Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL. POLICE INTELLIGENCE BEFORE 11R.'MANSFIELD THE MAN' WHO " SAW A NOISE ! "—A gentlerr, au l y looking young man, named George Raby, was e: fiaro . e d by his father-in-law, Mr. Thoitieck,tobacconiA Dalts street, with having annoyed his louse. Mr. m uc k w a s for the defendant. The coreplaitiant . salt% abont halt past. nine o'clock :the previous "night, the rinsoner carne to his house disguised as a black man; and: created a:great disturbance, so that he was obliged to. give him into ens *dy, as he would not go away. - 111 r, 'Muck :Is he rs.-xried to your daughter ?. • I believe he is. Ifr. Muck . Don't . you know he is'? Yes. Mr. muck : Did you. see Wm. last nizht Noi I " saw _ _ Saw any `Reiie;redl, Did you speak to ire; I only told him (Great laughter.) .dkerol - The old sort insinuation"---it him at all ? No , :ihenl --- saw the no to go out, but I Then you did speak to, him walk out o'L the house. (More Did yen not kick hint otit ? I: shOved 'filth out, - M; Bluek said the piing man' Gwent to -the place to see hi wife, but for certain - reasons, not necessary' to state, th, go, I only' told 11111 OU he was gross! tito custody, I ted, and thcla given $ a noes complainant kick violently ass roan - who had the facu Worship thought the defetidant therefore dischskg,ed him. • • THE 1 Nlr B.7—Frederick- Wyners : a foreig charged with . having stabbed Oakes. About 12 O'clock on S) secutor was passing along Lime street,'when Irdav n prisoner and anotivar foreign a youth. lie int( " ed, when t and sta 3ed him iq the hip Southern-hospital, said heedrEssed the wound, which wa an inch long, and one and-a-half deep. Had the poin of the knife been turned in, instead of out, the ma wonla have been killed on the instant. Tht prisoner wc, seat for trial. WHAT AN 0!ILD GENTLINIAN DID I.sYEaus Aoo.---A •eld . gentlelnan, of good -appearance, was charged wit having imbibed too mach "ardent . sp - irits," or som he effect had nothing to say be tru, of memory was in DOMESTIC MISSION, TUCKERMAIsTUNTSTITUTE. The Annual meeting of the Liverpo',ll Domestic Mid- - - sion Society was.held 111 the Tuckerman ,Institute, Bel ford-street, Toxteth-park, at half-past seven o'clock laSt night. There was a considerable attendance. Among those present were—Rev. J. Robberds, Rev. J . , H. Thoni, Ch-arfning, J. Brunner, Rev. E. KellS, Southampton ; Rev: S. A. Steinthal, J. Wilson, and T. Jones, domestic missionariea; William Rathbone, George Holt, C. P. Melly, Enoch Harvey, J. Lamport, C. P. M. Str;-ig„ C. T. Bowring, Alfred Thornely r Andrew Leigh ton, R. R. Rathbone, Samuel Brilley, C. J. .Erglish, Scc,, tc. • The chair was taken by the Rev. Mr Robberds. The Chairm Theetin said, that bin is high. maturity, aud. he mig ;he vizeur and fair with its . present candid al arowth wenty-second lave attained say that it had attained which should characterize it they' would . st least. 7 o say th beginnin# they begat )1e province was the visitation fleeted with any Christian they had tt ,eieti. Ice Now, they iz in which they then met, they ha a Sunday stkool, ac weekly meeting ind irupro - ving .liiiracter. By the Uindness of friends, )r rather he should say, of a kindred society, evening schools were eons:laded in the rooms below; for boys ant girls who kad no means of edneationin the day; and hti the assistance of other friends they'had sewing-sehoo' less of some other friends, •a day school for lioYs was conducted en' the promises; and he desifed to state that the friends who supported th were (desirous:of bxtendir to -convert it into a dw in the the 1.; 30 ra sewing its• operations 'so far a school. There had et - directly applyin .who had at a form( other liquid, wh had on ont Mich who was tort( away his bi to th might 11 a state of profound Somnambulism ut the time spoken Mr. Mansfield asked Mr.. Burton, the chief blidewc keeper, if the old gentleman was known to the poli if ever he had been charged with " bibo" previously ? Mr Burton, with 'one of his blandest smiles, and a look of profound respect, said : The old' gentleman, and may it please your Worship, was being drunk. A loud laugh f iao for leaned back - bilis - magisterial chair, threw up his handi, and laughed heartily, ending in a--discharge bitn. If the old.gentleman does - not appear for the next fifteen years, he will, 'from his appearance, be approaching that fabled time of age said to have been attained 'by a gen tleman named Parr, but it is understood he was a myth. 1)&4:m FROM THE BLOW OF A POTATO. --- JOhri Sands, a lad about 18 years of age, was charged with having caused the death of another lad, named Nathanial Williams, 16 years of age, by striking hint with a potato on the /eft temple. A boy, named John Dallaway, said, on the 30th of last month the prisoner and deceased, who lived in 61 Court, nornby-street, and who worked at a cooperage, and some other boys were playing marbles in Fleet-street. They subsequentlybegan to - heave cabbage stalks and potatoes.at each other. The witness ,piaked-up a potato and flung it at the prisoner, the prisoner threw it back at him, int it hit deceased on the temple, aiidi he died from the effects.' In reply to Mr. Mansfield the boy said, he was quite certain it was not a stone, and the blow did not seem to hurt him. It was . 13 Tare accident - the deceas blow was made at wi I was there was malice in it, as all the play was out of fun. Surgeon Pope, one of the parish medical officers, said he attended the deceased; he had not as yet made a post mortem examination of the body. The deceased must have received some injury to the skull ; his eve was protruding out on his cheek He was not called in until the boy - was insensible, two days before he died. There mast have been some pressure on the temple, as it 'was much swollen. The eye was pushed out as if there was an -abscess inside the skull. Mr. Mansfield said it was a very unfortnnate and fatal accident, but it was, from the .evidenc3, clearly a misadventure, as there was no malice. He must discharge the prisoner, as no one could convict STEALING Ifolsrry.—Bridget Cane, a servant, in the 'employment of James Fenwick, an eating house keeper, in 159, Park-lane, was charged on suspicion of having stolen twenty-five sovereigns, the money of her master. The prosecutor said he went out the previous evening, leaving a drawer, in which was the money, unloCked. On his return, he got the prisoner lying on the floor, in arti en& litorties, from beer, or some other concoction of that sort. He found the drawer open, the money gone, and the only tidings he could get of the latter was by picking up half a sovereign On the floor, convenient to where the prisoner was taking her "snoose," after her " boose." The prisoner was remanded. A DIrUNKEN WITNESS. - Sarah Anne - Spencer and James Martindale, were charged under the following -circumstances : ' Mr. Cobb said, he was instructed by a person named Henry Kynaston, to prosecute the prisoners, and his instructions from that person were, that he saw the woman rob a Mr. Holmes of a gold wateh, on the night of the sth inst., and hand it to the other prisoner. Ho (Hr. Cobb) was not able to get up Holmes that day to prove the case, but he would call the person who instructed him, and offer as much evidence as would enable him to ask for a remand. Kynaston was then put into the box but conducted himself in a very excited and extraordinary manner. Instead of giving evidence, he commenced accusing Mr. Cobb for being engaged to defend the prisoners. Of course Mr. Cobb denied this, and as his worship saw"the man was drunk, he ordered him to leave the court, and discharged the prisoners. BE 'ORE MESSRS. BENN, &C, THE AMUSEMENT OF THE WILMA MS' S. —Elizabeth! Williams, of Price-street Soho, summoned Daniel 'Williams ' of the same place, for an assault. Mr. Bluck defended. As 'well as could be collected from, the babylonish sort of evidence given on both sides, it ap peared that Mrs. Williams's child, twelve years of age, beat Mr. Williams's child, of three years old. Mr. Williams, the father of the latter, went and beat Mrs. Williams, the mother of the former, and then the whole tribe of Price-street Williams's, including the wife of Mr. Daniel Williams, and all the children of the big and little 'Williams's, " went at it like fun." This sort of amusement lasted until a policeman came up, and found the whole posse knitted into each other's hair, in such a simple style of eleg ance that they nearly pulled the heads (not to mention .the hair at all) off each other before they were separated. The scale that was heaviest 'with the swearing was in favour of the complainant, and the defendant was fined ss. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY, BEFORE W. A. lUULTON, ESQ., JUDGE PAUL v. TAYLOR. —The plaintiff in this case sought to recover the sum of £2 6s from the defendant. Both men were workmen in the same establishment, and it was arranged by the parties there to.form a watch-club, by paying a weekly sum of 2s. The •defendant in the case was treasurer and secretary for the club, and the plain tiff had paid the sum of £2 6s, but falling ill, he asked for his money, and defendant refused to give it to him, arid this was the ground of the present action. Mr. Gray appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Mine for the " let r l dant. The plaintiff; James Paul, was examined, I, i n e ' i d paid several sums of money, to defendant, and entered it in a book, by which it appeared that the ran ti t re w a a m s amount untofthese pai-ments was £2 6s. The defen- member of th e c l u b , b u t w ithd rew , taking his own money out of it without any reason, so far as plain tiff was aware. He o,,itue ) the hold of a fell intO vessel, and gave notice toag defenda n t that he wanted to draw his money, as he would not be able to pay ; hut the application was not attended to. To Mr. Thine : Was not aware whether the money h ad been handed aver to the society, but knew that whe n th e amount in hand was £6, it was to buy a watch fo r some said that he was. member. Never innrd i e charged the defendant with fraud, n or getting bad watches for other membe rs , that he Crow that that might get a better for himself. Was not awareer was the cause of defendant withdrawin g the club. The defandant was examined, and stated that, it accord ance with the rules of the club, the plaintiff w:sonof benefit, and could not get his money till all th e members had paid up their money. A charge had been b roug h t against him by plaintiff, of getting inferior watches for the members, so that he might get a better to himself, and that was the reason of his withdrawing. [lad taken his own money, amounting to £3 10s, out.of the club at the time of discontinuing payments, There was a com mittee meeting bold, at which the charge had been inves tigated, and the defendant had been absolved. Five members had withdrawn their money in consequence of ill health. Several witnesses were examined on both aides, but nothing of consequence was elicited. Judg. cut—That the plaintiff be paid forthwith A rash young man has threatened to apply the Maine IV, In§ §WCe*Prt — She intOXiCAOS bi4 ll PO, subject. /One of their iubseiiiiers: ,ed a consid time mu rable interest in their proceed s, withdrew his subscription, expressly and solely on the ground of the great prominence given to temperance in the report of their missionaries. The committee and himself (the chairman) did all in their power to prevent theamount, but to keep up the principle that the societj , would not be committed to the peculiar views of the inis sionaries upon. that point. It was always thought right and desirable. that the missionaries should employ such instrumentalities.as their own consciences and judgments might suggest to be needed in the work upon which they were engaged, but that the society, as a body, would not be committed to the peculiar instrumentalities whichthey might employ. Whether the same circumstance might have caused others to withhold their. support, it was of course impossible to say ; but if, on the other hand, there were those who approved of direct action upon the evils of drunkenness by the means which the missionariesem ployed, he hoped .that they would come forward with Increased encouragement and aid. . (Hear, hear, and applause.) It could hardly be denied that the only hope for the confirmed drunkard was in total abstinence. How, then, could any. One object to those who .felt that this was their position being. formed into a pledged fraternity for mutual sympathy and support ? (Hear, hear) Then, to go one step further, cquld any one object to otheri who hail not such a need, voluntarily associating themselveS in the pledged body, in order •to: afford encouragement and example, and to remove the stigmnwhich would other wise attach to the pledge ? (Hear, hear.) He felt himself some . doubt -whether the Legislature ought' not— to' a control and. restrain by the fatal facilities for obtaining intoxicating drink _ which so many , were led ,astray. ~.I t was objected that this was a mete question of demand and supply, and that those who had such a passionate demand for drink would find the .means of supplying it ; and that, therefore, legislation upon the.subject would be useless, or worse than useless. But he denied that iewas a simple question of supply and demand, because the provision of such fatal facilities fostered and stimulated, and often even created, an artificial thirst which would not otherwise as the introauctl.o... __a's are water 'gave the American Indian a passion which he had never felt before. On these grounds the chairman argued that the missionaries were at least entitled to sympathy in the motives which urged them to recommend the special agency of the temperance pledge, even from those who did not fully concur in the arguments brought forward in support of that agency. Having glanced at one or two other subjects connected with., the progress and the objects of the sociefy, the chairman concluded by calling upon the Rev. Mr. Steinthal to read his report. The Rev. Mr. Steinthal read the annual report, which but most interesting document. It• described ted by instances the labours of the, missionary during the past year ; dwelt upon some of the special temptations and dangers which surrounded the poor, and endeavoured to show the causes from which ,they arose. The want of female employment was a topic on which the Rev. Mr. Steinthal dwelt with some emphasis, and in which he remarked, that some improvement was being seen; but he especially enlarged upon the evils 'of intemperance, and strongly condemned the absence of any movement on the part of the legislature to check this evil. Ile expressed a disapproval of the course taken by the magistrates in the granting of licenses ; and contended earnestly and warmly on behalf of legislative interfenee - with intemperance. : Reports . were also read by - Mr. Wilson and Mr. Jones, whoSe general purport seemed to be somewhat similar, although withh l different instances and illustrations, and in each case marked with ability and earnestness, and possessing a deeply interesting character. The Rev. W. H. Charming moved the first resolution, which expressed the sympathy of the meeting in the labours of the missionaries, and ifs thanks for their faithful services. He observed that no one could listen to such reports without feeling deep joy in his heart at the results described, and the promise they afforded of yet greater results to come. It was at the first view very discouraging, to think that they could not, in a: very large average of- cases, prevent the causes froth operating, which led to pauperism and to crime. The returns of the Registrar-General, showed that in the year 1858 there was an increase in the number of deaths, and a decrease in the number of marriages, as compared with 1857. The condition of commerce during the latter year accounted for these facts ; and it showed how the lives of the working classes, to whom the sta tistics especially applied, were bound up with the state of the actual business and practical relations of the country. • The statements of Dr. Greenough and the pamphlets of Mr. Newlands and Mr. M'Gowan showed, beyond a doubt, how the condition of the people was bound up with the places in which they lived, the streets, and the houses. The same practical good sense and sagacity - which were brought to bear in what were ordinarily termed practical affairs,, in the distribution of water or gas,, for instance, would produce the same improving and directly-beneficial results in the conditions of life. Society was at last awakening to the fact, 'that to make human beings really human, they must be surrounded with human conditions: This he declared to be entirely encouraging. He pitied the man who 'only blamed the working classes for yielding to temptations ; his own wonder was that, surrounded as they . were, the poor did not yield still more often. Society must seek, by practical means to bring out positive results ; and the public gymnasium provided by a member of that body in Upper Parliament-street, was of itself an indication of the intelligent spirit which was awakening among those.who had influence and means, and which led them to see that they must remove the conditions of temptation by offering the means of healthful and cheerful recreation. (Hear, hear ) . . Mr. Henry Meade King seconded the resolution, whi c h was supported by the - Rev. Edmund' Kells in a few .words, and carried by acclamation. The Secretary, Mr. Alfred Thornely, read the com mittee's report, from which it appeared that there was a balance in favour of the society of about £2OO. The regular subscriptions, however, independent of extra donations, still fell short of the annual requirements by about £5O. _ Mr. C. M. King, treasurer, read the financial. state ment. • . - - Mr. Wm. Rathbone, who was received with loud applause, moved that the Committee's report and state ment of accounts be received and adopted. Mr. Enoch Harvey seconded the resolution, which was earried unanimously. _ The Rev. Mr. B r unner moved the appointment of the committee for the ensuing year. Mr, Charles Melly seconded the motion, which was carried. The Rev. John H. Thom moved a resolution, express ing the sviapathy of the society with the undertaking, which his (established a similar mission at the north end. Mr. George Molt seconded the motion, which was car ried by acclamation. Mr. C. T. Bowring moved that the reports of the mis sionaries, &c., be p rinted and c i rculated. Mr. Geo, Holt, jun. , , seconded the motion, which was carried. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the. chairman, TIM= tiOittllEßN TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. In accordance with : a .previous public ,announeement, the annual .meeting of the, above society was held in tho Collegiate Institute, Shaw-street, yesterday evening. Mr. Gregson was called to the chair., Tile 'meeting having been constituted by'praYer— The "Chairman said : lie thought it right to inform theni that the - Bishop *as to take the chair, but eircum stances had intervened to prevent him from doing .so: lie then - said, they were aware that 'the society was first formed in 1836,' having for .its objects the supply' of the wants of ,the increasing and overgrowing population; it became apparent, to a number, of clergymen and others that it was entirely impossible for any minister to do the half or the fourth of what was for him to do. This .subject took the attention of ma.ny - of .these men, and they bethought theniselveS what they, ought, to do, and.they took the subject up in a pitctical manner. They - did not wish to make any organic change in .the church, but thought, • with 'the Bishop 'Of Londen, : ihat, instead of discussing qUestions on referm, it was - far better tntake the church as it was, - and try and -mike the best of it These men saw that the strength and glory of the church consisted •in its parochial system; ;and, therefore, they made that the great„ principle e 4 the society. Thb labourers were to be of two elasses—ordained clergymen and lay agents, or Scripture-roaders, Many. people opposed this, movement, and said they .would :give all their weight anti support to the society if they would give lap lay agencies. But they knew that lay agency was the working purtiun of the society,:ind it bad proved to be so. lt was now establighed so firmly : that few sveuld -be found that would' try to dispute its , efficieney. There WAS a Selipture-reafier's society both in Liierpool and LOndon. It was much desired by the society to secure the iright kind Of It.becume those who really. wished to , have the gospel truth a irculated:to take precaution as to who. they mpleyed. It was rather more than twenty years. Once the society was established, and during that time it had employed 520 different labourers, 370 "of whem were citrates, and 153 'laymen. In their own diocese there were 54. incumbents who were aided by the society.' Ira Manchester there were 51, and many of these - had double crants. This showed how much good bad be: regarded society migh Not because it got even • evangelical sense of the word, it .was a • truly national society. He then gave an account of the• labours of the 520, "which consisted of visiting the sick and the dying, endeavouring to reform the drunkard and the sabbath breaker, and teachihg such. people to'look from the lusts of the flesh to the welfare of their - - done so much for. Liverpool, it had done so • little for the society but.he believed a better day was dawning. on them. He concluded by calling upon akir. Hank, the secretary, to read the following " In presenting their nineteenth report, the committee have again to notice that little or no advance has been made during the past year by, the Liverpool Chinch Pastoral Aid Society. This is, perhaps, seacely to be wondered at, when the 'circumstances of the time are considered; yet it is a serious reflection, that while our means of doinggood remain stationary, the spiritUal destitution to be :remedied is constantly . and rapidly increasing " It is stated in Dr. Ilume's valuable pamphlet on the condition of. Liverpool that the special and •undisputed field of the Church.of the town nowcom- England prises 304,000 persons ;and that our population increases at the rate of 12,000 souls in each year. - " To meet this annnal increase, - no additional aid has been supplied by the Church Pastoral Aid Society for the last three years, The grants are still only for 20 clergy and 10 'lay agents ; and our returns are still £BOO below what 'we receive. " As there is nothing.remarkable in our' local position,' and as the real want here and elsewhere is a fuller appre-: elation of what the Pastoral Aid Society has done, and is' d0in..,, , r the committee think it well to draw attention to the following brief statement,of its claims, from the pen of our valuable AsSociation Secretary :—The Church p,as toral Aid Society arose at a period of critical emergency, when the existence of the National Church, if not of the, national Christianity, was imperilled by the presence of vast heathenish masses in England - and Wales. It has removed a great reproach from the members of the • Church, and has showed that when their attention was directed to their responsibilities, and a channel provided for the flow of their liberalty, they were ready to make sacrifices in order to furnish what government had. neglected or refused—a large increase of pastors and teachers for a largely increasing population. It has drawn forth to the help of the National Church a sum of about' £600,000, the voluntary offering of her own children ; and by leading to the establishment of another society for the same purpose, supported also by churchmen, about half as much more, or £900,000 in twenty-two years. It has solved the problem 'of the safe and advantageous employment of lay agency in subor dination to the ordained ministry, and thus provided scope. for the labours of many excellent men, the bone* of whose zeal must otherwise have been lost to the church. It did not rest satisfied with providing remuneration for the discharge of certain duties, but endeavoured to take security that those duties should really be performed, by the e.nployment of men suited to the work before them, .and giving themselves wholly to that work. In fine, it has been the means of preventing several millions of. British people from passing through life 'without ever hearing the. Gospel of Christ; and there are ample proofs existing in all parts of the country, that to great numbers of these the Gospel has been the means of moral and social elevation as well as of spiritual life to many of them. The committee would only add, that, in all the benefits conferred by the society, Liverpool has largely shared ; and. they hope that, at the next anni versary, their report may coptain a cheering announcement of positive progress, instead of a mere negative statement that there is no - actual decline." Mr. Lawrence moved that the report be printed and circulated; and' Mr. Bayne seconded the motion. Tho Rev. T. Cowan y moved the following resolution : " That the Church Pastoral Aid Society has powerfully aided in working out the religion of the Church of ,England at home, and has done good service in making known the spiritual wants of the people." He believed that the time was coming when reformation or altera tions of no common kind would be made in the church, but with that the society did not meddle but would make the best use of the present state of matters, by working religion where it could be wrought, and not allow, as some:would, religion to sink till there would be an outburst of feeling which must bring about a great reform. The society felt that they dare not play with the wilds of men in that manner. Changes were going on daily among the population, but this was not the case with the churches, for they remained in the old boundaries, when the population was spreading far and wide over new districts. The church wanted to be made pliable ; the church must be made flexible to adapt itself to the wants of the people. It was to meet that want that the Pastoral Aid Society had been formed. It had been so with Englishmen always, and always would be so. As, in the case of India when the mutiny broke out, .the men gathered themselves together in little knots, and resisted ; so, in Liverpool, when a hundred thousand Irish crowded the streets, little knots of En4Ahmen met 0 together, and built churches for their accommodation. He continued to observe that when a system was adopted by the society it wanted means to carry it out, and that means was 'found among the evangelical body. This society would not leave the appointment of men for its work to the Bishop, but they kept a look-out of their . own. They knew that they had been entrusted with the money of other people, and they thought they would do their duty as trustees, and choose the right men to do the work that was wanted to be done. Long before the society had been started, there were lay agents throughout the country, but that society had firmly established the system. That society had been far more successful than the Additional Curates' Aid Society, from that causer and because they had kept the trustee ship in their own hands. He then gave a statement of the manner in which the money of the society had been expended, and judging the proportion given to Liverpool, he thought that it should give the society a more liberal support. He suggested that the best possible means of getting up the subscriptions would be by five or six active men, who would take the matter up, and work. it well in every congregation. He hoped that, on the next year, they would come forward with a more encouraging state ment of what Liverpool had done for the society. Mr. Cocking, of Birmingham, secondit the reso lution, and, in a lengthened speech, giving some valuable statistical facts with regard to the in creased population during the last fifty years, in which he said London had increased at the rate of 147 per cent., or for every hundred in London 50 years ago there were now 247. Manchester had been increased by 170 per cent. ; West Reading, 132 ; Birmingham, 216 ; and Bradford even so much as 700 per cent. He could not say anything about Liverpool, as he had not seen what was the population in 1801, but he supposed it was increased in proportion with the others. He gave as his reason for mentioning this, that people were so fast gathering into large cities, that he wished attention drawn to the fact that there was not sufficient pastoral attention to be given to the fast increasing demand for it, Ile then gave an account of the ignorance which prevailed in the country districts, and the good that had been done in the place under his immediate care, Ile concluded amid applause. Dr. 111'Neile was then called upon to move the no resolution. He was received, as usual, with great a 15;: 1859 plause.. He ; said, , thri operations of the Pastoral Aid 'were cirriea_ on by 351 additional citrates for peoples' parishes ; 4 chaplains for mariners and railway. labourers.; -21 incumbents and ministers,' whose incomes , were, furnished either whole or in part ; 156 lay assistants Or parishes, arid 7 laY assistants for railway labourers and' soldiers: - Total, 163 lay 'assistants,l and 376 clergymen.' This was the mrister • roll :of soldiers enlisted under the banner' Of that institution: • :By this, the Pastoral Aid Society had powerfully aided in working out thkeli,giori of the Church of England at home . . On the subject theY had heard a.speech which he hoped they would not for get, setting forth Atte admirable system of the Church of England of ,upholding given ground, while it acquired elasticity to aZiopt new:ground, and new, circumstances. They , had ,heard.ho.w the Pastoral Aid-,Societygavelands to the machine. (Applause.) ly,.these the Pastoral Aid Society was doing good service in .makiag kllOl7ll the spiritual wants of the people. On this: Subject alsO they had been instructed,. As a stranger, he expressed his thanks to the' last speaker for his able and instructive speech, , illustrative of the working of the society, which showed the s*ialActioncf the 'sovereign grace of God. Many!• were' still i.strangers, to God, while thieves were converted. • . 'These were God's ways,' let' men' say what , theywould say; and it :was because there was. such grace that they had: encouragement to work. It Was because there was' Such grace he said, that they did work .with hope. This.grace was invincible, .he would not sayirresistable, because it could be resisted, and had been resisted ; but he did say,that in the case of God's elect it Was invincible, or there never would be a fallen child of Adam savedin gra'c'e. 'He had been requested to address 'the meeting on the stihjectUf the 'resolution which was, that the Pastoral :Aid Society 'has been most 'clikking the progress of false doctrine, heresy, and schiiiu.', 1 0 The key. Dr. proceeded to explain what heresy mid schism were 'considered• in past history, and to speak of the , Acts of parliament which had beenpassed for its expulsionand punishment, and went on to speak of what ho considered schism and heresy were at present. They had . painfnl experinee of it now in that Infidel philospphy imported from Germany, defying the inspirational infallibility of the Miv xpertenced in Romanism, truly so called. - The philosophy which he spoke of he should have said, was falsely so called. They had the experience of this Ronianisrn, selected carefully out - of the old magi, and out of common honesty, as well as the Scriptural Christianity of the country, defending the non-natural sense of the Anglican articles, but maintaining an unnatural place in the Anglican church. These two were sitting like a canker, eating into .the heart and spirit of the population. After some farthet remarks in reference to the mode of treating seclusion and heresy in old times, the rev. gentleman went, on to support the claims' of the society, and concluded amid loud applause. • Dr. Taylor seconded the resolution, and eXpressed a hope that on the next year instead of Liverpool being indebted to the society £l,OOO , the' society' would be indebted to Liverpool for that sum. The Doxology was then sung, and the meeting separated. WAVERTREE LOCAL BOARD OF 4EALTIL . The monthly meeting of this board was held last night, at the board-room • the Rev: W. Badnall in the chair. The other members present were,-..liessrs. Atherton, llalhead, Parkin, AndertOn; Clarke, Swinden, Bradburn, Gore, Rishton, and Picton. The Law Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. A deputation was named to wait on the Health Com mittee regarding the disgraceful state of the railway bridgc RAILWAYS The Law Clerk reported - that the bridges of two con templated railways would cross the Wavertree-road. There was noilling in the arches that would obstruct the road ways, but it was agreed; in one instance, to represent that the arch should be made wider than stated in the report —25 feet. THE AUDITORS REPORT.-ABSCONDING OF THE CLERK. The report of Mr. Rees ' the auditor, was read, and it stated that he (Mr. Rees) felt it his duty to state, thafhe found a great descrepancy in the accounts—a deficiency of £l,BOO, was found on the whole, but he (the auditor) did not point out who was in fault, for not having - the accounts properly arranged. He found that there waslho cash-book, and he had warned the board in July. 1857 of the fact, and yet he still found the fame thing this year, so that he could not audit the accounts. The whole had been put into the hands of an able accountant, but were not finally arranged. This was the substance of the auditor's report. Mr. Picton said, Mr. Birnie, the clerk and collector, seemed to have gone away and left the board over £4OO in debt. (Hear, hear.) The chairman did not think the ratepayers would suffer by that—(hear, hear)—for it was not a hopeless case, and with the exception of the £4OO, there was no other deficiency. (llear,lear.) _ • - - Mr. Pi e cton thought the language of the auditor strong as regarded the board, as he seemed to have stated that he had warned the board in July, 1857. He inquired for the report of Mr. Rees in '57, but it was stated that no such report was recorded on the minutes of the board. Several members said they did not remember the circumstance. The minutes of the above date were then read, but there was no record of the auditor's - alleged report. Mr. Picton said, all the members of the board were in ignorance of the report alluded to. Not one member of that board was made aware of the facts until a week or two ago, although it seemed Mr. Rees had sent remon strances to the proper officer of the board, according to Mr. Rees' own statement. _ _ Mr. Rishton said the only accounts he knew of that were brought before the finance committee on any occa sion, were the monthly bills in the usual way. He never heard of the report before now. The Chairman said, it came on the entire board with great surprise, at the last meeting, when Mr. Bernie informed them that there was no cash book kept in the office. In reply to Mr. Halhead, The Law Clerk said, two members of the board and the law-clerk should sign cheques when drawn. The Chairman said, they had got security for the greater part of the amount, and he believed ultimately, that there would not be any loss to the ratepayers. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Rishton said, he remembered Mr. Rees holding that board up as a model of perfection, compared with all the other boards he had to deal with—how could that be when there was no cash-book kept ? Mr. Picton wished it to go to the public, that up to the very last moment the hoard know nothing of the matter. The moment that it was communicated to them, they took instant proceedings on the whole affair. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman said it was right to let it go to the public, that when Mr. Birnie might have gone off with a hundred pound in his pocket, and the check-book, he did not do so, but inclosed them to him--(hear, hear) — that was some redeeming quality in the transaction. The subject then dropped,. by the Chairman again say ing, so far as could be seen at present, the ratepayers would not be at any loss. WAYERTREE VALE. Several letters bf complaint were read about the state of the road in this place, and the indignant expressions some of the letters caused much laughter. . - The routine business was then transacted, and the t3ard adjourned, to meet on an early day to inquire into the accounts, &c. WATER COMMITTEE, At the weekly meeting of this committee, yesterday, Mr. T. L. Hodson presided ; and the other members pre sent were Messrs. Ryley, Rae, Woodruff, Wagstaff, Earle, and Farnworth. Mr. Duncan , the engineer, reported that durin g the past week four filter beds have been cleaned, s o th a t the six are now in good working condition. The experi mental filter will be in operation in course of ,the present week. The reservoirs are now nearly fulL to ordinary top water line. They stand below—their respective over flows as under : Week end. Week end. Feb. 12. Feb. 5. Rise. Fall. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ' ft. in. Roddlesworth ..9 0 .8 8 .... 0 0 .... 0 4 Anglezark .... 2 101.... 3 91....0 11 .... 0 0 Rivington :.2 71: ... 1 34-: .. 0 Prescot 1 51. -...1 6 ....0 0 The rain-fall for the week has been 1.27 inches. The escape from the Millstone is now 254,000 gallons per day. On the pipe line there has been one leaking joint, near Plat-bridge. Mr. Woodr — uff asked whether the large 'quantity of water escaping daily from the Roddlesworth reservoir was running to waste ? The Engineer replied that it was. The other business before the committee was of a for mal nature. SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR.—It is reported that Rear- Admiral Sir Michael Seymour has applied to be relieved from his present command, and that, when Lord Elgin comes down, and matters at Canton are settled, hd will proceed to India, previous to returning to England. Admiral Jovien de Lagraviere is spoken of as likely to be the successor of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly in these seas ; and it is also rumoured that he will be accredited to Pekin in 11 diplomatic capacity.—China 4114‘; D e c. is THIRD ET-OITION. NORTHERN .;1 4 111ES OFFICE, TVESDAY, 1 F. MI MID-DAY EXPRESS. FRANCE The newspapers of Marseilles have been invited to publish nothing relative to the armaments, _ The musketry practice, which does not usually begiu till May, is to commence forthwith in , the army of Lyons. . . -- • ,• A d ' letter. from Algiers states that the Com mander-in-Chief hag' received instructions for the forthation Of- a secondary•division, in case of war with Austria being decided, . • • •The Paris correspondent of the. _Herald asserts that the same state of uncertainty and alarm con :tinues to prevail at Paris, and that military pre parations continue on' both sides of the Alps. :•7 Siecle of Monday has:. another warlike It says, when an exhausted nation,.rife for liberty, holds out her hand to France, it is -the .right and the duty of France . to assist her,—at . first by diplomatic means, and in default by . arms. AUSTRIA According to a careful estimate in a French military journal, the military strength of Austria, in time of peace, is represented by 400,000 men, and in time of war by 750,060 men. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES, The Journal des Debuts remarks on the ominous rapidity 'with which difficulty succeeds difficulty in the Danubian regions, and says that a revival of the Servian question appears inevitable, as there is a limit even 'to the forbearance of Porte. THE IMPERIAL PRINCE OF FRANCE The King of Sardinia has conferred on the Imperial Prince of France the order of the An nonciado. COUNT CAVOUIt ON THE , GOVERNMENT • OE IRELAND. Count Cavour's recent , allusion to the- excellent manner' in which Ireland is governed, induces the Gazette de France to exclaim, that the. unhappy Irish, in their deep - distress, would consider Austrian rule, in spite of its harshness, a decided improvement on that of England. _ INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.—The Pera (s.s.), arrived at Southampton this morning, with heavy plrtion of above mails. She left. Gibraltar on the 10th. The Andes steamer had arrived on the 9th, from Liverpool. THIS DAY'S'MARKETS LONDON MONEY MARKET.-Thp London .Stock Market opened more buoyantly this morning; and Consols have been firrn, at an imp . ..ovement of a quarter per cent. upon the quotations of yesterday. Nearly „the whole moraing they have stood at 94 to W. Lord Stanley's proposed loan of seven millions for India is to be guaranteed by the revenue of India, and,not, as is generally expeeted, to have an Imperial Guarantee. . The London Share Market has been firin, but very inactive. BOROUGH Hoe MARKET.—Most new hops in fair request, at full price ; otherwise the trade is heavy, at barely last week's currency-. NEWCAST7,E Conx.—English Wheat very sloW of sale, and Siturlay's rates are barely supported. • Foreign is without enquiry, but held firmly. Flour is without change ia value, and but little husinbss doing for Barley; except for fine sorts, which are 6d. per. quarter Cheaper. Oats quiet, but not lower. Beans and Peas lime as on Saturday: • LrvesrooL Cons. —This morning's market brought few buyeis the business effected was 'altogether of such a retail character, we cannot alter our, quotations as regards any one *fide ; and though the buyers were litlle.disposed to purchase, yet holders did not manifest any anxiety to sell, especially as regards foreign produce, which from no parts of the world can come here to profit. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening. The Liverpool Cotton Market continues to gain strength, and throughout to-day • great activity has prevailed, and a large business has been the result, the sales reaching from 10,000 to 12,000 bales, including about 4,000 taken for speculation and export. Prices are fully one-eighth of a penny per pound higher than the quotations of Friday. The Liverpool Share Market has been remarka bly quiet, and very little business was done, as will be seen from the following return of actual trans actions :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95-'4; London and North Western, 96 ; South Eastern, 22+, 22 5-16 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 7 11-16 •, Do. 7 per Cent 1872, 60 ; Do. 7 per Cent 1862, 34d ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire 6 per Cent, 142 ; St. Helens Railway and Canal, 4 per Cent D, 992 c. • The Liverpool Produce Market has, presented no feature of importance., The business done has been moderate. The transactions:in Sugar were to a fair extent, at moderate prices. Eighty-five, tons of Dyewoods have changed hands. Some small sales of Ashes were made at 29s 6cl for pots, and 32s for pearls. There was no change in Palm Oil. 1,000 bags of Bengal Rice sold at from 'Bs to Ils per cwt. The arrival of the West India mail is reported this afternoon at Southampton, and the letters will be delivered in Liverpool early to-morrow ' morring. The steamer Avon, from Lisbon and the Brazils, has also arrived at Southampton, but her mails were delivered here on Saturday, having been brought forward by the Thames._ _ . - The London Stock Market opened heavily this morning, and up to about mid-day there had been scarcely a transaction. About noon, however, there was a rather better tone, which continued until the close of the market, but after official hours, consequent upon the tenor of Continental telegraphs, the quotations again became heavy. The Government Broker was in the market, and bought some New Threes on Public Account. Consols for Money opened and continued stationary until noon at from 955 to 954, and, after touching 955, again declined to 955, 951, at which they finally left off. Three per Cents. opened at 955, 951, and finally closed at 954 to 955. Bank Stock opened at 229, and closed at 227 to 229. Foreign Stocks opened without spirit, but closed firmer. The Railway Share Market was quite dormant until about mid-day, when there was an im provement, and the market closed very firmly at the following quotations :-Ambergate, 65-, 64 ; Caledonian, 855, 66 ; Do. Preference, 103, 105 ; Eastern Counties, 62, 63; East Lancashire, 95, 97; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 71, 72 ; Great Northern, 1041, 1051 ; Do. A., 88, 90 ; Do. 8., 137, 139 ; .Great Western, 565 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 955, 96; Brighton, 108, 1095 ; North Western, 955, 96 ; South Western, 94 93 ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38, 39 ; Midland, 1015, 102 ; North British, 611 621 ; Do. Preference, 111, 113 ; North Eastern-Berwick, 931, 934 ; Do. Leeds, 48, 485 ; Do. York, 781, 7817. North Stafford, 44, 45; South Eastern, 74, 745 ; Turkish Sixes, 891, 901; Do. Fours, 1025, 103 ; Great Western of Canada, 155, 165- ; Do. New, 44, 42 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 71, 74. At the London Indigo sales, 785 chests were withdrawn, 915 were bought in, and 471 were sold. The second-hand goods in B catalogue were sold at very irregular prices. The goods in A catalogue were sold at previous rates. The sales close to morrow, and the auctions of Guatemala Indigo commence on the 17th inst. The trading accounts from Paris to-day are of a very unfavourable character. It is stated that from all parts of France information has been col lected, which tends to show that trade has every where relapsed into complete stagnation. Sud den heavy failures are reported, and these had produced great uneasiness in the manufacturing. districts. At Orleans M. Bordier had been de clared bankrupt. The Paris Flour market con tinues dull. CHILD SMOTHERED &c.—On Sunday ni g ht, a c hild, na med Catherine Grant, was overlain in bed, in a house in Bleinheim-street. The body of a child was found yesterday in an ash-pit in Maddox-street. The body of another child was found in 4 box in Andley-street, yester by by a boy. SHIPPING: INTRLLIGENCB. HIGH WATER. : Morn. RTen:' Heigh .... 9 34"::.. lb 3 14 7 Tazs DAY Moderate breeze —Strong breeze. Corer s ......... : :cape T c ar r Aiesen— • salp ti ara i° :on.. ols ....... • itU4 •cw Orley" ,IVERPOOL. Feb. 1 4 : 4 in Belfabt Lough, At LIVERPOOL ~OLYIIfiAD~-. WIND N.W Agnes Garland.. Bosphor Europa Industry . • Jarlem .... • Kitty Floyd Mal Genio.. Pact°lu Sillery A cerense ,Alamo, . Adria . British Queen Lord Dufferin ....New OH( Gilunatteo ... Malt Antwerp I ! Telegraph Bombay ii 'Wilson .. New York.' Luey.:.. .. Barrow I lonia (64 Nantes El6anor . Th, New Oileinis Miranda . &lextuidrip, I ticaAlowex put back) sArt.ty.• - - Aveiro Delhi . Cialvtataci 1.1 S Pad ste I I:outss ,Reeori I It Robinson t Norma ..... MARITIME EXTRACT The Dalgany, Mackay, hence to A Will probably have.th get new punipithere. n The.Peveril of the . Peak, which lrriveil at Queenstown. ° 11th inst., sailed from Mauritius on the; .19th Nov., and 0 1 1....„, 19th Jan., in lat. 19 N., lon. 32 W., encountered a severe • ,, ..4 from the east Wa r -d, which continued up tti the 23rd Jan., ve e „'" - ep to south-east ; lost sails, bulwarks, &c., snit had one boat " 9 _ l to Since 3rd Feb. experienced terrific gales from, north-W7Ol south-West, with a very high sea, "and had to lid to otn painted„e The wreck of s sloop, with :bow Ai insi4,.turned•niiinsail, was passed about ten nlices south-Y.-0 of the Skerries, by'the Sunbeam, hence to Calcutta, Which P into Beouraa.rim The I reporte( s), from Lim, not from J on shore on West steam-tug• Prowler and•dock* Accounts from Boulo of the Jubilee was um tea, and 45 cases braid have 'been land and 8,000 packages tea were still on board The Rowena, for Athens. & King's gridiron, and r 10 balci in coming out of. dock heeled '2ll The (ieu IJ wed to havti foundere.; 104 sunken 't r, oil Sat six or seven ? towed frog at noon, twelve miles west of Formby lightship The Sillery, 3ieWha, for Bombay, has put back, the Clyde by steam-tug Blazer. Oftl . ANTWERP, Feb. 10. —The Rubens' Nedahl, from Goa. -a o ff cos, which got on the reefs of Punta Arenas, but was to), into Matanzas, would b,_Baca on Jan. 15. The wc _Baca .„ Sarmoria, from Genoa and Marseilles for La Nouvelle, b tru near the entrance of Bouc ; crew saved. ' Ar LANosenoNA, Feb. 4.—The Ernst Merck (s); Anderson! f o r rived hereon the 2nd from Nykoping, and was charterct ut London at 2s per qr oats in full. The ship will carry "." 8,500 qrs. it; nC, ARIINDEI. Feb. 11.—A case, containing sulphate of quin i ~—d e bottles; ena t ked "DM Pjf 7 Patras, 25 strong, 15 do, 13 of Co 53," the bottles, about 120 in number, labelled .‘ fialpb 3 r eo t, Quinine, prepared by Howard and Sons, late,Howard and b ijoAr Stratford; London," was picked up at Pagham Coast g uard st 3 Feb. 8, and has been brought here, ob/el' MARSEILLES, Jan. 10.—An American brig-schooner, d), sailed from Marseilles for Enghmd, Feb. 5 (flour and lint was wrecked next day on the beach and cargo considered as lost; crew saved. Shouk improve, some of the materials might be saved. '1 Anderson, cleared at Marseilles for Lynn, Jan. 30 MONTE VIDEO, Dec Ayres for Marseilles, Nov. 29, after being o demned and sold. Her ca... shore on Punta Brava, h goes forward • b 3, • barque Neptune:- 0 MAZATLAN 'Jan. : The Claire (French barque) ; , ar e (Hamburg brig) ; and another French barque, have aPP` off this port with European cargoes, but cannot enter a l ' present , circumstances Rio DE JANEIRO, Jan. 7.—The Dutch brig Frowina, 8 3 % which sailed hence Dec. 13 for Falmouth (coffee), put b. ,„ $ the 23rd, making water. Her cargo has been discharge Aile damaged state. The crew and passengers of. the American st. Elisha Kent, Kane, of Philadelphia, which w s abandoned niliQ 36 N, lon. 66 W, arrived here Dee. 25 in the American, c d Rising Sun, from Boston. The Laura, Richards, which ar l 'ipe here Dec. 12 from Rio Grande for Falmouth, was leakY',,rtct MManhattan, Gray, from New 'Y'ork for Sydney, N.S.W., , water, put in here. Jan. 3. • GRAvEsEND, Feb. 14.—Arrived :• drag; Addington, Elbmbay; Ascendant, Cakir The Grindreda, a e ll, Lg Star, Calcutta ; Cre3„i o Sailed : The Idc, for Janeiro ; tydford, St 'Vincent ; AmeiTc. New . Yo?*X!'st, Dzat, Feb. 14. —PasSed The Statesnan, Loudon to to John's; Alarm, London to. Port "Philip ; Jubilant, :London , 0 ; Cape Good Hope;. Margaret Rosner, London ,to Caldera, London to Sydney; Mangerton, -Sunderland to Y- 10 badoes ; Medina, London to Ascension ; Elizabeth, Londlv t Demerara ; -Ipswich Lass, London to St. Michael's ;,- • London to St. Michael's; David Lyons, London to Jaw* Dunbar; London to Rio Janeiro. tfOr KINGSTOWN, Feb. 14.--Sailed: The Paella, and Lizzie , • Newport : Given, Rotten. 0 01; WATERFORD, Feb. 12.—Arrived : The Vesta, from Livern City of Paris (s), and Courier (s), both Milford ; Auroral c ; Belfast ; Malvina (s),.London; ,Hendy, Slaney, Thomas, A rge - o 'ri. and Eliza Jane, all Cardiff; Collector, Llanelly ; Rover, Nei fo r Sailed : The Sultan, orsieh, Oscar, Iris, and Alert, all Cardiff Cardiff ; Thomas and Francis, and Pencilla; both Cork; Swansea ; Sally, Portsmouth - ; Mary Jane, Bristol ; Mathn Southampton •, Auxilliar, Shields; City of Paris (s), Milf °r . Aurora (s), London; Malvina ( s ) , B e l fast; R eso lution, Li ,. * 4 pool ; Secret, Arklow. GREENOCK, Feb. U.—Arrived: The Neinesis, from Pole.De Eliza Jenkins, • Pernambuco ; Velo c ity,Havre. Sailed : Sextus, for Malta. . -"t BELFAST, Feb. 14.—Sailed : The Imparregabile, for Glasief Af ,o in tow of the steam-tug Wonder ; Metna, Iceland. In ill Lough: The Dalgany, Mackay, from Liverpool to Aden, likely have to come up for repairs. , frO QtERNSTOWN, Feb. 14. Arrived : The Artisan (as). O. Cardiff;' Poconocket, Skibbereen ; Racer, —; • i; (ss), Liveool ; Bittern ( as), London; Nimrod (s), 1. 311 - - Yo: Osprey (ss), p Cardiff; Beate, Rio Grande; Benorth, Sa. The Bramley-Moore, from California and Valparaiso. The Industry, for Wexford; Edward 'Herbert, ValparaP v c , Bolston,, Greenock; Indian Queen, Barbadoes ; Fairy au' 4 London; Thonias English, Limerick ; Derwent, Malta; InCOI err Bremen ; Feronia, Marseilles ; Degller; Tralee ; Figlio Alexan! c ` x ; Constantinople ; Genito Nicolo, and Berticolo, both for Liftlen„,,i- Sir J. Easthope, Galway ; Blanche; Liverpool, in tow of the ste . '; tug Retriever;' John Gaynes, Boston, E ng l an d ; Enthusi l Antigua ; Commodore, Barbadoes ; Hope On, Wisbeach ; Boston ; Elodie, Novicsnik, and Elina O'Keefe—all for SW' Calliope, Boston SPOKE - N. Feb. 10..Blackwater, h ence t o Melbourne . I 4 n BN Lat :. 1- 6 8 1 Feb. 11— Damascus (ss), hence to Constantinople 50 N .• Feb. 3.. Astrea, Mauritius for Liverpool - Feb. 7.. Andes (ss), hence to Trieste, off the Barlings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL BETTING.-YESTERDAY T GRAND NATI Q NA L ST EEPLE CHASE.-I . 2agsasst e g Brewer, 12 to 1 agst Jealously, 100 to 6 a git 3 . 11 % . Harkaway, 100 to 6 agst Littl e Ch ar l e y, 100 to 6 at Weathercock, 20 to 1 agst Knight of the Shire.—V e ",.. little doing, the only horses backed for money beiner Weathercock and Miss Harkaway. CARMARTHENSHIRE ST EEPLE C HASES Tuesday, Pell. loth. --Acceptances for the Open Steeple Chase liandlcaa of, £lO. each, 7 ft., and. 2 only if declared, with .£ lO added. Four miles. 19 subs., 10 of whom declared. 12 4 The Minor, aged • 10 3 Arthur, aged 11 4 Little Yeoman, aged 10 3 Carew , 11 5 St. David, aged 10 0 Fearless 11 0 Lobster, aged I 9 7 Pilgrim 10 5 The Old hake TUE COMMERCIAL VISITORS' HANDICAP Of £5 C 9 0 1 1; 2 ft., with X5O added. The winner of the Open Steep a Chase to carry 7 lb. extra. 19 subs., 10. of whom declare and pay £2 ft. Four miles. 12 0. The Minor, aged 10 9 Young Magnet, aged 10 5 Shanbally, aged 10 0 Kibworth Lass, aged 9 12. Arthur, aged 9 12 Carew 9 9 Fearless 9 2 The Deer 9 2 Rosealia, aged 9 0 Violet, 4ys BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S.-MoxDAy EvEslo. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-12 to 1 agst 'Alt a° Agnes, offered; 20 to 1 agst Blackthorn, taken. DERBY.-16 to 1 agst Electric ' taken ;30to 1 ag s t Ballamoon, taken ; 40 to 1 agst Viking ; 50 to 1 ag o Enfield, taken ; 1,000 to 15 a g st M ars k e , t a k en ; 1, 00 to 10 agst Logic, taken. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-10 to 1 agst Jealousl offered ; 12 to 1 agst The B rewer , t a k en ; 1 2 t o 1 ags t Weathercock, taken ; 15 to 1 agst Little Charley, taken' 16 to 1 agst Jean du Queen, taken ; 33 to 1 agst Glantoal taken ; 33 to 1 ag s t Cl au di us , taken • 180 to 30 an Weathercock and Je an d u Q ueen, coupled. 15 CHESTER CUP.-100 to 7 a gs t D rog h e d a , o ff er ed, to 1 taken to money • 1,000 to 15 ag s t B roa dbri m taken' 2,000 GUINE AS .-4 to 1 agst Promised Land, t'l' and offered. FLOGGING A SOLDIER AT CHATHAM. —The troop! forming the 3rd D e pot B a tt a li on at B rompton, asse mble a at an early hour the other morning, when they were n marched to the Spfir Battery to witness the infliett of corporal puni s h men t on a p r i vate o f th e name o f John Smith, 84th regi me nt, w h o was t r i e d by a district cou r t martial for selling his regimental boots to a civilian, Brompton, for which offence he was convicted, and se ti c i teuced to receive fifty lashes. After the puni s hment 1 13 , 0 been inflicted, the poor fellow was relea s ed, an d taken t 0 the Infirmary of the Garrison Hospital. Although " was a young soldier, having only been in the regiol eli t twelve months, he bore the punishment with a gre a t degree of fortitude. Many of the officers °and prival, e who stood in the ranks, fainted at the appalling spectacl e ' CHURCH-RATES BILLS.—Two bills are already beforfi the House on the subject of church- ra t es . The first, 'illi c it emanates from Sir J. Trelawney, M r . Dill w y n , an d Gener'a Thompson, summarily abolishes the impost. The sal t bill, "for voluntary commutation of church-rates," broug ht in by Messrs. Alcock and Ev ans , ma k es prov i s i on for the securing to the Charity Commissioners of a yearly OD su fficient for the payment o f expenses properly pa/va ble out of church-rates, which 'being done, church-rates Wi ° cease to be 'levied. The funds are supposed to ac,c 1 1,,, from rent-charges to be g ran t e d b y corporat i ons , and . by tenants-in-tail, or fo r lif e ; all such rent-charges beig absolutely binding. The bill will not touch the fan o° Mortmain Act (9 • George IL cap. 36). The Cha rity Commissioners will awar d and adminster the funds t i ' ul provided. • lag° I 4:1 ern err ) XA.N ViCA ZOSI CITy CITy CITy) RAN,G CITY , Fort, Provisi 'ei w‘i at 4 dol 15B APpl , ra *filets_ Iteaf„ Ezpres tWei +vnii er k`lie e 83, Jar North arson ' , All 1( STY n.AN G CITy CITy City RANG 4 - Yi \ Tile s ft Sag fav( OA /4 ; f Ittp i Ig i v k tlbp, (I) 'OR R BAIL kk, ‘4 O Dv j jr? 1,0, th,eo" 1, ~~~ N eb t ) , C E eb,