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MEANDERS' MENAGERIE —Foot of Shaw's-brow. tOTAL COLLOSSEUM.—Miscellaneous Attractions. giVX— For particulars see advertisements on Bth page rtitlirra Eintro. SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1859 ---4 --- DAY'S NEWS Earl Grey last night in the House of Lords yielded to an appeal from Lord Derby, and with drew his motion respecting the lonian Islands. The Bill respecting the sequestration of livings, was ordered for a third reading on Wednesday next. The Duke of Marlborough laid a bill upon the table to enable dissenters to plead exemption from Church Rates, if they declared that they already con tributed to the support of their own places of worship. In the House of Commons a discus sion took place on the recent appointment of magistrates for Huntingdon. Mr. buncombe ob served that that county already had more magistrates than policemen, and that the late ap pointments were made for a party purpose. Mr. S. Estcourt defended the appointments. The Chancellor of the Exchequer consented to give a morning sitting, on Tuesday next, for the discussion of the Church-rates Abolition Bill. Lord Naas denied that the letters from the persona accused of political offences in Ireland to their professional agents, had been either intercepted or delayed by the govern went. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was not intended to introduce any bill to enable solicitors to practice in the Court of Admiralty without com pensation to proctors. In reply to Sr. Ewart, the Secretary of State for the Colonies stated, that in all emigration ships chartered by the Commissioners, a matron was appointed, who was allowed a back passage. Lord Clarence Paget made a motion for a more formal statement, for the future, respecting proposed expenditure in the constitution and con version of Her Majesty's ships, regarding that ex penditure as wasteful. After a lengthened discus sion, in which several hon. members took part, the Rouse divided, when the motion was lost by 117 to 97. _ - _ . .. An important despatch has been made public ad dressed to the Austrian Ambassador in London, for communication to the British Cabinet. It is dated Feb. 25th, and acknowledges the friendly overtures made by the British Cabinet to spare the world the horrors of a general conflagr_ition. The despatch expresses much soreness at the Court of Turin . assuming to be the organ of the pretended grievances foreign Count Cavour is accused of appealing to Italy. Count in the interests of disorder, while he denies to ; legitimate Governments the same right of overthrownupp e a l it is admitted that the Italian States Is hen revoiution have received aid from Austria, but oynl the demand of their legitimate sovereign. The troops , of Austria had withdrawn the moment order states -established ; the treaties ta 'of Austria with these sre defended as being in accordance with internationals law, they do not impair their independence, does are not injurious to third parties. Austria s not meditate any hostile projects so long as Sardinia respects the ter ritory of Austria and her allies.l The Austrian t Ambassador in London is authoris e d to give to Lord Malmesbury the assurance that th e Emperor will not draw the sword except for the de i n contestable rights, and for the fence of his maintenanc e of treaties that Austria, as well as the Government of Great Britain, considers to be the only solid guar antee of political order. The Vienna correspondent of the Tines says that lord Cowley's mission has been successful, inasmuch as a basis for f uture ne g otiations in regard to Italy has been found. The Vienna correspondent of Le Nord reports the success of Lord Cowley's mission. The basis of an arrangement of a nature to be favourably received by all the great Powers have been decided upon. The Paris correspondent of the Herald says that the hopes of peace to which the resignation of the head of the war party gave rise are daily melting away under the influence of. the war articles which the semi-official journals are THE NORTHERN TIMES,' SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1859 instructed to publish. They steadily repeat that no which not only demand heedful diligence, and r change has taken place in the Emperor's policy require business expe r i ence , b u t mus t have the that grave difficulties still exist between France d a vantage also of intimate local knowledge, in order and Austria, that a settlement of the Italian to their proper disposal, whether in committee or in question isnecessary for the peace of Europe, and that if it cannot be obtained by diplomacy other f the House itself. Most modestly does Mr. HEYWOOD means will be resorted to. The military preparations declare, "in the event of my becoming your repre in France still continue with unabated activity. sentative, I can only hope that my habits of business The Paris correspondent of the Times says and strict attention to the details of my duties may that the statement in the Constitutionnel on the ar maments of Austria in Italy came direct in some degree compensate for my want of ability in from the Sardinian Government to the Tui- other respects." And sure we are, that did there leries, and from the Tuileries they were forwarded really need anything to make compensation for any to the Constitutionnel. It is asserted that the want of ability in other respects, those sterling following additional note was added at the Tuileries This concentration of artillery causes qualities, which it is so well known he possesses in it to be supposed that a veritable siege train was an eminent degree, would far outweigh any such getting together at Pavia, and which can have no I disadvantage as that which he has supposed. The other object than the siege of the fortified places of very distrustfulness of his ability is, moreover, a Piedmont. Austria knows the plans concocted between Paris and Turin, to wrest Lombardy from hopeful sign. It has yet, of course, as respects her. Armaments on one side produce armaments on Parliamentary life, to be tried. But there can be the other, and irritation begets irritation, until a i no doubt that one who has shown so much ability as collision becomes inevitable. The French Govern- i a man of business, in the highest spheres of finan ment gave assurances to Lord Malmesbury that they could give no assistance to Piedmont except in case cial and commercial life, will be found as able, as we of aggression by Austria. Of course Piedmont is know he is willing; to discharge all the duties of a doing her best to provoke' aggression. The ministers Member of Parliament with honour to himself, with are haunted by the fear that,. in spite of appearances, credit to his constituents, and with advantage to his the Emperor and his cousin are on the best country understanding, and that, so far as Italy is concerned, they will act without any more reference to ministers than if they were not in existence PROBABLE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN It was reported in Paris, yesterday, that Prince Napoleon and his young bride are about to proceed to Turin. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says that Prince Napoleon is believed to be higher in the Emporor's favour than ever. All the cor respondence from Piedmont concurs in stating that neither the article in the Moniteur, nor the resigna tion of Prince Napoleon, have destroyed the hopes nor altered the expectations of the necessary aggressive act they say may' be found at hand whenever wanted. CUBA " IT is an ill wind that blows no body good," says the proverb ; and the ill wind of covetousness which has blown from the tinited States upon the Island of Cuba, may not improbably, it now seems, have the effect of doing that important. Spanish posses sion the great good • of ridding it of the curse of slavery. There were several motives for such a step, to which the American threat of annexation would appear to be impelling the Cubans. In the first place, they believe that, in the words of a recent paper upon the subject, written in the interest of Spain, " Cuba, peopled by mulattoes and free blacks, would no longer be the prey that to-day the Americans - aspire after," since it is well known, that " the Southern States urge the acqui sition of that island because they could divide it into two States, and could_thus re-establish in the Senate and House the equilibrium of votes, which_ now stand to their disadvantage. Cuba, besides, would serve them as a dep3t, to which they could draw the negroes of Africa, and to give a great impetus to the slave trade." These are certainly most tangible and powerful reasons for the South erners of the United States coveting Cuba. Again, it is considered that the most effectual strength eners of Spanish rule are the two hundred thousand mulattoes of Cuba, who are to-day free men, in possession of every civil and political right, and who would, the day following its annexation to the United States, fall back to the level of the slaves; and that to augment and fortify this coloured population by the accession to the rank of all the negroes still in the bonds of slavery would be to raise an insurmountable barrier to American invasion ; while having once made them free, it is certain they would sooner perish under the banner of Spain' than submit to' the re-estab lishment of slavery by the hands, of Americans. More than all this, as the paper already quoted sets forth,' "to proteCt Cuba against the covetous Americans, Spain ought, above all, to count on England, who hg's also Jamaica and so many other A telegraphic despatch in the Univers announces that the Carnival had concluded without the slightest disturbance having taken place on any point of important islands to defend ; but the former intimate relations between Spain and England have greatly changed during the last twenty years; and" the prin cipal cause, not to say the only cause, of this cold ness is the undeniable continuance of the Cuban slave trade and the tolerance, but little disguised, that the Spanish authorities afford to this inhunian traffic. This continuance of the trade, in obliging England to maintain, from self respect, a squadron in the sea of the Antilles, is the source of continued difficulties which spring up periodically between England and the United States." Here, then, is a combination of powerful reasons for doing what no single motive, perhaps, would eves effect. The argument thus framed, be it known, is of Spanish origin. And, in the present state of the case, it is natural that it should be. For Spain is threatened with the loss of the most valuable of her colonial possessions; and it is but reasonable, there fore, that she should cast about for the most available expedients of defence against such an attack. What ever Spanish statesmen have thought before, what so likely as that they should now have come to see, that the abolition of slavery is the most infallible means of assuring to Spain the retention of a colony, but for whose fifteen or twenty millions of tribute money annually replenishing the treasury, her finan cial condition would be desperate indeed. One very important preparation for the abolition of slavery in Cuba, is the introduction of coolies, as free labourers. A bill now awaits, we believe, the authorisation of the Spanish Cortes, for obtaining twenty thousand such free labourers, to be drawn either from the Asiatic colonies of Spain, or from Hindostan,—a project which it is confidently ex pected will eventually result in the cessation of the African slave trade with Cuba, and be followed, in no long time, by the abolition of slavery. Slave labour is very expensive,' and is increasingly so, on account of the high and still advancing price of slaves. And the statement is quite credible, there fore, that " the Spanish Minister has well understood, that the only means of effectively destroying the trade was to assure the planters of cheap labour. That is why he wishes to introduce coolies into Cuba. The purchase price of negroes, and the expenses of their support, are high enough at the present time in that island, for this effort to have some chance of success. If the planters find it advantageous to employ these new labourers, they will have no longer any interest in favouring the slave trade. The latter would immediately cease, and Spain would gain by this movement a moral re habitation, and the protection of England against the United States." True, there must be compensa tion to the slave owners, whenever the abolition of slavery may be decreed. But the proceeding alluded to is calculated to facilitate that necessity, by reducing the amount through the influence of the cheaper free labour ; which, combined with other considerations, "permits the hope," they tell us, "of seeing the day when the weight of indemnity will cease to be too overwhelming, and when the expenses of emancipa tion may be accomplished by the means of a loan, to be repaid by the revenues even of Cuba,"—while, in such a case, the further hope, they think, may be indulged, "that English philanthropy, in that hour, will not refuse Spain her financial assistance." It would seem, then, to be more than ever im probable that the United States will be able to annex Cuba. Their very attempt to do so is only having the effect of raising up more insurmountable barriers than ever. And who knows but it may even result in shaking to its foundation their own slave system P Who knows that the very scheme which the Ame rican slave-owners so cunningly devised for feeding and fostering slavery in their own boasted free country, may not have the effect, however indi rectly, of breaking up their abominable systo,ut alto gether ? At any rate, they seem very likely io be immediately outwitted,—just as with " Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself." THE STILL CRITICAL STATE OF INDIA. IT is with no disposition, let our readers be as sured, either to disparage the great achievements of our victorious :army in India, or to discourage the excited hopes of peace as their immediate result, that we remark upon the fact which every recent mail has served but to bring out more and more prominently, that although the rebellion is in a great measure suppressed, there are still left the germs of it in sufficient vitality to render very precarious the permanent tranquillity, if not the actual safety, of that vast empire. It may be said of it, indeed, as Macbeth said of his bloody affair,— • " We've scotch'd the snake,.not killed it." Would one could be free from the further apprehen sion, that, " She'll close and be herself; whilst our poor malico Remains in danger of its former tooth." But so long as tho'se two reptiles in human shape, NANA SAHIB and TANTIA. TOPEE, whose bite has been found more dreadful than that of the most venomous serpent, remain at large, and are the centres, as they are believed to be, of inveterate insurgency, and vindictive hostility, so long with the empire be exposed to a protracted, however smothered, rebellion, which must require the most vigilant and the most anxious military surveillance and resistance. There is but too much reason to remember, and to think of with horror and indignation, the monster 'NANA. Little is known circumstantially of his recent proceedings. But, according to the last ad vices, he was believed to be at no great distance from Nepaul, still in command of a host of rebels. Now Nepaul—fortunately, let us hope—has solicited, and of course obtained, the co-operation of our troops in attacking the rebels. The official account is, that JUNG BAHADOOR of Nepaul, having applied to Lord CLYDE for the aid of British troops to assist in reducing the rebels now refugees in his territory, Lord CLYDE ordered Brigadier HORSFORD to ad vance into Nepaul, and that Brigadier HORSFORD accordingly , had crossed the Raptee for the purpose of joining the Ghoorka army,—the rebels under BENI MAHDO, NANA SAHIB, and others, being, it was believed, at no great distance from Bankee in Nepaul. So that, from this, there was a revived hope of yet capturing the miscreant NANA. The other sanguinary miscreant, TANTIA TOPEE, who is a brother of NANA SAHIB, at the head of his Mahratta horsemen, has contrived to elude the pursuit which has now been kept up for months almost without interruption, and is still the object of anxious pursuit. His pursuers have been close upon him on several occasions lately. He had the boldness to give them battle at Rajghur, arid in the engagement he is said to have been wounded. But he effected a sally of his forces at Seronge, about sixty miles east of Rajghur. Seronge was, however, abandoned, and they proceeded to Esaughur, with the intention, it was supposed, of making a dour upon Dotteeah, through the Shahabad districts. Esaughur is a fortress belonging to SCINDIAH, whose troops seem at once to, have fraternized with the Mahratta rebel, and to have placed twenty-one guns at his disposal. Subsequently he made an unsuccessful attempt upon Ulwur, and then fled to the Bickaneer territories. It appears that the Ulwur contingent, not believed to be particularly loyal, gave him no assistance, and he was forced to sheer off with his colleagues to the northwards They directed their course towards Rewaree, but afterwards turned to the westward, and were, when in that neighbourhood, very nearly caught by one of the British columns, which, after marching two hundred and ninety-four miles in twelve days, and. fifty-two miles in forty-eight hours, came up with TANTIA, who then fled for his life, and managed to escape their pursuit. One can only hope that he has • not got away altogether. Such was the state of the case at the date of the last accounts. The capture of those desperate and blood-thirsty rebel-chiefs is essential to the full establishment of tranquillity and order condign punishment is highly important as an example to the whole population so lately in open rebellion. And it is indispensable if the country is to be made secure against future disturbances. There is, besides, much, very much, to avenge— much to effect in the way of retribution—by the capture of two such monsters. The work in hand, therefore, ought not to be considered as quite completed, until they are secured, and dealt with as the martial law of the case, which they have called down upon themselves, would at once prescribe. The Earl of Rosslyn has accepted the post of Undei Secretary of State for War, vacated by Viscount Harding° THE ARMY.—Twenty-eight captains of Engineers and Artillery of the Indian army, are gazetted to the brevet rank of majors in the army. -_---...--_ CANADIAN POSTAGE.-4 treasury warrant in the Gazette imposes an additional payment of 6d on all unpaid letters and letters will be forwarded whether pre-paid or not. S. May to be Consul at Liverpool for the King of the Netherlands; Rear-Admiral Sir T. Hastings, late Store-keeper of the Ordnance, to be APPOINTMENTS, Mr. J. W Rome, The Piedmontese Gazette publishes a royal decree prohibiting the exportation of forage and oats by the frontier of Loinbardy. The Piedmontese Gazette announces that Baron Carlo Poeiro and the Sixty-six Neapolitans, who have landed at Queenstown, have invoked the protection of the Sardinian Ambassador in London. The idea of treating the Reform Bill in the same way as the India Bill of last session is ridiculed by the Globe, which says, we are now led to accept proved disqualifications, as reasons why this trying reform task should not be transferred to other hands. The Lebanon arrived here yesterday afternoon. She brought New York papers of the 27th ult., and upwards of 300,000 dollars in specie, The news is unimportant. The House of Representatives had refused to revive the tariff of 1846. The thirty millions Cuba bill is not again to be brought up this session, but Mr. Sliddell said that he should re introduce it in the Senate next session. The markets were steady, money abundant, and the stock market improving. An important meeting of manufacturers was held in the Clarendon Rooms, yesterday, to consider the resolution of the Water Committee to supply water to manufacturers only by metre. The meeting appointed a deputation to remonstrate with the Committee upon this subject, especially as to the alleged fact, that the waters are patented by the Water Engineer ; and also to urge the necessity of a reduction of the charge to manufacturers, to ls. 2d. per ton. At the Police Court, yesterday, the second mate of the ship Samaritan was brought up on a charge of committing a murderous assault on a black man named Campbell. From the evidence, as reported in another column, it appeared that the prisoner had ordered Campbell to grease a portion of the mast, which he refused to do, statingthat he had just done so previously. On Campbell going aloft, the prisoner followed him and beat him so severely with a rope,' that he .fell to the rdeck, from a height of 145 feet, and he now lies at the Northern Hospital in a precarious state. Another extraordinary cross case of assault was leard, in which a man named Smith, and a woman named Mrs. M'Parlin, were plaintiffs and defendants. The swearing on both sides was most extraordinary ; so much so that the magistrates said they had never heard or read anything to equal it. If there were but one case of assault gross perjury must have been committed, though the witnesses on both sides were respectable. The magistrates were unable to decide which was the worst, and justly fined both parties. The Bank returns, as published in last night's Gazette, are of a favourable nature. There is an increase of £73,390 in the amount of bullion, and of £300,770 in the reserve of notes. The decrease in active circulation is £173,245. THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. IT is highly creditable to Liverpool, and must at the same time, one would think, be satisfactory to all the other towns in the Southern Division of Lancashire, as :well as to the County at large, that it is about to furnish so worthy a successor to our much respected retiring member, Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, as Mr. J. P. HEYWOOD would seem so admirably qualified to be; and it is only to be hoped, that there will no petty jealousies arise, in any quarter, to mar the unanimity which at present prevails, as to that gentleman's return. Party feeling there is so far apparently none ; and we trust there will not be any, - for it is not an affair of political party, but of public utility. At the same time, Mr. HEYWOOD is most undoubtedly of the party of progress, as who must not be, that could think of such a position as that of the representation of a constituency like South Lancashire ? His political opinions, we believe, are closely in harmony with the spirit of the age, and although they may be tempered by the influences of practical experience, of cool reflection, and of an enlightening business knowledge, they are only, on that account, all the more desirable for the circumstances of the present occasion MR. HEYWOOD has himself a becoming diffidence of his own suitableness for the difficult and respon sible post which he has been so honourably solicited to aspire to fill; and the fact that he has much occupation which he cannot at once relinquish, but which he is not unwilling to lay aside, at the call of public duty, must serve to strenghten his claims, in no slight degree, to sympathy and support. It was well known, of course, to those who have pointed him out to the constitutiency, that he has not been accustomed to take part in public life ; and it can readily be believed that, under such circum stances, and for his own sake, he has no ambition to enter Parliament. We ought to receive, there fore, all the more confidingly, and the more cordially, his assurance to those who pre sented to him the requisition to offer him self for election to so important a public position, that, as he so well expresses it, " encouraged by your good opinion, and understanding that my firm, although moderate opinions, in favour of steady progress, may prove acceptable to a majority of the electors of South Lancashire, I place my services at your disposal, and shall hold myself in readiness to become a candidate for our county whenever a disso lution takes place." That such a choice of a repiesentative as this will be most judicious, must be apparent, we think, to everyone, when it is considered how important are the business affairs in the House of Commons con tinually of such a constituency —matters constantly requiring the most careful attention there ; and K.C.B. THE BILLETING SYSTEM.—A deputation from the Man chester and Salford Licensed . Victuallers' Association, which waited on General Peel yesterday, received satisfactory assurances that various amendments would be made in the billeting syritem, one of which is, that under the military supervision, innkeepers would`be allowed to provide special accommodation for soldiers other than their own houses. CITY OF LONDON REFORM MEETING, YESTERDAY.—The Lord Mayor presided, and the Guildhall was densely crowded. Baron Rothschild, Sir J. Duke, and Mr. Crawford, three of the members for the city, were present, besides several other members of the House of Commons. Mr. S. Morley moved that the Government Reform Bill was unworthy of acceptance. The Lord Mayor was about to put the question to the vote, when the appearance of Mr. Ernest Jones produced a scene of great confusion, in the midst of which the resolution was carried, besides another which decided that Mr. Ernest Jones should not be heard, and, in consequence, he withdrew. A letter was read from Lord John Russell, expressing his gratification at the deter mination of the citizens to meet, and predicting that if the clause disfranchising freeholders in boroughs was carried, it wonld enable landholders to revive in small boroughs all the evils which prevailed before 1832. The proposal of voting by written papers would, he said, facilitate transactions the most dangerous to the independence of such boroughs; and, lastly, his lordship asserted that the refusal to extend the franchise to the industrious classes in towns was another invidious and obnoxious quality of the bill. THE COURT, Her Majesty the Queen had a dinner party on Thursday evening, at Buckingham Palace. The company included the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, the - United States Minister and Mrs. Dallas, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister atl4 Countess Platen, the Marquis of Ailsa, the Earl and Coutitvss of Donougbmore, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston ' Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley, the Right Hon. Stephen Lush ington, D.C.L., the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, and General Sir John Burgoyne. The Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. ilardinge, visited the South Kensington Museum on Thurs day afternoon. His Royal Highness rode on horseback in the foonoou. Her gajesty's private band attended in the Drawing room in the evening. The Earl of Minto is suffering from severe indisposi tion. His lordship has been very unwell since Saturday last. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. No SHIP 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, SAuNnnus & Co., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard steamer Niagara sails with the American mails this day. She takes her departure about two o'clock in the afternoon for Boston, via Halifax. The box at the Post-office eloses at. 12 o'clock, and finally at one o'clock. The receiving' box on the landing stage will be opened until two o'clock. HENGLER'S CIRCUS.—We can add nothing new to what we have so often said of the merits and the success of this place of popular entertainment. It would indeed be singular if such an establishment sustained with so much spirit, and presenting an ever-changing variety of amuse ment, were not successful in receiving the patronage of the public of Liverpool. ACCIDENTS.—Thos. Carr, residing at No. 8, Lawrence- street, received a very were injury on the knee yesterday, by a sack of corn falling upon him at the Wellington dock. Thomas Inlan, a navigator on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was yesterday engaged in shifting a flat, when he fell into the canal, and was crushed between two flats, and received a severe injury on the arm. _ FIltE AT THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER'S DOCK terday evening, about five o'clock, a fire was - discovered in a hay-loft in the Duke of Bridgewater's dock, George's Pier-head. Alarm being giveri, the engines from the different stations were soon en the spot, and the flames were.subdued in a few minutes. The damage done does not exceed £2O. We believe that the property destroyed was not covered by insurance. ARREST ON A CHARGE OF TOUTING.—We have not had, for some time past, any public case of " touting," at the Police-tout ; but yesterday the system appears to have been revived, and an " outsider," who does a trifle in that line, found himself an " insider" of the Bridewell, on a charge of having " done" a poor woman out of a certain " fee." The case will come before the Court this morning, and therefore, we say, no more about it at present. " • ADDITIONAL 'CURATES SOCIETY.—The advertisement of the annual sermons to-morrow, and the annual meeting on Monday next, appear in our paper to-day. Although the society is rapidly gaining fresh support ,in this diocese, we recollect that its meetings have been very thinly attended, but it is to be hoped that the friends of the society will encourage the speakers by their presence in greater numbers this year. Archdeacon Sandford is known as the author of " Parochialia," and other valuable works, and is an admir able speaker. Archdeacon *Bickersteth is brother to the Bishop of Ripon. The meeting is appointed at half-past two, to meet the con ven i ence o those who wish to take part in laying the foundation-stone of the Orphan Asylum ; but it is the intention to make the proceedings as brief as possible. There will be no collection. AMPHITHEATRE.—Madame Celeste performed in this theatre during the week, and as yet seems to have felt no impairing touch of time, so far as regards her dramatic capacity. Madame Celeste is, to all outward appearance, as young, so far as her artistic powers are concerned, as ever. She performed during the week in some parts which were new to Liverpool. " The Sister's Sacrifice" is a drama which, although founded upon that principle of unreasonable and even unjustifiable denial and sacrifice of self, which has morbidly haunted English and American light literature of late, had, nevertheless, the very great advantage that it afforded full and varied scope for the meld-dramatic acting of Madame Celeste, and had some passages which allowed the actress: to display alniosV the highest reach of her powers. Many old and favourite pieces, identified with the name of Madame Celeste, such as " The French Spy," were also performed. To-night the ever-verdant " Green Bushes" will be produced. _ _ ST. ANNE'S, STANLEY, WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION. — A lecture connected with the above active association was delivered in the National School-room, Old Swan, on Wednesday evening, by Mr. J. W. Penn, the subject selected being "Emigration, with its causes and effects." The audience was an average one, and appeared gratified by the numerous and interesting statistics introduced, showing the necessity and rapid increase of emigration from this country to our various principal colonies. The Rev. T. Gardner occupied the chair. It is intended shortly to bring the present session of these lectures to a close (as is usual 'at this time of the year), but the committee formed to forward the interests of the Working Men's Association, continue energetic in their operations, and meet .with most liberal and gratifyinc , support, besides a gradual addition of new members. On' Wednesday next the lecture will be on " Rare old Chester " (illustrated by diagrams), Mr. J: B. Marsh, of the "ancient city," having kindly consented to deliver it. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—In re William Mannion : This bankrupt, a currier and leather dealer, came up on his last examination. From a statement made by Mr. Tyrer, the solicitor to the assignees, it appeared that the cash account was not delivered in time to enable the assignees to investigate it, and also that the assignees required infor mation in reference to transactions between the bankrupt and Messrs. Kyper. Under these circumstances, with the assent of Mr. Yates, who appeared for the bankrupt, an adjournment was granted to the 6th of April. In re William Titterington : The bankrupt, a licensed victualler, appeared on his adjourned last examination. Mr. Yates supported, and Mr. Bretherton appeared for an opposing creditor. After an examination by Mr. Bretherton the bankrupt was allowed to pass, it appearing that the account presented, though not satisfactory, was the best the bank rupt could furnish, and that the estate would derive no benefit from a further adjournment. The certificate meet ing was fixed for the Bth of April, CORONER'S INQUESTS. —The Coroner held the following inquests, yesterday :—On the body of Mary Ann - Brown, 30 years of age, an unfortunate girl, who lived in 14 Court, Crosshall-street. On Saturday week the wretched girl was drunk, and had a quarrel with some people about the house, 4hen she put her hand into some squares of glass, cutting her hand and wrist badly. She was subsequently taken to the Northern Hospital, but mortification set in, and she died in consequence. Verdict accordingly. On the body of John Woolfall, who resided at 13, Washington-street. He was a deaf and dumb man, but was in independent circumstances. He was 60 years of age. Edward Nuttal, who is engaged at Mr. Lloyd's stables, Sandon street, said he found the body of deceased on Wednesday morning last, in a cutting at the end of Dr. Godfrey's house, 90, Huskisson-strect. The cutting was about six feet deep. The witness said the place was very dangerous. and he had, on one occasion, fallen in'there himself. John Bamber corroborated the last witness, as to the finding of the body and the danger of the place. Police-constable Lomax, 93, gave similar evidence, and said there was no protection from the excavation. He had ascertained that the land where the cutting is belongs to Messrs. James and Robert Potter. Joseph Caldwell, police officer 482, said he knew the excavation for twelve months, and some time ago, a policeman fell into it. Mr. Quick instructed him to ascertain to whom the place belonged, and he saw a Mr. Potter, who told him the excavation was opened for the benefit of Dr. Godfrey's house. The place was in a dangerous state, and Mr. Potter told him he would put a paling round it, but it was not done. It is six feet five inches deep. Mr. James Potter, a builder, who is in partnership with his brother, was examined : The ground belongs to them, but he did not consider it in a dangerous state. Verdict, " Found suffocated in an excavation," but how he came there, no evidence to show. The jury, at the same time, thought there was blame attached to the parties for not having the excavation railed round. On the body of David Evans, 14 years of age. He was drowned by accident in the river, and the jury found a verdict accordingly. Mr. VANDENHOFF'S READING OF " ANTIGtorTE."—Last night, the Collegiate Institution was filled by a large audience gathered together to hear the reading of Sophocles' " Antigone," in which Mr. Vandenhoff bore the principal part. The female parts—those of Antigone and Ismene—were read by Miss Page, of the Theatre Royal. The Liverpool Vocal Union represented the chorus of the drama, and sustained with considerable skill and effect the task df rendering the beautiful music of Mendelssohn. Mr. Vandenhoff's reading of the parts which belonged to him, and of which Creon and Haimon were, it need hardly be said, the prominent features, was noble, majestic, full of the simplicity and deep emotion which unite in this most pathetic of the Greek dramas. No symptom of the decay of either mental or physical power which age must be expected to bring was visible in the manner of the veteran tragedian last night. Some of the passages were declaimed with as much spirit, others with as unexaggerated a pathcs as we have ever heard from Mr. Vandenhoff. Miss Page although sometimes . over vehement and masculine in manner, yet on the whole sustained her difficult task with credit. Some drawback was felt by the audience in the fact, that the translation of the drama, which was circulated through the Hall, was, although high in price, so miserably condensed as scarcely to correspond at all with the text from which Mr. Vandenhoff read, and was full of blunders. We have _ - not space to enter into a critica; , in which Mr. Vandenhoff was ni. nst effective not: 1 _,,, A needed. The frequent applause of the their full appreciation of'" his power. : - . 11 audience inelle%e`-, detail of the Pers c rit one d Pa ssa ha t'd ; indeed, the plaudits which interrupted the re- li'es 01 we suspect, more of a reference to the present I.'"` „ i t tbe Europe than to the tragic genius of Sophocles, ,,ei dramatic art of Mr Vandenhoff. A peculiarly n'arh'oti: acclamation followed the line in which Mr. Vanden state reading the part of Daimon, exclaimed : "There is no the where one commands alone." The passage with w hich, t i v an del e to part of Gaon closes, was delivered by Mr. app ealeu 4 with an exquisite and touching pathos, which the feelings of all present, and was listened to in the deer,e,'; silence, suddenly followed by a burst of irrepreso applause. v oe THE FOUNDATION STONE OT' THE NEW CHURCH, .` l i 1 0 STREET.—On Monday next, the Rev. Rector CarnPb e h for consented to lay the foundation stone of a new cha re d oce the district abutting upon Finch-street. This little e el l to be called St Mary Magdalene Church. It is but 10. known, 'that some few years since this stree t and i " - it' mediate locality, was a bye-word in the town 11,,,°rri, immorality and its iniquity, for in 26 streets and 7 9 :7 10 ; including 1,258 houses, no less than -31 °I 1) 1 / were brothels, but now they are considento reduced. Since 1855, periodical services hare 1) 01 performed in a small room in Audley have been found so eminently successful, that it hes_,,,, , A , found necessary for giving accommodation to the con`i. tion to have a much larger building. Last year, the the Rector Campbell made an appeal to the public, f,, ° „ r re b, purpose of gatheriner a suffieient sum to erect a neW e"".t i 5 and that appeal has' - been so liberally responded to, tbatstlio now deemed prudent to erect a new church, the inu nd it stone of which will be laid on Monday next, v i ll e m it e laitl expeCted that a very large number ofthe clergy It u '''. • a din .• _ ecce. .Lie street, bee will take part in the sacred and interesting pi" u " t h si The site selected for this new church is on the 8 °. 9 of Finch-street, extending to Mill-street, East. all of land was formerly covered with houses of ill - f ame 'oc which, however, have been removed and will b e red removed; churc h r s, design of this church has - been entrusted to the W. and J. Hav, the eminent architects of this tohtuti )y a very neat they have succeeded in producing one of the most . T 1 pi; d tasteful buildings; that have been seen broo di an strict. The church will be 70 feet long by 47 feet three divided into a nave and an aisle, with galleries on f7O sides, and will, when completed, hold upwar ds po rk persons. The chancel will be formed of tabernac le hen! t the north and south sides to the depth of 12 fe et, i ' l i f orP, will rise two steps, on which will be a dias for the Aloto table. The floor will be composed of Minton's tass'oiell tiles. The roof will be open and framed voricLbed together with the pewing, will be stained and vsr ll 7, l o l(s ' resemble oak. On the north side are four large wi-olieri' and three dwarf windows below to light the i g o f th The bell loft will be 80 feet high above the We 'nll t be street, surmounted by a gilded foliated cross; front dressings will be executed in white stone, while will be executed in red, black, and white bricksl,s,6l,, interwoven, The greatest economy has been disPN the entire cost of the erection of the buildin". "" exceed £1,700. The contractor for the eree c til building is Mr. J. Pooley, of Lime-street , an' completed will be a great ornament to the l o calit y 1319 COUNTY COURT, Yesterday.—(Before i n a Esq.. Judge.)—Maguire v. McNally.—This 0" - a to brought to recover the sum of £l5 14s 6d, all twin sue for board and lodging by the defendant, ' the l e er he ship Eo•P'" L..- — 6 erta, to the plaintiff,, a lodging-- 0 0 Mr. lime appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. P r ' of the defendant. Mrs. Sarah Carroll, daughte r o ot plaintiff was examined, and said she conducted her business in the years 1856-6, when the debt 5c . ; 3 . : boo iwii4izn - ic-Cli Mcihlly, who had remained in the ircloroi twenty-four weeks, during which time he becalo!, i 010„ 1 to witnesses mother to the amount of £24 1.45• to n which had been paid. The terms for board an"„, e i r 9 , 4 was £1 is per week, and no arrangement was 111 '; e tarr o i price with Captain McNally, and that the araous'o.oll, was the usual sum paid by sea captains. she d rec eot io aware that her son, at present in Melbourne, ,b ° aistil le t j e £5. Captain McNally, on being examinee, with swore to his having entered into an agreement,ls. plaintiff for 18s a week, and that he had pai d bo t rt whole amount would have been settled long $14130111.)t) the exorbitant charges made by plaintiff. 71 - 11. said £7 5s 6d had been lodged in coat , , ro with the £l5 paid would make up the slot o .is upon by the captain. His Honour said, it was ceptot, likely that boarding-house keepers would take ot to o , without making an arrangement as to the 9 111° , 0 toi. paid, and Captain 111‘.Nally had distinctly sr o tber',, amount. From the evidence, he could not e ( „ ) ,Akse r , than give a verdict in favour of the defendant. so ot pi Manger and Another. The plaintiff in this ea se • 0 0 1 3 0 recover the sum of £5 10s. as share in the 0 111, — t i for 1)4 chartering the ship Amelia. Mr. Hughes, ag e° o ooo Falkner, gave as evidence, that upon the'defellhoter 1 3 were ship brokers, being introduced to him b e T , 64 11 ,0 vessel to carry machinery to Valentia, and hei°.-ti tba j p . I the charter he told Mr. Manger, the defenclarljefessed would want a share of the commission. Th e m ref il t ini promised him one third which was afterws l ;ol o do Mr. Manger, the defendant, stated that som e ,r ne tref . tro had taken place about commission, but he ha d " e a rps mised a third. to Mr. Hughes. It was mentioeissionio the charter was signed, and a third of the CO l °, ll l / 001,101 given to the captain, and another third to Mr• e h o`ift had introduced plaintiff and defendant to es, f itbd r Defendant would not have chartered the ves se :, r , o . ll , if eel Hughes if he had first said he wanted conital ssl a e be o . t et specific arrangement for commission had been ra rl r o " them. His Honour said, that as there had hee r : ii i s siot,/ ment to pay the plaintiff a part of the CO would give judgement for the nonsuit. -rad din William Gillespie came up for his final orde r ', sP atoll unopposed, it was granted. Peter Jones e sl° ., r ; C ll gaol for his discharge. He was supported by ""' and being_unopposed, was discharged. off" " , A n oi THE EW RECREATIVE AND MUTUAL -- c ola Sociury.— On the evening of Saturday last, ss l , B ; e z f ° o ' on Monday, about 200 of the industrious a r-3 et, town, assembled at the Hope Hall, Hope -stre r rsti ° purpose of forming amongst themselves a ° e t as mutual improvement association. A re °s e elies,„, evening was spent—some very practical 8 1 1 ' e otal'i t delivered on the occasion. The result was/ „Iliac, was formed, a number of those present fe"", ' selves as members, and we understand that t'-feact is the basis upon which the society will bi.e 11u$ It is proposed that the society should consist 01; be number of shares ;. that no shareholder sio ll t more than one share ; that it should not %eberlo necessary that the full amount of the share `, sli°, l/j once paid up ; and, if it was, that such holdespre, paid at the rate of 5 per cent. as interest. I f it r idl e. wishes to withdraw, he can do so at any ti rne 'daf s „ whole or a portion. of his share, by giving on e ; o ,oo ll ' thus making the institution a provident ass °c : the institution is to be opened every evening' 1 : 0 0 011 f t shareholders to pay the smallest possible es , o tii admission. In order to increase the usefutesedi oQ institution, and, to extend its objects, it is P r-4 ttee , limited number of non-subscribers should be adva l s , per b payment of a small sum —perhaps one half-Pe n /0o : 0 It was estimated that 320 persons were to b e ' a cn e holders, and pay' one, farthing per night f° , l f e res'o about £lOO would be annually collecte%, ico„ any amount to be raised by casual visitors, w b ' e c e eslii sufficient to meet the following. absolutely 11,,orhoPoj penses : —Rent of room, or interest on outlaYi s i t ot's aii new room, say £4O per annum, £4O ;_ , ass ;he r e ., /i) r er £2O ; newspapers, £lO ; gas and coal, 1 1 ° ; a lly to go towards paying other absolutely nee es- e iasseL-0 and the overplus for the different tb t the establishment of such an institution, ositie°ol artisan, who is desirous of improving hi s P ds o°o l morally and socially, and there are thou` Hill be '4.1 0 _,! population whose earnest wish is so to do, yid $ to enjoy a few hours every evening in the w ee r ec s ing„, way, instead of being driven for amusein eu ` o r thee, to the filthy atmosphere of the public-house, ;, oce", saloons. It is proposed that the eveningental shall consist of both vocal and i n struw N o until a certain hour, when they ea ° p o p to . 0 0 selves into sections if so disposed, I n her Ae r', l chess, drafts, tagatelle, or anY A -t c_r a r" tit amusement. At a certain hour the lesif ri t ' i citb ° wit ) , topics of the day will be publicly read, e ° „i r ieo n f meat ; there all political differences of c [ ii riti" t ioll s avoided. After, the parties will have an opPo r s oil! or ot," retiring to their games, &c., or to the e bah ies' 'books, plates, prints, models of all kinds, ni e r „ c o vbie ll e r tel! c i contrivances, philosophical instruments, SLe. . 1 ' as 0,, each member will be invited to intro such o po i possible, some of the above-named articles•_d to be to may be exhibited for sale, the amount reali.s e tead e " t ios s i over to the depositors. As the society Is s tree t brt.,. andr jet 9 self-supporting, classes for singing an in or e ver t instrumental music will be encouraged,eiiver thl4pe.c, association, when formed, may be able to 11 , t he PT et n amed withmusic withmusic by the members, it is hoped th.T'cothes,o4o,,„ an agreeable and instructive evening will iner_ wheca w 0 01 of casual visitors, and, at certain times, Pa r ti le 7 s cre p bers or not, will be invited to g i ve ' w ith l ot et!;, interesting and important subjects ß c e o e nu re e 3 7k t e w ly it t : t e jo b el k i litl e pursuits ; but not at times when it is "' Th is, l'op,„p with the general evening-arrangements. Soc' t he '„0 is the general basis of the new' there cannot be a doubt that it will raev: o pala ot oll'a port of a large class of the industriousr be e" that, in the course of time, branches and 0. 4 Or within the several wards of the tow° , „ e of place of resort within short distam• home,