The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

RY & Co. (LATE TONG viTit SA ND SHIP iitfs) 3Broitr4 earTs4. WALMER a—Vessels fro lONGE" & GO., (LATE TONGE, U . -- -1_ BROKERS FOR THE SA AND SHIP VALUERS, 3ROXERS, AND SHIP VALIJERS ET, AND 17, tOBERT A of SHIPS, P VALUER HARD. BR SHIPS 3TREET, LONDON ‘ 2 Late4 br Ruction, rVICT has long flat floor, shifts without Dimensions Canning Do 4 ale of S ' n air. FOR SALE, the beautiful Brig LUCIEN; 260.234 tons measurement. Length 100 feet, breadth 21 feet 2-10 , hs, depth 14feet 3-10th s. 'This very hand some little vessel was built at Quebec, in the fall y best materials, and no expense was spare tendering her a really strong, serviceable vessel, and while 11 be found to h eve a very gre st- -- is also a reni**b^k•— ~;'~~; the ver age capacity for her tonna, ARCHIBALD, 40 n the River Mersey. May ert Dor ' 1 —Apply to Wa lEARCJ n Union, Caldwell:As( k, Hammond,lsl ove Packe SO'GPMAN larence- • -- N u.— "' off , ovuui.ecre Passeugers going by these luggage stored f ree, in awarehouse att can'.have their o the aloe. LIVERPOOL AND BOSTON PACKETS Freight for fine goods, 20s per ton measurement; Ns, 6d. ; light hardware, 205.; all other goods subjec contract. :oarse ditto, to special TRAIN AND CO: LINE, kfti A, Being the on'y Re gu l ar and Established Line between LIVERPOOL AND BOSTON. No goods received on th e advertised day of sailing. Loading Berth. south side Waterloo Dock. Saihng from LIVERPOOL punctually on the PIFTH AND TWENTIETH OF .EVERY MONTH. ALFRED STORER 1116..20th Feb, JEREMIAH THOMPSON Blake 1818.. sth March. STAR OF EMPIRE D. Janyrin ..... 2050..20th March DANIEL WEBSTER... „ G. W. Patnam..l3os.. sth April. CATHEDRAL .N. Procter.. _1400.. sth May PARLIAMENT......... CHATS WORTH G. M. Pollar d... 1240.. 20th "" J. ELIOT THAYER... 200 S CHARIOT OF FAME. Itni- CABIN PASSAC sampsor .. A. H. Knowles —X2O, found In everythin . 20th J at Wines. The reputation of this Line for punctuality, quick passages, and Prompt delivery of freight (in goo i order) is well known to impor ters.—For freight or passage apply in Liverpool to TRAIN & CO., Fenwick Chambers, Fenwick street, and In Boston to E. TRAIN & Co., 18 and 20, State-street. For Steerage Passage apply at 118 and 119, Waterloo-road, Liverpool. NEW YORK. PASSAGE MONEY, £lO - BELGIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM-SHIP ,•!,, • \ COMPANY. 101 STEAM FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO::NEW YORK. The magnificent Steam-ships, BELGIQUE TACK CONSTITUTION Boot* LEOPOLD I. Micissia. DUC DE BRABANT . WILLIAMS NEW SHIP .. (now building) These Steamers will sail every fortnight from Southampton L New York • will carry the Belgian Mail ; a n d ,are b u il t for the ex. I ‘ o6 •Pitrpbse of carrying passengers. li ....'' e n d thus. 411 •, Second class, ..el4; Third class, £lO. 'lnit and Second Class Passengers will be found, during the voy lirk, with eYery requisite, and with a first-rate Table (Wines and lac l um l exCePt4. Passengers of the Third class will have to pro vide thentselvei 'with Bed • Oup only. All other ute L i ted , , r tit. Knife and Fork, Spoons and *applied by the ship. The Provisions will be supplied In a cooke b d e * molt liberal, In quantity, so that P l as tate extra Provisions or rafesa of the best quality, and need not provide themselves with any For Freight and Passage apply to tg utea°ll /' SABEL and CORTI% 17. stree OWEN HAZELL and Co t, Liverp ool . ; and gap, ental-plaes,Sonthampto N.B.—On the Ist May next, the regular service of the Brae Southampton. Mail Line will commence, of wills , faxthar notice will be .4-- 41a NOTICL—The Stets/I-ship CITY OF BALTIMORE, CaMOIR ROBERT LICITCS, Is intended to sail for PRILADELPHIA, in all the month of April, or as soon as she can be got from the French Government. LIVERPOOL & PHILADELPHIA ,:_,, ..., 1i 10,,,, , , .t.- STEAM-SHIP COMPANY' S IRON SCREW STEAM-SHIPS CITy O' BALI t MORE 2367 tons.. Capt. Robt.2.eitch CITY OF WAS lINGTON 2380 tons.. Capt. Wm. Wylie. CITY-OF MAN CHFS fE ft 2109 tons.. Capt. P. C. Petrie. _ RATES ON PASSAGE FROM LIVERPOOL. '' , eo l ll, in two berth state-rooms, Twenty-one Guineas each berth ) Cabin, in three-berth state-rooms, Seventeen Guineas each berth ; Cabin, in forward state-rooms, Fifteen Guineas each berth—including provisions and steward's fee. All having the same privileges, and messing 'a—tether. A limited number of passengers will be taken at Nine Guineas, incl udi ng as much provisions as required; and these passengers are hereby tnformed that in order to satisfy the require ments of the Government Officers, the date tilled into their contract tickets will be in every case the day of sailing. 'team" date of the day p receding the fixed These earrY " Fir Phillip's Patent e Anni- Mean is attach e d to each steamer. Dogs hilator." An experienced Su charged ,e 3 each. Freight .es per ton, and Unmaoufactured Goods, Src., will be taken subject to agreement, payable here or in at 4 dollars 80 cents per Pound sterling . Philadelphia , Apply, i n Philadelphia, to John G. Dale . 17, Walnut - street; i n Belfast, to Richardson Brothers & Co. ; . tu Dublin, to Cornelius Carleton; in London, to Edwards, Sandford At Co, for passengers , for goods; In Paris to Fred. and Pfekford 8r Redfern s B,Ru 4e la Patx; in Havre to WW. Davidson ; in ur chester to George Stonier; and In Liverpool to WILLIAM INMAN, 1 and 13, Tower-buildings. N.B. —When the arrangements are completed, and sufficient goods offer, one of the above, or other steam-vessels, will oroceed to BAL TIMORE, calling at NORFOLK, Virginia, or other ports on the Chesapeake, going or returning. : Hines rut Jock ,TON. FOR SALE, th horse ' INE I‘. sae Washit Brunswick FOR SALE, the new Ship CARMENTA ; length 194 feet 5-10ths ; brealth 37 feet 1-10th ; depth 22 feet 2-10ths; 1152 tons; built under special survey .0 - cannA at St. John, N. 8., of the most carefully seleeted bay. shore spruce, and the workmanship, model and outfit all of the very best descri tion ; large poop and topgallant fore- opper fas In Bruns- wick Dock ,UERS WAI 50 to 2000 ton I and a, 01, L 4 ' 4 AU a 14e tons dead 8 feet, de CO., Brokers Y (IL (:0.), p SHIPS, „NET, ; Steamers, tge allast, and o GIBBS, BRIG )R SALE, t 7-10ths; breadth I.4dtk . , ir, r , 4 a n y, 608 tons ; bi , - ---7 slime. under spe *ill tee lye elaciaifirntinn at Lk e EGYPTIAN—Length, 13 )the ; death. 19 feet St. John, N.B , 1, Non FOR SALE, thane A\ Length. 216 feet 7.10 th 47, depth 22 feet ; 1500 to - special survey at St. Aterials, and finished in a first th, 36 feet 8-luths Will be sold classed seven years, an In Wellington Dock.—Apply to GI E 1, North John-street_ toppe I. at once, 3135, BRIGHT & CO FOR SALE, the '4 4 4 94 feet 4 a Brig SURPRISE Teadth, 27 feet 7-10ths , A leet 9-101 " l under sp( A 1 seven pth, 10 built at Guernsey. 1854, and classed at Lloyd's sd and cooper-fastened. This vessel was built a ..ne best materiAls (principally oak), and with the special intention of carrying a ♦ery large cargo on a light draft o water, taking the ground and sailing fast, and can shift ports with In George's Dock.—Apply tcQ GIBBS, BRIGHT & CO., 1, North John-street. out ballas niter ,tatts Gli AURORA shburton, B rld, Kn On mrio, Wood Albert Gallatin ROSCIUS M Ti , rota, A concieroga, Point, M Cortstellatron.A Unfttil Otattis. 3-HT " LINE OF PACKETS. DREADNOUI z in Waterloo D I will Receive Goods to and Sail on the e 24th inst. ed Clipper Skip DNOUGHT, ed and copper- aye, brin g 4 days' at never be-for-1 Nzw -DAVI asages have never aving very elegant A. TAYLOR & CO. D OGDI NEW ORLEANS, 3T AND FIFTEENTH OF EACH MONTH, 3.-app New 0 NTH FEBRUARY. NEW ORLEANS JOHN COTI it conveyance 3017 LT, ENGLISH & BRANDON. P. WHITNEY and Co., 6i " BLACK DIAMOND" LINE OF PHILADELPHIA PACKETS, Sailing from Liverpool on the Ist, and from Month 0 tons...Jaue 1 RICHARDSO.N SPENCE & CO. als, have ,eDela- -street. Emigration 4\ FROM LIVERPOOL TOI THE UNITED talf,et STATES AND BRITISH AMERICA, Vin. t BY 1 ,,,, E " WASHINGTON" LIN ORIENTAL . .. DAVID CROCKETT WM. RATHBONE WASHINGTON SEBASTIAN E OF PACKETS PRINCETON RICHARD ROBI: E.C.SCRANTON 11IDDLESEX CABOT CHICAGO. PLOSEER CART,' ..21st Feb. Now in port , . To follow Montgomery PHILADELPHIA. "Black Diamond" Line, on the Ist of each mouth NEW ORLEANS. JUVENTA FRANK 3orland SENATOR ST. JOHN, EUDOCIA , 0.... This day NEW BRUNSWICK. QUEBEC Weekly cl sed Rooms for SABEL & CORTIS, 3, Regent-road ; and York. rillies Who wish to be more select, can be 53, Fulton sth Mar, the season can be to will TEAMERS HA Freight:on BRITISH AND NORT SLIMED WEEKLY SAILINGS, ICAN ROYAL NAIL HIPS TED BY THE ADMIRALTY LIVERPOOI:&iiEWIOR,K, DIRECT, AND BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BOSTON. The BOSTON Ships only CALLING at HALIFAX, to land and receive Passengers and her_Majesty's Mails. Captains. Captains. PERSIA .C.H. E. Judkins. \ AFRICA .. Neil Shannon. ARABIA . James Stone. AMERICA.. J. G. Wickman. ASIA Edwd. G. Lott. NIAGARA.. Alex. Ryrie.. I CANADA .. W. J. C. Lang. EUROPA John Leitch. For Ne CANADA ASIA ._ _ _ ain Douglas, Saturday, the 15th Mar. Saturday, the 22d Mar. taturday, the 29th Mar, FROM AMERICA WedLesday.l3tu Feb. Wednesday, 20th Feb. Wednesday, 27th Feb. 5.h Mar in esday, re intended to be ction of the Custom-house a and Boston :—Chief Fifteen Guineas. To Jr. rantr. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN. LIVERPOOL AND HAVRE MARGARET Captain Joins HARRISON, \DELTA Captain LITTLE, Or other suitable steamers, a r e i n t en d e d to sa il •IN - (with or without pilots) from the Huskisson (or other) Dock, as follow: FROM LIVERPOOL to HAVRE, DIRECT. MARGARET .. Monday.. Feb. 18, at 8 o'clock, morning. n- Shippers must describe in their Shipping Notes the contents of their Packages. FARES —Cabin, 255. For freight or passage apply, in Havre or Paris, to Donald Currie; in London, to J. B. Foord, 52, Old Broad-street ; in Glasgow, to G. and J. Burns,g, Buchanan-street; in Manchester, to John Walker, 77A, Market-street; or here to BURNS & MAC IVER, 16, Water-street AMERICA .. For ARABIA PERSIA ANADA.... Fr, MO NA From New Yurk From Boston n Boston.. From New Yor gars and Goods for New New York, direct : —Chief Cabin, Thirty Guineas; Second Cabin, Twenty Guineas, These rates include Steward's Fee and Provisions, it without Wines or Liquors, which can be obtained on board. Dogs charged Five Pounds each. These Stearn-ships have accommodation for a limited number of Second Cabin passengers. Passengers are allowed twenty cubic feet of personal luggage, free of freight, but the agents do not guarantee to reserve room for more than that quantity, and they will be charged freight on theirpersonal . . ... . en it exceeds half a ton measurement. rs are not permitted to go on Board by the Steamer that er eceived at the Office of the Agents here until Six Friday Evenings previous to Sailing. n Halifax, , to Samuel Cunard ; in Boston,to S. S. Lewis; to Edward Cunard; in Havre, to Donald Currie, 21, Qua, s; in Paris, to Donald Currie, 17, Boul. des Italiens ; in Londun, to J. B. Foord, 52, Old Broad-street; in Glasgow, to G and J. Burns • din Liverpool to D, --- D. & C. MAC IVER, 14, Water-street. The AMERICA. for HALIFAX and BOSTON, willsail on Satur day neat, the 16th inst. The steam-tender SATELLITE will leave the Landing-stage opposite the Baths, George's Pier, at Two o'clock. afternoon, of that day, with the Passengers for the AMERICA. s'rFam TO NEW YORK and CUAGRES. (via JAMAICA) to . tf .., * • 1I from Theu ndernoted, or other First-class screw-steam .. 1. \ 0 ships. will LIVERPOOLsaIt FOR NEW YORK , buttati eT a t i al (the extended servicebet : o ec tit xt h , o u n n tte t hd i , 1 )w f , uhret when e t r h notice, ships now JURA.... Capt Moodie 1 AND E5 ........ Capt APArthur ETNA Capt Miller "T , J._.. .... Cant Small Poss engerscannot FOR BOSTON AND NEW litany. Passage money to Boston (beyond which port be booked), including provisions and steward's fee, but without wines or liquors, which can be obtained on board—Cabin 415, or ..el5, according to the accommodation ; Second Cabin £l2. Apply In Halifax to Samuel Cunard ; in Boston to S. s.Lewl. ; i n , New York, to Edward Cunard ; i n H avre, to Donald Currie,2l, Qom d'Orleans ; in Paris, to Donald Currie, 17, B ou l evard des Itallens; In London, to J. B. Foord, 52, Old Broad-street; in Glas gow, to George and James Burns,9, Buchanan-streetiand In Liver pool to D. & C. MAC IVER, 14, Water-street. As soon as goods are going to Canada, and any quantity offer fo Portland. these Vessels will cell there. Cbina. Has ha'f her cargo engaged, and will lie dear,' tched 20th hut. FOR KONG, DIRECT, The splendid Aberdeen-built clipper Ship STORNOWAY, Je'r. H. L. HART, Commander; 595 tons register; A I at Lloyd's thirteen years. his beautiful vessel, well known in the trade as having mude the rapid passages on record, is the best opportunity for shippers Loading in Salthome Dock.--For .eras of freight, &c., apply to Messrs. Syers, Walker, and Syers; or to _ desirous of quick dispatc W. 0. YOUNG, 19, Dale-street, Liverpool; S 4, Cross-street, Manchester; Sun-court, Cornhill, London FROM LONDON, NOTICE TO PASSENGERS FOR MELBOURNE (PORT PHILIP) DIRECT. CABIN PASSAGE, £4O PER ADULT. The Splendid Ship FALCON 4 , ltAt A 1, 1600 tons burthen—Captain C. HARE. Is now in the river at Blackwall, and will clear for sea on Tuesday next. This fine vessel, built expressly for the Eagle Line of Australian Packets, has superior accommodation for Passeng2rs, and her commander is well acquainted with the trade.— Apply to Messrs. Marshall and Edridge, London ; or here, to the owners, WILLIS and CO., Mersey-court STEAM DIRECT TO AND FROIU LONDON. The Screw Steamer ATHLETE, d ial 1, 1 will sail from the Clarence Dock, Liverpool, on - Wednesday, the 27th instant, and from Griffin's Wharf, Londo on Wednesday next, 20th instant, (unless detained by any unavoidable occurrence).—For freight, &c., apply to WALLts and LA TnANOTJE, 13, Change-alley, London; or here to' CRAM POWELL & CO , 35, South John-street, Liverpool. STEAM TO PRESTON AND LYTHAM. The LIVF:RPOOL &PRESTON SCREW STEAM COMPANY' will Commence Running th e i r N ew . a Steamers, the 4 YOUNG ENGLAND. LIME DORRIT., I n March next, with Goods and Passengers 225 Tons.. Capt. By ' , LER. 225 Tons.. Capt. WEBBER, These vessels are built expressly for this stati3n, and of extreme light draft of water, to enable them to deliver their cargoes along side the quay at Preston at all times of the tide. AGENT IN PRESTON—THOS. MITCHELL. AGENTS IN LIVEhPUOL—M'CLUNE & TAMPLIN. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AN_D_BORDEAIJX; CALLING AT NANTESAND CHARENTE • . The WEST OF FRANCE STEAM NAVIG ATIO N etf : COMPANY have now completed arr angements for placing their powerful steamers ' All V., 0 , Tons. Power. Captains ‘.....'.'7'. ';`":':" - LOIRE 650 . .. .100 w m . u ' A AY, GARONNE.. 750 lOO Davi D A.Canos, On this line very shortly. '1 bese vessels are built specially f or this trade, and combine csaprlgened.id accommo dation for passengers, with great capacity for M'CLUNE & TAMPLIN, Managing Owners, Liverpool. Cg pt, etc 1. , ALEXANDRIA CONSTANTINOPLE,THE LEVANT :_;ups BLACK SEA, AND THE DANUBE. Regular Line of First-class Clipper Vessels, for ALEXANDRIA (EGYPT), the LEVANT, CONSTANTINOPLE, BLACK SEA,and the DANUBE, despatched by E. and J. P.SCHILIZZI, Jun. Destination. Wllisailabout the Vessel. SYRA & SMYRNA . . SMYRNA.. RESOLUTION ls th F e b . ", CONSTANTI NOPLE AND SA LONICA 1k A..•. CAT H. MORRISON.. 2oth Feb. BALAKLAVA... ...... } LIVELY ............ lsth Feb. CONSTANTINOPLE ..... NORVAL l6th Feb. 1 EARL OF DERBY 2oth Feb. CO N STA NTINOPL.E..A..N.r: TREBIZONDE . GA LATZ & IBRAIL ..... DANUBE .. 2sth Feb. For Freights ,fke.,apply to E. & J. P. BCRILIZZI, JUN., 8 Brunswick buildings. Coagtiulge. RHYL, DENBIGH, HOLYWEL L, AND ALL - PARTS OF NORTH WALES. ....,- • \ The quickest and c h ea p es t route is by 4 AV Ot ~ THE SATELLITE. TO MOSTYN SAILING FROM LIVERPOOL. r , Saturday Tuesday . Apply to Mr. John Watkins, B,Strand-street ; or to DANIEL JAMES, 22, Union-otreet: WEEKLY STEAM COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM LONDON, CALLING AT PENZANCE, FALMOUTH. PLYMOUTH, PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTHAMPTON. - . The LONDON & LIVERPOOL STEAM SHIP \ each COMPANY beg to announce their Intention of .11 d espa t c hing o: .e of their powerful vessels wee kiv fromport, or oftener as the trad e may re , quite, viz.:— Tons. Power. Captains. ANTELOPE .1007 .... 150 REID. EMPRESS EUGEN1E...7... ......100 W. B. Stamm TOWN OF LIVERPOOL 750.... . . 100 W. Awls. viTembeisyeaveeesosreal,sdatroetahlilsrlartseticlass6, an d well known; have superior a ccommodation for passengers, combine d with g rea t s peed and pre capacity for g oo d s . Every exertion will be made to deserve the liberal support MTLIINE & TAMPLIN, Managing Owners, Liv orpo 01. THE NORTH WALES CHRONICLE, and Advertiser for the Principalities. Published at Bangor, every FRIDAY EVENING in time for the early posts and extensivelycirculatedevery SATURDAY Ii 10 RNING, through but the Six Northern Counties, in Cardiganshire. and in England, Ireland, and Scotland, is the best medium for the Publication of Advertisements, being read by all parties, on account of the spirited and independent tone of its Leading Articles, the extent and accu racy of its Local Reports, and the variety and comprehensiveness of its Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, its Original Correspondence, its reliable accounts of the Corn and Cattle Markets, and other infor mation suitable to the great interests of the Country; andcirculating chiefly amongst the classes who have property to dispose of and ability to purchase. Offensive Medical Advertisements are excluded from Its columns ' The charges for prepaid Advertisements are—two lines ls. ; three lines, Is. 6d.; six lines, 25.; nine lines, 2s. 6d.; twelve lines, 35,; fifteen lines, 38. fid. ;eighteen lines, 45.; twenty.one lines,4s. 6d.; and 6d. for every two lines additional. The NORTH WALES CHRONICLE was established in the year 1826, and is therefore the oldest paper in the distrie t,and has been very greatly enlarged and improved. The price of th, VORTH WALES CHRONlCLE.unstampei, to be had at the otEez. iu Bangor only, is 30.; stamped, to be had of the agents in the various towns, or directed to any place, 44(1. per copy; nineteen shillings and sixpence per annum, in advance; twenty-one shillings per annum on credit. The NORTH WALES CHRONICLE is duly registered atths 'oat-office for all postal privileges. Ordersand Advertisements are respeetfullysolicited by AUGUSI US ROBERT MARTIN, Proprietor, To whom all Bank and PosL-offiee orders should be made payable - *,4,,1tt. D R NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1866. Euritev. The ME LITA, will sail from the river, on Thursday, the 21st inst. Passengers will embark from the Landing-stage, George's-pier, by the steam-tender, Jackall or Satellite, at Nine o'clock, morning. Goods recel Ig-berth p%rvieosrtsy of arrival. ide His. on Dock, shipped according to it STEAMERS BETWEEN POOL. CONSTANTINOPLE, SMYRNA; SAMSOUN, AND TREBIZONDE, , 41 \, GIBRALTAR ,AIALTA ,and SYRA, With liberty to call at any other ports. Loading Berth, west side of Huskisson Dock. The First-class screw Steam-bhips LEBANON.. ALPS Capt Moodie I MELITA ......Capt. Anderson TAURUS.. Capt. Langlands BALBEC Capt.Hockly TENERIFFE.. Capt. J. R. Bell DELTA Capt. Little KARNAK . ...Capt.H.Dubbins BRITISH QUEEN Capt.lllartyn • • • • with or without Pilota) from Liverpool, 21st Feb With Goods for Malta, Syra, Constantinople, and Smyrna. Passengers for Gibraltar, Malta, Syra, Constantinople, and Smyrna, Freight on all Goodsmust be paid in Liverpool. Bills of Lading mast be at the office forsignaturethe day previous to sailing. To prevent the possibility of all after-discussion, it is requested that shippers will send a person to the quay to see their goods measured. *** In theevent of thesesteamers being placed in quarantine at any of theabove ports, thecargo will require to bei mmediately taken away, and transferred to another vessel or depot, to perform quar antine, at the expense and risk of the shippers or consignees. This also applies to Passengers. Goods for any of the above-named ports must have the place of their destination distinctly marked on them, in letters of not less than two Inches, otherwise the agents will not be accountable for rniatralras Shippers will please send a shipping note along with each cartload of Goods For freight or passage apply to G. & J. Burns, Glasgow, or here to BURNS & MAC IVER, 16, Water-street ir,)ratlanD. STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. The Glasgow and Liverpool R o y a l St eam ar Ni," packet Company's Steam- s hip TO - A ` PRINCES S ROYAL, Captain J. M‘CHLERY AND THE WATERLOO (Chartered) Captain QUAYLE. The Waterloo has been chartered to take the place of the Princess Royal while laid up for new boilers, &C. The Princess will resume the station in April. Unless prevented by any unforeseen occurrence, the under noted or other Steamer is intended to sail (with or without pilots) between Liverpool and Glasgow, with goods and passengers, in February, as under:— a CLARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL. Tuesday Feb 19, 9 o'clock, Evening at 12 o'clock, Noon Feb , 23 {at 10 o'clock, Night Feb 28, at 3 o'clock, Afternoon Xetrittrrantan. LIVERPOOL AND MEDITERRANEAN SCREW STEAMERS. M1LAN....... FRANKFORT 7OO G. P. Lock. CALPE . „. ARNO TIBER Despatched every alternate Wednesday, and receiving cargo, by special agreement only. - . FOR GENOA, LEGHORN, & NAPLES, 4 0tf , ..,n, da It . k (CALLING AT GIBRALTAR,) alt..g OM 4.. The remarkably fine new Screw Steamer MILAN, WM. BRUCE, Commander ; Ts appointed to he despatched for the above-named ports on WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant, receiving cargo up to midnight of that day. For terms of freight or passage, having excellent cabin accommodation, apply to _ _ _ VIANNA, CEIAPPLE, & CO PARLIAMENTARY STAMP RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1854. PRESTON GUARDIAN.. •• • • Preston Chronicle. Preston Pilot . 48,000 Lancaster Guardian . .... 48,000 Lancaster Gazette ...... 41,500 Ulverston Advertiser. Blackburn Standard .. . .. 28,500 ---- 320,500 It will be seen from the above that the number of stamps issued to the Guardian exceeded by 49,500 the number issued to all the other papers .n Nt,rtL Lancashire added together. THE PREPAID CHARGES for Advertising in the PRESTON GUARDIAN are - - 4 Lines, or 30 Words, Is 6d, If prepaid. 8 Lines, or 60 Words, Is Od, if prepaid. Advertisess will do well to remember that no Advertisements, however short, are received on credit under 2s 6d each, it being impossible to open accounts for such small sums and collect the amounts without an extra charge. Parties residingout of Preston may remit accounts of lOsand under in postagestamps; above that amount by Post-office order, deducting cost of order. Agents out of Preston must prepay all advertisements which they wish to be inserted at the prepaid rates otherwise they will be charged credit prices GUARDIAN-OFFICE, 11, FISHERGATE, PRESTO*, MIDLAND RAILWAY. The directors recommend a dividend—less income tax—payable on the Ist of March next, of £1 17s. 6d. upon each One Hundred Pounds Consolidated Stock ; £1 3s. 9d. upon Birmingham and Derby Stock ; £3 upon Consolidated Preferential Stock ; £3 upon Con solidated Erewash Valley Stock ; £2 ss. upon Consoli dated 49 per Cent. Preferential Stock ; 6s. 101 d. upon £l6 13s. 4d. Shares, being interestiat the rate of 44- per cent. per annum upon £ll 12s. 4d. for the half-year, and upon £5 for 133 days ; £2 upon Consolidated Leicester and Hitchin Preferential Stock ; £2 upon each £lOO, paid on account of £5 Shares. After payment of the above dividend there will remain a balance of £33,802 to be carried to account. The working expenses have been £4l ss. 2d. per cent., against £4l lls. 3d. per cent. for the corresponding half-year of 1854. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 15 WIND YESTERDAY—South-west. HIGH WATER—Morn., 6 at —Eveg. 7 18—Height, 11 ft. 9 in ARRIVED Feb. 13.—Cardiff Lass, and Leopoldina, Santander. Feb. IC.— Tar. 'scot, New Orleans—lntrinsic, and Huron, Charleston— Cambria ), H asre—Mtian Marseilles—Oaring, St. Michaels—Florist, Alexandria—Emel a Julie, and Florence, Rio Grande—Florida, and Lawrence Brown, Savanna—Flora M`Donald, Baltimore. SAILED Feb : 14.—Mary Hardy, Barbadoes—Scamander (s.s.), Alexandria— Arcadia (s.s.), Smyrna, FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION, The annual meeting of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association was held on Wednesday at the rooms of the association in York-buildings, Dale-street. The chair was occupied on the occasion by Mr. Thomas Brocklebank, and the meeting was attended, amongst others, by the following gentlemen :—Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Eyre Evans, Mr. S. Thornely, Mr. T. S. Raffles, Mr. T. Corkhill, Mr. H. W. Walker, Mr. Langton, Mr. E. Harvey, Mr. S. B. Jackson, Mr. Henry Jones, Mr. W. Frazer, Mr. John Finch, jun., Mr. W. Rathbone, jun., Mr. C. E. Rawlins, &c. The Chairman opened the proceedings by briefly observing that the members of the association has been called together for the purpose of receiving the annual report of the council, which he would now call upon their secretary to read. The Secretary (Mr. Brumfitt) then read the report which was in the following terms : REPORT By the alteration of the third rule at the annual meeting in July last, it becomes the duty of your council to call together the morn- bers of the Reform Association at an earl er Period.of the year than usual, tilt ugh the short time vs hich has elapsed since then will render it unnecessary to present any very lengthened repo. t. The attention of your council has been directed to maintain the machinery of the association in good working order, and ready for any emergency which, under existing circumstances, may at any moment arise. Keeping this object steadily in view, they have sought by every legitimate and honourable means to purify the regi,ter, and to increase the number of Liberal voters, both borough, county, end municipal. Your council have uniformly acted upon the principle of not attempting to substantiate illegal votes, or to excite irritation by frivolous objections; aod although the,Tories at the last borough revi sion (doubtless anxious to reverse their late defeat) ma e a much larger number of objections than the Reformers, and double the Lum ber usually made by themselves, namely, 1,553, while those Maria by us amounted only to 1,134, we have been able to maintain our ground, whilst In the Liverpool polling district for the county the Reformers have a nett gain of 183. in the limn' cipal revision of 365, and in the -0 _ ict of Sou Whilst gratefully acknowledging the very efficient assistance rendered by some of the wards, it is to be lamented that others do not seem to be sufficiently alive to what at first sight may appear of trifling importance, but which is in reality of the greatest moment to the end which we all have in view. With the best intentions, and the most zealous wishes for the general success, preliminaries are frequently neglected on which the mo,.t important results may turn. The Ward Committees are sources from which much valuable, personal, and local information might be de, ived, and from the medium through which communica. tion with the general body should be kt pt up. If this information is not conveyed to heal-quarters, and if these means of communication with the outposts he cut off, or are not kept constantly or actively in play, the result must be injurious to the cause at large. At the present period especially, when a general election is, to say the least, very probable, and may be close at hand, the well•dir, cted and systematic exertions of the Ward Committees are peculiarly requisite, not only In the actual struggle, but on many less stormy occasions, all tending to ensure a final victory. It is to be hoped, therefore, that every true reformer will attack himself to that ward committee in which he thinks his exertions will prove the most efficient, and from this time to the 25th August strain every nerve to serve that party of which he is himself an individual, and in no case unimportant, member. These means would procure a very advantageous result on the different regis trations, and on them, it is almost needless to observe, success at the elections mainly depends. Ward books are now In course of Preparation for the different committees, so arranged and prepared as to require as little labour - as possible. Before quitting this part of the report, your council deem it their duty to call the attention of the ward committees to the unex pected defeat of the reform candidate in Castle-street Ward at the last municipal election. This is to be attributed mainly to i false feeling of security on the part of the committee of the ward, lead ing them to neglect the most ordinary stens to ensure success, and to the very unusual means used by a party who knew full well that they could not triumph in a fair and honouraMe fight. A wide difference exists between Castle-street and the adjoining ward, Exchange; for, although no contest has taken place in the latter ward for many years, about 200 objections are annually made against the most respectable inhabitants of the town by the oppo site party. Secretaries, clerks, and messengers are emoloyed, and the old Tory tactics of eating and drinking prevail just as though a fierce contest was pending. It is to be hoped, however, that from this occupation of Castle-street Ward by a Tory, (which will be but of short duration), much :good may be extracted, and that it may serve as a warning to other committees not to be caught napping. Your council have again to complain of the great apathy shown by many persons, from whom a more conscientious regard to th-ir duties as citizens might have been looked for, in not attending to substantiate their claims in the Revision Court; and they regret to say that a large number of such claims, in consequence of the absence of the claimants, fell to the ground. At the last revision, out 'of 236 claims made, although each of these persons must have been summoned at least three times, only forty-two could be placed on the register, owing to the non-attend ance of the rest. The making of such claims, when not followed up, is a great waste of time and money to the association,as well as a great loss to the cause in general. The number of names on the borough list this year is 17,847, which is not so large a 4 it would have been, in consequence of the revising barrister having determined to strike off all names that were known to be plural. Of these, 1,634 are freemen, having no other qualification, and 2,364 are entirely new names, whose politics are unknown. At Sir Erskine Perry's contest, in 1853, there were 17.315 names oa the list, 1,770 being freemen only. At Mr. Ewart's contest, last year, there were 18,726 names, 1,708 being freemen. It is satisfactory to note from these statistics that the proportion is increasing in favour of the class of voters most favourable to Liberal politics. _ The number of new names added to the register form a very important item for consideration. It would appear that at the last election there were 3,887 such names upon the list, of whom 1,123 voted for Ewan, 756 for Benham, and 2,003 did not vote at all. Your council, therefore, think that they may reckon on a majority of such new voters as an increasing source of strength. There is still another very important class of persons, about whom it wcu'd be well to say a few words. At the election in 1852 there ere 4320 persons who did not vote at all; in 1833, 4679; and in 1855, 5391. Some allowance must be made, of course, for dead or absent, still there is a very large number of persons who do not vote at all, and the great majority of these turn out to be the same per.ons year by year. There is good reason to believe Oat the majority of those will abstain from voting are persons professing liberal opinions, and, therefore, this class of persons afford to the ward committee an important field for exertion. Your council cannot conclude their report without bringing prominently brfore the members of tho association the admirable conduct, as a member of Parliament. of our esteemed representative Mr. J. C. Ewart. His courtesy to all who seek his assistance, his unwearied industry and attention to Parliamentary duties, and the deep anxiety he feels in all matters affecting the inter,sts of the people of Liverpool have won for him golden opinions from all clnsses of our townsmen; and it is admitted, both by political opponents and friends, who have required his assistance in obtaining interviews with ministers or in transacting business with Parliamen tary committees, that he is the most indefatigable and useful mem ber Liverpool ever had ; and your council feel great conscience that, at the next election, he will be again returned by a large majority. Mr. W. Rathbone, jun, in moving the first resolution, that the report be approved and adopted, remarked that it had been drawn up with great ability by their secre tary, with whom they had every reason to feel satisfied in every respect, and who perfectly understood the business he had undertaken. (Applause.) The motion having been seconded by Mr. T. B. Hornby, was carried unanimously. Mr. H. W. Walker moved the next resolution, which was —That the following gentlemen be appointed president, vice-president, executive committee, and officers for the ensuing year,— PRESIDENT—Thomas Brocklebank. VICE-PRE STD ENTS, James Aikln. Thomas Bolton. William Earle Eyre Evans. Rots-- James Mellor. William Rathbone C. Rawdon. C. Robertson ..obertson Gladstone. R. W. Ronald. James Ryley. R. E. Harvey. James George Holt, Stitt. Samuel Thornely. Thomas A. Hope. Hugh Horoby. Thomas Thoroely, M.P. F, S. Hurl Thomas Urquhart. TB. Heywood Jones. T. Robinson, jun. Thomas Lloyd. A. C. Stewart. George Maxwell. J. H. Macrae. Richard Shell. Walter F. Macgregor. PRINCESS } Saturday WATERLOO WATERLOO Thursday, N.B.—t•oods for shipment must be alongside the vessel one hour before appointed time of sailing. —Cabin, including Steward's Fee, 15s. ; Steerage, 6s. Servants .n Cabin, Full Fare. ROBERT LAMONT, 17, Water-st., Liverpool, and 43, Market- st., Manchester. )MMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. STEAM C, Unless preventedby anyunforeseenoceurrence,theunder-noteeor other Steamers are intended to sail, (with or without Pilots) between Liverpooland Glasgow,with Goodsand Passeagers,as LYNX ZEBRA(charteredtoGovernment)Captain RZTTS PANTHER (now building) ....Captain MAIN FROM LIVERPOOL. FEBRUARY. LYNX Saturda 16, at 6i Evening 21, at 9 Evening 26, at 1 Afternoon BIARCH 1, at 4 Afternoon N.B.—Goods for shipment, at both Glasgow and Liverpool, must be alongside the vessel one hour before appointed time of sailing. Passengers are requested to take charge ot thelrown Luggage, as the Ship is not responsible in any way for Its safety. Carriages, and alt kinds of Vehicles shipped at their Proprietors' risk. The owners of these vessels are not responsiblefor loss or injury to Horses, Cattle, or Live Stock of any kind shipped by them. Gunpowder will not be carried by these vessels on any terms; and Aquafortis, Vitriol, and other hazardous articles can only be taken by special agreement. The senders, consignees, and owners of danger ous articles are responsible under all circumstances for damage occa sioned by or q to u i t d h s e m s i tt i m s t e b . The spe e c i fl o e n d t e in n t s the of o h x i p e p s n a g n . d . o packages containing shipment. Parcels for different persons made up in single packages addressed to one party for delivery, will be charged the proper freight foreach separate parcel. FreigLt for box and hale goods, 20s per ton of 20 cwt. Goods from Manchester and the manufacturing districts, when consigned to the care of the Company's Agents, lbs per ton. Fettles—Cabin (including Steward's Fee),lss; Steerage, tis. Servants in Cabin, full fare. , Apply to GEORGE & JAMES BURNS, 9. Buchanan-street, Glasgow, ALEX. WCULLOCH, Greenock. JOHN NVALKER, 77a, Market-street, Manchester; or here to C. MAC ITER & CO., 18, Water-street. CoaOtinfe. LYNX. OUTPORT3 Greenock Feb. 13.—Sailed—Gipsy, and Troubadour, Trinidad— Zante Packet, Treste—Woodside, Troon and Cadiz. Belfast, Feb. 13.—Arrived—Samuel Alorley,jun.. New Orleans. Deal, Feb. 13.—Arrived—St. Lawrence, from the River Thames for Liverpool. Queenstown, Feb. 14.—Arrived—Henry Metcalf, P:rius—Ariel, Bahia. MARITI ME EXTRACTS. Liverpool, Feb. 14.—The Donald Mackay, for Mobile, has put back. .The Enniskillen (s.), from Liverpool to Londonderry, struck on Kirk Manghold Head, Isle of Man. Feb. 11; was got off with fore hold fell of water. and taken into Ramsay Bay. Dublin, Feb. 13.—The Proteus, hence for ~ Jamaica, was lost off Wexford on the 12th inst. Cew saved. Dublin, Feb. 14.—The fishing smack sarah landed at Kingstown the master and 11 men, crew of the Proteus, of Shilburn, from Liverpool to Jamaica, to ally lost on Backwater Bank at 6 a.m. on the 12th inst. _ _ Londonderry, Feb. I4.—The brigantine Kertland, Burford, of and from St. John, Newfoundland, for Greenock, with a cargo of fish and oil, reached Lough Foyle last night very leaky and loss of spars. This is the vessel reported yesterday off Tory Island. —Also put in the ship Mary Carson, Burnett, of 1 iverpool, from C .llao to Queenstown, with guano, and loss of spars. Greenock, Feb. 12 —The Richard Cobden, which drove on shore at He i ens b ur gh, Feb. 6, has become a total wreck. She was from Glasgow to Genoa. Rangoon. Dec. 20.—The Adelaide, hence to Falmouth, In pro ceeding down the river on the 18th, got on shore, but floated off on the tide without apparent damage, and proceeded. Malta, Feb. B.—The Pera fs ), with the India and China passen gers and mails from Alexandria to Southampton, which put back to this port yesterday, has sustained some slight accident to her machinery. [lllem.—The Pera was detained 10 days at Lisboa on her outward passage, from damage to her machinery.] Suez Jan. 31.—The passengers by the Pera (a.), from England, reached here to-day, and have embarked on board the Hindostan (s.), for Ceylon, Rte., the snail agent having detained the Hindestan till today in hopes of their reaching in time. A vessel, supposed the Bermuda, from Demerara to Liverpool, was abanloned at sea January. Crew taken to St. Dilichaels by the Saucy Lass. St. Michae's, Feb. 2.—The Saucy Lass,'consigned to the Provi dence Fruit Company, proceeds 10-morrow to Marleira to perform quarantine, in consequence of having on board 12 sh pwrecked per sons that she had saved, some of them sick, by which she may probably loose her voyage, as the destruction of the fruit by the late gales has been so great, that it will be probably all shipped be fore she returns. Savanna, Feb. I.—The fires on board the shipping are attribut able to the marshes in the neighbourhood b in; in a state of con flagration and to the high winds having deposited the ashes freely on the decks of the vessels. About 350 bales, more or less dam tged, hare been brought to the City trom the K er' cl.. The flames did not reach the lumber. She will finish her loading, and proceed to Liverpool to complete repa•rs. FOREIGN PORTS. Deborah. Rogers. from Leith at Moulmein. Ocean Bride, Uncle Tom, British [Empire, and Patience—all off Amherst. Bahamian, Beil, from Calcutta at Rangoon. Ann Adamson, Adamson. from Sunderland; Crescent City, Han nah, from Singapore—both at Bombay. Tinto sailed from Bombay for Hull, Jan. 10. Marion, Byrne, irom Melbourne at Calcutta. British Trident, and Jabez Brown, sailed from Eaugor for Liver pool, Dec. 25. Mary Cannon cleared at Calcutta, Dec. 21 ' • Jas Armstrong, Dec. 24 ; Dorisana. Dec 28 ; and Asia, Dec. 2g—all for Liverpool. Arequipa sailed from Buenos Ayres for Ensenada, Dec. 27; and Mar'on Macintyre for India, Dec. 29. Susan Knapp, Little Fred, Lady Emma, and Britannia—all from Lisbon at Rio Grande. West Indian, from Pernambuco at lifacelo. Serapl , ina sailed from Paraiba for Liverpool previous to Jan. 22. Neptune's Pr de, Wetherborn, from Port de Galle at Madras. Ann Nelson sailed from M-dras for London, Jan. 5 ; Loidmans, for Calcutta. Jan. 10 ; Osprey for Rangoon, Dec. 25; and Cambria, for Moulmein, Jan. 6. Roblna gaited from Sailor for Mauritius, Dec. 21. Cogmopolitan (s.s.), Parker from Cogstantinople; and Karnac (s.s.), Dubbing, from Smyrna—both at Alexandria. Tainaulipas (s.s.), Chenoweth, from Constantinople at A lexardria, and sailed for Malta and Liverpool, Feb. 5. Teneriffe (s.s,), hence; Alps (s.s.), from Constantinople—both at Malta. Alfred, hence at Marseilles. Volant, May hence at St. Michaels. Astrea, hence at Calcutta. Mary Spencer cleared at San Francisco for Liverpool, Dec. 21. Reuben, and Oscar Vidal—both at Moulmein. Augusta cleared at Moulmein for Antwerp, Dec. 8; and Copen hagen for London, Dec. le. Thessalia (s.s.), hence at Malta, and left for Constantinople. Italian (s.s.), sailed from Constantinople for Liverpool, Feb. 7. Canmore, and Quartus sailed from Alexandria, Jan. 22; Sextas, Atelanta, and Fortunatus, Feb. I—all for Liverpool. Columbus, hence at Elensburg. Caine (s.s.), hence at Genoa. Lahore, and Mary Spencer—both hence at San Francisco. Mazeppa sailed from Charente for Liverpool, Feb. 8. MARRIAGE On the l3tht inst., a the Parish Church. Madehurst, Rlchd. P ercy, son of Richa r d Wh e eler Preston, Esq. of Beech hill , Li verpool, to Julia Calderon, ward of J. C. Fle' cher, Esq. of Dale-park, Sussex. I Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to our Office duly authenticated. The dividend about to be declared by the London and Blackwall Railway Company will be 3s. 6d. per share. Mr. John Bright, M.P. has been suffering somewhat severely from bronchitis, but in a few days will be able to appear in the House of Commons. Previous to the arrival of the St. Petersburg courier at Odessa with the news of the Russian acceptance, an order had been addressed to all the authorities of the Southern Russia to suspend the levies of recruits, and that order was generally regarded as an indication of peace. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE W. Rathbone, jun., Chairman James Crosfieh!. T. M. M'Kay. Henry Ferule. John Finch, jun J. R. Jeffery. Charles E. Rawlins, jun. S. B. Jackson. William Langton. T. Dyson Hornby. Jos. Robinson. T. Stamford Raffles. I J. B. Spence. A. Holt, Treasurer.—Williarn BruinfiLt, Secretary S. T. Hobson and D. Ferule, Auditors. Mr. W. Langton seconded the resolution, which also passed unanimously. Mr. T. Stamford Raffles said the resolution he had to move was to the following effect :—" That the most cordial thanks of the meeting be presented to J. C. Ewart, Esq., M.P for this borough, for his unremitting attention and courtesy to his constituents, and his constant and uniform support as a legislator of all measures calculated to benefit the town and trade of Liverpool." (Loud applause.) Mr. W. Fraser seconded this resolution, which was unanimously adopted. On the motion of Mr. S. Thornely, seconded by Mr. Thomas Corkhill, it Was unanimously resolved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the President, Vice- President, Executive, Committee, and officers, for their valuable services during the past year. Mr. W. Rathbone, in moving that the best thanks of the association be given to the chairman, Mr. Thomas Brockle bank, for his able conduct in presiding over the meeting, remarked that he thought the resolution did not go far enough, inasmuch as it did not include Mr. Brocklebank's services for the past year. (Applause.) The association had experienced some difficulty in prevailing upon Mr. Brocklebank to preside over them, but having got him into the chair, he had not occupied it merely as a post of honour, but had ever been found ready to do the work. (Hear, hear.) Very few words were necessary to introduce this resolution, and he only hoped their president would long continue to benefit the association, both by his own exer tions, and by those of the troops that worked under him. He (Mr. W. Rathbone) rejoiced to see the " young blood" infused 'nto the society—indeed the " young blood" had put the " old blood" out of countenance, for they had worked well and most effectually. The resolution, was carried by acclamation, and the Chairman, in responding to the complim e nt, ex p resse d a hope that the "young blood" would increase in zeal, and would take care that when the time of an election arrived, their excellent member, Mr. Ewart, should not be displaced. (Hear, hear.) The meeting then broke up. I WHY EMPLOY MONEY IN TRADE?' TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,--Our merchants and brokers have had thirty years' experience of Peel's bill, and yet they don't , know how to work it. They still go on the old princi ple, that demand and supply govern price; that if au article of supply is scarce, it will rise ; and that if it is plentiful, it will fall. Under Peel's bill this is not so: Corn or cotton may be scarce, and according to their simple ideas should rise, and yet they see it fall—the result of an advance in the rates of discount. Lord Overstone, the author of Peel's bill, and who understands its working so well that he is stated to be worth seven millions, does not go on such fallaciou s assumptions. He and the other money-mongers 10 London watch the rate of discount. When discount/ are high they buy-in stock ; they then keep quiets i , l / discounts fall to the l owes t p o i n t, an d th en t hey ' out. If our merchants were alive to the system, they would never invest a sixpence in ships, warehouses , produce or labour ; they would confine their operations to consols, exchequer bills, or railway shares. These' they can sell or buy at any moment. All that is required is a tithe of the proficiency or the gambler, to realise as much money as Lord Over stone, or any other parent of banking laws. Thak man is a blockhead, and ought to be watched by big friends, who works himself to death, when he could live without labour by watching the turns of the stock exchange dice. Why, then, employ money in trade ; such folly ought to be put down by the legislature! J. H. Liverpool, 12th Feb., 1856. Yours, &c LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,— As a looker-on for some years, and gmt' s especially since the erection (with all its faults), of their handsome hall, I cannot but feel surprise, and no regret, at the continuous exhibition of bad managemen t which, in every respect, distinguishes this society. With a tolerable experience of the proposed end (,): the Philharmonic Societies of London, Bath, Edinburg h ' &c., from their commencement, namely, the cultivatil and advancement of Instrumental music, together with the fact that there already existed in Liverpool a Clior_, Society of the highest repui.:' in the kingdom, it Nirs•: . , with surprise that I found tha! , choral practice bialy, made a primary consideration in ti: e (so-called) Pbl o harmonic Society of Liverpool. As I intend to ,ro a a ll the technic's of the society my immediate o,:liect, t o i l not advert to the calamitous effects (not mu - sit.: 9 - 1 ) have proceeded from the cause to which I attribt.:t e .„ - if, disastrous position in which the society now finds RN... • and which has suggested a proposition unparalleled it' the profession, and in conception b enea th th e c omMeti cial scope of a marine-stor e k ee p er . Th e besetting o{ the society (boasting of a committee-list comprising rank and respectability not to be exceeded in the king.; dom) was, in not committing its sole direction to a pat h whose unhappy career is.a. melancholy illustr a tion of tb., danger of a " little knowledg e ." Th e capa bility °' "getting through" a psalm tune, one of Kent's anthenl s t and playing a congregation " ou t o f c h urc h," wer e suns cient to inspire an inflated mi n d w i t h a conv i c tion ° 0 his power to " ride• in the tumult, and to guide t b storm" of an orchestra. B u t, h av i ng no i nstru menta l ( skill, he was compell e d to b e con t en t w i t h t h e di c key ° the olympic car, and lower his amateur baton before the omnipotency of the professional wielder of the fidd le ; stick. The ambitious monopoli ser o f h onorary affinet, committee-man, secretary, treas urer , con d uctor, ( c horal') inaugurated the new hall in the style of the parnsn ° dinner-giver, who ordered half-a-score of legs of mutton! (boiled and roast, the variety), over which Mr. Benedis; said grace. How profitable the measure proved, tb, committee need not be told ; no r , i n d ee d, i s an y inforins_ tion called for aft er th e l a t e annua l di sp l ay, i n w hi c h th i n fortunate advent of the S we di s h Ni g h t i nga l e f or ms g• item of much pleasant pleasantry, and very perple%Tu e conjecture as to " wh o nex t ?" I t may b e, per h ap s,b a difficulty of answering thi s ques ti on w hi c h h as suggesi: ent the extraordinary p ro p osa l, t h e cause of my Presheii, trespass—namely, that the perf ormers f orm i ng the F"..' harmonic band, and w h ose engagement is for ten niglia' at a certain (and certainly very moderate) rate, sh °l/ 11 extend their services to fift een f or t h e same ainon'"-; Shade of Gresham! Spirits of the Medici ! rescue change-street from the ignominy of this insult to ti' e Arts ! Let Cocker reign in the share market, but SP ar Apollo the indignity o f a d eprec i at i on d eeper t h an Boe r inflicted upon pig-lead, bar-iron, train oil or uano. m The society, by th e p os iti on t h ey have assumed, the building they have er ec t e d, h ave, i n fact, proclairslo themselves the concert-giv ers o f th e b orough ; andt 't " property has its duties," upon their performanc° them rests the permanen c y o f th e i r h o ldi ng. L e t the , recollect there is another room, t o w hi c h the mana g e , ment of educated artists may ex hibit an attract i v e co / trast to the mere jobbery of sharebroking am, &c., ONE WHO KNOYO' The archbishop and cle rg y, an d 314 b oyar d s 0f 3,f0/ 5 t davia, have addressed a petition to the Sultan, age' ll o f tho illegal constit u ti on o f th e present government - Moldavia. The Paris correspon d ent o f the Times suggests tlial importanc e o f t h e return of Lord Cowley and the arri,Vo of Lord Clarendon without delay, now that the Res gl e a ti t Plenipotentiary h as reac h e d Paris, as he has at pre the field to himself. The peace news reached Oleshki, near Cherson, at ol time of holding the great fair, on which provision s re , every description, which the d a y b e f ore found no bullet; were eagerly inquired after, and a rise of 30 per cent' the opening prices was obtained. The Orleans Railway Company are at present fo a „.t§ an imperial train. The carr i ages are to comme°'ol one with the other by means of an external gallerYt t - be t are to contain a sitting-ro om f or th e Empress, an°',. for the Emperor, a room for the ladies of horse'' study, &c. ted MARRIAGE LAw.-Ere the contr oversy i s se- f whether a man may marry his deceased wife's sist%, s o Northumberland farmer has married his deceased // 1 ., it; daughter ! The old :Ilan was not a moment too W.id making the match ; for he had not long been ono( a second time before his wife and daughter-Wd made him the father of a grand-daughter.-0 0$ Observer. THE CZAR'S STOD.—In Altona there was a fevi ni , 0 back a veterinary surgeon a tt ac h e d to t h e EmPtir--01 Russia's stables, of the name o f W estp h a l ea , Wu" 00 commiseoned to purchase in Hanover and Holstele 01 0 horses for the Emperor's stud. When complet e ' l e stud, which has stations in every large town, so 05 1 0 0 Emperor may always travel with his own horses, nu l fue ,1,400, at present it contains no more t h an 900. i,""crit ever well off Russia may be for sma ll serviceable u" for it appears that there is a total want of fine horses pleasure purposes. A 0 11 A YOHNO MAN SHOT BY H IS BROTHER:" 0115013° build( ',awed Townsl- .er n... _ .uwnshend, residing in New Bl e ad street, Brighton, left that t own w i th Amos an d , 0 0, Townshend, two of his sons on a visit to a third r f oi who was staying at Old Sh ore h am. After they erroitif there they all four went en the hill to ge th e r, intef es c" to walk back to Bright on . Th e f ather and H en ry Th e carried a gun, loaded with powder and shot. ~40/ father arid Alfred walked on to ge th er, and were follu n ,lii 0 by Amos and his brother Henry—the latter havi e rth° gun under his arm. The gun was not cocked, btl sotil muzzle pointed to the right side of Amos. Froll e il°,,." unexplained cause the gun went off, and Amos fi g the ground. Henry immediately dropped the it' knelt down io his brother, and asked him if„ b i e rbe; shot. Amos said, " All right, Harry —all rightc_ u n" were the only words he spoke, but he pulled " r ' r etl 7 face down to his, and, having kissed him, aPP, ea n tie /. 1 Il die instantly. Th e gun was produced at the 'lli, d, it was obser va bl e t h at the hammer was was the opinion of the jury that it must have 0 ,01 some part of th e c l ot h es of the brother Henry' s'oll° have caused th e gun to go off. They returned a y e Os of " Accidental death." g RAILWAY SERVANTS.—It appears from a re.-T io vol / e j published that on the 30th June, 1855, the f e 'lloi / fi i persons were employed on the railways of o° 4oo e;,• Kingdom then open for traffic—viz., 204 secreta` r iste o managers, 33 treasurers, 140 engineers, 356 suP e os hie dents, 193 storekeepers, 181 accountants and e ts ooll h 823 inspectors or timekeepers, 2,183 masters nig c ie 4 o / 322 ticket collectors, 153 draughtsmen, 7,7 3 driv e o 1,132 foremen, 3,157 engine-drivers, 3,488 deputy •Oce or firemen, 3,237 g uar d s or breaksmen, 21,247 er•tleenied 2,836 switchmen, 247 0 gatekeepers, 1,622 P°iltil 14,498 porters, 7,17 2 platelayers, 22,449 labouredrS to:, 2,321 miscellaneous adjuncts. This makes a g ra13 18 5 4 0 of 97,952, against 90,409 on the 30th of Jui le „' aPO viz., 80,877 in England, 111,403 in Scotland, tr„e 9 9 , in Ireland. The length of the line open I° s I,‘ 0 4 was 8,116 miles, and the number of statiooed The total number of persons emP l6l , fia railroads not open, on the 30th of . 10 , 13- ' CO e g gli amounted to 38,546, the length of line : 11 1 lelte of construction was 879 miles, and the t ° lo4 or authorised 4,481. Of these 38,546 persons , 00 pa:d , secretaries, 16 treasurers, 181 engineers, 23 4 1 10 4 01 6 tendents, 83 storekeepers, 55 accountants, ''.„eof , d t o ', tors, 61 draughtsmen, 110 clerks, 601 fore; bo o , " policemen, 47 porters, 4,962 artificers, 31, 3 " ,rbe / and 171 adjun c t s o f no special vocation. °peep, number of persons employed on all railwanB ag enot, was, ou th e sa id 30th of June last, 136,4%10Y ii 135,810 in 1854, and of these 104,292 were eny avi d• England, 17,388 i n S cotland, and 14,818 i n Ire o i d r° ~ Printed and Publi s h e d by CHARLES WILLIi I E I3 4IOII 0 co street, at his General Printing and Stationery Ea" South John-street, Liverpool. TRIDAT, FEBRUARY 15