Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

OCTOBER .24, 1859. home, of allowing it AO:he put' down,: after having so 44g Maintained it by his own bayonets. 2 /11 a stati4ti c S re l a ti ve t o th e re 6 en t P a dih a th s t r ik e " I ' l given' in another toltimn, which well .deserve the seareL.,ful consideration of the wo r king c l a s ses . This T , which lasted twenty-seven weeks, involved a loss 13 w4ges, sects, - to the Padiham weavers, of about 4 7 t een thousand pounds; and a sum ,of upwards eleven thousand pounds was contributed by sf4er operatiVe s iof 'North Lancashire; for their sup tt „ (111 ring• the turn- o ut.- -So that :upwards of thirty te a ai ldpoundS was sacrificed, in about half a year, by e 1 t ane elaSs of manufacturing operatiVas. Of that , 11; 11° t 11frax...,1 short of three thousand' 'pounds was liaadered in k' the 'agitation against their ~plo- 7:" 'lfected to very h eav I'vho thus must have' been su ill hY,l°'"isloy the conduct of their workpeopx. For klld t ; i ; w 'lst= , of means, aulalithe idleness and disorder tc) ."-feeling that was generated on the occasion, - we t ll ll °t S al' that any good whatever was gained, 'either tad kWh" to the other. Surely, then, it a 1— earto all concerned, ; c se .deserVes to e '"Y. pondered. k lfo g i . n ew item o f expen dit ure w hich has been disclosed Pip t e e t I Wakefi e ld El ec ti on Conri-nissio r that of the Pa ° t " ryasin," by the Conservatives, for the tle t . t\ l ° of dsfeae:,!, is one that is not at all to be won bl When one considers the„violence and. riot to the Radicals so frequently have recourse at elec '4.44.Lwith the view of intimidating their opponents, and n rg the day by brute force. It can never with truth o t i l ;! e rted th at Conservat i sm i s i n any way alli e d t o di s - Poly I t is on the Radical side that there is a mono- the% th at- The necessity, therefore, of defending kllo w ve3 against the disturbances which the Itadicads object s° Well how to create,' whenever they have an t° gain t o w hi c h ihir mea n s areunequal, nj, ke:)t j i li n 1, 11 P 431 the s li g htest reflection.. „Mobs must e ch eer, and th e r oughs" are found most effec k'vie-4 s lich oeeasion in doing ; while, for-their ,enurse, they s, Must be THE NV .-‘lfiEll. t 'lrS r ' °l ' 0 1 7 :411. ell variabl climate of b ai , e $ll O 4 - stiiki iiL , vicissitudes of weather are witticsis.:u . • bah la.ken plai;e during the last 1 . ,1v days. _. sel s l Perier_ , ...-1 a short spell of warm Weather or rjea of . ,°, l l, that qu i te in keeping with the po p pui ; ar: 1 -- 41 k--,:'s Summer," an Friday it becart.„. o i l d i. • , 4 14 with. slight fails of hail and S11(17; j . _ tol.4aY these inclemeneies beinne so much. agc, , rv t , rl44 l'act: 94 Stit4atE • the day one of a most win ei:y 4 5 4 r • The cold was intense, and . there was I l. e4i c i a ;.7 -I ° ll of violent hail-storms, until towards . when there arose such a storm 9 . f . snore as is l e` e 'Y exceeded b ( - Neu. ia min wintor. ad ~ 1 " w ag accompanied tlk Tcateed, it grew worse, a:.d Of il t " h er an d lightning of no ordinary viol:knee; snow-storm th e strange featUres of the case, tha., ltd „11rrld.Bur,11e,r-gto'rin. should thus have mingled . topether. „ c ,of thutidcT and lightnincr, indicative of Le a "'lnday morning presented ' all the aspects h °f winter, the ground being:lhiekly covered lather n all t d all around telling 'a tale of January lave fan„;,.--'cLober. In some situations the snow Must 'Oritim ier i - " 0 the depth of more than foot. The storm "til nearly ten o'clock, with. thunder and th e d a '`b Still 1, as its accompaniments. ,Toward, noon' F ed afi 't;t'e4,ixte fair, but the gloom .of winter re 11.ePlirer approached: People were not quite for ) 411 t 1 it a so sudden and early an arriyal of winter, „ts•N v Zevcrities therefore: have' been all the mcee ilkiiirf';.: 4 - It is to be feared that its-effects will prove We i n Many respocts, to both man and beast. qtll- e 1,-",Berve throughout the north generally, they j A . I C -- t V , er Y severe frost and snow—more especial n ly. r , -11 °• the ponds in the Queen's Park, arou ndd f e at, Edinburgh; lying, we learn, covered with inch and-a-half in thickness. 11E r - I AIESI NE ATS. FRANCE. MARStILLES, Oct. ; 22. ' i l : (ll 4et's have hem me, received from Rorie to the 4t.b. instant. His Holiness th e Pope has • left to Ramie for Porto , and will tro ll fte on Thursday,' the 20th instant. News return Alexandria to , the 19th instant, has also 41111. received. After the Viceroy had com iti:lleAted to the Consuls the resolution respect to ttlille*Cuez Canal, they resolved .upon notifying *o6°4 countrymen who are employed on the of . N " at Suez to leave the plaee before the first k•Z eilib er ; the Porte -henceforth assuming the 'll ility. of the undertaking towards Europe. The 1, • P, is, Saturday. 4 18 ,. --Auperor will receive to-morrow M. D. Sue z el 3 a nd the B oar d o f M anagem e n t o f th e eujaal. 11-1 E FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Saturday. It e l2 l _ , ° The M arket opened at a further declinei ; t o 69 were,q,uoted at 69 35, b u t rose:immediate .Y there 6so is lit 1e loino • •e, 9 45. 3 20 p.m.: Th e B ourse c l oses fi rm , b u t Rentes are finally quoted at " rise of ten cen times since yes- AUSTRIA. It i, BRESLAU, October 22. notasses that the Emperor of Russia will i that hi Probed to the Austrian frontier,.and .likewise the: B lklaiesty :will not have an interview with 1 1 4':12Q1er° r of &Istria. 182t°1a1 Riolaness the Prince Regent of atid the ether- royal princes, proceed -"-nw to Ohl ay, to meet the Emperorekander. Th, A VIENNA, Saturday. : 4611 1 Gazette says Baron Von Hubner, a4(l tithe aweolice, has tendered his resignation, e , - has been accepted. Baron Thier . y, 114 s been In the department for Foreign A . flai h r! Pla te. en 4PPointed Minister of Police '44°11 e n ew minister has summoue l d n the and ha:t the different newspapers to his office' tll4n° different to them in a friendly manner t h tithe inlet programme of August a% 411 4 Zi a ll IliKified. The retirement of Genera -ecalnP Count Grunne, is also announced. ITALY. eo i ,„ pi ous Zunicit, O c t. 21. Colloredo has not been restored t o con bl 488.eo 'vcr Diu physicians have lost all h ope of S, ROME, October 20. '31.11 ' ;: lolin ess the P o pe returned to Rome this 1 1 4,9''' ? " . A great croyi: NYT,.S ar3i2Mbied his Par a b , tlir llgil - the city. RUSSIA. • ST. PETERSEI..I; - _‘, October 20. The nvis of an interesting intervei,7 beteer the C2ar and the Emperor of Austria, is without foundation. SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 21. General blionaell announced at the sitting of the Cortes tO-day - that the Spanish Government had ordered. its mpresentative at Tangiers-to take his . departure: 'lt is expected' that the Govern ment will communicate to-morrow, to the Cortes that war has been declared with:Morocee. . -4.--- DECLARATION OF WAR BY SPAIN TO MOROCCO. • • MADRID; October 22. • Govern rent has declared to the Cortes in the sitting of to-day, that it was going to begin war Kits Morocco. This declaration was received with great enthusiasm. All political parties, , the Senate, and the Congress, have offered their support to the Ministry ; the articles of the newspapers express the same patriotic fedlingo. The following appeared in a . part of our impression of Saturday INDIA. ' The advices by the Bombay mail are to the 27th September. T• he discharged lam of .the. Artillery and other European corps ware on their way to their different residences. The captains of some of the ships engaged to take them to England demanded a quota of royal regiment soldiers to, proceed along with them, to preserve 'discipline , if necessary. An order has been published for the general disband ing or re-arming of the Bengal army. All corps of native artillery are suppressed. . . At Bombay, :no noticeable alterations in cotton piece ;roods; yarns lower; metals steady.; cotton rather lower; oil seeds have advanced; .freights unchanged. Money market easy.; exchange about is. Bd. lower. SARDINIA. [REUTER'S T ELI:GRAM.] TURIN, October 21.—The official Picdnzontese Gazette publishes a decree authorising the Minister of Finances to contract - a loan of 100,000,000 francs, by means of alienation a renter on the public debt to that amount. Count Ropier, Minister of Belgium, has arrived at Turin. FRANCE The Paris correspondent of the 'Herald says it was rumoured :yesterday; that , a reinforceMent 50,000 men was about to be sent to Italy. Al-o, that the French Government had countermanded all preparations for China, on account, it is alleged, of England not adopt ing the palicy of France on - the Italian question. PARATA. The Times correspondent at Parma, says the disarma ment of the population of that city is a complete failure.; that 5,000 muskets are in hands of the lowest classesl; and that the place is in a lopelesS state of demoralisa tion. The writer is of opinion, that the Emperor Napoleon, so far from withdrawing his troops a from Ronie, is only planning,' how 'he can garriSon .Ancona and perhaps Bologna itself, , without raising too great an outcry in diplomatic Europe:• AUSTRIA. The Vienna correspondent of the. Times says, that in clerical circles in that capital ; it is • anted that the Emperor Francis Joseph has expressed to the Papal Nuncio his resolution to . interfere •in :favour • of his Holiness. - The writer adds, that Austria is for - :the moment nearly; if . not • quite, powerless. Her -long .cherished political system appears to 'be in its .last agonies ; her army extremely *discontented.; and her exchequer completely empty. • G -ERM A NY The representatives of Saxony, Hanover, Bavaria, and: the Duchies of Hesse, - Mecklenburg, and Nassau, at tlaessitting of the Diet, on Wednesday, ,formally pro posedthe revision of the military constitution of the German Confederation. ITALIAN COMPLICATIONS. The ;Post regards the Italian complications as very serious; and the position of the Emperor Napoleon as, extremely 'embarrassing. lie has undertaken the special protection of the Papal Government, and also of Italianliberty. The Papal power and Italian liberty are in open warfare. It is almost certain that the Romagna will be attacked by the Papal troops. It is .also certain that on the first menace of an armed intervention in the Duchies, the troops of Garibaldi will sweep .before them every vestige of :the Papal rule. Under these :circumstances the intervention of Austria will be 'anticipated. What part would France then play—what extension would this Roman question then assume-.? The Post warns English statesmen, and says that they will make efforts to avert the dangers which threaten Enrope. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SARDINIA. The King of Sardinia, on the 17th., visited the principal -establishments of Genoa, and in the afternoon went on board the Victor Emmanuel transatlantic steamer, in order to witness a re— gatta. The appearance of the port is described as having been magnificent on that occasion, all the vessels being dressed out as on great festivals, and the port covered with gay pleasure-boats. The King himself distributed the prizes to the winners, and that same evening returned to Turin, having during his stay at Genoa everywhere re ceived marksaf the most loyal affection. RUSSIA. A communication from St. Petersburg says:— " The canal of Ladoga, which was constructed in 1731, has scarcely ever been repaired since that period, and you may readily conceive into what a dilapidated state it must have fallen. As this is a most important artery for the supply of the capital, upwards of 50 millions' worth of produce of different kinds being conveyed on it during the navigable season, it became indispensable either to thoroughly repair the old canal or to cut a new one. The latter course has been decided on, and the plans which had been sent in by the government engineers have been ar proved. The new canal, which will run along between the old one and the lake, will be 102 versts (five -eighths of a mile each) in length. The construction of it will be finished in five .years, and will cost 4,000,000 silver roubles (16,000,000 francs). In order to cover this out : lay, 41 per cent. will be levied on the value of the merchandise carried. All these great undertak ingS attract a number of workmen of all kinds from the country to the capital, and as many can not find immediate employment, there is a diffi culty for them to find cheap and healthy residences. A joint stock company, with a capital of 3 ; 500,000 roubles is, it.is said, about to be founded; in order to obviate this inconvenience, and improve the condition of this class of people. The company in question will commence by building 'large houses, in which as many as 3,000 workmen can be accommodated at moderate prices. There will be in each house an office of addresses, where each pew comer may obtain information of the works In course of execution and the proposed condi tions. The contractors for works will aloo be able vivre readily to obtain the workmen they stand in need of The company will also :end its lodgers small s , i7ilns of money, to be afterwards repaid from the—wages they receive." THE CHINESE DIFFICULTY. From the journal des Debats we perceive that the dispute with the- Chinese Government is likely to be of a more ObStinate and protracted character than has been supposed. The journal 'in question says Our last accounts from Cochiia China announce that Vice -Admiral Rigault de Genouilly and the troops under his command, exhausted by disease and fatigue of everydescrip- Con, which incapacitated them from pursuing their operations, were preparing to abandon Tourane and return to China. The Admiral proposed to:retain the position he occupies at Sai g on, and which combines the best conditions of defence and salubrity., Rear-Admiral Page had not yet arrived." The Pairie has the folloWing, from. the same quarter :—" Advice's from Cochin China, which come down to the middle of August, do not hold out any great hopes of a. treaty of peace being speedily signed by the Anamite Government. The Court of Hue adopts every means of causing delays, and cannot be brought to give a cate gorical answer to the demands made by Admiral Rigault de Genouilly. The late events in China will not, however, allow the Admiral to remain any longer at Tourane, and when the last accounts left preparations were being made, for evacuating that town, and proceeding, with the whole of the disposable French, force, to Canton. The only point which the Admiral will not abandon is Sal gon, the defence of which, should the Cochin Chinese again assume the offensive, wlll bu much more easy than that of Tourane. Extensive for tifications have been raised at Saigon by the allied troops, and every means have been adopted to render them impregnable. A garrison more than sufficient will be left there, and provisions are abundant. The sanitary state of the 'expedition had much improved, when these accounts left, and the weather had become more favourable." As a matter clearly or course, we do not impli cate ourselves in the position and difficulties assumed by our allied friends; but we all know that where friends are puzzled, the English go vernment or English men do not long hesitate. NOWTITFAIN LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VESSEL SANK IN THE RIVEII.—The Victoria, from Mogodor, that was ashore on the Brazil Bank, was towed off last night, full of water and on her beam-ends. She sank in deep water off the Magazines. A wreck buoy has been sent out to mark her position. . AUSTRALIA.—The Black Ball clipper ship British Trident, Captain O'Neil, which sailed from Melbourne about the sth of August, arrived hero on Saturday afternoon, making the run in less than eighty days. The British Trident brings 32,700 ounces of gold, valued at ze80,850 sterling. SAILING OF THE AmEntc4.—The British and North American royal mail steam-ship America sailed on Saturday, for 'Halifax and Boston. Besides the usual mails and a valuable cargo, the America took out 127 passengers, among whom it May . appear singular to state, were two g e ntlemen, named respectively Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden. BRITISH COAL Ex-ronTs.—Messrs. W:* and H. Laird, of Liverpool, in their circular just issued, state that during September, the exports from the Northern ports were 363,941 tons; Yorkshire, 32,884 ; Liverpool, 51,286 ,-- Severn ports, 131,032 ; Scotch ports, 47,349 ; total, 626,492 ; being a decrease, compared with Sep tember, 1868, of 24,232 -tons, but an increase in the period froM January to September, as compared with 1858, of 246,400 tons. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING- CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE 'JEWS.—Our readers will be glad to see that the annual meeting of the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews will be held this evening, in the hall of the Collegiate Institution. The Lord Bishop of Chester will take the chair at half-past six o'clock, and the meeting will be addressed by the Rev: C. T. Good hart, one of the deputation by the Rev. Thomas Nolan, formerly of St. Barnabas' Church in this town; and other clergy. ACCIDENTS.—A fisherman, named John Gregg, resid ing in Bispham-street, was received into the Northern Hospital on Saturday last, suffering from a frac ture of the ribs, which he received by a sea striking the boat, and knocking him against the mast.—A man, named Peter Flatly, residing in -Smithfield-street, was taken to the Northern Hospital, yesterday, having been found in a state of insensibility, and nearly frozen to death in (iheapside. It is sup posed that he fell, while in a state of drunkenness, and sustained the severe scalp wound from which he is at present suffering. A COLD BATH.- —Yesterday morning a sailor, named Charles Burns, thought he had a right to get drunk, and he acted up to the mark. He was endeavouring to get home, during one of yesterday's snow-showers, and as his way lay by the banks of the Leeds Canal, and as Mr. Burns had no particular objection to a slight deviation from the direct line, he quite unintentionally fell into the " liquid stream," thereby subjecting himself to a cold bath, which he did not at all .seem to like. Some persons were near at the time, and they gallantly rescued the "jolly jack tar," who was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where proper care was taken to relieve him from the effects of theimmersion. INSCINENCY COURT.—The following cases were heard at Lancaster, on Friday, the 21st of October, before Robert Segar, Esq., judge —John White Isherwood, dealer in cigars and sundries, Birmingham, three months; John Broadbent, umbrella manufacturer, three months ; John Nuttall, lodging-house keeper, Bolton-le-Moors, three months ; Thomas Millward Geddes, commercial traveller,Livezpool, six months; William Sykes, cabinet maker, Manchester, discharged ; Michael Neville, brass founder, Liverpool, discharged; Edward Fell Wright, fish dealer, Manchester discharged:; George Bates, foreign fruit merchant, Kingston -upon-Hull, discharged; Thomas Hargreaves, licensed victualler, Manchester, discharged ; Lester Priestly, commercial traveller, Sal foird, out of custody ; Edward Knowles, grocer and tea dealer, Bolton-le-Moors, adjourned; Robert Buckley, tobacconist, Manchester, adjourned; George Schofield, rope maker, Salford, adjourned. THE ETERNAL CITY.—" The habitual residents of Rome," says a letter in the Post, "are beginning to make theirre-appescance in the Eternal City, after their customary summer's absence—the artistic portion of the community being, as usual, in the van. Mr. Gibson, R.A., has been here for some days, and Mr. B. Spence is already at work in his studio, in consideration of a new subjee, for which, during his stay in England, he received a commission from the Queen. Having been summoned to wait upon her Majesty at Balmoral, where he was received most affably by the Queen and Prince Albert in • their Highland home, Mr. Spence was requested by her Majesty to undertake a marble figure as a companion to that of Highland Mary—one of Mr. Spence's most charming works, already in the Royal palace, The Queen requested that the statue might re present a Scottish subject, as it was destined to occupy a place in her Scotch residence, and to form the pen dant to Burns's exquisite conception of Highland loveli ness." LECTURE ILLUSTRATIVE OF SCOTISH HISTORY.— On Saturday evening Mr. Alexander Milne, the cele brated Scottish vocalist gave a lecture at the Concert Hall, 'illustra ire of Scottish song and music. The lecture was highly interesting in itself, was rendered. doubly—or rather inestimably valuable by the flue, racy, and characteristic style in which he saw -, ' the Songs and ballads illustrative of his theme. Among the favourite songs by which he enforced the claims of Scottish minstrelsy to general favour, we may mention his very successful rendering of Burns' beautiful song, " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw," which was deservedly applauded and encored. Nor dare we forget his spirited singing of the quaint Jacobite ditty, the " Wee, wee German lairdip," which was given with all his accustomed feeling and expression. , The satirical powers of the vocalist were well evinced in that ballad, and -also in the expressive, though somewhat coarse, narrative song, " Hame cam our gudeman at e'en." In the fine ballads of "Bonnie Prince Charlie," and " Come nuder my plaidic," Mr. Milne was, as usual, great. The piano-forte accompaniment of M Joseph Skcaf was highly creditable to that gentleman, showing, as it did, a flue appreci4ou of the duties and require ments of his office, DAILY TIMES. LORD HATHERTON ON THE NATIONAL DEFENCES. In his capacity cif - Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Lord HathertOn attended an inaugural dinner of the Handsworth Volunteer Riflemen fast week. During his speech, in reply to the toast of his health, Lord Hatherton said—Gentlemen, this is not arr imj .proper occasion to observe that there has been undoubtedly for a long /course of years, and espc cially for the last two years, a deep-seated feeling of uneasiness and distrust, . because of the defenceless situation of this country. This feeling pervades not merely Men of the class" I am addressing ; it exists equally in the highest and the very lowest classes of society, proving how sound in substance that society is. I believe it is a feeling that supersedes every political feeling Whatever ; and I believe it will be found, in next session of parliament, that the main question will be, not " What do you think of this or that fran chise ?" but " What are your opinions about the defences .of the country ?" That will be the question of the next few years. lam sure I need riot say anything in detail as to the actual condition of our army and navy; but I may cursorily observe with respect to the army that such is its condition is organisation and substance, and such is its insufficiency of men, that if a sudden quarrel were to take place with our neighbours across the channel to-morrow, we should not have a single man in the field if our garrisons were supplied in the way they should be.. We should require 15,000 men for Ply - mouth, 10,000 for Portsmouth, and 10,000 for the Isle of Wight ; besides these we should have to man our lines at Chatham, and put smaller military forces into other garrisons, so that when all this was done we should not have a single man to place on the field. It is absolutely necessary that the truth should be spoken. Across the Channel a Government exists of which I say nothing, but of which we all know that secrecy is One of its elements, and that its power is immense. It can, man a force, eithe r on l a nd or sea, at the shortest pocqihlo notice. We can rlo nothing of the sort. We can do nothing except by the operation of a Par, ' liamentary vote; the vms once passed cannot be ex ceeded ; and six or nine months may elapse before additions can be made. It is absolutely necessary, there fore, that the people shouldunderst and their position, and forego all minor or party considerations for .the purpose of giving their representative authority to. do whatever may be necessary in their estimation for the defence of the country. (Cheers.) We all feel, however, soldiers though we are, that our first hopes must rest on the effi ciency of our navy. (Hear.) That has ever been the arm of this country, for on no other can we rely for its safety. What is its condition ? I believe we have at this moment a better navy than we have had for years, but it had fallen into a most discreditably low condition. lam old enough to have served upon a committee in the House of Commons in 1817 and 1818,. the object of which was to ventilate the different departments of Government, and see what could be done in the reduction of expendi ture. I remember that when we came to the navy estimates Lord Castlereagh presented himself, and said he came at the request of Lord Liverpool to inform us what the views of the Cabinet were with respect to the strength of the navy at that period. He laid it down that at no period could this country ever he safe 'unless it were able to put to sea at the shortest notice a fleet at least equal to that of any other two Powers. For a very short time a fleet of that descrip tion was maintained ; but we know how it has dwindled away until at length the country has been excited by alarms, and we are now spending millions in restoring it to its proper position as a steam navy. Now, the navies of the two countries may be equal, but there is one point, I regret to state, in which we are inferior. I believe that France could now put into the Channel 'a larger fleet, in a shorter period of time, than it is in the power of England to do. Considering the vast resources of this country, the 'immense foreign possessions it has to defend, our vast wealth at home, and our, great population, I say that if any disaster were to be permitted to befall this country. by means of its navy, it would be the greatest disgrace that eve r f e ll on any country in the .history of the world. (Hear.) I believe there is no effort that England is not prepared to make--7-there is no pecuniary sacrifice we . would not submit to—for the purpose of avoiding such a disgrace. (Cheers.) Con s id er w h a t would happen if we had an equally balanced action in the. Channel. We might be invaded at every point, and a large army might take the field, while we have such inadequate resources to meet it. (Hear.) Or even if our navy sustained disaster and defeat, it Would not be necessary for France to invade England. We should be already conquered. She could blockade our ports; she could prevent the entrance of food or raw material. If she were mistress of the Channel for a few months, she would be mistress of half the world. Therefore it is that the influence of the represented should be hrought so bear upon the representative, in order that the House of Commons may see it is your desire that the honour of the country should be protected. (Cheers.) Do not let it be supposed that I at all undervalue the volunteer movement. I understand, on the authority of the very best officers—those who have had the la:gest experience —that, carried . on as it is now, it cannot fail to render the most important services to' Government in the ease of sudden danger arising. The volunteer artil lery will enable Government to diSpense with a vast number of troops in our garrisons that must otherwise have been detained ; and I believe that, even with the restricted discipline which can only be maintained by solitary companies, yet that, connected with regular troops, they might be made available in a short time for most important services. This is the opinion of Sir John Burgoyne,—a person of the highest authority. But I hope that a good deal more than this may be done. We must have a considerable increase of the army, or the militia must be made more effective. There is no sufficient reason why the old con stitutional resource of the ballot,. with a modifica tion suiting it to the altered circumstances of the country, may not still be resorted to. Nine-tenths of the surface of these islands are of rural cha racter, and in those parishes there is no more reason now than there was fifty years ago why the ballot should not be had recourse to. I would suggest that an act of parliament should direct the Lord-Lieutenant and the deputy-lieutenants to assemble yearly for the purpose of determining in which parishes the ballot should take effect, and which parishes should be exempted. I would have the latter parishes assessed to their quota of men, and if they declined to raise them by. such means as they find available, I would have them assessed to such amount in money as a body of commissioners might declare. I have mentioned this before, and have never heard an objection to it. lam confident that in the manufac turing districts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Stafford shire' the adoption of some plan of this kind would work well. (Hear.) As to the permanent expense which must be incurred by the country for the purpose of putting the army and navy one good footing, I hope the country will be induced to look at the subject in the light which Lord Lyndhurst, sheddinc , on it the last rays of his lengthened wisdom, regarded it last session —as an insurance for the purpose of protecting us from a possible necessity, instead of having .to, - add, by a pro longed struggle, £200,000,000 or £300,000,000 to the national debt: (Cheers.) E.uRLY, WlNTER.—Thursday night and Friday . we have had unmistakable signs of an early winter in heavy fall of snow.,—Armagle Guardian. TI:IE CHANCELLORSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLAS GOW.—From the resolutions passed at a meeting of his supporters, held on Wednesday, it appears that the no mination of Lord Brougham to this high office is to be vigorously supported.—N or th B r iti s h D a il y M a il. SIR JOHN MAeNEILL.--The Edinburgh Courant states that at the meeting of the general council of the Edinburgh University on the '2Bth, the Right Hon. Sir John Mac Neill, G.C.8., will be proposed for election as the assessor to represent the general council in the University Court. THE LATE WRECK OF THE DUKE OF RICHMOND STEAMER.—The Board of Trade has instructed the lector of Customs here to institute an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the late wreck of the Duke of Richmond steamer.--Aberdeen Journal. THE GOLD DISCOVERIES IN TASMANIA.—The City Article says —The last accounts received from Tas mania state that, although gold had been discovered, there was still, however, no certainty that it existed in quantities sufficient to yield an average remuneration for labour, such as may be obtained at any of the ordinary mining districts of Victoria or Nevi South Wales. MRS. MALAPROP IN SMALLCLOTHES.—" Aw ken, nothing what my fine words mean," said a frank South Northumbrian labourer ;•" aw niver use them but when a' fa' in wi' t h e grand folk ; they understand them." One of the "grand" looked into his cot one day, and inquired h ow h e d i d. He replied, " Si r, aw tiv h a d a serero and aNi'4 very precarious by the fire." 1 head Obsereer. WAKEFIELD ELECTION COMMISSION. • WAI(EFIELD, Friday. The inquiry was resumed at eleven o'clock this mormng. William 'Fawcett Dodgson,. sheriff's officer, deposal that after the election he went with a stranger to pay some bills. . The .stranger went to witness's house and -said he .understOod witness knew the public-houses in the borOugh. Witness said he did, whereupon the stranger- Showed -him a list of about twenty houses. Witness- ultimately pointed out the various public houses to him, and received D. 15s. for his services. The stranger appeared to be a Scotchman, and paid about £5O or £6O at different public house's. Mr. Richard Dunn, corn' merchant, stated that at the election of 1852 Mr. Snow, a .clerk in his establish ment, expended a sum of between £1,500 and £1,600 on behalf of Mr. Saunders, the ,Conservative candidate, which sum was afterwards repaid to the firm. He be lieVed that the greater portion of the money' Was ex pended on laW era. Johnßirnill . voted for Mr. Leatbarn,• and after the election. his wife received £3O frOm Aillo3 Sexton.- He : believed that Archie Crowther offered his .wife £BO to cote for Charlesworth. • Thomas Stephenson, a non elector, said he was requested by Mr. Shaw, the spirit merchant, tO canvass Tower, the hairdresser. He did so, when Tower quoted the advice of the quaker to his son- - --qiamely, .‘ Get money honestly if thou canst; but, at all events, get it." Tower further asked him whether, if he went fishing in two .ponds, and saw a large fish in one and s, very little one in the other, •he would not preer angling for the former: (Laughter.) Witness • understood from these remarks that Tower wanted money, 'and'returning to Shaw, told him so. Shaw told him to ascertain what the man wanted, and he therefore called upon him again, and without making an offer wrote down on a piece of paper first £lO, then £2O, then £3O, and finally £4O. Tower, however, wanted £6O, and witness made a report to that effect to Shaw. Oliarloo Simpson stated that ho spent the evening before the election with several other voters 'on the Leatham side at the house. of Mr. Thortus'on; miller. Mr. W. Burrell came to him in a gig at Mr. Thompson's mill, with a stranger, and asked him to vote for Mr. Charlesworth, lint he declined. Mr. W.' 13. Burrell, solicitor, 'was then called, and closely qUestioned by Serjeaut Pigott as to who the stranger was who accompanied him in the gig. He said he did not remember ; and said it might be Mr Charles Martin, e mister of Newton. Mr. Martin happened to be in court, and denied hav ing accompanied-Burrell in his visit to Simpson. . Mr. Serjeant Pigott severely rebuked Mr. Barrell for the manner in which he gave his evidence, reminding him that his nrofessional reputation was at stake. Mr. Burrell said that if the person who accompanied him to Simpson's was not Martin, it must have been Mr. William Gill, a clerk in the office of Mr. Pincksley, solicitor. • Sitnpson was recalled, and said that some time after the election, he asked Mr. Burrell who the person was Who accompanied, him in the gig, and was told that it Was a stranger, and that it was not always convenient for people to tell all that they knew. Many witnesses were e: , :arnined in reference to bribes offered to the:li both by the Liberals and the Conserva tives, and the court adjourned. . QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY.—The channel fleet, under the command of AdMiral Elliott, sailed at 11.30 a.m. • Sir John D. Paul and Mr:•Stralian haVe been released from prison, 'after having undergone four years' penal servitude. • ' HEALTH OF ADMIRAL TIOPE.—WC arc much gratified in being able to announce that, from letters received at Carridi:n on Tuesday, from the gallant admiral, his wound .was nearly healed up, and that his health was excellent. =Falkirk Herald. . _ ..... A militaryjournal states that the first battalion of the military train is undevorders for China, overland. The 2nd Queen's Royals, now at the Cape, is also to proceed there. The second battalion: 10th Foot is to proceed to the Cape to relieve the 2nd Foot. The Lord Chancellor will give a dliieiiner at Strath eden House, Knightsbridge, on Wednesday, November 2, being the first dav of ,lichaelmat Term, when 'the ;noble and learned lord will receive the judges and • Queen's counsel. Previous to the reception of the judges, the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect (Alder man Carter), the Recorder, and other civic functionaries will wait on the Lord Chancellor, when his lordship will signify her Majesty's approval of the choice of the citizens of London. . AN ANSWEEL TO MOTJBLESOINfE CORRESPOIVDENTS.- 7 Our correspondents must hold us excused from privately answering all their favours, however highly esteemed. We reply to the utmost of • our ability, but even if we req&red no rest, or leisure for sleep or meals, the twenty four hours would afford insufficient time to get through the entire of our daily business. We must, therefore; beg our friends not to attribute to neglect, but simply to over-occupation our silent receipt of their.,eommunica dons. As to giving our reasons for not inserting poetical and other contributions. such an expectation could only be founded upon enviable innocence of the V'aried and incessant labour which the editor of the newspaper who minds his business is obliged. to undergo.--Tifipe:•ary Brizn'ner. A ROMAN MTJRDER.—A letter of the 15th ' in the Courier de Marseilles, says :—" The town of Velletri has been thrown into consternation by the following horrible event Spontoni, belonging to one of the first families in the place, was assassinated at the mo ment when he was leaving the Filippi Palace. lie was about to be united in marriage to Mlle. de Filippi, daughter of the Count de Filippi, ex-equerry to the Sovereign Pontiff. He had on the very evening gone through the ceremony of betrothal, and was returning home, when he was suddenly assailed by two persons wearing masks, one of whom pinioned his arms, whi'.e the other stabbed him twice with a dagger. He was not killed on the spot, but after having been conveyed to his home, lived lOng enough to make his will, leaving part of his property to his intended bride. In 1853, M. Spontoni had been imprisoned for some political affair, and he is thought to be the victim of the Italian societies, who condemn to death all who abandox them. If credit can be attached to an avowal made by M. Spontoni before his death, his murderers do not belong to Velletri, but he would not name them. SIR JOHN COLERIDGE ON BLIND INSTITUTIONS.— On Thursday, the Right Hon. Sir J. Coleridge presided at the annual meeting of the West of England Blind Institution, at the Royal Public Rooms, Exeter. The institution has been instrumental in effecting much good in the west, and satisfactory proofs of the skill and ingenuity of the pupils in the manufacture of baskets, mats, &c., and of their ability to read and to sing were given at the meeting. In the course of an interesting address, Sir J. Coleridge said,—" Conceive to your selves, for a moment, what is the ordinary entertainment and conversation that passes around any one of your family tables ; how many things we talk of as matters of course, as to the understanding and as to the bare con ception of which sight is absolutely necessary. Consider again, what an affliction the loss of sight mutt be, and that when we talk of the olden sun, the bright stars, bush the beautiful flowers, the of spring, the glow of summer, and the ripen'ug fruit of autumn, we are talk ing of things of which we do not convey to the minds of these poor creatures who arc born blind anything like an adequate conception. (Cheers.) There was once a great man, as we all know, in this country, a poet — and nearly the greatest poet that England has ever had to boast of—who was blind ; and there is a passage in his works which is so true and touching that it exactly describes that which I have endeavoured, in feeble language, to paint. Milton says:— " Thus with the year " Seasons return ; bat not to me returns " 'Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n, or morn, " Or sight of vernal bloom, or Summer's rose, " Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; " But cloud instead, and ever during dark " ' Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men • " Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair " Presented with a universal blank • " Of Nature's works, to me expunged - mid rased, " And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. " So much the rather then, celestial light, "'Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes ; all Mist from thence Purge and disperse ; that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.' Tr light ig poet, to ec t, wahtolila it. Andthis uponxinpint:nthis brings soughtwork, m e to that for celestiale part of the labours of oar institution upon which I dwell the most,. and which, after all, is the greatest compensation we can aftord to the inmates for the Odic tion they. suffer. ; and that is, the means we provi lc for them - to read tha blessed Word of God, which they can read by day as well as by night , . for light in their case is not an e sse ntial." (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman concluded by a fervent r.peal to the boncironntpub4c to support this and kindred institutions, whirl, were quietly, but effectually, Ling a vast amount of goxl in the land. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE: - The Lord Bishop 'of Manchester has instituted the ' Rev. ll'Vson Pedder, M.A., to the" vicarame and parish church of Garstang Church Town, vacant ° , by the death of the late Rev: `John Pedder, M.A. on the presentation . ' of Rich a rd Pedd er an d 'Thomas Pedder, patroni thereof. The , lishop of Londo n , as dean of the Chapel Royal, has appointeg the Rev. Francis Garden, 11.A.,of . Triiiity College, Cambridge, curate of St. Stephen's Church, Rochester-row, West Minster, to the dignity of sub-dean of the` Chapel Royal, which gives its possessor a resi dence in St. James's Palace ' and the almost certain right future Crown preferent. COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. The queen held a Council on Saturday at Windsor Castle, iLord Palmerston and the Duke of Somerset, who wcte, staying on a visit, attended. About half-paSt two Oeliack a special train arrived at the WiLidser station of the great Western Railway, bringing the following ministers and officers of the household :—Tb e Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir Geo. Lewis, Mr. Glad stone, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir G. Grey, Lord Sydney, m r , Villiers, who immediately proceeded to the castle, to be present 'at the Council. Lord John RuSsell travelled froth Richmond to Windsor by the South Western Railway, and also attended the meeting. The Council was held at three o'clock. A prorogAion of Parliament was ordered from the - 27th of the present.month to the middle Of September. Mr. Bathurst, Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting, attended. After the Privy Council, Lord Palmerston departed for . his seat Broadlands. The Dake of Somerset proceeded to London. The :Lord Chancellor proceeded to his country seat. The Duke of Newcastle, Lord Sydney, Mr. Gladstone, Sir G. C. Lewis. Mr. Villiers, Sir George Grey, and Mr. Sydney Herbert ,went from the castle to the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway,. where special train was in readiness, which conveyed. them t Paddington. Her :Majesty and his Royal highness the Prince Consort walked on Saturday within the grounds of the castle. The ;band of the Grenadier, Guards attended, and played I.it the castle during dinner on Saturday: evening. .f Ireprivate band afterwards attended. ; • tncy' (* rr arteutcstacc. • NORIIIALLERTON RACES.-SA.TURDAY, NOTHALLELTON HANDICAP, Canty flay Secret TrCasil rc Shaltue • Fourteen ran. T‘t'O YEA - A OLD SELLING STAKE, Anne Sims R•:. s AINDERny ?LATE. To - 1110 = ; ,rnet Laird o' Dale . Thirteen ran. GRAND STAND PLATE. Even ..; Donna Seven ran. LATEST . BETTING. cAmBRIDGESIIIRE STAKES. ' 7 to 1 against Honey, taken. 8 to 1 against Artless, taken. 11 to 1 against North Lincoln, taken. 11 to 1 against Mazaini, taken. i _ . . . 13 to 1 - against Petra, taken. ' c • 15 to 1 against Mutineer, taken. 15 to 1 against Ariadne, taken. .. . 20 to 1 against Sam Spode, taken. ,- - 20 to 1 against Lady Alice. 25 to 1 against Broadlands. 25 to 1 against Ore.us. - 31 to 1 against Geologic.. ' 30 to 1 against Volta. 1 40 to 1 against Montebello. 40 to 1 against Glenbuck. 40 to 1 against N. Phillips. 65 to 1 againSt Lifeboat. North Lincoln and Sam Spode arc in most deniand • the former has been • backed to-day (Saturday) fir a gr4at dual of . goad Motley, Mid was very steady at the tinish. ~. CRI'2EII,IOI , I STAKES. . Even on Thunderbolt. • . sto 2 against Thormanby. . , , • • . & to 1 against 07i,ford. . ! • , .3 to 1 against Contadina:. I h4vc a great fielichaitt for Thunderbolt in this rane, as I . . helie•, - c that he • was - only halt prepared at Goodwood; and at present I cannot see anything to beat North Lincoln for the Cambridgeshire. • FistthwmAN. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. The following are this i)robable starters age 'st.lb ... 5...9 2 Mazzini 4.,.9 0 Gracchr M. Phillips:. Li fcb,ln t gc st lb 9 Afeb4a t - ,thus 13eadsina.n , Primisee, Land 3...8 7 Toni King North. Lincoln - 3...8 7 Petra • Sulbe - am 4...8 4 Miss Catii. DittO : ' 4...8 3 'Broadlands Prioress • - 6...8 3 I Tieket- , :f-Leave Zonare 4...8 0 I lleires3 7.4lontel)ello - 6...7 11 i Ambush King uf the Forest ... 5...7 9 1 Lovett Twilillt Vol :a , • 4...7 0 I Maud: - - - - - - - 6 8 4-...6 8 3...6 7 3...6 . 7 6...0 7 ... 4...6 6 ... 3 ..6 5 ... 3...6 5 3...6 5 ... 3... G 5 ... 4 ... 42..6 0 inde*ndcnce Sam Spode Gl•mbwa 3...7 0 • 4...6 13 3...6 13 Mutinocr... Geol:Jgle Woodburn 3...6 0 3...6 6 3...5 12 Ga Ariadne Penalty . Marine 3... G 121 3...6 121 3.6121 3...6 11 3... G 10 limbow Aastr4lian Mail rfo7ley Oreu3 Speculation has not at" preserit taken that wide range which was.noticeable in respect to the Cesarewitch, and the race being more of a scramble we cannot analyse the chances of the above s 9 well as in a lon ,, ' er.struggle, as accident may upset the finest calculation ; but the winner will probably be found among the following, viz., Ambush, Mazzini, Honey, Artless, Maud, Ariadne, Petra, or North Lincoln. INDEX TO THE CLOSING OF STAKES. Liverpool Worcester .odt. 25 , 25 Doncaster S2ring, Stamford ,Nov. 1 1 Hereford (at noon) 3l Stockbridge Mightom Club Nov. 1 Northampton .... Goodwood Hereford 1 Epsom Spring Newmarket 1 Epsom Summer. Doncaster 1 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. October 13, at 9.55 p.m , Tom Thumb, out of Kelso handi caps. October 11, at 10.30 a.m., Griselda, out of Suffolk Handi cap, Ipswich ; at 10'30 a.m., Rosalind, out of Nursery Handi cap, Ipswich. October 13, at 4'40 p.m., Fisherman, out of the Cambridge— shire. October 17, at 9 a.m., Aliptes, out of both engagements on ThuriAlay in the Houghton _Meeting; at 4.33 p.m., Brown- Stown, out of the Criterion Stakes. October 18, at 12 . 10 p.m., Argosy, out of the Cambridgeshire. October 19, at 9 a.m., Richmond, out of the Criterion Stake , ; at 9 a.m., Captain Wedderburn, out of his engagements at Kelso and Northallerton. PROGRAMME OF LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. These races will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 9th. 10th, and 11th. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Dm - The AINTREE PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sovs. for all ages. One mile. 27 subs. The CROXTETII WELTER CUP (in specie) of 10 soya., added to n Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Mile and a half. 10 subs. The KNOWSLEY NURSERY HANDICAP STAKES of 5 soya. each, 2 ft., with 70 says. added, for two years old. Second to receive 20 soya. out of the stakes, and winner to pay 10 sovs. towards expenses. Five furlongs. 44 subs. A HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of 50 'soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft. Two miles; over 6i... - 1 flights of hurdles. 14 subs. T H S I D A A N Y u , ANNTricEjoBfESR soya IOT each,The JUVENILE STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 2 5 sovs added, for t w o year olds. Th e ALL-AGED SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 20 scvs B 3 ft., with The SCURRY CO R IN THIAN added. Five subscribers or no race. T.Y.C. 23 soya added. One mile. 14 subs. The LIVERPOOL AUTUMN STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP Of 100 THURSDAY, sovs. added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft. About three miles. 28 sul3s. The SEFTON HANDICAP of 5 KM each, 3 ft., with 60 SOVS. added. Mile and a quarter. 28 subs. The TYRO SaMcas of 5 says. each, with 30 soya added, fcr two year olds. Six subscribers or no race. T.Y.C. The SCRAMBLE HANDICAP of 3 sovs. each, 1 ft., to gy to the fund, and 20 sovs. added, for all ages. Five furlongs. The TIELTER-SKELTEIt STAKES of 3 soya. e5....1, with 30 soya,. added. Six subscribers or no race. One mile. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11rn. the 1 ' The GREAT AUTUMN Cur, value 200 sovs., given by lessee • Sweepstakes of 23 sovs. each, 10 ft., added to a Handicap • the forfeits to go to and 3 only if declared by October 26th; _ outofthe Stakes,- the race fund. Second to receive 50 sovs. -. to the Judge, Starter, &e. If and the winner to pay 30 sovs . a less number than six start, - the Cup will be withheld. A the smblieationof the Weights, winner of any Handicap alter te value of 100 October lSth, at 1 p.m, of . and the winner of the Cala 'fig h . or 200, Sibs. extra; slbs. extra; bat horse'l --es ire Stakes, 121b5.; second ._ no to carry more than 121bs. extra. One mile and three-quarters. 91 subs. [A list of the names and weights of the horses entered was g' - ‘ en in our paper of Thursday last.] A l SELLING HURDLE RACE of 3 SOVS . eac h, with 30 sovs. added. Two miles; over sU flights of hurdles. A HANDICAP PL ATE of 40 soya. for all ayes. Ten sutscribers or no race. One mile. 2 sovs. entrance. A SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, wica 20 WS. added. Five subscribers or no race. Five furlongs. The Hooros licastny (ITandicap)of6Osays. Ten subscribers or no race. Five furlongs. Entrance 2 Boys. to ,go to the fund. The GRAND STAND NURSERY of 30 sovs. added to a riandiesp Sweepsla.k.e c,l sous. Caelli 1 ft. to PO to the fund, fur ts:o ye;lrs old, Ten subscribers or no race. One mile.