Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-24 00:00:00

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Bort4ern (Linn FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1859, THE DAY'S NEWS The only news of interest from the continent, in relation to the present War, is that in connection with the attitude of Prussia. By a telegram received last night, we have received the intelligence that Prussia has demanded permission to march 31,000 troops through Hanover to the Rhine, between the Ist and sth of July. From the same authority we are informed that the guard should remain at Berlin and Potsdam. Six regiments of cavalry and infantry should be cantoned in the province of Brandenburg. Three corps d'armee will take up positions bet ween the lower and the central Rhine ; two other corps d'armee will be stationed upon the upper Rhine and the river Maine. One of these corps will proceed to its destination through Silesia, Saxony, and Bavaria. The departure of the troops will take place about the Ist of July. The Cologne Gazette complains of the vague manner in which the semi-official journal s of Berlin speak of the policy of Prussia, and says the question is simply this : Have we professed any interest whatever in reconquering Lombardy for Austria, and in imposing the odious yoke of foreign dominations anew on the Italians ? The Paris correspondent of the Times remarks that it certainly is not for the interest of Prussia, or Germany, that Austria should be too much weakened ; and therefore Prussia is likely to take energetic steps to ward off a catastrophe which would be all but inevitable, if Austria, while at war with France, had at the same time to encounter her insurgent provinces. The basis of the mediations, which, it is said,Prussia will propose to the belligerent Powers, are—That Lombardy shall become an inde pendent State ; Venetia be governed by an Austrian Archduke; and an energetic application shall be made to France and Austria to bring about an armistice. The Daily News thinks a great battle in Italy may not be so imminent as is generally expected. The Allies will probably wait until a combined attack can be executed, in ivhicri Prince Napoleon,' and 7 the force to be landed on the Venetian coast, can take a • part. The Times speaks in most disparaging terms of the military system of Austria. It is a giant which has collapsed : discipline, physical strength, the -everything commissariat, the strategy, the transport— has failed in the hour of trial. 'This hu 3 army consists of an immense crowd of raw lads;without training, without skill, without stamina Daily News, in noticing the visit of the King of the BelgianS, :reinfirk's that' 116' can sdtisfaCtorily reply to the question, whether the treaty, of ,Vienna can lose a clause or two without distarbing : the equilibrium or Europe ; or had that treaty remained intact, there would have been no kingdom of Belgium. The limes, in reply to the Journal des Debuts, says that Perrin is au islet reek, utterly incapable of exercising any power over the passage of the sea in which it lies, and that no steps Whatever ha ve be en taken to fortify it. proba bly Th e Gl o b e says th a t Vi sc ount Sydney will be the new Chamberlain. On the re-assenabling of Parliament, Lord vi v i ai will ask the Und er S ecretary o f St a t e for 'Parr the intentions of her Majesty's Government with respect to volunteer corps, whether : they adopt the views of the late Administration, or whether they are disposed to supply a sufficient quantity of arms for practice purposes. Lord,Brougham has given notice that on July 1.4 he will ,ask a question as to the truth of a proposed reduction in the navy estimates. The city of London election - is—frxed for Monday next. Yesterday, at the Police-court, Mr. John Godfrey, a well-known attorney, was the complainant, in an assault case. From the evidence it would appear that Mr. Godfrey is the trustee and attorney to a Mrs. Youd, residing in Seymour -street. On Monday evening last, he paid a friendly visit to Mrs. Youd, and her sister-in-law, and Mrs. Reynard ; on going into the house he found two men in the lobby, who had taken lodgings in the house. He looked hard at them, told them he did not like their appearance, that he knew one of them, that he was a dishonest and immoral man, and that he was not fit to be left in a house with lone women. He then ordered them off ; but instead of doing so, one of them caught him by the throat, and almost strangled him, while the other belabored him on the head and about the face ; the result being that Mr. Godfrey was seriously injured, receiving cuts on his head and face, and his fainting in the arms of the fair sister in-law. The men then went away, and a warrant was obtained by Mr. Godfrey. One of them, who gave his name as Louis Redlish, was apprehended, and Mr, Godfrey prosecuted yesterday. Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner, and the case was dismissed. At the weekly meeting of the Dock Board yester day some discussion took place as to the working of the line of dock telegraph—whether under the management of the board, or by letting it to a private company. The marine committee recommended the latter course, reserving a priority for messages in the board's service. The question was finally referred back to that committee (by whom it was introduced) to report as to the terms and conditions upon which they would recommend the letting of the line to private parties, We are sorry to learn that, on the arrival of the City of Baltimore at Queenstown, yesterday, on her way to New York, that one of the three blades of her screw was found broken. The Captain deter mined at once to return to Liverpool, and landed the mails and passengers. The energy and enterprise of the owners may be seen from the fact that, they at once made arrangements to despatch a boat to take her place, and the Vigo proceeds this evening, after a short notice of some dozen hours, THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1859 lightened artlessness as that. the well-drilled army of the Empire, and thelibry in every step of it, with the same plotting duplicity which was employed in laying the train for the present lawless enterprise, and veiled with the same solemn professions and the same profound dissimu lation. We have to do with one who professes to mean —and who, it is quite possible, may mean well to us, but who is the master of vast means of aggression, and is utterly free from the bond which • ...v.LA ••• can alone produce security bet ween nation and nation, as between man. and man." • * Saturday Review RAPID INTERCHANGE OF COMMUNICATION WITH AMERICA. —The Liverpool, Quebec, and Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's screw steamer North Briton left this port on the Est ixistant. .Her advices arrived in New York, via Father Point, on-the Ijtla, and the eft which her news had upau the American markets waa telegraphed the same afternoan, and sent OA IgArd the now steam-ship liengftrin i which the standard of , revolt once raised there, under similar auspices. Were a deliver of the French people from their oppression, but to go into their midst with an army of two hundred thousand men at his back, and promise them liberty, to say nothing of more substantial spoils, as the French despot is doing in Italy, there cannot be a ques tion that his progress would be quite as great an ovation as Louis NAPOLEON'S is described to be The Italians are formally declaring, we see, that they offer their welcome to the French Emperor as " a testimony of their respectful sympathy,"—and that they offer it " in the name of all the victims of Austrian tyranny, and of the proscribed." And what wou?d be easier, than to go and do likewise in France ? What might not be offered by a powerful invader, with " deliverance from oppression " on his banners, " in the name of all the victims of Napoleonic tyranny "—and in vindication of all that innocent blood which filled the gutters of the streets of Paris at the horrible Napoleonic coup-d'etat by which " the Empire " was re-established ? We can sympathise warmly, we repeat, with the unhappy Italians ; and it is our heart's desire and prayer that they may be free, and that their national happiness and prosperity may be secured. But we have no hope of any such happy consummation at the hands of the present invaders, with whatever fair speeches they may have gone among them. Only too much reason is there to fear, that it will have to be said of this, as it has had to be said of so many other revolts, that " whatever temporary relief may be gained, must be followed by infinitely worse revulsions, the principle of conflict having once been introduced ; when subjects are driven to redress their own grievances, and consequently are familiarised to a licentiousness of complaint and impatience, under which no Government can remain stable ; when the ruling power is exasperated and hardened by opposition ; when the collision between the insurgent and the Sovereign lets loose upon society all the horrors and passions of civil discord ; when mutual suspicion and distrust is infused into every relation of life ; when foreign interference is invited to assist the contest, and take advantage of its issue ; when ail fixed rule and order are cast aside in the appointment of Governors, and their desig nation is now openly left to the decision of the sword; when brute violence is thus made the law of the nation, and before it has swept away ancient institutions, honoured classes, all that is permanent, and peaceful, and sacred ; and the State becomes a wreck, and the land is defiled with blood ;"—when such, we say, is too apt to be the career of a nation under the influences of revolt, what so likely as that the triumphant foreign despot should take possession of such a country, and henceforth rule its people with his rod of iron ? And who, in such a case, can say, that the last state of that 'nation is not worse than the first ? We know it may be said,—indeed it is, we observe, being said already,--that Louis NAPOLEON has declared his intentions to be very different from such as are involved in apprehensions like these. Look, they say, at his Milan proclamation ? Does he not, in that manifesto, demonstrate a most public-spirited and disinterested course of action ? Is it not there made quite clear, that his first and sole design is to liberate the Italians —not to give them merely a change of masters ? Does he not evidently feel for their present oppression, and breathe forth the most ardent desire to set them free But was it likely, let us ask, in sober seriousness, that he would tell them he was come to Italy in any other capacity than as its deliverer? Is it ever the policy of such schemers to declare their proud pur poses ? Look at the treacherous adventurer's ante cedents. "Did he," as we see it pertinently asked.— " Did he swear to the citizens of the French Republic, on being elected President, that he would make a coup d'etat, clap the Assembly into prison vans, establish himself as despot, and shoot down or transport to Cayenne every person who did not appear gratified at that arrangement ? Did he even swear that his intentions were at that moment uncertain; and that there was no saying what he might do if circumstances proved favourable and opportunity offered ? Or did he swear to them over and over again to maintain their laws and liberties inviolate to the last drop of his blood ? If there are men who mistake their epoch, he is not one of them.' Who can charge the Loins QUATORZE of Compiegne with mistaking his epoch ? Who can charge with mistaking his epoch a Sovereign who has restored to France, after thirty years of Consti tutional government, the reyinze of lettres de cachet and the Bastille ?" No, indeed,—Louis NAPOLEON is not exposed to the suspicion of any such unen- His are the sins, not of si»zplicity, but of duplicity. But, it may be asked again, what has England to do with all thiS - ? - We will allow the able and independent contemporary already quoted to answer the question for us ; which he does most conclusively when he declares, that whatever_may be the grounds for supposing there are no ulterior views of conquest, or of aggrandisement, on his part, yet, "at the same time, all the facts tally equally well with the sup position that the scheme is, having'avenged Moscow •., : _ . with the help of England; next to avenge Leipsie with the help of Russia, and then—with perhaps the same help--to turn round and avenge Waterloo. We are not . of opinion," our contemporary adds, " that such a scheme would be a hopeful one. We are of opinion that its projector would prove to have mistaken his epoch,' and that he would speedily find the difference bet Ween the European nations of 1793 and the European nations of 1859 —between crusaders of the Repßblic —and between himself and the First Consul. But one thing is certain—that, if such a scheme is entertained, it will be conducted, arrived in Liverpool on the night of the 20th inst. Such a quick intercommunication, between the old and new worlds is a performance hitherto unparalleled, and is equally credit able to the company, 'represented here by Messrs. Allen Brothers. DUBLIN, Thursday.—The evening Freeman contains a telegram from its private correspondent, confirming the announcement of the appointment of the Right Hon. M. Brady as Lord Chancellor for Ireland, and stating that Lord Proby, son of the Earl of Carysford, and one of the members for the County of Wicklow, has been appointed Treasurer of the Household. Ausrusaa....---Three vessels arrived from the Australian colonies, yesterday, with gold, viz At Liverpool— Annie Wilson, with Shalimar In the Downs— Owen Glendower ozs. 5,338 24,390 35,500 65,228 Valued at ..... ..... £260,912 . The Annie Wilson sailed from Melbourne on the 18th of March, and the Shalimar on the 26th. The former brings, in addition to the gold, 279 bales of wool, and the Shalimar 137 bales. THE STEAM-SIIIP GMT OP BA LTIMOItE.—We are renjiested to state, for the information of the large number of shippers and friends of passengers by this steamer, that on her arrival at Queenstown yesterday afternoon, after a fine run of twenty-one and-a-half hour s from. Liverpool, one of the three blades of her fan was found to be broken, though it was perfect when in graving duck here last week. Under these circumstances, it was considered most prudent not to proceed, and she left for Liverpool again last night, where a spare screw is made, and will be put on in about two days. Immediately on the news being received, the company's steamer Vigo was prepared, and leaves this morning at daylight (the earliest moment she can get out of dock), to take up the passengers at Queenstown, whence she will sail with them for New York direct on Saturday. OUR FOREIGN POLICY. Tuis is now, more than ordinarily, a matter of the utmost moment to the welfare of England, and, in some degree also, to the interests of Europe at large. The country had become quite satisfied with our foreign policy in the hands of the late Government, even under the critical circumstances in which it had to be directed —with a war raging between European Powers, with all of which we are on terms of amicable relationship ; and a war, too, in the object of which the Government had had occasion to interpose, without altogether pleasing either party. Had they who pursued that policy been allowed the opportunity of still directing the affairs of this country, all cause of anxiety would probably have been removed. This opinion is not a mere speculative one now ; Lord MALMESBURY'S Corres pondendence on the subject of the war, which in volves that policy infinitely more deeply and more critically than any other foreign question of the day can be said to do, has established the fact most con clusively. No one of our countrymen can read that ' Correspondence, without being satisfied as to the foreign policy of the Government from which it has proceeded. The people's apprehensions, it is true, were already becoming quieted under the outburst of the war, by what they saw and learned, through various means, direct and indirect, of the conduct of the Foreign Minister, in the difficult and delicate position in which he was placed by the proceedings of the belligerents. But the publication of the Correspondence has once and for ever set at rest any lingering doubt there might still remain, as to our security from all risk of being entangled in the war, so long as the policy was adhered to which had so tar enabled the Government to preserve a strict neutrality. That this view of the case is a correct one, divested of all mere party feeling, and party prejudice, either one way or the other, cannot admit of a doubt in the mind of any calm and considerate observer of what has passed, with all those details now before him which the Correspondence presents. Even the Times, as in a former article on the subject we incidentally remarked —that journal which has assuredly shown no favour to Lord MALMESBURY, or to the late Ministry in any of its departments —has yet, at . • length, been constrained to confess, after perusing the papers we refer to, that the course pursued was decidedly such as the circumstances of the case best required, the object being ta'endeavOur to prevent a war, but, at any rate, if war did ensue, to keep this country out of it. Of course, we must not expect such a. journal, after having systematically abused, and often misrepresented, the late Foreign Secretary, suddenly .to turn round and praise him up to the skies. One must make up his mind to 'find it very restringent even in its fit of candour —very con strained even in its confessions of justice. For —while declaring that " these voluminous papers really offer no ground of atta c k aga i ns t th e late Foreign Secretary and his colleagues," one must not be, suprised to see it added, "of course they display a certain bias although when this is ex plained, it_is madeevident that it was nothing more than a propensity in the right, because a patriotic, direction. t` Lord MALmEsBuRY," it is continued, "adopts here and there a tenderness of expostulation in his remonstrances with Austria which 'is not to be found in the,objurgations addressed to Slrdinia. His deuunciations of Piedinontese propagandism are delivered with a rotundity and unction which it would be vain to seek in his complaints of Adstrian obstructiveness." But then it is immediately added, that " this,. however, is only saying that the Govern ment represented by Lord MALMESBURY was a Con servative Government = a fact which everybody comprehends." . 'And that, in a word, " taking the Papers altogether, and allowing for a speculative partiality from which no earnest statesman would instanc be exempt, we are bound to say that the Corres- pondence presents a pretty faithful reflection of public opinion in this kingdom." Now this, we say, from such a quarter, is substantial praise —and, , what is More, iiis praise which truth has extorted. And then the strong presumptive proof that the leading journal adduces of the impartiality of the For eign Secretary in the difficult matter with which he hid tO 'deal. " It would indeed," it obse rves , " be rather hard for Lord Vi . A --LMESBURY if he failed t o satisfy his oiwn countrymen, for he certainly satisfied the people",of-no other contry-. The parties whose hope and interests centre in the decision of the Italian questreob are numerous. Besides the Govern ments of France and Austria, representing, as Count Now this is the point which it so importantly concerns the country, at the present moment, to be satisfied upon. " If our new Ministers keep us free from entanglements as Lord MALMESBURY and his colleagues did." This, we say, is the point. And we must confess that, for our part, we have some misgivings upon it, if only because our new Ministers have never appeared thoroughly and heartily to appreciate that policy. Lord PALMERSTON and Lord JOHN RUSSELL have habitually disparaged - and deprecated the foreign policy of Lord DERBY'S Government. It is true, this might, as the saying is, be "all in the way of trade." 'Twas their vocation as a Whig Opposition, perhaps, to do so. Still it was ominous of mischief. The eagerness with which Lord PALMERSTON impugned their foreign policy, as respects the belligerent Powers, in his speech on the vote of censure, although he had not then had the opportunity of perusing the Correspondence relative to their negotiations, showed a feeling that was anything but favourable to the spirit in which these , negociations were conducted. He complained that they " held out Lostile language to France and Sardinia, and patronising to Austria, and threatened France with hostilities, and intimated, in the event of a war, that they would be energetically engaged on the side of Austria,"— a complaint, a charge, which the Correspondence flatly contradicts. But it served its turn, for the occasion. ' The worst of it is, that it did more than that. It evinced an unfavourable opinion of the policy that has kept this country neutral, and preserved it from entanglements. And what is now to be apprehended is, that the new Government may perhaps reverse what Lord PALMERSTON pretended had been the policy of the late Government, namely, " use hostile language to Austria, and patronising to France and Sardinia." Had the Darby Ministry really acted in any such manner,—vice versa, that is, they never would have succeeded in establishing "on the footing of a principle" the pacific spirit which has maintained our neutrality ; and one's great fear that the PALMERSTON-RUSSELL Ministry will fail to preserve our freedom from entanglements, arises from the only too well-grounded apprehension, that they are over much disposed, in their own way, so to act themselves .--.---....-..-...........-.. THE NAPOLEONIC OVATION - IN ITALY WE hear 'a great deal, just now, about the popular enthusiasm with which Louis NAPOLEON has been received in Italy. The Ithperial progress is described as one continued ovation, the people everywhere hailing him as their deliverer, Now, whatever else this may indicate, it certainly shows the Italian populace -- for they are principally « the people " who 'have thrown up their caps and shouted so lustily at his approach —to be, as indeed it was notorious they were, in a state of most blissful , ignorance as to the rea l c h aracter of their new master. Can there be any faith in7one.:aa a deliverer from lmperial oppres s io n , w h o hi mself, as 'ail Imperial de4sot, has the people of France under similar thraldom? Can he be justly regarded as a friend of humanity, who did not scruple to wade through slaughter to his present eminence —the - . slaughter of his — own countrymen, in the very streets of his capital P Besides, to form any correct judgnient in the case before us, we must carefully consider what it ,really is that LOUIS NAPOLEON has done in Italy. We are not denying that the Italians were an oppressed people,—though not more so than the French themselves really are. And that the oppression had created a large amount of popular 'discontent in Italy, there can be no doubt whatever. In such a case, it was only necessary to raise the standard of revolt against the oppressor, with any prospect of success, to gather together the dis affected in formidable masses. And this is just what has been done its Italy. It is an insurgent population that has welcomed Louis NAPOLEON as the N 4 ictorious leader in their cause. They are the foremost in all the enthusiastic receptions he has met with. No doubt the more respectable portions of the Italian population have generally joined with them. But this was inevitable. They had no choice. The tide of insurgency had set in, and they could never resist it. It is under such a state of things as this, then, that LOUIS NAPOLEON is the object of so grand an ovation in the country he has invaded. Were he worthy of it—even such as it is—one might rejoice at its occurrence, and have hope as to its results. But it is not so. The 1 tables might be tu rne d upon him,' we have. no doubt, most complet e ly, i n hi s own coun t ry , were BUOL declared, two antagonist principles, there is the Government of Sardinia, which blends - with political Liberalism an evident spirit of aggradisement ; there is the population of Italy in general, which discerns in the prospects of revolution a hundred forms of possible change; and there is the great Confederation of Germanic nations, which can scarcely forbear from making the quarrel its own. Now, to none of these parties did Lord MALMESBURY give any satisfaction." No --not even to Austria, notwithstanding what his critic we are quoting had just designated as " the tenderness of expostulation in his remonstrances with Austria." For, it is further remarked, that • " the Austrian Minister, with all his recognition of Conservative sympathies, was fain to tell our representative at Vienna that her Majesty's Govern ment had addressed its remonstrances to the wrong quarter. He said that Austria neither deserved nor required such lectures on her policy as Lord MALMESBURY had delivered, and that reprimands of that kind should be directed against France and Piedmont." In short, it was the even-handed justice which Lord MALMESBURY was dealing out to all the Powers with which he was in correspondence, which made his communications sometimes not very pleasing, because not very partial, to any of them ; since they were one and all more or less in the 1 ' wrong. The spirit in which he acted throughout is admitted by the Times to have been a pacific spirit,— and " we can only wish," says our- contemporary, "that this pacific spirit, now established on the footing of a principle, may be both maintained and propagated." To have thus acted in such a spirit— to have thus established such a principle, under circumstances, it is acknowledged on all hands, of no ordinary difficulty, was certainly no common merit. " We admit," adds the Liberal journalist, " that such a spirit may not command much favour among nations engaged in war ; but if we are successful in maintaining this policy, and if our new Ministers keep us free from entanglements, as Lord MALMES BURY and his colleagues did, it is to be hoped that other States may in the end not only appreciate our principles but adopt them too." LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. - A special meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held at ten o'clock, yesterday morning, for the purpose- of sealing new bonds. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.—Yesterday a number- of paltry cases of felony and drunkenness were before the Birkenhead magistracy, but there was nothing of any in terest to the general reader. Several beerhouse keepers were fined for selling during illegal hours. AFRICAN MAIL. —The Royal Mail screw steamer Ethiope sails to-day (Friday) for Teneriffe, Madeira, and the 'West Coast of Africa generally. Letters will be received at the Post Office until 12.45 p.m., with late fees until Ll 5; and at the Landing-stage, with extra fees until two p.m. BIRKENHEAD RATES. -The commissioners have- passed the following rates for Birkenhead and Claughton, and that part of Oxton which is within the jurisdiction of the com missioners : Improvement rate, is 6d in the pound; sewerage rate, 6d ; public library., id ; for the township of Birkenhead a lighting and watching rate of is ia , the pound; and for Claughton a lighting and watching rate also of Is in the pound. TESTIMONIAL. --On Wednesday evening, the Confirma tion Classes of St. Mark's, met is the school-room belonging to the church, for the purpose of presenting the Rev. D, Anderson, incumbent, with a writing desk ; and the Rev. Mr. French, curate, with a gad pen case, as-marks of their esteem, and as a slight acknowledgement of the trouble and . pains those gentlemen had taken in preparing them for,. confirmation. In returning thanks, Mr. Anderson and Mr. French made a few remarks suitable to the occasion, when the meeting seperated. CORONER'S COURT.—Yesterday the Coroner held the following inquests : —On the body of Thomas Mason, a breaksman, en the London and North Western-railway. He was hurt on the 2nd of June, at Edge-hill, by going between some carriages, and died of the injuries. , He said, there was no blame to any one but himself. Verdict, " Actidental death."—On the body of John 'Tones, a butcher, 37,years of age, who lived in Trowbridgo-street. He was a great drunkard, and on Sunday he fell with his head on the kerb stone. and received such injuzios, that he died. Verdict, 4 ' 'Accidental death." CHARtTY Box TN THE CORONER'S COURT.—YeStetaly, the charity box, for the benefit of poor widows and orphans, presented to the court by Dr. Ayrton, was put up. in this court. Dr. Ayrton presented, with the box,:five guineas, as an original subscription, and Mr. Blake, the beadle, got some small sums from jurors and others. We trust that the excellent example of Dr. Ayrton, the worthy original donor, will be followed by others, as many objects are pre sented to the worthy Coroner, to whom a small relief would be of great consequence. Dr. Ayrtoa has been already remarkable for his attention to the poor, and his conduct towards the wounded soldiers, who arrived here from the Crimea, elicited warm applause. Such generous actions ought to be known, as they are worthy of imitation. THE ATGRURTH ELOPEMENT.—BEVAN V. MACMAHON AND BEVAN, FALSELY CALLED, MACIWAHON. -In the Divorce Court on Wednesday, judgment in the above case was given upon the point whether it was competent for Mrs. Bevan to continue the suit instituted by her husband for the nullity of the marriage contracted by his da ug ht er . He had since died. It was clear that Mr. Bevan was per mitted to maintain th e su it, on account of his being liable to pay for the 'maintenance of the grandchildren if their parents died ; but it could not be said that the present applicant was interested to the . same extent in the suit, because she was not liable, neither indeed did the estate of the deceased remain liable. It was very desirable the case should be gone into ; but the court had no power to sub stitute the widow. The suit must be held to have abated. Mrs. Bevan might have commenced anew; but she could no t continue the original suit, as instituted by her husband. • Mn. FRANK HOWARD'S LECTURES AT MR. STEER'S SCHOOL OF THE FINE ARTS, CLAUGHTON.—Mr. Frank Howard, last evening, concluded a most successful course. of lectures on the fine arts at Mr. Steer's, Grange-mount, Ciaughton. This lecture was a general application of the principle which he had laid down in the three previous lectures, to sketching from nature and judging of works of art. The room was crowded with the elite of the neighbourhood, who were highly interested, and at which they expressed the highest gratifica tion at tile amusement and instruction afforded. Mr. 'Toward announced that the next course of lectures would contain more of the history of art and its progress, so far as would be applicable to the objects of Mr. Steer's • school of the Fine Arts, which was not only to teach drawing, but to enable those who attended to. appreciate. the beauties of art and nature, whether they felt disposed to practice the representation or not. OPENING OF A NEW RESTAURANT AND DINING•ItOOMS.— The dining-rooms, long and favourably known as Rad ley's, in Moore-street, off Fenwick-street, and which have been closed.for some time, were opened yosterclay, by Mr. Frazer, in a style that reflects credit on the proprietor. There are three very fine rooms up stairs, fitted up in a style that commands attention. Everything that comfort and conve nience requires may be had here The daily bill of fare will be found such as cannot fail to please, and at charges very moderate. The want of a house of this sort has been long felt in the locality, and the gentlemen who attend the corn market will find in this house every comfort and accommo dation. Mr. -Frazer has spared neither expense nor trouble in fitting up this house, so as to render it a place where all people .resorting to the market, as well as the general public, will meet with everything desirable. In a locality where a place of this sort is so much required, it will be found that Mr. Frazer has done well in opening it, under his own im mediate inspection, where he will afford any attention, and where customers will find it their interest to call daily, and they arc sure to obtain the best fare at moderate charges. WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE. —Mr. Churchwarden Cropper occupied the chair at the weekly meeting of this committee, held yesterday. The other members present were—Messrs. Smith, Critchley, Owen, Syred, Denton, Broome, Melly, Scott, Williams. The medical officer reported that the number of deaths occurring in the establishment last week was 21, of whom 8 were men, 10 women, and 3 infants. The total number of patients in the sick wards last week was 521 ; new- cases admitted since, 105 ; cured and dis charged, 108 ; .now 'remaining under treatment, 497, of whom 42 are f ever. 10 i to h , -an d 4 small-pox cases. Th e governor, Mr. Carr, reported that the total number of paupers in the establishment last week was 1,783; number this week, 1,797, being an increase of 14 on the week ; number in the correspondinff.week of last year, 1,960, sholiing a decrease in the year. of 177. The master of the vagrant sheds reported that there were relieved in this department of the establishment during the week ending who the 120 were male, 'June 18th, 233 destitute persons, of 72 female; and 41 children, showing a Kett decrease under the previous week of 28, anj 9 60MASe of 91 when gout.: 1 pared with the corresponding- week of last year. Ile business transacted was not of general public - interest. FREE SUAMER LEGTVRES.— The members of the Bruin' Literary Society, during the vacation, have' determined to' extend the benefits of the societye operations from their own immediate circle, to the poor and populous district in' which the society i s situated, by the experiment of a Course of Lectures during the summer months, specially provided` for, and adapted to the' wants of the- districts. The first lecture of the course was delivered in the School-room, foot of Gerard-street, on Wednesday evening: last ; Mr. John S. H. Evans in the chair. The subjeee of the lecture — "A Study of the Human Mind"—was ably handled by the lecturer, the Rev. Thomas Dawson, with' the greatest clearness and simplicity— a circumstance that was much appreciated by the audience. Mr. B. H. Grindley proposed, and Mr. R. Lester seconded!, and was carried by acclama , tion, a vote of thanks to the lecturer, which having been duly replied to, the meeting terminated. We. trust the inh . abitants of the district will avail themselves fully of the novelty of an intellectual treat, during the summer menthe, which is provided for them free of all charge. The subject, of the next lecture (next Vednesday week) will be " The Pi Brim Fathers." TOXTETH PAWL BOARD' Or GUARDIANS.—This board held an ordinary weekly meeting yesterday, at the Public Offices, Park-road,. H.. S. Alpass, Esq., in the chair. There were also present : Messrs. Joseph Wilson, John , Wilson: Alexander Miller, M. A. Johns, Willi am Leyland,. Joseph Harrison, G. W . Hunter, W. H. Ogden, Joseph Deendrit, Samuel Siddeley, John Moss,.William Wainwright; J. El: Carter, and J. B. Hughes. The report of Mr. Gough, governor of the West Derby Workhouse, showed that there were. in that establishment, belonging to the Park : last week,. 341;. this week, 348 ; corresponding date last year, 362. The number of sick in the hospital were 37 lastweek, this week, 33. Cheques to the amount of £95 were drawn for the relief of out-door paupers. A letter was read from the Poor Law Board, approving of the guardians selling a portion of the land adjoining the new workhouse. An - other letter was read, in which-the Poor-law-board authorised the paymentof Dr. Gilmour's (latemedical officer to the guardians) salary up to Marsh. last. A' letter from - Mr. Michael Hughes, one of the- dispenser s o f th e b oar d , was rea d , i n which he stated that he could dispense medicines on the• same terms for the next three months as he had done for the past. It was agreed by the board to request the four dis pensers to send in an account of the number of perscriptions furnished by them for the past three-months, so as to know if they. were fairly paid.;: and also to reques t th em to f urn i s h medicines- for the next fortnight on the same terms as they , had been doing, in orderto have better arrangements made. Tenders were read for erecting warming apparatus and steam-engine in the new workhouse. On the motion of Mr. Moss, seconded by Mr. Harrison, the tender of Mr. Ilermye Hazard, 12; Mount-pleasant, was accepted, it being the lowest, at £354 11s ad for the warming apparatus, and £lB- for the donkey-engine, if re quired. The Chairman said it would be necessary to writ to-the poor-law-board, in order to , stir them up to girl an answer to the last letter from the guardians, in reference to a governor for the workhouse, as the architect reported that he would not be able to finish the work without con sulting him in some matters. In a very short time, too, they would be advertising for supplies, andthey could not be received without him to take charge of them. A motion were entered on the minutes to that effect. Tuesday, the 28th, being the day fixed for the situations of surgeon and chaplain, it was agreedto have &full meeting of the board as committee, on to open the applications, in order to be able to decide on Tuesday. The board then separated, having conoluded the business. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—This committee met yesterday* in the council room, Town-hall, Mr. Alderman Dover presiding. There were also present—Messrs. Crellin, Beck with, Stitt, Shell, Vernon, A n th ony , Bowring, Gladstone. The borough engineer, building s urve y or , an d i nspector of -nuisances, reported various particulars of the operations in their several departments 'during the week, from which it appeared that 201 nuisances, complained of by inhabitants, had been inspected and means taken to remedy them ; 8 30 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 2,538 apart ments and 502 cellars, had be en p u t under examination with the view of improving their sanitary condition, and 203! lodging houses had also been examined and reported upon. The medical officer of health, reported that, in the week ending Saturday, 18th Jnne, 186 deaths, were regestered in the borough, of which, 118 were in the parish, and 68 , in the out townships. The corrected average of the same week of the preceeding ten years, was 229, showing a dif ference of. 43 in favour of last week. caused 35. deaths, against 39 in the previous N: :,ti_, these, 12 were from typhus, &c., seven from diarrhosa, six from hooping cough, three from scarlatina, two from croup, one from measles, one from diphtheria- From diseases of the lungs the deaths were 65, of which 3 0 were from consumption. In the previous week the deaths were 59. Two males, aged..4l and 45, died from.delitikes tremen.s. The main temperature was 59.7 degrees, nearly one-half a degree above the average. The medical officer of health certified that two brick kilns on the land adjoining Vulcan-street, Kirkdale, and belonging to Mr. llopan, cause a nuisance injurious to the health of the inhabitants of Vulcan-street. Notice had been received, in. accordance with the bye-laws, of a case of fever in a registered lodging" house, 9, Bevington-street. The inspector of nuisances reported that, during the past week, about 140 dead dogs and cats had been taken out of the various ponds. Mr - Beckwith remarked that all the dogs and cats in Liverpool would not amount to the number that were reported weekly to be found in those places. A recommendation was agreed to that Mr. Hi gg i ns s h ou ld b e appo i nted to fill the place o' , Mr. Fresh. A question arose as to whether the health committee or the markets committee were the proper parties to sweep the streets adjoining the markets. The markets committee had passed a resolution to the effect that, as the work had bee n d one h ereto f ore b y the health committee. they could see no reason to change it. After some discussion , it was considered that the work should he done as formerly. Mr. Vernon complained of a nuisance that existed somewhere about Oldhall-street, and he thought it came from bone works there. It was much felt on 'Change and at the Town hall. The chairman asked if it might not be from St. George's-dock basin. Mr. Stitt was of opinion that if the inspectors would adopt the good old rule of following their noses, it would soon be discovered. The attention of th e inspectors was called to the matter, and it then dropped. Mr. Beckwith stated that a building was being e rected in South John-street, an d th e b oar d s were placed about four feet over the flagged side w a lk i n t o th e m iddl e o f t h e street. It was a street w h ere l arge num b er ! of carts an d o ther vehicles pa sse d a l ong , an d h e t h ought it was wrong to a ll o w such an obstruction to existilklt was stated that permission had been granted by the borough engineer to have it placed for a time. This was the only business before committee. Zymotic (Tiseases, GREAT CONFLAGRATION. CoJut, 11 p.m.—A fearful and destructive fire is now raging in the extensive iron works and foundry of Mr. John Steel, Great George's-street, and the malt stores of Messrs• Beamish and Crawford. It commenced in Mr. Steel's works . _ about an hour ago. Both of the buildings aro now a mass of ruins. Great fears are entertained of the works of Messrs. Perrett. The origin of the fire is not known.w.' Cork' Herald, last night THE Loss OF 11.M.5. llEnom.--A court-martial assembled on Wednesday, on board H.M.S. Victory, Portsmouth, try Mr. Mindry, gunner, the only surviving officer, and the surviving crew of her Majesty's late brig Heron, for tho loss of that vessel. The "finding" was to the following egec t "The court was o f opinion dig the lass of H.M. brim „ was caused by foundering a t sea, in a heavy squall: owi n g to the.officer in charge of the deck not taking suffieientng: caution by sh or t en i ng sail, although the squall gave suw dent warning o f it s approach." The court was f urt h e r O f opinion th a t no bl ame was attr ib uta b le to Mr. Miudry , and adjudged him to be fully acquitted. EXTENSIVE FlRE.—Shortly after seven o'clock yes o terci t a h l e morning a fire of an alarming charact er b r a e o ut n premises belonging to Mr. W. S an d s , b u ild er , of No. 18, Cursitor - street . , Chancery-lane. The timber-yard a‘ workshops are enclosed by the backs of the houses situate! respectively in Fetter4ane, Greystoke-pl ace , a nd Norwich' court ; and at one time ereat fe --- by the surround' -- ..'S-- Ars wereielt - fag inhabitants. menced operations states A portion only of the Workmen con ous at six o'clock, one of whom st that no sooner was the alarm given than the whole of the shop became enveloped in flames. Every effort was wade by the poor Allows to secure their tools; but, with the el' ception of those belonging to the men on duty, nearly, 31 . 1 1 have been destroyed. Ey the time the endues had arriv ed fire h a d obtained a strong hold. Tho firemen worked n a praiseworthy manner, but Mr. Sands' premises are entir el y destroyed. We understand he is only . partially insured• Some of the poor tenants residisp.; Norwich-court have suffered much by fire and hasty removal of goods. The printing-office of Messrs. TaY l _,... r and Greening, Greystoke-place, has also !Ilf ., in Norwich r tamed slight damage, as well as the back part of Fetter' lane chapel. The calainity is supposed to have ()Agin' in -hole by' an accumulation of shavings in the stoke immediate connection with the saw-mill, 'there the Hanle' must must 'MVO caught the sawdust, and from thence travel lea the workshop. M r . 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