Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-01 00:00:00

On FRIDAY next, the 4th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on the Quay, East side Brunswick Dock, 136 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, 101 „ CEDAR, lately landed ex Dorothea, from Neuvitas. 54 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, 18 Tons COCUSWOOD, lately landed ex Waybosset, from Santa Cruz, 308 Logs YELLOW PINE, 24,957 Feet, 50 „ OAK, 36 „ ELM, 2,710 2nd Quality PINE DEALS, 2,600 2nd „ PIPE STAVES, 8,400 Merchantable PUNCHEON STAVES, 12 Cords HEMLOCK LATHWOOD, Symes' shipment, and now landing ex Sea King, from• Quebec 30,358 SPRUCE and PINE DEALS and SCANTLINGS. 3,955 SPRUCE BOARDS. lately landed ex E. D. Peters, from St. John, N.B. To which will be added Quantities of American WALNUT, BIRD-EYE MAPLE, COCUSWOOD, and ROSEWOOD; also, several parcels PINE and SPRUCE DEALS, Quebec OAK, ELM, and RED PINE, Pictou BIRCH, &c. On account of the Importers. For catalogues and further particulars apply to DUNCAN, EWING, and Co., Brokers. NEXT 5,576 „ WEEK , at the On WEDNEBDAY, the 9th instant, at Twelve &clod Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 854 Bales GABBIER, 50 Cases East India BORAX, 9 Bales Bombay MADDER ROOTS. T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers Apply to On THURSDAY, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Apply to _ Brokers' Office, 1,500 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 200 Ditto RAPESEED, 100 Ditto MUSTARDSEED T. and H. LITTLEDAI On Aialt, and Co., Brokers TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS, CHESHIRE PHOSPHATE COMPANY have constantly ON SALE Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices may be had at the Office, 3, CABLE-STREET. Works —LOWER BEBINGTON. J. R. CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS, HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Price One Penny. WARM WINTER CLOTHING, THE GENTLEMAN WAREHOUSES 26, BOLD-STREET P. L. ,31ACTAGGART S OUTFITTING 24 AND INVERNESS WRAPPERS. OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS. RAILWAY -RUGS AND PLAIDS. MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. .FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. B OYS' WINTER CLOTHING Otiairinurtig ,5aTtL THIS DAY Tins DAY, the Ist instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Broker's Office, Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick-street, 154 Centals Damaged WHEAT, 4 Pockets Sussex HOPS. H. H. GOLDING, Broker. Apply to On account of whom it may concern. THIS DAY, the Ist instant, at Half-past One o'clock precisely, at H. H. Golding's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 420 Centals Mixed American WHEAT, in warehouse.—For further particulars apply to J. and M. lIARNETT, Brokers. 1111121TIII8 DAY, the Ist instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 2,503 Barrels Common American ROSIN, now landing ex Pilot Fish, from New York, in the Prince's Dock —Apply to Messrs. Maclean . , MariF, and Co., Merchants ; or to a. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. MIS DAY, the Ist instant, at. Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Excltang.--I,uildings, 30 Tons Thin Oblong LINSEED OIL CAKE, lately landed.—Apply •to Messrs. A. Baruchson and Co., Mer chants ; or to J. 11. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. TO-MORROW To-winnow, the 2nd instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 1, Oldhall-street, About 100 Bples Madras-COTTON, sea damaged, And a Quantity of Wet PICKINGS, ex Coquetdale, lying in Albert Dock Warehouses2ic No. 7. Also, 163 Bales Low American COTTON. Samples to be seen at tCUNhe Brokers' Office.—Apply to NINGHAM and HINSHAW, Broker To-NOURfrW, th 2nd instant, at the Brokc Oldhall-street, 263 Bags Angola, ORCHELLA WEED, 22 Bales Mozambique just landed, per Hoppet, from Lis Harrison, and Forwood, Merchan lIOOKE, OKELL, and SPENCE, Brokers Apply to M s. Leech, TO-MORROW, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 800 Cases Valentia ORANGES, ei Turia (s.s.), 400 Ditto Messina LEMONS, ex Adelaida, 130 Ditto Naples DITTO, ex Taurus (s.s.), 300 -Bags Turkey NUTS, 100 Ditto Bilboa CHESNUTS, 200 Ditto Para NUTS, 60 Ditto Black Spanish NUTS. Apply to GEORGE BADENACII and SON, Brok Aioßnow, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 910 Bags SAG() FLOUR, ex • Blanche Moore from Singapore.—Apply to and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers THURSDAY On THURSDAY next, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the 224 Bags Black PEPPER, ex Blanche Moore, from Singapore.—Apply to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. On THURSDAY next, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, 1,000 Bags Madras RICE, 700 Ditto Bengal DITTO, in Albert Dock warehouses. —Apply to SHAND, HIGSON, and Co., Brokers. On TurrasDAY next, the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 12 Cases OIL OF PEPPERMINT. J. 11. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. Apply to FRIDAY On FRIDAY next, the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Bales Fine JUTE, ex Coromandel; lying in Campbell's, Gradwell-street. Messrs. Fielden, Brothers, and Co., Merchants; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Broker Apply to TO CORRESPONDENTS can we insert communications not Uader no circumstances accompanied by the author's real name and address tartly for publication, but as a guarantee of good fa AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—THIS DAY. THEATRE ItovAL--Grand Comic Pantomime. Roirm, AmeturnEArßE—English Opera Company. HENGLER'S CIRQUE VARlETE—MisCellalleolls Attractions. ALLSOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION (Lime-street). THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. MANDERS' MENAGERIE Foot of Shaw's-brow. TECTONIC HALL (Lime-street)—Ascent of Mont Blanc. CLAYTON HALL—Christy's Minstrels. PRILHARWONIC HALL—Grand Concert. For particulars see advertisements on Bth page El)t . TUESDAY, pzi jit tT A R y 1, 1859, THE DAY'S tn shows us SEWS. The intelligence from the Continent that the question of peace (3r is still the great topic. The speech of the Er i , r , Napoleon is looked at the opening of the Frerkeh Chaniberr" forward to with muc h anx i e t y . It the Emperor in hi s s peech t o hi s faithtllis felt that Senat and deputies, can hardly av o id alluding to present crisis and his Majesty is not in tlic habit of beating about the bush ; his dictum will taken as a decisive indication of the course Francebe means to adopt. As to whether the speech is likely to be pacific or warlike it would be useless to speculate, but the general impression seems to be, that it will express a hope that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed. In the meanwhile, the public is hovering between fears of probable war and hopes of improbable peace, and the result of this state of suspense is almost as detrimental to trade, com merce, and business in general as a war itself, O n Sunday, the Constitutionnel published an article in that large type which official communications generally appear in. Its tendency is decidedly warlike. The Daily Yews having., in a recent leading article, asserted that in the event or a war France could only send a force o f 130,000 men to meet the Austrians in Lombardy, the Constitutionnet quo quotes figures to show that France could eas il y bring into 'the field an army of 500,000 men. An article in the Journal du Chenzin de Fers, signed by M. Solar, contains a report of a few words addressed by the Emperor to an illustrious military personage at the last ball at th e Tuileries, which M. Solar considers to be of a pacific tendency. The Em peror declared that he wished for peace, that he knew peace was necessary to the prosperity of France, and that if he succeeded in augment ing this prosperity, he should look upon it as the most glorious achievement for a sovereign of u people placed at the head of civilisation. Among the members of the Legislative Corps who have already . come up to Paris for the session, it is said there is hardly one who does not declare that the popular feeling in his depart men t i s decidedly opposed to war : we allude parti cu l ar ly to the rural population. And, as an indication of what they themselves think of the matter, some are proposing to exclude military men from the Standing Committees of the Chamber. The marriage of Prince Napoleon and Princess Clotilda took place at Turin on Sunday morning ; and when the cerem on y was over , the married couple departed for G enoa , an d ie King and Royal Family set out with them. This day the young people embark for Marseilles. The marriage has been accompanied at Turin with popular de monstrations, and addresses and presentations. On Saturday night, the town was illuminated, and there was a monster banquet. Count Cavour had charge of the matrimonial contract. Telegrams from Berlin continue to announce that the Princess Frederick William and the baby are doing well. A significant fact is announced by the Turin papers. The Austrians have established a garrison at Faligno, three days' march from Rome. The French garrison at Civita Vecchia are engaged in throwing up fortifications. A letter appears in Le Nord, from Naples, . evidently evincing a wish on the part of Russia to protect King Bomba in the coming catastrophe. This looks very much like the promise of protec tion from Polyphemus to the wily inmate of his doomed cavern, " Ulysses shall be last to be devoured." Parliament, as we have already intimated, will be'opened on Thursday ; by the 'Queen in person, and on Wednesday, a Privy Council will be held to settle the terms of the royal speech. On Satur day night, the Lord President of the Council entertained the Cabinet Ministers and the officers of the Queen's Household to dinner. Lord Palmerston's dinner party to-morrow, will be attended by some forty politicians, who comprise the pick of his party, such as Mr. Lowe, Sir R. Bethell, Mr. Vernon Smith. Si r W. G. layter, Sir G. C. Lewis, Sir G. Grey, &c; According to a London Evening contemporary, symptoms of an attempted junction between Whigs and Tories to defeat any popular measure of Reform are not wanting. There is the new number of the Quarterly Review, for example, which predicts the aid of large and influ ential body of the old Whigs in securing the triumph of Conservatism, and we observe that some of the Tory papers gladly reprint a few observations of the Manchester Guardian, in which the editor appeals to •the Conservatives to resist democratic change. But then Lord Palmerston stands in the way of this united effort against the progress of the people. So it would appear. "We shall soon have an oppor tunity of seeing," says the Press, " whether he prefers the public good to his own private ani mosities " The public good here referred to is opposition to the Reform Bill of Mr. Bright. "If not," continues the Press, "we can assure him that not all his Civis Romanus humbug will prevent his character from being odious in the eyes of posterity." Measures are being adopted in the West Riding to bring out a candidate for the seat vacated by the elevation of Lord Goderich to the peerage. Sir John W. Ramsden, M.P„ a young man of twenty-seven, and the owner of nearly the whole of Huddersfield, is the person nominated by the Leeds Registration Committee. There is a whisper of a Conservative opposition. Vice Chancellor Wood has decided the question between the directors of the Great Northern Railway and the B shareholders, which has been long litigated, in favour of the latter. The A shareholders are not in future to receive any dividends until the B shareholders be paid six per cent. per annum from Dec. 31, 1855. The half-yearly meeting of the North Stafford shire Railway Company has been held to-day, at which a favourable report was presented, show ing not only an increase of traffic, but a termination of the dispute with the London and North Western Company in respect to the through traffic of both lines. The report further stated that after setting aside 2,0001., and meeting all the charges applicable to revenue, the directors felt themselves justified in declaring a dividend of 21 per cent. per annum, after which there will remain a balance of 2,1241. to be carried forward. The report was adopted unanimously. A very destructive fire broke out on Sunday night in a confectioner's shop in Sheffield, whence it extended to the premises of a furniture-dealer. The new music hall had a narrow escape. Property to the amount of ten thousand pounds has been lost in this fire. There is no local news of any importance. At the Police Court yesterday, a shoemaker, named McNamara, residing in Sun-street, was charged with inducing the son of a leather dealer—only fourteen years of age—to rob his father. The scoundrel had prevailed upon the lad to steal some £450 worth of that material, which he received. He was sent for trial. MARRIAGE AS A POLITICAL EXPEDIENT. MARRIAGE is too often had recourse to, it is to be feared, as a mere expedient—as that, we mean, which helps forward, as a means to an end. And these shifts and contrivances are of different com plexions. They are all bad in themselves, though they differ in degree. One expedient may be of a financial, another of a social, another of a family character ; and they may all be more or less at variance with the true principle of such an alli- ante. But the worst expedient of all is the politi cal one—when political motives solely actuate, and political objects are the chief ends in view. It is not merely, in such a case, that it is a matter of worldy calculation, instead of, as it ought to be, of heartfelt affection ; but the aim of it is often one that aggravates the sacrifice. An ambitious pro ject has to be worked out, and marriage is an indispensable part of the process. Christianity coils marriage a " holy estate ;" but politics make it often one of the unholiest of cunning devices. Well does SHAKSPEARE make SUFFOLK say to his Royal master —touching -a contemplated Royal allianee too—that "Marriage is a matter of more worth. Than to be dealt in by attorneyship And whether it be • attorneyship as a vicarious through agency, or as the course which the bar gain has to be made and carried out, it is a means which cannot cons i s t w ith th e t rue character of such an alliance,—because it proceeds upon, if not the negation, yet the needlessness, of the vital principle of marriage. It is the remark of Dr. JOHNSON, that "marriage is the strictest, tie of perpetual friendship, and there can be no friendship without c on fid ence, an d no confidence without inte gr i ty ; and he must y, expect to be wretched, who Pays to beaut riches, or politeness, that re gar d which Only worth and TITE NORTHERN . TRIES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,. 1859 virtue can claim." But how much more wretched awes she not run the risk of being, who pays her regard to political ambition, rather than to those qualities which ought to claim a wife's chiefest respect and reverence ? The Ammonites, we are told, sacrificed their children to MOLOCH, and they suffered thereby a speedy death. But they who sacrifice them to political aggrandisement, or to any other object of interested ambition, are often much less merciful, since they expose them to the risk of years of suffering—frequently a life-long misery. Truly has it been said, that " the devil knew not what he did when he made man politic." It is altogether, of course, with the political aspect of the case that we have to do, when we consider the character and objects of such an alliance as that which has been entered into between Prince NAPOLEON of France and the Princess CLOTILDA of Sardinia. It is a marriage got up for a political purpose ; and which may have much to do, at perhaps no distant day, with the peace of Europe, The scheming and ambitious Emperor obtains a wife for his cousin as the item of a bargain with the young girl's Royal father. They have an alliance of their own, and one which contemplates results not to be brought about, in all probability, without forcing on their object at the bayonet's point, and the cannon's mouth. It is young Italy that is being given in marriage to France. The bride and bridegroom will symbollise quite another alliance than their own,—one that is composed of sterner stuff, and whose issue may be—one knows not what. Well may Austria frown, and fume, and look warlike. It may be no joke, this Sardinian wedding, in that quarter. It was said of this question of Italy, as coveted by Louis NAPOLEON, before the Sardinian mar riage was announced, that Austria was the immediate mark of French ambition. " The Emperor," it was observed, holds himself out as the friend and patron of Italy. His publication of ORSINI'S appeal to him could be explained only on the ground of his acceptance of the character which that appeal exhorted him to assume ; nor is it impossible that in the case of Italy, as in the case of France, he may really have his visions as well as his personal objects. Austrian Italy lies open to him, through an alliance with Sardinia. It affords fields for greater battles, such as most dazzle the imagination of the French soldier— fields, too, already bright with victory to the French, and dark with defeat to their opponents. 'Louis NAPOLEON probably relies for support in such an enterprise on the aid of Russia, anxious for territorial aggrandisement at the expense of Austria, and prepared for that object in sanely to let loose in Europe the whirlwind by which the artificial and rotten fabric of her own despotism must ultimately perish He counts, as a matter of course, on the assistance of Sardinia, ready to take the rider on her back, and his bit between her teeth, if she can only be avenged on the stag whose horns gored her at Novara. He has laid his ground for covering his Not operations by intrigues in other countries that we would attribute to the French Cabinet a fixity of purpose or a deliberate policy, in tlle existence of which we are not inclined to believe ; but it is rational to suppose that, in their various subterranean operations, they have always been more or less working towards an object which they have certainly always had more or less in view." And now, it appears, we have the first act of the drama—or rather, may 'it not be, the tragedy— already being performed,—the drathatis persona, or some of them, just come on the stage, and the curtain rising for the commencement of the representation. Whilst on such a subject as this, in which the marriage of a Prince and Princess forms so prominent a feature, one is naturally reminded, and especially at a moment like the present, of another alliance in Royal life which made all England joyous but a year ago, and which has just so happily resulted in presenting an heir to one of the Thrones of Continental Europe, and one who may be a bulwark of our own Throne, as he belongs directly to its inheritance, as the grandson of its reigning Queen. It is a tie which cannot but strengthen our national interests in Europe and on this ground, as well as because it must contribute to the domestic happiness of Her 'Majesty, it is " undoubtedly a source of much satisfaction to the country. But how different is the whole character of this matrimonial alliance from that to which we have been adverting. Here it was the union of two loving youthful hearts, which had been brought together for no mere political purpose, least of all as part and parcel of any political confederacy, but in order to promote their mutual felicity ; while their marriage was the fulfilment of a great and virtuous public duty. 0, may not CLOTILDA have but too much cause to envy VICTORIA ADELAIDE ? some - prejudice of their own into one of them, that " kicked the beam" awry, it was high time, they became convinced, to have those scales taken out of their hands, and thereby put it out of their power to go on being faithless to their charge, and doing mischief to their country. They there fore made this evil one of the things they would seek to have redressed at "the meeting that was to have been held last week ; and although, throngh a factious opposition to the movement, it was deemed expedient to abandon that proceeding, yet has the very announcement of such an evil as that we allude to already had its effect upon the Government, and steps have been at once taken to accomplish a revision of the Magistracy. The new Lord Chancellor (NAPIER) has taken the matter in hand. As head of the Magistracy of Ireland, he has issued a circular to the Lieute nants of Counties, enclosing to each a copy of the general list of such as are on the Commission, and requesting such information as will enable him to properly revise it. " Some of these gentlemen," he says to them, " are, perhaps, no longer living, but the occurrence of whose deaths has not been made known to the Clerk of the Hanaper ; changes of times, and the sale of estates, may have so affected others as to render it no longer desirable that they should retain the Commission ; others may have ceased to reside in the county ; and some who had been placed in the Commission only from necessity, by reason of their holding im portant agencies, may no longer possess that quali fication, and may be without any other (in connec tion with the county) which would of itself have •justified their appointment ; while others may have become disqualified by acceptance of subor dinate situations incompatible with their holding the magisterial office. Other instances of equal force may, perhaps, occur to you, in respect to which you may think such revision would be desirable, and which you will be good enough to notice in your reply to this communication." These, of themselves, were doubtless good and sufficient reasons for making the proposed revision, were there none other in the case. The present Lord Chancellor, it is well known, is a man of energetic mind ; and he is fully sensi ble, it would appear, of the grave responsibility that devolves upon him in his high office. "He is resolved," says the Dublin Express, " that the administration of justice shall be pure; that none of those who bear the Commission of the Peace shall by their character dishonour the Bench, or by their incapacity, ignorance, dependence, or partiality, weaken the authority of the law, or bring it into contempt in the eyes of the people, who are not always able to draw a distinction between the individual and the office which he fills. The various causes enumerated by his lordship, and others which he does not name, have certainly rendered a revision of the Irish Magistracy neces sary. This task could not possibly fall into better hands than those of the author of the admirable Address read by Lord BROUGII.kM at the Social Science meeting in Liverpool,"—a remark which we have no doubt will be heartily concurred in by such of our readers as heard, or perused the report of, the Address. " The public will feel certain," adds our Dublin contemporary, " that the work will be done without fear, favour, or affection, — that no party feeling, no personal consideration, will have the slightest influence on the Lord Chan cellor's mind, and that, in his judicious and earnest endeavour to purify and strengthen the Magistracy, his sole object will be the public good, without the slightest bias, political or religious, from which, we believe, no man in his high and responsible position was ever more completely exempt." Few, we think, who know anything of Mr. NAPIER will be disposed to question this. The character he bore, both in Parliament and at the Bar, fully warrants such an expectation. His political opponents will scarcely refuse to do him so much justice No doubt he acts, in this instance, at the suggestion of the Government. But he will act, there is no reason whatever but to believe, on his own independent and impartial judgment in the matter, exercising the powers entrusted to him with justice and fairness to all concerned. It is indeed most fortunate for Ireland that, at such a moment, so good a man is its Lord Chancellor. named White, that was found dead in the bed by the side of its mother. The child was four months old. The mother was the chief witness in the case, but she came before the court in such a state of intoxication, that she could not be examined. It appeared that this was the second child she lost in the same way, The inquest was adjourned to this day. Although it is the month of February, 1859, most people admit we are living in hard times, hence it should be the study of every one to ask themselves the question, " How can I save my money ?" We reply, without hesitation, buy your steel pens and other sta tionery, at E. T. Rill's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. John Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per gross. Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen. On Thursday,:at Lloyd's Captains' Room, Royal Ex change, Messrs. Bayley and Ridley offered to public competition the new iron screw steamship, Tasmanian, 2,440 tons, builder's measurement, built at Port Glasgow in 1858, and constructed as a passenger steamship for the service of the European and Australian Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, fitted with three trunk cylinder engines, by Inglis and Co. After being offered for some time without a bid being obtained, the vessel was with drawn from public sale. RUNAWAY HORSE.—Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the neighbourhood of Park-road was thrown into a great state of excitement by the running away of a horse with a whitechapel, belonging to Mr. Gardne . r. The animal, it appears, was without a bridle, and stand ing in Devonport-street, when it suddenly started off, and made its way up Park-street, into Park-road, taking the direction towards town. It proceeded along Park-road at a fearful rate, and was ultimately stopped near St. James's Market, fortunately without having injured any one, although the whole line of road was densely crowded. PEACE SOmorY.—Yesterday evening, a meeting of this society was held at the rooms 18, Slater-street. The Rev. Mr. Brunel' occupied the chair. The chairman called upon the Secretary to read his report, which he proceeded to do. The report stated the cheering pros pects which the society had in view, from the feelings of the people of Europe, and gave, in a concise form, the . . workings of the society for the time which it embrUced. The treasurer read the financial report. These reports were unanimously adopted on the motion of Mr. Rawlin's, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Jones. Mr. Brown moved a committee for the ensuing year.. Some remarks were offered on the prospects of the society by several members, after which the meeting separated. BEBINGTON. - -We understand that a sale of fancy Work will take place in the Assembly-rooms, Rock Ferry Hotel, on Thursday next, the 3rd instant, in aid of the funds for the erection of a new organ, in the parish church of Bebington. The sale commences at two o'clock, p.m., and is to be kept up till ten o'clock. Each adult is to pay one shilling for admission, children sixpence each. There will be a band in attendance, and it is expected that it will be a very successful undertaking. The parishioners are indebted to Miss Naylor, of High field Park, for this kind effort to replace the very old and worn out organ now in use. This lady's exertions having the sanction and approval of the rector of the parish. TIIE LANE ACCIDENT IN TITIIEBARN-STREET.---A gen tleman connected with our staff has received (per Mr. Robert Walker, Mansion-house Hotel) the sum , of £1 4s. 6d. for the widow and family of Timothy Hunt, the poor fellow who was killed by the fall of Mr Lumb's public-house, in Tithebarn-street, on the 12th January. The sum was collected by an amiable and kind-hearted young lady, Miss Butcher, at Mr. Porter's, Great Char lotte-street, who saw a paragraph in our paper stating the position of the unfortunate family of poor Hunt, who has left one danghter totally blind ; and, to the credit of Miss Butcher, the sum was chiefly made up of penny subscriptions. We shall hand over the money to the poor family, and no doubt Miss Butcher and the sub scribers will reap one hundred fold for their benevolence. HOPE HALL LECrUILE.-A lecture was delivered in Hope Hall, last night, by Mr. James Samuelson, author of a very ably-written little book, entitled " The Earth worm and the Common Housefly," published a short time since. The subject of Mr. Samuelson's lecture, last night, was the "Spider and the Fly." There was a very large audience, the hall being indeed full in every part. Mr. J. R. Jeffery presided. The lecture was of an essentially popular character, its style being clear, familiar, and, at the same time, impressive. The lecturer seems to have bestowed a keen, and what we might almost call, an affectionate attention to his subjects, and is able to interpret the ways, the doings, and the characteristics of the tiny creatures, whose spokesman he has become in a manner which cannot fail to win the attention and interest of the least scientific of his hearers, and at the same time to teach many things not fully perceived before to the most cultivated and critical. Mr. Samuelson's audience, last night, seemed to be both instructed and delighted. WATER ComurrEE —The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held yesterday, Mr. Jeffery in the chair. The other members present were —Messrs. Stitt, Ryley, Vernon, Rae, Wagstaff, Crellin, Farnworth, Chilton, Earle, Bennett, and Woodruff. Mr. Duncan reported that the quantity of water received from Riving ton, during the week ending 29th Jan., was 36,809,882 gallons; the quantity pumped from the wells was 40,599,702 gallons. Proportion of Rivington to well water, 9as to 10. The engineer further reported that during the week the Roddlesworth reservoir fell 4 inches ; Anglezark rose 4 feet 11 inch ; Rivington rose, 11 inch ; Aspull was steady ; Mountrey steady ; Prescot reservoir fell 1 inch. The rain fall of the week was 1.49 inches ; and the escape from the millstone was 217,000 gallons daily. Mr. Campbell reported that at Roddlesworth the impounded water was now discharging 11 inches deep into the goit. Mr. Bennett asked the engineer if there could be a more favourable time than the present for supplying the Rivington water ? The engineer, in reply, stated that this was not the most favourable time. The subject then dropped, and the committee proceeded to the finance business._ CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.--This deservedly popular entertainment has, after a short absence, made its re appearance in Liverpool. Last evening the company re-opened in the Clayton Hall, and, as on previous occasions, the house was well filled. It is unnecessary for us to go into any lengthened notice of the perform auce, as we must in that case repeat much of what we have already said in favour of this admirable entertain ment, which, we believe, in its peculiar character, is unequalled. We cannot, however, omit to notice a few of the treats, which, from their excellence, might almbst be taken at random, out of the- vast number provided. The first thing we marked as particularly beautiful, and which must be more than admired by all true lovers of music, was the execution of that pretty son g , " Beautiful Star." The leadership was taken by Mr. W. Burton, and nothing could exceed the exquisite sweetness and tender pathos with which it was sung.—" Kiss me quick and go my honey" still retains its popularity with the audience, but the prettiest thing in the programe, and that which called forth the warmest admiration, was " The Mocking Bird," sung by Mr. J. W. Raynor, and chorussed by the company. The imitations of the bird, which were as sweet as if nature itself had sounded the notes, a charming effect to the whole. Mr. T. Christl'an i S voice retains its wonderful power and volume, to the great delight and amusement of all. There are several new features in the performance, but the bur lesque on Julien's band, and " Hoop de Doodem do," still occupy their place in the programme, and meet with undiminished favour. The manager announces other new features, and we have no doubt, from the talent of the company, they will be equally attractive to those which have hitherto drawn such crowded houses. A NEW GERMAN JOURNAL IN LONDON. —A German weekly newspaper, having many high claims to literary and political influence, is at present being pub lished in London, and has reached its fourth number. It is entitled "Herman," after the German patriot and hero who so often made the Roman legions to halt in their course of invasion. It is edited by Dr, Gottfried Kinkel, one of the most eminent Germans at present residing in London—indeed, one of the eminent men in litera ture Germany can at present boast of, either at home or abroad. Dr. Kinkel's poem, " Otto Schutz," secured for him a distinguished name, and his publications and lec tures upon ancient and modern art are among the highest of their class of which a student can avail. The new journal is small and unpretentious in appearance, but neatly, and even elegantly got up iu its mechanical arrangements, while its literary department shows, as will be expected, talents and accomplishments of a varied order. The last number opens with an article entitled " Our Mother Tongue," which eloquently and warmly appeals to Ger mans in London that they may not, while cultivating the English language, allow their own to become corrupted, or to fade from use amon4 them. An article on " State and Nationality ;" a vindication of Germans of the pre sent day from the charge of unprofitable abandonment to mere idealisms and metaphysical abstractions ; an appre ciative and ably-written tribute to the memory of Robert Barns ; and a spirited ballad by a rising and national German poet, are among the con tents of the number. We perceive in it also, a portion of an unfinished romance, whose fragments now acquire a peculiar and a melancholy interest, from the fact, that they are left behind, we presume, by the gifted and noble-hearted wife of the editor, who met her death by an accidental occurrence only a few weeks since. It will be seen, therefore, that the contents of the newspaper— which comprises also, an excellent selection of home and foreign news, correspondence, &e.—are in no common degree varied and attractive. The warm spirit of nation ality which breathes through the whole may, per haps, seem little in accordance with the cool, unexciteable, business tone of most End newspapers; but it is easil to be understood that it does not require even a p erfervidum ingette among Germans living in a foreign country, t° ta w them feel a deep and a cordial interest in all that c. terns the preservation of the noblest features o f ' t l; national chracter and literature. No matter how We 0 differ from some of the views of the publication, we _ _ less warmly wish it a wide and permanent success. I i „. o g Another melancholy accident from crinoline ea te Tbt fire took place a few days ago. A lady, twenty -e ' g e r years of age, was arranging her hair before the chisoli4e glass, when her dress caught fire. In her alarm 'tho ran into the passage screaming for help, but befor e . 4 flames could be extinguished she was so dreadfully h'" that she died in a few hours. nog TRAINING-SHIPS FOR. BOYS.—The training-ship about to proceed to the Mersey, the ci-devant ,2°'o of ship Conway, is, wo believe, only the first of a serie s so ships to be similarly fitted and employed. The Co n t he will be employed as a training-ship for boys betwee n i 4 ages of thirteen and fifteen. They will be receiceuoto three classes. One class will consist of lads whose pat are able and willing to pay a moderate sum for t oo support and education ; another will comprise Ilito whose friends can contribute in a lesser degree; w the third will consist of poor boys, orphans or othe iv ". who have no friends to help them. An association Pli.t been formed to supply the funds necessary for the suPP e ir . of the establishment, which will be raised by voltiv b , contribution. The merchants of Liverpool hav e, :g scribed liberally for this purpose, and the Adnu • have lent a ship well calculated for the service as 3 c k e t • t er mencement, and have fitted her as for sea. ":0 1 0 some probationary terms have been gone througu most proficient a m o ng the lads will be allowed to ell° ,lo', between the Royal a n d mercantile services—the Adlo' r i we presume, undertaking to receive boys recorato elj oe by the Association into Her Majesty's ships. • Conway has a superintendent and a schoolmaster, rev el moderate but improving salaries ; and, as the num be l r o ; boys increase, so the staff will be augmented but it -„a not seem a part of the scheme to educate the lads bey •G certain elementary standards, or to fit them for pur s Tia of a higher character.• The boys are to be trained for to sea, and prepared in morals and discipline for apprentieesthe the sea service. We hop to find the Admiralty taking he r - hint from the Liverpool Association, and fitting out a 'I o , of the old men-of-war, now rotting in ordinary as On ld ing ships for boys. From 5,000 to 10,000 lads sui be be trained annually. The merchant service wont o f glad of one moiety, and the royal navy could dispose the other. Every ship might carry double' her pre of complement of stout boys with advantage. The boliji sixteen who leaves England for a foreign station, osl i :for returns a smart young seaman of nineteen or twenty , anything, and from this stock we derive the best men erf der the pendent. Were this principle acted upon, t he for of want of seamen would soon cease to be uttered; the .boys who entered the merchant service ivol lci p ker most instances, be true to their first masters, and - r ed , freely into ships of war, were their services ree l te d The royal navy has no worse enemy to e°13,04 to against than prejudice. The seaman hears the 'n service badly spoken of; every punishment is set doll oio the account of cruelty, and the rules of a man - of -ova often described as inhuman and debasing. M en bt know little about it, or whose bad conduct has brig upon them needful punishment, delight in mis le3 .tof others; but if naval discipline were inculcated as a l* t be their education, and boys were made to look upon restraints imposed as needful to the general goe c1 : 41 •00, disposed men would find their damaging asst .- 01a, controverted, and the regulations of the navy ~ I ' 4sl often be successfully vindicated. The ag,rtew.:4ll counties would always furnish a large sler of hardy, strong-limbed boys. Little or n° suasion need be used in obtaining recruits, for tir o well-dressed sailor lad were to go into any country 9 11 on a Sunday, we will answer for it he would be $ll object of attraction to scores of boys of his own ag,' of eager to enrol themselves in the same service. 13 , ° J,',01 11 this description received on board a training-ship in a short time have the rough edge taken off, 1 , 0 0; prepared to begin a sailor's career with right n° 40t and it is well known that during the long war the l',oo and bravest sailors we had were found among thoseeligi a few years previou sly had followed the plough.---vi Service Gaz;tte. SUFFERINGS AT SEA.—The packet ship -.1• 3 " - - a bil r i0 on her voyage to New York, fell in with the A'' The barque Franklin, Captain Young, water-logged' o pt captain's wife and child; five years old, had ()cell s ftef away from the wreck and drowned. The survivo rg, ; l l intense suffering from cold and hunger, were resel l self the Manhattan, on the 10th inst., and taken to t ,i York. The following is Captain Young's staterooM ful "The 2nd of December, sailed from Pensaco ls ,4 l4 Queenstown (Ireland) ; experienced heavy gales from 5 with a heavy cross sea ; 16th, the ship labouring fe r, heavily, deemed it prudent to throw the deckloxi ° . t board. Up to the 10th, encountered strong gales 01 PtIk the time from N.E. to N.W., and at two p.m. of file - 00 found the ship had sprung a leak and was, tse making a great deal of water, being ou the Po" 0 11 and under .her low canvas, wind from N.: wore rona.ort, the starboard tack, with the intention of making' a.,,14, if possible, but the wind hanging from N. and SI:01 and blowing so heavy that we could scarcely ca ll ' o r canvas, it impeded our progress. When the windl tl rated and allowed us to steer our course, we head e d the vessel for the shore, the ship still making water, a ° 0 11 , pumps kept constantly going. On the 3rd of 53° tre encountered a very . heavy gale from S.E., mendous sea running; it lasted until one o'clock P. 040 of the 4th, then shifting to N.E. and blowing.aidi equal violence until noon of the sth, v ne oll time the vessel became water-logged. At woo l " less wind ; lat. by observation, 40 deg. 07 min' ; 41 " 66 deg. 14 min. ; 6th, light breezes and thick. P - ,, t o e ,re":' our course for Shelbourne, N. S. (that beinc , the 11 " oil' port), in order, if possible, to save the vessel a nd O to to' At noon more moderate, and thick ; lat 41 deg. 0 . 9 ,0; with a . 04 long. 66 deg. 57 min. ; 7th, moderate breezes ana'. , - Jet' noon,. lat. by observation, 42 deg. 09 min. lon'T. " ° ,lof 37 ram., wind S. by W., steering N. by E. ' half °B,,b the - reefed the main-topsail, and ran her under it w" be ing foresail and foretopsail, the vessel steering so badly' full of water, that we could scarcely carry am id tb 9 4 1, canvas. At 10 p.m., wind increasing sea beginning to rise, double-reefed the fore t(4 tIO and was just in the act of cutting olca!,,ttil e mainmast when she gave a sudden roll over to P °11 " 1 :, - the il same time broaching to and filling her port side ; 51 ` - 0 5 instantly turned over on her beam ends. There Lott very heavy sea running, which made a complete 54 over her, in taking away the house, boats, and evert about her, including most of the spars and all he r fo bo leaving her a perfect wreck at the time. My wif e : and son George, aged five years, who were in th01 1 ,,,, b .t0i were carried off with the cabin anddrowned. All th e , r ,:o l ! us succeeded in getting on the broadside. The ate' 10' happened about midnight. About 4 a.m. she righte",tiot nothing was to be seen. Towards evenino . the ` l 7th e became more moderate, got 15n the starboard side ° ec es; deck, the port side and deck beam being all to la d th e we could not find a particle of food or water, a ° th e only thing left was part of the foresail attached I to stump of the foremast. which we secured in t he sn d manner we could to protect us f r o m the fr° st ; f reo' snow. In this condition we continued on the ,00 0 until the 10th at noon, without food or water' n y t ot fortunately the packet-rship Manhattan, Captoill'of from Liverpool for New York, came t ° , ta ble assistance and took us off. We were in a most der i e u o/ state, being exhausted and frostbitten. One s e- p e oll," named James Burns, of Brooklyn, perished the 5 ; s OP night on the wreck. Captain Young returns g reat tl' a s t• to Captain Dixon and officers for their kinness 311 s el f: tention td him and his crew w hil e on b oa rd his , es '", and in risking their lives i n t a ki ng him off, 1°„. " f recr confident had they remained ano th er night on t he all would have perished. a OS REMUNERATION TO MR. M'KENZIE, ST. GEORGE'S HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES' diar' Sir, -In looking over the programme. of Prc ce ee t t O interided to take place in the Town Council, at its lu ni i to-morrow, I perceive that a motion will be su b- 6 0 0 ' h for an allowance of 11. per night for such r e ,eri lr services as Mr. WlCenzte may render, in suL the re e tending the machinery, &c., on nights whe. u „i o clo° are concerts and other public meetings r vic' balls, I presume). What the exact nature Of the , c o cer expected to be rendered by Mr. M'Kenzie, on 5 ' 1 ' 0 05; sions, may be, it is not easy to conjecture. The P o o 1 „ntle v however, labour under the belief, that that th amply remunerated for any services he can render? handsome salary he already receives. e elc, If the general outcry which, for the last w - o f P resounded through the town, in condemnation tabu inefficiency and neglect of duty, is to be °` ' e elt i6 t as of any value, they are not his friends 16 00' bring him before the Council as a suppliant for ` r of merit." h patio Can you, sir, or any of your readers, inform t h e Re d 4 whether the ineffective " white-washing" 10 5° ,40 11 ; him by the committee of management of the , t d Centenary" celebratio n , on F r id a y n ight, ° I ; special reference to thi s application to be r n- itsb`; his behalf to-morrow ? If so, it is di scre .iariM to the committee ; but, whether or not, the tbt unconcern which marked his administration °,3!"beio occasion, cries ou t l ou dl y aga i nst any pu blic royar conferred on him at the present time.--Yours, A LOVER OF CONSIST"" THE IRISH MAGISTRACY. ALREADY has a good result arisen from the recent movement among the landed gentry of Ireland. When men who may have been accus tomed to pay more attention to their rights than their duties, once begin to see and recognise the true principles of justice, they find out many things to be wrong, and intolerable, which they never thought of before. And so it is in this case. Having directed their attention, with probably a juster sense of what was right than they had ever done before, to the disorganised state of certain districts around them, they perceived, as one of the causes of so much evil as there prevails, that the law was often rendered powerless through the indifference, or the carelessness, of those who were appointed to enforce it. Crime was rampant, often because the laws for its repression were not fairly administered. There was in the very Magistracy itself, they saw more over, an unsoundness that was frequently , fatal to the very object of its institution. Men, they found, were in the Commission of the Peace, who were not worthy of so responsible a position. And instances having been continually occurring in -which, when those men were called upon to "Poise the cause in Justice' equal scales," they threw some interest, or some partiality, or LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. r TIMBER TRADE.—We omitted to give 'Messrs. A. F. and D. Mackay's name to the review of timber trade and circular published in our Saturday's edition. Pus G.tme OF TIIE SE.V.SON.—Third edition of the amusing card game of " St. George and the Dragon" now ready. Sold by Mawdsley and Son, aud all book sellers. ROBERT BRUCE.—WC have much pleasure in directing attention to the lecture in Hope Hall, this evening. The subject —" Robert the Bruce " possesses charms for every one who can admire brave►y, liberty, and patriotism. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN, 58, HOPE STREET. —Monthly report. —Fresh patients admitted, 197 ; patients who have received treatment, 182; patients re maining under treatment, 107. Medical officers : Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hey. Surgeon dentist : Mr. Newman. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.-We understand that the Directors of the Company have decided to recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend for the past half-year, on the ordinary stock and shares of the company, at the rate of four per cent per annum, less income tax, leaving a surplus to be carried to the reserved fund. • LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—Number of patients during the past week : —New cases received advice and medicine at the institution, north 262, south 167 ; total, 429. New cases visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine, north 75, south 58 ; total, 133. Grand total, 562. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., president. Captain Bourne, vice-president of North Dispensary. Mr. Chas. Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary. Mr. Francis Mill, treasurer. Mr. J. Whitby Williams, secretary. Office, Leith Offices, Moorfields. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. --We under stand that at a meeting of Directors of this Company, held on Saturday, it was decided to recommend to the proprietors, at their next meeting, to declare a dividend for the half year at the rate of £4 per cent per annum, less income tax ; charging £lO,OOO additional to revenue for renewal of rails, also charging the whole of the parlia mentary expenses of last session, amounting to £13,500, t 'Tether £23,500 ; and adding considerably to the balance brought forward from the previous half-year. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the Coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of the child, Thomas Kermore, who was killed in Mersey-street, on Saturday. In our police reports this day, there will be found a detailed report of the unfortunate affair. The evidence at the inquest was the same as that given at the police court, and the jury returned a verdict of "Acci dental Death."—On the body of a child named Foster, who was found drowned in a water barrel. There was no evidence to show how the accident happened, but it was supposed that he had fell into the barrel by accident. The jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned," but how deceased got into the barrel there was no evidence to show.—Au intiest was opened or the body of a child Sou pro con of t as 1 ne3 wh anc dis, Wri wit fro] IniE