The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

-4- AMUSEMENTS. LONDON POPULAR CONCERTS AT t'llt LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ItALL. An attempt was made last night to introduce to the Liverpool public some concerts which, under the naive of " Monday Popular Concerts," have been very success ful in the metropolis. The performers, instrtiniental and vocal, are all of high-class; the selected music of high character. A quartett for stringed instruments by Mozart, executed by Mons. Vieuxtemps and Herr Ries on the violin, Mons. Schreurs on the tenor, and Signor Piatti on the violoncello, commenced the concert With an example of classic performance which we should have anticipated to be beyond the taste of the visitors to popular concerts. It was admirably pertornied by all four musicians, Mons. Vieuitemps lilt not been in Liverpool or, we believe ; in teglaiid Yeals. His fingering is very adroit find delicate, but his bowing is not pleasant to look at, nor is his tone as good in qullity as we could wish ; and in his endeavour to nlav • totes, he loses tone alter-.4L , 'cry piano ag Well as distinctness of articulation. kilts, probably, results from the 'attempt w perform chamber music in a large hall without con sidering the diftetenee in see; Atadathe *ER the idiiiano of the everiirig, .then gaie a pleiat!ig song "dam e he,,ilp,d day, which she sang with great expression . and facility; and Was entlitislastiCa, l 4,enepicd;),4t, tiaereik h Esithe for- Ward and,Sowedl er 4ineWledinient of the eduipllL inittiltable Signor Piatti played a Sarabande and Gavotte," by Bach, accom panied on the piano -forte by Mr. Charles Halle. The music was peculiar and even comic in the latter part. The performance was unexceptionable. Mr. Weiss followed with " The Bell Ringer," by . Wallace.—a song that does not bear out the reputation of the composer; nor afford much opportunity to the singer. The first part of the concert concluded with Mr. Charles Halle's performance of Beethoven's sonata in E flat, of which the third thove;, ment the minuetto and trio was by far the finest part. The second part commenced with a . SOnii i tii iii .13 flat, fOr violin and pi ano -f o rt e ; hi this 4 played by M. Vieux tenips and M. blitlr6 Halle with great character; but, as we itaire already remarked, the piano notes of the violin were constantly inaudible, and the passages became indistinct. Madame Lemmens Sherrington then fascinated the audsence with her rendering of Maefarren's song, "Why do we lose'?" and being again encored, she repeated the latter movement of the song. It is very peculiar in character ; aid has some very diffi cult intonatian; *hi& Madamb iefamenS ShErrifirdn made pleasing b i Y . tlie leitefitibii Of .hei eiedition and truth oc_expkerieton; Mr. Weiss followed with Men delsdblifi's uninteresting song, "I'm a roamer," out of the " Son and Stranger." This unusual style of con cert concluded with Beethoven's quartett in B flat, played .by M. Vieuxtemps, Herr Reis, M. Sehreurs, and Signor Piatti. The galleries were filled ; the reserved seats well attended, and the unreserved seats bad a fair sprinkling of visitors ; the boxes were nearly empty. There will be another concert this afternoon. THE PANTOMIMES. The severe weather has had no sensible effect upon the attendance at our Christmas pantomimes, which are as attractive as ever. At the Royal the effective cops de ballet continues to be admired, while the mechanical portion of the pantomime, which is no*alMost faultless, reflects much credit upon Mr; Ca*drey, the siipeiinten= dent of this department. The pattontinie now seems very likely to disappoint the Pio6nostiCations of those Who, upon its first PiOdtibtieiii anticipated for it a short trod iinpOpillat• '64'4. There will be a morning per fOrinance ti ay. At the Amphitheatre, which is CrOwdeil nightly with delighted audiences, "Little Bo keep " exhibits no signs of a decreasing attraction, but, on the contrary, evinces unmistakeable signs of a pros perous longevity. "Prince Peerless," at the Adelphi, Is drawing good houses; and the same may be said of the very creditable Christmas burlesque which is now being performed at the Colosseum Theatre. HENGLER'S GRAND CIRQUE. The celebrated pantomime goes bravely on at the Cirque, and the crowds that still fill the house show how much it is appreciated. We hear, with regret, that next week will close this splendid spectacle; but still this is only to make room for further and more attrac tive novelties. Last Right the house was, as usual, crowded by a delighted audience. The other perfor mances, beside the pantomime, are of the most brilliant description. We would advise all who wish for an evening's real enjoyment to go and see the pantomime before it finally closes. There will yet be two or three day performances before the final withdrawal of "Valen tine and Orson." THE MENAGERIES. "It never rains but it pours." The truth of the old adage has been exemplified in the arrival of two menageries in the town. One is Edmonds's (late Wombwell's), and the other Manders's. Both are well known, not only in Liverpool, bat in every considerable place in the kingdom. Their visits have always proved lucrative ; never more so than in the present instance. The town is in a state of excitement—outside the waggons thou san d s daily congregate, and thousands pay the price for admission and witness the exhibition. In both instances the collections of beasts are valuable and, as an Irishman once exclaimed, " One is as good as the other, and better, too." Those who desire to know pre cisely which collection is the more extensive, cannot do better than visit each for examination, and pronounce in favour, as we have already done, of both. THE DISTRESS IN THE TOWN-REAL BENEVOLENCE. Yesterday, we heard by accident, of a p r i va t e ac t of benevolence, which sho u ld not be suffer e d t o pass unnoticed;-particularly at thi s time when there is more or less distress amongst certain poor classes at the north end of the town. For the last few days it appears that Mr. Harding, the extensive pork butcher and sausage manufacturer, of Byrom-street, has been dispensing intensive charity to the poor. One of our reporters went there yesterday, and found an extraordinary scene. There was a large crowd about the front door, and some police officers keeping order. On inquiry we ascertained the following facts. It seems that Mr. Harding, for the last few days, finding there was a considerable number of distressed poor people in the lo cality, at once commenced making soup in hi s extensive factory, at the rear of his premises. He was not content with this, but sent tickets from his own establishment to friends in Marybone, Vauxhall-road, and the streets leading from these thoroughfares, to be distributed to the most deserving persons who were in real want. These tickets entitled the holders to a loaf of bread, a quantity of potatoes, and soup, according to the number of persons in each family. This was all done at Mr. Harding's own expense, and in a manner so unostentatious that only the destitute were a mare of it. When our reporter visited the place he found hundreds of poor people taking away soup in cans , j u g s, jars, and buckets, with bread and potatoes. The soup was of the very best description, and was made of beef, vegetables, and other ingredients : in fact a better article of the sort could not be made by any ono. It is unne cessary to say a word in reference to the conduct of Mr. Harding, who has thus practically shown what one man may do. Yesterday Major Greig and several other gentlemen visited Mr. Harding's extensive premises, and they all expressed the utmost gratification at what he was doing. We believe that Mr. Harding will be surprised to find all this kindness in print ; but we think it ought to be known, and that every one wil duly appreciate this real charity. EXTRAORDINARY MORTALITY IN LIVERPOOL. The following report, by Dr. Duncan, the medical officer of the Board of Health, was made at the Board meeting on Thursday last : During the week ending January sth the deaths registered in Liverpool, which in the previous three weeks were 166, 206, and 245, rose to 293, being more than in any week of the two preceding years, and 36 more than the corrected average. In the parish the deaths were 204, in the out-townships 89. The morta lity has been only twice exceeded since the epidemic cholera of 1854. The deaths from diseases of the lungs have been in the last four weeks successively 71, 77, 127, and last week 159; this last being the largest number ever recorded, and nine more than in the coldest week during the severe frost of 1855, and 58 more than the average corrected for increase of popu lation. Bronchitis alone caused 76 death s , i n fl am .. • mation of the lungs 33 , asthma, & c., 9, and consump tion 41. Zymotic diseases occasioned 37 deaths, the average being 63 ; of these 9 were from measles, 7 from hooping cough, 7 typhus, 4 scarlatina, 4 croup. 4diarrbma, 1 syphilis. An unmarried female, aged 23 years, died from excessive drinking, and a male, 67 years of age, from exposure to cold. Of the total deaths, 43 occurred between the ages of 40 and 91. The daily mean temperature, which had risen to 35 8-10 degrees on Tuesday from 20 0-10 degrees on'the Tues day previous, fell 6 degrees by the end of the week. The mean of the week was 32 3-10 degrees, the average of the same week of the preceding 15 years. being 42 degrees. Rain fell on Sunday night to the extent of 4-100ths of an inch. During the quarter ending the 29th of December, the deaths registered in Liverpool, including 221 sudden and violent, and deaths in hospitals) were 2,710, being 122 less than the corresponding quarter of 1850, and 770 less than the corrected average of the same period of former years. The deaths caused_by diseases of the zymotie class were 489, the corrected average being 1,019. They were only 34 more than in the December quarter of the previous year, when the zymotic mortality was the lowest which had been recorded in Liverpool. The only disease' of that class whose mor tality has at all exceeded the average is measles, from which 89 deaths were registered, the average being 82 Typhus caused 93 deaths less than in the corresponding 'quartet-, and 51 lest than tire riieiage searlatina 88; average 290 i diiiriAa 30, average 114 ; .hooping croup 29, erysipelas 19, diptheria 15, dyien;. tery 11,. syphilis 10, small-pox 2; chicken-pot 1. , To diseases of the kings 986 deaths were, ascribed, about 60 less than the average; of this number 352 were froth consumption, Tli6 Egan ieriipthittite bk. the quattet was about 44+ degrees, half a degree higher than in the same quarter of 1859, but nearly two degrees below the average of the corresponding period of the 14 preceding years. Rain fell on 47 days, and the amount collected was 66 100 inehes ) nearly 13 4 inches less that tile aferager tt *as eiplained by lir. iltineati, in answer to a question ,by one of the nienibeis, that the increased number of deaths was entitely Oliirig to the ei ce i s i ve aeret iieity of the athei: SHAMEFUL TREATMENT OF THE RE MAINDER OF THE ENGLISH UIOADg AT $4,17,ERN0, The following letter has been received by a gentleman in Liverpool from his son, and sent to us fdr publication r;AiiixiNti, fled. 18, 1860. My dear Pather," A Merry dhristaias aria a happy sew Year to yon.'; hie passed a dull one here, in spite .4 a dinner given to us btthe officers, consist ing rbrta bilef Xbont the 14th of this ttotith, it detfiehment of 250 their left here for England in the Melazzo screw-steamer, and about a week .after a report was spread that she was burned to the water's edge, within four hours' sail of Gibraltar, and only 60, saved altogether; but happily, the report was not confirmed, so, if all continues well, she will have arrived in London by the time you receive this. At the time the Melazzo sailed, 'it was said the remainder of us would follow in a week, in another steamer, the Euphrates ; but they could not agree as to the rate of freight Money to be paid, so we were dis 44:tinted in o'ir holies of being linthe before the Nei Tear. We are living here like pigs—nothing but straw to lie upon, 'Which, of ccurse, creates vermin, and makes us as miserable as one could possibly wish to be. They give us ration money (17 bajocchi), or in English money about sevenpence per day to live on. Meat (butcher's) is very cheap here—pork in particular; we can get a pork chop for less than a penny (two bajocchi), ready cooked, in tomato gravy. Beef kidneys we get for 2d. acid and nook them °undies, I flatter myself I knot lid* to deolt a few Incite than theft I left England. Major Styles and Several of the offieers hate left for England in disgust (?), at being humbugged about as we have been. We were told this morning that those men who bad gone to Naples to get their discharge, and their six months' pay, could not get the latter, " as there was no money in the Treasury," so they will have to wait or go without it. There' are about 150 of the British Bat talion left, out of 750 men who left England, most of whom have gone home of their own accord. It is quite uncertain whether we leave in a week or so, or when. and myself are both heartily tired of doing nothing; and if by the end of January we are still here, we intend to ask for our discharge and passage money, and come home. The battalion enjoys good health, generally speakirig. By4the-bye, about twenty of us sleep in a room a little larger than the front parlour, (about five yards square,) so that aborit two o'clock in the morning the room absolutely stinks. Mutton has paid me a little more money lately. My rifle has been stolen at last, and I suppose sold ; but that is nothing, as there are not more than eighty left. 'Whatever will fetch any money, such as rifles, belts, pouches, blankets, &c., is stolen, and sold, by some downright thieves. Having told you all the news I know, wishing the girls the compliments of the season, — I remain, your affectionate son, J. C. G., Jun. WHY THE RATE OF DISCOUNT IS 7 PER CENT. The absence of inconvenience with money at 7 per cent. is a subject of remark on all sides; but it would be hard for any one to point out a reason why the existing rates should be regarded as an evil. There is no country in which money abounds to the same extent as in England; and yet whenever the value of this commodity experiences an increase, there are always persons ready to cry out that it must check commerce and produce disaster. Happily the ignorance that produces this tendency is daily diminishing, and the experience of last year went far to convince the public that sudden changes and high rates of discount may be consistent with the preservation of credit and a smooth and highly prosperous course of business. Undoubtedly there may be circumstances in which high rates should be looked upon as indications of national misfortune, as, when they arise from distrust in the honour of a Government or a community, or from the wealth of a country being drained in consequence of famine, or any similar calamity. But in those cases the suffering country stands as an exception. At present money commands high terms in England chiefly because there happen to be unusually good openings for the use of it. If it were scarce here, and abundant in countries which compete with us in manufacturing industry, we should of course be at a disadvantage; but in America it now ranges from 12 to 24 per cent., and in France it commands the same terms as in England.. In November last the temporary pressure that occurred was simply from the fact that, owing to the premium for gold absurdly offered by the Bank of France, we were able to make some very good bargains by sending gold to that country. At the present moment the upward movement is caused by the opportunity offered to us through the panic at New York of buying up our own obligations at an extremely heavy discount. If our suer chants by sending out gold can purchase at 100 or 101 the draughts upon themselves that intrinsically repre sent 109, it is not easy to see why this should be regarded as a misfortune. Even if they themselves only make a small portion of the profit, the remainder goes to our steam and assurance companies and the agents employed in the transaction. Money is dear at New York because people from fright are keeping it out of employ ment. It is dear here because we are taking advantage of that state of affairs and buying up depreciated bills and securities. But it will be said that our manufac turers will suffer, that they cannot realise the same pro fits as heretofore if they have to pay seven per cent. for the use of money, and, moreover, that consumption will be checked, and that there will be a diminished demand for goods. Now, as regards the first of these considera tions, it is plain that if our foreign competitors are equally exposed with ourselves to the necessity of paying high rates for money, there will be nothing to prevent us from putting this additional cost on to the price of our goods. The diminution of consumption is unques tionably a contingency to be regretted. That this can occur, however, from the events now in progress to any extent that would seriously embarrass British trade is hardly probable. In the first place, we have no excessive stock of manufactures, and a slight extra accumulation, therefore, would be no very serious matter ; next in pro portion as one market falls off, it is usually found that we contrive to penetrate to others ; next, it would be against all that we know of the American people to suppose that under any degree of political excitement they will be likely, even for a period, so long as a few consecutive months, to forego their regular use of the comforts of life, and especially of good clothing ; and, lastly, we must notice that the panic has curtailed the operations of American manufactories, and that to that extent the field will be so much more open to us for the future, not only to furnish America with supplies, but also those foreign ports in.which the New England pro ductions compete with our own. Hence on no ground can the existing state of the London money market be viewed as a sign of hard times. True, so far as the badness of our harvest is concerned, the deficiency in that respect is an actual loss to the nation ; but this loss could well be borne amid the extraordinary prosperity of all our other branches of production. It has necessi tated the importation of wheat and flour from America to the value of £6,000,000 or £7,000,000, and would probably have prevented money falling to any low rate throughout the winter ; but, as the terms of discount in the country whence we have derived these supplies are now twice as high as in our own, it is clear that the grain question must occupy a very subordinate place in the affair. --Times City Article. CORONER:S. COURT.—Yesterday the coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of Robert Redhead, a carter, in the employ of Mr. Thomas Kirkpatrick. The deceased was twenty-one years of age, and was killed at the Stanley Dock, by some bales of cotton falling on him from a lorry. The affair was purely accidental, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. —On the body of a surgeon of a ship belonging to Amsterdam. He poisoned himself by taking a large quantity of morphine. Verdict. died of taking poi: on whilst labouringu name nd unknown. under temporary insanity. —On the k body o f a man, no n w o n mark The of body viole n is c •a e s o found in the c a na l , b ut there was it, nor anythin g t h at would lead to identity. Verdict, found drowned. —On the body of Stephen Lamb, the N m fiat. t . 1 t Several d y days e sfionuenedtli) in deceased o of a a s i except as to the above wr:s tu a rne e d vi a dae v s e ic rd e ecc t of found drowned. tfaheetsr,ivaenrd. the he There jury GREAT SALE Jr FANCY TOYS, The most exten sive and beautiful stock of exquisiten't o ever beheld in Liverpool will be offered for sale at the y ; Compton House on Monday. We had a private view of this n t e col lection which has been purchased at the bankraurg of Wells of Bold-street, at a reduction of 67 per p cent e on the cost price. This may seem an extraordinary fact, but it is true. Out of Paris, we never saw any:- was increased.r shown any thing to equal this stock for extent, variety, beauty, and ; usefulness and when some of the articles les lvc to us marked in plain figures, the wonder There is hardly any variety of article, ornamental or useful, that cannot b.: found in this stock. If we were to go into details, it would require a sort of newspaper George Robins to depict the entire; but we may s a y that young and old, grave :lad gay, ami such ladies and gentlemen as do not come under these heads, will find everything suited to their tastes'and states, and at prices which will astonish them. The whole will be laid out on Monday, and we can again affirm that such a sale was never seen in Liverpool before of this class. TAB ±WEINtT 4 i-NINTH 6A140N di TifE CIIURCIL AN IMPEDIMENT TO . BAPTISM OF THE . • CHILDREN OE THE 1)0OR. . , itenreieritatiOns hive been• the Clergy at several recent meetingsOt adri#adtioti of the Incon venience of a strict adherence to the provisions of iho 29th Canon of the Church, and urging the fact that it was a great impediment in the way of parents of the poorer classes bringing their children for baptism. Accordingly at the meetings of the Convocation of the trofiiide of anferltiir Iteld hest year; a petition to her Majesty from both hOitgeg, fid4ilgfeed f(1, praying that donvodation might bC gr anted a royal tiods6 td be toAllowed repeal the 00 4 quiOn; and to make and pro . anCiv Canon its T,.;;;-'fardi the &pie of the last session of Parllatried, §if G Lewis, the Itome Secretary, stated in the House of Commons end lift 7.yittje:4 h 0 acceded to the petition, and that the royal license had been granted for the purpose required. Since that time a joint Committee of both houses of convocation has had frequent sittings in London, and a case was prepared to be submitted to Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Sir Hugh Cairns, the Attorney and Solicitor-General respectiVelY of the late goternment, The questions put Wein the i. is that tionion of the 29th Canon of the Coniocation of Cardeibilrl , , *Moll enacts that No parent shalt be admitted tO' father for bis O ' N;r4 deetaratory of, the ancient s . usage and„ law . of. the Church of En c ,land 2. If that Onion 6f the 29th Canon be alterefl repealed by the Convocation of Canterbury, and th;e alteration or repeal be sanctioned by her Majesty, m'ou'ld such alteration have the effect of ,relieving the mem bers of the Church in the province of Canter bury from the obligation now lying upon them in refe rence to sponsors ? 3. If the 29th. Canon should be altered or repealed by the Convocations of Canterbury and York, what steps, if any, ought to be taken by the prelates and clergy of the Irish provinces with a i}ear to preserve uniformity of discipline throughout the United thdrelL'', 'the legrited gentleman have replied as follows:—" 1. and 2. Having regard to the pro= visions contained in the Book of Cominoli fraYet annexed to the Act of Uniformity. 13 and 14 Car. 2; c. 4 ; and having -regard as well to the state of the canon law at the, time of the passing of that Act as to the ancient usage and law of the Church of England, we are of opinion that any alteration or repeal of the 29th-Canon, such 'as is proposed by the Convocation of Canterbury, would not, even sanctioned by her Majesty, have the effect of relieving the members of the Church, lay or eleridal ; in the province of Canterbury, from the obligations; Whibli We think to etists ; that a child shall be presented for taplisni 11sponsots, being per sons other than its parents. 3. Being of opinion that any repeal of the 29th Canon by Convocation would be inoperative, it does not appear to us that, in the event of such repeal by the Convocations of Canterbury and York, it , would be necessary that any step should be taken with a view to preserve uniformity of discipline throughout the United Church." The whole subject will be again brought under the consideration of Convo cation at its next sitting in February . THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.-WANT OF CONFIDENCE IN MINISTERS. The following address to the Premier is'now being circulated for signature: Emanating as it does from the Liberal party, and seeking support from the Liberals, it may be regarded as a virtual expression of a want of confidence in the ministry TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT P.kLMERSTON, FIRST LORD OF THE TREXSURY, " My Lord,--We feel it our duty, as members of the liberal party in the House of Commons, who have gene rally supported your government, respectfully to express to you the anxious concern with which we view the present state of the public expenditure, and to request for the subject the very serious consideration of the government in preparing the estimates for the next session. "We cannot but hope that the enormous expenditure of the current financial year was forced upon the Govern ment against their will, by an unhappy combination of circumstances. Its amount, however, was so far beyond what has ever been known when the country was not engaged in a European war, that a great responsibility will rest on the Government and the House of Commons if it should not be materially reduced at the earliest opportunity. "The foreign relations of the country at the close of the year are such as to encourage a reasonable confidence in the maintenance of peace. The war with China is at an end. The Italian revolution appears to be issuing in the establishment of the constitutional rule of Victor Emmanuel over the Peninsula, whilst the neutrality which has been observed by England is acknowledged both at home and abroad to have been the policy of wisdom. Above all, our relations with France have become decidedly amicable, having obtained the guarantee of a Commercial Treaty favourable to the interests of both countries, and being made still more friendly by the abolition, on the part of the Emperor, of the passport system in France, especially on behalf of the subjects of her Majesty. • "Under these circumstances the country will natu rally expect a considerable reduction of our warlike establishments from the extraordinary scale of the present year. "We would also invite attention to the civil and miscellaneous expenditure of the country, which has for many years been in course of rapid and extraordi nary increase, until it has reached an amount which loudly demands revision and retrenchment. We are convinced that retrenchment will prove the truest policy of the government as the only method of meeting the financial exigencies of the State, satisfying the ex pectations of Parliament, conciliating the good opinion of the commercial and monied 'interests, allaying the dissatisfaction of the tax-payers, and preventing the loud outcry which would inevitably arise in case of another unfavourable harvest or any check to the public prosperity. We are compelled to say that we should view an expenditure for the coming year approaching that of the current year with great regret and disappro bation ; and we believe that that would be the feelings of our constituents and of the country at large. We have therefore thought it right to offer these suggestions in a friendly spirit to your lordship, and we trust they may not be thought unworthy to receive the serious consideration of the Government.—We are, my lord, your lordship's most obedient servants." Amongst the signatures already obtained are those of Sir James Duke, Mr. R. IV. Crawford, Mr. Baines, Mr. Bristow, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Ewing, Mr. S. Gurney, Mr. R. Hanbury, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Pilkington, Sir J. Shelley, Colonel Sykes, and Mr. J. A. Turner. OLD ENGLISH FARE.—Yesterday, at Mr. Anderson's Merchants' Dining Rooms, was roasted a baron of beef, cut from one of the finest specimens of a Galloway ox; and judging from the numerous attendance, the baron was much appreciated, and will, no doubt, add to the celebrity of Mr. Anderson's Dining Rooms, This is the eighth baron served this season. A MUSSILMAN GRIEVANCE.—Mohammed Lamate writes :—As I am a Mohammedan, constantly in the habit of visiting the Crystal Palace, I have frequently been much disgusted at the carelessness or ignorance of the artists who designed the Alhambra Court, in per mitting the inscription of the holy name of God on the floor of that building. All Moors must cordially dis approve such a wanton desecration of the name which is reverenced alike by both Christians and Mohammedans. I do not think that those persons who place the sacred name in such a contemptuous position can sincerely adore Him. The Moorish Ambassador, when in Eng land, protested most strongly against this indignity, and his sentiments are coincided in by all Mohammedans in London. THE LONDON BATHING CLUE.—It seems that, not withstanding the extraordinary inclemency of the season, some half-dozen members of the London Bathing Club do not flinch from the performattee of their ablutions regularly every morning in the Serpentine. It may be asked how such a thing is possible when that sheet of water is a solid mass of ice nearly a foot thick ? But to men cast in • such a heroic mould all difficulties are but trifles. All they have to do is to borrow a hatchet from the Humane Society, and cut away as much of the ice as will furnish them with a lhath. These brave bathers are quite satisfied with a single dive, seal-like, below the freezing surface ; and when they emerge from the Serpentine, with icicle-laden beards, they of course pro test that it is delightful. _MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Mr. hope Scott, Q.C., to Lady Victoria Howard, the eldest daughter of the late Duke cf Norfolk, was solemnised in the Catholic Chapel of Arundel, on Monday last. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Faber, assisted by the R ev . M r. B utt, i n t h e f orm pecu li ar to the Romish Church. The youthful bride was led to the altar by the Rev. Canon Tierney, and was simply [attired in white glace silk, with a Brussels lace veil, but without a wreath or ornament of any d escr i p ti on. Th ere were s i x bridesmaids, being the five sisters of the bride, Lady Minna Charlotte, Lady Mary Adeliza, Lady Etheldreda, Lady Phillipa, and Lady Ann Howard, with the youthful daughter of Mr. Hope Scott. They were dressed in pale blue glace silk dresses, w i t h w hi te cas h mere ma ntles, and white chip bonnets, plainly trimmed with white ribbons. There were present also the youthful Duke of Norfolk, and Lord Edmund Howard, the younger son of the late Duke of Norfolk. The Duchess of Norfolk also witnessed the ceremony. The bride and bridegroom left in the afternoon for Norfolk H ouse , en route l ' for Abbotsford, the estate of Mr. Hope Scott. West Sussex Gazette. MR. ARTHUR RUSSELL'S VISIT TO GARIBALDI.— The following allusion of this visit occurs in the London letter of one of the Manchester papers:—lf there be any brother Russell, to foundation for the report I have seen of a visit having be mustuesnt haveto Cap referredrer a by to a nephew \ ir. Mr. Od o R usse ll , our chargé d'ajraires at Rome. Mr. Arthur R usse ll i s one o f L or d J o h n ' s p r i va t e secre t ar i es , Arthur of f L o Russell, john as well as his nephew, and is member for Tavistock. It does not follow from his relations, official and family, with our Foreign Secretary, that Mr. Russell had any political missio n to Garibaldi, any more than Mr. Evelyn Ashley— situ one of Lord Garibald P Garibaldi at utalsmaelresrtnos Salerno, with h ivate the secretaries-- greatEdlvin th c e or n e id e , t 2 i n o , n 2es with ab t out lie a e James, na and uch of w by ose Garibaldi. lrernier Mr. was m Arthur Russell is in Italy, and, as he is a very intelli gent young man, and has been ec:licated in reverence for all greatness, I do not wonder at his seeking out the great Captain at Caprera. THE DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1861. RAIT:4I% ; A . i AtCltiElstlig; ;1 ;* EXPLOSION ?HE GnEA N'or4EnX,R4.lt wAii.—On Thursday eN=euing:, abotif eight 6'816,1; a terrific explosion of gas took place at the Colney station on this line, which blevi the roof of the station and nearly ,killed one of the guards 'on a train then . *aftit'g at the station The a!eident was attributed to the action of the Act tit the iron, pipes, ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND ItiiA . 4.-4n alarm ing accident, though fortunately unattended with it'sf of life, occurred on Thursday afternoon on the Midland line. The 125 up train left Bristol at its regular time, add had almost reached the tunnel near Yate, when the engird came in tottact pith a masa of rock which had fallen oft the iitte iii front of the train, and which ap pedred to haie been keijaded kurti SMIK blasting °per , ations.AiCh NVeregoing on in the inntredlate Sleirtity: The ekect was that the engine, flie van, and ihe Carriages which doinposid 04, ii/afn left the rails, and ran into the embankment. koitefei; tVe shook was a severe one, 'the train came to a stO!i iiithonY Serious damage being occasioned to the engine or carrlages f while the passengers escaped comparatively uninjured. Information of the occurrence was at once forwarded to Bristol, and exertions were made by which the engine and carriages were placed on the down line, and brought hae'k to the terminus, while the passengers were for -I.':a:rded to' their tespective destinations by the up express ACurnms'is dikr fEtn Civesziza accidents bake occurred cif this 11'116 of railitay in Conseqkience of the frost; Mit happily Chet Mite been Unattended by any of ihoie serious results which have ensued irOM similar Canses on othei lines. The first occurred to a geddi train early On Wednesday morning, shortly after passing Ingaiesto`n6 station, on As way to London. The rails were. in a very slipper j and dan gerous state by reason of the frost, and the intense tc(ld so acted upon the iron work of the trucks, which were heavily laden, that one of the axles snapped, and the body of the vehicle dropped upon the permanent way. Although travelling at only a moderate rate the hinder moSt carriages were, by the momentum, Brought with fearful force upon the broken truck, which, with the One i t ie/t to it, vas smashed almost to pieces, the debris completely hioefiing the ttp-line, Fortunately the remainder of the train remained the metals, and, beyond a severe shaking, neither guard nor . eitinetrien were injured. This accident rendered it necessary to use the down-line between Ingatcatone and Brent wood for the early passenger traffic both ways on the same day, and it was shortly after passing the broken down luggage train that the second accident occurred to the express train from Chelnisford to London. It was proceeding at somewhat less than its ordinary speed, *het a loud report, like the explosion of a piece of oitinati6e, attested the attention of the passengers, and a large portion of the tire of one of the carriage-wheels was seen to fly off the line, haiiing pretionsly dashed the foot-board of the carriage to splinters. With the Most praiseworthy promptitude the steam was reversed, and the breaks applied so as to bring the train to a stand still. That the train continued upon the rails, and the accident passed off without injury to life or limb, was quite miraculous. With very great caution the train proceeded to Brentwood station, where the damaged carriage was removed, and the passengers proceeded to London unhurt, but considerably alarmed. SINGULAR EFFECTS CF THE FROST.—A somewhat remarkable accident has occurred at the Chatham station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, which illustrates in a singular manner the astonishing effects the present severe frost is stated to have upon metals, and may serve to elucidate the mystery which attaches to the cause of several of the railway accidents 'which have occurred during the present severe weather. A few nights since Kelcey, one of the signalmen employed at the station, was in the act of moving the powerful iron lever which works the distance signal at the entrance to the tunnel, when, on his attempting to lift the bar, the lever snapped completely in two, as the signal-man described it, like a tobacco pipe. What makes the accident the more astonishing is that the bar was of wrought iron, and no less than two and a half inches in thickness, while it weighed only a few pounds less than 1 cwt. The point at which the fracture occurred shows the iron to be of good quality, and no indication of a flaw can be detected. LORD BROUGHAM ON SLAVEHOLDING. A correspondent sends to a contemporary the following extract from a celebrated oration, as apposite to a recent letter by the same author : " Tell me not of rights—talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves. I deny his right—l acknow ledge not the property. The principles, the feelings of our common nature rise in rebellion against it. Be the appeal made to the understanding or to the heart, the sentence is tilt same that rejects it. In vain you tell me of laws that sanction such a claim ! There is a law above all the enactments of human codes—the same throughout the world—the same at all times; such as it was before the daring genius of Columbus pierced the night of ages, and opened to one world the sources of power, wealth, and knowledge; to another all unutterable woes—such as it is at this day; it is the law written by the finger of God on the heart of man ; and by that law, unchangeable and eternal ; while men despise fraud, and loath rapine, and hate blood—they shall reject with indignation the wild and guilty fantasy that man can hold property in man. In vain you appeal to treaties—to covenants between nations. The covenants of the Almighty, whether the old covenant or the new, denounce such unholy pretensions. To these laws did they of old refer who maintained the African trade. Such treaties did they cite—and not untruly; for by one shameful compact you bartered the glories of Blenheim for the traffic in blood. Yet, in spite of law and of treaty, that infernal traffic is now destroyed, and its votaries put to death like other pirates. low came this change to pass ? Not, assuredly, by Parliament leading the way; but the country at length awoke ; the indignation of the people was kindled; it descended in thunder, and smote the traffic, and scattered its guilty profits to the winds. Now, then, let the planters beware—let their assemblies beware—let the government at home beware —let the parliament beware! The same country is once more awake—awake to the condition of negro slavery ; the same indignation kindles in the bosom of the same people, the same cloud is gathering that annihilated the slave trade—and if it shall descend again, they on whom its crash may fall will not be destroyed before I have warned them ; but I pray that their destruction may turn away from us the more terrible judgment of God." THE "NEPTUNE."—Our faCetious friend, Neptune, makes his appearance this week, and is as brilliant as ever. We are glad to perceive that the size is enlarged, and the price reduced to a penny—two considerations which will, no doubt, make him doubly acceptable to the reading public. MR. STUART'S AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERIES. It iS stated that Mr. Stuart, in his recent expedition, made the important discovery of a new kind of potato growing wild, the apples of which the natives eat, though they have not discovered the excellent powers of the tubers. SERIOUS FIRE AT MANCIIESTER.—A very serious fire occurred on Thursday in the Greengate Cotton Waste Mill, near the Victoria Station. The "mill," which was occupied by Mr. Peter Andrew, and used as a ware house, was completely gutted, and Mr. Andrew estimates his loss at about £7,000; his insurances covering little more than half that amount. SLAVERY IN ITS ECONOMICAL ASPECTS.— With al these natural advantages, her land remains unoccupied, her water power unused, her fine harbours empty, and cities uninhabited. There is no doubt the abolition of slaves in Virginia would cause an immediate rise in property equal to the present value of her slaves; and in less than twenty years we might reasonably look for an increase of a hundred per cent. both in the population and valuation of the State. With slavery, Northern and European immigration is trifling ; without it, Virginia would become the most attractive State, alike to industrious natives and foreigners. What is true of Virginia is true to a greater or less extent of all the Northern tier of slave States. By the continuance of slavery they are committing a pecuniary suicide.-- London American. NEW TELEGRAPHIC APPARATUS IN FRANCE.—A successful trial has been made between Paris and Amiens of a new telegraphic apparatus, which transmits messages textually, and which reproduces line for line the handwriting of the person who forwards the despatch. It is expected that the Government will shortly reduce the price of transmiting telegraphic messages, and that the increase in the revenue will be equal to that produced by the reduction of the postage on letters. The number of offices in Paris for the transmission of messages by electric telegraph is increased from nine to 23. The railway companies have 12 tele graphic offices in the department of the Seine, and 23 in the Seine-et-Oise. During the four years subsequent to the chief towns of departments having been placed in communication with Paris, there were 1,492,500 private messages transmitted, for which the Govern ment received 12,550 f. Of these messages 40 per cent. related to trade and manufactures, 34 per cent. to operations on the Stock-Exchange, 20 per cent. to private affairs, 4 per cent. to newspaper intelligence, and 2 per cent. to sundry other matters. FRosT MUSIC.—I was once belated in Canada on a fine winter day, and was riding over the hard snow on the margin of a wide lake, when the most faint and mournful wail that could break a solemn silence seethed to pass through me like a dream. I stopped my horse and listened. For some time I could not satisfy myself whether the music was in the air or in my own brain. I thought of the pine forest which was not far off; but the tone was not harplike, awl there was not a breath of wind. Then it swelled and approached; and then it seemed to be miles away in a moment; and again it moaned, as if under my very feet. It was, in fact, almost under my feet. It was the voice of the winds imprisoned under the pall of ice suddenly cast over t►.em by the peremptory power of the frost. Nobody there had made air holes, for the place was a wilderness ; and there was no escape for the winds, which must moan on till the spring warmth should release them. They were fastened down in silence ; but. they would come out with an explosion when, in some still night, after a warm spring day, the ice would blow up, and make a crash and a racket from shore to shore. So I was told at my host's that evening, where I arrived with something of the sensation of a haunt !d man. It had been some time before the true idea struck me, and meanwhile the rising and falling moan made my very heart thrill again.— . Om a Break. rOST-OFFICE SAYINGS BANKS. • 11 A memorial ha's beeti' forwarded to Mr. Gladstone ficiin the city of York, signed by the . Lord PfaSo7. , i the iberig," g TpAttaiilig i cliicctoi, and the Manager's of cud' O the "OintistOo.le binliSti. : the geneial mantel', seete t.ary, and engineer or Z I North-"Eastern' Railway Qom . - pany ; a trustee and some of the ditiiiagfeis Savings Bank; and some of the principal life; who are . also employers of labour in the city ; strongly reconiz mending the adoption of Mr. Tite's proposal to establish • sa7in s connec tion with the post-office. The folic/144 aretroWledgment has been received :- 4. lYothtiOg , street f Jan, 9. "Sra,—l am desired by the Chnndtllor of the Exchequer to acknowledge the receipt of yoii fetter of , 1 the 4th instant, transmitting one signed by the 'Ad Mayor of York, and other gentlemen, in support of Mr. Tite's proposal of post-office savings banks. And lam to acquaint you, in reply, that this subject has for some tune ten under Mr. Gladstone's careful consideration, that he received with cordial satisfaction this expression of opinion proceeding ftertn persons well qualified to judge; and that he earnestly hcrpee it may be practicable to frame plan by which the objects in view may be extettsiVely attaft ed..-- - - - I. am; sir; your obedient servant, " CitantEs• L. RYAN." THE RISC: COLLIERY RISCA, Thursday, Jana 10. After the despatch of yesterday's parcel Mr. Harrison was examined by Mr. Thomas Evans, the inspector of the Glamorganshire district, as to the splitting of the air in tile Workings of the east district. The 37,000 cubic feet of a i r per mintte which was passing through the mine Was eatijed down to' the bottom of the slope in one current, and there spit Oat alsd west 22,000 cubic feet (minus 3,006 feet substradted to cleats out a "feeder "), passing th rou'gli the eastern distriet,•and f5,-60k/ ft. through the western Workings. Oathe east side the air had three mileA to a traiof before passing out at the upcast. Harrison denied that anb adiantage would be gainedby splitting the air in the eastern vioilinks so as to send the air . through them in two cutlets In iilade of one, nor did he think that by this means any indads4'*Ohld be obtained in the amount of ventilation. Three utiles was by no means an uncommon distance for a current to have to traverse. The "drag"—i. e., the resistance offered to the passage of the air by the exposed surface of the workings—was -very small. The pressure on the watet gathje was from six-eighths to seven-eighths of an inch. In answer to questions pfrt by Mr. Llewellyn, Mr. Harrison said that he had hen ellgdged in colliery operations ever since he was 13 years of age: Ile had been at the Risca Colliery some four-and-a-half years, antivtizen he first came the ventilation was by means of a furnace only. The colliery was worked on the principles ordina rily adopted in South Wales, and the workings, levels, cross headings, stalls, air courses, &c., were of the usual dimensions. He did not believe that any amount of ventilation would provide against the consequences of the etposnre of a naked light to a large accumulation of gas. A "blower" or sudden discharge of gas might vary in amount of gas emitted from 1,000 cubic feet to 20,000 cubic feet per minnte, and they might continue emitting gas three days or three months. In the course of clearing the mine to extricate the bodies, he had heard the noise of a blower somewhere about where the explosion took place ; in the same neighbourhood a lamp bad been found with a hole in the gauze. Sup posing this blower to have come suddenly into contact with the light thus exposed, that would be sufficient to produce the explosion. There yet remained 33 lamps undiscovered in the neighbourhood of the scene of the first explosion. All the men were made thoroughly acquainted with the danger of opening the lamps. Four had been found unlocked, but the gauze had not been removed. Mr. Brough and Mr. Evans both remarked that they bad heard of nothing of the blower though they had been in that part of the mine shortly after the accident. At this point the inquest was adjourned until the next day. Next morning Mr. Owen proceeded with his cross examination of Mr. Harrison, but failed entirely to shake the favourable description which he had given in his evidence in chief. In answer to various questions the witness said that the 19,000 feet of air passing through the eastern workings was travelling at the rate of about seven feet per second, and there were at work in those workings 68 men and boys, and three horses. This amount of ventilation was quite sufficient for that number of men, and for the amount of coal being worked. there. Blowers were most eccentric in their action, nor could any man calculate when they would come down, or provide against their sudden appearance. There were n 9 previous indication of them. A pit might be worked for years without one, or they might come off every day. If 20,000 feet of gas came out of the blower, and 19,000 feet of atmospheric air were passing through the workings, there would be no danger, because the mixture then would not have reached the explosive point. Eight of air to one of gas was the most explosive mixture; at 14 of air to one of gas the risk ceased. Beyond each of these points the gas was too little and too much as would be emitted by the blower—perhaps 1,000 cubic feet, perhaps 20,000 cubic feet of gas per minute. With regard to the lamps, all used by the men were locked in the most secure manner known of ; but, of course, it was not possible to prevent men from getting private keys made surreptitiously if they were so minded. He had never known of a lock which the men could not find means of picking. It had never been his practice to trust too much to the lamps. The ventilation in the mine was always first-rate, and carried well up to the fences of the workings, so as to sweep them clean of the gas. He had always discouraged smoking under ground, but it was impossible to prevent it altogether, if men were determined to persevere in the habit. In speaking of this point Mr. Harrison told a story of a man whom he had long suspected, and whom he had frequently watched to catch in the act, but for a long time unsuccessfully, so wary was the culprit. "At length, after lying for six hours on his belly in the dark," said Mr. Harrison. "I caught hint fast asleep in his stall with his pipe in his mouth, and he had the impudence to complain that it was not a ' fair catch.' " The consequence to the miner was a fine of a sovereign (the rules to which each miner subscribes on entering the employment of the company inflicting this fine on the offence) and his discharge from the company's employment. Mr. Owen proposed to put some questions relative to the prices paid by the company to the workmen, which was objected to by the solicitor for the company, and which led to a rather smart altercation between Mr. Owen and one of the jurymen. Mr. Brough, the Government inspector, thought the question was perfectly justifiable, inasmuch as it was a well-known fact that after each accident at Risca, the wages of the workmen, or rather the price per ton given for cutting the coal, had been raised, and the coroner allowed it to be put. The result of the answer was merely to show that a larger price was now paid for the work of clear ing the mine than had lately been paid for the ordi nary operations of working. In concluding his evi dence, which tasted the best part of a day, Mr. Harrison repeated what he had stated frequently—that the pit was one of the best ventilated in South Wales ; that the men had actually complained of the strength of the current ; and that no precautions, either as to lamps, amount of wind taken in, and complete diffusion of it in all parts, had been neglected. With regard to the state of ale pit immediately before the accident, he again repeated with emphasis that his examination of the state of the "returns" (i.e., of the air passing out at the upcast pit after traversing the workings) at half-past six o'clock showed that there was no perceptible amount of gas present in the mine. CIVIL SERVICE RIFLE CORPS.—A meeting of the Liverpool Civil Service Rifle Corps took place last night, at the Prince's-dock customs depot, when it was inti mated that S. P. Edwards, Esq., collector, consented to be nominated captain, an announcement which was received with great applause by all the officers present. Mr. M'Bride was elected lieutenant, and Mr. Baxter as ensign. of the Ist company. THE WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND LITIGATION.— The lawsuit at the instance of the liquidators of the Western Bank against former directors has again been brought before the Court of Session this winter, and been made the subject of a debate of 40 hours altogether, before Lord Ordinary Kinloch, on certain preliminary questions of relevancy. The defenders have, in the re adjusted record, been reduced from 19 to 14. The 14 defenders are the following :—Mr. Thomas Dunlop Douglas, of Dunlop, formerly deputy governor ; Mr. William Brown, oil and colour merchant, Glasgow ; Mr. James Dunlop, of Tollcross, ironmaster, ditto; Mr. William Baird, of Elie, ironmaster, do. ; Mr. Jas. Barns, merchant and steam shipowner, ditto ; Mr. Thomas Gray Buchanan, merchant, ditto ; Mr. Alixqnd(r Smyth, for , mcrly merchant, ditto; Mr. James Baird, of Cambusdoon, ironmaster, ditto ; Mr. George Burns, merchant and steamship owner, ditto; Mr. Thomas M'Call, merchant and corn factor, ditto ; Mr. Thomas Douglas Graham, \insurance broker, ditto ; Mr. J. M'Clelland, accountant (judicial factor for and as representing the late Mr. James Bogle, merchant, Glasgow) ; Sir John Douglas, K.C.8., 79th Regiment ; Mr. A. B. 'Thine, of Darleith, writer, and Mr. Archibald Douglas, of Glenfinnart (as trustees of the late James Douglai, merchant, Glasgow) ; Mr. John Taylor, former manager, and Mr. J. W. Guild, accountant, Glasgow, trustee on his sequestered estate. For all of these defences have been lodged, excepting Mr. Taylor and Mr. William Brown, in hav ing, we understand, been arranged, with regard to the latter, that whatever judgment may be pronounced against any other of the defenders in the same position, shall also bold against him. Mr. Taylor was sequestrated shortly after the bank stopped, and he has since been discharged under the sequestration. The following Frc the former defenders against whom the case is now withdrawn :—Mr. Alexander Glasgow, who, having gone to reside in Ireland, is now beyond the jurisdiction of the Court of Sessicn; the representatives of Mr. Donald Smith, formerly manager; Mr. William Logie, sheriff substitute of Airdrie; Mr. Alex. Baird, of Gartsherrie ; and the trustees of Mr. Robert Baird—the three last-named having only been a month or two in the directi. n when the bank stopped, and having evi dently entered the concern in ignorance of the real state of its affairs. There are 22 "conclusions" in the sum!, mons, more or less applicable to the case of the indivi dual defenders, and which the latter meet gene' ally by pleas of irrelevancy, want of specification, &c. IRELANTL BARBAROUS MURDER IN SLIGO. • The correspondent of the Dublin _Evening Post offhls day supplies the following particulars of the barbarous tfrmoler of three persons in the toNfn. of kallyffibte f egettity • Bmoo, Jan. 9. . . 6rreat cekiSeetuhtion t‘'as direated in this town this morning' IV ti rt . porl, 6 1 2 three ilersots haring been mur dered in the proferWagy I.ite'efal town of lallyrnote., Last night some Were iiielited to. doubt it, but, nn- fortunately, it has turned out to be to trnt. I have ascertained that Mr. Callaghan, his wife, and a servant girl have been foully murdered by some person or persons at present unknown. Mr. Callaghan and his wife kept what is considered a strong grocer's shop in the town at Pallymbfe, about eleven miles from Sligo. They were in very tennfortable circumstances, and were much respected in the neighbbnrhood. On account of the shop not having been opened this morning as usual, inquiries were set on loot, and, on an entrance being made into the house, Mr. arid Mrs. Callaghan were found dead in their beds, much bruised, and with their throats cut, and in an outhouse the servant girl was found dead, With her throat cut nearly from ear to ear. kr. Callaghan was about 80 years of age, and his vtife Was' not much his junior, se that it is not probable the murderer or murderers met with much opposition from the aged codple ;; but it is supposed that the poor girl heard a scuffle, by some' means became acquainted with the dreadful work going on in the bedroom, and, in the hope of saving her own life, made for the back door, but had not time to proceed many steps ()Inside before she was overtaken and foully murdered. It is thought that the object of the perpetrators was plunder, and that the Callaghans were known to be pos sessed of considerable means ; and, from the appearance of same drawers, it is thought that robbery has been added to the great crime. As soon as the murder became known the police were oh the alert, and some mounted men of the force were despatched to Sligo to have measures taken to prevent any snspitious persons proceeding by steamer to Liver pool or Glasgow. An express was also sent to Ennis killen to use the' telegraph wires to pnt the authorities at Belfast and other seaports on the qui vine. It is generally thought that the murders were not perpetrated by any person belonging to the town or neighbourhood. However, it is useless to speculate on this point in the present state of uncertainty. The police have been sent in all directions, and it is hoped that the piilty party will not be long out of custody. An inquest will be held this afternoon or to-morrow. "BRIGAVE' I BANQUET AT WEXFORD. The grand banquet in honour of Major O'Reilly and the Wexford Contingent of the Pope's Irish Brigade came off on Tuesday evening last in the town of Wexford. The Morning News says of the affair : " We believe we only echo the verdict of every spec tator of the scene of Tuesday last when we state that, since the days of '43, no such ovation was offered to a public man in Ireland as that which welcomed Major O'Reilly to the capital of that brave and patriotic county. It was a triumphal procession from torn to town. Even before the gallant gentleman and his officers reached the boundary of the county which bad offered him this public honour the poralar feeling found utterance, and county distinctions were lost in the recollection that his name and his cause were dear to all Ireland. General Lamoriciere again di/appointed his Irish friends by remaining away. The following is a translation of the letter of apology from the gallant General read on the occasion : " Paris, Dec. 23, 1860. " Sir,—l thank you for the invitation you have ad dressed to me, to assist at the banquet which the Catholics of Wexford intend giving Major O'Reilly and certain officers and soldiers of the battalion of St. Patrick, which fought so valiantly for the holy cause of the Church. Imperious necessities detain me here, and prevent me from attending the banquet, where I should have been happy to meet my old brothers-in-arms. "Allow me to beg of you to convey to them, and to the committee of the banquet, the fullest expression of my regret, and the apoloey which I address to you, with the assurance of my most distinguished considera tion. "DE LA2tIORICIERE." Major O'Reilly made a long speech, which was from beginning to end a glowing laudation of Irish valour in general, and its late most glorious manifestation in the cause of Pope Pius. THE TRADE OF DUBLIN. A report has just been published by an eminent engineer on the subject of a proposed central mar ket for Dublin, in which some interesting statistics are contained. The following shows the goods and cattle exported from the port of Dublin during the year 1859 : Butter, 210,078 firkins; eggs, 46,456 boxes; potatoes, 4,240 tons ; cattle, 132,380 ; sheep, 120,516 ; lambs, 27,371; swine, 112,246 ; oats, 143,144 qrs. ; oatmeal, 85,585 cwt. ; flour, 80,224 cwt. ; barley, 2,990 qrs. ; wheat, 13,082 qrs. ; and maize, 15,969 qrs. " The following is a return of the cattle, sheep, and swine brought to Dublin by railways in the year 1859 : —Cattle and Calves.—Midland Great Western, 54,034; Great Southern and Western, 43,739 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 8,958 ; Dublin and Wicklow, 3,825 ; total, 110,656. Sheep and Lambs.—Midland Great Western, 86,091 ; Great Southern and Western, 87,450; Dublin and Drogheda, 12,143; Dublin and Wicklow, 3,713 ; total, 189,400. Swine : Midland Great Western, 117,700; Great Southern and Western, 62,120; Dub lin and Drogheda, 10,947; Dublin and Wicklow, 3,108. Total, 193,875. "The number of cattle slaughtered in the city of Dublin for the year 1859 appears to have been—Oxen, 3,172; cows, 7,702 ; heifers, 9,862; calves, 2,559 ; sheep, 70,530 ; lambs, 11,577 ; swine, 49,612 ;--total, 155,013." IRISH ATTORNEYS.—A change of considerable importance to the profession of attorneys and solicitors in Ireland has recently been made with respect to the admission of apprentices. Hitherto no qualification was required beyond the pay ment of stipulated fees, but, in compliance with the recommendation of the Society of 'Attorneys and Solicitors, the Benchers resolved upon sub jecting the candidates to strict tests of their general knowledge, and a regular examination of a comprehensive and severe character has been instituted. DEATH FROM STARVATION AND COLD.—Yesterday morning Mr. Carter received information of the awfully sudden death of a man in Manor-street, Clapham. The deceased, with four other men, were traversing the streets, soliciting the contributions of the charitable, to relieve their destitute conditi )n, in consequence of the frost stopping their work as navigators, when the deceased, who was singin g in the road with the others, suddenly staggered and fell. A medical man pro nounced that death was caused by cold and hunger, and the poor man's co-mates stated they had been two days without food. BOILER EXPLOSION AT WHITECHAPEL, LONDON.— Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, a serious boiler explosion took place on the premises of Messrs. Craven and Co., sugar-bakers, Great Garden-street, '\Vhitechapel. It is said that the cause was the insufficiency of water in the boiler, but it may also have been partially induced by the frost. The damage done to the building is con siderable ; and we regret to add that the stoker was very seriously injured, as well as a man who acted as assistant; besides which three other men sustained injuries of a severe character. The five men have been ta ken to the London Hospital. NEW SOUTH WALES. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners have given notice to the holders of unexpired remittance-certificates for passages to New South Wales, issued by the colonial government since the Ist of January, 1860, who have not yet communi cated with the Emigration Board, forthwith to send in their certificates, stating at the same time whether they wish to emigrate or not, in order that steps may be taken, either to provide passages for those who wish to emigrate, or to enable the depositors in the colony to obtain a return of their deposits in the case of those who do not wish to emigrate. RAILWAY SLEEPING CAns.—Two by two we rise, and with neat trimness and quick hand the nimble Yankee turns over every other seat, so as to reverse the back, and make two seats, one facing the other. Nimbly he shuts the windows and pulls up the shutters, leaving for ventilation the slip of perforated zinc open at the top of each. Smartly he strips op the cushions and un fastens from beneath each scat a light cane-bottomed, frame, there secreted. In a moment, opening certain ratchet holes in the wall of the carriage, he has slided these in at a suitable height above, and covered each with cushions and sleeping rug. I go outside on the balcony to be out of the way, and when I some back the whole place is transformed. No longer an aisle of double seats, like a section of a proprietary chapel put . on wheels, but the cabin of a small steamer, snug for sleeping, with curtained berths and closed port holes. 0 dexterous genius of Zenas Wallace and Ezra Jones, conductors of the New York Central Railway! The lights of the candle-lamps are dimmed or with drawn; a hushed stillness pervades the chamber of sleep ; no sound breaks it but the clump of falling boots, and the button-slapping sound of coats flung upon benches. Further on, within a second enclosure, I hear voices of Women and children. A fat German haberdasher, from Cincinnati, is unrobing himself for sleep : He takes off his " undress "as if he were per t forming a religious ceremony, end, indeed, sleep is a rehearsal of death, and seems rather a solemn thing, however we look at it. The bottom berths are singu larly comfortable. There is a room to wander and explore, to roll and turn, and the curtains hush all sound, and keep off all inquisitive rays from Zenas's and Ezra's portable lamps. There is, indeed, twice the room I had in the Atlantic steamer that brought me over, for in that berth I could not sit. up at night without hump ing my head against No. 46's bed planks, and could not turn without pulling all the scant clothes off me. As for a heavy sea, why then there was no keeping in bed at all without being lashed in. Nov I meant my berth; for sleep is synipathetic, and when every one else gees to sleep I must too. There aro two berths to choose from; both wicktr trays, lodged in, cushioned, and rugged ; one about half a foot higher than the other. I choose the top one, as being nearer the zinc ventilator. —Dickens's All the Year Bound. LATEST NEWS. (IST BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) CHINA. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE RESULTS OF THE TREATY. FOREIGN OFFICE, Jan. 11. The following telegram has been received from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, dated January 10th, 4.50 p.m.: — News from Hong Kong are to November 29th. The treaty has, with the Emperor's consent, been posted on the walls of Pekin, and read by crowds of natives astonished at the imperial con descension. The whole army had left Pekin, and, excepting 1,500 men waiting at Hosikon, reached Tien-tsin by the 17th. Ceremonial visits had been exchanged at the imperial palace between Prince Kung and the English and French ambassadors. • 'Mr, Bruce was introduced to Prince Kung by Lord Elgin on the Bth. On the 9th, Lord Elgin and Mr. Bruce left Pekin, accompanied by the staff, for Tien-tsin. Mr. Atkins is the sole remaining British official at Pekin, and will make preparations for Mr. Bruce's residence there. Mr. Bruce will winter at Tien-tsin. Count Ignatieff is established at Pekin for the winter. Many of the troops which left the Take forts on the 19th had already reached Hong Kong. General Napier arrived on the 27th. The Chesapeake, with Admiral Hope, is daily expected. Admiral Jones, it is said, proceeds to Japan. No mention is made of any hurricane or naval disaster in the Chinese waters. ' (Signed) EDWARD MARK, British Consul. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 11, Evening. The Patric asserts that a project of law, trans ferring the Bourse property to the State, will be submitted to the Corps Legislatif. The rise in the Funds to-day was occasioned by the rumour that the turnstile at the entrance of the Bourse will be abolished. THE FRENCH TREATY. The Gazette contains a table of duties chargea ble, after the 10th instant, on certain articles imported into France ; and the same Imperial decree abolishes the bounties hitherto paid in France on the exportation of hides and copper and brass plates. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Jan. 11, 3.27 p.m. Little business has been done on the Bourse to day, but Rentes are firmer. Rentes closed at 67f. 20c., or 10c. lower than yesterday. SARDINIA. TURIN, Jan. 11. To-day the National Bank raised the rate o discount to 7 per cent. RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. NAPLES, Jan. 10. The popular demonstration which was announced for to-day has not taken place. It is expected that the Council of Lieutenancy will tender its resignation. A decree has been published grant ing pensions to the poor priests. GAZETTE NEWS. The elevation of Mr. Sydney Herbert to the peerage, as Baron Herbert of Lea, in the county Wilts, is gazetted. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT CANTON. The Moniteur announces that a plot of ground in the interior of the city of Canton has been granted by the Chinese Government as a site for a Catholic church. THE GAETA ARMISTICE. PARIS, Jan. 11. The .3loniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, states that the negotiations for an armistice at Gaeta have remained without any result. Sardinia declared herself ready to suspend hostilities and the siege operations until the 19th instant. The French admiral informed Francis 11. of this, and invited him to suspend hostilities likewise. The admiral also declared that should the hostilities cease in consequence of this invitation the French squadron would immediately quit the waters of Gaeta, leaving only one vessel, which would remain until the expiration of the armistice. SARDINIA. TURIN, Jan. 11. The new Lieutenancy Council for Sicily is composed as follows : Torreansa, Finances ; Emerico Amara, Interior; Orlando, Justice; San telia, Public Works; and Turisi, Agriculture. BULGARIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. '5. The Bulgarians have commenced seceding to Catholicism on account of the refusal of the Porte to grant them a separate patriarchate. TURKISH FINANCE. A portion of the Treasury Bonds is to be paid off in March next. The balance will be renewed. MONTENEGRO. The disturbances in Montenegro continue. MAIL NEWS. The Indus, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails; left Alex andria on the 4th instant, and may be expected at Southampton on the 18th instant. The Massilia, from Southampton on the 27th, with the outward India mails, reached Malta on the 6th instant, and left at 4 a.m. on the 7th fin' Alexandria. SPECIE MOVEMENTS. During the week ending January 9th, 133,819 ounces of gold were exported to the United States, 110,007 ounces being British gold coin. In the same week the export of gold to France amounted to 82,960 ounces, and 327,788 ounces of silver were imported from France, nearly all in bullion. THE BANK RETURNS. The gold and silver coin and bullion show a, decrease of £477,453, and the reserve of notes a decrease of £381,700. OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL. LONDONDERRY) Jan. 11. The Montreal Company's screw-steamer North Briton arrived at Moville at nine o'clock this morning ; she took on board the supplementary mail and passengers, and latest telegrams, and proceeded for Portland about 4 p.m., all well. IRISH JUDICIAL CHANGES. DUBLIN, Jan. 11. The Evening News announces the retirement of Baron Green, and adds that it is generally under stood that Mr. Deasy will be elevated to the Bench in his room. A vacancy is thus created in the representation of Cork County. The Evening News says that in the event of Mr. Deasy accept ing the Judgeship, Mr. O'Hagan will become Attorney-General. SUPPOSED WRECK. PLYMOUTH, Jail. 11. The screw-steamer Ibis reports that this after noon, off Deadman, she fell in with the spar deck of a large ship, with the skids and grips for boats attached, and painted lead colour. The wreck is supposed to have recently taken place. THE PLYMOUTH MURDER. The further examination of Private Hacked for shooting Sergeant Jones, took place yesterday, and resulted in his being committed for trial by the magistrates. The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder against Hacked. THE, WEATHER. A thaw commenced yesterday morning at Bir mingham, Bradford, Manchester, Stockton-on- Tees, Sunderland, Wolverhampton, Edinburgh, York, and West Hartlepool. At Glasgow, Inver ness, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Whitehaven, there was rain at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. A slight thaw took place yesterday. Trade on the Thames is getting quite ton standstill. The Commercial D oc k Co., yesterday, declared a dividend for the half-year of 24 per cent. One hundred and fifty coal ships from the northern ports arc at sea bound for the Thames. The case of Streatfield and Cc, was again before the London Bankruptcy Court yesterday morning. Further proceedings are adjourned to the 23rd instant. The letters from the north were not delivered till a late hour yesterday morning, in consequence of delay on the London and North-Western and Midland railways. The following appeared in oar later editions of yesterday : MAIL NEWS. The mails from China, Australia, and Calcutta, will reach London to-morrow. CHINA. The commercial advices from China state that the settlement of tea has reached 5,000,000 lbs., and that the exchange is about per cent. less avourable for this country at Hong-Kong, but without alteration at Shanghai. Shirtinga and yarns were in active demand at former prices. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Nov. 24.—Trade has greatly im proved. Brandies: Martell, lOs 6d; Hennessey, }Os ; Geneva, los 6d. Butter, is: Deals, 6d. Hops have advanced 6d. Bass, No. 3, lOs. Malt, 2s. Oilman's Stores have had forced sales. Exchange and freights unaltered. ADELAIDE, Nov. M.—Copper, /97. Exchange 1 prem. selling 1 dis. Wool, good clean, IMI4 16d. THE AMERICAN EXCHANGES. According to the Tinze.;ihe latest quotation from New York for bankers' bills is 1011, and the calculation now is that for sovereigns from this country to yield a profit the returns mast be made at a price scarcely exceeding 1051. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 11. • The Moniteur publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the December return :—Decrease : Cash in hand, 821 millions; advances, 21 millions ; treasury balance, .511 mil lions. Increase : Bills discounted not yet due, 69 millions ; bank notes, 311- millions ; current account, 17 1-3 millions. The Times says the recent contract between the Banks of France and England is now com pleted, the whole £2,000,000 of silver having been received and paid for. Of this amount of silver nearly half a million has since been sold by our Bank. There are no further arrangements pending between the two establishments. An authenticated letter from Naples, in the Times, puts an end to the Sylphide scandal. The Bombay steamer which will sail to-morrow will take about £400,000 in specie, the bulk in silver. The marriage of Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., to the eldest daughter of the late Duke of NorfoTh r was solemnised in the Catholic Chapel of Arundel oft Monday last. _ _ A boat's crew belonging to a collier lying just'• below Woolwich Arsenal was yesterday four and' a half hours in making their way to the pier in consequence of the ice. The Nord says that on the 2nd of November the Russian Ambassador at Pekin signed and ratified a convention, which confirms the privi leges of Russia on the Amoor, and extends moa n' e rcial advantages. THE CANADA EXTRADITION CASE. The following memorial to the Duke of Newcastle, on the subject of the extradition of John Anderson, needer the Ashburton Treaty, was being extensively signed osa Thursday. We would venture to suggest whether at similar step might not be taken by the various Chambers of Commerce throughout the country. It is stated that the committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society have taken the requisite steps to obtain, by a write of habeas corpus, the trans ference of the case to the Court of Queen's Bench itr England. The proceeding is a very unusual one, but there exists a precedent for it, in the case of the " Queen v. Lees," which was decided in favour of the defendant. Up to that period it was the almost unanimous opinion of the English bar that a writ of habeas corpus could not be issued to a colony. "To His GRACE THE DUKE Of NEWCASTLE, U.M.'S. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. "My Lord Duke,—We, the undersigned merchants , and traders of the city of London, have learnt with deep regret of the decision of a majority of the judges in the Canadian Court of Queen's Bench, in. the case of a fugi tive slave, named Anderson, who, in escaping from slavery in Missouri, in 1853, killed a man named Digges, who was seeking to apprehend him, for the purpose of restoring him to his master. After residing more than seven years in Canada, as a British subject, Anderson has been claimed, under a clause of the Ashburton Treaty, as guilty of murder. "It is not the purpose of your memorialists to dwelt upon the legal points of the case, as argued by the. learned judges, who have decided th a t th e fugitive- Anderson ought to be surrendered into the bands of those• who claim him, and whose avowed purpose is to burns him to death at a slow fire, though they cannot forbear from urging that the treaty distinctly sets forth that tog justify the surrender of any person under its provisions,. the crime with which he is charged must be also a crime. according to the laws of the country in which he has taken refuge. "Your memorialists would rather lay stress apes the great principles of justice and humanity, which would be violated by the rendition of a man who has committed no crime recognised by British law, and who, in defend ing his liberty at the hazard of his own life, has a claim upon the sympathies of every Christian community. "Your memorialists deem it of special importance to. state, in this place, that when the Extradition Bill was: under discussion in the British Parliament, in 1843, the: late Earl of Aberdeen, then at the head of her Majesty's. Government, and Lord Ashburton, the negotiator of the treaty, distinctly affirmed that, under it, no fugitive from slavery could be claimed, and Lord Metcalfe, administrator of the Canadian Government, was com mitted to an observanc e of that policy. Further, antecedent to the t rea ty, a fugitive slave having been ordered by the provincial executives to be given up on a charge of horse stealing, and having been rescued, the Imperial Government entirely disapproved of the deci sion, and issued instructions to the effect that no runaway 'have should be surrendered, in future, under any pretence whatever. "Your memorialists would therefore most earnestly beseech your Grace to take the promptest measures for securing the personal safety of Anderson, and for ob taining a reference of his case to the Judicial Committee of Privy Council, in order that the point which his being claimed has raised may be discussed by the highest legal tribunal of the realm. whose decision, it may be confi dently anticipated, will be ir,. accordance with those strict principles of . humanity and right which are the founda tion of the British Constitution, and of the personal rights of every individual dwelling under its protection. "London, 9th Jan., 1861." In answer to a letter from the secretary of the above mentioned society, Lord Lyons, the British envoy to Washington, states that a demand from the United States Government for the surrender of ib Anderson was forwarded to her Majesty's Government in the month o f Pctober last, and that a similar demand was for wardej last month to the Provincial Government of Canada b) . His lordship add s th a t th es e demands psual form, and si m pl y sta t e d th a t Ander• with murde r . sllo'enrewiasn the arg et 2 THE SHOOTING STAR. —The Shooting Star went into the river last night with p, ssen g e rs and a large general cargo of iron, coal, and bale r. Blake, the coroner's CORONER'S POOR-RM.—D a eods, &c., for Boston. THE CO beadle, received yesterday, from .• a rcend , " £ l, an d fro m Mr. Thomas Lloyd, o f R ane l ag h- stree t, COs., for the poor box of the court. POUR YEARS IN A REPORMATOTT.--At Birken head police- cour t, y es t er d ay morn i ng , before - ,Messrs. Younghusband, Darbyshire, Brians and helium,. a Cim called John Ennis was placed in the dock, charged with having stolen a pair of ear-rings from a jeweller's sbop in Argyle-street, and also a purse from another shop in the same street. The prisoner appeared to be well known to the police. Some time ago he was brenght before the magistrates on a charge of felony, and We. sent to a reformatory for live rears. His conduct, hom ever, was so satisfactory at this establishment• that he was discharged at the end of the foirth year, in November last. The prisoner was remanded to allow time for ascertaining whether he could be sent back to the reformatory to complete his term of five years. If this cannot be done, he will, probably, besent for trial.— At the same court, yesterday, Mary Langen was charged with stealing a tumbler glass and a pair of crushcre from a public-house in Birkenhead. The case was remanded till Thursday.—The prisoner, in the first ease, having come over from Liverpool, Mr. Jackson remarked that it was a frequent occurrence for the Livcrpocl thieves to go to Birkenhead, and there commit felonies. Grirwr MA IXERN.—Dr. Stumm es having Just left Dr. Wilson's Hydropathic Establishment, where he has been resident phy sician since IMS, is continuing the hydropathic practice at his private residence, Abbey Villa, Malvern, until his new establishment is completed. Ilis patients have the privilege of using the public douches and other baths newly erected by Di. Gully. Our readers have only to send their address to L. E. 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