Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

tommadur THIS DAY. rams D.or, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, • A Quantity of DEER HORNS, Saari, from Bombay.—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers RAG SALT Tins DAT, the 10th instant. One o'elbet , at the ` ) 5, Tempi Brokers' Saleroom, Bales Mixed Australian Bales Egyptian and Trieste Cottons Bales Trieste Wooll ens RAGS Bales Italian Knitted and Cloth Woollens Apply to W. GREAME and Co., Brokers 'zits DAY, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 130 Barrels CURRANTS, 125 Ditto DITTO, crop 1857, ,60 Ditto DITTO, crop 1856. GEORGE BADENACII and SON, Brokers. MIS DAY, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 50 Cases African GUM COPAL, 7 Casks ct landed ex Maggie Walker, from Sierra Leone, in the Albert irk Warehouses.—Apply to Messrs. Burnett and" Kidd, Mer rubs; or to J. H. RAYNER & Co., Brokers. 'Tana .DAv, -the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 113 Bales RAGS,' - !ex Decimus, from Alexandria:—Apply to Messrs. Brothers, and Co., Merchants ; or to J. IL RAYNER and Co.. Brokers Tins DAY, the 10th instant, at One o'clock, at the - „Brokers' Saleroom, 35, Dale-street, 31 Bales Fine .Austrian Army Clippings, ex Euphrates, 24 ,;" ' Do. do. ex Damascus, 145 „ AuStralian Woollens, 24 „ Worsted Shoddy, Ipply to ;ales RAGS. JOIIN L. BOWES & BROTHER, Wool Brokers, TO-MORROW ow,' the-llth instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick-street, 200 Barrels Sour FLOUR, a Ridley, from Bahia, in Albert Dock.—Apply to H. H. GOLDING, Broker. NEXT WEEK MONDAY next, the 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers , Ode( 18 Casks Fine SPERM OIL, 15 HEAD MATTER, w landing ex De Witt Clinton.—Apply to ZIGLAND, SONS, and JEFFREY'S, Brokers OVTISIRSDAY, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, • . 3,000 Dry Salted HIDES, 300 Dry HIDES, n Isabella Ridley, from Bahia.—Apply to Messrs. Edward fohnston, Son, and - Co., Merchants ; or to SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broker. On FILIDAY the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, Tithebarn-strect, 780 Bales Mexican FIBRE (part all faultS), ' superior quality, now landing ex Euphemia, from Tampico.— or further particulars apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and a2rwoods Merchants ; or to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker On ,Sate. TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS, emsMIRE Pll . O SPHATB COMPANY h ave constantly ON SALE Witrogenised =BONE PHOSPHATE valuable fertilisers.—Samples and priemay be had at 3, CABLE-STREET. -LOWER BEHINGTON. 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MaximumArnE—English Opera Company SIEITGLER'S CIRQUE VAalwrE—Miscellaneous Attractions TicE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. 3LiNDERS' MENAGERIE Foot of Shaw's-brow. Sr. GRoicE's HALL—Organ Performance. ROYAL ASSEMBLY Rooms.—Mr. and Mrs. Giddens's Annual Ball CLAYTON HALL—Christy's Minstrels. C-„e For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. .-TATS DAY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS The -. House of Commons sat only for a few minutes yesterday afternoon, when the report on the motion for supply was brought up and agreed to, and other returns ordered without observation. -The intelligence from the Continent, though not of such a warlike character as of late, is not of the most re-assuring nature. The Patrie, in a very marked manner, contradicts assertions of the Nord a2ld. independance Belgetending to throw doubts on the ofßeial origin of the pamphlet. The falsifi eation of the Nord's prediction that the imperial speech ,would be found at variance with the pamphlet is triumphantly pointed out. The Paris journals which are opposed to war refrain from comments on the Emperor's speech, and the others have it all their own way. The Bourse is rather More assured than hitherto, and evidently inter prets the speech in a peaceful sense. But that war is imminent there is no reason to doubt. Even from Algeira we hear of preparations for a great struggle. The Paris correspondent of a London evening contemporary states that a letter has been received from an army surgeon, serving in Algeria, dated only four or five days back, stating that his regiment was expecting to be sent to Italy, and that he was harassed to death by preparations for active service. The Ding of Naples is again reported to be The Ministerial nominations from Wallachia ire announced. Among them is the name of Bratiano, a name that is the most familiar to English ears. The Moldavians have sent a depu tation to Constantinople to ask the Sultan's consent to Cousa's election as Itospodar of Moldavia. A similar deputation will soo n have to leave Bucharest. If the Sultan should choos e to refuse, the rather puzzling question will arise as to how he will manage it. The conventions contai n no provision to the effect that the Prince elect in either case must not be a Prince somewhere else, nor are the precedents in European history an 3• Way counter to it. - - The hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany daughter of the King . of Saxony, is report e db Y ,' telegraph as being seriously ill at Naples. From Turkey we learn that the civil and military services were much annoyed at the arrears of their pay not being settled. The government is now 18 months behind hand. The ministers of the Divan were quarreling. Yesterday the East Banbury election took place. The contest was a most severe one, the winning candidate only polling one ahead. The numbers were—SamueLson , 177 ; Hardy, 176 ; Mial, 118. Mr. Hardy is a conservative; Samuelson a liberal. Mr. Townsend's resignation of his seat for Green wich having at length been formally completed, a writ has been issued, and the election will take place within probably a week from the present :lime. Great excitement prevails in the borough, .and the result of the contest, which lies between Mr. Alderman Salomon and Mr. Angerstein, appears to be uncertain. In the meanwhile, Gen. Codrington's resignation has led to a movement in favour of Mr. Montagu Chambers, and a requisi tion to that gentleman is in course of preparation. From Oxford we learn that the election for the University will take place on Saturday. Yesterday morning both houses of convocation of the clergy of the Province of Canterbury assembled at 'Westminster—the upper house in Queen Anne's Bounty-office, and the lower house in the Jerusalem Chamber. In consequence of the absence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was summoned to Windsor, the Bishop of London pre sided, and there were also present the Bishops of Oxford, Lincoln, Salisbury, St. Asaph, Lichfield, Gloucester and Bristol, Exeter, and Llandaff. Dr. Travers Twiss, the vicar-general of the pro vince, was present, with Mr. Francis. Hart Dyke, the apparitor. The Bishop of Llandaff presented a petition from the diocese of Ely in opposition to the abolition of church -rates. The lower house was occupied all the morning in the discussion of 'a; report on the subject of missions. The weekly meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians was held yesterday. No business of importance was transacted. Several communica tions were read from the Poor-law Board, one refusing its sanction to the appointment of ono person to undertake the combined duties of a porter and bookkeeper. -At the tenth annual meeting of the Industrial Schools yesterday, it was stated that there were 159 boys and girls in attendance at the schools on the 31st December. The average number on the roll throughout the year was 152. Sind the schools were opened 530 of the scholars have obtained situations out of them. There is at pre sent a balance in hand of nearly £9lO. The adjourned meeting of the Town Council was held yesterday, but the business transacted was not of any great interest. The proceedings of the various committees were agreed to. Mr. Jeffery complained of the way in which the books in the Public Offices, Cornwallis-street, were kept, and intimated that on the next council day he should move that a special committee be appointed for the purpose -of investigating the system of book-- keeping connected with the entire of the corporate estate. The annual meeting of the St. Anne's Dispensary and Eye and Ear Infirmary, was held yesterday. The report stated that the income last year was nearly £640, being the largest amount for any individual year previously. THE STATE HOLY-DAYS These days, it appears, were not abolished by the recent Royal Warrant for the • discontinuance of their Forms of Prayer, or, as they were commonly called, the State Services. Those Forms, as we showed in some remarks we lately took occasion to make in these columns, were not either pre pared or decreed by the Church, but were foisted, upon her by the State. " Oar will and pleasure is that the Forms of Prayer and Service, etc., be forthwith printed and published, and. annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, etc., to be used yearly on the said days, in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and in all Parish Churches and chapels, etc." Such were the terms of the order which was issued in the Sovereign's name respecting them, on every fresh accession to; the throne—the only order and authority for their adoption, and which the Church, therefore, was by no means bound to obey, the more especially,. as it ran counter to her own Canon Law. And it. was a striking instance of how bold had become the usurpation by the State of arbitrary authority over the Church. as well as over the uennle. The Articles of Religion, it is true, were set forth under Royal sanction and authority. But then they had first been "agreed upon by the Arch bishops and Bishops of both Provinces, and, the whole Clergy," in the Convocation holden. at Lambeth, in the year 1562. And the King decreed, or rather ratified, their adoption, not of " Our will and pleasure," independently and. absolutely, but only " with the advice of so. many of our Bishops as could conveniently be called together." With respect to the State Services, however, the same authority that imposed. them, however unconstitutionally, could of course order their withdrawal. And this, as we have already seen, has been effected by Royal Warrant. But, we now learn, on the issuing of that warrant it was necessary for the Government to consider whether there were not certain Acts still in force which would forbid its exercise, by reason of those Acts requiring the observance of those particular days. This has been done. And the result is, that there are found to be seven or eight Acts of Parliament, in which no provisions are made for any particular Service or Form of Prayer, but in which directions are given to the Clergy to observe those days, and. to the people to attend church. In some instances it is enacted that these days shall be kept as holydays, and. that all persons shall abstain from labour and trade ; in others, notice is required to be given on the preceding Sunday that these days are to be kept as holy-days. The Acts furnish some curious examples of the arbitrary interference of Parliament, in those days, with what would now be considered the liberty of the subject,—and, at the same time, of how the State regarded and treated the Church as its creature and dependent. The days were to be religiously kept—even labour and trade were to be abstained from, whether the people liked. it or not ; and the Church, without being consulted, without being asked whether or not the character and the objects of such commemorations were consistent with either its doctrinal principles or its ecclesiastical polity, was required to give effect to the State's arbitrary behest. Such was the liberality, such the toleration, of those days ! May we not be thankful that our lot is cast in times when such things, being not only unconsti tional, but out of character with the freer and more enlightened spirit that prevails, would not be attempted, or, if they were, would not be submitted to. It is right, her Majesty's Ministers very properly think, that such acts of Parliament sould no longer do discredit to the statute-book ; and Mr. Secretary WALPOLE, therefore, has brought in a Bill, in the House of Commons, which has been read a second time, to repeal them, and which will pass, no doubt, without objection from any quarter. Some very seasonable hints are given in the French Imperial Pamphlet on Italy, of which we have lately had occasion to speak, bearing closely and forcibly upon that mischievous confounding of canon and civil law, or, rather, that arbitrary over-ruling of one by the other, which have too much prevailed in modern times, if The laws of the Church," it observes, " are not proper for THE NORTHERN TIMES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1850 (secular) discussion, and merit respect ; they must be considered as an emanation of the Divine wisdom ; but civil society claims, its legislation, as religious society exacts : and preserves its own. The Canon Law, inflexible as dogma, immovable amid the movement of ages, is essentially distinct from legal law, variable as are the requirements and the interests of society. It could adapt itself to the early periods of Christian civilisation when CHARLEMAGNE introduced in his Capitularies the rules and pr ece pt s o f th eocracy ; b ut t h e Canon Law cannot suffice for the protection and develop ment of modern society." This is most true. It explains and asserts a just and righteous principle 'it makes and enjoins a necessary and important distinction. And society must ever be the better of having them recognised and regarded, both on one side and the other. The interests of civil and religious liberty, indeed, of necessity demand it. For liberty of either character is not a one-sided thing, but a thing that is impartial, and equal, and just ; else could it never be that which it has been described, and has been experienced, too, wherever it has - prevailed in its integrity.---that, namely, " which is• absolutely necessary to enable us to be what we' ought to be, and to possess what we ought to possess.?' AZIERICAIN RAILWAYS THAT a new country , like the United States should, in the construction of its Raihstays, have to seek pecuniary assistance occasionally from, an old country like • England, can excite nc o§surprLse It is not that America is a poor country; it pos sesses vast wealth. ; and, with the elements of wealth it is fulls to overffowing. But then its riches are not yet accumulated, like ours ; and the development of its immense resources demands all, and more than all, its present available capital. Its Railways alone have absorbed an encrmous amount of such capital. Think of nearly twenty thousand miles of Railway having already been formed, and a paid-up capital of more than. four hundred millions of dollars invested therein— with about two-thirds of that amount more re maining to be. paid--making. in.. all nearly eight hundred millions of dollars—and producing; in gross earnings upwards of ninety-six millions of dollars a-year. Surely these are great results— amazing, indeed, considering all the circumstances of the country, an& the heave expenditure- of capital for other operations of material progress. Now the comparison. of, this with, our own case, while it is interesting., on several accounts,_ is important as. exhibiting,very strikingly some of the advantages of the Railway system in America. There are about ten thousand miles of Railway open in the United Kingdom—about half the extent of that in the United States, upon which a sum some thing short of three hundred millions of pounds sterling has been expended. So. that whereas-the twenty thousand miles of American Railways have cost about one• hundred and. forty, millions sterling, half that extent of lines. in. Great Britain has cost nearly twice -that amount.. Our Railways give an average dividend of about four percent. _-_tnkinQ orainnry orta prof...ono...am:tree toge, The net profits of the American, Railways are already equal to five per cent. on. the expenditure, ten per cent. on. the bonded•debt. Much of this bonded debt is held in England, and some of it is . not productive at all—simply beca.use it has been imprudently advanced upon the representotions, or rather misrepresentations, of untrustw.orthy par ties—paid agents sent oven to this. country to negotiate for- investments in lines either of a worthless description in themselves, or which were made so by gross mismanagement, and sometimes. positive fraud. These were certainly reasons why American Railways should not, at first sight, be viewed with much favour by British Capitalists, as objects of investor. at. But they are not reasons why such objects, when selected with due care and discrimination, as we have shown, should not be made available to British Capitalists with the utmost advantage, alike to themselves a.nd the'undertakings which they thereby assist in helping forward. The prejudice against all American investments of the kind is evidently an unreasoning one, and, like many other prejudices, is the offspring of ignorance. We have been led to make these remarks by a further statement that has fallen into our hands, explanatory of an important American Railway enterprise which we have before alluded to in these columns,—we mean the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, connecting 'New York and. Sts Louis, by the junction of the New York and Erie, and the Ohio and Mississippi lines—thus forming a continuous broadguage line of twelve hundred miles, the passenger traffic of which will be conducted without change of carriages. The Atlantic and Great Western line is about three hundred and seventy miles long, and forms the middle link of a grand national line—the two great ends of which, that from New York to the junction, and from its terminus to St. Louis, have been many years in operation, and are very productive. The Railway, therefore, which is now in course of construction, completing as it so important a line, must needs be one of very extensive traffic. A report, by Mr. T. W. KENNARD, consulting engineer, is now before us, to the bondholders and others interested, the result, it appears of a very careful investigation into the affairs and prospects of the Atlantic and G_Tat Western, under three separate heads ; viz.-1. Its geographical position, and the sources of traffic ; 2. The present state of the work, the amount of capital necessary to com plete the same, and the time required to place them in active operation ; and, 3. The legal posi tion and constitution of the Company. This report shows the Railway in question to be sure of immense traffic, as the centre link' of so important a through line frOm the Atlantic to the Mississippi, —that, in short, the existing through traffic will far more than cover the interest of the bonded debt, without estimating local business, which must, in addition, be very large. So that it appears to present an opportunity exceedingly eligible for investing in an American Railway enterprise ; and one would suppose that there could not now be any difficulty in securing such AS must Cm4ble th e an amount Qf British cap Company at once to proceed with the completion of a work which is not exceeded in importance by any similar undertaking in the United States. COTTON. The able and interesting speech of the Chairman of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, (Mr. C. BUSIIELL), this week, must have been perused, we are sure, with no ordinary satisfaction, not only by such as, are engaged either in the trade or the manufacture of Cotton, but by all who can appre ciate the importance of that product to the material interests and the commercial intercourse of the two great countries that are at present more im mediately concerned—the one in its growth, the other in its consumption. The question ef a due sup plyef so staple an article is to both England and Ainerica a vital question. " I believe," said Mr. BUSHELL, "it is a question which not only con cerns our manufacturers,. but which concerns our agriculturists; which concerns our shipowners, our merchants, our artisans,. and our labourers, and every interest which is bound up in, this great empire of ours." And so dry w©' believe. The remark was , made with reference more especialiy to the necessity of seeking enlarged supplies of Cotton—more particularly through its extended eultivatiore in: India. And this' without any decrease or our supplies from America. For, as the hon. gentleman added, " I am persuaded that I address mew who will live to see,• if they live the• natural period of their lives,. double the preeent Cotton= orop,. and I' believe- I may say treble, considered- as not one bale-- too much for the necessities of the world." But let us confine ourselves..prineipally, for the- present, to our transatlantic• supplies. Let us j .. st take a cursory glance at the state of the case as regards our demands upon the United States fov that one product. of their agriculture the greatest staple "of. all in our manufacturing —the raw raatertal of interest We falai for instance + and in the first place ; . that during.the last quarter, of a century—to, go no A farther back—they have increased their exporta tions of mutton from the United States, from.some two or three hundred millions of pounds, to , nearly a billion and a-half of. pounds annually. Now, let it be remembered. what a. billion is ; for Ads so vast an amount, that. we are not all, of us, perhaps, sufficiently familiar with it, as the immense aggregate of quantity that it. is. A billion is a million of millions. So , that if we take the amount exported twenty-five years ago at twolundred an& fifty millions of pounds, which it was about, and. compare it with._ the present amount, say of a: billion and a-half, we, see that the increase has been. sixfold in that compara tively short.period. Ar_i„not much more than half a Century. before that, be it recollected, the exllort of it was,nd. The price dazing the last twenty five years h as fluctuatedlas much as from six cents to sixteen cents per pound. At present the price in News- Orleans is, we suppose, about twelve cents per. pound. And the total value of Cotton exported the year before. last—the latest official account We have nt hand—amounts to nearly a hundred and thirty millions of dollars, or twenty six millions of pounds., sterling. And by fax•the largest portion of this, immense export of Cotton is to England and; Scotland. France takes &bank a sixth-Lany.siac i . Spain, the Hanse Thwns, andi one or two other• countries a tenth among them altogether. It is;much the same, it is true, with the exports. of the United States generally. Taing those of their domestic produce at, say three hundred awl twenty millions of dollars value. in! the year which we believe is somewhere about the amount— nearly one bundrod and thirty millions. of it is to Great Britain,. And more than a third of the amount of the. general exports of such produce, as we have shown, is Cotton. Our own exports of cotton manufactures, again, evjdence very forcibly the vastness of the value at this internal produm They amount, we believe, to some - where about forty millions of pounds sterling annually,—and they are still increasing, —more than one-third of which are to the United States. The exports of cotton manufactures, in short, amount to nearly a third of our exports of the principal articles of do . mestic produce. Now, a staple production of this immonse value must not be crippled for want of the raw material, under any circumstances—if it is at all possible to present it. America may fail—it is apprehended to be very likely to fail—in furnishing us with the requisite supply. But we have other sources open to us, if we will only insist upon, and aid in, their being cultivated. We have our own territory of India, not only capable of supplying us with Cotton in abundance, but the very doing of which is a means of native industry, and colonial enterprize, absolutely necessary to secure the future peace and prosperity of that country, as a British possession. Most truly did Mr. BUSHELL declare,—" I believe it is not a manu facturer's question. I believe that it is merely a question of progress and a question of civilisation. I believe that it is . the great question of India, and I believe that it is the great question of Africa." And well, therefore, did he add,—" I trust that we shall never cease to agitate this question, believing that the prosperity of Great Britain, the progress of her commerce, the strengthening of her national position, the main tenance of that supremacy which she has over the other nations of the world, and the continuance of her peace at home, are all alike dependent upon an ample and abundant supply of cotton." BANBURY ELECTION..-.YESTERDAY CLOSE OP THE POLL Samuelson 177 Hardy Miall llB Mr. Samuelson is thus returned, and the Conservative candidate defeated by a majority of one. ILLNESS OF THE HEREDITARY DUCHESS OF TUSCANY. DRESDEN, Wed.nesday, Feb. 9, . • The Dresden Journal published •:(01 extra edition, in which it is announced that the Ifereeditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany, daughter of the King of Saxony, has fallen seriously ill, at Naples. • On Sunday, at her desire, she received the sacrament, Yesterday's news state that she is 49 worso, LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE MARCO PoLo.—The steam-tug, Retriever, arrived at Queenstown, reports le av i ng th e M arco Pblo, from Liverpool for Australia, on the Bth inst., at four o'clock in the afternoon, some hundred miles west of that harbour ; wind S.S.W. ; strong breeze. TRINITY Cannon ' Sr. ANNE-IMEET.—We understand that; Mr. Tommaso Radcliffe, organist' of St. George's and Trinity Churches, has kindly promised to be in attendance, on Friday evening next, at half-past seven o'clock, in order to afford an opportunity to those who are desirous of hearing the new organ. recently erected in this church, by Messrs. Gray and Davidson, of London and Liverpool. The adoption of hydraulic pressure to the purpose of working the bellows has been moat successful. FRIGHTFUL PUNISHMENT. —Yesterday, at the Police court, a man was charged before Mr. Mansfield, for stealing eleven oranges, from a ship, at which he was working in the docks. His Worship said, if he had the power, he would sentence the prisoner to—eat the oranges. What frightful punishment but as he had not that power, he mould sentence him to pay a fine of ten shillings- It was strongly suspected the man would , have chosen the former "punishment" (?) if he had his'ethoice. LIVtRPOOL BANKRUFIteIt COURT, Yemarday Mr, Commissioner Perry.—ln re William Wilcox.—.• This bankrupt, formerly s ship-chandler in Liverpool, came up on application for his certificate. Mr. Clarke Aspiioll, who appeared for the bankrupt, applied for an adjournment till after the hearing of a petition then before the Court, with referelne to the barkimpt's pro perty. Mr. Duke, for the assignees, assented, and His Honour adjourned the case till the 19th Febrility. STEs.3t BOILERS.—We saw yesterday, in the possession of our townsman, Mr. John Clam, jun., the model of a locomotive boiler, made without w rivet through the back of the plates, which, contrasted with the present mode of attaching plates together by holes and rivets, presents efficient advattages to railway companies, inasmuch as a far higher psessure is attainable, without increasing., the weight df the boiler. In fact, the structure has merit, and we have heardd it has been highly; spoken of by some of ' the staff - of one of the most important railway MARINE DMETERS. —Several disasters at sea were reported yesterday. - The Pangan, from Liverpool to Dublin, has 'sunk off the Skerries. Marchioness, cf Alga, from Truen: to Demerara, has ran ashore at Greenock. The Ludore, from Sunderland , to Swansea, is; leaky, at Havre. The Smilex, of Hull, has sunk in the Hrumber. The Anne, of Newcastle, is ashore at Orford. The William, from: Plymouth, is damaged at Shields. The Caroline Reed;.from Plymouth to' Charleston, is leaky at Whitby. MERCANTILE MARINE. SERVICE ASSOCIATFON OF LIVER roor--The frigate Conway, presented by the Admiralty to this association for . the purpOse of a, school ship, arrived in the Mersey last evening, under , the charge of Mr. Paul, of the Devonport • dockyard. She was towed round to Liverpool by. H. M. S. Virago, Commander Dunne,- and came t o anchor off B,irkenhe-Al dock wall, where she will remain for a few days, until her perma- . neat moorings are laid down near Rock-ferrr slip. The , Virago and Conway were-met off the Bell Bacon by the chairman and several of the council of the association, on board the fine steamer Sea King, which +was placed at their disposal by Mr. H. J. Ward. LECTURES ON JERUSALEM, TURKEY, AND GiMMANY. We call attention to thee lectures of the new 'William Graham, D:D., and if trairels, labours, languages, and literature constitute any title to distinction, Li. Graham is no ordinary man. He.has spent the last seventeen years as a missionary to the Jews ; five of these were passed in Damascus, two in Hamburgh, andi seven in Bonn. lifelas sewn the Tiber, the Seine, and Nile the Orontes, the Jordan, - and.the valley of the Etiphrates: He has preached on the three rivers of Germany the Rhine, the Elbe, and the. Danube. He has r. read the holy Scriptures in fourteen languages, and preached them in six; and, no doubt, his lectures will be instructive as well as interesting. ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETZE.—The fortnightly:- meeting of this society was held last evening in the Royal Insti tution, Colqpitt-street, Mn P. H. Horner, president, in the chair. The following. nations were ackaewledged by the secretary :—A code. of laws from the Society of Fine Arts, Liverpool, and , the pamphlets putlished by Mr. M'Govran and Mr. Newlands, in reference to the sanitary condition of Liverpool. The secretary exhibited a small model' of the schools built at Roby,.. for Mr. Thomas Moss, The paper for the evening was then read, the subject of which was " On experience ins warming with hot air," by Mr. Hazard. A conversation ensued, and the members then separated. MANDER'S EXHIBITION...---THE ONLY ROMAIL, EXHI BITION AT' PRESENT IN LIYERPOOL.—OUT readers will perceive that a treat addition has been made to the collection now e.xibitinf , :at the bottom of Shaw's-brow. Amon , rst the• many introductions to their company is one of the•mosOnterestirb . species of the monkey tribe, now introduced to the narice of the Liverpocl public, in the shape•of a.chimpanz,ee, now landing from. a vessel in this port-. The peculiar characteristics of this animal have been. so Well dilated upon by Professor Owen, in his recent lecture at the Royal Institution, in London, upon this especial arrival, that a reference to the report of the proceedings alone is revisite, as it appeare&in the Times of Monday last. A visit will well repay all who take the least interest in natural curiosity. LECTURES AT HOR'E-HALL. --We are Brien to under stand that Mr. Kidd, the celebrated naturalist, is about to visit Liverpool, and that he has undertaken to give three lectures in the, Hope-hall. The subjects chosen appear to. be of a. more than ordinarily interesting character. The lb:st, "A Genial Gossips about Birds," &c. Every body, loves to hear birds, but very few know thewhy- or wherefore, and it must be something attrac tive to be told by one who is himself . familiar with the subject, the history and character of the little songrsters that we all so much delight in. The second, " Old Heads on Young Shoulders," is a subject whieh we understand has been handled by Mr.. Kidd to. the satisfaction of thousands, who have been fortunateenough to hear him, as it is one capable of drawing the attention of both young and old, as it concerns both. The, " The power of kindness over all nature." We shoald, think this subject well chosen, foz it is a fact that kind, • ties; even to the fiercest nature ; is capable of appresia-. ton. We have seen numerous notices of this lecturer in the newspapers, and there can be no doubt that he will, sustain in Liverpool the high reputation that he already bears throughout the country. PROVIDENT CLERKS' BEIaI'OLENT FUND.—We• have for so many years had the pleasure of directing public attention to the merits of the above excellent institution, that we have little left to add to our former remarks. It is, however, a source of real gratification to its to find that the past year has been by far the most prosperous which we have been celled on to record for many years in the history of the Fund, no less a sum than £2,500 having been added to its means of usefulness. Some portion of this is owing to the successful dinner of the Fund in May last, a sufficient proof of the interest taken by the public. in its welfare, and of the utility of such means of publicity—while the election in May next, of six more annuitants, shows that the managers of the fund, while observing the rules of prudence, are anxious to extend to the legitimate re cipients those benefits which have been obtained by their zealous and able advocacy of the interests of the in stitution. It must, indeed, be a source of gratification to those who have devoted so much time and labour to this worthy object, to seo its present position among the best of its class, with a capital of nearly .£19,00U, with annuitants receiving . upwards of nine hundred pounds per annum, and having distributed large sums, in gratuities and other forms of assistance to the distressed, it has, we trust, realised all the hopes of its benevolent founders. It has yet, however, wo doubt not, t; wider and still more important field of operations before it. If sup ported as it fully deserves, not the aged and afflicted alone, but the orphan, to whom education is a necessity scarcely second to bread itself, will look to its fostering care for sup port and assistance. A desire which we cannot too highly praise has sprung up among its members to found a school where the children of deceued members may be main tained, and fitted for struggle with the world by judicious and careful ter.ching. It was enough to name so good an object, to 'secure at once the hearty co-opera tion of the kind tiearted treasurer, John Abel Smith, Esq., whose servie.ms to the fund merit the warmth with which his name is always received by the members, and we cordially wish that the day may not be far distant when the he;pe expressed at the meeting may be realised. To no worthier channel can the efforts of the clerks and the spupathy and assistance of the wealthy be directed. —Sun. MR. MAYER'S GREAT SALE OF ANTIQUITIES.— Messrs. Leigh, Sotheby, and Wilkinson commenced the sale on Monday, at their rooms, in Wellington-street, London, of the well-known collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and Chinese antiquities, formed by M r . B. Hertz, and now the property of Mr. Joseph Mayer, of this town. The sale was attended by a great number of amateurs and collectors, and in several instances the biddings were marked by much spirit, and remarkable eagerness was manifested to obtain specimens of the rare and' valuable objects for disposal. Among the more remarkable lots sold were the following : —The first was a small Egyptian goddess or queen, probably of Iris or Nephthys, which sold for £6 6s; an intaglio, a sardonyx, a full front head of Jupiter Serapis, ; an emerald, similar subject, £25 10s; an • antique cameo, a gardOnyX of three strata, subject Ganymede, with the Ihrygian cap, and the paslc 9f Jupiter, 4§ a head of Jupiter, a fragment, £7; &sardonyx, representing Latina fleeing from the pursuing dragons, £7 lOs ; another, a winged head of Medusa, £7. Statues—A very dig d figure of Minerva, 4,-1 inches, £lO ' • another of the sam e goddess, with a helmet on, her head, the COne representing a sphynx, £l5; a very beautifully' executed figure of _ Young Mars, wearing helmet, his right hand lifted to repose .on 3 lance, which, however, is now wanting,. £5 9 a Venus, standing flaked, holding a broad twisted wreath en her right hand, one of the finest pro ductions of Greek art ; even the minutest details are executed with great grace and beauty, and in admirable preservation ; found near Mogla, in Asia Minor, 1. 3 1 inches, sold to Mr. Webb for £125. A silver statuette of Venus, the neck and left arm adorned with rings of twigod gold wire; and , from the necklaoc is suspended ao oriental pearl, G i l inches; £2B ; a head of' Apollo, adorned "Pith a rich groWth of hair, 61 inches, £lO. Fictile vases A vase with a black figure of (Enochce on a whiteground , three draped Bacchantes. dancing, l3 inches, £l5 1 0 4 bought by the Duke of Manchester; an amphora? Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, 1 foot, 4i inches?. £ll 7 bought by the Duke of Manchester ; an armphorar Heresies Musagetes holding the lyre, and other figures,' 1 foot Winches, £lO 15s ; an: amphora , Achilles, cruleu at all points, dragging the body of Eteetor, various ether figures, wz3ll known and engraved; 1 foot 8f inches, £s7`% an amphora,. Hercules in a quadrigf, driven by Minerva , ' 86c.; 1 foot 81; inches, £l5 15s ;. a. fresco . painting. frosty' Pompeii,. repreSenting Venus and; Adonis, £l5 los, It inches by 9 , inches ; another, representing Cupid ape' Psyche, 81 inches square, both formerly in the possessing' of the late Duke. of Sussex, £l2 12A; an encaustic paint ing from Herculaneum, representing,a , nympli seated, 1 0 inches by 8 inches, £26. The .proceeds of the day's sale amounted to £Bl9. RETURN OF Ati EMIGRANT very erroneous statement having appeared in a localcoteraporary, and also in a Dublin paper, in regard tc , the return of the Israc Webb, one-4 the favourite " Black. Ball" line of American packets ; it is right to refute:it- in. the manner. We tlifilk the addbess- to ti &c., of that noble n will dispose of the which, it appear propo. iedres: ) llowir . stronge- captai• ettiumni± 11l not be allowed to rest without lowing is the document On board the Han st Queen, River Mersey, 7th Febinaty, 1814 To Ca Lain Hutcheson, ,officers, Isaac Webb Ina crew- of a We, the undersigned passengers, having been on the Isaac Webb on - her late intended voyv.„ York, and now proceeding in the Harvest Queen, having heard with regret that a statement has been inserted in the Dublin Freeman'4,.Tournal, and reflecting on iou r character as a commander, and attributing to No — to u :vo - u illat- tention an craelty to the pa: served out to the passenger cooking 'apparatus inefficient our departure in the Harvest the whole of the statement is entirely without foundation, effusion of some unprincipi you an injury, In couclusi thank you. most cordially f attention towards us durit4- t the stores ;sengers, also _ - s were insufficient and the , we, therefore, previous Queen, wish to contradict 1 the above paper,, which' and assert that it is-only the d person who wishes to cle .on, allow us once again • - and 3r your unceasiu, the whole of the arduou 3 aac Webb. time we were on board th'e I James Short Carl Schmidt Ernest Frost Lorenz Engelhardt Bernard Clarke Christian Tansen Richard.llitcheo, William Roads John Stuart Philip Boyle Thomas Greev( John Tully Michael Lynch. C. A. Beute W. Bell Edw. Brown Denis Rogerson Emanuel Dunsfost William Roark Michael Crine John Browne Michael Liben Wilhelm Kohenstein Brian Flinn. . Margaret Dillmai Mary. Curry Betsy Curry Mary McAteer John M'Donald Elizabeth Gibson. Michael Mooney. Johan Mends Nicolus.Mendt H. Kuhn Samuel Barnes Niel•Toft Forgin Olsen. Lars Jensen Anne Tulley a The passengers also, expressed themselves in strong °L i thankful terms to A4ssrs. Tracey and Baldwin, the P'' senger agents of the.vessel, for their exertions ir. , ,rentie r ; ing every- possible comfort, and paying the- utoo s attention.to one and, all. RESULTS. OF \ TICE BURNS' CENT;ESA ° CELEBRATIMN AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. At the , final meeting of the committee yesterday, fete were present Messrs... Walter F. M‘Gregor (in. the' b i ";: G. A. Mackenzie (treasurer), Carstairs, Petrie,Batbg a `" Jack, Brown, Crawford, Darsie, F. Mammal,. Dr)sfa e t IV. M.. Mackenzie,, and J. A. P. Macbrid( rotary) The first businEss was to receive a financial state ment from. Mr: G. A. Mackenzie. From this if appeared. that film were sold prior to the evening ° the ball: 1,734 gentlemen's tickets, realising £9lO 75 , ; i 1,303: ladies: tickets, producing £4BB I2s ed ; and 6 children tickets, yielding £l6, which? made the gross. receipts tea- tickets £1,414 190- 6tl;. in additiioll 16s was taken for admission at the The• sale of the concert programmes product''' . The•total receipts were £1,446; los 6/1. All tb a e accounts,. excepting one or two of small amount, 101 been paid ; and the committee found that they 113 d to which £3l doo which enabled them,- aft( reserving for- unliquithted claims, to vote at one the thre... charities. to which it had been detormined to : i „ the proceeds. and the treasurer w thereft Ray to tlae• treasurers of the Sob -street Rag ;die Caledonian School, and the. Royal Infirmary, £125 each and reception a_ 4 tof accou 5? in proposing this appropri2tior, adoption of Mr. G. A 1.. Mackenzie's statemen the Chairman also proposed the thanks of tt to, Mr. Mackenzie for the great trouble he had takell the management of the celebration ; and the chairrati was sure they would all rejoice that it had been brougbj to so succ essful an iglu never witnessed a person. mor Maxwell said 11 active and energeti the discharge of any 'fifty than their treasurer had and he had therefor( great pleasu motion mmHg .celamation, and —lt was carried witl, A. Mackenzie ackmxmledg , c 1 the compliment The services of the secretor ceived a flattering reco, Mr. M'Bride, On the motion of Mr. Maxwell, secondcd•, by Darsie, it was unanimously resolved to tender the th 3/1 of the committee to Major Greig, Mr. Newlands and Mr. T. Dune borough eat ' the of engineer, for their efficient promotion of the succO u . o gi" P 4 , 110 the celebration ; and th e c h a i rman sa id t wou ld the greatest satisfaction to convey to these, ffentletneil f th' high appreciation the committee ontertained services The Chairman then proposed a special vote of than.r, s to Mr. W. M. Mackenzie, of the hall.. As Mr. Mackenroo management had been impugned by a portion 0 cro . press, it would only be gracious on their part to ~,„0 a step further and say that the committ ee h a d put ti 1 ,% 4 record their appreciation of his services as enginee r ieb superintendent of the hall, and that the confusion occurred did not arise from want o f e ffi c i ency o n the r fo re of himself or those und er hi s con t ro l. H e h a d OW% to great pleasure in moving the thanks o f th e c ommitt e ol Mr. W. M. Mackenzie. The motion was seconded o i t o carried by acclamation ,• and Mr. W. M. Mack e It said that he felt much obliged for the compliment• be ers was of course painful to him that there should have b oll a disturbance, and that it should afterwards hay°. 10 referred to in the way it had been. What he did O is e official capacity, as manager of the building, was t° P the at the disposal of the occupants of the building f! r d lit time being the rooms as they sto o d, t o b e use d as tu ° ,oo proper. The arrangements made on this oceasion. st ioo the same as at the meetings of the National Aso ei t biog for the Promotion of Social Science, when ever,tat' ; was considered so satisfact or y ; b u t a t the ball, ante 0' ing a much larger attend an c e , h e t r ebl e d the s' 0 0 attendants in the ladies' and gentlemen's cloakrooms. be the morning after the ball, in going over the buildlbef found in one cloakroom about thi r ty coa t s , a nd in 311 bu t twenty-five all ticketed, and ready to be given aW3 " , tIJ they had not been asked for, and he inferred fr om _ ot that the owners of them had gone to the cloakrolrooi which the confusion took place, and had demande d 04 the attendants what had never been deposited there" that the disturbance arose in this way. the With a unanimous vote of thanks to the chait o3/b proceedings terminated. tiat ia e It was stated dining the meeting that neg s;-: holdingwere in progress for a fancy ball in al ' Vt. ; • charities of the town ; an d hearing this, )f r. Mackenzie said lie would countermand the ordg jos oa had been given for taking up the wooden 0 0 e 4. Monday next. 140 0 7 There yet remain at the hall, awaiting c" 0 - about twenty hats, as.raany caps, half as many c . r cae". 4 ' gentlemen's boots and gentlemen's goloshes, a Pi i .„ l .o. and an odd boot and golosh, the sight of vi " -- o.ent' a ' feequently aiwested the question whether anyi;it, man wOll 11 IT Mcu was aeon dancing at the