Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-08 00:00:00

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E X T CORPS nort Gentlemen. inspect t, AMUSEM THEATRE KOYAL—D ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS THE PARISTAN GALLERY alar" For particulars II nder no circuin accompanied by ti sarily for publicat 'CO 'Battu Eimm ----- r --- FRIDAY, In the Hous, JULY 8, 1859 -.---.....,0,.....-- It DAY'S NEWS of Lords nothing of any impor- tance transpired. In the Commons, in answer to a question, Sir G. C. Lewis said, that he intended to introduce a Bill for the Reform of the Corporation of London, this Session. This bill would be based on the result of the inquiries made by the Special Commission. In respect to the rating of public establishments, the Home Secretary said, that there was great difficulty connected with the questions, told' he did, not intend this Session to introduce a bill on the sr an arnicablc He hoped _to be arrangement with those public establishments and parishes which it was com plained did not pay their equal share of rates. According to o .ces from the S. we are no-v .t of War the last act in the drama Upon the Adige is to be played out the game that was commenced on the Mincio That tremendous front, upon which every variety of fortification has been reared, presents defensive powers which the allies, having once broken through, may march over to the very fringe of the Venetian lagoons Beyond the Adige, there is only a corner of Italy to overrun and, when the military subjugation is complete, the diplomatic complexity will thicken, unless, indeed. other powers intervene, as, in spite of semi-official declarations, they will probably do. The variegations of the conflict multiply as the van of the allied host nears its ultimate base of operations between Legnano and Verona; at fl :it point the Austrians may be expected. to make their last, their most fierce, their arena is entirely favourable tntheir strategy ; it will be as though they fought on ground picked and prepared by themselves, covered by their own guns, protected by a net-work of rivers, guarded in front and rear by colossal structures, and intricately and elaborately furnished with •strategic works of every conceivable description. If the allies sweep over this deadly vortex, then may Francis Joseph calculate how long even the Venetians themselves are to obey a Viceroy seated in the arm-chair of the Doges. Once allow the torrent of victory to flood the gorges of the Tyrol, to swamp St. Zeno and St. Anastasia, to pollute the tomb of the Scaligers or the church of St. Georg( :Ind Verona, we may reasonably anticipate, will never again be to Vienna more than what the 'ashes •of Catullus or Paul Veronese axe to the nineteenth-century Venetians. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that the French Minister of War and Marshal Pellissier have had another conference, for the purpose of conceit ing measures for the complete organisation of the army of the East. ..11 eighth division is in course of organisation at Lyons to reinforce the army of Italy. An address from the Sardinian Admiral to the people of Messina, says, " Sicilians, the hour for presenting yourselves in line against the common enemy, or those who s u p port him, is not yet come. It Will come, however. W e ar e sure of seeing you fly to the banner of Victor Emmanuel." In Kos iuth's proclamation to the Hungarians,. he • seckr speaks of Austria, but of the House of Hapsburg, whose expulsion is, he says, the mission of the Hungarian nation, He states .that he will be supported by a power which, two years ago, re placed the House of Hapsburg on the throne. Gen. Klapka has also issued a short proclamation, calling upon the Hungarians to take up arms, and 'display the national colour;, and, under his command, to Magyars who - Were assassinated by the Hapsburgs. Lord Howden's statement in the avenge all the House of Lords relative to the feeling of the French people with respect to a war with. England has naturally excited considerable attention in Paris, and although there is a large number of well- informed men who would regard a quarrel with ,herefore do all they could to avoid it as impolitic ; there is every reason to fear that his lordship -was- right when he said that every man and woman in France had the wish at heart. This may be affirmed with perfect certainty, that nothing would be so popular, nothing would so call forth all the spirit and fire of the nation as a contest for the leadership of Europe with England, called the perfidious, in consequence of the many times that she ha 4 been tricked and deceived, and of the many more times still that defeated The Austians, under General Hess, seem now die posed to stand purely on the defensive probability of a battle in the open field is diminished. The Cologne Gazette publishes an order of the day, by. General D'Urban, recommending the inhabitants of Verona to lay up stores of provisions for several months, as both the town and the fortress may very possibly be attacked. The Paris Correspondents of the Daily News and Globe, hint at the probability of a French force operating in Hungary, and making a dash at Pesth, which they could reach without setting foot on any territory belonging to the German Con federation. The fortress of Peschiara now invested by the Sardinian .army, is cannonaded day and night. With the aid of gun-boats, which will soon" be launched on the lake Garda, the resistance is not expected to be very pro longed. Le Nord says that the Austrian army is massed entirely round Verona, and also in great part behind the Adige. The French army has advanced in that direction, and the blow which will be struck at Verona will decide the fate of 'Venice. Le Nord also states that the arsenals of Cherbourg, Brest, and Toulon have received orders to construct a certain number of new transports intended to receive 6,000 men each, to - be ready within the course of four months. The French Admiral who commands the blockading squadron off Venice, has issued an order of the day which states that, owing to its vigilance the communications between Trieste and Venice has been completely intercepted, and in less than a month it has captured thirty-nine of the enemy's vessels, made 353 prisoners, and signified the blockade to eighty-two vessels either neutral or provided with passes. Since the above was in type, we learn, by telegram from Paris, that an Armistice has been concluded bet Ween the contending parties. According to the report of the Medical Officers of Health, read at the meeting of the Health Commit tee yesterday, a great decrease in the mortality o f the town appears, when compared to the same period of the season for the lastten years This is very satisfactory Of domestic news we have not much variety this morning. Yesterday, a supplementary army estimate was issued. The amount is £1,261,237, and includes £310,000 for embodied militia for the The real estimate election petitious will be stru £12,859,297. Committ for route- fract, Berwick, Wakefield, and AshbhrtOn, aud on the 22nd for Huddersfield and three other boroughs. Mr. Henry Berkeley has given notice of his intention to make a statement on the ballot this evening. By the wreck of the Alma, Sir John Bowring has lost a large portion of his valuable MS 3. and public documents, At the weekly meeting of the Dock Board yesterday, it was agreed to let the working of th 6 dock telegraph to some company by public competition T THE WHIGS AND • LIBERALS IT was a constant taunt of the Whigs that Lard DERBY'S was a Ministry on sufferance that it was in a minority in the House of Commons, and was only allowed as its masters,- the majority, ply to exist so long lsed. They did not omit, either, to represent, ever and anon ; how humiliating a position it was for a Ministry to be in, if not the character of her Majesty's Gove;nment, and how injurious also it must be to the interests be it of the country. And this was done remembered, well knowing all the they themselves had 'rendered it im otherwise, that the Conservatives possible to be so far from having sought for place, had had -place forced upon them,—that Lord DERBY, when sent for, by the Queen, had frankly informed her Majesty that he could not command a majority in . _ Parliament, and that therefore he would rather not undertake, at the moment, the responsibilities of office, but that her najesty had pressed' it upon him, and he felt it therefore his duty not to shrink from the task. The - .conduct: of the Whigs in upsetting a Ministry formed under such oiremnstances—formed in an emergency of their own creating—wag something very like that of the dog in the manger. They would tell us, of course, in answer to such an imputation as this, that theirs was the Liberal party—the great Liberal party—which showed its strength in the vote of no confidence in the late Administration. That vote, it is true, was concocted on such a pretext. But it was all a sham. The artful Whigs made use of the Liberals on the occasion, as they had often done before ;. but as to their having formed theniselves into one party—a great Liberal part,y —that, we say, was all a mockery and a delusion. They pretended, too, ixiten they had succeeded in tiacir conspiracy, that in the Ministry they would saw have it in their power to construct, all the 4several sections of mint they called the Liberal party,—sections differing even mere widely than do the Whigs from the Conservatives,—should be fully and fairly represented. All this was trumped up, it is now evident, , in order to get the Whigs back into office. And, as is well known, it has succeeded. But having so succeeded, now begin the divergences. They united to destroy one Ministry and set up- another - in its place ; and now they will disunite, and render this, like the other, 'a Ministry on sufferance. See what a special organ of one of the most influential of the Liberal sections says of their Whig associates, -" It is undeniable," is - the remark of the Star, " that there are members of the present Government who are so simply because it would have been dangerous . to disappoint their, eager anxiety, for office. It is further notorious that others have been disppointed because it was deemed safer to incur their anger than their gratitude. The competition of candidates at the late election has been closely imitated by the rush of claimants for place to the doors of the Minister-in-Chief. Previous length of service, or, rather, previous enjoyment of spoil l has been unscrupulously urged as a title to fresh gratifi cation. Something like a vested right to posts in a Liberal Administration has been asserted," anti but too successfully asserted, by men whose admin istrative failures have been a reproach to their party and a misfortune to the country. Others who have crept up the ladder of preferments, without once distinguishing themselves in the public inter ests, have contrived to jostle aside others of more merit and modesty." Now does not this most forcibly impugn the.political integrity of the Whig "claimants for place ?" Surely the votes of such persons, on such a question as that which turned out the late Ministers, could be of no sterling value. They told, of course, as all the rest. did. But they were obviously given from interested motives. The House sat in judgment on the Ministry ; and its vote was as the verdict of a jury that had a true deliverance to make, by pronouncing, on their con science, guilty or not guilty. But of what worth could the conscience of those be, whose judgment was passed, not from any sense of public justice, but only with a view to their private interests ? We must at least do Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT the justice to acknowledge, that they have acted on the occasion of this change of Ministry with mach purer motives. For it -is quite true, as it has been observed, that " amid all this scrambling and scuffl ing, there has been seen one man with power almost to command office, but too much pride to' ask it, and another on whom it is absolutely pressed, and who resolutely declines it. Mr. BRIGHT might honourably have stipulated for a conspicuous place in the Government he helped to create. Mr. COBDEN would have offended none and gratified many by accepting the post reserved for him. Without con cert or communication of any kind, the one stands aloof—the other unhesitatingly refuses." This, we say, was certainly a display of political virtue, that we do not see exhibited in the ranks of the Whigs, on any such occasions.- .. How, then, is it possible that the Liberals of that pure and high-minded type can ever reconcile it to their consciences to be identified with such scheming and self-seeking Whigs, and be content to merge with them into one so-called Liberal party ? Well may our Independent Liberal contemporary aforesaid it was possible for such antagonistic natures to have blended,''--and, by way of illustrating their antagonism, well may he take the two great leaders themselves, as the representatives of ,their respective parties, and thus. contrast them :—" The one belongs to the politics of the past, the other to the politics of the' future. The one is guided .by traditions and works by expedients. The other searches out fixed principles, and attempts their application as fast as the growth of public opinion will permit. Lord PALMERSTON belongs by nature, origin, and habit, to that school of Parliamentary diplomatists which systematically evades or perverts the will of the people —postponing every reform to the latest possible moment, and inflaming the pas sions by which pretext, for delay may be, created. Mr. COBDEN, on the contrary, is of the new order of statesmen whose inspirations are drawn, from -the people themselves, but . not the less .sustained by studies worthy of the political philosopher, and guid e d by . such experience .as_ can only be -acquired by, the active citizen of a free country. The practical .con trast of their respective creers may be summed up in a sentence. Lord PALMERSTON has been busy through a long life in stirring up dissensions abroad and in obstructing progress at home, while . Mr. COBDEN is yet in the youth of his public life, and has gained thias early the renown of a universal benefactor." Let us hope that the people will look impartially on this honest contrast, and 'then decide if that can be a Liberal party worthy of the name which has of necessity to be made ask, " how up of politicians so opposite and principles so antagonistic. THE ATTITUDE OF GERMANY WE have on more than one occasion lately referred to the attitude of Germany towards the allied in vade,rs of Austrian Italy ; and, as we have then observed, it is an attitude which must of necessity become more and more critical, in proportion as the invasion extends to the frontiers of that country. There is in Germany, let it be borne in mind, a federal union of the several States into which it is divided, —a union, that is, of those States in a league or contract for national defence and protection. There was formed at the Congress of -Vienna, in 1815, on the important occasion of the settlement of Europe after the final overthrow and exile of BUONAPARTE, a perpetual Confederation, bearing the name of the Germanic Confederation, by which the affairs of the whole country were confided to a Federative Diet, consisting of seventeen individual and collective States, the majority of whose votes have the rule. Of course, the protection of Germany from hostile invasion is an indispensable duty of this federative union ; and when a possession of one of its body is attacked, although such possession may not be German soil, but only contiguous to it, the Diet cannot but feel anxious and apprehensive,— while if the assailants threaten to extend their invasion to that soil, the Confederation must needs be on the alert to repel it. Not only have the Allied Powers who are the invaders, naturally felt uneasy as to the probability of any hostile movement on the part of Germany; but Russia, as a neighbour neutral Power, thought proper, it will be remembered, a short time since, to address to the Federal Govern- THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 80859 meats, through its diplomatic agents in Germany, the views 9f its, Cabinet as to the policy it was desirable to pursue. France. has just followed this example of Russia. Under very different circumstances, however, does such a Power communicate with its diplomatic agents on such a question. Russia, as a neutral Power, was in a proper position to make such a communication. lint France is one of the belli gerents,: one of the invading Powers. Germany could have no hostile feeling against Russia, because there was no occasion for it. Not so France, as one of the Allied Powers whose advance towards the frontiers of Germany, with their formidable armies, is the cause of the alarm in the German mind. Of course the French Minister can make a plausi ble statement of his case. There is no occasion, he contends, for Germany to give herself any concern about . the business - in hand—she has nothing to (10 with it. Russia has said it—and France says ditto. In mixing herself up in the conflict, they con cur, in considering, she would depart from the position which treaties have assigned to her. " Not only," declares the French Circular, "is she unable to show in the existing state of affairs the necessity of protecting the European equilibrium, which is not menaced, and which she herself compromises if she pretends to say that she is necessarily interested in a war undertaken by Austria as a European Power, and that the action of the Federal body, considered as such, ought to be exercised beyond the limits of the Confederation. Such a doctrine would be productive in effect of nothing less than the complete incorporation of the non-German provinces of Austria into the Federal Union, and in this way it would be as much opposed to the real . interests of the German States as to the spirit of the European treaties which have agreed to the conditions of their existence." Such is the reason ing of M. WALEWSKI. It is, not the German territories of Austria, but only her Italian posses sions, with which the war has to do ; and therefore Germany has no interest in it. "No voice has been raised to assert that the Lombardo-Venetian king dom, nor yet the Po nor its affluents, nor even the Adige itself, were necessary to the security of the Confederation ; it is at the Alps, according to the proposition of Austria, that the Diet ought to place the frontier and the line of defence for Germany." Thus further reasons the French Minister. But Germany has a deep interest in the federal frontiers, which all this revolution in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdon is making so very insecure. Besides, if Germany has no business to be the - ally of Austria, if it is thought proper to be so, what business has France to be the ally of Sardinia ? And what a farce for a Minister of France to talk of anything " opposed to the 'spirit of the European treaties," when his Imperial master is blowing European treaties into fr:agments at the cannon's mouth ! The French Emperor, by his invasion of Austrian-Italy, has set at nought all international compacts in the case, and violated all international obligations on his part. He, there fore, cannot possibly be in a position to say to Germany, or to any other Power, what it may be" proper or improper to do towards Austria, as a neighbour and an ally. M. WALEWSKI adduces the fact that " the Eng lish Government, at the commencement of hostilities, tendered to the German Governments the best advice, counselling them by no means to make common cause with the Austrians against us." And, he states, that without having any official information of the dis position of the new English Ministry, he yet has reason to infer that it is most favourable to the independence of Italy,—adding, "and we are under the firm persuasion that the English Goverriment is, in its views as well as in the support of its influence, favourable to the solution that we ourselves seek." All this may be quite true,—we hope and trust it is, —but it does not authorise France to lecture Ger many as to its conduct at such a conj inctiire ; nor does it oblige Germany to refrain from consulting its own national interests by assuming whatever attitude towards the allied invaders circumstances may seem to demand. ~..-.---.....,.....----....... THE COURT Her Majesty -they Queen held a Privy Council at Buck ingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon. The Right Ho'n. T. Milner Gibson was declared by the Queen in Council President of the'Board of Trade'. Earl Spencer, GeOoM of the 'Stole to - the Prince Consort; the Earl of Ducie, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Sir William- Erie, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Proby, Comptroller of the Household, and Sir James William Colville, by command of the Queen, were sworn of her Majesty's Most honourable Priyy Council. The Education,Comniittee - Was re-appOinted. Tbe Hon. William Ifathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waitint; Earl Granville, Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Newcastle, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert had audiences of the Queen. Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Castlerosse, Vice Chamberlain ; Lord Caymos, Lord in Waiting, and Lieu tenant-General Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting, The King of the Belgians, the Prince Consort, and the Count of Flanders visited the Royal Botanical Gardens, Regent's-park The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mary Baited and Colonel F. H. Seymour, visited the Duchess of Sutherland in the afternoon, at Stafford Rouse. The Prince Consort .and the count of Flanders rode on horseback, attended by the Equerries in Waiting. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during • • LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE only place in Liverpool for gentlemen to dine, as gentlemen should,—is at " The Loudon," Clayton-square. A Numpt9 , us deputation waited upon Lord Palmerston on Wednesday, to recommend Milford Haven as the port. ,of departure for the new steam postal service about to be estab lished to Australia via Panama • , THE feeling of anxiety and gloom is announced to have increased in all the German cities. It is reported that the various ocean mail steam companies have received an intimation to prepare for the clause in their several contracts, which stipulates that they shall, carry armaments, being put in force. The vessels are ill adapted to take heavy guns, and the notice is alleged, therefore, to have been met by some remonstrances. DIE Vim, steamer, master-commander Allen, having on board the members of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the management and efficiency of the wait and harbour lights of the 'United Kingdom, left Portsmouth, on Tuesday evening, in the direction of the Channel Islands. The members of the commission 'comprise, Admiral Hamilton, Captain Ryder, R.N., Mr, E. S, Graves, of Liverpool, PrOfessor Gladstone, and Mr. John Campbell, secretary. BIRKENHEAD POLICE CoußT.—Yesterday, four men, labourers at the Docks, were brought before the magistrates charged with stealing coals from the docks. They admitted the offence, and Superintendent Birnie stated that, in con sequence of the few policemen in the Birkenhead force, he could not spare men to watch the docks, and it was his opinion that the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board ought to supply an adequate force for that purpose. The men were discharged. —This GREEBA CASTLE ACADEMY, DOUGLAS, ISLE or MAN is the most delightful and beautiful spot any where to be found on the lovely island, and is universally acknowledged to be the healthiest. • Few schools , can offer so many advantages of situation and comfort as the above. It will be found in every respect suitable for the residence and education of the sons of the gentry. First-class masters provided for each branch of instruction. Prospectuses, with copper-plate engraving of the castle, may be had on application. The midsummer vacation will terminate on the 30th July Pupils conducted to and from Liverpool by one of the masters, and to their residences, if required. us' CORONER'S COURT.—The deputy Coroner, Mr. Statham , held the following inquests yesterday : —On the body of a new-born male child, that was found stuffed into a drain pipe in Talieson-street. It appeared the child was born alive, and died in consequence of exposure accordingly.—On.the body of James Talbot. ~ a sailor Verdic . was drunk for some time, and was left drunk by his wife in a chair, in Dwerryhouse-street, and was found dead in the morning. Verdict accordingly.—On the body of Sibly Pardon, 23, years of age, single woman, who lived at 20 court, Addison-street. She died of excessive drinking, and the jury found a verdict to that effect.—On the bod*of George Dunbobbin, 31 years of age, who lived at Egre mont. He was missing since the 28th ult., and his-body was found in the river. Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." On the body of Mary Lawless, who was a servant at Dwerryhouse-street, Park: She was very much given to drink. Her body was found in the river, and it was sup posed she was drowned when drunk. Verdict, " Found drowned."—On the bcidy of Joseph Lewis, eleven years old, who was drowned in a pit, in Parliament:stre Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." -fields WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of this 'committee was held yesterday, Mr. Churchwarden Cropper in the chair. The other guardians present were —Messrs. Critchley, Owen, Byford, and Peck. The medical officers reported that the number of deaths occurring in the establishment during the week ending June 28th, was 17; of whom nine were Men, four women, and four children. The number of sick paupers under treatment last week was 497 ; new cases admitted since, 142 ; cured and discharged, 93 ; number this week under treatment, 529, including 39 fever, 20 itch, and 4 small pox cases. The master of the vagrant sheds reported that there were relieved in this department, during the week ending Saturday last, 266 destitute persons, of whom 153 were males, 83 females, and 30 children, showing a nett increase over • the previous week of 31, and a decrease of 13 when compared with the corresponding week of last year The governor reported that the number of paupers in the establishment last week was 1,792; number this week, 1,727 ; showing a decrease of 65 on the week. Number in the corresponding week of last year, 1,946. It was resolved that the tender of Mr. Joshua Henshaw for making certain alterations at the porter's lodge, at a cost of £54, be recommended to the general board for accept ance. The remainder of the business was of a formal character. TEI.EATRE ROYAL.-The season of the year and present state of the weather are certainly much against the choice of theatrical amusements, yet Mr. 'Copeland in no way relaxes in his desire to , produee pieces amusing and enter taining ; indeed of a class that one would suppos likely to. "draw." The company, too, numbers amongst its members several of no mean ability, and well entitled to hold the foreniost - Opinion of regular " theatrical goers. Daring the week a drama, 'entitled the ". Porter' s Knot," has, been played several. times with great suc cess, and presenting, as it does, scenes of " every day life," has been creating some little interest: Sampson Burr (Mr. W. Cooper), originally a railway porter, by dint of great perseverance and care, accumulates a sufficiency, as he believes, to retire upon for life, and spend the remainder of his . days . in' comfort and free from the anxiety of toil. Augustus Burr, an only son, is sent to be educated for a surgeon, but falls into bad habits, associates with " fast men ;" and ultimately old Sampson Burr is necessitated' to pay a large sum of money to remove him from the worst of society. This reducel the old man to his former position of railway porter ; and ultimately the son is shipped off :to Anstralia, and there. finds fresh. fields for his enterprise and success. Eventually he determines to return home, and for a time the voyage progresses favourably ; at length a storm arises, the destruction of passengers, ship, and valuable cargo appear inevitable, but the intrepidity of young Burr causes all to be saved. He returns to England, is richly rewarded by the owners, and gladdens the hearts of his old parents by his exemplary conduct. The success of the piece unquestionably belongs to Mr. IV. Cooper, the railway porter, whose desire to make a gentleman of his son is pourtrayed with admirable natural effect; his wish to keep the son's backslidings a secret from the mother, and the concoction of the 'letter,' in . which Alice. (Miss Edwards) charmingly assists, are all brought out with the most careful and minute detail, exhibiting the fond and loving parent in its true, - but what is often proved tc) be injurious light.—Mr. Widdicomb nightly draws upon the risible faculties of the audience - i, and sustains his reputation for making extravaganza more extravagant; and the Misses Bramah and M'Ginty are highly pleasing in their graceful terpsichorean feats. The band is large and well directed by Mr. F Musgrove. CHILD DROPPINGt took place under somewhat strange circum3tances it has been the custom for r ci,ons—the should be mothers of children -co take their offspring into some lone place, and there leave it, trusting to chance whether it is found or ,not while alive, but in this case the parties were a little more humane, if such a term may be used to such unnatural parents. The facts of the case are simply as follows. Yesterday afternoon, two females, respectably attired, called. into the house of Mr. Balderson, the Red Lion, London-road, having with them a child about ten months old, and called for a pint of ale which they paid for and drank. While Mr. Balderson was engaged with other cus tomers at the further end of his extensive vaults, the two women left. Shortly after he was rather surprised by hearing the cry' of a child, and on looking over the counter he saw the child that had been brought in by the two women, with a sugar-stick in each hand. Of —Yesterday, a case of this description Of late course he at once took compassion upon the poor helpless infant, which proved to be a fine girl about ten months old, well dressed, and remarkably clean in its appearance. He instituted inquires after the women who had left it, but without success, for they had escaped, and finding that there was no possibility of finding them, he handed over the poor helpless infant to the police, who at once conveyed it to the workhouse, where it will, no doubt, receive the care and attention it requires, and which its unnatural and unfeeling monster of a mother' had refused it. The two women who thus left the child, were, from, their appearance, and that of the child, not of the lower order, but bore the stamp of respectability. It is much to be hoped that the authorities will succeed in finding them out, that they may receive the punishment they deserve la such an offence. PERILOUS VOYAGE OF THE INDIAN QUEEN. The Cork Constitutional publishes a letter received b 1 gentleman in that city, giving some interesting detak the perilous voyage of the Indian Queen, as alluded t °l our last South Pacific mail : " Valparaiso, May 13, 1859, Ship Indian Que el/ ' —,—l arrived here on the 10th inst., af t 4 disastrous voyage from Melbourne, having by the My Dear 7 J mercy of the Almighty been preserved from an awful de' by shipwreck on the ice. " We sailed from Melbourne on the lith March, intl lo/ „ 41 passengers and 22 in officers and crew. The ship is tons, and ought to have had 10 more able seamen, but ele o with only nine able-bodied, the cooks and stewardsbi4 entered as able-bodied, - and some others who were not sall: and getting home at a nominal rate of wages. Tho found, soon after sailing, there were not sufficient sailor work the ship, and the steerage passengers were o blige' assist, which they did cheerfully, hoping to get quickly r °l Cape Horn, and into fine weather thence to England. 011 , 31st March the air was so raw and cold we b easy. At eleven p.m. the ship was going 10 ta2lol gan to fee! studding sails set, being the captain's watch, from twelf four. We thought as it was so cold and no fire or li allowed we might turn in ; we did so, and were soon At two o'clock-we were aroused by a dreadful sh by a crashing of spars and a grinding of the vessel 4 1 a hard substance. I quickly hurried on some cl 4 and on reaching the poop dreadful was the could be made out faintly amidst rain and the night being very dark and wind stroll, was lying broadside on to a great mountain of I which towered a high spectral mass over our heads spars above, fore and mainmast heads broken off yards and sails hanging over the starboard side officer or sailor on the poop, but observed the port life we were de and knew at o& arpentees voice alone was heard shouting, "The pump' right, the ship makes no water," so encouraging the 0 55 : gers, I got them to back the crossjack, and haul out spanker, which had been brailed up, and it was soon apps ll the ship was getting sterriway past the ice. The second!: then came amongst us, and said the captain, chief mate,' nearly all the crew had lowered the lifeboat and gone 84 We soon discerned the boat in the gloom, and men in off our starboard beam. We shouted to them t side that the ship was tight, and threw out ropes as f we could towards them. The noise of the wind pre our making out what they said, except to lower the _ _ • lifeboat, getout the longboat; the former was stove in he falling spars, and the other, a large b oa t on , the C.- was immovable by us. They then began to cry for he l P, the boat, and it was heartrending to us not to be ab le assist them, as it appeared they lost their oa rs , an d the v a . , swell from the ice had nearly filled the boat, so that threw themselves out, and endeavoured to reach the sbill ; the aid of the oars- Only one man got alongside, to 'y l' o ive,threw a life-buoy and a rope. • He got the rope, pulled himself up half the side, when he fell back exhauf, and sank. The ship was twenty feet from the top Of warks to the water, a height too great to climb in a I d sea, but the terrible cold made it worse for these poor Soon we lost sight of the boat and all i n th e darkneskj our own condition absorbed all our faculties. The `i swell kept us off the ice, and as she was drifting astql,, saw we should get past the south p o i n t on our s t a rlr' hand. ttr "On mustering hands we f oun d on b oar d Mr. Ses •I second mate, Williams, boatswain, Thomas Howard, o f penter. This man prov e d him se lf a no bl e spec i me n f i t British sailor. His courage, activity, skill, and unives os care have been the admiration of us all, and we consider If safety is under Providence chiefly owing to his efforts. y was tar the best sailor on board in every respect, and ie b y directed everything. He is a Liverpool man : four %, bOdied seamen, three boys, an d. th e capta i n ' s son, coo ks , steward, doctor and purser, all latt er green hands, all; passengers. Arranged passengers into watches, ancy d some food, the first time for 24 hours. Th e n i g h t wasui and ; several icebergs with difficulty escaped. A ll 4 next day and night it rained and blew heavily from and W. to S.W., ship rolling awfully ; got clear of vc_JJ e of yard aft and stays up to chain, main and mast ; got staysails on main-mast stays and top c i stndding sail on mainmast ; got a sail bent to eross,o o , former blown away. By third day ship began to 5 0 and make some head way ; passed icebergs frequently , ,4 1 on Monday morning, 4th April, had another na lj d escape. At daybreak there was an immense berg of a sq: t t form of 10 or 12 m il es on t h e lee bow, which we thour4 weather ;at 9 o'clock we we abreast of it three or t, Miles: f had the m orn i ng watc h ; t was at the helm. -r e ing wind falling ligh t , an d our l eeway great, I advise d to to leeward of it, and, the wind favouring, we.did so, tb o , o i so slowly as to make us all v er y fearful of passing too e' We had - passed it about three miles when we beheld an 3/i sight. The beg was of great heig . ht, squar e , f u lly fe lif o five miles long,'when as we gazed ;it parted' One-third length, and this p . ortion slipped off from the rest, riP', 4 like an avalanche into the sea, whi c h it t ore u p in r t ) waves. In a few moments it floated off two miles fronl io rest, leaving a long track of floating masses hetween,4 towered there an irregular-shaped an d l arge berg. Fe'ol must have been our fate if we had not passed. This I ll o r us keep as far off as possible from others, and we get clear of ice until the 10th of April, when we passeN bergs in 541 deg. S. lat. We had strong S. and S• ft i winds, snow, and sleet up to 52 deg., anxiously looking,. a ship, being in track of th e A us t rians h omewar d bonue., "On .consulting together, I recommended ; our best port to steer for. Tahite was nearer, and migb' reached; New Zealand nearest, but to windward of prel ing winds. Our distance from Valparaiso 3,800 m il e s )',‘ We resolved on Valparaiso, and passing to north of 50 0 : e ; gave up hopes of seeing any ship, as the Southern 0 : 1 4 above 50 deg. to 30 deg. S. lat., an d f rom 18 0 d eg. to 9 0 et W. long. is seldom crossed, b e i ng out o f th e way of all trad e ; We found all good sails we re gone ; on l y a f ew heav y s i sails were left, and - only one coil of spare rope, and a - o i saved little rope fr om th e wrec k, we soon found on ly' i d rotten ropes and old worn sails available. The shit o Melbourne shamefully short of stores, and appears neve r o hate, been well found, worked on the cheap idea, Od a could only get a topsail yard to the main -mast, as lo f wizen topsail thereon, a topmast on end f orwar d to stiff of foremast and a yard, and topgallant sail set there. „i ll had, therefore, only three small square sails, spanker, topsail, and main staysail, no jib; we had not g e ar to 0 , one. So with a great high ship 1;045 tons, not even 0 0 1 cientiv ballasted, you may imagine we could do nothingo a wind on a lee shore. I need not dwell on our voyage. .g had generally fair winds, heavy gales at times, 'and terl i q seas, in which the ship rolled frightfully, but the Alruig,,p preserved u s , an d th e s hi p k ept pretty t i ght, so we had 0"j the sails and s t eer i ng t o m i n d. W e were anx i ous to 10.0 our longitude, especially as we approached South Ainer l 4 4 and observed a change of co lour o f wa t er . A ga i n we , f'd favoured by meeting an American whaler, the= Lafayette' lli , New Bedford, Capt. R a e ; h e saw us b e f ore we saw hi s bare and he stood to us and pulled on board, no little star o d at our condition. He offered us every assistance, s o , remained by us for a day, when showing us our positis within two days sail of port he left us, very grateful forL t kindness. We took no thi ng f rom h i m, as we ha(11;Of weather and flit- wind. Our rec k on i ng was 78 d e er d , lon. ; we proved to be in 75 deg., the ship having t o i more way than we thought or allowed. On the 9th of ,',/ we made land, and that evening Valparaiso Light b ° o o E.N.E. 20 miles, stood off until morning of the 10th. ~„1 openiug the b a y, crow d e d w i t h s hi ps of all nations, we ! her Maje s ty' s s hi p G auges, 84 ; we fired a gun, saro immediat e ly the welcomed sight of five men-of-war 10 4 gladdened our eyes. How we chee r ed it s we ll-l ove d u . and hearty English faces. Soon they took us in too' party of marines jumped on board and lowered yards, and by twelve o'clock we were moored safely in the bay o sad spectacle our ship is a great hole in her bows wherc bowsprit ran out. The spar was driven right in a g e smashed in pieces, starboard iron anchor broke, and all tY, head-gear ground off like brittle gl ass , on l y ma i n and n3io/3, masts standing, head of former carried away ; vessel like II great hulk 22 feet over water to bulwark top. It is e n i, by the Divine protecti on an d f avour we h ave b roug h t so ca, a hulk nearly 4,000 miles, a voyage almost unexamPl e . A underjury-masts, and could not have been in a remoter in, of the ocean traver s d - by merchant ships- th an w here disaster of the Ist of April occurred.—Yours, " SIMEON T. HAIWI.