Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 17, 1869. are to be cashiered without any consideration. e suppose the Manchester mills will be thrown Ptil to them ; and yet these free-traders ostenta tiously pretend to be the friends of all the -Work itg classes of England ! Liverpool, as being so deeply interested in the 'cl _ ell being of Shipping, ought to use every exertion , w return, at the next election of a member of Par lia nl ent, a Conservative shipowner. Let every import do the same, and then we shall not have t ' ur shipping yards empty, and our artizans un 13114.°Yed. It is a question most vital and im 'Nitwit to the working classes,—quite as much i t is one which concerns the British shipowner hasl *lf• When we regard the probable effect of the one-sided legislation, to which it is a victim, 11 , a national, and not in a pecuniary point of We cannot look upon it without dismay, as 111 °st disastrous in its tendencies. Railways and "'earners have already greatly diminished that - .which trade that was confessed to be the nursery —.w hich was first cradled the sailors for "our Mer 14iStile Marine and our Navy. This is now destroyed; and surely this is not the time \l 'eaken our maritime supremacy; when we are daily told that the Arrayand Navy, the populace, , 11(1 el'en the clergy .of France, are most desiroul enter upon a war against us. ''ATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. b e l\ :e refer with much pleasure to the report that will fo und elsewhere of some very interesting proceedings st -e Sailors' Home, yesterday, on the occasion of pre teliting a gold medal. to the gallant seaman who so Its'°elY imper illed, his own life, at the wreck of the 0184 Cha r t er , for the purpose of endeavouring to get ii) , f t - 7 s ! on shore, in the hope of being able to save some the many lives that were then placed in jeopardy by e r apid breaking up of the vessel, and the vast majority g o l7ll °ln soon afterwards perished. The brave fellow who nobly earned this reward in that fearful emergency, not r 4 , l ; an Englishman, but a Maltese. No English ' however, could, under such circumstances, have 44, 1 -4 'lni.ore honour than he did ; and he will carry with v a i i ; ‘° his island home, should he return thither, this t o token of his bravery and humanity, to testify 4 1 ' countrymen how nobly he has acquitted himself 4 0 , 4 f oreign land, and how highly his conduct has been er e ciated there. Let us hope that it will have the effect ot 6 thiudating many of our own countrymen, as well as k iNi • he rs, Whenever they may have an opportunity, to use a c aus 1 ,7 41 ' exertions to those of this brave Maltese in the -cree of tohumanity. It will not be out of place, con nection wiih the proceeding to which we allude, e o ,t i .. I. ° a brief synopsis of a detailed statement that has (little into our hands, of the services of this institution g o in g the present year. It appears that at various th e i t . :t round our coasts, on fifty-six separate occasions, aeti l'e-boats and their crews have been more or less eIY called into operation, at a cost to the Institu -4°4) f b ee or these services, of £577 4s. ; and the result has 14 4 ti at one hundred and twenty lives have been `, s ect off ' twenty-three wrecks, besides assisting five ajo sels safely into port; and on twenty-three occa- Ils it happened, that when the life-boats put off, in ZIY to signals of distress, the vessel either got out of .. i tger, or their crews were re scue d . b y other means ; L'd, again, five times trews assembled to give assist- Ne e but were not required to put off to sea—and all 7 in ten m on th s . the -C. Practical proofs as these of the great value of ° lll's, "'eat Institution, in a maritime coun t ry lik e l 'iver N -41111 , ° t possibly be resisted. In a town like Stapl ol l whose maritime commerce . is the great tion, h °terest of its community, surely such an institu its 0, as the highest claims ; and the more we hear of f eel rerations in various paxts of the coast, the more we Ur ged to p ress its claims on public notice. T AE` LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. - PARIS, Nov. 16. alt i asserted that the measures taken suddenly 4u, in reference to the regency, have been 4 Pie tely disapproved of by .the Emperor. It t ki 4 ti ° Stated that the French Government has (1 01 , known its disapproval to the Sardinian t : r e nnient and in all the other parts of Italy. 14 1, quis Moustier, French ambassador 'at Ber hti "ss been appointed ambassador to the Im -41 Court at Vienna. The PARIS, Wednesday, 12.10 p.m. to 4 Plaids opened a shade lower. Rentes h.' . 3.20 p.m. 11 0144e -ge te is a total absence of business on the ti. l • Rentes have declined, and quoted 69 85, flow yesterday's quotations. SPAIN - - \ l4 , MADRID, Nov. 16. 1 %. 1 , 1 4 41 O'Donnell has returned to Cadiz after 11 l' l4, effected a survey of the coasts of Africa. 414 itary operations will immediately begin. ITALY. it • TURIN, Nov. 16. p, 14 ‘t . . 'e - kPected that the treaties of peace will be N en Sunday next. The full powers , titsa t e ' , lti laa. ‘ , to the Plenipotentiaries will then be ' the I". tik4 Bu bseription to the national loan having . ti tli kl eti the sum of 20,000,00 rentes, a .propor- N ' re duction will be made in allotting the 4 1: titit8 a Pplied for according to the time when ik tib lie ations were sent in. Those who sub the (lu ring the first five days of the opening s ' llb scriptions will have allotted them 47 I lle ee s ti , t ' Of the amount of their subscriptions. ler gs less. T4 t • BOLOGNA, Nov. 15. /Nci Idc'eurnent relative to the regency which 4 L 4 e 4t 4 L al been published, has produced an ex klllet.t44 and Modena..pressioin Bologna,• and likewise in Ilte,NoCkvernor of Bologna has decreed the sup. °f the tribunal of the Inquisition. n '‘.ItA NCO-CHINE 4. SE EXPEDITION. fLf eta tli t .' 14°"tquban is named General-in-chief t Pren h ex a; pe_tioi..ry force to China. The atone Is said to be most unpopular in the THE CONGRESS. The letters of invitation were, it is reported, sent out yesterday by the French Government to the powers who signed the treaty of Vienna. to • send plenipotentiaries to the approaching Congress. VOLUNTEER RIFLE MOVEMENT. An influential meeting was held yesterday after noon at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's, for the purpose of establishing a national asso ciation for the formation of volunteer rifle corps, and the promotion of rifle-shooting throughout Great Britain. Mr. S. Herbert, Minister-at-War, was to have presided, but was prevented by public business. He was, however, elected president of the asso ciation. A note was read stating the anxiety of the Government in reference to this movement. Twelve vice-presidents were nominated, including the Duke of Buccleugh, Earl of Derby, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Palmerston, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Lord Mayor. The main argument at the meeting was that such a movement as the present, heartily taken up, would render the position of the country independent of the friendship or forbearance of any foreign Power. Lord Spencer announced that the. Prince Con sort approved highly of the association, and Her Majesty and himself would offer prizes for coin petition. • The following appeared in a portion of our im pression of yesterday : FRANCE. [REUTER'B TTLEGRAM.] PARIS, -Wednesday: The Moniteur, of to-day, contains the :fol lowing :—" The - Senator Rowland, General Le lievre Sauley, the Archbishops of Bourges and Toulouse, and the Bishops of Nancy and Limoges took the oaths of allegiance to the Emperor, last Sunday, at Compeigne. PARIS, Nov. 16. • A Paris semi-official correspondence contains the following :—The message received from Turin stating that the Prince de Carignan did not con fine himself to the refusal of the regency, but was understood to offer a substitute in the person of M. Buoncompagni, has produced a very bad impression here. It was stated that the Govern ment of Sardinia had followed the wise counsels offered by the Government of France, as ex pressed in the letter of the Emperor to the Xing. It is questioned by what right Sardinia under takes to prejudge the decisions of the Congress in naming a regent for Central Italy, and thus by its nomination assuming that the duchies were already annexed to Sardinia. This proceeding is contrary to all custom, and not in accordance with the rights of the people. ITALY. ROME, Nov. 12. His Holiness the Pope has consented to send a representative to the Congress. According to advices from the Romagna, the Provisional Government of Bologna is abundantly supplied with money. MARSEILLES, Nov. 15. _ _ Advices have been received from Naples to the 12th. It is positively stated that it is the wish of the King of Naples to be represented at the approaching Congress. Orders have been given to the Neapolitan embassies to deliver passports to all Neapolitan exiles who may demand per mission to return to their country. FLORENCE, Nov. 12. General Garibaldi, with several battalions, has marched towards the frontiers, in consequence of a rumour that disturbances had taken place at Ancona. This rumour, however, turned out to be without foundation. It is asserted that the volunteers under the command of General Mez zacappa have demanded permission to march the Papal troops, and it is difficult to restrain their ardour. SARDINIA. " TURIN, Nov. 16. It is said that the Sardinian. Chambers will be summoned to assemble before the Congress meets. The question, of the annexation of Central Italy to ?Sardinia will be fully discussed, and numerous addresses from the people of the. Duchies will be presented in, order to give additional weight to their cause. FRANCE AND ENGLAND: An effort is made by several journals this morning to rally public opinion. The Daily Hews says that Undoubtedly it is the duty of the - press to criticise the acts of, foreign governments, but not to assume the ex istence of secret motives at variance with words and deeds, and then to circulate suspicion founded on the assumption. Again, to rake together hearsay evidence, and make it the basis of a public indictment against the French people and Govern ment, is neither discreet nor dignified. If England is insulted, she can defend her own ; but she is at once too strong and too proud to foster mean jealousies, and indulge unfounded suspicion. She will not hastily assume that, avowed friends are real enemies ; but if it be so when the mask is thrown off, she will be found ready. The Morning Star says that a plot is on foot which contemplates a crime of no smaller magni tude than the plunging of England. and France into war. _ The Post denounces the article in yesterday's Times as a wicked and wanton alarm : it is ' specially designed to put the blood of the nation up. • There is not a shadow of probability offered us in the shape of argument. All is supposition or assumption. We are told that a great project is certainly brewing, and must result in a hostile descent of the French army on our shores, and that at any moment. The whole article is a wicked and wanton alarm. .• The Post adds, we may some day find ourselves at war with France, but not in consequence of a sudden and unexpected invasion. Another journal remarks, that in consequence ' of the alarmist article, the bears commenced sell ing consols in the hope of realising ,a good profit out of the fears of the holders of stock. The result disappointed them, as consols actually ad vanced. DISCIPLINE OF THE ARMY. The 'Commander-in-Chief has issued a general order of punishment in the army. All men on entering the service will be placed in the first class, and will not, except for aggravated muti nous conduct, be liable to corporeal punishment. They will continue in the first class unless they should incur degradation into the second class by the commission of certain crimes hereafter specified. Offences and crimes are classed under TO heads : men guilty of offences under the ....scond head, being crimes of a' very serious de scription, will, if m the second 'le liable to corporeal punishment. UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. The election of Lord Rector of the University , of Glasgow took place yesterday. The total numbers were—Elgin, 03; Disraeli, 411. THE SHIPPING INTEREST. The steamship European has been sold to some French agents, now in London for the purchase of large steamers. The Times says that, as regards the China trade, vessels known for good passages are leaving London, in ballast, for Liverpool, where they procure better freight, the railway carriage on goods being too heavy an item from the Manufac turing districts to the former port. w fbii the ich these principle to be at s full in' ,o anxiety, ke a cell th9t chat it is he mom" tripod ? i n dele 11 of 115 hen witil lent Ur i° , knout °I m m . o uLn.":" re in :tl / 6 , the field , with even _ UpOn til : . E aur t w a 7ith SO!: Lent °lea' dmi 99011 0101 they :50 111.$ 1, ,`et' the ° Llly youtru— the Star .admittm ty Ar ticle , ate of the arn al al of tb.ai e an d 0111 NORTHERN LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. C .. SAILING OF THE BOHEMlAN.—Yesterday the splendid `screw steamship "Bohemian" sailed for Portland, with the United States and Canadian mails and 130 pas sengers. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Tuesday afternoon, a labourer named Joseph Atkinson, in the employ of Mr. M'Cormick, was accidentally killed by falling from a gantry at the Flaybrick-hill stone quarry. Mr. Churton, the coroner for the district, will hold an inquest over the body to-day. ACCIDENTS.-At the new building in Chapel-street, a labourer named George Adams had his skull severely fractured by a brick falling, on him. He was taken to the Yorthern Hospital.—A carter named James Prescott sustained a fracture of the leg while engaged at the Prince's Pier. He was also taken to the Northern Hospital. CDUkTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(BeforeW. A. HULTON, Esq., Judge.)—JUDGMENT SUILMONSBS.—The following persons were ordered to be committed for non-compliance with the orders of the court : Allen Sharpley, 71, Anthony-street, Everton, 10 days, to issue in one month; Thomas Bentley, 165, Vauxhall-road, 14 days, to issue in one, month - John Wright, 64, Soho-street, 15 days ; John Houghton, 10, Sandown-terrace, Sandown-lane, 15 days; Robert Roberts, Water Works-office, Hotham street, 15 days, to issue in six weeks. SOUTHERN HOSPITAL. —Weekly Report, Nov. 16, 1859.—Admitted—Accidents " and urgent cases, 40 ; medical and surgical cases upon recommendation, 11; total, 51. Discharged—Cured, 15 ; relieved, 2 ; irre gular, 1; died, , 0 ^-, total, 18. Attending as out patients, 25 ; remaining in the hospital, 61. Trea t surer—James 'Houghton, Esq.. Visitors—Rev. J. Rob herds and A. P. Fletcher, Esq. Honorary chaplain— Rev. W. , Leveson. Physician 'and surgeon for the ensuing week—Dr. Cameron and Mr. Nottingham. House surgeons—Mr. C. Pemberton and Mr. Downs. LAUNCH AT HOYLAUE.—During the late storm a number of vessels were driven ashore on the beach at Hoylake ; but, we are happy to say, without loss of life. Amongst the number was a large vessel' belonging to Messrs. Rapes and Lupton, or this town, which drifted ,up to the sand hills on Hoylake beach; 'but being a strong and newly-built vessel, luckily sustained very trifling damage. In order to restore her to her proper element, a launch was laid down 200 feet long, by Mr. Morton, of Birkenhead; and on Saturday last she again gallantly regained . her position amid the waves of the sea, without the slightest accident, and to the great I gratification of a large assembly of the public and others I interested in her . welfare. ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY. 2 —The fortnightly maeting of the Liverpool Architectural arid Archmological Society was held last evening, in the Royal Institution, Colquitt street ; the president, H. P. Homer, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Picton referred to a recent' visit which he paid to Lichfield Cathedral, censuring the process of white washing ancient stone-work, and alluding to the placing of the pulpit within the nave. It was stated that some of the stone-work in Durham Cathedral had been covered by cement,but that the cement was now in process of removal. i Mr.' Thomas Cook was elected an associate member of the society. It was announced that the society's prize for the best set of sketches of real objects had been awarded to the author of that signed " Palmam qui meruit ferat." The paper for the evening was by Mr. Frank Howard, on "Education in Art," .a subject which he treated with great ability. A discussion fol lowed, and the proceedings terminated' with a vote of thanks to the author of the paper. THE •REWARD OF BRAVERY.—A presentation of a most interesting nature took place yesterday morning, at the Government Emigration Office,, Waterloo-road. The gentleman who was thus hOnbured was a clerk at the Birkenhead Government depot, named Griffiths, and the noble' act for which the presentation was accorded, was performed under the following circumstances : On the 24th September last, at Birkenhead, during the embarkation of the soldiers and their wives on board the Accrington, for Calcutta;the planking of the stage gave way, precipitating one of the women into the water of the Great Float. Griffiths, seeing the accident, immediately seized a lantern and, lowering himself to the water, swam to the drowning woman, and eventually succeeded in getting her on board. The soldiers' wives, with a just appreciation of the noble conduct of Mr. 'Griffiths, raised a subscription, and presented him with a hand.iome' Set of gold studs. The case was represented to the London Humane Society, and they ordered the Liverpool branch to present the aforesaid Griffiths with a handsome silver medal, which was presented yesterday morning by Lieutenant Prior, R.N., the Government Officer of Emigration at this port. 'LANCASHIRE VOLUNTEERS. —A large assemblage of members of the Rifle and Artillery Brigade took place on Tuesday evening last, in Seel-street Police-station, • where they were 'again met by Captain Bousfield and several other gentlemen of No. 1 Company, who kindly assisted in drilling squads. Considering that this was only the second parade, the progress already made in drill is really surprising. The volunteer movement is now in full vigour, and it is the duty of every good and loyal citizen to render his utmost .assistanee towards raising a very numerous force in this town. Nos. 1 and 5 Companies - have received a considerable accession to their numbers 'since the ranks' &aye' 'been thrown open, and we hope very shortly to be able to announce that they have each completed a battalion. A very 'interesting ceremony will take place on 'Tuesday evening next, when the Artillery Brigade, ' f orme d un d er t h e !.auspices of Mr. Walter, will march to St. George's hall, there to be sworn in by the Worshipful the Mayor, and in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of the, County. It is expected that the companies already enrolled will accompany them. , SEWING 31's cuisrEs.--The manufacture of these machines, now consi4ered indispensable in all large clothing and boot-making establishments, has been. recently introduced into Liverpool by Messrs. Greaves and Co., of 4,, Clayton-square. The history of the sewing machine is a curious one, and illustrates the . rapidity with which 'improvements' in new ideas are carried out in these utilitarian days of ours, when the: spirit of competition and the rapidly increasing wants of society have given an impetus to invention never before dreamed of. It is no part of our present purpose to_ trace the invention through successive stages, of im-, provement to its present high state of perfection ;' all' we desire to do is simply to say, we were permitted' to inspect the finished 'machines in Messrs. Greaves and Co.'s establishment, and were highly delighted with • the elaborate finish of the articles, as well as interested by a display of great mechanical ingenuity.. One ,of the machines was set to work, and the specimens of its performance, both on cloth and leather, surpass 'in strength and regularity anything that can be'accom plished by the most expert seamstress, while the speed outstrips the most nimble fingers as much as the locomotive outstrips the stage coach. Every revolution of the driving wheel gives six stitches, making about 1,000 per minute, which, at the same time, can be regulated to any size. To go into the minutiae of the construction of this machine would not be interesting,' and not perhaps very intelligible to non-mechanical readers ; we will therefore content ourselves by saying that the simplicity arid regularity of the various motions entitle it to rank among the first and most useful inven tions of the age. 'Not only is it adapted for large manu facturing establishments,, but it gives promise of working a complete revolution in the domestic circle ; indeed, in, America it ' has already almost entirely absorbed the, • usnal employment of the female portion of the family. YOUNG' MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—We are gratified in being enabled to inform our readers that our worthy representative,. Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., ever forward in good works • hearing that the Young Men's Christian Association had, incurred a debt by their removal, forwarded to the, secretary the sum of £lO as a commencement' of a ftind for the extinetion'of the debt: Algernon Egerton, Esq., one of our county members, has 'also forwarded his 'mite, with two or three others. We trust that, when , the appeal' which the committee are about to issue becomes known, the _interests of such an excellent institution will not suffer, and' that our leading men will, wth their usual promptitude and ' ' genertsity, readily respond to the call of the committee. We consider that the removal to the present premises was a step in the right direction,' for by it they have exchanged cold, cheerless rooms for a house very much more suitable and comfortable, better providing for the social wants ' of young men. During the few months that the society has been in its new position the expected results have been more than realised. The increased numbers that have joined have been greater than was expected ; more classes have been formed—more atten dance and attention bestowed on the various meet ings. 5' The internal aspect has most decidedly improved. We cannot but congratulate the members and 'the sup porters upon the future prospects and hopes of the asso-, ciation. It is to be hoped that, ere long, the committee I will be enabled to carryout the proposed plans, and, while annouucing"them complete, be enabled to declare I that they are free from debt. r t I 31. Eb BANKUIPTCY COURT.—Yesterday,, D. Eme Gauwin, late ship broker in Liverpool, "came up before Com missioner Perry, and having passed his last examina tion, the certificate meeting was fixed for the 9th of December next. SWINDLING BY WHOLESALE, AT BIRKENHEAD.— Yesterday, at the Birkenhead Police-eourt, before J. S. Jackson, Esq., Barbara Helena Hewston, a provision dealer in Watson-street, was brought up by Detective officer Hodson charged with several serious frauds upon tradesmen in Birkenhead. There were no fewer than five charges against the prisoner, the first being that on the 30th of August last she had obtained from Messrs. Brierley and Drape, drapers, Hamilton-street, goods to the amount of 14s. 30., upon the false pretence that they were for Miss Simmons, a provision dealer in Birkenhead market. The second charge against the prisoner was, that on the 24th of October last, she had obtained goods worth 16s. ld. from Mrs. E. Bradbury, draper, Market-street„ under false pretences. She was also charged with having, on the 15th of November, under the pretence that she was sent by Miss Keizee, of Argyle-street, obtained goods worth £2 11s. Bd., from Mr. Milnes, draper, Hamilton-street. The fourth, charge was that in the month of June last the prisoner had obtained from Mr. BraF,g, draper, Argyle-street, goods of the value of £2 ss. in the name of Mrs. Morris, a publican ; and the fifth charge, which was of a serious nature, was, that she had been found in possession of a parcel of stockings which were proved to have been stolen last week from the shop of Mr. Robert Gray, Glasgow House, Chester-street. The prisoner was remanded until Friday next. THE VOCAL UNION.—This society gave a concert last night, in St. George's Hall, the first part of which con sisted of Rossini's " Stabat Mater," the solo parts sus tained by Madame Rudersdorff, Mr. Perren, and Mr. Thomas ; Mrs. Roberts taking the alto in the concerted pieces, in place of Miss Palmer, who was unable to attend through illness. The chorus, as was to be expected, sung admirably throughout, and got through the difficult modulations of " Eia Mater" with most commendable accuracy. Madame Rudersdorff sung " Inflammatus et accensus" exceedingly well, and Mr. Thomas left nothing to be desired in " Pro peccatis." Mr. Perren's singing of "Cujus animam" was also very good, and would, probably, have sounded much better had he not been very much overpowered by the organ, which in all the solos was too loud; with this exception, Mr. Best did every thing that could be done to make the organ supply the place of an orchestra, though we would rather have heard " Quando corpus" without any accompaniment, according to the composer's intention. The second part consisted of a miscellaneous selection, the most prominent points in which were Molique's fantasia on Styrian airs, and the " Miserere" from II Trovatore, in which Mr. Perren's voice told admirably. The concert was not nearly so well attended as it de served to have been, the room not being more.than two thirds full. H. CONCERT HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.—On Tues day evening last, a concert (creating more than ordinary interest,) took place in the above room, to a crowded audience. Miss Alice Dodd, who is rapidly attaining a high position as au accomplished vocalist, was one of the artistes, and sung a new ballad, "We met not as we met of old," composed expressly for her by Mr. E. L. Hime, with a Simplicity and genuine feeling so as to call forth a most enthusiastic demand for its repetition. This compo sition promises to become very popular; she also sang the scena, "Ah! Forse e Lui" (from "Traviata") in a truly artistic manner ; it requires great extent in the upper register and brilliancy of execution to make it at all effective, and when we add the singing of which drew forth a burst of rapturous applause ad an encore, it may be supposed the rendering of 'it was perfect. Miss Rowe, a pupil of Garcia's, sung "The Dream of Hope" and " Round the Corner" in a very pleasing manner. Mr. Henry Croft, our new tenor, met with well-deserved applause in the singing of "Phoebe Dearest," "My Bonny Jean," and "Maiden, I will ne'er Deceive Thee ; ' he was encored in all, but is one occasion sub stituted "Good Bye, Sweetheart," and was not so suc cessful, the voice becoming flat. Signor Perugini, a new baritone, made his first appearance before .a Liver pool audience. He possesses a pleasing voice, though wanting in power, and sings with good taste. He met with an encore in the " Rover's Song," and also gave the "Largo al Factotum" in a highly creditable man ner. Mr. Lewis conducted in his usual happy style.— Communicated. MEETINGS OF MR. CARNE'S FRIENDS LAST NIGHT. Mr. Carne's friends held two meetings last night, in Scotland-road. The first was held at Mr. Gill's, the Washington Hotel, Regent's-road. The chair was oc cupied by Mr. Burroughs; and amongst those present were Messrs. Henry, Lafone, Hugh Fazakerley, Maddox, Seplitou, Ellam, Rayson, Birkett, Belshaw, Brice, 'Branch, Molyneux, Raivsthorn, Blundell, Jones, Wells, Jonathan Duckworth, Clegg, Lavender, Ashley, and Captain Griffiths. • , The CHAntm&N, (Mr. Burroughs), said I will ask I your attention only.for a very• few minutes. I am sorry that I have been unable to attend these meetings before. I have been confined to my own house, and really was wholly unable • to be among you. I have now much pleasure in introducing to you our intended candidate, Mr. Came ; and I hope and trust on Friday you will - return him, not by a bare majority of two or three, but by such a majority as will show that we well know whom we ought to choose to represent us in the Council Chamber ; and if you do so, I am sure that this ward will then be better, more truly and more fittingly repre sented, by our three representatives, than any other ward in town. Mr. CARNE, who was most enthusiastically received, said :—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I beg in the first place to congratulate the chairman on his being able to appear at this meeting. Gentlemen, I come forward as a candidate to try to fill the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Woodruff's translation or • promotion to the aldermanic chair. I should not, of course, have done so, had I not been solicited by those in whom you have con fidence, knowing that I have had a good deal of eirperi ence in Liverpool for a considerable number of years, •and as such, perhaps, better qualified than. the gentleman on the other side. I shall I.wnoclaim your attention to my . views on some of the topics in which I know you arc interested ; but having already, on several occasions, expressed my views pretty fully, I must say that I feel some difficulty in avoiding. .repetition. , Mr. Carrie then-referred to the fact of his long, residence .and business connection with the ward ; that he pays nearly £6OO a-year as rates to the borough of Livcrpool—(cheers)—a small sum, no doubt, com pared with other larger concerns—but still a very large 'sum, and at all events quite sufficient to give him a very decided inducement to do everything in his power by economy to effect a reduction of the rates. (Cheers.) And this was one of the grounds upon which they might ' be induced to vote for him as their representative in the Council; for, as Alderman Dover had remarked last night, the ••pocket feeling was a great fact. (Cheers and laughter.) He could not ,pledge himself to deal with any particular rate, but he would do all in his power to -reduce them consistently with the proper interests of the town. (Cheers.) There were many subjects on which. they mighfexpect to hear his opinion, but none more ' important than that'of the rating of the docks. (Hear, hoar.) In his opinion all buildings ought to contribute their fair proportion of the' poor-rate ; and he avowed himself as an advocate for the dock rating. (Cheers.) Here Mr. Carrie repeated at some length the same views for nierly expressed by him on this subject. Another matter which had been referred to in connection with - these meetings, was that of the proposed scheme of boule vards. He had seen the, boulevards in continental cities, and among others, none were so worthy of notice as the boulevards of Paris, where they present the appear ance of streets as• broad as the London-road at the monument, and were planted on both sides with trees, surrounded' with, houses, cafés, &c. But there ;was ono peculiarity connected with Paris, touching this matter, perhaps too generally overlooked, namely, that in Paris they b urn no coal, a ll that i s use d f or f ue d being wood, • and thus there was none of the smoke we have, and _ which is so injurious to the health of trees that with us it would • be altogether impossible to maintain the trees of these boulevards in proper condition if they were sur rounded by dwellings, and without which the scheme would be a failure. But, again, that we had . not an idle ' pleasure-seeking population here such as abounded in Paris. (Hear.) Here we were absorbed in active com mercial pursuit s - ; and even our ladies of fashion, when they went out walking or driving, it was for no purpose of idle displ ay ; an d there f ore h e thought in regard to the scheine of boulevards, that it might be said of it that as it would cost an enormous sum of m6ney—that the amount could be much better spent at present. • (Cheers.) There were very many improvements needed in this town, and perhaps none more than that of the approaches to the docks, which ought to be made so' that people might cross over to the other side without any fear of being run down. (Cheers.) ' But if things be bad in. Liverpool in. that respect they were even worse in many other places, and he instanced New . York as a much dirtier city in all respects, notwithstanding their fine avenues and magnificent building's. He could not but again allude to the subject of the Corporation Schools, and he recapitulated his views to the effect that it was the bounden duty, legally and morally, of the Town Council to suyport these schools ; and he deprecated the idea of selling them seeing that the town had been relieved of a very great burden by the com mutation of the tithes—and not only the tithes but also the Easter offerings, which, he believed were very considerable, and had recently been enforced, or attempted to be enforced, in a neighbouring 'parish on the other side of the water. He had been told by a gentleman that evening that he need not expect to be elected as there were a great num ber of the voters Roman Catholics, who, on that ground, might naturally be expected to vote for his opponent ; ' and his answer to that gentleman was that he could not, perhaps, expect the Roman Catholic voters to give him their support and vote. (Cries of " Oh ! yes, they will.") But, at the same time, although he avowed hirnielf a strong and decided Protestant, he must be allowed to state that he had all his life been accustomed to mingle with Roman Catholics. He had had many private friends of that persuasion. and he. had long been connected with Roman Catholics in business, and, more than that, he had 'frequented their places_ of wor ship. and while conscientously differing from them, he had respected their opinions, and never once had any dispute or misunderstanding with them .in consequence of such differences, (Cheers.) In short he had not personally any feeling against any one of that • com munity. He was one of those who thought that every man - had as good a right as another to judge of the _ way • in which. he ought to address the Almighty. (Hear.) This, he thought, was consis tent with the principles of the Church of England. He condeninedno man for his views 'on that subject. He was recently very much struck by a well written article in one of the Roman Catholic papers in Ireland, calling upon Government to suppress those mischievous publi cations issued on the pretended expectation of our being invaded, and that such invasion was to be attempted -first on the shores of 'lreland, and urging their fellow Roman Catholics to hail those who might land on' their shores, Whoever they mightbe, if they were only of their own religious persuasion; and that article called upon the Government to suppress these papers, as being danger ously calculated to excite the prejudices of the Irish nation. Now, he did not believe there was any necessity for 'suppressing such publications. (Cheers.) He believed that an enemy who might land in Ireland would find that party of religionists as eager as any other to repel the invasion (cheers) ; and he thought that perhaps nothing would do more to put down the unfortunate 'prejudices which presently exist against Roman Catholics than the occurrence of an, opportunity of uniting all our Irish brethren with our selves in one grand effort to resist the common foe. (great cheering.) He; said this to show that, although he must own himself a strong Protestant, he had no bad feeling against his Roman Catholic brethren. (Hear, hear.) He' did not know that he need' detain them any longer. Should they entrust him with anything to bring before the Council, he hoped he would be able to do so in a manner likely to secure all due attention from those whom he might address; and if they thought that he had had more experience than his opponent, through his residence so many years amongst them, his habits of business, and his direct and large interest in the ward, he hoped they would show their confidence in him by being early, at the poll on Friday. (Great cheering.) But whatever might be the result, he begged to assure them he would ever cherish the most grateful recollection of the kind manner in which he had, on all occasions, been received by the electors of that ward. He would only add, in conclusion, that if he had not yet expressed his views on any sub ject which it was desirable for him to touch on, he would be happy to answer whatever question any gentle man present might put to him. ..Mr. Came then sat down amid great cheering. Mr. WATSON moved the first resolution, and, in doing so, said they had heard Mr. Came and had seen him too ; they would have perceived, therefore, that genuine intel ligence, and kindness, and benevolence beamed in his every feature. He appeared before the electors under no false colours, but as an honest man—a man disposed in every way to do his duty, should he be elected. (Cheers.) He hoped and trusted that this contest, which no doubt would be a very severe one, would be carried on with that good temper and that spirit which became every Englishman and every British subject. Differences would arise, and must arise, politically, reli giously, and socially, but everyman had a right to enjoy his own opinion, and to act upon it with kindness and forbearance towards his opponent. (Applause.) From his experience of the business habits of Mr. Carne, he thought the electors could not do better than elect so useful a man to serve them , in the' Council. 'M'r. Came had kept nothing back, and had acted -throughout in a most gentlemanly spirit. They had no bitterness towards their opponent, and it should be observed, that they had allowed one or two most res pectable and intelligent gentlemen who were opposed to them in politics, to enter the Council unopposed. (Hear, hear.) lie hoped, therefore, that in justice, Mr. Came would be returned, for the Sentiments -of his supporters were liberal—truly liberal. They wished to improve every institution whether local or national; but they desired to do so discreetly. He had therefore very great pleasure in moving the following, resolution : " In consequence of the vacancy occasioned by the Election of Mr. Woodruff to an aide. manic chair, it is considered that Charles Frederick Came,' Esq,, is a fit and proper person to represent, this Ward in the Council Chamber, and that this meeting pledges itself to use all lawful ,means to secure the return of Mr. Came, on'Friday next, to the Town Council." Mn. MADDOX seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. MR. HENRY LAFONE, who was received with -loud cheers, said he had much pleasure in seeing so large and influential a meeting, as that held that evening, called together, as it was for so good a cause. • It was an interest to him that the electors of the ward meant to do their duty on Friday; and, in doing so, they would do that which every man in Scotland Ward should be proud of doing in returning Mr. Came to the Town Council as their representative. He (Mr. Lafone) considered this a per sonal matter, for Mr. Came was a friend and a neigh bour. He was known to all the electors and lived amongst them. Further, he could sympathise with them, because he held a large amount of property in the ward. Mr. Came was opposed by a gentleman who was totally unknown, he might say, to most of them. He (Mr. Lafone) would say, to himself, entirely unknown until within the last fortnight, when.* was so thoroughly ousted in another ward where lie was a eandidate, and he hoped the gentleman would be as thoroughly un successful in Scotland Ward—(cheers)—but as to his personal character, he had not one word to say ; and if. there was anything to . be said, he would not say it— (applause)—for he should be sorry, to hear a single word said . against the personal character of any man who might take Up a public cause. (Cheers.) Now, he did not lcnow why remarks had been made about Roman Catholics, for he did not believe that they were to be led by any man any more than he was. himself; and he would venture to say, he believed, that on Friday night, it would be found Catholics would vote for Mr. Came. (Hear.) He did not believe that statement of the gentle man who had said that Mr. Came would not receive any votes from Roman Catholic electors, because there were always ultra-men who said what they liked, but in doing so they did not pledge their party. (Hear, hear.) lie . (Mr. Lafone) protested that there were as respectable men amongst Roman Catholics as amongst any denomination, and he believed that MT. Clarke Aspinall had no reason whatever to expect votes from Catholic , electora in his favour. (Hear, hear.) . Mr, Aspinall was & Protestant, the same as Mr. Came. Mr. Aspinall was the churchwarden of lielbington, in Cheshire. Heewas - not a Roman Catholig, and,' there fore, they must not always • have it cried in the streets that Roman Catholics invariably went together in one way , whether for or against an opponent religion. He believed ,the Roman Catholics were an intern --ent body of men, and that they were perfectly able to judee for themselves. (Cheers) In returning Mr. Carrie, the electors would return a gentleman who had devoted his whole life to business—one who knew the vastness of the trade of Liverpool, and could ap preciate its requirements. He knew very well the amount ,of business that was necessary to be transacted in the Council Chamber of Liverpool, and would represent the constituency in a manner that would 'do honour to them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lafone then went - on to express an opinion that the Council had not devoted that attention to the requirements of the Northern Wards which their importance demanded, and , Said that Mr. Came would leek' to this. Self interest alon e I as a large ratepayer would prompt hini to do so, for where Mr. Clarke Aspinall paid one penny in rates, Mr. Came paid twenty shillings. (Hear, hear.) He con tended that lawyers should not enter the Council, be cause their interests were antagonistic to those of the Council. He did not like to say anything against Mr. Clarke Aspinall, as a private individual, but it appeared that that gentleman had a claim upon the suffrageS of the burgesses ; and that claim was based upon the fact that he had six small children. (Roars of laughter.) Now, really, if Mr. Clarke Aspinall should be elected to represent the ward, he (Mr. Lafone) did hope that he did not mean to drag these six small children into the Council chamber. (Renewed laughter.) They might depend upon it that if Mr. Clarke Aspinall, as an anxious and devoted father which he appeared to be, and no doubt was, attended to the future prospects of these six youngsters, he would have quite sufficient matter on hand to occupy his time, without troubling the electors of Scotland Ward. (Rear s o f laughter) Mr. Lafone concluded by calling upon the electors to be early at the poll on Friday morning, and record their votes in favour of Mr. Came. kr. LAVENDER and Mr. ASHLEY having briefly addressed the meeting, A vote of thanks was accorded to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. THE SECOND MEETING OF MR. CARNE'S FRIENDS, Another meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. Came was held at the Masonic Arms, Blackstone-street, at nine o'clock. James Burroughs, Esq., presided, who, in bringing the business before them, said that, having so recently presided at a meeting, and introduced to them their candidate, he would not occupy the time of this meeting by any prefatory remarks, but would at once introduce Mr. Came. Mr. CARNE, who was received with tremendous cheer ing, said he must thank them for the very kind manner in which they received him, whatever may be the result of the present election. He scarcely thought he was deserving of this enthusiastic reception. Having so recently addressed a meeting he felt considerable diffi culty in saying anything additional to what he had already said. He felt lie had superior claims and qualifications to his opponent ; if he did • not he would not have presented himself as a candi date,; to represent them in the Council. He had already told them he was a large ratepayer in the town, and he was in favour of rating the, docks ; but, he was sure, they would excuse him if he did not pledge himself to details. -In regard to the water-rate and the cottage-owners he was prepared to go quite as far as the interests of the Corporation would permit ; and if he was returned, he would do all in his power to do justice to all parties. Mr. Came then entered into some explanations regard ing the stoppage of the clocks, and concluded by saying that as his business was wholly routine he would, if elected, be able to give a good deal of his time to muni cipal matters. This was the second time he had bees induced to come forward as a candidate, and hoped he would not be beaten a second time. The CHAIRMAN then called upon Mr. DAVIS, who mort , d that Mr. Carne is a fit and proper person to represent Scotland Ward in the Town Council, and that this meeting uSe all legitimate means to secure his return. Mr. RAWSTRORNE seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. LAFONE was loudly called for, who, on rising, said, that as he had already addressed the first meeting, his remarks must necessarily be short. All he would say was, that, though not belonging to Scotland Ward, he belonged, if he might use the expression, to the sister ward. He felt, however, a personal interest in this election, for they had been too long rode rough-shod over by a small clique, and had suffered too long the dictation of Mr. Robertson Gladstone and Mr. Jeffery. Mr. Aspinall was, perhaps, a very good man, but he does not belong to the ward, and when you want him Where are you to find him; he will find enough to do in attending to his business. He advised them to be early at the poll, and secure in the beginning of the day the influence of a majority. The business concluded by a vote of thanks to the chairman. COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Frederick William of Prussia (Princess Royal), the Princess Alice, and Princess Mary of, Cambridge, walked in the Home Park yesterday morning, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort went out shooting, accompanied by Prince Frederick William-of, Prussia, the Prince of Leiningen, the Marquis of Ailesbury, and Earl Spencer. His Highnses the Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty, attended by Baron de Mayenfisch Rap- _ penstein. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone returnod to London •on. Tuesday from the Deanery, at Windsor. , • PLUNDERING SHIPWRECKED SAILORS.—We are sorry to say that plunderinn has been carried on to a considerable extent since the late storm. Crowds of people flocked daily to Sully and Lavernock for this vain purpose. At Sully, the Mary, of Carmarthen, with a valuable cargo, became a total wreck. Iron mongery and grocery of every description were strewn on the beach, and had it not been for the interference of the coast-guard and police, not a single article would have remained. Even on Sunday crowds of people went to the place for the same purpose.—Carmarthen Journal. ,porting .3ntriligruce. SHREWSBURY RACES:-=WEDNESDAY. The STEWARD'S CUP of 30 sous, added to a Handicap of 5 sous each. One mile. 7 12 Harry Stanley 6 10 Remunerator 7 6 Conductor' ' Eleven• ran. NEWPORT GOLD CUP, value 100 soya. About a mile and a half. 6 7 Romeo - 1 7 8 Broadlands 2 6 10 Mutineer 3 Five ran. The ACTON BURNEL NURSERY STAKES. Golden 1 N or t on 2 Five ran. • . FOREGATE STAKES. Orcus Contract 1 • 2 In the Steeple Chase to-day at Shrewsbury, I think Gleika will just be able to turn the tables on Maria Agnes, and avenge the Aintree defeat. Donzetti ran so game at Liverpool as to entitle him to every confidence for the Column. For the Monktnoor HandWap, GiCell9on is likely to be first home ; and, •for the Copeland Nursery, I cannot see anything so`much to my fancy as Ben Webster. . . "FISHEADIAN.," 1 --- - ALTCAR COURSING MELTING. ' President : The Earl of SErrob. • i Stewards : Capt. Bathurst, J. Spinks, Esq., J. C. Wilson, Esq. Judge, Mr. Dalzell; Slipper, Mr. Raper ; Hon. Secretary, • 0 9 entries. . Mr. Brocklebank's Bourbon beat Mr. Borron's Palefire. By STAKES the F patronage o,Risanjnsahhi o a f orr t d. h r, e st:B E ii a pt r hl l Eg o e f si Sefton, irt. Mr. Peacock's Peasant Boy beat Mr. iGibsOn's Racer. Mr. Jebb's Nowhere beat Mr. Gibson' to T i . m D. b l ea lo t rn m b r y . , l E vs s e,asnilvosasusgsienet.a. 1 . dons'. Jack-snipe. Spencer's Silk and Scarlet. 3 fi , f3m 3 il l rrrrr..... Moores ir L iro i o: s ror ny t , r. e wee r bno, ' y s s: ,s, ds C x tß, o nsao r i iu r dif oia lhdenatbl beat ero a apbi t tir i ze ad i c I bater Captain N ibatJatereia.nttb. Lord Mr. sje Lord Sefton's Snow-s Mr. Jones Jung Bahador beat Mr: Brocklebank's Buccleucb. Mr. Graham's Peacebreaker beat Lord Sefton's Scotch Mist. Mr. Bruudritt's•Barton beat Mr. Borrow's Black Impression. Lord Sefton's Sepoy beat Mr. Borron's Blue Design. Mr. Peacock's Penrith beatifr. Hornby's Hailstone. I b tr beat PaßtlY Barton.a ek Mr. Borron's Black Ensign beat Mr. Brocklebank's Borsault. Lord Sefton's Scotchman beat Mr. Brundritt's Barbarian. Mr. Stone's Statesman beat Mr. Blanchard's Bootle. Mr. Borron's Bloody Heart beat Capt. Spencer's Star Gazer. Mr. Lister's Campbell beat Mr. Jones's Jenghis Khan. SECOED TIES. Bourbon beat Peasant Boy. Corporal beat High Cloud. 111(304 Heart beat Statesman. cane. Bold Euterprize beat lltirri - Campbell ran a bye. Manfred beat Snowstorrn. Jung Bahador beat Nowhere. 62 entries. THE CROXTETH STAKES, FOR BITCH PUPPIES. Lord Sefton's Sampler beat Mr. Blundell's Bonita. Mr. Borron's Billet Doux beat Mr. Jones' Jubilee. Jove's Firstßeßelladonna ra b da e ob a n t e : M at r ib . :ardt West's :.bsierf. t O W 7 i i l ri d ks Violet. Wild Iv ave. P P e c c a o n c t ri c e hni b th re a t i l i Lord Sefton's Subsidy beat Mr. Lister's Curlew. Mr. Gordo i's Gleam beat Mr. Hornby's High Art. Shyface beat Mr. Gibson's Specd.v. Mr. Jones' Joust beat Mr. Wood's Willow. Mr. West's Wild Briar beat Mr. Graham's Dissolution. Lord Sefton's Secret beat Mr. Borron's Blondelle. Mr. Heywood's Hailstorm beat Mr. Gibson's Hartree. Mr. :Tenet' Just-hit beat Captain Spencer's Sunlight ' 2 ' Mr. - Itruidell's Rosy Morn beat Mr. Jones' Jeopardy. Mr. Stone's Silver Eel beat Lord 7.4 31 2 ‘L M for r r r . r..." aLister's;joenb Blanchard b Sefton'ses's,jNotocvo s ; y beat Mr. BrocklebanVs Bannside. SECOND TIES. ~ Sefton: Silver Thread.; ad. : Billet Dons beat Sampler. Jove's Bird beat Cosy.- Gleara beat Subsidy., Secret beat Wild Briar. joust beat Not Mot. Just-hit }'eat Hailstorm. , Shyface beat Belladonna. Rosy Mora beat Silver Eel.