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

TO-MORROW, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, 1,000 Bags Madras RICE, • 700 Ditto Bengal DITTO, n Alb3rt Dock warehouses.—Apply to SHAND, HIGSON, and Co., Brokers TC.MORROW, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 12 Cases OIL OF PEPPERMINT. J. H. RAYNER and Co.. Brok( Apply tr On account of whom it may concern. TO-XORROW Brokers ' 3rd instan , St, weeting-stivEt,at Twelve o'clock, at the Office About 1,000 Dry Salted Brazil OX and COW HIDES, more or less damaged by salt water, landed ex George Evans, hence for New York ; lying in the wrecked goods shed, west side Waterloo Dock.—For further particulars apply to Robert M. Grinnell, Esq.. Merchant; or to ARNOLD, LEETE, ROSCOE, • and Co., Brokers. gominucid sSarts. THIS DAY • Tnxs DAY, the 2nd instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 1, Oldhall-street, About 100 Bales Madras COTTON, sea damaged, And a Quantity of Wet PICKINGS, ex Coquetdale, lying in Albert Dock Warehouses, No. 7. Also, 163 Bales Low American COTTON. Samples to be seen at the Brokers' Office.—Apply to CUNNINGHAM and HINSHAW, Brokers Tuts DAY, the 2nd instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Oldhall-street, 263 Bags Angola 22 Bales Mozambiquo j ust landed, per Hoppet, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants ; or to ROOXE, OKELL, and SPENCI THIES DAY, the and instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the ORCHELLA WEED, Brokers Commercial' Saleroom, 800 Cases Valenta ORANGES, ex Tuna 400 Ditto Messina LEMONS, ex Adelaide, 30 Ditto Naples DITTO, ex 'Taurus (s 300 Bags turkey NUTS, 100 Ditto Bilboa CHESNUTS, 200 Ditto Para NUTS, :60 Ditto Black Spanish NUTS. Apply to GEORGE BADENACII and SON, Broliers T 0-MORIt 0 W To-uoititow, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the BrOker's Office, 190 Tots VALONIA, ox tlemanthc, from Smyrna.—Apply to SAMUEL BECKWITII, Broker FRIDAY On FRIDAY next, the 4th instant Brokers' Office 16, Excha 1,000 Sales Fine JUTI, ex Coromandel ; lying in Campbell's, Gradwell-street. Messrs. Fielden, Brothers, and Co., Merchants; or to J. 11. RAYNER and Co., Brokers t Twelve o'clock, at the ige-buildings, Apply to On FRIDAY next, the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 76 Bales Bombay HEMP. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to On FRIDAY next, the 4th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on the Quay, East side Brunswick Dock, 136 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, 101 ' „ CEDAR, lately ' landed ex Dorothea, from Neuvitas. 54 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, 18 Tons COCUSWOOD, lately landed ex Waybosset, from Santa Cruz, 308 Logs YELLOW PINE, 24,957 Feet, SO „ OAK, 5,576 „ 36 „ ELM, 2,552 „ 2,710 2ud Quality PINE DEALS, 12,600 2nd „ PIPE STAVES, -8,400 Merchantable PUNCHEON STAVES, 12 Cords HEMLOCK LATHWOOD, 3 .ines' shipment, and now landing ex Sea King, from Quebec. 30,338 SPRUCE and PINE DEALS and SCANTLINGS. • 3,955 SPRUCE BOARDS, lately landed' ex E. D. Peters, from St. John, N.B. To which will be added Quantities of American WALNUT, BIRD-EYE MAPLE, CGCUSWOOD, and ROSEWOOD; also, several parcels PINE and SPRUCE DEALS, Quebec OAK, ELM, and RED PINE, Pictou BIRCH, &c. On account of the Importers. For catalogues and further particulars apply to DUNCAN, EWING, and Co., Brokers. ®u saft. TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS, CFIESHIRE PliiiiiiiiTEC6iiP 4 A - 1;;;;;Vtantly ON SALE Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices may be had at the Office, 3, CABLE-STREET. Works :—LOWER BEBINGTON. J. R CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, 4.c. CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS, j_I .• ISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Price rts Penny. WARM WINTER CLOTHING, THE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGART. 24 AND INVERNESS WRAPPERS, OVER . COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS. RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS, MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING TO CORRESPONDENTS, Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c. THEATRE ROYAL—Grand Comic Pantomime. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—EngIish Opera Company. lIENGLER'S CIRQUE VARIETE—MiSCeIIanCOnS Attractions . ALLSOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION (Lime-street). THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. MANDEL& MENAGERIE -Foot of Shaw's-brow. TEUTONIC HALL (Lime-street)--Ascent of Mont Blanc. CLAYTON HALL—Christy's Minstrels. ROYAL ASSEMBLY Rooms.—Soiree and Ball. 11(W- For particulars see advertisements on Bth page THIS DAY gartlyrn Chin. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1859, THE DAY'S NEWS There was an important meeting of the members and friends - of the Lancashire Reformers' Union, held at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, yester day afternoon. The hall was tolerably well filled, and among those present were Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. Pilkington, M.P. The gentlemen from Liverpool included Messrs Robertson Gladstone, J. R. Jeffery, Lawrence Heyworth, Charles Hol land, J. T. Ranson, R. W. Ronald, Richard Sheil, David M'Clellan, R. Bennett, J. Steele, Thomas Cope, and R. Liversidge. Mr. George Wilson presided. The first resolution, pledging the meet ing, and calling upon the reformers of Lancashire to support the measure of Mr. Bright, was moved by Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Bolton, seconded by M r . Harvey, Mayor of Salford, and sup ported by Mr. Barnes, ex-member for Bolton ; als o by Mr. Robertson Gladstone, who urged all classes' of society, for various reasons, to supp ort M r. Bright in his efforts to obtain Parlia mentary R eform, next session. Mr. J. R. Jeffery also supported the resolution,. contending that there ought to be no taxation . hen there . was no . representation. Theo madeation was carried unani mously. Mr. Bright somewhat lenghty speech, in the course ofvbi a e: h had put himself forward vith h the e denied that he au reat parliamentary leader on this or of becoming qstion. Mr. Bright then proce e d, or any other upon the various provisions of his billd to enlarge he concluded, he was loudly cheered. 'fired' when Publish A ample report of the proceedin gs . A Reform meeting was also held at Birr a i nehan , last evening, when resolutions i n favour of N - 1 7.' Bright's measure were carried unanimo us l y. The ' meeting, by a large majority, condemned universal suffrage. _ . . . . Yesterday, a most interesting ceremony took place at the show-rooms of Messrs. Elkington and Co. Captain Johnstone, late of the Eastern City, which ship was burned at sea in August last, was presented with a breakfast service of plate and a purse containing 100 guineas, for his calm and intrepid conduct on the occasion of the catastrophe, whereby the whole of the crew and passengers, with one exception, were saved from an untimely death.. e alie"war - feeling is in the ascendant. Our ad -71-'`from the Continent are of an exciting nature, and thoughts of peace seem to be almost abandoned by the leading politicians of Continental Europe. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, writing on Monday evening, says that the Emperor is preparing an immense surprise for the World in his speech at the opening of the Cham bers on Monday next, and adds, that France is certainly on the eve of war. This impression is now more widely diffused in Paris than at any period during the war excitement. The warlike tone of the Hapsburg journals, shows that no pacific solution is expected in any form of con cession from Vienna. The Russian Gazette of St. Petersburg publishes a letter, the • appearance of which in that journal is considered of certain political importance. The writer remarks, that when Austria sees no other guarantee for its possesgions in Italy than treaties, it is clear that she purely deceives herself. It is events, in fact, which make and unmake treaties. Suppose that the Italians, who took no part in the treaties on which Austria relies, had been able in 1848 to drive the Austrians from Lombardy, of what im portance would have been the treaties of 1815. Beyond the pale of government, there are nations and public opinion, with the forces and interests of which the governments are obliged to take account. As a sort of corroboration th 4 war seems to be almost certain, we hear of rumours that the English Government are about to ask a loan of £10,000,000 for the purpose of increased armaments, chiefly naval. Whether this loan be asked for or not, it is certain that the increase in the navy estimates this year will be considerable. It was believed there would be no increase in the number of sea men voted for, but the Daily News has foundation for stating that there will be an increase' of 3,000 men. Some of the Continental papers profess to tell us something more about the foreign policy of the British Government than we have ourselves been made acquainted with. They speak of the Queen's speech being already written, and in a very pacific sense, and they also tell us that Lord Malmesbury is determined to promote peace in Europe if he can. Le Nord publishes a telegram from Marseilles, stating that the active division, commanded - by General Renaud, has been recalled from Algeria, and is to be added immediately to 'the army of Lyons. It is stated that a large increase of the Royal Artillery serving in India will take place early in the summer. A telegram from Belgrade brings the intelligence that the Servian Skuptschina has " dismissed not merely the Ministry, but even the Senate." The provisional Government, which was at first estab lished, havingi gone off in smoke, no caimacanic having been instituted, and the Prince elect not having yet arrived, it is not so very extraordinary that the representative branch of the legis lature should again have assumed executive powers ; but the use they have now made of them must certainly appear strange in the eyes of those accustomed to constitutional life in. the West of Europe. The Senate, which the people, through the Skuptschina, has now abolished, was imposed upon it in 1838, by the Sultan, on the application of the party which then, by a coup de main, drove Milosch from power, and the leaders of which party have ever since composed that body. Milosch returning, their position very naturally became untenable, and the Skupt schina seems simply to have done what Milosch would have been obliged to do. What Turkey will have to say to this extraordinary coup d'etat, remains to be seen. Major-General Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.8., has been appointed secretary for military correspon dence at the War Office, in the room of Sir Henry Storks, K.C.B. Earl Granville, as leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, will give a parliamentary dinner to a large circle of his political friends of the Upper House, this (Wednesday) evening. _ A letter from Berlin states That the prince is most robust and well made. infant THE REFORMATORY SYSTEM IN LIVERPOOL TIIE report we gave yesterday of the meeting of the Liverpool Reformatory Committee would show what is being done here in that most im portant practical department of public charity and well-doing. It is not much, it must be confessed, in such a town as this. But it is something ; and it proves that there is the opportunity of doing a great deal more, could popular sympathy and concern be only led more generally in that direc tion. The best portion of the charitable work in hand, is evidently that of the Akbar Reformatory Ship, in the Mersey, which is just that kind of Reformatory establishment which is adapted to the numerous class of idle and dissolute boys to be met with in a large sea-port. Shipowners have much in their power, as respects the giving due effect to such an effort as this ; and the Committee, it would be seen, make an earnest appeal to that body of our fellow-townsmen, to " aid them in this the most important part of their work, not merely in taking boys into their employment, but that both shipowners and captains will exercise such a careful supervision over these boys as will pre vent, thrmigh the revival of old associations, their lapsing again into crime,"—being convinced, they add, " that the further and more entirely both boys and girls are removed from old haunts and companions, the more likely is their reformation to be permanent." The public generally have it also in their power to aid most materially in pro moting the benevolent purpose of another part of their work—that of the Girls' Reformatory, which comprises an extensive wash-house and laundry. The Committee, it would be observed, stated in their Report, that as " the accommodation and appliances in this department are now complete, and amply sufficient to get through a large amount of work, it is hoped that the receipts from this source, as well as from the needlework and dressmaking, may be, during the coming year, very considerable,"—adding, that " the work has been so well done as to give entire satisfaction ; and, in the hope that it will continue to be as efficiently performed, they venture to solicit a larger amount of support from the public in this department." Let us trust that neither of these appeals will be disregarded. With respect to the subject generally of these Reformatories, there is undoubtedly a great deal yet to be done ; and there very much needs some more effectual means of bringing their operations to bear upon those classes for which they are designed. But as well as greater and more cordial public support to such institutions, there must, we humbly conceive, be some more decidedly aggres sive means adopted to draw the youthful prowlers about our streets, at any rate, under their active influence. Rector CAMPBELL remarked, it seems, to the meeting on Monday, that " he could wish— a vain wish, he feared—that it were possible, by some legislative enactment, to compel those juvenile vagabonds who infested their streets, and who were brought up to the perpetration of crime, to enter the Ragged School ;"—expressing, at the same time, his apprehension, " that such a measure would not be considered consistent with the liberty of the subject in this free eQuar/ ;"—though it THE NORTHERN 'rimEs WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1859 was to be hoped, he added, " that the attention of the public would be directed to the subject, in order that as much as possible might be done to bring that worst part of the population under the influence of education and religion." Such, we have no doubt, is the benevolent Rector's most anxious deiire ; for he takes the warmest personal interest, we know, in the matter. But we are persuaded that the Police regulations might be so directed as to accomplish the object in view, without any fear of being considered as acting inconsistently with the liberty of the subject. With the " juvenile vaga bonds that infest our streets," we must not be too squeamish on such a score as that—a " free country " though it be. This was the course pur sued in a northern city, where more, perhaps, has been done than in any other place in the kingdom for the reclamation of such young scamps, in pro portion to its population : we mean the City of Aberdeen. The Police had orders to carry off all the vagabond boys and girls they met with, day by day, to the Ragged Schools, where, however, they were fed, as well as instructed,—and also taught certain trades. And the plan was most successful; crime having been to a considerable extent lessened, juvenile vagrancy prevented, and the children of the poor properly educated, and trained in liabits of order, morality, and industry. The author and promoter of that good work was the Sheriff of the City ; and we believe that a full account of his system, and its practical results, Ijas been publiShed, and may be found in the catalogue of the Reformatory publications of the day. It would be a great thing for a town like ours to have such a system introduced here; and we therefore take the liberty of commending it to the considera tion of the Liverpool Reformatory Committee. " That armaments and arsenals did not contribute to the welfare or the happiness of States must be evident to every unprejudiced observer, for they had only to cast their eyes over Europe and they would see that in those countries where there were the largest standing armies there was the greatest amount of debt, and the greatest distress, while the liberties of the people were crushed under the power of the sword." Now a flat contradiction is given to this by the circumstances of our own Country. It is their complaint that we, here in England, have so large a standing army; and yet can it with any truth be said, or insinuated, that under our free institutions "the people are crushed under the power of the sword P" : Imore unscrupulous exaggeration, nay, a more gluing misrepresentation, could scarcely have been put For our part, We should rejoice as ardently as the most enthusiastic of the peace-at-any-price party could ever do, were it possible to do away with the necessary evil of a standing army. But when there are so many enemies to peace astir in all directions around us, without such a defensive force at hand, in case of need, our country would be exposed to dangers which might bring down upon it the direst calamities, and create and perpetuate evils, in comparison with. which the evils of a score of standing armies would be real blessings him at the Liverpool Assizes, in an action fo r damages, by one who had sustained a great loss by the failure of the Bank, on the ground that this Director had been a party to a statement put forth to prop up the Bank, at the time of the panic, which contained a gross mis representation of its actual condition. One part of the defence was that the defendant had opposed the statement going forth ; yet he eventually concurred in it. And the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE remarked that he had acted on the principle, " Video meliora proboque, Deteriora sequor,"— which means, that he saw and approved better things, but he followed out the worse which he condemned. It virtually amounts to a sentence of self-condemnation. It is the case of a person whose conduct is directly opposed to his avowed sentiments. And such, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE held, was precisely the Bank Director's situation. He had therefore involved himself in a legal inculpation. The principle which rendered it unlawful, was a very ancient one. OVID, .who flourished before the Christian era, had embodied it in his immortal verse. Such, then, are some of the uses of the ancient classics. We live in an age when such resources are too apt to be disregarded, if not despised—when what is ancient is too much considered to be obsolete. It is an age, indeed, which people are too prone to think is in everything superior to what has ever been before ; and more especially to anything there could possibly be in the eyes of antiquity. It is a time when, as a modern writer has observed, "we are now free from the yoke of pedantry ; and a man may say that envy is a tor menting passion, and love an agreeable one, without 'OVID or SENECA to prove it." But there are axioms, there are general principles, and leading truths, to be found in the ancient standard authors, which have been held to be unerring maxims, and stand ing precepts for well nigh two thousand yearn ; and though time may have mellowed their cha racter, it has not impaired their fore e. THE GOVERNMENT are purchasing largely of teak wood in Liverpool, and appear to be requiring in haste, as it is immediately despatched per railway, the Great Northern, to Woolwich. Chiefly purchased through Messrs. Duncan and Ewing, and Farnworth and Jardine. UNIVERSITY Horrouns.—We understand that the Upper Collegiate School, which re-opens to-day, has two of its pupils in the list of mathematical honours at Cambridge. Mr. L. Middowson is among the wranglers, and Mr. PeIICSV Arthur among the senior optimes. GARSTON LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.—The monthly meeting of this board was held yesterday, at the board room, Garston, J. G. Morris, Esq., in the chair: The other members present were —Alderman Cooper, Messrs. Chaloner, Heald, Watts, M'Entyre, and Chidson. Mr. Lloyd, the law clerk, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. The reports of the finance and works committees were read and confirmed. The report of the health committee was also confirmed. The routine business was then transacted, and the board adjourned. THE FIRE AT WEST DERBY.—A correspondent writes : "Your account in yesterday morning's paper, concerning the fire which took place at the premises used as school-room and institute at West Derby was not correct. The true statement is as follows : The fire was first seen on Mr. Stephenson's premises ; and when the stable door was broken open, the horse was found dead ; and that was before the stables and tarred sheds were destroyed. The schoolroom was the last place that was caught by the fire. The premises do not belong to the Earl of Sefton, they belong to Thomas Toulmin, Esq., and occupied by Mr. Alexander Westmore." LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The first con cert of this session of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society took place last night, and Madame Viardot Garcia, Miss Eyles, Miss Arabella Goddard, Signors Giulio Regondi, Luchesi and Dragone, together with J. Hatton as accompanyst, formed a strong party, and a very good selection having been made, a large audience was gratified with a first rate concert. Mozart's symphony in D, the overtures to Preicosa and the Crown Diamonds were the orchestral pieces. Miss Arabella Goddard played Mendelssohn's concerto on the piano -forte, and Thalberg's "Last Rose of Summer," and " Com'e Gentile." Giulio Regondi played two exquisite pieces on the concertina, and the choir were very successful in their four part songs. The principal vocalists were all very successful, the ladies especially, but we have not space to particularise. HOPE HALL LECTURES. —Yesterday evening, a lecture was delivered in Hope Hall, Hope-street, by P. E. Dove, Esq., of . Glasgow, subject, "The Story of Robert the Bruce." The me eting was opened by prayer, after which R. Al Macfie, Esq., took the chair, and introduced the lecturer by a few appropriate remarks. Mr. Dove commenced by showing the relation that his last lecture on " Wallace " had to the one he was about to deliver, and then proceeded to trace the geneaology of Robert Bruce, showing him to be of Norman extraction. He next went on to say that Bruce had been bred up in such a way as to justify him in holding the opinion that Edward of England was his rightful king, and that would account for his wavering so much in the early part of his history— one day swearing allegiance to Edward, and the next fighting for the Scot,s. Wallace had been fighting for the cause of John Baliol—not being able to trust a man who was every day changing his way of work ing, such as Bruce was in the habit of doing at that time. The lecturer followed Bruce from the day in which he had killed the Red Comyne, on account of his treachery, to the end of his days, giving all the various troubles to which he had been subjected to, and the many and valiant actions in which he had been engaged. He concluded by reminding his audience that Bruce's conduct, at last, was worthy of the imitation of any people. Though he had been a man as changeable as the wind in the first part of his life, at the last he had become as stable as a rock in his purpose, He was at last, the man who fought the battle of Bannockburn, rather than break his word. At the close of the lecture, which was a very able and interesting one, the benediction was pronounced, and the meeting separated. TOXTETH-PARK BOARD OF HEALTH. —Yesterday a meeting of the Board was held in the Board-room, Park road. The members present were—Messrs . Alpass (chairman), Hughes, Walker, Wainwright, Rogers, Woodhead, Smith, Darsie, Boult, and Siddeley. On the recommendation of the secretary of the committee, Grove Park was adopted as a public highway. A memorial was read from the inhabitants of Aigburth road, praying that that street might be put into complete repair and so kept. It was found that a number of the memorialists were not resident in the district. The memorial was referred to the executive committee, who were to report on it to the board. The chairman then moved, that a person be appointed to act as inspector and collector of taxes, at a salary not exceeding 1501. a year, and that his whole time be given to their business. He said they had had a gentleman under Mr. Newman, who had given entire satisfaction—he meant Mr. Moikhouse. That gentleman had shown himself to be qualified to fill the situation, as he was a practical man, and when the day of appointment would come, he would have great pleasure in recommending him. The board would see the necessity of having such a person from what had already been done. The question for making bye-laws for building houses, had been referred to the executive committee, and without such a person to see that these matters were properly carried out, the bye-laws would be of no avail. Mr. Hughes thought that they should not fix the inspector's salary at £3 a-week. Mr. Walker held the opinion of Mr. Hughes. He went into a statement of the financial outlay for the past year, which he thought was too high. Mr. Darsie explained that his view was not that they were to fix the snm at Ll5O a year, but at a sum not exceeding that. A question then arose as to whether they would advertise in the newspapers for an inspector, or refer it to the Executive Committee to select and recommend a person to the board. There was an apparant difficulty about the committee being able to recommend the most suitable person to fill the office. The Chairman put the question—Would they leave the matter to the executive, or have an advertisement in the papers ? On the votes being taken, it was decided that the matter should be left in the hands of the executive committee. Mr. Hughes moved that the board be furnished with the particulars of the receipts and expenditure of all the rates, keeping each rate separately. Mr. Rogers seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. This concluded the business, and the meeting separated. STANDING ARMIES There can be no question about large standing armies being things to be deprecated. But since a standing army of some degree of force is a necessary evil in a country like ours, with such vast and scattered interests to protect, and so many dominions to defend, they certainly err who decry their being kept up at all. War is a curse to any people ; but armies, though designed for war, in case of need, are much more frequently its prevention than its occasion. Take the case of England in the present state of Continental Europe—to go no further—with some of the most powerful of the European Governments increasing their armaments rather alarmingly,—where would be her position were she left defenceless —had she no standing army to rely upon, and her Continental neighbours knew it, as knew it they, of course, would ? Can it for a moment be sup posed that England has no enemies to take advan tage of her defenceless condition, the moment she should be found defenceless ? It does not of • necessity involve any approval of war, to concur in the necessity of keeping up a sufficient military force to be ready, should there be any need for them, to defend our own "tight little island" at home, or our vast possessions abroad. They evidently overshoot the mark, then, who decry all soldiery whatever, as the Quakers do, and as one (we believe) of their body, Mr. EDMUND FRY, has been doing in a public lecture he has delivered in the metropolis. It is contended that there are " evils inflicted on a community by their rulers having the power of maintaining large standing armies, and at any moment, to suit their own whim or caprice, threatening to launch these against a neighbouring State." And no doubt there are great evils thus inflicted, where the ruler of a kingdom is unhappily in a position to be able to go to war on his own mere " whim or caprice." But such is not our case. We have, it is true, a large standing army ; but not for the purpose of going to war, so much as to avert the possibility of such a calamity. And if other Powers, with standing armies, are really so circumstanced as, "on their own whim or caprice," to at any time " launch them against a neighbouring State," surely it were a very strong and urgent reason why we should be prepared, in such an event, to to resist them. Our case, with respect to the employment of armaments, is this,—the power of the Crown to direct the • military force of the kingdom, is balanced by the annual necessity of resorting to Parliament for the maintenance and government of that force; and the power of the Sovereign to declare war, is checked by the privilege of the House of Commons to grant or withhold the sup plies by which the war must be carried on. So that the fact is, our rulers cannot possibly indulge " their own whim and caprice," if they should happen to have any, in such a matter at all. They have not even " the power of maintaining large standing armies," for any purpose whatever, with out the House of Commons chooses to give it them. So that here we see a very 'gross fallacy, and a very inexcusable piece of misrepresentation, have been put forth by the Quaker-Lecturer, as respects the effect, in anywise, of a standing army in this country. The maxim is denied, but not disproved, that the best way to preserve peace, is to be prepared for war. How should we stand, in this country, as regards peace or war, if our standing army was so much reduced as to be utterly ineffectual, or, as the Quakers contend ought to be the case, we had no army at all ? Would not our defenceless state be immediately taken advantage of ? Is there no Power, either in the old world or the new, that would be tempted to come and take liberties with us, or even propose to " annex" us ? And would not this soon lead to war,—unless, of course, we were content to bend our necks to any foreign yoke that might be threatened us ? But then the Quaker's peace party admit that " it is the people who have the matter in their own hands." Undoubtedly they have. Only, it is declared, that "so long as the people clamour for more ships and more guns, or rather when the writers in the public Press do so, we cannot expect that there will be a great diminution in these." But why do they " clamour " for them ? Why, but because they see that unless we are fully and completely prepared for defence, there can be no security whatever that we shall not be assailed-- and, when assailed, worsted. Another of the Quaker fallacies is thus stated,— MAXIMS OF ANTIQUITY Two remarkable cases were reported in our columns a day or two since, in which occasions occurred of practically illustrating those principles of jurisprudence which are immutable, and for authentications of which our judges refer back to very ancient times. We have, in our own national system of justice, and our own science of law, the lex non seripta,—the common law of England, which, for centuries, remained unwritten, and which is still held paramount to all modern enact ments, in -clearness, brevity, 'and authority. But as well as this, there are certain fundamental and unchanging principles of justice and equity, the precepts of which, it is true, are all:embodied in Holy Writ, but certain expressions of which are to be found in the writings of the jurists and the moralists of antiquity, and even apart from the divine instructions of Christianity itself. They contain that divine essence of which it has been said, "that by whomsoever manifested it comes from God," and which we regard as that eternal truth that must ever be the basis of eternal justice. And all law must rest on this. There can be no righteous judgment which has not this for its foundation. It, therefore, was the principle that pervaded their jurisprudence, from which our oven system has been derived, and which our Christianity has, of course, enabled us, in many respects, to improve upon. Well has it been observed of law learning, that "it is an old feudal castle in perfect preservation, which the legal architect, who aspires to the first honours of his profession, will delight to explore and learn all the uses to which its various parts used to be put ; and he will the better understand, enjoy, and relish the progressive improvements of the science in modern times." No doubt he will ; for he is thereby enabled to trace back its principles to their origin, and to recognise their development through the progress of that system of jurispru dence which has been gradually perfected in our own judicial courts, until ours has become the purest and fairest administration of justice that is to be met with, perhaps, in the world. But the standing maxims not only of human wisdom, but of Divine justice —for justice, lik truth, is divine —and which are to be found expressed in terms so plain and so terse in those ancient classics which continue, even in this utilitarian age, to be the text-books of the learned, in the law as in everything else, are those to which appeal is constantly made, whenever a principle of juris prudence has to be elucidated or enforced. Jus tice is the motive by which we give to every man that which is his due. And in equity—and in law, where this is its basis—in all that is decreed, and all that is done, more especially under accusations of what is criminal or what is illegal, this virtue must ever be religiously regarded. And now to the two occasions we have referred to, as practically illustrating the unimpaired value and importance of those ancient and classical maxims, which are still quoted and appealed to for guidance and direction, in our own science and system of law. The first was that of the application to our Court of Queen's Bench of a poor Curate in London for a mandamus to the Archbishop of Canterbury to hear his, the Curate's, appeal against the decision of his Bishop—the Archbishop having confirmed the said decision, though a most arbitrary one, without giving the poor Curate any opportunity of being heard in his defence. It is unnecessary to make any further allusion to the facts of the case here. Suffice it to say, that the Court determined to grant the mandamus, on the ground that the appellant had a right to be heard in his defence, which he had not been ; and that the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE justified this determination by a precept of SENECA'S,— Qui statuit aliquid, parte inaudita alters, 2Equum licet statuerit, haud nquus fecit." That is to say, that he who decided in any case, without hearing the other side of the question, though he might determine justly, was not there fore just. Such was the maxim of SENECA some eighteen hundred years ago. And SENECA was a Roman philosopher, moralist, and jurist; and his maxims, being those of eternal justice, will never be out of date. SENECA, too, was a heathen,—a fact which has a curious bearing in such a case as that to which his maxim is applied ; which is that of a Christian prelate condemned by the precept of a Pagan moralist. " Strike ; but hear," is another ancient maxim of very similar import. The second instance was also one in which the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE appropriated an ancient classical apothegm ; but this time it was one of OVID'S. It was a case which has a deep local interest ; and let us hope that, on this account, if on no other, the lesson it reads will be all the more readily and the more thoroughly learned. A Director of our late Borough Bank had appealed against the verdict obtained against THE LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE DONALD McKAY. This magnificent ship, belonging to the Black Ball line of clippers, arrived here yesterday morning' She sailed from Melbourne on the 7th November/ and has consequently made the run in about, 85 days. The Donald McKay brings gold valued at about £130,000, and a moderate cargo of wool, tallow, hides, and copper ore. THE AUSTRALIAN OVERLAND MAIL• The light portion of the Australian Mails via. Marseilles is expected to be distributed on Fridsi, or Saturday next. The heavy portion is expect about the 10th inst. SERVIA. BELGRADE, Jan. 31. The Skruptschina has decreed the dismissal ° f the Ministers of the Senate. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 1 The exportation of horses towards the frontie, o of Lombardy, Tyrol , and Sugrenze b or d ers of the Adriatic, have been prohibited. TRIESTE, Feb. 1. The Duchess Calabria has embarked this after noon for Naples. According to advices received from Ancona $ political assassination has been committed there. ITALY. BARI, 28th January. The King of Naples arrived here yesterday evening. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF MADRAS. Sir Walter C. Treveylgan, K.C.13., is gazettei in last night's Gazette to the governorship Madras. THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN INDIA. Lieutenant (riow Commander) Young, and W* liam Hill, seaman, having been recommended by' the late Captain Peel, R.N., for the Victoria Cross/ Her Majesty has signified her intention to confer this decoration upon them. THE FRENCH BOURSE. PARIS, Feb. Ist, 1.16 p.m• The Bourse opened very flat, with a furthe r decline of k per cent. in Rentes. 2.28 px-i• A sudden rise has taken place, and Rentes ar e , now 68.50 in liquidation, and 68.60 for Februan account. The Bourse is very animated, and the prices _ 2 .4 securities are continually varying. Sevin Coulissiers arc spoken of as being unable to U 1 their engagements. Liquidation very different. 3.40 pin. The rise in the Rentes has not been maintained' and they close very flat at 68.15 for money, an d 68.25 for the end of February. THE FRENCH SARDINIAN MARRIAGE . A letter from Turin states that, to enable th e marriage of Prince Napoleon and the Princes Clotilda to be celebrated on a Sunday, a dispen o " tion from Rome was necessa r y, accor di ng to t ll _, e rules of the Catholic Church ; an d th a t the Po i t not only granted it at once, but accompanied -1 with his congratulations to the illustrious couple' The clauses in the marriage contract are nearlJ as follows : The Princess receives a marriage portion of 500,000 lire! and 100,000 lire in jewels. France, on her part, promis e ; to the imperial pair an appanage of 200,000 f year, besides 100,000 f. to the Princess as pin mole' (spillatico). The Independente of Turin states that the rill presented by the Empress of the French to Princess Clotilda, was accompanied by the folloir ing autograph letter : It is customary in Spain, when a young person take: a husband, for her best friend to offer her a ring. Spaniard by birth, I wish to observe towards you To" tradition of my country. Will you, then, receive tbi: ring,. and permit me, while waiting to embrace you as cousin, to call myself your first friend ? THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAg-, The following o ffi cial bulletin was issued Test e ' day : BERLIN, Feb. Ist, 11.30 11. 111 ,4 The state of health of the Princess is quite satisfaCto The new born Prince is doing well (Signed) Dr. ScnoENLEur Dr. WEGNER. Dr. MARTIN, REFORM MEETING. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY Njairr A town's-meeting on Reform was held here o f evening, and, a resolution in favour of a n ex tensiols o f the Franchise, vote by Ballot, and a re-distributioll iw seats, was unanimously passed, and a petiti on t o P0,_1 4 ,:i ment adopted. A resolution was also passed, pleaF i s the meeting to give its support to Mr. Bright's bill. 0 amendment for manhood saffrage being negatived bf large majority. GREAT FIRE IN DUBLIY . DUBLIN, Tuesday night. —This morning, between se en and eight o'clock, a fire was discovered to h ave brok en out in the extensive distillery o f Si r J ames Power, 133 ft, , in John's-lane. The flames sp rea d w i t h f ear f u l rapiu'"l4 and in a short time a large section of the concern t iij enveloped in a blaze. The fire con ti nue d t o r age ier , about four o'clock, when it was c om pl e t e ly go t ull e t The damage done is estimated at many thousandgr the premises, It is said, were fully insured in se c ' offices in the city. THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET' DUBLIN, Wednesdaii o f The Freeman's Journal of to-day, gives a full reP r • o li the dinner given by th e L or d M ayor l ast n i g h t, at Wile the Lord Lieutenant was present. In responding t° toast of " Prosperity to Ireland," his Excellea after some remarks of a general charaol:o said that the secret societies might have been of a Ife serious character than was generally imagined. ev deeply deprecated their existence, but believed the Ow sures the Government had adopted were sufficien t _Afe their suppression without the int ro du c ti on o f an y COe' laws. ers , In referring to the Galway line of American steau l eo r he declared be was gratified that within the last 9 0 communication had been establi s h e d b y G a l way betviso° this country and America, and they had now a swit l i ip secure line of steamers, promoted by a gentleman a ll Lever), who he was happy to see present, plied ITV° t he between the old and new worlds, making Galway t ' port of departure. Hi s E xce ll ency th en wen t into r ' t be minute figures, and showed that s ince th e o p en ing o' if es Lever line, by far more p assengers h a d ava il e d thenis° o l of that route, proportionately, than of the Cnnard line ; a fact of which, he added, he was happy. BAIL COURT—YESTERDAY.. Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice Earle. THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATION OF LIVERF:pbt Mr. Milward stated that this was an indictment b lic the corporation for improperly interfering with a loot highway in the const ruc ti on o f th e i r wa t erwor ks, amts making a proper road i n li eu th ereo f. Th e defer had been convicted, and a rule had been obtained f °l. v ie ( purpose of ordering them to pay a large fine with 3 o ft of compelling them to make a new and sufficient r ha d The matter had been referred to Mr. Ellis, 01° 60' stated that a road had now been made t o his satisfac ru le The learned counsel therefore consented that thef should be made absolute, and a nom i na l fine o ai tis' imposed. Mr. Overend said that would be perfeetli Safi'' imposed. Rule absolute. COURT FOR C D AU TT E R S C ._ E Y A E N ST D ERD M I A Y. TRIMOS IMI. Before the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Justice Wightment the Judge Ordinary. In thi6 WEBER v. WEBER AND PYNE.—SENTENCE.%gooIr case the issues had bee n f oun d i n f avour o f the i ii-p r; i e dents. on behalf of whom Dr. Spinks and Mr. L 47 O r moved that the petition be dismissed, and the.. d be Weber be condemned in all costs. Mr. M`Quee 11 : 2 1 terl was instructed by th e p e titi oner to consent. (."3„-' Petition dismissed with costs.