Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

Just landed fi Forwood, Me On Tx To MA: T ITERPOO followiti Ist. T r clerks formed, this e men and influ. bodies of men ; in Comr to the object, ende friends and associa Again, Gentle: perhaps, easily r leaying the quest Men ts are to be fou: It should in all ca ht.—That they .tm commanding —That the offi, - I , SA BE2n AMIJSMIEN ROYAL —P yn -y .4M~~ r - HE DA) The War ne edition, yesterday, w Turin, announcing th ex Margar ex Zam Sefton-s fresh victory The oc on the ion was the amounting to about 25,000, to - retake the position o. Palestro. The Sardinian Bulletin describes the engagement as a very sanguinary one, and speaks in its troops. ter ms o f th e courage and dar i ng o f troops. It states that a thousand. Austrians were taken prisoners, and. that four hundred were driven into a canal ; but it does not state how m an y were killed, nor does it say anything of the losses su.stainod by the Allies. It does, however, state that eight Austrian " official" bulletin reports that a second id victory won by the id enzaErement is guns were captor received last night battle was fought, Allies on the Tues p rom Tt Lo nave lung at Palestro, represen ini, composed ,of cavalry The King forward to the t standing he loss on ( declares the affair to have been a victory. the outlines of the telegrams which have reams_ us during the last twenty-four hours. The detail. which have been received by ordinary mail during the same period, embrace matter of considerah l interest, - , rnbably, far mor. may be summedun +1 'h i t-bott .cliable are 13eing construct this• r at in France , Adige, and for the navigation of the Mincio. T 1 ), Ticino purchases in Algeria, of . Army of Italy. Palcstro is of the Sesia, a short distal Oobbio. The Emperor Nf at Vercilli. Pari s i s d em of the Da i ly Nez?s, as h ge for the Dvernmen from Vercelli, opposit Jleon's head-quarters ai d by the eorresponde been in a I state of extraordinary excitement yesteraa .) , in consequence of a rumour that a general battle had been going on all day, as a commencement of a grand plan of operations. It was also reported that the Allies were preparing to cross the Ticin o in three coluinns and a t th ree different points. Prince- J c er l ome and all th e Mi n i s t ers sat at • where telegrams tronf the Seat o f are said to hav e be en received quarter of War r an hour ; and some persons p r etended to annou nce the contents of these despetches, as recountin g the various fortunes of the day. The Paris correspondent of the Times says, the Sardinians were dreadfully cut up at Palestro. They fought with determined gallantry, and the combat is described as having been of 'a moat sanguinary c4racter. The Turin correspondent of the _Herald says, no one knows where General Niel and his corps d'armee are gone to, but it was conjectured lid WaS manceu.vring so as to' cut off the Oareme -left of the ,AuStrian army. The Emperor was short ,expects to shift his head . TREAT ROYAL A 0 rtGA.X PERFO Under no droll. J. INT:C 6ommercini Sates. TO- tlic 3r 1,0 A i 0 It R 0 W t, at,On• o'clock, at lASSAVA, Apply to at the Co., Bra, i.clf.AY, Brokers. E E K TEXT W 'eh, ilarrisen, an SPENCE, o'clock, at christophe ~1 rWINEs, 1 Co., B ABOVE. C. TUR I RIFLE CORPS yes in a Rifle Corps for ti own Aims, e alle , red. to nation was ace resolved that r ut that tit st on th of poison 1g had the whole evid trued a verdict of "1 to them, r against Smet ENGLAND'S DEFENSIVE POSITION rank of field-officer, will be doubtedly ,nl2( Company, subject to the England to pursue, in the present critical state of it of the County. Not only for the sake of her great com- the wisest and discreete policy for Europe, Leer Rifle Corp; will lip vivoishftaelsraweg&mk,- thit — iig - iillars l ?s" Ze i kel: people generally will be best promoted by it. To be Comm: I, in such a position, ieutrality and her inclep se, she wout be sure o will reCIII ttee, in er loyees,to induce 7orps about to be 1 by the Gentic- to send hi, adcir ifferint loca ausly effect o raise a Compar idates for enrolment D the 31 d 7 the John's lquiries iuto the other 3rything being found in a was held at purpose of accepting :on, Esq., of. his office icli resig ilanation )clv of His resig- and the meeting Jointed in his has be 1 under whom ted for trial on the lee submitted Wilful murder" 2, 1859, NEWS. 3 haC le document is making I id fora font n. from is to quarters to Valenza. The Times correspondent at Vienna, says, the Porte is about to treble the garrison of Belgrade, The Paris correspondent of the Globe says, that Baron Poerio has had frequent interviews with Count Cavour, and is stated to be in communication with a view to bring Naples into the alliance with Upper Italy. The arrival of the West India mail steamer at tnpton 12th ult the go. ported I filar d Sunni ident C An to Saxon ha from aOoounth _ news is qua market had Jamaica to the volution a with d to the European 1 25 to 50 'Om IN As per I also lower. TM The usual mo apprc s to the Frc pal feat I terrace w a new a • which purpose I will be annran be tht ion of tt tied by 1 who de the side thirty red that i clad consid New York, ,tied in co 20th nri Alder man S. H no con postponed w him some I pool o Ireu tetegrapnic rhe political the mat £2,723 complet titt, Glai n or t Mr. Th a London, wa Bets' commi ions of th© of the d from d corn were loption Ared t ith a fora high- aniendinent, ion should be large 1. and amittce was conf satisfactory holders of the I r conditio: ettery, others nd the n by J( to two as one of Ide to recen led frc )gs, a ted, ' foi visited by the say tour shillings a we , us see how the matte] AT - THE THEATR ed, and to be mainta must secure at once I Ice ; whereas in any other ca additional public burthens upon the people for a long time to come. England can, beside have no are involved in the present conflic She is, les to be,—because it is of importance not only to her own people, but to Europe at large, if not to all the world, that she should be,—on good and wig terms with both the Great Powers that have now, gone to Iva, imunit the other But this does not necessitate any tion, and Under a policy like that of non-interven- h the obj ct of peace, any is not on unnece ry, but impossil own free inst such feeling strengthenin She hds hex s to persevere in improving and Teets, from those of both France existing between tency, f England, in short, is altogether differ- on the other side of the Atlantic is seen and acknowledged, even Ind her neutral policy, therefore, is there both understood and we see it remn,rl, New York papers we Ino part. She herself marching- by uch a contest as that ,of to- L - ed, for instance, in one of the last have received, "England has a cliff social elevation of man ie has condemned the pre wise CO Is to the zt condition )out a blind and foolish ,hould lies with of free- Together tnce nor Austri ler with t lies with the vast em men which she is creating in far Aust we have to work out the problem of self-government, .e brot intellectual development of man upon herself new burdens in endeavouring to pre e forms of a degrading and worn out Suffer the down trodden peoples, led by ambitious intellects, to root out the wicked dynasties In her island home Tye t dalism now consume ;fe from fa their growth eign invasion and internal con vulsion. In sincere amity with us, her position upon And the day is not far distant when English freedom, developed in America and rivetted at the antipodes in Australia, shall be the a is s normal condition of the nations." In these remarks there is undoubtedly a great deal of truth. England's sympathies cannot possibly be with European despotism ; but they must be with American and The people of both those Australian progress, distant regions are mainly of the same Anglo-Saxon race as ourselves, and they are both " bettering the instruction" which their mother . country has afforded, and yet continues to afford them. At the same time, she is not called nixie to quarrel and fight With her European neighbours, Whether " to preserve the forms of a degrading and worn-out. feudalism," or for any other object,—unless, indeed, they become her aggressors. licrr . great aie is, or .ought to be, to take .eare ',t ,at meter, in all r be nn' sympathy of The situation o ent from theirs it, not They from .1 tmg or several matters of co )n of the finance co ary and imittee to ent of the iuseum, one of the of the present will be igh-level terrace in constructed, for ird 3 stori _ ch-vard will which is he health committ 1 St Ain's Chur 1 TC,c.rt THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1859 " her island ho me" shall indeed be " safe from foreign invasion, and internal convulsion ;" and the latter would inevitably follow the former, were there no other malign influence to unhappily call it forth. But, at any rate, that is at present the first great dutythat devolves upon the Government,—to keep this envied isle of ours' an isle of peace—and, as 3. end, to preserve it "safe essential to this bl from foreign in.vasior. aat duty the Government and for this, if ppear to be d thfully for nothing else, it is entitled to the people's respect and gratitude. Now there i no part of this duty of greatei practical importar !e than that which relates to its " The wooden walls of Old naval defences England" must be maintained in all their strength, if her position upon the sea is to be safe, and safe we must take care that it is, whether we have or we have not the amity of any other Power— American or European. It was Sir JOHN PAKING- TON'S observation, we see, on a public occasion, a occupying the high and hono 31e position in her A.dmiralt LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.—In the County Court, yesterday, a number of unimportant small debt cases came on for hearing before Mr. Blair, one of the judges, out of which nothing arose of the slightest public interest. THE JUBILEE.—It will be-remembered that, some two months ago, the Jubilee, while on her voyage from China to London, struck on the bank at Boulogne, and sunk. A quantity of her cargo, consisting of silks, tea, &c., was saved, and the ship has since been raised, and we learn by telegraph that she left , Boulogne-roads for London, yesterday morning. _ THE ° SHIELDS SHIP-CARPENTERS.—On Saturday, a further number of shipwrights left Shields for her Majesty's dockyards. During the last three months, it is calculated that about 1,000 shipwrights have left Shields, and the other northern "ports on the east coast, extending from Blythe to Whitby, for the naval dockyards. Higher wages are paid at the dockyards. CAPT. SCHOMBERG or H.M.S. ABOURIR.—The Aboukir, of 91 guns, to which Captain. Schomberg has just been appointed, will shortly, it is stated, be stationed in the Mersey, where Captain Schomberg (who during his resi dence in Liverpool as Chief of the Government Emigration Department gained such general popularity), will doubtless be very successful in obtaining men for the navy. ACCIDENT IN THE WATERLOO DOCK.—Yesterday, a sea man, named Emanuel Bouquet, belonging to the ship Samuel Hincks, lading for New York, and at present lying. in the Waterloo dock, fell into the hold of the ship, and received severe injury to the head, sustaining concussion of the brain, also several contusions on different parts of th body. He was conveyed to the Northern Hospital.. 513.01E:4' ,ADVA.N6E NOTES. -On Monday night, a meeting of persons in the habit of discounting seamen's advance notes, was held in Glasgow, for the purpose of endeavouring to do away with the present ten-day note system, and reverting to the system of day notes adopted The cas. crock go with t 111.A.umn Disamats::—'- r lntelligence ..,en received here that the Anne Armstrong, from Liverpool to Bombay, when 160 miles west of Lisbon, came into collision with the Alcar. The latter entered Lisbon to repair, but the Anne Arm strong proceed - hat damaged. The on her voyage somew Iris, from Saviiir d^— -;-1-* for Liverpool, was run c 3wn on Mon- Agliaes, and .e Norwegian b: lajesty's councils of First Lord of the would do his duty -c PoNters, should ; be abl England on the renewed assurance— to the whole cou o the p: ao should for a moment tolerate e to dispute the premacy of And then he gave the —which must be so satisfactory sent w England to preserve her which had u policy of roken out in Europe yet "he could assure present Goveri and. truly net or did ? Simpl columns, ev er maint ot. be p• 3 reason ied, tha this country thing whatever to do with the quarrel e truly state of hem that the circums lost disastrous to contemplat at was know of • these :I, a most unhappy quarrel, and had l led' to already ,red. he brig sustained sonic lama AND HARRISON COMPANY ROYAL.—Last night, Wallace's beautiful opera, "Maritaiia " was given by the Pyne and Harrison Company ; to-night,' •. they will pl Floto"w's "Martha," which will be anovelty, and doubtless attract greater attention than the operas in which this company have been fequently seen. It has never been played in the Theatre Royal, and never in Liverpool, except by the Elliot Galer Company. The music is very pretty, and the situations effective. _ _ UNITED ST A TES AND CANADIAN —The screw North I nge, sailed for Quebec, 180 pa: Anglo : Saxon arrived here s which was It was shocking to reflect on the condition of affairs in the of thousands of ;athered together of imbruing their hands in blood, I men were for the purpos for the des who would s, and. barrenness could do so, prisoner rep; led tha lomng that r T the mor if they found that '3d. to be prepared for any events This, we may depend upon it, yesterday fro - m Quebec, in less than eleven days, with three days later news, and 97 passengers. The Canard steamer Europa, sails for. Boston via lialifax, on Saturday next. The box at the Post-office will close at 8.30 a.m., and in the whole I finally at 9.30. The receiving house on the Landing-stage will be open until 10.30 a.m Two REW AVonns.—A young man who was charged yesterday, before Mr. Mansfield, for being drnnk, forcibly denied the charge, when his Worship asked him how he o persons had sworn to the fact ? The he was certainly infused, but not drunk—fine word infused, it must become g " toners." In an oral amongst r case, a very pompous but evidently llv lady, was being cross examined by Mr. Cobb, she deseribea a lady as haviig had an alapathic fit. Mr. - Cobb itistaiitly sat down. Timelor him, after that ! COTTON AND CORNS.—Yesterday, at the police-court, an " old buffer," named Daniel Vickers, was brought up by officer 425, who said he got him leaving one of the docks with this- : (here he exhibited a tolerable-sized pack of cotton)—concealed on his person. I thought he was " rather bulky" to be- natural, and on searching him I found the cotton all round his body—legs and all. (Laughter.) The prisoner said, you see, sir, the old woman is very much troubled with corns, and so am I, so I was just bringing this bit of cotton home to cure them. Loud laughter followed, and Dan. was discharged. MR. AND MRS. BARNEY WILLIAMS. —SOIlle• novelties have been produced by Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, at the Amphitheatre this week, and very well-filled houses have been the result. In any part which belongs to the pip e r s ibtriflAmil a ir l i t A e a a n srt is cl i a r s r s 6sism illgY 6 i O l in lia i r determination of criticism can withstand his drolleries of expression, gesture and words. Out of this somewhat narrow range; however, his Irish impersonations appear to fail; and the higher he aims, the more conspicuous the failure becomes. He has, therefore, done well of late, in keeping to just that class of characters, for which he has undoubtedly an artistic specialty. ' Mn. STEER'S SCHOOL OF THE FINE ARTS AT CLAUGHTON, BIRKENHEAD. —Mr. Steer opened his School of the Fine Arts, last evening, most successfully, with a brilliant lecture by Mr. Frank Howa r d, introductory to the history and general principles of the fine arts, which enchained the attention of n crowded and elegant audience-,the majority being ladies, as might have been expected. The ease and fluency of Mr. Howard's delivery, and the animated manner in which he illustrates his matter, frequently pointing his instructions by a joke, which not only relieves the monotony of dry teaching, but fixes the idea to be enforced on the memory.meory. Mr. Howard mid° numerous sketches during the lecture, and the audience expressed themselves highly delighted, giving good augury of the mu lemy of the fin s of M is for lathe liowai lecture will take place at Mr. on Grange-mount, on the evening of Wednesday next BIRKENHEAD BURIAL BOARD. —Yesterday evenin_ adjourned meeting of this board was held in the Town-hall, Birkenhead.. The Rev. Mr. Knox occupied the chair. In consequence of Mr. Craven having withdrawn his motion the day previously, at the request of several gentlemen, pre vious to the close of tto poll, there was no statement to de clare. A vote of thanks was moved to Richard Bryans, Esq., for the manner in which he had filled the chair, on the previous day, at the poll, to which he replied in suitable terms. The following is a dissection of the poll at the time it closed : No. of Persons. No. of Votes: For the Amendment 1,155 1,394 For Original Motion 640 730 Majority • _ BIRKENHEAD J CommissloNEns. On Tuesday next, the annual election for Birkenhead Commissioners will take place at the Town-hall, Birkenhead. Five are to be elected for three years, and two for two years each. As yet, there seems to be no stir in this matter, but we suppose a day or two will bring out the opposition lists. To TIM " UNIAXED WOKING MAN.—You consider to in the matter of tion ; and you are taken laudanum. It appeared that the grandmother of the child was in the habit of taking the above liquid. The child's mother brought a penny-worth of it home, and left it in a small bottle in a tea cup, on a low table, and the child got the bottle and took a quantity of the laudanum, from the effects of which it died. Verdict accordingly. THE SEMAPHORE (s.s )—This fine vessel, which his been laid up for some time receiving a general overhaul, of her machinery, &c., came out of No. 2 Basin on Monday, and will shortly resume her sailings between this port and Liver pool. In addition to the repairs to her engines, she has been supplied with a new screw propeller, besides having been beautifully painted, and otherwise neatly fitted up.-- Belfast Hews Letkr. LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE ANGLO-SAXON.—MrS. S. C. Wyld, D. Fowler, Miss Fowler, Mrs. Yates, Hawkins and Lady, Charles Hunt, lady, and child, Master Hunt, Rev. William M'Kenzie, Hon. Henry Smith, Augustus Larer, Ireland and Lady, G. A. Surgison, Captain Torrens, 66th Regiment, R. A. I..each, Birrell and. lady, Mrs Car ruthers and four children, Miss Carruthers, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Warren and child, R. N. Campbell, Dawson, Hon. Henry Aylmer Chalmers, Thomas Irving, R. W. Tayler, lady, and four children, and 57 steerage passengers. SINGULAR AND Tnua.—A young Scotchman living in Pleasant Valley, four or five miles from the city, has been for a long time engaged to a young lady in Scotland, at his old home. On the 6th of January he came down at the usual hour to breakfast, looking so serious as to attract the attention of the family with whom he boarded, and in answer to their enquiries, he said that his betrothed Jane, in Scotland; had died that morning. Ridicule, nor reason, could remove the impression. He called their attention to the date, and said dews would come to verify what he said. A few days since a letter was received, stating that the young lady died on the 6th of January, at 10 o'clock a.m. She was dead at the early hour when he made the announce ment, allowing for difference in time. We give the story as told us by a friend acquainted with the parties, and have 2nces of clairvoyant presen EXERCISES e is no fee ding more cold, or of ,iter duration, than adndration grow insensibly bare idea of h, five and twenty shillings a week, wife and th - ree child followin and charges On dut ,ND CHARGES THEREON nn to pay sonic two, or money down, to the State. Let stands at present. You are never Yeu are earning, on the and have a 1. Your weedy expenses may include tems, on which you pay the annexed duties, Tea, a lb. Sugar, 3 Currants, 1. -- 1 Beer, 4 qua/ Tobaec 2s. 41c1 see to £6 4s 7d 4 year. Yet you are untaxed!, You Will probably use a little arrow-root, sago, tapioCa, or peirl barley. The duty on these artioles is very , low, only 43d per cwt., or nine-fifty-sixths of a farthing per lb; but as there is no such coin, and as the dealer cannot afford to make you a present of the imaginary fraction, he will charge you a farthing, or about six times the amount of the duty.— Financial Reformer. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday ; —On the b o dy o f a c hild named Bridget M`lienzie, seven weeks old.. The mother of the child said, she is the wife of a stoker, who is, "very passionate in drink." He was in . a public-house, and she sent for him by another child. lie came out; and she got afraid of hiin, and ran away with the child in her arms. She fell, and the child's head came against the kirbstone. She w as l oc k e d out by the h us b an d all night, and remained in a petty until morning, when she found the child dead in her arms. The head of the child was bruised, , and,.as there was no direct evidence as to the cause of death, the inquest was adjourned .for a post mortem examirptiop.—On the body of Alice Hesketh, 21 years old, a servant in the house of Mrs. Davis, GO, Palkner-street. She had *been complaining for some months, of pains in the back, and throwing up blood. She also .complained of pains'in the head—she died on Tuesday, suddenly. The inquiry was adjourned for a post mortzm examination.--On the body of a child named Charles *MUDS, two years. old, the:child of a woman living at Alfred-place, Great Monger-street, ,that died iu consequence of ,having uction of human life, an, over some o. I world Id desolation and. v He believed that it would puzz is brains at th continued )ecame th Government to t ever human wisdom could de England from b noment to say IL, LaeLelore, duty of her -Mai( e precaution which 0 in order to prevent entanglpd in this most Don the part of this alv convinced, be one that Such a course of conduc country would, he was f would mak, e us res- ,petted by every other nati believed that he was justified in saying that other nations did respect England at the present time, and they would respect he. we were det( which might arise is the true policy for England to pursue. Her position must remain a neutral, but at the same time a • defensive one. And in furtheran e of this, it is better for England to bear the present cost of COMM: ~ a d maintaining on a war footing, a large number of ships, and keep in pay a consider able amount of military and naval force, than to incur the cost, and with it all the terrible results, nce of our neglecting entangled in a,great European war at a time when we were not prepared to take any part in the struggle In the new Parl and is I Government to maintain t defensive position, can scarcely fail to have the effect -of propitiating many members of the Opposition. Ministers meet thi new House of Commons with still a major But aina heir general policy. ill not improbably be found man ?oliey of neutrality, which might be the conse lall precautions, and becomin against them on • t here vv ), upon the for the sake of the defensive position in which they have pla country, will stand by them, and, it may be, enable them to remain for the f the State. THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY V The hearing of this but he pressure upon o. SCOTT AND OTIIEI ;e was resumed yesterday morning, pace compels us to hold over port of the 1) ceedings until to-morrow. ADDRESSES.—The Times atTiounces that the address,, in reply to the Royal speech, will be moved by the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P. for South Lancashire, and will be seconded by Sir James Elphinstone, I\LP. for Portsmouth. The administering of the oath in the House of Lords been read The Lord Chancellor turned towards the epi copal benches, bt ley we all empty, the Chu: waitin in holy no respect resumed 1 ceeded to read the pr eh had In every 1, and the peers after r number one who was s, Lord Bayning, and their lordships gladly wag t s services for the occasion. The noble lord was in the Lord Chancellor once more ,t on the woolsack, and Lord Bayning pro- rs, the peers remaining in easy and varied attitudes of devotion THE COURT. a held a Court, on Tuesday afternoon, at Buck- ingham Palac Viscount G.C.8., had an audience, , . of the Queen on. his return, from Constantinople, and was presented by. the Earl of Malmesbury.- . _ _ __ _ The Earl of Elgin, K.T., had an audience of her Majesty upon his return from China. The noble Earl was presented by the Earl of Malniesbury, Secretary of State for • Foreign Affairs The Earl of had an audience of the Queen Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Verulam, Lord in-Waiting, and Sir Edward Bowater, Groom-in-Waiting. The Queen and the Royal party honoured the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, with their preSence. The Countess of CaleKkin S his succeeded the• !Duchess of Athdle as the Lady-in-Waiting. The Ear} of IreLlam - and General Sir Edward - Bowater, have* succeeded Lord Crofton and the Hon. M. Sackville West as the Lord and Gr p om-in-Waiting to Her Majesty. MARRIAGE' IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday morning the marriage of Lady Chatterton, widow ; of :the late .Sir William Chatterton, with Captain Heneage Bering, nephew of Sir Edward Cholmondeley Bering, Bart.. of Surrenden Bering, Ashford, Kent, was solemnised by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester, at St. George's, Hanover square, in the presence of a 'distinguished circle of the nobility. In the afternoon the happy pair left town for the seat of Miss Bodell, Epping. The bridal presents were costly and' very numerous. nent, then, that has now met, g for b this care of the he country in a thorough at to the .e quickening beautiful ; lif there is not a Litt _ give them life and action, their very uni _ y at first excited. temper is absolutely necessary to give to a fine woman-that ;troy the feelings t A little change of happy variety which Tevents our growing weary of iiudi her - Talwayo he samc In truth, it is unlucky enough. for ‘& woman to have too even a. disposition ; temper permits indifference to arise-- —perhaps disgi ze ; and a man continues I is Away; th feetly at e and, that liberty is sometim( io great ,tead a woman _ . uncertain, .frow The s but ti se only to a cer e is changed ; the lover ni ;s in the sam' person with v, arms of var —capiice is the salt of gallantry that pre, jealousies, quairels, the diet, at least the ves it from corrupting, Disquietudes, .es, and reconciliations are, if not .cise of love. Enchanting variety! e sensible heart more charmingly that tilts anc than all " of wh" itv of deportment and tedio (ley characters.— T ovo,Letters of Eminent Per VOLUNTEER RIFLE MOVEMENT, B IRKENEIBAD. The committee of the proposed Volunteer Rifle Corps for the Hundred of Wirral met at Birkenhead yesterday morning, Mr. John Laird in the chair. The chairman said that he attended a meeting at Chester on Monday, when he had a most satisfactory interview with the Marquis of West- `^r, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county. Ho that the arrangements as to the required drill t;sfactory, 'and that they would meet with no rams' though+ opposition from the rities in the selection of Reports were then read from the district committees, and, after a lengthy discussion as to the most advisable methods of finding clothing, arms, and accoutre- ments, the distri )mmittees were recommended to c IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDIT The House met at two o'clock, for the purpose of signig, by commission the Royal assent to the Commons choice of a Speaker. The commissioners were the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Salisbnry, the Earl of Malmesbury, the E 3ll of Hardwick, and Lord Delaware Mr. J. E. Dennison, the speaker elect, accompanied by about 200 members, appeared at the bar4n plain Cour t dress, and announced that the House of Commons , 113 , d chosen him as their Speaker, and that he presented hiraseli for the royal approbation. The Lord Chancellor signified with the usual compli ments, Her Majesty's consent to the choice of her faithfill Commons. The Speaker then Claimed in the ordinary form, the righ ts and privileges of the House of Commons. The Commons then withdrew, and both houses proceed ed to the swearing of their members. MURDER IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, Wednesday Mornin prtlilisl BAL Saunders' s LIgABLOE, Tt g in a si ~,ond edition : lay Night.= The public here have Ja ,flimence of a dreadful honlicill of Ballinamore, ittetf„; perpet: counts d this day. near the-yil man who in Ffrene the advisability of ach man finding his own• clothing,_ a i? purchased with the subscriptions received, each man havin,gilie option of purchasing his arms outright, or of using those belonging to the corps. The district committees are to report upon this proposal at, an adjourned meeting on Monday next. During the discussion upon the question of subscriptions, the chairman said that he would give a £lOO towards the general expenses of the corps, and, if necessary, another £lOO to the Birkenhead company. BOUDOIR SEWING MACHINE.—Messrs. Newton, Wilson and Co., of London, are at present exhibiting in the Grand Jury-room, St. George's Hall, several specimens of their boudoir sewing machine, an article differing from the ordi nary sewing machine of recent introduction, mainly in the fact that it is so small as to be capable of use upon a lady's wortc=tam - e - : --- ruc =melon or Mese usetni little machines I will ottrnof nrnhablv attract: still more when when the fact becomes more• generally known in Liverpool. From ten to twelve o'clock each day is devoted by the exhibitors to the gratuitous instruction of purchasers. The ordinary sewing machines are in use in some of the large linen drapery and mercery establishments in Liverpool, and are found, we, believe, • to work with advantage in every respect. It need hardly be said that the vulgar notion which connects a diminution of the'emploYment a nd th e wages o f l a b our w i t h the intro.- duction of machinery, is just as unfavourable in this, as in every similar instance. In the houses where this machine is used, more workwomen are employed, than before, and higher wages are paid to those who guide each machine, than they could have earned by manual work before its introduction. The boudoir machine accomplishes from 500 to 1,500 stitches per minute, and can stitch with equal ease upon cotton, linen, silk, woollen, or flannel. Its con struction is so simple that any person of ordinary intelligence can easily acquire a perfect knowledge of the management of ; and the character of the work is neater than the mac that of the most expert seamstress, while, at the same time, much stronger than any mortal fingers could produce. The public are well accustomed to the work of the sewing machine in ordinary trade purposes ; b u t, its adoption to family use, or a means of quickeni n g an d f ac ilit a ti ng th e labours of a housekeeper, is a novelty which well merits attention RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS AT BIRKENHEAD.—The cem etery question led to very serious riot o u s p ro c ee di ngs i n the town ship on Tuesday. Early in the morning, 3,000 or 4,000 people, consisting principally o f d oc k l a b ourers , congregated in front of the Town Hall, and fears were entertained that a breach of the peace would ensue. The shops in Hamilton street and Market-street were closed, and all business in that locality was suspended. The operations at the dock and other works were. also brought to a complete standstill, nearly the whole of the workmen having absented themselves to take part in the polling proceedings. At ten o'clock about 1,000 navvies, armed with heavy bludgeons and other weapons, marched in two or three bodies to the front of the Town-hall, shouting and yelling in a furious manner. These men were opposed to the proposition of Mr. Laird to place the cemetery under the control of the commissioners. The police, however, succeeded i n maintaining tranquillity. The Revs. Canon Chapman, G. B. Clegg, and Joseph Daly (of the Catholic Chapel, Grange-lane), with Mr. Edward Bretherton, solicitor, also used every exertion to prevent an outbreak, and ultimately succeeded in disarming the mob of their cudgels, a portion of which were taken to the police ' nearly a cartload were removed to the Catholic At one time the state of things appeared so tua,,, it was under contemplation to send to Chester for the military, but this was subsequently abandoned. A company of marines, belonging to her Majesty'S ship Liffey, who had been ashore exercising, were communicated with, and they marched through Hamilton-square, with bayonets pointed. This had the effect of dispersing a large number of those who were riotously disposed. In the course of the day, the navvies broke the windows of Mr. Laird's works, '1 entered the yard, but they were promptly repulsed by In the evening, when the few remaining [lice, whils- chapel-hou: the workmen at, u WUrKS - turnea out, it was _ there would be another fight; but the disturbance was con fined to a few drunken navvies chasing art occasional passer-by. For the protection of Mr. Laird's premises, where there is some important 'Work in hand Mt' the Gsvernment, a pa r ty of marines were sent from the Hastings about seven o'clock in the evening, and they were to remain on duty all night. Yesterday, there was an entire absence of .the disorder of the previous evening. Nevertheless, the military, numbering 65, which had been obtained. from Chester Castle, were kept in readiness for arty emergency. A great deal of drunkenness was perceptible in the north -, end of the town, in the vicinity of the Dock Cottages, but no breach of the peace occurred. Mr. Craven has issued an _ address to the ratepayers in relation to the withdrawal of his motion. In it he says: "Mr. Laird has issued an address stating that I had withdrawn my, motion; and thanking his supporters. I think he ought to have told the whole truth, that my motion was withdrawn at the earnest solicitation of the magistrates, and to prevent a riot. It was not because there were no voters, for not one half the ratepayers had polled, and there were hundreds at the door ready to do so, and had the chairman not positively decided to close the poll that day, the motion might not probably have been withdrawn. I dout thank any ; of you for voting for the motion, for. in doino• so I consid er y ou were voting for your own inte res t, and° not for me." . The five men _who .w.ere_arrested_. and let out on bail, will be brought up before a full bench of magistrates this (Wednes- , day) Morning. :eared that occupies ie regul e deemed th t of features, though ever so irit tt) the equality of her s to awalci (Tether som e ?ti , ,oat four -o'clock t his evening and 11 • 401 ivith an -as Mr acting Burke the, property . of his emu he should give it recentlN Lp for tt Mr. Ffr M immediat during the prehension was 'excited. the' friends of Mr. Burke short time I e use of young Itichard•lsurke, Tow un to the T land agent to th s been residing in the house of St. BY rid it had been b el tie in 44ayor, ii"e 01 • ,th a e :Ite of th tt t f r r ont bac e w 1 111 ealth `-" t on ee at gainer It ta . '"ral Idaislat, kid — ra teb : W l , 11 t keletes 3° sst re( l l'ed e st i_ tqh,,, 'tat ~ p a ratic Ir * Al , 4 :-ere a , I kt Q•e e ,i to. 11:eaecl Itj try [1411;1 a l tfii - .441.21 "Zhi' s ' Pr do to e it -cep sc t Co lit 41 % tty 4, 1,i1 1 ,. a 41 /ter r ,ar— h for 'SqO 6, et ile. tJr b( e , Qat d • sell( r e ten b cie li cl : fy r kev as the re had had ot a rcl to !o k e t e: )e a W itte, of s 14 at botb 13 and a b c , re co ni , li e s• ,he"l"tle xrth haring disappeared bullets in the planLation - at BallinamOn ies are on the egan to make inquiries -as found piereedby_ Mr.' 1 to obtain information hesitate to mention Mr. Burke which have reached r Man, and was very at the ti known to 1 ins4nil 11 o'elo , Mr. Ffren One of t from Ahas h. has I his return fo'r this parcel. General Miss Florence Nightin but the Advertise convent. health, The Q had an Stratford London, repOits that t t. on T days, notwithstanding the early p, unmistak( gently ESTATILISTIMENT OF A R any of the partic ANOTHER HOMICID ULU. , is of Clout) lir. a desi s command in S ;e upon his rettirnfi;m the Ciq n anuatne voril tt' r. r trenca o to r unaer nts approaching e northetrilenitilera is of in a precarious state,,, itradicts the report of n' i audience on his return ical Officer He oralth t 1, 0 Q f s. within the linlited —At z meeting of R been res, maiers, held at Lancaste .ed to lorm a " Lancaster Reform Assoc to organise the electors of the town, with the view two Liberal Reformers to represent the borough in Psx' o " o ., than electors, The Association is to consi s t of electors and u,,,an electors, each member to subscribe to its fonds not less bO3O is par annum. A president and other officers ha/ e t 5O appointed, and a general c omm itt ee , cons i s ting of abou gentlemen. - Taole s DEATH OF SIR J. L. LIMIINGTON.—GeneraI au - Law Lushington, G.C.8., departed this life on S till as ea afternoon, at his residence in Dorset-square. The d ecease s, general was the son of the Rev. James Stephen L llBl l7thr vicar of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and canon of Carlisl e ° ei b o ld dral, and brother to the Right Hon. Stephen i ! - War Lushington, who was for many years chairman nt 7 and Means" in the House of Commons, nd subsc'uenear Governor of Madras. He was born at Newmarket, in 1779. He was in the military ser vice tio•hi East India Company as colonel of the 3rd m a dras 11 0 Cavalry, and was made a General in the army in 1 - 3 n . v is was re-elected a director of the East India Con i : lt a i n 1827, and was deputy-chairman in 1836-7, and ella„ . ` r . ,: t i t in 1838-9. He represented Petersfield, Carlisle, and ILv''' at various times, in the House of Commons. MAIL TRAIN, ON FIRE.--DRSTRUCTION OF D ill° aßottishars, f the The mail train due at Newcastle-0,.-- Tuesday morning, was delayed by a fire that occurr tender which accompanies the travelling Pos t ' the train was backing into the Yor discovered by a pointsman, who immediately alarm to the persons arranging the letters in the P O6 : o f the The guard in charge, instantly rushed into the midst had fire, and with ass i s t ance , su bd ue d th e flames. The """ ea dea been occasioned by a sma ll l am p w hich h a d b ee n stif t olior inside the carriage b e i ng j er k e d ou t o f it s socket, oust on a quantity of letter b ags , w hi c h it ignited. Thict-01111103 of damage to letters and n ews p a p ers i s repor ted considerable. The Newcastle letters es?r the so . in t' e it s ffice• .k Station the OLDEURY TRAGEDY. inquest on the body of John Fos___, murdered by his mother on Monday before R. Docker, Esq., coroner, at the Talbot-hotla bury. The only evidence t a k en was th a t o f the _I the boy, William Foster, and Eliza 0 5 w hO a boy pelle •On Tuesday eve 3 eldest c Their statements in rvery respect corroborated the rer ag the dreadful occurrence which appeared in our col li T. o oo , yesterday. Owing to the severe indisposition of the ° g oo' the inquiry was adjourned till five o'clock to-ro (Friday), The wretched mother has somewhat pro' and under the care of M r . C oo p er , surgeon , has so 13f iiqu ia gressed as to be able to swallow a small portion of„ rs w stnsible sustenance and thP Norrlsoi She is pert entertain a livel she has COMMitCe THE ATTEMPT TO POISON A On Tuesday, Jane Riley, the sery before the Nottingham Bench of last, on a charge of attempting to poison 4 ' 1 - four children by admini s t er i ng t o t h em eopPeras 1 e (the particulars of which ha ve a l rea d y appeared), ``. brought before the magistrates at the Police-ofa c . vi ereo,; evidence of Mr. Ma rs h a ll H a ll Hi gg i nbottoxl , went to show that• on S un d ay, t h e 22nd he was sell a, bee Mrs. Kurtman, showed Sc: 1,10 who him som e gruel. - I " . _ ft,l4 t sense of the horrid r F.6IILY AT i ,ll/ Sato 0(1 tes 1 who Was previously attending the family. Mrs' Kurtnlan, that the prisoner had confess e d t o h er that slit copperas in the gruel. He (the sur b its metallic appeararice he had no doubt that it /it copperas that was in it. Fortunately the matter D e ter out before the child ren h a d parta k en o f it. 'ebe Walker apprehended the prisoner, and asked her ' f aware of the deadly na t ure o f th e copperas , an f ", 1 , - e i fatal. effect it would h ave h a d upon th e c hild r en i the, taken it, to which she replied that she was quite k ar toli both facts. A fortnight ago a relation of Mrs. fi rii°, l , l ; died; and a former servant in that family told th e 'le hg, that if she had staid'a few days longer she Would 113 ., pee. tio o ' po i.t mourning given to her, and it is suggested that circumstance influenced the prisoner in her attemP t „ to Est the children. The prisoner had no reply to 1 1111 ,. 1 .1 0 e " charge, and was committed to take her trial a' " eon) tasted it July OVE - assizes. , e hel d '' n L AND SUICIDE.—On Tuesday Mr. Bedford t o ; .g It inquest at King's Colleg e Hospital 'Pojtucrai..stree;r. the body of Frederick S c h ra d er, a native of fr an °:llo I( nt ,c 1 from: the evidenc e th a t th e d e ceased , for a; and a tailor by trade, had formed an lit's - V t f old ayoung woman, named Mary Ann Gibbs. a log e him that if a young man whom she had oli c ' t cem;t and who was at present in Australia, did 1 , 1 . 1 u ° ,5 Ir e is back, she would: marry him ( deceased ), and t " .l- 0 on well together with the couple till o o c h e ago, when the young lady told deceased tha t s n d received a letter from her former sweetheart, 3 bicia` sf she was going to . Australia to him. On 13'4 told k i ds he was out walking, with Miss Gibb when she $O l- f that that was the last tune that he Wo'Uld sec he r ' il t . ° c h he made no reply, but merely smiled, soon after w bi l e her re parted. Shortly after the parting a police-cons ta ; Ti g: tb o ;j. the report of firearms in Long's yard, and, upon gtf bl saw the deceased lying on the gronnd, in a pool arc. ``,. He said to the:constable in broken English, ` ll , ° „ ti s trsi: l b . e late. lam too fond of the young lady English t - 3 1, 1 0 He was promptly seen to upon being adnartted a i e ti e t hospital, but in spite of all exertions he s sia ifi is Friday morning last Upon a post mortepi ? 0150 11. 14 tion being made, it was found he had shot 11 `. n ji l A, the left side of the chest, and the ball had, aftertille bs a rib and going through the heart, lodged in Verdict, " Temporary Insanity." annearc ie year, °I and u.ie Ow SFORM ASSOCIATION AT LANC ° ' it 119', Uv. • f l o retaT eh is urini il 1 1 ! . . -.115,-