The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

r r , R USSIA AND TURKEY. THE LATE TURKISH DISASTER. v ix (P r ont Our Second Edition of Yesterday,) 1 1 % E l'll4 l THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—TWO French and ' m kill 3' n glish frigates have gone to Sinope, nomi- '• os , Th„ medical assistance for the wounded. Itir,' C hronicle mentions that the English steam i.o..Le ' retribution and the French steamer, I° Nor l Th e „, -eft Constantinople for Sinope on the 4th. tw o ' s ritish minister at Teheran has broken off c ‘ 4l , atic relations with Persia. th e b 'SI ANTINOPLE, Bth.—On Wednesday, Nov. 30th I Russians entered the harbour of Sinope with k 4(l, :e deck ers, 4 fi ve - an d a -h a lf d ec k ers, 6 f r i ga t es , Ilhi c , "'earners, and attacked the Turkish sqadron, 14t;consisted of 6 frigates, 3 corvettes, 2 steamers. glir lat 34l,ll 7 3-decker and all the Turkish ships were ti ll , With the exception of the Taif, which brought A li b e ws• The combat lasted four hours. !h eo - "ussian bulletin, posted on the Odessa ex 4 et g e on December sth, states that the Russian let met in the Black Sea a Turkish and Egyptian 1 1 .,,,, e ,elzposed of 18 ships—two-deckers, frigates, ,I . '",.` t etii, with two steamers, of 500 horse power. , two others of 300 horse power, After a long e'Agement, the following Turkish ships have e il l k deStroyed or captured; 1 of 64 guns, 1 of 60, ' l2 , 1 of 50, 1 of 46, 1 of 22, two steamers of 20 k e ' each, 2 transports, 1 ditto British transport. W 4 :L l gagement took place near Sinope, 5000 Turks 'R eg filed and many taken prisoners. Osman Pasha txu w ounded and taken prisoner. Several officers, N l ,, English and French, were on board the i 4 sh fleet. FURTHER PARTICULARS. lzp. e ,Russian consulate at Jassy has been broken Ate The Consul-general, M. de Giers, has accom c 'd Baron Budburg to Bucharest. 1.,_ ° , 1 0n.el Zuchowski, the newly•appointed vice 'iliclent of Moldavia, is expected at Jassy. l a , Russian general Sala will take the command i" 4 e Moldo-Wallachian militia. ItinPPeare that previous to the disastrous affair ope, the Turkish, English, and French naval i t 4l ,anders had been exchanging civilities, and 4 4 `-'4pitan Pacha, having given a fete to the offi iO both navies on board his flag ship, he pro . , q th 4 in a very complimentary speech the healths i p e „ e Queen of England and the Emperor of the 1 r e n• In the course of his speech, be said : 0 111 , presence, admirals, at Constantinople, I des and a support to us : and if destiny Vea that we are to march side by side, all Ai e trorts will tend to merit your esteem and T " ' " '‘i i‘ . -e Sultan's health was then drunk by the ell and French admirals. 1 5 1 1 •11„ its continue to arrive, says a letter from tte, 4 "antinople. The Adria, an Austrian Lloyd's ar e a or, arrived here on Monday, with five hun i,c4l board, coming from Smyrna. These men dl s e( ' here in a very raw and ragged state; an Virban, tattered jacket, and sash, wide coarse ti trowsers to the knee, leggings or no leggings, .e .case may be, no stockings, and very ill tioned shoes, a bundle on the back, and a ti Complete their costume. Immediately on N,, l ' - g here they are marched off to the barracks, ‘t e a regular transformation at once takes place. Nk( fez, with a brass plate on the top and black 11 : 4 tassel, takes the place of the turban, a coarse %t o cloth j ac k e t i s en d osse d, an d l e gs unaccustom low close confinement are thrust into close-fitting N•i el 's of the same material. A picturesque ~, ki 's thus metamorphosed into a very awkward k 4 semi-European. :Ig ht r l Ninient of Christians (Cossacks) is being l '', hi t red• This is a proof of progress and reform, L'lcii e erto no christians have ever become regular ‘4,(le,r the of the Sultan ; neither have they marched th --Le banner of the Crescent. iy e Caradoc arrived at Constantinople on Sun th kite t e 4 0 rnoon, bringing news from London up to Yll e , l ' u • Mr. Purdie, Queen's messenger, came 4 4 1 , 0 ,k 2 be arer o f very lath dispatches, and of a very li 'ti a l' e ta i. 'lt cha rac t er . :lisl i. e y, is a great movement amongst the awn i tQungarian, and Italian emigration at a t t e Ci l t_ I ' l , 14:Ple. A gyea a t rr r i rl v a in nY : g especially none have, °lie ' coivall found employment under the Turkish 'en 111 f 740 1 1 ;1 Some Polish officers, who had already q lA , ° r several years in Turkey, having come here ,Ic end of the war in Hungary, have been sent , d i 4 k the army in Asia. ! „of peace by no means prevails here; in 11' the contrary is universal ; the state of affairs ,; 41 1ch e ery black. The Turks were in the beginning , id `` inclined to conciliation; now they are elated, li4tl J 4 ' ll l not hear of any terms which are not k 1,.•` t e d o upon the renunciation of all the pretensions '"4 o rvard by Russia, and the immediate evacua the Principalities. 1 1 11 ft 'cl: following also a ppeared in our Second n 'l of yesterday. lit THE MINISTRY. qt r , s - " - NATION OF LORD PALMERSTON ! tlq h e r. „„ted , Ti mes says that, Lord Palmerston has ten ? t, 44 41 5 resignation of the office of Secretary tr 'N o " e for the Home Department, and has there tN eased, within the last forty-eight hours, to p 41 , 44 Part of her Maj es ty' s g ov ernment, if that q,',, 'flion has been accepted by the Crown. i t t i th e receipt of a communication from Lord ( .(1 t e rston, announcing the resolution he had been j'„ 4l 4 ~form, the Prime Minister left town for Oitle t kl Mouse immediately, for the purpose of °for "c resignation of the Right Hon. Secretary The the A e , Queen. ti ,khal er . 4 4. 4nes may confidently state that Lord , - tei E ,,,„ - "‘on's withdrawal is unconnected with . the t lt '' Policy of the government. It has not arisen A Of the it t r ,, difficulties of the eastern question, nor Ml a r, ~e that differences of opinion on that sub ,o Icive l e Manifested themselves with such force as N- to the resignation of any member of the ad h.ration. The ground on which he is said to t ; (14 s inability to remain in the present cabinet '4 l I nctly and exclusively a decided opposition tif e ~ t o Reform Bill, prepared under the direction ;S r r d John Russell, and agrred to by the ~k r members of the government. The measure il lbi t e, erred to a committee of five members of the 1 4 and as Lord Palmerston's opposition to 'tr'eheine s of parliamentary reform was no t tl et, h Ok,i a e was placed on it, in order that . he might ° bay er its provisions and state his . objections ; ‘ 4 ! ,e his usual able and vigorous assistance 4 t at tention, but it seems from the result 4 k V i s objections to the principle of the 0 t i` r e, were not to be diminished or overcome. ~,`'et kted them to his colleagues, but it appeared 1 11 , ° 111, 11 1 ° measure of parliamentary reform, such as t .° %, , I neet the expectations of the country, was t4 4r ti l l 'o meet his support. His objection is, not k h4l e provisions of the bill are too restricted, or kr 'cunt of the reform insufficient, but he is not 1 6 b . (l4 e ' i nentary reformer. :',lit ith ,Tinies repeats that it is upon the above 4 -, th, - that he has retired from the cabinet, and t tt etfurt any question of foreign policy. I exs• 1 .ws 'At tit regret at his retirement, and praises his ad -4 ratio 11 11 4 to nof the home department, and his adhe- Ot tew th e foreign policy of the government was 4_' t t th L'onably an additional pledge to the country tr e `e, 4r , e , Policy of the government in the east was d t t ' t 4 chi`tt honorable ; but it would be a great an ki i rus error to suppose that his voluntary kk ent w ou ld in any degree lower the tone or It the Wii.d o ,, energy of the cabinet on foreign affairs. VII lunfortunately tend to impair the influence ‘olt, ..... t - is country may exercise in Europe, that a th e 'Y i ht e 8 exposed to a secession of this kind t 4 qa ti very b al f moment when it would be most tli c cl'il for us to be acting as one man to avert or di e rne a war, and such an occurrence is the ll tt liti eu r ange when it is attributable to a cause tti t ' b bb Y foreseen at the formation of the cabinet. kl o t se 'aid this the Times is satisfied that the t tle t k i tt " u ieh the goverpment are prepared to ti l t fr the East will snffer no change or abate the'ti4,°'ll Lord Palmerston's withdrawal. The Gill I)4 i 1 parliament can alone terminate the kEt ti b e °', of excitement and uncertainty which Itl Il e , caused by this event, but the Times mkti '° l -Ibt it will full confirm the Statement i 111 ll 'ad y e ee, e, . A ttL til e noro,nte/e believes that Parliamentary Reform 'ger 4 t 'IIY and point of difference between Lord • his Colleugues. t , rt ed,. tiTREOLOGY OF TABLE TURNING."-021 Thursday %4 ) e Rev. N. T. Godfrey, incumbent of Wortley, te vered a l ec t ure on th is su b jec t a t th e H anover - Y lld t l th ° 4 ° t nis, London. Th e r ev. gentleman stoutly con llotls, ta ble -turning, spirit-rapping, and clairvoyance, less than a direct communication with the evil raeating broke up in great confusion. discs reel 1u0S" eq t 27 11 ' 1' 0 .ed c 0 o fir' 1 a bell' e t c h: !it/ DISTRII3EIVON OF PRIZES AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. Yesterday the half-yearly distribution of prizes to the suc cessful scholars in the Collegiate Institution, took place in the theatre of the institution at 12 o'clock. The Rev. Rec tor CA➢LPBELL occupied the chair, and there was a large at tendance of the parents and friends of the boys. Amongst those present we noticed the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, Rev. Mr. Went, Rev. Mr. Anderson, Rev. Dr. Hume, and Rev. Mr, Humphries, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. W. Brown, M.P., Mr. J. Booker, Mr. A. Hodgson, Mr. J. Rawdon, Mr. D. Ramsey, Mr. J. Campbell, Mr. J. Procter, Mr. W. Dawson, Mr. R. Aked, Mr. W. Jones, Mr. J. Tyrer, Mr. Walker, Mr. Alderman Cooper, Mr. J. R. Rounthwaite, and the principal and masters of the institution. The business of the day was opened by singing the hal lelujah chorus, after which— The CHAIRMAN rose and spoke as follows : My dear young friends,—l am glad to meet you again at this our semi annual. festival ; and, having met you so often before, will not trouble you or your friends with any lengthened observations. We meet on the present occasion, I am happy to say, in a much higher state of worldly prosperity than we met this time last year. Last year we owed £B,OOO ; this year, I believe I may say, we no not owe a farthing. (Loud cheers.) I wish the Chancellor of the Exchequer could meet the House of Commons next month with a similar statement, and say to them,—Last year, we owed £800,000,000, this year we owe nothing. But that, I fear, would involve repudiation. In other respects, also, we are in a prosperous condition; and one pleasing mark of our prosperity is, that the aggregate numbers in the day schools have continued to rise, being now nearly 720, instead of only 460 in 1847. (Applause.) One advantage of the extinc tion of our debt will be, that we shall be able to apply our surplus income (for, like the Chancellor of the Exchequer, we shall have a surplus income, though not quite so large as his) to improve, by various means, the education given in our schools; and you know what I mean by education— not merely learning, but learning rounded upon and inter woven with religion; and by religion I do not mean mere theology, mere talk, about God, as John Ruskin expresses it, but " the binding or training to God's service." I cor dially agree with this writer, who is considered somewhat paradoxical, but in whose paradoxes I find sometimes more wisdom than is dreamed of in other men's philosophy, that it is a great leading error of modern times to " mistake erudition for education." " Education," he says, "is the leading human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them; and these two objects are always attain able together, and by the same means : the training which makes men happiest in themselves, also makes them most serviceable to others. The cry for education is a wise and sacred cry, provided it be extended into one for the educa tion of all classes, with definite respect to the work which each man has to do, and the substance of which he is made ; but it is a . foolish and a vain c r y, if it b e un d erstoo d , as i n the plurality of cases it is meant to be, for the expression of a mere craving after knowledge, irrespective of the simple purposes of the life that now is, and the blessings of the life that is to come. It is well to make a youth acquainted with the powers of the Greek particles, but better to make him acquainted with the powers of nature and of God. It is useful to show him how the syllables are fitted in a tragic metre, but more useful to show him how the great universe rolls upon its course in heaven. It is advi sable for him to be fixed in the principles of syntax, but more advisable for him to be fixed in the principles of the Christian faith. Such is the education you will get in the Collegiate Institution, and as such I bid it God speed. (Loud applause.) The Rev. Mr. HowsoN, the principal, then said : I am happy to say, in conformity with the principles upon which those schools are founded, and to which our chairman has so happily alluded, the most vigorous competition this year has been to get divinity prizes. (Hear, hear.) I never knew examinations which were attended with so much difficulty to the examiners, and I may say this for myself with regard to the upper school, 'and Mr. Parry, who examined the mid dle school, and Mr. Ellisson, who examined the lower school boys, had the same difficulty. We found it extremely difficult to decide the prizes ; but at last they were decided to our satisfaction. The rev. gentleman then commenced reading the list of prizes, and as each boy's name was called, he as cended the platform by means of a staircase leading from the centre to the body of the hall, and received his prize from the hands of the chairman. The following is the list of prizes : UPPER SCHOOL PRIZES: SPECIAL PRIZES.—Senior divinity medal : J. H. Rawdon: certificates, Wainwright and Widdowson. Senior historical medal : Lafone, transferred to G. Rawdon. Senior mathe matical medal : Widdowson. CLASS PRIZES.-Ist class : J. H. Rawdon : certificate, P. Arthur. 2nd class : G. Rawdon, transferred to Walker. 3rd class : classical —Booker and Caw equal : certificate, Edwards : modern—Mitchell: certificate, Johnson. 4th class : classical, Cooper : certificate, Pater : modern, Tatham. sth class : Rounthwaite : certificates, Brown and Conor. Gth class : Went : certificate, Jeffrey. Preparatory classes. —7th : Tarbet : certificates, Carpenter, also E. P. Jones, for arithmetic). Bth : T. Lockett . certificates, Young, also Sole, for writing. Lower Bth : Makin : certificate, Minton. Principal's prize : J. H. Rawdon. Old pupil's prize : D. Shaw. EXTRA PRIZES.—Given by Mr. Underwood : Bristow, Brown, and W. Aked. Given by Mr. Porter : Sinker, T. Bartlett, Jeffrey, jun., and Pater. Given by Mr. Hiley : Michod. Given by Mr. Sadler : Johnson, and R. Jones : certificate, Mitchell. Given by Mr. Sears : Walker : cer tificates, Pater, Booker, Clough, Jeffrey, sen., H. Rawdon, and Hodson. Given by the principal : Pater : certificates, Huson, R. Aked, and F. Jeffrey. MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZES. — SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity medal : R. Worthington ; certificate, Winsor. Nomination to upper school : B. W. Wilson. Historical and geographical medal : W. Swit ; certificate, J. F. Brunn. Mathematical prize : B. W. Wil son ; certificates, M'Master, Newlands, Johnson, Storey, Gath, W. Eckersley. French medal . E. T. Brunn ; cer tificates, M'Master, A. Eckersley. Drawing medal : Bou stead ; certificates, W. Wilson, Buttomley, T. Swift, R. J. Clayton. Penmanship medal : Christian. certificates, W. Swift, Jordan, Robinson, 0. P. Clayton, W. Eckersley, D. Holmes, Braithwaite. Class PRIZES.-Ist class, Potter scholarship: Broster ; certificate E. P. Arthur. 2nd class, prize of books: Roger son ; certificate, M'Master. 3rd class, prize of books ; C. Nicholson ; certificate, J. Nicholson. Fourth clas s , p r iz e o f books : Pearson ; certificate, Coughtry. Fifth class, prize of books : Crowe ; certificate, Gath. 6th class, prize of books : Brock ; certificate, W. Eckersley. 7th class, prize of books : Andrew • certificate, H. Holmes. Bth class, prize of books : T. L. iones ; certificate, T. P. Lewis. Principal's prizes : Archer and Swindon. French master's prize : H. Carter. Mr. J. H. Coes prizes : Crowe and Brock. Princi pal's prizes : D. Dunlop and W. Swift. LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES. SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity . prize : G. Tickle ; certificate, Cranage, J. Parkinson. Nomination to middle school : J. A. Lobley. Historical and geographical prize : G. Cranage ; certificate ; G. Tickle. Arithmetical medal ; J. A. Lobley ; certificate, Ist class, Joseph Lee; ditto 2nd class, E. Buck ley ; ditto 3rd class, Roberts, Hicks. Penmanship medal : J. Shaw. Parkinson, transferred to John Lee; certificates, Sutton, EXTRA. SPECIAL PRlZES.—Principals prize: G. Tickle; certificate, J. Turner. Head master's Ist prize :J. A. Lob ley Head master's 2nd prize :D. Nott. French prize, given by Mons. Sears : let, J. Nicholson, transferred from J. A. Lobley ; 2nd J. Lobley; certificates,WardandWardill. Drawing prize : Joseph Lee, transferred to G. Tickle, Lee having held it before. CERTIFICATES.-Ist. John Lee; 2nd, Malcolm; 3rd, Dickenson. CLASS PRIZES.-Ist Molyneux scholarship :---Ist class : J. Parkinson: 2nd, James Gillison. 2nd class : prize, Mid dleton : certificates, Wellington, Lobley. 3rd class : prize, L. Whitham : certificate, Dickinson. 4th class : prize, A. Westmore : certificate, Lucas. 6th class : prize, Lawton : certificate, Beezley. 6th class : prize, E. J. Jones : certifi cate, H. Jones. 7th class : prize, Nicholson : certificate, Honeyburne. Bth class : prize, Thornthwaite : certificate, W. Hughes. 9th class : prize, James Shaw : certificate, E. V. Mitchell. CERTIFICATES.-Ist class certificate for improvement in writing ; Bellis : 2nd ditto, Fort : 3rd ditto, Sheriff : 4th ditto, Ellis : sth ditto, Stafford : 6th ditto, Pinnington : 7th ditto, Day : Bth ditto, Taggart : 9th ditto, _Holt. Certifi cates for ornamental pe nma n s hip : Altree, Newall, Turner, Smith, Hughes. Certificates for mapping : J. Parkinson, J. Nicholson, Smith, Clarkson, Shaw, Hughes, Tickle, Nott, Tinker, Alderson, Witham. EVENING SCHOOL PRIZES. Algebra, Geometry, and Mensuration : Walter Bathgate, prize. English Grammar and Composition : C. Loftus, prize . ) ;J. Davies, c er tifi ca t e . G eogra phy : W. H ump h reys , certificate. Proficiency in Arithmetic : Galletti, certificate. Improvement in Arithmeti c : G. T r i m bl e , p r i ze . Profi ciency in Penmanship : R. Jones, prize. Ornamental draw ing from the round : Clitherall, prize. Perspective Draw ing : Corkhill, prize. Landscape Drawing : E. Young, prize : certificate, Smith. On announcing the successful competitor for the Brown scholarship, The Rev. Mr. Howsox regretted the absence of Mr. Brown (who had not at this time arrived). He stated this was the fourth scholarship which had been founded. The CHAIRMAN regretted that his amiable friend, Mr. W. Brown, was not present. (Hear, hear). Every one knew him ; he was a man of the most splendid liberality (cheers), as they well knew in this community, he having recently given no less a sum than £6,000 for the advance ment of useful knowledge amongst us. (Cheers). Like wise, in connection with that institution, he had been a most liberal benefactor and active friend. (Cheers). He had given every encouragement and material pecuniary assistance in relieving the institution from its debt of £B,OOO. He was deserving of all praise. (Loud applause). When delivering the prizes for penmanship, The CHAIRMAN observed they might very possibly re member what the Bishop said on a former occasion relative to the embarrassment caused him by not being able to de cipher letters sent him by his clergy. This was a sad stumbling-block in the way of reading letters ; and good I writing was of the utmost importance to correspondence. I He hoped they would all study good clear penmanship, so as to make themselves clearly understood. [At this stage of the proceedings Mr. William Brown came on the platform and was loudly cheered.] The CR/LINA/di, in presenting the prizes to the pupils who attend evening schools, observed that the great defect of their educational institutions was that they so soon lost sight of young persons. (Hear, hear,) Unhappily in a great commercial community like this—and indeed in all commu nities in this busy bustling nation —young persons were too soon taken from the valuable course of training theyjunderwent in their institutions, and were plunged into danger in a dangerous world before they had sufficient wisdom to know how to guide themselves ; and it was satisfactory to them to perceive that those who had been trained in this institution retained a disposition to continue the knowledge they had acquired. (Hear, hear.) It was very satisfactory indeed to find the young men who were engaged in the same occu pations during the day, had the spirit, and resolution, to devote time to the continued acquirements of knowledge. (Hear, hear.) He (the chairman) was glad to find there was such a number, and it is with the greatest possible satisfaction he was enabled to present those prizes. (Cheers.) The hymn commencing " Almighty God, in humble prayer to thee our souls we lift," was then sung. The Rev. Mr. Howson said their next business was an endowment of a different kind. For some two or three years past the old pupils of the upper school had been in the habit of giving prizes to the successful writers of English essays ; but until the present year this arrangement had not assumed a legitimate form. The kindly feelings of the old pupils of the upper school towards this institution, with a view of instituting a valu able prize, had caused them to raise a tolerable fund. (Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a book of the rules agreed upon, and he would just read two or three rules which would be sufficient to put the meeting in possession of the general purposes of the fund. Rule 2. That the in come arising from the fund or such part thereof, as to the trustees shall seem proper, shall be applied in the purchase of a medal, books, or other suitable testimonial, which shall annually at Christmas be given to a pupil of the upper cel legiate school as a prize for the best essay in English l com position, whetherin prose, or verse, upon a subject to be approved by the trustees. And the trustees may, if they think it expedient, print any prize essay at the expense of the fund. Rule 4. That in case the fund shall at any time hereafter accumulate, so as to produce an annual income adequate for the purpose, the trustees shall instead of ap plying the income as directed by rule 2, apply such income in the maintenance of a scholarship at the upper school, such scholarship to be given as a premium, in the place of and in like manner as the annual prize mentioned in rule 2. Those old pupils had thus shown a marked regard to the institu tion, very honorable to themselves, and respectable towards those who might come after them. Nothing, then, remained but the reading of the list of prizes and honourable distinc tions. The list of prizes &c., were then read in extenso. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL, M.P., said : The proceedings hav ing now been brought to a close, I have been requested to discharge a very brief, but a very pleasing duty, one in which lam sure you will all most cordially unite. Those who know the value of the assistance and advice of our excellent rector, in any undertaking, will, I am sure, appreciate the good services which he has rendered to this institution from its very commencement. And, I am sure we have all lis tened with the greatest satisfaction to the observations with which he has favoured us to-day, not only in the an nouncement of the fact that the institution, which last year was £B,OOO in debt, is this year entirely free from debt. (Applause.) But, lam sure, we must have heard with in finite pleasure and delight the admirable observations with which he has favored us on the subject of education gene rally. (Applause). It only remains for me to ask you to thank our excellent rector, not only for his services on this day, but for the valuable and efficient services which he has ever rendered to the Collegiate Institution. (Loud cheers.) Mr. W. BROWN, M.P., in seconding the motion, said : In every word which has been addressed to you by Mr. Horsfall I most cordially concur, and it gives me great plea sure to be called upon to second a vote of thanks to our excellent chairman. (Cheers.) It has been my misfortune not to be here sufficiently early to listen to what he said, and to take part in the interesting proceedings which have taken place ; but I have always felt confident it was the duty of every man in whatever position of life he may be placed, to endeavour, as far as possible, to promote educa tion amongst all classes in this country. (Applause.) It makes them better citizens, better subjects ; it contributes greatly to their own happiness and to the safety of the country. (Cheers.) And I am exceedingly happy to find that our excellent rector, and your excellent principal are both men who are desirous of availing themselves of every improvement in education that can simplify it, and make it easy to the master and to the scholar. (Hear, hear.) You can hardly sufficiently appreciate the advantages that you, young gentlemen have over those of half a century past. (Hear, hear.) I trust then, you will avail yourselves of them, in order that you may be an honour to the position in society in which you are placed, and a comfort to your parents and relatives. (Hear, hear.) I have therefore great pleasure in seconding the motion of thanks to the chairman. (Applause.) The motion was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN : I am much obliged to you, Mr. Horsfall and Mr. Brown, for the kind manner in which you have spoken of me; and to you for the favour with which you have received it. At the same time, without any affectation of humility, I do not consider myself entitled to any praise for promoting the success of such an institution as this, so valu able in itself, and so interesting to me, as promoting the cause of sound religious education amongst the population, in which lam bound to take such a deep interest. (Hear, hear.) I agree most perfectly with Mr. Brown, in thinking education is that to which we ought to direct our most earnest and undivided attention in the present day. (Applause.) We ought not—we cannot hope for social comfort without it. It is, I believe, to the advancement and the improvement of education in every mode, particularly in connection with re ligion, we are to look for the peace and permanent prosperity of the empire ; and as Mr. Brown says, the advantages offered to you all in the present day are inestimable. (Hear, hear.) It is wonderful what an increase of advantages there is offered to young men in the present day, in the acquisition of knowledge. (Hear, hear.) With respect to one of the branches of history, to which much attention has been paid during the last session, I allude to the history of the Anglo- Saxon period, one of the earliest ages of this nation, and I will refer with reference to the history of Alfred the Great, one of the greatest men history presents to our view. (Hear, hear.) One of the anecdotes related of him is, that he was 12 years before a schoolmaster could be found capable of teaching him his alphabet. What an inestimable advantage it is that all of you possess, when you consider how many good schoolmasters you have, that are capable of teaching you almost all the alphabets of the known world. (Applause.) And when you consider Alfred, as a warrior, and see that he was one of the most learned men of the an, the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties was never more exemplified than in the career of that illustrious man. I hope you will set this great man before you as an example ; and all those great men who under the great es t diffi cu l t i es an d opposition de voted their undivided a tt en ti on to t h e pursuit of knowledge connectionin . with religi on . (A pp l ause.) I thank you for the compliment you have paid me ; but think it is merely my duty to promote the success of the institution. (Loud applause.) The Rev. Dr. 31‘1'sTEILE then rose and was l ou dl y cheered. He said :—My young friends, ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege now to give you a further opportunity of showing how you value the encouragement to be derived from the countenance given by the presence, on this occasion, of gen tlemen of station and position in the town. (Hear, hear.) I admire the manner in which your principal has managed to give a practical exhibition of the union of church and state here. (Laughter.) He has selected our two statesmen to propose a vote of thanks to our Rector, and now he calls on a churchman to propose a vote of thanks to the Mayor. (Cheers and laughter.) Our excellent chief magistrate, as you know, is amongst us ; and I wish just to observe that he presides over the administration of the laws in our town. But I hope, and I may say to you, those laws were not made for you, on the apostolical principle that "the law is not made for righteous men, but for the lawless and dis obedient." One of our great statesmen has said, that "no man is qualified for the enjoyment of political liberty who has not learnt to put a willing restraint on his personal liberty." (Hear, hear.) Unf or t una t e ly th ere areindi viduals in all communities who have not learned to put the necessary willing restraint on their personal liberty. On the boundary line between those persons and the mass of the peaceful community, our chief magistrate, and those under his command, preside, for coercion on the one side, and preservation on the other. (Hear, hear.) I hope you will always be on the side claiming pre servation for peace, and never requiring coercion to guard you against a breach of the peace. (Applause.) And if you ask me how far I think you should keep from the boun dary line, I'll tell you a story about a gentlemen engaging a coachman. (Hear, hear.) There were three who came to him, and he asked the first, " How near can you drive to the wheel of a waggon, and not feel afraid ?" " Well, sir, I think I would go within two inches." He asked the second, " What do you think ?" " I think I would go within an inch and a half of it." And he asked the third, " What would you do ?" " Please, sir, I wou ld k eep as f ar away as I could." "You are the man for me. (Loud ap plause and laughter.) And now, in conclusion, I wish you to have an opportunity to express in a way suitable to the mayor of Liverpool to receive, and in a way congenial for a set of school boys, on the first day of the holidays, to give, not a show of hands, but with heart and mouth, a vote of thanks to the mayor. (Immense applause.) Mr. .ADAM HODGSON had cordial pleasure in seconding the motion. They were deeply indebted to the mayor for his kindness in coming up here to-day. (Hear, hear.) But he could not but think there would be many opportu nities during the present year in which they should have to tender him their warmest thanks for more arduous duties and self-denial than he had exercised in being present on an occasion so gratifying to them all. He had come to see a number of youths assembled on that platform to receive the reward of merit, and he would sympathise most cordially in the gratification of those who by their exertions obtained the rewards they had received. They had all sympathised with them, but there was a large class among the boys to whom their sympathies were equally extended. He meant that large class who had had the determination and courage, after they had seen there was no chance for them, from various circumstances, of obtaining first distinctiots Iri the shape of prizes, still were pursuing with a teadi ness and resolution those exertions by which they were to attain that knowledge for which they were as sembled in those schools. (Hear, hear). He remembered it was said by one of their most eminent divines, and one who had been much connected with the education of young men, that he could take off his hat to the boy who with an honest industrious purpose, with !poor abilities, had still gone on labouring to the best of his ability, and who some time obtained the same proficiency in those studies for which others ,were receiving more distinguished rewards. (Hear, hear). lie (Mr. Hodson) could take off his hat to those hundreds of boys, who although not signalised by any commendation or prize, had still gone on labouring indefati gably in their several classes, night after night, and day after day, pursuing their tasks, uncheered by any hope of a prize, but for the simple desire to acquire that substantial benefit which their education could confer upon them—from the desire of enjoying the deep gratification of giving pleasure to their parents and domestic circles, and above all from a desire to please God in the discharge of that, which at this period of life, was one of the most prominent and obvious duties. (Applause). In reference to this Mr. Hodson remarked that it was not at all improbable that the position of mayor of Liverpool, and that of rector, might be filled by some of those boys who were now un distinguished. He next alluded to the principal, who had been labouring to attain those great advantages, especially the great advantage of being brought out of debt. (Hear, hear). He was not then going to express his sentiments as to the qualifications of their esteemed principal. They were deeply felt, and extensively acknowledged (hear. hear) ; but this was not the time or place to enter into the subject. He could not sit down without tendering to him his warmest thanks for the prodigious efforts he had made, he feared at great expense and discomfort. (Hear, hear.) He knew well at great expense to his health to redeem the institution from the debt under which it was labouring. (Cheers). They could not, therefore, separate without taking the opportu nity of tendering their warmest thanks to the principal for his extraordinary and successful exertions in liquidating the debt of the institution. (Loud applause). The vote of thanks having been carried by acclamation to the mayor, His Woasnip thanked the learned doctor for the kind manner in which he had presented his name to the assembly, and also to his young friends for the kind manner in which they had received it. He assured them it afforded him much pleasure to be present on this occasion, and he must con gratulate those who had taken so much interest in the boys' welfare, that was the principal and those connected with him, in advancing the prosperity of the institution at the present time. (Hear, hear.) Nothing was more convinc ing of its prosperity than the increase of numbers that had flocked into the institution, as referred to by the rev. chair man at the opening of the proceedings. (Hear, hear). It was gratifying to himself, and he was sure it would be to the inhabitants of this great commercial emporiumn that foreign languageswere now more attended to. He could only give an instance that had occurred to himself within the last few days to show that rapid communication between countries brought them into very frequent contact with foreigners. On Wednesday last a young friend of his from Frankfort, in Germany, came to Liverpool merely to see its docks ; and he (the mayor) had also with him a couple of young friends from Naples, who had been over in America, and who had arrived byithe last packet; and he (the mayor) had the gratifi cation of seeing at his table, onWednesday ;evening, his young friends, the one from Frankfort, and the other from America, who had been previously acquainted at Frankfort. This only showed that the study of foreign languages was most essen tial, and particularly to those in a great commercial com munity. (Hear, hear.) It would be interesting to parents to see so many boys obtain prizes at the hands of the chair man. (Hear, hear.) He could not sit down without thank ing them, and offering his warmest acknowledgments to the principal of the institution, who had kindly invited him on this interesting occasion. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN rejoiced that the labours and services which the principal and his masters had rendered during the last half-year, had been referred to by Mr. Hodson,—ser vices most important, most embarrassing, full of anxiety, and, only to be rewarded by the answer of a good conscience to wards God ; and by the satisfaction they must experience in finding so many young - persons committed to their care, striving to benefit by the good instruction they have given them. (Hear, hear.) His services were most valuable, and more particularly so, as Mr. Howson first instigated the exertions which had been attended with such success in re- lieving the institution from debt. (Cheers.) They were all most deeply indebted to him, and he took that opportu nity of returning him his (the rector's) grateful thanks for the services he had rendered. (Loud applause.) The Rev. Mr. HowsoN, who was loudly cheered, said he came there that day determined to say as little as possible, but he thought that it would be felt by all that it was neces sary he should endeavour to acknowledge the kind expres sions that had fallen from the mayor, the rector, and his friend Mr. Hodgson. (Hear, hear.) If he returned his acknowledgments in a very cl ums y an d aw k war d manner, he hoped they would forgive a schoolmaster very tired at the cud of half a yoar, who nova,. fnund it eas i to make a speech unless he had made some preparation, tiear, and applause.) Now, with regard to the debt, e certainly knew the success which had been achieved, was a great one ; he knew the burthen that debt was—he believed no one knew so well. (Hear, hear.) Therefore he was deeply sen sible of the relief. Instead of owing £B,OOO, they were now in as free a position as any parson or institution could pos sibly be. (Cheers.) But, he thought, it would be wrong of him to allow credit to be heaped on his own head, as if he alone had done the work. He might, perhaps, take credit to himself for two things 'When he came to the institution, after his appointment, he learned the amount of the debt, and he made up his mind that the debt should be paid off. He entered on his duties with that resolution firmly im pressed on his mind, and if he were baffled in his first at tempt, he would make a second, and if that failed, so long as he was honoured with the confidence of the directors, he never would let the matter rest. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Howson) did not mean to say that in any . boastful spirit, be cause that resolution was associated with a plain sense of duty; and he hoped the success of this determination would be an encouragement to pupils when they had difficult tasks before them. (Hear, hear.) In the second place he took credit for patient perseverance, and having said that, he ex pressed all that was due to him. He mild not express the gratitude he felt to the trustees and life governors of that institution; he must not mention names, but he could single out three or four whose exertions had been immense in this work. (Hear, hear.) His thanks, and the thanks of the institution, were due, not only to them, but to a great num ber of wealthy citizens, who had come forward in a noble way to relieve the institution. (Hear, hear.) Before he sat down, he must express his thanks to three other classes of the community. He had spoken of the directors, the life governors, and the merchants. He was glad the rector spoke of him only as one of the masters. It would be most pain ful to him to be singled out for such a public acknowledge ment, unless it were distinctly understood he was only one of the masters, and that they were all co-operating together for the same end; and whatever beneficial results had taken place in the school, were due, not to him, but to those who were co-operating together along with hims e lf. (Appl ause .) Without entering into the interior details of the schools, he could fairly say there never was a time when the masters were co-operating so heartily together for the good of the boys committed to their care, and he was convinced a future year would show the result of this disinterested and laborious endeavour on their . parts. (Loud applause.) Might he (Mr. Howson) be permitted, in the second place, to thank the parents of the pupils in those schools. He had been there now nearly five years, and he might say his intercourse with the parents of the pupils had been always of the most pleasing and encouraging kind. (Hear, hear.) Sometimes it was said to him, " I suppose you find parents very unrea sonable ; they overrate their children, and give you perhaps great perplexity by supposing you do not do them justice." Now, he wished to offer his public thanks to the parents of the boys in those schools, and to express his strong gratifi cation that the admirable discipline, the good conduct, and progress of those boys was due to thei r h omes as much as to the exertions which were made here. (Loud applause.) And, lastly, he really felt he would no t b e d o i ng h is d u t y , if h e did not offer his thanks, and the thanks of the masters to the boys themselves. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Boys were not always aware how much they might add to the comfort of the master. (Hear, hear.) Now, he felt there was a continual improvement in the discipline, good conduct, and diligence of the boys in those schools. (Hear, hear.) This had been expressed to him by many, and he really believed it was just ; and he thought the credit ought to be given where credit was due, not only to the masters, but to the boys themselves. (Applause.) Dr. M'Neile had told them an anecdote ; he only wished he could tell an anecdote as he could. (Laughter.) When speaking on this subject he was reminded of a conversation he had with a general officer, who entered the army at the age of fifteen, in the last century, and who had, consequently, been serving their monarchs for some fifty years. He (Mr. Howson) said to. him, "it often struck me as a surprising thing, consider ing the great variety of classes of people in various circum stances, from the midst of which the British army was recruited, that they made the best soldiers in the world. I suppose they must have admirable offi9ers." The general's answer was, "you may say what you like of the officers, but after all, the men ought to have the credit ; the officers make blunders, and the men correct them." (Cheers.) It would not do for him (Mr. Howson) to say that the masters made blunders, and that the boys corrected them (laughter) ; but he would say this—that in all which related to the comfortable working of the school, the boys had as much to do with it as the masters had; and they could contribute to the credit of their insti tution, and to its name in town and in the country more than they were individually aware of. He believed that feeling was created in the scholars, and with few exceptions, there was not a boy present who would do anything, or be suspected of doing anything dishonourable to the Collegiate Institution. (Loud and continued applause.) The MAYOR : My friends I cannot part from you without wishing you a happy Christmas, and many happy and pros perous years. (Cheers.) The National Anthem was then sung, and the proceedings of the day terminated. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Africa sails from the Mersey this forenoon, with the usual mails and passengers. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. ... .' AIP ...- MB. T. B. GOUGH'S LECTURE. On last night, Mr. S. B. Gough delivered a lecture on temperance in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The hall and galleries were densely thronged. Several gentle men were on the platform, among whom were Messrs. S. Harrison, W. Blain, G. Hayworth, J. Hayworth, J. Cross field, T. Crossfield, Pierce, T. Gibson, jun., C. Wilson, F. Frith, H. Stuart; N. Brown, I. M'Clure, Bowes ; Rev. Mr. Bishop, Rev. J. Ogden, and Rev. I. Graham. The chair was occupied by Join CROPPER, ESQ. Mr. GOUGH, on being introduced by the chairman, was enthusiastically applauded. He said that since he had had the privilege of speaking to them on the subject of tempe rance some months past, he had been labouring almost con stantly in behalf of the same great enterprise ; and al though he had been sonietimes weary in the work, he was not yet weary of it, and he felt more encouraged that night than ever in his life to advocate the pure principles of total abstinence from all that could intoxicate. His object in speaking to the assembly before him, was that he might be able to say something that might enlist their sympathies on behalf of that great cause—that might remove the pre judices that existed in the minds of some in reference to the great enterprise—that of temperance—then before them, which was growing in importance, which was receiving, and he had good reason to believe, would continue to receive the involuntary respect of all who made themselves ac quainted with it. He knew that some people were in the habit of sneering at the temperance enterprise ; that they were in the habit of speaking of it in terms of ridicule and contempt. But he defied any man of common sense to make himself acquainted with the history of this reform, from the first feeble barrier against the tide of liquid death till the present moment, and despise:it ; to make himself acquainted with the instrumentalities, feeble in themselves, but made mighty by God's power, by which was scaled the strong fortress of drunkenness and despise it ; to make himself acquainted with the revolution in public sentiment in re ference to this matter, and despise it. The more he made himself acquainted with it, the more it appeared before him in its glory, its beauty,its grandeur,and its vastness,with the seal of God's approbation stamped:broad and deep upon it. (Applause). Never, until the great and awful day when all secrets would be made clear, could we know the unutterable woes created by drunkenness. Let him present that point for a few minutes' consideratian,though he hardly knew how to begin about it. He knew that some people had an idea that when they spoke of the drunkard, they spoke of the low, the miserable, and the debased—that they spoke of those who were born in the bubbling pool of degradation—that they spoke of those who had re ceived no education, least of all religious instruction — that they spoke of those whose first words they heard were words of blasphemy, and whose first utterance were in words of cursing. But was it so ? He would illustrate this point ashe once heard a man illustrate another point. " The reis," said he, "an inclined plain from the foot of the pit to the threshhold of Heaven. There are millions of human beings upon it. Just at the verge of the pit lies a poor sinning in dividual ready to topple into it, while at the top stands the moralist in his righteousness, just about to cross the thresh hold, when suddenly he falls, and he who falls the farthest falls the deepest." (Applause.) And thus it was that the highest in rank and station fell also through drunkenness, and were degraded and debased, as well as the lowliest, by its abiding stain. There was no power like the power of drunkenness to crush a man, and to bring him to the level of the brute—nay, lower; for the intemperate man was guilty of that which no brute beast was ever guilty of—vo luntaiily belittleing" himself, and stooping from the high position in which his Maker had placed him. The power of drunkenness spared neither :position nor circumstances, when a man had once became a slave to the habit. It was, then, to raise a barrier to this curse throughout the land that they now struggled. Prevention was what they sought—to build a barrier between the yet unpolluted lip and the intoxicated cup, as well as to raise those already steeped in the viscious degradation. (Applause.) No young man present considered himself foolish enough to become a drunkard. No man ever took the glass, and holding it up, said : " I have good prospects before me. I have married a wife whom I promised to cherish ; I have children whom I love ; I have pride and ambition ; but I will make the lean finger of scorn print burning characters on her brow. I will leave my children a heritage of misery. I will blast my reputation, and I will drink." There was not a drunkard on God's earth who began with such intentions or such ex pectation. No, all fell by degrees—the first glass was the first step to ruin. (Applause.) The lecturer then urged that no advance in wages could benefit the drunkard, and continued : If they took some of the men whom they now despised as hardened, fiendish wretches, and stripped them of the drinking mania, they were warm-hearted men like all the rest. The higher the man the deeper was his fall into de gradation; and the faculties, which to others were blessings, were to them the bitterest curse. Memory, which enabled the drunkard to look back upon the past and the point which he once occupied, the youthful aspirings, the early hopes and affections this was, even in his moments of most opperent gaiety, his heaviest curse. He might be seen in noisy, ml illiod •-•i" apparent gaiety but if the gin-palace,cu they could trace him to his home, they would find that these thoughts followed him there. The drunkard was like an instrument out of tune, and they would find that not even the lightest winds should touch the chords to pro duce the faintest sound, but by his side stood the weird sister, memory, who was a skilful performer, and moved the chords, and then he drank again to drive away the thought which made him mad. There was enjoy ment of a certain kind at the first, but at the last it stung ike a serpent, until his imagination drove hint wild. He pictured to them the horrible state of a man in delerium tre mens, and reminded them that the chief horror which attended him was the knowledge that the fearful objects which seemed to surround him, were not real, but the crea tions of his own distracted imagination. De Quincey had said that there was one thing in the world the greatest to ter rify or to console that was the human face. The sight of a human face glaring in through the window at night would terrify more than the face of a beast; but how much more terrifying was it to him who knew that face was the unreal creation of the drink which had destroyed his brain. Men who had suffered this, would even swear they would never drink to create it again • but such was the power of appetite, that when health filled their frames once more they would seek it again. This appetite 1 might well be called a master passion, and it was therefore that he appealed to all that they might raise a war between themselves and that passion. Would not any father rather that his child should be stricken with palsy or burnt to death than grow up a victim to this passion ? The lecturer illustrated his subject by several instances where a moment's temptation presented to a man struggling to escape from drink, had led to a sudden and fearful death. There was not a mother there who would not rather her son were taken away by any affliction of Providence than to reel from the world a drunkard into the grave he had made for himself. He instanced cases where persons in the higher classes of life had traced their destruction to the encouragement they had received in childhood to drink their half-glass of wine in the dining-room like a man, to the health of the gentlemen there. He then proceeded to consider the philosophy of the temperance enterprise, as a means of reforming the drunk ard and preserving the young and pure. Many persons had been heard to argue against it, because they said it was put in the place of the gospel and of religion, as a means of re forming and saving, But some men could not drink mode rately—as well might they attempt to blow up a powder magazine moderately, as to give some men drink and tell them to drink in moderation. (Applause). For these men the lecturer showed that it was absolutely necessary a bond should be offered to them, by which they could bind them selves against entering upon the habit, which when ac quired, the most strong-minded men bould hardly break from. Drunkenness was not only a fearful moral evil, but a physical one, and therefore they came with a physical cure for its remedy. They might as well say that the Humane Society in saving men from death were putting their physical appliances in the place of the gospel. They brought a physical means to effect a physical end. A man made sober by physical means, which could do it, was then able to comprehend the precepts of religion which were lost upon him when drunk. They used physical instru mentality to preach the gospel. They must employ the physi cal instrumentality of language to preach the gospel to the Chinese or the Indian, and the physical instrumentality of the ship to reach him. To a man razing in fever they must bring the human means of cooling appliances and medical aid before they brought the minister of religion to preach to him of Christ and the salvation of sinners. When death came to him, he prayed God that it might find him in the harness battling against that accursed evil. (Great applause.) God himself had used human instrumentality to effect his purposes, and it was glorious to be the instrument in his bands although, they themselves, might never perceive the result. As an instrument to that end they gloried in the teetotal move movement; their motto was " Excelsior."—their hope in the latter day dawning ; and their prayer—" God speed the right cause." (Loud applause.) The hope of the infidel was, that the Bible was not true ; the hope of the votary of pleasure was, that God would not punish the sin ; but the christian alone could die believing in every word of the Bible, with the firm faith in the inflexible justice of God, yet with full hope ever in his death. Men who scoffed at the temperance enterprise, endcav ouredto force upon themselves the belief that its doctrines were inconsistent with the teachings of the Bible. The lecturer de tailed his own conversion to religion and to temperance ; as an instance of the manner in which persons first endeavoured to harden themselves against the words of those who wished to lead them into the right path of life ; and how at last he was only brought to sign the temperance pledge, not through the high motives of religion and the abhorrence of vice, but through the purely selfish motive of improving his position, having good clothes, saving money, and mingling with society. In this manner he shewed how human means might be made subservient to the task of preparing the mind for the reception of the lessons of morality, mud the truths of religion. The conversation which took place between him and the one who sought to induce him to sign the temperance pledge, the lecturer gave with a humourous power of language and expression which elicited laughter and enthusiastic applause from the audience. Would any man, he asked, have stopped him from signing that pledge, because he was induced to do so through instru mentality, and because he did it through a selfish motive? The lecturer having pointed his argument by a variety of illustrations, concluded with an eloquent defence of the tem perance cause as a truly Scriptural movement, and a warm invocation for the sympathy and the advocacy of the christian church. Enthusiastic applause greeted him as he resumed his seat. _ _ It was annonnced by the chairman, that Mr. Gough would address a meeting of ladies in that room, at twelve o'clock this day. The chairman proposed the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Gough, which were accorded by acclamation. Thanks were also passed, on the motion of Rev. Francis Bishop, to the chairman. The assembly then dispersed. MEETING OF CREDITORS AT THE MALVCHES THE DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. MONDAY, 19th DECEMBER. :—Bladon and Coates, Stuff Merchants, Manchester, assignees, 12; John Lowther Ward, Cotton Spinner, Fullage, Burnley, assignees, 12. TUESDAY, 20th :--William Bennett, Cotton-spinner, Hebden Bridge, Horwich, petition, 11 ; Isaac Fineberg, Jeweller, &c., Manchester, adjd. last examination, 12 ; Joiihua Bowker, Innkeeper, Hyde, dividend, 12. WEDNESDAY, 2lst :—Hetherington and Scholes, Joiners and Builders, Manchester, certificate, 12 ; Thomas Lawson, Draper, Bury, dividend, 12 ; Peter Bury, Calico Printer, Manchester, audit, 12; William Salmon, Leather-seller, ditto 12; Wm. Hough, Joiner and Builder, Rochdale, adjourned audit, 12. FRIDAY, 23rd :—William Holme, Cotton Manufacturer, Manchester, choice of assignees g,12. BANKRUPTS. (From the London Gazette of Last Night.) CLAUDIUS ALFRED, serivenerOlillins, Old Change London. —Tmomes ARCHER, woollen draper, Braintree, Essex.— DAVID EDWARDS and WM. BISHOPS, builders, llantland road, Camden-town, Middlesex.—DAzarz ANTROBUS, share broker, Mandl ester. THE FUNDS, STOCK AND CLOSI SNARE MARKET, LONDON G PRICES. Friday, December 16th, 1853. London and N. W 1031 4 London and S. W 774 Si Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire 1 Midland Stock 63i 4i North British 34 5 ENGLISH MARKET. Consols Account :: 94} Do. Money Bank Stock Exchequer Bills, L. : : )3 6 pm Do- Three and a Quarter per cent. 6si 6 } RAILWAY SHARES. Do. Preference Norfolks North Staffordshire Shrewsbury and Birm. Do. L. and N. W. guar. South E. and Dover 63 4 York. New., and Ber 64 5 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction .. 5i I Caledonian Do. Preference Bristol and Exeter Do. Extension Yorkpo Do. andPrefere nceF Preference oitE Northi FOREIGN NM STOCKS.i d :. 4 489 i d i s Mexican 241 1 Spanish New Deferred 46* 1 Do. Passives 22 Do. Threes 41 Russians Do. U7 a LAND SHARES. Agricultural 45 7 North B. Australian ... • I I Peel River South Australia East Anglian astern Counties 131 i East Lancashire 65 7 Eastern Union, A Do B. & C Edinbro' & Glasgow .. Great Northern B4l 5i A. Great Western 83a 4 Lancashire & Yorkshire 671 8/ Do. Fifths Leeds Northern 134 London Brighton and South Coast SHARE MARKETS.—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL.—We have had a fair market to-day, and prices have been tolerably steady, and closed firm. The following were the transactions :—Blackburn, SA - -; Caledo nian, 28 281; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 671 68 .; London and North Western, 1031 ; Ditto Fifths, p 1 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Stock, 251; Midland, 631 64 64 1 . 8 ; North British, 8a; South Eastern Stock, 19 1-16 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 161. The closing prices were as follow :—Caledonian, 211 a ; Eastern Counties, 13-s- 2 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68 1 ; London and North Western, 1031 4; Midland, 64 1 ; North British, 8 5 ; South Eastern, 19 1-16 ; York and North, 241 ; Sheffield Stock, 251 Q. MANCHESTER.—The following was the business done to-day :—Caledonian, 281 1; Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, x.d. ; East Lancashire, 161; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68 8 8 1; Ditto, Fifths, 62d ; London and North Western M and B Qrs C, 5-16 p; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, 251 ; Ditto, pref. 71- per cent., 101 ; Ditto, new £6 pref., 5-16 p ; Midland, 641 4 1 4 ; North British, 88 ; North Staffordshire, 5-14 ; South Eastern, 19 1-16 8. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The supply of BEASTS yesterday was very extensive and in good condition. The BEEF trade ruled heavy, at barely Monday's prices. SHEEP moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in their value. CALVES, the supply of which was very limited, moved off steadily, and prime VEAL advanced 2d ig 8 lbs. There was a fair inquiry for PIGS, at full currencies. Mimi' Cows was very dull, at from £l4 to El 9 each, including their small calf. A respectably dressed lady was knocked down by a horse and cart in Parliament-street, on Thursday. Fortunately she escaped with a slight bruise. AcciDENT.—Yesterdav James Davies, bricklayer, living: in Peacock court, Newsham-street, m a staircase while employed in a building recently erected in Cable-street, and severely fractured his ribs. He is at present an inmate of the Northern Hospital. Canurrr MOVEMENTS.-A cabinet council will be held at the foreign office to. day. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in London, from Osborne, yesterday evening. Sir James Graham arrived in London on Thursday night. The Chan: cellor of the Exchequer was expected last evening. Dispatches were] sent off last evening from the colonial office to the governors of the West India Islands and the governor-general of Canada. Dispatches were received yesterday morning from the governors of the West India Islands. _ _ _ _ _ On Thursday night, a warehouse in Duke-street, Cannon street, Manchester, was discovered to be on fire,.but from the well-directed exertions of the police, it was extinguished without doing much injury. COMPLIMENTARY AND SELF-DENYING.—The New York Freeman's Journal, in announcing the election of Mr. Peter Dawson, the democratic member elect to the Assembly for the twelfth district, says, "We congratulate Mr, Dawson on his election, though we thereby lose a most reliable and excellent carrier of our paper." There are in the Manchester Royal Infirmary, 172 patients, as many out door, and 61 home patients. The lunatic infirmary holds 51. An elderly man, named Wardle, was fined £2O yesterday at the Manchester police court, for having a quantity . of silk in his possession, for which he could not account. He was a cotton shawl weaver from Stockport. The silk protec tive society prosecuted. A tradesman, named Mathew Coulters, in Strand-street, Deansgate, Manchester, has been fined £2 10s., for having in his possession what purported to be a 21b. weight, but which weighed only 11 ounces. POSTAL ECONOMY.—By the withdrawal of the Rotterdam and Hamburg mail packets, £17,000 a year will be saved to the country. The whole of the correspondence for the con tinent will now enter by two ports only—viz., Calais and Ostend. The withdrawal of the above-named packets has been rendered practicable, owing to the increase of railroads on the continent. A large number of countries in Europe which used to have a communication with England twice a week only, have now a daily communication, in consequence of the new arrangements. ALLOWANCE FOR SPOILED STAMPS.—The following im portant notice was issued yesterday by order of the Commission ers of stamps (inland revenue), that, after Saturday, the 24th inst., all receipt stamps rendered useless by the new penny re ceipt stamp act, wil only bel allowed for as spoiled stamps on the following days, viz., Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, between the home of twelve and two o'clock in the afternoon. Until the 14th inst., persons having any quantity of the old stamps (which have become useless by the new penny stamp) may have them exchanged daily (Monday excepted), from twelve till two p.m. The greatest:activity still prevails in what is called the " dry stamping department" of the stamp-office in taking off the new stamps, and several extra hands are employed, so as to enable the commissioners to comply with the large or ders they receive daily from every part of the country. CARDINAL WisEmAx.—An important ceremony is about to take place at Rome in regard to two clergymen from England, for the first time, it is believed, since the period of the Reformation. His Holiness has, at the instance of Cardinal Wiseman, granted them a personal private audience. It is understood to be at present arranged for the Cardinal to return to England after Christmas for the purpose of actively resuming his sacerdotal functions in this country. A BOY DROWNED THROUGH THE ICE.—An inquest was held, on Thursday, at Aspull, near Wigan, by Mr. Rutter, county coroner, on view of the body of a boy named John Stock, 9 years of age. On Monday the deceased and some other boys were sliding on an old pit, called Scrafe's Lode, which was frozen over. The deceased remained on the ice longer than the rest of the boys, and as he was getting, off the ice gave way, and he fell through. He succeeded in keeping himself up some time, during which his brother, who is only 12 years old, went into the water and endeavored to pull him out. Unfortunately, however, he could not, and but for the aid of some other boys who were on the bank, he also would have been drowned. The deceased, was seen to sink under the ice, and his body was not re covered until some time after the accident.—Verdict, "Accidental Death." ROBBERY BY A PORTER AT THE PALATINE HOTEL, MANCHESTER.—Yesterday, at the Manchester city police court, porter at the Palatine Hotel, Hant's Bank, was brought before the magistrates on a charge of having robbed his employer, Mr. Wm. Smith, the proprietor of the hotel. On the previous night, in consequence of some suspicion entertained against the prisoner, a detective officer of police was concealed, by instructions of Mr. Boswick, Chief Super intendent of Police, in a closet in the bar of the hotel. After all the inmates had gone to bed the prisoner came down stairs, forced up the bar window, with a table-knife, opened the till, and took out some money. The officer then came from his hiding place and pounced upon the prisoner. On searching him he found that the prisoner had taken 255. in silver, which Mr. Smith had marked before he went up stairs to bed. On a further search he found upon him sonic cigars, a glass, and some other property. The table-knife with which the window was forced open was bent. Com mitted to the sessions. ife' or ooP rrel, e ' O OOO so' co' P P o il )°: 'll'6 - , te' 4 )fe'