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Apply to WEDNESDAY, On WEDNE , DAT next, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, pply to XT MONTH Postponed from Thursday, the 28th instant, 41 Cases CASTOR OIL, 400 Bags Bombay SALTPETRE, 8,060 Pisces SAPAN WOOD. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers, On THURSDAY, the sth May, and following days, at Browne, Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2, Da 1,800 Bales East India. WOOI :-street, 50 „ Egyptian „ 40 „ Smyrna BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers On Sate. JAMES . BANKS, ..,DINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanised; TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and for Exportation. CASTLE-BUIL THE DAY'S NEWS War is inevitable. Before thisAirhave been un more than pr3bablV ho ' le of Europe bristling with sheathpfl, ‘"__, telegrams rr.„-1.,a yesterday, bavonets—Airms As: ominous character of the news which we published yesterday, but report most active and determined preparations for the most deadly conflict. The demand made by Austria upon Piedmont, to do what would at once be a surrender of her nationality, has created great excitement in Paris, as well as other places where the news has reached. An extraordinary council of Ministers was held at the Tuilleries, immediately after the receipt of the intelligence by the French Government. The Emperor presided, and Prince Napoleon, who, since he resigned the Ministry of Algeria, has never attended the Councils, took his seat in the character of a Prince of the blood. It is understood that, it was unanimously considered, that the moment of action had arrived, and the course to be pursued was at once determined upon. The Constitutione/, of yesterday, states, that a part of the army of Paris has received orders to hold itself in readiness to march, and that the first and fourth infantry divisions are under orders to proceed to Toulon by railway. The first division it was arranged should leave Paris last night. The Ilfoniteur of yesterday, after stating the substance of the demand made by Austria, says that, in conse quence, the Emperor had ordered the concentration of the divisions of the army on the frontiers of Pied- The news received from Turin yesterday is fully confirmatory of that previously to hand. A telegram from that city, dated Thursday evening, reports that threatening movements of the Austrian army on the frontiers of Piedmont had taken place, and that the Austrian authorities had directed the managers of the Lombard Railway to suspend' the usual trains yesterday, and that all the locomotives had been ordered back for the transport of soldiers. It is also stated that troops were expected on the road from Milan to Ticino. Great consterna tion prevailed at Turin, and a Council of Ministers under the presidency of the King, had been held. Other telegrams, which will be found in anothe r column, have been received, all of which tend t o confirm the opinion, that a war in Europe is only the question of a few hours. The other news of this morning is not important. Advices have been received from Naples, which report, that the King is not yet dead, but that a fresh discharge of matter had greatly relieved his chest; but that it had left him in the last stage of exhaustion. Yesterday having been a holiday, there is no elec_ tion news this morning, beyond the fact that Lord Stanley has positively refused to -- ,ecome a candidate for the city of London, and that yet, notwithstand ing, the Conservative Committee have resolved to continue the canvss in his behalf. The Peninsular mails arrived at Southampton , yesterday, by the steamer, Tagus. The advice, confirm those previously received, as to the damage done to the crops by the dry weather. The bullion in the Bank of England continues to decrease considerably, the amount as per returns, published in last night's Gazette, being £18,051,375 ; showing a decrease of £545,195, compared with that of last week. There is an increase in active circula tion of £1,134,310, and a decrease of £650,770, i n the reserve of notes. • THE THREAT OF WAR, WE suppose it was only for an electioneering purpose, that the threatening construction was put upon the speech of Lord DERBY, in the House of Lords the other night, respecting the present state of Europe. But it was rather too serious a matter to sport with, even at the hustings. It is an old English notion, that there is to be a large latitude of expression allowed at a General Electi on , - that there is to be full freedom of speech indulged,—that we are all to be permitted, even the humblest of us, without let or hindrance, to speak our political thoughts, without being expected to be very parti cular about it. But when not only is the present critical condition of the Continent speculated upon, ' but warlike designs on the subject of it are inferred from declarations on the part of the members of the Government, just because it would, by spreading alarm, serve, for the moment, a political party pur pose, we humbly think it is carrying the latitude a little too far. For our part, with one of the ablest and honestest of our liberal contemporaries, "we earnestly hope that the people of this country will, at this momentous crisis, demand a policy of ,non intervention, in accents so articulate and emphatic, that no Government shall, dare to misunderstand or disobey their voice." There is no more proper, no more important demand can possibly be made at a General• Election. But we have always considered the foreign policy of Lord DERBY'S Administration to be emphatically " a policy of non-intervention," — more thoroughly so than that of any English Minis try for a long time past. • The expressions of the Premier which have created the alarm we allude to, were contained, we believe, in the following passages,—" This country is deeply interested in the maintenance of peace ; this country is prepared to make many sacrifices for the main tenance of peace ; but the interest of this country in perpetuating peace cannot assume a position that would leave itself in a helpless and defenceless con dition ; and if war break out, whatever may be the consequences, it must be indispensable and necessary that as long as our neutrality shall last it must be to a certain extent an armed neutrality, and, in any case, take our part on which side soever it may be, that honour, and justice, and dignity require us to take. That, my lords, is the course that I hope her Majesty's Government will be supported in taking by the unanimous opinion of the Parliament and people of this country, for I am quite certain I am express ing that which is the sound and only rational policy this country could pursue. God grant my lords, that the necessity may be spared us of entering on so dangerous a path and policy ! God grant that in the collective councils of Europe there may yet prevail a tone of greater wisdom, and greater temper, and that those clouds that at present lower as though herald ing a storm time may pass by and pass away in an unknown calm. Of this lam sure, the maintenance of peace depends in a great measure on the unani mous assent of Parliament to the principles laid down, and to the sentiments so eloquently expressed on either side of the house; and I am quite sure, also, that the maintenance of peace will be materially strengthened and supported by the knowledge throughout Europe at large that this countri - r not be allowed to remain a bA1...2...5e ner dignity and ._..:..u:eth titnat a serious responsibility will rest on the head of that Power, which ever it may be, without due provocation, and without the most urgent and imperative necessity, merely to gratify its own ambitious aims, precipitates the evils, the dangers, and the crimes of war." Now, really we cannot see what there was in these eloquent and spirited declarations justly to warrant the conclusion that Her Majesty's Government are going to violate the principles of non-intervention on which they have hitherto acted. The only words that would give any colouring to such an apprehension, were these,---" take our part on which side soever it may be." But then, to judge correctly and fairly, one must consider these words in connection with those which accompany them,—we must take the whole passage, of which they form but a fraction of a sentence. And surely there was nothing whatever to indicate a desire, or an intention, to meddle with the present Continental quarrels ; for " the evils, the dangers, and the crimes of war" were specially and strongly repro bated and denounced. But, at the same time, while condemning and avoiding intervention, the safety, honour, and welfare of the country must not be neglected. It is for these that we must be prepared to contend, if need be. This is the " side," and the only one, on which the Government would ever think that we could, with any prudence, or any justice, " take our part." And this, they may be well assured, is the only course which they will " be supported in taking by the unanimous opinion of the Parliament and people of this country." There is now only too much cause for appre hension, that it may be forced upon us to " take our part," or our side, in a Continental war. The fruits of the friendly mediation, and sound counsel, which her Majesty Ministers have given to the disputants are now to be set at naught. Sardinia, whose resis tance to the demand of Austria, to concur in a general and simultaneous disarmament, as a preliminary to the Congress, was likely to precipi tate a conflict, in compliance with the advice of England, backed by France, has not yet agreed to do so. This, it was hoped, would remove the most serious obstacle to peace. But should it not,— should war, after all, be entered upon, while they will most certainly incur an awful responsibility who have provoked it, we believe that, as Lord NIALMESBURY has said, " the only consolation that her Majesty's Government can have under the circumstances is, that they have neglected no one thing which was in their power, if possible, to prevent those disasters and that general distress which must result from such a war ; and that what ever may occur they are blameless, since they have done all that lay in their power to maintain to this country and to Europe the blessings of peace." HER MAJESTY'S APPEAL. IT is scarcely fair to call in question, as some of our liberal contemporaries have done, the consti- THE NORTHERN TIMES, .SATURDAY, APRIL 23 1859 tutional propriety; in the speech proroguing Parlia ment, delivered in her Majesty's name, of the General Election being "an appeal which she is about to make to her people ;" and that "it has been rendered necessary by the difficulties experienced in carrying on the public business of the country, as indicated by the fact, that within little more than a year two successive Administrations have failed to retain the confidence of the House of Commons." It must be remembered that both prorogations and dissolutions of Parliament are invariably done in the Sovereign's name,—that it is, in fact, the sole pre rogative of the Sovereign so to do. It is, and ever has been, a principle of the British Constitution, that the calling and the dismissing of Parliaments belong entirely to the Crown. The Ministers advise ; and they are responsible for what they advise. The Speech from the Throne is always strictly in accord ance with the counsel of the Cabinet. And so it was on this occasion. Still, constitutionally, it was her Majesty addressing her Parliament. And when she declares its dissolution has been rendered necessary in the way described, it is but tile enunciation of an experienced and an acknowledged fact. To complain, therefore, as we see some of the liberal journals are doing, that .such a course is to " detract from the dignity of the Throne, and employ the mon archical institution for the promotion of narrow and selfish ends," is evidently most un founded, and most unreasonable. " For," it is observed, " the Queen is hereby represented as informing the country, not that Ministers were defeated upon a particular motion, or that the great question of Parliamentary Reform remains for settlement ; but that the dissolution is rendered necessary by difficulties experienced in carrying on the public business, seeing that two Administrations have fallen within one year ; and the Divine name is uttered,_in order that the electors may be enabled to establish a strong Government, that is to say, that they may give ' Lord DERBY so much power and authority that he may carry any Reform Bill he likes, or take care that the subject is not made a matter of legislation at all," This, we say, is an untenable political position to t a k e u p. Th e ' f ac t, l e t it be repeated, is indisputable, that the conduct of the late House of Commons was such as to throw very great difficulties in the way of carrying on the Government of the country. Two Administrations -have, within two years, experienced this. And the Queen herself has experienced it. The " great question of Parliamentary Reform" is not necessarily involved in the case, as it now stands. It was but accidental that it happened to be the question on which a majority of the House of Commons showed its hostility to her Majesty's present Ministers ; as a majority of the same House had shown its hostility, though upon another question, to her Majesty's former Ministers. The Queen, no doubt, finds the inconvenience herself of these frequent changes of her Ministers, and sees the disadvantage of it to the country. But it does not follow, t!iat in wishing the Electors may be enabled to establish a strong Government, such a Government is of necessity to consist, or that her Majesty herself would necessarily wish it to consist, of the present members. Sir JAMES GRAHAM correctly stated the case, no doubt, when, as we showed a few days since, he described her Majesty as saying, " I have no predilections for party men, but to principles, the principles of the Constitution, I will adhere." This is what the Sovereign has a right to require, —nay it is a bounden duty so to do. Nothing could be more natural, nothing, at the same time, more constitutional, than that her Majesty should pray, as in the speech proroguing Parliament she does, " that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, the step which she is about to take may have the effect of facilitating the discharge of her high functions, and of enabling her to cond ,, ^s the government of th e coun t r y ner Parlia- Ministry . 1. ,„„--..„Ac. It were surely a very pious, ..,uu a very patriotic prayer ; and all honour, say we, to the Sovereign who from the heart can utter it. Would not every loyal subject wish to see his Sovereign so assisted, so supported, in the discharge of her high functions ? Is it not for the public good that it should be so ? The perfection of constitutional rule and governance, according to our ideas of it, is that of the Sovereign being enabled to " conduct the government of the country under the advice of a Ministry possessed of the confidence of her Parliament and her people." And it is to be enabled so to do that her Majesty appeals to the country. It is, for this very reason, therefore, her own appeal. She has not lately been in any such case The Ministry under whose advice she has had to endeavour to conduct the government of the country, has not, it has just been proved, possessed the confidence of her Parliament ; and she now is about to ascertain if they have the confidence of her people. If the result of the appeal shows that they have not that confidence, then of necessity her Majesty must have recourse to other counsellors, who have. It is the object of her Majesty's appeal to test this very question. To state it, as our liberal con temporary whom we have quoted above has done, as being to " give Lord DERBY so much power and authority that he may carry any Reform Bill he likes, or take care that the subject is not matter of legislation at all," is very preposterous. Such a thing could not be. No " working majority " of Parliament would ever place Lord DERBY, or any other Minister, in such a position. Should he have a majority of any kind, it will be one pledged to Reform as decidly as the rest of the House will be, — differing only in the degree of it. The great concern, therefore, must be, as to the character of the next House of Commons ; and this is just what the country has now in its own hands. Upon the issue of the General Election the complexion of the future Administration entirely depends. If it be adverse to Lord DERBY and his colleagues, as we have no doubt it will be, they must, without delay, give place to other and more popular men. No royal wishes can prevent that consummation. Her Majesty, it is proclaimed in her own royal name, wants a Ministry " possessed of the confidence of her Parliament and her people." She makes this appeal to the country in order to obtain such a Ministry. It is for the country to answer the appeal as it may deem best. Royal Highness having been examined on the previous day by the Dean of Windsor, in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, an his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop. of Canterbury, the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High Almoner), the Bishop of Chester (Clerk of the Closet), the Dean of Windsor (resident Chaplain to the Queen), the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell (Chaplain to the Prince Consort), and the Rev. H. J. Ellison took their seats within the rails of the communion-table shortly before 12 o'clock, The ministers and other company invited to witness the ceremony assembled in the Green Drawing-room at a quarter before 12. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting on the Queen and Loyal family assembled in the corridor. The company were them conducted to their seats in the chapel. At twelve o'clock, her Royal Highness the Princess Alice entered the chapel with her father, the Prince Con Sort- and stood in front of the . Cominunion-table. Her Majesty the Queen and her Royal Highness the Duchess of lent, his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, her Royal Highness Princess Helena, her Royal Highness Princess Louisa, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe COburg; her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leinengen also entered the chapel. ._ The Queen and Prince Consort, with the members of the Royal family, occupied chairs in the centre of the chapel ; the great officers of State and the Ladies and . Gentlemen in Waiting took their seats immediately behind the Royal family; the remainder of the company were placed in pews on either side of the chapel. The Prince Consort, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg appeared in the Windsor uniform, and each wore the riband,•badge, and star of the most noble Order of the Garter. The Gentlemen of the Queen's and Prince Consort's household wore the Windsor uniform, the members of orders of knighthood wearing their respective insignia. The Gentlemen of St. George's choir attended, and per formed the following CHORALE Oh happy bond that seals my vows, To Him whio claims our highest clove ! Let cheerful Anthems fill His house, While to that sacred shrine I move. 'Tis done—the great engagement's done; I am my Lord's, and He is mine ; He draw me and I followed on, Glad to confess the voice divine. • High heaven, that heard the solemn vow, That VJW renewed shall daily hear. Till in life's latest hour I bow, And bless in death a bond so dear. The Archbishop having performed the service, the follow ing anthem, composed for the occasion, was sung : Psalm exvi., verses 12, 14, 16 ..W. G. Cusins. I will receive the cup of salvation ; and call upon the name of the Behold, 0 Lord, how that lam Thy servant ; lam Thy servant ; Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all His people; in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, 0 Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Mr. W. G. Cusins presided at the organ His Grace then delivered an exhorta-tion The ceremony being ended, the Queen and Prince Consort, with the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and the Royal Family quitted the chapel, and entered the Green Drawing-room, where her Majesty received the congratula tions of the company present. The following were the royal and distinguished persons present Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, their ROyal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, Prince Arthur, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, ' Princess Louisa, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Archhishop of Can terbury, the Earl of Derby, the First Lord of the Treasury ; the Right Hon. Thomas Henry Sotheron Estcourt, the Seecretary of State for the Home Department, Officers of State and of the Royal Honseholds. The Marquis of Exeter, K.G., the Lord Steward; Earl De la Warr, the Lord Chamberlain; the Duke of Beaufort, the daster of the Horse; the Duchess of Manchester, the Mistress of the Robes; the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., the Groom of the - Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort ; the Bishop of Oxford, the Lord High Almoner ; the Bishop of Chester, the Clerk of the Closet ; the Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald V W- 31 . ~._....ubrough, the the Dean of Windsor and RaroisniEe4 Cavendish and the Hon. .Mrs.,Wllls,skterd, the Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Wiraraine Barrington, the Lady Superintendent ; Vis count Strathallan, the Lord in Waiting; Lieutenant-General Sir Frederic Stovin, K.C.8., the Groom in Waiting; Colonel the Hon. A. Nelson Hood, the Equerry in Waiting ; Lady Mary and Miss Hood ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, K.C.8., the Privy Purse ; Miss Phipps ; Colonel Biddulph, the Master of the Household, and the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph; Colonel Francis H. Seymour, Lady Emily and Miss Seymour, Sir James Clark, Bart., Mr. Glover, the Librarian ; Lord George Lennox, Lord of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort; Major-General the Hon. Charles Gray, Private Secretary to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the Hon. Mrs. Gray ; Major-General Wylde, the Groom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort ;. Captain Charles T. Du Plat, the Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort; the Rev. Lord Wiiothesley Russell, the Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort ; Mr. Becker, the Librarian to his Royal Highness the- Prince Consort; Lady Susan Leslie Melville, the Lady in Waiting upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; Lady Augusta Cadogan, the lady in Waiting upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge ; Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., C. 8., the Equerry in Waiting upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and Lady . Couper ; Lieutenant-Colonel Home Purves, the Equerry in Waiting upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge; Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt, the Equerry in Waiting upon his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Le Baron de Meycrn, Capitaine de Reuter, and Colonel F. Seymour, C. 8., in waiting to his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ; Major Elphinstone, R.E., Tutor to his Royal Highness Prince Arthur ; and Miss Hildyard, Madame Hocede and Mademoiselle Ba u e r , Governesses to their Royal Highnesses the Princesses. The Hanoverian Minister (His Majesty the late King of Hanover having been Godfather to her Royal Highness the Princess Alice), the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., G.C.8., the Dowager Lady Lyttlpton, Miss Victoria Wortley, Lieutenant-General Sir George Bowles, K C. 8., the Vicar of Windsor, the Rev. H. J. Ellison, and the Rev. W. R. Jolley were also present. Luncheon was served to the Royal Family in the White room, and to the general company in the dining- roam . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Princess Mary took leave of the Queen and left Windsor in the afternoon. The Prince, of Leiningen also quitted the Castle. The Ministers of State and other visitors invited to at tend the ceremony took . their departnre. DISTRIBUTION OF HER MAJESTY'S EASTER ALMS.—On Thursday morning, in accordance with a very ancient cus tom, the royal charities incidental to Maunday Thursday were distributed at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, to thirty nine aged men and a like number of aged women, the numbers of each sex corresponding with the age' of her Majesty the Queen. At the time appointed for the dis tribution, a procession, consistinc , of the yoemen of the guard, a serjeant-major, and twelve yeomen, one of them carrying the alms on a gold salver of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of King's College, the sub-almoner, Mr. Joseph Hanby, Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry in Ordinary, and his assistant, accompanied _ by six . children selected from the National Schools in Westminster, in consideration of their good conduct, proceeded to the Chapel Royal. The arrival of the procession having been notified to the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal, he, preceded by Mr. Lingard, the Sergeant of the Chapel, met it at the entrance, and took his place with the sub-almoner after the yeoman with the alms. The whole procession advanced to the steps of the altar at the south end of the chapel, and those composing it took their assigned places on either side. A special service was performed, with appropriate anthems, and the distribution of money, shoes, and stockings, was proceeded with by the almoner. A prayer for the Queen closed the ceremony, which attracted a large number of persons by its novelty. The Hon. John Kent, Commissioner of the Newfound land Fisheries, had an interview with the Earl of Malmes bug at the Foreign Office on Thursday _ The Earl of bonoughmore left London on Wednesday night for Ireland. A CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council held on Thursday afternoon, at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, the Ministers present were : The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Estcourt, the Earl of Malmesbury, cif eneral Feel, Lord Stanley, and Lord John Illaunora, THE COURT Her Majesty's dinner party, on Thursday, included their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Princess Mary, the Archbishop of Canterbnry, the Duchess of Man chester, the Hanoverian Minister, Count Kielmansegge, the Earl of Derby, Lady Augusta Cadogan, the Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Lieutenant-Colonel Purves, and Colonel Tyrwhitt. CONFIRMATION OF THE PRINCESS ALICE. (From the Court Circular.) WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday, April 21.—The Confirma tion of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice took place in the private chapel at Windsor Castle this morning, hlr LOCAL ' INTELLIGENCE. It is a well known maxim that " time is money"-the terms are relative ;so to save one is to save the other. We save both time, and economise patience, and present good teowers, when we have a good PEN-a bad one upsets pati ence and temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel 'pens and other stationery, at E. T. Hall's whole sale steel pen warehouse. 23, South John-street. John Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per gross, Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen: SOITTHERN HOSPITAL.—WeekIy Report, April 20, 185g, Admitted : Accidents and urgent cases, 36; medical and surgical eases upon recommendation, 5; total, 41. Dis charged: Cured, 4 ; relieved, ---; irregular, 2; died, 3; total, 9. Attending as out-patients, 38. Remaining in the hospital, 41. Treasurer : James Houghton, Esq. Visitors : J. Andrews, Esq., and D, Clarke, Esq. Honorary chaplain : Rev. W. Leveson. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing week : Dr. Cameron and Mr. Nottingham. House surgeons: Mr. John M. Rateson and Mr. C. Pemberton. Goon Finn AY.—Yesterday was observed as a general holiday -all public business being suspended, as is usual on the anniversary of the death of Our Lord. All shops were closed, and the railway trains ran only as on Sundays. The weather was peculiarly fine, and as the ferries were the only outlets for the people, the boats were crowded throughout the day with persons who went to relax themselves on the Cheshire side of the river. The suburban 'busses were also crowded. The several churches of Christian sect- open in the forenoon and evening, and the usual servic the day were observed "'WANTED TO GO TO AUSTRALIA, BUT - COULVNT."— Yesterday morning, at an early honr, Inspector Patrick, of the detective force, arrested a man-named Kendal, who had absconded from Carlisle with £5O. the property of his em ployers. He had been entrusted with the money to purchase some cattle, and Mr. Kendal, wanting,. to go to Australia, thought that this was a fine opportunity to suc-, ceed in his wishes, and he accordiugly made off for Liverpool. He was arrested on board the Merchant Prince. He and his luggage were taken to the Central Police-office. The money was recovered, and the prisoner will be brought up before the magistrates this morning, and will probably be forwarded on to Carlisle. SERIOUS SINKING OP A FOUNDATION.—About half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, it was noticed that the-chief window of the shop below the warehouse of Mr. Lightbound, 125, Dale-street, was bulging out, and information being taken to the central Police-office, steps were at once taken to prevent any serious consequences. On the place being examined, it was found that the store above the shop was full of flour, &c., and that the weight had crushed the frame of the window, and had bent it like a cycle.; On examining the cellar, it api eared that a number of workmen, employed in an adjoining cellar, had been excavating, and endeavouring to strengthen the foundation. They came too close to the walls of Mr. Lightbonnd's, and the' result was, that the foundation began to sink, owing to the great weight of the stock in the store. The store is five stories high, and the flour, &c., was taken to the back of the premises. Information was sent to Mr. Rishton, the building surveyor. The premises are now propped up suffi ciently until repairs are commenced. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Amongst the number of amuse ments set out tbr Easter Monday and Easter week; there is one that promises to prove most attractive. There are few in Liver-4 pool who do not remember the celebrated Harry Boleno, and still fewer that did not admire him_in his professional and private capacity. His name will be received with satis faction, not only on his own account, but because he comes to the Royal Amphitheatre, with a troupe of the most eminent Pantomimists in Europe, whose fame has spread before them universally. This troupe, in itself, and the programme, would be attractive enough ; but then, there is another feature added : - the brothers Tanner, whose extraordinary troupe of highly trained performing dogs, that created such a sensation in London, and performed before the Queen, to the delight of her Majesty and the Court, will also appear, during the engagement, which is for twelve nights only. The combination of talent cannot fail to collect crowded houses, as has been in London and elsewhere, and, no doubt, our townsfolk will be as much delighted and enthusiastic in applause towards the company as the other numerous audiences that have witnessed these performances. TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. JOHN DEWSNAP.—As this gentleman is about to leave Berkeley-street chapel, to take the oversight of a church at Wittam, Essex, from which he has received a cordial and unanimous invitation, the mem bers and friends assembled on Tuesday evening, in the school-room of Berkeley-street chapel, and after tea, pre sented to him an address, expressive of their high appre ciation of his character and services while labouring amongst them as their pastor, of their sincere regr e t o n hi s leaving them, and of their best wishes for his success in the new sphere of labour to which he has been called, and as a mark of their esteem and affection, presnite_d him. — The handsome gold watch, with n m ---- members of his Ri'll4 in the form of a beautiful e" US S P LI * 7, C. R. W . mACREADY.—Mr. Macready's promised reading of selections from the world of the English poets t.ok place on Thursday evening, in the Lecture-hall of the Warminster Athenaeum, and, as might have been expected, a name which stands so high on the roll of histrionic fame failed not to attract a large and fashionable audience. The chair was taken by Lord - Henry Thynne. Mr. Macready, upon presenting himself on the platform, was received with loud and repeated acclamations. Although many years have elapsed since we witnessed his acting in London ; time has passed lightly over his head. The " great leveller" has tinted his hair with grey, and slightly fur rowed his cheek, but it has not robbed him of the lus trous fire 'of his dark eye, or the musical tone of his deep mellow voice. He read with all the fervency, and, if possible, with more than the feeling of his younger days. Of his power of interpreting Shakespeare, nothing, we are sure, need be said. Those who remember Mr. Macready in the palmy days of his histrionic greatness will have a vivid recollection of his great powers as an actor, and although at the Athenteum the adjuncts of the stage were, of course, not to be obtained, the reading was nevertheless replete with dramatic force. Mr. Macready was rapturously applauded at intervals during his readings, and at the conclusion the accla mations were of the most marked character. The noble chairman then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Macready for the admirable manner in which he had amused, instructed, and delighted his audience during two most pleasant hours. The Rev. Prebendary Fane said he felt that no common debt was due , to Mr. Macready for the disinterested manner in which he had acted in coining for ward to aid the Westminster Athenaeum in clearing off a considerable debt, which still remained on the buildings. That gentleman, who was so well known, not only for his great intellectual ability, but also for his generally successful philanthropic efforts, on being asked if would give a lecture at Warminster for the benefit of the institution, consented, on condition that £5O was raised by the effort. He (Mr. Fane) need scarcely say that Mr. Macready's offer was very gladly accepted. It gave - him great pleasure that night to see such an assembly in their own room—in their own building. After some further observations, Mr. Pane concluded by seconding the vote of thanks to Mr. Macready. —Sherborne Journal. WALMER LIFEBOAT:—The following statement from the hardy crew of the Walmer Lifeboat, on her recent services, will be read with interest. The Deal boatmen have been celebrated for ages in their skill in the management of boats, and it is satisfactory to find their unanimous testimony in favour of the class of lifeboats adopted by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. "At day break this morn ing (15th inst ), being on the look out, we observed a vessel on the South Sand Head of the Goodwin Sands. At this time (5 a.m.), the water was very It and as soon as We could get the lifeboat, which belongs to the National Lifeboat Institution, afloat, we proceeded to the wreck. When we got there, the water had flowed about three hours, and, in consequence of a strong southerly wind during the night, and at this time NNW, blowing a gale, the cross sea caused thereby, together with the in-shore tide, the sea was so mountainous, surging up into the air, and tossing an I filling the boat every minute, that we saw it was quite impossible to approach the wreck nearer than about 50 fathoms. The vessels crew, three in number, were in the ridging ; one had been washed away before we arrived. We watched most anxiously for an opportniiity to save them, if possible ; and as soon as the off-tide began to make, the violence of the sea a little subsided. We then pulled close to the wreck, which by this time was fast breaking up, and another of the poor fellows washed away. Two, the captain and John Norman, was still clinging to the mast, which, as it fell, fell across our lifeboat's bow, and John Norman, by keeping his hold, was saved. The captain was, apparently, unable to retain his hold, and while struggling in the surf, John Chidwiek, one of our crew, instantly.jumped overboard, in the anxious endeavour to save him. He swam some distance, and got hold of him, and brought him to the boat. Two of us then got hold of the master's clothes,' which, unfortu nately, tore away from his body, and he disappeared, a heavy sea throwing the boat away front him. The Seaman's Hope, lugger, of Deal, was also newt- the wreck, but could render no assistance. This is the first instance of our being called upon to save life from the Goodwin Sands in the life boat belonging to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and, we cannot speak too highly of her good qualities. She behaved admirably, freed herself instantly, and in which we now have every confidence, for no other boat could have lived in such a sea. We returned on shore at 11.30 a.m., the wind nearly dead against vs, and took every care of the shipwrecked young man. (Signed) Wm. Bushell (cox swain), Edward Norri's, John Nightingale, John Moss, John Chiuwick, Charles Pearson, John Bowles, Thomas smith, John Bullen, William Norris, lolln Caves, William Eilendon, Amos Spouder." LOCAL VOLUNTait CORPS As the formation of local volunteer corps has ree ( been the subject of discussion in Parliament, at pub meetings, and in the various metropolitan and prov-in Vii. newspapers of all shades of politics, a correspondent D.SI furnished us with the following details connected with t h e Liverpool volunteer corps, which has been established in Liverpool since the year 1853. The Liverpool voluntee, corps at present numbers sixty-three members, consisting _°: young gentlemen whose ages vary from twenty to thrt7 n. two years, and who are connected with the various inereahe tile, commercial, and professional families and firms in I elf town. Each member (elected by ballot) furnishes b.,infsre with an Enfield rifle and bayonet, cartridge pouch, belt, and with a neat uniform, consisting of - blue s-e e. jacket and pautaloons, forage cap, and over-coat , with ap,es He also pays an annual sum of two guineas for the elr rl e - h , of ammunition service and rent of premises ( a t the Br t. field Barracks, Islington). The officers are an adjutsl, ensign, and paymaster, who have been elected by te 7 t ; members of the corps. Every member, on being &cu,e plecyges himself to . be loyal and well-affeeted towards her Majesty and her Government, not to be a lI I° of of a political society, and to act under the o rders . 1 the constituted authorities in the event of rio t or lorcoe,''' disturbance, either under arms as a military ft ou t or if in plain clothes as special constables. t he two years since the corps applied to the Government ° ', he ir day for an official recognition of their existence, to f memorial being , recommended by the then lord lieutenr the county, the present Duke of Devonshire ; „: :the "; orsfall, Esq., M.P. • by W. Brown, Esq , M.P. " "..1 H ' 0 ); Mayor of Liverpool; 'by the head constable (Major ' GT` lr t io , by both the staff officers of the local pensioners, a nd 1)1 major of the Lancashire artillery. In reply to their aPP at cation they received a communication from the Goverli ci i to the effect " that while her Majesty's Governmen,!,„o t appreciated the patriotic motives of the Liverpool I r n'w o f Corps, they did not see fit to advise the formation 0 , 1 0 1 more corps of this description." As the subject of nati ° i n g defence. by means of local corps is again seriously eng3geeer' public attention, the members of the Liverpool V.Oll Corps feel assured that;should they be officially recognib'es they would soon increase their number to 200 Ine nj oy (the elite of the youth of Liverpool), without in „,anY,b o ir lowering the gentlemanly standard of the corps. I° ,,'" 're that the Liverpool Volunteer Corps really strive to a. c :',o ll l a useful knowledge of arms and military manoeuvres , lie ststed that the members are drilled two evenings 'EI e o s week, and practice with ball at a target twice a Wi lt ' Saturday afternoons during the summer months. gusdal The Bombay Times of the 28th ult., says : " or morning last, the Rev. John Jervis White Jervis. 3 1 ,51 of Trinity College, Dublin, and late a Protestant chaP""tbe the Church of England in India, for thirteen years .g 1 „0. Bombay Piesidency, was received into the Church of 1"01r The cermony took place in the fort chapel, named. ok hor Lady of Mount Carmel,' and was performed by i n n of Canon, assisted by the Vicar-General and the ch a Pi ll. the fort HOW CRACKED COINS ARE PRODUCED.—II has — fA 1!,S400 the lot of almost every parson to have had in his pose-O at one time or another, a silver or gold coin which of low or cracked on the edge, and it is astonishing to t 'i the fallacy existing in the public mind as to the cau se ,`', 0 10 5 defect. The prevailing belief is, that at the Mint aly-tioe are manufactured in halves, and that through 0 1e- 10 0 workmanship, or wear and tear, some of them in time sor symptoms cf weakness, and become cracked. Another or position is, that gamblers have been unsucessfullv elides:to sag to separate heads and tails for the purpose of noitip'llo _heads and two tails, and thus forming cheating coins,. o cb latter operation has indeed been performed, °f the pieces having fallen, we believe, into the hands °, 1 5 t o authorities of the Mint. But neither of these theo rie ' cracked coins is the correct one. The evil arises in, 3 , v ate which we will briefly attempt to describe. All l e g it' e ta' . coins in this kingdom, are made from cast bars of u l s iyeS At the Tower-hill establishment there are orthod°%; to for these bars, proportioned to the characters of the ° ° , 1 ,00" be produced from them. At a future time these siofficbes be given exactly. That for sovereigns is about 2 6 1 7 t le long . by about 4 inches square. The bars arc c f r th e vertical moulds of iron, fitted together in halves ' - o elJ 5 purpose of releasing the bars of gold. On filling the n i p , b! from the crucibles, it will be comprehended- at o ll i",uir our readers that in cooling there will be a nattir'' gad" silence in the centre of the upper end of the newt. the bar. Contact with the iron chills the outside of bar first, and, like the mercury in a barome ter . sii• e b is sinking, the gold is depressed in the centre - s iifet is the case, more or less,' with all bars cast for c e oi w n:e se_r p v u ee rp u o s se in s. perfectly square as "-* Thu lower e nd `r- be o f g old Or Al he JAW - rolling e as we o d o e t s t e o r m ibe of t. th l e t - i m t e h u is ld fo l r : l ; jei t i ll t e a the uppes n - - • Here it is latnipat t sci te kc'unc l;lle .ill this explanation is ta e be rollers until e puncTie'a out of it blank sovereigns. I t `: re ssc d observed that the hollow or upper end has been e otur l o wer to the ribbon-like thinness as well as the square °l el; on ends, and it now exhibits, if closely examined, a end, its edge. This, then, is considered a waste au' fs s▪ o" portion of it is cut off by means of a pair of snetr-gfer, refill-fled to the melting pot. Sometimes, h ° ",ool e enough is not cut from the cracked riband to I A the entire defect, and it passes thus to the cr , i n ell 4 a press room. Here the ribands are perforated fr o ; e d to *end by punches of the size of the sovereign,,, the the hollowness has not been -entirely remove d 1; 1 10 0 shears we shall have some few cracked sove reign i , ors mingled with those that are perfect. Ringing ~'° ll l4l / - now employed to test the whole by dashing th en " Tol e,. as much rapidity as an expert drummer boy at the s ou beats "tattoo "—upon discs of polished iron. T he : thei r , pieces are musical—the unsound have "no music in as souls, " and it is for the boys, by the aid of quick e re eyes, to detect and put aside the defaulters Boy s ar cesl'" s to ,el,O lible, however, and they allow " dumb" pit,- occasionally. These pass on to be stamped on both ' l ,"irtf milled on the edge at a single blow, and the prob„3"„vett that the hollowness of their characteri will only be 01 ' 7- 05 0 after some contact with the world, as in other chop;and then by the " counter": test of same susPie i t s c kea , keeper, who pronounces them genuine, though "„c',/,aggi and passes them into his till with pleasnre.-- - " Magazine. e r ea " THE NEW SUPERANNUATION ACT.—The New -,- nuation Act, which received the royal assent on Tuellectw, just been printed. It is entitled an "- An Act t° mince, the Laws concerning Superannuation and other Ai"ce• to perons having held Civil Offices in the Public 1 " e pert" After the commencement of the' Act, which becsin!ue tive on receiving'the royal assent, the superanno t t% to be on the following scale :—" To any person wu 01 have served 10 years and upwards, and under 1 sa lar y ell 0 2 years,aa emolumentsn u nnuu emoluments, allowancel laanllaonw of 10:60 ths of the annual 7er e. allowance d l e hi oi s nf allowance and liffik-60th cth 'manner o i fF n ol r r a -' s l6 p 'll years, teshaooerfsri each t i fl u ond , _ 111 ;: i t .t o oi oci at o, , 1113 0 e 0 : f year of such service - until the completion of ",P 4 - 0 .6 0 w r service of 40 years, when the annual allowance 0 , n e t 0 " may be granted, and 'no addition shall-be :made in res L e estif e : any service beyond 40 years." In the event of to r nu arising in any department of the public service '-rovisw claim of any person or class of persons under thisTirousarfr it is to be referred to the Commissioners of the t whose de e ision is to be final. Th e Act, w' t 'w il e 'i lre°" judice to existing rights, is to apply to persousthi, in the -civil service. There is a clause in .0 pc` which requires to be stated at length from liar character : --t , It shall be lawful for the Co or of the Treasury from time to time by any order or d to declare that for the due and efficient discharge°, Or: office or class of offices, to be specified in such order__, ora l ' rant,.professional or other peculiar qualifications order narily to be acquired in the public service are p oll and that it is fit for the interest of the public thn. fbst of shonld be appointed thereto ati an age exceed i l s oc fl which public service ordinarily begins; and by ti pelO b any other order or warrant to direct that when ficin'to such now holding, or who - may hereafter be appoigte t i l l ? , office,or any of such class of offices, Shall retire 2 ' o, to t , public service, a number of years not exceeding. e on1, 11 , ( 1 specified in .the same order or warrant, shall , ,t ri f roir te in g the superandation allowance which )0 0 Y , tide d to him under the foregoing section of this Act, e ctutt ot the number of years - during which he may bace o fice% served, and also to direct that in respect of such o tit class of offices,lhe period of the ser; -- lbe required Ott!, the holders to superanuation may be a period. i e l - e iso.w e 10 years, to be specified in the order or warrant, and es, tt , offic direct that; in respect of. such - office or class 0 - hou gh 0 holder may be entitled to superannuatie o, fl t t i may not hold his appointment direc .oe vi . „ A the Crown, and may not have entered the sn. ro vio t : a certificate from the Civil Service Commissionerol4;easct always that every order or warrant made under " t he 'l e meat shall be laid before Parliament." Further!. provides that an allowance in cases of bodily inin,,rYotitle t of granted, although the period had not ex pired to ee se o ,,, party to a supennuation allowance ; gratuities In , ho u b short service ma ra y_be 'kranted, and allowances one i ; to ; 0 N tion of offices, r.; full superannuation a110w,.",, froo , „ e t made without a certificate of diligence and fidel . tb,T oe ha l it head of the der;artment. In cases of special sely.' iout erl e „ sum may be granted, and in individual cases of eu p i l er smaller su:a than that prescribed by the scale. er ' sou uo„ . e ti a annuatirAi allowance is to be granted to anY i nfi r mity , 60, u.:iless on evidence of incapability from c o d to se ic h pelions superannuated under 60 may be reqtn la rv, lv b be again until they attain that age. T he Re ect? is tO Interferes with previous Acts on the same owl f. " cited as "The Superannuation Act, 1849."