The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-25 00:00:00

safe to leave ten millions of revenue upon the single source of the Income-tax,—a tax already odious because so oppressive to the majority of those who have to pay it, and a new lease of which is to be taken in betrayal of the most solemn assurances and engagements to the contrary Nor were this all; for, as Sir FRANCIS spewed, " upon the best calculations, the deficiency next year will be as much as twelve millions and a half; and thus so far from rekioving the impost this time twelve months, they will have to aug ment it to a shilling; and even that will not suffice." Such are our most unsatisfactory pro spects under a financial policy, in support of Which even Conservatives can reconcile it to their consciences to play into the hands of the adver saries of their most cherished principles. Still, let us not be disheartened. The time will come, or we are much mistaken, when the country will be constrained to acknow ledge, that on this, as on many previous occasions when great national interests have been at stake, the policy of the Conservatives was right, though it had not the good fortune, at the moment, to be successful. Within a year, in all probability, not only will the operation of the fiscal scheme, upon which the House of Commons appears to have set its heart, be found a great, if not a fatal, mistake, but the necessity of a fur ther increased Income-tax will• be felt as a load of oppression so intolerable to large bodies of the people, that a revulsion must ensue, which will not only completely restore the Conservative influence, but give a force to it far superior to any it has yet possessed.; Ma. HOPSFALL'S DEFECTION.--The Standard observes that "if Mr. Horsfall had the dignity and advantage of his country uppermost, he would not take exceptions to a motion whose best feature is, that it strikes at the root of the Budget, and, by showing its incongruity and absurdity, clears the way for its complete overthrow, and thus raises us above founding our home policy and Enaneial operations on the views or interests of any foreign potentate." Now, we cannot concur in this reflection upon our hon. member's patriotism ; but we do most cordially agree with all the rest. And it is because Mr. Du Cane's motion was of such a character, as it is here described, that we do most deeply regret that, as a professed Conservative, Mr. Horsfall could ever persuade himself to oppose it. Besides, this is not a time when defections from the Conservative ranks can be contemplated but with alarm for the safety and secu rity of great national and constitutional interests. When dangerous men combine, better minded men must associate. The Conservative party is pre-eminently an association of this kind ; and, at a conjuncture like the present, all one's really Conservative instincts con spire to enjoin upon one the duty of a faithful and devoted adherence to such a party. TUE LATEST NEWS. IBY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.' FRANCE. The Herald's cor r espondent states, the report of an improved re l at i o n Emperor is utterlfr untrue. between the Pope and the . The Paris correspondent of 'the Times y to-day that the diMcult,hw e ith Rome still stands o.n. as it did month s o. e a the persistent refusal of threeloo d i ffi c ult y ii, t lies in make any coneession,.to list o Ho me to en to any proposal, or to accept any compromise. . T.he Minister of Commerce, in reply to (IPruguas br a preliminary inquiry respecting alterations in the Custon2s' tariff, shows that the Emperor 114 d enlightened himself by consulting competent ers 9 as, R,nd adds that "the new duties will not be 4e#nitively decided upon until after an inquiry, in Which your opinions, will be heard. Resume, therefore, your co.4dence, and be convinced that French industry, prokerted within just limits, is able to compete success 44 with foreign pro ducers." MARSZII.% Feb. 24 The Valery Company's steamer I,outsehmudered yesterday, on her passage to Bistina and i tkev.e to Marseilles, having run against the advanced pier of Bistina. A despatch received by the underwriters state that fifty persons, including the captain were drowned. Up number of passengers on board was eighty-four. PARIS, Feb. 14, The Emperor presided at a Council of Miuisters. THE FRENCH FUNDS. 12.5 P.M.—lientes opened at OK 20e, 3.30 P.M.—The Market kas been heavy alba prices have declined; Rentes close at .67r. 90c., being nearly lower than yesterday. S?AIN. MADRID, Feb. 23. 'The reply from •occo to the conditions is Still expected. Marsho O'Donnell is preparing ► for further operations. PAPAL ST&TE3. ROUE (via Marseilles), Feb. 21. An extraordinary commission of ten cardinals has been appointed to deliberate upon a reply to 31 . Thouvenel's despatch. Letters alarm that the Pope has received a communication from the s-ltig of Sardinia, demonstrating the impossibility 0 1 the retention of the Umbrian Marches by the holy See, and proposing a treaty for their cession. The negative reply of his Holiness was couched . the strongest terms. The Pope declares him self ready to meet all emergencies. AUSTRIA VIENNA, Feb. 24. d The Austrian reply to the English proposals remitted to M. Thouvenel, is dated the I.7th. Count Rechberg expresses the high estimation , r attached by the Emperor to the communication from France, that the Austrian Cabinet recognises that, in the present circumstances, there is no 9pportunity either for Austria or France to t literfere in Central Italy. The application of intervention now applies to France, Austria having withdrawn from all parts of Italy not t under her domiuion; the organisation of Venetia must remain quite eT.traneous to the negotiations ~ between the . powers, hnt the Emperor loyally 3 maintains all the promises of Villafranea,. and if ,they have not been realised , the fault can only E be attributed to the Italian revolutionary party. Austria, with respect to the affairs of Italy, t '''n#4li4is 101 . 44 r to the e/g 3 ressi9P 9f her own conviction, that the roxestablisumei,it Wf the for e Ine r dynasties and the realisation of the project Of an Italian Confederacy, would much better gua.rautee the future of the Peninsula. , 4.. PIEDMONT. : iitif;N, Feb. 24. 11le King recoive4 447 geßk.it..l4i3P of the Milanese clerg y , . who presented an a4O 1 his Majesty. Th e Ki ng foor osed satistlol with the s en ti ments expressed i 4 the 44(1E7? added that at the moment politiCal p9,r4e lye endeavou r i ng to di sturb the conscience und-E 4 ' 64e : pretence that th e temporal power of . the Pope is endangered, I am pleased to receive the expres sion of the sentiments of the Milanese, which are just and prudent, and worthy of their ancient reputation. 'rho clergy agree with me in acknowledging that it is of high importance that the spiritual authority does not interfem political questions. TURIN, Feb. 23. The clergy of Milan have prepared two addresses expressing their devotion to the King and country. The Governor will present these addresses to his Majesty. The report that the is about to address a proclamation to the inhabitants of Central Italy is without found CHINA. CANTON, Jan. 14. No change in the state of affairs is reported from Japan, but it is hoped that the firm attitude of the consuls will reassure the Japanese. SHANGHAI, Jan. 7. The ports of the Swatow and Taiwan have been opened, and the provisions of the American treaty have been extended to the Biitish and Other powers. ELECTION COMMITTEES. LoNDON, Feb. 24. The Carlisle and Weymouth committees were occupied to-day with further evidence iu support of the petitions. Two new committees commenced proceedings this morning. The main allegations in the Roscommon peti tion are treating and bribery. The evidence is very voluminous, and the case is likely to occupy considerable time. A Parliamentary return shows that sixty-five ecrnetcies were vacant in cavalry regiments on the Ist January. A correspondence is also pub lished between the War Office and the Treasury. The Secretary for War expresses his regretthat the Treasury do not concur in his proposal to reduce the price of cavalry commissions, and that they withhold their assent to his plan for relieving cavalry officers from forage charges. The Patent Derrick Company is to be wound up. The Queen was yesterday pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon William Atherton, Esq., M.P., her Majesty's solicitor-general. The following appeared hi a portion of our impression of yesterday : ITALY. RIMINI, Feb. 23 After a stay of two days at Ravenna, the Governor Parini arrived here yesterday evening, and wawreceived with immense enthusiasm by the inhabitants. MALTA. OUTWARD BOMBAY & AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Vera arrived on the 20th and sailed on 21st inst. The .Alhambra, from Marseilles, arrived here on the 23rd, at 3 a.m., and transferred her mails to the Valetta. The letters by the latter vessel leaving for Alexandria at 9 a.m. HOMEWARD BOMBAY MAILS. The Euxine left here at 4 a.m. on 19th, and may be expected at Southampton on 29th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 24. The steam-ship China, arrived with the heavy por tion of the Calcutta and China mails. Her dates are Alexandria, 10th; Malta, 13th; and Gibraltar, 18th inst. The China was detained at Alexandria from the 6th till 10th inst., in consequence of terrific gales and heavy seas on the bar, during which the English ships Isa bella and Sir De Lacy Evans, and also five Greek ves sels, were stranded. Thirty-one lighters were blown ashore and numerous small crafts were dashed to pieces by the violence of the gale. Gibraltar exchange on London, for 90 days, was quoted 501 to 50E The Carlow election petition has been withdrawn, The Directors of the South Eastern Railway recom mend a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The select committee of inquiry into the laws affecting merchant shipping have appointed Mr. M. Gibson chair- The channel fleet, consisting of the Royal Albert and eight other ships, left Portland at noon yesterday, under sail for Lisbon. In the Mincing-lane markets business continues dull, and at the public tea sales, yesterday, medium congous declined id. per lb. A prospectus has been issued of a Buenos Ayres Railway, capital £150,000. It is to run 15 miles from the city. The Government guarantees 7 per cent. for twenty years. The Times announces in its own columns that it has been suppressed throughout the Austrian empire. The copies which arrived by post have been seized, and it is proclaimed that the journal will no longer be suffered to enter Austrian territory. The silk manufacturers have put forth a statement to show that the French treaty places them, as respects ac cess to titer French markets, in a position worse than that in which they previously stood. The French Gov ernment may not only eharge the existing rates on English silk, but increase the sew from about 30 to over 300 per cent., while French silks iu 4n.crland will be absolutely free. • The Times anticipates an era of extraordinary manu facturing development and prosperity from the progress of Tres trade principles. If France be imitated by Germany, Italy, and America, there is no ream why Lancashire shoirld not double its number of looms within the next fo*P years. The cutlers have the same brilliant prospects before the m . Sheffield will have as near an approach to free-trade as can be expected when two nations must continue to raise something by indirect taxation ; in short, there fore, there is hardly a branch of manufacture which will not receive an impetus from the new tariff. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE Oy. LORDS. --YESTERDAY. In reply to the Earl of Carmaryou, Lord WonurrousE said that the Govprnmcut had received information that propositions of pave had passed between Spain and Morocco, on the conditions that Spain was to be indemnified largely for her expenses; that she was to receive a large accession of territory in Africa; to be allowed many commercial advantages, and the permission .to appoint a Roman ,Catholic bishop and a diplomatic agent at Fez. Lard 91.JN,o4wrkr called attention to the Sunday ser vices in theittreS, :=1144 W9Ye4 4 le olution condemning them as irregular mid .covtrp,ry i 9 o i rciet, Tha Archbishop of CANTERBURY, W41191# approving the services, admitted that they R0;14 do good, a,ud that they certainly were not illeg4l. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY approved of the services. This movement was likely to do good to the poor and ignorant, especially those in the south and east of the metropolis. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH likewise defended the ife i viiirea, and urged the withdrawal of the resolution. The Bishyp 9f LONDON observed that the right posi tion was one of neutrality, and. that the bishops would incur great responsibility if they iiii i teFfer#4, The resolution was withdrawn. The presentation of a petition from Enfield, com plopiimg of irregularities in the worship at that place, cawed kA whop of London to say that he hoped these petitions wouiu iptkd to the passing of a law upon the subject. The House adjourped at twenty tpipptys pitst oklit 1101,TS'g AV COAPUON.-,YESTERDAY. Lord 4;41 oi,a the table the correspondence between the Vrench end gogl i iph ggiprnineikts on ,the subject of the con nvercial treaty : In reply to Baron Batbaclxil4, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEqUER said that if the House agreed to the abolition of the paper duty, a draw back would be allowed on paper manufactured after the Ist of April. In consideration of the interests involved, it was the proposal of the Government to postpone the pf the duty for one or two months after the I.st of ,T 4 y. 1r cire,7l,4y bad been addressed by the Archbishop of Pullin to.the 1ne . 110,33 of ;le Church Edo/1 Society, on the subject of national e~l,caliol. He wialredi q oow if any further correspondence ,h4d passed oil the wbie t 4t, Mid if it would be produced. Mr. CAHDIyEI.T , said ,every one must : have read with ntreme satisfaction theeirenia.r 4.414e51 to. There was no further correspondence pecespary ip r i fpOced. In reply to Mr. erawboii, Sir C. Woon said that it was proposed shortly to intro : . duce a measure in India for the purpose of authorising the issue of Government notes on the same principle as that of the issue department of the Bank of England, totally distinct from the banking department or any banking operatioo. fir reply to Mr.. Duneombe, The Cipiticgr,Lon of the E*ortE9uEn 8441 tIRt the conrse'to be pursued its consideration of th.e ; customs 004 in committee, would be to take the vine duties iu 003 first instance. With r espect to the . spirit duties, the ultimate decision of the Uovernment qn those duties was to fix them as follows :—Ali foreign spirits ceTeept rum), Bs. 4d. a gallon; ruin, foreign and colonial, gs . . ld. a gallon ; British brandy, Bs. Id. a gallon. Considering, likewise, the disadvantages of the Irish distillers in the export, he proposed to make an allowance on spirits ex ported, when raw and unrectified, of 2d. a gallon, and on rectified 3,1. a gallon. On the motion for adjournment till Monday, Sir 11, SEYMOUR, in vindication of his conduct in Chine, denied certain statements made by Lord Elgin iu the other honse. Sir g. Op.oqA* 41 ! :e4 the Secretary to the Admiralty if it was intended to carry into effect tl spixi, of the late naval warrant, as regards medical officers in the navy, by granting to these officers, when serving afloat, naval rank and uniform, with the distinctive badges of rank, corresponding to the military rank granted to them by this warrant both afloat and when serving with her Majesty's forces ashore. Lord C. P.wET said that this warrant, so far as rank was concerned, had already been carried out ; and as "IF r ffpiforin was concerned, would shortly be carried out. ' I Mr. Pir4.)Toni? asked tiie Lord 4-4 0 0te what course lie intends to pursue with 'ft.ir4 to the ilrisoris Act (Scotland) Continuance *ll, a.inl whetter''he l iii4 'un4er take 'to introduce a general' hill to abidish Ale iiirsdn board and to amend the present system of prison assess ments in Scotland at a period sufficiently early to ensure its being dealt with during the present session. The Loan ADVOCATE replied that he intended to, go on with the Prisons Act Continuance Bill ; to the remaining part of the question he gave no reply. In fuply to general Peel,Sir • W o °9 e i te o 14tq some clet4ll§ of the elper ditionary force to be sent to China, which, op at presept fixed, would be ahont 10,000 men-7-0;500 from a nd 4,600 from this country. Mr, 0, 1141T0P., defended Lord glgi4 from the contra dictions to kis statements made by Sir It. Seymour. • Sir J. PARINGTON and Lord J. RuasEr,r, said that when two persons of so much eminence had made con tradictory statements; there must be some misappre hension, and deprecated further discussion on the subject. lu reply to Mr. M'Evoy, E qr 4.4 . said that after the failure of a pro -90;404 fora c qugr ep ? the British tioyernnsier4 rriade propositions toSaiklinia, with a vie* of 'preventing th'p troops of that power from marching into Central Italy. and to " t 4e he r° t Et e n rZ g i purely voluntary, of the Fo'r, 7?t4et bTandisntonvroefl evreed.iiicae4 than those of other povus, •nten- Lord J. RVSSELL further stated it vas still his tion to bring on the Reform Bill on Thursday net. In reply to Sir Lord PA.uit E anon . repeated th4t the N urse he intended to pursue with regard to the treaty was this ; To con sider in committee on the customs those articles of the treaty which referred to the customs, and after these were. disposed of,. to bring the treaty in the aggregate before the House in the shape of an address, which would in due course be communicated to the House of Jorda, so that the two *ties might agree to the address together. Mr. If 4bFrEI,o haring caned ettentiqn to the qdver7 tised pugilistic encounter of the Benicla Boy, for the championship of England, as demoralising and improper, Sir G. O. LEWIS said that all that could be done would be done by the police—namely, to prevent the encounter from taking place in the metropolitan district. THE BUDGET.- 1 -ADJOVRNEp pET)ATE, The adjourned debate on the !midget was s 'rainieci ley Mr. NEWDEGAig, who went into the details of the treaty, contending that while it stipulated on the part of Franca only for the admission of I)ritish produce, on the part of England it was agreed to allow the admission of the produce of On whole world. Thus the Einperor of . Were they to throw over the immense advantages • of the commercial treaty on the presuined ground that the income tax was a little too high. Mr. WALPOLE said that the opponents. of the budget ' were stigmatised as stationary. lie admitted that they did wish the present enormous deficit to be stationary. He admitted the excellence of the preTisioes of the budget, but objected both to the time mid mode of proposing them. If ho thought the resolution would defeat the treaty he would not vote for it. He supported the treaty, but felt alarmed at the prospect of the income tax. He could not understand the policy of two great nations keeping themselves at arm's length, when they might, with much mutual advantage, interchange their commodities. But, as to the budget, he strongly condemned the policy of repealing customs and paper duties at the price of an increased income-tax. The OffAxenl,oh of the EXCHEQUER said that Mr. Walpole professed himself favourable to the budget, favourable to the treaty, and favourable to the ministry, and yet intended to vote for the resolution, Piths° who felt so many apprehensions as to the measure now proposed had felt them before as to measures which had funda, mentally reformed our commercial system, and of which all now admitted the advantage. For the budget it laid no claim to originality ; it followed in the footsteps of those who had laid down those precedents which had proved the salvation of the country. The resolution lie contended was aimed at the life and spirit of the treaty, and pademned in the mass the commercial policy of the last eigh:.poh years® The doctrine it laid down ' was fatal to every Tip of the important financial reforms of that period. lie took the great crises of 1842, 1845, and 1853, and showed by them that the arrangements then adopted with success were iden tical in principle to those now proposed by himself. He then stated the issuebetween them to be the abandonment or the adopting of the prjyciples in which they had acted hitherto. He vindicated in detail the policy of the several remissions of taxation propounded in the Budget. In reference to the expenditure, he admitted that it was to be carefully watched, it was not only bad in itself hut caused great social evils, and yet they were con demned for leaving the lever of the power of taxation in the hands of the Parliament of next year by the allotting to it the contract of a large amount of taxa tion. Perhaps the next would be a reformed Parlia ment. Were they to tie up its hands and lay the foundation, perhaps. of disloyalty by an unworthy jealousy of an assembly to be elected by a large number of tbe citizens ,e l f pile country ? In defence of the income-tax, he argued ilhit it Va§ paid by the represented and the wealthier Pluses of the com munity, while the indirect taxes fell upon the poorer and the unrepresented. Reviewing the taxation of years past he declared that the consumer and the trade of the country were entitled to relief, as they had been but little considered in late financial schemes, and that they had not laid on the due proportion of direct taxation. He repeated that the terms of the resolution stigmatised and renounced the policy ; 9f the ppt, and entreated them to leave a measure of instace Q ;al plasm ia on example to the reformed Parliament Vhic„i siKeeest Mr. Dlsii#ELl denied tl'iat, in ad(ipting the resolu tion, they renounced the policy of the pas and that thP prinPiple nf the income-tax nov proposed I was identical with that. if the proposition of Sir Robert Peel. Mr,• Gladstone had found a defiat, made a deficit., and had not proposed any plan by which that deficit can be permanently supplied. He would say of the budget that it aimed at too much, and provided too little. The provisions were improvi dent, and, therefore, dangerous. The House must con template what would be the position of the country in 1-go, Tipp p l upstiq was not one of direct or indirect taxation, 4i}t f 4Uect tbR ildlotis shape of the income -t ax, It was hot Localise he opiected' to 4 commercial treaty with France that he Unposed the present treaty. On the contrary, he was himself, in 1-852, engaged in negotiating a French commercial treaty. But he thought the present treaty a bad one, calculated to create dissensions between the two coun- , tries, and because it added to an existing deficiency of Veyetme. ecnrring to the promises of Mr. Gladstone in' ,1862 iri%ome-taT, and to their fulfil ment, fie asked whether they were st - as to ir t ance ththen to puilriisf in Present iiilcl . 4 . &Id 'imktiiiO4 proposals. Denouncing the'rnanagdment of 'the 'Whig gpyprdinbp.ts *lbaclgets, since '1 852, he declared t fifth ey shr i vel. I!94 , 4atigei-ous it vas to carry on by pdlitical economy tbo goyeriimenit nglig4s, lor!.i so many perilous questions were har a iming over them. 7.94 wore told to simplify their tnriffat the funiiletit Vhdri of others they Flu till hashati4 their reaehrees. Ife felt bound, utterly and absolutely, to prete4 agailist the" budget as the most improvident over yet presented to Parliament. Declaring that neither he nor his frionfis • - -- • - were anxious to resume office, he asserted that they could not, on that account, forget their public duties. Lord PALMERSTON protested against the resolution as rejecting summarily and without examination §ppi the treaty and the budget. Under the present eit 6 tMs t 44o§; t was Op first duty of Parliament to increase the resources of fliUWnpiql Whith to be done 1?y Our 'cohluiercutl' 40140 national resources. • The IXou'se divided, when the resolution was negatived by .339 to 223. The House then adjourned at half-past two. PEEL J ERSUS qL4D§NNE7, As to Mr. Gladstone's following in. the footsteps of Sir Robert Peel, (says the Morning Iferitid), the asser tion is a mere piece of claptrap. The one was prudence personified; the other is the embodiment of all that is rash and visionary. Sir Robert Peel's budget of 1842 doill?tless aimed at the foupdation of a new'coUmercial pqiiey, a4d ih this respectllr. Gl4d#9 . nels FesenAle t4st of ht master. But the la i tter apu94 4 Feße4ißg deitiesich pressed heavily on our maanfacturing energips- 7 -reinoynir, prohibitions on articleS of human slibsistenee-- 7 -iednerng to taxation Which' prevented the igdustfio4s PI4UPS Pr tile Gomiiipputy from ohtamitig foreign articles esse4tlal to pirir curatiqrl; 40 enjoyuient. Sir Robert Peel had the honesty to 'cTernand th ec ye:irs for his experiment, and he promised the nation a sur plus of £5,000,000 at the end of the term. But he never concealed his repugnance to an unnecessary use of the income-tax. A hundred passages might be quoted from " Hansard," in which he expressed his aversion to it, except for special and temporary purposes, and his conviction that he had himself reached the limit beyond which it ought not to extend. Where is the identity iletween the two Budgets ? Sir Robert Peel foiltul a deficit, Ite Vail dated rightly he plight convert into a surplus. Mr. Ght4stoue has a 4 e4C4 WhiCh"he r iyitfillY increases without holding out the slightest hope, elic9tt perhaps, by diminished expenditure, of its ulti mate reduction ; he imposes an augmented income-tax for one year, when he must be perfectly aware that he is virtually -perpetuating it ; and he sacrifices a large revenue—not, forsooth, arising out of the tea and sugar duties, which deprive the poor man's cottage of its chief comforts, but from French wines and brandies and silks, the absolute: 4 bohlitlly not be a national which .would scarcely be felt as a national lo ss , an d ljhn i s ! iln 6 P i7rt t4 l/ ti : ‘ e s• vfiw I 11 4 49er q44smanlike nteaslre, n a l r: st gla re d ck t; e fi s : founded on the Wants bohutty. Gladstenes is an unworthy expedient, thd ne6eisities of the Cabinet. That is the substantial difference b.et.'wen rens . condemned by at least one financial authority on his own _th as e s tw i ; s i e n be s m iw es ii , ce an t d h w i : side of the house, Sir Francis Baring; who fetuses 'to pass Pii4Pt• find Mr. The Seal Skin Cloaks an d J ac k ets, Oi r ie lie n.G iiintldulease°acbs 33aY , at the New Shawl and Mantle Ware. house, 40, Bold-street.—Shellard and I.lodgson, Pro prietors. Some time ago a professor of legerdemain entertained an audience in a village, which was principally composed of colliers. After "astonishing the natives" with various tricks—metamorphising wine into water, &c.—he asked the loan of a halfpenny from any of his admirers. A collier, with a little hesitation, handed out the coin, high the, juggler speedily exhibit€ 4, as 4 1 ) said, rans claimed. the polfiei. ~ " PudoubtedlY,7 ahsweted the b round'` and round in examination with an ecstasy of ; u 1 i t ii}: d tr'i 1 i li i i: i t' ‘ol-1 el l h q 4at '4 ll s i; :l i p eclie : :t o et'h l i '4e o . f s ,. ;: i ci ; t : lh , e.'er' ' i ;` ;: i i'rt ! l : i'e. o ahrl:i k T :4 argot' na r i ktlYia n n* t dia y rew e l is ; :i l nie l g4ei t i l i'd o t' furet into a haiyhee again?! .: l . TIE POPE AND HIS PEO/"LE.—A f days _ few ago he was walking out of 'tie Porta Angelica, preceded and followed by his Noble GUards, accompanied by two . "Are you a Christian ? " asked the m q nsigpori. fie was conversing with these prelates on the above matteys, When 1 1° stcl Pll 6 4 64ert before an qld aini repeated, with countryman who was kneeing On the high-toad, blessing.solicit ausesttioien poor 'fellow, all taken abaek,' was dumb, a ti n i gm t e l its Cq ? 4 " l ltrY.ing pope,li i s at nhde t ihqio eageineis. pieue your olin e ti 1 am The Pope then walked whereupon the Pontiff bade si," tell pur suedaill‘g'ani a :t t li t h e ' e l lb a a of p n l o i s ' you s . wetleilrii,e'danliv!ict s a l t taa . e ; o et l: S i ti I s te t 4n , ll:4 : 4:nr:enl Santo . Padre was them one by one. The poor dumbfoundered fellow tried " Let the one or two, then jumped over to the fifth or sixth, per ceived his mistake, and his confusion became worse con 90:11.idviett t h il s ta a b r o 4rt k d e d l w id ll. tridmphantly, ents hY heart, a nc t as authehtie, and, at any people learn God's comnifiedni then they will be fit for ind:ependence." The anecdote is interesting; it is given to me rate, si non e vero é ben t r Ovaio.—Floreno's Letier. the French made himself the representative of the whole world. After adverting to the danger of the many innovations introduced by the proposals of the treaty, he warned the house to pause before it entered upon a course of which no one could foresee the consequences. Mr. B. OSBORNE said that there were no restrictions whatever imposed by the treaty. What we (lid with France we could do with the whole world. It had been said that we had made a bad bargain; he denied that there had been any bar - rain in the business. The treaty was made in strict accordance with the doctrines of free trade. France had made one step towards conversion ; he believed that it would only be the preliminary one to others. In 1787 the same objection, that we were making submissions to France, was made to the com mercial treaty of Mr. Pitt. The treaty would bind us more closely to France, and enable us hereafter to reduce that enormous expenditure which was a disgrace to the House and the country. Free-trade with France, our next neighbours, was at present far below that of America, with the Atlantic between, and yet the Government were blamed for endeavouring to improve that trade. Mr. T. BARING would have approved a treaty made in a proper spirit, aid at a proper time ; but the present treaty compelled us to give France an immediate in return for a deferred advantage, and caused losses to our • revenue at a time when we could not afford them. The labourer would still have dear tea and sugar; but then he might drown his cares in cheap French wine. He supported the resolution because he foresaw the dangers of making such daring alterations with an empty exchequer, and trusting to chance to replenish it. Mr. MILNER GIBSON remarked upon the incon sistency oe Mr. Disraeli's admission, that free-trade principles were good principles, and his support of the present resolution, which in effect declared them to be bad. He gave an historical review of various attempts made by different governments to conclude a commercial treaty with France; the object had been earnestly sought for many years, We bac) now the opportunity of accom plishing it. The treaty was ratified; should the House then refuse to give the Crown power to carry it into effect ? He urged that there was nothing alarming in a tenpenny income-tax ; and that the proportion of direct to indirect taxation was in no way too great. THE DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1860. COMMERCIAL TREAT Y WITH FRANCE. The following petition lies for signature in the Liverpool Exchange Newsroom, the Underwriters' Rooms, and the Mercantile Marine Association : To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMEN T ASSEMBLED. THE HUMBLE PETITION of the undersigned Ship owners, Merchants, and Others, in Liverpool, interested. in British and Colonial Maritime Commerce, _ Sheweth,—That since the repeal of the naviga tion laws British shipping has been exposed to the unrestricted competition of all foreign nations. That your petitioners were led to expect that other nations would have reciprocated the great advantages conferred on them by the legislation of this country. That your petitioners observe with great disap pointment that the treaty with France, now before your Honourable House, while seeking to extend the principles'of free-trade, overlooks the claims of the shipowners . of this country to share in the important advantages secured to other commercial interests. That Article 3, which expressly stipulates for the retention of differential duties on goods in favour of French shipping, makes the treaty, which purports to be simply one of commerce between England and .France, into one of naviga tion, also exclusivel . .- in favour of France. As one instance o f t h e d isadvantages under which British shipowners now labour, your petitioners would in-mtion that British shipping is virtually excluded from carrying cotton between America and France; and by a recent French official communication, it appears that, while the duties on cotton and cotton wool are to be repealed when imported into France in French or American ships, direct or differential duty is to be levied I on the above produce if imported into France from any port . in Great • Britain, amounting to a prohibition of the employment of British shipping in the importation of cotton and cotton wool into France. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your Honourable House will withhold your assent to Article 3 in the treaty until British shipowners are placed as nearly as possible on the same footing in the ports of France as French ships are now placed in the ports of this country. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Parties opposed to legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, are informed that petitions to both houses of parliament, lie at the office of the Liverpool Mail for signatures. ' _ ACCIDENT.—James Quirk, a labourer, residing in Beresford-road, Toxteth-park, fell into the hold of the Donald M'Kay yesterday, and sustained a severe frac ture of the skull. COLLISION IN THE RIVER.—Th e barque Nepenthe, for Lisbon, lying in the Sloyne, broke from her moorings, yesterday morning, and, coming into contact with the ship Northern Light, had her mizen-mast carried away, and received other damage. THE 4TH DIVISION LANCASHIRE. ARTILLERY VOLUN TEEILS.—This regiment will leave Birchfield Barracks at half-past four o'clock this day, and march along Isling ton, Lime-street, Parker-street, Church-street, Castle street, to the Exchange. To-morrow (Sunday), at a quarter past nine o'clock, the force will parade at Birch field and march to service at St. Nicholas' Church. THEATRE ROYAL—That wonderful conjuror Pro fessor Frikell continues nightly to delight crowds of admiring spectators with his illusions. To-day, at a morning performance, the children of the two orphan asylums and of the Blue Coat School, are to be admitted free, that they also, as well as the rest of the eonimunity may have an opportunity of seeing the wonders of the professor's magic circle. It will be a fine eight to witness the youthful glee of the juveniles. COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS.—Mr. J. A. Lobley has lately been elected on the foundation of Trinity College, Cam bridge, by obtaining a full sizarship of the annual value of £5O or £6O. The election is made by open competi tion from among the snbsizars. In this case •th e h ea d boy of King Edward's School, Birmingham, was fi rs t i n classics, and Mr. Lobley was first in mathematics, and first on the aggregate. lie is cousin of the young man who was lately elected from the Collegiate Institution to Woolwich. FIRE IN LlVERPOOL—Yesterday afternoon a fire was discovered in Mr, Evans' phallist shop, Seel-street. The fire originated in the vaults beneath the shop, owing to the i g nition of a qu an tit y o f straw wh i ch they contained. The accident might have been attended with serious consequences but for the promjit . arrival of the fire brigade, who succeeded in extinguishing the , flames before any serious damage has' been sustained. LYCEUM RIFLE CORPS.—We are glad to learn that the corps which Mr. Bradley has formed, bearing the above name, continues to progress most satisfactorily. The number of memhers, is not es yet very great; but the assiduity and seal of Mr, Bradley has infused a pro per spirit into those who have joined, and the effect is already showing itself in the most cheering manner. The drilling takes place under the immediate direction of Mr. Bradley, in one of the large rooms connected with that gentleman's establishment in Bold-street. For the respectable tradesmen of Liverpool this is probably the most suitable corps that has yet been formed, and we have no doubt that many will avail themselves of the advantages here offered. Gentlemen, wishing to join, should apply to Mr. Bradley, from whom all particulars can be. learned TRADESMEN'S FANCY AND DREss BALL.—The pre parations for this grand event continue to progress most gatisfacto4ly, and the ep,raor4ihary efforts qua labours of the committee bid fair to command that which' they, at least, justly deserve, an unqualified success. The novel idea of combining a juvenile hall with the adult festival seems to gain more and more in attractiveness; and they were churlish enough, indeed, who could fail to see that this feature must of itself form not the least fascinating attraction of this great occasion. It will be observed, from the advertisement, that, by special dispensation froM Sir George Hesketh, D.P.G.M. of West Lancashire, the "merry masons" are to be permitted to appear in all the glory of masonic costume. The brethren of the mytitio tie- will, doubtless, muster strong at this assembly, mid their presence cannot fail to enhance the general fine effect of the'hall. CoRONER's COURT, YESTERDAY -An inquest was held at this court, betbre H. 11. Statham, Esq., deputy, coroner, on the body of Marcus Woqlfe, late of 2d, Brown)ow-hill, who committed suicide on Thursday last by swallowing a quantity of bitter oil of almonds. Th e deceased was the secretary of the Jews' synagogue in Seel-street, and it appears that for some time previous to his death he had been very low spirited. On Thursday last a gentleman called to see him, and one of the witnesses heard the deceased say to the visitor, as the latter was leaving, "I will settle the account to-morrow." Shortly after this one of the servants bad occasion to go to Mr. Woolfc's room, and she then saw him lying dead. A bottle containing bitter oil of almonds was found near the bed, and the surgeon states that this liquid was the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deoeaseq . committed' suicide' senile labOnring `tender terilp4rary insanity. THE. VISIT OP THE PRINCE Op ORANOE TO LIVER POOL.—As stated in our yesterday's impression his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange dined with Mr. Sandbach, at his residence in Aightirth, on Thursday night, after which the Prince returned to the Aaelphi Hotel. Yesterday morning, his Worship the Mayor I placed his carriage at the disposal of the Prince, and the distinguished visitors availed themselves of the oppor tunity to visit the most remarkable places of interest in our t0 1 :11- The greater portion of ;lie 499!:l l'i* vi: t ited hi' the incrnhig, and lieq . highn t ess tW t li iit*eed6tl•to ; St! dep r e-litill, ' At t*o: ia!•3l(ibk the carnage drew up at the Town-hall, Mil. OW Paiiiihriclied . Nl . 'iti the Mayor. 'DP Wince had intended to leave Liverpool by the quarter to three train for Manchester, but, being ten late for this, a special carriage was attached to the half past three London train by which the Prince and his escort departed. About the hour fixed for departure a great number of persons assembled outside the station, .but, in consequence of the delay we have just mentioned, the crowd had nearly altogether dispersed by the time the Mayor's carriage reached the station. li-Nou 44u e f iluittu.-4.•if o nt;" o f ' very tleautifgl wArhailehili-"ait tasteful d(sfg.ll, - tfic gift Of fry: H. 4. Thompson, of Thingwall, has been recently placed its Knotty Ash Church, The carving is particularly worthy of attention. In the upper portion or capital of the font, which is octagonal in plan, a pierced quatrefoil forms each of the sides ; and within the eight quatre foils so placed are eight different combinations of natural leafage, introducing the vine, the ivy, the.thorn, &c. A running► enrichment of ivy encircles the pedestal, and Riorcl pittole, torminatin f in a richly moulded base, eo&P) te tlib'foirt." IC Is ' Tillie style 4. the fourteeuth CentiirY, of Padn'storie, and: has heeii ke6utO 13 . 3:' li , f6ssils: Cox ' and' Son,'' of . 'l..ambeth, London,'' whose` carving works are so well known.' Round the capital of the font ire the' words from 'hfattheiv iii, ' II.—" F indeed .. .. llVRti'se yoft' WO rater unto rePentTple, Ift). Ql4,ffll bap ti o y9OlllO the lkili Cili6t kid with' fife." Routrid tke base, imficatiye of the donqr's inetiye, " : 1 - ?? mc,w ',icon antspriconlke oi. l l Lom, liflAS. - --The following proceedings with regard to local bills before Parliament have taken place ; —The London and North-Western Railway and St. Helen's Canal and Railway Bill. The committee on this bill sat yesterday.—Petitions praying to be heard by counsel were presented against the Birkenhead Rail way Bill-1, from the Birkenhead Railway Company; 5, from the Severn Valley Railway Ceti aly:. Againit'l;o.Thitt*' qud' st•,. , gelpMfoail" 1V .0y 1 . tlie • 'gun: Alieltnn ' gkOrto '( for' 10 1 4 V 40 eo•trusteet under the' will of the late Dille of Bridge , water) and others, against the London and North. western, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies-Ist, from owners, &c., of coal mines and freighters ; 2nd, from the Grand Junction Canal.Corapany i 3rd t from the Nortli-elPteill tiON P i rfP 4 l . 7„ A g9r/fl§lo l Vi r tilff l shT i ff i q ( s i"' ll' , estorn, 1.11 refit .. o,,alepi, mg 1,04 40.1 •-,, ~.ec i s ,and Lincolnshire, 'and Midland liallifat'OuritPara —l st, frOM owners, &e, l , of coal mines arid 'ffeighterS; 2nd, from the Grand Junction Canal .q,;mpaily ; Ird, ' from the North-eastern Railway Company; 4th, from the North Staffordshire B.ailway Company.—Again4 S I IP London and-North-iveSterh Rail)lcay (p, A)i . fiwn the AlanaleYr• .B tferaelit,''and Lincolnshire Railway Com pany.-' . London and North-Western Railway a! - ?.a . St. 1 Acres' Canal and Railway Companies Bill, from Richard Evans and Co., and others. This petition does not pray to be heard 1; counsel,--Against the Money Pneks and If arbour oard 14 Wit----,1, ton the irkeipeld 1 - r n llldvdtilerit Urifinissioher :i s i ~ ftQM the TrnStees of the tate Rahi rd Siiith ;• t, from the Corpo ration of Liverpool.--Agai ns t the Upper Mersey Dues Purchase and Conservancy Bill, from the St. Helen's Canal and Railway Company. ARRIVAL OF A NEW CLIPPER-sun' —The spirit and enterprise of Messrs. James Baines and Co., the pm, prietors of the celebrated line of "Black Ball'' Aiisira lian clippers, has done Much to` raise LiveiliOol in the estimation of the public as • an'' emigration port ; and althdligh •thh MeSsrs.' liaines:s immense fleet •is large enough to 'constitute a navy for souse contilieptal Etatcsi, the demands Of tii . i) g i l lie Ino so treqtly inetpW ,hiltit has been timid neces*y to provide fartlier aecorno, dation for the public wants, and we are delighted to find that Messrs. James Baines and Ca.. have just p ar , chased a splendid new clipper, belonging to London, to form one of their celebrated line. The Hope, for this is the name of the new corner, is in all respects a splendid ship. She has only made one voyage, having been employed by her Majesty's Government to carry troops. The Hope is 1,104 tons register,-and her burthen 3,500 tons. Built under special survey, of the very hest 4a+Ctla y . arid workihahship il ale is 9 unornmouly' strol l it, , and 144 proved , etielf on of . the 'fakesf that 'ever Grossed thieeCan.• Ffer sPeed Is not surprising Whedit is thkeif into'considerhtion that her build is a matchless model of 'what a - clipper ship ought to be; and that herim mense spars enable her to Carry a prodigious Wig of canvass. The magnitude of her (leek, tht) '}usual height Irtvfeen decks, ;rye 900orninedation for as tigers, 04 tile 'fict 1114 09 - Utitilatien'' has Been arranged by the cieyepithent military authorities, all oiribine to prO,ve the peculiar fitness of this unri valled new ship to . form ono of the fleet of the renowned ' 4 Black Ball" and " Eagle " Line of Australian ships, Taking a glance aft we find a spacious poop ; the saloon is extensive, and whilst mag nificently decorated, the simple taste of the artist has imparted a degree of chasteness that is at once pleasing and appropriate. The furniture is recherche in descrip tion, the sleeping berths elegantly upholstered, and provided with the very best description of lAckilq, and the cuisine . is provided hotintiftilly with every' necessary and nurnerotd luxtilles. The Sedond diELA 'atedtitinOda flan. .ii ileriiV eqiihl to the generki 'ruin of firA class Cabins, and will be foUnd in every respect Cheerful, healthy, 'Mid tOmfortabld. I n th e steerage the passen gers , will find accommodation such as they eau; ctt obt f ain in shipt; which are not hit* 4pr.essly for the passenger Oak TbO 119 ON e for MelbOnria6 on' the' sth'of l'ilaro next. SIGNIFICANT FRONS PARIS.—We copy the following significant items from the Paris correspoliden , ce of the. Standard :—The Patric quotes nu article fxo,m; the Morning Pgst on the divsiln , on IV.. amend: 414 T.eroarlis iip on Our °pin:ionon the:cha racter of this vote thoreughly c.omeidei \\*ll that'of the 1154t."..' 'lt vtiuld" be surpvisiog if tht the E.Mperor, q s so,0 1 :1 the flews of th e division reached seflt hie congratulations to Lord 1 ) a.linelltoll Iv telegraph. His Majesty is thoroughly aware of the importance to himself of the continuance in office of ce cher Palmerston. THEATRE ROYAL PROFESSOR WILJALBA FltryE;,L, TO-NIGHT, AND EVERY EVXNING',` • 411 E4GHT ' • • THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON, AT TWO; TQ-NIGHT AT EIOHT._ _ GREAT SUCCESS OF , THE NEW TRICKS. Change of Programme Next Week. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY, (Before Messrs..CHALONER and CAsTT..tr,LAlli,) . . . PUBLICANS' AND BEBB.SELLERS' C4sEs.—J'he follow ing parties were summoned for smday trading, and wore oygertul tg pay the penalties named :—W. Roberts, publican, Copperas-hill, 10s. and costs . ; Willi am Gl ue, beerseller, Myrtle-street, 10s. and costs ;- James Rogers, beerseller, 10s. and costs; Jane Min- shull, beerseller, 10s. and costs ; W. Sloan, beerseller, Gildarts-gardens, ss. and costs ; Ellen M'Givern, beer •seller, Midgliall-street, 20s. and • costs; and Joseph Manley, beerseller, Bond-street, 408. and costs. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) • PICKING POCKETS.—Mary Wilson, a young woman of rather respectable appearance, was charged with having stolen a purse containing 235., from Mrs. Chris tison, wife of the Rev. Mr. Ohristison, Huskisson-street. 011 the previous day, John Birtles : the 'metier 40 amateur dvteetiie, *Lis informed that the prisoner was Inoeking tib,o,qt the principal thoroughfares, and that She waA suspected qt doing a little at her old trade. After following her about Lord-street, Church-street, and that neighbourhood for several hours, he saw her pick the pocket of the prosecutrix. When appre hended she had the money in her possession. Mr. Cobb asked by whom Birtles was employed. Inspector Kehoe : He is certainly not employed by us. Mr. Cobb : The ease rests upon .his testimony, and I think we should know something about him.— Mr. Raffles : Oh, I have often seen him before, and have heard the Recorder compliment him several times. The prisoner was sent for trial. _ _ IijIiEERY OF £l5 FROM AN HOTEL KEEVER.--A tall, well-dressed, and rather good-looking yoUng man, an 11 .ineripanovilosi. name was Ktid: to: be Francis Steele, va'S clunged with fraving stolen a bag cont a i n i ng CA, trail} Mr. Saqui's Uavannali . lotel, Norton-street. It appeared that the prisoner had run away from his home in America, and had come to Liverpool, and that some gentleman here who knew his parents had undertaken to get a ship for him, and f or thi s purpose he communi cated with the police, and one of the officers ac companied him to Mr. De Cos:a's office, where he was provided with a berth as a steward, to work his passage out. In the meantime, he went to board at the prosecutor's hotel, wlierp he wag treated as a gentleman, as he was suppe.,(ll‘fr.ol tai m uppeaoc to be. had 9,rcleo orr oars his skip at One o:Plo4lc yesti;rday ; and on Thursday night, about nine he went to the cabstand in Lime street, engaged a car, and, having been driven back to the hotel, lie got his luggage and took it to Mr. De Costa's Mace. ; Soon afterwards Mr. Saqui missed a bag containing . 115, *lrich he had locked up in a drawer a short time previousli. The police were communicated with, and inqUiries resulted in the discovery that the prisoner had changed ten sovereigns for AmeTipan money, and had purchased a gold ring aG 4 soup Lime-street. Carlyle ap , pre'ocruled tke 'prisone r t.,a 44 h i t 'OO pliqrge, hchhe in M flist ifelrfellY inforaned that it was known Nilkgre he !lad clpuiged the money, he said had emu mated the theft, " and - give Carlyle the keys with' which he had opened the drawer.—lle was sent for trial. SERIOUS ASSAULT BY A PUBLICAN.—Williatn Dun bar, publican, Breck-road, was charged with having assaulted Elizabeth Birch, who resides in Sparling-street, Everton. On the previous day the prisoner went to the house of the complainant, and while he was for sonic cause w hi c h was not sr,i;or l pkarti,lit, a quaripl !Wm between the two. Thd 'eorriplaihatit Vlleged that the pi s t§o6f* i seiZeir . ii . stick with 'which''lid struck her AeYerai times oil the head. Th'e prisoner stated that they' were - both drinking together in the honk of tilt complainant; and . that - havmp l ; dm* eiV whilkey, She tilok putting her. anti into fits . poi.:ket and . taking. saer. lie 114(1 4 stick iii Pi's 11ar}1i, lint tic did no 4 remember having struek boy aOO-01. oomplain- W 44 it. 4 sgrgeon, who h tt d I th e ant, said he had Mud two severe contusions on the head and several on the arms, besides marks of violence, apparently made with the fingers, about the neck, Mr. Raffia stud it would be no punishment to Indict a fine upon the defendant, and ho must therefore go to prison for three months, and be kept to hard labour, • UTTERING FORGED £5 NTES.—A imp and a79111g 1 / 4 named respectively ticllvaT(l 1 ,4 . ,e 1 0 4114 ' ll l4ty . ot . tev tab the police, but the tbrittei nirtlllll 6 # l 4:to. hitVe boon previmisly in custody, were chnrweu th having tot MA 4 forged £4 Bank of Eng- Wild note, Abeitt nine Obi& on the previous evening, the male prisoner went to Mr. Griffith's, Grapes Hotel, Lime-street, and asked for change of a £5 note. Know ing the prisoner well, Mr. Griffith's was about t0,c,43,94x with the request; but on examining tlAi:roie lie suspectod that yid 90, and 4:Aktil where he P 0411144 fit: pr4ener replied that lie had'reeived it Writ it woman Who was outside. On going to thp, doer . Mr. Griffith fotind'the female prisoner, and then . went to Detective Scott and asked, hiM if 10k . 1:451 a good' one. ' Scott ascert i iiked th i ni it was forged and retunied wit); to his hotel, outside of the 'female standing and knew her at once, 'Me kill; in reply to the charge, said he lodged at 20, Christian-street, in the same house as the female; but, beyond that circumstance, he knew nothing of her ; On the previous evening, he was leaving, 14 41401:dis when the woman, who wa.l st,gindink antmlilo, asked him if ilctiletf conic oliangO a£s note. He said that, ir ;he ouitl nocoMpany him to Mr. Griffith's hotel Ito would try to get it changed fear her, and that was all he knew about it. The other prisoner corroborated this statement, and added that she had received the nett payment of a debt. The bridewell-lkeer,g, jig reply to the magistrate, said that tl;a woinaii was tried. at the December c,s4ions, 185. and got nine months for steal ini; watches. The man was not known. Mr. Kehoe said that two or three men with whom the female had . cohabited, had been' transported ; hit n the moment they were gone she'fonnd sonrh,ody oAso. The prisonerswCo remanded f9l' S$ V S`.ll (LIP • •• • • - Liverpool Cough Spec* is an onfafittig remedy. We eon grafulate the inhnbitaints of Liv'erp'ool that so simple and effectual 4 DIQIIII4 of relief is at last procurable. For years this great boon has been needed in this exposc4 part ; and it being an undoubted cure Sir the most harassing coughs, we can recommend it.—Adrt. LADIES AT THE DUBLIN MAYOR'S DISNRR.—The Mayor, we perceive, has introduced a new feature into, the Town-hall dinners. He has invited (affig, t i ojAs table, a novelty in the wad a 1; thecivte board. (;),11 1 Thnrai eyening there Ntere tkvenfy-three Opipies invited; and ft single' gentleman. The meeting hail All the Attractions Of a private party. After dinner the ladies retired, and for a short time the gentlemen Were 'left to the enjoyment of their wine, rillaeWM,s, being provided in the drawingTroppl in the sliaPe • of• music, water-colour drawingE:, and illusVated woOce • • !AVMs *Ands. The colloWing is the hill brought tAtet this Tiouse of geiciMons f)i Mr: Locke Kind and Mr. Horsfall for furthex s,eea rnig th% liberty of religious worship Be At (41 :tea, &0., That it shall he lawful for any minister of the united church of England and Ireland to cele brate divine service according to the rites and ceremonies of the said united church in any private house or on the premises belonging. thereto, any law, canon, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." . • A COSTLY PRESENT.—A dinner and (..": - •••.-ert service of silver has just been complef l et\ try Mesks:llkington and Co., of Rec.94 , styeet l , efor the Right Reverend the Bi s hop of MaurieaStie. When it is borne in mind that Il e to be giteri for it i s n o less than t we l ve th ousan d pounds,' it may be naturally remarked that so cos tkx a service is not often rendered. The gcnAta,l character of this specimen of magnitlr,e4 Workmanship, besides showing the ptgirikesr. of Manufacture, amply illustrates i n niinity of design , and hhititY • of execution:—./risk Tat JAITLINMEN AT APPLEBY.-Thg. APO*: assizes were opened on Tuesday. TM"),o4nary routine. • • and parade which accAutMnx t t liedu,dips as art of the }iioffice, duty, in Droyidilig jhvelintrien, as-esearf ind to, I eep, Oder in, &aft; and trumktors. tq announce be Coniiug of the judges, w,e're, eAltvenecl - by the High sariff,•Mr. M,atthewl:ken,sott kfarrison, having dressea i,av, 6lll \ l4l •en Wl'irolopeters in the costume of Charles, men appeared dressed in leathern doubJetA with bite velvet sleeves slashed •with what) blue velvet breeches, high buff buckskin turnover boots, sombrero hats buttoned up at one side, and orna mented each with a long blue and white feather, and crossbelts with large - buckles - suspending - Ad-fashioned large-handled swords ; a red sash round the waist com pleted •their costume. The trumpeters woe gray hais looped up; in other respects the saw, dross. The javelins were also very fortr l i l da , l4e antiqUe-leaking weapons. Most of, Or men ere handiemd 'tall' young fellows ; anal so-ae.ekea as the'y marched 'before the judges dp\vn the old-fashioned street of the town on a bright frosty Morning, the tops of their javelins glittering in the sunshine, and the ,7ay long feathers in their hats waving in the wind, they carried back the mind to the days of the cavaliers, and certainly formed 'a very picturesque, and in these days of ;unadorned utility in dress, a very *anal sight. ' BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY (LIMITED.) The adjourned third ordinary general meeting of shareholders, was held yesterday at the Clarendon ' Rooms, Liverpool, Sir James Carmichael in the chair. - The following report, together with a statement of ; accounts, was taken as read " In presenting to the shareholders the accounts of the company for the past year, the directors have to report that in consequence of the sudden decay of the gutta percha with which the underground wires of the com pany's main commercial lines are insulated, they have found it necessary to take them up and substitute the system of wires on poles. During this change your directors have been subjected to great anxiety, owing: to the difficulty experienced in maintaining a communica tion by the underground wires while the others were being erected. Notwithstanding every effort, a large portion of the traffic requiring most expedition was temporarily' lost; but during the last three months, since the improvements have been carried out, your directors have much pleasure in stating that the traffic referred to has been recovered. The cost of the alteration has been more than paid for by the proceeds of the gutta percha covered copper wire, and has not, therefore, constituted any charge against the company ' further than the increased outlay in maintaining the lines in working order during the change. This increase has occasioned an excess over the stipulated amount for maintenance agreed to on the amalgamation, which is equally borne by both classes of shareholders, and causes the deduction of per cent. for the half year ending Dec, 31st, from the 5 per cent. dividend to which the A shares would have otherwise been entitled, which is equivalent to per emit. for the year. "The works referred to in the last report, in connec tion with the Submarine . Company's cables to Hanover and Denmark, and with the north-east section of this company's lines, have been carried out, and are yielding an excellent result with every prospect of large increase. This company's stations in the United Kingdom are now connected to various parts of the Continent of Europe, by 21 wires, several of which are specially set aside for the direct signalling of messages to Hamburg, Paris, Brassels, and other capitals and commercial towns of importance. "An improved system of insulation has been extended throughout the company's lines, and has enabled the company, for some months past, to work direct between London and Glasgow, Liverpool and Dublin, and, within the present month, between London and Dublin. "The works connecting 130 stations of the •Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway have been carried mit, and are now in full operation, and the following railway telegraphs have also been completed during the year, or are in course of construction :—The Midland Great Western Railway Extensions, Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, Portadown and Dungannon Railway, Castle Douglas and Dumfries, North Yorkshire and Cleve land Extension, South Yorkshi re B ranc h to Keadby, Stamford and Essendine, Athlone and Roscommon, Edinburgh stud Glasgow Railway Branches, Monklands Railway, Tralee and Killarney, and on the Forth and Clyde Canal. " These extensions include 5G7 miles of additional line, added to the company's system. "An arrangement has also been entered into with the Mersey Board, for working their line of telegraph along the docks, and to Birkenhead, when completed. The new central London office, facing the Royal Exchange, was opened for business in September last, and other offices in the neighbourhood given up. This alteration enables.the London work of the company to be consolidated, and transacted not only at less cost but in an improved manner. "'the London District Telegraph Company, with whom i ais,stated it the last report, this company have math; a werking arrangement, have carried out a con siderable portion of their works during the past year, and opened. a number of their offices on the Ist instant, at which provincial messages will be collected for this company. "J. C. EWART, Chairman. "EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary, I " Liverpool, .Feb. 14, 1860." The accounts were not signed by the auditor, who had made a lengthy report to the board upon varioir departments of the company's affairs. It was explained, , however, by Mr. Mosley, Mr. J. INrtag, and Mr. King, that nearly all the questioilg raised by g r . M‘Donald; the auditor, had coma fully* before the recent committee of inquiry, who were quite satisfied with the manner its which the accounts had been kept, and, with the general manag,einent, of the aitairs of, the concern. Tile receipts and accounts were then. • unartimou4ly adopted, It was Prepped by Mr. 4, hail LaWrenoC. that a reduction should take piaoe in the number of di rec t ors . Th e desirability of reduction was admitted, but it was deemed most prudent to postpone such a step for the present. The retiring directors were therefore unanimously re-elected and Messrs. Bewley and Beloe appointeil auditors. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. WRECK OF 'r .. NOATIOIRNER. -- - - The American papers have full accounts of the total loess of the steamship Northerner, which struck 'on the roek between Blunt's-reef and Cape Mendocino, on Thursday, the sth ult. The ill-fated vessel was bound from San Francisco to Portland, and had on board 108 souls. The purser of the Northerner states that thc.% vessel struck a sunken rock on Thursday afteTnqnn Vie sth January, between Blunt's-reef anO,C l App.:K9dpeino, Immediately after she stroA it was atereamed she I was so badly injure - th:4 s_lie'lviiiiiil 'sank' in . a few. . Tl; e..enp . t:niA Mill), then-bean t 4 grc signals eiditusqg endeaVeuxed t o , nil tlw skteainer ashore, 41 . 4iicceiled in beaching her.nbont six miles above tke month. 4 the. Bear river, and about one mile below Oentreville, The ship struck on a part of the coast where the surf was running very high, and th e sea ma d e complete breaches over the vessel, sweeping_away the hurricane deck state-rooms and all. the lighter work o f f the ship. Thirty-eight persons were lost, amotß , qhwa there was Mr. Bloomfield, son of the We. Bishop of London. The mailS and tre.asuxo. were,sased. It is somewhat singular that in this wreck, as in that 'of the ' Royal Charter, tee fine mari who attempted to reach Ile . ‘ shoic' bye. a 'line Was . a Mr.' Rogers, a t,,,i r k3ilc - .4.. When .1 about' thirty yards . ft'OM tho kiNp, tri, the stirf, he caine upon an 4rio,wu t mail, who was clinging to, the .liue, who, was, afraid to move on, - ttqa . 01, go. on,' , ' shouted Mn rolgtrs. "I 0411 dro,wn,'." 4creii.med the other, (4 Go on," was the TU4; g ' Y 0.4 can't get back now." At -this moment a huge roller burst over.thern, and the Mall letting go his lA, eloped Mr. Rogers round the waist. They were now far under water. Rogers struggled, freed himself from the death gripe, dived, and finding: he had been washed clear of the rope, buffeted with the surf, and at last was washed ashore nearly dead. A c, , ,91yA1q,,,N iNothEyr. An old soldier, writing to the late Duke of Welling,- tan on the subject of corporal punishment in the Bri tish Army, mentioned the following anecdote " In 1816, when I joined the 87th *gAtuqo,, wt.* the command of Sir Hugh °gat\ thew w as a bugler in the corps, who V t ecu, thcong i l, Om whole of the Peninsular Vaddy Slutn,non was a favou rite, vckth i all the men ? and something of a hero ; daddy ho, left, ,N 6 the recollection of ttkM. sots---his onlY Solace; the notice taken of; the cznteen—his only triumph, the whiskey. 151.c.04 .t say Paddy Shannon beeinne a, vdrinker, ', QX that Paddy soon made his ap- P0440'? c' t . / the halberds ? • tthe regiment was paraded, the proceedings req,d, and Paddy tied tip. The signal was given for the, ciruni mets to begin, when Paddy Shannon, exclaimed : Listen now, Sir Hugh. Do, xc„u mean to say you're going to flog me ? rat recollect who sounded the charge at liaross when you took the only French liOught . that day it would come to this ; and the re t ily.- eagle, exc-r. taken. Wasn't it Paddy Shannon ? Little mcnt so proud of that same eagle on their coton t ts.' Take hint down,' said Sir thigh, and Paddy escaped unpunished. A very short tiny, Lowever, elapsed, before Paddy again found li;,te i selk in, similar circumstances. Go on,' F.c,id the colonel. ',4oret he in a hurry,' ejaculated Paddy. . 4 ily43, a few, words to say, Sir Hugh.' 'The eagle, won't save yon , ,t4tini,e, ' Is it the eagle, indeed then L wasn't going to, say anything. nbet4 th,at same titongh, You are, , and ought to proudof;i. But I was just going tio - os1,; if it 'wasn't PaddyAhannon R 1 o when: tbo I'ireach of Tarifa was sterined'by'2.l,oo Vreneh, and only the 87th t o d e f en d 4, if 4 w A vvi Paddy Shannon who struck up ' Garry- AW.tA, to glory boys,' and you, Sir Hugh, have got the swan two towers and the breach between them upon your coat of arms in testimony thereof. "Take him down," said the colonel, and Pr i ddx was again unscathed. Paddy, however, hat' A him; list of services to get through and n gopfl„ 44, of whiskey, and ere another two n\oth l s lip Was again tied up, the sentence reAd i , :,n o d an assurance from Sir Hugh Gough that nething should again make him relent. Paddy trial the eagle—it was no use. He appealed to, air. Hugh's pride, and the breach of Takifa wi t tb,o,u,t an avail. " And is it me " 10 19,4 I#4.e. outs "that you're going.to fl ? Si Hugh 0041, before the NxisoAe, rerrefit t who know it well, if it wasn't Paddy Shannon, the French Field-Marshal's staff at the lAttlo of Vittoria, that the Duke of Wel l:l,47ft sight to the Prince Regent, and for which he got that letter that will be long remembered, and that made bins a Field-Marshal into the bargain ? The Priueo Regent said, You have sent me the baton of a V 44 4- Marshal of France ; I return you that oi• a Field- Marshal of England.' Wasn't it 1y Shannon who took it ? who never got rap, ca. recompense, or ribbon, or star, or coat ef , foss, or mark of distinction, except the tloggiwyou are about to give him." "."ralto lum down," cried Sir Hugh, and again Paddy WAS forgiven."—Quebec Vindicator. At the Privy Council, yesterday, M i r. Win. Hutt, by command of th,o (Aileen, was sworn of her Majesty's ii[Aog s t,lionorfable Privy Council. The right lini . gentle man was declai:ed by the (ineen in Connell, Xice,gresi deut of the goard of Trade: . DEPUTATION TO LAND, 1 3 *LIf i ERSTO1i ; Opt ; CHNACK RATES.—A depAtation of laymen, to, urge, ueem bar Malestys iiffernpeat to,rec,on,sid;r Ogl e r- dt4arnlllatiou o 4 to,introdnce a measure foic 4,.vttlement of the law •chuirefi-ratee s dpring.tlit ppi,sant session, had an inter view. *WI., ..kr*onAt Palmerston on Thursday. The depu l tati t on, 4;ciiicled Lord J. Manners, M.P. , S ir Minto tN\ctiilhar, M.P. Mr. Arthur Mills, M.P. Mr. J. W. P. 1 W - atlington, M.P., Sir S. Northcote, M.P., &c. After speeches by Lord J. Manners, Mr. Parke,' M.P., and Mr. Braithwaite, Lord Palmerston said that he had listek\eci with interest to the statements which had been ire to him by so numerous a body of gentlemen, wixo had done him the honour to wait upon hiin„ 11:3 need not tell those assembled that it was, one of great difficulty, CledetiniTnein.' owing to the state of pFties, and' the diversity of facts. attention. that churches should. b le He assured them that he would consult his colleagße a , i n , fßacetyptilivlet,iibifoec.retelolifattlhealrreemadaryksennigaadgeed their h. Altr• Backe, and other things, repair,' as in it was, 1 --- 'fully ad m itted ,, ?a st t ite in h k i e n ep ol i n n w g in constant z r,pair 'by, a small outlay whe h . g .-I't instead abeiq 'admitted, most desirable allowed, to become ai I apici_atea 1 mred, ,area thus to necessitate a large outlay in the 0 0 ,. ~ ' ' IC aware of the c t os n b . i . was quite . -q be of years. H e ll HAN: of arriving at satistattory solution Q 4. the qupstioil • but the ' a deputa tion, of course, would not expect him , tout the opinion beYond that, and to assure them that the Whole q ueStion.shaild, continue to,receive the anxieus consideration Of her.Majest , s G _ov§rnylen, CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents.] THE INCOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES. SlR,—May I venture to suggest the imperative neces sity of a wide, energetic, and determined agitation for a just and equitable assessment of what 'I fear (as a pro pitiation to Manchester interests), will now constitute a permanent source of our pablic mean the income-tax. I will not enter into what I think it should be as a speciality—a strictly war tax, or again to the failure of the prophecies of our hair-splitting croteliettv Chan cellor of the Exchequer when formerly gilding - the pill, by assuring his dupes that it would be doubly saved to the poor clerk, in the cheapening of the articles of his expenditure, which are now some 20 to 30 per cent. higher; or yet to the sham and delusive attempt to call it a tax for the year, while we are told of a certain neat shilling loomia ° ff in the distance. My proposal, sir, is to organise a powerful system, such as carried the Reform Bill and the Repeal of the Corn Laws, to tell the Chancellor though lie can no t see -a distinction between the income delay e d f rom the brain, and that from the 3 per cents., we can; th at t h e tax shall be levied upon property fixed, or capitali se d if you will, and not from precarious incomes, at the market value of the latter ; and that in no other shap e w il l the middle classes be sacrificed to spare the just demands upon hereditary property, or the avaricious cravings of a bloated milloeracv.—Yours, Sze. Liverpool, 24th Pelmuary. JI:NIUS. MR. HORSFA M.'S SPEECH. TO THE EDITOR oF TILE DAILY TIMES, pr. our presentative, Mr. Thomas Berry llorsfall, spoke against the motion of the honourable member for E ssex, which seems to my mind rather an inconsistent)' proceeding, on Monda night, for the resolution of the after voting, right honourable member for Bucks. Surely, the true Conservatives of Liverpool will question such a course as this by their representative. Certainly, I would be one of the last persons to ques tion the propriety of any member being hound down so that he cannot exercise the right of private judgment on any question of minor importance; but s ure l y this is not a matter of minor importance,in which the interests of nearly every Conservative and Liberal of Liverpool is involved and materially affected, that by a onesided treaty with a foreign potentate we are to be called upon to pay an income-tax of 10d. in the pound, to make up the deficiency created in the revenue by the re d uct i on of duties, principally affecting, the French nation. And yet Mr. Horsfall says he would ed have support • the motion, had it been condemnatory of th e income-tekx a l one ." Now, I maintain that the motion i s , sub stantially, a motion to that effect, as the redaetion of the various tariffs must of necessity create a deficiency. Such deficiency, to he made up by the very impost he condemns, yet he will vote for its continuance. I leave the matter for Mr. Horsfall to reconcile, as he knows full well it must be either treaty and increased income-tax, or no treaty and reduced income-tax. And in .confirmation of that I quote an extract f rom the speich of a Liberal member—Sir P. B ar i ng —to this effect.--vas it safe to create a deficiency o f ten millions of revenue dependent upon the single source of th e income-tax. And, according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's own showing, a deficiency of some twelve. or thirteen millions must be the result next year, tepa as a matter of course, an increased income-tax, I call upon every Conservative, and Witt feel the oppression of the iniquitous impel., -protest against the vote Mr. Horsfall intenda, to give agtainst the motion of Mr. Du Cane. And let Mr. liersfall know, through the medium of your valuable paper, the he must, one day, givit ay account of that vote hefe" hi s const i tuenev. Apol t ogising for trespassing so lay upon space, I ant, yours, Sze„ your valuable February 2 , CkvisAsTENT CONS ERVATIVE . 4. BANKRUPTS-. Sylvester Matison, butcher, Liverpool. Joseph Wall and Jos. Buxton, wholesale grocers, Manchester. George Read, cattle dealer, Portsmouth. Chas. Henry Charlton, solicitor, Grartlew,eccirt, TeMple street. John Henry Cohn, East I.ud a merchant, Riches -court, Lime -street. John Jamey Gikmmoe, auctioneer, St. Anstell, Cornwall. Apo ate ,hens, innkeeper, Exeter. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, Robert Daplyn, grocer, Diss, Norfolk. BENEFICES AND ..3kPPOINVNIENTS VACANT. In the Cathedral Church. of Norwich : pat. the Crown: Rey, 0, N. Wodehouse, resigned. • . u t Ec - couas, ilaPigeP, co, apd dio. Gloucester : val. £274 : pat. I;cop.. A, It Q. Pousauhy Rev, S. G. Bourke, dec. I r 4nn„ North, s St. Margaret and St. Nicholas, P.C., Lynn f ßogis, Norfolk : dio. Norwich : pats. D. and C. of Norwich : Rev. C. N. Wodehouse, resigned. Twyford, Norfolk : dio. Norwich, val. :QlO : pats. Reps of late R., the Rev. J. Spurgeoz, dec. Wolverhampton, St. Peter (Collmukte Church), Staf fordshire : dio. Lichfield : keel.. £750 with resid ence pat. Bishop of Lic14 , 41; 'Rev. J. 0. Dakeyne, deep, vi.cARA Leeds, 5,t. 40p-the-Evan g elist : di o , R ipon : val. .075, with residence : pats. the Voar, May or , and three Aldermen of Leeds: Rev. W. T. Cookson, dec. Strathfield Mortinier, Ili rks ants : die: Oxford: ial. £246, with k(44-I:4lCe Pat. Eton College : Rev. J. A. CIATke,, deo, -- • - - - I.ERPETtAL CURACIEg. 40,..kt0n, Christ Church, Middlesex : dio. London : • val. £4llO with residence: pat. Bishop of London : key. W. Scott, prom. • Lindale, Lancashire : dio. Carlisle : val. residence : pat. Duke of Devonshire : dec. Rev. 4 -7 1 1, 0 'with lg : Toff, co. and dio. Chester : vat .t 30.: pats. th e Leycester F am ily : R e y. T. g. Edwards, resigned. . Lv.eviii k Psums. Bolton-le-Moors,. 1 - 4 mcasli ire : dio. Manchester Curacy) : key. R. C. W. Croft. prom. (and Smkt.lvxrixlc, St. John's : di o . 'Worcester ; a u! , d t a 4pon. Y after- CHAPLAINCINS„ Kendal Gaol : dio. Carlisle Jr. C. M. Rous e , pr o m To th e Bi s h o p of Numith Rev. C. Av e dh ouise , resigned. To Earl Cowper : Rev. J. 0. Dakeynk, dee, CURACIM, Braley, Sussex : ciio. Chichester ; pat. Rev.W Glaister. Edensor, Staffordshire die. Lichfield : pat. Rev. P. .Walker. ker. Kendal,Westmorcland dio. Carlisle: pat. Rey . J Cooper. Liverpool, *, Aldan's: dio. Chester: pat. Rev. It Dandy. Axisgy, Uses : dio. Rochester: . at, &V. J. E. Carter. Slivewton, Wilts: dio. Salisbury stipend .t 65 and fur nished lodgings; pat. the 'Vicar. • . Thorverton, Devon ; Exeter : Rev. W. P. S. Bing ham, prom, MASTERSIIIPS. At l i /1 00x School, Berks : assistant : salary tGo w i th board and lodging : pat. Rev. Dr, Strange. Foisted Grammar School, Essex : assistant : salary £l2O with board and lodging : pat. Rev. W. S. Grignon. Kidderminster Granunar School, Worcestershire : tinder master : salary WO with residence. Walsall Grammar School, Staffordshire : second :- salary £1.25 with residence. TUX NAVY OF llorz,e)re.—The Staats Courant pub lishes an official missals respecting the conm er thi navy of Holland. The return shows thug on the 31st of December last, the number of vessels was 2,438, and ow, tonnage of thein 310,C,35.,, and that on the corres ponding date of the previous year th e number of vessels *as 2 ; 406, of 34r t , ez6 tons. In 1859, 141. vessels, of 15,861. tcw e s, were lost. In the cours e o f the year th e Nesee'ss which entered the ports of Holland were 3,261, of 480,390 tons under the Dutch flag, and 4 ,385, of 876,090 tons, under foreign flags ; :4,, 198 vessels Dut ch and foreign, of 58,292 tons in ballast. Thk number of vessels which saqed from the ports of Hol land was 2,326, of 438.,494 tons, under the Dutch flag, and 2,244, of (41, e 512, under foreign flags ; also 3.,44ta, o f ezi,,epa tons, Dutch and foreign, i n b allast, 'l 4 - * SOCIAL EVIL.—On Tuesday night, at twelve o'clock, a second meeting of an extraordinary description ti . took place at the St. James'svat Piccadill At the hour named, some 30Q wore,e4 of th e unfortu y nate class, many of whom wow. uAost fullionablv attired, assembled' ( in a„noßntco. with invitations whi c h were indiscrimin t4oy.irww4 at the cojsry and oth er p l aces of resort in the locality), to partake of tea, coffee, and refreshments. Sub. , sequently, addresses were delivered by several nxit\isters and gentlemen, with a view to induce any 4 th e e :,„, named to enter their names as eandidat ce , tor admission gementa having previously to various reformatories, arrange been made for this purpose, 748 vicinity of the hull was crowded by persons anxious for admission who were refused unless InCiviAait with tickets from the committee who organiseil;tl,,a movement. A similar uteeting will shortly held at the ea s t en d of 1444 n. A. cones., pereietit of the Times, signing himsel 9f " Observer,' :and evidently an eye-witness. of the meeting St far the greater part James's Hall, thus descviloos it :----‘ Some 2004 women' were present last evening. By consisted of the halt,, the destitute, arld the, ae , ed of West-eat; pi:ostitutes, Shabby mantles 8 414 tawdr dre,sses were in the ascendant Thereat soci a l mmlier and the 4aY formova, who blazons her. marke evil, the y shame in Regent -street t, wh,o saps the. morals, destroys the health, and drains, thopurse. of }wet 1 1 he agaties• admirers, was, with. I r9cK e xCeßtmuts,, un.ropkesented. There were not twenty, youpg 4 ~ cut welk-Oressed women in the room. Tea or 'eoltee eAdt 'wad and butter cer to, all we re offered groups of eight or ten ! ers vim enen i formed round the various g ,Ti t er \9 no pl a tf orm. The few tables. elergy t y wn pint conversed w i t h the woman durin t ek . mid afterwards form e d i n a group near the tog the room. Shortly before one o'clock, Mr. Baptist Nod the meeting, in a speech full of kiikkess and; addressed sympathy. lie talked of the horrors af t t he present, the preopect of death, and the hope l'ek the penitent. 11 --it --it produced no effect whatever' ‘Viil be drew a most . tonehil picture of the • hapn .mule they hail forsakeN an of the mother*, ' Ciho mept over their shame. -- -'.. 1`1 , .; ', , P aeal responded to by sobs an d teem It went str a pp kght was to the heart, and was andesstooo: by a W - - After. a few common-place rewokiSs by Ar. Bickersttuix a entle man of strong lungs, and. portly prese n ", addressed the meetieg. Hp exhorted his hearers, to come at once, to the reformatories. nor their- Inc dr promi sed that their hair should- no t h e cut oftease; taken from them, arid was proceeding to, drik i :g• a sketch of the comforts they would enjoy, fr 11'11?marek was checked by jeering laughter and ' cha tog f l th t s• The preaching wEt's concluded with, a stateme n t tha t .k)on,e desiring to 'enter a reforsnatory. Weald be taken.i ..le-re at Use close of , the meeting, and that the ra! wamye.letkre would be paid for those desiring to, return ho • . A rush was t h en made tothe door te, the great 'u,aPrity of the women. 'including nearly all the Yowl aw"vea dressed. At the 'outer door. was c „il e a,,,l, a luunbir of ` swells,' attracted vide(' with the. necessary ticket by curiosity, but unpro,. of admission. mong them these women remained until A . . 'their reformed sisters were earned off in cabs amid a shower of cynical remarks. They then plied their ca ll - .ing—epparentiv with considerable success:, Sporting ntriligrtur. MANCHESTER BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 5 to 1 angst Lupullus (t) THE DEdBY. 12 to 1 agst Bucaneer (t) 140 to 1 azst Lanchester (w) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 12 agst Chere Arnie t) 100 to 6 agst Andover colt THE ChESTER CUP. _ 100 to 6on the field (o) v 50 to 1 ... Sir William (t) 30 to 1 agst The Squire (t) 66 to 1 ... The Greek (t) 30 to 1 Petra (w•) 66 to 1 ... Traducer (t) 50 to 1 ... Odo (t) THE GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING, OVER ALTCAR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1860. THE GREAT WATERLOO CUP. FIF1:11 TIES. Lord Sefton's Sampler beat Mr. Dunlop's Cardinal York. Mr. Blackstock's Maid of the Mill beat Mr. Russell's Blue Hat. DECIDING COURSE. Mr. Blackstock's Maid of the Mill beat Lord Sefton's Sampler, and won the Cup. THE WATERLOO PURSE. THIRD TIES., Mr. Thompson's Annoyance beat Mr. Simpson's St, Aubert. Mr. Hyslop's Ramathon Roy beat Mr. Irving's Stanmore. Mr Gregson's Ravensworth beat Capt Bathurst's:Trip-the-Daisy Mr. J. Jardine's Orator beat Mr. J. Hodson's Gil bias. FOURTII TIES. Mr. Hyslop's Rawathon Roy beat Mr. Thompson's Annoyance. Mr. J. Jardine's Orator beat Mr. Gregson's Ravensworth. DECIDING COURSE. Mr. J. Jardine's Orator beat Mr. Hyslop's Annoyance, and WOTI the Purse THE WATERLOO PLATE. SECOND TIES. Mr. Borron's Bloody Heart beat Mr. Peacock's Penrith :Mr. Boote's Wild Wave beat 4r. Dixon's Daylight. Mr. Brown's Beranger beat ➢ir. Brocklebank's Wilberforce. Mr. Blanchard's Baffle beat Mr. Grey's First Blood. Mr. Boote's Wild Wave beat Mr. Borron's Bloody Heart. Mr. Blanshard's Baffle beat Mr. Brown's Derange,. DECIDING COURSE. Mr. Boote's Wild Wave beat Mr. lilanshard's Ballle,.and son the Plate MATC, . Mr. Hamm o nd' s High Pressur H e beat £2o Mr. Knowles' Blue Ruin. Amongst the nominations that are void by the death of Sir John Barker Mills, of Mottisfort Abbey ? near Romsey, Hants, are Bridegroom for the Newmarket Biennial Stakes (Craven Meeting), a colt by ,Birdcatcher for the Chesterfield Stakes (Newmarket July Meeting), and Mottisfort for the Derby twit Noah Bentiuek Memorial (Goodwood). Killock and Redwing will both run for the Liverpoo‘Grantit National Steeple Chase; but the Irish spotting fraternity have • very little faith in either of them repeating the xietories of Abd-el-Kader or Wanderer. The latter, however, was quite unexpected. TILE AMERICAN DERRY COLT.---Our Newmarket correspon dent writes to us as follows :---" Umpire has disappeared most toys eriously, and all sorts of rumours aye circulated as to the cause of his absence. His friends as6,,rt that he has only a, slight cold ; ethers declare that he•has the distemper;, and! many aver that he has tailed in his hocks, and that he will Stand a Derby preparation. All I can say is, that he has Rot been out at exercise for a month. On his being put again into strong work, I will report pro, - tress."---,Spotting Telegraph. RTIFICIAL TEETH, GUMS, AND P,a,EAT'ES. PROTECTED BY DER MAJESTY'S EOTAi JACITTEMS PATENT. IVIESSRS. GABRIEL DENTISTS, kir 134 , DITRE.S.TREET LIT ERPOOL, awbosite Berry -street: iiP r- 3 3. LUDGATE-HILL. LONDON WEST-END BRANCH, 110, RECiENT-STREET. Observe Numbers particularly. EsrAuusuma 18151. s AS DIPLOMA. TET,HEIR LOSS. 'And as now restore E d, on the new principle of Felt adhesion and capillary attraction combined, by means of a soft flex ible lining, with CORALITE OUM-COLOVRED INIAIA-RUBBER in lieu of bone or gold, without springs or wive, aud with out any operation ; TREY ARE WARRANTED !VIM, WIIOLE SOME, AND ENTIRELY FREE FROM smstr.; they are easy and comfortable upon the most Sensitive gums, and may be worn for many years without being in any way affected. The materials used are of the best quality, the workman ship of the first order, and are supplied at less than half the ordinary cost. New Edition. Just p u bli s h ed. "Gabriel's Treatie,e is of importance to all requiring the dentist's aid, and, rUtanating from such a source, it may be confidently relied un."— U n i te d Serriee Gazette. "Thous:4llls requiring artificial teeth are deterred from consultmg a dentist, fearing the anticipated cost or dread. of failure. To all such we say, peruse Gabriel's treatise." —Civil Service Gazette. Published by Messrs. Gabriel (gratis on application, or sent on receipt of three postage stamps), at their Establish ments. FROM COUNTRY PATIENTS, ONE VISIT ONLY REQUISITE TOR A SINGLE TOOTH OR COM PLETE SET, P)LTI 'WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT, the only per manent preparation for front teeth, which effectually reAs.;ns its colour (43. per packet). PREPARED WHITE GUTTA PERCHA, the best stop ping for Decayed Teeth or Toothache. This invaluable stopping is placed in the cavity, when perfectly sot't,. becomes hard as the tooth itself ten minutes after inser tion, ar4l renders the decayed member sound and useful in masti.cation. ]s. Gd. per Box, or sent on receipt of 2l stamps. The ROYAL TOOTH POWDER, Is. 6d. per Box. The above preparations may be had from any chemist in the kingdom. Stoppixig Decayed Teeth, Scaling, dm. MESSRS. GABRIEL, THE OLD ESTABLISHED DENTISTS, ikk's 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOO`E. 13, LIIDGATE-HILL LONDON, 014 V 110, REGENT-STREET, Attendance daily from Ten to Six. 45, i'llarriagts, an. 4 Births, Marriages, and Deaths, for for insertion, must be properly authenticated with the name and .address of the sender. The charge for• the insertion of Births will be Six pence each. BIRTH. On the 15th inst., the wile aft he Itev. Gambler Pym, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 15th, inst., Mr. John Robert Churchill, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, Liverpool. On the 19th inst., Mr. William G. 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