Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

Tais DAY, the 20th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick-street, About 6,100 Centals slightly heated American WHEAT, ff 846 Barrels Northern Ohi o FLOUR . HENRY H. GOLDING, Broker. Tuts DA,Y, the 20th instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, . . At,lll 500 Bales SOO ~ -baikling3, Dal India koi fleece itreet, Liverpool, 300 „ Oporto washed and unwashed 250 ~ Buenos Ayres lo , v and medium choice flock, nearly f , Brock washed Odessa Tuts DAY, Abon Shand, U indirect taxes throughout the Austrian Empire have been increased, with the exception of the tobacco monopoly and the Customs duties. An opinion prevails that Prussia, to whom Austria has virtually relinquished the command of the Federal Army, will shortly openly pronounce against France, invite her to make peace on the basis before agreed to by the Court of Vienna, and in case of refusal march on the French territory. The QUeen's Birthday was celebrated yesterday in the usual manner. Her Majesty' held a brilliant Drawing Room in the afternoon. The weather Was showery during the whole day. The Malta correspondent of Herald says that the Austrian Lloyd's . Company have obtained permis sion to place eleven of their steam ers in th, Quar- antine Harbour of that Island. At Leghorn there is a Brit Conqueror, 100. At Naples, the A Genoa 11.111. steam-frigate TerriblE The steam-ship Cirex- Wednesan gfimmaciat saTts. TUTS DAY Volo and Vidino Chili, Peru, and sun, —For Catologo MI6 : JP:4 a )AT, th, o.'s Office, 30 On MONDAY ni per SUK Melhuist On WEDNESDAY next, the 25th Just landed, ex Horten On WEDNKSDAY It Bro'&er Now landing, ex Ker FENCIN TELEG RAPTI' Witt NTS, M ROYAL—Mr. and Mrs. Bar ROYAL .AMPIIITHEATRE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS TRANSPARENT MAGIC• TILE PARISIAN GALLS For partici ;NAL CORD, L aria for Expor AMERICAN SOLACE SMOKERS, TRY TILE ABOVE Packages, 2 ozs. for Sd. THIS DAY Williams zmances, -➢lount Etna, &c Clayton Hall. ANATOMY, Paradise-street [nents on Bth page, C. TUR.MEAU TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances; can w risett comiry hy the a cations no' xl name and address, not flexes- Intee of good faith. sarily - for publiCation, bat as a gt rwitii)ru 1 1 ,1V- 1 '1 , ! m'44,9‘4,44 FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1859 --- THE DAY'S NEWS, A very feverish anxiety now prevails about the War, and the telegrams are watched with a degree of interest quite remarkable. In Paris the anxiety is intense, and every moment is expected to report some terrible and decisive blow. As yet, however, nothing has been done, but the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, writing on Wednesday night, says that, "from one moment to the other serious events are expected. At many points, the armies are within cannon shot of each other." The Globe's correspondent says that, " This week will not pass without a decisive action ;" whilst the Times correspondent, at the head quarters of the Austrian army, seems to think that it will be some days yet before any decided action takes place. Writing on the 13th he says, " a strong force was out that day to reconnoitre beyond th Sesia, and that the Austrians left had been reinforced to watch the French on that side, but a general movement was not then likely, as the writer considered that the allies would scarcely yet be prepared for an advance in force." The Moniteur of yesterday, publishes a communication from Alessandria which says :--- " The organisation of the army is going on actively. The repair of the damage done by the enemy to the bridges, roads, and railways is approaching completion. The Austrians continue their exactions. The population of Vercelli are filled with consternation, and quite out of condition to satisfy such demands. During the night of the 1 ith a body of Austrians, 100 strong, escaladed the bridge of Valenza through a breach, and made a fruitless attempt to take a position guarded by a small detachment of eight men. This morning the enemy opened a somewhat vigorous cannonade, which lasted from three to six o'clock, on the right bank of the Po, near the railway from Alessandria to Mortara. Our side made no response to the can nonade, the result of which proved to be insignifi cant." At Paris, on Wednesday, it was generally the opinion that the Austrians have decided to accept battle in the positions they occupy, but not to attack the allies. A telegram from Trieste, received yesterday, states that a merchant vessel from Bremen, laden with cargo, has arrived off Venice, but was prevented by the French squadron from entering the town, being now in a state of blockade. The captain of the vessel was told that he might go to Trieste, or to one of the ports in Istria, which are not blockaded. The merchant man subsequently cast anchor at Pirano. The question of what is contraband of war is just now exciting very close inquiry, and is one ap parently kvolved in considerable doubt. The Ship owner's Society of London have addressed the Board of Trade, requiring to be informed whether the shipment of provision, corn, and coal, for account of I the French Government, is legal under her Majesty's proclamation of neutrality ; and Lord Donoughmore, in reply, says the question has been referred to the Privy Council. Messrs. Nicol and 'Co., of George -yard; having written to the Foreign Office to ascer tain more particularly whether her Majesty's pro clamation contemplates coal as contraband of war, Lord Malnaesbury says, in reply,. that the passages in the proclamation referring to contraband are not intended to prohibit the exportation of coal, or any other article, but to warn her Majesty's subjects that if they do carry, for the use of one belligerent, articles which are contraband of war, and their pro perty be captured by another belligerent, her Majesty's Government will not undertake to interfere in their favour against such capture. The Shipping Gazette suggests that the Government should call upon the belligerent powers to specify by proclama tion those articles which they are resolved henceforth will constitute contraband of war. We had 'written thus far when we received a telegram .annonnciu g that General GY ulai has sent word to his government at Vien na , that his demands upon the Sardinians for contribution for the troops are unattended to, and that he cannot hold his presen t position more than fifteen days longer f or the want of provisions. The telegram a nnounces the establishment of a blockdde at Vienn a by a French squadron ; and all the direct and England might, with some consistency, at any rate, have undertaken such an achievement—had she ition to do so. But England's 1 been under any oblig And the invasion of the people Exchan Calcutta S ALT PE TR About 300 Bales COTTON 3'clock, at th 'roin Di ii;;ii, Shipley and FRA.NMS J. EATON. Broker )ne o'clock, at the For further particula EIMWOOD, 3 Oillee, 16, ExChange-building: 250 Hhds. Gingelly OIL, J. H. 'RAYNER and Co., Brokers 'e o'clock; at the , 16, Exchange-buildings, uthern WHALE OIL, ripply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Broker m Bombay.—Apply to J. 11. R %YNER and Co.. Broker ®f ate. JAMES BA- 3lack, B; h ship of war s the Centurion 80, and arrived at Galway, on with 170 p _..sengers and a large cargo, but she has brought no telegraphic news from New York, in consequence of" the wires being , out of order. The Adelaide had arrived out from Liverpool, of eight d, ipating the The West India mail steamer Southamiton with 600,000 d las arrived at fro - m Ja'ma lqrs in specie, and The French to the 6th ultimo steai - nE Martinique, with Dahomey had arrived 500 negroes 83 died during t n Chili still - held their ground against t yielding large quanta At the Doel Board, yesterd apply electricity to th in connection with the tim it. The Potosi mines: were es of the precious metals. y, it was resolved tc 'ock of the Victoria Tower -ball. - ---.-.-..... ENGLAND is at peace dinia are t war. How is ,hree Powers go moral w GI,AND AND FRANCI this P What have t ,se about, that England, it in the balance of power in Europe is so much greater than that of any of the others, has nothing to do :with it ? Is it a public •is it an object whicli concerns of Europe—and yet England has no part or lot in the matter ? Yes,—it is, or is professed to be, no less an object than the rescue of a wition from and a Potentate has left his countr I and come forward to that rescue whose people, at I home, are themselves _ the N to wai Austria, and Sar Isound and sober policy is peace of Austrian-Italy, even for the deliver from oppressi on,' with such a policy " is by no means in accordance It of necessity involves war,— too. There is, in Austrian Italy, no injury pe petrated, att Ipted, or feared, which can in anywise effect France, or in the slightest degree justify any interference by her armel hosts Of the objects of just war—precautio,n, defence, or reparation— France has not a single one as a pretext. There are, on her side, none of the justifying causes of war,—no deliberate invasion, or even threatened invasion of her rights,—no necessity for maintaining such a balance of power among neighbouring nations, as that no single State, or confederacy of States, shall overwhelm the rest. If there is to be anything of this kind that is to be resisted, it seems very likely to be this very confederacy which France herself has entered into with Sardinia; the object of which is avowed to be, to overwhelm the neighbour ing State of Austria, and wrest from her a dominion which she has had given and guaranteed to her by treaties signed, sealed, and delivered by the rest of the Great Powers of Europe. "We are about to second the struggle of a people now vindicating its independence, and rescue it from foreign oppression," says Louis NAPOLEON to his "Army of Italy," when he had arrived to place himself at their head, and lead them to the combat; and, he adds, " This is a sacred cause, which has the sympathies of the civilised world." And so the cause of Italy doubtless has,—it has, at any rate, the sympathy of England. But, then, there are other and better ways of showing it, than by disturbing the peace of Europe ; which, in fact, has no right to be disturbed for any such purpose,—and least of all -by one whose own subjects have " the sympathies of the civilised world," or ought to have them, as themselves suffering under oppression also. " Soldiers, ," con- tinues this second BIIONAPARTE, "let us all do our duty, and pit our confidence in GOD. Our country expects much from you. From one end of France to the other, the following words of happy augury re-echo The new army of •Italy will be worthy of her elder sister.'" Now here, we see, is a most audacious attempt to delude and to deceive. It is not their duty to wage Austrian-Italy. Such a war, under the circumstances of it, is a most criminal procedure ; and to " put their confidence in GOD," in such a course of wickedness, is profanely and blasphemously to expect, that GOD will favour iniquity, cruelty, and wrong. And suppose this " new Army of Italy " should prove " worthy of her elder sister ?" what then ? What did the " elder sister " do, to make it so important to be worthy of her ? Did she rescue Italy from foreign oppression ? On the war in contrary, did she not fasten a foreign oppression upon her ? The former Army of Italy was no doubt a brave army—and it fought well on the same battle-fields which are now being revisited, leaving heaps of slain in its victorious tracks, and dying the soil deeply with the blood of its victims. Yet what were those soldiers, after all ; or what are these whose bloody deeds are to emulate the other,—that they may be worthy of it,—what are they, one and all, we say, but " Ambition's tools, to cut a way To her unlawful ends ?" How much more becoming the character, and the responsibilities, of a Christian Power, is the position of England ? With her political freedom, she can truly and sincerly sympathise with those who are under political oppression ; and she feels hot only for the Italians, but for the French themselves, as deprived of that liberty which her own people so richly enjoy. And yet she is at peace. She is not cursed with an ambitious Monarch, who has to make tools of the people to cut a way to unlawful ends. And on this very account it is, that even while remaining at peace, she will do more for the sacred cause of Italian liberty and independence' than all the fighting of one despotic Power against another can ever be expected to accomplish. Her Majesty can fortunately declare, as her Royal Proclamation lately issued sets forth,—" And whereas we are on terms of friendship and amicable intercourse with all and each of the Sovereigns and with their several subjects, and others, inhabiting' IR JAMES GRAHAM A .ND THE MINISTRY. THERE was not one of the opponents of the Der Ministry who gave it harder hits at the hustings, of the late General Election, than Sir JAMES GRAHAM. We question if there was one who did it anything like the same amount of damage—fir the moment. There are but few, in fact, who can mall their adver- ries more mercilessly than Sir JAMES, who has, in his public career, unlike most of his compatriots, had opportunities of exercising his art on both parties alternately. We used to think hiin most overwhelm ing in his blows upon the Whigs and Radicals, when 4. ^ n while. n ~~ a t 'ative ; but on the recent occasion lie was, as a Radical, still more crushing upon the Conservatives,—and to some prac tical effect, too—for he thereby deprived _Ministers of a steady supporter in the House of Commons, and put in his place an out-and-out opponent. The Liberal party, therefore, are under no slight obligation to Sir JAMES GRAHAM for these his latest services to their cause. He fought valiantly—and he won. But, like too many who contend eagerly and hotly, he did so, it now appears, somewhat un- scrupulously; and the party has to regret, that while he did good service to it, for the time being at least, he did great damage, irretrievably, to himself. Two Of the severest blows that he aimed at the Minisiry, at his election for Carlisle, were his charges against it, first, " that, in order to influence the elections, the War Department—by an act of prerogative —Parliament not sitting —had increased the allowance to publicans for soldiers billeted on them from I.ld. to 4d. ;" and, second, that " when Captain CARNEGIE infdrmed the FirSt Lord of the Admiralty he had made inquiries at Dover, and he was satisfied success was impossible without the use of means which, as i a man of honour, he could not use, the First Lord of the Admiralty said, There is no option,' and intimated that he must go to Dover." Thus did the right hon. baronet accuse the Ministry of having had recourse to expedients for the further ance of their objects at the General Election, which, if true, were certainly anything but reputable, and in the latter case, therefore, anything but honourable. It turns out, however, that they, both of them, wanted the ingredient so essential to give them the character and the force he meant them to possess,— yet which, for the moment, they did all the same as possess, for the purpose intended,—the ingredient of truth. The heads of the two departments of the ernment thus seriously assailed by no less a personage than Sir JAMES GRAHAM - himself formerly at the head of one of them, and a Cabinet Minister also,—have come forward to expose the mendacity of the statements ; and in doing so, we must confess, they have made the vengeful baronet look anything but respeetable: General PEEL, writing from the War Office, says to This is not only untrue, but if you stated it I must leave you to explain how it was possible for you not to have known that it was not true. -In addition to Your long parliamentary experience, and knowledge of everything connected with the army, you, when First Lord of the Admiralty, must have brought in the Marine Mutiny Bill, and must have known that the allowance to publicans for soldiers and marines, billeted on them is fixed by the Mutiny Bill ; you must also have known that, last session, a parlia mentary committee inquired into the billeting system, and recommended, in their report, that the allowance should be raised from 11d to from 4d to 6d—that I was asked publicly in the house on the 7th of Feb. this year' whether it was the intention of the Government to carry this recommendation into effect, and that I answered, that it was their intention to raise it to 4d, but that it could not be done until the Mutiny Bill was brought in. That, again, on the 7th of March, on the army estimates, I made the same statement, and that Parliament voted the extra sum required for the payment of it ; and that on bringing in the Mutiny Bill I pointed out that the only material alteration in it was this increased allowance to the publicans. The Mutiny Bill passed before there was any idea of a dissolution, and the War Office circular directing the payment of the additional allowance was issued previous to the dis solution." And Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, as First Lord of the Admiralty, not only denies ever having done what Sir JAMES imputed to him, but shows that Captain CARNEGIE never said he did. Not a word, Sir JOHN declares, ever passed between Captain CARNEGIE and himself a s to corrupt practices being essential to success at Dover ; and Captain CARNEGIE did not allege in his published letter that he had made to him any such statement. "It is true, " adds Sir JOHN, " that I told Captain CARNEGIE he had 'in my opinion, no honourable option ; ' but those words referred to the conditions on which he had accepted office, and were spoken, as I think I hardly need assure you, without the slightest reference to imputations upon the people of Dover, of which I had never heard." After this, Sir JAMES had n o alternative but to " eat dirt," as the Orientals would say. " The statement in that speech to which I THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1859 within their countries, territories, or. &minions. And whereas we, being desirous of preserving to our subjects the blessings of peace, which they now happily enjoy, are firmly purposed and determined to abstain altogether from taking any part, either directly, in the war now unhappily. existing► between the said ,Sovereigns, their subjects and territories, and to remain at peace with, and .to maintain a peaceful and friendly intercourse with, all and with . eacli . of them, and their respective subjects, and others inhaliiiing - within any of their - countries, territories, and dominions, and to maintain a strict and impartial neutrality in the said hostilities. and war, unhappily e-r: - " To which existing between them you refer," he replies to General= 'PEEL, ," is an inaccuracy. I acknowledge it. A misstatement made by me has been the consequence : I am sorry for it ; and you can give to this acknowledgment the publicity which you desire." And, after a little disingenuous fencing with the construction of the facts, he says, in reply to Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON, "if I have erred in any particular, or have in the least misrepresented the purport of the conversation _between you and Captain CARNEbrE, I readily express my regret." But then Sir JAMES'S purpose has been served. His object was to damage the I‘linistry for the purposes of the election. That he accomplished. The means he employed to do so be now rejects—implying of course, by such regret, that they were false and therefore unjustifiable means. - But were his regret ever so real, or ever so intense, it would not undo that which has been done. We must, however, do the Knight of Netherby the justice to say, that he is always ready to acknow ledge his faults, when he can't escape from them might be inconvenient. Sir JAMES carried this so casions in days gone by, when personal honour happened to be involved, and per sonal safety to be endangered, as to expose himself . to the taunt of having "shown the white feather." Some of our readers may not, perhaps, have forgotten a fracas he once had with a certain -OlGonmAN MAHON, in the House of Commons, as a far, on one . or two o case in point It is the remark of no less a persona INGTON—" the father of his country," as Brother Jonathan so proudly esteems him —that " in Govern ments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favour, on party spirit, but on those of a popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged." Nov, we humbly think that Sir JAMES GRAHAM' instruction from this lesson of the great republican ; and especially he considers that he is now committed to a case of a "popular character "—the case of GovernMent might de when " purely- .elective ; " and which not only does not need the mendacious devices of a corrupt "Toryism," but must not endure them. We do not forget the observation of one of our own notabilities, that " there never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent—for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead." But then we re member, at the same time, that Sir JAMES GRAHAM, however violent he may be, is the very reverse of ignorant; and that though as busy as a bee—more particularly at an election—he is anything but a blockhead. It is true, dociles iinitamdis turpibus et prays omnes sumus. Sir JAMES is no exception to this universal tendency of human nature. But, for the sake of the Liberal cause, to which for the present he belongs, let us hope he wileresist it. THE SHIPPING INTEREST AND THE DUTIES OF NEUTRALS. —The Times announces that shipowners have been warned, upon the authority of the highest legal officers of the crown, that all charters of ships to the, French government, as transports or storeships, are in contravention of the 59th of George 111., cap. 69, and, if attempted to be carried out, will involve confiscation of ship, and prosecution and im prisonment for miscletheanour, on information being given of the existence of any such contract. This decision applies equally to vessels chartered before or subsequently to the issue of the recent proclamation. There are several cases of charters which will have to be abandoned. peaceful and happy end, her Majesty's subjects are charged and enjoined "to govern them accordingly, and to observe strictly a neutrality in and during the aforesaid hostilities and war, and to tain from N )lating or contravening either ti tatutes of the realm in this behalf, or the tw of nations in relation thereto, as they ,nswer to the contrary at their peril." Surel that of Franc can possibl, let the latter's martial achievements cover her with ever so much of. what she will call glory. England can ask for, and will obtain, the blessing of Heaven in her carder of peace and good-will,—for her part is indeed to "do her duty, and put her confidence iu God." But France is pursuing a course which will not only throw back the cause of civilisation and progress in Europe half a century or more, but entail evils on Italy and on herself which will be felt as a severe infliction for generations to come T CONTRABAND OF WAR.—THE QUESTION OF CO U. -The Tinies says, the government desires to avoid pronouncing any opinion whether coal is to be considered contraband. Vessels carrying such cargoes do so at their own risk, and if they are sei4cd by a belligerent power, and brought before a proper court- for _adjudication, the decision then arrived at will help to guide future views upon the question. The Hera!d says more decidedly that the extensive coal contracts reemtly entered into at Cardiff and Newcastle are illegal, and will, it is thought entail very serious conse quences on shipowners who do not endeavour to retrace their steps. LOCAL* INTELLIGENCE. 13IRRENHEAD CommissioNuns —A special meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held yesterday morning, in the board-room, Hamilton 7 square. The business vas only the signing of bonds. The meeting adjourned to next Tuesday, when a report will be presented upon the proposed scheme of incorporation for the township. A COPNY !—Yesterday, at the Police Court, an officer, who was giving evidence in a case where a Frenchman had been robbed in a brothel, off Clement-street, very naively stated that the place was a " regular colony of prostitutes !" "This caused loud laughter. It is a new sort of colony certainly, and should be taken under the protection of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHD 't.Y. —Yesterday, was the 40th anniversary of her Majesty's birthday. The Custom-house, and some other public offices, were closed, as usual. Flags floated from St. George's Hall, the public offices, churches, &c., and the Royal - Standard was raised in front of the Town-hall. The ships in the docks were dressed in all their gay bunting. The bells of the different churches rang during the day, and a Royal salute was fired by the Hastings, in the river. The general holiday, which is observed for the Queen's birth day, is the 24th inst. Long life to our gracious Sovereign ! Mn. BARNEY WILLIAMS'S BENEFIT.—To-night Mr. Barney Williams takes his benefit in the Theatre Royal. A most tempting programme is put forward, which includes the favourite " Hour in Seville," a piece displaying Mrs. Williams's versatility of talent to the fullest advantage. We have no doubt that a house crowded to its fullest capacity will honour the occasion. It may be remarked that the closing engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Williams is rapidly approaching a conclusion at this house, and that those who desire to have one look more at the performances humourou.s of the pair must lose no time in coming to a determination upon the point. THE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS. —lt is pleasant, in the midst of "rumours of war," to be enabled to record the fact, that several of the lithographic employers in Liverpool have given their Workmen the benefit of the Saturday's half holiday ; and we have been informed that two of the employers are considered to be the most extensive in the trade. If such is the fact, the example must be the more telling. We venture to assert that such acts are characteristic of English employers. All honour to men who, at a time like the present, when all is uncer tainty, are willing to make sacrifices tending so vitally to effect the condition of their workmen. It is to he hoped this system will become more general. We are also informed it is the intention of the Lithographers' Association to publish the names of those gentlemen who have so kindly granted the above boon, as soon as their canvass is corn pleted.— Communicated. - CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The deputy-coroner held the following inquests 'yesterday :-011 the body of a child named Margaret Layfield, twenty months old, the child of a bricklayer, at 17, Every-street. The mother of the child is at present in Ireland, and the father has a bad leg, which prevents him from working, and it seems he is in a poor way as regards his circumstances. On Wednesday, he was proceeding to the workhouse, to leave the child there, when he met John Irvine (a prisoner now present), in a beer house, kept by a man named M'lntire, in Hygim-street. Irvine said he need not take the child to the workhouse, as he could take it home to his wife, who bad no child, and they would be pleased with it. He (Irvine) also said to Layfield, that he could pay him when he got work. Irvine took home the child, and the father saw no more of it until he saw it dead in the hospital. Elizabeth M'lntire, the wife of the beerh.orse-keeper, said, the parties were in her house when Irvine said to Layfield, " I will take the child home with me, if you like." Layfield said, "will you ?" Irvine said, " I will—what I say I mean." Layfield said, " well, if you will take the child, and take care of it, I will pay you when I get to work." Irvine then went outside the door, and took the child in his arms, and said he would take care of it. He took the child away, and said he would take it to his wife, and it should have a mother's care. From the statement (not on oath) of Irvine, it appeared that he had no children, and that he had frequently taken home children. In this case he did so, and took it to his house in a court off Back Portland-street. He fed it, and took it up stairs, and laid it on the floor, and, as he stated, the window was open, and just whilst he turned about, the child fell out through the window. .This appeared to be the real state of the case, and the jury found a verdict to the effect that, "death was caused by a fracture of the skull, how it took place there was no evidence (Irvine) was discharged SENTENCES AT THE BOROUGH SESSION sentences were passed yesterday : The man The following William Downal Crompton and William Molley, chr,;ed with stealing iron doors and shutters belonging to the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Liverpool, Molley twelve months, Crompton discharged.—Mary Coleman, for stealing a quantity of pig's head, the property of John Calligan, four weeks.—Adam M'Kutchen, Robert• Fletcher, and Joseph Atkinson, for stealing a watch from Edward Jones, nine months each.—Sarah Russell, for stealing wearing apparel belonging to John Clarke, six months.—Joseph Leone, fur obtaining by false pretences the sum of 17s from James Thomas, one month.—Ann Jenkins, for felony, three.years' penal servitude.—William Wright, for felony, four months.—Henry Davies, for felony, six w —Margaret Johnson, fur felony, three years penal servi- tude.—:James M`Nulty, for feloni; six months WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE this co:nmitte was held yesterday _."6,__ The usual weekly meetin Ir. Ctiurchwarilen Cropper in the chair. The other members present were— Messrs: Owen, Smith, Critchley, Broome, Peck, and Melly. From the medical officer's weekly report it appeared that there took place sixteen deaths in the establishment during the week. There were 574 sick patients in the hospital last week ; new cases admitted since, 132 ; cured and ' discharged, 143 • now remaining under treatment, 547. This number included 54 fever. 12 itch.. and 4 small-110x cases. The master of the vagrant sheds reported that there were 263 destitute persons relieved in this department during the week ending 14th inst. ; of these 178 were males, 61 females, and 24 children, shewing a nett inc r ea se of 21 on the week, and a decrease of 35 when compared with the' corresponding week of last year. The Goveruor's, (Mr. Carr) return showed that there were 1,914 paupers in the house last week ; number this week, 1,851 ; shewing a decrease of 63 in the week. Number in the corresponding week of last year, 2,244; shewing a decrease thi s y e a r -of 330. The business was of a routine character. WELSH LITERATURE.—On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held in the Welsh Chapel, Burlington-street, to hear the adjudications read, and to award the prizes foi the best essay in the Welsh language on the three followin, subjects :-1. The importance of a:good character, and th necessity of forming it in youth. 2. The best means to b employed by the working man to acquire knowledge. The advantage of the cultivation of the W e l s h l anguage b children of )Velsh parents in English towns essays were sent in on each of the above subj reverend adjudicators adjudged that of Several s, and the b" to be th best on the first ; that of "X. Y. Z" to be the best on th second ; and that of " Rhywun" to be the best on th( third. When the writers of the called for it turned out that Mr. E. Roberts, of the S house, Chapel-street, had written the three, and he wa, awarded £6 with the usual honours. Considering : that -he never was more than a few days at a time in the Principality, and that he contended with some of the Welsh literati for the three prizes, Mr. Roberts deserves great credit for his abilities on these subjects, which are so inter esting to the people of Wales. AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL.—Open from ten in the morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exhibition. All the kings and queens, from and including William the Conqueror, down to Queen Victoria ; also, princes and princesses, dukes, duchesses, lords, eminent statesmen, warriors, poets, divines; also all the most noted personages of the past and present ages, &e. Allsop's sculpture galleries, containing upwards.of 3,000 statues, selected from all parts of the world, varying from five to twenty feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereoscopic views of intense interest Allsop's musical prothenade. The above attractions are now combined, forming one large establishment, in the' immense and magnificent building known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the County Court, Lime-street: Liverpool, and nearly opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and is open to the public at 6d each ; children under ten years of age, 3d each. Mr. Allsop's exhibition has been pronounced by the press of Liverpool, London, and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, superbly magnificent, and largest establishment in the world; a fact that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to observe the name, "Allsop," at the entrance. Sole proprietor, Mr. Wm. Allsop. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. —The screw st( successful essays were .amer City of Washington which sailed from New York on the 7th instant, arrived here on yesterday morning with upwards of 300 passengers. A summary of h er news , telegraphed from Queenstown, has been published already. The following is a list of her cabin passengers —Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown, Mr. N. D. Durand and lady, Mr. and Mrs. W. Elliott, three children, infant, and nurse, Mr. A. M'Andrew and lady, Colonel Canty, Dr. Cunningham, Dr. Smith, Mr. C. Lewis and Miss Lewis, Anna Sherly, E. Alexander and nurse, Mrs. Moore and servant, Rev. E. Rockwell and lady, Mr. W. E A. M'lntosh and lady, Mr. C H. Soar and lady, Mr. James Horsey and lady, Mr. E. D. Hall, Mr. H. Bent, Mr, A. H. Strong, Mr. H. Schmidt, Mr. O. Schmidt, Mr. G. S. Harker, Mr. B. M'lnness, Mr. E. Drey, Mr. M'Dougal, .Mr. J. M'Millan, Mr. J. H. Mulford, Mr. W. T. Townsend, Mr. R. Duncan, Mr. A. Ebbs, Mr. J. L Hassell, Mr. AL G. H. Blake, Mr. M'Faden, Mr. G. de Cordero, Mr. M. Montinez, Mr. J. C. Royston, Mr. J; Young, Mr. C. D. Jordon, Mr. C. James, Misses Sandford, Knight, Turnbull, M. Young, Bedford, Mrs. Stokes and two children, Mrs. de Codora, two children, and nurse, Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. White and child, Mrs. Shields, Mrs. M. A. Stevenson, Mrs. M'Dagall, Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Halpine and friend, Mrs. M'Neill and child, Mr. M.Kay, Mrs. GOuldbourne, Mr. Child and lady, Mr. J. D. Nairme, lady, and . infant;i Miss M. A. Marklew, Capt. Britton, Mr. R. M. Pratt, Mr. R. Simpson, Mr. J. Fowler, Mr. T. Bacon, Mr. A. P. J. Powell, Mr. L. Martin, Mr. A. Frankfield, Mr. E. Marklew, Mr. H. J. Julian, Mr. R. Montez de Oca, Mr. T. Ferguson, Mr. M. M'Colgan, Mr. R Howard, Mr. J. Benson, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. L. E. Week, Mr. L. D. Stibbins, Mr. R. L. Crook, Mr. J. Loeffler, Mr. J. Barry, Mr. Turnbull, Mr. W. Atterbury, Mr. J. Leo, Mr. S. Getty, Mr. J. Garvin, Mrs. E. L. Grcnnills, child and nurse ; Mr. J. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Wm. Plumer, Mr. M'Kibbon. RosA. BoxnEutt's PAINTINGS.-Two paintings by Rosa Bonheur are at present on exhibition in Mr. Grundy's Repository of Arts, Church-street. One is entitled "Landais Peasants going to Market :" the other, " Morn ing in the Highlands." These are the latest productions, of the extraordinary woman whose peculiar celebrity they at least sustain, if they cannot advance. The first is a scene in the French Landes, a market cart drawn by oxen, with a woman seated in the cart and a man trudging on stilts by the wheel. A flock of sheep follow the cart, and still farther back, another male figure is seen stalking likewise on his stilts. A fine stretch of country, covered with furze heath and other underwoods, spreads away to a far distance under a clear sky, only dotted with some fleecy cloud-balls here and there. Nothinn• 11well he simmer + non.f. more beautiful than the whole. It is a noble plctu're in its general effect ; and every figure, every bunch of heath, may be studied by itself for its own truthfulness and vigor. The other picture represents a glen among Highland hills and a group of cattle. During the visit of Rosa Bonheur to Scotland, we are told that, while enjoying a summer morning's walk, near Loch Etive, whilst yet the dew lingered upon the heather, and every object was indistinct in the moist air, a group of cattle arrested her attention. The invigorating sea breezes, blowing freely up those glens, whose streams all run westward, her matin exercise, the influence of the scenery, all combined to call forth her utmost powers. Five cattle comprised the group ; at a distance other cattle, wanderers from some other herd, were seen cautiously approaching. Upon the latter the former group were fixin,f, their gaze, their expression evidencing fear, caution, and curiosity. Struck with the picturesque effect; she rapidly studied and sketched in their attitudes,— the trained hand and practised eye at once mastering their strong points and characteristics, indelibly fixing upon her mind the charm of the whole and with inimitable skill transferring it to the canvass. They who can judge of the skill of the artist as a painter of cattle, will observe the singular fidelity with which she has made every characteristic of her group to live again on her canvas. Our attention was called to the fact that the age of each animal may be observed from the proportionate development and firmness of its limbs ; and many other points, evincing equal mastery of the subject will no doubt strike those better competent than we are to appreciate them. On the other hand, they who look at this group merely as a picture, must be especially delighted with its background of purple hills, just lighted by the meriting sun—its lake and its incomparable mountain heather, No truer, healthier artist than R osa _ll on h eur now l i ws. It is refreshing, in an age of pictorial symbolisir a , and weak, morslltirpoo aantime4 rigAtires, to look 'upon works of art so thoroughly objective, healthy, and fresh i: 11 tone —so instinct with the force of simple nature and unP tending truth. f thie HEALTH CommaTTE.—The usual weekly meeting° the body was held yesterday. Mr. Alderman Dorf in fore chair. There was no business of the least interest he tea the board. The medical officer of health reported that is the week ending last Saturday, the deaths regi ste ir d) in the borouzh were 201, of which 67 (or oneLt! Ihe inortatityl .s°4; the Inn. wee& me cold weather of the Pre vi° , s ise in the mortality fro:n do cas ne , ftsioned, '74 deaths, of whic A ll °the "";i a litif rao E 0 13 f!!„ er On loy— rap 0 b p bortg Is , e 9? 746 „ occurred in he out-townshi lesi than the corrected avera preceding trin years tsed some inerE of the lunzs, which oc [lair were from consumpti mortality from zym was to fever, 6 hooiinz comb Ootob, 1 measl ny week s al clea latina, 4 diarr deaths from scarla July. 1857. A r a brewery, died from delirium tre reported va a. to r( ad 475 pent to with the natural tin and chocking. the measurement, 7 lenr-th accordir 3-10 feet; depth of secured with iron k extending nearly to the mic Is it were floors-. finish, will equa England. Iron frame, placed fork the square, extent !curity anins. oh, tar dery linproverne and would, we ar :r work 11 the m with Cunningham's P. )1 , Captain \V to this port by the owner iecond ship btiilt for M St. ,Tohn' Courier HISTORIC SOCI will be fo ran A 1, 7 years c accu'v - A .;k_ ha- who ;: by the same P Yesterday evening, its last rneetil.g SITU.' "l'he:4ol 15 raid ° hir' section of this society hel session in the Grand Jury-room Sanson occupied th ranfact, i _ °ls cie were acknowledged Ossianic Society, for the ye ar 1853, vo l. 4 ; f ro m tin: o o t icif Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Societv or chair. The From the societ J o urnal °,l vol. 3, No. 2 ; from the society, Quarterly ;. Geological Society, vol. 15, part 2, NO. 5. society, Journal of the Society of Arts, N from the Royal Institution, the Report for 1 the secretary of An tiquaric logia," No. 13, 1859 ; from the society, "Me lll l - 0 1 .'; Societie des Antiquaries de Nonnandie," vol 2 sn' bot iläe e ' part 1; from Mr. Moss, curious specimen of o . s tor i t about eight inches in diameter, found in a large 100 6 f Mr. Arthur Shute exhibited seals of the Cathe,lra poike of Christiana, in Norway, given to the. late Job il yipi st t , Esq., of Liverpool, by Professor Thorklin, Prime nol l f , and keeper of the Archives to the King of. Also, a terra-cotta lamp, from the mines of - Cartilaroorr Joseph Boult exhibited a minute of a Volunteer I,u e a f ol er e 4 established at a public meeting in the star an' b ibit o hotel, 20th July, 1803. Mr. IC. A. Woodward et5l5OAl several very interesting specimens of photography.- ,r) means of his solar samara. M. l'Abbe Cochet, of Diel 3 Pel, elected an honorary member of the society. ,) )1 , 1. 0 ;14, ) 0 read a paper on the various dry processes in po. r - r h en Dr. Hume read a paper on the topography of the - aps frsl:l3, coast. It was illustrated by more than thirty' 1 - 13 ( 0' plans, most of which he had copied, by permission' originals, painted and manuscript, _in the Bodlein„ltN Oxford, the British Musenm, and the collection of t „ - li Al Geographical Society. Evidence was adduced to ," while the other places in Wirrall were regarded or villages, Afeols, near lloylak town, and that it was Its conditions and fate therefOr an inf was an " ( e preci-u.; 4 ., • A t terapi , sition of the suLbtile.„`, erpci those of Formby on the Lancashire coast made to define both the size and territory, which was repro Castle nearly Great Orms. deuces from history from remains of h not en I. upon, the reading The nla a considerable tim innua ex" has not t been decided TOXTETII PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS. ---1" weekly meeting of this board'was held yestt!.rdas" Public-offices, Park road, H. F. The other members present were—M M. A. Johns, G. W. Hunter, John Wilson Samuel Siddeley, J. D. Carter, Alexand Moss, Joseph Bruldritt, A. Griudrod, a Cheques were granted for out=door relief Alpass amount of £ Tire bn presented a report in ace the guardians on the 6th if the new workhou. A chaplain, at a yearly salary of £1 £100; master, £130; matron, £4O, (a man preferred for master and matron); ache schoolmistress, £2O; infant schoolmistress. Of education ; assistant matron, , and bookkeeper, £3O; all the officers, " - with the er; t io , the chaplain and medical officer to be allowe d addition to the sal ar i es named. ' Mr. Harrison o orli adoption of the report, which was seconded by .3 "; f f i e 541' rod. Mr. Moss moved, as an amendment, that of the chaplain be £l5O. Mr. John Wilson amendment. The original motion was con Miller said he had some rem ar k s t o ma k e With svelnitt The Chairman said, i nfr. Mille r say anything about the proposed salary being te:ss that,o would inform him that the gen era l opinion , be ,1 11 30 ssistant the governor enter his protest against it, as he could get as„7`;,,7l,iil, e i l for £lOO as they could get for £l7O. A man r ." ei r : ',, e o r ! and respectability The Chairman said, Nl', go d was too late in opening u p the Id l e( as the motion had been put forre 3 4; le t ' it the motion to adopt the report was carried. '„ - 50i' io t said he wanted to speak before, and the c hairin n ",.l4l); was time enough. When he went up to the u s e ° f y 4 and saw the spacious apartments allotted for the n s o - f inf o t master, he could not help saying that there we re ;he not honest tradesman in this t own th a t h a d neither • of er' accommodation, nor yet h a lf th e sa l ary , that theiSgioad would have. It would be worth £3OO a year. he held a seat at that hoard, he would not e„ter 3 ;o l anything in the expenditure of the money o f the r " f 1; that he would not all ow i n his own . Ile could P rjs brie-'io he could get a master and matron for £l3O, a nd in b . (P ro t the matter before the hoard, he thought 11.11" he wa s 0 , 1 .: 1 010 . his duty. Mr. M oss sa id there was no t only bat ' t ie; quality required f or a mas t er . It was q uite true be du h ' e f Miller might get some tradesmen to undertake tto at a less salary than that proposed, bil „, P ai d wanted a man of experience, and not a ° 70 from behind the counter. Mr. Miller said, 3. 1 r• ' Pita first define the qualities of the governor, hef're.t. convinced that an honest tradesman would n ot ofl svilfat tP AO Chairman said he could not allow the matter to Vfinonefa and it was then dropped. The Chairman read .„,4 r t statement, showing the position in which the guni.e oA with regard to the building of the new work 4°l- I , , ' Or r io Clerk said, at present they were only empower ed t .. Q sal l ' re. £24,00a, and that they had borrowed. Mr. l‘l'n f te o ,te twelve months, they would be in a position to 'oer e tiorlilt A resolution was come to by the hoard, tlar,i io trtl q - ry v ibe given to Mr. Culshaw to have th e new . infirn l- fore as soon as possible. This wal au ', • es s be • ae ousla board, • eta. Tee" 1 be the `: