The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-14 00:00:00

deuce of the great number of the red shirts that have arrived, and are to arrive from different parts of Naples. The government were detertni ned not to give the prisoners of Capea a chance to follow their companions, who fled to the Papal States, as reported in a telegrain copied from the Daily Areevs, having sent 5,000 of the prisoners to Genoa, 1,400 of which have arrived in this city within the last twenty-four hours, to be incorporated with the Sardinian army. , Our latest news from Vienna is that a constitution is to be given to the Venetians, free pardon to ail political offenders, and that the Doke Maximilian, brother of the Emperor, who two rears 'ago *as rather pOpular in Milar . 4 is to be appointed viceroy. The launch of the war frigate Duke of Genoa took place on the 6th instant at Genoa, under not eery happy circumstances, having., in her slide from the blocks, carried away a part of the stone Wall ) which fell 'upon the . people, occupying a species of 41i4r tithing three et four persons; and tfferely wounding about a &ten otlitrt, among whom is '` j eling midship than, who has,ivcn the brightest promise of ber-- • an honour to the Sardinian navy. The two princes, their sister, and Cavour, were present during the launch, and had the pain to witness this accident. No news from Gaeta up to this hour, 4 p.m. ; but there can he ho doubt, from our latest accounts, that the unfortunate and betrayed young monarch, and his youthful queen, will in a few days be obliged to take a farewell of their kingdom. THE AUSTRIAN DEFENCES ON. THE ADRIATR; bOAST.• (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) TRIESTE, Nov. 10. The following is an account of the measures *which the Austrian Government is at this moment engaged in carrying out for the defence of its Possessions on the eastern coast of the Adriatic; the details will be found very interesting The coast in question eoniprehetids nuz.erous gulfs and anchorage groittids, which render the Watching of it a more difficult affair than that of the Venetian coast. The first measure adopted was the creation of a sT.,,,em of semaphore signals, the execution of which has just been accomplithed. means of this . special system, which id Other respects per i MitS o 'correspondence being bhiiiid OW by the ordinary telegraph, all points on the coast are put in communication one With the other, from the gulf of Trieste to the frontier of Turkey. In less than an hour 'warnings and orders can be transmitted from one extremity of the coast to the other. A disem barkation or an attack will thus almost instantly be made known. Further, the defences and the garrisons of the fortresses on the coast have been considerably. augmented; batteries have been erected in places where the nature of the coast Suggests facilities for the disembarkation of troops ; and three entrenched camps are about to be formed—one above De Pola, on the west coast of Istria; another at Fiume, the chief place of the district, on the Hungarian boast ) *hose har bour is situated at the nio'lth of the Fiumara, a river which empties itself into the gulf or sea of quarnero; itia the third between Sebenico and bort46, k Dalmatia, The object of all these important strategical fta• ZtlilreeS is, to effect a complete isolation of the loge district comprised between the sea on the one part, the aulian Alps and the Dinaric Alps on the other, front the interior Provinces of the Empire, and to pre'vent any insurrectionary expedition from extending itself, in case of its sOcceeding in effecting a disembarkation in spite of the *vigilance of the military authorities. It is unnecessary to add that the whole of the fore going precautionary measures have been ordered iii consequence of the demonstrations and menaces hiatle in open day by Garibaldi and by the generals under his orders, from time to time, Since the commencement of the operations in The Court of Vienna is tiding as if it fully anticipated an attaek bn a tarp scale by a considerable &tee of the Italians against Venetia, and also a diversion on the eastern toast of the Adriatic, to favour the success of that attack t mia. the defensive steps which the - Austrians have thus taken are of so formidable a Oharacter that it would be necessary, in order to tb,e execution of a combined operation upon the Venetian seaboard and upon the coast of balm.atia, that the invaders should have at their command a double army and a double fleet, both in each case fully equipped and organised, and both also numerous and powerful. Letters from Vienna, as well as the. Austrian journals themselves, are making uncomfortable allusions to the real state of things in the empire. The government has not succeeded in regaining public confidence, and a persuasion seems to be Prevalent, in many quarters deserving of atten tion, that the reforms recently announced are to 1 1'e regarded, to some extent at least, as a political expedient, rather than as a concession sincerely and honestly made to the just desires of the people; but time will soon put the accuracy of this opinion to the test. THE CHINESE EXPEDITION. From the North China Herald Extra, of Sept. 16, we make the following extracts, which give the latest intelligence regarding the progress of the expedition : "We have been put in possession of the following im portant and authentic intelligence from Tien-tsin brought down by the Scotland, just arrived : "It appears that all the terms proposed by the Eng lish and French plenipotentiaries as a preliminary to the • exchange of ratifications had been agreed to by the Imperial commissioners ; everything was sup- Posed to be progressing satisfactorily, and Lord Elgin Was to set out for Pekin on the 10th instant, with an escort of about one thousand men only; but finally Kweiliang, after several days' trifling and delay, 'declared that he had not power to sign the papers, the contents of which had been agreed upon. Consequent upon this Lord - Elgin intended proceeding at once (on the Bth or 9th) towards Pekin, the army, with the exception of the 3rd Buffs, who are about to return to Europe, preceding him. Admiral:Jones only was to accompany him, Admiral Hope remaining behind. It is not known on what particular point Kweiliang has grounded his objection, neither are the demands of the allied ministers publicly known. " San-kolinsin has been degraded, and his peacock's feathers and yellow jacket taken from him. It is re ported by the villagers that he has a large body of troops collected between Tien-tsin and Pekin, but not much reliance is placed on these accounts. " Pehtang, Tang-fur-ku, and all the adjacent villages have been evacuatd, the fortified places alone being held by the allies. They consist in most instances of small detached forts stretching along the Peiho from Taku, and again from Tien-tsin about five miles towards the mouth of the river. The main forts at Taku are being *systematically and effectually destroyed. " The army marched from their camp about three Miles south of Tien-tsin on the morning of the Bth (the date of our intelligence), on their way to Pekin ; and it Will take them five or six days to reach it, the distance being about 60 miles. The native inhabitants do not appear at all effected by the presence of the army, and pursue their usual occupations with great nonchalance, and not the slightest ill-feeling is exhibited by them, and on some occasions, seeing our artillery proceeding over difficult spots of ground, they have willingly assisted in dragging the guns along. "The English and French forces do not seem to amalgamate, but keep quite distinct from each other, Which appears to be satisfactory to both parties. The losses sustained by the Chinese are reported from 1,000 to 3,000, but about 2,000 is generally supposed to be the number by those most comutent to judge." Sir Charles Fellows expired at his residence in London on Thursday night. The deceased was son of Mr. John Fellows, of Nottingham, and was born in 1799. He received • the honour of knighthood in 1845, as an acknowledgement of his services in removing to the British Museum, the Xanthian marbles and antiquities previously discovered by him in Lycia. He was the author of a " Journal in Asia Minor," " Discoveries in Lycia," &c. THE COLNE STRIKE.—This strike has now extended over its 24th week, and still there does not appear any sign of an early settlement. The recent robbery of the funds of the executive of the strike (L 139) and the attempt made by some of the masters, a day or two ago, to force the recusant employes to return t o Work (by ordering them to quit their cottages unless they would do so), has not had the desired effect; While the move on the part of the manufacturers to import hands from Colne has also proved a signal failure. The last weekly report of the Strike Corn- Inittee says :—" We are proud that the amount ten dered for our support by you this week is larger than on any previous occasion ; thus verifying the old adage that opposition does good. The employers at Colne are yet Unwilling to pay the same rate of wages as their neigh bours, and, as an excuse, they have been attempting to show the amount of money some of the weavers were receiving previous to the strike ; but this we know, th ey were not receiving the same rate of wages for Quantity and quality of work performed as their neighbours in other districts. This is the sole point dispute, and it is all we wish them to pay; and the moment they are prepared to do this the strike Will be at an end. We think it is high time That they ought to take some active steps tower& settling affairs ; they have tried stratagems long enough, but it must be evident to them that they only tend to make the breach wider and more disadvantageous to themselves." • The executive of the strike have offered a reward of • £lOO for the discovery of the thieves who robbed the t reasurer's house of the £139 of their funds on Saturday Week. Meetings in favour of the strike are being fre quently held in Burnley, Preston, Blackburn, &c., and the income of the executive, on Sunday, for the past week, amounted to £682 15s, Id., while the)t? onditurq erne to £616 14s. Sid, LATEST NEWS. (RI/ BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ritANdE. SATISFACTORY STATF. OF TRADE. PROHIBITION OF COMMITTEES FOR THE PAPAL COLLECTION. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are all satisfactory. Large orders promise to keep the operatives employed for the winter. The revival extends to all branches of industry. . .„_ The Minister of the Interi#.los OAdreSstd a circular to all the Psefeeis;Chi after stating that the qovertinietit did riot iifoliibit the Pontifical stibkriptiolis, nor the collection of Peter's Pence, says, that notwithstanding it cannot admit the 'in authorised establishment of permanent committees for collecting subscriptions for a foreign goterrt, ment, and those which liAse .rilrea4r been torthed to be dissOked; or they will bnsuhjected to equal peniltlei. The offerings of individnalS can be freely given as heretofore. MONTPELLIER, Nov. 13. A serious accident has happened on the Southern Railway. The country between Cette and Narbonne is inundated. PARIS, Nov. 13. The King of Siam has declared war against the EMperor of Annam, who is now at war with France and Spain. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Nov. 13, 3.30 p.m. The Bourse has been depressed. Relites Closed at 70f. 15e., or 15c: lower than S7eSterdayi NAPLES. NAPLES, Nov. 10. King Victor Emmanuel leaves to-morrow for Sicily, and will return on the 17th instant. Great festivities are to take place on the 18th instant. General Lamarmora has been entrusted with the military re-organisation. Garibaldi, in his farewell speech, tells his com panions in arms to be, ready to, rollott• liini ;gain, as it is likely that .a fiesh conflict Will break out in Italy in March; 1861. He says that one million of. Men AM' rams will, be wanted: . 1! King, • • said, • he it is intends mobilising 20,000 National Guards of the city of Naples. NAPLES, Nov. 12. The King has visited the hospital for wounded volunteers, and distributed relief. Garibaldi has been appointed it ke6iill of the army., The siege works against Gaeta are being actively carried on. TURIN, Nov. 12. An official decree appoints Farini Lieutenant- General of the King at Naples. There is no news from Gaeta. NAOLt§, Nov. 12. The official icatrtial bf Naples contains the appointment a Garibaldi as general of the army. The Siege works before Gaeta are, actively eon ilnued. It is still hoped to 6ectire 'the sbbmission of Gaeta without any serf oils fighting ; but in case the garrison an riot capitulate, the bombard- Ment Will commence in a few days. NAPLES, Nov. 13. A lieutenancy council has been instituted : it is composed as follows :—Vintimiglia, interior ; Pianelli, justice ; Scialoja, fin,ance Poerlo; public instruction; D'Aflletto, public works; De kgridulthre and commerce. Several coun cillors and directors have been also appointed. Signor Deblassio has been appointed Prefect of _ _ Admiral Persano has been entrusted with the management of the affairs of the marine. The electoral law of Sardinia has been promul gated for Naples. A general council has been established for the organisation of the southern army. The departure 'Of the ltittg for Palermo has been adjourned. PreOurations are being made for celebrating l annexation of the Marches anc Unibrik. GAETA . MARSEILLES, Nov. 13. Letters from Gneta, dated Sunday last; state :hat Francis 11. had rejected the proposals for she evacuation of that• town. General Bosco had arrived, and would take the command of the troops, who still number 13,000 men. He relies on the strength of the fortress A Prussian general had arrived on a mission. A Portuguese and two Spanish frigates had arrived off Gaeta.. AUSTMA. VIENNIA, Nov. 13. The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day publishes a statute organising the provincial representa tion of the Tyrol. The same journal contains a decree definitely appointing Ceneral Dagenfield as Field• Marshal and Minister of War. An imperial resolution cancels all written warnings remitted to the journals up to the present time, thereby releasing them from the legal consequences of the same As set forth in the press law. TURIN. TURIN, Nov. 13. General Fanti has arrived here. ROME. ROM nov. An Extraordinary Council of the Cardinals took place yesterday. The Secret Commission has collected the votes of Rome on the question of annexation. LORD ELGIN'S ,NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHINESE. The Gazette publishes extracts from despatches received at the Foreign-office from Lord Elgin. They are dated Tien-taro, September Bth. On the 6th the Chinese commissioners were furnished with a draft of the convention, which it was understood was to have been signed on the Bth. They made little objection to any portion of it, except the clause providing that of the total indemnity of 8,000,000 taels declared to be due by China to Great Britain, 1,000,000 should be paid before Tien-tsin was evacuated by the British troops. After manifesting some uneasiness, the Commis sioners confessed that they could not sign the Con vention until it had been approved of by the Emperor. Lord Elgin attributes this conduct to a deliberate design to create delay which might procrastinate matters to the winter, and thereby extricate the Government at Pekin from its pre sent embarrassments. It was resolved to check this policy by an act of vigour. The Plenipoten tiaries, therefore, announced that they would enter into no further negotiations until they reached Tang-Chou. Lord Elgin wrote to the Commander-in-Chief, informing him that the negotiations were broken off, and requiring such a force as would enable him to proceed to Tang- Chou. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HERO. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Gorgon returned to the Sound this morning. She has been 120 miles south-west of Scilly, but could see nothing of the Hero, and has experienced very severe weather from the eastward. MAIL NEWS. The 'Ellora has arrived at Southampton with the heavy portion of the Bombay and Mauritius mails. The City of Manchester screw-steamer, from New York oh the 27th ult., arrived at Queens town yesterday. She brings $150,000 in specie. Passed the Europa on the morning, of the Ist., and the Arago the day before. Experienced strong easterly gales. Proceeded 'for Liverpool. News anticipated. THE HOP DUTY. The Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday received a deputation for the purpose of urging upon him the postponement of the duty of 1859. The right hon. gentleman said lie would commu nicate his decision with the least possible delay. The death of Mr. Butt, Q.C., formerly M.P. for Weymouth, is announced. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after noon. The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Times, in a leader, notices the protracted voyage of the royal squadron, and says:— The Hero, which carries the Prince of Wales, is not really a steamer: she is a ship of the line with auxiliary steam power, and not much of that. She had perhaps less than a week's supply of fuel on board. She would probably endeavour at first to make way under canvas, but the winds have not been favourable, and the Hero would have recourse to her screw at last, by the aid of which she would make head against the wind till fuel began to fail. She might then perhaps make way for Bermuda, or possibly for Gayal, but she would still have the work of beating up against adverse winds. In point of fact she is really not much more than a sailing vessel, and that a sailing vessel should take three weeks in coming from the United States to England with a con trary wind is no great matter for surprise. NEWS FROM CHINA. The advi ees f rom H ong K ong are to Sept. 28. The English mail of August 10 arrived at Hong Kong on Sept. 19. The Correspondent of the Times at Hong Kong says : The satisfactory termination of hostilities in the north, by a treaty of peace, after the fall of the Taku forts, has not yet been realised. The Chinese have been playing their old game of duplicity, and their commissioner, after an apparent assent to the terms proposed by the allied ambassadors, refused to sign, on the plea of the want of the necessary powers. How it happened that the verifi cation of his powers was not a precedent to a stoppage of military operations, and a commencement of negotia tions, remains to be explained. Much valuable time has been lost at a critical season of the year. There is no news of importance from the allied camp or fleet. Lord Elgin and Baron Gros arrived at Tien-Tsin on August 25, and the Chinese commissioner on the 30th. After a week's negotiations, they were interrupted, as already stated. As soon as this occurred, the army was put in motion. for Pekin, and news had been received of, the advanced portion having reached a place called Yang- Tsun-teh op. Sept, 10: Liirdllgia also left. Tien-'Tin on the gth September, for :Pekin. At TIE:U.:UV, a /aigc number of coolieS and carts hadbeen engaged to tarry. the baggage, but they had deserted on the road, and Lord Elgin's baggage was said to be in difficulties. Pehtang and dome other places have been evacuated by our troops, and 2,000 will remain to,garrisou Tien-Tsin. Shanghai has remained unmolested by tlie rebels, since the departure of the last mail; but trade naturally det. tinues much depressed. Silk, however, has found its way from the interior in considerable quantities, and some tea is beginning to arrive. The supply of tea through Foochow continues unabated, and politically, the station preserves its tranquility. The same quiet reigns at Amoy. INDIA: The dates from Calcutta, are to Octoter Sth. General news unimportant; The Governor-General v . fas to leave Calcutta November 15 for the north-we St. _ The Cortmlander in-Chief WEiS aboufsetting out for,Cdwnpore, where he wonld form his camp, and proceed on a tour of inspection. At Calcutta the produce markets were quiet, but holders firm. Sugar, Saltpetre, and Silk lower. Rice and Jute easier. Oil-seeds in demand. In the import market no material change. A moderate business has been dOing in Freights, but some dulness had ensued. TEE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. A force of 1,400 men had attacked and destroyed several native pahs. Some were found evacuated, but the general would not allow his men to follow the rebels into the bush and dislodge them. The local papers say we left some of our dead in their hands, and the affair was expected to be treated the liatives as a victory: ; The force returned withotit thalling tin attack. on the i4rineipd,l, stronghold of the rebels; Phis is cOmplained of as tending to protract the war. The rebels will remain in the forest and will continue to send out parties to murder and pillage, while taking care to avoid a conflict in the open field. AUSTRALIA: The adjiCeS from Melbotittie Etre to Seritenibet 2/th. Commercial. affairs looking better, but diminished imports, .as well as increased con sumption, required to insure prospects of profit. Money was difficult to obtain for commercial purposes, but sufficiently plentiful for investment. One report says that the spring trade has opened with the .markets . ruinously glutted, and prices were such as must entnil loss i on shippers The returns from the 6 61 d fiefs Slid* a conSidernbre falling off, The steamship Great Britain arrived in Hob- - son's Bay in sixty-two days from Liverpool. She had unfavourable winds and severe weather on the line and in high southern latitudes. Mechanics,tradesmen; and Skilled .workmen of all kinds were still idle in large A 'serious attempt, has, been made by a,rnob to overawe the Victoria Parliament : A all haS been passed for the protection of the The VolUnteers ooktimied to dn duty in the absenee of the regular force. The volunteer movement was rapidly extending. Meetings had been held for providinc , for the settlers in the disturbed districts in Ne;Zealand. The Tasmanian Government has voted a sum of £2,000 for renewing the experiments for introdueing salmon: , • - " The flineral of Sir O. apior todk6e yeaercidy,., The death of' General Lygon, colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons, is announced. The Times says that the post of Ambassador to the Court of the new-Kingdom of Italy is not designed for Sir J. Hudson, but for Mr. Elliot, late minister at Naples. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before 11/Ir. RAFFLES.), NEGLI;;CTING TO GO TO Mr. Murphy, out-door superintendent of the. Local Marine Board, brought up a sailor named William Powell„ charged for not having joined a ship according to articles signed by him. He had signed to go to Peru as cook and steward, and had received £3 advance, but the ship sailed without his joining it, and Iliersort had to be 13ro6uidd Ot ati adVatice of Wag's. Mr. Murphy said the present was a bad as well as a lamentable case. This was the second time the prisoner had acted so, but on the former occasion the owners forgave him, on account of, his wife and seven children being dependent on him. Since that time his wife and.two Children had died, and five young 'children Were now depending on him. The owners would ,not press the charge if this were the first time he had been guilty, but although they sym pathised with the poor children, they did not think the man should be let off altogether. The prisoner said it was all the fault of drink. Mr: Raffles : In that case you should not take it; you. should remember your children, and that ,yon *ere forgiven once liefcii.e. I could send you to jail fdr three months, hitt t .kill not (Id sd ilo*, but if yon are brought here again t will inflict the full penalty on you. I now sentence you to fourteen days' imprisonment. PLUNDER. BY A SERVANT MAID. A rather ace looking. young Woman, nam e d Eli za b e th ' Goodwin was charged for having stolen two gold watches, two shawls ' and a pair of boots, from the public house of Mr. Richard Sitith, of Nord Nelson-street. It appeared that the prisoner had lived as servant in the house of Mr. Smith, but left about a week since, and on Monday evening she entered the shop of Mr. Beb.bing ton, watch maker, Mill-street, and offered a gold watch for sale, saying it belonged to her hoSband who was at sea. Not thinking the account satisfactory, he sent for the police, and as the prispner gave different accounts of how she got the watch, she Was taken to thd office, and on being searched, there was another gold watch found with her. She then told the police where she had left the shawls and boots in a public house, and that she had got a ladder and sent a boy in through Mr. Smith's window, to a room where the property was, and got it out. Mr. Smith and his son-in-law proved the watches to be their property, and a servant girl in the house said the shawls and boots Were hers. In reply to Mr. Dailies, Mr. Sinith said the watches were worth £3O. He had a character with the prisoner from Car narvon, where she came from. The prisoner refused to say anything. She was sent for trial. A BIG DRINK i Martin Rowley, a carter, and Henry Kanning, a warehouseman, both in the employment of Messrs. Ileyes said no., spirit and ale merchants; Church-street, Were charged for having stolen two dozen of pale ale belonging to that firm. Mr. Block appeared for the prisoners, and by an ingenious defence, got them off, but his worship said it was a case of grave suspicion, and the prosecutor was fully justified in adopting the course he did: ROBBERY FROM THE , PERSON. Two flashily dressed females, named Caroline Stewart and Mary J ones, were charged for having stolen £l6 in gold from John Whitfield. Mr. Cobb was for the defence. The prosecutor said he was a master Carter and lived at Bootle .; he was going home the previous night when he met one of the prisoners at the Exchange, and had some rum with her, and after that he alleged she stole his purse and the money and handed it to the other.. Mr. Cobb cross-examined the prosecutor, whO did not appear in the most creditable light. The prisoners were sent for trial: (Before Messrs. LAMONT, EARLE, and HORNET). ASSAULTING THE POLICE. Mr. Mason the keeper of a beer-house in Hampton street, and -his wife, were summoned by police officer Taylor, No. 5, for being drunk and for having assaulted him. Mr. Cobb was for the defence. This case aidse ont of one that was heard before Mr. Rallies some days ago, when the defendants were the complainants against the policeman for an assault, but his worship thinking the weight of evidence in favour of the policeman dismissed the charge ; and then the officer summoned Mr. and Mrs. Mason, for being drunk and assaulting him. The statement of the case no* appeared to be that On the night of the 29th of October, Mr. Mason was putting some one out who was tipsy, when a scuffle took place in the street. The policeman came up, and, as he alleged, the defendants assaulted him whilst he Was endeavouring to make peace. This state of facts ap peared by witnesses called for the complainant, when Mr. Cobb produced witnesses for the defence, who gave a different version of the case, when the magistrates decided on acquitt in g Mr. a nd Mrs. Mason of th charge of drunkenness, but fined them ss. each for the assault. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have given notice that their rates of passage-money will be increased on and from the Ist January next, in consequence of the rise in the freight of coals and in the freight and cost of naval stores. MAGISTRATES' COU A A. im x pr .A, is s o s n o rn er e it n_t property of John COUNTY the county police office, yesterday, before the presiding magistrates, Messrs. Bonnie and Brocklebank, a labourer named f l o o r h John Crook stealing w a a s c oat sentenced andam t o gEu t x h i,n r Se e a e ,c m tiiit o ite n i t ps h : s o : Hart, dock labourer. LIVERPOOL YOUNG TION MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT CLASS.— A special meeting of the members of the above society was held on Monday evening last, for the purpose of hearing a lecture from their late respected and highly-esteemed president, Mr. H J. Silverlock, who is about leaving England for some years. Mr. It. C. Carter, the present chairman of the society, having called upon Mr. Silverlock to deliver his lecture, the title of which `was "Last Words, or a Farewell to Old England," the lecturer, on rising, was greeted with the warmest ex pressions of feeling, and throughout the lecture, which was a highly interesting one, and at its close h e was enthusiastically applauded. vote of thanks was moved by Mr. S. Wellington, seconded by Mr. Rayment, and carried by acclamation. Among other gentlemen who addressed the meeting was the Chairman of the Boa r d of Management, F. D. Fletcher, Esq., who expressed his personal regret, and also the regret of the board at the departure of Mr. Silverlock. The meeting room of the society was crowded to excess during the discourse, and the interest excited seemed to be very great. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.-1 lecture in connection with the above association was delivered in the hall of the Collegiate Institution, Shaw-street, last night, by the Rev. M. C. Osborn, of this town, before a numerous auditory. The proceedings were opened with prayer, and a brief, but interesting, introductory address from the chairman. Many clergy men and gentlemen interested in the well-being of the association were present on the platform. The subject chosen by the talented lecturer was "Personal Influ ence," which he treated in a most masterly and eloquent style. The earnestness of his manner, beauty of his language, occasional sublimity of his imagery, and glow ing portraiture of the different phases of character upon which personal influence bears so strongly, did not fail to deeply interest his attentive audience, whose cordial approbation of the sentiments expressed, and apprecia tion of the ability displayed by the speaker, were mani fested throughout, and most enthusiastically at the close of the discourse. A vote of thanks to the esteemed lec turer was moved by the chairman (who delivered a short but very pithy and appropriate speech in which he urged the interests of the association OR those present, and laid its leading characteristics clearly and succintly before them,) and passed by acclamation. The proceedings were then brought to a close, by the lecturer returning thanks for the honour conferred on him ; and the meet ing shortly after separated, highly gratified with thiq rich intellectual treat, THE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY; NOVEMBER 14, 186 THE GRAND BALL OF THE FIRST BAT TALION LANCASHIRE RIFLES. This bail, which had been looked for Ward to' with' so much interest and Pleaenrable anticipation by the members of this . superb body of i,olunters; commanded by Lieut.-Col. Bousfield, came off in , St. George's4rall ldst night, under circumstances of almost unparalleled eclat. l7pwaidi o 1, nn ladles and gentlemen, com prising the elite of Liverpool and rte' vicinity, were present, and the effect of the brilliant scene •'.ras', ad; might have been expected, immensely enhanced by the unusual numbers and variety of naval, military, aml rifle uniforms that were visible—comprising the blue, the grUeil, the starlet; and the grey, with a very tolerable sprinkling Of the kilt of the Scottish corps. The . ball committee had given Which were admirably execated by Messrs. Holden and Parker; for the tasteful fitting up of a reception room foi the lady pationesS, Mrs. Aspinall Tobin, and her friends; .and the stiperintendent of the hall sticcessfully intro• duced the somewhat novel e±pedient of using ihe heat ing apparatus of the hall for diffusing &rdughoit its expanse the most delicious perfume, a happy idea which Was greatly and generally appreciated. The company, animated by the inspiring strains of Mr. Streather's celebrated band, kept up the dancing till: a late hour this morning. The refreshments (which were pro vided and supplied by Mrs. Oakes, of Lord-street), and the entire arrangements, we are happy to state, met with cordial approval. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. . A pleasing, though not a great eorreett, was given last flight by the Li‘erpdol Philhairrionie Society, as their eleventh silbsCriPtldri, to eriahle Madarne Clara Novello to take what is understood to be >liir feally last fareell of the Liverpool public. The "Creation," at the last concert, was considered to be her farewell—it was so in oratorio ; she appeared last night to utter her last sounds in miscellaneous secular music. She gave " Deh vieni lion tattle? Wm. Mozart's ," Nozze de Figaro ;" "Ocean, thott tnighiy monster r the grand scena from Weber's " Oberon ;" " Corn' e froin Voni zetti's "Lucre z i a B org i a ," • an d three Scotch and Irish songs. She was in good spirits, and ~leased her recepti on . "C om ' e hello was encored, but instead of repeating any portion of it, she gave "Within a mile of Edinbur g h town," to the great and obvious deli?,lit of the audience, In parting with an accom plislie4 artiste, Would be ungracious to remark upon deficiencies; 64111 EoristittitiOrial or the result of the ravages of dine ; tjuestidri ilieth4f ever Madame Novello had energy and feeling sufAcierii for the addivate rendering of Weber's great scena. We have heard Mts. Wood sing it under Webees own direction, We par ticularise this, lest we should be supposed to insinuate mote serious failure. Madame Novello was undoubtedly Yell; Stiperior, through the evening to the evening on which she took the soprano part in th e "creation." ''she therefore leaVeS a much More favotirable impression than tie Nirotild have done had she not ftiotired its with these more last Ma, me. Noielto was supported by the London Glee arid kadrigal Union; &3'xisisting of Miss Eyles, Mr. Baxter (a sweet alto), and Mr. W. H. Cummings, and Mr. Lawler, who had appeared in the "Creation." Their vocalisation was perfect, and Miss Eyles' luscious voice harmonised with her male corn peers in the most delicious manner. She also sang "Sweet Spirit, hear my Prayer," from "Lurline," but it did not give her scope to do herself justice. 'We ,61vriays,endeafpilred to dd so yehen,she has under taken anytbing worthy Of, her: In, ddditioti to these blbTii6iits of an English ,Con Cert, . Herr .Moligrie and Lis daughter appeared eristriimeritalists: Made moiselle Molique played a concerto composed and directed by Herr Molique. It was Weil played, and was a very pleasing composition, but rather too much like a mere modulation, with a very frequent repetition of the principal passages, to deserve the name of a concerto. The young lady was very well received, and highly applauded, for what may . be considered a very, successful debk. The chorus joined Mr. Lawler In "haste thee nymph and bring with thee ;" and gai;,d ail eiciuisite elickris, acedmvauied by the band, from Weber's almost unknown: Opera "BurySitlie," " Sweet peace ! all hail." They also sang, with eon siderable effect, " Bright autumn day," from Meyer beer's last opera "Dinorah." The band played Men delssphri's Overture to . "Ray Bias" and Meyerbeer's diertrire " Btrilensee,," and concluded with the m arch from the "Prophete." In spite of the Volunteer" ball the hall was crowded, and everyone appeared pleased. If we have ventured "to hint a fault," it must be re membered that " we were nothing if not critical," According to honoured usag,e, the twelfth and last subscription concert will take place on Thursday, the 27th December, when the .oratorio " Messiah," will be Pertained. The, principal artistes will be Miss Bank s, M Miss Eyles, Mr. Sims Reefei, trild Mr: IL Weiss. BLUE-COAT Ilosprrit,.—The Treasurer begs td ac knowledge the receipt of £3 7s. 6d. from a few friends of the Institution, who were invited to attend St. Peter's Charch, on Sunday last, but were unable to be present. ..The collection now amounts to £ll9 18s. 20. In consecinetiee of the great number of tickets applied for, and the limited accommodation of ttic Abbey, no more can be issued to witness the funeral of the late Earl of Dundonald. FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.R.—The funeral of Admiral Sir Charles Napier took place on Monday at Catherington, near Merchis totinhall, Hants. Beyond the fact of the deceased being borne to the grate Ily eight seam e n. who had served under his command chiring the greater OA of his pro fessional career, the whole proceedings were of a Very private and unostentatious character. The mourners present comprised the Rev. J. Jodrell, General E. Napier, the Hon. William Napier, Colonel William Napier, Colonel M‘Mtirdo, Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Rear-Admiral Erskine, Captain G. T. Gordon, and Mr. William Grant. Messrs. George and H. Turner, of Portsea, had charge of the arradgements for the fitieral. CONCLUSION OF THE NOTTINGHAM STRIKE.—The dispute which 14,as existed for such a long time past between the Mechlin lace firms and their workmen, and which eras Understood to have terminated a week ago, was brought to a satisfactory eenclusion on Friday last, the 9th instant. The men resumed work on Monday morning at the factories froM Which they have been locked out, the masters having consented to terms of Compromise in the wages for Mechlin lade. The three firms in question have agreed to discharge the *ladle of the bands engaged since the lock-out, With the eieeptien of one workman in Mr. Tidmas's factory, and the society have also consented to take one of the non-union men until he can obtain a situation elsewhere. It having been ascertained that Mr. Berrey has been paying the workmen engaged upon two or three of his plain net machines in excess of the prices required by the society's stateMent, the Workineri have agreed to a reduction of their wages to the ordinary rate. DEATH OF GENERAL THE HON. E. P. LYGoN, D.— The colenelcy of the 13th Light Dragoons has become vacant by, the death of General the lion. Edward Pynder Lygon, C,13. The gallant officer expired on Sunday night at his residence in tipper Brook-street, Grosvenor square, after a very, short illness. having only taken to his bed on Saturday. . The hon. general was the third son of 'William first Earl,Beatichainp, a nd was brother of the present ' peer, fie entered the army sub- lieutenant of the 2nd Life Guards, and served with that regiment in the Peninsula during the campaigns 1813 and 1814, having joined the army in Spain in November, 1812. Ile was present at the battle of Vittoria, and served with his regiment to the close of the war; In 1815 he accompanied the army to the Nether lands, and, as major and lient.-colonel, had the honour to corumand the Life 'Guards at ViraterloO, where he eminently distinguished himself. For hiS sertices that memorable occasion he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath ; he was also made a Knight of the Order of St. Vladimir of Russia. For many sears he commanded the 2nd Life Guards, and only relin quished that command when lie olitained .promotion as Major-general. Tile deleased officer held the appoint ment of Inspecting-General of Cavalry for some years. He had received the silver War-Medal and one clasp for service in the Peninsit'a, He *as appointed colonel of the qth Light DiarNoris in Jantiary, 00.; and his Commissions bore date as follows : Sub-lieutenant, June 1, 1803; lieutenant, November 7, 1805 ; captain, February 15, 1808; lieutenant-colonel, April 27, 1815; colonel, April 27, 1822 ,• major:-general, January 10, 1837 ; lieutenant-general, November 9, 1846 ; and general, June 20, 1854, NEWG.C.B. AND K.C.B.—Major-General Sir James Hope Grant; K.C.8., whose elevation to the highest rank of the Order of the Bath appeared in the Gazeticon Saturday, is the fifth s on of the late Francis Grant, Esq., of Kilgraston and Pitcaithly, North Britain, the head of one of the best of the old "county families" of Perthshire ; his mother Was Amid, eldest daughter of Robert Oliphant, Esq., of Rossie, Postmas ter=General of Scotland. He was born on the 18th of January, 1808, and entered the army as cornet in 1826. He served in China under the late Lord Saltoun, and - Subsequently in India, under Lords Gough and Itardinge. He was present at the battle of Sobraen, where he commanded the 9th Lancers, as also in the Punjaub in 1848-9. He was also present at the engage mentS of Raninuggur, Chilianwallah, and Goojerat, and took .an active part in the suppression of the Indian mutiny in 1857-8, for his services on which occasion he *as Made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He became a major-general in the ditty in 1858, His recent services in China are too well known to our readers to need being repeated here. Sir James, according to the County Families, tarried in 1847 Helen, daughter of Mr. B. Tayler.—Rear-Admiral James Hope, 0.13., of Carriden, county Linlithgow, who is now elevated, for his services in China, from the second to the first division of the same most honourable order, is the only son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Johnstone -Hope, K.C.B. (son of the lion. Charles Hope-Vere, of Cragie-hall, and grandson of the first Earl of Hopetoun), by his first wife, the Lady Jemium Hope-Johnstone, fifth daughter of James, third Earl of Hopetoun. He was born on the 3rd March, 1808, and married in Aug., 1838, the Hon. Frederica Eliza Kirmaird, secon d daughter of Charles, eighth Lord Ki nna i r d , in the Peerage of Scotlarzi but was left a widower in May, 1856. Ile entered the Royal Naval College in 1820, joined his first ship in 1822, and having served on the West Indian and Mediter ranean stations was promoted to lieutenant in 1827. He escorted Lord 'William Bentinck to India in 1828, became flag-lieutenant to the late Admiral Lord Northesk in the following year, and subsequently was employed on the West Indian and North American stations in command of the Racer (16). Ile obtained the rank of captain in 1838, and in November, 1845, while in command of th e Firebrand steam-frigate, he enacted a conspicuous part in the battle of - Parana, - where a hard day's fighting resulted in the destruction by the combined squadrons of England and France of four heavy batteries belonging to General Rosas at Punta Obligado, as also of a schooner carrying six guns, and of 24 vessels chained across the river. "On that occasion, having volunteered," says O'Byrne in his Naval Bio graphy, " Captain Hope gallantly pulled up in his boat and cut the chain which impeded the upward progress of the allies. 'At the close of the action he landed as aide-de-camp to the late Captain Sir Charles Hotham, the senior British officer, and assisted in giving the coup de grace to the defeat of the' enemy, whose num bers originally xonsisted of 3,500 men,, in cavalry, infantry, and artillery, and whose batteries had mounted 22 pieces of ordnance." As a reward for his bravery on this occasion he was nominated a Companion of the Bath in April, 1860. MERCANTILE MARINE ASSOCIATION. ,Yesterday, the, usual monthly meeting of the Liver poOl Mereantile Marine Service Association was held in the romna of Cie tissaciation i Water-street. Captain if. Y. Wird, deputy-Chairniini i *as - in the chair and iheie Wefe . present Captains J. t. Tied / dot Mite', IL Cunning; Joseph Coinforth, George Rode, 4Jharler Semple, Richard Wren, George Ginman . ,. John Ord, William Paterson, A. Montgomery,. Henry Ponsonby, _ . Griffin, Scott, A. Donnell, D. B. Morton, y Rutherfoid; Mantra Greeth R. Goble, Hardy, Finlay, and Moir ; C. Purnell, 1:4., tames R. Gammon, Esq., R. Lamont, E. 1 .1 Baker, jun., Esq., George Bell Galloway, C.E., F. H. Alper, Esq., William Matted, Esq., and Mr. M'Keau. E. J. Thompson, Esq., read the following report : _ "Since the last meeting of the members of the asso • elation the Connell has had tinder its consideration several iniportant Matteis &Mated with the service. "Having had its attetitien called to the hardship occa sioned by the constant arrest of Masters, officers, and ships, on accOnnt of the seizure by re/entre offers of damn quantities of tobacco found secreted on' board vessels, and particularly to' the ease of Captain Chevers, of the ship Onward, Wad' Was arrested for tobacco which he had reported, the council laid a staletnent upon the subject before the Board of Trade, with a list of eases, selected at random, which had occurred of the seizure of vessels at this port, and urged that the attention of the board should be gilen not only to the extreme rigour of such proceedings, as in the' ease of Capt. Chevers, but also to the unnecessary hardship, inconierrience, and ex pense which attended the greater number of arrests. The council also submitted that, in the revision of the Mer chant Shipping Act, steps should be taken to prevent, as was shown to be the case, vessels of the largest size, and even mail steattiers owned in this country, from berg seized and delayed for the most trivial violation of the revenue laws committed without the knowledge or sanction of the owners ttt officers, and likewise to pre vent the recurrence of such cases as that of which Cap tain Chevers complained. The Board of Trade, in reply, forwarded a report upon the subject, addressed to that departnient; by the Commissioners of Customs, in which the commissioners state that they have issued instruc tions to the collectors and coriffittellers of Customs, strictly to caution the tide-surveyors and others against arresting the masters of vessels in cases similar to that of Captain, Chevers, without their express sanction. " The Council subsequently brought under the atten tion of the Board of Trade the mode in which the fines, in the dage's of tobacco seizure, are disposed of, and, without desiring to . cast any reflection upon the character of the revenue officers, respectfully submitted that the present practice of giving the officers portions of the fines placed temptation in the way of persons of com paratively small income, and was not likely to anictice to the accuracy of their information, as it gave them a direct pecuniary interest in procuring convictions. Upon this rent the Commissioners of Customs state that theY dd not see that it is advisable to make any alterations, and any Wither action OR the part of the association upon the subject dikt therefore wait until Parliament again assembles. "The council was represented by ten of its members, at the opening of the Free Public Library presented by Mr. Wm. Brown to the town of Liverpool. The council desires to Call the attention of members to the wish of Mr. Brown to establish in the building a museum of naval architecture and it trusts that members will avail theingellie of the truntereus opportunities they have of adding, from all quarters of the globe, objects of inte rest connected with that Partial of Mr. Brown's noble institution. " Since the last meeting the report of the select conY-' mitten of the House of Commons on merchant shipping has been laid before Parliament. The council deeply regrets that, although the questions affecting the ser vide ii , ere most-fully laid before the committee, the report does not, to any extent, enter into the most im portant of these questions. One of the most prominent and just complaints of the septic e has been the working of the tribunals by which questions respecting The loss or damage of vessels at sea are decided. They , possess no one atifihrite by which every other class of questions affecting men's prope4 eh'aractor, or liVelihood are determined. They are neither 6ortite of equity, pre sided over by learned, impartial, and immovable judges, nor courts of law wherein the verdict of a jury is con clusive as to facts in dispute. They are essentially anomalous and unconstitutional in character, without any Siandard of consistency or public appeal. The council feels that Th 6 service has much reason to com- plain of the mode hi AA almost its very eitistence has been ignored in the rtpOrt of the committee. It earnestly and sincerely trusts that °Very niemhet of it wilt assist in the efforts which must now be made in the Coming session of Parliament to obtain for it redress of the grievances under wticli its fab'ours, recognition of it as an honourable profession, and some share in the management and regulation of its own business. "The number of new members continues to increase. In August there were 15 ; in September, 13, and in October; 13. The total receipts in August were £37 Bs. 3d. irt September, £36 13s:; , and in October, £39 6s. 10d. But while the council congratulates the members of the association upon the Steady progress thus shown to be made, and the favourable comparison which these figures bear with the corresponding statements of last year; the subjects which have been treated of in this report shoW Unritistakeably that very much has still to be done, and that it is only by bringing the service together as one body, by uniting it in one large and powerful asso ciation, to represent the whole voice of the service, that its moral weight will be felt, and it will attain its proper and legitimate position. With this feeling the council aski every rdaster and officer of the port of Liverpool to enrol himself a member' here, and to do his share of the labour yet to be accomplished." After some remarks from the chairman and others present, the report was unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks was passed to the ehairnian, and the meeting broke up. • , MR. AND MRS.- GERMAN REED, AND Mat. JOHN PARS.Y.— It will be seen from the announcement else where that these talented and popular caterers for the Piiblie . aninsenient Will commence their week's visit on Monday &ening Week the26th), in the Concert-room of St. George's-hall. As before, their stay is confined to "one week only;" for on the and December they have arranged to be at Rugby. As hundreds were unable to obtain admission on the last occasion, we would advise all who intend spending "an evening with Parry" to apply early for tickets. ExaatA.onniNialic CArrtnv.—On the forenoon of Saturday list some of the fishermen resident at Acker gill, while pursuing their avocation in the bay, had their attention directed to a large fish struggling and plunging on the surface of the water, at no great dis tance from their boat: Presuming that the fish had got attached to some of their lines, and that in consequence it could easily be secured, they at once directed their CoUtse towards it ; but a closer approach revealed to theft suninse the true source of its annoyance. The list, while B*i:timing neat the surface in search of prey, had seized hold of some large bird, which it had partly swallowed, but which it was tinabie, from the size and energetic resistance' of its victim, to dreg be neath. The singular appearance of the widely-extended wings of the bird, which frantically thrashed the water, at one extremity, and. the occasional glimpse which was obtained of the tail of the fish at the other, induced the fishermen to believe that they had fallen in with some rare nondescript, and the "sea-staff" was immediately put in requisition to secure the the interesting prize. By a dexterous use of this effective weapon the fish was hooked and secured, and the whole affair incontinently hauled in triumph over the gunwale. The principal actor in this scene was then at once recognised as an old acquaintance by the boat's crew. His jaws were unceremoniously wretched open, and the bird, still alive, released from its uncomfortable posi tion. The victim of this novel strait proved to be a fine specimen of that large and powerful species, the great northern diver (Colymbus Gla cialis), a bird unsurpassed for its speed and power in the water, which it curtly leaves occasionally in the breeding season. It is generally known on the north-east coast of Scotland, where it occurs at intervals, as the "loon" or " ember goose." The fish, which measured between three and fedi* feet in length, is the Lop/alas Piscatorius of the scientific naturalist, but known on the Caithness coast as he " mersgam " or " °of" the latter pro bably a corruption of " wolf." Tt is also known as the fishing.frog or angler, the latter name de rived from the singtilar manner in which it entices its prey within reach. The mouth of this fish is of extraordinary width, and from the top of its head rises a series of delicate, stalk-like appendages, termi nated by glistening filaments, bearing a pretty close resemblance to certain marine worms. The animal remains stationary in some favourable position, and the vibration of these appendages attracts small fishes, which are at once seized upon and deposited in the capacious maw of the Lophius. It is probable that the bird in this instance had been deceived by this tempting lure into thrusting its head into such d a ngerous proximity, and that the fish had suddenly close d its jaws upon it, and refused or was unable to relax its hold until it was secured in the manner related above. The flesh of this fish is held in no repute.—John 0' Groat Journal. Oar readers have only to send their address to D.T.- Barry, Esq„ 77 Regent-street, W., London , and they will receive gratis and free by poet The "INVALIDS OWN GUIDE " or Natural Restorer without Medicine or expense, of perfec . digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the r emoval of indigestio (dys pepsia), constipation, sickness at the stomach, epilepsy, para.. lysis, debility, nervousness , p al p itation, cough, ast h ma, con sumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoe a, dysenter y , biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrh s, colds, noises iii the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities , erupt ions, hysteria, neuralgia. 1 irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, 'ilzaclache, despondency, cramp, spasms, miking fits, broil. chitis ; also children's complaints. " ottp..estionably the safest (ii i( to health." C ONSUM PTION, COUGH, ASTHMA, AND BRONCHITIS CURADI.E. —" I believe that the preparation of Balsam of Horehound and Aniseed (as prepared by lir. Martin,. of 22, Copperas hill, Liverpool,) will prove of more value, In cases of bron chitis and incipient consumption, than any other remedy extant. It relieves the most irritating cough in a few minutes; and, although it contains IZO preparation of opium, it induces sound . and rffreshiny sleep, soothes the nervous system, and restores the healthy action of the lungs." Recommended above all other medicines by Sir Alexander Tralles—see Thomson's .31ateria 3fedica, page 175, vol. 2. The following is from Dr. Brett, the eminent chemist :—" I consider the balsam of hore hound and aniseed, as prepared by Mr. Martin, an elegant and efficient cough remedy, and I fully agree with Sir Alexan der Tralles and Dr. Anthony Todd Thomson, that, in conjunc tion with cod liver oil, it is an admirable remedy for con sumption and delicate constitutions." —R. 11-Brett, Ph. Dr., M.R.C.S., late Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurispru deuce, Liverpool Royal Infirmary. The balsam of horehound and aniseed is prepared only by T. Martin, chemist, 22, Cop peras-hill, Liverpool ; hut, owing to its great and increasing sale, agents have been appointed in all principal towns and cities. It can be procured wholesale from Relines and Co., Edinburgh and York, from Sutton an d Co. London, West macott, Manche-ter, and wholesale a nd retail from the manu facturer, as above. PriCe, . Is. lad_ ~ 2s. 9d., and 48. 6d. eac h. The lozenges in box at ls. licl4 f. foe by post, li, 6d. coiptvt, STODARE AT CLAYTON-HALL, A gentleman named ai:i.EroVe - , fpiSeared for the first time, at the Hall on Monday night; ita magical enter tainment, called "Two Hours in lAiotiderlatid." In the first place, the colonel is a fine figure, With nand manners, which add grace to his operations. We have seen every variety of conjuror that has appeared before the' public for years pagt, and to say that the colonel is. amongst some of the best, is not saying little for him. In expressing thus miteli, we must also state that the colonel is, as far as the stage is concerned at least, totally idiiiided with or by machinery or apparatus of any sort, save a conple of ordinary chairs. This, of course, renders his performance the more acceptable,. if not more astonishing than the ordinary role. Card tricks and gun tricks, are as common as blackberries in autumn ;. but he dbes one pistol trick that's as good as a dozen gu n tricks; and it is rather lucky for him he did not five aboht two or three centuries since, when old ladies and gentlemen were burnt and hung as sorcerers and witches, for he certainly begtales the senses most won derfully. He performs a chapeau irick too, that would make a fortune for that often asked about individual, " your hatter," if that fashioner could only adopt the " style " and manner of the colonel. He does evefy thing that every other brother of the black art does, and he exhibits a good deal that no other ," brother" ever attempted. As a ventriloquist Colonel Stodare has no equal that we ever heard save one, and that one is Irish Gallaher. The comparison, however, does not lessen the claims of the colonel, who is fresh and vigorous, with a voice as flexible as the air, and he can mould and shape and form it to his will and pleasure. He is worth hearing in this alone; and altogether the entertainment is well worth attending, and is sure to be enjoyed by all who witness it. LIVERPOOL AND HER BANKING SYSTEM. [FOURTH LETTER.] TO THE EDITCYH 61. 1 ' THE DAILY TIMES, SlR,—One the most disastrous - consequences result ing from the deficiency of banking capital in Liverpool, is the extent to which the practice of re-discounting bills of exchange has been carried by some of our banking institutions, but more particularly those that have now no existence. Since 1857, it is true, this systeni has not been carried to the full extent to which it previously prevailed ; but possibly the reason why it is not, is to ba traced rather to the more stringent regulations enforced in London than to auy disposition at home to abandon the practice. ' In considering this branch of the subject, we mast not i exclude from our consideration the effects produced by the action of the legislature itself. Banking has always been regarded as a special subject for government control, and unlike ninny other branches of commerce, it has always been hemmed in by special enactments. Whether these generally have been attended with beneficial results, without corresponding disadvantages, is a grave question, but one the full scope of which extends beyond the limits or the object of these letters. One point, however deserves a casual notice. When the principle of limited liability was legalised in England,. it was specially provided that the share holders in joint stock banks should not be per mitted to avail themselves of its beneficial provisions. Now, walled going into any discussion as to the general advantages or otherwise resulting from either the principles of limited or unlimited liabi lity of shareholders in Joint Stock Companies, it is clear that a bank with a large and wealthy proprietary, personally liable to the last shilling they possess, for the entire engagements of the bank, in which, perhaps, some may bold only a very small interest, and no voice what ever iii its Management, will ensure a larger amount of credit than a similar establishment with a proprietary whose liability is restricted to a definite amount. But the question arises, whether this is generally beneficial, and whether the interests of the general public are not better served by the credit of a bank being limited by a standard of either a paid up or a subscribed capital, or a combination of the two. It seems monstrous for a bank to trade upon the credit of a wealthy proprietary, rather than upon the amount of its own actual capital or resources. ItYho would attempt to argue that the bills re-discounted by some recently collapsed banks, during the latter years of their existence would have passed current as they did, had it not been for the' knowledge that all the shareholders were personally liable for all the banks engagements. it is indeed the facility which this credit gives that is so tremendously destructive when at last the crisis does come, and, which enables institutions to postpone meeting difficulties. which, if grappled with at an earlier period,- would probably prove almost harmless. It is quite right that depositors hi banks should be amply protected, but this can be effected without such frightful risks, heavy responsi bilities, and injurious principles, as are involved in the system of unlimited liability. No doubt this will in a few years be amply demonstrated, as recent acts of Par liament now sanction the establishment of banks with the liability of shareholders limited. In returning to the special question of the re-discount of bills taken by bankers from their customers, it is not contended that the practice should be wholly abolished, but it is positively insane to carry it to the extent to which it has hitherto prevailed. Tiro points have to be con sidered. First, there is the fearful risk the bank incurs, and then there is the loss and inconvenience which the public ultimately sustain whenever any sudden contrac tion of credit, and consequent abridgement of the ephemeral banking capital created by the system, takes plaCe. lqo one will question that a banker who habitually re-discounts a considerable portion of the paper taken from his customers can carry on an immense business with very limited capital, and so long as he continues free from bad bills, he may realise enormous profits ; bdt few will attempt to justify such a system of banking, for it must be evident that its existence depends solely upon credit, and when a panic comes or even pressure overtakes the commercial world, the chain suddenly snaps, the banker is crippled, or, perhaps, ruined, and hundreds of people are sacrificed as a natural consequence to his cupidity and mismanagement. This result has been realised in Liverpool within a recent period, for it cannot be doubted that a recent institution !traded - for months, if not years, upon nothing but credit. But, Mr. Editor, the limited space you can give me owing to the pressure of advertisements, is now exhausted, and I must resume my next letter from this point. W. CORONER'S COURT. ALLEGED DEATH FROM STARVATION, Vesteiday the Coroner held the following inquest On the body of Mary Anne Nile, twenty years of 'age, who died on the Bth instant, in the West Derby Work house, as was publicly stated of alleged starvation, through the neglect of a relieving-pfscer. There was a considerable amount of evidence given on the enquiry, which caused some attention in consequence of the cir cumstances connected with it. The following are the facts:—Mr. Johnston, surgeon of the Kirkdale district, stated that he received a note from Mr. Gough, the governor of the West Derby Workhouse, calling his attention to au urgent case in Townsend-street,—that of the deceased. He thovht it a case requiring the attention of a relieving-officer. The next morning he went to the place. He described the state he found the deceased in, which was horrible—filthy and imbecile, and in a terrific state of destitution. She could not answer him coherently, but cried for wafer ; and he thought it a case verging on starvation. He sett a messenger to Mr. Gough to have the case attended to at oace, and Mr. Gough sent him word it would have intrNed;ate attention.—Mr. Gough, the governor of the West Derby Workhouse, was examined, and his statement went to show that when he heard of the case he sent to Dr. Johnston to visit the deceased, and next day he took a van and a nurse and removed her to the workhouse. She was greatly ex hausted{ and was placed under the medical care of the house surgeon, and every attention was paid to her, but she died on the Bth instant.—Surgeon Nevins, of the union was examined, and stated that the deceased was on the point of death when he saw her. She was fed with beef tea, wine, and . eggs, and everything that co uld be done was done for her. He made a post mortem examination of the bcdy, which was very much emaciated, and all fat had disappeared from it. The brain was contracted and bard, showing. chronic disease of long standing, and there was recent disease of the membranes of the brain. He was of opinion that the cause of death was disease of the brain, which was calculated to prevent her taking sufficient food, and which was the immediate cause of death, but he was not able to say, from the appearances after death, whether food had been withheld from her, or e e k ri s al b ly efo i r u that she had been unable to take it. Th e wan t o f f oo d for workhouse, two o wouldthr ee materially e cre sh as e e was the diseasetaken too f t t e e brain. Margaret Hogan, of 59, Townsend-street North, in whose cellar deceased lodged, stated that Mr. Jonathan Bramham, the relieving officer, called once to see the grandmother of deceased, and some four or five weeks ago, she spoke to him at the door, and asked was he going to do anything for the deceased ? He said he could not do anything, and that she must go back to Ireland. She begged for God's sake that he would do something for the deceased, when he laughed at her and walked away. The deceased had no food two days before she was taken to the workhouse. Jane MgCallen stated that she heard the last witness ask Mr. Bramham to relieve the deceased, - buthereflised, saying, she must go to the office and make her application. The deceased was not able to leave the place. The witness followed Mr. Bramham and asked him for God's sake to relieve the girl. H e as k e d h er " have you any money in your pocket ? come and pay for a glass of ale for me in Davis's." Witness said she had no money, but she would go and see if Mrs. Hogan had any. He then said, " I will go into Davis's, bring her up and if she will pay for a glass of hard stuff for me, I will then see what I can do for her" (the deceased). Witness told Mrs. Hogan, who said she would report the case to the police. The witness supplicated Mr. Bramham several times to relieve the deceased, but he refused. The wit ness said she knew the deceased to be six and seven days without food, and when the neighbours would bring her some little thing, she would be too weak to take it. The coroner then addressed the jury, and dwelt on the conduct of the relieving officer. 'r he latter denied that he had asked for drink. The coroner recommended Mr. Gough to try the case before the commissioners in London. The jury found the following verdict, " that deceased died from disease of the brain, but whether accelerated by want of food there was no evidence to show." The Coroner also held inquests on the bodies of two children that died in consequence of injurie s received by their clothes catching fire, arid verdicts of acciden tally burnt were returned. On the body of a man named O'Brien, findingyears of o of t g h e e . seventy - si x verdict of found drowned. boTdhyeinonthlye erviviieler,noceodgithveenjulrvyasreatsurtnoedthoe BANKRUPTS: Mark Fothergill, chemical manufacturer and merchant, Upper Thames-street. Thomas John Nicks, Russia mat, rope, and twine mer chant, Worship-street, Finsbury-square. Edward Robinson, woollen manufacturer, Sheepridge, Huddersfield. John Johnson, Richard Clarkson, and Frederick Fur ness, woollen drapers, Ashton-under-Lyne. Thomas Nix.on, boot maker, Stoke-on-Trent. William Tweedle, oil and colourman, Liverpool. Henry Biggs, grocer and straw plait merchant,Markvgate strut, I-Prtfordshire. _Thomas Williams, printer and publisher, Newport, Monmouthshire. George Ritchie, grocer, Newcastle-on-Tyne. THE COURT. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 12. The Queen, accompanied by Prince .Alfred, walked in ' the Home Park this morning, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore. His' Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Major-General the lion. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon. A. ilaiEnge, rent to London, and presided at a Com mittee of the: to - linen of the Royal Horticultural Society at South Kensington.. Priiwess Alice, PrincOs`Hrlens, and Princess Louise rode on horseback. The Prince and Princess of LeininOw took leave of her Majesty and left the Castle. The Duchess of Sutherland arrived on d visit yester day. Her Grace quitted Windsor this forenoon'. Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Paget have also takes their departure. RE-ASSURING ACCOUNTS OF THE SAFETY OF THE ROYAL SQUADRON. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) Captain Maury, of the United States navy, who sailed from New York on the 27th ult. in the Bremen steamer New York, which put into Ply mon,th Sound on Monday for coals, has been requested by the Admiralty to give his opinion respecting the detention of the royal squadron. Captain Maury, writing to Admiral Fitzroy of the meteorological departme - nt, says : I do not think there is the least cause for uneasiness, for the weather has been such as to render it simply impossible for a vessel like the Hero, with only an auxi liary steam-power, to make any headway at all. We met these easterly winds ten days ago ; an d when when we were not half way across, with a high barometer and a mottled sky, they blew strong and steadily, not furiously; but they raised a high sea, such that canvas, even with auxiliary steam, could not do more against than simply bold its own. Therefore, while we may look for the arrival of the Royal squa dron every day, I should not be at all surprised if it did not arrive as long as these strong easterly winds last, and even for some days afterwards; for I doubt whether the squadron, supposing it has not run down to the southward for a port, or for better weather, is much nearer these shores than it was on the day it encountered these easterly winds, with heavy head seas. The Globe says that, by directions of her Majesty yesterday, orders were sent from the Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, to ascer tain by what time the powerful new steam-frigate the Orlando could be got ready for sea. Simul taneously with the message sent to Devonpert, one was conveyed to Vice-Admiral Bruce, Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, by which he was ordered to inform the Lords of the Admiralty of the state•of the screw steam-transport Himalaya, " and the possibility of her being despatched im mediately to cruise in the hope of falling in with the Royal squadron." By this time the Himalaya, under the command of Capt. Seacombe, will be sailing and steaming down Channel with a favourable wind. The Himalaya will run 150 miles west of Scilly. She will then haul up, and will run 50 backwards and forwards. The Orlando, under the command of Captain Astley Cooper Key, will, it is hoped, be at sea in the course of to-morrow, and will follow in the wake of the Himalaya, and pursue the same tactics ; so that if the Hero has persevered in beating against the strong easterly winds which have prevailed now for several weeks, there is every chance of her being met by some of the ships at present on the look out for her. THE ILLUSORY TIDINGS OF PEACE WITH CHINA. We are sorry, says the Times of yesterday, to have to dissipate so pleasant an illusion as that by which two of our contemporaries have been led away with res pect to the conclusion of the war in China. It is known that after the capture of the Taku Forts the allied army remained at Tien-tsin, while the ambas sadors and generals were engaged in negotiations with the enemy. This was in the beginning of September, and before the 9th the troops, according to the tele gram from Shanghai, dated the 20th of Septem ber, had begun their march on Pekin, Lord Elgin having followed the troops on the 9th. Also, in a telegram received by the British Consul at Marseilles, it'is stated that at Hongkong, so late as September 26, it was reported that the negotiations with the Chinese had been brought to no satisfactory conclusion, and that the allied army had commenced its march on Pekin. It therefore seems antecedently almost impossible that a renewal of the negotiations should have taken place, and that too at Tien-tsin, and that peace should have been concluded at this spot at a time when, according to all calculations, the Allies ought to have been at Pekin. Yet, on the strength of a telegram of Sir Hope Grant, making some an nouncement respecting the sending away of two regiments, it has been asserted that the negotia- tions were successful, and that the troops were probably on their way home. The telegram in question arrived on Saturday evening, and in it Sir Hope Grant announced his intentions as to the disposi tion of the force under his command. It can hardly be doubted that at the time this telegram was despatched, the Commander of the expedition looked upon the cam paign as closed. The question, then, is, when was it des patched ? It had no date of place, but simply began, "Twenty-fourth. September." To reconcile it with the other despatches, of course, is difficult ; but, if the above date were. correct, there could be little doubt that the negotiations had succeeded. Unfortunately, however, the telegram, on being repeated from Marseilles, ran as follows :—" Tien-tsin, 4th September," an alteration which explains everything. The word "twenty" had been errbneously substituted for " Tien-tsin." It is plain that this is the correct version, and that the telegram is an old one of Sir Hope Grant's, sent off when the first negotiations were in progress, and when he thought that an expedition to Pekin might not be necessary. This expectation has been, as is well known, falsified by succeeding events. By the 24th of September Sir Hope Grant was, we hope, in complete possession of Pekin, and not at Tien-tsin at all. According to the dispatch from Shanghai of the 20th of September, only 2,000 men remained at Tien tsin, and, though the march to Pekin had been delayed by the want of carriage, there can be no doubt that by that time the two armies had reached the neighbour hood of the Chinese capital. The distance from Tien tsin is only about 100 miles, through a fiat country; and, from the character of the British commander and the strength of the expedition under his command, it is probable that he would be able to give a good account of any army which might stand between him and Pekin. The next mail will, we trust, bring us news of the capture and complete occupation of the enemy's capital. A PLEA FOR THE BY A. l * TE By visions of glory, Lured from green Ireland. Went the Six Hundred IOULD BRIGADE.* NNYSONIAN. All down the left of them, Over and under them, Vermin by thousands Attacked the Six Hundred. Out from their pallets bare, Rushed they into the air, Into a drier land Never once dreaming How madly they blundered, Misled by scheming, And fair (but false) seeming, Went the Six Hundred. Crying akuid, they were, `•Kilt, starved, and plundered. Early next morning they Marched off to join the fray, Marched forty miles a day, One bad meal on the way : Small thanks had he got then, Small ventured to tell them That the menwho they thought Had their services bought, Meant simply to sell them. From Limerick and Derry, Cork, Mayo, and Kerry, All reckless and merry, Though from home sundered, On went the Bould Brigade, Deeming their fortunes made, Woe the while ! how betrayed Were the Six Hundred. First on the steam-boat's deck Did their hopes come to wreck, Much to their wonder. None of their wants supplied, E'en food and drink denied ; "Bah, these vile Irishmen," (Thus s poke the Captain then)+ " Must be kept under." Roughly pitched out on shore, Hoping their woes are o'er, Still there's no food in store, And, worse than all before, From their vile beds of straw Slumber is sundered ; For all down the right of them, — Luckless Six Hundred. Now, those who're half eaten, When they should be eating, Are like to be beaten , When meant to be heating. With food, drink, and sleep de nied, Can it be wondered That crushed was the strength and pride Of the Six Hundred? Then, if it be true That they prisoners are taken, Pray, who can blame them, And why should it shame them, To save thus their bacon? Were they not cheated all, Brutishly treated all, Starved, mocked, and plun dered ? Cowards, we all can swear, Irishmen never were ; Had they been treated fair, Rather than yield. They'd have died on the field. Like the othert Six Hundred. —From the Era. • The telegraph tells us that "the six hundred prisoners of war taken at Spoleto are Irishmen !" See Times, Sept: 20, 1860. 4 See letters to The Times for this and other statements. See " Charge of the Light Brigade."---Tennyson. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Acute Rheumatism. In all severe pains in the joints or muscles, after due fomenta tion with warm water, the soothing action of this Ointment is most remarkable . it seems at once to lessen inflammation, ease pain, reduce the swelling, restore the free circulation, and expel the disease. In these complaints, indeed, Holloway's Ointment and Pills are an infallible specific. The Ointment should be rubbed as near the part in pain as the patient can bear, it is absorbed and directly conveyed to the diseased textures, where, acting on nerves, vessels, and guiders, it will arrest disease and again establish healthy action. The aperient qualities of•the Pills have the happiest effect in assisting the Ointment. ECONOMICAL COOKERY.—In accordance with the design expressed by us, at th e com mencement of our GARDENER ' S WEEKLY MAGAZINE, of making it a useful periodical, we have occasionally, under the head domestic, availed ourselves of the privilege of offering a few suggestions or hints that may prove acceptable to th e gardener's w ife, not a few of whom, we are gratified to say, are readers of our little publication. On the present occasion, we hale a few words to say in favour of economical cookery,' a most important subject, which, as yet, has not received that attention it so highly merits. During a recent visit to the establishment of Mr. Phillips, the gas engineer, of Skinner -street, after inspecting some improve ments in heating hot water by means of gas, we were shown a small apparatus, termed an economical gas oven and boiler, and were asked to test its efficiency by seeing and tasting a mutton chop cooked in our presence. We may be allowed to add that it performs its duties very satisfactorily, as will be seen by the following. Th e s i ze o f th e ove n is rather above twelveinches each way, and the form circular, made of sheet iron, and capable of containing a' good sized joint, bakinr , pies, or loaves of bre a d, & c. The oven may be removed and a'boiler substituted, and it will hold three saucepans for cooking vege tables, &e.; in fact, it is quite a multum in i varvo for the kitchen ; indeed, roasting, baking, and boiling, may be all carried on by it simultaneOusly. This small apparatus is, in fact, capable of well cooking four pounds of potatoes, and five pounds of ribs of beef, a: the cost of one penny only, and, being portable, may be placed in any situation most conve nient. The cleanliness, economy, and convenience of cooking by gas is now fully admitted, and wherever available, these i ne xpensive ovens and boilers, as manufactured by Mr. Phillips, are very desirable. We were muss gratified by the ingenuity of the inventor, an,' equally •so with the performance of his invention. Mr. Phillips' Gas Boiler for heating pits, green houses, or conservatories; has been described by us already, see Vol. 1., p. 287. MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. Another volume, the seventh, of the great Duke of. Wellington's Despatches, edited by his son, is promised' by Mr. Murray. Messrs. Richard Griffin and Co. are about to publish a cheap edition of Bowdler's well-known "Family Shakipere." Mr. Robert Bell is, we believe, the author of the articles on the Ireland forgeries now appearing in the columns of the Landon Review. Decamps is• now enrolled among the dead great painters of France, by the hanging of a picture of his in the Louvre, a fine quiet piece of modern life. M. Talexay, on Monday last, commenced his season of French plays in the Bijou Theatre, late concert. room of Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket. A personal biography of Beethoven, by an American, amateur, who has for many years past been engaged on the task, may shortly be expected. Mr. Gye has engaged, for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, Signor and Madame Tiberini for the. season of 1861. Report speaks highly of both. Mr. Vincent Wallace, the eminent composer, we are informed by the Literary Gazette, is labouring under a severe attack of congestion of the brain. Mes , rs. Macmillan and Co. have in preparation a new- work by the indefatigable Mr. Maurice, " Lectures on the Apocalypse, or Book of the Revelation of St. John the Divine." In the great singing festival, held at Liege on the. 30th of last month, more than 2,000 voices —French, Belgians, and Germans—took part. The first prize was carried off by the Concordia Society of Aix-la-Chapelle. At the Surrey Theatre, London, a version of Mr. Wilkie Collins's "Woman in White," dramatised by Mr. J. R. Ware, has been performed during the week with success. More than half the amount required for the erection of the monument upon the site of the martyrdom of Bishop Hooper, at Gloucester, has been subscribed. The committee appeals for further aid. A rumour may be mentioned of a new opera, by Mr. F. Clay, an amateur, which is destined for public per formance. —"The Bohemian Girl" is in rehearsal at. Her Majesty's Theatre. England, says the Athenceton, is not without its pro jects in regard to the musical drama and theatre, which, if carried out, will have a result of unquestioned and serious importance on the state of art in this country. The London "Monday Popular Concerts," so ably conducted during last season in St. James's Hall, are to be revived, and the first of the coming series is to be. given this week. We understand that the demand for the last number of the "Westminster Review," containing the article on " Neo-Christianity," has been so great that the pub lisher is about to issue a second impression. " The Babes in the Wood," a new comedy in three acts, by Mr. Tom Taylor, was produced for the first time on Saturday night, at the Haymarket Theatre, with a moderate degree of success. The interesting autobiography, letters, and literary remains of Mrs. Piozzi, is to be edited by Mr. A. Hay ward, Q.C. The task could scarcely have fallen into better hands than those of the biographer of Chester field and Selwyn. Holme Lee, the well-known pseudonym of a popular novelist, is about to figure in juvenile literature. Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co. are on the point of pub lishing from her pen, "Legends from Fairy Land; or, the History of Prince Glee and Princess Tnll." Quaint old Quarles's "Emblems " is this season to make its appearance for the first time as a drawing room book. Messrs. Nisbet and Co. are preparing for publication an edition of it, with illustrations by C. Bennett and Harry G. Rogers. Loder's romantic opera of " The Night Dancers" was. performed for the first time at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, on Saturday night. The character of the performance left but little to be desired, and gave. great satisfaction to a tolerably well-filled house. Mr. George Wright has lately discovered, slipped loosely into a volume formerly belonging to Isaac Reed, a leaf containing a list of plays acted before the court in the year 1638. Amongst the plays named are "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Julius Cmsar." Mr. R. Charnock, F.S.A., the author of a most useful book on "Local Etymology," is at present engaged in the completion of an unique, and we have reason to believe standard, work on " The Etymology of 100,000 ancient and modern, British and foreign personal names." Mr. J. A. Langford has in the press a work on a good and curious subject, "Prison Books and their Authors."' This theme will enable Mr. Langford to discourse on the romantic fortunes of Cervantes, Raleigh, Bunyan, Southwell, Lovelace, Wither, and many more illustnous men of letters. The Wolverhampton School of Art is to be closed at the end of the current quarter, viz., on the 15th of November, for lack of funds. The council of the school, after finding their best endeavours to win support fruit less, naturally enough cannot any longer face an annual deficiency of £5O after all reductions of expenditure. Berthold Auerback's Leipsig Almanack for the coining year is characterised, as usual, by the excellence of it s illustrations, an excellence quite above the level of our English almanacks. Among others, it can boast twelve woodcuts after Kaulbach, "the Maclise of Germany," as he has been called. A new opera, by Balfe, " The Bravo of Venice," is in rehearsal at the Royal English Opera, Covent-garden, for which Mr. Weiss has been engaged as principal bass. Gounod's " Faust" has been withdrawn from the list of operas to be presented at this house during the present season. The long-talked of opera by Vincent Wallace, en titled " The Amber Witch," is in rehearsal at Her Majesty's Theatre. In this work one of our leading sopranos was to have appeared, but we learn that so great has been the success of Madame Lemmens Sher rington in " Robiu. Hood," that she will be retained for " The Amber Witch" also. Mr. John Camden Hotten is publishing a second edition of Mr. James Russell Lowell's famous " Biglovr Papers." This new edition will be distinguished by the presence of notes, explanatory of the subjects and persons of the work, and will thus supply an obvious want in the bibliography of the best satire which the literature of America has yet produced. Cherubini's "Medea," which contains some of the grandest tragic music in existence, is about to be revived at the Carl Theatre in Vienna. This opera has lingered rather than lived in the repertory at Frank Tort, hut hardly anywhere else in Germany —as it stands, being all but inaccessible, so merciless is the strain on the powers of the " Medea." The series of copies is making progress, which a cer tain M. Jules Frappaz has been commissioned by the French Government to make of that portion (3,000 drawings in all) of "The Gag,niere Collection" (draw ings of the tombs of the royal and noble families of France), which had found its way to the Bodleian Library at Oxford, after " disappearing " from the Royal Library during the French Revolution. An interesting collection of engravings will be sold at. Brussels during the middle of this month—that formed by the late Joseph Paelinck, artist. It includes ex amples of the leaders of the old German school: Martin Schongauer, Israel van Meeker, A. Diirer, Lucas Cranach, and others. A collection of rare old illustrated books and manuscripts will follow. The four days' sale will commence en Tuesday, the 20th instant. The three pictures which Mr. Henry Cooke painted for the Emperor Napoleon, viz., of Magenta, Cavriano, and Sermione, and which were some time back exhi bited in Manchester, have been presented to the Emperor at St. Cloud by M. Fould. On the 27th of October his Majesty expressed to Mr. Cooke personally, and in most unequivocal language, the satisfaction with which he regarded the pictures, and did Mr. Cooke the honour of inviting him to form one at the royal break fast table. On Wednesday last, Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods sold the remarkable collection of antique oak furniture and wood earrings, chiefly Flemish, collected by the late Mr. Scarisbrick. As a whole, the collection fetched high prices, more especially the smaller pieces and the detached panels. The large book-cases, however, and screen, in part consisting of genuine, though over elaborated, Flemish wood carvings, went, by reason of their unmanageable size, for low prices, relatively, 1. e., to their original cost. It is now fixed, says the Paris correspondent of the Literary Gazette, that Meyerbeer's long-expected " Africaine" is to be performed next winter (1861), and with it the present opera house is to close, for in 1863 the new theatre is to be opened. The other is a lesser and nearer event. In a couple of months Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser" is to be produced, and the. Parisians are to decide whether they approve of the " music of the future," oui ou non It is further said that it is mainly owing to the efforts of the Princess Metternich that his " Tannhauser " will be given to the Parisian public. 2411 i: ttittff Auttitigtart, SHREWSBURY RACES.-YESTERDAY. Newport Gold Cup. Soothsayer Ben Webster Sir William 1 a Five ran. Shorts Handicap. Libellous Athens Corporation Plate. Earl of Essex Clemanthe Ataman Eight ran. Copeland Nursery Handicap Black Diamond Biddy Nutts Rosedale Thirteen ran. Hurdle Race. Irish Emigrant The Dove 2 Topsy Ten ran. Racing Plate. Rose Jessie Brown Five ran. Abbey Handicap. - . Juliet Baron Munchausen Eleven ran. Handicap Sweepstakes. Miss Julia Tiara Ten ran. 1 _ 2 BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-YESTERDAY. SHREWSBURY CUP. 2tol on the field offered. Nothing done. THE CHASE. The LUDLOW FOXHOUNDS will meet on ,Heartsease Lodge, Stange The Craven Arms Thursday, November 15, at Saturday, November 17, at Each day at half-past ten. The ALBRIGHTON FOXHOUNDS will meet on Thursday, November 15, at Banton Abbey Saturday, November 17, at Patshuil Tuesday, November 20, at ...Compton House, near Kinverton Thursday, November 22, at ...Four Ashes Inn, near Somerford Saturday, November 24, at Bell Inn, Tong Norton Each day at half-past ten. The SHROPSHIRE FOXHOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, November 14, at Four Crosses, Oswestry Road Each day at half-past ten. Friday, November 36, at Atcham Bridge At eleven o'clock. The WYNNSTAY PACK will meet on Friday, November 16, at .......................................... Aldersev Saturday, November 17, at .................................... Baschurch Each day at half-past ten. Master, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on Wednesday, November 14, at .............................. Arley Hall Thursday, November 15, at ................................. Tatton Park Saturday, November 17, at .................. Ravensmoor Windmill Monday, November 19, at ............. ....... High Leigh Wednesday, November 21st, at .... Bradfield Green Thursday, November 22nd, at Wist aston Saturday, November 24, at ...................................... Belmollt Each day at half-past ten. • I