Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-21 00:00:00

Commtrritti sults. THIS DA T------ - Tars DAY, the 21st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' 13 Office, Tons 16, CAMWOO Exchange-buildings, D, lu iding ex Maggie Walker, from Africa, in the Albert Dock.— Apply to Mr. George F. Cornish, Merchant ; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. THIS DAY, the 21st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, wa -9-- 1,487 Barrels American Rough TURPENTINE, landing ex Harvest Queen, from New York.—Apply to Messrs Fielden, Brothers, and Co., Merchants ; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. This DAY, the 21st instant, at TwelVe o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 267 Barrels American Rough TURPENTINE, landing ex Harvest Queen, from New York.—Apply to Messrs, A. Baruchson and Co., Merchants ; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. Tats DAY, the 21st instant, at Four o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 1,800 Bales East India WOOL. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to TO-MORROW To-monstow, the 22nd instant, at Three o'clock at the Brokers' Saleroom, Atherton -buildings, Dale-street, Liverpool, 1,625 Bales East India 1,250 „ Donskoi fleece, chiefly superior combing 600 „ Superior Iceland, chiefly Northland 180 „ oporto fleece 100 „ Egyptian 73 „ Foreign and English, white and grey noils 57 „ Cordova 316 ~ Laid Cheviot andwhite and laid Highland 123 g ~ Peruvian, Chili, Lisbon, Scotch, &c. WOOLS ,—For catalogues, P c., apply to HUGHES and RONALD, Wool Brokers N E X WEEK 4,500 Bales On MONDAY next, Brokers' 4th ce, s 2, the 2 intant, Dale-s at Four eet o'clock, at the Offitr, 700 Bales East India 1 WOOL. 25 „ Egypti an i BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to On TUESDAY next, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 100 Tons African GROUND NUTS, 1,000 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 500 Ditto Ditto RAPESEED, 500 Ditto Ditto MUSTARD SEED. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to To close an account On TUESDAY next, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 150 Ballots, Mexican FIBRE, 63 Bales Ackers Back Goree.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker On TIJESDAY next, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 500 Bales Mexican FIBRE, per sundry vessels, from Tampico.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison and Forwood, Merchants; or to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. On WEDNESDAY next, the 26th instant, at Three o'clock, 300 Bales Port Philip and Sydney WOOLS. r. and. H. LITTLEDALE and CO., Brokers LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES, On WEDNESDAY next, the 26th instant, at Three o'clock, at the Cotton.Saleroont, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, 1200 Bales German, Hungarian, and Cape Skin WOOL. Also, at Four o'clock, _ 1,500 Bales East India, Egyptian, Co., Russian, eze. WOOI Apply to W. GREAME and Co., Wool Brokers. On :221t. PATENT ASPIIALTE ROOFING FELT. A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing. ONE PEN PER SQUARE FOOT. And PATENT HAIR FELT, !or Clothing Steam Boilers, &c., by which a saving of one-fourth in the consumption of fuel is effected. WM. GIBSON, Successor to W. W. PowELL. Office and Warehouse-12, CABLE-STREET. • ON SALE, 100 Tons MANURE OIL CAKE. For analysis and price, apply to THOMPSON, BAGNALL, and BUTTERWORTH, Brokers, 30, Moor&lds ON SALE, to arrive, sa A cargo of BONE ASH and:BONES, from Rio Grande, consisting of 156 Tons BONE ASH, 28 „ Mixed BONES, 13,000 SHANKS. JEFFERSQN and TAYLOR, Brokers, Liverpool and London Chambers. Apply to TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS, CHESHIREPIIOSPHATE COblPANYhaveconstantlyONSALE Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices maybe had at he Office, 3, CABLE-STREET. Works :—LOWER BEBINOTON. R. CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, 4.c CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS. HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Price OTI - Cr'enn WARM WINTER CLOTHING, THE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGART. INVERNESS WRAPPERS OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS , RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS. MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. BOYS' - WINTER CLOTHING Y. 7 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, &c.—THIS DAY. THEATRE ROYAL—Grand Comic Pantomime. ROYAL AmpnunEArrax—English Opera Company. CONCERT HALL (Lord Nelson-street)--Lola Montes. ALLSOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION (Lime-street). THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. ' For particulars see advertisements on Bth page, FRIDAY, eTA.NUAItY 21, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS. The Right Honourable William Ewart Glad stone was, after all, appointed for some special purpose. By a telegraph from Corfu, we learn that he had summoned the lonian Parliament to to assemble on the 26th of this month. Sir James Young had taken his departure, our advices do not say for where, but we suppose it is for England. Our other continental advices would show that things are day by day looking more peaceful. The Milan Gazette declares that there is no intention to rule Lombardy on a system of terrorism, and the Turin semi-official paper counsels the Piedmontese youth to abstain from demonstrations of their desire for war with Austria. This latter is to be attributed to the change in Paris. A proclama tion issued by the Mayor of Nice, on the departure direction of the troops in th e dire • of the Austrian frontier, shows that the advice is by no means uncalled for. ___lt seems that the Empero r of the French has proposed a personal meeting with the Emperor of Austria. This indicates a wish to remove alto gether what may have remained of unpleasant feeling between the two Governments. We are not informed whether Francis Joseph ha s accepted the invitation. _ _ Affairs seem hopelessly bad in Turk e y A Constantinovle caper speaks of grave dissension s : - in the Principalities, and the disturbances in sia are becoming more serious. The triumph of the Liberal and Unionist party in Moldavia, at the election of the Hospodar, is confirmed by numerous telegrams. The announce ment was unexpected, as all earlier communica tions foreshadowed the victory of the Stourdza family,. whom Austra and Turkey supported. Bit the majority in favour of Cousa, it seems, was even very considerable. This election is equivalent to a triumph of the Unionists, in both Princialities, for it was Moldavia whenc e the greatest objections hitherto proceeded. • As th e reform question continues to be discussed, we may be excused quoting • a passage from the letter of a Scotch correspondent. He says : " Mr. Bright's proposed re-distributioh of seats, so far as this county is concerned, has given universal dissatisfaction. We do not wish to join any county. We can sit on our own bottom ; but, if there is to be an amalgamation of counties, surely Argyll, and not Ayrshire, is our natural ally." This is written from Bute on the 17th inst. At Gloucester a meeting has been held in favour of household suffrage, vote by ballot, and a more equal distribution of seats. Alder man Carden, the Conservative member for the borough, sent excuses for not attending, but Mr. Price, the other member, was present, and ex pressed his full concurrence in the resolutions which were adopted. At Cockermouth, supposed to be one of the strongholds of Toryism, a meeting has been held in favour of a rating suffrage, the vote by ballot, and the other points of the London Parliamentary Committee's programme. At a meeting of the Tower Hamlets R e f orm Associa tion thanks were unanimously voted to Mr. Bright for his bill, but it was suggested to the hon. gentleman that, instead of dividing the Tower Hamlets into two boroughs of four members each, he should divide it into four boroughs each possessing one representative. Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P., addressed a meeting of his constituents at Cupar on Tuesday night. He volunteered a defence of Lord Palmerston on the Reform question ; and declared it was " notorious," that his Cabinet had remitted the subject of Reform to a committee who, in their turn, had actually prepared a bill, which was about to be submitted to the Government at the time of its overthrow. This perfectly " notorious " fact will rather surprise people living in this part of the cou n t r y, a lth oug h it probably served its purpose at Cupar. Mr. Ellice appears to have forgotten the admission made by Lord Palmerston himself, after his fall, that he had not prepared a Reform bill. -Mr. Ellice opposed all " organic" reforms such as are pro posed by Mr. Bright and Mr. Roebuck. The result of the poll on the question whether the Crystal Palace should be opened to the share holders on Sunday, was made known yesterday. The majority against the resolution for closing the palace was 17,021; the gross number of votes polled being 168,541. Captain Young gave notice of a renewal of his motion, The Dublin Independent Gas Consumers' Com pany state that in addition to upwards of £15,000, shares actually allotted in the capital stock of the company, they have other applications under con sideration, and independently of the shares allotted and applied for, offers to take further shares, amounting to £32,500,. have been received from contractors of eminence residing in England and Scotland; but they have deemed it expedient at present not to allot such shares, because they con ceive that the prosperity of the company will be best secured and all danger of amalgamation pre vented by giving a preference in the allotment of shares to resident consumers of gas. The directors also state their conviction that gas can, and ought to be, supplied at the reduced rate of 3s Gd per 1,000 cubic feet, after paying dividends at the rate of 10 per cent. Coal, we ought to remind our readers, is nearly one-fourth dearer in Dublin than Liverpool. We can consequently be supplied with gas here at less than 3s per thousand cubic feet. The Dublin Journals publish the farewell address of Mr. Whiteside to the Enniskillen electors. The Rev. Professor Lloyd, one of the Senior Fellows of the University, in a complimentary note to the Attorney-General, says that by his (Mr. Whiteside) consenting to stand for the college his election " would not only confer on the University a representative altogether worthy of her, but also deliver her from the agitation and unseemly turmoil which too often attend contested elections." Mr. Whiteside, yields a willing assent, and Dr. Gayer being also in the yielding mood, waives his claim for the present, and so ends the whole affair. On Tuesday Messrs Cunard, Wilson, and Co., of this town, offered a number of ships for auction at Cork. These ships and vessels were the assets of a firm that had failed—Messrs. James Scott, and Co., of Queenstown. The following is the result of the sale : The Swan, put up at £5O, and after a short competition sold for £lBO ; she is 234 tons register, and was built at Belfast in 1824, now lying at Cork ; the brigantine Susan, 118 tons register, built at Southampton in 1821, now lying at Cork, sold for £100; the brig Albion, 260 tons register, built at Tatmagouche in 1841, now lying at Cork, sold for £235 ; the schooner Derrynane, 53 tons register, built at Cork in 1848, now lying at Cork ; sold for £230. The schooner Pilot, 60 tons register, built at Cork, in 1846, now lying at Cork, sold for £425. The cutter Petrel, 48 tons register, built at Cork in 1848, now lying at Cork, sold for £215. The ship Lockwoods, 806 tons (new measurement) ; built at New Brunswick in 1840 ; lying at Cork ; £1,250 were offered on behalf of a Liverpool gentleman, by Mr. Cunard's clerk. After a short competition, she was bought in by the Auc tioneer, at the owner's bid—£l,Boo. The barque Maria, 285 tons register, built in Nova Scotia, in 1854, lying at Cork, sold at £990. The barque Blanche, 411 tons register, built in New Brunswick, 1849, now lying at Cork, sold for £l,lOO. The brie Elizabeth, 156 tons register built in Devonshire, in 1813, now lying at outh Shields, sold for £5O. The hulk Andreas, used as a floating store, sold for £ll5. Seven whale-- boats were sold at prices varying from £3 to £lO. The usual weekly meeting of the Mersey Dock Board was held yesterday. Mr. Laird introduced some correspondence which had passed between him and several legal gentlemen, respecting the purchase of land on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, but ultimately it was not read. A report from Mr. Hartnup, the astronomer, was read. He complains of insufficient room to test the various chronometers which are sent to the Observatory. A resolution was passed that every captain should pay lOs 6d for the correcting of his chronometer, and every new one should not be tested unless the manufacturer paid £1 Is. The motion of Mr.Bushell, for the purpose of members of the dock committee conferring with the Customs, to see how far it is practicable or desirable to extend the present working hours of the Custom-house, and further, to take such evidence and to make such enquiry as they may deem necessary to elucidate how far it is possible, by ant means, to increase the working power of the aocks and quays; was lost by the casting vote of the chairman, whereupon Mr. Bushell said, he should decline to act as a member of that committee. The health of the town last week was good. The deaths were only 243, against 260 the preceding week, and 306 in the week previous to that. As compared with the corrected average of the same week of the preceding ten years, the return of last week shows a decrease of 19, The most curious part of the return is, that the fatal cases of small pox were all after vaccination. The annual meeting of the Deaf and Dumb Institution was held yesterday. The report is satisfactory. There is still a considerabl e b a l ance , but the institution is not large enough to accom modate the applicants. It requires another £l,OOO, and we hope to see our charitable friends soon raise this amount. _ _ _ The half yearly meeting of the London Joint- Stock Banking Company was held yesterday. The report was short, but satisfactory. It stated that the net profits of the half year (including a former balance) amounted to X 107,700 ss. 2d., which the directors appropriated in following manner :—Dividend at 121 per cent. per annum, £37,500 ; Bonus at X 1 per share, £60,000 ; Gua rantee Fund, £10,200 s s, 2 d. Total, £107,700 s s. 2d. The Guarantee Fund was now £202,867 4s. sd. The balance sheet exhibited a total of assets of X 10,304,106 3s. 7d. The chairman com plimented the shareholders on the progress of the bank, and regretted the loss of their late friend and colleague, Mr. G. H. Foster, one of the founders of the bank. There were a few remarks on the subject of the accounts, and the report was adopted. The half -yearly meeting of the Bank of London also took place yesterday, Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., in the chair. The report showed a steady progress in the business of th e b an k for the half-year, and a gross profit within that period of £24,139 14s 2d. From this sum £2,508 is 7d had been deducted for rebate on bills discounted, bad and doubtful debts, and current expenses, leaving a ba lance of £11,891 2s sd, out of which the directors now proposed a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, carrying forward £4,391 2s 5d to the next account. The balance sheet showed a total of assets of £1,633,202 lis 4d. The chairman congratulated the shareholders on the steady progress of their bank, in spite of the low rate of interest for money, and the stagnant condition of trade during the last six months. The report was agreed to unanimously. WE have been called upon to record, of late, the progress of more than one of those most unhappy confederacies into which work-people of certain descriptions are sometimes tempted to enter, and which issue in those mischievolis results commonly called strikes. The town and neighbourhood of Wigan have, in particular; been kept in a state of ferment by one of these -most untoward proceed ings, among the colliers for some time past, and con siderable personal violence has unfortunately arisen from it. This, indeed, is very generally one of their consequences ; and it indicates very forci bly that they who pursue such means under the false idea of promoting their interests are decidedly at fault. It may with truth be said of such people, as it has been said of another and a •different class of mistaken persons, that " their hearts are constantly employed, perverted, and kept in a wrong state, by the indiscreet use of such things as are lawful to be used-" This is just their predicament They have a perfect right to look after their own interests. If they think they are under-paid for their labour, not only are they entitled to have their case considered in a spirit of liberality and kindness by their employers; but, failing this, uo one can find fault with them for taking up the consideration of it themselves, and adopting such fair and reasonable measures of redress as they may deem calculated to secure their lawful object ;—the object, namely, of obtaining a better remuneration, if possible, for their toil. Such a course, it is one of their inalienable rights and liberties to pursue. They are masters of their own capa bilities. Their capacity to labour is their own possession. They have a perfect right to dispose of it to the best advantage, —nay more, if they have others dending upon the wages they earn, it is their duty to make the most of their daily in dustry. " The labourer is worthy of his hire," — and he is worthy, if an industrious man, of the best possible hire to be obtained for his labour. The manufacturer takes the products of his mill, or his workshop, and the merchant takes the goods which he has imported, to the best markets that can be found, and it is commendable so to n do, ac cording to the principles of trade. No one can dispute the collier's right to do the same with that which he also has to dispose of—his own labour. It were often, and ought to be always, a proud position in which to be able to say,—" Sir, lam a true labourer ; I earn that I get ; get that I earn ; owe no man hate ; envy no man's happiness." Who can have a greater right to the law's protection than one in so honourable a position ? Surely such a man deserves to earn by his labour the utmost that he honestly and fairly can. And he is entitled to be protected against those who would continue to employ his labour at an insufficient price, or in anywise defraud him of its just earnings. There are severe judgments, indeed, denounced against those that " oppress the hireling in his wages." But the labourer may be oppressed, more than all, by his own fellows ; and these strikes very often show how he may. The colliers' strike at Wigan has been showing it most forcibly. Such of them as were ready to work at the old waggs have, through violence, been prevented doing so by their fellow-workmen, who demanded higher wages. As to the question of wages, whether the amount is too low, or it is not, but fair and reasonable, as times go,—into this we cannot at present enter, nor is it necessary to our argument to do so. It is a question quite legiti mate, and needful to be considered, as between the labourer and his employer ; but certainly not as between one labourer and another. One labourer has no business whatever to interfere with another as to the amount of wages he may be content with for his work. Yet at Wigan, as it has too frequently been the case there and elsewhere before, they who would work at the wages offered are not allowed to do so by those who will not work themselves ; they are obstructed and forced away by violence—they are even maltreated for wishing to work, in opposition to the behests of such as prefer the conflict and commotion of a " strike," to the peace and quiet of regular and settled work. There has, in consequence, we learn, "been a great hindrance to business, for only about one-fourth of the men in work made their appearance at the pits for fear of being waylaid by the turn-outs,"—way- laid, that is, to be violently beaten and driven away, even at the risk of their lives. An instance of such violenc'e is thus related,—" on the outskirts of Ince a party met one man going to work, when they collared him, and said, Now we've got thee; what wilt thou have—a good beating, or be stripped ?' The man replied, I don't like either.' ' Thou must have t'one or t'other,' was the answer; and the man said, Then I'd rather be stripped.' He was therefore stripped naked, and started off home in that condition." Now this is a combination of cruelty and injustice that is utterly unjustifiable, and altogether insufferable. It is the rankest oppression, and is calculated to bring into great trouble, as it ought to do, those who have re course to it. The workpeople who act so towards their fellows are a disgrace to their order, and at the same time are the bitterest enemies of their own real and permanent interests. Such men are unfit to be entrusted with any power—we had almost said with any privilege ; certainly they are not fit to exercise any political or moral force, which they might abuse as they do their physical force, to injure and oppress their fellows, and to distract the peace of society. They ought to be made an example of, for the benefit of their own body, which they thus so grievously discredit and injure. They are doing a wrong which can never come right; and they require to be taught, what the history of all THE NORTHERN TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1859 the world tells us, that immoral means will never generate good ends. " THE MISSION OF MERCY " is the name appro priately given to a very interesting picture now exhibiting in this town, which represents FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, at her merciful work in the hospital at Scutari. It is an historical painting, of a highly touching character, and one that is of deep national interest. There she stands, humanely directing the disposal of the wounded as they are brought in, and seeing carried into practical effect that admirable arrangement she had herself planned and provided for their comfort, if not for their cure: She is, with great propriety, the prominent object in a scene which owes all its importance to herself,—a scene which, all must admit, reflects infinite honour on her country ; and one which will illu mine, for the admiration of posterity, its historic page. She devoted her tenderest care, and most unremitting attention, to the wounded and the dying soldier. It was her part to bestow upon him her best regar6, not when he was in the midst of " the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war," but only when all this had passed away • from his personal position, and left him a miserable victim of its ruthless cruelty —an unsightly wreck of humanity, a wretch " used-up " in a contest in which he himself had but very little interest at any time, and which now had itself none whatever in him I Only too true was the satire of the poet, when he exclaimed— " Dost thou not know the fate of soldiers ? They're but ambition's tools to cut a way To her unlawful ends ; and when they're worn, Hack'd, hewn with constant service, thrown aside, To rot in hospitals!" Yes, to " rot in hospitals," was the fate from which his ministering angel came forth to rescue the British soldier. In his hour of suffering and dis- tress, it was her charitable concern to see him cared for,—to tend him herself with gentlest 'attentions—to nurse him, to minister to him, that at least his pains might be alleviated, and his anxieties soothed, if not his wounds healed, and his life restored. Forcibly, indeed, in such a case, do we see exemplified, though even more loftily, more magnanimously, than is there imagined, the beautiful portraiture which WASHINGTON IRVING has given of woman, when he says,,--" As the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; it is beautifully ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in his hap pier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity ; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his nature, tenderly supporting the drooping head, and binding up the broken heart." Such, we say, was the capacity in which Miss NIGHTINGALE appeared, and acted, in the military hospitals of the Crimean war. Yet great as was her humane and charitable influence there, it was probably but a tithe of that which she has been enabled to exert, directly or indirectly for the soldier's benefit, in other respects. To the same influence, in the same cause, only more generally directed, was to be attributed that Commission which was appointed to examine the sanitary state of the British army. And most important has been the work which the Commis sioners performed. " They inquired into the ordinary conditions of barrack life ; they investi gated the regulations of the Army Medical Service; they entered into the details of hospital manage ment, and thoroughly searched out every abuse by which the soldier's health was so recklessly under- Mined. They looked into everything, and found all very bad,"—almost worse, indeed, we believe, than the penetrating eye of woman's humanity and cha rity had previously discovered it to be. " The Medical Service was without influence, the com monest precautions against disease were unknown, and the hospital system was apparently devised for the express purpose of multiplying forms, dividing responsibility, and impeding the efforts of any medical officer who might happen to be alive to the importance of his duties." All this had been already found out by Miss NIGHTINGALE and her devoted Sisters of Mercy. But the Royal Commission has formally assured itself of, and officially reported upon it ; presenting, at the same time, a series of recommendations which appear eminently calculated to remedy all that is amiss, As the Saturday Review, in an article on the subject, well remarks,—" It remains with the Government to give effect to these recommenda tions, and to render the Medical Department of the army competent to ward off all preventible mischief from the soldier while yet in health, instead of waiting to treat him when the time for prevention has passed. The re-organisation of the military hospital system is a necessity which the experience of the earlier period of the, Crimean campaign has made painfully obvious. It was not so much the rust of a long peace as divided responsibility that made the hospitals of the army little better than charnel houses ; and when a remedy was at length applied, it was only by superseding in practice, by every kind of extra neous aid, the faulty machinery which in theory still remained, and indeed remains to this day, unaltered. The cardinal rules which Miss NIGHTINGALE suggested must be the basis of any scheme. The organisation must be simple, and the responsibility concentrated ; the medical authorities must be supreme in all professional matters, instead of being subject to the capricious parsimony of purveyors or commissaries ; and, lastly, the time of scientific surgeons should not be wasted upon petty details of management, which would be regulated quite as well by any business-like man without a particle of pro fessional training. The existing hospital system could not be more accurately described in general terms than by saying that it exactly reverses these maxims. The horrors of Scutari were truly said to be the consequences of the system ; but that system still exists, and the War Office seems to be by no means impatient to super sede it by the regulations which have been framed upon the bafitg gf the Commissioners' Report, But Parliament will soon be sitting, and we are sanguine enough to believe that the thorough reform of the whole sanitary condition of the army will be secured, in spite of any amount of slug gishness at head quarters." WHERE IS THERE A POLICEMAN ?-It has frequently been said, and with some degree of truth, that whenever a policeman is wanted, he is never to be found. This was amply verified by what took place last evening, shortly after six o'clock, near the Terminus of the London and North Western Railway Station, in Lime-street. It is well known to all persons who are in the habit of passing throngh that portion of the street, that there are a number of girls daily located there for the pur pose of making a few pence, by the sale of oranges, frequently an accommodation to travellers, and there are also a number of idle and dissolate fellows always loiter ing about the same locality, with no other apparent object in view than that of annoying the respectable portion of the community, by their disgraceful, disgusting, and obscene language. The former, when a policeman is seen in the locality, are driven away, while the latter are permitted to remain undisturbed. Last evening, about the hour named, one of these poor girls was standing against the entrance to the station, quietly endeavouring to sell her oranges, when several overgrown scoundrels passed her, and one of them deliberately took from her basket two oranges. The others made their escape up Lord Nelson-street, but the girl .caught hold of the thief, and asked. him to give her back the oranges. This he refused to do ; but finding he could not get away, he struck her several most terrific blows in the face, which compelled her to relinquish her hold, and the ruffian followed his companions, as fast as he could, the poor girl imploring him to return her the oranges. This disgraceful scene was witnessed by a number of persons, some of whom called out " Police ! policeman was too be found, and the general exclamation was, "Where is the policeman ?" many expressing themselves ready to give the scoundrel in charge. But the poor girl was left without any redress. While re ferring to this case, we would call the• attention of the authorities to the disgraceful state of this locality from the close of day until a late hour at night. It is the re sort of a large number of prostitutes, who, openly and unblushingly, pursue their calling, without the least step being taken by the police, who are very rarely to be seen in the neighbourhood, to check the evil, much to the annoyance of - all parties passing from thence to the London-road. And, with shame be it said, perhaps the Sunday evening is the worst time of the week, when the annoyance is the greatest, and the most disgraceful scenes are enacted. Surely Major Greig, with the force he has at his command, could take some steps to prevent such gatherings—or, at least, adopt some system to put a stop to , public decency being thus outraged but no LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A valuable piece of patronage has just fallen to• Lord Derby in the shape of the Green Riband vacant by the death of the Earl of Haddington. ENo.rasu LOVE or DINNERS.—If an earthquake were to engulf England to-morrow, the English would manage to meet and dine some where among the rubbish, just to celebrate the event.—Doug?ze Jerrold. WA.TERLOO.—The very handsome sum of £lO5 has been raised during the year ending December, 1858, by the Wesleyans in Waterloo ) towards their foreign mis sions. In addition to the above, they have also contri buted upwards of £5O tovrards their home missions. LIVERPOOL C HEM ISTS'ASS 0 CI ATION. —T hesixth meeting of the session was held at the Royal Institution, last evening, when a lecture was delivered by N. Samuelson, Esq., on " Bones and Bone Manure ;" and a paper was read by D. Duckworth, Esq., " On the Narthex. Asafoetida, embracing a description of the plant, its properties and ases." THE POULTRY SHO.W.—The show continued yester day, and was as interesting as on the opening day. The charge for admission being lower, the number of visitors was of course greater, but still respectable, and all ad mired the show. It will continue to-day, when, at the close, an auction will take place to wind up the exhibi tion for this year. THE LATE I)AVID LLOYD, ESQUlRE:—Notwithstand ing the lamented death of David Lloyd, Esq., of Rood Lane, London, and Cargolton, in Surrey, the business of the firm will be continued as heretofore, and the executors have requested the representative in this district to con tinue his services as usual. This notice is for the purpose of contradicting reports already made by interested parties, that the firm would not be continued as hereto fore.—Old Swan, January 20, 1859. Although it is the month of January, 1859, most people admit we are living in hard times, hence it should be the study of every one to ask themselves the question, " How can I save my money ?" We reply, without hesitation, buy your steel pens, and other sta tionery, at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. Joseph Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's, W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per gross. Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen. LAUNCH OF THE SLEIVEDONARD.--Another launch took place yesterday, from the yard of Messrs. Vernon and Son, the well-known builders. The vessel sent afloat is an iron one, about the largest iron ship built in Liver pool. She is over 1,300 tons, and was admired by the best judges who saw her. She ha s b een b u ilt f or M essrs. Sinclair, of Belfast, and intended for the Australian trade. She is called the " Sleivedonard," after a mountain in the county of Down. There was a large assemblage of persons present, and the launch was effected with the utmost eclat. TRAMORE LIFEBOAT. —TitxmoßE, near Waterford, Jan. 17.—We have had, to-day, a most successful trial of the new lifeboat which the National Lifeboat Institu tion sent to this place a week or two ago. She was hauled down to the beach, and launched in a very heavy surf, blowing a gale from S.S.W., and was pulled out through all the breakers in a most gallant manner, and behaved so well that she was the a d m i ra ti on of an immense multitude that witnessed the affair. The brave crew were composed of fishermen and coast-guard men, who volunteered on the spot. CHARGE OP STABBING.—TWO young men, named Loughran and King, were charged, at the police office, yesterday, with having assaulted Richard Williams, and with stabbing him in the side. Mr. Bluck was for the defence. The complainant said he was in Westmoreland-street, when he saw some boys quarrelling, and on interfering with them he was knocked down by the prisoners, and, as he alleged, the first named drew a small dagger and wounded him in the side with it. Mr. Bluck produced evidence to show that King did not touch the complainant, and he was dis charged. The other prisoner was fined £5, or to be imprisoned for two months. ASSAULT.—John Thorn, a publican and car-owner, in Denison-street, was charged, at the police-office, yesterday, with having assaulted James Wier, 'one of his car-drivers. Mr. Bluck prosecuted. It appeared that the complainant drove a Miss Woods from the Victoria Hotel to Halewood, and got seven shillings fare, and three shillings for himself, and when he went home the defendant demanded the additional three shillings as " back fare," which he refused, and then the alleged assault was committed. The defendant called two witnesses to disprove the charge. The magis trates, however, believed the assault had been committed, and fined the defendant S 1 and costs. ENGLISH OPERA AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Last night, Mr. Elliot Galer's company repeated the " Mountain Sylph" with the greatest success. Miss F. Reeves sang her music with great expression and taste ; Madame Maude Bishop showed herself an accomplished dramatic singer and actress ; Mr. Elliot Galer executed the whole of music with great sweetness and purity ; and Mr. E. Corri was quite at home in the part of Christie, singing and dancing inclusive. With the exception of an occasional hardness of enunciation, which we think a little care might avoid, Mr. Borrani per formed his part of Hela with great character. The mist en scene was admirable, and well supported by the chorus, DERELICT VESSEL. 'On Monday ir - dorning tlie Marianne, of Falmouth, a large barque,7oo tons burden, and heavily laden with timber, was towed into Queenstown, by tho Resolute and Retriever, two of the tugs of the Liverpool Nr jw Steam-tug Company. She had been found by the Y:keso r 1, lute in ion 16 W., and lat 48 30 N., completely abo.ndoned and water-logged. So entirely had the wato ained the mastery that her deck was burst up, and her rudder being —, to gone she was quite helpless. The 1/030:ate entranceher in tow, brought her to this harbour) "near the takin which she fortunately obtained thy', assistance of her con sort, the Retriever, which WU IP., Without this assistance :shed behind and acted as a rudder upon the crippled sh: ip ... it would have been ditli . --":alt to bring her into port, and impossible tq I }RY O ears"ed her through the maze of vessel which lie in the harbour. The barque was sunk to nel the water's edge, and rolled most fearfully ; but betw7 ll. the two boats, the most p ower f u l t ugs i n E uro pe, 1 ".. was brought to a secure anchorage opposite Haulbowlol.,.e This great feat speaks wonders for the enterprise of w, Tug Company, w hi c h sen t one o f it s vesse l s upon oPect,lo lation to the resc ue o f p roper t y a di s t ance o f b e t wee n qv ii and 700 miles across th e Atl an ti c . Th e s hi p w ith t the Resolute thus fell i n , w ith h er cargo , i s va lued between £4,000 and £5,000. The power of the tug is abundantly proved by her towing a vessel, in the co l ' dition of the Marianne, the enormous distance she bad be brought, in order to reach thi s harbour.--07 Examiner. MANDERS ROYAL MENAGERIE. TO-morrow, th e pnblic will have an opportunity of witnessing one of till largest and most interestin collections of wild beasts. n present known. Mr. ManJ ' ers has taken the extelisi l, area at the end of Shaw's-brow, where he will prese nt his truly astonishing collection of natural history. Fr °lll , what we have heard and read in the papers, it ser a : that this collection is unrivalled in all respects, as resat the extent and variety of the animals, their wonder training, and sagacity. No doubt this great exhibitio; will be duly appreciated and welcomed by the public,ll only as a curiosity in itself , but for the information a s instruction which will be derived from its contemplatio n. CORONER'S COURT.—The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday :—On the body of John McQui re i who lived at 19, Fairhurst-street, who was a doe labourer. H e was f oun d d run k, a f ew d a y s a cr e , a t ale of the docks, and was booked for safety. He died excessive drinking. Verdict accordingly.—On the 10") of Margaret Stycbe, f our t een d a y s o ld, w h o di e d fr° l.„ ; the effects of some narcotic poison, but how, by whom, ° where administered, there was no evidence to shoW . Verdict accordingly.—The Coroner opened au inquest on the body of a child, named Margaret Fleming four yep of age, who wa s f oun d d ea d i n a p ett y , i n 2 Court, JA C ' . street. There is much suspicion attached to the eas, e ' but, as the whole will be gone into this day, we r efrain from saying more at present. TOXTETH BOARD' Or GUARDIANS.—The weekly tile e ! t ., ing of this board wa s h e ld yes t er d ay; M r. Urquhart .di" the chair. The other guardians were—Messrs. Leyland, John Moss, M. A. Johns, A. Miller,W. Bayne s ' John Wilson, W. H. Ogden, Joseph Harrison, Siddeley, W. Leyland, Joseph Wilson, Arthur Grindr°7; David Craig, and W. J o h nson . A c h eque was d ra wl f or £lOB, for out-door relief for the week. Mr. John Wils ° i l drew attention to the fact that the visiting committee kn„ not visited the in-do or p au p ers f or a p er i o d o f t wo until Friday last, when only two members of the visit . '" committee could be got together for the purpose. Th e e j ought to meet and visit regularly. It was then agr that the committee should meet fortnightly. There no other business of public interest. HISTORIC' SOCIETY.—The usual weekly meeting Of this society was held last evening, in the Grand Jur RN': St. George's-hall, Mr. 'Wm. Brown, in the chair' Last night was the meeting of the scientific section. The following donations were acknowledged : —A series of play bills of the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, for 1822, from H. M. Harrison. " Collections of the S urre y A rc h aao logie al Society," vol. 1, part 11., from the society., ‘‘ C a talog, of the. Antiquities in the Mus eum o f th e R o y a l Iris . !; Academy," from the society. "Th e Archaeologic' Review," parts XL. and XLI., edited by A. J. Dak ill ,l Esq., from the edit or; an d a series of Medallions of Napoleon and his era, by Andriew, from E. Carey, The paper for the evening was "On the Great Comet ° 1858," by John llartnup, F.R.A.S., and J. T. Towso n ' F.R.G.S. LAUNCH OF A. NEW VESSEL FOR THE EAST INDI A TRADE. —Yesterday, a very handsome. vessel, intend for the Calcutta trade, and called the john L a wrenc e ' after the General who rendered such distinguish2d s e ; vices- in India, was launched from the ship-building P i k of Messrs. Thomas hoyden and Sons, Queen's-an The vessel has been built for Me ssrs . FU rnwor th Jardine. She is 1,140 tons builde rs measuremen t ; 1,0 9$ new register ; measures 195 feet over all ; with a beam of 36 . feet,. and a. depth of 22 feet inches. She is a medium clipper, and, from the strength of her build anr the freedom and beauty of her proportions, she bids fa te not only to perform' rapid passa ges , b u t t o b ecome a sl ie and favourite vessel for cargo. Mi ss F arnwor th, daughter of one of the owners, performed the baptise s ceremonies, and the launch, which was complet e. ; successful, was witnessed by a large number or persons. The Sir John Lawrence is c l asse d A 1 t thirteen years. THE QUEEN (ON THE PROSECUTIO N OF THE EAR.. , DERBY) V. GEE AND OTHERS. This case came before 1 '; Court of Queen's Bench, Oil Wednesday,. upon demurrer to a return to a mandam us . Th e defenda n were the Nuisances Removal Committee at Bootle-cu : 11/ i; Linacre, in the county of Lancaster, and the writ, silt was granted on the appli ca ti on o f t h e E arl of Deru,ji commanded them to ma k e a sewer on t h e sea CO' . between high and low wa t er mar k s . Th e sewer in go: , tion was necessary in order to abate a nuisance caused j the overflow of sewage from a certain sewer construct by the Earl of Derby fo r th e use o f cer t a i n h ouses wbic o he had erected in that locality, and into which a 11 %, gaol and house of correction had b een a ll owe d t o drit a The question intended to be ra i se d was , as t o w hethe r the defendants were bound to c ons t ruc t th e req uisb sewer. Mr. Mellish (with whom was Mr. Pashley, 12.. 0 was heard for the plaintiff; Mr. Atherton, Q.C. (no whom was Mr. L. Temple) for th e d e f en d an t. In course of the argument, it appeared that the qttes i t l ' io ' . intended was not properly raised on th e recor d, and the result the Court gave leave to amend. WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.--The usual weekly 'need% of this committee w as h e ld y es t er d ay , M r. O wen in chair. The other members present were—Mef%. Denton, Critchley, Bro ome , M e ll y , Willi ams, Sinn. Byford, and Syred. Th e governor ' s re t urn s h owe d the number of paupers in the establishment was 2,44 6 There was a decrease during the week of 18. 1111 0 number in the corresponding w ee k o f l as t year / 1 . 2,730, showing a decrease of 285 on the year. 3y medical officer reported that the num b er o f des during the week was 30, of whom 7 were men, 8 women; 2 children above 2 years' old, and 13 infants underl years. The number of sick paupers in the hospital la' i week was 674; new cases a d m itt e d s i nce, 105; curte, and discharged, 101 ; now rema i n i ng unde ment, 648; of whom 65 are fever, 20 itch and 7 sni 9 ;l pox cases. The mast er o f th e vagrant sheds report h e that there were relieved i n thi s d epartment, during tha week ending Jan. 15, 117 male paupers, 53 females, l es 10 children ; total, 180 ; s h ow i ng an i ncrease in gold of 48, females 25, an d children 16 ; nett decrease 0 , 1- last week, 89 ; and a de crease o f 196 un d er t h e coirv; ponding week of last year. The busines s t rans a c ted all of a routine character. LAUNCH OF A CLIPPER SHIP AT ButxENun.tPf Shortly before noon, y es t er d a y, th e J ess i e Beazley, o'le of the smartest clipper ship s ever b u ilt i n t h e M e rsey' was successfully launched from th e y ar d of Me6sl; Clover and Royle, adjoining the W oo d s id e F erry . Thoug e , the weather was not very propiti ous ( a k een w i n d, g he companied by showers, blowin g f rom th e sou th- eas t), launch, the first which has taken place in the localitle was witnessed by a vast crowd of spectators. Ti l e Jen, Beazley is, as we said b e f ore , a remar k a bl y h an del d clipper ship of about 500 t o ns b ur th en. Sh e is ovil , f by Mr. James Beazley, an d i s , we b e li eve, i nten d e d I ° 6 the East India trad e . Aft er th e l aunc h , the Jet t Beazley was promptly and sa f e ly t a k en i nto one vt Messrs. Clover and Itr)yle's docks, where she will be P o i ready for sea as rapidly a s p oss ibl e . Th e ceremon y , christening the Jessie Beazley was very gracefully P er e formed by Miss A. Clover, the youthful daughter of of the builders. During the launch, which was runs successfully carried out, a lad named Thomas goof!, who was rendering assistance, met with a serious acct, dent, and had to be conveyed to the Birkenhead hospital; He was struck by a part of the gear called the "mal ll %, on the head, and rend ere d i nsens ibl e, and for some great doubts were entertained for his life, but, on bell conveyed to the hospital, h e somew h a t recovere d , thoug his injuries are very severe. SUSPECTED DEATH FROM VIOLENCE. - Some excit e ; ment has been caused in Melth am , a v ill age near flub dersfield, by the death of a y oung woman, named S a t% Earnshaw, who it was alleged h a d di e d in consecuen—, of a blow given to her upon th e c h est, b y a boy sixteen years of age, named Joseph H a ll. Th e deceased t Hall worked in the same room at Mr. Gooddy's Meltham, and on Monday week whilst engaged packing up some wool, Hall was seen to give _.,ke,, r „ 6 - blow with his clo se d fi s t over the left breast. Iv' she got to he r l o d g i ngs she commenood spitting bloods; and complain e d th at i t was in consequence of a blo_,„ given to her by H a ll . Sh e cont i nued to work fort 'y days afterwards, and was then confined to her be . , On Monday last she died, and an inquest was held °.; thq 'body on Wednesday, at the R ose an d Cro„; Inn, Meltham, before G. Dyson, E sq ., coroner . ~.1 " . „ ,j Thomas Allen Haigh, surgeon, dep ose d that he " u ' e made a post-mortem examination of th e body. over the left breast he found a discolouratio n , w hi c h seemed t'a result of a blow. On removing the integument he foo a an effusion of blood, and on exp os i ng th e r ib s h e foul,,i't that the second rib on the left si d e was f racture d its union with the costal cartilage. No doubt this Al e tore was caused by the blow, and had been recently d° l/ . The lungs were much di sease d , an d there was an extr io vacation of blood upo n th e b ra i n o f about lioz.'whic l l t , considered to be th e i mme di ate cause of death, in 1*.,,",, apoplexy. The J ury, act i ng upon this eviden"„;l returned a verdict that deceased died f rom e ffusion blood upon the brain,