Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 11, 159. t 4 "termous 'strain as the Royal Charter must to n, among the roc k s a t M ee lf ra , s h e inevi n breaks asu n d er , an d goes t o p i eces . I n o , s 't tf this, the case of the Birkenhead is in iso which broke he r back. in a few moments 11 the rocks; while the Royal Charter was, -a disclose host use of duty odness, the ;cension, to ) have the :hstone b:ir split into two or £ un- LI. ordinary Lpses of it t,elligence lutestring A y, an d not hors, and on l y write aliraited. as pore ready o f cotton, mour of bet autocrat°. ink that its chgr'jt „nd o son, or p,. and ?:,A tio rt Lppily when toel thron e least es-pr It ca° at tile olu, ad cloggl sat laboi I clisea' been I°' De troy ns one illy' lfortunat :hat hot' tiv Af ter ,t tha o P , or jai ifs ii%C g ubje c"f av a of Tree is rel a n seeding be on e Cs'tr being nlss' ,on, bef°l 2relY that e asce w be Tear a ace s pi v it a bl6 osS 01 pea" - I ,;tii ;e °PI) ^su~~ u „p 1 to P° ge ' d Peris P osit l 0 1l of e s le po v. two tp 0 1 P eel _ 4,510 fa t9l WIC .011 Gll ser e 111 1 : t v,,,0w „11. lv ory A e lte 13 1 3 , it d° _ o'v f ,o o ofia 'e3 Or r 0 ,0 1 of S a 1 6,0 eel It" _ nre o le Or ti 'ilt` If 9 ' ll 01 to ca, ~w - • •c 00,0s_ 0 of il.° , instantaneou piece s by sir( been mad e , - al Jar collision. This statement 'Y I ntention or desire to le rs or b. ompanied by a disavowal of blame to the 1 Charter, who lders of the ght not ,---- -- anu we can rig about the q zsed. But ti important ' 7 Al lytir I Y, how 1 14i t'at 6 . ,. ion into the whole matter ought to be toted L, ; and let us trust that the Board of Will see to it, that no care or penetration is 3ntlll g to probe the case to the very bottom There ls another consideration a connection r‘ith t his melancholy subject, which we do not r he ~4 1 311R lat to be passed over at such a moment. ei . y ..."" 3.4l Charter, it appears, was either at, or ne ar th e mouth of the Mersey; and she was tliere " 41 1 a raging storm behind her—a - F ly chewin g the necessity, one wou lel think, of such a 'king for refuge from the fury (I, rathe than returning to its dangers and 4.l 'ing the ri! klet i vnha: sk of such a catastrophe as that ensued. The question, then, irnl -ly arises, can no greater precautions be 11 than seem to be mow available for affording te to inward-bound vessels in the channel, in approach to the mouth of the River? 4:4llser less wrecks have occurred 'through 4‘ of Ruch refuge none, perhaps, , although 44 t ti llt „. d eplorable than that to which we here more Tc a la llY of it:t Roy qie,2 l %sage from - the antipodes, and, not until had `fie Within sight of her destination, did she i le e Pelf unable to resist the new danger which Sa- her. S ure l y some means m i g ht b e devised Charter had escaped all the perils I:l3teet `, int Ships in distress in such a situation ; 11 8 hope that this via " be kept in viem '*ll th e ina ry is entered upon, which the 'llll °f Trade is about to institute, into all the 4r tu 1118ta nces, as we understand, connected with I °U of the Royal Charter. TIE LATEST NEWS. FRANCE THE FRENCH FUNDS 12 16 PARIS, Thursday. is . p.m.—Funds open a shade higher ; Rentes, 33, 0 l let, ) ,P . M.—The market closes buoyant, without fur keri-.eration in prices. Rentes 70 15, or Z. above yes rB quotations. ITA MODENA, Nov. 9, Evening. !ovrigilloint'ar of Modena and Parma, who has been h o , l'3lled a p 0 1) ,, T i aPP°i tited Governor of the Romagna, has 'n'at it can r altatio, in which he says Europe knows t 0 'the Secti re the peace of Italy by rendering Itzly n 0p.... "4118. It is aware that we are ready to give e--8417 guarantees for order throughout the p .O .rY ; but i t also knows that the people of the ti o t : a g .ll ; if forbearance and moderation should be of soo ner than submit t o th e y o k e , wou ld be : 0 4 , nir e ar, only by th e i r duty to their country and the path 4. Nov. 9. tba _ °Pposition to the assertion of several Sardinian (rt's) that the numbe r of emigrants from Venetia ed 40,000 , an o ffi c i al communication reduces this Qtr to a little more than 2,000. VENIC ---~- THE CONFERENCES ZITRICTI, Nov. 10 age Was received la t night, from Vienna, ,ria would consent to he financial settle- uy r ranee —namely, teat Austria snouia 1, ak: 2 )000,000 of francs, instead of the 104,000,000 t W hich she had P • previously demanded from F r anc e . . . will be signed to-day at three o'clock. it et o :kan, M. Hoffmann, and Signor Nigra, will lorrow to convey the treaties to their different The Plenipotentaries will take Saturday e ZURICH, 'Nov. 10, 5.10 p.m. ‘e e ‘klt t aties have just been signed at the Hotel -#-- L A W. QUEEN'S BENCH.—BROUGHAM 11 .'" WESTATOREL.I.2VD GAZETTE. ki t licl o el lY mzved for a rule on behalf of Lord VCt zett Alta upon the printer of the Westnto re :14IIo to show cause why a criminal informat i on t teli k ,"'e sled against him for the publication of a Ctlie ' ,5 14 , g Lord Brougham with seeking to wrong 11Ned, Ity u for his own private purposes. Rule _ ttC 4 . l et i ll Mortimer, and Eicke, who had been con- Si o „,ally obtaining money for nomination for a 14, b ,voi lt ; it the army, were brought up for judgment. 14 1044 Shed Marshal to six months' imprison- IS444ned hi m £2OO, an d t h at h e b e i mpr i sone d ee it: be paid ; Mortimer and Eicke were sen f4e It; Months' imprisonment, with a fine in each ) and to be imprisoned till the fine is paid. tlit4ll,:as regulated by the amounts they had 4 .4,‘ %J o their illegal practice. The defendants were te . /r ed) to be treated as first-class misde- MAIL NEWS " - 1 7 , 411 -‘ 41 7 3 2 er , Delta, with the heavy portion of the Ot t ,„ - ` 4 l. p,„'" Bombay mails, has arrived at 50uth *1..24,414-Ltke Delta reports that in passing through 1704:,,,. f Gibraltar, heavy firing was heard in the the-gtx, cangiers and Ceuta. ' tt d 4B h ships of war are distributed throughout anea n . 1,444 stealer QUEENSTO WN , Thursday. gars Vigo clearing out for New York, taking /tails, and latest telegrams. or d_ L . ÜBLIN, Thursday, of t ish teut enant this nioruiu D g laid the foundation • Patrick's Bridge, and conferred the honour iiottlood F M.P. His 14, ea cy on John Arnott„sq., `t l ° , 3e of 0 4 nd suite then left for Dunkettle for the P el ling the Cork and Youghal Railway. 31a that', unpute ROYaL readily believe did not, ,ality of the iron plate pis shows, only all the more is that a thorough clamation in furtherance of the-scileme. The Florence correspondent of the Times says the subscription is filling beyond the most sanguine expectations. _ _ _ A letter from Toulon says that the first of the iron cased frigates is to be lautehed on the 15th instant. In all the French naval arsenals, preparations for the expedition to China are proceeding with the greatest activity. The troops are expected to embark about the 15th December. The election of Prince Carignan, as Regent of Central Italy, has excited the greatest displeasure at the French Foreign-office, but the Times' correspondent doubts whether this feeling, on the part of Count Walewski, is shared by the Emperor. It is stated that nothing would be more gratifying to and Italy, than the news of an aggressive movement by Garibaldi, as it would offer the best chance for Austrian intervention. he retrograde party in Austria The evening papers state tha countess Palmerston arrived at Windier Castle, yester- Viscount and _Vis- day afternoon, on a visit, to her Majesty A • - The . following appeared in a part of our impression of yesterday : ITALY, [REUTER',B TELEGRAMS.] FLORENCE, Nov. a The National Assembly has, with the exception of one vote, unanimously appointed Prince Carignan as Regent to govern the country in the name of Victor Emmanuel the elected King. FRANCE Plitid; Ntry. 10, The Emperor has given orders to the French pleni potentaries at Zurich, not to allow the difficulty in the settlement of the financial question raised' by Austria interfere with the signature of the treaties of peace, but to attach their signatures immediately to this document. It is reported that instructions have been sent to M. Thouvenal, the Ambassador at Constantinople, to repre sent to the Sultan the advantages to be deriv'ed from the construction of the Suez Canal, and also to confer with the Russian Ambassador on this subject, in order that the two Ambassadors may act in concert in this matter. The Constitutionnel of to-day, in a second article on the Congress, signed by - its principal editor, M. Grand quillot, states that the late Prince Metternich himself was convinced that the zonditions agreed on at the Con gress of 1815 could not be lasting, and exhorts the Italians to be practical and not to endeavour to advance too rapidly, and render the unity of Italy a weak coun terpart of the unity of France. It further states that if they are determined to carry 'out this union, the reforms granted will enable them to do so if they advance with prudence. The article terminates by expressing a hope that the Italians - will receive with deference the coun sels of the powers of Europe, who will.go to the Con gress full of feelings of sympathy for the Italian cause. THE WAR WITH MOROCCO, The Post touches upon the fact, that the enthusiasm of the Spaniards in this war with-Morocco is fanned to a great extent by religious prejudice and' fanaticism. The preparations for the embarkation of the Spanish troops for Morocco are said to have been badly managed. The London steamer Bilboa has been chartered to take troops from Corn nna. The Paris journals are prohibited from speaking. of the French losses by cholera on the frontier of Morocco. Private accounts state that when the order was given to the 2nd Zouaves to advance, they had lost 300 men by the cholera, .and a considerable number were in a hopeless state. THE COURT, &c. The usual military parade in honour of the birthday of the Prince of Wales took place in Windsor Home Park, in presence of her Majesty and the Royal family. Her Majesty's dinner party in the evening was larger than usual, but exceptmg her Majesty's foreign visitors, the guests appear for the most part to belong to the Royal household. The Prince of Wales will return to-day to Oxford to resume his studies, but he will again visit Windsor on the birthday of the Princess of Prussia. Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell were present at the Cabinet Council yesterday, but were unable to attend the Lord Mayor's Banquet. The Court Circular does not mention, Lord Palmer ston's visit to Windsor, though that was the reason alleged for his absence at Guildhall. Next month the special Sunday evening services are to be resumed at St. Paul's Cathedral. A subscription has been opened at Lloyd's on behalf of the sufferers by the wreck of the Royal Charter. AFRICAN MAILS The African Mail Company's screw steamer Arme nian, Captain Walker, arrived in the river at noon yes terday, with the usual mails and twenty-three passengers, from the WeF Africa. We .are indebted to pursur of the b Coast the in Mr. Stewart, ligent and pout menian, for the following her news a hours 24th ult. The Africa royal mail steamerEthiope at Cape Palmas on the lOth . September, outward bound. OLD CALABAR, A new king has been placed upon the throne of Duke Town, in Old Calabar,. under the title of Archibong 2nd. At the ceremony of installation all the supercargoes and missionaries were present at Palaver House. The people having been all assembled by beat of drum, a native officer proclaimed the new king. In the after noon, a grand dinner, partly in native and partly in European style, was given in the king's own hou se . The king presented each white man and native gentle man present with a silk scarf. There were some speeches made, and a groat deal of kind and friendly feeling seemed to prevail. The king was crowned with a black beaver hat. The first act of the new monarch's reign was the abolition of Swiday markets, which had hitheato been regularly held. The West African Herald says :—The mortality on the Windward Coast has been awful. The Armenian, Captain Walker, which arrived on the 17th instant, brings intelligence of a great number of deaths in Sierra Leone and Gambia ; at the former place the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Smyth, and Mr. Drape, the editor of the Yew Era, besides several others, including several of the Roman Catholic priesthood. At the Gambia six teen out of forty Europeans were dead, and most of the remainder had led. FERNANDO PO Spain, which for so many years utterly neglected and despised her possessions in the Bight of Biafra, now at last recognises their value, and evinces her determina tion to develop their resources. We have before us a royal decree, dated the 13th December, 1858, directing her most Catholic Majesty's Minister for the Colonies to " adopt the necessary measures to colonise the islands of Fernando Po, Annobon, Corisco, and their depen dencies." The Minister of Marine is also directed to arrange with the Minister of the Colonies as to what vessels of war are to be kept on that station. Three hundred thousand dollars in cash have been imported into the island of Fernando Po by the new governor for the necessary exuenses of the Government. Pluto captured a slaver with a Spanish crew, (name and nation unknown, as her commander showed no colours or papers) in the neighbourhood of Kabenda, at the end of July last. She has been sent to the mixed Commission Court, at St. Helena, for adjudica tion. DEATH.-At Bonny, on hoard the Athenian, on the 28th August, Captain Philips, of the intereolonial mail steamer Retriever. FERNANDO Po, Sept. 28.—H.M.S. Vesuvius, Com modore Wise, to sail for Ascension, 2nd October. H.M.S. Buffalo, five Spanish men-of-war, and the British barque Lucetta in the bay. The new Governor, who had recently arrived, had received from the Spanish Government the sum of £75,000 to lay out for the im proving of the island. He had sent to the Windward Coast for 500 Kroomen, as labourers, for that purpose. European residents very sanguine as to ultimate great increase_ of t ra d e . R a i ns very h eavy . C o l on y healthy. UAMEROO NS Oct. I.—Trade dull. Colony healthy. shortly between native of a disturbanc EXTENSIVE ROBBERY Or BAHR NOTES, GOLD, AND JEWELLERY, AT THE OLD SWAN.-011 Wednesday after noon, between the hours of half-past four and seven o'clock, a most daring robbery was committed at the Old Swan, when property to the amount of nearly £2,000 was stolen. It appears that, about three months ago, a mid dle-aged man, named Henry Moore, a boiler-maker, came to reside in Sandstone-road, Old Swan. He had for some years previously followed his occupation in Manches ter, Paris, and London, and had managed, during that pe riod, to save out of his earnings £2,000. A few weeks ago he purchased a property in Toxteth-park, and in order to pay for the same, he drew £1,500 in bank Rotes, and about £lOO in gold, out of a bank at Manchester. The sum had only been in the house a few days. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Moore had occasion to go to Liverpool, and there being no one residing in the house at the time but her husband and herself, Mrs. Moore locked up the premises, and considered that all was safe. On her return home, about half-past seven o'clock in the evening, she discovered that the house had been entered, and all the bank notes and £75 in gold, two watches, and three brooches, stolen. The property was deposited in a bag in one of the drawers, in a bed-room, which was docked, and there can be no doubt that the thief or thieves must have well known where it was placed, for the only drawer broken open was that in which the property was placed. Unfortunately Mr. Moore had not the numbers of the notes (three for £5OO each) ; but yesterday' he went to Manchester, to the bank, and is in hopes that he will be able to stop payment of them. We understand that suspicion attaches to a domestic recently in Mr. Moore's service. From footmarks at the back of the premises lealthy. the house appears to have been entered through a bed- NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Runnemede, Severn, Orient, Arabian, Selina, and Flor ence Nightingale. All healthy. Trade dull. NEW - CALABAR, Oct. 7.—Ships in port : Juverna, Earl of Derby, Elizabeth, Adventure, and Coquette. BENIN, Oct. 9.—The Austin and Ellen and Seaflower were in the roads. Trade very , dull. Rains heavy. LAGOS, Oct. Aledusa, and several -Ham burg ships in port. Weather fine, and the bar unuvally smooth. Trade dull. WHYDAH, Oct. 10.—H.M.S. Spitfire has just taken a prize, with 500 slaves. A slaver reported in the River Niger. ACCRA, Oct. 12.—A slight improvement in trade. Late disturbances completely quelled. Colony healthy. CAPE COAST CASTLE, Oct. 14.—Same as Accra LIBERIA, CAPE PALMAS, Oct. 16.—R.M.S. Ethiope arrived at 9 a.m., and sailed for leeward at 3 p.m., 16th instant; all well on board. In the roads, Lizzie )raps- field, of Liverpool, from Fernando Po. Pomona, of Liverpool, reported off Caragy on 3rd indent ; 43 days out from Liverpool ; all well. SIEANA LEONE, Oct. 21.—H.M.S. Surprise, and H.M.S. Sharpshooter in port. The yellow fever and small-pox have entirely disappeared from the colony, and business gradually improving. TENERIFFE, October 31.—H.M.S. Topaze, 51 guns, arrived on the 25th, and sailed on the 26th instant, for Vancouver's Island. Arrived: H.M.S. Renard, en route to China. Weather fine. BATIIURST, October.—The yellow fever has" entirely disappeared, and the colony is now quite healthy. Trade very dull. The yellow fever had reached Goree, and several of the French colonists had been carried off. MADEIRA, Nov. 2.—Weather fine, but for some days previous had been very boisterous, so much so as to pre vent the possibility of -- Vessels coaling. The royal mail steamship Armenian put in quaratine (although having clean bills of health from Teneriffe and all preceding ports), owing to the absurd quarantine regulations at Lisbon. The royal mail steam-ship Armenian experienced strong north-west winds from Madeira, with very heavy westerly swell. LIST OF PASSENGERS.-Mr. R. A. Taylor. Loughland, Captain Rae, Dr. Rogerson, Dr. Henry and servant, Lieut. Durrant, R.N., Lieut. Molyneux, R.N., Mr. Hughes, Rev. G. F. Buhler, Mr. R. D. Ross, D.A. Ct. Gen., Lieut. Danger, G.C.A., Dr. O'Callaghan, S.A.S „Dr. Gramberg, Mr. Alma, Mr. Newland, D.A. Ct. Gen., Lieut. Eames, Mrs. Ritter, Mr. Ives, Mr. Dittman, J. Dorian, R. Anderson, Thos. May. Mr. E SUMMARY OF CARGO PER R. 111.5. ARMENIAN.-497 casks palm oil and grease, 51 tusks and 9 packages ivory, 21 cases and barrels skins, 10 casks Madeira wine, 432 billets (34 cwt.) camwood, 4 bags seeds, 230 cakes (6 tons) bees' wax, 498 bags cochineal, 58 boxes oranges, and 68 packages sundries. 2,499 ounces gold and specie, valued at £9,684 12s. 6d. [We are indebted to Messrs. Lee and Nightingale, of Swift's Court, Castle-street, for the above ample sum mary of the Armenian's news, prepared for the London and :Manchester papers, of which they are the cor respondents.] The following is from a private correspondent, and its authenticity may be relied on : BENIN, Sept. 22.—The Austin and Ellen filling up _outside the bar ; the Araminta and Seaflower loading in the river; the Cherokee sailed on the 12th instant, the Helena on the 18th, and the William Oswald on the 3rd,'for Lagos. _ _ OLD CALABAR, Sept. 30.—The William Owens ar .rived out on the 17th instant ; the Tapley, Minho, Eend raght, Africa, and Rhoderick Dhu loading. Month unusually 'wet, and, owing to country palavers, very lit tle oil comes down. Mr. Hearn and Captain Hodson had been seized by the natives, and putin irons, to reta liate for detaining the King of Duke Town on board the Golden Age, BONNY', Oct.—The Ferozepore will probably leave this month; the Osprey sailed 15th, and the Livingston 28th Sept. ; the Paragon sailed bth inst.; the Fanny, Royal Arch, Elizabeth, Valleyfield, Thornhill, and Ad venture, all loading ; the Eau Grant, nearly loaded; Mississippi and Juverna arrived sth Sept., Empress 25th, Mary 28th Sept. ; the Earl of Derby Ist, and the Wood man 4th instant; the Dauntless, from Calabar, loading. CAMEROONS, Sept. 30.—Sailed : The Moselle, 30th instant, and the Invincible 14th instant. PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO THE LATE REV. MR. CALLAGRAN.—A meeting of a number of the laity con nected with the Roman Catholic body of Liverpool, was held, last night, in the School-room belonging to St. Mary's Church, Ray-street, for the purpose of taking steps to have a suitable memorial raised to the memory of the late Rev. Mr. Callaghan, who died in March last, generally esteemed by the people of all classes belong 'mg to his persuasion throughout the town. He was, however, especially regretted by the large congregation of St. ary's, of which he was the pastor, and which, consequently, has taken the initiative in this !nove -1 ment. Mr. Lomax was called to the chair, and, having introduced the business of the meeting, a number of resolutions were proposed, and unanimously carried, in furtherance of the object on account of which the meet ing had been convened. All the speakers spoke in the most eulogistic terms of their late pastor, and a sub scription list having been opened on the spot, the number and amount of the subscriptions testified to the esteem in whieh his memory is held. The amount sub- scribed now reaches nearly ° l2OO. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The first meeting of the above committee, since the new election of councillors, was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dover was re-elected chairman, and Mr. Sheil deputy,. chairman ; and the other members present were—Messrs. Crellin, Beckwith, R. Gladstone, Crosthwaite, Avison, Bowring, Job, and Nickson • the two last named gentle men are new members. The board was occupied some time in forming sub-committees for sanitary, parlia mentary, and other purposes. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Bowring, that a special sub-committee should be appointed for the inspection of singing houses. After some discussion, the board resolved to alter the hour of meeting to twelve o'clock instead of half-past two, as heretofore.—ln reference to a letter from the government authorities respecting the new post-office, Mr. Gladstone moved that it be referred to the General Purposes Committee, for them to discuss and report to this committee.—Mr. Crosthwaite called attention to a question existing between the Council and West Derby, regarding boundary rates ; but, after a short discussion, the subject dropped without any reso lution being come to, and the board adjourned. TOXTETI BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday, at the Public Offices, Park-road; Mr. Alpass, chairman of the board, presided. The other guardians present were Messrs. Ogden, Layland, Johns, Harrison, Carter, Joseph Wilson, John Wilson Miller, Henry Layland, Moss, and Hunter.—lt was moved by Mr. Ogden, and seconded by Mr. Johns, " That a call, amounting to £l,OOO, be made upon the overseers of the parish, for out-door relief to the poor." The motion was agreed to.—The minutes of the proceedings of the building committee were read and confirmed.—Mr. Harrison said he would take that opportunity of . explaining that, though money had been promised them by some gentlemen, they had been obliged to proceed with the erection of the illumi nated clocks according to the original contract.—Mr. Harrison moved, " That Miss Holmes be appointed sewing mistress in the new workhouse, at a salary of £lO per annum"—Mr. Moss seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously.—ln answer to a question by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Harrison, on the part of the building committee, said that they expected to be abl e t o g i ve th e paupers a Christmas dinner in the new workhouse. The, progress had been very satisfactory since the works went into the hands of Messrs. Holme and Nichol.—This concluded the business before the meeting. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS BY THE ROYAL CHARTER. —On Tuesday . last, under the preceding title, we published some interesting particulars relative to the fate of a young man named Anthony Belt, who unhappily perished in the wreck of the Royal Charter. Among these it will be remembered that the gallant, indeed heroic conduct of Belt, at the wreck of the Bourneuf, by which several lives were saved on that melancholy occasion. We are enabled now to add the following : One of the survivors of the wreck of the Bourneuf, whose life was- saved by the courageous assiduity of Mr. Belt, was a youth of about sixteen sum mers. This boy having been seriously injured . by a water-cask rolling over him, had three several times been abandoned by the seamen as dead. Not satisfied that this was the case, Mr. Belt examined the seemingly inanimate body; fastened his own life belt on the youth, and succeeded in getting him to the cutter. This same youth survived the dangerous in juries- and risks, and is now the third officer of one of the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamers. The captain' of the I3ourneuf, his wife, her sister, and five seaman, perished. HISTORIC SOCIETT.—A meeting of the literary section of the Lancashire and Cheshire Historic Society was held last night in the Grand Jury-room, St. George's Hall, A. C. Gibson, Esq., in the chair. The following donations were announced and duly acknowled ge d : Journal of the Statistical Society of d London, vol. 1859, from the society; Le Prelate, French newspaper, for the 18th and 28th October respectively, and L' r 1 bbeoillois, ditto, for the 15th June and 7th July, from M. Bouchier de Perthes; A Dissertation on Irish Grammar, by Owen Connellan, Irish Historiographer to his Ma jesty, Dublin,, 1834, from the author ; Report of the Royal Institution, Liverpool, for 1858-9, from the institution.; Le Raphael de M. Morris Moore • Apollion et Marsyas ; par Leon Batte, from the author ; Pro ceedings of the Liverpool Philomathic Society for 1858-59, from the society ; and Lecture on the History of England; Lectiare I. by Mr. Longman, from M r . R. Hunt. There was also exhibited, in illustration of the paper for the evening, a large number of remark able books published in Liverpool; various works of an early date, includinc , Ciceri de Officios 1468 ; Das Evangelibuch, a work on the four gospels, 1507, with curious wood-cuts ; A Treatise on the Worship of Images and Relics, 1530. The paper for the evening was by A. S. Mott, entitled, " Books published in Liverpool ; " but as the author was, from a domestic bereavement, unable to attend, the paper was read by the secretary of the society. The paper contained a list of the books which had been printed in or about Liverpool, from the earliest period to which the research of Mr. Mott had penetrated down to the present time. As the paper proceeded, some in teresting comments and reviews were introduced, and a considerable amount of useful information was thus imparted. The essay having been read, a vote of thanks was passed to the author, after which the proceedings terminated. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. AMERICAN MAILS PER CIRCASSIAN.—Letters for St. John's, Newfoundland, and New Yotk, per Circassian, rid Galway, must be posted to-night. The body a Francis Ruddy, the third labourer that was lost from the flat Sarah, was recovered yesterday morning, near the Albert Dock. An inquest on the bogy will be held to-day. CORONER'S COURT, YESTERDAY.—The adjourned inquest on the body of the infant, Elizabeth Dunn, was concluded. From the surgeon's evidence it appeared that the child died from exposure to cold, and a verdict to that effect was accordingly returned. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A little boy was received into the Northern Hospital yesterday, having received a severe fracture of the leg and contusions of the body, by being crushed between the waggons at the New North Dock. He was put to bed, and remains under treatment. , FIRES.—About twelve on Wednesday night a fire was discovered in the ehop of Mr. Bentley, gunmaker, South Castle-street ; and about six o'clock yesterday ,nother fire occurred in Messrs. Makin and mornin brigade were quickly in attendance on both, and the fire subdued with-very trifling damage. THE NEW MAYOR'S INAUGURATION CHURCH AT TRINDANCE.-At a meeting of the North and South Toxteth Wards Committee for conducting the election of Mr. Joseph - Steel as a representative of South Toxteth: Ward vice Mr. John Stewart, elected an alder man, it was resolved that the electors of North and South Toxteth Wards be respectfully requested to at tend .at the committee-room, Royal Dak Inn, Park road, at half-past nine on Sunday morning, to form a procession to walk down to the . Town Hall, for the purpose of accompanying our worthy and respected Mayor, T. D. Anderson Esq., to St. Peter's Church. WORKHOUSE CommrrEE.—The weekly meeting of this committee was held yesterday, Mr. Churchwarden Chopper in the chair. The other members in attend- Om were—Messrs. Owens, Critchley, Peek, E. Byf or d, Denton, Broome, and Rector Campbell. From the report of the medical officer it would appear that 'the number of cases under treatment during the past week was 609, and the deaths during the week were 17. The master,of the workhouse reported that the number of inmates in that establishment was 1,948, against 2,168 at the , eorresponding period last year, showing a decrease of 220. Mr. Denton called attention to this decrease, and asked was it not remarkable that the number of paupers was so low. The Chairman replied that it was, but the number was increasing rapidly, the admissions last week being upwards of, 150. There was 'no business of any moment transacted, and the meeting concluded, after the Above returns were dis cussed. THE RIFLE CORPS MOVEMENT. A public meeting in furtherance of the above cause was held at Seaforth, last night. There were about 150 persons present, including several respectable tradesmen of the surrounding district. Wm. Hall, Esq., occupied the chair, and opened the proceedings in a very humor ous and encouraging speech. Mr. James Smith moved the first resolution, " That, in the opinion.of this meet ing, the time is rightly chosen for forming a local sub committee of rifles in Seaforth and the neighbourhood in conjunction with the brigade in Liverpool, and that this meeting pledges itself to support it." He said that persons joining this corps would not be called upon to make any sacrifice of time with respect to their business. (Hear, hear.) The arrangements were such that the necessary amount of business could be attended to without the slightest interference. The hours were regulated so that the drill would take place either before the hour of business or after ; and those young men who did not rise until, ten or eleven o'clock, could rise at six o'clock, and devote their time to the good of their own health, and that of their country. Dr. Fitzpatrick seconded the resolution, after which it was put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. John D. Slack then moved a re so l u ti on , appo i n ti ng a l oca l sub committee to support the movement, and appointing places for receiving contributions in the town. Mr. D. B. M'Culloch, a member of the Rifle Corps, seconded the resolution, which was also carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then accorded to the chairman, alter which the meeting broke up—several young men enrolling themselves. + THE SCHILLER FESTIVAL The Liverpool festival in commemoration of the cen tenary of the birth of the great lyric and dramatic poet of Germany, Schiller, took place last night in the small concert-room at St. George's Hall, and was very well attended. The principal part of the ceremony con sisted of a concert, under the direction of ller Wein gaertner, who conducted the vocal music and played several solos on the piano-forte. After an introduc tory chorus by Mozart, a prologue was recited in Ger man/ by Herr E. Clauss, but our knowledge of the lan guage being unfortunately limited, we are unable to say was xact purport of i ence were in the same predicament, we have soya doubt as to the eui bOOO of the proceeding. This pro logue was broken by Beethoven's chorus "Freude schbner Gutter-fThiken," from the choral symphony, I introduced in the course of it, and concludo by Ia song of Romberg's, the words of both bd by Schiller. Becker's very beautiful quartett "Das Birchlein" followed, after which Herr Weing,aert tner played Beethoven's sonata in Q sharp minor, commonly known as "Moonl t Sonat playing of it might have been called very good, hai he not spoiled it by continually retarding and acceleratim the time, a mode by which many pianists, in seeking t give too much of 1-vll to a piece succeed in robbing it of - half its meaning canzonet by Reichardt foliovied,: sung bp d bass 7vOice with a soft choral accompaninientan effect with which the Cologne singers have fam nart-sonft "Der frohe Wani A. Spanish con ccond p part of ,th( The a biographical Lersmaun Mehdelssoln's closed the first began with what we gathered to sketch of Schiller ; but, beiiii;in Germar we cannot, for reasons previously stated, be very certain of its tendency. The rest of the programme was' of 'the same character as the first part; consisting of four-part songs, varied by two piano-forte solos, aid concluding with the German national song, "Des Dentschen Vater land," during the singing of whic'i the audience re mained standing. This was followed by an epilogue from Herr Clauss, at the end of which the curtain at the back of the orchestra was suddenly withdrawn, dis closing a fine bust of the great poet, surrounded by a tableau of the principal characters in his dramas, illu- minatcd by a nil liglit. The effect was very fine ; the only drawback being that the composition, whatever it ' was, which was used for the production of the red light, sent forth a dense vapour which occasioned a decided fit of coughing in the house. There were two pieces encored during the concert, the first being the Spanish Canzonet above mentioned, the solo part of which was very well sung by a gentleman whose name we could not ascertain ; the second the quartett " Nettes Diarndel," v odd burden of "Juppeidi, Juppeida." After the tableat the seats were removed from the centre of the hall, and the evening terminated with a ball FINE kRTS -erday, we were favoured with an inspection of four high-class pictures, in the exhibition gallery of Messrs. Agnew and Sons, Liverpool and London Cham bers, Exchange. The pictures, as already stated,-are four in number, and, we are glad to add, of rare beauty and excellence as works of art. The chief of these is the admirable and telling picture by E. M. Ward, R.A., entitled, "The Royal Family of France in the Prison of the Temple." In this picture, which was . first publicly shown at the Royal _ demy Exhibition , in 1851, and at that time attracted a large amount• of attention and commanded very general admiration, including the wisely-cultured judgment and good taste of her Majesty. popularity and general favour are scarcely to be won dered at when the great excellence of the picture is taken into consideration. In general composition, as a work of art, it is telling and artistic. The conflict of emotions in the bosom of the insulted King has been soothed into a sort of disturbed slumber, which is being protected from interruption with intense anxiety by the Queen, the unhappy partner of his captivity and humiliation. Their unhappy daughter is placidly occupied in pouring water into a flower vase to su.tain their drooping vitality, an incident finely suggestive of the dependent and helpless condition of the royal prisoners ; while the Dauphin, a fine boy, is busied in the pursuit of some quiet amuse- Ment, unlikely to disturb the rest of his unhappy father. The drawing of the group is . admirable in all its details. It is minute and beautiful in its fidelity ; and the expression of attitude and countenance of all the characters is in all respects appro priate. In colouring, as in light and shadow, it is also masterly; and when engraved, which it is intended to be, by Mr. Samuel Cousins, in his best style, the entire, success of it, as a masterly specimen of that art, cannot be doubted. Besides the picture referred to, in the same gallery we also saw the admirable picture of "The Huguenot Maidens," by Madame Henrietta Browne, a work of great .excellence and quiet artistic merit. Two others, entitled "Life at Seville ;" "The Prayer and the Promenade," from the pencil of Johit Philip, A.R.A., taken along with the two already noticed, constitute an art exhibition highly deserving of inspection and study. They will, we understand, be on view only for a few days. Its gre CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not lold ourselves responlible for the opinions of our correspondents.] SHOP FRONTS TO THE EDITOR , OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES ?or the information of such of your readers as may not have access to the Act of Parliament, I tran scribe that portion which refers to shop fronts. Your readers will see that the act is so absurd as to legalise an encroachment and a nuisance "No projection of any kind shall be made in front of any building, over or upon the pavement of any street, except for shop fronts o; doorway s. No part of such shop front or doorway, in streets under ten yards wide, shall project more than six inches, except the cornice, which inak project fifteen 'inches, in streets more than ter yards wide. No sho_p front, or doorway, shall proi( more th twelve inche ;, except the cornice, which ii project eighteen inches." gow, as Church-street is more than ten yards wide, the owners of Compton House were entitled 11/ this law to take a strip of land twelve inches wide from the public ; and no doubt their studying their interest, considered it his dirty to take all his clients were entitled to. They, however, have waived their right, and set back . the part at their architect own Mgt. The absurdity of the law is rendered yet more apparent by the proceedings lately instituted against Mr. Picton for putting up balconies in Dale-street. The owners of property may take a number of square yards from the footwalk of a crowded street, already too narrow for the traffic, but they may not take a few inches out of the atmosphere, fifty or one hundred feet from the ground, where nobody will miss them ! Surely the force of folly can no further go! The public are much indebted to you for your timely observations.—Yours, &c., AN ARCHITECT. THE BIRKENHEAD FERRIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEIMDAILY TIMES. Six,—Having recently observed in one of your con temporary newspapers a letter, signed "W. J. .N.," relating to the bell appropriated for the dismission of the boats from the Landing-stage, I most emphatically endorse the correspondent's suggestion, knowing how thoroughly inconvenient (if not absurd) it is in its present position (I refer to the inaudibility of the bell to parties approaching the Landing-stage from the north end, especially when the wind prevails in the north and north-west). I beg most respectfully to name another important (I may almost say indispensable) requirement, viz., some additional lamps affixed on the Landing stage, over the gangways of the principal boats that ply to and from the same, similar to the one erected for the Woodside boats ; thereby many serious accidents would be obviated, and the general traffic vastly facilitated. I do sincerely trust the authorities will accept the sugges tions made by my colleague-corre,spondent together compared with other with the accompanying one, feeling assured that they will be fully appreciated by the inhabitants generally. In conclusion, I would venture to state that the outlay less importance as local cai the abovewould be November, b infinitelyneorth i ng , 1859. regards public accommodation. I am, sir, yours the hint hwihne have well en oawarebteen having that in t etrdhe received at tievxeptdrr prior lampsrh c to necessaryth i a s ,t but t h e H. B. improvements9wt ho owing respectfully, lLanding-stagen.isgve.—trpolt ohal , consideration, I have much pleasure in repeating the suggestion, which, I feel convinced, is paramount to all other requirements in that locality; and, if conceded to, will give unbounded satisfaction to the public at large. -.- TIDAL CURRENTS. No. II TO THE EDITOR. OF THE NOW ERN DAILY TIMES. Charter, I show drivino• that uni to shin thatl I the tide turned and aided the wind in destroying the I now direct the attention of your readers to the ease of the Pomona, wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, last spring : STATEMENT OF THE THIRD MATE posed that he was the third mate of the shin Pomona, of New York, of 1,500 tons register, owned by the D. L. Line, and that he sailed from Liverpool on the 27th day of April, at 5 a.m., 1859, with a crew of 37 hands, in bitinaslf- bound to New - York, with a cargo of general I about 400 passengers shipped by sundry arms of Liverpool, and consigned to sundry parties at New I York. D:d not know whether she was insured. Left Liver on the 27t h ' April, a ow t nigt s hb tr a he . i e . e u z . es , ,hsi N ph vin : p ( a l unid,,i es south-east treerodse_a , r e f w r e e ef e s: a About 4 p.m. Holyhead bore about S.E. by E. ailes; steering they , l think about a W.S.W.. revolving light, ancl suppo.sed it to :er She struck ; could not tell where, but proved afteri - ards to be.Blackwater. Bank, where the sea very soon made a complete breach over her. • hindise sOuved - av Very soon From the Admiralty Tide Tables, the following cal culation is easily made, the result of which enables me to assert that tl rom u. _., ',Le ship on aided her iu getting to the Blackiater Bann southward to the extent of five miles H. H. P.M. Iligh water at Liverpoool 27th April 1859 I 0 18 Hig . Ded ;h water of head of tide :t time of passing Holyhead Before High water The vessel struck the Bank at midnight, from which Time of striking High w 12 0 7 9 The Pomona, therefore, passed Holyhead 3h. 9m. before high water, and struck the Blackwater Bank at 4h. slm. after high water. From the preceding re sults I have calculated, by a process with which I need not trouble your readers, that between 4 p.m. and mid *ght the tidal current carried the Pomona five miles to As the south end of the Blackwater Bank is ten miles to the north of the Tuskar, she was clearly fifteen miles out of her course, supposing her to have the south made no allowance for the tidal current. It will be observed by your readers, that in the cases of the Royal Charter and Pomona, the tide aided the vessels, but there is no reason to suppose that those in charge of in either easc rent was with them or against - them obedient servant, w whether the cur- I am, Sir, your SAMUEL ITAUGHTON, Clk., F.R.S Trinity College, Nov. 9, 1859. INTELLIGENCE.. I COURT AND OFFICIAL The usual parade in honour of the birthday of the Prince of Wales, took place at Windsor Castle on Wed nesday morning, before her Majesty, his Royal High- ness the'Prince Consort, his Royal Etighness are Prince Frederick William of Prussia, her Royal Highness Princess Frederick William of Prussia, Princess Royal ; his Royal Highness the Prince of Wale's, and the Royal I family ter Majesty's dinner party in the evening included their Royal Highnesses Prince Frederick William of Prussia, Princess Frederick William of Prussia, Prin cess Royal ; the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the Princess of Leiningen, his Serene Highness the of Leiningen, and a distinguished party of other l'nnce guests, - The Prince of Wales returned yesterday to Oxford to resume his studies. His Royal Highness will again visit Windsor on the birthday of the Princess of Prussia. A Cabinet Council was held on Wednesday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treaiury in Downing-street. The ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the - Duke of Newcastle the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson, Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, and the' Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left London for Torquay. I ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE . The number of archdeacons who have signed the de claration on church rates is sixty-two ; and two others have signed the petition who have not signed the declaration. The whole number at present to be ac counted for is sixty-eight. On Tuesday the Bishop of Oxford attended a meetinr, held at Halifax, on behalf of the funds of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Dean of Chichester and other gentlemen also ad dressed the meeting. In the evening the Bishop of Oxford preached at Mr. Akroyd's new church, in con tinuation of the opening services, the subject of his lord ship's discourse being " The Working Man's Church." 21orting uttifigence. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING THURSDAY The TYRO STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 sovs added, for two years old Mr Saxon's ch f Lady Emily Mr Hunt's ch f Buttercup ....Comery 1 Grimshaw 2 _.. - The following also ran: Mr J. Gilby's b c Pliny, Charlton ; Mr Barton's ch c Jim, Challoner ; Mr Maberley's b f Marie Wilton, Bottom. im, 3 to 1 a ;at Buttercup, 4 to 1 rd; Marie Wilton bea st Lady is. Deciding hAat : 7to 4 0 Winner sold for 35 guineas. The SEFTON HANDICAP of 5 sots added. Mr. Blanton's hr c Broadlands, 4 yrs Mr. J. Wilkin's nas b c Adam 'Bele, S yrs Mr. Saxon's ch f Lady Peel, 3 yrs Mr. T. Hunt's gr h Master Bagot, 5 yrs Mr. 3. Merry's b c Conjuror, 3 yrs Mr. Barber's br c King William, 4 yrs Tom - Grasby and. Emerald also ran four ap. Won by a h, 3ft., with 60 soy Edwards 1 Challoner 2 H. Grimshaw 3 Marlow 4 Covey 5 Entwistle 6 7 to 4 against Lady Peel, 2 to 1 against Adam Bede, 5 to I. against Broadlands, 8 to 1 against Conjuror, and 10 to 1 against any other. Won by three lengths; a neck between second' and third, and two lengths between third and fourth. Tom- Grasby anQ. Emerald did not pass the post. _ _ The kitAMBLE HANDICAP of 3 sovs each, 1 ft., to go to the Fund, with 20 .9.ovs added, for all ages. Mr. W. Thornton's ch e Curlew, 2 years Edwards I Mr. J. Merry's b g Lord of Lorn, 4 years Mr. Martindale's br m Princess of Orange, 5 yrs... ...... Daley 3 Mr. Thorp's ch f Rosella, 2 years H. Grimshaw 4 7 to 4 against Curlew, 2 to 1 against Lord of Lorn, 4 tot against Polly Peachum, and 8 to 1 against Rosella. Wow by a length; two lengths between secondandthird; abad fourth. The LIVERPOOL AUTUMN STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP of 100 sous.; added to a Sweep;t7LftesofTso -- ;;;: Mr. T. Golby's b m Maria Agnes, 5 yrs G. Stevens 1 Lord Coventry's br g Ghika, 6 yrs Kendall 2. Mr. Barber's br g Old Dog Tray, aged C. Green 3 Mr. Buchanan nag bl g Escape, aged F. Page 4 Ana:is, Rover, Chance, Physician, and The Friar of Apshall, also ran y E a LT length. En s T T A h K e Es Rover of w 3 a s s fi o f v t s h , e p a u c pulled dwui With 5 to 2 agst Ghika, 4 to 1 agst Escape, 6 to 1 each agst Old Dog Tray and Maria Agnes, 8 to 1 agst Anatis, and 10 to 1 agst Mr. Barber declared to win with Old Dog Tray. 20 SOTS. added. TPhheysillciEanL.TEM:OS: Count Bolo's b f Miss Eleanor, 3yrs (E2O) .................. Bray 1 I% , Yr IT. Henry's b g Irish Emigrant, 3yrs (£2O) Smethurst 2 Mr. Gill's b g Bourgeois, aged (440) J. Osborne 3 The following also ran : Creeper, Lassie, and Fossil. 6t04 on Bourgeois, and 3to 1 against Miss Eleanor. Won by six lengths. Only three passed the post. Winner sold for 45 guineas. The SCURRY CORINTHIAN HANDICAP of 5 sous each, 3 ft, with 25 sovs added. Mr Howard's b r c Donizetti, 3 yrs Mr. Thomas 1 Mr Blanton's br c Broadlands, 4 yrs Mr. Blake 2 Mr J. Merry's gr h Riseber, 5 yrs Mr Robinson 3 . 'Mahon Messenger, Sobersides, Lady Peel, Adelaide, and lielwith also ran Even Broadlands, 4to 1 a g st Zber;rdes, and 6 to I agst Doni. zetti. Won by a head ; a bad third. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP. 4 to 1 against Meg Merrilies. 10 to 1 against Timandra. 10 to 1 against Underhand. No other named. HOOTC!N. NURSERY. Apollyon Topaz Stockton Chirper ......... Wcatherbound Romance . attlesu al: Little Dicl Norton 8 7 Rhedyeina, filly 8 2 Teale ............... ...... 7 8 Jim 7 12 Lady Grosvenor 7 6 Shringwell GRAND STAND NURSERY. st lb 8 7 Creeper 7 10 Sexton S 0 Jim ..... •MILE PLATT