Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

6.ammaciat *dm THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern Tlll3 DAY, the 17th instant, at Half-past One o'cllek, at H. H. Golding's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 4,800 Centals of Egyptian BEANS, and About 1,680 „ Indian CORN, Also a quantity of Egyptian WHEAT, ex Richard Young, in Warehouse.—For further particulars apply to J. and M. WARN ET r. Brokers, 10, Fanwick-street. THIS DAY, the 17th instant, at Four o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 25, Temple-court, 1,200 Bales East India, and other low WOOLS. W. GItEAME and Co., Wool Brokers Lpply to THIS DAY, the 17th . instant, at Four o'clock, at the Cotton Salesroom, 1,020 Bales East India 100 „ Oporto washed and unwashed WOOL 100 „ Sundries 200 Sheets English Skin, Fleece, &c. 1,420 Apply to MALCOLM GREAME, Wool Broker. Colonial-buildings, 36, Dale-street THIS DAY, the 17th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the . Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 101 Barrels American LARD, 140 Tierces GEORGE BADENACH and SON, Brokers ..pply to TO-MORROW TO -MORROW, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, 118 Bags American CLOVEIISEED. ex City of Baltimore. —Apply to Messrs. Makin and Bancroft, Merchants ; or to TIIOMAS SILL, Broker. TO-M.01,110W, the iSth instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 7, Exchange-buildings, About 60 Bales damaged COTTON, ~ 40 „ false-packed „ „ 140 „ Surat HAY WOOD and WVICCAR. Apply to 10-mogaow, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 11, Exchange-buildings, 531 Barrels Rough TURPENTINE, Landing ex J. Foster, Jun., from New York.—Apply to Messrs. A Baruchson and Co., Merchants ; or to J. IL RAYNER and Co., Brokers. TO-3f ORR° the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Pul;lie saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Bags Pegue CUTCII, 200 Bags SAGO FLOUR, • Just landed.—Apply to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers To-SORROW, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 99 Bags MYRABOLAM', 21 Bags TURMERIC. T. and 11. LI rTLEDALE and Co., Brokers THURSDAY Apply to On THURSDAY next, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2,000 Pockets Bengal RICE, 500 Bags POPPY EED, per Aracan, from Calcutta.—Apply to Messrs. Thomas and John Broekebank, merchants ; or to T. and 11. LITTLEDALVand Co., Brokers. Postponed from Thursday, the sth May. On THURSDAY, the 19th May, and following days, at Browne, Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2, Dale-street, 1,800 Bales East India WOOL. 50 „ Egyptian 40 „ Smyrna 22 Ballots Alpaca /1 BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers ,pply to On Tunas'Ay next, the 19th cial Sal instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commereroom, GI Casks CURRANTS, all faults, ex Augusta, from Patras.—Apply to GEO. 13ADI3NACII and SON, Brokers OH THURSDAY next, the_ 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 30 Cases Preserved GINGER. Apply to GEO. BADENACH & SON, 18, North John-street. On THURSDAY next, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial saleroom, 400 Drums Turkey FIGS, 400 I-Drums 306 Boxes Valentin RAISINS. GEORGE BADENACB. and SON, Brokers FRIDAY. Apply to On FRIDAY, the 20th instant, at Four o'clock, in the Cotton Saleroom, 700 Bales East India WOOL. T. and 11. LIT FLEDA.LE and Co., Brokers ♦pply to On FRIDAY next, the 20th instant, at half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' Mee, Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick-street, About 6,100 Centals slightly heated American WHEAT, lf 816 Barrels Northern Ohio FLOUR. HENRY H. GOLDING, Broker. On !FRIDAY, the 20th instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Atherton-buildings, Dale-street, Liverpool, 300 Bales East India 300 „ Donskoi fleece 300 „ Oporto washed and unwashed 250 „ Buenos Ayres low and medium 200 „ fine, including the >WOOL. choice flock, nearly free of burr 100 „ Brook washed Odessa and Lisbon 70 „ Volo and Vidino 400 „ Chili, Peru, and sundries 2120 Bales.—For Catalogues, &c., apply to lIUGHES'and RONALD, W Vool Brokers, NEXT WEEK On WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant, at Twell e o'clock, at the Public saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 716 Bags Bengal SAL I'PETRE, Now landing ex Aracau.—Apply to Messrs. Thomas and John Brocklebank, merchants; or to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. On WEDNESDAY, the nth - instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 14 Tons Sherbro' 9 Do. Roquelle CAMWOOD, 1 Do. Angola per Susan, from Sierra Le - ne, in the Albert-dock.—Apply to Melhuish and Dela Rue, merchants; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. Oa Salt, JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVE RPOOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanised; TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholes.de and for Exportation. AMERICAN SOLACE. PIPE SMOKERS, TRY THE ABOVE. Packages, 2jozs:for_Sd, C. TURILEAU HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Price One penny. THE TEA TRADE. ♦NNUM. cincrtAn ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS, Liverpool, May 4th, 1859, PART of the Importation of this •` Season's Black Teas" has been—of a finer quality than for several years past; —but, although the market value is higher, we have made such arrangements as will enable us to continue to supply Family orders (until further notice) without any advance on former prices, viz—Fine Congou, 3s Bd, First-class Congou, Rich Souchong Flavour, 4s, and the Extra Fine, full Ripe Souchong, 4s 4d. At these prices will be found unusually pot: 'Teas--equal to those of the well remem bered season of 1852, and more particularly the ~cargo imported per ship Race Horse, in that year. For the special convenience of Families, we hare an Account open with "The City Bank," London—'• Bank of Inland," Dublin—" National Bank of Scotland," Edinburgh and Glasgow-and the " Gloucestershire Banking Company," in Cheltenham. Tax extreme care with which "This Branch of our Trade," the supplying of Families—has been conducted, and which we commenced in 1840 has exercised a direct influence in the extension of our correspondence among parties of the highest standing, and the nicest perception of taste, throughout the United Kingdom.—Time—the most in'allible test in all such cases has served to show us, that it is our interest to affo rd Tax GRSAI EST ADVANTAGE IN PRlCE—combined with EVERY POSSIBLE SECURITY AS TO QUALITY. We have ever resolutely declined all offers of business at great gains, with corre sponding risks of long credit. The utility of our system of business, viz., payment in full, on receipt and approval of Goods, is wel exemplified in thein creasing number of our customers. Exoman PANtILIES and others residing abroad , will recognise the ad van tages which we possess for the execution of Orders for Tea UNDER Bono, Duty Free both as regards size of Packages and SUPERIOR QUALITY, at PRICES WHICH IIUsT TEND TO SECURE FURTHER TRANSACTIONS. STOCK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. STOCK, 31sT MARCH, 1858 STOCK, 31sT MARCH, 1859 68,000,000 lbs. CARGOES OF TEA AFLOAT. STR APRIL, 1858, IN 17 SHIPS... ........... 10,579,200 lbs. arm APRIL, 1859, IN 23 SHIPS ................10,021,760 lbs. Owing to the above small deficiency in the stock of Tea in Great Britain, speculative demand has caused a temporary advance on Common Tea. Your obliged and faithful Servants, ROBT. ROBERTS & COMPY Tea and Coffee Salesmen. Other necessary remarks, and the present List of .Prices m ay be hal on application. WiIIiams. AMUS EMENTS, MEETINGS, mac . I T sea ras ROYAL—MI. a nd Mrs. Barney 8 DAY. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—Dramatic Performances, 8,.. TRANSPARENT MAGIC—ClaytOll Hall. Tax PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. OW' For particulars see advertisements on..Bth page, TO CORRESPONDENTS, Mr. P. J. B. (GERARD-STREET.) —Owing to the pressure on our space this morning, we-are unable to give insertion to your let ' ter; and. as the lecture is to be delivered to-night, we are afraid that its publication afterwards would be useless. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS, The War News still continues very meagre. Full details, so far as we have received, will be found in another portion of to-day's paper. Great sensation h a s been caused in Paris by the news of the resigna tion of M. de Buol. People wonder what it means. His successor, M. de Rechberg, is reported to incline to French ideas. A good deal of uneasiness prevails in Paris, in consequence of reports of the French having already severely suffered from disease very probable they are exaggerated, but the govern ment have the means of checking them in their own hands, by permitting the publication of genuine reports from the seat of war. The attitude of Germany is also a source of anxiety. -A letter from Cologne, dated the 11th, says : " Things are assuming a very warlike aspect here• Every day troops of the landwehr and the reserve arrive, and the conveyance of cannon and ammuni tion is taking place uninterruptedly. All the reserve has been called out; so also has the artillery of the landwehr. Cannon for arming the fortress are being prepared, and enormous quantities of gunpowder are being accumulated in the magazines. Commerce has already begun to suffer by the approach of war; and manufacturers, not being able to sell their produc tions, have had to dismiss part of their workmen. None of the buildings projected in this town have been undertaken. The works of the railway on the left bank of the Rhine are continuing, but the fate of the Rhine-Nahe line is doubtful, the Chamber of Nobles having refused to sanction the loan voted by the Chamber of Deputies." The Daily News says the seeds of compromise are rapidly ripening. According to a report, which has gained much acceptance, Lord Derby has offered the leadership of the House of Commons to Lord Palmer ston, with four seats in the Cabinet. It is generally understood that, before the meeting of Parliament, Sir E. Lytton will resign the Colonial-office. We are in receipt of a fortnight's later news from Australia, full details of which will be found reported in our columns of to-day. From Melbourne, we learn that some changes had taken place in the Ministry. Mr. Duffy had resigned his office of Commissioner of Lands and Survey. This unex pected, and, for the general public, rather surprising result, has been produced, we believe, by an uncDn genial state of official relations having sprung up between Mr. Duffy and another member of the Cabinet. The uncongeniality had reached a length which rendered the resignation of one or the other Minister imperative, and Mr. Duffy appears to have felt that he it was who, under all the circumstances, was bound to give way. He aecordingly tendered his resignation, which was accepted by his colleagues. Mr. Duffy, therefore, has ceased to be a Minister of the Crown in Victoria. The Mining intelligence is satisfactory. A number of gold fields had been discovered, and the rush to the new Eldorados was immense. The escort returns pub lished at Melbourne were favourable, and everything betokened a prosperous summer. We regret to say that the labour market was restricted, large numbers being out of employ, and rates of wages were not so steady. Commercial matters were quiet, hardly any change having taken place during the month. Our advices from Sydney, state that, in the Assembly, resolutions for re-organising the system of respon sible government had passed by a majority of one. By these resolutions the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General will not have seats in the Cabinet and two new departments are erected, one o f Public Works and another of Trade and Customs. The Sydney Morning Herald says, that the reso lutions are so unfavourably looked upon, that the necessary estimates to give them effect would not be brought down that session. The details of the news from India and China will be found in our columns of this morning, They do not add much to our previous intelligence as received by the telegraph. Of home news there is but little worthy of. notice. Yesterday morning it having been announced that her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, her Royal Highness the Princess Alice Helena, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, would review the various troops at the camp at Aldershot, the trains of the South Western and Brighton and South Coast Railway s conveyed some thousands of persons to the spot. Her Majesty on her arrival was received with a royal salute, the bands of the various regiments playing " God Save the Queen." The whole of the military presented arms, and a number of military field operations were gone through, exhibiting all the practical minutiae of actual warfare. Later news is to hand by the arrival of the screw steamer Jura from New York, but it does not possess any- general interest. The annual . meeting of the Church Missionary Society, was held in the Collegiate Institution last night, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., presided, and Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, Rev. Hugh M'Neile, Rev. Mr. Pettitt, and Rev. Mr. Leunolt, were among the speakers. ENGLAND'S ABHORRENCE OF WAR ENGLAND, in days gone by, has had almost as much' to do with war as most of the nations of the earth have ever had ; and yet, at this day, there is probably not a civilised and Christian nation that entertains a greater abhorrence of war, than the English appear to do. Every public expression of opinion, or sentiment, regarding the conflict in Ita'y, is one of condemnation ; every shade of popular feeling concerning it, indicates a most de- THE NORTHERN TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1859 tided opposition to England's having anything whatever to do w ith it. Th e re is every reason to I believe that this will be the unanimous determina tion of the new Parliament. And we have had the assurance more than once given, within the last two or three weeks, that the Government are of precisely the same mind. The Premier's last declaration on the subject, was at the dinner of the Royal Academy, in London, when he said, "Of this I am satisfied, that the conduct which England ought to adopt is, as far as may be possible, to main tain an impartial, a dignified, and a neutral attitude, to seize every opportunity that may present itself of reconciling conflicting nations, and what is even more difficult—of reconciling conflicting principles ; but on no account , to engage in the war that has unhappily broken out." Nothing, one would think, could well be more explicit than this. Lord DERBY is not a man to say what he does not mean, espe- daily on so serious a question as this. They who are politically opposed to the noble lord, yet most assuredly acknowledge hi; high and honourable character, can have no Misgiving, therefore, as to his sincerity in using such language a's this. His Administration, whatever faults and imper fections it may have, has certainly, it cannot be denied, the merit of promoting and of maintaining peace. It has undoubtedly already taken true pains to try and reconcile the differing nations —or, rather, the conflicting Princes. Had its influence been allowed to prevail, had its counsels been adopted and followed, the Continent of Europe would not have been doomed to witness the horrors of that warfare which is now beginning to spread its desolations around. So that there would seem to be but one mind upon this subject, in every quarter. And when we see public meetings convened to express their sentiments on the present war, and record their opinions as to the conduct which this country ought to pursue, in such a conjuncture, declaring, unanimously and emphatically, that the British people have no sympathy with any of the belligerent Powers, —that they do not believe the present war is calculated to promote either the liberty or civilisa tion of Europe ; and that, therefore, while desiring that Great Britain should scrupulously abstain from interfering in foreign quarrels, she should be fully prepared to defend her own shores from aggression, —when such, we say, are the deliberately expressed resolutions of the public meetings that are now taking place all over the country, the conclusion is irresistible, that the country and the Government are quite agreed upon the important question. We verily believe that, neither with her Majesty, nor her Majesty's Ministers, any more than with the great body of the people, is there any sympathy with either of the belligerent Powers ; or that they, or any of them, can have any hope, that the war is in anywise calculated to promote either liberty or civilisation in Europe. One of the advantages of the public meetings we allude to, as well as their manifesting the nation's abhorrence of war, is the opportunity they afford of exposing the hollowness of the pretences of such an one as Louis NAPOLEON of France, in favour of Italian liberty and independence. As was well observed at one of the recent meetings in the metropolis, " When the Emperor of the French called a free Parliament of his own country, when he removed the restrictions he had put on the French press—when he did not make men's heads hang upon the liberty of their tongues, then they might think that the Emperor or the French wished to promote human liberty and civilisation." England, if even she could be reconciled to the war, on account of its professed object, could not be hoodwinked by the hypocritical pretexts of one, who, going forth pretending to free a people from one despot, leaves his people at home under a despotism of his own. As another speaker on the same subject remarked,—" at this moment there are 4,000 Frenchmen expatriated, and for what ? For doing what we are doing here at this meeting, giving utterance to their honest and independent opinions." Freedom of the press there is none in France, under Louis NAPOLEON—or freedom of speech either. We see it stated in one of the latest communications from Paris, that the new Minister of the Interior has inaugurated his accession to office by giving warning to a newspaper extensively read in the provinces, for an article setting forth that the object of the interference of France in Italy was not so disinterested as the Moniteur would make it out. And this most audacious interference with the liberty of the press is not only tolerated, but reverenced. For " the journal in question," says the account, "receives the lesson in all humility, and kisses the rod, in a short article crying peccavi, and making profuse protestations." It is all the more necessary, therefore, that England should show, as she is now doing, what is her national and popular feeling upon the whole case, —upon the war itself ; and also upon the character of those whom the great abettor of, and actor in it, is leading by the nose, and deluding with appeals to their national vanity. The popular demonstrations in Paris last week, on the occasion of the Emperor's departure for the seat of war, may well be reflected upon, as undoubtedly they are, by such expressions of reprobation as we have just quoted. "We are not disposed to overrate," said one of our London con temporaries, with reference to the occasion,—" we are not disposed to overrate the enthusiasm of the Parisian populace. The fickleness of the mob of the French capital is almost proverbial. But there is a deep and terrible lesson read to Europe in the recep tion given by the masses to the Emperor. Louis NAPOLEON himself is described as having been utterly overcome by the fervour of the demonstations. " The men of the faubourg St. Antoine crowded round the carriage in which sat the- Emperor and his wife. That very class amongst which a few months back he might have counted his enemies by thousands greeted him with acclamations which would have seemed extravagant had they been poured forth to welcome some great benefactor of the human race. He was no longer in their eyes the despotic ruler, but the champion of freedom, the deliverer of Italy, the head of the army, the worthy heir of the great NAPOLEON." A deep and terrible lesson indeed does it read—to England in particular, as well as to Europe at large. It is a lesson that ought to instruct the people of England as to the vital importance of being prepared for anything which such fickle neighbours, with such a despotic ruler over them, might happen to contemplate against us. As the same able contemporary, whose words we have just given, so forcibly and so seasonably says, " At present the cry of the Parisian mob i s Mort aux Austrichiens,' but 7'no can tell what would have been the cry twelve months ago had the Emperor listened to the advice of some of his councillors P Who would ♦enture to say that, in the excitement of the moment, a contest with England would not have been quite as enthusiastically entered into by the French nation as a struggle with Austria." And who knows how soon he may seek and provoke a contest with England--after his "Army of Italy" has done his work for him there ? Let us not, however, antici pate anything so calamitous. But of this let us take care,—that with all our most commendable abhor rence of war, we neglect not to be able to assume, at a moment's warning, a warlike attitude that may be adapted to any emergency that may arise. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A boatman, belonging to the Customs, was found drowned in the Salisbury Dock, yesterday morning. A sailor died, yesterday, on board a ship just arrived here from Quebec. _ . Stiociciso !—The sharp boy of Castle-street cart the thread of a lady's discourse, the other evening, and also amputated her crinoline—shocking CURIOUS QUERIES.—How many toes his the foot of a .mountain ? What is the length of a "Rule _Nisi ?" Is it an ordinary joiner's rule of two feet long? Yesterday, at the Police-office, before Mr. Mansfield, John Philpot, a coloured man, was charged with very indecent conduct towards a respectable young woman. Mr. Black appeared for the prisoner, and although he produced two witnesses to disprove the allegation, the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to pay £2' and costs, or imprisonment for one month. AMERICAN VIEW OF THE SHIPPING TRADE.—In the circular of Oakford and Co., a London firm connected with America, an opinion is expressed that, owing to the present complications,.and the uncertainty whether a few months hence England may not be at war, the risk of sending return cargoes from India, China, and Australia in British bottoms Must be considerable. The return trade from Australia, heretofore carried on exclusively by high class British ships, must for a time pass into the hands of Americans, especially the shipments of gold. Thee circular adds that many enquiries are already made for American ships to load in the East Indies. A SENSIBLE Btaa.o.cx.—Yesterday, a steamer, from Spain, arrived at the Great Landing-stage, with a large quantity of fine fat Spanish bullocks. One of the largest animals, on reaching the Pier-head, turned back and ran on board the boat again, and it was a long time before several men could get him out. Sensible bullock ! that did'nt want to be killed in " that kind of way." LIST or PASSENGERS per s.s. Jura, from New York to Liverpool.—Mr. W. Plankenstein, Mr. Fred. Layton, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Rushmore and son , Mr. P. Y. Thomas, jun , Mr. J. L. Harris, Mr. S. Bevan, Mr. A. Cordella, Mr. Liddell, Mr. D. H. Meeke, Mr. and Mrs. A. Genelea, Mr. David Hoadley and two daughters, Miss M. Jacot, Isabella Swot, Dr. Thomas R. Duuglison, Miss Dunglison, Mr. Edward Roddes, Mr. Barrow, Mr. L. W. Zuger. IMPORTANT TO. PAyrunßosnns.---Yesterday, at the second Police-court, Mr. Healing, a pawnbroker, was summoned by a man named Thomas Cottrell, who had pledged a watch with him. It appeared that Mr. Healing's place was robbed, and the watch in question was part of the property stolen. It was alleged by Mr. Aspinall, barrister, that the defendant was not liable for the watch or its value, but the Bench held otherwise; but at the request of Mr. Aspinall, let the question go before a superior court. BOYDELL'S Tn.karrom ENGINE.—This remarkable piece of machinery is, we understand, to be exhibited at work at the North Duck's Station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company this day, and for some days following. Those who were present at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Chester, last year, will remember the sensation which the movements of this unwieldly-looking, but singularly manageable engine created among inexperienced spectators there. A line of waggons will be attached to day, and the engine will work from ten o*clock a.m. to five p.m. EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, 126, top of Mount Pleasant.—Weekly Report.—Eye Department : New patients admitted in the week ending May 14th, 132 ; patients prescribed for, and who have received surical assistance, 461. Ear Department : New patients. admitted in the week ending May 14th, 40 ; patients prescribed for, and who have received sur gical assistance, 115. Consulting Surgeon : Hugh Neill, Esq. Surgeons : John Poole, Esq., Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, and Dr. Nevins. Assistant-surgeon : T. Bickerton, Esq. Treasurer : J. G. Livingston, Esq. ST. JAMES'S LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY.—The annual dinner of the society was held at Whiteman's, Brunswick-hotel, on Friday evening last, the president, J. Wilson, Esq., in the chair. After the usual loyal and local toasts had been duly honoured, the secretary, Mr. E. W. Bindloss, in replying- to " Prosperity to St. James's Literary and Debating Society," stated that it was grati fying to announce their last session had been a most succssful one ; their numbers had increased, the debates taken a wider and more interesting range, the course of self-instruction and self-development had been agreeably varied by miscellaneous voluntary readings, and the com mittee trusted, by the close of the next session, with the benefit of past experience, to see the society ocecupy a high position amongst similar institutions in the town. ROWAN AND CO'S PATENT MARINE STEAM ENGINE. — A. new screw-steamer named the "Thetis," of about 580 gross and 400 nett register tonnage, fitted with engines of 100 nominal and about 300 indicated horse power, con structed on the principle of this patent, although not exactly the same in arrangement as now made by the patentees, arrived here from the Clyde on Sunday night. The weather during the whole of the run was calm, and, without canvass, she steamed from the Cloch Lighthouse (a few miles below Greenock) to Liverpool, a distance of about 190 knots in 23 hours, being at the rate of upwards of eight knots an hour. During this time she consumed only 3 tons 12 cwt. of common Scotch coal, or less than a fourth the quantity con sumed by ordinary marine engines. Of course, extra caution was used in trying the new engine, and a better result than this even will be obtained. She had on board 25 days' coal, and about 460 tons dead weight of cargo. We understand she will make a few experimental voyages between the Clyde and Liverpool. AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL. Open from ten in the morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exhibition. All the kings and queens, from and including William the Conqueror, down to Queen Victoria; also, princes and princesses, dukes, duchesses, lords, eminent statesmen, warriors, poets, divines; also all the most noted personages of the past and present ages, &c. Allsop's sculpture galleries, containing upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from all parts of the world, varying from five to twenty feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereoscopic views of intense interest Allsop's musical promenade. The above attractions Are now combined, forming one large establishment, in the immense and magnificent building known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearly opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and is open to the public at 6d each ; children under ten years of age, 3d each. Mr. Allsop's exhibition has been pronounced by the press of Liverpool, London, and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, superbly magnificent, and largest establishment in the world ; a fact that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to observe the name, " Allsop, ' at the entrance. Sole proprietor, Mr. Wm. Allsop.—Advt MERSEY DOCKS INSTITUTION. —The first general meeting of this body was held . last night, in Hope-hall; the chair was occupied by James Samuelson, Esq. On taking the chair, Mr. Samuelson said he was sorry to see that, probably from the inopportune hour at which the meeting had been called, the attendance was less numerous than he could have expected. He read notes from T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P., J. C. Ewart, Esq., MP., Lord John Russell, and Lord Brougham, expressin& approbation of the objects of the Institute. He also intimated that, from private information, as well as from his convictions, formed generally, he had reason to believe Lord Brougham would be requested and would consent to become patron of the institute. After a few further preliminary remarks, the chairman said the rules for governing the institute had been prepared, and would be read to the meeting. He hoped these would meet with the approbation of the members. Before they were read, however, he begged to remind those present that it was highly desirable to have as wide co-operation in carrying out the objects of the Institute as possible, consequently to concur in a recommendation of admitting general member ship.—This was opposed by Mr. Cowan as not included in the original prospectus.—The roport of the committee was then read, which showed that the Institute had met with a fair amount of countenance from those unconnected with its practical working ' and large support from the men connected with the docks..—Some discussion followed, and the rules propounded were held as generally approved of. All the parties present enroled themselves as members. Mr, Htguitt was unanimously elected honorary secretary, yol4 Pickthell, treasurer. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Annual general meeting of the above society was held last evening, in the Collegiate Institution, Shaw-street. There was a very crowded attendance, and on the platform among other gentlemen were—The Iter. C. B. Leupolt, a missionary who has just returned from Lucknow ; the Rev. G. Pettit, late a missionary in South India and Ceylon ; and the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, who attended as a deputation from the parent society ; the Revs. Dr. M'Neile, A. Knox, H. Carpenter, Dr. Taylor, C. Lawrence, H. Jones, J. Crump, T. Cowan, R. D. Powell, W. H. Wright, T. M. Lester, T. Moore, Y. 0. Powell, I, Thomas, A. Gore, J. Hamilton, D. Anderson, J. Bardsley. F. Harke, H. P. Linton, J. Butler, D. T. Barry, W. It. Stephens, H. 'Harlem, T. Fenton, Arthur Gore, W. B. Kerr, J. W, E. F. Green, C. Ball,. H. Martin, J. Evans, Dr. Hirsch, W. Fenton, H. Woodward, H. Postance, J. Watson, J. Kewley, G. French, W. Ffolliot, G. Ireland, S. Bannerman, J. Lucas, J. Keer, J. Troughton, J. Haworth, T. Lingley, W. D. Ireland, It. Moore, J. Pilkington, J. M'Allon, T. P. Ball, W. R. Hunt, J. Herbert. Jones, Wilfred Levisoa, T. W. Moeran, J. 11. Connor, J. E. Ellison, D. Rycroft, S. Sampson, W. Calder, G. W. Wavr, J. Wright. (of Latchford), Dr. Hillcoat, John James r - Messrs. W. Gregson, T. D. Anderson,- J. Rounthwiate, E.. Jones, R. A. Payne, 11. Webster, J. Eden, J. Mulvaney, T. Triven, W. Maples, G. J. Duncan, IL Halhead, J. Campbell, C. Gray son, . and G. Holden. The Rev. Dr. Taylor moved that, in the absence of Mr. Adam Hodgson, who was announced to take the chair, but was prevented from being present by a melancholy event connected with one of his. family, the chair be taken by Mr. Thomas B.- Horsefall, M.P (Loud cheers.) Mr. Horsfall took the chair amid• loud applause, and the meeting was opened with prayer. The Chairman, then said : It is hardly necessary for me to say that, I entirely concur in, the observations which have fallen from. our friend Dr. Taylor, with reference to the absence of Mr:. Hodgson and. the cause of that absence. I can only say that, I will endeavour to the best of my V 111 humble ability, to discharge the duty which I well know would have been so much better discharged by him if he had been here. I think that, there never was a period when the proceedings of the Church Missionary Society were looked forwith greater interest, or with deeper. Christian sympathy. (Hear, hear.) 1 have not had the privilege of seeing the report which is to be submitted , to you this evening, but whilst we may expect that it will contain. some painful details, I trust, that we meg also expect from it some precious hopes for the future. I have no doubt that it will tell us of the wide fields of missionary labour which are opening upon us in the comparatively civilised country of Japan (hear, hear), and that it will tell us of the wide fields of missionary labour which are opening to us in China; but it will tell us also, I cannot doubt, of the loud call' which is made upon us from India, that we should return to our poor benighted fellow-subjects there, good for evil. (Hear, hear.) We cannot forget that they are our fellow subiects, and that they have an especial claim upon us. They are estimated, I think, at 130 or 140 millions of. people. Now we hear, not unfreqnently,. of travellers who have been in India when they return to this country, saying that they hear here of missionary labour, but when there they never met a missionary —they never saw a missionary station. I have heard such, remarks myself, and they brought to, my mind a circumstance related of a botanist,. who had gleaned from an adjacent hill a beautiful collection of flowers, which he showed t o a f r i en d . Hi s fr i end told him he hall often traversed that hill, and had never observed such flowers there, and that it was therefore quite impossi ble any such flowers could have grown there. The plain explanation of this was that the one was a botanist, who sought for flowers, and therefore found them, while the other cared nought for them, and, I dare say, t ro d th em under foot.. (Applause.) So it is with travellers in India. The one will tell you that he, could not find a missionary station, because he never inquired for either. (Hear, hear.) Others will tell you that when they travelled through India they enquired as they went along, " is there a missiona r y s t a ti on near h ere ?" and they. found one,—" is there a missionary in the neigh • bourhood ?" and they had no difficulty in meeting with one. (Hear, hear.) Now it was my priviledge a few weeks ago to meet with a Christian officer, who had been for some years in India. He was asked to preside at a meeting. lam not sure whether he said it was of the Church Mission Society, or of the Bible Society, but it was either one or the other, and he did preside. In the course of the evening a respectable person of colour presented himself on the platform, and. desired to address the meeting. He received the sanction of the chairman, and his observations were to this effect : "I am a stranger in these parts. Some four or five years ago, when crossing the floor of my own house, I saw a piece of paper lying on the ground. I understood English a little ; I took it up, and read the second and third verses of the second chapter of St. Luke. I thought it was nonsense, and I then threw it away ; but when I went out I could not get the verses out of my mind. I went back, I took up the paper and read it again. I thought it is great nonsense ; but this thought," he said, "occurred to me. If there is a second chapter there must be a first, and possibly the first chapter would throw some light upon the second. I went to an European friend in the neighbourhood, and asked him if he could explain it. He gave me the whole Gospel of St. Luke printed by itself. I took it home. I read it. I did not understand it ; but I thought it a most extraordinary thin g . I wen t t o a Christian missionary (whom he managed to- find) who was in the neighbourhood —he explained it to me, he prayed with me for the teaching of the Holy Spirit—he gave me a copy of God's blessed word —and I now stand here a Minister of his Gospel." (Loud applause.) I think, at the present moment, it is impossible to ovexrate the importance of the question of national education in India. (Hear, hear.) It is there the battle of scriptural education must now be fought, (Hear, hear.) It is for the people of this country to say whether the Bible is the only book which shall be prohibited from being read and taught in the schools supported by the British government. We profess to give them an education. We give them information, and we give them power with that i n f orma ti on , but we withhold the principle which should guide that power. What was the remark made by Mr. Williams, the missionary from India, at a recent meeting in this country ? He complained of the system of education, and he gave this specimen of it. lie said—" I knew Nana Sahib (whom we well . know in this country by reputation), he was . an educated man, and to all appearance a polished gentleman—he was an at\ eist, but he was e d uca t e d in one of the schools of the British Government." (Hear, hear.) Again, there was another missionary—Mr. Hay, I think, was his name, who corroborated the view as to the system of teaching ; but he says, further, we are told that it is the natives who most object to the teaching of the Word of God in their schools ; but what does Mr. Hay say is the fact, a missionary who witnessed it with his own eyes ? He says, that wherever there is a school of the British Government from which this Riblp ic school belonging to the missionaries in which it is taught, the missionary school is invariably crowded, while the school of the British Government is comparatively empty. (Loud applause.) I might make, some further observations upon the subject, but — there are those here who are much more competent to grapple with it than myself, and I will, therefore, only intrude upon you one further observation, 3e an observation o my own Jut it s be the observation of a lady, who, With her husband and her child, was massacred by the monster to whom I have alluded. In writing to this country she speaks to this effect, a very short time before she fell a victim to Nana Sahib, and it is a very remarkable coincidence that the letter's dated this very day, 16th May, two years ago, She says, speaking of her husband, " I think John feels much at the state of things, and thinks our government are to be blamed for giving the natives secular education without religion, which only arms them with power which may be"— and which has been— " turned against us. But I trust God will pardon us in this matter, and not pour out his fury upon us for all our forgetfulness of him. Last year he sent the pestilence, now we are trembling lest his sword should be drawn again, but I trust we shall be stirred up to call upon God, and be reminded wherein our great strength lies. I trust that the people of this country will remind the Government where their strength lies in India. (Hear, hear,) It lies in the faithful teaching of the word of God to the natives. (Applause) If there were no principle involved in the matter there is policy," (Hear, hear.) For it is an ascertained fact that, during the whole of the revolt, not one single native Christian, of those who numbered from 100,000 to 200,000, was engaged in it, while many of them suffered with the Europeans. (Hear, hear.) The chairman, in conclusion, referred to the loss the society has sustained since its last meeting, in the loss of th e t reasurer of the institution, Oil:: late Mr. Inman, whom he pronounced to be one of th 9 most unostentatious beings he ever knew, in Christian charity, and in the discharge of faithful Christian o.uty. (Hear, hear. and applause.) He then appealed to the meeting, in a few words, for their warm and earuest support to the objects which thesociety had in view, and resumed .his seat amid loud applause. The Secretary was then called up to read the annual report. The report stated the encouraging fact, that the funds of the society continued to increase ; The inco--„ last year ftom ordinary sources, amounted to f:, 1 , 4 ;r950• 17s 10d, and the aggregate receipts amounted ti . :),l' i ld The Rev. Mr. Petitt moved the first resoluvo n s A nte 4 was to the effect, 44 That the report just read be su t N, c printed, and circulated, and that a number of g ell s e u e named be appointed officers of the society for the en year." a 5 Y The Rev. Hugh Stowell was called upon tc serg resolution. He said he thought perhaps. the Ille a t, t l e te! and important point in missionary enterprises was u tbP should have young men in abundance to enter arm missionary work, for he believed, if they had theseke re would not be wanting in wealth to support theni• 0 Collef e d ferred to the students of their own Mission ar y Islington, and bore high testimony to the zeal end devoted 0 6 a r ness of Mr. Green, the president of that institution? 01 0 msssiesrary cause; one point which he would 1 :a1 p a 5 111 stress upon, and he hoped their worthy chainttaa,. e 9ll OO of representative of the people;• would reflect the 3 61 ; t1 : 1 :i s ti0 ; the meeting, and of the entire body or toe of whatever orthodox denomination, in the -"*"ycou Commons,. and he trusted he, the Chairra acl, the} inlan d igl let her Mojesty's Ministers , whoeNer y, 0 „1.0', be, understand that the Christian people u: s °' were profoundly impressed with the cenc; c ,`: - , 0 311 they shouldi almost better have lost I °"' -' Fibi 6 ; have kept India without giving her th e oir *He was not a prophet of evil,. - but he sc 3 , Evg; jug them that they might guard against cc". slO5ll rand should sit as- the arbitrar of nations. tll sit by while this fearful war was- now raging °% , " Continent. • And any ministry who would bi embarrass England in that war would. deserve d o , impeached. She should stand in dignified peace', 5 peace if she could -,. and her people,- getting rid anxiety about this bloody war, should pursue that u'l9 warfare of truth and peace, whose tendency Wa s a . tc 'ho( spears into ploughshares and swords into prunwo (Applhuse.) oral res I'rep, ( 11 i tor the blessings 3 f tbe recorded the conviction ° n et of the necessity for increased exertions (:, 11 , 1; t o be tit?, The Rei. Mr. Lenpolt proposed the s _ which,while expressing conferred upon the soci, of members of the society, in order that the-facliw-of tr' offerino. in India and elsewhere for the P rearbir," 4 os o Gospel be made subservient to the e ndi "- od divine truth among the heathen. The Rev. Dr. M‘Neile, who was received* v. :to tl l , l cheers, seconded the resolution, and called attent ; 7„ solemn responsibilities which the increased , - , c o l l o , for the preaching of the Gospel vo o f' The last fastnesses of Satan had lie til ters opened. There was a Pategonian mission—the l'ori the Niger and the Zambesi had been made triu 6 " c l4l, Christ - Madagascar had been as it were born ja China and Japan had been opened. For the euterlwtr,-, in" devolving up, them they repaired means and ll o vio while he rejoiced at the prompt reply made by 66 ; pahl, i r b Colleges, the Universities of Cambridge,. and c " te d and other public educational institutions , he retaa r- t 10", much emphasis the absence of such a contingeiblogete Oxford. If they would maintain their missionarY to true, their missionary power strong, their inissi °l33 ii , l llP mony distinct, they must take care f their Protetellreios: home. (Hear, hear) He feared there had been solo" tion in that respect, through the diluting of the.tn'tt g h ° o ' differences between the two systems of Chri s " - d t ",,1 Romanism. an elaborate argument he conte, n rc e ing y as State necessity was held to justify the ear to taxes from Quakers, portions of which 119 i n et C°: l4 spent in war, of which members of that scientiously disapproved, christian duty, as f cg e : o d the Bible, must more than counterbalance 10 ing unfairness of raising taxes from Mahan," i ciq Hindoos, part of which would be , spent in the, dill of a religion contrary to their national belief. d ask that government should become a missien ar .:hol o .4, force scripture upOn -b any, but that the Bible efer? placed within the reach of every school in wh jc Le d ' itt . t a Christian teacher. Dr. M'Neill conclude d with an elegant tribute to the f the mem ory o Mortimer O'Sullivan The proceedings did not close until conga' ten o'clock. 4ersbll ' Scandal is a visitor who never calls without V I 0 11 work with her. O i A couple of young lovers, who, in the aPP rc ic °f ta of the sentimental novels, used to make a pos t °i b o c O no t old tree, christened it (very properly), "The 13r3vw p had 11 t, i SERVING THE DEVIL.—An apprentice boy I pleased his employer one day came in for a c'eb"'ced+ during the administration of which his master e re " How long will you serve the devil ?" The blojellt° whimpering, "You know best, sir; I believe rai ' oo to will be out three months !" ° MR JUSTICE HALM) . hTOII. There bay° u i c ji amusing remarks made in the literary gossipy a n t papers appear so to seek after n the w " .- e 4 p - •d e si,, hood of Mr. Justice Haliburton, some facetionslY his honour as Sir Sam Slick. The writers have c--Tholl'o two. persons : one, our old friend the Clocknia:,, ri of % Chandler Haliburton, some time Chief Josue n • • 11 ' n. Scotia, and now candidate for the honour of reP - 0 Launceston in Parliament ; the other, Sir fire l/t Aibli s ' burton, the present Chief Justice of Nova Scotia.---fr -e4. Circular, May 2nd. fterg e ; of When Judge Howell was at the bar, Mr. barrister on circuit, to play a joke, wrote an, t- iteleof his hat, caput vacuum (empty head). The h a c o t tr t ihe about, exciting a smile on every countenance e%-L-patea„ief the owner, who deliberately took it up and ret t l i e vlc words, and, well knowing the author, addressca Ver Juitice as follows :—" May it please your Wrd'hirotii,t; protection (holding up his hat) ; for I find that 00, Burgess has written his name my hat, and I h ace • 4 to believe that he intends to make in o$ with it. f 0 :4 '1 1 1 MEMORIES OF OLD ROME.--What a tra in e " f i e b' must pass over the mind. of the student.of RolllBc-1c,50 both past and present, as he walks through t he his f 11 ,5 grand amid its comparative desolation, or eaten ci s s o4. r of inspection through the surrounding su burbs. ~; 00 r e el ' he surveys each shattered ruin of so me noble bann t i; f °o - 0 brated in its annals, will he re - pe o p le th e scene ! , , e 's Or d ro whose names are chronicled in the most famous Pwolorof world's history ; and the events with which thosefreiod.o connected will rise up before him in all th eir :E torl or Every foot of ground is eloquent with th oc tio l ,l rrhere is pointed out to him the t Oi h e r e ll presumed spot where the Roman populace, in the 5 4 . .Ighteous indignation, kindled at the alt esr iti an insulted matron was sacrificed, rose np tbe,co , e se b o ils from his throne the last of their kini,s—h filled with hordes of wild, ferocious, but°warlike hilt 10 1 10 and the venerable senators waiting in their offic ial 1 1 ° 5 fate of the vanquished from the infuriated Gliollequeirr traces out the localit!iwhere Coesar, th ; e_ gi c hn r is e ei : fsge n ;al e o l 9o 4, : e rcip o esil i c i ef ito, torsef e x l e l i ted againstt beneath hej e t ta h hl e oeu d s ai a g onf e daggers his c f oosue Brutusntrym valour , aen • nnee, bo`:;;(14 infamy of tradition of a ri upon anothc tradition, opened, and then closed again, -- ove l r i ;tb e l a self-immolating pat r i o t ;he remembers that his r, of the city the great Apostle of the Gentiles, ant thr° l3e labourer, whose assumed successor now sits e b n id disg e the Seven Hills, suffered martyrdom at th e .„, the tyrant and fiend, and that thousands professil ,r ie tian faith yielded up their lives in every Vlalt yin doothe amid alp roinio;,,,Te ocsettpl e i.mt t'i V 1 , 31‘..111, UCCILLIJ, .114.4 L LIG I CJUIULU —and, if he be an Englishman, he will not I—b n - o, o4 ` n a ancient British sovereign was led captive tbfb-cgllo streets, exclaiming as he passed along and saw' le e e to of the proud and haughty city, "How can a Ve ° ,,rble 6 . 0 i of such magnificence at home envy me my of o f ) .,4 in Britain ?" These, and many recollections ge r .7,1 import, will crowd upon the mind of a st ill' 90 e meditates on what is left to recall the histories with old Rome.—Art Journal. • TEE GREAT EXHIBITION OF * * / 331.18 t he ttl 1861. there should have been delays and hesitation bli,as the contributors, when the Exhibition of 18 51 "isDibl,. course of formation, was only natural. A „crrent bel;°Do then to was not a subject upon which any appealo°' t‘ experience. No one knew hftt it ong.,e exactly w tion- ofpf expected to prove, or in what manner contribn se cCl most . advantageously be prepared for the put i r, A . % of pearing in it. But now the case has assunleu acsob,,Y entirely different. There can no longer exist nlifYAot any uncertainty. Every person can understand As of an Exhibition it is that the Society of Arts b ti : ci `ctiS,,.,'-t'' and all who think of taking a part in it know' r Id I they ought to send. The two years that preec,", e t - o ol ci t 'ici l the decennial Exhibitions, do not provide at a", i - 01 4 period for the formation of arrangements, a u to be realisation. These preparations are calculate t el: 1°1 important in their effects than any others tb tl the y ? o p; dividual or each establiahment have ever mad e: ftf oco t t i l l ef, to be made, too, in addition to the eustomnrY thought, yeaa le and engagements of each; and there will not 1- t inie f tb° less h a i m eh ou m n i t o of t those leove h fo a r bi t t l 7l G e r l :: , t ras 11 1 )°1 'on °. on' Exhibi t : to .4 c next year an undivided attei , ":, on ' lf they P l.° P °s ;icl tribute at to the gatheriP; o f i 861; let both art' s° ti enß ti'tl r ei urers immeitt a di `'hen the :ntervalshall we feel • e t have passed away, j oie, 0 , they Nv - '" rl acknowledge the soundness of the f 00 0 -. 6 es upon them promptness as well as energy ° The Art Journal for May. enter upon a course of rraebo