Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-04 00:00:00

LAST NIGHT, MR• MALONE RAYMOND, AND MISS KATE SAXON. LAST NIGH P. CONCERT HALL, TO-NIGHT. comnicrrfai &)atz..5.-117.:DfS At half past one o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 500 bushels Damaged Wheat—ll. G. GJlding. 10.1USEAENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c. THIS DAY. MOTAL AxPMDESEATAE—Dramati: Parforatance-7 p.m. HxYcLErt's CIRQUE ,Vsairms, Dals-street--7 p.m. LYYEE,TOOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBIT; OM, Post-office-place. HoTAL CoLosssum—General Entertainment-6.30 p.m. i For ads ertisement3 see seco pigo. NI R. MALONE RAYMOND MISS KATE SAXON, Wi I fire ThEir admirab'e and joyous ENTERTAINMENTS at Birkenhead ; on Mon lay, the 7th instant; at Crewe, t n Tuescla.y, th e Sth, ao.:1 We.inesday, the eth ; at Runcorn, of Thrssday, the 10th; at St. Holla's, on Friday, the 11th ; tlortly again in Liverpool. LAST NIGHT. ,11/IR. MA.LONE RAYMOND, AND MISS KATE SAXON. LET NIGH. CONCERT HALL, TO-NIGHT. ' MALONE RAYMOND, MISS KATE SAXON, "Will give their admirable and joyous ENTERTAINMENTS at Birkenhead, on Mcnday, the 7th instant ; .r.t Crewe, on Tuesday, the 'Bth, and Wedniay, the oth; at Runcorn, on Thursday, the 10th ; at St. Helen's, cr. Friday, the 1 lth ; shortly a;ain iu Liverpool. GREAT EXCI lEUENT. F AR - E . W ELL NIGH T, for the present, M R. MALONE LAYMOND, AND MISS KATE SAXON, MEE EVENING (FRIDAY', THE 4TEL INSTANT, AT , THE CONCEIT HALL. After a 1 - zrilliant and most prosperous engagement, these attractive and talented Artistes ecoLlude their - Popular Soirees This Evening, but will return in the course of a week or two, when an entirely novel and unexampled atra:t on will be presented to the public, for THE BENEFIP OF MISS KATE S OWN. In the rneantinpe these elegant and mirth-in.piring Entertainments -will to given at the followlyg place:: during the next week:—At Birk,nhead. on Monday, the 7th inetant ; - ,,Crewe, Tuesday, the Bth and Weencs' ay, the 9,h; Runecrn, Thursday, the 1 att ; and St. Helen's, Friday, the 1 lth. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Tersons seeking Employment, parties requiring Servants, Assistants orClerks, and thole 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 TIME 3, and which,, from its large circulation, is the most efficient medium of publicity in this district. :27ae cash price for this special <olass of advertisements is now reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORI)S, and for every additional five words onr pC72:ny , Etc irrtheia tire FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. Parliament was opened yesterday, and the Queen delivered her speech in person. The attendance of .Peers and Commons was unusually large. The Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, and Frederick eeeninee I,f* •10,311.4, j .Jrit1 1 Vi1 ezaeen °ea Riince Consort. The Siamese Ambassadors were also present. The day was fine. The Speech as delivered from the Throrni is rather more satisfactory, with the exception of the refer ence to affairs in India, than wa3 expected. In it there are hopes held . out that a new Reform Bill will be introduced into Parliament this Session, and a bill for the reform of the law of real property. The present Commercial Crisis came in for a full share of explanation, at least so far as a Queen's speech ,can go. Her Majesty deeply deplored the recent failures of certain Joint Stock .Banks, and observes with great regret the disturbed state of commercial transactions, and tbo unsatisfactory condition of the manufacturing districts. A bill for the indemnifieation of the Bank of England for the recent suspension of the Act of 1841, will be introduced, but her Majesty does not hold out the hope that any further legislation in the matter will be moved for by the Ministry. As to India, papers will be placed before both Houses, and as this subject requires serious consideration. Her Majesty hopes that they will give it their immediate attention. Nothing,about a bid for the abolition of the East India Company's Charter. On the meeting of the House of Commons at four o'clock, several notices of motion were given. One by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, that to night (Friday), the House should resolve itself into a committee to consider a bill indemnifying the Bank of England; one by Mr Headlane that unlimited liability, forced .upon Joint-Stock Banks by the present law, creates a dangerous species of credit ; and one by Lord John Russell, that on Thursday next he should move for a committee of the whole house to consi der the oaths taken by Jews entering the House of Commons. Mr. Wykeham Martin moved the address to the Crown on her Majesty's speech, and in doing so entered into full explanation of the working of the Bank Act, passed on to Indian affairs, and concluded by eulogising the conduct of Lord Palmerston in each arid all of his recent doings. Mr. Arkroyd seconded the address. Mr. Disraeli wanted more inkenetion of the intentions of the Governrerent. Were they prepared to introduce a new bill in lieu of the Bank Act of 1311 ? Lord Palmerston could give no information, but defended the recent sus pension of the act, and after some other remarks, the address was unanimously adopted and the House adjourned. The 'Address was moved, in the House of Lords, by Lord Portman, who contended that the step taken by the Government respecting they Bank Charter, was quite necessary ; for although the Bank had done all in its power to avert any calamitous results, yet that was not quite sufficient. He Was glad that we should have a new Reforth all. He hoped that great economy , would be exercised in the estimates, and passed on to eulogise the conduct of Lord Canning in India. Lord Derby condemned Viscount Canning's policy in India, and althoUgh be did not blame the Government for their letter to the Bank of England, -yet, he demanded to know their intentions respecting the Bank :Charter. Earl Granville replied to the Earl of ; Derby, but in answer to a question from Lord Etlenborough, he said he wout , i not enter into explanations just then, as to a remodelling of the Government of India. Several other peers ,ruade a few,umarks, and the address to the Crown was agreed to. Several gentlemen are mentioned as likely to be put in nomination to represent Ashton-under-Lyne, in the place of Mr. gindley, deceased. Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. BoOth Mason, of Leamington, formerly of the firm..of Messrs. Thomas Mason and Sons, cotton manufacturers, and Mr. F.. D.. Maley, the owner of the Dultinfi ,, ld estate, has been named. Mr. G.bson seems to be the favourite. Yesterday; a further trial was made to , launch the Great Eastern, but although she was moved seven feet 'nearer the water, the launch was not completed. During the process, same scaffolding gave way, and five persons were severely injured. At the Police Court, yesterday, the case of alleged murder on the high seas was again under investigation. Several additional witnesses were examined. One of them, Nicholas Lamput, deposed to the fact that he had seen the captain repeatedly maltreat the deceased, and had heard the former use the most diabolical language whilst engaged in the acts complained of. The deceased had often complained of the ill treatment to which 'ho was subject, and the witness had ex amined some very severe bruises, which it was avered. had been caused by the brutal attacks of the captain. Some time before his death the deceased could not walk upright, consequent upon the injury inflicted upon his spine, through the captain using his foot, during one of his parox iseas of revenge for the breaking of the binnacle lamp. Whilst Roderigo was in his bunk the captain visited him several times, and on one . such occasion severely beat him with " a rope as thick as two thumbs." The deceased had also I suffered from want of 'food, as h e did no t ge t hi s regular 'quantity, and the crew were ordered not to supply him with any. Deceased often com plained of being hungry. He often spit blood and breathed with th© greatest difficulty. Other, witnesses were examined, and the further investi gation - was adjourned until noon to-day. The only case of importance at the Assizes yesterday, was that of the attempt to murder at Bladkburn. The prisoner cohabited with a woman named Lakeland, sister of his deceased wife. For some years they seemed to be on most comfortable terms, but lately some quarrelling took place, and Lakeland threatened to leave the prisoner. He said if sho did he would follow her and take her life. Some days afterwards he got some drink, and before his companion made the attempt to leave him he one morning cut her throat while she was in bed, and the result is that her life is in danger, The defence was that the prisoner was insane at the time he committed the deed ; but the jury found a verdict of guilty of attempt to murder, and sentence of death was recorded against him. He will in all probability be transported for life. At a Meeting of the Dock Committee, yesterday, it was unanimously agreed that the Dock Trust should make the same allowance as the, Town Council—£loo a year—far the continuance of a Liverpool office in London. The sum of X3O in aid of the funds of the St. Anne's Dispensary was also granted. The Health of the Town continues very unsatis factory. The deaths, last week were 260, or 32 more than the corrected average of the same week for the preceeding nine years. Affections of the lungs aro at present carrying off large numbers. At a meeting held at the Collegiate Institution last night, the Rev; Dr. McNeile came out very strongly in opposition to the recently adopted rules for second class examinations at xford. A full report of the proceedings will be found in another column. It was stated at the meeting of the Toxteth Board of Guardians, yesterday afternoon, that the Poor Law Beard bad intimated that they had appointed Mr. Atkins, of York, to value the property in the Union. Is there no professional gentleman in Liverpool able to do this duty ? Are we to send to York for a suitable person ? There is but little news from• the Continent this morning, and that little relates to the very unpro mising state of commercial affairs. At Hamburg, as was to be expected. none of the means hitherto adopted have succeeded in averting the gewral crash, and it seems that now a three months indul gence to debtors unable to meet their liabilities is seriously contemplated. This would be equivalent to the whole city of Hamburg declaring itself bank rupt. The commercial community of the Swedish capital seems to border on a similar state, chiAly in consequence of the fall of the large houses in London and Hamburg, connected with Sweden. In Prussia the crisis has hitherto only Faceted the seaports ; the large manufacturing cities in the interior retain their position well, The same cannot be said of Austria. The news that large factories in Vienna and the provinces have discon tinned work, is unhappily confirmed, and severe suffering of the whole urban population is the result. The issue of checks in lieu of notes, by the General Credit Institution,.was talked of as a measure or relief-. The discontent expressed by Austria at the incomplete exechtion, by Russia, of the article in the Treaty of Paris referring to the fortification on the coast of the B:ack Sea, has led to the despatch .of a special Russian negociator to Vienna. Some interesting details by the West India and Pacific Mails, will be found under its proper head• ROYAL speeches are seldom pithy. The State formerly loved to make large parcels of its trifles. This passion has departed. The perfection of brevity adds positive enchantment to yesterday's speech from the Throne. Never were the interests of nations and fate of empires so tightly compressed. The political mind is shaping itself to suit telegraphic proportions. The fact is stated in two words.' The reasoning faculties of the hearer must do the rest. Query the improvement. The style is happy. The sense profoundly obscure. The politician is now at home. His readiness to answer all inquiries is proverbial. He can therefore deal in that mysterious quantity—nothing. Who reads long speeches ? What length of wire can carry them ? Alas ! for language. We dare not deplore the loss of tongues. The Better Sex would rise in open revolt. Will they deign to follow the Royal example ? If they do the Premier's popu larity will be the sacrifice. Lord PALMERSTON will be the respected father of silence. The success which awaits his offspring is matter for speculation. For ourselves, we envy neither parent nor child. Still there is much in the little her Majesty says, Parliament was called together expressly to consider the question of panics. This is boldly stated, contrary to the generally received impression. The Indian catastrophe is kept in its place. As a matter of secondary import, it occupies its proper position iu the Royal mind. Trade is to us, at home, the chief, if not sole, source of existence. The com. mercial disasters of the last six weeks have brought this home to the national understanding. What Parliament thinks of l 0 per cent. discount remains to be heard. Has usu"ry thrown nine tenths of our productive labour out of employ ment? The nation expects an honest verdict on this subject. Have the first mercantile houses in the world fallen victims to the Bullionist's sham ? This is another question to be answered in plain lan guage. What will the Legislature say to the Bullionist having only eighteen•pence in the pound to pay their contracts ? They will never tell us that British commerce is to be fleeced of its capital and profits by such daring insolvents ! England and Scotland are reduced to a perfect .state of social disorganisation. There must be some palpable cause for this. The magnitude of its effects will admit of j trifling. The failure of flop Provincial Banks will Apt _account for the commercial phenomena of 1857. Their collective capital could not have exceeded 5,000,0001. The aggregate amount of their deposits may have been 10,000,0001. These two sums united would form but a shallow excuse for the. merchants' losses. If there has been any overtrading, these items constitute the penalty. The capitalist cannot have lost more. Here the question narrows into this. Does a loss of 15,000,0001., assuming it to be all gone, account for the present industrial and commercial condition of Great Britain ? We say, emphati cally, in the name of the trading community, No ! Scotland will re-echo our answer. And if it has, so much the worse for the Bullionist. It shows how frail his barque must be, when such a trifle could upset it. That men who have only eighteen-pence in the pound should risk their all in a washing .tub, is natural enough. A great commercial nation is, however, quite another affair`. They have something more to lose. The Bullionist is well to do, with 130 per cent. for his actual cash in hand. He is not likely to suffer while a spark of patriotism remains in the land. Men, who could write and talk their scheming down, must be made to disregard the chaos which would follow the sudden overthrow of their design's. They must cut the ties which bind intellect to national prosperity, before the Bullionists fall at the feet of popular clamour. The merchant and trader look to the Senate for help. Be it so. The public morality favours the solemn work of national ameliora tion. There are millions of starving people in the British Isles, waiting peaceably for the solution of the mystery which has plunged them into destitution. " The Bank note has not been depreciated by the crisis," we are told. " There has been no run for gold." is the accompanying assertion. Will bankers, merchants, and the general public say as much ? If so, why was Parliament called together ? Certainly not to pass a Bill of Indemnity for the suspension of a Bank Charter, which had no existence except in the sufferance of Parliament. The distress and unmitigated suffering of the country forced a prompt meeting of the Legislature and the Cabinet. We must wait, then, to see how they propose to deal with this mighty and growing difficulty. The position of affairs in India are, no doubt, a source of extreme regret to Her Majesty. It exhibits a state of things never before witnessed in the British Empire. The Royal silence with respect to the fall of Delhi is considered strange. An allusion to an event which occupies a prominent place in the episode of the bloody Indian drama, was anxiously looked for in the recital of the brilliant acchicve meats of our gallant Indian army. But it was omitted in the Queen's Speech—for what reason, will, doubtless, be explained at a future day. Probably, no reliable official infoli;crariss received by Her Majesty's Ministers on the sub ject. In the meantime, the country will be rejoiced to.hear that we are in the enjoyment of peace with all other nations, " which nothing seems likely to disturb." This is, indeed, a most merciful and fortunate circumstance, Yet, strange to say, Continental Europe was never more ready for war. Her military arrangements are com plete. She has not the means, probably, and that is all we really know on this head. Parliamentary Reform was not forgotten in the Royal Address. Attention is to be called "to the laws which regulate the representation of the people in Parliament, with a view to consider what amendments may be safely and beneficially made therein." The fulfilment of this promise must depend on a variety of circumstances, over which Her Majesty's good will has no control. Political questions have but little vital importance at tached to them at this moment: We can afford to wait for a Reformed Parliament. National misery has stronger claims on our attention. This is a source of universal disquietude which must first be removed. The starvation of the indus try of Europe has to be appeased first of all. Much as we desire to see the Legislature re formed, 'we feel constrained to say, let it wait until industry and commerce are restored. The question cannot be fairly discussed under ex isting circumstances. When the estimates are prepared with a due regard to to the exigencies of the publicAservice," and we see them, we shall be better able to tell when the Bullionist's panic will cease. For the present we would rather see labour, and the trader's capital protected by a stringent usury law. Gold requires to be re leased from prohibitive madness. It should be as free as cotton, if the people are to be em ployed and fed by it. The amount of taxation of each year, should be added. to.our circulation in the form of legal tender. To carry these measures, Parliamentary Reform may be neces sary. The present House of Commons may not meet the views of the great ,bulk of the trading community on this subject. In that case, a sweeping measure of Reform will be imperatively demanded, and easily carried. ON Wednesday we noticed in our Editorial columns the progress which Currency Reform is making .amongst Financial Reformers ; and to-day we are called pn to review the very modest' and unsatisfactory way in which the Liverpool Chamber of Conimerce deals with this great mercantile question. The Council of the Chamber appear to be employed in watching our currency and banking laws, to see that the nation is not declared bankrupt before they are " suspended," which means in simple parlance , THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL I FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1857 abolished for the time being ; while a large • majority of its members stand by to endorse all the anti-commercial cant of the day. The former are ready with deputations to proceed to London, to entreat the government to suspend an Act of Parliament, directly effecting trade, after it has ruined one-half of the traders of England ; and they are content with its mere suspension, and never wait to inquire whether the terms on which that favour is granted do not render its abrogation as inoperative, as a measure of relief, as those laws themselves were before they were interfered with. While the Council are thus employed, a considerable number of its ordinary members step forward to tell us that we have been " over-trading," " over-specula ting," and " too buoyant " in our commercial transactions. New, it is quite natural that men, who do not condescend to think for themselves, should allow their thoughts to stray into the rodomontades of those who take extraordinary pains to exercise their intellects for them ; but, we are not a little surprised when we find merchants, practically acquainted with the export and import trades of the country, and who wish the world to believe that they really know more 'than anybody else, standing up in public and giving utterance to the childish ravings of the Bullionist side of the London Press, Mr. MACFIE, for instance, in accounting for the contemptible failure of the Bank Charter Act, and the Bill of 1519, says :—" No doubt, " there had been over-trading," and Mr. AIKIN assures us, with great solemnity, that "Panics " have their origin in commercial imprudence, "and not in legislative enactments."—Here we have the most antiquated twaddle, dressed out in " peg-top" trowsers. But, we tvill take the leading articles of import, which tell most heavily on our reserves of bullion—breadstuffs, cotton, silk, wool, sugar, tea, coffee, indigo and other dye-stuffs, and timber—and we would ask those gentlemen if there has been any " over-trading " in any one of those commodities within the last three years ? If we are to judge from the prices of produce, we are bound to believe that the supply of the above articles of import fell short of the demand, and; therefore, n "over-trading" or " commercial imprudence " can be said to have brought about the panic. The soundness of the last two years' trade, is shown by the facility with which usurious discounts, varying from six to seven per cent., were paid. Had those exhorbitant rates of interest never been demanded, we should not have witnessed the prevailing exhaustion of the legitimate means and credit of our merchants. They have been openly fleeced by every species of false pretence for two years, and, now that they are engulphed in all the dangers and losses of panic, they are coolly told that it is all owing to their " over-trading " and `commercial imprudence." 'Pita T.:u.vne,•l however, be well aware, that the high rates of interest alluded to, deterred merchants from sending out orders for the leading articles of daily consumption, and that this rendered our stocks short, and prices unnaturally high. Cor porate politicians are very apt to go astray in mercantile matters ; but merchants know better, and ought to be moderately guarded in what they say in the presence of a great mercantile community, such as we are entitled to boast of having in Liverpool. • Mr. AIKIN" contends that our money laws were meant to secure the " con vertibility" of our notes into gold. In this lies thesgreat popular delusion which the Bullionist is so anxious to perpetuate, notwithstanding that the public see the object in view cannot be attained except by suspending the very laws which are said to secure it. But our currency enactments were to do something more than Mr. AIKIN alleges. They were to give us an abun dant supply of gold at a low fixed price. We were to have cheap gold, for high priced mantl fitctures. The world's simplicity was to be the main source of our commercial prosperity, and national agrandisement. They promised all this and something more still. We were to have cheap money, as witnessed by the length of time the usury laws were allowed to remain unmo lested. The banks were to have gold enough at all times, as far as the people were led to believe, to meet all . their notes, and discharge all their liabilities whenever called en. These were the shams which secured a monopoly to the Bank of England, and the principal banks of issue then in existence. How these liberal promises have been fulfilled, is shown in the manner in which the monopoly has worked. Mr. AIKIN seems to forget that all these fair assurances are embodied in the doctrine of " con vertibility," which implies, as a matter of course, a power to convert deposits, as well as notes,- into gold on demand. But we question if Mr. AIKIN would venture to endorse the Paper of the Bank of England, if the public were to insist on its recognition, and a mercantile test of the validity and actual existence of any such power in our banking' system. Why, then, does Mr. AIKIN cling to such a palpable hoax, and throw the grave national responsibilities of legislative recklessness on the assumed existence of " com mercial imprudence ?" Mr. IIoRsTALL, we are glad to find, sees these things i n a more ra ti ona l, and, consequently, in a very different light ; and if our Borough member gives utterance to the opinions of his party, it requires no very great gift of foresight to see what the result will be when the currency question is fairly brought be fore Parliament. The dry political inference drawn from the pledges given to the Legislature was, that with cheap gold we should find no difficulty in paying taxation in that metal. When this dream is to come to pass, we will leave those who must ask us for 80,000,000/, of revenue within the next twelve months to answer, and in some thing like intelligible language. It is quite cer tain that the bullion reserves of the coming year, which are already bespoken in trade, will not meet the demands of the Exchequer ; and we only require a statesman with sufficient manliness to expose the Bullionists' imposture, to advocate the adoption of taxation as the basis of our paper currency and the release of the commercial capital of the realm, and the money of universal commerce from all direct fiscal obligations—to unite the commercial intelligence of the country and earnestness of the working classes, as that of man, in carrying forward the great work of solid commercial and industrial amelioriation. If the Whigs do not take the hint, the Tories will, with the sanction of the masses of the people, profit by exorbitant usury, and the un pardonable suspension of all employment for labour. Whatever may happen to other coun tries, Great Britain must never again be left without some rational money-means to fall back upon, and our vast Empire brought within twelve hours of the incalculable dangers of national bankruptcy. An evil spirit •has crept into our social organisation, and of this triumph of legis lative reason we hope ere long to be able to say— Obstupescent posteri triumphos audientes tuos. TUE DECIMAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND COINS.—A meeting of this body was held on Wednesday evening at the house of Dr. Hodgkin, Bedford-square, London. Lord Ebrington in the chair. Mr. James Yates, F.R.S., read a paper on the best unit of length to be adopted in securing such a system of measures as would suit the exigencies of the various nations of the world. After a lengthened discussion, in which several gentlemen took part, the following resolutions, among others, were adopted :—" That in the opinion of this meeting it is not desirable to invent a new unit of length, nor to adopt any which has never been supported except by the recommen dation of its inventor, or by the authority of a very small number of individuals, but that it is preferable to select from the units already in use that which shall appear to be best adapted to promote the general reception, and permanent establishment, of a uniform decimal and inter national system of measures, weights, and coins. That it appears eminently desirable that the unit of length should be of such a length as may be adapted to measure the greatest variety of objects that occur in daily life—that it should be easily carried about and manipulated ; and that it appears for these purposes an inch or a foot would be much too short and a fathom much too long, but that the required conditions will be best fulfilled by any measures about the same length as the ell, metre, the second's pendulum, or the yard." The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to Mr. Yates for his able paper. EARL OF GIFFORD, M.P., ON TILE AFFAIRS OF INDIA...—. On Taesday night Mr. Mills and Earl Gifford addressed their constituents in the Guildhall, Totnes, on public affairs. Mr. Mills spoke in favour of the Ballot and a comprelionsive Reform Bill. Earl Gifford also spoke in favour of a new Reform Bill in the ensuing session, and said he would not object to placing the Bank of England on the same footing as it was from 1819 to 1844, but he repudiated the Birmingham currency theories. Adverting 4... 1...110, tho ...ad We Loma Loon told that we have been ashamed of our religion, and participated in heathen ceremonies. Now, gentlemen, in the four years I spent in various parts of India I never saw anything that could justify such an accusation as that. The first object, on the contrary, that you see on landing is the cathedral at Calcutta—there are three bishops and 129 chaplains of the Church of England scattered over India, besides two chaplains of the Church of Scotland—in the two presiden cies. The only true policy is for the Government to abstain from interference with the religion of the natives, and to leave it to civilisation and education to produce their effects, anti in the meantime to place every facility in the hands of missionary labourers. (liar, hear.) PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. MISS REYNOLD'S BENEFIT, AT TIIE AMPHITHEATRE. As the benefit of this singularly versatile and gifted actress is to take place this evening, we would strongly urge upon the Liverpool public to evince the appreciation of her merits, in the best way open to prove it, by an over flowing house. Few performers who hive appeared in our town for many years, deserve more fully the cordial admiration of al who love fresh, genuine, and natural comedy, in its best sense, than Miss Reynolds. Every part she has assumed but evidenced more clearly the truthful ness and force, as well as the variety of her artistic capacities. The pieces selected for to-night Are " London Assurance," in which Miss Reynolds will appear as Lady Gay Spanker, and the new comedy of " The B dance of Comfort," with Miss Reynolds as Mrs. Torrington. It must ba added, that, this is the last night but one of Miss Reynolds's engagement. KATE SAXON AT THE CONCERT HALL. This lady and Mr. Malone Raymond terminate a very Euccessfal visit to Liverpool this evening, and from the great applause bestowed upon the " Reading" of a lady who has gained for herself a name amongst our Yankee cousins, and the high appreciation in which she is evidently hold by the people of the " good old town," we doubt not of the being finale a bumper. Mr. Raymond earned fJr himself a name years since in Liverpool, and retains the good opinion of all. THE KING OF I)n:du—Just added to Alsop's Royal Wax Work Exhibition, Lime-street, Liverpool, modelled from a sketch taken in the City of DAbi. LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR BOY S' CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week ending Saturday, November 28th, 694; corresponding week last year, 410 ; increase, 284. STANLEY VILLAGE LECTURES, ST. ANNE'S NATIONAL 3CHOOL BOWL—The usual weekly lecture was delivered on Tuesday evening last, by Mr. Thomas Cooke, on " Ancient Liverpool." The subject being of a local character, and therefore particularly interesting, attracted a very full attendance. Various points touched upon, regarding the great and rapid progress in the to s'n and port, were highly apprecia'ed—the account of numerous obsolete customs causing much amusement. At the close of the lecture, the Rev. Mr. Gardner introduced some of the first newspapers published in Liverpool, and read several most curious and interesting extracts. The lecture next week will be on tho "Physical Evils of Intemperance," by Mr. Glazebrook. THE LATE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—A few days since, a most ridiculous and absurd rumour was circulated about the town, and one which it is scarcely to be credited that, any person, with a grain of common sense, would have believed—but so it was. The report was to the effect, that the two mates, Seymour and Miles, who were found guilty, wilt Captain Rogers, of the wilful murder of the poor fellow Rose, but whose sentence of death was commuted to , transportation for life, had been liberated, and set free from Kirkdale Gaol. How such a tale could be fabricated, is something extraordinary, except it was done to " some dealer and retailer of extraordinary and miracul ,us wonders. If su,l was the fact, it had the desired effect, and no doubt caused the originator much amusement, to see how industriously the report was circulated. How ever, we can state that there was not the slightest foundation for the report, as the two mates were shortly since conveyed from Kirkdale Gaol to Wakefield, where they are at present undergoing a term of imprisonment, previous to being transported for life, p. punishment they so richly merited for their brutality. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. By British - and Irish Magnetic Te7egraph, IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVIIOC 4 t Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman, Q.C., and Assist6l3 . thig Barrister for the County of Kilkenny , die The morning at his residence, in this city. Evening Post has a long obituary, in which i t 1 , stated that this veteran had been a member O f t 1 1: old Catholic Committee which originated wci Catholic Association, of which Mr. O'Gorman ha e been the secretary from its formation to th e P assiilP of the Emancipation Act. a The failure has been announced of Msssr: iVe s° ,l, - aut Co., a German mercantile house, with liabilities for 11— £50,000. w in tv The panic in Hamburgh will, it is feared, t-r° aset perable difficulties in the way of a resumption of Psaa e die by some of the Swedish houses, which lately st°o London. es° The hope that means might be found to enabl e for Carr, Jocelyn and Co , who stopped on the 2 4th tl ci . " about £300,000, to resume, has been disappo hlte h, ti petition has been filed for a private arrangeme nt ' Court of Bankruptcy. /ifs ° • The suspension has been announced of Messrs. oat da Costa and Co., an old established firm illA l - e O,OOOl India trade. Their liabilities are estimated at -°dtiaraat and the prospects of mitigation will be partly et ° to upon the realization of produce and the callectio n" acceptances of other suspended houses. aistrir ltit RIDG &WAY COURSING CLUB.—SeUTHPORT - . 5 01, at YESTERDAY.—This Club assembled at S ou thportt ia to there was a good muster of members, probably ena th o sc the great inducement of it being the meeting ,'Tho Challenge Cup and the far-famed Picture are run I °r 'flaeiel° weather was fine—horses very plentiful, and th e 0 giving general satisfaction. dSP O A happy comment on the annihilation of time en „ d alto by locomotive agency is as follows :—" A little Callen,.ti rode fifty miles in a railway train, and was then ta'belog coach to her uncle's house, some five miles further, loaf asked on her arrival if she came by the railway , 11 ,, 0 P We came a little way in the railway, and then all t" of the way in the coach.' " a y . 01 1 S ft° THE LANCASHIRE CHIMNEY STALKS. —The chimn e y or form a branch of practical architecture in which ve r los cashire friends excel. However, these erections W o ols* become vulgarised, in the perception of many P e 0 0 ' from their number, and the deleterious and opacill e ea dt which some of them emit, they are, in numerous ins asl4 beautiful objects—not less so than the Egyptian 01.00 They are usually octagonal in plan, rising directil d o re the ground, with rapidly-diminishing sidss, i n a that 1 0, terminated by a neck-moulding and cornice ; ant w e bets' required in them for the due effect is a Eomewils"i tt character about the base, and careful proportio n details at the summit. The construction and the stet' 0 10 are generally, as they are required to be, of the fi rst —The Builder. ttit°,4 Disreicr PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—I/1 th e presen t distress, to which, unfortunately, several cl an " o rbo reduced, we beg to call especial attention Ito th e Ili of the above important benevolent society, who se 0 110 tisement will be found in another column. This el o ser society has always diffused vast benefits to deserving 88 11 6 in times of distress, ',and at present the pressing a blit on the body, obliges the managers to appeal to he to enable them to afford relief to the numerous ese come before them. An appeal to the benevolent lls" e , been made in vain, and we trust that this soei ft a o be enabled to continue its sphere of usefulness 6° 1 00 preserve many during the present crisis usefulness, destruction. • etl o, HISTORIC SOCIETY.—The members of this soet,„giona last night in St. George's Hall, Dr. Kenrick of Viarr'.ooo presided. The minutes of the last meeting we i re br atis e a Dr. Kenrick exhibited a variety of brass any., o t' articles, consisting of spoons, seals, door ha ll° 7o battle axe heads, and fancy articles. A ballot rot es members then took place, when nine new reee lb a lbiteci a l admitted. Mr. John G. Bell, of Manchester,W"seeem, number of casts of seals, taken on gutta percha., wit% books from learned societies were presented to t ' e „ e a tot and acknowledged, and votes of thanks were l'eli c any — , doners. The chairman exhibited two largeae l led 001 4 gold torques, fi and in Lincolnshire. Heals() esn' i ,n,bition other rare articles of antiquity. After the o'4 a s l's' a several other articles, the paper for the evening' toe O n ; by Mr. Ecroyd Smith, on an explanation of e ° , t iett ia t li. guides procured at Macon in 1855, by that g:),r to Dr. Hume alluded to the benefits that were lihe . ,,.,a tro ttec es from the new system of education about to be fa6eatisc a into the country, as regards examination for q pest &c. Mr. Mayer made some observations on t li a ' a and workmanship of the articles exhibited by t'" man, and shortly after the meeting adjourned- c i asn i Sr. JAMES'S HOME FOR PENITENTS.—We 1111 ,4 3 01P,' that an Asylum has been opened at Whetstone , a el A r Common, for the reformation' of fallen women °. ti ods ie • somewhat superior in point of education, social s of and eomparaive inexperience in vice to the g re ais o jority of those who are to be found in most of the e ihe !it Refuges and Penitentiaries It is to be called ' h e t James's Refuge and Home for Penitents, 0 5 41 ,17 originated with the p irish of St. James's, rice_ a 3L parts it will be open indifferently to applicants from ar t i o e the metropolis or of the country. Accommale a ietl been provided for 20 penitents under a Lady S a ila P A9 dent and an Assistant. The Bishop of L° ll ol w$ consented to act as Visitor of the Institution,,,ioA Rector of St. James's will be the President. ~- ` l 5 ay of a house of this peculiar kind has long been l e a 111 1 ,° 4 who have had to do with Penitentiaries. At a tierto public attention attention is being more than ever directed earti "great sin of great cities," which has of late Y:sealtil it creased to an extent seriously menacing to the licharifit, society, and strenuous effe.ts are being made to o f va by the prosecution of parsons keeping holls.el, to P at repute and the closing of casinos, it is gratifY lne ee o so that a regard is being paid to the welfare of P° ° ' 0 0194 tunates," who are, after all, in great measu r e a s';'to victims of a corrupt state of society, for Nrl' tta eirjo, individual is in some degree responsible ; s c' improve the Penitentiary system, on however sole eali will be welcomed by all true philantrophists- To on sir WALLASEY BOARD 4E HEALTH —The nos' f a , 1 ;6 4 meeting of the above Board was held last nig,hd a tosa d s , room in the Public-offices, Egremont, Nathanie l lifs'aed in the chair. The other members present we r ,, e oY a rb Hill, Holm, Chambers, Pooley, Roberts, i l i e Lielr o iti Wilson. The report of the Finance Committee l'-nortlltsact Mr. Pooley moved its adoption, and took the 0 2: Who of drawing the attention of the Board o us t t to which was not mentioned in the report, ---4 1,,atr e sa tdo drainage and repairing of the road from Clan°, be gna t, the village of Liscard. It was very importa il l tlle;' 0 0 that this should be done before the sprang c ot ", as there was a great deal of traffic: on ' c ogs' or They had advertised for tenders, and a conttho a s 0 tered into with Messrs. Gilbert and Sharpe+, ins i oat wards threw it up, as they considered they h eat 1° ,g, bad bargain. He now proposed that the A l3 'o ll , l 'o tender be accepted, that of Messrs. Allen ar w aia lts:P. and, if possible, to get these gentlemen to arit;aord: redactions in their estimates. The report, el i nhe 00' Pooley's motion, was unanimously adopted ' 1 t arp a ti The report of the proceedings of the Parliana e ' i r d inf o 0I mittee was read. It recommended the 13° ,,,, ra s h th o Parliament for gas, water, (See , and showe d t 'throngjarg e the voting of the ratepayers on the subjec t, t ea s notices which they had issued. There apPe e a at. 1 , 0 0 majority of votes in favour of going to Parl iella the ~bieet ; chairman • then rose and said such Iv es t he 15 " tine they had obtained by their agitation a ge esse gt er They knew the result of the Pu b m ight 1 1a which was held on this matter, though they . 0 „, en L oa something which took place at that reeSt.ld7; to Pore thought they might greatly rejoice that it ` l l , tO inasmuch as it had accomplished that Wil le m i s sioll o ' pi" anxious should be done. It aroused the C oin e d t he r - als, look after their own business; it had aronad of; 56 0 from the apathy which they had long cot:00 3 m ade S l O 0 then referred to certain expressions that wet There h and' in reference to him at this public meeting- Acz en L'„„er o show of hands taken, he said, and about two 4 ra teCiaae were raised ; and to take that as the voice 0f,u 1 003 , alle g iee might be considered a farce. If he had no" t tea' t ' d tan 1 of which he was accused, that Board v/( 341 ' no t s t y ° him credit for purity of intention. Se did f itap art o i t a there to clear himself of any chargss ° d ter s rs 3 motive. To the gsoss and unmeasure r e fs =Apg mee ting o iev I which he had been assailed, at the 1 that e ° to, he had little to say. He characterise(' that sonars as a set of " pot brawlers ;,, an d he dare sal e aosa 'OOOl the gentlemen present, when going al°4ll...riiag O A 0 0 often attacked by little curs snapping ci . re viePr o k and making attempts to bite, and seeing the ir athe 00'00 wa o , to ba t futile attempt, they pass on and never lua l e had a s ea l In such a way would he treat the persong nounc ea him. The cost of the fast eleetion was for 10s , which was passed by the Board inr concluded the business of the meeting. P, 2 411 Gra] 441341 leader L 4 47 ever stoma s k4 ere were Ifr ' 4l 4bricl ge, r i t lifi of ni rC P l i9 To %rend° We, 11,- arne, r tington, r 4 e second Cam( kri Lord 'tent. deli 'tent, L Iscount : 4 4 a full d tgi at Can 1 11 . the Si ft -° ter and 4 rey, Chanco s!bo i lieb.ere k_ 4? B. Ha :In•W.F L kti of 31i ‘N rt. A. I t L i°ll - •T. C . frond, qrte sete, I le tight . 1 1. D. the 2 11 e (vet 7 most 'tarcled b t°° te n.than nutnufa .484 r ik. , tt ' 4o llr of i etovrded 11 "otulted — : bah other " we r ~acß t 0 nkik a n 111 all res f P 0484thmeere iti7uttat l. seisedll a a e r i c x 1 ,. ed lutlisters tier M E 111 , 4 4 o'c lock. ~hr,E):e arrive pri Iperder:ooSti NCIS Epir t ted a 17% ,,, wh0 A_ `aB at tli a ve it B roam - ` a iesty. t , I lle att Lte Was co t 4 t tlgtleE 4 14"fte I k tditisn `4l Sian e Dst lime