Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

613111 'uttr ,r '4it c%aiois THIS DAY Tuts Dar, the lath instant, at Twel'.e o'clock, at the 'Commercial Saleroom, 140 Cases Valentia OitANUES 100 Do. Barcelona DITTO, ex Tajo (s.s.), 79 Do. Naples " DITTO, 63 Do. Do. LEMONS, ex (s.s.), 60. Do.' Yalentia ORANGES, ex Turia (s.s.), _ 76 }=Boxes Gibraltar Bitter ORANGES, ex Calpc 400 Cases Me:::ina LEMONS, cx Adelaide, 35 Do. Nl,ples DITTO, ex Frankfort (s.s.), "150 Barrels Newtown Pippin APP , r° 300 Bags New Turkey NUTS, 200 Do. Para NUTS, 60 Do. Black Spanish NUTS Apply, to GEORGE BADF and SON, Brokers THIS DAY, the 1001 instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers! Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 . Cases CASSIA. LIGNBA, 1,000 Bags Black PEPPER, BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers NI 0 It It 0 W . Apply to TO -MORROW, the llthinstant, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 1,;100 •13ags 13onibay IMISEED, . 10 00 Bags Bombay RAPESEED , ' BOO B a gs Bombay- - MUSTARD SEED, 300 Bags. Bombay SAFFLOWER SEED. BROWNE, HUNTER, and co., Brokers Apply to To-31onwow, 'the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock; at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dnl- 52 Bales Long.Tellow Berry Mocha COFFEE. BROWSE, nuNTEn, and Co., Brokers Apply to To-MORROW, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at.the ex Falcon; fri Broli:er's Office, 7, Exchange-charOers, 45 Barrels I:APIOCA (all faults), , Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker <l> 12 Bal ex Proridence, from Leghorr O account of vrholUit may concern. To-lcoartow, the 11th instant, at One o'clock; at the Brokers' Saleroom, 25, Temple-street, , TO-MORROW, the 11th in Brokers'eoMce , 70 Bales 11831.11 ex Black Eagle, from At;aitlay, Alto 15 Tons .HEMP, per Ilotcl' 800 Ballots COCOAN iTi" ex Dolphin, from Colombo, urs apply to at Twelve o'clock, at the uu ge I'l ley . North, a Bombay, Albert . D . ot.k.—For further partiou _, SHAND, HIGSON and Co., Brokers. TO-MORROW, the 11th lust:nit, at Twelve o'clock, .Brokers' Office, 10, Exchange-buildings, 100 Casks COCOA NUT OIL, ately, landec J. IL RAYNER and Co., Brokers. TO-lIORROW, the 11th i - : . Brokers' Office, 10, Exchange-buildings, Abort 70 Tuns sonthern WHALE OIL, ex Antilla, fromllonolulu.—All.pply J. ItAYNEII, and Co., 13rols TO-MORROW, the 11th instant, at half-past One o'cloel Broker's Office. Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunssrick -2,500 Barrels Ohio and Philadelphia FLOUR, in St( e x sundry vessels.—Apply to H. H. GOLPT WEDNES-PAY ant,_at Twelve o'clock, at the On WLDNE3DAY n . , Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-strect, • 500 Bags Bombay SALTPETRE, 300 Bags Ditto , ' DITTO, oil damaged, 49 Bales East India SENNA. BROW,NE, HUNTER, and Co., 1:n okers Apply to • Postponedfioni Wednesday, the 2 On WEDNESDAY next, the 12th instant, at the I Oldltall-street 195 Bales Fine Mozambique ontuELLA WEED, now landing. ex Fernandez, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants; or to 'WOKE, °KELL, and SPENCE, Brokers. 12th, Thursday, the 13th, and E•iinning each day at Eleven On Wednesday Morrnt Friday, the 14th instant, bc o'clock precisely, in the Wood Sales Toxteth Docks, Liverpool, 138 Logs Mexican BAYWOOD, 5 „ Mexican CEDAR, being the -caz s Adolph; from Minatitlan.—Apply cis,.Biunswick and just landed, ex Messrs. Imrie 192 „ and Tomlinson, Merchants. Mexican BAYWOOD, being the cargo just landed ex Bolivar, from Minatitlan.—Apply to James Graham, Esq., Merchant. 75 ~ Mexican Baywood, being the .cargo, just landed, ex Rosita, from Minatitlau.—On account of the porters. 185 „ Mexican BAYWOOD, being the cargo now landing, ex Mary Waugh, from Minatitlan.—Apply to James Graham, Esq. ' Merchant. „ Honduras MAHOGANY, being the cargo, just landed, ex Antigua Packet, from Belize.—On account of the 'lmporters. 80 „ Honduras MAHOGANY. • 25 Tons ROSEWOOD. • ' Ear/ of llarewood, froni I the Importers. 166 „ Honduras MAHOGANY, just landing, ex Thornton, Apply to A. GlassfOrd, Esq., Merchant. 846 Pieces, of which 355 are Curls, City St.. Don - •GANY, being the cargo just landed, e the City direct.— On account of the Importers On account of -.To MAIIO 533 Pieces, of which 214 are Curls; St. Domingo MAFIOGANY, being the cargo just landed, ex _Thale.Aria, from • Porto Plata.—Apply to Messrs. Imrie and Tomlinson, • Merchants. 403 Logs and Curls St. Domingo MAHOGANY, being the cargo just landed, ex Souvenir, from Hayti. -Apply to Messrs. Edward L 1 ' 100 „ Cuba MAHOGANY 239 „ Havatuiah CEI just landed, ( Spiiynx, f 10 Tons bACITSWOOD. 614 Curls City St. Domingo MAIIOGANY, On account of the -Im- of the Importer ded, c (Antra. lately landed, ex sundry vessels.--on accon 131 Planks ltio ROSEWOOD, just 46 Logs BIRD-k Apply to M 60 „ Italian WA To the above will be BIRD.EYED, MAPLI JACARANDA WOOD, WOODS: Catalogue No. 1, con! be seen at the offic .Catalogue No. 2 will bi 12th instant. And on Friday, the 15th 3,693 Pieces lit qua. 0 111., 526 „ 4th „ SCANTLINC 583 „ BOARDS _ 71 „ Rhi)-I;FSE On account o On the Quay, E For further •particulars, EDWARD CRALO 6, East side Queen's D .ck ➢IAI LE, ex Antarctic, from New York a and Am€ u WALNUT, CEDAR, 1 FANG/ nting, the ant, at Titolve o'clock at Noo: side of Seftc treet, urthir, 110,417 f Apply to lie•Ar3. Leech, II to rokers' oftle , 5,715 BUFF t ppt r L.ns.s~c ;t landed, 1. and Co., M paper, c st next, the 13th inst T 1 d other ElatlTl roker and Measurer Ire o'clock, at th, FRIDAY Riokers' 01 11( 125, Bales I 32 ta e i, B ILOW N TLEDA On TIJEfiDAY Apply to on WISDNESDAT AFTER NEXI (10. WO I UN I'ER, Sa 1,000 Bah; East hididand other WOOLS. Apply to JOHN L. BOWEi & BROTHER, Wool On WEDNESDAY, the 19th Biokers' Saleroom, 4 4,000 Bales East India 1,000 superior Russia Combing Fleece 600 - ?, Iceland, Egy pt i an, WOOLa , :yria, and othe r l ow For catalmme, 5,600 ba APPIY 3 RONALD ', Wool Broker On THURSDAY, the 20th instant, at Twelveo'clock, at tli, Brokers Office, 2, Dale-ctre c t 809 Twined East India MPs, 752 BUFFALO lIIDEs. BROWN,k, BUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to °R Euxasplor, the 26th instant, at Three o'clock, 30 0 Bales Port Philip and Sydney WOOLS. T. and H. LITTLBPALE and CO., Brokers Apply to WOOLLEN RAGS, Itpply to W. GREAME and Co., Brokers. damaged hs at ; Twelve o'clock, at the G, Broker aleroom, , at the street, ti CEDE of the I eu, Atit. PATENT ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT. A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof ROOfhig. ONE PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT. And PATENT HAIR FELT, For Clothing Steam Boilers, &c., by which a saving of one-fourth in the consumption of fuel is effected. • • • WM. GIBSON, Successor to W. W. POWELL. Office and Warehouse-12, CABLE- S TREET. ON 'SALE, - 100 Tons MAN! 011, CAKE. For analysis and price, apply to THOMPSON, BAGNALL, and BUTTERWORTH,. Brokers, 30, Moortlelds TO LANDOWNERS •AND FARMERS COMPANY-haveCHESHIREPHOSPHATE, constantly ON SALE Nitrogenised 'BONE PHOSPLIATE, xl other valuable fartilisers.—Samoles and prices may be had at the Office, 3, CABLE-STREET Works : —Low ER B EDI NC/TON J. R. CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND e,PTICIA-V, 54, sotrrn CASTLE-StREET, LIVERP-00t, • MARINE CFIRO'NOM: I ITERs ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER IVATCHEkS, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, 4c CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS i2*m TO ADVERTISERS, THE CIRCULATION . OF TilE NORTHERN TIMES LAST WEEK WAS 71,322, GIVING AN AVERAGE OF - 11,887 DAILY. OFFICE :' 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, December 13, 1848. POPULAR HISTORY OF THE W 0 It IC-I N• CV- C'L ASSE S, EVERY SATURDAY, TIIII • .YOXTIEERN DAILY. "TIMES, PRICE ONE PENNY WARM W INTER CLOTHING, THE GENTLEMAN'''S OUTFITTING AVAREIIOUSE3, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET JIACPAGGART INVERNESS !WRAPPERS, OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VEST . FANCY FLANNEL SIIIItTS. RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS 'MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c, THissiv: lioYAL—Grand Comic Pautomimc THIS DAY .ROYAL AiIPILITHEATILE—EIIgIiSh Opera EOHIParIY. ALLSOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION (Lime-street). LIVERPOOL SOCIETY OP FINE ARTS (Queen s Bold-street) HENGLER'S CIRQUE VARIETE—MIdeeIIaIIeOUS Attractions. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OP ANATOMY, Paradise-Street. CLAYTON 1.1.k.m.---Carter's Mirror of American Scenery. TEUTONIC HALL (Lime-street)—Ascent of Mont Blanc. • ''a For particulars see advertisements on Sth page. TO CORRESPONDENTS Under no circtunsta accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. :cations, not ~i' vuLtutrc MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS The Arabia arrived here yesterday morning, with .a week's later intelligence from America. Civil war was again on the eve of breaking out in. Kansas. Fort Scott had been attacked.by Captain Montgomery, at the head of 200 men,. and the town taken. Five or six persons had been killed. It was feared the place would be destroyed. The steamer Washington, for Nicaragua, had not sailed with emigrants. According to the New York journals, she would take out 10 first cabin pas sengers, and over. 200. in. the- steerage ; among whom are a large number' of female:;. The' Wash ington will sail for San Juan del Norte ; if thc Hermann, or any other tea is repo:lei Juan del Sur, then ' W ' 4- nit will transfer at San her passengers to the river steamers, ,and they will proceed acrois the Isthmus; if no steamer is ready on the Pacific side to take . the Washington's pas sengers, then she will have immediate despatch around to the Pacific, through the Straits ;of Magellan, touching at 'necessary points for coal tated that iovernment had received particulars of another filibustering expedition organising in the south. The' Federal officers were instructed to redouble 1 provisions It was their vigilance to suppress it. Advices from Santa' Fe say that Colonel Miles had pursued the Indians into t. a fastn regions. he tofore uni id the white them to flight wherever they found them. Major Backus returned to Fort Defiance on the 18th of November. He had no regular fight with the Indians, but had . killed six of them in various skirmishes. Captain Vaddes, of a company of spies, had been badly wounded. The California mail had arrived. The Mines in Southern a tnd Lreai yielding new di weries udiau .stabli4hes pi : - or reciprocal suitance in the event of var with other has been opened between Puget Sound and Authentic advices have been received from Cuba, with respect to the growing of cotton upon the island, proving not only the practicability of grow ing, it, but the superiority in result over our Southern States. Some two years ago, fifty tons of seed were exported to that island with a view of testing this fact, and the report now submitted Droves that an acre of soil upon that island will yield double the crop of the same amount of land in the State of Alab4ma. The West Coast mail arrived here on SaturdaN evening, Notwithstanding the disclaimer of the Moniteur ling war between France and public feeling is far from bein o c. the Funds, both here and in Paris, continue to decline, and a heavy fall must also be noticed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Le Nord of Brussels endeavours to show that great mis apprehension prevaiLs relative to the words ad dressed to the Baron de Hubner by the Emperor of the French. To show that there is this mis apprehension, it declares that the Emperor ad dressed pacific words to- the Papal Nuncio before he spoke to the Austrian Ambassador. " There is one fact," says the Paris correspon dent of the Nord, " which shows that too much gravity ought not to be attributed to the expres sions used, and that is that the next evening there was a Drawing -room„ to which the " Austrian Ambassador we it with his daughters, and the Emperor had a long and friendly conversation with him. These particulars l ire very different from those given by the English and other journals, but I can guarantee their accur.l.ey. I am also con vinced that, on this side, M. de. Hubner, in writing self person a ll y to his own Governinett+ on what noncerned kim in the r:ceigjon th e illuuaa7 let as respectin Austria, impen reassured PESCI. 2 . 11C: 11- 4 — not had to complain either of the language or recepti on o f t h e Emperor." The Servian Skuptchina, having once got the power into its hand:B, has seized the opportunity, to curtail the overgrown anthol'ity of the Senate, by resrAving upon meeting annually. 1 The Senate has Hitherto the accepted this without resistance. power of convoking .the Skuptchina was vested not summ- ane d it f c , r. • In the Prince and Senate, whe, had Skuptell the , last twelve The t - ina has now laid . it aoivii a 11:;adamental law t:oat it is to meet annually, for the making 'of 'taws, for the right of voting taxes, for the faculty of impeaching ministers - and- other functionaries, and, in general, in order to "take cognisance of whatever coneerns the happi ness of the country," a clause evidently framed for the purpose of making the. .will,-of the, people supreme even in matters of foreign politics. At the same time, it has declared it high treason to refuse obedience to the legal decisions of the Skuptchina. On Wednesday, December 29, before the pro vineial tribunal of Genoa, presided over by the Chevalier Malaspina, a girl twenty years of age, named Catherine Lavezzaro, was accused of hav ing clandestinely baptised .a Jew ehild, named Leon Levi. She was, feaind.:guilty; • and sentenced to pay a fine . of fifty clowns, with six ruOiiths' imprisonment' in deNult of paymeht. The arrangement's for the businessto be brought before the Prussian Chambers at their approaching meeting are still receiving the constant attention of the Prince Regent and his ministers. The session will be opened by — his — royal highneSs in person. A Toulon letter states that orders have been received from Paris to build eight new gunboats immediately. These boats will be so made as to take to yiecey like a dissected map, and be readily put together again. The question of Reform is still the _ subject of much dismssion and speechifying. At an important meeting at Sheffield, the ballot was the principal topic discassed. Mr. Whitehurst attended L on behalf of the- Ballot-Society, and Mr. Miles,: a gentleman from America bore his testimony to the, efficient working of the Ballot in that country. A vote of thanks to Mr. Bright was unanimously ado2ted. Mr. E. Miall has delivered an able and effective address to the Banbury electors. The staple of the speech was Reform, and on this all absorbing subject Mr. Miall spoke at great length, generally laying down the broadest constitutional principles of popular rights, and explaining that what the practical demand must be is - as full an instalment .of those rights a pOsSitle to ring from the present - ruling elasseS. On this point he ranged, himself closely beneath the :etandard raised-by me. Bright. ' With respect to thC' representation of 'Banbury, :Mr.. Miall inti mated that the choice . ht a - - candidate -would be submitted. to the preliminary test of a voluntary ballot on the part of the electors, and he chal lenged opponents to come forward and abide the result. The address was exceedingly well re ceived by a large assemblage. Mr. Tite also has spoken on public affairs, arid chiefly On Reform. The member for Bath assured his constituents that he would go for the largest measure of Reform which might be brought forward, and he hoped it would ba hom..st.and sincere as well as large. On Friday afternocin a wages riot, on a small scale, took place at Bristol. A crew had been shipped at the rate, of £2 7s. 6d. per month, but several " land sharks," or " quay men," thoight that this was too little, a,nd., on the captain of the ship making his appearance, he was set upon .by these fellows, and knocked _and _beat about. Ultimately the police succeeded in arresting six of the ringleaders. A mutiny broke out in a ship at Gloucester, last week, and it was with much danger and difficulty that the ringleader. was appre hended. On the police making their appear ance on board he ran down the hatchway and cut away the ladder. He had, at, the time, a very large bladed knife, and he swore he would stab any one who came near him. Ultimately, however, he gave himself up ; he is an Austrian. The notorious Humphrey Brown, late M.P., has passed the London Bankruptcy Court, receiving a third class certificate. EMI.. Townsend, late Z.P. for Greenwich, has also received a third class cer tificate from the same court: The man Burgess, who was convicted at the late Exeter assizes of having murdered his little daughter, six years of age, in Exmore Forest, was executes t Ta - unton onFrida OF all our Colonies, one hears the least of those of South Africa And yet we believe they are making, upon the whole, very progress —that is, ti satisfactory Whether it be the Cape,Colony proper Le older Cape settlements—or British Kaffraria, or Natal, or what is called the Free State, there are evidences, in the accounts we are continually receiving, of a gradual but sure advance n population, in productive industry 'ealth and prose and conse-. The old Cape Colony is, of course, the principal scat of South African Commerce ; and, as well as its own general trade, its ports are the outicts for s of wine; ttely, of suza , of wool, and of and co a also. We ,hough in some respects most important, of our South s is a course of steady progress, and less an anxious experiment now than the others are Kaffraria has had to be peopled, and is still undergoing that process. Dutch and German British emigrant it seems, as well as Englis h, have been received there during the last few months. Those who preceded.thezn had gone out too soon, and had therefore to endure much hardship and suffering its of land intended for them, were not ready, So that many of them were obliged to go and seek for employment in the ys a recen accoun they will tx very successful as settlers within the colony, when they seek for situations ; and, probably, those who may be desirous of returning to Kaifraria, will be • able to get toge a little stock by the time the survey of their land is made, so that when that is ready for them they will be in a much better position to take advantage of it than if they had entered on it at once." There is one fact which is rather calculated, one would think, to excite some that of the great influx of Kafir immi grants that is taking place. One of the frontier anxiety papers, we sec, says, " it is believed that upwards of 100,000 Kafirs are now dispersed throughout the Eastern Province." So that the Kafirs are likely to constitute a large majority of the popu lation of the new Colony. The effect of this ought to be to arouse the Colonial authorities in Downing -street to a full sense of their duty, at quoted aimirably at Ekukanyeni, the Church station, nes; product of our South such a conjuncture, in promoting, to the utmost of their power, a larger and better English emigra tion, so as to keep the Kafirs in check, at the same time that they taught them, by their example, the customs and .the obligations of civilised and indus trious But Natal would seem to be making the most rapid material progress. Among the last accounts from the Cape is 6.TIC which says,--" Matters are in a flourishing state at Natal, in as far as the increase of produce is concerned. The quantity of sugar grown has increwd so rapidly, that the THE N RIRERNTIIMES,IAP NA.4I; (Os ,-A§Ct /3upply has considerably exceeded the consumption of that article, so that Natal can now no longer" be called a sample growing colony. The growth of coffee is also rapidlf increasing, and some activity is diSplaycd in the cultivation of cotton ; and to all theSe is now added a desire to make Natal a wool-growing country. A company has been formed,- and £l,OOO subscribed, for the purpose of introducing wool-bearing sheep into the colony." Here, then, are considerable evidences efuligment ing prosperity. The produce is' :that. which appears admirably to _suit the country, its climate and its soil ; and it is a valuable description of produce in itself, and such : as will alWays find a ready and profitable market here at home. The most important item of that produc for several reasons, is cotton. And it is satisfactory to find, from one of the last numbers to hand of the Port Elizabeth Mercury, that " Government are taking active steps for encouraging the cultivation of cotton by, the natives." The South AfriCans are found well adapted for field-labour, and prifrate enterprise is calling them into requisition in several localities. It is stated that " the assistance and co operation of the missionaries are confidently ai#ici -pated, and will- be very valuable." Parties had arrived out with seed and other appliances, and f t the landowners were offering them liberal facilities for the experimental cultivation of the plant. The Missionaries find its cultivation a great furtherance of the work, by enabling them to bring the natives into. habiti of industry, as well as by providing them witli:daginentdd resources. "So far as it has been tried,'.' . says the local paper already we believe the cotton plant thrives llission laritzburg ; and the Opinion of the most competent judges is in favour of inland Cotton, therefore, may be- African cotton cultivation come a stapi Colonies,—an event which might lead to very important results at home, The Free State is, as its name imports, in a different position from the rest of South Africa. But there is already, ,we learn, an anxious desire. to . he placed under our Colonial system. "The question of confederation," says the Port Elizabeth journal, recently received, "appears to be gaining popularity among the most intelligent, and we have little doubt but that before our Colonial Parliament shall assemble, a memorial will be framed and signed by a numerous and most influen tial portion of the State, for presentation to our legislature, requesting them receive their country into "a bond or federation with tte colony." This .is certainly most satisfactory. It promises an important extension of our South African territory ; while it is a gratifying testimony to the good working of the Colonial system at the Cape. Altogether, then, we think it must be admitted, our South African, or Cape Colonies, are in a highly prosperous and promising condition. And Colonies which can be made capable of furnishing abundance of such important staple products as wines, cotton; sugar, coffee, and wool, ought to Become possessiona of no ordinary value to the mother country. • WE had occas ion, a short time ince, to offer a few remarks in this place on the symptoms of dissolution that are now so observable in the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers ; and the further particulars of what took place at their recent Confereifce, the proceedings of which called forth the observations we refer to, go far to con- firm the vi ,ws we then expressed on th. subject Quakerism" has evidently had its day. Founded on a combination of elements that were at once heretical ans heterogeneous, it has naturally failed to stand the test o and intelli have On religious grounds, it stood firm enough, —as -.firm least, as its irregular and indefinite principles would allow,—but when so much that was socially and conventionally peculiar, not to gay absurd, was mixed up with so much that was religiously mistaken, if not also mischievous, entrench itself as it might behind its barrii s of stern immobility ess, 1 be expected to resist, for any permanent period, the influence, principles which have come to pervade the general communi The Quakers had kept their Society togethe. very much by its restrictions as to the marri connections of its members ; until now that ' its , hibitions are often deemed intolerable, and they j uitting the society rather than submit to arc al m. That very liberty of conscience on.which but claimed not only even privilege and prerogative, is now being used they have protection, to batter its own foundations, by its very mem- ?.s one of in the New Testament or in the writings of the most eminent divines which tells us that, if we admire a woman possessed Of 'every virtue we must not marry her unless or accomplishment she conforms in every particular to our way of thinking on religious topics, and enrols herself a member of the same religious body to which we bAong ? Yet such is demanded by Quakers of their young members, ere they enter into matri mony. We are not allowed, even in the divine and holy ordinance of marriage. to exercise the inherent and Protestant right of private jul .;went Thus are we in this and other respects subject to a rigorous censorship, and, at the constant risk of being expelled from its ranks, told to marry those, and those only, who, like ourselves, are fellow-travellers in a path of delusion and bigo- try. This, top, takes place in a Society which has clamoured more loudly than any other for the rights of conscience, and which, in the matter of marriage, denies the exercise of that liberty to its New, here we have Quakerism com pletely confounded: its most deadly foes are thoge of its own household. Very likely the writer of the above complaint, who is a veritable Quaker, though one of the younger fry, and the more modern school, knows but little, if anything, of " the writings of the most eminent divines," to which he refers. If he had really had any acquaintance with those writings, he assuredly would not have appealed to them for an approval of his ideas as to members, Christian marriage,. to y71.42b, in such I .. ! iiiiciples as they enunciate, he would find e*en, a sacramental character given to holy matrimony, that . .is utterly ' at variance with all Quaker notions on the subject, and that does, in - reality, impose a very strong moral, and...religious restraint upon: all Christian people in their inatrunonial engag,ements. But if these " rights of conscience," as they call, their determination , to do " every man what is right in his own eyes, i ' . and. for which, according' to this Quaker testimony, the Quakfas themselves !clamoured'inore loudly than any others," are to have free course, and to be made generally available, reStraints-4o say nothing of , prohibitions—of every kind, must, it is evident, for ever cease and deter- , . Neither Quakerism, then, nor any other ism, can possibly stand against such a carrying out of. its principles to even their natural and legitimate consequences as this must in. due time amMint \ to. Even as regards their hitherto distinctive attire, by which they have doubtless done much to keep themselves in the separate social poiiiidn'they have occupied, all rule and regulation is nay', it seems, to be cast to the winds. " The dress of the Quaker," says the same native writer we have quoted above, "may not be so strictly defined as some other points; yet it must not be supposed that, even on that subject, he can differ from the body- with impunity. If he chooses to think for himself in these matters, and to dress as becomes a Christian, he runs the risk of lieing exposed . at one of our large meetings by being made an exception to the complete answering of what are called queries, but which might much more appropriately be called catechisms." Such is .the spirit that has at length, begun to pervade the ranks of Quakerism ; and it is one against which no distinctive Society, whether moral or religious ill its character, but more especially the latter, can ever hold. out But, independently of the operation of such causes as these, the Quakers, according to a paper lately real before the Statistical Society, have been diminishing, at A quick rate, as a Society, for some time past. " The Society". has existed for upwards of 200 years, but it has, during the last forty, - been rapidly decreasing." The subject was gone into, in 'detail, in the paper we allude to; and the eonclusio.is to be drawn from it were, the Society of Friends is fast decreasing by secession and by deaths ; that the secessions of males exceed those of females, and that the deaths of the latter preponderate; that' the operation of the former cause occasions a larger proportion of females in the Society than of males, and that the marriage rate and the ratio of fecundity are less than in the general population." Add this, then, to the other, and it becomes very clear that the Quakers will soon now have to be classed with " the things that were LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. CLAYTON HALL.--CARTER'S EXHIBITION. --Although there are many attractions in town, the American exhi bition holds its place, and is nightly filled with delighted audiences. This is not to be wondered at considering the variety of pleasing and interesting objects presented beside the wonderful giant and dwarf lady. FRIENDLr SOCIETIES.—Likiag the whole body of registered friendly societies in :Eagland and Wales, we' findthat the total number Of me m b ers i s a b ou t 2,00b,000,, and the aggregate of funds about £9,000,000. No 'less a sum than X 1,000,000 per - annurif is expended by the societies for affording relief in sickness 'alone FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday forenoon, a. boy, 'named Francis Burns, who was a niessenger at Pickford's, was killed at the Clarence dock. The poor 'little fellow went behind the wheel of a cart to « scotch " it, whbn the horse pushed back the vehicle, and the boy was crushed between the cart and a part of the shed, and so much injured, that he died'soon after. DEATH FROM Locx JAw. —On Saturday morning, a man; named 'Patrick Nolan, who resided at the Dock Cottages, Birkenhead, died from., the above effects. Ire was admitted into the hospital on Wednesday list, in consequence of an injury to the hand some time . ago. The injury. resulted in his death, as above stated. An inquest will,be held on the body. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. -On Saturday mornin named Luke Pape, residing at No. 1 court, Queen-Street, attempted suicide by . enttiug his throat. He was found by his son, a little boy, early on . Saturday morning, who gave the alarm, and Dr. Osborne was called in. He ordered him to be conveyed to, the Northern Hospital, where he is at present attended by Dr. Wall, but very little hopes are entertained of his recover) a man Mr. T. MASON JONES'S 011.1110N;.-r j he first of Mr. Mason Jones's orations will be delivered, we may remind our readers, at Hope Hall, to-night, the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown presiding - . The sabject of id-night's oration is "Jonathan Swift," of whose genius and political character Mr. Imes is, we believe, au earnest admirer, and whom he deferids, with no ordinary power and eloquence, against the attacks of recent critics, Mr. THE LARGEST TIMBER SALE that has tako place for many years in Liverpool, will be commenced on Wrednes . md continued during the two following days, at being from that date excluded. At Hull, likewise, it has been resohred to - adopt-'the "central," not only for all grain, flour; and meal, but - forkeds . also ':iind - Wake . field and Leeds are expected td concur in ihe &gement. This is' another step towards the decimal l SyStein., 4 . CONCERT HA LL .—T HIS E VENING —We have ,- only to remind the public, that the concert iu the above hall this evening, is likely to prove most attractive, from the rePlitatipa of the artistes, The bill of 44:e is evOilent, and the performers first-class, and the combination of home and foreign, talent such as rarely can be met. full and fashionable house is anticipated. MR. MAYER'S , Asncturras,—ln about a month frog this time Messrs.-Sotheby and Wilkinson will dipose by . sale, the celebrated collection formed by Mr. Hera', and now the property of Mr. Mayer, of- Liverpool, 01 Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian; Greek, Etruscan, Roman' Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and Chinese antiquities . ' Some idea of the magnitude Of; the itillectioir may b e formed when we state that the sale will occupy nn ess 010 sixteen - days. The catalogue-fornis n goOd-siied octave,. volume of 213 pages, and is a work that will be sough' for by artists, archaeologists, and antiquarians in all par t ' of the werld,— Literary Gazette'. - Am.sor's IVAt-,wonKs.L-Tlielarge and respectabl e number of persons who visited and admired this splendid,' extensive and unique exhibition - d - uring . the, past week, P the best proof of its incietishig' pOPulanty in thet estior tion of the public generally:, , Everything now i n adinirable order the arrangement is excellent, and the entire figures so, life-like that one -almos4 comes to the conclusion of speaking with kings and queens. The ft the sculpture galleries are replete with fine-works of art; and the admirers.of music can have th e i r t as t e gr atified also. On the whole, as au interesting anl'entertainia exhibition, it is not equalled in Liverpool. A REPORT for the year from the Salford Museam Free Liberary'shows steady progress. The collection o f books approaches the twenty •fourth thousand. Th e total issues for th e y ear excee d" t h e prev i ou s y ear by nori than two thousand 'volumes. ,We note a n immvenieD, in class as well as in number. The , demand 'tor; Nov has not increaed during the past- two years, while O! reading ' in Ecclesiasti ca l Hi s t ory ' an d Th eo l o g y 11' -nearly doubled its extent. In the section of Travell History and Biography, as also in that of icience an Art, we note a - -fall: The gain seems to - be chiefly the department of Poetry and Periodicals (odd combin g ' tion !). ACCIDENTS. —A man, named George Scott; who res ide at No. 10 court, Birkett-street, was k noc k e d d own by 7 0 omnibus, in Church-street,' o n S a t ur d ay, w h en i n a sta ff of int)xication. He sustained a severe contus i g n o f tm, body, but more particularly Of his thigh. Francis a boy twelve years of age, who resided at 21, Blacksto J i street, was knocked down by a waggon on Satiirdav, ,$ the Trafalgar dock, and run o ver . H e was ta k en to e Northern liocpital, where he died soon after his_ arril d ' James Jones, a sailor, belonging t o th e s hi p H enr y P,' Perkins, lying in the Coburg dock ; w as k u o c k e f down a car at the corner of Oldhall-street and Chapel-stre e and ran over. He received a severe fracture of the ark' and contuiions of the body. - CHESS MATCH BY TE L E GRAP H BETWEEN TILE r be' CHESTER AND LI VERPOOL CLUBS.—AIRAIIOr maim , - 1, tweon these clubs is fixed for Wednesdal next, the 1 . 0 inst., at five p.m. Upon a former occasion a cansultat i d match was commenced, and after an interestiiirgaele 4 4 seven or eight hours, ended in a draw. It is now: arrailo o that five games shall be played simultaneously betwe te five of the stronger players of each club, the opponent: l J be selected by ballot: One game only will be p. 1 31 .0 between each couple, and the club that scores a, maje,r,. of the five games will, of course r be the. victor. No 61 of any kind will be played for. A. meeting will be . le o at the Manchester Chess Club, on Monday (this day,l, s, select'the champions of the club and arrange the dClai' ite THE Loss OF TILE MElLoo.—This ship - left t:, Sandheads, Calcutta, on the:2lst of August last, W it l i f full caroo i of seeds and jute, touched at St. -Helena on 10th of November, and up to the 28th of the same inot i experienced fine weather; On that day at noon fire 1, discovered in the m a i n h o ld, w hi c h Was suppoted to 11,114, been caused by spont aneous . com b ust i on, and notwil is standing that every exertion was made to extinguish by the captain, offic ers , an d crew, i t soon 'becl, apparent that the fire h a d s p rea d so rap idl y as to human control, and that the , ship must be abandonl and while in the act of clearing away the. boats gettin them ready, the ship Greyfe a th er , o f N ew V r irt ; bound' to San Francisco, with passengers, bore d° and took the whole of the crew off the burning wreak4 l , THE FOREIGN SC HOOL .—O n F r id ay even i ng l a st, committee and subscrib ers t o t h e a b ove school-- gaveLif annnal Christmas treat to the school-children and parents at the School-room, Stanley -Hall, Riehnioi'd row. The room w as gaily decorated with flowers ag e every and a large Ch r i s t mas T ree stood in ,11e middle of the room beautifully ornamented, and, Rh ,4 lighted up, it looked ' qu it e enc h ant i ng. Th ere nearly one hundred sat down to tea, mo s tly Germ: l % and when tea Wu 4 over, some very nice and su bstat, presents were di s t r ib u t e d t o t h e c hild reii3• -for '';" procuring of which mach p ra i se i s d ue t o the conarili.,l,o and to the Rev. Mr. St e i n th a l, w h o too k a very ac,' ,‘" o part in the preparation of the t rea t. M r. S te i nt h a l ,1 a liamber of German gentl emen were present, .9110 addressed the children ; and a very h a p py even i ng a' spent by all assembled. MATRIMONIAL EPISODE IN COUNTRY Lu pretty little village on the Cheshire side of the daughter of a respectable resolved Upon who had b brought up under th-67-ery of tut. ..,quire of the rillg e l .trough ~he forms of matrinio ti o with a . swain wilo app arent l y h a d pa i d h er but 511,116 'rhe - gOo'd — Squire•ai u l his lady, wiirlyiloo ^;al favourite, sent her presell e i and provided the intend nn through ' esp decorated the brid€ ony with their present had .hardli ionoure.', Elie ex mogressive liberality might day nex Toxteth Docks There will be no less than eleven car goes of mahogany sold, out of which cabinet-makers, and all connected with the timber trade can supply themselves with every variety of this valuable wood. There will also be sold sundry parcels of other furniture woods. CORONER'S Cduirr.—The Coroner held inquests on Saturday, in the following cases :—On the body of a child, named Phillip Jennings, two years old. About a mouth ago the child was burnt, consequent on its cloth( catching fire, and died from the injuri „ . . • Verdict years of age. He was jammed between two lorrys at the King's Dock, and killed. The details of this case have already appeared in our paper. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally killed." LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.: Return for week ending January Bth, 1859. Admitted : in-patients, 43 ; out patients, 11; surgical casualties, 15. Discharged: cured, 21 ; relieved, and at own request, 14 ; made out-patients, 3 ; irregular, 0 ; dead, 0 ; remain in the house,, 181. For the ensuing week. Visitors,: Messrs. W, Perkins and W. S. Caine, Esqrs. ; physician, Dr. Dickinson ; sur geon,,Mr. Long ; house 'surgeon, Mr. T. S: Walker ; junior urarrodi A.B. Robert Hutchison, treasurer. LIST OF PASSENGERS per R.M. steamer Arabia,• from Boston to Halif ax an d Li verpoo l : —C apta i n J . A. Cum mings, IVli , s A.,Cummin. , rs, Mrs. John Molson. iun.. Mrs. Thomas Fitzgibbon and infant, Mr. Charles' Congreve, Mr. L. N. Shear, Dr. Antonia Bastide, Mr. L. D. Heymernan, Captain W. H. Gooding, Mr. L. A. Lendoz, Mr. J. B. Brugerd, Mr: A. Thilbundean, Mr. William M'Givins, Rev. S. J. May, Mr. James S. Playfair, Mr. James Harrington, Mr. William M'Limont, Mr. A. M. Forbes ' Mr. John Morris, Mr. Fraser, M r . J. S: D enn i s , Mr. J. N. Dickson, Mr. F. C. Eastwood, Mr. S. Provost, Mr. J. M'Leil, Mr. • Makin, Mr. J. G. Walker, Rev. J. &tunic, wife, and infant, Mr. John E. 'Wilson,. Mr. Andrew M'Farland, Mr. Thomas Kerr, Mr. Lewis S. Black, Mr. J. Tyrol., Mr. G. 11. Robertson, Miss Jane Hackett, Captain Frederick A. Stott, Capt. W. Williams, Mr. John Reardon, Mr. James Garnett and wife, Captain E. G. Eastman, Miss Sarah P. Redmond, Mr. John S. Dattin and wife, Mr.. Edward Kaye and wife, Mr. John Rickets, Mr. H. Rubinson, Mr. Alexand er Howard and wife, Mr. Myers Steine and wife, Mr. S. H. Harrison and wife, two children and infant, Mrs. James Harrison, Mr. Huttman, Mr. W. D. Pickup, Mr. Nickolson, Miss Nickolson, Mr. Greenwood, Lieutenant Reade, Mrs. Kinnally, Mr. Chesney and wife, Mrs. Brown and two children. • • NEW WEIGHT.—" THE CENTRAL." —Tile new weight, equal to 1001 b. avoirdupoise, to be called the " Central," will be adopted exclusively, for all transactions in the Liverpool corn market on and after the Ist February next; all other weights, except for minor proportions of ; the "central," and all measures of every kind whatever, . ;d away befo;ei ed the Yot-og he visitor 'i o '% Lepresentative of their name, an d to perr o him more produced the certificate of their marriage tl ' e ir Whatindueed the pair. to breathe to altar rtmaius a mystery.— Coun'er. Livr , 04 "RECK. -- 1 Life BO a little stranger. The worthy sqUire call( co - ale to account,; but th3y assured himti years previousl, vows twice at the IVATION tution vall-St idCIPW „ von-street, A., te.R.S., i n the c h a i r. M r . Lefi ls . secretary, ha ving rea d the minutes of the pre vi° llo ~e meeting,, a reward o f .£l9 was voted * to the crew of t;',, r institution life- bo a t s t a ti one d at C a i stcr, Norfolk, putting off late on the night of the 15th ult., and rescul eleven men from the P or tu guese b r i g P rophiti, was wrecked during a gale of wind on the Stisby san that day. A reward of £4 was also 'voted to the crew the society's lif e b o at a t A pp l e d erry,, for putting offin h e r d i and saving sev en men f rom t h e brig Felicity, of. which, - during a s t rong w i n d and thick fog, went to piec oi ; on Bideford b ar early on the morni ng o f t h e 18thil, The life-boat st a ti one d at N ewcastle, Dundrtirn Bay, w reported to have sa ve d th e crew o f f i ve men belonging t ,, ' ,; a French lugger f rom Bordeaux, wracked off Newcast le on the 12th ult. The lite-boat performed this s ervic e with much prompit u d e . R ewards, amounting to Xl: were also voted to the Yarmouth and Lythain - ,:afe-boak for putting off; in reply to signals of distress from sh i t with the view of saving life. It frequently happens ivon'i life-boats 'put off in reply to signals . of distress, that vesse l either get out of danger, or their crews are rescued by othe , , means. The Lytham life-boats were likewise reported t have assisted in bringing the sebooner E. D., of Saleoint e e j into port in safety. A reward of £6 was likewise gran t to a boat's crews iu consideration of their laudable co ndo°, in rescuing one out of three persons from tlio w rea Catherine Anna, which was wrecked during stormy 04 ' ther off Maryport. The silver medal of the institutiO and £l, were likewise voted to John Moss,. seaman, at acknowledgment -of his gallant miduct in ---o , 5 the imminent risk of his ownlife, one out of t wo per soo who had been thrown out of . a small boat off Dangenl Moss had sprung over the bows of his luzmer 9!11 who board was nearly exhausted w h en b rought „.0 _ Moss again, nothing d aun t e d , d arted overbo,:j d tinm to the rn.tor of anni•b- t. 11 wave wasJ the bohitay of the vessel, when bath of them off, the man unfor to rise no more ; and the gall: rowly escaped sharing a simil was also voted to a boat's crc unately sauk • this tim e Moss himself only n 9r „; Fate. A reward of ror savimr six nersow _aryport, wicich,daTiug! heavy gale of wind, was wrecked off lunishofinlavt on the coast of Donegal. Various other rewards we r : , e . voted to several parties in acknowl e d gment o f the' meritorious. services, in saving life from wrecks different parts of the coast. It was. reported that the Institution - had, during the put mouth, sent A6 life-boats and' carr i ag es t o - Cullercoats, near Tfil..„ . " mouth, and to Carnsore and Traruore, on the lor, coast. Payments, amounting t o £72 1, were ordered b" _ be made for various life-boat s an d carr i ages, and o'7, equipments. A tabular statement, showing the servi of the life-boats of the institution during the past ye was laid before the meeting. The boats had attack" upwards of forty wrecks, and had saved more than 00e . hundred lives. The society had paid its life-boat crev°: £6OO for their laudable services on these occasions. It iv; stated that the i ns tit ut i on was much in need of funds t Maintain, in a s tat e of thorough efficiency, its eight life-boat establishments; and that the committee 131 been compelled to dra w l arge l y on i ts small reserved fea t to meet their large out-goings ; and that the presen. income of the socie ty was very i nadequate to meet it 4 necessarily increasing expenditure. y, of 3: the viii