Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

LATESI morning aooi there ,b:yr the afternoon le Neu; days, 1 rival; frcom . Calif the correspondent of the same jour the date of Wa.shington, ossibly tiring thi MI may depend is, aro we. and our institutions a -Union cure,.whats I understd republican party for ,01C1 &owr d for t VMERICA h the dl 'he see° I HOUSE of mee lad near ?rogre described ion to a speedy tang and id spoils of the House pon it that the leading pre Ira- ire in thi as foiTner tained se• almost T wo ti: h Sta sion of t a e thr togeti pelled that party to ,reds law shall be .demanded of Con the Sout Lon and. security. of. the So-nthpriu.Sta abolition co Washin Confederacy lticipatioa of this alters ais Southern Congressional in wli where, will'p] Wing 8 3nfront, peratioi to pu how utterly insignificant the. CherieAbu ,ConVention. plait of ticl all othc iri referenc 3olitie,fil. schemes and 'movements appea bo. 1860. If t-mthern - demand! for 3rotection of the institution: of Slavery shall - be 'mad_ d it will be made—and if' this prottttiOn shall 1, as it will be refused by • the anti- )e refus slavery Northern majority of the Haase" then we before the close of the session Of Congress the , openinrof the last- chapter of the great Affierican Union. Rely upon it, that if the Southern Stat es cannot be protected against abolition traitors and cu t;th roa t s within the - tintOn, they will' abardbn — theTnion-petice or war; and, iu view of this last altern,ative, the prepa rations for war will not be neglected by this projected' Southern - Congressional Convention. Yontern men may say that thislilthei 'old Southern cry of " Wolf, wolf ;" but they will find, perhaps when it is too late, that the wolf ie really at the door. • THE SLAVERY CRISIS The slavery question is literally absorbing the attention of all 'claaieS, and discussions upon or in connection with it a . ppearAto be taking precedence 'of every 'other topic. In -a leader on this all ' engrossing gubject, the' Need York 'Herald says : We are standing upon the threshold of the most 'momentous events in the history of the Civilised, world. For good'or evil, for a renewal of the bends of,peace and harmony between. the. North and the S ou th, Or a Violent'iupture,' we are" entering upon a new order of :things. The late desperate and blotxly abolition in vasion of Virginia, its extensive ramifications, the wide ', ead sympathy betrayed throughout the Nbrth for that i lvretched .traitor, cut-throat and horse thief, Old . Brown;. and all the elements of thiahlack republican w'sx of subjugation against the South have brought our political affairs to a crisis. 'lt must be met; The ileeding minds of the South are inOving.tO meet it. k (Our Washington despatches Tevealothe existence of a dike of feeling among the Southern representative men whohave gathered inWa s hip g t on f or t h e annual opening of Congress, that is little dreamed of by the merchants, manufacturers, and other industrial producers in the North, and the danger which it discovers is the more imminent frbm the fact that it is riot the 'movement of " the fire-eating Section of. Southern politicians, but the calm, silent, and deliberate preparation of the Conserva-' tiV6-Men of the' SOtith, inview of the necessity of pre paring for self-protection and aelf-preservation. :The preliminary: struggle will be made upon -the organisation of the House. This the Southern -mem bers foresee will be' lost to the' Democrats,` which ia'the only party that. now occupies a Conseriative..natiOnal ground. In view of—such a result, the Southern' representatiVe Men' propose to brinig:lorward, as a' test question, a ;measure for! the protection of the institution of - slavery: in the States where it now' exists from the aggressive war which the abolitionised 'WWl:die:an party of the North has declared aga i ns t it, and a continuance o ,auc r aids as that of John Brown • r . .. by Northern; fanaticlivihOse policyis to rule or ruin the Union. Such a measuremar pass the Senate, but it cannot possibly; palsy the House of Represent a tit esw hia i is about to 'meet; and, knolving this the Southern members are preparecl l tn secede in a bodyfrom Congress, and, congregating at Richmond or some other Southern city, to' take measures to prepare the South for a per manent secessi on f r o m the Union and the establishment of a tariff or a rir ai ..i nte i muse as a protection against Northern fanaticisitirwßoil6ig this mill - conic nego -44i04 with the commerttd Powers of Eurbpe, and the itailtar`Organisation of the SOothein CimfederacY. . GOVERNOR WIsE'S AtEsliAok. RICHMOND~tb riot , V A ., D„ . 5. 'lie legislature of Virginia organised to-day. Governor Wise's messap reviews the Harpers Ferry affair at great length. It speaks of: the spirit of ,fanaticism and one idea of the aholiti 9n _ iSts whichhas seemed to 'madden v&O.le masses of one entire section of the country; which enters into 'their religion, education,, polities, prayers, courts of justice and legislatures ; which has trained up three generations moral and social habits of haired to the masters of African slaves in the..Priited States, but turns not upop slavery ,elsewhere; which 'would have sent a rescue to assassins, robbers, murderers, and traitors, Whom it has sent to felon's graves. Unless the numerical majority shall cease to violate the confederate *faith, and cease to disturb our peace, .to deitroy our lives and property, and to deprive us of all the:protection and redress under the perverted forms and distorted workings of the Union, we must take up arms. The issue is too essential to be compromised any more. We cannot stand such insults and outrages as these of Harper's Ferry, withmit suffering worse than death as citizens, and without suffering in dishonour the death of a State. It is not to be denied that we have many sound and sincere friends in the now servat ents are active, and the We trust position;'she ~rovisi ding to the manner answered. We are• ,MQI I I'S s wit )vp . :14po: ?,et. th( Le ,future vice when 'ecomm€ 'afters .gener towards organising the erred c ; a scene t issOlutiO )f the days place, which terra, by, the Wdshinn 6 ton correspondent, o f tie Herald At' bo — ut half-past ihri when ,M friends, came d stood, , and .ask, g, and eotopy title isTOi•th, who, he said, of the South, Inia, was s lour . offhe House awford, rea near Mr. Steven Ams,alvt Union meet as' itiiiri6criat6l itlymoveat .d doWn by came to the to his work as y exciting. Several Southern mem weapons and stood n eai'N r . CraWford munately no blows M.erk. dobrl demon. After order .was learn: that Sr: Stevens It seems Ois:wPOrd thinks ti anisatial I day of D I a.nd mats, 67,99 S I December 3, Virf Philadqphia, co Ichief} in store. T 1 1 le. f&r raiddllll u To London 56 t shipment MOLASSES p" eant-at-arms, iiinect; as the tylf!ing'bieeze e misun, House to-morrow It' the' Sdu th filibuster 3,d' the The an. were quite Fimit at 61c. t 0.7( AF' a;4. /From NE )ccusipn, I. tike Helper ughfl debate angem . , s 37t .be ,r Sher: io tangi- Munday, from 'Porto Cabe November as to the t -mud ?usaLd thus: lion of dates same tenor at - had ob- fioni the ,ket; intended for. the e of Falcon, had been •seized by, a Government Mesa, had been war vessei, Colonel most signally defeated. The American barque White Wing had; arrived at Laguayra'•with 3,000 musketa) - and 1,200 rifles of a first-class make, supplied with all the necessary adjuncts. The Government.had•only issued' $200,000 out of the loan of one million. The second dividend of the English debt 'had been despatched to Europe. The constitutional arms had also tridmphed in in Trujillo. The restlf - the . .ntelligence is con• fined toff variety of 'a:dVantages gained by the Government over the enemy. Peace is certainly spreading 'its healing wingg 'over this long dis jointed and Perturbed republic. ' Additional, advices. from Venezuela, dated at Caraccas, oh, the 10th ult., say :—The general election is over for, President, Vice President, Senators and, Deputies to Congress. The result, as far as heard from, gives Manuel Felipe Tovar a large majority tot:President, and Doctor Pedro Gaul for , Vice President: They will undoubt edly be elected: • The jails of Caraccas' and Lagu ayra are crowded with prisoners, and Others daily arriving, arid the hospital filled with the sick and'wounded. There - is considerable sick ness prevailing in Caraecas'End Laguayra: The UnitedStates,Cpn.llll at Laguayra, A. J, Smith, has, lost his thre,g;eldest children, a "soh and two daughters, f with yellow fever.; :all died witJain•a few.days of each other. - . • •:,:•! HAYTI PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov. 15 From Cape Hayden and . Aux Cayes private despatches and the news Papers refer to splendid displays in honour of the President's murdered daughter and in gratitude for the President's escape from death. At both places.the. ceremo nies,were well. attended, and the easily influenced. Haytiens wept at the sad fate of Madame Blan ford, and shuddered as the priests . described the atrocities that' would .have attended a successful revolution. Thesame crowd would'have shouted vivaslo a victorious Proithete, especially at the Cape, for the general was the darling of the north, and there he looked.fof his 'strongest si4pport in, men and 'sympathy. • 11 1 1(ii7ET'ARY AND COMMEltelAri."' 'NEW YORK, Dec. 7. `There has been 'rather more dethand for Money within the last week in consequence or the approach of the holidays.' Very, little paper 'is, now done:below el, though very choice short acceptances are stilliegoiafe at 6:' The rate for 4 to" 6 'mouths . paper, strictly first class, is 7 per cent. ; anything Mit first clask goes at a to 10, and sepia' , class paper at '12 . t0 I?,:accoiding to qualitY. 'On call money varies from ' to' 6';`:Some brokers, however ' have been borroivirigit 7 per cent„ 'and some of thebinking houses' ednt;inue to lend on State ECcurities at 41 to 6. It seems ,haidly reasonable that there'should be any stringency the market at this season ; after the holida7s An 'events, we ni# look for an easy market. '7l bur ' 1 - ASHES.—The gales were liniffekit'sl-e. to 51c. for both potS and pearls. BREATisil'UFFS.—FlouThe market was less buoyant and active, and common grades of State and Westein werTeisier; with Sales of about 12,00 NTOifuthe range ortlii'folleting quotations ' - 2001:8:::*:iii;1;t: SoSaid Stiper fi iii 'SOO n n fir I," r'' -510 to 5 20 ' Mxtra 5tate,..:.4:'„.0.0..:;.t..1W:f17' • ' ~, 1 5 5 30 ... 535 ~, Superfine Westem.A4:., - ' , 1•.....! -- 520 520 corumon•to choice Western extra ... 5 80 111,rartaghl3i'soetrsaseigl'it Southern ! 5 50 ... 7 00 '5 65 '... 5 80 good extra ditto • - - 585 ... 7 25, Cb.oice extra, fai l vi. RTe floUr. .... -•: 'NI ,an d baJceKs i pm.nds., 7 SO.-. 83 5 Corntheal . ;.i11.:.'-! .*: . ;'ll'7" ^' - 360 ''' 440 0 40c. t o W 350. ' Souotioe'+,Wibitiothoiai Canadian flour - ..wiiirii - a :a .. .... '-_ ' ' unchanged, invia.,:dw.ren_ steady r: moderate t B b a a i inte bur the at ' while- theSarss were 2, above iagg e of . prices. Rye flo;u :, - figures, with sales - of ' 300 to 400'bble. meal was up changed, and►, salt embraced .about range of the above , prices. Wheat—Small 'sales ".', $1 50c. for white- Michigan and =4l 45e.' for m - th. 9 . 5 ; Southern. Corn 7 -Sales bushels, at for new and old yellow' and OliitO,Joiiiey and Se Rye—Small sales at 88c: to 000; 'Airley--Se' les B, e gi bushels, Canada West on 'J. t., and some inff ;rim. State at:6BC.. Oats were inactive. _ , a limi- CoPFEE.—The . market was quiet and fhe sale Od, l yrithOnt change in prices. Messrs. 'Scott and. Son give thefolhiwink stateifieht of stock 17 i their circular to-days stock of Rio and Santo', , On the 29th of Isioyember,"'lBs9, 26,363 bag's; say' ,s for consumption estimated‘at"s,6l9 i stock Of'Rid !4' id Santos on the 6th 000 b NORTHERN DAILY TIMES 20,841 k bpssi Varac,Aibo,.l,.2oo nia ts,` 37,918 of %Rio at A.ew ; Baltimore,. 29,000 ; It. Gilaieg, Whitley, d CaDt SCHOOL FRIGATE CONWA vir DISTAI,BUTION OF PRIZES. The firitlalf-yearlk 'distribution - of prizes of the school-frigate Conw a. The c 0.1.,Q11 for 4 . pianifestation of the institution by the mercantile communi and it was pleasing to se of the leadin,r nierch he invitatio: shipov ip4opt.(')ll 1. met with to indicate that that class for whose ultir the institution has .beei i+e'cllnri;wo The guests, who ci to the •C sptcial boat from th Ralph Brocklebank (Chai=rman of the Shipow Association), Joseph Hut rs" Associatio ie ,Mereantile M uzeih Halsall S ice Association), Ponsont Patten, Watson, Cummi Ely .was and: - • Mort, 50; Cylon; New _„ Es en4Tace4 about.' 3,00 bales, .market closed firm, on the basis of 100 bb rosin were en, 3,000 bbls. flour ,at 9 3d., 50 boxes t 3s. ; 9d., 500 boxes cotton At 77.324, to id. weight nt,.255. ' 150 tierces ice at .274. 6d. To Glasgow 3d, per steamer at: 75c.•t0 Ina were eoußned lc., and 700 bbls. spirits turpon. - - !rejeoted, tutd 4440. for rm, with a acad about 1,100 bbl ,nd prime a ,000 bbls old are delivery, 's of 300 to 4 5c to $5 50c, r it $ll to $ll 50 ng,wer with sal, :o the inelernerit •weathE win,; out of the charter election, the sales ited'io about 150 hhds. Cuba is lots, part and . B3 boxes at 81c. s embrac'ed 214 bal 76 cases seedleaf at 4t-c:, to 15c Ihe sa Sales of abont . loo brls. were made at 27e Bips.:4 s Report.) MOBILE, Nov. ,26 sales of the week are 25,000 bales. Market haS been firm, with a good demand,-thi of desirable cotton being better; and, in some instances, n anticipation of a rise in rivers and larger made concessions. Sandy cottons . 'Clean cottons, of good I sand, ,command full prices, Good . styles of ordinary and supple faCtors h. are iitleeted, and aFpefir cheap staple and free of (last vi-en when of lei, 'gdod 'ordiniry are worth 94c:to 10c. - clean . , ;light rise of rivers. A large number of IVO. arrived this week, and heights are cone drill and ;lower. Exchange 'has declined. We cluOte Middling :101c., 'freight ;a., exchange 83---e4ual ) to 'dboutitlt, c(* . and freight . ' ' , Exports Conti week' 78,000 nst dent.. The •comiiany oh 4eady the distribution was to take pla ,ce had been to bstent decora.ted for the occasion. tt • but by far the most interesting feature in ti; the group of some fifty boys, who, in their naval.uniform, And with their .intelligent and happy faces, excited many expressions of admiration.. Shortly after the corn- pang had arrived, Mr. Beazley, chairmanof,the con mittee of the institution, was called upon to preside, an the pioceedings then commenced." . fihq CuAiiiirN, in opening the proceedings; said— Owing to certain circumstances, I have been placed in till hoiidurable, position of Chairman of this institutio n and _although capable of the every - day work of com mittee, I feel quite inadequate to speak upon the pre sent occasion. llowever,: it has devolved address a few worth to the boys. allOw the to congratulate you upon fl Christmas ho ifa.ys, and ulion 3Our beirii _ More your parents or friends at your owdfires I trust, you will spend a very merry Christen ‘sehoOl has been o not to ened so short,e tin gators or inictical si ail will be'yet able .1 show your fri, One'fhiiik.,ch.ite in your' „ power to show thi that 'Ow - cadets . kkt,tb.e Conway have all the I hope you will no !e6..e . n," floi take with yea mad 'wear Cilw4 Now I wfsh. to ;ay there tvhy your uniform shoUlit not uniform o: pon me .st -plac in.tirno, as n L.1.1W.L8116 811,4.4.1., wsgrace ror a"nythl*g, " tmbeedming a gentleman." suitOrg are subject to a great number of to s than themselye ,nd Omag instailec, older sail . them a; "glass of .grog,'', apt 'tp tliiTtic 'it very..maiil a pipe, or you belieYe far more marl is more difficult. are apt to offe: sailors cendttet prize AsTiinwoms- _ loward Campbell rtertcan spinner d activity for Great°l3 149,00 C more is d oing , t 1 agains 1y by a ommand respect, both from their gene. and the wide publicity they obtain. We views of every' individual conversant om we have had access the past week or two, over the length and breadth of be country, and we have'not found ar t y other authority of so small an estimate as 4,000,000 bales; some few name 4,100;000 'to 4,200,000, the majority 4,200,000 to 4.250,000, and others again as high as 4,400;000 to 4,500,00 d. . with the subject to *I in - favo now thorough research, and mature reflection, we now give it as our own opinion, that the crop will not be under 4,30%0.00,ba1e5, and this may be exceeded. It is better that the truth should be *known early than late —better that cotton should decline to its true value, whatever that may be, before it /eaves the hands of the planter than after it reaches those of the - merchant and spinner , But, we are" told that there is a desire to' exaggerate the'prospect of crop. This does not appear very,proba ble. Certainly it is not the interest of planters and factors, froth whom' the largest estimates come, to over estimate it, as they have still some 3,000,000 bales to sell ; and it:is proverbial • ' " that the estimate selli the crop." Nor would; it be to the advantage of shippers, who have now some 50b,000 bald ailed for Great Bri tain, to depredate ,the value of their own, property or ,that of their'POicipals'itt 'England, by putting . forth excessive crop views. Id4iet, the contrary is manif es tly the interest alike of planters,lfaCtors brokers commis sion, merchants, and speculators. We think it is not too much to say, that had more Correct views of the crop been given, while all parties would have done less business, prices vrbuld have been le. per lb. lower, and Great Bri6iii would have paid -000,000 less for the half million bales she had received. Nor 'does the, damage stop here. The planters have now sold 1,000,000 bale's, aid are' do strengthened by the £11,000,000 they have received for it, that they are better able to dictate terms for the ! balance. It is, therefore, we think, a moderate view, that the Crop error and over-haste of buyers will . 'Cost Great Britain £1,000,000 sterling. It' now' aitemiited" iti' l 'exPlain a flay' the etiorMous receipts on the ground that planters are making an early season, and' will-finish before the usual time.' We ' cannot find the slightest foundation for this theory, but , plenty for the reverse of it ; the rivers having been so notoriously . low everywhere as to retard business seriously, and many important diitricts have hardly made a begin ning. The extent of receipts, therefOre, can only be accounted for bY the largeileas of the crop; and they will increase further and gontiime enormous for a long time to come. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT A DISTILLItY; ; , . Yesterday morninz, about seven o'clock, a destilic tive fire broke out in the extensive spirit distillery of Messrs, Preston and Co., Vernon-street, off pale-street, byAvhieh 'cup man has lost his life,: . and a secOndilas been Serioigy,,biinied. Thp fire originit&lin the still house, .where g,lgge still ',Tas - St l work, but it is not known under iirliat circumstances the flames Were kindled. It is, however,imPposed that one i ,ef the pipes connected with' the still burstin consequence Of the frost, and that the fumes . of the boiling' sp'ifits I ssuilig' through the aperture came in contact wit',i the. gas, ignited, and set ,thp roof on fire. Portunatd,y the vat in the cellar beneath -,the still, although ; charre4 , was, not so much burned as to allow , the wholesof tb.e spirits, about 800 galiohs, to ;beeoine .igriiteel, or thr., consevences would ~hate been dceidfUl', l because in ti,ae adjoin* vtarpiiiiiihOTX! 11en ,_15',08, 6 0544 1 4:g 17 1 F iy thousands of gap.Od . o . gsprits,:and tiii,e 4 ,iiFghbo'iOcor d of th,q, premises t,ping ;,„ %ft I*lo-4, mass of , 'mall cottage property, occnrn, :4 e P°o/eo,eloses 'of society;.*}kt 120r,,,b,18.12'del 'ed in an hour or tire ~ ~,Thiinks OA4 labours of Mr. eivitt, ig iv and hue fire.T i olic,einen, an 'lift:. Barrett and his 'kepi of England ly Tilde, the flames were, confined to'the . stin house, wk i gh. winsured,,iii the Atlas Test of England, Royal, 1 /.nd Phoenix Pire Ogees.' Had the flames ,con neeted. themselves with the warehouse, the lois would have been, upwads, of , LIM '.-md O() ; , ( q.a it is, until thd r ,till atiall 'have been eiannuect the excise Officers °on' imunicated with,' it is finpossibli to say what is the di .mage done. The - most melancholy part of the / catastrophe '' is,', that one 'poor fellow, the still-mihder, Thomass - Jackson a married man, 'about 26 years of age, has lost his life ; and that a second man, employed about the still-house, .was very severely, and-it is feared dangerously,' hurried; He walked home, but -is pro hibited from stirring, out of the house, his arms being literally roasted. Of 'poor Jackson it -is said that he had earned the confidence and esteem of his employers, and the best, wishes Of his fellow workmen. He had been, deservedly, proinoted from the warehouse to the responsible situation which he held at the time of his death. When the flames were subdued he'was found in n tub of wash near the still, into which it is supposed that he , rushed to relieve his misery, when scorched' by the burning spirit, as his arms, face, and breast are terribly: burned. ; He was quite dead when discovered' by the firemen: The I coroner will hold an inquest over the body to-day. to Great Britain foi fi 1 000 last v( e jointly give The total to and . Mobile 2,.000 last year. ili6tis only 119 . 2,000 Niles against ;Ph pqrts, 63,000 again: . 3t 65,000; 1.57,000 against 180,000. Con- din i shown by the. num- ier loading . having risen to 30 r fOreign - ports ost4 29 against movement, with 23 . Opiiiion 'We a': expressed few p is being under-estimated, authority, 'whose opinions yourself of a vice or far more co indulged in than it is to refrain in the You are alt aware that the great object a is to traizi,up a set of men as odic rd. that be Conway marine of superior attainments, and to make them both officers' and gentlemen. Now, there are very feW officers indeed of the present day Wh o have enjoyed the ad vantarres which you possess — not only. in le arn i ng , as you do, an education which will peculiarly qualify you for your future career, but in having, as you 'probably, will, such strong inducements and encouragemen tinually before you ; for I 'feel sure that. ( ;xy,g9tle- man connected with this institution will feel aili'the greatest Satisfaction, but . almost the pride of a parent the day the first boy educated. on board - the _Conway . Obtains his first command; and with such feeling enter •tained by so many shipowners, it will indeedhe your own faults if with ordinary ambition,, and r you ,be sober; be steady, and be vigilant,: you a.. net obtain every step in the, rank of promoti o n a s f as t : as th e l aw and the rules of the service Will ,adroit of it. It will entirely depend upon yourselves, and I do trust you will .prove that, you 'appreciate the, efforts being made for - your ',Own improvement and advantage by ,the many gentlemen who now surround yoU, and that all the care and, pains taken with you by. Captain 'Powell and Mr. Dobson is'net 'thrown away upon you. We hoped, to have becr(faioni : ed:t6=day with the presence of a nobleman "'whO' sten% pre-eminent for the support, erwOuragement, and countenance which he lends to every object tending to the advancement and - education or enlightenment of the people, I meati;LOrd Stanley ;I - but we have reason to hope, on another similar- occasion, to see him on board. The committee had .. erinestecV his Worship the Mayor, whom We have the honourto have on our t0..c10, us the favour-of presenting the prizes .on the. present . .occasion ; but his enmagements • were so numerous that, much tos•his ,regret, le was obliged to refuse ; _but, in his absence,' I am sur e :y ou will agree with me that no more fitting gentlenian could be found , than. Mr. *Brocklebank, not only because-I believe he is the largest shipowner in Liverpool,lif not the kingdom, but because he is' one of our committee, and .hot_ taken a great interest in :the welfare of the schools. • . 7fr. Bnocw.nixic; before proceeding to distribute the prizes,. said he felt himself on that 'occasion placed in -a very,novel position—one in which he did, not •antici-* pate, .a few: hours before,' he shdold :be • placed, and .he did not believe !that he possessed any qualifications Which entitled him to that honour. • He shouldnot have , presumed to have" taken , it had it not been • that he had - a very ardent desire topromote, as far as lay power; the-iiiterests•and success of that institution. It -was an experimental institution ; it - -Was the only insti tution, he believed, , :'of its: kind that . existed in the United.: Kingdom . ; , and :he! had indeed the greatest desire that' :it • should be carried out to a suc cessful 'termination. (Applause.) When .he had the honour of appearing at the opening of the ysehool , there 'was smiething • like , fifteen or . sixteen boys ileirolled On the . .books, but .he saw :now no less' n .2iiiniber than fifty ; and he didinot think if they searched Amy would. find a more; intelligent looking or more . wailOrlike set of boys - anywhem- •.(Applause.) . And when' he fold them; that' this hiid been attained in the course of less 'than" five months, he thought they must • see that the institution had been exceedingly successful. (Hear, hear.) On the opening of the sehOol he had the honour:of addressing a few words of adlicelcithehoys on the principles by which" he conaidered :it , necessary their tonditet should be governed, and 'froth the reports he'had read from the 'commander and the, master of • the vessel, visa very. happy to- think that to; nlmorit :the fullest extent 'those , principles had been: acted Upon. {Hoar, heart) : It. was a seam of gratifidation to . him, as - it' must ,:be to the parents of the boys, that they 'had been industrious and had progressed in intellectual and physical attainments for that was the bestproof that they appreciated the exertions 'ot:the emnmander and 'master of the ship, :and likewise the exertions of -those gentlemen . *ho•had givi3n their valuable time, their anxions thoughts, and ;also their Money for the kucoessful'oarryirig out of the institution. (Applause.) Having urged upon the boyi the necessity oftherir taking advantage of , the'opportunities theY;had of fitting - themselves for professions which they.'had determined:to adopt,' Mr; 13rocklebank , isaid he did - not know whether it was in his province or not to say'a - Word tali:is:brother shipowners , and - brother merchants on that Occasion,' but he felt that they had not yet got that efficient support to which that institution was so fully entitled. (Hear.)' It was not he was sure from:want of a desire' on their part to support- such an institution, . but it was, he thought,* to' a certain extent, the want of a knowledge that such an institution eXisted; and if his words were read by his brother merchants, he hoped they would be the means of inducing them to open their hearts and their purseS for the purpose "of fostering , what , he considered a Most valuable institution." (Applause.) It wainn institution for the putposo . of fitting boys to take' charge Of property'to an' immense =omit at ice, when they and others slept comfortably in their' beds at honie. He fhonglit;'therefore, that it 'was iruperative - upon merchants ,and shipowners to ,come forward and bring that institution' to' a state of the' grpatest perfee tion possible, not only by their means; but likewise by M 6 0: Brockl sroarAos og My -1.. W liaui Cav4horpe (Pi i litliam Dr 7.— 1. William Gibsoi Parfitt (Prize). 3. Fred, id; that inititutio: as ot-shOot from I association was,dite,the efttir Mr. Tobin obtd 3. 11. C Teantll It now number phitPftkington foi --(applause)—ar credit of e,stablial and others, who paid a visit the , aaspciation - was G and volum hp 4,11. a n ,I)roule, who was )ULB said, that while the boys in after- ) thank their own c 1, they would also have to thank the merchants ai gentlemen who had come forward-. to• support them their endeavour 'to establish that institution; and th hat not, that to refill, than - to . 'ac . cePt .th le boys ave bee its tow jun., 6 k. Olin In .the .1 ibout,to where, s, of c KED PAPRIt- MACHINERY, SAILN 2. C. W. Wood. 3. .fipipntly good with.(the responsible G,LIL LA, /Du wuivuinu 1.• eervtce.. ( ttear, , near.) The .ntajority of the applicants.-uplto the present time were men-who had,,not , possessed the advantages Which they did. They were, men who, by a long course of laborious study, had mastered'reany difficulties, ,aud, who, by their hnrl won their. way tOLattaining. thecerti- I good condut iptes.which•they aspired t sigh. he did ion, wi pagte to their turn to go before that board, would have a prefereßce,. ha would say that • the highest testimonial they.gould•preseat.to'that board would be a good conduct ertificate from, the Csniway Institittion. (Applause.) indeed highly. favou.re& :They' came ther none by ith,eir own tastes that rode I Ur Otant ended in according -to. the position of life •a and-were provided wit )y stert .edueaticea ich Ahoy' occupied them means to eirabl the .ver. y highest standard •of -scientific ai -•cited to their brofessio al element;ry eamation They-had masters placed over them, both naUticil and the best he believed,that could be obtained— (applauso)—and if tho Mercantile Marine ,Service association had done no other good than the establish ,. 4. ment of of T 4at institution, , it deserved the thanks, not only Jiverpool, but of the kingdom at large. - (Renewed applause.) With these advantages offered to them, was it too much to ask of them, to throw themselves entirely into their studies, so that inAime to come, they would not only, be ..ao ornament ,to.,,their_ profession; but a credit to the Conway. (Applause.) The time they would be allowed to remain there would be - short,,but upon the way in which they, occupied that time mould depend, to a largo extent, their, after success in life: (Rear, hear.) It was theaim• of• the.promoters!of that institution to provide a high class standard of education, and it was also their most anxious and..eartiest desire that they should have instilled into their minds by the masters placed- over them those habits and .prineiples which would especially fit them for their,position in life, and also tn. bp. an. example 'to those who might be placed under them. Seamen, as class, were the creatures of example and of impulse,•and. it ';was notorious that a seaman of the inocent- 7 -and he; supposed; of the past days to a large extent—reflected the virtues. or the vices of the, officers, who were placed over- thorn: , •It was by ac quiring habits of truthfulnes, of candour, of forbearanee, of discipline, and above all of i ,striet, prompt,; awl •im mediate ohedience,Jo the commands of their superiors,- that they might hope.. to see those principles instilled into thi:me under them in the chips they might be placed in. , .(Hear, hear.) Unless they assisted their masters ire acqoiring those habits, all teaching would be in vain. On previous examinations of , the kind he. had, remarked the strung contrast between:the boys who bad, been suc cessful andthose Who had- not been successful ; but, ,he assured, them, that on that occasion he, would be at a loss to know from their countenanc es w h o h a d succee d e d and who had not. Gear, hear.) ,Hein judged • frothis that there ,was an., honest• spirit_ of rivalry,existing among flienot.r.that there were nolittle joalousip3,;bot that with one accorkthey ,yieldodthq palm to,thoso boys who.had won the prizes, tv d. though, the past , had gone from ; their hands, there, was a futurevbefore theM, and he believed that everyone „of them who that day, made up his.mind to•s&art thie ' race-of emulation would, on another day stand., iir, the front place;,iand if he ; might claim the privilege which,i{r. Brocklebank had done that day of presenting,a prize to.be named after hirnself;, and to be given to,the- - first:boy-at thee coming examinatiON and if Mr. Brocklebanit,„hitnself was not desirous. .ciff repenting that prize, be would-be pleased to have,AlA-privilege of presenting, It.„,l(Applaosf.). , , „ „ , linoc2c.mANtific e cacd-the should! deneir. VI-raves the, Kiyilege, as it yva,s• his intention to give the prize half-yearly to the first boy.. , (Applause.) The Ciudan4,ll, was, glad to see this emulation created, and suggested. that Mr. Graves should gifie, the second prize.,,- -t , )! _ _ • Mr..GßAVEStwoticlon no account interfere with Mr. Brocklebank's privilege, and would be happy:to preseni the second prize. ~(Applause.) The Dean Of.ELY, who was nett called upon by the chairman,, said .h e,. felt erwiward a, man-of-war, that he• was hound. to, thewtriete4,obeelience ; though coming from an inland county he maa t what those :boys would suppose a. Jand-lubber7-(laughter)—but ," . .he assured them, that as fag as : it,was possible in such,weathecito feel warm:„ i:i r ony subjec4.--(laughter). 7 —he didt i ,Seel warm • on. that.. occasion. He looked ; upon thatf,,as `, ,grand undertaking, .and perhaps lookers-on _could see as, much •of ihe game ,as. those who were. inter eatek ; He considered that in, many. PoWS.,of view a school of that kind was ; Ganef national importance. . He COUN Oa , * understand that the shipowners, and merehantlaflAverpeel would necessarily takeittifit view whiebl,lAr. ,Brocklebar& had.pu,t before them„nainely7--thoivast; fun94lit. of prOPPTtY"Whieli was tossed upon ;the', wide ocean, -gad dependent for safety upon the character and skill of the captain.s. of; vessels„ That was the view, that, actually„suggest,itself to any mercantile mind ; :but, besides Alikot, there was a more general view,, one, perhaps; in some:sense, of a more national character; and that :: he, as a looker-on, should be disposed to talte4. , A captain was, put in the .most responsible position inr.which it was possible that men could be placed, not because he was .the guardian of "merchandise, but because he Was, the , guardian of human souls. (Applause.) rlt was ahsolutely necessary.. that the captain of a vessel should be an autocrat in bis own vessel, :and the .character and condition of these in the vessel depended very much upon the :man in command_; so he: thought that any person .who, aspired to that post Inspired to a very important position. He regarded ',him as having as large: fir requirement of the advantages of education as li h n ea Y T P .) 7B /1 1 e in th an on y gt si i ti t had °llin merchants of Liverpool that such • a class of men re quire& to be raised. (Hear, .beeno ciet y the whatever. .feeling ( o H f e t a h r e , hear.) . It.was , of.mational for the effecting of that great object weidd be. expended r im ai p se o d, rta a n n c d e n t o lla am t o t u h n e t ochfareaxepter 4L seam expense-er il trou l tle shulb incurred for in vain; That institution was apractical cotummtg r y upon ,eer, nwvemen -NAVAL Cozni SEA.htAxain. W i ll iam C it to return to t cation and iiends during the pounteE ce and encouragement they had met with from most influential-gentlemen in - Liverpool; and if the boys ted themselves as they might do. in inducing ,nly e'er ds • to. beco' 3 pupils on the Conway, instead of a vessel to accommodate fifty, in another six months they should require. a first-rate line-.of-battle ship fo: five hundred boys. : . (Applause.) . r. GRAVES being called t Pon by dressing the boys, said that some of them knew, as the chairman .had told them, that there was such an institu tion as the Local Marine Board, and it was ii (Nene° ofbeingicmanected on to say a few words of eneduragement to - ro Trocklebank - had, already told them that hey could .be placed in _ a position of responsi- A • .1 • required to. Pus an -3 , examination, - and that' would be passed ham the Local Marine Boards; and'would not only prow stlioir -practical and their scientific attain- tei was of saf- Q. wart; aeir. being: entr rtificate of a master - Or mate: in Tuesday, December 20 ~seiviows.of the t could 350. teßd.pd as far as hey,cO l iticl. dpsi .Ived - a gra k ttfeli D, becat e did, (Hear, h would not , b,e Standard had 1 poind entitled Lpowners, realuir kndard, then oth He. did ere ink 'th sion, that he hd,cl 10 had to f .t knew a pupa. El a wish that that would not be the last, ae Nino on board the Conol d intended to reraai'l pulsations of their Powners e must have caused the Applause.) But when .he was asked to speak he , did not , refuse, because lie felt a deeg interest in the institution. (Hear, hear.) He leck, upon it not e merely as of local, but of nationx i md 'be woubd especially urge upon ,t ~ • to ' vibii imp2rtaace power to render the promoter ace in fur the, objects they had fu view. If that institution suo'; seeded, it would be followed by others, in other parts t the kingdom. If their conduct was such an he hoped 1 " would be, , if they rode great progress in their studies', hey would. fina-the _silipawileri:of...lirerpoal and* ngb:4.atiltip_mx,to airq,themselves of their e i rvice r s ---- if; on•the contrary, their m1411400' would bay titution ; i the, , ver; would h greatest bi strangled by .i it birth., town that ha'a giv rpool that for along time there had been-no sehoo at kind in existence—(hear, hear)---and thattlx put their shoulders to shipowners had. wheel institution as t of which they t proud, (Hen, hear.) He-maintained: that it wal the greatest importance that masters of, vessels should have a gdod education. It was not mereLy nee*, should -be a good sailor night get :into. trouble . in. 'tiireign par 110 ainpow ,dreds and tl pablic.schools and universities and corupeti Lions, and did they not consider that the pupils professions were y to wh tS -vthSantig. Blear, hear t ) In every other.profession the jr L - RlifiCati O4 ! gentlemanly .mannet, t serviee.should not; attain that rile ` marine ason wilrthe m.erchan' 6inubh respect as Having urged nponthe boys to ,have the s tria: {r. Tobin said Mr. Broekleba.o_, ) the want of co-operation from the- ahir e rerpool, and he agreed with him that was because the institution had ,not been brought PT minently to their notice. He .trusted, howerer, that tise t proceedings of thati day would -be read with the graste i4 , attention by the , merchants and shipowners of Liverpor and also of theworld. , (Applause.) They knew. that 44 late Lord of the Admiralty, .Sir John Pakington,bad take° the greatest interest in the institution ; and he trusted til e present Lord of tlae.Admiralty, Would. also ,be induced S e take a similar interest ; and if they did make it succeed for it rested mainly With the piipils-1--the benefits they 'a received would be diffused to many. hundreds -and thole sands ,of' their fellovioauntrymen,‘ they might ena that committee, • and many. othere,, to go- and kliv' t , loudly at the , doors of Government, and demand as to right their co-operation ; and if they could. apposi,;ki the success-of- that institution ; J tb:at,oo-operation tin granted.. - (Applause.) • .- Hercongratulated! thfinl, the success of the institution; 'and he hope; *could continue for years to come.,; (Applit • The :Rev. .:I‘fr.. TtartmasAL and Mr afterwards addibssed the boys, and a est regard to trut had allud having been passedto the chairman, three -cheers We Af given for Captain.-Powell, for •Mr..Dobs%on the yessel),. and for , Mr. : Blirtan, . mid :the.proceWn terminated. CORPORATION NORTH SCHOOLS be . The annual examination ..at -the North School' t or longing to. the Corporation took place yesiterday, T oe to breaking iirr—for the Christmas . holidays. . dg t, average attendance. at these schools is--very 0 1 1' 2 50 able, consistingillabout 650 . boys, 330. girls.an infants: The .proficiency: displayed by the schrial' h . be the various classes reflected the highest credit ap.on *564 excellent, master, Mr. Harris, and the schpolnustr e 4 , Milts Willock.. In:the course of, the forenogii tbe aS34 ' Isaac, llohno. , ,and 14r. - Councillor Ridley adds few ,appropriate' and encouraging words to,the,Pl",L.d. of - the Childrpn. in the infant scho o l, Ald er man Vr t ie ner, °f„chairman of the Educati on C om mittee Council; who., manifests the deepest interest in of schools on all occasions, presided iat the distxibuti o the priaes4, and he was assisted. by the , "Stephens, _the enm.te of St. Bartholomew's, • ta t The Crimum,AN, addressingthe assembled scht - ot previous. to awarding the prizes,. expressed the •gliot pleasuye it gave ; ;to, congratulate the toc e Ad. teachers-on the,remarkable success which had atte.--„,a, their ; p4brts to , instruat•ithe ebildren. , He had nOlriii with delight the clever ,way t in .which the paP ils ,,,Aip answered _the ' questions ( put to them, in geeg o r" grammar, histork i and anentsi arithmetic. •'"•,, I " t hof ; geegraphy, a most apiportant branch of education, ~„g ; . appeared to hiirrip have fat excelled all his expectot_n;, andialthough he had attentled the Achools for mail pis he- had never beferw heard s© satisfactory an e xs ;. a ppo 4 tion..lf there.was anything under the- cireue o !.. di gs Achill he eo4ld say it would be, to encourage the lic e b. to, go on in the:r well doing. The knowledge 4 .0 to they, wouldnequireiat these schools would be a. P° o l to them, whernyer• they went; and he, ratline • hls youthful audience, that, many who had left thes.e ..A •S ; in times past had; risen„,byienergy e educatigud a n c : r denial, to a fair and ,honourable, poeitielK • Without. fear of eoutrAiction, he ,would.,r saea — , 0",•11, . that there was i nothing, taught: t these 840014 Well wet every creed and every man who wished' •Ive Li • A wet children wouldbe delighted,,to,sce taught, .X l , ler Y • in fact, nothing whigh_any.one:Penld_„ o l44ot WOO The Reiri.WEL§TEPHF,II/3 B. add,reSSEilivewagg of advice to ,the seholars, and conaludedh3lf ru cill three cheers for Alderman,; Oarduet sieskiiefkilY..tespondedlet. eifT—.rsroo . ) rtnaa Alderman GA.nnzont,•-in , returning thanks, ul that the school. ould re-open on the 9th of JanuarlY:loo‘. The prizesAere,then distributed, and the 45a3 0 110 01 ! tion of buns and. oranges dispensed ia the boy s _ ni oP' room. .Three, hearty,:cheers w ere. given for tey bete and -corporation.; and,,the national anthem havle o l _,Arg brought le a close. ' _ cof performed •on the , harmonium, the proceedin, LOSS OP A DOVER FUMING 1.41.7GGER AND s•l' P be ei BOARD.-7--Doven, ,Satairslay.—rintelligence has xtr. Vowles, master, having /leen east ashore received of the fishing „lugger N ew E a :ea -roars to i l coast, about half-a-mile to the eastward ,of Calais ae , boar, daring the .gale 4 F i n d,,p,,,d § ,,p, on. Thar: re k night, and that all on board °filer perished.' M del"Sos on, the following rn ; --ara-ng. her mast was scol2hare, :csra . ter,,and MI pieces.-,of wreck, which were: cast a*:,esol being examined, she was ascertained ,to be the : o a Dove-named. Nothing could be seen of her cre beam' from the fact f her • found'.the - b boat beingoil ~,..t ., ibe, some distance from the wreck, it is thought tur n osa had endeavoured, to land, but the heavy sur f a .. of fir. her, •and they were all' drowned. The: bed)" I ,,,,bees Vowles, , the master, and q man, named Dodo, 113 _ Ire on; Ca Fre bo , picked up. The names of , the other suffererstli . ,to Green, A.shenden,, and • Morse. The smack I,e'le Mr. Collere: Whi ch i 1 11 .s e A it$11:1 4, o `zew lk l k) • kr to . 41 ] tt l 11 ii ation of klem Rr. We because