Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

Commtrtiat saits THIS DAY THIS DAY, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 198 Casks FISH OIL (for soap making), 200 Casks GINGELL\ OIL, 65 Casks TEEL OIL, 100 Casks CASTOR OIL, 1500 Bags MYRABOLA3IS, 50 Bales SENNA, 48 Bags Blue GALL, 130 Cwt. SAPANWOOD. BROWNE, HUNTER, and CO., Brokers Apply to THIS DAY, the sth instant, at Two o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 680 Boxes Port ORANGES, 80 Flat Boxes Port ORANGES, 1 ex Braganza (s.s.), 24 Boxes Port ONIONS, 100 Cases Valentia ORANGES, ex Tuna (s-s-) , 70 I -Boxes Gibraltar ORANGES, es. Calve (s.s.), 400 Cases Messina LEMONS, ex A delaide, 35 Cases Naples DITTO, ex Frankfort (s.s.), 150 Barrels Newtown Pippin A PPLES. 20 i-Cases Ditto Ditto DI TTO, 300 Bags -New Turkey NUTS , 200 Bags Black Spanish DITTO. GEORG E BADENAcu and SON, Brokers Apply to THIS DAY, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 979 Barrels American ROSIN (various qualities), • landing ex City of Washington (s.), from New York.—Apply to Messrs. A. Daruchson and Co., Merchants J. H. RAYNER and CO., Brokers. Tuts DIY, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, About 218 Bags GUM KAURIE, ex Marco Polo, from Melbourne.—Apply to J. 11. RAYNER and Co., Brokers, Tula DAT, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Hackin's Hey, 16 Packages fine American BEES' WAX," per Columbia, from New York. Apply to SLEIGH, GASKELL, & Co., Brok 11 olt R AV Postponed from Wednesday. .now, the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 18, Hackins-hey, 250 Bags fine new CLOVEMEED, , from New York ; ne new CLOVERSEED, from Philadelphia.—Apply to SLEIGH, GASKELL and CO., Brokers just landed ex Columbi Maclean. ex Wyoming To-monnow, the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 15 Casks fine American bagged Sperm OIL, landed ex Thornton from New York. —Apply to Messrs Paris, and Co., merchants ; Jr II to J. . RAYNER & CO., Brokers To-moaaow, the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, . About 160 Tons Fine MANGANESE, just landed ex Guedo Bodceling, from Huelva, in Garston Dock COPY OF ANALYSIS MADE BY 1111.0E0. C. 111.1 SON : " Peroxide of Manganese '• Ditto of Iron • . 4.0 "Water " Selica and Alumina Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants ; to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker TO-MORROW, the 6t natant, at Twelve o'clock, at the • Brokers' Office, Chapel-street, 1 Cask Jamaica BEES' WAX, 8 Bags PIMENTO, all faults, just landed ex Duchess.—Apply to Messrs. Bernard Hall and Co., Merchants : or to GRIFFITH, SONS, and PALETHORPE, Brokers. To-monnow, the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, 1200 Double Bundles PIASSAVA, now landing ex Canadian Lass, from Bahia, Albert Dock.—For further particulars apply to SHAND, lIIGSON, and CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. To-moartow, the 6th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, 8 ogsheads SUGAR, all faults, just landed ex Tyrer, from Dementra.—For further particular apply to SIIAND, lIIGSON, and CO., Brokers. FRIDAY On account of whom it may concern On FRIDAY next, the 7th instant, at twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, A Quantity COFFEE, Damaged by sea water, per llersilia and Dolphin, from Colombo, Albert Dock,—For further particulars apply to SIIAND, lUOSON, and Co., Brokers. On FRIDAY next, the ith instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, 50 Casks Ceylon COFFEE, 1200 Bags - recently landed ex Dolphin, from Colombo, Albert Dock,- For further particulars apply to Messrs. C. W. and F. Shand, Mer chants, or to SHAND, HIOSON, & Co., Brokers. On FRIDAY next, the ith instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Chapel-street, 130 Bags Black PEPPER, 140 Bags Black PEPPER, all faults, CE Albert Edward and Philip Laing, from Singapore.—Apply to caurprrn, SONS, and PALETHORPE, Brokers. On FRIDAY next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Chapel-street, 180 Boxes PEARL SAGO, all faults, ex Ann Nelson and Calphurnia ; in the Albert Dock warehouses Apply to GRIFFITH, SONS, and PALETHORPE, Brokers. On FRIDAY next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, in the Wood Sales Sheds, south end Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, 2,165 LANCE WOOD SPARS, ex sundry vessels On account of the Importer contg. super. feet 18,270 Pieces Merchantable Bright SPRUCE DEALS, 546,994 1,819 Pieces Bright PINE DEALS, 56,721 1,438 Pieces 4th quality DITTO, 41,741 1,575 Pieces Merchantabte SCANTLING, 30,960 1,755 Pieces DEAL ENDS, 20,000 15,000 Pieces Sawn PALINGS, being the cargo just arrived ex Thos. H. Perkins from St. John On account of the Importers.- To the above will be • added other American and Baltic FIRS, &c., for catalogues of which apply to EDWARD CHALONER, Wood Broker and Measurer, 6, East Side Queen's Dock, Liverpool. On FRIDAY next, the ith instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 133 Hogsheads Cotton Seed CAKE, now landing ex Carlyle, from New Orleans.—Apply to J. H. RAYNER and CO., Brokers NEXT 'WEEK On MONDAY next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 Cases CASSIA LIGNEA, 1,000 Bags Black PEPPER, Apply to On TUISDAY next, the 11th instant, at the Brokers' Office Apply to 2, Dale-street, 1,500 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 1,000 Bags Bombay RAPESEED, 800 Bags Bombay 'MUSTARD SEED, 300 Bags Bombay SAFFLOWER SEED. BROWNE, HUNTER, and CO., Brokers. SDAY next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Of 30, Exchange-alley North, 70 Bales HEMP, ex Black Eagle, from Bombay, Albert Dock ; 15 Tons HEMP, per Howden, from Bombay, 800 Ballots COCOANUT FIBRE, ex Dolphin, from Colombo, Albert Dock.—For further particu lars apply to • SHAND, HIGSON and CO., Brokers On TVESDA lately landed. t, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the ers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 100 Casks COCOA NUT OIL, &Pply to J. H. RAYNER and CO., Brokers. On TrEsnAv next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at ti Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, About 70 Tuns Southern WHALE OIL, ex Antila, from Honolulu.--Apply to J• H. RAYNER and CO., Brokers, _ _ On VxDNEsDA Postponed from Wednesday. , the 29th ult. -, the 12th inst ant, at the Brokers' saleroom, Oldhall-street, 195 Bales Fine Mozambique ORCHELLA WEED, now landing ex Fernandez, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants; or to ROME. OK ELL, and SPEN CE, Brokers. AFTER NEXT WEEK. On WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant; and following (lays, at to Brokers' Saleroom, 35, Dale-street , 1,000 Bales East India and offer WOOLS. JOHN L. BOWES & BROTHER, Wool Brokers &pply to On WEDNESDAY the 19th instant, and follo w i ng d ays, :, Brokers' Saleroom, Atherton-buildings, Dale-street 4,000 Bales East India 1,000 „ superior Russia Combing Fleece 600 „ 1, Iceland, Egyptian, WOOLS --- Syria, and other low 5 ,600 bales.—For catalogues, &c., AD D I Y to HUGHES and RONALD, Wool lirokers, On THURSDAY, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at th Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 809 Tanned East India KIPS, 752 BUFFALO HIDES. BROWNE. HUNTER, and CO., Broke 011 PATENT ASPHALTS ROOFING FELT. A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing. ONE PENNY PER. SQUARE FOOT. And PATENT lIAIR FELT, For Clothing Steam Boilers, &c., by which a saving of one-fourth in the consumption of fuel is effected.WSl. GIB SON, —l2, C Successor to W. W. Pown.L. ARLE-STREET. Office and Warehouse ON SALE, - ------------ 100 Tons MANURE OIL CARE. ; For analysis and price, apply to - TuOMPSO.N., BAGNALL, and BUTTERWORTH Brokers, 30 m nortlelds A Cargo of 3uNGANEsE, ON SALE, ._.....___ to arrive, about 160 Tons. CoPy,4edistneakstneage by ifr. Geo. C. Huson, Analytical Ch cm ist "Of Peroxide or i m a . 4.Atte it contains "Of water.. : gauese ...•, "Liverpool, 18th Dec. ********** •••• Apply to LEECA 14A." ' - --BISON, and FORWOOD, .37, North John-street Apply to J. R. CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER/ AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, ,4.c CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS. WAInI WINTER CLOTHING, T HE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET, P. L. ifACTAGGART INVERNESS WRAPPERS OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS. RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. B OYS' W INTER CLOTHING (f- TO ADVERTISERS THE CIRCULATION OF THE NORTHERN TIMES LAST WEEK WAS 71,322, GIVING AN AVERAGE OF 11,887 DAILY. OFFICE : 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, December 13, 1858. POPULAR HISTORY WORKING CLASSES EVERY SATURDAY, YORTHERN DAILY TIMES PRICE ONE PENNY -THIS DAY AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, Su TItEATRE ROYAL—Grand COnliC Pantomime ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—EngIish Opera Company ST. GEORGE'S HALL—National Scottish Festival. ALLSOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION (Lime-street). LIVERPOOL SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS (Queen's Hall, Bold-street, HENOLER'S CIRQUE VARlETE—Miscellaneous Attractions. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. CLAYTON HALL—Carter's Mirror of American Scenery. WT, For particulars see advertisements on last page. 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. (1)t Dur4trn Eimts, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1859. THE NORIHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1859 dwelling-place for the working man is One of his greatest trials, and it is as injurious to his spiritual as to his bodily health. The crowding together of a whole family in one room weakens domestic virtue, destroys all self-respect, modesty—mark that, gentlemen, and what it implies—and delicacy of feeling, and utterly annihilates all opportunity for self-improvement—a home which is miserable from physical or moral causes, is the half-way house to the gin-palace or beer-shop. The working classes, I assure you," he emphatically added, " when placed in proper houses, are as remarkable for sober and domestic habits as the inhabitants of our courts and alleys are for drunkenness, immorality, and crime." No one that knows any thing of the matter can gainsay such a description as this, revolting though it be. And the deleterious physical effects of such a mode of do . mestic life were bad enough ; but its moral results are infinitely more pernicious. Only too truly is it said to, be the " the half-way house to the gin-palace, or the beer-shop "—those haunts of dissipation and demoralization of the working classes—those portals to the vilest paths of infamy and ruin—to the road that leads directly to the gaol, and the gallows. It is probable that the wretched man who closed his career of crime on the scaffold, in this very town, last Saturday, would never have been induced to lead a life which had so infamous and so awful a termination, if he had had, what but for the influences of such habits as the prevalence of miserable dwellings creates, he might have had, a comfortable home.. If that miserable culprit's circumstances could be but reviewed in detail, we have no doubt it would be found so. The learned gentleman's description of the homes of the poor to which he referred find their counterpart, it is to be feared, only too exactly, in our own town, when he says,—" At this moment, during every hour of the day and the coming night, how many rooms in the town of Hull are rendered absolutely insupportable by cold, by starvation, by uncleanliness—moral uncleanliness, as well as physical ? What is the result ? Crowded dram-shops, and thriving brothels, which cannot be frequented but by those who, with every suc ceeding visit, become more and more• blindly devoted to vice—to lust and intemperance ; and also must necessarily resort to fraud and violence to supply the means of guilty indulgence !" Yes ; not only intemperance, but prostitution, he is con vinced, must be included in the consequences of the comfortless homes of the labouring poor. He thus reasonably and forcibly puts the case, as respects prostitution :—" Let me ask whether the cause, to which I have adverted, does not largely contribute to the evil ? I mean a home made so hateful by squalid filth, poverty, and want—abso lutely forcing immorality and crime on the wretched inmates—that anything is preferable to it ; and whether large allowances should not be made by a wise humanity ?" There is no doubt of it. Instances out of number, we believe, might be found in this and every large town, as well as in Hull, of such being the case. When domestic virtue is impaired, and all delicacy of feeling is outraged, and all sense of modesty is destroyed, dud there is superadded the intolerable evils of dirt, and disorder, and•squalor, and impovidence, and want; what so natural, in the absence of all restraining influences, as that the daughters of such ill-conditioned; and wretchedly domiciled families, should be tempted to prefer to such a home the comforts even of a brothel ? Liverpool, we say, is no exception in this respect, to the general case of all large towns, and more particularly sea-port towns. It is rather to be feared, indeed, that it is one of the worst of them. As one of our own clergy has lately shown, with reference to this very evil, its condition, along with that of other places, " is truly appalling —a.aisgracc to civilisation." And his opinion, founded on a•careful view of the whole subject, is fully confirnied and coincided in by the Recorder of Hull, when he declares, that " the time is fast approaching when we must look these evils boldly in the face." * * Condition of Liverpool : Religious apd Social. By the Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L., L.L.D. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. SUDDEN DEITH.—A woman, named Mary Gorman. 60 years of age, an inmate of the Workhouse, died sud denly in that establishment, on Monday night. PERFUME OF TAE 3.II.STLETOE. —Has it any perfume? .Why, certainly, the most insinuating, penetrating, aggra vating of all perfumes ! What, then, is it ? Why, the perfume, so popular amonzst young ladies, called " Kiss ME QUICK." FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, a man, named Henry Murray, was at work on board a ship called the North Briton, in the Wellington Dock, and, in consequence of a fall, he died in the Northern Hospital 'yesterday fore noon. Inquests will be held in these cases to-day. AUSTRALIAN PACKET " WRITE STA.." —This clipper ship, which left Liverpool the evening of the 20th• August, is reported at Melbourne 2nd November, and must have arrived there on the previous - day. Her passage will therefore have been 72 days, the quickest of the season. The Champion of the Seas, the packet of the sth August, from Liverpool, is reported at Melbourne 6th November LANCASTER INSOLVENT COURT.—At the Court, held on Friday, before John Addison, Esq., Judge, the following cases were heard and adjudicated :—William Williams, beer retailer, Liverpool ; John Barlow Williams, nail and screw-bolt manufacturer, Liverpool ; Peter Oswald Browne, agent and cart owner, Liverpool ; Thomas Hastings Irwin, share broker Liverpool.—Out of custody : Samuel Bridge, builder, Liverpool. FlRE.—About ten o'clock, last night, the premises of Mr. Dillon, broker, Pitt-street, was discovered to be on fire. The fire originated in the window, in consequence of the party lighting the gas not being careful how he left it. The engine and reels from Hatton-garden were soon on the spot, but their services were not required, as the fire had been extinguished before their arrival. Very little damage is done either to the stock or premises. GARSTON LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. —TIIC monthly meeting of this body was held yesterday, at the office of the board, Garston. The following. members were present :—Messrs. Morris (in the chair), Cooper, Tinue, Chidson, 'McEntire, Lightbody, and Heald. The Law Clerk havins read the reports and the minutes of the last proceedings, same were confirmed. The business before the board being of a routine description, was transacted, and the board then adjourned. ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF AN AMERICAN MATE.— Yesterday, the American Consul applied to Mr. Clough for assistance to take the mate of an American ship (now in the river) into custody on a serious charge. Mr. Clough sent Mr. John Scott, one of the detectives, to the vessel, for the ourpose of assisting the Consul's authori ties in taking. Off the mate, but up to the rising of the Police Cour% there was no case brought before the magistrates. We have heard the facts of the case, but as the matter is sub judice, we refrain from saying more about it to-day. LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETY.--The annual gene ra l meeting ottlais society, was held at the offices, Bank buildings Castle-street, at one o'clock, yesterday. Mr. William Potterposided. Itr. Moss, neretag, read .the ant.nal statement, from which' it appears that the present annuitants are two captains, twenty-six widows, and twenty-nine orphans. The balance in hand very little varied from that of the preceding year, and the same allowance to annuitants was recommended to be con tinued. The statement and the recommendation were passed. The remainder of the proceedings was of a merely formal character. CLAREMONT LITERARY ASSOCIATION.—On Monday evening last, the third of a course of twelve lectures, being delivered under the 'auspices of this association, in aid of the Sunday School Fund, was given by the Rev. Charles Green, of Stanley, in the school room, beneath the Claremont Independent Chapel, Kirkdale, subject, " Dr. Arnold." There was a good attendance, and as the manly character of " Education's Champion" was strikingly and eloquently drawn by the reverend lecturer the audience, by repeated applause, testified its approbation. A vote of thanks to the lecturer was passed. The chairman, Rev. W. C. Preston, announced Mr. Thomas Snape, lecturer, subject " The Covenanters," for the 17th current. FUNERAL OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN. —A rather unusual occurrence took place here yesterday—the funeral of a respected American captain. On Sunday night, Captain Thomas 11. Bell, of the American ship Golden Cross, died, after a severe but not long illness, and his remains were interred in the ground, called the " American burying place," in the. Necropolis. The funeral cortege was respectable, and amongst the.gentle men present, were—the American Consul, Messrs. John Decosta, Mr. Pilkington (merchant), Captain Serey, Captain Deering, Captain Coldwell, Captain Snow, and many others, whose names we could not ascertain. The deceased was 58 years of age, a native of the United States, and was highly respected, and is now deplored by all who knew him. Dropsy was the proximate cause of his death. RE-UrnoN —The employed& and workmen in the establishment of Messrs. J. A. Forrest and Co., glass merchants, Lime-street, held their annual re-union at the King's Arms Hotel, St. John's-lane, on Monday evening last. Mr. Forrest filled the chair, and Mr. Robertson the vice-chair. After partaking of an ex cellent and substantial supper, supplied by Mr. Ford, the usual loyal toasts were proposed by the chairman, and drunk with all honours, after which the vice chairman proposed " Health and Prosperity to the firm of Messrs. J. A. Forrest and C 0.," which was responded to by those present with great enthusiasm. Due honour was also given to Mr. Bromley, partner in the late firm of. Forrest and Bromley. The meeting was enlivened during the evening with a selection of instrumental and vocal music, given by members of the establishment. After spending a very happy evening, the meeting broke up, all having been highly gratified with the eliter tainmant. • GRAND CONCERT AT WINDSOR CASTLE.-On Saturday, her Majesty gave a grand concert, in St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle, to a large party of the aristocracy and visitors. The solo vocalists .were Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr.Whiffin, Mr. Smythson, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Sims Reeves sang the air— 0 meadow clad in early green Miss Louisa Pyne, as the May Queen, sang the solo— With the carol in the tree, And the blooming of the lea, And the riot of the bee, Is my merry reign begun. Mr. Weiss, as Robin Hood, sang the ballad— 'Tis jolly to hunt in the bright moonlight When a man can couch in the six-foot fern ! And the cold crisp air of the autumn night Makes the outlaw's faggot more clearly burn. After prayers (Heaven bless him!) the fat red priest Talks big of his park, as he sits at his feast ; There is not an abbot from sea to sea But keepeth the best of his deer for me ! At the conclusion of the concert the artistes were com plimented, by direction of her Majesty and her di,- tinguished guests, for their talented exertions. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The monthly meeting of the Council was held yesterday ; Christopher Bushell, Esq., President, in the chair Regulations as to the Import of Salt into India: It was referred to the Cus toms Committee, to consider and report upon the desira bleness of memorialising the Government on this subject. Cental System of Weights: The following resolution was agreed to: "That this Chamber recognise the commer-. cial importance of the arrangements now made for the adoption of an uniform weight of 100 lbs. (called the centall, for the sale of grain, meal, and flour, in the markets of Liverpool, Glasgow, and Hull, in lieu of the various and . incommensurable weights hitherto in use in those markets, and refers it to the Commercial Law Com mittee to consider and report whether it is expedient for this Chamber to take any, and, if any, what steps in rela tion to this movement, and, in particular, whether it is not desirable to have weights of 5 lbs., 10 lbs. , 25 lbs., and 50 lbs., stamped as legal." Itnportation of Salt into China: A letter from the Foreign Office was read, stating that the attention of Mr. Bruce, the Ambassador to the Chinese Court, would be directed to this question. It was referred to the Communications 'Committee to prepare the report, to be laid before the annual general meeting. ORATIONS BY MR. T. MASON JONES.—We would direct especial attention to a notice appearing in our advertising colums to-day which announces that three lectures are to be delivered in Hope Hall, next week, by a very rising young orator, Mr. T. Mason Jones, of Trinity College, Dublin. So infinite a number of lectures are announced and delivered to the Liverpool public every season that we should, in ordinary circumstances, hesitate before preluding any new comer with recommendations of our own. But we have seen in so many English provincial newspapers, notices of Mr. Jones' lectures, delivered in towns to which that gentleman was previously a total stranger, and which exhibit such a singular con currence in enthusiastic eulogy, that we cannot but believe any man, who produces effects of such a character, to be wholly out of the common path of ordinary lecturers. More than this ; although we cannot speak of the lectures now announced, and which we have not yet heard, we know Mr. Mason Jones to be a man of original and uncom mon talents, of high cultivation, and of a singular fitness for the position of a public lecturer. Mr. Jones possesses an oratorical power of a character as genuine as it is now rare ; a rich fancy, and almost exhaustless command of the most eloquent language. Mr. Jones is following the vocation for which his gifts and his acquire ments precisely fit him, and even in a town like this, where unceasing lecturers dry up almost 411 feeling of interest among the public, cannot fail to animate with fresh and warmly-roused emotions of sympathy and plea sure any audience which he addresses: We therefore add, without hesitation, our warmest recommendation to the many others Mr. Jones brings with him. The subjects of the lectures are, "Swift and his Critics ;" " Curran and the Wits and Orators of the Irish Bar ;" and " Milton, the Patriot, Statesman, Prosewriter and Poet." THE NATIONAL ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. —Last evening, this order, which is making great strides in Liverpool, held a meeting at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street. It was a meeting of all the Lodges in the town combined, and upwards of 150 persons sat down to a most excellent and substantial dinner, provided by Host Charles Chalk, of the Star and Garter Hotel, Queen's square. To say that the dinner was grand, would only be complimenting the caterer; therefore, all we can say is that it was worthy of the occasion, and did honour to the host who provided it. The members present having " satisfied the inner man," and done justice to the good things provided, Mr. Michael O'Hara (P.P. G.M.), took the chair, being supported in the vice-chair by Mr. Hilton, P.G.M. Before the business of the evening was proceeded with, the chairman read letters of apology from Messrs. T. J. Ousley, Herald, W. Browne, M.P., T. A. Picton, G. Melly, James Johnson, Bramley-Moore, M.P., and J. R. Jeffery, the latter *excused himself by saying, that " to-morrow is Council day, and I have some wish to prepare." The chairman then gave the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were drank with enthusiasm, the company being upstanding. Then followed " Prosperity to the town and trade of Liverpool," and then " The National order of Independent Odd Fellows," which was responded to by P. P. G. M. MacCrellan, who gave a history of the order, from its rise in Liverpool, in 1839, when it left the " Manchester Unity," disgusted with their proceedings ; and since then they had established no le ss th an 51 districts, in which were 324 lodges, and 21,686 members, and depicted the general progress of the order in England, and also Australia, and concluded by hoping that the "hand of odd-fellowship would never be troubled with the cramp." This was most heartily responded to. A party of glee singers added considerably to the amuse ment of the evening, by sonic excellent glees and catch es , sung with good taste and feeling. The evening's amusement was much enjoyed. LIVERPOOL CO-OPERATIVE PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION.— The annual festival, in connection with this association, was held last evening in Hope Hall, Hope-street. The tea was provided in the school-room, to which a good number sat down. At eight o'clook the company ad journed to the upper hall, where singing and speaking commenced. Mr. John Wilson, president of the associa tion, occupied the chair, and Mr. George Holden presided at the pianoforte. The proceedings were opened by a solo on the pianoforte, entitled the " Wedding March." The chairman then addressed the meeting., and stated the objects of the society. There had been many men in Liver pool lately, he said, who were connected with every movement which had for its object the imveMent of the moral and social con diti on of the peop l e ; but if there was one thing m ore di st i nctly than ano ther proved by all the experiments that had been made, it was the hearty co-operation of those whom it was sought to influence. The founders of the Provident Association commenced that society some years ago, with the avowed object of improving those who might become its members. The end and aim of the founders was not simply to enable people to purchase their goods at a farthing per pound cheaper than they could purchase them else where, although that was a consideration worthy of attention. The object of the founders of that society was to improve the habits and dispositions of those people who might become its members—habits of care, forethought, and economy, with the incidental advantages of having groceries, clothing, and other articles of a good quality, and at as reasonable a rate as they could purchase them elsewhere. In Liverpool they had 600 members, and their principal store was at 15, Camden-street; but they had other branch establish ments in various parts of the town, both north and south. lie compared Liverpool to Rochdale, where the store in that town supplied nearly the whole of the inhabitants. The society i however, were not going to stop where they were, for they dreamt of having large warehouses, in which to place their stores ; they also dreamt of having ships, and sugar plantations, in which to grow their own sugar ; at all events, they did not intend to stand still in their present condition. (Applause.) A number of songs, - recitations, Ice. were then given, the whole of the singers acquitting them selves iu first-rate style, the audience testifying their approbation by frequent bursts of applause. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and singers terminated the proceeding. PRAISRiVORTHY CONDUCT OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN. —The ship James Foster, jun., Captain F. Abeel, just arrived here (returned), has had a miraculous escape. She was out, from Liverpool for New York, over fifty days, and encountered the most severe weather on record, as it was almost a hurricane from the time she left Cape Clear until her return to Cork. The length of time she was out shows what she must have gone through ; and as much anxiety prevails amongst the friends of the passengers who were on board, we feel satisfaction in laying the following facts (which may be relied on), before the public. It may be premised that it is very gratifying to find that the brave commander of this ship has acted so nobly and humanely towards the passengers (over 300), and exerted himself so as to bring back the ship safe for his owners and the underwriters. Such conduct should not go unrecorded, and probably will not remain unrewarded. The ship, after battling with the gale until off the banks of Newfoundland, was nearly lost, but the commander, with a degree of energy and cool per severance, by his example, kept up the crew and passengers with strong hopes. The tiller, however, was broken, and a fine young man, named Jesse J. Marden, a native of Newhampshire, who was at the wheel, had his arm smashed in pieces, above the elbo w . Th e captain treated him with the greatest kindness, and attended to him until he arrived here (the wonder is he did not die of mortification), when he had him removed to respectable lodgings, and a surgeon was sent for, who attended to the arm properly, and the young man is now going on favourably, and Mr. John Decosta, has attended to the young man, in a pecuniary point of view, so that he wants for nothing. We have conversed with several of the passengers, and they speak of the captain with gratitude which seems unbounded. They say that they owe their lives (under God) to his ceaseless exertions, and that he be haved like a father to them all. When the ship arrived off Cork, he, as soon as possible, procured a steamboat, and forwarded as many passengers as wished to Liverpool, but many remained with him, having every confidence in his skill, humanity, and attention. In Cork he ordered payment to a number of passengers who had assisted in working the ship, such as pumping, &c., and very many of the people speak with with tears of gratitude in their eyes of the captain. With the exception of poor Marden, and some h a lf-d oze n slight accidents, all arrived safe here. This is a proof of the zeal and talent of Captain Abed, for by his exertions and the blessings of providence, the lives of nearly 400 persons were preserved, and the ship brought back safely, under unheard of pressure. If any man ever deserved praise and something more, Captain Abeel is that man. The consignees of the ship (Messrs. Baring . Brothers), had made prompt arrangements for the con veyance of the passengers, and have liberally attended to their wants and comforts here. MATRINONIAL FRACAS EXTRAORDINARY.- On Satur day, Harriet Ellen Allen, a person about thirty years of age, of lady-like exterior and address, appeared before Mr. Hammill, at the Worship-street (London) Police Court, under the following peculiar and delic ate circumstances. On Thursday last three men, named. Slade, Cole, and Cunning, were charged at this c our t w ith being found in inclosed gardens at No. 6, Hepzediah terrace, Dalston, for an unlawful purpose. The fact was proved by one of the servants, and in answer the prisoners one and all gave this account of the matter. They were playing at skittles in the neigh bourhood of Whitechapel a few nights since, when a gentleman, who stated his name to be Mortimer, and who described himself a solicitor, joined them, and offered a job They . were to proceed in his company to Dalston, and assist in the abduction of a child from a house there. The mother was to knock at the street door, rush in, and, having secured her object, retreat by the back garden, where they were to be concealed in readiness to act should any resistance be shown. To this arrangement the three and others assented a bargain was struck - and, on the night in question, all repaired to the house of Mr. Mortimer, No. 7, llepzediah-terrace, Dalston, where they saw a lady, named Allen, who asserted that she was the mother of the child to whom reference had been made; and it was by the desire of her and the gentleman alluded to that they acted as stated, and were found in the garden adjoining, while making their way to No. 1, where the child was residing. This statement of the prisoners naturally excited considerable astonishment, and the magistrate was ordering inquiries to be made by the police, when Inspector Langdon, N division, entered, and said that a person giving ie name of Mortimer had applied at the station-house at Kingslaud for the release of the three men, who, he alleged, had acted by his orders, and added that he was resolved to have a child away from a house adjacent to his own. The inspector asserted that this man, who declared he was a solicitor, had acted most indecorously, and was apparently half intoxicated. At this juncture Mr. A. Lovell, attorney, of Gray's-inn, addressed the bench, and observed that he could throw some light on the matter. He believed that the prisoners at the bar had no intention to commit a burglary, •but actually to assist in the abduction of Mr. Allen's little boy, three years of age, from his father's roof, No. 1, Hapzediah-terrace ; which gentle-. man was now present to make application for a warrant against his wife, she having threatened his life. Mr. Allen hereupon stepped forward and made a representa tion, which resulted in the warrant being granted for the apprehension of the lady upon the following information received upon his oath My name is Thomas Allen. I am a military equipment manufacturer, carrying on business in the Strand, and residing in Mepzediah terrace, Dalston. lam now living, at this present time, apart from my wife, and have instit u t e d a sui t f or a divorce on the ground of her adultery. Since the com mencement of the said suit she has met me on several_ occasions, and threatened and annoyed me. About a month ago she followed me, got into my cab, and said she would not allow me to live to have another woman. She drew out a pocket knife and was passing it across my throat when I took it from her, and cut my own hand in the act.. She then left me. This morning I saw her outside my house. She said I was a coward,' and dared me to• approach her. I apprehended bodily harm from her violence." The lady, who was now defended by Mr. Thomas Beard, said her husband was a trunk maker, and not what he had alleged; that she had neither directly or otherwise authorised the three men to act as they declared she had done ; and called upon her solicitor to refer to matters with which she had furnished him. Mr. Lovell stated that the lady had succeeded in getting one child from the care of her husband, although the Court of Divorce had adjudged that the father should keep possession of both ; that she was allowed £5 a week, paid regularly to her, and yet was c on ti nua ll y su bj ect i ng her husband to threats and annoyance. In June last a razor was found under her pillow. Mr. Beard con tended that the Court alluded to merely refused to in terfere with respect to the children while the case was in abeyance ; and with respect to this proceeding against Mrs. Allen, it was clearly for the purpose of pre judicing the proceedings in that superior court. He would show that the compiainant had no right to make reference to former alleged misconduct ; and if it were permitted to him to interrogate the husband of the lady, according to his instructions, the conduct o f th e com plaining party at th e present moment might probably appear ill a very unenviable light ; but this, of course, could not be, although the wife's evidence was admis sible in the Court of Divorce. The complainant was then cross-examined, and admitted that he had cohabited with his wife until the 6th of Septem ber last, it being understood that the alleged adultery occurred on the 31st of August in the same year. Two w itnesses, a cab driver and servant maid, were called to prove that on the morning in question, no threatening language was used by the defendant, who was stated merely to have held up her finger, and declared Mr. Allen was a coward for not allowing her to see her child. Mr. Hammill observed that this wo satisfactory, and he should dismiss the warrant. Any reference to preceding matters would be noticed in the court, at which both parties must, in due course, appear. The three men were also discharged, with a caution not to interfere in such delicate matters again. THE DAY'S NEWS By the arrival of the Overland Bombay Mail, we have dates from Bombay to the 9th of December. The intelligence is altogether favourable. Tantia Topee had been defeated with severe loss. Vigor ous efforts were on foot to catch him. Mann Singh had been defeated in Bundelcund by Brigadier Smith, with great slaughter. The Oude Talookdas were coming in everywhere. The enemy had also been defeated with loss at Gomtee by General Grant. Nana Sahib it is said is lurk ing about the confines of Nepaul. An insurrection on a small scale had occurred in Burmah. Some words which were spoken by the Emperor of the French on New Year's Day to the Austrian Ambassador, expressive of regret that the rela tions between France and Austria were not good, have created a sensation on the Paris Bourse, and affected the London Stock Exchange. These bad relations are at least a year's standing, and arise out of the state of Italy. France takes the side, for reasons best known to itself, of a Reform policy, and has offered to withdraw her forces from Rome if Austria will also evacuate the towns it garrisons. The Paris Patrie saN s that there is no new circumstance in the relations between Austria and France to justify alarm. The indications of outbreak of which we have heard in Italy, do not subside ; they grow. At Milan, for example, there is a perpetual display of a hatred against Austrian rule, which may be the cause of a revolutionary emeute at any hour, and the _news the Milanese have received from Servia, must have helped to inflame their courage. Venice is also agitated, and so with Modena and Pavia, and other towns. At I'avia, the head of the police force has been nearly assassinated. No body in Italy believes otherwise than that a crisis is approaching. Baron Pennefather at last appears to have really resigned his seat on the Irish Bench. The Solicitor-General is named as his successor. The farmers are manifesting indications of a of the hop duty it Faversham and Ashford meetings have been held. Mr. Gladstone reached Athens on the 1 ith, and was received by Sir T. Wyse, her Majesty's Minister, at the British Embassy. A dinner and ball took place the next day and evening, on which occasions Sir T. Wyse, pres e nt e d M r . Gladstone to the most distinguished politicians of Greece, excepting those of the Russian party. Many learned men were also introduced to her Majesty's Special Envoy • each and all co m pli men ti ng th e right hon. gentleman in no measured terms. Next day he took Mr. Finley, an English gentleman, with him to the s'euate, where he remained more than two hours listening to the debates, and in the evening dined with the king and queen, there being more than eighty persons present. The following morning, Mr. Gladstone visited the chamber of deputies, and on the 23rd,.left for Corfu, in order to spend Christmas day with the Lord High Com missioner. A paragraph in the Trieste Gazette would lead us to infer that Mr. Gladstone, who has to deal with the popular movement in the lonian Islands, can ill conceal his re a l sen ti men t s as t o th e d eman d s of the people for permission to join themselves to Greece. He report e d by th e paper i n ques ti on to have expresi - ed himself to the effect that the object of his mission was to establish such im provements as might preyare . the " union which appears decreed by Providence." An announcement in a semi-official Madrid paper makes it known that Spain is to receive from Mexico complete satisfaction for the exactions practised upon Spanish subjects at Tampico. The declaration of war, therefore, of which we heard from across the Atlantic, was mere Yankee imagination. It is our melancholy duty to chronicle two more accidents, attended with fatal consequences, at places of public entertainment, the one in London, the other at Glasgow. On Monday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, an accident, attended with most disastrous consequences to alaput twenty people, occurred at the Royal Polyteclbkic Institution, Regent-street, London. This, as wellas other public buildings in which popular entertainment has been provided for the holiday-seeker has, the last few days, been much crowded, and the unusual INght brought to bear upon the ga llerics and staircases necessarily involved much risk to the crowds of persons who day after day pass through them. On Monday night, it seems that the Polytechnic Institution was, as usnal, filled with an anxious and interested crowd, and everything went well until about half-past ten &clock, when, on reaching the landing lead ing to the upper gallery, the. staircase gave way, and precipitated to the ground a number vf young p'ople eager to a va il th emse l ves of the opportunir of inspectin g the many objects :in I science and art with which the place abounds. Fortunately the lower stairs were not occupied, or the results would have doubtless been more serious than they now are. As it is, however, we learn that, by this terrible accident, no less than eighteen persons have received very serious inju ries, of whom six females and a Loy are now in Middlesex Hospital, suffering from violent contu sions, fractures, and other injuries ; while eleven others, less wounded, have been sent to their respective homes in cabs. On Saturday, the Theatre on the Green, Glas gow, occupied by Mr. Parry, during the whole day was much crowded, performance succeeding performance in rapid succession, and crowds waiting to go in so soon as those in were ready to go out. From the pit there are two doors leading into a passage of considerable length, and three feet and a-half wide, which in turn leads in to Greenhead-street. These doors are kept by a party who directs his attention solely to the duties of that office. Shortly after one o'clock, and on the con clusion of one of the performances, the keeper unlocked one' of - the doors, and so great was the heedless rash out, that he was jammed between it and the wall, and could not get freed. Mean while a girl, named Rebecca Montgomery, thirteen years of age, and daughter of a shoemaker, residing at 2, Hall-close, South Pettigrew-street, being among the first into the passage, somehow fell, within two yards of the door, and was run over by the crowd that madly followed, and was only rescued after having been knocked insensible, by the dookeeper, Charles Simpson, and other mem bers of Mr. Parry's company. She was immediately conveyed to the shop of Dr. M'Carson, Saltmarket, but all attempts to restore life failed, and the unfortunate girl was handed over to her parents in the Central Police Chambers, a corpse ! It is but justice to state that Mr. Parry has taken the means to inter the body with becoming decency, to pay all expenses connected with the sad event, and indeed done everything in his power to lessen the grief thus suddenly brought on a mourning family. Ou - r local intelligence will be found interesting this morning. The fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry was held at ten o'clock yesterday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. A discussion took place in reference to the manner in which the services of the dissenters had been neglected by the ministers of that denomination, since permission had been given to hold them in the house. But according to the statements of several of the speakers, there appeared to have been some misunderstanding in the matter, but for the future it would no doubt be better looked after. The usual monthly meeting of the Toxteth Board of Guardians, was held yesterday, at the Public Offices, Park-place. Mr. H. g. Alpass occupied the chair. A letter was read from Mr. J., R. Jeffery, resigning his seat at the board, to the following effect:—"l am sorry I am obliged to ten der my resignation as a member of the Board, feeling that I cannot do justice to my public duties, and therefore make way for a better man." A communication from Mr. J. Newlands, the borough engineer, was also read, from which it appeared that that gentleman had a notion of his not having been treated with proper courtesy, but after a long and rather warm discussion, a resolution was passed, expressive of confidence in Mr. Newlands and requesting him to retain his office. The Court of Passage, presided over by Edward James Esq., the assessor, commenced its sittings yesterday, when several interesting cases were adjudicated upon, but that of a libel case, in which our contemporary figured as one of the principals, was ' adjourned to this (Wednesday) morning._ _ . - - Yesterday, the Quarter Sessions for the borough of Liverpool were opened in the Crown Court, St. George's Hall, at ten a.m., by Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. The learned gentleman delivered a brief but able address to the grand jury, in which he reviewed the state of crime in the borough, drawing from statistics rather a favourable conclusion. In the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, in the case of Henry Tristram, a new assignee was chosen in the place of Mr. Hunter, who had been removed upon his own petition. Mr. George O'Neil, of Liverpool, broker, a creditor on the estate, was appointed as the new assignee. THERE can no greater kindness be done to the poor, and no more positive benefit, at the same time, be conferred on society, than by improving their dwellings. And not merely those who are, strictly speaking, the poor —that is, those who are in the lowest ranks of the community. For many of the working classes, who ought to be in rather comfortable circumstances, are not accommodated with homes such as they ought to have, and could afford to have, were they to be obtained at reason- able rents. Their home should be to them, in particular, from the circumstances of 'their condi tion, what has been so glowingly yet truthfully described as —that spot on earth supremely blest Yet how often—may we• not say how generally, with the poor in our large towns—is it not com pletely the reverse ! Home ought to be the happy refuge of their life—the sacred centre of all their affections, and all their joys home should ever be endearing ; for just in propor- The very name of tion as it is so, will a man's heart be in the right place. Not in his domestic relations only, but in his whole social character and position, will a man be worthy and estimible, according as he can appreciate and enjoy his home, finding there that which the world without can neither give nor take "The faithful, prulent husband," says an old writer, " is an honest, tractable, and domestic animal," —and he would not probably be the former, were he not the latter. His very nature becomes softened, not to say sanctified, by the influences of his happy h(ame ; and he finds there, or ought to do, his highest and best compensation and comfort. As BURNS has so truly and affect ingly pourtrayed it,— " His wee-bit ingle blinkin bonnilie, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wife's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does a' his weary, carking cares beguile, An' makes him quite forget his labour and his toil." Such should be the domestic happiness of every honest, industrious man—even of the humblest degree ; for such is just what will do more than any thing else to make him, and to keep him, honest and industrious. He has then an object in being so—and the most powerful of all incentives to it,. at the same time. Yet how comparatively rare are such homes of the poor, now-a-days, in populous places. Their dwellings, in fact, are too often almost incapable . of being made such ; and the habits of slovenliness, untidiness, and dirtiness which their contracted accommodation, and general inconvenience, more perhaps than anything else, may be said to engender, would seem to preclude all hope of their ever being converted into homes of that character—of any thing, indeed, really deserving so endearing a name. The subject was feelingly and forcibly alluded to by the Recorder of Hull (Mr. WARREN, M.P.) . the other day, in his Charge to t he Grand Jury of the Borough Sessions. " The physical description of the poor," he observed, 4 ' =mot be view e d as separated from the moral. The ;want of a proper