Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-12 00:00:00

WEDNESDA Y, JANUARY 12, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS The news from the Continent becomes more serious. The public are already apprised of the march of .Austrian troops to Semlin, a town within two hours' march of Belgrade. It is stateiLthat the commandant of Semlin has been instructed to enter Belgrade, if the Turkish ',Pha ho hohls the citadel there asks fox A.gs.teiw assistance. To this order of the day, the Great Powers are "6 - aid to have 'objected, contending that it might lead, to a violation. It.')f the Paris treatyoind even of the purposes ror which the war Was waged against Russia 'Aiistria refuses to - withdraw her order ; the Poivers persist in, requiring her to do so ; and thus, ; if these state ments are correct, the present European complica tion has a very grave phase in it which was scarcely apprehended. Austria is the most per-: moment despotism of Europe, save Russia ; she :probably has a force of net fewer. than 600,009 disciplined men at her command . ; and she may be aware that the Emperor of the French may need all the soldiers--hehas got for: upholding his aztumtrrird Yiates. THIS DAY 'Nis DAY, the 12th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' bffiee, 2, Dale-street, 500 'Bags Bombay SALTPETRE, 4 ROO Bags Ditto ' DITTO,. :Oil damaged, 49 Bales East India SENNA. • BROWNE, lIUNTER, and Co., BlOkers Apply to I from WednesdaY,, Tins .DAY, the 12th ins; ales Fine Moiar ex Fernandez, now landing Leech, ilai-risola, aY uit linded T 0 -MORROW xide of Manganese Selica and A' Leech, Ii Apply to Mess: leroom, rrison, and ForwOod, Merchants FRANCIS J. EATON, Broke TO•atORILO W, the 1:3t1 Co: 500 Boxes 1 Valentia RAISINS, 900 i-Do. 140 Boxes Fi 20Q A-Do. d 100 I-Do. d 500 Boxes 0 MIISCATELLS, na RAISINS, 2,000 and 4-Arne 500 Tapnets Mal .es , FIGS, Apply to 1 Bra Apply to lot ORCHELLA WEED, n Lisbon.-Apply, to, Mom or to • At SPENCE, Brokers. tqteow, the lflth in , tant, at Twelve o'clock, At the I 'Broker's Office, 7, ExchArtge-chambers, !About 160 Tons Fine IIANGATIESE, ado Bodteling, from Huelva, in Garston Dock 100.0." Twelve o'clock in th, 500 Mats Bombay DATES. GEO. BADENACII To-mot:amply, the 1:1th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 15 BrFFALO HORNS, I.OOONE, HUNTER, and Co:, Brokers TO-MORROW, t Ii AY and MTICOAR, I RIDAY Oa rRIVAV next, the 11 t Twelve o Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street 125, Bales Bombay. lIEMP, 34 Bake Ditto DITTO, •'. 38 Bales JUTE, 32 Bales RAGS. Apply to BROWS IL' TER, N T WEE .1i th instant, at Tivelye o'elock,at the 1(;, •Exchang . e-buildings, NITRATE of SODA, . Nicholson and M‘Gill, 31erettan1 J. 11. RAYNER and Co., Brokcirs 2,500 Bales East India WOOL. BROWNE, and Co., Brokers, On TUESDAY, the 18th instant, and following day f WOOLS, On MONDAY particulars, ' apply to Mcssi or to On Tv IND Apply to 4,500 Bales Bast India 1,500 Apply to Unwashed Chili & Washed Pt T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., ST On TUESDAY next, the 18th instant, at Three o'clock, at the Cotton Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool; About 1,500 Sheets English Short, and Combing Skin WWI • • • ' and Fleece W. GREAME and Co., Wool Brokers. Apply to On WEDNESDAY the 19th instant, and following days, at the Leis' Saleroom, 35„Dale-street, Jos East India and other WOOLS. L. BOWES. & BROTHER, Wool Brokers. Liverpod DalC-stre On WF,MasnAY, the 19th instant, at t Brokers' Saleroom, Athei 2,00 Bal _ For catalogues, &c., Apiil37lo HUGHES and RONALD, Wool Et s East India WIWI On Tneasnay, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dalerstreet, 809 Tanned East India KIPS, 752 BUFFALO HIDES. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to On SATURDAY, the Il2nd intant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Atherton-buildings, Dale-street, Liverpool, 2,000 Bales East India 1,000 „ superior Russia Donskoi combing fleece WOOLS 300 „ Iceland 300 „ Egyptian, Portugal, Mediterranean, &c.l 3,600 Bales For catalogues, A c., apply to HUGHES and RONALD, Wool 13rokers. AFTER NEXT WEEK On TUESDAY, the 25th instant, at Twelve Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chain • 150 Ballots, i • Mexican FIBRE • 63 Bales Ackers Back Gorec Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker On TUESDAY, the 25th instant, at Twelve - o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 500 Bales Mexican FIBRE, per sundry , vessels, from Tampico.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison and Fos wood, Merchants; or to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker On WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant, at Three o'clock, 300 Bales Port Philip and Sydney WOOLS. r. and H. LITTLEDALE and CO., Brokers Apply to On WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, at Four o'clock, at the Cotton Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, 1,500 Bales East India, Egyptian, Peruvian, ~„L . Russian, &c. " W. GREAME•and Co., Wool Brokers Apply to Ott salr; PATENT ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT A cheap, durable reetly Waterproof Roofing. ONE PENNY PER SQUARE Foo And PATENT HAIR FELT For Clothing Steam Boilers, &c., by v n the consumption of' fuel is effected. W3I. GIBSON, Successor to W. W. Poutt 2. CABLE-STREET. rl Warehous ON SALE, 100 Tons MANURE OIL CAKE. For analysis and price, apply to THOMPSON, BAGNALL, and BUTTERWORTH, Brokers, 30, Moorftelds TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS CHESHIRE PHOSPHATE COMPANYiavec;nstantly ON SALE Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPEATE, - and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices maybe had at he Office, 3, CABLE-STREET Works -LOWER BI.BINGTON J. R. CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CJIRON'OMETERS ON SAI.E OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, lt CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS WINTER CLOTHING, WA" T HE GI NTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 26, BOLD-STREET. • ~ n . P. L. MACTAGGART. 24 AND INVERNESS WRAFFERS. OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS. RAILWAY RUGS AND :PLAIDS. MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. WYS' W INTER CLOTHING AMUSEMENTS, M EETINGS, &c.—THIS DAY TnEATRE ROYAL—Grand Comic Pantomime. ROYAL AJAIXHITHEATRE—EngIish opera Company- ALLSOP'S W &N. WORK EXIIIXIT I . LivEaroot,Socurry OF FINE AR TS (Lime-street) Bold-s HENOLEIt'S CIRQUE ii.tairra—lliseellanem Attraction THE FAR,IBIA.W GALLERY OF ANATOMY, raradiSe-street. CLAYTON HALL—Carter's Mirror of American Scenery. Tairroste HALE (Lune-street)—Ascent of Mont Blanc. For particulars see advertisements on Bth pal TO CORRESPONDENTS, ruder no eireuxn.stances can we insert communications not accompanied by the authors real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. own rule in France From all sides theitelegraph reports an injurious influence of the King of .Sardinia's speech on the funds. The fall of the Rentes n Parii amounts to 80c. ; in Vienna, Metalliques - went down lfr. 50e., and the National Loan lfr. '3oe. The telegraph brings good news from Naples, An amnesty has been accorded,luidpr which sixty one prisoners have been pardoned. Europe will be glad to learn that among them are Poem and •Settembrini, who have been released and sent out of the country. The reception• by the Pope of General Goyon, the commander of the French troops Itoine, on his return to the Holy city, on which occasion very high-flown compliments were exchanged between the priest and the:Soldier; who hate each other with,, hatred that they are not always able to conceal, makes just now an althost farcical im pression by the side of the general discussion in the press on the .attitude which the,French Govern ment has assumed towards the Tope. M. 'Gladstone will not, it is believed, return from the lonian Islands in time to take part in the deliberations of Parliament, which Ministers are believed to have put off until the beginning of February. Nevertheless, Mr. Gladstone seems to to have - completed his inquiry, i already drawn out his recommendations: to the Government at. home. But the resignation of Sir 'John - Young,— if he- has resigned, and matters of more or less importance, may necessitate a further stay among the lonians. _ _ Among the matters of interest which will be brought before the next session of parliament, we may notice that Sir Arthur Elton will move a series of resolutions, affirming that the House, considering the law of church rates to be produc tive of frequent strife and litigation, deems it advisable to prohibit the levying of and to confide the maintenance of the fabric of the .urch rates laity ; and that, in order to aiford every Ya'cility for the free exercise of that zeal and liberality, it is expedient that, in every parish, the incumbent and churchwarden's should - foil - if a corporation, with power, notwithstanding the Mortmain Laws, to hold property, granted or bequeathed for the pur pose of providing for the maintenance of the parish church. The hon baronet will suggest:that the authority of the present vestry, in every parish, with reference to the parish church, shall be trans ferred to a new vestry, to be termed the church vestry, the present vestry retaining its authority in secular matters ; and that churchwardens should be chosen exclusively from members of the church vestry. Mr. Wilson, the Secretary to the Treasury under _ Lord Palmerston's Administration, will move for a select committee to inquire into the state of the funded and unfunded debt, and of the public income and expenditure, with the view of devising the best means of discharging in time of peace the obligations contracted during times of war and of securing the greatest economy consistent with efficiency in the public service. Mr. Warren will submit resolutions expressive of the opinion of the HouSe as to the principles on which the Queen's Government in India should henceforth be con ducted, with reference to the promotion of education ' .and the adoption of such measures as could safely be brought into action with a view of extending Christianity. Mr. H. Berkeley. intends, on an early day, giving notice of a motion affirming the necessity of the ballot in the election of Members of Parliament. Mr. Crawford will also call the attention of the HOUse to the practical working of the Merchant Shipping Law Amendment Act ,of 1853, with a view to the appointment of a 'select committee to inquire into the same. One of the members for Stroud, Mr. G. P. Scrope, has decliued•to address the electors of that borough, because " in the present misty and uncertain state of the political atmosphere, he, has nothing definite or positive to state to them." He is, he says, a Parliamentary Reformer, but he will not support any " extreme or hazardous change in the machi nery of our representatiire system." His letter concludes with an expression of continued confi dence in the late ministry. At the Quarter Sessions of the Hundred of Salford, a committee of magistrates was appointed to inquire respecting the establishment and opera tion, of Reformatories. • The County Police; investigation, weeks of indefatigable zeal and searching have been at length enabled to trace out the friends of the unfortunate young woman who was found dead in a pond in Epping Forrest, with. her infant child, on the sth ultimo ; and therefore, so far as identi fication goes, the mystery is solved. But there still hangs over the.case the presumption that both the deceased were wilfully murdered by some third 'party ; and upon this the •coroner's found a verdict Wilful murder against some person _or persons unknown." The identification, indeed; seems perfect. The unfortunate young .woman appears to have been the step-daughter of Robert Oswell, the keeper of the Enfield Lock, on the River Lea. Her name was Emma Morgan, and her • age 22. He mother resides with her second husband, Robert Oswell, at Enfield ; .but, from their state ment it seems the deceased was in the service of Mr. Davies, at 4, :Northumberland-park, Totten ham. She had been in Mr. Davis's service two years and a half, and she left in last July. She was then .enceinte and was subsequently confined, in the Edmonton Union, of a male child, a n d s h e left the union on th e 20th of August. According to our advices from Ireland, the mail contract for the service betvieen London and Dublin has been at length signed by all the parties concerned, and nothing now 'remains hut the com pletion of the arrangements to carry it into effect. As a preliminary step a special meeting of the proprietors .of the City ,of Steampacket Company will he held on Saturday next to re ceive the report of the . directors. It would also appear that the Anti-Phcenix crusade is not yet over. A respectable farmer, one Dennis Shea, residing about three miles fortni of Macro3m, has been captured, and is now an inmate of Cork gaol, on suspicion of being a member of a secret society. The authori ties, it appear, will not permit any communication between their new prisoner and, his friends. In Belfast, according to the _Deciliter. of , Ulsier, " Barney Boyle, of Barrack-street, still continues the last of the, captured, and no formal examination of him has taken place as yet. We hear that ano ther person named M'Shane, said to be a leader among the regenerators, is urgently wanted.' by Head Constable Madders, but that he knows it, anti prudently declines the honour intended for him by keeping, •out of the way, not unaccompanied by two or three who has also conic to can give him the our • knowledge that collections are being taken up, more or less secretly,• in the mills and else where, to provide for the defence of the incar cerated, And for the maintenance of their families while they lie in prison. Instances are reported in which pencils who refused to subscribe for such purposes have been threatened. and anuoyed by their fallow workers. It is incumbent upon the Proprietors of mannfactories at once to put a stop to so shameful a system." ; These statements, our reader's should remember, are made by parties very much. opposed to:the D. ,- rby Government. A Belfast paper, in ad.vocating what it calls the short sea passage between. that city' and Donag hadee, in Scotland, says : are , enabled to lay before our readers some information upon this subject, from a source the most authentic, and eairtilty proppsp every relia nce may be placed upon the followin g facts. Th e A c l S4O .expend from L 15,000 to LlB,OOO upon the harbour of Portpatrick —first, in excavating a basin ; and, secondly, in dredging a channel. The present channel will not admit, nor the present basin accommodate, steam vessels of considerable•draught. , The proposition is, to excavate a basin which will enable vessels of 150 feetiii length, 21 feet beam,' and - seven feet draught to turn and lie safely, within, it... A' Pier wilLbe built for landing , passengers and Mails. Between ; the, present and the contemplated pier there are some considordble rocks; which act .as a break Water and it is between these rocks and the old pier that the Channel is to be dredged. That channel it is intended to have ten feet in depth below low water mark. At Donag hadee, the chief operation to be performed will be that of dredging the interior of the harbour, and a sum of £lO,OOO has been proposed for this purpose by-the Admiralty, and agreed to by the Lords of the-Treasury. These being the facts in reference to the Government, we need not say how absurd it _is to attempt to re-open the question. The 'matter is fixed and determined on, and very properly so;' We give the particulars of two innideis Which were - perpetrated- -—A woman, named Black, has been murdered by her husband, who has not yet been apprehended. The circumstances of the crime are,of, the, most atrocious kind; and show singular ferbeity and coolness on the part of the murderer. The corpse of a gentleman ' which Hamiltonhas been identified as that of Mr. Ailing ham, son otit Dublin wine - merchant, has been found in a canal, with it-heavy weight attached_ to the neck. The body was, discovered by the police, who were engaged - -in • diagging the canal for a uirl who had been accidentally drowned in it. The state of the remains shows that it must -have- lain . there about three weeks ; and a little silver and some keys were found on the corpse. The coroner's jury have returned a verdict that Mr. Alliugham was found drowned. From a report of the first public examination of the men charged with the murder of the game keeper. at Bishop Burton, we learn that the two wounded watchers gave evidence, and the result was that George Smith, who had been previously admitted to bail, was finally discharged, and the other prisoners were remanded, though Thomas Robson was admitted to bail. Two women, Maria Spooner the elder, and Maria Spooner the younger, have been committed on a charge of the wilful murder of the new-born infant of the younger Spooner, by the Manchester Coroner. They are at present at Kirkdale, and will stand their trial at the ensuing assizes. We gave the melancholy particulars of the fall of a house in Great George-street, whereby seve ral persons were killed, and a number seriously wounded. V OCCOIII ais fuss that THE NORTHERN_ TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1859 thing of the kind ? It may be all very true, as they also tell us, " that the shortest route having once been adopted, must be continued ; and that English merchants will call for more rapid postal intercourse with America, and that they are already doing so." • But it - has yet to be shown that via Galway is, practically, the shortest route. I)oubtless it is‘the shortest route for. Ireland ; but ere that route can reach England, it has not only a pretty long stretch of Irish land travel to extend over, but the Irish channel to cross. And this of necessity involves transhipments, and consequent delays, which make the route, as regards for England, very much the same, in pdint of time, as tilat, via• Liverpool—even for postal intercourse ; while for passenger and goods traffic, it necessi tates so many , changes, and so much knocking about, ere any point of destination in England can be reached, that it is positively, upon the whole, a much loss desirable route by Galway, for English purposes, than Liverpool is. The whole matter of this Galway line, in short, is very much, in many of its aspects, a sham and, a delusion. The very fact of its being puffed• off so much, as it,is, would of itself be enough to excite suspicion. But when one deliberately examines its claims, they are found to fall far short of what is pretended, —when one carefully weighs them in the balance, they are certainly ascertained to be most unquestionably wanting. They _ say, that " no Government is likely or willing to attempt to pass by such an undertaking as the Galway line." But we are persuaded that no Government will ever think of doing for such an undertaking at Galway what it would not do for a similar one at Liverpool, at Bristol, at Southampton, or even at Glasgow THE Irish Government are following up the inquisition they have instituted into the preva lence of Secret Societies, their character and their objects, with untiring energy. And although the more that is known of these confederacies, and the more that is ascertained of the confederates them selves, the less cause would there seem to be for any great alarm on their account, yet it is quitc impossible to say what might have been the conse quence,—what kind or what extent Nof mischief might have been perpetrated, had they not received the check which fortunately, and in good time, they have done, through the vigilance of the Executive. The disaffected on both sides of the channel have been trying to produce the persuasion, that Government have treated the matter too seriously, —that the affair was contemptible, and ought to have been treated accordingly,—for, if let alone, that it would 'have died out of its own accord. But there is nothing whatever to favour such:a conclusion as this. The Government receives information, on oath, that such Societies are in existence—that they are designed to carry out treasonable objects—and that such and such persons are members of one or more of them. The matter, therefore, was forced upon them. They had no alternative but to sift the case. And• one of the first duties they necessarily had to dis charge, was to arrest those whose names were communicated to them, as persons charged with violating the law, and conspiring to produce still further and more mischievous violations of the law. Certainly the Government •would have been highly culpable, had they turned a deaf ear to such representations as were made to them. However foolish an affair it might seem to be, it was one fraught with so much mischief, and involving such positive dis regard of all moral and legal obligations, on the part of the accused, that the authorities would have been guilty of a sad dereliction of duty, had they refused to look into it. And having taken it up, as in duty they were bound to do, and finding that it embraced very treasonable designs, a thorough examination into which was important for their entire suppression, root and branch, and which could only be effectually accomplished, in the first instance, `by a private procedure, they were not only justified, we humbly conceive, in adopting such a course, but the ends of justice would most likely have been defeated had they adopted any other. It does not at all alter the case that the Society to which the prisoners belong is found to be neither serious nor formidable, either in its character or its constitution. Nor are we at all surprised to see it stated, that " the station in society and ages of the several persons already arrested evidence two mat-. ters of great importance,—namely, the personal meanness and ob . scurity - of the general members, and their accessibility to external and factious influence, owing to their want of experience and to that enthusiasm which belongs to youth, and is sure to be, in most cases, unaccompanied by discre tion." We have ourselves been of opinion, from the first, that it might be found so, and have expressed ourselves to that effect. One may be glad to find that it is so. But it does not render it any the less necessary that the parties should be brought to account for their illegal and mischievous conduct. The Club to which they belonged, we are further told, " appears to be eschewed alike by • men of any position in society and by almost all but silly youths or overgrown boys of the mani kin bent, who would be men, and even heroes or martyrs, before their time, without ever looking before they leaped, calculating consequences, or considering the difficulties to be surmounted before the Phccnix or resurrection, or rather insur gent theory could be realised." This shows that there is no lack of common sense, as well as of loyal and constitutional feeling, among the "men of any position in society" in the places where these Clubs are established. But it argues nothing whatever in favour of treasonable despisers and breakers of the law being allowed to carry on their mischievous vagaries with impunity, just because they happen, in some instances, to be "but silly youtbs, or overgrown boys of the manikin bent." There is one circumstance which, if it can be relied upon as true,. is very satisfactory and hopeful,—that, namely, of the Romanist clergy continuing to exhort their flocks to ,discountenance all Secret Societies. It is stated that' at' Athlone, on New Year's Day, after the celebration a Mass, the Venerable Archdeacon O'REILLY .agai4 warned the congregation against having anything to do, with Secret Societies, pointing out to them the evil consequences which were certain to result from such illegal confederacies—denouncing them as opposed to the laws of God and man, and referring to the arrests made as instances of ,the danger which attend' those who would connect themselves with Secret Associations." The account adds, that his words appeared to make a deep impression on those who heard . him. And we would fain hope that thus the' Clergy of the Church of Rome generally may be enabled 'to exert their influence towards the maintenance of peace and good_ order, of respect for: the taw, and attachment to authentic .rule,' among .the Irish people LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. CRESCENT CHAPEL LITERARY SOCIETY.—This society heldits usualweekly meeting ou Wednesday evening, last, in the school-rooms, William Hetity-street, 'when Mr. Josiah Smith - read an essay entitled, «A Glance at the public career of Lord Paltnerston," in which' he defended the gemeral policy of the noble lord. _ _ - ALARM OF FlRE.—Yesterday morning, a repot reached the fire station in Hatton-garden, , that a shop in Richmond-street, was on fire. It appears that the shop was not regularly occupied, but same one having been in and using naptha, an explosion occurred from the same. Considerable damage is done to the property, but no one is 'hint. BLUE COAT 110SPITAL.—We learn that a special ser vice will be held in St. Peter's Church, to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, in' thankful commemoration of the 150th anni versary of the foundatioß of this institution, and that the Lord Bishop of the Diocese will preach on the occasion. The Mayor will be present, and the trustees and the friends of this old-established charity::Will assemble at the Town-hall, and accompany him to chtirch.,. EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, 126, --top—of- Mount Pleasant. —Weekly Report.---Eye Department : New patients admitted in the week ending January g, :e - ceived New uts prescribed for, and who — hair( assistance, 427. Ear Department admitted;in the week ending January 8, )rescribed for, and who have received sur- patients gical - assistance, 149. Consulting " Surgeon ; Hugh Neill, Esq. Surgeons : Johh Poole, Esq.,. Dr. .Hibbert Taylor, and, Dr. Nevins. Assistant-Surgeon:. Thomas Bickerton, Ng. Treasurer : J. G. Livingston, .Esq. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS CO3I3IITTE/ nightly meeting of this Committee was I Mr. Bairstow in the chair. The other members present, were—Messrs. Jackson, Owen, Cook, Churchwarden Cropper, Williams, Syred, Turner, Chesney, Scott. 111 - r: Coates, the master, reported that the number 'of children in the school the last fUrtnight, was 475 boys, and. 445 girls, making a total of 920. Discharged and sent to friends during the fortnight, 6 boys and died girl, placed in service .6 boys and- 5 girls, leaving in the establishment 463 boys, and 429 girls, total 892, includ- The usual fort 'd yesterday in,g . 52 in the infirma: character. The business ivas of . a formal BRADFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.--At a meeting of the council of this chamber, on MOnday, Mr- H. W. Ripley, the president, in the chair, Mr. John Rand, of Bradford, and Mr. William Morris, of Triangle, near Halifax, appeared as a deputation from the worsted district, to impress upon the council the necessity of taking active steps to encourage the increase of the supply of wool. A resolution, passed at the quarterly meeting of the worsted committee, last week, at Halifax, stated that measures to increase the growth of wool, as well as to im prove its quality, were of urgent cpsequence, especially as so many facilities were now offering themselves for this purpose, in the pacification of India, and the satisfactory intercourse established with China and Japan. .Both Mr. Rand and Mr. Morris urged the chamber to take up the question. Mr. John Whitworth, of Halifax, introduced the question in a speech of great length, concluding by proposing a resolution that, at the annual meeting of the chamber, on Monday next, a committee be appointed to form an association for the purpose of encouraging the growth of wool. The Mayor of Bradford seconded the motion. Mt. Alderman-Mitchell and ,Mr. T. Salt both urged that the association, if formed, should confine its province simply to imparting information and stimulating the growers of wool to give an increased supply. This view met with general concurrence. The resolution was carried unanimously. following inquests :—On the 13,34 of Luke Papen, who was engaged• in Mr. Macfie's sugar-house, who cut his throat, as reported in our paper of yesterday. The wife of the deceased stated that, about a month since, he went to take the Sacrament at the German Church, Sir Thomas's Buildings, and that since then his mind has gone quite astray, and he hardly ever ceased talking on religious subjects'; in fact he got quite insane on these matters, and, whilst so, cut his throat. Verdict':_ " Temporary insanity." On the body of Wm. Bell, 36 years of age, who was a porter at the Wanoing station of the London and North Western Railwai,.ana who dropped suddenly dead, whilst engaged at his work. Verdict : " Died of natural causes, by the visitation of God." On the body of Anne Jane M'Donnell, 32 years old, who resided in Prince Edwin-street. On Sunday, the deceased and her husband went out and deliberately got drunk, and, whilst in a state of beastly intoxication, it is supposed, she got a fall in her own cellar, . and died from the effects of the injuries. Verdict, "Accidental death." On the body of a child, named Margaret Jane Rosborough, nine months old, that died in conse quence of injuries received by her clothes catching fire. Verdict, " Accidentally burnt." On the body of F. Gallagher, 26 years of age, who lived in Ford-street. The deceased was addicted to drinking and died suddenly, and from the evidence of Surgeon R. J. Campion, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, it appeared that death was the result of congestion of the brain, brought on by excessive drinking. Verdict accordingly. A SEA TIGER.—WONDERFUL NATURAL CURIOSITY.— A sea or marine tiger,- is the name—though why or wherefore we know not given to an animal—a real live animal—now exhibiting at 30, Elliott-street. Yesterday, along with many scientific gentlemen, and some connected with natural history, and a host of others, we had a long and interesting view of this most extraordinary and at pre sent very unaccounted for animal. We have seen so many strange things done up after natural fashion and en mfinil 0 mucu humbug practised successfully, that we went more for the purpose of exposing what "we considered an impOsition, than recording a great natural wonder. __We were, how ever, more than mistaken—we were truly astonished— .01 7 cbounku,:.l 2 wt!ttl, NVt saw. w e can nanny attempt to describe this amphibious semi -fish, semi-tiger ; but, as best we can, it resembles nothing that we know, of animals, partaking of that name. It is a sort of combination of several animals. The head and neck resemble a seal, but the mouth and eyes are differ ent—the eyes particularly are remarkable, and frequently brilliant, and the animal possesses the faculty of looking in all directions without turning the head. It has no ears, but it seems it hears through two curiously formed slits in the upper lip, which also act as breathing apertures. The mouth is not large, but very strong, and the jaws are formed with curious whiskers of the feline race. The interior of the mouth presents formidable rows of ivory-white teeth, and, from ,the construction of the palate and glands, we should say the animal is warm-blooded. The face—if we may call it so— is intelligent, and this is manifest by the sagacity displayed by the animal .It is about eleven feet long, anal of great girth, the tail is a double split f an lik e a salMon, with a dwarf tail, between the seperation of the fans, which are horozontal and of great power. There are two fins, under what may be called the shoulders, and the extremities of these are very like human hands, covered by unfingered gloves. The weight of this strange and quite new (to our naturalists) animal, is about 8 cwt., but it is as. nimble as an eel. The skin is of a peculiarly handsome colour, and to say truly, the intelligent face of this nondescript, is quite interesting.. It lies in a large wooden oblong vessel, in about two feet of water, and the most astonishing thing about 'it is, that at the command of the keeper, it goes through a variety of wonderful e vo l u ti ons , an d ac t ua lly emits sounds resembling the words " mamma " and " papa." We were at first impressed with the notion that it was a skin, done up with a boy inside, but this soon vanished, and we believe it is one of the most astonishing things ever seen —one of the things that exist beyond the comprehension of our philosophy. It lives in and out of water. Its food is fish, of which it takes about 401bs daily. It is a bona fide lucis natucara of an unknown description, and all we can say to day about it is the above ; but, we may add, that all who wish to see an extraordinary freak of nature, should see this at once; and we promise they will thank us for pointing it out to their notice. MR. J. R. SMITH'S PANORAMIC TOUR OF EUROPE.— One of the finest panoramic exhibitions We have ever seen in Liverpool is the " Tour of Europe," by , Mr. J. R. Smith, at present being exhibited in the Teutonic Hall, Lime-street. Mr. Smith is well known to the public as the artist of, we believe, the, first panoramic exhibition of the Mississippi and American scenery. The present exhibition opens with the arrival of the tourist at Rouen, of which th ere are severa l fi ne v i ew s given, from which we proceed to Paris, whose streets, gardens, places, palaces, and river, are shown to the spectator they are making about the Galway line of steam . The Lord Lieu- communication with America tenant of Ireland has been waited upon again by some of the parties inter sted in the steamers, and because, like a prudent man, he will not encourage their hopes of Government assistance, they are actually raising the cry of "Justice to Ireland !" That is to say, ju,stice, it is pretended, is denied to the Irish,, because, forsooth, the Viceroy will not the British Govern- ment, to this private enterprise of the establishment of a steam navigation company to run their from a port in the West of Ireland to Newfoundland and New York. "It is quite natural," we are told, " that every Irishman should feel most warmly and acutely anything like a check to the hopes which Ireland may reasonably entertain, that this great undertaking will receive the assistance from the Government which it un doubtedly merits, and must eventually command." steamer We dare say that " every Irishman " does not care so much about it. We question if, not " every Irishman," but one Irishman in twenty, takes any interest in it whatever. The Galway people very naturally feel interested in it, because it is calcu- lated to advance the importance and prosperity of their town. But to affect that it is a thing of national concern is preposterous. As well might it be insisted upon us an affair of national interest, that Liverpool should be preferred to, say South- ampton or Bristol, as the transatlantic steam packet station. Liverpool has doubtless advantages over those ports, for such a purpose ; but to con- tend that, on thii account, or on any account, " every Englishman should " feel most warmly and acutely ' anything like a check to the hopes which, we will not continue the and say that the hopes of the parties interested are those which " England may reasonably entertain," regarding the under= taking of a Liverpool transatlantic steam naviga tion company ; for it Were enough to expose the absurdity of what we are animadverting upon, of seriously maintaining the idea of making the question of " the assistance from the Government which it undoubtedly merits "—that is, any parti cular transatlantic company at the port of Liverpool, as we are supposing, " undoubtedly merits "—appear an English question, and not merely a Liverpool one. England, of course, is generally interested in the, maintenance of an expeditious steam communication with the Ame rican Continent ; and if Liverpool is better adapted for being the English port for such a communication, it will secure a preference, as a matter of course, and without its being necessary to calculate upon any " hopes which England may entertain " respecting it at all. And this is precisely the fact of the matter. Private enter prise at Liverpool has accomplished everything that is requisite, without troubling the " hopes which England may reasonably entertain " to interest themselves in anywise about it, publicly west I or nationally. Liverpool has, after the trial of now a good many years, proved its adaptation for the object in view, and therefore, as was from the first foreseen, it not only "must eventually com mand," but it has commanded, and is commanding, and will continue to command, not " the assist ance from Government which it undoubtedly merits," but the support of the public—the encouragement of all who are interested in the maintenance of a prompt, regular, and reliable line of steam communication with the Western Conti nent. Southampton shares ' with it in the only " assistance from Government " which it receives— that, namely, of their employing the steamers for the transmission of the American mails ; a service which the facilities of the port of Liverpool enable them to perform in a manner which Galway will never, with all its boasted superiority in point of distance, be able to surpass. We are well aware that, as the touters for the. Galway line are proclaiming, the " British Cabinet is fully aware of the importance of the subject and the interests at stake." But we have only their Dwn word for it as yet that, as they pretend, " Irish steam-ship, fines have become a commercial necessity, not only to Ireland, but to the Imperiaj E z dievey-, 0 Where are the evidences of any almost as clearly and intelligibly as if he su rvey i . / city from the summit of--Notra Dame.... .±.! Paris bye followed by a beautiful and picturesque view of " - 1 "" e i night."- Front Paris, the traveller goes on to Antic, which the river 'front id presented, and, subsequee t l ( intestor view of the 'museum' Riberls; Pausing for a sight of Brussels, we rea ch Rhine, of which three splendid views arc Coblentz, with the great fortress of Ehreubrel; Cfalz Casile, and Bingen. From this point We a , to Hamburg, where a rna,gnificont night effect duced, and we see the Miter basin, With the th e ' of: lights reflected onita surf stretching away into the distancc Laic dark Faui view 4 teat buildfif succeed, which embrace nearly all th points of interest -in that city. Ha delight upon Heidelberg Castle; its vast courtyard, We enter Switzerland. Some oft striking scenes and effects during the whole pal' were those which belonged to the'lorirney through erland: The peaks of the Wetter horn , the Afer ' de and the ascent of Mont Blauc,e4ibit as splendi d of the panoramic art as any we have ever seen. °, Italy, we have a beautiful glimpse at Milan c al first by day, and then at night, with the a" of the lights streaming • thr of the painted windows. Veni( with its D 4 Grand 'canal, and its Bridge a Si us by unnumbered pencils ; a bi and bright visions of - Italian 1a the magnificent vieWs of Roine; - Naph the ruins of Pompeii. In the latter Vesni►' tacle effect is exhibited, by whit Forum of the ruined • 'city - -restored to its unimpaired - splendour rashing down, and - Atsroot shattering streams of lava which overwhelmed lt• n the, a beautiful picture of the "Blue he Grotto of Antiparos, t closes•with a series of views of Sebastopol, du siege and bombardment by the armies,of the allie recent war .n exp ~e.undet seci sw ilie P' 1. he f°l Such is a very brief 4 . 14 hurried o the principal scenes which the spec , Teutonic 1 of every . view may g The artistic execu of the kind we have ever seen,und sur isually exhi assembly imirati accompaniec which is interestin: MR. MASON JONES'S LECTURE ON In, our notice of Mr..Jones's 16cture. paper, we were prevented by want of ppa nial I in LiverP4 ing any gortionof tht speak( is the :Concluding passage be read with much inter( which will, w Alter Stella's death, and towards Swift cut himself off f . rom, all his Corti and shut himself 'up in proud anebit. became an intolerable burden to him. longed for death. ISolateifitm all human horizon of his mind b me overcas with despair: o f which i the the thunders ever rolled. The malady feared at last attacked him ; and his r had - to fight, the battle of life under t of disease; Ile moved from youth t of hypochondria,- with; the menacint,► Swift and otht his path. Dr. Yr) the party, Youn t , as if rooted to the earth, pine, the topmost branch by lightning. Swift point( be like that tree, I shall die at this, he had to labour, as all such m to solve the insoluble problems of ..e,3 the inexplicable enigmai of life. Por a mir these. qt mysteries by .which they went back to hiok (o: gazing of which had be aestions have a wo: 6 a llu ,„atiooL, terrible the - More' they meditate upon ti by the comment of the, thouzlitless and are for ever striving to eiplairi . all that I s e ' sad, and unaccountable in thi s t rage dy o f t e i e r woe, and blood—they arc for ever st r i ving to P lio darkness that rests upon the grave, and to b e it . spirits walking i n g l or y an d in light beyond existence of moral evil, and the consequenal e o entails, affected the mind _of:Swift, as they an. e itl minds of Pascal and John F os t er , an d fill e d him ""4, boding, anxiety, and gloom. I n th e d egra d e d O rl iie mankid, sunk in ignorance; slavery, and vice, occasion enough for sorrow and despair. Til er problems of tune ; life, death, an d e t ern ity, ", e i knocking at his hea r t f or so l ut i on. To 3,95`,1 questions, to satisfy the doubt s , that pressed he tries ev , and ma. suouttng question of Now he stan sybil caves of destini ao answer of evell; piercing emphasis, that solemn query of the " Wherefore bast thou made all men inbain Looking up into ,the midnight hem rogates the stars as ,to their Meaning ? —the dumb. From the wilderness of 8 - pace which tb, e d c colonize they shine silently down, staring rig ll 'a the fabled sphinx, with cairn eternal eves. Th er eto in his enquirieS, balled in his attempts t o solve!, unable to untie or cut the Gordian' knots of 1: on every return of his birth-day chamber, without meat or d is bin; ; {r rn;1~lIID~ sighs and groans of self-application, 'the thir ss . of Job, and cursi ng th e d ay t h at be /c I In the whole - of literary .historV. no fact so sad I ha,- so mournful often (concluded the sn( deanery windoWs in Dublin, ,aild lonely giant, as was his wont . " latiou through his rooms. Ile is alone with pointed expectations, with his baffled a nibi his lost loves, and with his biiried hones ; alo saddening memories of ti past recollections of by chained Prometheus upo. ever at his quivering heart V for consolation and hope 1 his early manhood and the vision, " Whither," in the words of " Wordsworth fled, the glory and the dream ?" -He can end den of life no longer. He si o the foe . i mighty energies at length are prostrate, the gig lect is at length o'erthrown! l and. the end is de and madness, and death. Is there no great 11 ‘ learned from this man's life ? I have spokeill night if you have not found it out already. is, the utter inability. the liffor inonnaneten e / A one years. his rot Whither where are now the iccumbs t 7apa r si frog; infiled, to gere thin.. or everythinm t , upon this cart} solationg of religion, pure and un _ longing desires of man's immortal soul the first genius of his ag and endowed w ost superhuman powv-. ( 1 from a low positi on t o one o f di gn ity 9 % tance ; acquired . Wealth and fame, 1 10 ,. r deliberations of cabinets and guided the of the empire. He stamped his impress upon the literature of his own country, the literature of the world ; two beautiful al l b , plished women loved him, a /whole nation 9 1 ,, homage at his feet. What lot more enviable/ it apparently more happy than his . ? And yet 11°t„. not fame, w wealth, di pity, power, love, hon l3o De could make him happy. Nay, • with them all, o dd most miserable man in this mo s t m i sera ble 00 fear that with all his genius Swift lacked 01 1 8 ; 0 1 fear he had not. that simple, child-like faith 117 ,' ",co l have brought balm his wearied spirit and 116 1 troubled soul. With S o l omo n o f o ld , h e o° o all the labour that his hand s h a d wroug ht uncl e ' nd, 10. ;' 11 vanity and it was ail vexation of spo- ni of vanities. Vanitas vanitat,#m. In the days do prosperity, and joy,_ we sometimes cepo solemn verdict upon life. But i n the ti mes 01 it. , depression, and gloom we are obliged t o adan'4, When afflictions press upon us and sorrow sve l f , the soul—when the heart is weari e d w ith tuni° , ,o o pain, sick of toil—when disease takes hold ';',/e when death enters the family circle, and We °wil t the vacant chair beside the domestic hearth-- We stand by the grave of some beloved one in 10 ° 4 ,11 garnered up our hearts, and feel that we a re f Oic e in the chill shadows o f the tomb - when the departed child's, or sister's, or . a mother's loe,e, re-echoing again i n th e caverns of inetavn ~,,,, the forms and f aces o f th e l os t l ove d ones: s ee7l to us in our reveries and dreams, no'" beckon us t o th e s ki es - w h en th e h ear t , involuntary sigh, and the unbidden tear stoP f ;ted cheek—oh, then, in spite of the sceptic, in s ' o l itrl 4 infidel, we are compelled to 'feel that this is n ot . 5 th e e that here we have no abiding . city; and then it, / t i v u e long, with David, for the wings of a dove, tlj 0 might flee away and be at rest.We have st° Swift's tomb to-night to try and understand W oo o F . of it ; and if we have not b een a bl e t o p i e rce le d/ news that rests upon that tomb, if we have not eb to clear away all th e m y s t ery t h at h angs ov er ' fe llY ter and career, let us go away, not in a spirit °., e fil i e or of blame, but in one of kind ness conl°o ll charity and pity. He sleeps in St. Patrick'ste l ti ? beside Stella----though in life they were seri fe, o , death they are not divided. "After life's lat_Ta sleeps well," wh ere , i n th e wor d s o f his ovrn " #74 " Übi sacra i n di gna ti o u lt er i us eor &wear! 00 0 " Where savage indignation' can tear his hear' o .dtsr The next lecture will b e d e li vere d this e're_tolii subject is, " Curran, an d th e Wi ts an d OP Irish Bar."