The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-16 00:00:00

one that has 'already assumed serious' dimensions, without our Government having. apparently entered into any such communications with the other powers of Europe as therought to have done; if only as a matter, of precaution. On the' contrary,' they have, while protesting against the designs of the French Emperor in words, yet in deeds been conveying to him an impression that it was only for the sake of appearances that they ' -Were objecting to his course. Such a conclusion as this is fully warranted, We conceive, by the single, fact —were there nothing else—that at the , very time that Louts ;NAPOLEON was planning an act of territorial 'aggrandisement most perilous to the peace 'of Etriope, and' they were mildly addressing to him their ,gentle . protests against, it, they were making great ..sacri fices of our ' domestic and national interests for the professed' purpose of drawing closer with him the ties of , friendship ! What other impression, we ask, could His ;Imperial Majesty receive from conduct such as this, than 'that, after all, the Biitish Government cared little about his predatory intentions 'respecting Savoy ; or that, at any rate, their acquiescence was pur 'ehasable by a Treaty 'of Commerce which would • enable - them to' increase their popularity with a Powerful democracy at home ! One cannot, , therefore, but concur in the conclusions so ably dr awn> And so forcibly expressed, the other night, by M l . DISRAELI; that " if distrust and - 'despair be spread throughout Europe; if there be scenes of hor ror an d sangninary. war ; if , empires be overthrown and - dynasties - subverted—then it is t he 'Minister and' the Government who assisted that Policy who will be responsible to their corm- tfiy . and to history for those calamitous. results." Would that the country might arouse itself in t ime to 'avert such calaniities, rathei than wait. until they arise, and it can only struggle • against them. 1/r EfF DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—This board, as our readers may probably remember, was wont to be R sort of laughing=stock to the community, froni the character it had acquired, and the scenes of folly and disorder it ever and anon Presented, in consequenee of the presence of certain choleric and ilhmennered mem bers whom the . ratepayers had had the iniSfOrturie to e lect as their representatives. At the election of ~ ,guardians a year ago , , h o W ever , thi s ev il was i n a great , tneseure reme di e d ; an d t h e proceedings 'of the, board, since that ti me , have exhibited a very marked improve ment, and done much to redeem its character as a'puhlic I °dY• Another annual' electiOn is no* about to take P la ce; and it is most important, therefore, that the good work that was so auspiciously begun at the last election, ' ' 3ll thild not only be continued, but still further extended in the same direction, and with a similar end in view. The affair is one with Which the ratepayers have them selves entirely to do. The Guardians whOm they send to the board, go there"' as repreienting not only their interests, but, in some 'respects, it may not Unnaturally be supposed:their diSPOsitions and feelings. 1 1 the ratepayers wish to 'be considered as a l 'esPeetable class of people, they must take care that those whom they choose as their repre `sentatiVes 'should be ., respectable also; and not only qualified, but disposeA, on all occasions, to maintain the respectability of the public *body Which they con stitute, and thereby reflect honour and credit upon their c onstituents.- '• We understand that the nominations for this election' must be sent in before the 26th of the pre sent month ; and we earnestly direct the attention of the ratepayers to this, in order that they may mot fail into another Mistake, and thereby, when it is too late, find it iniiiossible to aid in the furtherance of an object in which not oftly the interests of the Union but their own credit must be so deeply involved. There is still urgent need for exertion, we believe ; since certain' of the' most obnoiimas member• of the old board, who were last Year displaced, will again be put in nomination,—oti this occasion for small out-townships, where they are Rot known, and where, therefore, they may have the greater chance of stiecess. It behoves the ratepayers at large, then, to look closely to it ; and'to de so in time ; in order that the West Derby Board may not again degenerate into th a t di sor d er l y, we had almost said that disgracef u l body, which, to the discredit and.disadvantage of all concerned, it used to be. THE LATEST NEWS • _ I3Y 'BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEDitAPHI FRANCE. THE FRENCH FUNDS. ' PARIS, March . 15. 12 12 p.x.--Fiands open steady. Rentes 67.95. 3 20 P.M.—Tht market has been dull, but Prices have improve& Rentes closed 68.05, or higher than yesterday. TUSCANY. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that Tuscany will probably be taken possession of by P iechnontese troops immediately after the vote of annexation; that is, at the close of the present Week, GERMAN Y. The French Government is said to have ' e eeived, information that the Military Commis of the Germanic Diet had received secret orders to turn its attention to the preparatory treasures for the formation of the 'contingent of the Federal army. NAPLES. The Timei publishes a letter from Naples, Which :states that the recent arrests there haVe been on a scale which even the late King would not have attempted. Among the persons arrested are persons of most moderate views. :Many are heads of families,, and engaged in business: For 84 e4, -*e order to quit the, country is absolUte PiSmay and terror prevailed amongst every, class. The Government had been led to its present arbitrary ACti# by apprehensions of the political climax, q.nd the Aeetions in Central 4.4137- It is admitted that t4e 4ppro,e4 of the national colours ,would be the sign for an out break, and the Government therefore thought it aclev er thi ng to get rid of all those considered likely to exercise' any influence in. such a move ment. . SA.XONIT. P4EsDEN, March 15. The official Di-escrep. journal pOliShes a "power 7 ful article on the annexation of savo, in which it, says the whole blame is to be' attributed to the policy of England, which shook the basis of peace agreed on at Villafranca: and the passive attitude of the other Powers on the non-realisation of the treaty of ZuriCh.' To offer any opposition at the Present Moment would be too late, as the annexa tion of Savoy may be regarded LIS an accomplished fact. ITALIAN POPULAR VOTE. TURIN, March 15. The returns of the' voting in the Emiliall- Pr9*4-4 are complete. The numbers in favour a r llux#44p ?iedmont are as follow :—The Romagnas, 202,659; Notlent)., 115,621; Parma, 48 ,511. The numbs pc votes PIT pate kingdom has not been announced. INDIA. CALCUTTA, Feb. 8. Grey shirtings, 50 reeds, 6 lbs., 3r. 15a. to 4r. P er Piece. Madapolams, 50 reeds, 3 lbs., 2rs. 3a. Per piece. Raw silk, G.G. M'Casseleugnai, 15r. to 17 r. Ba. .per beer. Sugar, first quality, Br. 4a. to Sr. Ba.'per maund.. Iron flat, 32r. to 34r, per illau nd• Saltpetre, 108 r. per fy. maund. Lin seed, 3r. 4a. to 4r. 6a ; to middling, 2r. 12a, ar * 3 a. Freight s t o E ng l an d ; F or saltpetre, ON.; to r Sugar, , 50s. to SN. 6d. ; for indigo, sos. to 100 s. COLOMBO, CEYLON, Feb. 16. The native crop of coffee is very short. l 'rei,ghts, 80s. to 85s. CfiINA. SHANGHAIS January 22. Business partially suspended, owing to the Chinese holidays. Tea : Settlements; imports —grey shirting, 51, to to 51 catties 1 - 85 to 1 91 taels ; grey shirtings, 6t to 6,1 catties, 1 95 to 2 2 taels ; grey shirtings, to 71 catties, 2 45 to 2 50 taels ; ,H.H. scarlet long ells, 7 5 taels ; lead, 5 2 to 5 3 taels ; iron, 3,2 to 3 5 taels; freights to England for tea, 30s to 40s; freights for silk, 70s. , Disastrous fires at Eageasaki and Jokuhanna have destroyed a large amount of European property, ' • Fod.Clloo , Foo, February 19. Tea, 1 2 taels lower. The quantity to com pletes eason's yield is expectedto be small, and higher rates are confidently looked for. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, March 15 The Liverpool,- . New York, ' and Philadelphia Company's steamer Vigo, Captain Jellard, from ::NeW , York on the 3rd instant, has . arrived. Her news has been in a great measure anticipated. 2,000,000 of the new ,G per Cent. Treasury Bills were issued on the 2nd instant, and sold imme diately. Advices had been received from Jamaica to the 10th of February. The_ weather was highly favourable to. sugar making, and the crops were expected to' be materially over last year. The islands were healthier. Oil the 2nd instant .the New York stock market closed firm at an advance on speculative shares. Money easier. .Exchange,on London a fraction lower ; Paris' steady. OUTWARD AMERICAN MAILS. • QUEENSTOWN, March 85. The s.s. City of Washington, and the s.s. Bohemian, of the Montreal line, arrived heiv from Liverpool, and proceeded again, taking mails and passengers and the latest telegrams. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, March 16. The Royal Mail Steamship Company% steamer Shannon, Captain Abbott, with the West India and Pacific mails, arrived off the Needles at 1.15 a.m. Sir William Russell, late member for Doter,lis' spoken of as a 'Candidate for Norwich: The following appeared in a portion of our impression of. yesterday : AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Tithrch 15. The Montreal ocean steamship Anglo-Saxon arrived here . this Morning with 'dates to 4th ; passed steamer Ameiica'on 13th. . • • • The Edinburgh arrived out - at New York late on 2n l d. Two regiments have been withdrawn from Utah•and sent to the protection of the Texian frontiers. MONTREAL, March 3. The residence of the Governor-General was entirely burnt on the 28th ult. THE SCREW STEAMER HUNGARIAN. HALIFAX', March 2. An official letter has been received from Mr. Towns end, Government agent - at the wreck. He says, it is now ascertained beyond doubt 'that nd survivors exist. Onlythree bodies have been found. One woman ; one man, supposed to be a fireman ; one child, two years old. The cargo and materials are scattered along the shore, from Icetusket Spend, Capp ; Sabel, as far. east: as:Ragged Islands. A considerable quantity of goods are drifting ashore •at the mouth of Shelbourne Karbala. The mails are soaked to a pulp,, and will be sent to Halifax by the cutter. • ,• i CO M MERC lAL . , N6A. ORLEANS,, March 2.—Sales Cotton to 2 dity 13,500 bales, at irregular prices : Middling, to 11. Salo for the week 50,000, and receipts 76,000 against 50,000 last year: Exports of week 74,000, Total exports 132,000. Receipts .ahead . of last year 374,000. Coffee firm. Exchange on London declined k per cent. • Ntiv Yoßa; March 2.;—Cotton a 'shade better; sales, 1,000 bales. Middling Uplands, at ;118c. Ashes un changed. Flotir a better inquiry, and'good braids are fiiiner. Coin firmer. Pork dull and heavy. Bacon and Cut Meats heavy sales unimportant. Lard. heavy. Sugars dull and heavy : New Orleans, 6/ to 8. Coffee quiet and, firm... Rice unchanged. Spirits Turpentine firm, at'4B to 49. Iron qutet : SCoich Pig; at.s2s to sg6 Oils quiet and unchanged. Tobaceo steady. Tallow quiet and firmly held, at 11 to 111. Freights to Liver pool unchanged. TI-4E . ITALIAN POPULAR VOTE: BOLOGNA, March 15. The following is the official return of the voting in Romagna :—For annexation, '200,6'p ; separate - king dom, 224 ; cancelled, 283. FLORENCE, March if. •. The returns of the vote iu Tuscany, with the excep tion of. 32 communes, show for annexation 330,087 ; separate kingdom 13,156. THE ANNEXATION OF, SAVOY: TURIN, March 15 The Sardinian Government,' it is' asserted, has coal' seated to the deniand of France, to effect the cessation of Savoy and Nice by a special treaty to , be made between France and Piedmont. The treaty will be fol lowed by the vote of the municipalities, and the two contracting parties will afterwards repeat t) the Euro pean powers the nature and motive of this territorial arrangement between them. By this arrangement Sar dinia cedes to' France Savoy unto Mount Cenis,- and Nice unto Villafranca. Thus all the passes: of the Alps will be possessed by France,- who likewise obtains Chablis and'Fauciguy, ~ Mr. James Fogy, and Dr. Kern have been ; informed by the French Government that France declines to enter into negotiations for ceding Chablis and Faucigny to Switzerland. THE WAR IN MOROCCO.. MADRA.), March 4 On, Monday last a Moorish messenger delivered a letter to Marshal O'Donnell; from the Emperor of Morocco, professing his desire for peace, aid requesting the Marshal to facilitate an arrangeinent adrantageons to both nations. Marshal O'Donnell 'consented Ito negotiate, but declared that he will mot suspend his THE FRENCH SUGAR DUTIES. The sugar market, yesterday, vas again hrm, and a report is still strongly circulated thai the French duties are to be reduced, on the 15th of April, to the eatent of about 60 per cent. It is also alleged that the shipments of sugar now being made from French ports are simply for the purpose of getting drawbacks. According to some accounts, Belgium likewise contemplates a reduc tion; .but the Times says the whole of these statements require confirmation. The Daily Yezev, in a leader, says it is reported i4at Lord George Paget is about:to replace General Lawren son in - the command of a brigade at - Aldershott. Countess Granville died yesterday at Ijrighton. She was the only. Child of the Duke of Daiberg ; unit' §cr Acton, M.P. for 'Carlow, is an only son of the Coante'ss by her first marriage. - t Th.e paper Makers have addressed a statement to the ChanCellor of the Exchequer, in which it is said that France intends to put an extra duty on French rags, the amount being at present unknown, but it may possibly be tantamount to a prohibition. To prevent abuses, and to attaCh parliamentary responsibility in the selection of field-officers, the baily News proposes that the Commander-in-Chief should nominate the officer, and that his name should then be submitted to the Secretary of:War, who should possess a veto. ,c! ; 1.1 The He, alit says that yesterday, in the city, some reports of failures were circulated in the course- of business hours, byt they could not be traced to an authentic source. The suspension of a small, but very respectable firm, in the Belfast linen trade took place a day or two back, and, this fact, not having been before generally kno\vn, may have given rise to the statement. THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MURDER.—The inquest on the body of Mr. Spencer, who was murdered laSt week,. near Gainsborough, was brought to . a conclusion on Wednesday; the jury returning, a. verdict •of "Wilful murder" against John Fenton. ' THE " NIMROD " FUND.—The total amount sub scribed up ,to Tuesday was about £1,600, nearly £l,lOO of which was contributed by the Cork company. The body of a'female (unknown) and a number of articles from the lost vessel haye been recovered.---Cork SUPPLY OF WATER TO GLASGOW.—Loch. Katrina was-turned on on Wednesday to those portions of Glas— gow hitherto insuppliedby it ; and it now flows through every part of, the city and suburbs on the north side, of the Clyde, ,from ,Parkhead on the ,east , to Whiteinch nn the T w m est p , R a re d B is o ta r n ß ee n o T f E tx ._:_ m A il t es a . meeting of the 'inha bitants of InVell Vale, it has been unanimously resolVed .that they would pledge themselves to abstain from the use Qf buttep rich time as that . gsefill article of diet shall be eo reduced price 4to 09 4 the reach reach of every one: , THE VACANT Inpunsuip.- 7 Three Qf the leading counsel of the bar have been named, from whom the selection Will probably be made, vii., Mr. N. Chambers, Q.C., and Nr. Lush, Q.C. 'The balance of probability is thought te'be'in favour of Mr. Wilde, ; • '; , g The Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli enter , tained at dinner on Wednesday, at their residence, Grosvenor Gate,. the Marquis and Marchioness of Salis ban', , the Duchess of Montrose, Lord and. Lady Burghley, Lady Ulrica Thynne; Viscount and Viscountess Campdem Baron Rothschild and Miss Rothschild, Sir James and Lady Edith Ferguson, Sir Stafford and Lady Northcote, Sir William Joliffe,lord Robert Montague, and Mr. Alexander Baring. ExpicrEP.QuEEN's ) 7 •ST.T TO, THE DUKE ct,sTLE,--The Arottifighani jaurYfal hears, upon good authority, that it is the intention of her- Majesty tr, pay a visit to the Duke of Newcastle, at ClUmber, near Belford, during the ensuing summer; and during her Majesty's stay she will inspect the whole : of the rifle corps now formed in the county of Nottiamhala• IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—YEsTERDAy. • Lord TanNrorr moved that the House agree with the House of Commons in an address to her Majesty on the subject of the commercial? treaty with France. That treaty had been almost unanimously assented to by the • Commons, who, in so doing, reflected the opinions of the country.. British statesmen had long viewed with . deep concern the small commercial intercourse between the two countries ; and England, at this moment, exported less to France than to Holland, and but little more than to Turkey-and Sweden. The treaty would. greatly lessen the chance' of hostilities, and, if they. did 4 occur, would diminish their rigour. Their lordships I should recollect how largea step this was in advance of the present prohibitory protective system in France ; the appOrtnn,ity of • altering that system should have been seized whenever the opportunity occurred, without regard .to the financial position of the moment. We were perfectly justified, for such an object, in sacrifieinfr, revenue:. He believed that British ship- I 'ping would greatly benefit from the treaty,' as it could not , but profit by the, extension of our trade. - In its 'political aspect he saw much good, and feared no miScbief. There were none of the stipulations made by the country to which, on their own grounds, he could not consent. He defended the eleventh and other articles of the treaty which had been challenged, and declared that, there never was a, compact between two nations with a fairer prospect of mutual advantage. • The Earl 'of Cortic.'seconied' the address, declaring - that all the great interests of the country had already I expressed their approval of the treaty. Earl GREY, though he felt that matters had gone too far to oppose the treaty, felt bound to oppose the.address. It was unnecessary and useless for its avowed purpose. It expressed an approval Of the treaty as a whole, to which he : could net consent ; and as the treaty was I bound up with the hndget, committed them to the ' financial' scheme of the Government, to which he objected, as effecting great changes without a fair pros. pect of advantage. The arguments for reduction of taxes, founded on the :falling in of the long annuities, were purely painful. He adverted at length to the deficit, which next year would be still greater than at present, involving _an income-tax of at least a shilling in the pound. They were told that next•year they were to have a parliament elected under a new Reform 'Bill, chosen in great part by those who did not pay direct taxes of any kind. Was it prudent to leave to such a Parliament in the first year of its existence the task of deciding the principles upon which . our future financial legislature was to, rest ? The budget,, in his opinion, was a dangerous one ; and that treaty, which rendered necessary the most objectionable of its arrangements, was not entitled to their lordships' approval. He then adverted', to., Savoy,. blaming Government, for having signed the treaty without first obtaining fruni France a distinct disavowal of her intention to annex. that territory. The Government having been distinctly warned, of the, contingent probability of the annexation they incurred a' heavy responsibility. Foreign nations believed that our only object :was to sell our cotton, and tbey regarded thti commercial treaty as a sop to induce us to submit to theannevatien of Savoy, andthat the resistance of Government was a imp pFe.:- tence. .! Under these circumstances he could not give his vote iu favour of the address. Lord WODEROUBE defended the treaty, entering into details to Skew that the tariff of France was now closely assimilated' to America. • The Earl of fi1,41. - mnsnuny said that some years ago, when he held office, attempts were me 4 t,q p duce France to entedato a commercial treaty, but the tertp offered, by that Power were not considered satisfactory. He could not consent to a one-sided measure. He con sidered the treaty as politically a mistake, and blamed them for hastily concluding it ; when, by waiting another year, the French Emperor could have proceeded on more equal, term's, fn Prance the treaty was considered not as a. concession to this country, but to the Govern. merit of Lord Palmerston, Which was the explar4o94 9f' the indecent haste with which the treaty was concluded, Earl DE GUEY AND Rli.ON hoped that the House would , not separate itself from the other House in the work now so nearly completed, and WIWI offered mutual advantages tp , both countries. Nothing was given to France by , the treaty which was not in itself7aelvapta r . geous to ourselves. It could only be considered a political treaty—in that it afforded a Guarantee for the maintenance of. peace. ' Earl STAN4OPE was most anxious for friendly rela tions with France; but did not believe the present treaty calcUlated to effect that object ; still he would not desire to see on sluch a subject that House in collision with the COmmens, and hoped that the opposition to the address would be Withdrawn ; Lord: OVER.TON objected to .the 0414 of the treaty, especially 'to the article affecting coal, a yokel* exhaustible, which could not be reproduced, and which was becoming more and more important as a munition of war. • The Duke of ARGYLL defended the policy of the Government, and the able scheme which had been pro duced out of difficult circumstances, The opponents of the treaty had failed Jo propose any plan which could be adopted in its stead. The Earl of DERBY remarked that the most powerful arguments against the treaty had come from the ordinary supporters of the Government. The, question now before them was not whether they were to oppose the treaty, but whether they were to express direct approval of it. He believed the address to be unnecessary, and to involve neither acceptance nor rejection of the treaty itself. He declared that our finance did not admit of the sacrifices imposed by the treaty, and considered the future estimates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to be alto gether fallacieus. He criticised in detail the financial schemelif the 'Government, asked how we were to meet th.c_deficit of the coming year, and declaredthe policy of theßovernment to be in. direct : opposition to that of Sir R. Peel. lie saw nothing in the plans of the `Government to enable him to hope fora reyiyal of revenue. The plans now adopted were in direct 'Variance 'with the declared Opinions of Mr. Glad etene in former times, and with the proposals of the Whig Government itself in preceding sessions. They were taking the first step towards a large and permanent income-tax. Even if the treaty was as advantageous as he believed it iqjudicioes, he would not, under present circumstances, take it at the sacrifice of revenue. The treaty bore on the face of it marks of haste and want of ,consideration. Ile agreed with the opinion of the French them Selves, that the measure was a sop to , indnce England to wink at the annexation of Savoy. At all events, the coincidence of the treaty and regretted'the measure taken by the Emperor of the: French, which would diminish the credit hitherto given to his declarations, and would entail upon Europe the cost of increased armaments. Still, although he objected to the address, he would not oppose it, and considered it unadvisable at snob a time to take the sense of the House. After some remarks from the Lord Chancellor, Lord Chelmsford, and the Earl of Hardwick, The Duke - of NEWCASTLE, at great length, and at one o'clock in the morning, vindicated the commercial policy of the treaty, entering into the history of past trans actions, and declaring that, having set the example of free-trade, we had at last succeeded in inducing other nations to follow it. The Hpusp then divided, and the address was carried by 68 to 38. Their lordships then adjourned at two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY. Th e ATTORNEY-GENERAL introduced his Bill to The. Speaker took the chair at fou r o'clock. A,niend and Consolidate the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in England. He proceeded to explain its principles in considerable detail. He proposed to abolish all distinction between bankruptcy and insolvency, and then to remove all inducement t.o the creditors to k e ep the insolvent in prison. He would further do Hitherto traders, on account of ' with the discreditable system a away whereby debtor refusing to give an account of his estate might be kept f ' t o h r e y e e x a p r e s m ill e P o r f 4. bankruptcy, had been driyen to the Insolvent Court, with its concomitant of imprison inellle proposed that henceforth arty person willing to make a surrender of his property might be ad judged a bankrupt on his own applioation. His object was to allow the honestdebtor to be discharged, so as to ' benefit by his future exertions ; and be therefore pro'. ' posed that his discharge should be free as to any.obliga tions on his future earnings: It would be better to have no discharge at all rather than to give him the mockery of a discharge, which would inv o l ve hi s b e i ng b roug h t up again another time. If the insolvent was not able to bear the expense of his own application to be adjudi cated a bankrupt, he should be allowed to be brought up and sued for the adjudication in ' forma pauperis. In the case of the fraudulent debtor 'who wished to remain in prison after fourteen days' imprisonment, he )T 0 1 44 be considered to have committed an act of bank rlpt,y, artd w ould . be brought 1 11 1 whet* he would or but the actual no ' .' ' By the proposed law the non trader would be to non : traders subject to. the same law as the trader; law involved - many technical acts of bankruptcy to Ire proposed Zoa;laerseplwahipictivihot:wwibooustelbdtebr9eili4hiraodri:tthc9tea: iPoafPkY.. bankruptcy, nsgold under abroad to 0 do away and i b n s g con g d e in od g s , r t e o rna b in e i sabstitute simple acts of which there would be no doubt. judgthent, criterions about which 'there would be no doubt whatever. He next came to the alterations he T de h f e e y at wo c u re ld di b to e rs s , ach all a o swa proposed in-the 'judicial - and administrative division of the law. At present these were mixed .1p in the most absurd and heterogenous fashion. They had courts of every variety of principle artd action. In one 4*h -- the 1 acte Would be sitting witliont judicial PATers as when he presided over a meeting of creditors, and 'thought there was a co*Sio4 qf principle uttpTly, at yariance .with the course of justice, There was no 'HIE DAILY TIMF,S,_,FRIDAY, INIARCiI 16, necesity for the eomPound orjud(g ) tUiit a4d .tutcninis tration, or for five, comiiiiaspners, ;; etlch transacting business in his own way, he therefore proposed to sweep away the commissioners in bankruptcy altogethei ,-- I leaving them in full receipt of - their existing emolu ment, and requiring them still to be auxilariesin the administratiOn of justice' whenever required. lie pro : - posed, in their place, to appoint .one ,judge, with the same rank and emolument of the judges of the land— confining his duties altogether to matters of judicial cliaraCter and the adininstiative • funetionti, now' per formed,..by the commissioner, to ..be 'performed by the Registrar in Bankruptcy. All meetings of Creditors, private .e.xanainations, and dividend meetings, ' , would be performed by registrars with the same, dot.ies and poWers as masters and "chief clerks itt . theOrdinarY courts, subject to appeal to the judge in chambers. At 'present Ithe'l lois 'to creditors was 'enormous, ihrbugh their being compelled to 'come to London tit whatever distance,they may reside. He proposed, , therefore, that the registrars should be sent to the locality where the 'debtor resided to conduct the examination of the debts, so as to meet the interests and wishes of the creditors. He further Proposed that in the London districts there should be an' auxiliary court for the •pnrpose bf 'dealing, with small estates when the asseta'do not exceed £3OO. About the London districts he felt satisfied ;, but had great difficulties about the country 'districts„ lie should , be glad if he could have chine away with the district courts of bankrtiptcY and substituted the county courts but there 'were reasons - which rendered this impossible at once. He, thereibre,-pkyosed that on the death of auyslistrict commissioner, her Majesty might, by order in council, be able to enter into new arrangements trans ; ferring the powers of banruptcy qdministratioip to the of comity 6ourt.' Tje pointed out the immense inconvenience of the actual country system; 'which it would be d - sirable to remove with as little delay as possible. The bill further contained proviOone for private arrange: ments which should have the same effect as prkiiiedingo in bankruptcy. The administration of the estate would without unnecessary publicity, bB ymted in trustees; against' irhoni the'debter Might, when he pleased, resort to proceedings in bankruptcy. -HO trusted 'that the income of the courts of bankruptcy would enable them to dispense with all fees except entrance fees, and that these would be reduced to the 'smallest- possible' amount He then came to the mode of carrying out the pro ceedings in bankruptcy. The adjudication would be made as soon aVtlie petition was presented ; immediatelq on which an official assignee would be appointed to the ' estate, who would discharge the duties now devolving upon the messenger. At present there were a host of restless functionaries, all , to be paid out of the estate; ffe proposed to abolish the messengers altogether ; The present; preAta the itniissehieri were eormon4 while his duties were done by deputy at smali r charges, The official assignee would have the Charge of the estate until the creditors' assignees were chosen. The prin.; ciple of the bill was that the 'estate ( ' of the - debtor belonged to the creditor, and it should belong to the majority - of - the — creditors definiteTfrOdeCide upon the course to be pursued, tq the difficult question of the division of powers and duties between the official and creditors assignee, various opinions ,existed as to the plan to be adopted. He pitipbsect 'to take a middle. course, so that, if the majority ofithe Creditors desired it, the official assignee shonid deliver ail moneys, app the management of the estate, to the creditors' assignee, aid that the official affsigno should henceforth take the position of anditor tq the creditors' assignee. He proposed' further, that, the „creditors' assignec . shmild render quarterly acoounts, to be audited by the official assignee, who should see that all the ; moneys were properly paid into the Bank of . Erighiq. The position of the estate should be reduced to a printed acceut4, 414 4 0 1}t iq 6 YerY Prplitot within three months after the bankruptcy. Witl rq •Et F 4 to the etnolimient of the official ,itssignees, fnq4 that in Londob, at present, this amounted, by fees, to about - 41;500 a year, and to £1,200 in the country. He proposed that in future, independent of the allowance for clerks, the official assignee should have a certain minimum salary. of 48Q0 a year, to bp 411.91;4094 by court, according to pipttnt of business;t4ll it reached a. maximum of X 1,500 yearly, As to' the certificates, in the granting "of, these the greatest. fi;consistency ptevelle in the actual courts--one court granting fiiit-class certificates to one in twenty-eight, another to one in fourteen, and a third to one in four. These mattersall trengbed upon criminal proceedings: tpld proposed to grautith a; court of criminal proceedings tile power of' &airlifts on the suspension of certificates: As to the estates' 6f pers4s declared ill Solvents, those were now administered Y the 094 of Cht - eiy ill Tower Tally elte4l), and exp4ticus—at au average cost not eiiqeding five! per cent. on the value of the estate. Ho would still leave this power in the hands of that court. •ThF•thitips could not be performed more cheaply by private persons., ye 4rw4l - ,1 / that the house ,would endeavour in goin-' tpittee 'to render 'this bill as perfect as possible ; tpro g9siip, if the bill Nyep read a second time, to take the emplace as soon as possible after faster. Sir V. KELLY congratulated the liouse on the intro-, duction Of a measure which he beli eve d ' wou ld b e o f listing benefit to the country. He was rejoiced to find, that the existing cumbrous machinery of bankruptcy, - would be entirely swept qivti, lsir. Bowyer, Mr. Dfalins, the Solicitor-q-eheral; 11fr. Bazley, bfr. Murray, Mr. Bouverie, and ,4;-. approved generally of the measure, while .critioisillg some of its details. Leave, was then given to introduce the bill. The ATTORNEY-CltxpeA.i.. for Ireland moved for leave to introduce .a bill to remove doubts as to the application of the Common LOdging-houses Acts tq Ireland, and to explain aid amend the provisions of the same as far as they relate to Ireland: The object of the .bill was limply to extend the provisions of the English L.,oiiging• house Act to Ireland, and toltiplain and amend its pro-' Leave was:then given to introduce the bill. The House then went into committee on the Customs Acts. The CnixcELLou of the 11XCHEQUER 'Moved that from the Ist if January, 1861, to the Ist of January, 1862, the hop . duty should be 20s. per , owtr; and 15s. afterthe Ist of January, 1862. • Mr: DODSON moved, as an amendment, that after January, 1862, the duty should be fixed by Parliament, leaving the question open. t The OttANOELLon of, the EXCI*EQIIEIt -protested against assuming the functions of the Parliament of next year; as was done - by the atnendinent. Mr. &any retorted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was hiniself doing Precisely the same. The ,CRA.rrettLoa of the ExettEguEtt replied thit lie N y's legislatinK for 1862, 4; the direct request of tb4b`ou The amendment was negatived by 138 to 104. The resolution was then agreed to. The resolution of a duty of Is. per ton on foreign and colonial built ships was then agreed to. After some formal business, the House adjourned at ten minutes to twelve. , REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES BILL. • The bill on this subject, to ,be brought in by :the Chancellor•Of the Exchequer, was published yesterday morning. 4 ) e, give a snmmary of the important clauses. The following are the sums to be paid for licenses. For every license to keep a refreshment house : Z• s. d. the house and premises in respect of tu ,',„, ad ; which such license shall be granted shall • • , tie tindef the rent and value Of 40 a year 010 6 And if the same shall be of the rent or value of £2O a yea r or upwards . 1 1 0 And for .every•licence to be granted as herein after mentioned to any licensed keeper of a refreshment' house to sell therein by retail . • foreign wine to be consumed in such hoUse or on the premises belonging thereto:--- If such house and premises shall be under • the rent and value of £5O a year '. . 3 0 And if the same shall be of the rent or • value of £5O a year or upwards ' . . 5 . And for every license to be taken out by by person for the selling by retail in any shop of foreign wine not to be On - snmed in the house - or shop or - on the - . . . .* 'premises where sold 3 3 0 I. Every person keeping. a' shop entitled to take out license to retail wine not to be consumed therein. • 11. Every sale of foreign wine in any less quantity than two 'gallons, or in less than one dozen reputed quart bottles, at one time, shall he deemed fo be a selling by .retail. 111. Drinking wine in a neighbouring house, abed, &c., with intent to evade the provisions of the Act, to be deemed drinking on the premiseS. , IV. Every person who shall keep any houSe for the purpose of selling any refreshment to be consumed on the premises; shall respectively •be deemed to keep a refreshment house, and shall take out a license under the Act. 'VII. No license shall be required under this,' Act to authorise any person to keep a refreshment hkse - Which; with the premises thereto belonging shall be‘iander the rent or value of £lO a-year. If the same shall not be situate within any town or place containing a popula tion exceeding 10 000 according to th e last Parliaraen tall' census,. Eiery parson who shall keep a refreshment house with Out a proper license shall forfeit the sum of £2O. XII. Notice of ifirst application fot a wine license for a refreshment house, to be given to justices,. who may object o the granting thereof, on grounds that the holise for which such license is required is not a confectioner's shop, or an eating house, within the meaning of this act, Or that it is a 'disorderly house, or a house frequented by disorderly persons. XIII: Justices marobject to the renewal of a wine license, if they shall see just cause of objection. XXIV. Nolpersou licensed under this act to sell wine lay retail before the hour of four o'clock in the morning nor after eleven o'clock at night of any day in the week, nor at any time during which the house's of licensed victuallers now are or hereafter kW be required bylaw. to be closed on any Suucl43 , ! . ry. 401 A 5 c .5, sale of wine to, be closed by 93 . 8* ayi austices in *es of riot; PEATN Q .TIVE COUNTESS OF ; GRANVILLE.—We regret to announce the death of the Countess of Gran ville. She expired on Wednesday morning at BrighOn.- 1 SOO. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ASSAULT ON BOARD AN A MF,RICAN Lerman, a sailor on board: the American ship Dread nmight, in. the river, was struck by the second mate with a belaying pin, yesterday, and sustained 'a severe scalp wound. He was taken to'the Northern Hospital. SERIOUS AceinENT.--=Patriek Kerwin, a labourer, residing in Ivy-street,' Birkenhead, yesterday' sustained a severe contused back by a .bale of cotton .falling upon him from a warehouse in the New Quay, Bath-street. The sufferer was conyeyea to the. Northern Hospital. ARRIVAL. OF THE S ALDA NII A.-Yesterday Messrs. James Baines and Co. received a telegram froth their agents 'at Cork, Messrs. James Scott ana.Co., stating that their. pilot scheoner_ signalled the Blank Ball clip per-Ship Saldhanha, 'from Melbourne to Liverpool, off Kinsale, on Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock. All on' board weD. The Saldanha 'may be expected in the Mersey to-day. • BANKRUPTCY COURT, ' YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr. Commissioner Perry).—ln re Morison and '.Abelin.. These bankrupts, shipehandlers in Price-street, Liver pool, came up on their last examination, and were sup ported by Mr. Martin. Mr. Duncan appeared for the assignees.. The, balance sheet, it appeared;'had not bden filed in time, and their examination was therefore adjourned to the 23rd March.—ln re Edward Ellis. this bankrupt, a merchant in Liverpool,- passé his last examination 'Without opposition. Mr. Goodman appeared for the assignees.: The certificate sitting was appointed for the 11th April. THE GRAND BAZAAR IN THE QUEEN'S MALL-- Yesterday. again, was a complete success, and the Queen's Hall, Bold-street, throughout the whole of the day' accommodation. The sale of articles was brisk; but we understand that !a considerable number of things remain, in consequence of a hich; and at the request of Many ladies, the public' auction has ,been postponed until Satnrday, at two o'clock. As the pride'for admission is j reduced to sixpence, the attendance to-day and to-morrow morning will, without question,' be very large. These will be the last opportunities of seeing this beautiful bazaar ; and the public are sure largely to avail themselves of it. We need hardly repeat that the undertaking is for the purpose of raising fields to diScharge the heavy expenses incurred in the renovation and extensive improvements which have recently taken , place in Tri nity Church, St. Anne-street.: . Gees, IMPOSTURE AT TRA,NMERE.-The police are on the track of a swindler who'has been - carrying on his Oactice'at Tranmere, where he succeeded in victimising Mrs. Ballantyne, the wife of the captain of the screw steamship Anglo-Saxon. It appears that on Monday a well-dressed man called upon , Mrs: Ballantyne, at her residence in Cluirchsterrace, Higher Tranmere, and, after representing hiMself to be Mr. Allen, one of the agents of the ship, stated that, Captain Ballantyne had fractured one of his legs, and was then in London, Where she was td-join hini immediately. lie also said that she was to accompany him to Liverpool, and that they would go to London together. This alarming stags_ had the effect of greatly a g itating Mrs. Ballans type s who, was. induced to entrust two £lO notes ancl . 42 lOs in pato' the impostor, who informed her that she would he sure to want money. He then left the house under Alia, pretence of calling a. cab, but he never'. returned. The tale about the accident to Captain Ballantyne was an invention. ' • TAP, .COMMODOrtt Pears-vs—This splendid ship . arrived 'at . Graves:end on Wednesday,s after a passage of 118 days. Her voyage•was prolonged by baffling light and contrary winds. She had onsboatd the Nil:prink pas- , 'sengerss—Mr. Mrs. and Miss' lit Mrs,. Bailey .aad - child, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. and Master Ley, Messrs. Bateman, Harford, Robert G. Bateman, James Horne, Joshua Clarke, and J. It. Murphy. She had also fifteen, second-cabin, intermediate, , and steerage passengers.; She brought :15,5691 ounces of gold, of: the value Of X.58:000 ; consigned as follows : . -- I *-Bank of Aus- , tralasia 10,659 ounces, Oriental Rank CorPoratiou 4,045 ounces, and small shipments 106 ounces and the follow ing heavy and initial:lle cargo of merchandise as freight:. 5,601 bales of wools 3 bales of skins, } 292' lead ore, 60 hales of leather, 20, balsa rags, e t plickages effects, 3 tons' scrap Iron, 2 paokages returned -British manufac- 1 tured goods, and 11 packages of miscellaneous. Although public attention was directed to the fact that the Corn moclOre Perry was overdue, and uneasiness was thereby excited, the owners felt no anxiety 'en her account as she is a rack 41113, admirably commanded,' ' aria' Well' nroyed, whilst tic this season there, was every chatace of baffling winds on the passage, -=l - itaatssts. Elheil-presided at • the usual weekly meeting of the Health Committee yester-, day, and the other members present were Messrs. _Vernon, Beckwiths_ Holden, Crosthwaite,: Ridley, Job,' Niekson, Haydock, , and Barton.- - e The lx!roiigh engineer, be surveyor,l li rld inspector - hf, nuisances,, repstrtedi variohs p,alticul&rs of the .ePerations in tried' several departments, dnring the week, from which it appeared: that 159 milsances, complained of . hy inhabitants . had been in.pected; and means taken to raiedy them; 1,248 houses_ in the unhealthiest. satricts, containing.As74i apartinents and 861 cellars, had been put under examina tion with the`view of iinproViiig their Sanitary condition, s=ssllhe medical nfilecr reported that for the - week - ending, Saturday last, there was again a co ns id er abl e re d uc ti on l in the mortality pf the borough. The deatha, which* the two preceding weeks were 258' ap;cl i lasV week to '5Ol, s thr less' b) Ora- the corrected 1 10 average of: Ore sa e iseek of the prece jug ten 'years. : In 'the parish, last Week, the deaths Were lql S the ont-doer townships, 70. Diseases of the lungs atilt furnish a large proportion .of the general mor :tality ; the deaths were 95, or 47, per cent. of the total deaths, the average of the corresponding Weeks being only 39 per cent. Front zyrnotic diseases, oq the other hand, the deaths were qnty 2'8 7 -about half the; ,csirrested ayerage. From measles the 2'B-about Were 9, pooping cough 5 , typhus 3, scarlatina, cronp, and, diarrlices, each 2sdiptlieria 1, syphilis 1 : The death of a male was registered at the, advanced age of 103, years.' —The Tuesday's committee had had before them a report from the• Building Inspector ' as to the preValence of catheads and other p r oje c ti ons from ,buildings in the tessn, and hail appointed Messrs. Crellin, • Haydoek,- and Barton to inspect the prelections, and repOrt on the whole sirhjects—,The recoMmendation of the sub-committee to promote Mr. Janice Rodgers to the office formerly held by Mr. Crosbie in the treasurer's department, at a salary 'of £l6O a year, was confirmed. POOR-LA W BOARD INQUIRY AT THE LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE. —Yesterday Mr. John Mainwaritig, the poor-law inspector, opened an inoliry at the Liverpool Workhouse into the charges pteferred against Mr. Leather, one of the Medical officers of the parish. Mr. Snowball appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of Mr, Leather; and• -the members of the vestry who attended were Messrs. Cropper, Scott, Gair, Peck, Hand, E. Byford, Whitby, Cook, and Syred. The governor of the workhouse and -other officials were examined at considerable length as to the charges of 'irregularity and neglect which had been froni tinge ta, time preferred against Mr. I j eather. The inatilry was , adjourned ; and when it is concluded, the inspector will report to the Peor-law Board, so that some time nab- elapse before the deoision is , made known. Without meaning any disparagement ,to Mr. Leather, we would remind our readers that this investigation has been, in away fdreed upon the Select Vestry by the Peer law-Board. The request of the vestry to that hoard was, that Mr: Leather might be rerrio.yed from . Isla post, the cemmittse to whom the Management of: the;workhouse is committed having entirely lost , confidence in their senior purgical officer, whieh. opinion was unanimously 'Confirmed 'bY the board. The Poor c •law, Board consi dered that to grant such an application would be ificOn sistent with their usual course of action, and they Suggested that theproper course would b.ty to 'have s an investigation before their inspector, The Select Vestry felt bound to adopt the suggestion- oft-the Poor-law ia.;“sa, 5ia,..., 8 1 1 , as was confessed at the.ttme, they did not consider any one-of the many charges against Mr. Leather of so serious a nature as in itself to justify his dismissal. They contend that the aggregate of the charges constitute altogether a sufficient ground of dis missal. EMIGRATION TO Tin, Arspeo,pes.--sThe emigration trade from the Mersey to Melbourne and the New Zea land colonies is slack. Up to the present time only O ne :vessel has sailed ander Government.. inspectio n " month--sthe Kew, Captain Raislseck, belongin g to ,the.." Black Ball and Eagle'' line of packets, whi c h carried out 168 adults, about 180 souls, and. a full cargo of valuable merchandise, _to Melbouxness The - sdeceeding vessel_ of this line will be th e a l rea d y noted clipper- Young America, Captain Carlisle, which will- sail for Melbourne ons the:sth p mx i nn , , with passengers and cargo. She will a l so take rods :and passengers for Isiew Zealand, to which -colony she will.prodeed after about 'lyeeli: 4 "' detention, landing cargo, &c., at. Mellsearne. i l lseVilliam Kirk, Captain dories, *of the same line, is almost ready for sea, and will sail for Melbourne, in a day or two, with a full 'Cargo 'of merchandise on freight. The Persian, Captain Crowell, of the " Mersey " line of packets, has also sailed for Melbourne. She was a "short ship,' rand- only. carried-twenty-one passengers, but had a full cargo of merchandise - on freight.' -The succeeding vessel of the Mersey line will be the Venus, Captain Partelow, , on the 25th of thgie4ingtphrte.cesretillit veer:aßonneddthwairileTsssahie Lafayette, l, is at few w xt departure. u n de r linlefayoefttpe,acCkaeptst; Small,rbeseeliolnt passengers a n d a directly foI fair Gar o of ithThae 3ml the "White S : t ri a tid r h° ' l4a ' nril fi del a s g e7 -(Messrs. H. T. Wilson and Chambers) will he the fine Ship .11titannia, Captain P a tton, on the. 20th instant. She will carry near l y two hundred passengers and a' -NO cargo, a n d wi l l , be, succeeded by the celebra te d "Black Ball." clipper I s hip Great Tasmania, Captain Gartlyne; on the 20th proximo,, far Melbourne, and after' disohargS i n s. a t that port she Will proceed to "Auckland, New Zealand, for which portshe mill take passengers a nd cargo. The " Liverpool' line will in u few•days despatch the Ina Russell, Captain Williams to Mel bourne, with passengers and cargo. , Thelessie Munn, of the " White Star line is at present fitting here for the conveyance of government emigrants to Melbourne; and the Colonial Land and Emigration Company have chartered the Solway, belonging to ihe "Black Ball" line, to sail to Aielhourne_ahotit the latter end of next month. BIRENITRAD POLIZ',R COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before the Rev R.', M. Fielden, Sir 'E. cust, repay sive-loan* woman, named Bridget' Finnegan, was c h a rged with having violently assaulted Mary Grainger. The two women had h quarretabout ii clothes-line, and foal W,oids. begot seve re bl o W s . The tw o rec r ean t m embers . Of the " gentler sex" tore each other's bonnets, caps, and tipper clothing to rib,bons, and the tattered garments were exhibited in court. The fracas e nded in Finnegan clasping her antagonist to her and biting Oa portion of the unfortunate woman's under lip. T d h fffiestawas_produced in court, carefully t uped e a piece inpenalty,white e paper. Theisen* ssery mercifully, of a's. and costs upon the prisoner. —Thomas Rourke was brought up on a charge of having feloniously; received a: horse-rug, the property of Richard Thompson, well knowing the same to have been stolen. The prisoner is a ca,rdrirer. in .Liverpool, but'in January last lived in Grange-Jane, Birkenhead. - About eighteen mouths ago, whilst his hurae antj car were Tian- near' 9, public-house mere, the rug now prodnee4 in court was stein from the hack of the horse. whop' he saw s:.:t._,"4'en, a county 4.1 not iN the in aga i n until Tuesday last, polieetnYV 1-Ititlg along ArgYhi:itied, l Birkenhead, with the'llig nigger` his arm, and he at duet-stopped the Officer and chatted the property,: :Police-office r Eg er t on stated that it was found i n th e produced the rig, ago prisoner ' s house Chaucer-street, Scotland-road, iver pool, The prisoner's defence was, that be- nad•bbaprht the nig long before the time at which it Was Oated that it had been stolm ; and, basing 'produced eridence to this effect, Alm di.s6har4 . ed the accused. 0 CIVIC BANQUET:iS Worship the Mayor of Liver pool entertained at dinner a very large and select number of gentlethen at the Town Rail last eveningt: Sr. LUKE'S CHURCH.—The fourth of the .pr#ent series of lenten lectu r e s at this church was delivered last night by the Rev. Dr. Taylor. There was *very large,attendance. ' - - , 1 FATAL ACCIDENT. , - . --A' little lad, eight years of, 'ag son of Patrick Daily, carver and gilder, residing at 33, Horatio-street, was scalded a few days since at hislather's house, and from the injuries received he died on Wednes day morning. Last evening the bodies of two soldiers, who had died on board'the Great Tasmania when off the port,liere taken to the dead house. 'lt is 'believed' the deceased died from scurvy —a, disease of. which nattily of their comrades perished during the passage from Calcutta : to 'Liverpool. The cases will be reported to the coroner., ' "A STITCH IN TIME SAVES Nurs:."—A very arousing andliiteresting lecture,' bearing tlie abobe titre; was delivered last Wednesday evening, in St. Barnabas'S National Solraol-room, Greenland-street, by the Rev: T. M. LeSter. The next Wednesday evening lecture will be given by . Mr. Couneillof Beloe, at half-past seven. RICHARD THE Mui—Mr. 'Hugh' Bright nave a lecture.last evening upon Shakespeare's-play of Richard the Third, to a pretty large audience, at the school of the Church of England's Home MlSSian Cbapel,'Mount pleasant. The lecturer commenced by giving a detailed history of the plot of the play, and then criticised the characters in it, illustrating his views`' by reading extracts, &c. EARL - 17 CLOSING MOVEMENT. —TM'S salutary com mercial reform is rapidly extending. The principal shops in Lord, Church, and Bold-streets will, from the 2nd Of April, be closed during the summer at seven, and in the winter at six o'clock nightly ; and on Saturday evenings they are to be closed., summ e r and winter, at five. 'he committee of the association are dying all they can to effect a similar reform in other parts of the town; and we again heartily wish them success. L INQUESTS AT BIRKENHEAD.—,Yesterday Mr. Cliurton held two inquest at Birkenhead. The first was over'the body .of. Hannah Hands, aged 77, residing at No. 2, Williams's Cottages, George-street, who was found dead in bed yesterday morning. Verdict, "Died by the visitation of God."—The Second inquest was over the body of a child named M'Bride, who died in conse quence of injuries received from dri n ki ng b o ili ng water Out of a tea-kettle. Verdict, " Accidental death." TOXTETH BOARD Op GUARDIANS. -- The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday, in the boartl room of the Public-offices, Park-road. H. S. AlPass i presided; and the other members present weresssMessrs. Wilson, Johns, Carter, :Joseph, Wilson; Baynes, Ogden; Layland, Moss, Hughes, Hunter and Siddeley. The number qf paupers in the workhouse last week was 375 ; admitted since, 15; discharged, 22 ; dead, 1; this week, 367. A cheque of £92 , was granted f or ou t-d oor relief. There was nopublic business of any importanee: CHURCH-RATES.—This important subject was ' -ably discussed in a lecture delivered 'last night by the Rev, P. H. Hairs, in St.- Matthias's school-room, Great Howard-street. Alderman Woodruff occripied tfie chair, :and in some brief remarks intredacCd the lecturer. ' The latter then rproceeded With his discourse, in which be showed the great disadvantages that would result to the poorer classes' if . chutch-rates , were abolished: 11l shoied that the rate, 'was perfectly justifiable. on l ega l, moral, and religious grounds. .The a u di e nce,. 'th oug h not so large as might have been anticipated, evidently A t sympathised with the lecturer in his views b,e Su b,:2, ject,, and the proceedings terminated with o ay( e va in i aiustic vote of thenlis tu the lectures, :: . ~ T H E ' S H IP DREADNOUGHT, ---The world-renownecl -katerican clipper ship' Dreadnought, Captain Samuels. has again added to her fame, by another quick passage. On her last voYage out she left in company with'several clippers, and made the passage out in tw e nty- fun- days, j againstaainst head . winds, some of her companion, taking Awn fifty to sixty days to perfurnl the , ;(IY4,:i'e- Sh,e 4 9 4 again just arrived here, after a passage of eighteea day's' Worn , port' to port, and - by her log it appears' that 1 14 116, distance was,rnn in six and e 'half (lays, . She has Madei no less than Early-une trips across thetAilantie, under, her most famous and respected commander, Captain! Samuels, apd,.nover met with an accident; and long) may he continue so fortunate with his noble ship ~! NEW PATENTs.L—LiSt of patents ,(amOisiV Ote,r4)„ !. which Passed the Great Se . a durii?„g. 0i,e.!w6e14 ending March liith,, $64 :--•P K . !4ichatid Protheya, for i 1, , improvernants in refining . la oil, ulade irtp tvira oleaginous \ seed."- z e.q, qtkini4 "ItnprosulMsent.s 4 ,in the applica tion, motiye .pow to , the, 'of vessels,"---T. Robinson, "an • improved agricultural impleinent."— Henry Winter, " a =whine or apparatus for lifting and,:' weighing loaded f,acks, , and also , inallohAnciiaa."fik. Whytock, " improvements in coati,ng sheets of Total with otheT inqp i ts, - agcyAth r 4' eikb?ta4ea.''--411, Mance and T: Howell,"imprev.elnents in the manufacture of, glass."—Commoi4:ak4 . feson the Offices for prooisr4tg Nfrribs, - i; alaytoh4q-tiare; Liverpool. CHEMISTs' AssocIATIoN.- T -The twelfth meeting cf tb,. 'session, in connection with the' Cherbistg' , AsSotaticrn, took place last rii.gl - ‘tat the i,nyal: 'fn§titiitiO ; Dr. EdWards: in . the: thajii .. Mitt:allowing presents :to. :the association iere - ael{powledged : —Two nunibirs of. Muspratt's Chemistry. Of; the' Arts and Sciences, by Mr.' Wright; - carbonate-oflithia, and a fine spWetkel, ,try by Messrs: Higgin s; an d C a ttl e ; a Wh,ittq sikeithAes'bY, 1 . 511 " , N. Mersey, who delivered an 017 and interestba t cpenture on the, •Aintinfic:ture of Aydro-carbon Oils train Po,ol. '.4 9 t 1 , 71 Ag shoW:n the cottlectisltion cif coat , and pod, - and cAer stibstatiocs of a similar character, thelecturer pr0c(444.40' c(444.40' relate the manner in which tar, and many. sorts of ail, were extracted by means of combustion from the coal.' At the, close the lectuyer .was, greeted with applanse,' and a discrission'44d; , , DEATH. OF AN EscAmurt ; LifaiiTi.c.,-On Sunday morn ing 144, 1 4 .0..15Aad. Glover found a man—of apparently i,hirty-f4ar' i'ears of age, fits) feet eight: or nine inches in height, slightly built, with dark complexion ; hair, whiskers, and: beard ; the latter encircling his mouth, dark eyes, sunk deeply in his head, and dressed in &tabby, worn-out black clothee—standing on the foot walk opposite the distillery in:Seel-street. LK, shoulders were shrugged up, and his. hands; Which were clenched, elevated to the "chest. ' The offieer assisted him to the. Seel-Street station, and then to the workhouse. He was taken for a lunatic, and the impression now enter tained is, that he had escaped from 'some asyluin, fox his appearance was of the wildest nature, and he could, or would, not speak. He expired at the Worlthoupe Hospital on Monday. AriurvAL or:. TILC GREAT. TASMANIA.—About mid, night on Wednesday, the magnificent Black Poll clip per ship Great Tasmania, Capt.. Gardyne, arrived in the iMersey in tow of the steam-tug United Kingdom. The Great Tasmania left Calcutta on the 21st of November, and St. Helena on the. 25th of January, and has there fore made the voyage from the East Indies in 114 days. In addition to a small cargo of Indian produce, the Great Tasmania had .on boarathe following . troops :- 20 officers •and' 973 soltliors of different regiments, 17 women And 2 . 3 Childrea,.3 o ffi c ers ', w i ves, 2' e hild ren and 2 svvants--7-in . all' 1,101 souls: The majority ,of the men have been discharged' from the Indian army, and yesterday Several recruiting officers visited. the Ship, as she lay iii the river. It is - stated that About: 100 of the men ye-enlisted. The Great Tasmania will dock in the Sandon Dock this morning. This, splendid .ship, after undergoing' sprvev and repairs, 41 be :Placed on th e berth as the ( i White Star" ship . for Melbourne and New Aealand, WORREOUSE CoiviNtrt-reE.l-- . The weekly meeting—of this committee of the Select ,Vestry was held - yesterday forenoon, in the board-room, at the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill. Mr, Chtirchwartlen Cropper presided and the other naemb,exas preSent were—Messrs, -E. Mord, Whithy, Cook, Peek, Gait, and Scott. The nledical othcers reported that, the number of paupers T . tig rr li es ° p ol4e a n g c i lt, lB4t odder treatment in the sick i wards ; last week, was 689 aitc 6 l 3 2 ; 2 • died,tch new cases sines, si w n e c e e k , 1' 6 6 7 8 3 ; ; i tt n r e e i d ud a i t n id s d 2 is l efi t a4ged,, er, co.ecK. From the goverrior's weekly return, it apps q, ; weekthat th w e as t , ota 2 l , ri a u ; nb i e h r is of inmates ai 2 e: 18 1), ; week last year, 2,189,.. The•. master of. the v . sheds reported that the -11,6%er of destitute persona relkeyed in that department,.durin.g Abe week ending the 10th of March, was as • follows e n, 108 ; women, 84 ;1 1--total, 203, showing a de crease of fOnr persons during the week, and,..as cora paretl with the corresponding week of last year, a decrease of 60 persons. CEA.TWOODISS.k.FE.--411 requirement of a protection to valitable property against an element so uncertain. and so destructive- as tire has long been acknowledged, and in some measure has been complied witli. Oha,t wood's safe is a new candidate for publiofavoor, having nothing peculiar in ita construction, but recommending itself to the public on the ground of its cheapness com pared with other s af es , w hi c h the manofacturer of this safe considers not superior in their fire-resisting qualities. Its adaptation to th e p ur p ose f or w hi c h i t is i nten d ed was yesterday put to public test, and the result was as satisfaotory as could , have been anticipated.. Upon a piece of „ground adjoining the Queen's. Hotel, in Lime street, a large fire was kindled, and in its midst was placed one of the lowest quality of the safes. A ,tlO note, a gold watch, .a, silver spoon, , and somo.papers, having been placed inside, and the door having- been locked, the k e y was handed to a stranger chosen from the trowd, by whom it was held ,during the test.. The fire was then ig nited, and for three bours—narnely, from 12.45 to 3:4—the safe was subjected to the most intense heat, At the eipiratioit of the three hours the fire was extinguished, and the articles were removed undamaged, the watch having gone regularly. Shortly afterwards, a few gentlemen, including the umpires, who hatthcen selected miscellaneously from the crowd, partook of a luncheon at the Queen's Hotel, and on the cloth being removed, ' 4 &mess to Chatwood's safes and to Mr. Chatwood," and Various other toasts were proposed and responded to. - His'ronie SOCIETY.—The scientific section; of the Historic Society met last night, in the:grand jury-room at St. George's Hall; the, lies% H. H. Higgins in the chair. - The following denations'were acknowledged : F,rom,tlo : 4t4stleal SoCiety, the first; part of ,the 23rd vol. of the transactions of the society ; the quarterly journal of the Geological Society, vol. iv., 'and part 1 of the 16th vol: ' by Sir Edward Cust ; president a the society; the ,fac simil e publithlion of " - The Pilgrimage of the Soule," after tL original work of Caxton, from, the copy iek tie' British Museiim, being a translation from tie 'French of Guilliauine de Guilleville' work ; also the " Pellerinage de Mame," compared with " Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress." The chairman, having moved a vote of thanks, to the, donors above referred to, stated that there was in the Free Public Library a fac siAik copy of the second book printed in England, The first book' printed was by Caxton, and, called " The HiAtory. l ,of Troye," and the second was " The Booke of Chesse." A copy of this latter work had just been planed in the Free. Library.. It was a highly illustrated, worlc, and a fine specimen of medmval illuininat,l9 4 . 1 M. Thixton mentioned that two young Liverpool aAtis,t,s, were engaged in a highly illuminpd 117811 S i. ; t1,1;44Na* 4 of "Chest's Sermon on the Mount. • I,l i 4 04 1 44 of nu of Sound in No * velicirts 7Fra4tednll:3iYHOward: The and curious printed doeunwn;s. 4 10,c.9,1 interest were sent for exhibition, by. Ml.' In - 'll. l ' I ‘ l , 4 7t• wo r r l h e e xico r eu P te e a r e o n f i : i l t i l e o.do eve c n t. og i r , g re. kj x o. oll. 4 ,i bi li v e D 9ry r T. R. Alit9h - eli, a was and ,after .Some dis padiLeprerri4nl,..mgas,:il.::ecitabilligappieeicTLosrfesi4lyll:iins,g, BALL—At a /131 .":\ cussion, a vote of thanks was accorded: to Dr. Wte le it'' evening it was dev,de4 t, z , '„ .. till AI 'Ale TaAnesMEN's FANCY . ' A of the sum ea-- , c .. - 7 1 r1 , ,eliailitieS for which the ball, was got 90 't:3, - ,,v' The B uecoat Hospital;Aale Orphan ' A,a3lani? Female Orphan Asylce, 1 tiif,aiit ce°fmthmirittyteepoluattds to (41 f ti, o rn hhtilAsylam,.Deaf and Dumb f.,4ci1001; BlifidA,Syliliii, highly satisfactory and gi-aiifying to, au dia the Industrial Ragged, S.ohoels. ' This'restift must r;cl ii e 14 we take into 'Consideraticin the short time allowed for''the Whole of the preparations. Some c b o e ne c e o rn ns e i c te , one must, have heen inclintriQus, or such a result could • not have been aebi4ied in the time ;' for up to a certain time-the — prospects did not hold out-Vit-bepes-Avldeh have since been realised. ' We congratulate the com; mittee on the fina,ie. Thanks were accorded uhasintodilk , to the chairman ? Mr. Preston, and his son, *treasurer, Mr.. G. T. R.. Preston, as also to Mr. Jacob, who has -'been unremitting in his exertions. MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD• Mr. Charles Turner presided . at the usual weekly I meeting of this board yesterday ; and the o th er mem b ers present were Messrs.-Arnold, Brocklehank, Bold, Little ' 'dale ; • Derbyshire, Hubback, Tobin, Hutchison, Farri worth, Rankin, Segar, Shand, Boult, M oss . , and Langton. WORKS COMMITTEE. From the minutes of this committee it appeared that an Application . was read from stinary shippers, of coal, requesting. the allotment of a specific: space, on the margin of the G E rpat Float, for the accommodation of the coal trade; ana that the coal trade were invited to' an interview with the committee on.Satnrday next. Mr. BROCKLEBANK moved the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. Routh asked whether there was any prospect of the award from Mr. Stewart" respecting; the .matter which was before them a. few weeks ago. Mr. Stewart, he believed, had promised an immediate:decision. The CHAIRMAN said he saw Mr. Stewart after the matter was mentioned at the board, and he promised 1 to give his immediate attention to the matter.. I h, Mr. BOULT said they might almost as w e ll be in the I Court of Chancery. He should never hear o f Mr . Stewart's name again but he should think of Lord I , Eision (Laughter.) Mr. BROC.KL' BANK said he saw Mr. Stewart on the previous day; and he really thought they would have the award very soon. The negotiation in question was one of a most aifficult character. and one which no *other individual but Mr. Stewart could satisfactorily p er f orm. (Hear, hear.). The proceedings were confirmed. WA REHOUSE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee were next need. Mr. Hummex., in moving the confirmation of the 'proceedings, proceedings, said that no doubt the board would have taken notice of the minute regarding the expense which was incurred in laying down the connecting rails between the Stanley Doek warehouse and the' main line. £4,03 was expended, at the reqnest of the London and North. Western Railway Company. Notwithstanding that the , 'communication had existed for the last seventeen months, the total amount of revenue had been £1 25., f or the ,conveyance of about 40 tons of bones. In future they 'must be more cautious. how they .spent money without having a guarantee - that the convenienee would be'inide use of. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Aotib:r—ll hope the rule will be made •to hold good on both sides of the river; (Laughter.) The proceedingS w ere th en confirmed, ` l' 1 i MARINE COMMITTEE. . •, ' The proceedings of the Marine Committee i comprised a recommendation to appoint ,three boatmen to fill vacancies in the Life-beat Service. On the motion of Mr. Derbyshire, seconded by Mr. Langton, the proceedings were confirmed. • • 61 , ~ „.i,;.• C.;' , .. ,PID;ATA,AR LommlrrE,R, is- , t, tqf.,tr. f . , . I. . Mr. SHANn,' 'in moving the conflrniation of the'pro ceedig.s.of this committe_said it would be satisfactory, I t'i the 'Board-Ito • know that the inquiriesmade by_tb e rft:uperintendent during. the ofFebruary, ino thei rhause of vesgets anchoringsinthe WOodsido-fevros track, bad ended e very much: t o i the satisfaction of the Pilot Committee, because the)- - *Veil that the anchoring of ships in the track had prop . eeded from canses over which the eehlur litto#' 4 4 d. 11 A control whatever. It appeared ' that .of the vessels reported, fhtirteen *ere proved t t o have, b,eett elear of. th e track' fourteen had ctragged into it by: stress of weather, two were - apeouttly anchored there Thy - direction of the - captains,' and four ancho re d, the re at night without knowing. that they Were in the track. The investigation of thesei cases occupied the superintendent's time almost entirely,. atalthe committee , had eono to a resolution that they could not go' further into the matter, unless, for the future, sipeci,fiocharges were brought under their notice. '. Tlke peoceedings were-confirmed, nh were also those Of •the Docks and Quays and IMa:ster-porterage.,QconAit,t4ees.. A letter from. 'Mr. Gilbert Currnaing,. lib,e4ing ~the beard for the retiring allowance NAted, 110. him, was. read. The engineer:was alltilqW to,i4tt% d 4 the Clarence ! Half-tide Dock- . lAfter, t 1 4c, MOW tide of Mond a y 'tll6 fltl 'of Alay,:Oter'grvrg the usual notice s prescribed! 1 bY., tthe 13021 Acts, tar the, purpose of cleaning and , 1 epikt.t§,.. __ , ' I . This was the whole of the general business, LIVERPOOL POLjOR OQURT,Yi:SI4.Rmix. „i .(Before Mr. RAFFLES.) • • EvIMBEBBLEMENT BY A CLEnK..---Samuel Sandbanch lKennan, late aclerk in the service of . Messrs. : §hepPard Co.,..irsm-founders, Queen's Wel, was Charged with haTingYetubtz4ed Of 122; the money of his employers. The prisoner wps employed in theoftlee, received money '-'ovec the ' oUnter, and shotAl juice accounted for it l the - iame day. On the 28th•Feiiricary, i he received £93 , from a clerk tto 'Metiers: Bibby Water-street, £lO of whickhe did not hand 'aver.. also received £7. s. fromMr:ChurChWard, a n d £1 Bs. 1041 from Mr. Windham. Fur none: of these sums had he accounted. On the 28th • Febrnary he lefr the office, and was not seen again until the previow 4ay, when.#to`e aey:gtvga,lntoeust is -11 e was sent for trial. 11.1isTnEssiNa AccuiEncr.—Virilliam Blackburn, a car r ter, in the, employ of Mr. Beattie, master c ar t eg' was charged - 'l4itta having tun over a child, gamed Peter Cunningham, whose parents reside at No. 1 Cotrt, Cable-street. On Wednesday,' at tbui• O'claCk, the child was playing in the street, - and .bv some means, which were not clearly explained, he got under the cart wheel and was run over. The child was so seriausly injured that little hope is entertained. -recovery.', - A.fter hearing a • witness who was called, M r . Rafitegiaid -the affair appeared to him to be a pure accident',; and - the man was discharged: ALLEGED ROBERT BY A WIAE AND HER PARAMOUR. —Adam Burke, the man who. was charged with hiving, in concert with Ann Foster, stolen a large quantity of furniture from the house of John Foster, a , boarding house-keeper; formerty of PlUmb-str ee t, was sent ler trial at the sessions. The circumstances of the case have already been published. • ASSAULT ON A Wll.E.—RobeTt llughes, a carter, having committed a violent assault. on his wif e E lizabeth ' Hughes, was ordered to pay a fine of £lO and costs, or go to prison for three mouths, and . on payment of the fine, at ut the expiration . -- Of- -the penalty, to _ find tw o sureties to keep:the peace forlsit months 'longer, ANNUAL MEETING. 0"' THg., .NATIONAL LIFE-I:Vial . INSTITVTIOIst. ..At the. annual general meeting of the National Life .bOat 'lnsti t tit ion',' held' a 'pl 6`.,London „'aver n y ester d ay, Reair-Admirai-ihe Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, C.Et., V.P., in the glair, the repoit, of the comtattee was read, of which the followi ng is rati, 'abstract :---- ... . , "Once . more they 'have the happiness to report tliOt , whilst they have steadily an d rapi dl y extended the held of their labours, they.have.been encouraged by a cort-e- sponding increase of public appreciation and sUppOrt, The committee have; determined On_ soliciting. from the Crown the advantages of a. charter of incorparati4n. " Twelve ne' "life-boats hive been placed' on the coa c t by the Instittitilin during. thil- past 'ye,a."-Qthera are in course of . buil/ling . . The , total number of • life-boats, including those in cant*Of' construction, belonging to Vitt InstituticaiTarrieirati to .141,—Lthe lay geSi' life-saving fleet that the , world,has yet seen, -,,K,Eharing.the year 18E4-the life-boats of the Institu tion-have been actively called into operation on 61 oeca I sicitis:'‘ - 218i'llves hie been saved from .39 .wrecks, and 'fiVe vessels have been assisted safely into port. On. 29 occasions it'happened that when the life-boats had pit . off in reply t o s i g n a l s o f di s t ress , th e vessels bad either , got out of dan„s'er, or their crews been rescued by other means,. Life-boats' crews also aasembled s e v era l t i mes to give assistance,. but were not required to • put off to sea. For these valuable exertions the total saw paid to ' life-boats' crews was On the se occasions, nlanned by about 4,000 persops. 'The committee 'tegret having to report that a 54109 accident, attended with loss of life, occurred ib one of the society's life-boats in December last; the Aldborough life-boat having been upset.in a very high surf, on proceeding to ,a vessel in distress, and three of her crew, out of gfteen, having uullaPPitY perished oa the occasion. .. • ‘‘ The little pamphlet which the committee issued las} year on the- Mana.ement of Boats in- FleaVy - Sitifs and been -Circulated on e Broken Water, ha's extensively th coasts of the United Kingdom. It 'has also been approved of by the Lords of the Admiralty, Who have ordered its distribution throughout her Majestylf fleet ; and by the Miniiter"of War, who has directed its circu lation in an the military librarieS at home and abroad. Th e instructions have also been translated into French, Spanisl4 and Swedish. New life-boat carriages have been built during the past year, whilst several:others are being constructed. '<New boat-houses litiv4 , been built', and numerous others are in course of erection. The 'committee continue receive the Cordial co-operation of their, Several h t ch committees. ~ N o twithstanding these exertions, no less than 1,046 of our fellow-creatures have met with a waters,riiive. The evrtions during the past y ear to save life have b,een attended with great success, as is shown b y t h e annexed Official return of the P.oard of Trade apparatu,s, , 200; life':boals, 291 ;. rocket-mOrtar. by :ships' own biiats, shore-boati, and ste4iii)e.'selit, 1,775 considerable proportion of - these tires were x ;avec! Pc riisk); by individnal'exertions_Ofa totiouti-eliaracter, It will -be-ohser4d that, as usual, a greater no/Tiber Of lives saved have been rescued by Orlugger,at Mats, ships an d t hei r ` boats, lugger, and steamers, than by life-boat s , "`Tile total;. number of persons saved from shipwreck since t f hp first establishment of the _National Life-boat Institution, and :foil rescuing whom th e: committee have granted, holko rary an d pecuniary " During the rewards, is 11,401. --fre past yeas, one gold medal, 20 silver medals: 13' votes.' of thank £l,lO. 15 s R s, inscribed on *Mum, and d _ 1, been granted for saving the liTes of 499 persons on the coasts and outlying batiks of "United 'Rjngdr;,rn. " The compittee have to acknowledge the cordial and kind assistance which they oontinue to receive from the Commodore Comptroller‘General, the Deputy Comp trolker-..G awl the officers and en of the coast - g u igm Ike - Pike, by inquiring into the . merits of such searviees, and by affording their zealous general co-om,- tin on all 'occasions. I " The committee desire also to acknowledge the it valuable assistance rec eived by the lAst ution from th e Mercantile Marine Fund, throiwk hiet-Y , klF ; trl Beard of Trade, which enables the Institution `to make more liberalTecimigy aids and payments ti! its life-boat crewg'th'iiti Olimitedtmeatis would otlipttrise " m i he operations of the commit.ee, May be thus brie formq,tion a the Institii.t* l tt ,has expended on life-boa' establishments £a 6 ). 9 48 5s ad, and his voted 82 god., and,6sB.silver mOstis f?ot distinguished serViceTS' fer -SaVing life, besides , `pecuniary awards, at-lountiag, togfther t R 4A7,-544 158,31- '!Duruig tkfiso.. year the following expenses I wo been inched,either additional ne , t, Efe _j rat stntise7i, or the replacing of old boal.s, ca,,rvia,geS, 'and . houses, by new 011,64 . 5C,14,4 2s 1d ; on the repairs, stores, alteratioris, and inspection of its numerous life-boats, boat-holisee, and t ransyp si ßg: carriages, £3,476. 155.24; and £1,500 for 4rxercisillg the crews ..qt • its life z biiiii--making, altogether a 444 of £11,120 18s 3d.:::• l l'he Institntion has al o granted, during -the - same period, £l,lOB 14s 341, - as awards - filr saving 449 tritsonS ; only, however, by incurrintliabili ties to the extent of a further sum of £3,834. "The receipts *of the Institution, from all sources, amounted last year to £11,652 11s 6d, " "Many foreign Governments have had life-boats built under the superintendence of the Institution. ".The committee make an earnest appeal on behalf of the funds of the Institution." GRAND VOLUNTEER REVIEW IN HYDE PARK BY HER MAJESTY. ' ft is :rumoured that her Majesty intends, late in the summer, to have a grand inspection of the Volunteers inf Hyde Park, when all will be " invited " to:attend Iwho can come. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of York shire has appointed Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., a Deputy-lieutenant of the West Riding. SUNSHINE.---There is life, health, and comfort, and a springing well of gladness, in the sunbeams in England. In India a different tale might be told ; but here the sun paints the cheek with bloom, the breezy air gives fragrance to the breath, brilliancy to the eye, and elasticity to the step. To' those afflicted with ,rheumatism the dry atmosphere draws forth the 'envenomed sting of pain, and thus speeds the hours otherwise devoted to moaning plaints and weary cares. So choose a house " ever acquainted with the sunshine." _Eddies' Trealverfr. Iltarriagts, an'4 _ratlls Births,..afarriages, and Deaths, .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 6th Dec., 1859, at Okain's Bay, Canterbury, Kew KealAnd, the wife of the Rev. Henry Torlesse, of a daughter. •` On the 4th inst., the wife of J. H. P. Richardson, 68, Nether field-road North, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 7th inst., Mr. Charles Morrison Pack to Miss Janie Foster. of this town. . On the 11th inst., Mr. Ambrose Miles to Miss Mary Davier=, of this , town. On the 12th inst., Mr. Richard W. Jones, to Elizabeth Jane, only daughter of Mr. Henry Graham. DEATHS. • On the 10th inst., aged 73, Henry Fraser ' Esq., of this, town. On the 13th inst., at his residence, No. 61, Canning street, William Wilson, Esq. On the 14th inst., at.Havre, aged 15, Thomas, youngest son of James Crellin, Esq., Bellefield Hon=e, West Derby. WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, PRICE THREE-HALF-PENCE, No. 1 OF " THE LIVERPOOL WEEKLY TIMES," A JOURNAL OF POLITICS; LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. "THE LIVERPOOL WEEKLY TIMES" will be.dovoied the',Entertainment and Improvement of the "THE LIVERPOOL WEEKLY TIMES" wilt Contain no advertisements, but will be exclusively devoted to News. - "THE LIVERPOOL WEEKLY TIMES" will be an 8-page Newspapers. "THE LIVERPOOL WEEKLY TIMES" wilt be Published every Saturday Morning, in time for fleSpateh by the Early - Mails. "THE•LIVERPOOL WEEKLY TIMES" will be Published by W. H. PEAT, at his Steam Printing- Leigh -street. "TUX LIVERPOOL WEEKLY - TIM-ES" will will . be ROM Everywhere, , PRICE 71/RRE-HAL'F=PENCE.- 40, LEIGH -STREET, LIVERPOOL. ELKIN.G.TON AND' C 0 .7 , PATENTEES OrTHE . ELECIRO-PLATE, • INLICSVFACITRINU SILVERSMITHS, SRONZISTS &c., Have added to their extensive Stocks a large Variety of NEW DESIGNS in the. HIGHEST CLASS OF ART, which obtained for tbeiruat the Paris Exhibition theDeeoration of the Cross of the,Legion 01.110nour, as well as the. Grand Medaille d'Hon neur, the only one accorded to the Trade. The Council Melal wass alsou.ecorded them at the 'Exhibition Of 1851. Each Article bears their mark, E.•and Co., under a Crown, and. Articles , sold by other parties as. plated by Elkington's. Patent.process afford on Guarantee of Quality. Estimates and Drawings sent Free by Post. Re-plating and . GildMg as usual. . The Public is invited to visit their Spacious SHOW ROOMS, 25,. C.H.URCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL_ NAL—away, Parties having been misled, the Public it informed that E. and Co. Manufacture every Article required fil;sOli/D SLEVEIi.,; and they have always am hand, at their New Establishment, a most extensive Variety of SOLID „SILVER WARES. . . Small Parcels of E. and Co.'s Manufacture may be purchased on the 911 tu e advantageous twins as larger ynantities. ARTIFICIAL TEETH, GUMS, AND PALATES. PROTECTED WY KEW HAJJ 'i ` T ' S RUYAL LETTERS PATENT; MRSS'ItS. GABR(IEL DENTISTS, 134, DUNE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, Opposite Berry street : eir 33, LUDGATE-HILL. LONDON { \VEST-END B . R.A.Nem, 110, REGENT-STREET. 011Ferve Ntimbers particularly. ESTABLISIIIIII) 1815. —Sta DIPLOMA. TEETH, THEIR LOSS. And as now restored, nn 'the new 'principle of self-adhesion and capillary attraction combined, by means of a soft flex ible lining, with CORALITF OUN-COLOURED INDIA-RUBBER in lieu of bone or gold, without springs or wire, and with- . , out any operation.; THEY ARE WARRANTED PURE, WHOLE SOME, AND ENTIRELY FREE FROM SMELL; they are easy and comfortable upon the most sensitive gums, and may be worn for many years without being in any way affected_ The materials used are of the best quality, the workman ship of the first order, and are supplied at less than halt the ordinary cast. New Edition, just published. i,“ Gabriel's Treatise is of importance to all requiring the dentist's aid, and, emanating from such a source, itusay be confidently relied on."— United Serr•ice 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." —Civil 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 OR COM PLETE SET. PATENT WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT, the only per manent preparation for front teeth, which effectually retains its colour Os, per packet). PALPABED WHITE GUITA.P.MH:t. the.bestatoD.- 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 tionoind renders the decayed member sound and uteftti in mastication. Is. 6d. par or sent on receipt of 20 stamps.- The ROYAL TOOTH POWDER, is. Gd. per Box. The above preparations maybe had from any chemist in the kingdom. Stopping Decayed Teeth, Scaling, &c. 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