Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-24 00:00:00

Commtrthai siates. THIS DAY Tate DAY, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 271 Bags Para INDIA RUBBER, 1 ately landed ex Tit Bit, from Para.—Apply to Messrs. Drake, lileinwort, and Cohen, Merchants ; or to .1. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. Tins DAY, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 259 Packages Para INDIA RUBBER, list landed ex Isabella Scott, from Para.—Apply to Messrs Blesaig, Braun, and Co., Merchants ; or to J. H. RAYNER & Co., Brokers. Tuts- DAY, he 21th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in th• Commercial Saleroom, 34 Camille. TREES, ), from Oporto. —Apply to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Brokers anding ex Cintra (s.s Tills DAT, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 460 Barrels CURRANTS, cx Taurus (s.s.) GEORGE BADENACH and SON, Brokers Apply to THIS DAY, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 5, Exchange-buildings, 6 Bales COTTON, and a quantity PICKINGS, damaged by sea water, ex lowa, from Mobile, lying in Eand rle's ware h ouse , Lancelot's -hey.—Apply tO Messrs. Thomas a William Earle and Co. me rchants ; or to SALISBURY, TURNER, and GREY, Brokers. To -MORROW TO-XORROW, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the On FRIDAY next, the 25,th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, 500 Bags Fine New American Red CLOVERSEED. Apply to _ _ THOMAS SILL, Broker. TO-MORROW, the B r 2 o kers'-officesth instant, , 18, Hackin at Half-'s-hey, past One o'clock, at the 50 Tons best Liverpool LINSEED CAKE. For particulars and catalogues, apply to SLEIGH, GASKELL, and Co., Brokers. S A T U RI) A Y On SATURDAY next, tt ;tent, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker 17, Exchange-buildings, nmon American COTTON About 90 Bales ( apply to ' DUCKWORTH and RATHBONE, Brokers WEEK NEXT On MONDAY next, the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, &bout 92 Dozen Bottles Mango CHUTNEY, PP 7 19 11 11 PICKLES, „ 24 , , Curry POWDER, „23 Bottles . 'Sliced Manto FRUIT. . BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to ABNER STETSON, FROM NEW ORLEANS G. A. 1 to 8 , A. L. 1 to 22 I 100 Bales COTTON, B. M. 1 to 37 P. R. 1 to 33 7 shipped per above ship by Mr. D. E. Platenius, of New Orleans. Consignees of above Cotten ore hereby informed that the same has been warehoused. and will, unless claimed within Fourteen days from date, be sold to defray freight and other charges.— Apply to BAKER, BARRON and Co., 19th Fc _ 52, Tower-buildings East ;bruary, 1859 On , Itte. - JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanised; TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and for Exportation J. R. CAMERON, METER MAR UFACTU.RER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPE'S, 4.c CHRON , CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS 11•110.01 IMMO HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Price One Penny WARM WINTER C LOTHING, MIIE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGART. INVERNESS WRAPPERS, OVER COATS. DRF.SSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS. MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. W B OYS' INTER CLOTHING F RESH SALMON THIS D ONE SHILLING, "THE LONDON," 17, CLAYTON-SQUARE. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON INSURANCE COMPANY, —If " A Shareholder" had furnished us with his name and address, his letter might have appeared to-day. We have several letters from correspondents in type, which want of space compels us to omit this morning ; they shall appear at the earliest opportunity. .-THIS DAY AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, Sr( THEATRE ROYAL—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE — Sir Wm. and Lady Don. HENOLER'S CIRQUE VARlETE—Miscellaneous Attractions THE PARISIAN GALLERY OP ANATOMY, Paradise-street. MANnERS' MENAGERIE Foot of Shaw's-brow. For particulars see advertisements on Bth page listtiirtu Eintts, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS In the House of Commons, yesterday, Mr. Alcock's Bill for the Commutation of Church Rates was postponed until after the discussion upon the Government Bill upon the same subject. The second reading of the Juries (Ireland) Bill was postponed. The Sale and Transfer of L ands Bill for Ireland, and the second reading of the Receiver in Chancery Abolition Bills were also postponed. The House then went into Committee on the Manor Courts (Ireland) Compensation Bill, and the first eight clauses were discussed and agreed to. The report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the best means of manning the Navy, is published. A plan is submitted for manning the fleet on an emergency, by forming a reserve of 60,000 men at home ; 20,000 are to be selected from the mercantile marine, who would engage as Royal naval vohinteers, to come forward when the necessity arose for their services. The Commis-. sioners conceive that their plans would elevate and unite the British seamen in the two services. School ships are recommended to be used at the naval arsenals, and in the chief commercial ports. The various recommendations can be carried out at an additional cost of X 598,000 a year. The extraordinary trial of the case of seduction of Gardener v. Godfrey, was concluded yesterday , and resulted i n a verdict for the defendant. The verdict was received in court with great cheering. The nomination — o f a - - d . ' can idate to supply the vacancy in the representation of Marylebone, caused by the retirement of Viscount Ebrington, took place yesterday morning on the hustings in Park Crescent, Portland-plaee The attendance of electors was not very numerou s , . and there was an utter absence of anything like excitement either haninthas w e , street or on the hustings. The s ho w of in favour of Mr. James. A poll was demanded" on behalf of Colonel Romilly. The news from France grows more threatening every day. That l yet to hand. Theast received is the most warlike ~ i. correspondent of the Herald declares that he a position to inform you that war is so far in on by the French Government that the already which are to commence the campaign have 1 orders have been g iv en to y th e e e It is of War to designated, and s strongly contem plated, a plan of operations. a l !ear. Austrians plated, I am assured, to attack the simultaneously in front, flank, an d The Piedmontese, supported by . ai — e 5 French army, forming the main division, while another will march northward from the Papal States, er and a third will seize on Trieste or Venice. A sinister impression has been caused here to-day by a letter from Paris in the Independence Beige, which states, and I have reason t o believe with t ruth, that orders to prepare for a campaign in Italy, were given out immedately after the return of the Emperor from Compiegne. What connec tion there may have been between this determina tion and the visit of Lord Palmerston, this is not a fitting place to inquire. Coupled, however, with the tone the Palmerstonian organ has not ceased to adopt on the Italian question, it is not surprising that his lordship should be accused by the public with having aided and abetted the fatal policy which is about to involve the world in a war, the termination of -which it is difficult to foretell, with a selfish view of recmining the office whence he fell through his deplorable dereliction of the high trust once reposed in him. The correspondent of the Independanee only states a fact with which the diplomatic world in Paris has been long cog nisant, when it states that the representatives of the foreign Courts in Paris have abandoned all hopes of a pacific solution of the question. The Presse last night mentions the fact, which I have already communicated to you, of the interview between Prince Napoleon and the Italian refugees, when the latter offered the Princess Clotilda a banquet ; and his Imperial Highness reciprocated the compliment by a display of revolutionary flowers of rhetoric. Some of the papers had previously mentioned it. The new pamphlet turns out to be a mystificatiou after all, and M. de la Guerroniere, the Pattie assures us, had nothing to do with it. It is quite o bvious that as it advocates the respect of treaties, it could not proceed from an official source. The 14th Regiment of Horse Artillery, quartered at Vincennes, has received notice that its comple nient of horses is to be raised to 1,400. In con sequence of the great accumulation of horses and men in that garrison, four batteries (a battery is equal to a company in our service) have been despatched to Senlis, which is not a garrison town, and, there being no barracks, have been billeted, men and horses, on the inhabitants. Yesterday, J. B. Aspinall, Esq., Deputy-Recorder, in the absence of Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Re corder for the Borough of Liverpool, took his seat at the general Quarter Sessions of the Peace. The calendar Showed that the number of cases on charges of felony were one hundred and eleven, a number of which were disposed of, as will be seen by referring to another column. On the charge of misdemeanor, there are thirty cases which are still untouched. The proceedings at the West Derby Board of Guardians, yesterday, were unusually quiet. On the motion of Mr. Roberts, the clerk was instructed to prepare a petition in favour of the bill now before Parliament for rating the docks. The half-yearly meeting of the Newry, Warren port, and Rostrevor Railway Company, was held yesterday, at the Clarendon Rooms. Mr. M‘Gee, of Newry, made a long speech in opposition to the management of the company of late, but after considerable discussion the report and accounts were adOpted. The annual meeting of the Orphan Boys' Asylum was held yesterday. The committee appeal to the public for additional funds. • In the Police-court yesterday, a police-officer was charged with having committed an assault on a young lady, by taking her into custody, at Seel street Chapel, on Sunday week, because she con descended to speak to a poor pauper woman, who was asking alms. The case had proceeded to a certain length, when an apology was offered, and accepted. The result was quite obvious. The discipline in the police, as we have frequently shown by facts, is of a very lax character, and, without attributing it to anyone, Major - Greig is the responsible person. However, whilst the major carries on a civil force, with military ideas, it is clear 'he never can do as a ruler of a municipal body like the Liverpool police, the head of which requires more knowledge than that of " drill." BELGIUM AND THE UNITED STATES ONE cannot be surprised that the mercantile community of Belgium should be seeking to ex tend their commercial intercourse with the United States of America. It appears from our last American advices, that in the Secretary of State's Commercial Report to Congress, just communi cated, a movement has been set on foot at Brussels for " the development of a direct, reciprocal, and independent trade between the Tobacco and Cotton States of America and the Continent of Europe ;" and such a trade is declared to be one that " would benefit the general interest of the Southern States, and incidentally the Western and North western States also." There can be no rational doubt about this whatever, providod only that there were the requisite capital for carrying it on to any great extent ; but respecting this we must confess that we are more than dubious. The project, however, is one that is to extend far beyond the confines of Belgium in its contem plated operations on the European side. It is set forth, that " with the concurrence of the friends of the movement, Belgium has been selected as the base of European operations ;" and, with the concurrence of the leading commercial and financial influences of the kingdom, the projectors, it is stated, are authorised to give an assurance on the part of the Belgian Government, that " the long expresse4l wishes of the Southern States will soon receive such aid as to result in the realisation of the practical and successful carrying on of direct trade with continental Europe." And the process is described as now ready to be put in operation. " There has been formed in Brussels," we are told, " to negociate the details of this commerce, and to represent the planting interest of America, a continental and direct trade asso ciation. Steps are now being taken to receive the Cotton direct from the plantations of America, to be sold on the Continent, under the auspices and guarantee of ample and well-known capital, in the most expeditious and economical manner, direct to the consumer in Belgium, in Switzerland, in the Zollverein, and in Germany." This is certainly all very grand —upon paper. But where is the money for it all to come from ? The " ample and well-known capital" that is to guarantee it does all very well to talk about, in connection with such a scheme. But where is _it ? Why, the authors of the project themselves would seem to be conscious of this difficulty ; for they proceed, it seems to develope a plan of making the trade one of barter, so as to enable them to carry it on , as much as possible, without that " ample and well-known capital," of which they nave yet deemed it expedient to make a boast. "To meet this Cotton import," they very plausibly intimate, " and impart the character of reciprocity to the trade, and supply the important feature of a return trade, with cheap freights, the manufacturing interest in Belgium is about to be organised, and through a means at once simple, practicable, and attractive, a committee has been formed, under the administration of which will be held exhibitions of Continental in dustry, taste, and manufacturing skill, through out the Southern States of America, in the principal towns. These industrial exhibitions will partake of the character of the German fairs and trade sales. The goods of the continent of Europe will then, in a most attractive manner, be brought as it were to the very doors of the Southern IHE NORTHERN' TIMES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY - 24, 1859 . people at first cost, and exchanged for cotton."' Now if, under any circumstances, a projected extension of direct commercial intercourse between Belgium and the United States could have created any jealousy on the part of England, this appar ently indispensable section of the scheme would at once remove all apprehensions. Is it likely, when the Southern States have a reliable market for their Cotton at all times open to them here in England, and their returns therefrom are obtained in the regular course of accredited mercantile transactions, that they would ever prefer the precarious ,and- less remunerative results of such dubious affairs as " exhibitions of Continental industry, taste, and manufacturing skill," in their principal towns ? Why, the Southern planters want the money as soon as ever it can be obtained —and with as little trouble, as well as with as little delay, as possible. They are not men of any energy or enterprise for such a complicate system of " reciprocity," even were it one that was really feasible and promising, which most assuredly it is not. They grow their Cotton, and gather and clean it, and pack it up in bales ; and this is quite as much as they will take the trouble .to do, — beyond, of course, receiving the money for it, with all convenient despatch. It is not as though Cotton were _a drug in the markets! The supply of American Cotton is at present scarcely equal to the demand—from England alone, to say nothing of Belgium, or any other country of Continental Europe. It is true that Belgium is already a consumer of Cotton. But for every single pound she procures from America, England gets perhaps a hundred pounds,—that is to say, the exports of Cotton to England are probably a hundred times greater than those to Belgium. Very likely Belgium could manufacture more extensively, and therefore consume more Cotton, had she the requisite capital. But this is just the practical difficulty of the whOle case. And hence the chimerical idea of paying for their larger supplies by means of " exhibitions of Continental industry," instead of in the usual commercial course of proceeding, in order to get rid of that difficulty. England, therefore, we repeat, has no occasion to look with jealousy upon any such scheme as this. Let Belgium by all legitimate means extend her mercantile intercourse with the United States, if she can. 'But were we her adviser, we should certainly put in our very earnest caution against relying upon any such expedients as those which appear to have been communicated to the United States' Government, and at which, we are persua_ ded, the practical Americans whom they are intended more immediately to interest must laugh in their sleeves. he consented, at very considerable inconvenience, to remain for a short time. Mr. GLADSTONE'S labourfeithpr is, or in the course of a very few days will be, brought to a close, and he will be re placed by a permanent officer, and when he appears in the House of. Commons—to which I trust he will be shortly restored —he will have every power to satisfy them of the wisdom of the course which has been pursued." All this, save the latter object, has now been_ literally accomplished. Mr. GLADSTONE has himself recommended the reforms of the lonian system of government and legislation—Sir JOHN YOUNG has retired—Mr. GLADSTONE has remained —but at length he has brought his labours to a close, and he has been replaced by a permanent officer. More than this, he has also been restored to his seat in the House of , Commons, which his acceptance of the office of Lord High Commissioner, although for only a few days, obliged him to vacate. And now, we have no doubt, the time is close at hand when he will realize, in conclusion, the remaining expectation of Lord DERBY,—chew to Parliament and the country that he has " every power to satisfy them of the wisdom of the course which has been pursued." The truth is, that our position in the lonian Republic is sadly misapprehended.; and hence, no doubt, the eagerness with which certain of the more violent opponents of Lord DERBY'S Admin istration .have endeavoured to'arraign it at the bar of public opinion for what it has done. " What are facts ?" asked, a day or two since, the Morning Star—a paper certainly with no party predilections in favour of the Administration, but which, in all honesty and independence, has thus answered the question :—" Certainly they are not such as they are misrepresented by the assailants of Mr. GLAD STONE and his mission. The lonians" are discontented under the Protectorate, but it was not the appearance among them of the great English Philenhist which made them so. Yet that is assumed by these assailants. The despatch of Sir JOHN YOUNG proves that in the opinion of that officer it must ever be unprofitable to maintain a British Protectorate over the Seven Islands, and that discontent and irritation must be permanent if it exists. We entirely concur in the opinion, and have never ceased to urge the adoption of what is, in our apprehension, the just as well as logical course to take. But as the abandonment of the Protectorate is absolutely rejected, what remains except to try what may be done to reconcile the lonians to it, by giving them, from the hands of a man whom they know to be friendly towards them, a Constitution leaving their Government entirely in their own hands, and limiting the authority of the British Crown, as it never yet has been limited, strictly to the terms of the treaty ?" Such, then, is briefly and simply the fact of the whole matter. Ministers did what, under the circumstances, they thought best ; and they selected the very best man they could find for what they wished to have tried. We cannot, therefore, but coincide with our liberal contemporary, just quoted, when it adds,—" If the Government should deem it permissible to enter upon a Parliamentary discussion, we do no not see what they have to fear on the merits of their conduct." • The Liverpool Corporation Water Works Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons yesterday. We understand that two new baronetcies are about to be conferred—one on Mr. Cunard, the great shipowner, to whose energy and enterprise we owe the establishment of the line of steam-packets well known by his name; and the other, on Sir Charles Nicholson, whose well deserved reputation in the Australian colonies fully justi fies the new honour.— Globe. . Loss OF A. STEAMER. —A telegraphic despatch, received at Lloyds yesterday morning, from their agent at Milford, reports the abandonment of the Scotia (screw steamer), Captain Atkins master, from Rouen for the Clyde, on the night of Monday last, off Skobham Island, the crew sav ing themselves by the boats. The Scotia, it appears, had met with an accident to her engines, and when abandoned had seven feet water in her engine-room, and was fast sinking. The crew had reached Milford in safety. MR. GLADSTONE'S RETURN MR. GLADSTONE, it appears, is expected in England next week ; and, with great propriety, all discussion in Parliament on the subject of his lonian mission has been postponed until after his arrival. In the absence of the principal party concerned, it would have been very unfair to have indulged in those railing accusations with which certain members of both Houses were apparently 'so well primed. The right hon. gentleman will doubtless be able to explain many things in his proceedings, and in those of the lonians them selves, of which at present there is probably no slight misconception ; and on that account it is to be hoped that the subject will be brought forward first in the House of Commons, so as to afford the requisite opportunity for making the necessary explanations. He may, it is true, find it impor t-taut to abstain for a while' from discussing the case in all its bearings. The lonian Farliament was to be engaged with the whole question of their constitutional position under the Protec torate of Great Britain ; and the same reason t which Lord Derby gave in the House of Lords the other night against debating the subject there la that time may, in part at least, exist still. " If," said the Premier, " we are to enter into a discussion, we must enter into the discussion of ( propositions which, embodied in the form of reso ilutions, are to be made the subject of debate in the Assembly of the independent Republic of the lonian Islands. In that body all these questions twill be discussed, as the recommendations of Mr. GLADSTONE have been put forward for the purpose i of being submitted to the Legislature of the lonian !Islands, and if they accept them it will be their duty to embody them in the form of an Act which swill have no, force until it has received the sanction of the First Minister. It is therefore inconvenient . that we should be discussing matters before they / are brought forward in the independent Assembly t of the lonian Islands, and by so doing we should place the question in a very false position." For .it is apt to be forgotten, that the lonian State is not a Colony of Great Britain, but only under a British Protectorate. It is, in fact, an independent fßepublic—subject only to a specified and limited Protectorship on the part of the British Govern *ment. As Lord DERBY . further pointed out, " its Legislature is not subject to the control of the Imperial Parliament, although its acts, before they Ocan become law, must receive the sanction of the Crown." The Imperial Parliament, therefore, whatever it may have to do with the act of Ministers in sending out Mr. GLADSTONE 011 this 'lonian mission, and with the right hon. gentle man's conduct in performing its duties,—and with (these, of course, it has everything to do,—has yet no right to interfere with the proceedings of the llonian Legislature. As Mr. GLADSTONE may probably bring with him the final decision of the lonian Assembly, on the acceptance or the refusal l of the propositions made to them, the whole ques tion will probably be then in a condition to be ibrought properly before Parliament. Already, then, we are seeing the strict fulfil ment )of the representations, on this affair, which Lord iDERBY made to the House of Lords on the first night of the session. Under the peculiar circum- Istances of the case, as he shewed, " Mr. GLAD STONE, for the short time which he could lend to ,the service of the country in the lonian Islands ! consented that he should be himself the means of recommending to the lonian people those altera tions and improvements which were requisite. It being necessary for Sir JOHN YOUNG to retire, TB.E COURT The .Queen held a court on Tuesday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, for the reception on the throne of an address of congratulation from the corporation of the City of London, upon the birth of her Majesty's grand son. _ _ _ _ _ The Lord Mayor arrived at the Palace shortly before three o'clock in his state coach, attended by his chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Briant, the sword-bearer, and mace-bearer. His Lordship was accompanied by the following alder men :—Sir George Carroll, Gabriel, Sir Peter Laurie, Lawrence, Mechi, Sir F. G. Moon, Bart., Rose, Wilson, and Cubitt. The sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Hale and Mr. Conder, attended, and also the following officers of the corporation, viz., the Recorder, Mr. R. Gurney ; the Chamberlain, Mr. B. Scott ; the Town Clerk, Mr. F. Woodthorpe ; the Common Serjeant, Mr. T. Chambers; the Comptroller, Mr. F. Brand ; the Remembrancer, Mr. E. Tyrrell ; the Solicitor, Mr. C. Pearson ; the Architect, Mr. J. B. Bunning ; and the Keeper of the Guildhall, Mr. Josiah Temple. Ninety-four commoners were also present at the pre- sentation of the address. The Queen received the address on the throne. Her Majesty was attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Manchester; the Lady in Waiting, the Coun tess of Caledon ; the Secretary of State for the Home Depa iment, and numerous officers of her Majesty's court. Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms lined the room, under the command of the lieutenant. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons having been introduced, the Recorder read the address. Her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty. The Prince Consort, attended by his Equerry in Wait ing, rode on horseback in the forenoon. Prince Arthur and the Princess Louisa rode in the riding-house. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Helena, took a drive in an open carriage and four in the afternoon. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback. The Queen and Prince Consort honoured the perfor mance of the English Opera at Covent-garden Theatre with their presence in the evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Raglan, Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros. The Countess of Caledon has succeeded Lady Churchill as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lord Raglan and Sir Edward Bowater have succeeded the Earl of Verulam and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Ma jesty. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Coupe; arrived from. her resi dence, Frogmore, yesterday. Her Royal Highness returned toFrogmore in the afternoon. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.—Her Majesty, yesterday afternoon, held her first levee in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, the Prince Consort, left Buckingham Palace escorted by a detachment of Horse Guards, and was received by the great officers of state on her arrival at St. James's Palace, The levee was most numerously attended. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, OTTHE AMERICAN MAILS.—The North Briton sailed for Portland yesterday with the semi-weekly mails, and about 150 passengers . _ Advices from Lisbon state that the Newham, from Mogadore, which was obliged to put into Lisbon, will have to discharge part of her cargo., in order to take out and repair her foremast. The Virago (Liverpool trader), while on her passage up the Clyde last week, was in collision with a schooner belonging to Fleetwood, which received slight. damage. The Virago was uninjured. . . Tx AinicAN ArnieniErn sails- this day (Thursday) for the West Coast of Africa. The letter box will close at 11; and . finally at 12, but, will be open on the new landing-stage up to one o'clock. . FIRE IN GEORGE'S DOCK.—About three o'clock, yes terday morning, a fire broke out in the cabin of the schooner Arrow, from St. Michael's, at present lying in the north-east corner of George's dock. The reels from Prince's dock were immediately in attendance, and the flames were subdued in about half an hour. Much damage was done to the cabin and cabin fixtures. ATERAPT TO HANG A BLACK MAN.—Yesterday, at the police court, three ruffians named John Jones, Thomas M'Vey, and Alexander White, were charged with having attempted to hang John David, a native of Ceylon. The complainant went into Ireland's public house, in James-street, where the prisoners where, and because he refused to give them drink, they seized a rope that hung behind the door, put it round his neck, and nearly strangled him. They were sent to jail' for two months each. AccmENts.—About one o'clock yesterday morninf, , , Thomas May, living in Naylor-street, and a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Forrest, of the Vauxhall Iron Works, was employed at the Sandon Graving Dock, at the repairs of an iron ship, when he fell into the dock and received concussion of the brain. Patrick Shannon, a labourer, residing at 7 Court, Marlborough-street, Vauxhall-road, and in the employ of Messrs. Macfie and Sons, sugar refiners, Batchelor-street, received a severe scalp wound and several injuries upon his head, by a bag of sugar falling out of the sling upon it. Both the injured men are lying at the Northern Hospital, where all the attention necessary is paid to them. _ _ ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—The usually fortnightly meeting of this society was held last evening-, in the Royal InstitutiOn,sColquitt-street. The president, Mr_ H. P. Horner in the chair. Mr. Francis Holden was elected a member of the society. The secretary acknow ledged the receipt of the Building Tews of the past fortnight, and also the Dublin Builder. Mr. Frank Howard exhibited a design which he had executed for a stained glass window of SC' Paul's, Blackburn. Some remarks were made as to the art of glass staining and glass painting, after which Mr. Howard was called upon by the chairman, to reed his paper on the subject of " Criticism," which had been promised for that evening. A conversation ensued the reading of the paper, and a vote if thanks was given to Mr. Howard for his able and interesting paper. The meeting then broke up. THE DANGERS OF CRlNOLlNE.—Yesterday a young lady, in Everton, met with an accident from having come in contact with the fire, under the following circumstances. She had, as was her wont, put on her crinoline in the morning, but during the day she was obliged to engage in some household duties, during the course of which, she came too close to the fire, and remained in a stooping posture for some time, with her back to the grate. She turned round in about three minutes and, to her astonish ment, she found that the inflexible petticoat had pushed her dress against the burning coals. It happened, fortu nately for her, that she had on a stuff dress at the time, which did not rise in flames, or the consequences might have been serious. As it was, however, the dress was rendered useless, Surely this will act as a caution to her, at least, if not to others. - WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. -The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday, Mr. H. Edwards in the chair. The other guardians present were —Messrs. Roberts, Whitby, Bulshaw, Parkin, Medealf, Abrahams, Ledg2r, I. Edwards, Wensley, and Kirkus. The governor, Mr. Gough, reported that the number of paupers in the establishment last week was 667 ; • admitted since, 22 ; discharged, 32 ; dead, 2 : number this week, 656; corresponding week last year, 692. Of the number at pre sent in the house, 355 belongs to the Toxteth-park district. The followinc , cheques were Granted for out door relief : —Mr. Putts, 128 ; Mr. Olney, £3B ; Mr. Lythgoe, £22. Mr. Roberts moved that Mr. Cleaver be directed to get up a petition in favour of the bill now before parliament for rating the Liverpool docks. Re thought they ought to be alive to their own interest, especially as they were likely to have opposition from Manchester and other places. A portion of the district, he said, would be affected by the bill. He urged that they should do something more than merely wish for the success of the bill, and show that they took an interest in the matter, by petitioning. The motion was seconded by Mr. Abrahams, who remarked that, as a public body, they uught to take steps in promoting the bill. Mr. Kirkus said, he was opposed to the bill for rating the Docks, because he oonsidered it would injure shipping at the port. The motion was carried. Mr. IVliitby asked whether a copy of Mr. Estcourt's bill with regard to the removal of Irish and Scotch paupers had been received ? Mr. Kirkus replied, that Mr. Esteourt had only _ moved for a select committee of inquiry, and that a bill would be founded upon the result of these enquiries. The Chairman said there were two bills in Parliament in reference to poor law operations, but he had seen nothing in them relative to the removal of Irish and Scotch paupers. Mr. Ledger said, there could be no objection to requesting the Poor law Board, when a bill was brought forward, to send them a copy of it. He moved that the. Poor-law Board be requested to do so. The motion was agreed to, and this concluded the business. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER AND PRESENTATION.—OR Tuesday evening, a number of gentlemen. met at the Manchester Arms Hotel (Mr. Pickup's), Great Howard street, to entertain Mr. Henry George Dowse, the late respected agent of the firm of Messrs. T. Watkins & Co., porter brewers, of Dublin (in Liverpool), and to present him with a piece of plate, on the occasion of Mr. Dowse having succeeded to a more important position, as the representative of another Dublin' house. The occasion was taken by his friends to pay him a well-merited com pliment, for in his business and private capacity, he is valued and esteemed by all who know him. . This was amply proved by the number and respectability of the party that met on Tuesday evening to testify their appreciation of his conduct in all respects. The dinner took place at six o'clock, and was served up in a style of excellence that elicited the applause of all present. It consisted of an abundance of the excellent things that the season affords, and did credit, in all res pects, to the attentive host, who gained the approval of the company. • Amongst the company were several res pectable members of the trade, professional, and other gentlemen, who testified by their presence the esteem in which Mr. Dowse is held. The chair was ably filled by Mr. William Wade, on whose right sat the guest of the evening. When the excellent viands had be e n d u ly dis- posed of, and the cloth drawn, the chairman gave the usual loyal toasts which wererecived withal]. honours, Mr. Robin son performing on the piano with much ability, and joined by the whole company in chorus. The chairman, in proposing the health of their respected guest, passed a well-deserved compliment on him for his high sense of honour, his punctual attention to business, his industry, urbanity, and gentlemanly bearing on all occasions and under every circumstance. He trusted he would long remain amongst them in his new position, the represen tative of another extensive Dublin house, and he was sure that, from the antecedents of Mr. Dowse, and Vie entire satisfaction he had given to his friends, he would be still a greater favourite than he was even heretofore. The Chairman, after reviewing Mr. Dowse's conduct, and passing a high and warm eulogium on him, presented him with a handsome pre sent of gold plate, wishing him long life and . prosperity. The health of the guest was then proposed in suitable terms, and was drunk by the company with every mark of respect and applause. Mr. Dowse returned thanks and delivered an effective address, with ability and eloquence. He. alluded to his past career, and pointed to his future. He, thought it was some proof that he had given satisfaction in his late position, when he saw so many of his friends around him that evening. He never, for a moment, dreamt of the honour that was paid to him that evening, and when it was first intimated to him, he felt quite surprised. He should certainly have declined the great honour, but if he did so, he feared he would be paying a bad compliment to his numerous friends ; and on that consideration only did he come to the conclusion to accept of their hospitality and very handsome gift. Personally it was dea r t o h un , b u t y e t still he valved it more on the great ground of principle. It showed tha - i there were mercantile men in the great trading community of Liverpool that held principle—even in an humble person like him -in high estimation. He had always endeavoured to go on the right path, and the meeting of that evenin g more th an compensated him for years of exertion and anxiety. He should ever remember that evening, and cherish the gift to the last moment of his life After some further remarks, he duly thanked the company and sat down amid reiterated bursts of applause. Several other toasts were given, and amongst those "the Press" particularly the "NORTHERN TIMES, the repre sentative of the commercial and mercantile interests of Liverpool," that had done good service as the fearless and independent exponent of public opinion. During the evening, several songs wore give; and Mr. Robinson favoured the company by ped° llll l us t pot . „ some fine airs on the piano. It would be uni mention, that the worthy host was warmly congratulate,: on all his arrangements, which were perfect, and rt unqualified satisfaction. The company twelve o'clock, having spent an agreeable evening. 0 , 4 HENGLER'S GRAND ClRQUE.—Scarcely a night Cie but some fresh feature or other is brought fe w t public. Mr. Hengler has well termed his establishineel separate " Cirque Variete," for varied in every sense of the w t e it is. Last week, it will be remembered, Mr. liew s° T - b e and his steed Napoleon, with young Ducrow, c were debutante. This week they are succeeded by Mr. Arsithunr Barnes, the champion vaulter, Mons. Oriel, the Farici buffoon, and last, but far from least, that world re noon and premier of tight-rope dancers, John Milton Ifellgiesri Last night the performances were of a most excellent attractive character, commencing with Master Alfrcal: his favourite " leaping act." It has always been a d sc luv ' t of wonder to us how a person of his size can so err of himself as to literally dart through hoops whi ch , tl v apparently so diminutive as to warrant opinion that it would be an impossibtoutiti and yet it is accomplished by this lon fearlessly, dexterously and well; nor ought less I be said of Mr. John Clarke in his juggling scene, for is really almost as incredible, the feats he performs withi the various instruments handed to him, and all time the horse in rapid perpetual motion, but it liso the recently imported artists we would call P 3 r tiC o iS attention and first, we should in " place antigrac c ;no , Miss Etnly Jane Wells. To use a favourite express the she is " The poetry of motion," a very sylph of ,0 area, a very fairy on horseback. Her enactment of w of " Daughter of the Regiment" is a fine Pie ce o f pantomime, and approaches more nearly our ideas et perfection than anything we have yet seen. Last . ' we thought her personation of the "Flag of ICatl ° '.jo a fine subject, and one that she did justice to, but re ine consider it is outshone by her embodyment of " de Regiment ;" and yet, great as is this voila.' eri l- n e she has a rival, and a most formidable 0 , , to, we mean in the person of the little " Zephc i rs :. 4 , or as she is termed in the programme, le petite ZePfl ° ' r e This child, for a mere child she is, we presume, not in ) ,,, than ten or twelve years of age, executes the most I:1 01 1 fac t, and difficult feats that we have ever witnessed; „ o le we do not remember to have seen either male or ir d e, adult equestrian that has displayed so much conflu e ifs and won so much applause, as this phenomenon. isb. Arthur Barnes, the champion vaulter, is a most astonsras ing performer. The ease with which he turns uPawoos. of sixty summersaults is beyond precedence. ot. ~ Oriel, the Parisian grotesque, is a most active an d e et i getic clown. His bounds and gyrations are really leo wonderful. This evening, Mr. John Milton Ilenglel'ot great artist on the corde-tension,will appear, and we ° dell not his reception will be very flattering. Our rea l to will see, per advertisement, that Saturday next wi l more than usually attractive at the day perfornial e e loo the children of St. Anne's National School, by 1e°,..",",t o 1 of the Mayor, will attend, in addition to 500 chil"'"- both sexes from St. John's Church. LATEST TELEGRAMS THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Wednesday, 1 17 p.m.—The P c ': ill opens very firm, and all securities higlie" sc ill consequence of the rumour that Lord CowleY,:t go to Vienna. Rentes 67.70. 217 2. 111 „) ;.co further rise of more than -4-per cent. bes place in Rentes. The Bourse is very fart, ( „ l tse much business doing. 335 p.m.—The ~Tp ot e closes very firm, but prices rather lower. - 1 ' 68.5 far money, and 68.20 for account. THE PRINCE OF WALES TURIN, Tuesday, Feb. 22.—The Marquis simo d'Azeglio; who has left to-day for W i t el charged with a mission to Prince of Wales , d t L whom the King has conferred the order , 0 11 Annunciata. The Archduke Maximilian is " to Venice. RUSSIA ST. PETERSBURG, Wednesday, Feb. 44 5 ';19 0 Friday last, the Ambassador of the Grand h the of Bokhara arrived here. The object 11 cd...jef Embassy is the removal of obstacles which IPeco the development of commercial relations b e Russia and l3okhara. AUSTRIA. VENICE, Feb. 23, via Vienna.—The Ar c° Maximillian, Governor-General of LontbardP at present here, but will shortly visit Triestesol TRIESTE, Feb. 23rd, via Germany.—The Ste just arrived, brings adviees from Alexallu,riffel the 16th inst. Prince Alfred had gone to Actiotif zayat on a hunting expedition. He will CO his journey to Cairo and Suez. THE= lONIAN ISLANDS. Ai , aP,' CORFU, Feb. 19, via Germany.—The ne"fieo r ; pointed Governor of the lonian Islands, Sir jot' Storks, issued a proclamation on the 1701 announcing his assumption of office. ITALY. MILAN, Feb. 23,' via Vienna.---On the °cc- ; of the funeral of Bandolo, an opposition den s tli ' tion of the nobility took place in the but subsided quietly, without further disturu'oo' , i stri Continual quarrels occur between the 1"- - „. Modenese, and Piedniant?.se sentinels s t t ' -‘) along the frontiers. TILE COLOURED SENTRY. Theodore Parker , o f ` b: inn-ton, tells the following anecdote, related to bl' br ig n o soldier, who vouched for its truth At Caa l Adie, General Washington had heard th a t th e c oloured '' e v n ig were not to be depended upon for sentries. So 011 ,i c iet i when the pass-word was' Cambridge,' he went 04 f1,0 111 : sentinelaten an overcoat, and then approached a ), . Who goes there ' cried the seutiac'arfitiB friend,' replied Washington. ' Friend, advance 11° 10,1 and give the countersio-n,', said the coloured mar; s fsts: ington came up and said ' Roxbury." No, response. ' Medford,' said Wishington. returned the coloured soldier. Charlestos o 4o` i Washington. The coloured man immediately et re °, I tell you, Massa Washington, no man go by 0" he say Cambridge.' Washington said Catablo"o went by, and the next day the coloured gent le rote e , relieved of all further necessity for attending t°,, s ° ' titular branch of military duty."—Scotto" American Jour9. al. QOl l / 1 , 1 1 ; ROMAN ANTIQUITIES AT LINCOLN.—Durin; ,ro excavations for buildi ng p ur p oses , on a plot 01 0 7, io o which had served as a cemetery for the souther n „, o f division of Lindurn Romanum, several memeot ° ";,,aliL once busy population of this colony have been hr. ° o - cti m ' light. These consist not only of fragments n f , ‘ , l lloll stones, sherds of funeral vesselQ, amphorae, fin,!'",csao4 some of the latter of the fine red texture known a s ware," but also of two or three unbroken cinerali c li a gracefully shaped jug, believed to be the same ° p ip- ? ,,,;e, ancient people designated by the name of " u rc 0 04"00 used by them both for domestic and religiou s 'oo' e t , ' This latter was found about four feet below the ,s.,' ef the urns, which, from the coarseness of their fau'' L leP s ` )- ,r those used by the plebian order, and contained i th e l of all that could be collected from the queu el , of the funeral pile, were exhumed about the sai - 3 eY from the surface. It would seem, from the ti ttr; t V coveries on this site -viz., the ground at the lb ° lo, ° W l corner of Monson-street, adjoining the north (4 ,,'.f 0 rai, j 3; 1 well known Roman house in the suburbs of 7 1 1,1. 4 ; this, like the cemetery of the upper Roman tcl ,[ 6 ,lla;fo somewhat spacimis enclosure. Among the se v A e 'ob s „ o o, tions of its extent may be mentioned, in4erih e 'a re c " O r , portions of tesselated flooring, formerly OA i s l 4o met with when the gronnd has been disturhe'engra locality. In Gough's Camden may be seen the lostel o" an entire slab, found at the beginning of the be boy' tury by some excavators digging for sand a t the adjoining old buildini The slab had he3ll werli ,0 1 over a large portion of its surface, which wa s _,, s oct e surronn lei by the kind of moulding that sver e ftV these gravestones, but the antiquaries of that dastooe: able to decipher the reading from the decaY e , el p sit) b oc li soft material on which it was incised, and t r w hio a til allowed to perish from the indifference wit h iesl e reir things were then regarded. Similar, thono S 4 ll slabs, and many fragments of such hav e ce ilart•or 4 times since been turned u 2 in sinking wol is ' he rae . ,, 11 1 - pe t ",4 near. In these recent excavations miY two inscribed pieces, now in the possession ° it 01;1 of these objects, but whether or not deciplieroolis, unable to state The precincts of this nee r ghe be inferred, skirted a considerable leagth ° o l 3o,,, agger by which the swamp forming the su , i - it In dry of this Roman colony was forded, an en thf,, St, likely abandoned as a place of sepulture i t s t 'tb e r me 'pants of the place became Christiall'en fo r fo tv, century, fresh sites having also been eil lrta ut f ch'urehes, and the rememb r ance of this .iTuP f - ro al,, s tail if ii ' of all Roman, towns sank into an oblivion ,„4,/ Stn is not even now entirely rescued.— Lt" ooln "" Mercury, -