The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-30 00:00:00

" 4 DAN WEBSTER." Jtst imported from the Havana, Some Cases CIGARS. af .his end other celebrated Brands. Apply to R. MORRISON & CO., 3, Old Hall, PEACHES, PINE APPLES, OYSTERS, LOBSTERS, SALMON, &c.. Fresh in Hermetica ly Se sled Tins of gibs. each, Just received from an eminent American EstAlishment.l In quantities to suit putchasers. Samples may be seen and tasted at Messrs. H. MOPIR & CO.'s, 34, OldhalLstreet, OLEY'S AMERICAN GOLD PENS. ' CHARLES WILLMER,"i 'HOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONER,' 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, he , pectfully intimates to Alerchants, Traders, and Dealers, that:ho ;has he-•n appo nted Sole Alent for he Sale of POLEY CELEBRATED AMERICAN GOLD PENS, which are universally acknowledged to he far superior to any other Manufactured either in Ame,ica or t , is Country. They are sold Cheaper, ale made of the bast Gold, with supellor Points, and are war ranted to wear at bast ten years. In America they have been octet, siVely used fir that perio I, and are preferred to new ones. The Prices range 'rum FIVE SHI to a guinea each. Supplied Wholesale, by Charles Willmer, 19, South John-street, Llv rpool. USIC . FOR THE ~TILLION. To learn sweet music, you only need go 1 To Seuenty.nine Dale-street, where y u will find - `1 A master of talent, whose genius doth show i; In playing the , :lceordeon, to strengthen the mind. The Fluting. as er,:eeful, is taught with success, Whose soft thrilling notes are delightful to hear; While the chaste Concertina doth us gic express, To gladden the heart when rude sorrow is near.l The name is GEORGE JORDAN, whose fame is well known; The Cornopean, Saxhorn. and Flute he repairs ;I Thus, Musical Instruments, when old they are grown, He manages neatly to powerful airs. . . He deals in Accordeons and Flutinas too,:4 1 . And Concertinas unrivalled for sweetness Of tone; Mr, Now, Christmas is coming, he promises you To teach you those instruments sweetly, you'll own. c3;;;" — * orms-7-• -17 - wjra THE ART OF PLAYING on the Acco-deon, eru,ina, or Concer tina taught in a superior style, in a few easy Lessons, for Ten Shillings. Accordeons, Fluttnas, Concertinas, Muse Boxes, Cornopians, Sax horns, Trombones, Clarionets, Flutes, Violins, and every other article in the Musical line of tin best make, cheaper than any other eit bishment. Every description of Musical Instruments tuned, epaired, or taken in exchange at GEORGE JORDAN'S aIUSICAL WAREHOUSE, 7g, DALE STREET, (Opposite Sir Thorna,'s Buildings, Liverpool.) ~~. ~tif% .`! AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c. THIS DAY. Theatre Royal—Simpson and Co., and Pantomime— seven p.m. Royal Amphitheatre—Equestrian Company—seven p.m. Clayton Hall—Miss Julia Si. George—eight p m. Queen's Hall—Hoffman's Oeganophonic Rind—eight p.m. Allsop's New Crystal Palace—Lime-street—ten a.m. to ten p in. Royal Colosseum—Gmeral Entertainment—half-past six. Freemason's Hall—Gallery of Anatomy—eleven a.m. to ten p.m. Liverpool Academy's Exhibition—ten a.m. to ten p.m. Royal Institution•—Museum—nine a.m. to four p.m. *.* For particulars see advertisements in first page. ECI '•, , ttitg.—irbf.4 Oa% At the brokers' office, about 300) bushels of mixed Ame rican Wheat—Golding and Nash. At half-past one o'ciuck, at the brokers' office, about 1000 bushels American White Wheat, and 140 barrels Baltimore FL - min—Patterson Brothers and Co. At one o'clock, at the beach, near the Formby Boathouse, (and immeJtately after• the sale cf the Hull and Stores of the scnooner Kate), the carco of the above vessel, consisting of 2,300 pieces of White Pine Deals, 8 Red Pine Soars, and 7 pieces of Bird Eye Maple.— Curry and Co. Caniturviat re NEXT WEEK. MONDAY On ISIONDXY next, the sth January, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commer ill Saleroom, Temple-cow - , 100 Barrels Wh to HERRINGS, ungutted, ex Sinwden, from Newfoundland —Apply to GEORGE B A DENACH B.c SON, Brokers. On MONDAY n xt, the sth Januiry. at 3 we've o'ci.ca. at the Brokers' OPIi a, Dale-street, 1200 Bags RAPESEED. 600 Bags DAUS I'ARDSEED, 90 Dag 4 LINSEED, just landed.—Apply to BROW NE. HUNTER & CO,, Brokers. Apply to WEDNESDAY., On WILDNESDAY, the 7t U. January, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 333 Bags Bombay SALTPI , TRE, 420 Bales 111ADDDER ROOTS. 470 Bags NUX VOIIIICA, 45 Bags STICK LAC. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers AFTER NP XT WEEK. On ruIIIISDAY, the 13th January, 1857, at Twelve o'c!ock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, About 9 i ons INDIA RUBBER, ex Magrieo.—Apply to Ilk OWNE, HUNTER & CO.. Brokers, On THURSDAY, the 15th January. 1857,and Liloaing days, at the Brokers' Ofli e, 2, Dale-strt.et, . ,j 2,590 Ba es East India, 1 WOOL. 100 B.tles Egyptian, ' 34 ~ BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers Sac PATENT ASPHALT, ROOFING FELT. A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing, ONE PENNY' PER SQUARE FOOT. W. W. POWELL. Office and V.Tarehouße-8, CABLR.STMEST.I THE LATE MR. GEORGE HOLDEN. Mr. James Holme. Chairman. Mr. Joseph hitchen Mr. Samuel Taylor] l Mr. W. P. Jeffreys Mr. Henry Dodd Mr. Daniel Crosthwaite Dlr. William Laidlaw Mr. John Woodruff Mr. Joseph Cafferata Mr. Thomas Wagstaff Mr. David Loogbottout Mr. Robert Thinn Mr. Thomas Armstrong Mr. James Bailey j: Mr. E. W. Thomas r Mr. James Smi,ll Dlr. C. B. Herrmann Tre isurer—Mr. Daniel Crosthwalte DONATIONS on behalf of the WIDOW a n d FAMILY of the above Gentleman will be thank fuly received by the Committee, at the Bank 4. and at the Ade , phi Hotel, where the Committee me t every 4ATURDAY EVENING, at Eig .t o'clock. WILLIAM LAI DL kW, HOWARD HORSLEY, f Hon. Secretaries. Adelpht Hotel, Dec. 27th, 1;56. NORTHERN TIKES PERMANENTLY ENLARGED DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL SIZE. IT IS NOW AN EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPER, :POSSESSING THE fLA.IIGEST CIRCULATION, AND IS THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN LIVERPOOL. SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS SIXPENCE EACH. The NORTHERN TIMES is delivered every morning at Subscribers' residences, within five miles of the Liverpool Exchange, by special messengers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of £1 18s. Od. in advance. OFFICE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Ely norttintt TUESDAY, DECE,III3ER 30, 185 G. THE DAY'S NEWS. Just as we had worked off our first impression of yesterday's publication, information reached us t'iat the Overland Mail had arrived at Trieste, bring'ng tho important intelligence that the Britibh forces had bombarded Canton, destroyed its forts, aril burnt the fleet that protected the ill fated city. Until all the details are before us it is not possible to express any opinion as to the expediency or justice of the steps which Admiral Seymour has deemed it his duty to adopt. Certain it is that property to a large amount has been destroyed, and commerce put to a complete stand still. The Indian intelligence by the Overland Mail does not, as far as telegraphed, appear to possess any features of importance. Nothing definite had been heard at Bombay of the Persian expedition. There were Apply to THE NORTHERN TIMES,---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY the bellman, and remain passive. When the rates of discounts are raised to produce " a fall " generally in the prices of all commodities " in which we have invested our money, we submit with a degree of composure which would become a Stoic. If we are compelled to sell at a sacrifice to meet pressing calls, we do so, and pocket the loss in silence. If gold will not come back in obedience to the screw we do not murmun We have gone on this way from 1819 up to the present—now about thirty-seven years. It is time, then, that we should be allowed to speak and tell our simple and unvarnished tale. It relates to the day passing over our beads, and we wish to ventilate it before it loses those beauties of freshness which add so much to the brilliancy of an illustration. When the Bank of England thought proper to raise the rates of discount last September, the price of cotton was in favour of the English manufacturer. Strictly middling qualities could have been purchased in the States at 111 cents. The terrors of dear and scarce money, and no accommodation, deterred our importers from sending out their orders as usual, and now, when the Bank thinks all is right, speculates on probabilities, and lowers the rate of discount, the same cotton cannot be bought under 121 cents per lb. Hence we have lost 1 cent per lb. on 2,000,000 bales of cotton by .our legislature's tinkering with the commercial rates of discount and direct interference with the current of prices in trade. What we have lost on corn, sugar, coffee, silk, and other com modities which we know to be more or less scarce, remains to be ascertained. But we have in the cotton market an instance of the baneful operation of our crotchety monetary system, 1 which cannot be easily forgotten. To preserve the bullion value of the legal tender note, we are asked to make these sacri fices just whenever the Bank of England may deem it prudent to put the provisions of the Bank Charter Act in force. If the Directors can make a profit by selling gold to foreign shippers, they are perfectly at liberty to do so, totally irrespective of the propriety of sustaining the humbug of " cash payments," or the wants of trade. If they should sell away until their bullion will admit of no further exhaustion, they can, at the last moment, raise the rate of interest, cause a panic, a depression of prices generally, and leave Bear speculators to sweep our markets at their own " fancy figures." They may leave the country without currency to pay wages or taxes, and this is the way, we are told, to sustain " cash payments." This is to preserve the in tegrity of the British merchants, and give stability to all our mercantile pursuits. But may we not point t) our own cotton market of to-day t 3 demonstrate the fallacy of the whole doctrine as it is preached, and the law as it is admin istered ? setting aside our losses caused by the sudden advance in the banking rate of discount, the cotton market is in a perfectly healthy state, and it would favour all parties to preserve the current rates of the day. But how is this to be done ? Those who have money will buy largely, in anticipation of another banking interference with the money market. This speculative demand will throw prices up. When this takes place the Bank will call it " overtrading," and dreading a drain of gold, will advance their rates of interest. The prices will fall it our stocks happen to be large, or they will advance, in spite of the screw, as we recently witnessed, if they happen to be light. How, then, are we to keep that steady course of trade which is FO advantageous to the whole community with such disturbing causes at work beneath the foundation of all that is commercial ? MERCA - TOR'S plausibility will find many dupes in Bel gravia and the inland villages .and hamlets of England and Wales. But it will not surely be swallowed by those who must be aware, that the loss we have just sustained in the purchase of the raw material required to keep up the indus trial life of the manufacturing districts and this great maritime town, cannot be contradicted. We have lost up to the present moment 1 cent per lb. on 2,000,000 bales of cotton owing to the last application of the Bank's screw, and any further advance which takes place within the next two months, may be set down as a loss dating from the same source. LONDON and Birmingham are up and doing something in opposition to the continuance of the Income and Property Tax, and may we ask what Liverpool is going to do in the matter ? We have hardships, nay, persecution, to complain of here, as well as the income-tax payers of other large commercial towns. With the principle involved in raising revenue from property and fixed incomes, amounting to an independence, which can he ascertained without an inquisitorial investigation of a man's private or trade affairs, we have no fault to find. A Great Empire must have a large income, and we are bound to make vast and willing sacrifices to preserve our statics as a nation to fulfil our duty towards others. But we can only comply with these obligations by an equitable adjustment of the burdens they impose on us. The aggregate amount of revenue received from income and property for the fiscal year ending the 31st of March, 1856, was 15,159,4581. To this we have to add Land and Assessed Taxes, which are paid by the same classes, 3,192,420 1 . Here we have a total of 18,295,5351. raised by direct taxation from only two sections of the community. The injustice of this will be best understood by com paring the sum taken from a fraction of society with the gross amount of revenue raised from the entire population. What secrets the revenue accounts will dis close next March, under the head of Income and Property Tax, we cannot pretend to fortel; but the system pursued by the revenue authorities in Liverpool is likely to produce a very large aug mentation of the total of last year. The Income- Tax officers pay little or no regard to the returns sent in by the public. They have no faith in the tatements made by respectable men in trade , who have their annual balance-sheets before them. Outward appearances, or information derived from secret sources, seem to govern their opinions and acts ; and we have reason to believe that there are but very few respectable men in trade in this Borough, who have not been assessed for double the amount of income-tax they ought to pay according to their ledgers. " Why not appeal in such cases ?" is the general enquiry, and we answer, for this simple reason — no man likes to carry his books, and explain all his private affairs before a public board composed of men living in the same town, and carrying on the same business as the man under examination. To escape the dangers of such a system as this, double income-tax is paid by a large majority of the persons wrongfully assessed. If the adoption of class taxation had been followed by a corresponding reduction of revenue in favour of the poorer orders, and the com munity at large, there would be far less reason for complaint than we find at present. But, in stead of that, the prolificness of the Income and Property Tax has not only stimulated all the other branches of revenue, but it has more than doubled the gross expenditure of the year. Cabinets have speculated largely on the produc tiveness of income and property. For example. The ordinary revenue last year amounted to 68,650,8481. 2s. 6d.; whereas the total revenue, less the government balances on hand, reached 129,311,615/. Is. Bd. In fact, both Parliament and the Ministers seem to have set no bounds to their lavish expenditure, since they have taken in hand to tax income and property. The peace party may say that we are mainly indebted to the extraordinary fiscal power it has placed at the disposal of the Treasury for the part we took in the late war. We will not, however, venture to go so far ; still, we firmly believe that, as long as we give governments more money than is absolutely necessary for the ordinary purposes of the State, that some extraordinary means will be devised to absorb double or treble the amount actually required. We have something like a palpable proof of the truth of this conclusion in the facts we have stated above. Before income and property were given up to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to prey upon, the State went on very respectably and tolerably prosperously on a income of about 52,000,000/. annually. But this year we shall have probably 120,000,0001. raised, and an expenditure exceeding the ordinary revenue of the country by fully 20,000,0001. What then have we gained by.taxing income and property ? It has led to no reduction in those taxes which press most heavily on the working man. It has not helped the merchant and trader by facilitating the advancement of Free Trade. It falls heavily on the employers of labour; and when added to the many additions the Legislature have made to local taxation, it threatens to bee me an insuffer able burden. If the collectors of this most impo litic and crushing tax have actei throughout the country as they have done in Liverpool, i. e., doubling the impost by assessment, the total derived from income and property, within the current year, will be really fearful to contem plate. Suppose they add but a third to the sum raised in 1855-6, from this source we shall have over 20,000,0001. taken from a very small fraction of the population. here is a war, a jobbing, State-corrupting, and prodigal-making fund, such as no Ministry in former times would have ven tured to ask for, except to meet some grave monetary pressure, or to fill up a blank left lay the repeal of duties in favour of commerce, and to promote the general prosperity and content ment of the country, COMPASS ERRORS. [COMMUNICATED.] A cotemporary of Wednesday last has some re marks on the errors of the compass, and, in pro posing a " cure," alludes to a very elaborate instrument introduced into this country by " Mr. Reeder, of Ohio." It is, moreover, intimated that " it did not attract that attention which its me/ its deserved." As nothing is more important to the whole trade of Liverpool than the steadiness and accuracy of the compass—which guides the wealth of the world to this its most central maritime port —this announcement is singular, nay, its very truth fulness perplexes. The favourable opinion of a commander, so eminent as Capt. Comstock, seems lost on the community. He was " astonished at the accuracy of Mr. Reeder's compass on board the Baltic;" while Captain Clarke, of the sailing ship Boston, equally attests its usefulness; and yet, on reaching Liverpool, no rush was made on the ingenious " Ohio farmer ;" no strife ensued for early posseSsion of so inestimable a thing as a safe guide fur shipping ! Again, Capt. Small is said to possess a compass which contests the point of utility with this American compass—both appa rently derived from a certain " celestial" compass of some year's eince. In such a time of " inappre ciations," we question if a compass from the celestial regions themselves would meet with a better re ception ! Since, however, we read a small pamphlet called " Captains and Calculations," written by a gentle man not yet well known in Liverpool, a new light seems to be just dawning upon us ! Sailors and phi losophers have apparently exhausted their energies, and mechanics and opticians have added to the use fulness of the compass, yet we are still at times con tert to let our ships guess their groping way within a " point or two "—happy, if lucky—lost, if other wise. It is even now wonderful that so few accidents occur. In Mr. Saxhy's pamphlet the whole question seems brought to a focus. Evi dently a man of considerable experience, he attacks, ruthlessly, yet without ostentation or offence, the whole present system of navi gation ; and, what is more to our present pur pose, solves the difficulty which besets Mr. Reeder, of Ohio—which besets Captain Small, in his excellent compass on " celestial" principles—which besets Mr. Gray in his improvements—Messrs. Jewitt, Dent, Cameron, Gowland, Silly, Basnet, Stubbings, and numerous other able opticians of the age. It really appears that the perception of that eye which supervises maritime safety is insensible to every ray of light—something blunts or distorts the vision. Not even a gleam from our Atlantic cousins has power to produce favourable impres 7 sion. " Red tape" and " routine" still bind and restrain within narrow bounds the energies of writhing minds. Improvement seems limited to position of compass—to mastheads. Tripods and minor ." manipulations" and "corrections" which instead of serving as handmaids, stalk with brazen front and imperious look, and claim precedence on the quarter deck ! while true science, like indignant Juno, complains unheeded, until Eolus looses the winds and scatters a fleet, on a hidden and hazy shore. ac vent!, velut agmine facto Qua data porta, ruunt, et turas turbine perflant. But all this preponderance of senile custom, and shadow of substance, must be dissipated as the pamphlet of Mr. Saxby gets into circulation, and improves the system of training young men for the sea' The want of proper knowledge of spherics is with some reason insisted on by him as the cause of the frequent inappreciation of valuable improve ments in navigating ships. If their instruments are prepared on spheric principles for remedying what is amiss ; and ignorance of spherics in the multitude renders these improvements useless; what ai•e we to do ? It is only left us to reform our system of preparation for nautical study. We notice Mr. Saxby's remark, that speed is now con fined to clippers, while acceleration is very possible to all. But here again, want of knowledge of spherics renders even Mr. Towson's admirable system of great circle sailing unavailable to the many. We cannot help noticing that it is the custom to pro duce instruments, &c., on the assumption that' a certain amount of spheric knowledge pervades the nautical world ; indeed, that captains are neces sarily mathematicians and nautical astronomers• Is it, then, matter of suspicion, that the instru ments referred to, meet not with that appreciation which their "merits deserve? " That man, whoever he may be, who provides a remedy for this state of things, confers upon com merce and the marine world a rich boon, and merits public—we will not yet say gratitude and acknow ledgement, but at least—encouragement, and pre cisely of this nature is Mr. Saxby's newly invented instrument for the most ready and simple correc tion of the compass by night or day, when a heavenly body is visible. Unlike various diagrams, which of themselves convey no information, but, after solving a set question, leave the operator gazing in bewilderment at lines and curves which impal t no knowledge ; the whole of Mc. Saxby's " Spherograph" is pre-eminently .fraught with interest, and seems to extend the hand of fraternal sympathy to the weary calculator, offering, like " tree of knowledge," the " golden fruit " of science for the discrimination of ‘t good" from " evil." We do not exaggerate; if we did, the most eminent names among Liverpool navigators, including of course Captain Comstock, are with us. It is not our province or our practice, to advocate private interests, but with a conviction that all scruples of this nature are oven riled judiciously and justly, in consideration of public benefit, we shall not with hold from Mr. Saxby, nor from any one who renders a public service, our wish to see him successful with his invention. Our cotemporary takes the same course with Mr. Reeder's seemingly important improvement. We are not about to attempt a descrip tion of Mr. Saxby's Spherograph, and its value to the compass, particularly in iron ships ; but recom mend to shipowners, underwriters, and captains, to call at 4, Goree Piazzas, and judge for themselvc s ; we can at least promise a courteous reception. One thing we would suggest to the inventcr. His pamphlet refers to matters of which the importance and interest cannot be known until it has been react, therefore, we would presume to advise reduction in its price to .sixpence. The liberal manner in which with so valuable a patent he has fixed a low price, insures his excusing our suggestion. It ought to be added, that the Spherograph relieves the mariner from tedious calculations of all kinds at sea, and, by its thus preventing the use of logarithms and the possibility of errors from haste or divided attention, it contributes to the safety of the ship, and the comfort and satisfaction of her commander. 'We shall say more on this subject. December 23, 1856. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE S ALL' S.—LAsT NIGHT. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS.-4 to 1 agst Loyola '(take 9 to 2). DERRY.-11 to 1 agst Blink Bonny ; 20 to 1 agst Tour nament (taken); 25 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorne (taken) ; 28 to 1 agst Glenmasson (taken). CHESTER CUP.-40 to 1 agst Claret (taken) ; 40 to 1 agst Tasmania (taken) ; 50 to 1 asst Vengeange (taken). WALTHAM STEEPLECHASE.—It is decided by the stewards that British Yeoman gets the stakes. THE GREAT BARON OF BEEF, A's D WONDERFUL CAPE SHEEP, AT MORRISH'S.—As already noticed, these great wonders will be dressed this day, ard ready to morrow, at the Merch ,nts' Dining Rooms, ard from the number of in quiries made of Mr. Morrish in reference to these rare specimens of delicious food, the only fear is that there will not be a sufficient quantity for the numerous applicants. We know the quality is first rate, and to get a taste of these delicious articles, the only chance is an early application. FESTIVITIES AT ROCK FERRY.—Amongst the festivities that took place about this beautiful locality, at the other side of the Mersey, may be mentioned that which has been spoken of in terms of deserved praise. Mr. Crafter, the proprietor of the Derby Arms Hotel, kept up the " good old Christmas time" in a style very suii able, and which reflects credit on his generous mind. One of the old and hospitable school, he could not at this season forget to act according to custom. On Friday and Saturday he held a regular " open howe," as was always his wont at this festive season. There was an immensa supply of ham, beef, and plum pudding, with plenty of the best ale given gratis to all who chose to avail of the good cheer; and it is needless to add that the visitors at the Derby Arms were not like "angels," but that hundreds partook of his gener ous hospitality. The kindness of the worthy host was duly appreciated by a large number of gentlemen, who assembled to do him honour "on their own account," for his kind ness to the less wealthy; and the juveniles of the locality will, no doubt, long remember the liberal supply of plum pudding so handsomely supplied to them by Mr. Crafter and his amiable family. The vicarage of Chiswick has become vacant by the death of the Rev. T. F. Bowerbank. It is worth £7OO a year, and is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. We (North British Mail) hear that the installation of Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, as Lord Rector of the Glasgow University, will take place on Thursday, the 15th of next month. The Lord Mayor will preside at a meeting in the Egyptian Hall on Monday, the sth of January, for the purpose of offering a testimonial of admiration and respect to Dr. Livingstone, the explorer of South Africa. The Dundee Advertiser states that rumour has it, that the Rev. Mr. Caird is to receive £l,OOO a-year as minister of the new church at the west end of Glasgow, and that he will only be expected to preach once each Sabbath. CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 27.—There will be a convocation this day, the 30th inst., at eleven o'clock, to admit Mr. R. Bickersteth, of Queen's College, Bishop designate of Ripon, to the degree of Doctor of Divinity by royal mandate. _ _ . We understand that the very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church, in company with Mr. Liddell and his medical adviser, Dr. Aclantl, started from Plymouth on Tuesday last in H.M.S, Satellite, captain Prevost, for Madeira, it being considered advisable that he should spend the winter months in a warner climate. MONUMENT - TC; THE MEMORY OF !SAME WALTON.—A subscription is now on foot for the purpose of restoring they monument of "good Isaak Walton" in Winchester Cathedral. It is proposed to restore the original epitaph, and place a portr - ait monument in marble of life-size, above the tomb, the entire cost of which will be about a hundred guineas. The Dean and Chapter of Winchester have kindly consented to remit their fees on the occasion.— Salisbury Journal. KOSSUTH AT THE GRATE or BURNS.—In company with his aide de camp, Kossuth proceeded to St. Michael's churchyard, where, amid " crowded obelisks and urns," rises the sculptured shrine of Robert Burns. M. Kossuth entered into the mausoleum with reverend step, and as if absorbed by the Intensity of his thoughts. He gazed long in pensive sadness at the figures of the ploughman poet and of Coila, and then earnestly conversed with his Hun garian companion in their own Magyar tongue.—Dumfries Standard. . _ NV DEATH OF Da. CALVERT.—It is our melancholy duty to record the death of Dr. James Calvert, who, for nearly half a century, held the high position of Rector of our Academy, on which he shed a lustre by his distinguished talents, and his fame as an instructor of youth. Dr. Calvert had reached the patriarchal age of eighty two years, He retired from the duties of the office a few years ago. Dr. Calvert was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and his demise is deplored by a wide circle of friends.— Montrose Review. Lady Franklin, accompanied by Miss Cracroft, Mrs. and Miss S. M‘Kenzie, Sir R. Murchi , on, Mr. Majendie, Capt. M'Clintock, R.N., and Mr. C. Grinnell, paid a visit to the Resolute, in Portsmouth harbour, on Saturday afternoon. They were received on the guaval. deck by Capt. Hartstein, the officers, and crew, attended by the United States' vice-consul at Portsmouth. The Resolute will be given over to the British Government, to-oz:orrow. and Captain Hartstein, with his officers and crew, will return to the United States in the American steamer Washington, from Southampton, on Weinosday. On Christmas day the whole of the crew were regaled with an excellent dinner of roast beef and plum pudding at the George Inn, at the expense of the British Government. reports of emutes at Kimedy, and of terrific fires at Rangoon, Kurrachee, and Bombay. We have news from Melbourne, to the Ist of October by the Red Jacket, which arrived here yesterday, afternoon, and the Overland mail brings us intelligence from the same place to October 20, and from Sydney to the 15th. By these accounts we learn that there had been another ministerial crisis at Sydney. The Governor General of New South Wales had, however, put a bold face upon it, and resolutely refused to dissolve. The next intelligence will, in all probability, in form us that the House of Assembly have taken it into their heads to have satisfaction, and, therefore, stopped the supplies, a power conferred upon them by the New Constitution Bill. The circumstances under which the last Ministry obtained power, and the loud expressions of complaint which were current at the time when the Donaldson administration gave way to their suceessors, naturally led to the anticipation that the latter were " not strong enough for the place." How Sir William Dennison will act it is at present impossible to say. He has a difficult card to play ; and it will require all that cunning diplomatic skill and dogged determination, which are peculiar features in his character, to bring him clear of this dispute with the " peonle's representatives" of the colony of New South Wales. From the colony of Victoria there is not any important political news. The elections under the New Constitution Bill were progressing, and as far as was known, the results were generally favourable to the preponderance of enlightened liberalism. On the whole, the Government candi dates were pretty successful. The " squatter" party had not been able to effect any great influence upon the .general election returns of the colony. The great contest took place in the city of Mel bourne, where two notorious democratic candidates were placed at the head of the poll. The Attorney. General was brought in third, the Mayor of Mel bourne fourth, and Mr. O'Shannassy, through the concentrated efforts of the Irish and Catholics, assisted by contributions of votes from the " squatter " party, was fifth on the list. The news from the several gold fields of Victoria and New South Wales are still very satisfactory and encouraging. The diggings in the Ovens district were especially prosperous, and new deposits were bein g continually discovered. We have a variety of continental advises this morning. From Paris we are informed that the despatch of a note cf the great Powers addressed to the Federal Assembly of Switzerland is a fact. Nothing is yet said of its contents. The official organ at Berlin says that the Prussian troops will march as soon as the decree of mobilisation appears, but the date seems not yet fixed. Certain mem bers of the Chamber of Wurtemburg have issued a manifesto, urging upon the Government of Wur temburg not to lend any facilities to a war between Prussia and Switzerland, which would inflict great harm on the Swiss, as well as the German people for no oLject, save that of a dynastic point of honour. Reports begin to prevail that it is some what doubful whether the Conference would meet yesterday, as announced. But it matters little, as the settlement of the question of the frontier is confirmed on all hands, and nothing remains except the evacuation of Turkey by Austria and England. According to letters from Paris and other Con tinental cities, there is reason to believe that the peace of Europe will certainly not be broken as far as the Bolgrad question is concerned. The pro-Russian paper published at Brussels has a letter from Paris, which says in very positive terms that the affair of the regulation of the Bessarabian frontier, which the Conference will now have exclusively to decide upon, may be regarded as settled, by the acceptance beforehand of the scheme of a ccmpensation in land to Russia, while Bolgrad will be ceded to Moldavia, and the Island of Serpents to Turkey, the delta of the Danube going likewise to Turkey and not to Moldavia. The Emperor of the French is named as the originator of this plan. It is true, we are in formed, that the Turkish plenipotentiary is adverse to any compensation, but if the other Powers are earnestly bent upon such an arrange ment being effected, this opposition will be of no practical consequence. The territory by which Russia will be compensated, according to this arrangement, is, moreover, to be detached from the part that, in future, is to belong to Moldavia, where henceforward the 'Turkish suzereignty, in any case, will signify still less than it hitherto has signified. The territory to be given in exchange for Bolgrad is situated between the river Yalpuk and a western tributary of it, comprised under the same name. By this plan the frontier would remain at a distance of five miles from the late Yalpuk, but would run considerably nearer to the Pruth. Touch ing this particular matter, a person in Vienna, who is generally well informed of what is passing behind the scenes confirms the foregoing views and adds that the area of the abovementioned ter ritory is said to be about 180 square miles, with a population of between 8,000 and 10,000 souls. In order to make the foregoing information complete, it must be added that the Russian Ministers at Paris do not object to the terms proposed. The Grand Duke of Tuscanyhas lately published a decree, completing the organisation of the Technical Institute founded at Florence about three years ago for the study of sciences applicable to the arts, manufactures, and public works ; also another, having for its object to favour the sending of the agricultural productions of the Grand Duchy to the Universal Cattle Show in Paris, in May, 1857. An exhibition will take place a little before at the Grand Ducal Palace of Casciue, near Florence, and a commission will be appointed to select such of the productions as seem likely to do most credit to the Grand Duchy at the Paris Exhibition. From Madrid we learn, that the Carlist chiefs who have returned to Spain have done so with the approbation of Count de Montemolin. It is said that Cabrera will take advantage of the amnesty and return to Spain. The letler of Mr Smith O'Brien to the people of Ireland, on the subject of the income tax, has given room to somo of our London cotemporaries to have another fling at the honourable gentlemen for the part he has taken in endeavouring to obtain what he considers justice for his ill-fated country. Considering Mr. O'Brien's position, his honesty of purpose, and his anxiety for the amelioration of his country, ho has a right to propound his views upon the political topics of the day. With Mr. O'Brien's ideas we do not entirely assent. Much that he has written in the letter in question is open to objection, but there are parts of it which even the " leading journal " is forced to admit are not only sensible but worthy of notice. Perhaps it would be better for Mr. O'Brien to maintain his late privacy ; for it is evident, from the newspaper comments upon his letter, his present production pleases neither Whig nor Tory. Our police news today contains an account of a " tilket of leave" convict, Martin Maguire, pre ferring a serious charge against a Mrs. Moore, of Wood-street. To judge from Martin's appearance, his labours in the hulks at Bermuda have not had any material effect upon his • constitution. The question is an important one; and as its conside ration will be again taken up to-day, we shall give the final result in to-morrow's paper. THE operations of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 must be tested and exposed in Liverpool and commercial towns of equal magnitude and importance. We have the means of judging correctly of its practical effects on trade. We are heavy corn, and the largest cotton, importers in the world. We have so organised one branch of our business, namely, our trade with America, amounting to upwards of 16,000,0001. yearly, so as to make no perceptible impression on th e rates of exchange abroad or the value of money at home. We carry the economy of money to the utmost limits of the quack science pro pounded for our guidance. When the cry of " overtrading " is raised, we respectfully bow to TILE COURT, WINDSOR, SUNDAY, Dec. 28,—The Queen and Prin ce ' the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended Divine Service in the Private Chapel this morning. attended Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. THE YOUNG PRINCE OF LRINENGBN. The visit of th e , young Prince of Leiningen and his brother, to the Plebes of Kent, at Frogmore, is in place of the visit of her Serener Highness the Princess of Ilohenlohe Langenbourg , sister °, the deceased Prince. After some delay, it was J u dged be te " that the young Prince should come to England himself i c decide, now that he has become a reigning Prince, whetlid or not he wouli retire at once from the British naval ser vice. This is, of course, a matter requiring some co neicier:; tion, as the navy is much more stringent in its requ irenin w for promotion than the army. Some years, at any l" 1 : must be passed afloat ere his Serene Highness coul d atte a grade at all commensurate with his rank. At present,therefore, the matter is ia abeyance; but should it be WI determined on, that the Prince is to remain in the navy' ma long leave of absence from the service will be neee ssarifr 7. the Admiralty, in order to enable him to arrange the Oiled tifarious matters consequent upon his sudden and unnVect iotklfieapt his a ii sn mcfeaa trFhkerered,d e met l e : i i a ne c i l i k s g pn e t 1 1 V ery i ri n si .o l ct l e i e la r - 1 1 131 5:1 0 ' : ; accession to his inheritance. i‘thiao T ju. h egs e hty C ta o in u iea rt to hcf official e n intai Royal y u a e ls mourningr in am c i o l m y ph always l r sw a a t b i y : s e e n appearr e ti longr e m o e iv l : e t' : -1 : 118, j ci t dee y mourning. The presence of the two SOO 01 f t h : late Prine&of Leiningen tends very much to 1 061 t he aspect of seclusion which has been adopted shl ee ni - e ' departure of Prince Frederick William. Christ%; e m a e p u n p e P e h a a m r s appearance l however, was the turning point, and a numerotiecia-le iw a n Y hg e op m ii sa a cygerooibnws growing nh r g e e distinguished circle is already invited for New Year'''', 4 k a: Prussia, whose princely and noble bearing is proverhil'of A PRESENT TO ROYALTY —Some time ago a l ad h i • o tt Dunfermline sent a present to her Majesty —a cas- T i ee embroidered with needlework and marine s hells• the shells were of the smallest description—as minute ° fe y oval herniepheres shelled from canary seed, and elah ° / r t il w . es graciously r tla o oteg u iwoe g uta h hss t el y u ar I p waa i ac n yk to sn o f flowers tastefulw o p w leu e dz r gza s li nenadgn tod artisticother piece of figuresfirig e r " - wn " do or 1 :1; After a very long interval a letter arrived from t o nt ine Lord Drumlanrig should hav another specimen of Miss M—'s needlework. f ~h 1 the or es es r i e ga c n e be i od p u t tt , h t and r d oct r o i c l i 314 p , troller to the Queen's Household. Those who ree°" - it t . tt at the period of the noble Viscount's marriage the P Os td which her Majesty was kind and gracious ell ° 'r i beli adopt by inviting the young Vicountess to dinner L' a . 00 her presentation, and the influence which this ind iea n ti ta fhwaeetlrldree office still of the opinion of the Sovereign had with the l riee- a n e, the e e i nf l oo a rr t e e s oalltlmaaar many oy u s i sy s et o oa f r Queensberry, onnncdeeirvea the whip o r n e asthisoia 0:f:.i:1_0.001 Drumlanrig's quitting the Queen's service, after 0- 1 , ( 1 0 believe the next session will, however, solve the and the quondam whig Comptroller of the 0° °11 t : of Queensberry, TnEclTy o vv r il ß l bAeurfoiumnodßEv.o_tiNnvgewoimthitttheedEtaort of l''' having succeeded to the peerage and become gart i o - r bi , ma tfett,: our summary of the Arabia's news in yesterdays Pu bi na l e e tion, the arrival out at Philadelphia of the screw s t g ea ,„o. City of Baltimore, Capt. Leitch, which sailed from w' st ,, pool on the 3rd, and entered the Delaware on the 16th 0 _ 0 " after a passage of 13 days. The City of Baltimore "the the only steamer leaving England for America fr o he r he r Ist to the Bth of December which proceeded ea ric e voyage, both the steam ships Ericsson a nd f"lie having put back. so o i LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. -- ,1 .`" Coe 41 , --- ~, li , closed the year last night, but not the season 1116e3011 which promise, for the future, to be of the usu al inter' aud useful description. erl ilig‘ ST. SILAS' WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION.---La ef . . al tea the members of this association held their anniversalooa delightful h in t s fu tr l u e m ye e n n i t n a g l . music was m attendance, e s e t r i . n Au a G t u th saT e ni schoolroom dNt,hse s company c O s a . e l s e ' p, sgattrraee separated n i an T fgt h : e r r e a e w p r o g ; to g 0 : very y al con ver t of Little Howard street, the receipts of which were to be appropriated to fitting up the schools. There was a 0 7 . good attendance, and a most agreeable evening was 513 ,, e e Id THE LATE MR. GEORGE ROLDEN.--With I-Ara - tee an advertisement in another column, aunollocing o is efforts now being made to raise a suitable subscriptie ,0 aid of the widow of the above lamented gentleneaTetwor are gratified that, so far, the committee have been P I o lig successful, but much remains to be done, so that all have the ability should not fail to aid such a cha r ' and truly praiseworthy cause. e to ° A t THE " ANGLO. SAXON'S" MAIL . In addition ra pid remarks, yesterday morning, upon this Yess e erg e e tb a passage ; it is only right to meution that, altel a the Anglo-Saxon did not leave Liverpool until the daY a , ;boot Atlantic's departure, her mails reached Montreeaceo, to three o'clock, a.m. yesterday, and were ready for d it ro jegf the public at the opening of the Post office In the ta ° , oil while the mail by the Atlantic did not reach 111ontreaLfore given in the scheolroo. _ at least six hours - later, and could not be distributel_u:,Bos eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The Angle-Saxon e l ' - ol d left Portland after one o'clock, p.m. on iiredee sd i Vreal reached Longueuil in twelve hours. They w °ll jeec. Qaebec before noon yesterday.-11fontrea/ PaP'''',,f aiYer; FESTIVITIES AT REAUMA.UIS.—MI. Parsons, latee i at the pool, having purchased the " Liverpool Arms" ball,irte ohll above place, inaugurated the event by a splendid ~ii l oom took place on Tuesday evening last in the noble ' 1 ; 18 C our in the hotel, and on the occasion a highly resPee ta „, E s t' pane , assembled, amongst whom were Elias Para°"Fa'tgottef of Harewood Grove and Darlington, the lgif f g , es , a il l, Lieutenant Gray, Roland Williams, Eici, in,V; v n erpo;," Lounds, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Stephens l-`iverpoW Miss Julia Parsons, Mr. P. G. Doyle ,( I 'b e ll 1 Mr. Parker, and about fifty others. I' Lle iks an oponed by_Miss Parsons and Mr. Doyle, in the P ° Tl;i r„; ea dancing was kept up until five in the morning. a • h fierg " • freshment room was tastefully decorated with A e IWO e . evergreens. The tables were strewed with all the ' sr a th of the season. Everything went off with KW , cerre P attention of the worthy host was remarkable! pondent. .„SeSterpl FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. PanterNsoN. repeor; morning the remains of this respected otfic-r wer eleer °o l l ; from his late residence, for interment at the ju dics i- ° The funeral was private. The attendance was " u " T he " 6 of the estimation in which the deceased was bell_ cot pore; were four mourning coaches, which contained "he als , se an tion officials of the highest class, and there ?r ° s oca a a members of the council, who evinced by their P il ot, °n il appreciation of the services of a faithful, h°llbriclerlea upright officer. There were about forty of the /c lose 'oa e the keepers of the borough, mile walked in process' te d et 0 by Major Greig), all of whom seemed much a rt fe benef: r ie ee loss of a kind superior, and a warm hear t ' lie° ° 9 friend. There are many excellent men in the P° , b , but Mr. Parkinson has left few equals behind bil n " i n to 1 01 CORONER'S COURT.—Yesterda y . the enq uirl . d p r oles d o „ w as death of the two children supposed to ha ve er. ' th e suffocation was resumed before the borough cororlausea Yost the evidence of the medical gentleman who ba d ° o de 0 toe contents of the stomachs, and who had also p i ; tha t ,„ t "tiat mortem examination of the bodies, it aPPe lr- ato acv A ss had been a sufficient quantity of oxalic acid folio 04 0 ~ fur their deaths. Such being the case, the e e idey ee. 0 further adjourned in order to obtain additional c o g 13 39 0 ; An inquest was also held on the body ( "f a Ltei Ti geerl named William Ashcroft, who was killed that were elig a l o t the Bootle road. The deceased with others 1 ' 7 ; 3 ecr!' ioc e in doing some repairs to the road, when by s, i e vies inigoilt he fell under the wheels of waggon 811 ' bp ''- ; a , o faao j3BO Verdict, , accidental death.—Also on the beeY 6 o at, aged 59, who died suddenly in a house in N°' e of street. Verdict, died from natural causes. niversarJoa Sr. MATHIAS'S CHURCH BCHOOLS.--"Ile a l i o pall c b , these schools, seas celebrated last evening by 3 ,.: the Oblit, concert, in the School Rooms connected wi tu a 11, 0 t, e ecael - , T otoe p t A very excellent tea was provided on the Milbourne of Clarence street ; after which the `, es iae. 46 the Bev. R. N. Sheldon, was called upon to P',,,, to I , e , the course of the evening, the choir , belondft7e s'l b 'i Church sang several anthems in a very cre , ive ree„,, Some very able and excellent addresses were ee, to bier„. toolr P.:ye, the cheirrnen, and the Revs. Messrs. Birdsbelre,h'- I Lester, Darby, and Tattersall. The concert, w _ ro t at o t o r g o, iu one of the school rooms, was however, the ‘ ,! io ed ! tr ite lion of the evening, and the programme n on Mrs 14° an d duets, and glees, in which Mrs. Steedneat:l4ool?!.4% had Messrs. Steedman, Morris, , Hughes , their,' I, of Denby !ook a part, was well selected, ad teas° nit the P g w • ea ye the greatest satisfaction to all who had ass ed ° r tbi a being present. The evening's amusement ling, fo tin o the greatest eclat, and the anniversary.:l3o,e_ Sack,. r dia year, will be long remembered, and 1 l' e wereef ic eea The enter e t. are "vo eirli p , easurd and delight. There '',_ e on' not conclude until rather a late hour. during W. six and seven hundred persons present