Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

gal mercial-iplts.-010; At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Tempest-hey, about 25 tcna Enstic.—John llowlinsoa. At the office of Messrs. I. Hadwen, jun., and Co., to follow the Sales of Horse Hair, ls 2 bales Ist!e.—F. J. Eaton. At eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, a quantity of Fruit.— Gecrge Badenach and Son. At one o'clock, at the Public Sa'eroont, Exchange buildi , gs, a quan tit Co.y of Damaged Manufactured Goods —Percival, Campbell and At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Exchange-place, 40 tons Green Ebony, and 20 casks olive 011.—Ilarpin and Co. At twelve o'c'ock, at the brokers' office, 27, Tithebarn-streot, 16 bales and 24 bags Horse and Cow llair. —lsaac iladwen, jun., and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Royal Bank-buildings, lb tons Palm Oil.—W. W. Smith. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 1, Oldhall-street, 100 serons Bark.—N. Waterhouse and Son 3. At twelve o'cilnck, at the brokers' office, York buildings, Dale-street, 1C0f) bags Nitrate of So da. —Pattinson and Clark. At twelve , o l clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, about 10 'tons Nicaragua Wood.—Rooke, Okell, and Spence. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' oftli-e, Sweeting-street, a quentlty of Homo and Pig Hain—Arnold, Leete, Roscoe and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the Pelle Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, a quanttty of Sumac, Catch, and Fustie...—Bower and Slack. At twelve o'clock, nt the Public c'aleroam, Exchange-brindings, 5 tons Camwood.—John Baron and Son. At twelve o'clock, at. the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 50 tons Log Nood.—Fer;uson, Piltans and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange street East, 500 bags Sago Fier:tr.—Wm. and Joseph Waite. At twelve o'clotis, at the broker.' office, 90 bales and It bags Horse Hair.—John and Samuel Beckwith. At twelve o'clock. at the broker's ciDca, Colonial-balldlngs. Dale street, 70 13 , Saltpetre.—Bas by Lnd Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange-buildings, 600 brls Rosin, and brls Spirits Turpentine.—Big,lao d, Sonc, and Jeffreys. -At one o'cicck, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, a quan-' thy of Damaged Goods.—S. Batten and Nephew. At eleven &clock, at the Commert ial Saleroom, Temple-c:urt, a quan tity of Fait.—James Adam, Son and Co. AhIirSEM.ENTS, PUBLIC NlEErtr. , l(l6, Eke. THIS PAY. TOTAL AMPHIT.I7.ATRX—Drama'i; P3rformmce —7 p.m. Hgre ! ",t;;H.'s CIRQUE VARIz:TE, 13310-Street--7 loyzarool, ACIDEXT'S Exa[zITION, Post-office-placs. Reset. CoLozszum—Seueral Entertlinmeat—G.3o p.m. For advertisernaat ,, see second pzze. ITOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. :Persons seeking Employment, parties' requiring Servants, Assistants orClerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Let, can best , -bring their .wants under the notice of the: public, by advertising in the NORTHERN TIME 3, and which, front its:large circulation, is the most efficient ',..R,edinin of publicity in this district. The cash price for this special, class of alvertise;nents is now reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional five words one penny. t k 4. i 4,:F WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS: In the House of Lords, last night, some few words passed between the Earl of Derby and Earl Granville, respectirg the conveyance of troops to Indie, in which the former said that " he hoped to be able to show that Earl Gianviile and the President of the Board of Control had defective memories, or. cif not, he was willing to tender an apology." E trl -Granville moved that a pension of £4OOO a.year should be conferred on General Havelock for his services in India, and in doing so gave a brief biographical sketch of the life of this distinguished •soldier. Lord Derby seconded the motion, which was ultimately agreed to. In the House of Commons, notiee was given by Mr. Griffiths, that on Friday he should ask the noble lord at the head of the'G-overnment, if it was his intention to bring in a bill for pensioningretiring bishops. Theaccident to the steamer Emeu, was also adverted to. Mr. Baring said, that although there .would.be two mails lost by this disaster, no steps had been taken by Government to supply the deficiency. The company hod, however, undertaken to repair the Emeu and keep her on the station as an ex!ra. boat. Mr. Vernon Smith stated thAt it was not his intention to include, in the papers on the state of India which were about to be presen . ted to the House, the memorial from the inhabitants of Calcutta praying for the recall of the Geveruor-General, Lord Canning, and proceeded to give his reasons for ..so doing. His reasons were, in fact, that the petition had not been presented in the usual finnnala which the red-tapeism of the Empire points out. Mr. Heedlam moved a resolution to the effect that the present law enforc ing the adoption of unlimited * liability of share holders oiJoint Stock Banks was injurious to the interests of the public; and Mr. Cowan moved an amendment that it was necesssary that an inquiry ..should be instituted into the correctness of these allegations, with a view to consider-whether some etli.!ieat means may not be provided in future for.seeuring the interests of shareholders in joint-stock companies. An amendment on .both was, however, adopted by a vote of 118 to. 47—that the present law enforcing .unlimited liability, upon joint-stock banks requires attention. This ,Wa3 moved by Mr. Thompson 118 n key. The Government were last night defeated by a large majority, viz,, 10 to 18, on the Commons going into Gorr uittee on the Banks Issue Indem nity Bill Mr. Malins moved that the" proviso to clausco..2;be struck out ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed, .but after some discussion the above result was arrived at. The proviso struck out is as follows; " Provided always that if, before othe expiration of the time hereinbefore limited, the governor and company of the Bank of England give public notice' that they have reduced the minimum-rate of interest refluired by. them below the rate of .10 per cent per annum, the said sus pension shall.-cease." It viould seem that, after all, we are to have but, a short session of Parliament. The Morning Post of yesterday says :—" We _understand that, if the debate on the ;Bank Charter Xo mrnittee is not adjourned, there will be nothing to prevent parlia ment from rising for the holidaye on i‘londay next. It is believed to be the intention of her Miijesty'3 government not to entertain any business beyond that at pr..sent before the house. .fie any case the two houss .wili adjourn in the beginning of next week till the period at which 'Parliament usually assembles." The house usually . assembles in February, co that we are to have another delay of two months. We are gig en to understand that th Ire will be no contest for the representation of Ashton-under- Lyne, all the candidates, except Serjeent Shoe, having retired before what were felt :to be the superior claims .of Mr. M.,Gibson. As the learned sejeant appears to have tsAen no step as yet beyond the issuing of his ad.dress, it is thought libely that he too will give way. The electicn will probably &Ike place on Saturday, Yesterday, Mr. I,Jamout oOicidly announced his intention oa, to come forward as a candidate for the representation of Paisley. The on'y can didates now in the Field is Mr, Erving and Mr. A. R. Haley, of London. The friends of the. f)r-, mer are confident of securing all but his unanimous: election. It is steed, in a London extemporary, that Lord Muigravo is to be .rewarded for the valuable ser vices he has given to. the Treasury bench by being appointed the future Governor of Nova Scotia. This creates a vacancy for Scarborough, and we hear that Mr. Jahn Mat, the late M em b er f or Knaresbarough, will be brought forward by the Liberals as the successor of the noble Lord. Mr. Dent married the daughter of Mr. John Woodall, the Tory banker of Scarborough. The Bramhall murder case was yesterday before he J :dge of the Chester Ass - mes. We report the ease at full length. Only five witnesses out of thirty-eight for the prosecution were .examined. One singular: feature in the affair - is this—a sister and a brother of the prisoner positively swore that the eogusl Id 04 feet of the pepon who evidently murdered their father, was not that of the prisoner. As it is, however, matters look very far from favor able, and the accused is evidently in a very serious predicament. The trial is not expected to end before Friday. The report of the investigation before the Preston Magistrates yesterday, respect ing the 'alleged forgery of a will by Mr, Monk, a surgeon, will be found in'another column. Considerable excitement was evinced in consequence of a report having circulated that the writer Of the will had been discovered, and that the party was a female, which report proved true. Mr. Monk was committed for trial at the next Lancashire assizes. The prisoner will be brought up ou Tuesday next on a charge of suspected poisoning. At the adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the City of Glasgow Bank, held yesterday, the report of the committee was unanimously adopted. Mr. John Robert, Corballis, - Q.C., of the Home Circuit; has been appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland assistant barrister for the county of Kilkenny, vacant by the death of the late Mr. J. N. Purcell, of Kilkenny. Our Cantinental news is confined—at least the more important portion of it—to the 'commercial crisis :—The intelligence from Hamburgh shows that the Government and population of that hitherto flourishing little republic have al together lost their senses from the fright caused by the increasing number of bankrupt . eies. Senate and Assembly of Citizens, the latter of which is not representative, but in cludes every proprietor of ground in Hamburgh, seem to have been sitting almost in permanence, and there is no scheme too wild for them at least to discuss. Happily each has served to moderate the pernicious activity of the other, and the ridicu lous proposal of an issue of a paper currency, equal to two-and-a-half millions sterling, being made legal tender among a population of not more than 170,000 souls -has thus been got rid of. The same amount of paper currency is, nevertheless, now issued in the shape of notes of a state dis count - bank, the security being furnished partly by the deposit of railway shares, the property of Government, and partly by silver, which, how ever, is still to be got, and is now actually negociateil for at Berlin. Lubtek has followed the example of Hambureb, and suspended the operation of the general German law concerning bills ofexehange. The Paris Ilionitew of to-day announes that the final act of the treaty settling the frontiers of Russia and Turkey in Asia, was signed at Constantinople on Saturday last. The City of Washington arrived here yesterday, with one day's later news from America. The political news is unimportant. General Worth's monument in New York, was inaugurated, and his remains placed under it, on the 25th ult., with great ceremony and parade. The day the steamer tailed was being observed as a thanks giving day, and business was entirely suspended. The Vanderbilt reached New York on the 26th, and her advices had a favourable effect on the markets. Stooks were more buoyant, at a slight advance all round. Sterling exchange was quiet, at the Arabia's quotations. WE have waited for some days in the expecta tion that symptoms of the threatened agitation on the Middle Class Examination scheme would exhibit themselves. As yet, however, nothing indicates that any result is to come of the explo sion of Thursday night last, at the Collegiate Institution. Possibly, the opponents of the scheme are content with having delivered a magniloquent protest against it, and threatened Ileaven's thunders against its supporters. A.n agitation, however, is very possible, and we shall not be sorry if those who proclaimed it carry their undertaking fully out. It would, at least , haue two results, which, to us, appear desirable. It would enable rig to form an estimate of the amount of public opinion, if we may use such a phrase, stilt controlled by sectarianism and fana ticism. It would have the far more important result of operating as a warning to those who have the influence to promulgate and realise educational sciemes of this kind, to keep them quite free of the sectarian element for the future ; to recognise the fact that there is a party in this country upon whose co-operation they must not, under any circumstances, rely ; from which only opposition and vexation can come ; and which it is vain to attempt to conciliate by the sacv.ifice of the slightest point of advantage. There are many deficiencies in the scheme now proposed, besides the serious mistake which has left a wider opening for sectarianism to force its way in. But, considering that the scheme , as it stands, cannot for the present be amended, and that it is at least a boon of some value, we cannot believe that the public of Liverpool would dream of throwing its advan tages altogether away because some perfect scheme cannot be obtained, upon the constituents of whose perLctioct every section of the com munity entertains a different opinion. Those who read the report of the proceedings which took place at the Collegiate Institution, will pro bably agree with us that most of the objections which could be urged against the measure on so called religious grounds, were anticipated and answered by the opening address of the Chair man. We are not in general devoted admirers of Mr. SAMUEL HoLarE either as a politician or an orator, but we are hound to say, that on Thursday night he opened the proceed ings with a singularly able, argumentative and manly address. Somewhat of a change, however, appeared to have crossed Mr. IlouitE's way of thinking after Dr. IVPICEILE had addressed the meeting. Indeed, the Rev. Mr. HOWSON seemed somewhat similarly effected. Either the minds of these gentlemen were not as well made up on the subject as one might have expected, or they were alarmed at the idea of a public agitation and arraignment —or, like children in a heatre, they were terrified by the tin-thunder . - olts which were rattled about their ears. The chairman had nothing better to say in defending himself against a charge of inconsistency than that he saw no analogy between education and examination. His opinions were still the same as in the days oethe agitation on the Corporation Schools question, hut that was a question of education, and this only of examination: The Rev. Mr. }IOWSON applied precisely the same conclusive agreement. He admitted that it would be immoral and unholy to support a scheme of education in which Scriptural instruction did not form an indispen sable part, but he could see nothing wrong in a mere scheme of examination although equally defective. That is to say, it is an offence against religion to take any part in educating scholars under a certain system, but it is polectly lawful to hold out strong induce ments to them to adopt such a system; to take part in a public examination of pupils so edu cated, and to reward them with honours in creased in proportion to their degrees of pro ficiency in this irreligious and i:uncltristian edu cation. How men thus endeavoured to vindi cate themselves, without perceiving the inevitable consequence of their argument, is as incompre hensible as the good fortune with which the argument altogether escaped exposure at the hands of their opponents. Why did not Mr . HowsoN at once declare that he supported the scheme, because such a scheme as that which Dr. APNEILE would favour, is an utter impos sibility, and he thought even the present scheme better than none at all ? Why did not Mr. HOLME manfully avow that, being possessed of the faculty of thinking, he could not prevent the opinions he oncelenunciated from undergoing some modification ? We hope that the example of these gentlemen may deter others from any such illogical attempt to vindicate a good cause, which needs no such preposterous argument in its defence. The scheme, with all its deficien cies, has some advantages of a .positive kind ; it is absolutely to be tried, and reasonable men wil l therefore, make the best use they can of it, until they can get better. The scheme which would quite suit Dr. APNEILE and his adherents, must necessarily be mischievous, 'f not fatal, to the progress of education. Dr. M‘NEILE took some pains to assure the meeting on Thursday night that he was no hypocrite. We are quite willing to believe him, but in this instance it matters little whether he is hypocrite or fanatic. This much is certain, that he may be looked upon as the opponent of every project for general education which is either practicable or valuable. Indeed we know of no popular favourite who has greater reason to object to the spread of education among his admirers than the Rev. Dr. M‘NELLE. This, too, we may all freely . admit, that to such views of Christianity as Dr. APNEILE very often urges, the spirit of education is unquestionably opposed. It is opposed to the intolerance of a small section of a dominant sect. It is opposed to the presumption of individuals who prophesy Heaven's anger for all who dispute their dogmas, and declare that every man pro fanes GOD'S Word who declines to receive their interpretation of its meanings. It is opposed to fanatical domination—to revived and metamor phased priestcraft; to mock, as well as real, excommunication ; to self-endowed oracles and stag—play prophets; and being thus opposed, its followers must naturally look for antagonism at the hands of the Rev. HuGu M`NEILE. A DEPUTATION OF SHIPOWNERS, cmsisting of Mr. Johi Maleolmson (Waterford), Mr. John Watson (Dublin), Mr, R. Ilnderson (Belfast), Mr. George (Dublin), Mr. Kemp (Fleetwood), Mr. Ogilby (London), Mr. Robinson (Lon don), and Mr. Hadley (L )ndon), with Mr. W. Fagan, M.P., Mr. M'Cann, M.P., Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P , Mr. H. M. Cairns, M.P., and Colonel Forde, M.P., had au interview with Lord Stanley, of Allerley, and the Right Hoe. Robert Lyme, yesterday, at the Board of Tr tde. LIVERPOOL BINKRUP TOY COURT, YEsuzunA.Y.-13Eponte MR. COMMISSIONER PE KRY.—In re S. BUMP. ESS.—The bankrupt came up this day on applioition for his certifi cate. His Honour granted him an immediate certificate of the second class. The Times remarks that, as accor3ing to all former experience, another monetary crisis will not occur before the Select Committees on Banking have completed their inquiry, there is no need for immediate legislation, but, nevertheless, somethiig might be done towards checking dishonest specUlation, and also correcting the tendency in Joint Stock Banks, to foster a spurious credit. CORONER'S oourer.—Yes'erday, the Coroner held the following inquests :—On he body of John Mdnee, aged 47, the keeper of a public-house at 41, Cieveland-stree. The deceased went t) a ship called the Caribou, now in the river, and hound for Melbourne, to see a gentleman off, and whiht on beard he fell into the hold of the ship, and was fatally injured. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where every attention was paid to him, bat he died in cousequence of the injuries he had sustained. Verdict, " Died from the injuries, but how he fell into the hold there was no evidence to show."—On the body o WitliAtn Dow, a ship carpenter, who resided at Birken head. On Wednesday week, the deceased was working at a ship cilied the Windernarre, in the Canning Grav ing Deck; he fell into the dock by accident, and died at the S)utinrn Hospital from the effects of the Fjuries. Verdict, " Accidental death."—Os the body of a man, name unknown, who was about 60 years' of age, and who it appeared was in ca-e of a schooner named the Emerald, and it also appeared that he fell into the river, .arid' although gr9at exertion was, m a d e t o save hi m h e was drowned. Verdict, "Found drowned." AN OTHE a TRIUMPH OF MILNE RS' HOLDFASTS.—On Thursday evening, one of the most daring burglaries which has occurred for some time was effected at the offices of the Birmingham Coal and Coke Society, situated at 76, Newhall eereet. Tne thievis effected as entrance at the front. office window, cutting out a square of glass, and forcing open the iron bars by which it was guarded. They then proceeded to the secretary's office, situated at tho rear of the premises, but founl nothing of value in the desks, which they. opened evidently in the hone of finding, money, in which they were, disatpointed, as the pre caution is adopted of banking all cash daily. They then made an .attempt uteri the iron safe (a Milners' double Fire and Thief-proof), which Proving ineffectual, they actually conveyed away the safe itself,—an operation which must have been attended with considerable difficulty, as the safe, with is contents, weighs upwards of 5 cwt. Their proceedings must have been conducted in a compare tieely noiseless manner; es there were several persons steeping upon the premises, none of whom were disturbed. by them. It happened fortunately, however, that the steerer of the society was required by his business to be in attendance at two o'clock in' the morning, at which hour, finding the office door open, ha instantly raised an alarm, and leaving the premises in the care of the inmates, hastened to the residence of .the manager of the society, Mr. Denton, who, with the secretary, Mr. Rowe, was in attendance as early as three o'clock, and such was the promptness with which these gentlemen acted, that long before daylight they had ascertained that the safe had been removed up the canal in a boat, and were prepared, with the assistance of detectives Minton and Spokes, and accompanied ny the chairman of the society, Mr. J. C. Perry, to follow in the wake of the villiane. We are happy to say that their efforts were crowned with success, for in the old arm of the Birmingham Canal, near the borough gaol, the missing boat was discovered, and after a slight search the safe itself was found in the water. On being brought to the surface it was found to have been subjected to the force of hammer, chisel, and gunpowder— all without th e s li g h test e ff ect, /or the lock had resisted all the efforts used ; and on the• safe being opened in the presence of the committee, they had the satisfaction to find that the whole of the books and papers of the society were entirely uninjured, and in the same state as when left on the preceding evening. The perpetrators of this outrage remain at present undetected; but we believe the police have obtained a clue which will ultimately lead to their eapture and conviction.—Birmingham Journal. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1857. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Bourse firm, and the Three per Cent. Rentes closed at 66f. 60c. A message has been transmitted through the French Ambassador at Lisbon to the King of Portugal, expres sive of the admiration of the Emperor at the courage and devotedness displayed by the King during the fever visitation. Le Pays of this evening says, that at Constantinople, a Russian modified project, respecting the Principalities, was expected. SWITZERLAND. BMNE, DEC. 7. The Sess!en of the Federal Council was opened to-day. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 7. The Queen has received the Papal Nuncio. The Princess of Austria becomes simply an infanta of Spain on the birth of a prince, but it is said the Queen desire 3 to confer on her the title of Princess of Madrid. An amnesty to political offenders is expected. TURKEY. Le Nord quotes a despatch of Prince Gortschakoff to the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, which protests with some energy against the assumption of the Porte in applying the word sovereignty to the relitions existing between the Sultan ar.cl the Danubian Principalities. The Vienna correspondent of the Independence says that the Porte has drawn upon itself a protest from two of the Great Powers for having exceeded its rights as a Suzerain in despatching an order to Belgrade to delay the execution of the Servian Senators condemned for conspiracy. POLAND. WARSAW, DEC. 4 The landowners and corn merchants in Poland are in great difficulties, from the impossibility of disposing of corn at reduced prices, in sufficient quantities to meet their payments. THE SUEZ CANAL. Tice Monitear de la Flolle considers it improbable ;hat the Sultan should render the granting of a firman fo► the Suez Canal conditional on England evacuating the gland of Perin, as the decision respecting the canal would, ii that case, rest with the E[ i l , glish Cabinet. THE BLACK SEA. The Independence states that the affairs relatile to the Russian ports in the Black Sea, is satisfactorily sAtleci. SARDINIA. It is said that Count Cwour intenls to bring forward in the New Chamber, a measure relative to titles. AUSTRIA, The proppsitions relative to the civil and rlitical situa. Col of the Jaws in Austria, have passed tte . Council o . State of Vienna, and will shortly be promulgated. THE COURT, &z. WINDSOR, Monday.—The Queen and Priice Coflsort, with the Princess Royal, Princess Alic , , Prnce Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Princesses Helena Louisa, and Beatrice left Windsor at half-past ten o'cloec this morning f)r Osborne, attended by the Duchess of itholl, the Hon. Lucy M. Kerr, Major-General the Hon Charles Grey, Captain du Plat, and the Mister of the Household. A guard of honour from the Scots FusileerJuards, with the band of the regiment, paid the usual horvurs at the railway station. His Royal Highness the Prioc of Wales, attended by Mr. Gibbs and Mr. J. Ormsby Ore, remains at the Castle. The Marquis of Breadalbne left Windsor for London. PUBLIC A MUSEIEN . THE ITALIAN OPERA AT TR! THEATRE ROYAL. Perhaps of all the Operas, of Lte years, that have been decried, none has fallen in for a Beater share of the vitu peration of the public than " L Traviata"—yet none is more popular or more greatly aanired by the lovers of the music of Verdi. ' To hold the mirror up to nature and show the very age and body of the time," has ever been the province of the stage, and has " Traviata " will long hold its place in the tastes of an English audience. On Friday next, Mr. Lumley's mere troupe has been engaged by Mr. Copeland to again appear at the above house, when the unapproachable Piccolomini will play the character of Violetta, a pat which, it is believed, has never before found so ablea delineator. To those of our readers who have not been so fortunate as to witness this much talked of piece, the following outline of the plot may be interesting. The scene is laid in Paris, about the year 1700 and the " first act com mences with a gay part' in the house of Violetta (the • heroine), a young and beautiful creature, thrown by circumstances, and the 0 - '3 of her parents is childhood, into a course of volannous living. She is surrounded by a circle of gay and tloughtless beings like herself, who devote their lives to plesure. Amongst the throng who crowd to her shrine is Pfred Germont, a young mars, who b.cornes seriously enarreured with Violette. Touched by the sincerity of his pasion, she yields to its influence, a new and pare love sp-figs up in her heart, and for the first time she becomes consious of the misery of her position, and the hollowness of the pleasures in which she has basked. In the seced act, we discover her living in seclusion with her liver, in a country house near Paris, three months after he events narrated in the preceding act. Alfred accidentaiy discovers that Violetta has been secretly selling her buses and propsrty in Paris, in order to ma;ntain this estwlishment; end, revolting at the idea of being dependant as her bounty, he leaves hurriedly for Paris, to redeem hi honour fro this disgrace. During his absence his falser, who Ines discovered his retreat, arrives, and, representiug to Violetta that his son's con nection with her isnot only lowering him in the opinion of the world, but sill he ruinous to his family, inasmuch as his sister was berothed to a wealthy noble, who had, however, declared Lis intention of renouncing her, unless Alfred would giveap Violetta, the generous girl resolves to sacrifice her afec`ions and happiness for her lover's sake, returns akin , to Paris, whither Alfred, overwhelmed with despair wan he discovers her flight, follows her. We are then tranported to a sateen in the hotel of Flora, one of Violetta'siormer friends, during a festival given by the fair mistress of the mansion. There Alfred again meets Violetta, aow under the protection of the Baron Daphoul, and king unaware of the generous motive which made hr desert him, he overwhelms her with reproaches, ant flings the nainature she had givers him at her filet, in the presence of the company. Degraded and heart broken, the unfortunate Violetta returns home to die; and in tle last act we find the sad romance of her life drawing to is close. Alfred, too late, learns the truth, and discovErsthe sacrifice she has made to secure his hap piness. Penetrated with grief and shame, he hastens, with his father, b comfort and console her, and to offer his hand and nane in reparation of the wrong he has done her—but toe late: The fragile flower, broken on its stem, can never nore raise its beautious head. • One gleam of happiness, ,he purest and brightest that she has known, arising fron her lover's assurance of his truth, and his desire to restore her reputation, gilds the closing moments of her life, as with a gentle sigh her sou! parts tren9ailly from its fragile tenement of clay." * IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The House met at five o'clock. The Earl of Derby, again referring to the communica tion. with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, in reference to the conveyance of troops to India, said be hoped to be able to show that Earl Granville and the President of the Board of Control bad defective memo ries, or if not he should be willing to tender an apology. Earl Granville was certain that the noble Earl had no wish to misrepresent facts, but there was evidently some misunderstanding which he should be glad to see cleared up. The Royal Message relating to the pension of General Havelock was then read. Earl Granville said it became his agreeable duty to make to the House a proposition, which he believed would be received with the most cordial unanimity,' and he wa s sure also, that their lordships would concur -with him in regretting that they were not called upon to confer a similar mark of approbation upon General Wilson, as that which her M a j es ty p ro p ose d s h ou ld b e con f erred upon General Havelock.l kThe noble Earl proceeded to trace the military career of General Havelock, and in alluding to the special service which they were called upon to reward (the relief of Lucknow), expressed his hope that they would soon hear of the satisfactory issue of that expedition. At the pres e nt ti me , it was their duty to testify, by every means in their power, that they entirely concurred with Her Majesty in her desire to reward Sir IL Havelock for his gallant services in India. In conclusion, the Noble Earl made a formal motion for conferring upon Major-General Sir H. Havelock an annuity of £l,OOO a year. The Earl of Derby seconded the motion, and was glad to have the opportunity of expressing► his concurrence in the eulogies passed on General Wilson, whose name be had omitted to mention on a former occasion. He also drew attention to the conduct of Colonel Inglis in command of the garrison of Lucknow during the siege, expressing hope that justice would be done to that distinguished military officer for the determination manifested by him. Earl Granville observed that, though it was gratifying to grant honours on the spot, it was necessary to have complete official information before doing so. The motion was then agreed to. A discussion then arose upon the second reading of the Earl. of Shaftsbury's Religions Worship Act Amendment Bill, but the stage was ultimately postponed until the third sitting of the house after the Christmas recess. Subsequently, The Duke of Cambridge expressed his concurrence in the reward to Sir H. Havelock which the government had proposed, and expressed his high admiration of the achieve ments of the gallant general. The House rose at five minutes to eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS,—TUESDAY. The Speaker took the Chair at 4 o'clock. Mr. Griffiths gave notice that on Friday, the l ltb, be should ask Lord Palmerston whether it was his intention to bring in a bill to provide retiring pensions for Bishops resigning their sees, according to the pledge which he gave last Session. In reply to Mr. Young, Mr. Baring stated that the accident to the Mail ship Fmeu, would involve the loss of two mails—the outward mail from Suez to Sydney, and the January mail home. No steps had been taken to, charter a vessel to supply the deficiency in the service, as the loss of the Emea could only be known by the Simla, which arrived at Sydney on the 9th of January. With regard to the future management, the Board of Admiralty had directed attention to the manner in which the service had been conducted, and the company had undertaken that next summer there should be four vessels in the service, and that in addition to this number the Emeu would be repaired aid kept at Suez as a spare vessel. In reply to Mr.Vansittart, who enquired whether during the tenure of the Governor-Generalship of India by the Marquis of Dalhousie, any despatch was sent by the Supreme Government or the Commander is Chief iu India to the Court of Directors, or to the President of the Board of Control, for an increase of Europlan troops in conse quence of the extension of the British territories in the East, • Mr. V. Smith said that us special communications took place between the President of the Board of Control and the Governor-General of India. All such communications were made to the Board of Directors, and he thought the best course of his hon. friend would be to move for such despatch, if any existed. Sir John Pakingtoa put the qu3stions to the President of the Board of Control of which he gave notice the previous night. Mr. V. Smith said, in answer to the first question, that it was not his intention to include, with the Indian papers to be presented to Parliament, the memorial of the inhabitants of Calcutta prk ing for the recall of the Governor-General. The memoriAl was forwarded to the First Lord of the Treasury, and the right hon. gentleman knew, from his Colonial expnience, that the usual course of action in such cases was to forward the memorial to the Governor-General, or to tho. Governor of the Colony, himself, in order that any comments he might wish to make might appear at the same time with it. This had not been done in the present instance, and it was intended to send the m2morial back that it might pass through the ordinary channels. With regard to the cant] question, if his right hon. friend had not put it to him, owing to a story that had been circulated to his disadvantage by persons who, though they believed it to be impossible, had never taken any steps to ascertain its accuracy, it was his intention to have moved for the production of all correspondence that had taken place with reference to the conveyance of troops to India by way of Egypt. The right hon. gentleman had said that he was satisfied with the declaration on his (Mr. Smith's) behalf in another place, but he now asked whether there was any additional correspondence with any other company on the sabj,:ct. There was additional correspondence with other companies. With regard to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, he must correct the return. No correspondence did take place with the Board of Directors, and under his authority. He should be delighted if the Right hon. gentleman would move for the correspondence, that a political opponent might show up his political friend. Sir John Pakington denied that he had any personal object in asking the question, and stated his intention of moving for the production of the papers. lie wished to give notice cf his intention to enquire of the Government whether it was true that Lord Stratford de Redciiffe telegraphed to the Government in this country tint he had obtained from the Sultan permission far the passage of troops through his territory to India. What was the date of the friendly offers made by the Pacha of Egypt and the► Emperor of the French, and whether Lord Elphiristone had telegraphed to Lord Canning that he should send vessels to Suez to meet whatever troops might be sent there. In reply to Cot. North and Sir John Pakington, Sir Jahn Ramsden stated that repeated communications had taken place between this country and Constantinople in reference to the Turkish medals, and they would be distributed as soon as they could be prepared. The 'midi would be given to all officers and men who served with the Turkish army in the Crimea. With regard to the rylejidee he believed that it would be divided into five classes, but as soon as it was received full particulars would be published. In reply to Mr. Co x, The Attorney-General stated that it was intended, after the recess, to introduce bills to amend the laws relating to real property, and consolidate the statue laws. Mr. Headlam moved the following rcsolutim :—" That the unlimited liability of shareholders of Joint Stock Banks gives rise to a species of credit injarions to the intetests 0 the public, and that the present law enforcing the adopting of this principle requires alteration." The hon..gentle o3lll grounded his motion principally upon the danger of t he principle of unlimited li a bilit y i n t h e ti me of finasco l crisis. Mr. Cowan proposed, as an amendment, " that, as film recent disclosures affecting the management of " 14 1 banks and other joint st oc k compan i es, t h e interests large bodies of shareholders have been seriously de° 29 g g ed i ° in consequence of d e l us i ve re p resentat i ons an d pr otract mismanigement, it is the opinion of this House, thetg searching enquiry should be instituted into the correct:ell of the allegations referred to, with a view to consider whether more efficient means may not be provided future for secu r i ng th e i n t erests of shareholders htjall stock companies," but did not press his proposition. 4 , The Chancellor o f th e E xc h equer was not pre pareil admit the expedie nc y o f ex t en di ng t h e system o f litnitle liability to j o i n t s t oc k b an k s, b ut was willing that - question should be considered by the committee on the Bank Act. Mr. Thompson Hankey m ove d as an amendment, t° eff, Headlam's notion, that the present law enforcing uulieW tee liability upon Joint Stock Banks requires attend°. The. original motioa was negatived, and Mr. 1-fankeii: proposition was adopted peon a division by 47 vote s toll"' On the motion of Mr. J. A Smith, inetruetions Were given to the Attorney-General to le.e eecu t e E. A. Glover! Esq., in accor d ance w i t h the report os Bender Election Commit tee. Col. French moved that Mr. Speaker do issue' bie warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make: a new wait f or t h e electing a Knight of the Shire to se"" , the in the pre sen t par li ament for the County of Mayo, n' „ room of Mr. G. H. M oore, w h ose election has been de t—' mined to be void. Colonel North opposed, and Lord Palmerston sulq° rttfl , the motion, which was agreed to without further discese 4 o ": The home having g one i nto comm i ttee on the Qtleet, Message, and the Message having been read by the eh . man, Lord Palmerston said, he rose to perform a duty ag ree ; able to himself, and he believed gratifying to the 11 011se to move a resoluti o n i n accordance with Her M e iesth Message. The noble lord a d verted to the gallantry dianin by the British officer s d ur i ng t h e revolt in India, pootiaZ out the pre-eminence of the actions of General He're ic t who had won nine or ten we e t or i es over muc h suPell°o numbers, in the space of two months, and had cap tured b ' pieces of ordnance. D ur i ng these operations, t , brilliant exploits of t wo o ffi cers had been P litticil d nge lady noticeable. One o f th ese , C o l onel Wilson, beN to the East India Comp any , an d t h e E ast India 0313/P i a no ni is claimed the right to rew ar d hi m , b ut G eneral belonged to the Queen's army, and it was for the °ill, 13IP to provide his rew ar d. Th e no bl e lord then procee dele g eulogise the cond u ct o f o ffi cers i n India, m ention' amongst others the nam es o f Si r J ames Outran], lc: tenants Salkeld and Holm°, Generals Niell and Nieb °ls. Sir John Lawrence, and General Wheeler, but addle: that there was not one officer who did not deser t % have his name enroll e d i n th e anna l s of military ft. In conclusion th e no bl e l or d moved a resolut i o n, e n — , ferring upon Gener a l H ave l oc k an annu i ty of year for his natural life. 00 1 Sir John Pakington seconded the motion, and esll - entire concurrence in the remarks of the n° lord. He had no doubt o f th e p ro p os iti on °f the Government being cordially r e ceived, though he doubted whether it would fully meet the desire of the pub liit 's acknowledging the services of this gallant man. 114 40 ,1 t glad that the noble lord had coupled the names of He/ e ' tbe and Wilson, for, though the distinction drawn woad Government was no doubt correct, the country 11° , bit t know no distinction in their gratitude. He thought ', e a the deeds of Havelock and Wilson deserved to be recor . " .o amongst the most brilliant achievements of which hte i t e u rg : makes mention. But, while they lauded the COnemenaro; er f let them not forget the heroism o f their t w o .l esi t d e Of and he could not but think that th e debt of gr atiwu o bt in the country to the remnant of these gallant men, °II° some way to be acknowledged. (Cheers) he 66 ; Mr. Briscoe did not thi ne th e p ropos i t i on o f t es te. vernment sufficiently liber a l in th e case , and slig' the extension of the annuity to the life of t he Gees successor of General H a v e lo c k. H e o b serve d the', that Havelock was betwee n 60 an d 70 years o f age , a nd had a son who had received the Victoria cross. Admiral Walcott• expressed his admiration of the triotic achievements of the army in India, Sir W. Codrington made some observations to the - s me effect. real er Mr. White and Mr. F. C ross l e y deolared the re proposed to be inadequate. The mtion was then agreed to. The House immediately afterwards went into CO ep on the Banks' Issues Indemnity Bill. ipg Mr.palins moved to strike out of the bill the folloyl proviso to clause 2 :—" provided always that if, hef ), the expiration of the- time hereinbefere ife Governor and Company of the anik of Engla° d g , public notice that they have reduced the minimum r a ptr interest required by them below the -rate of lo Po per annum, the said suspension shall cease." 0 OP The Chancellor of the E xc h equer oppose d the 11-e c tioll meet, and argued that it was desirable, while the O ft :, the ° - of the law continued, th a t th e b an k s h ou ld no t I° 4 rote of discount below that which it had reaelle° the suspenicn of the act. th at Mr. Spooner supported the amendment, c3nten'-no the the Bank of England sh ou ld no t b e com p e ll e d to Iteej ) gbt rate of discount at 10 per cent., h owever i n jurious i t " - 8 1 0 0 be to the council', or forfeit the b e n e fiA of the su s P ell of the act of 1844. he Mr. Green observed, that it vvss imp sssible fort • 01 0 of the country to remain long erect if the rate of 411 % 0 continued at ten per cent. He suggested that the 1 ° ° , 1 1 ,00 1 rate should be 8 per cent instead of 10 per cent./ - the continuance of the extra issue of note. f the Mr. Cayley als o s pok e i n f avour o f a reductie° of maximum rate of discount. rate Sir Charles Wood remarked, that the nraxinris t . 6 10 discount charged in 1847 was 5,-; per cant. u pon 941 doirg e that had but a sho r t ti me to run, b at t h e aver , l B- o was 7 per cent. p% Mr. Matins then replied, stating his intent'ol °f a division upon his propositiot. We re The committee accordingly divided. The numb er° 10 0 For the ame n d men t ... i g Against it 13° the Majority 1 to The remainder of the bill was th en agr eed house resumed. 41 ' c lock" The house adjourned at ten mim.tes to ten 0 o ad lit tie The Daily Kews say's—The telegraph wont ,. A c ii ts ot , o tO our knowledge of the condition and proslie stat e/ the besieged in the Lucknow residency, even if i mn ts tioo 100 1 ' could be depended upon. With the es e "'" t 14 11- itos s , alleged arrival of two convoys with provisi,,u s , D bel; far i and the alleged departure of Sir Colin tj a.- 10 5 4 0 IP Cawnpore, we had heard the rest beforsi o c onl' oll et merston's conjecture that the story stou t t f at s e merely a repetition with exaggerations received by last mail is extremely probable. novrolfett THE ALLxGED POISONING OP A CHILD AT o f Jlifs e n t o o The analysis of the content s o f t h e stonls°' that , Dimsay's child has resulted in the disc esverl SO -0 been poisoned by the essential oil of altnonl.itettellfratir garet Dimsay, and her married sister, Altte.r. ;n of 700_,,e' therefore, been taken into custody, on susrded ° b pd fir, istering the poison. Margaret was a pprehei i i, tioit , an to heo day night. She was in a very weakly Cana l _ ha s removed to the workhouse, where an officsoudg, bed over the ward in which she is confined. On Jll O , this. 03 Mitchell was also arehended. On boali' a t 01 0 40, Margaret acknowledged p to Sergeant alines of s ieso; o 4ll given to the child what she called " sC,,ltP ckp ortt t „Lo which she had brought with her fron. l „D o w w ill reisli not intending to do it any harm. custody till the adjourned inquest.