The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-12 00:00:00

MN FRANCE. the eiit tea lore til , 4 vise the w B / are ely )at ere ils, ho nd en of ed he its LATEST NEWS. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) The Moniteur publishes a decree organising the Government and Superior Administration of Algeria. The Illoniteur announces the appointment of Count Baciocchi as Superintendent of the Impe rial Theatres. _ _ The Herald mentions as a report that Earl Cowley is to be removed from Paris, and is to have the Governor-Generalship of India, AMNESTY FOR TiiE PRESS: Paths, liec. i. The dlloniteur pUblishes a debree canceling the avertissements gii'en to ilib joittrials tip td thb li.4sent date. , , , • . • .. . The rejiort cif fount Persigny, which precedes is, dbeteb, contains the following :—" Oblivion ,T b the past will be a new token tendered by the generous policy of the Emperor, which ; aims at. the reconciliation and the union of all the intelli-' gence of the country. 1 have invited the preSs to use great freedom of discussion; but against those who,. may attack the State my conscience will be so much the freer and stronger, because in effacing the past his Majesty offers to writers a noble opportunity of displaying their patriotism." THE FRENCH PARO, p:nf. The Bourse conOnnbs dial: Routes closed at 68f. 90c . .; *or Sc:' %Wei than yesterday.. SYRIA. It appears more certain that the French troops will be kept in Syria beyond the term prescribed by the Convention. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. Lord Bloomfield; Atiil3assAdOr at Vienna, and Lord Ldftiis, Ambassador at Berlin have passed: through Calais on their way to England. SPAIN. The Spanish Government has given orders that an iron-plated screw-frigate of 41 guns and 1,000 to 1,200 horse-power shall be constructed. Ttßktt biNgTANTINOi'LE, Dec. 10. tie Pork has stopped a Sardinian vessel com ing from Genoa loaded with arms and ammuni tion, and having false papers. The Porte has Protested against this fraud, and the violatioti•ui treaties which it constitutes~ Tilt ITALIAN' A . The Italian arthy i 6 ""IctA . 11118 61 . 93 great corps--title to Ile eallo. t b Army of the South ; thu ottiet that or the North; the former. with its headquarters at Nanlpq. the ^" Milan. The Pfr -- ' • . . vi,iter at --cu Live force of the army is fixed .$l., 400,000 men. HUNGARY. 'lii A,, bee: U. The 'Vienna joiirnals telegraan t from l'esth, dated. tile 117th instant;,Etsserting that the city, w,as splendidly iguminat,p4,phrthe oeeavm of the openirm9.f:the gorigretation of the Coniitat pr.pbtth.. PubllZ' order had not yet been dis turbed. Disturbances are of daily occurrence in one or More of the cities and towns of Hungary. At one place the fury of - the mob was directed against those Protestants who had consented to acknowledge the Imperial Patent. Advices from Vienna . .announco, ; that numerous en,/,ips of troops are sent to Hungary. The 4ustrian Government, in order to prevent new attacks on the imperial eagles on official build ings in Hungary, has ordered that they shall be removed. IMPORTANT REFORMS IN AUSTRIA. A despatch from Vienna, in the Independance Pelge, states that the programme of M. Sehmer ling; the fie* Minister Of State,. -which has been !teepted. by fie Ethipbror, illeliides the Abolition QQf the etirkdraiii, the equality of all religious pro- Wgons, the repeal of the provisional statutes recently promulgated, and the issue of a constitu tion common to all the Germanic and Sclave pro vinces. This programme, observes the Nord, is a complete revolution—it is the reconstruction of the Austrian Empire on a new basis. Le _ZOYM !peaks of the revision of the concordat And the Independence of its abolitionu AMERICA. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Co. s`steamship City of Baltimore, with th e United States mails on board, with dates frdn Ne w York to the evening of the Ist ifiSt:, idiikred at Queenstown at 6.30 pa% Has 9T tiepin and 164 steerage , passengers, and $1,680 in specie. Landed 39 passengers, and proceeded for Liver- Pool at I pan. On the Bth, lat. 48.36, ion. 29.48, Passed the ship City of tindolti, waterlogged and abandoned, td<T• . THE The Herald 'accounts from the South this ifidinitla present the same unfavour- Ole asOttt of affairs, with no abatement of the feeling for secession, The Washington correspondent of the . New York Times telegraphs the fear of secession was not so strong yesterday at the federal capital as it had been previously. Many of the southern members of the Congress have brought their families, which is considered as an indication that they intend to remain. Amongst the arrivals Yesterday was Mr. Breckenridge, and his' rooms last night were crowded with visitors to hear his 'views relative to the present crisis. He talks hopefully, and' counsels moderation, forbearance, and compromise. A Mexican correspondent confirms the rob bery of the English Consulate. No doubt is entertained but that the country will, in a short time, be in the full possession of the liberals. Havanna advices to the 27th ult., received at New Orleans, represent the Money Market as still disturbed by the political intelligence from the United 'States. The Sugar Market was dull. Freights inactive. Yellow fever has been making sad havoc among the shipping at Jamaica. Her Britannic Majestfs War steamer Icarus, which captured Walker's Party, had 100 cases out of the crew of 120. COMPLETION OF MR. BUCHANAN S MESSAGE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—A Cabinet Council Was held this evening, and the concluding dashes placed in the Message. All the members were present. • - - COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—The cotton market is quiet to-day, while prices in the main were steady. The sales embraced about 500 bales. Some brokers, called middling uplands 101 c to 101 c. Flour was heavy, and lower for common brands, while the turn of the market was in favour of Purchasers. Corn was about the same, with a steady demand from the local and Eastern trade, and with some purchases for export. Pork was heavy and lower. Freights were steady, while engagements were moderate. The stock market was generally tame, closing with a steadier demand. The money market was without altera tion from Wednesday. Exchanges were firmer for bank and bankers. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 30.—Cotton very dull. Sales to-day, 1,100 bales, at 94c to 91c. Freights : Cotton to Liverpool, 51-d. THE AFRICAN MAIL. The African mail steamer Athenian arrived in the Mersey last night, with advices from the West Coast of Africa, 1,837 ounces of gold dust, £3,800 in specie, and a full cargo, consisting of palm oil and ivory. Her dates are—Fernando Po, 28th; and Cameroons, 30th October; Old Calabar, .Ist ; Bonny, sth; Benin, Bth.; _Cape_ Coast Castle, 14th ; and Sierra, Leone, 21st November; Teneriffe, Ist; • and Medeira, .3rd. December. The Athenian brings no news of importance. Trade was dull, and the country was quiet. DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS. The Globe says that her Majesty's mission at St. Petersburg has been raised to an embassy, and that Lord Napier is appointed Ambassador. Sir J. Crampton is transferred from St. Peters burg to Madrid, where he replaces Sir A. Buchanan, who has been removed to the Ilague. There is a report in Paris that M. Drouyn de L'Huys is about to replace M. Thouvenel at the Foreign Office. GAZETTE. NEWS. Lord Lyons, her Majesty's Minister to the United States, and Sir Edmund Head, Governor- General of Canada, are appointed Knights Com manders Of the Bath. The diplomatic appointments announced in last night's Globe are pnblished in the Gazette. John Saville Lumley, Esq., is appointed Secre tary of Legation at •St. Petersburg. SOUTHWARK ELECTION. -CLOSE OF POLL. Layard Scovell . 4,585 . 3,367 Majority for Layard . . . 1,218 _____,____ The following appeared in our later editions o: yesterday.: • SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and Prince Louis of Hesse, arrived from Windsor and visited the show in Baker-street yesterday. The exhibition maintains its high character without displaying any marked general progress. The Prince Consort takes a first prize for pigs. There are some good Scotch cattle. Out of seven prizes for these animals, two went to Scotland—one to Mr. Maccombie; of Tillyfour, Aberdeen, and the other to Messrs. Martin, of Aberdeen. There was no entry for Irish oxen, and no prize awarded for Trish cows. Prizes generally have gone to exhibitors from eastern and western counties. The north-is probably reserving itself this year for the great exhibition at Leeds. SPECIE MOVEMENTS. No bullion was bought from the Bank yesterday for exportation, nor are any sovereigns known to have been Witbarawp. for New York. Some parcels of gold will probably be stint by the Jura to-daY, and the litingardo on Wednesday. Further advices from New York being anticipated between this and Saturday, the chief ship ments will probably be deferred for the steamer of that day. The Ripon, on Wednesday, will take £80,985 in silver, and £0,900 in gold for Bombay and Alexandria, 00 COMMERCIAL FAILURES. The New York advices of the 25th Nov. mention two large failures among the cotton factors at New Orleans, the houses beilig those of Messrs: FeHowes and Co. and Walter Cox and Co. The liabilities of the former are reported to amount to £860,000. This firm suspended on a former occasion, but are belieVed to have paid every one in full. „ . „ . The letters from Manilirester e - :tpress seine surprise at the suspension there of Mr. A. D. Blagornefid,' a Gfeek rilerchaut,.WhOse Assets' afe alleged to - ,reach ktict,ooo :against £50,006 liabilities,' , • _Another house at Manchester {A al,?jo _stated to be in its liabili ties afe,onlY lii,dCiCi, and it is tliotight.that.4 resuriiptionl;v . ill be Practicable. . The Herald says that the principal of the houses in the Greek interest at Manchester have now been cleared out. THE AMERICAN CRISIS. The Times say's that in the week ending November 24th the New York banks showed a falling off of only £lOl,OOO in . the stock of bullion, and this had. since been more than made up by an arrival of £220,000 from California. The total held by all the banks was £3,760,000, an amount almost exactlY equal that.helcl at the corresponding day of 1859. As the arrivals within the next few weeks from California, Havannah, ngla'nU, old' the' Southern' States of the Union, will. probably range bet Ween - 400,600 and ,(100,006, .01115 additig,iliere tlion:so.. per 4en't. to ~he usual. supply, the rdifire changes in the itiartet are litelY t 8 lie of an interesting and instructive character. Almost the sole cause of distrust now consisted in the singular fear that a panic would prove to have resulted mi . this side. News had been received of an advance of the Bank of England rate of discount to 5 per cent., and of that of the Bank of France to 41. per cent., hut the intelligence of our movement 'to 6 per cent. remained to be commu nicated as this, however, would .be followed • by the announcement of the entire removal of the difficulties.of the..nank'Of Pianee, re-assuring effect itottld irrimedi 7 ately be produced. The Times remarks that' the SoUthern States of the American Union are debarred from the advantages of free trade by a tariff devised for the benefit of Northern manufacturers, and in case of any coridessiona.to them that of commercial freedom ought not, to. be the last ell the list, . . o RESPONDENC. THE TRIAL OF MR. EVAN TIIOMAS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIR oblige by Makititi it lino that AM, iidt Dr. Evahs wie was not for tile prose tidgoil at the repent trial of I‘,fr. Evan ThoMO at,Chuster, —I am, sir, your obedient servant, • •. Evez4 TtiolitAs EVA:tis, Surgeon:22 Ill;s64ltibe; rieetlll3el. 11, 1'266. THE MAGISTRATES' CLEPT(c . ATT) THE „ . _ .13.1.11.1, _ _ IA.KING OF TEPOSITIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES. Sin,—l see," from the • Daily Tim - es of this morning, that Mr. Walter, the Town-clerk's deputy in prosecu tions yesterday; at the sessions, rid* held at St.. tiriciq impertinent arid iitiwO raii.table,attaelc , upon tlie magistrates' clerks' assista i nts; Yom he repeatedly, I,lescribed „,f`.sqt ,Of, ignorant ith ,own language, as reported in another paper) "kribW no tore about crimi nal law than his grandmother's cat." ' ' Permit me, therefore, - through Your valuable paper, publicly to state, on behalf of myself and fellow-clerks, that we are not content to rest one moment under such an imputation, but intend, the first convenient opportu nity, to lay the matter before a meeting of magistrates, and in the meantime treat the unfounded assertions of Mr. Walter with the contempt they deserve:—l am, sir, yours, Litc., or Tlit-cIig44.4 I, L I IDED TO. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. (From the Dublin .Ercning Post.) . . DUBLIN, Dec. 11.—From the announcement made by Mr.- Cardwell, - the Chief Secretaty, towards the close of last session, the public were prepared for the reconstruc= tion of the National Roard. Great interest and ankiety hate been felt as tO the new iippoitittnehts, bywhit% tile equalisation of Protestants. and Catholics pronlisett the t overriment would be aeComplislied; We have heard that the arrangement's are not yet eintipleted, btit we have some reason to believe that the rumours, which have been prevalent 'as to certain of the appointinenth are well founded. It is said that Sil-Thes. Reditigtot4 the Right Hon. john Hatchekh and Mr. ,has.' O'Ferrall retire froth the board, and that Lord Dunraven will take the Place of Sir Thos. Redington, Mr. Waldron, D.L., M.P., that of Mr. JAs. 'o',Ferrall," and Mk. Sergeant LaWson that of Mr. Ifateliell. The addititi,rial apjoint: merits are Chief Justice Monahan. Chiec BareA igot, Mr. Ulan Leiltaigne, D.L., attd Mb: agan, We have heard, that there Will be an additional.Presbi terian appeintedi to to'iiiplete the Protestant representa tion on the board: .. • THE •,4k.nrks' CHAnrric - , Yesterday, Mr: lames Patton Hemphill, of 17, Parliament-street alienate of Dubl n, kVis cleete'd.Surge,On Aopdiulestit td this tharityi in succession to the late Dr. Gilmour. There was but One other candidate. , . stealing7BzryliNCEs SEssiows‘ Ycstuna-r.—Charles Burke, for a - purse containing 305., four years ; penal servitude.--Eliza Cattrall, cutting and Wohnditig, six months.—lltigh Kennedy, cutting and wounding, eight mcnths.—George Lunt, cutting and wounding, eight months.—Michael O'Connor, cutting and wound ing, seven months.—Eliza Sheph(rd, stealing from the person, seven months.—Mary Hennessy, similar offence, twelve months. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.-I\IONV cases received advice and meditine at the institution North, 223 ; South, 140 ; total, 363,. New cases visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine : North, 107 ; South, 54 ; total, 161. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., Pre sident ; Major. Bourne ' Vice-President of North Dispensary ; Jr. R. A. Payne, Viee-President of South' Dispensary .; Mr. Francis gill, Treasurer ; Mr. ; F. H. Langley, Secretary. , TILE SOUTH CORPORATION SCHOOLS.—WC were delighted and surprised yesterday with an inspection of drawings and specimens of caligraphy by the pupils of the South Corporation Schools, Park-lane. They were really beautiful, and reflect the highest credit upon Mr. Riley and the senior teachers who have given instructions in this department. The public may share our gratifica tion, as we understand that they will be on exhibition at the shools on Friday next. The scholari in attendance at these schools number 600, who pay only the small sum of lid. per week for a sound and, excellent educa tion ; and we are sure. that the public interest will be awakened by a visit to these beautiful- drawings, especially 'when it is considered that they are the work 9f youths from 10 to 13 years of age. A BEGGING IMPOSTOR.--CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.— The'ic is a person going about the town endeavonring to levy contributions on the public, and it is right to put people on their guard against this dodger, who assumes the name of J. W. Hughes, and states that he was the master of a schooner named the Hope, that was lost off the Isle of Man in November. He produced a paper purpoting to be an official document issued at the Isle of ...Man;_ recommending Hughes to the notice of the benevplent. This document , bears the names of several merchants in town, as having contributed sums of money for the Haab relief, and amongst other names was that Of the Mayor,. put down for £2. On Monday the im postor went into' an office in Bank Buildings, and pre = sented the petition and asked for money. The document *as sent to the Town-hall, to ascertain if the signature Of the Mayor was genuine ; and it was discovered that it was a forgery. In the mean time, the fellow sus- pecting something, "bolted." The document was then sent to the police authorities, alonm, with the following description of his appearance :--He is about 42 years of age, over five feet high, and of slender make. His face is bronzed or sunburnt, and of drunken appearance. His face is long and features sharp. Sunken eyes, brown hair, and small scanty whiskers. Dressed in dark clothes, and grey billy-cock hat.—The police are on the look out for him. CAMBRIDGE MIDDLE CLASS EXAMINATION. • The examination .of. the Liverpool candidates in connection with the middle class examination instituted by the University of Cambridge, commenced yesterday morning in. the small concert room, St. George's Hall. The examiners appointed for this centre are the Rev. Wm. Campion, 13. D., and the Rev. j. Porter, M.A., Fellow and Mathematical Lecturer of Saint Peter's College. The following gentlemen were also present at the begin ning of the examination :—Messrs. C. S. Parker, A. Castellain, H. Woodfall, and J. Lewis ; and the Revs. J. S. Howson and T. F. Lee (Lancaster). The total number-of candidates for examination at this centre is 75, and of this l arge num b er there is only one who rejects the scriptural examination; 58 of the candidates are juniors and 17 seniors. Of the junior candidates we find that no less than 4D take up Latin, 51 French, and 11 Greek ; 6 go in for German, and 55 for mathe matics. -Chemistry and music are the lowest on the Bit, 'there being but three entries for the former and two for the latter.- Of the seniors 15 have entered for. Latin, 10 for-Greek, and 12 for French ; 14 for mathe matics, one for chemistry, and two for music. There are ten centres or towns in which the examination is being held ; Liverpool has the greatest number of can didates,—London coming next with 58, of whom 40 are juniors and 18 seniors. The examination is conducted by means of printed questions, and will extend over six days. The answers will be despatched to Cambridge, and there examined by the several professors. The examiners in religious knowledge are the Very Rev. H. late Fellow of Trinity C o ll ege , D ean o f A ca lf n o t r e d r , b D u; D., y; the Rev. C. J. Elliott, RD., late Fellow of St.' John's College, Halsean Professor of Divinity ; and the Rev. J. B. Lightfoot, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College. • THE WORKING MEN'S MUTUAL EIFROVEMENT :BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. —A meeting of persons interested in the formation of the above society was held last night, in the British school-room of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, in Prince Edwin-street, under the presidency of Mr. John Jones. There was a large number of the class more especially interested in the object for which the meeting had been convened present on the occasion. The chairman stated the views which the projectors of the proposed new association had in contemplation. He said it was to be founded on per manent principles, and to be somewhat similar to the Borough Permanent Building Society, established June 20, 1855, according to the Gth and 7th of William IV., chapter 32. The rules of the Liverpool Borough and Rupert Building Societies were read, and submitted to the meeting by the secretary pro tem. (Mr. Lee) for their consideration. After sonic cen- Nersational discussion, it was unanimously agreed that the Rupert rules, together with two rules extracted from the Liverpool Borough Building Society, should be adopted. One of the shareholders objected to the adoption of the rule relating to the advancement of of money on buildings that were merely in progress. He considered tha t in asmuch as this rule was found to operate very inefficiently in oth er b u i ld i ng soc i e ties, and frequently gave rise to a great deal of angry litigation, it should not be incorporated amongst the regulations of the new society. The election of officers and the transaction of other business connected with the society haVing been disposed of, the meeting closed with a vote I of thanks to the chairman. MR. BRIGHT, M.P., ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC NELEPRAPH.) LEEDS, Dec. 11. A public meeting was held to-night at the Town-hall, to inaugurate the Leeds, Working Men's 'Parliamentary .Reform .Association, a society which was established a :few months ago, The chair Was oCCUpied'by - Mr. Joseph Middleton Barrister, one of the aldermen cf the borough and amongst thosatiresent, tin thoplatform Were Mr. J : Bright, l‘tr. R Baines, lit.P. o l4r. E. A. Latham, arid a large atidiente, the majority l onSisting of orkuli_ men, nithmigh .the lint was not full;—probably there Would be about 2,000 persons Present: .. The ,Chairman, inn openingthe proceedings, said that tha.objeet of the Leeds Wokking Meo.'s Parliairientai:Y Reform AsgociatiOn was to assist hi obtaining a. sound and comprehensive ineasitie of I:eforni,iri*ding a On= sidacable ; eitensiph of the elective, franchise, i a protection for for the voter in the eierei,se of that . franchise,, and a more equal distribution Of the :members of Pdxliament in ficCordarlee with they, r;opiiNtiqt,t, of the eleetoral districti, so that ,all Classes of the commnnity might be fully, fairly, and equally represented. ~ , Mr:, DickeS; compositor, the Secretary of theOciety, read letters of apology from the following gentlemen, who were unable to attend, the meeting :—Mr. G. P. Beebroft, M.P.,—(applause and laughter)—Mr. W. E. Forster, and Mr. Hamer Staniffeld. Mr. Geves, a working man, then moved the following resolution :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the working classes of the . United Kingdom have a just claim to a fair share in the representation of the country in Parliament, and it regards with great satisfaction the formatiOn of the Leeds Working lien's Parliamentary AefOrmAssoeiatiocii,*itii a iiel;ito tie, promotion of soundmeashre of Parliam&aryidfOrril.!' „ . Mr. Rawlinson, another Working .nian j seconded the resolution. Mr. E. Baines, M.P., on rising to support the resolu tion, was received with much cheering. Two things had always seemed to him entitled to give solid pleasure to every right feeling man,—Firc4 of all, to see a great improvement in the intelligence. and condition of his, fellow countrymen', and, secondly, to see them receiving the reward. 4 that improvement in the extension of their political . (gear, and 'Tbey had 'Witnessed the first bf those thirigs; arid they ;lasi. sought -- obtain - the sec on d. •Mr. Baines -pi eedett - to !Ante his own sentiments on the subject .of reform, stating that he had suppo . rted Russell's bill bccquse _ _ _ . it went t9.c0i).61 : the franchise on, a considerable number of WOrltitig Mien Iyho were entitled to its exercise. (Applause.) lit detailed what he had himself done in the tatte„tif fetoiti btitlepo Were the com mittee of the lldiise Of Laos Mid in dthei• 1-te' believed that the r Working , chises, doihglierfeCtly right in demai,l4ir an .c4erifion franchise,, and that...itsOnld, net, safely,he mt k eklonger from hosc upon whorii 'nen T iferr 9 tby I_4oo RiisSell!g hill: And thatiliey,lionl4 exercise Was nide pendentlyiand as honestly as thaso adoVn then: pight,,•lll.P., th.ep rose to l , address, th e .meetinfr„ and 7as, greeted with iqud i anflreiterated cheering.. lie commenced by Oying.that. when he heard this wa s a metingspcday of rdrkiii g me n ' god_ that working Men—and unenfranchised could be fairly called (laughter)—were expected mainly to compose the meet- received. because accepted the invitation lie felt that it -was quite impossible to absent himself from the meeting without doing violence to his own feelings and his own interest itt the great q ttestiott of Iteroti. (Applause., Mr. bright rgerted id ale iegetif dleptio'ns Redding lieweastle, arid Botitb*aitt,.ferrittrii ing that at ii6iieeOni,lifl4 oforeiCpanSelt.on Tory,. dpposed to, Parltanientary . ,.refor,M, (Dear; ; heat) With , irery. Where,Ver there was a fre ,constituency ; there was a d,eclaratiph, df Opinion in favour. of reform ; and no snap could stand, dpon.the Misting s in any town in the: United Kingdom with much probability of being retr.trnedfif he was deft= nitely pledged to oppose parliamentary reform. (Hear; hear.) If this was so, ‘then. the middle .classes were not. Opposed to such a measure. They themselves were mi serably represented, Large numbers of them had voted ; but they were subjected to a homis-pOens kind of con trivance, by which 10,000 me n iii one place had no snore political inflUenet than 200 men 111 another plate I arid core la or • -Or Ilaindoltnet; or rid' Man in the neighbotirhoOd, tarried the Whole veto of those idfi men in his • pocket (Laughter.) Brit leaving this class, to come to the working class. To that class the Reform Bill of 1832 was, a positive, an intended, and an absolute exclusion. (Cheers.) That exclusion still continued, and 'unless the working classes atked' for the door to be .open that some of them mi g ht . squeeze themselves itil6 *as sere that nobody in either houses of Parliament Would be able' to procure admission for them,. - (Ilear,„hear.) In the years 1852, 1854, 1859, and 1860;.the queen had redommehded refornt to pat , liament. In each. of those yeark the ministfy had brotight in a. Reform Bill, but no rile 'sure 141, beencarried.Four tir five.A.oieriimnis had pledged fhCriiseltes in this question. All the leading men of bdth • patties *ete pledged to it, and whatever in'ght be'.the course taken by the existing government. in the ensuing_.seAsienilio government could maintain its place unless it introdueed and carried some real fair substantial measure of fefOrni. The House df Conimorist otild riot do niitch goo d in one sestioii. ...It Was asteriishing be* Much it could make of one good measure. It Waslikm e • a child With s o mething sweet, that was afraid to swallow lest it s h ou ld lose its' taste - of 'it. (Latighter.) Biit that was riot very good ; for the fact was, that the House of Commons did not make the geed thidgs df the lea s6i4l6ti. •Thdy'vkre irritated at the . French Treaty; they werfi bitterly hostile; to . 111 r. Gladstbrlei because lie *as in fairoui of economy, and a more just iinposition of, the . taxes] and when to the other disagreeables a reform bill was to be added, it was more than they could endure. (Laughter.)_ Some men not very honest, and sortie very weak, are on the reformers' side of the house, and began to find fault with the bill. That gave courage to the Opposition, and ultimately the , session was so far advanced, that it was impOssible to pass the bill then. Still the-bill wascnot opposed on its first reading, and there was no division against it on the. s e co nd read ing. It s, p r i nc iple passed the House iinanimmistY ; and the question must come up soon for a righteous settle ment, unless it turned out that the people of England and the men of England were the only people in Europe Wh o had no coneern With freedoM. • (Cheers.) He believed that • in the United Kingdom there were seven millions of men of the age of twenty-one years aiid upwards; kit the actual number of men who pos sessed a•vote was not more than a million, so that six millions had no votes. It followed, further, that five millions of families, mainly of the working classes; and who were :thereforeprecisely the Blass who suffered five millio ns first most fr om b a d : l e gi s lation, had not a vote in the eleetionof M em b ers o f P ar liament. He said that for of familieS in this • kingdoin Which pretended t o be f ree — w hi c h h a d a representative system, —which had a parliament centuries old, — which pre tended to unfurl the flag . of freedom to all the world ,-- for us to h ave fi ve millionsaf familie.s from which there ea'rne no single voice nor murmur nor vote 4n the House Of Commons was a scandal and disgrace. (Loud cheer ing.) Mr. Bright proceeded to observe tbnt a strange spectacle had b een seen i n I ta l y . Th e people of the duchies of Parma, Modena, Tuscany, the people 'of the Papal. States, of Sicily, an of aples, were making for the most part a peaceable revolution—dismissing their rulers in a very summary'mannet, and asking the King. of a neighbouring State to come and rile oVer them. Were they Ging this because Victor Emmandel, .the King of Sardinia, was :a better man than the Duke of Tuscany. The people of those 'States knew nothing of the Xing of Sardinia personally, hut they knew that, under their' old rulers—their kings, and their dukes, and their Pope--they had no free ex-* pression of opinion —that, the people themselves were utterly excluded from any portion,or share in the govern ment of the country in which they lived. (Applause.) The object of the revolution in Italy, therefore, was that, instead of a despotic government, there should be established a government of a king, with a parliament.; and that if anything is hereafter dope by legislation or administration Italy, it shall npt:be done by the fiat of one man, or of a handful of fnen,"but by the general consent of the body of the people, represented in the parliament of the country. (Cheers.) This change had given wonderful pleasure in 'England. Even a Government had the in looking pleasure on the gratifyingi c h despatch, English e the prospect of a people building up the edifice of their liberties and consolidating the work of their indepen dence. (Hear, hear.) If it had ggiven such amazing gratification to the English Court, the:English Cabinet, and the English 'people, to see a peopl e . i n It a l y build ing up the edifice of their own liberties, he trusted that no man would say that the meeting was not well em ployed in endeavouring to build up and consolidate the liberties of England. (Cheers.) Having - expressed a hope that the anticipated =united Italy would include Rome and the States of Venice, Mr. Bright said that the population of the neW kingdom would certainly not exceed 24,000,000 of souls, whereas he had 'already shown that 5,000,000 of families, including 25,000,000 of souls in this country had no voice in the election of Members of the Mime of 'Commons. He' proceeded to advert to Lord John Russell's reform bill, and the probable increase which it would have made in the con stituency of Great Britain, remarking that he believed that in the most generous computation of the measure, that One himdred and fifty thousand working men to' be admitted under that bill would ,be at least forty thousand above the number; and the hon. gentleman continued by alluding to the desire of the committee of 'the House of Lords only to have the franchise reduced to an eight pounds rating in boroughs, which, he said, was equiva lent to an ordinary rental of nine or ten pounds, Were such an insult, he asked, possible in the year 1860, Or would it be in 1801.? Was it. possible. that the blindness of Italian dukes, • that the perverseness at Venice, that the' obtuseness at 'Naples; that all which bad passed before us' during the last 'feiv years bad passed in vain, and that Conservative gentlemen in both Housesief Parliament had learnt nothing from it ? Having remarked that he had never listened with such indignation to.anything as he had to the miserable and insulting slanders which had been hurled in Parliament against the great body, of the working people of Eng land, Mr. Bright dwelt at Some length upon the intelli gence, the liniderice Of the working classes, and their claim to possess the franchise, as was manifested by three co-operative societies in his oviii town (Rochdale); and stated that, out Of thirty-two . persons composing the managing committees of those societies, 'the 'aggre-.. gate annual transactions of which amounted to £380,000, only one, possesied a county vote, and one a borough vote.' "Such a 'state of things was intolerable, and he should be ashamed of himself if he did not take all fit ting. opportunities' of denouncing this 'eichrsion, and inviting his fellow-countrymen to oppose themselves to it, and , insist upon attaining their just right. , (Loud cheeri.) Mr. Bright urged that the great centres of population and manufacturing industry, such' as Leeds, Manchester, 'and Birmingham, should speak out en the questiOn, believing that if they did so no Cabinet `minister would oppose the bringing forward of a Reform Bill, and that when it was brought forward there would 'be none of the Niggling about rating an d rental that there was last session. (Applause.) Mr. Bright next observed that great movements were going on in various countries, and as examples he pointed to France, Italy, Austria, and Russia. Should Englishmen be found alone sleeping ? Should Englishmen, dazzled with what they saw abroad, forget altogether the duty which they, owed to themselves at home. Should £70,000,00 0 sterling of taxes, representing 75,000,000 of human labour, be annually raised and spent ; and should six 'millions of Englishmen, who had.had the main power in raising it, have no concern in that matter ? Should every working man give at least two hours per. day extra toil and sweat to 'support a government whose policy he could in no degree influence; and which shut him out from the commonest rights of Citizenship, and spurned him as though he were a wild beast in huniaii form?. (Loud .cheers.) He told . them • honestly he could not believe it. He knew there was amongst the people of'tbis 'country an overwhelniing prepon derance of feeling in favour of parliamentary reform. It would not cease—it might be delayed—it could not be prevented; it.would come by honest, enlightened; safe steps, such as the friends of reform recommended, or it would' dome hastened, b d y, sortie great ateidents which none-Cculd foresee, an might kin , * Changes *hid] might shake our political and social fabric . to its base: (Applause). It was because he .dreaded disorder; because be knew that resiSlatiee, to just demands was the fertile kfarent Of tonfilsion, in °Veil state;, it Wds becaUse he wished England ~ t o be great add glefriotis; , and free, and moral; that he urged the working elaSses unenfraiiebised Tillions—to insist upon their just rights'; and ,it . Wds, this cause lincoun, , elled the 01*, classes . grafit, thoSe rights; 'although it might be that his counsel might be in , • Mr. llright;• who spoke neatly an hour, resumed hi?, Seat amidst renewed anplause. tie resolution was then prpposed, and carried,uuani mously. Another resolution in favour of t i s ha lot s and a more equal adjustment of the nienibers of th e e, popu lation .in the ‘ electoral districts, was, proposed •and seconded. It was supported by Mr. Leatham, M.P., and also adopted. The proceedings terminated with the customary votes of thanks. THE TRIAL OF MIDDLETON FOR EMBEZZLEMENT, YESTERDAY. At the ,Court of QUarter Sessions, yesterday, before the Reeordet ; Mr, Gilbert Henderson,. William Matthias Middleton, tietity4Wo years of age, described as a clerk to the Rritish. mid Irish, Magnetic l i elegraph Centrtany, *as indicthd for ha v i n g s tOl en d. nnniber, of gtampg. andfranks, franks, and em b e Yiling niOilie§ ; the pi,oierties of.:his" employers. Mr. Temple appeared for the prosec;iition, and Mr. Deighton for the prisoner. The facts of this case were made public at the committal of the prisoner for trial: The number of.franks stolen is supposed to amount to about 1,000 ; and the dates of the delinquencies extend, it is feared, over several years, at least since 1857, but nothing can be satisfactorily traced further back than Six Months ago. Previous to entering the company's 4 S ' ei'Vl6; 116,w1i " Confided on a charge of felony. by the friends of a ladjl4lielin ileWae t ,plpfiosed to'llaVe sediteed, but whom, after his liberation froni ail,; he married. During his first year under the telegraph eonipZny's service. he received, it appears, 15s. a week, and fit the time Qf his annrehension on the present charge, '£loo a year. H e was in tha cal -,,:ct . ! of cashier, and it seems it Was ilia duty to deliver to eusternerg fraPlo bearing st4 n iiisiishlirt the telegraphie clepattinerit, atitl retAve the money in.•*Yliient.,..He Was eiPent,ed id. hand* daily receipts tO, and settle ofr all doWrits foTtnietatly *Ali the c o nwany'Stryastiter ; litr. did so Ita l pSediff' , with atew ficeptions, anci t 1,4 rettfettiptdike of farmer', corAiettpn.lvas pearly forgotten ; and Ae Was atnittLiag is the esteqm of,, his m tau evs, when; during his t f ew absence for a few weeks, goinp two' or „three months ago; a system' of flaud was, es j •-`0:. vered.whicb; for.skilful management and deiterous con,- ecalinent, has never been surpassed. In. the year 1857 . no check of the tiled stanips was,kept,,. and the prisoner, knowing that fact, and pogsessing access „to the. Coq , a -'s stores in the arches of the railway station in• n, Tithebarn-street, accumulated a quantity of those old :stamps, with which lie replaced the new stamps .on - the ?ranks daily given him by the superintendent ftlf trdnsnlissigit to dttstortierg, selling the new stamps Mega* foi his dill profit: The old stamps were defaced; some with a star of Mile( and the others with a cirke,a bliek }}n7 : 1 @,nianaAed Ock eiteles arrid starSAltil[nity,.. I . 3y i Aliet4pea% liot known hut , a quantity. ot„ tl4e,ittruips„ l lo 9014grkciie .side traces of letters which could by no POssibility. 1109. opmc, there but by - contact -- with other franks than those. Which they are now affix.ed. • •, • Ifalch i the superintendent at Liverpool; stated that, an account of the nu:titers? of franks was registered; 'in order to detect fraud. The 'ariitiiint received for franks by the prisoner in June, 1860, is stated in lifs advice to. be £220, agreeing with the amount in wit ness's frankbook, • In the advice there is no account of franks sold to Messrs, Laird and - Fletcher. Oa August 11th, franks entered try prisoner ameunted to £lB3 2s: Al eorteSpOnding,with Witness's returns , In that list there was an ainoent of •.1d mitefed hating been received for Messrs. Laird Mid on the Witness described the manner in which thd. differently priced stamps were coloured, and stated that on a message of Mr. Stuart, sent on the 19th Oct. last, there was a 4s. frank, N0.,70,296, and sold on the 28th Dec., 1857, to Messrs: G. and T. Irvine and Co.• On a second mes sage of Mr. Stuart's, sent on the 19th October last, there was a ls. 6d; frank, numbered 49,011, sold on 20th Nov., 1807, to Messrs.. Lockhart and Co. On a mes sage of the sante date, and by the same person, was a ls: dd. frank (51,105) sold, Dec. 22, 1857, to Messrs. Chambers and Co.; ,and the witness produced an enor; 'moos list of other stamps, bearing similar evidences of having been twice tiled. A number of stamps had been `received froM Messrs. Laird, fife of which were sold to Messrs. Stuart 'on the 27th July, and twenty on the 15th - Oct. He examined two receipts far £lO (dated 23rd 'June), and Zl5 '(dated 31st July), bearing the pri ,soner's name. He also produced twenty stamps sold. to Stuart and Co., on 25th Dec., and six to Mr. Morris, stockbroker. 'on the 13th,Oct: Had examined a cheque of £lO, dated 2nd Nov., in. favour of the company, ' endorsed by prisoner. Thefe ii'as 'a great number of witnesses called to prove these niattets; biit the prosecutor stuck more . particularly to franks issued on duly 21, Sept. 25, and Oct. 15, __ . • His Honour laid doWn the law clearly, and the jury, after mature consideration, returned a verdict of guilty. The duplicate of the last conviction was read, and the Governor of Kirkdale Gaol proved the identity, upon which Mr. Temple, on behalf of the prosecution, said he did not wish to press the previous conviction, explaining that the company, in the prosecution, acted only in accordance with their duty to the' public. Mr. Deighton stated that it would not be wise on his part, to call witnesses to character after the former con vietion'had been proved, adding that there was, how ever, plenty who would speak favourably of the prisoner since his former incarceration. In al/slyer to a question, The treasurer of the company stated that the prisoner had £lOO a year. Prisoner, in a broken tone, stated that when he entered the company's service he received only 15s. a week ; and asked how could persons expect young men of respectability to act honestly when they received such small salaries. _ _ His Honor sentenced him to twelve calendar months' hard labour. THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE CLun.--It will be seen from our advertising columns that a meeting is to be held at " The London," Clayton-square, this evening, for the purpose of inaugurating a Volunteer Service Club for Liverpool. Tin WALTON GAOL DELIVERY AND ASSIZES. — The commission of the winter assizes for the southern division of the county of Lancaster was opened at seven o'clock last night, in the Crown-evert of St. George's Hall, by Mr. Justice Keating, who was accompanied by his worship the. Mayor .(S. R. Graves, Esq.), the High Sheriff, the Sheriff's Chaplain (the Rev. Mr. Turner), and'other official' gentlemen. His Lordship arrived in Liverpool by the five o'clock train from Durham. The usual formalities having been gone through , his Lordshi p adjOurned-thecourt till eleven o'clock thc subsequent morning. lie then retired from the court and took his departure in the Sheriff's carriage, escorted by a number of. javelin men, &c. , , • kIRKDALE RAGGED SCHOOLS BAZAAR. - A bazaar, in aid - of the Kirkdale Industrial Ragged and National Schools, and Under the august patronage of the Countess of Derby, the. Countess of Sefton, Lady Emma Stanley, the Mayoress. of Liverpool, and other distinguished ladies, was held in St. Mary's School-room, Kirkdale, yesterday. It would be a task of supererogation for us to make any appeal to the public, or point out the strong claims which .this excellent, and benevo lent institute has on the su pp ort and gratitude of this town and its surrounding , suburbs. The Kirk dale Industrial Ragged and National Schools have Conferred' many benefits on the children attending. the present scaool has been conducted most successfully rind with the happiest :results, as a proof of which it may be .mentioned that the Liverppol aid of Ragged the Ki School Union, who make an annual, grant in rk dale School, were so Much, gratified with the report of the inspector as to its state and the efficiency with which every department of it is managed, that theith y have t the view of aiding its important operations as far as possible. The Rev. T. M. Lester, the incumbent of Kirk dale, with whom the movement originated, and who has been untiring in his exertions to bring it to a suc cessful issue, is still in want of a considerable sum to defray the expenses connected with the erection of the new building, the foundation -stone of which was laid some few months ago, by the Earl of Derby. This baiaar is being held for the purpose of assisting him i n procuring the required amount, and it is hoped that a handsome sum will bo realised. . It must have been gratifying to the reverend gentleman to find that his benevolent purpose has already been so warmly seconded. Contributions for the bazaar have poured in from persons of all religious creeds in the district ; many tradesmen of the town have presented goods suited to the purposes of a bazaar to a very' liberal ex tent; packages have been sent from all p arts o f this country: - from Ireland, Scotland, Wales ; and a gentleman has even forwarded a small cargo o f goods of the more useful order from America. In fact, should the whole of the "stock-in-trade" of the fair saleswomen be disposed of,. as it is wished it may be, the proceeds of the undertaking wil exceed the most san guine expectations of the promoters. ' The immediate vicinity of St. Mary's School w as rendered quite g ay for the occas i on . The working men have erected th r e e pretty a rc h es o f evergreens, &e. , across the thorough fare leading froM the Walton-road to the school. One Pear the church has an inscription .directing' the visitors to the bazaar ; a second, in Johnson -street, bears the Word,s, a It third, is more blessed to give than to receive ;" and The a Blessed exterior in King-street, is surm ounted with the label is he that considereth the poor and needy." of the school-room was tastefully orna mented with flags, flowers, and oth er decorative insignia. The interior presented an appearance no less picturesque and gay, the wall s an d ceiling being profusely covered with inscriptions, emblems, and devices, artistically and ingeniously composed of roses and ether floral gems. Nothing was left u nd one b y the ladies, who had the superintendence of the arrantremeats connected with the sale of the works. The beabutiful Christmas tree, and which is the magnificent gift of the Earl of Sefton, is an object of general attraction. The stalls, upon the general arrangement of which 'the atten tion have been lavished, reflect greatest credit on greathtest care and, Messrs. Jeffery, Morrish and who e have, in a. spirit of the most praiseworthy generosity, given 'the flags, &c., free of all expense, as well as the fitting up of the stalls. It would be almost invidious to partic ularise any 'of the stall or tables, eac h' Of them being literally loaded with articles and gifts of the most costl y and i magnificent description n all varieties. The fair ones, to whom the task of furei s hi a and f as hioning these beautiful .specimens of art and aembroideryhas been unqualified encomiums en trusted, deserve the mo st for the taste, skill, and genius displayed, no less in manu facture than in the selection of the articles. the pro ceeds of. the sale will, we earnestly hope, realise an amount'commensurate with th e excellence of the work ,to which the money will be devoted. We advise all our readers to pay a visit to St. M an e s School, which will twell-repay the time so spent. THE DAILY TlMtg, WEDNESDAY, DEOEIVIIIER 12, 1860. JOINERS' .SO EE A S ST NlG'~il. i • - - - Lagt nigl the aiinuq soireu'of.the Frien.dly.SocietY of House Carpenters Ad Joiners. Was held intlie Odd fellows'-hall in St. Ann-street. The' lidll tvrei beitu'ticully, decorated with flags, and there was a very riunierOiLt attendance. Tea, was supplied by Mr. Milbourne of St. • Anne-street, and gave general satisfaction. The enter tainmentsof the evening consisted of a grand concert by amateurs, interspersed with illustrationS or Burns by Mr. Admit Gibson, and. overtures by the baud of the 22nd Lancashire Voliinteeftf. The vocalists were Miss Jonei, Miss Tunstall, Miss Courttiq, Mr: P. Catterall, Mr. I'. Catterall, Mr. T. Herdern, and Mr. Williams; and Mr. Roberts presided at the pianoforte. • Tlii; concert irafq really excellent, and was listened to with, great delight: , Mr. W. ROBINSON, WhO teal clod to' the' Or 7 said he thought they were setting a goo eldriiiilk,!ol friendl societies by celebrating their anniversary in that social ' manner. One pleasing feature was the attendance of so nary iff the fair sex. Ile was sure if a men took his wife to a:151.414462:_:_te, sppor he would be thought demsnted or sornetliing. worse ; and )t ,was his humble opini9n that where, a man was afraid or a:04,10:1 to take his wife,or daughter, he had better, stop away.blinsaf: (Applause ) ...A Soiner's wife .should Jake, an interest in: his friendly gopieti,. PI if he,. rokhls stools by theft or fire it was,an interesting tttiestiou foi her.._ ,istcp, Pe society insured them against that. glietbd ' nwittbey fall sick, his society was still with bim ; and, if well . should be scarce in this town, the society paid his rail ' tar fate to, qny town that he liked to go to. There was no trade, perliO, inote,Oposed to, accident than the joiners, and many noble littildino which struck the beholder with • admirationi vtcfe hitt a sad monument of grief to many an unfortunate viCiiro*. Should a joiner beinjured at his work, so as to be (Rs, abled from following his usual occupation, the society thaneed him a small sum to put him in a small Way of hifsfrieSs. Barely these 'objects were well worthy of the . aii,pnor,,Ot the joiiiefs Of thq WWII; considering that they could be attqin§d by a stibsCription .61 titteepem,e per week. The• teed aTge'S filrid tKoMWhich they paid LTO for the funeral of a member, and Zd•foi..a foiiier's Wife.- But then, it was pleaded against" trade set3fAiies i they encouraged strikeS. That was not the case at all ' events with their society. Working men were not fond of strikes, fur they knew that they suffered more from them than any employer could do. The great nine hour lock-out in London was caused, not by , trade societies, hitt the want of them. The speaker then referred: to' the tiniehisions arrived at by the committee, lof the, peial Solenco.Associaton, which were he said, That trade societies beret b'enetciat,, to ttft4nent. ern-, ployer, and the Alitktit at 'mke; The Chairman iteg defended the society ffoni the ehag'c,t Or tnipedilng the work at the building of the Free Library. In eeilai:. Sion, be stated• that the . society had organised within: itself a literary society ; and he trusted that this was mil the first step to making trade societies educational sot titles. (Loud applause.) I he' flrgf pstrt.-of the concert was then proceeded with; after which , Mr. 4 C 440 ,Asi.xArl; 46' AVO . feebly with • ~\. , , • , applause,',lollrespd thir comPan7,, in his tioda hhyp'y and fdeepolis mip_ner. xo,.pai4; .Alieri' in'vi'tee, Ord week's ago to, tiVeN Jlhat sod* h:9 ,was tIOn nfrald.that he should have an engageillet: -0 Wall 4eigagenient, he said, in defence of a most injured marl; Irr.. Wan Thomas, (Applause.) Re had been restored again to' do in future years what he had done for many years pasi,—. to do. gyti,,ttell, if not more good, to the labouring classes in partici:la* tlrd,n,,h:e firmly beltei'ed any medieal man who ever existed. (Applause:) Mt. Aspinall said he should not discourse upon "strikes. Theft' toTrety,l,fte saw„ was " united to protect, but not combined to in:Pre.i.'... .All he should say upon the subject of strikes, in these dap of assault and battery, was, that when ladies and getifterneff tvere married for better or worse, they were united to' piotot, Oki not &combined to injure—they shoad tteN)er strike eattf (Act ot anybody else. (Laughter and npprailifel That. WO' ag he siionld say of a striking character: .IVO lebin'atlr dft4Wra`idl. ftad (Aver the pre amble of tile rules Of the society, of NAM he elpi'essed , his waliu. approval;- and said he saw that Ai flitilaiigerS were 'detirrnined}te work it upon the sonndest and rabSt satisfactory principles., lie, then .gaVe the operatives present sane excellent advice as to their social and domestie duties, and i'esthriect his seat amid considerable applause. The remainder of the concert was, then _weeded • " with, and a very joyous evening was spent. LIVERPOOL POLICJ COUItT.-YESTERDAY. (Peke .1 11/1. Itttints,) A - C . l'. • IttISTAIO. Michael a brass fitter, w s as firelight upi,efrafgml with beating his wife, Miry Ann ,ITunt. Th'e Odor woman (who is near her confineutenty tox dismal tale about the brutality of the prisoner, who *as in: tbir habit of getting drunk, and whilst in that state he used to beat her severely. She had forgiven him several times on his prothise to amend, but her indulgence„it seemed, only made him worse. On the present occasion he had boxed and kicked her very severely, and this was proved, not only by herself, but by others who witnessed his savage 'conduct. The prisoner said it was all the fault of drink. Mr. Raffles said it was monstrous con duct on the part of the prisoner : Instead of taking care of his wife in her present position, the fellow used her . in such a way as to endanger her life. 'lt was'idle to inflict small punishment on such a man, and, therefore, he would sentence him to six months' hard labour, and at the expiration of that time, he must dud two sureties in £25 each to keep the peace, or to be imprisoned for six montbs additional. MORE FURIOUS DRIVIN% In order to keep people from hanging and drowning themselves° in this peculiar cut-throat weather, they must resort to some sort of amusement or excite ment, and furious driving appears to be the fashion this season, so that if the first person singular does not kill himself, he makes excellent attempts to destroy sonic third persons plural, by dashing out the brains of half a dozen of the Queen's subjects on the highways of our thoroughfares. Mr. Joseph Whitehead, an extensive cart-owner, was brought up by officer 197, who chargeA him with being drunk, and driving furiously in . Soho street, the previous evening, so as to endanger the lives of the passengers. The officer said the prisoner was in a whitephapeli going . most furiously. Mr. Wad : At what rate was he going ? At the rate of twelve miles an hour at least. Mr. Raffles : And he was drunk? H e w as , sir. In reply to his worship the prisoner said, I admit I was drunk, but I was not driving. Mr. Raffles: '\Vhy, the officer swears you were. Prisoner : No, it was a friend of mine who was driving at the time. Police-officer 764 was called, and stated that he saw the whitechapel rushing furiously through the street; the prisoner and another person were in it, but he could not tell which of them was driving. Mr. Raffles fined the prisoner 40s. and costs. The fine was paid. A RIPPER! Thomas C. Lynam, a tailor, was charged by police officer 569, who said, last night I got this man lying drunk in Canning-place, and roused him up. When he got up he drew this knife—a sailor's knife—and made swearing ..he would rip me open. I kept. away from him for a little, but he still followed me, swearing he would rip me. I then drew my staff, and struck him on the arm, and knocked the knife out of his hand, and then caught hold of him. Mr. Raffles Did he touch You at all ? No sir. The prisoner said be had no intention to strike the officer. He was fined £l, or One month's imprisonment. (Before Messrs. ConnAi.LY and T. ThtrunoNE.) WHERE BEN BANKS MET A LADY! A c ase of p e culiar attraction, at least to a certain number of respectable-looking females, came on for g' heari ng yesterday before the abo ve ma g istrates. The complainant was Mrs. Catherine Banks , a pe r s on of very ladylike . appearance, and who was dressed in . a style of great costliness, but at the same time there. was nothin gaudy nor out of place. She appeari d to have been tu r ned out of a Paris dressmaker's establishment with the last new fashions, to which her face added grace. not borrowing grace from the " duds." She was described is the Wife of Mr. Benjamin Banks, of Denison-street. The defendant was a person of respectable exterio r , neatly, but not "so costly attired as Mrs. Ban ks. The name of the defendant, as. set forth in the docu ment that issued forth of the court, commonly called "a tillamons," was Susan Olson, a resident of Gibraltar - row. Her face was not exactly as bright as the sun at morn iug la4t still she was, as the world goes, good.• looking and she stood before the two august represen tatives of the law, not like Patience on a monument smiling at grief, or any other myth of a god or goddess, but just like herself, fat and pleasant, and the twinkle of her eye as it rested on the valuable velvet shawl of Ben Banks' wife, said, as plainly as a wink could say, " Oh if I had you here, wouldn't I soon make Hitters' of you ?" Mr. Cobb appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Lightfoot for the defendant. When Mrs. Ben Banks was just inside the box she was the observed of all observers. Her . pretty face, and her prettylvelvet shawl, attracted the attention of every one—one - Was, as the Yorkshireman—or as our Hibernian friend would say, as handsome as the other and hand sotner Her bonnet—oh goodness gracious —was the acme of all head adornments, and her fasci nating smile, banged that Irish place called Ban agher, and of course everyone knows that Banagher bangs even Yankee Land. When she spoke, her words dropped out oilier pouting lips like honey from a bee hive. Her- take was short, but just as sweet as her mellifluous voice. Mr. Cobb opened the case with that degree of flowery eloquence, which has rendered his name famous in our local annals, and then called his Cleo patra of a client to corroborate it, which of course she felt in duty bound to do ; and probably she would never have come to a conclusion, if the magistrates had sat long enough to hear her out. That is a paradox, however, that fortunately did not happen—if a paradox could happen ! The burden of her tale was this: On the sth inst. she was in her own housein Denison-street, whenthe defendant 14 some unaccountable means, got into the 'lnaison, and roaring out at the top of her voice, she asked, " Is Ben Banks at home ?" This horrid interrogatory was repented several times, and as often received negatives from the meek Mrs. Ben. Then, said Mrs. Olson, if he is not here, you must answer the charge, for Ben says he saw me in Whitecliiipel. What have Ito do with that, says Mrs. Ben. I will tell you, says Mrs. Olson, and at the same time she commenced a furious attack on the corn-. plainant,- and injured her 'very much in her own house; tore the hair out of her head. and left her in a state fit for any surgical operation. This true tale was corrobo rated by three or four witnesses, and Mrs. Olson was doomed to pay 40s. and costs, or.one month's imprison ment. CHARGE OF • ROBBING A TILL.—At the County Magistrates' Court, yesterday. before Messrs. Preston and C. Chaloner, Michael Mahony was charged with attemiAing to rob the till of Miss POrter, stationer, at Old Swan. Sent to gaol for three months. DIFFICULTIES IN QUEST (IF A WITE.—An English bachelor of middle age, who recently came to Glasgow to occupy an important post on a weekly newspaper in town, and having got his business arrangements made to his mind, and feeling that there was one desideratum with him still, advertised for a wife. As' luck would have it, one of his, subordinate male employes answered the advertisement, signing . himself " Emma Gordon," with money awl property in her own right. A cor respondence followed—seven letters on one side and eight on the other having passed—and a few days ago a meeting by arrangement took place. Wlien the bride groom elect arrived, he was ushered into the presence of —no fair one—but fourteen of the sterner sex, all fellow-workmen with " Emma Gordon." The gentle man's feelings may be better imagined than described. We understand the whole of the correspondence, &e.. i s to , reach the light in a few days by means of a pamphlet, when the interested in such matters may hear more :about the "difficulties in. quest of a wife." —Nora British Daily Nail, SELECT VESTRY. IThe fortnightl3 ), .ffeoVin . .fef ti igliody was held yester day, at the board-room of the Parisli:offices t ,Brownkw. The Rev.' B.edtor Camphelf aticf the other members: present -v.ierO Messis. Owen; erbf'p'ei, Scott, Peck, Bairstow, J. W.- Jones, Shaw, liughes, Hand, A. Byfot'd, *.r enton' l Williarnb,'aoodade;•SyAd, • Luff, Satehelk, 'Jones, Cook, - 71`hitty,' CritaleY,' Smith, and Collins. lii&ds trial Tlie proceedings of the Workhouse and of the Schools Committees were read and confirmed. The Finance,Committee's proceedings were also confirmed. The nest usual meeting falling on. Christmas-day,,it was fie glut itr•slkould. be held on the Wednesday following. The following contracts were tiMpted ...—For a supply of butcher's meat, Messrs. Hall-1,548 lbs. f tit .495. for reef, and 61s. for mutton : this was the lowest tender, om Mr; Phillipi ; 'Messrs. Glover and Sillitoe, grocerieto. The board then rfetteued to the appointment of:a relieving officer. There, vhdo . I`,tl Candidates, Mr. Lindsay . and Mr. Thomlinson. The iatair as elected by a majority of 16 to 7 votes. 111 r, CEOVEEII then brought forward the motion of Whlii he ,had given notice :—" To rescind so many of thoresolatioit'S Otlietatts of this board as limit admis sion to' the In.dtistriaT Fleoels to orphans, or such child ren a have parentS in the liefililieitsei v ith the view of aileTilnOhelehoels ,to children tilfcisli taterits are in receipt of out.debi ielief/.' ire said it wasfef the least his wish to open th'eglieols,to all little ehildrett found wande r ing about the sirtettii den' thbygli the parents were the recipients of parish relief; big simple . plan would be to make a judicious selection front flie port Who Came tinder their notice, and in that way to only dotparatit'ely few to the number in their sehoOlS, lias, i o new idea, but the matter had been held over till lacl mot th,. whets the report of her Majesty's Inspector of Schools sdizAnittedi.in. he felt it his duty to recommend a reil;tibYi' of the staff of both male and female teacheri there, nnieSg a considerable additieri 'were 'made to the number of children in , the , schools. At those schools sound ecTiicatfOri Was gitert 'seeond to none of any similar estab .. litnent the 161106'11/ nd L a it seemed to him a great pity ;11o.* theiV to dwindle in their proportions to those of a second c th'W-fate school ; whet they might, by a judicious selection aileffed, ii eases brought front time to time before the terially add to the number. He found that the number of' children above seven years of age on the list of out door relief Was'l,,ll3. Of' these 60 were orphans; 283 deserted by their fathers; end 1,180 had no fathers at all—their fathers being dead. As far back as 1356 the I ittlegtos had alluded to the diminution of ebildrea at the_schatilsi; and they would, he believed, hate his sukgoit, t allid thht p tip? Committee of Privy Council on Educatieri;,in ma in tiheifferececl change. lie knew it would Vs said that' t . V.. br patting, as it were, a premium ad iniintOtrillehrle anti' ViCC, f 7 giving those children advantages 7i4lich pthcrpbbf Children were not able to obtain; but the sahib' gib mep't might be used against reformatories a'alci' slinilitr institutions. He thought if they could give thae Calton the advantages of education, they night , saie die& fibril growing up in ignorance and vice; and as do (he' fespbtt'sibility. of parents, that might perhaps be met by c ho g ing ttitv: ti attain sum weekly towards thi'eir mhintenance: Ile could stifitiotc, Et case where a fathei rind tn f oth'er . ionild it impoSsibic 1 etincate their children adVaritage , eUslyi a*" took adVairtggc of a relieving officer's order, and &inV,Within the' Walls of that workhouse, to stop till their chili Leif had been, brought up at the schools and sent out as aftferitiCes* But in the meantime there was a danger of the fathet d'n'tt nie,ther becoming attached to the routine of work honSe 1,f6; dri'd fii?yosed to resume the hard everyday work outside. lie sfibgld only . have admission to the schools after a strict in;esika`tio'rt, and would suggest that a committee be formed or toe He had been told this plan had been tried and failed', ,hut could find no record on the books of any trial or failtire. Mr. LEFT said he was a member of the board When it was foftrid that there were a great many children in tlioSe sehopis whose parents were quite able to support therri; so' uft a reoltition was then passed to the effect that no Childreil Anted to go to the Industrial Schools without first &Atilt the workhouse as a test. -(llear.) Mr. DENrorr said there were freqiient Contlaftits Made at the board that ladies with veils and muffs came to see the children at the Industrial Schools—(laughter); —and it was thenthat the plan named had been adopted for the better. There Nlas a- further resolution that the children should remain for sib months in the house before being drafted to the schools .; - Nit that was after ittifds 'relaxed, and the time altere d to three idoifths, After svotiiiiit%,eflpoillanaotoerryertded the principle iscussiun Involved in ,Cioptnr's motimf—ifiz admission of the children ofthe out-d Obi poi 10' fhe gehavlg, their parents residing iiiMe' toWn.. TIK idea had fteerf first suggested by the inspector of seVe'olS fof the district, reMsenting, of course, the views of. the °ain't - nate& of COnn'cil on Education, who were, to a great extent,, social reforinets of the country; but the principle of the toerxlaw: Act was not for the working out of a humane • social reform, but rather the providing for a necessity. lie had a doubt whether they could, as a board, entertain Mr. Cropper's proposition. They were only twenty-five representatives of an important and populous parish, and for them to take such a proceeding would be to overstep the powers delegated to them. If they opened the schools at all to the childrenof the out-door poor, to make the schools what the inspector'required, they should have to take in 500 children. They had 600 in now,and the schools were bitilt toatcommodate I,IOD child'r'en: Well, those children would cost the parish- , Toners of Liverpool . 2s. 6d. a week for maintenance.' That would amount to • £6O odd per week, or £3,000 per annum. Now, before they undertook, as a board consisting of such a small number of gentlemen, to spend £3,000 a year of the public money, and at the same time in trying an experiment upon a principle upon which the Poor-law was not based, they should apply to the parishioners at :large. Ile therefore • moved that a: special general vestry of the ratepayers be called, to determine upon the question. The CHAIRMAN thought it questionable whether even a general vestry could authorise it. It should be borne in mind that many of the ratepayers were themselves poor; and some, of them . would be very'glad, if not ashamek to send their own' children to the industrial schools. BAIESTOW, giving Mr. Cropper credit for the: most philanthropic motives, said it was admitted on all hands that when the schools were first established, a number of children who found their way there were improper recipients of out-door relief. Taking the classes of children of out-floor poor which. Mr. Cropper had given, they might think that by a stroke of the pen they might transfer the 50 orphans to the schools, but in* nearly every case there was some special circumstance they might be in the charge of grandparents who would not part with them, if they could get the most miserable pittance to assist in their support; and those feelings of natural affection were entitled to respect. Then they had '233 children deserted by their fathers, and he had no` doubt, if they took that class, they would have'the 500 upon. their books before that day three months. But the question for the board. was, whether they were acting judiciously or wisely in . relieving the vagabond parents of those children. Then they had another class, lop in number, whose fathers were dead. Many of those were widows with two children ; and if the board were to say that they would take one even or the two children, it would, in ' his opinion, be opening the door to very .great abuse. The greatest difficulty felt by the Industrial Scholls Committee was, that when the children went out, and were learning something, then uncles, aunts, fathers, and grandfathers turned up, and endeavoured to filch from them the miserable pittance 'they had. A number of children turned out badly simply from.this cause. But were they doing nothing for the out-door• poor in the matter of education? If Mr. Cropper sat at the quorum, he would find that before a widow could get relief, she had to bring a certificate that her children were attending school. But . Mr. Cropper wanted to do more than educate them, he 'wanted to feed and clothe them too. He thought it would notbe wise or judicious to pass the resolution proposed by Mr. Cropper. If pauperism was decreasing, let them reduce the industrial schools establishment. (Applause.) The CunIRMAN—You think the test should be kept up of passing them through the workhouse ? Mr. BAlRSTOW—Certainly, I think it would be dan gerous otherwise. . Mr. SATCHELL called attention to the fact that there were 221 children attending school in the workhouse, and 68 children in the - hospital. They had about 300 children in the house, nearly all of whom might be removed to the Schools. Even the infants under seven years of age would be better taken care of there, and there was much better air. Mr. PECK supported Mr. Cropper's motion, and after some further discussion, Mr. CnorrErt replied, withdrawing . his motion, but commending it to the further consideration of the vestry. The board soon afterwards adjourned. _— IL, ro li cuni h es e Q the ,b a, nadt u Queen, r i ag e , nPeerinAcrethCnornsvoisritt,odPitihnocesEsmAplriecses, Princes Hotel, on Monday, and remained nearly an hour. Mn. BELLE 'S READINes.:—The Rev. J. C. M. Bellew, who has won considerable notoriety and fame as a lecturer and critic of the English poets, gave last evening, at the Philharmonic-hall, in aid of" the Trinity Church, St. Ann-street, a variety, of Readings from the English Poets, commencing with Macaulay's " Lays of Ancient Rome," and concluding with the " Fall of g - olsey," and one of the " IngoldshY Legends," in which is related that comic-pathetic incident in the life of My Lord Torn Noddy, who, . sick of the eternal round of masquerades So fashionable amongst the mem bers of the " fast school" of the metropolis, went to see the execution by way of an agreeable change! As is known to most of. 'our readers, Mr. Bellew is a Lancashire man ; and, in early years, was associated with the neglected . Manchester poet, Charles. Swain, of whom Mr. Bellew predicts, Manchester will yet be proud. • . In riper years, 'Mi• 'Bellew removed to London, and his career since then, as a literary mall, is before the public, and need. not be here alluded to. We may say, however, that his success has been hailed by the press - generally, and appreciated by those. audiences whom he has delighted again and again. The'selections of the gems of. our poetic literature, bast t night, evinced tast e f u l di scernm ent, coupled with sou sense ; a little . more of th e sc rio- comic m i g ht p erha p s have been desirable. his illustrations of thy. N,,i stuck upargalebirde,ott.e,r'rtahienolirt,t”le vulgar boy," and his simple applause theyoft 111Nu'lltlisltetrh,es deserved,; that cannot and "Bridge of Sighs" was rendered in t o l f ie pathetic manner So essential to a perfect . illustration of ere i 1 1 whilst ie l iitah 1 e the a Illiignlg.e e irror up to they raise the annals of the out iolcocoads,ionwahlliyohd,ewephialisltd fervid outpourings of of the soul to nature," and chronicle ! from the listener's °Ye ti he was greeted to the end•with an east poor, attract an honeithneposimioilrapps iouonecsonmscri.ouisi,nlroawr was quite as hapPY, Goldsmith, Independently On Friday be giyes'readings t f i r r o ld ra imi t u h i e sh w ed or a k p s pla f_ u se 6 live O r the Liverpool pu I . of the hero of the deserted Irishman, the brot ler of, the noble objechteifienr. Ityhheiclriellololrießoteiollnesw oatpptchaerssbineifpolree its awful form, described — As s ome tall cliff that lift, Ils front the vale an( , , , lwav leaves the storth 81 " li round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Village, the village pastor, whom he ougi will we eelun:oltilifinedesnettt,leenosilui: h l e f a r d . — Bellew - an overflow sshould have mentionedthat M ‘. e West accompanied Mr. Bellew.on the organ in . . g to St. Cecilia. -. • in,E,tern.fis attendance. . the eeroodine CHESTER ASSIZEO4, YOsiiRDAT: ___Oefore Mr. Justice Bluckbtirns' FELONY AT BIRKENHEAD. Bridget 111‘Loughtan (33), shopkeeper, Bidston, who' Who could read but imperfectly, and Jane Burns (39), Matine- - siors dealer, Bidston, who could neither read Write., were charged with stealing one hundred wdigtf. Ohro4; the proptrty of William M.Cormick, at Birkenhead, Off the loth of November last; and Edward Lee (4.5), marine-store dearer,. Birkenhead, who could neither read - nor Write, and Henry Sadler (on bail), were charged witll receiving the same, .well knowing it to have been stolen. From the opening statement of the counsel for the proseention;. and the evidence adduced, it riould appear that a large 4hatitity ef iron had been missed for some time previous to the dhte of the present charge, from the docks at Birkenhead. The polite were informed in January last, who warned Lee and Sadler against purchasing iron, of which they gave a des'Crip titan, and ordered them to detain the person who pre sented it for sale. On the 26th of November, however, the, prisoner .I,e; who was Sadler's manager, bought a quantity of iron from the former prisoners in the absence of his master. The prisoner Sadler was acquitted by .the direction of his lordship, and the other, prisoners were found guilty. There was also another charge ugainst the male prisoners, of receiving three hundred vieigt of iron bolts, knowing the same to have been.stolen; but Mt' counsel for the prosecution said he ne did not think there was rkr rent evidence for a jury to co7iet.—Michael Brian 04,, vrair'lne t dealer, Bir kenhead, who could read and writebu-B°r t e imperfectly,was charged with feloniously receivi ng one ladred weight bi t itett i knowing the same to have been stole% the pro petty of William M'Cormick, on the 26th o f N oYet ober last; and Thomae If‘Govan (55), marine-store dealer Sethibmbei, IVas charged with stealing th e same from the , docks at Thrlienhead: The circumstances of tiisc as are similar to ate fast., 'The pristrer Brian• h a d been likewise warned in Janda:if laSt not to purchase any iron - tm which there was Mr. Itf‘Cormick's mark ; but on the 22nd of November the prisoner. M.Wowan went to Brian and offered a quantity of iron for sak i which ho said he lirad at his house, and requested Brian to go do tit eniT gee it. Brian did not go down immediately, but subseqiitht2l/, eri being sent for, he went to the house and purchased the iron for £7, but returned ls. 6d. on account of some rope i'as mixed up with it. An examination was afterward's' made by the police, who on discovering the iron, called npnn M‘ Gowan to give an account of the possession of it, and he replied that he frequently bought articles from people Ntli.6lll he . did nnt know ;; but on looking into his book they fonnd the purehaV oi the iron had been entered, but Brian, on being confroded; wavnot able to give a satisfactory account of the possessiVii of the iron. The defence set up on behalf of Brian was, that De had not noticed the brands upon the iron, which were Seri slight, on pur chasing it, and that M'Gowan had bought the things in pieces from various persons, but could could not tell who they 'rem The prisoners, in each case, were found guilty, and sentenced to nine months' imprison ment each, with hard labour. STEALING IRON BOLTS. rattick Welligan (38), marine-store dealer at Birken hearl;• Who' tea* sad writes imperfectly, was charged on the filet Chant Wit feloniously stealing 3 cwt. of iron Volts; the'property of keter Bennett, at Birkenhead, on the 2gth of NoVember - , and ore n second with receiving the same, well lionwing them' to have been stolen. Mr. B. Wood appeared to prosecute, and Mr. 3.l‘lntyre for the prisoner. It appeared taint Mr. Bennett, who is a contractor in Birkenhead, undertook to make a large gas tank for the Birkenhead Commissioners, and in con sequence was compelled to get a great many bolts made for the purpose. A quantity of the bolts was missed seen after they arrived ; whereupon Detective-officer Hialson went round to the marine-store dealers, and found n immlyer of the bolts in different parts of his premises, coveted o'ter with rags ; and the prisoner, on being called upon to account for them said he had pur chased them from a man named John Edwards, who was then foreman at the Gas Works; hot on the pri soner being taken into custody, Edwards (to ese the woods of a witness named Everett) "hooked it," and he'd not since been heard of. The prisoner's books were searched; and air entry found that he had purchased them from EdWards: The prisoner was foimd guilty on the second count, sM sentenced to four years' penal servitude. HOUSEttilthilLVG. Thomas O'Brien (24), stoker, who reads and writes imperfectly, was indicted for breaking into the dwelling }rouse of one Philip Steer, and stealing one silver cream jug, ab's.. of potted beef, and one dressing-box, at Bir kenhead, o the 7th of November ; and also breaking into the dWelling-horse of one Samuel Whitfield, and stealing two pairs of hoots and one coat, at 62, Kensing ton, Liverpool, on the 10th of November, 1860. Mr. Horatio Lloyd appeared to prosecute ;: the prisoner was not represented by counsel. The charge was brought home' to' the prisoner by the clearest evidence . , In his deferia he made a long rambling statement, in the con - rile of which he created some amusement in court by an explanation of his trial at Birkenhead, which he said was "rascally, " and that no person had ever had such a trial. He was brought before three men, one of them was " encumbered with reading a newspaper, another was encumbered with three spoctacte;, and the other didn't know what he was up ter in fact, they were more fit to follow the plough than to adj'utlkate in a felony case. The prisoner was found guilty, asd _on: being asked what he had to say why he should not be sentened according to law, he replied that " unless a 'chap' had a man to defend him he was considered paradoxical,' and immediately put down." Sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The trial of John Howard, for the murder of his wife, at Stockport, will be commenced this morning. FATAL SHIPWRECK. One of the severest storms that have occurred here for sotne time commenced on the evening of Friday week, and cautioned with little abatement until Tuesday. Though little damage has been done in town, or even in the country districts, yet our islands have more than their usual average of castrahles by sea to record. The wind blew strong from B. to , 5.. E,, and the sea around was lashed up to tremendmis fury: No steamer or boat of Course ventured out, so that ,ur till Wednesday morning we were cut off from out Usual supply of intel ligence furnished by the posts and packets'. During the course of Monday, however, painful news dropped in of a vessel having been seen to the south-west of Copin shay, apparently in a state of great distress. On the of that day it appears the inhabitants of the peninsula of Deerness descried a sail, which, as it gradually become more visible, appeared evidently to be. making for the land. At this time the wisest course for the vessel would here been, whenever it came in sight of the shore to leeward, to run for Holm Sound, or to go round the reef of Copinshay, and so to make for one of the natural harbours lyirrg to the north. Neither of these courses, however, did she adopt, bet, on the con trary, stood straight towards the shore, and, as the sea was rolling in in heavy masses from the German Ocean, in a short time she was borne so far inward as to be quite embayed. - Her fate now became inevitable. By no way whatever was there the smallest opening of escape for the unfortunate vessel, and but little hope could remain in the breasts of the spectators of saving the crew, • though numbers of people had reached the shore, anxious, if possible, to render every assistanceitE their power. Nearer and, nearer the vessel came, and signals were made by those. on shore for the ship to steer for the sand of Den nisgoe—the only place Where they had the Steeliest expectation of doing anything for the unhappy crew. No notice, however, was taken of the signals, and it is . probable from the great quantity of spray that was flying about, that they were not seen, or not properly understood. Instead of making to the spot signaled out the ship continued her course 'to the southward, and a little after one o'clock in the day approached very near to the rocks to the west of Stembister ' and, , notwith staudiag C r ul: thing that was now douc by thc clew tv bear off, was in a short time within the boiling surge and helplessly tossed about by the raging tempest. Here she struggled for a whileointil one huge wave seized, and as with giant's grasp, bore her right upon one of the outlying rocks in which the coast abounds. Having been fright fully• shattered by, the shock she was yet again driven back, and, as if the work of destruction was not yet toiriplete, was borne . by aSecond wave Vicee more Upon — the same rock, and the next instant the sea appeared strewn with the broken fragments,. All this took ,place not more - than the ship's own length froin' the fete of the cliff, which would be here about 90 or 100 feet in height; and so terrible was the force with which she came on that staves of casks were actually thrown right up to the top of the precipice. 'By the men above the crew were distinctly seen on board, but not the strolled assistance could be rendered, the only duty, the pe.6ple on shore could.render being that of appearing as mourn ful spectators of the melancholy catastrophe. The ship's name is not yet known, but' the 'cargo seems to have consisted of linseed, which, from part of the wreck that has come ori shore, appears to have been shipped at Riga by Thomas Benny and Co. Of this cargo not a particle has been saved, and of the whole wreck' itself scarcely so much has yet been gathered as will realise a few pounds in value. Several articles have been picked' up, and among th em a burgee, bearing upon it the words "N. and Daniel," acid may be discovered. from this probably the name found, marked ~ R. 8 • 7 A. ~ private signal has also been , and bearing the Russian ma chantrnan's colours in the corner.' Nothing further has as yet been f ound ill-fated ship, to afford a clue to the name of the but from all that has been gathered it is believed she is a foreigner. Mr. Baikie, agent for Lloyd's, and a .Custom-housevessel officer were on the spot of the part of the struck, and have taken possession nesday aft n le wreck that was found. On Wed -00 ; about four o'clock, the bodies of two of the c rew were picked up on the beach below Stembister, i n the parish of St. Andrew, about half a mile from the same evenireepot .wh ere -th e vesse l 'struck, and. the Constable M'K a y found the bodies of four more, the Ile the present tim'h role number found being thus, up to appa rently six. They all appear to have been stout men, age, with the exception Of one, which appears to be the body of a youth all are so much nf about veventeen. The features of for anything in disfigured that it would be vain to look the identification them which could in any way lead to however, found on of the bodies. Certain ornaments, result. O n . the third their persons may . yet assist in this finger of the right hand of one of the me n (a tall ring, on the dark-hairedman) there was fotuid a needle, the lette inside of which are engraved, as with a other marks on '1 Fs "'H. 8., 1860," but there was no lead to his 9s person or clothing which can possibly . hand of another identification. On the third linger of the left however, any, :Was found a plain gold ring, without, which could specialseiN-(, Mark either on the clothes or person the appearance serve mark him out to his friends. .From the captain, and these two it is believed that one was vessel. on. tile the other the mate of the ill-fated were the letters ~ __eft fore-arm of a third of the bodies in blue nk ; and i '• p- 1:1. M," roughly pricked out r e oil a heart, the left fore-arm of: a fourth a cross "T' f- , " in , . on w hich ?are ipricked the lettere is the figure of a N German text, and directly below the heart pricked the form ovrnan dressed. Over the cross is also con tained any special ao anchor. None of the others con tification. All the marksbodies which could lead to their iden of Holme yesterday were interred in the churchyard tioned have been LEL afternoon. The rings before-men- Fiscal, from wheat ; i l l possession of by the Procurator receive them, on it e friends of the deceased will themselves they are beingof little discovered who they are. Of theless, be highly valued by value, but they may, never the deceased.—Oreadi ' by the friends and relations of an, D m 8. . BIRKENHEAD POLICE -COURT. At this court yesterday morning a man,, n amed Norbury, was admitted to hail until Thursday, when he will have to "surrender upon a charge of stabbing a little boy, 3 Sporting Antelligrat. HUNTING FIXTURES. The WYNNSTAY PACK will meet on ThurAlay; December 13, at .Allen Sadlets Friday, Dceember 14., at .... . . .. . ..... • ~,.....Ralston, Each day at half-past ..... Master, Sir W. "VV". Wynn, Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker., The CrrEgfigßE HOUNDS meet on Wednesday, December 12,. at Wrenbury Static& Thursday, December 13, at . CholmondeleY Saturday, December 15, at Delamere Tuesday, December 18, at • Sandiway Head Thursday, December 20, at Tabley • Decem Friday, fiber 21, at Peover Monday, December 24, at Wrenbury Station Wednesday, , December 26, at Warminghain Mill Thursday, December 27, at Vale Royal SatUrday, - Deeember 29,'at Twemlow Hall Each day at half-past ten. lttritigrurr. Wind yesterday, N, ; at Holyhead, S.E. ARRI NED. Dec. la. J. C. Clarke, Ed gar Caleutta Loretta, Thomas Bombay King or Algeria, Brown, Callao Mnscorigu s, Carter, Charleston Santa Claus, Foster, Baltimore Ariel, lliiller Ceara Royal Visitor, Lavery, Quebec Grace Sargent Portland Ellen Edwards Nantes Harlequin, Brown ...Montreal Silistria, Joslin Callao Chevalier, Perkins ...Bombay Lucretia, Raiding, New York Confidence, Kellas, St. Nazaire SAT: Bates Family, Hogg, Bombay Cornet, Gibraltar Consul, Hayden Savannah Her Majesty, Gilberry, St. Domingo ~Lisboa Manila Paulina, Curtis' ..... Pepita, barn Swinmunde, Lange, Hamp ton Roads Corrimbia. Jewell, m on feyideo Mail, Patterson Gibraltar Feronia; Jones Genoa N ithertalc,Williams,Vlparaiso Ironsideg, Cha se Bostoa Orontes (se), Watson,Aexandria Santiago Fowler ...Valparaiso Cleator As), Lord... Bordeaux Helen Wallace, Esnouf, Sydney, N.S.W. Jura (es), Muir...... New York Neptune, Peabody... New York Cetivantes (ss),Tono,Barcelon a FOREIGI, The ausecis, Haws ; and Sop: St. John, NAL Gazelle, Cameron, hence at P. E. Island Bccotia(ss), Flinn, hence at Gibraltar, and loft fdrAlexandria Ethiope (as), hence at Madeira Armenian (es), hence at Teneriffe, and left iti>~ Africal Excelsior (ss), Cattell, hence at Bordeaux Saline, Petit, hence at Antwerp City of Manchester, from Clyde at Calcutta Adrianne, hence at St Naxaire Curlew', King, hence at Havre Phcenix, Xutpar, hence at Flushing Fortuna; Debarre, hence at Ostend Perseverant, Edellsemp, hence at Antwerp Tamaulipas (ss), Harding, hence at Bordeaux Wanata, Henry ; Genera' Wyndham, Halcrow; Ocean Chief, Brown ; Abner Stetson, Stetson ; C. W. White, Pendleton ;, Sparkling Sea, Ryder; Western Chief, Harding; lace ; and Arabia, Harding; all hence at Melbourne. Rossina, Allaire Cette Maria, Villanova, Pernambuco Number Three, ereira, Naples Agnes, Past Trieste Malta. Weichs ...St. Domingo Adolphine, Peters Lubeck Joven Bnrique, Soler, Matanzas Tre Pratelli, Vaccarazzi, Genoa Venus, Brone ......Porto Plata. PORTS. I‘l , Kenzie ; both hence at' SPOKEN. Seraphine, Foo-chow for London, Nov. 4, 7 N, 21W Miss Smith, Calcutta for London, Nov. 23, 37N, 33W R. Burns, Quebec for Liverpool, Nov. 6,45 N, 48W Hermione, hence for Rio Janeiro, Oct. 22 Triton, Dec. 3,44 N, 16W Oden; for Cork, Nov. 21, off Gut of Causo Amleys, Iquique for Liverpool, Nov. 15, 26N, 38W Countess of Winton, Sept. 30, 575, 67W, all port bulwarks gone• Segamore, hence for Calcutta, Nov. 3, SN, 28W Cassiopea, Dec. 6,52 N, lOW Sovereign of the Seas,'Callao for Cork, Nov. 7,19 S, 27W Dens, Taganrog for Falmouth, Nov. 28, off Pantalavia Mary Bentley, Dec. 3, off Cape Trafalgar A vessel showing white flag with red ball, and another nag with the letter " C." in the centre, afterwards hoisted French. ensign, bound south-east, 378, 18E OUTPORTS. Repeater, Dale, from Quebec at Westport Rubicon, from Rio Janeiro at Cowes Jaseph Gilchrist, from Callao at Deal Gravesend, Dec. 11.—Arrived Winterthur, from Calcutta; Albion, Colombo;. Damascus; Sydney ; Mauritius, Canton; E. D. T. Colombo; Oliver Cromwell, Colombo; Thomas Snook, Cape Coast Castle ; Haddington, Bombay; Scotia, Pugwash; Negotiator, Calcutta Falmouth, Dec. 11.—Arrived : Llewellyn, from Maranhara., Off : Neptune, Santos Queenstown, Dec. 10.---Arrived : Arthur, from Callao ; Alchymist, Quebsc and Cork ; Beatrice, Manilla ; Bloomer Lass, St. John; Albert, Quebec; Chilligorm, Minititian • Tra falgar, Demerera. Off : Lord Elgin, from Quebec, and Odin, from Pugwash, and both went to Liverpool ; Bella Alliance, from Mauritius, and went to Greenock. Sailed : Splendid,. for Liverpool, in tow of Resolute steaming. Wind, N.W., fine.. Dublin, Dec. 10.—Arrived Norrie, and Cynthia, from Ler wick ; Flying Fish, New York. Sailed : Reliance, for Liver pool; Vision,_Westport ; Mary, Gloucester. Wind, W.N.W. Belfast, Dec. 10.---Arrived : Germania, from Riga. Sailed r. Hunter, from the Lough for Madras ; Catherine, Memel ; and, Splendid, Cardiff.. Wind, N. Greenock, Dec. 10.---Arrived: Alicia, from St John, NB.;, Erromanga, Montreal; Volante, Newfoundland. MARITIME EXTRACTS. Livearoor, December 11. The schooner Unity, with pig iron, was in contact in the , river this morning, with the R. and E. Maxwell, for Corfu.. The former lost both masts • the latter lost jibboom, &c. - The "Airline, from St. Lim, N. 8., and Olympus (ss), for Constantinople, were in contact this forenoon in the river ; the , former lost bowsprit, figurehead, &c., and the latter returned: into dock with port quarter, &c., injured. A British screw steamer with two funnels, fitted with appa ratus for laying telegraph cable, was spoken Dec. 5, off Cape Trafalgar. A quantity of broken spars, bulwarks, &c., apparently not long in the water, was passed- Dec. 8, in lat. 50 N., 10n..7 W., by the Aioadia (ss). The Christian, Louis, from Batavia at Falmouth for Amster dam, with part cargo throNsn overboard and leaky; lost sails, bulwarks, &c... The Emily Bouteher, from Grangemouth at Dartmouth for Lisbon, with damage to rudder and loss of jibboom. Lloyd's, Dec. 11 : The Branscombe, from Shanghai to Manilla, totally lost on Agincourt Island ; master and three men saved ; twelve hands drowned.—The Foam, from Foo ehovi to Loudon, went on shore on leaving the anchorage; reported to have got off without damage. Portsmouth. Dec. 9: The Prince Consort, Mcßeth, hence to, Melbourne, has put in here with loss of fore and maintopmasts, and. the cabin ;passengers, &c., having experienced a tremen dous hurricane in the Bay of Biscay. The Hope, Irvine, hence at Pictou for Miramichi, after being, on shore, without apparent injury. Lif.P.ROVEALEIVT .111 T GENTLEMEN'S HATS. TITILEBARN 7 STREZT, LIVERreOL! GENTLEMEN —I have given your Patent Easy-fitting Hat a fair trial, and I must say it is the most comfortable hat I ever wore, particularly when crossing the water in a windy clay; when with the old style of hat I invariably had a headache', which with your new style is not the case. I can, therefore; safely recommend it to any one, particularly to those subject to headache.—l am, gentlemen, yours truly. I have worn for some time one of the Patented Easy-fitting Hate sold- by Mr. —, and I can testify to the advantage derived from the absence of that unpleasant pres4ttrts•partfeu.. lady on the forehead, usually felt from the hats genetiallkworm• -- House, Cheltenham. (Signed) —.• This letter is from a first-rate English admiral. Thu' name; is not given for obvious- reasons. NOTICE. —Fire Pounds Reward upon conviction of aw in fringement of my Patent. Simpson's Patent Easy-fitting Hats are on,y had In , Liverpool at No. 6, St. George's-crescent (two doors from the' top of Lord-street), and at 9, Dale-street (opposite Royal Bank Buildings), and in upwards of one hundred other towns, a list of which would make this advertisement too long. The Agents in each place make themselves known. PLAYING Canvs.—Hitherto the keenly contested whist cribbage, 100, &c., exhausted the use of the playing card. Now, however, the beautiful, instructive, and chaste designs, imparted to their exterior; teach the form, colour, and growth, of plants which have enriched the commerce of Great Britain- Those manufactured by De la Rue and Co., are peculiarly rich• in deSigni and can be had in great variety at Benson and Mal— lett's, commercial stationers, 10, Castle-street. HOLLO\VAY'S OlNTDlV2M—Blotches, (pimples, dry eruptiorse and all irritations of skin, soon pass away before tile action of this extraordinary Ointment, which produces its effects with a tgpidity and certainty never experienced in the case of any abet medicine in the world. Many of the ordinary eruptions are atalsed by suppressed perspiration, and as this penetrating unguent at once opens the pores and invigorates the absorbents, it disperses fire tnflammation by a double process. Any lady who is disfigured by cutaneous diseases may quickly remove the blemiShes and restore the skin to its natural state. It. murex no skill to tesedli ri . ght, and all tbat is required is that Nmw • Invnirrion; , —Trin .11nw FOUNTAIN PNN.—A greater' annoyance than a bad steel pen can hardly be met with—the difficulty is to get a good one. Amongst the recent improve ments the new " fountain pen," just introduced by Rudhall and Co., is the best we have ever seen. By a simple but effec tive contrivance the ink is retained in a lowntain, by means of a second inverted barrel, above the writing nib, andthis barrel can be taken out at any time, so the pen can be kept perfectly clean w;thout any chance of being corroded. Another feature in this pen is, that one din in the ink will last for tvemirrutes" quick writing. The pen itself is of the finest description, and in merchants' offices, banks, and indeed in every place, it will be fovnd to fill a want felt by every one up to this time, We have tried this splendid pen, handed to us by i ts t T. Hall, South John-street, and can pronounce it perfect, and we are sure all who use it will give a full verdict in its favour, • CONSVMPTIONi COUGH, ASTHMA, AND BRONCHITIS CURABLEe —" I b'elletre that'the preparation of Balsam of Horehound and Aniseed (as prepared by Mr. Martin, of 22, Copperas hill, Liverpool,) ?call prove of more value, in cases of bron chitis and incipient consumption, than any other remedy eitrint. It relieves the most irritating cough in a few minutes; attd, rthough it contains no preparation of opium, it induces sound and refreshiny sleep, soothes the nervous system, and restores fhe hcalel.l action of the lungs." Recommended above all other medicines by Sir Alexander Tralles—see Thomson't Materia Medical pace 175, vol. 2. The following is from Dr. Brett, the eminent dlemist :—" I consider the balsam of hore hound and aniseed, an prepared by Mr. Martin, an elegant and efficient cough remedy, a nd I full y a g ree with Sir Alexan der Tralies and Dr. Anthony ' . .rodd Thomson, that, in conjunc tion with cod liver oil, it is an admirable remedy for con sumption and delicate constitutions." —R. H. Brett, Ph. Dr., M.R.C.S., late Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurispru dence, Liverpool ilOy2l Infirmary. The balsam of horehound and aniseed is prepared" only by T. Martin, chemist, 22, Cop peras-hill, Liverpool ; but, t ;wing to its great and increasing sale, agents have been apponfted in all principal towns and cities. It can be procured whole. from Ramses and Cc.. d CO, London, West- Edinburgh and York, from Sutton 14. I :tail from the manu macott, Manche=ter, and wholesale and and 4s. fid. each. facturer, as above. Price, Is. lid. 2s. Od The lozenges in box at Is. lid.* or lid., by ti ad. post ''‘• liver, Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, 4 th. refreshing "sleep, and functional regularity, Art Sties- "4 restored' without medicine, purging, or expentie, t 1 01. mast disordered or enfeebled, by Dii Barry's sitiseto Health Restoring Revalenta Aratica Food, which renferteer indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual constipation, :hwmorrhoidt; liver complaint, fiatueney, diarrhoea, dysentery, nervousness, biliousness, scarlatina and other feverS, sore throats, catarrahs, colds, influenza, whooping cough; alphtheria,trieftsles, chicken and small pock, noises in the head (Intl ears, rhentriatign't govt, impurities, eruptions, hyiteria, neuralgia, ,irritability, lessness, acidity, palpitation, heart-burn, headache, debilittl dropsy, despondency, cramps, spasms, nausea' and sickness; sinking, fits, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumptlon; Scrofula; tightness of 'the chest, pains at the pit of the stet/each and between the shoulders, &c., atrophy or wasting away Hl' the body in old and young. Avoid pills and medicines ; airy invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyane4; 'disappointment, and expense may be saved, and all doctor's !and appothccary's bills avoided, by using Du Barry's Food, which, at a few 'pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in `physic, cod liver oil, and all other remedies. Certificate No 36,418: We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, F.lt.S.; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Shorland ; DY. Camp 'bell. We extract a few out of many thousand cures : Cure :1,771: Lord Stuart de Decks, of many years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832: Mrs. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk, of arty years' indescribable agony front dyspepsia, nervousness , asthma, cough, constipation, flatuency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Cure No. 47,121: Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816: The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion, and torpidity of the liver, Cure No. 46,270: James Roberts, Esq., of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseasedlungs, spitting of blood, liver derange. , ment, partial deafness. Packed in tins, with full instructions: lib, 2s. 9d. ' • 21b, 4s. 6d. • ' 51b, Ils.; 1 21 b, 22 5.; 24 1 b, free of carriage, 4 s. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street; also, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Piccadilly; Abbiss, 60, Grace church-street, London ; and through all grocers and chemists. Agents in this district :—Nixon and Thew, 1, Castle-street; T. Low; J. Kirkus •, Forsyth; F. G. Jones, 5, Paradise-street; It. Sumner and Co.; H. S. Alpass; E. Pearson and Son; J. Oliver ; W. Cross - Sharp,- Higgins, and Co. ; Clay and Abra ham, 37, Bold-street; Evans, Sons, and w h o l esa l e agents; John Beynon ; Thompson and Capper; J. Co., trawson, druggist; G. Bramwell and Son; C. Bromlow, 1, London-road ; Isaac Woodville, tea dealer; Raimes and Co. ' wholesale druggists; F. Staveley, druggist, Price - street ; T. D. Walker, Ranelagh street ; J. 11. Howell, 72; Dale-street; Hingston, druggist, Bold-strcet ; Henry Middleton; Gilbert Brothers; .1. Cruice ; Grace and Belk; G. Barber, 21, Great George-street, Birken head ;T. Fore, druggist ; B. J. Candler J. Dutton ;J. E. llargraves ; Sanders and Co. ; C. Jones ; J. Green. The Times, referring to the news from China, says we must no longer pretend to disguise from ourselves that we are committed to a regular war. We must send to China more Armstrong guns, more ammunition, and also men. Dec. 11. Arctic, Zerega New York Heroine,Prince Edward Island. Four Brothers, Prince Edward Island Pelican (ss), Malone... 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