Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

in esday ine, be Rentes have TIISIN_ A Do - w q ,blont - h; and now at so closes fl Rentes 69 60 Lore than as compared with ye RUSSIA be assemble tUSSIA )F 1 g congestion ( Y the I INDIA portion , Wednesday rtielee insisting lent of The ! Prince Consort yesterday visited the Graad Duke Constantine at the Pier Hotel, Ryde. ' There is no fresh circumstance of importance to record in connection with the builders' strike. Sir Baldwin Leighton is a candidate for South Shrop shire in the LiberaLinterests. The eldest son of Viscount Boyne will prof The Director Hull and Selby Itailw ld a dividend £2 9s Gd per whole or £s'o Share, and ie same proportion on the half and quarter Shares, less nment intends t, employ the Royal Engineers to carry on the construction of the new factory at Wool- arsenal, for the manufacture of Sir H. Armstrong's rifled ord The Committee of the Lancashire Master Spinners' Defence Society have addressed a letter to the Times, de scribing for the benefit of the Metropolitan Master Buil ders, the practices resorted to during strikes in Lancashire. • IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—YESTERDAY. The House met for formal business. Several bills were Lord WODE6USE, in moving the second reading of the Poor-law Payment of Debts Bill, said, that its object was to provide against the recurrence of the difficulties which had occurred lately through the frauds and defalcations in the unions of the City of London. • Lord REDESDA7LE objected to the bill, and the Lord Chan cellor supported it. The Bill was read. a second time, and the House shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY, THE PONTEFRACT ELECTION LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BANK ROBBERY IN WALES.-At the Chester assizes 'Miami Robert Mauricoi who vas found guilty of robbing ank at Portmadoc, las eek, has been and labour. aced to lg mths' imprisonment .with On Thursday last, Mr. John Boyd, of the Caledonian Soho°ls, Liverpool, was elected to the mastership of Kil barchan parish. Mr. Boyd is a young man of great promise, and is highly recommended as a teacher in the several situations which he formerly held. Mr. Boyd was seleCted out of a list of twenty-seven applicants for the situation.— Glasgow Herald. . . . FATAT STREET ACCIDENT.—Last evening, about five o'clock, a young boy about six years of age, named Thomas Buchanan, was amusing.himself in Park-lane when a coach passed, and he got behind it. He soon let go, aid was making his way to the parapet, when, a hearse coming up, knocked him down, and running over his chest, killed him on the spot. A FALL FROM A WAREHOUSE.—Yesterday, a man named Jilhn Couthie, a labourer, employed at a warehouse in Gil bert-street, was engaged in unloading some carts, when he fell from the third storey, and received such injuries that his life is despaired of. He is in the Southern Hospital. THY: ORMSRIRK AND SOUTHPORT 'AGRICULTURAL AND POULTRY SHOW took place yesterday at Ormskirk, in a large mid commodious field adjoining the East Lancashire Railway-station. There was an exceeding choice display of cattle, horses, and produce. In the evening, the dinner took place at the Town-hall, Sir Thomas Ilesketli, Bart., of Rufford we are prevented by a pressure of other matter from giving an extended report of the pro- TRH WARRINGTON FORGERIF..-At the Chester. Assi zes, James 13-ntley; ironmonger, 'Warrington, and Annie Bentley, his daughter, were indicted for forgery. The bill of indictment against • the' male prisoner contained five Counts, and charged him with forging and uttering bills of exchange to the amount of £l,OOO, with intent to defraud John Naylor, of Grappenhall, on the'the Ist of June,'.lBs4. The female prisoner was indicted for havinc , forged • and uttered bills of exchange, amounting to £B5O, alSo with intent to defraud John Naylor, at Grappenhall; on Ist of December, 1857. The, male prisoner pleaded guilty, and witnesses to eharactei were called. The female prisoner pleaded not guilty. The defence in b„--- d were done by her father's dire( ries she tons. The jury acquitted her, the verdict being received with applause. Mr. Baron Channell, after dwelling upon the enormity of the crime committed by the male prisoner, sentenced him to six years' penal servitude. - WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The. weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday, Mr. Pitts, in the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. H. Edwards, Wareham. Garrett, Ledger; Parkins, Morris, Pilling, Bolshaw, E. Hayes, A. Edwards, Smith, Medealf, and Shaw. The minutes'of last meeting having been read, it was stated that the number in the house last week was 597 ; 20 were admitted ; 33 discharged, and 3 died, The number this week was 582, of whom 319 belonged to the Toxteth-park district ; corresponding week of last year, 614. In the workhouse hospital last week there were 71 patients. Admitted, 12 ; discharged, 8 ; died, 2. In hospital this week, 73 ; corresponding week of last year, 84. Cheques for out-door relief were granted as follows :—Mr. Potts, £ll5 ; Mr. Olney, £36 ; and Mr. Lythgoe, £22. The chairman (Mr. Pitts) then-vacated the chair, stating that the business was very easily gone through , wh en Mr. - Smith demanded an examination of the books. The chairman said he ha.d left the chair, and the business was finished. Mr. Smith: It is not half finished yet. .(Laughter and con fusion.) After which the meeting broke up. COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice and other youthful mem bers of the royal family, intend to remain at Osborne until Monday, the 29th instant, on which or .the following day, unless any unforseen circumstances arise, the Queen and Court depart for Balmoral, to pass three weeks or a month in the Highlands. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia,. accompanied by her daughter, the Princess Marie, and her sous, the Princes .Nicholas and Eugene, arrived at Chesham-house, the residence of the Russian Legation, in London, on Monday evening, from Torquay. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort paid a visit, 'on .Monday evening, to, his.lmperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, at the Pier Hotel, Ryde. Courteous civilities are of daily occurrence between the naval and military au thorities at Portsmouth and the admiral and officers belong ing to the Russian squadron at Spithead. Mr. Daniel Owen Madd'yn, the author of "Chiefs of Parties," died in Dublin. on Saturday last. TSB ,TRIAL OF Dn. SumniunsT.--It,has been arranged that the trial of Dr. SinetliurSt for the murder of Isabella Bankes, at Richmond, ,shall be 'resumed at, they. Central Criminal CoUrt, on Monday next. It will be remembered -that the proceedings on. the , former . occasion came to a preinature close in consequence of the illness of a juror. It is not certain that the. Lord Chief 'Baron will again pre side ; on the contrary, it is generally thought that the trial will be presided over by the Lord Chief Justice of the Court •of Queen's Bench (Sir, Alexander Coekburn.) During the interval which has elapsed since the last trial, the solicitors for the prisoner have been untiring in their exertions to got .up medical evidence in opposition to that of Dr. Taylor, and they express themselves confident that they shall be able to demonstrate the fallacy of Dr. Taylor's theory on which Smethurst : was committed. The prisoner is not by any means communicative to the prison authorities, and never , - alludes to the awful charge upon which he is detabie(l, which they proposed to raise it such small sums as to bring them within the reach of every class in the community,7 and to extend the public interest in the company over a larger space and larger numbers. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He felt that he was bound to make some apology to them for presenting himself before such an important com mercial body as the merchants of Liverpool. If he felt that this was purely a commercial undertaking, he knew he should be out of his place in addressing such an audience on the subject under consideration. He felt that, under such. .circumstances, he should have no authority to speak ; but it was because he regarded it not only as a commercial enter prise, but because he regarded it—as he believed all would regard it a great national work, which i n t eres t e d not only this community-but every community in all parts of the world, that he ventured to come before them. Without having devoted himself to commerce he had connected him self, with this undertaking, and now ventured to be the spokesman on behalf of it. -He knew of no place where he might so appropriately introduce the subject, as in the borough of Liverpool, where he now stood. • His honourable friend, the. chairman, with all his experience and knowledge of Liverpool, had said there was no place which was more deeply interested in the carrying out of this great undertaking than Liverpool was. Liverpool, indeed, had ever been celebrated for its enterprise and public spirit. It was Liverpool which was • the cradle of the great railway system. It_ was Liverpool, .along with her great sister town, Manchester, who fostered and - encouraged that wonderful man, who was held by an incredulou# public to be almost insane, because he enter tained the belief, and endeavoured to encourage the hope, that a locomotive engine would, at no distant day, travel on the railway between Liverpool and Manchester at the rate of ten miles an hour. (Hear and cheers.) It was by the united enterprise of Liverpool and Manchester that that gigantic railway system, which was now so widely spread, was first conceived and inaugurated. It was in Liverpool that was first introduced that magnificent system of steam ships, which was now the means of supplyin g th e mos t rapid communication between Europe and other parts of the world, and which had now brought the United nna country within then,e4is sail of each other. On this great question, he .' rusbed that should ace this great city worthy of its antecedents. His hon. friend had alluded to the fate of the attempt which had already been made, and to the probability .of the new shareholders reaping 'the harvest which had .loran And so it )y means of these new share;, now proposed to issue them, a very. trifling advan tage was reserved for the old shareholders. The new share holders now stand free from the loss which had been incur red by the original holders ; and in addition to the 8 per cent. guaranteed by Government, they were to enjoy any profits which . might be realised.. Now, it seemed almost a loss of time to dwell upon the commercial advantages, and the immense benefits which would arise from .a telegraphic communication between, this country and the- continent of America. Not long ago, in the mouth of February last, he had an opportunity of stating, at a public meeting, what had taken place between the Government ^ and the A A not necessary to go at length into those negotiations now, but What ho was anxious to do was to put on record the commercial importance of this communication, which they were about to establish: The chairman had alluded to the great advantages , which the cotton brokers, and others, would derive by the establishment of telegraphic commu nication with America, but he (Mr. Wortley) apprehended that there. was no man, in whatever sphere or branch of commerce he might be engaged, who would Not be satisfied of thuteaefits that would be derived from such rapid com- one or two others, might be prcjudioially affected by it, because, perhaps, it would place them nearly on a level with other merchants, inasmuch as they might not have such exansive communication as they had at present ; but to the general body of merchants, it would be of inestimable advantage. It had been denied that any messages ever really passed through the cable between Valentia and Newfoundland during the three weeks when the telegraph was in operation, but there was no found ation whatever for such a conjecture. He held in 'his hand a statement of the number of messages which were sent during those three weeks, from which it appeared that the number of messages actually sent was 366, consisting of 3,942 words and 20,21,9 letters. Now in the imperfect state of the cable they were not able to send more than two words to the minute, and, speaking of the commercial character of the enterprise, apart from it not succeeding at all—although all practical and scientific men were of opinion that it must and would be achieved—but if it did succeed, taking an estimate of he number of messages, which they might reasonably be expected to send, and taking only 300 days in the year, without taking into account nights and Sundays (although it was well understood that. electric tele graph companies did send messages on a Sunday), if they spent the sum of £600,000, after all expenses were paid, the number of messages which they would be enabled to send would amount to a sufficient sum to pay about 10 per cent. lidr annum on £600,000. A_lr:SAWArin, secretary, here said; on a million sterling. yW thatoir r c u l e a ? , i n o t n i continued ed would: Ii e was e that by a a y p appeared v e d r v e them rn g t o p t cent. on ,000000 There was every prospect of this calcnlation being realised, and if the cable was once laid down, of its • eing a profitable investment. Now, there had recently been circumstances occurring which had to some extent damped public, spirit in reference to this undertaking. The failure of the cable already laid, and sonic other cir cumstances of More recent occurrence, had had a tendency somewhat to discourage people. Within the last, fortnight their expectations had been still more damped by a state ment imputed to Mr. Robert Stephensu„ the chairman of the Electric Telegraph Company , in which that gentle man was reported to have given it as his firm opinion that submarine cables could never be made to stand against the action of immersion. :Now he (Mr. - Wortley) had every reason to know thatein what Mr. Stephenson stated he had been much misunderstood, and a letter in the Times newspaper confirmed such a fact. lie himself was in a position to co ntradict Mr. Stephensn having given utterance to such an opinion; .for, having met Mr. Stephenson yesterday at a meeting of the joint com mittee appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the best means of laying down the cable, he had that gentleman's authority for stating t h a t he had bee n m is u nderstood , for 1 Mr. Stephenson said to him, " X.911413_4.1 gtate, on my au . AITGITST 11, 1859. C eanu, g vast, t afford to ha iat we have granted, to b d acres, of sure, a there a us hope that, ii ite land within th DOR, at r. Bar t at Nisi Worship the Mayor of I to -the heriff's prayers were merically heavy, LATEST NEWS• ILLES, A lemolisi - ttentes c tendency and Dsuig pric for the HE KING HEALTH Wednesday. d to the head d" since last bulletin, have rious apprehensions. The )rding to the lu 1 11 arrive here from Ems early ~__ f our impression of AND CHINA will be delivered in London on August 9.—The Calcutta mail brings the : -- -Letters from commercial correspondents id the example of the mutiny of the Euro- Formerly in the Company's service, would itation among the natives. It is asserted f the mutined soldiers would ask for their is also reported that the mutiny is not yet at Berhampore. Four hundred European rly of the Company's service, are said to have Rea at Cawnporc - 1 the mutineers agreed by to a nier —Sham fights have been exe- Emperor at the Camp of Chalons, were stationed. They were intended episode of the battle of Solferino. The neral Fleurs is to be raised to the rank of kugust 9 Dnamanc The Emperor is to retire to :ptember, to to ist 9th.—Prin Ice command of the manoeuvre STapoleon. returned. yest Emperor is One to Plombiers, and will to-morrow of Malakoff Commander in Chief of the ing Nancy on Saturday, issued r of the day in quitting you I take with me the pleasing if the Em_ peror had found it necessary to would have shown rvation, y `"lthy rivals of Yoiir predecessors, and of querors of Montebello, Valestro, Magenta, lue to set an example of that discipline Ty virtues which foreigners admire, and C_ you the eternalglory of the country. If forbid) the country should be menaced, I shall Emperor, as the greatest favour, the honour of Your head, and of attaching an additional - our eagles. MARSHAL PRLISSIER, Duo de Malakoff THE CONFERENCE, August -Bth -To-day the second sit of th -6 the t 6 Conference took place. Yesterday the Chief of ment of Zurich paid a visit to the members of nee, who assured him that they fully appreciated D t.trality Switzerlaud has preserved. NAPLES, LI.Es, August 9th.—Advices have been received CS to the 6th instant. The Envoy Extraordinary laud at the Court of the King of Naples has pre- the Neapolitan Government certain demands, Swiss standards be given up,. the uniform and the f' the foreign legions be altered, and that they are to be called Swiss. The Duke of Serracaprilola, Prime minister, goes on an extraordinary mission The.l ova h e T THE ITALIAN DUCHIES. )rrespondent of the Post telegraphs the result elections. They took place amidst the greatest ave given the majority to men of moderate but quite opposed to the restoration of the old (RETTTER'S 'TELEGRAM.) L gligt 10th.—An official message dated Florence, hat the elections were concluded with perfect largenumleTorvoters - attended to give their The electors belonged to all classes of the le Assembly is convoked for Thursday next. Is quiet, and the inhabit , ..mts full of confidence. BA_N'ARIA 'uesday, to-day sittino. of of P'eputies the proposal of 27 members for ra, by creating a central power and national in Germany, was referredlo a committee. ti t PRUSSIA. ( Yught that the King of Prussia may ling3r for His mind has become clearer, but his bodily are weaker THE SUEZ CANAL. .6,? 1t 1t sTP eXa t il A-ugust 9th.—Advices" have been received from 7'4 to the 31st ult. According to agreement effected Mr. BRIGHT moved fora select committee to inquiro into the allegation of a petition prese - ated by Mr. Childers, the late candidate for Pontefract, in reference to the conduct of the sitting-member, Mr. Overend. The allegation was, that had been presented against the return of Mr ie command of i Overend. In order to sai expenses of a scrutiny, it was Parties that the matter should be referred ... __her of' the late Government; that the petition was withdrawn on that understanding, and' that Mr. Overend subsequently refused to submit to the referenee. Mr. OVEREND entered into an explanation of his view of the case, expressing , his regret that his first address to the House should be in vindication' of his ownhoUotir. He received notice that on Friday last the subject of this petition would be brought under the notice of the Rollie, and he took care accordingly to be 'in his place. Nothing, however, was said on the subject ; and, thinking the matter had dropped, he left London the next day to attend his professional duties on circuit. He received a telegraphic 'communication at Lancaster of what occurred yesterday,• and straightway he returned to town. There was , one word which the hori. member for • Manchester used on the presentation of the petition, which he had good right to complain of. It was the first time that the term friend had been connected with his name. (Hear, hear.) The facts of the case, as far as he was cogniSant of them, would prove that he had committed no fraud, and that he had been guilty of na malia fides. .It was true as stated in the petition that at the last election he successfully contested Pontefract with Mr. Childers, and that afterwards Mr. Childers presented a petition against his return. was advised, however, that there was no pretence for the petition, and he determined to defend his seat to the last. Accordingly he gave his agents instructions to make the - necessary preparations for going into committee, and then left town to attend the assizes at York. On the 19th of July he received a telegraphic message at York, stating that Mr. Childers' would consent to withdraw his petition on an understanding that the scrutiny should be referred to the arbitration of a Conservative member of the House. He declined the arbitration, knowing that the case could not be investigated by that means so thoroughly as by a committee: The arbitrator would have no power to admi nister an oath to the witnesses, nor . could the witnesses be prosecuted in event of their. committing perjury; and therefore, he entertained a strong objection to the pro posed arbitration. He, however, communicated with his friend Mr. Rose on the subject, and left the matter in his hands to negociate with Mr. Leeman, the agent of Mr. Childers ; but he protested against referring the seat to arbitration, and declared that he never would give his consent to such a proposal. Mr. Rose had several inter views with Mr. I eeman and Mr. Childers, and eventually it. was arranged that all the points in dispute, except the question of the seat, should be submitted to arbitration. He had, throughout refused point blank to refer the peti tion, pier et ample, to arbitration, and in several meetings between his own agents and those of Mr. Childers, it was distinctly impressed upon the agents of Mr. Childers that the question of the seat had nothing to do with the nego ciations going on with a view to an honourable arbitration. The last meeting of the agents was held at Pontefract, and it appeared that they fell into a misunderstanding about the scat. Nevertheless a verbal agreement of reference was come to, and on Friday last he and Mr. Childers went before the referee. Mr. Rose and Mr. Leeman gave each his own version of the Understa n di n g . One said the seat was not to be referred ; the other, that it was. There was nothing positive, then, to show that the seat had' to be referred, and that the referee ultimately came to the con clusion that there . was no other point in the case for him to' decide. (Hear.) IhuGurr protested that he had never attributed fraud to the hon. and learned member. What he bad' said was that Mr. Childers, a ppeared to have been jockeyed or de frauded out Of his petition, and he thought the explanation of the hon. and learned gentleinan bore out that impression. Mr. Rose, the agent of the hon and learned gentleman, had made an " illusory" engagement with Mr. Leeman--in deed it appeared Mr. Rose himself so characterised the un derstanding he had come to with Mr. Leeman ; and that, being so, he contended that Mr, .Rose's conduct as a parlia mentary agent deserved the severest censure of the House. . Mr. Leeman had, over and over again, refuse d to arbitrate I upon mere matters of expense; and that being so, what was ml Constantinople to .8 cruise return ,mparts of MI JST 10 from Chao to M. De Lesseps and the Viceroy, the rights a of the Suez Canal Company, should the same be - traiiiErred tO . the Viceroy, who wont 'epay the shareholders in full. • • RESERVE MILITARY 'FOR Yews gives , the provisions of a bi Heibert, wkich emp, be enrolled, and kept ao 11. ave previously served here gill be • called, out for 12 days n• in India ",„STAFF CORPS ies have decided on disbanding hick was raised durinz the Crimean W Dail!' .2 new branch of t y Hospital Corps D OF CUSTOMS. ie Hon. Spring Rice ha . deputy-clrairman of the -1 )r the di lin to be filled A vacant sea ICK SEA CORN TR a Odess -that about 91,000 0. NPORT ELE, of wheat, -CLOSE OF THE POLL W. B. Fc The in r says' that at Deveuport yesterday, kept ahead of his opponent till 3 o'clock y into SS OF THE ARGO surned yesterday, before Mr. Porter, and Cap- Nautical AssesSers of the Board of Trade. Mr. PORTER called attention to the alleged practice of am vessels to go at full speed, and sailing vessels to ,wd all sail in a fog and in the vicinity of icebergs, and tam Han the practice it e. Captain. Halm' !e profe ie evidence which had urged was very reprehensible. TOWNSEND said that- all the witnesses who w opinion on nautical m he practice fr. O'DOWD id he had a copy of the printed r and Company to they captain C.PonTEnsaidiie difficulty on his mind was how h( could condemn a man for doing that which was the usual further w Jane Ilalpin was filled and examined, but -nothin nination which the enquiry was adjourned until to-day rue au lesOon of the seat? ,(Rear, hear.) Sir JOLLIFFE said he was mixed up in the d theie-tirLo: t Mare ll, the refer to arbitrate upon but the and lir;:ons'botind;to sa agents appeared to me under A the same p.'unfortunate ntisun'derkanding as to the question of the ;eat. (Hear.) Mr. bISIIN . ELT thought t flied member. far POntc .ere could be no doubt , xplanation of the ho mpromise the gm at the dispute had not b inite untouched. zhout declined t unittee coed no' posing that 'it sh He could hardly happened to know that It wits to be rezrettc in private ,o result from it. Th Dtition of Mr..Childers .t of it i•espeetable Ann and he believed him tc integrity. (Heal., hca inting this commit dent. The only petitioned a nspire t nst obtaining t Lilted yesterday contained of the sitting- noney to withdraw ather for Pontefract had d ;horised any petunia. that such an Offer was nc G. GREY reminded the Douse t iht well inquire into. It • r member proposed to pay t his own part, be felt t wonld be establishintz Chiltern Hundred if the membe Heat the petitiiin pr lion. and 1 inCily.stated that he neve whateVer, it did not folloN That point, then, ouch :My investigated by the commi The motion was lirected to meet fort z•reed to, and the commit The Sale of Gas Bill cl through committc Sir C. Noon stated that the object of the bill was to. in 1,0 00, the number of Europeai crease, from 24,000 to troops, who could be I ned in India as a lot General PEEL complained of the haste with which the hit Ld been hurried through the House. Under the presenl rcumstances of the European troops in India, this .mattel .esented peculiar difficulties. He thought that the-Hons( ;ht to be made acquainted wit ;e mutiny in. the Etiropean f )ase of the Indian local fore T. He objected to an in t a time when we could not ient recruits for the Queen's service the Indian army, why d( If they must not employ fo'reign- asure could stand o air BE LACY Eva .n troops in ti dimmedidtely - , and the till next sessi epudiated thE of India .oposal tp employ lle declared that in that country had just cause of coin tiou held out to them by the Prime mister not hav'ing been carried out After some brief rc )rth, Colonel Dunne, rks from Mr. S. Herbert, Colonel r. Ayrton, Sir F. Smith, and Col. • • Sykes, chiefly in favour of the bill, and of the maintenance of a local force, the bill was read a third time, and passed.: Several other bills wcie advanced a stage. On the motion of Mr. HopusoN, a commission was agreed to to inquire into the circumstances of the late Wakefield election. , The House then adjourned. NORTHERN 'DA ILY PUBLIC MEETING AT TM SESSIONS-HOUSE, ward for the time Circumstar Yester clay, a: public meet ing of merchants and others interested in the• Atlantic Teleg raph Company was held it the Sessions-house, Chapel ?rom the Right I a. James Stuart Wortley, chairnldn of the The meeting was very numerousl, :ended, most of the leadin? mercl The meeti "bwn had been convened by his INrc signed tion to his Wor thip havi en read The MAYOR thought it his duty to call the meeting The object of the meeting was a most important o not only inn national ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. thority, that I did not intend to say t would never stand ; because, on the o at of view, - but peculiarly so as it concerned the trade and commerce of Liverpool. Perhaps they won him for saying that, in consequence of I ig to vacate the chair very shortly, he-ha )n Mr. Wm. Evown to preside. • His Worship then left, t and Mr. William Brown took the chair The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings with a few brief ___ v letion of the Atlantic Telegraph b, and the United States would confer on the c oun t ry stenc- vations, remarkinfr on the immense advantages whi c h ”d LWCOII , but more especially on the commerce-of Liverpool. Brown spoke. in so low a tone that m os t o f his remarks ~„ inaudible to, the reporters, The Hon. JAMES. STUART WORTLI on coming forward I that his first duty vas to off his best than to his Woiihip, and ti of this, the first provincial port in the kingdom, on a occasion when he believed they we r e a b ou t t o d'scuss subject of the greatest possible importance. :He thanked all those who were present for their attendance, for he was well aware that, to gentlemen engaged in mer cantile pursuits like themselves, it must be, in many cases, at considerable personal inconvenience ; but he was extremely anxious that gentlemen beyond the sphere of those who had been personally interested in this undertaking should be made acquainted with its present position. it Was with that view that he had present occasion, and it was ;ked them to Meet him Owi thc rith that vie - vr that the diree- {ors had put forward the statement whiei; _had Y fished, in order that all matters in connection withtin, undertaking, in every d9an department; should be f u lly a. ciated by the general public. Although the undertaking had its origin in what might almost be called an aristocratic soil, and was, in the first instance, set on foot by shares of £l,OOO compan public iii it, it had been determined to offer°t New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company. In continuation, the honourable gentleman remarked, that a telegraphic communication with our brethren on toe Ameri can Continent would give us an immense political advantage; and if France, Austria, and lluSsia, were ever to combine against us, an instant communication might be made with America, which country," under such circumstances, would, he had no doubt, support us'. As had been already observed, the eight per cent. guarantee .by the Government was con tingent on the successful laying of the cable ; but there was this condition, that if the cable beftme for some time out of order, the Government would continue the guarantee, and give the company a reasonable time for the resuscitation of the cable —say twelve months, if necessary—during which time they wou ld pay the eight per cent., notwithstanding that they would not be working. After dwellinc , for. some time on the manifold national and local advantages which would arise from the successful completion of the undertaking, he re marked that he hadperhaps now said enough to put the meeting in possession of the views of the directors. He was sorry to say that, now for more than a year they had been inactive ; but the real history of it was the cause which had been often attributed, viz., the, total want of funds and capital. They had been obliged to act with the greatest caution, lest. at the end of the year, when posting up their funds; they should find their assets less than their expenditure. In conclusion, he said that be did no t p re t en d t o l ay th e project before them as a positively safe investment; for whether it should eventually be so or not rested with Providence to determine ' • but, if they did n ot succee d even beyond what th e y h a d, done already, the attempt would elevate Lae character of the British people, and encourage them still to proceed; and the time would, he had no doubt, come when those who now sneered at the effort to unite this Country with America by means of the telegraph, would see it effected, and admit.that they had been wrong. (Cheers.) Mr. PILKINGTON then came forward, and moved the followingresohaion • That this meeting, having heard the statement of the Right Hon. Jitmes Stuart Wortley, Chairman of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany, as to the present position and future prospects of this impor tant, undertaking, is unanimously of opinion that this great international project is worthy of the most general and zealous • support. ile - ws firmly of opinioittbnt .fkq. untlertakina Would be carnal oub, awl it, way TCSI,Co Inc puuki. w -burpOrL and assist in completing the great work. - Mr EDWARD MOON seconded the motion. Mr. JAMES &trim, in a lengthened speech, drew attention to the possibility of competition by other companies, in which case the guaranteed dividend by government might be effected. He contended that. government ought at once to have subscribed one-half the capital, as a national under taking ; and he (Mr. Smith) confessed that if he took shares, it would not be with a view to profit, but on national grounds. - The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. JAMES AIKEN proposed the next resolution : That the best thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby presented, to the Right lion. James Stuart Wortley for his lucid statement. He said, that atfbr the very clear and eloquent statement of the right hon. gentleman he should not deem it his duty to trespass on their patience. The great object here was to listen to that statement. He had listened to it ; and although he Was not one of the original shareholders, he must say that the statement had carried conviction to his mind, so much so that he was prepared to take a number of shares. (Cheers.) He differed much from his friend Mr. Smith, for he believed it was not only a great national undertaking, but a great commercial and moral under taking ; and he boldly said that he subscribed in the belief that it would be a profitable concern. He recom mended gentlemen who intended to subscribe, to do so at Once ' and lose no time in taking up their shares. lie thought that such an undertaking ought mainly to be carried out in Liverpool, and hope that it would find at least two-thirds of the capital The resolution having been seconded, was carried unani mously. _ _ Mr. WOUTLEY having briefly returned thanks, A vote of thanks to the Mayor was carried unanimously, which was acknowledged on the pact of the Mayor by Mr. CnnisTornEn BUSHELL, who had now taken the chair, in consequence of Mr. Brown being compelled cal to leave. M and r. Bushell observed that the commercial, politi, moral, religious advantages involved in the completion of the tele graph rendered subscribing to it not only a duty, but a privilege. The proceedings were here brought to a close. The following circular was distributed at the meeting The laying of the first cable has demonstrated the almost certain success which will attend all future well-directed efforts, to sub merge a telegraph across the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Ireland. The many important messages transmitted through the first Atlantic cable,,serve to illustrate the great advantage of attempting to restore communication, and show clearly the benefits to be derived by the nation, and the large pecuniary results that may be expected from its permanent establishment. The success, therefore, though partial, which has attended the company's first and most arduous step in their proceedings, must be looked upon as a great scientific triumph, out of which, here after, the most valuable commercial results will arise. - Even the disappointment which has at present overshadowed the original enterprize, though due, in some degree, to the great novelty of the work in its first stage, has chiefly arisen from the exceptional acci dents and Irons a combination of circumstances most untoward, and unlikely to occur again; and the undertaking is in no respect less worthy of support, either morally or as an eagerlyinv estment sought o f capital, than when at its o ri g in the shares were after. On the contrary, the high principles on which the company has been conducted; its increased subsidies from government; the gu arantee of eight per cent.; the valuable traffic arrangements in America ; the absolute certainty that messages can be telegraphed at a fair speed across the Atlantic • the probability of obtaining a policy of insurance to cover th e risk Of submersion ; the willingness of contractors to guarantee, under large penalties, even the due and proper working of the cable, after it is laid down ;—all these are elements of a ne w and valuable character, which raise the un dertaking from its originally kieculative position, and render it if 'Very fair and promisi ng i nves t men t , I n d epen d en t of its national features. No public undgrtaking of similar novelty and importance has ever been at once so rapidly and successfully developed as the Atlantic Telegraph, and few have been brought into a similar posi tion at a smaller preliminary cost, in proportion to their magni tude. In the month of June, 1857, the enterprise was entirely un-. tried, and its possibility generally disbelieved. In the mon th of August, 1858, it had become a ecrikonstrated fact—uneq u alled in the world's history. The directors are striving to the utmost, to profit by the expe rience which constant attention to the business of tho cos has enabled, them to obtain. They have pledged themselves not to spend any money in new works, until they have laid the informa tion at their disposal before the most eminent scientific authorities of the age, and obtained their mature decision ; with this object thr , y have secured the warm and cordial co-operation of the following eminent gentlemen, who will form a Consulting CoriAnittee to in vestigate the whole question and advise the Directors and the re sponsible officers of the Company, ss to the best arraßgemelt of ,sportin g iltettignyte. READING RACES WEDNESDAY. The FastharnOstead Park States of 5 sous each, with 50:uttle& One mile and a quarter. 5 6 Mr. Jaeoh's Eltham Beauty 9 0 Mr. Hare's Misty Morn 2 Nine ran.. Balmershe Plate of £lOO. Five furlongs. Clemanthe Chere Arnie After a dead heat. Twelve ran. The Abbey Stakes of £lO each : 50 added. Five furlongs'. Mr. J. Day's Cherie Arnie Mr. Saxon's White Rose Four mu.. The Berkshire Stakes of £2O each, with 100 added. About two miles. , 8 12 Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat 7 9 Mr. Wlliam's York... Six ran. Ladies' Purse Miss Eleanor Little P 011.... ......... Borough plate' Brenhilda Chantress NO BETTING CRICKET NORTII V. Gurrrunlitr.N OP 'r m. SotrTn._ Gswr" --- match. commences to-da This, tile return . , t fail to produce an e • ' - - nd and " um) xe ltulT Contest, as both. Y, OA the Edge hill grOu 'ip ver y strong. The match Will omu s py three days, the ' u i l i etts being pitchqd each day at twelve cie.loek. The respective sides OW, :—Nortli : .D. Bleackly, Esq., . s. F. Branch, Esq., D., B u chanan, Esq., G. Hamp s hi re, Esq Lockhart, }]s(l•, Jos. M A a kinson, Esq., :A• Horner, Esq„ W. P. thur F. Payne, Esq., Wm. \. Prest, Esq., F. It Price, Esq. A. IL Rowley, Esq. ' Sputh : E. Dowson, Esq., G. T. Estridge, Esq., H. Freer°, E1:41., J. II- ll'd Esq., C. 11. Hoare, Eq.,s H. Marshall, Esq. F. 1 1 , Miller, Esq., E; , Napper, Esq., J. Walker F.sq 3 A. H. Walker, t;sq„ V. E. Walkers Esq. Umpires, Perry and Atimson. A Welsh main • a Bowls was played yesterday, Tio the Aintree Sube,eription G roun d , f or a handsoruo alive: cup, presented by the proprietqr, M. Joseph Wilkins. Darkness put an end to the game., Porter and Iluckley at tl% time having to play oft. TIMES. • " Ile (AI the cable v [rb it. • He v comm( He of nent, N was also shared in by o Derby had 1 more far( least half the r had, however, I. A dividend n in pow( .ed c7api lined f t, which, subscribino. vrangomelits which th 1, to be zuarante it is capable c cords per horn g the time ti for 25 ye be called up with Americ portior £600,006 ; this guarantee to comp.', been successfully laid, and to . sub being worked at the rate of one 1 11. A minimum sum of £20,000 the company for Government bus new cable is capable of beim! , eft pan y to• b 1 capital in attempt 20;000 out of 3 make the e pay a minimum rent of £14,000 per . annum ' -which rent is to be increased t o • £20,000 per an num , as above, as soon'a3 the new cable is brought into successful working order. V. The existing ,arrangement of the company with the Government of the United States is not to be inter the. Atlantic of $70,000 . per arrang Aura for the bush A the At rS estnhli, jeSty's Government that pcirtio - n of their privileges, under their agreement with the New. York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, . whereby they derive ; the exclusive right of landing on the shores, of Newfoundland cables intended to connect Europe with that country ; but the Government will not grant to any other company or persons any right of landing cables in Newfoundland, so transferred to them, unless the guarantee and contract referred to' under Aticles I. and IL shall have proved efficient in - raising the requisite capital ; nor until, by the instrumentality o .such capita: shall have been established the capita less as to be enfi . :3led T hour required by ly revert to it :inent with the Government, the company shall perm.ani present position in respect to all its privil exclusive rights now c iat sub-marine aid dois:n it WO t which t ;m his zonb't rical construitloa of G. P.• Bid• nesA. Loligridge, C.l natters will of Capt. awe to the public the cable can be ;rich in J ly to nn..! . le and lay Separate books of .tely the cost of making anti Dmpany, and the con- 3 consist of a commis 1y shown and settled- I, and when messages h tory inanni.:r for 30 days, rhould fail in any respect, act not only is the whole are of large amount Penalty, in actual cash, which latter sour as security out of the cost, until the cc- The contractors wouhl also consent to lute cable in preferential shares. A po aken out to cover the sea risk of submerg- can obtain permission to lay a cable to New"- ' ; succeeded ; nor even afterwards, Lt of the - British Government; and lie company they were to obtain. cessfully, they would be-. itlantic Telegraph Coin of the, latter over the advantage derived by übsfdies of £31,000 per annum. id' were to lay a ca' se in any way wit; Ii of ti my interest that may rat national work, it now pre igenrents experience has. dictated, the prospect of a good investment for capital. W i lt would seem, be felt in t seas al under t GEORGE SAIVARD. 22, Old r,road- ze.et, London August, 1859, M. MAZZINI ON THE STATE AND PROS PECTS OF EUROPE. Mazzini comes out with a manifesto on the present situation of European politics, The key note of the whole paper is thus struck : was the prelude to the Frenek war and the Italian war mark two• d'ete. • ,The next step wilt and war against England; is the expedition of I the Cri coup er et teps towards the Eur be the dismemberment - of Tt isolated iu I England, e states, should have discountenanced the expedition to Rome, and by declining the Freno alliance should have shown disapproval of - the coup etat. Tho. Crimean war, with its premature ending, and the Italian war, similarly concluded, were but preludes to the Austro- Ruslso French allian "The p holy alliance .betwee4 Aism in Eu Villafranea is the inauguration of a now iree powers which now repro: sent d The aim of the alliance rent to The Comm could not have 1)4 on the total auu rwceived through it in a sat. this profit is to be paid ; but if the eat the whole profit is to become f to become forfeited, b - ed to, a ;yin be. submi would previously be.he it g the cable without first of his exacession a noble to compc them from their g --f ei France, Russia, and Austria._ ..;—they are phrases uttered at PlombiL.res and at Stutg . ard—is to imporialise Europe,. making themselves master, in order to falsify it, of the na tional idea, and substituting the territorial question to the question of liberty. The means—and this will be the next step to the Lombard war—arc the partition between the three members of the 'alliance of the Mahomedan posses sions in Europe and Africa, and war with England. If Austria did not accept the proposals of Villafranca, the plan was to have been executed in a modified manner be tween the Czar and the Emperor. Hungary emancipates from Austria would fall to Constantine ; the Mediterranean, converted into a French lake, to the Emperor. Russia was to be directly of indirectly mistress of the north and of the east of Europe ; Imperial .Vrance of the west and of the south. At present the agreement of the three changes the idea of partition, and limits, as I said, the next step to the dismemberment of Oriental Europe and to the war with. England and Prussia. "I declare, not from conjecture more or less probable, but from certain knowledge of the fact, the existence of this plan. : I declare that it was discussed at Plombieres. I declare that the bases- of agreement between the Emperor and•the Czar concerning the East were carried back by La. Rouciere to Paris in his last mission, shortly before the Sardo-Lombard war. Those live in Europe who know the truth.of what I say, and ought to substantiate it, but they will not, nor is it for me to betray those who choose to be silent. But the readers of my letter to Ca.vour, published: last year, and of some numbers of the journal Pensicro cif Ard One know that the revelations then given of what hap pened later prove the authority of the sources from which I draw my information." The Writer denounces Beutrality for a great State is "the abdication, the suicide of that State." The only way to combat Imperialism is therprinciole of nationality. " Louis Napoleon and the Czar intend to avail themselves, for their own ends, of this principle. It must be taken from Whoetay4 l'AaPagePtlor Cialik; e lß u jiltiti t ttgaM a rG;; themselves at the feet of Imperialism. _ "Louis Napoleon and the Czar intend to substitute the territorial question for that of liberty. . Europe must gua rantee liberty to the peoples. " A league, headed by England, which, uniting in one England, Prussia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzer— land,t Portugal, Spain, and the other minor States of Europe, should declare itself guarantee of the independence and liberty of every State in whatever concerns its internal affairs, and ready to protect, even by force of arms, that liberty and independence against auy invader whatsoever, would radically destroy the plans of Imperialism—would withdraw the peoples for ever from its seductions—would. render now wars impossible from its numerical force, and would isolate the Empire, conde.iming it to fight for its ex— istence in France. " Such a league is not only possible, but easy. All Europa: is now afraid of the invading tendencies of Imperialism. " On the question of Italy—the question upon which now rests that of war or peace in Europe—the league should say to the Empire; You have made peace with Austria ; all reason for your longer sojourn in Italy has ceased. You. descended the Alps to secure the independence of Italy. This independence requires the withdrawal of every foreign army froni the Peninsula. Leave it then. You promised shortly before the war that you would abandon the Roman States when Austria abandoned them. The condition is now fnl filled—leave Rome. Leave the people of Italy free to settlct• with their forces the questions which have been agitated for• half a century between them and their G . overnmenta ; t wce n the nation organiz ed and Austria mistress of wince.. We shall take care that she does not again recross the. the limit assigned to her by your peace.' This is the only. policy worthy of. England. By this alone can she. relink herself in the bonds of brotherhood with the peoples, raise herself to the height of an European mission, fulfil without incurring any setious dangers to her own duty, awl arrest the usurping movement of the empire. If not, she must prepare to cope with it alone, first in Turkey, after wards upon her own shores."