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Commerrild sSatto. THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at th e Brokers' Office, 500 Bales of Mexican FIBRE, ex Joseph, from Tampico, of good quality. - Apply to Messrs. beech, Harrison, and Forwo o d , Merchants, 37, North John street ; or to F. J. EATON, Exchange Chambers. TUIS DAY, the 15th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, . 1,500 Bales JUTE, 20 , RAGS. BROWNE, HUNTER. and Co., Brokers A.pply to THIS DAY, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Bags Bengal RAPESEED, ex William Fairbairn, from Calcutta.—Apply to Messrs. Fielden, Bra., and Co., Merchants ; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers THIS DAY, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, 33 Bags Kaurie GUM, —Apply to Messrs. H. T. Wilson, and Chambers, THOMAS SILL, Broker. ex Red Jacket Merchants ; or to NEXT WEEK On MONDAY next, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 13 Casks Shea BUTTER, 3 „ PALM NUT OIL, landed ex Athenian.—Apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. On TIIZSDAT next, the 19th instant, at o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, 6 Bales COTTON, 17 Bags LINSEED, 23 Bags RAPESEED, 1 Bag RAPESEED, 33 Bags MUSTARDSEED, 1 Bag MUSTARDSEED, 4636 BUFFALO HORNS. sr Carpentaria, from Bombay, transhipped from Cape of Good Hope.—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. On TUESDAY next, the 19th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 600 Tons Kooria-Mooria GUANO. J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers ♦pply to specie. The news is not important. At Jamaica the markets were quiet, produce being scarce. At the Dock-board yesterday, a discussion took place upon a resolution proposed by the docks and quays committee, limiting certain portions of the Stanley, Albert, and Wapping docks to vessels actually discharging a cargo into or receiving it from the warehouses belonging to those docks. The resolution was finally carried by a largo majority. - - - _ _ The trials of the persons indicted for keeping houses that tended towards a public nuisance con cluded yesterday, and the Recorder sentenced them as follows : —Mr. Derry, to four months imprison ment ; Mrs. Harrison Wickham, four months im prisonment ; Templeman, two months imprisonment, and a fine of £lO ; and Thomas to a fine of £5O, to be imprisoned until the fine be paid. Yesterday, a very curious charge of embezzlement was heard at the Police-court. There was this feature in the case : Mr. Robert Morrison, provision merchant, had a clerk—Mr. Davis, who was his. book-keeper, and in 1856, he took him into partner ship, on the ground, as he alleged, that he was honest and industrious, and besides, he had heard that he had fallen in for a legacy. The firm did not prosper and a dispute arose, when the partnership was dissolved. It would appear, from the evidence, that there was not a good feeling existing between the parties, and the allegation was, that the defendant had embezzled £2OO of Mr. Morrison's money, in 1855, before he became his partner. The magistrates thought thre was a prima facie case, and sent the defendant for trial, but allowed him out on bail. On TUESDAY next, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 423 Bags Broken OIL CAKES, Zouave, from Calcutta, and may be inspected at apply to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., J. H. 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THE PARISIAN GALLERY OP ANATOMY, Paradise-street. ROYAL COLLOSSEU3l.—Miscellaneous Attractions. eir For particulars see advertisements on Bth page, IFlTtiOrn Chum. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS In the House of Lords, last night, Lord Malmes bury postponed his promised statement on Foreign Affairs until Monday next. Lord Derby moved the vote of thanks to the Governor-General, the civilians, officers, and others engaged in the pacification of India; and, in doing so, reviewed all the circum stances connected with the mutiny. The Earl of Granville seconded the motion, which was supported by the Duke of Cambridge and the Earl of Ellenbo rough, and agreed to unanimously. In the House of Commons, the Lunatic Poor (Ireland) Bill was withdrawn. Lord Stanley moved a similar vote to that in the House of Lords, acknowledging the ser vices of those in India in suppressing the rebellion, which was seconded by Lord Palmerston, and which was carried without a dissentient voice. The Chan vellor of the Exchequer postponed his statement on Foreign Affairs until Monday. The Exchequer (L 13,177,400) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Appropriation Bill was also read a third time. Mr. Walpole moved that " no resolution for admitting the Sews should, at the meeting of a new Parliament, be taken into consideration before twelve o'clock of the fourth day appointed for taking the oaths," which, after some discussion, was adopted, and made a standing order of the House The address of Mr. Horsfall to the electors of Liverpool has been issued, but it is yet tl uito uncer tain__ whether there will be another Tory candidate brought forward, but the probability seems to be now that none will be forthcoming. The Continental news continues to wear a favour able complexion. It is reported by telegraph from Paris that negotiations are going on favourably, and that the proposition of England for a general disarm ament has made considerable progress. Another telegraphic despatch, dated Turin, yesterday, states that the Nl , tr p ciuis Azeglio left there yesterday for Paris, charg e d with an extraordinary mission to the Governments rnm t.:e nts of France and England. According to Paris correspondent of the or six Times, a month weeks more will be required b e fore France is fuliv equipped to take the field. Great surprise is express that dy, Austria, with such o v erwhelming forces in Lombardy, as would enable her to open the campaign tom orrow concessions. If she thought fd,re, should make Sardinian army at a blow, fall could crush the a b i r t k upon her own frontier, and then confidently aw French. If it is true that Austria has yielded to the pressure of b te e x li t ev f e o d r , the mediating Powers, it is evident the Tir e war ought to be diminished. It is how ever there is still a hitch - on the proposal for di ' The Circassian steamer has arrived a i r g Galway,in' and brought telegraphic accounts from New York to the sth inst. It furnishes im p ortant news from Chili, where the r evolutionists had made an abortive a tt e mpt to overthrow t he Government . A large number of persons w ere killed and wounded, and some were executed. The European news by the Persia had produced heaviness in the Cotton Market. Flour was dull, and corn and provisions were lower in price. The West Indian mail steamer La Plata has ar rived at Southampton with the West India and Pacific mails. She has brought 522,000 dollars in PARTIZAN POLITICS PARTY politics prevail, more or less, at all times ; but it is in a General Election that we see them run high,—it is then, more than at any other time, that the memorable saying is so forcibly illustrated, — "Party is the madness of many for the gain of a A politician has sometimes to make great sacrifices of his own individual convictions, for the sake of his party. We believe that several had to do this, in the vote of the House of Commons which has produced the General Election that is at hand. The Liberal party had to act as a compact body on the occasion, which with some slight exceptions they did. It was one of those opportunities on which a combined action is sure of success. Different shades of the great Liberal party, we all know there are— very opposite hues in its various sections. But "unity is strength." And the Liberal party of the present House of Commons has, on this occasion, with signal, with most triumphant effect, shown how strong it is when only it is united. This unity, however, involves very often, much incongruity and inconvenience ; and it can seldom be carried out beyond the particular object that may have called it forth. A vague proposition, which commits but to an indefinite purpose, may be made the means of uniting those in its favour who, immediately that it is to be realised in detail, will be split up into a score, perhaps, of different sections. Of course, we do not mean to confine our remarks upon such an illustration of the practical working of party policy to any one political party in particular. The case is one that has been common to all parties. Party action, of whatever character, can ' , only be directed successfully to a great purpose, when it is concurred in, more or less heartily, by all who, in the various sections of the party, though at variance upon particular details of policy, can conibine for the party object. There is no doubt that, in this way, important political ends are sometimes brought about. But it has its inconveniences. It exposes often those who are drawn into such a course, to imputations of inconsistency, if not of versatility. There may be one who makes an effort to act independently of party : he detaches himself from those with whom he has been in alliance, because he thinks they are going too far ; and, after a while, left behind in the political progress that is going on, he finds himself overtaken, it may be, even by the backward party to which hitherto he had stood in opposition. Such has been the position of one who is now among the foremost of the more advanced Liberals of the day,— we mean Sir JAMES GRAHAM,—the ablest, though perhaps the craftiest of those who are the most likely to fill the places of her Majesty's present Ministers. Now, Sir JAMES was originally a Radical; he then became a Whig; and by and by he was a Conservative. He left the Liberal party of 1835-6, because he thought they were too danger ously liberal : he did so, if we mistake not, in con junction.with his, at that time, friend and colleague, the present Premier, then Lord STANLEY. They . stood aloof for a while from both the two great parties ; but at length they cast in their lot with the Conservatives,—Lord DERBY having continued so to do to this day ; but Sir JAMES having diverged in the opposite direction, until now we find him prepared, apparently, to go the whole length of the more popular reform party—that is, of reform which will be acceptable to the multitude. Now, it is interesting at such a moment as the present, and not uninstructive either, to look back upon the career of so eminent, and again so popular a statesman as Sir JAMES GRAHAM, destined, as he probably is, ere long to be her Majesty's Prime Minister. When last the right hon. baronet con tested his native county of Cumberland, he was rejected because he would not adopt the very course he is now so eagerly pursuing. At a dinner given to him, after his defeat, he said,—" I ask, what was the issue tried in this county at the last Election ? I say it was this :—Are you, or are you not, in favour of vote by ballot, household suffrage, and short parliaments ? That was the issue joined." Again, he declared,—" I never contended that the Reform Act was to be unalterable, like the laws of the Medes and. Persians. But I have said, and do say, that let who will propose the vote by ballot , extension of the suffrage, and. triennial parliaments, there are thirteen men in England who are not at liberty to support those propositions ; and these are the thirteen men who composed. Lord GREY'S Cabinet," —all of whom, however, that yet remain in the land of the living, Sir JAMES himself of course included, are evidently beginning to think themselves quite at liberty to do so, atid perhaps a great deal more. But, further than this : Sir JAMES, on the occasion we refer to, proceeds to denounce, with all the eloquent invective of which he is so able a master, the Liberal Government of Lord MELBOURNE, on account of its bearing towards such an extension of reform as he himself is now demanding. " There may have been more wicked Governments," he declared—" there may have been more powerful and dangerous Govern ments; but I defy any one to produce, from the history of our country, a more shabby Government than the present,"—that was, the Reform Govern ment of Lord MELBOURNE. And upon being told that he was denouncing his old colleagues, he asked " Where arc they ?"—adding, that although " echo answered Where ?' " his own answer was, that they were " sunk in the very dregs of democracy." Yes, ri s ei t km a e aL f r a ku l l c oi w ffe a s rt, hs t ,e he r r there, exelai , med the indignant Sir JAMES ; and— :Ahoiraewllll,g, 'never hm right ho on.hopeb aa n ! ' One for the present, we have d r rr o a n in e and, one ; and we quote it as THE NORTHERN TIMES FRIDAN, APRIL 15, 1859 somewhat importantly enlightening us at the present conjuncture. " There is one other point," he said, "to which I wish particularly to advert. I believe that the cause which has arrested the down ward progress of Government, in Radical change, leading to revolution, is the firmness, the judgment, the good sense, and the virtuous education of our beloved Queen. I believe she has distinctly told her Ministers, that their Radical experiments shall not be tried. ' I have,' said her Majesty, no predi lections for party men ; but to principles, the principles of the Constitution, I will adhere ; and if you continue in office, it is on those principles you must administer the affairs of the country.' This, I believe, is the real state of the case ; and this resistance on the part of her Majesty is much in conformity with the decision, courage, and principles of the House of Brunswick." Such was the testimony of Sir JAMES GRAHAM at a conjuncture of the country almost as critical as the present. We have been led to adduce it as an illustration of the political vicissitudes to which the course of party is apt to expose a certain class of the more ardent, we would fain not say the more unscrupulous, of popular politicians. But it has, besides, a peculiar interest and importance at this moment ; and it may perhaps account, in some measure, for the evident readiness with which Lord DERBY has been empowered to decree a Dissolution of Parliament at so anxious a crisis. towards Portugal, in the Charles-et-Georges affair, has at last got uppermost, and ignored all the imputations so freely cast upon the' Government, and upon the Foreign Secretary more especially, of having treated our ancient ally, Portugal, with great neglect on the occasion of the French Govern ment demanding that their captured vessel should be given up, although alleged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of Portugal, in having been found in her waters with slaves on board. The case was brought forward, it will be remembered, about a month or five weeks since, in both Houses of Parliament,—Lord WODEHOUSE in the Lords, and Mr. KINGLAKE, in the Commons, making motions for the production of papers connected with the occurrence the occasion of indulging in no slight amount of railing accusation against the Govern ment. Lord WODEHOUSE declared, that "of the three powers engaged in this affair, England remained in the most unsatisfactory position. Portugal had nothing to regret, because she had maintained throughout her dignity and honour. France, if she incurred the reproach of oppressing the weaker state, had held the tone that she had done what she thought right, and that she was prepared to abide the consequences. But to England remained the discredit of drawing Portugal into a policy that involved her in antagonism with a stronger power, and then affording her a mere mockery of that support which she was bound to give." Thus leaving it to be taken for granted, that the English Government had treated Portugal with neglect, even after having got her into a difficulty with France. Mr. KINGLAKE took a different course, casting censure upon the Government for their neglect and their servility. They had not stood by Portugal—they had, on the contrary, been negligent, been perfidious towards her, friendly ally though she was, and preferring the strongest claim to their sympathy and support ; and they had succumbed to France. The tone of the Opposition press in this country, as well as of the Opposition in Parliamen4 had even begun to persuade certain Portuguese statesmen that her Britannic Majesty's Ministers had not done their duty in the case. In the Chamber of Peers at Lisbon, on the recent occasion of the discussion on the Address in answer to the Royal Speech, Count THOMAR, acting upon the impressions that had been produced on his mind, that Portugal had met with the most complete neglect on the part of England, in this question, which Great Britain ought to con sider as her own, and in which she could not refuse a _ firm support to her faithful ally, as a true and patriotic Portuguese, had stigmatised and censured the inexplicable conduct of the English Government towards Portugal—and had done so, we say, under the conviction that such neglect had actually taken place. But having found out his mistake,—truth having succeeded in getting upper most,—the British Minister at Lisbon, Mr. HOWARD, now reports to Lord MALMESBURY, that, in the Chamber on the 26th ult., the Count, declared, "that upon seeing in the papers relating to this case which were presented to the British Parliament the proofs that the English Government had from the very commencement offered their good offices to the Portugese Government, and had actually put them in practice to the extent of eliciting their acknow ledgments and thanks for the same, as stated in a document which he would read to the Chamber, and which statement had not been denied by the Govern ment, he felt bound conscientiously to declare to the House that he therefore withdrew the censure which he had, without foundation, imputed to the English Government, as being entirely unmerited, according to the uncontradicted confessions of the Marquis de LOULE, and that he reserved his judg ment upon the proceedings of the English Government in his case, until such time as the actual Cabinet, whose attention he now called to the documents published in England, as he had done that of their predecessors, should elucidate "the question by stating how far the assertions of the English Government were correct." The document referred to, it further appears, is the despatch of Mr. HOWARD, dated the 22nd of November, 1858, and published in the Correspondence relating to the case which has been presented to Parliament. We have never taken part, on this question, with the opponents of her Majesty's Ministers, not only because we saw all along that they did the best they could, under the difficult circumstances of the case, but also because we were of opinion, upon carefully considering all the points in dispute, that any more decided interference on behalf of Portugal would have been very likely to have produced a rupture with France,—not with the Emperor merely, but with the French people, whose national jealousy was already excited by what our Government did, as they thought, to the disadvantage of France. A misunderstanding with our Gallic neighbours was happily avoided by the caution, and prudence, and conciliation of Lord MALMESBURY ; and now that so jealous a Portuguese patriot as Count THOMAR is satisfied that the censure he had cast on the English Government was " entirely unmerited," we may take it for granted that our first impressions were right ; and that it affords another illustration of the ancient apothegm, " Truth is established by inves tigation and delay : falsehood prospers by preci pitancy." THE DISSOLUTION.—The Times says it is intended that Parliament shall be prorogued on Tuesday, and dissolved on Thursday next, In this case the writs would be pro claimed on the following Saturday, and the borough elec tions would take place in Easter week, and those of the counties on the following Monday, May 2nd. OPPOSITION AT BIRMINGHAM.—Froni a statement in the election news of the Times, it would appear that an opposi tion to the sitting members at Birmingham is secretly organised, which threatens to deprive one of them of his seat; but the difficulty is to find a candidate. The Morning Herald does not speak very hopefully of the ministerial statement to be made this evening (Friday), respecting foreign affairs. The Herald says if we do not then learn that everything is in course of arrangement, we shall at least obtain some knowledge as to the refractory powers. The steam-ship Tweodside, from LondOn for Alexandria, with 200 horses for the Pacha of Egypt, put into Plymouth on Wednesday, having met a severe gale, in which more than half of the animals were either killed or seriously injured. SUDDEN DEATH DE MADAME Bosio.—We regret to state, upon reliable authority, that Madame Bosio, who was engaged by Mr. Gye to appear at the Royal Italian Opera immediately after Easter, suddenly expired at St. Petersburg, where she was fulfilling an engagement. A letter was re ceived in town yesterday from Mr. Gye, dated Paris, the 13th instant, in which he states "poor Bosio is dead; she died at St. Petersburg yesterday." The letter does not state the immediate cause of death. The unexpected loss of so talented an artiste, will be severely felt by Mr. Gye at the commencement of a prosperous season„ and vel' t 40 l ees b e regretted by the habitues of the opera, THE BALLOT. THIS, in copular opinion, indispensable element in any substantial measure of Parliamentary Reform, is one of the matters on which the country is called to decide in the approaching General Election. Par liament itself persists in repudiating it. And, as Mr. BERKELEY told the House of Commons the other night, it is to be feared it "is too hardened in its course to be induced by any argument or reasoning to change its opinion." The late appeal to that assembly, therefore, " was not to the House, because it was impossible to suppose that in its moribund state it would turn to repentance." It was, through the House to the country. " The question must be carried by an influence which was not in that House, but outside the doors. The carrying of the question did not depend upon the 238 earnest members in that House, but depended upon the constituencies of the country, who had an up-hill battle to fight against the overwhelming influences by which they were beset." Such was the way in which the case has just been put in Parliament by its most indo mitable champion. The people, it is assumed, require it—pray for it. And, the Commons were further told, " the days of their suffering must, have an end, and the time will come when they will demand in a in a voice of thunder that for which they now sup plicate." Such entreaties, the hon. member who urged them was aware, he said, were of no avail there where he uttered them ; but out of the House, he was persuaded, they would not fall to the ground, —and "it was because they were approaching the great national saturnalia that he addressed these observations," not to the House, but, through the House, to the countr y. Now, as this is the case--as the country is on the point of being appealed to on the subject of Parlia mentary Reform, the Ballot, in popular estimation, being, as we have said, an indispensable necessity therein, it is interesting and important to mark the way in which the two great leaders of the Liberal Reform party in Parliament,—where, after all, the question of the Ballot must still be decided,—now treat this expedient . Lord PALMERSTON has again declared his uncon querable aversion to it. Nay, he is not only still opposed to it, but more opposed to it than ever. " I entertain," he has just proclaimed, " all the objections which I have ever expressed against- it, and I am still more against it than I was before ; because, heretofore, this measure of secret voting was not to be imperative, but now it is admitted to be actually a gagging Bill ; it is admitted that it is to be actually compulsory, and that no man is to tell even to his wife the vote which he has given. This is a sort of tyranny to which the people of England will never submit. You may pass what laws you please, but you cannot overbear the spirit of the nation. The British nation would disobey your laws ; they would not submit to what I say would be perfectly unjust and totally repugnant to the spirit and principles of the British Constitution." These are strong antipa thies to the Ballot. And they are the antipathies of one who has probably, next to Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself, exerted the most powerful influence in,bring ing about the appeal to the country on Reform. But Lord PALMERSTON'S persistent opposition to the Ballot, however it may grieve, however it may vex, the advocates of that expedient in the Reform party with which he has, nevertheless, cast in his lot, is yet explicable, and consistent, and straightforward ; more especially, and indeed, strikingly so, as com pared with Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S. This noble lord has just spoken in its favour, but voted for its rejection. " I must confess," he now declares, " that I have modified my opinions on this question, so far as this, that I do not think, if this mode of secret voting were adopted, it would have the injurious consequences I formerly supposed it would have. I used to have a fancy it would induce so much disguise and concealment, as to operate injuriously on the English character ; but on further reflection and experience, I do not believe that baneful ,consequences of that kind would follow." Then why, my lord, not vote for its adoption ? For those "injurious consequences " of its operation, which you now say you don't believe in, are just the only reasonable objections there could possibly be to it. If the protection of the Ballot, which protection must of itself be a benefit, will not be attended with any " injurious consequences," we cannot see how Lord JOHN can be justified in still persisting in As the Star only too truly says,—" He opposing it, stands by that stupid old notion of electoral trustee ship which must needs grow weaker as the suffrage is widened ; he gives up the more tenable objection that secrecy induces to dissimulation. And this modifi cation' of his opinion enables him to say that if there be a majority for the Ballot in the new Parliament he shall not apprehend any very evil result. Can anything," asks our plain-spoken contemporary, "be more unlike a statesman and a popular leader? Is it not rather the language of one politically blind, lame, and halt—one who dimly gropes his way towards a result, instead of distinctly apprehending and boldly marching up to it ?" There can be but one answer to these questions ; and it is one which assuredly will not raise Lord JOHN RUSSELL in public estimation,—either with the advocates of the Ballot, or with any other section of the great Reform party. TRUTH TRIUMPHANT. TRUTH, it has been said, is like a Cork—it will be uppermost some time or Other.. And the truth about the conduct of her laajesty's Government LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVEIIPOOL COUNTY COURT.—Mr. Holton sat yesterday', and disposed of a large number of cases, of which, however, nearly all were undisputed claims for trifling amounts, not possessing the slightest interest. BANKRUPTCY YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr. Com missioner Perry.—Re T. C. Tarlaton.—,The bankrupt was a shipowner, and proprietor of bathing machines at Rhyl. He came up for his certificate. His Honour granted the bankrupt a certificate of the second class. Mn Mmorr Jorms.—Mr. Jones delivered his lecture on " Swift," in the Argyle-rooms, Birkenhead, last night, before a numerous and a respectable auditory. To-night Mr. Jones will deliver his oration on " Curran," in Hope.. hall. This oration is one of the course which Mr. Jones delivered in Liverpool some months ago, and which he has been induced by urgent request to repeat on the present occasion. It is one of the most attractive of his course to to a general audience. A CONSCIENTIOUS' WITNESS.—Some time since a young fellow who had turned " Queen's evidence" against his com panions, in a case of burglary and robbery, was cross examined by counsel forthe prisoners as follows:—Counsel : You have been engaged in some robberies before now ? Witness : Yes. Would you rob a priest ? No. Would you rob a minister ? No, Would you rob a church ? No. Would your rob a chapel ? No. Counsel :On your oath, sir, would you rob a bishop? Witness : I would trot like to answer that question, as I am not quite certain whether I should not rob a bishop if I got an opportunity. This, of course, settled the affair. A YACHTSMAN AND THE LIFEBOAT.---Mr. Brassey, the well-known yachtsman, and son of the celebrated contractor, thus expresses his approbation of the National Lifeboat Institution :---"Lowndes-square, 13th April.--I beg to enclose the sum of £lO, as an earnest of the great interest which, as a yachtsman of many and long voyages, and an Englishman, proud :of the maritime supremacy of his country, I have ever taken in the successful operations of the National Lifeboat Institution.---Yours, &c., Thomas Brassley, Jun."' It may not be inappropriate here to state, that the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution were instrumental in saving 49 persons from various wrecks during the qnurter ending 31st ult., and that the lifeboats had put off to vessels having signals of distress sixteen times. The expense of these services amounted to £203 18s 6d, which, with £324 paid to the coxswains and crews, for taking charge, and for exercising all its life boats, made a total of Z 527 18s 6d incurred in the quarter, independent of the large charges incurred in keeping its numerous establishments in a state of thorough efficiency. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSYONERS.—A: Special meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held in the offices, Ham lton square, at ten. o'clock yesterday, for the purpose of issuing bonds for the general mortgage debt of the commissioners, under the act of last session.. Mr. Hind presided; and the other members present were—Messrs. Cook, Gough, Bell, Baylis, Vereist, Goulburn, and M`Gill. The law-clerk stated that the commissioners would have to issue new bonds for capital and arrears of interest, which would be capitalised up to the 31st of December last The new bonds would be issued -on coupons, and the interest payable every six months for the next six years. The business, being wholly financial, wa, transacted in private. We believe bonds to the ame not of about £300,000 were signed. THE WEATHER.—Yesterday was more like a winter day than an April one. The forenoon was cold, but fine, but from one o'clock to a late hour at night there was an unin terrupted fall of snow, with an atmosphere of intense cold. The fall of snow is very likely to " take the cold out of the air," as it is called, so that fine weather may be expected from this forward. CORONER'S INQUESTS. --Yesterday, P. F. Curry; Esq., coroner, held the following inquests : On the body of William Shaw, a book-keeper, residing at No. 4, Back Castle-street, Kirkdale, who was found dead in bed with his throat cut, on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased had been in a low desponding way since July last, when his wife died suddenly. He has lived by himself the last fortnight, when his daughter, who had been recently married, left him. On Tuesday, he was in the house of a neighbour, named Ann Walthew, and appeared then in a very desponding state, and said he wished he was with his wife who was dead, and cried bitterly. On Wednesday, about four o'clock, one of the neighbour's children looked through the kitchen window, and saw his hat and shoes, and told Mrs. Walthew. She went in and found the deceased in bed, dead. His throat was cut. Verdict, " Suicide under temporaiy insanity." On the body of Margaret Egan, daughter of Martin Egan, residing in 14 Court, St. Martin's-street, who was scalded by pulling over a cup of boiling tea on her arm and breast, last Tuesday week. She was attended by Dr. Pope, and everything done that could be done, but she died on Wednesday. Verdict, "Accidentally scalded." STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUND LAND.—In the Newfoundland House of Assembly, on the 7th of February, a discussion took' place respecting the contract with the Galway Transatlantic Steam Company. Several members asserted that they had voted the money for a direct line with Europe in the expectation that the steamers would run to some large commercial port .in Great Britain, Liverpool being, in their estimation, the best place, commodities of all descriptions at reasonable rates being obtainable there, and enabling tradesmen to import goods on their own account. Galway, it was maintained, only exported a few barrels of herrings, and a class of undesirable emigrants. Freights, however, was not sought by the Gal way Company to or from St. John's. The company wanted to exact $lO per ton from New York to St. John's, when they only asked 40s. to Galway. Their charge from Galway to St. John's was 50 per cent. more than from Galway to New York, or New York-to Galway, and in many cases 300 per cent. more than by sailing vessels. The inferiority of the Galway vessels was also commented upon. One member said :—" It is monstrous that one-eleventh of our revenue should be granted for this purpose, more particularly under so loose a contract as that lately entered into by the government." HISTORIC SOCIETY.— A meeting of this society was held last evening, in the Grand Jury-room, St. George's Hall. Mr. Burke occupied the chair. The following donations were acknowledged by the Secretary :—From the Author : "Voyage en Espague et en Algerie in 1855, par M. Boucher de Perthes." From C. Roach Smith, F.S.A.: "Philosophy of Voice and Speech," by James Hunt, Ph. D., F.S.A., &c. " A Report of the Speeches at the Special General Meeting of the British Archaeological Association, 1845," by Alfred John Dunkin, Esq. From Dr. Thom : "A very elaborate drawing (by George Charles, Esq.), representing the ceiling of Tarporley Church, Cheshire," which is now undergoing some, alterations. The ceiling is richly ornamented with bosses, on which are emblazoned the arms of the families of Crewe, Done, and Arderne, together with their various alliances. There were exhibited depositions taken at Chester, concerning a place called the King's Wood, by virtue of the King's Majesty's Commis sion, the sth day of January, in the 6th year of King Edward the Sixth ; Histories of the families of Melville, Drummond, Dunbar, Hume, and Dundas ; and various specimens of the remains of the Roman city recently excavated at Wroxeter. The latter were exhibited by Mr. Mayer. The paper of the evening was "On the uses of learned societies," by Mr. J. T. Danson, F.S.S. A con versation ensued the reading of the paper, which was pro itounced to be a very able one, and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Danson. The meeting then adjourned. A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.--At various times, nay, we may say almost daily, our merchants on 'Change have to grieve over certain losses, and, as fathers of families, when the cares of the day are o'er, they return home, vexed and disappointed, and, perhaps, not in the best of humours with their families and domestics. This, no doubt, occurs every day, but matrimony is an ordnance which, taking on an average, only occurs once in a man's life time, and should he get disappointed on that particular subject, it oft leads him to spend the remainder of his life in " moody melan choly," oft dejected and despised. Therefore, matrimony is not a subject to be laughed at, or slightly dealt with, for upon it hinges too often a man's pros perity or his degradation. But, without solilo quising any further, we will give our readers the par ticulars of a sad disappointment which took place in our own town of Liverpool yesterday; but, in order that no scandal may arise, and the disappointed pair may not be pointed at in their future progress in life, we will not pub lish their names, but simply give the facts. In Starling street, Kirkdale, resides a very amiable, and, perhaps we Might add, beautiful, young lady, not yet out of her teens. As a matter of course, she was wooed by many, and at last got won, and yesterday was the day fixed for the wedding. The special license was procured, and the happy pair,. dressed as bride and bridegroom should be, with all their friends both male and female, repaired to St. Peter's church to have the ceremony performed, that would make the two one. They, with all the agility of youth stepped from the carriages, and entered the sacred edifice, all joyous and happy. The Rev. Mr. Connor was in attendance to perform the duties, and all appeared happy, and delighted with future anticipations. The ceremony had proceeded to a certain point, when—Oh ! Mr. Connor what have you to answer for, for you were the cause of the fatal result—it was discovered that the surrogate, who had granted the license had made a great and fatal mistake in filling it up, he had i nser ted Kirkdale," instead of " Liverpool." This was announced to the then " happy " pair, who were also informed that the ceremonycould not be legalised. Readers, judge of the disappointment. Pen and ink cannot describe the change that took place in the lovely looks of the bride, that was to be made a wife ; and the bridegroom, who was to have been the happy possessor of such a treasure ; but, so it was. The Rev. Mr. Connor pro normeed the words " I can't marry you," and there was no alternative but for them to retire, and have the license amended. They did I 'o4o l brit with rylaneholy and gloomy ..........r.....•••4,........................................ miserable and dejected, while the bridegroom looks—indeed, the bride looked most miserably ni tried to look valiant and consoling, but his features showed what he leo within. , However, there being no alternative- the dissr pointed pair, with ' their frienc/5, left the church,' and ,' / e d i turned to their homes as they left, without being J° 61 6 ,, together in the holy bands of wedlock, In an early ImPr o e j sion, we have no doubt, but that we shall have to re ir the marriage of this happy pair, as no doubt the erro can easily be rectified, and we can only hope that this mg ,?.! the greatest disappointment they may ever meet I ntl). i.' this life, provoking as it may have been. this HBALTH Comierrrre.--,-The usual weekly h 11, committee was held in the Council-chamber, To7vll-=-3, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Alderman Dover presided, 7 the other members present -were—Messrs. Sheil, Beckw_llo, Bowring, Anthony, Crosthwaite, Haydock, and Crelh ~, specter ?It. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and in nuisances reported various particulars of the operationc! ii: their several departments during the week, from 0 1 , 1 . : 6 : t. ,, nreetine• of appeared that 99 nuisances, complained of by inh ab 500 had been inspected and means taken to remedy them' 433 houses ; in the unhealthiest districts' contain ing '77.,i, apartments and 405 cellars,- had been put under ep..,;; nation, with the view of improving their sanitary conehtwo and 88 lodging-houses had arse been examined and rePor!eic upon. The medical officer of health repented that in the . w h e of ended last Saturday, there were' registered in the Par' s w. • i i , Liverpool 172 deaths,and ' the in all 244, which is about the corrected average I) , l esse o corresponding week of former years. ZYmotic di, typhus occasioned 58• deaths, of which. th er e were from 5, crouP 17, hooping:cough 10, measles 6, scarlatin a 6, i o small-pox 3(2 unvaccinated), syphilis 1, carbuncle 1. r o t death has been registered from diptheria during the as fortnight. From diseases of the lungs the deaths w o f 77, being 7 more than in the previous we ek this number 41 were from consumption, a . ,:joils weekly mortality , than has occurred during the Pr-00. vul twelve months. Twenty children died - fon t n , res ter sions, and II from water in the head -3 Z; the number than' ever' previously recorded. Dunk' oat quarter which ended 2nd April, ,7,267 deates' on registered in the borough, including 2 06 5c ees and violent deaths, and deaths in hospitals, 0 5 comprised in the weerzly reports. The Thor r moms 190, -a , 433 below that or the •°L corresponding quarter and 104 less than the corrected average of the o f period of the eleven preceding years. From dise3,,se9'3ie the. zymotic class, the deaths were 821, against ,iO4 the same quarter of last year. Measles, seau'rta' of diphtheria, and diarrhcea, show , a decrease as oP,„13011.• with the quarter immediately preceding, while in 'mall pox, hooping-cough, craup, and typhus, there is 3 1 ; Or increase. The numbers were—smallpox 39, me as „ - :4 4 9 scaltatina 187, diptheria 20, hooping cough 190, er ° l r S, diarrhcea 48, dysentery 9.'„ typus 145, intermittent f ei'- ' 3 21 erysipelas 21, syphilis 11, quinsy 6, cholera 2; i n t' aenz i ,,,,, A chicken-pox 2, thrush 2;. purpura 2. The deaths 1 1,,g diseases of the lungs during the quarter, were 1,04 3, i ' v tlie 185 less than in the same period of last ' when 4 year: ~, T ees, mean temperature was nearly 4 degrees lower. The o• 3i temperature of the quarter was 45 2-10 degree beiNfe degrees higher than the average. Rain fell on WI tile days, being the averagerainfall of the quarter. Thy whole Ass of the public business before the committee. HE COURT. The Queen rode on T horseback in the Riding-seuv" Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday e nded bj The Prince Consort rode' out on * horseback, afoot .- , Captain Du Plat. t The Princess Beatrice visited the Duchess of " —II Clarence-house, St. James's. Al i c e tile, The Queen's dinner party included the Princess i ; e : s9 0 , Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke and Dac"„oilf Beaufort, Earl Granville, Lord Churchill, Lord Mgcl the Major-General the Right Hon. J. and Lady Alice r f lor Right Hon. Sir John and Lady Peking - ton, 9 . 01 "" —. General Wylde. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM. Yesterday afternoon her Majesty held her first ( u'dasc e room this season, at St. James's Palace. The attetpeett, was very numerous. According to custom, the Christi before the drawing-room, received a deputation ' freil l ' Hospital, in the Throne Room. arts sn Her Majesty condescended to inspect the e- drawings of the boys. lo rio•he' Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal the Princess Beatrice, the youngest of the royal f°lll THE ELECTION• MEETING OF LIVERPOOL. REFORM- t Common-hall, Yesterday, a meeting of Liberal electors was he id d li ptiag Hackin's-hey, for the purpose of 3-Qhair measures in reference to the ensuing election. I' lle n c men and secretaries of the various wards. were P re3e r - h t' d t er sides a large number of influential gentlemen att3eors• the Reform interest. Amongst others there wer e b . W. F. Macgregor, J. Ryley, H. Mulleneux, T. M.,:.n11' H. Macrae, C. Holland, R. W. Ronald, John Gair, T. D. Hornby, William Earle, C. T. Bowring, Jones, C. Robertson, B. Wrigley, &c , &c. Mr. 11. roc bank presided. pcg" , A vote of thanks was passed unanimously to S. „tint Esq., M.P., followed by a resolution pledging t he tliv •n• to use every legitimate means for securing his re-eleettluti The necessary organisation in reference to the cv election was also decided upon. A 11 The proceedings throughout were characterise - o ils utmost unanimity, all present being animated With 4 00 1 to use their best exertions in aid of the triumph 0 principles. • IRISH RIBBONIS ARREST OF THE ORIGINAL INFOIIO (From Belfast News-Letter) BELFAST, Thursday Night.—This evening, b et ` gee f il orin ir and five o'clock, the constabulary, having rece ived i i, 11 4 e fe tion. that Henri D'Alton, alias Tighe, the person w's, pet the information which led to the arrest on the ° t ' - ‘1 last, and for whose apprehension a reward was offer's t 0 returned d to Belfast, a party proceeded to his fatb er : ° ,, l 'n enZe. They found the door securely bolted, by , b -l a, admittance by the next house into the yard, a nd suilcceee4 in arresting D'Alton after a desperate ' ll Ind wa' found covered wi straw in a pigstye, a pitchfork, with th which he endeavoured to strike °lle officers of justice ANOTHER EXPLOb POWDER MILL, AND LOSS OF LFP'oont HASTINGS Wednesday Night.—This rorn nine ing, H o'clock, many of the inhabitants o f this sit* startled in consequence of hearing a loud report YeL•ll so lar to the explosion of a heavy piece of cannon, a ltu i ' or even felt their dwellings shaken. It was irnmediate'iocclef mixed that an explosion had taken p l ace at the ,IOP - a sent works of the well-known firm of Messrs. Lawrence 311 ; o for near Battle, about six miles from Hastings, an-cl this it I°4 s pot, tunately proved correct. On proceeding to the . ascertained that the explosion had taken Place t h at 3 3 O il' mg house," Lower Pepperage works ; and being i named Putland, aged 57, had lost his li fe, his hodliistio l terally blown to atoms. So complete wa s the annib of the deceased, that not one-fourth of his body 11Dec ° u 3, as se arcii e rtio o found, although the ruins had been, carefully well as the adjoining land. The two largest P9 ll l t h u e picked up were a foot minus the toes, and the skull :' °l , chi. hair completely torn off. His family consists of n in s ee t ° dren, but fortunately most of them are of a sufficient 1;10on 1- 9btain their own livelihood. It is supposed that the isy, (a wooden structure of no great extent, and.core_'doion) small brick pillars, built into the ground as a t t or contained only about 2 cwt. of the and da s • oo . tunately no other person was in the house at the 04, E R. LATE MELANT —.-.v— Hcaor DEA:a of Dv. R.:::;r of G . ic T H E LATE MELANCHOLY DEAvU OF for GLo On Wednesday, Mr. "Virakley, corone_r 1 ov a v t Middlesex — , and a highly respectable jury , c ul p i t 3 oble ci ii, s o nhabitant householders of the neighhoutshood, 3 1 a te '' t the Prince Albert Tavern, Rensingtc,-n, to neighbourhood §otiro, circumstances attending the death of Dr. Robert oopitof Q adni l ed o ayt e h4 r ea , • a at g e i t d .ho 4 r 2 o , flasteeveprhaylsiacbialne to m etdhiecaßl owyaolrkFsrcaeliderraaosP;lo e which o melancholy event took place throug h • 0,, , sen satl i l, chloroform. The inquiry attracted much paint L an a number of deceased's professional friendsusit_t.,clleci,clll watch the proceedings. After hearing the evi clu l e cce: .fora the mortal de jnr f 9."."antity of chloroform as an intoxicating av i i i i g bito 9 with the view of destroying life, or of ° liberffaeticetns, orfechoirsdetda:ihnagt a th u o i euolnealcfoil Ipersonal injury