Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-15 00:00:00

liartlieru Eintm WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS The new Palmerstonian Cabinet is nearly com pleted, and ere we go to press, will, no doubt, be in so complete a state as to be ready for publication ; and the Queen has left London, and gone to Windsor. In anticipation of the full and complete formation of the Cabinet, it is stated as settled, that Lord John Russell will be Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and the Globe mentions as strong probabilities, that Mr. Gladstone will be the new Secretary for India ; that Mr. S. Herbert will be War Minister ; and that Sir C. Wood will again head the Admiralty Depart ment. Sir James Graham does not accept office, but will cordially support the new Ministry. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Mr. S. Herbert, Lord Granville, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Broughton and Sir George Grey, have visited Lord Palmerston during the day. The Earl of Ripon had a lengthened interview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, morning. Mr. M. Gibson visited Lord John Russell, and in company with the noble Lord, called upon Lord Palmerston. In Connection with the Ministerial crisis it is men tioned in some quarters with great confidence that the election of Lord John Russell for the City of London will be strongly opposed. Strenuous efforts are being made to induce Mr. Stuart Wortley, formerly Recorder of the City, to offer himself. The latest news from the seat of War repeats the announeoment that the Austrians are in full retreat. A telegram from Turin, of yesterday's date, states that they are moving in th e direction of the River Oglio. The same telegram announces that the bridges over the Adda and other rivers have been destroyed by means of mines. It further adds that the Austrians have also evacuated Pizzighettonne, after having burned the bridge, and thrown their guns, war material, a n d ammun iti on into th e water. This despatch states that C remona an d Bre sc i a are free. Another statement from the same source is, that the Austrians are assembling at Monte Chiarca, an d that a part of the Piedmontese army has crossed the Adda, at Vaprio and Canonica. We are also told, on the same authority, that Bergamo and Lodi have proclaimed their union with the Pied montese. It is stated that the damage done by the Austrians to the fortifications of Piacenza is quite insignificant. Another telegram from Turin, of an earlier date, states that the Austrians evacuated Reggio and Bessello on Sunday night, and were making preparations to evacuate the other parts of Modena. After the retreat of the Austrians from Bologna, the Carainal legate took his departure, leaving to the municipality the government of the town. The municipality, thereupon, appointed a commission, which imme diately proclaimed Victor Emmanuel dictator. The town is en fete. The head-quarters of the King were on Sunday at Pimercate de la Monza. On Monday, regular railway service between Turin and theTicino had been recommenced. A battalion of the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard has just left Paris for the theatre of war, and two divisions of the army of Lyons are also making preparations for leaving. The Piedinontese Gazette publishes an order of the day, issued by the King at Milan. It recapitulates all Garibaldi's exploits in Upper Lombardy, and express ing his Majesty's satisfaction at the zeal and bravery displayed by that bold leader, and by the officers and men under his command. The King awards to Gen. Garibaldi the gold medal of military order, and confers various decorations on other officers and men. Twenty-two officers and men are besides honourably mentioned. From Vienna we have the official detailed report of the affair at Malegnano, and the evacuation of Piacenza. The figures of the report show that in the conflict of Malegnano the French force was greatly superior to the Austrians, and that the enemy's loss was considerable. The Austrians retreat was effected in perfect. order. General Boer was killed, and numerous officers died heroic deaths. The report further states that the evacuation of Pia cenza was performed in connection with the movements of. the army on the 9th and 10th inst. The greater part of the cannon was loaded on board vessels and towed away by steam, and the few which remained were spiked. Besides the ' forts iine block houses, ies of the bridge over the Trebbia have been blown up. Pizzighettonne has also been evacanted with similar precautions, and in perfect order. Another telegram from Vienna states that the Emperor will forthwith assume the immediate command-in-chief, and has ordered a new position for the army, which will be taken up in the best manner possible." Our columns this morning contain the announce ment of the arrival of three steam-ships from America, namely, the City of Baltimore at Queens town, the Vanderbilt at Southampton, and the North American for this port. They all left their respective ports on the same date, the 4th, and an abstract of the news supplied will be found else where. two a A fearful accident occurred yesterday on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, by which an engine driver was killed, and several passengers and the stocker severely injured. As yet only a very meagre account of the catastrophe has reached us. In another column will be found an account of all that is yet known of the affair. At the London Court of Bankruptcy, on Monday, Benjamin Langridge Barnett, a shipowner, trading at 95, Graceehureh-street, passed his last examina tion. In the case of J. Slator, a grocer, of No. 11, Park-place, Paddington, the Commissioner suspended the certificate (third class) for six months, and said that no protection would be granted until the bank rupt had suffered three months' imprisonment, as he considered the bankrupt had contracted a debt by a manner of fraud; but he would withhold drawing up the order for a week, and he hoped there would be an appeal to the Lord Justices, in order to obtain their opinion as to what constituted fraud, for the guidance of the Court. Yesterday, T. D. Jones, the proprietor of the City Wellington, passed his last examination, all questions of conduct being reserved for the certificate meeting. In re Bendel the hearing was adjourned until the dividend meetin ,, , in order that Whitwell, a former partner, and also a bank rnpt, might turn a claim into a proof for 1,2001., with a view of opposing the bankrupt Bendel. It is now reasonably supposed that the disastrous explosion which destroyed the Easterm Monarch was one of gunpowder, and not of saltpetre, as at first assumed. At the official inquiry which was con cluded on Monday, evidence showing a reckless practice on the part of the steward in carrying a naked light into the store-room, was taken by the Gardner, the steward, was ordered into cnstody on the charge of manslaughter. • THE WAR AT HOME THE great battle that has been fought, the por tentous victory that has been won, here at home in our own " tight little island," has almost thrown into the shade, for the time being, the war that continues to wage with such fearful fury on the continent. Very different, it is true, are the two arenas ; as very dissimilar, are the two objects contended for. And yet are they not without a significant resemblance in some of their charac teristics. There has been ambition in them both, at any rate. This a quality of public life which is apt to show itself quite as inordinately in politics as in war. " The lust of dominion," it has been truly said, " innovates so imperceptibly, that we become complete despots before our wanton abuse of power is perceived ; and the tyranny first exercised in the nursery is exhibited, in various shapes, in every stage of our existence,"—and in none more forcibly, be assured, than that of a man's political career, and especially when he becomes prominent and powerful in a political party. Then there are the stratigies that are had recourse to— the artful artifices, the cunning devices--the tricks by which the adversary is deceived, and an advan tage is obtained. And we have no doubt that, as respects both the wars in question, the generals, military of the one, and civil of the other, have felt for some time past, in their respective spheres, the force of the injunction,-- " Every minute now, Should be the father of some stratagem." Its influences, too, were similarly exerted in the policy that is pursued in either case. For instance, the remark is apt to be illustrated by both alike, in their varying circumstances, that "it is the nature of ambition to make men dissemblers and tricksters, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of a good will." All this, we say, belongs more or less to both warfares ; and it certainly makes them both to be evil and hateful in their character, to say nothing of what is so generally the injustice and the mischief of their objects. Now, our war at home would have been to be deprecated at any time, as political strife, and party contention. But at the present anxious moment, under the existing critical circumstances of Europe, and of this country in its relations with those Powers, respectively, who are now so fearfully disturbing Europe's peace, it is a most calamitous occurrence. We are regarding it, of course, with our mind entirely divested of all party feeling, on one side or the other. It is of the highest importance, just now, that Eng land should have a settled, stable Government. The impression abroad that she had not such a Govern ment, has already, it has been made but too apparent, excited a most malign influence upon the interests of peace among the belligerents in Austrian-Italy. It eammacial satts. THIS DAY Tali DAY, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 320 Barrels 780 Tierces American LARD Ex sundry ships.—Apply to Messrs Merchants; or to Richardson, Spence, and Co J. H. 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YHE Patent BARREL PACKAGE of every description and size, adapted for all kinds of Dry Goods, Samples. e., &c.—Apply to George Goore, 5, Rumford-street, Agent to the Manufacturer. 24jy5 L IVERPOOL VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS Persons desirous of enrolling themselves in a Rifle Corps for the defence of this Town and Neighbourhood, are hereby invited to send in their names, age, height, and occupation, with address, in writing, to the Town Hall. Such Volunteers arc to be of the following classes : Ist. Those who will provide their own Arms, Uniform, and . all other Accoutrements, and who are to be entirely a self supporting body. 2nd. Those who will ftnd their own Uniform, and pay a sum to be hereafter agreed upon among themselves for the maintenance of their Company, but who will require Arms to be found for them. 3rd. Those whorequire temporary assistance by bring a'lowed to pay for their Arms, Uniform, Accoutrements, lte by instalments. 4th.':'hose who will join if all their Arms, Accoutrements, and Uniform are found for them. Gentlemen, Merchants, and Tradesmen of this Town, are •earnestly requested to co-operate with the Committee, in endeavour ing by means of their influence among their employees,to induce their clerks, assistants, and servants, to join the Corps about to be formed, this excellent object may be best attained by the 'Gentle men and influential Tradesmen of the town raising, by companies, bodies of men; every Gentleman so raising men to send in, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Management, a nominal roll of each Company so raised. As it is proposed that the Volunteer Rifle Corps shall be raised in Companies of 100 men each, and in different localities, it is suggested that this might be most expeditiously effected by some Ten or Twelve Gentlemen who may be willing to devote themselves to the object, endeavouring each to raise a Company among their friends and associations. Again, Gentlemen employing large bodies of Artisans, might perhaps, easily raise from among them one or more Companies, leaving the question of from what Fund the Arms and Accoutre ments are to be found, to be discussed hereafter. It should in all cases be explained to candidates for enrolment : let.—That they will not be liable to the Militia Ballot. 2nd.—That the hours of drill will be fixed by the Officers commanding each Company. 3rd.—That the officers below the rank of field-officer, will be chosen by the members of each Company, subject to the approval of the Lora-Lieutenant of the County. Copies of the War Office Circulars of 12th and 25th' kay, 1859, ilig3fw the terms upon which_t`•e Volunteer Rifle Corps will be Town Hall, 31st May, 1859 GEO. BELL, Major-General, Chairman. JLIVERPOOL VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS . — A SKETCH of the RULES and REGULATIONS un d er w hi c h t may be proposed that the Liverpool Rifle Corps shall be embo died together, together with Copies of the Statute 44 of George 111., cap 54, and of the War-office Circulars of 12th and 25th May, 18.59, is now on Sale at J. MAIVDSLEY and SON, 4, Castle-street. Price One Penny. A perusal of it will answer the numerous inquiries which have been addressed to the Man ging Committee, and which it is impossible to reply to individually. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS MILITARY AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, BY " KoHLEIt." JAMES SMITII Having been APPOINTED AGENT in LIVERPOOL FOR THE AHOY& JUSTLY CELEBR kTED MAKER, bcgi to announce that he has a very choice selection on hand, just imported. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Repaii ed in the most satisfactory manner, AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—THIS DAY Boyar. AMPHITHEATRE—Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS —Mount Etna, &e. OROA.:( PERFORMANCE—St. George's Hall, 3 p.m. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. (t., For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. TO CORRESPONDENTS, Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1859 did so at that most critical conjuncture immediately preceding the declaration of war. It made France and Sardinia indifferent to English influence; it made Austria fearful of English diplomacy. In a ord, it had a powerful effect in precipitating the dreadful recourse to arms. And now the overthrow of her Majesty's Government, it is to be feared, must aggravate the mischief in no slight degree. And then there is the peculiar composition of the political phalanx by which the overthrow has been achieved. How little, how very little, is there in it to give assurance of that unity, that stability, that compactness, which it is so essential her Majesty's Government should have at so momentous a crisis ! Why, there are in that combination the most antagonistic principles. There are elements of intestine war in the confederacy that has been formed for a destructive object, which must inevitably destroy itself in no long time. What can there be to hope, when one remembers that one of the confederate chiefs, for instance, (Sir JAMES GRAHAM) could—not very long ago —declare of another of them (Lord PALMERSTON), and that very chief, too, who is most i m p a ti en t o f all to be handling the country's foreign ministrations again, that his was " a blustering foreign policy, leading to quarrels in every quarter of the globe, and a stand still policy at home when progress is requisite." While the same distinguished statesman, now his confederate, and about to be his colleague, has further declared of him,—" the truth of it is, Lord PALMER STON is a Tory of the deeriest dye : it is well known that he will only introduce the minimum of reform which the maintenance of his place requires, and the Tories will give him the maximum of support that decency will allow." Mr. BRIGHT, too, another and equally distinguished member of the coalition, has averred that he objected to Lord PALMERSTON because "he treated great questions and the House itself with such want of sincerity, that he believed that he had no serious convictions in refer ence to the important questions before the House ; that he had experience without wisdom, and age without the faculties of age." And Lord PALMERSTON has returned the compliment by declaring, that " the hon. member for Birmingham looked at all questions as mere matters of pounds, shillings, and pence, and, by expressing his belief that if the country were threatened with immediate invasion, he would put down the probable contribu tions that the invading general would levy, and the amount that would probably be required for the defence of the country, and would decide in favour of the cheapest course." We give no opinion our ' selves of thele several imputations, either in one way or the other. We merely adduce them in illustration of our apprehension, that we arc, here at home, in the midst of a political warfare, quite as complicated as that more deadly warfare which is being waged in Lombardy, and in which our present disorganised position may expose this country to the risk of being involved. The question which the House of Commons have decided was well described by Mr. ROEBUCK as a most fearful one. " I ask myself," said the hon. member, " what are the circumstances under which I am called on to make this decision ; what is the condition of England at the present time, when I am called on to decide between the contending parties ? It is not simply the condition of England, but the condition of the World, that I have to consider ; and what is the condition of the world ? Why, at this time, great part of Europe is suffering all the horrors of war ; two great nations—two of the greatest nations of Europe—are pitted against each other on n.Lio , sf Northern Italy, and I have to ask myself whether, in this state of things, I think it would be wise to deprive England of her present Government, in order to establish such a one as must succeed it." By his vote he decided that it was not wise so to do. But a majority of the House decided differently. GOD grant that its consequences may not be of the disastrous nature which Mr. ROEBUCK dreads as so likely to ensue. • THE WINE DUTIES WE do not for a moment suppose that this is a subject which has the slightest shadow of a chance of engaging the attention of Parliament during the present session. But it is one which has a strong claim to the most careful consideration of the Legis lature, at the earliest possible moment that it can conveniently be taken up,— and this upon other grounds than merely those of finance. The present state of the duties on foreign wines is injurious in a sanitary as well as a financial point of view. We see the same statistics have been republished, which, though but brief extracts from Parliamentary returns which had been before the country already, are yet well calculated to replace the matter forcibly in the public mind, and to carry conviction thereto of the urgent necessity of immediately rectifying a great mistake. It is stated, for instance, that "in the years 1791 to 1800, with a population of fourteen and a-half millions, the annual consumption of wino averaged 6,513,019 gallons. In 1858, with thirty millions, the consumption was 6,697,146 gallons, 11 per cent. of which was Cape. This wine has been long known; but, although charged with only half the rate on others, could make no progress until every other kind had become very dear, and the happy idea had occurred of changing its name to South African. The low duty, the new name, im provement in the quality, and very frequent deterio ration in that of many others, have combined to lead people to drink this hitherto neglected produce, and it has thus placed the high duty wines in a most unfair position, and which it is very unjust to allow to continue, for it encourages every kind of fraud. Those practised in the home trade are palpable and notorious, but scarcely more so than in the shipping part of the trade." Now here, in these few facts, there are the elements of one of the strongest cases for Legislative inter`'arence that could well be adduced. Not that thJ increase of the consumption of our Colonial, that is South African, wines is to be objected to,—quite the reverse, if only it can be done in a legitimate way. But when it operates fraudu lently, and this in a two-fold degree —by the evasion of the higher duty, and by the practice of adultera tion—certainly it is an evil that calls for immediate remedy. There are involved in the question, as it now stands, such financial considerations, we find, as these,—" The duty on 1,000 gallons of Cape is £145, and on the same quantity of every other kind £290 ; and as a return of the whole duty that has been paid is given back, 100 per cent, profit is received from her Majesty's Treasury for every gallon of Cape that is exported under the designation of Spanish, kiigilign, &c. There are also large quantities of compounds made here, paying no duty, mixed and sold as South African, and benefitting also by her Majesty's Treasury at the Custom House." Now this is.a state of things most detrimental to the revenue ; while it can do no good either to the health or the morals of the community. As a subject of finance, it is not only most absurdly, but most injuriously anomaldus ; and as either a sanitary, or a moral question, it is positively mischievous. We entirely agree with the opinion, that "the trade in wine will continue to languish, and will become worse and worse, until, by a great reduction of duty, wine is rendered accessible to a large class of people, instead of, as at present, only one in 278 being able to have a bottle in a year. But the differential rate should be immediately abolished, which could be effected by raising the Cape only one penny, and lowering others 2s. 9d., making an equal rate for all of 3s. per gallon." Not only, indeed, will the trade continue to languish, but there will also continue to be a virtual prohibition, to the great body of the people of this country, of the free and beneficial use of one of the most health-inspiring beverages which man can enjoy. For our part, we should like to see the duty reduced to one shilling a gallon ; and we have it on an eminent authority, that if this were done, the duty, by the increase of consumption that must ensue, instead of producing, as it now does, but some million and three-quarters of revenue, would produce, in ten years, six millions,—at the same time that we should have a more genuine article, by taking away the inducements to mix a low-duty wine with a high one, and to pass off one kind of wine for another. We do not, in saying this, intend to cast any reproach upon South African wines. They are, it is unquestionable, we believe, the pure ,juice of the grape, and generally they contain much less alcohol than the wines, at any rate, of Spain and Portugal ; while their increased consumption is evidently having the effect of producing a manifest improvement of their quality. But we want to be sure of having the real thing, whether it be from Southern Africa, or from Southern Europe. It was the remark of Mr. GLADSTONE, in one of the discussions upon this subject, we believe, in the House of Commons, that " wine is one of the great gifts of Providence to man ; and considering what a place it occupies among the means of subsistence, considering how many useful and wholesome ends it subserves in connection with his physical tempera ment, considering the manner in which it might be used as a competing article with alcoholic spirit, it were most desirable to place it within the reach of all classes." This, then, should be the primary object in view, in any revision of the Wine Duties that it may be sought to effect ; and let us hope that in the very next session, the attempt to accomplish it will be successfully made. Sure we are, that it may be done with advantage, not only to the revenue of the country, but, which is of infinitely more im portance, to the health and morals of the people. MINISTERIAL ARRANGENIENTS.—The Daily HEIM believes that the Secretaryship of the Colonies has been offered to the Earl of Elgin. Mr. Cobden will have the option of the Board of Trade ; and Mr. Milner Gibson will enter the Cabinet. Mr. Sydney Herbert will probably take the Secretaryship of War; Sir G. Lewis the India Board ; and Mr. Gladstone the Exchequer. No arrangement has yet been made as to the Chancellorship. Sir R. Bethell can ill be spared from the House of Commons. The Daily Hews learns that Sir James Graham, the Duke of Newcastle, and the Duke of Argyll have sever ally declined to join the new Administration ; and adds that it is the Foreign Secretaryship which gives most trouble, as a final arrangement respecting that office has not yet been effected, The Daily News also observes that, though a good deal of the success of the government will depend on the choice that is made of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, the selection of a Minister for Foreign Affairs is of still greater importance at the present moment. The Times, in a leading article, asserts that, of all the rumours afloat, one thing alone is definitively settled, and that is, Lord J. Russell has accepted the Foreign Office. The Times remarks that this places beyond any doubt, if doubt there should be, of the policy of England on the Italian ques tion. Lord John Russell has ever been known as an arden riend of the Italian race—ltalian freedom and Italian unity. He has always aspired after influence in foreign affairs. His views are as near as may be identical with those of Lord Palmerston, so that it is difficult toimagine a disagreement between them on the Italian question. He will have to deal with a race newly conscious of indepen dence—with a victorious deliverer and a discomfited foreign master. There could not be a grander occasion for the display of ability. The Post also announces, in a semi official form, that Lord John Russell will hold the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the new adminis tration. The Post says, the other ministerial arrangements are proceeding so rapidly that it hopes not many hours will elapse before a complete list of Lord Palmerston's Cabinet can be published. The Advertiser speaks of Lord John Russell's demand of the Foreign Secretaryship as having been an obstruction to Lord Palmerston's course. Lord Clarendon, it says, put forth his claims to the foreign office. Lord Palmerston waited on her Majesty on Monday, to announce the new difficulty, and the Advertiser affirms that it is at her Majesty's desire that Lord Clarendon has relinquished the Post to Lord J. Russell. The office of Chancellor, according to the same journal, has caused some embarrassment, Lord Palmerston being desirous ofappointing Sir R. Bethell, while LordJ. Russell has strongly urged the claim of his brother-in-law, Sir John Romily. The Court Circular announces that Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarendon had each an audience of her Majesty on Monday. After dining at the Marquis of Donegal's, Lord Palmerston received the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, who was engaged with him for some time. Lord Brougham had an audience of her Majesty on Monday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Herald publishes a list of new ministers, as circulated at the clubs on Monday evening ; bat these lists, possessing no official character, vary from one hour to another. The Herald suggests that Mr. Stuart Wortley be put up to oppose Lord John Russell for the City of London. THE ITALIAN QUESTION AND THE NEW CABINET.—The Daily News says the French Government is prepared to give the new Foreign Minister of England the most com plete proofs of the moderation and disinterestedness of its policy in Italy. It is ready to declare anew that not only does it seek no territorial aggrandisement for France. but that it desires no thrones for the relatives of the Emperor, or princes dependent on France. Far from wishing to prolong the war, the desire of the French Government is that it may be short. The war has been begun for the liberation of Italy, and will he carried on till that object is attained ; but only for the sake of the end. Should any powerful neutral—the Prince Regent of Prussia, for instance —put himself in a position to offer his mediation, the French Government would be ready to engage to leave Italy entirely to itself, after securing its independence. The Times, in a leading article, counsels Austria to yield in time. The Timis says Austria is king homewards, Prauoe and Sardinia pursuing her across the Adda. Three corps are molesting her in the north Venice is about to be attacked immediately on the east and on the south. The whole peninsula is rising against her, her allies, and her garrisons. The only advice to be given is that Austria should accommodate herself to these painful circumstances, just as England admitted the independence of the United States. THE COURT. Viscount Palmerston had an audience of the Queen on Sunday, at Buckingham Palace. His lordship had an audi ence of her Majesty on Monday afternoon. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort rode on horseback on Monday, attended by Capt. the Hon. D. de Ros. The Princess Beatrice took a carriage drive. The Earl of Clarendon had an audience of the Queen on Monday afternoon. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The com pany included her Royal Highness the Princess Alice t the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, and the Ladies Louisa and Georgiana Hamilton, Viscount Gough, Viscount and Vicountess Stratford de Redeliffe, Lord and Lady de Ros, the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, Major-General Wylde, Colonel Macdonell, C. 8., Rifle Brigade, and Major Elphin stone, R.E. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended daring dinner. The Queen's Private Band afterwards per formed in the drawing-room. IDEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR WlNDSOR.—Yesterday afternoon, her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, their Royal High nesses Princes Arthur and Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, left Buckinghani Palace in several of her Majesty's carriages, with out-riders in scarlet liveries, and a detachment of the 15th Hussars, when they proceeded to the Great West l ern railway station, and travelled by special train to Slough, en route for Windsor Castle. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —Yesterday morning, the marriage of the Hon. Thomas Lyttleton Powys, eldest son of Lord Lilford, with Miss Emma Branding, sister of Lady Peter Fairbairn, was celebrated at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, by the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, in the presence of Lord Lilford, Sir Peter and Lady Fairbairn, Lady Elizabeth Grey, Lady Williamson, Lord Zetland, Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duchess of Roxburgh, and a great number of the nobility. At the conclusion of the ceremony, a grand Ajeuner was given, after which the happy pair left town for Lilford Park, Northamptonshire, the seat of Lord Lilford. The second marriages were the two daUghters of General Buckley, and nieces of the Countess of Verulam, and celebrated at the before-mentioned church, in the presence of a most numerous assemblage of the nobility. THE FRENCH EMPRESS.- —Few have been the fetes during the week. Ascension Day was marked by a grand dinner given at the Palais Royal in honour of the St. Clotilde. By a graceful homage to her fellow sufferer in bereavement, the Empress had proposed to honour the banquet by her presence. By an attention more graceful still, her Majesty, in order to display a high sense of the importance of this fete passed by her fair cousin on French ground, appeared in complete gala attire, according to Italian custom on these occasions. A dress of the richest white moire antique, fully covered with barbes of point lace, tied in knots with floating ends, each knot confined with an ornament of fine pearls. The headdress of the same knots of point, with ends flowing over the shoulders, and the famous parure of pearl, which forms one of the treasures of the French crown, and is reputed to be worth two. millions. In spite Of every element of gaiety assembled there to do honour to the occa sion, and in spite of the bonne volenti to assist the youthful hostess in amusing her guests, the festival was anything but a merry one. The Empress was pre-occupied, and her thoughts were evidently far away in the south, for twice during dinner did she receive despatches from the Ministrel de la Guerre, which, it was evident, had been eagerly waited for.—Court Journal. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. —The examination at this in stitution takes place during this week. The distribution of prizes will be on Friday. LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE.—The annual examinatition of the pupils of this institute opens to-day, and will be continued during to-morrow. The meeting for the distribution of honours will be held to-morrow evening. LIVERPOOL. —STAR HOTEL. —This place of amusement has been enlarged and re-decorated, and now forms one of the prettiest rooms in Liverpool. Harry .Tennirig,s's comic singing is very amusing. Business good. See Era, of Saturday. INSPECTOR OF POLlCE.—Colonel Woodford, the govern ment Inspector of police, will arrive here to-day, and will inspect a portion of the local force at two o'clock, at Rose hill-station, and on Thursday, at one o'clock, he will inspect the remainder of the men at Islington-barracks. CANADIAN MAILS.—The screw-steamer' Nova Scotian will sail this day, with the weekly Canadian mails, and about 200 passengers. The box at the Post-office will close at 8.45, a.m., and finally at 9.15. The Receiving house on the Landing-stage will be open until the departure of the steamer. THE RIVER STEAMERS.—During Sunday, Monday, and yesterday, the river steamers were completely crowded by pleasure seekers, and the different ferrys must have shown a very great increase in their traffic returns. The steamers to the Floating-Light, and different parts of Wales, were also well patronised. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-During the holidays, Mr. Atkins has produced several new and attractive matters at the gardens, and the public fully appreciate the attention, for the gardens a , e full every evening with delighted audiences. Visitors to town will find amusement and instruction at this delightful promenade, as there are day as well as evening fetes, all managed in the best manner, and reflects credit on the proprietor, as well as affording satisfaction to every one. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—Number of patients during the past week : New eases received advice and medicine at 'the Institution : North, 277 ; South, 177 ; total, 454. New cases visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine : North, 87 ; South, 70 ; total, 157. Grand total, 611. President : Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M. ; Vice-President of North Dispensary : Captain Bourne ; Vice-President of South Dispensary : Mr. Charles Booth ; Treasurer : Mr. Francis Mill ; Secretary : Mr. J. Whitby Williams. Office Leith Offices, Moorfields. BYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, 126, top of Mount Pleasant.—Weekly Report.—Eye Department : New patients admitted in the week ending June 11th, 96 ; patients prescribed for, and wh o ye received surgical assistance, 381. Ear Department : New patients admitted in the week ending June 11th, 42; patients prescribed for, and who have received sur gical assistance, 131. Consulting Surgeon : Hugh 'Neill, Esq. Surgeons : John Poole, Esq., Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, and Dr. Nevins. Assistant-surgeon : T. Bickerton, Esq. Treasurer : J. G. Livingston, Esq. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT. —Yesterday, a great number of drunk and disorderly cases were before the magistrates, but none of them possess any feature of interest. Several professional pick-pockets, whose operations were watched by the police at the Tranmere Wakes, were sent to prison for various periods, and a fellow named Roberts, was sent 'to the sessions on a charge of stealing a watch out of one of the bedrooms of the Tranmere Hotel. Susan. Grey was charged with stabbing a woman the previous evenin e ,c , at the Woodside-ferry. The parties quarrelled and fought, during which the woman Grey stabbed the other with a knife. The injured woman, whose name is M'Mahon, was taken to the Birkenhead Hospital. She was not able to attend at the Police-court yesterday, and the hearing of the case was adjourned. _ ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—George Macay, a child five years old, whose parents live in Cross Eldon-street, was killed by the wheel of a cart running ovdr him. At the moment the cart was put in motion, the child caught hold of the wheel and was thrown down, and the wheel passing over it, killed the poor thing on the spot.—Anne Roberts, 90 years of age, who lived at 5, Ellesmere-street, Fairclough-lane, fell down stairs, two or three days since, and died yesterday, from the effects of the injuries she reoeived.—An old man, named Sullivan, who lived at ; Roger-street, was engaged in watching some premises ;:n Devonshire-place, Evertor*, he fell asleep at a winder'', and . whilst so, he fell ou t o f t h e windnyf oncl wqs kißed.—ElizabetlA Ostkes, whq 1494 1 11 0 court off Whitley-street, fell down stairs and fractured 115 skull, from the effects of which she died yesterday. It stated that she was much addicted to drinking. Inquests will be held in the above cases, by_ the Coroner, this day. THE OLD SWAN RlOTERS.—Yesterday, at the Count/ Magistrates Court, the whole of the depositions in these, cases were formally read : over. to the_ parties accused, an bail offered and accepted in each case. - VISITORS Is Tow N.— busing the past day or two , vari ° l S excursion trains have arrived in Liveol, freiotted great numbers of our country cousins whi seem themselves with no little relish, both in town and on to e About 15,000 persons arrived here during McmdaY and Tuesday. ü blish Tows NUISANEE.—In another column we copy of a memorial, to be presented to the health l, We mittee, touching a nuisance in Great Howard-stre et, ha ve understand the parties presenting this memorial d s already had several interviews with the authoritie s, al°8! ot prosecution will probably be instituted, providing 0, 1 medical testimony is obtained to substantiate the matte there set forth. the It is a well known maxim that "time is money''-' W e terms are relative ;so to save one is to save the other. ood save both time, and economise patience, and presen t g 4 i.. tempers, when we have a good PEN—a bad one upse ts P 0 enee and temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing ,Pi e , steel pens and other stationery, at E. T. Hall's sale steel pen warehouse. 23, outh John-street. p o ho Gillott's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other ins 4e ' d dens at is per gross. Good Pen Holders' 2d per dozen- Mr. C. P. MellY. of Liverpool writes to a coteron rary :—" Observing that a paragraph is making the res o ll oo c . )f the papers, in which it is stated that-I have spent X 2, the . erection of public drinking fountains, I shall be mu s obliged to you if yon will allow me, through your CO to contradict this report, and to state that the forty four to to I have erected here, together with the few I have se,F: ha t other towns, have not cost me more than one-fourth 0.1 sum. My reason for troubling you on the subject is not merely to disclaim a liberality to which I can mate Relic tension, but because I think it important that the should know that the expense' of erecting granite drilliolci fountains, of plain but useful designs, is really very 111 .. _ less than might be otherwise supposed.—Express. oh J ill FALL OF A HousE IN EVERTON. —Last evening, 5 after seven o'clock, the foundations of the house Egerton, gave way No. 5, Gregson-terrae( portion of the gable, abuttin round betiCe,e I.' ortun9l. Duckworth-street, and Gregion-street the house in question was left by the tenant, 3 . e' morning (Mrs. Blackwood), particularly so, as the Pc ) ,, r of the house which has given way was connected w i t h kitchen and lower rooms of the house, where cookiliff, general household requirements are usi At the time of the catastrophe, a laboure ET being c was engaged in wheeling a;vap some clay, the accain. of sortie excavations, making fo'r the purpose of erecting buildings on the Duckworth-street side, when just him he observed the gable wall to bulge." an" .cart barely time to get out of th e wa y b e f ore the untl it , gave way with a fearful crash. The was e 6 1-7 hprs ok f num._ question is the evening resort for ainusemen6 tter the youth of the neighbourhood, and it is a m a bo ob satisfaction that they were all. "out of range," alt hundredi were playing about. The occupants th!fazeljeat . . bouring houses in Gregson-terrace were'in a state 01 F os , trepidation, lest the cata s t ro ph e s h ou ld rea ch to tb•t doors. Inspector Penlington, with o ffice r 7 early on the spot, and took 'the neces ry Precauti°Ps m the Surveil the of die puic. Mr. Hunter, . 01' Office, safety was also in prompt attendance, and, after a sii r „ o sa , the premises, deemed it quite c r iti ca l, an d unsafe for u ; f alls life, to attempt to temporarily strengthen it, as the givehave given way in several places, and any attempt t rkei, them strength by "groping" them might, and the artier to would, pull down the entire of the building upon •A l t operating. A good watch was kept during the inc e $ keep parties off the ground in the vicinity ; as, be r nil waste, it has been resorted to as a bye-road, and etis t° '6oo used. The property in question belongs to M r. Roberts, of Radcliffe-street, Everton, he was present shor after the disaster, rendering every assistance in his l e .' EDUCATION OF YOUTHS FOR THE MERCHANT SEaS I- e ged Of all the maritime nations, none can be so deePlY i i nt L e i t z - bes t , in all that tends to develope the best energies and ono qualities of those who are hereafter to officer and eon i ; e ll, her magnificent ships as England. It would be ro pe then, did the public show a direct interest in the io l P;bers went of our merchant service, to the skill of whose to,e n ' su ch is committed lives innumerable, and property en fo ol, immense value. To the profession in l iv , e l o age assisted by her most eminent shipowners, ' e its most the credit of initiating an institution having f o . r h no object the preparing of youths f or th e caree r than w 11 , 1c „ 0 0- other embraces so high and so va r ied an amount of L'iate ledge. Even in its narrowest limits there is an a u—olny, necessity for an acquaintance with geography, estlsoo mathematics to a certain point, the l aw o f s torms, an t .i t ios insight into mercantile law—while increasing c° ln P„ e ditioa has made a higher standard of acquirements * the e on •11 b e of success in the profession. In another column wihael found all the information required respecting whichse boa frigate Conway, now lying in the Mersey, and hee h ve been established for the above purpose. itherto lads have unable to receive a fitting education, from tu e early age at which it ha s b een th oug ht n ecessary W I sea the to sea. This ba r i s h a ppily nee dl e ss. is 0114 A tbe imposed, and in r iddi ng ourse l ves o f it we renov-vety greatest difficulty in the way of obtaining for the futur e a ro per superior class of. officers. None can deny that the Piot conduct and efficient mana gemen t o f our large wertcseera ships demand as good seaman s hip an d as cultivated :° li n e; as the Royal Navy, with a thorough system of dis ci ' ) feil but actual education on board them, with soar board honourable exceptions, is a p ure m yth. The lads on su ch make voyage after voyage, and a re p erm itted to obtain best an empirical smattering of their profession can, and the result is seen in the number of gold-1190, young gentlemen lounging around ours docks and w 3 I our streets, their attainments confined to the • ,iciPa taking a " tally," and their accomplishments to the sra bat an unlimited number of cigars. It is a startling f act ' t ioll one well ascertained, that of all the lads of good conne?ears, who have entered on a sea life, darin , the last fifteen 3 tid a very few have risen in their profession to eon lsl :4 3 ece ship. This can only be explained by the ciretro l " t a withot to that the lads have entered upon a sea life as they dea power u► s duties. It behoves r -- w ho:— guard against such a result for those of their children' it is tastes may lead them to adopt the sailor's career ; an for to such institutions as the Conway they must look to different order of things in the future. We h o P e hers school-frigate will be the fo r e r u n ne r and model of °too, to be established in each large port of the United 10Ig THE FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY va st ' ST. GEORGE'S HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Your quotations, this morning, from the " circula'„ l of the Festival Choral Society, announcing their reas?iPte of changing from St. George's Hall t o the Collegn Institute, no doubt appear to the public as /e ,. / 1. amusing,—something like " sour g P S." Its ye" like a person having and then wanting them gfoorodlolsveerrraitrs: reduction is refused, they are discarded, and a bad nan! e t given. Certainly the logic of the " circular" is the sefbut because or some tireef original that I ever read. The society admits the " wish to attend concerts at St. George's-hall," and surely this there is nothing very wonderful, but indeed a l e e d l laudable desire ; then they say that they " const.rucrattion spacious orchestra," but they never took into conside whether their " spacious orchestra," and the P nsi n ot in which their solo singers were placed, did injure the sound to the audience, and tend rather to, the detriment of the " acoustic defects" of the building. ." 6 " 0 0. the " beauty and magnificence " of the hall, t h e re ls a to , question whatever that there is not a building in Engia n be compared to it, either for one or the other. 0 1! But the fact is, the Festival Choral Society hav e , n e. discovered all this when their expenses exceed thei r in,,r the I think, rather, the society should consider whether it its nature of their own productions, or the " acoustic del's° of the hall that has been the cause of it. -ate , However,, there is one thing quite certain, Mr- for that the Festival Choral Society of Liverpool will n0t 1.. . t , the future, whatever they may have been in years e 's be looked upon as THE Sir Oracle, either as to St Georg-. Hall, or as to what will satisfy public taste.—Yours, e (x "' Liverpool, Tuesday, June 14, 1859. a.: I, Pso" LIVERPOOL FES TIVAL C HORAL SOCIETY 'S 60th The FORMANCE AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.. ;ate " Creation" was p er f orme d last night, at the Coll e g'ol Institution, as we announce d yesterday, by the Thorp d, Festival Choral Society, assisted by Mrs. Sunderlol3_oo Mons. Napoleon Nono, and Mr. E. Cuzner. Mr. Amb r Y s t, Lee, leader. Mr. Charles W. Smith was the org,foliest and Mr. James Sanders conducted, with very g; . 9 , 6 ability. The choruses had decidedly the ad l3 ,, n i . over the solo singers ; perhaps some of this inigTh i ce the result of the hall in which the took place b e i ng so dilT eren t f rom St. George's they in which the s inge r s were acc u s tomed to sin&'• mor e improved as the evening advanced, either from beiM Too aware of the peouliarities of the building, o,l` warming up to their work. The boxes wereb l y filled; bkt the body was thinly atteß44, perfor ....,.. 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