Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

gommtrfuti snles. THIS DAY Tam DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 450 Cases CASSIA LIGNEA, 260 Bags Black PEPPER. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Tnis - DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 700 Bags American RED CLOVERSEED, 500 Bags TIMOTHY SEED. J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers Apply to Apply to Tuts DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 113 Bales RAGS, landing ex animus, from Alexandria.—Apply to Messrs, Rathhone, Brothers, and Co., Merchants; orto .7. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. • Turs DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, '5OO Bags BORATE OF LIME. For further particulars, •apply to J. H. RAYNE': & CO., Brokers Tuts DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 61 Bags CURRANTS (damaged), ex Augusta, from Patras, 223 Boxes Muscatel RAISINS, in Layers (all faults). Apply to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Brokers. Tuts Day, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Sale-room, Temple-court, 130 Tons LOCUST BEANS, of fine quality, and in good condition. App'y to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Broker 'y DAN', the 27th instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 9, Temple-court, 1000 Boxes Bunch Muscatel RAISINS, 1208 Boxes Malaga FIGS, 71 1-Barrels 100 Boxes Jordan ALMONDS, now landing ex Harmonic, 1000 Boxes Malaga FIGS, 271 Kegs } now landing ex Anna Marie, 100 Boxes Jordan ALMONDS, 100 Boxes Layer Muscatel RAISINS, per America, 47 Barrels Beirout RAISINS, per Demetrius, 500 Boxes ) Turkey FIGS, 600 Drums per Andes and Agia'Sofia, 208 Cases Sultana RAISINS, per Andes, 16 Barrels PRUNES, 2 Bales Soft Shell ALMONDS, per Beaver. Apply to HOUGHTON and LEVY, Brokers. THIS DAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Liver-chambers, About 16 Cwt. of Wet PICKINGS, ex F. Gebhara and B. D. Metcalf, from Savannah ; lying in Isaac and Conolly's, Athol-street.—Apply to Messrs, Isaac, Low, and Co., Merchants ; or to ROGERS and CALDER, Brokers. NEXT WEEK On WEDNESDAY next, February 2nd, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Oldhall-street, 26 2 3 2 B B a a g le s s MozambiqueOßCHELLA WEED, just landed, per Hoppet, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants ; or to ROOKE, OKELL, and SPENCE, Brokers. On FRIDAY, the 4th February next, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on the Quay, East side Brunswick Dock, 136 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, • 101 , „ CEDAR, lately landed ex Dorothea, from Neuvitas. Q 54 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, 18 Tons COCUSWOOD, lately landed ex Waybosset, from Santa Cruz, 308 Logs YELLOW PINE, 24,957 Feet, 50 „ OAK, 5,576 „ • 36 „ ELM, 2,552 „ 2,710 2nd Quality PINE DEALS, • 2,000 2nd ~ PIPF, STAVES, 8,400 Merchantable PUNCHEON STAVES, 12 Cords HEMLOCK LATHWOOD, Sytnes' shipment, and now landing ex Sea King, from Quebec. - 30,358 SPRUCE and PINE DEALS and SCANTLINGS. 3,955 SPRUCE BOARDS, • lately landed ex E. D. Peters, from St. John, N.B. To,which will be added Quantities of American WALNUT, BIRD-EYE MAPLE, COCUSWOOD, and ROSEWOOD; also, several parcels PINE and SPRUCE PEALS, Quebec OAK, ELM, and RED PINE, Pictou BIRCH, &c. On account of the Importers. For catalogues and further particulars apply to DUNCAN, EWING, and Co., Brokers. On -Sara, PATENT ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT. A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing. ONE PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT. And PATENT HAIR FELT, For Clothing Steam Boilers, &c., by which a saving of one-fourth in the eonsumption of fuel is effected. WM. GIBSON, Successor to W. W. POWELL. Office and Warehouse -12, CABLE-STREET. ON SALE, 100 Tons MANURE OIL CAKE. For analysis and price, apply to TIIOMPSON, BAGNALL, and BUTTERWORTH, Brokers, 30, Moorfields TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS. CHESHIRE PHOSPHATE COMPANY h ace constantly ON SALE Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices maybe had at the Office, 3, CABLE-STREET. Works :—LOWER BEBINGTON. J. R. CAMERON CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, & CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS. HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTUEEN DAILY TIMES, Price ne Penny. WARM WINTER CLOTIIING, T HE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTIN G WAREHOUSES, 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGART. 24 AND INVERNESS WRAPPERS OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS . RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS. MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. B OYS' WINTER CLOTHING TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the authors real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.- THEATRE ROYAL—Grand Comic Pantomime. ROYAL AmmuTun.vran—English Opera Company. TEUTONIC HALL (Lime-street)—Ascent of Mout Blanc. HENOLER'S CIRQUE VARlE.TE—Miscellaneous Attractions ALLSOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION (Lime-street). TILE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise- MANDERS' MENAGERIE Foot of Shaw's-brow. gdr For particulars see advertisements on Bth page -THIS DAY CA.Otrn ?Chine THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS. Peace or war is still the topic of universal attraction on the Continent. Our intelligence continues to be of a most conflicting character, but the preponderance of warlike rumours must be stated. Confidence in the maintenance of peace gains ground in Paris, but it would be diffi cult to assi gn any' other reason far it than the fact of pe o pl e allow thought." n l g , "Le b wish to be father to the they are avers he Nelieve in peace, simply because ar ; b u t, as such facts as tran spire are more o f a warlike i than a pacific ten dency, the advocates of recourse to physical of force for the settlement th e Italian question, have a better foundation for theix arguments than those who take the other view, ulla indulge in a hope that a Congress will settle e make all pleasant. It is giv en out tlaea hing, and Gov Government is anxious to settl e the point h e French by the means of diplomacy ; but, uncortat issue the point is not one which, as yet, A ustr u rtelY, a has shown the slightest disposition to submit to arbi tration. On the contrary, every mail from Vienn a brings intelligence that the Austrain Government fully expects that war will, sooner or later, arise from the Italian question, and that it is preparing for the worst. If hostilities have not actually commenced on the battle-field of Nortb. Italy, the war on paper is raging intensely all over South Germany, and the justice of the cause is utterly lost sight of, each journalistic belligerent being simply biassed by hitt personal sympathies, and some who advocate human progress in the abstract, shunning all efforts to right what is wrong, in the apprehension that Popes' and cardinals' tiaras and red hats, and other venerated wicrs might strew the green. The Paris corresponde nt of the Globe affirms that the fermentation in Gallicia is such, Oat 80,000 troops have been concentrated oitmg that frontier and at Limberg, the capital, an outbreak from Russian sympathisers being hourly.contem plated, Unfortunately these forces are principally conscript Poles, and are unite as likely to side with Russia AS to fight on their own hook, the whole of that province being ripe for annexation to the great Selavonic Power of the North, and Austrian rule being far more abhorred than that of their kindred Muscovites, setting aside the prevalence of the orthodox Greek faith in Gallicia. It is confidently stated that a note has been addressed the British Government to that of the King of Sardinia, couched in very friendly but very earnest terms, and strongly deprecating a war policy. It has has also been officially communi cated to the Sardinian Court, that the Prince of Wales will go to Turin in the spring, on his return from his Italian tour, to visit the King of Sardinia. The announcement has been responded to in the most courteous and friendly terms. Every mani festation of good feeling on the part of the English Government towards . Sardinia is particularly welcome at this moment to those persons who expect and wish for war. From Servia the news is that the Skupstchina continues to carry on the bloodless revolution energetically. It has banished several of the members of the late government, and further dismissals are looked for It has also resolved that Prince Milosch, the new ruler, is not to go to Constantinople without the permission of the Skupstchina. The Cape mail has arrived. Trade was im proving, railroads were progressing, and the small pox had disappeared. This is the sum and sub stance of the news. We have some further details of news from India, received by telegraph via Trieste. The Calcutta Englishman complains of Lord Clyde's tactics as " nothing but useless Marching and counter-marching," and states that private letters assert that our troops have received orders not to fire on the enemy until the rebels had fired first. Nana Sahib'had stopped at Bethoor to dig up his treasures. The Chinese intelligence adds nothing to what was already known by telegraph. A deputation from the Anti-slavery Society had an interview on Tuesday, with Sir E. B. Lytton, on the Jamaica Immigration Bill. They strongly argued against the alleged necessity for the intro duction of immigrants into the West India islands. At a meeting of the London Commissioners of Sewers, Dr. Letheby reported rather favourably of the health of the City, in which, however, the rates of mortality still remain considerably higher than in other parts of England. The weekly meeting of the West Derby Guar dians was held yesterday, but no business of any importance was transacted. The clerk was directed to send a letter to the Poor Law Board, in refe rence to a new scheme of medical relief, to the effect that the local board, " having experienced the effects of paying extra fees to medical officers, cannot give their sanction to any principle which would re-introduce the system which has been found to entail disagreement between the officers, and other inconveniences." A motion that the salary of Mr. Olney, relieving officer, be advanced from £lOO to £l2O per annum was negatived. THE NORTVERN TIMES THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1859 The exports and the imports of one and all of our Colonies in these hemispheres keep increasing at, a rate even beyond the progress of their popula tion ; and while their resources, accordingly, are becoming very large, the Colonists generally are appropriating them with a liberal hand towards their rapid advancement in all that appertains to a high state of civilisation and enlightenment. The Colony of Victoria, in fact, quite in its infancy though it be, is already in a much more pros perous state than Canada. It has a revenue reaching nearly, if not quite, to four millions , sterling, while that of Canada falls far short of a million and a-half. Then while the exports of Victoria are about sixteen, and its imports fifteen millions, those of Canada do not quite reach half these amounts. And Victoria, be it remembered, is but one of six British Colonies in those southern regions. No wonder, then, that the tide of emigration should be flowing so strongly thither ward, in preference to America. Besides, the money inducements to the labouring classes are so much more tempting ; since, as regards wages, carpenters, smiths, wheelwrights, bricklayers, and masons can earn from 12s 2d to 13s 6d a-day, without board and lodging ; farm labourers, £3O to £4O per annum, and mere shepherds £3O to £34 ; plain cooks earn £24 to £27 a-year ; house maids, £l9 to £22; laundresses, £23 to £26; nursemaids, £l6 to £l9; general house servants, £2O to £24; and female farm servants, dairy maids, &c., £l9 to £22. These are inducements which neither the United States nor Canada can now offer; to say nothing of our Australian Colonies being what the United States, at any rate, have long since ceased to be—thoroughly English settlements, in constitution and character. There is one remarkable peculiarity, as respects the social state of our Australian Colonies a defect, indeed, which it would be well were it remedied,—we mean the disparity in the propor tion of the sexes. In every one of them, the male portion of the population considerably exceeds that of the female portion. In Victoria, for instance, there are 258,116 males, to 145,303 females ; in South Australia, 53,086 to 51,622 ; in Tasmania, 46,606 to 34,886 ; in New Zealand, 27,418 to 20,775 ; and in New South Wales 161,882 to 124,991. This dispropo r ti on , we say,, ought to be remedied. And surely we have here at home thousands and tens of thousands of young women who find it hard indeed to live at all, to whom these Colonies offer opportunities not only of gaining a comfortable subsistence, but of promoting their advancement and their settlement in positions - of virtuous and useful life ; whic h could not fail to be to themselves a most blessed change, while it contributed in an important degree to the prosperity of the Colonies. THE RIVAL REFORM BILLS THERE is likely, it would seem, to be rather a fierce competition of Reform Bills in the Session of Parliament that is at hand. Not only is there to be the Bill of the Government, and that of Mr. BRIGHT, but Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it is under stood, is to introduce one, and some other liberal member, they say,—probably Mr. B. OSBORNE— is preparing another. Thus will there be four separate measures of Parliamentary Reform, of different degrees of efficiency ; or, at any rate, of alteration. All of them, of course, will be much alike as respects their provisions for disfranchise ment. The more radical the Reformer, the more thorough will be the process of extirpation. But it is easier to destroy than to re construct. All the four Bills will be destructive, more or less, of the smaller boroughs ; and all of them, we dare say, will be liberal towards the larger ones. In this respect, the broad principle will, in all probability, be much the same in every one of them. The difference will begin when they go into details, for these will naturally be so contrived and arranged as to answer the various ends which the authors of the measures have severally in view. They who wish to upset the present balance of interests in the State, which is a balance of power, and to give a preponderance to one element of the Constitution over all the rest, and that the most furious and un manageable one, will of course be for a system of reconstruction which will throw into the scale an overwhelming amount of town influence ; while they who seek to • adjust the balance more equitably, will give a due pro portion of both the two great influences—that of the country as well as that of the town,—so as to secure, as much as is possible, the harmonious working of the State machine. Among the more recent of the public speeches On the subject, we have seen none that seemed to us to take a juster view ,of the question than was delivered by Lord BURY to his constituents at Norwich, a few days since. It was most liberal in political sentiment, yet most reasonable in practical design. " Ile had had an opportunity," he said, "of seeing various countries all over the world, and he could fearlessly say, that the people of England enjoyed a greater amount of rational liberty than the inhabitants of any other nation ; but he should still like to see that liberty carried a little further, and any measure which had for its object the extension of - rational liberty should receive his • fullest support." This, then, was candid and rational. And as giying some idea of what he contemplated in such an extension, he went on to say that, "with regard to the franchise, he was not afraid to entrust it to an honest industrious man, who could understand the duties which a vote entailed,"—and, further, that "he hoped, in any Reform Bill which might be brought forward, some means might be found of more accurately representing the bone and sinew of England—her honest and industrious operatives though he was not prepared to state the exact way in which he would do this." Here, we say, is the difficulty. The " exact way" in which the reconstruction is to be done,—this is the per plexing point; and it is just that practical one on which politicians most widely differ — and differ, too, according to the ulterior objects that are to be brought about. For it must be remembered that the indirect conse quences of such great political changes are often more important than those which it is their osten sible and immediate purpose to produce. The Times has published a scheme of Reform, wach it is more than suspected, we find, shadows forth the promised ministerial measure; and it adopts very ni . tch .the same principle as Mr. BRIGHT'S, only appiled with more even-handed justice to the two great .nitc‘rests that are con, cerned in it. "The justest eotirsc," it observes " will, we believe, be the wisest and the easiest. Let the seats taken from the decayed boroughs, be given to the large constituencies, whether rural or oppidan. Let us not talk of redressing grievances and acknowledging civil rights, and then give the Government of the country into the hands of a minority —a minority, too, composed of a single class, the traders of the great- towns." Here is the gist of the whole matter. It is a brief abstract of all the bills that are projected on the subject—take seats from the decayed boroughs, and give them to the large constituencies. But, then, care must be taken so to extend and so to appropriate the franchise in such eonstituencies, as to exclude from the reformed representation none who are justly entitled to participate in its privileges. Let us hope it will be found to be true, what is stated by the same influential journal we have just quoted, that "at a time of profound domestic tranquillity, and when political feeling has softened into a general desire to advance the prosperity and enlighten ment of the people, the two great parties unite to place the representation on a firm basis; they agree to remove the anomaly of balancing vast centres of population by petty market-towns, and they purpose to extend the suffrage to those. classes whom the advance of education has enabled to exercise it beneficially." The two great parties here spoken of are, of course, the Conservative and Liberal parties ultras of neither one nor the other can be reason ably hoped, however, to combine with the great body of their party in so moderate, yet, let us trust, so effectual a course. But, if it be true that the Reform Bill of Lord DERBY is to be of the efficient character which the Times is supposed to have described, there cannot be much difficulty, one would think, in all really constitutional Reformers uniting to place the representation on a true basis." And we believe it is this hope which is satisfying the great body , of the people, that the country is pretty sure to obtain a new Reform Act which will, at any rate, be a great advance in that liberal and enlightened progress which is calculated to give greater reality. and force to public liberty, and to promote more surely and more thoroughly the national pros= perity. DECREASE OF EMIGRATION TO AMERICA SOME interesting remarks were made, it would be seen, in our American correspondence, the day before yesterday, on the great decrease of emigration there was, during the past year, to the United States. There has been a marked falling off, it seems, in the general passenger traffic to the States, but a still more marked increase from America to Europe. "It is ascertained," says our correspondent, "on calculating the number of passengers conveyed by steam-ships between the European and American ports, that whilst the arrivals here (in the United States) have dimi nished about eight thousand, as compared with 1857, the departures have increased about three." And he expresses it as his opinion, " that the increase in the departures from the States is occasioned by Europeans going home under an impression that they can do better there ;" and that " the decrease in arrivals may also be attri buted to a similar cause." Then, as respects emigration generally, the decrease has been upwards of a hundred thousand ; and the opinion of an American writer is quoted regarding it, to the effect that "the continued drain of population cannot occur in any country without a sudden check being at times opposed to it," since, "if the supply of labour be diminished, the prices paid for it will materially increase, and tljis will in itself stop the effiux of; population ;"—and the case of Ireland is adduced—the American idea, correctly enough, being that " Ireland, from whence so large a proportion of our emigrants are drawn, has, it is well known, arrived at a point where her labourers can scarcely suffice to the wants of her own agri culture." The important condition of both England and Scotland might likewise be instanced, as reasons why fewer of the labouring classes; more particularly, have lately emigrated to America than formerly. Not only has this been the case during the last twelve months, but we find that in the previous year the decline was very striking,— and not only that the tide of emigration across the Atlantic was failing in its flow, but that it was actually receding,—for of upwards of eighteen thousand steerage passengers that returned to the United Kingdom, in 1857, nearly seventeen thousand came from America ! But in calculating the causes of the decrease of British emigration to the United States, it appears to us that the rapid progress of emigration to our Australian Colonies, during the last few years, has not been sufficiently taken into account. American writers, of course, have but slight oppor tunity of becoming acquainted with this most material fact of the case. But it is a most impor tant part of the question, as regards our interest in it here at home,—and certainly a very gratify ing one as respects our Colonial prosperity. Canada has not partaken of the increase, as our Australian Colonies has done. Indeed the Ameri- can Continent, generally, has been to a great extent passed by, and the regions far beyond, in the Southern Pacific, immensely preferred. It is rather a curious fact, that the increase of emigration from Great Britain to her Australian Colonies has, for the last two or three years, been at very much the same rate as the decrease of her emigration has been to the United States. This, of itself, explains a great deal. By the statistics we have of the number of emigrants to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Aus tralia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, it has been lately about one hundred and sixty thousand per annum. The greatest flow of emigration has been to Victoria, which is easily accounted for by the fact of its being the principal region of the gold fields. The rate has been about forty thousand a-year to this Colony alone, which now, therefore, possesses a population of nearly half a million of inhabitants. And the Colony goes on advancing in prosperity accordingly. This, indeed, is one Of the most gratifying effects of the tide of emigra gm b a yi n g set in so strongly in. that direction. THE CANONS ECCLESIASTICAL WE allowed our correspondent, A Lover of the Church and of Freedom, yesterday, to reiterate his latitudinarian notions about the Canons Ecclesias tical ; and the inconsistency, as well as the heterodoxy, of these notions, is so palpable, that they can scarcely fail to carry along with them their own refutation. But there can be so little satisfaction in arguing with one who, though professing to be a Churchman, holds so monstrous an opinion, that a branch of a divine institution, like the Church of Christ, cannot make its own rules and regulations unless sanctioned by Parliament ! He asks of the Canons, " How can they be binding on the consciences of the clergy ?" And he answers,—" It must be either because of their innate justice and wisdom, or because of Convoca tion having been properly deputed to legislate for the Church in matters ecclesiastical." Now, to go no further, the very issue here settles the whole question against him. The validity of the Canons, he admits, depends upon the Convocation which passed them "having been properly deputed to legislate for the Church in matters ecclesiastical." Well—and .the Convocation was thus properly de puted to legislate. The Convocation, the lawful legislative Council of the Church of England, was legally summoned by the King's writ, in 1603, for the' express purpose of passing a code of canon laws. That Writ set forth that it gave " full, free, and lawful liberty, licence, power, and authority" to the Convocation it summoned, to " confer, treat, debate, consider, consult, and agree of and upon such canons, orders, ordinances, and constitutions, as they should think necessary, fit, and convenient, for the honour and service of Almighty God, the good and quiet of the Church, and the better government thereof, to be from time to time observed, performed, fulfilled, and kept by all persons within this realm, as far as lawfully, being members of the Church." This, we repeat, was what the Convocation of 1603 was " properly deputed " to do ; and this it did. And having done the duty assigned it—having, as the King's legal Ratification of their work expresses it, " treated of, concluded, and agreed upon certain canons, orders, ordinances, and constitutions, to the end and purpose by us limited and prescribed unto them, and having thereupon offered and pre sented the same unto us, most humbly desiring us to give our Royal Assent unto their said canons, orders, ordinances, and constitutions, according to the form of a certain Statute or Act of Parliament made in that behalf, in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King HENRY the EIGHTH, and by our said prerogative royal and supreme authority in causes ecclesiastical, to ratify by our Letters Patent, under our Great Seal of England, and to confirm the same,"—the Convocation, we say, hav ing thus presented these Canons, thus legally framed and passed, the King gave the Royal Assent to the same, as follows : "We, of our princely inclination and Royal care for the maintainance of the present estate and government of the Church of England, by the laws of this our realm now settled and established, having diligently, with great contentment and comfort, read and considered of all these their said Canons, Orders, Ordinances and Constitutions, agreed upon, as is before expressed ; and finding the same such as we are persuaded will be very profitable, not only to our Clergy, but to the whole Church of this our kingdom, and to all the true members of it, if they be well observed ; have there fore for us, our heirs, and lawful successors, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, given, and by these presents do give, our according to the f orm o f t h e said Statuteß°Ya Assent,or o of Parg4l4ent aforesaid, to all and every of the said Canons, Orders, Ordinances, and Constitutions, and t o a l and everything in them contained, as they are before written." Such, then, is the lawful character, such the legal force, of these Canons Ecclesiastical. They have no such general authority, of course, as they would have had under an Act of Parliament ; but to all the subjects of this realm " being members of the Church," they are laws of the Church. And that the Church has the power, and ought to have, to make such laws for her own members, surely no one of any just notions, be he Churchman or Dissenter, can reasonably object,—least of all has one any right to do so who, like our much mistaken friend, the Lover of the Church and of Freedom, has, as a Churchman, signed the Thirty-Nine Articles, the Twentieth of which declares that, " The Church hath power to decree rites or cere monies, and (even) authority in controversies of faith,"—let alone to make Canons, or rules, for her own government and discipline. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE GAME OF THE SEASON.—Third edition of the amusing card game of " St. George and the Dragon" now ready. Sold by Mawdsley and Son, and all book sellers. EMIGRATION FROM DONEGAL, VIA BELFAST.-011 Friday night, 276 young men and young women from Donegal sailed for Liverpool, on their way to Australia. Their passages were paid by parties . subscribing in Australia. ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—Last evening, the usual fortnightly meeting of this soci e ty was held in the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street. The Building News, and other donations, were acknowledged, after which the paper for the evening was read, by T. D. • Barry, Esq., "On the cost and construction of Cemeteries," and (second part) " Incidental Buildings." Some conversa tion ensued, and the members then separated. Although it is the month of January, 1859, most people admit we are living in hard times, hence it shonld be the study of every one to ask themselves the question, " How can I save my money ?" We reply, without hesitation, buy your steel pens and other sta tionery, at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. John Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per gross. Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen. In Liverpool, a young man who is a good accountant and a fine writer, if his conduct be irreproachable, may be considered as provided with the means of advancing himself in life. The same qualifications in business are invaluable, as a thorough knowledge of accounts has frequently assured brilliant success, while the contrary has caused ruin. Mr. George Thompson of Clayton square, speedily converts the most clumsy writer into a fine penman, while to a knowledge of book-keeping he has a royal road, which quickly leads to a thorough acquaintance with the science. —Post. ARREST OF ARCHIBALD MANN, THE SINGER. -- We stated in our impression of yesterday, that the above individual was arrested on a warrant, charged with a serious offence He was brought up before Mr. Mansfield, yesterday morning, at the Police Court. He made an application to have the case postponed to this day, in consequence of the absence of a Mr. Mitchell, an attorney, from Halifax, who, it appears, is en g aged to defend him. Mr. Bremner, wh o a pp eare d on the part of the prosecution, said he had no objection, and the case was then allowed to stand over until this day. THE HATS AND COATS AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL.— During the whole of yesterday, St. George's Hall was visited by claimants, coming, not in single files, but in battalions, to demand coats, hats, mufflers, caps, &c. which they had been compelled to leave behind them in the hopeless confusion which marked the breaking up of the ball yesterday morning. The small concert room was converted into a sort of Morgue for the occasion, where bereaved individuals went to hunt after what they had lost among the rows of lifeless things which lay awaiting recognition. They were fortunate who found their property ; and, while we were present, we are glad to be able to report several successful claimants ; but we believe many were left to lament over the lost, and to vow that they would have atonement at the hands of some one. ST. PETER'S PARISH CHINCH. —Dr. Collingwood, lecturer on Botany, at the Medical School, delivered a most instructive lecture, on " Bible trees and plants," last evening, at the temporary sch oo l- room a tt ac h e d to this church. He took in all the leading trees and plants, from the cedar of Lebanon to the mustard plant, and delighted a room nearly full of members of St. Peter's congregation. Mr. Denny, who presided, stated that this present lecture closed the present course, as, for the next six Wednesdays, there would be lectures in the church ; and, further, that the day school now numbered : infants on the books, 53; average attendance, 38. The evening school for adults, 45 ; average attendance, 20 ; and at the Sunday school, morning and afternoon, there was an average attendance of 40 children. Th e numbers were gaily increasing. He congratulated the subscribers to the room on the success of the movement, and said that, when the lectures in the church were concluded, they would begin again at the school-room, on Wednesday evenings. QUEEN'S SCHOL.tRSHIPS.—The following is the list of the Liverpool Church of England candidates for Queen's Scholarships, as certified by the Committee of Privy Council on Education, at the yearly examination recently concluded. They belong to the National Schools ; and it will be seen that, in both male and female schools, those of Christ Church, Hunter-street, carry off the palm : Class.—Queen's Scholarships : W. D. Jones Christ Church, Liverpool 2nd Class. H. D. Mercer St. Thomas's, Toxteth. J. Williams St. Andrew's. T. Quine St. Clement's, Windsor. H. Coward St. Mark's. J. Police North Church of England School Females.—lst Class.—Queen's Scholarships: M. J. Read Christ Church, Liverpool. S. A. Rummers St. Mary's. A. Nelson Christ Church, Everton. J. Kenyon St. Mark's. E. McMinn North School. E. Carter St. Chrysostom's, Everton. L. Cole St. Peter's, Evert on . E. Crowther Christ-Church, Liverpool. J. Taylor 2nd Class. South School. L. Bushell St. Jude's. A. Williams Everton and Kirkdale. E. A. Marts St. Chrysostom's, Everton. M. Wilson St. Bartholomew's, M. Higginson North School. S. Lewis St. John's. M. Thomlinson St. James's, Toxteth. E. A. Nettleton t. Thomas's, Toxteth. S. Hughson Christ Church, Liverpool. A Chesterton Cornwallis-street South. Persons Christ Church, L'pool, Queen's Scholarship...lst Class... 3 Ditto, ditto, ...2nd Class...l-4 Christ Church, Everton, ditto, ...Ist Class...o Ditto, ditto, ...2nd Class...l-1 St. Thomas's, ditto, ...Ist Class...o Ditto, ditto, ...2nd Class... 2-2 St. Andrew's, ditto, ...Ist Class...o Ditto, ditto, ...2nd Class...l-1 St. Clement's, Windsor, ditto, ...Ist Class...o Ditto, ditto, ...2nd Class...l-1 St. Mark's, ditto, ...2nd Class... 2-2 Everton and Kirkdale, St. Peter's, St. Jude's, St. John's, St. Bartholomew's, Cornwallis street, Ist or 2nd Class each 1 North School 2nd Class... 2-2 St. Chrysostom's 2nd Class... 2 —2 South School 2nd Class...l-1 let Class... 9 obtained. I 2nd Class 16 obtained. 19 Schools. Christ Church, Liverpool—let Class, 1 male and 2 females 2nd Class, 1 female. THE " AFFAIR" AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL ON TUESDAY NIGHT.—If ever there was an universal shout of indignation at any public affair that has taken place in Liverpool, such might have been heard yesterday in every nook and corner of the town. It would be a derilection of duty on our part, as public journalists, to omit men tioning the amonnt of execration that was poured forth on the " authorities,"— -or whoever ought to have had the " authority," —at the Hall on the memorable evening of Tuesday. The tornado of public exasperation is so strong, that no one will, however, ac knowledge the authority. But this miserable shuffling and paltry subterfuge will not do. Some one, or more, ought to be—and must be—made responsible for the dis graceful neglect of all arrangements —even approaching to ordinary decency. No event that has taken place for a long time was so much talked and written of before it took place, and we hope no event will ever take place win, that will be talked about afterwards, in the same terms as is this monstrous public farce—farce is rather a weak terj for it, considering the unanimous condemna tion which 2ias been pronounced, both loud and deep on the entire tratoaction of Tuesday night. There was any quantity of responsibility assumed by any quantity of people before the Centenary evening, but now that that memorable day has Jett a remarkable feature stamped on the memory of Burro, not one will acknowledge any thin.. connected with It. Would not the memory of Burns have been more houotrred in the breach of the " glorification" than in tho disgraceful Ruckshin —a real ruckshiu—that took pl ace at the Hail ? There was not a single ray of any redeeming quality from beginntng tc i end; aid ha v i ng th us g i ven s h or tl y th e express ion o ‘ public opi n i on , we qu it th e su bj ect, f or t hi s d ay a t lens': "LA TRA.VIATA,' at the Amphitheatre, was well doF! .. on Tuesday evening, an d a goo d a tt en d ance w it n essed It' representation. Indeed, we were glad to see the f t despite other attraction s , in the shape of " Burn? Cen tenary," the Opera Company could well hold their On' Miss Fanny Reeves, as the gay and beautiful Violettal presented an excellent picture of the loving an d voluptuous heroine, her singing marked throughout be the true taste of an \ accomplished artiste. Mr. Ellio t Geier, as Alfred, also pleased us considerably more tha n he had done for some few evenings past, and haying, somewhat recovered from his lat e severe attack o f bronchitis, his voice has resumed almost its natu r al swee t tones, and therefore more appreciated by the audience,; The comic opera of " Rosina ' is also well received, an d although perhaps nearly one of the oldest upon the start yet retains its prestine beauty, and, as ever, a favourit e with the public. Madame Maude Bishop, as Rosins, 0 usual, is painstaking —presenting . the sentimental with out being the least mawkish, and indulging in a love the purest. In " Whilst with village maids I stray," and ' Light as thistle-down, " her singing was most chas t e and pure, the notes warbled forth with perfect precisi° l2 and consummate tact. Miss Millar, as Phccba, in 1515,, exceedingly good, and manages the under-plot Vrit' William a style of uncommon truth and spirit. 3 1 ' 55 Hodson, as Dorcas, is also highly pleasing,—performing , her part with goo d t as t e . M r . Villiers, as Captain 8 6 , ' ville, acted in hi s usua lly gentlemanly style, much to the edification of the audience. Mr. Lyall, though last, perhap s should have taken some little precedence but, it i, sufficient to menti on th a t hi s s i ng i ng makes him a genes!' favourite, for not only beauty of voice, but also for 1115 power of expression and intonation. This evening, the same pieces are to be repeated, when it will be well worth while to pay a visit to the theatre, as they are not likell again to be presented. *' CARDINAL WISEMAN AT THE CATHOLIC INSTITI7 II. —Last night a crowded and fashionable company . 35 „; sembled at the Cath o li c I ns tit ute to meet Car din Wiseman, and to see a performance of the Christrne s plays. The assemblage comprised members of all religious persuasions, and s evera l o f th e mos t prom inent and influential residents of Liverpool. Among those ic e saw we may mention M essrs . Ch a l oner , O rre ll, a e ries Mozley, Robert Rankin, Edward Heath, J. B. Aspina ll ' C J. Corbally, J. A. Picton, J. Woodruff, tf 4 C' When Cardinal Wiseman entered th e r ooint accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Nugent and several Roman Catholic clergymen, h e was received with loud a n d genera l applause, and the company arose and remained standing until he had taken his seat. The Cardinal wore the scarlet robes and scarlet cap which belong to his positio l in the Roman Catholic Ch urc h. The principal portio l of the evening's performance was the drama, entitled " The Hidden Gem," w r itt en b y C ar di nal Wiseman himself for St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durhent' Before the play, an ode, composed in honou r of Cardinal Wiseman, and set to music by 141. ,i ' John Richardson, was sung by a choir, i n w hi c h M r . and Mrs. Scarisbrick, and other popular l oca l s i ngers , to ot part. The prologue was then sp o k en b y Master Job , Meany, son of gr. S. J. Meany, Daily Post, and , c" - ' delivered with a degree of ease and grace, and a correc t ness and propriety of expression, which won for the yowl speaker the cordial and we ll-d eserve d app l ause o f the whole com pany. _ We have a l rea dy no ti ce d the programme of " The Hidden Gem," and need only now say that 0 1 ! performers have, if anythi ng , i mprove d since the firs t production of the piece at the Institute. Mr. D. Macau ley, as Alexius, Mr. Cla r k e , as Euphemanus. Master Reber' , Thompson, as Carinus, and Master Richard Campbell, 0 Bibulus, were probably th e mos t a d m i re d among t,lie young actors. At the close o f thi s pi ece th e R ev . Nl' Nugent briefly addressed the assembly, thanking there for their attendance, and s t a ti ng th a t one o f the e'reii objects which he had in view in inviting such a meeting to the Institute, was to bring Roman Catholic and other members of that great and important community toeether , and to break down, if possible, the barriers which hads'o long supported them, Loud applause from the whole company followed these words. Th e secon d par t o f t h e perfoneesuc,', , was Lord Glengall's celebrated farce, " The Irish Tuter, e l in which Master Tho m p son aga i n distinguished . himsel f, by his singular display of rich and genuine Irish humou r ' Master Campbell was an excellent Dr. Flail ; M a ster Meany played the part of Charles with ease and intelli gence ; and Master Taylor was a very amusing v ersion of _Mary, the housemaid. After this p er f ormanc e, the orchestra played " God save the Queen," which the cony pany acknowledged by standing up, Cardinal Wisema n (we are happy to inform all loyal Britons) being anion' the first to rise. The company se p ara t e d a b out half-nest eleven o'clock. It was expected up to the last molar! that Cardinal Wiseman would have addressed the meet ing, but in this reg ar d, and we must say i n thi s a l o ne, t he company were disappointed. TRINITY CHURCH, ST. ANNE STREET. —The new orga n erected by Messrs. Gray and Davison, was opened 011 Sunday last, and, according to announcement, the sermon was preached in the morning by the Rev. E. Pizey, vie 3r t of St. John's, W o l ver h am pt on , w h o se l ecte d f or h i s te a Psalm 71st, v. 22, "I will also praise Thee with th e psaltery, even thy t ru th, 0 my G o d : unto Th ee w ill A sing with the harp, 0 thou Holy One of Israel." Aft er speaking of the excellency of the Holy Scriptures, the reverend gentleman dwelt more particularly upon th e sublime compositions o f th e swee t s i nger o f I s rae li adding that many now singing th e song o f Moses and th e Lamb, first sang the P sa l ms o f David, as though the harp 01 the son of Jesse were still swept by his hand. The p re ache r treated his subj ec t un d er two h ea d s. F i rst, the me tho d which the Psalmist proposed to adopt in celebrating ti?, praises of hi s G o d ; secondly, the subject matter of 111: thanksgiving. Under the first of these divisions, I ' l .l maintained that th e express i ons employed by the Psa l m 's could leave no doubt upon the mind as to his intention to call to his aid instruments of music in celebrating t he praises of Jehovah. Why e l se ( sa id h e ) should he nis"' mention of " the psaltry," or instrument of saltry (01:,,..- is rendered in the margin), an d o f " t h e h arp ? " Ain, some allusions to the science of harmony, as probab'i t nearly coeval with the existe nce o f our race, or a t lea s / with the fi rst attempts to prese rve th e memory o f transactions, the preacher refe rre d t o the Resftic evidence we have of its exi s te nce b e f ore t h e D e lug e' since Moses informs us that J u b a l was t h e f at h e r c'' ,. master of all those who played upon the harp or orgel! t ; As an early instance of the use o f i nstrumenta l unts_,„/ may be cited, the song of Mo ses , accompan i e d b y Miri°_,T —as an instance of sanctified m us i c ma y b e men tion the song of Deborah. Many, too, of the predictions °,, the ancient seers were given to the Church with all the rapture of sanctified song ; and t o come d own to f,. present dispensation, was it not ushered in by an ang eli c i choir —the very plains of Bethl e h em resoun di ng w it h the gracious melody of " Glory t o G o d i n th e highest , Pon and on earth peace, and good will t owar d s men ? " ITV,, scriptural grounds, therefore, th e p reac h er f oun ded a appeal in aid of the funds for the new organ, and e t music in general, and reverted with pleasure to the fa c t that by the application of the prin c ipl es o f m od e science, no person was excluded f rom a participation inn every portion of the service. Th e sermon in t h e eve nin g was preached by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile. He selected as his text Luke xv., 2. "This ma n rece i ve th sinner:: and eateth with them." He showed that fro" this passa g e might be a rgue d t h e c h arac t e r • God, and His disposition to mankind ; and ~,'„J means of a striking analogy, th e D octor prove d th e absolute necessity of asce r t a i n i ng Hi s character all, disposition, not from the wor k s o f creat i on, but fr°,:i the work of Christ in redempti o n. H e argue d t h e creation presented varied aspects, at one tim e ca l c uls to inspire love, but at another far different emotions' plainly showing that skill can as little show the charact er of the Creator, as the mec h an i sm o f a watch, organ , of other work of science, the character of the artificer. ths,. Christ being God manife s t e d i n t h e fl esh, afforded in -114- life an unfailing pourtrayal of God's mind - amongst other instances, he mentioned His lamentation over Jerusale ° l and in the very cha rge o f the murmuring Pharise e s ' "This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. ~e That although God's v e rac ity d eman d s per f ect obediet% which no mere man has yet rendered, yet, in Christ 4 l, the exception.—H ere was perfect obedience, and 6 11 ', ings of the law. Christ in our stead perfected obedien t and in our stead suffered that pe na lty w hi c h W e il, incurred. That salvation was of faith, that it Il k a be by grace that God alone might confer it. - II words of the text, t oo, i mpl i ed i ntercourse betw ee God and man —an inward feasting involvil great spiritual en j oyment — comfort, too, in aftlicti e e§ Sorrow was mi nis t ere d i n a cup, as in C b x is :, agony. A cup implies but a limited draug o f : here i 6 r o end to affliction ; but th ere are r i vers of pleasure in t feast—perpetual streams of pleasure after but a ent i tle sorrow. And, after a further p r a c ti ca l a p p li cat i on of t o f subject, the Docto r rever t e d t o th e many good signs the times • to the appropriation of cathedrals, abbe/ , and halls for additional services for the preaching of 11 1 , gospel, and stated that the g a th er i ng i u Trinity eillio on the present occasion, was another such sign. A . congratulated the congreg a ti on upon the effor t 11°, makin g for their be ne fit, and re m i n d e d the" - that, to accomplish every work, means were ~rt e ; quired, and conclud e d b y g i v i ng out the 10,11,4 ' Psalm, the old 100th Psalm as it is called, urged them to join with one consent in that Psalm,::; they had listened apparently with one consent to P I sermon. The request of the doctor was not unheedm for, in a unanimous and spirit-stirring chorus, the Ps sir : was sung, accompa n i e d b y t h e peal i ng tones of the fle, and powerful organ, Th e sum collected during the ueu was About £45. •