The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMOXS.—YEsTERDAT. The house went into Committee on Ways and IVieM, and, on the motion of the Chancellor of the E!cchttluer, the following resolution was agreed to ;--" That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, in addition to the duty now payable on spirits dis tilled in the United Kingdom, there shall be charged on every gallon of such spirits, at proof, which on or after the 29th February shall be distilled, or be in the stock of any distiller, or in any duty free warehouse, or in removing to such warehouse, the additional duty of one penny." The house then resumed. The Qualification for Offices Abolition Bill was read a second time. Mr. MA.CKINNON moved the second re , ading of the Masters and Operatives Bill. The object of the bill was to provide a tribunal, before which disputes between Inasters and workmen could be amicably settled. • Mr. WALTER said he would not oppose the Okeiion, as, he believed, it was intended to refet the bill to a select committee ; but, he thought, it 'would have very little effect in putting an end to strikes or to disputes between masters and workmen. Sir G. C. LEWIS obiAted to the bill on the grontattiat it added nothing 'co the power which the ht - already gave for the s:dttlement of disputes by nrhitration, and moved that it be read a second time that day six months. After F.:,ome further discussiVn, Sir S. M. PETO suggested that the 'second reading should be postponed for a month, and thatlhe Fill, in the meantime, should be referred to a'selec't; committee. Mr. MACiiISNON acceded 'to *ate sttggestion, and the second reading was accerdirtgly postponed. The Reuse then werititta committee on Adulteration 'of Food and Drink till, 'and the discussion of the various Clauses occupied Vietemainder of the sitting. • The Rouse tilysarned at fifty-five minutes past fire. 'tag -I PRENCH TREATY AND THE SHIPPING INTEREST. The following letter has bean aadressed to the Globe by a Liverpool getinerban::•-- SlR,—Permit me to point 'Ott the error you in Common with others have 'fallen into as to Article 3 in the French 'Treaty, owing to the opinions expressed by lir. Milner Gibson as to its meaning. We have only to de&l with facts, and the litcial con struction 'of the wools in Article 3, It is under stood that the rates of duty mentioned in the preceding Articles are independent of the Anterential duties in favour of French shipping, lath which duties they shall not interfere." Articles 1 and 2 speti certain goods, in which, are included iron and'Cd; these being the bona fide pro duction of Great tritain, have been and are now admitted on ia,%. equal footing in British and French ships intotbn orts of France under the clauses retained in the preaty of 1826. Whrn. Ve amended our navigation laws we gave up all r eservations, not only on goods but on foreign shipping. I n 1 !:554 an Imperial decree annulled the prohibitory e fr w.use relating to the produce of Asia, Africa, and America, and substituted protective duties in favour of French shipping for prohibition. A reference to the French tariff will at Once demon strate the fwct that all foreign ships are liable to diffe rential duties on goods imported in. other than French 24 rIps, excepting those specially exempted by treaty. 'These exemptions France atends to all foreign ships trading between England and France. yhe French exp l anat i on of the mean i ng o f A rt i c l e is _more defined i n t h e l etter of M. Rou h er, pu bli s h e d m the Ecoraim-ht of last Saturday. , mad i t• 13 ' 115 .sish Could no t b etter h ave prove d t h e case curt ma • the Liverpool petition than by stating the "fact that a differential dutyof one farthing per lb. on .cottdn import e d i n a British ship from America or Liver pool 'was tantamount. to exclusion, being no less than £ 6s. Bd. per ton ; now the whole freight of cotton, zfrom America to Europe, averages only one halfpenny per lb., therefore the farthing per lb. is as much a pro hibition as the three-halfpence under the decree of 1854. If Article 3 is not amended by negotiating additional Articles, the effect will be that Havre will become a bonding port for the produce of Asia, Af r i ca , and America for the supply o f t h e Continent, and when it suits France to abolish the differential duties on this foreign produce imported from England in French ships, the whole carrying* will be monopolised by French steamers, and this trade will be turned into a nursery for French steamers, to the exclusion of British. It was only the other day that our Government vetoed a Canadian bill enforcing reciFrocity in shipping, and now the duties on foreign timber, to the extent of S-400,000, are to be removed ostensibly to benefit the British shipbuilders £30,000 a-year. This could have been ruplished by allowing a drawback on foreign tivilber used in shipbuilding, as has always been the case building churches, but already the Baltic producers have put up their prices equal to the reduction of duty, es they did on all previous reductions ; and neither the shipbuilder nor the consumer will receive any benefit, while a serious loss in revenue must ensue. These, Sir, I submit will be the effects of the treaty and budget, as far as the shipping interest is concerned; and as the subject is one so vitally affecting our ttational defences, I venture io hope it will not be allowed to pass unnoticed in Parliament when properly und , rstood.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool, Feb. 28. 11. C. C. The letter of the French Minister of Commerce, to which our correspondent refers (says the Globe) is on the subject of the entire removal of the duties on wool and cotton, when imported by French vessels in some cases—the imposition of duties, even when imported by French vessels, in other cases—and the establishment of diffe rential duties, in those cases, between French and foreign shipping. " His (M. Rouher's) pro position,' says the weekly contemporary from whom the citation is taken, " is this— " Wool and Cotton. —Imported by French vessels from countries out of Europe, or by land from countries contiguous to France, to be exempt ; imported by French vessels from entrepots in Europe, or by land from countries not contiguous to France, to pay 3f. the 100 kilogrammes ; imported by foreign vessels from anywhere, of. the 100 kilns. " "What the reasons are for imposing the 3f. duty for imports by French vessels from •entrepots ' in Europe, or for making in the imports by land a distinction between those from countries contiguous to France and fr om non-contiguous countries, the Minister does not explain. As to the s f. duty , he sa y s, of course, that it is to be established for the benefit of French shipping; and yet he admits that the mercantile navy is ' powerless to co - operate i n a lar g e measure in the conveyance of wool from Australia;' and that `nine-tenths of the cotton' consumed in France are brought in by American ships, which, under a treaty of 1822 , are assimilated to French vessels. Surely, then, for the wool which will be imported into France apart f rom that of Australia, and for the small quantity of cotton which the Americans do not bring, it was not Werth while to impose the duty of s f. for the 100 kilogs. That duty will, besides, affect England mor e than an y reign country, inasmuch as her shipping bu siness with rane e is greater than any other ; and surely, after the concessions she has made in the treaty, some little con sideration should be shown her." It appears to us that M. Rouher's proposition oreaks n ew g r ound, apart from Article 3 of the T reaty. But we can only at present recommend t he point to attention. It certainly require s ft/a ireissement. Dr. Gifford, Dean of Lincoln, is dead. 11 The Times has authority to state that, after some t .sitation, Dr. Vaughan has finally declined the teprie of Rochester. I announced that the sketches and studies in oil o e 6 9' Wilkie, which have not yet been sold, are to be i n Led to competition by Messrs. Christie and Manson, . / ,',`_ay next. The Calcutta mail brings intelligence from Java, that b Dutch steamer Onrust has been treacherously cut off the natives of Banjemassing, and seven officers and fifty-five men brutally murdered. Mr. Thomas Fairbairn, of Manchester, has addressed a letter to the Times , urging the formation of a batter y o f Whitworth's field guris, and the arming of a ship - of - War with hi s cannon , for the purpose of rigorously testing their merits. Mr. William Jewett, of Swansea, informs the British i is n a t tri tt a t r t d that a dramatic performance has taken place entitled 731' presided over by an Independent minister, were dressed with other co l l n ou?s ri and his Brethren." The 'characters such as Joseph, fur r ta s l In costume, that.is,.in al calico, who could e e of b the principa characters, The whole was in the clothed in " many colours." r formers were members of (VIII language, and the pe ceeds were to be devoted to th different chapels. The pro hall. This brings e building of a temperance us back to the days o f the old mysteries. GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.—A fire broke out on Mon day morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, attended with the destruction of some thousand pounds worth of property, on the premises belonging to Messrs. Morley, ikeen, and Rippon, wholesale lace and silk merchants, situated at 122, Wood-street, Cheapside. The premises were five floors high, and extended to the back of the Warehouses in Gutter-lane, whilst the large warehouses tf Messrs. Young and Rance, No. 123, and those of Food-street. Ed comb, No. 119, j oinin g on either side in ood-st ree t g . It appears that a number of men were 1 1 the house doing som e repairs to the gas appa ratus, t he i .,, centre pl a te having become defective , and the Great U pward Company were putting in t heir service. Mr. `'Pward, of the Chartered Works, was also on the premise s, and to his indomitable perseverance may be ascribed the es cape of over twenty persons. The gas by some means esc aped, and, becoming ignited, the flames shot up to the ,u,,gerent floors like sheets of lightning. At that time ta various young men were in different rooms, -`,'„at unable to descend through the flames, when Mr. uPward ran and broke open the glass windows on the ro of, and by that expedient the men were enabled to 45 : ; aPe, most of them without sustaining any. personal . 141 1 r. That such a vast amount of gas should have e scaped into the premises unknown will no doubt call for a n official inquiry. The brigade engines from nearly all quarters of the metropolis were summoned to the spot, a nd were attended by powerful bodies of firemen under i ",e direction of Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, and .1 1 , 1 . r. Foreman Bridges. A good supply of the New ~....4uver Company's water having been procured, the fire % went to work in their usual intrepid manner, and by conveying the hose from the various engines on to the r oo f s t of the adjoining premises, the brigade were enabled o throw some th ousan d t ons w eight of w a ter into the blazing premises, but in spite of which the flames con tinuedt their ravages , and the whole of the floor of the nildin in which the fire commenced was burned out. u Unf ortunately the water from the engines made not the j v a qimpressi on up o n th e flaring gas, and about half-past te o'clock a man named Branch was lowered into basement th roug h an i mmense s heet of flame, and dgreat exerti on h e succee d e d i n cu tti ng off the gas. ()Lie o'clock th e fi re was near l y extinguished, but the in which done i s ver y ex t ens i ve , no t mere l y t o th e p rem i ses "ch the fire began, but also to those adjoining. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. M. 'Thomas Batty, of Ligcard, Cheshire% WI tan Admitted a member of the Royal E 91.140 of sUrg,eos. A . SOHOONtit ON PIO; Ofth,Resi c en.-:;-1)11 Tuesday night the sCliOciher MariaAntointicte 11 - a4da with sugar, took fire iri We rf er, Act *a towed near to AC *di scuttled. A V'66ill, 11.1.1CKINGTON BANK.—The ship W., Wharton, which slipped her anchors on Tuesday, and got on the Pluckington Bank, was towed off and taken into dock yesterday, having sustained. no damage. ACCIDENTS.—CharIes Lewis, the second mate Of the ship W. H. Wharton, received a severe.scalp wound on board that ship in the river , `ttly the hitcher ' , chain falling on him; and lames H. Bowen, 'the 'steward, - astained even bnlittsbhs of the body from the same cause : , t'kiEs BY Mn. BitAivan. - -Yegterrlhy, Mr. '','anon sold 'by auction, at the *Clarendon:oollA, Zentli John-street, three-distinctiots - of horse', 'situated in TOxteth-park2 The attendance Wit; 'good, and the bidding generally LOt l Roduced £380; lot 2,`£340; and lot 3, 111.0.01 ..„ eel:46 MT AT BEBINGTON.—On. cVel!Slfig last a concert was held in the ithooltoO6 At Bebington, in aid of the funds for • the treCtitirl kit an • organ in the parish church, There *k a large attendance, and the musical effort ct tlie.artistes gave entire satisfaction. ST. PETititYti SCHOOLROOM, ST. PETER'S-LANE.—The fiitoa. off' the series of school lectures was delivered last ' . e`iAniing by Dr. Thomson. There was a good attendance, and the able lecture upon " America" was listened to for an hour and a-half by a gratified andiente. Mr. Denny stated that, the next lectO3e knid be the last, and deliVered by . latb Isq., subject, "Rising front the INAS." t-ittaTiTS OF THE FANCY BALL OF 14TH ULTIMO.—The Committee of the Fancy Dress Ball, held in St. George's hall on the 14th February, have allotted the following sums to the charities for whose benefit it was arranged Royal Infirmary, £2OO ; Northern Hospital, £120; Southern Hospital, £l2O i North Dispensary, £120; South Dispensary, £l2O S National LifeAakt Institaidr, £75. Total, C 705, When all the accounts are collected, there will be a small farther sam to divide. The number of petsolts admitted into the hall wia 1,417. bMARRIAGE, dF PlCCAOitiiNl.—The .31 - Wrning Star, of yesterday, says,—"l'iteolomini is married. She sang on Satin-ay week at the Crystal Palace, and then left fOr Duhlit, where the knot was tied. The happy pos- Ssr6r of the fascinating singing bird is an Italian Printe, a Roman by birth, and a relative of one of the Cardinals. He does not, as=in many instances., Marry for the round sum realised by the vocalist, but is a man of some for tune—for Italy." ietedomini sang here, in Liverpool, only on SatuHay,—we suppose on her way to Dublin to be tratried. PRINCESS. ROYAL.—This steamer, which left this port for Glasgow about .mid-day on Monday, during the heavy gale which then prevailed, and which continued with little intermission all over Tuesday, nevertheless made her passage to Greenock in nineteen hours and a quarter. We understand this fine vessel, during the whole of the last severe winter, has continued to make her passages with remarkable regularity. We are also informed the Princess Royal was the only steamer that ventured to leave the dock on Monday. IRON STEALING.—At the County Magistrates' Court, yesterday, before Messrs. IV'. It. Sandbach and E. Gibbons, John Smith and Samuel Cook, carters, were charged with stealing 119 lbs. of iron, valued at 35., from the new dock works at Bootle, the property of Messrs George Thompson and Co., contractors. 'On Tuesday afternoon the prisoners were seen in the act of placing the iron in their carts by a man named Hugh Rush. A navvy gave information to the foreman at the works, who, having identified the iron as his employer's property, sent for a police-constable. The prisoners pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to one month's hard labour in the house of correction. _.. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of this board was held at the workhouse,Mill-lane, yesterday. Mr. Pitts, presided; and the other members present were Messrs. Whitby, Abrahams, Wareham, Pil ling, Wensley, Roberts, Parkin, Roscoe, Richmond, Wood, Balshaw, and Metcalfe. Mr. Gough, the governor of the workhouse, reported that the number of paupers in . the house last week, was 323 ; admitted since 11 ; born 1; discharged 9 ; died 2 ; this week 321 ; corresponding week of last year 309. The master of the hospital, Mi. Hall, reported that the number of paupers in the sick wards last week was 141 ; admitted since 15 ; dis charged 19 ; dead 5 ; this week 132 ; corresponding week of last year 115 ; belonging to Toxteth-park 52. The following - checques were ordered to be drawn for out door relief;—Mr. Potts, £110; Mr. Robeiton, £36; Mr." Lvthgoe, £24. ST. PETER'S PARISH CHURCH.—The first of the series of lectures in Lent was preached at this church on Wednesday evening by Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. Mr.. Denny reading prayers. The church was crowded. The subject was, " I believe in the Holy Ghost ;" and the text John xiv, 26. The lecturer first showed the revealed history of the Holy Ghost, then His personality and His natural and supernatural operations, and His common and saving influences. He dwelt much upon the difference between revelation of a truth and explanation of it, saying that the personality and operations of the Holy Ghost could not be explained. — The next lecture will be delivered on next Tuesday evening by Dr. Baylee, of Birkenhead, subject, " The Holy Catholic Church." _ _ if ENGLER'S CIRCUS.—Mr. Charles Hengler as a catererer for public amusement has been so highly spoken of by the press of Liverpool, that but little remains for us to add ; but really he has introduced so many fresh novelties this week that we cannot pass them over without saying a word in their favour. The greatest feature of the evening is the introduction of a large troupe of dogs and monkeys, trained by Mr. Henry Cooke, who in their performance evince so much docility and ready instinct that they must be pro nounced to be performers of no ordinary merit. Miss Emily Cooke also made her debut as an equestrienne. artisteswitii g w r e o a u t l d s pirit . occupy enumerate u r allspace the talented ; This lady possesses e ase an d gr a ce i n h er p er f ormance , combi ned t T o o o m en u tl e m h suffice it . to say that Hongler's may be visited by the most fastidious. A morning- performance is announced for Saturday, which will be a good opportunity for juveniles to see the wonders of the arena. FRAZER v. HUNT.—At the County Court, yesterday, before J. K. Blair, Esq. Judge, an action was brought by Mr. R. H. Frazer, printer, against Mr. Samuel Hunt, pawnbroker of Manchester, for the recovery of £3 ss. 6d. Mr. Grocott appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Hime for the defendant. In the latter end of last year, plaintiff received an order from the defendant to execute 48,000 pawn tickets. The contract was completed in January, and the tickets were forwarded to Manchester. Mr. Hunt discevered mistakes in the dates and the numbers, and therefore returned the tickets, less 1,500 for which he paid 10s. into court. The tickets were produced in court and mistakes were found in the batches for January and February. The greater part of the others were correct.—Mr. Hunt, however, said that the tickets produced in the court were not the ones returned as useless by him.—Mr. Grocott, for the plaintiff, submitted that it was perfectly ridiculous, to suppose that Mr. Frazer had reset the type and struck off the tickets pro duced in order to defraud the plaintiff. Judgment deferred. SnnewitEcns.----"Holyhead, Monday Night : The American :barque Robert Mills, in hauling round the end of the breakwater, while running in towards the new harbour for shelter this morning, luffed too close, got her sails aback, and then, from lack of hands or Other - Causes, did , not succeed in getting out of irons, and drifted across' the bay with all her sails aback. She dropped her anchors after having drifted a. considerable distance. After her sails were furled her anchors held her ; butshe was dangerously close to the Auglosey shore. The life-boat belonging to the Royal National Life-boat Institution was away with a celerity that does credit to her crew, and soon got alongside the bark and offered assistance, which was refused in terms the reverse of complimentary, the vessel not being more than a quarter of a mile from the breakers, blowing a strong gale from the S.W. The life-boat returned; but at 3 p.m. the bark was observed again to start, when the lifo-boat was a second time despatched and has not yet returned. In the meantime the Robert Mills is ashore and has lost her masts, and the boat is returning—why ? Perhaps I may be able to state in a P.S. P.S., 6 p.m., the life-boat has returned; could not get near the ship, as she is driven in amongst the rocks at Penrhyn Point, and is surrounded by a boiling surf. As the tide ebbs the crew will get ashore without difficulty ; but I fear the wreck will be total, a disaster which might have been p r evented had the captain accepted the p roffered services of the coxswain of the life-boat on his first trip. He was perfectly competent to have slipped and run the vessel on to the sheltered beach of Penrhyn, where she would have been comparatively uninjured. MAJOR WALTER'S LECTURE AT ST. GEORGE'S-HALL, LAST NIGHT.--Major Walter, of the Fourth Division of Artillery Volunteers, delivered a lecture at St. George's hall, last night, entitled " The British Volunteer of yesterday, to-day, to-morrow, Europe's peace-bulwark." The event was availed of as an ovation in favour of the volunteer movement; and music was brought into requisition to give éclat to the occasion. Mr. W. T. Best performed on the grand organ an allegretto from the military symphony by Haydn, and a military overture by Mendelssohn. The Fourth Division of Artillery Volunteers, about six hundred strong, under Lieutenant-Colonel Bourne, dressed in their military uniform, entered the hall shortly before the commence ment of the lecture, the band of the regiment preceding them, and playing appropriate marches. His Worship the Mayor, T. D. Anderson, Esq., presided; and on the platform were—Capt. Faulkner, Capt. Mends, R.N., Major • Greig (head constable), Capts. Gladstone, Bous field, Melly, &c., Alderman J. H. Turner, J. W. Cropper, Alderman Parker, &c.—The Chairman briefly introduced the lecturer, commending him for having done so much for the volunteer movement, and for having raised the splendid artillery corps which they now saw around them. His worship was sure that the lecture would show that the movement was not to be considered as made merely against any apprehended attack, but it was intended to inaugurate a permanent institution, to place this country in a situation of security, that her councils might maintain their wonted weight among the nations of the world. (Applause.) Major Walters then pro ceeded with his lecture. He chose the early archers-as a type of the volunteers of yesterday ; lauded their sur prising skill and vigilance, and gave a graphic descrip tion of their success in the battles of Cressy, Agincourt, and Poictiers. He concluded this portion of his discourse by arguing that it was essential that the artillery and rifle practice should be carried on with the same steady perseverance which characterised the archers of the ast. With such an institution, permanent, not to pop we might always be sure of peace to p reserve oar trade and commerce. He then went on to allude to the volun teer of to-day, making an eloquent appeal on behalf of the volunteer movement—calling upon every one to render our land secure by presenting to the world a formidable army of British volunteers. A warm tribute was paid to the memory of Wellington, and pointed allusion was made to the caution of the Iron Duke, when he rebuked the country for neglecting its national defences. He enforced the necessity and duty of sup porting the volunteer movement, and his fervid advocacy of the cause drew down frequent and enthusiastic plaudits. A vote of thanks leaving been passed to the lecturer by acclamation, the National Anthem was sung by Miss Hiles, Miss Clara Hiles, Mr. Foulkes, and Mr. Hughes, who had kindly volunteered their services for the purpose, and the proceedings then terminated. THEATRE ROYAL. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL, TO-NIGHT, AND EVERY EVENING, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. GREAT SUCCESS OF THE NEW TRIM. LIVERPOOL POLICt (Before Mr. RAFiFs.). 102 1 901110 M ind outfittbri Encc-gtreet charged his brother Edward . .,ra ' triSon who carries on the same business at the Custom house Arcade, with having annoyed him. — Mr. Cobb a ppeared for the complainant anti Mr, Billet fer the defence. It appeared that on the previous evening the defendant' Went to his brother's shop td dddiPlain of it. Customer pf , his ~lia t ftig b e oiA itiotitded„ tti go 'to ,his brother's shop, The,.totfiptainat or4elibd hit Med td trevent his Oktrarice, whichWaS One, q.nd the defendant hen. used some violent lanAnage: . A oli 6 eiag i eplied and i deWidAnt ; Orat! tiVtitig lute custody: Having lkeirel Biliek's.defence, Mr. Raffles , said he unite iinderstcuid that the difference was ab.out.a customer, but he did not think the defendant was justified in doing what he did. though on the other hand he did yt think the brother should have gone to the extreme of giving the defendantinto eu.stotly: If, liOeVer, the defendant would Proltiige, not to "go to his brother's shop again he would hilt hind him to keep the peace. The required promise Was given and the case was then dismissed. CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRE TENcEs.--William Booker, a young mulatto, was charged with having obtained the sum of £5 by false pretences, from Mr. Kindling, of Monument-place. Mr. Cobb appeared for the defence.—The prosecutor stated that on the previous evening thPprisorter caute OA& libitse and introduced hlroself al an did schoolfellow of his hi:Other:- Ite also said that he was nephew to Mr. 'Cleorge Booker and of Mr. Septimus Booker ; that he hadjust come from America in the Asia, on board which vessel he had a large amount of property, which he would clear on the following day. To pay the expenses of clearing he borrowed £5 from the prosecutor. The prisoner alio represented that he bad come to England to take possession of some property, Ed *hibi he was Vititled, an which *as Valued at £lO,OOO. —Mr: Ratites (tie the PrOseCaOr) : I suppose you lent him the Maley ecause you knew him.—Mr. Kindling : Yes, sir. . - -='111"r. Raffles : Then there is no charge of false .pre tences.—Mr. Kindling t He said be was the nephew of of Mr. Booker, and that he had come to a large amount of property.—Mr. Cobb : He is Mr. llookdr's nephew-- 7 Mr. Kindling : He has no property to reCeive.--=-Mr. Raffles : As a man pf the world you should have satisfied yourself of that. If you chose to believe any cock-and- WI story he may tell you, he cannot be punished.—The Man was then discharged. ASSAULT ON A CHlLD.—Catherine Slevin, a 'riddle aged woman, was charged with having assaulted a child named James M‘Donald, about five years of age. It appeared that on the previous day the child was playing with others in Mill-street, and ventured too near a cask which the prisoner had purchased, where upon she seized a piece of wood and struck the child with it on the head, separating the ear from the scalp. She said in defence that the blow was accidental, as she merely threw the piece . of wood to frighten the children; but a witness having stated that the child was on the ground at the time, and that she deliberately struck hint on the head, she was ordered to pay 40s. and costs, or go to prison tot three Months. Stsi , EciEn man named Isaac Best, who represented himself as the mate of the ship St. Helena, was brought up on suspicion of having stolen a silver watch. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoner. The watch, which was valued at £lO, bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Sergeant Richard May, by the members of the Haigh Volunteer Rifle Corps, as a token of their esteem and gratitude far his services as drill instructor, 27th Feb. 1860. Haigh, near Wigan." The prisoner offered the watch for pledge at the shop of Messrs. Stankey Brothers, Oldhall- street, and as he was unable to give a satisfactory account as to how he became became possessed of it, he was taken to bride well. The prisoner, who alleged that he had only arrived in Liver pool from America on Saturday, and that he purchased the watch for thirty shillings, was remanded for seven days. MAXING Tilt Most OP A MrsrourtiNE.--- - At a meet ing of the Gloucester Town Council last week the following circumstance was alluded to :—The wife of a person resident of the city having lately died, he deter mined to have her interred at the Cemetery. During the funeral ceremony the eye of the mourner seems to t ' have lighted upon the sand which had been removed from the grave, and as it was of good quality, ho at once resolved to possess himself of a quantity of it. Conceiving, we suppose, that he had acquired a right to the freeholdby payment of the burial fees, he took a cart to the Cemetery for the sand, and - on the keeper inter posing to prevent the desecration, he thteatened him with .ihe penalties of the la*. The keeper was some what frightened, and allowed one cart load of the soil to be removed; but by this time the extraordinary claim had been communicated to the authorities, who imme- diately put a stop to the proceeding. THE MURDER OF WILLIAM SANDS.—Norwithstanding the great exertions of the police, the solution of the mysterious murder of William Sands, at Camber, near Winchelsea, Sussex, seems as distant as ever. Last week a man named William Stredwick was brought up at the . Town-hall at Winchelsea, charged with being concerned in the murder. The only evidence offered against him was,that at about the time of the murder he presented himself at his lodgings with every appearance of having been engaged in a straggle. He also offered, at the same time, two duplicate tickets of watches for sale for ss. The prisoner was discharged on that charge, but was afterwards apprehended on stwpicion of stealing the watches. Government has offered a reward of £lOO to any person who khan give such information as shall lead to the discovery of the murderer or murderers, and Sir George Lewis will adviSe the grant of her Majesty's free pardon to any accomplice, not being the.person who actually committed -the murder, who shall give such information as shall lead to the same result. FRIENDLY . SOCIETIES.—On Friday evening Mr. Tidd Pratt, Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, delivered a lecture at the Workmen's Institute and Benefit Club, York-road, Lambeth. Mr. Pratt said tables shOuld be computed on a scale insuring an annual sur plus. A friendly society during the first ten years of its existence would not have more, probably, than half the claims made upon it for sickness that it would have in the ten years succeeding. Members ought to be induced to join while hale and young. To this end no allowance should be made during the first year of mem ..„ hership. The delay till infirmity stole upon a man, when his entrance was little better than a fraud, should always be discouraged. Mr. Pratt censured the prac tice of holding meetings of benefit societies at public houses. Foundations of intemperance were by this means laid ; and it was very much to be deplored that scarcely any business could be conducted among English working men that was not somehow asso ciated with beer drinking. The investment of the funds was a very important matter. By a recent Act there was a limitation to the modes of investment. It was very right that there should be restrictions placed upon the actions of trustees. It appeared that forty-four societies had lent money to a great brewing company which had failed, and these societies had been asked to take shares in the company as a means of getting their money back. lie strongly advised that no man should become a member of any society the rules of which were not legally certified. The certification did not cost one halfpenny. A member of an uncertified society had no means of prosecuting any defaulting officer. MACAXLAY'S LEGAL TRAINING. —lf you gave Caner a tarsal bone, he constructed you, with unerring certainty, a humming-bird or an elephant. If you gave Macaulay a casual passage from a letter, he would divine, with strange precision, the circumstances of that letter; the occasion of its writing, the reason of its publication or non-publication, the way in which' the writer was connected with some great event of the time, and in which the letter bore ou that event. But his jndgment of the character of the man, or character of the event, was another matter altogether, and tasked a different order of faculties, with which we arc not now concerned. If we were to seek a rival to Macaulay in this peculiar province of clear and cogent reasoning from fact A to fact X, imparting to conjecture the force of truth, we should probably find him rather among lawyers than writers. In truth, the his torian always retained, and to his great advantage, many of the mental habits as well as many of the tastes and joyous recollections of the bar. lie was at once the most Paleyan and most forensic of historical inquirers. When he entered the arena of controversy, you might doubt whether he had donned his armour in the Senate House of Cambridge or the Assize Court of Lancaster. We may assume (as Coke assumed, lament ingly, of Bacon) that had he only stuck to the law he would have made a great lawyer. But it is open to doubt whether, as a judge, he would have done more of service by the marvellous luciditywith which he would have drawn out a series of circumstantial evidence ' before a jury, or more harm by his tendency to force the various considerations attending a complicated case into conformity with his own too complete and too vivid ideal of that case.—Cornhill Magazine, for March. THE POLICE AND THE PUGILISTS.- 011 Tuesday last Superintendent Everist, the active and intelligent superintendent of the K.C.C. for the Chatham district, received information that a prize fight between Travers, the Black, and another man named Mace, was to come off that day within his district, and he at once to o k mea sures to prevent it. T he men, he u nderstood , a w n e d re at t o arrive that raltaSeeoutthhee City of Rochester steamer,nd, in Essex, by the railway, belonging to Messrs. Boucher and Giles, was to meet eientor, K , ea one t . sergeant, and The vigilant them and convey the m to the field of combat, whi c h wasa superintende nt, five constables, proceed ed in a fast sailin g bo at , engaged ppointed t o w i t th ake an pl i ?. n c s e p by the superintendent, against wind and tide, until they got round Upton, where the wind was favourable for them, and they sailed on to the White Horse at the Isle of Grain, off which place there were no fewer than forty vessels—eight or ten of them of a large class, evidently laden with spectators of all classes to view the approach ing combat. With the coolness of an experienced tactician, Superintendent Everist lay on and off with his clipper till he saw the City of Rochester approach ing from Southend across the river Medway towards the Kentish shore. She then steamed up the river towards Sandgate Creek, having on board the pugilists and about fifty others of equal respectability, although some of them were of a higher rank than the others. Thewolice-superintendent kept his boat hover ing about the landing - place, thinking it advisable to allow sufficient time to elapse as would prevent the combatants removing to any other spot in the county to carry on their pastime. When he saw the ring had been formed, he landed under a wall near the spot, and was not observed till he was close to the rine. The stakes and ropes were immediately pulled up, and the ruffians cammenced running away in every direc tion, making for the steamers and boats. The tide at that time was ebbing fast; the superintendent returned to his boat and made chase, the others having consider ably the start of him. All sail was, however, crowded, and he beat every boat except the steamers: On com ing to Folly Point they saw the men had landed from the City of Rochester, and at about half a mile distance the stakes were pitched, the ring forma, and the ruffians beginning to fight—on which th e superin tendent and his men laude d and proceeded to the rind, into which Everist jumped over the ropes, when ' the pugilists and their seconds sprang out of the ring and made their escape, whilst the spectators ran towards their boats, in attempting to reach which one of them was nearly drowned. They again started for a more favourable spot, but Everist, with his clipper, was in such hot pursuit that they were compelled to proceed to Stroud, where they landed, and proceeded to London by the South-Eastern Railway. They were so much astonished at the rapidity and success of his movements, that several ringleaders assured him, "noon their honour," that they would not come into his district any more.—Kentish Gazette. THE DOUBLE MURDEF, AT BOLTON-UPON: DEARNt. ! = • Little more tlia tlifee ; years ago the murder of an aged couple, attended it Hictlinstanees of atrocitY, was perpetrated in the rural and secinhea village of Bolton-upon-Dearne , On the night of the 14th of DCCCCORr; 1.5. M, =f will TcracillliVred that Luke White, an aged person, who was the village postniastd, and kept a small druggist's shop, and was a local while Apparently ertgaffed in preparing his the timid Sthile oil() ddrild to his shop door, and on going to see what was wanted, he was knocked down and ruthlessly murdered. its wife, hearing a:4*9 t 4? 01. P shop, appeared i while going nlong the papage leacliql from the, hOtise into tge shop t 4 Lek hat was the natter, to have been met and also murdered, both bodiei being found weltering in a pool of blood in the forenoon of the next day. No traces of robbery having been committed were visible; and the affair was enshrouded in the most impenetrable mystery. Although every effort was made by Colonel Cobbe and the superintendents of the neighbouring divisions of con stabulary, and large rewards offered, not the slightest clue could be found to the perpetrators of the horrible gild the eOrtnier's inquest; after sitting for a con‘ siderable time, was obliged to return an open verdict. The only person to whom the finger of suspicion pointed was White, the village constable; but no object could be shown, nor could the slightest evidence be duced to in any way connect hint With the dreadfill ,deed ; but, on the cOritrarY, it was shO4i. that tile idtdeased had been one of his irainiest supporters, arid had that day been engaged in getting up a memorial to Colonel Cobbe in favour of White being permanently stationed in the village. However, nothing corning to light, White left the village, arid has since ii: tug living to Some extent as a suspected niaii in his riatiVe town Of Barnsley; in aiiiimis eipectatiiin that soniething would tiirrl hp to *travel the mystery, and restore him to the position he had formerly held in the estimation of the world. Recently, however, we are glad to say, circumstances have transpired which are likely to throw some light upon the tragedy. On the day the murder was committed a hawker was said to have been in the village of Bolton, vending caps and small wares, but no clue could be obtained to him after wards, nor could he in any way be conneoted with the commission of the deed. During the past week an Irish hawker, who is said to be undergoing six years' penal servitude at Portsmouth, has made certain state ments to a companion relative to the affair. These were, communicated to the governor of the gaol in which he is undergoing his imprisonment, and information has since beeti forwarded to Ast*ocid, sdpeririterideiti Of the West Ridini , constabulary at Doncaster, whO has king ekertedlimselr to obtain a clue to the tiagedy. Mr. 1 AstslioOd, we_understad, has beeti to Portsmouth, and had aififiterview With the hawker, Who has pointed out , the guilty parties, stating that, although he hiniSelf did not commit the murder, he was in the house when the murdered couple were lying dead on the floor. The names of the perpetrators have not yet been made known; neither has the nature of the confession further than what has been stated, although we under stand he completely exonerates White from. any par ticipation in the murder. The most, active inquiries have been made for some d a y s, and information of the facts having . been communicated to the Secretary of State, we are informed warrants have been issued for the removal of the prisoner from Portsmouth to York; and for the apprehension of the parties criminated. The hawker has given some particulars as to the articles he was selling in the village at the time, and the persons to whom he sold them ; and the police are now making inquiries with a view to the affair being unravelled. The matter is exciting the greatest interest in the district, and it is hoped that the mystery in which the tragedy has so long been enveloped will soon be cleared away. THE DRESS OF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS, The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Sidney Herbert to the respective lords-lieutenant of counties : (corr.) ".War Office, 15th February, 1860. "My Lord,—My attention having been recently directed, to the practice adopted by some of the volun teer corps, in which a silk sash is worn over the uniform by honorary members, and even in some cases by en rolled members when not upon parade, I have to request that, as the practice in question is open to considerable objection, you will signify to the officers commanding artillery and rifle volunteer corps, within the limits of your jurisdiction, that the custom of wearing the sash shall be discontinued in those instances in which it may now prevail, and shall not be introduced for the future. " I may observe that this article, when worn in the regular army, is the distinguishing mark of an officer, but that it forms no part of the dress of either artillery or rifle corps in her Majesty's regular forces.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obedient servant, " SIDNET: HERIIERT." THE DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1860. MILITARY DRILL IN SCHOOLS. Sir F. B. Head has addressed the following to Mr. Edwin Chadwick on this subject:-- "My dear Sir,—My opinion on the ' Programme' you have this morning sent to me, on constituting drill and gymnastics as part of a national system of educa tion, is, very briefly, a 5 follows : "No animal, whether on four legs or on two, how ever he may enjoy life, can be of any use in the work shop of man until he has been sufficiently divested of that portion of his natural inheritance commonly called a ' will of his own.' “What's the use of a cow if she won't allow either man or maid to milk her? What's the use of a horse if he won't put his head into a collar, or suffer a saddle to be placed on his back ? "In like manner, of what use to the community is a man, in any rank of life, if he refuses to practise the heraldic motto of the Prince of Wales, kit Dien—l serve'—in short, if the fellow won't obey ? " Now as, in Mr. Rarey's hands, a couple of little straps have proved sufficient not only to conquer Cruiser, but to divest numberless other horses, mules, and don keys, of that portion of their self-will which had made them useless instead of useful to man, so must a system of military drill in our public and private schools incline the rising generation of boys 'to do their duty in that station of life unto which it shall please God to call them.' " In the army, drill does not make a gang of recruits any braver than when they enlisted ; hut restraining rather than exciting their courage, it teaches them gradually to exchange their own will for that of their sergeant, captain, colonel, or general, until complete discipline welds these floating particles into a solid mass, which twenty times the number of equally . brave but undiscip lined men are utterly unable to resist. " But as Mr. Rarey's principle is equally applicable to a cheesernonger's horse as to Lord Cardigan's charger, so is military drill as advantageous to boys of all grades and professions as to their brother soldiers. "The dull-sounding hut magic little words of com mand, Eyes right !" Eves left ! "Eyes front!' Right turn !" Left turn ! "R - ight about turn! " Left about turn !" Quick. march ! " Halt !" Stand at ease!! ' Attention !' &c., instil into the minds of a lot of little boys the elements, not of war, but of peace. Instead of making them ferocious, to use Mr. Rarey's expression, these words gentle' them, until, by learning to be sub servient, not to their own, but to the wills of others they become fit in every possible department to serve their country. "On entering the Foreign Office, Home Office, the church, the counting-house, the manufactory, or the farm, in which they desire to labour, their habits of obedience would prove so beneficial to their employers as well as to themselves, that I feel confident if a system of drill be once adopted in our public and private schools, a tall undrilled, young man, like a raw unbroken horse, would by the generality of dealers be considered as unserviceable.' I am, sir, yours truly, "F. B. HEAD. "Edwin Chadwick, Esq., C.E." Tun POPE DEPICTED.—To increase the effect of the pamphlets, preaching and prayers, emanating from the energetic Bishops of Orleans and Poictiers on behalf of the Pope, a large number of photographs of the Pontiff are being circulated throughout France. They repre sent him under three different aspects; seated in a chair in front of the ornamented crucifix, familiar to those who have the honour of kissing the holy toe, wearing the white surplice, and all the paraphernalia with which he is decorated on reception days. As to the expression of his countenance, a distinguished member of the Church writes of the portrait—" His widely-opened eyes seem to bury themselves in the depths of eternity, but the smile on his lips `and the expansion of his mild visage express a sentiment of supernatural calm, which is very striking."--The Photographic Nows. TILE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP AND PAROCHIAL RATES.—During the time the Great Eastern steamer was lying in the Thames, off, Deptford, the chains in connection with her moorings were attached to fasten ings in a piece of land or wharf within the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford. This was held by the parish authorities to be a beneficial occupation on the part of the company to which the great ship belonged, and an assessment to the poor and other rates was accordingly made. The amount claimed (the rates being made quarterly) was £9 6s. Bd., and the demand for payment not having been complied with, a summons was applied for before the police magistrate of the district, and on Monday, Mr. Seeker, the presiding magistrate at the Greenwich Police-court, made an order for payment of the amount claimed. TUE RECENT DISASTER OFF BARFLEUR.—The wreck off Barfleur of the American ship Lima, by which seventy-six emigrants, three officers, twelve sailors, out of a crew of fourteen, and a pilot, perished, is described by the local journals as one of the most disastrous known on that part of the coast for many years. The vessel, built in 1845, and belonging to New Orleans, was of 626 tons burden. She left Havre on the morning of the 15th, in spite of a violent north wind and a very rough sea; and for two days was knocked about by incessant gales, accom panied by storms of hail and snow. In the morning of the 17th she was off Barficur, and shortly before mid day was, by the violence of a current and of the winds, driven on what are called the rocks of Guill e b ee d, which are about a mile from the coast. By the shock the bottom of the vessel must have been knocked in, and all her framework loosened. In a very few minute's the mainmast fell overboard, and was shortly followed by the other two. The tide was then coming in with great force, and, beating on the hull, soon knocked it to pieces. It was then that the unfortunate persons on board perished. People on shore saw the disaster, but no boat could be put off owing to the want of water, the tide not having risen high enough. Nevertheless, a boat was dragged by horses to the sea, and six men, at the risk of their lives, put off in it. They picked up two sailors, who were clinging to portions of the wreck, and these were the only persons they saw alive. The two men were conveyed ashore, but one of them died an hour after. A third man clung to' a broken boat, and was carried by the current near enough to the shore to be rescued. On the following night eleven dead bodies were cast on land. They were, of course, decently interred, all the population attending the funeral. The local journals do not record the finding of any other bodies, but they state that about 100 tons of merchandise and numerous fragments of the wreck • had been washed ashore, within a range about 21 miles. —Galignani's Messenger, Li INTELLIGENCE; . . . •, - - VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT! FM,: 25. (13eftre Vice 7 Chancellor lindersley.) *ism.; v. BEIDdES AND SON. fife &4f 1:1V8 . sieitecT Considerable interest, as the defendants are soneitdiff; %Oho ,oeMy t a j)rominpt position in what is called the religious *eild; and the idaintiff is well knewn as having represented Ipsi,trth beton nu' after the Reform 13111 of D 332, and is well known in Liforpool. The other defendants are Mr. Masott i solicitor, in Bedford-row, and the Westminster Iniproi,pment C o mmissioners, but these are merely nornitidl Pattiqgj tll6 sglo snestion being,—" Whether it is just that Messrs; Dodged did Doll siaould persist in retaining against the plartiff rritffigagg obtained under the ni4cumstances .pro ; ve us eriaence." one, of theanateruil fact§,nf,the casq,a,re:disp4ted on either side, resting in truth upon written testimonz. November, 1853, the deatiliggidiefg airik tressekbx the plaintiff to fulfil an agreement made betNitell them as long back as 1847, agreed to made with him a joint proposal to the Rock Life Office to borrow £20,000 upon security of property on the south side of Victoria ' street, plaintiff giving other property as collateral security,. and the joint proposal expressly stated that its object was to enable the commissioners to fulfil their agreement of 1847 with the plaintiff. The proposal was accepted, and 3.lessrs. Bridges, Mason, and Bridge's, who were the solicitors fsr the Westminster Iniprovement Commission, detect di the gOieitors felt the joint borrowers, and there fore standing, as plaintiff etnntends, in a fiduciary position to him to• See tile transaction faitlifillly tarried out. The necessary deeds were prepared dilti eiailt63 p:l4iritiff 4iid the, commissioners iri , filly; 1884; btit, before 'completion, it lids iietiegsaty fdr the Commis tsitisjo beycirid the h 0,000; and this Maso:n declared plaintiff and the solicitor fdt the Rock, would ha ready in a day or tiVo. it cheque itifi therefore signed by the directors for £20,000 to be ready at a moment's notice, Witliont waiting for a board day, and plaintiff left London. The Comaiissioners' books prove . that Mr. Mason in July, reported to the •Commissioners thdt . nearly £5,000 would be necessary to complete the transaction with the pock, and he was ordered to obtain a loan front their bankers, On deposit of two or more of Banks's leases • and ho was afterwards ordered to obtain a loan Of £15,000 on deposit of five of Banks's leases. On. the 2nd, of August he reported that the bankers had paid £7,000 to their credit, and he received from the commissioners cheques for £l,Bio, £7OO, and £3,000, the two former being the specific sums due to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, for property included in the deeds which had been executed, and the greater part of the £3,000 being necessary to complete the transaction. Mr. Mason kept all these cheques in his pocket for above a week, the presented and obtained payment for the two first £2,600, kept the money for ten days longer, , and then, as he says, paid it back to the comniisioners, dt their request. Howefer thig may be, repeated appli cations were Made by the Rock to Messrs. Bridges, Mason, and Bridges to complete the transaction, and repeated promises to do so by Mason, who, in September, asked that the £20,000 might be deposited at a banker's, dnd which reqUest was complied with ; the transaction was never completed, and in the following December the commissioners were prevailed upon to execute another mortgage of the very same property - to Messrs. Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, and this mortgage they effectually concealed from the Rock and from plaintiff for nearly twelve months, when it was discovered by the plaintiff. The plaintiff returned to London its 'ebruary, 1855, and upon his calling at the solicitors of the Rock on other business, to his astonishment heard that the mortgage to the Rock had never been completed, and immediately went to Messrs. Bridges, Mason, and Bridges to know the reason, when Mason told him that the Commissioners were unable to raise the £5,000, that a judgment bad been obtained against them, and which, until it was satisfied, rendered it impossible for the transaction with the Rock to go on,---that application would be made to Parliament for a bill which would supply the Commissioners with plenty of capital to purchase the freehold ; and in the meantime the £20,000 had better remain at the banker's. Mr. Mason had previously called on the solicitors of the Rock, and made a similar statement. Plaintiff, fully believing such representations, agreed to wait. The bill passed, but proved abortive ; several other negotiations took place, wihch failed, and in December plaintiff tiled a bill against the Commis sioners for a specific performance of the agreement of 1847. After that bill had been prepared, and directly after it was filed, plaintiff discovered that the commis sioners had executed a mortgage for £20,000 to the firm of Bridges, Mason, and Bridges of the identical pro perty, which had been a g reed to be mortgaged to the Rock for his benefit, and of which Bridges, Mason, and Bridges had prepared the deeds which had been executed; he was very indignant and threatened to amend the bill which had been filed against the Commissioners, make Bridges, Mason, and Bridges parties, and. pray that the mortgage to the firm might be delayed fraudulent and void to the extent sufficient to indemnify him against any loss he might sustain in consequence of the trans action with the Reek not having been completed. Mr. Mason denied the charge of fraud, declared that the mortgage had only been taken by his firm to prevent the property being affected by other judgments, fully admitted that it ought not to stand in the way of the plaintiff, and said that he might have a sufficient portion of the property to indemnify him for any loss he might sustain in consequence of the mortgage to 'the Rock not being completed. Plaintiff and Mason then sat down to calculate the probable loss in presence of Mr. Waller, and it was fixed at £B,OOO, and Mason made in his own handwriting, a proposal that plaihtiff was to have 'l4O feet of frontage westward of Brewers' Green, being a .portion of the property included in the mortgage to Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, and which proposal plaintiff's solicitor accepted in writ ing. Drafts of the agreements were prepared, approved of Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, on behalf of the commissioners, and signed Bridges, Mason, and Bridges. Mason afterwards requested plaintiff, as a personal favour to himself, and that it might not he necessary to enter into explanation with the commissioners,' who were new men why the £B,OOO was given up, that such agreement should be divided into two—one between plaintiff and the commissioners—not alluding to the £B,OOO —the other between plaintiff and Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, relating to the £B,OOO. Plaintiff complied with the request. As soon as he had consented, Bridges, Mason, and Bridges voluotarily resigned the solicitorship to the Commissioners, who appointed, on Mr. Mason's nomi nation, Mr. George Mayhew, who had many times done the work of the solicitors to the Commissioners, as their agent, and who had for many years been in the office of Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, first as articled, and then as salaried clerk. That part of the agreement between plaintiff and the Commissioners was executed on the 6th of June, 1856. The other part, between plaintiff and Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, plaintiff had been unable to obtain. After repeated applications, plaintiff filed the present bill against Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, falling back upon his original rights previous to the agreement of 1856. The Commissioners were formal, but necessary parties to the bill. All these facts are admitted, but defendants contend that plaintiff is not entitled to the relief be asks, on three grounds :—First, that the Commissioners had not, and could not, procure funds in July and August, 1854, to complete the mortgage to the Rock. Second, that Lord Lifford on the 3rd October, obtained a 'judgment against them, which prevented the transaction going on. Third, that plaintiff executed the above-mentioned agreement with the Commissioners in June, 1846, by which he agreed to abandon the bill against them — that is, the bill filed in 1855. . To this the plaintiff replied—First, that the commis sioners had, in July and August, abundant property from which they could have obtained sufficient funds—that they did obtain such.funds, and gave Mason cheques for thenecessary amount, but which Mason did not apply, having resolved to obtain a mortgage of the same property for this firm. Second, that the judgment of Lord Lifford was collusively obtained for the stitne pun - - pose. Third, that the agreement of June, 1856, was a -fitting postscript to the mortgage transactions, it having been agreed to and signed by the plaintiff under gross misrepresentations, 'by - Mason, when acting as solicitor to the Commissioners, and by Mayhew on the face of the agreement 'itself. To prove the first of these replies, the plaintiff refers to the Commissioners' books, to the fact that the mort gage to Bridges, Mason; and Bridges, included hot only the property agreed to be mortgaged for plaintiff's benefit, but considerably more, and to a schedule to the answer sworn to by Mason himself in another cause, " Beaumont v. Mason." To prove the second of these replies, plaintiff says that the said George Mayhew was appointed by Bridges ; Mason, and Bridges, to defehd the action brought by Lord Lifford,- add 'that he suffered judgmeni to be signed by consent. That Lord Lifford had brought 'the action as trustee for sonic of the Pear sons. That some of the Pearsons had been, and some 'were Commissioners when the two wort • gages were signed. That one of them married Lord Lifford's sister. That the bond upon which the action was raised, bore upon the face of it that it was no rank pnei passe with other bondholders, and therefore Lord Lifford and Mr. Mayhew knew no benefit could be obtained from the judgment except pori passe with other bondholders : and, beyond this, that all these parties well knew that such judgment could not possibly take priority of the P 20,000 proposed to be borrowed from the Rock, because such bonds were given under the powers of a deed of settlement (referred to in, and confirmed by the act 1853, and which act was in evidence) subject to a prior power to borrow £150,000, of which the £20,000 was a part. To prove the third point plaintiff refers to the fact of Mr. Mayhew's appointment as solicitor to the Commissioners at the critical period of the prepara tion of the agreement of 1856,—that he had committed a gross suppressio yen by permitting a recital to remain in . the agreement which he knew might have the effect, and which really had the effect, of rendering the agreement perfectly inoperative on the only point which he knew induced the plaintiff to execute it,—that another recital bears two mean ings, one of which would be in conformity with what Mason had told plaintiff and his solicitor— namely, that the reason why the mortgage to the Commissioners was not completed in August, 1854, was that the commissioners had no funds, when in fact they had an abundance of funds—that the agreement was signed by thejlaintiff under the misrepresentation of Mason, that the agreement respecting £B,OOO should be executed simultaneously with that of June, 1856, and which never has been done—that such misrepre sentation having been made when Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, were acting as solicitors to the commis sioners; it is, therefore, notice to them that the agree ment of June, 1856, was really, pmy part of an agree ment, the , other part of which plaintiff could not get. That if Courtedsho(euelduttrhaivy to the y nk.,, ‘ises of every honest notwithstandingethetyse th it e is bound objections, honest man) to give effect to such argrcement, the plaintiff falls hack upon the ninth paragraph, which expressly reserves all his rights under the agreement. of 1857 and to but subject to the lien of the vendors, callmortgage,plaintiffwiieh asks they may be decreed to give • that lie has ab an d one d h is bill i n Chancery according to the letter of the agreement, and instituted the present suit against other parties, making other statements, and praying in the most important part for different objects ; that Bridges, Mason, and Bridges are no parties to the agreement or 1856, and have, by their conduct, precluded themselves from becoming such, and therefore plaintiff is entitled to the relief he asks against thein. FRANCE. (room tirt “GLotve 0714,1.EsraNDENT.) , . Tneshey Evening. Diploinaq hays alSpaiently plyed ita k?st eard in the ittenYpi to n'iystify and hale a pla'iti object—viz., the feirriation of a strong national kingdom in North Italy----and the latest dodge abOt the Vey Duke of Genoa is the last effort of 61 tiring despisndenti as to gaining a single pint. When pooi !lid% , se l f of Carthage, was in the last agony of deeljair at her Abandonment, she sighed forth her final aspTintion Si quis mihi parvulus ad 63 Luderet Xneas. To keep up a baby on the Tuscan throne watild be a small speck on the Italian horizon, what Edmund /3iirke called "a .. seminal ;principle rather fopmed body,' and round that F e ify . or einbryO Austrian intrigue The child's mother, Elizabeth el Saxony,' th i oronghly devoted both to the Vietitlese arid, 13 - avarian coutts from consanguinity, and wadi& ennet p.t Florence what young Bomba's m other is abet? i•ehle Naples. lam sorry to know that Napoledif TH. has been inveigled into acceptance of this scheme, and has even forwarded it to your Foreign Office for endorsement. with what result it is out of my departmerit to gum. One thing is now positive, viz., that the rumour of withdrawal by France of her army of occu- Ottion from the Po, is utterly untrue! I have Govetrinidtit Authority for stating that WPM additional men will forthwith reinforce the 3ddod in a rias tinder reach _ banners, south of Al'ps thici id-clay the felpgitilh brings us from Turin the instant eallirig into active gertley. the classes of 1830, 11, meads all the disposable youth of the land horn in iiiete several years. The formation of foar armies, each 46040 strong, which I already intimated, is a certainty, and should things come to a dead lock, the sledge-hammer and crowbar will be wielded against every obstacle. THE TREATY OP COMMERCE WITH FRAIceP; The following is an additional article id the Treaty of Commerce, concluded at Paris on the 23rd of January, 1860, between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, signed at Paris on the 25th of February, 1860, and ratifications exchanged at Paris on the 28th of February, 1860 _ "By Article VIII. of the Treaty of Commerce between hef Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain arid Ireland and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, siined at fafis obi the 23rd of January last, her Britannic Majesty rindegook fo recom mend to Parliament the admission into the United Kingdom of brandies and spirits imported from France at a duty exactly equal to the excise duty levied upon home-made spirits, with the addition of a surtax of 2d. a gallon, which would make the actual duty payable on French brandies and spirits Bs. 2d. a gallon. Since the ratification of the said treaty, the Government of her Biltaitic Majesty have ascertained that the surtax of 2d. a gallon is not sufficient to countervail the charges with which, in caniecitiedg of the operation of the laws of Customs and Excise, home made British spirits have now to contend; and that a surtax limited to the rate of 2d. a gallon would still leave home-made British spirits subject to a differential duty in favour of foreign brandies and spirits. " Consequently, the Government of her Britannic Majesty having represented these circumstances to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and his Imperial Majesty having consented that the amount of the said surtax shall be increased, the two high contracting parties, to the said treaty of commerce do, by the present additional article agree that the amount of such surtax shall be sd. a gallon, and her Britannic Majesty engages to recom mend to Parliament the admission into the Unite . ), Kingdom of brandies and spirits imported from France at a duty exactly equal to the Excise duty levied upon home made spirits, with the addition Of a surtax of bd. a gallon. "The present additional article shall have the same force and validity as it it had been inserted in the Treaty of Commerce of the 23rd of January last. "It shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Paris within , five days from the date of its signature. " In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. " Done at Paris this 25th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1860. " COWLEY. " E. BAROCHt, " E. ROUHER." RECIPROCITY. A correspondent of the Standard thus arranges the various articles mentioned in the commercial treaty in juxtaposition with each other, that it may be more clearly seen how one-sided an affair it is in favour of France : To:BF. IMPORTED INTO FRANCE TQ BE IMPORTED INTO ERG FROM ENGLAND, :DUTY 30 LAND FROM FRANCE, DUTT PER CENT. 1. Refined sugar. 1. Nothing equivalent from France mentioned. 2. Turmeric powder (?roduce 2. Grapes. of India). 3. Rock crystal, worked. 3. Agates and cornelians, set, 4. Iron, forged in lumps or 4. Nothing equivalent. prisms. 5. Brass wire (copper alloyed 5. Brass and Bronzed manu with zinc), polished or ' factures, and bronzed unpolished, of every de- Metal. scription. 6. Chemical productions,eim- 6. Lucifers of every descrip- Mei'ated or non-enume- tion, sulphite of quinine, rated. and salts of morphine. 7. Extracts from dycwoods. 7. Nothing equivalent. • 8. Garoncin. 8. Ditto. 9. Common soap of every 9. Oils. description, and per fumed soap. 10. China and porcelain ware. 10. China and porcelain ware. 11. Stone ware and earthen- 11. Stone and earthenware. ware, fine and common. 12. Glass, crystal, mirrors, and 12. Nothing equivalent. plate glass. 13. Cotton yarn. 13. Ditto. 14. Worsted and woollen yarn 11. Coverlids, woollen gloves, of every description. and other worsted and woollen manufactures not. enumerated. 15. Handkerchiefs and other manufactures not eau . merated of linen and hemp. 16. Yarns of hair, enumerated 16. Goats', and other manu -17 . Gloves, fac tures.tad o i other stockings,lnaeniic, .wholly oo s lf o l k oot s : , . or non-enumerated. 17. Cotton manufactures. in part made up. 18. Horse-hair minfuetures, 18. See ante 16. enumerated or Ron enu merated. 19. Worsted and woollen ma- 19. Worsted and woollen nufactures. shawls, plain, printed, or patterned. 20. See ante 16. 21. Manufactures of silk, or mixed with any other articles of whatever de scription they may be. 22. Manufactures of waste and 22. See ante 21. 15. Yarns of flax and hemp. 20. Manufactures of iron. 21. Silk manufactures. floss silk. 23. Manufactures of bark, and 23. Noth'ng equivalent, other vegetable fibres. 24. Manufactures of flax and hemp. 25. Mixed manufactures of 25. Hats of whatever substance every description. they may be made, lace, manufactures of cottsn, wool, silk, or linen. 26. Hosiery. 26. See ante 14. 27. Haberdashery and 'small 27. Embroideries and needle wares. work of every descrip tion. 28. Manufactures of caont- 28. Manufactures of caout chouc and gutta-percha, choue and gutta-percha. pure or mixed. 29. Articles of clothing, wholly 29. Leather manufactures, and or in part made up. o her articles of clothing. 30. Prepared skins. 30. As 29. 31. Articles of every sort, ma- 31. As 29. nufactured from leather or skins, included or not Under the denomination of small wares, fine or common. 32. Plated articles of every 32. Brocades of gold and silver description. 33. Cutlery. 24. See ante 15. Rupert Jana 33. Cutlery, and other articles of iron and steel and cast iron. 34. Metal wares, whether enu- 34. Fancy ornaments of steel mended or not. and iron, percussion caps, arms of every de scription, manufactures of iron and steel, ma chine:7 and mechanical instruments; tools and other instruments. 35. Pig and cast iron of every 35. Nothing equivalent from description, without dis- France mentioned. tinction as to weight. 36. Bar and wrought iron, 36. Ditto. with the exception of tne kind specified in Article 17. 37. Steel. 37. Ditto. 38. Machinery, tools, and me- 38. See ante 31. chanical instruments of every description. 39. Carriages on springs, 39. Nothing equivalent. lined and painted. 40. Cabinet ware, carved work, 40. Walking canes, umbrella and turnery of every and parasol sticks, toys, description, worked corks, cabinet ware and ivory and wood. carved work, and tur nery of every descrip tion, and musical in struments. 11. Brandy and spirits, in- 41. French wines at Is. per eluding those not dis- gallon, and colonial tilled from wine, cher- spirits on the same ries, molasses, or rice. terms as our own. 42. Ships and boats.. 42. It is tes undeofrstoodduties that the ra men tioned are independent of the duties on French shipping with which duties they shall not interfere. In addition, it is pointed out, to the foregoing articles of French manufacture which arc to come here duty free, there are also mentioned jewels set, articles covered with copper by galvanic process, millinery and artificial flowers, raw fruits, clocks, watches, and opera glasses, manufactures of lead and feathers. Before the budget and this pernicious commercial treaty are dis cussed, the House should insist on having the Refor Bill, and the secret corresponde nce of the weir m d" brothers, respecting the annexation of Savoy to France, laid on the table, or we shall most certainly be made by the aforesaid brothers to leap in the dark, and English honour be stained. German ---- THE JEWS IN HAMBURG. —An extraordinary event in the history of the German Jews has just taken place. In the free city of Hamburg, where a Jew ten years a go was not even eligible for a night constable, a Jew, v s the free suffrages of the citizens, has lately been chosen : a chief magistrate, next in station to the highest dirr • tary in that republic. The gentleman elected Pil • 1- Riesser, distinguished jurisconsul and writer, Dr. GabrielYl a who was vice-President of the liament that sat in Frankfort in 1848.—jewish Ch Par- SUPPLIES OF WIIEAT FILONI ABROAD. T ronicle. Alcieole states that during the years of free-trade I Echo grain, France has furnished to England a 1 in of wheat and flour than Russia and the alger quantity the two countries that have always be Lnited States, ready to inundate Western Europe wietln represented as The United States have furnished E 1 their produce. ficant supp lies o f w h e at and flour, bland with insigni deficiency in the crops, but because prices because of any prices in England h ave not been sufficiently remunerative . . sporting 1.1-Lettigtart. LINCOLN RACFA—WEDNEsDAy. - • TRIAL STAPf-K, The Gentle htestnetet .... .„ ................. 1 2 ......... • . „-„ ..... 3 Three ran. ZkoCKLESBY STAKES, Stx ram. CITY HFNDICAP. Jovett Minister ........ ........ 1 ......... • ......... 2 .................................. 3 Eight ralf. STEEPLE CHASE }mperor Eididaf eivi; Tails Thirteen ran. 1 MA! CIVATER BETTING. LINCOL HASPICAP. 6 to 1 against The Gent, LIVERPOOL STEELS& CAE. 10 to 1 against Jealousy. 10 to 1 against Anatis. 12 to 1 against Xanthus (all taken). CHESTER CUP. 2S td f against Viatha (taken). li out of at Iris L i verpool Spring I s T en or ga th g a e m ni p e t n o t r s , : Tyrtlit Lestritik: at The ©rand National Lunt .. and not on the Rill close do the' 20th al )ICarch; a Ist, as errone ously stated hi Pill's Die. The action o. ,r of fMr il Stone, the oWne , „ A rcanum and o th er horses, aga ins t £dtd Liknover,. for def amation of amain* Minxes,. in the • character, will be tried at Mo ensuing month. *alio vr k• h • ' the clever light we i ght, a , tlitonn and J. Grims aa , at the Nottir • while riding Warrior Queen, I a,thatift meet injured e and will leave the inff , tug, is rapidly improvutg, nrkally . itr a day ter two. in Ireland, partienlarl The tu'dyrtar old ra ces Y those at the have fiord very well, as will be seen I -, the follow- Curragh, . . . Nursery Stakes, . ' ' Curra , b • June('Waterford follow ing—Curragh n ~ta k es, 3l entries ; .September, Railway Testimonial Stakes, __ ke ,„ 35; October, Beresford Stakes 44 -16, and Anglesey sla 9 ' and Egfinton Stakes 3 1 ' • , Marble Hill Stakes, 1, , _ ___,_,,,_, • Howth : Sitfintier, Slane Stakes, 3:. Jen.""."•"." rark : Hopeful : StakeS, Ir Field writ e ; , a.gow tGI s.' correPpondent of The ff ihuc :___,, A • ” r tig,, lift* comes o here next week for a long-pendiVg sii? ' ' m . yive several horses considerable :rung of lon . 1 rurof th are backed eat a' Ave-foot ' , .val . 0 ehorse s are the each to el . dl the fof a diqtironiii...hed nieMber . . .Lanarkshire Hunt, property - " t y m n a me spirit, that h and I hope, from his Spier . . With hounds he may win the , day. Without running a drag , t . tit' will have a • get up the • horses' pluck, I fear the whole .b ard CIEITICe. A p lan of sweating h orseS, by mean of g Turkish built, has been just inweatt'cl by Mr. Gordon; well knottn in the hunting world of Northampti.,`Olfire, and is as efficacious for putting , muscle on them, an d doing -geYry with the necessity o f sweat- from which the ?flea if taken,.in.for restori ng ing, as the barb, en in the '' 1 the energies of fox-hunters, men mu . saddle, or those who dre too much occupied with businesa to take plenty of ention, sill be a most valuahlli min. exercise. The in! HONVTII AND B.UP`OVI:i STIe;ErtECHAsE.—The ateeplechase season in Ireland opened at Monday, at Tall ag h t, some soven miles from Dublin. T he first Stoat meeting, however, will 14 e the Howth and Baldoyle Spring, on Art 19th and 20th March, a t Baldowle, at which £ 325 and a £ 5O eleYet goblet will b e added. The following eighteen animals are VelAyhted for the Great Metropolitan Steeplechase, a free handicap Of 6 SON'S. each, p.p., in ease of acceptanc e, b y t he s th March, With 100 added, three miles :—Wee Nell, list ; Thomastown, lOst M i di; liileock,'lost 91b; Blind Harper, lOst 71b; Greyling, lo s t 7th sweet Pea, 10st Sib ; Oberon, Oct 121 b; Templemore, 9st 81b , .Erelite, 9st 6 1 b; Fairplay, Oat 6115; Irish Q ueen, 9st 61b .; Anticipation, tort B ab; Black Bess, 9st 41b; :Mickey Free, geld. , 9st 21b ; TyfaYnhairir Oct 21b ; Mayflower, 9st ; Good Friday, :kst ; Ensign, Sit 9119, LORD ItnnisratE'S Bier.— Adrifiral Rous, as the active steward of the j oc key club, evidently dogs not relish his lord ship's interferenee With racing. Although the admiral puts forth very pausible rteguirients; about the hardship of the poor man being deprived of the pleasiire• of rtinning his horse, I think lie would be compelled to adiiiiii oh his cross-examina tion' that the majority of robberies on Did tfirf are not com mitted by men of standing and position, but by individuals of the "selling stake school," who teach Young locket's- to do wrong; and who, having once got them in their s power lune p the screw on them ever afterwards. To talk o f thi • f ' classbeing animated by a love of racing, or of a desire to improve the breed of hollegi its Mere Clap-trap, and the stainer legs of this kind become " a foSsit'' the better for r • acing. The admiral promises, if his lordship threrws eat his bill, to brin e f a clause making the limit sst. h n fat, so good ; b ut, ' f orward he met his lordship a little, and agreetttei ,9 st 71b, tir:odiaesiiz end might be attained. We should then not be so often dis gusted at the sight of a parcel of children ptillinkz, and sowing at their horses heads for half-an-hour before they ear get down to the post.—Correspondent of the Morning Post. RACING PROSPECTS IN IRELAND.—The correspondent of the Sporting Telegraph, at the Curragh of Kildare, writes as fol lows :—We have had an extraordinary winter here, and the result is that horses are very backward in condition—their coats rough and staring ala badgers. Though we do not require our fiat-racers here so early as you d , , in your country, we like to have them a little more forward than what they really are. There are something like a hundred and fifty horses now in training on the "short grass" here, and we are likely to have a brilliant season. Lots of young things, too, are in the breaker's hands, more indeed than the average num ber, so that the prospects of 1861 and 1862 are even more cheering. The breeding of racehorses is on the increase in this country, and the success of the Mountain Deer's has given quite a prestige for the Touchstone and Sylphine strain, for Claret now takes the place of his full brother, and is looking remarkably well: Ile has grown into a beautiful horse since be has left the turf, and is as docile as a lamb. Birdcateher is still alite i lint the poor old fellow is very infirm, yet eats quite as hearty as ever he did; he is along with Gamekeeper, at Mr. Desney's,'within'a fdw yards 0f the spot where he was foaled ; it would, however, be a charity to put him under the sod. STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES FOR 1860. Liverpool Shrewsbury Birmingham March 8, 9 Warwick Pembroke Mutual lO Military (N'thampton)...29, SO Bangor l3 _ Abergavenny April 12, 13 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860. MARCH. Liverpool Spring Meeting.. 6 Northampton Shrewsbury Spring 8 Llanboidv Coventry Spring l4 Croxton Park . Wirwiek Spring 2O APRIL. ..2 Thirsk Spring Meeting 9 Epsom Spring Meeting 11 Newmarket F.S.M Ponteland Newmarket Craven Cattetick Bridge Abergavenny Chester Spring Meeting 1 Harpenden Doncaster Spring Meeting,. S Epsom summer Meeting Salisbury lO Manchester York Spring Meeting........ 10 Hungerford Bath l5 JUNE. • 5 Beverley . 13 Stockbridge . 13 Winchester ... 19 Newcastle... 20 Chelmsford JULY. Newmarket July Meeting.. 3 Nottingham Carlisle Worcester Summer Meeting 5 Marlborough Liverpool 9 Goodwood Abingdon l2 AUGUST. Brighton 1 Oxford Brighton Club 3 Plymouth .. Wolverhampton 6 York Reading 8 Lichfield.... Radcliffe 14 Derby Sumner - Eghain ................ SEPTEMBER. . 4 Monmouth ... 11 Manchester .. . . .... 17 Newmarket F:0 . .... 19 . 1.. Ascot Hampton Newton Odiham Bibury Club ........... 16 ................... 21 .................... 22 .................. 27 28 29 Warwick Doncaster Chesterfield Leicester ........ 21 . ......... 2t ......... 25 OCTOBER. Bedford 3 Newmarket Houghton Newnrirket S.O.M 8 Worcester Autumn ..... NOVEMBER. Hereford 1 Shrewsbury Autumn M.. Liverpool Autumn Meeting 7 ...... '22 ..... 30 COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1860. MARCH. Place. County. Judge Meeting Kyle Club (Auchinl'k) Ayrshire , Mr. J. Dunlop 1 Spiddal lreland ''''''''' ........................ . • . 1 Spelthorne Wilts Mr. War wick..... 1, 2,. 3 Hordley Salop I. S. Hodgson, E q Sapling) Hertfordshire.. I%Atirr.. livirta,arvricoerg% ..................... . ~ 5 . Baldock ( Thorne's' (Sapling) Lanarkshire ... ......................... 6 7 Lanark (Open) Ashdown Park (Ch.) Bulls Mr. 111 , Geor ge...1 .. ' Coquetdale (Open) Norilitimberl'd IN I I I r r .. , Szo T‘ : Patrick at k . . .. ....... . ‘. t' l4 e Ardrossan Club A yrsh ire County Louth Club:... Ireland ........................ 14, 1 5 Limerick (Cloraine).... Ireland . Mr. Hawkes ....... 14, 15 Diamor Meath lreland Mr. Owens ......... 21, 9 r , A I tear- Club Lancashire ...................... "1, 22 .. - Biggar Champion, Lanarkshi re 27, &c APRIL. Caledonian (Open) ..... Edinburgh.... Limerick' (Knockrue).. 1re1and......... Belleek ' • 1re1and......... OCTOBER. 3 Mr. ll.twkes ..... .11, 12 .. ......................25, 26 Raldock Club Hertfordshire . Mr. Warwick .. 1' R ... —c County Louth Club lretand M r . O wens 17, 18 Cardington Club Beds Mr. W arwick ..... 29:Sze NOVEMBER. Scarborough . Torkshire trewmarket Champion auffolk Coquetdale (Open) Northumberl'd ................... 6, Are .................13, fice ................. 13, Ace Mr. E. T. Smith has announced himself as lessee of her Majesty's theatre, which is to be opened forthwith for the performance of Italian operas. . Mr. Ruskin is engaged on a volume on botany_ artists' botany, that is,--a subject on which he w ill 'well know how to be eloquent and discursive, and on which his rare powers of observation eminently fit him to instruct us all. ROYAL ORTHOWEDIC HOSPITAL, 315, Osronn- STREET LONDON.--Truin the annual report it a p pears that the number of deformed poor benefitted by this hospital is 25,270; and the number admitted during the past year, 1,461, of all ages, and from all parts of the kingdom, many having walked out of th e h osp i ta l who had never walked before. Adults who had been unable to walk or stand for twenty years have been discharged with straight and useful limbs, and thousands cured in infancy have bean prevented from becoming cripples. The •Art Union offers a premium of 70 guineas for a group or statuette from English history; 30 ninon] to the second-best model; also a premium of 100 1 guineas for a series of designs in outline to the " Idylls of the King," and insists, for these designs, on sim plicity of composition and expression, severe beauty of form, and pure correct drawing. We hope they will get all. Does the council think that the over of a pre mium for such a poem would have educed the " " themselves? And, if not in poetry, why in design ) TILE CHURCH IN INDIA.—The Bishop of Calcutta we learn from the /furkgru, of the 26th u lt ., has reached ' Allahabad. During his progress up the river, his lord ship had two attacks of fever, but is now stated to be much better. Since the visitation commenced con firmations have been held at B e 1 -- lampore Rampore Beauleah, Bhaugulpore, • ....Mon ghyr, Dinapore, Ghazeepore, Chunar, Benare s , and Allahabad; 123 u c x o a t i i . - ) firmations were in the Engli s h language,' and 68 in the llrdoo. Tun POPE AND THE PAPAL Ciry.--Pio Nono has .been unusually lavish of his presence to the public of late, showing himself often on foot in Rome, and on the most frequented promenades. Whilst walking in the Villa Borghese, the other day, the Pope's attention was called by Monsignor Talbot to the children of Mrs. Ross, of Bladensburg, whose account of the capture of Perugia was considered so favour able to the conduct of the Swiss troops, that her, descriptive letter of the affair, written during her summer's residence in a villa near Perugia, was recently published in the of vial journal of Rome. Pio Nono, desirous of showing his appreciation of Mrs. Ross's tes timonials in behalf of the Papal cause, had her children conducted b e fo re h i m, and so lemnly conferred the Apos tolic benediction upon them, of which proceeding the delighted children did not fail to give a glowing account to their parents on returning home. Fiu EMIGRATION TO THE CAI'E OP GOOD The Wellington, of 535 tons, Captain W. J. H ow l ett; sailed from Southampton on S a turday evening for Table Bay, with emigrants selected by t he Hon. William Field, Emigration Commissioner for the Cape of Good •Hope. The emig ran t s were under charge of Surgeon-Superintendent Thomas a Grr.ed couples Skardon, the numbers being as follows : 2 , 2 1 . 1 7 married to 2094 statute 7 children, and 97 single men, 60 single women infants ; total, 2 25._ souls, equal adults. Mr. John Jackson wen t out in this ship as religious instructor. The Wellington is fitted with a cooking apparatus of a new description, patented by Mr. Gravely, of the firm of Winchester & Co., and which, in addition to its being capable of cooking for all the emigrants and baking soft bread, is also adapted for dis tilling fresh water sufficient for the daily consumption of all on board,,. 3 ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Chancellor has conferred the canonry . of l'orwielr,- vacant by the resignation of Canon Wode li'Mte, ott the Rev. J. W. Heaviside, M.A., formerly Profeizot! Of Mathematics at Haileybury College. • For sotitd . days past the Very Rev. John Gifeard Ward, P. 0., Deal! of Lincoln, has been confined; to his room. from illness, aridi most unfavourable symptoms set in,. which gave his nie&ttri : advisers but little hope tif his ultimate recovery. 011 Monday last the rev. gentleman was worse, and in the aight he died. The deceased watS educated at Oxford, and was appointed to the Deanery of Lincoln upon the death of Dean Gordon In 1845. Mr. Ward leaves a wife and three children, the eldest of whom is Colonel Ward an officer in the army. THE BUDGET AND THE PRIM OF COAL—The coal matters of the Leeds district, who at the commencement of the year advanced the wages of the miners to the standard of 1858, have, during the last few days, advanced the prices of coal and slack to the cons 6d. per ton on all descriptions. CHINESE INTERPRETERS.—The Monitzur says :—• "The Emperor's Government has been lately pre occupied, and more particularly since the fittinp out of" an expedition to China, with the insufficiency of the number of French interpreters of the Chinese language. In order to secure as soon as possible that essential past of the diplomatic and consular services in the countries of the extreme cast, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has proposed to the Emperor to increase from two to six, for China and Japan, the number of pupil interpreters already existing. This proposition having been sanctioned by his Majesty, the choice of the Minis ter has fallen on MM. Vicente Sales, Ernest Blanche ton, Alfred Huber, and Gabriel Deveria. One of these , young men is already in China, and the others, thanks to the arrangements made by the Ministcr of Marine, te shortly conveyed to Shanghai by the Yvon, and on their arrival be placed under the dire, , ,tierk of the interpreter of the French Legation, to whorl they will be the object of particular care and solicitude?' t y , ARTIFICIAL TEETH, GUMS, AND PALATES.. PROTECTED BY lIIR MAJI %Ty's ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. INIESSRS. GA BRIEL DENTISTS, th - 134, DUKE-STREET, LIN'ERPOOL, Opposite Berry-street : rar 33. LUDGATE- RILL• LONDON WEST-END BhANCH, Cer 110, REGENT-STREET. Observe Numbers particularly. LO"IABLISMED 1815.— SSE DIPLOMA. TEETH, THEIR LOSS. And as now restored, on the new principle of self-adhe: 'Um and capillary attraction combined, by means of a soft fie s, lining, with CCrRALITE GUM-COLOURED INDIA-RUBBPar in' ico of bone or gold, without springs or wire, and with-. out any operation; THEY ARE WARRANTED PURE, WHOLE- - gttitE, Ann ENTIRELY FREE PROM SMELL; they are easy and comfortable upon the most sensitive gums, and may be worms for many years -without being in any way affected. The materials used are of the best quality, the workman ship of the first order, and are supplied at less than half the ordinary cast. New Edition, just published. " Gabriel's Treatise is of importance to all requiring the dentist's aid, and, emanating from such& source, itmay be confidently relied on."—Uaited Service Gazette. "Thousands requiring artificial teeth are deterred from , consulting a dentist, fearing the anticipated cost or dread of failure. To all such we say, peruse Gabriel's treatise." —Ciril Serriee Gazette. 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Births, Marriages, and Deaths, forwarded for insertion, muse he properly authenticated with the name and adtbre,ss of the sender. the charge for the insertion of Births will be Six pence each. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., the wife of the Rev. James T. B. Landon; of a son. On the 28th alt., the wife of William Macpherson, ILK, barrister-at-law, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 22nd ult., Mr. William Walter Williams to Emily" Jane Calmady, daughter of the late Mr. John Reed, master. mariner, of this port. On the 22nd ult., Maxwell Hyslop, Esq., of this town, to Phoebe, third daughter of Captain George Lyon, of Dairuscan. On the 23rd ult., Mr. George Simpson, of 2, Princes-street, Leicester-square, to Sarah, eldest daughter of C. Bucket, Esq.,- of Clayton Villa, near Preston, Lancashire. On the 26th ult., Mr. William Boyd to Miss Catherine Jones, of Liverpool. On the 27th ult., Mr. Malcolm M‘Taggart to Miss Jessie M`Killop, of this town. On the 28th ult., Mr. Richard Owen to Miss Grace Jones, of Liverpool. On the 28th ult., Richard Owens, 29, Great Mersey-street, to Grace Jones, late cook at Palatine Club, Bold-street. 1 On the 28th ult., Mr. Walter Gladstone Thompsois,to Pluche Arabella, youngest daughter of the late limay isemstrong, • Esq. of this town. Or: the *.,9th ult., Mr. 'William Gregeten, merchant. Imed'on, Canada West (late of Enniskillen, Ireland), to Ellen Harrison, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Jobn Robinson, of Omagh, and sister to 31r. John Robinson, news correspondent, of this town. DEATHS. On She 20th ult., at Everton, aged 63, Mr. Wm. Garstang. On the 23rd ult., at 2, Elizabeth-street, Mr. James Mangan, of the inland revenue. On the 23rd ult., at 1, Date-street, Almond-street, Jeen, wife of Mr. Robert M‘Gilligan. On the 28th ult., the Very Rev. John Gifford Ward, D.D., Dean of Lincoln. The deceased was educated at Oxford and was appointed to the Deanery of Lincoln upon the death of Dean Gordon in 1845. He leaves a wife and three children, the eldest of whom is Colonel Ward, an officer in the army. On the 23rd ult., at Kensington, aged 45, Mr. Fountains Coupland. On the 21th ult., at 29, Greenside, Everten, Alice Hall, aged 59, the beloved Wife of Henry Hall, late licensed victualler, of this town. On the 26th ult., a r.e.t 54, Mrs. Jane Jones, Liverpool. On the 26th ult., ' aged As, Mr. William Knox, 24, Soho street. On the 27th ult., aged 15 morA'..ll6, Edward, son of Mr. Thee. Baker, 85, Hanover-street. On the 28th ult., aged 22 months, liar 7, son of Mr. Jos. B. Hignett, Claremont Villa, Old Chem:er-road, Tranmere. WILLIAM B AyLIFF, BILLIARD TABLE MAKER, 15, HOUGHTON-STREET, LIVERPOOL. _119.07' PUBLIC NOTICE. To the Nobility, Ladies, and Gentlemen of Lancashire, Southport, Chester, and Cheshire. MR. JACKSON begs to give notice that parties art going about representing him and Mrs. Jackson, and. getting LEFT-OFF CLOTHES without paying for them, saying they will send the money when they go back to the shop, 47. Brownlow-hill. Mr. Jackson has no agents, and allows no one but Mrs. Jackson, in the absence of himself, to buy for him. lie will be happy if such for the future are given over to the police. WIIOLESALF. & EXPORT BRITISH & FOREIGN STATIONERY WAHOUSE. PATENT ARE ACCOUNT BOOK M ANUFACTORY. 32 CASTLE-STREET--32. Account Books.—A large and well seasoned Stock of Ledgers, Journals, Cash Books, Day Books, &c., always kept on hand and made to order, at H. G.'s own Works, of the best hand-made Kent papers, guaranteed to be well finished, and to be most substantial and enduring. Letter Papers.—Large Blue or Cream Superfine qualities, as selected from the best and cheapest markets, 6s. 6d. to 15s. per Ream. Do., Small Blue or Cream, from 4s. per Ream. 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