The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. -MONDAY Their Lordships met at five o'clock. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS TO AUSTRALIA. T he Earl of lIARDWICXE moved for returns, and drew n atte n ti on to the delay in organising a more affective postal ‘3lThzunication between England and the Australian C olonie s . ylestl The Duke of AR CM :E admitted the importance of the ion, and remarked that the Government had invited lit ' for the service by a Treasury 11 , Iinute of February and were now in possession of information, from which f .,, speediest-- '4,eY hoped soon to establish the cheapest and - means of c ommunication with Australia. THE BAN K CHARTER ACT. !tiqu/ The Earl o f EGLINTON moved for a Select Committee to Z, ire into the Bank Charter Act,'and referred in detail the r esults of past transactions, in which the Bank the eh nglan d was concerned since the last renewal of t he Purp ose in 1844. An investigation was necessary, for t and of An means for enlarging the currency, a nd a : 11 , en ding the Directorate of the Bank of England a t , Was on these grounds that he moved for the Pointment of a Select Committee. The 12 1 k of a i t . 11 6 of ARGYLE replied that there was no intention r. Sriering the Bank Act, as the Government were pe a e,,e117 satisfied With it, and they were not of opinion that Bug! present With would be gained from an enquiry 4 as that proposed, They would not, however, offer anY objection 4 itide -3 to the appointment of a `committee_, if d epend ent pr oceedi ng m embers of either House thought such a illadiisable. theirAftter arief discussion the motion was withdrawn, and --clusilips rose at a quarter before seven o'clock. . - Rot, -SE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY l'tAitzu took the chair at four o'clock. hi r e f er - " 8014 r, in answer to a question from Mr. Thornely, Iron and to the continuance of the bonds under which elPorte- other Manufactured articles are permitted to e Was 4o:1, stated that the signature of the treaty of peace be be stifle the conclusion of war, as the treaty had ye rat:o3olo.....ind.koNVinittihoorsegard to all articles, ' however, excepted, of war, an order would be issued be e attee g n e th cl e . b°111 : 18 ; those already given could of course EXP ORTATION OF IRON. • 14 re P I Y to Mr TORRISH CONTINGENT. r. t.tr.Otway, Relit nat ed that aft er a t i me the Turkish contin -01%18 : 0 7 be recalled, and the foreign troops in the pay ntrY W ould be disbanded. I I in an sw REV IEWS ON SUNDAY. t it er to Captain Seobell, .? Sttod 41. s aid the holding of reviews in the -3 ' Wks disa pproved of by the government. Crimea on In ans 71E IRISH MILITIA. Ditt pnWering Mr. R ome, d; t ° aid it was the intention of the Government bid the toi l i ta in Ireland. it4r.Motion THE 04 the BiLLETTING SYSTEM; going into committee of supply,. the tre°lPalf drew attention to the evils resulting Scotland, 444 tzbilettin„ „,. . , 6 of soldiers on private families in viii„ - -ardships inflicted upon the small towns and II -s e B , am • in the opinion of Ne tro Moved a resolution that, use, the . ll yi,.; Practice of Billetting Soldiers in Scotland 418ier:47ate families, was injurious to the comforts . and Peopi„ille of the men, as well as being oppressive to the ru a , t ; 411(1 that it is the duty of the Government, to take Bi r 4e° Permanently to abolish the grievance. tame gnew supported the amendment, and Mr. kr,Pals° NPPorted it. "4 t o til r' said, the conclusion of the war had 'put an taketi sYstena complained of. The Government had of s e'PerY means to lessen the pressure upon the people ,_eetlad. , NI.. QM, 4coUroon, Mr. FERGUSON, and Mr. MAGUIRE i ng Spok en, b l ,; °1.4 PAL admitted that billeting soldiers on -- ‘rate lizilsros 801 die fa milies was injurious to the discipline of the billeors' at id the morality of the places where they were he A et - ' e cl• I3ut the practice had existed previously to t of Union, a altered without an amend kept ' Could not be , of the Jee r ruinY. 4e t , which could not be done should I n d ex he t h ._ • lie thought that barrack accommodation s ii;4utvided for troops all over the Kingdom'promised and he pr lots: for would consider the matter. izt.er some further discussion, • the ß c041,8e take n ELI supported the motion, and justified the aslipiy. by Mr. Cowan in bringing it on in going into 04 .. di g • %vision there appeared — °r F or going into 5upp1y............- 116 the amendment. ICJ r l‘l ajOrity a • e ann the G our ic 116 atieees 411 Party ementgainstec Was reived overnment amidst cheers from , tOrcl p SUPPLY. . would not be I,ltholt diaattaSTON said he believed it lttely ,e Precedent if he moved that the House immedi kr. _solve itself into a Committe of Supply. tibo llt t:lellot,i said he was glad to find that they were 4 l itate rnn ig° into committee of supply, but he regrettedtdebate, th at ifi:llt tnade by the Government in the not b e ...r; %WEIR'S motion were carried, the H l o a n e se would The4cole to Q. go into committee. de of tciAlicELLoa of the EXCHEQUER quoted the prece oment bef ore ~ e llonse, which the Government only the le;lse(l'vered, and it was from Aitraeii erlinlent Used the argumne:tun r.o w f o o r rr th od y t a o motive m b y that ia r. Ti le thaw 0, Ny e . 1 - "men went into committee of supply.. le litea ! .a, votes were agreed to, the consideration of which ,iihmeol tWelvd o'clock, when The pß°l.ltator reported progress. mohe w . 4 tlivi sie orn Bill went through committee after d b. non ali J Ittr, - n , amendment for reporting progress, moved to le ...itackhnrne, which was negatived by 107 votes Tile public ktittee. Works (Ireland) Bill went through com fort' MEDICAL REPORM. tO the L.OllO brought in a bill to amend the law relating ruethcal profession. kr. r LA IV OF PARTNEIVRIP• A v . b '"Pb brought in a bill to amend the law of part alp. The I t 0 , 1 it ottse adjourned at twenty-five minutes to two e ot . d'et. , ----„........„,,.....____ ...." • `rastl4ll4 ROtRR AT RITGRLEY. During Easter wee o k f the eo,,nntober of persons visited Ruc..elly from all parts We are itirtrY, to inspect the house of 'William Palmer.. of h_,°treed on credible authority, that the late residence ,. theci'cliper ils about to be opened as an inn, with the nOr 1, 4N4Yeanine Arms."--Birrningham IlfercurY• "ttri 1' Bu nor- D 1 , n k b. . -N RATR IN NATLOR-STREET CHURCH: — evening ttreeast, h e t !vine service in this church, on Su nday t Wife of Mr S cue Cowkoeper, Prince Edwin a hqout„h'erri"as.hal!ddenly iakePn ille. r' The house surgeon from the er, b ,-.lspensary was immediately brough.t to attend hstQL.e.riabeirlfoeftvthaes efoeund to an .be exthi regetione, lioTy'lla her from hileg .ite ,„,,,e4nn, drinking rtoo!)1 cop ' o n e h t. ad A ex v e e r r t y ed yo h n im n was given, ilgo utlsvii ; e t o f w a n t v e e r ry w n b i e o rt h ted s t gs a e t ml e f o i li f takenite-e4sofanken .dangerously ill, and, but for the timely p 1 then Dispensary doctor, fatal results might have el, aCe• Re is still very ill. irk A llut 0 James Knight- Zk 'at' p PORGRR Y IN DUBLIN.— Nllth L Y a clerk in the transfer office M of r. t j h a e m lrish Great iday hi etZ d l and Western Railway, was brought up on Friday ~ei,Mee,D,Lbefore Mr. Porter, the magistrate, at the police of "'are a i -11 e, charged with forging two deeds of transfer_ m the h r , l l teat railway the case baying been remanded f or m ,°,efoial,i°llß Saturday; when it came in so imperfect a form ti le stile kagistrate that nothing but vague rumours theon etat elz Ject found their way before the public. Fronl it kt il e nts of counsel and the evidence produced on Friday, b e e-eedas4,4l th.at the forged papers in question purported to ° f the ',eating date March 12, 1856, and transferring,l eachh al l sl, twenty shares, from a Mrs. Elizabetha tm ar t s a Dresenneglish widow lady, to a Rev. Mr. Gordon,a in of Messrs I J'llie -e ° f Mr. B. Wileockq of the office tom:, Teesdale, and S which pur aadilands, of 33, Fenchurch-street, Pollee,: There were thus forty shares ip. all e above Dar the be so transferred ; and as the shares I'L 8 . ' m arket valu e of the entire exceedweder£2. Verel,g,nature of Mrs. Saltmarsh and of Mr. I , ocks w i c he a ueßed to Was forgeries.after 000. ~ heard u . some evidences had been iie tt fr le case remanded for the attendance of a wit ahin.,°ln England. Mr. Curran strongly remonstrated a: , the retention of the accused iii custody ; but 'll,l4_,Trisiderable discussion, the case was adjourned until th en '''‘,”' neat, th,e roa2istrate stating t a h would Ntle,:"..lB°barge Mr. Xiiighting from custod unless the tOrtliu" .vhich the Company undertook to produe, was cop. is. THE NenTHERN TIMES.—LIVERIPOOL 3 TUESDAY, APRIL 8, lisse. breaking her fetters, she received .no aid, though it should have been forthcoming, and her desertion would• yet be visited on England with sharper trials, and more bitter experiences, than those it had recently undergone. hun ger), free would check the encroachments of despotism ; if not free she would become a powerftil instrument in the hands of pontificial supremacy. (Hear, hear.) M. Kossuth then took a survey of the character and deeds of the two individuals who were parties to this concordat-, Pope Pius Nono and Francis Joseph of Austria. Here, he said, he could not help dwelling upon the fact, that he him self had to be made an exile, homeless and poor, to make that concordat possible. (Meers,) If he were not an exile they never would have heard of any concordat. (Cheers.) In his own time he had had a little to do with the Hapsburgs. Time was when he had held, to use an expression he had formerly used, the fortunes of the house of Hapsburg in his hands. Time was, too, when his name was coupled with that of Pio Nono in thundering 8 along the shores of the Adriatic Sea. He then took a brief survey of the leading phases of the reign of Pope Pius up to his restoration to Rome by France, and also of that of the Emperor of Austria, whom he declared to have loaded his young head with fraud, perjury. and every crime down to the infamy of calling in a brutal foreign power to assist in the murdering of the generous Hungarian nation. (Hear, and cheers.) What was the key to the union between these two? What was the explanation of this attempt made by the vaccillating monk. Pio Nono, which was beyond what the most daring of his predecessors ' of the Bonifaces, the Hildebrands, the Gregories had ever made ? What was the secret of this confederacy, which would be a ludicrous comedy, if its sad effects did not make it a tragedy ? The key to the mystery was, that the spirit of freedom stood in the way of temporal and spiritual despotism, and must be crushed. The Concordat was a complement of the treaty of Verona, and the conference in Paris had a link with the Concordat. Louis Napoleon went to war with Russia—for what ? For Turkey ? Poor Turkey ! She was betrayed. Let any one who doubted it read the Kars' papers. (Hear, and cheers.) Louis Napoleon went to war with Russia for the purpose of making his dynasty acknowledged as a legitimate ingre lient in the monarchical composition of Europe. He had, indeed, gained his end. The suppression of the free press of Europe, and of its liberty, would in return be sought to be crushed, and that would be the issue of the conference of Paris, Therefore, the present peace would be the source of immense danger and trials to England—the land of free parliaments and a free press. (Cheers.) Let England pray that that Concordat should not triumph over Hungary, because if it did, the first and second articles of the treaty of Verona would yet bring sore trials upon England. (Hear, hear.) Their old leader, Oliver Cromwell, spoke in 1658 in Parliament—" Look how the house of Austria is prepared to destroy the whole Protestant interest of Hungary. You may say it is a great way off—what is it to us ? But I tell you it is something. It concerns all your religions, and all the good interests of England." (Cheers.) 'With this quotation, M. Kossuth concluded his lecture, and resumed his seat amid enthusiastic cheering. Being aware that M. Kossuth is to deliver two lectures on precisely the same subject in Liverpool, next week, we have refrained from reporting his discourse in full—though eminently worthy of all the space which a newspaper could devote to it. A vote of thanks was passed to M. Kossuth, with renewed applause, and by general acclamation. The proceedings closed by a vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr. Salisbury, to the chairman. THE MILITARY INQUIRY AT CHELSEA Yesterday morning the Board of Commissioners, consist ing of General Sir Alexander Woodford, G.C.8., and G.C.M.G., General the Earl of Beauchamp, General Sir Goorge Berkeley, G.C.8., Lieutenant General Sir John Bell, G.C.B , Lieutenant General Sir W. Rowan, C.ll, Major General Peel. M.P., Major General Knollys, appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Earls Lucan and Cardigan, Sir R. Airey, and Colonel Gordon, ass -mbled at Chelsea Hospital. Lieutenant Colonel Douglas, of the Adjutant General's department was preeent to represent the Horse Guards, and Colonel Bagot acted as secretary to the Com mission. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridee, Lord Echo, M.P., Mr. Merewether, Q.C., Colonel Knox, M.P., Sir John Wilson, Sir Edmund Lyons, Lord Raglan, Colonel Gordon, General Upton, Mr. Commissary Filder, General Airey, and General Freeth were present during the inquiry. The Earl of Lucan, having heard from the Judge-advo cate a statement in reference to the allegations made against him, addressed the Court. He said he wished his case to be taken separately, and decided upon separately. The deci sion of the board might be withheld from the public until the whole of the cases were inquired into. The President said the board did not think it would be possible for them to adjudicate upon the case separately. Lord Lucan : Then I must ask the board to give me four and twenty hours to consider whether I will go into. the case at all. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES AT MANCHESTER About midnight, on Saturday, a fire was discovered in the mill, in Beswick, occupied by Messrs. John and Joseph Plant, fustian manufacturers. Mr. Rose, with a large body of firemen and their engines, at once proceeded to the spot. The fire bad broken out in the third storey of that portion of the mill which was twelve windows in length, and by the time Mr. Rose and his force arrived, a portion of the roof was in, and it was entirely gutted. An engine and boiler house, containing a 40-horse engine, ' were totally consumed, as was also a two storey building occupied as a warehouse; but two engine houses, contain ing each engines of 25 horses' power were saved, as were also the weaving sheds, scutcbing rooms, &c., in which the damage done was very trifling. The mill was almost 40 years old, and contained 12.000 spindles. The loss is esti mated at something like £12,000, which is insured in the West of England, Guardian, and Manchester offices. By this unfortunate occurrence about 400 persons will be thrown out of employment. The exertions of Mr. Rose and his force were continued with unabated dilligence till about four o'clock, when all danger being over he withdrew eight men aad returned with them to the police yard. Fortunate it was that he did so, for he had not arrived many minutes when intelligence was received of a fire having broken out in the timber yard and saw mills of Mr. John M'Gingan, Store Street, London Road. The dry and combustible nature of the building and materials made the flames spread, while unop posed, with a most frightful rapidity, and the fury of the fire caused the utmost excitement in the neighbourhood, many rushing from the adjoining cottages in a state of semi-nudity, and using the greatest exertions for the safety of their household goods. As it turned out, the damage was comparatively trifling, the machinery and steers of timber, and a portion of the building, have been saved. The premises and stock were insured in the North of Eng land and Yorkshire offices for £2,500, and the loss is estimated at between £7OO and £BOO. The Jodge Advocate, after a lengthened consultation with the board, said the board could not decide upon the point of adjudication without hearing his case, bec a us e it was impossible for him to say how far his lordship's state ment might implicate others. Lard Lucan repeated, that it would be the grossest in justice to mix him up with other cases without giving him an opportunity of considering how far it might be prejudicial to him to take such a course, The commissioners retired to consider the question raised by the noble lord, and were absent about twenty minutes. On their return, The Judge Advocate said he was directed by the court to inform Lord Dican that, if after the intimation that had been conveyed to him that his case would be like all other cases, enquired into and reported to her Majesty on its own merits, he was still desirous for a delay of twenty-four hours, his request should be complied with. Lord Lucan said he had thought over this matter since the commissioners had been out of the room ' and he would not avail himself of the indulgence granted on condition that he might be allowed to put in a protest against, the proceedings before his case was closed. The Judge-advocate, after a consultation with the board, said the commissioners could not alter their decision. Lord Lucan said he would go on, but should present his protest to-morrow, and then it would be for the commis sioners to say whether they would accept or reject it. The noble and gallant Earl then, at great length, drew attention to those portions of the report of Sir John M'Niell and Colonel Tullock, in which his conduct was inculpated, and then proceeded to open his case in rebuttal of tha imputa tions cast upon him. The gallant Earl was proceeding when our report was forwarded. ACCIDENTS AT THE LANDING-STAGE TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIAES Sin.,—l have to request that you will grant me a small portion of your valuable space for the insertion of this letter, in the hope that it may remove a crying evil—l allude to the habit which foolhardy individuals have of leaping from the landing-stage to the ferry-boats, thereby endangering their lives. It was but yesterday afternoon that a woman, in endea vouring to jump on board the Tranmere boat, jumped short, and fell into the river, and would have been drowned, in all probability, had not Captain C. Semple, (Messrs. Fernie Brothers and Co's overlooker), with great presence of mind, and by dint of great exertion, succeeded in seizing hold of her as she was sinking for the last time, and thus saving her. - Surely the recurrence of such accidents might be avoided, were the authorities to issue instructions to the policemen on duty on the landing-stage, to prevent all attempts to reach the steamers after they were once in motion. I trust that this will meet the eye of some one who has the power to remedy this evil.—Yours, &c. J. Liverpool, 7th April, 1856. BOILER EXPLOSION, AND LOSS OF LIFE On Saturday afternoon an explosion of a steam-engine boiler, in Portsmouth :dockyard occurred, by which four lives were sacrificed, and about a dozen persons most seriously wounded. The catastrophe occured in the engine -house, at the rear of the new smith's shop, the engine in which was used to work the great steam hammer in that shop. The explosion was instantaneous, and carried the roof of the building some 50 feet up in the air. The shock was similiar to the report of heavy ordnance, and WAS heard at some distance. Admiral Martin, the superintendent of the dockyard, was passing by the building slips at the moment of the explosion, with Mr. Woods, the clerk of the works. The admiral went directly to the spot, sending at the moment to the surgery, to ensure the prompt attendance of the medical officers of the yard. The necessity for their assistance was proved to be too great, for on Admiral Martin having set a num ber of men to work to extricate the injured from the debris of the building, three men were taken out quite dead, and six others dreadfully wounded, one of whom has since died, while five or six others are more or less seriously injured. The deceased were taken to the dead house, whilst the wounded (four in number) were con veyed to the Infirmary, and thence to Haslar Hospital. receiving every possible attention at each establish ment. The boiler that has produced this calamity was what is known to engineers as a circular boiler, with semicir cular ends, and no flues. It was high pressure, about 22 feet low., 4i feet diameter, and was working at a pres sure of 601bs. The metal was half an inch in thickness, and the boiler, one of the strongest ever made, was constructed at the steam-factory in this dockyard about three years since. As to the cause of the calamity, from the appearance of the boiler, it would seem that it had, before bursting, become red-hot. The man in charge, we hear, is not seri ously injured; he appears to have seen the impending accident, and rushed out of the engine -room before it occurred. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—On the 26th ult., as Mr. Joseph Rice, aged twenty-two years, was d r i v i ng i n a g i g a l ong Bath-street, the horse fell, and Mr. Rice was thrown out on his head, and received such injuries that he died in the Northern Hospital, at half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night. Ile was clerk to a coal merchant in town, and resided in Lord-street, Birkenhead.—About three weeks ago, a boy, named Charles GroJme, seven years of age, residing in Egypt-street with his parents, was at play with some others, when a small stone got into his ear. It was subse quently extracted by a surgeon, but inflammation set in, and he died on Sunday night from the effects of it.—Ste phen H. Hassell, a seafaring person, was crossing a steamer in the Sandon dock, on Su n d a y n i g ht, on his way to another vessel, to keep tide watch. It appears the covers or doors of the paddle wheels were open, and he fell through and lost his life.—About two o'clock yesterday morning, police con stable 100 heard a splash in the water, at the south end of St. George's dock. He gave an alarm and hastened to the spot, when he saw a man in the water. He threw him the life buoy, but,the man did not seem to mind it. Incpector Tomilson came up immediately, and after some time the body was got out, and all the usual remedies resorted to, but in vain. lie was dead. Inquests will be held in these cases to -day. CHAMBER OF ComtEnez.—The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held yesterday, Charles Holland, Esq., President, in the chair. After the routine business had been disposed of, it was resolved, on the recommendation of the Postal Committee, to memorialise the Treasury and the Admiralty, praying for the establishment of a regular postal communication with Australia by way of Suez and Ceylon once a fortnight, and that an average speed of ten miles an hour be maintained. The committee appointed to carry out the resolutions of the Chamber on the law of Partnership, reported that they had petitioned the House of Commons against the bill, which they had supported by a deputation to the Board of Trade. The Commercial Law Committee presented a report on the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill, recommending the Chamber to support it, with the exception of the clause repealing the statutes of fraud, and suggesting an amendment in the clause affect ing guarantees—adopted. The committee on the Income Tax Act reported, that it did not consider the present time a fitting one for endeavouring to prbeure amendments in the mode of levying and collecting that tax—also adopted. It was resolved to request the members for the borough to support the Drafts on Banker's Bill, and the Judgments and Execution's Bill. A further report on the Joint Stock Companie's Bill was agreed to, recommending some amend ments affecting the internal arrangements of the company, provided th©, progress of the measure is not thereb y impeded. Copies were ordered to be sent to the members for the borough, requesting proposed. them to support the amendment M. KOSSUTH IN CHESTER. LECTURE ON THE CONCORDAT BETWEEN THE POPE AND AUSTRIA. (FROM OUR. OWN REPORTER.) M. Kossuth delivered the first of two lectures on the pro bable effect of the Concordat lately concluded between the Pope and Austria, on Hungary in general, and Protestant ism in Hungary in particular, last night, in the New Music Hall, Chester. The proceeds of the lecture were announced as to be devoted to the funds of the Chester Mechanics' Institution. This being M. Kossuth's first visit to Chester, an 3, indeed, the first visit he has paid for some years to any part of the North of England, a very large attendance was expected. The numbers, however, fell short consi derably .of what might have been looked for. Many of the benches were quite empty, although the galleries were generally filled. At eight o'clock precisely M. Kossuth came upon the platform, accompanied by several gentle men of the city, and was received with enthusiastic applause. The chair was then taken by Mr. Temple, barrister. The Chairman, in a few words, introduced the subject of the night and M. Kossuth. M. Kossuth then came forward, and was received with enthusiastic applause, which was kept up for some moments. When silence had been restored, he proceeded to say—Mr. Temple, ladies, and gentlemen, I have been invited to deliver two lectures on the concordat between the Pope and Francis Joseph of Austria, with special reference to Hungary in general, and to the Protestantism of Hungary in particular. The peculiar character of my past career, has made it a habit with me in every emer gency to endeavour, first, to concentrate my attention upon the general philosophy, as it were, of any given case, and then, when I have come to a general determina_ tion, pass to the details. I shall, therefore, devote this evening to a general survey of the case, and reserve for my next lecture, some particulars. Before, however, entering upon the subject, I beg to claim some indulgence from this audience. Your native language is not my own, and the gloomy disposition of an exiled soul is not one congenial to new acquirements. A combination of peculiar circumstances, led me formerly to address English assemblies as well as I could, but from obvious reasons I have discontinued the useless practice, and I have since been living a life almost like the solitude of the desert, in England, but not with Englishmen. Hence, I fear, I have rather retrograded than advanced in the knowledge of your language, at least in fluency of speech, and correctness of pronounciation. Bear with me when I am defective. I shall now enter upon my subject. Whatever may have been the case in former times, for the last three centuries England has had nothing to do with concordats. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, I do not know whether I may suppose that the subject of my lecture is generally known to all present, and perhaps, therefore, I should rather begin by briefly . stating what is the nature of a concordat. (Hear, and cheers.) No man, M. Kossuth continued to say, had the right to claim the title of Christian who was not willing to grant to another the same right to worship God . according_to his conscience which he claimed for himself; but tolera tion was one thing—priestcraft another. The concordat had nothing to do wii.b religion. It was simply an attempt to subordinate the civil structure of society _to ecclesias tical supremacy for the purpose of making .ecclesiastical supremacy an efficient tool for the eternal•aspiration of the Roman See to universal dominion. The lecturer read several of the clauses of the concordat, and'explained the power with which they armed the hands of the ecclesias tics for aggrandisement or persecution. To name the word religion in the matter, he urged, was profanation. It was a daring act of conspiracy by the despotisms of the world against the freedom of the world—at present in particular against his own native land, Hungary, which, ever thp champion, always the victim of Christian Europe, was now again required to bear the brunt of the battle for Christian civilisation. At all times, and in every country, the Roman See was ready to measure its strength with the civil power, and the doctrine of the " Immaculate conception" was but promulgated for the purpose of testing the extent of passive obedience in the Roman Catholic world. If it were unhesitatingly received the Papacy might well venture on a sweeping aggressive measure. The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church still were immensely rich, and yet it was a remarkable fact that Papacy, all-powerful as it was, never could make a second Spain before of Austria. There was perhaps no c , untry of the Roman Catholic faith where the Papacy had less power, and it had perhaps even more in many Protestant countries. This was chiefly owing to Hungary, not Protestant Hungary alone, but all Hungary. Greater even perhaps in this respect, and richer, was the glory of Roman Catholic Hungary. He was proud to pay this tribute to Roman inasmuch as he was himself a Protestant, some of whose ancestors had suffered exile and death for the Protestant creed, and when he himself was once placed in a position to choose between his religion and the security of his life, he did not find the choice either difficult or dubious. (Loud cheers.) All the powers of Papacy, when all other places gave way before them, were unable to crush the indomitable spirit of Hungary. Hungary stood as a barrier against the encroachments of the Papacy. She knew how to distinguish between religion and priest craft ; and while she faithfully supported the first, she strongly opposed the second. It was her maxim that Papal interference was a wind which blew nobody good. Every such encroachment found that nation united as one man to oppose it. It was the glory of Hungary that even the native Catholic clergy never sunk to that degree of servility as to allow themselves to be used as tools for the unholy ambition of Rome. Even in that gigantic struggle which it had been his destiny to lead, the great measure of Roman Catholi Hungary had always stood with the Hungarian nation, and against whatever enemy would encroach upon the rights of the nation—bo he king, emperor, or pope. (Cheers.) M. Kossuth dilated on the position thus held by Hungary even so far back as the very darkest days of superstition, and declared that even when the Pope excommunicated Hun gary, Hungary in turn excommunicated the Pope. (Cheers.) After the Reformation, he showed that Hungary maintained the same ground, and that this manly spirit did not fail to exercise an influence far beyond its own provinces. Taking his stand upon the uncontrovertible ground of his- tory, he felt perfectly justified in asserting for his nation the c laims, to the credit of Christendom, that there was no nation, not one throughout the world, which had rendered greater service to Christian Europe. He asked what would have been the result to Europe if Hungary had yielded to the awful current of Islamism, and had not checked it; or if she had been merged into that Russian church of which the Czars were Popes, or if Hungary had not been the first to open her heart to the light of the Reformation. How, he asked, had Hungary been enabled. to render the service she did, which equalled any of these he had last mentioned, in clogging the wheels of Papal ambition ? It was done by the free word in the halls of her Diets, and in her municipal institutions. There it was that the public encroachments and secret tricks of Papal ambition were denounced to the indignation of the people. There it was that the independant country gentleman hag sufficient power, by the thunder of the patriot's voice, not only to denounce but to defeat the insidious stratagems of the despot and the priest. There it was that every village person, and even the poorest chaplain felt himself safe to follow the patriotic impulses of his heart, and to expose those who would abuse the name of religion by calling upon it in support of the unworthy ambition of the Popes. Yes, it was by these fifty-two Parliaments of freedom that Hungary had been enabled to maintain her position as a nation, and to repel all attacl's either of tlae , despot or of the church. (Hear, and cheers.) In resisting, however, the domineering tendency of the Popes, of which the chief credit was due to his nation, circumstances facilitated their task to a certain degree. The Popes were restrained by the apprehension that Hun gary might be driven into the arms of Protestantism. That danger it was now anticipated by the makers of the con cordat had passed away ; but he doubted whether the result would be as they anticipated and hoped. Hungary was the barrier to pontifical ambition, and its desertion by England in the hour of its need would ultimately be sorely visited on its people. The just concluded peace, which, such as as it waa would bear testimony to these his words, could not fail to prove of trial and suffering to isglatitl• Hungary free would hurl back the dragon of darkness to the abyss. (Cheers.) But when God, in the wise dispensa tion of his providence, sent his country the opportunity for Catholic Hungary THE GOLD DUST CAPTURE An inquiry was held before Mr. Commissioner West, at the Bankruptcy Court, Sheffield, on Saturday, as to the ownership of 298 onnces 6 dwts. of gold dust. The gold dust, which is valued at £1,200, has been seized on the supposition that it has been brought from Australia by Mr. Nahum Salamon, of the firm of Marks and Salamon, merchants, of Sheffield and Australia, who were declared bankrupts some months since. The gold dust was seized by Mr. Gaskill, the Bankruptcy Court Messenger, on the arrival of Mr. Salamon at Liverpool from Aus tralia, in the ship Lightning. When ,Mr. Gaskill searched the Lightning for property belonging to the bankrupt, he found the box of gold dust alluded to. Ostensibly it did not belong to Salamon, who made no claim to it, and who has throughout repudiated the ownership. Mr. Gaskill's suspicions were aroused owing to the gold dust being shipped in the name of Solomon Naten, and being stated in the manifest to belong to a passenger on board, while there was no pas senger on board the ship, except Salamon himself, with a name at all like this. After the gold dust was seized, Mr. Solomon Naten, a jeweller, living in Watery-street, Shef field, came foriYard and claimed the gold dust, stating that he was the person to whom it was consigned, and in proof of this he produced the bill of lading. Mr. Gaskill, how ever, refused to allow the gold dust to be given up. The enquiry was in respect to Mr. Naten's claim upon the pro perty. Besides Mr. Naten, Mr. James Ritter and Mr. H. Posnanski were examined. From their statements it appeared that Mr. Ritter and M r . P osnans ki h a d been in business in Australia, which they had given up, and returned to England in the same ship as Salamon. The gold dust had been consigned to Naten by a Mr. Phiueas Beatus, who about two years ago emigrated from Sheffield to Australia, having before that time travelled about with a pedlar's box. Beatus being an intimate friend of Naten's, and having grown rich in the neighbourhood of the diggings, had forwarded the box of gold dust, on the unde rs t an di ng th at N a t en was to send back to him in return cutlery and jewellery to the same value. Both the gold dust and the bill of lading had been entrusted by Beatus to Ritter. No letter of advice was sent to Naten, who had no idea of the good fortune that was in store for him, till Ritter reached Sheffield and told him of it. Beatus gave no instructions as to what was to be done with the gold dust if Naten were dead or removed. The commissioner did not come to any decision, but the gold dust will probably be detained for the assignees, and it will remain with Naten, if he thinks proper, to bring an action for its recovery. BERLIN, April 4.—A letter in the Abeille Du Nord, preaching up the emancipation of Russian civilization from foreign influence, and violently attacking England, has produced a great sensation in the Russian capital.— Morning News. BERLIN, Sunday. —A royal ordinance prohibits stock brokers from negociating the scrip of foreign shares. National shares partly paid up, and foreign shares fully paid, only are permitted for transfer. There are other measures against stock and money jobbing. A Turin journal which, it is said, derives is infor mation from an authentic source states, that the docu ments which received the signatures of the Plenipoten tiaries on the 30th ult., were five in number, namely, the treaty or instrument of peace, properly so called ; an a lditional article relative to the evacuation of the Rus sian territory, and a convention relative to the straits. These three were signed by the fourteen Plenipoten tiaries. Two annexes, one of which relates to the Aland Isles, and is signed by Russia, France, and England ; and the other concerning the maritime policy of the Black Sea, signed by Turkey and Russia only. DlssommoN of A BANat.—Some excitement has been occasioned in Cheltenham by the sudden dissolution or cessa tion from business of the Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Company, and the almost simultaneous sudden death of the manager, Mr. Ridler, lately a candidate for the representation of the borough in parliament. The imme diate cause which led to the suspension of business was, it is preetty Well understood, the complete exhaustion of its capital, occasioned by losses which have overbalanced the profits. Therefore the managers of the bank decided to close business while they were yet in a favourable position to discharge their liabilities, which have, we believe, hitherto been liquidated on demand. It is presumed that the shareholders will be the sufferers, and that they will lose nearly the whole of the money invested in the concern. The bank, we believe, has regularly declared a dividend of five and six per cent. A meeting of the shareholders is to be held in a fortnight. While the town was yet ringing with the, news of the stoppage of business at the batik, it was announced that Mr. Ridler, the manager, and who offered himself for Chelten ham at the l as t e l ec tion, had been found dead in his bed. He had been much depressed in spirits of late, and at about twelve o'clock took some medicine (morphine). He was alive at six o'clock next morning, but at eight he was dead. An inquest has been opened on the body before Mr, Love. grove, coroner, and adjourned for an autopsy. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES, CROWN v COURT. --ESTERDAY Mr. Baron Atartin entered court at nine o'clock yesterday, and proceeded with the hearing of special jury cases. HULL v. BOLLARD.—This was an action brought to recover damages for the alleged infringement of a patent. The patent was obtained by the plaintiff on the 7th April, 1855, sealed sth October, 1865, for an improvement in the cutting ofstones for flour mills. The improvement was a peculiar formation of the furrows in the face of the stone, carrying the furrows through the main land into the main furrow, and the addition of a fan for carrying away the hot air, formed in the process of working. The improvements were stated to enable the plaintiff to accomplish 200 revolutions per minute, and a proportionate increase of working power. The cause of action was, that the defendant having been invited to view the plaintiff's mills, was alleged to have had a pair of stones in his own mills shortly after, constructed on Mr. Hull's principle. The defence was that the construction had been in genetal use previously, in several places. Both parties aro of Liver pool, the plaintiff's having mills in Regent road, and the de fendant in Bootle-lane. Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. Hind marsh, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., with another, appeared for the defendant. Several witnesses were called on either side. The case resulted, however, in the plaintiff being nonsuited. This was the last case to be disposed of. His Lordship congratulated the jury on the termination of the assizes, and thanked them for the services they bad rendered. The court rose shortly before two o'clock. NISI PRTUS COURT.—YESTERDA Y . Mr. Justice Willcs took his seat in this court shortly before ten o'clock, when the first case called on was that of— HILLCOAT v. HUMPHREYS AND ANOTHER.—III this action the Rev. Dr. Hil!coat, the incumbent of St. Matthew's Church, Scotland-road, Liverpool, sought to recover damages of the defendants, for a libel uttered by the Rev. Henry Cooke, his curate, Mr. Humphreys, and others. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, and Mr. Aspinall, were for the plaintiff; and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Millward, were for the defendants. Io opening the case, Mr. Atkinson said his client was a doctor of divinity, the incumbent of St. Matthew's Church, at the north end of this town. In the immediate neighbourhood of that church were a- great number of Roman Catholics. The plaintiff had been incumbent of the church since 1835, and was far advanced in years. In 1835 the plaintiff had unfortunately fallen into difficulties, through a suit in chancery, and not being enabled to pay the costs was sent to Lancaster Castle. While there, his attention was directed to an,advertisernent in a newspaper, in which one of the defendants, the Rev. H. Cooke, a young Irish curate, sought to obtain a better situa tion. The plaintiff answered the adv . rtiseraent, and a sum of money was subsequently advanced to Mr. Cooke, to come over to Liverpool. When Mr. Cooke arrived in Liverpool, he was informed that the plaintiff was in Lancaster castle, and conse cmently went over to see him, and requested to have some authority to enable him to exercise full dominion over the church as the incumbent. Upon this the Dr. gave him a letter which contained the following passage : " I hereby declare, so long as you remain the officiating minister of my church, I fully assign to you the requisite authority in every respect relating to the church, schools, and districts." After receiving this letter, the Rev. Mr. Cooke appears to have fancied, that not only in law, but by every moral consideration, that he was the incumbent of the church, and so he acted from 1853 to 1855, receiving the whole proceeds of the church, not one shilling of which ever passed into the hands of the plaintiff during that period. The expenses of the Chancery suit, at last, were paid, and the Rev, Dr. was released from Lancaster Castle, and went to reside at Bath, where he had previously lived, While'at Bath, the plaintiff heard rumours of a certain character, and wrote to Mr. Cooke, asking on what grounds he had called him and the congregation "swindlers." In reply to Mr. Cooke, he said "he was prepared to answer for any words or actions he might have said." The Dr. again wrote complaining of 'expressions cast upon him in certain printed documents, and demanded a copy of the recei?ts of the church. The reply to this was not satisfactory, and the plain tiff refused to have any further communication with his curate, except through a Mr. Brooks, and it appeared that Mr. Cook's endeavour was to prevent the plaintiff from ever appearing in the church again. However, early in March, 1855, Dr. Hill cote wrote to Mr. Brooks, intimating his intention to take a full service in the church on the 4th of March, when Mr. Cooke called the defendants together, and they formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of taking such steps as would enable Mr. Cooke to continue in the church. A process was served on the plaintiff, in conse quenceof which he did not go to to perform the services, but subsequently an interview took place between the parties and the Bishop of Chester, when the latter told Mr. Cooke "he had better go home, and not excite the people." On tbe following Sunday Mr. Cooke took possession of the church, and from the communion table told the congregation that the Bishop of Chester wished a deputation to wait upm him, and gave the people to understand that ho was with him. On the 7th of March Mr. Cooke took about ten persons to the Bi shop, (much to his lordship's surprise) when the matter was fully gone into, and the Bishop then told Mr. Cooke that no letter could convey any incumbency to him. On the 11th of March Dr. Hellcoat went to the church to undertake his duties therein. While the Doctor was putting on his robes, a depu tation from the singers, (with Mr. Cooke) intimated that if he proceeded with the service they would leave the church. Thep did leave the church, as did also the schoolmistress and some of the congregation, and a great slamming of doors followed. The same took place in the evening, Mr. Cook urging the pepole to continue such conduct. After that a pamphlet was published by Mr. Cooke, entitled "A Letter to the Parish ioners of S. Matthew's Church, Scotland -road." In that pamphlet he had said, " I have studiously refrained from coming before the public, even though provoked to do so by the gross falsehoods of some, who, having a form of godliness, bat destitute of its power, had come forward with all the virulence and slander characteristic of a low and vulgar mind to crush a faithful minister of Christ, because in the discharge of his duties he would not submit to their insolent dictation," And, further on, the pamphlet went on to state, that when " the plaintiff entered the pulpit he did so with the brand of falsehood and perjury on his brew." On this tho action was brought. The plaintiff was put into the box, and was examined as to the facts comprised in the opening statement of his counsel, and also spoke to the identity of the correspondence which had taken piace between him and the defendant in the matter, all of which was, however, admitted to be genuine. The case was proceeding as far as the producing of the pamphlet publi , had by the defendant, which had been circulated in the district, when his Lordship interposed by saying that the case was one of the most lamentable he had ever heard of, and a public enquiry into it could only tend to bring a scandal on the church. He suggested that the • case should be referred to Mr. Pollock, to some clergy man, or to any impartial person. Mr. Atkinson said he would consent on behalf of his client to its being referred. Mr. James, Q.C., said it was one of the mast painful cases in which he had ever been engaged, but as his client had not been heard he was bound to go on at his desire. Mr. Atkinson would consent to have it referred to any person except Mr. Pollock, and there were reasons for his thus objecting. The Court : in this case we have the blast and the counter-blast—we have to decide on the counter-blast without hearing the blast. After a few brief remarks, Mr. James said that his client felt himself placed in a wrong position, from the fact that the case of the plaintiff had been heard, while he had been compelled to be silent. The Court : At present -nothing particular has been heard. The correspondence on troth sides have only been read. Mr. James then Proceeded to read a few lines from the first statement published by Dr. Hillcoat, in which he made pertain charges of a disreputable cha racter against the defendant, which had been the cause of the rejoinder. By the advice of Mr. James, the defendant consented to have the whole matter in dispute referred to some independent person, who (at the suggestion of the . court) was to have the power of d e t erm i n i ng an d d ec idi ng upon what each or either party should do in the matter, after going through the whole sub.jeot. The jury, pro forma, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £lOOO, and 40s. costs. This concluded the business of the assizes, THE POLL FOR A SELECT VESTRYMAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIME Sir,--It is right that you should understand the question at issue in the contest between Mr. Flanagan and Mr. Syred for the office of select vestrymen. There are in Liverpool considerably more than one hundred thousand Catholics. In the Workhouse there are many hundreds of old infirm persona, and of poor orphan children who profess the Roman Catholic religion. In the Industrial Schools there are also many hundred Catholic children. The Select Vestry, which has the absolute government of both Workhouse and Industrial Schools, consists of twenty-eight persons, including ex-officio members. years ago an arrangement was made that the Roman Catholics should be represented in that body by two members. In each year since that arrangement, two persons have been nominated by the churchwardens, and elected without dispute. This year Mr. Flanagan, hatter, 3, Lord-street, was proposed by the chnrohwardens to be the second Catholic vestryman. An extreme Protestant party now desire to break the arrangement, and they have proposed Mr. Syred, pawnbroker, instead of Mr. Flanagan. They have no other motive except their wish to exclude the Catholics from any representation on the vestry. You are now appealed to upon the fairness of this course. Will you say that a body numbering one hundred thou mild persons, poor, though most of them may be, ought not to be represented by two persons out of twenty-eight, in a tribunal which has charge of so many of their poor and infirm people, and helpless orphans ? This is the simple question which you have to decide. Whether you may be Protestant or Catholic, you will, if you prefer justice to bigotry, go to the sessions house and vote for Mr. Flanagan. The poll is adjourned till this morning, (Tuesday) at text o'clock. A RATIIPAYZIt. POLICE COURT.-YESMADAY. (BEFORE MR. T. D. ANDERSON.) POCKET PICKING. -It appears that on Saturday evening's there are a gang of females who go about to pawnshops, and as these establishments are generally crowded, an opportunity offers for picking pockets. Yesterday morning a young woman, named Anne M'Carthy, was charged with picking the pocket of Margaret Rowlands, in a pawnshop in Stanhor The'case was remarkable in this respec Mr. 31uc. appeared for the prisoner, raised a nice uestior of law 't, as Mr. Block, who Naafi:ling 93. out of the appeared that the prisoner took a purse prosecutrix's pocket (in the pawnshop) with which sbe got away. Mrs. Rawlands followed her, and seized her by the shawl, which she lift in her hand and fled. She was still pursued, and at last she turned round and said, "here is your money and give me the shawl." She (Mrs. Rowlands) took the purse, and by this time a crowd and a policeman came up, and the latter, being informed by some one in the crowd that the prisoner had picked a woman's pocket, took her to the station and then went back and found the prosecutrix, whom he compelled- to enter the charge. Mr. Bluck contended that this bad put an end to the felony, as it was compromised. On the other hand it was maintained that the act being that of the prisoner and not of the prosecutrix, the felony was not compromised. The magistrate held this view of the case, and as the prisoner was well known, he sent her to gaol for three mon ths. Catherine Kinland and Mary Kinland, mother and daugh ter, were sent to gaol foithree months, for a similar offence to the above, committed in Scotland Road. Taylor, charged a THEFT BY A SERVANT.—MI named Maria Davis, with having tolen a considerable quantity of wearing apparel ► bed clothes, and other property. It appeared that the property was Taft in the house of a Mrs. Griffiths, Queen Street, where the prisoner was servant, and she took the things, some of which she sold, and others she pledged. She was sent to prison for two months. ROBBERY OP A PUBLIC AN.—A young woman named Alice Burchill, a servant at Mr. Walker's, spirit vaults, 21, Pitt street, was brought up by detective Carlyle on the following charge. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. William Hope, who conducts Mr. Walker's business, that he missed several sums of money, from time to time, frova the till, and this caused alarm and annoyance to.him: He spoke :to ano th er young man, who was in the shop, about it, but he denied • any knowledge of it, He then asked Mr. Walker if he took any money ? but he said he did not. Th e po li ce were then con sulted, and markedmoney put in the till. On Sunday after noon, Carlyle went to the house, and having stationed himself in a certain position, from which, through a hole, be could see the till, he watched, and after some time, he saw the prisoner go to the till and take money out of it. He then arrested her, ,and 3s of the marked money were found on her. She was sent for trial at the icsions. . LIFE IN LIVERPOOL.—A fellow named John Hicks, a keeper of an improper house in Gloucester-street, was charged by Mary Anne Reynolds, with having stolen a pair of boots off her feet, and 30s out of her pocket. It appeared that the complainant hired clothes and other personal orna ments from the prisoner, and amongst these articles were the boots. On Saturday night the complainant met with a gentleman who agreed to rent a room in the prisoner's house for a week at least. The "gentleman," on taking possession of his suite of apartments, called for "divers and sundry" bottles of port wine, which were supplied at the low figure of 7s 6d each. Something, it did not transpire what, induced the " gentleman " to change his quarters, and the prosecutrix resolved to accompany him. They were proceeding out, when the prisoner, according to the girl's statement, threw her on the sofa, and forcibly took off her boots, and the money out of her pocket, on the plea that she owed him money, and that the boots belonged to him, and he therefore had a lien on them, and also on the cash. After a good deal of discussion, the bench decided on treating the case as one of assault, in consequence of the forcibly taking off the boots, and the prisoner was fined £2 and costs, or one month's imprisonment. TuE WRONG SCENT. —A decent-looking woman, named Catherine Bradley, was charged by a man named John Fitzsimons, with stealing £l6 10A from him. It ap peared that on Saturday, the complainant left a box in his lodging, in Red Cross-street, and in it was a sum of' £lB 10s. Some time after he missed £l6 lOs of it, and asked his wife about it. She denied having touched it. He then made enquiry in the house, and the servant girl informed him, that the prisoner (who is a neighbour) had gone up stairs to the room a short time before the money was missed, and that no other person had been in the room. He then gave her into custody. Mr. Bluck (who appeared for the prisoner) : How long do you know her ? Witness : A good while. Mr. Bluck : And always found her a respectable honest woman? Witness : Yes, always. Mr. Bluck : Where is the servant who told you this story ? Witness : She has absconded since, and has not been found. The magistrate said there was not a particle of evidence against the woman, and therefore she must be discharged. Mr. Black expressed a strong opinion towards the complainant for what he had done, and stated his intention of bringing an action against him for the false imprisonment. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) ASSAULTS ON THE POLlCE.—Several persons were brought up charged with assaults on the police ; all arising out of drunken rows in the streets. Amongst the prisoners was a powerful looking man named Richard Doyle, who was charged with assaulting constable 357 in Blaekstock street. There was a fight in the street, and on the con stable interfering, he was assaulted by the prisoner, who was fined £l. STABBING.—Henry M`Go ug h, a pa i nter, residing at No. 13, Beau-street, was charged with having stabbed a shoemaker, named Patrick Owen, who resides in the same house. It appeared that the parties were in a public) house in Scotland-place, where a quarrel arose between them, and in the course of the row the prisoner took out a knife and stabbed the complainant in three places. However, fortunately for all parties, the wounds are not of a dangerous nature. The prisoner was sent for trial. GENEROUS CONDUCT. —Mr. G. Melley, and Mr. G. Holt, jun , who at th sir own private expense maintain a juvenile reformatory in Mason-street, Edge-hill, applied to his worship for a young delinquent named Francis M'Cabe, whom they stated they would take into their establishment and try to reform. His worship said it was kind and generous of these gentlemen, and asked the boy if he was willing to go, and he consented to do so. Tne Bishop of Versailles has refused the rights of sepul ture to the body of the officer of tho Guides, who was killed the other day in a duel at St. Germain, SHAKSPERIAN REVIVAI4.—" The Winter's Tale" is understood to be the play by Shakspeare which has been selected by Mr. C. Kean to succeed " Henry VIII." at the Princess's Theatre. COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE.—Tbe sentence of death passed upon Hans Hansen, who was convicted at the last Cornwall assizes of the murder of one of his comrades belonging . to a German battalion quartered at Plymouth, has been commuted to transportation for life. • REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.—Orders have been issued to Dr. Smith to take measures for the immediate reduction of the medical staff of the army, Orders have also been issued for the reduction of four companies from each regi. ment of the line that had been placed on a war footing s CARLISLE, Monday, April 7. The boiler of the 5.4 a.m. mail train burst this morning, near Kingsmoor. The driver and stoker were killed. None of the passen gers were injured. The passengers were taken back to Carlisle. The line is completely blocked up at Rockl ffe. PETITION AGAINST THE INCOME TAT►.—A petition got up by the Oldham Tradesmen's Association, and which has received 590 signatures, has just been forwarded to Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P. , for presentation to the House of Commons, complaining of the laxly-defined duties of the income-tax commissioners, and of the unequal, unfair, and therefore unjust manner in which the tax ou income is levied, COUNTY COURTS. —Oa Saturday a return was issued which shows that during the last four years 145,048 judg ments have been registered in the county courts. The number of petitions for protection from process registered in part of 1854 and the whole of 1855 was 2,060. The nutuhPr of orders enrolled under the Charitable Trusts Act of 1853 are 60, and the searches made during (he last two, years at,d in part of 1853 were 13,843. e rl in Cthheamb namen Chambers HANOVER.—The vssion ofetheceh I d ia e n n o v v c e r ri was opened on the 20d, by a speech of the King by Count de Kieltnanseo,. 'ph • • Ihe minister informed the States that, in obedience to the Diet, modifica tions had been made in the constitution, and that others to them ; and he said that the King _„aded them to make certain alterations _ respect to banks, the existing provision on the subjcct being contrary to federal law and to the rights of the Crown. would t specially re( of BRITISH S. PIRITS.-011 Saturday a return was issued which shows that last year 10,601,609 gallons of British spirits were brought t o ch arge i n E ng l and an d W s l es, pro ducing duty to the amount of £4,176,508 10s. 6d. against 11,138,047 gallons, and £4,362,401 14s. 10d. duty in 1854. In Scotland the figures were 5,355,612 gallons, and £1,898,040 4.4. 4d. duty, against 6,569,730 and £1,811,360 Os. 4d. In Ireland they were 6,228,856, and £1,633,382 10s. 2d. against 8,440,734 and £1,588,745 17s. 4d. The exports of such spirits to British colonies and possessions, were 312,265 gallons in 1855, against 474.062 in 1854 ; an d to f .reign countries and colonies, 3,628,426 against 206,502. The aggregate exports to all parts, were 3,840,691 against 680,564 in 1854. CRYSTAL PALACR NOvELTt.._The Directors of the Crystal Palaca Company , are about to form in the palace a Museum of Yaval Archttecture on an extensive and classified plan, exhibiting the progress of the art from an early period to the present day, with specimens of the most recent improvements. It is no rumour, we believe, but a certainty, that Mr. Gye and the musical artists engaged by him for his Opera season (including, of course, principal singers, chorus, etch , stra, and conductor) have come to an understanding with the managers of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham,—and that during the months of May and Juno twelve grand concerts will be given there on as superb a scale as the resources of the company can ensure, and at a very moderate " figure" , of subscription, submitte