Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-03 00:00:00

Commtreati THIS DAY !,. • Tins BAT, the 3 rd instant, 0 Twelve o'clock, at the Broke*' s Office, 190 Tims VALONIA, ez Clemanthe, from Sn37,Tna.—Apply to SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broker. On account of whom it may concern. T'Ais DAY, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Sweeting-street, • - About 1,000 Dry Salted Brazil OX and COW HIDES, more or less damaged by salt water, landed ex George Evans, hence for New York ; lying in the wrecked goods shed, west side Wateilto Dock.—For further particulars apply to Robert M. Grinnell, Esq., Merchant ; or to ARNOLD, LEETE, ROSCOE, and Co., Brokers. His DAT, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, 1,000 Bags Madras RICE, 700 Ditto Bengal DI i 10, n-Albert Dock warehouses.—Apply to SHAND, lIIGSON', and Cu., Brokers THIS DAY, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 12 Cases OIL OF PEPPERMINT. J. V. RAYNER and Co., Brokers Apply to J. R. CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS. .ISTORY OF THE WORKING CL AS SE S, Every Saturday, in the NoaTirEnx DAILY TIMES, Price enny. W ARM WINTER CLOTHING, T: HE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGART. INVERNESS WRAPPERS. OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS. RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING TO CORRESPONDENTS. 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. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c THEATRE ROYAL—Grand Comic Pantomime ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—EngIish Opera Company HENGLER'S CIRQUE VARlETE—Miscellaneous Attractions TUE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. MANDERS' MENAGERIE -Foot of Shaw's-brow. TEUTONIC HALL (Lime-street)—Ascent of Mont Blanc. CLAYTON HALL—ChriSty'S Minstrels. ire,,3 - For particulars see advertisements on Bth page -THIS DAY Ely liattlytn Elms, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1859 TIIE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. A Special Edition of the NORTHERN TIMES will be published this afternoon about two o'clock, with an account of the Opening of Parliament and a full copy of the Queen's Speech. DAY'S NEWS Parliament will be opened to-day by Her Majesty in person, who arrived with the other members of the Royal Family and attendants at Buckingham Palace yesterday forenoon. Shortly after a Privy Council was held, at which the Royal speech, to be delivered this afternoon, was agreed upon. We will publish the speech in an extra edition about half-past two o'clock this afternoon. The present condition and future prospects of the shipping interestmuch of the United Kingdom has caused of late discussion, nini l . and at North Shields, the other s N i lr. Lindsay, M.P., one of the largest shipowner;r4o En land, addressed his constituents on this uestion. So unpopular does the hon. memberlit he appear to have made himself by the course in has adopted in boldly, stating his convictions his health, of free trade, that at a late public dinner when formally . proposed, was received with hisses and hooting, and the toast was r a je s n t ; rrn d b o y f the . company. Mr. Lindsay is strong e opinions, brings facts and figures forward in his to prove . conclusively that free trade is as sound a principle in shipping as in any other branch of commerce. Mr. Mr. Lindsay, however, concedes a grievance to the shipowners. The duty on timber, he says, wo presses hardly on the . shipowners, as do some of the shiping dues. With regard to the former, he promises that a motion is to be made on the subject in the House, and he is sanguine that the Commons will condemn the tax. A fire broke out in Nottingham yesterday morn ing, and damage to a very large extent was the result. So far we do not know the exact loss, but there is no doubt it is v e r y considerable indeed. 1 “ 1 -st night's Gazette warns English vessels visiting of July, as the Japan until after the Ist ports are not to be English men-of-war are instructed to prevent a TO-MOR-NV To-mottitow, the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broken,' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Bales Fine JUTE, , ex Coromandel ; lying in Campbell's, Gradwell-street.-- Messrs. Fielden, Brothers, a J. H. dCo., Merchants an; to Co RAYNER d Co., Brokers Apply to ROW the 4h instan, at Twelve o'cloel To-moR broker t s' Office, t 2, Dale-street, 76 Bales Bombay HEMP. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers To-moanow, the 4th7 instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 Bales New JUTE, ex Garatilda. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers On account of whom it may concern Apply to Apply to TO-MORROW the 4th instant, ;t:Half-pEist One o'clock precisely, at H. H. GOlding's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, A Quantity of Damaged Egyptian WHEAT and BEANS, ex Giovanna, Stanley Dock.—Apply to J. and M. HARNETT, Brokers. To-wanow, the 4th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on the Quay, East side Brunswick Dock, 136 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, 101 ~ ~ CEDAR, lately landed ex Dorothea, from Neuvitas. 54 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, 18 Tons COCUSWOOD, lately landed ex Waybosset, from Santa Cruz, 308 Logs YELLOW PINE, 24,957 ,Feet, 10 „ OAK, 5,576 „ 36 „ ELM, 2,552 „ 2,710 2nd Quality PINE DEALS, 2,600 2nd „ PIPE STAVES, 8,400 Merchantable PUNCHEON STAVES, 12 Cords HEMLOCK LATHWOOD, Symes' shipment, and now landing ex Sea King, from Quebec. 30,358 SPRUCE and PINE DEALS and SCANTLINGS. 3,955 SPRUCE BOARDS, lately landed ex E. D. Peters, from St. John, N.B. To which will he added Quantities of American WALNUT, BIRD-EYE MAPLE, COCUSWOOD, and ROSEWOOD ; also, several parcels PINE and SPRUCE DEALS, Quebec OAK, ELM, and RED PINE, Pictou BIRCH, c. On account of the Importers. For catalogues and further particulars apply to DUNCAN, EWING, and Co., Brokers. NEXT WEEK On Ex cha TUITIADABrY okeee,Office, next, the 10th 16 instant, at Twelve o'nge-buildingsclock, at the , , 50 Cases African GUM COPAL, 7 Casks Just landed ex Maggie Walker, from Sierra Leone, in the Albert Dock Warehouses.—Apply to Messrs. Burnett and Kidd, Mer chants; or to J. H. RAYNER & Co., Brokers. ®u 2*. TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS, CHESHIRE PHOSPHATE COM PAN Y b ave constantly ON SALE Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices may be had at the Office, 3, CABLE-STREET. Works :—LOWER BEBINCiTON. violation of the treaty, which does not come into operation until that date. The Manchester papers publish the particulars of a tragedy of a most horrifying nature. A beerhouse-keeper, named Robinson, residing in Albert-street in that city, brutally, and, so far as appears, causeleisly, murdered his wife, attempted to set his house on fire, and then with much deli beration hung himself. The husband was 52 and the wife 50 years of age. Jealousy appears to have led Robinson to this triple crime, though, from all accounts, this feeling was without- cause. Two daughters, one 20 and the other 18 years of age, are workers at a mill in Manchester. The death of Mr. Charles Phillips, one of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Court, of London, is announced. The learned judge was struck with apoplexy on Monday, immediately after quitting the bench, and he never afterwards rallied nor spoke. An effort is being made to get the monopoly of the navigation of the Thames abolished, which is now in the hands of the Waterman's Company. An address to the Queen, congratulating her upon the auspicious occasion of the birth of a grand son, and heir to the Prussian throne, was decided upon at the meeting of the Town Council, yester day., A report of the financial sub-committee was presented to the Council, wherein it was stated that the income from the corporate estate for the year ending the 31st of August, next, would be about 103,9601., and the obligatory expenditure 83,8201., leaving a gross surplus of 20,140/. ; but as the continuance of branches of discretionary expenditure, which has hitherto been sane . tioned annually, together with the sum of 3,0001. for sundry improvements already sanctioned by the Council, would amount to £9,577, the available surplus would be only £10,563. Mr. Stewart, in moving the adoption of the report,- stated that the debt of the Liverpool Corporation on the 31st of August last was £1,177,428, that it had declined to £1,045,000 on the Ist of-January, and at the present moment it was only £971,364. He complimented the Dock Board for its punctuality . in the payments as sanctioned by the Act of Parliament. Mr. Glad stone drew attention to the rent which was re ceived from the tobacco warehouse, and asked for some explanation on the subject. Mr. Stewart stated that the lease to Government had yet to run eight years, and although Government had offered them the lease, they did not think it advisable to take it off the hands of Government. Mr. Stewart, in moving that £2,000 be granted for the support of the Corporation Schools and other religious purposes, was interrupted by Mr. Jeffery, who stated that although the Finance sub-committee had arrived at the conclusion that there would be a surplus of £20,000, he could tell them that there would be a deficit of £23,000 alone in the water accounts ; and was proceeding to allude to some discussion which took place at the meeting of the Water Committee, on Monday, when several of the councillors interfered, avering that Mr. Jeffery was out of order ; that gentleman contended that he was in order, but the Mayor and Town Clerk gave their decision_ against him, _ _ and as Mr. Hodson said that the Wafer Commit- tee would not call upon the Finance Committee to make up any deficit, the subject dropped, and the motion passed. Some discussion took place on the proceedings of the St. George's Hall Committee being read. They included a recommendation that Mr. M'Kenzie, the keeper of the hall, be allowed £1 for each night the Hall was engaged. After some remonstrance from several members of the Council the recommendation was carried. On the motion of Mr. Ryley, which was carried by a vote of 19 to 18, it was ordered that a return be presented to the next meeting of the Council, of the entire cost, up to the present time, of St. George's Hall, together with an estimate of the further outlay and probable time which would be required for its completion. The only other business of importance transacted was that of coming to the determination of appointing a superintendent of all the markets, at a salary of £3OO per annum. The war question begins to assume a most alarming aspect. All parties seem to be confident that we are on the eve of a struggle between France and Austria. Our Paris advlces state that orders have been issued to call home all French ships of war, on foreign stations, which can possibly be spared from the particular service on which they now are. If we are to put faith in the Paris correspondent of the Times, France is averse to war, while Austria is prepared to brave the worst. We also observe that there are lively speculations afloat as to the position England will take in the event of a war with Austria on the one side and France and Sardinia on the other. The Opinione of Turin makes very pointed reference to a note addressed by Lord Malmesbury to the Piedmontese Government, which the editor has evidently seen, and he would give us to understand that it is written in such a way as to imply that our Government would not be found hostile to the action which Sardinia may take in working out her ambitious schemes. Other Continental jour nalists, however, speak of Lord Malmesbury's note as conveying a somewhat opposite meaning to this. Indeed, the Opinione seems conscious that it has not supplied the proper interpretation, for it goes on to say that the " moderate and courteous form of the note proves that the English Government believes itself obliged by its position to give to its policy in Italy a direction which, perhaps, its diplomatic despatches do not suf ficiently express." So it is 9nly because Lord Malmesbury is courteous that we are to infer he is favourable to Piedmontese aggression. A pamphlet is expected to make its appearance in Paris at the end of this week, which, like other recent pamphlets, will be regarded as having a semi-official complexion. Its author is M. de Laguerriere, and its topic the Italian question. Advices from the Brazils, via Havre, state that the old Ministry had been dissolved, and giveS the names of the leading members of the new Administration. We have a few details of Australian news by the Columbian. Political affairs, both in Victoria and Sydney, were progressing satisfactorily, if not quite smoothly. In the former the bill to increase the number of members of the Assembly, and in the latter the electoral bill had received the royal assent. An attempt of the Victoria Assembly to bring Ministers before it for examination, respect ing the appointment of Magistrates, was resisted as unconstitutional, and defeated, The harvest was safe. Trade was dull. Gold ships, with the precious metal to the value of half a million ster ling, had left the colony for England. The West India Mail steamer Parana, has arrived at Southampton with a fortnight's later news, and 916,000 dollars in specie. The Islands were generally very quiet and prosperous. The revolution in Hayti was spreading, and the Emperor had been twice beaten by the Republican army. At Chili, revolutionary movements appear to be bursting into a flame, and in all probability the government will be overthrown. The Brazilian fleet were about to be sent to the waters of Paraguay, to observe the movements of the United States fleet. Very serious riots had broken out at Peru. MR. BRIGHT'S REFORM It would be seen by our report yesterday, of the Reform Conference at Manchester, that Mr. BRIGIIT'S views—or, at any rate, his tone—may be fairly considered to have become considerably moderated as to the extent and character of the manure of change in the system of representation which it is desirable to effect. It is still evident, we admit, that his object is to give a preponderating amount of influence to the borough interest, as opposed to that of the counties ; and this is the point on which, it is probable, the conflict of parties and of interests will mainly turn. With reference to his Bill, he declared, it would be observed, " We should make up our minds whether this proposition—l am not speaking of every THE NORTHERN TIMES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, detail, for a borough may be put in or left out in its passage through Parliament—but whether as a whole it is a measure recognising great principle's, adequate to meet great wants, and worthy of the irre sistible supportof a great people." This, of course, will be the position which the question will take in Parliament. What the country, wants—and what it must have —is a measure of real Parliamentary Reform. And it is not as to the population of Lan .. cashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire only, but as to the general population of the whole kingdom, that we_ would reiterate the words of Mr. BRIGHT,— " Let us give to this population, so great, so powerful, so renowned, so irresistible when united, let us give to them—for we ask no more—what the ancient, the boasted, and, if you like, the ' glorious constitution' of this country says is right." THE PARLIAMENTARY REFORM QUESTION. THE time is now so near at hand when some definite idea can be formed of the shape in which Ministers will place this question before Parlia ment, that it is scarcely worth while to indulge in any more speculations . upon it. But it may be well to have it remembered; nevertheless, • how the case stands, at such a moment, before the country. It is to be taken for granted, then, in the first place, that the great body of the nation are now in favour of a further reform of the system of representation in Parliament. .Politicians of all• complexions have, apparently, made up their minds to it. The Queen upon her throne is on the point of recommending the question to the consideration of Parliament ; and white her Majesty's Govern ment are prepared to give effect to the recommendation, her Majesty's Opposition will doubtless be ready to push it even further than it may be prepared to go. So that as to the necessity of reform itself, in some degree, greater or less, of, practical efficiency, there would'seem to be but one opinion, and one intention. It is not, as it was when the Reform Bill of 1832 was brought forward, that there was one great party, that of the Ministry of the day, for it, and another great party, that of the Conservative Opposition, against it, —one for a specific measure of reform, the other for no reform at all. Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamus in illis. The times are perpetually changing,—they have been ever since the world began, and will be until the world is at an end ; and men change with the times. It is in the nature of things that it should be so ; for what is there that is likely to remain fixed or stable, either in situations or opinions, as regards the affairs of this world P Men, manners, tenets, even principles, of necessity keep changing, according to the varying circumstances of the age in which men live. Reform, moreover, in a State, is a process which cannot possibly be brought to a stand-still. There is a principle of progress in it_whicb is not easily to be stopped. And the Reform Bill, of now more than a quarter of a century ago, having once passed, every man, be his political party what it might, was constrained, in some degree, to be a reformer. Now, on the present occasion, there are three separate reform parties in the field,—there is the Ministerial party, ready, it is understood, to bring forward a measure carrying out the extension of the representative system considerably further than did the reformers of 1832,—there is the Whig party, eager to take its advantage of any short comings in the Ministerial measure, and to supplant both it and its authors,—and there is the Radical party, which seeks to carry out a reform far beyond the intentions, or the ideas, of either of the others, who will probably concur, there fore, in resisting a measure which they think would utterly upset that balance of power in the realm, the preservation of which is the great secret of the long endurance of the British Constitution, and its admirable adaptability, hitherto, to the growing necessities of the kingdom. And such being the case, if ever there was a reason why there ought to be but two great parties on such a question—the party that would reform to strengthen and consolidate, and the party that would reform to deracinate and disorganise—there appears to be such a reason now. Of course we do not yet know exactly, either the purpose of Ministers, or the views of their Whig opponents; though in a very short time now, in all probabi lity, we shall know both. Yet much has tran spired, even within the last ten days, to indicate the sentiments of the two separate parties that stand in opposition to the Administration. Not only have the Radicals put forth their Reform Bill, but the Whigs have published two—issuing, appa rently, from two distinct sections of that party ; one through the columns of the Times, the other through those of the Spectator. And both these measures arc, in their practical principles, as thoroughly opposed to the Radical Bill, as that of Ministers themselves will probably be. The former alike seek to give property and education their due influence in the representative system : the other would swamp them both by the over whelming weight of indiscriminate numbers. The Radical contends, that the question of Parliamen tary representation is one " where not taxes only are to be considered, but rights, and personal rights—and not taxes, and personal rights only, but all questions affecting the great policy of the country both at home and abroad." His opponents reply, that if he grounds his franchise on personal rights, it is most inconsistent to limit it by either a ratepaying, a household, or any other condition of qualification. " What," it is asked, " is the use of importing into the discussion an argument which is just as fatal to any plan which he vent ures t o propound as to the existing system, or to any other which his antagonists may suggest ? If personal rights are to be the electoral qualifica tion, why has he not the honesty and the logic to declare for universal suffrage ? But if property and taxation are the basis of representation —an admission which the proposition either of a rating or household suffrage implicitly involves—we demand that some better reason should be adduced than has yet been put forward to show that the franchise which is given on account of property and taxation should not be proportionate to that of property and taxation." And here is denoted the common ground on which both the Ministry and their Whig opponents, it may, we think, be pre sumed, will alike take their stand in opposition to the extremer course which it will be prepared to pursue. At present, therefore, it is somewhat difficult to ascertain exactly where the differences, will arise on the subject, between Ministers and their Whig opponents. Those between thein and the Radical party are already plain, and palpable enough,— but then they are differences common to both. The time is now near at hand, hoWever, when all speculation on this question will be at an end. Let us hope there will come out of it all a measure of Reform that will at least have the effect of securing a system of full and tree representation in Parliament. SHIPS' BOATS WE have frequently taken occasion to remark, in these columns, on the vital importance of Ships' Boats, in our passenger ships more especially, 'being not only of sufficient number and capacity "td be capable of containing all on board the vessel, in case of necessity, but so contrived- aft to be bratight instantly into use, whenever an emergency may arise. We believe that hundreds, not to say thousands, of lives have been lost annually through the neglect of such a provision, or through the difficulty there has been experienced, at a momeu t of hurry and alarm, in safely launching the boats. The Legislature has not been unmindful of the matter. The Act. 18 and 19 VICTORIA provides not only that every passenger ship shall carry throughout the voyage a certain number of boats, in proportion to the tonnage, but also that " one of such boats shall in all cases be a long boat, and one shall be a properly fitted life-boat, which shall be carried in such a manner as to be, in the opinion of the emigration officer, most available for immediate service." But the latter provision, under the ordinary arrangements, is very seldom fulfilled. The boats, when ' they are suddenly called for, and when the lives of thoSe on board may be depending upon their being " available for immediate service," are too commonly unavailable on the instant, or are rendered so by the awkward ness of getting them afloat. A pamphlet* on this subject has come into our hands, which well deserves the consideration of those who have to do with the carrying out of such a purpose in our ocean steamers, and other passenger ships. It is a brief dissertation on the question, with special reference to the dangers of the present system, and their remedy ; and the object in view is to call attention to a new method of lowering ships' boats, so as to avoid the fatal risk of misadventure which is now so generally incurred. People do not, it is insisted, - sufficiently think of and appreciate the perils of ocean naviga tion, or greater heed would be given to so indispen sable a precaution as that of having ships' boats so placed and arranged as to- be ready for • use on the instant, however sudden or startling the emergency may be. "To obtain perfect immunity from these," it is remarked, "is beyond the reach of human power; but it is not the less incumbent on us to mitigate them by every available means, and when a remedy can be found to apply it for the prevention of obvious evils. We fully recognise the principle in the extreme value we attach to ships' boats, in case of emergency, and have adopted a most essential expedient in compelling by law all vessels to carry a plentiful supply of them ; but we take no means to make them sufficiently available, and that which was intended for the preservation of human life, too often becomes its destruction." There are certain mechanical difficulties to be overcome in launching boats from a ship ; and until this is done, the provision of boats for the purpose of escape when the wreck of the ship is threatened, from whatever cause, is deprived of much of its value. "It seems strange, that the mechanical genius of this country, which has invented machinery the most complicated, has hitherto been unable of find the means of effecting and controlling the descent of a few tons weight in a given manner, and under particular circumstances ; and that while this object is unfulfilled, hundreds of human beings are annually perishing." The requisites of any plan that is to be effectual, are thus stated,—" Sim plicity, quick and ready action under perfect control, by means natural to sailors, and easily understood and managed by them; and freedom from liability to accident in working. The various processes of unlashing, lowering, and disengaging, ought to be the certain results of one act, and necessarily follow each other. The gear to be of such a nature that exposure to the weather and the chemical action of the sea-water will not alter it, or impair its efficiency in a moderate length of time ; and if damaged or injured by accident, to be capable of ready repair ; while its manner of work ing and position should be such as would protect it from any chance of failing in its own operation, or from external contact with any thing else." The plan which it is the object of the pamphlet before us to call attention to, and to explain, is said to possess all these requisites. A single man in the boat can unlash, lower, and disengage it, without any assistance, his single weight being capable of holding in equilibrium its descending momentum, which he has the power of checking or controlling at will. " The means of reducing the weight of the boat to that of the man lowering is made the means of preventing the boat canting in its descent ; and the passage of the ropes by which the boat descends, through a block of an entirely novel character and action, accomplishes this end." The pamphlet contains full and very intelligible descriptions of the invention, and of the whole process of applying it, with illustrations of the same, from which its admirable adaptability to the object it is designed to secure is very apparent. The Admiralty, the Emigration Commissioners, the Transport and Convict Services, the East India . Company, the Royal Mail Steam Company, the European and American Steam-ship Company, and other public bodies, have adopted the lowering apparatus with complete success. * How to Lower Ships' Boats : A Treatise on the Dangers of the Present System and Their Remedy, with a full Description of the New Method. By C. Clifford. London : C. Wilson. 1859 And it is to be hoped that, ere long, it will be an appendage to all the passenger ships that go to sea : so that they may really be in a situation to carry into effect the very letter of the law, which enjoins that the ships' boats " shall be carried in such a manner as to be most available for public GALWAY ELEcnoN.—On Sunday, the walls of Galway were covered with placards announcing that Mr. Lever, who is at present in that town, intends to contest representation, and calling upon the people to adopt as their watchword—Orrell Lever and the prosperity of Galway. Countless handbills have been distributed to the same effect. These preparations have taken the Redington party by surprise. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE GAME OF THE SEAsoN. — Third edition of the amusing _card game .of " St. George and the Dragon" now ready: Sold by Mawdsley and Sou, and all book sellers. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDITCOS.—YeS*day, the Town Council held its ropier monthly meeting. The proceed ings commenced at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and did not terminate until a quarter-past four in the after noon. The subjects under discussion were of an import ant character, and we published a full report,, over seven columns, in an extra edition, which was in the hands of the public within an hour after the Council had broken up. CLAREMONT LITERARY ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday evening, Mr. John Rowland gave a lecture on the "Solar System," to a well-attended meeting, held in the school room under the Claremont Independent Chapel, Kirkdale; the Rev. W. C. Preston occupied the chair. The lecturer drew attention to the ennobling study of astronomy, and illustrated his subject .with diagrams in au interesting and inilltructive manner. This is the fifth of a course of twelve lectures being delivered in conneetion with the above named society, in behalf of the Sunday-school funds; and the next will be given by' the Rev. W Graham, on Mon day, the 14th instant—subject, "Dr. Chalmers." THE AMPHITHEATRE.—WaIIace's well known opera of Maritana" was played here last night, Madame Maud Bishop taking the part of Maritana, at a short notice, in consequence of the indisposition of Miss Fanny , Reeves, and Don tsar played by Mr. Elliot Galer. Madame Bishop showed herself to be perfectly "up " in all the music, which she sung 'with sweetness and effect, meeting with a good reception, and Mr. Galer, although still suffering from severe cold, was tolerably effective. The admired trio, " Turn on old Time," was loudly re-demanded, and altogether the piece passed off with good success, the principals, at the conclusion, being called before the curtain to receive the applause of the audience. _ Although it is the month of February, 1859, most people admit we are living in hard times, hence it should be the study of every one to ask themselves the question,- " How eau I save my money ?" We reply, without hesitation, , buy your steel pens and other sta tionery, at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. John Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at Is per gross. Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen._ _ _ _ BEBINGTON.—We understand that a sale of fancy work will take place in the Assembly-rooms, Rock Ferry Hotel, This Day (Thursday), the 3rd inst., in aid of the funds for the erection of a new organ, in the parish church of Bebington. The sale commences at two o'clock, p.m., and is to be kept up till ten o'clock. Each adult is to pay one shilling for admission, children sixpence each. There will be a band in attendance, and it is expected that it will be a very successful undertaking. The parishioners are indebted to Miss Naylor, of High field. Park, for this kind effort to replace the very old and worn out organ now in use. This lady's exertions having the sanction and approval of the rector of the parish. CORONER'S COURT.—The Coroner held inquests in the following cases yesterday: On the body of John Rogers, 38 years of age, a labourer, in the employment of Messrs. Gregson, saw-mills, Warwick-street. He was accident ally killed by a log of wood falling on him at the mills. There was no blame attached to any one, and the jury found a verdict of " Accidental death" On the body of James Bewen, 23 years of age, an ordinary seaman. The deceased fell into the river, at the Landing-stage, whilst trying to get on the stage before the boat had come properly alongside, and was drowned. The verdict was Accidental death," but the Coroner hoped it would be a warning to persons in future, not to jump off the boat before the proper time. On the body of Elizabeth Warren, sir years of age. The child was burned at her parents residence, 10 court, Nash-grove, on the previous night, and died from the effects. Verdict, " Found burned," but how her clothes took fire, there was no evidence. TRANMERE SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETINGS.—On Monday evening last, the fourth of a course of lectures was delivered in the lectnre-room, St. Paul's-road, which was again crowded to excess, by the Rev. S. H. Booth. The subject being, " Intemperance, and its remedy." Mr. Bradbury presided; who, in opening the pro ceedings, referred to the awful amount of drunkenness prevailing in that neighbourhood, and showed that some thing must be done soon to improve the dwellings of the people ' who are dragging on a miserable existence, in places that are a disgrace to humanity and the civilisation of the nineteenth century. The rev. lecturer delivered a powerful and telling address, showing the evils of the drinking customs, and the blessings attending entire abstinence to the individual, and the incalculable benefit, even in a monetary point of view, that would accrue to the nation in having a Permissive Bill enacted, so that the people themselves shall say whether or no England shall be disgraced any longer with a traffic which is England's curse. At the close of the lecture, a good number enrolled themselves members of the society for promoting entire abstinence. The Rev. S. A. Steinthall will deliver the next lecture, subject : "The Permissive Bill," on Monday evening next; a large attendance is exaected. PRESTON AND NORTH LANCASHIRE POULTRY SHOW.— The fourth annual exhibition of the Preston and North Lancashire Poultry Association was opened yesterday, in the Corn Exchange, Preston. There were 787 pens exhibited, including many of the best ;ever shown in the kingdon. Amongst the exhibitors from this neighbourhood we may mention Messrs. W. C. Worrall, Hindson, W. F. Earle, Stretch, Musgrove, G. W. Moss, Captain Herlihy, H. Worrall, &c. Mr. G. Moss obtained the President's piece of plate (X 10), as an extra prize for the best game coc k, an d Mr. Hindson, of of Benton House, was amongst the highly commended. The judges stated that the whole class was truly excellent. Captain Hornby again carried away the first prize for coloured dorkings, and also the secretary's piece of plate of 51., for the best pen of dorking chickens. Mr. Tomlinson, of Birmingham, obtained the first and second prizes for the best pen of buff Cochin Chinas ; and Mr. Stretch, of Bootle, was highly com mended. Mr. Stretch also took the first prize of LlO, and - the second of £3, for the two best pens of partridge feathered Cochin Chinas. Mr. W. C. Worrall, of Knotty Ash, was successful in golden pencilled and golden spangled Hamburgh's, taking prizes in both classes. Mr. T. H. D. Bayley obtained the first prize, and Mr. H. Worrall, of Spring Grove, West Derby, the second prize, for gold laced bantams. Mr. G. W. Moss obtained the premium for the best pen of game chickens, and a pen exhibited by Ur. E. Worrall, of Knotty Ash, were " very highly . commended." Mr. W. C. Worrall also took the first prize for the best Hamburgh cock. The attendance during the day was very large. DARING BURGLARY IN BIRMINGHAM.—SoIIIe time during Thursday night a daring burglary, evidently the work of some of the most expert cracksmen in Birming ham, was perpetrated at the offices of Messrs. Clare and Hackett, of Carr's Lane. Entrance was gained by un locking the outer door with a skeleton key. The object of the burglars was evidently money, but their endeavours to obtain it were completely foiled. From the appear ances presented in the office at eight o'clock the following morning, it is clear that the thieves must have been on the premises for a considerable time. In the office was one of Milner's (of Liverpool,) iron safes, and that was the principal object of attack. The peculiar construction of the safe proved too much for the dexterity of the burglars, although the way in which they went to work showed them to be no mean adepts in the art of opening locks. By some means they had become possessed of engravings representing the interior of the safe and its locks. Thus furnished with a guide they fancied they knew exactly where to commence operations. By means of a drill, they effectually bored through the outer iron plate of the door, but met with an unlooked-for obstacle in the shape of a piece of tough wood, which filled the vacum between that plate and the inner one. The drill was snapped, and of course any further attempt was useless. The vexation of the thieves at being so completely frustrated, vented itself in the writing of a threatening note, and in lamenting the breaking of the drill. The handwriting is precisely similar to that of a note left behind by some thieves who broke into the same place about three months ago. Detective sergeant Manton made an inspection of the premises, but. was unable to discover any trace which might lead to the capture of the burglars. The only property carried off was some stamps and an office coat. Birmingham journal. THE LATEST NEWS. THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM. The following official bulletin was issued Tester- day : BERLIN, Feb. 2, 11. a.m The Health of the Princess Frederick William and the infant Prince continues to be satisfactory. (Signed) Dr. SCHOENLEIN. Dr:: WEGNER. Dr. MARTIN, PRINCE NAPOLEON AND HIS BRIDE. MARSEILLES, Wednesday. Prince Napoleon and his bride arrived here at one o'clock this afternoon, and left again at 3 p.m. for Lyons. They have been received by immense crowds of the population. The Princess replied to an address of the municipalty with much "grace_ and promptitude, the mernbers of which she ad dressed as her new. fellow-citizens. TURKEY. MARSEILLES, Feb. 2. The steamer just arrived, brings advices from Constantinople to the 26th ult. The report lately current respecting the dis missal of the Minister of Finance was premature, and it is asserted that the publication of the decree dismissing him was prevented by Riza. Pacha. Three hundred merchants have signed a petition against stock-jobbing, which petition will be up held by the ambassadors of foreign powers. The troops still remain unpaid. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 26 A deputation of the principal inhabitants of Moldavia has arrived here, in order to support the validity of the election of A. Couzaas, Hospodar, which is disputed by Austria. The Porte threatens to cancel the election of Golesco, in case he should be chosen Hospodar of Wallachia. • It is confirmed that Mehamed Kalrich Pacha has refused the post. of Ambassador at Paris. Sarni Pacha has been recalled from Candia. THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, Wednesday, Feb. 2. At 1.30 p.m., the Rentes opened at 68f 40e, with little doing. At 2.20 p.m., the Rentes were still 68f 40c, but firm; few transactions have taken place. This is settling day for railway shares. At 3.32 p.m., the Bourse closed flat, -and Rentes were _quoted at , 68f 20c both for money and account .41- per. cent Rentes for money, 96f 75c. THE- WEST INDIA MAIL. • SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. The West India Royal Mail steamer Par'ana, with the West India, Mexico, and Pacific mails has brought 60 passengers, and 916,000 dollars in specie, and 550 packages of cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 16th of January. Her advices report that very favourable weather had prevailed for sugar making, and that at least an average crop was expected. The markets were generally dull, and it was thought they would remain so for the next six months. The advices by the Parana report that the revo lution in Hayti was spreading, and that the Emperor's forces had been twice beaten by the revolutionary army. .1 .1 Her Majesty's steamers Indus and Jasper, and gunboat Jasseur, at Barbadoes ; Caesar, Diadem, and Valorous, at Grey. Town ; Tartar, Devasta tion, and Arachne, at Vera Cruz ; Basilisk, at Honduras ; and Imaum, at Jamaica. From the 28th ult. to the Ist inst. the Parana encountered a fearful storm, with very heavy hail squalls from W.N.W. The barque Castries, from Liverpool, in lat. 49.58, lon. 7.30, on the 20th of November, boarded the Swedish barque Skatan, abandoned. Water almost to the beams. Loaded with sulphur. bound from Sicily to Stockholm. Captain Spike, of the Castries, died on the 10th of December. Nothing of importance from the West India Islands. Everything in the islands was going on quietly and prosperously. Weather very favourable for sugar-making, and crop expected to be at least an average one. Markets dull, and prices expected to be low for next six months. The South Pacific mail arrived at Parana, on the 6th, with importnant news from Chili and Peru. At Chili, the revolutionary movement appears to be bursting into flame, and in all probability the Government will be overthrown. Several newspaper- offices have been closed, which shows how afraid the authorities are of their position. Insurrectionary movements were expected to take place at Carthagena, on the Spanish main• An English ship-of-war had been sent for. At the last dates, however, things looked more peaceable. The Brazilian government is about to send a squadron to watch the movements of the United States fleet at Paraguay. The Costa Rica Congress has ratified the Belly Milland contract for making the Intoroceanie canal. From Peru we learn that a riot of a serious nature had taken place. At Callao most exorbitant prices were being asked for quicksilver. Business dull at Valparaiso. The fire of Nov. 13th, destroyed the very heart of the city, and scarcely anything had been done to repair the damage AUSTRALIA. The Times has received the following telegram in anticipation of the mail : MARSEILLES, Feb. 1 POLITICAL.—The Legislature had adjourned to 11th January. The bill to increase members of the As sembly had received the Royal assent. A resolution had been proposed to the Assembly to sanction the purchase of the Geelong. Railway. The Connell sent a message to the Assembly, asking the attendance of the Chief Secretary and the Attorney - General, to be examined before the committer of that House formed to inquire into the appointment of magistrates. Ministers resisted the demand as un constitutional, and after a short debate it NOs rejected by the Assembly. The slight collision has saved a more serious one. Parliament was prorogued on the 26th Nov., and re-assembled on the Bth Dec. The Electoral Bill had received the Royal assent. The only amendment on the principle retained by the Assembly on returning the Bill to the Council, was the addition of a member to represent the University. Accounts from Sydney to the 11th December re present imports as dull. Produce firm. Freights dull. Exchange per cent. preminm. The Melbourne Gold Market on the 18th December vise quiet. Escorts lower. Money abundant. Exports very brisk.. Imports unaltered. Exchange at 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. DEPARTURE OF GOLD SHIPS FROM MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, Dec. 18th.—The departure of gold ships for England are as follows :—November 28th, the Norfolk , for London, with 40,643 ounces ; Dec. 2nd, the Bed Jacket, for Liverpool, with 39,611 ounces ; the Morning Light, for Liverpool, 13,699 ounces ; Dec. 14th, th e Tornado, for Liverpool, with 29,164 ounces. ITALY The report that Austria was about to augment her forces in the Papal States, is contradicted in the semi-official Constitutional, which states that the Court o f R ome h as no t hith er t o requ ested either Austria or France to increase their garrisons. _ . - The Opinione of Turin states that the garrison of Pavia is now composed of 8,000 Austrian troops , and it says that an Austrian corns of observation has been formed between Como and the Ticino. FRANCE. Le Nord was stopped at the Paris post-office.° ll Tuesday, for menti on i ng th a t th e fighting divlsoll of General Renaud was about to be removed fr°l ll Algeria to France. Yester Was laid Rev. D r. 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