The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

- , . . . . . . _. I in shipments from that quarter, consequent on unprofitab'e results from this and a great rise in the rates of freight. Lastly, the advices from nearly all of cur gold fields inti mate the most encouraging prospects rl.:ring the ensuing winter. In consequence of the abundant crops of cereals, hay, potatoes, and other staple agricaltural produce, pro visions and horse feed will be cheaper in 18.56 than in any tormer year since gold was discovered t but consumption of other goods will be ail the greater. Cartage may be ex- ! petted to continue at a reasonable rate ; and, as a general result, we may with some confidence expect an improved hucinPss for some months, and a tolerably steady trade dur ing the winter. While remarking on the speculative activity recently manifested in this market, as regards leading articles, such as brandy, butter, and candles, we should mention that it seems to have very little connection with either any present or anticipated scarcity of the articles themselves ; as, while enquiries were very frequent in town we noted little or no demand comparatively from the diggings or consumers gene rally, and we were informed of sales being made by the larger storekeepers who supply the diggings, to those who are termed first hands or importers; and altogether we are very doubtful of high 'prici , s being for any length of tme maintained. It is to be observed that the high value of money at home is and will be compensated at the recent and present exchange at par or disco:'nt here, in place of from two to five per cent. premium, which ruled during last year. It is passible that the market may in some degree also be affected by some of the speculators requiring to AUSTRALIA. mating his intention of making this country his home. This announcement was received with much satisfaction ; and, we have no doubt, that Mr. Duffy will find here a sphere of labour adequate to his ambition. A public dinner is to be given to him next Monday. sis era . - - n , The new constitution was proclaimed on the 23rd N0v ,a8.,,, ~,_nnieerl in our evening edition of Sallie ember, cotemporaneously with the opening of the legisla. c a ' ,m a e Black Ball Line of Packet Ship Beeneall, tive council, which had been re-summoned, under a special I.l,:'l3ialn Pickernell, arrived hero on that morning provision in the new act, in order to pass the electoral bill, alu nl e Melbourne, with advises to the let of Feb- and make the necessary arrangements for the election of the T rV, 143 passengers. and 25 698 ounces of gold. new perlie.mett. Till this had been done it teas not antici -smal, , e Beemah has brought the usual mail, which pate I thst there would he any change in the relations or e, '''' hare been sent by the Sehomberg, had she responsibility of the government as then ex'sting. His aot a nt . She has been lost. late excellerey, how' vet% was advised by the attorney-general, te, ue has brou , ht 1 000 bales of wool, and 330 and ie a mane er compelled bv a thrert of mutiny, on the eus of ~ o , part of his execetive, to release them from office, and to re tie' roPper. appoint them as responsible officers. The only advantage fee e ship Albatross sailed on the 18th January, they could derive from this was to obtain the increased sale- Ti.„ (4 . 2v e erpool, with 18,902 ounces of gold, and the vies secured by he civil list under the constitution act. The 44 , ., , Z s, for Loudon, on the 24th January, with legislative counel took the question up, and a series of reso a'sa onnees. lutions were brenght forward c indemnatory of the f or l: h r e Sultana was announced to leave Melbourne Government, ani affirming that the introduction of ari S l ti l vernool, on the 10th of February, and the responsible government was neither practicable nor desirable R ei :e, also for Liverpool, on the 21st. The steamer until the new parliament had been summoned. These z. re ePont was announced to sail on the lt,i'h for resolutions were lost by a majority of one, and the existence Ing e ta t Ile to connect with the Overland Mail. of responsible goy. rnment was, therefore, affirmed. The ministers, however, would not declare to whom they consi tat 'le arlyices by the Beemah are only four days dered themselves responsible ; nor did they enunciate any er t han those previously received, but they 111 Pple policy. As we remarked, at the time, their principle was al,„„ .„.:, a more completes summary of news than al a s ply • , that of irresponsible responsibility; and their policy was j o i n, n hit nerto published. which we here sub- that of having no policy at all. This was soon rendered hat an d which contain matters of considerable apparent. A motion was brought forward by Mr. realise. eresa.We are glad to report that the political crisis mentioned 'Met Nicholson affirming the principle of the " sacred ballot;' in previous circulars has been terminated. The old inalistry te mrt ecorluer, Jan. 31.—1 t is satisfactory to be able to and it being known that this would receive the opeosi- have returned to office, and the Council is now busied in e nd I,,othat the new year has brought with it a healthy tion of Mr. O'Shanassy the leading man on the Liberal tol on leitimate e.smnoerce to which for many months the side of the House, the Government thought themselves framing electoral measures necessary far bringing into full operation our new Constitution. Should the British asa pni r has been a stranger. Those competent to judge, safe in opposing it likewise ; and, as they had been 'l)eri e t hat we are not only emerging from a protracted reproached with a want of independence, it was deemed a Government exercise due discretion in selecting the next o f s 4 of mercantile depression, but entering upon one Governor, there seems no reason to doubt that the political fit occasion for a cheap display of political virtue. Accord- a • ff airs of tide colony may be conducted with perfect success, or this an . d permanent prosperity. The wholesale business ingly they declined to make it, an open question, and g rill, . city and Geelong is now falling into the hands of seemed . re•:olved to stake their ministerial existence upon the and we have a confident hope, in that case, that it will be () Per of good standing and repute, who conduct theirblessed with a long and tranquil career of prosperity. at a . l a i tiOUs o n soun d an d legitimate principles. It is not issue. They were defeated by a majority . of eight, and on We would wish to point out to those interested in the foraa l e 3 Probable that the importation of many articles, the following day they resigned. Sir Charles Hotham welfare of this colony, that its chief want, henceforth, is 'ttp on ",, P supply of which we have hitherto b:-en dependant accented their resignation, and sent for Mr. Nicholson, with likely to be labour. We want chit fly strong sober men, In ther,urope and the United States, will altogether cease the view of entrusting to him the task of forming another accustomed to hard work on farms or on railways. There to pl course of another twelvemonth; as we shall be able administration. That gentleman tried and failed. From is, at present, an eager desire on the part alike of the M ean .v noon our own resources to meet the demand. the fact of his being a merchant the projected cabinet was government, the legislature, and the people, to open up the ti me while it is gratifying to observe that for the first immediately called the ' Gunny-bag Administration." Mr. country by means of railways, and to develops by cultivation Vein e'nee 1852, the balance of trade is in our favour, as Nicholson reported his failure to Sir Charles lotm, who and otherwise its magnificent natural a sources. Now ue seeu by the suajoim) I tigares : was then on his death bed ; and Major-genera Macarthur, that the commercial crisis is over, there is no want of capi- Imports. Exports. 1 R5a,,,. the senior military officer, who succeeded as regent to the X15,842.t 87 XII 861 947 tal, and there never has been a deficiency of skill. But there les a ••• • ...1s 4'0,518 It l a 15 ,84 - .. gr itefully re-accepted their "portfolios !" They intimated, years to come is likely to be the most serious drag upon our alot a eiY doubtful whether even the imports of 1855 were at the same time, that they would treat the resolution e abo easaatly in excess of our wants, and whether we are progress. Every true friend of these colonies in England on the ballot as if it never had been passed. This was should, therefore, lose no opportunity of promoting emigra -1437u1e of consuming more than .iSi 000,000 worth of th —r ts• The total imports from the 31st of December to very quietly acquiesced in by a legislature ignorant . of its tion We have the more confidence of a suitable character. ax e Path of January inclusive, have been £960.181 , and the rights and utterly oblivious of its dignity. But a feeling of in now recommending emigration, because house rent is .Ortts for the same period, .a'9 4 0.768, showing an excess shame at length induced a movement in vindication of their reasonable, the necessaries of life are comparatively abua l'ex;"-P°rts over exports of £40,213. The total customs' supremacy, and a notice of motion for a ministerial explana- dant, and the climate is as healthy as any in the world. af t e a nue for the same period is £99,825 14s 101. The state tion, merely drew forth the announcement that the ministry ALE and BEER are in good demand, and likely to advance. ass"",lnarkets up to the evening of Saturday, the 26th had resolved to stick to their places ! The Council has Bass's, per hhd, £lO 10s, Worthington's, Alsopp's and T he it given In our commercial columns. thus been virtually snuffed out, with its own consent. As Cobb's, £lO. Ih n i?, following informaticen, compiled from Mr. Edward one of its members said, the Council had no confidence in PORTER : Barclay's, in wood, per hhd, £8 to £8 lOs; h et .. s annual report, is eminently satisfactory, as show the government, and the country had no confidence in the Eliot's, £7 lOs to .C 8 ; Truman's X, in wood, £7 ; do, dem: steady increase in the quantity of gold produced l Council. This witness is true ; and unless the next election XX, in wood, £8 to seB lOs ; Byass's, dozen quarts, 14s ; Nal, the pist year. The t is brought ttel!ist bring some new men to light, responsible government will Whitebread's stout, dozen, 13s to 13s 6d ; Marzetti's, 11 0 ,4 1 d t ? v P ,l e s r e o C r e t rlt in 18I5t5apwpaesars2.1t914,911 ozs.;qu y by private' become a farce. The legislative council resumed its do, 13e. iili t i7,' , 834 ,438; total, 2,829,379 ozs. The quantity sittings on the Bth instant,. . and has been chiefly Borers AND SItoES : London . and Scotch winter goods, 33 oh e "eq was 2,674,677 ozs- ; and the quantity remaining oecepted with the consideration of the new elec- per cent. advance. American Hungarians, 60 per cent. d. j. .413" l a ,L 1(1, on the last day of old year, is estimated at toral lolls, which are rendered necessary by the BRICKS : Englisja, per 1,000, at wharf, 85s to e iosei Is ,„`aloae. The weight of the precious metal raised in 1835 advent of the new constitution. One of these bills has colonial, 70s; fine Scotch, at Wharf, £7 lOs to (8 lOs. s t a l i c - iTPuted to have been 123 tons 10 cwt 6 lb 1 oz,. special ref-rence to the prevention of bribery and corruption, No American in the market. ~e il at 80s per oz, would give an aggregate value of and embodies the most stringent methods of effecting that th e L 85 6,292. which is a quarter of a million in excess of purpose that the wisdom of our legislators could devise. ~.. Burma: The market for butter closes not o esti,alue of the gold raised in 1853. Mr. Khull does not barge transactions have occurred for some des 'Afle so briA ' g but fir the The other, and principal bill, embraces the whole machinery , 20 a Z a atts the production of gold from quartz to exceed for conducting the elections. The battle of the ballot was last two the demand has dropped ; Had . ' ' has lawn refused for ta' oath scarcely sufficient we should imagine to pay to-day for a considerable lot in the bay , e • ~ awl taere have been renew d. over this bill; Mr. Nicholson and his few:inners tar lessne cost of the machinery employed in its extraction,sales at 16d and 17d.• dotedto remunerate the labour of those who have de- feeling it to be incumbent on them to introduce ballot CANDLES are again higher, r g ild 'holders are trying to e t 'd the mse l ves t o this branch of mining pursuits. clauses into it, and ' the ministry opposing them as e:ilsort duty has been paid upon 1 842.392 ozs, and it is strenuously as ever. The ballot clauses, however, were establish 101 for Belmont a, e - , A.t e , 5; 05 ? ,. 2 . 1 for . Neva's; sales of For tb a t the d u ty has been . evaded on 50,768 ozs. carried by a large majority, and, though defeated, the s the latter have taken iiy 'a p iece perm have seenera r , e Belmont's and Hare's ;sa ri ' same weeks past an active demand has exi-te I for ministry did not resign. There has also been a very ot ‘ iistd ind to 1811 ; composite 141 th at eultural labourers ;of whom the supply is so short sharp discussion on a motion by Mr. Grant, one of the ca b een sent to Sydeey for supplies. lin e the current rate paid for reaping has been and con- members far the gold fields, to abolish the export duty and 15d. Orders :Ther hr i, Ditch in the marks. Wilts loaf we e a a_S_ to he thirty shilling per acre, and many faernmeceTosi. of half-a-crown an ousce on gold. The arguments urged 8 -tt l e . : ' , ,i ' st t er r ; ° . er lb 16.1 to 171, Dunlop 15d to th e _re told, are mowing the wheat. crop in couseqn . against the impost were, that it was a heavy tax on the aln6dl,dsaiiiibi.loenGl; . e ,..„_seareit vof reapers. Wages average 30s. to 375. 61. a . . mertean 13d, colonial 131 to 14d. j numala gold Cizgers, uhyi . the ins-eased difficulty of producing „ ,S, ertneeresays Feast's per lb 16d, Wotherspoan's 143, CONIPP'• tia it The advertising columns in the daily d •r i 1 ,•„,h gold, and the diminishe I yield, renders them less able to -t ete . a long list of female ser eants " w trite , an t„, : " a4 ( .., e '' ..e'e biscuits per lb. assorted, 16d to 160. "ra n ° 'lf wages are raid for really useful domestics pay; that the cost, in labour and machinery, of producing ..IVRiVAGE F:ND TWINE : English per ton £55 to £6O, coir ire , _femal e servant s are . a r ° o gh proportion aggregate value r "Tl . .t £5l, Manilla do, assorted, £7O to £75, wool lashing - . .t,n a l remand, at a:3O to £4O with rations ; housemaids, of the amo ent produced ; that there are 1 urge numbers e r 145, twines 11dpe . r lb, oakum £43. ut ° £2B do. ; rwirried couples for the country are also unsuccessful gold diggers on the gold fields who are : ' ' "BANVA.4 : Inferior, no demand, navy, 1.311, tent duck ok A - T i n P,r eat retitle- 4. bringing (if without families) from £ieo state borderin re on actual want; that the miners, by • Ai wz 101 to 1141, three_ .. bushe ( l_ sacks per doz. 18s, gunny bags are Ills I n° Per annum, with rations ; and if with families, oat their " Iline-s' Rights, paid a sufficient rent ., for the scarce, 6s to 6. 9 . l_per doz, wooloacks each 5s to 5s 61. n , 1 2 / £' Bo do. Skilled labour of . all . kind . s is tolerflab),,ar,_ public lands used ; and . that the tux tended to 4 'retard the COALS : Colontai are higher, English in bay per ton 40s I n 1 ,1 1, and the limited stream rf ten .:igration now . progress of the mining interest On the 01 1 to 47s 61, N.S.W 40s. ~v R into the colony appears to be fulls adequate to its ' -*Lis le fi r ed s i d weit i h t . w th a e s FLOUR AND GRAIN : Notwithstanding the market bag urged, thet the diggers were perfectly sa t s• exeept in the specific itistarm.s above alluded to.. _teed as a substitute export . duty, more pariederly cons , id received considerable sunplies during the week, there has erelong Advertiser, of the 28th inst., make the follo.i inz oh' g . . been no change in prices. Neither in breadstes nor in the servatiu-cs which will be . ' I found to bear well upon lOr the former detested lictn.e fee • that the tax was net h^ en e Present subject : " This day in the ['own Hall, at three objeeed to by . the mercantile ' el 'sees of the community • horsefeed bas there been very material alteration. Corn s;clo e a2 ' • - opting is convened by his Worship ~rice t o e f nd o. ed ,l . to ; increase smile.- meal , the Mayor, that its operation hid not ' ' per barrel 22s 6 , 1; Adelaide flour, £3l ; American ' O /1 the 'ae a g m uisition of several well known and influetitiel gling, or leaver the " cracked maize, 35s per barrel, whole maize, 4s to 4s 61 ; gerei a th it the diggers emelt and mercantile firme, to consider the steps were, is aspeneral, gni. P 1 1 6 . its opera- unshed do, 5s per beshel ; pearl barley, 4s to 4s 21. l'equi a l 1 ~ al eto pay it ; and that its opera- i distr.' for securing a sufficient supply of labour for !his itable. An amendment . was . made on liessasDeeraves and . Co. report : Fine flour, £3l pert on ; ict. Ilieet ins, This is somewhat of a contrast to the lugubrious thectn m w i,,n r o f an , , , , e r .e! seconds, £3O ; Chilian, £29 ; Gallego, £34 ; bran, 2s per tr ~ s or the unemployed, he d six months ago. The..ie abolition, asserting the expediency of a nsltion may startle some, for even in this reducing t 1 " .., amount of export colony of 1, - . . the duty; but both the bushel' • wheat bought at from 9s to I Is. Mr. Dight : rapid change, it . rise that half a year. am'flo"..ent and the original resolution were lost by large Fine, £3l per ton • seconds, £2B ; Haxall, £34 ; bran th it must excite surprise'l= 91 bushel.'Fulton and Smiths' Mills ' par At ills :Fine, se elild brin g r:a' bout such an opposite state of things, y a t. m ';,arities. The pi incipal business remainin,e for the Council, - e l: tact is undo 'able that unless we put forth all Aut . (begets its dissolution takes place, is the consideration of the £3l per ton ; seconds, 295; bran, is 9d per bushel ; wheat, lOs per bushel. ' Pr gies weshall -111 speedily have both public and pr . j v a te estimates for the present year, which will be immediately R aa ,. r . HA:vis AND BACON: All sorts of cured provisions are -,,_P ises embarrassed by want of labour.' proceeded with. A few minor measures of a practical scarce, and likely to advance. York hams are very scarce nti ane hopes of the colonists have once more beer, atoused character have been introduced by new members, sufficient and much wanted. Sales have been effected at 161. Ame thath subject of postal communication. It w seam seem to indicate that some of them possess abilities for practical rican hams have been sold this day at Is per lb. Very few ~,_ mat I . ast some steps are about to be taker., to effect a legislation •—a species of ability of very great value in a English to be had. New American hams brought 10.11. 1 ,; 11 .,. pti.on of the steam postal service between the country like this. 1 II" chair •ind Australia. A letter 1- as been received SPIEITS : Brandies have risen still higher this week. -Y th e s f the - ' A movement has been set on foot for memorialising the or G •ber of commerce rom postmaster-general Holders of Martell's are aiking 14s 61 and 15s. Whiskey Queen to allow the c Monists to nominate their own toyer- Britain, acknowledging the receipt of a memorial' continues very scarce, and brings very high prices. th e " s sed to his lordship by the chamber, praying forsubject to her Majesty's nor, nta r e- establishment of steam postal comenunicatioe, and h ' originated d k Mr. Westgarth, one of our leading mere an,s, an nown 1000 feet, tongued and grooved, inch, £l2 16s. eh e t e l eg in reply, " that the o bject is 'at present under in England as the author of a recent work on the colony of WOOL CIRCULAR. and a i r L eful consideration of her Maa s esty's government, Victoria. Several members of-the legislature, and other a .`"at a plan wild shortly be proposed, with influential citizens, were associated with him in it. A large The present wool season to the termination of the year AusTriew of meet= i ng the regairements of the public meeting was held on Monday last to consider the 18.55, has not been characterised by any peculiar feature, we arealian • coloni'es as a whole." Meanwhile question. Mr. Westgarth occupied the chair, and the prin. beyond a range of prices unwarranted by reports , of sales from home The Melbourne market opened for fleeces arrival:o rest content with the frequent but uncertain opal s p ea k ers in behalf of the movement were Mr. Rae, 1 • s ea of our adv i c es by ;ailing vessels, which have for M.L.C. for the city, and Mr. Go Amen, M.L.C. St about l a d to 2.1 per lb over last season, although the l'al range othermonths • nad Waursually protracted voyages. One to say, the opposition emanated chiefly from working men, . August sales in London were decidedly lower than in July. the c, ground for congratulation exists in the fact that Since the commencement who seemed to be actuated by sincere patriotic and censer by th ve a r tanO, ronte via Singapore is about to be re-openedin favour of the buyer, with every probability of a con the i a ? a r atetch of the splendid steamer Hellespont, on t . motives in this unexpected co ya Iva . influence l. course,- . --a strong proof tinuance, until the clip is shipped. The washing in many 1 0 , s - 1 .. -- .of the next month. Her departure is to be timed that it is not to class .o! o igarchmal obstructive instances has been better than last season. Several large mon lii- : cleat of the P. and 0. Company's boat in connec- ness, but to the general . intelligence and sound-hearted flecks have been brought forward in the grease, compelled arts • aa _ ' ''lth the Calcutta and Suez line for Europe, thereby sympathies of the public that we must look frr the preser by unavoidable circumstances. There are complaints of the ide,a, a 7 '''''n g the delivery of mails and passengers within oration of order, as well as for the stimulus of progress. The unevenness in the quality of many flacks, which are run ea'nve days from Melbourne. resolutions proposed were as follow : it i ,4e crops now being garnered, exceed in quantity and " That in the opinion of this meeting the system of the through with wool little better in quality than the home is,h it ` t ltZ those of any previous year. It has been estimated home appointment of Governor has proved unfavourable to grown Leicester, and nothing can be said of improvement 'do t he amount of land under cultivation is at least. the progress and welfare of this colony, and, as every con- in any of them. The burr shows itself pretty generally, be e e that of any former year, and that the produce will cession of political freedom has hitherto tended to strengthen although many flocks have appeared free from it, or nearly .Year a i to more than the quadruple of any one of three the attachment to the parent state, it is desirable that the so. To the present time the quantity shipped is about • the andts_preceding. The supply of hay has been immense, same right of the nomination of Governor, subject to the approval fa see 'inough vast quantities which could not be stacked been better facilities for shipping than during the corres f the Crown, should be conceded to the colony. ponding as, "'scarcity of labour, have been destroyed or injured of the . is l . . ponding period of last year, the clip is certainly not earlier. 3' beofthis meeting, • 'event of Ilan Y rains, it is believed that this article, once ' That it the opinion 4 ,. gel it is b o a imported, will continue to be produced in sufficient the Crown conceding the privilege asked tor, middling to good, is 2d to is 3d ; inferior fleeces, is to la lice to meet all the wants of the colony. Barley desirable that the nomination of the governor be vested in la 2d ; handwashed, 101 to is 11; scoured, Is 4d to Is sd, ..i e loltivated to a limited extent, but oats are produced the legislature of the colony." • Pieces two-thirds, and flocks half the price of the fleeces, lo w „ a „ t ge quantities, and as a natural result the price has ', That an address to the Throne, embodying the prince. ere ae — o e a d. The growth of wheat has very materially in- pies affirmed in the generalsfregoing resolutions be prepared and QUANTITY SHIPPED. har e "L throughout the colony, and considerable advances submitted for signature, and that it be committed Of oaberen made towards rendering ourselves independent to the charge of the acting Governor, praying his Ex year ilea countries for supplies of this cereal. Another cellency to forward the same to her most gracious Majesty th at and it is probable that we shall have to chronicle the ( s pleen." „ queen. au Production has overtaken consumption, and that we, , Nre ceased to be dependant on Chili and California, ' That this meeting desires to express its entire loyalty etrid tsv_ the up . asset " sister colony of South Australia, f orthe to the parent government, its assurance that the concession ,teenals of the staff of life. here claimed will tend only to strengthen that prevalent To e ~e ° mParative statement of the revenues of the colony feeling, and its earnest desire that the colony of Victoria The years and quarters ending the 31st of December, may long retain the honour and advantage of constituting a li rs, and th e 3 lst of D ecem b er , 1 85 5, ex hibit the follow- p sr ti on o f th e grea t B r itish Empire." at Aresulta t —a decrease on the quarter of .4'101,754 7s ld, The amendment proposed was as follows: t re ,2 ll the year of £4BO 581 6s 41 With regard to the " Th a t t hi s meet i ng d oes no t d eem i t d es i ra bl e th a t per leer's:, decrease on the year, it may be no ted that only a . , mission to nominate its own governor should at present be t. Y small portion of it is due to the falling-off in the gold a y es enue conceded to the colony, but would cherish the hope that the ~ r o t, "has so e ntta , ably at no period within the last . two years . . New Constitution Act, when fully in operation, will secure to the inhabitants of this colony all the requisites of good a ' ll activity been observable in building operations, in „.. 11(1 around this city, as is now apparent. And, with government; and is further of opinion that considerations of Cr,felY an exception, ' the structures now erecting are prudence and sound policy ren ler it important that the net : . '• of the mos t d ura bl e m a terials. in the most solid and appeintment of governor should continue to be vested in stan'ial m anner , an d no t, wit bout pretens;ons to beauty the Crown." 'ef A cia architectural design. The basement story ot the new The first of the original resolutions was declared to be abn al s e t s or parliament is rapidly rising from the ground on carried ; but there was also a considerable number in favour bank he finest sites in Melbourne. Oise of our local , of the amendment. On putting the subsequent resolutions C,Alinsg-stermein:Panies is ab ut. to erect some premises, in d to the meeting, another amendment Was moved, and trium the façades e t i from one or two designs of great merit; and to carrid, to the effect that the governor ought to he %Wit in the principal shops which have been recently . 1 4 arehiteet uctpal thoroughfares,display more or less (~ os i n l l h ^ the colony, and that every colonist of the , e month's e • - ural ornament. Rots are still declining, but standing, untainted by crime, should have a voice in the have not gravitated to a permanent level. The once cele- election thereof. The vote to be taken by ballot. heated Imperial hotel in Eliz sbatti street, has passed into It is not expected that any further steps will be taken in tag hands of the director s of the Colonial Bank ot Austra- the matter. It is merely a public demonstration : and as t un , by whom it will be converted to the uses of their such it is a significant commentary upon the career of our i? orri ss ess. The Melbourne G i s and Coke Company have late governor, and gives a hint to Downing-strest which Fa :C a l e n ced supplying the city with a pure an Ibrilliatnhte should not be lost sight of in that quarter. As to the sort 'La! t hi e l f as soon as the lamps arrive Iron" England,remarkable of man they shouh; send us, we should consider it a waste of t ";!_w'e pt _ the city, after dark, will undergo a . ra sforrnation. The •charged (255. pre thousand words te offer an opinion upon the subject. Dewniug-street table feet, or 4s less price h reed in New may send us aiy men it may think proper • ; and we shall z or a. alas, for is complained of as unnecessarily high, and 1 raper- reserve our right to deal with him, after he comes, as we :" , 8, for the present, to think er• cheek consumption. The works prop . In connection witn this subject, we should ''. t the Yan Yean Reservoir whi c h is to supply the city state this the following notice of motion has been given by ab water, ar e still acti ve l y prosecuted, anti a tram-road, Mr. Sargeod in the legislativ e counc il f or Fridev next : T out twenty miles in length, which is destined to convey " That this house resolve itself into a committee of the ss 'e_ heavy s e rvice pipes from Melbourne to the reservoir, whol s, to con ider the propriety of presenting an address to ia_aompleted for tv!o-thirds of the distance. On the 9th her most gracious Majesty, respectfully praying her Majesty ia s 'la, the foundation stone of the Western Market was that due regard may be had to the commercial, mining, and 'la by the Worshipful the Mayor of this city in the • 'Presence of a large assemblage ot people. The Pro used other industrial interests of this colony , by •, ' structure will occupy an area of 297 feet by 252, With a thereo, as a civilian governor, of accredited talent and fountain in the centre. The principal building, which experience as a statesman." . north and south, will contain two handsome halls " e signed for public purposes, each 100 feet by 50, and divl a led by the grand staircase, which cornmunicates with irli. There are to be eight large shops in the front (each feet deep. and from 22 to 29 feet wid e ) and ben eath then'eall and the centr e b u ilding a very extensive series of aring in t wo t i ers—the b asemen t iu Collins - street, being about 18 feet above the foundation. i nst e. 4 -mone the passenge-s by the Ocean Chief, the 25th on 4 . e was Mr. C. G. Duffy. As soon as his arrival was retraphed, a deputation of gentlemen, 75 in number. ___ e ea by Mr. O'Shanassy, M.L.C., went on board and f_r Melbourne him with addresses of welcome from his friends 'rue... and Sydney. Mr. Duffy made an eloquent reply, stating his reasons for leaving Ireland, and int' ARRIVAL OF THE BEEMAH lbs. Value. From Oct. 10, l 854, to Jan. 20, 1855 . .4.748,869... £242.698 From Oct. 10, 1855, to Jan. 19, 1856.. 4,411,365... £256,223 The accounts received of shipments from this port to the ports of Liverpool and Bristol dying the year, for sale there, are of the most satisfactory character, and more than realise the expect Mons of the most sanguine shinpers. This applies also to tallow and hides. The great advan tages afforded, together with the low rates of freights charged by the clipper ships of the various Liverpool " lines," are certain to accomplish a division of the wool trade between that port and the port of London. It is admitted on all hands now to be only a question of time. TALLOW : Prices are much the same as for several weeks past. Good mixed tallow is f aching £39 to £4O. Mutton, according to quality, £39 to £45. HIDES : The demand for the home market is good, and prices are well maintained. P. N. WALKER, Wool Broker. SAVAGE AND MURDEROUS OUTRAGE On Wednesday night, between nine and ten o'clock, as Mr. J. Musgrove, of Sandstone-road, and his son were passing along the high road, between the Cattle Market and St. Anne's Church, Stanley, two men, having the appearance of drovers, came up and demanded a supply of tobacco. Mr. Musgrove, sen., replied that he had no tobacco except the cigar he was smoking, whereupon the men called out " Mike," when a third jumped over the wall, and the three commenced a murderous assault on the elder Mr. Musgrove, who was knocked down, violently kicked, and otherwise most brutally assaulted. The approach of two gentlemen disturbed the ruffians, two of whom leaped over the wall and made off. The third was, however, secured, and on Friday was brought before the magistrates at the Icrkdale sessions. In reply to the charge, the prisoner pleaded drunkenness , and pretended not to remember what had taken place, but he denied being the party who had knocked Mr. Mns• grove down and kicked him, and as the complainant could not swear that he was the man amongst the three who actually knocked Mr. Musgrove down, the magistrate declined to send the prisoner for trial, and fined him -C2 or, in default, six weeks imprisonment. We understand that the fine was paid on Saturday, and the prisoner discl - arged. We cannot forbear remarking that the punishment for such an offence is by no means adequate. The charge against the primer was sufficiently established, and we think the ends of justice would only have been met had the prisoner been sent to anwer the charge before another tribunal. The prisoner's two accomplices have hitherto eluded the vigilance of the polices COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Several circumstances have of late tended to give greater firmness to this market, and in some articles there has been a decided advance in price. The recent intelligence of continued advance in London of the rates of discount is important, as the high rate of money will check speculative shipments. The re3l capitalist will, of course, avail him self of immediate and safe modes of turning over his money, in preference to waiting for results of shipments t) such a distant, market as this ; and, from a similar cause, the mere speculator will find it difficult to obtain the needful accom modation. At the same time, recent advises from the 'United States mention the probability of a large falling off THE SOLTHERN TIMM-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, APRIL 2S, 1801. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF AFFILIATION One of the most extraordinary cases of this description that ever came before a bench of magistrates was heard on Saturday, at the police-court, before Messrs. C. S. Parker (in the chair), R. Bean, T. Bolton, H. Hornby, S. Holme (alderman), and O. Maxwell. The case, in the first instance, Was one of the ordinary sort, wherein a mother sought, under the act of Parliamt nt, to recover support from the fi►ther of her illegitimate child. The position of the defendant, too, added interest to the matter, and the court was. crowded during the day, for the proceedings lasted from twelve until near six o'clock in the evening. The case was that of SARAH. DAVIES V. THEOPHILITS JOHN FENTON: Mr. Ayton, of Flint, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bremner for the defendant. It was stated to our reporter that an attempt had been made to have the case heard privately, but the magis• trate refused to grant the application. When the case was called on, Mr. Bremner said, before the plaintiff was sworn, he had an objection to offer to the case being gone into at all in that court. His ground of objection was, that three weeks ago the plaintiff brought the case before a competent tribunal of justices of the county of Flint, at Mold, and the enquiry was gone into there very minutely, and the magistrates, after a full and patient hearing, dismissed it. The question was decided against the plaintiff there, not on the failure of proof of the connexion that existed between the parties, but on the merits. The defendant admitted the impropriety of which he had been guilty, hut there was evidence produced that rebutted the plaintiff's story, and showed her to be a person of vicious habits of life, and a common prostitute on the streets of Liverpool at the time, and, therefore, the defendant could not be the father of the child. He cited some cases in support of the ohjee ion. Mr. Ayton replied, and cited a dictum of Lord Daman as an authority in support of his view of the case. After hearing 6, nrptlmPnta at both 4idors, the ma,io trates c malted with Mr. Wybergh, and, after a brief period s Mr. Bolton said, we are unanimous in our opinion, and that is to hear the case, so go on with it. Mr. Ayton then said that his client was the daughter of a small but respectable farmer in Fiintshlre, and the defendant, Mr. Fenton, was an under graduate of Oxf ,rd University, and the son of the incumbent of Waeertree, near Liverpool. In the month of February, 1855, the 1 girl, iu comp my wish a friend, who was since dead, came to Liverpool from Southport, where she then resided. She was on her way to Flintshire to visit her father, who was at the time very ill. It was raining at the time, and the girls nd d two e h l a e e cr n ce d o a lim n ep t am s n p ay , : i k he e i im t h o et t op h la e a m p,, nu , tbi a iffihno s t u n c i e c i e ci n e a t d se e di d r. stood in some place for sh e lt er , i n C hurc h -street. T he took her to the houseTi n ., hl. on inducingm that as i ta l d t ti e h2 ge h ms e e of one Margaret Thompson, a house of ill fame in Albiou.street, where he passed , the night w ith h er , He pa i d for her lodg i ng there for some t i me fath, es. and ultimately sent her to her Here his conduct (said the advocate) was of the basrlA description, and such as would be scouted by all hen °'.,rable men, for what did he do after betraying and ruining the girl ? He wrote to her father stating that the girl had 1 informed him that she had been seduced by a minister of the Church of England, and that he (the defendant) wished to -reclaim and reform her, and by this means he succeeded in getting the girl to meet him at Mold, where he took lod gings at the Miners' Arms Hotel, and remained with the plaintiff for two nights, and afterwards brought her to Liverpool. Mr. Maxwell When was that ? Mr. Aytun : On the 16th of March, 1855. The learned advocate then detailed all the places where she had lived, and where the defendant had pilid for her lodging, and had visited and spent nights with her. Among their respective residences were T Birkenhead, Great Newton-street, Mount-pleasant, Islington flags, at the house of the woman Thompson in Albion-street, and at the Stork Hotel, green spiare, but it appeared that the latter was the only house where he did not visit her. Mr. Ayton went oil to state how the defendant had given her money from time to time, and that on one occasion he gave her a five pound note, and when she went to change it she was taken up on suspicion of having stolen it, and brought to Mr. Clough's office, where she told the truth, and on enquiry it was found that she was correct, and was at once discharged. At leng`h she informed the defendant that she was enciente; he would not believe her, but ia order to prove if the fact were so, he, in June last, employed Dr. Swinton, who, after making the necessary investigation, stated that such was the fact. The defendant, after that, gave her £2 and various other sm a ll sums, and told her when the child was born he would do all that was right. He continued to visit the plaintiff up to the 31st of January, when the child was born, at a lodging house in Cheapside. The learned gentleman then detailed an attempt that had been made to compromise the affair, by the defendant giving £3O to the brother of the plaintiff to support the child, if the girl made a statut able declaration that he was not the father of the child, and entered into sureties not to annoy him. The girl offered to do the latter, but refused to make the declaration in refer ence to the child, and thus the matter was broken off. He (Mr. Ayton) denied that the case bad been dismissed on the merits by the magistrates at Mold, and said he would now call the Rev. Mr. Fenton, the father of the defendant, and examine him, if he had not had interviews with one of the Mold magistrates before the hearini , of the case at that town, in reference to it, and also, if he had not seen the same magistrate on the subject ; and he would also ask the rev. gentleman itt the magistrate alluded to had not had, along with the rev gentleman, several interviews with the attorney who now appears for the defendant, with reference to the matter. Mr, Ayton added, that he would produce new evidence, in addition to what he did at Mold. He shornd not reproduce it, and for this reason, that he had proved such a strong case out of the defendant's own mouth, that he did not think more was necessary. He had the magis trates' clerk from Mold in attendance, to prove on what ground the case was disco ssed, and how strongly one, or more of the magistrates fe.t on the If the bench now made the order, they would be only doing an act of common jusice, for if they were wrong the defendant ha. 4, under Ihe act of parliament, the poser of an appeal to the grafter Sessions, whereas the velar girl bad no further redress for the wrongs inflicted on her. He mentione several other points that will be found in the evidence, and conclu led by eh illenging Mr. Brem ner to prove that the girl was of vicious habits, or that she ever had, as he stated, beeneon the streets of Liverpool. Sarah Davis, a very pretty rosy-checked girl, about twenty-'wo years of age, was then called and sworn. She gave her evidence with intelligence, and without embarras went. She fully corroborated by her tr stimouy the opening statement of her attorney, so that it is unnecessary to repeat it. She added that at the end of a fortnight of their stay at Albion Street, he gave her a five pound note- She then went through the whole of the case in reply to Mr. Ayton. And in conclusion, she said the defendant told her he would do all that was right after the child was born. He saw her several times in Cheapside before the child was born, but would not go into the house. Cross-examined by Mr. Bremner : She did not mention the last observation to the magistrates at Mold, because she was not asked it. She had lived eleven months in Mount Pleasant in Liverpool, in the year 1852. She left her father's as some friends sent for her to come to Liver pool. Mr. Ayton objecled to what happened three years ago. Mr. Bremner said he was ab ou t to prove t h at the woman had been of vicious habits for several years, and was a prostitute on the streets of Liverpool. A legal discussion on this point took place, and Mr. Bremner cited some cases in support of his position. Mr. Ayton having replied, the bench ruled (except Alderman Holme) in his favour, and The cross-examination was resumed. Mr. Bremner asked the witness if she told the defendant that she had been improperly connected with a man named Rowlands? and she replied "no." Never told him she lived with a Mrs. Griffiths. Never told him she ran away from her father's house, and came to Liverpool with Rolands. She stopped at Margaret Thompson's, in Albion street, the first time for a fortnight. No other woman lived there. She does not know if it is a brothel. Never heard Thompson called " fair haired Margaret." Mr. Bremner : I have no d uht some gentleman on the bench will remember " fair-haired Margaret." (Loud laughter.) The Witness : I remained at Thornpson'e from the 23rd April to the 9th May, 1855. She believes Thompson is married and gets monthly money. Heard her attorney had been summoned here to-day. On taking lodgings in Mrs. Blackwell's in Great Newton street, she said she was to be married on the following Wednesday. No gentleman was with her in the parlour for two hours that night. It was a lie she told about the marriage. She did not take tea with a man there on Saturday night. There was no man in her bedroom that night. She denied ever having seen any man at Mrs. Blackwell's except the defendant. Never saw a man nam named George there, nor did she go to the Zoological gardens with a man. She did not go out with a man named George, nor does she know any one of that name. Lived at the " Stork Hotel," Qaeen square, but never received letters there from George. (The learned gentleman read some letters which be alleged were written to her by some one named " George," and asked her if she took these letters to a Mrs. Doyle to read them for her ?) She said she did not. Mr. Ayton : Who told you to tell Mrs. Blackwell that you were going to be married ? Witness : The defendant told me to say so. "The defendant was then sworn and examined by Mr. Ayton : I am an under graduate of Oxford. lam not a candidate for holy orders. Mr. Bremner objected to this. . Mr. Ayton : I only want to know if he has been a candi date for holy or d ers since February, 1855 ? He then went on to ex :mine the witless, who admitted the facts as opined by Mr. Ayton, and said he wrote to the complainant's father on a representation made to him by the girl, to the effect that she had been seduced from her father's roof by a clergyman of the Church of England, who had brought her THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.-SATURDAY. to Liverpool. I wrote and went to her father in order to --I Mr. Ayton. Did you sleep with her that night Witness : I did. Mr. Bolton : And you went for the purpose of reclaiming her, did you? (Loud laughter.) The witness was examined at some length, but the greater portion of the evidence was not fit to meet the public eye. HP, in point of fact, however, proved the opening a llegations of the case. He said she was a prostitute, living at Thompson's, in Albion-street, where be admitted seeing her in April or May last. He admitted having given her money several times, and that he 11,1 . 4 offered £3O to the girl's brother, on the condition that he would maintain the child, up to fourteen years of age, hut the reason he did not pay it was that he found it would not be binding on him, or save him from annoyance after wards. Mr. Ayton : You have spoken of this prostitute ; have you ever seen anything to warrant you in saying so ? The witness replied that ha heard, on one occasion, enquiry made for her, and saw a man go into the house, Mr. Bolton said he considered the offer of the £3O a woman as a proof of the paternity et the child. Mr. Alderman Holme said there was an attempt at a compromise. certain!y. A discussion took place as to whether the girl's brother should be called, and the plaintiff's attorney said he had no objection to have the man examined. Mr. Bremner then went on to cross-examine the defend ant, who said he wet the plaintiff and another female on the town, as common women. She took him to the house in Albion str.-et, as he dhd not know it before. He denied having said that he would do what was right after the birth of the child; the negotiation took place about a month nrer the chid was bore, and it was at the request of her brother. Mr. Ayton t If you were not the father of the child, why Witnrgo ,ea , ]ge would yiat pay £3O . . prevent her coming forward hereafter, and t some false and some true, injuring my elm, to be sccare from all future anhoyancc, and to •nitp of thf 1 crmid not, 1 did not pereorm the promise. He swore that tor several months before the child was born he had not seen the girl. Hannah Scholer, the wife of a lodging house keeper, who resided in Cheapsido in Jaen iry last, proved t ber hour antilf several tim that the complainant was confin defendant had been speaking to the in the street a furtright belle the child was Mr. B,lton : We do not want any more evidence in this case. The defendant has s atei in the most positive manner that he had not seen her for several months before the birth of the child, and here is a most respectable witness who distinctly swears the contrary. 11Ir. Bremner : This is the most extraorditrry observa tion I have ever lr , aztl; I hope the bench is not going to decide before they hear the other side ? Mr. Bolton I tare no hesitation in going further, and saying more, if you like. Alderman Holme : I do not wish to decide on an ex parte statement, so go on with the other side. Robert Davis, the brother of plaintiff, was examined, and said he was a small farmer residing near Mold. He met the depend ,nt af`er the birth of the child and had a conversation with him about the affair. It was in a publichouse in the neighbourhood of Lime-street. He proved that the de fendant was to pay .630 and cxoenses, or £33 without any expense. The detendant said he ran a chance of the child dying, or the girl getting married, and then the de• fendant said the child might be left on the parish, but witness said he would not let it g 3 on the parish, no more than his own child. The defendant said he wanted to be &ear of the child, because he wanted to be a clergyman. Witnesses's sister, however, persisted in saying the defen- ...„.......... . . dant was the fathiT of the child. V In reply to Mr. Bremner, the witness said he could not read, and Mr. Hughes, the attorney, told him that Mr. Fenton had turned out a regular scamp (loud laughter), and to put the document in the fire, which he did. morning. (Laughter.) Mr. Bremner then addressed the bench on behalf of his client, and contended that the woman had been an impro per person, but admitted that his client had confessed that his condnet with the complainant was improper, yet he argued that he was not the father of the child, and after his address he called, Margaret Blackwell, who stated that she lived, in last April, at No. 26, Great. Newton-street, and on a Tuesday, the 18th or 19th of April, the plaintiff took lodgings at her house, saying she was going to be married next d4y, and on Thursday night she came, and after that, the same night, an eld:rly, stout gentleman carve and stooped an hour or an hour and a half. He came on Friday and on Saturday evening., and had tea and wine. They came down from the bedroom about twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, and the plaintiff had a wrapper over her night dress. The man went into the parlour and then went - away. Asked her where he was going? and she said to Waterloo College. On the following Tuesday a man named George called. The complainant told witness that she had quarrelled with the old man, and he would not come again as he spoke to her about other men. 'When George came, Mr. Fenton was there. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Berm: When did he come ? Witness: About the same time that George came. (Laughter.) She (the plaintiff) went and told George to go away whilst Mr. Fenton was in the house. _ _ _ _ Mr. Benn: How do you know ? Witness : I heard the servant say so. The witness said the girl went out and remained out with George, and did not come back till seven in the morning. She left the week after the Chester races. On cross-examination, she said she would not allow George to sleep in the house, but she did allow Mr. Fenton, because he was the girl's cousin. (Loud laughter.) The girl told her he was. He was there at least four times. Elizabeth Doyle was produced. She was a lodger in the house of the last witness, whose evidence she partly corroborated, and stated that the girl had brought two letters to read as from George. She kept the letters. She knew the defendant to stop in the house one night. On cross-examination, she said she was married, but thongh she had not seen her husband for more than eighteen months, that she was a mother in Mav last. Mr. Ayton : Who is the father of your child ? Witness (indignantly): I will not answer that question; I refused to answer it at Mold, and I refuse to answer it, now; its an impertinent inq•lisitive question. (Laughter.) Mr. Ayto❑ : Hov.v many children have you? Witness: Six. Mr. Avton : On your oath will you swear that your husband' is the father of any one of them? 'Witness: I will not answer you. Mr. Bremner : She need not answer you. Mr. Ayton : Very well. Do you get any allowance from a gentleman ? 'Witness : I will not answer you. Inspector Horne was examined, and he stated that he saw the complainant in the house in Albion street, which was a bad tine, in February last, but he did not know that she was an improper person. Mr. Ayton : If she had been a street walker in Liver pool, would you not, as an inspector of police, know her as such ? Witness : I would. This closed the case for the defence, and Me. Avton addressed the bench for the plaintiff, and the magistrates then cleared the court for a short time, and then again called the defendant, and handed him the envelope of one of the letters addressed to the complainant, at the Stork Hotel. This letter was signed with the name " George," and the magistrates asked him what handwriting the envelope was in ? He replied—Not in mine. Mr. Parker : Do you know whose handwriting it is ? Defendant: I do not. The Bench : Did you address this (a letter) to the Miners' Arms at Mold for Sarah Davis ? Defendant : Yes, it was addressed there for her. Mr. Parker : There appears a great similarity between the writing on the envelope addressed to the Stork Hotel and that sent to Mold by the defendant to her (the defendant) with your name on a piece of paper. Mr. Bremner: Come write it-Jdon't be nervous—write it in your usual style and usual name. (The defendant, did so.) I have the father of the young gentleman here, if any question arises about the handwriting of that envelope, to prove it is not his. The rev. gentleman here came forward and said : Al though he was anxious to be examined, he would not open his mouth until his expenses ware paid. Mr. Ayton : If Mr. Bremner examines the Rev. W. Fenton, I shall certainly cross-examine him. Mr. Bremner: Only as to the writing. Mr. Avton : I will certainly as to other points. Mr.PPrker : No, only as to the hand writing. The Rev. Mr. Fenton: I shall not open my ltps until lam paid my expenses—l claim 6 18s as, my ex penses. Mr. Bremner : This is the third time they have sum moned him, yet they dared not put him into the box. Mr. Parker: The magistrates are unanimously of opinion, that we should make an order on the defendant in this case. Mr. Breather : (to the complainant), Then Sarah Davies, I give you notice, that I shall appeal to the quarter sessions against this decision, of which I nuw give you due notice. Mr. Ayton applied for the costs. and the bench made an order for reasonable costs, including - attorney's :beg. (It is right to state that Mr. Alderman Holme had left bench some time previous to the consultation of the magistrates.) The .2lfoniteur is expected to publish the text of the treaty on Sunday. MEDAL FOR TILE BALTIC CAMPAIGV.—Her Mljesty expressed to Rear-Admiral Sir R. Dundas, when at the review of the fleet, on Wednesday list, her intention of granting a medal for the late Baltic campaign. TUE LORD-ADVOCATE'S NEW EDUCATION BILLS.--013 Tuesday night a great public meeting of the citizens of Edinburgh favourable to a liberal and enlightened scheme of National Education for Scotland," WAS held. There were some persons present inimical to the measure, who created great commotion by moving amendments, which were all rejected. The resolutions were carried by large majorities, and petitions to Parliament, in favour of the bills, were adopted. A HONEYEMOON DAREENED.—At Bodmin, on Thursday, the 10th instant, Mr. Edward Cocks was married to Miss Maria Lord. During the day. one of the gentlemen of the wedding party kissed the bride; an event which cau•ed some unpleasantness at d j,alousv to the bridegroom. A length a quarrel ensued, and the bride, in the height of passion, took off her wedding ring, threw it at the bride groom, and then left him ; and up to this time they have not met.—Plymouth Journal, IiMEn',IIWWMI2.2I.2'.2S"..rie"."IBMIUMI The Synod resumed its sittings at ten o'clock this and after the usual devotional introduction. proceeded with their business THE BIRKENHEAD TRUST DEED The committee appointed to consider the proposed alterations in the above-named deed, in order to incor • porate with the ministers, elders, and deacons, in the management of the trust funds, the six lay trustees who are ai present associated in the trusteeshi p of the building, brou tt up their report. It appeared from the report, that they recommended no alteration to be made at present. On the motion of Mr. Mathesob, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Murdoch, the report was adopted. COLLEGE REPORT. The report of the committee appointed to corsjder the details dr the college working, was brought up by Dr. Hamilton. The report recommended a considerable increase in the committee, by adding the names of four ministers and four elders. The committee coincided in the opinion generally expressed by the Synod, that the college should be retained, and expressed their gratifica tion at the fact, that several liberal friends of Ott college had joined in a mutual guarantee to a cousidtr able extent, as a reserve fund, on x.hich the treasurers might fall back for the next three cars, if there were any deficiency in the income. 'Fhe committee, however, expressed a hope, that for the future the income would not be deficient. The committee also considered it desirable that they should have the power to provide for lining up the professional chair, if they could make what they considered an eligible appointment. The ',port was adopted on the motion of the Rev. ted to Murdoch. RESIG AIT lON 0 The committee appointed to col. .es►gnatiott of the Rev. Aleiian:!er Anderson, as general secretary of the schemes of the, church, recommended the accept ance of the resignation, but, at the same time, expressed their high sense of the valuable gervlces he had rendered in conducting the affairs committed to his charge, and their regret at losing him. Mr. Robert B a rbour moved the adoption of the report, which w•as secowled by the Rev. Mr. Duncan, clerk of the Synod, and after sever•'! members bail ex pressed their grateful sense of the Rev. ➢ir. Ander son's services, adopted. Several committees were appointed, and memorials received. der the PETITIONS ra p,IRLIANEtiT. The Rev. Speers bniught uP, the report of the committee appointed to prepare petiti:`u% to The petitions contained in the report sere agaitt.t the amended marriage bill, and in Livour of the (xistai,Z law ; against the Alayrooth grant, against Sabbath desecration by Sunday training, public anlnseineths,&.e. The petitions were all advpted after a alloct con. versation. THE ORGAN QUESTION. The Rev. Dr. Hamilton brou4ht up the reasons of the majority of the Synod against the dissent handed in by the Rev. Mr. Chalmers to the deci , sion upon the question of instrumental music in churches. After some con— venation, the reasons were received THE BERWICK OVERTURE This was a motion referring to the condition of the Berwick Presbytery, and the necessity of giving some suppl , mental aid. A conversation followed on the condition of some of the Presbyteries, where it was stated that the ministers were only to receive the very smallest stipends ; and instances were even mentioned where a minister and his family could only procure potatoes for their subsistence. Dr. Hamilton moved that the over— ture be referred to -_the Home Mission Committee, to enquire into. After some discussion, the motion was agreed to. THE NEXT SYNOD Some deputations having been appointed, the com• mittee on bills announced their recommendation that the ensuing Synod be held in j;: 1 2.9 Knox chapel, Newcastle-on-Tyne, which was agreed to. The proceedings of the Synod then closed (at hall past one o'clock) with a vote of thanks to the Rev. Alexander Cromar and the office-bearers of St. Georga'g Church, as well as the many friends in Liverpool who had kindly received the members of the Synod. After a brief address from the Moderator, and a concluding prayer the Synod separated. The attendance in the church during the day was confined to a very few persons. The next Synod will open on the third Monday in April, 1857, in Newcastle-on-Tyne, as already stated. COUNTY MAGISTRA.TES COURT (BEFORE MESSRS. CAMPBELL, PRESTON, AND T. RATHBONE., On Saturday, several parties attended in th 4 s court for the purpose of hearing a case of assault, which had created some interest in the locality of Marsh-lane, Bootle, where the parties engaged in it moved in a respectable sphere of society. It was a case of cross summonses. In the first instance, Mr. Thomas Otlay was the plaintiff, and Catherine Jones, a servant to Mr. Alexander M'Cullock, was the defendant, for whom Mr. Bretherton appeared. Mr. Otlay, on being called said, I live in Marsh Lane, Bootle, and am a tea and hop merchant, the defen dant is a servant and lived next door to me. On Sun?ay .t ten o'clock, I saw the defendant talking my brAher at the holoin of the garden. I cent down and looked into Mr. M'Culloch's garden. I did not see any person, but immediately after she threw some water on me. We at that time had neither of us spoken. I could not see what she had in her hand, but could see her hand, swinging, and a deluge of water was thrown over the wall at me. I stepped on one side, and none of it came on me. At the time she threw the water, she said, in a loud voice, there, ha , t thou got that ?" I replied, "i ou hussey, I will have yen tefore the magistrates for it." In answer to Mr. Bretherton, the plaintiff "el enied that he had ever spoken to the defendant more than once, and that was at the railway st,-,t'on, when he ercpil el after her master's health, although he was not on sin aki;ig terms with that gentleman. He also denied that he had ever stood on the wall that separated the two gardons, nor did he know that the defendant had complained to her master and mstress, but admitted that Mrs. M'Cullock had cautioned morteinz ab in not to annoy her servant. As no assault had been proved she magistrates ordered the case to be dismissed. Catherine Jones then appeared to compl - in of an assault committed upon her by J homas Otlay and his brother Robert. In opening the case Mr. Bretberton expre-sed Lis opinion, atter the result of the last case, it would be bitter for the summons to be. withdrawn, but as Mr. Cullock declined to comply with the suggestion, the case was proceeded with. The com plainant then stated, that about ten o'clock on Saturday night she went into her mater's garden, when she saw Thomas in his garden, and Robert standing on the wall, they were talking together, and afterwards Thomas threw some soil which hit her in the face. The defendant, Thomas, asked a number of questions totally irrelevant to the matter in dispute, and concluded by denying the cherge. The comtAainant then said, that the defendant Thomas bad repeatedly annoyed her, by asking her to go for a walk with him, and hid on one occasion got out of a first-class and entered into a third-class carriage in which she was riding, and, when at Liverpool, had walked from the station with her. Of these annoyances she. had com plained to her master and mistress. the defendant denied all that the girl had said, and the magistrates ordered this case also to be dismissed ; at the same time, intimating it as their opinion that Mr. Otlay would best consult his respectability by not interfering with his neighbour's servants. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU TION, 9, ROSE•HILL.—Week ending April 26,—New patients entered on the books last week, viz—Relieved at the institution, 184 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 61 ; cases of prevailing epidemic, 0 ; total, 245. Visitors, Mr. E. Watts ' Mr. T. Kirk. lion. Sec. and treasurer, Joseph. Kitchen, El. COURTESIF.S TO FRENCH OFFICERS, —A. banquet was given at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth Dockyard, on Thursday evening, to the officers of the Imperial French. Navy, who attended the naval review in his Imperial Majesty's corvette Da Chayla, commanded by Captain Longueville, whose officers are Lieutenants Dewatre and Tire:d, Ensigns C4rrey and A. Hamelin. The deputation on board consists of the following officers : Rear- Admiral Jurien de la Graviere ; C tptains Belvez-, Piron neau, Didelot Pothuan, Benic. Le Jenne, and Chaperon ; Lieutenants E. Hamelin, Zede, Dubarqeois, Boelle, Touboulic, de Jouquieres, de Baaulieu, Hoeqnert, and. Lafont; Ensigns Le Roux de Villier4, de Barbuin, Fleuriais, and Boquet, Commissaire de la Marine. The banquet was given by the admirals and captains of the fleet at Spithead. The College was suitably " appointed" for the occasion, and the dinner was furnished from the Crown. and Scep're, Greenwich. SnocKnio MURDER.—A murder of a fearful character was committed on Thursday morning at Ardfordmoor, a village in Staffordshire, in the parish of Alstonefield, on the borders of Derbyshire. The crime was perpetrated by Betsy Edge. a woman of fifty-five, upon her sister Ann Edge, who is seventy-six. The two women lived iu the houso of a farmer named Berrisford. They went to bed tog: titer on Wednesday night in Derfk - et amity, but about five - o'clock on Thursday morning 'Betsy Edge got up. and, having procured an axe, beat out the brains of her sleeping sister with it. Berrisford, heating a noise, went to the room and secured the infuriated '.man it: as she was about to inflic upon her sister The roor old woman die d in about an hour from the ds which she had previously received. There does not appear to have been any ground of enmity between the sisters, and it is supposed that the murderess is insane. t e e