Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

FRIDAY On FRIDAY next, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Mice, 7, Exchange-chambers, 1 ithebarn-street, 780 Bales Mexican FIBRE (part all faults), of superior quality, now landing'ex Euphemia, from Tampico.— For further particulars apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants ; •or to FRANCIS J. 'EATON, Broker On At e, TO LANDOWNERS AND' FARMERS, CHESHIAE PHOSPHATE COMPANY have constantly ON SALT Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices may be had at the Office, 3, CABLE-STREET. Works :—LOWER BEBINOTON. ettatmexciali Stlits. THIS DAY Tito Dkr, the 11th instant, at Half-past One o'cloCk, at the Broket's Office, Corn Richange-buildings, Brunsitk-street, 200. Barrels Sour FLOUR, ' from Bahia, in Albert Dock.—Apply to H. IL 'GOLDING, Broker. t'Y Isabella Ridley, Tins DAY, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 4.000 COCOA NUTS, now landing ex R Dock.—Apply to Demerara,'No. 3, shed, Prime's t. and IL LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers, NOTICE. TIMBEit MERCHANTS CAB INETMAKERS, & OTHEIVS. The AUCTION SALE of M AHOGANY and other FURNITURE WOODS will be resumed at Ten o'clock, Tnia MorsiNe {Friday), in the Wood Sales Sheds, south end Brunswic k Dock; Liverpool, with the better portion of CI • cargo of City St. Domingo MAHO GANY, ex Dolphin, beginr'ng at I,ot 81, and contimihrg with the remainder of the Mex,its-. 1141SWOOD, ex Cassina, and the ROSEWOOD, WALNUT, ar.,l LAN CEWOOD SPARS, &t., until Noon, when • the cargoes of St. John, &c.* SPRUCE DEALS, 'YELLOW PINE, BIRCH, aneMoulmein TEAK, ASH OARS, &c., will.be sold EDWARD CIIALONEa, Broker No. 6, East Side Queen's Dock. NEXT WEEK 110 - Ic4'DAY On UONDAY next, the 14th insta fi nt, at Brnkers' Ofce, 18 Casks Fine SPERM OIL, 15 „ HEAD MATTER, De \Vitt Clinton.—Apply to BIGLAND, SONS, and JEE now landing e On MONDAY next, the 14th instant, at Tative o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-huildings,. 300 Barrels American LARD, For particulars apply to J. 11. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. TUESDAY On TUESDAY next , the 15th instant 's °ace, 16, Exchan t , NIGER SEED, Twelve o'clock, at the 7 Packar 9 Cases I e ConolidatM CASTOR OIL. ast India COMPOSITION WAX J. H. RAYNER and Co., 131 Apply to WEDNESDAY On WEDNESDAY next, the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, • 59- 'tons TALLOW OIL. For particulars apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. On WEDNESDAY next, the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock atnoon, on the Quay, east side Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, 469 Logs very superior PITCH PINE SQUARE TIMBER, con taining a large proportion of 6par Pieces, ranging up to 85 feet in length, and measuring 42,227 feet, x halos, from Savannah, U.S.A. On account of the Importers. A..F. and D. MACKAY, Brokers. street*, East side Queen's Dock. sfl being the cargo now 1 Apply to 2, Parham, T TIURSD AY On THURSDAY next, the 17th instant, fice, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Of 3,000 Dry Salted HIDES, 300 Dry HIDES, _ _ - - ex Isabella ollidley, from Applyßahla.—Al to Messrs, Edward Johnston, Son, and Co., Merchants ; SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broker. J. R. CAMERON, CIIRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SMITH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, 4-c, CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS T_T ISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, itiNEvery Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY ,TIMES, Price enny. WARM WINTER CLOTHING, THE GENTLEMAN'S. OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGAR7'. INVERNESS WILAEPEE OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS DRAWERS AND VESTS FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS. RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS. ➢IUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. BOYS' WINTER • CLOTHING TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, 'MEETINGS, & THEATRE ROYAL—Grand Comic Pantomi____ ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—EngIish Opera COMpan, HENOLER'S CIRQUE VARLETS—Miscellaneous Attraction THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. MANDERS' MENAGERIE—Foot of Shaw's-brow. • ST. GEORGE'S HALL—Organ Performance. ROYAL ASSEMBLY RooMs.—Speakman's Annual Ball. CLAYTON HALL—Christy's Minstrels. THIS DAY For particularg see advertisements on Bth page. Ijort*ll Einn. FRIDAY, FI TB.RUARY 11, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS The news this morning is not important. The advices from Turin give us a report of the speech of Count Cavour, on the occasion of the debate concerning the project of a new loan, when he stated that the policy of Sardinia had never been revolutionary, that Austria had lately assumed a menacing attitude, and increased its military forces on the Piacenza, and on the Sardinian fron - - tiers, and that, in consequence, Sardinia must look to the means of defence. He states that England has always been considered as the impregnable awlum of liberty. _ w The Sardinian Government has issued to its diplomatic agents a circular which explains the reason why Sardinia has made a new loan. The circular recalls the attention of the Sardinian envoy at Paris to the grievous state of Italy, and continues : ,________ " The state of Italy has not been modified. The pre ponderating influence which Austria there exercises beyond the limits that treaties have assigned to her, and which constitutes a constant menace for Sardinia, has rat , i rj augmented than diminished. n the other hand, the other States of the Peninsula have persisted • could but be tt l i n a ' system of government whose i resul a t discontenting of the population, and a provocation to disorder." Count Cavou r with whichth s e a n i pkes credit for the modera tion•inia has acted even when Austria broke off diplomatic relations :-- "But now the extraordinary military measures which the Cabinet of Vienna evidently directed against Sardinia, taken, and which are a, whose miliary forces are relatively very weak, if coln to those of Austria, ithout abandoning force the King's governmen P t, a7 4 agnalinst a danger which that'reserve, to prepare itself measures are known to may become imminent. Those nevertheless, • Europe. I think it right, r ..capitulate them.rapidly to " In the first days of Janua r y, beforethe Kw Ic_insnfficial pronounced the opening speech o f the e,iTative had n session, the Vienna Cabinet announced in journal the sending of a corps d'arme'e of 30 it O s o info Italy. This corps, added to three others 2 wh 9 men es tablished there in a permanent manner, would increase the th e strength of the Anstrian army to an exte n t out of proportion with what the maintenance of order and of internal tranquillity could require. "At the same time that these troops were sent into Lombardy and Venetia with an extraordinary rapidity, frontier battalions,' which leave their country only in case of war, were seen to arrive. The garrisons of Bologna and Ancona were reinforced. But what is most serious, Austria concentrated considerable forces on our frontier; she collected between the Adda and the Ticino, and especially between Cremona, Piacenza, and Pavia, a real corps of operations, which cedainly could not be destined to maintain order in these towns, of quite secondary importance. " For some days the left bank of the Ticino presented the appearance of a country in -which war is about to break out.' " The villages were occupied by detached corps — everywhere quarters were prepared and the ;measures were taken to form stores. 'Vedettes were placed even on the bridge of Buffalora, wtich marks -the limits of the two countries. I say nothing of the menacing! held publicly at Milan and in other towns by the greater part of the Austrian officers, without excepting those of eminent rank, for 1 know that one must not always render governments responsible for the langua , * of their • agents. discourse Twelvt •o'clock, ; at the lowing are its salient points But I think it necessary to- call attention to the re ception given at Venice to the troops coming 'front Vienna, and to the ostentation with which--vast prepara tions have been made at Piacenza by occupying forts con structed in contempt of treaties, which they appeared to neglect for some time past, "In presence of dispositions so menacing for us, the country has been moved (c'est imu).. Confiding in tilt patriotism of the King and of &is ,government, it remains calm, but it demands that thought 'should given to putting it in a position to confront the eventualities of which such a display of forces on the part of Austria may be taken as a ;forerunner (pent faire prieastsr). It is to this end that the ministry decided to call into Piedmont the garrisons "established in Sardinia and beyond the Alps, and has asked the Chambers for the sanction to contract a loan. LEYS, Brokers. I In conclusion the Count says : Piedmont, strong in her good right, and aided by the allies which the justice of hor cause can alone procure her, is ready to combat every element of disorder in the Peninsula, from whatever quarter it may come, from Austria or from the revolution. With reference to the question of peace or war, the Petrie has another article, of which the fol- The small num- ber of partisans of peace at any price, swelling out their voice, wished to diffuse a belief that the country, enamoured above- all of its repose and material interests, cared henceforth but very little about just and civili6-ing causes, and that it wished to have nothing to do with what did not directly concern it. That was a selfish delusion. Thanks to the Emperor's Speech, we know that France has not changed, .and that she has, a deep stake in her grandeur and her honour, as well as in all the interests of humanity and civilisation throughout the world. The true policy of France'is grandeur and energy, France will haye no temporary com promises, no precarious peace." In Paris the question of war or peace is still a prominent one. The Paris correspondent of the Herald says, public opinion still oscillates between peace and war ; but to-clay the peace party are decidedly masters of the field. They reverse their opinion _of the Emperor's speech, w and, consider that of M. de Moiny as pacific. NeVertheless, everywhere, save among that " restion infinze," where " vulgar interests" are considered supreme to every other consideration, those speeches are not considered to have in any way modified the situation. That the Emperor will throw the Italian question overboard. is refuted by his Majesty's own expressions, when he declared that peace could only be disturbed for the defence of great national interests, and that the cause of justice and civilisa tion throughout the world could claim the support and sympathy of France. Nov in Paris the Italian question is not considered as involving " great national interests.;" but there is no doubt, that both the Emperor and the great majority of the country consider that the present state of Italy constitutes a serious danger for France, as there is no saying whether a revolution in Italy might not cross the Alps, and that danger his Majesty is determined upon removing—if it can be done by , diplo- macy. If Austria wi 1 discount" hor baffles, consider that she has fought and been conquered, and agree to the plans which may be proposed for her acceptance, so much the better ; but if not, there is nothing in his Majesty's Speech, as it is interpreted in official and diplomatic circles, to show that he is prepared to allow the present state of affairs in Italy to subsist, rather than to incur the danger of a war. As a proof that this view is correct, it is pointed out that the warlike prepa ration still continue. A whole division is ordered back to France from Algeria, and the officers of the armies of Paris and and Lyons are making all the requisite preparations for a campaign. In the House of Lords last night, the business done-really possessed no public interest. In the House of Commons new writs were• ordered for East Worcestershire and Hythe. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that there was no foun dation for the statement in the Times as to the contemplated alteration of the sugar duties. The other proceedings in the House were of no impor tance. The Liverpool District Provident Society held their annual meeting yesterday, The report showed that, during the last year, £lO,OOO has been collected in small sums from the Working Classes, and that 5,000 pqor families had been weekly relieved. The treasurer read the state ment of accounts, which showed a balance in the bank of 1101. 3s. sd. Yesterday, a discussion took place in the Work house Committee, as to the relative merits of homoeopathy and allopathy. Mr. Denton moved that the paupers should be treated under the former system, in conformity with a notice pre viously given, but he was unsuccessful in his movement. The proceedings are fully reported in another column. The proceedings at the weekly meeting of the Dock Board were of a routine character. PEACE OR WAR? WHEN we ask such a question as this, it is not under any apprehension of a war in which England would have to engage, if directed by wise and prudent counsels, but only to maintain with dignity and firmness an armed neutrality. England, indeed; would not only have no excuse for involving herself in any of the Continental disputes which now threaten the petice of Europe, but she has the deepest interest in keeping clear of all hostilities—and, in a word, it is her bounden and most sacred duty to do so. She has too fearful an amount of loss and suffering, entailed upon her by the unhappy Crimean war, to recover from, were there no other consideration, to render another campaign, for many years to come, be it where it may, or for what object it may, anything but a most aggravated curse to her people. They are not the friends of the human race, in anywise, who, under any circumstances, "Cause war to rage, and blood around to flow." But they are indeed its envenomed foes, who do so among a people already bleeding from recent inflictions of war's scourges, or for any cause which has not to do with their own national protection. We make these remarks under that still wholly unrelieved apprehension which one cannot but entertain in the present position of Continental politics, notwithstanding the apparently pacific, but yet most mysterious tones, of the Emperor of the French's Speech. The fact is, that although calmed, he is not subdued—he may be feared, indeed, to be only feigning for the nonce. Beside', the words he therein uttered are not " the wings of his actions," but are contradicted by them. What are all his immensely increased and still increasing armaments for, if there is to be nought but peace ? The fact is, LOUIS NAPOLEON has im paled himself, in this question of peace or war, on the horns of a dilemma. He has himself ad duced an argument equally conclusive by contrary suppositions. He first sets to work. making for midable material preparations for going to war, and at the same time enters into a sort THE NORTHERN TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1859 of partnership with another bellicose crowned head, who is also making ready to take the field. He then dictates a . pamphlet .on the ostensible - subject of such threatened war, showing that war is all but inevitable,—that even treaties cannot be ' allowed to stand in the way of the objects for which the war is to be waged. "The treaties which bind , Gonrnments are the interna tional laws of peoples, and would be, only , invariable if the world was immovable.., If the treaties which are to protect the security of Europe : place it in danger, it is because they no 'longer answer to.the necessities or to the wants which dictated them." Such was his language as the pamphleteer. And what does it mean, but that treaties are so much waste paper in his eyes, when he has an object to gain ? Further, the pamphlet went on to say,- -" If, then, it be demonstrated that the situation of the Italian States is not only a cause of suffering for the country, but even a cause of uneasiness, and perhaps of revolution in Europe, the letter of treaties would be invoked in vain could not hold against . the necessity of politics and the interest of European eabder." Now, thii supposed. " necessity of polities" is just the preteit which may, at present, or at any time, be used for an an ambitious purpose. It is nothing less than " the' tyrant's .plea, neeessity,"L—that plea on which so many enormities have, in all ages of the world, been committed by the ambitious and the covetous. Then comes the Speech, with directly contrary aspirations. In the meantime, however, the British Parliament had met, and_certain strong, expressions of opinion were made there, in decided opposition to his belligerent designs, from which he takes his cue, and all at once pretends to be pacific. - -He who had immediately before talked about " the letter of treaties being invoked in vain," now deems it expedient to proclaim, " I shall remain unshaken in the path of law and justice, and of national honour,"—as though there could be any remaining whatever in such a path where treaties were to be violated ; treaties which are the solemn 'engagements of nations with each other,and in a due respect for which, so long as they are in force, there is involved both law, ,and jus tice, and honour. Thus then, it is evident that " Both the ends of his dilemma wound It is true, he says, as the pamphleteer, that there are causes which cannot succumb in the world; and this is of the number, because it is neither selfish nor exclusive. It is the cause of the nationalty of a living people, of the equilibrium of Europe, and perhaps of the independence of the Papacy, which Fqtnce has always defended." But it is a cause which cannot be prosecuted as he would prosecute it, without setting all Continental Europe iu a blaze of war. And when he goes on t 6 declare---" God would doubtless reserve a noble portion of human glory to those who would support this struggle," he talks just as rank blasphemy, as he does hypocrisy, when he pretends, " Glory does not tempt us ; we have had enough of it in the history of the past as in the contemporaneous events, to have no need of it;" or when, in his Speech to the Legislative Body, he exclaims, " far from us therefore these false alarms, these unjust distrusts, these internal discouragements. Peacd, I hope, will not be disturbed. Resume, therefore, with dignified calm, the usual course of your I have explained to you frankly the respect to their custody and their sale, under strin gent rules, and directions, and even prohibitions. As was well observed by the Home Secretary, in ask ing permission to bring in his Bill, whatever reasons there were for such a measure before, they have been in no slight degree increased and strengthened by the dreadful calamity that lately occurred at Bradford, where poisoned lozenges were sold to some hundreds of the working people of that town, many of whom, died, , and many more hive had their health seriously impaired by the opera tion of the deleterious ingredient they, through most culpable carelessness, contained. And Mr. WALPOLE's declaration, therefore, cannot but meet with a hearty response in the public mind, when he said, that "he thought that no person holding the situation which he now held would do his duty, - nor would Parliament itself do its duty, unless they endeavoured by every means in their power to prevent the recurrence of those acci dents, by which whole populations might be put in peril." The object of the measure is to regulate the keeping and the sale of poisons._ And that it is possible to do this with some effect, we have the testimony afforded by the working of an. Act of Parliament of a similar character, namely, the Arsenic Act—passed. some few years iince,„ for restraining and regulating the sale of arsenic. It appears that that Act has operated to a con siderable extent in diminishing the deaths by that particular poison to which it relates. But though the Registrar-General's Reports and other evidences go to prove that the cases of fatal poisoning by arsenic have, since the Act has been in operation, been much fewer than before, still it does-not-succeed in meeting all the difficulties of the matter. The present Bill, therefore; seeks to supply its defects. One of its principal provisions is, that druggists and others dealing in, Poisons be required to have the drawers or vessels Containing them labelled in a conspicuous -manner with the word POISON, and to take care that every wrapper, or'cover, in which they may be sold, bd similarly labelled. And that this Provision may be duly regarded, power is to be giv . en to the Yustices of the Peace to order any constable to go into a druggist's shop and see that the law is complied with. In the former Bill as many as twenty three poisonous articles were given in the schedule, as those to which the regulations were to apply ; but as it has been found that this number would have caused a too troublesome interference with the business of the druggist, it has been reduced to thirteen, and opium, or laudanum, is excluded from the catalogue, —we cannot but think for a most unsatisfactory reason ; namely, that "it was one of those things con stantly required by the poorer classes in small quantities, and if any difficulty were put in the way of their so obtaining it more serious difficul ties might arise." Now, we really are at a loss to understand such a reason as this. For the poorer classes, any more than the wealthier, can have no proper occasion to be constantly requiring opium or laudanum. The use of it, whether for children or adults, is a most dangerous, and a Most perni cious habit; and so far from any facility or encouragement being given to it, the poor, more especially, would be very greatly benefitted by some stringent restraint, if not a positive pro hibition, against their having recourse to it, — except through the agency of a medical man. But, with all the provisions which such a measure may furnish for the protection of the public in the sale of poisons, there is still no reliable security against mistakes—those of igno rance and carelessness more particularly---in the dispensing of poisonous or deleterious medicines. The House of Lords, it seems, in their inquiry into the subject, came to the conclusion that the only real security will be to be found in raising the standard of education of the chemist and druggist. And so we believe. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE, indeed, admits, " that anything that could be done in that direction would be desirable—it would be a great point gained ; for it was advisable, not merely to regulate the sale of poisons, but to see :that those who sold them were qualified to dispense the various medicines with which they were con stantly dealing." But his anxiety to bring for ward his present measure without delay, has deterred him, it seems, from now going into that part of the question. It is, however, a point of the first importance,—nay it is one that is indis pensable to our being in any effectual manner secured against the constant risk of being poisoned. In retailing medicine—in dispensing it —and in compounding prescriptions, unless the standard of education with those who are entrusted with it, — especially chemists' and druggists' apprentices and assistants,—is "raised considerably above what we believe t too generally is at present, there cannot but be constant danger of fatal mistakes. The Pharmaceutical Society, we understand, has done something in that direction. But the public safety requires that there be some strict legal provision, that all who are to be entrusted with such a responsibility as that of handling those things which are so often matters of life or death, should at least be properly qualified for their important, not to say dangerous duties. The City of Washington, with the United States mails, passed Queenstown at 2 p.m. yes terday, and will be due early this morning. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ACCIDENT.—A young woman, named Jane Granger, residing at 12, Blackstock-street, fell down the stairs yesterday, arid sustained a very severe fracture of the leg. She is at present lying in the Northern Hospital. FlRE.—Between five and six o'clock yesterday even ing, a fire broke out in the Mersey Hotel, Union-street, corner of Lancelot's-hay, in the possession of Mr. Henry Inman. Mr. Hewitt, with the fire brigade, was soon on the spot, and the flames were extinguished without any material damage. SPEKEIKAN'S ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION BALL. —This ball will take place this evening, and from the arrange ments made, the general satisfaction always given by Mr. Spekeman, together with the superiority of the musical attractions, and the no less attractive supper, &c., a full and fashionable attendance may be antici pated. The company will be very select. HORRIBLE RUMOUR.—We are reluctantly compelled to state that a rumour, of a horrible and most painful character, prevailed yesterday, in reference to more than one person, said to be well known in mercantile circles, and who reside in a favourite suburban locality. Of the nature of the rumour, we can only say that it is of an appalling . domestic description, and that,' probably, the public will be disgusted with something•more. For the honour of human nature, we trust the affair may prove either false or exaggerated ; but time will develope the AMERICAN MAns.—The royal nail steamer Canada will sail to-morrow (Saturday) for Halifax and Boston, with the American and Canadian mails. The Post-office letter box will be open for letters, &c., to twelve o'clock, and till one- with fees. The receiving box on the Land ing Stage will be open to two o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL.—THE PANTOMIME.---But tiVOl3"htS more, and the wonders of the pa n tomime will be with drawn.from the eyes of Liverpool. It has had a reign of undisputed success,_ and will, we hope, gather a more than ordinarily numerous circle of friends around it at the last. To-morrow night the final performance will take place. ST ANNE'S STANLEY WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION. —The lecture on Wednesday evening was by Mr. William Thomas, on "Joan of Arc. The subject was treated in a very interesting manner, and appeared to gratify the audience present exceedingly. Next Wednesday the. Rev. Mr. Lester lectures on "Perseverance and its triumphs." CHRIsTY'S MINSTRELS.—MR. COLLINS'S BENEFIT.— We may, perhaps, be allowed to invite attention again to. Mr. Collins's benefit at Clayton-hall. It takes place this night, and Mr. Collins, who has done as much as any other of the famous ministrels to win success for their band, will, no doubt, exert himself in a special manner on such an occasion as the present. THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—The thirty sixth annual meeting of this society was held last evening, at the offices ' in Lord-street.. The following gentlemen were appointed officers for the ensuing year Thomas Baty, Crowu-chambers, Redcross-street, presi dent ; Mr. R. Thin, Crown-chambers, Redcross-street, vice-president ; Mr. R. Crossley, South Castle-street, . tr easurer. CLOCKS AND WAxcnEs.—There are few, mechanical sciences that have been more improved 6f late years, and none are of greater advantage, than' clocks and other time-keepers. A good and correct house clock is one of those domestic apparatus that make home much more agreeable than if lacking such a necessary. We have seen an extensive and pleasing variety of clocks at Mr. Bernard Levy's establishment, Oldhall-street, that fully equals our observations. The construction of these clocks is interesting, and their uses various. We were peculiarly struck with the ingenuity and usefulness of several sorts of " alarm clocks," and we must say in any part of a. domicile one of these would be very valuable. Any one looking throu4h Mr. Levy's establishment will agree with us. Mr. levy, being a practical man, has brought both clocks and watches to a state of desired perfection. Beside these, Mr. Levy has an extensive and beautiful selection - of general jewellery and watches, chains, &c., of the best make and newest designs.,. Any person requirmg a house clock, will' find every variety, and at Moderate figures, in this_ establishment. CORO NTER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of Patrick Byrne, who lived at 12, Russell-street, Park. On Sunday night, the 30th of January, 'the deceased' and his wife ,got drunk, and it appeared that whilst in that state he fell on the floor, and his clothes catching fire, he was' so severely injured that h e di e d on T ues d ay i n the Southern Hospital from the effects. Verdict accordingly. On the body of a boy, fifteen years of age, named Robert Dutton, who lived in Upper Mann-street., Park. The ,deceased was found dead "in a lime-kiln, in Hill - street, _ _ Park, and it appeared he was suffocated by the effluvia that came from the kiln. Verdict accordingly. On the body of Jane Hanley, who resided at 72, Great Crosshall-street ; she was about 30 years of age, and lived in the house for the last six months, but there was very little known about her ; she stated that her brother in-law was a gentleman, and allowed her 10s a week she died rather suddenly, and had previously hinted that she thought she got some dragged ale from her brother in-law, and diedin consequence of this ; a post mortem examination of the body was made, when it was found she died of disease of the heart. Verdict accordingly. MR. AND MRS. SCARISBRICK'S CONCERT.-Mr. and Mrs. Scarisbrick have announced two grand concerts on the 28th of this month. to take place in St. George's-hall. The corps musique will be very strong. Madame Viardot Garcia, Miss Ryles, Miss Wynne. Mr. and Mrs. Scaris brick, Miss Arabela Goddard, Signors Giulio Regondi, Luchesi, and Dragone. The programme has been issued, showing au admirable selection of effective music for each concert. Mrs. Scarisbrick deserves the highest encouragement from the Liverpool public, not only as a popular singer for many years, but as having probably laid the foundation, or certainly fostered the growth of the Liverpool Philharmonic Sociey by the excellent concerts she used annually to give ; , biinging to Liverpool all the finest singers of the day.— Mario, Grisi, Rubini, Tamburini, Lablache, the ch arm ing Sontag, and others we have not space to enumerate, thus incucating and encouraging the purest taste for music, which in these days of Social Science, should rank as the most powerful instrument to influence the masses to give up degrading gratifications, as well as afford the highest intellect ua l enjoyment to the cultivated many who desire to make themselves ac quainted with the works of the greatest composers. We therefore call ou the public to rally round an old friend, and deserving caterer for their amusement and in struction. AN INVENTION THAT BEATS THE LIGHTNING.---Cer vantes, or rather his redoubtable creation, Sancho Panza, speaks in high commendation of the "man who invented sleep," and a glowing Hibernian spoke in the most floierly languaie of the . gentleman who invented pota toes ts ; but the following invention beats both, an d the lightning into the bargain. In an almanack published in London, in this year of grace of 1859, under the bead of "predictions for the month of March," there is an entry, cautioning people who are delicate to be par ticularly' careful of their health; to put on warm clothing of the best description; to eat the best sorts of beef and mutton ' • to wear double-soled boots, and keep a double stock of flannel across the chest, and warm inside drawers on the legs. This is excellent advice, but hear what follows. Persons who are not able to procure these inside and external comforts, are advised to buy a two-and-sixpenny box of certain pills, and the writer assures the reader that " this invaluable medicine" will answer as an admirable substitute for all the above named necessary articles ! Now, we have heard of whiskey being fully as good any day as " washing and lodging," but here are pills that not only answer for.," washing and lodging," but act as meat, drink, and good warm clothes, havy solid boots, and warm flannel, also ! The invention of these pills, will create a complete revolution. The cloth manufac turers of Yorkshire may shut up at once, and as for tanners and boot-makers, its well up with them ! corn merchants and bakers are doomed, and we suppose that butchers will, out of pure necessity, be obliged to eat their own beef and mutton. Allsop's brewery will be a thing of past history, and even Kelly the butter-man may , retire on his well earned laurels, and build a round tower on the peak of Derbyshire. There is an old saying that " Bannagher bangs old Nick," and surely the pills " bang " even " Bannagher." HUYTON READING SOCIETY.—Like localities of larger pretensions, Huyton has its book society,'vigorous and efficient. On Wednesday evening last the society had its annual reunion, and in this quiet little village this is always an " event ;" the leading families of the neigh bourhood being invited to partake of the treat which the members annually provide. The soiree took place in the congregational schoolroom attached to the beautiful little gothic chapel, of which Fluyton can boast. The pro gramne lucluded, beside the ever-welcome beverage, tea, &c., an introductory address by the minister of the chapel, the Rev. E. Giles ; a paper "On the Primary Causes of the First French Revolution," by Alexander Eccles, Esq., A.B. ; and the usual sale of books. The whole was interspersed with glees and part songs, exquisitely rendered by Messrs. Haswell, Wilson, Williams, and Pierce, all well-known amateurs connected with the Liverpool musical societies. The introductory remarks by the Rev. E. Giles, oh the clubs of ancient and modern times, were opposite in the extreme, and displayed the varied literary reading of the rev. gentleman. Mr. Eccles's instructive essay was listened to with the greatest attention, and elicited much applause. It was a concise, well written history of France in those troublous times. Mr. Eccles traced the revolution to two causes : First, the protective spirit which reached its zenith under Louis XIV. ; and second, the crusade against knowledge after the death of the grand rnonarque. The sale of books (some of which were valuable standard works,) was a source of much amusement. Mr. Richard Barker enacted the part of auctioneer with much ability. The evening passed away very agreeably, and after votes of thanks to Mr. Eccles, the vocalists, and the chairman, the proceed ings were closed with the National Anthem. A general wish was expressed that these pleasant meetings should take place more frequently. THE SALE OF POISONS.--It will have been seen by our report of the Town Council proceedings, yesterday, that a memorial iu reference to the sale of poisons was presented to that body, the importance of which was fully admitted. Mr. Walpole, the Home Secretary, in his speech in the House of Commons, on Tuesday night, said:—" I have the statistics of Guy's Hospital for the last few years. From the return of 1837-8 it appears that the mortality occasioned by taking opium was 37 per cent., by arsenic 35 per cent., making 72 per cent. for these two poisons; so that very . nearly three-fourths of all the deaths were caused by opium and arsenic; by sulphuric acid, or oil of vitriol. 6 per cent. ; prussic acid, 5 per cent. ; oxalic acid, 31 per cent. ; corrosive sublimate, and mercurial preparations, 3 per cent. ; and the rest were made up of other poisiort, such as tartar emetic, wiz labours state of our external relations.; from this exposé, which harmonises with . everything,..that I have taken pains to make known for the -last two months, at home as well as abroad, you will find, I hope and believe, that my policy has not for one moment ceased to be the same—firm, but concilia- What confidence, therefore, can one have in the professions of such a schemist ? No, we believe with the Globe, that " public confi dence has received a rude shock from the events of the last few weeks, and will not swiftly revive, even at the bidding of the Emperor,"—and that " the commercial classes feel no security in con- templating the probable future deliclopments of that dark and tortuous policy ,which has so suddenly blasted the brilliant promise of the new year. They require practical proofs of the spirit of conciliation and moderation, of which the Emperor speaks so much, but with whiCh his acts accord so little." POISONS AND POISONING 1 THIS is a subject in which all classes of the People are more or less interested ; and it must therefore be a source of general satisfaction to find that the Government have had it under careful consideration, with the view of providing a better security to the public than there is at present, against those fearful and fatal accidents with poison which are so frequently occurring. An attempt was made in the last Session of Parliament to effect this object ; but it was urged that it was too near its close to allow sufficient time for the full consideration of the question, —an objection which has now been obviated, by Mr. Secretary - WALPOLE having already introduced his measure in the House of Commons. Another objection last year was the great and inconvenient interference which the measure then proposed would produce with the business of those who dealt in poisons,--: and this, in the Bill now brought forward, is also met, as far as it is possible to do so in regulations at all effectual for the object in view, by rendering the restrictions and requirements necessary, -as slight and as reasonable as possible. But, in such a case, there must needs be interference; and as the public safety demands it, they whom it may affect have no just right to complain. At present, so indiscriminately are poisons dealt with by druggists—so generally are they intermixed with the rest of the stock of their shops—and so accessible are they, whether in the sale or the dispensing of medicine, that the only wonder is there are not ten times as many fatal mistakes and casualties than now appear to occur. No doubt very many more are continually taking place, in one shape or another, than the public ever hear of. But, under any circumstances, the appropriation of deadly poisons cannot be too carefully guarded and regulated ; and . where human life may be so easily sacrificed through their accidental administration, it is not, in reason and fairness, to be made a subject of complaint, that they *lw deal in them §hcsid by placed, with t • vomica, and others, varying from 1 to 11- per cen I have given the principal, making 891 per eent..l,3io ther—opiiim, arsenic, sulphuric acid, prussic 3 0 / : acid, corrosive sublimate, and mercurial preparat o .o. :,, That, refers to the years 1837-8, and I will adY crtil o f a period 20 years later. I find in the last report Registrar-General that -•`‘ Four hundred and one p died annually of poisoning, and in nearly 118 ca se ' ec iis, poison is not specifi e d. Opium is the princil:4l sP e O poison ; by that, drug 125 persons are said to q v o t: —namely, 89 by laudanum, 34-by opium, and. 2 phia. Thirty-four persons were killed annuallY t„r ot O acid, including 15 by -the essential oil hi bittlr 104 ; Arsenic stands next, and to it 27 annual deaths are re ssio $ The salts of lead kill 23 persons annually, the 1;+ 1 mercury kill 10, oxalic acid kills 13, sulphuric fpg of vitriol) kills 15, persons annually. The cica t 7, frd, these, poisons are understated, as the 113 ilea , ' V unspecified poisons are chiefly caused by theme' P - d e i! some cases the poisoning is not discovered, and theme is ascribed, erronopusly,lo,disease. The-deaths bY 0 are murders, manslaughters, suicides, or acci4el its a", would be greatly diminished if solid opiam, l3 : ll , prussic acid, essential oil of bitter almonds, arsc ri r . 0 0 1 1 of lead, corrosive sublimate; oil of 'vitriol; an acid were- only retailed upon the production pf 3 e ; prescription. ' Quack medieineS, oterdoSes, arid ini o f medicines are stated to have caused 183 deattts DOCK RATING (From the Manchester Guardian.)- A bill, promoted by the Corporation and the ' g Liverpool, is befOre thelfouse , d- `Comineris4—t he ra i reading to be proposed on Wednesday next -0 the poor and:other local rate; the Mersey ° Harbour Board in respect of the docks and other P i belonging to them in the parish of Liver Pool where ; also to extinguish the partial exempti on Liverpool Corporation from rateability to the rt e poor. The Liverpool dock estate has ever been from the payment. of poor and other local according with various acts of Parliament, ana grounds stated by Lord Tenterden in the case the Inhabitants of Liverpool." On the author faith of these acts, more than twelve millior° have been borrowed and expended in reclaia below high watermark, and in mak land) the present doeki ;* and the mortgage-en raised on. security of the dock rates . . upwards of six millions sterling. By an' iet P' 1857, the management and 'Control of the Liverp c were vested in the ,Mersey Docks and Harbour B oa ing previously been managed by a committee 10 control of ; the Liverpool Corporation. By the the town dues (prevronsly levied by the C - Orpor4; applied in payment of the local expenses of 1 ) were vested in the Mersey Docks and ,llarboot h i and directed to be applied only for the benefit of and, as compensation, a million and a halt sterli _, secured to the Corporation, and charged on the; commerce of. the country. made to set aside this le :Now- an insidious ;gislative" settlement, pose upon commerce otlier local, ad still ill' iionable rates. Last year, such an attemPt.: b ; but the bill never reached a second rea present one would tax the commercial e ° to the extent of probably £40,000 a yoar t , Bemire to the inhabitants of Liverpool their e from due local taxation. The docks arc not P. taxation_ for such purposes nally w3tc, strand, they were wholly unrateabl; for . the D u this reclaimed strand the Liverpool Corporatio ll e trustees) paid to themselves (as representatives 0 payers) more than a million sterling; its r e( . 11 having been first effected out of rates shipping. The formation of the, dock* fore, has not only not displaced rateable has enormously increased the rateable v 3ltil adjacent property. Nay, it is to the e l on its docks of the millions raised by trade of the country, that Liverpool owes great wealth and prosperity. Out of the do e ,' 0 , present, the dock streets a re p ave d an d the " maintained at a cost of more tha n £20,000 Ye „,. , under this bill it is now sought to make coel" , : e shipping contribute largely to the local exPe ll ', borough. Nor is there any good case in the i i pressure and weight of the local burden. :t toitants of Liverpool do not know what borough rate,—and their poor rate is on the pound ; that of Manchester being 4s ; . . . the towns which the bill would tax' to pool, being more heavily taxed than ,tl' borough. Surely these group ° _ are strong members from this district, and oth( trade of the Mersey, should jectionable bill their mo s t s t renuous o ppositioilbs, preventits being read a second tune. N i . r , a a lt learned from a printed circular, signed on v e " tit deputations by the Mayor of Manchester , . o f deputations from Manchester and other place' o c the bill, have obtained an appointment for an to ; with the President of the Board of Trad e i o (Saturday), at noon ; 'and that it is expected avt( ment will be made by. the Chancellor of the i for one o'clock on the same day. The me mo manufacturing districts are invited 'to ace°o deputations on both occasions MERSEY X S RATING BILL.—At the Salford WednesdlY, purposes committee presented a report reconl iu ;i Council to join Manchester-in opposing the Mersey Docks Rating Bill ; the mutton cierP n s l , carried by eight to seven. The Town 1 . 0 1 there could be no doubt that a bill would be bo Parliament for the rating of all public prof rt e: the New Bailey prison, the Regent-road barrt i. Militia stores, all now exempt, would be ratfill already p a id ra t es u p on th eir y gas establishlu el l a P o plant, as well as upon the Town-hall ; la thel rates were not paid for the Town-hall, nor had the gas establishments until the last year () ; s t' proposed bill would give the Liverpool Corp°r to rate to . the relief of the poor, the docks and he was not aware that there were rr hands of companies that were not already to could not see why the shipping. interest Is tected any more than th e owners o f l ar ge ni l f o r liduses. All these concerns were carried ° rl poses of trade and commerce ; and any no" , compete with and undersell their neigr be for the Council to consider and this bill, how far they would be in a fall el they went to support the Government bill for g,.fie Mr. Alderman Turner moved, and Mr. 1111 31 70 the confirmation of the committee's re, I Mr. Cawley, Mr. Alderman Marsderf, J.35-"er( others opposed the motion, generally o n th e r e there was no reason why the docks of Lic e not contribute fairly to the relief of the pool' a man ; Turner aid Mr. Husband sup Po rte 3. which, on being put, was negatived by 28 t° a 0 THE MERSEY DOCKS RATING BILL.— the Birmingh am T own C ounc il, on Tuesaft,6:esti. read from Mr. Heron, town clerk of g L an ci „'i l the assistance of the C ounc il t o p rev ent the , er , Mersey Docks Rating Bill, 1859. The G° Qtf Committee were instructed to commiall! members for the borough, and to p re pare Pe the bill, and take other measur e s to °astir° —Birmingham Journal. 10 0'4 rhe fol , LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.- - Th e 111- 11' , been read a first time in the House of ue'i t ol? ford Borough Bill ; Lancaster and Carlisle R ` Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Elli P• f k at Manchester) Bill ; North-western Railw,,4.s' J 6 of Llangollen Railway Bill ; Mersey Poe n lil:h and Liverpool Corporation Property 1 13 t, i , i/ i ° Af t 'lq burn and Preston Road and Bridge B""T'utic4fi Liverpool, Swansea, and Milford Haven $ 0 ( way Bill; Mersey Docks and H ar bour - Lancashire, and Che s hi re J unc tion r Wirral Water Bill; Manchester, Shetuelcifi", colnshire Railway (Sale or Lease) Bill t on 8 lily and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale and ge ) Bill; Liverpo o l St a ti ons J unc ti on Railiv 3 /0"6 shire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire oi s i i panes (Amalgamation) Bill ; Liverpoo l, o ot r ili Allerton Railway Bill (4 , to a u thorise th e :bbog a railway from Liverpool to the ileLo'ud Garston, in Lancashire") ; Warrington s o 0 , Railway Bill (" to transfer the WarringtetoM port railway to certain companies" ); l i e ° „ ° r a Railway Bill (" for makinc , a railway ir" the county of Chester, to ° Great Nest ell ,„' o l lsi ji„„lP county, to be called the Hooton and Se s :iis I` . The second reading of the following " 1 0, 1 ',.0,„ Monday, the 14th instant : —Blacktgu i ll l'o Road and Bridge Bill ; Lancashire and ill; East Lancashire • Railway Companie s n 00, f 1 3 Garston, and Allerton Railway Bill; eljtel Western, and other Railway ComPale s ter, Traffic Arrangements) Bill ; Mane 1l 3 " Swansea, and Milf or d Haven Junctioni3riji44 Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Gui; le , 0 ;6 1 1 Railway (two bill s ) ; V a l e o f Llangol-, Warrington and St o kp or t R a ilway 1 31 ' ' Bill. nr iOt c oc e In order to facilitate and expedite the, the P r i s of Parliament, it has been arranged tbil'oelleed on a fair share of local bills shall be e °l ,pect 0 4 1 r f House of Lords. The following . bills c° l , bill s / JO) port of Liverpool form two in a list of e . `,, The i j iM to originate in the Upper House : -Ist , arrlie New Exchange Buildings Bill ; 201 Sanitary Amendment Aa Bill."