Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

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THIS DAY. ItcrAL P ET CAME —Dramitie Performance-7 p.m.! ea.:lpm HAIL, elsytcn-square—Gordcn Cumming-8 p.m. ROYAL COLOSS 1731 —General Elite rtainrcant-6.30 p.m. IleoLootcst. GLIDEN3—Grand and Varied Entertainments. ALromp's CarslLL PALAC Z, Liens-street-10 a.m. to 10 p.m. For particulars see advertisements. L, L it e UtiPttil i`tries 4 -4 4) 11103 TD AY, AUGUST 24, 1857. TEE DAY'S NEWS. A despatch in anticipation of the Overland'Mail has reached us. It is rather meagre and confused, and is undoubtedly fraught with tidings of dis aster, not, however, whclly unrelieved. The most important portion of the despatch is that which relates to. Cawnpore. At the date of our last intel ligence, the fate of "Hugh Wheeler and his gal lant garrison; straitened.for provisions, encumbered by a consi.derable number of non-combatants, and surrounded by the mutineers from Jhansi and Hisser, -headed by Nana Sahib, the dastardly Rajah .cf Bhittoor—was peculiarly critical. It appears that before effectual succour could be re. ceived, the defenders of Cawnpore succumbed under these overwhelming odds. There is too much reason to fear that the success of the rebels was signalised by the same unsparing and relent less atrocity that has hitherto marked all their proceedings ; wad that those Europeans who had escaped from the devoted city have been few, indeed, compared to those who have perished. As far as we can make our way through the somewhat confused jottings of the telegraph, .Brigadier Havelock—whom our last intelligence represented as invested with the supreme command of the flying squadron, consist ing of her Majesty'aTith, 78th (Highlanders;, and 84th—appears to have moved up from Allahabad too late to prevent the fall of Cawnpore, but with sufficient celerity to- make signal reprisals on its captors, defc-ating, -Nzna Sahib in mare than one encounter, t slung -several of his guns, and finally succeeding i n again planting the British flag within the walls of (Jawnpore. Delhi was still uncautured, but the date is not given. General Barnard and Sir Henry La vreace were dead, and no doubt grea t mortality and disease has prevailed among the Npropean troo -ps. Such is a brief summary of the latest India n news which we have received.; to deny that its import is grave and its aspect disas trous would be a palpable endeavour to blind the eyes of the nati. )n to the truth. "On the other hand, however," vays ai:London cotemporary, "it is a fair topic of con solation that a European force, at the date of the last despatches, was apparently master of the po tition between Allahabad and Delhi. If General .Havekek could effect a junction with the force bcsit %ging the capital and centre of the rebellion before the aeason rendered future ope rations in the field impracticable, the fortunes of the day, ,with on 'r present most inadequate force, might be at once turned in our favour ; failing this, the best 1 king-to hope is that we may at all events hold our own till the arrival in India of such a British i 'twee as is demanded by the magnitude of the Cl iris and the dignity of the empire shall place w Wain our determined grasp , the restoration of our ( leminion, and the gratifica tion of our just revenge . That our dominion will, bo restored, and that he atrocities of this foul . rebellion will have to be wiped away in blood, every Englishman knows' .anci. feels. Meanwhile, one short question—is t his a time even for the most exhausted of Parliaments to be dispersing in pursuit of partridges and grouse 7 It would now appear th. tt Parliament will not be prorogued before Wednesd . .ay or Thursday next, at least such is the opinion ot' yesterday's Observer, a journal which in general proves correct in the majority of its rumours. The Privy Council, to settle the Queen's Speech, which -was fixed for to day, was-on. Saturday post poned to Tuesday, and it will be -further postponed to Wednesday unless the public business shall p roeeed on Monday, in the Lords,.Aufficiently to allo w of the - Council being held at -Osi.)orne , on Tuesd ty. Until_. the fate of important measures bo knots u on Monday, Minis ters will _not make final arrangements for the breaking up of the session. _ _ In another column will be -I`ound the report of the trial of.gnki for .the outrag e he committed in the Queen's nch pr i son on I‘l,-.. Robinson. H e -.1 - stabbethhim two or three times with a dagger, and nt present the victim is confined toP the hospital. De Sa lvi was found guilty of intent ,`o do grievous bodily barm, and was sentenced to 15 years' penal aervitu dP._ _ _ The i r.ivezpool - assizes have not yet ended, On Saturday T, 4,lae m unfiwift, who was charged with the manslaup *ter of his wife, was tried but the result was a n acc :leittal. A carter, from Warrington, was found guil t 3 • of the manslaughter of a child, through careless dri v ing, and was sentenced to one week's i mpr i sonmen .. The Nisi Prius Court was oceu pied the whol, of" the day in hearing the defence in the case of t h e Queen v. Spence. The further hearing of the .case was adjourned to this morning. The eontinentar news this morning is rather interesting. From tCanstantinople we have dates to the 15th inst. The depateb of autogr.ph letters from the Sul 'two to the Sovereigns of the four States who have t aken off diplomatic relations with Turkey is confi tuned, and we may here at once draw attention to I:else statements in our Paris * 4 ifl•at Paris of the contents intelligence of what is ft ( 44 e Emperor of the French. of the letter teceived by b.are correct, it is not If the description given t 14. : 42 are identical in form. probable that the four lett The order transmitted to t. Ve _four ambassadors to prolong their slay, already Announced by direct telegraphic despatches from Constantinople is confirmed. A p3pular ovation, o f w hiob: M. de Talleyrand, the Freach Commissioner, has been the object, at Bucharest, shows how Lord Pal wersron's narrow minded policy towards the Roumans has strengthened, in-stead of weakenivw, at least one of the rival influences he dreads in the East ; and direct telgraphie news received at Vienna from Jassy tends to show that the state of feeling, in Moldavia is altogether similar to that i Wallachia. The arrival 'there of the news of the late events at Constantinople had apparently freightened the small party who follow the Kaimakam altogether out .of their senses. The newly-elected deputies were resigning their seats without waiting for the elecaons being annulled by law. In the meantime the French letters from . Constantinople begin to complain of the Wallaebian Kann4kam Ghika, almost as much as of the Kaimakam of Moldavia. Ire, too, who at first knew how to avoid suspicion in that sense, now that the elections draw nearer imid the lists have been made up, has attempted to falsify them by instructing his minions to shut out the partisans of his rivals, the two former hospodars, Stirbey and Bibeseo. Those functionaries who refused to obey such an order have been deposed by him. Sanguinary news is constantly arriving from Syria, and from the neighbourhood of Jerusalem in particular. It seems as if the whole of Asia were again relapsing into religious animosities. The latest affray at Tunis, belongs to the same category. From Italy we hear by the Genoese papers of an impending rupture between Sardinia and Naples, to which the affair of the steamer Cagliari seems to have given rise. The steamer Europa arrived at an early hour yesterday morning with 800,000 dollars in specie, of which 300,008 dollars are fer France, and a week's later news. From the advices to hand we learn that Lord Napier had informally sounded the Administration with regard to the re-appointment of Consul Barclay. A. letter from the late..Viee- Consul Schedel had been fled, which goes to show that there was false testimony as to Mr. Barclay's participation in the recruiting business. The American Government replies that it cannot take the initiative in restoring Mr Barclay to the position which he has 'lost. We may state that sundry New York journals state that the foolish experiment of enlisting men for the British army is about to be repeated. There is hardly tany faith to he placed in the rumour, but if there be any foundation for it, we agree with the Trifrane, that the operators should be at once proceeded against as criminals, or taken care of as idiots ; the latter course would be the better of the two. The United States minister to New Granada had returned to Washington, but the negociations with respect to the New-Granadian difficulty proceeds very slowly. It is rumoured that Lord Napier has tendered his good offices as a mediator, and that he advises a compromise upon a money indemnity, without changing the jurisdiction of the territory. SHORTLY after our first edition went to pres s on Saturday we received a telegraphic despatch of the Indian news arrived at Suez on the 14th inst., bringing advices from Calcutta to the 21st, and Madras to the 25th ultimo. The contents of that despatch, which we re-publish this morning, appeared in the greater portion of Saturday's impression. The news, we regret to say, is not only vague, and in some respects uncertain, but, taken as a whole, calculated to impart increased anxiety and alarm among the many families throughout the United Kingdom who have, at the present moment, friends and relations in the Indian Empire. The tidings conveyed in the telegraphic despatch may be briefly summarised. At the date of the last advices from Delhi that city was still in the hands of the mutineers. As there are not any Bombay dates by the present mail, the probability is that the accounts from Delhi are not much later than that previously received. Among the discouraging aspects of the news is the fact that General BARNARD had died of dysentery, and Sir HENRY LAWRENCE of the wounds which he received in a sortie from Lucknow. To this we have to add that the capture of Cawnpore by the rebels, and the massacre of the Europeans, previously rumoured, is now confirmed ; but we are also told that it had been retaken by General HAVELOCK, who followed the wretched forces of NINA SAHIB some ten miles up the Bithoor. All the troops in Oude had joined in the mutiny, but owing to the disarming of the forces in Agra, quietness prevailed in that quarter, whilst the Gwalior contingent had become disaffected, and was supposed to have marched upon ['adore. Although these accounts are chequered in the extreme, we are disposed to perceive in them some gleams of hope that notwithstanding the task before the military power of England just now is of the most gigantic character, there is no cause to give way to doubt and despondency. General HAVELOCK has given the mutineers a foretaste of what they may expect when the British forces now on their way to the rebellious districts are called upon to suppress the mutiny, and, if need be, reconquer India. The triumphs which the gallant General just named has achieved must fill the breasts of our heroic troops with fresh ardour, and at the same time convince the cold blooded miscreants, who have fomented this terrific struggle, that a day of retribution is at hand, and that severe and terrible will be the punishmsnt inflicted upon all who have joined in the massacre of our countrymen, their wives, and children. Indeed, the chastisement inflicted upon the rebels at Cawnpore may be of great importance, and have a salutary effect upon the mutineers, causing them to ponder well whether they will still cling to their murderous designs or return to the cause of truth and loyalty. With regard to the mutiny of the troops in Oude, that is an event which need not take any one by sur prise. Our previous accounts stated that the ex-King had been accused of aiding and counte nanceing the designs of the mutineers. It was, therefore, to be expected that the army in his pay would espouse his cause. On this score, then, we are not in any worse position than might be expected. The brief despatch which furnishes particulars of the foregoing is silent about Sir HUGH WHEELER. ; at the same time we are not without a hope that that gallant commander and his faithful band have been pre served to participate in the glory and success of General HAVELOCK'S splendid and victorious .engagements at Cawn pore. There is another gratifying piece of news which we omitted to notice, namely, the arrival of 1,500 troops destinA for China. They reached Calcutta per the Himalaya and Simoon, and were at once to march up the country to join the forces now in the rebel districts. Against this piece of welcome intelligence is the announcement of the total loss of the screw trans port Trahsit in the Staits of Sunda. Happily, both the troops and crew on board were all safely landed at Suez. Verily, Sir CHARLES WOOD has a heavy responsibility on his head in despatching a vessel of the character and capa city of the Transit on such an important mission. Such, then, is an outline of the last news from THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, AUGUST 24. 1857. India. It is full of hope, and at the same time pregnant with fear. The British forces were in complete and undisturbed sway of the whole conntry from Allahabad to Delhi, and if General HAVELOCK could so contrive his plans as to effect a junction with the forces at Delhi, and the centre of the rebellion before the end of the campaigning season, we might be said to have regained—although cur forces are comparatively small—nearly every vestige of our former supre macy. Be this as it may, we believe that the British arms can hold out against the rebels until the large reinforcements now on their way to India shall arrive, then will our lost authority be restored,:and signal vengeance inflicted upon the aiders and abettors of such diabolical atro cities as have been perpetrated in India during the last month or two. That vengeance ten-fold shall be taken, is the inmost desire of every subject of the British. Crown. And in order that the country at large may -know what is going forward, and the intentions of Government fully proclaimed, we hope that Parliament will not be allowed toseparate until Ministers make full and satisfactory explanations thereon. A FEW evenings ago, a debate took place in the House of Commons which related to a matter of much greater importance to the country at tune Lnan was at nrst apparent. We allude to the Bill for the Prevention of Crowding in Lodging Houses. At first sight this was supposed to be a measure relating to the metro polis alone, but a careful perusal of its clauses has convinced us that it is applicable to the country at large. .As such, it claims our attention, seeing that there is such a large portion of the population of Liverpool have recourse to lodgings. The object of the Bill is to regulate the Common Lodging Houses of the country, and make them amenable to police surveillance. Of course there has been a hue and cry raised3against this attempt at de priving every man from being "King of his own Castle." Hence, many Hon. Members took occa sion to badger the Ministry on the subject, and like the first onset against the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, they pleaded not only the late period of the session at which it was brought forward, but also complete ignorance of its scope and ten lency ; whilst another class of objectors urged that it interfered with every man in the metropolis, and throughout the country, as to the mode in which he chooses to live in his own house, and_gave the police power to enter every one's private dwelling. Now, were this so, we should not only be the last to say a single word in vindication of the Bill, but be among the very first to denounce, with earnestness, a measure aiming at such objects, and lend our humble aid to defeat its further progress, by any and every means in our power. We cannot regard the measure in this light. We look upon it as a humane and benevolent attempt to rid our large cities and towns of what are nothing more than physical and social plagues. Let any one who is sceptical upon the point visit the locality of Whitechapel, Scotland road, and several other districts which we could name in Liverpool Let him examine the squalid poverty, the filth and the disease of which these districts are the centre, and sure we are, the mind of such a man must be callous to human wretchedness, and the innumerable ills which follow in its train, if he did not feel grieved at the sights to which we have referred, or refused to recognise the necessity for some legislative interference to stem the torrent of physical and moral evils which flow daily from the polluted streams of the redundant, poverty-stricken, and immoral population of the localities which we have named. In times of pestilence, or conta gious disease, we are armed with authority to enter the dwellings of the poor, and compel that they be ventilated and cleansed. This is done as a measure of precaution, not only for the good of the poor, but for the benefit of the public at large. If our view of the miserable hovels to which we have alluded be correct, great indeed is the necessity for a rigid supervision of the dwellings of the poor, and no matter what the opponents to the measure may urge against its provisions, we hold that the prevention of both crime and disease are far better than their cure. It was, however, somewhat curious that almost all the speakers who opposed the Bill could not gainsay the fact that a measure of the kind was requisite, They harped upon the doctrine that "every Englishman's house is his castle." But if that " castle" is the centre of crime and pestilence, spreading iniquity, disease and death everywhere around, surely legislative interference is war ranted, so that the safety of the entire com munity shall be consulted. It is a maxim in all civil Governments; that the good of the many shall take precedence of the personal advantage of the few. It was ith this view that the Government originated the Crowded Dwellings Prevention Bill. Nothing could, we believe, be further from the intention of Lord PALMERSTON than to sanction the pro gress of an enactment through Parliament which had for its object an infringement of the liberty of the subject, or gave the police a despotic authority to tease and annc:y innocent and unof fending citizens. But should the wording of the Bill, on a calm and deliberate consideration of its provisions, warrant the suspicion that such a power could or would be conferred on the police of the country, nothing can be easier than to expunge or modify such a clause, and adopt a course of supervision less objectionable, and more in unison with the spirit of the British Constitution. What_we contend for is, that in all our large cities and towns there are certain localities which become the rendezvous of the poor and destitute ; that these localities are the nurseries of crime and disease ; and that it is incumbent upon the governing authorities to keep a strict surveillance over such streets, lanes, and alleys. Will any one justify the practice of ten or twelve human beings—young and old, men, women, and children—occupying for a dwelling by day, and a sleeping apartment at night, one small and confined room, without ventilation, and surrounded by hundreds of its kind and similarly occupied ? Who that regards health, individually or generally—who that has any respect for the morals of the people—who that wishes to arrest the progress of crime, would seek to perpetuate a system which leads hundreds to an early anil untimely grave, and recruits, with avidity and success, for the gaols and gibbets of the country ? We are fain to believe that such advocates are like angels' visits, " few and far between." Yet it is to uproot such dens—to see that no tenement shall harbour more occu pants than is consistent with health and comfort, and to have a surveillance over those sinks of iniquity where robberies are planned, debauchery and immorality in all their nnA phases carried on, and to rid the social atmosphere of the physical and moral pestilences` that are flying about—that the bill in question was brought forward. Agreeing with the main object which its promoters have in view, we should have been glad to find it was so altered as to have met the scruples of its opponents, well knowing that a measure of the kind must confer lasting and great advantages upon the whole community. This, however, is not so, as the bill is withdrawn for the present Session. THE CHESTER CatmorAL.—John Blagg, who was tried at the Chester Assizes, before Mr. Justice Crowder, for the murder of a gamekeeper, convicted and sentenced to death, is ordered for execution on the 29th instant . Appeals were made to the Home Secretary, on behalf of the prisoner, for a commutation of the capital sentence, but after a careful review of the case, Sir George Grey could see no reason for interfering with the due course of the law. We (Athenaeum) rejoice at being able to communicate cheering intelligence respecting the health of Sir Edwin Landseer, on the excellent authority of Mr. Bell : •' 15, Langham-place, August 19. Having been with Sir Edwin Landseer, or in constant communication, during his present and former attacks of indisposition, I am enabled to state that he has been suffering from the result of over exertion in his profession, and has already derived benefit from rest and change of air. The opinions of his medical advisers justify the belief that he is progressing towards recovery, and that he will shortly be enabled to resume his ordinary avocations."—l remain, &c., J. BELL," Permission has been definitively granted for the passage of English troops across the Isthmus of Suez. These troops will take the railway, and will find at Suez boats, taken up at Calcutta by the Rot India Company waiting for them. According to arrangement, made by agents of the company, thEse ships were to be in the Red Sea by the ens of August at the latest. T'ne authorisation granted by the Viceroy of Egypt does not extend to the future ; it is only temporary, and special for the . exi ,ting occasion." POLITICAL REFUGEZS IN Exotatern.--Lord Palmerstou's reply to Mr. Williams's question respecting the political refugees in England is perfectly satisfactory. Lord Palmerston says that no application has been made to the English Government for the expulsion of any of them. This is true ; the demeanour of Lords Palmerston and Clarendon, when an attempt was made to approach the subject, was sufficient —no applica tion was made. In politics as in love, an icy manner can nip definite overtures in the bud. Not the less true is it that several French diplomatists —and we fear also some English ones—have spoken confidently of the readiness of the Cabinet at St. James's to comply with the wishes of the Government at the Tuileries, in the vain hope of intimidating ill. Ledra Roilin, and inducing him to betake himself to the United Btatee. Lard Palmerston has, with the high spirit of an English gentleman, and the brave bearing of a British statesman, embraced the first opportunity that presented itself to show the world that he will not incur the risk of being even suspected of ceuctenancing such a shallow intrigue. He gives the Emperor of the French and his councillors to understand that the English Government cannot for a moment entertain any proposi tion for the betrayal of political exiles who have entrusted themselves to the traditional hospitality of Eeglend. The English people an i Government have the ability as well as the will to‘extend to political exiles that pro tection which even the mach I,ss powerful Government of Switzerland was resolute to extend to Prince Louis Napoleon in the days of his adversity. Nor will the E •glish people and government be mystified and pre vailed upon to abandon their heriditary policy is this respect by sham trials and plots concocted under the auspices of police emissaries.--Express. OUR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH TURKEY,--The ' state of our commercial relations with Turkey is a ques tion which has of late assumed a somewhat increased , importance, and has given rise to considerable comment, more especially since, at the Paris Conferences, the subject had been fully diseased, and an understanding arrived at that a revision of the existing stipulations with the Porte %vat called for, and would be proceeded with as soon as practicable after the conclusion of peaee. It appears, however, as was stated on Tuesday by Lord Palmerston, in reply to an inquiry by Mr. Hadfield, that the settlement of other questions on which the parties to the treaty enter tained diff, , rencee of opinion, have occupied the attention of the negotiators at Constantinople for the past year, to the exclusion of the commercial questions to which Mr. Hadfield refers; hat we have the assurance of the Prime Minister that, so Reins as the pending deliberations respecting the Principalities have been closed, the whole subject of the com mercial relations of the Porte with other Powers will, in conformity with the wishes of the Plenipotentiaries as re corded at the Confereeces, be fully opened and, it may be hoped, equitably disposed of. The relations existing be. tween England and Turkey are of long standing, and are creditable to the honour and integrity of bath countries. So fir back as the reign of Elisabeth the British Govern anent bad entered into specific arrangements with the Su blime Porta for the regulation of trade and the mutual protection of their subjec s. These agreements were sub sequently embodied in a formal freaty, executed at Adria nople in September, 1675. A hundred years later (1799) the Porte opened the Black S3a to British merchant vessels ' "on the same footing observed with those of the ;test favoured powers." In 1809 was concluded the well known Treaty of the Dardinelles which embraced all the provisions of the Treaty of Adrianople; and by Art. 46 of that treaty it was stipulated " that the English merchants having once paid the duties on their merchandise at the re to of three per cent. and taken them out of their ships, no one shall demand or extract from them anything more without their consent ; aad it is, moreover, expressly commanded that the English merchants should not be molested or vexed in manner aforesaid, contrary to the articles of the capitula tions." Bat the Treaty on which, as explained by Lord Palmerston, our commercial relations with Turkey now rest, is that of Balta Liman, concluded in 1838. This Convention embraces the capitulations and provisions of previous treaties, but specifit, , s with more precision, than its predecessors the amount of duty on imparts and exports to and from Gre . at Britain and the Ottoman Empire. By the 4th article of the latter treaty all articles of Turkish " produce, growth, or manufacture," purchased by a British merchant or his agent, are liable to a fixed duty of nine per cent. ad valorem, besides the export duty of three per cent.; while on articles imported from Great Britain and her dependencies there is laid, by the additional articles of the treaty in question, a fixed duty of two per cent., besides three per cent. import duty ; " but all goods [proceeds the article] that have paid the three per cent. import duty at one port shall be sent to another free of any further duty, and it is only when sold there, or transmitted thence into the interior, that the second duty shall be paid." And it is further stipu lated, although not generally supposed to be, that " no change whatsoever shall be made upon British goods (such being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any foreign country, and charged in British vessels, and belonging to British subjects) passing through the Straits of the Dardanelles, of the Bosphorus, and of the Black Sea, whether such goods shall pass through those Straits in the ships that brought them, or ara tran shipped in those Straits, or, destined to be sold elsewhere, are landed with a view to their being transferred to other vessels (and thus proceed on their voyage) within a reasonable time." Ive have thought it advisable thee to refer to the more important stipulations which govern our commercial relations with Turkey, and it will be seen at a glance that they form a very legitimate subject for deliberation. It may well be doub'ed, nothwith standing Lord Palmerston's assertion, whether the levy of an export duty of nine per cent., and of an import duty of five—including, of course, the fixed duties in both cases— on all articles destined for these countries, or coming from Great Britain and her dependencies, can be said to place us on the footing of the most favoured nation ; and there is just as little doubt that the Porte would do wisely to amend its tariff in favour of Turkey's best customer, which Great Britain is admitted to be. We trust, therefore, that so soon as the troublesome question respecting the Principalities is disposed of, the promised deliberation on the commercial relations of the Ottoman Empire will be opened. The facilities for trading with various parts of that empire might be very much improved ; the scale of fixed duties (especially on exports) reduced with decided benefit to the Turkish exchequer, inasmuch as such a reduction would greatly stimulate the Turkish trade ; and certain vexatious charges upon British shipping, to which we have frequently referred, abolished altogether with the best results. These are questions which will doubtless be brought before the negotiators; and we have a right to believe, from the experience of nearly th►ee centuries, that the Porte will receive any representation on the part of the British Government in a fair spirit, and that any engagements it forms will be honourably adhered to.—Skipping Gazette. THE COURT. OSBORNE—Saturday, Aug. 22.—Viscount Sydney has arrived and presented an address to her Majesty from the House of Peers. The Queen and Prince Consort, and the different members of the royal fawn?, took their usual promenades in the grounds this forenoon. Her Majesty and his royal highness the Prince Consort went yesterday afternoon, in the royal yacht Fairy, to the Southampton Water, where the prince landed and inspected . the works of the new military hospital, now erecting at Netley. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice' with Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, accompanied the Queen and Prince. The royal party returned to Osborne abut eight o'clock. The annual rural fete to the labourers on the estate of Osborne, and others, given by her Majesty in honour of the birthday of the Prince Consort, will, it is expected take place on Monday, The Privy Council, for the purpose of giving the Royal Assent to the Speech from the Throne on the closing the session of Far:iament by Commission is at present expected to be holden on Tuesday next. AMUSEMENTS, &c. THEATRE ROYAL.—Miss Cushman appears at the Theatre Royal to-night. This distinguished actress will appear three times in Liverpool, previous to her depar ture for the United States, and as a considerable interval must elapse before she can be seen again in an English theatre, this opportunity is fortunate for all in this town who appreciate Miss Cushman's genius. To-eight Miss Cushman plays Meg Merrilies—one of her most striking and original conceptions ; original, because it need scarcely be said that the actress has not aihered to the outlines of the character drawn by- the great romancist, but has created for herself a shape altogether new, com bining somethtng of an element almost supernatural and witch-like, with the characteristics of the gipsey sibyl. On Wednesday Miss Cushman will appear as Bianca, in "Fazio," and on Friday as "Ludy Macbeth." Miss Cushman will be assisted in the latter performance by Mr. Ryder, of the Princess's Theatre—an actor possessed of no inconsiderable degree of power in the delineation of energy and passion. During the week Mr, David Fisher, the vivaciotr, and sparkling light comedian, performs every night in this theatre. Among his numerous representation., Mr. Fisher will appear as Charles Surface in the "School for Scandal. THE AMPHITHEATRE.--Mr. Ryder, of whom we have spoke above, commences a short engagement at this theatre, and will appear every evening during the week, except those evenings on which he is to perform at the Theatre Royal with Miss Cushman. Mr. Ryder is a forcible actor, having many of the qualities which ensure popularity, and is likely to be a favourite at the amphi theatre. Miss Edith Heraud will also perform during the week. This young lady, who bears a name well known in literature, has won for herself already a promising posi tion on the stage. She has many of the most fascinating characteristics which make a successful actress, and is, in all probability, about to enjoy a distinguished career. Miss : Heraud is already known to th e au di ences o f Liver pool. To-night “ Othello" will be performed, Mr. Ryder assuming the part of :Otheilo, and Miss lieraud that of Desdemona. Oa to-morrow evening an experiment will be made for the revival of Byron's " Werner," a tragedy which.was for some time made successful on the stage by the splendid imperson Won of the hero by Mr. Macready. The part of Werner will be sustained by Mr. Ryder, and that:of Ida by Miss Heraud. ZOOLOGICkL GARDENS.—Our readers will observe that on this day the proprietors have made arrangements for one of the most splendid galas of the season, and that in con sequence of thousands of visitors to the gardens on the occasion of the previously balloon ascent, very many of whom were unable to obtain admission, Captain Beddy will this afternoon again visit the " airy regions," accompanied in his " upper journey" by a denizen of Africans" located in a parachute beneath the balloon, which, at an altitude of many hundred feet from terra firma, he will detach, thus exhibiting to the spectators the most novel and interesting features of " ariel ascent and descent." The multidunious other attractions aro of a most interesting description, and the dramatic company deserve all praise for their excellent performances in the theatre attached to the gardens. The fire-works, &e., will be of an extra attractive character, so that, altogether we may venture to predict that this will be chef d'ceuvere, of the present season. SIGNOR GlynLim —Mr. Lumley, says the Revue et Gazette Afusicalf, to release Signor Giuglini from his engagement at the Theatre Italien Paris, has paid 40,000 francs, the sum which was fixed for breach of contract. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. THE LATEST FROM AMERICA, PER EUROPA• By Telegraph, via Halifax. Nzw YORK, Thursday, August 13, p.m.—The steam' ship Canada's advices from Earope were published here yesterday morning, and have imparted a firm feeling to our cotton market. Breadstuff to-day have been delit• and there is a downward tendency in our Corn Exchange. The money market is firm, and an active demand pre vails. The semi-monthly mail steamer from Californias via the Isthmus of Panama, arrived hero to-day, bring ing about a million and a quarter dollars in gold The news from California presents no feature of special impor ance. NEW ORLEANS, Auo. 11.—Our cotton market is very quiet, but nrices are quite firm. The business of the past three days has been only 650 bales. and the re isipts in the same period 230 bales. The stock on hand here is 21,000 bales, and the total receipts at this port now fall 239,500 bales short of the same time last year; Corn dull. White wheat 1 dol 35c. Pork firm. itiv coffee selling attic to liac. Holders demand an advance' THE MEDITERRANEAN. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDA!. The Peninsula and Oriental Company's stealft ship Indua arrived this morning with the hewer,' portion of the East India and China mail, 120. passengers, and on freight 1,438 bales and cases of, silk, 17 barrels of gum, 23 packages of elephants teeth, 1 package of pearls, 6 packages of tobacco , and 260 packages of sundries. The dates of sailing were—Alexandria, August 7; Malta, 11 ; Gibraltar, 17. Her Majesty's ships at Alexandria were the' Desperate, Caradoc, and Tartarus. At Malta, the Hibernia and Centaur. At Gibraltar, the Vulture and Ariel. The squadron under Admiral 1400 was at Malaga on the 11th inst. When off Algiers, the Indus came into contact with the steamship Florence Nightingale, and stove in her bows. As the ship leaked greatly, the' Indus towed her into port. On the 13th, the Indus exchanged signals with the Company's ship Ripon, steering eastward. On the 10th, off Cape Finisterre, exchange& signals with the screw steamship Rattler, for Liverpool. On the 21st passed the company's steamship Colombo. off Ushant. On the I.otll passed the Etna off the Rock of Gibraltar, with the outward Australian mails. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GIERALTAIL—Arrived, August 6, schooner John and Mary, 29 days from Liverpool ; schooner Ann 21 day. from Liverpool. Bth. Steam-ship African, 12 days frog Odessa, with maize and wool for Liverpool (cleared). 13th• Steam-ship Minho, 6 days from Liverpool, with ba'e good/ for Corfu (cleared) ; Dutch big Diana (cleared for Liver pool): Gibraltar Exchange on London, at 90 days date, 51k. We understand that the steam tag Resolute has beets , engaged to tow the Peninsular and Orieatal SteamshiP Company's steamer Malta, from Gravesend to this port. It has been stated that the performance of the Resolute on her recent trips gave such satisfaction, that the above preference was given to her for this important occasion. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS —On Saturday morning a man, name unknown, fell from a ship in the Bramley-Moore Dock, and, although got out as quickly as possible, life was extinct. On Friday evening a man, named David Jones, a wool porter, in the employment of Messrs. Phillips and Co., was engaged in a warehouse in College lane, when he fell out of a window into the street, and coming on his head, he was dreadfully ijured. Ea was taken to the Northern Hospital, where ho died on Saturday from the effecle of the fall. Among the arrivals from the Groat Britain on Saturday► not the least interesting and novel is a small collection of Actioire or sea anemones, brought alive by our townsman Samuel Archer, Esq, , of Rodney-street, surgeon to the Great Britain, by whom they were collected at Hobson's Bay and St. Vincent's, and who has most liberally presented them to the Free Public Museum, where they will be exhibited in the aquarium. We beleive this to be the first importation of the kind, and that the specimens will prove entirely new to science. PASSENGERS PER R.M,S. EUROPA FROM BOSTON AND HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL.—Mrs. Gray, two children and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Motley, WOO Motley and two children, Dr. J. Warren, Mr. Otis Wright, Mr. E. Pranker, Rev. Miren Winslow and wife. Mr. A. Robertson, Mr. J. Azurian, Mr. and Mrs. Playle t Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead, two children and servant, Mr. and WO. Aitkin, Mr. and Mrs. Wrinch, Mr. E. S. Berquamini, A. S. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Malley, Mr. J. J. Ms,suarYl Mr. and Mrs. Porteus, Mr. and Mrs. J. Napier, Mr. J. Wilson, Col. Gordon, iss Gordon, Messrs. A. Russell , C. Holland, C. B. acob, G. E. Brain, Charles Brains J. Weeks, N. Finks, C. Orr, J. Mill er , 0. Miller, CresslY, Symes, Captain Russell, Captain Campbell, Miss Lindell, MessilP. Crowder, Morreesy, M‘Leod, Burke. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER SCREW STEAMER CIRCASSIAA FROM ST. JOHN'S ' NEWFOUNDLAND, TO LIVIIRFOOL.—"" Judge Lesßarres, Mrs. Lesßarres, Miss Lesßarres, Edward Lesßarres, Mrs. and the three Misses Emerson Mr. Thomas Fleming, Mr. John Callender, Dr. Dalton, Bishop of Carbonear; Catherine M'Creadf and infant. —From Portland, Maine : Mrs. and Miss Searewrights- Messrs. Thomas, and Wm. Garnett, Marcus Mart, Rev. gr. Hoppin, Mr. Matthews, lady, and child, Mr. Samuel Bateg , Miss Catherine Welsh, Mrs. Halford, Mrs. Strafford and child, Miss Gleason, Mrs. Chancey, Miss M. A. Thomas, the Bishop of Toronto (Dr. Com)n), Mrs. Lefevre, Mrs Miles, Mr. T. Libby, Mr. Garrett, Mr. J. S. Clark and daughter, Dr Hodder, Mr. Maeballime , Messrs. P. H. Webber, E. J. Webber, G. Crawford IVI. Doyle, Miss G. Brittin, Mr. A. Dunn, Mrs. M. Daley' Miss M. Shaw, Messrs. Szneaton, T. Hartley, E. Dobson; W. Mance, G. Dickharrett, W. Daskin, D. Ward and wife, J. Simpson, D. Fawley and wife, Mrs. M. Wheeler and child, Mrs. Milk and child, Miss R Philips, 3lessrs. W. Cunningham, R Balion, J. McEldereney, A. Camp' • bell and family, M , !ssrs. Ranstcll, P. Kane, J. Frost, S. Quinn, C. D Jackson, J. Denniscomb, Miss M. A. Denis' comb, Messrs. J. Buckley, .Macballim, Mitchell, Thos. Also. —From Halifax, Nova Scotia : Miss Hill, Miss Grace Hill, Mrs. Archibald, the Misses Archibald, Mr, John' Cumers, Mrs. M. Cumers, Mr. Patrick Norris, Mice Esther Kenrahan, Miss M. Kenrahan, iss Bridget Doyle' CURIOUS FACTS It"LATING TO LACTATION.—Dr. Dela fund read an interesting paper to the Academy of Sciences on the production cf milk in animals, incl,psndently of those circumst inces under which nature usually prepares and provides that important nutriment fur the newly born offspring. Hia . ory records many Eingniur cases of male animals said to have yielded milk. In the Island of Lent- Tins, according to AriAotle, there lived a lactiferous ram, from the milk of which small cheeses used to be made, and another raw, cl a imi ng d escen t f r o m th e f ormer, was q uite as lactiferous as bis sire. But, without diving so far into antiquity, we may state that in 1845, Arens. Van Coppauel, presented the Garden of Plants a h a he-goat, which would furnish per day a litre (1i) pints of very good milk, pos sessing all the chemical qualities and ingredients, pertaining. to that liquid. This he-goat continued to do so for the long space of five years, during which time M. Goffroy do St. Hilaire paid particular attention to it. It once suckled a kid that had lost its dam, and displayed great affection for it. Margagni was the first to discover, upwards of s century ego, that a few drops of milk might be pressed from the nipples of new-born infants, whether male or female. This lactation, which is now a well-authenticated fact, occurs on the second day after birth, and lasts until the thirtieth. Bandelotque relates of a girl eight years of age, who having accidentally, and only in play, offered her breast to an infant a few months old, the latter began to suck, and to the surprise of the mother, actually drew from her a sufficient quantity of milk, an experiment which was subsequently repeated several times. At St. Louis, Senegal, young negro virgins have often been seen to give the breast to their infant brothers and sisters. M. de Humbaldt mentions the case of a man he h ad seen in Ameriea, who suckled his chile , for the space of five months, during the illness of his wife; an t D Au zias Terenua speaks of a young Arab`who studied at P Iris in 1845. and from whose nipples milk could be ( xtracted. This Arab is still alive, and is at the present a physician in Egypt. M. Delafond ,s p ersona l o b serva ti o ns chiefly relate to the canine species, where this faculty 01 lactation, wholly independent of gastation, appears to be general. M. Delafond exhibited a bitch, which had expe it bad all the various symptoms o f l ac t a ti on j us t as if bad had puppies, and which subsequently suckled one of another bree I succ ess f u ll y ; t h e li tt l e nurse 'i ng having to' creas - d about a kilogramme in weight in 24 days (the saline increase as may be expected in a child of that age). WHA.T is COMING to LIVERPOOL on the 31st instant ?—Why, THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN? THAT'S THE QUESTION.