Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

gommerrig Sktlts. THIS DAY. THIS DAY, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 1 Oldhall-street, 450 Barrels fine ROSIN, ex Henry Clay, front New York ; in storo.=--Apply to HOW and 13A1tCLAY, Brokers. Tail DAY, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' ()dice, 21 ? North John-street, 7 Casks Amencan ROSIN OIL, 10 Barrels ), GREASE. 75 Tierces American LARD, lately lande.d.—Apply to JOHN MARQUIS and Co., Brokers. TEM DAY, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 25 Tons best seconds BRIMSTONE, now -landing ex Claudine.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. THIS DAY, the sth instant, at Twel,e o'clock, at the Broker's office, 7, Exokange-buildings, 13 Barrels TAPIOCA, now-landing, per Margaret Deane, from Bahia.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. TO-MORROW. To-moanow, the 6th instant, at Twelve otolock, at. the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 250 Half-Chests Lisbon ORANGES, ex Trankfort (ss), 200 Cases Messina, LEMONS, ex Express, 200 Bags Turkey NUTS, 200 „ Para Apply to - GEORGE BADENACH end SON, Broker-. To-moaitow, the 6th instant, at One o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 9, Rumford-street, 103 Bales Surat COTTON, ex Euroclydon, from Bombay.—Apply to WHITAKER, WHITEHEAD, and Cos, 'Brokers, Liaver 301. To-moanow, the 6th instant, at TWelve o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, 307 Pales Bombay MADDER ROOTS, all faults. ,pply to BROWNE HUNTER, and Co., Broker= TJ{URSDAY• On Tnuassav next, , the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, II Packages INDIGO. BROWNS, lIIINTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to On THURSDAY next, the 7th instant, at Twelve isteloek, at 2, Dale-street, 2.,580 Bags Bengal RICE. .BROWNE, WINTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to On TECCILSD AY next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Ex:change-buildings, 30 Tuns'Eine Winter Bagged SPERM OIL, just arrived per Great Western and . Zohn Bright. - Apply to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., Merchants; or to •J. IL 'RAYN R and Co., Brokers 6 - On THURnCIAIr next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildiags, 10 Tuns)fine winter bagged SPER2,I OIL, just arrived, ex John Bright.—Apply to Messrs. Rathbone, Brs., and Co., Merchants; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. On Tatrasrus, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Apply to 120 Barrels 1 20 - P i pes CTRRANTS,.IBS6. 30 i-Pipes.) 7 Casks 20 Barrebi , 125 Barrels 1858. 200 Matte Bombay RAISINS, 73 Boxes , 475 Boxes old ' Turkey Red „ Arid other goods. GEORGE BADENACH and SON, Brokers. „FRIDAY. On Fawi next, the Sth instant, at. the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 120 Tons Peruvian GUANO, damaged by sea water.—For particulars apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. On FRIDAV next, the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 3,680 Bales JUTE, jpst arrived, ex Rajmahal, from Calcutta.—Apply to Messrs, Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. On FRIDAY next, the Bth instant, at Half-past Twelve o'clock, 2,656 Pockets Bengal' LINSEED, 1,000 Bags Bengal RICE. Apply to Messrs. Thomas and John Bnocklehank, Merchants ; or to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. NEXT WEEK. On MONDAY next, the 11th inst., at half-past Eleven o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 40 Tons Shetland Dry COD FISH, partly damaged, On view at 15, Pitt-street.—Apply to Mr. William Jameson, 15, Pitt-street; or to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Brokers. DCK ESTATE. om it may concern. motion ofYreight and Charges. tant, at One o'clock, ,at the 18, Chapel-street, MERSEY D , On account of whc For the Payment and satisfai On TrzsDAY, the 12th inst Broker's saleroom RT 113 Balesl WPF WP 12 Bales WOOL. WG 6 Bales WP 9 Bales WC 4 Bales 49 Bales, ex Wasp, from Bombay; lying For further particulars apply to DANIEL C. in Wapping Dock warehouse.— BUCHANAN and Co., Brokers en Salt. JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING WlRE,,Black, Bright, and Galvanised; TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and for Exportation. ON SALE, 45 TONS LOCUST BEANS,. ex Pilar, from Barcelona.—Apply to GEO. BADENACH and' SON, Brokers T_TISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the Noarnzart DAILY TIMES, Price AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAU. AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TORMEAU. AMERICAN SOLACE. ANNUAL C A R LT.TCAS'S B RIAGE SALE, APOUTORY. t LARENCES, PARK PHOTONS, BROUGHAMS, ALBERT PHIETONS, DRAGS, Light and elegant GIGS, WAGGONETTES, BASKET CARRIAGES, FAMILY PHOTONS, Two and Four-wheeled, ' BRITSKAS, &c., &c. By Messrs. LUCAS and CO., TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the 6th instant, at their Repository, Great Charlotte-street, Liverpool, 300 CARRIAGES, 70 sets HARNESS. Order of Sale.--Ten to Eleven o'clock, Harness,; Eleven to Six O'clock, Carriaßez. The whole on view this day (Tuesday). ear An inspection of this splendid stoek of Carriages is earnestly requested. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circume i tances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—TIIIS DAY. ROYAL Altrurruivrart,-Dramatie performance. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. ROYAL COLLOSSEIIm.--rlZl3cellaneous Attractions. air For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. Yritrrn Eino. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1859. THE ASSIZES. During the Attssizes, we shall publish an Evening Editico, daily, at 5 e-elock, giving the proceedings Is both the Civil and criminal Courts up to the hour of going to . press. The .trade, in order to secure a supply of papers, must give their orders early cads day. THE DAY'S NEWS. DISSOLUTIONt PARLIAMENT This heading will, no doubt, surprise our readers, yet it is, nevertheless, .true. Ministers have resolved to dissolve Parliament, And appeal to the country for an approval of their policy.• What the verdict will be, there can be no doubt. The awouncement made in the House of Lords by Lord Derby, and in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will be found at length under the head of Parliamentary news, The tone of both addresses was to a degree sarcastic and bitter —that of the Chancellor's particularly. Lord Derby stated, the Ministry had only two courses to adopt—either to dissolve or res i gn. A th i r d had been s uggeste d from a quarter anything but friendly, " and the bare suggestion of it amounted as nearly as possible to a personal insult." He alluded to the divided condition of the opposition members in the Commons, and regretted to see nothing but " confusion worse confounded." The Chancellor of the Exche quer said, he viewed the present position of parties in two lights, "the Conservative and the Revolutional y." He assigned three reasons which had operated on the Government in determining upon. a dissolution. One was the divided state of parties ; another the state of Foreign relations ; and the third was the frequent failures which had taken pligo the subject of Reform. So soon as the urgent business could be disposed of, the Parliament would be dissolved. Lord Palmer ston stated it as his opinion that the course deter mined upon by the Government was a very unwise one. A telegram, in another column, gives later news from Bombay. It announces that the agent of Ras Sahib had come in to arrange for his submission, agreeably to the Royal Proclamation. Advices received from Paris, yesterday, state that the Powers have not yet come to a complete agreement as to the conditions of the Congress. It is said that the French Government has taken fresh ste i ps to procure the admission of Piedmont, of which, however, there appears to be no hopes. The Biedmontese Government is now_ preparing another expostulator', manifesto against - .its definitive exclu sion from the Congress. News from Hanover state that the French Ambassador was recently obliged to quit the Theatre Royal in c onsequence of an anti-French demonstration of the audience. The Royal F am il y was present at the time. The Paris c orrespondent of the Times announces, on the authority of two private letters, that an army of 60,000 men would soon be encamped in the vicinity of Lyons. A third letter, dated Saturday, stat es th a t a n army of 60,000 men has been ordered to the fron ticr of Piedmont. This information is stated to be derived from a general officer, who says that the order was sent to Lyons, by telegraph, o n F r id a y night. The correspondent of the Times remarks that, if the news should be correct, it is no doubt the result of M. 'Cavour's mission to Paris. It is observed that the apparent change °flute ha - sheen merelyto tran quilise the English. and Prussian Governments, and thege notes of preparations are strange on the eve of a Congress. At the review of the army of Paris, yesterday (Sunday), by the Emperor, there were 35,000 men under arms. The Empress and the Prince Imperial were present. There is no alteration in the state of trade in France, the hopes of peace and the fears of war alternating so rapidly, prevent merchants and manufacturers entering into any operations. Government has alleviated the difficulty of obtaining credit by extend ing the system of dock and warehouse warrants. Wheat has fallen in the Paris market. A lot of Irish oats offered for sale by auction last Wednesday found no bidders. The fear that the vines have been affected by recent frosts, has caused greater activity and firinTiega in the wino trarlP... A meeting was held yesterday, at the Blue Coat Hospital, fur the purpose of inaugurating the Liver pool Church Aid Society. There was a very large attendance, and *laded most of the leading Churchmen of the town. The chair was taken by the Bishop of Chester, and was addressed by the Rev. Rector Campbell, Dr. MeNeile, Rev. Mr. Lomas, Archdeacon Jones, and others. The object of the proposed society is to increase the amount of church accommodation for the working classes, and to improve the condition of the ill-paid but overworked incumbents. About eleven hundred pounds in subscriptions and donations were subscribed in the room before the meeting separated. An adjourned special meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held yesterday, as will be seen by referring to another column. The business immediately before the meeting was as to whether or not the commissioners should follow up their opposi tion to the Wirral Water 'Works Company's bill in the House of Lords. Their opposition was with drawn, subject to the condition that no injury should be sustained by the commissioners. It was also agreed that no further opposition should be offered to the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board's bill, pro vided that the amendment proposed in the House of Commons should be carried in the House of Lords. At the Police-court, yesterday, a Spanish sailor was committed for the wilful murder of a brush maker, in this town, one William Marshall, by stab bing him to the heart with a bowie knife, in Preston street, on Saturday night. A full report of the proceedings at the Police-court will be found in another column. ,~ ~~ TRIAL BY JURY. THE unsuccessful attempt of Lord CAMPBELL, in the House of Lords, last week, to effect a material change in one of the most important and fundamental laws of the kingdom, namely, trial by jury, has read a useful lesson, we doubt not, to the country ; and, let us hope, more especially to that class of the people from which our juries are commonly taken. That the measure by which the learn6d ford proposed to accomplish the . objectionable change,—which was to do away with the necessity of juries being unanimous in their verdiets,—had ,some good Point's in it, we do not deny. Its main features were, that all those" compulsory regulations as to the locking up the jury without fire 'or refreshments should be done away with, that when they retired they should have a comfortable room afforded them, in which to consider their verdict ; and that if after six hours' delibera tion they agreed upon a verdict by a majority of nine to three, such verdict shall be taken ; but should they not agree in that proportion, or, in other words, should the majority be less than nine, the verdict should be void, and the jury discharged. Now several of these provisions, we say, might be all very well— might, indeed, in some respects, be great improve ments. But to be content with the verdict of a majority, instead of a unanimous one, would, it appears, in the opinion of lawyers as eminent even as Lord CAMPBELL, be a dangerous experiment, to say the least of it. Lord LYNDHURST, for one, was decidedly opposed to it, from a conviction, the result of his long professional experience, that unanimity in a verdict was much more calculated to promote the ends of justice , than would be the case with a mere majority. The present law, his lordship con tended, had worked admirably for some hundreds of ' years, and had received the approval of some of the most learned lawyers from time to time ; therefore a very clear case should be made out before they con sented to make any alteration in such a law ; and he did not consider that his noble and learned friend had made out such a ease. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of the same opinion.; and, in delivering it, he quoted the authority of a judge of considerable experience to show that juries were very seldom discharged without agreeing, and during the many years that he (the LORD CHANCEL OR) was practis ing, only one such case of that description had come under his notice, and that was a ease to which the Bill would not apply. He further contended that unanimity in a verdict not only imposed on jurymen a responsibility in considering the evidence on a trial, but rendered them more important in each other's eyes ; adducing in support of this assertion a case in which he had been engaged, where one special juryman succeeded in inducing his fellow jurymen to alter their opinion, and by that means saved a respectable man from ruin, whereas but for the unanimity, the result might have been different. The feeling of the House of Lords was so strong. against the proposed change, that the measure for affecting it was rejected by a majority of more than three to one. The subject, we say, is very important one; and although nothing has come, directly, of the endeavour to effect so hazardous a change, yet, indirectly-- through the discussion of the question—much good may arise. The fact is, that we require to be re minded, every now and then, of the grave responsibi lities under which juries are placed, and of the great obligations under which they lie to, in the words of their oath—" a true verdict give according to the evidence." It is not denied—it never has been—that trial by jury is sometimes found inadequate to the administration of equal justice. " This imperfection," observes an eminent writer on juritrudonee, " takes THE .NORTHERN TIMES TUESDAI, APRIL 5, 1859 place chiefly in disputes in which some popular pas sion or prejudice intervenes ; as when a_ particular order of men 'advance - claims upon the rest of the community, which was the rase of the clergy con tending for tithes ; or where an. order of men are obnoxious by their profession, as are officers of the revenue, bailiffs' followers, and other low ministers of the law; or where one of the parties has an interest in common with the general interest of the jurors, and that of the other is opposed to it, as in contests between, landlords and tenants, between lords of manors and the holders of estates under them ; or, lastly, where the minds of men are influenced by political dissensions or religious hatred. These prejudices," he justly adds, "act most power fully upon the common people, of which order juries are made up." But in all such cases, the great cause of derelictitm of duty is the disregard of their obli gations,—=their yielding to passion, prejudice, or party or private interests, rather than sacrificing all these influences to the fulfilment of their oaths. It is in this, unhappily, as it is, now-a-days, in so many things else, that so many' men will not be content, to be controlled by obligations, however solemn they may be, against their wills, or their predilections. They presume to judge, when it is their duty to submit. There is nothing in society that mankind have better to trust to, in their intercourse with one another, than one another's oaths. And hence it is that legal adjudications, which govern and affect every right and interest on this side the grave, of necessity proceed and depend upon oaths. So that the disregard of such an obligation, in its general consequence, strikes at the security of reputation, property, and even life itself. Juries, unfortunately, sometimes forget it ; and it is most apt to be forgotten where one or two stand out Against the rest. They do not remember, or will not heed it if they do, that it is not according to their own conceit, or their own self-will, but " ac cording to the evidence," they are to come to their conclusions. The judge is the dispenser of the law of the case ; and he imparts to the jury the benefit of his erudition and experience, to aid them in correctly comprehending the full force and character of the evidence on which they are sworn to decide. " The trial by assize," says another great authority, "be the action civil or criminal, public or private, personal or real, .is referred for the fact to a jury ; and as they find it, so passeth the judgment." And would our juries but conform to this most equitable principle— would they but give less regard to their mere opinions, so apt as these are to be influenced by passion, or prejudice, or self-interest, and more heed to that-which has the first claim of all upon their rogpect, and their reverence, the obligation of the oath by which they are bound to decide on the evidence, there would, we are persuaded, be much fewer instances of disagreement in the jury -box, and much less pretext, therefore, for any such change as that very questionable one which. Lord CAMPBELL has been endeavouring to get enacted. THE COURT. The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Helena, visited the British Museum on Saturday afternoon. The Hon. Flora Macdonald, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Captain Du Plat were in attendance. The Prince Consort rode on horseback in the forenoon, attended by his Equerry in Waiting. The Princesses Alice, Helena, and Beatrice visited the Duchess of Kent at Clarence-house, St. James's, on Satur day morning. Prince Leopold visited the Zoological . Gardens in the Regent's-park. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. On Sunday, the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Princesses Alice, Helena. aT nn ,Allico, Ladino and aeutieluen or the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace. The Rev. A. P. Stanley, D.D., -preached the sermon. The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg visited the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence house, Sd James's. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. HOPE ALL LECTURES.—We would call the attention of our readers to the lecture to be delivered on Indian Mis sions to-morrow evening, the Rev: Dr. McNeile in the chair. No SAID SHOULD" GO TO SEA without one of Saunders and Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and fitted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address, SAUNDERS & CO, 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED.—John Evans, a boy 15 years of age, belonging_ to the schooner Margaret Jon es , l y i ng i n the Princes Dock, was missed at ten o'clock on Thursday night, and his body was found lying in the mud on Satur day evening, on the tide receding. An inquest will be held to-day. ACIDENTS ON SHIPBOARD. —Frank From, a carpenter of the ship Neptune, lying in the Huskisson Dock, fell into the hold of the ship yesterday and received severe injuries to his head and back. Paul Casey, a sailor belonging to the ship Senaca, lying in the river, fell from topmast-yard of that ship to the deck, and received severe contusions, but no bones were broken. FATHER GAVAZZI AT HOPE HALL.—Last night, this celebrated Italian Padre delivered a lecture, to a crowded audience, on " Nuns and Nunneries." The eloquent Gavazzi handlefl the subject in an able and masterly manner, and called down repeated plaudits during its delivery. As the lecture has been frequently delivered before, we will not further allude to it here. THE POLLING FOR OVERSEERS.—Yesterday, the poll opened at St. Nicholas's Church for the purpose of electing overseers of the parish. Mr. George Scott was proposed by Mr. Churchwarden Jones, and seconded by Mr. Church warden Cropper ; Mr. James Denton, proposed by Mr. Owens, seconded by Mr. Cafferata ; Mr. James Whitty, proposed by Mr. Dyke, seconded by Mr. Trenor. The result of the first day's poll is, that Mr. Whitty has received a very large majority of votes indeed. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon, the numbers were : For Mr. Whitty 330 Persons ......527 Votes. For Mr. Denton .. 28 „ For Mr. Scott . 29 „ .. 69 '„ Majority for Mr. Whitty-301 Per sons , an d 44 0 V otes. PASSENGERS per R.M.S. Arabia. - Dr. Sharp and lady, Mr. Sargent, Mr. Brown, Mr. Hayes, Mrs. P a y ne , Miss Payne., Miss Murray, r. Heyer, Mr. Lyon, MrEvans and lady, Mr.. James and lady, Mr. Bruff, Judge Lane, Mr. Paterson, Mr. Perrin, Mr. Girand, Mr Appold, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Hayward, Mr. Lusey, Mr. Crow, Mr. Glynn, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Linneman, Mr. Christy, jun. ; Mr. Haye, Mr. Schwager, Mr. Fildes, Mr. Goddard and lady, Mr. Goddard. Mr. „Pierson, Mr. Perry, Honourable L. . Clingham, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Beals, Jun.; Mr. Beals, Miss Fearing, Mr. Lewis and son, Mr. Bacon, jun., Mr. Hobzinger, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Tugbey, Mr. Levy, Mr. Cohn, Mr. Ravesies, Mr. Norton, Mr. Young, Mr. Burchard, Mr. Storey, Mr. APLean, Colonel Dick, lady, two daughters, and three servants, Miss Beridge, Mr. C. Chavellier, Master Chavellier, Mr. Grove, Master C. Arnistrong, Mr. Peters, Mr. R. Ham, and Captain H. Smith. MR. MASON Awns's Glum:vs.—Since Mr. Thomas Mason Jones appeared in Liverpool, a splendid and un qualified metropolitan success has ratified the opinion which we expressed of his talents and his oratorical gifts when he came almost:unknown amo ng us . Th e most fastidiously critical audiences, in the most aristocratic lecture-hall of London, have testified night after night to Mr. Mason Jones's triumph. The welcome which Mr. Jones will re ceive upon his return to Liverpool will, therefore, be mingled with a feeling of satisfaction, that Liverpool audiences recognised his talents preyious to their having received that stamp which among so many circles is needed, before talent will be received as genuine, or at least as fashionable. For ourselves, we may be allowed to com ment in one line upon the fact that, the peculiar powers which we pointed out as distinguishing Mr. Mason Jones from other lecturers and orators, are just those which accom plished London critics have dwelt upon ; and that the few defects which youth, earnestness, and enthusiasm engender, and , which we noticed as remaining to be amended in Mr. Jones's style, are the only points to which these critics have taken the slightest exception. We wished Mr. Jones success when he first visited us ; we can now only wish that he may make the best use for his own talents of the great success which he has already won. It will be perceived by advertisements that Mr. Jones is about to deliver a new series of lectures in Hope Hall, commencing next week, " Grattan," " O'Connell,' and " Wesley " are to be the subjects; and the lecture delivered previously by Mr. Jones, on " Curran," will be repeated by express desire. It is needless to bespeak a full- audience for Mr. Jones. As he was able to attract crowded houses when a stranger and a debtaant, he needs no stimulant to the public to secure proportioned attendance now that he is an established and successful favourite. LIVERPOOL BURIAL BOARD, — Yesterday, the monthly meeting of this board was held in the Board-room of the Workhouse; Mr. R.Gladstone in the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. J. R. Jeffery, Jackson, Bairstow, Corbally, and the Rev. Rector Campbell. The proceedings of the land committee were read and confirmed. The Chairman said he had had an interview with Mr. Stewart in reference to the subject of Rake's cottages and the land adjoining. Mr. Stewart said that he was still in communication with the owners, and it would be unadvis able, under the circumstances, for the board to interfere. After some conversation, it was agreed to allow the matter to stand for the present. The proceedings of the Finance Committee were read. It was stated that the accounts had been audited, and found correct, there being 17s 4d due to the Law Clerk, which was ordered to be repaid, and the proceedings were confirmed. Mr. Jackson suggested that tlie name of the new cemetery at Walton should be changed to that of " Annfield Park Cemetery," as he said it would be very desirous to give it a name which should distinguish it from the other cemetery, and prevent confusion. The board concurred generally with Mr. Jackson ; but, at the suggestion of the Chairman, the subject was deferred till next meeting. In a conversation that ensued in reference to Rake's cottages, it was agreed that a committee should be called to hold communication with Mr. Stewart on the subject. This concluded the business. WATERLOO COMMISSIONERS.—Yesterday evening this body met in the board room of the public-offices, Waterloo, Mr. Richard Houghton, j an., presiding, the other members of the board present were—Messrs. Ridley, Barrow, Kelshaw, Liversidge, Schofield, Theakston, and W. H. Jones. The minutes of the last special meeting were read, when Mr. Ridley said, before the minutes were signed by the chairman, he wished to say that at that meeting he took the oppor tunity of complimenting their late chairman Mr. Smith, one word of which was not in the minutes, The Clerk : I could not report your speech verbatim. Mr. Ridley : I did not want you to report my speech, but I think you know Mr. Smith to have rendered the most valuable services to this board from the first time he took his seat, and I- do not think it is fair to pass that chairman without taking some notice of him. I beg, Mr. Chairman, that you will have that corrected. Mr. Theakstonb : I think that should have been noticed, and not passed over. The Clerk thought the better way would be to make a motion. Mr. Ridley said it must be connected, and he would look back, and see that it was, so. ''The Clerk begged pardon, but said he did his duty in recordihg the dissolu tion, and not the observations that were made upon them. The Chairman said he had recorded the observations in minutes which referred to him, and it was but fair that he should do the same to their late chairman, Mr. Smith. Mr. Ridley said it was Mr. Houghton's duty, as chairman of the board, to see that it was done. The Clerk : It is not a very easy matter to do it now. Mr. Ridley : You have not recorded the proceedings entire, sir, nor anything like it. The Clerk : You do not believe that I am averse to having what you said put in the minntes. Mr. Ridley : I like to see the work done properly. The Clerk : I think it was very desirable to have had . your motion in writing. Mr. Ridley : You should have given me notice to that effect. The Clerk : I thought you knew as much. Mr. Ridley : You always think of matters when it is too late. Mr. W. 11. Jones said, he thought it would have been proper to have made some remarks in the minutes with regard to what had been said about Mr. Smith, but he did not think that it was necessary to say more than that a vote of thanks had been passed to him. The only way to remedy it was to move a vote of thanks. Some further observations were made, when Mr. Theakstone read the report of the high way committee, which were adopted. Mr. Ridley then returned to fire at Mr. Mason for neglecting his duty, and Mr. Mason returned the fire in Waterloo style. The matter ending in an understanding, that if the word "Boughton" was read Smith, aproper under standing would be come to as to what Mr. Ridley intended to say. The• surveyor's report was then read, which stated that during the past month, 1,833 yards of sewerage had been completed. A member moved that the lighting of Church-road and Walmer-road, be for the present discontinued, in consequence of the railway company hating claimed it as private property, and put up railing to prevent vehicles from plying on it. Mr. Liversedge moved, as an amendment, that as the road was still open for foot travellers, the lighting should be continued. The original motion was agreed to, Mr. Liversedge dissenting. This was the only business before the commissioners. MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. At the Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Mansfield, Militon Garia, a Spaniard, a seaman on board the ship Prctornidad, lying in the Waterloo-dock, was charged with causing the death of William Marshall, a brushmaker in the employ of Mr. Morgan, in South John-street, by stabbing him with a bowie knife. It would appear from the state ment of. Inspector Commilin, that he was passing along Dale-street,. at ten.minutes past twelve o'clock on Sunday morning. He heard cries coming from Prestonstreet of " Police, stop him, stop him,", and the officer immediately stopped him and took him into custody. He took him down to the bottom of Preston-street, and there found that he had stabbed Marshall, who was removed to the Northern Hospital, where he died in a few minutes. Kearney, the bridewell keeper, said that, when the prisoner was booked, he was told the charge, and he said he had done it in 'self-defenee. When he came out of Welsh's public house four Englishmen attacked him, struck him in the eye, and robbed him to the extent of lOs 6d. ,He then drew his knife, a very formidable looking instrument, and stabbed the fiist' person who came in his way. On being brought up, the prisoner denied that he had stabbed any one, and added that he never acknowledged it to the bridewell keeper, nor that he had drawn the knife in self defence. Samuel Turner, a youth about 18 years of age, said he was in Welsh's public-house on Sunday morning, and saw the prisoner come in along with three or four other foreigners. They made a great , noise, and they were ordered out. They went out, and came in afterwards, and began kicking up another row. They were told they would be given into custody, when the prisoner said he "didn't care for English law." When witness and his friends came out, the prisoner was standing at the corner. He went over to strike one of the boys, when the deceased ran over to him, and endeavoured to get the boy away from him. The prisoner then drew his knife from his side, and stabbed the deceased in the region of the heart. Witness gave the alarm, and the prisoner was caught by two policemen. He saw the prisoner throw away tha knife. Mr. Hunt, of Goree Piazzas, translated the evidence of the witness, and the prisoner again denied that he stabbed any one. Charles Rowse stated that at about eight o'clock on Saturday night he (witness) and three or four others went into. Walsh's public house, and found the prisoner and the deceased in the house at the time. They made a great noise, and were ordered out. They went out, and came into the bar, and stopped there until closing up time. About twelve o'clock the witness's party went out, and the prisoner attempted to strike one of the boys. The deceased interfered, and the prisoner drew a dagger and struck him in the side. The man reeled and fell. John Fair dough said, he went into Walsh's public-house, at about twenty minutes to twelve o'clock, for a glass of ale. He saw the prisoner and another foreigner or two at about ten minutes past twelve ; he (witness) was standing at his door, when he saw the deceased an d severa l o th ers coming. up the street "grumbling and growling." He saw the prisoner take out his bowie knife, and the deceased went up to him. He does not know whether to take the knife from him or not, but the prisoner yielded his knife and stabbed him, Thomas Ashton said, he was in Welsh's public-house. A foreigner. was there and began Fumbling.. Mr. Welsh put him out, bat he returned in a few minutes with three or four other foreigners, the prisoner being with them. When they came out he saw the prisoner and the deceased had some altercation, and the prisoner directly afterwards ran away. He did not see the deceased stabbed, but be saw the knife fall, but he could not say from whose hands. John Hasslock was at Mr. Welsh's public-house. Deceased left witness about half an hour before closing time. At twelve o'clock witness went up the street, and looked for the deceased. He almost rubbed clothes with him. He had not gone three paces further when he heard the words, "Don't, he's got a knife." He turned round, and saw the deceased with his arm raised, as if he was at tempting to take the knife away from the prisoner. Almost immediately he drew the knife and stabbed him. He would not swear the prisoner was the man who stabbed him, as he did not distinctly see his features, but he could swear to the clothes. Mr. Welsh, the owner of the public-house, said that, at about half-past eleven, he heard a noise in the snug, and he went there, and saw a foreigner quarrelling with a person there, and he tu r ned hi m ou t. H e returned in a few minutes with four other foreigners, including the prisoner. The person whom he turned out seemed to be very indignant, and used some threatening l anguage t o him. Witness knew nothing of what took place in the street. Officer 656 said he was on duty in Whitechapel about a quarter past twelve o'clock, when a lad came up to him and said a man was stabbed, and pointed out a person who he said had picked up the knife. The officer. asked him for the knife. He denied that he had one, but ultimately gave it up, Mr. Clough censured the offi cer f or not detaining the man who had the knife. Mr. Mansfield said that it seemed the pri soner and his friends were determined to pick a quarrel with deceased and his party, and it was a most determined and deliberate attack, and he did not see how he could do anything but commit the prisoner for trial on a charge of wilful murder, THE LATEST TELEGRAMS. • - - INDIA. BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram from Mr. Consul Mark, at Marseilles, was received at the India-office at 2.30 p.m. on the 4th April, from the political secretary, Bombay, to J. Cosmo Melville, Esq. CENTRAL INDIA. Intelligence has been received from Seponge that the rebels, with Rao Sahib, crossed the Beowa on the night of the 7th inst., and are at Mehidpoor ; that the agent of th e R ao had come in to arrange for his submission, agreeably to the Royal Proclama tion. It is also reported that Fepoze Sha is not With the rebel force. Major-General Michael is moving on Bhopal. Bombay Castle, 11th March. MARSEILLES, Monday.--The Panther, with mails from Bombay, Mauritius, and Australia, arrived here at 10.30 this morning. Mails leave at noon by special train Forty five hours' quarantine. The Salsette arrived at Suez from Sydney on the 27th March. The Pera left Malta for South ampton on the Ist, at 4 p.m. THE BRAZILS. The steamer Tyne, from Brazils, passed Hurst Castle, at 730 Monday night. Her news has been anticipated by telegraph from Lisbon. THE PRINCESS MARIE. MARSEILLES, April 4th.—Prince Troubetzs Rol and the Marquis Toulongeon have arrived here to receive the Princess Marie, who is expected from Italy to-day, on board a Russian war steamer. A state carriage is in waiting. A rumour is current that a commercial message has been received here from Sicily, announcing that foreign. corn will be admitted into that country free of duty. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, April 4.-1.15 p.m.:. The Bourse opened flat, Rentes 68.25. 3.30 p.m.: Rentes , closed at a decline of 1 since Saturday, being 68.15 for both Money and Account.s AMERICAN AFFAIRS. PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. NO EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS ALHOUGH THOUGHT ; INDISPENSABLE TO THE CARRYING ON OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE; IMPORTANCE OF THIS DECISION FOR THE FUTURE OF PARTY POLITICS. THE ACQUISITION OF CUBA; To BE AN AFFAIR OF NATIONAL FILIBUSTERING, IF NECESSARY ; CON FESSED TO BE WANTED FOR THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY. THE " METROPOLITAN POLICE " EX POSURES ; AN AFFAIR OF FACTION. STATE DE FALCATIONS IN OHIO. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN NEW YORK ; ROMANIST PREACHING AT THE OPERA HOUSE; COMMOTION IN THE ROMAN CHURCH AT NEW YORK. There is, after all, to be no extra session of Congress, notwithstanding its necessity to vote the requisite supplies for the Post-office. This matter will be hung up in the best way it can. The President found that his party would be ruined by another session at the present conjunc ture. The financial embarrassments of the Post Office Department, caused by the failure of the appropriations from Congress required for the support of this important service, being the principal object of an extra session, they have set this aside for the sake of their party .interests. " In doing this," says the New York Herald, " the President has exhibited a greater magnanimity than his own party, judging it by its late antecedents, will ever give him credit for, and has undertaken a personal responsibility which will make him and his administration the objects of continual attack and misrepresentation from this time forth. His course should entitle him to the honest and ardent support of every democratic politician, and we shall not have to wait long to see if they correspond to the un selfishness he has exhibited. In order to save the party from defeat in the organisation of the next House of Representatives, which would carry with it the shaping of legislation for the next two years, and bring as great a danger to the elee toral campaign of 1860 as the skill of Speaker Banks gave to that of 1856. Mr. Buchanan has determined to place himself and his , Cabinet in the breach, and to save the democratic party from the destruction which the factious . proceedings of some of its own members - has made imminent." So that the Government thus stands confessed to be altogether an affair of party ! A very significant comment, certainly, on our republican system. It was at first found that an extra session could not possibly be done without. No sooner, for instance, had the new Postmaster-General looked into the affairs of his office, than he saw that it was all a farce attempting to carry on it s b us i ness w i t h out those indispens able means which the House refused to grant in the very face of such difficulties, and dispense with the full consciousness of the " dead lock" to which their refusal would bring an impor tant department of the public service. Well, all this has been got o ver, —it was foreseen that it would be the beginning of the great struggle for the next Presidency, and the first contest would be on the Speakership and organisation of the House, as was the case in 1855. In this regard the complexion of the new Congress became a matter of great interest. And then we were presented with a carefully prepared table of the numerical proportions of the different contesting parties, which shewed a small majority against the " regular democracy,"—that is, the party of the present ruling power in the Union. And, said our authority, "from the foregoing data it is evident that the coming Congress will be one of the most discordant we have ever had. The prize to be contended for is the entire organisation of the government for four years, from the 4th of March, 1861, with its expenditure of three hundred millions or more of dollars. All the cliques and factions will do their utmost to kill each other, and many of them will probably succeed in killing themselves. We may expect, in fact, a perfect Kilkenny fight among all parties. Without the democratic vacancies that will probably occur in the ,extra session the opposition would have the organi sation in their hands ; and with the vacancies, they are pretty certain to have it. The policy of the democrats will be to throw the odium that the next Congress is certain to inspire in the country upon their antagonists ; and they will no doubt adopt some rule similar to that they adopted in 1855, which will preclude a combination between themselves and any of the opposition elements. This will force upon the latter the election of Speaker and the selection of committees, which will carry with them the respon sibility of the legislation. Look out, then, for an opposition Congress, and two .of the most disgust ing political scheming sessions we have yet had." And so they go on—" for party giving up what was meant for mankind." The acquisition of Cuba is evidently to be made an affair of filibustering—legalised, or at any rate, Presidentially,sanctioned, for the nonce. At a de mocratic meeting at " Tammany Hall," a place of politico-rowdy notoriety, the question was cha racteristically disposed of on true filibustering prin ciples. A great gun of the democratic party, and hearty supporter of the President—and member of the United States Senate to boot—one Senator Brown, of Mississippi, imparted to the whole thing its true complexion. " The decree," said this sena torial notability, " has gone forth, and there exists nowhere on earth, power to remove it. The only re maining question for us to , consider is this : by what means shall we make the acquisition ? Three modes have been proposed—first, by purchase, that I re gard as the most honourable ; second, by conquest, and that I regard as the most certain ; third, from the agency of the mysterious operation of that power known in political nomenclature by the name of fili bu§terism, and that I regard as the most probable ; but whether by one or the other, or by all these agencies combined, I say again that Cuba must and shall be ours." As to any opposition to it on the other side of the Atlantic, he treats such an idea with vulgar and characteristic contempt. Let me give you this part of the demagogue's harangue, with the interlarding of the populace's sympathetic responses, for they contribute in no slight degree to its stage effect We are told, we take the island of Cuba, we shall offend Englast! we w ill ! (Cheers ~_and and. France. The... devil laughter.) Suppose these Governments should ga t on stilts ; if we won't'bring them down, d—a (Renewed cheering and laughter.) What is it to us whether they like it or not ? When England, t h e slashing bloody old -bruiser—(applause)—has gone fighting eve r, ' round the world insulting everybody, body, and plundering everybody said something, which was not heard at the repor stand ; other voices instantly cried Put him on,t,„ Put him out ;" Throw him out,' Throw hint out. ) 0, . The latter incidents are, of course, after the us...u. (A voice here body, fashion of such democratic liberty-mongers. 101 r.. genteel, the elegant emphasis of the dignified se. tor's denunciations of all objection to the raitl_, L 4 2 e proposed are, of course, only in strict keeping the character of the whole transaction. But th e over-zealous political freebooter let out a small sec t which threw, additional light on the popu lar p roj ce " I have," said he, with amusing naivete,—" I ,httnot a little private reason of my own, which it would be proper for me to keep from you. I want Oka fo o r t the extension of slavery ! I speak for m yself, and _ for any party. (Sensation.) Let Greely understai; this, let Garrison understand this, let all the air If abolition crew understand it. I speak for ranf A _ and those who agree with me." Of course he orc He spoke for the South. He spoke, too (on the s'y r i ; for his party, that cannot stand without sla c , e co-operation. He spoke, moreover (also on the for the President, who could not have stood a sintato day unless the South had been propitiated on . 00 slavery question, and promised further prop itiatl still. So now the real character of the o bjec r° t . i: view stands revealed to Europe and the Isria Cuba is wanted for the extension of American slavel e; The New York " Metropolitan Police " exp os the are making the State Legislature, whose proJeNhe institution was, both angry and ashamed. republican majority," says the account from Al 3 -,;.. " seem disposed to smother the report of the e°,,et mittee respecting the corruptions of the police, vae, their efforts have been frustrated by the i 11 .. c0 p3ndent press. They have even refused to reco so the testimony taken before the committee. I , e , that with this, as with almost every thin „ ' e ls e, this question is to be one of party—or rather of ia be tion. But the exposures are made, and ce.nnerit•of recalled. It is for the respectable people o f the of New York to act according to the light those e . ch posures have thrown upon the system under wil l they are placed by their State Government. .of Another gross piece of State corruption has 3 4 . o f been detected in Ohio. Defalcations on the Par,_,' certain of the State officials, to the extent of a million of dollars have been discovered, —wil ,., ic eis says the New York Herald, " affords only a 5Pee . , 1 , 1 14 of what may be expected in other States,"--a,°,7„ - 0 ,4 • that "in the State of New York millions on 11 11 “,,`" r e of dollars have been squandered on canals, arid" t" e a are four millions of floating debts at this day ; that "it is generally suspected that an honest tigation of the canal and other expenditures in -1 14"1c,e. State, for the last fifteen years, would startle rer world." Turn our eyes where we may, ther e° we see evidences of jobbery and corruption. e' St. Patrick's Day is kept as a great festival in . York, by the Irish population ; and this year it at o h lost none of its enthusiasm or its popularity. early morn," the newspapers relate, 4 , th e air rev' berated with martial and instrumental music, :1114 the faces of our Celtic brethren looked unosn happy. Early in the forenoon, persons of both seis,," in large numbers, promenaded the streets, the eb,, brants of the day being distinguished from others the sprig of shamrock in their hats or goa l° re The Park, and in and around the City Hall, °to crowded at an early hour, and at one time it yr estimated that the crowd numbered ten thousale persons. The steps of the Hall, and the front, were covered by a dense mass of hunnaliiii The leafless trees in the Park were filled wis.s ragged youngsters." Then there were esP, re lic religious services at several of the Roman Ca tiW io churches; and public dinners, and speechifYing s 'vel due abundance, and of great spirit. One n°.n, feature of the occasion deserves special notifiestl" a The Romanists are fond of popular expedients ; en o• on this occasion they had . recourse to sit which has become quite the rage in 'La York— preaching in the Opera House i e - it is stated, I see, that " probably ° ll . a occasion since the completion of the building "' a ils greater number of persons assemble within its Ny'rjo than on yesterday afternoon, to hear. the dise° ll o r , delivered there by Bishop O'Connor. In his e t o r r dium," continues . the account, "the Prellc,oo referring to the banners which were entwined au, or his head, said : —You have assembled. in the na ill , i s •th Ireland, in a country which has received you c - t io generous hospitality ; but it is no violation n ot compact of that hospitality that you should n a cease to cherish a love for the land of your birth ta forefathers, and to take a pride in commeniorat'i's'; their deeds. The banners of the nation whi ch Y s eti bear to-day are a pledge of the confidence relld, in you by your adopted country. He then proe e ,e, or y in a learned and eloquent style, to trace the h i h a rp of St. Patrick, making frequent allusions to the to. and emerald banner of Erin, which never fa" e "se. call forth repeated cheers and thunders of aPP,r-tbe He concluded by . sketching the history c° . ,„00 Catholic Church in America, and alluding in of regret to the recent disastrous fire in Pitts,°";;/ which reduced the cathedral there to ashes. cheering announced the conclusion of the serniobeob which is also all the fashion now-a-days , On s occasions. h $ Apropos of this religious community, w"e.k i --- very numerous and infl u ential one in New ° ,1, - ;10, there has arisen rather a furious storm among '-'7„-sts occasioned by the exclamation of one of their Pr; ( ,), —the Rev. John Dayman, of the Church of S t. + -0. tha t the Evangelist—in his- sermon last Sunday , ,; for " Hell was paved with the skulls of bad pr iests ; which Archbishop Hughes has suspend e d ma n, It appears from the newspapers that Mr. D a y twirl. who is well known i" s the brother of rhas DAYMAN, of the British war steamer Gorgon' st, heretofore been an assistant of the pastor of us , John's Church, but since the Archbishop ha s the' pended him from exercising the functions a' nos priesthood in the di ocese of New York, h e m , to' retired into the fir s t fri en dl y h ouse that was ° P. - c iaen receive him. The f a ithf u l, however, are f orbi to give him food, alms, or habitation; but, O tycl his• standing this, the reverend gentleman expresse;:try, determination to co n ti nue hi s wor k o f the ul i in a nd Another clergyman, the R ev . -F re d e rick Fe r " - ble. Descamps, is also involved in the same troll en t, The transaction is causing considerable ea an d it among the Romanists in New York city ;,ai s an). would seem at present almost to threaten a se' SECRET SOCIETY TRIALS. (From the Belfast News-Letter) Attorn e j; On Mond, short before four o'lock, the General, who had any d by the mail-t . c ain, aPP aced il er ' 2111.1. • Crown Court, in 1 with referef.c3 to the applic ation Rea for the po t2onement of the Secret Society trials, op' posed snch a step. Mr. [tea rose to make the cootie king $ Attorney-General protested against an attorney d ecl ined motion. Baron Fitzgerald, a f ter a l ong argumen t, ae "„rse, to hear Mr. Rea. Th L t gen tl eman sa id he kbew his e , ° i Th e r. aid was determiied to withdraw from the defence altoohe It was then arrang e d th a t B aron Fit zger ald should relt,il6l affidavit, and givea is 1. cision in the morning% Bar lsr ► h e g r 'ld having then read the documents, said that, so , 'for did not see reasons to alter the arrangemell;old going on with the trials in the morning, but h e e ;ewe further affidavits if necessary. hour s " Lord John Russell was engaged during several _, the Saturday in making investigations in the library ," British Museum. ° WATER CoinurrEE.—The usual weekly meeting ° e f t t li h i e s committee was held yesterday. The following here t he members present ;—Messrs. Hodson (chair), FOP, a nd Earle, Crellin, Woodruff, Rae, Ryley, Turner, Still?, t hat Jeffery. The report submitted by Mr. Duncan show e " the the quantity of water received from Rivington duringcus. week ending on Saturday last, was 52,158,0894 a 928 The quantity of water pumped from the wells, 8 i s to 8 - Fallons ; proportion of Rivington to well water sederl their The depths of water in the various reservoirsu3 feet, respective overflows, were as under—Roddelswor!R foot 14 rise 2 feet 4 inches • Angiezark 8 1 inches, rise 1 t 1 foot inches ; Rivington 7 inches rise 2,1 inches; Presc° one 61 inches, fall *inches. Mr. Stitt called attendingl of the drinking fountains on the London road There was no other business before the committee. Li]