of St. James' Street, exhibited a specimen of asphalte, for the flooring of damp houses, and other domestic purposes, which he explained, and stated its uses. Mr. F. HOWARD then introduced a model of Wessel and Kukla's Patent Gas Heat Disseminator, for warming public buildings, warehouses, offices, and the rooms and halls of private buildings, which, he stated, requires no flue, can be used in any room, is perfectly free from any efflavian or smell, or any escape of noxious gas. It affords great warmth from a very small expenditure of gas, and fully . justifies the name chosen for it, " Gas heat disseminator," for the heat disseminated by a stove not larger than a moderator lamp, and much resembling it in appearance, is almost incredible. Mr. Frank Howard exhibited one of these stoves, and described its construction, which is as simple as ite effects are satisfactory. The gas is supplied through a tubular burner, arranged in the form of a circle as has been usual in gas stoves. Bat the car cle is of very small size, from two to three inches in diameter, and the gas is allowed to issue only through the smallest possible apertures, for the purpose of emitting the smallest quantity of gas. Over this burner a hollow elongated globular form of brass is suspended, round which the gas is driven by a rush of atmospheric air from the open base of a cylinder, resembling, as stated, a moderator lamp, which encloses the whole. The gas and air which plays round this lemon shaped brass ball meets a current of pure atmospheric air, which is admitted through tne ball by a pipe attached to its base, and carried down below the burner. By the rush of air, together with the gas, through the narrow space between the ball and external case, the more perfect consumption of the inflammable portion of the gas is ensured, and by its admixture with the air which passes through the ball, a stream of highly heated air is conveyed through a draught pipe, about two feet high, in'o the atmosphere of the apartment which is to be heated. This heated air is so pure that no efflavian or noxious effect can be perceived either by the nose or feeling. The whitest piper, held a foot from the top of the pipe, is perfectly uesullied• No moisture can be detected, as in the case of o dinary gas burners ; nor, on the other hand, is the air burnt or everdried. The papar is dried, while to the te ing of the hand held rather further off, for the heat would not allow of its being held so close, is most delight ful. At the meeting of the /Merely wid Philosophical Institution, on Monday, it had been urged by Dr. Edwards and Mr. Higginson, that the hydrogen could rot be entirely consumed by the apparatus described. Whethert he hydrogen wore consumed or otherwise accounted for was a matter of perfect indifference, so long as no deleterious effects could be discovered. The patentees contended that it was en tirely consumed before it passed the brass ball, and before it mat the current of air passing through the ball. Whe ther right or wrong in their theory, or whether any other theory would account for the effects, was of no moment— the effects were perfectly in accordance with the promises of the patentees. After some further observations on the scientific view of the diseovery, Mr. Howard pointed out the very great value of the invention to architects for warming apartments in which flees might be incoavenient or dangerous—where general diffusion of heat was desir able, as in museums and libraries, offices, shops, and every other place in which it was desirable to avoid dust or damp, personal attendance, and risk of fire. The portability of the apparatus was also another recomrnendatiore—it may be carried from room to room, and a flexable tube attached to any gas burner would be sufficient to supply it. To invalids 'in bed or both-rooms, or any place where heat was only required occasionally, and for short periods at a time it would be in valuable. A warm atmosphere could be obtained in a few minutes, instead of disturbing the patients by the noise, dust, smell, and perhaps smoke, of cleanine a grate, or lighting a fire early in the morning, or at any other time ; the noiseless turning of a gas pips would give all the heat required, almost at a moment, which could be regulated or dispensed with altogether at pleasure or the direction of the medical man. Mr. Wessel was well known to the musical world as having conferred a great benefit on society by his extensive' publication of well selected German music. Mr. Frank Howard considered that Mr. Wessel had now conferred a will greater benefit, in joining M. Kukla to bring forward this valuable invention. Mr. Boult then gave notice that, at the next meeting of the society, he should move the adoption of the following resolutiens That the honorary secretaries be instructed to present a copy of these resolutions, signed by the president on behalf of this society, to his Worship the Mayo; with a request that they may be submitted to the Town Council at their next meeting ; and that those members of the society who are members of the Town Council, be earnestly requested to support the purport of these resolut ions, when they are brought under the considera tion of that body. _ _ That this society is informed that the Liverpool Academy is in receipt of pecuniary assistance from the borough fund, through the Town Council of Liverpool, equivalent to an annual grant, in its aid, of £2oo—and that it renders to that body no account of the way in which the objects of that grant are promoted. This meeting is, therefore, of opinion that the ratepayers, whose funds are thus applied, are entitled to be informed, through their representatives in council as3enabled, in what manner the professed objects of the grant are promoted. That this meeting, therefore, begs most respectfully, but most earnestly, to urge upon the Town Council the propriety of requiring the Liverpool Academy to furnish to them, year by year, a full and detailed report of the proceedings of that institution ; and in default of such Mt and detailed report, that the said annual grant in aid be discontinued. That this society is not moved to the adoption of this course from any desire to limit the patronage and support which the Town Council may feel disposed to bestow in aid of the cultivation of a popular taste for the fine arts— an object which this society earnestly believe to be of great social value in a large community like Liverpool— but because they feel that the recent conduct of the academy is calculated to defeat the highly laudable intentions of the Town Council, and so prevent the proper cultivation and gratification of the popular taste. There being no other communications, Mr. J. A.. Proton, after a few introductory remarks, read the following— A SHORT NOTICE OF THE LATE MR. A. H. HOLME, ARCHITECT, OF LIVERPOOL. One of our professional brethren has recently passed away from us, struck down suddenly, by acute disease, in the prime of his days and the fulness of his strength. It is not meet that his memory should be allowed to pass into oblivion without some slight notice of the man and his works. The desire to live after death in the remembrance of those who knew us, is a natural and estimable feeling : and in the architect who leaves behind him tangible memorials of his professional skill and knowledge patent to all, it may be said E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries ; E'en in our ashes live their wonted tires. A short notice of our deceased friend may not be un acceptable to the society of which for some time he was so active and useful a member. Arthur Hill Holme was the third son of the late Mr. James Holme, who c arr ied on for many years an extensive business in Liverpool a_s. bricklayer and builder. He was born in the year 1814 _ On leaving school he passed same time in the worksb o P! of his brothers, Messrs. Samuel and James Holme, Where he acquired the thorough practical knowledge of con: struction, by which he was distinguished. He was sup sequently articled to the celebrated Thomas Rickman then carrying on business as an architect at Birmingba.. in conjunction with Mr. Hussey. On the completions f !:11! • articles he returned to Liverpool, and commenced ptle! on his own aq,count. One of his first executed designs 'lt, s the facade of the Mechanic's Institution, in Mount-slre_ e , l , for which he gained the first prize in competition. Butt afterwards he entered into partnership with Mr. Je "" Cunningham, and under their joint superintendence m an e important works were executed, among others trt_. Church of the Holy Trinity, at Birkenhead, in the 1% man style. Aigburth Church, in the same style; ,_!" h Apothecaries Hall, Colquitt-street, a work vim's', attracted much attention at the time for the bol de ? s _ and novelty of its facade. Mr. Holme took an a ctiv e part in the formation of the Liverpool Architectural Society in the year 1848. He filled the office of treasure; during the first two years of its existence, and w in subsequently elected one of its vice-presidents. November, 1848, he contributed a valuable Pali ) , "On the Construction of Fire-proof Buildings." lished in the first volume of the Society's Transactio n ! In the year 1851, he withdrew from the profession as practising architect, and in conjunction with his yone_g„ e e brother, Mr. George Holme, succeeded to the la rg e business as general contractors, previously carried oa their elder brothers, Messrs. Samuel and James }Jen ne ' - His extensive engagements in this department led to P i : withdrawal from the active part he had taken in i. t „. 6 Architectural Society. As contractor many large puu,.."t works were executed by our deceased friend—Mo o n others, the entire construction of the Wigan and South P er Railway, the Camp or Barracks on the Curragh of 10101' an extensive range of constructions entirely of wood, O W , were executed in an almost incredibly short space of ti re' About two years since Mr. Holme recommenced Pr ite ;,,, tice as an architect, and was in the midst of an ac" m ' e and extending career when arrested by the sudden illn e s s which carried him to the grave at the early age of Oa" three, leaving a widow and two sons to bewail his l oss i The above is a meagre outline of the professional lif e ? 0 , an estimable and talented man, too soon lost to 111 0 profession and the world. As an architect, he distinguished for soundness of construction and thoroug he knowledge of the details of workmanship. Many o f t o f churches which he designed partake more or less : the peculiarities of the school of Rickman, in vvn he was educated. Some of them display Ole derable merit. Amongst these churches mei th e mentioned All Saints, Great Nelson-street North, *- churches in Limekiln-lane and Eaton-street, Vault , -;,,-„ a road, and St. Mathias's Great Howard-street. church of St. Paul, Prince's Park, was also designed an t executed by him, being one of the largest and 011°9 f imposing structures of the kind in the neighbourhood t, Liverpool. The Asylum for the Blind, in Hardman•str e „ e 4 , 1 a very pleasing composition, was erected from his des, i g„ -- and large alterations and additions to the Southern PI: pital. The rebuilding of the Music Hall, in Bold-str ee t j : was one of his later works, and: presents a very taste! specimen of street architecture of the ornamental Itahlus school. Mr. Heinle was very fond of the enginee r 4 part of the profession, and acted for some time as e n i gineer in carryin ,, out the works of the Birkenhead Dl ie Company. Whilst executing the contract works at ', be Curragh of Kildare, he also acted as engineer for & h , construction of waterworks for the encampment , , are stated to have elicited high enconiums from the O. office authorities. The removal of the Church for tb Blind from its original site in Hotham-street to riet t r i street was undertaken and completed under o f direction, a work involving an amazing amount trouble, care, and skill. The reconstruction is so u oe and substantial, though the mst heti° effect,rts`l %r; causes for which Mr. Holme was not respo can scarcely be announced satisfactory. As a m il- s t , he was distinguished by a frank, open, fearless addr es and by great good nature. Any stranger would 5 once be struck by the sincerity and truthfulness of b i t deportment, combined with sound judgment and sk i 'd No one who saw his burly, healthy-looking aspect a n d - manly bearing - a few short weeks ago, could have ant ic ,. pated so rapid and sudden a termination to his earth', career. The writer of this notice has had frequent pre ; fessional intercourse with him, extending to the lat e !! period of his life, and can say with sincerity that l o u f various matters which have come before them—maul a them intricate and difficult—the temper, judgment, all ability of our deceased friend has been worthy of adrair 6 ' tion. In society Mr. Holme was of a pleasant, genial tour perament, always ready to contribute to social enjor i- The science of music he had cultivated with success, an in the practical part he was no mean proficient. P ea c e be with his ashes. This slight record may find a e i e la unworthy place in the archieves of the societ y "'r ho formerly recognised him as a brother. There is a n ' e ng 1 place vacant in the professional world. May the 1 t as - aspirants for architectural distinction seek to 09 ig. worthily and as well as he whose memory we celebr a aving' Mr. flornblower and several other gentlemen h - w testified to the esteem in which the late Mr. Holm ° - ü bli a :e • P held, a hope was expressed that a catalogue of his r works shouldlbe collected together. dea The other business of the society was then preen° with. va , THE KING OF DELHI—Just add e d t o , Allsop's Wax Work Exhibition, Lime-stre e t, Li ver pool, model , e s from a sketch taken in the City of Delhi. vio S r LEWIS AND COMPANY'S N EW EiTABLBEIMENT FOE .Th l ng CLOTHING.—Nurnbar of boys clothed for the week ar s & Saturday, November 28th, 694; corresponding week 0 year, 410 ; increase, 284. COUNTY COURT.—Yesterday, the Judge, Blair, P k r er sided in the County Curt, and disposed of a large ntls i of cases for small amounts, none of which presented - feature of public interest. fr ERRATA.—In the " Currency" letter, by " published in our paper of yesterday, the 4.h paragraph' - tti line, ,‘ £10,0000" should b e £10,000 ; G t h par agraph/ line, "it cannot vary," should be, it cannot but vary. ed FATAL ACCIDFNCS.—On Thursday las', a child ell' or t Anne Ashworth, twenty months old, w as s ca lded, in c ° , o off Shaw's Brow, by pulling a hot cup of tea off a ta ble e , her chest, and died yesterday from the effects of the inj ul lo Christopher Nutt, a seaman, living in Elighficl I-street, " 0 , at work yesterday, in yhe Trafalgar dock, at the Mol lta felf steamer, when he fell into the hold, and was so sey e- t bs injured that he died in about two hours afterwards ill N orthern Thspital. STABBING BY A ITUSBAND.—At tha Police-courw , et terday, before Mr. Mansfield, Inspector valentine bled up a well-dressed man, named Thorrts.g Bennion, desertio as Bain; engaged in a brewery, in St an h o p e - s treet, hbe d residing in the same street, on a c ha rge o f h a ving st 3 mott his wife, a nice-looking and well-dressed female. „iog complainant raid thelarisoner came i n th e p re vious e'l' - ,. 0 04 between seven and eight o'clo c k, an d h e was i n a Yell u' D is humour, and she asked him what he would 11.0' 2 f°,,r wife, tea? an 3 the answer he gave he r , w as p u lli ng o ut a ''fort and making a stab at her abdomen. She raised lie r err to protect herself, and the knife e nt e r e d un der h3r inflicting a smart wound. The prisoner was sent for t' t be When the depositions were perfected and sworn t a ' al td complainant asked to see her husband in the doc k ' sh e was allowed to do so. it , of b3su": • SERIOUS C.tsE —On Tuesday, Mr. Blake, the bi the Corn - lees Court, received a certific a te signe- bs' female aceoucheur named M'Kenna, stiting that sil e 4 ,iat attended a young woman named Anne Blackburn, i 0 Augustine's-street, in her confinement, and that th 3 ,,, v ia was a female, still born. Thi s i n t e lli gen t oflicert e u ni sl ,s previously discovered several fraud s a tt em pt e d by le c i e like this MtKenna, proceeded t o S a i n t M ar tin's hl r 4,oo' ground to see no body, before he would certify On Of order. On looking at the body, he at once saw W a io cee, child had been born alive, and of courso this ecS iv i him that the certificate of M'Kenna was a 1 . 1' 3° , 4 5 3 ,1 that something wrong had taken place. He at °l3- :ere" proper inquiry on foot, and by his exertions he dise ci t S he that the mother of the child was not married, ani hid been attended, in her confiaement, by a ‘ l l .- ad b j medical gentleman. This gentleman he sought, 7 1 - WeL informed Mr. Blake that he left tha child alive a ri s fah] with its mother, when he retired from the house, thee, 05 .• vorifyin the suspicions of the officer. The 033t cati °111 laid before v the Coroner yesterday, an d an inves tlo the into the whole case was ordered. We say no more ° subject until the inquiry takes pl a c e . po .11s 8 ; THE LAT.AFFILIATION CASE OF T HE WES - 6° - t UNION.—Oar readers will, no d ou bt, recollect 030401 few weeks since, Margaret Cl ar ke, a married s tar attempted to affiate a child on Mr. Gough, the I lbef°l t the West Derby Workhouse. The case was hear, of the magistrates, and, from the want of evidence,. d ' s of l'i and, at a subsequent period, a special meettagr_vat o guardians was held to inerai - e into the CAS?, th e rated bit which was that Mr. Gough was perfectly eloi la n i r aoutt Y , them, and a resolution to that e ff e ct was v 2 -10 1; accorded. Since then, however, it would appea r ga ve husband of the woman, who attended an", eg b ,%o statement before the magistrates, had decarnpe,', a p o or"" o left her chargeable to the Union; for, i n the ," f olic Unions' Gazette we find the following notice:--8 och e a Clarke, a mate Of a ship, aged 39, about 5 fe et ti l t s sels ob bo high, lair complexion, wears a light-colou red rather slender ; he sailed from Ipswich, in the ~.o g es,_e February last ; he has left his wife and children te ... to this Union. One Pound Reward will be apprehensio n of th e a b ove , on appl icat i on to Pir to s tate Cleaver, clerk to the Union." It may b e necessa r. k boose; that Mrs. Clark e has had an order to go into the iv e l e , bAP s bat she h as no t d one so , an d s h e will, m cone e 'V d l es titut e. to make another application for relief, if she is . 'll