Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-16 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL, BILOLOWAY, Cotner Of HOWITON-STEINr, New YORK. yarned to ►onour of Ike SIifITESONIAN besTrroTtow, Established at vrAsLIINOTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Fowls bsfittestbed by JAmss Sifirmiox, of ENGLAxs, Ewing the Friendship of the 0 !MUNN Of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION, Is coniucted ea the ENAOPEAN PLAN, caAs. H. SMITH. 43 0 nnicrciat 1,145.- I :bt4 Jin, At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, 45 . lugs Saltpetre.— Browne, Hinter and Cu. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' °Mao, 5, Exchange-alloy West, 7 ch stn Indigo, and 250 bai:s Rap,seed.—Pryce and Lace. At twelve o'clock, at the Public sa'eroom, 'Exchange-bulling!, a quantity of Sum tc and litider.— Bower and Slack. At twelve o'cbck, at the Pub'ic Exchange-buildings, a quantity of Bimbay Routi and Gum Gidda.--111. Cnrist;e, jun. At twelve o'clock, a qaantity of Gamb er, Sago ?bur, and Rice.— Cox Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 10, Water.street, 115 bugs Saltpetre. —Hall and Jones. At twel7e o'clock, at toe brokers' °V° Exchange-alley North, 40 casks T.►llow.—Sh nnd, Ill_san a d ro— For particular see advartisementa. AAITSE PrT3L[C &c. TUIS PAY. Tzsi.Tas ROYAL — Dramatic Perform .n.e-7 p.m. RoTAL enirucAnte—Uranuti:. Performance-7 p.m. ALLSOP'S WAxwoRK ElCnißiTioN —lO a m. to 10 p.m. -Quint's Ittia.-11 33 Julia Pastrana —2 and 8 p.m. gLITTort HALL, Clayt n-squBro—Gordon Cumming-8 p.m. iioTAL CoLossaum—Conoral Entertainment-6.30 p.m. Z‘Or.: - Aacar. GARDENS—GIand ,nd Varle I Ent -rtalnnients. t?r For particulars sea alrertisaments. TO CORRaiPONDENTS. Wm must decline the Insertion of the Letter of Mr. George Turnbull, to defence of Mormoniam, as wa cane ,t lend ourselves in any Awe to countenance Po'ygamy, which it oponly defends and Justifies. Besides, there is too -nuch assertion an I to) lit Is proof of facts In his epistle. The copy may be had oo application at the ogee. e Jnrtrn Xiig~ `z~ WEDNESDAY SEPFEHBER 16, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. We supply our readers with further telegraphic despatches from India. It will be seen that the news is still of a very serious character; that additional regiments have revolted ; and that the Europeans in the Interior are in a sad state Delhi seems as far fro:n capture as ever, and it is melancholy to state that 503 of the British had been killed in some thn days by sorties from the besieged city. Gen. Havelock had burned down the town of Bithoor, and afterwards defeated the rebels, then some 10,000 strong, about eighteen miles from Cawnpore. Gen. Havelock expected to reach Lucknow about the Ist August. There is a statement in one of the London papers of yester day respe2ting Nena Sahib, which, we think, ought to- be received with the greatest caution—" Nena Sahib, after destroying his family, had committed suicide " This is very unlikely indeed. We do not regard the mutiny at Kalapere of the 27th Bombay Infantry, as indicating a general disaffec tion amongst those who have hitherto remained faithful to their salt. It must be remembered that it was in the Southern Mahrattan country that it took place, and we believe that there were many Mahrattan Mussulmans in the ranks, who regarded the miscreant Neva Sahib, as their legitimate chief. The great bulk o : the Bombay army are, however, low caste Hindoos, and there has as yet been no reason to doubt their fi lklity. Madras had continued loyal and free from disturbance, and the reinforcements arrived at Bombay, will terrify the conspirators and Frevent the explosion of any plot that may have been entered into. If Agra be only safe, we shall continua perfectly satisfied with the news—which, taking A ll thines into considera tion, is as good as could reasonably have been an ticipated, The Times says that there is reason to conclude that while the Bombay Presidency has bsen only slightly affected by the contagion of mutiny that of Madras has still escaped without a taint Above all. and as our chief source of confidence, it should be recollected that every fortnight which brings no improvetpent• to the prospects of the rebels materially betters our own. We have now information to the 1511 of August that the Government was not only holding its own, but acquiring mere and more ascendancy in the various districts dis•urbed. A monk from that time would probably bring to Calcutta the first of the reinforcements sent from England, and after those arrivals we night rely with con siderable assurance not only upon the security or our detached garrisons, but upon the gradual re-establishment of the British power on a basis more solid than ever." Tne full details of the news will, we are in hopes, reach us in time for insertion in to-morrow's publication. They will be of great interest. It will be seen, and no doubt with much pleasure, that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is not going to let the Belfast riots continue if he can at all prevent them. Yesterday he held a Privy Council at Dublin, and immediately after issued a proclamation, in which Belfast is virtually declared in a state of siege, under the Treasons' Felony Act. W.- hope that this will have the desired effect. But as late as Saturday evening last there were several rows in the streets of that town, and firearms were used at random On Sunday, hen - - ever, there was a tolerable degree of quietude, the Rev Mr. Hanna not preaching in the streets—no doubt discretion was the better part of va - our—fer as the magistrates has issued a proclamation against large assemblies, we doubt not if that Rev. gentleman had gathered together a crowd, that he would have found his way to the nearest Bridewell. The Times hints that Hanna may come off the worst in the end. " What if a mob at Belfast is so blind to its own interest and to the ga:,d inten tions of Mr Hanna as to reuse to be disciplined by him ? What if it bears the trial and probation imposed on it very iil ? Mast if it proceeds to ex tremities at last and breAlc.i the preacher's head ? Mr. Hanna woul I doubtless submit to the fate with the eittitatim of a martyr, but we should have to deplore the loss to the community. The magk trate must guard against this possible result, among others, and defend the disciplinarian enthu3iast against himself." We to-lay present our readers with a full report of the inquest, so far as it has gone, on the body of the lady found, on Seurdlty last, near Bristol. The body has not yet been identified, and the physician who had examined the corpse, stated in his evidence, as his opinion, that the deceased had been murdered, as her throat was cut in such a Manner as would be impossible by a suicide. The details of a most deliberate murder in Nottinghamshire, will be found in another column. The local news to-day is not of the least interest. Last night the Rev Mr. Butler, late a zealous Roman Catholic priest, but now a Church of England clergyman, was presen'ed with a purse containing upwards of £BO. This presentation was " an act of gratitude for the energy he had displayed in exposing Popery." There is really nothing more in our domestic news 'ailing for comment in this column. We may men tion, however, that the London j3urnals speak with admiration at the amount subscribed at the meet ing about India on Monday. We hopo that the sum thus promised is not one-tenth of the amount that will be ultimately collected. Next to Lon don, Liverpool has the greatest stake in India ; nay, if that most obnoxious monopoly -which has heretofore been granted to the East India Company, was abolished, Liverpool would have the first interest in India. She would extend her trade with the East, and eclipse London in her tonnage with that nation as she now doss in the value of the merchandise exported from the ports respectively. Surely then it behoves Liverpool to act on the generous side. Our countrymen are out in India fighting our battles, if some of them fall, and leave their wives and families in a comparative state of destitution, TI y should we not do all in our power to relieve them? And we are sadly mistaken in the spirit of our fe low-;ownsmen, if they suffer any other portion of the English Empire to eclipse them in their cff.trings to assuage the sufferings of their countrymen, and though last, not least, their countrywomen in India. We now turn to foreign affairs. The Emperor of the French is heading valiaet assaults, dispos ing of hosts of antagonists, gaining splendid vie tories. Cannonades, onslaughts of cavalryand try, and skirmishing, are his daily occupation• However, it is all done in play. The antagonists whom hedestroys are a creation of fancy,and the con querors whom he leads, are loading their muskets with innocent powder. His designs in the camp of Chalons are a singular sox': of peace work, but still they are harmless and peaceable, and the victories of Chalons will not render him overbearing or ambitious at Stuttgardt. The sittings of the Diet of Holstein have been closed. Tne Diet will now bring the - grievances of the Duchy before the tribunal of the Get man Confederation. The vintage has commenced in several parts of the Continent The wine this year will be of excellent quality, and in many places large in quantity. - The Ost Deutsche Post, a very ministerial organ, is of opinion " that the interview at Stuttgardt is an event wh'eh should set Germany thinking." It adds that there are many parts of the Eastern question yet unsolved, and that the military sources of England are absorbed in India. The Ai'gsbury Gazette says that the Emperor of Au3'ria would leave Vienna on the 16th, to pay a visit to the Prussian monarch at Berlin. As the Emperor of Russia was to be in Berlin on the 15th, and the Emperor Francis Joseph intended to pay a visit to the ex Emperor Ferdinand at his summer palace before procoeding to Berlin, the two Emperors would not meet at the Prussian court. We had two arrivals yesterday from Australia, but neither brought late news—viz , the Anglo Saxon at Liverpool, and the George riTArshall at Littleharripton. The former brings about 160,030, and the latter .E 103,000 in gold and specie. IT is with pain and regret that we have learned of the bigoted doings of the people of Belfast. We have been accustomed to look upon that rising town and its industrious and enterprising inhabitants as a model which the rest of Ireland would do well to imitate. We regarded it as a place where the greatest reg ularity and the utmost respect for the law prevailed. Little, indeed, did we think that the people of such a town would so far forget themselves—outrage every feeling and principle of decorum, and assume the practices of the frantic bigot, reason and modera tion being dethroned by the monster demon, political and religious strife and animosity. But so it is. The occurrences of the last two or three weeks have manifested an impropriety and an unreasonableness of conduct on the part of both Catholic and Protestant, which would disgrace a race of people, strangers not only to civilisation, but the peaceful admonitions of religion. What do we find in the truly flourishing town of Belfast, the seat of learning and piety in Ulster, just now ? Nothing less than an open, a bitter, and a determined religi:us crusade, — the Protestant shooting the Roman Catholic, and the Roman Catholic, in his turn, stabbing, or otherwise grievously and feloniously wounding his Protestant fellow-townsman. Each party seems bent upon the destruction of every one who disputes the soundness of his religious tenets. The town is the scene of general com motion. The reports of fire-arms, and the clanking of other deadly weapons, are matters of daily—aye, and nightly occurrence. In a word, the deadly conflict is a trial of strength between Protestantism on the one hand and Roman Catholicism on the other. Belfast, like nearly all the other cities and towns in Ulster has certain districts where the inhabitants exclusively belong to a political religious sect. Thus Hercules-street and the neighbourhood of Smithfield, for mob violence, the chief resort of " gun-club" disciples, whilst Sandy•row, is no less famous for Protestant Defence Societies and Orange Lodges. Far be it from us to utter one word against the right of every man holding and exercising perfect liberty of conscience, and such religious and poli tical principles as he pleases to adopt. That is the birthright of every British subject. Tne moment it is assailed, that moment is an attack made upon one of the fundamental principles of our much boasted Constitution, But in the exercise of civil and religious liberty, as we have defined it, the law and the well-being of society demand that nothing shall be done or said which is calculated to become a nuisance, or lead to a breach of the peace. The moment that either occurs, the executive authorities are bound to interfere and repress the same. S3cial disorders, fomented by religious prejudice and party pas sions, is an evil of the most serious magnitude. It does not, like most other of the diseases which visit and afflict the body politic, die out after a temporary confusion. If allowed, it increases in extent and intensity. Like the mountain torrent, it has its origin in small beginnings, an ..l the single drop of rain increases as it rolls down the mountain side, accumulating every inch in its descent, until it reaches the valley below, where it bursts forth a mighty avalanche, carrying all before it. So also do party fueds like those with which the commercial metropolis of Ulster is now cursed. The duty, then of repressing such outbreaks has become imperative, and those who administer the law should act with promptitude and decision. In applying a remedy to the social evils with which Belfast is at present afflicted, it is neces sary to consider the character and extent of the causes which have produced such mischievous tfects. The main incentives to the deeds of violence which we chronicled last week, are "Street Preaching." The Protestant pa.rty, led on by a Rev. HUGH HANNA determined to make theological exhibitions of themselves every Sunday afternoon, on the steps of the Custom house. This a deluded and ferocious knot of Roman Catholics would not permit—at least without interrupting the proceedings—and ulti mately resorting to acts of violence to effect their improper purpses. In such a line of conduct the Roman Catholics were wrong—egregiously, unpardonably, and shamefully wrong. If their opponents, in meeting for the purpose of open air preaching, were acting contrary to law, there was a remedy without the unmanly recourse of brickbats and butchers' knives; while, on the other hand, if the law sanctions such prac tises in this land of Protestant liberty, then were the assailants cf the Protestants clearly at fault, and as such liable to severe pains and penalties. It appears, however, that when the magistrates were called upon to punish these aggressors, that they acted in such a manner as to afford no protection to the advo cates of street preaching, but, at the same time, give an indirect encouragement to their assailants. This was weak-minded and impolitic. Hence, as time wore on, the troubles increased, until lives were lost, and the " Modern Athens" of Ulster rendered an "Acaldema ;" more like a city under a state of siege, than the abode of a free, religiously disposed, happy, and prosperous people. To street preaching we have an objection. We have seen enough of it in Liverpool to convince us that it is uncalled for; brings GOD'S Word into contempt ; lights up the embers of religious strife ; and, not unfrequently, becomes a positive nuisance, and leads to a breach of the peace. With the right to collect congregations to hear street preaching we will not now inquire. If we grant to the Episcopalian and the Dissenter the right to descant upon their pecu liar forms of faith, and the most efficacious means of obtaining a passport to the Kingdom of Heaven, we cannot but decree to the missionaries of Rome an equal right and liberty to hold forth upon what they deem Protestant heresies of the Church of England, the impious doctrines of Predestinarianism, and final perseverance of the Saints ; nor to extol the beneficial tendencies of the confession, the " Glories of Mary," and the nature and tendency of a pilgrimage in purgatory. Furthermore, the license claimed by the street preachers in Belfast, and other places, warrants the Mormons to take their stand, and descant upon the blessed plurality of wives, and such like abominable theological absurdities. Any one who chooses can, of a Sunday afternoon, visit several localities in Liverpool, where he will find the Protestant town missionary on the one side, and a Latter-day Saint on the other, explaining the respective tenets which they hold respecting GOD, Heaven, and Hell. 1'; is not a matter of unfrequent occurrence to find the respective preachers contending against each other by bellowing in a style resembling the frantic efforts of maniacs. Without a doubt such exhibitions are a public nuisance, and should not be tolerated. But when these preachers indulge, as many of them do, in language of an impertinent and offensive character, the evil becomes.more serious; They who are insulted will, and do, seek their revenge. Thus, instead of GOD'S glory being promoted, the DEVIL'S mission is most effectually aided and assisted. One instance of this kind will suffice. The Rev. /JUDD HANNA, of Belfast, issued an address to his followers last week, in which, after inviting them to caution, temperance, and for bearance, he proceeds to illustrate his idea of these principles. He says—" Your ministers have a legal right to preach in the open air : no man can honestly deny that. You have also a right to listen to them. Let them choose con venient places for their services. When you assemble around leave so much of the thorough fare unoccupied that such as do not choose to listen may pass by. Call that clearance the Pope's pad.' " Although Mr. HANNA enjoins "temperance" and " forbearance," he feels no hesitation in expressing contempt for the Head of the Church to which nearly fifty thdusand of his neighbours belong. We all know the .dreadful consequences that have followed this irreverent use of the name of the Pope, and particularly in an Irish town ; the eflect is as instantaneous and almost as destructive as fling ing red-hot cinders into a barrel of turpentine. For the present we shall not say more on the Belfast riots and street preaching generally. The Irish Executive has appointed a commision to inquire into the whole affair. When that is completed, and the report made public, we shall have some further remarks to make. THE PANIC IN NEW YJItK.—In the city article of yes terday's Times we find the following:—The progress of the panic in the New York Stock-market reported by the Arabia is such as has never been previously witnessed in any commercial city. A further average f4ll of from 10 to 20 per cent. had occurred in all the principal railway stocks in addition to that of like magnitude announced by the previous steamer, and there are several descriptions which are n,w not worth a quarter of the price at which they stood at the beginning of the year, although the mar ket was then thought to have suff::ree, from a long period of undue depression. Erie were quoted, ]9 to ; Read-ng, 53 ; Michigan, Southern, 17; Panama, 79 ; and Illinois Central, 91. The latter stock had touched 84, but had subsequently rallied. New York Central was the only stock that had escaped a further decline, the price being still 72. This company is free from thating debt, and its comparative stability is due to that circumstance, yet since the Ist of Janua-y it has fallen 21} per cent. The most severe revulsion had been in Illinois Central, o w i ng to the directors having made a call upon the shareholders of 10 per cent. The company have a fllating debt of X 760,000, a part of which woe about to tall due, and to avert all difficulty in tneOting it this step had become THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1857. necessary. Even the various State stocks had greatly de clined, and a sale of £22,000. Ohio Sixes of 1,836, which were negotiated last winter at 1031 had been forced at 92. All the Railway Companies having been brought to a ruinous point the combined operators were now directing their efforts against the various banks. One of them, the Mechanics' Banking Association, with a capital of £130,000, had already succumbed. It held deposits to the amount of £163,000, and had a note circula'ion of £45,000, the latter. being secured by state stocks. The organs of the adverse operators openly point to many other co:cerns, and as these do not appear to have the courage to demand a contradiction the confidence of the public is proportionably weakened. Thus we have such paragrAphs as the following r—" The New York Life and Trust Company has £550,000 of bills receivable, and we understand that it is a very sweet lot."—l. The Bank of Commerce is mother weak concern ; the last report showed its loans and discounts to be £2,420,000, and the deposits but £1,220,000."—" The Bank of New York used to be considered one of the strongest banks in the city. look at it now. With loans amounting to £830,000, it has deposits of only £530,000."—" There are a good many other weak ones on the list." With statements such as these in daily circulation tha marvel will ba if the panic does not extend further. Indeed, it is predicted by the same writers, that it is only just at its commencement. The mercatatile failures had been comparatively few. Thus far, they had comprised Bebee and Co., bul'ion brokers, an old and respectable fires ; J. IL Prentice and Sons, fur dealers ; Adams and Buckingham, grain-factors ; and Brers^, Kneeland and Co., locomotive builders ; the last holding a large quantity of railway securities taken for work executed. The failure of the Ohio Trust Company had not been folowed by the anticipated disasters at Cincinnati. The conamit'ee of investigation of the Michigan Southern Railway, had held their first meeting. A large meeting of railway managers bad likewise been arranged, with the view of cr ncerting various general measures of economy and reform. Otra owe; DELHI AT Ilomz.—The last accounts from the East report that Delhi is still in the hands of the insurgents, and likely to remain so for a considerable time longer ; but the British Government are making vigorous preparations to reconquer and re-establish their empire in India, and no one can doubt their ultimate success. The sacred city once again in the possession of the conquerors, they will not be likely to repeat their folly of strengthen ing its fortifications, filling it with the necessary means of resisting a long siege, and then entrusting it to the keeping of the very people from whom they had then it. Over 30,000 troops, with necessary stores of war, have already been sent from England to India, and before long we shall begin to hear of the terrible retribution that must fall upon the heads of the native rebels. There will be much done that will never be reported, and many a terrible massacre that will never thrill the nerves of European and American readers ; but there will be enough told to startle the civilized world, and new Macaulays and Russells will gain renown by reciting the horrors of the fall of Delhi. But we have a Delhi of our own which has not yet fallen, and, From personal indications, is not likely to fall until long after the fate of the Eastern capital shall have been sealed. We have not, like the British in India, conquered a fortress and then given it to the enemy to keep for us, but we have permitted an enemy to build one in the centre of our territory, where he has gained such power that he snaps his fingers at us in defiance, and we encourage him still further to defy our power by sending so feeble and insufficient a force to coerce him that it crumbles to pieces on its way. Our Delhi is the Mormon City of Salt Lake, where a rebellious fanaticism, both religious and political, exists, more malignant and better organised than ,that of India. It will inspire the Mormons with a feeling of contempt for the central Government when they learn that even the small expedition of 1,500 men, which was sent out to quell their revolutionary and rebellious movements, has been unable to reach them on account of imperfect organisation and the lack of proper administrative talent. The wily and able leader of the Mormons, who has boasted to his deluded followers that he will be himself President of the United States within five years, will turn the failure of the military expedition against Utah to good account for his ownj:interests, and he will doubtless attribute it to his own superhuman agency. The main cause of the failure of the Utah military expedition is said to be owing to desertions, more than one-third of the force having deserted since it commenced its march. There must have been same wretched mismanagement which reflects disgrace upon the War Department, if the reports be true that so large a number of desertions have taken place. They are said to have been mainly from the sth regiment of Infantry, and were, at the last accounts, of daily occurrence. The reports from Washington are to the effect that it is the intention of Government to send forward more recruits, and that the expedition will not be detained. How thisLmay be:we do not know ; but we should say that the wiser course would: be to order the army for Utah, whatever there may be left of it, into winter quarters, and, in the meantime, make vigorous preparations for sending an efficient force early in the spring. As almost the entire population of U tah is com posed of the faithful and fanatical followers of Brigham Young, they may be left to his tender mercies awhile longer. Ho.vever he may delude them as to his own power, and the inability of the Federal Government to molest him, he labours under no delusion himself. The rascal will not have the audacity to lay his hand, at least openly, on any official representative of the United States. He knows too well what would be the inevitable consequence to himself of such conduct, and we need entertain no fear for such United States' officers as remain in the territory. In the meantime, before a new force can be organised and sent to Utah, Congress will asoemb!e, and among the first measurs of the administra tion will doubtless be one for th 3 settlement of the Utah difficulty. Senator Douglas has already published his own views of what world be the proper plan for Utah, and it is not unlikely that they may coincide with those of Mr. Buchanan. Salt Lake will have to be disposed of in some way by the present administration, and it may not prove altogether unfortunate if the military force which was sent to awe the Mormons into pod behaviour, should be com pelled to stop short of its destination until some defiaite plan of dealing with them has been determined upon by the government. But such a consideration as this should not exonerate the war department from the censure to which it is so justly entitled. ,If an army of 1,500 men cannot be sent in mi Isurnmer to the centre of our own territory, without the less of more than one third of its number by desertion, it argues very badly for the proper organisation of the chief arm of our military defence.— New York Times. NEW GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS UNDER TIIE PENAL SERVITUDE Am—The new Act on penal servitude, to which her Majesty referred on the prorogation, came into operation on the Ist of July, and new regulations have been framed to carry out the same. The Act extends the power of penal servitude to the same period as transpor_ tation, and empowers the Government to send the convict abroad. All convicts under sentence of penal servitude will be subjected to imprisonment for about nine months, and then bc removed for hard labour on public works, from which selections will be made for removal to a penal colony, but the removal will not take place in cases under seven years. Offenders will undergo a considerable part of their sentences in this country, and shortly after their removal would b 3 entitled to tickets of leave, and subse quently to conditional p trdons, for good conduct. This rule will probably be acted upon in the cases of some of the notorious criminals lately sent abroad, whose sen tences have, in some instances partly expired. ,ponviets who are retained in:this country will have to undergo a longer period of imprisonment than if sent abroad. There is at present no colony for the reception of female con victs, and the alterations now made with regard to male convicts will, it is hoped, lead to a " classi9cation," and hopes may be entertained that many :may be recovered from the evil of their ways and become good members of society, if not in this country, in serae of the colonies. The Government has considerable discretion under the new Act. They oan:leuen;the tetra O f i m p r i sonmen t, 04 temper justice with mercy, by careful inquires into each particular case. A distinction shoul,l be made in the cases of those who*.,have fallen into crime Zi.y sudden temp tation to those steeped in guilt. CRIME Ix Nsw YORK.—" Make way for Monsieur !" said a soldier at the execution of Damien at Paris, "he an Englishman and an amateur r, The amateur was a person no less witty and wise than George Selwyn, who had gone over specially for the great occassion. He had a fondness for hanged people and for housebreakers, and everybody will remember Horace Walpole's message : :‘ My compliments to Mr. Selwyn, and I have a house breaker for him !" But the great wit of the London:clubs lived a century too early. We take the liberty of presuming that his penchant was not as much for the sufferine, as for the sin of the criminal, and that he thought a great deal more of c ;use than of the effect. How delightful, then, would have been Mr. George Selwyn'te position in New York, as the Farmer's Almanac says, " about—this—time." Could a prognosticat chronicle be considered possible, we might imagine him gloating in the dog days over vaticina tions like these :—" Expect—two —bloody—murders— about—this —time ! Look—out—far —several—aggra - vated—rapes ! Bogus—babies —may —now —be—antici pated !" Depend upon it, M. Gregory should have his stomach full. For it is crime! crime! crime! every where!" Burglary is chronic; the sheeting has become stale; mobs are mere nothings; murders are sources of merriment ; larcenies are levities, and poisonings are productive of puns ; while any new nastiness will sell the newspapers " When will New York be finished ?" is a common question. Alas, that it should be perfect in horrors before it is perfect in houses ! —The truth is that we hive travelled the whole circle; boxed the compass, if we may say so, of shame and of sin. There, is not, we suppose, a single law upon the statute book which has not been violated within the last year.—Murder, arson, rape, grand larceny, highway rob bery, seduction, adultery, abduction, forgery, defalcation, obtaining goods under false preencee—these are common crimes. And now we are having a taste of uncommon ones. Mrs. Cunningham's suppositious child gives a mudded beauty to our criminal calendar. Her new offence is a rare one, made rare by its nature; for the most difficult assassina tion is easy in comparison with the successful introduction of a false heir. Bat we have soared to the climax of cri minalty at last—the attempt to cheat a man dead and gone into his grave —the grand rascality which reaches beyond the tomb, and seeks to make a miserable moulder ing corpse the recnsitated and revived accomplice of injus tice. A. shameless woman, casting scorn upon the sacred responsibility of her sex, deterred by none of these gentle emotions which have been considered inherent in the female bosom, simulates, for the sake of a few paltry dollars, the throes of maternity, and clasps to her bosom as her own the offspring of another. And more and worse. She finds not one, not two, not three, but many, who are ready to aid her in the wretched cheat, There is no swindle which any one of either sex can devise or prop )se in this city in which he or she may not find assistants. AU the Burdell affairs considered inclusively show that there are little coteries of crime, societies of sin, bad men and bad women ready at any time to be enlisted in any fradulent or felonious enter prise. To this same favour, then, we have come at last. Much money has not brought us morality ; prosperity has left us barren of principle; abundant cash has been found compatible with little conscience. And now where is this epidemic of wrong going to stop? Who of us is safe ? All of us are cast into the whirlpool of acquisition. We shun it with philosophical timidity; we linger, promp'ed by a thousand generous motives, upon its edge ; we ask a ll the gods and all the destinies to save us from its turbid and noisome waters—but down we ge at last. And he who ventures to point out the danger—to hint that all is not as it should be in this writhing and wretched mob —to beg, not a reconstruction of society, but some little thought of its follies, seductions, fallacies, and lacerations, is generally told for his pains that he is an infidel, and that publi c wrongs admit but of two remedies —the state prison and the gallows ! Very good. Let us go on a little longer. Let us see how far war, murder, avarice, slavery, intemperance, and lust will carry us ! Up from the great depths of our degra dation we may come purged as by fire. But alas ! for the present, ere that blessed time has come, as come it will! Which of 113, we have asked, is safe ! We pass by, with the exquisite superciliousness of the Pharisee, the hand-cuffed and hang-dogged detected, marching to his cell and his bread and water, but even then there may be a busy devil at our ear whispering of that first step which it is the sweetest and yet the hardest to take. Nobody knows what particular devil may assail him. Money, position, fame, a pretty face, envy, conempt, revenge —no matter what its name may be called ! --ei her of these may assail him. There is something in the air which may belie the proverb and make any man suddenly vile. Fortunate for the world will it be if many take warning from the events continually occurring, and case themselves as in mail against the evil assailants of the hour.—New York Tribune. THE COURT. BALMORAL, SEPT 13.—liar Majesty the Qacen and the Prince Consort drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal rode out on horse back, attended by Lady Churchill. The Earl of Claren don took leave of Her Majesty and his departure from Balmoral. Earl Granville arrived in the evening, and remained as the Minister in attendance upon Her Majesty. ROYAL VISIT TO WENTWORTH HOUSE.—TiIe Sheffield Independent of Saturday last state; authoritatively that the Qaeen and Prince Consort will honour the Earl of Fitz Milian' with a visit at Wentworth-house, near Rotherham, on their return from Saoilaß3, on Teursday, the 15th of Octob2r next. Her Majesty, when Princess Victoria, visited Wentworth-house, with the Duchess of Kent, in September, 1833, on their return from tha grand musical festival at York. LIVE3POOL PIELTIA.EMONIC SOCIETY. Last night the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall was crowded to hear Madame Alboni, rrl ',dame Gassier, and Signor Mario in a selection from Rossini's opera, " Sem i ramide." Madame Grisi and Herr Formes were to hay e completed the company, but apologies were made for them, and some or the music was of necessity omitted. The grand duet, Bella Immxgo, to have been sung by Madame Alboni and Herr Formes was lost, and great part of the dart, Ebben a Te Ferisci was also lost, Madame Gassier only undertaking the movement commencing with Giorno Orrore, in which she was admirably supported by Madame Alboni, bat Madame Gas sier undertook, and played brilliantly Bei Raggio Lashinghere, set down for Madame Grist. Casts Iliva was also omitted, bat in lieu Signor Mario sung It mis tesoro very beautifully, and on being encored gave Corn e gentit to the great delight of the audience, Madame Alboni and Madame Gassier singing the chorus, The two ladies also added to the programme, Rossini's duet Quis est home from the Stetbat Meter. Madame Alboni looked remarkably well, was in excellent voice and spirits, and sang her music with great taste and power. Being; encored in /4 Test° semyiee, she re placed it with one verse of It segreto. Madame Gassier did not appear quite as brilliant :;as usual, but sang very well and was encored in Ah, fora ,0 Signor Mario was suffering from severe hoarseness, but nevertheless sung his music, including Beethoven's charming "Adelaide," with great taste and feeling. Signor Stanziere was very effective in the beautiful piarao-forte accompaniment to this, and several other songs. Theichoral parts of the selection from " Seatira mide " went vary well, and the four part song, by Mendelssohn, was carefully sung, but appeared a terrible groping for melody. after Rossini's grand choruses— "Belus we Celebrate," " Hark to Those Joyous Sounds,' , "See Proudly Towering," and " Thou the Dark Gods Decree." The b7,,nd, under Mr. Herrman, were very elective hi their department, which made a heavier call upon, their exertions than usual—the f very . 0 -- and brilliant. accompaniments of Rossini, forming a st rik—v contrast to the music of some other Italian composers' ' • roe STANLZY LITERARY AND DEBATING F O CIET.• --- 11 usual weekly meeting of this society will be he.- .Lt Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock, when a lecture!' be delivered on the " Mission of the Age." THE LATE MURDER ON TEZ HIGH Szes.---Yesterek t o rery foolish report was currently circulated througlo the town, to the effect that an order had come fro m t ill Home Office for the execution of the first mate, Miles; We scarcely need say that there is not the lig°, est grounds far such a report, but in all probabilitirit; the sentence of death has been commuted, he Will , the second mate, Seymour, be sentenced to transPorLa fer life. 00 1 CORONER'S INQVlST.—Yesterdav, the depukr— eer Is held an inquest on the body of Michael Lyons, the t o who was killed in Marybone; as was alleged, b.l 8 I) 00 from a person named Delany. The f u ll d e tails of the cs, appeared in Monday's and Tuesday's papers, After he r. lug the evidence, the jary found a verdict of manslaugb' I THE LADIES' CHARlTY.—Ye 3 `erday, a special meetili4 the above charity was convened at the Clarenden't °° ol South John-street, for the •purpose et electing red aceouciteur in the place of Mr. Langton,who had te ni , e ide his resignation, Mr.II Roy:s was called upon to P rg 'gre There were two candidates to fill the vacant situation--0,00 Steele and Dr. Martin. The former gentleman the elected, A vote of thanks to the chairman conclude' business of the meeting. Disnasss OP THE FEET—WHERE TO HAIM 'rays CCI, —Dr. Siemens, the oLly qualified S urgeo n Chirop o u t l eig has produced, since his residence in town, the g rca oft cases yet known, in removing without pain, hard e 606 Corns, &T., in less time than two minutes, indeed t ( i ho s entire delight of the sufferer. Scene of patients - vrb?';',t, tested his ski 1, pronounce him to be perfect in As a practical and experienced preetitioner in hi s fbif we cheerfully commend him to those in need a' services. ev • WA-ERLOO WITH SEAV3RTH LOCAL 13JARD OF TlKO'c is i A special meeting of the above Board w as h e ld 02 N1 °13 , - hel evening ; James Smith, Lg., in the chair. The ° n ri Commissioners present were Mr. W. 11. Jones, Mr. .a. Theakstone, Mr. Ridley, ansi Mr. Kilshaw. Ater cle - o f ration Mr. ilutchin's tender for a lithographed 0 0 1/ 1 , 0 1: the map of the district prepared by the surveyor ( l e & accepted. Mr. Phillips, of South Castle-street, at ten aee b fore the board, and gave leech interesting iefortol; e l respecting the relative value of lithographed and ea r ni. maps, and the mode of preparation o f ma ps gene n r- A rd Af er clearing off the usual routine business; the m" -- separated at ten o'clock. Ont ALLIOP'S WAXWORK Exneetrrose.--This is, 7" -11 00 doubt, the finest cellee'ion of " still life" exhibiting.' fo figures, though artificial, are so life-like that they se. e- ( 164 breath, and the visitor bec,mee i m p resse d w ith the' s i d that, instead of moving amid models of what were, ro ' r oi surrounded by those who really are, in their " proP er ; g o o and feature," "garbed as they were wben liviug,"aL living still. To say more as to the excellence 01 dr' Allsop's exhibition would be to add superlious coran 3e l soh tion. Every visitor knows its mer it s; b ut Mr- A within the last week, has add e d a f ea t ure t o - hi s eol' e slesi which cannot but prove immensely attractive. l be ts d case of Captain Regers and his two m a t es has cre a asi world-wide interest ; and the desire to see the ree ll 'ter they did appear and rune.," who perpetrated the W ll- 10 sities attributed to them, is immense. At this- exhibiroi; they may be seen as "they really were ;" seal b icb every feature, is preserved —nay, the very clothes in Wt to Captain Rogers was executed g ar b s his figure. A°- the exhibition will well repay curiosity. eeeeee SERIOUS OUTRAGE. —On W e d nes d a y evening'lat,(B.t ° 0 4 serious Outrage was committ e d i n Sl a t e y, nea r ean ° l - ; 10 a poor man named Jacob Bandies, which is like' t he prove fatal. It appears that Bandies, who is' employment of Mr. John Thompson, missed a r dsv ,p, -t oelf,, from a shed he had erected in a field for watching P ( '',. -t t and on receiving information as to tire person tb a ;i o o bS them, he proceeded to the house of a lad iaan 3 e,,'; log Nolan, where he found !he missing. property. " w ;,:entt, charged the boy with theft, Patt Nolan, who was P„ r ",,cil. suddenly seized a bludgeon, with which he struck "3" the on the head, fracturing the skull, and render/13;00 unfortunate man quite insensible. The injured of baying recovered a little, was conveyed to the 11°1 4 9 a neighbour named Carty, when James Porter, Esq." "t • was sent for, and on examining the man, found bi al „; G 0 0 in a dangerous and most perilous condition. Nt r al iiial 3l being arrested by the police, was brought before ill o for Fitzniauriee, Esq., J.P., on Thursday morning, wh e ; ° ,.. - cl to matioLs were sworn, and the prisoner was col: 61 ' 1 , - 8 ° W Maryborough gaol to stand his trial for the offeri—' h aving been refused to be taken for his appearance- ,eO,l SIGNOR GIEGLINI'S KITE.—" We have all our h° bb e l eeli t it is said ; and the hobby of Signor Giuglini, th e j pieg tenor "—who, on the stage, has this week been ek o li c do 0 , hundreds of our opera-goers, and will, we doah" - f e rni again —takes, when off the boards, the harnile ss e eiegli°,7, kite-flying. 0 1 Thursday afternoon, Signor ",,,,et i" accompanied by the ogler operatic . artistes at P r i ;:‘ kit e : Edinburgh, proceeded to the Calton Hill to fly " - „ i i thos e This kite differs in figure as well as size fr° 2 — ordinarily sent up, being a huge lozenge-shaPe'd r egol v about eight feet in height, stack all over with Berl be e t° like monsters, and having three immense tails at t ," f , it. The cord is said to be exactly one mile--1 7 6 0 in length. In a short time the kite was f l Y l , ° ,ye Princes-street at an elevation of 1,000 yards au"nr the houses, and bcieg visible from nearly all part' With city, attracted geeerel attention, and filed sor°,°,,,eoo; vague apprehensions of the advent of the too-raeltJ e g f°: tenined comet at last. Having amused thenes e ','o3°: some hours, the party left the kite in charge of . e ,a . : - 0 1 the bill, and returned to their hotel, the New dine. They had scarcely, however, sat down t° Toe when intelligence was brought of a dire diastert',ol tie person left in charge had been u na bl e to o° °- r iee movements of the dragon, and after executing e 5 :0 0 1 gyrations, during which the man was several time' 5" draw after it into mid air, the cord fortueately broketA the monster descended with thu n d er i ng, no i s e into"; 6 o Thistle street lane. There, however, app a r e rnif e 5 „ 33 e by its previous efforts, it lay har m l ess en ough, s '„ i eete'' picked up, aed carried, not much the worse, to it' —Caledonian Mercury. ik e w ' A VErEzAN POACHER, CAUGHT AT LAST.—On - I ",.„ ° eli,e; at the Wakefield petty sessions, a tall, muscular , o f aged man, with a hideous black eye, and one sie`pil Opt face laid open, was charged with having been f eti ,„o, lawfully on the lands of Tuomas Broadbent, West Ardsley, in pursuit of game. It had been I° '" e ytk s f petted by the keepers of M. Ellis, of Tindalflol.'etliee) game nas being abstracted from the preserve' e 4 .,‘ Rt places, but hitherto they had been unable to 213 1 - a st i the depradators. However, on F r iday evening Mast, tween eight and nine o'clock, G e o rge W o oller,trb and one of Mr. Ellis's servants. were on the ws te ,":6 6l .," fr they observed three men creeping ,aleng, one of ib is c o y; dragging a large net after them. Tee keeper and ' lB Is t ' o f panion attempted to reach the men quietly, but tliees,,g took the alarm before the keeper got up, to them- bet'" the men dropped the net and eseaped e b ut SteeleteeN hamperedwith it, was caught by Woller, the r t. y e Steele, on finding himself seized, turned upon W°l:e t ,i° l o , 6 attempted to throttle him. They struggled fors eiP o f ' p, Wooller eventually freed himself from the gre s ,r i dge ° , l l poacher, and striking him over the head wits a u' in iar',, felled him to the ground, the blow inflicting th e d we have referred to—Mr. Lllis said t h a t Steele " s iell' o l knowledged he had been a poacher for twenty-felad e t f o arc} that the present was the first time that he i ' i poiPie been caught.—The bench eentenced Steele to tw ' r eti° s ri• imprisonment ;at the end of that time to f i nd sg; £2O for his fature good behaviour, or to be Clothe k tb_ i f soncd for six months. Itbi°; ( l°' ANECDOTE OP THE. ELVCTRIC TELEG,II,II"O. -- b 0; mott curious fact, taken altogether, that I eve", e , t de the electric telegraph was told me by a cash' eery. Bank of England. " Once upon a time, then, e li m alceger Saturday night, the folks at the Bank could n° ; ; s oi si b " balance come right by ju t .ClOO, This is a seri ° ,: a n,,joi in that little establishment : I do not mean time s '4 9 0 1. ,' 0 0$ the mistake in arithmetic; for it occasions ee,'l; scrutiny. Au error in balancing has been eV/ told, to keep a delegation of clerks from each nu - ', e i crl sometimes through the whole night. A hue °n i g ls t bris,' of course made after this £lOO, as if the 01 tin t Threadneedle-street would be in the Gazette for . 17 0 jaciriti Luckily on the Sunday morning a clerk (in ° e nv ie) ',1;0 1 the sermon, I dare say, if the truth were k°7 e xeC h nt suspicion of the truth dart through his mind cline et's, any flash of the telegraph itself. He told the eh l ig et .d of on Monday morning that perhaps the mistake ' D oe lot' occurred in packing some boxes of specie fer sh ipty, Indies, which had be en sen t t o S ou thampton kl ue e qi n erf The saggestion was immediately acted upon. „ 1 , b d " c o! race—lightniag against steam I and steam 11 7 start given. Instantly the wires asked whth e her, c ei 4 vessel had left the ha r b our ." Just weighing a rb e e l f d, the answer. St e p her ,' frantically shoute d w o , telegraph. It was done. Have up on deck,c er ,roel masked so and s o ; we igh th em c a refully. A bee vi° o se' weighed ; and one—the delinq u est—was fenu u , % ht just one packet o f a h un d re d sovere i gn s than it 0 Tee , fi e ' Let her go,' said the m y s t er i ous telegraph. e o° o o India folks were' debitt e d w ith j u st £lOO 0 : 1 %; b O OOl error was corrected w ith out ever looking into : Oa t ism delaying the voy age b y an h our . Now that 10„ , 64 4 be called doing business,'"—Lettes of R. •P this d bee n Felon MI 1 1ne tiveh, es e , • r , dot s , ta m was u t egpe( ialke into t Thi P r i vy ile spa tio arc t be d Th. Ivithc A. Ilf th 'Nor, Tr 1/0 13.r th, 1:10h writ et Per& 8 94 a it A. at t ' O O/71 Roy 'of A .-tif c Mel terC broi