The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL. Th e ad j°tlrned 'meeting of the council was held at eleven eteek yesterday, i n t h e Town Hall, John Stewart, Esq. ' l aYor, in the Bef o chair. re the business of the day was proceeded with, L 1 M r. Ald erman Parker claimed the indulgence of the coun letmtil he ca ll ed their attention to observations which had n reported as having fallen fram Mr. Shell, on the ni aker : el 'ien of the last meeting of the counc il. He (M r . r ) was out of the room at the time, otherwise he should have at once replied to him, for he would allow no man to Plate improper motives to him. Mr. Sheil was reported to 844 "he could clearly understand why Alderman to Parker Pursued his line of conduct. He was a perfect enemy drunkenness --of course ; but he was a brewer. He could Suite lee h of t t. 0 me the Alderman would be opp o sed t o the opening b usines e , °r g e's Ball, It w ou ld great l y l essen the publican's had f Ile should lik e to know what grounds Mr. Slieil the tor 41 :Muting suc h motives to him ? He had been now in oth er man for s i xteen years, and he defied Mr. Shell, or any u nfair ea to s ay that he bad ever given a dishonourable or is epr _ 7 c ) te durin g t h at period. It san insult to impute ,elet7er was motive s to him, and one which he sh ou ld a lw a y s pie_ Mr. Sheil might have his own m o ti ve s an d ac t as their ' 43 , but he sh ou ld a l low others also to act according to h ereil , convictions, with ou t i mput i ng to them improper motives. e wit w as a t ime whe n if a man did not strut on the flags Pas net thought fit to he in the council, but those days had Perk a and he (Mr. Ald erman P ar k er ) was t h ought as f i t a kr t c °? be there as M r. Sheil or any other person. rep]. , hell said he did not see that he had any occasion to time °f the obs ervations of the worthy alderman. At the to e , ° . l ; the disc uss i on, Mr. Dover called the attention of the b uthis tirthe o bservation s which fell from him (Mr. Shell), fo re, _ "urship decided that he was in order. It was, there afler for him to enter into a discussion of the matter now, on that hiee M aYor and the Council generally were of opinion Ileicdt_tattobbisneitrvbaetions were not out of order. Moreover, he I ttie lty justified in made any observation that he was not per taakin in relation to the debate that was at „,,!me goin g 0 , g fir ' to "'limn Dover said that at the time he called attention Sheil's o bservations, he did so believing that they were Intend ¢alculat,ed to convey an impression which Mr. Shell did not tha ,„, e t unvey They were all exceedingly excited at the Whi e j,;" he Was . sorry to see the extent of the religions feeling of faciii,„"t's e xhibited on both sides. It was not with the view b 11 , ket e 'il f the flame that he rose, but . he was sorry to see a Ny e; i a member of the council drawn by one of them keret,: using language calculated to convey the idea that a att aated ' in his spea king and voting on their proceedings, s was g 4tt. 9-corrupt motives, and with a view to bene in . g intej,wa business. He did not think that Mr. Shell calelalaeted to e d c o o s n a y . ey that idea, though his language was kr p kr, ernihough said it was very much to b . e regretted that b "egr,tt'e'l should have used such words, but it was more to e kr, e" t hat, after the excitement of the moment had passed, atki t.heil should admit that his words were correctly reported, t° - a t he had not h ing to retract. He thought that justice reo4l. Parke, if ot generoity, called for omehing k0r r 4 . 41 Sir. r Shell n than what had fallen from him t that Shell . ee ia ' thanked the gentleman for the lecture he had flrest g d °°4 enough to give. Ho thought it showed no very k egre e of modesty upon the part of that gentleman, when . th e l' !IP and told the whole council that they were wrong b in ge f e e l e t il L i f ) rt given by them, when the matter was beforet em. sf erd u?txtlelf that it would be derogatory to every principle 1 44:1, 1 he were now to enter upon an explanation of a atte mi : "uich the council decided was in order, when their Was particularly called to it. (Cries of " 11 ,sd , ) ," e mayor was appealed to, and he decided that order di d "' ueen violated. Nobody objected but Mr. Dover, and `tindi r - ,, /a , ° t suPpose he was was now called upon to stand up and k r "": himself on the decision of the council. [At e alderman Bennett said if Mr. Sheil meant that silence fell fro agen t, he was wrong as regarded him. He heard what Parkerretn Mr: Shell with very great pain to himself. Mr. th he a rumour of what h a d occurre d w h en h e returne d toldCO,eb;M and a s k e d hi m (M r. B ennett ) what it was, and tt atll l ,:rt he was sure it was not i nten d e d to give offence, a ppea r ?"' he vvoitld make no further enquiry about it: It at ti ed that i t was noticed in the papers ; and ho now hoped had 4 4 ' S hell, when he found that th e m a j or it of the council hi ke pt silence on the occas;on— y more out of respect for ' than because up they agreed with what fell from him—would sod - "c'utog to meet the occasion, and remove an injurious lakr.rPleasant effect from the mind of Mr. Parker. (Hear ti 1 11 118 ayor said he was very sorry that any want of atten-. 4 %1. 11116 part should have suffered words to escape any ef the council which imputed improper motives to l atin say ge,titleman. Considering the . general tone of Mr. Shell's 1 40 4 k le In that room he found it to be . very correct, and he say kt }dr. Sheil would perhaps feel it due to Mr. Parker to Pros: at he did not mean to charge him with giving an itia . - etsti r ; r . Vo te, but with having voted simply out of regard to his f,,,b,; 4 ‘erests. without considering the merits of the question. be t hear.) He recollected the interruption of Mr Dover, set 'e did not at the time exactly catch the words.. He should_ tsti t4l4l Y have checked, if he had been aware of it, any d eri ° , l of improper motives. He hoped Mr. Sliei th at e l? the subject, would not wish it . to go forth to Ch o e n public if h he had conveyed such an imputation upon at entleman, ): 8 la nguage at the time would bear such a cons y d tr g uctio a n m . ew not ' Shen.: Mr, Mayor, I am a little puzzle —I th an e that I imputed anything to Mr. Parker peisonAll e y more other zoetl to his observations. In saying that brewers, I said be influenced by their interests, Ido not know that said 1 44 :4 a nything which could be considered otherwise than as a ine tle : If Mr. Parker can venture to assert that he is not av er . e ed by any s uc h th in g, that his interests as a brewer /t ' ll ell way aff ec t e d hi s proceeding. (Cries of " No, no.") 1 44 say it, and you can all say it for him, I have no jl t e i - ; un tth atever to subscr ib e to it. T h ' B ennett :We can all say it for him. tiro "layer : I hope this matter will now be allowed to , hear. ) p ark . slid': Is is not my business to know what Mr. Itlig."1: be lieve must be taken a Motive s are • but I merely argued upon a co as a maxim or a truism. The M atter then dropped. eeet "P ro ceedings of the markets, education, gaol and house of antl e : t ' ° :', and town-hall establishment committees, were read -°44 rlued without anydiscussion. Th e HEALTH COM3IITTEE. tat, t„Proceedings of this committee recommended the accept 'AN the foll ow i ng t e nders, for removing street sweepings 114,°ther refuse for the ensuing five years :—Middens : Mr. kid e c c""live r p oo l , £4 , 500 ; d o. , T oxtet h- par k, £2,000. 41 0 erts : Mr, Pickering—Kikdale, £3OO ; do., Evertor], r t k s • Middens • Mr. Ellison—West Derby, £950; market I lte e L 46o ; street sweepings, south end, £2,940. Street 1 , 1 1) ,-'gs : Mr. Riding, north end, £1,497. to t it kl e ° r ornittee aloe recommended that they be authorised 11 Stl e , „P r oceedings, preparatory to laying the several rates, t he sanitary act. ?iel t :,. tl . l the sanction o f the council, a memorial from Mr. 411 te rm s was h ere rea d, p ra ying to be allowed to withdraw t ad ender for Everton and Kirkdale, on the ground that lie )4 4 :J o a serious error in his calculations, inasmuch as he Zveri on - i :° them on the specifications of his former contract, I kl t : L 'ing the g rea t i ncrea se in houses and population which Vlell place in the interval in that township. ett e ;:` - '°egridal e moved that Mr. Pickering's prayer be granted, ttlist4Mg II that it was very evident be had made a serious e his calculations. efth:* Robertson Gladstone thought that to grant the prayer e roorial would be injudicious, and would ultimately be It .• °,° of injury to the corporation. tead e : e Lnt doubtful whether the council could enforce the draw ;; before Mr. Pickering, inasmuch as he applied to with tli%t t4 7efore it was submitted to the council, it was agreed Prayer of his memorial should be granted, but that he le not be allowed to re-tender for the work. ‘ t ,, 1.. „ 1105 e's tender for the same districts, namely, for £ 1 .200, and Kirkdale £5OO, was then considered, eth er 'n'er som e conversat i on , it was ag reed t o accept it. TLe kit t ; ' e nders as well as the general proceedings of the coin eoti,sai' • Were ttee also confirmed, on the recommendation of the GARDENS' COMMITTEE. ret,, The proceedings o f thi s com mittee were read, including a sitZ lr eendation to asc e rt a i n the expense of erecting a gymna g je the new park. Earle drew attention to the neglected state of the walks '',, , e ercromby square gardens. ulr £2 % ' Bennett stated that the present contractor received Per annum for attending to the gardens of the several aq hl : e r Beckwith recommended that the contractor should ra tsc ', l .: / ,e' notice to close his contract, that advertisements 1'41" be issued for new tenders, as he agreed that the work was er nelected. k r ~ ta n ined nothing of porte. OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE. tilt Th 6 Proceedings of this committee contained a report . of of the:naroittee, expressing a high opinion of the efficiency kervi_concern, and declaring their sense of the very valuable_ th e 78 rendered by Mr. Hartup, which had obtained . for trad°2nervatory a very important position among the shipping I, i' of all countries. r se . 1 7rer moved the confirmation of the proceedings, which %Di d; ci Thded by Mr. Alderman Bennett, and carried without oacussion. Th. WATER COMMITTEE. a 'ate proceedings o f thi s comm ittee were read, and contained eoe tent that the services of the staff, of which Mr. Oakley te l4i rre e d he ad, were about to be discontinued, as no longer At, , ior l atd• '-+olt briefly moved the confirmation of the pro -14 , 4 , °union seconded the motion. 14; I , ll aYdock asked when the water would be here ? Ili AI olliaid it had been stated by him before, that it would %el a Probably abo u t midsummer. Perhaps that was a little $C y did not think it could be exactly stated by any one, but progress was being made. There were yet nearly three miles of pipes to lay. ➢ir. Bennett asked when the additional supply of water would be received from Green-lane ? Mr. Holt said everything was ready for boring, and he hoped within a month from that time they would get more water. After a short conversation on the progress of the work, the proceedings were confirmed. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, IU6. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE The proceedings were read, and their adoption moved by Mr. Picton, who observed that they did not contain anything special. The proceedings were confirmed. LACXNEY CARRIAGES COMMITTEE. The proeeedings of this committee contained nothing of any importance. Mr. Woodruff moved their confirmation ; which was agreed to. BATHS' COMMITTEE. Mr. Wagstaff moved the adoption of the proceedings. Mr. Banner asked whether there was any prospect of salt water being obtained Mr. Wagstaff said the question was under consideration of the committee, and the engineer was gradually preparing plans, which, at a proper time, the committee would bring forward. The proceedings were then confirmed. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GAS SUPPLY, The proceedings of this committee included a report from Mr. Taunton, on a hill sent in by the Gas Company for the attendance of men, &c , during the late gas inquiry. One of the items was for a padlock, and this Mr. Taunton offered to pay for himself, provided the company appointed a respectable man in London to receive the money, and give a receipt for it. They also comprised a report from Mr. Newlands as to the best mode of testing the gas, and the scale of charges for the same. Mr. Kitchen, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings, said that the committee had had a conference with the directors of the gas company, and that, probably at the next council, the committee would be in a position to lay before it the result of their consultations. Mr. Alderman S. liolme suggested that the committee should also come forward with an account of the cost of the whole of the inquiry, in order that the council might be in a position to vote on the whole question. The proceedings were confirmed. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.-THE G REAT EASTERN. On the motion of Mr. Hornby, the proceedings of the special committee on the purchase of docks were confirmed. Mr. Hodson said that he had been asked by Captain Harrison, who was to take the command of the Great Eastern, as soon as she was launched, whether it was the intention of the dock committee, or the body having the management of the Birkenhead docks, to make any sort of landing stage to which that ship might be attached, as otherwise it would be perfectly impossible for her to swing in the Sloyne, and as no cable would be sufficiently largo and strong to prevent it snapping in an instant. It was the intention of the corporation of Milford-Haven to make preparations for the reception of that vessel, but it was the wish of the owners that she should come to Liverpool. He mentioned the matter, in order that the council might take it into consideration. Mr. Robertson Gladstone observed that, if the Great Eastern could not safely swing in the Sloyne, no greater objection could be made against her or any other vessel. He did not want to throw cold water on the enterprise of the projectors of the vessel, but he did not place much at hazard, when he said there never would be a second ship built of a similar size. He said that as a practical shipowner, and he put it to Mr. Hodson, whether, under such circumstances, it would be wise to incur any expense in the matter. AI r. Tyrer said that the Great Eastern would easily swing in the Sloyne. Tho matter then dropped. COMMITTEE ON THE REMOVAL OF THB PUBLIC OFFICES FROM CORNWALLIS-STREET. _ The proceedings of this committee contained a recommend ation, that a sum not exceeding £2,000 be voted by the council, for alterations required in the public offices in Cornwallis street. Mr. Hornby, in moving the adoption of the proceedings, stated that the committee had come to a resolution, by a small majority, that the proposed removal of the public offices, from Cornwallis street to Dale-street, would be inexpedient, and that by an expenditure of about £2,000, the present offices might be made adequate to all their purposes. Mr. Fernihough seconded the motion. Mr. Hodson opposed it, on the ground that the removal was desirable, and that the present offices could never ho made adequate to the purpose, unless the whole building was taken down, and built up again de novo. Mr. Gladstone expressed a similar opinion, and urged that those who discharged the public business, had a right to expect from the public a convenient and comfortable place to meet in. Mr. Beckwith thought that a better position could not have been had than that in Dale-street, and that Cornwallis-street would never suit. He protested against the recommendation of the committee being adopted. Mr. Alderman Parker supported the recommendation of the committee. A long and vehement debate then followed, in which Mr. Fernihough, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Alderman S. Holtne, Mr. Alderman Bennett, Mr. Earle, Alderman Dover, and other gentlemen took part. Mr. flPnnett finally moved, as an amendment, that the whole question be referred back to the committee. Mr. Dover seconded the amendment. A second debate, equally lengthy, followed upon the amendment. A division was at length taken on the amendment, when there appeared— For the amendment—Councillors Crosthwaite, Anderson, Woodruff, Shell, Haydock, M`GuMe., Tyrer, Earle, Robertson Gladstone, Johnson, Kitchen, Hodson, Cliut, Beckwith ; Aldermen Bennett, Dover-IG. Against the amendment—Councillors Mellor, Holt, Hornby, Livingston, Banner, Fernihough, Jcffreys, J. Gladstone, jun., Wagstaff, Lawrence, Picton, Robertson, Farnworth, flathead ; Aldermen Langsdale, Parker, Toulmin, Holrue, the Mayor-19. The amendment was, therefore, lost. The original proceedings were then carried. Mr. Hodson gave notice that, at the next monthly meeting, he would move that the £2,000 he not so expended. The Coroner's account, amounting to £l6 19s. 6d., was passed. MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS. A letter was read from Mr. Thomas L. Burgess, outward cashier in the town dues' office. The memorial was referred to the finance committee. A memorial was read from certain owners and occupiers of shops in Lord-street, complaining of the decision of the magis trates, in last July, with regard to projections in shop fronts ; and requesting the council to take the whole subject into consideration. Mr. Langsdale said the health committee quite agreed with the memorial, but after the decision of the magis trates, he did not see what could be done. Mr. Alderman Bennett supported the prayer of the memorial. _ . The Mayor said the magistrates were the authorities to decide the matter, and the council had no right to discuss it. Mr. Hornby moved that the memorial lie on the table, which was agreed to. A letter was read from the Liverpool compass com mittee, signed by the chairman, Mr. Thomas Brockle bank, accompanied by a circular containing a statement of the objects for which the committee was associated, and soliciting the assistance of the council to obtain a grant for the committee from the public funds. Mr. Hodson moved that the letter be referred to the dock committee, which was agreed to. SPECIAL MOTIONS. The following motion, of which notice had been given by Mr. Alderman Bennett, stood next on the paper : " That it be an instruction to the courts of law and St. George's Hall committee, to prepare and submit a plan and section of the space in front of St. George's Hall, ex tending from Islington to Elliott-street, and adjoining streets, with the object of ascertaining how that space can be best appropriated to the general convenience of the public, as a central station for omnibuses, but with due regard to securing the most efficient approaches to the hall." Mr. Bennett, in bringing forward his motion, said, he had long paid attention to the subject of the omnibus traffic of Liverpool, and on looking over with much care the ordnance survey of the town, he had had his eye upon almost every spare piece of ground sufficiently large to accommodate that great and growing traffic. The large space in front of St. George's Hall offered, in his opinion, the greatest amount of accommodation. It could be appropriate I without other cost than the adj us ti ng o f th e levels, which would be a public convenience upon every score. It was sufficiently large, it was central, it had a great many advantages of site, which would induce parties to make even a large sacrifice to obtain. The plan he had in his mind in referenc e t o t h e propos i tion, would work something in this way. All th e l ong di stance omn ibuses should come in as now, early in the morning, and bring the merchants to the site of their business, the Exchange, and the omnibuses leaving in the evening should also start from the . Exchange. But with th ese exceptions, the whole of the long distance omnibuses thr oug h out t h e day should deposit, and take up their fares, in the neigh bourhood of St. Georges Hall, which would prevent Church-street, Elliot-street, Lord-street, Castle-street, and the other great leading thorougf ares , f rom b eing so , overcrowded with those cumbrous vehicles as at present. He had no doubt that some spirited company, or some individuals, would take up the traffic from the centre of the town, and would employ light two-horse vehicles to set down passengers in any part of the town which best snited their convenience. He had no t muc h hope of carrying th i s motion at present, but if it would turn the very serious attention of members of the council to the subject, he thought the more they contemplated it the more they would see the necessity of providing conve• niences for this great and growing traffic. What would not the inhabitants of the city of London give to have the space around the Bank four times what it was ? What would they not give, or the inhabitants of many other large cities, to have as much convenient space as the people of Liverpool now could have almost without cost ? He nore 1 t' a' either on that, or some early day, a com mittee would be appointed to go into the matter and make a report to the council. Mr. Alderman S. Holme thought this a very extraor dinary motion. (Hear, hear.) IfMr. Bennett had brought forward a motion for an alteration in the Well he would have understood it. He should like to know how a lady in her thin satin shoes was to be set down in front of St. George's Hall during a thunderstorm. How would Mr. Ben nett deal with a gouty old gentleman, who wished to come up to the Town Hall to receive interest upon his bonds ? How could the time of the merchants be regulated who were going up and down from one end of the town to the other in a stream the whole day ? The subject was so surrounded wi,h difficulties, that he was surprised the worthy alderman should have brought it before the council. (Hear, hear.) "Mr. Woodruff thought the motion both impracticable and unnecessary. (Hear, hear.) He thought the arrange ment made, by which omnibuses having come some distance were allowed to stand for a quarter of an hour in Castle-street, had worked very well. Mr. Bennett said he had gained the object he sought, in drawing attention to the subject, and therefore would not, for the present, press his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. Robertson Gladstone moved the following resolu lotion, of which he had given notice :—" That the council chamber be enlarged by adding the present ante-room and lobby thereto, according to the original design, a plan of which is now in the possession of the surveyor. That the lobby adjoining the keeper's apartment (east side) be converted into an ante-room. That a new passage, to complete the approach to the council cham ber, rendered necessary by this appropriation of the lobby (now used as a passage), be opened by the removal of the safe, &c., attached to Mr. Hughes' office. That, with the view of providing increased accommodation, the surveyor and borough engineer be directed to examine and report to the Town-council as to the practicability of converting the basement of the town-hall to the purposes of offices, safes, &c., so far as may be consistent with what is requisite for kitchen purposes, &c., in connection with the Mayor's entertainments." In moving the resolution, Mr. Gladstone said that he thought, from the remarks that had fallen, on various occasions, from other members of the council, he would have very little difficulty in satisfying those who might possibly entertain doubts of the necessity for these alterations—of the impurity of the atmosphere that they breathed, after sitting in the room for several hours, and of the ineffectiveness and imperfection of the system of ventilation. He was not aware, until lately, that there were in the possession of the surveyor two plans showing that the original design for the council room was pre cisely that which he had ventured to suggest some four years ago, when feeling the effects of the vitiated state of the atmosphere of the room. For himself, personally, having suffered both on the days of the council meetings, and still more on the succeeding days, he could speak with confidence of the almost poisonous condition of the air they breathed. Mr. Gladstone then entered into the details of his subject, and proved how ill-adapted and inconvenient the present council chamber was for the purposes of their meetings. Mr. Alderman Bennett thought that with the pres ent ventilating apparatus, any alteration of the room was unnecessary. Mr. Woodruff supported the motion, but suggested that they should first try the concert-room in St. George's Hall, whichwas every way suitable for their meetings, and where they could recognise a constitutional principle by admitting the public to their discussions. Mr. Alderman Dover, and Mr. 'fathead, supported the motion, and stated that after attending the meetings of the council they suffered from violent headaches. Mr. Hornby thought the change unnecessary, urging that the inconvenience at present suffered had been exaggerated by the preceding speakers. Mr. Alderman Parker admitted the inconvenience of the council chamber, and agreed with Mr. Woodruff, that the new concert room in St. George's Hall would be an excellent place for their meetings. Mr. Alderman S. Holme observed that it would be im possible for them to hold their meetings in St. George's Hall, as they would not have the opportunity of consult ing the various documents, plans, &c., in the surveyor's office, which, during the deliberations, they would have frequent necessity of doing. Both he and his brother suffered very much when attending meetings of the council, but he thought it would be better to have a re port from the surveyor before doing anything in the matter. Mr. W. Earle suggested that they might, as an experi ment, hold one or two meetings in the drawing-room. The evils of the present chamber were so great that they should be remedied. After some further discussion, it was agreed to refer the whole subject to a select committee, composed of Mr. It. Gladstone, Mr. Bennett, Mr. W. Earle, Mr. Picton, Mr. J. Holme, Mr. S. Holme, and the mayor. The council then separated. WEST DERBY UNION The usual weekly meeting of the guardians of this union was held yesterday at the Board-room, Mill-lane, Everton. The Rev. William Badnell, the chairman of the board, presided. The other guardians present were : Messrs. Pickup, Shaw, Bolshaw, Edwards, Wensley, Kirkus Medcalf, Whitby, Mountfield, Lunt, Harrison, Morris, Callis, and Abraham. The Clerk reported that he had inspected the books kept by the several officers of the union, and found that they were correct. CHEQUES. Cheques to the amount of £206 were voted for the relief of the out-door poor within the several relieving officers districts belonging to the union. REPORTS, The master of the workhouse reported that last week there were 728 paupers in the workhouse, since when 21 had been admitted, 2 born, 39 discharged, and 4 deaths ; this week, 708; and for the corresponding week of last year, 673. - The master of the hospital reported that last week there were 112 patients in that establishment, since when 9 had been admitted, 11 discharged, and 1 death ; this week, 109 ; and for the corresponding week of last year, 83. The master of the workhouse also reported that there was no bread in the house, no leather in the stores t and very little meat. Mr. Kirkus facetiously remarked—" And very little tiu ❑ the lockers to provide more." THE VISITING COMMITTEE. This committee recommended a gratuity of £lO to Mr. Cutts, the schoolmaster of the workhouse, for the efficient manner he had conducted the schools during the period he had had the care of them. The Chairman read a letter from the Rev. Mr. Moore, the chaplain, bearing testimony to the deserving conduct of the schoolmaster, and to his energy and zeal in attending to the duties of the schools. Mr. Shaw moved the adoption of the report, and, in the course of his observations, fully corroborated the statement of the chaplain, with regard to the services rendered by the schoolmaster, who had been at some expense in order to render himself able to play the organ of the chapel. Mr. Kirkus seconded the motion. Mr. Harrison supported the motion, and passed a daserved eulogy on Mr. Kirkus, for his devoted attention to the children of the schools, who, at the present day, were, through his exertions, a credit to any establishment, and not, as heretofore, a disgrace. Mr. Mansfield and Mr. Wensley also supported the motion, which was then unanimously carried. Mr. Callis then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Kirkus, for his kindness and the attention he had devoted to the schools. Mr. Harrison seconded the motion. This vote of thanks was unanimously adopted. The chair man, in conveying the same, bore his testimony to the valuable services rendered by Mr. Kirkus, in connection with the children of the school, and regretted that he was about to retire from the board. Mr. Kirkus returned his thanks, and stated, that although he was about t) retire from the board, he should not cease, as a ratepayer, to devote his time and attention to the children of the house. He apologised for any warmth of temper he might have displayed, which was a defect more attributable to the head than to the heart, and expressed a hope that the West Derby guardians would each and all do as he had done —honestly maintain their own opiaions, and state them fearlessly and openly. It was reported that Mr. Mann, the master of the hospital, was confined to his bed through illness, and it was decided that steps should be taken next week to have the accounts made up. The Chairman explained that the township of Wavertree was not in arrear, as had been reported; every halfpenny had been paid, and the mistake must have arose at the bank. Mr. Edwards then moved a vote of thanks to the chair man, which was seconded by Mr. Lunt, and warmly sup ported by Mr. Abrahams, who congratulated the board on the respec`able way they had conducted the business during the past year. Not having had any squabbles, the board room did not deserve the name it had been called, a" bear garden." The Rev. Chairman briefly returned thanks, and resigned the chair. Mr. Callis then proposed a vote of thanks to the vice chairman. Mr. Wensley seconded the motion. Mr. Harrison returned thanks, and said he had been nearly twenty years a member of the board, and wou ld always be happy to perform his moiety of the public business. Mr. liirkus then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. C. Bolton, and alluded to the opinions he had enunciated in a Liver pool paper, which opinions did him honour. Mr. Shaw seconded the motion, which was supported by Mr. Harrison, and unanimously adopted. This concluded the business of the board, whose services for the present year terminated. ROYAL NUPTlALS.—Galignani publishes a letter from Lisbon, in which it is said that the object of the visit which, as has been announced, the King Don Fernando is about to make to Brussels, is to arrange a marriage between his son Don Pedro V., the reigning sovereign, and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium. It adds that orders had been given to prepare the steamer Mindello for him. According to the same letter it was very confidently believed in Lisbon that a visit from the Queen of :England has been defini tively resolved on, and will take place within the next two cuts. ELECTION OF SELECT VESTRYMAN At ten o'clock this morning (Wednesday) the polling was resumed. There were very few persons present, and the number of votes up to half-past ten was about equal. About that time a number of Mr. Flannagan's supporters arrived, and after apparently a short consultation, Mr. Fairhurst rose, and requested permission to make a few remarks. He said that this contest had been forced on the party which he represented, inasmuch as they sought nothing further than to maintain the position which had been conceded to them for many years, and which the present churchwardens, in a spirit of justice and fair play, had been willing they should still retain ; and had, at his (Mr. Fairhurst's) request, placed the name of Mr. Flannagan as his successor. But seeing the religious furor which had been evoked, and the angry feelings which had been stirred up by their opponents, which he could not sufficiently condemn, and which his friends were un willing to contribute to sustain, as well as the extreme inconvenience to which Mr. Hart, his clerks, the collec tors, and in fact, the whole parish staff were put by these proceedings, but which had not been caused or pro voked by:an3 proceedings of Mr. Flannagan's supporters, after a consultation with that gentleman, he had decided to withdraw from the contest, after having kept the poll open for three days, to enable the parishioners to record their votes, and after having headed the poll, both in persons and votes, the first two days, and being still in a majority of persons, though a minority of votes. He (Mr. Fairhurst) therefore, in the name of Mr. Flannagan, asked the churchwardens' permission to withdraw Ips name as a candidate; and, whilst doing so, he took occasion to return the thanks of Mr. Flannagan's supporters to the churchwardens and overseers for the very proper and impartial manner in which they had acted. He begged also, in the name of his friends, to return thanks to the very many liberal, right-mighted Protestants who, in a spirit of justice and fair play, had given Mr. Flannagan their votes; and he was sure that, however they might be taunted by their more ultra-brethren on the winning side, he was sure they would have the approval of their own consciences, and of all right-minded men. To the Catholics who had flocked to the poll the first two days —many of them poor working men, 'who would probably lose their day's pay, and provoke the displeasure of their employers, as well as to their more fortunate brethren in the social scale who had voted—he begged to tender his best thanks ; and to those Catholics who had:absented themselves either from want of information on the subject or from apathy, he would suggest the necessity of keeping their minds well informed of the events of the day, through the medium of the press, which fortunately placed within the means of every one that great luxury—a daily paper. And to those whom apathy had kept away, he thought he need not say one word ; for, when they became acquainted with the retirement of Mr. Flannagan, they would feel reproved more than any words which he (Mr. Fairhurst) could convey to them. In conclusion, he hoped that the course which his party had taken in withdrawing would have the desired effect, by throwing oil on the troubled waters ; and that, when they next met their neighbours and fellow-parishioners, they would meet as friends, and that the right hand of fellowship would be extended on both sides. (Cheers and applause). Mr. James Levingston seconded the motion, and, in doing so, begged to take that opportunity of thanking the numerous and liberal Protestant parishioners for their independent support of Mr. Flannagan. That sup port was a proof of the liberal spirit that actuated his Protestant fellow-townsmen, and he trusted to see that good feeling always prevail between man and man, whe ther Catholic or Protestant. (Hear, hear.) To the churchwardens and vestry he had also to offer his thanks for the straightforward, independent, and impartial man ner in which they had discharged themselves in connec tion with this election. (Cheers.) They did not exhibit any bigotry to the 120,000 Catholics of Liverpool (cheers), who, in co-operation with their many respectable Pro testant fellow-townsmen, who supported Mr. Flannagan, only sought to carry out an agreement that had been in existence for several years, in regard to the select vestry. (Hear, hear.) His friends had sufficient ratepayers still unpolled to enable them to conti-ue this contest even for days, but they did not think they would be acting as they ought by their friends if they added further expense on the parish funds, and continued to stir up hot and angry feelings. lie trusted to see the good feeling continued between them ; and, after again tendering his thanks to the churchwardens, sat down amid loud applause. Mr. Churchwarden Woodruff, after consulting his col league, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Hart, rose and said, that he should accede to Mr. Fairhurst's motion, and, as there was no opposition, gave his sanction to the withdrawal of Mr. Flannagan's name. In placin g him on the list, he had followed up the precedent se t by his predecessors in office, and now that the struggle was over,he might say, in accordance with his own views of what was right and just . (Much cheering) . . Mr. Fairhurst again rose and proposed a vote of thanks to the churchwardens, for the able and impartial manner i❑ which they had acted during the proceedings ; and it afforded him much pleasure to offer his testimony to the way in which they had presided over this as well as other arduous duties which in vestry fall to their lot. (Much cheering.) -Mr. Whitty,in recording the vote of thanks, said he concurred most earnestly in Mr. Fairhurst's desire to compliment the churchwardens for their impartial and proper conduct in reference to this contest. He had the pleasure of previous intercourse with them at the Select Vestry for a long time, and had always found their con duct governed by those fair principles of tolerance and justice which enabled them to discharge their official and arduous duties with the increasing respect of this mixed community. The expression of their views in proposing Mr. Flannagan, was an evidence of this ; for he believed there were few indeed who would consider it, on reflec tion, otherwise than just that the usual number of two Catholics at that board was a fair and necessary regula tion to represent and give confidence to so large a body of their ratepayers. He regretted that an opposition to this prudent arrangement should have been got up, and he regretted still more that a feeling of bitter religious hos tility was sought to be infused into it. To give further scope for the indulgence of any such feelings would be most unwise, and would be highly injurious to that proper and charitable intercourse which all ought to be anxious to maintain. He for one would not counsel any further encouragement to unpleasant contention, or to detaining the parochial officers, to the detriment and expense of the public interests. He trusted this explanation would be satisfactory to the churchwardens, whose conduct on that and on every occasion, induced him to second with much pleasure the vote of thanks proposed by his friend, Mr. Fairhurst. Mr. Churchwarden Woodruff then rose and expressed, on his own behalf, as well as his colleague, their acknow ledgments for the vote of thanks. It had been their anxious endeavour, in arranging the list, to give satis. faction to all parties, and he had hoped to have seen the list adopted in its entirety; but as Mr. Flannagan had chosen to withdraw, he had no choice but to concur. He was glad to observe that, notwithstanding party and religious feeling ran high outside, yet everything had been conducted in that building in the most orderly manner, and nothing had occurred to his knowledge to perpetuate any ill reeling on the subject. He begged to retur❑ their best thanks for the vote. The proceedings then terminated. POLICE COURT. -YESTERDAY, (BEFORE MR. MA.INSFIELD CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN.--Mr. H. Crosbie, of Salisbury-street, was summoned by a police officer, who said that shortly after twelve o'clock on Good Friday morning, he saw a man leaving th e h ouse of Mr. Crosbie with some ale in a jug. Mr. Br emner appeared for the defendant, and asked if the house was respectable and well conducted, and the answer was in the affirmative. Mr. Bremner said there was not a more respectable house in Liverpool than that kept by Mr. Crosbie. There never had been, nor could there justly be, a charge against him, for he did not transact business at illegal hours. In the present instance a respectable neighbour went to the house of defendant for some al e , w hi c h was supplied him for in conversation with him until the time the policeman saw him go out ; the ale was drawn at el e ven o ' c l oc k , and remained so until the time the person went away. This being proved by two respectable witnesses, the case was dismissed. i I d a y also er, f w or as a n c a h s a s r a g u e I d t a gir b l r , with s h A a u v n r g s assault s C a h u a l t r el .—Charles a I i young lck on the Bridewell keeper of the south end docks. The wife of the complainant came forward and said she had sup ported him for the last seven years, and during that time he had never done a day's work. Mr. Mansfield : What do you want ? Wif e : H e assaulted me a week ago. The little girl who complained of the prisoner, said he struck her on the head with a brush. The Bridewell keeper stated that when the prisoner was brought to the station, he kicked him in the knee which hurt him considerably. The prisoner was fined £l, or, in default of payment, one month's imprisonment with hard labour. Patrick Puffy, a very powerful young man, was brought up on a charge of having assaulted police officer 424, and also a person on board a ship in one of the docks. The policeman said he saw the prisoner on board the ship striking a man, and when he went to arrest him, the prisoner also struck him. One of the police, in answer to the usual questi on of " is the prisoner known here ? ' said he had been as o f ten in the court as he had hairs on his head. He was fined lOs and costs. SMUGGLING. —John Edwards was convicted of attempt ing to smuggle about 21bs of tobacco from a Prussian ship called the London, and was fined 18s, the value of the article. (BEFORE MR. T. D. ANDERSON.) SHOP LlF TlNG.—Catherine Carr, and Mary Gibson, two young Women, were charged with stealing a dozen pair of i children s stockings from the shop of Mr. Call wood, n Cleveland-sq uare . The case was clearly proved, and as the prisoners had been before convicted of a like offence, they were sent for trial. THE EDUCATION RESOLUTIONS.— In the House of Com mons this evening, on the motion that Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, to go into committee on Lord John Russell's resolution on education, Mr. Cobden will move " That, in the opini on o f this house, the erection and maintenance of schools for teaching the various forms of doctrinal religion, to be supported wholly or in part out of local rates, will not be deemed a just or satisfactory system of education by the people of this country." CENTRAL CRIMINAL Y COURT.-- - ESTERDAY. OLD COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr, Justice Crompton.) MURDER OF Two CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER. Mary Ann Harris, aged 25, unmarried, was indicted for the wilful murder of her two illegitimate children, Agnes Harris, aged four and a half years, and Emma Harris, aged two and a half years, by drowning them in the Grand Junction Canal, on Friday, the 15th of Feb ruary last. The prisoner, who seemed much affected, is a respectable and good-looking young woman, having a third illegitimate child in her arms. On being placed at the bar pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke appeared for the prose cution ; and Mr. Sleigh, instructed by the kindness of the Sheriffs, defended the , prisoner. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case, said that the prisoner was charged with one of the most serious crimes known to the law—that of wilful murder, committed upon the body of her own child ; and although she was only upon her trial upon one charge, it would be useless to endeavour to conceal the fact that two children were destroyed by the prisoner at the same time, and probably by the same act. He then proceded to give a narrative of the facts. The prisoner, it will be remembered, had three children, Agnes, Ellen, and a baby, all of whom were illegitimate, and it appeared that the father of the last child was living at Portsmouth, and at the time of the fatal occurrence he was anxious that the prisoner should join him with the baby. The prisouer and her three children had been in the Uxbridge workhouse, but on the Isth February she left, taking with her all the children, at the same time expressing her intention of proceeding to Portsmouth with them. She was seen by some of her relations, who reside in the neigh bourhood of Uxbridge, at different periods of the day, and towards the evening the prisoner announced her intention to proceed by the train from the West Drayton station on her way to Portsmouth. About half-past seven o'clock in the evening she was seen with the two elder children near a bridge over the Grand Junction Canal called Yewsley Bridge, and a very few minutes afterwards she was seen coining away from the canal without the children. In about half an hour after this time the bodies of the two unhappy children were seen in the canal by a labouring man, and on their being taken nut they were found to be quite dead. Suspicion, of course, immediately fell on the prisoner, and she s as taken into custody the same evening at a public-house in the neighbourhood ; and on her being told that the bodies of two children had been taken out of the canal, and that she answered the description of the person who was last seen with them, she made no reply. The constable then took the prisoner to the public house where the bodies of the children were lying, and when the prisoner saw them she went up to them and kissed them, and said they were her children, and that she had brought them out of the workhouse that morning. The prisoner was then taken to the police station, and while the woman employed for the purpose was searching her, she said to her, "Oh dear, oh dear ; do you know what you have been doing ? " to which the prisoner replied, " I know very well what I have been doing ;" and upon another person who was present observing that it was a wonder she had not drowned the baby as well as the other children, the prisoner exclaimed, " The baby has got a father, but the other children had not." She subsequently, after having been cautioned that all she said would be given in evidence against her, made a statement, which amounted to an entire confession, that she had thrown the children into the water, and that she had done so because she could not take them with her to Portsmouth ; and she also stated that she was sorry her baby was not in Heaven as well as the other children, and she added that she had gone through so much trouble that she had no desire to live. The above facts were distinctly proved by the various witnesses, and at the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Sleigh made a most earnest appeal to the sympathy of the jury on behalf of the unhappy prisoner, and he urged that they might ultimately come to the conclu sion that the act was committed under the influence of some sudden frenzy, or that the children might have fallen accidentally into the water. The learned Judge having summed up, The Jury, after a very short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Justice Cresswell passed sentence of death in the usual form, telling the miserable woman not to indulge in any hope that mercy would be extended to her. Upon hearing her sentence she shzieked out, " I am innocent ;" and was removed from the dock screaming, and in an almost fainting state. THE SABBATH QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—l should feel greatly obliged if your very learned correspondent, 8., on the " M`Neile Sunday Pamphlet," will enlighten me in reference to the Sunday question. 1 want to know what day in the week it was which St. John speaks of in his book of Revelations, where he says, "I was in the spirit on the Lord's day." As Johri was not banished to the Isle of Patmos for some thirty or forty years after the death of Christ, I am inclined to think this "Lord's day" of J o h n 's was well known, and honoured by his brother apostles and their disciples. As to the manner of keeping this " Lord's day," he says " he was in the spirit," which shews a very dfferett state of mind to what your correspondent "B'" recommends in the observance of our present Sabbaths—Yours respectfully, Liverpool, 9th April, 1856. ENQUIRER. ELECTRICITY, PHRENOLOGY, AND DRUNKENNESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—ln the Liverpool Courier of this day, in a police paragraph, headed, " Mrs. Harris and the Doctor," the doctor (it he be one) is made to say that, on the previous evening, he had been giving a lecture on electricity, phrenology, and the evils of drunkenness, at the Brunswick Hotel. Now, I beg leave to state that no such lecture has been given at my house, or at the Clayton Hall adjoining it.- ±7 I am, sir, yours, &c., W. E. WHITEMAN. Brunswick Hotel, Clayton-square, April 9th, 1856. BOROUGH SESSIONS Yesterday, the Recorder took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the trial of prisoners. The following were found guilty, and received the undermen tioned sentences :—Robert B. Ellis, one month ; Emily Causzar, acquitted ; William Johnson, five years' penal servitude ; Margaret Jones, four years' do. ; Margaret Newlands, five years' do. ; Mary Ford, two months ; James Brown, six years' penal servitude ; Thomas Burns, eighteen months, with hard labour ; Patrick McDermott, twelve months, with hard labour ; Mary Murphy, seven months ; James Whitfield, no bill ; discharged. CHELTENHAM, MONDAY.—The inquest on the body of Mr. Ridler, manager of the Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank, was resumed and concluded yesterday. The jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from natural causes. BOARD or TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 7.—The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Mexico, enclosing a copy of a decree of the Mexican government throwing open to foreign commerce the ports of Soatzacoalcos and La Ven toss, both in the territory of Tehuantepec. CHURCH PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Oldfeld Kelsall, Prescot, has been licensed by the Bishop of Chester to the perpetual curacy of St. John's Church, Dukinfield, on the nomination of the Rev. C. K. Prescot, rector of Stockport, patron, in right of his rectory, value £lBO The Rev. Charles Brown, M.A., has been instituted by the Bishop of Chester to the rectory of St. Mary-on-the- Hill, in the city of Chester, on the presentation of the Marquis of Westminster, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. 11. Massie, value of £322, and a house. RETURN OF THE CRIMEAN ARMY.—Orders have been sent to Southampton to remove the horse fittings on board H.M. steamer Himalaya, and to prepare her for conveying infantry. Also to cause the transports Calcutta, Jason, Golden Fleece, and Simla to be immediately prepared for sea, and to be laden with as much coal as possible. These will be the first ships that will be sent out to bring home the army from the East. The reason for loading . them with so much coal previous to their departure is the dearness of coal in the East, the price being there about £3 a ton. LOS OF LIFEONTHE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—On Mon day morning, as stated in our paper of yesterday, a serious accident occurred on the above railway. The mail train started at 5 56 from Carlisle for Glasgow, with seven carriages and the post-office van attached. Abput three miles from Carlisle the engine -boiler burst, and the driver and stoker were instantaneously killed. A lady and a gentleman were likewise injured, but not seriously. The engine kept the rails for about 100 yards, when it bounded off and separated from the tender, making four or five summersaults endways, and becom ing embedded in a field. The tender also became imbedded within the field fence of the line. All the carriages were thrown off the rails, one of them (a Perth carriage) containing three or four passengers, being turned upon its side. The lady before alluded to (from Mr. Peter Dixon's, of Holme Eden), who was a passen ger in the Perth carriage, was thrown underneath, and, if the end of the carriage had not broken, she must have been killed. As it was, one of her feet had to be dug out, but she is very little worse. The engine is a com paratively new one, having been only seven months on the line. Its roof was blown off, and the accident can not yet be wonted for. THE MILITARY COURT OF ENQUIRY. The commissioners assembled yesterday morning at eleven o'clock. The Earl of Lucan said he regretted t o h ave aga i n to call attention to an article in the Tunes, which appeared that morning. He felt bound, however, to bring it under the consideration of the board, and to submit it to them, how far it carried out the resolution which they had arrived at on the previous day. No reply was given, but The Deputy Judge Advocate said he was directed by the board to ask his lordship to what he attributed the great mortality amongst the horses during the time that the cavalry division was under his command ? The Earl of Lucan replied that the first!cause was that they were not properly fed, and while ; the cavalry was under his command the foraging was both irregular and insufficient, and the horses deteriorated in condition from the moment they landed at Scutari and Varna. At times the Supplies were so bad that he had to give the food of the baggage animals to his chargers, and to send the baggage animals about the country to forage as well as they could. Up to the time that the cavalry went to the Crimea, there was a great want of forage, and a great increase in the price of it. He gave com missary general Filder great credit for the manner in which he rationed the men, but he was very much dissatisfied with him on account of the supplies for the horses. When he (Lord Lucan) landed in the Crimea, he heard from Sir R. Airey that Lord Cardigan had gone on " patrol," with trio or three hundred horses, and he believed those animals were without water on that occasion for thirty hours, which did teem a great deal of irijury. H e repeatedly made representations to Commissary Filder, as to the defi ciency of supplies for the horses, but nothing having resulted from them, he wrote to Sir R. Airey on the 29th of September, stating that_ Mr. Filder referred him to him as the quarter-master-general ; but he sheaved no zeal or desire to attend to it. About that time a quantity of fodder was obtained at Balaklava, which would have lasted three weeks, but half of it was given to the French. After that they succeeded in getting fodder to the cavalry camp in small quantities. The artillery got 21bs. more fodder per horse than the cavalry, and he was led at the time to suppose that it was by order of Lord Raglan ; but he had since learned that Lord Raglan, at the time, was ignorant of the cir cumstances. Again, the forage was not ready when the cavalry went to Balaklava first, in consequence of which, some had to wait two or three hours, and others had to return without getting anything. The amount of hay supplied to the army in November, and during the whole time that they were on the hill, was 8 lbs, and this was obtained with tolerable regularity ; but 8 lbs was not en,ugh for horses so severely worked, and without covering. It was fair. however, that he should state, that in December, while the cavalry was at Kadikoi, Mr: Filder called upon him and said that it was the heavy cavalry that was to blame, for they had left fodder on the wharf. This brought his statement as to the cavalry up to the 24th of Novem ber, at which time he made application to have arrears made up. This, however, was not done, though it was acknowledged by the Quartermaster-General that the cavalry was entitled to arrears. On the 26th of November, he applied to be moved from the position that he then occupied, on account of the number of deaths, stating that the cavalry was then hors de combat. and that, if continued, there would be none of them left. In consequence of this, the posi tion was immediately changed—about four hundred were killed by commissariat duties. He could not agree with Lord Cardigan's statement made before the Sebastopol committee, that the cavalry was in excellent condition when they landed in the Crimea. Colonel Tullock then made a statement in reference to the defence of Lord Lucan. He read long extracts from the printed statements of Lord Lucan, and criticised his remarks in reference to the calculation of the mortality amongst the horses. In reply to Lord'Lucan's observation that the heavy cavalry was not in the Crimea on the Ist of October, he read returns showing that each regiment was at Balaklava on that date. With reference to the mortality amongst the horses, he found that the average strength"of the heavy brigade in November and December, 1854, and January, February, and March, 1855, was 727 horses ; and that there died during that period 501 horses, not including those that died in battle, giving 77 per cent, of the whole. In the light brigade the average strength was 457 horses, and there died during the time mentioned 394, show ing a mortality of 92 per cent. That was a more fearful mortality than had ever occurred, and it was not to be supposed that every thing that human ingenuity could devise was applied to lesson the number of deaths. With regard to hutting he quoted figures to prove the statement of the commissioners, that not above one-fifth of the number of men had been engaged in that work. He denied that there was any animadversion upon Lord Lucan, and said that the report only animadverted upon one person, and that person was now in the Crimea. The gallant Colonel proceeded to show that the statements of Lord Lucan, in reference to proecting the horses from the weather, were incorrect, and that a number of them might have been saved if a plan, similar to th a t suggeste d b y C ol. Griffiths, had been adopted. He also quoted returns to show that sails and tarpaulins might have been obtained from the ships at Kamiesch for covering the horses. Co'onel Tullock called Major Thompson, of the sth Dragoon Guards, who proved that he had protected his houses by digging away the earth, and throwing up embankments of a few feet high. The board adjourned at four o'clock, till Friday. HAMBURG, April 7.—A large majority of the assembled burghers have rejected the third reading, the project of the constitution. It is admitted by the Paris correspondent of the Times, that the indisposition shown by Austria to evacuate the Principalities has been removed. The Russian Flotilla ordered to prepare for sea, is destined to escort the Empress mother to Stettin. After the coronation her Majesty will proceed to Palermo. LORD SEATON.— We ( United Service Gazette) are concerned to state that, although greatly improved, the health of Lord Seaton is still giving uneasiness to his friends. The French Government has suspended the delivery of passports for Paraguay, in consequenc e of unfavour able aecounts of the tr ea t ment experienced there by emigrants. RETURN OF LORD CLARENDON.—We have reason to believe the Earl of Clarendon will not leave Paris until the week after next, by which time it is considered that peace will be ratified. Taa RUGELEY POISONING CASES.—We are enabled, on good authority, to state that Palmer will not be tried at the Common Session, but at a Special Session of the Central Criminal Court, at which the three Chief Justices will sit. THE NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE -MARKET.—The report of the markets improvement committee, referred to in the account of the proceedings of the last Court of Common Council, states that the works of the market are nearly approaching completion, but that a sum not exceeding .£20,006 will be finally required to finish them. ROYAL PATRINAGB.—We hear that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to take a box permanently at the Adelphi. The Queen's patronage is always the highest compliment that can be paid to a manager, as that of the public is his substantial reward. In the case of Mr. Webster we are not surprised to find the royal stamp given to that popular favour which a theatre under his manage ment has never failed to secure. IRON TRADE,—BIRMINGHAM, April s.—The anticipations in which we indulged last week have been to a certain extent fulfilled. The determination of the trade to abide by last quarter's quotations has led to a considerable influx of orders, more particularly for bars—and, according to all accounts, there is little probability that existing rates wilj be subjected to any alteration, if even to any discussion, at the approachiug qna-terly meeting. DUBLIN, April 9.—Yesterday evening, Mrs. Sarah Kelly, hitherto distinguished in our law courts as the successful suitor in the case of Kelly v. Thewles, in which a very large amount of property was litigated, was murdered whilst out walking on her grounds, in the county of Roscommon, in company with her nep hew. Two men with blackened faces approached, and desiring the nephew to stand aside they discharged pistols, and shot the unfortunate lady through the head. Her death was instantaneous. ATHLONE ELECTION.—It was not to be expected that the conservatives would be idle spectators of the contest between two or more candidates professing liberal prin ciples in Athlone, and accordingly one of their party is prepared to take the field at the election this week, the Hon. Henry Hancock, youngest son of Lord Castlemaine, having been selected for that purpose. Should Mr. Ennis succeed in inducing Mr. John Reynolds to withdraw his pretensions, no tory opposition would be offered, and this, probably will be the result; and should the battle be fought between Ennis and Reynolds alone, the' the for. mer, who would have the support of the conservative party and of a large section of the liberals, would be sure of success. • DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP.—.T. Kershaw. C. Ker shaw, and C. E. Kershaw, Dukinfield, Cheshire, cotton spinners, so far as regards J. Kershaw. J. Kershaw and C. Kershaw, IVlossley, Yorkshire, cotton spinners. H. Mackay and J. R o bi nson, Liverpool, shipwrights. G. Smith, sen., G. Smith, jun., and W. Smith, Manchester, silk manu facturers, so far as regards G. Smith, sen. W. Gaskill and J. Taylor, Manchester, cotton waste .dealers. J. Harold and J. D. C. Thomson, Liverpool, insurance agents. ,j„ Wilkinson, Y. Robinson, and J. Scott, Northowram, York shire, stone merchants. J. Taylor and J. Bedson, Man chester, auctioneers. H. Harrop and T. Law, Batley Carr, Yorkshire, plumbers. J. Adshead and J. Athhead, Staley bridge, Cheshire, cotton spinners. W. Buck and W. D. Whitehead, Salford, Lancashire, machine makers. T. Orme and J. Orme, Manchester, cabinet makers. J. B. Wright and J. 0. Macnish, Manchester, yarn agents. H. M'Connell and W. Clayton, Crossbrook, Derbyshire, and Manchester, mantafturers,