Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

SMITHSON lAN HOTEL BROADVIAT,COITter of HOUSTON-STEEST, NSW YoIIK. Named In honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Altai" Ugh ed at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CeNoaEss, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES SidITHSetI, of ENGLAND, 11111 Mag the Friendship of the ORFICEES Of the NATIONAL INSTITCTION Is conducted on the/System of Hotels in ENGLAND. • CHAS. H. SMITH. AKUSEItIENTS, PUBLIC 111.EUING6, &c. THIS DAY. ZOTAL iturarr azAnte—Dramati3 Performance-7 p.m. iiricitareg CnutuzjlrsilETE, Dale-street.-7 p.m. LIYBILPISOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBITION, Poatoffice-place. LOYAL CoLosseum—General Entertainment-6.30 p.m. *r For advertisements see second pigs. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. .Persons seeking Employment, parties requiring Servants, Assistants or Clerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants under . the notice of the; public, by advertising in the NORTHERN TIMES, and which, from its large circulation, is the most efficient medium of publicity in thi district. The cash price for this special class of aivertisenzen‘ts is now reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional five words an penny. Etc ilartOrn Man THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS: Telegranhic despatches from India have been received. They are, on the whole, of as favourable a character as could be expected. Lucknow, how ever, was in a precarious condition, and Sir George Outram had urgently applied for large supplies, and reinforcements were to be organised in the immediate vicinity. It is said that the garrison could soon force their way out of Lucknow through the rebels, but General Havelock will not expose, women and children to further danger. There is nothing additional from Delhi. We learn that Sir J. Lawrence superintends the administration in the Delhi territory. A commission had been issued for the trial of the King of Delhi. Two more of his sons had been captured, and were tried and ordered for execu ion. The despatches report the arrival of vessels, with 2,413 troops, at Ceylon ; three vessels, with 1,052 men, at Madras ; and four vessels, with 1,733 men, at Calcutta. H.M.S. Simeon and steam-ship Mauritous Were at Ceylon to receive troops from sailing vessels, and H.M. steamer Adventurer had sailed. The Caledonian, on arriving at Cal cutta, was ordered to land at Mussulipatam. The vessels arrived at Ceylon from England were the Australia, Robert Lowe, Candia, Whirlwind, and Suez. The arrivals at Madras were the United Kingdom, Carthage, and Alnwiek Castle. The arrivals .at Calcutta were the Thebes, Golden Fleece, and Bucephalus. The-Golden Fleece left England August 6, and the Bucephalus on July 1. The dates of arrival are not given, but there is evidently a difference of about six weeks in the steamers' passage. It is stated by one of cur London cotemporaries that the Chairman of the East India Company will propose to the Directors a grant of £5OO a-year to the widow of General Neill, in addition to the allowances due to the family- of an officer of his rank who falls in action. Her Majesty has also in the most gratifying terms signified her permis sion that the widow may assume the title of "Lady Neill," which would have accrued to her if her hue band had been fortunately spared to enjoy the dig nity of a K C.B. We trust that the munificence of the East India Company is but the prelude to a national recognition of the services of tue deceased General. An important deputation hal an interview with Lord Clarendon on Tuesday, with reference to the slave trade carried on by the French, from the West - Coast of Africa, under the pretext of free emigration. ft is said that the interview with the Secretary for Foreign Affaies was highly satisfac tory, and that his lordship, so far from disceun tenancing the object the deputation had in view, went so.far as to vow that the French system referred.to was slave trading in its most unmiti gated and offensive form. A very enthusiastic meeting was held in New castle-on-Tyne, on Monday night, to petition Parliament to take immsdiate measures tor the release of two English engineere, confined in a Neapolitan dungeon. Henry Watt, one of the poor fellows now experiencing the tender mercies of the Neapolitan police, is a Newcastle man, one of old Goorge Stephenson's locomotive builders, and for many years in the employment of his son, Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P. The Mayor, Anthony Nichol, Esq , who had called the meeting at the request of a large bcdy of rate-payers, presided. A number of influential gentlemen of the district addressed the meeting, which was of a - mast enthusiastic character, and several resolutions were carried unanimously—one that a petition Parliament be prepared, signed by the Mayor, on behalf of ,the meeting, and entrusted to Earl Grey for presentatien in ,the House of Lords, and to Mr. Redley for presentation in the House of Commons. It will be rememberel that Archbishop Cullen not long since accused the administrators of the Patriotic Feud with neglecting the just claims of Catholic widows and orphans. Lord St. Leolards and Sir John Pa' , .ington, an behalf of the Commis- sioners of the ,Fund, denied this statement, and asserted that .tile funds had been appropriated in a perfectly just ,and impartial manner.. In a letter just published, ,the Archbishop renews the charge, and, in justification thereof, states several facts 'which came nailer his own observation. We are sorry to:learn that the Boiler Explosion at Huddersfield has proved more disastrous than was at first suppesed. It has involved a loss of no fewer than twelve lives. The Directors of the late Eriti3h Bank are not to be tried until .next Term. Yesterday, a pcii2t of.considerablc importance to the patrone of church .livings was decided by the Court of Quen's Beach. The settled law is, that where an incumbent •of a living in the gift of a private patron is appointed to a Bishopric in the United Kingdom, the 11Qxt presentation to the vacant benefice belongs oof right to the Crown. The question now decided was, whether, in the case of the Bishopric being a Colonial one, the same right was reserved to the Crown. The Court decided that it was not, and that the right remained in the private patron. The .question was between the :Crown and Eton College, and arose out of the Rev. Mr. Harpur being appointed to a Bishopric in New:Zealand. The continental advices this morning con'ain a manifest just issued by the new Liberal Ministrg in Belgium. It is a temperate and well reasoned document, and very completely vindicates the course taken by the Ministers against the attacks of the ultramontane party. The policy of the new go vernmen.,, sage M. Rogier, is to be thoroughly na tional conservative and Fr )gressive; and it will preserve the integrity of the rights of the State, and the iozlependenee of the civil power, white maintaining the separation between public worship end the State, which separation, says the manif,lsto, "i 3 one of the bases of our wise con - stitution." The Paris Constiftaio.plel, refering to the state. moats of the Austrian press alleging that Russia is secretly arming, obst.,rvas that it is only on the Austrian. frontier any i.inforcements have taken place, or any works are carried on at the fortresses ; and that that is the result of Austria's own conduct in constructing a complete line of fortified points along that frontier. Considerable discontent prevails in Borne, in consequence of the clnsing, by the Alltho ritiee, of the French Ecclesiastical College here Qf the " jirotipars of Christian Doctrine." Tho parents cf the children who were being educated at that Seminary, would rather send their sons to Switzerland or Piedmont, than place them under the Jus - ..tits, but they have been refused permission to leave Rome. PAVE/Iris to-day, (Thursday) the Plenipotentiaries will meet for the purpose of ratifying the articles regulating the Bessarabian Frontier. After another very rapid run of 11 days, the Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's vessel Indian, arrived here yesterday with upwards of 200 passengers, and a week's later news from Canada. • She sailed from Quebec on the 11th inst. The ROWS does not possess any features of much im portance. Mr. Tirrell, Provincial Secretary, had resigned, and the Quebec papers were speculating upon the prospect of Cabinet changes. What efect Mr. Tirrell's resignation is likely to have on the Governthent, remains to be seen. A successor to Mr. Tirrell will have to be appointed ; the vacancy in the Crown hands will have to be filled up ; and these changes will likely cause an appeal to the people—indeed the Toronto Colonist says that it was rumoured that an immediate dissolu tion of Parliament had been resolved on. The -Governor-General had issued a proclamation, calling upon the people of Canada, in view of the recent mutinies and horrible massacres in India, to observe the 27th day of the present month as a day of fasting. humiliation, and prayer. In com mercial and monetary affairs there was a steady tone; yet but little business was going forward. We have a day's later news from the United States by the arrival of the City of Baltimore, with New York dates of the 12th inst. Governor Walker had been arrested at New Orleans, and held in 2,000 dollars bail, but it is said that this would not interfere with his intended colonisation scheme. The telegraph advises us that President Comonfort has been clothed with dictatorial powers, and that martial law has been proclaimed in a portion of the Mexican republic, in consequence of the difficulties between Mexicans and resident Spaniards. Financial affairs ware rapidly im proving. At the meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians, yesterday, a singular correspondence was read. A letter from Mr. J. A. Tinnie, of Aigburth, complained that Mr. Andrews, one of the Overseers of the Union, had certified that a person named Gerard occupied a hotise in Aigburth vale, Garston, such certificate being for the purpose of obtaining a beer license from the Excise Board. Mr. Gerard did not live in the house, and the Revenue Offieer decline) to grant the license. Mr. Tinnie writes to the Clerk of the Guardians, asks for an explanation, and hints that Mr. Andrews should be dismissed from the situation which he now holds. An investigation was made, when it appeared that Mr. Andrews was imposed upon by Gerard, and, consequently, he had not knowingly uttered the certificate with an improper intention. The Guardians, therefore, declined to dismiss an old and valued servant, and hint that Mr. Tinnie stepped out of his way in the affair. are no sellers except those whose estates are in liquidation" under the inspection of creditors or messenger of the Bankruptcy Court. The pru dent, and all who can " hold on." have their eyes steadfastly fixed on the Ministry and on Parlia ment, and thus the mercantile circles have become so many political arenas, in which the utmost intensity of expectation and warmth of feeling prevail. The injury and injustice the trading community have experienced have obli terated long-cherished political opinions, and broken up all the ties of party. The answer given to inquiries respecting the present atate of trade is—" We are waiting to see what the PALMERSTON and ten per cent. Cabinet will do for our relief." The trade of the country must be re stored at any political sacrifice. This is the predo minant feeling of the day, and in it we see an un mistakeable earnest of speedy amelioration. To rescue trade, all party considerations must be laid aside. We must act as though we were struggling with the armed enemies of our country on every side, to restore WILLIAM PITT to power, and give practical effect to his monetary and financial policy. The mighty genius which was equal to all the desperate exigencies of war, can never be forgotten by England, and it is well that we can turn to a page of our history where we find those broad and intelligible principles laid down for our guidance, in all cases where the national requirements are of sufficient magnitude to call for the exercise of the highest prerogative of the Crown, and direct interference of the Legislature. That the monetary embarrassments of the com merce of our time are even greater than those of the wars which afflicted the Continent and Europe generally, in the early part of the present century, cannot be denied. Napoleon I. never left us with 80,000,0001. of taxation to be paid in gold at a ten per cent. rate of discount, and trade depreciates fully 50 per cent. by losses in bankruptcy, and " a fall generally in the prices of all commodities." But now we have to add this 60 per cent. to the burden of taxation, and to provide means to carry on a trade, which requires more currency than we could possibly employ at a profit, in any season of war. Of the two conditions— war and peace—the latter, is by many degrees, the most difficult to sustain. It calls for constant vigilance, and the display of those high legislative qualities, which alone can render tranquility a blessing to a people. En forcing that forbearance, one towards another, which is thrown aside in war, and the deter mined restraint of that merciless avarice, which, when it can no longer plunder an enemy, will prey upon the life's blood of its native land, are our first duties. We cannot deprive peace of its attributes with safety, any more than we can the less important relations of life, The true spirit of the times, whatever it may be, must be em bodied in our laws, or they must stand in mortal antagonism to the wants, feelings, and opinions of the age. Oar money-laws do this, as the PALMERSTON Cabinet, and the mercantile public have at last discovered, and now we wait to see which influence will predominate—whether the Whig Cabinet will oppose themselves to the spirit of peace, and suffer British commerce to be annihilated, or whether the merchant, trader, and working man, waiving all political opinions in favour of their country's rescue, will prevail over the nos trums of party and fallacies of a moneyocracy. who beggar themselves in a vain effort to plun der trade and industry of their profits. I f Lord PALMERSTON is to lead in such an onslaught, it is to be hoped the Premier will not go through the mockery of presenting a Bill to indemnify Vier Majesty's Government for ordering the sus pension of the obsolete Bank Charter Act. This most notable statute expired in 1855. Since then the Bank of England have been carrying on business simply on the sanction of Parliament, and we are indebted to the unwilling ness or inability of the PALMERSTON Cabinet to deal with this great question, for the crisis which hAs overtaken us in 1857. Had the Charter Act been repealed, or rem idelled, at the expiration of ten years, as its framers fully intended, we should not now be suffering from a return of the commercial disasters of 1847. We have repeatedly warned Lord PALMER3TON of the danger of allowing the last Session to pass over without abolishing or revising this most vitally important act, as our readers will remember. The entire burden of the present state of things rests, therefore, at the Premier's door. Still, a moment must not be lost in cavilling about past abuses of public trusts. The national voice demands, and all the best interests of the Empire require, an immediate enlargement of our legal tender cir culation, the abolition of the price fixed on gold at our Mint, and that taxation shall be made the basis of our paper currency ; and the statesman who advocates such a measure of Monetary Reform will receive the support of all parties, totally irrespective of politics. If the Whigs will not save British credit, industry, and enter prise, the Taries must. They have the great national teachings of WILLIAM PITT ringing in their ears, and if they act up to their master's counsel, they will restore our trade, and the laurels of a great social victory will be added to the many trophies of war, which the genius of the financier carried 'off from the most powerful enemies England has ever had to encounter. We have no political questions agitating the public mind. The merchant is merely asking to be delivered from inevitable ruin, and the working classes only seek to be saved from starvation. Thio, then, is the moment for patriotic politicians to stand forward. The mere conventionalisms of faction, which experience has shown to be both fallacious and dangerous to the well being of the whole country, are at a woeful discount ; and we hear already that there are 400 votes in the House of Commons at the command of the man who will give us some enlightened definition of taxation and currency- Of this number of ayes there may be fifty doubtful, but of this the PAL MERSTON Cabinet may rest satisfied, namely, that there is a large majority of members who will not vote at any national sacrifice, purely to keep men in . office. Irish members who care as much about commerce as they do for political consistency, may point to the flourishing condition of their Banks, with their 2,282,000/. in gold, against 7,260,9591. of notes, which can barely support a most sluggish agricultural existence—and give their rotes to prop up Whig panics; but beyond this section of the House of Commons, and the actual employees of the Government, the Premier cannot rely for the renewal of the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Parliament will not suffer the industry, trade, and commerce of Great Britain to be tampered with and endangered to gratify the sordid selfishness of a set of Bullionists whose wealth consists of credit which is worth only eighteen pence in the pound. If they were prepared to redeem their promises to "pay on demand," there would be no further panic. They have not the gold to do this, and therefore " cash payments," in the Bullionist's acceptation of the expression, are suspended. And unless the Ministry are prepared to give commerce the practical benefit of this unprovoked suspension of gold payments, for it is nothing more, the prevailing national distress cannot be removed. Merchants and employers cannot pay 10 per cent. nor 6 per cent. now, for the use of credit paper-money, which is not as good, within 991. 18s. 6d. per cent., as their own. Their bills are based on the world's produce, estimated at the market value of the day, and certified by bankers who are not to be deceived ; and this is forth coming when the necessities of the country require it. Compare this with the best "promise to pay on demand," with eighteen-pence in gold to the pound at its back, and we ask Parliament, which is really the best, and which ought to be considered first—whether the palpable sham of the moneyocracy, or the commercial paper of the British Empire, which represents the bona fide wealth of the world—ought to br: aban doned ? The question is a momentuous one, and it must be answered quickly, if either are to be saved. SOME circumstance or other is daily occurring to damage the reputation and prestige' of Lord PALMERSTON, as the Prima Minister of England, and to induce the country to hope for a change of rulers. At the present juncture, this would be rather an undesirable and unfortunate affair. A Ministerial crisis just now would not lead to any practical results. Besides, it would give to the enemies of England cause to jibe and jeer at the non-solidity of our political Government, and particularly at a time when unity of purpose and action should govern not only the senators of the land, but the humblest subject of the Crown who is entrusted with the elective franchise. We confess, however, looking at the recent movements of the Administration, and taking into account the political antecedents of some of its leading mem bers, there is cause for complaint, and some suspicion. For these reasons, we deemed it our duty to make the few remarks which appeared in yesterday's NORTHERN TIMES, touching the possibility of the new Reform Bill pro mised at the close of the last Ses sion, being postponed by the Premier, until 18.59, or it may be a much more distant date. Again, we are correct when we say that the country by no means approves of all that has been done in relation to the mutiny in India. The laboured defence by Lords PALMERSTON and GRANVILLE, of Lord CANNING, has not met with the general approbation of those who know India and its native population. But there is another system of Ministerial manoeuvring which will, if persisted in, do more than any thing else to damage the popularity and reputation of the PALMERSTON Cabinet, and eventually bring its existence to a speedy and ignoble termination. We allude to the arrangement with Austria for the establishment of a telegraphic communi- cation with India. Anxious as we are, that minis ters should be compelled to bring in and carry through Parliament, their promised measure of Reform, and no excuse will be taken for procras tination and delay, we are also desirous of seeing the Austrian job overhauled. According to the • best information, the proposed arrangement, .cer tainly appears the most i n d e f ens ibl e an d m i serable H of jobs. What are the leading terms ? Austria is to have exclusive right of carrying messages between one of our own possessions, and Alex andria, and to have it in perpetuity Thus from Corfu, where she could not er.?,ct a single telegraph post, or adjust a wire without the per mission of England, to Alexandria where we have ten times more interest and business, than she has, Austria is to have the sole charge of our governmental messages. Moreover, the cer tainty of speedy information from India, is one hundred times more important to all classes of the people , of the United Kingdom, than it could be to King Francis Joseph and his Austrian subjects. Surely it is not yet too late to demand that England shall have for governmental pur poses a wire under its exclusive control, and managed and worked by English officials mt._ THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1857 AMUSEMENTS. elusively. Already we have sufficient evidence of the prying curiosity of German statesmen, and we must not forget, that through Austrian influence, Sir JAMES GRAHAM was turned into a post-office spy, and made the British pimp of the Court of Vienna. But there are other considerations why the people of England should reject the proposed arrangement. It is most impolitic and undesir able that the British Government should bind itself to the exclusive use of a single line .of telegraph in any part of the chain that may bring us speedy information from our Indian Empire. Past experience tells us that the derangment or failure of a single link would entirely destroy the efficiency of the entire cable ; and, although we may now be on amicable terms with Austria, what security have the people of this country that it will be one of permanence ? Indeed, if we attach any credit to a sentiment put forward by the Oest Zeitung, that "If England wishes Austria for an ally, she must learn to behave well:" this in common parlance is nothing more than a direct threat, that should we assume a tone of independence, and remonstrate against the Imperial dictates of the Court of Vienna, we shall, as a punishment for our pre sumption, have all our telegraphs suppressed. This is a consolatory reflection for a country whose power and greatness are such, that the sun never sets upon her vast extent of dominion. It is an arrangement that will not suit John Bull. The Court and Courtiers may be greatly enamoured with Germanism. Not only in a political, but a commercial aspect Great Britain will repudiate the idea of giving Austria a diplomatic surveillance over our governmental despatches, and speculators) merchants, and traders a fore knowledge of the position and prospects of Indian commerce. What we, then, contend for is the construction of a double line of telegraph by the Red Sea and the Euphrates, inasmuch as we consider that every possibility of interruption should be pro vided against and avoided. This would place us in some respects quite independent of France and Austria. We do not object to have a second line from India through the Austrian dominions. Such would, no doubt, be exceedingly useful. At the same time it would be better for England to abandon the project than create an Austrian monopoly. We kudw not what a day may bring forth, and both Austria. France, and Russia could, if so disposed, carry on diplomatic and political intrigues against us in all our Eastern dominions, in spite of our best and most energetic exertions. For these reasons, it is not desirable that any one of the powers alluded to should have the means of thus worsting us whenever it might suit their caprice. It is evident that Austria desires to be the sole and only source by which England can gain all important, interest ing, and useful information from the Eastern possessions, without giving any guarantee that the Austrian officials will not tamper with such intelligence to the detriment of the people of this country. It is therefore unquestionably a matter of moment to have the proposed arrangement revised. We have little faith in the kindly in tentions and good disposition of Austria. The Emperor and Government of that country showed, during the Crimean campaign, that their heart was not with England. Let us then have two lines. England can, and is, willing to pay for both. She cannot afford to put implicit trust in a questionable and warring ally—an ally who is a despot to his subjects, and whose governmental tyranny may any day place the country in the flames of rebellion. In such an eventuality, the Telegraph would be seized and destroyed, and England once more compelled to have recourse to her " Overland" communication with India, &c. Should warnings such as we have just penned be disregarded, we hope that Parliament, which meets on the 3rd proximo, will not fail to take the matter up, and compel ministers to abandon a project fraught with danger to the best interests of the country dangers that will extend to every department of Indian commerce, and the future rule of that vast, but now rebellious Empire. THE AMP H ITH EAT RE. Miss Reynolds closed her brief engagement at the Amphitheatre last night. She appeared as Lady Teazle in the "School for Scandal "—a charac:er which better suited the peculiar vein of her talents than any other which she represented in Liverpool. It is to b 3 regretted that a longer engagement has not afforded our public a fuller opportunity of appreciating the grace, fire, and versatility of this very attractive actress The audience were most enthusiastic in their admiration of Miss Reynolds's performance. We cannot pass over without a word of commendation the manner in which Mr. Baker played Sir Peter Teazle; evincing a full appreciation of the character; rendering his impersonation simple, genial, anl, frequently, affecting ; never degrading his part to the vulgar and inane conception which some actors seem to seek to realize. Miss Reynolds also appeared in the afLer piece. To-night Mr. Anderson appears in this theatre as a dramatic artist. The part he has selected is that of Rolla in " Pizarro." He will also appear as Jogk Howiesen in the concluding piece. MONS. HAMBURGER'S ENTERTAIMINT. TEUTONIC HALL. If the world be only in its swaddling clothes, as some people suppose, then, indeed, might we almost exclai m, " Chaos is corn again." Who that respectable gentleman, called Chaos," mly have been, we know not. A good deal of strange affairs have been attributed to the agency of the " Black art," and, whilom., there w%s an old lady called the " Witch of Endor," but she only performed one feat That was in the olden time, bat " the go.a-head principle" of the present era has produced Mons. Ham burger at the above hall. We have long known, and 'duly appreciated our friend Professor Anderson, and many other brilliant stars that have moved round their suns ; and we do not think it any disparagment to these luminaries to say that Mons. Hamburger is not leaser light than any we have eau in the magical world. ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN MAIL. BY this arrival we were put in possession, yesterday afternoon, of the ordinary telegraphic summary of Indian news, dated Alexandria, the 18th instant, and we regret to say that it contains but little to relieve the national anxiety with regard to the general state of affairs in British India. General HAVELOCK, it appears, was in the Residency of Lucknow, with a force of 1,500 men, waiting for reinforcements. The sick and wounded were" at Alurnbar with a garrison of 1,000 men. This town, though only three miles from General FlnvELocK's head quarters, was almost entirely cut off, the communication between the two places being represented as very difficult. In the meantime the fugitives from Delhi were being vigourously pursued by Colonel GREATHEAD'S column, which is said to number about 3,000 iu all. This small force overtook the enemy at Bolundshakar, and, after two hours fighting, put them to flight with a heavy loss in men, two guns, and ammunition. This triumph was followed by the destruction of Malagurk, and on the sth of October the enemy were again attacked at Allyghur, and defeated with a loss of 400 men and two guns. Our troops then marched on to Agra, which place they reached on the 14th. Here the enemy surprised our cantonments, but with no better success. They were defeated a third time, and pursued as far as Kharee, leaving 1,000 killed, forty-three guns, plunder, camp equipage, and five lacs ofrupees on the field. Another body of fugitive.; was attacked about the same time by Colonel NELsoN's force, near Bithoor, and driven from a strong position, and this appears to be all that has been done in the way of fighting since the despatch of the news last received. It is exceeding gratifying to learn, in addition to this, that Lucknow had received a convoy of provi. sions, and that its garrison had been strengthened by the arrival .of her Majesty's 53rd and 93rd Regiments, anti that these, when joined by Colonel GREATHEAD'S brigade, would raise the number of General HAVELOCK'S column to 7,000 men. These are all the really important features in the intelligence before us. The want of cavalry and transport animals was felt every where, but ships had been despatched to Rtngoon for elephants to supply this want. Reinforcements were leaving Calcutta for the scene of action in quick succession. 1,200 men had also been despatched from Cawapore, on the 16th October, to succour Lucknow. NANA SAIIIB, it was reported, had reappeared in the neighbourhood of Bithoar, but nothing had been heard to con firm the rumour of his recent successes. The 32nd Bengal Native Infantry had mutinied at Dessa, and murdered two of their officers. The Maharajah of Oralius, it was also reported, had been murdered by his own people. Such are the gvents which the Bentinck's despatches make known; and, without wishing to undervalue the gallantry of our troops, or the exertions of our Indian Government, we must say we see but little to encourage a belief that our Indian diffi culties are coming to a close. This mail gives us no news from Delhi, which seems most unac countable. It is to be hoped that all is well in that important quarter. Tau daily increasing pressure of the money panic causes all classes of the community to look with greater interest to the meeting of Parlia ment. No business man now thinks of asking the price of any description of produce. There He comes in a good time too, because, after Mr. Andersoit the public are apt to believe, that in that peculiar line, there is nothing more to see. This is, we are glad to 000 a mistake, for the " Wizard King" shows that there lit something " new under the sun," and his beautiful' classical, and astounding performance, proves the fact. we might enter into details, but we could not convey an adequate idea of the beauty and attractive nature of bi g matchless performance. Had we time and space a t our command, we might endeavour to convey some ides of natural magic, which, as it were, he plays before ear astonished gaze, and leaves Its in admiring wonder of the skill and ability that so delightfully deceive us. We can only say that this "King of all Wizards" is not by name 1 . misnomer, and that all who witness his " magic 81 011*'' ' will say with us, there is nothing like him. HAYMIRKET TnEATRE.—The London papers represent the success of Mr. Tom Taylor's " Unequal Match" 0 laving been very great, Miss Amy Swig wick's personetlol2 of the character of Hester Gazebrook, being an " creation ; " and Miss Lavine, who appeared, w:th WO" success at the St. George's Hl,ll Saturday Evening Conne ll two nights last season (by the permission of. J. B. Bu ck ; stone, Esq ), has been filling the part of Lady Tione,ywo° in an admirable manner, filling up many awkward PO the introduction of her quick wit, sharp repartee, nu excellent style of representing the aristocratic lady. li t ' Buckstone is nightly called before the curtain, between the , acts and at the termination of the piece, to receive th at applause which he so well deserves of a metropelit ° audience. Mr. J. M. Morton's " Take Care of Dowb," * most amusing farce, has also been eminently successf ul ' t Miss Lavine and Mr. Buckstone playing the prin ei P *l characters. Signor Mario and Madame Grisi have returned to. Brighton from Paris. The direction of the Opera Comique, Paris, has been' transferred from M. Perrin to M. Roqueplan. We understand that Mr. Henry Phillips is about t) re-appear on the stage in a series of operettas comPng ° ' for him.--Sheffield Times. On Tuesday last, as Sir William Don was leaving th d " Bristol Theatre, he was arrested by a sheriff's officer, an quietly lodged in gaol. The debt which led to this unpleasant proceeding was a very small one, and, vie told, the eccentric baronet is so incensed at the ungerol behaviour of some of his creditors, that he hes resal e not to leave his present comfortable quarters until he 11,°/ secured the protection of the Insolvency Act. —B rSA Advertiser. -go LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR CLOTIIING.—Number of boys clothed for the week endleset Saturday, November 21st, 675 ; corr6sponding week le year, 395 ; increase, 280. AN APPEAL TO THE BENEVOLENT.—In another eelse appears an appeal for assistance from Mr. Joseph Stoop late of Ormskirk Mr. Stoner for many years exPe n t he much time and money in endeavouring to p-omote is public good, and it is undeniable that his exertions wer e j o several instances attended with success. He is noW deep distress, and a large family share his sufferings , , he can raise a little capital he sees a way of getting ell e ' et e his present difficulties, by purchasing an °stabile' o e grocery business in this town The deserving his appeal is vouched for by gentlemen of undoubto; respectability. Contributions may be left at this office' Liverpool Courier. , of LIVERPOOL PHILOMATHic SOCIETY.—The merneere e this society met last night in the Royal Institutee; Colquitt-street. There was a very numerous attende il w s several visitors being present, and the chair was occePL:, by Mr. Woodburn. Tee society occupies itself chieflerre the discussion of subjects having reference to literatuoZ art, &c., &e., but last night this rule was departei fr?„ 0 , and the members*met, not for the purpose of discuslrea nature ._A but to listen to a paper by Mr. David Buxton, en" ea " The geeee's English," and which was read by that a re tleman at a meeting of the Historic Society some be weeks since. In this paper, which no doubt soiL e e published in full in the proceedings either of the Histort: es Philomathic Societies, Mr. Buxton clearly traces the soile_ e tqf to which the English tongue owes its richness! and va 1 . .% and points out, by striking illustrations, the I I we i ge ris o e. oo, which are being every day imported into our languag e sometimes by the inconsiderate use of weds, but T he y frequently from ignorance of the meaning ieshiel l t ee really convey. He caused much amusement PY be e extracts which he quo-ad from the addresses end o ree ec bc e of the canditates at the recent municipal e l ec tions, to!: Do the curious grammatical construction into which s iert, Qttoen's English" is frequently passed ; and, in cene ln i; s et dwelt on the great advantage to be derived from 2 5, to and deeper study of the English language—e etVee whch, he observed, duty and patriotism alike shell', see pel the people of these countries. On the motion 01 " ;eV Payne, seconded by Mr. Tinling, the thanks of tho soe we e voted by acclamation to Mr. Buxton. SENDING BILLS or INDICTMENT BEFORE A GRA , - —Yesterday, at the Police Court, Mr. Goodere ma d ' o r ap - lication to Mr. Mansfield, under the following err stances. He said, some time ago there was a case be so the court, in which tw ) brothers, named Isherwood' fir two persons, named Ellis were concerned. In the jo * instance, the charge was one of felony ; but it ended p of difference of accounts, and the case was settled (3 . ti a : bi court. Subsequently, some persons, instigated, he ° I r e 0 the police, sent up bills ag i i ns t t h e Ellises be f° t ies Recorder's Grand Jury, who "found " them. The P e s ebl were out of town at the time, and a w arr ant was isse l ees the Recorder, for their a rres t. Oae of them hearing 0t the circumstance, at once gave bail, an d surr endered % b rae next cessions to take his t r ial, b u t w h en the matter _ do e properly before the Record er , h e or d ere d the prose e .7oo, to be quashed. The other person, being awa y on be el o ot did nor, come, so that, until he surrenered, the w a e ,eo o weuld remain in force. His (M r . G 's) aPPL the now was, that his Worship would ads() "" s s man, who would come in ne x t d a y an d surr ender, r prevent his arrest under the warrant ; for if ee the arrested under it, he might hive to remain injiil un w ' ou l4l sessions. There was no doubt that the Reco der ot o order the prosecution to be quashe I. as he i stifor 1 - other case, as the bills fsund w ere th e sam e 3. `,. s te igh! ship sail, sending up bills to a Grand J u ry in \she' T eow be called behind-back way, was to bo esndemeed ie d to it instances, and the sooner the legislature put an t o he the better. In most of s u ch cases , w h en they eon' the t D examined, it was found to b e a cons pi r acy ega i e oe e t or accused. He would take the ma n ' s own bail to ap p the Recorder's warrant. rye , 0 13 . d litli THE HEAD CONSTABLE'S ANNUAL REPORT. — Th e report of the Head Constable, MY or Greig, for t e - re yfiye ending 29th Septembee 1857, which was' laid bate s JO Council at its meeting on the 30th of October , been published, by order of the Watch Comeeit ta inee l : pamphlet form, for 'he use of the members of the re per' and the Borough and the Conn. ) , Magistrates. 5 101 is accompanied by a numbe r o f t a b a l ar r e urns , s o idei the crimes commit ed, t h e num b er o f persons aPPre otine the offences sent f or t r i a ', en d th e o ff en ces dote degree summarily, within the y ear , t oge th er w i t h the eg g ii • e oslc At ' of education, ald country of the persons aPP re lath It also comprises tables showing the rank. streog,ll, the of service, and country of the Liverpool Police fo r ce ' te feA t i number of informations laid by the police during ',,,ber with the results and amount of penalties ; the 1111 :;ber°:, fires within the borough during the year n rg ssit: marine stores, licensed brokers, and old clothes eli e `V; tli, the houses in which stolen property is received ttiv, number of public, beer, and coffee houses w ou seo ta ; ) borough, and also the number which furnish ate u ,, - " i ii, the number of accident s a n d i nques t s ; and, fi l ice on 41 ,7 number of persons who arrived f ro m Ireland bet 185 29th September, 1856, and the 29th Septere e e ` .l- 6 0 0 1 5 distinguishing the emigrants, &c , from those sv_; ag ele_ d apparently paupers. The number of total aer e e L eeder e during tee year were 24,375, being a decrease 2.`e decrees compared wi•lt those of the preceding year. I . ,'"' d i s orAe r rt i was principally in the drunk, and drunk and fe . 01 )4 14 cases. As to the offences generally, Major Gr u e e e' re bol o that they "are the same as in former years, I ,,, r ds Sb no real diminution in crime, excepting M r e e feint committed by juvenilel, which," he continacts,.t o f 0 1 :4 strengthens - the opinion expressed in the redct, POP year, of !he good effected by Reformatory eel; tutions and Bagged Schools, the numb 3r s. for the year 1856, 1,153 persons of both sel e ept fifteen years of age, while those of the p r ., es st bro th , 0 number only 855. As to the prosecutions ega'" o ast • keepers, Major Greig reports that they bay e d l eg, marked eecrease in the number of brothels, en t ote Or - 0 0 comparatively less de gree , i n t h e number of Peee„geA but whether this diminution be real or only mine. sufficient time, he say s , h as no t e lapsed to detetrhe far, however, as could be ascertained oP,__ t° o f bre, t . l , i for there was a d ecrease of 130 i n t h e ntenn7? to vard and 185 in the number of prostitutes. .." 6 0 7,7 6 °' gdr mations were 5,252, and the dock infor mation,7s2 the penalties were in each class respectively prier and £2,311 170. The tables are very fall " Wino and are properly t erme d " C r iminal stat V ik L I N, Oa 0 4 - 14.13,g. 144 0 It tßge rn for N ,ha. hill of L k: l . ° ns iil ti nneh a ke dig order e °rEtta/ 1 °2 ,000 1114:Nains Vy s : to co: tleati n .) 414 the St ' ll l 4 4 l e p ectie 1) 6, fote I: ex ken. ttMet s'titherda k t t t . :l l : 4 4( t 1 4 1 '4 0f 4 1, tl 1 / 4 t h :Ein ( ea mera knS • i lg • ' kt tl4 Rt e qit 814,3