Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-18 00:00:00

neans at all of business ranks, and a in many 1 access to ally speak' and under ease, they upon our charitable by ties of religious L who, if 'ther with the first le w a y of such a as- that Cblonistgf tillitss, of nc upoir wanted fusiw. to' Andi is. ls, come STREET Manner se-street, night by does not tly again to direct tide the ake this decency eyes of nything iire the iedy, to 'ent one verpool camp s really 13 quite sort of . P l a y. riled off leratell woman ling of 'easing, !led to annual maing , sitory, ewe ffill be t the twith- chess 1, has who MR. BRIGHT'S NEW REFORM BILL. SCHEDULE A B oroughs in England and Wales, Fifty-six in number, which are to cease to return any Members or Member to serve in Parliament. The column of direct taxes payable by each Borough is made up from Parliamentary Returns for the year 1857, an d includ es S c h edules A and D of the property and income-tax (being the tax on real property, and on trades and professions), the tax on inhabited houses, the asses sed taxes, an d t h e l an d tax. Th e assessed taxes and the inhabited house tax are not levied in Ireland. Boroughs marked x were to have lost one member, and those marked xx were to have been wholl disfranchised by th e government bill of 1854. y The column of £lO electors include rated electors 14 Ireland. Direct taxes u eyable Population in 1851. ftrundei sat ts n R on !ton iii :to n - xx " Thetford ßsinz z Tol e I x •• *: ;AZ %an us. fill i/aU n RI —74 chnionn ri2rptattert r i :Poro ugh n yy x - Leo zi Thtr L Yra m ak in in g ner on Ludlow z • • Ando. icrui .er P boro resu,h x teran e i d .„ wkesbpry z BcraVaduz, z b Er ma • D • r. co , z .•• R ipna • elrenc — Llske a e r e d tei c i t iaun- sdou "wrin D orchester z Chester x rest Marlow D evizes x x - statism x • ..• Radnor • tuUdford ine ich lrealiury d Pdt Murat za ••• Westbury' -Draltwlurt :• Wycombz x • Wareham .• EOckermosth rsewdley Rbhton • • Vbriatchu• ch •• EY4.. ,Bri.dport r d l a lli tt n i o i rth Woodstock :: In 1857, .e 10 E., electors. A 6,928 7,012 7, 02 1 7,1;23 7,096 7,179 7,218 7,k7S 7 318 7,928 7.479 7.531 7,536 7,b1• 7 6,1 7,983 33 3.590 Irish Boroughs to cease to reta 199,713 number Menabey Portarlington Du ngaauon •• ' ~?waPatr ek Ma law .• E nniskillen :: Coleraine Lisburn • Laudon • • 2,64 3,854 4,8j4 5 565 5,683 6,084 6,517 7,673 7,b43 912 1,444 1,792 954 1,532 1,692 1044 1,800 Scotch Contributary Boroughs which are no longer contribute to return Members to Parliament, Twenty one in number.. New Gallo" e •Dor.,o c h " • Culroas North Bet' I . • In verbervie I n rerary • ' Loctuu„ • • • k•o rt i r i os , a ti3en . Lander en • Sou t h Pateuween • /in-ighorrt • • White lot • • Cull e n • 0 ban C roniarty Yiveru r y I'Lnccltibar ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULE Direct taxes Fopu'atlon payable £lO in 1651. in 1857, e l ect° s England ....... 332,540 199.713 18,163 Inl and, 51,146 12,412 1,'58 Scotland (con-) tributor) boroughs)... 28,204 8,975 411,00 No of boroughs 221,100 20,812 SCHEDULE B Boroughs, Slily-nine in number, exceeding 8,000 and der 16,000 Inhabitants, in future to return one Member each. Those of them, Thirty-four in number, now returning two Members, to lose one Member each. Irish Boroughs are printed in capitals; Scotch Boroughs in ATRLONE .. • Newport z .. .. Wallingf .rd .. .. Buckingham x ~ Tavistock x .. .. CAIIRICKFERC,U3 Rye.. .. .. 'Wilton xx .. Tamworttt x.. .. Chichester x.. Peterborough x .. Banbury .. .. Anaisou . blamiord x .. .. -St. Ivan ... .. Casuzi, .. Poole x .. •• Weymouth and Mel- I combs Regis x Shaftesbury .. .. Windsor x .. .. Population in 1851. - Lewes x .. •• .• lie d West .. You ve e r n io a r m. .. Morpeth .. Beverley ... .. 1411%, ROBS • • • • Frome tormar.a • ENNIS . •• lieweastle•Lrder-LYne• Truro. . (: Limb am . • • Warm' ick ... • • Vi r la tby Tiv erton x • • ... •• Newark . •• Barnstaple .. • • Clitherce Pontefract • • D tiNcenva x . • .. ... • Casi.ove altsbu .• ••ry • • • • Bedford • • • • Ch., iga n ..• • E(ndal • . Staffol-d • • • • RE reford • • G reat G r:nrst y •••• • Sandwich .. • • Beaumaris • • •• Stirling • • • • W• ahoso • • Scare •• oi ungh.. •• Ily the •• • • burham .. r enrYn and Fs' mouth... Winchester .. •• TnaLst .. B ury St. Edrn . lint ••• St. A drews, Cup a r • • • 1 Anstrut hers A : hilrenn y Taunton .• .. Wick. Kirko-citl, Ding-1 2, :.11, a; lain F.Ligo •• N XVIILY ter .. •• th-wi, k .• (toroth .• • Dvaftern/ine and Inver-1 ketthing 12,915 13,164 13,188 13,6`..6 13,704 13,759 13,980 Direct taxes payable In 1857. "CO 5,687 4, 4 87 5,267 7.920 1,625 3,250 5.294 2,988 7,391 7,5092 8.0;2 3,160 Rto El electors, A 14,393 14,774 14.938 15,094 15,2C4 2,f 31 1.45 5,614 6,518 3,647 3,881 1 v,332 6,288 5,393 Totals.. .. .. 779,91 r. 387,000 435 686 6U2 149 ii 4 33,359 i* SCHEDULE C, Boroughs, Forty-one in number, exceeding 16,000 and under 25,000 Inhabitants, in which no change is pro posed, except with regard to three of the largest Scotch groups, which are to be divided, and to have one Member for each Division ; and an additional Member to be added to Kilkenny. Population Direct taxes i n 1851. payable in 1857. 16.16 s 21,162 16,592 7,2 , 3 16,614 6,160 16,700 6,556 17,011 16,452 4EII Eectro. 408 2 691 1 612 1 521 1 1,137 2 Lancaster - Dumfries and Annan. D nbigtt .. .. Pembroke •. liastingi .. .. Haddington, Dunbar, Jedbuivh. Mussel burgh & Portobello . Boston .. .. Lincoln .. .. Gloucester .. .. Ayr.. .. .. Ai ontzorpery .. Canterbury.. Klideinflaster .. Flint.. .. -- . Hamilton, Lanark,) 18 851 5,260 669 i and Linlithgow .... White aven.. .. 18,9'6 11 917 541 1 Citarmarthen 19,234 10,649 769 1 .. Inverness. Forres, 1 19.233 9,139 635 1 and Nairn . ~... j King's ...yno.. .. 19,355 13 551 975 2 Colchester • • 19,443 12,809 790 2 00 Elgin, Banff, andt 19,635 15.227 756 1 Peterhead .... 5 Bbrewsbnry.. .. 19.681 17,945 1,121 2 Dao sans... 041 19 819 4,922 872 1 LONDONDIRZY .. 19 973 8,121 723 1 Cbrcliff .. . ~. 50,424 20,707 824 1 Wen'ock .. .. 20.588 12,805 740 2 bi aidst me .. 20,801 17,727 1, 5 84 2 Kirkaldy, Burntis-i land and Dysart .5 Kilmarnock.. ... Redding .. .. Dumbarton Pt Glas-} gow Renfrew, and Buthergkn W aliedeld .. Caernarvon.. .. Dover .. .. Irvine, Campbel town Wigton, and Stranraer Falkirk and Airdrie... 23,187 5,835 795 4 W.ir. i a atoll. .. 25,063 13,:156 692 i Arbroath and Brechin 2 1,623 17.993 846 1 Perth . •• '43,32 14,458 £ 47 1 HILKANNY.. „ • • 24,182 4,621 541 I Montrose and Forfar. 24,549 14.526 699 i 1,102 1 17,518 17,536 17,572 17.6 4 17,887 18.898 18,442 18,814 11,223 14,744 17,989 6,89 8,131 10.868 8,790 8,624 864 2 224 2 I,o'l 2 581 1 843 1 1,072 2 506 1 663 1 6,647 4,342 1.4,275 683 1 671 i 1,88 2 743 i 961 1 756 1 1,042 2 1,044 1 lotus . .. 821,553 4;0,172 33,034 51 SCHEDULE D Boroughs, forty-three in number, exceeding 25,000 and under 54,000 inhabitants, to return two members each, of which sixteen boroughs now return only one member each. Direct taxes Population p 1 3%W El e £lO 4) In 1951. in 1857. elec'ors. A Gateshead.. .. 25,568 10,186 739 1 .. Walsall 23. 80 22 593 1,057 1 Carlisle .. 26 310 14,750 825 2 Monmouth .. 26 512 21,836 1,582 1 Northampton .. 26,657 18,956 1 520 2 Aylesbury.. .. 26,794 13,636 1,1 8 2 Worcester .. 27,528 24,595 1,602 2 Cheater .. .. 27,763 30 336 1.099 2 Cambi idgs 27,855 26 753 1,989 2 o,4ford .. .. 27.843 19.765 1,633 2 Chatham .. • 28 429 11,817 1,339 1 South Shields .. 28,974 ' 13 394 866 1 Rochda'e .. .. 29,195 22 Bs3 1,215 1 Tynemouth anl North I 2 9,170 17,648 938 1 Shields .. . A Mon- under -Lytle . 29,791 14,973 971 1 Shoreham.. • • 30,553 20.667 1.532 2 Huddersfield .. 31,880 27 372 1,415 1 Y..rmonth.. .. 30,879 14,945 1.268 2 Leith .. .. 39,919 64,939 1,375 I Bury .. .. 31,252 24,757 1,056 1 Wigan .. .. 31,941 16,655 746 2 WAT EltroltD 32 604 9 312 622 2 Ipswich .. .. 32,914 22,955 1,516 2 Halif .2 .. .. 33.582 23,052 1,218 2 GALWAY .. 34,14; 3,142 461 2 Cheltenham .. 35,151 32 239 2 258 1 Southampton • • 35 395 28,2 s 7 2 313 2 Cricklado 35,503 25,529 1,52 . 1. 1 Strome.. „ • 86,535 21.356 1,224 2 Greenock .. 36,689 26,4 4 1,4 5 1 • • Coventry .. .. 26,812 26,367 8 8 9 2 Dudley •- •• 8 7,952 19,614 912 . I Mace esti Ad • • 39. 48 14 868 1,103 2 York .. .. 4 ',359 42.112 I t .91 2 40 609 24,582 2,101 2 _,_„., a, .... 71 Exeter .. .. 41,6,18 :03 243 t. 222 2 Swansea .. .. 45,123 24 221 1,337 1 East Het' ord 46, 54 3',CB) 2,262 2 Blackburn .. 48.5 6 27,603 1,321 2 Paisley 47.952 Devout,ort Piymouth Stockport 50.1f , 9 17 963 2,C93 52,221 32,091 2,462 53,835 24,3 t. 1,403 1,49),153 965,191 60,087 70 SCHEDULE E. Boroughs, twenty-three in number, exceeding 54,000 and under 127,000 inhabitants, of which four boroughs now return one member each, and the rest two members each, to return in future three members each. Direct t..xes Population payable £lO 4.. Bath .. .. .. in 1851 in 1857. electors X 51,240 46 9c4 3,142 2 Nottingham .. .. 57,407 56 019 3,107 2 I eicester .. 0,584 33 840 2,565 2 Bolton.. .. .. 61.11 30,6 ( .5 1,724 2 Merthyr Tydvil .. 63 08s 2g 974 985 . 1 Sunchrlalci .. • ' 67,394 42,593 2,153 2 Norwich • • .. 68,195 41.271 2,387 2 Preston .. .. 69 512 41.59 1 1,824 2 Limsaicr .. 69.551 15,710 1,550 2 Brighton .. .. 69,673 75,593 :, , 70 2 Aberdeen .. 71 9 3 05,924 2,349 1 Portsmouth ... .. 72,096 29 8 0 3 526 2 &chem. 72 357 21,182 1,978 2 Dundee.. .. .. 78,931 65.456 2 343 1 BELFAST ... ... 79 354 53 2'4 g 2 83 2 .. Stoke•upon-Trent 84,027 55 224 1,9.3 2 Hall .. 00 • . 84 . 69) 74,994 3,074 2 Salon). . .. 85 108 43,981 4,009 1 Newcastle—upon-Tyne .. 87.784 1t.7.417 3,551 2 Brwi ord ~ 103 778 fi2 841 2,123 2 Greenwich 10 784 58,026 6,907 2 Coax .. .. 114,232 37 7.4 2 275 2 Wolverhampton.. 119.748 6, 112 as 9 2 Total. .. 1,79v,709 1,162,04 6i,604 42 SCHEDULE F Boroughs, twelve in number, exceeding 127,000 and under 270,000 inhabitants, including the borough of the Tower hamlets divided into two distinct boroughs. Of these boroughs, one now returns four members, an d th e rest, including the undivided Tower hamlets, return two members each. It is propo se d th a t, in future, each of these twelve borougbs should re t urn four members each. it is intended that each of these boroughs shall be divided into two wards, returning .two members each ; each elector to be registered in one ward only. London.. Sheffield Bri Edinburgh Leeds... Southwark ~" Birmingham Westminster .. Lambeth •• DusLisr. Tower Hamlets, A Tower Hamlets, B Direct taxa; Population payable £lO i i i in 1851. in 1817. elec:ora, X 127,8 9 1,097.028 13,582 4 135.310 81,474 5.612 2 137 S 2 i 144,640 8,378 2 160,3 2 219,341 8,197 2 1'2,270 112.422 6,403 2 17 ,863 185 961 10,604 2 232.841 102,731 8,780 2 241,611 534.1 6 13,355 ' 2 251,3 5 198,9 9 18 522 2 265 2 , 2 163,950 5,1 3 2 263,555 151 684 12,668 1 2,9 555 151 684 12.663 1 ... 2,435,1 1 3,229,050 123,919 SCHEDULE G Boroughs, fire in number, exceeding 316,000 inhabitants, now returning two members each, which it is proposed shall in future return six members each. It is .intended that each of these boroUghs shall be di v ided into two wards, returning three members each ; each elector to be registered in one ward only. Manchester. Flisbury Glasgow . nt ar y 1 e bon e . Liverpool .. Direct tiles d Population ptyabie LI ) .‘. in 1851. In 1857. electors X .. 816 213 394,947 17,823 2 •• 323 772 349,129 20 717 '2 .. 329 097 337,032 18 118 2 • • 370,957 641.h78 20,317 ,2 •• 3'5 955 502,305 13,050 2 Totals .. 1,715,9g4 2,223,991 90,078 10 SCHEDULE H England, new Boroughs, seven in number, to have Nine Members, Gravoyend . Leam.naton S a yfirifig3. Burnley . Birk© head Chelsea Konainton.. Popu'l Con ro. of in 1851. Members, 16.633 1 15,692 1 2 1 ,76 a 2 t,E23 1 24.175 1 56,538 2 41,053 2 198,679 9 SCHEDULE 1.- English counties and divisions of counties to have eighteen Present Proposed sectors. Membt rA. Member,. additional members Population 1851. West Riding of 1 'Y , ork 2 envision a.. ) • ~84 888 37153 South Lancashire, 21 d.visiona 500,711 _ _ . York, worth North ,,Lanca „ Fl l l i d r i e r_;,. : 3 17 1 6 6 ,2 8 2 0 4 4 12,105 2 3 ;2.352 2 3 South t!:;:onshire „ 217,884 9.625 2 2 .rest Rent .. • • 231,711 8,993 2 3 South Stafford .. _ 206,3n5 11,202 2 3 West Cornwa 1 .. .. 165.167 4 542 2 3 North Fen:— .. _ 165 541 5,553 2 3 South Essex.. •• • • 173,995 6,169 2 3 LincAnshins, Parts 1 192.074 1 2 435 2 3 of Lindsey .. Wet Norfolk .. .. 168,979 7,179 2 u s t Somerset .. .. 172,199 - 1 ri,vas 2 i West Sornene'• • !! I 6 V1? 7,510 2 3 Wexford .. Limerick .. Antrim Tyruna Down Tipperary Cork SCHEDULE Po pulatiun Electors. 2,111,848 58,885 14 22 SCHEDULE L Abstract showing the Borough population of England, Scotland, and Ireland by the arrangements proposed in the foregoing Schedules ; the number of Ten Pound Electors, the number of Members, and the population for each Member. In the proportion of Members for England are included Seven Members not yet appropria ted, and for which additional new Boroughs may be advantageously created. Popula- Population No. of No. of tion for in 1851. £lO Members. each ectors. Member. England . . 7,319,961 El 417,441 301 24,318 Scotland .......,....1,107,918 48,577 40 27,697 Ireland 9,255,163 494,093 379 The Grand Duke and Duchess Constantine of Russia have arrived at Palermo without touching at Naples. A Florence letter of Jan. 13 states, that the King of Naples has at length permitted Mdme. Ristori to play in the latter city. According to a telegram from Vienna, General Count Mensdorff is to hold the office of Austrian ambassador at St. Petersburgh. Th second volume of Mr. Henry Buckle's " History of Civilisation," on which the author has been engaged for the last fifteen years, will shortly be issued. A Paris correspondent states that a report has reached Paris of the death of Radio at Cayenne. He is said to have exhibited in his last hours " sentiments of repentance and piety." Aavices from St. Petersburg state that the Life Assu rance Association founded in 1835, with exclusive privi leges, which have just expired, will be continued as an ordinary joint-stock company. The American Notes and Queries states that Mr. Charles Lanman, of Washington, has undertaken the gigantic task of compiling a Dictionary of Congress, from the earliest times until the present. A "tortoise-shell torn cat" was put up for sale by auction a few days ago, at Norwich. The bidding went up to £l2, but the lady who owned it had refused an offer of £2O, so she bid 12 guineas and bought it in. Lady Cowley will not give her usual soirees at Paris this season. The extensive repairs going on at the British embassy will not be finished for a long time, and Lord Cowley and his family are living temporarily in Lord Holland's house. The day after the . last ball at the Tuileries, Madame de Hatzfeld was summoned to Berlin by telegraph, in consequence of her husband, the Prussian ambassador at. Paris, being taken suddenly ill. A recent letter from Berlin states that the illness is not dangerous. ACCIDENT TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF SUFFOLK.-- The Earl of Stradbroke has met with an accident while shooting with Sir Edward Bowater, at Sotterley, Suffolk. The contents of Sir Edward's . gun were accidently lodged in his lordships' legs ; he is going on favourably. M. Yanderstichelen, deputy for Ghent, has been ap pointed Minister of Public Works in Belgium, an office which had become vacant by the death of M. Partoes. The Independence Beige describes the new minister as a young, active, and intelligent member of the liberal party. He is a member of the Belgian bar, and has been con nected with the newspaper press of Ghent. AN INGENUOUS CHILD. Professor Jacob Grimm re lates the following anecdote : "Not long ago, a little girl of about eight years old, apparently belonging to a good family, rings at the door of Dr. Giimm, and tells the servant that she wishes to speak to the Herr Pro fessor.' Thinking the little one had to deliver a message, the servant shows her into the study of the Professor, who receives her kindly, and asks after her errand. The child looks at him with earnest eyes and says, Is it thou who hast written those fine • Marchen?' (fairy tales)—'Yes, my dear,' answers Doctor Grimm, my brother and I have written the Haus Marchen.' 'Then thou bast also written the tale of the clever little tailor, where it is said at the end, who will not believe it must pay a antler ?'—' Yes, I have written that too.' Well, then, Ido not believe it, and I sup pose I have to pay a thaler ; but as I have not so much money now, I'll give thee a groschen on account, and pay the rest by-and-bye.' " The savant, as may be imagined, was not a littl e sur p r i se d an d amuse d . He i nquired after the name of his conscientious little reader, and took care that she reached her home safely. CUIMINALITY or MuNNING.—" A pun does not com monly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both - of the facts and - of the-pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a ver dict of justifiable homicide. Thus, in a case lately de cided before Miller, J., Doe presented Roe a subscription paper, and urged the claims of suffering humanity. Roe replied by asking when charity was like a top. It was in evidence that Doe preserved a dignified silence. Roe then said, ' When it begins to hum.' Doe then, and not till then, struck Roe; and his head happening to strike a bound volume, of the Monthly Rag-bag and Stolen Miscellany, • intense mortification ensued, with a fat a l result. The chief laid d own hi s not i ons of the law to his brother justices, who unanimously replied, Jest so.' The chief rejoined, that no man should jest so without being punished for it, and charged for the prisoner, who was acquitted, and the pun ordered to be burned by the sheriff. The bound volume was forfeited as a deodand, but not claimed."—The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. The Daily Telegraph, a paper established about three years ago by a military gentleman, Colonel Sleigh, who was the first that attempted to effect in the English press, that revolution which Emile de Girardin carried' out in the French. He founded a journal as big as the Times - three yards of paper, printed in small type, with crowded lines—the paper much better than Girardin's Presse—and sold the whole, equal to an octavo volume of three hundred pages, for a penny, or one-fourth of the price of the Times. The honourable and philanthropic Colonel spent a hundred thousand pounds sterling in this enterprise, and died as_poor as a beggar, a short time ago, at b - Bouloome. When Colonel Sleigh had to give up the affair for want of funds, a couple of. Hebrew gentlemen, Levy and Son, got h o ld o f it : as they possessed the needful, the machine kept Tit marching., and has marched until now. Every day, at one o'clock in the afternoon, Messrs. Levy, Mr. Horace St. John, Mr. Bayle St. John, Mr. Geo. Augustus Sala, and others, assemble in the editorial office, and take a review of the universe. With a glance rapid as lightning, Mr. Bayle St. John swallows this mass, and orders, re-arranges, and classiliQs it ii 18 shortQit possible 4Pl.9,—Statesman. THE NORTHERN TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1859 Irish Counties, Seven in number, to which it is proposed to give eight additional Members. members Proposed now. No. of 1 +51.. Members. 180,158 5,582 2 3 2r8,644 6 249 2 3 251.383 8,2 6 2 3 255.061 . 7,423 2 3 320,8.7 10,690 2 3 331,569 7.262 2 3 563,576 13,473 2 4 Small Counties in Scotland to be united, and Me;nhers to be transferred to large Counties. Pon'ellen Present Proposed to Electors. No. of No. of 1851. M m ,ers. Members Selkirk .. 9.8 9 362 1 Petbles .. 10 733 394 1 LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, 2 •,557 753 2 1 The member to be gained by the union of thcsd c , :ountles to be gl, en to Lanarkshire. butherland 25,194 261 1 Ca thness 31,1-87 779 1 57,181 1,c49 2 1 The member gained by the union of these counties to be given to Aberdeenshire. Lan irk.. • .. 167,5f16 3,124 1 2 Aberdeen .. 130.. 31 4,€82 1 2 Bute and Arran to bi ad led to Ayrshire, and the united con stituency to return two m mbers. Bute and Arran.. 16.6 8 489 1 } 2 Ayrahhe. .. 143,257 3,976 1 GENERAL ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES SHOW ING THE RESULT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES. First Division.—Boroughs to return not more than two members each. Population Dirzet taxi Ten Poll - .d No. of 61 . in 1"51. payable 1e57 e:ectorg. bor- N 2 coughs. su. Schedule B 76),Q16 336,90/ 32,689 61 69 Sthedu'e C 821.531 4 , ).771 33,034 41 55 Schedule 1) 1.490 153 965,191 60,C87 43 84 Totals . 3.081,622 1,822.8 125,810 152 2'o Second - Boroughs to return more than two members each. No. of h Population Direct taxes Ten Pound born 2, in 1851. payable, 1857. electors. oughs. 2 P 4 Schedule E • 1,799,739 1,162,078 64,604 23 69 Schedule F 2,436,101 3,299,050 123,969 12 48 Schedule G 1,715,944 2,223,991 90,078 5 30 Totals ...5,951,784 6,615,119 278,651 40 147 The following is the NOTE.--It will be seen from a comparison of the two Divisions of the General Abstract here given, that the Representation of the large Boroughs, even as now proposed, is greatly below that which they may fairly claim on the ground of population, taxation, and number of electors. The adjourned annual meeting of the proprietors of the Philharmonic Hall was held yesterday, in the Cotton Sales' Room. Mr. Langton in the chair. Amongst other gentlemen present, there were—Messrs. Clay, Mottram, Downes, W. Johnson, E. Johnston, Kurtz, Meade King, Higgins, Raffles, Perkin, Banner, Finley, Hyslop, Sharpe, J. Brancker, R. W. Houghton, John Johnston, Scc. 'B, nine REPORT The committee beg leave to lay before the proprietors the statement of the accounts for the past year, which have been audited as usual by Messrs. Harmood Banner and Son. Two stalls have been.sold, and eight stalls have been forfeited to the society owing to the non-payment of the year's subscription. The proprietors will observe that the current expenses of the society have exceeded by a few pounds the receipts of the year, a result which must be ascribed to the diminished attendance of the public. Considering, however, that the past year was one of continued depression in this community, the committee see no grounds for discouragement, nor reason to doubt that in suc ceeding seasons the ordinary rate of subscription will prove, as heretofore, fully adequate to the ordinary expenditure. The mortgage upon the hall has been discharged, and the total liabilities of the society are now £1,234 17s 3d. The proceeds of two boxes and 245 stalls held by the society will, as realised, come in reduction of this amount. The committee have again the pleasure of conveying to the practical members their acknowledgments for very valuable services rendered to the society during the past season. They likewise wish to express to Mr. Henry Sudlow their approval of the zeal and efficiency with which he continues to perform his duties as secretary and treasurer. It has latterly been the practice to give ten subscription and two extra concerts, but the committee now beg to prop ose th a t the twelve Concert; should all be included in the subscription, and be divided into eight full dress and four undress. It will be in the recollection of the proprietors that when the arrangement for the liquidation of the debt upon the building was entered into, a pledge was given that no expense should be incurred in painting and decorating the hall pending the payment of the calls. Those calls being now paid, the committee are of opinion that the subject of cleaning and decorating should be considered, and with this view they have obtained some estimates of the probable cost, not based, however, upon any precise specification, and therefore merely a guide for themselves and for the proprietors. These estimates show that the cleaning, painting and decorating of the hall in a suitable manner, with the necessary restoration of the furniture, would require a sum of about £I,IOO, and, in order to elicit the opinion of the pro prietors upon such an important question, the committee have prepared the following resolution, which they will submit at the adjourned annual meeting, viz.:— "_ That it is desirable to paint and decorate the hall, and that an addition of £1 is be made to the ordinary subscription for boxes and stalls for the present year, and the sum so rais e d b e placed at the disposal of the committee to defray the cost." They will then recommend that the subscription for the year 1859 should be as follows Boxes and stalls .. Gallery stalls .. Gallery ... - Annual subscribers to the stalls .. 4 4 0 „ They also propose that proprietors should be allowed to nominate any resident gentleman for the season, upon payment of 5s each, as before. And that any resident gentleman, not in business for himself, and approved of by the committee, should be allowed the privilege of purchasing, or of making use of, a member's ticket at the subscription concerts, upon payment of lOs 6d for the, year, in accordance with th e resolution passed at the annual meeting in January. 1856 £4 4 0 each seat, 20 0 „ 10 0 „ A statement of accounts was submitted, by which it appeared that the expenditure for the year was £4,477 lis. Bd., and the receipts during the same period amounted to £3,725 4s. 6d., of which £3,687 15s. 6d. was subscriptions for boxes, stalls, &c. ; leaving a balance of £8 16s. 9d. against the proprietry. The liquidation account stood thus —Balance 31st December, 1857, £11,528 17s. 11d. ; Balance 31st December, 1858, 1,815 16s. It was moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr. Johnston, "That the statement of accounts be passed," which, after some conversation, was carried unanimously. It was then moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr. Parker, " That the best thanks of this meeting be given to the practical members, for the very valuable services rendered to the society during the past season." The motion was carried unanimously. It was moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr. P. G..Heyworth, " That twelve concerts be given to the proprietors and subscribers next season—eight of which shall be full dress, and four undress concerts," Mr. Perkins moved, as an amendment, that only six concerts be given during the year, with a view of curtail ing the expenses. It was stated by several gentlemen present that the band would cost as much for the six concerts as for the twelve; and nothing could, in consequence, be saved by the amendment. The Chairman said that the committee had thought it a great hardship that, on many occasions, the public were admitted into the hall at 55., to hear the same artists and enjoy the same concerts as the subscribers did, who paid 7s. 6d. the previous night. It was stated in the course of the discussion that the extra concerts which were given did not pay for the sweeping of the hall. The amendment was seconded by Mr. Johnston, but, on being put to the meeting, was lost by a large majority ; and the original motion was accordingly allowed to pass. It was then moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr. Meade King: "That it is desirable to paint and decorate the hall, and that an addition of one guinea be made to the ordinary subscriptions of boxes and stalls for the present year, and the sum so raised be placed at the disposal of the committee, to defray the costs." The cost was estimated at about £l,lOO. Mr. Johnson held that it was inexpedient to make any further outlay until their debt was paid. He proposed that they should sell their boxes and stalls by auction, and said it would be better to give them away than continue to hold them as at present, as the subscription would come to more than £l,OOO in the year, whereas now they did not realise more than one or two hundred. They had only sold two stalls during the year at eighteen guineas, and he asked why they should keep them up 'at that price' if they did not sell ? Mr. Downes moved as an amendment, that it was inexpedient to make any outlay on the hall while the society was in debt. Mr. Johnson seconded the amendment, which, after some desultory discussion, was put and lost. Mr. Downes then moved, as another amendment, that the committee be instructed to sell the two remaining boxes and the remainder of the stalls. Manner of the sale to be left to the discretion of the committee. The amendment ; after being seconded, was put and lost, and the original motion was accordingly carried. The Chairman moved that the recommendation in the report, in reference to the subscriptiOn of 1859, be carried. The motion was agreed to. A committee was then , appointed, by resolution, after which The Chairman moved a resolution, the object of which was to concentrate the bank accounts. The motion was seconded by Mr. King, and carried unanimo us ly. This concluded the business. WATER COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of this cotnmittee was held at the Town-hall, yesterday; Mr. Hodson in the chair. There were also present—Messrs. Farnworth, Rvley, Turner, Woodruff, Stitt, Crellin, Wagstaff, and Earle. Mr. Duncan, the engineer, submitted a plan, and the following REPORT Consequent on the discussion which arose in the committee at its meeting on Monday, the 10th instant, with reference to the desirability of obtaining the maximum quantity of water from Green-lane, the engineer has to report that the works hereafter named, if carried out, will tend materially to effect the object sought, and would at the same time provide means tnmix more equally the well water with that from Rh-ington in the various home reservoirs. The correctness of Mr. Orellin's observations on this sublect is undoubted, provided the mains w ere so un d er control that no diminution in the supply to the other branches would take place in withholding from that portion of the main through which the -Green-lane water has to , traverse, such a quantity of Rivington water as would be supplemented by the additional quantity pumped from Green-lane, at the same time keeping the head below the top of the stand-pipe. In order to effect this it will be necessary to place a valve on the Liverpool side of the Green-lane junction, so as to command the Rivington supply, at the same time affording. the requisite• quantity to the other limbs of the main through. Green-lane and Edge-lane. At present there is uo command in the valve on the Liverpool side of the Green-lane junction. Hence the difficulty hitherto expe rienced. If the committee will therefore authorise the placing of a thirty-six-inch valve on the main, and the formation of a junction (as indicated on the plan) between the existing engine mains, all the water the engines are capable of raising may be more completely divided between the respective districts sup plied from Kensington and Audley-street reservoirs than hereto fore. Another advantage will also be obtained, namely, the power of diverting a larger quantity of Rivington water into the Park-hill reservoirs, consequently the water to the district. supplied from it will more nearly approach that of the other districts than has as yet been accomplished. The estimated cost for these works is set down at £420. In addition to the advan tages already enumerated to be obtained by carrying out the works as suggested, the entire establishment would be under more perfect control, and facilities afforded for supplying to Liverpool all Green-lane water by other than the present means, should any aceidant happen to the 3G-inch main on the Liverpool side of Green lane. The Chairman said, as to the question which arose at the last meeting ; and as applying to the suggestion of Mr. Jeffery's for obtaining a better supply of spring water, it appeared that by supplying certain valves and tubes, at a cost of £4OO, they could regulate the quantity of water' coming into the town, and distribute the pro portions of Itivington am! well water more equally. Mr. Farnworth said. the engineer did not state whether what he proposed w , :mid be likely to stop the complaints now existing. The Enginee,r said it would losen them, but would not altogether remedy the er:d complained of ; the distribution would be more equal. Mr. Woodri 4. " After sonic conversation, !..i moved that the report of the engineer be adqtea and carried out Mr - ,onded the motion Carried Ss- From the Engineer's quarterly return of the quantity of water supplied to the town, it appeared that 36,401,030 1 gallons had been pumped from the wells, and. 44,154,782 1 gallons received from llivingto n. Thq 'proportion. of Rivington to well water was as 11 to lac SOUTITYZRN HOSPITAL meeting of ti subscribers to this institu tion was held at two o'clock, yeeterday, in the Clarendon- The elm' was taken by It. L. Jones, Esq., the president of the institation. The Rev. Mr. Rertle read the The annti rooms A reference to the appended return, carefully prepared by th e House Surgeon, will at once indicate the member and severitj of the cases treated during the past year. The severity has been above the average, especially in the medical cases, so that in spite of the utmost skill and care, the number of deaths has amounted to 86, or nearly 2} per cent. on the whole number. The ventilating apparatus, which had got out of repair, has been (at a considerable but necessary outlay) improved and rendered thoroughly efficient ; and by the substitution of gas for a coal fire in the shaft, it is hoped that the current expendi ture will be materially lessened. A washing machine and a sewing machine have been added to the furniture of the Hospital, which it is emulated, will soon repay the outlay by the saving of labour and of wear. The Honorary Medical Board have kindly presented a gym nastic apparatus for the use of the convalescent patients, winch, it is believed, tends to accelerate the perfect use of their limbs, and consequently to shorten the period of recovery. The nurses of the surgical wards have been placed under the supervision of a superior nurse, responsible to the matron,—an arrangement which is found to ensure a more complete and exact attention to the prescribed treatment of the patients, as well as a more economical use of the drugs and stores. The committee are at last able to announce to the trustees and subscribers that the recognition of the hospital by the Royal College of Surgeons, which has for so many years been desired, in order to place it on its proper foating in relation to other similar institutions, has at length been effected; the number of occupied beds for a period of six months having exceeded one hundred, the requisite recognition was at once obtained. In order to attract pupils to the hospital, however, which was one of the main objects in view, it appears that a similar recognition must be obtained also from the Society of Apothecaries, which requires, as a further condition, the appointment of a second honorary physician. As this would not of itself involve any additional expenditure, the committee would at once have pro ceeded to make the appointment, at the unanimous suggestion of the honorary medical board; but a glance at their financial position made them feel it t 3 be their duty to pause before taking a step which would seem to commit the hospital still more deeply to the increased scale of expenditure already incurred by the addition of about 22 to the average number of inmates. At the commencement of last year there was a balance of about £BOO in the hands of the treasurer; at the commencement of the present year, although sn unusually large amount' has been received in the precarious form of legacies and donations, all of which have been expended, the hospital is now barely out of debt, and the annual subscriptions have actually fallen off to the extent of about LlOO ; so that, to goon at the same rate of expenditure, a prudent treasurer would need an addition of at least £l,OOO to the present certain income. - The strenuous and noble e ff orts w hi c h were made by a few in dividuals in past years to get the hospital out of debt, make it an imperative duty to its present managers to keep it so ; and the committee strongly feel that only two. courses are legiti mately open, either to succeed in raising a very considerable addition to the certain income, or to retrace the step which has been ventured upon in mistaken reliance on increased support, and to lower the scale of the institution to the limits of its funds. This latter alternative the committee are very unwilling to contemplate. To lessen the scope of the hospital, while the surrounding population increases, would seem anomalous and disgraceful ; and to maintain the building and the necessary staff of officials for a restricted number of patients, would seem an extravagant application of their fu.lds ; such a position of affairs would seefiito afford an unanswerable argument in favour of maintaining hospitals (especially those for the treatment of severe accidents in the localities where they occur) by a public rate, exacted impartially from the whole community which they benefit, instead of leaving them to the spontaneous generosity of the benevolent few. The committee are sometimes vaguely told that many persons would willingly contribute their quota, if they were only asked. They beg respectfully to urge that it is just as much the duty of all who can afford it, to volunteer their aid, as it is that of those who alrealy gave much time and mony to find them out and ask them. The labour of an effectual personal canvass is very great, and often very thankless. The committee earnestly request every one into whose hands this may fall to make known, as he has opportunity, the indis pensable value and the urgent needs of the hospital ; and to b:ar in mind that, by the treasurer, or any member of the committee, or by the house surgeon at the hospital itself, or by the collector, Mr. Townshend, 60, Castle-street, any donation or annual sub scription will always be thankfully received and regularly acknowledged. ntal lumber of _Patients for Year ending Dec. 31, 1858 In. Out. Total. Cured. Relieved. I .1: -1 ME --- Surgicalcases.„l,233 ... 1,718 Total 1,693... 1,829... Still under treatment 76 Of the 86 deaths which occurred in the hospital, 12 took place within twenty-four hours after admission; fully 40 of the eases were quite hopeless from the commencement, consisting chiefly of medical cases, viz., the worst forms of scurvy and chest affections. Several of the deaths occurred in severe surgical cases, requiring critical operations, in which the life of the patient is necessarily in great danger. Severe cases of submersion, suffocation, fractures of the skull, spine, &c., have been numerous, and although many of them have rallied and recovered, several have unavoidably died. N.B.—Old linen and calico being much wanted, is at all times a most valuable clonation, saving a large outlay in lint. Books and tracts, including those of a cheerful and amusing character, will also be thankfully received for the use of the patients. Mr. Samuel Rathbone moved that the report and statement of accounts (which was seconded by the treasurer, Mr. Houghton,) be adoptdd. The motion was carried. Resolutions, conveying the thanks of the meeting were propOsed and passed to the president, Mr. R. L. Jones; to the treasurer, Mr. James Houghton; to the Rev. Mr. Leveson, the chaplain ; to the honorary medical officers ; to the clergy and dissenting ministers, who had advocated the claims of the institution during the past year; to the house surgeons and - matron for their zeal and atten tion. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MADAME LOLA MONTEZ IN LIVERPOOL, It will be easily conceived that the announcement of a lecture to be delivered by a lady so eminent in many characters throughout the world as Madame Lola Montez, would excite no ordinary amount of interest in Liverpool. Last night the Concert Hall, where Madame Montez had announced that she would deliver her lecture, was crowded to excess nearly an hour before the time fixed for the opening. Indeed, a large crowd gathered round the hall of those who, having no prospect of getting inside, hoped that they might catch a glimpse of the famous Lola as she alighted from her carriage. Inside every seat was occupied, the galleries and the body being crowded to something like suffocation pitch. The gathering appeared to be as respectable as numerous, and was almost. perfectly quiet and orderly, the only exception, if it can be called one, being, that many in the crowd, having nothing else wherewith to beguile the interval before the beginning of the lecture, amused themselves by cheering vociferously every new comer who showed himself upon the platform. Timid indi viduals, presenting themselves shyly upon the plat form, were abashed into imbecility on finding them selves thus made the centre of so much uprorious observation, and the objects of such au, unlooked-for popularity. Precisely at eight o'clock Madame Lola Montez came on the platform, and was received with a storm of applause; which she returned by bending in turn to all parts of the house. Madame Montez has been so often described of late that we need scarcely follow the frequently repeated example, but, like many other well-known personages, Madame Montez has had the good fortune to have portraits which really resemble her. Her features and expression deserve the praise that has been given to them, and her figure is slight, feminine, and graceful. She was very plainly dressed in black, with a small lace collar ; and although we do not mean to venture upon any description of the fashion of her garments, we may, perhaps, go so far as to observe, for the general satisfaction of our female readers, that Madame Montez was very moderate in the amplitude of her skirts. A lady less boreVe indeed, we have not seen for some time. Mdme. Montez proceeded at once to deliver her lecture, which. bore for its title " American and English characteristics " She has a pleasing, sweet, and flexible voice, and her manner is easy, unembarrassed, and unexaggerated. The lecture gave a lively picture of contrasting points between American and English customs, bearing with somewhat of a piquant severity upon some of the peculiarities of the States. The habit of chewing and spitting (the latter not confined, Madame Montez explained, to the male portion of the population) ; the habit which she humorously alluded to as the "tooth-and-nail question ;" the. sudden fluctuations of popular favour, illustrated by the rise and fall of Kossuthrs influence in America, and the. recent exaltations and subsequent de pression, in regard to the Atlantic telegraph— these, and other points,. the lecturer commented on with. amusing and not ill-humoured severity. On the other hand, she did not fail to do full justice to. the spirit of liberty prevailing in America : the cheap and social position of everywhere extending Press : the women. In those porttons of the lecture it reference to general political questions, an earnest Montez exhibited much shrewd d at present some of the defects of American ntstAntion and pointed out some improvements y e t . 8 ) remain ing to be accomplished. She expres se d hope, that a greater race of statesmen than, th at during what extsting, might spring up to wielti th e America, and that that nation and Ru2,l estinies of a close and cordial alliance of brotherh oo d -itild in . i ght keel ) an in y places, genesntelland ready v anges the future should prod noe. the lecture was decidedly interestinA, Upon the whole, se much pleased through,- instructive ; full of quick, keen veral portions, besides humour. The audience seemed 1 out, and applauded at of f Madame Montez satirical acknowledging the fore° burstsaced fo aughter. In leaving the touches by repeated burs e presenting herself, r, and obeyed the roquost platform she was loudly , w all ea d u re d4 peatoal .. y tie Wink 4 by again announced that on Itacknowledgements.wa was annou • tier Montez will lecture in the scu lA ii): @v° Aspects of Fashion." - . ' Makiam ning Madame on "'the Comic LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BEYOR MR. MANSFIELD, CHARGE OF VIOLENT ASSAULT. Officer Burne, 63 brought up three persons, named Jane Darcy, of 63, Trowbridge-street, Samuel Vincent ; and Anne Johnston, charged with having commiited a dangerous assault on a female, named Catherine Hallahats„ who was a servant with the prisoner Darcy. Mr. Bluth defended the pri soners. The officer said he saw the injured woman in bed, at a house in 3 court, Bent-street, and she was so much injured that she could not leave the bed at present. He produced a certificate from a surgeon to that effect. He said her head, back, and legs were beaten, and were all black from the beating she got. Her head was not cut, but swelled very much, and there was a lump on her jaw that prevented her from epeakino- Mr. Mansfield : When did the assault take. place ? Officer : On Saturday night, but I did not arrest- then' until last night. Mr. Block said, his clients denied the chard Mrs. Darcy (he said) was a respectable woman, and the woman who was injured, had been herservant. Mrs. Darcy sent her out, on Saturday, with 18s. worth} of tripes, and, when she came back in the evening, she only brought &s. with her; and, when Mrs. Darcy enquired what she had done with the remainder, she gave her a great deal of impudence, and then Mr. Darcy gave her it smack on the face, but denied having done any more. His Worship said he must remand the prisoners for the present. He directed the officer to take a doctor to the injured person, and ascertain how she was going on. The prisoners were then remanded. THE Poo R Box.—Mr. Inspector Kehoe, handed in a .£5 note, No. 54,262, for the poor-box. A HARLEQUIN IN A NEW CHARACTER CHESHIRE POET IN TROUBLE."—Edward Tennett, a curious gutta-percha looking faced individual, with long black hair, all combed over his right ear in a bunch ala Absolem, was brought up by officer Whitstone, 779, on a charge of bigamy. The officer said, the prisoner was the "gentleman," who performed h ar l equ i n a t th e P ar k Theatre, and called himself the " Cheshire poet"—he was given in charge on Saturday for having been guilty of bigamy. . From a confused sort of statement made by Emma Julia Dennis, the last wife, and her sister, Susan Dennis (Manchester people), it appeared that in January, 1858, the prisoner was married to the former named female at the church of St. Barnabas, in Manchester, and-that she brought him some money, but he soon "sold her up" - according to her own story. She forgave him then, but he did so a second time. She then discovered that he was previously married to' a woman, named Sarah Wilson, who was then, and is n ow a li ve, and was at the house of the last wife's brother in Manchester on Wednesday last. It was stated that the first wife is at present in Bradford, in Yorkshire, and that she had promised to come down here. The parties here had written for her on Sunday. A certificate, of the first marriage was put in, but it was not considered sufficient, without a witness to prove it. The second wife stated that, after the prisoner had "sold her up" the first time, he left her, and lived with his first wife for four months. He was remanded for the present. BEFORE MESSRS. R. RANKIN AND C. CHALLONEI Mr. Parr, of the firm of Parr and Lloyd, appeared on behalf of the Admiralty, to claim costs in the case of the Queen v. P. J. Daly. The facts of the case were these : Some time last week, the defendant was fined before the magistrates on a charge of having induced a seaman to desert from th e navy. The fine was £2O, and although it was not clear that the defendant had acted as described, the magistrates had no alternative under the act, which was very stringent, except to inflict the fine. The magistrates thought it a hard case, and recommended the defendant to the Admiralty, for a mitigation of the penalty to £5 The answer received from the authorities was that the Admiralty had no power to mitigate the penalty, as the act of parliament was imperative in the case. Mr. Parr's applica tion now was for his costs, which would amount to over £l5 in the case Mr. Cobb opposed the application, and said it would be too hard to require the defendant to pay £l5 in addition to £2O, although he was not morally guilty of any offence. The magistrates had a discretionary power in the case of costs, and he hoped they would exercise it. The magis trates said it was a hard case, and reduced the costs to Xl. LIVERPOOL CORONER'S COURT. The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday : On the body of Margaret Burnett, 38 years of age, the wife of a shipwright, living at 71, Oswald -street. The ,husband of deceased stated that she was much given to drink, and was seldom sober when she could get drink - , and seldom went out except to get drink, and on Saturday night she was drunk. He went home before twelve o'clock, and found her lying on a chest, with her head downward. She was found dead about three on Sunday morning. The son of the deceased gave similar evidence, and said she got several heavy falls, whilst drunk, on Saturday night. A woman, named Littleton, gave evidence that she knew the deceased to be a great drunkard. The inquest was adjourned to have a post mortem examination made of the body. OU the body of Peter Courtney, 50 years of age, a labourer. Ile was found dead in a cellar in Porter street. He was seen drunk at the Clarence dock, about two hours before his body was discovered. He was an habitual drunkard, and was seen drinking- rum through a can, from a cask of ruin on one of the quays. Verdict, " Died from excessive drinking." On the body of William Macfie, 62 years old, who lived in Hunter -street. He was deaf, and afflicted with. palsy, and was very shaky' on his legs. He was ran over by a butcher's shandry on Saturday evening, in Islington. It appeared that the unfortunate affair was purely acci dental ; and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death " On the body of James Reed, three years old. It appeared that the mother of the child left Manchester ou Sunday morning-, at day-break, and carried the child all the way. The boy died of congestion of th e b ra i n f rom natural causes. 'Verdict accordingly. The coroner said, he believed there were few women in England who would have carried the child 36 miles in the arms, as the mother of deceased, and walk all the way. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT- --YESTERDAY BEFORE W. A. HUTTON, ESQ ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS FOR TILE MONTH.--Tues day 18th, protection cases at half past ten o'clock; prison cases at twelve o'clock. Wednesday 19th, judg ment summonses and 70 cases fi xe d at half past ten o'clock; 60 cases at twelve o'clock. Thursday 20th, 131 cases. Friday, judgment sum monses , an d 201 cases. Monday 24, judgment summonses, anti 130 cases. Tuesday 25th, judgment summonses, and 130 cases, Wednesday 26th, judgment summonses, and 130 eases_ Thursday 27th, 10 cases, £lO and upwards, and one jury case. Friday 28th, adjourned cases. In Germany there was published, a week or two ago, (the Statesman says), the " Musen-Almanach.„" or Calendar of the Muses for the year 1859; and to this single volume of rhyme no fewer than one hundred and nineteen poets have contributed, at the head of whom stands the veteran songster, Moritz Arndt, whose nine tiethcelebrbaitretd o h-day inhabitants of yßaontno,relligt proces— sion, the students singing his well-known "Where is the German Vaterland?" ATTEMPT TO 17PS.ET A RAILWAY TRAIN. —Th e railway from, Gloucester to Cheltenham is what is termed. ix "'mixed gauge," and the " chair " is an iron frame by which the mtals of the narrow-gauge lines are secured to the sleepers. On the 31st ult., one of these chairs was placed on the top of the broad-gauge rail, and secured b y me ans of screws, near the Sugar Loaf Bridge, at the Churchdown cutting. The mischief in _ was averted, for on - the arrival o f th e. eleven a.m. train affixed t at the spoot theen mentie.d, its impet us ; a i did by the "lift '• g ine on , was sufficient to remove the obstruction, and, except a shock, nothing occurred to in terfere with the progress of the train. The feta/140n of th e Paris .tifoniteur contains a very favourable notice of Miss Augusta Thomson, the young Glasgow girl, wh o carried of the first prize at the Con servatoire, and who has lately made a successful debut at the Grand Opera, as "Matilda, "- in William Tell. Her voice is described as " a very fine sopr ano , one o f th ose _ _ - however, , • Lig vo ices which gain , immensely bythe vast amplitude of the arena of the Opera-house, which it fills en.sily.." The critic (M. de Rovray) praises the da w t ai d e f or having thoroughly learned her part, performing it with marked originality, and singing Rossini's music textually, " not following any of those false traditions which, sown by ignorance or carelessness, cover the works of great masters with ugly superfetations like thorns and nettles on the marbles of the Parthenon." A eorrespoudent in Oude, writing on the 14th ult., remarks that Lord Clyde's preparations augur long marches and light kits. "When we entered Oude from. Lucknow each officer had only a hill-tent instead of the single pole-tent, which latter was a canvass r esidence, ess. tent disdained by subalterns in former days. , 1 ? of the Commander-in-Chief was simply on the march iti wilith two were allowed to field o his officers s al staff The e th m e sort of live at his `previous campaigns ; and ass as p was has s imited enough. But Lord declared war against it, table, the t t i h ie m a ig c h co t n i l t m t o o c o la i t 3 io n n . being "cu pied b dust, its place i a n nd th d e on it came this i n7iorning, flappini and floundering: pole subaltern's tent, whil'; his lordship lives in a hill, tent beside it, ' Thero n put arried 0 the ship's n the Lord r 15, jived New 15, [ugh )bent ►mus by Let. Dry nu- ,he 10,