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,alts by fauttion. '~,~- CART HORSES, LORRIES, FLOATS, CARTS, GEARS, Sc By Messrs. LUCAS and CO., TO-MORROW, (WEDNESDAY,) the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at their Repository, Great Charlotte-street, A TEAM of valuable CART HORSES, LORRY, GEARS, STABLE UTENSILS, &c.. 4 Valuable CART HORSES, just from town work, 5 Harness or Spring CART HORSES, 6 HORSES, suitable for Agricultural purposes, Also, upwards of 20 CARTS, FLOATS, LORRIES, &c. 20 to 30 Sets of GEARS. On view prior to the sale. -_______ By ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE JOSEPH DINEDALE. V ALUABLE LICENSED PUBLIC-HOUSE, CALLED " THE TVIII7'TING7'ON CAT," RUSSELL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. On FRIDAY, the 4th day of March next, at One o' c l oc k i n the afternoon, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, subject to the conditions to be then produced, ALL that Piece of LAND, w ith the INTESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, COTTAGES, and LARGE ROOM thereon, situate on the east side of Russell -street, south side of Trafalgar-street, and west side of Trowbridge-street, in Liverpool ; containing in front to Russell -street 19 feet 6 inches. to Trafalgar-street and at the back (incluing an area of three feet wide to Russell street) severally 81 feet 4 inches, and in front to Trowbridge-street 19 feet. The Premises are Leasehold under the Corporation of Liver pool, .and n are held for the resid ue of a term of 75 years, com mencig 4th January, 1834. For further particulars apply to Messrs. ROBINSON and DUKE, Solicitors, Liverpool. GENTEEL & EXCELLENT FURNITURE, &c., EV)RTON. Mr. SYERS FAS been favoured with instructions from the Executors to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, St. eorge's-place, Netherfield-road North, near Kirkdale, To- Monnow (Wednesday), the 16th instant, at half-past Ten o' c l ock preciselyrese, the g en teel FURNITURE, Chi na , C u t Gl ass , nerHogarth's Marriage a la Mode, fine-toned Square Piano-forte, by Broadzcood, Six Octaves, and other Effects, the Property of a Lady, deceased, comprising in the Drawing-room handsome dark Rosewood Loo Table, Ditto Chiffonier, Sofa, and Sets Chairs, Ottoman, Two Card Tables, beautiful Carpet, 'handsome Glazed Bookcase, with Secretaire, Damask Curtains, Lustres, Fenders, Fire-ion &c. The Breakfast tn d Sitting Rooms cm r tain s, two handsome Mahogany Glazed Bookcases, with Secretaires, Sideboard, Couch, Centre Table, Damask Curtains, &c. The Bedchambers embrace lofty Four-post and other Bed steads, Mattresses, Paillasses, Seasoned Feather Beds, excel lent Toilet Stands and Glasses, Sets Drawers, Chairs, Carpets, Fenders, &c. The capital Kitchen end Culinary Requisites, handsome Landing and Stair Carpets, excellent Lobby Cloths, Lobby L amp, Hall Seat, &c. May be vie we d T o -D AY ( T ues d ay ) , th e 15th i nstant, w h en Catalogues may be had from Mr. SYERS, Clayton-square. A CERTAIN FACT C' ATR. THOMPSON, of CLAYTON -SQUARE, has made more good writers than any teacher in ,riglan d." — Liverpool Journal, 1848.—Established in Liver pool a quarter of a century. Head Teacher of Writing, Book- Rc eeping, Arithmetic, &c.—See adv. in another page. GOVERNESS AND HOUSEKEEPER. 'WANTED, a LADY, between 30 and 40 years of age, who has had some years' experience in Tuition, to 'undertake the charge of and educate four Children, between !Me ands ten years of age. She must also have bad experience i_n_aHekeeping, as ste will have to attend to the domestic affairs in the house of a Widower, where only one Servant and Nurse Girl are k ept. A Lady a member of the Church of gland, wh o is fond of Children, and would most carefully . t their moral and religious training, and treat them Frith kindness, n gentleness , and firmness, is desired. She m us t z.,ediciocamtipoentnptreto:th teach, besides i‘ b i e u s s id ic e . s the usual branches of an English ofnAccled.ress, stating references and salary required, Standard _ PH ILHARMONIC HALL SECOND SERIES OF CONCERTS BY R. EDWARD W. THOMAS' IINRIVALLED BAND OF FIFTY PERFORMERS FIRST NIGHT. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), AT RAMP PAST SEVEN A D 2 ILTSSION, ONE SHILLING. Reserved Seats, 2s. ; Boxes, 2s. 6d. Tickets may be had at the Philharmonic-office, Exchange- TO CORRESPONDENTS, We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends vvill be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. The Work on the Production of the Precious Metals, by M. Michael Chevalier. translated by Mr. D. F. Campbell, shall be noticed next week. Xiberpoot tanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 15, 18 5 3 MINISTERIAL MEASURES. PARLIAMENT has again met for the real business of the session, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as the leader of the House of Commons, has announced the measures which will be brought forward as the course of Ministerial legislation. It has been a matter of anxious speculation to ascertain in what Way the discordant pinciples of the several members of the Cabinet would be reconciled to any practi cable system, and some light has been thrown upon it by - the sessional programme, which will be found detailed in our parliamentary report. It is a curi osity in its way, and is well deserving public atten tion, as a new illustration of the phrase in which Rolm() expresses his admiration of JULIET— "She speaks, yet she says nothing." The Ministerial organs profess to be satisfied with the statement. Satisfied with what ? Would a hungry man be satisfied with a bundle of shavings, because it might contribute to dress his food, though of itself it would yield him no aliment-? Yet this is much the character of the feast which this nondescript Cabinet has prepared for those who were anxiously looking for a declaration of political principles, which should combine the united opinions and views of Peelites, Whigs, Radicals, Romanists, and Infidels. The only really important part of the whole affair —the chief stumbling-block, the solitary grain of wheat in the bushel of chaff—is postponed until sometime after Easter, when Mr. GLADSTONE is to brinvorward his financial statement; so that the Ministry have more reliance on the hoe of what may turn p up in the chapter of accidents, than con fidence in the ability which they boast of having in " all the talents." In the meantime, let us look at the meagre list which has been prepared, and derive some consolation from the implied admission that its very poverty shows their prudent fear of being able to do anything. Lord JOHN RUSSELL commenced his statement by announcing that they should bring under con sideration the usual estimates for the Army, the Navy, and the Ordnance. This is business so much a matter of course, that a de c l ara ti on o f theinten tion of the House to sit on the days ordinarily devoted to public business, would have been equally i mportant. We are, however, gravely informed that t he customary supplies will be moved for, and we ought to be grateful for the information. The next item in this grand catalogue of Minis terial int entions i s a Bill to ena b le the local legisla tureof Can of the Clerada t o settle the long-debated question Re serves in that colony. In trust worthy ha ~ nd s such beneficial, but, 'considering a measure might have been of the Home Goverindering exism , . and the Romanist tendencies in that di rect i on ~ ernme nt , the violent feeling g in Canada, it b o d es n o good to the Christian ent Church, but will simply lega lise Church spoliation. In any case, however, it will but • slightly interest those thing from Imperial leg o is s i eLh n o . are expecting some .. We now come to the Shipping Interest, and find t hat, taking a leaf out of their predecessors' book, and but one, a Bill i s to b e b rought in with refer ence to pilotage. W W ith the e are, of course , unacqua i n t e d detail s, but, whate ver may b e th e i r nature, it is clear that the r e li e f to the Shipping Interest rded und er this head must be of an infinitesimal character. This is not, however, quite all, for we rare to have a statement of the views of the PRESI mI7." THE BOARD OF TRADE on this subject— Sider that those chiefly " satisfactory announcement, when we con pounder of these concerned rejected the pro views from being their represen tative. They, perh aps, have yet to discover the mistake they comtnitt d Lord JOHN RussELL, it e , and the extent of their loss. forgotten his old crotchet, no r would appear, has not refresher to his memory, s will he require a cum]) is his colleague in the long as Mr. ROTHS representation of the City of London; for his next announcement if/ a Bill 3, Byrorn• Mason, at-street; Howard , Oldhall er-street ; ilow-hill ; A )le being ck in the eet, . _ on the echarlics' In depth DWEL t of Mr. IDE, Soli' Solicitor, )ERSO?; TIONS ructions ibmit by hlasoa. a instants the Cru ce dimen al Robes, Highness e Picture he Town from the id, in Li st on the , after K. Cerny and the Pre square. _ o'clock In-street, hen pro- Contract, on the Tatlock "auxhall- Inning in nes, and lies, then 3 feet 6 iutheast at the Richard ck•street 6 inches yards, or GES or the said rises are n, James 3olicitcr, , 5, Old 'clock in n-street, nditions' usly dis- eing in )robe, in street or st by the Ar or for another ntaining eabonts, ►r there. ie north an irre with the TAG ES, i of the ation 0 he °cm- !upatioll a of ca, yard in ni, and 3licitor, untant, K. VERY S'H 26 -ilia ATJC.• [ll and on the e Pairs • Paint, ng Cib 'Astern , capital ii, B:c., A ey an d r, lined , ens o' ie DrY s Deck ,nrious siness. riptive No. 8, the ARY, ['olden e 14th rmary gall be ember Edin at the IsineES 1 have irgicel ?dly 1 0 Mould luty calf of THE LTVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1833 to remove what he terms the Civil Disabilities of the Jews. The wisdom of our ancestors presumed that the legislators for a Christian country should be themselves Christians, and imposed an oath which implied their belief, but modern Liberalism holds Christianity to be of little or no importance, so long as a man has money enough to bribe a constituency and take the oath of qualification. If Mr. ROTIIS CHILD—for whom the Bill is intended—is admis sible to Parliament, so would be any number of Jews, and our Christian readers may imagine, if they can, the votes of such members, when required to resist a Romish aggression, or to legislate for the better observance of the Lord's Day. The Protes tant faith would truly be in good hands, when en trusted to such keeping. We are next promised some proposition on the subject of National Education. It is not to be any very important plan, but something which may tend to promote its extension. Bearing in mind the antecedents of the Liberal party on this sub ject, we cannot anticipate much advantage from the proposal, whatever be its nature. The tendency has always been to promote secular instruction, leaving Christianity an open question, a phrase which in plain English means no question at all. With this is mixed up the promise of a declaration of Ministerial intentions with regard to the recom mendation of the University Commissioners, and also a bill respecting education in Scotland. With the exception of a promise about Law Reform, which is left to the LORD CHANCELLOR, and in which he has been forestalled by his able predecessor, Lord ST. LEONARD'S, the only other measure of Ministerial policy is one for the abolition of Transportation to the Australian Colonies as a secondary punishment. This is, however, not to be carried into effect immediately, but after all those appointed to sail have left the country. The scheme, notwithstanding, possesses no novelty, as it has long been settled to be inevitable. Our colonies are properly looked upon as fields for honest industry, and not as receptacles :for our vilest criminals• We have gone through the list, and would look in vain for any political party which could possibly declare itself satisfied with such a beggarly catalogue of paltry schemes. We are aware that there are a number of members in the House of Commons who deem long speeches and senseless discussions about everything, or anything, or nothing, to be doing their duty to their constituents ; but if the business of the country were really performed, such a scheme of Ministerial legislation would not occupy Parliament a month, leaving plenty of time for Radi cals to indulge in virtuous indignation on imaginary grievances, and philosophers to enlarge upon their pet schemes for social regeneration. Perhaps, however, we hardly do the new Ministry justice. They may expect a wordy warfaTe from Mr. Co BDEN on his new theory of international arbitration, as a substitute for the intelligible means of defence, and a long debate on a proposition for secret voting, which no one claims on his own account, in order that Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH may show his independence of Ministerial discipline. The sewers of London may find occupation for some idle days, while others may be got through by disquisitions on the advantages of a system of decimal coinage; and when the makers of long speeches have talked themselves hoarse, Mr. GLADSTONE may be ready with his scheme for renewing the Income-tax on a plan which shall make every one satisfied with its inequalities. The mountain has been in labour, and truly it has brought forth a Ministerial mouse. as he retains not a nominal but a real balance, he may safely proceed to a reduction of such of the public burdens as will satisfy the largest amount of popular demand for their relief. This is, in reality, the key to Radical policy in gaining popularity; and the heavy financial deficiency which broke up the MELBOURNE Cabinet in 1841, and rendered im perative the interference of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, was solely produced by the reckless reductions made by that imbecile Ministry, in order to retain as much as possible of mob popularity. Cheap bread, cheap beer, and no taxes, have been the cry of the common herd, without regard to consequences; and the response to it for party purposes has ever been the stumbling-block to Liberalism. There is now, however, no concealment of the fact, that any financial surplus is solely owing to the Income-tax, which was imposed to meet a temporary emergency, rendered permanent by the same vicious course of policy; and this difficulty has still to be met by the new CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. The tax will expire on the sth of April. next, and the time has gone by when be can coolly propose its renewal without any other explanation than an avowal of its necessity. The public mind has become fully convinced of its inequality and oppressive character, which have only been endured from an undefined hope of its speedy extinction. A committee of the House of Commons has entered into an investigation of the subject, and numerous are the schemes proposed, by which that impossible end is to be reached, of making that equitable which, in its inherent nature, can never be otherwise than unequal. Among the many witnesses were some Actuaries of Life Insurance Offices—who have a faculty for reducing every contingency to an average money value, from the probabilities of human life to the chances of an honest man turning rogue—and one of the latest schemes propounded is that of calculating the present value, in a capital sum, of each man's income, from whatever source derived, upon a presumed estimate of its probable duration. Thus, income in the public funds is presumed to be worth 333 years' purchase, real property 27 years' rental, leasehold according to the term it has to run, life annuities according to the probabilities of life, and incomes from trade and professions upon some reduced scale, varying according to age and prospects. This proposal has received great favour with superficial thinking Radicals, who have jumped to the conclusion that an Income-tax is levied with any regard to a man's absolute wealth. It may be presumed that every man enjoying a certain amount of income enjoys the same degree of protection from civil and military government, and contributes accordingly to the exigencies of the state. It matters, little, therefore, what may be his future prospects. If he receives a certain income for one 3 ear, he pays for that one year, and his future pay ments will depend upon his future income—sup posing the tax to be still levied ; but there has not yet been shown the slightest reason why the man, who has the most permanent source of income, should pay more each year for the same sum than he who has the income for that one year only. During that year they are upon an equality, and should also pay the same or nearly so, or the injustice will be increased instead of alleviated. The number of ingenious schemes on the subject only serve to show the difficulty with which any Finance Minister has to deal in attempting to legislate upon it, and ought to lead to the convic tion that the best way is to begin by a general reduction, to end in an abolition of the tax altogether. It is a favourite cry of the Manchester school that the revenue should be raised by direct taxation, but it is dictated by the basest motives, though it may be joined in through ignorance of its tendency. It is obvious that while, by indirect taxation, every -Tian pays a proportionate share according to the amount of his consumption, there is necessarily a number of exemptions from direct taxation, so that any real equality is positively impossible. The object, therefore, in pressing the latter course, is to throw all the burden upon the higher classes, and those who have anything to lose, leaving the working classes, as far as practicable, free from any share of it. This may be politic in those who aim at power from the votes of the most numerous of the borough constituencies, but it is directly opposed to that spirit of justice and fair dealing upon which . Conservative policy is based. The burden should be fitted to the back which has to bear it; but this will not be the case by relieving one class, because the most numerous, at the expense of another whose capital gives value to the labour of the other. The time for action is, how ever, approaching; the Conservative members form the most powerful opposition ever remembered, and they will be forgetful of the interests of the great cause entrusted to them, if they do not make a stand against any renewal of the Income-tax, except upon the principle of its present reduction with a view to its ultimate extinction. It is by-far the simplest plan, and we have not the slightest doubt that such a proposition would command the support of a majority of the House of Commons. that the recommendation to appoint Mr. Hughes AS per manent officer, at the salary of XBO per annum, be adopted. Mr. PICTON moved the adoption of the report. He did not know that the position of the Library and Museum could be better expressed than in the words of the follow ing resolution, which he should submit for their ap proval :—" That, considering the interest which has been taken in the Library and Museum by the public gene rally, it is of the utmost importance that the future ope rations should be carried on with spirit, so as to answer the expectations already excited ; that, looking at all the circumstances, the committee are of opinion that a rate of not less than one penny in the pound will be required to meet the expenses of the Library and Museum, and Gardens for the present year, and the interest and redemption fund of the money borrowed." He (Mr. Picton) had to state, with the fullest confidence, that the interest taken by the public in general in the institution was on the increase, and he showed, from facts, that the eyes of the country as well as of Liverpool were upon them. . Mr. TnomAs AvrsoN seconded the resolution, which, after some desultory and irregular conversation, was unanimously carried. The third resolution, moved by Mr. PICTON, and unanimously confirmed, was to the effect that the Council adopt the recommendation to apply to the Lords of the Treasury for permission to borrow the sum necessary for the purchase and fitting up of the buildings in Duke street. HACKNEY CARRIAGES. Mr. WOODRUFF moved the adoption of the Hackney Carriage Committee report. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE drew the attention of the Council to a letter which'appeared recently in the London Times, recommending the adoption in England of the plan prevailing on the Continent, with regard to the pro secution of cabmen. In England, at present, the remedy provided for the grievance of a passenger was worse than the grievance itself, and so the drivers of cabs and hack ney coaches were seldom prosecuted. In France and elsewhere, however, it was possible to lodge a complaint againt a cabman, and to prosecute your journey. The cabman would be brought before the magistrate, who would endeavour to elicit the real state of the case, and thus the prosecutor frequently had the money of which he had been defrauded by the cabman transmitted to him by the police ; while, if it was ascertained that the driver was really the person aggrieved, then measures would be adopted to do him justice as well. With the permission of the Council,he (Mr. Gladstone) would submit a copy of the letter in question to the committee, that they might be able to devise some measure which might be carried out for simplifying and providing an efficacious remedy for the grievance. A long conversation took place on the subject of the Liverpool cabmen and their character, in the course of which Mr. PICTON remarked it was only fair to the com mittee to say that, since they had taken this matter up, there had been a very great improvement in the character and conduct of the cabmen, and the drivers of hackney carriages. (Hear, hear.) The adoption of the report was unanimously agreed to. The report of the Baths Committee was next read, and confirmed. BOROUGH COURT BILL. Mr. AvisoNnaoved, as this was a purely technical matter, that it be referred to a Committee. The MAYOR coincided in this idea. He confessed that he had read over the bill without understanding it. ( Laughter. ) Mr. HORNBY remarked that the bill had been submitted to the professional gentlemen of the town, and they all highly approved of it. At the suggestion of Mr. Robertson Gladstone, the Town Clerk said the object of the bill was to simplify the pro ceedings at the borough courts. An act had been adopted, designed to simplify the practice in the higher courts, a clause in which was to the effect that it might be extended to such inferior courts as the borough court. To enjoy the beneficial provisions of that bill was the object of the present bill. The Council unanimously approved of the bill. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. Mr. HORNBY moved, and Mr. PROCTOR seconded, the payment of the amount of expenses to be reimbursed the Town-clerk under the Registration of Voters' Act. The Coroner's account, amounting to £l5 95., was like wise ordered to be paid. MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS The Cleric read the following letter from the Assessor of the Court of Passage:— "To the Members of the Town Council of Liverpool. " Gentlemen,—On the 25th of May last I received, through the courtesy of your Town-clerk, an ' official copy of the resolution of the Council as to the salary of the Assessor,' passed on the 17th of April preceding. On receipt of that I lost no time in requesting the Town-clerk to intimate to the Council that I ventured, with all possible respect for their sentiments and opinions, to doubt the expediency of that resolution for various reasons, which I took the liberty of suggesting. At the same time I begged him to intimate likewise to the Council that, while T regretted, on the score of expediency, the determination to which they had come, I could not permit it to be supposed that I admitted their right to bind me by such a resolution, and that I was fortified in my views by the opinions of two of the most distinguished lawyers of the day, Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Cowling. " Subsequently I was informed by the Town-clerk that he had laid my letter before the Council, and he re quested me to furnish him with a copy of the case sub mitted to Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Cowling, and their opinion thereon. I did so; and he has doubtless ex hibited them to the Council. ""1 have been waiting in anxious expectation of again receiving a communication from the Council. " My opinion continuing still unchanged, I take the liberty, Gentlemen, of respectfully inviting you again to reconsider your determination of the 7th of - April. 1 do so with increased confidence, seeing that in a bill for ex tending the jurisdiction of the Court of Passage, now lying before me, duties far more onerous and important than those which I am at present called upon to discharge are imposed upon the Assessor. _ _ "To these additional burthens I have not hitherto offered the slightest objection. " It can scarcely however be expected that, whilst the resolution of the 7th of April remains unrescinded, and I am left to such remedies as I may be advised that the law will afford me for vindicating what the opinion of two such learned and able lawyers warrant me in assert ing are my just rights, I shall be a consenting party to such a bill, and thereby submit to perform additional duties for a remuneration which the resolution itself re cognises only as adequate to those heretofore performed by me. " Gentlemen, it is painful to me in the highest degree to addressoyou on this subject, but I am compelled to do so by a just sense of what is due to myself and my family. " I take leave, gentlemen, in conclusion, to call your attention to the importance, I may say to the necessity, of an immediate decision, because the course to be adopted by me with reference to the Passage Court bill obviously depends upon the result of your deliberations.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, ." EDWARD JAMES, " Assessor of the Court of Passage. " 3, Paper-buildings. Temple, " 10th January, 1853." Mr. LLOYD, as one of the committee appointed to fix the salary of the assessor, observed that the Council must perceive with some regret that the assessor had couched his letter in terms which would almost preclude any gentle man from expressing his views. It was not usual for that Council to be threatened with proceedings—(hear, hear,) —and that in the high tone which Mr. James seemed to have taken upon that subject. He expressed his consci entious conviction that the salary was quite sufficient, and, as chairman of the committee, felt it to be his duty to protect the funds. In reply to a question from Mr. THOMPSON, it was stated that the assessor sat, on an average, four days at each court, and that there sere four courts in the year—making altogether sixteen days. Mr. LLOYD observed that, while Mr. (now Justice) Crompton tried 68 cases in the January, July, and Octo ber sessions of 1851, Mr. James had, during the corres ponding sessions of 1852, tried only 56 causes, showiag a decrease in the business of that court. Mr. Alderman PARKER, as a member of the committee who appointed the salary, reminded the Council that Mr. James, in accepting the office of assessor, had sacrificed his practice at the Borough Court and the Sessions. He contended also that it was unfair to talk of the number of causes before the court, as it was not so much the amount of labour which ought to be considered as the manner in which it was done, and the abilities which were brought to bear upon the subject. He merely made this remark on behalf of Mr. James, and he felt assured that the Council would do their duty to that gentleman. Mr. PnocTon perceived that, in addition to +he two opinions Mr. James had already got, he had now received the favourable opinion of Mr. Councillor Parker. (Laughter.) Mr: BANNER, after expressing his regret that the merits of the question should be entered upon, moved that the letter be referred to the committee, of which Mr. Lloyd was the chairman. In the course of a conversation on the subject of Mr. James's appointment, Mr. BIGHLII stated his belief that, upon the retirement of Mr. Crompton, the government waited for the Council to recommeud a successor, as had previously been the custom ; that the Council neglected to make the recommendation ; that Sir George Grey, being about to retire from office, conferred the appoint ment upon Mr. James ; and that, in consequence of that circumstance, the Council had lost the debt of nominating an assessor, probably for ever. (Cries of " No, no !..") In answer to Mr. ROBERTSON GLAnsToNF., the Town clerk said he believed that Mr. James would be content with an addition of .£lOO to his present salary, which has been fixed by the Council at £4OO, while that of his pre decessor in office was £5OO. While the appointment is vested in the Government, the act of parliament gives the Council the power to fix the salary. It was ultimately, after a long discussion, agreed to submit the letter to the committee, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Gladstone being substituted for his worship the Mayor and Mr. Alderman Parker. SAILMAKERS' WAREHOUSES, A letter was read from Mr. Samuel Richardson, en closing a memorial from the sailmakers, requesting that their trade may be carried on in warehouses not fire-proof. Mr. STEWART supported the prayer of the memorial ists, and, after a lengthened dtscussion, the matter was referred to the Sub-committee on Parliamentary Business, with the recommendation of the Council to introduce the change desiderated by the memorialists in the Fire Im provement Bill. THE STEVEDORES. A memorial from the most respectable stevedores of the port was read, as to the practice of loading and unloading vessels, accompanied by a recommendatory letter from Mr. Robert Rankin, Chairman of the Shipowners'Associa tion. Mr. Moss moved that the memorial be referred to a committee, which was seconded by Mr. WOODRUFF, and unanimously agreed to. The committee to consist of Mr. Alderman Dover, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. Bigbam, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Moss. The object of the memorial is to do away with the per nicious system, by which the lower class of master stevedores employ men at a very miserable rate of wages, who are almost necessitated to eke out a subsistence by pilfering the cargoes in lading or unlading which they are employed. By licensing respectable stevedores, the Council would do much to improve the public mo rality and the welfare of a large body of labouring men. It was contended by some speakers that the matter propetly belonged 0 the Dock Committee; but it was ultimately ruled that the memorial, and the important letter by which it was accompanied, ought to receive that respectful consideration which they solicited. This concluded the business. THE NEW REFORM BILL. THERE is something peculiarly significant of the weakness of the present Administration in the phi losophic coolness with which Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Thursday announced that it was not the inten tion of the Government to bring forward any mea sure for the amendment of the representation of the people. It was in 1851 that Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in order to get rid of the inconvenient motion of Mr. LOCKE KING, inspired his Radical supporters with hopes of this instalment of the Charter being granted by promising a comprehensive measure on the subject. In the very commencement of the Session of 1852, before his colleague (Lord PAL MERSTON) threw him out of office, he brought for ward a long Bill, in which he grouped the little Boroughs, and reduced the limit of qualification to the humble assessment of £5 annually. The pre sent Premier had no sooner been installed in office and kissed hands on his appointment, than he declared his intention •of repudiating all finality notions, and proposing a reform of the Reform Act. And now, after all these promises, and the profound cogitations of the last six weeks, the expectant voters are told to wait a little longer, for positively nothing will be done. It is like playing the tragedy of HAMLET with the part of the Prince omitted. It was the chief object of the great majo rity of Ministerial voters, and, without it, why should they care whether the Earl of DERBY, or the Earl of ABERDEEN, is prime minister, with this differ ence, that, with the former, they may believe what he says, whereas the promises of the latter are so much waste paper. It is true, that, after the old plan, a Reform Bill has been promised for the next Session; but is there any man in his senses who entertains the slightest idea that the ABER DEEN Cabinet will survive the present one? It is too preposterous even for Radical credulity, and they must quietly make up their minds to be disappointed, or instruct iheir representatives to follow the example of the unbought votes of the Romish Brigade and remain in opposition. But speculation will naturally arise as to the cause of this unexpected postponement. Is it that Lord ABERDEEN has not found Lord Joni RUSSELL. so Conservative as he hoped for ; or, on the contrary, is the former not sufficiently Liberal for the latter? Is it that Mr. GLADSTONE cannot surrender his old Conservative opinions to the de- mends of his new allies, or does Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH insist that no measure can be satis factory which does not comprise a resort to the Ballot ? Have Cabinet Councils shown irrecon cileable differences, from which the only resort was doing nothing at all? Whatever be the .cause, it is clear to all that the vaunted union which was to amalgamate all party differences .has resulted in a dead lock in which promises are substituted for per formances; and while we should view with distrust and suspicion any measure which would interfere with the constitution of the House of Commons, we cannot but consider the absence of it, under present circumstances, as unmistakeable evidence of Ministerial weakness. THE INCOME-TAX NOTWITHSTANDING the complacency with which the Ministerial organs venture to predict the success of the coalition Administration, and coolly to lay down schemes of petty legislation, the difficulty of a Financial Statement has still to be got over, and it is one of no mean importance. This is evident from the tone in which it has been treated, and the notice which has been given in order to prepare the public mind for the delay, that the Budget will not be ready until after Easter, so that due time shall be given for its consideration. This delay has been lauded as a proper return to ancient usage, and care has been taken to smooth the way of what will out of doors be considered the surest proof of Ministerial incapacity to deal with the subject. It is stated, with well assumed confidence, that a CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER has an easy task in dealing with a financial surplus; for so long DEATH OF SIR THOMAS BRANCKER. We deeply regret having to announce the death of Sir THOMAS BRANCEER, which melancholy event took place on Sunday last, at his:residence in Mount-pleasant. The deceased was :for many years connected with one of the leading mercantile firms in this town, and took a prominent part in the public affairs of the borough. He was one of the most influential members of the Town council before the passing of the Municipal Act, and served the office of Mayor up to the year 1849. He was also a member of the Reformed Corporation. In politics Sir THOMAS was a Conservative, and on several occasions took an active part in the election of the members for the borough. The last time that he appeared in this capacity was at the general election in 1847, when he proposed Mr. EDWARD CARDWELL. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. MEETING YESTERDAY, An adjourned meeting of the Council, for the transaction of the business left over from the previous meeting, was held yesterday, at eleven o'clock, the Mayor presiding. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS FIRAI,TCKER The MAYOR said, before entering upon the other business of that meeting, he had a melancholy duty to perform in announcing the death of Sir Thos. Brancker. This intelligence, said his worship, will be received with profound regret by every member of the Council, and, indeed, by the whole community. The deceased had ably filled the office of chief magistrate, and by his urbanity of disposition, generosity of character, and warmth of heart, has won the respect and attachment of all who knew him. (Hear, hear.) Circumstances brought him much in con nexion with the public ; and, after an interval of years had passed, and when we had to appoint a surveyor of the town dues, all eyes turned to him as a most suitable man, who fully understood the subject; and he was unanimously elected to fill the office. How he performed his duties needs no testimony from me. I can only say that, whoever may be selected to fill the office now vacant by the lamented death of Sir Thomas Brancker, I hope he will bring the same zeal, integrity, and activity, and honour which characterised him whose death we now deplore. (Hear.) For one, I have lost one of the most valuable friends I ever possessed. His advice and prompt assistance were ever ready, and his friendship was warm and disinterested. (Hear, hear.) To the Council his loss is great—(hear, hear,)—and I feel assured that the surviving members of his family will have that general sympathy which always follows the removal of a man of high moral worth and sterling integrity. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman TURNER likewise bore testimony, in a few feeling remarks, to the loss which the Council had sustained in the removal of their respected townsman. Mr. HORNBY, after a few remarks, moved a resolution, to the effect that the Mayor be requested to address a letter of condolence to the family of the deceased on be. half of the Council. Sir JOHN BENT had a melancholy pleasure in seconding the resolution. He felt that the Council and the public had alike lost a valuable servant and a most excellent and estimable man. (Hear, bear.) The resolution was unanimously agreed to. THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Library and Museum Committee were then read, and it was agreed CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY, The anniversary meeting of the Liverpool Church Pastoral Aid Society was held last night in the Collegiate Institution, the Lord Bishop of Chester in the chair. Amongst the clergy and laity on the platform we noticed the Revs. Dr. M'Neile, F. Barker, F. Ouid, W. Rawson, J. Jones, W. M`Naught, J. Lawrence, J. W. Lester, W. M. Falloon, W. F. Taylor, G. Reade, C. Lawrence, W. H. Wright, J. Bardslev, J. Ellison, J. Hughes, W. Moore, J. Marland, R. Sayers, Power, T. L. Pain, J. Nadin, T. 0. Powell, D. Anderson, W. Brewster. T. C. Cowan, T. M. Lister, J. J. Butler, H. Jones, S. Sutton, Messrs. T. D. Anderson, W Jones, H. J. Webster, J. Grantham, A Hodgson, R. A. Payne. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings in an appropriate address, which we regret being unable to publish at length, in consequence of the unusual demand upon our space. His lordship observed that the society was but one mode of carrying out the original design of the Church on the first formation of the parochial system, when the country was divided into parishes, which were much smaller than they were at the present time, and when the clergymen was able to visit all his people at their private dwellings. At that time our parochial system might he said to he in practice what it now was only in theory. Since that time our population had rapidly in creased, and the consequence was, the clergymen were no longer adequate to the increase. After referring to the establishment of this society a few years ago by a few in fluential individuals of enlightened philanthropy, he traced its progress, and after referring to the many advantages it had been the means of conferring upon the friends of the Church, he proceeded to urge its claims to support upon a community like Liverpool. He said they were thankful for what Liverpool had already done, but he hoped they would not take it amis if he said, which he did without unkindness, that much more yet remained to be done. Mr. Naylor, of this town, had set a noble example by placing at the disposal of the Additional Curates' Society a sum of money sufficient to maintain two curates. This was a noble act, but let him say that he regarded it as a sort of challenge to others to imitate so noble an example, and he believed, from what he knew of Liverpool, that there were others who were willing to imitate it. His Lordship then re ferred to the three rev. gentlemen who had come to the meeting from the Parent Society, as a deputation. He was sure they would receive those gentlemen as they always did in that room, with a kind and hearty welcome, which was due to gentlemen of such eminence in their sacred pro fession. (Cheers.) And when he added that Dr. M'Neile would also take part in the proceedings—(loud cheers,) he need not say more at present, but sit down. The SECRETARY then read the Report, from which we make the following extract, as more particularly referring to the Society's operations in Liverpool : "Your Committee are happy to perceive that in our own immediate locality the position of the Society is also steadily improving —new branches have been added to those already formed ; a more general interest in their successful working is evinced by many congregations ; the number of subscribers and church collections is increased, and a larger sum is annually returned to the Parent Society. " This is matter for thankfulness to the Author of all good, and should encourage the friends of the Society in their future exertions in its behalf. " At the same time, the Committee cannot conceal from themselves or the public the lamentable fact that Liverpool still drawsJrom the Society a much larger sum than it contributes to them, and consequently still con tinues a serious hindrance to its usefulness in other less wealthy and influential localities. " With this limitation, however, we have reason to be thankful for the improvement which is evidently percep tible in every department of our local association. " In illustration of this, we would specify a few details. " Table showing progress during the last four years : Sermons and No. of Branches. Church Remitted to Collections. Parent Society. 1850, 1851. 1852. 1853. " It must not, however, be forgotten, that the grants from the Society have also increased within the same period ; they now amount to 28 in all, 18 being for clergy men and 10 for lay assistants, involving an annualexpense to the Society of £2,240 " This all betokens evident progress, and proves that our town is every year growing more sensible of the merits of the Society, and more willing to co-operate with it in its work." After the reading of the report, Mr. JOHN GRANTHAM read the collections made at the different Churches on Sunday last, so far as they have been received, which are as follow : St. Alban's, £3 3s. ; All Saints, £ll Is. Bd. ; St. Andrew's, £44 11s.; St. Augustine's, £29; St. Bartho lomew's, £l4 Ils. 6d.; St. Bride's, £B5 Is. 2d ; Christ Church, £22 ss. • Christ Church, Everton, £l3 15s ; St. Clement's, Windsor, £l5 15s. ; St. George's, Ever ton, £46 les. 9d. ; St. James's, Toxteth-park, £29 Bs. ; St. Jude's, £26 ls. 10d. ' • St. Luke's, £ll lls. ; St. Mark's, £5l 3s. ; St. Mary's, Bootle, £2l 8•3.; St. Mary's Wavertree, £8 ss. ; St. Matthew's, Toxteth, £6 17s. ; St. Paul's. £3 12s. ; St. Paul's, Prince's-park, £ll5 2s. 6d.; St. Peter's, Everton, £2l 10s. 6d. ; St. Saviour's, £56 4s. Id. ; Seaforth, £2l 4s. 2d. ; St. Si las's, £24; St. Stephen-the-Martyr, Crown-street, £8 4s. 3d; Sr. Thomas's, Park-lane, £lO ; St. Thomas's, Toxteth, £8 Os. sd. The Rev. EDW. AURIOL, Rector of St. Dunstan's, London, gave an interesting but melancholy description of the spiritual destitution which existed, particularly in the metropolis, the population of which had increased from 1841 to 1851 to an extent equal to the whole popu lation of Liverpool ; and yet during all this time there had been little or no increase in the means of religious instruction. Be gave some particulars of the scenes which bad been witnessed by district visitors in some of the lodging-houses, where great numbers were living together in a state worse than that of many animals. He went on to describe the comparison in many large towns between the numbers of the population and the facilities for indulging in vice, with the little means at disposal for giving to these poor creatures the blessed truths of the Gospel. Such a state of things was a cause for national humiliation, and he trusted it would stimu late those whom he addressed to increased exertions in behalf of the Pastoral Aid Society. He would now turn to more encouraging facts ; and it was encour aging that, whereas 17 years since, their income was only £7OOO it had now reached £34,000. It was also encouraging that they had been enabled to make 921 grants, and further that they were now better enabled than at any time to make grants for pastoral assistance. In every case where grants were made they made it a con dition that the services of the church should be increased in number, and it was encouraging to know that they had been the means of adding 1252 services weekly to the church, in addition to a great number of private classes. He cited several instances of the good which had been effected through personal visitations, and the fruits which had resulted from the operations of the society, and called upon those whom he addressed to give their best aid, and above all their prayers, in order that the society might be enabled to respond to the call for forty-three more grants, which only the want of funds prevented them from making. He concluded by moving that the report be adopted, printed and circulated, and nominated the list of the com mittee for the ensuing year. The Rev. H. Hterro .'. :Rector of St.Paurs,Covent-garden, London, seconded the motion. He considered their Society the best which existed, for though charity ought not to end at home, it certainly ought to begin there. The mover of the resolution had given them some particulars of the Society, but he would further say that their present num ber of grants Was 284 for additional clergymen, and 115 for lay agents. Of these 51 were to the diocese in which they were assembled, 52 to Manchester, and 43 to Ripon. This, however, was but a report of the quantity, but there was equal reason to be satisfied with the quality. The speaker then described what had been done in the parish of St. Giles, London, where, out of a population of 15,000, there were between 7000 and 8000 Romanists. The In cumbent had laboured uueaasingly with this class of his parishioners, and he ( Mr. Hutton) had assisted him in a course of controversial lectures, one of which he very graphically described, and stated that the result was a very fair attendance of these people, chiefly Irish labourers, at an early Sunday service in the Irish language. He then gave some extracts from the diary of a lay agent, descriptive of various cases with which he had to deal, including a Romanist family, to whom he had introdnced a knowledge ofthe Scriptures; andalsoa female outcast,whom hehad been the means of restoring as a penitent to her home. He went on to describe the good effected by the society in places where temporary aid was required for a population sometimes called together for a temporary purpose, such as mining and similar works. All these were reasons why the society should receive that support which was necessary to enable them to continue their exertions, and he concluded by a forcible appeal in its behalf. The resolution was put by the Right Rev. CHAIRMAN, and carried unanimously. The Rev. J. H. TITCOMB, of Cambridge, moved the next resolution. He described the parish of Barnwell, of which he was the incumbent, as containing 9,000 inha bitants. Of his parishioners, 73 were convicted criminals ; 89 suspected, though not yet convicted ; 107 abandoned women; and there was one public-house for every ten male adults. He then alluded to the exertions which had been made to reform this evil through the as sistance rendered by the society, and attributed the good which had been done to its operations. They had reason to be thankful for the good which they had been the means of doing, but far Liao; , remained to be done, and this should stimulate them t, continue and increase their exertions. He recommended the delivery of popular lectures during the winter season, as a power -1 ful means of bringing together working men, and he also suggested open air preaching during the summer season. He detailed several instances of his own success in this way, as during last summer he had several times preached in the open air, and had reason to believe that the word had found its way to those who would never have come to church. He said he had a moveable iron pulpit which the sexton conveyed in a wheelbarrow to the appointed spot, he, the parson, following in his gown and bands, and it was a pleasing fact that he had never been interrupted or annoyed, but had generally met with marks of respect. He concluded by moving the second resolution , w hic b affirmed the necessity of continued and increasing ex ertions. The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE seconded the resolution in his usual felicitous manner; but owing to the late period to which the proceedings had been protracted , fact. we said areunathbalet vr to do more than briefly state the_ He en described England, at public meetings. . Christian England ; but that nightas often they had listened a to s details, which showed that, even in Christian England, there were vast masses of heathenism, which required the most active exertions to counteract them, Why was this ? There was an enemy at work, and had been for years endeavouring to undermine their Protestantism. Plot after plot had been laid and defeated, and there was a plot going on now. One after the other their agents re ported that their great enemy was Rome, and with Rome t h e contest was being carried on, he trusted, with suc- i cosh for she reports were of the most favourable cbarac- ter. The reverend Doctor went on to describe the various occasions in which Rome had shown her antagonism to Christianity in England, and concluded by seconding the resolution, which was carried unanimously; and thanks having been voted to the Right Rev. Chairman by accli mation, the meeting shortly afterwards broke up. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The first monthly meeting of the Council, since the an nual general meeting, was held vesterday. Francis Shand, Esq., was elected president, Thomas Bouch, Esq., vice president, and Samuel Stitt, Esq., treasurer. The fol !ring com m itt ees were re-appo i n t e d, v i z . : Communica tions and offices, customs, and postal—standing com mittees; commercial law and tribunals of com merce ; dock arrangements and export trade ; survey cer tificates ; and sound dues and Russia company—special committees. . vv The resolution of the general meeting on the subject of commercial law was referred to th e spec i a l comm itt ee; that on the subject of ships mortgages was also referred to a special committee. RAILWAY CHARGES THE belief that Railways were constructed, as the old tokens were coined, " for the honour and love of trade," is not realised to the extent which a consideration of mutual interest would dictate. The London and North Western Company enjoy a monopoly, which, under liberal management, might be of considerable advantage to the public and the shareholders, but their high rate of charges for the carriage of small parcels not only operates to mutual injury, but will make out a case for the interposi tion of the legislature, unless the good sense of the direc tors should induce them to obviate the necessity of such an appeal. A few days ago, we were charged no less than 3s. 4d. for a small ream of paper, and since then were mulct in 2s. 4d, for the carriage of a parcel containing fuur small books, although, if they had been sent se parately by post, from Land's-End to John O'Groat's the whole cnarge would have been only 23 A moderate scale of charges for small parcels would ensure an immense amount of business, from which the public are debarred by the present system, but we trust that the attention of the Company being called to it will prove sufficient. RICHARD BRYAN, 35 years of age, a prisoner in the Borough Gaol, died on Saturday night, in an epiliptic fit. THE EARL and COUNTESS of DERBY, Lady Emma Stanley, and suite, last week left Knowsley Hall for London. Lord Stanley also left Knowsley last week. YESTERDAY morning the body of a man, supposed to be a hair-dresser, was found dead at No. ;67, llarybone : an inquest will be held on his body to-day. THE JOURNALS OF VIENNA announce the sale of a music-box, which plays twelve pieces, said to have been composed by Haydn for this very box. GGORGE BAKER, aged 4 years, son of William Baker, 124, Dale-street, was accidentally burned to death on Saturday, in the absence of his mother and an elder sister from the apartment in which he and some other children had been left by themselves. The second of a course of lectures on " the Archetypes of Religious Mind," will be delivered on Sabbath evening first, in St. George's Church, Myrtle-street, by the Rev. A. Cromar, M.A. Service beginning at half-past six o'clock. GEORGE BEATTIE, formerly shipkeeper of the ship General Dunlop, whose arm was accidentally broken on Christmas Day last, died in the hospital on Friday night last, from the effects of the accident. MARGARET ANN, aged six years, daughter of John Farragher, 9, Brown-street, was poisoned, on Thursday, by eating a couple of muscles, which were given to her by an itinerant vender of shell-fish. The unfortunate crea ture died on Friday morning, after intense suffering. MAN FOUND DROWNED.—The body of the steward of the barque William Botsford, who was accidentally drowned a short time before Christmas, was, on Thursday, discovered embedded in a sandbank, in the river Wyre, and was interred in the cemetery. FROM GAY TO GRAVE.—As the advices from Liverpool announce "a tone of great steadiness in the yarn market," we may look for more gravity than usual in the speeches in the House of Commons when the session is resumed. — Punch. BEFORE THE PACIFIC took her departure, on Wed nesday, her commander, Captain Nye. forwarded a letter of thanks to the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane So ciety. for the splendid medals presented to himself, his mate, and two of the crew, as a token of admiration for their efforts in rescuing the crew of the Jessie Stephens. A FIRE broke out on Saturday morning, in the timber yard of Mr. Al!port, Bootle, but it was extinguished by the fire-brigade before much damage had been occasioned. In the evening a fire was discovered in the cabin of the ship Manasi, lying in the Sandon Graving-dock. The flames were quickly extinguished, very little damage being done. MESSRS. DENNY AND RANKIN, of the Clyde, have a large iron sailing ship fast approaching completion. She is to be the property of Mr. James Smith, formerly of Greenock, and now of Liverpool, and is designed for the Australian trade. Her register is 780 tons ; length, aloft, 178 feet ; breadth, at midships, 33 feet ; depth of hold, 18 feet. JANE FLYNN, a prisoner in the Borough jail, commited on the 31st January, to 21 days' hard labour, and suspicion of stealing certain goods in her possession, died in the hospital on Sunday, whither she had been removed that morning, from disease of the lungs. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ICE.—William Fairclough, a boy, residing with his parents in Richmond-row, while skating in the fields, near tne Zoological Gardens, on Sunday, fell into the water and was drowned. The water was dragged for several hours before the body of the un fortunate deceased was recovered ; and then, of course, all symptoms of animation had fled. GOLD-MINING IN DEVONSHIRE.—The Albatross, 100 tons, cutter, is to proceed from Plymouth to Barnstaple, with the first portion of the machinery connected with the Poltimore gold mine, near North Molton. After landing the machinery, the vessel is to convey 100 tons of aure ferous gossan from the Poltimore mine to Liverpool. where it is to be reduced in bulk, at the works of Messrs. Rawlins and Watson. These gentlemen desire to try a quantity before determining on the average yield.—De vonport Independent. FATAL FIRE.—A firo took place on Saturday night in Castle. street, Holborn, by which a widow named Ardine was burnt to death. CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION. The Goiernment are in earnest respecting the exercise of the Line and the Militia during the ensuing open season. Ground is everywhere being laid out for camps of instruction. In the vicinity of Sandhurst, Captain Needham, Lieutenants Barrister, Vacher, and Maclean, passed students of the senior de partment, are engaged in surveying ground for the selec tion of a proper site for a camp in that locality. Plans of the old camps, in existence in George M.'s time, have been received at several stations from the Quartermaster General's department, that inquiry may be mad( their present state, in view to their modern applies_______ Some of these are now built over, and other spots must, therefore, be selected. We bear that it is very likely Sir C. Napier will command one of the camps, if his health will permit. He is at present suffering from a complaint contracted in India.— United Serrice Gazette. THE RAILWAY KING.—On Friday the Master of the Rolls gave judgment in the case of the York and North Midland Railway Company v. George Hudson, M.P. He was of opinion that the plaintiffs were entitled to the whole relief sought by the bill, and that there must be a decree declaring that the defendant was trustee only of the York and North Midland Railway Company in respect of shares in the East and West Riding Extension and Hull and Selby Railway, sold and disposed of by him or by his order, and that the defendant was bound to account for all profits thereon. An account to be taken of the profits; defendant to be charged with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, from the time of sale of those shares ; to be allowed credit for the sum paid by him, with all just al lowance ; the value of the shares, where it could not be ascertained, to be taken at average market price at the time of rale. There were various other directions to carry out the decree. Defendant to pay all costs of the suit up to hearing. Decree accordingly. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (From a Manchester Correspondent.)—The betting-rooms have presented a new aspect since they have been graced by the presence of the member for the West Riding, whose truly sporting wager of £lO,OOO to a shilling a week has been taken by a gallant general in her Majesty's service. The example has been catching, and many new faces have appeared. Mr. Bright came in last night, and took the odds against Lord Derby's Umbriel. He also inquired whether any fights were coming off, and seemed disappointed that he could not get more than 6 to 2 against the Nobby Buster, whose affair with Shambling Billy is fixed for Tuesday. The Peace Conference has backed Billy rather heavily. Mr. Joseph Hume telegraphed that he was making a book on West Australian, and his agent did a good deal at 12 to 1. Mr. Brotherton came down by ex press train, and was busily offering 8 to 3 that the dog Tommy would not kill the 50 rats in five minutes on Thursday, and 6 to 3 that Mr. Disraeli will not sit with the Irish brigade on the same night, and 11 to I against the two events. It is thought that a foot-race about to come off between the Flying Butcher and Sam Jones's Bill bring down all the Peace Society n ext week. Thi s is as it should be, and good old Eng lish habits an d English totoacteinnadto - are coming up again. THE ART OF ARRANGlNGradeTqffuTteHuAgillly. face e times the hair is pus hape to the face. Let the oval, where hed into the squared at the forehead, as to give a most ex traordinarycheeks, and inat tention t s i e o e n a t o reallyli a lines. g . o o d S d o • be always preserved it exists. ; where it does not, let the hair be so humoured . that the deficiency shall not be per ceived. Nothing is more s common than to see a face, which is somewhat too large below, made look grossly large and coarse, by contracting the hair on the forehead and cheeks , a nd there bringi ng it to an abruptcheck; whereassucha face ' should enlarge the forehead and the cheek, and let the hair fall partially over, so as to shade and soften off the lower ex uherance. A good treatise, with examples in outline of the defects, would be 'of some value upon a lady's toilet, who would wish to preserve her great privilege—the su premacy of beauty. Some press the hair down close to the face, which is to lose the very characteristic of hair— ease and freedom. Let her locks, says Anacreon, li e as they like ; the Greek gives them life, and a w i ll. S ome ladies wear the hair like blinkers ; ynu always suspect they will shy if you approach them. A lady's head dress, whether in a portrait or for her daily wear, should as in old portraits by Rembrandt and Titian, go on into shade, not to be seen too clearly, and hard all round ; should not, in fact, be isolated, as if out of sympathy with all surrounding nature. The wigs of men of Charles IL's time had at least that one merit of floating into the back-ground, and in their fall softening the sharpness of the lines of the dress about them.—Blackteood'! May. ion of LE for ice of Infix' )1 - this ipport want ortant )11apE, n pro of Illy CE for sional Flotoe vith tt y and resen t eon to cons!' 7e the ant, Al ;Fat; kinv . 1 tili° nou , :i ruaelfle r th e sn ip% to„ 0 , spe cable