Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

sMITHSONIAN HOTEL, BROAIVIAT, Corner of HOUSTOWSTRIKT, Naw Yoe K. Named In honour of the SMITHSONIAN Instrronos, Established at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES SMITH iON, of ENGLAND, I Tin the Friendship o the 0 FFICEILa of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION. Is conducted on the System of Hutch, in ENGLAND. CHAS. H. SMITH. o ~ ? wr:t7ll. rbt4 SIP. At four o'clock, at the public saieroom, 2003 bales East India Wool. T. and H. Littledale and Co. At twelvi o'clock, at the b-okay's office, 18, Hackln's-hey, 750 bags Bengal i• Le —A. and S. H. Sleigh, At twelve o'clolk, at the brokers' office, 13, Te npest-hey, 523 bags Bahinior? Qierc!troa Bait —John Rowiinson. At twelve o'clo k. at the brokers' office, 16, Eschange-buildirg., 150 tons St. Domingo Log wood.—J. H. Rayner and Co. ♦t eleven o'clec't. at the commercial ti,ll:room, Temple-court, a quantity of Fruit.—James Adam, Son and Co. 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A short telegraphic &snatch received by the Bombay Government from Poonah on the 31st August, adds a few particulars to the intelligence received by way of Calcutta, respecting the latest operations of General Havelock at Cawnpore• The despatch confirms the news of Havelock having engaged the rebels on the 16th of August, and captured two guns, without any loss on his side. Cholera, however, was making ravages among the troops, who were exhausted by hard work Lieutenant Campbell and many men of the 7Sth Highlanders had died of it. The latest accounts from Luck now are to the 14th August, and report " all well." In addition to this, we are now informed that a sortie was made by the garrison of H.lvelock'.6 operations, anti at a moment when the whole attention of the mutineers was occupied with the means of opposing the movements of the advancing forces. This sortie, it is said, enabled our coun trymen to secure supplies, and thus to place them in a position to hold out fora longer period A. very peculiar communication, from Captain J. R. Brandon, appears in a London cotemporary. It mentions the murder of his relatives at Cawn pore, and the great loss of property to which he has been suljeeted. The captain appealed to the East India House to grant him relief of some kind, and it is important to state that the answer which he received to his appeal was, that the Directors, while " commisserating the distressing circum stances he hal brought to their notice, are unable to grant any remuneration for the losses which he states he has suffered, or to confer upon him any appointment in India." As the fast-day approaches, several of the London papers begin to exhort the clergy to make it the occasion for aiding the work of the recruiting sergeant. The name of Latimer is mentioned, as one whose sermon, on an occasion like this, would "have raised more recruits for the heathen than all the Sergeant Kites from the Luid's End to John O'Groa's." The clergy are also informed, that those who implore GA's aid for their country, but withhold their own, will not be an instance of the success with which their spiritual teaching has improved the occasion. One result of the Cabinet Councils during the week now appears. The Treasury organs are instructed to say that recruiting has been pro ceeding " most satisfactorily ;" but as at the same time it is aenotniced that the standard height of recruits is to be immediately re:treed by one inch, and the age is to be extended from twenty-five to thirty, while a further force of ten thousand militia are to be called out, we must conclude that, under this system of " most satisfactory" recruiting, the gentleman of the many colourel ribbons was not getting as many men as was thought desirable. From the last accounts it appe trs that the liabilities of the bank of Messrs. Harrison, Watson, and Co., of Hull, which suspended on the 24th ult., amount to about £400,000, and that the assets are estimated at £225,000. The joint sum owing from Messrs. Taylor and Bright, and Mr. Hassell, chairman of the Cotton Mills Company, verges on a quarter of a million. Among the sufferers by the failure are the various benefit societies at Hull, which had opened deposit accounts at the bank. It is beieved that sufficient to pay a dividend of 10s. - in the pound will be realised. We supply our readers with an account of a mercantile frau! on an ex ensiva scale in Belfast. It appears that a young man named Moore, arrived at Belfast four or five years ago. He had pre ♦iously been connected with, and had travelled for, the moat eminent houses in the tea trade in London, liverpoo`, any Glasgow; and his mercan tile abilities were of that specious character which looked like being of a superior order. He ingratiated himself with the head of an eminent firm in the the tea trade in Belfast; and after some time he was promoted. Losses were incurred, and the head of the firm left it. Mr. Moore continued to carry on the business. There were bonded stores in the rear of his premises, in Skipper-street, and into those stores, some of the tea merchants in Belfast placed their bonded teas. A defal cation was noticed a few days ago, and the Customs' authorities instituted an investi gation, which only became apparent on Thursday iast On that day, Mr. Moore was seen frequent ing the usual places of mercantile resort, and he talked with his acquaintances quite coolly; yet. during the whole day, the Cuirom House officials. were looking over and examining the contents of the chests in the bonded store and in connection with the premises; and it was, early in the day, known that there was a very large deficit. The teas interfered with, amount to about 960 pack ages, or about 800 chests. The amount of duty is about £5,000, and the Crown is recured to the amount of £3,000 ; but it is questionable whether the Crown is not answerable to the merchants who had teas in the stores, for the value of their pro perty deposited in its custody. Mr. Moore dis appeared from town on Friday, and it is stated that he has so :e liabilities, which, in connect on with the deli ;it to the Crown, may amount to something under ten thousand pounds. Respecting election m ttters, we learn that Sir Edwat d Dering has resigned his seat for East Kent, and Mr. Deedes has again become a candidate. After all, there will be no vacancy for Greenwich . Mr. Townsend's creditors, with few exceptions, have petitioned to supersede dais bankruptcy, and a subscription has been raised large enough to meet pressing claims. Mr. Montague Chambers's committee may, therefore, adjourn sine die. The charge against Mr. Rose, the Deputy-Bridge Master, for attempting to extort money from Sir R. W. Carder, by threatening to publish, or to abstain from publishing, a libel affecting him, was again gone into on Saturday. The case is interest. ing, because it illustrates the corrupt practices which exiat in the city in connection with Lord Mayor elections of London. It appeared from Friday's evidence that Mr. Kebbill, the deplity of Sir R Carden's ward, entered into negociations with Mr. Rose to pack the hall with "long shore men" in Sir Robert's interest, but the latter gentle. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1857 and all, pronounced the Pike water irrecoverably impure. The public, too, i.e., those who were compelled to use it for dietetic and other household purposes, have complained loudly and continuously against the supply of this dangerous fluid. The ratepayers, find ing the Water Committee inflexible, and determined to carry out their pet project, cost what it may, memorialised the Town Council on the subject. The procrastination which has taken place with reference to a decision as to the prayer of the memorialists, manifest an amount of quibbling and unwurthy subterfuges never before known in the proceedings of any other municipal body. Delay from month to month has been the go - rerning maxim of the Water Committee, and, through that body, of the Town Council. At last forth comes the " precautionary advice" of the General Board of Health, respecting the approach of Asiatic cholera. The remarks in that timely official document are particularly applicable to Liverpool. This year we have been more generally and severely visited by diarrhoea—the precursor of cholera ; and this year, too, we have been cursed with the infliction of the Pike water, the impure and unhealthy character of which has rendered it disgusting to the inhabitants at large. Should cholera, there fore, come, and come it may, how will. Liverpool stand ? We are not wishful to be alarmists, but we positively tremble at the idea of the inevitable results. The horrible carnage which has over taken our fellow countrymen at Cawnpore would be nothing to the charnel house into which Liverpool must be converted. The grisly monarch, armed with a death warrant , from the Great Disposer of all events, and aided and assisted by his prime minister—Cholera--would enter the dwellings and abodes of all, seeing that every house has within it a chief element of fatality—Pike water. The old and the young, the rich and the poor, the learned and the igno rant, the pious and the irreligious. would be cut down without distinction, and, as in the days of ancient Egypt, when the ALMIGHTY sent His plagues upon that rebellious land, there would hardly be a house free from the visitation. Surely this is not a time to be parlying with the health of nearly half a million of people. It is not a time when our local rulers should assume an attitude of obstinacy and self conceit. Past errors should be instantly acknowledged, and immediate remedies applied. At the very moment we write, the pestilence may be moving around our dwellings, and if we cannot prevent its visitation, surely we should not court its ravages, but do all we can to miti gate its extension and fatal effects. We repeat, a day should not be lost in restoring to us the red sandstone water for household requirements. It is nothing less than public homicide to com pel the people of Liverpool to use the Pike water just now, and woe be to the man who would council its continuance a single hour longer than we can introduce into every dwelling in the borough the prolific and limpid stores which lie under our feet. We have often written on this subject, and urged the course we now recommend. Through good report and evil report we have denounced the Pike project. Timid and wavering advocates of our views have lent us but feeble aid, while purse-proud, arro gant, and self-sufficient Aldermen and Councillors have scowled at our efforts, without even being able to refute one of our arguments. In the Council Chamber they gainsayed facts, advanced unfounded allegations, and murdered the Queen's English to bolster up as nefarious a municipal job as ever disgraced the minutes of a British Corporation. We have been consistent through out, and now we are glad that we continued our opposition to the scheme. Right was on our side, arid the people of Liverpool see that the NORTIIERN TIMES has fearlessly and honestly done its duty. As we began, so we now close, and say To BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FORE ARMED." • Two of the leading Conservative members of the House of Commons have been addressing their constituents, namely, Mr. DISRAELI at Newport PragnalJ, and Sir EDWARD BuLwEa LYTTON at St. Alban's. The chief theme of their speeches was the Indian Mutinies. Occupying, as these statesmen do, a prominent position in the public eye, it may not prove uninteresting to notice the leading points of the orations in question And, first, as to Mr. DISRAELI. After same complimentary remarks in reference to the Agricultural Society at Newport Pragnall, the Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded to dilate upon that important topic which now engages the attention of the whole nation, and one, by the way, on which the eloquent speaker was somewhat remarkable. They who know any thing of Mr. DISRAELI'S political career are well aware that his great object has been to have him self considered an authority on Indian affairs. In proof of this assertion, we have only to refer to his set speech on our Indian policy during the late Session of Parliament. Failing in making that impression on the House which he desired, his special organ, the Press, took the matter up, and lauded the Right Hon. Gentleman to the skies. But this had little effect. The public were not disposed to regard the wonderful oration anything but an ill-judged and self conceited harangue—a condemnation of our past and present Indian policy—and an indirect attempt at encouraging and justifying the revolt which has already caused such feelings of acute indig nation and profound regret, Certainly if England has governed so badly, and committed so many mistakes as Mr. DISRAELI asserted, the Sepoys can hardly be blamed for rising to avenge them. Now, under the circumstances in which the Government wa►s placed, the enunciation of such sentiments was deemed by many, to say the least of them, impolitic, while others regarded them as unfounded and absurd exaggerations. Compared with the Parliamentary effusion just alluded to, Mr. DISRAELI'S speech at Newport Pragnall, on Wednes lay, was a spiritless and and tame affair. Two circumstances appear to have operated upon him. In the first place he was unwilling to throw away a set speech upon Indian affairs before a company of farmers, who werebetter judges of the beef which th ey consumed than of the force of his logic, the power and ac,:uracy of his arguments, and the beauty, brilliancy, and eloquence of his language. In the next place, the occasion was not one to justify an elaborate and telling speech on affairs in India. The Right Hon. Gentleman was, therefore, compelled• to indulge himself in such dark and gloomy forebodinzs as he could crush into a moierate compass. He was, however, still inclined to throw all the blame and respon sibility of the Indian disasters upon the Govern ment, and he was as desirous as ever of under rating every effort at auplying a remedy. It is a fact that, at the present moment, every word which is uttered by our leading statesmen is taken up and criticised over the whole civilized world. Every word conveying the feeling of dejection or discouragement finds its way to the enemy's ranks. We have, therefore, to fear lest our prestige may be tarnished in the eyes of Europeans, aye and the barbaric hordes of Asiatics who now seek to deprive us of our Indian Empire. IC ever there was a time when caution and cir cumspection should be exercised upon the part of great political chiefs,. it is the present. It behoves all parties—Ministerial and Opposition —not to say or do anything which can in any degree induce the belief that we are unequal to the conflict. It is the bounden duty of every one to act and speak so as to impress the world with our power of crushing this nefarious rebc.llion, and the sure, certain, and severe punishment which awaits all its leaders. This may be a work of time, but it is no less certain of being accomplished. We have a strong faith that as surely as civilisation is far in advance of barbarism, and as the English.. man excels the Hindoo in strength and power of endurance, so sure and certain will England's arms be victorious, and the diabolical and fiend ish assassins of Upper India be dispersed as wan dering fugitives who have become traitors to their Sovereign, and ungrateful wretches to the very Power which fed, clothed, and provided for them. It is for these considerations that we regard the oration of Mr. DtsRAELI as injudicious and unpa triotic. He seems to have lost all sense of duty to the country and his Sovereign, when he dilated upon the discouraging character of the British in India; and we fear that the injurious results of this after-dinner oration may yet be too clearly demonstrated by further atrocities upon the part of the brutes in human form who have murdered helpless wives and innocent children. Mr. DISRAELI is fond of acting the part of a political prophet. Although time has proved many of his predictions to be unfounded, he attempted to read the future of all our efforts in liindostan. That future was disaster and ruin. What says this political seer ? "We are told," he says, " that the armies of B)mbay and Nladras could be entirely depended upon. Week after week we have found that these hopes are falla cious." This is not the case, inasmuch as up to the date of our latest advices, both armies were wond rfully free of that disloyal feeling and mur derous designs which have disgraced the Sepoys of Bengal. Mr. DtsrtlELt then ventures to predict reverses—that the Mahratta princes will probably rise against us, and an insurrection take place in the Punjaub. Further comment upon the speech in yestion is unnecessary. Taken as a whole, no one can fail to perceive that his great object was to make an attack on the ministry ; but in justice to Lord P A LM Elt3T ON and his colleagues, we must say the failure was complete in every sense of the word. The speech of Sir E. B. LYrT3N, at St. Albans, although upon the same topic, was not open to the objections which we have just urged. He spoke as a patriot when he asserted that he was willing, it need be, to canvass, not for votes, but for men, and lead them against the enemies of our race. There was an absence. in Sir EDWARD'S speech, of carping criticism and miserable disparagement; and, unlike the Right Hon. Member for Bucks, he did not deem him self to be wiser or better informed upon the subject than ordinary men. The contrast between the two speakers is wonderful ; one is mild, considerate, and patriotic ; the other reprehensible for its glaring absurdity, false reasoning, and a total absence or manly pa triotism. THE Quarterly Returns of the Revenue were recently published. Considering the aspect of affairs in India and our present relations with China, as well as the fiscal reductions effected since the commencement of the present year, it was ex pected that there would be a falling off in the receipts. Hence it is that, on examining the various items of the Returns just published, we were gratified to find that the deficiency has not been greater, and that, notwithstanding the many and serious drags which have latterly impeded the commerce of the country, we have satisfac tory evidence of the elasticity of the national resources, as well as further proof of the sound ness of that policy which extends as much as possible the principles of Free Trade, and the modification and removal of all taxation which impedes the healthy action and progress of com merce. But let us examine the R 'turns, and see what they disclose. On the quarter ending September 30, the decrease in the Customs, compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, is 499,99/. ; the decrease in the Excise, 148,0001. ; in the Property-tax, 415,699/. ; in the Stamps, 18,394/. ; in Crown Lands, 7,203/. ; thus making a total decrease, from all quarters, of 1,089,255/. Against this deficiency we have to notice an in crease in the income of the Post-office of 85,000/., and of 2,0001. in tax ?s, besides 113,095/. in the miscellaneous estimates, making the total increase 200,0951., thereby reducing the decrease of the quarter 890,0001. The falling off of the revenue for the last half year reached 1,155,4011. but when we compare the quarters of 1857 with the same period of 1856, we find that that amount is reduced to 169,4061. Furthermore, we should also bear in mind that the reduction in the duties on Tea, Sugar, and Coffee, came into operation in April, and that we had very prosperous quarters ending in December and March. The main item of reduction is the Sugar Duties. The amount of the deficiency for the quarter reaches 300,000/. The Sugar Duties have been the subject of much perplexity. Although we gave up Duties amounting to nearly half-a-million, such has been the state of the Sugar Market that the consumer has not obtained any advantage by the reduction ; but this could hardly be anticipated, seeing that the amount of duty remitted was only ls. Bd. per cwt. The consequence has been that the im porter and wholesale dealer have had the advantage of the reduction in the Duty ; and the Revenue has been injured, while the con sumer has not had any benefit. With regard to Tea, the case was somewhat different. There was a nominal reduction of the Duty, but, some how or other, the trading portion of the commu nity contrived to pocket the amount of the reduced taxation. There has been a species of commercial legerdemain practised by many of the Tea dealers throughout the country. Is is true that when the reduction of the duty took effect the retailers' windows were covered with placards, announcing a fall in the price of the article. A short time, however, con vinced every one who is a judge of teas, that if the value had declined, the quality was much inferior. Indeed, since the sliding-scale has been applied to the Tea duties, it is a most difficult matter to obtain anything like a genuine article, and when it can be had, prices are almost as high as when the extreme duty of 2s. 2d. per lb. was levied on it. It was also deemed advisable to keep stocks somewhat low, in anticipation of the reduction, which gave to importers the power of obtainins their own terms. The deficiency caused by Property-tax, which has been reduced from . Is. 4d. to 7d. in the pound, amounts, as already remarked, to 415,6991. As a matter of course, they who have been relieved will bear the loss to the national treasury without grumbling-. The general com munity, may, however, think otherwise, partieu" cularly when the reduction becomes one of gene ral application, and is no longer confined, as now, to official salaries. With regard to the Excise duties, we observe that the reduction of one-third of the Malt-tax has led to increased consumption. Although the Maine Liquor Law advocates have been active in their agitation for the adoption of the principles of that enactment in this country, the sale of spirits has been going on with increased activity—an evidence that " teetotalism" is not to be enforced in this country by statute law, nor the morals of the community regulated by an act of Parlia ment. The people seem, notwithstanding all that the Hon. NEAL Dow and his adherents may advance, to patronise John Barleycorn, and still consume " malt," " hops," and " spirits." Of course, we are not arguing for or against the prac tice. We merely state the fact as it actually stands The paper duty, to which we have a rooted antipathy, has been useful in swelling the national revenues—an indirect evidence of the beneficial tendency of the repeal of the News paper Stamp Duty. Taken as a whole, the Returns are not unfavour able. Besides, we have the gratifying fact, that notwithstanding the Sound Dues Compensation, Sinking Fund, Sardinian Loan, Exchequer Bonds, and other heavy items, the excess of income over expenditure is 568,040/., of which no less a sum than 5046 54/. is p'aced to the credit of Ireland. The balance in favour of Great Britain is 63,386 ! It is therefore satisfactory to know that, notwith standing all the difficulties by which we have been surrounded during the course of the present year, we find ourselves in a perfectly solvent position, able to meet all our national engage ments, and that we still possess the means of maintaining that character of commercial recti tude and honour which has at all times been accorded to the people of the United Kingdom. " Reports are prevalent" says the Press, "that serious misunderstandings have arisen at Calcutta between the Governor - General and the Commander-in-Chief. No • serious misunderstandings' exist. Sir Colin Campbell has very properly resented an uncalled-for attempt to limit his authority over the army. The country may rest assured that Sir Colin Campbell is not the man either to exceed his powers or permit them to be encroached upon At the same time it is not to be concealed that the presence in the council at Calcutta of them) petty jealousies and no oil impertinent assumptions on the part of th e men, - t tt o utterly ignorant of war, but who have pro ved thetnse i m so incapable in a crisis demanding that decision of e t racter for which Sir Colia Campbell is pee es •os deeply to be deplored. it may paralyse them ce OP measures of the General-la-Chief, and so Wee r res t operations of the campaign as to expose hire to and disaster instead of that victory and success he 0 11 have a right to expect. With reference to the u e gs ,, l f o rto ord ` of the cavalry in !India, it is believed tha t L rt i Paget, in preference to General Scarlett , or to G e° Jackson at the Cape. will be selected" Or' Referring to the apprehensions (ex, pr essed hi 1 ll r°roitt of the foreign press relative to the reunion at Pi B ici the Saturday Review, remarks,' that these Pe tt l: ' are generally the work of a race:of pestilent c' D i :o0 who infest continental journalism but from 'sh e° -1 1rst country, we are happily compara tively free. They - A $ sort of cross between a con fi dential valet am' tlO d'ciff2irm With all the :servility of the first d eer fussiness of the last, they combine in the highe s t tie b ' o tb , the love of mischief-making which is common - These sagacious flankeys discover mysteries hsebe:lf and augur peace or war from a tpinch of snuff. 1 " f ooli things which escape!.their observation are the c°- bt nts which really the actions of Me" , slid oi t iof obvious interests which alone, in these daYe , deter b it the policy!of cabinets. It is almost astonishing thst,fbelf class of politicians':ahould not have learned that `or Louis is XV. traditions of statecraft are become acD istort' n-In in days when mistresses no longer make Aepee and bst when individual caprices have very little "ehint o .t ver national policy. For our part, we cannot r flu or' great advance in the civilisation of mod ern- coal! that governments are now actuated more than f e : r - tO Ol. l 'by considerations of state policy, and less by the P -1 bit predilections of their individual rulers. It is is epi°petel. respect especially that the meeting of th Alexander with Louis . Napoleon. may be reel' OP satisfaction as a complete departure from t he lit oPe iS assumed by Nicholas in: relation to the .Eur powers." AMUSEMENTS, &c. ef fi ti i i SAM CoWSLL.—This gentleman trek leave ov,i; rpool nds on Saturd iv night, at the GO ° %nil' Bold street, when a numerous and highly real) alb/ company assembled to honour the occasion, amane',d at ilt were a considerable number of ladies. The " " r ' es ° reputation" of this unequalled Mimic, and Wolte r originality of all his performances, require ti n g led notice from us than has been already a nl ,, c isi s ; them, therefore we have only to say that upon thi s °- # lo' he was received with all the rapturous entbusisl, Or! has been invariably accorded him. Miss Sidney (1° pi e ss: daughter of the " original," about ten years of ag es her second appearance before a Liverpool andi' n ' c 'itis,, ° ' although we are no admirers of " prodigies," yet 07; help sayiug that she displayel considerable tou s "ffe'it Incising "Go d News from Home" with a p ithos sa" fro' that many older hands would do well to imitatet: var. the germ now budding there cm be but little ri sk ;pd t. nosticating a brilliant future f o r th e littl e lady ine ell s ; come. Miss Wight, a very excellent contralto , a:, stsi we have several times epoten in t e r ms of g reat Pr"l-E'let!'i afforded considerable gratification by . th e artistic st'oere rendering her songs, and the simple and natural 03 f o il snging several favourite Sceech airs, which f o o t resp.inse in the breast of many of the fairer port sll! / audience. Mr. Brookhouse Bowler was well reeel s 'Xpo sanz the songs set down for him to the fell satis t , ne ,ditt his admirers. Mr. F. W. Bridgman has made fil e ' p admirers by the hundred, for his very fine Plal ing .ii: l4l 'l. piano-forte and concertino. On the former l ustre - e e l his Overtures and accompanimente, there are few t , ° ,„ b rio him, his "touch" being of that peculiar nature as forth the full beauty and power of one of gi n ': sli t '' instruments. The concertina he plays with a -' fr ° _,l - hand, having evideMy made that his "pi ay th iag birth," and was several times mos' v e hemently r t h a. er tb for a repetition of tho delightful s' r ains. Alter:A - e rn': visit of this " small eompa u y" has a ff or ded coa sl i e ri '; grat:fication to a large number of pleasure s ee ( Jeri Liverpoil, and we doubt not many w ill regret t he 0 6 ° tune of artistes possessing talent which certahali our " loci's" can equal in any way. lIIRMAJILITYIII. HBATRZ —We uederstand it il if ;elo ley's Ltention to open this theatre during the January and February, in anticip a tion of the P : VIBN son. Signor Arditi is engaged a s con ductor for tbr i e it et. in Heil of S gnor Bonetti. Signor Arditi is ela n known at Coastaatinople and New York. I ° t o, " ROYAL ITALIAN OPIUM - Operations have BC IeY r e i, s se menced for the r construclon of Covent Garden according to plans whi c h h ave a l rea d y been pubii°"°olo the Musical World. The b u ildi ng , it isan ticipateit ready in the month of April. ptl M. JULLIE N ' S Concnar s .—The se popular ente rtain° are to commence this winter at Drury-lane Theatreibr the g Mr. lialfe is busily eniged upon a new °Pe rt ', Lyceum Theatre —l,breti`o (a transla'iou, of 0 ' 69 Mr. A. Harris. • tb s Ma.lclie. ifrosina Parer. who appe are d once :tie et the Royal Italian Opera (is Eivira, in the " -t or,' and who was formerly prima d onna a t the St., A l s Ou t ti Lisbon, is engaged to rapla ce M i d . Ortolan'-'QQt (a ,w with Mr. Lamle)), in the s ame ca p ac ity, at t -11- e of M adrid. 0 THE LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SO- I $ EXTRA CONCERT. A very petite concert was given on Saturday 0 10, at the Liverpo o l Philh armon i c H a ll, w hi c h was 1.8 ,:;ie 0 3 ' attended, and especia ll y by th e f a i rer p or tion of b u t innuity. The performers were few in number , r eii . ,6 recherche in their quality. The selection was mot oi er and elegant, and the execution perfect. It c° s liO with one of Beethoven's Trios f or v i o li n , v iola, cello, played by Messrs. H. Blagrove, R. Blag r " . 0 040 Aylward. The little band l oo k e d lik e some gr°; 3 _ ll a bi' d e a vast wilderness. They sh m i ld h ave b een barj•°es o "ol screen used by Mr. Thomas and others on similar Mr. and Mrs. Lockey sung some songs and auto exquisitely. O ne , a b a ll a d b y Hi me , es ee eething ro eP l o Me," excited our su r p r is e th a t suc h a NT ' oice as Mrs. 41°0 and such execution would ever l eave room for 13 •0 1 , wish as for a somethin g t o l ove h er. W e s h ou ld tho on a want c eild never b 3 felt by Mrs Lockey. unknown to us, if not to f ame , was the nePu — „d 0 7,1 acquitted herself very well. H er vo i ce i s c lear 1 10 11 1/0 in tone, and her execution p ure i n sty l e. Sh e sung te ei le yf song, " Tell Me My Heart," and took her part wi,h Me and Mrs Lockey, and Mr. A. Biles' - dene, suecessfully. Messrs. H and R. Blagrove vl°l o 0 ib and refined in their instrumental perfartnanetof,V violincel lo and conc er ti na , b ut a li tt l e more f orc e t ie would have made them more attractive. Mc . a OO 0 0 made himself very useful at the piano -forte Cu offi)o violincello Alt o g e th er , it was a c h am b er con o 7;, of elegant character, b u t scarce ly su i te d to t he *, Phtlharmonic-hall. e '3 r f 10‘, HARBOURS OF REFUGE.—The se l ec t comm i t tee last session t, inquire in'o the policy of rnek i , g ! PI grants of public money for the improv emen t an' 5 ' II of harbours of refuge have not made any ref ° ' t. l ye rnertly submit the evidence Wren before them. el, 0 1 In consevence of the resoluti o n c ome t 0 )0 1 Prussian government not to receive, January, 18.58, foreiga bank notes, for y-4even 0'" lately assembled at Rostock, and made a decler 3 ', l " ° o l o6 they hencefor h will not receive 13 13/; 0 in payment 1 11 Prussia. X Bl j t after ti .. .. )e er eb°, 3l b ,t, THE MANCHE .I'ga UNlrr OF OunFELLO O h 5 0 10 failure of MFssr s . H arr i s In, W atson, and Ce."510-ef:t-oco Hull, the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows is 3 OP serious extent. N:na 10!g...s of this society wer e -e f : 1 0 t, the amou n t o f £2 , 25 0, which, with the 011. " e, 0 1 belonging to the widows and orphass' feud of makes a total of 1"2,955. THE METROPaLITAIe MEDICAL SCHOOL.S.—T este vol ii tio l medical schools connected with the metropolits c h v were formally opened by inaugural lectute, v n 'ts 13 ., (1 0 0° guts - lied professors. A large number of stoi c " 1 1 % 0 b.c one connected with the schools, and at t,llheere A s h, hospitals where the lectures were delivered "; 0 8 'e, attendance s and the lectures excited d ec . r le,, t e The lectures generally were of a very W e e " l oriv intellectual character, and replete with useful a nd ' 1 1 suggestions for medical studenee. „ me e, , 0 0 PASSENGERS per Roy a l M a il steamer bur-1..0"101", Leitch, commande r , f rom B oston an d H a lif a x to — l oefooti —A theiral Coffin, ieutenent Coffin, Miss CcO li 'd sel, de Longueil, Miss Kneavitt, Mrs. S G. Ward °P ea' WO Mr. W. E. Lawton , Mr. W. Buck, Mr. A rkb- ed Poor, Mr. S. Page, Captain W. Singer, WV Mr. G. N. Schriell, Mr. S. B. Stevens, Mr. , tr Tayler, Mr. J. Wolf, Mr. Coat. Mr. IL l'or e i.r. l h ;o o ' M. Perry, Mr. F. Phillips, Mr. ' O. A. walke r la r . O i ncr Lomax, Mr. J. L. Rendall, Mr. A. L. Lopez , J. Y-kit Oh Rev. E. Z Jae, Mr. N. C. Peer, Mr. S. Reis, - 101 '0 0 itt" - $01 son, M. S. W. Richards. Mr. G. Snyder, Mr. 4 " . pr e le t° Mr. J. Kirkman, Mr. C. Bryden, Mr. and Par, s ' b iefr Mr. Henry Bull, M r . H . Boul ' on. an d Mr. °l e o, 11),_ 4 Boston.—Captain O rt l a b er, R . N ., Lieut. L'itipeA.elterje Mr. Miller, M r . Jardine, J. M.genzie ' Mr. ;7 1 . Misses Orelabar, Mr. Sweetland, Mr. DOW" ' 81ephena, and M. Cole, from Halifax, man declared that he did not in any way authorise such a proceeding, and indeed repudiated the notion altogether. The investigation will be resumed today. _ Of domestic news there is very little to notice to day. Beale, the man arrested on the charge of murdering the woman near Bristol, has been com mitted by the coroner's jury on the capital charge Of the murder near S ockport we have not received any additional intelligence. he inquest will be resumed to-morrow (Tuesday). At present the affair looks very suspicious against the eldest son of the murdered man. The Continental news is not of much importance this morning The Paris Constitutionnel announces that the French Government has taken certain measures to encourage the production of cotton in its West Indian possessions. As we might have expected, a rumur is already current in Paris, respecting a separate treaty between France and Russia, concluded, or prepared for conclusion, at Stuttgardt. The Emperors of Russia and Austria have had their interview, and both li.tve left Weimar. The Emperor and Empress of France arrived at Chalons on Friday evening. The Pays says it has news from Pondicherry of August 30—that is news fileen days later than the last. At that date the state of the five districts composing the French possessions in India con tinued to be good 'I he Mussulman fele com menced on the 27th. All went off with the greatest order. At the date of the 30th, navigation was very active at Pondicherry, and in all the other ports of the Coromandel coast. The royal mail steam-•hip Europa, which sailed from Boston on the 23rd tilt , arrived in the Mersey on Saturday afternoon. The chief item of news in the letters and papers by this arrival relates to the total loss of the steam ship Central America. when on her passage from Ilivannah to New Yot k. We have given full details of the melancholy disaster in another part of to day's impression. Meantime, we may here mention that the stac ments made by nearly all the passengers, and even portii - ms of the crew, show that the accident was mainly owing to the pumps being is an unser viceable state. 6o that when reepririag to free the ship from an hourly accumulation of water, they were worse than useless, and when the carpenters went to repair them, they had to abandon the in tentirm for want of tools ! This is a state of things which must be explained. The loss of life has been severe, and, until further advices reach us, we must suspend any comment as to the real cause, and the parties blameable with the catastrophe. Meetings were being held in various parts of the Uuion to raise sub• set iptions in aid of the sufferers. There is a dearth of poli'ieal intelligence in the Europa's advices The American journals seem to take a great interest in the mutiny in India, and most of them to wish England a speedy and a glorious victory. Not so the Irish refugees. They hail held a meeting at New York to discourage any party enlisting to aid the cause of England. "To be forewarned is to be fore-armed." This ancient, but forcible adage is presented to our consideration at the present time in a manner which all classes of the community would do well to "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest." Upon its faithful observance, much of the health, and, we may add, safety, of the entire popula tion depends. Cholera, we are told, will, in all probability, visit our shores at no distant date. The General Board of Health has issued a letter of " Precautionary Advice" to the sNletropolitan Board of Health, in which it is stated that this fell pestilence " has again become epidemic in several of the Baltic ports and at Harnburg,h, which, on three occasions when the disease visited Englan 1, has been the precursor of its appear ance." We are told, too, that diarrhcei has been of late not only prevalent in London and the provinces, but that it has been unusually fatal. This disease, be it observed, has ever been found to be the pioneer of the epidemic periods of cholera. How does this remark apply to Liver pool ? Independent of the general diseases which are at all times prevalent in a populous sea-port town like Liverpool, we find that diarrhcet has been making unusual ravages among us. At the meeting of the Health Com mittee held on the 3rd ult., the medical officer reported that the deaths from diarrhoea during the week ending August 29th, were 73, being 18 more than the corrected average. A similar number of fatal cases was reported in the follow ing week. Since that time, a change for the better has taken place, and the deaths by this disease have fallen off to 36. This may be the result of the state of the atmosphere, and other external favourable circumstances. Indeed, we find, on referring to the report of the medical officer presented to the Health Com mittee on Thursday lust, that the mortality of Liverpool was above an average. The deaths for the week ending September 26 " were 350, being thirteen more than the previous week, and five more than the corrected averages of the preceding years, including cholera." Here, then, are facts which are well calculated to create no small amount of anxiety on the part of those to whom is entrusted the regulation of all matters relating to the sanitary condition and health of the town. Of all places in the United Kingdom which should dread a visitation of that fatal scourge— cholera, Liverpool stands the foremost. Her extended commerce brings to the banks of her noble estuary the weather-beaten mariner of every country and clime. These men mingle with the inhabitints, and if they bring with them the seeds of a contagious disease, awful, as well as general, must be the result. But let us see what is the tenor of the " pre cautionary advice" tendered by the " General Board of Health." After referring to the neces sity of removing all sources of contamination of air within and without dwelling-houses, the Metropolitan Board of Health are earnestly advised to be particularly vigilant as regards the means of ensuring the purity of the public supply of water ! And this caution, or friendly advice, they enforce by observing that " during the epi demic in 1853 and 18.54, it was found that the cholera mortality in the houses supplied by bad water had been three-and-a-half times greater than in the houses to which better water had been supplied." Surely this warning will not be thrown away upon the Water Committee. For months they have been serving Liverpool with a most unwholesome, unhealthy, and " impure" water from the Rivington-hills. Professional gentlemen—medical and chemical—have, one ThE on s c tosto ten troll E. Th Indi a . York.' and 4 1 0 „ A otai Vlln tiro rtp p %fa il to n l .11,44