Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

tual character it. y et the me eting ill the. 'vino. listened h a s provide d his 6 0 ' 6°11 : ivEtte bene fit, a highly tllia oat everyth ing ,h e time :" 1-. site overture: nes, a nd carts, by • n ts of nation he 9 lovers ,°+ -t 3thoVelf a greti, imorningP er nd saturu3id . I his audiences EriIIEN T Of ;SQ , ey ;I. 4, 18571 ill ,hensiont fut. 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' 313 rd 31 f<(o e cs te , 98 bea d cV .4 . 0 0 ric o' c r. o f %iOJ p 3 0 1 c10 1 ' 3 of gebe T pd qa 3 rf iCel 3 a aj 001 of 115'• den t f rresP ° , r nc e ° n B te o oct • Air:e ots, 1 o f zrY )„( eig a te, s ive : t a ° o o I 94L r e ari t o , , de 7ver si let i 9 ~ Ly tli' c ~h3 TfOr oe •olr 13' 4 be a t deP c o bi t ~,30( P ' , ie nt bol . „ o ,jog ker ()e t"' liabl b ' re ' i t" a nd bei ; er fro Le 10 to - Jrys-: TE LEGRAPHIC NEWS. Eritish and Irish Magnetic Te7egraph. THE BALTIC. ipg th "ee appears in last night's Gazette terminat iq Prohibitions and restrictions of August 27, 4 0 °4 the importation into the United Kingdom o Ilti rtlB, bones, hides, and other articles from cer- P qt 8 . in the Baltic and Gulf of Finland. PRUSSIA.. The BERLIN, THURSDAY NIGHT. L 4l ex istence of an Austro-Russian Conven tion i tofn e questions of the Principalities and Holstein ifC cia llY denied. On the latter question, it is % tille d that France, Russia, and England will t heir joint mediation.. It is believed that, if . Federal : Diet gives orders for the wi th , a q occupation of Holstein, Denmark will, c s ji‘v her troops, leaving the Du c hies to bear qtr den of an armed occupation, and that Den ty Persevere in this passive attitude so long Gezinan troops do no: cross the River into Schleswick, but in this latter case the tq n tlec ence of the Three Powers will b 3 necessary rl'everit bloodshed. FR UWE. PARIS, FaIDIY ETINING. Th o -three Per Cent. Rentes closed at 67f. 50., 4 a slirllit aavance on yesterday's prices. III s'tTANT CEILBACrEII OF THE BANK BEIURNS. th et 4-axstte of last night c)ntains two tables of 10rtt Irlic accounts; the, first is made up as usual i et , h e Weeken ling O i t 31. It exhibits a decreas e iki r l i tig the week of 633.241/ in stock of coin and w ee k n • The second account is made up to the tet elk-Ung Wedneslay night, and all future ip will be mate up to that date, and published th e ric laY's Gazette. This last return ,shown that ti,oatuohnt of coin and bullion in the Bank was 11. 7 1, 178° I.: being only 185,0801 , under the amount 1, i . e4 the Bank held in the panic week of October, i l ia • Th e f our successive e l evat i ons o f t h e rate of 4 iliac. sincethe first weekin October, are justified th e t'e fa.2t that from September 26 to November 5, i0,, 8a4 k had parted with coin and bullion am0unZ h2,778,3081. he eor'4t you wear your ring, my daughter, when et y ' 0 ; walking " because, papa, it hurts me when Tei e Zlatems my hand." lI I PZIA," I3 TfINGHAIkI MURDER —ANOTITER MAN APPRE :len'.lav "ota Diseneteen.—The London papers, on „, ith Police the-examination of a man at the Ilunnaar r4.":"iee Court who had been apprehended on sv "ei,f the Nottinglam murder. His name was Berjamin tte l ! a labourer. Ha could not explain where alas b an e thne of the murder, and was reminded, and a peo.o kiedle tog of him sent to Nottingham. witnesses (0 ( 1 (0 teise any resemblaace to the suspec t ed persor:, ( iPi, °4 Wednesday instructime w,re sent to L )ndon fur his barg e. N -14 hT CONDUCT OF A GENTLEMAN—ENCOUNTER 40 GIPSIES.—Oa Sunday eveeirtg a respectable resident, il v q "ltt over IV:sudsy% orth 0-:menu, in company with a Rhoeitila, was grosely insulted by a party of gipsias, 'flott abusive and cffensive language to tho lady . . tiemee,ne reraenstrated wi.h by the gentleman for their itn, cond a nd wit the whole patty immediately surrounded e a n l e ;" Earful inoptecaticns threatened to murder at B Pr , t The gentleman in the bravest mal,ner k ,° n a s ce 'LLL the tall es t a nd m o at powerful of the gipaics ahem blow between the eyes, which fi lied hinato . the 4 ( 4 , The rent to k to tie-ir heels, and fled in all d 'ree 1, • The eau ( (til e who was f,lled got up and attempted to tee w ith his assa il ant , t ut was again laid low by a t ee et does blow on the nose. He again rote and at terl to run, but was again and repeatedly streck by i ' le eat e llt e l eroae, until . be ultimately fell on his knees . and bat for 'or mercy, which the gentleman, seeing his ex . - e .`" eondit.on, and fearing that a continuance of hi, aro,",tietted chastisement might cause death, graced hire, ?tea-) his making a solemn vow never again to molest a O Wandsworth (3-rump. Such heroic conduct 4 ery e " r 's a place in our column., and will, we trust, 11, al a warning to the scoundrel's cowardly companions. It th e ('F BANK NOTES NEAR HALIFAX.— Oa Thursday, gl" 'Test Reding magistrates' dace, Ilalifax, a middle i L te w ` j niare namei Mary Jeckson the wife of a wool : t Ilytholmreed, was charged with stealirg £25.e ba t notes, note s , &e, from the person of Mr. Henry Earn -41)1) ' t orn miller, Craeg The prosecutor, it t 'arft )(1, , was drinking at Rouln'ebeerhouse, near etholna 4,ti,ee'n Wednesday night. He sent for some spi:ita to a "i'w,,," ° , ll ting inn. Before the liquor was brought in, be Ntd,s 4 his money to the land;ady ; but some time a't3r -11441 n Preparin g to l ea ve, h e m i sse d hi s pocke•book, I , Q iilf,, nl n4, • Batik of England note for £lOO. a check on i"faX Union Bank for £4O, and two bits of the same tee'"'t tll5. No rersun but the prisoner had left the nli e . ° P, and consequently su p'cion fell upon her. The ' 4 O l bereror, went to her house, and after searching ' in vain, they found the pocket-eoJk °Tiede, Ne e , s orler hiving thrown it there, it is supp•.sed, whilst 4sii . ,, ta tables we re m a ki ng th e s e a rc h. The m a gistr u t s Ne h -c ed the case for a few ear, uni accepted bail to the A ; Il t or £5O r the priaantr's reappearance. e m Q ) a' l 2l'tla GRANlTE.—lnthef•ess i t rain storm of Thurs. nth the foot pavemen t o f ,en .on Bridge got a good . ! r ate t n ,,g at das the pavement is made of v ,rious-coloured ; thine came oat in their full glory, as if fresh ;ed,,,, e '. and with a bright gloss on them. The srveral `ol)°,`atlites had a very magnificent effect. It is very much 4 f , ' Obi 1 - gretled that these footways are kept in a very 'll:4ous state of filth, so that their beauty can seldom 4 1 1 ,14 e This is a s a d pity, f o r th e builder has provided T Materials of lasting value. The contrast of the 0 1 4 1 the lighter granites has, perhaps, a better effect 17 1 4' the whole footways were of red granite. The anp: of thi s r i c h mater i a l f or f ac i ng pu bli c b u ildi ngs i s t raj ) ? l.o P ‘rly appreciated . It is a home material, pre le; cn modera'e terms; and, in the shape either of 11(11't.t „' R °r slab., tiff •rds durable ornamentations for the i ., ° et a i e to which it is applied. The washing it gets from i t e -1 , with a li tt l e occas i ona l was hi ng by hand, ke e ps ,i ‘lt lei i , l order, an d it i s es b r i g ht in after years as when % -4 „' y set up . I t a ff or d s a s)ec i s o f p o ly c h ro m a tic tit oto which the mast fastidious cannot object, but 4 ree Ping Very slowly into use.—Buildrng News 11111144kORDINAEY SUICIDE.— A. suicide of a very deter. ch treater was committed 03 Thursday . on e the e' , .eie, li a ti,d Gloucester branch of the Midland Railway. "vo and three o'cloce is the afternoon, during 1 4 i s tt s l a go of one of the up goods trains, a woman and Vas 1 eit ! hey were accosted near the Crosswave-brldge by a f . oretgn acceet, From the peculiarity of his k `,eta 'nd app earanc e th e wo m a n and he r b o y were in ttit •thes stranger, and they observed that after r d a little distance from them be made his way on to 4t 'aY emb^ kmen ' t and upon reaching it took off f ' l3 * th A t44, i r c'el his head and way :d it aloft, as if in the ect licv: n g• They then saw him descend and go along eeh et' e u ntil the whistle of the goods train denoted its kj, pe "1 4, :iet othe an th groand, afteren re-ascendewh ic d t.heh he des embank cen ment ded !h d anT upon thee p r a teC 71 'ekineealed Liesself in a crouching position behind t e ,""el - "e bush es . I n t hi s p osture h e w a t c h e d the ap eha train and upon the engine arriv ingwheel nearly I t he hiLlies s he threw himself tied o. the s, trOiet e .whole t ra i n passe d over hi m , lit era lly cu tti n g him 4 4 Fri' , The body is said to have been identified as that ee'ela y - ".eo doctor named trio% who left his home en 4' l he In a despeteeing state. - The engine-driver states abate t e'''W the man on the line Rhein a quarter of a mile ( 11: et vi ~e / 1 3 °`, and that on sounding 'he signal-whistle and l Ili c f/k l) > Coat he moved off the line, he c included that al et:! r e!,Lre e ' e w as oeer. Finding that the engine jerked con leree Passing the tip t where the eec - ase I had con- Vie! ) eeemelf, the engine-striver stopeed the t air, and 1 14 4 4" "'ek found the mangled remains scattered about - 'he hat was af.erwarda found at the spot where lin a nd boy saw it placed. • THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL INDIA. THE ARMS ACT• We have received a copy of what is called the " respectful petition of the Christian inhabitants of Calcutta on bAalf of thimselves and of all the other inhabitants of this Presidency." The peti tion showeth— That your petitioners have read the act which passed the Legislative Council on the sth inst., and received the assent of the Governor-General on the 12th inst., and have observed, with alarm and regret, that the said act is franied so as to apply to all the unofficial classes alike, without distinction, within the districts to which ‘ it shall be extended by order of the Governor-General in Council or the Etecutive Government of any place. The object and jistification of such an act being, as your petitioners conceive, to enable the Government to take arms out of the hands of disaffected and dangerous persons, your petitioners had hoped that the said Act would not have been confined in express terms to those classes from whom alone danger could have been ap prehended. Your petitioners feel strongly that to apply this Act to them equally with the rest of ladle, is to confound the loyal with murderers, mutineers, and rebels, and to cast an unwarranted refl?ction on a body, who having the same interest with the Government of India, have in every way supported it, and exhibited their loyal feeling since the commencement of the present outbreak. Your petitioners are further of opinion, that to give the proposed power to a magistrate or commissioner of police of disarming all persons within his district who in his judgment may endanger the public peace is to give to one official who may be acting under tit , infl aence of panic, prejudice, or error, the poser to leave all the Christians within its district wholly dAnceless, or to force them into opposition to Government if they shall resist being placed in such a position, and your petitioners are led strongly by certain recent prpceediags in this town of Calcutta to the conviction that tkis is no id.e or speculative apprehension, and that such powers cannot be safely entrusted t 3 all officials of the proposed classes. Your petitioners believe that the onl✓ result of extending such an act to the C iristian population of India will be to oppress and irritate the loyal, while it will be wholly ineffectual as regtrls the - disaffected, who will neither register or expose their ar,n3 till the moment for using them shall have arrived. Your petitioners submit that th o Christian inhabitants of this Presidency are entitled of right, as loyal mon, between whom and the rest of the population of the Presidency there is a broad and unmistakeable line drawn, to have that distinction acknowledged by the Government at this time, an 4 in the like manner as was done with regard to Earopeaus at the disarming of the Panjaub, to be exempted from the operation of a la w which is wholly inapplicable, and therefore highly offensive to them. Your petitioners therefore respectfully pray that the Governor. General in C 3uncil would be pleased to make a declaration, such as is contemplated by, the exemption of all Christian inhabitants of this Presidency from the application of the said law. PROROGATION OF PARL Parliament was yesterday afternoon furthe prorogued, by Royal Commission, until Thursday, the 17th of December next. The Royal Commissioners, attire 3 in their peers' robes, having taken their seats in the House •of Lords. at the foot of the throne, the Lord Chan cellor directed Mr. Pultnan, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, to summon " the Commons" to hear the Commission read, which that functionary did with the usual circumstance and form, knock ing at the closed door of the House of Commons, and advancing to the table with the same obser vance as though members were present and Mr, Speaker in the chair. In obedience to their lordships' request, the clerks, the deputy sergeant, and the doorkeepers of the Lower House, returned with the yeoman usher, to the House of Lords, and appeared at the b , r as the representatives of her Majesty's most faithful Commons," when the Commission was read by the reading clerk at the table. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in compliance with the terms of the Commission, then declared ,that the Parliament of Great Britian and Ireland stood further prorogued until the day Already named, but without adding the significant wor•is, " Then►: to meet for the despatch of divers urgent and impor tant affAirs," as they were not included in the Commission. . • • The ceremony, though purely one of form, drew together a few ladies, will were favoured with seats in the body of th,i house, while the space below the bar contained a slight sprinkling, of strangers who hati strolled in from the adjacent lacy courts. THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. SOUTHAMPTON, FuiDAY. The Pe ainsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, arrived here this morning from the Medi. terranean, She to k out troops to Alexandria,- for India, through Egypt, the beg7,nniog of last month. On her 'homeward passav she left -Al xandria on the 2Lst inst., Malta, 2Gth, and Gibraltar, the 31st. She has a cargo of silk•on-bOard from Alexandria, and from Malta the steamer has brought 141 passengers, amengst whom are Lieute nant Day of the 29 , 11 Regiment ; .Dr, .Price, staff surg,eon and a number of military. invalids. The Sultan brings news that Major Collinftwood-, of the 219 t Regiment, and formerly of the Crimean Transport Corps, and Captain Maycoek, of the 11th Regiment, have. been orderei to proceed to Alexan dria from Malta, to assist Coloael Pocklington in the Conveyance of troops through Egypt. • - PUBLIC MEETING AT CALCUTTA. A letter received from Calcutta by the last Southampton mail says :—" Oar new society, the Indian Reform League., has determined to petition the Qieen for the recall of Lord Canning, on the ground of h.s incapacity, proved in all things, from the commencement of this outbreak up to his suppression of the press. The Legislative Council shut up the Ifurkaru the other day for some most innocont letters, and some personalities on Beadon in an article. In fact, irritated and bewildered incapacity is the only short expression I can find to characterise all their policy. They hardly yet believe there is a mutiny, and their only plan is to send civilians, Grant, Sanouells, and his similes, into the districts under martial law to liberate all the imprisoned budmashes (bad characters). to promise general pardons, and hamper the military men. Conseq iently the loth Q wen's are in mutiny ; the 53rd Queen's on the brink or it, and y i esterdq came an account requiring further confimatton that the roil, nigio..ae. a lua, vact,a all the ...all 7. t goners atom Grant discharged from the Allahabad gao'. While pursuing a fatuous policy of coAciliation towards natives of whose guilt there is not a shadow of doubt, and so convincing them how much afraid the Gyvernment: is of aetn, they have deliberately exasperated all the Europeans and Christians, until it is no exageration to say that nothing but the presence of the common enemy prevents a rising of the whites here against Government. They passed an Arms Bill the other day by I. hich they Played natives and Christians on tha same footing as to possession of army ; though in the Punjaub formerly, when John Lawrence disarmed the population, the distinction was scrupulously observed. This is pure secretarial insolence, and we shall not endure it I•ing ; I am only surprised that we have proceeded so quietly up to the present tiny-, but the moment dan g er from the natives is over, if not before, we shall submit to this sort of thing no longer.'' WHAT IS 'WHISPERED IN CALCUTTA. The Calcutta correspondent of tha Nonconfortn;st writes :—" It is whispered about Calcutta that, Mr. Grant being away, Lord Canning, Mr. Beadon (the home secretary), and Mr. Halliday (the lieutenant_ governor of Bengal), are the moving spirits of the govern_ went. We all Ilk:iced in Sir Patrick Grant's appoint ment as temporary commander-in-chief, and wondered when we saw him do nothing. When he left the matter was explained. He declared that he had no authority whatever—that all his suggestions and all his measures of severity against the criminal sepoys at B trrackpore wet e overruled by the governor-general, and that he was losing reputation for a course which ha did not approee. It is asserte f that Sir Colin Campbell got into hot wa Fr the very week of his arrival on the same ground. Mr. Halliday's conduct has made him particularly unpopular. He has been a most lamentable failure - as lieutenant. governor, and as you may see from Mr. Kinnaird's indictment against the Bengal government, has done nothing to remedy the vast evils under which this province has laboured for years. When his pro tege, the Mahomedan deputy-magistrate of Serie gunje, was shown by all the English residents to be partial and incompetent, he refused, to remove him. When the judges, commissioner, and gaol inspec'or proved the charges to he true, he would not remove him then, but only reduced his p ravers. When Mr. Kemp, the judge of Bactergunjo, treated the Baropakhya Christians so shamefully, Mr. Haliiday refused to inquire into his conduct, and said that all he had done was q cite right. The Sudder Court, however, condemned his injustice most strongly, and branded him for life. When the new slave law was proposed to the legislative council, and nearly all the commissioners neglected to give their opi nions as to its most important provisions, he allowed their neglect to pass in silence. When the memorial of the missienaries respecting the wretched condition of the B -ngal peasants was presented, he refused to make the inquiry they asked for. And now, in the face of the outspoken convictions as well as prejudices of all his countrymen, Mr. Halliday appoints a Mahommedan to the post of deputy co nmisioaer in a province and over a city full of rioters and the Misaffected," IRISH Wit—The Sunday Atlas tells a story of a one legged Knoi-Nothing orator, named Jones., who was pretty successful in bantering an Irishman, when the latter asked him " how ths devil he had come to lose his leg ?" " Well," sal' Tones, "on examining my pedigree, and looking up my descent, I found there was some Irish blood in me, an , t, becoming convinced that it had ail settled in that left leg, 1 bad it cut cff at once. "Be jabe,s," said Pat, "it 'ud ev been a bad thing if it had only settled in yer head."—American Paper. The Vero Amico del .PoiWo, a Roman publicatior, whose articles ere duly submitted to the Papal censor before appearing in prior, and are therefore to be received as conformant to the sentimerts of the ecclesiastical au thoritieihas been harping upon the retreat r.,f General Havelock's flame, which it insis s upon estimating at 13,000 men, irs'ead of 1,300. Its sage reflections upon this subjtct, published on the 27th u't., are as follows : "It may appear to some that the retreat from Cawep ire of 1 000 English, commandel by the ind, , fatieble Havelock ought to be attributed to slate imperious circum stances, not yet known, rather than the further resistance of the 4,000 Indians who were driven from the village west of Bithoor, with the loss of their cannon. The chief reason in favour of this conjecture is th, incredibility of 4,000 ladia.s re-organising themselves, after a precipi tate flight, an as to be able to repulse 13,000 Europeans. But those who hold this opinion ought to recollect that last month a carps of 1,600 Indians routed QOOO English, a fact of which there Lever was raised the slightest doubt. Therefore, if 1,600 Indians e....0r1d detoat 6,00) Earoneaas, - it will be f, and eatfer for 4,000 to have repulsed 13,000. The ari'hmetical preparation is more favourable to the second case than the first." The writer conslodes with stating that, " finally, the Indians are marching upon Cal cutta to Paroled the city with a powerful bisiegiag arm:. THE AUE RIC AN STEAMER VANDERBILT AGROUND. Thl huge steamer Vanderbilt, from the United States, was telegrathed on Thursday as having pissed Hurst Castle at 9 a.m. ; Captain Higgins, her commander, was in bed dangerously ill, and an East-end pilot was on board in command of the ship. A dense fog was in the Solent. The Van derbilt, on passicg Hurst, was on her way to Cowes rxicis, where she was to put out her English mails in a. small tug steamer from Southampton, and then Droned to Havre B ttween Cowes and Cal shot Castle there is a sand-bank called the Brambles, .ahere now and then a small craft has been lost. On the Brambles the Vanderbilt grounded. Most fortunately she was at the time going at only one third of her speed, the tide also was flowing, and a po.verful tug s'eanan, with steam up, happened to be close by to assist her off again. As soon as the,Vanderbilt grounded, Mr. Billingsley, a gentle man from the firm of Messrs. Dunlop and Schoales the Southampton agents of the Vanderbilt line, happened to be on board the Souihamoton tug which was waiting at Cowes for the English passengers of the Vanderbilt, and he inn meniateiy gave or.le.'s g , .1 10, ' -c steamer, and make preparations for assisting her off The tide had to rise six or seven feet on the Brambles, and in about two hours after the steamer grounded she was aflaat again, but not before she had lost an anchor and broken a chain. Had it not been for the assistance rendered by the tug, the grounded steamer would not have floated been e the next tide. At 1. p.m , the Vanderbilt Lift Cowes for Havre without having received any damage beyond that just mentioned. She let New York on the night of the 2411 ultimo. She ought to have started in the middle of the day, but was detained on -acceunt of an accident happening .to -the mail steamer Atlantic. which was to leave also on the 24 . h ult. It was expected: that the Vanderbilt would have taken the Atlantic's mails on board, but late on the day of sailing she was ordered to proceed without them. It Was believed that the Atlantic would be ready td leave New York for Liverpool on the 26. h ult. The Vander bilt has expsrienced nothing but continuous storms and heavy gales across the Atlantic. IMMarsli.E NUGGET.—WO had yesterday the saisfaction of inspecting an immense nugget, from the Aus ral;an mines, in the shop of Mr. Muirheld, gollsnaith. Tuts nugget weighs 400 ounces, is of tetve g .Id, with ant any apparent admixture of qtylez, and is in the c todi i in in which the Inky digger discovered it. It is value.] at about £1,60', is the largest btr, one ever brought 'o this country; aril is certain'y a curiosity wor by of the inspec tton of the citizens.—GlaSgozo Daily Mail. The liquidators of the Hall Flax and Cotton Mill Company, which failed in September, have msde a call of £25 per share on the shares, in addition to the £lOO which has already been paid in full. 03 the £6O shares only £4O has been nail, and the holders of these are r•qdred to pay £l2 104, and an additional £5. Oa the £iss shares only half has been paid, and the call on them is £l2 10', and an additional £2 10.. The authorised capi - al of the company was £375,000, the p•oplrtion naid up at the time of the s'opnage bein; £241,567 10s Thr number of shareholders is 149, and the further claim upon them, in adlitirn to the loss of all their capita', must involve much misery. • THE MUELPE't N 114.11 HALSTEAD —During the inquest, Superinten 'cot Andrew., of the Norfolk police, came up from East liarling, in c)nsecoence of a similar oieri.4•:, th nigh h..ppily not attended with death, having been committed there, it is strqucc'ed by the same parti s. The deccrip ion given of these men in the Police Gazette is as follows :—One about 25 or 26 years of age, 6ft. 6in. high, dark clmpl xion, small whiskers. and ear rings ; dr sseil in a blue Guernsey, c , rl trousers, black c o h• cad with peak, and strong navvy boots. The other 28 or 29 yciars of age, sft. 9 in. high, much pock-pitted, light complexion, little or no whitkcrs; dressed in a velv 1-sleeve] vest, light fustian trousers, low-crowns 4 hat and s'rong navvy boots ; both apparently tramping railw iy lab iurers. There 'ties a strong feeling in the minds of the public that a liberal reward should be offered for the discovery of the criminals, and local efforts would no doubt be made t augment the amount, if necessary, as much ela , in is evinced tlyoughou'i Nerth Esti x at the extreme boldness of the attack, and the faciity with which they appear to have essayed, for the present, the punishment of their double crime. —Chelmsford Chronicle. A CRIME AT Rona —The 1:x0m-house soldier on guard at the port of Civita R, a fortnight ago, stopped a sailor who had just lauded, to see what was in a small parcel he wPs carrying. The sailor dii not know, as he was merely brin e. g'ng it to land f. a friend of his, an thee sailor, who had j ust arrived oa b )ard a vessel from Leghorn, commanded by Captain Maggiorclli. Th- parcel was, con sequently, opened by the doganiere, and found t, contain (ptoh.f pudqr) two volumes of .Protestant vrmons, by the Rev. Mr. Woidward, of the British chapel in (or rather outside of) Rome. The guilty sailor was incontinently manhetsoff to prisol, an i Captain M iggiorelli sent for to account for the heinous aim., of introducilsg such publica !ions into the Papal dominions. He, however, denied that the sermons were prohibited works, and stated that, baying omitted to put them in his bill of lading, he had told one of Ilia sailors to take them ashore alaarately; his sailo • charged another sailor with the duty, and the latter accore ingly fell into the hands of the Philistines, The sermons were to be forwarded to a member of the Protestant Church Committee in Rome. The result was, that afcor a fort night'a imprisonment and frequent examinatiGns, the s 'or has just been released, C tptaiu Maggiorelli becoming surety for Ida re-appearance if necessary, with a precetto, or warning, from the police, mr,reoter, of a year's incarceration if he ever bandies Protestant sermons again. —.Leiter from Rome. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER - 7, 1857. COURT OF QUBEN'S BENCH.-YESTSRDAT. A MiTRI3IO)TIAL SPECULATION. SCOTT v. CANNON,—This was an interVe der action brought on Thursday in the Ball Ceurt, (before Mr. Justice . Crompton and a common je y) to try whether certain goods seized, by the Sh-riff e f 3111clesex, under an execution against a young man named Al en, formerly carrying on business in Regent•street as a bill broker and agent, for the ban of money on mortgage, were the property of the plaintiff as ege'net the defendant. It appeared from the evidence th-t up and previous to 1853 Mr. Charles Janice Allen resided in Gloucester-row with his stepmother and sisters, keeping a brougham and phaeton, and the neces.ary servants for an es ablishment of that kind. In Slay, 1853, he got into a .ch difficultisa that he had to apply to the pia ntiff, an attorney, and who, it was understood, wa; his guardian, for an &tram° of .t 503, which was granted him at 5 per cent., and paid by a cheque made payable to the stepmother, Mrs Sophia Allen, or bearer, the plaintiff taking as security Allen's bond, with Mr. Roger's, of Regent-street, as recurity, with a penalty of doubie the amount in case of failure. In the curse of 'he follow ine, year Allen male an unfortunate marriage, through the Ins' rn mentalite of a matrimonial agency office in th e Adelphi, the particulars of which we will shortly relet-, and which shows that erten truth is stranger than Better]. To enable him to get ma•rled, ha had to apply to the dsfendant fcr the means, which he advanced him. After h's marriage he to k a tour with his bride, and aft'r spending a happy honeymoon, *eturned to his home in Gloucester-row, when in consequence of presser° on Allenfer his wife's debts, the plaintiff ere judgment and execution on Allen's goo's, and a bill of sale aas executed and reg's'ere 1 for 39518 s 91, which was given to the stepmother to h old, she being allowed the nee of the furniture es the felon lof Mr. cot!. bhe afterwarisremoved, with the furniture, to Grose-place, Primrose squire, Mr. Allen going to Scotland and obtaining a Seotsh sequestration. The devendant being un able to r, et his m ney, put an execa ion noon the p etni;cs for 330/, advanced by hm to Allen for I.is marriage, which was met by the bill'ef Bale, price the validity of wh ch the p esent action was br medit. From the we de ce of M • C. A. Allen,sa young men of rather simple ma' ners and appearance, it appearel that he carried on liuslee , e as above de reribed, where he tad diseountel bills at GO per ten', thoneh he new complained of having teen charge! 4', GO, and 80 per cent tor simienr eccommr d ttion. In 1551 he got int ) difficulties, and was amebas to redeem his position and amengst other teirg; he thought of doing s.) ty m , rriaee entering his head ; and at last, in the winter of 1054. he hit -upon the exeedient of repairing his fortune through a metrimo ial ag ncy office situate in John- street,. Adelphi. He nrcerdingly waited on the proerietor, and informed him what lie wanted, whet he was tole that his wish could speedily be gratified, for he knew of a 1 .dy with six thousand,, who was dasireus of changin t• her state, and at the same time he 't ok from a erawer, where they are kept t ) preserve them from atmospheric influence, the photogrteh likeness of the young lady ;mid to be worth tie above amount. The gentlemen, enamoured probably more with the reputed fort ine of this 'air one than the lady :emit expressed hi; admiration of her charm), an: begged 'o be introduced to her, but before that could he do ie he we; infermed that his photograph must first be submitted to the lady to ascertain whether she would - he agreeable or not to a meeting. The likeness was accordingly snpp led, and ultimately Mr. Allen went to Cheltenham, and had an intetiisw with the lady, whom he foncd living in excellent style in one of the fashionable neighb Inrhoods of that place, with her lady's-maid, treughem, Sic., with which she dished about the town, but which very soon afterwards turned out to be a hired vehicle. In the course of conversation with the lady, she informed him that she was possessed of X 6,003, and also delicately hinted that she was partially engaged to a gentleman to be married. Fearing to lo e the lady and her fortune, Mr. Allen applied to the defendant for an advance of mosey, informing him for wh t he wanted it, and ell:wive t on the piece of good luck that was about to befall him, when that gentlemen advanced him £lOO. So iager was Mr. Allen to obtain the £6,000, that he male no inquiries of her reatives as to what her property consisted of, and to prevent the " partial - y engaged gentleman" from walking cif with the lady, he propose: a sudden and pri ate rear-liege, which, after a little persuasion, she consented to, the lady letting without taki g any Invitee with her, to disarm suspicion, and give tie affair an air of elopement. They woe accordingly married, and w.nt to Peris, to a sister of,; Mrs. Allen's, but they did not find her there, and; as Mr. I ilea remarked now, he did net bell ve she had ore. They then returned to Tunbridge Wells, and as the money was running short Mr. Allen had to make another application to the defendant, which was successful, and on Mr. Allen's return home, after flee week's absence, he hal hut four sovereigns left cut of about ee2so. On arriving at his stepmother's house, ehe info med him that a writ was waiting for him from a person at Cheltenham, for the hire of a brougham by his wife before her march 'g', which she said was &Lae, remarking, " What a wicks world it is that people should come to the boo e and faVicale such falsehoods," and shortly after left the house, lever again to return. She however, on a snbsequent occasion, " tendered herself " at his office in order that she might sue him for alimony. He had broil ht an action of trim. cm. in whiee his a ife was concerned, and obt -hied da naps, but they were ulti ,nately reduced to £lOl. He hid since his m tr.lage been mach pressed for his wife's debts. he defence w is, that the claim was a fraud and a juggle to prevent the creditors from enforcing their demand. The learned Jude() havine cerefaey sum not UP, the j ery returned a verdict for the plaintiff m watch the le arnee sedge expresseu ens concurrence. Th- court was conva.sel with laug iter during the hearing of the A GANG OF mom POACHERS CAUGHT NEAR BRADFORD. At the Bradford West Rid'ug Court, on Thu'sday, two men, re , iding near D ,r'ingtoa, named Silas Bolling NJrtla aid Isaac Ha nswirth, vino chargA with having Vaal t °aching in a wood adjoining Tong-11%1i, the property of Colonel Tempest. Atoat half•paet two o'clock, P. S. Land, and P. C. Baldwin, hearing a shot fired in the wood, instan'ly went up in the sapposed direc Ln. At a place called Cross Roads, they parted in diffaren' dire2tions. On their way to Drighlington, Btldw:n followed Hamswortb, and approaching him, telling him he was well loaded, when Haa.swortia said. "Yes, we waut2d a hare, aim° been a sup of ale to get to night." He then followed him into his own house, and to:k from his pocket a h are newly. kille I, and a pheasant. Sergeant Lund a'so roan] in the pockats of liollingwarth, whom be captured, and who carried a gun, a hare and blateel note. The pris3 .ers made no plansiale deence, arid were sent to the House of Co rection for three months. MARTIN V. lIUDSON-ACTION FOR DEFAHLTION. This was an action for defamation of character, tried at York before Mr. Baron Watson, in which the jury returned a vetslict for the defendant. Mr. Ed win Jame: new moved to set as'da the verdict arid fir a new trial, on the groun I that the verdict was against evidence. The p'aintiff was a ba rioter of the English bar, aid formerly be onvd to the Irish bar, and for the la t year or so had been editor of the Sun newt Paper. The action aro..e out of certain proc:eings in re'ation to =election for Bsveiley. At the last general election a gent's man nam3l Glover was a c indid its for the borough, and succeeded in oetaining his election. Subseenently paazian was preSented against his return, and he was ousted o 1 the. ground of want of quahfication. The defendant, a gentleol in residing at Beverley, took a part in e'ectisn matters, and was one of Mr. Glover's sup por`ers at the time of the electi en. Mr. Martin, who was well known to Mr. Glover, was rummone l by telegraph to go down to the latter, and departed very hasti'y for the purpose of giving information which, perhaps, he of all others most peculiarly possessed in rr.•faren•se to the mater in which the inquiry of the House of Commons turned. Mr. Martin d d not ou that occasion receive the best treatment from Mr. Glover's friends, Ile was ill-used and mauled in a not se 7 agreeable manner; but this f rated no part of the present Inqeiry. He left town after the electi.n closed, and on the 27th May there was a meeting of Mr. Glover's friends at, Beverley, to consider what course rhoeld be pursued in telereace to the pett.ien which had been pro ented against his re:urn. At this meeting Mr. ELdeon, the defendant, made a speech containing the selege i defamatory wards, which prima facie imputed felony, The pie?, was merely not *guilty, an a denial of the 'words and the aeries impaled to them. The ex„rossions comphtined a w re. "You have heard the editor of. the Sun came down to prove the cli tree. Who is that individual ? shy, Martin—a'person sour_ six feet hige, with forbidding counte nance, and who app?ars to have 'fetch,' stamped .n his features. Lord Campbell—That does not impute fe'ony. Mr. Edwin. James—perhaps his lordship would listen to the contest. The defendant continued, ""A, more contemptible person I *nevor saw iti my life. I never knew any individaa wh i made an ()Wad fo s to Mr. Glover, sac-rt a man beneath contempt—Richard Martina man who deserves to be sent beyond the seas." Lord Camebell —lt would be left to the j my to may wh-.ther those words imPated that the plaint ff hit comm itte t felony. They found that they did not, and it seems to me that they might hive been fatly jestitled in coming to that coacludon. Janus achniVed th at the judge, in terms, left the case to th of the jary, b .t the woy in which lie summed up hardly Alowed them to exercise any discretion. His Lordsh p dwe,t s e y strongly on the fact th4t they did not haws who the eeendant wa7—a matter wit,liy immaterial to the issue—and said the .actionlarose entirely ou t of a mere election t q l'Able, whereas the e' ctiou,had terminated long before the attack was male npon the rtlaintirs character. He sub tiited that if the jadgs hal lel he case without the strong comments he made, the jury would probab y have c me to a d'fferent cansdusion, because unquestionably the words did penal facie convey a charg of fe!cny. Lord Campbell was of opinion that there was no gronzd for the interference of the Coart. The summing up of the learned judge appeared to him to be wholly unexe sptioaablo. He left it for the jury to say whether the words imputed felony according to the inuendo in the declaration. They tboaght they did not, and he con sidered th yhad come to a very reasonable conclusion, and that no ground had been shown for distarbing their verdict. - Tue rest of the Court cmeurrod in the op'don. P ule refused....• • COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-YESTERDiY. WEBB V PISIIEtt -CRIMIN IL CONVgRSiTION. This ac , io , , to recomr damages for the corruption of p'aintiff's wife, was tried at the la•t Stalard assizes before Mr. Peron Martir, ei:l:d in a verdict far the de end ant. Mr Skinner naw. move I for a new trial on these grounds : that evil nee was improperly adMittel ; that the verdict was against the evldence, and t tat the plaintiff was taken by surprise. It apt eared that the plaintiff was a lorltsralth, at Wolverhampton, and occupied a house beloaging to the de endant et the time of the alleged adultery. 113 was in the latiiit of proceeding earl l in the day to his workshop, at so re diet tine frOm his holsc, and remaining there until tte ev nil and the , 'efendant was said to have availed himse:f of the opportunities of pl tintiff s &mile°, and the cruse of alint for the r!..r, to s , clace the pl tintiff s wle. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff went to show that the cri:n*nal I ttercoarso took place abou, the beginnin; of 1853, and c y:tEnne i for two or three years, and the . eel ear,. of which he comp' line I was Oren by Thomas Rogers and Charles Turnbaurne, to the effs:t that 18 month+ befors the action was hr night they saw Mrs Web') cone nit a grass act of Incontinenre with a lawyer', clerk narnA Bri ‘gweer. M , . Baron )1 art'n s.ld that he had a diff sraut op:taloa before he heard this cm, but arter he hal heard it he thonght it ti re to do away with the action far urine. con. In such an action ho deemed evidence to sho tr that the wain sn had ufscoalue.ed herself with anolh?r man, after her s 3 'action, perfntly admissible is mligation of da,ares. Mr. Skinner submitted that wto,n a defendant bad corrupted wo:nan, he had no right to cla'm advantaze arum her hennaing, through his rueaus, the fun t discred t hie of women. The Chief Baron said he shonld not be sorry to see an end put to there di agreeable discussions M qkinn w cite I the c Ise of Eli v Fawcett, a siml or action, id which !he first adultery was consequent noun /westing the plaintiff's wife as a common prostitute in the str ets. Cannsel pr posed to show that the plsiat.fif a wfe continua I to conduct herself as a prostitute ; but Lor I Kenyle ruled th it a't'iota i eilder.ce of loose conduct !sabre the eom nissio a o' the act might be give t, evidence of sabsegment acts of misconin cm' d out b e receiv.d. The Chief Baron said he was not at all prepare ] to assent to that doctrine; it was much too general. M. Boron Martin said that assumidg the 11T to be so, which was doubtful, theca wog no evidence in this case that the intimacy of Bridgwater was subseq sent to t iat of defendant. Mr. Skinner sai 1 that the natur it daughter of Mrs. Webb fixed the date of defendant's intimacy long aut-rbr to the time of he alleged iacontinence with Bridgwater. lie presented that witness as worthy of belief, and if she were not worthy of belief, he would h ove had no ostion at all. The Chief Ba-on —The j ry found a ve-dict for 'ha defendant. Therefore, the evidenceas to Bridgwater, did not aff3ct the damages. Mr. Skinner could not assent t 3 the pr3po3 tioa that evidence which had been impropely admitted should b 3 upheld bey use it did not affect the issue. Mr. Baron Watloa—Surely in an altion of this kind the defsadint show that the woman wis generally u chase befor3 marriage, a ft3r marriage, and after alleged seduction. Mr. Sk:nuer slid that although the plaintiff's wife had b-en sedumi early in lifa, and hal had an citigitt ntte chili, she hid afterward; kept a iehool, which was wzll supp)rted, and by marr:ags repaired her character. Mr. Baron Media knew that the learned coatis,: passed a warm enlogiam on her, bit he was not aware of any evidence of it. The impression on his min I at the end of the plaintiff's ca e was, that a good. speed would have got a verdict for the defendant. Howeoar, witnesses were call d for the dofence, and he thou :ht in all probabi lity the ant of adultery was committed by the defendant, bat he should have given the pia :atilt a farthing damages. Mr. Skinner sub nitte 1 that the court wool l not consid-r the amount of damages, bat act on the tylition of :4r. Baron 11.rtia, the' the verdict should have been for the plaintiff. The Cnief Baron said—That if It were tie opinion of Mr. Baron Martin that at all events thera should not luvo been more than a farthing damages, he, for one, would not dista-b the verdict. Mr. &Antler coat3aded that the improper admission of the evidence as to Bridgwe er pro laced an influx:co on the jerk which was not legl'imate. Mr. Baron Watson—Was theta any evid qica of ineoudnelee be- tween the m trriage and the al aged adultery ? M. Skinner: No \; aod di to Bridiewater, a lvvier's clerk, he was prepared to swear an sffllsvit that the evilenee of the tvs m us. Rogers aid Tornbeurue was wholly untrue, and that he was tatting stops to presecute them for wilful and c ,rru?t poi ary. The Chief B iron rep.ated his opiate a th at the evidence was admistib e, and that the verdict ought not to be disturbed. M-. B rya Amin hid no Jo tht that the lenz! wit admissible. It was for the j - try to give effect to evilenee of rub %qua acts of unchastity, and to 'ra* their own cenclusi so, whet ,er it wet consequent on th: corru,slion of the defen !ant or an in i •ation of the de?ravad mind of the woman. I theca ware a new trial, Br dgewater could only swear what ho had a'ready sw,rn, that nothing of the sort ocour.ed, but two meu s.vore that it did. Tne plaintiffs wife was as bad as bid could be, ~nd there were strong grounds for believing that it was not tits actLn of the husband, but the act , on of Bridgwater, the attorney's clerk. He thought it was n 1 a case in which th's con::: ought to interfere. Hr. Baron Watsen concurred, and re usrked on the case of " Elsom v. Fawzetz." being pasted only by the highest authorities on rules of evi hence (Wr. Phillips and Mr. starkie) as to the almis ion of latter, and not on the point which arose in this case. It would be extremely wrong to grant a new trial. The ulterior object of going 1 0 the House of Lords was out of the question, and in ali probability a secsod trial would come to the same end as the first. Mr. Baron ( hannell also concu red. Rule refused. The Daily Yews city article says —From Liverpool we learn the suspension of Mr. JA12104 Howell, cotton broker. Tne liabilities are consiaerable. Tne house holds a position of much respectability. A t age affair is relited in a letter from Naples. The B . shop of San Sevoro accompanied his nephew, who wont out to eon game at Torre de' Grtc ). After awhile, the hal the curio,ity to ex amine the gun, and while he was doing so it went off ; the oharge lodgel is the breast of the nephew and caused instant death. The city of B rhn intees, it i said, to off-Jr Prince Frederick Willi tm, on the °cc tsion of his marriage to the Pritic , iss R iyal of Eng.lant', a table wi.ll a vase ant two candel..bra, all in solid silver. Several of the first artists of the capital have been charged with the exemiou of the reliefs which are to ornament these articles. THE MASTER BUILDERS AND THEIR WORKiIEg, We are happy to ohserve that steps are beiig tdm to settle the unfottunate &sputa now pending between the master builders of Manchester an.i their workmen. The history of strikes praies their total inadequacy to determine any misunderstandisg arising between master d man. Arbitration is the only mional process, if both parties are willing to abide by it. Of course the most thorough confidence must be reposed is the impartially and competent know ladr of the parties who undertake this delicate task. 'I ha competence of the gentlemen who, as will be seea from our corresp >ndence, have velanteered their services, cannot re Ttestioned, and we presume their impartiality 13 equally beyond diubt. If Sir James Watts, or the gentleman who it is presumed will Le his successor, consent to co-operate with the gentlemen named, an ddditional guarantee will be-afforded of entire fairness. We trust the propase will succeed in gettin; rid of the presort unhappy differences, the sombre hue of which is not alienated by the approach cf winter.--Illaschtsfer Examiskr. ROYAL lIIBERNIiN ACIDENY.—NIrMarI E q., has arrived i i D iblin t e 'titian the inq ii.ry o:dered by goverment into the affairs of the R,y,l fliberuian Actdemy. DOUB ITIIL Aus.—fram old are you B !get ? sairi a cz en 11 uo4u to his s , rv.irit girl. Ab ait 50, sir, she repr You are niiitaken, B Liget : y u are nut ov r 20. Y sir, that is it. lam .bo it 20 or 50, siwewhere along there. TIIE FATE OF A VOLUNTEER. —SOM , 3 malicious sprite. envying my gml fortu- e, iinhued me with a feeliag of patriotism, if I may term it e', and when an o, p otunir of .tervin4 inc calltinry ii the Bist was t ff -red me, I gl sly accepted h. I e:tered one of the foreign legions, under a verbal agreement tha, my servic.:s would be r-qui;ed for three years, and so much ionizer as the war might last. outfit cost me, in round nurabers, one hundrrd and fif. y pound—.:ne hund ed end twenty to my tailor, alti twenty od i to my baotrn tker—thesa items re; re g the equipment I was three eel to - , core by m 7 commaudi g officer. I served in the Ciimea j .8' s x months, Unt.l the dogs at wa- were muzzier', and duri•g that period paid off ninety pounds et the amount; and, considering that my enure ply was under a pound a day. and I had a wife and chid to support, I do not think 1 can be accused e f extravagance. I received two months' gratu'ty iu Pare, as a final acknowledgmeut of my s-rvic s, and had to await the paymaster's g .04 ple,sure for three weeks, at the 'dote' cie I'Europe, which made a considerpll hole in the sum tonal. Whoa I artiyA at home, I was worse than p nniless, f r I h.id s'xly pounds of debt hang:fig or.r, me. I naturally applied to the War 011;'3e to carry out the arrangement under which I entered, and was 1 ughel at for my pains. My agre went was verta', so I hid no appe .1 ; wh 1, a por•ion of the men who had setv d under me, having s cured a written agreement, were bought off with six nio ths' gratui y. Mind, Ido no, desire to rise say contipaseonate capital by com,,tailing of GrJsre. onset ; j ex s ', I know that Govtrument, to est, must be n. o , t, and that individual hardsh'ps weigh but little against the com mon weal. I therefore determined to work off any incubus of debt by my own labours, and fortunately succeeded is r cove-int . a pornim of my literary engrtgements. I worked hard at a novel, and was so fortunate as to ssll it; and this, with per'odleal co tibitOons, kept the wolf from the door till the d y before yesterday. I was arr, steel without a moment's warning by my bootmaker, and carried off to L-wworth gaol, with just five shillings in my e , my wife and child being left to stare, or go to the work. htdise.—Zhaens's Bous.hold Words. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The following is a copy of the report Collided to in our report of the proceedings of the c Morday last), relative to the election of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board : elintinary .Report of the Comini , ,Yee on the approaching Election of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Do ird. It having been referred to this committee " to obtain all req i'site information respecting the mode of election of the provisional board in January next, and to report to the council thereon at its next meeting; and, also, to offer such sugges ions with reference thereto as to the com mittee shall se: m fi - ." 1. The committee beg to report the', in accordance with the first part of she resolution tinder wh ch they are appointed, th: , y have confined their attention to the prov:sions of the "Mersey Docks.and Harbour Act, 1857," affecting the provisional Board to be elected in January next. 2. That, under the provisions of the above mentioned act, on the Ist of January, 1858, or as soon thereafter as the election of its members shall be completed, there will be called into ex;stence a new body, to be termed " The Provisional Mersey Docks and Harbour Boar 1." 3. That thereupon all the posers now vetted in the Corporation of Liverpool, and exercised by the " Liver pool Dock Committee," will be transferred to such Board. 4 That such Board will consist of twenty-one members, of *horn three are to be termed "nominee members," and eightf en "electve members." 5. That - the nominee meniberg are to b© appointed by the " CouEervancy Commis , ioners." (There commis.ionexs are appointed under the Mersey onservanly Acs.") G. That the elective members are to be elected by the dock rateply.lrs, who stre cr4aliffed to take part in the election of twelve members of the "Liverpool Deck Com mittee ". _ _ . 7. That, as to the manner of election of the eighteei eleeice members of the provincial beard, in January, 1858:—The conservancy - eammiss.ionars have power to nominate a returning cfficer,who is to conr'uct the election in such a manner as the con,e‘v nay exnmissionors may direct. 8. That, as to the quarfie,ation of the elective members of the board, to be el4c ed in January, 1853 : —They must (1) reside in the boton,gh or port cf Liverpool, or within ten mile+ of its outer b ;unlary ; and (2) they must hsve paid dock rates, within the year immediately preceding their election, to an amount not less than fifty pounds. . 9. That it does not appear that any qualification is re- S quired for the nominee members of the board. 10 That certain diegnalificat'ons attached to all the members of the heard : —They canvot be in the service or pay of the b arc), or partic,ps..e in the profits of any work done for it, except a; shareholders in a water or gas company, or as leasing and selling land, or lending money to the board. And ;:ny member of the board deriving profit in any of the excepted farms is forbidden to vote on any matter touching the transaction in qnestion; and if he doeS so, his cove is not to be counted, and ha will incur a penalty not exeseling twenty po trade. 11. That casual vac ecies in the bard are to be filled up, as to nominee members. by the conservancy commis sioners, and as to the eLctive members, by the elective members themselves. 12 That all the members of the provisional baud will vacate their offices on the Ist of January, 1839, or 9.4 soon thereafter as the election. of the sub scpent and more per manent board sh 11 be completed. 13. Teat the members of the provisional board, nominee or elective, will be re-el'gible to the subsecinent board. In conelueion,_though the eammittee do not deem it expedient to offer, at present, any suggestions of a derailed ch , tracter with reference to the latter part of the resolution under which they are acting they cannot present this preliminary report without exoressiog the opinion that it is extremely desirable, in order to inspires th%t public corfilence in the - provisional boa , d without which ite efficiency must ba more or less itupairel, that the result of the con Lg election th b 3 a fair repr-sentation of the numerous and versed intsrees connected with the trade of Liverpool. Praiontcd to the Council s'ored, and ordered to be printe for circulation 214 November, 1857 (Signed) Cnatstt BusnetA, Vice-president. The Independanee, of Wednesday nigh', reports that X de Brouckere , e (Liberal) has undertaken the taflk of form ing a m!nistry. It is said this will ba purely a working ministry, and intended merely to carry on Governnient in the interval to the elections, which will take place in June, .1858 ACTS Martcr.—No wonder tiro sick-room and the 1. zaretto have so often been a refuge front the ins ings of intellectual d.•ubt —a place of repo e fur the warn and and 'rill philosophies are at one : here, at /cast, the can et ience will n. t be doz4ed by daub`—the benign impulse will net be checked by aalyrse the IT; here pin may he.„,in to net eithout settl'og one prel minary question.. To moisten the sql'erer's p.r.hed lips through the hog eight-wa•ches, to bear up the r:ro .ping head, t) lift the In lot, ss limbs, to divine the wilt that can find no utterance to-yond the feeble motion of the hand or b.eteechin4 glance Of the e3e—then,are offices that demand no serf . gees'ime. ings, no casuis ry, no assent to proposi jure, no wiighing of consrquenees. Wehin the four sst l !s whcre the stir aed glare of the world are shut out, and every voi - 3e is subdu d—where a human being lies prostrate, thrown ei the tender mercies of his 'elow, the moral relati to of man to man is ranted to its u'ruest clearness and sTmpleity : hi:lorry' cannot confuse it, theory cannot pervert it, passion, awed int) quiescence, c n neither nollute nor p2rterb it. As we tend t. ver she rick-bed. all the forces of our nature ' iush towards the channels of pi y, of p times, a- . .d of love and sweep down the miserable choking d,i I of our clearrels, our debates, rr woulr!-he wislom, an.f our clemO . one • selfish desires. T tis blessi gof serene froedom froni the inaporunilies of opinion li s in all simple direct acts of mercy, an] is one source of that sweet calm which is often felt by the watcher in the sick-roam, even wben the euties there are of a herd and terrible kind.—Blackwood's Magazine, for Novemb r. N Ann Paocessios . .—The firemen b long7n; to the London fire-engine establis'irn.mt, sth'io :ed r t the chief depot in W.,thvg-street; hit ureic) a rove) means on T , Hirs3av night of raising a trifle in ail of the lodiau Reli f F About half-past a' n 'c'ock a grand proces•i , n Lit , he chief erg're.house, and m, a rted upon the back f one of the engine h , rses wa; a ti eman dressed ou to represent Nana Sahib, who was hound in cheirs at d ropes, with a motto snspende I round his ncek, " Slut - Tea for to-morrow." This figure, which was admirably mide up, the head alone being about six feet legit, was led by two other firemen dressed like Beiti Idlers. Preceding Nena Sahib on h r eh ck were two fi emen, ow carrying the union jack and the other a red eroi,n. As It was expected that the firemen's Guy would be somelbirg ueustral this yr, ar, and wou'd cause no littl excitement in the ell' six of the min were ere ed up to imitate special corstabl 1, Vat) were armed with heavy biters and who ware a white a t, to Wing in front to clear the way. On the left cf N .ea Sahib was a representation of one of the 13 h Light Dragoons, wt.() took part in the glorious charge at B drik . ava. The drecee; were v-ry apprep , iate . for the eceLion, and in lereedent of the above chary c'ers were several more, representing S kh', Greeks, Turks, and S irtn'a , s Tao of thetfi emen were &rased in woman's appar I, an ! represent d " ladies in b'ack," ,ne we ring an enorreons nnnnnt of crinoline, aod the other a bonnet art r.ied with flow.-re and ribbons, which was greatly admnired by [he whole of the fair s , x who wi nessed the processi,n. The firemen intend to hand over the receipts , he evening which they collected to the I oVatt Re lie f TUE DESI IV OF SISAL—No cArpet of green sr ywhere spreads i self und , r foot, or elot!.es the rugged s'eeps. Ere-. io some briaht oasis, where the hid ars coal gr-umd, a d the air seems 1113 e g i 1, and the birds are singing, there is n v.-sdure on the ground, end even the c mmonest weet's are a valuing. The a it will support no - hi g which cannot strike its 'co sat leas'. some six inches into it There is nothit g baton h our fret but the moro•ony of the endle!s san 1, whose colour, unlike tha univers d gr,cr," fwign s, inst-'td of r s'r..ing e eye. The of sic . 7s 'adorned, but. no clothed. Bat whatever one misses in the earth beteuth you, you miss no , .kng io the heavei s above vim. The grFeancsi of earth is awtntiag, bit tae Yuri of the he Nre 's has b. come bright r cad parer. The varied twinkle of f105,,0-s, u tier yt n r f ee t i s gone hut the sparkle of th. oros ovrheld has d tubl d i slustre. Thu glove s bare Edited up their busolts, and hid them from the hot . air b-neath th e san d s ; b ut t h e stars h ave rnfoldel thws all the to .re freely, as if tha desert sky, w th its arch of ma`chless Pztre, were the soil it which they cm best g,ve forth their brilli ince. The north stir h s come d )IFu low in the heaven', and 3 on feel that another a t:: :g hundred ,n nii!ei to the south v (it'd make it crop out of ;ht, or orly glimm-r on the h u..z ni. ; but other /ra are in opposi e totiz in, and you ferl that yea gain as much as you lose by your southern latitude. Yet the brightness of son, and moon, and star., cannot make tin for the want of o her things. Y . ,,u miss the wreaths of village stnoi,e, ri i-g from a bun 'red h roes ; for "'eh the wild Wax. of Bedouin fires, fl raging their gleam upon the rock, is no eq tirsilmt. You miss the lark's sung, the streamlees murme-, the whisper of the words ; for which the cream of the eagl , , and the torrent's rush, and the s'irill echo of the cliff, are no co:npensetton. You miss the m'ghty masses of Glowd that give snch splendour to an down like a fiery globe, is no o A ur rw) r i l a n :s : u s for w hich the red I'll id red i)l2z. of equivalemt.—North British Review for November.