Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-15 00:00:00

SMITH-SON lAN HOTEL, B RoAvvve.4, Corner of FlousTosl-OTILIEr. Nev Yos It. Na m ed In honour of the SMITHSONIAN Irwin/tog, Esiahlished St WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CoNoanee, With Funds bequeathed by Jamas SMITHiON. of ENGLAND. liayisig the Friendship of the Q FIXERS of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is conducted on the System of Hotels in ENGLAND. CHAS.-H. SMITH. Ituirri Vaal alitS. —Orbts agp. ttwolve o'clock, at the brokers' office, -16. Exchange-bnildinga, casks Arsmic, and 1,680 bags Borats of Lime.—J. H. Rayner and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' offize, 6, Exchanle-street West,4B2 bags LinseoJ, &c., &c.—Macgregor Laird, jun. At n' o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple-court, a gum.. tity of Fruit.—Geo. Radonitch and Son. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, a quaatity of Linseed, Rapeseed, &c , fv,:c.—Browne, Haater and Co. Jt o e o'clock, at the brokers' office, 9, Temple-ccurt, a quantity of Fruit.—Houghton and Levy. At twelve o'clock, 29 curt. C3iciposition Metal.—C= Brothers. At 4, York-buildings, Sweeting-street, a quantity Soda Ash, Pearl Sago, ant Oil ,eed.— W. Singlehurst and Co. At twelve o'clo, k, at the broker's office, 6,.Ercharge-chambers, ZOO belts Cotton Bagging.—Edward F. Hill. At twist" o'clock, at tho brokers' office, 7, Exchange-chamber, 1000 double. bunules Pia.,sava..—F. J. Eaton. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 1,100 bap Rapeseed.—T. .and K. Littleda:e and Co. At twelve o'cloLic„ at the broker's office, 14, Exchange-building., a quantity of Bones and Boras.—S. Duttomand tiepheVr. At twelve o'clock„at the broker's offlae, York-buildings, Dale-street, 2,046 bags D.:riga. Rice.—Pattinson and Clark. At twelve o'clo2k, at the brokers' office, Victorla-bnildinge, Haekin's key, 400 bales Gambier, &c.—Currie and Co. At twelva o'clock, at the broker's office, 29,Exekaage-alley North, SOO bags Rapeseed.—Snaud, fligsou d.f.d. CO. eg- For partteular3 sca alvertiAlmenti. ANIUSE I.lE.itS," PUBLIC MEE f [N(4S, &c. THIS PAY, TELZATZI gOYAL —OperstietPerfL rmances I,s(:* AT, A5l PH ThEATltE—Dram Pe:forsunce-7 p .m. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY'S EXGIBIT Postof&ce-ptace. ALLsor's WAXWORK EXHIBITION—IQ B.M. to 10.7. M. OLATTox HALL, Claytm-scinare—Gordon Cumming-8 p.m. ZoiaL CoLoss sum —General Entertainment-6.30 p.m. Er For particulars see advertisements. WANTED, COPIES of the " NORTHERN DAILY TIMES" of the followipg dates :—April 10th and 1 4th.—Apply at the Artheris Times tr&e. ~e Istituto, (Tiran , THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,;1257. THE DAY'S NEWS. The monthly meeting of the.Town.Council was -held yesterday, instead of on the, 7th inst., that day being observed as a day of humiliation and prayer. - .Before the regular .busiuess ,was taken into consideration, Mr. Alderman Holme drew attention to the very unsatisfactory . state of the 'law respecting frivolous objections to the,:municipal registration's. Mr. Holme rightly condemned the law as it at present stands, ..and instanced several cases wherein .members of the Town Council—aye, and magistrates—who are at present paying large municipal rates, had been struck off the roll. The remarks of the worthy Alderman will, no doubt, be read ,with avidity, and we do not see how any reasonable person could take exception of, the expressions ~made by Yr. Holme. The question is one which, we hope, will be brought before the House of ~Commons at the next session. The proceedings of the Finance Committee w,ere unanimou-sly _agreed to by the Council, after which a .long discus sion took 4 - dace respecting the intended erection of a new fort near Liscard. There seemed to be only one_ppinion entertaiued :by theemembers of the Council, and that was, that the proposed fort was most absurd. Mr. Turner explained how it was that the. land had been transfered to the Goverument, and showed that it was not the fault of the. Dock Cemmittee that any such .erection should be proceeded with. Afterwards several endesdearae—ece, eekau tatimaedly reteirreet to the Finance Committee. Not, one of the Councilmen appealed to view,the intended fort with the least favour all were against it. The proceedings of the flackneyCarriages Committee were ,passed. They included seveaal alterations in the byedaws, whereby a number of new stands Air calls are_laid down, and several oh ones a:)oliehed. ,E,xneption was taken to the heavy rates of fares, aid those of London and Mancllestier were instanced as being touch lower than these of Liverpool. A repor. from Mjer Greig, -respecting the practices' of police constables. ciaiting public houses in plain clothes, for the purpose of dicooverieg business in contraband hours, was read. itatated. that the order prohibiting such visiting was: rescinded in 1852, and the.t the latter resolution woe! I be continued- until the mayor and magis trates ordered the prohibition of the plain clorrhtes system. No action was taken in the affair. It appears from the proceedingG of the St. Georges Hall Committee, that they are about to early suat the plans, so far as the alteration in the streets.of the neighbourhood is concerned, but nothing just yet, it appears, is to be done with the ballastrade abortion, althongh Mr. ,Piston said if the Councili instructed the committee to do away with them,: there was nothing to prevent their wishes being carried cut. ~kMong the Mayor'a.communications was one from the Rev. Mr. Gillow, soliciting a grant of X5OO :frqtr. the Council, as a set-off to the expenses jecurred by the„;Arneld'a Vale Reformatory, near . ;Bristol, through .havin g received - a number .of girls from Liverpo o l. The applica , ion was referred to the Finance Committe, Mr., Alderman Parker oppoeing such a decision as Ire never would consent that any of the fundb of the C3u,neit should be appropriated towards a distinctly tomin Catholic eetablish- Intent." A memorial from Ur. McDonald praying for a re-hearing of his (ape was read by the Town Clerk. Mr. Ilodgon .moved, and Mr. Bennet se conded, that the memorial .be referred to .select 'committee. The f a ct o r a pro•piltest and anti pikest taking such a permanent position, should surely have procured Mr. Meaniald a further hearing ; but no, the Council;_ by a large majority, decided that the case ,could net be re-opened. Is feet, as Mr. Jeffery stated, Mr. M'Donald had been dismissed • for his telling the tgu:h about the red sandoone wells, and every ,engine in the power of the then and . pr rent Water Committ.sa had been used to squelch rein M'Douald, but as Me. Earle remarked, the forater,gentlentan " was of supetior talents." and assured,V he will one day be in a posidon to use them to advantage. The dis enssioa on the Water question aVasTpestpeneet till Monday nest. The other local intelligence it not of mKrh in terest or importance. • The Rev. Mr. Livingstone addressed a large assembly at Hof* Hall yesterday, on the state of Christianity iu Afriea. -Thalearned gentleman took g . .he religious point of the question yesterday, having .tho 'practical .poiet the day provionzt, A : report will be found ire another column. • The meeting, .of the West Darby ,guardians yesterday resulted in a resolution, on the recent application of the 'Fox►eth . Park Guariliane, to reduce the rate ehArged for the support of paupers belonging to Toxteth Park. The purport of the resolution was the, as the Guardians of Toxteth Park only keep their piupers in the West Derby Workhouse, it is ,quite proper that the latter bhould act as much for auuh maintenance as possible. and that it is quite unreasonable for the Toxteth Gaardians to even apply for any reduction, Mr. Henry Pease, M P., has addressed a meeting at Darlington on the duties which devolve upon relation to India. The Soci:.l Science meetings at Birmsrlgham are very int( rebti-g to the people of that town, if not to the whole of the country. In the course of Tuesday the Midland Institute Theatre was opened, after Lord Brougham, Lord J. Busseil, 1443 A 1 stggiley ! a 44 Ober distinguished SMOSIXO .bo4 dined•with the Mayor. In the evening, a soiree in the Town Hall brought together'all the ladies and :gentlemen elite of Birmingham, and speeches were deliveted by those whom they =were most of all anxious to hear. dt appears that, in accordan©e with an ancient' .eu-stern, or, as the recorder -says, " a right," the Lord Mnyor of London is entitled to receive eight "-bucks" annually from the Crown. At the Court of . Aldermen yesterday the Lord Mayer.complained , that, although he had mads•-application for the' " bulks," he had nr.t raceived them. Alderman Rose also.complained that he did not receive the "bucks"- when he was sheriff. 'This "noutie question was referred to a committee, who are to inquire and Tarot. Our Continental intelligence this morning is. interesting. A decided improvement in the state of the King of frussia's health is .now reported.. A .Prussian journal, knownrto'be on good terms with Ono of the Ministers, denies that anything about FL visit-of Louis Napoleon to:Berlin has been settled. A diplomatic conference has taken place at Arienna .4 with the object of a resumption of the diplomatic relations between Austria and Sardinia. It is expected that these relations will be renewed Very soon. News hasbeen transmiiAed from Constantinople to the effect that the English and Austrian minis ters had insisted, with the Porte, on annulling the sew elections in the Principalities, in which the ational party has been so,thoroughly successful. The Constitationnel, however, is enabled to state that nothing has come to the knowledge of the French government to countenance this report, and the fact that the sittings of the Divans at Bucharest have already -begun, seems likewise to militate against it. The latest Constantinople letters say nothing of it. The Norwegian Storthing, well .known for its spirit of eitrem3 parsimony, has nevertheless granted an increase of 40,000 rix dollars to the civil list of the new Prince Regent. The latter at first declared that he did not look for anyincrease, being afraid, probably, of a refusal:; but be has accepted it.. The Calcutta mails reached Marseilles yesterday morning, and are now on their way across France. They will reach here about tomorrow (Friday) morning. In the .meantime we publish despatches which have appeared in the Gazette. in reference to the operations of the army in India. These despatches, of course, refer to events that are old, and that have passed into the department of his tory, but as, for the first time, the official record of such events as . the march of • Havelock upon Cawnpore, the relief of the garrifr on at Arrah, and the sacrifice of the Delhi magazine, the extracts we give will be road with Considerable interelt. The Baltic., which sailed yesterday for New York, took out £76,000 in specie. THE Mercantile position of the United States is, just now, far from satisfactory. At present, the Northern and Western States of the American Union are passing through a monetary panic of the severest character ; and, although, there were symptoms of improvement at . the date of our last advices, still, matters were in such a Position as to .create a: feeling of uneasiness. The signal for the " Crisis " was ^ • the failure of the Ohio Life and Trust Company, and the announcement of its fall instantly created a feeling of coniternation, and a marked depre ciation in the value of stocks and Shares. This was followed by Railway failures; then, wholesale mercantile houses, and Stock Brokers. And, last of all, the Banks began to give way. Philadelphia and Boston, as well as other Cities, were forced to yield`to the of the " run," and suspend specie payments. And, we fear, that the Banks in these places was but the forerunner for a general suspension throughout Connected, as this - country is, with the United States, not by trade and commerce alone, but from the fact, that our investtnents iu.American Securities, Railways, &c., are very large, such an extensive monetary collapse requires that its cause should he carefully inquired into. And,in 'doing so, we must.say that, although England is disgraced by the frauds whic4:_have been perpetrated on the shareholders and depositors in - the Royal ,British, the Tipperary, and one or two other Banks of minor magnitude and pretensions,— Although, the deeds of Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL and • Co. have been disreputable in the extreme, and tie Railway frauds of REDPATH, and- others, without a parallel, still, the Ohio Life and Trust Company cannot point to a more honest or satisfactory management. The New York cot= respondent of the leading journal tries to account .for the -"crisis" by observing, that the entire disaster razy be traced to a simple " bearing " combination, which, he alleges, has existed for years, making an organised and systematic attack. on the Railway interests of the country 'at that . pariod of the 'rear when money is difficult of attainment, viz., just before the harvest, This, we do not regard as an ariatnent, or reason, of the slightest validity, inasmuch, as it is an indirect mode of proving- that the financial, commercial, and Railway interests of the United States,have anything . .b.ht substantial grounds to stand upon— • • - have briefly described, has been going on almost ever since the discovery of Gold in. California. The impetus to which that event gave existence, not only as. regards business, but speculation, was, without doubt, much greater than the pfoduction of the gold fields at any time warranted. Since the gold discoveries, it is -reputed at no less than 1.00,000,0001. sterling of the precious metal reached New York from the shores of the Pacific. Yet, .a New York journal, of commercial autho rity, tells us, that " this huge amount of treasure "has-naturally formed the basis of a vast and. " magnificient financial and commercial system, " increasing most of our produCtive values, and ‘. multiplying Railways, Ships, and property of every description, beyond even the wants of • our population. Speculation of all kinds has " run riot, during the last six or seven years, " and, although we have grown rich faster than "any other country, we have kept ahead of our " wealth, and of our actual progress, by a " reckless course of expansion, wild enterprise, " and social extravagance:" There may be much truth in these remarks, but we think those relating to Railways are barely correct; and, that if their productive values have been " multiplied." they could not have given such sure and certain symptoms of insolvency. Nor need we wonder at the result.. Lengthy and expensive lines have been construc ted through vast tracts of a barely populated Country. Such lines, being without a people to give them traffic, have hardly yielded any returns, and,• as a matter of course, the dividends to shareholders were scanty, and like Angels - visits " few, and far between." The Directors, by placing an enormous value upon the land, which had been granted to them for little or nothing, continued to make matters as comfortable as possible ; hence, like some of the " Balance sheets" at home, there was a pretty account of the value of the line. It was, we suppose, from this circumstance, that Railway land, bonds, and stocks, were regarded as valuable securities, and found ready favour in the public . estimation from their supposed growing prosperity ; and on this purely fictitious paper the Banks made large advances, and gentlemen, engaged in commercial pursuits, were 'seduced to abandon their regular and profitable occupations for the purpose of speculating in. the worthless trash. Such financial mancevouring could not continue. It was impossible that the' bubble could proceed expanding, consequently, that simple " bearing " operation, at the 'period of the financial pressure between the crops, caused it to burst with a vengeance which inflicted universal injury. But, what most concerns. the people of this country is, the fact, that they have from eighty to one-hundred millions sterling invested in , American undertakings and speculations. Now, no small portion of this will be irrecoverably • lost as it must be swallowed up in the monetary cpinvillsion whi hag 1-nlrpn. Tt theretore, to be hoped , that the lesson which recent events in America have taught the British public, who have money to invest, will not fail to hare salutary effects. It is bad enough to make ruinous speculations at home Gut it is still worse to give away: British capital, for the purpose of developing the resources of Yankee land. Furthermore, it is impossible for capitalists to have that security for their invest ments abroad which they have at home. As inAmerica, so, also, in all other foreign countries, Stock and Share operations are carried on beyond, their cognizance or , control. Let moneyed men learn from this Yankee bubble, that they can legitimately invest in England or the British Colonies; and la the country at large take warning how they encourage rash and undue speculations. touching.the inhospitable and ungenial character• of the climate, the barrenness of the soil, and the extreme difficulty of access thereto. We have already shown in these columns that such was not.the case, and thatsuch reports were concocted and spread abroad for the simple ptirpose of diverting public attention and enterprising travellers from that rich and fertile land, and to mantain a monoply which exercises a most inju dicious effect upon the trade and commerce of the -country, and retards the social advancement and progress of the people of 'Hudson's Bay. In all that we have said respecting the Territory in question, we are borne out by the witnesses ex amined by the Select Committee. Their opinions may be briefly recapitulated. They' consider it a beautiful and highly productive country, that_ its people are desirous of a change of rule, and con sider that it is the duty of this government to acknowledge the justice and necessity of detatching a large district from the jurisdiction of the Hudson's Bay Company, and annexing it to our Canadian settlements. The Select Committee could not be expected to sanction such sweeping changes in the Charter of the Company, and have been compelled, we pre sume reluctantly, to suggest that the districts - on the Red river and Saskatchewan, should be imme diately transferred to the Canadian government ; that for security of life and property, an efficient and strong local government should be formed, and that the districts which is towards the Rocky Mountains should be made available for the pur poses of settlement and agriculture. Vancouvers Island Ts' to be taken - from the monopolizing grasp of the Company, and left entirely free to develope those inexaustible - and rich resources which it contains. In former remarks on this subject we have shown that the chief object of the country was to leave these regions barren and inhospitable climes, whereas, had they been properly cared for, they would have been teeming with an enterprising and industrious people, contributing much to the material comforts and enjoyments of man kind. -It is a lamentable thing to see a country of such.. capabilities, and important resources, rendered a mere haunt of beasts of prey,—the wolf and the bear,, and a few miserable Indians who live the life of savages, their chief and only Subsistence being the produce of the chase. The Hudson's Bay Company have used every means to set before us the frightful aspect of nature in these regions. They have dwelt upon the arctic severity of the climate, and hesitate not to declare that it would be impossible for Euro peans to survive the piercing cold of a north western winter. But, although the evidence produced gainsay these assertions, and all the witnesses d Well emphatically upon the healthful ness of the climate, the productiveness of the soil, the beauty of the valleys, the warmth - of the summers, and the vast resources of the coun- ! • -•-•••• 11.11/1Q14.410, ioLav cling to the hope-of obtaining a renewal of their charter. Their past history as a Company, as developed in the Parliamentary inquiry which has taken place, must be a great, and, we hope, an effectual barrier to awy such thing. The question is one which concerns the people of England in an important commercial view ; and one which is intimately , connected with . the progress of our Canadian brethren, and the mental, moral, and social improvement of the native settlers themselves. For these considerations, we earnestly desire that whatever opposition the Company may raise, whatever influence and poirer they call into requisition in Parliament, when the consideration of a continuation of their Charter is brought forward, that a sense of justice will reign supreme, and that the entire question will be viewed in a broad and national -light, and not in a mean and party spirit. The Company has too long- been permitted -to exercise their pernicious sway. The consequences of their mis-government are apparent. Instead of having large and thriving- cities, in which would be beard the busy hum of industry—instead of converting the waste and solitary -tracts of land WE have on more than one occasion called public attention to the,question of the Hudson's Bay territory. Since we last addressed our rea ders on the subject, the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, to enquire into the petition of the people of Canada' demanding the annexation of a portion of the Hudson's Bay Company's territory, has been published, with the minutes of evidence appended. It is usual in such documents to treat the points brought under consideration with the greatest tenderness, and the opinbns recorded for the information and guidance of the House, by "Select Committees," are so cautiously worded as not to give offence to the parties concerned, and When suggestions are put forward, the terms in which they are made are so moderate and conciliatory that -the undiplomatic really thubts whether they were intended for adoption or to be • acted upon. Constituted as the Select Cott mittee, to which we refer, has been, it was to be, expected that they would be particularly careful and. cautious in the wording .of their report, per ticularly as the evidence appended wp entirely ; antagonistic to the . bias which they were known to entertain. It is hardly a month since the report of Captain Ktainedywho was sent out by a, corn mittee Of Canadian Merchants, to examine the valleys of the Saskatchewan and Red rivers, to ascertain the pllysical - aspect and re sources of _the country, the condition, prospects, and wishes of the settlers, and the best- means for establishing a regular communication between the North-west provinces of Carnal, and these remote districts—has been laid before the public. The contents of this important document, w hi c h ... embodied the results of his enquiries are of the most gratifying charafter, and entirely refutes the averments of the Hudson's Bay Company, i in gardens, bearing in abundance everything necessary to man's - existence and comfort, there is nothing but uninviting forests and unculti vating wildernesses. Thousands of our fellow countymen and women annually emigrate from our shores.= There is an important field for such people. Still, such is the conduct of the Hud son's Bay Company, that they have no en couragement to proceed thither. ' We would rather be disposed to attribute the . monetary and ' .commercial difficultiee, which have. been going - nu in the United - St.ttes; to - an ,undue l speculation,and through the consumption of a much greater amount of capital than .bas been produced by the venture. In a word, such speculators have . speat .more money than. they were making." Their insolNacy might; be . deferred, it could not be'llvoidel ; for,' s)on3r or .. • I later, such financial recklessness must bring with it the ,most disastrous consequences:: --How could • it be otherwise ? We need not travel froth home for illustration's of ,6t.ii . arkummt. ,Everyone knoia, that investments in unprofitable undertakings, speculationsinAiolloW and worth less Stock and Share S:ci . i . cities: though they may have the appearance of "legitimacy,'' and, for a time, assume the aspect of " profit" from the inflation given_ to credit, b the expansion of worthless and rotten paper, always, aid under every circumstance, ends in ruin to the parties concerned, thy having withdrawn their capital from business to "get rich at a bounce," and spend their money in luxuries. Any one who has p tt id the t attention to the commercial and financial condition of the United States cAnnot fail to observe, that the system; /thick we I Before closing our remarks we may further observe that, the Committee, of the 1 - 19 US of Commons propose to allow the Company to re tain possession of Prince Rupert's Land. Now, this will, retain in their hands the monopoly of the fur trade; and also • a traffic in ardent spirits. This is a most fallacious principle to propound. The fur, monopoly .has been the greatest grievance of which we have to complain ; so managed is it, that we have to go for the most part to foreigners to supply us with furs, instead of obtaining them in our own colonies. 'lt is no easy task to follow the life of a hurer, as Mr. GORDON.LCUMATING has shown. Hence it is that every encouragement should be given to develope the fur trade, and not make it, as it is -an -unjustifiable monopoly, more advanta geous to foreigners than the people of the mother country. THS MONETARY Cann; AT HAMBUEGIL—A correspon dent writing froth Hamburgh on Sward ly sa3s : —The intelligence which has just bo2ii receive.' of the advance in te minimum rate of diaconal by the BIT k of England hai had a greater effect here than it appears to have had in• London, where, perhaps, it had been more surely anti= THE NORTHERN TIMES.--TAVERPOOL I 71 - I[JRSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1857. cipated. It is almost impossible to procure cash for even the best paper at a lower rate than 7i per cent. per annum, while for any other description these is actually no quotation. Coin of all kinds daily becomes' more scarce ; and, as the various bankiog establishments throughout `Germany have their hands full of railway, mining, and similar shares, on which they have made ad vances, they cannot afford the usual accommo dation to the mercantile and manafalturing inte rests in their various distrieta, so that all have recourse to this city, as the monetary metropolis of the North of Europe, and the supply of our local wants conse quently becoMes more and more difficult from these extra neous demands. The appearance at such a time of the prospectus of a Swedish loan to enable the g ,, vernment of that conetry to construct the main lines of railway has under such circumstances, been very inopportune, and thEss northern financiers will find that they committed a I • great mistake when they did not accede to terms required by our capitalists for the same purpose last year, as they will not now be so liberally dealt with. On this occasion, besides, they wish to have all the favourable alternations in their own power, while the lenders are to be precluded from deriving benefit from any advantagecus turn which may take place in tte money markets of Europe. As it is not probable that the application here will prove successful to any extent, the demand will in all likelihood be shortly transferred to London, where, in the present state of matters, it is not to be supposed that it will meet with a more favonrabie reception ; but it is a difficult matter to persuade such borrowers thtt, even with the demand for money there for the suppression of the Indian mutinies, and for Britain's own more immediate purposes, there is not at al times enough to be had . there to supply the wants of all who may have cccasion to apply to them for aid in every emergency, and the increase in the rate of discount at this time may have the effect of enlightening them on this subject. MUNICIPAL ELECTIOX.—ST. PIMA'S WARD.—A very numerous aud - highlytrespeetable meeting of Liberal electors in this ward was held last night, at the Brunswick Hotel, for the purpose of considering the propriety of nominating a candidate to represent the ward in the Council at the ensuing municipal election. A very unanimous feeling prevailel, and a resolution was carried, without a dissenting votce, requesting C. T. Bowring, to offer himself as a canadote, and we understand that that gentleman's address will be before the electors in a few hours. The Borussia, steamer, which put back here with damaged propeller Int Saturday, was repaired and sailed again for New York this morning, (Wednesday), and was left outside all well. CHRISTIAN MuruAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. —The Liver pool Branch of the above Society held their annual meeting at the Hope Hall, Hope street, last evening on which occasion . upwards of 200 of the members and friends sat down to a most excellent tea. After the coke and other refresh . ments had been enjoyed by the company assembled, the Rev. Dr. Raffles, as the president of the society, took the chair, and ably explained the objects of the society, which were to secure t) the memb -rs relief and medical attendance in the time of sickness, ani other benefi's. The'meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. H. S. Browne, Mr. Baels, t►le general secretary, and Mr. J. Payne, and a most pleasant and agreeable evening was spent. _ _ • The following is a list of passengers taken out by the Baltic for New York :—Mrs.. Bowman and Miss Lock wood, Mrs. Wheeler and child, Mr. J. W. Wheslor, Mr. J. Bourman and three servants, Misses WheAer, Mr. W. Bodisco and lady, Mr. W. Copeland, lady, child, and servant, Mr. S. Oser and lady, Messrs. J. T. Maury, T. B Toler, W. W. Montgomery, Mr. J. A. Pesant and lady, Miss Wulsey, Messrs. J. Holmes, E. Boyse, E. H. Wright, T. G. Y. Martin, G. Scheperhausen, S. Kehnstamm, h. C. Cowdin, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss Leupp, Misses Leupp, Messrs. G. Lee, J. T. Shreve, Mr, C. L. Perkins, lady, and maid, Mr. Navies and lady, Mr. G. W. Andrews, Dr. T. D. Elliott, Messrs. Adderley, T. M. Connor, Miss Aiderley, Miss Liese, Messrs. A. L. Myers, E. Has' inns, C. C. Conserve, Louie, Gomnari, Miss Shreve, Messrs. EL Austin, Atkins, A. Clauss,', Rosenganter, Mr. J. G. Anderson and lady,'Mr. J. E. Anderson, Mr. A. G, ay, Miss F. E. Groves, Mr. J. Tuckerman and lady, Mr. Tuckeripse.„.;"; , ,"-- ,T 0. U. uriteuen, air. rtirece, la dy, two infants, and servant, Mr. C Durand, Dr. A. G. Hull and lady. Miss Egbert, Dr. Alexander, lady, and child, Miss F. W. Leverett, Mr.-J. Van Wart and son, Miss H. Norvell, Colonel Preston, Messrs. G. S. Ribbing, Carryl, C. F. Hauskel, J. P. Hazard, J. N. Hazard, Miss M. P. Hazard, Captain G nnitaue, Messrs, F. Ansley, S. Appleton, R. J. Arnold, Mr. Tapscott. lady, infant, and servant, Messrs. Mahler,_C. Helz Ale, Raymond, J. Bohan, P.. Mt llin, W. Kelly, G. M. C. Porter, Mr. 0. Price arid leefy, Messrs. E. T..tt, J. Flannigan, J. A. Ray, W. Muller, J. Mann], Miss L. Teele, Mr. Pope, Mr.'W. Wilkins and lady, Mr. G. T. M. Davis and lady, Mthisrs. A. Winterhotf, E. JJhiss, W. F. Allen, L. A. Bendixen, Mr. Punnett, lady, four children, and two nurses, Mrs. Finggerlee, Messrs. S-eite, R. T Brand, R. V. Lucey, Hedlund, Mrs. Booth, children, and servant, Messrs:' G. Jones, W. W. Leman, Mr. G. Morrison, lady, infant, and servant, Mr. Ward and lady, Mea4rs. Gilliian, C. Weber, G2ddman, A. M. Gougenbeirra-166 passengers ? and £76,000 in specie. A letter from Rowe states that the Pope was to leave on the 12th for Civita Vecchia, where he would stay at least five days. FRIENDLY SOCIETE:B.—A small blue• book of 80 pages contains the report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies in England. There appears, in 1851 i, to have been in the whole of the United Kingdom, 9,046 depositors in Friendly societies, the amount of whose investments was £1,408,262, being an average of £155 for each depositor. Including the swings banks an..l charit thle s)ci:ttee, the uumb:r of depositors is raised to 1,341,672, and the amount of :deposits to £34,946,012, making, an average deposit of £26 for each pergola. There are 553 friendly scc.etiesfin direct account with the 'National Debt Commissioners; It is shown, by comparative tables, that- the number of depositors its sa;rings banks, is five times .more than the number of . persons entitled to divileeds on, the public - deht, and that is savings banks there Were 186,352 depc,sitor, whose average was 5s each, and that there were 619,208 depositors (nearly one nariety) whos.) investments Were under £lO earn, and that of the numb r of persons entitled to dividends 92 205 received under £lO each, 43,287 more than £lO, but under. £2O, and 89,601 more than £2O, but under £lOO, so - that out of 268,995 pers ins who received dividends 225,093 . were under, .LlOO per annaw. Ls savings `banks the iiiimbefof dep6'sitors wh ise investments exceeded £2OO was only 1,519, and the num ber of persons receiving dividends exceeding £4,000 per annum only 227 Friendly societies of some kind or other appear to exist in most of the civilised countries of the c mtinent of E trope. A DAY OF Bolctoss.—Several somewhat singular attempts at suicide was male on M.inday. An elderly man fl ing hinvelf head foremost from the roof of an omnibus in the Rue de l'Ecele de Medecine, acid severely injarail hinitielf; 'he was recognised as an inhabitant of the neighbourhood, and it appeared that he had attempted - Self destruction from a diyapplintrnent in love.—A fire was discovered is the garret of s home in the Roe gt. and . when some persOns went . to the spot they found th e ! door closed. A forcible entranee having been effected, the. occupier of the garret, a footman to a geed-Anil residing- •in the house, was seal lying in tha bed in the midst of 'the flames. The coeflagre . .ion was promptly extinguished, and the man, who was dreadfully burne I, was take) ice the e hoipital. It appeared that he had conceived a violent passion for his mistress, hal made a declaration to her, and had been indignantly repelled; whereupbn he had determined t o commit suicide, and after drinking until he was almost stupefied, had set fire to his bed. An artillery soldier, on "a visit to his. brother at Vangirard, having been rejected by a, young woman for.whain lie hal e nicely a passion, locked himself in his room with some pens of charcoal, and then threw himself on the bed to wait death. But he forgot to c'ose a hole in the door, and the air coming through it fanned the charcoal into a blaz e which set fire to the bed eurteins. _Tea sighta)f the flames dissipated the man's ideas of suicide, and itunpiug up he attempted to leave .the room ; but he had locked himself ii, and could not find the key. Ha shouted for help, the door was forced epee, and, he was rescued He wes only slightly burned, but the fire could not be ex inguishA wail it had done considerable damage, A teeter carrier, diving in the Fauboarg Montmartre, having learnt of - the bankruptcy .of a man to whom he had lent the savings of his life, was reduced to despair, and hs went to the fortifications at La Chapelle, and threw himself into the foss-. He was found by a passer-by lying id a deplorable state, and was con• veyed to the hos c ial. fiz addition to these attempts at suicide, two cases of self.deet'enctioe occurred the same day —one Was of a Germanavorkmaia, who hanged himself in his lOrtglegs 'in the Rue du Tetieple the other was of a literary man, residing in the Rut: d'Enfer, who cut his throat in a delirium caused by Derma malady. Gatignani. THE CALCUTTA . MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company 1 . 1916 received the following despatch : " The steam-ship Valetta arrived at garseilleor with the Calcutta Mails, at six o'clock this morning (14th instant). '• The mails left London at 10 a.m. " The Bombay and Mauritius mails, coming I * . the French packet, have not arrived." THE PENINSULAR SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, One 13. 111. The steam-ship Alhambra, with the Peniasultlr Mails, has just entered the Solent. The dates by this arrival are—Gibraltarf °et.- 6th ; Cadiz, 7th ; Lisbon, Bth ; and Vigo, l itb : She brings £1,380 in specie. Yellow fever bad 8 ' Lisbon. The head officer of the Custom-bous° had died. Exchange on London 54. Gibralti/t Exchanges on London 501. BELFAST TEA FRAUDS. PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. DUBLIN, WenicesnAlf; Henley and Harrison were brought up be Me. Mr. Hunt, R M., and the re-investigation Was eau tinned in publi?. Mr. W. W. Godfrey, Officer of Customs in Belfast, deposed to the nature of the frauds, and dig manner in which they were oar ried t out. John Rob, the porter of the Skipper - g tree j premises, deposed to the priSoners having ass iste Moore in carrying out his frauds. The prisoner: reserved their defence for their trial, and Mr. 0 311 returned informations against them for the Spri nt t Assizes. Henley has-• got out upon bail, b u Harrison, not-being able to find bail, was fully committed to the County Gaol. INAUGURATION OF MOORE'S STATUTE• • FROM OUR OWN CORRSiPONDENT. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVEND4O. 111)ore'a statute has been inaugurated here to-day.. e • - whole population turned out to grace the occasion, an d the business went off with wonderful eclat Lord Chatlel ls 7 ' pre:idel; ?nd there were present the Lord-Lients.ol" Lord Talbot, and the L)rd Mayor ; and all these noble ni e ll . delivered eloquent' speeches. The sculptor, Mr. Ilse ; was present, and was immensely cheered. The whole Pa sse off most satisfactorily. • i es The telegraphin intelligence received from 0- 4 1 0 - is considered favourable to the British cause by ,:, j Debats, which expresses itself in the f dlov"1 terms :—" The general state of things rettleN doubtlesF, the same ; but it. must not be overlo o l e that, in the respective. positions of the belligerents ,t 7t simple status quo is an aovantage for England, and g:, time also fights her battles. The date of the 17th .-"' tenaber gives the largest importance to the &vetch, for Le ii essential to remember that the ,greater portion of 1 _ reinforcements from En lava are ex e _eted to arriee,,_"; India by the end of that mirth. Cu the arrival of . i _ L e _. latter the struggle will be flare d cri an entirely fresh fo rT t : and wid e we have 'ne'deebt r Feet in thedecis:ivs ec !,,,, of England. This date, we repeat, gives to the new' efe have received a fiarticular siguificance and a rea l '-" Fu t'49 .l c le t utisaian papers records that a reW day s age' _ a t . 0 person unknown, au-I who refused to give to the prime of Tumene, in the government of TobolsL.aT, Siberia, and begged that' nine pieces of linen might be f d. hie name , `\,, ! I - .' . cepted for the prisoners. In the linen were found wranr , tt , 5,000 roubles in notes, and 1,429 in sileer. HAW THE LATE OUTRAPE ON :TUE EASTERN COUNTIES' - 0 , WAY.—On the examination of Professor Rogers, who '%, struck by the stone thrown at the down express train'net7e Wymondhare on Friday Week, it was ascertained tha t t r , lower jaw-h,ne had been splintered, and that the OP% ' jaw had received a severe fracture Had the some s tr u po ' the temple the injury; in all'Orobability, would have be We hear that the injured gentleman is progre s , towards rec 'very in a very setisf , etory manner 1. to chairman of the. Eastern Counties Railway has writt3o tie. the mayor, exaressing his deep concern at the mE 106 : 1 10- accident. He had himself visited the ep o, and wale d ' 0 most Searching inquiry, and the company had off're g aal reward of £lO - on -eonvicAon, and despatched a: s r'" policeman to watch the spot.—Bury and Norwich Posi;drici EXTRA^RDINARi ArUEDEE IN SPAIN.—The :514 papers give an , account of a horrible affair :—A Y o ° ' - o te couple, belonging to somewhatevealthy families of '''' fo e del Ma-qaes, in the, proviace:pf :-Talladolid, were/ a to Clays ago, married, and their parents gave a grand fee- 1 " 01 which, in accordance with the custom of the ceuntrye a lit one was free to go: When the f es ti v ity was a t' its be i g o i a man, belonging to the village, s t a lk e d i n t o the honse,, ,i jot after grossly insulting the bridegroom; told the bride ' she ought not to marry, as she h a d h a d intimate rellti oo e d with him. This created greatec andel, and he was tu rn s , out of the house.- An- hoar aftar,os the bride, necr l e r -ls, taied'by her mother, her brother, and some female f''', l "f e r was pr.Teeding to the house which had been prePa re ; o lo riser and her husband, the man suddenly rushed on hey" from _the c erner of a street, and stabbed her twice 0 rt , 1 : 0 3 poigaard in the breast—she fell dead. Her brother r a .„'ice on the assavin„ but he broke from:himostabbed bial " e re with the puigearde aryl took to flight. Tne wounds t o o found to be very grave, ael the wort, day the young ,T,i, died. The as4aesin was subseqaently arrested; be ' I " tested savage joy at What he.hadelone. , lb. THE SAD EFFE:TS 01 , THE Borres --Mary nein — n ' a, theoeife of Mr. George Oulds,, oil and Italian warebeellir. man; 32, Greek-yreet, Seho, .was, cherged before 0 Bingham, at : Mailhoinugh ro'ice' o ffi ce , London, I he bsing drunk and violently assaulting her husband. e a defendant hat on several previous occasions been eb 3 itle at the same °suit for assaults on the complidnant vi ,,, s o, indulging in he r propensity for d r i n k. Th e result -05- that far his oein safety e and that of his family, beards obliged to have her bound vier to keep the peaceta to. him. So sooner had th e t erm exp i re d t h an . she fi egr ott the "b inlet" again, and in. order te - sneply herself l o t . - the necessary funds the robbed : the till, ,and -0.9"- I° s l L oh • anything of value she could lay*he r henhandsupon• , pee. ' cludeto was nearly the ruin of -her hu s b a nd's lan o Zoet Yesterday afternoon, while in a state of intoxicatioe;f to went to the till as usual,' and' was abut helping herse`ao, the contents, when he remonscrated with. her tit: o° , ll , B ,4lp proceedings, tending to bring tutu upon him and her fa fi n d She beeame exceedingly violent, s&z ,d hold of a Ic'ell e, ,.. or struck him with it in the mouth, fortuoltrery4ithlth 4 ' Toting any other id iry than a slight cut cu the aide ° e io. mouth. in order to protect himself from furthe r r ge , lence he called a:con-Stable' and gave her in c " h and qomplyeant added that sill' had a•domfortab!e hontl e 'ree was not in want of a sing l e thi ng n ecessar y to bet use' fort ; and she also h a d th e i n ter es t o f 8504 f or her ovvr', ere d ehich she revived every half year, and invariably sclu a %oo, in drink. He sh o uld b e o nly t oo g l a d t o ge t a sePa r ;bana and allow her a sufficient maintenance. Mr- .0 11 e'i e u; said he was sorry to say he had bsen obliged on el' aorl o:casions to 'admonish her upon her shameful pe es' disgraceful conduct, but it seemed all his retnona' r p 3 , rea l I and advice had tbaen thrown away upon her. She 0 0;.114 determined- to pursue heeeowneicious eourdea buV: be ' sh ort '' : take care she should be pet out of harm's way for “ }or lime, •by fining her X. 5 for the violent assault t11)°` ) ° lit husband, and it th e fi,,e was n o t p a id, he should eit' l t. her for tw mouths to the Heuse of Corec.ion. , o , ' A teler o from &line states that the r n movem ent 0, t ea gatton has reit been very censilerablethis ves t ' in roPa Danube. This is attributed to te e a b un d a nce of the a - e than in Western Europe. Up t o t hi s t i me - L ot more , thee ee thousand vessels have entered th e r iver. Amon g c ob' . have only been 14 French, of from 20t) to3oo ton's ,nee They have come f rom Marseilles, Agde, and N ar e to 00 1 and loaded with w o o l an d co l zas for France or wi th for England, entrl • The Vienna government has j u st interdicted t he - o de' s - into the Austrian 'States' of the Voikoeilunif (r- 'llO Gazette) of Berlin a democratic organ ap.poallng t 4iab popular classes, alMost the only radical partial i urived _in flange the revolution of 184 8 . Alliii ..„ THE T 4 raj