Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

goninurcili b a i ts ._ebui ,r At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 7, Exchange-chambers, too pieces Bagging.—Faexcis J. EATON. At eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom,a quantity of Oranges, Chesnuts, Lemons, and Nuts; and at twelve o'clock, a quantity of Figs.—Gso. BADENACH & SON. At twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, a quantity of Oranges, Lemons, Chesnuts, Nutt, and Cranberries. — JAMES Apex, Sore, & Co. At twelve o'clock, 73 bags Ground Nut Kernels, and 101 bags Myra bolams.—FlNLAY, LAWRENCB, & LANCE. At one o'clock, at the broker.' office, Victoria-buildings, HaLkin's-hey, 50 hhds and 20 brls Sugar.—Conala & Co. At twelve o'clocr, at the brokers' office, I, Oldhall-street, 332 bags Sumac.—JOHN BARON & Sore. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 9, Tower-buildings, 5 brls ands baskets Brimstone.—JOHN H. Thomas. At one o'clock, at the brokers' office, Clarendon-buildings, 50 bales Cotten.—lturNoLos & GIBSON. ♦t half-past ten o'clock, at the brokers' office, 9, Temple-court, a quantity of Oranges, Gapes, C,,asauts, and Nuts.—HOUGHTON LEY r. AMIJSEiNIENTS, PUBLIC MEEriNd3, &c. THIS DAY. 'itOTAL ASIPERTHEATIM — Dramati?.. Parforrnancc-7 p.m. 411mEN's MALL, BOLD-MiST—Bosco—S p.m. 11.311 - GLEt'S ClItgUE VitiumTE, Dale-street.-7 p.m. lerrEßP:roL ACADEMY'S EXHIBITION, Post-oitce-plP.ce. Ecah.L CoLossEcru—General Entertainment-6. 30 p.m. ter For advertisements see sleond psge. NOTICE TO ADV.E'RTISERS. sf.'ersons seeking Employment, patties requirCng Servants, -.Assistants &Clerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Lee, can best bring tkeir wants under the notice of the public, by a dvertising in the NOUTIIEEN TIMES, and which, from its. large circulation, is the rnost efficient medium, of publicity in this district. the cash price for this special clash of adrertisements is now reduced to TIIEEEPENCJE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional .five words one penny. R. MALONE, RAYMOND AND MISS KATE SAXON Will give their popular and attra .ttiva ENTERTAINNIENTS, This Day (Monday), and Tu-morr, v (Tu .esday), the 14th arid 15th instant, at CHESTER ; Wednesday and Th irsday, tath acd 17th, at W: GAN ; Friday, lith, again at ST. HELEN CS, 15 consequencs of the immense Overfl,w on their first visit. Applications for Enp;agements of: these accomplished Artistes to be "4made to Mr. T. C. Foster, Sec eta ty, 27, Seymour-street, Liverpoo. iriv6 4 y 4 , 0" (0 1r 4 1,_ 1 _ kiqt,• MONDA Y, I ,EOEMBER 14, 1857. THE DAYS NEWS. Both - Houses of P arliarnent adjourned on . Satu rday to theAtit of Fc:bruary next. In the House of Lords, the Commons having been summoned, the Royal assent was given by commis -sion to the Bonk Issue Indemnity Bill. LorciEtninure referred to a letter from Sir Colin Campbell to the Duke of Cambridge, which showed that there had been no dfference of opinion between that officer and Lord Caunin g. In the House of Commons, Mr. Spooner ma(ie some explanations in reference to some remarks made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the discussion on the Bank In demnity-Till. His (Mr. Spooner's) view of the question was that there should be two sorts of currency, one for domestic circulation, and the other for foreign exchange. Lord Palmerston stated that the Ministry hoped, in the course of the present session, to introduce a bill on the sub ject of church rates, and it was also the intention of the Government to appoint a committee on the subject of corrupt practices at elections. Mr. liewdegate drew the attention of the Reuse to the distress prevailing amongst the working classes., and he wished to intimate to the Govern ment that, during the recess, Parliament would look to them for measures of relief. Earl Grey said that, on the 4th of February, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of the Corporation of the City of London. Lord Palmerston will state his views on the propriety or impropriety of further legislation on India as soon ' as the House re-assembles. Mr. Milner Gibson was, on Saturday, elected member for Ashton-under-Lyne, by a large majority over his opponent, Mr. Mason. The votes stood as follows :—Gibson, 522; Mason, 390-- majority, 02. The Liverpool Financial Reform Association have issued a very important address to the con- stituencies of the United Kingdom, in which occasion is taken to urge upon the people the paramount necessity of reform in taxation, coin .mercial inaLerc, India, &c. The Queen's last speech is condemned. " For dealth of meaning and dom . siness of exprocaion, it may bear away the palm from most of its predecessors " The present Bark: Act is condemned, and the association say—" The necessity of a searching and thoroughly impartial Investigation of .a subject so important, on which there is such cr,.. conflict of opinion, must be obvious 7 - to all, It is also clear that this investigation ought. to be coadueteil by an adequate tribuna, composed . of men capable of weighing all the information , already on record, and taking additional evidence— . men from whom nil suspicion of interested bias, and above sinister ininence of any kind, who would examine cieliberatel3o and decide conscientiously . according to the facts. From, a committee so con- • -stittited as to ivarrant , the belief that its object was ;the ,cotablishnaent of a foregone conclusion—a „ committee sitting in secret, and brow-beating witnesses whose evidence may be unacceptable to the majority—no satisfactory results can be ; anticipated." The Eastandia Company's Charter as also condemned, and •the necessity of it being .abolished, in addition to that of the Hudson's .13 ay Company, is lucidly pointed out. The address well'worthy a careful perusal. Thomas Wells, who was charged at the York lasisizes with attempting to murder Mary Ann Doh iso.p., at Scarborough, has been found guilty of the yiner offence, to do some grievous bodily harm, acl•sentenced to be imneisonectfor 12 months. o vst. is stated, and said to be on good authority, that' the .Great Northern Railway Company have et4e.r.P,d into working arrangements with the Midi. Ind Company.—The igidland to give the Great Northern a minimmTa .9f 20;00/. a year for the use'• of the Great 2,,Tortherta line from Hitchen to Loud on or the pascage of the Midland traffio over it, lint that minimum of 20,0001.. a year is not to comramice until the Ist o Januau, 1859, in order, we ilrecunao., to allow sufficsent time to bring all the ma,•:hinery for transmission of the traffic into full play. When all things Live completed, it is estimated that the Midland traffic:. thrown upon the Great Noohern over the Ifitchen part of their line, will not be less than from 80,000/. to 00,000/ a year, one•third of which the Midland will be allowed for haulage of the traffic, the other two thirds going to the Great Northern, A rather serious collision occurred in th e Stour Valley Tunnel, on Thursday afternoon. A train for Liverpool, while in the tunnel, was. over Laken by an engine and Water, and the c onse 4a:once was, that a collision oceurre-I, and sixteen or eighteen persons were more or less severaly injured. A . gentleman from Liverpool was bedly bruised on the head. The fault of the acciden apparently lies with .the signal man, as he gave authority to the driver of the engine and tender, to enter the tunnel before the Liverpool train had emerged therefrom. There are some curious phases of high-life revealed now and again in our bankruptcy and i nso l v ency courts. We have now to notice the case of Lord .George Townsend, who applied for protection at the Insolvency Debtors' Court, London, on Friday. Lord George was opposed by ,a number of creditors, including tailors, boot anakers, &c., &c, who averred that 112 fraudulently incurred the debts without having any reasonable expectation of payment. The chief commissioner said it was quite clear that he had lived beyond his income, and he adjourned the case sine At the York County Court, a gentleman, named Breary, a solicitor, has obtained a verdict of is damages apinst the North Ea§tgrn AEbilwAy THE NORTHERN TIMES,----LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1857 Company, for having suffered, annoyance in one of the second-class carriages of the company while on his way to Scarbo - rough, by the company allowing a number of la l 4ourers, who had only third class tickets, to eve , •crowd the carriage in which Breary was in, and otherwise cause annoyance. The coroner's jury, at Bradford, have found a verdiet of wilful murder against Margaret Dinsay, aged 24, for prAsoning her child with essential oil of almonds. We regret to nay that another Bankhas suspended payment —that known as " Farley's Worcester Bank." The Bank was established upwards of 60 years ago, and was authorised to issue notes to the amount of £15,600, but the actual issue fell far shcirt of this figure. The liabilities of the Bank are estimated at £120,000, and the assets at £50,000, leaving a difference of k!70,000. The foreigner who was apprehended in a railway carriage between Manchester and Liverpool, on a charge of stealing a pocket-book containing upwards of £3,000 in notes -and other securities, has undergone an examination at the Manchester City Police Court. The narrative of the robbery and clever capture, will be found detailed at length in another column. It will be seen that all the money stolen, £3,111 ISs , has been recovered. The thief is a Wallachian by birth, and 'gives his name as Charles Browness. The crisis at Hamburgh continues, but we are informed that the general feeling is decidedly more favourable. The crisis cannot be pronounced over till the end of January next, when the acceptances will have run off, and it will be ascertained which are goad and which are rotten. In the meantime, the wrecks caused by the storms of the last fortnight are beginning to become painfully apparent in the domestic arrangements of private families. Every where retrenchment is the order of the day, equipages and horses are sold off, tutors and governesses have notice to leave, servants are discharged, the theatres are deserted, and no one has the covrage to give the bads and dinner parties usual at this season. The Austrian Government: has advanced a loan of 10,000,000 of florins to the city of Hamburgh at 6 per cent. The amount is to be paid into the Hamburgh Treasury in silver. The loan is for twelve month,. An extraordinary degree has been promulgated in Paris, granting the credit of one million francs towards alleviating the sufferings of the work people, , and finding them in the communes means of employment and food. In Norway and Sweden the crisis is beginning to be felt, and numerous important failures are annormced from Poland. Accounts from Lisbon announce that the fever is gradually decreasing, and there is every probability that, at the end of a few weeks, it will be extinct. We have some interesting news from America. The President and Governor Walker had had a long and friendly interview relative to Kansas bfrairs, in which the propriety of sustaining the action of the Constitufional Convention was fully _ _ discussed It is understood that the difference of opinion between them is so radical that open hostility is considered inevitable, involving a split of a National Democracy—Governor Walker heading the conservatives and President Buchanan the radicals. The President holds that as the Convention was authorised by Congress, he is bound to sustain its action, while the Governor contends that this amounts to an assertion of the right of Congress to force any constitution on the territory, instead of leaving it to the people. It is believed that in any event Governor Walker will not reiign, and if the President should remove him, a direct issue on this ground will be made, which will divide the Democracy in the next Congress, in which event the President will be in the minority. THE news from India which we published on Saturday, is of a cheering and encouraging cha racter. In fact, it is much better than the most sanguine could have anticipated. These tele graphs show that important events have been taking place in several parts of Hindostan. Among the great movements which are chro nicled, are the following: A British army has invaded the Kingdom of Oude, and taken the road to Lucknow. Five thousand troops, under the command of Brigadier GRANT, had reached Alumbagh, three miles distant from the be_ leaguered residency, and a similar force under Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, has crossed the Ganges at Cawnpore. These facts show that the last crises of the mutiny had arrived. Various conjectures are put forth as to the possibility of Generals OUTRAM and IhvELocx being able to hold out until Sir COLIN CAMPBELL would be able to march up to their rescue. Considering the ex ploits of HA VELOCK'S gallant band, and the deeds of heroism which the British forces have every where performed in the present struggle, we have no .fear that when Sir COLIN CAMPBELL makes his attack on the mutineers now before Lucknow, the carnage will be fearful, and the victory decided and brilliant on the part of the British. We are also of opinion that the garrison at Lucknow would be able to hold out until the 10th November, when it was expected the final struggle would terminate by the relief of the garrison at Lucknow, and the complete discomfiture of the enemy. It is true that the mutineers are in full force before Luck now, numbering, it is said, from fifty to seventy thousand men at arms, and possessing no less than 300 cannon ; nevertheless, there is nothing to justify any fear as to the result of the engage ment. When Sir COLIN CAMPBELL and his army reach Lucknow, there cannot be less than 10,000 British soldiers on the ground to avenge the bloody and atrocious deeds 4f the mutinous Sepoys ; and, in the course of a week or so, we shall hear of the most complete victory which has ever attended the British arms. We observe that the Naval Brigade has at length gone into action. A portion of this gal lant force, together with some battalions of the 93rd Highlanders, engaged the Dinapore muti neers on the Ist of November, at Kudjuai, in the valley of the Ganges, and obtained a complete victory—not, however, without sustaining a severe loss. Colonel POWER was amongst the killed. There had also been another severe conflict in Central India. Up to the Bth of November, th e united Malwa Contingent, composed of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, had remained faithful, and had been entrusted with the protec tion of their head quarters at Mehidpore, some hundred miles or so to the south-east of Nee much, and nearly four hundred miles from Delhi. These men, overcome by the loe of mutiny, joined the rebels, murdered four of their European officers , captured the guns, and drove out the loyal troops, They enjoyed their triumph but a short time only, for the Mhow field force descending upon this eager and unexpecOd enemy, recaptured the artillery, dispersed the mutineers, killed a hundred, took upwards of seventy prisoners, and again established British rule and authority. The accounts from other part; although not satisfactory, do not warrant anything partaking of despon dency. The engagements may be numerous, and severs, but beyond all question, the advan tage is altogether in favour of the British, and if anything was wanting to confirm us in this opinion, we have only to consider the energy and promptitude which all the commanding officers were using to effect the speedy and effectual tranquillity of India. Sir COLIN C iMPBELL deserves the height of praise for the rapidity of his movements, whilst Sir JOHN LAWRENCE has not been a whit behind the Highland General, or the courageous HAVELOCK and gallant OUTRAM. It is also a subject of sincere gratification to find that such feelings of confidence and cordiality exist between all the generals engaged in repressing the aims and objects of the rebellious Sepoys. Their whole career shows that the honour of their QUEEN and country is the darling object of their existence. Let us hope and trust that the next advices will tell of the relief of Lucknow, and the utter prostration of an enemy as treacherous as they are atrocious and blood-thirsty. When this is done, they who have earned the laurels of the campaign should be justly rewarded for their invaluable services. IT is only a day or two since we animadverted upon the flippant style of my Lord PALMERS TON in applying to Mr. MONCICTON MILNES' question respecting the English Engineers. In that answer there was an amount of self-sufficiency which none but the Premier can attempt to approach. But, independent of that, he also gainsaid ts, and stated that the unfortunate men whom the Neapolitan authorities have maliciously and most unjustly imprisoned for a space of nearly six months. From the infor mation which we possessed we boldly stigmatised his Lordship's assertion. It only required a few days to convincethe world that what we wrote was nothing but a matter of fact, and that instead of the prisoners being comfortable and contented, they had been most ignominiously treated, and were confined in damp, dismal, and:unhealthy dungeons, such as Naples alone can boast of. Now what was Lord PALMERSTON required to do on Monday night. He knew that his statement was by no means correct, and therefore by a species of dodging which a theatrical performer would be disposed to regard as " side play," he goes down to the House on Monday night, " eats his like leek," like Pistol in the play, recants all he has said respecting the treatment the English prisoners had received, and admits that they were confined in Neapolitan prisons which, said his Lordship, " were really a disgrace to a civilized world." But 'Lord PALMERSTON said more, he distinctly said that the treatment to which the prisoners are sub jetted (including our fellow-countrymen of course, the English engi neers) " would be more fitting to a barbarous age than it is to the present time." But the reader must again mark the special pleading of the Premier to get out of his dilemma of Friday night. He stated that the English Engineers " hail not been subjected to anything like torture," except band-cuffed, and straps where no such security was required, and then in the same breath admits that "one of the prison 2rs in a fitof despera tion at the treatment they were suffering, and the prospect before them, did attempt to take his own life." Furthermore it turns out that the Neapolitan authorities had made an attempt to falsify the evidence so as to give a semblance of justice to the misery and indignities h eaped upon these poor unfortunate men. Having these ad missions from the head of Her Majesty's Govern ment we ask in the name of everything that is sacred, first and dear to the breast of English men, should such a state of things be tolerated an hour longer. We ask with CONYNGIIAM, is it to be permitted that the lives and liberties of Englishmen shall be trifled with in this manner ? Let the men of England, and of Scotland, aye, and Ireland too, answer the interrogatory. There is no doubt but each one and all would reply. Their response would be given with that bold determined and spirit-stirring shout which made the ramparts of Delhi ring, and compelled her mutinous Coharts scamper off as the gr . eatest of cowards, and the most disgust ing and worthless scum of humanity. Now there is in the Premier's explanation of Monday night, enough to satisfy the country at large that twoj unoffending—for we well know that they were guiltless of any attempt to disturb the power or prerogatives of the King of Naples, —fellow-countrymen have been unjustly incar cerated, subjecteil to the indignities and tortures of a Neapolitan dungeon, that their sham trial has been purposely delayed, so that the police and magisterial authorities of the King of Naples, may, practice their barbarious and uncivilized deeds of prison discipline upon their victims. Talk of Delhi and Cawnpore atrocities, but they seemed atrocious and blood-thirsty, though they may be mixed with a species of mercy when compared to the case of the English En gineers imprisoned at Naples,—only think of men imprisoned for such a lengthened period, subjected to all kinds of indignities, privations, and tortures, labouring under the consciousness of innocence, denied the counsel of an interview with eitlier the English Consul, the advocates, or their relations, and when goaded on for months and months, one of them as Lord PAL MERSTON feelingly remarks in a fit of desperation, attempted to put an end to his life, and thereby terminate all his earthly sufferings. But what is the ultimate statement of the noble Lord, respecting this most unpleasant affair. He tells us, in a very cool manner indeed, that they must take their trial upon a " definite charge." He talks of that trial being " fair," " open," and " speedy." But who, that knows anything of Naples, could expect such. Nay, more, from the Premier's statement, such could not be anticipated, seeing that the Procuratore General has already attempted to falsify the evidence. Once again, do we say, the Goverment of Lord PALMERSTON has betrayed cowardice upon this most important matter, subjected two Englishmen to foreign atrocities and indignities, both unjust and uncalled for. It yet remains for the Majesty of England to rouse itself, and demand reparation for the sufferings inflicted upon their fellow-subjects. "MADAME ANNNIE," THE RECORDER, AND THE PRESS. The writer of the proverb " There is nothing new under the sun," must have lived in some place in the locality of the tropic's, were the :lure's rays were verticle, and in that sense he was right, for nothing could exist in such a place, and hence " nothing new was under that sun." We, however, who live in the oblique or slanting direction from the sun, do not come under the truth of the quotation, for in the revolution of our planet round the sun, we witness a good many strange things—even in Liverpool—that are, as our friend Paddy Branagan says, " bran new intirely." 'We had a peep at one of the latest new productions, in the Recorder's court, on Friday, and we cannot choose but admire it vastly. While the case of Madame Annie—" that notorious and infamous woman," as Mr. Mansfield called her where brought before him a short time ago was sub judce, we cautiously abstained from saying a word, pro or con, on the subject. Now that her case has virtually concluded, we should take blame to ourselves if we let it pass unnoticed—for it is something very new under the sun—at least under the sun of England. We could trace the frightful career of crime of this woman, from the time she was a shoeless starving wretch, selling oranges at the door of the Hanaburgh Thea tre, to the day she was arrested (the other day) by detec tive officer Smith, on her arrival here from the last named city, with her last batch of sietiaas, but our purpose is not to do so, but just to take r a glance at the last day's pro ceedings, where she has played so prominent a part upon the stage. We do this in order to show how gilded crime will attempt to play with stern justice, and the effect money may sometimes have in the eyes of the public. In the month of July, 1854, we published same startling revela tions in regard to the traffic in females carried on by this " iufamous woman" between Germany and Liverpool— that was the first intimation the public had of the mystery that hung around her, as regarded the " new faces" that she so frequently paraded in Bold, Church, Lord, and other ton streets of the tows. In consequence of this, the eyes of the police were fixed on her, and frequently since she has figured in the police-court. On one occasion she was fined £5O for sell ing wine and other liquor without license, and she in a dignified (if such a being was capable of dignity) and indignant manner, laid a fifty pound note on the table, and walked off. Her march of infamy was, however, to be ended some time. But here we have a woman who, a few years ago, was shivering with cold and starving with hangar at the door of a Hamburgle theatre, basking in the full effulgence of wealth—and that is something new under the sun. How did she ;rain this wealth ? We blush to record the reply, but truth. demands it : by the positive sale of wretched girls, from her own country, for whom the found ready and degraled purchasers in this. Our law knows no difference between the receiver and the thief—in her case she was the thief, and the receivers were eqoally culpable ; but if our law had no provision for such an offaice, the immutable law of public opinion convicted both parties. Without entering more minutely into this portion of her history, which is well known, we t cnn3 to her recent exploits. Her pranks having become too broad to bear with, a bill is preferred against her before the grand jury, and that body, in the technical words of the law, "find the bills against her for keeping an iou proper house in Hotham-street." Meantime, this indus trious 111 ademe, growing bold in her iniquity, is on a trafficking or " trapping " excursion to Germany, and at three o'clock see fine morning she arrives here from Hamburgh with three girls, whom she had procured — none know how or where. Having despatched her victims to a place already provided for them, she proceeds to her own filthy stye in Hotham-store`, where she is engaged in a snag tete.a-tete, with a men who keeps a large establishment in B— street, who had come to welcome hoe—being, no doubt, forewarned of her arrival. The detective police are great disturbers of cozy little meetings, for, at this interesting period, when she was receiving the gratuletious of her friend of B— street, Mr. Thernas Smith walked in with a warrant signed by the Right Worshipful Gilbert Henderson, Recorder of Liverpool, for her arrest, on the aforesaid bill found against her. The scene changes, and she is next day before Mr.Mansfield,who studs her for trial. Sebsequent to this, an application was made to have her admitted to bail, but a difficulty hero pre sented itself. The law says the bail must be householders, and so on ; but here, even, the Madame's B— street friend was asked to come forward to bail her ; his reasons no doubt were obvious. Agaio, an application was made to take £2OO in cash for her appearance—and Mr. Mansfield —we do not say whether right or wrong—accepted of the security, on the authority of a case cited. Our im pression is, that Mr. Mansfield did not exercise a sound discretion, but as he did admit that sort of security, we now pose onward, without saying a word on the character of the persons who came forward to be the sareties. Those men, who deposited one hundred pounds each, never saw a hundred pounds before; the money was provided by sone one, the Madame herself, and the men having received a gratuity, went their way rej Acing, All this looked very like a juggle with justice, and certainly was something new under the criminal sun of Chapel-street. Toe next attempt of this "infamous woman"—we quote Train Mr. Mansfield —out-Herods Herod in the annals of infamy ; it is so monstrous that it behoves one to consider it well before giving it credence. She comes before the Recorder, pleads guilty to the charge preferred against her, and teen has the unparalleled audacity to offer terms, as it were, by way of compromising justice directly to the face. She offers to give £.50 to an asylum, and to leave the country. If such a proposition should be accepted, we say with Lord I Denman, that trial by jury in this country is a mockery, a delusion, and a snare, and that Liverpool would cover itself with undying disgrace in the records of criminal j erispru deuce. Only think of an 'asylum accepting, at the hands of this polluted wretch, money procured—but no, sour gorge rises at it, and we pursue this disgusting offer no further. There is another point in this case that we cannot by any means allow to pass, and that is the reference made to the Liverpool Press. We were told, in the course of the preliminary enquiry, and pending - the question of bail, that this degraded dealer in human beings said, " The Press of Liver pool would not allow her to get bail, because she was a poor foreigner trying to earn an honest living ! " We said nothing in reference to her case, execpt publish the police proceedings ; but we now say boldly, broadly, cod and unmistakeably, that the law should be meted to its fullest extent to such a criminal as this woman—not because she is a foreigner, but because she has attempted to evade the stern sword of justice, by offering a bribe out of the money procured in the destruction of virtue and the propagation of immorality. THE COURT, &c. OSBORNE, Dec. 11.—The Queen and Prince Consort, the Princess Royal sad Princess Alice, returned to Osborl„t four o'clock yesterday, from Alverbanli. The Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward of the House_ held, had an audience of the Queen ',to present an address from the House of Lords to her Majesty. MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROI AL.—As the 25th of January next is now definitively fixed for this interesting event, great preparations are being made at St. James's Palace, where the grand festivals in honour of the royal naptials will take place. Workmen are busily employed in the Banquetting Hall and the adjoining apartments. The Chapel Royal was closed on Sunday last, that it may be decorated for the celebration of the welding. It will be prepared in the style which was followed when her Majesty the Queen and Prince Consort were united. The whole arrangements are under the superintendence of Sir Benjamin Hall. DRAMATIC CELEBRATION OF THE APPROACBING WED DING.—The marriage of the Princess Royal is to be cele brated at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on the 25th of January, and we understand that in honour of the occasion the Queen has commanded three performances to take place at her Majesty's Theatre. They are to consist of a tragedy, a comedy, and an opera. The tragedy is to be performed o❑ the 18th, " ltracbeth" has been selected, and the production of it confided to Mr. Phelps. It is expected that the cast will comprise all the dramatic strength which can bo brought to bear en the occasion, and we hear rumours that Miss Helen Faucit is likely to represent Lady Macieth. The opera is to be Balfe's " Rose cf Castilla," which is now being represented at the Lyceum. We believe that the comedy has not been finally chosen, but conclude that it will be one of Shakspcare's or Sher*. clan's. As the metropolis will be full of foreigners, and special representatives of every court will be here, we have no doubt that the various managers to whom these per formances are entrusted will make every exertion to carry them out with eclat.—Literary Gazette: It is stated to be her Majesty's intention to visit Aln wiek Castle when the works now in progress are more ad vanced. TUE PRINCESS ALICP.—A telegraph from Paris an nounces that letters from the Hague, dated the 7th instant, stc.te that Lieutenant-General Van Omphal has set out for London on a mission, of which the object is to demand officially for the Prince of Orange, the hand of the Prilcass Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, &c. THE AMPHITHEATRE. Daring the past week, this theatre has relied upon its own resources, the performances beic wholly conducted, by the stock company, and many of the pieces were brought out in so creditable a manner, that the absence of any leading actor from the metropolis was very little felt. Tee performances will be carried on in the same manner, in the Amphitheatre, for the first three days of this week ; after which, the company will perform for a short time et the Theatre Royal. The Amphitheatre will then—as the advertisement announces—undergo some internal altera tions, to make it suitable for the reception of an equestrian company, who are to display their attractions during the Christmas holidays. THE MAYOR AT TILE SATURDAY NIGHTS' CONCERTS. On Saturday, His Worship the Mayor patronised the People's Concerts, at St. George's Hall, by attending to hear Kalodzy's Hungarian band, and Miss Armstrong . The concert was devoted by Mr. Hine° to the benefit of the District Provident Society, and the Hall was crowded. The band was, as usual, spirited and noisy. Kalodzy's solo on the violin, was nothing very striking, The solo on the flugel horn was very good, and encored. It was a fantasia ou Fra poco in " Lucia di Lammermoor." Miss Armstrong fully sustained the impression she has male at these concerts. Her beautiful voice rung through the hall, and the style in which she gave Balfe's ballad, " The Green Trees Whispered," reminded every one around us of Miss Dolby, as we heard freely expressed on all sides. Miss Armstrong was encored, and in response gave " Over the Sea'' very sweetly. Her second song was Hobb's " Captive Greek Girl ;" but here, as we have before observed of her singing, more spirit and energy evas required. She was, nevertheless, encored, and gave " Home, Sweet Home," with pathos and character enough to remind us of Maria Free, the original impersonator of Clari. Mr. Best played two solos on the organ—the first, a spirited triumphant march, by Mayerbeer, which was encored and repeated, after some hesitation. The second was Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." During the interval between the parts, the Mayor came into the middle of the Hall, to lo.)k at Frank Howard's design for one of the windows. It is unfortunate for the artist that the material on which the design is painted is not flat ; for, under the influence of the gaselier immediately opposite to it, the irregularities of surface, caused by the pucker ring of the seams, such glaring lights destroy tie effect from many parts of the Hall, especially from the centre of the body, where most persons would go to look at it. The bust position for seeing the colouring is a few yards nearer the organ than the centre of the floor, so as to get the light from the gaselier on the left of the design. We understand that this by night shows most nearly the effect of colour which Frank Howard proposed to produce by stained glass in the day time. BOS CO.-QUEEN'S HALL. Oar readers have only to be rernindec.l that this evening Bosco will appear at the above hall, and if ever a treat was e joyed we promise them one. We speak of what we know of this genius, and from what we have heard he will add to his former performance. Madame Ristori is now in PariF, nal was at tha Italian Operas on Thursday night. Miss Kemble, a daughter of the late lamented John Mitchel Kernble, is about to snake her first appearance in "The Messiah," which is to be the next of Mr. HuHall's sacred cosicerts. Madame Viardot has accepted a short engagement to sing in the opera at Warsaw, and is by this time there. Rumour says (we quote the At/tent:cum) that Md'lle. Piecolonaini is studying the heroine's part in L'Etoile du Nsrd, with a view to that opera being presented during the coming season at her Majesty's Theatre. 11.1 en.% ME GASSIER.-Tais accomplished and popular prima donna has departed for Rome, where she has con cluded an advantageous engagement for the period of the C arnival. The barque Abraham, of Sunderland, has been wrecked, sixty miles from Lisbon, and four hands lost. The captain and remainder of the crow were brought home by the Brazilian steamer Tyne. APPREHENSION, AT PRESTON, OF A SUPPOSED MANCHESTER Buttaata —On Wednesday, at the Preston Town Hall, a young man, named John Higginson, was placed in the dock, on suspicion of having been concerned in a burglary, at Moston, near Manchester, on the night of the 3rd and 4th instant. A considerable quantity of plate and plated articles was stolen from the dwelling-house of a gentleman there, on that night, and the prisoner had been offering articles for sale at the watchmakers' shops, in Preston. From information received, Joseph Dearden, the town bailiff, apprehended Higginson, in Fishergate, Preston, on Tuesday evening, and at the police station, two silver spoons, supposed to be part of the produce of the burglary above mentioned, were found in his possession. The magistrates remanded hint to Monday next, in order that further evidence might be obtained. It was stated that Higginson has but just been discharged at the present Liverpool assizes, where he was tried for bullary. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. NORWAY. There have been Au. meat has ^ - f various failures; The 6 0 / - 000 Ad' vanced 1,000,000 of dollars; 400 n'..,rxs banco have been already sent to liiel• SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM , There have been a new series of failures. A. petition has been signed to obtili'"ti the government ten millions of tha ler3 for benefit of commerce. POLAND, o l' WARSAW, - 10-c 14 01 In the last 4B hou vs from six to eight il3lO failures have been announced. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Edit'' 't The elections in Belgium give a great S zk ' t) to the Liberal party. Out of 107 nomina ti°/19 :0 Liberals have obtained 69. In the most cities their list was adopted entirely. INDIAN NEWS• 1 0 r rl LONDON, SuND-o', The Indian and China mails have just arrived. ji All the most important intelligence has ai r° anticipated. The letters for the provinces will be desPaL f e -h e trains in the morning. [The following appeared in our walla Aiti)ll , Saturday : —] .°S .4 The following telegram wag received at the Office, on the night of the 11th December 1 1 , 0 1 MALTA, Dec. 9th, 2 a.m.—Captain Love/ 4/le t the despatches from Lord Canning, states tZ Canning received the following telegram fro m S'of. Campbell : " CINYNPOO,', cO: " All right at Lucknow. Sir Colin caivp. e- 40 A4 )1 the Junina, at Cawnpore, on the 9:h Novemberet to have 7,000 men with him to move on Luclol°rB.sir Wyndham, at Cawnpore, in command of reserl a ojeli to march on to Lucknow as soon as two re' l32 , e 'ith l/ tii him. Captain Peel, RN , was at Allumbag % " s ot of his men, and some ;32-pounder guns. - he were on their way to join him. " (Signed) LyONS, LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTAIILISIIME-%TT rO5 e- CLoTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the Saturday, December 12th, 765 ; correspoudi u S year, 436 ; increase, 320. rr i a 0 9 , /i c e TOE LATE EXPLOSION IN TOXIETII-PARE. -----e pati v ,si were conveyed to the Southern Hospital in C„T s ; t 'ell'r o . injuries received in the recent explosion ill -` l3 : t eer t was so much recovered from the effects that,,,;, -- one they h ,ve been removed from the hospital. ' - s lg e remains is doing well, and will probably sooll moved. i 5 • .he THE LIBEL CASE—GL ADSTONE U. OUSELEY.,..-- . 44 certain that the prosecution at the suit of ik"' Gladstone against the proprietor of the Li t a n o'l for libel, will come before Mr. Justice Wigh,t ril i - stor' a l We believe the couneel retained by Mr. 0 ""c1 1, 1 Mr. Lushingtoq, Mr. Brett, and Mr. Aspinall; Ouseley, Sowler and Wheeler. SA t : FIRE, ON SATURDAY —About two o'clock , t A afternoon, a fi re broke out in a public-houee ke p t afternoon, a fire brokc out in a pltblic.boch ç SO 9 Rigby, at Edge-hill. The upper room, wi li n e s h spread ..4l a store-room, was first on fire, and the fi vn— t No some rapidity. The engine from Prese o reels from Temple-court and Olive-smet wer e ou t , C; 1 stree oile o spot, and with some exertion the fire wasp ut erhe derable damage, however, had been done. were insured. FIRES.—Last OII night, at about baif past sevl!,°lr,° • o • to . oo fire beeke out in a honing store, heloog lo rt in Milk-street. The fire brigade we re sP 6e b ' r ol&e, 0 0 spot; but the clang:-,u; element was i is uing' (1 9 3 ,1 door and windows before the hose began to l' l4 ol . ore i fei the vigorous application, however, of it s ,,„ & l, ,0 0 opponent, the fire was them a short time subu— .,a nett aware whether the ings in the store ' c v &imaged by the extra roast, or through t supply of their native elernent.—A short tiMe a r s ty the above occurrence, another fire broke ou t i° 1 0 11 1 London-road, but was speedily got under. rivirf'o'o BELL ON THE NEW LANDING STAGE -- 0 ° ;, a tOt iC o' the Dock Committee acknowledged the lor6s—ilci‘teli handsome cast steel bell, by Msasrs. N a ylor, e is Co. The use of steel for so novel a P ur P'"%irr i cause , a new era in the art of bell-founding; ie e` ik c pi bells o not cost more than one-half what 10`/1,10, they must, sooner or later, come into genera' wa i v er' ot w has been erected at Montreal, and it is 1113 , 1 ) s l s; know.e.tged to be equal, if not superior, in 0 7 ' 1 ,7 0 4 0 0 A Canadian winter is a severe test for t i e „ these bells have been well worked, and e dd y indication of flaw or fracture. Ol /01, ACCIDENT AT SEA.—Yesterday seaman ,fo:r Brethwaite, was brought into the Northern f t10`11'; ing both his thighs fractured. He was one ° ,,i f o , the Lindisfarne, which arrived from Rio Je g- , : i within ten days of Liverpool, a sudden 61 ,a a ce' v washed over the deck and carried two L f° , e ;ite 4 0 ; 11 , They were both lost. The seaman Bre t.s ";, - Lee t ( 13. washed from his place, and would have b ee ti ro°l) k r: he seized hold of the fore-rigging He Ives, the bulwarks so heavily that both his thiP l- 4 to' ) and on reaching Liverpool it became neces's' taken to the Northern Hospital. Ofl cl o a CHILD POISONING AT BRADFORD.- -41/ Bradford into the circumstances co nnecte'orcl' e ,/c 0 , ; 1 of an infant, a fortnight old, has led to,_ 3 o .l o { o its mother of administeein poison with tia, ° " I f o„.,i'a its death. The deceased W - ' the child 0 1 , (4 ;t tt~it es nemed Margaret Dempsey, who, up to 3 S", b e llt her confinement, had live I as domestic se r ve d t; Beresfcrd, at Stockport. The eviaencePL,Na de" had ensued from the eministration 01 o or l / 1 . • infesion of the essential oil of almonds. 10 EXTRAORDINARY FREAK OF A 110R 3 r" --- „,ite t b e JO C i lli age, a horse and gig was standing oPln-jorl, office at the Great Northern Railway' eked ft.l of 1 , to - Some person in passing near te FPOt Cr Ice 0 9 ' hi' caused the horse to take f, fight, and i' go pog o a t ot r 0 o servant. After running rapidly be. Y ell j o ,9l l ' li rsco house, the horse turned on to the line, ari p 50.,. be` ijo station yard of the Great Northern Re i , l : l , l4 oe g t i fel i f e cel of the lamps. The animal then ran of P a - ati two trains on the line,which were fortl los- dipl" v SS S 53, 4 dashed aloeg the South Yorkshire line 6 , / av to 'ppe"' 5 miles —through the Conisborough Ttl, ri t - ;f 45 1 . 5 , e lio e ; c e oi station, a short distance beyoncrivhico o u Po" 0 1 the gates. by some platelayers emploiebetire°r, it 0 horse overtook a coal train on the lil le ,„irlY 11°11 v• and Conisborough ; but, owing to ther o jearnel PL Lel met by any goods trains, and finisheu tt4 l ' —Doncaster Gazette. All ocr•,, to d THE RELIEF OF THE POOR IN EN.1 31 0 , 0 0 .9"1. ay' —The act 20 Vic., c. 19, better kW' ~.,3 r oe'P l i t. ll e old Act," for the relief of the poor in e% :nary' 5 0 0 0 will come into ope. ation on the Ist je co ter. i l 9eo liarly interesting to the borough a - 1)° 1 1 erto o r , e r tows P Carr Horse, and Elm I?ark, have htt ble P c) %re f 4 from all charges in respect to irremec'3 le f th e riii ° more modernly termed union chargee. ot ice e l ve3 4 t 1 act has already been brought under t he lc to ti lt ' rain;P it ; authorities, and most probably the cler ra ga 9 ' b et) .to cil' magistrates, or the c'erk to the br ; „g sneY,,f take the initiative, so that its Prev ls '' - s ys'e ta i, - st tP. ,tri ci j Thus will be established an u niform ce i v e g 0 relief in England and Wales. W° P er i a ia o g el fri itl TV Law Board have i-sued a circular, e:q i ' tiei 0 0 1 sections which are to guide the auth'F„ jeteg` h o , a es,; the intentions of the Legislature 1- 4 ' cie cov il je extra parochial places are to be 111- • only sr! ;00 tee fli ti kl o9 .l . overeeers ; but in cases whev ther.eolres two, or no residence at all, the 121101der of t'a,l)3oe/ appoint some inhabitant or house, boil pe er parish to serve as overseer. f10int , 0 ,,,, 0 0 14 they are to be attached to the u nion, : licas ter a guardian until one is anointed.