Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-10 00:00:00

OCTOBER 10, 1859. weapon with the other, and toil patiently, but with a sword at her side The Church of Eng- land is, in theory. the poor man's Church— completely, without. drawbaok or reserve. Practice she is becoming every day a more and more perfect representative of that theory, and stripping herself more and more of those, drawbacks with which the . profane cupidity and secularity of men have clogged and disfigured her. iherefore, when she, struggles to retain those pecuniary advantages, and rights of pro- perty, which former ages inalienably conferred, she is contending for the rights of the poor, she is protecting from fraudulent misappropriation that sacred fund which she holds in trust for the -necessitous and the weak, the adminigtration of whichds a solemn charge as fresh upon her conscience as when first imposed, only pressing now with the accumulated weight of ages, with the increasing and appalling necessitiea of fl-. time, with the heavy consciousness of a won always enlarging its scope, never yet discharged to the full, though never yet wholly relinquished and never in the future to terminate or to relax But those who now seek with so much malig- Want zeal to defraud the Church in this country of her secular rights, looking about for any rag of Justiacation to cover wrongful and unreasonable 4esi gns, allege that a failure to discharge her tru s t disentitles her to the retention of that which has been entrusted, and calls for its aliena- both as a ;punishment to herself, and in Prospect of its better discharge by new instru 11lents- To this we might, indeed, rejoin with a s harp and just to • I,uoy:c, and ask our censors for their own. credentials. We might ask for the guarantee which these new " instruments," or ima,ginable instruments, have to offer. We might appeal to history, or to our own expe lienee, or to what we see before us at the present day, and demand to be shown those graces and capabilities which are. to qualify them for under taking th e trust which they say t h e Ch urc h h as betrayed for doinc, the work which they say she ha s Proved h erself powerless to d o, f or di sc h a r g i ng tha t function which they say she has maltreated o doi t ; or allowed to lap se . Whe n Separatism can point t increase of religious appliances among poor stri ets vhen it can conv i nce us o f it s Nwer n f. ministration among those who do t Invite, and* cannot pay for it, but repel and revile it —nay, when it disproves the notorious fact that the aggressiveness of its zeal th e has b een hith er t o i n an exact l y i nverse rat i o to increas e of poverty, and that its religious ma chinery, i s invariably withdrawn from localities Wh ich need religious machinery most, we might rgue with them the question of comparative : eierl eY; and rest, not the justice, but the de -eneY' of the case upon this—whether, if the 111s ely 'is to be punished, they . h ave a c l a i m to be th e a : vengers p but Teproa c h es We Will no t pret , haveuiandeserved. -w c bee n i na ppli ca bl e , or entirel3, rd. h„ ho will venture . to assert that the univers a l always done all her duty ? Amid the dearth of zeal she has been remiss; amid thet common apathy s h e, too, h as b een apa th e ti c . At he sa me time, th at she, above all an d to all, W as call e d Upon to set a high example, and be as a .44 ^un in' t h e darkness. We hold it, however, at ll „, °u( 4h to ask—lf ot h ers have awakened, does s h e sleep ? If a great revival has evoked what ielver l ife the re was in others, has i t passed by et: a eon 2 If others have been seeking out their mis t° be iB hers yet unfound, or - not yet commenced to f ulfilled ? B ut we go f urt h er, w i t h t hi s, one aci llski elutio n , w i th wh i ch let the mouth o f t h e a ;T a t) . " be for ever stopped. We do not merely s th' l t t :; at the Church of England has not escaped f t - e ; eve r of zeal which has more or less in the Whol e re li g i o n s. mass ; we say th a t she :lerated i t. We say. s h e h as b een th e cen t re il t ai th e fi e circle w hi c h h as ta k en up w i t hi n i ts those outlying fragments which refuse and hate her direct influence. We say the beams tayst radiate d from he r , i n w hi c h sec ts a nd s elves al no st antago n i s ti c h ave warme d them has' co It It - s notori ous l y w i t h h er t h e rev i va l and Princi p l e and from h er rece i ve d its impul s e, of Setti no. growth. b aside , then, justice, would it not be a nd to say that all their thing impolitic arriv e d at this awakened consciousness, men lut. talk of crippling her means of usefulness wh i s en she has ar i sen and shaken herself, and illexamining her trust-deeds, and has set about B'°°d earnest discharging the offices they im c:e' the World should venture to interfere and ci P riv e. her o f the rights whi c h' th e y con f er ? eeas e is so m a nife s t and strong, that it on ly . -,, i- (178 a bold and unyielding front for a moment, a s _ th e sacrilegious hand will hold back for —4tttoke. and perverse, if, when she has NOTES OF THE DAY Th hit „ e Pedient which, it is said, has at length been tee:Pen in the interest of Sardinia, of offering the eo '.l geY of the revolted , Italian States to Prince %eel:1411ml°) cousin to kin.. Victor Emmanuel, might a pr aeti at first sight, to: present the opportunity o w 0,., c ale iu compromise. But the two-fold question . is, den't, this atisfv the French Emperor, dynastye.4ll3 after the establishment of a Napoleon and ino Y rt l i n f it z al3r ; who, it is el or Austria, whom it would still defeat hand, we Y • We humbly think not. On . the . other to th e ve t"' Much doubt if it would give satisfaction , re,,a e people of the Duchies themselves, who are already fr om rain g it, we observe, as an attempt to divert them PraLti_l, expressed wi s h for annexation to Piedmont. he r 4 however, having, as she now tells us, offered services in vain, and being unwilling to " go so far 4 8 to d• , n ic.at-orders," will - probably be content to look °— until some fresh occasion of discontent opens the door .anew for snore decisive interference. The first blood having been shed by the Parmese, in heir, sacrifice W setting up a conspi r acy aga i ns t t h e popular liber hLe% e i t is much to be feared that a course of violence ' oeen entered po un that is not at all likely t o serve their c ause.. It is a sacrifice of lif e which will doubtless The decree has been signed for the fortification of the port of Granville, and some Small islands opposite Jersey. An immense floating battery is building at Bordeaux, which is to have bulwarks three feet thickness. . • The latest news from Bayonne announces the departure of the Emperor for Marais d'Orx, on a visit to Count Walewski. THE LATE OUTRAGE AT PARMA. PARIS, October 8 • The French Consul at Parma has received orders from the Imperial Government to quit his post in Parma, unless prompt justice is done, and ex emplary chastisement inflicted on the authors of the murder of Count Anviti. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Saturday. 12.10 P.M.—The Bourse opens flat, but without alteration in the price of Rentes. 3.15 P.M.—Funds have somewhat improved, and the last price of Rentes was 69.60, showing a, rise of 15 centimes since yesterday. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. VIENNA, OCt. 8 The Austrian Correspondence contains an ar ticle censuring the summary now circulated of the reply of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the note of the Austrian Government, for de signedly omitting that portion of the Duke's reply where his Highness laid stress on the fact of his opinion regarding Austria, and her relation to Germany, being decidedly at variance with that expressed at the meeting of the National party at Eisenach. ►r 0' 0 111 t r have to be avenged—most probably by Austria, in whose cause the unfortunate deceased has suffered. At present there is no evidence to substantiate the suspi cion that Colonel Anviti was a conspirator. And if he were not, then is there the greater reason for avenging his assassination ; while, if he were an emissary at all, it was for Austrian interests—and Austria, therefore, will in either case have a good reason for retaliation. It can excite no surprise, to find that the. Pope is not only frowning upon Victor Emmanuel,-,this he has done for a. long while,—but has now shewn his dis pleasure in a still more marked manner, by dismissing the Sardinian Envoy. The'popular feeling in Rome has been strongly excited against this step, fomented by the efforts of the friends of Piedmont ; and,- strange to say, the French garrison was called into requisition by its commander. It is thus that Louis' Napoleon makes common cause with. the Pope, even against his friend and ally, Victor Emmanuel.. The plea is now being set up by the Liberals of Wakefield, we observe, that the friends of that great purist, Mr. Leatham, were compelled to bribe by dire necessity,—the dire necessity, namely, of return ing their inestimable candidate ,to Parliament, in pre ference to the Convervative, Mr. Charlesworth. Now, if it were really a question of preference that concerned the interests either of the bOrough of Wakefield or the country at large, there would be no difficulty in showing that the superiority was entirely on the side of the Con servative. But this has positively nothing to do with it. No one is compelled to do wrong. If they could defeat the Conservative candidate by means of Bribery, there could, not possibly have been a stronger reason why they should have abstained, rather than have had recourse to so vile an expedient. The Conservatives, they pretend, bribed also. But there was no evidence of this. And suppose there were, two blacks will not make a white. THE LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. The Emperor Napoleon has not been well for the last week or so ; he suffers from severe` head aches. TURKEY. The Porte has decided upon the recall of Omer Pasha from the Governorship of Bagdad. --,,%--- ITALY. The Sardinian Chambers, are to meet as soon as the Treaty of Peace is signed; but they will then be dissolved, and fresh elections will take place. The taxes in Austria, imposed fast May, and which were to continue only during the war, are to be prolonged.to November, 1860. , The official. Piedmontese Gazette denies the truth of a passage in the Pope's allocation, in which it was stated that the King of Sardinia had appointed a dictator in the legatiOn. The orga nization of the military forces of the Italian league is daily becoming more complete. General Zanti has • his head-quarters at Modena, Garibaldi at Bologna, and General Mezziacipo Rimini. Volunteers, in great numbers, arrived from Venetia; and deserters from the Pope's army flock in. THE ZURICH CONFERENCE ZURICH, October 8 It is stated that the difficulties met with by the Conference have not yet been settled, and that it is doubtful whether the treaty of peace will be signed next 'week. SPAIN. Letters from Madrid state that the representa tive of the Emperor of Morocco at 'Tangiers has asked for further delay for the settlement of the question pending with Spain, but his demand has not been acceded to.. + The following appeared in a portion of our im pression of Saturday INDIA ANP AUSTRALIA. The light portion of the Indian and Australian mails has arrived, and letters for Liverpool and Manchester despatched per early mail, INDIA. Bombay advices are to Septa 10. Country generally quiet. Discharged troops were embarking for England. A letter from Augur to the Delhi Gazette, dated Bth instant, says, " that the notorious rebel, Heera Sing, who, you may remember I told you, was hovering about in this neighbourhood and eluding the vigilance of our spies, was marked down this morning in a ravine about five miles off. A party of the Mahratta Horse was im mediately despatched to take him. On being surrounded he showed fight, and it was not till he received a severe sabre cut on the head, and after he had badly wounded a duffadar, that he was captured. He, ill not recover, I expect, to grace the gallows. He is an enormouslyfat man, six feet high, and a fine specimen of a Pandy. He was a native officer in the Mehidpore Contingent, and went first to Delhi ; since which, he has been in Central India with several fellows under his command, holding the rank of general." EUROPEAN LABOURERS.—One of the Commissariat Contractors, a native, finding from experience that native labourers worked very slowly, has engaged the services of eight European seamen at sixty rupees per mensem, with a superintendent at 150, to stow packages on board of boats for transmission up country. The men have been at work for some days past, an d a pp ear to give the Baboo satisfaction.—Hurkaru, August 17. Iron works have been opened at Nainee Tal, and iron had been made from the rich ore in the neighbourhood. In cotton a slight advance. Metals quiet. Yarn ex pected to advance. Cotton piece goods, bleached and fancy goods generally same as last report. Freights rather lower. ACCIDENT IN MOORFIELDS.—On Saturday, a boy, named ThoraA Gow, who resides in a court'off Davies street, was run over by a cart in Moorfields, and had several of his ribs fractured. He was conveyed to the Northern Hospital. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY : Return for week ending Oct. 8, 1850 :—Admitted: In-patients, 41. ; out-patients, 32 ; surgical casualties, 31. Discharged Cured, 12; relieved, out-patients, 5 ; irregnlar, 0 ; dead, 4 at own request, 21 remaining in NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. AUSTRALIA The mail advices are from Sydney to August 13 Melbourne, 18 ; Adelaide, 19. After the arrival of the English June mails at Mel. bourne, bacon, hams, and butter 'rose,, and rites stilt continued firm at some reduction on the first advance Wines and spirits steadier. First-class brandies realised full rates. In the labour market, skilled workmen still at a dis count. _ _ _ The news brought by the Bombay mail had done much, not only to increase commercial 'confidence, but to allay the anxiety for additional colonial defences, which was beginning to gain ground. . The Red JWcket,while on her voyage from Liverpool to Mellalurne, had run—,down the Elizabeth Walker. The crew of the latter had only just time to climb on board of the Red Jacket,' when their own vessel foun dered. The Melbourne journals, of August 17th, give parti-• culars of the loss of the Admalla, a steamer trading be tween. Adelaide and Melbourne. After leaving - the former port, on August sth, she struck at half-past four the following morning, while running at full speed, and in less than ten minutes she was in three, pieces. About forty people continued clinging to the bow. portion 'for two . ' day;, when (with the eiception of abintt fifteen, who were brought to the after part of the vessel by means of a rope) they were all washed off and lost. During five out ,of seven days, the people were without food of any description, and had no shelter : they sat on the top rail with their feet resting on a moulding fore and aft. About twenty died in one night from cold. When the seventh night closed, only tv seve Altogether fifty persons perished is rerrame the nt,c SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE Arrived at Sydney :—Telegraph Arrived at Adelaide :—Escort and Astoria Sailed : Kurrachee Arrived at Melbourne :—Royal Charter, (July 22d,) Peter Max Well, Laurence Brown, Telegraph, Vater smidt, Red Jacket, and Sir W. Eyre. Sailed : British Trident, Dingo. Arrived at Bombay Barton, Bebington, and Timont scent City, Joshua, and JOSeith Rowan Mary Oxley, Magnet, Niles Sailed : Persia, Ore- GARIBALDI'S CORPS The Daily _Yews contains an address Avesani to his countrymen in England, inviting them to contribute to the national subscription,instituted by Garibaldi, for the purchase of 1,000,000 (?) muskets for Central Itah-. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. SAILING. OF TILE KANGAROO.- —The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's screw steamer Kangaroo will sail for New York on Wed- THE BUILDERS' STRIKE AND LOCK-OUT On Saturday circumstances trans aired which lead to that, ere this week shall have passed, the deplorable I misund ink whi CORRESPONDENCE our correspondents.] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTI Sin,—Permit me to occupy a small space in your valuable journal to draw attention to the seeming apathy which is remarked on in various quarters, as having seized on the Conservative body, with respect to the approaching Municipal' Elections. On all hands we hear of the great preparations made in the Radical I camp for the purpose of securing the return of their candidates in niost of the wards, while the intentions of the Conservatives—if they have any—are nearly all concealed In Everton and Kirkdale, in Vauxhall, in Lime-street, in Abercromby, and North Toxteth Wards, there seems to be no movement made for the purpose of replacing . . Radical councillors by Conservatives. the retiring nesdav the house, SAILING or THE EUROPA.—The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Europa sailed on Saturday for Halifax and ' Boston. Besid.es the usual mails and a valuable cargo, the Europa also took out 169 passengers, among whom were Mrs. F. B. Kemble and her daughter. The succeeding steam-ship in this line is the Persia, which sails for New York on Satur day. DEPARTURE OF THE LIGHTNING}.—We regret ex edingly that an error, occasioned by the carlessness o f _ _ our shipping . reporter, should have appeared in our columns, relative to the number of passengers taken out by the celebrated "Black Ball" clipper Lightning. Instead have, been 37 Ilom twE first-class. We . 4lso learn that many pass gers and a imed large amount of cargo, were shut out from this ship, she having been completely_ filled seven . before the time fixed for her sailing. ARRIVAL Op, THE Ex-RoI:AL MAIL ST STORK IN THE MEnsEy.—The celebrated Ex-Royal I Mail Steamer Stork arrived in the Mersey. yesterday afternoon, after one of the most rapid passages on record, from the Clyde ; — thus fully sustaining the already high reputation which she enjoys, as one of the safest, fastest, and most commodious passenger steamers afloat. We understand she will make her first trip to Holyhead to-morrow,-to. meet, the Great EaStern and that she will continue te.ply between Liverpool and Holyhead, carrying passengers, during the stay of the Leviathan at that port. • THE GOVERNMENT ANNUAL TRIAL OF CIIRONO METERS:—Mr. .Campbell, chronometer maker, of South Castle-street, has received the following gratifying communication from the Government, his chronometer being placed first on the Admiralty list on account of its superior performance : TO MR. CAMPBELL, CHRONOMETER MAKER, LIVERPOOL. llydrographic Office r Admiralty, August 19, 1859. • SlR,—The annual trial of chronometers for the use of her Majesty's Government having now terminated, I am com manded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to offer you theium of 60 guineas' for your chronometer, No. 837, on the present trial.—Requestine your answer as..soon as conve nient, I am, sir, your most obedient servo. JOHN WASHINGTON; Hydrographer Admiralty out of ten submitted by him, only, ,one being deposited on each trial, the other five being above the centre of the list on each occasion. 012 Mr. Charles ri • Nr lIENGLER'S GRAND : C IRQUE ARIETI Hengler, the spirited proprietor of this place of amus( ment, cannot but feel •gratified at the " bumper " house he had on Saturday,,evening, last, when 14s attractive performers made their first appearance for the season. The great numbers 'who congregated to the circus amply testified to the fact that a highly-appreciated place of amusement was again opened in Dale-street ; and we must say that it would have been difficult indeed to exceed the performances gone through on the occasion. They were, in themselves, not to be surpassed by any previous entertainments ; and if we only made reference to the clownish part of the affair, these, strictly speaking, are a host in themselves. Apart, however, from these, it will well repay `the visitor to witness the performance of the mare Diamond. This highly-trainat steed goes through the movements in a manlier such as to testify of the diligence and attention that have been bestowed upon her by the owner. The population of Liverpool have now an opportunity of witnessing the wonderful performances carried on in this circus ; and if we take Saturday's proceedings as a test, we cannot doubt that enlarged and increasing patronage is sure to attend the exertions of Mr. Hengfer and his highly-qualified troupe. THE COUNTY COURT AT LANCASTER.—InsoIvent Debtors, on Friday last, before Robert Segar, Esq., Judge.—Jacob Ahl, baker and flour dealer, Kingston upon-Thames, Surrey • Matthew Green, mariner, Liver pool ; Samuel Hill, publican, Rochdale ; Joseph Evans, warehouseman and lodging-house keeper, Liverpool; William Buckley, piecer in a button factory,' Staly bridge ; James Bell, publican, Cheadle Heath ; Michael Delauney, beerseller and wood turner, Manchester; William Hague, accountant, Manchester ; Godfrey Joachim Schroder the younger, stock and share broker, Manchester ; James Dewhurst, butcher, Southport ; John Hepworth, keeper of a billiard-room, Mar Chester ; Geo:ge Buchanan, cart owner, Liverpool ; John Taylor, publican, Stockport ; Robert Farbon, printer and sta tioner, Manchester ; Florence John Dillon Egan (sued as Florence Egan, with Frederick Blades), ship-broker and owner, Liverpool ; Thomas Preston, publican, Blackburn; Adolphus Devereux Duncan George Rath ven (sued as Adolphus Duncan Devereux George Ruth ven), eating-house keeper. Liverpool--discharged. John Wilson, joiner and packing-case maker, Manches ter—six months. George Schofield, rope maker, Sal ford ; George Bates, foreign fruit merchant, -Kingston upon-Hull—adjourned. Adjourned cases.—Etienne Emile Barandon, publican, Liverpool ; William Town son (sued with john Doodson), beerseller, Pendlebury ; Joseph Coulthard, fancy box manufacturer, Manchester —discharged. John . Nuttall, lodging-house keeper, Bolton-le-Moors ; Thomas Hargreaves, publican, Man chester—adjourned. Thomas Crook, brick maker, Preston—out of custody. _ THE CONVICT SIIETWURST. — The prisoner Thomas Smethurst still remains under sentence of death—the authorities not having as yet been able to decide upon the nature of the commutation to be recommended to the Queen. The voluminous mass of papers relating to the case are still before the Chief Baron, who is giving to them his most earnest attention, but who has not yet sent in his report upon the case, for so many wee] :he building trad will have become a.bygone, am will be restored to their former relations of amity and that masters anc usefulness There can be no doubt, says the Observer, that the good offices of Mr.' Ayrton,' M.P., for the Tower Him lets, have done much towards bringing about an amicable settlement. Mr. Ayrton, on paying a visit to th maatora of their last mptifinfr at Untpl Friday, for the purpose of making some proposals on behalf of the Operatives' Conference, was very cordially received; and although no definite understanding Was come to as to the views which the masters would take with re gard to the propositions of the men, still serious and friendly consideration to every one of them was promised, and it was arranged that the answers were to be in writing. It now appears that there is only one , proposal made by the Operaii - ves' Conference to . whicli the Association of Masters have niade"any exception. We were not enabled to ascertain what the particular point in 'disagreement aer than such vi assuming that it has no reference to that greaf' stumbling " document " - or " declaration:" At all events, in order that no time shall be lost, and as masters and men are int, the wo: objection-of the masters into:consideratiop, so as to for ward their views and decisions thereon •to Mr. Ayrton, to- be laid by that gentleman before the adjourned meeting of the Masters' Association, •to be held 'on Tuesday next. In the meantime, matters remain generally pretty muctras they were, with the exception that statements are made that those who hare accepted -tenders for works front some of the large contractors, are getting impatient of those `works remaining so long in abeyance. It is asserted that Bar, - 11 Rothschild; who has entered into • a contract with Mr. Myers splendid mansion in Piccadilly, h perform his part of the contract by proceeding' with the works: forthwith, whether the men work with or without ISrompton upon Mr. Atu,_ -Awrence to proceed the day- Monday) 'with the works requiredlor the erectior holder and directors of the Wesfminster Palace Hotel are , becOming exceedingly 'restive, and that legal pro ceedings are threatened against Mr. Myers unless lie proceeds to the completion of the work required under his contract in the erection of that immense pile of building's. It is perfectly true, and is admitted by the legal advisers of the directors and shareholders ery reason to believe that a little exertion and some forethought are, all that is required to replace in these Wards the gentlemen whose term of office expires this year, by good and true Conservatives. ImPol t - Why is this ? Everton and Kirkdale have long been Radicals thro — ugh means, which them by the little more energy on The then pet of the Radicals, courts the suffrages of the elector Dave easi Ly defeated Mr. Stitt, but under very successful. Three years ago ha was untried, and pre sumed to be au oratorical oracle ; he has proved himself to be merely a " talker," and possesses no weight or in fluence in the Council, and, if possible,' still less in any of its committees. • His former supporters have been disappointed and chagrined at the utter failure 1 made as a public matt; and, as is- well known, many of those .who most ardently supported him at the time of his election, are now ashamed of their choice, and have resolved not . to vote for him on.any terms. Under circumstances so well known then, - -may it not be asked )ponent has yet Mr. Stitt anopportiiiiity of retiring lte station". which to mselt must himself as "lord paramount" of Lime-street Will Vauxhall - Ward, panting as it is under- because: no one is brought forward. to-oppose hint Last, not-least, is the seat so long.and so worthily occu pied by Mr. James Holme, in. st.. Peter's Ward, to be handed over to Mt. Moe, : .for no other reason than because Mr.. Heinle. has not. been requested to continue his . valuable—or rather in valuable—services to the ward and to the public? I have learited with much satisfaction that Mr. of the Westminster Palace Motel Corn Mr. Myers's contract. there is a protecting. clause. for him incase of strike amongst his *orkmen,, but . the -fact is Daily, that in s of the 'Westminster- Palace :otel did strike. but that the Works were stopped by a vOluntary act of his own in combination with the other masters in closing his' Workshop, and "loCkini out" the men in his employment. It is therefore contended, on the part of the directors and shareholders, that Mr. Myers. in sus nAndincr his works is committing a brea.Ch of his contract, unless the works are resumes witnout aemy. rnese circumstances may have led to the altered tone of the masters, and their desire if possible to meet the men in something. like an amicable spirit. The masons are act- in g for themselves in the matter, but it is stated that posals mac general body of the building trades do not (utter in any material degree. It is therefore to be hoped that two or three days will see the termination 'of this dispute.; unfortuate and injurious as it mint parties =r- tamstances of t pis accic vas resume( before the coroner; Dr. Birt Davies. Mr. W. Pursal: was re-examined at some length as to the details of th( work carried on in the priming shop, but no importini or new facts were elicited: 111 i. John. Phillips, kin., de posed that he went to the premises in Wkittall-street about eight o'clock in the morning of the tbnf nnf lnnva tiw nrs , mignc fir m 27th ult., and minutes until the explosion took place. He prothided a statement of the quantity of explosive materials upon the premises at the time. There was no fulminate of mercury in the priming in the best priming pow shop, except What was 'mixed )ut a pot in t lie office con- tained four pounds, which was .not explo fetched away by Mr. Pursall after the acci out :seven ' pounc mixed powder there were a priming shop, six_pounds of which witness mixed that dorninir, about nine o'clock, when no other person-was In the -warehouse were ahout ten pounds of gunpowder; and about 3,000 or . 4,000 cartridges, each of which contained two and a-half drachms of powder, giving about ten pounds per thousand. The quantity of caps in the warehouses was about a million and a-half. The office contained about 4,000,000, which were par tially exploded, but no damage was done by them. FUNERAL OF THE LATE AMERICAN MINISTER AT PARIS.-The funeral obsequies of the lion. J. •Y. Masoni;American Minister at Paris, were celebrated on Wednesday in the American chapel of the Rue de _ _ _ Berry present fiom the representation of Great George 'Ward, and make. no doubt he will be trinnrphautly re-elected ; even It furtheiappe'irs, after •all, that the Radicals have succeeded in inducing a Candidate to come forward to oppose Mr. George Nickson in St. Ann's Ward, in the person of Mr. :Hall, a gentleman entirely unknown to the electors of Liverpool, except at ,the time when he occupied the questionable position of chairman of Mr. Stitt's committee. Such an opponent Mr. Nickson can have little to fear from ; but - the 'circumstance of his coming forward, coupled with other facts which are well known, speak forcibly as to the, Radical activity, while they Droelaim"with almost equal eozencv that the Conservaaves are dozing away their time. in. idleness ,oing so you will great The body of the deceased hdd been removes .pf,rly in thp and the neremenl took - place without any ponii At the appointea, iiiilomatic body now number of ' functionaries had arrived at the chapel, which could scarcely hold all the persons present., Among those who - attended was Baron de Lajus, master of the ceranlonies and introducer of ambassadors at the Tuileries, who came in full uniform in one of the court carriages, to represent the Emperor ; Count •de Sartiges; French Minister at Washington; M. de Billing, chef do cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Colonel Claremont, military attache at the English embassy, and other' persons of distinction. A detachment .of troops, commanded by a superior officer, formed a guard of honour .both inside and outside the chapel during the service. The death of Mr. Mason will be a' great loss to the diplomatic - service of his country; his affability of manner and his spirit of conciliation bad secured for him general esteem. The news of his death will produce deep regret at Washington, where he was as much esteemed as in Paris. The body will remain in the chapel until the moment arrives for conveying it to America for interment.. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS, IN THE Civil SERVICE.—Par Office-Mr. Edward Thos: Rowland. Mereweather has passed his examination for a temporary clerkship in Pall-mall. The Admiralty— Mr. William Augustus Stone has passed an examination for a temporary clerkship. General Post Office—The postmastership . of Leedstas become vacant by the death of Mr. James Anderson; salary. £290 ; in the gift. of the Postmaster-General. Mr. Thomas Garnett, .senior'clerk in the Sheffield' post-office; has been promoted to the postmasthship of Ipswich.. Mr. Huth Huston Lyons has passed his examination for a clerkship at Derry. CustomsL-A clerkship at Southampton has become vacant by the death of Mr. John T. Tucker. Mr. M. T. Hart has been appointed second clerk and landing waiter at Sligo. • Mr. J. G. •Royle, extra clerk at Manchester has been appointed -clerk in the legal quay:s department, London. Mr. R. H. Clark has been appointed from sixth to fifth class clerk in the tea department, London. Mr. Charles Winter has been promoted from third to second class tide surveyor in London. Inland Revenue , Department (Stamps and Taxes Branch'—Mr. George Michael Phillipson has been appointed assistant surveyor of taxes ; date of commission,. Sept. 22. Mr. Jobn Palethorpe has passed his examination for a supernumerary surveyorship of taxes. Ireland—The following promotions have taken place in the Registrar of Deeds Office, Dublin, caused' by the extension of the second class from ten to fifteen in number, and the merging of the third and transcribing classes :—Mr. J. Lyne, to the second class, Mr. M. Moriarty, ditto; Mr. R. B. Ratigan, ditto ; Mr. H. Foster, ditto • Mr. W. Eyre, ditto. There is a vacancy in the third class, caused by the death of Mr. W. Taylor, j un . C a pe of Good llope—Mr. Murrell Robinson Robinson has been appointed deputy colonial engineer and deputy commissioner of roads. Mr. Mathew oodifield has been appointed first assistant colonial engineer and first assistant commissioner of roads; and Mr. Woodford Pilkington second assistant colonial engineer and second assistant commissioner of roads. Mr. Joseph Thai( has been appointed clerk of the works in the colonial engineer's department, Cape Town.— Civil Service Gazette. [las exist& serve the true interests of the ‘ ,.. cOnimuility, and also :oblige servant Saturday, October Bth 7STREET WARD your obedient AN OBSERNEI TO THE EDITOR . OF THE. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES A Sound Constitu- Mr. Jeffery, the candidate for this ward, is sounding his points for which hoen4eavours . to obtain credit,—which, gesses,. are ot. a very doubtful, if not very,Objectionable, character. I allude, first, to the novel intention of rating the Dock Estate, as it appears to many to involve a species of suicide, for it is the docks that Liverpool is indebted which.has increase of business in its•various branches many at , epers who have resorted to it frOm a distan4( may think the .docks for the success icy hay Secondly, I cannot consider the town at all obliged to Mr. Jeffery, or his friend, for putting the. hurgesses to an enormous expense for the preparation of a volumi nous.return of the particulars of the corporation estate, which can be of little interest but to those feiv of the community who . possess, or job in, house property . , and who might obtain all the information they require at the Town-hall, without difficulty. The public will, therefore, be saddled .with a heavy charge to gratify the whim of a very . few, and the like many of those called for by members of returns, am, yours, 8a THE POST-OFFICE IN CHURCH STREET TO THE EDITOR 01 you be kind enough, through the mediuni of your valuable columns, to allow me to make. an enquiry, viz.:—flow is it that no person has yet been appointed to keep open a Branch Office in place of the one so long open in Post-office Place, Church-street ? I assure you that I hear numerous complaints from 'tradesmen residing in the neighbourhood, and have myself been put to great inconvenience by having to send all the way to the General Office. lam sure that the matter only requires to be ventilated for measures to be taken to remedy the inconvenience.—Yours, &e., A TRADESMAN Church-street, Liverpool. THE GREAT EASTERN AT HOLYHEAD TO THE EDITOR OF THE .NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SlR,—Your correspondent, " Another of the Public," is quite right iu saying that the London and North- Western Company have only a monopoly of carrying The passengers from the shore to the ship ; but, he should see, that is the thing I complain of. I will, with your kind permission, endeavour to make this grievance quite clear. There are several boats ad vcrtised to run from Liverpool—the Stork-,.City of Aber deen, Sea King, &e.; but they will not be allowed to run alongside the Great Eastern, and thereby give their pas- ;ngers the direct advantage which this mod veyanc( land as best they can, and make flieir way to the London and North-Western office for a ticket of admission to the ship, and also for the ferry. If your correspondent thinks the London and North- Western Railway Company are about to perform the latter service for passengers arriving by steamboats, free of charge, he iS greatly mistaken. " The London and North'-Western," says Mr. Yates, " will also receive the admission money on the pier ;" and, he might have added, the ferryage money too. I repeat, that to put passengers to the inconvenience' of landing from such boats as I have named, and force them to pay the Lon don and North-Western for conveyance in such boats as they have engaged, is only like a job,*and clearly against the interests of the ship shareholders. ONE OP THE PUBLIC Liverpool, Bth.Oetober, 1869 --4.-- The Levant Herald of the 28th ult. says :—" Rear Admiral Mehemet Pacha leaves for Smyrna in a few days with an autograph letter from his Majesty, the Sultan, to his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, inviting him to pay a visit to the capital." A• Swiss MURDER.—A dreadful crime was committed three days ago at Volketschwell, near Zurich. M. and Mme. S. persons of independent property, were found murdered in their bed, , having been killed by drawers had an been forced open, and 2,000 f. in specie stolen. ...-- murderer, a young man of twenty-one, who had recently . been in service in the house, was arre sted th e day .after in the market place of Zurich , while walking with a young woman to whom he was b e t ro thed. When ap ,-...l,f,nflpti he had on the hat a nd coat of his victim. COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE f TRE CABINET.—Lord Palmerston remains at his country seat, Broadlauds, Hants. The Duke of New castle is staying at Balmoral, and will remain till the Queen's departure, on Thursday, the 13th instant,, for Holyrood Palace, when his Grace attends her Majesty to Edinburgh. Lord Jc>lin Russell is expected to leave Abergeldie in the early part of this week. Sir George Cornewall Lewis has arrived at his residence, Harpton Ccoonutritt, iu H es e a re t f c ord ar s l h sb ir ad e, from . sir. Charles s ra Ear Wood oodisl staying g in town. Mr. Milner Gibson has arrived at Ramsgate. The Lord Chancell or , the Duke of Argyll, Mr. Glad stone, Sir George rey, and Mr. Sydney Herbert, are " ' from London. . ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. Y d morning, a sm a ll place, known by the name ray o ( t S. u c ti o dy n a ly? which is near to W olver h ampton, was thrown into a state of the greatest consternation by the intelligence that a man, well known, had b een mur dered by a youth , It appears that, late on Saturday e st e night, John Reynolds (the deceased) had been drinking in a public-house in company with six others, and that at closing time they were compelled to leave, wh en t h ey wer^ ' • 41, ' eiP . ' '.en: year- -1 e joined by a youth, ng, _tars, names. rhomas Wilkes, a puddler. Not having had, as they deemed, sufficient ale, they arranged that each should contribute sixpence, that .they might have a " regular fudging" of drink in a field mentioned, and which is close by. After the several sixpences were subscribed, they were unable to get .any publican (it being half past twelve o'clock) to sell them any ale. . Wilkes then asked for a return Of his 6d., which Reynolds .refused, saying it should all be spent on tke Sunday afternoon. Thereupon Wilkes rushed at Reynolds, and, to all ap pearance, struck him 'with something Reynolds said, " Why, you coward, you have hit r e with a stone, have you not?" and made an attempt to lay hold of him, but instantly fell to the ground. His companions lifted hint up ; but he was no sooner on his less than he drew a groaning sigh, and in, a moment died in their arms. They took him to his home, which was not many yards distant, and there they found that he had been stabbed to the heart with a knife. Wilkes, who seems to have been unaware of the shoci ing murder he had committed, went whistling off. He the hands of the police, and somethinz more In gaol in he ma:iter than simply that connected with the sixpence. Reynolds was not married, but had been cohabiting with a woman for the last seven years Reynolds and this woman were about 40 years old each. Although old the woman is reputed to be facinating and wily, and to have obtained an influence over the lad, who, it is said, notwithstanding the disparity in years, had conceived a guilty passion for her, and hence was jealous of Reynolds. 'Wilkes is said to have sent a note to this woman a short time ago, proposing '‘‘ that. they should go of" unknown to Reynolds. She refused ; and that is said to have doubled his jealousy. CROWN PROSECUTIONS.- blue book has been issued to-day,- containing the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the present state of the law regulating the rates of, payment to be allowed to pro secutors, witnesses; or ether persons engaged in crimi nal proceedings ; into . all alloWances made to county constables ; and - genet'ally into the present mode of remunerating the i}tficers connected With Crown prose cutions. They found great difference in the scales of payment in force in' different parts of the country. They consider that no proved necessity exists for an unequal distribution, and therefore arrive at the conclusion that, so far as regards the claim upon the Treasury, the same scale should be established for all the jurisdictions in tF " '- , c_rdo- A ate scale all , been le kingdom. elaborate scale m -lowanee has ti rawn up, and is printed in the blue book. The corn lissioners express a decided oyinion as to the advisa- bility of pay in siTtem of fees. FEARFUL TRAGEDY.—Worcester was in a state of ferment• on Thursday in' consequence of a rumour that the wife of an artist, engaged at the Royal Porcelain Works 'in that city, .had_ thrown herself and her two children into the river Severn in consequence of a quarrel with her husband. It is fe- -Carat tnat the rumour - is too true. It appears that on Wednesday Mrs. Harrit, who resided with hei husband in Bull-road, Weglis, not far from the Severn . , quarrelled with her husband at dinner time, when, being much excited, shetook her two young children, a boy and a girl, one under each arm, and ran out of the house, declaring she would never return again. Nothing has been heard of her since, but on Saturday morning some policemen on the Severn, about a mile below Worcester, picked up the dead body of one of the children, the boy, and brought it into Worcester. , n The river had been carefully dragged all day, but neither tke body of the other child nor the mother has been found. The .general belief is, however, that.the woman jumped into the river with both her children, and that all three have been drowned. The river is just now in a swollen ..state, and the two bodies in all probability have been carried to a considerable distance down the stream—that is if the woman, as is presumed, has committed the double crime of murder and Suicide. EXTENSIVE FIRES IN LONDON.-011 Saturday EROTTP4 , ing, shortly before six o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Bowers, oil refiner, White Lion-street, Norton Folgate. The London Brigade engines promptly arrived, and by dint of very great exertion the fire was confined to the basement, though not extinguished unti I much damage was done.—Another fire broke out on the premises of Mr. P. Shea, rag merchant, No. 29,. Turn proved-road; High-street, Stratford. The inmates with difficulty escaped, •but though engines promptly arrived the fire ,was not extinguished until the premises were entirely destroyed.--Another Tr.o3t serious are occurred in Bargehouse-yard, Bfteklersbury, in the joint occu- pation of the Paraphine Light Company and Messrs. Merrick and Hatcher's, lithographers. . The building is five stories high, and the fire commenced in the lower part. Engines got to work, but owing to the com bustible nature of the goods, the flames spread rapidly. The firemen, by mounting the walls and roofs of the surrounding houses, were enabled to pour in water on either side, by which expedient they at length subdued the de fi stro r y e but no e , d. The t u l n o t s i s l lia will fall olnbleop the e pr ßo e y r a t h Royal and an a been dd other insurance offices. c ,;iporting. ixtriligtutt. TILE NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING Taking all things into consideration, this meeting certainly ranks A 1 amongst those taking place at this sporting metro polis. Commencing on Monday, it extends over five days; and, is addition to the usual programme, has no less than twenty five matches, many of them of very great interest, set for de cision. The Cesarewitch, one of the most important handicaps of the year, comes of on Tuesday, and will bring out a field of very nearly forty starters, nearly a moiety of them being three year-olds. The handicap from the first was well received by owners of horses generally, and the number of acceptances must be highly flattering to the noble and gallant admiral who framed it. Mr. Topham has very judiciously delayed the pub lication of the weights for Liverpool Autumn Cup until after Tuesday, as most of the same animals are engaged in both events. The field for the Cesarewitch will as nearly as possible con sist of Prioress, Des Chiles, Lord Nelson, Vanity, B or d erer, The si r e Argosy, Tunstal Maid, Star of th e E as t , Scribbler, York hGrey,Royal Sovereign, Pol es t ar, P rince . of Denmark, Compromise, Independence, Gaspard, Sampson, The Jade, Clydesdale, Marine, Special License, Winkfield, Acurate, Broadlands, Hydroinel, Pan, Lady Alice, Petra, Margery Daw, Neva, Courier, Knight of Tournay, Cytherus, Odd fellow, Aneurin, Lovett, Heiress, Whitewall, Mutineer, Gala colt, Artless, • Moorcock, Australian Maid, and Polonius. Of course Some change must be expected; but with a very remote chance of affecting the result. Without attempting to analyze the chances of every animal, I will select three f r om those above Est. 7 lbs., and three from those below that weight, and shall take from the former division Vanity Borderer Gaspard and from the light weights 8 st. 181 ts: 7 12 6 9 _ Heiress a Artless 5 2 Moorcock .................... 12 Monday's racing is quite unimportant, and will afford ample time for speculation on the great event, for many important chances will probably yet take place, a In Special License, against who 40 to 1 was offered on Friday evening, the highest offer to-night being 9 to I. Subjoined is the last betting on ITCH. te 8 to 1 against Marine. 9 to 1 against Special License. 14 to 1 against Royal Sovereign 14 to 1 against Gaspard. 14 to 1 against Moorcock. 16 to 1 against Clydesdale. 20 to 1 against Artless. 20 to 1 against Petra. .22 to 1 against Prioress. 25 to 1 against Vanity. 25 to 1 against Borderer. , 25 to 1 against Tunstal Maid. 25 to 1 against Yorkshire Grey, 23 to 1 against Polestar. Tournay nce. 30 to 1 against Heiress. 4 444 0 000 t ttt 0 000 1 111 ag a inst aaa ggg saasssttt o_l4 Independence. Knightdde accurate. o nt oewdf. FISHERMAN? ctil a '4 of r ar n the