The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-07 00:00:00

& PERIAL PARLIAMENT. • ROUSE OF LORDS,—TUESDAY. 'fh e t , Ord ~r uvicELL took his seat on the Woolsack at for O.OO. OR d *" AV ice-ENSWoRTEE presented a petition from the So r :i e rRt, VpreSideßtLiverpool Guardian alt e ,j , for the Protection of Trade, praying that m may be lie • Ici tis Made in the County Courts Act, there should ,rheilt.erferenc with the Court of Passage. °,f the Lord CLIAscELLOR, moving the second reading ,` ll , at tb,„ count Courts' Act Amendment Bill, exp . l 1 01 ,. ( rle co ' °?ject Was to carry out 'the recommendations into the b„ rPtoissioners who were a ppointed to enquire in be "slues% who stated that t:h . e salaries ot judges should Paiq th e 40 out of c onsolidated. funds, which would reduce at it ' , vas °lin t to be levied it'. fees to about one half of wh k ite at the present time, t ike, t ‘ a brief discus. ion, the bill was read a second Oh, tzt; also °l ttt Stock Bank Winding-up Act Amendment lordship fir rosea at seven O'clock. liesusE Th e s ' OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. anal c?,,41(.t1t took the chair at four o'clock. lha 11 141 7 Gas Bill, and the Edinburgh Water Bill, Iv inter 4.41 ' - ' -le ' ees te and Welford Road Bill, were severally Pau) 0,.,7 ay passed. And Nu ) c orn ' tue (ay for the second reading of the Dub- NI t he PatlY s (Number two) Bill was discharged, ;4'4 bill was withdrawn —l4 ' Rave notice that on the 3rd of June. he should -q"ell,,,,lresolution for the abolition of ministers' money in 4 NT, t. " I Y to 1/ 17 pt_ E. DENNVON, 111 C1 I) 44 ' satd the disembodiment of the Irish militia ani wa' roce ed on the s e plan as that of the English; theti st t l i s aY, those billet would be disembodied first , as tr horaes°se nn barracks. The men would arrive at Ip any itle at a ti me when labour would be as a b undant krP I Y to 11Ir . ti t p, •V tt , • L the Year • MONTGOMERY Otltilt. 41°N said that the Government had intended to th e ►aad `fgroe!ail for . the coach in the transmission of the Mullingar to Longford, but the demand of „,k=reat Western Company for the . service was to ttho Government proposed, in the present 4 N u t "', 4 Y e4- ° ,.. r in in a bill to give them greater power over w4.l[lpallleS• da, k4 ti 11 14 i P4 t Po ned his motion on the subject of ° IrelandsA°ill the Monday after the IN hitsun ip k ! ee3 s. „ 131 3* to rol tk ?i t s ',r• F. FRENCn, Il ex U t e.f6 i)titaaid the militia would receive the remainder Year. t IY, when they were called out for training Th e to.. ad;,,_ THE TREATY or PEACE. , 1 11 1 1 . 14 . e 4c 4rne Ci debate on the Treaty of Peace was ibc'tleinsi k' • S ' LIN SAw ho e xpressed satisfaction at th . e . ''' elp' .°4 of b 11---Y' which accomplished all than pet, of =eace upon terms al 11 he h the war, and contained . more concessions Ft'oi lita le a t cl o I°Ped for. He anticipated tnedatitohne, from m at t e h s e t tl ie ng of ~. Ragland, as a commercial ' F ,l3r e`rit; ""e Black Sea • and expressed concurrence in 1 :1 41 ,."% gq, 3 - I . bY which neutral flags were to cover the tr e 's it - 0 431 HitaasionE regretted the provision In the 1111. Y e Y Willett neutral vessels were to be allowed to the neatn.Y's good which he looked upon as a Tinc of l ' a ' Crt. 4,,,; In:nernoris'la d undoubted belligerent right t r— ;o4iTla°lillaw. upon s a uch n anim important question of in hade t le'lPort , thought that P p rliament should have •T l Oll A,l."'itY of expressing a its opinion before any y i ee ma was e to, Nl l . ll °C tit l e t ' or f GRANDY expressed his general appro l'ifot., DER ms of Pea". , the peace, but desired NJ,. • qa.ti o4 .44,4 T approved of o •leet s c . with regard to the position of the Christian tv -41 :, l uili ° ' th e Porte He could not help thinkingthat we far fro operatio.ns after the capture of Sebastopol, 1\14.12,,,f1/4 satisfacto'y. itQth" Pe g. '"51 ° 141 3 offered some remarks upon ecelesiasti lesoefitti_Os, observing that the secret of all . the the c 'vert led u4?loo arose from the fact that the ecclesias ireeolomastiee laity, whereas, the laity should govern ~t ale' .5....)Wy, -• k,, l) 4 1 ,1 It v i nd i cated the policy . of Roman . Catholic I:Ldayar'drePlied to instances of intoleration adduced by V‘a ,, a an-vaf' Itust,tra.and Mr. DRUMMOND denied that there ',lr, Venda.tion for the statements referred to. fact o ' q",l'llNcx offered some remarks upon the treaty. s. - ` ° y ''''Llwer.r. considered the terms of peace sati ti, 4,. ~,, 1 P4' r'r2G ßA.r.ri did not think, upon the whole, that , ai r. i ,e Wa s either safe or satisfactory t'oelt,, espleeiallils" generally aproved of the treaty, and be .snotitrain,y, pleased with the provisions in regard en,i'"eur r ,?, . Which, however, he did not . think would , t o priv , o in by the - United States, as it would put an il.. w...ate,Ting. CeaßBl:llTEsinE thought that the question relating to 4 ,,, f etu,.: 44 €1 to the Belgium press should be reserved t i °it `-' uonsideration. th at 14 t'4/38TONE found cause for both joy and satisfac- Or„e 11,4 terms of peace, and in the purity of the motives . Aftera•ete the Allies during the continuance of the j„' sata, referring to the affairs of Italy, upon which tm,ioo,tiat Mr. Bowyer, in attempting to remove the de ee - d°, l others, had himself fallen into delusions, he I. et:' t o allude to Lord Clarendon's conduct, with thq t il ee to f , tl 4. el g i art ~--..?unt Walewski's speech, on the freedom of th eil dOu r'" 3 - He considered that the reply to Lord a t th., ',as clear and prudent, and . he only regretted oft er ' 'natter had been introduced into the Conferences. .10,m pa'Afe.w_rtelnaarks from Mr. HADFIELD, eci j o` t il t e Deac7 tha s n l'u t ,bi observed that more had been gai d ne h d e N I : T. (1: d that ne Allies t h h a in d g ever anticipated, an Niaid' might not there r was 1?(3 Th i e n i t io h b e le tr l e o a r t d y Of t , erabi e , n rejoice in. . whichreferred t and tleb at _le gth to all the points touched in the course t went ' 1 man( his speech, which occupied one hour .. °4 siat• Y tainutes was delivered to a very thin Housf : al ' a e st ti l t il wthags ntfhleiltle. More than forty members ; the an . iena . Th-eulla., agii.i4odytoleave. wlttidravm, and the ongina , °llse ael j° arned at half-past two o'clock. tivE r Th e r , trild ' 41 " v ing letter, which was posted yesterday in the the 4°4l4.lters ' Rooms, affords pleasing testimony its L t l l . a.t the investigations of the Compass Com t m o ittee 44.5,. -log carried forward with spirit, and to promise sea ket; oa both useful and interesting results. Few but n. 14riersel,aetIllainted with the special subject of . these h l c. 41. Of t}, ullt e very one can appreciate the practical c ara th is - L e sUggestion which has recently emanated from oliera°„ittee and which the Dock Committee are very ayaternY about to carry into effect, a complete aited " That ,_ °ll the of "oaPass bearings shall be conspicuously ul ttnp Fart nek alls, by which the captains of ves y se h p l a s n ly fi in v g e te st a ' Nie . of the 'Mersey, for a space of more t v ,lll b e ", a. able, with the least imaginable tr e o t u e b et le, an t y o ett,rt:l,- correctness of his compasses, Nast r4 whether arising from local attraction or or faulty 11113 stA ll eic : 11 .'' It will be seen that the letter ntains a °I the .44 84 well as complimentarice of the labours Conlo ai ttee : y, no t ':4"00L COMPASS COMMITTEE Si t p m ~....1 a „ s ... Whitehall, If til"). ectii4t,Trected by the Lords of the rece . r, i t of the lilu ° , l, Of th.,f?r Trade to acknowledge h lk C r a o ym 5, i l t t 8 e 5 6 e . of n ' so a ,i , e Liverpool Compass Committee for the year t . '‘ 4 .11 , ' ara to acquaint you that they have submitt t e h d e it l ,l l4° :e n rin g t s ° or'f rtehne'sorAiry, who has reported that . Committeeare of, a very satisfactory ~ 'Sly I:34raging nature ti 41 t ord s N. 11,,, entirely concur in this opinion, and will con b - ear, in- rant of one hundred pounds (X,100) for another I° 4 tt; aid °f the expenses incurred by the Committee,. lb edie 'lBanle terms as the original grant.—l am, Sir, your NTh o llt ser van " H. FARREL :1 14s troeltleb k, Esq., Chairman of the Compass tfuttee, 40, Tower Buildigs, Liverpool. ..................._ CRIMEAN ENQUIRY. Th e , A -ooard meta gain yesterday morning, when Tell Medical certificate was produced, showing that Colonel ffering tev e °e ni ll Was unable to attend, in consequence t la h r y Y frorn exhaustion both of mind and bod o y f , s b u rought ,a,_rnental exertion and anxiety. the Ilieral Grey said he had great objections to proceed in Th e Be , l , l eo of Colonel Tulloch. %inte \Anil remarked that the appearance of the Rovertii4_ before the board was not contemplated by the geneunent when the board was instituted. . commis l'oeeedal Grey consented to waive his objections and to Th e e alk)t ourt thereupon intimated to him that if he of t he t° eontin - impugn the conduct . N II • th er eupon as yesterday, to . report, it ltoilid Jnisstoners in the preparation of their r were Tulloo," itnproper to proceed in the absence both of Col. trlti g a " SrS J. Al‘geill. _ro n „, n Adnai.r-T.J., General Grey went on . with his case.. pEsti4 Qtr D. Dundas was examined, and, in reply to ar , ib l th respecting the supply of canvass Sr , ar rj r . e y n n t n e . r_s , he ll e fl'et. gave replies Similar to those of ir E. ex amin ee by Colonel Tulloch. ~,_ Nvr . "cks e sked •---During the month of April 157 vessels 2 wer . 1 , 11 1, F e t a ,' In the month of January the number was 65 . , '" ee ry, 1 74 ; and in March, 145 ; making a total in A At ,:13111' Months of 741 vessels. -411 04 rticulthly meeting of the Polytechnic Society, Mr. tike' ,t• e/hih.ted a model of Allyn's Patent Capstan , com :of nla Ple, and effective, and altogether nuperceding the het.voakw.iistidlase, on board' ship, as the power is increased . lfti 14 , f , by a simple and instant applian . ce, without ever v`ltenr:i've`i's bars. It is an American invention, and is : 111 04. q used there , both on board ships and steamers, for 44 the' 13IirP°`eF• The ' enterprising firm of Train and Co. t r th e 124 entirely, and Captail, Newlands, of the Champion 4 , 4l t e ali a % ea n s ,', who has one fitted on board this splendid o ; e l l' oth„ hoar , '" packet, " considers it greatly superior t 'NI .'r he seen•" Shipbuilders and owners would t or It t o their interest to adopt it, and it can be fitted up ball ell le n " Psta n 68 than the cost of the ordinary windlass and SELECT COMMITTEE ON LOCAL CHhRGES ON SHIPPING HOUSE OF COMMONS, AL./ND-PLY. .Mr. Worthington was re-called, to amend a statement which he had made on a previous day, that the river Weaver was not within the port of Liverpool; he had singe found that the whole of the navigable portion of the Weaver was within that port. As a manufacturer and exporter of salt, he complained both of the Wearer and Liverpool dues. With regard to the latter, leis complaint was that he was charged dues both inwards and out wards, for which no benefit was given in return. Salt sent to Liverpool for consumption there did tut pay Town Dues. The Weaver was navigable for ehii.;s of 120 tons, and the coastwise salt trade was exposed to great competition from the saitworks on the Trent and Mersey Canal, and also those works communicating with the London and North Western Railway. Formerly sent a great quantity of salt coastwise to London ; but in conse quence of the great reduction of carriage by canals he now sent none. Salt was carried to London by railway from Droitwich to Camden Town at 6s 8d per ton; by the Trent and Mersey, and other canals, at a reduction of near fifty per ceut. The cost from Nantwich to London, including Weaver dues, would be 14s tid per . ton—the canal freights connected with the Weaver not being reduced in the same proportion as others. The tolls and charges for the use of the Weaver, and the broad waters to the sea, amounted to 2s 6d per ton, whilst 3s i6d was only charged as interest on the heavy canal works fur conveyance for 160 miles. He complained that the dues on the Weaver and at Liverpool had not been reduced in the same proportion as canal charges, so that they were , exposed to an unequal competition kwith the saitworks of Droitwich and other places. If he sent coals to Ulverstone or other places on tho coast, the Weaver due was Is and the Liverpool Town Dues 3d per ton. The railway and canal competition were so great, that he had ceased to ship salt for must of the ports of the United Kingdom, with which he formerly did a con siderable business. By Mr. Horsfall : Was aware that the shipment of salt from Liverpool had increased very much of late years ; but so it had from other ports. By the Chairman: Freemen of Li l / 4 :erpool paid no Town Dues for foreign exportation-, While he had to pay 6d per ton. A Liverpool freeman could, therefore, export salt to New York and other places and undersell him, the profit being sometimes much less than 6d per ton. From the difficulty of obtaining coal, there had been no increase i❑ the salt works on the Weaver Considered Liverpool was very materially benefitted by the Cheshire salt works ; it was one of the earliest articles exported, and a great number of vessels bringing goods to Liverpool took return cargoes of salt. _ By Mr. Watson : Now sent no salt to London, in conse quence of the competition from other places ; but had found other markets for his trade, which had very con siderably increased. A great deal of salt was sent from Cheshire by canal and railway to Newcastle. Much was also sent to Hull from Cheshire. By Mr. Vance : Sent salt to Dublin ; had never had to pay dues there, as they were paid by - the importers. The next witness called was Mr. George Morrisey, of St. John's, N.B. He was of the firm of Morrisey and Shive, of that city—and their business was partly that of exporters of timber and deals. His attention had been directed to the Liverpool Town Dues, from the charge for same always appearing in the account sales they received from their agents, Fernie Brothers and Co. of Liverpool. They could never under stand the nature of the claim so made—felt it a hardship. They had to pay Is on every 120 deals, which was about 81 per standard, and Od per load on timber. His firm had paid over .e2OO last year, and the whole amount paid by the province last year as Liverpool Town Dues, would rather exceed £4,000 for exports and imports. There were about 50,000 loads of timber, and about 66,000 stds. of deals, exported to Liverpool from St. John's and other ports of New Brunswick, and considerable quantities of salt, (on which the Town Dues are 6d per ton), cordage, chains, and other necessary outfits for new ships, with quantities of iron, tze., are imported from Liverpool. On all these Town Ones are paid. The subject had lcd to much grumbling in St. John's, where no one could under• stand the principle on which Town Dues were demanded. Dock Dues they did not grudge, either on ships or car goes, as there they got value, He believed the freemen of Liverpool escaped this tax on their own imports. The proportion of the dues as compared to the prime cost of the deals, would be about 2id. He believed 2d per bale was the amount of Town Dues on cotton, and that he considered disproportionate when compared to the value of deals or timber, and the rate charged on them. Re garding the other landing stage, which, he understood, was to be placed in the river opposite the docks, he could not see its utility, and did not think he should be taxed in any way for its building or maintenance, as it could not be of any use to their colonial business. He thought the Liverpool people should pay their own Town Dues or rates, and rather encourage traffic by making no such claim on the importer. Was cf opinion the tax on im porters was unjust, as there was no compensation for it: - By Mr. Horsfall : The charge on timber and deals in London were very little more than in Liverpool By Mr. Headlim : The exporters of salt paid the Town Dues. By Mr. Lowe : Salt is sometimes got from Turks Island, but it is used for a different purpose to the Liverpool salt. these. deer); they Contributed nothing for the trade, and 'the trade would be better with oat them. The loss of business to himself, represented by the £l5 to £2O per year of Town Dues, was equal to £BO to £lOO per year. By Mr. Horsfall : The carriage of goods from Manches ter to London would be 275. per ton, and from Liverpool to Manchester 10s. per tom He found niore confidence among his mercantile friend - s in the measurement on which goods, were chargedfreight in London than in Liverpool. The Dock Trustees in Liverpool took no interest whateirer in the measure Trent of the goods. . By the C iairrnan Tr ought if the shippers of goeds at Liverpool had a vet .0 in tr.O election of the dock commit tee, they would have greater facilities There was con siderable jea'ousy between the Corporation at Liverpool and the Dock Trustees. Considered the Dock Trustees levied quite enough to give every facility to trade. It would also be of advantage to the shipper if they had only the Dock Trustees to deal with, instead of being obliged to attend the office of the Town Dues ; they derived no benefit from these dues ; the amount levied was fixed arbitrarily, and often it was very difficult to ascertain the amount on any particular article. The custom-house would not pass the goods unless the Town Dues were paid. From the want of knowledge of the exact amount the corporation had a right to levy, temptations were afforded to apprentices and clerks sent to pay the dueS, and there was no check on them. By Sir J. Duckworth = The tariff of the Town Dues was so absurd, that it was very often impossible to ascer tain the proper amount to be charged. By the Chairman: Freemen have the advantage of not paying tolls, and it was a common practice of agents who were freemen to enter the geodS of their principals as theirs, in order to sae the Town Dues. Generally, the dues on imports were double the amount of those on exports, which bore seriously on the Irish trade, the im ports from Ireland being double the export. Southport was within the limit of the port of Liverpool; it was a bathing place, but not a place of trade. No Town Dues were levied there, because there was nothing on which to levy them. A considerable quantity of land was annually washed away from the Cheshire side of the Mersey, near its mouth, from the want of an embankment. Thought they should get on much better at Liverpool, if they got rid of the jealousy of the corporation as to the shipping of goods. Would recommend that the corporation should not elect any portion of the dock trustees. Thought the trustees should be elected by the contributors to the dock rates, without reference to residence. By Mr. Horsfall : Did not think the interests of the bondholders who held bonds to the amount of £5,000,000, would suffer by such an arrangement. By the Chairman: Did not think the confidence of the bondholders would be at all lessened if the dock trustees and the corporation were entirely separated. Would not sav it would be increased. Mr. Darnton Lupton, senior partner in the firm of Lupton and Co., clothiers, of Leeds, and deputy chairman of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, said he attended on behalf of that body, who considered it a gross injustice to pay a tax to the borough of Liverpool, from which they derived no benefit. Last year 7,300 tons, or between 40,000 and 50,000 packages, were sent from Leeds to Liverpool for shipment, on which 21 per package was paid for Town Dues. A considerable quantity of wool was imported into Liverpool and purchased by the manu facturers of the West Riding, on which a toll of 4d per pack was paid He believed the town of Fleetwood had sprung up entirely in consequence of the heavy charges at Liverpool. Goods which used to be sent to Belfast and the north of Ireland via Liverpool were now almost invariably sent to Fleetwood. By Mr. Horsfall: Knew nothing of Fleetwood per sonally, and could not say whether or not it was in a flourishing condition; there were no local dues there. By Mr. Vance : The average value of the packages sent to Liverpool was from £2OO to £4OO. By Mr. Horsfall : Did dot mean to say that the oppres sive charge of 2d. on a bale worth £2OO to .4'loo had caused goods to be sent to Fleetwood. This was only one item of the charges at Liverpool. Complained more of the nature than the amount of the dues. By Mr. Fenwick : If the amount was expended in im proving the navigation of the Mersey he should not object to the payment. Mr. Charles Henry Jones, of Huddersfield, said last year he was chairman of the board of local commissioners at that place. The board had requested him to attend the committee, to state that a tax levied on their trade solely for the benefit of Liverpool was unjust and injurious. Dewsbury, and other places in the neighbourhood, imported a considerable quantity of inferior quality wool through Liverpool, ou which the Town Dues were 41 per pack. Logwood dyes and other goods were also imported, and much of their manufactured goods was exported from Liverpool. Should not object to the dues, if appropriated to the improvement of the port. The committee adjourned at half-past three, until Thursday at noon. 14ORTNEEN TIMPS.-LIVEEPOOL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1866 AT THE though open to the charge of being somewhat too theatrical, is a truly martial and soul-stiring effusion. Strange to t ' say, the weakest portions of the oratorio—the finales to the two " parts"— where the most is expected—are the poorest. In the fitiale,to the first part, where Eli, The Man of God, and the People, bless God for the birth of Samuel, there first performance, in Liverpool, of Costa's oratorio of "Eli." This work was originally produced at the last Birmingham I work ; hut both here, and at the conclusion of the oratorio, occurs the most clever bit of fugue writing in the whole lite the composer has tailed to rise with Festival, on the 29th of August, when the principal which is descrip'ive of the ;death of Eli and the .repent vocalista were, Miadm; Viardot Garcia, Madm. Castellan i the subject, and the effect of the ensem is, conseque..ce, Mr. Sims Reeves, Herr Formes, and Herr Refit ardt, most lamentably vreakoned, the musical interest having anee of the Israelites, It was completely successful, the performance being little almeet egaporeSted before the composer has reached this short of perfection, while the members of the band, a s well portion of his tech,where all Ms imaginative and artistic as the audience, were most rapturous in their plaudits — a , We may, upon further acquaintance With Eli , find cm there being no less than six encores. The first production resources should have been newt a d v a nta g eously displa y ed. canon to modify many of these opinions, but at present, " Eli," in the metropolis, took place on the kith of we can only say that Costa has succeeded f:r better than February, when it was performed by the Sacred Harmonic we could have hoped, and though we doubt if Eli will Society, in Exeter Hell, the audience comprising the elite ever attain immortality, no one can deny that its comneeer of metropolitan society—aristocratic, literary, and artistic— has exhibited the possession of a fund of melody, and an the Queen and Prince Albert even leading the applause. amount of skill as an instrumentalist and a composer for the On this occasion the vocalists were the name as those who the voice, such as neither his previous compositions nor the sung here last, night, vie Rudersdorf, Miss Dolby, most e±travagant assertions of his admirers could have led Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. W. IL Weiss, and Mr. Montem the public to anticipate. Smith. Here, again, "Eli" was a deCided hit; but as it The performance ; last night, was very fair, though far has since been performed a few more tinies—on the last from faultless, the choir being at times very unsteady— occasion with the original singers—the judgment of the causing many of the more c. - implicated choruses to sound Public was more cool arid critical, and to those who know confused and incomprehensible. This was particul irly something of London cllgtees and coteries, it is clear that noticeable in the 't ungodly revel" scene, which requires to in time " Eli" will quietly settle down into that compare- be sung with point and decisi n. The chorus, " Let ns go tive obscurity, which has overtaken all modern oratorios to Pray," (in which the staccato cleverly intimates that they except " Elijah." In spite of the successes of Birmingham sing as they wal k ) , and the " Choral March," in the second and London, where the spirit of musical politics' had part were given much better, the latter being sung with evidently so much to do with the triumph of the courtly irreproachable vigour. Encores were awarded t o the composer, we here, having had several recent experiences " war song," which res declaimed with woede.reus power of the first productions of new oratorios, can afford to by Mr. Reeves. liannlle ,5 air " I will extol Thee, " was speak the truth, and to judge with something like imparti- brilliantly sung by Madame Rudersdorf. The unaccom ality, of s o important a work as " Eli," undoubtedly panied quartet "We bless yeti is the name of the Lord, " is, without resorting, on the one hand, to unmitigated a most faultless display of part singing, and the n Evening eulogy, o r falling into the more blameable error, of harsh Prayer " of Samuel, which Miss Dolby gave with that and uncompromising denunciation. The fact is, no work simplicity and taste, so characteristic of her vocation— of art re q u i r es so many requisites for its compasition or though we could not help thinking at the time of the scene construction, as an oratorio, for it must be devotional, in Fra Diavolo," where Zolina goes to sleep. All the consistent, interesting, dramatic, and m e lodious—avoiding principals exerted themselves to the utmost to plewe, but dullness and obscurity in the first instance, and theatrical Mr. Armstrong, to whom the music of the Man of Go i was effects on the other—ever reaching the sublime, and never allotted, was not in his best voice, as he frequently sang descending to the commonplace. Allowing these quali. very flat. The duet between Hannah and Elkanah, where fications to be essential for an oratorio composer, the they instruct Samuel, and the trio, " Thou shalt Love the wonder is—not that so many fail, but that any succeed. Lord," may also be cited as amongst the best executed Genius, however, is the rarest of gifts, and to sum up the portions of the music, well worthy of the applause with question in a sentence,'experience has proved, over and over which it was greeted. The band, whose duties were again, that no oratorio has ever lived, unless the composer ve r y h eav y , gave full effect to the " March of the Irsaelttes," was a genius—witness the efforts of Spohr, Neukomm, and displayed a degree of delfc icy in some of the Leslie, Horsley, and other men, undoubtedly very clever accompaniments worthy' of high praise, as it is rarely that and intelligent musicians, au fait with all the technical they succeed in this particular portion of their duties. The details of the " divine art," but deficient, unfortunately, in performance was protracted to ntea-ly midnight, but as the the "divine spark." Now, believing that in these prc- latter portion of the oratorio is the dullest, at least one half liminary observations we hate spoken the truth, we of the audience left the hall before the performance con hone we come prepared to judge impartially of chided. We mixt not omit to state that Mr. Ilirst's organ M. Costa's work, which, we may say at once, is accompaniments; and those of Mr. gtreatber on the harp very clever, very unequal, and much better (both instruments being in unusual demand), were of great than we expected. Considering that Costa is an assistance in adding to the excellence of the performance, Italian—that during the greater part of his artistic lif e he while Mr. Herrmann also merits a word of praise, for the has been mixed up with operatic matters—it is highly tact and care with which he directed the performance of a creditable to him, th a t he should have produced a work at work at once so long, difficult, and novel. once so ambitious, and displaying so many evidences of The next concert takes place on the 20th inst., when genuine musicianly feeling. Though long recognised es the Mridame Schumann (nee Clara Weick), the first female first chef d'orchestre of his day, Costa has never previously pianiste of the day will make her debut in Liverpool. The been successful is a composer—his operas, " Malek Adel," vocalists will b 3 Herr Rokatinsky alias Signor Bianchi, a and "Don Carlos," were decided failures—with the fault, young basso and Miss Sherrington , a youth f ul English so rare in an Itelian, of being deficient in melody. His vocalist, educated at the Conservatoire of Brussels. ballet of "Alma' was more fortunate—thanks, principally, o the exquisite dancing of Cerito in the raise de Fasei -Binee then, with the exception of some slight the name of which has escaped our ntemory, the Neapolitan chef has never appeared before the public as a composer, acquiring, however, ample fame as a director of the principal musical societies in the metropolis, and mana ger of the royal concerts. With these antecedents, it required' no little courage. in Costa to appear again as a composer, and, above all, as an oratorio composer, in a country where oratorio music of the highest class is better known and appreciated than in any other part of the world. Still, undaunted by these facts, he has composed an oratorio, and, if he values the plaudits he has received, he has great reason to be proud and satisfied, though we fancy that time will mellow the enthusiasm of his friends and his own satis faction. It is, however, but just to say that the unsatisfac tory portion of " Eli" is, in a great measure, due to the concoctor of the " book," Mr. Bartholomew, who, in attempting too much, has sadly erred, the story being inco herent and unconnected, and throwing upon the composer tasks which would have taxed the mighty genius of Handel to have rendered musically effective. The following is the argument of the oratorio prefixed to the book : PART I.—To celebrate the Festival of First-fruits, Elkanah and his family come I.to Shiloh; where, with Hannah, he offers his yearly sacrifice in the Tempe of God. After the ceremony, Eli discovers Hannah praying ' • he rebukes, supposing her to be drunken ; but, on hearing she had spoken out of the abundance of her grief to the Lord, he dismisses her with his blessi g. She is encouraged to trust In the Lord. In the precincts of the Temple, Eli, with sorrow, overhears his sons (Hophni and Phinehas) riotously s , nsing with the as men who assemble at the door of the Tabernacle. For thei.• thus disregarding the work of the Lord, a Chorus threatens them with His displeasure. The man appointed by God, having detected the abuses of the meat-offerings, reproves the Levite,, and predicts the speedy invasion of the Philistines; who gather for wsr, and advance against Israel. The man of God declares the Lord's anger to Eli; but, finding him contrite, implores with him for mercy and forgiveness. Hannah returns to the Temple, and with thanksgiving, fulfils the vow she had made to dedicate Samuel to the Lord. CART IL-Samuel, after performing his morning devotion, is visited in the Temple by his parents. Eli finds them instructing the child; after whirls, they separate, blessing each other. The Israelites ' God, encouraged by Eli, and entreating the aid of go forth to repel the Philistines. S imuel concludes his daily duties with an evening prayer, and falls asleep, guarded by angels. While he is sleeping, the defeat of the Hebrew. is announced in the city; upon which, Hophni and Phinehas immediate'/ depart to their army with the ark of God. Samuel is then celled—the voice, though only indicated, is understood by Eli to be the Lord's. The child lies down again; while Eli, restless upon his bed, hears the Temple guards singing th it night song. On their proclaiming that the morning has gone forth, Eli calls Samuel; and hears from h us the decree, with contrite resigna'ion. The fatal result of another battle is communicated to Eli, while sitting by the wayside of Shiloh, anxiously watching—trembling for the ark The slaughter of the army, the death of his two sons, pierce but break not his heart; but when he hears that the ark of God is taken by the. Phi istines, he dies upon the spot. A fast of humiliation is proclaimed; and the people, assured that their repentance will appease the Lord, bless His holy name in a chorus; which concludes the Oratorio. The subject is recorded in the First Book of Samuel, Chapters 1. to iv, We now proceed to give a brief analysis of the music, though it is impossible to do full justice either to the com poser or to ourselves in a hurried notice, and after the first hearing of so elaborate a work as "F, i." The first thing that struck us was the pleasurable and novel fact, that " Eli" was unusually free from plagarism, and that whenever the composer has been most successful, it is due to his imagina tion and not to his memory. He does not remind you incessantly of the great German composers, except where he has attempted fugues, and striven to give a consistency to the character of "Eli," the aged high-priest, by awarding to him a constant succession of dull heavy recitatives and airs, which, though natural and effec'ive at first, soon become wearisome and monotonous. When pure melody is called for. the composer's Italian nature comes to his aid—his most pleasing and natural efforts being the Morning and Evening 'Prayers" of Samuel (Miss Dolby). The first, " Lord,. from my bed again I rise," is a beautiful flowing melody, natural and expressive in the highest degree, reminding us somewhat of several of our best old psalm tunes. The " Evening Prayer," in F major, has a truthful and serene , calmness, in admirable keeping with the sentiment of the words, the accompaniments being also noticeable for their appropriateness and graceful prettiness, the piamissinzo, as Samuel falls to sleep, being one of the most effective morceaux in the whole work. In fact, with the exception of the scene where Eli instructs Samuel to reply to the Lord, which is too prolix and spun out, the whole of the music allotted to Samuel is beautiful and characteristic. The next best character (musically speaking) is that of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, the two principal airs allotted to her being admirably expressive of her situation and feelings—first, as the barren and sorrowing matron, and then as the joyful and exulting mother. Her first air, " Turn thee unto me," where she calls upon God to have mercy upon her, is the very expression of a devout and chastened believer, whose faith is steadfast amidst all her sorrows, and contrasts most effectively with the scene where Hannah pours out her thanks to God for the birth of a son. The air, " I will extol Thee," in which she does this, is a natural and faithful exponent of her joyful sensations, with iiorituri in the Handelien style—changing into the minor key, on the words "I cried unto thee," where the pathos is natural without being farfetched. Like Mendelssohn in Elijah, Costa has attempted to create an effective contrast between the music of the Pagans and that of the true believers ; but here the Italian has not been so happy as the German, and instead of being dramatic he becomes theatrical. This is especially noticeable in the ungodly revel of Hophni and Phineas in the precincts of the though less so in the war song " Philistines, by Saph (Mr. Sims Reeves), a Pagan soldier.amrkp,l,,e, snn g As a mere battle song, this air is a most vigorous and showy composition, elaborately and ingeniously scored, and requiring lungs of the strongest, and a voice of the loudest, to give it due effect, amidst the uproarious din of the instrumentation. Mr. Sims Reeves. however, had been most accurately measured by the composer (who has " voiced" the music with rare tact and skill), and, in spite of its difficulty, he sang it with a degree of manly energy, which evoked the heartiest applause of the evening. The music allotted to the second tenor, who sustains the part of Elkanah (Hannah's husband), and "A Messenger," who brings news of the defeat of the Israelites to Eli, possesses nothing worthy of special notice. The choruses are of varied merit, the best in every way being the choral march, " God and Ring of Jacob's nation," which is full of energy and colouring ; the chorus of angels, " No evil shall befal thee," an exquisite bit of smooth and flowing melody ; " The Lord is good," where the people advise Hannah to trust in him, which is also redolent of melodious simplicity, and " Lament with doleful lamentation," in F. minor, which, though cleverly designed, is not " equal to the situation." 'I he simply instrumental portions of the oratorio—the " overture" and the " March of the Israelites"—though the most ambitious, are not the most successful and pleasi n g morceaux of the work—the former is most skilfully and ingeniously written, but it creates no definite sensation — the latter, however, is more decided in character, and COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAT. In the absence of Mr, Pollock, Mr. T. F. Raffles pm side in this court yesterday. NELSON V. PuTataN,—This was a claim Made by Peter Nelson, a boarding-house keeper, against George Putman, captain of the ship Daniel Webster, lying in the Waterloo Dock, for £l2 16s, being a week's board and lodging of eighteen men belonging to defendant's vessel. It appeared that the boatswain of the vessel had made an agreement for the board of these men with the plain tiff's wife, at the rate of 14s per week for each ordinary seaman, and 16s for the boatswain and the cook. The men went to the plaintiff's house on Thursday, the 10th of April, and on the following Tuesday the mate of the vessel sent an order to the plaintiff, stating that the ship would not be responsible for the board of the men after Saturday, April 12, as they had left the ship. The men, however, remained in the house until the Thursday, and the present claim was made for a whole week's board. The defendant had paid £7 9s 4d into court as payment for four days. Mr. 11 ime appeared for the defendant. It was proved, on the part of the plaintiff, that eighteen men altogether had been hoarded, and his Honour accord ingly gave a verdict for five days' board for eighteen men, being £2 14s 8d in addition to the amount paid into court. ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS.—This being the first May court, the following arrangement of the business was made :—Thurs day, May Bth. adjourned cases at ten o'clock, and fifty others at twelve ; Friday 9th, 141 cases ; Tuesday 13th, 121 cases ; Wednesday, 120 ; Thursday, fifty cases, involving sums above £lO ; Friday 16th, adjourned cases, and 26th, additional cases. nm) SOMMONSES.—SeveraI fraud summonses were heard, and orders for committal made. None of the cases, however, had the slightest public interest. INSOLVENTS. The following insolvent applications were heard and disposed of : _ _ Thomas Harrison, supported by Mr. Chilton, received his final order without opposition. Edward Owens, supported by Mr. Chilton, was ordered to come up for his final order on the 3rd of June. James Prewer, supported by Mr. Gray, to receive a final order on the 3rd of June. Anne Gale, adjourned to the first November court. William Webster, opposed by Mr. Hime, petition dismissed. _ _ Robert Heeps, final order granted. James Evans, final order granted. James Henry Fox, final order granted. William Dolan, supported by Mr. Hughes, to receive a final order on the 3rd of June. Wm. Hyde, to receive a final order on the 3rd of June. James Gribbin, musician, was opposed by Mr. Roby on behalf of Mr. Peter Stubbs, and supported by Mr. Husband. The insolvent was directed to come up on the 3rd of June to receive a final order, protection to be withheld in the meantime as regarded the debt to Mr. Stubbs. Robert Parr, final order to be granted on the 3rd of June. Thomas Williams, adjourned to the first October court. GARSTON LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH The ordinary monthly meeting of this board was held at four o'clock yesterday, in the Aigburth hotel, Aigburth, Mr. J. A. Tinne in the chair. Other members present— Messrs. Cooper, Bevan, W tts,aChaloner, Chidson, and Sutton. The proceedings of the committee of works were read and confirmed. In connection with them was read a letter from Mr. Whitby relative to the new road from Window-lane to the river. It stated that the railway company would keep the road in repair until the new road was made. Mr. Cooper suggested that as parties had encroached upon the road in the building of houses, it would be better to defer the matter before the board came to any conclusion in it. Besides, they had nothing to show that the arrangement with thej railway company was complete. _ _ _ The Law Clerk observed that so far as that was con cerned, he thought there would be no difficulty. . . It was agreed that the clerk should have an interview with the company on the subject, and in the mean time, that the surveyor examine and report on the state of the road. A letter was read from the Rev. Mr. Evans, of Gras sendale, in reference to the narrow width of the road, between the Aigburth hotel and St. Mary's church. The letter was referred to the works' committee, the Chairman observing that the matter had not escaped the attention of the board. f 'The proceedings of the finance committee were read and confirmed. They contained nothing of interest. Mr. Cooper suggested that it would be well if the rate were always laid in spring; as at present, several parties who lived in the township for a portion of the year, escaped the tax altogether. This was not fair, and it should be known that the rate was not an annual one, but that the board could always lay one when out of funds. Their funds at present were nearly exhausted, and arrangements should therefore be made at once for striking a rate. The matter was referred to the finance committee. The board then adjourned.. , TOXTETH-PARK LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual monthly meeting of this board was held yesterday, at the public offices. Mr. Greigson was in the chair. The members present were—Messrs. Rath bone, Allpass, Avison, and Siddeley. The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. .. - The proceedings of the several committees were read and confirmed. Mr. Alpass stated, in answer to the chairman, that he had seen the Mayor of Liverpool, and that he hoped that before the next meeting of the board, some arrange ment would be made for the sewerage of Grove.lane. Mr. Alpass had no doubt that before the next meeting the question would be amicably settled. The Surveyor's report was read, ani the meeting adjourned. PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Tha usual monthly meeting of the Photographic Society was held in the Royal Institution at eight o'clock last night The chair was taken by Mr. Corey. Mr. Mercer exhibited a photograph of a very remarkable kind, taken, of the bottom of the sea, in Weymouth Bay. The photograph was taken eighteen feet below the surface of the water by the Collodion process. Mr. Thompson, of Weymouth, was the gentleman who made this singular experiment. Mr. Bell directed attention to the method of removing the film from glass, and exhibited specimens of very successful removals of pictures. Mr. Rollison exhibited specimens of his patent process for removing negatives from glass, which he explained to the By Mr. Duncan : I think we pay 2d per ton on coal. By Mr. Bouverie : The total charges on deals in Liver. pool is about 20s or so per std., and in London 22s tid. By Mr. Vance : It was contemplated to have a line o steamers between Liverpool and St. John's, but the idea had been given up for the time. By Mr. Watson: Their timber trade had increased during the past two or three years. By Mr. Bouverie : He had not exported timber or deals to any other port than Liverpool last year. Mr. Henry Fernie, of the firm of Fernie Brothers and Co., Liverpool, on being called, stated, that his firm were the agents for the last witness, and several other parties in New Brunswick, who shipped timber and deals to Liverpool. His firm had paid £1,250 last year as Town Dues on timber and deals inwards, and .£250 on shipments outwards. In all, £1,500. The total amount of Lives pool Town Dues paid last year by New Brunswick must exceed .1,000. By Mr. Horsfall: The above amounts were paid by them on account of the importers. The charge on cargoes of timber and deals landed in London, are rather higher than in Liverpool, but this is mainly caused by the dis charge of the cargoes being entirely under the control of the dock companies, which is not the case in Liverpool. By Sir John Duckworth: He believed the last witness used to import timber and deals into other ports than Liverpol and London, but had not done so lately. Last night the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown delivered a By Sir S. Northcote: Liverpool has atracted trade lecture "On Russian Proverbs," in the Craven Rooms, from other ports by the circumstance of outward cargoes Birkenhead. There was a very nu merous and res p ectable of salt and other rough goods being had there, and this had always led to inward freights for timber and deals attendance, and the proceeds went in aid of the Hamilton being lower than to other ports. At times, when salt Square Chapel Branch School. After the divine blessing freights out to the United States were very low, the custom was for shipowners to take salt on ship's account. had been invoked by the Rev. Mr. Mann , In this way an outward cargo would always he hail, and The Rev. Lecturer proceeded with his discourse. He this was kept in view by shipmasters in chartering commenced by vindicating the use and study of Proverbs abroad for Liverpool in preference to other ports. against the sneer of the celebrated Lord Chesterfield, who By Mr. Lowe :He came there not to express his own said that no gentleman ever used a proverb, and declared opinions respecting the Town Dues, but to corroborate that for his part he would rather read a book of proverbs Mr. Morrisey's statement as to the amount paid by New than a book of sermons. Indeed he held that in many Brunswick, and the feeling entertained there by the cases there would be found more of the spirit of th e Gos p el shippers respecting this tax. lie would not assume that the Town Dues had been so_oppressive asjto stop the in proverbs, even in those of heathen nations, than in dis trade. courses on divinity, aptly enforcing his assertion by the By Mr. Horsfall : Considerable accommodation had Proverb, "by the vicar's skirts the devil got into the been given by the dock committee to the timber trade at belfry." He argued that there was much wisdom and Liverpool, and other new docks were now in preparrtion practical economy conveyed in the proverbs most common for its further accommodation. among the people, such as " stitch in time saves nine," Mr. S. Blackwell, of Birmingham, said he was engaged and argued that it would be well if their import were more very largely in the iron manufacture in connection with studied and felt. He referred to the statement of Lord two firms ; and also attended to represent the South Bacon, that the national proverbs of a country showed the Staffordshire iron masters. The Liverpool Town Dues c ha r acter of the people, and observed that this remark bore very disadvantageously on their trade. Their export aimed force from t h e fa ct , that though there were trade with America was carried on through Liverpool and g Birkenhead, and on all Town Dues were paid . The dues numbers of proverbs common all the world over , y et on exports he estimated £5,003 per year. Another great in every country they were couched in such language disadvantage was the dues on imports. In consequence as clearly 'indicated the temper, habits, usages, &c., of the great qu antity of coal over iron, in South Stafford- of each people. Among those proverbs which were thus of shire, they were obliged to import very large quantities common use, was one, above all, had an universal application, of hematite ore from Lancashire and Cumberland, which namely, " Men are very generous out of other peoples' was shipped at Whitehaven and landed at Runcorn, money," or , as the French proverb better expressed it , Ellesmere, or Garston, on which the Town Dues were 3i. i , Broad thongs are cut out of other peoples' leather." The per ton. Such had been the effect of' the competition, illustration, te lecturer observed, would be found in the that many large contracts for pipes, which had hereto- / government offices in Dawning-street, and declared that the fore gone to South Staffordshire, had recently been taken - • to Middlesbro'-on-the-Tees. The South Staffordshire iron creed of every official there, from the Prime Minister down trade had sprung up since the Liverpool charter was to the lowest door-porter , might thu s b e summarised:— obtained, so that the charge could not have been origin- " Firstly, I believe that the people were made for us; and ally contemplated. secondly, I believe that we were elected and ordained for the By the Chairman : Had the dues remained in the hands express purpose of doing as little as we can, as badly as we of the crown, he thought, they would have been levied on can, and as expensively as we can." (Laughter). Truly, principles of public policy, and that it is not good policy i n d e ed, might the offices in Downing-street hang out as a to tax the raw material. sign " Broad thongs cut out of other peoples' leather here." The witness then stated that he was also a large pro- (Laughter). Municipal governments, he observed, were of prietor of Welsh colleries ; when in full work he should the same shop, wherein the business was conducted on the rise 1000 tons a-day. He looked on Birkenhead as the and complained of the same principle, but not so liberally or extensivel y . For Townace of Dues, 2d export. per ton. The m for these coals,ineral value of the coal, instance, he said, did not the Liverpool corporat ion " cut a broad thong out of other peoples' leather, last fall, when supposing he leased his royalty, would be 4d. per ton, so they expended so manic - hundreds of pounds on the most that the Town Dues amounted to 50 per cent. By Mr. Gibson: It was considered by the Staffordshire matchless tomfoolery that was ever seen in any savage iron merchants that Liverpool had no equitable claims country, for he could scarcely speak of civilisation in such a whatever to tax them. They derived no benefit from matter. (Laughter). The lecturer quoted many other they ye suffer. Among ptthily Liverpool, and received no consideration for the amount proverbs, illustrative of government extravagance, &e., levied. The feeling was very strong against it, and a very numerously-signed petition would be presented by them to the House of Commons. expressed the e By Mr. Vance: Was not of opinion that a petition, and pointed out vils hhonwderinwhtilicehm was—" A con upt judge feels the right side of praying for the repeal of the assessed taxes, would also of this truth,. the Russian proverbs which he quoted, as illustrative be numerously signed. The ground on which the pet i-descriptive of o ression, ur ed how boners rested was the statement of the Corporation of it, and other proverbs pp should g his pocket ;" and, in commenting on the moral contained in Liverpool, that they were not bournd to expend the thankful the people of these kingdoms be for the dues for the benefit of the port; th y complained that liberty and freedom of expression of opinion enjoyed by they had no consideration in return for the tax. p By Mr. Horsfall : Did not consider that in making this which might be described as the " freedom of the press, ,, statement he was advocating the principle of centralise. them. He ointed out how , without this latter lieerty, France, thouh outwardly tranquil, and pacified by material tion, unless the receiving a consideration for a tax levied meant centralisation.there uld be no hope, he argued, for a that it was so • for c , Mr. Pearson, merchant and exporting agent, of Liver- , , g Awith bread and cheese. He would pool, said he was not a freeman, and therefore had to pay prosperity, was at heart sullen and disturbed, and rejoiced i nation that was satisfied . Town Dues on all the goods he imported or expor t ed . He I much rather, he satd, that the French people after revolution—erect contributed to the Town Dues five or s i x times as much would dare revolution under as h e did t o th e local rates levied by the corporation. barricade after barricade, and pull down . gov!rnment after Had lost one portion of his agency business, that of ) government, than that they should remain quiescent . But while export to the East Indies, from the goods being now the despotism which at present oppressed them. exp or t e d f rom London i nstea d o f Liverpool, and he attri- thus speaking of the government of other .people, the buted this diversion to some extent to the Town Dues. lecturer did not overlook the evils of our own system, but By Mr. H ors f a ll : Wa s not aware that the outward equally strongly denounced them am on g those ofour laws freights .' generally to the East were higher from London than Liverasthefruitful Liverpool. They might be on some occasions, but being e laws." not generally. the game which he most condemned By DI r. 1 .1 r. Watson : Formerly paid £l5 to £2O per year assembly were the close of his discourse, the thanks of the for these Town Dues. By the Chairman: The corporation gave no return for . The rev. lecturer was applauded most rapturousl, and at vo'.ed by acclamation to him. meeting. Some specimens of albumen stereoscopes teken by Mr. Ferries were shown by Mr. Forrest. A paper was read by Mr. Mercer on the process of recovering silver from old hypo, and cyenide of silver. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Mercer for the infor mation contained in his paper. The Chairman read a paper descriptive of the Actino hydrometer as a means of ascertaining the strength of various chemica l s. After a conversation on this paper, and thanks being voted, the business closed. THE REV. HUGH STOWELL BROWN ON PROVERBS." THE NEW ORATORIO OF "ELI," PHILHARMONIC HALL. Last night one of the most crowded audiences of the present seu,oq werA as44e,inbled at the Philharmonic Hall, to hear the POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. How DID IT HAPPEN ?—A person having the appeat ance of a foreigner (manner, accent, and all the etcetras), but from his name and profession, it would appear that he is a subject of our gracious Queen. charged two females, named Flora MacDonald and Catherine Com- Mins, for having stolen some £3 and his watch from him, in the !!ouse of Lydia Pudley, 28, Shaw Hill-street. The complainant gate his name as Peter Ryan, a grocer, residing in Carnarvon, and it appearded that he had been in Liverpool doing some business, when he met with the prisoners, who induced him to go to the house in question, where he was relieved of his money and watch. The defence was, that the owner of the house wanted the prisoners to rob the complainant, but they refused, and tli'm she robbed the man herself, and gave the prisoners into custody. The most remarkable feature about the case was, that previous to entering the house in question, he had been plundered in a similar house, of over £5O. In the present case, some of the money (the £3) and the watch were recovered, The prisoners were discharged. TilE CONQUEROR CONQUERED. —James Connor, ti rather juvenile looking person, charged a well dressed young female, named Jane Taylor, for having stolen £2O from him. Mr. Black was for the prosecution, and Mr. Campbell defended the prisoner. The case lasted some time, and caused a good deal of merriment. It appeared from the opening statement of Mr Black, and the evi dence given to support it, that the complainant was dis- , charged from the army in the Crimea, where he had. been in three general engagements, and spent twelve months in the trenches, and although it did not appear how many Russian subjects he had deprived the Czar of, yet it was fully established that some Russian ball was very near depriving Queen Victoria of a subject. He came here a short time ago covered with scars and r ribbons, and a pension for life, together with twenty sovertiqns in a clasped purse, covered with a piece of rag. On Friday night the prosecutor was passing along Dale street, when he WiiB accosted by two females, who took him into a passage, kpoeked him down, and robbed him of the money and the clasped purse, and the hit of rag. lie was not quite sober at the time, but he knew what he was doing. He said he was worse treated than he was in three g 'neral fights and the trencs before Sebastopol. A curious fact connected with the ninneY was, that one of the sovereigns, the last he got in the Crimea, had been bitten by Connor, at the time he received it from the pay serge Iflt, and the mark of his teeth remained in the coin, and by this the recovery of the money was effected. The prisoner was arrested at Birkenhead, where she was drunk and spending money freely. On her being locked up. a sum of seventeen sovereigns were found on her, and amongst these was the marked sovereign alluded to, and this was identified, and also the prisoner, whom he swore was one of the women who robbed him. For the defence, it was attempted to be proved by a woman, named Nixon, who resides in Gay-street. whose husband is a foreman in the Stanley Dock. and two other witnesses, that the prisoner had given £25 to this Mrs. Nixon on Thursday, and that she had given it back to the prisoner on Saturday morning. There was, however, considerable difference in the stories told by the witnesses in this respect, and Mr. Bluck character ised it as a got-up story. After two speeches from the learned gentlemen on both sides, Mrs. Nixon was again called, and swore that the prisoner slept in the same room as she did on Friday night, and that she was not out at the time of the robbery at all. Mr. Bolton said the marked sovereign was the great difficulty in the case. Taking the evidence given by Mrs. Nixon, who, for anything that appearei, was respectable, it was very hard to reconcile it with other portions of the testimony. He asked the prisoner what business she was, and she replied a dressmaker. After some consultation with Mr. Wybergh, his worship discharged the prisoner. Mr. Block stated that he would produce witnesses to -show that the witnesses for the defence was not as " respect able" as they seemed ; and he also stated that as his client had got the £l7, he certainly would retain it. He al , o added, that he would have the case investigated again, as he considered the charge proved as clearly as any charge ever made in a court. STREET ROBBERY. Two persons, named John Roosan and Daniel Dodd, were charged by a mariner, named Richard Noscoe, with having robbed him of a gold watch in Lime-street. Mr. D )dd was for the prisoners. The prosecutor said : About twelve o'clock on Monday night he was going home in Lime-street, when the prisoner Roosan came up to, and struck him, at the same time snatching his watch, with which lie got away. There was a second person with the prisoner, supposed to be Dodd, who was subsequently arrested at the station, when Roosan was charged. It appeared that the prosecutor and two friends were proceeding along Lime-street, when, as be swore, the prisoner Roosan came up to him, and, without any provocation, knocked him down ; he got up and struck the prisoner, when the latter snatched his watch, value £lO 10s, and got off with it, but he was arrested almost immediately, yet the watch was not found. He could not swear positively to the prisoner Dodd, and, therefore, he was discharged. The prosecutor was examined at consider able length by Mr. Dodd, and he admitted that be had. been at some houses with his friends, where they bad drink, but he maintained that lie was sober enough at the time. Mr. Dodd pressed him at some length to tell the last house he was in, and at length the witness said the last house he was in was in the Argyle Rooms, Newington, but he denied having any drink there, nor could he tell if wine or spirits were sold in the Rooms. Mr. Dodd : What was going on in the Argyle Rooms when you were there ? Witness : Not drinking, at any rate. Mr. Dodd : On your oath, sir, do you not know that it is a place frequented by prostitutes ? Wit ness :I do not. Mr. Dodd : What hour was it when you - were there ? Witness: About half-past eleven. Mr. Dodd : And what was going on there then ? Witness : Dancing. Mr. Dodd : And were there females there at the time ? Witness: Yes, plenty of them. Mr Dodd : And do you swear these were respectable females danc ing in a public room at half-past eleven o'clock at night? Witness : I won't swear what sort of females they Mr. Dodd : Will you not swear that they were common women of the town? Witness : I will not swear that. Mr. Dodd : Will you swear that they were respectable; Witness? No, I will not. Mr. Dodd: Will you swear that some of these respectable females 11 , who were dancing at half-past eleven o'clock in the Argyle Rooms, did not take your watch from you there ? Witness: Yes, I will swear I had it in the street, and that the prisoner took it. After a long cross-examina tion. and the production of the complainant's two friends, the prisoner was remanded, in order to give time to look for the watch, as it, had not yet been recovered. _ A STRANGE BROXER.—A very old woman, named. Sarah Martin, who resides in Atherton -street, was brought up by detectives Povey and M'Culloch, who said they searched her house, and found between six and seven hundred weight of lead there, for which she could not account. A gentleman, who said his name was Walker, and that he was the managing partner of Walker, Parker and Co., came forward, and said the old woman bought the lead for his firm ; she "purchased lead every where for the house, and sold it to the house, and to the house only." Mr. Wybergh : Then, in fact, she is your broker? Mr. Walker: Yes; her husband purchased. for us for over twenty years, and she has done so since his death ; she is a very honest old woman. The prisoner said she purchased the lead at St. Helens for the Messrs. Walker. She was discharged. ROBBERY or A SAILOR.-Margaret M'Donald and Catherine Fellowes, were chargt•d for robbing the mate of a ship, who said he was a native of Hamburg, and. gave his name as Henry Stiepen. Mr. Block defended. rite complainant was lured into a house in Peter-street, where he was robbed of £7 lOs by th 3 prisoners, a portion of which was recovered. The prisoners were committed for two months, i were, (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) George Roberts, the boy who stool remanded from. Monday on a charge of deserting his ship, was sent to gaol for three months, as he preferred that to going back. This case was reported in yesterday's paper. VIOLENT Assa.tmTs.—Bridget Rigley was charged for having committed a violent assault on Catherine Bran gan. The complainant lodged with the prisoner in Charter's-street, and on the previous night some angry words took place between them, when the prisoner struck the complainant a violent blow with a jug on the forehead, and inflicted a serious wound on her head. She was committed for trial. Philip Neill was charged for having committed a desperate assault on his wife, who was not able to attend. in consequence of the injuries inflicted on her, and the s prisonerlLtl Nia was r u e N m p a u n a d e FALSEd for c seven COLOURS,— o u days. Rs. A respectably dressed middle-aged man, late a ship master, named Alexander M‘Gowan, was charged with obtaining money under false pretences under the following cir cumstances :—On Saturday evening last he went to the lodging-house of Mrs. Carey, Upper Stanhope-street, and represented himself as Captain Ronalds, of the Lord Althorp, just arrived in port. Mrs. Carey agreed to receive him as a lodger, and after the terms had been agreed on, he borrowed 12s from her, under the pretence that having only just reached Liverpool he was short of money. In a few days she discovered that he was not the person he represented himself to be, and gave him into custody. Several other lodging-house keepers also attended to prefer a like charge against him, but in those cases it appeared that he gave his proper name, though falsely representing himself in other respects. One of the witnesses, however, stated that he believed the prisoner had been, some years since, master of the Lord Althorp. He was remanded to this day, OTHE LATE FAILURE AT B ELF sr . — Anftdjourned meeting of the creditors of John Mackenzie and Co., Belfast, was held on Thuisday, when a statement was presented, show ing liabilities amounting to £87,442, and assets amounting to £21,403, and a dividend of 45 6d in the pound was pro posed and adopted by the meeting, of th 5 F a ae the vi iol Jog ;0 1 - Jal. , of tiog o '6 tiP e 0 36 th e of. pr e i ce ° this )te en ef°l. iIIt b t° - bee „