Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-05 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING A meeting of the council was held on Wednesday, as a monthly and special council, to take into considera tion and determine upon the following subjects, viz. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Finance Committee,. comprising—l.' Report of the town-clerk on the provisions of . the "Municipal Corporation Act, 1859."-2.. Recommendation to appoint Mr. Peter Smith Rhind as corporate auditor, in the place of Mr. J. H. Bally, resigned, at the salary of £3OO per annum, bein,g the amount paid to, his predecessor;-3. Recommenda tion to accept the tender of fir. Robert Hargreaves for the erection of a wall on the south side of Show's-brow, at the price stated therein.-4. Report of Sales of pro perty on lease, on the 29th, 30th, and 31st Of August . last. 11. To direct a 'warrant, to be issued under, the common Seal, directed to the sheriff' of the county, requiring him to summon a jury, pursuant to the pro visions of the Lands Clauses Consolidatial 'Act, 1845, tor the purpose of 'ascertaining the amotint'of coinpen s Ilion to be paid to Jane IlvSlop,.forn publit;-lionse and yard situate on: the north side of Shaw's-brow, in the p . triSh of Liverpool, and numbered 290 on'the plan and in the • book of reference thereto mentioned in the Liverpool Improvement Act, 1855. • 111. The proceedings, reso lutions, and - reports of the Watch, Lightin g , Fire - police, F i re-prevention, Gas Supply, and Hackney Carriage and Licensing Com mittees, compriSing-1. Recommendation that the re quisite natice be given for adopting the Sale of Gas Act, 1359.-2. Recommendation that premies•belonging to the Corporation in Campbell-street and Argvle-street be appropriated as a site'for one of the new briileWells:-3. Report of the Watch and health Committees as to re gistration and inspection of common lodsingrhouses. - 4.. Recommendation to rate to the lighting, and fire police rates those owners of property who have refused to'compound for snch'rates. • The proceedings, resolutioni, and reports Of the -Health ComMittee, comprising-L-1. Reeommendation to• appoint Mr. IZ,' M'. Jones, Mr. •R. W: Watking, * Mr. Edward. Edwards, Mr. Francis Jinks and Mr.. W. L. Wharton, as clerks in the treasut?s office, at a salary. of £75 per annum each, feur of. them in accordance with resolution of the council in August last, 'and the fifth supply a vacancy.-2. Recommendation to rate to the sanitary and improvement ratei'those owners of property who haVe refused to compound for - such_rates. The proCeedings, resolutions, and reports of the courts Of law and St. George's Hail eomMittee:. The prOccedings, resolutions, rind 'reports of the Markets' Committee,' comprising-L-1. Recornmendation to appoint Mr. Jelin Balshaw 'Blundell as manager of the North Markets, and Mr.' Thomas Thonijison as manager-of the South Markets, at the,, salary fixed by the council. viz., £125 per annum each.-3. Recom mendation to appoint Mr. Henry Hulme as weigher in St. James's Market, in the place of ,Mr. John Bowes, appointed collector at St. John's Market, at the salary of £BO per annum, being the amount paid to his predeces sor.-3. Report' on the subject of a wholesale market. The proceedings, resolutions, and' reports of the edu cation, the gaol and house of correction, the Town-hall establishment, the gardens, library,' and museum corn-, - mittees, and the reports of the water and baths' com mittees. The coroner's account, amounting to £32 7s. The mayor's communications, comprising-1. Letter from Mr. liawksley-2. Memorial .from Mr. Richard Lumbi relative to the erection of seven lartips in. front of hispremises in Tithebarn-street. . .-; The following motion, of which 'not by Mr. Robertson Gladstone :-1.. To d of the council to the great uncertaint exists for trying causes in the Court of regards the opening and the closing of t risk, and ice has been given attention at present ze, both as ;, whereby entailed upon 2. ,T4:appoint a corn- much ineony( tonnsel, attornies mittee of the council to inquire fully- into the same, and to make sucka report, with any ,sucrcreitions or -recom mendations, to the council, as may Cfound necessary. GRAND REVIEW OF THE RIFLE .CORPS AT BIDSTON Oil Saturday afternoon, the different rifle corps which have recently,, been embodied in this% neighbourhood were assembled for the purpose of a review on the top of. Bidston-bill. -About half-past three o'clock, the members of the Liverpool corps, to the number of about seventy-eiglit, under the command of Captain Boust met at the, stores in Christian-street, and marc h e d i n _ . _ . _ cy embarked landed at where The Mout forty,' procession to the Landing-stage. on board one of the steamers, ai Birkenhead, they proceeded to tt members of the Cheshire corps, nt under the command of Captain 11088 to ing they presented arms, and then, having gone through a number of exercises and: mancenvrings, they formed in procession and marched towards liidston-hill. 'At the junction road at the Dock Cottages the members of the Wallasey corps, numbering upwards of thirty, were added to the two other Om ponies, from this point, and the u:eited body---about 135—continued the march to Bidston Hill. On arriving there, they were .placed 'Under the directions of Captain •Bousfield, and went through . a number of in teresting skirmishes, which occupied upwards of an hour and a half. At the close of their evolutions,, different corps .were severally adi Bousfield and Caine, Captain ;Bonsf addressing the members of the Cliesl his deep obligations to them for ,ti they had committed themsel common with the members of proceedings of the day he members of the •essed by Captains , id more especially , rce, expressing I nanner in which his command, in i force, during the Captain - Caine, of Cheshire -corps, warmly com plimented the members of the Liverpool .corps on the efficient manner in which they had gone through their exercises, and on their soldier- On th given to C 4 , t of ti air, Bou )r a a r iallenge was ,teh at tarxet :epted amidst nurse of next the eh, nediately iipersod about nimated rn 1,000 THE EMIGRATION TRADE OF LIVERPOOL For many years past the passenger, or emigration, traffic has formed an important department of the general trade of Liverpool, this port having enjoyed 'y far the largest portion of the emigration trade which has taken place from the British Islands. A variety of causes conduced to bring about this result, not the least important of which was the fine class of ships employed by Liverpool houses for the. purpose of carrying pas sengers ; to which we must also add the high character of the shipowners chiefly engaged in the.trade, and the great facilities Which presented themselves in various forms fOr the . accommodation of emigrants. Conse- . . _ quent, on these considerations, the returns of emigration supplied from time to time from . the Government °ince , have been looked on with much interest. The information thence obtained shows that for a consider able time past there has been a falling off in the number of emigrants to nearly all the colonial dependencies of Great Britain ; as compared with some of the previous years ; it also exhibits a diminution of the numbers as compared with laSt year. ' The returns for the math of .A . . gust have been completed, and' they show that, contrary to usual eßkrienee of that month, there has been eral improvement in the emigration trade from The total emigration during the month a gem the M amount al to 6,714 souls, of whom 368 were cabin, and 6,356 intermediate and .steerage. Of the latter, 2,235 were natives of England, 471 'of Scotland, 3,451 - of Ire land, and. 244 belonged to other countries, chiefly from Germany. In the previous month of July the numbers were 5,916 souls-1,414 English, 323 Scotch, 3,899 Irish, and 280 fOreiomers. One remarkable feature in these returns is the large falling off in the number of Irish emi grants 'sailing from the Mersey, the decrease during the month being nearly 600, while-the - English and Scotch' emigrants 'lave increased nearlyl,ooo. To the United States the emigration has been larger than for many months, the numbers being, 310 cabin and 4,276 steer age passengers- T --of whom 1,362 belonged to England, 126 to. Scotland, 2,572 to Ireland, and 216, were foreigners. During the previons month the number of cabin passengers W , IS 180, and the steerage 3,754-L743 of whom were natives of England, 166 of Scotland, 2,862 of Ireland, and 163 foreigners; while in the cor responding period of last year the cabin passengers' numbered 184, and the steerage 3,717. In vessels not " under the act," or subjected to government inspection, 166 emigrants. sailed for ports in the United States. The emigration to the States developed itself more towards the end of the month; as we find that dur Ping the early pait of kuguit vessels' cleared with barely' 250 passengers, while towards the end the ships mustered from 400 to .500 souls. These returns do not comprise the passengers carried out by the royal mail steamships to New York and Boston. Another feature in these returns is the number of returning emigrants, ,as we find that in July 241 cabin and 1,349 steerage passengers returned to the Mersey from New York, while during the past month they did not reach half that number. To Canada, the' mail screw steamships which do not come "tinder the act" 'convey the bulk of the • emigration,.. but in "short - ships," two cabin an d 50 s t ee r age sailed during the month. To the Australian colonies the returns for August show a great fallingioff,, the aggregate numbers; inclasive of government ships, being 42 cabin and 1,609 steerage. Tliree ships sailed kir Melbourne with: 948 passengers, 390' of whoni were English, 152 Scotch; 324 Irish, and twenty-four foreigners: During the corre4ponding period of 1858, the. numbers are 45 cabin and 1,429 steerage passengers -759 English, 228 .Seatch„ 415 Irish, and 32 foreigners. It may be well to reiriark' that in 1857 the ernigration to the Australian ColOniei was nearly three times as-g r eat as a t present the number being, in the month of -A ugus t i n th a t year, 87- cabin . and 2,986 'steerage passengers. In "short ships' .43 passengers left 'the Mersey, nine of whom wore cabin: The vessels returning from - Melbourne brought.. 240 cabin and 1,388 steerage passengers. Three vessels with government emigrants .sailed during the month—viz., the Herald of the Morning, for Mel bourne, with 415 passengers ; the Shackamaxon, for Moreton . . Bay, with 330 passengers ; and the David' 31‘Iver, for Adelaide, with 385 souls. The Annie Wilson is at present - embarking government emigrants frem the depot at Birkenhead. To New Zealand, 16 cabin and 175 steerage passengers have sailed the mo: being a slight decline-when compared with July. To - the Cape of Good Hope, 288 steerage pas sengers, selected by the H on . Mr. Field, sailed in the Matilda Atheling, 151 of wh om • were E ngl i sh, 66 Scotch, and 71 Irish. SEVERE ACCIDENT FROM EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER. —On SaturdaY morning a frightful accident occurred to a fine young woman, Elizabeth Walters by name, residing at Pitt's-place, Battersea-fields. It appears that two young gentlemen had been shooting, and gave the unfortunate sufferer the powder flask and gun to take doWn stairs. While the powder flask was still in her hand she ran to the fire to turn off some water, when a chance spark ignited, the powder. The explosion threw her down violently, and set fire to her dress. Her screams brought assistance, when the flames were extin gnished, and she was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where She now remains in a very precarious state. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, at an early hour, a determined act of self-destruCtion was ---- 'tted by Thomas Golding, aged fifty-nine years, . 21, George -st r e e t West, ferry-road; Poplar, he following circumstances :—lt appears that ceased was a ropemaker, and was a good work man, in the service of a large firm at Poplar, but. for the last week he had given war to excessive drinking of ardent spirits, whereby he had distressed his home, which was entirely broken up, and nearly everything he possesSed taken away. One of the lodgers having occasion to go into the kitchen, discovered the deceaf el suspended by a rope to a beam. He was cut down, but red: The deef his landlord for whic THE LABOURER AND HIS HOLIDAY, Harvest Homes are at present the order of the day. Baron Hambro, who does the amiable and popular thing to as gnat an extent as any proprietor around, leads the way in our own immediate vicinity. The rejoicings at Milton Abbas were rather different from those of the Harvest Home. It is a' holiday which retains the popular form of horticultural allotment competitions, carries them out to an extent almost unprecedented within its area of operations, and at the same time superadds-the baronial entertainment (as we may in this case term it) and rural sports and rejoicings as "in the olden time." The amountlof garden produce raised and eithibited, we had almost said, under difficulties, but allotments which, required :the woods tube cut open for their due ventilation, is almost fabulous—it took two first-class gardeners and a nurseryman to 'adjudge the prizes. The prizes themselves appear to have been . most appropriate. Mighty was the man Who carried off the steel fork—rheing -the first allotment prize in ; , each of the several parishes of Milton Abbas, Stickland, and Hilton ; likewise great and worthy were they who 'gained the second prize spades ; - though, singular to relate, the hoe which formed the all events upon new third prize wain more instances than one achieved by a. woman, and that woman *a widow.; and as if to prove that something more than empty praise was: merited even by the-less successful competitors, it is .scarcely possible to repress a smile at the numbers who atlfilton Abbas were "commended and rewarded with a picture to each."• The 'East Brent celebration was, however, of a broader and more generic caste, stamped, we might almost say, with features of nationality, for indeed it may be safely r e g a rd e d as th e mo d e l mo de rn E ng li sh HarVest Home, in connection with which the name of Archdeacon Denison will Undoubtedly he henceforth handed down to posterity. Mr. Kinglake, a gentleman who takes a leading interest in these East Brent gatherings, neverfails to in vite out presence at theM, and we are bound to take• espe cial notice of their auspicious success. The - sanction be stowed upon them by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells (Lord Auckland), and his preaching the occa sional sermon, as well as participating in the tea table services' by handing about the cake, in 'them selYes conferred distinction on this celebration a t East, Brent. But the great attractions ware. pro; vide& bY the indefatigable zeal of the \Teri. Archdeacon and: Mrs. Denison ; More especially as regarded the beautiful and lavish decorations and inscriptions that rendered the , occasion memorable. One mournful feature, - however, here saluted us ; we could not help thinking of the Lady Georgiana 'Wolfe ' as of some dead personage of old romance, as 'we : saw her well-remem bered banner— • , May God psur out his benison - . • On Archdeacon Denison. hung over an empty stall—since "the place.thatknew her, knows her no more." But the banners and,processiens to and from church, through a village smothered iddecora tions, processions again of joints and dishes, of ladies and servants, plum puddings, " and delicious sweetmeats," really reminded us of the days of " Queen Hoo Hall . ; " but then the procession of speeches, from Sir William illiles's to the close, recalled us back to the stirrin,g times in which we live, and only serv e d t o conv i nceus of Vac fine effect with which Archdeacon Denison has borrowed a lea from an illuminated missal of past life to embellish a page of our own. The beautiful speech of the . tord Bishop of Bath and Wells will not pass unheeded; his exposition of the mutual dependence of class upon class, which is the very moral of meetingS such as these, andhis advocacy of temperance, both in language and in liquor, do him infinite honour even in the pastoral office to Which they are so becoming. The archdeacon's respoise, to o, was hearty . and wholesome--his love of E as t Br fairer sex LivEßPboi 3 LUMBIA.—Papers relative t British Columbia (part 2),'bei.. )nt the .Governor of British C of State for ;tate to , verner, relative to th ,rent- 1113 holy and religions union instead, adopting the parishioner with an unreserie andfervour seldom expressed and the- pteservation of those feelings THE NEW BRONZE COINA —With reg and to t xigh. medical assistance wa; considerably in arrear inventive skill , avours to draw closet' the bonds of a havidg - no' faniily, and, and that ordinary traits even in a good man's life.' In conclusion, we' must not omit to notice Sir Alexander Aciand Hood's practical turning of the after-dinner discourse towards the subject of 'idle clubs, thus striking out the fire of patriotism from no flinty bosoms, No one, in short, can peruse the fecord,'of inch proceedings without being convinced that they tend to good— that the labourer, in common with many of those above him, has a common object to attain, in striving together all the believe that it may be taken for. granted that some little delay will arise. In the first place the design has to be determined on—whether a public competition of en gravers be invited or not; and in the next a consider able time must be allowed for the "getting up" of a sufficient number of dies to enable the work of coinage to go on on a large scale, without chance of interruption. It is not too much to ask-of the people that time be given for the maturing of the plans of those officials and others in whose charge the working out of the government resolve with respect to the new coinage will be placed. The public will grant reasonable indulgence, no doubt, but they will not like to have valuable time wasted ; and whilst promising the Treasury and the Mint that it will not be expected of them to produce bricks without straw, it must be understood that they certainly will call down upon themselves popular oppro brium if, having money, material, and appliances, they do not use diligence in turning them to proper account. If the new coins make their appearance with the new year, there may not be great reason for fault-finding but beyond that time there can, we think, be - it; -al f- - ' e yi ng - rational excuse tor dela, _Jen' publication. It is whispered that the device - for the reverse of the three denominations of coins is to be that of Britannir scantily clad, seated uncomfortably on a ledge of rot with shield and trident, as now seen on the e' copper tokens. If there be truth in this whirr we can only say that we are very sorry for it. met preyed heavily on not, have something new ? Is there such poverty o MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. Preparations for the Musical Festival of the Three Choirs, to be held next year at Worcester, are being pushed forward. We believe the festival will be held in the second week in September ; and when the exten sion of the railway system to Malvern, Stratford, and the Warwickshire part of the diocese is considered, there is reason to believe that the meeting of 1860 will be the most successful one ever known in Worcester. Preparations are being also made for the Glasgow Musical Festival. The meeting is to take place inFe bruary. Glasgow, it seems, is too busy in the morning to attend morning performances—hence, the four con certs are to be held on four consecutive evenings. The committee feels itself strong enough to,bring forward a new oratorio. " Gideon" has been written for the oc casion by Mr. C. E. Horsley. We have not heard who is to be the conduetQr. On Wednesday, the 14th of September, the last and most effective of the great juvenile displays of choral singing will be held in the great Handel Orchestra, Crystal Palace, by six thousand children and other vocalists ,'who have acquired a taste for music by means of the Tonic-Sol-Fa system. The preparations for this display have long been .actively proceeding, under the direction of the Tonic-Sol-Fa committee, who are wisely of opinion that, to maintain success pensable progress is indis- Tho musical department has not been forgotten in the arrangements for the approaching trial-trip of the Great Eastern. Several' first-rate artists have been engaged to form a mil - tary concert and quadrille band, under the direction Of "Mr: GeOrge Macfarlane, professor of The cold weather' which has visited us during the past week has filled the London theatres to an extent which must be - very satisfactory to the managers. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews are about to return to the United States, intending, it is said, a theatrical tour-there. They will go by the Great Eastern. Piccolomini has been . starring during the past fortnight in Yorkshire and Lancashire, crowded audi ences being attracted by her performance of Violetta in Tra 7 viala, Madame Celeste will make 'her first appearance to night at Brighton. She will not fail to attract, and the extreme heat of summer having subsided, good houses may reasonably be expected. Great Anglo-Saxon Circus, at the Royal Alhainbra Palace, has,. in spite of the dullness of the season and heat of the weather, been liberally patro nised. The scenes in the circle equal anything in the shape of horsemanship we have ever seen. On Tuesday the scholars belonging to the Duke of York's School visit the 'Alhambra with their band, when an extra entertainment will be given. The London correspondent of the Bury Times says : —" The long-promised Dial, the - daily joint-stock newspaper which is to smash up the Times, is not aban doned. The shareholders are gradually though slowly increasing, and there .is a prospect of its appearance with the new year. The promoters, however, have to contend against a difficulty of which they never dreamed when the scheme was first broached—the penny daily press, which is now a great fact, but which was not then in existence." ' The . Welcome Guest having passed into the h an d s o f „ a new proprietary, will, we hear, shortly undergo a change in its appearance. It will be brought out in the same shape, and at the same price, as All the Year Round. Mr. Robert Brougb will be the editor, and various good hands arc mentioned as likely to be on the staff The Perkins-Collier Shakspeare r question is about to be referred to a committee of competent persons for examination in all its bearings, with the consent of the noble owner of the suspected volume. The Duke of Devonshire, we understand, takes great interest in the subject, which is the case also with Lord Ellesmere, whOse Bridgewater Manuscripts might at the same time be put upon their trial: The Hon. Grantley Berkeley has sailed for America, oti a commission from newspaper. " Our object, and Mr. Berkeley's aim,". says that parnal, are to test the New World in respect to its field sports and pastimes, that he may be enabled to narrate his experience in our columns, - and shoiv-where a deterthined and hardened Britisher may find sport on the other side of the Atlantic, - and of what kind it will he. . Mr. Berkeley will pene trate the far west, and rough it where the buffalo.rias tures in his native prairie ; where the moose and the (leer (tre natural_ deni4eTis ; where, by the ';nsf '4- nciian, _ unerring 1L Atte, oe guided to the haunts of neognita to English. sports- the. IN ild tenants of this ter pith the angle tle lakes i'hich lie in his route; and .he will endeavour.to add samewhat to the stores of I Those who never met, poor. Leigh Hunt would now, doubtless, be glad to see a reliable:likeness of him. There seems little chance of this, however, there being no photo graphic portrait of him in existence. According to the Critic, many applications were made to him to sit to photographers, and he had even consented to do so, but from some cause or other, the appointments always fell through. Undeterred by this fact, however, the illustrated News promises, next week, "a portrait of the venerable author." How far the pencil of our enterprising contempo rary will be guided by that imaginative power which every true artist possesses we wi 11 not inquire. Meanwhile here is a pen-and-ink sketch by a writer in the Literary Gazette:—." In person he was rather above the middle height, slenier in figure. and extremely prepossessinoin countenance. His eyes were large and lustrous, and of a peculiarly rich and deep hue. His hair, always remarkably fine, hung in thick masses around his face in his youth, and his ad dress was winning and pleasant ; his voice was remark ably delicate and musical, and it was impossible 'to he an hour in his company without recognising in him one of the choicest and most genial of spirits." The Town Talker (Mr. Peter Cunningham, to whom Leigh Hunt's must. have been an "old familiar face") merely speaks of him as " a noticeable man, with large black eyes." - Lord Northwick's pictures has . e), after realising a sum little .estion arises, " How many Now that the sale of ;oncluded (says the C;• to public competi al Gallery. ?" W( Try to very small ind THE CUTLERS' FEAST, MR. WILSON ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, .ne physical impossibility of c. end to distinction ; and by that means wu course of time, to overcome this difficulty; which T to be the great impediment to • I will only conclude by saying that in t to India which I have accepted, it sb . I shall'feel it my interest, to, study Is that country in its industrial resor Fri in doing SD I shall best,discha rg ' ine , entrusted to me, and that I stinction is putting civilisation of the cas This annual celebration was 'meld at Sheffiela Thursday evening, under the presidency of RAM Jackson, Esq., who has been re-elected Master Cutler. Among the guests present were Lord Minton, the Hon. H. Fitzwilliam, the Right Hon. James Wilson, Sir J. W. Ramsden, M.P., T. Bazley," Esq., M.P. Mr. Hadfield, M.P., &e. Mr. Roebuck was not present. After the loyal toasts, the Master Cutler proposed " The Army ana Navy," enforcing the duty of making oLrselves secure in our national defences. The loniths of the noblemen residing in the neigh bourhood were drunk. - Mr. Alderman Matthews prOposed the health of the Right Hon. James Wilson. _... . Mr. Wilson, after returning thanks. for the cordial manner in which his health had bee.ndrunk, referred at . length to hi s I n di an appointment. Ile said: At the moment I made up my mind to accept that ,responsible duty, the first thing I determined upon was to make myself personally acquainted with the 'trade and com mercial intercourse of India with England. (Mar, hear.) Gentlemen, finance is not mere ariththetic ; finance is a great policy; it lies at the bottom, at the root 'of 'the government of every country. : Without sound finance no sound government is possible ; without sound:govern . ment no sound finance is possible c- and therefore the first conclusion at which I arrived was. that I should use every day which I had to spend in England in personally knowing and understanding the commercial .relation e ship between England and India. (Hear, hear.) I have long held the opinion, and that opinion is not strange to this company or to England, that in the commercial and fiscal policy of a 'nation lie the founda tion, the happiness, the prosperity, and :the - welfare, not only of the working classes, but of 'the'capitalists also. (Cheers.) I have never been able to distinguish be- Iween the interests of the one and the interests of the other. I hare never been enabled to , distinguish how in any capacity city lahaur and capital canhe separated. I have never been enabled to distinguish how i n an y way the workman and hi s emple-er, or those whoure in debted to the employer for the profitable occunation of their capital, could in the slightest degree be distinguished, for in the prosperity of the one, rely noon it, depends the prosperity of all. (Hear, hear.). It has been - upon these broad principles that I have for many years 'advoCated those principles of free trade which have at last for tunately become the ackowledged policy of ' the country, not only I may say by•the universal assent of , all parties, but even those who .were strenuously opposed to those opinions a few years ago. I know of no principle which is good in.Englancl which, is not good all over the world. , (Hear ? hear.)- There may, , indeed, be striking distinctions of race 'and nationality, or a variety of reasons why the same prineiples shOuld be carried into operation in different ways ;' - but at least this I will - say, • that n sound principle here is a sound principle every Where, .and! . that I believe that those principles by' which the prosperity of this country has been developed are the only principles by which - the prosperity of any people, in any part of the world, can be secured. (Loud cheering.) It has been well observed by . ,sir John Lawrence and others that the instant the late mutiny broke out—the instant the power of the English 'people was withdraWn —that instant you bad anarchy. Old fends and old passions, which had been latent for many years, had then an opportunity of exhibiting them Selves. And that proves to yon what it would be if your ruling hand were withdrawn, if you were to slacken that power which you have exerted, and I hope successfully exerted, over the whole empire. Seeing that we have that duty to perform, it is for us to take the most enlightened view with which we can accomplish ,our object: One great point of discussion is the interference of govern ment with the religion of India. I believe that the great bulk of right-minded and moderate men are of opinion that while it is our bounden' duty to give free and unlimited opportunity for . the - spread of the Chri§- tian religion, yet it would not be either wise or prudent for us as a government , to' interfern'with the reli g i on o f the natives; (Cheers.) •I am one:of those who believe that if you have a great duty to' perform in a country like India, it will be best performed by example, by showing that your system of religion is of a higher and better quality than theirs, by impressing theM with the justice of your laws, by the liberality of your actions towards them, and by that intercourse, which is, perhaps, though it may be called a low motive, I believe prac tically to be one of the best—by that intercourse which is promoted by the exchange of mutual interests, of *commerce, and inchistry. '(Hear.) What we have to look to is the development of 'the resources of India. No doubt we have enormous cliculties to encounter. We have the difficulty of caste, and I will ask any Man who knows this country to consider how impossible the progress of society would have been if every class of Men had been fixed in on e p os iti on , incapable of rising above that point, or altering themselves. In India you see the people tied down by caste, and whatever their talents or exertions may be, they cannot rise ; so you may well conceive the enormous impediment which exists in the progress of that country. Knowing that these difficulties exist, it is our duty to consider . how we can best contend against them. It is the character of the English people, knowing difficulties, not to attempt to shirk them, but to meet and overcome them. Now, difficult as the task may be, of contending with that feeling of caste in the east, I have hopes that with the introduction of railways, with free commercial intercourse between man and man, with a fair and open communication, and, above all, by the' justice which is :administered in the European courts in India, to the lowest as well as the highest, you July in course of time , even conquer that difficulty. (Cheers.) The railways which have been already opened have done' much to that end, for you find people of different castes travelling in the same NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SEPTEMBER 5,185 ft -WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The with three codicils, of Sir-George Thom t StanntOn, Bait., formerly M.P. for Portsmouth, late Devonshire -street, Portland-place, and of Leigh Hampshire, w ere prove d in. London on .August 24, oY George Staunton Lynch, Esq., Henry Cormack LTDP' i. ; Esq. (his cousin), and Chart )s Few - ESq., the surril n e . executors. The personalty in Engfand was sworn under £120,000. The will bears date January 30, 1852, codicils in 1855 and 1856: Rislrish estates he queatlied to his cousin ' George-Staunt on Lynchi thO residuary legat e e. His estate s ih E ng land . ; ftle iu “' Leigh Park, and hi s house and furnitu r e in Devonsh ite street, he leaves t o hi s cous i n, Henry Cormack Ly nch, • together with a leg ac y o f £10,000; and they are to tale and use the -surna me • o f " S taunton " after their e.th name, by royal license, and to qcarter his arms their own. He bequeaths a legacy of £l,OOO to his ese ta tutor, Charles Few. There are, many very ii ber legacies to his family, friend s , and servants. h • The will and codi c il of Mrs; Matilda Atsheton-S" 1-it ' • relict of ,Thomas Assheton Smith, Eici, of Vacnol , h narvon, and of Tedwortb, Hants, who ° died on the lath of 'May, 1859; were provedin London by John nr` r: moad, Esa., and Geor ge. IL -Walker -Hcneage, i, the brother-in-la w ; the personalty Valued at `£20,"1, She has bequeathed the mansion and estate at I r e e , ll° T , with .the ..land, slate quarries, a n d a ll things Or of tabling thereto, with all lands in the prinCipality. 'Wales,' to trustees.' for George Duff, the eldest 50 11 j ,; 5 , Mary Daffy the. niece of. her late husband, a nd to ~;". issue male ; on failure, to the next brother, and so ° , i ' e • and becineaths.therewith the . furniture• attached to l a ; said mansion at,Vaenot, and,tho plate there and at Te d' worth to be heirl ooms. . Sh e has - le ft t he mansinil3D.' estate'at . Tedworth; w ith th e 'l a n ds and Mates in 113 7, e •shire„ in- trust. for.Francis•Sloane Stanley (a minor) , third son of h er s i ster Laura, the wife of the itei, George Sloane Stanley,' - 8. A., an d to hi s i ss ue In a d• and on : failure, to the next son; the f ur niture , .11- effects to be held heirloom s w ith th e es t a te. 0 • leavei therewith"' th e sum of £lO , OOO, to c onic otil i o c r the 'Welsh estat es , and be annexed to this estate , '; i r descend therewith: There are -liberal legacies to sisters and others, and bequests to her- servants. ~e , her maid-servant, Hester - King, .£1,000.;. her gam keeper (Allen) and coachman (Edwards), £50% '"3, her housekeeper, Mrs. hunter, an 'annuity of,;; . 7 t he' . her late husband's valet, an annuity of £3O: following . charitable institutions, £l,OOO eae h—nam e . est , the Salisbury, 'Winchester,, and Bangor Infirraa rl ,e: and the Ch urc h B u ildi ng Society in Wales.• the residue to her sister Harriet, the wife of the' George H. W. Heneage. • 9 ' The will andd - thr e e codicils of Nichola s Charringtao, • Esq.,:of Ley Spring Leytonstone, were proved in IA t he by his three sons,, Charles, Frederick, and Nicholnstrbe; . executors. The personalty sworn un d er £70,000. - -- n d will is dared 'lB5O, the codicils 1855; and Mareh i s . o . December, 1858. Th e b u lk o f hi s property he to hisi three . sons.- Bequeaths to his son, the Rev. las George -Charrington, his estates : at Chigwe". Stepney for his life, a n d th en t o hi s i ssue ;. onn - f a ilarf his son Charles and his issue ; alsO 'leaves to hisZ e. Nicholas his shares in the Union Insurance P' t he' Leaves his share in the brewery, Mile-end, under firm of Charrington, Head, and Co., to his sons &I T . , and Frederick, who are also the residuary legate es. Illustrated _London News, Sept. 3. - HOUSEKEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thntk, go ti Brothers, 5, Elliott -street, at ls. 4d., is better than'll pay. 15..8d. for at any other establishment. BARTHQUA RE IN THE ROMAN STATTS. — i' —°ll O6 froth Itome sne ak o f a s h oc k o f ea r th q uake, b u t it, ibe more perceptible in the districti of Trafisteyere $ Vatican than. in other'parts of the city. At NotT e re little town of Omb r i a , on th e f ront i er o f N ap l e s, ,was a violent sho c k, an d it cause d terr ibl e disa-> t ro r Almost all the h ouses were th rown down, sere churches are in ruins, and a great many persons killed. Within four-and-twenty hours, sixty-nine hadrr had been dug out. The number of wounded is considerable. . . , t oteir . —4l. MR. ANSTEY AN D SI R J OHN B OWRING . T . the late attorney-general o f H ong K ong , h as , :sve l6 Th 'io brought his actio n aga i ns t. th e l a t e governor , Sir „',40, Bowring, to test the legality o f his ac t s , an d the ‘-'" tr f nial-office are defending. him. The object ofithe Init ns o is obvi ous . H av i ng con fi rmed the attorney-gene.`„a( suspensionoind thus justified the - governor, the mial.-. c i t hope to b ar th e act i on and shut out the inquiry . must otherwise inevitably ensue into the whole I. gLel of the Chine se war . The lorcha Arrow. the tcr boarded by the Chin ese as p i rat i cal, has be e n pro veu it s; hive been so by Mr. Anstey, and Machow Wang jr, pirate-owner, has been transported for ,piracy Ofd Anstey's prosecution.—The Free Press. SERIOUS OUTRAGE AND BREACH OF THE PEACS;.OS 'On the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navi l ef Company's ship Indus passing Ta r iff a — a fort l Spanish seaport town in the Straits of Gibralon4,o, the 27th of August, at ab ou t 9 30 a . m .,— a a ~in fired from the fort. No notice was taken of shot: bat a second was fired, and a large round : ol io came bounding along the Water, and sank w l . , d• ~ about fifty yard s o f th e s hi p . H a d t hi s s h ot b e en ' with one or two degree; more elevation it could nn tll its failed to have f a ll en on hoard, and nothing b u f ",. o o having struck th e wa t er severa l t i mes prevented it ' iv ' e striking the hull of the ship, right amidships as it, t he The passengers w ere a ll l oo ki ng over t h e s ide, li t ' t he town, at the time. Th e B r iti s h ens i gn was flying %olio peak, it was bea u tif u l wea th er , an d a remar k a bly smt Tre' sea. The myste r y o f thi s extraor di nary p i ece of 'tile' sumption,"l it is t o b e h ope d, w ill b e exp l a i ne d Spanish government. , J. Gorsuch, H a i r -C u tt er and Perfumer, Parker-street, begs most respectfully to than" be' friends and the .nublie. for A. stowed num been in businoss i n :Li verpoo l, an d , ru -. 4, a continuance of their favour, which It study to deserve. He takes the Prc ,herA~ I a~~ t n thefts a continuanc be' I. , portur —.nee that the late partnersh i p c a himself and James Wines is disV i l o ti, the business will be earriosore under J. Gorsucles School , ' - ' to anno the fete to the - 9 , 100. Cr( I~nctOil -eP! VIOLENT A cnamect Northern Hospital ted her pro,. app The prisoner hai' was produced. ASSAULT. ' Jane Kesv Woman Rained Saral her with 11 Wednes, was badly hQr to th; ,y next, Flynn, were charged by a fisfi'. ti -with t en the previous night. It app - eared from the evicleii9e of complainant- that she had gone to a public-house in Vauxhall -road to look after a rodger of hers, where she met the priso ners. T hey asked her to give them some drink and she refused to do so, upon which the Man knocked her down. Sh e was cut on the face and aims by some sharp instrument, and one of the female pri soners held her when down, and,the other one stole five ')cket. The publican in whose house d the parties were all equally had. and lie did not see that one than another. His wor- Me bad seen deservod to 1 ;be whole row .4nn DC .essay )warns the Indian r tribes w ag taken in laying venal riser ) avoli 'e day, the progress of tl, Governor Douglas appears to have com e Colonial Office of the inadequacy of his The Earl of ,Carnarvon, in the absence ;ary of State, ,wrote on , the 23r?, of May Governor, admitting that his emoluments Kul at too low a, rate, and announcing his to sanction an addition to his salary of £1,200 of the local receipts _of the current year. provided A beer iat the, revenue, of British Columbia amounted in the Tgregate to no less than £50,000. This addition can a• no account be. made otherwise than from colonial AN Agin HEROINE.—About ono or two o'clock on ifonday morning, says the Dundee Advertiser, a cowardly ttempt was made by some person to rob the house of 11 old woman, 94 years of age, who r es id es i n th e illage of Longforgan. Owing, however, to the gallant esistance made by " FleelandJean"—as she is familiary ailed by her neighbours—the attempt was unsuccessful. t appears that she had just gone to bed when a man d -4 at the window and asked admittance, which r -1, Jean's reply being that she " wud allow a i Ccome in jail her hoose at s i c an on ti meous .nthug that he could . no t ga i n an entrance by is, he knocked in a pane of glass and unfastened was about to squeeze himself in at 1 -1- j when J ean, whose Highland blood could an impertinent intrusion, seized hold of the e could lay her hand. Ern, winch happened hair besom, and brought it down with such a poll the intruder's head that he was obliged zccipitate retreat. Gathering fresh courage, second assault um. _ , . he head oi ie courageous hero ! her _ire afresh, and seizine hold nf s'Ap,said.they consider th€ ware dikip,rgec about half- New Dock entirel or alig • .I.U,*- j. o—u trom powerfuluu, engines pumping, the Water ime of w were completely calcined;Q main v for firewood, the aggressor was arty " thwack" on . ' tin to retira. Other two attempts -an entrance, but Jean plied her the thief had'to sheer off Without th at, according to : ins. 'lt is • supposed that some ship's property, ther, reported to be in the possession of houses shall be opeuel an next door, was the bait which been violated, and his 101 but that he had mistaken the win- parties keeping such lion Jean instead of her neighbour. _Herald. person or persons unknown LORD TREDEGAII, V. re term )11ectioi'l Why was )rid! We put it to-the The Sioninc, and to prever ut ouplien, - • auowea to pass into private hang without an effort on the part of Sir Charles E.astlake to obtain it for the nation ? It was sold, for only £1,606 103., a sum which we have been told is far below its value. We have been told also that Sir Charles Eastlake's attention had been strongly drawn to it; but that, upon bein pressed to give a commission for it for the National Gallery, he replied that he knew where there was as good a One to be had. We feel almost inclined to dare him to nro duce it. Other pictures, too, there were by Bronzino, Vander Capella, Camphuysen, Vander Heyden, which might have been obtained for comparatively small sums for the National Gallery, but which have been allowed, unaccountably to pass into private collections, from which it is doubtful whether they will ever emerge. We are informed that Mr. Henry Tidlev's picture, " The Feast of Roses," exhibited at the New Society of Painters in Water-colours, has been purchased by' the Queen. Probably, when the net or otherwise issues from the Mint, we of this f. ration shall have passed away, and it behoves leave behind us proofs that we were not deficient in taste, skill, or public spirit. It would not be amiss if—since the new pieces of mixed metal are to be much smaller than the old pieces of copper---their value were to be imprinted upon them, and this might. be done d lu shillinn Ana sixpence, if no better design is to be employed, The simple wreath of oak and .laurel surmounted, by . the crown, and enclosing respectively the words " One Penny," " One Halfpenny," and " One Farthing," with the date 1860 below, would be a decided improvement upon the almost nude allegorical Britannia, than which, in short, nothing can be worse. We are urgent upon this matter, because in our columns a reformed coinage was originally advocated, and to some extent our credit is involved in its satisfactory con summation. .Pailiameut is not sitting, unfortunately, WAKEFIELD ELECTION COMMISSION.—Mr. Sergeant or some member numismatically learned might ask the Pigott, Mr. Wyndham Slade, and Mr. Wills, the corn question--7" What impressions are to be - even to the missioners appointed to inquire into the alleged corrupt new bronze coins ?" The public would like to have it practices at elections for the borough of Wakefield, Will answered, and so should vie.--Iffechanice lifagazine, commence their inquiry in the course of a few days. ." SHOOKINO MURDER OF AN INFANT. —Th e b ody of Both parties are active in getting up evidence to lay a newly-born male infant was found, on Wednesday before the commissioners, and the investigation is likely laSt, in the water-butt of tne house No. 3, Upper Bos- to be a long one. Mr. Leeman, of York, solicitor, who ton-street, Dorset-sqnare, a house inhabited by several had charge of the case of Mr. Childers in the Pontefract families. During the last fortnight the water had inquiry, will conduct the case for the Liberal party in tasted and smelt so bad that every one was c omp l a i n i ng Wakefield. It is reported that Mr. Leeman has been of being ill. On Wednesday morning one of the appointed by the Reform Club successor to the celebrated lodgers said the tea made her sick, and she was sure Mr. Coppock. -•‘ must be something imnroner in tl, -.,0.-.-. water-butt. SIN( On examination, the body of a child was found, the oceurrr LAR Ac A. sing filar and fatal accident g :the A.a. been borE Ave and murdered The Coro,L er _ • • • 3 that it had I prevalence of the "wakes" annually held there ury axed —,,ice of York public , -gainst .some house, in Eccles, with some of her family, came to jthe door of the house about midnight to look afte r h er s on, of the lea ses on his l .c -HOUSES.--It appord- ears well for and treadi years, the boards broke ivith herd ng on some boards which ha coveredwas . a . a condition th at , no public- p was got to the bottom, a distance of fift een y ar d s . Phis conditio n , h owever, has She got out immediately, but was quite dead. No cls: , _ip has given notice to the one appeared to be aware. of the existence of the wen, ies to close them. - -Swans ea and the only record preserved of it was that a child was drowned in it thirty years ago. - . —Globe fear from ex tion. Be eon largement of y .turtlic °lids> is the go. rtuine. unless made bY .2 hove al " Pj CIRCULAR those friend :vhange feelings, Which ouatt to liai,u ~,..,, „......_ •Hair-cutting -- ci.-, '- - _ subjects of our •Queen, are brought into ll and fair play. pooing-rooms, (over the shop of Mr. Turmeaa , vit or By these measures, and by such policy, Malone expect to merchant,) No. 11, Castle-street, Liverpool, A t , i g;,, - r iai 6- • see hereafter, bat at no distant day, a flourishing Indian 1859.—Sir,—In handing. yoa the inclosed ear° , r s ub' empire united with a flourishing Unitedßingdoni (Cheers.) , me t o i n f orm Looking at European affairs, he expressed his belief that sisting between myself and Mr. Gorsuch has teral' .. the . peace had been secured, and trusted that nothing would - by mutual consent. I shall for the future cam ep„oeti proceed froM this country whiCh would in any way en- rooms situate as above, where I trust Ima be fa% oai danger this favourable, condition of things. lle spoke you that the partnersh hither with your patronage; • N thing shall he wantia;naar h warmly in favour of the French. alliance,; but this, he niy part to deserve your c )adence.—l have the thought, would be best 'maintained by England's always o be, sir, your obedient Servant, James,Wyne s ' preparedT„,os - de Moray's : A LANCASHIRE WITNESS EEFORE A PAR l l; o rtre s that beibeing g t he only i n to the et , ;0 be . a struggle for commercial supremacy, - the right hon. si l wi du s ld h , TARY CommirrEE.—During the inquiry of bribery at Preston, a- man named James Sha y ' r gentleman' said the victory would be - all on our side so examined as follows :-"-I am a machine-ala ke ll ' i , of long as our. allies were' fettered by their present' stem a : bo o have tasted *day. (Laughter.) I wanted ' of protection. In-conclusion, .he said he should devote whisky. (Laughter.) I've had some coffee. (La- I r , wit his best energies to the fulfilment of the duties of the: Mr. Phinn—Thwe you had nothing but coffee ? b c ,fore'' responsible post in India to which h e h a d been appointed.. ness, after a long pause—l've seen you chas wit- . —pointing ontftliql there was only one w a y of improV- (Laughter.) . Mr:Phinn—What have you had' o pich ing the present t , dilapidated" state of the . finance's of nefs—What's tt to you ? Mr. Phinn—J-low , a ai our Eastern Empire, and that was by baying due regard have . you had ? lie "itness—yo u can go Viler° t l .go . to the “prosperity of the people and the extension of stopping, and see. Mr. Phinn—Will you tell that ' s---- - itio their commerce." • .. . - . tleinan (the chairman) what - you've had? ,• „. -volt Sir John W. Ramsden, M.P., and other speakers, fol- . I've paid for all I've had, ' and I'll p? l o t s -Oat' lowed. : a glass, if: you, like. (Laughter.) Mr. Finn- li air 7.- have .you had ?. , Witness—l don't mean to tell. , yoal '‘e Bombay agent -of the Peninsula - -1\ ' - --- -.rim had; I mean what ha l ,. o pp or P Navigation Company writes- - drin -Well, I had a bottlerrestorr, as folloWs, with ref , ' it's nobbitt a penny in w i. n e- - :, ' Fears were enf —Had you any gin ? " ; il i s ky r r. Phinn--Had you anY,:`` ld two rabic pause)--Well , I a ` what - ;aughter.) Mr. Phig — ug hter.) ttleally)—Nowt. ( ,_,/ a the Witness—Well I w! l ' io , t he ?fir. Phinn (address: roles°, ,e q uestions to show , v eii . dence , come to give their Lw. exclaiming, ' I'm a • atioa na f logs on.' The exam,_ oars o trier deaf, producea ' lie ,. in And hatic al" • t of tn— emp the fac -,Tribined with shire dialect," The Bombay agent of the Peninsular and Oriental Phina Iv,. Steam Navigation Company writes, undcr date the sth had to 114 - of A ugust, as folloWs, with reference to the cyclone at audit was tuppeu Calcutta :--" Fears were ent3rtained of the safety of the (Laughter.) Mr P: Candia, but by .a subsequent message • I learn thp+ passed up the river in-Fafety on' the 29th alt." ME LAMES' N•'"' i ss No (empha: ANITARY o' ttl movement is i els( pv♦ pct mily Faith- i chairmar atighter.) shire lad, an heir bein - g7i; she .CW coin. We; :understand that ; a most )t1 tion. will be establ principal cities north of the Twee( full,' one 'of the ladies `of the c Scotlaud, makiug the•nbcessarir valua - b1 meatings x GI Are shortly toibe I w, where, we are glad to hear the lehding• men of all elasges, freely prorilised. Th good, where much dttnestic evil now ei and, and that braache y effect: ,\ .~