Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

JtuRINIBFP, 12, 1859. obtained upon other questions. than the specific "`one which the last Congress was professedly called together to deliberate upon, namely, the peace With Russia after the Crimean war ? We are •rlore inclined to think that out of it has arisen the difficulty of the present occasion. The idea Which germinated out of it was the one which led to the recent great sacrifice of life and waste of 'treasure in the plains of Lombardy ; and what further and equally fatal results may arise to. the _ _ _ World from this corollary to the Zurich Conference 'it is impossible for any foresight justly to pre_ diet. A difficulty of no small degree presents itself in the satisfactory adjustment of the temporal and spiritual sovereignty of the ROPE. Cardinal ANTONELLI from his political antecedents, we may be well assured will not forego the most determined assertion of the rights of the Papal crown of his master. This Plenipo tentiary will at any rate have the support of the Roman Catholic Powers, which will predominate in the Congress. It is not probable, under such conditions, that Lord CowLEY and his colleague Will have that weight which they ought to have as the representatives of Great Britain. The Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Austria will desire to preserve as much as possible the supremacy of the POPE, so long as it is not at the cost of their own intentions with regard to the Central States of Italy. The enforcement of the terms of the peace of Villa franca would outwardly preserve the temporal power of the POPE, though not substantially. The confederation of these provinces which now refuse the recall of those rulers whom they have ex- Paled, with Austria and Sardinia, of which Pius IX. was to hold the honorary Presidency,would be an ingenious method of giving him the shadow instead of the substance of power. This has been a craftily conceived, and sagaciously executed hove of Louis NAPOLEON upon the political board, at a very critical period of the game he has been Playing. It is significant, though -not at all to be won— dered at, that. Hungary; - now upon the very eve Of the opening of this great Congress, should c,:throw out aspirations for the restoration of that constitutional government of which they have been deprived, encouraged to do so by - the example of the Italian peninsula. This movement among the Magyars will embarrass the House of Hapsburg at a -bloat critical juncture. FRANCIS JOSEPH, perhaps, 'with this threatened. insurrection, may be the Uore disposed not to enforce the terms of Villa franca, and forego the restitution of those pro ' vinces to the dukes, the rulers whom they have dis "paissed. Where is' Loris KOSSUTH ? How very abruptly, it must be remembered, was his depar ture from the camp of LOUIS NAPOLEON; may he :not have been engaged in carrying ont the French niperor's plans and designs, by causing his fellow -countrymen to revolt ; and thus-harassing and embarrassing thb Austrian Government, at 'the precise time most profitable to Napoleonic ideas ? We are disposed to think that he has ; but 'what equivalent may have been demanded and. promised, it is not so easy to divine. It 'is possible :' , :that NAPOLEON 111. thinks he can carry out jib original intention of establishing a throne for his cousin Prince NAPOLEON. Thus, it may be, he proposes to himself to gain his point without, giving offence to the authority of the POPE, as honorary president. In. doing so, he does not force upon the Italian States rulers who are repulsive to them ; and yet he seemingly escapes a breach of the leiter of the Treaty of Villafranca. It this be his object, and these his plans, and if he can succeed in realising them, he will have proved his ability not only to out-manceuvre the , Young Emperor of Austria in the field, but also to overreach him in the cabinet. • THE LATEST NEWS. EBY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPi.] FRANCE. PARIS, December 10. The Council of State is •preparing a project of reducing the Customs duties, especially on articles of primary neCessity.. Marshal Randin, the. Minister of War, has, it is said, tendered his resignation. THE FRENCH FUNDS. , 12 10 p.m.—The tenaency of the Bourse is 'unaltered. Rentes opened at 70 25. 3 25 p.m.—Business has again been active, and Prices are very firm. -Rentes closed at 70 50, being a fractional advance since yesterday. • I • ITALY. • - THE CONGRESS. TURIN, Dec. 10. ' - - - - . • - The Austrian letter of invitation to the Congress' a lg'ned by Count Rechberg, has arrived, and is couched in the same terms as that of France to l'iedmont. • FLORENCE, Dec. 10. :" 4 ' . ' .L The Provisional Clovernment' has, by allowing ; 1 . , a• discount; collected in advance the land tax for ' 1 2 18130 , amounting to between six and sevenTaillions . ' 44 'francs. . _ .„ 4 •: : " 4 :11E : WAR IN MOROCCO MADRID, Dec. 10. ' `.7rhd following despatch has been published : ",Camp Elottro, Dec. 9. `` This morning the enemy impetuously attacked redoubts, but were energetically repulsed by ' 4l e garrisons, and retired to the valley commanded by the se re d ou b ts. Th e enemy th eu came up a tkia, but were attacked and repulsed by 10,000 meu 'of the S6cond Corps, serving as our van.: guard. The Moors lost 300 killed, and 1,000 . wounded. The approximate loss of the Spanish was-30 officers and 280 men wounded, and 40 killed." BAVARIA. DRESDEN, Dee. 10. A telegram from 'Frankfort, published by the Dresden Journal, says, in to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet, the committee of Electoral Hesse was increased by the appointment of representa tives of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and Saxony. REFORMS IN THE CAVALRY SERVICE. The Globe says that the Minister of War is directing his attention to the present state of the Cavalry service. There are at present some sixty vacancies for Cornets. Her Majesty's commission has become a drug. It has already been determined that, in future, officers of cavalry shall not be required to purchase and maintain two Chargers for the public use. The price of cavalry commissions will probably be lowered to the same sums as in the infantry. I\ CREASE - OF THE. ARMY. The Globe says, the greatly increased. European force required for India will render it necessary to make some permanent addition to the regular forces garrisoning our home and colonial posses sions, and it therefore anticipates, an immediate increase of the army by some 10,000 men. The probability is that this will be effected by adding twenty meal to each of the ten service companies of the regiments not on the Indian establishment. MAIL NEWS. GALWAY, Saturday Evening. The R.M.S. Prince Albert sailed for New York, with a large cargo and heavy mails. The ease of Scully v. Ingram, M.P., was on Saturday fixed for the 20th instant. A number of witnesses are expected from Ireland. The following appeared in a portion . of our im pression on Saturday : HOLSTEIN. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] COPENHAGEN, Dec. 9.—The Faedreland states that Prince Christian of Denmark was yesterday appointed Governor of Holstein. THE. CONGRESS. The Papal . Government has not yet given its reply to M—Walewski's letter of convocation to the Congress. Neither has Naples. It is not yet decided whether Count Cavour will represent Piedmont at the Congress. A circular despatch of the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, touching. the Congress, sets forth, as the main object of its convocation, the restoration of the expelled princes, together with the simultaneous re-establishment of the authority of the Pope in those provinces that have rebelled against him. The Emperor of Morocco, it is stated, has increased the -pay of his troops, and in consequence volunteers Were flocking to him. , • • -- MAIL NEWS. The Ripon, with the heavy portion of Australian and Bombay mails, is - expected at Southampton on Wednesday. The Peninsular and Oriental Company are' eierting themselves to. give the Australian Colonies the advan tage of receiving and despatching English mails'twice a' month. This important benefit will not 'involve any great additional cost. THE NEW JUDGE. The Times announces thdt the vacant seat on the bench has been filled by'the appointment of the Solici tor:•General, Sir H. Keating No decision has been at present arrived at as to the successor of the Solicitor- General. The names of VIE. E. James, Mr: Wilde; and Mr. Roundel Palmer ' are mentioned as likely - to be appointed. , THE GREAT EASTERN. The directors of. the Great Ship C9mpany notify, 'that the special meeting, called for January . 11th, is for the purpose of laying before the. shareholders the whole financial position of the company, of . taking into con sideration • the raising or further capital, by preferenee shares or otherwise, the borrowing money on mortgage or otherwise, and any proposals that may be made for chartering or purchasing the ship. The Times says the liabilities to be met immediately are said to reach £45,000, against which they have only £1;100 in the hands - of their •bankers. There is, ' however, £7,242 due in arrgars of calls, so that £36,658is the exact sum to be provided. The amount of shares issued is '£303,258, and £26,742 remains to be issued. • The Daily News says the company have made arrange ments to borrow £40,000, for six months, on mortgage Of the Great Eastern; in order to meet pressing claims. In the course of - yesterd4 the Gloucester - Elation Commissioners had d4tting m Westminster, but nothing new was revealed: . The death' of H. E. De Quincey, the "English Opium .Eater," took place at Edinburgh on Thursday. He was born atlltinchester in 1780. - The ' Times shows the impossibility' of carrying out the theories of the Bremen merchants as to the protec tion cif ships and their cargoes in time Of war. - The' Milan Gaiettestaterithat, the boclforthe Marquis de Lajatics, who died.in London, last week, is to be entombed in the Church of Sante Croee, the Italian Pantheon, at' Florence. • ' A gooey number of volunteers have offered them selves for enrolment in the London Irish Corps. ' Drill will probably'commence next week. The general council now comprises some forty noblemen and gentlemen, of . all political creeds and opiniOns. • . THE LITTLE PRINCE FRED OF PnVssr.A.—The child of the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia— '" Der kleine Fritz" (Little Fred) as he is called by the Berlinese÷-is said to be a remarkably strong and healthy boi : --Letter from Vienna. MEXICO.—OUTRAGE ON HEE. MAJESTY'S CONSUL AT TENC.—The Mexican journals; and in particular the Diario Oficial of, the 25th and 30th October, received by the last packet, informs us of further excesses com /pitted -by the so styled. Liberals, actually in . possession o F Vera 'Cruz, and especiallY of the very serious insult cTored to Mr. Allsopp, her Majesty's consul in the city . s.: Tepic :-!‘ As it Appeurs from that , journal, the -I; tar, Coronado, who, with his troops, 4:coupies the city of Tepic under instructions fp , 7l th( overnment of Vera Cruz, ordered Mr.. Allsopp to appear before him, and he required of him to pay over again in ready Money the sum of #11,500; by him previously paid as duties on the last , Conduota,' and the 'said gentleman: having refused to yield to that unjust and barbarous de-: wand, lie was sent to prison and confined , in i'dark dun geon, where he was kept twelve hoUrS;clepriVed even' of water and a chair to sit upon. At the end of that time Rojas, the immediate subordinate of Coronado; - preisented himself to him, and, speaking to him in language the most insolent and obscene, told him that he would as lief shoot it consul as an Indian;"and that he had only come to give him his choiee--Ltithef to pay the money that had been demanded of him, or be shot. In consequence thereof, the friends of Mr. Allsopp, fearing. that the threat would be carried into effect, paid the 11,500 for him, and it was 'then that he was set at liberty, but not without his being bound to furnish security that he would not depart from Tepic." /6 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A good. Playing Card for ls. 6d. Sold by Mawdsley and Son, 4, Castle-street. d 22 SAILING OF THE ASIA.—The Cunard•steamship Asia - sailed on Saturday for New York with the American mails, a full cargo, and fifty-nine -passengers. BIRKENHEAD MARKET.—PREPARATIONS FOR CHRIST MAS.—SeveraI very beautiful designs have been erected in the Birkenhead. Market, and it is expected that the illumination this year will be on a magnificent scale. IRISH SOCIETY.--Yesterday morning a sermon :in behalf of the Irish Society for promoting the scriptural education of the Irish speaking Roman Catholics, chiefly through the medium of their own language, was preached at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J. Alcock, minister of Bethesda Chapel, Dublin. CHRISTMAS CHEER.—Families residing within five miles of Liverpool can be supplied with Burton mild and bitter ales of the first brand, as also London stout, in 41, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending their orders, or calling at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant, 110, Duke-street. BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL AND D ISPENSARY. —The demands upon the resources of this invaluable institu tion are increasing. We are glad to find that, yesterday, a very excellent sermon was preached in St. John's Church, Grange-lane, by the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, in aid of the funds of the institution, and that a good collec tion was made. DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT BRITALN. —This mag nificent screw steamship sailed from the Mersey yes terday morning for Melbourne, with a heavy ship mail, a full cargo, and over 300 passengers, of whom 75 were in the saloon. The succeeding ship of the celebrated Black Ball and Eagle Line of Australian Packets is the beautiful clipper ship Athenais, which is appointed to sail on Thursday next: CAUTION TO PARENTS.—An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of Alexander Reynolds, a boy four years old, living at No. 9, Rigby-street. The deceased's mother went out on Friday morning, and on returning shortly after, discovered Alexander in the washing tub, which contained a good deal of water. He was immediately taken out, but life was found to be extinct: A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Return for week ending Dec. 10, 1859.—Admitted : in-patients, 42 ; out patients, 21; surgical casualties, 25. Discharged : cured, 9 ; relieved, and at own request, 13 ; made out-patients, 2 ; irregular, 0; dead, 3. 'Remain in the house, 184. For the ensuing week : visitors, Messrs. John Cropper and Charles Freer; physicians, Dr. Turnbull; surgeon, Mr. Bickersteth. House-surgeon Mr. T. S. Walker ; junior house-surgeon, Mr. J. Allen; chaplain, Rev. Edward Pool. Robert Hutchison, treasurer. THE CHESHIRE VOLUNTEERS IN BIRKENHEAD PARK. —On Saturday afternoon, about 130 men of the Wirral Volunteer Rifle Corps paraded in Birkenhead Park, before a large assemblage .of ladies and gentlemen. The interest of the proceedings was considerably heightened by the presence of the band from Mr. John Laird's large new ship-building and engineering works. The men executed the music with considerable precision_, and no doubt in a short.time will rival the mechanics' bands in seine of our-large-manufacturing towns:. • -The volun 'teers went through their drill in a soldier-like manner, and their military bearing was the theme . of active com mendation. • • LIGHTING AND. WATCHING HOLT-HILL AND CLIFTON PARK,' Aymnri TkE.—The inspectors for lighting and 'watching Holt-hill and - Clifton-park, in the township of Traninere, have just issued. their accounts for the year ending • the -12th of November last. It. appears that there.had been paid to_the' Birkenhead Commissioners• £l3l ss. for hghting thirty lamps for one year, at. £4 7s. 6d. each; and to Captain Smith, chief con stable of Cheshire, for wages and clothing of two police men for one year, as per arrangement, £l2O. There had been paid, in the-shape-of extra wages to police men, £lO 12s;, and the balance in the hands of the treasurer is. £8 13s. Id. The inspectors do not owe' anything; but there is due to them, in addition to the above balance, a sum of £2O from the overseers of Tranmere. LANcasirmu WINTER ASSIZES.—Aboat a quarter to four, o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the winter assizes for the southern division of the County Palatine of Lancashire were, opened with the usual' formalities in St. George's-half, - the High Sheriff, , Frederick Gerard, Bart., accompanied by his deli*, and ushered in- by Robert Sowler, Esq., Q.C., who is named in, the precept for the present assizes, and who, in the absence of Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes, who did not reach town until yesterday morning, formally opened the commission. Mr. Shuttleworth, the town - clerk, read the precept . , together with the customary-proclama tions against, Tree. ,It was then announced ,that the criminal business should commence this (Monday) morn ing, at eleven o'clock, and the ,civil husiness on Friday . next, at noon. At the conclusion of the, proceedings Mr. Sowler was conveyed to his lodgings in the state always accompanying the ceremonial. ;SERMON, TO THE KIRKDAIE 'VOLENTEERS. Dr... Hillcoat, with the zeal and energy that characterise's him both as a public man and a_predcber of the gospel, preached yesterday afternoon, for the second time, to thejiirkdale Volunteers, in his own church, St. Mathew's, ScOtland-road. f"Believing that this movement, re ceived ,as it has been, proves Church and State in happy union," the rev. gentleman has only been too happy to do all that lay in his power to . further it. Shortly after the enrolment of the carps, he conducted a public service on their behalf. And having been present at the meeting on the sth inst., lihen the member of the corps took the oath of allegiande, he felt that to giVe such an act all the solemnity it deserved, the corps all interested in the movement should be invited to hear an appropriate sermon. The sermon WAS accordingly preached yester day afternoon at three o'clock., ; The attendance of the public was small, bid a very considerable number of the corps was present. The rev. doctor preached from Nehemiah iv. 18.,.the latter part of the verse : "And he that sounded the trumpet was by me." The sermon was most solemn ',and impressive, remind - - lug 'them of the oath they had taken, and its consequent obligations. He explained with what spirit and feelings it ought - to have been taken; and held up as an example to them, the, Jeivs ;repairing the wall "of Jerusalem,. under Neheiniah, who with one hand grasped the weapon of war, and with, the other the instruments of labour, and who; when the trumpet sounded the note of danger, forgot self at the call of ptiblic duty, and rallied round their leader, to ensure the common safety. BIBK.ENUEO ',POL/CE COTIRT, SATURDAY,—(Before, 1. S. Jackson, roimOithband, and 1. B. Case,, Esqrs.)" —Thomas Herley, a sailor, was,brought up by a county police -officer charged ;with hairing feloniously cut and wounded Thomas Hinds, mate of the schooner Flora, lying in the river off Egremont. It appeared_ that on- Friday there ivi.s a dispute onboard the schooner about the provisions, and that the 'prisoner struck the : mate, whereupon a scuffle ensued, 'and resulted in Herley cut ting Hinds with a knife, which, inflicted serione Wounds across the fingers, .t.nder all the pirsnmstanceS of the case the bench Only: sentenced the delinquent to tWelve weeks' imprisonment; with hard lahour.—Charl es Tohn 'son, - a 'gardener,' who had been employed by Mr. I. 0. Hanson; of Oxton, was, charged with having robbed his master of a large quantity of hay and Manure. This case was remanded until Monday, and the accused re leased onsUbstantial bail.—jane Schofield„a handsome looking young, woman, who only gaVe her address . " Liverpool," was brought up .by Inspector Caitles, charged with having attempted to commit suicide shortly before nine o'clOck on Saturday morning. kappeared that the' prisoner and a man came on board ' the Wirral, as she was laying at the Woodside slip, and having sat doWn, were talking together, When the woman was overheard to say " I won't go with you:" The man used a 'foul epithet to her, and she at once went to the side 'Of the vessel and plunged overboard. A man on the slip aeized a boat-hook, held the Unfortir- nate creature up, and a boat having been brought round, she:was rescued, but still expressed a desire to be left to herself, that she might be drowned. At present, the reason for this rash attempt at suicide has not been explained. The case was - remanded until te-day.-- 7 Mary Malone, a needlewoman, residing in Liverpool, was charged On suipicion with stealing a roll of 'alpaca , from the - shop of Mr., Cook; draper, Chester-street. It appeared that on Thursday the prisoner went into Mr. Cook'fi shop, where she made a trifling .purchase; from her movements; she was suspected of dishonesty, and 'an assistant sent out to inform the police. Police officer Clarke sauntered towards the shop door,, but the prisoner saw him as she was leaving, and immediately returned to the counter, sat down upon , a chair, and Made an inquiry about some small articles. When she rose to depart, the roll of alpaca in question was found under the chair, and she was given into custody.. Inquiries had been made at Liverpool, ~and it appeared that the prisoner was known to the police as a suspicious character. The magistrates gave her the benefit of the doubt ; and having reprimanded and cautioned her, set her at liberty. • NORTHERN DAILY I'INEEz MESSRS. SHELL kRD AND HODGSON'S DRAPERY ESTA.DLISHMENT.—The above-named spacious premises are now open with a choice and extensive stock of win ter goods. In order to afford purchasers greater facili ties for the selection of goods, particularly such as are to be worn at night, the proprietors have recently added a magnificent salon or show-room, ,in which, by an ingenious mechanical contrivance, bll dresses and other articles of evening costume can be exhibited by gas li,ght. This is evidently a great advantage to the pur chaser as such articles when seen by day ate so apt, from their peculiar texture and colours, to deceive pur chasers as to their real nature. ANNDAL MEETING} .0i THE IRISH SOCIETY.—This society which was established in 1818, will hold the annual meeting of its-Liverpool branch this evening in Hope-hall. The objects of the society is to promote scriptural education and religious instruction among Irish Roman Catholics, chiefly by means of instruction in their own language. The meeting will be addressed by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester ; by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, and by the Rev. J. Alcock, of Dublin. In the addresses of the reverend gentlemen named, the results derived from the efforts of the society through the dissemination of the Bible, in their own language, among the Irish population, will be &tailed. The meeting cannot fail to be a highly interesting one, and, we hope, it will be largely attended. • HEAVY ORDNANCE AND LONG RANGE OF ARTILLERY. Some experiments, says the Observer, which were recently made with a heavy Armstrong gun, the exact results of which have not been allowed to transpire, have, we believe, shown that iron plated ships will not be able to resist the fire- of these guns, and the French Government may spare itself any further expenditure upon ships of this description beyond the four which were building at the close of last year. The trials made last August from the Stork . gunboat with 68-pounders discharged against iron and steel plates at a distance of two hundred yards, showed that iron or steel-clad ships could really be more easily destroyed at that distance than a ship entirely of timber; and since that period it has been found that a 68-pounder is capable of completely perforating four-inch iron plates. Considerable advance has been made since 1854 in the powers of penetration of heavy shot, attributable no doubt to the discovery of the Armstrong gun, for at that time a 68-pound solid shot, fired at 400 yards, penetrated 41-inch plates to half their depth, but even that a succession of discharges would com pletely break up the plates. It is curious to find that, after the lapse of so many years, the civi lised, or rather the fighting world, is againcom- - ing round to the principle which was first applied to artillery, namely, that of using very heavy projectiles. The heavily armed frigates, such as the Mersey, the Orlando, the Niagara, and the Mer rimac, which are the order of the day in France and America, and these, with small gun-boats, armed with one or two large guns, are growing steadily in favour of this country. It is not impossible, however, that when the occasion arises for a naval engagement, the long ranges for heavy guns will not be relied upon much more than in the recent campaign in Italy, where, after all, it was the bayonet and close attack that decided the fate of so many battles. It may be useful to have guns to carry three or five miles 'for the purpose of attacking fortresses, or naval arsenals and establishments, but when the tug of war comes, as in the ever memorable case of the. Shannon and the Chesape4e, or Lord Nelson with the San Nicolas and San Josef at St. Vincent, there will still be called into exercise the run alongside, the grappling irons, and , the dash of the boarders, which have done, so much for the glory of the British man-of-war. Pursuing the history- of the progress of heavy ordnance, we find that next in order is the wrought iron gun made at the Mersey Iron Works, and which was presented to the Govern ment by Messrs. Horsfall. It had a 13 inch bore ' and carried a solid shot of 280 pounds ; with a charge of 50 pounds of powder, and an elevation of 15 degrees, the shot was projected a distance of 5,120 yards. With the Armstrong gun the readers of the Observer must be already acquainted. , Heavy guns made upon the same principle have been discharged- at iron plated ships with results to which we have adverted at the commencement of this notice. It has been found that with a charge of only five pounds Of powder, a 32-pound shot may be thrown from this gun a distance - of five and a half miles. The great steam ram now in' course of construction at the Thames Iron Works will be armed with thirty-six of the Armstrong guns, each of which will be capable of throwing a shot of one hundred pounds weight a distance of five miles. This extraordinary ad dition to our naval power will be 380 feet in length, 58 in breadth, 411 in depth ; its. tonnage 6,177 tons ; the engines are to be of 1,250 horse power; her - total weight at sea 9,000 tons ; and her speed 16 miles an hour. A most remarkable - vessel of war is now being designed by Mr. Page, to be submitted to her Majesty's. Government, of such 'a nature as to. defy the• utmost poWers of existing ordnance, and which will be capable of throwing with accuracy 700 explosive shells per hour into any dockyard three miles distance. •r ' • I upon We ' heat, what we deem'o be good authority, ' that the Government , have it in cOnteMPlatiOn to 'establish an arsenal at or near Retford on: a somewhat .extensive scale.--:YottinOam, JourOal. • The 'medical practitioners announce that a rather strongly developed small-pox is. raging epidemically at Paris. - It does not attack children alone, but older people, who have too long omitted to have themselves' re-vaccinated. 'The Countess.B., who bears an. historical name, has just been attacked with this disease.. . .. - ' . IMPORTANT CAPTUit:g OF, RAILWAY THIEVES.-At the Birmingham Police-court, on Thursday, two men named ..Woolf . Barnett, • Steelhouse-lane, shoemaker, and Thomas " Green, of .LoWer . Temple-street,: hawker, Were 'placed 'in 'the dock under the folloWing circum stances :--Serjeant Went, of the Staffordshire. Police, . stationed .at . Tamworth, stated - that about two o'clock that morning he received inforination that the two prisoners, accompanied by a third man, and having a large quantity of ;property with theni, were passing, per mail train, en route for Birminghain, Acting witla'great promptitude the ofdaer:once telegraphed to Birming _ham this fact, , and .SuPerintendent Glosinp, - without .a moment's delay, 'despatched Serjeant Warwick and police-constable M'CorMicii; who• fortunately ' : succeeded in taking the tWo : ptisoners at 'NeW-street station:. , As a pOrtion of . the mail train passengers had got out before ,1 the arrival of the police, owing to the short notice, the . third - man of thelang got' off' at detected, carrying . with him a large ackage of goods; . Inspector , Manton ' said he had been or some months specially employed. by . the Louden a cr Noith:Tnitein Riitinq ',g(3l4pany 1 to endeavour to dettot ' a gang of clever ; 'thieves from Birmingham,. who, taking trips Of same, twelve' or twenty miles, and aided' by certain parties, effected successful robberies of goods in course -of transit from the different railway stations. ' The I . two prisoners he knew well *part of thil gang , . which consisted.' of eight or ten' very. - Clever and experienced thieveS: .:.Manton added 'that at . this . very time the prialimer in the dock, Woolf Barnett ; renting a - honseat,4a. '6d. per week, had an action in the superitir courts,' pendkeitgainst the London and North-Western Railway Ceinpany, to recover the 'Miner £l4O, the valie of a lot of shoes, whiCh, as Barnett had pleaded, were hisproPerty, and which had been stolen from the station at r ßescottManton said there was; evidence to show that - packages, 'ostensibly containing. manufactured shoes, but in fact partly made up of,bricks and rubbish, were 'sent per rail,. and by connivance §tolen by 'members of their gang, and. the company sued for' their value. The . g2Ods found this morning in possession 'Of the prisoners consisted ofhoSiery,.COtton goods, braces, and a variety of other property, . which there was no doubt had been stolen. Se cant • Went asked - for and . obtained a remand until to-day, in . order that inqUirici might be made as to the owners.of the prOperty. One package, there is reason to suppose, is the property of Evans and Co:, of Derby. Thus this ' extraordinary matter stands, and it' is to be hoped that the exertions of the police will lead to the capture of the third man, who was lucky enough to get off with his package from 1 New-street Station.—.Birmingkon Post. .• • '. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Dean of Ely is organising a " People's College," at Ely. The University sermon at Cambridge, on Sunday, was preached by Lord Arthur Hervey, in behalf of the Oxford and Cambridge Mission to Central Africa. A couple of the arches, with a portion of the groining, of the Lady Chapel in Bristol Cathedral, have been scraped and cleansed of the accumulated whitewasbiugs, &c. of centuries, and restored to their original state. Steps are being taken for the immediate restoration 'of the parish church of Hull. The church is said to be the largest parish church in the kingdom, Great Yar mouth excepted. It is larger than several of our cathedrals, and the chancel is the oldest brick building of the kind existing. The estimated cost of restoring the outside, which is to be completed first, is £lO,OOO. Works are in progress by which Chichester cathedral will be thrown open from end to end, and the space which hitherto was available only for aboue2so adults will be increased so as to acoommodate 700 or 800. On special occasions it is hoped that even 2,000 or 3,000 worshippers may be received within this ancient building. The Durham Advertiser states that the Bishop of Durham is busily engaged in organising a public meet ing to be held at Newcastle in January, under the presi dency of Earl Grey, for the purpose of establishing a society, to be called the "Durham Diocesan Society for the Employment of Additional Clergy." The object of the society will be to provide clergy who shall minister among that portion of the population of the diocese which cannot be fully reached by the existing parochial machinery; more especially among the pitmen, millers, and ironworkers in the outlying districts. • At the late monthly meeting of the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge, it was announced that le gacies had recently been bequeathed 'to the institution by, among others, the late Mr. Robert Stephenson, £2.000 ; the Rev. Henry Stonehouse, a clergyman in Oxfordshire, £9,000, on the death of his widow ; and by a lady, named Mary Ann Worley, late of Stony Straf ford, £l,OOO. Donations amounting in the whole to £BO5 had.also been made" to the Society within the last month. The meeting voted £5OO to the Bishop of Grahamstown, on his application towards the missionary college there, making, with the £1,500 previously granted for the same object, £2,000. To the Bishop of Nelson they also granted £4OO for church extension in his diocese; and to the Bishop of Brisbane, for a similar purpose, £5OO, of which £2OO is to go towards the erec tion of a cathedral church in the chief town of his diocese. THE HEAVY GALES OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER LAST. The unusual heavy gale, or rather hurricane, of the night of the 24th - October last, was unexampled in its work of destruction in our maritime records. During the whole of that day, not a single casualty, with one trifling exception, occurred either on the shores or in the seas of the British Isles. When the Royal Charter re commenced her voyage from Queenstown on the morning of that day, every one on board calculated, almost to a certainty, on a safe arrival at Liverpool before the evening closed. Indeed,' the noble ship was opposite Holyhead when the gale began to freshen up, and what subsequently happened to her and her unfortunate crew and passengers, has become "household words " in the homes of these islands. But perhaps it is not so generally known that during that awful night and following day, 195 vessels were wrecked, 113 of them becoming thousands of pieces, with the loss of 684 of our fellow creatures, including those who perished from the Royal Charter. It is satisfactory to find, on the other side, that, notwithstanding the fearful and terrific character of this nbw celebrated gale, 190 persons were rescued from wrecks by life-boats, the rocket apparatus, and other means. From' the 20th to the 31st Oct., the total number of shipwrecks was 248, drowning 686 persons, showing that only two men perished from the 52 wrecks that occurred between the 27th - and 31st of the month, and that their crews, amounting to 126 men, were safely rescued from their perilous positions. On the Ist of November, however,•the gale again was most furious ; 38 vessels were wrecked on this day, from which 29 persons were lost and 73 men saved, 31 having been rescued by life-boats of the National Life-boat Institu.: tion and other bodies. The shipwrecks that took place from the 2nd to the 9th Nov. did not exceed the average rate of losses ; but the summary of the whole work of destruction, from the 25th Oct. to the 6th Nov., is distressing in the extreme to contemplate. It is as follows :--Total shipwrecki, 325 ; total lives lost, 748. It is gratifying to find that, on these occasions, 487 lives were rescued by life-boats and other means from the wrecks. It is only just that we should acknoWledge—and what place more fitting ?—the noble assistance that Na tional Life-boat Institution, the Board of Trade, and local bodies have 'rendered the cause of humanity on these disastrous occasions, for through'their aid many Of the lives recorded above as saved were snatched from death by their excellent boats and rocket apparatus. LAMENTABLE WRECK IN DUNDRUM BAY.—New castle, Castlewellan, 6th Dec., 1859.—0 n the night of the 4th instant, the Austrian brig Tiky ran on shore on the rocks off- Tyrella, north side of Dundrum Bay. The Newcastle life-boat belonging to the Royal National Life-boat Institution was launched a little before day light, and got alongside the vessel about 10 a.m., which she found to be abandoned. It was blowing a gale from S.W. at the time with a heavy sea. The coast ,guard boat- at Tyrella, :in trying to reach the vessel (before.the life-boat came) was capsized, aid the boat's crew nearly drowned, having got on shore in a very exhausted state. - I found afterwards that the crew of the vessel had abandoned her in their own boat directly she struck, and being outside the broken water, they succeeded in getting off St. John's Point in the morning, where they tried to land, and in- doing so their boat capsized, six were drowned and nine saved by the coast guard of St..john's Point station. Had the unfortunate . fellows remained by the vessel, they would have been all saved, •,as her masts held on' and part of the hull above water until twelve hours after the life-boat reached LYTHAM, Dec.. 6.—This morning, intelligence was brought* here by a fisherman that a vessel was lying sunk on the edge of Salthouse Bank, near the .Ribble lighthouse. The life-boat of the Royal National Life boat Institution was promptly launched and proceeded off to the wreck, which was found to he lying sunk, with, sails flying loose and in ribbons, 'but with no appearance- of a crew. The .life-boat continued to hover about the vicinity of the wreck, in the hope of discovering something of the crew, but she was corn- . gelled to return without success to the shore, conclud ing that they , had met a watery grave. In the mean time, however, it was discovered that the crew had suc ceeded in reaching the beach, at the lighthouse, at mid cpight, afrer having had a very narrow escape, and b een four hours exposed in their boat. • • I • FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A . frightfnl and fatal. accident occurred on Wednesday, afternoon last, near .the Carleton'statifin on the Midland line, about three miles from Nottingham. Cheetliam, the father of the station master, was, it appears crossing the line . about . half-past four o'clock 'in the 'afternoon, when a team came up which la did not , perceive. He was knoCked,down by the, engine„ and was $0 fearfully man.; , gled aitO:Canse hii'deathastantaneously. The engine driver - saw the unfortunate man on the line, put on the whiistle, and' tUrned:off, the steam, but . was unable to reverse - the en*ine iti sufficient time to• Prevent the lamentable accident: • COUNTY TREASURE R S.—An abstract of accounts of county treasurers tor' the'year ending Michaebnas, 1858, was fticd on Sattirday. It shfiNts that the total receipts 'Said counts treauirers amounted i to the sum of £2,046,667 (in tngland.tand,Wales), and the - gross total disbursements to £1,840,669: . The items of expenditure include the sum of £562,910 for 'rural pelice, £18,457 for conveyance of prisoners, .£358 - ,527 for gaols and house's of correction, £127,9 for prosecution of pri- Oilers, £150,915 for lunatic asylums, £52,122 for bridges, £5O; - 721'for coroners, and'£92,9Bl for repayment of debts. 'DtrEnNiiiimi Sole="OF A GENTLEMAN.—On Friday morning inforMation' was' received by Mr. Payne, the , coroner for the'city of London, of. the death Of Mr. S. Lloyd, aged 24, who committed self-destruction under . 1 she f Mowing circumstances deceaSed came to the Portugal Hotel, Fleet-street; on Monday last, and Seemed in very goOd spirits. On Wednesday even ing he retired to rest at an early hour, and on Thurs day morning, not making his appearance, the 'waiter knocked at his door about twelve o'clock, and received no answer, a ladder was obtained, and on looking through the window saw him dead in bed. The door was broken open, and medical assistance was sent for, when, on searching the bed, a bottle was found under his pillow that had contained pruSsic acid. - :LITERATURE. OWD WISDOM'S LANKISHIRE A.WMENACK FOR TR' YER 1860, BEEIN LEOP YER. Bolton: James T. Staton. In this small publication there is a successful attempt at combining the useful with -the amusing. The usual features of an almanack are preserved sufficiently to give it value as a calendar of time and events, while the whole of the tiny broocizure is so mixed up with quaint local provincialisms and cynical remarks as to form an interesting object of consultation. It contains, also; a tale or romance, called " Th' Inigobray Ghost ; or, th' Last oth Crutchers." Broad humour conveyed in the homely dialect of Lancashire seems to be the chief aim of the compiler of this almanack ; and, so far as we can judge, his object appears to have been efficiently carried out. MORTON'S NEW FARMERS' ALMANAC FOR 1860. Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London : John Mackie and Son. A small publication, containing more useful information respecting the products and interests of a most important class cf the community, it would be difficult to find, than that whose title stands at the head of this notice. To farmers, and all engaged in agricultural or grazing pur suits,,Morton's Almanac must prove invaluable, the name ,of its editor being a sufficient guarantee for the accuracy of all the information contained in it. That information, besides the usual calendar, comprises brief but comprehensive histories of agricultural proceedings during each of the months of last year—valuable direc tions for managing the farm, the dairy, and the live stock, of all kinds, during each month of the year. There is scarcely a subject on which a farmer can be at fault that is not explained fully and satisfactorily in some portion of this excellent almanac. The usual informa tion expected in this class of publication is fully up to the average, but the feature of the book—and it is an excellent one—is the entire devotion' of the pages to agriculture and kindred subjects. As a class almanac the one before us is not to be surpassed. COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. The Queen and Prince Consort,- at Osborne, on Fri day, with Prince Leopold and - Princess Louisa, drove out in an open carriage. The Duchess of Athol, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, and Captain du Plat were in attendence. The death of Earl de Grey would, under ordinary cir cumstances, have placed a Blue Riband at the disposal of Her Majesty ; but, in consequence of the gracious gift of an extra Garter by the Queen to Lord Derby, he will now occupy the vacant stall in St. George's Chapel at Windsor, and the ordinary knights—subjects of the Crown—will stand at the usual namber, and the present vacancy will not be filled up. ' The Queen has granted a pension of £l5O a year out of the Civil List pensions to the daughters of Frederick Cort, whose inventions in the manufacture of iron have contributed so much to the prosperity of the trade, whilst his family have been left in deep distress. been Queen has also en pleased to grant a pension on the Civil List of £125 a year to the sisters of the late Doctor. Dionysius Lardner, whose contributions to i• science are so well known, ' THE MINISTRY.—LorI Palmerston left London on Friday for Brighton, where Lady,Palmerston is at pre sent residing. The Right Hon, Edward Cardwell remains in Ireland. Earl Granville has quitted Brighton and returned to town with his countess. Mr. Gladstone left London on Thursday evening, and has arrived in Edinburgh, in which city. he will remain some days, The Duke of .Argyll has , quitted town for Trentham hall, Staffordshire, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland. Others of the ministry have also quitted the metropolis for their country seats. Lord Palmerston was expected to return to town from Brighton yesterday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been staying during the past week at Knowsley, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby. The circle at present staying with the noble host and hostess com prises their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Wilton and Lady Katherine G. Egerton, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord Loughborough, Hon. Al gernon and Lady Blanche Egerton, Mr. George Russell, and Colonel Tyrwhitt, in waiting on the Duke of Cam bridge. The Earl of Derby, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl of Wilton, and the other gentlemen of the party, were unable on Tuesday to go out shooting, owing to the very unfavourable weather. On Wednesday the noble host and his friends had capital sport, about 1,300 head of game being killed. The next day there was another battue. Sportiug tltelitigeurt. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. THE CHASE. SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN'S HOUNDS' • WILL MOT ON Monday Dec. 12 Stocket Gate, Wednesday . ' Dec. 14 Cloverley, Friday . Dec. 16 ,Malpas, Saturday Dec. 17 Lightwood Green At half-past ten. Master : Sir W. W. Wynn.--Huntsman : John Walker. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Monday Dec. 12 Twemlow Hall. Wednesday ' Dec. 14 Belmont. Thursday , Dee. 15 Tattoa Park. Saturday Dec. 17 Calveley Hall, Monday Dec. 19 Church Minshull. Wednesday Dee. , 21 Wrenbury. Friday Dec. 23 Cholmondeley. Saturday Dec. 24 Mere. A. Half-past Ten o'clock . . STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES FOR 1860. JANUARY. 2 I Jerirey • 4 I Aberystwith.24, 26 • winItUARY. Catmarthenshire.7, 9 I Ten y, 28J Grand Military Derby Midland 23 (N'titaxepton) 29,30 MARCH. Tenby 1 I Pembroke. Annual Coventry 14 13 I • Birrniughgun 13 I Manchester - . . COURSING,. COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1859.—DECEMSER. Cloughton, Warwickshire ; Mr. Warwick, 12. Brougham and Whinfell (Open), Cumberland • Mr. Dalzell, 13;14, , • 1 Ilordley, galop ; Mr. Warwick, 14. ;.[ "2. :' - ~ Churchtown (Southport), Lancashire ; Mr.lg ‘ Taylor, 14. Ardrossan C. (Sharphill),•AYrsliire; Mr. Patt7,,e)E, 15. Selby; Yorkshire • M. S. Cundall, 15, 16. • " ' • Amicable Club (liampton-court), Middlegell; ML Warwick, 15,16. • • . , ', . Mountainstown ; Mr. W.,,O'Wens, 15, 16. . : Mid-Annandale, Dumfriesshire; Mr. Hay, 15, 16. Bryn-y-Pya, Flintshire•, Mr. Warwick, 19. ' ' ''' • Tyne Side Cldb (Kirkley), Northumberland; Mr. A. Dalzell, 19. • • • Tredegar Park (St. Pierre, Chepstow), Monmouthshire: Mr. Warwick, 20, 21. ' 1 , Chilton, Berkshire : Mr. M l George, 21, 22. - Mr. Warwick, 28. ENaerwtohnal.inCropmtsiluC,ommbebre,rmunercoe)in, C siii he r thre m : r. M w. r. ar A wi . Bennett, 2 e 2 t , t, 2 2 3 2 . . Pembrokeshire Club (Haverfordwest), Pembrokeshire : Mr. Warwick, 27. Kenilworth,-Waraickshire :. Mr. bui: h s f h 'G : eliorrg.eA, A. D 7, au 2B .e . ii, 27, and Scortont Catterick i9Pe s ni c ir l :rkshire : Mr. Headley, 27, 28. (Greenridge), Northumberland : Mr. 'Coxou, 28. . ~ ~i,, , i • Great Crosby, Lancashire : 29:' ''''." 7'7 ' • Chillington, Staffordshire : Mi. Warwick,.29, 30. f 0 NBl C l a : l rh e ito d hnp o g n , osidfacany:sCtllueb, England 8 ( O al p o e p n : ), -- . The Grand Military Steeple Chases will take;placo (next year) In the same week as the Northampton Races, namely, the 29th Coventry Races are altered to Tuesday, the 13th of March, f r o :so Fe ld b ,by 2l, Messrs. la6e. and 30th March. The entries clos l e owi on n o g r w be e in consequence of the Grand Military . and Northampton Open Steeple Chases being fixed for the 29th and 30th. Mr. Petroffskie has purehrsed Norna, by Birdcateheori.outhtaof tre°that the . T lC a lSi l ie L Yo l 'r l , 2B on yLewa Monday r years, : t°l.°rK last: f.4T hei Russia .n f c o o l 1 n (bred in Am erlc a ) , 39g s ; Raven, 21gs ; and The Old English Gentiern'an; 14igs. 'Ersom SPRING MEEriNo.---The liberality of C. H. Carew, Esq., who, in addition to a bonus of £5O to the Metropolitan, has given £lOO each to an All-aged and New Two Year Old Stake, and £5O to a race for gentlemen riders, has caused the extension of this meeting to two days. The City and Suburban will be run on the first,'and the Metropolitan on the second day:' NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY Ilux•r aRAcRs.---The North amptonshire Stakes, which closes .on' the - first . Tuesday in January, already numbers nearly eighty subscribers, including many of the principal noblemen and gentlemen connected with the Turf. th F e r. Th oc r a f i h s a u s izi n o ot S l r os a t r a E n O y F of T t i l i l patron age it has so long received, Jockey Club, now numbers sixty-one members, including his seven teen earls, three viscounts, seven lords, four honourables, six baronets, and other eminent personages. Majesty the King of Ho ll and, five dukes, five marquises DONCASTER AND YORK SPRING MEETINGS.---We understand that the York committee have proposed to the authorities at Doncaster to exchange their Spring fixtures. This would be mutually advantageous, as A pril is too early for the sale of that noble .r n a uo ff ab ord l v e . -. a . ed zi A d b a y s r t i s i t .o t h o n e c g r f a ge t P i York), whilst Doncaster will never hold an immtant position in the weeks after Chester. - - ( important feature at the yearlings of the Rawc i e stud