The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

THE CURRENCY QUESTION. and headstrong masses—will assuredly exact from them the boon they would now receive as the award of their . TO 'THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. superiors, and no one can foretell with what fearful i.. . 5 , 1 , r ,-- -in reply to your correspondent, " Anti g ßallion- conseences such a demonstration wouldeobiteNEaLcicuosm " Permit me to say, that by money which cannot be - !Ported as an article of commerce, I mean money of that P arried . Liverpool, Oct. 22, 1.856. oescription referred to in your leader of to-day. If, as You suggest, the Government were to issop -- • i t he al ue of one p oun d and upw.._ c ' t 'otry, and if th ese notes were MP Act of ParliamerV• " notes of the CO THE EDITOR OE TEL NDRTT Your .col become I THE CRIMEAN BANQUET IN DUBLIN. (From the Dublin Evening Hail.) In any movement, having for its purpose the doing of honour to the men who, by their gallantry; aided so materi ally in striking, for the time, a blow at Russian aggression, and whose part it was to achieve those glorious victories, the records of which are "on England's banner blazoned with the famous field of old," it could not be supposed that Ireland would retain the position of an inactive spectator, for in the ranks were to be found thousands of her warrior sons who, in all the chivalry of war and the faithfulness of soldier-faith, had asserted and maintained her ancient reputation for valour. And now when the scathe of battle has rolled by, and the bold deeds of Alma, lukermann, Bllaklava, and Sebastopol have become bright memories of the past, the humblest Irish soldier, with the Crimean medal adorning his breast, has the proud satisfaction of gazing at the trophies of the war, and exclaiming, with perfect truthfulness, lifili tari non sine gloria ! Assuredly would the ban of ingratitude deserve to lie- heavy upon the countrrwhieh could fail to recognise and reward services eminent as those performed Kr the hero soldiers of the Crimea. Pkobably no campaign ever developed the heroism of the British soldier so bril liantly as that which has just been concluded. Bravery the most consummate—negation of self the most complete—and patience the most enduring under privations the more galling that they were induced by neglect, mismanagement, and incompetence—such were the attributes of those we sent forth to fight our battles, and nobly they did their duty. We cannot restore to them the blood shed in the cause of our espousal —we cannot repay them for the days of hunker and the nights of cold spent in an inhospitable clime —we cannot reinvigorate the frame shattered by disease. nor reju venise the prematurely aged man—but we can show that we appreciate their valour, sympathise with their sufferings, and hail them as our brothers and our defenders. As expressive of feelings such as these alone are banquets" or any other forms of popular demonsttation valuable—divested of senti ments such as these, they became insulting. So far, at least, as the Irish "National Crimean Banquet" was concerned, we think there could exist no question of the genuineness of the feelings which prompted its promoters. The names of Gough, Talbot de Malahide, and a host of others pretty plainly guaranteed that no unworthy idea would be allowed a place in the mind of the committee. The public security on this head was so complete that an amount of national co-operation and effective aid was evoked with a rapidity. unsurpassed, if not unparalled, in this, the country of " sub scriptions," par excellence. The hands of the committee were strengthened by funds •in abundance, and the most liberal offers of gratuitous assistance poured in from all sides. The result has been the completion of an entertain ment, perfect in all its details, and of a character for libe rality and extent munificent beyond comparison. Here it could not be with truth said, as it was said of the dinner to the Guards at the Surrey Gardene, that solids were in ambiguo, or portables either—les idees did not receive a higher position from the contractors, Messrs. Spaddicini and, Murphy, than more commonplace, yet substantial matters. To enjoy themselves at this banquet it was ,not necessary that the men should have dined beforehand. They came with the intention of eating their dinner, and they got the means of fulfilling that intention. To be sure the eye, although duly and admirably cared for, was not feasted to an extent calculated, in a monetary point of view, to inter• fere with the action of the digestive organs, nor was melody, thongu its presence was agreeably made known, supplied to the ear at the expense of the palate. In a word, the banquet was a banquet in the truest acceptation of the term, in the sumptuoueness of its arrangements, and in the equality established for the moment between all the guests. Probably, of kindred spectacles, none more magnificent could be witnessed than the scene at this entertainment. A building so vast in extent that the eye failed to receive f u lly' an d at once an i mpression of its grand proportions—nrissinally, as it is known, a tobacco store—this building has been transformed into a banquet-hall with the greatest rapidity. Painti, and banners, and drapings, and trophies, have wrought, with artistic. aid, a change almost magically great and brilliant. The iron girders of the root, painted in red, yellow, and blue ' and interlacing o ne anot h er t h roughout the entire length of the .building, relieve, by their lightness, the effect, otherwise unpleasant, of the lowness of the roof. The supporting columns in their cerulean coating, and with laurels or trophies depending from them ; the walls, with their scrolls, on which were blazoned the names of Raglan, Arnaud, Pelissier, Tchernaen, Kars, Sebastopol,' ascha, Silistria, Inkermann, Balaklava Bomarsund, &c. ; the gallery, with its tasteful drapery, and the array of beauty which adorned its capacious benches ; the orna mentation of the tables—floral and artificial—and the not less sightly appearance of the beef, hams, turkeys, jellies, pies, pasties, et hoc genus (mane, the artillery trophies at the extreme end, formed of two field-pieces, varied flags, piles of shot, and pyramids of drums, contributed to pro duce an ensemble of the greatest beauty. From the paltform the coup d'ceil was magnificent. The pillars, round which -re placed alternately the flags of the nations allied in the en war, lances, with their c' and e - ac inediutn of an cussion on currency, so to of monetary affairs, I rag: based on me taxatien of interesting and enlightening disc appropriate in the prese n t s t r ie _acte legal te n d er by ......, the Governm en t wou ld b e always would solicit the favour o f a p l act. exposition of my views, and for the purpose of giving a taxes, to redeem them, by receiving• them in payment of practical definition of what is required to meet, as it the various theorists who have sought ,;, ‘ "ces, Sce., at all the public offices. In a word, the we r e ' half wa ys to enlighten society on this importaut subject ; and, by a ''"ernment, instead of notes, which they would promise ' P a z should i ssue notes which -1 conipromise, to over come t h e prejudices -of those who are averse to a paper circulation not based on gold. KS your correspondent "J. W.'' so clearly proves, the United Kin- 1 Acts of 1819 and 1844 are the foie cause of the money These notes woul ey would promiss -- Nod only t a circuldte iri within I ithin—the limits by t ..:e in your paper for an disastrous results. with !non ...—Anodity that is purch a s e able Th e narrow and irrational basis of Sir Robert Peel's eY, Whether it be gold or silver, or brick bats Banking Act, of 1844, t onld not have been aught else than a temporary expe di ent, somewhat similar to his ' , °ler matches . No one would dream of exporting Corn T.* or Rill o. ti f°"110(12'h ertibile into ever; e•C riptioa wou be eon- irsii, w b produced such ''ail ' l PS IP *3OA ' " them, it would be valuel abroad " How wuten eventuates in ms subse quent Free Trade measures of later years, and would have been, like that act, supplemented by an enlarged circulating medium, based up on o th e r an d more definable ssy defr St Dobrli, -tags, a. words and muskets arranged as trophies, relieved the eye, and gave' a character of occupancy, if we may use the term, to the space above, otherwise unattainable. The evergreens and flowers, plenteowly distributed throughout the building, presented a pleasing appearance; and the gigantic national standards of England, France, Prussia, Austria, Turkey, and Sardinia in the distance, completed a pleasing per spective; while conspicuous amongst all, and over all, figured in the background the name of " Hope"--Florence Nightingale. But amidst all the decorations perchance two scrolls having the names "St. Arnaud" and " Raglin" blanched upon a dark ground, attracted the most respect, and caused the head to bow of many a brave fellow whom the two departed heroes had led on to battle and to victory. At a little after twelve o'clock the guests of the day began to arrive and take their seats. It was fully half an hour before all were seated, but, when they had become so, the appearances of the hall was most imposing. Th e soldier-like bearing of the men, the, glitter of the vary_ coloured uniforms, and the gallery, filled with a most distinguished circle of the beauty, wealth, and rank of Ireland, presented, in the whole, a scene, such as is rarely to be witnessed in countries where fetes are not modes of conducting a government, and where festivities are not over popular. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, attended by a brilliant staff, arrived at a quarter to one o'clock, and was greeted by several rounds of the most enthusiastic applause, the hands of the 60th Rifles and 3rd Dragoons the while playing the National Anthem. His Excellency Was received by the members of the crmmittee, headed by the Lord Mayor, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Seaton, Lord Dunally, Lord Talbot de Malabide, Lord Gough, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, Admiral Chads, General Chatterton, the Chief Secretary, Sze &c., and conducted to his seat ()ti the dais. His Excellency was attired in the Windsor' uniform, and wore the Star and Ribbon of the Garter, with. the Insignia of the Order of St. Patrick. The Lord Mayor took the chair, having to his right the Lord Lieutenant, the C mnmander of the Forces, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Lord Dunally, Admiral Chads, and a number of superior officers" who had come in charge of detachments. On the left sat the Lord Chancellor, Lord' Vaux of Harrowden, Lord Gough, the Right Hon. C. Horsman, General Sir J. Chat terton, Colonel Gordon Higgins, Mr. Dargan, Sir Timothy O'Brien, M.P.; Colonel Larcom, Under Secretary; APer man George Roe, L.L D. ; and a number of officers wearing the Crimean medal. The following gentlemen acted as Vice- Chairmen John Butler ; High Sheriff of the City of Dublin, Col. D. C. Latouche D.L. ; H. H. Woods, Esq., D.L. ; Anthony Lefroy, Esq., D.L. ; Lnrd Mayor Elect, High Sheriff of County Dublin, Sir John K. James, Bart. ; Sir Robert Shaw, Bart. ; Sir T. O'Brien, M.P.; Thomas Gresham, Esq.; Sir E. M'Donnell, Isaac B u tt, M,P. ; J. Burke, Esq. ; Captain Esmonde, M.P. ; E. Farrell, Esq. ; T. O'Brien,.M.P. ; Edward Iltnahan, Hon. J. P. Vereker, Dargan. Esq. ; P. T. Gardiner, El. ; Thomas Hutton, Esq.. D.L. ; Captain Linsdav, D.L, ; Carew O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Colonel Browne, Alderman Boyce, T. D. Atkin, Alderman Boylan, Alderman Hudson, Alderman Reynolds, Val. O'B. O'Connor, and M. J. Barry. The Lord Mayor having said grace, the mot de' ordre was given, and the dinner commenced. That it was sab4antial may be gathered from the following bill of f are : -17 5 ribs, gs of mat ; 200 turkeys; 100 venison pasties, 350 meat pies; 360 plum-puddings; 3,5001b5, of bread ; 7,000b5. of potatoes ; 3,500 pint bottles of port; 3,500 quart bottles of Dublin porter. The total number of guest, all wearing medals :-3,000 non-commissioned officers and privates; 50 petty officers, sailors, and marines; 50 enrolled pensioners; 20 Peninsular and Indian veterans; 50 constabulary ; 25 Coast Guard ; 5 Metropolitan Police ; 1 Land Transport Service. During din ner, the bands stationed in the gallery, played the " Roast Beef of Old E ng l an d , " and the overture to " O'Donoghue of the Lakes ;" and as the latter was per formed with many beautiful Irish melodies with which it is so appropriately interspersed, particularly " Savourneen Dbeelish," " Garryowen," "The &c., appeared to excite a perfect furore of admiration among the soldiers, ona of whom, an 18th man, was conspicuous waving a miniature banner, amidst thun-ters of applause, heartily joined in by the parties on the dias. The dinner being concluded, and grace having been said, The Lord Mayor rose and said : I beg to propose the health of her Majesty the Queen, a toast which, I am sure, no man in the kingdom would refuse to drink, much less the military, for whom her Majesty has at all times evinced such kindness, care, and love.. (Loud cheers.) • The toast was responded to with the greatest enthusiasm. The Lord Mayor again rose. He had next the honour of proposing the health of the Lord Lieutenant and prosperity to Irela n . There was not a man in this country to whom the virtues of the nobleman who represented her Majesty in Ireland were not known, and so long as he continued to preside over its fortunes, it could not but prosper. (Loud cheers). His Excellency the Lo r d Li eutenan t, Drunk wtth th e gre a test applause. on rising to respond to the toast, was rece i ved with such deafening cheers f rom all parts of the hall, that several minutes elapsed before he was enabled to commence his address. At length, compa rative silence having been obtained, his Excellency proceed ed with his speech, but was only able to make himself heard by raising his voice to the highest possible pitch. He said : soldiers of the Crimea ! my wish now is not to speak long, THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. rth of.Cl MR. DISRAELI ON • AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND SOCIETIES. bat loud. (Cheers.) I wish that every man I see before me last, not least, my lord, lam sure there is not a man could hear me say how proud I feel to be one of them this day. present who will not acknowledge that in this army our • (Loud cheers.) In the place IHI have the right to tell you marine force on the heights where they kept watch, main in the name of the good Queen I serve, that her fine troops tained the honour of their corps. May I add still one word are welcome. (Loud applause) I have the right to tell you, —if we can thus equally honour all branches of the service On Tuesday the meeting of the Amersham and Chesham in the name of the Irish people ' that they love brave men —lwo can f e el th a t in the dangers and glories of this .Agricultural A ssoc i at i on was h e ld a t Ch es h am . The chair —=.(vehemebt cheers)—that they know s that you, one and all, campaign, there is a brotherhood of Irish, English, and was occupied by the Hen. C. C. Cavendish, M.P., for Bucks, hove fought, and toiled, and bl e d, an d wou ld h ave di e d at Scotch we may feel that all ranks have borne their share, your posts, and so they ha ve wished this dg to fill your The majesty of Britain is fitly represented when up the i and the comp an y included Mr. Sheriff Mechi, of Tiptree cups to the brim, and to gi ve y en t h e f at of th e land, terrible heights of the Alma, a p r i nce o f th e blood ro y a l Hall, Vi s Count C urzon, T. T. Drake, Esq W. Lowndes, (Cheers.) Not for • 'rho aristocracy - . - tuber of the local gentry. e toast of The County Members," .Ithouih I agree on ject with my friend n which I cannot ve been as well t beri given. amed if I niment iembers had n 1 You issue it ?" P expenses of the Government ing therewith all the expenses basis than th a t a mount to fifty millions annually ;—Government first PaY their debts with these legal tender Say, that those act supplies. Yet, with his well known sentiments on paper convertibility, as evidenced in his Act of 1819. we can hardly suppose him to have been prepared, at any time, to accept an unlimited and convertible paper circulation for the country ; nor do `he necessity for such, under any circumstances "blic pay the same not es t o (1 , , if the ent:- annually to )tes then, the e Government in taxes. I it re amount of r issued be eturned I I se( reasury, c ancell ed or rc the whole would be ..ally which may ari se . P ort Thus it presents its e lf impossibl e 40 introduce an - .teemed by th e G o v ern m en t. If only a inconvertible paper circulation, without g e tti ng rid o f , of the_ w ere returned to th e T reasur y, an d th e rema i n d er the abiding instincts of the people, universal in their te xt i ss "tes paid in s p ec i e , th en t h e G overnment, i n i ts character, in favour of a metallic circ ulation, particularly in th e I II : 04 '0111d take account of the notesstillu ncanee ll e d t h at go ld i s now being produced annually in such great r in ci ' 4 ' 148 of the publi c , so t h at t h e amount o f notes quantities in California and Australia, as to satisfy the e i a „ annual- -- • , --....;ii 1..- - 117 oe . 't ... ~- 1, at any given time, would never exceed the 1 bullion of i paper at all an It is znetoilair.!.._tireen-c-y; ;;ea;:y---and plain as A. B. C. The foregoing, a-, you will observe, is merely prefatory, tny st i." ll -v iself. And if your readers would only not and, with your permission, I will, after this, submit to t a l k . 1Y theMselves by using the jargon of the bullionists— your readers a detailed . explanation of my views upon gic Ing of " redeemable and irredeemable paper"—of this paramount question ; and, perhaps, satisfy all ib te tvinsi e value and the balance of trade"—there is no parties that, without ignoring the convert i i t b s il b i a ty sis of u o m u n r A I s tery whatever in this question of the currency. Every national paper circulation, we may enlarge „lboy m a e ve understand it as thoroughly as he can just grounds, and found a system of currency adequate ' to "nderstand the simplest arithmetic rule. There is no the enlarged requirements of society.—tours, &e. i. H. 11144 e difficulty in comprehending it than in compre- eadi n i t i g that two and two make four. Do you tell me if ,; mysterious ? To trin EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. fan; me, this is the greatest mystery of all, that any sir„...s o Q i.. J ; with the commonest description of common sense, " Guinea Gold " has cried peccavi ? and, if I ea u r !ld think there was any difficulty in providing a may judge from his letters, he is almost persuaded to become a currency reformer. relieve that would save us from monetary panics, and He not only apologises for the rashness of his former j ai ' o re our commerce from the intolerable burdens judgment, and the tone of insult in which hit first -.l.4 ) ei led upon it by the antiquated and barbarous system Yours requires us to use a commodity for money,— short note was couched, but he also promises to offend no more. I should be ungenerous, indeed,. if I did not L ili m t r espectfully, JOHN WILLS. er P ll Ol, Oct, 24, 1656. express myself perfectly satisfied with the amen* Amor able he has so frankly made. I am afraid that you, sir, and your correspondent s ; ,. To THE E DITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. " Sinbad, " have dealt too severely with " A British li i i," ,-- -Of all the subjects connected with our commerce, American Bullionist." I was hoping 'that he would, rop,4 doubtless, is the most important. If, then, we ere this, have enlightened our darkness with some In, 4 give it the advantages we lavish on other copious extracts from " that lucid work of W. M. Gouge, .a ne , 'tare s "es , We must, as we have done with our manufac- of Washington, on Currency," which' he recommended a,i t ,_ , set to work to produce something more in unison me to read. ill ta e lte requirements of the age and the advances made As lam arguing for truth, and not for victory, nothing till s ciences. We must be willing to cast off the old would afford me greater satisfaction than to see the other t 1 0 4 . 8 31 hand -loom of commerce—though it may have side of the question Fairly and fully stated in your be ar ' us good service in its day—and bring our logic to columns. seitlucu the fundamental science of commerce. . ' I find a fresh combatant has entered the lists to. day. 1 4 nr , e7i ,ess and manufactures have made gigantic strides, He is too much for me, to make it . possible to think that t o , e4) 6 led on and encouraged by commerce, which is he can be against . me. lam not in any way displeased son lis ci : s t. ili the van of civilisation, stimulating to new with the criticisms . of" Via Media," . neither Iltri - u eries and improvements.; and yet that which, otir e e 'Y peaking, is the chief fature in the science of prised at his resolution to int up at t h e halfwaphouse l cool xtensive commerce, if not entirely neglected, is, of the bullionists. between the Act of 1844, as it now stands, and a total annihilation of the doomed system %a d Paratively speaking, little thought of, and still less St ill ) N ocd. Is it no t ver y strange t h at i n th i s we stand He would be satisfies_ with a revision of that Ae o t r ,a e t r l s o ea t st for the present, and lie invites all currency reformers It a la tb PPeartto me that this laxity is owing very much rstand him —a unite in an urgent demand upon !be Government . for its immediate suspension, withuncle . . e aeb e • cir cumstance, that, in manufactures and sciences.' per's`o Individual is impelled onward by the hope of view of retracing our steps and placing the currenLy in the same position which it occupied previous . to the Act f l)r ti lla l gain, and, of course, that is a great stimulus— of 1819. I, for one, would greatly rejoice in the success t the ' e reward of labour is sweet ; but in this matter of of such a movement in the right direelion ; but Ido no the e tt glir ency, it is not likely that any one propounding see very clearly how—what " Via Media "is pleased to lavi n ,,, °3 ., t Perfect. system could reap any personal profit, eall—" elaborate essays on the worthlessness of gold as and i 'llly as in common with the community at large ; a standard of value," can prevent an union of currency em._ happens thatfewhave cared to g 3le A) it h tousf7afrality The "a nights for the development of a subject which reformers for the accomplishment of so desirable an of persons have been in the habit of ire th„ e "ng as the province alone of bank directors, who . 4 bell v ery last persons likely to haddle it dispassionately. . utithseve, therefore, that the task of elucidating the Dekenseahnected with this question must devolve on ~l e, lttote ~W il ling, not only to work without the most ' l 2O, h u r, t 'aspect of remuneration, or even of commends :l thei,.`,Who, when the public have been made sensible rti v --- tat • • - will tire into their tie Itty, „ -erest in it, have t, VP Wa r m teet he allow the reluctant elle moneyocracy to 'V. th `ue executive, and take all the merit of doing litl a tp u lN s 'ill no longer be able to withold. 'Will, hope that the liberal discussion of the subject 13 4 m o ony rate, stir up sufficient philanthropy to draw I n ota 4rci , willing to do good without the 'ti Iv u eYond the satisfaction of doing the. ater, logo eed not fear for the results, which, sooner or ri z b t st follo w a steady persevering course in the tad ljrcetion, though the London /Imes oppose, might 13 4t : 1 n, as it is wont to do, until the turning point. ''ltir Dr`a P r oceed. W ere we t o l oo k f or any science i n tc 'ula "ent commercial system, the only discovery *e Iteie-ottllake Would lead us to proclaim gold to be that '4111 3' 1 0 ' Now, a golen science or science of old, nii ild l'it Very Poetical in words—an , d a very much to the eoib til u e aubtless o f many, that gold is the suppo r t o f kiliaear ree--for in tr u th , to use a figure, it is made to 'leart it the the veins an d arter i es o f commerce, if not the t tlieth e "elf with its lif e -bl oo d—f or th at i s i ts pos i t i on, 4e oked r a dequate to its vital functions or not, it is fntl h u pon as th e ma i n spring of trade and commerce, eed e won understands the evolutions of the one, tataincnnt trouble himself much about all the a,,e tations of the other. But, unfortunately, as we 14 ortenno freqnently experienced, this golden heart li ti h i a s ,iek, and so the life blood cannot circulate but 11.nimie'rulY through some ,of tlie leading arteries—all the 'Paine becomes being left to languish—and thus the whole l'eeu ra eemnes convulsed and enfeebled with all the ,_lsto w, ° , l• Y sYniptorns of dissolution. covet a le! Its deal with this gold as we find it—chewp :ve t i ta uu dear to-morrow. Let us try if we can dis vile Ilußtiall-suffieiency. Why, if it were to be multiplied % ,, t ed 1 4 red- fold, so long as the present system is perse isntild , the same consequences which we now witness gtradoz.ontnue. Gold, in its present position, is a 'nlr, i t ' a nd, while it retains its present pre-eminent it c 'Xes. i t ill continne the most paradoxical of all para.. ~. so . but'orne say that gold is the emblem of truth—be '''dtia' D . • if we place the emblem in a false position by :ParC h l . t °et of its simplicity, and making it something i kll,l eit a'n its native integrity, we go far to destroy its 4 ittt s • steal character ; it is no longer pure virgin gold Itia e,._?aPlicity that we have, but an idol made of gold .._ The7rined for our peculiar purposes. ,:aer e i., Is no denying the fact—gold, as it is, is the corn pteni" Centre of gravity. It is as the sun in our planetary ) 4 ' l thi n -- ,(Elow many beautiful stars are eclipsed by it)- 2ti e a i-,B.are made to revolve around it, and many enthusi ti6::tn, trers it has ; but then they are amateurs, not sei. noservagtillirers; their admiration springs from superficial oti dig l ' 2 " 3 , not scientific research, or they would - very Ne t eover that the sun of their selection is but a tvl°ltiti'enwhose movements are uncertain, and whose re ptqee deletion be calculated, though, by an arbitrary n a4 fi l ' else be made subject to the influence of its cl4l l.4i3 u n t ss-its depressions we cannot foresee—its highest „gee, 413 we cannot measure. P gti,,,„a,s we cannot give to gold an unchangeable 1001 t o ' aL :e, so we cannot make it . a sure cer rh ,Rs c a use s Pend any COMMI4,I/.7 -- - cq ; i n _ .. object • " Via Media's" accusation against me amounts to no more than this: that in my admiration of the perfect, I seem to lose sight of the practical. Let me assure him such is not the fact. There are, however, many of your readers who have hitherto paid little or no attention to the subject of which I am tr nd, if I can manage to hold them by the button beauty and symmetry of my ideal while describing the feet system of currency, surely they will not be more reluctant to make common cause with "Via Media" in his endeavour to obtain a xelaxation of the commerce blighting Act of .1844. " Via Media " has my best thanks for his concise and lucid summary of the facts and arguments contained in my letters. I think lam not quite so sanguine as he imagines. Probably mine may be a ease of mistaken identity. I do not forget that the currency is not a very attractive subject to the multitude. ot a pi prospect of 3 good, and I do not forget that I have to combat their ignorance of this particular subject, as well as their indiffer,ence. But I hope my perseverance may remove the latter, and my facts and 'arguments the former. The British' public have a fund of common sense on which alone I mean to draw, and which I think will be amply sufficient to accomplish the object I have so much at heart—namely, to convince them, in the words of " Via Media," that " there is a juster standard of value than gold, and that the commerce of the world could be safely conducted by means of a currency intrinsically .valueless." It cannot be denied that 1 have already done good service to the currency reform cause, if, as " Via Media" asserts, I have fully established the fact—" That a grow ing commerce requires a currency proportioned to its growth; and that if a capital of £14,000,000 was sufficient for the Bank in 1819, or 1844, as a basis of, the currency, a capital, of at least twice that amount, is now required, and ought to be provided with as little delay as possible, as it is preposterous to imagine, that the note circulation of 1844 is sufficient to sustain the commerce of 1856."—1 am, yours, &c,, J. W. Liverpool, October 22, 1856. UNADJUSTED .COMPASSES ON BOARD FERRY AND OTHER STEAMERS. tre :on uaiiKe it value, realty, trio ug n cirtucealnly -7,4t01"441e ; n ' t;d ' how many are the unfair and . e, e°ll ` s eciticnces of its bearing a fixed nominal tlq,"e n - 'II ihkeld increases—as the price is not alloweato.go et4i,°elli-stl;°tos,ooo articles ' of commerce must necessarily mmo d, te themselves to the changed i,,8 Ntibrt?),,Nneesaocr their false centre, and so every article 0 1 0 4 it-set_to a double law of fluctuation, which operates • eoiti anal value. The one is an o•tensible ß lasv la, al e , „'hi c i ri ee—if not always of common sense—the other 4 nee without rule, ,4,4teb, e'2,22aysterious, underworking tr;,l4c-- ' 1 } ; 111 11d' d °2 ' reason. , and s which cannot be defined . or ex rnzh e---- , so il ' t a n article increases 2 n 11 1 %4 -, it be not la more valuable, and it decreases ,d i" t u ,,' t gh the demand and supply be not changed 4 44. ).- e value of gold, and its efficiency for our foreign free:ltlo t h lit'ill never be known until it be put on the same , t fr - , 1 " f ecting as other articles. Why, the granting -.3 („? . `tde in corn was not by very far as great a boon !T‘lll g ory tt ade in gold would be, for the labouring man er tcfe,,P,aYs as 11.7911 a price as ever for his .free trade ra•rti a i ~,`"° never be permanently benefited by such a i t :, tai th —ea siire ; but if there was the same zeal displayed -"" II mor e • currency question as in free trade, ehan grant you that the poor man would have some 110 leer,Qf be ing know the relative value of his labour, end Pl'ecli°l-„g,,er, pto the compound fluctuations It i s `" °Y cur fixed price of gold. g r ab pee s,„ P , erb aP as well that this subject cannot be -ri i nv r% by the multitude, or there would soon be ~,t ei ; I n in r ., the by that would shake society to its inesti °- --atio ns • , for, depend upon it, this crude currency th4 °Dl l) ) 4 is the people's matter in its fullest . sense, e th , - not to the exclusion of the elite of behettSneial system. In short, not for the ctige or either class in separateness—but if the }101 10' 4) p r il I:fiteTl d.evolves'the duty, the privilege, and the eel,,s_ leading, are selfish enough to hold back ISt tr, ,7 of its universal application, then, sooner or ie subject--gaining a firm hold ou the ignorant TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—This morning being very foggy on the Mersey, in crossing, my attention was called to the compass; to quote the captain's reply, it was of "no use?' Now, sir, as security to life is a point the marine department of the Board of Trade profess to protect, may I ask the question, for the good of the public, if ferry and other steamers are entitled to a passenger certificate with defective compasses and inefficient water-tight bulk heals ? Your insertion of this communication will only be a confirmation that your disinterested untrammeled journal is open to expose public" abuses, and protect thereby public interest, and, by that rule, you only carry out your duty to that part of her Britannic . Majesty's subjects you derive support from.—Yours, &c.. . - JOHN CLARE, Jun., 20, Exchange-buildings, by the Underwriters' Rooms Liverpool, Oct. 22, 1856. Sir Stafford Northcote attended a public meeting of his constituents at Dudley, on Tuesday night, the mayor pre ... The hon. speaker alluded, but with many profes f diffidence, to the state of our relations with Naples, - siding, loped that all would turn At the conclusion of his speech which la I more than an hour, a vote of confilen . ce for one year was carried. An amendment for a general vote of confiience was not seconded. MERICAN RAILWAYS.—The following is extracted from the circular of Messrs. G. A. Thomson and Co., dated Lon don, the 21st October :—" Every month the development of American railways becomes more striking, and the returns which the leading lines fairly earn and pay upon their stocks are so great that they can hardly fail to attract more general attention from English investors before long. English rail way investments may b e s aid to yield at present prices a maximum return of five per cent, whereas, it is a very moderate statement to say that the principal American railway stocks yield a minimum return of ten per cent. The management of American railwai s, judged from the careful and minute reports issued by the board of direction, and the large amount of business conducted on the lines, is admitted by all who have examined the subject to be most satisfactory, and deserving of confidence. American securi ties are now largely held in England, as well as in France and Germany, and those who have gone into them with due care have, in recent years, de. ived returns on their investments not attainable in this country, and with those parties the disposition to make further purchases is quite general. With others who have merely general impressions regarding America and the Americans, derived from newspaper read ing, undue prejudices prevail. These prejudices are not surprising, when the leading journal of this country loses no opportunity of publishing reports calculated to increase them ; but time will show that reports recently published, prejudicial to the American character, have not been suffi ciently authenticated. To thole who are conversant with American business, it is well known that the merchants and bankers of New York and other principal cities of the Union, merit the highest respect for the spirit of integrity and liberality by which they are guided in business, combined with the most enlightened enterprise. Well selected invest men s may be made in America with as much confidence, as to security, as in any country in the world ; and they yield greater returns than can be obtained elsewhere." 111 re , por , ding to t Mr. Dis;aeli these social occasions on almost ever 1-I m fr. Cavendish, there is one that the health of the count read of your daring Gentlemen 1 have been nr the rep _ , • - ......- ....er any circumstances as a come to heroes, because she. has sent forth many to every your glories. In the wi n e- cup in which we pledge you now, mere politicel partisan. I look forward with the deepest grade in your ranks. (Loud cheers.) BUG Irish hospitality accept the earnest t h an k s of . year equntrymen. '(Loud interest and gratification to these occasions, when we meet is not stinted to her own children—as it was not asked, cheers). . ' together without reference to political. principles, political when the cheer arose loudest in your charge, whether it had A non=co mmissioned officer of the artillery, cavalry, and passions, or political bodies, united together by our com most of the English, Scotch, or Irish accent—as it was not infantry, and a petty officer of the navy, and a non-corn- mon sympathies, oar common interests, our common county. asked, when- the red blood flowed in the field or in the missioned officer of the royal marines having returned I can say most sincerely-eand it was not my intention to trench, whether the warm tide gushed from English, Scotch,' thanks in the happiest and most appropriate terms, have referred in the most indirect manner to political sub or Irish veins—(lo(ld cheers) —and here to-day you are Lord Seet•on rcise and said he had the honour of proposing jects—that although Mr. Cavendish and myself sit on dif seated side by side at the same board, and you need no the " Health of the Lord Mayor," the ardent promoter of tilts ferent sides of the House of Commons, still, whenever ther other passport but the bright medal which glows upon your splendid • acanowledement of the services rendered by the interests of the county of Buckingham are at stake, there. manly breasts. (Loud and repeated cheering.) It is, Crimean army to the Queen and country. (Loud cheers,) indeed, a deep cause of thankfulness to see you here th us — Lord Talbot de Malahide, in proposing the next toast, has never been the slight e st difference of opinion between( us, and on. a ll suc h occas i ons I h ave rece i ve d f rom hi m cor you, who have breasted the steep slopes of the Alma—you " The Memory of the Fallen," dwelt upon the pride it g a ve dial and invariable suort, and I have been guided and who have dashed along the fatal pass of Balaklava—you him to participate in a demonstrati o n which'acknowledged b en e f i t - pp dby his advice and cenns?l. Gentlemen, I would who have held the blood-red heights of Inkermann—you the services which had been rendered by the army of the now, with your permission, sit down. bat that a question was who have survived the midnight trench, the thunde r i ng Crimea in uph o ldi ng th e h onour of the country. Butewhilst asked me down stairs, t o w hi c h I sa id, per h aps ras hl y, t h at rampart and the deadly hospital. (Hear, hear, and cheers) they did honour t o th e li v i ng , they' should not forget the I would reply after dinner. I w as as k e d j us t now, by one It is a matter of deep g ratitude to see you thus under a roof fallen ; they should not forget those who, as proud and of the m ost influential norm h., . ~.c - ---- - of peace, and before aboard of plenty. (Hear, hear, and gallant as any he saw before him, Went forth in all " the my orin i,,.. loud cheers.) I know well, my f r iends, th a t y our s t reng th pride and cirumstance of war," and fought and bled, and - and your blood would b e aga i n g i ven to your country, if whose sorrowful lot it we your country should require them of you again, • (Cheers.) day. (Applauae) But I humbly trust that it will be so ordered that those Mr. A. C. O'Dwyer, in ,proposiu e faces I now see lighted u p w i t h suc h an h onest glow, ti ugu i s h e d l a di es who nobly min istered to the sick and never be said o t will never again be darkened by a frown up on an wounded in the Crimea, was received with loud and con- that he or I. am an er enemy—(hear, hear, and cheers)—but may ever beam with tinned cheers. The speaker referred to the first time the mation. and correct in good will towards your fellow-men, and gratitude to yo ur news of the battle of the Alma arrived, when a numerous true and teal legislatic God. (Cheers.) I have now only to add that in my beli e f, baud of ladies of high distinction volunteered their services agriculture' intar , st, nor neither a Lord Licuterialit, roe any other person, ever had to wait upon and render sPrvice to the wounded soldiers at tent county, would eve c, his health drunk by such a body of men, and I have only SCrltari and the Crimea. These were ladies of no ordinary that is likely to turns , - - r ' - now to say, which Ido from my very heart, to one and all stamp, they were persons of education and refinement, and this 'subject of you, may God bless you. (Lohd and deafening cheering, in the diseharge of their self-iniposed duties at Scutari and agitation exists, on wu. amid which his Excellency resumed his seat.) elsewhere, performed and did not shrink from the duties which parliament - has I Lord Gough then rose am id s t tremendous cheer i ng, the th at are ord i narily discharged by hospital nurses. (Cheers.) being permitted .' entire assembly standing , and said .: My Lord Mayor, your The learned gentleman, in eloque n t t erm s, then re f erre d to minister-- Excellency, my lo r d s and gentlemen, . and, I will add, one the various services rendered by the pious nurses in the form more dear from early associations, brother soldiers. Crimea, and concluded amid loud cheering. (Loud cheering.) I feel the present one of the happiest His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, in proposing the moments of a long life of military vicissitudes. (Loud neit toast, " The Committee," said : The time has come cheers) T o b e assoc i a t e d w i th my countrymen in this to ' close these happy proceedings, we ought not to break up known, and even ti e , This information exists public d emonstrat i on of a nation's gratitude for military without offering our thankslo those who have contr ib ute d the awards unde r in in t , deeds, well d eserve a nat i on ' s praise and best feelings, to the splendid success, the noblemen' and gentlemen who chial assessments. Id o not ,_ I see before me a b r illi an t di sp l ay o f t h ose b rave troops—a h ave serve d upon the committee. (Loud cheering.) Many may not b e necessary to o b ta i n more accurate or wider infor deputation, in some measure, from those quartered in Ire. of yoh'must be well aware how important a thing it is to mation. But w he n I h ear i t maintained that we are land, wh o h ave so nobly fulfilled their duty absolutely in the d ar k as to t hi s i mportant article of to their have a good committee. (Hear, hear.) Well, I trust that o sovereign and to their country in the field of battle, and there has been no stint of your rations to-day. (Loud produce, and th e means b y which it is produced, I who, lam well convinced that, in times of peace, gained by cheers and laughter.) sI doubt not you h ave h ear d a hope - it will n o t b e ` cons id ered impertinent or irrelevant their indomitable gallantry, will equally act a soldier's part generous citizen of Dublin supplied the wine at his own on my part, as your member, to remind ynu that there in upholding the laws of their country. (Cheers.) We cost; and those who eaw this place in which we are now are already existing in the country these remaakably fun have paid due respect to that gracious sovereign under whom assembled ten days since, will know how much has been means of ascertaining these results. It may be th at done to effect so splendid a transforination. (Cheers. we act; we have equally paid homage to the illustrious it to be obtained ? Suppose an inspector had been sent ) fuller and more accura%e information is required, but how if Prince Consort, and the other members of the royal family. So altogether, I hope, when in days to corne a it shall be individual We have paid- willing respect to that honoured mentioned how our men fought- in the Crimea, it will be round, before last harvest, to ascertain the probable who now happily presides over Ireland, the added how they feasted in Dublin. (lieu, hear, and results of the harvest; and to forward to the govern representative of her Majesty, and who so graciously fol. cheers.) I think, therefore, we who bound to express our went 'the fruits of his research • could anything be more lowed the steps of that sovereign by his kindly client). gratitude to those whose spirit —se good taste and bar- decepiive than such returns ? ' Would they not have re salon, by his princely hospitality, and by his ,mony—have done so much ,to contribute to the anee,... er . - _ - - ...a by 25 per cent. on the crops Action I draw is, that on this subject he available to guide us in e county, c, :ety, what was as nut to be. within those walls to- avoid an angvg being forind gsociation ricultural toast of the d 3e it will ol ing you, Here infor-: ad lam surd that neither the ction of in forrtniti{)n fit to the c of * agricultural statist on which go m hers have been defeate pnealerl to in vain, without ing such as to the agricultural pro- duets of the contvi ngland There is tot a p3rish in the e, the acreage is not mode of eul of that acreage. he Tithe Commutation Acts,-in sure act e maps of paro• r a moment maintain that it kindness to every one of those who by the vicissitudes of war were wounded or disabled. (Cheers.) I have now to propose to you the health of our gallant allies, who so glo riously participated in all our distresses and in all our glories. (Prolonged cheering.) It is known to you, br soldiers, the noble part tat gamed to be dtmtntsb f u promised ? The deo give you, then, .our ,with three more Irish only genera) re alts cAL. iegis , lation, and in this country there exists, at present, means of obtaining these results which no miilister of any country Dos- I this Irish gathering. (Cheers.) thanks to the committee, bac (Loud cheers.) P. O'Brien, M.P., returned thanks cheers, and in the deliver y that great monarch now happily pres;ding over Tu.. France; how nobly he has supported the British gt,. went—how nobly his armies noted in conjunction with British soldiers—(cheers)—how happily, by their united energies, they brought a war.fearful almost to extermination, to a happy peace. (Cheers.) We feel a debt of gratitude to that chivalrous monarch who, situated in the midst of governments, rather lukewarm or fearful to throw themselves lies of sesses in ati Equal degree with the minister of F do not say this in any way t iblage then sang in -chorus " God Save bigoted opposition to info which it can be more accut an age of ion, or to neasnre by we live in Josture, and many statements are mportanc into the struggle, sent his grew. but great in discipline and courage, to bu v p...— fight. The Turkish troops had no t opportunity of actin. Idier2 , , few in numbers, in the to support with our ellows ar ;) but they di hen th (cheers); and the defence of Silist never be blotted out. (Great cl: a and that ars can fulfilled my duty of the country to build 11 be liki - ppy, to fulfil that which I am placed her the " Health of the Emperor of the French and our noble Allies," who so Well supported us in , the g which we are met this day to commemorate to perform by propo-sir, (Great cheering.) The i'oSst was drunk. with all the honouirs tact Pour la Syri'." Air : " Par- The French - Consul, M. de Burgraff, who was received with loud applause, then rose and said : The gallant General who has just spoken to you in such terms of our alliance, and of the hearty feelings of the Brit sh, Sardinian, and French army, that I should only have said a few words to return thanks, if your cheers had not brought. to us the remem brance of your exertions; of your pains, of your joys, of your victories in the Crimea. Yon heard them, officers and soldiers of the 20th and the 33rd regiments, when mas terine yourselves the Russian batteries; at Alma you saw the Zouaves crowning the heights on your left sid^ Light Brigade, you re, '-igue, your adinir ; your 'collect - them, when the Cl de Afriqu~, .4tuLl arms, came art. your heroic Cluirge at B4aitlava. (Cheers.) Guards, these cheers are still in your memory, for they are coupled with your victory at Inkermann ; and you, Royal Irish, you will not forget that, after you had housed yourselves in Sebasto_ pol, they hailed your happy but unwilling return. (Loud cheers.) Those events are living in our hearts, but you must not believe that we will forget those labours which did not shine so brilliantly, but which were not loss glorious. We remember well your weary watching nights, your fights, steel to steel, hand to hand, when you could not know friends from foes ;• your suffering on the sick bed,.and your constancy in enduring the greatest privations. It was your high sense of discipline which made you master such hard ships. Too many are missing to-day, and if we give our regrets to those who are no more, let me, as a Frenchman, join my hearty welcome to the welcome of Ireland, to the arty of Sebastopol. (Loud cheers ) Mr. Butt—l rise to propose a toast which happily re quires no words to recommend it. It, is that of the guests . whom it is our pride and honour to receive here to-day, "The Crimean Heroes ;" words never more appropriately used than when applied to the men, of the British army— who have borne their part in the Crimean campaign—the men who are now sitting around us; the men, who, from the storm of shot and shell, and from fields of death and danger, have borne back the flag of their country in honour to our shores. (Loud cheers.) It would not- be easy, my lord, for any person, oppressed with the grandeur of this scene, to find words to convey feelings far less deep than those which stir our hearts just now. Few words, I believe, are best. I wish I could find those which would adequately convey these feelings—which would fully sa y, welcome to our guests ; a thousand welcomes in the old phrase of our native land ; a thousand wel comes, with all the cordiality of the Irish heart—to those who have fought for us in far off lands, welcome to our c ountrymen whom we have invited here to-day—l say our countrymen, whether they be Irish, English, or Scotch. We acknowledge all as our countrymen ; while each of us remembers our own native land, we may surely now unite them in one name more glorious than any, for it includes the armies of all. (Hear, hear, and cheers ) Ido not, my lord, attempt to sketch the glories of a campaign which is now history, Let me say, however, that in that campaign the qualities of the British 6oldier have been exhibited in a new light. We all knew before his power when he came to the charge of the cold steel—the world well knew the des- perate valour that could climb the ravirrs of Alma ; as long ago the heroes rushed up the heights of Quebec. History had long ago more abundantly testified the unflinching courage which taught the British soldier to keep his place or die upon h;s post, but there was something still to be added to his fame. There was a her,)ism of a still higher kind —we have around us the men who showed it—the heroism that could, night after night, in long vigils, in the midst of disease and privations—enemies more terrible than the foe, descend to the trenches, without the excitement of fame, or of the glory of the battle—the heroism that battled with want, and with cold, and with hardships, that bore with neglect from home, and triumphed over all—the heroism of patient and almost hopeless endurance. These were qualities which the late campaign exhibited as they never had been before. For these qualities it is that the Crimean heroes will he prominent on the page of history. Other engaeements may be compared besides those of the Alma or Inkerrnann, or even the charge of Balaklava ; but when men want to illustrate the endurance of the British soldier, without question they will turn to the long and dreary winter of Sebastopol. And as such heroism is without precedent in the past, let us earnestly hope that no Briti s h army may over b e ca ll e d on t o encoun t er such suffe r ings again. The toast which I propose includes all branches of our service. The campaign was one in which each w o n th e ir glories. If speaking of the infantry, we hink of the charge of the Alma, or the resistance of the Inkermann, is there any man whose heart does not beat higher when he remembers the terrible enemy that came on the situated squadron of our horse to rush on death at Balaklava. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) If we think of our artillery, the right arm of our service, or our engineers; we have the record of the opinion of the Russian general as to the nature of their fire. (Hear, hear.) Our naval forces shared in the glories of this siege; and when Russian ships below the water stopped our men.of-war in a way they never would have done over it, our sailors were not to be aeated of their fight, and the naval brigade will never bo forgotten. The only complaint I have ever heard of them was, that the sailors could not be prevented from popping their heads above the trenches. (Laughter.) And though was iouclly nee ie whole wards dispersed to their respective Trailers in the most perfect.order and regularity THE MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY EAR ROTHERHAM On Monday an inquest was opened before Mr. Badger, '&ative to the death of Mr. Jahn Wh?tnkpr_ and cattle de trg, who was attacked and robbed of £2OO on the previous Thursday, at Dalton Brook, near" Rotherham. The jury. returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown," and' re• commended that an application should be mai Great excitement ha een caused urhooi b !eatli,as ha was known - °- district, and was universally respected, Dece a sed w as o f in dependent means, and was probably worth £lO,OOO or £20,000, though he still pursued his business. He was of eccen!ric and somewhat penurious habits as regarded his own household, but of a kindly „genexous disposition, always ready to give his money or his services to any one in need. He was unmarried, and his property passes to distant rela tives. The bludgeon with which he Was . assaulted has been found since his death. It consists of a stick of ash, topped with two pieces of square jagged iron and lead, firmly rivetted together. There are marks of blood on it. Ch'ing to the remarkable thickness of deceased's skull, the bones escaped fracture, and the surgeon in attendance having been thus led to consider the deceased as not in imminent danger, his dying deposition was not made in legal form before a magistrate, consequentlyi not a syllable of, all the important statements made by deceased before his death can be brOught- forward as evidence in the event of any persons being tried for the murder. There•ara several circumstances known to the police . which it would not be prudent . to make public at present. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has offered a reward of £6O for the - discovery of the murderers of Thomas Ryan, caretaker of the Clonmel Lun t atic Asylum. AWE' car, IC SUDDEN DEATR.—Accounts from Limerick bring the following account of a melancholy incident which abruptly terminated a railway meeting held in that city on Friday last large meeting assembled in Newcastle for the purpose of promoting railway commu nication between the town and Rtthkeale. The attendance was laPge. The Right Hon. Lord Menteagle was called npon to preside. His lordship then clearly and forcibly stated the objects of the meeting. Just as the meeting was about to go on with the business for which it was convened, Mr. Thomas E. Davenport, J.P. who was-to have taken a prominent part in the proceedings, and who was in the court-house, was observed to become extremely weak and unable to articulate. He was at once conveyed to a house in the neighbourhood of the court-house, and those who were present nearly all left at the same time. Restorative and all the appliances of medical skill were used, but in about 20 minutes Mr. Davenport breathed his last, to the evident dismay of many who assembled and of those who regretted his awfully sudden demise. Ho was agent to the extensive estates of the Earl of Clare, of Mr. Pigott, of the Queen's County, and of Mr. Caulfield's. The meeting was not held in consequenc e of this very lamentable event: THE POISONING CASE AT HACKNEY.—VERDICT or WILFUL MunnFn.—Mr. Baker, the coroner, has con cluded an investigation at the runswick Arms Tavern, Hackney, relative to the death of Elizabeth Gaylor, aged 30 years, who died from the effects of a large quantity of Sulphate of potass, purchased for her by her husband, William Gaylor, a journeyman carpenter, residing at No. 2, Camomile_terrace, Wells-street, Hackney. The evidence given at the former investigation by the coroner was merely a repetition of that taken at the Worship-street Police-office on Friday last. Or. Letheby, to whom the stomach, &u., of the deceased had been submitted for' analysis, completed the case by deposing that deceased died from the effects of a large dose of sulphate of potass, a drug very little used in medicine in England, except in the composition of Dover's Powder, but very popular on the Continent, where it had often formed the subject of legal investigation. The coroner, in summing up, observed that the case was clearly one of wilful murder against the husband, who had been engaged in a felonious act, whereby deceased had lost her life, and if a woman took poison to produce miscarriage, and fatal consequences ensued, she was guilty of self-murder. The jury having deliberated, said that they had unanimously agreed to a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against William Gaylor, and 'also a verdict of " Felo-de-se " against Elizabeth Gaylor. The coroner then issued a warrant for the committal of the accused.to Newgate ; and a similar document was placed in the hands of the summoning officer of Hackney, for the midnight burial of the deceased (Elizabeth Gaylor), whose body will be interred without the usual funeral service. HANGING A BOY IN SPORT, AT BATLEY.—At the West Riding magistrates' court, Leeds, on Tuesday, three little boys, named Joshua Firth, Benjamin Preston, and Abra. ham Sharp, all employed in Mr. Jubb's mill. at Botley, were charged with hanging a little boy named John Harris, by which foolish and imprudent freak, the lad now lies in e mill o t in wthaes Friday, the 3rd instant, the four boys were working at a most dangerous condition at the Leeds ca n ta fi n‘ r ve m or a uk r n y .a . ei J. O ti n. Mr. Jubb's mill, and had jest left off for breakfast. is Harris was taking his meal in the top storey of the mill, in which there is a crane, when the three lads came up and woul s d a i h d a t n h g ey h i w m o i u n l c p l l i a la ce ng orlv Palmer. 1 1 liam Firth Palmer, ols a l n i d i a t r ii r r i , s t they prisoners, heedless of the screams and struggles of Harris, n t ed i d me the cran e . was set going purpose to draw up a pack of W - ' t h ac is hi h n o g ay t . he T r h o e p nsequently drawn up to the be am the floor. The prisoners be came The chain of the crane then caught Harris aiu speak so as to give a n alarm. The lad fell and remained on t he top of th e lower storey, him, and compressed him so tightly, that lie could woo,, and the little boy nsfafwoa s aorin u wort coal ni c t(kmsati c heys, succee d ed . e osa r i o n u n a d t about eight feet affrighted, and ran dreadfully before he was discovered and rescued. He is now lying in the infirmary, su ff ering from a fracture of the left arm, remand the lads for another week, in and a serious injury to the spine, which has resulted in paralysis of the lower extremities. After hearing the the beam for .an hour evidence of Dr. Samuel Smith, the magistrates decided to order to see how the poor lad Harris would then be, and refused to accept bail for their appearance. but tooshow you and those who 'will:Come aiter.yOu", - a u n r d t 011d til o e f t b il who some day will march under the s tir of on le, and the palace, 6 s, that your Lite iu ;Lk ty oaloon, and I had almost ountrywomen-too, all wish to thank' , —the village fireside, have welcomed their Crimean hero,. j ou for what you have done, and to show you that they to their, homes. Once morel venture to welcome you here remember yoU still in peace, when the' 'din of war is over, You do riot need to be told how W.:thought of you whr and that they will toast you et their feasts and bless you in away—how our hearts burned as We 0 their prayers. (Bear, bear, and cheers.) We are thrown deeds, of your tilfferings—how we watc , d the minut upon Irish ground, and Ireland has a right to give a wel- message from the telegraph that .brought u the 'castle, and the cottage d, better than either I countrymen, and your c ms have left their r made on these matters by m, necessary on sub have a grist bas - r .n we way °inn Increase that basis and go on to build upon it. But I will not encourage that cry, which is the cry of ignorance, that this great civilised coun try is an disflriant positive of England. We neans, and we cannot so port of the agricultural aot, to be obtained, e and courtesy uneers trust - you information as to the agricultural produ ', I trust we shall, is improve them without the cordials. body. But that support will net. o unless that bod is treat, . - will pardon me for these observations, since although we are assembled for pleasare, tbis is in some sense a busieess meeting. (Cheers.) Let me again thank you for the honour you have paid me, and also to my absent colleague, Mr. Du Pre, to whom I shall not fail to mention, when I meet him,. the kindness with which you have received him. I can assure you, both for myself and for all my colleagues, that to be remembered with respect and regard in assemblies like the present is the greatest reward we can receive, and the inspiration of public life which never fails. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Disraeli after wards rose to propose, " Prosperity to the Association." lle said, I recollect—and I hope there are a few present who can recollect so far back (nearly a quarter of a century) —the institution of the first agricultural association in this country, at which I assisted. I recollect the ridicule and the line of depreciation which was extended at that time, not only to associations of this nature, but to, all bodies of men collected together in this somewhat desultory way, for any purposes. Gentlemen, always remember that emulation is the parent of enterprise. It is impossible that men can meet together without feeling, however noble may be the rivalry, some degree of emulation, and it is that emulation which leads to improvement. Thick what an important fact, in old times, the market-day was to the farmers. It is market-day that has kept the, farmers alive. (Cheers.) He drives into the town, he meets his fellows, he exchanges ideas, and hears that such an one has made such improve ments, and has obtained such advantages, and he is induced to enter 'into honourable and beneficial rivalry with his neighbours. But what else is the tendency of these associations, which were founded twenty or thirty years ago, and which have since so much increased ? Their tendency is to multiply the influence of market-day, to take the agriculturist out of his isolation, to make him feel how important is sympathy to success in all operations, to make him feel that it is only by union that these opera. tions can be successfully conducted, and that he can obtain that fair play to which he is entitled. There is not a class of agriculturists who , e position has not, in my opinion, been advantaged by these associations. From the inhabi tant of the cottage, who at this very moment is communicat ing with pride to his family the achievements of the day, to the provident occupier of land who is now meditatinr , the seeds of future scientific ent er p r i se , I f ee l sure that an impulse has been given to every class. I do not pretend that these societies should rest on a higher basis; it is on social considerations that I support them. But social con siderations lead to scientific research, and the more you keep together the more yon will find energy of mind exhibited, scientific enterprise increased, and a sense of your influence and importance in society fostered. With these feelings, very hastily and imperfectly expressed, am now to propose the toast entrusted to me, and, frightened by the number of names on,the paper before me, some of them definite and some indefinite, I will venture to give it a shorter name, and propose " Prosperity to the Agricultural Association of your Imlay valley." (Loud cheers.) Mr. Sheriff Mechi afterwards addressed the meeting at sonte-length, complimenting the agriculturists of Bucks on their show of roots, dm- but urging the more extensive adoption of machinery: 1 His remarks were very cordially received by the great body of the meeting ; bat there was evidently a disposition to question the value of Some of his suggestions. B itA.Dr etaphoiriensttsstuiao,l:s EMlGßATlON e I f for r TtOenUyßepareedensll:AearwYbs.li—licireD.eAl were Monday, I tn, o rtt n eeh d ciel a nr y pii r , (oiered A to I , io r nbf . eDiJnuagbmtl Dublinhei tine ;v9 r r f iri o ot tdrchnhile,ne of d w e f official republic hpodeorooitulfiriwngehuiliilac(i, Uruguay c ail a n p adsd a eaaitlitu)tyothei authority lmjyteyieonrrise n il : . t Ti w l‘n h t i h e a t De. h i 1 r cpiVsnb• passengers s r itn s pe p re e f : .waiting g er s f ocargo South a n a t e h l e e a fi r r e s d t out c a se andfor two BURGLARY o'clock seaforwtohintahntTYldtlie6A:parirfanAlvsetsKE morning, ° r.I was on his beat in Bellalec:obni street ; "and shop bell, and turning uf the A.S 5.1.1/LN, AND ASSAI7LT observed a man leave the shop of Edais W rep. a.st o r n ee n t: zA tw bo e u en t a Ha q i u l- a l r a t n e e r past aod UPON THE POLICE, AT jO itl l il i \ io c an e m -c o o f ns th ta e bl s e ol :ol o : f .h e ll e s Manchester-m.ld, . urn, he heard the tinkling sound, a Ingham, in the suspectin g th a t somet hi ng wa s wrong, he tu r u e h d a n t o d k l e n r gehhai handkerchiefs s which, shop watched the m an , w h om he recognised as Robert Bertram, several who hod, i n 1851, been transported for burglary for tea years, but h a d succee d e d l ast year i n .obtaining a ticket-of leave. H o l mes saw hi m e nter the house of his broth er , where he found the whole family alarmed and U. A c oa t h w a it d h b w ee h n om ea h n e ie lo d dg aw ed a , y a , nd then aiso returned 3Bneierdtrabmy, police-constable ee a -c s lin so st o a n ble as they obtained a d m ittance, charged him wi t h t h e rubbery, and observed at were hung over a rope , and ad the money i n th e till. Riley, went to t h e same moment one of th e cotton hand k erch i e f s b y t h e side of the emir on which h e had been seated. Wh en t h e officers told him lie wo u ld h ave to zo to the police7cffice he seized a butcb ct ' s k n i fe in each hand and ' m ad e a dreadful onslaught up on th em. Fortunately, however, Riley knock e d the lodgings tl a ccompanied a knife out o f one hand with his st i c k b e f ore any mischief was done, an d also manage d to grasp t h e ot h er. They then managed, but with a sever e struggle, to drag hi m as f ar as the door, where he was secured and taken to the station. On Wednesday, he was brought before the borough magistrates,_ and the ab ove f ac t s b e ing sworn to and th e h an dk erc hi e f s identified, he was committed to York Castle for trial at the assizes.