Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-25 00:00:00

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AMERICAN SOLACE } CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN SOLACE. 1 ett4tllptit --..-.,,....---- Lit lilt FRIDAY, )IAI? CIE 25, 1859. THE ASSIZES. During the Assizes, we shall publish an Evening Edition, daily, at 5 o'clock, giving the proceedings in both the Civil and Criminal Courts up to the hour of going to press, he trade, in order to secure a supply of papers, mush give their orders early each day. THE DAY'S NEWS The House of Lords held a short sitting last night, but the business done was not important, The Joint-Stock Winding-up Bill passed through committee, after a discussion, in which the principle of liniited liability, and the commercial results which follow, formed the principal topic of debate. Several other bills were advanced a stage, after which the House. adjourned. At the , commencement, of busi ness in the House of Commons, Mr. Grogan gave notice, that on the 7th of April he should bring under the notice of the House the case of tie Cuffe street Savings Bank. In reply to Mr. James, the Attorney-General said, as to the appointment of additional judges to the divorce courts, in conse quense of the large amount of business now waiting for decision, that the matter was, owing to the terms of the act, involved in great difficulty. Directions had been given for enquiries to be made upon the subject, and the result of these would be brought under the attention of the Government. Sir John. Pakirigton, in reply to Mr. Deasy, said that en quiries had been ordered into the alleged undue Interference with the religion of sailors on board her Majesty's ship Ajax. - In reference to the portion of the Government Reform Bill assirnilutins the Town and t;ounty Franchise as the principle of the Bill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to Mr. Mitchell, said it was impossible at such a time to give a cate gorical answer to a question which would demand a stateMent, both of argument and detail, but said that when the Government introduced the bill it was considered to contain no provision which might not in; committee be submitted to the impartial con sideration of the House. The Master and Operatives bill, the Ecclesiastical Courts and Registration of Ireland bill, and the Patents for Inventions of War bill were severally read a. second time. The debate on. the Government Reform Bill was then . resumed by Mr. Milner Gibson, who said that the supporters of the bill who had. hitherto addressed the House had failed to show what its effects would be on the parliamentary elections. He could not admit the force of the arguments which had been used by the Government that they were required to pass the bill rather than delay reform. He was not prepared to sacrifice the quality of the measure for its time. He could not consent to settle the Reform question without reform. He then proceeded to review the provisions of the bill at great length, and reprobated the cry the Government had raised in favour of the middle classes ; and concluded by declaring that, in every stage the bill would have his most determined 'opposition. Mr. Adderley, in supporting the bill said, those who advocated the claims of the mass of the people should beware, as Lord John Russell had deceived them before, and he would deceive them again. He complained that the details of the bill were objected to as though they were its principles. Mr. Headlam opposed the bill, and denied the right of the Government to barter, with the people, as t o th e p r i ce o f t h e R eform Bill, by tendering it only upon conditions which it was impossible they could accept. Mr. Bentinck supported the bill, but promised to support amend ments in committee. He • considered the great ob tection to the bill was its inadequate provision for he interests of the counties. Mr. Locke King alluded to the adoption of his principle of the ten-pound county franchise, but said that it had been altogether spoiled and mutilated by the mode in which it was adopted. The late hour to which the debate was prolonged, and the lengthened report which we elsewhere give of the proceedings, leave us no room to summarise further, our rapidly i ncreas i ng circu lation imperatively demanding us to go early to press. We must refer our readers to the discussion In extenso. The Continental news grows more pacific every .nd the chance of an European war seem now to be more remote than at any. period since the commencement of the present year. The Moniteur of yes leiday morning contains . the following : —" The Cabinets of London and Berlin have given their consent to the proposal of Russia concerning the assemblina- of a Congress on Italian affairs. The r e p l y ' 3l the Cabinet of Vienna is not yet known." A despatch i fron t Tidies, and the_ Vienna co rrespo . n . dent of the published n a third edition of that journal d yes_ er supplies news of the fact, that the only . link in the chainof negociation has been furnished. The despat c h is as follows :—" Vienna, Thursday, noon.—Austria anTeed yesterday to the proposed Congress, which with probably meet at Aix la Chapelle." Writing anterior t o the above des patch, the Vienna correspondent of the7 l i /i d les says d that one of the conditions which Austria wi before, assenting to a Congress is, that Sardinia shall eman suspend armaments and remain perfectly passive while - the Conw ° ress is sitting. The Pa r i s con pondent of the Time s says it is' rum oure d that Is- French Government wishes Piedmont to be repree sentcd at the Congress. A Paris letter in Le IVord states that the Sardinian Cabinet has addressed a communication to the five great Powers, strongly insisting o n being allowed to take part in th e 'deliberations of any Congress on affairs of Italy. According to the new Gazelle of Prussia, the Emperor of the French has ou several occasions lately • recommended the Count de. Cavour not t o assuring him that in no case would omits of her engag eotwi tments. nh- hour, a Francs nvi the Ii ipoleon, written to Turin, exhorting M. Cavour to calm the effervescence of the Piedmontese, and recommending a pacific solution, instead of an appeal to arms. The Grand Duchy of Baden is making warlike preparations. With the exception of Bavaria, Wur temburg, Hanover, Baden, and Electoral Hesse, the other - States of the German Confederation, and par ticularly those of the North, appear to have deter mined on waiting for the impulse that may be given to them by Prussia before taking any military mea sures. It is reported in Paris, that the Emperor of Austria has made Lord Cowley a Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold. A Turin letter states that twelve convents at Genoa have been cleared of their in mates, in order to allow the premises to be employed.. for quartering troops, in case of need. The Australian, mails of the sth of February are reported to have reached Suez, on the 15th inst., by the steamer Oneida, which has brought L 76,285 in gold dust, and 114 passengers. The steamer City of Baltimore arrived here at an early hour yesterday morning from New York, with dates to the 12th inst. We published a full abstract of the news in an early second edition, which we re peat in another column to-day. The Assize proceedings -in the Crown Court of yesterday, will be read with interest. In the matter of the alleged ill-treatment of a coal-passer on board the steamer Bogota, it will be seen that the Grand Jury have amended the bills of indictment against the two engineers, and they now stand charged with the murder of Landon, whose life was sacrificed to their cupidity. The prisoners being_out on bail, Mr. Ovens addressing the court said—That seeing true bills had been found against them, they should be called upon to surrender. Mr. Aspinall said, there were some reasons for them not appearino., without any pre judice to their surrender forthwith. The `accused were then called upon three times, but they failed to answer. His Lordship said, there might be some reason in what Mr. Aspinall had stated, and they ought not to prejudge the case until it was seen whether they would surrender. The usual weekly meeting of the Toxteth-board of Guardians was held yesterday, when some strange revelations were made in reference to alleged tam pering with certain documents having reference to the elections of the parish. Some of the members appeared to have been guilty of gross misconduct, and after considerable discussion, and a few attempts at explanation, a special committee was appointed to investigate the circumstances, and report to the general board. Certainly the present aspect of the question is ugly. According to the report of the medical officers of health, read at the meeting of the Health ComMittee yesterday, the state or the public health is most satisfactory—a large decrease in the mortality having taken place in every class of disease. It would appear, from one parasraph in the report, that a child died, in the Torßh-park district, from the refusal of the, parochial authorities to afford relief, the parents being unable to procure proper means for the child's state. This, if true, is a very serious charge, and ought to be investigated. At the Mersey Dock Board, yesterday, the only matter of interest was a conversation in reference to the establishment of a floating fire-engine on the river, for the purpose of aiding ships on fire, and extinguishing the latter. The subject, which had previously been before the docks and quays com mittee, was again referred to them for consideration. OUR NEW DOCK BILL, THE Dock Board may be said to have so far gained their great object, by the decision which the com mittee of the House of Commons have come to, as reported in our impression of yesterday, as to have secured the passing of their Bill in that House. The Committee, after careful consideration, resolved to report the Bill to the House, in much the same condition as that in which it was presehted to them by its promoters, only with the addition of a clause providing for the establishment of a sinking-fund. That is to say, that, after defraying all their necessary expenses, as specifically set forth in the clause, « the board shall yearly and every year, subsequent to the 24th day of June, 1860, apply the surplus of any of the rates which shall remain in their hands atter such payment as aforesaid, to the extent of £lOO,OOO, or such less amount as the said -surplus shall be equal to in, or towards repayment of, some principal monies which shall then be due and owing on the security of the rates, and which shall then have become due and payable ; and in the purchasing of, and extinguishing of, the Mersey Dock annuities, which may be then existing, to the respective priorities of such monies and annuities, until all principal monies due on the security of the rates shall have been repaid, and all Mersey Dock annuities shall have been purchased up and extinguished, and subject to the provisions herein contained." The object, in short, is simply to make provision for the repayment of the monies which have already been borrowed, or or any of th according hereafter be borrowed, by the Dock Board, under the authority of Parliament. Still this im -for such we consider it— provernent of the measure- this virtual restriction of the powers of the Board as respects their expenditure for any works beyond what they will then be legally authorized to undertake —did not satisfy the Birkenhead opponents. It was alleged, on their behalf, that the Bill would still give the Dock Board an unlimited power to employ all the surplus in the construction of new works ; and further, it was urged that as they had now surplus of £120,000, the application of it to the pur pose of a sinking fund ought not to be postponed until 1860. This latter point, however, was sum marily disposed of, by the committee refusing to entertain the objection for a moment; and with regard to the other question of unlimited power, after considerable discussion, it would be observed, the committee decided to introduce into The clause the words that, " for the general management of the dock estate, with all reasonable expenses necessary for conducting, securing, , maintaining, preserving, and improving the same ;" it being a distinct under- standing, that the construction which the committE intended to put on those words was, that nothing of an extraordinary or new character, in the way of works or erections, was included. In this amended form the sinking fund clause was adopted, and the Preamble of the Bill was then declared to be proved. Still, it would be seen, the opposition to the mea sure, in committee, was not at an end. For, the Preamble proved, and therefore the progress of the Bill ensured, in spite of the obstructions offered to it by the Birkenhead Commissioners, the Great West ern and Birkenhead people had their foil to intro duce, in the form of a cl ause for preventing the apening of the new works, which would be con structed under the present Bill until the works at Birkenhead were completed,- —on the plea that there was a distinct leaning towards Liverpool on the part of the Board ! Why, of course, in a Liverpool Dock. Bill, there must of necessity be such a leaning : what more natural—what more expe dient ? What does not Liverpool owe to her Docks; and how would they ever have been what they are, and what they are capable of doing for the port and town, had there not, from the beginning, and throughout the whole course of their operations, been such a leaning? The putting forth of such a plea, on the part of interests on the oppos:te side of the Mersey, was a betrayal of jealousy- in that quarter which the Committee, of course, could only treat with contempt. And so the Bill was ordered to be reported to'the House as it had been already settled. The combined opposition of the Birkenhead Commissioners aLal. the Cheshire THE TRADE IN VICE ANDAMNO/tALITY WE feel called upon, after what we have so. recently had occasion to observe on that fearful curse to society, that ineffable disgrace to civilisation, prostitution, to say a few words of animadversion upon the unworthy and mischievous attempt of an amateur lecturer here the other evening, if not to apologise for that most abominable and degrading vice, yet to cast ridicule and odium upon the philanthropic endeavours which have been made in this town to arrest its progresS. We know nothing whatever personally of those whom the lecturer so uncharitably and so unreasonably -Alenounced as " meddling gentlemen who are hunting the ‘unfortu of this town as so much game, and driving them from their own vile haunts to the streets, and outskirts of the town." But, in the first place, all active - philanthropy would," on this principle, be obnoxious to the imputation of " meddling,"—at any rate, whenever directed to the removal of any social evil, or the suppression of any notorious immorality. We' must of necessity meddle with any vicious practice, if we are to use our efforts to put it down. All the great reformers of abuses, , all the earnest improvers of society, and all who courageously stand forth to arrest the course of vice in any of its common forms, must, according to that, incur this reproach of being " meddling," and incur it more or less obviously in proportion to their earnestness and their moral courage. "In (cations of life," says Sir PHILIP SIDNEY, who seeth riot the filthiness of evil, wanteth a great foil to perceive the beauty of virtue." Now such " actions of life " must of necessity involVe " meddling."_ To meddle is -to interpose, to act in anything. And with how little practical effect, generally, can any one do good without he interposes to remove the crying evils that are before him—without he acts against the vices that prevail around him ? A philanthropist is one who loves and wishes to serve mankind. But how can he effectually do this, if he is not to meddle with what he may see is afflicting society ? Why, according to the lecturer we refer to, - the Good Samaritan was 'one of those "peddling gentlemen ;" for he interfered most actively, and most intimately, with the unhappy case of the poor man who fell among the thieves, not only by proceeding to bind up his wounds, for he " set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him." 0, but the chivalrous champions of our wretched prosti tutes will probably say—that is a different thing here it is " meddling gentlemen," not doing good in that way at all, but only " hunting the unfortu nates !" And who are these " unfortunates ?" Are nates they not vicious and degraded wotnen—prostitutes— who have not only, as it is admitted, " their own vile haunts," but who are infesting our principal thoroughfares for the express purpose of alluring► the sensual and the thoughtless to frequent those "wile haunts," along with them, to their infamy, their degradation, and perhaps their ruin P And is this a state of things which is too sacred to be touched, too inviolable to be meddled with, in a civilised community .? Is it not, rather, so dire a curse in any community, so flagrant _ a public evil, so shameless and so polluting a practice, that the commonest regard for public decency and order, the most ordinary respect Tor virtue .and chastity, may well be intolerably offended and disgusted by it ? SOme of these infamous prostitutes may, perhaps, once have been " Unfortunate." But they are not the less vile or the.less vicious on that account ; and it argues a sympathy with their lewd and iniquitous character, to class them under so piteous a designa tion, which is calculated to have an injurious influence on public morals. BUt, as well as thiS, there is quite another question involved in the case. There are those who make money out of prostitution, by keeping places of resort for the prostitutes and those who go after them. Such pimps as these are surely fit subjects for the surveillance of the Police. If ordinary public houses require regulation and inspection, much more such places as these. They are the haunts of vice and immorality ; they are places frequented by the most abandoned characters ; they are virtually bawdy-houses--places of lewd and vicious entertain ment,— Scenes of lewd lusts, and of polluted joys They are therefore a sort of moral pestilence,— or rather, indeed, something worse ; for they are so tricked out, as to aid in no slight degree in the enticement of our youth to their ruin and degrada tion As a matter of course, " the libertine retires to the stews and to the brothel." But these shewy and seductive resorts allure and entrap those yet familiar with the ways of t says th attributed to Prince arise sentimen,_ - Imperial Highness has very recently THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAI, MARCH 25, 1859 Railway interest will, it is, understood, be carried to the House of Lords. But we do not' suppose it will any more avail there, than it has done in the Com same merciful spirit. They ,waut those to whose degrading and polluting course they would interpose a check, to " go, and sin "no "more ;" and that man's state of heart and raindlS assuredly not to be envied, who _would treat such Christian philanthropy with ridicule ,or abuse. In the instance alluded to, we ourselves would charitably hope, that it is to be accounted for on no unworthier principle than that which SHAKESPEAR suggests, when he says,— " Vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind, Blows dust in others' eyes." MOllB. THE COURT. OSBORNE, March 23.—Her Majesty's dinner party . yes terday evening included the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Alice, Lady Fanny Howard, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and Colonel F. Seymour. A Cabinet Council was held at five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,.4 the official, residence of the Chancellor. of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were:—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, 14.1 r. Secretary Sotheron-Estcourt, the Earl of Malmesbury, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Paking ton, and Lord John Manners. We learn that the Right Hon IV. E. Gladstone, M.P., will take the chair at the anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund, fixed for Wednesday, the 18th of May next. _ _ The anniversary festival of the Royal General Theatrical Fund will be held on the 18th of next month, Mr. Charles Matthews in the chair. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. REV. li. S. BROWN.—the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown delivered his lecture on " The Noble Army of Martyrs," in the Grange-lane Baptist school-rooms, Birkenhead, last night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ InrsH SocuTY.—A meeting of the friends of the Irish Society was held in the Cornwallis-street school rooms, last night, the Rev. H. Carpenter presiding. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. T. A. Bell and the Rev. Mr. Hanlon, as a deputation' from the society, and a collection was made in aid. of its funds. MEETING ON THE OPIUM QDRSTION.—.-A meeting to take into consideration. what steps should be taken at the present time, in reference to the Opium Traffic, was held yesterday, in the Common Hall, Hackin's Hey, the Rev. C. M. Birrell in the chair, where it was agreed that ministers of various denominations should be appealed to, for the purpose of getting up congregational petitions on Sunday next, praying for the suppression of this disgraceful traffic. It was further resolved to hold a public meeting on the subjßt next week. GRANGE-ROAD HOME MISSION.-- T The last of the present course, of lectures in connection with this mission, was delivered in the school-room, Grange-road, Birkenhead, on Monday evening, by the Rev. William Binns. The subject was the " Life and Times of Daniel Defoe." There was a very good attendance, and in responding to a vote of thanks, Mr. Binns expressed a hope that, before long, arrangements would be made for the delivery of a second course, the first having been in every respect so encouraging. The chair was taken by Mr. Huxham. CHURCH INTELLIGENCE. —Among the various ordinations held on Sunday last was one 'by the Bishop of Chester. The following were admitted into holy orders :—Deacons : D. B. Hankin, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead ; J. H. Vaudrey, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. Priests : R. Firth, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead ; T. Humphreys, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead ; G. H. Scott, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. The following gentlemen were licensed to curacies : Revs. W. G. Armitstead, 8.A., to Sandbach ; H. Harvey, B.A. to Bebbington ; H. S. Davis, 8.A., to Rostherne • G. F. Dean, LL.B., to St. Michael's, Toxteth park ; J. S. Pickles. 8.A., to St. Saviour's, Liverpool; R. B. Lowe, 8.A., to St. Catherine's, Tranmere ; J. G. Pil kington, 8.A., to St. Simon's, Liverpool ; D. B. Hankin, Liverpool ; G. W. Tucker, to S. Luke's, Crosby. THE BARON OF BEEF.--The baron of beef alluded to in our paper of yesterday, and dressed at Morrish's, barn-street, was on the table, " smoking hot," to the minute of one o'clock, as announced. There was a regular rush to the rooms at the time, and every one seemed anxious to get a cut off it. It was stated by the best judges to be the finest piece of beef ever seen in Liverpool, and as to the cooking, it was done to a very turn. The exact weight was 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 22 lbs., altogether 442 lbs., about the largest baron roasted in Liverpool The operation of roasting in itself was an interesting one. About one thousand gentlemen partook of this fine baron, and there was no second opinion as to the quality and cooking—both gave universal satis faction. From one to five o'clock the dining-rooms were full, and the worthy host received the congratulation of his numerous visitors for his success on this, as on all other occasions. THE • LATE DISASTROUS GALES.—The effects of the late fearful gales are being severely felt in many a home and counting-house throughout the-realm. The loss of life has been truly ,calamitous, and had it not been for the prompt-and valuable services of the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat InstitUtion, • and those of local bodies, it unques tionably would have been unusually great. In too many instances, _ however, the fury of the storm baffiled every means which human skill and exertion had devised for the rescue of human life. We fear that many a poor fellow during the late gales met with a watery, grave simply because there were no means whatever not even a lifeboat, on board his vessel, to help him in his emergency. It is stated that the lifebeits of the above-named institution were manned last year by about 3,000 persons, and that not a single individual was lost from their party, as proved, in some instances, because their hardy crews were com pelled to put on their cork life-jackets before they went afloat in the boats. We trust that the day is not far distant when a similar preservation for each man of_a ship's crew will be deemed by law as amongst the indispensable equipments of a British vessel. Au average of 800 lives perish annually from shipwrecks on our coasts, and every one-who contributes in' any way to the mitigation of that lamentable loss of life, is a public benefactor. ' CLAUGHTON ANNUAL MEETING.—The annual meeting of the ratepayers of the township of Claughton was held on Wednesday evening, at the Claughton Hotel---Mr. James Highton, the senior overseer, in the chair. When the pro ceedings of the last meeting and the accounts had been road over, it;was"moved by the Rev. C. A. Graham, and seconded by Mr. Thomas A. Blythe, " That the following list of sub stantial householders be laid before the magistrates, as fit and proper persons to be appointed to the office of over seers for the following year :—Messrs. James Highton, John H Hind, Benjamin Darbyshire, Henry Whittle, Thomas W. Tetley, and Thomas Andrews." It was then moved by the Rev. John Park, and seconded by Mr. 'Williams, " That the following persons be nominated to serve the office of assessors for the follow ing year :—Messrs. William Scott, William Hind, Thomas Robinson, George Rae, Edward Thompson,. and Charles Verelst." A resolution was passed, - authorising the over seers to carry out the arrangement with the Birkenhead Commissioners for the purpose of testing the legality of the township of Claughton being rated to the county police, on the understanding that the commissioners bear the over seers free of all expenses. A vote of thanks was unani mously passed to the late overseers, MesSrs. Jas. Highton and John H. Hind, for their past valuable services, especially to Mr. Highton, who had given so much of his time to the interest of the township at large, and to whom the ratepayers were very much indebted. A complimentary vote was also passed to Mr. William Scott, the assistant overseer, for the able and efficient manner in which he had fulfilled the duties of his office. NA ILTx COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of the board was held yesterday, Alderman Dover in the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. R. Sheil, Beck with, Anthony, Stitt, Avison, Haydock, Barton, R. Glad stone, Hodson Crosthwaite. The following reports were read : The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances, reported various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 85 nuisances, complained of by the, inhabitants, bad been inspected, and means taken to remedy them ; 592 houses in the unhealthiest districts, con taining 1,900 apartments, and 311 cellars, had been put under examination, with the view of improving their sanitary condition ; and 58 lodging - houses had also been examined and reported upon. Health of the Town : The medical officers report stated that the mortality of the borough last week was unusually low, the deaths from all causes being fewer than in any week of the previous nine months, and those from zymotic and typhus less than . in - any week since June, 1857. In the parish 142 deaths occurred; and in the out-townships 63 ; total 205, being 30 less than in the previous week, and 41 below the corrected average of the same week of the pre ceding ten years. Of 44 deaths from zymotic diseases, 14 were from hooping-cough, '6 from scarlatina, 5 from ery sipelas; 3 from measles, 2 from typhus, 1 from diptherea, from - chicken-pox. Small-pox was fatal.to one adult and three children ; the deaths from diseases of the lungs were 64, against 79 in the week previous. The death of a child seven mouths old, in Bedford-street, Toxteth Park, is certified as paused by " chronic croup and want of proper attendance. The parents not being able to afford it, and the parochial authorities refusing. it. With proper attendance the child would have recovered." Mr. Shell. said, a copy of the paragraph in the medical s report, relating. to the death of the child in the lould he forwarded to the Toxteth board. This was the board, and the motion was agreed to. The different reports were then read and confirmed, and this being the only public business, the board adjournod. who are not vice, but are made so, to their perdition, by the immoral and vicious courses to which they . are there introduced. Surely "meddling gentlemen" who may take the trouble to endeavour to put dowm such haunts of infamy as these are entitled to the gratitude of every lover of virtue,—more especially to every virtuous father and mother, who are anxious for their children's purity and integrity. • One preposterous plea put forth for the toleration of this prostitution, and the sufferance of those bawdy-houses, is that " the evil is not of to-day alone, but of ages past, and the wisest legislators of ancient Greece and Rome vainly attempted to subdue it !" Whir, what vice is there to which our fallen nature is liable, of which the same may not be said? But are we on that account to stand by and see it exert its baneful influence unrestrained ? There have been " murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts' false-witness, blasphemies," since long before the times of even ancient Greece lad Rome,—and " the wisest legislators of old have vainly attempted" to extirpate these vices. But is that any good reason why we are to look on them with compla cency, and refrain from lifting even the little finger either to prevent or punish their perpetration ? To talk of " maue-worm having armed himself for the fight," and of their being " saintly sinners" who would wage war against such moral and social abominations, is a species of profligate worldly cant which one only wonders that any respectable audience could have the patience to listen to. And then, as usual, the instance of our Saviour's dismissal of the woman taken in adultery is profanely, not to say blasphemously, brought in, to palliate, if not to exonerate, prostitution ! But then it is, also as usual, quite kept out of mind, with what admonition the detected and remorseful adulteress was discharged. " Go, and sin no more," was the Saviour's sentence of acquittance: seal your penitence, and be grateful for my forgiveness, by a new life. "As I have Saved you from your accusers, and given you life, go and use it in a better rule of conduct." And the - r on whom this lecturer has fallen foul, . for charitable efforts to suppress one of the.mo vices of the day, would act, we have r w douLt, ill the THE LATEST TELEGRAMS. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Thursday, March 24th.—According to reliable intelligence, Austria has under conditions of no very considerable importance given its consent to the proposal of a congress. ' • TURKEY. TRIESTE, Thursday, March 24th.—The Austrian Lloyd's steamer just arrived, brings advices from Constantinople to the 19th instant. 12 battalions of infantry, 1 regiment of cavalry, and 80 guns have been despatched to Shumla. A second Corps d'Armee will be shortly sent to Sophia. The commanders of the Corps d'Armee in Romelie and Anatolia have been summoned to this place. A commission composed of the principal persons from Bosnia, and the Herrogobena has arrived here in order to discuss necessary Reform. ---~-- THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Wellesley has arrived off Portland from Ben gal, with 153 invalids, and has brought nine days' later news from the Cape of Good Hope. The Clarence has arrived off the Isle of ' Wight from St. Helena, with a large number of passengers, in eighty-four days. ----.o•+-- THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MARSEILLES, ThurSday.—The royal mail steamer Wye has arrived here this thoi The European and Australian mail stean company's steamer Oneida, with the mails from Australia, arrived at Suez on the night of the 15th inst. a-ship She. has brought advices from Sydney to the 2nd, and from Melbourne to the sth of February. The Oneida has also brought gold valued at £76,285, and 114 passengers, of whom 38 are chil- The Oneida left Aden on the 9th of March, and Galle on the 28th of February. She left Suez again on the 16th of March, with the outward mails for Australia, The steamers Ea leave Suez for England .opean and Australasian would FRANCE. PARIS, Thursday.—lt is asserted that Prince Napoleon will represent France at the proposed Congress, and also that all the Italian princes will be represented. Nothing certain is yet known as to the acceptance of Austria, but the general belief is that she will also give her advance to the proposal of a Congress. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Thursday, 11.45 a.m.—Rentes commenced on the Boulevards at 69, fell to 68.80, and are now 68.95 1.15 p.m.—The Bourse opens very firm. Rentes -1 per cent. higher than yesterday's closing, being quoted 69. 3.26 p.m.—Rentes are at the closing of the Bourse 69.20 for both money and account, which is a rise of per. cent since yesterday. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, Wednesday, 6 p.m.—l think it right to notice a- rumour afloat for the last few days, but for the purpose of expressing my disbelief in it. It is to the effect that another private circular has been recently sent from the Ministry of the interior to the prefects of departments, instructing them to cause the newspapers under their control to prepare the public mind for the probability of a declaration of war, I repeat I attach little or no credit to the rumour, because the date attributed to the circular (seven or eight days ago) coincides with that on which the French Government must have known a good deal about : the result of Lord. Cowley's mission. It is .not to be believed that the Minister would have taken such a step at the very moment matters were assuming a pacific turn. Another fact equally strange, which I mention on account of the source from which it is said to emanate, is, that, - -notwithstanding the warlike sentiments attributed to Prince Napoleon, His Imperial High ness has very recently written to Turin exhorting M. Cavour to calm the• effervescence of the Pied montese,and recommending a pacific solution instead of an appeal to arms. Yet I should not be much surprised if this were true, the Em peror having adhered to the proposal for a Congress ; and, as I presume that adhesion to be sincre, he could hardly do otherwise than tran quillize the feeling which has been aroused in Pied mont, and thus prevent any untoward incident from disturbing the present arrangement—such, for instance, as the affair of Sinope in the early part of the war with Russia. The news of M. Cavour's resignation is every moment expected here, though it is rumoured that the French Government wishes Piedmont to be represented at the Congress. In the note of the Moniteur announcing the acceptance by France of the proposition of Russia no mention whatever is made of Piedmont. The official note in the Moniteur announcing the proposal of . Russia to convoke a Congress for the aiscussion of the Italian question is commented on by the Paris papers. The Patrie considers that the meeting of a Con gress would represent a great success for French policy. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 21.—The Austrian Cabinet has not rejected the proposition of a Congress, but it is not likely to accept it unless the other Powers solemnly promise to change those articles of the treaties of 1815 on which the territorial arrane ments in Italy are based. Another condition which the Austrian Government will positively insist on is, that Sardinia shall immediately suspend her armaments, and remain perfectly passive while the Congress is sitting. It has not been settled where the Congress shall meet, but the diplomatists talk of Aix-la-Chapelle, in which city a Congress was held and a treaty of peace signed in 1748. The parties to the treaty, which renewed and confirmed the treaties of Westphalia (1648), Madrid (1667 and 1670), Nimeguen (1678 and 1679), Ryswick (1697), Utrecht (1713), Baden (1714), Hague (1717), London (1718), and Vienna (1738), were France, England, Austria, Spain, Sardinia, Holland, Modena, and the Republic of Genoa. It is said to be specified in the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that no Power shall interfere in any Italian State unless on the demand of its Sovereign, but no such stipulation is to be found in Koch and Seinell's Abridgement of the Treaties of Peace. The diplomatic world is inclined to believe that the negotiations now going on will lead to an amicable settlement of the Italian question, but I am not of the same opinion. A Congress may meet, but no resolutions it can pass are likely to satisfy the Italians. The Austrians will neither relinquish their reversionary claims on Tuscany and Modena, nor will they give up any part of Lombardy and Venice, and under such circumstances the sword alone can definitively settle the matter. A strong impression prevails here that France will willino•ly accede to the proposition made by the three mediating powers, as she will be able to complete her preparations for war while the Congress is sitting, and Austria i Iglu be obliged to keep her armies in a state of inactvig; The expenditure for maintaining troo p s -011 war-footing is so great, that Aust ria will bleed to death- if she must long keep such a n enormous force en foot' SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th do not contain_ any political news of importance. The Chamber ot Commerce of Barcelona had sent an address tot e Government protesting against the idea of Cn,ll being sold to the United States, and expressing tiau opinion that an attempt will be made to take it by force. ----- T - TUSCANY. A pamphlet published at Florence , despite thte vigilance of the Tuscan police, .has created a' gri t sensation. It is entitled Tuscany and Austria. is a manifesto favourable to the policy of Sarditas• It declares that the Tuscans place confidence 1 : Victor Emmanuel' and in the Emperor NaP° l l who, after having restored to France her author]. Y t in the , councils of , Europe, wishes to exert tha authority in the defence of civilisation an d justice. _.--,...___ AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIIVIOII The screw steamer City of Baltimore, which sal e from New York on the 12th instant, arrived he,1.5 this morning, with _four days' later news, 1' P a and,51E4,202 in specie. - The screw steather North Briton arrived at 13°1 ' t ' land on the llth'inAant. , The Arabia arrived at Boston the same day- The news is not of much importance. Desl 3l " c o l e had been received at the State Department , q.,,i s , Arabia, from London. and Paris and also from ' ter Dodge, at Madrid. _Mr. Preston, the new ü bo t Minister to Spain had not yet reached Madrid , ea was shortly expected. The excitement occasi°,llafj by the , President's Message regarding Cuba, Pee nearly subsided, and Mr. Preston would experiellon• no difficulty in being received. The unsettled dition of affairs throughout Europe had Par i l t o supplanted the Cuba question. From Alessrs. ,t and Mason -assUrances . were received that th e se the ments of Great Britain and France towards United States were amicable and satisfactory Hon. George W. Jones had signified his deelon'' of the mission to Bogota. gtate s The extraordinary session of the United - o f closed on the 10th inst., after the confirmation several unimportant bills. The funeral of the late Postmaster-General 0 United States took place on the 1 0 th inst. It a tic attended by all the public officers, the cliPl°u t ile corps, and others, and the Streets through which $ procession passed were thronged with 111 0 ` 11.11111 spectators. The trial of Mr. Sickles would not take place,f°lll4rs fortnight, the Grand Jury of the Crimina l declining to give his case precedence of others. , t he A Savannah paper. says that a portion 01 e to Africans imported in • the Wanderer, and carrilo. Jackson, Telfair county, were arrested near Al"' bly and carried back eighty miles. They will p ro be claimed by owners. We have important news from Mexico. - ueel i stated that a portion of Miramon's forces bad to -,turne defeated in an attack upon Jalapo, and re— , wa r Perote ; and subsequently Miramon reach ed `of ado,intending to march upon Vera Cruz by Nc e 4,o the sea coast. The latest, moreover, a e ,4o that Miramon, at the head of 5 ,000 men all'oe field pieces had actually reached Vera Cruz. „, to Tampico papers manifested considerable alarm 7„ ol y the . result of Miramon's expedition, but tllei s .",c,e , sidered Vera Cruz in a most perfect state of dei c e " ir More than 4,000 men, says the Prisma, can be f - 6,0 ccntrated there at a moment's notice, in ous e i „Ve attack ; without including the commandsl of 1-I [ o oo, and Trejo, or the army of Oajaca, numbering' - 11 for now before Orizaba, all counted, the liberals lin': Jo. the defence of the city about 6,000 available t l. ; o ore On the other hand, the Prisma thinks that rie" - 0 1 0 1 man 1,000 men can be spared from the citie held at the point of the bayonet by the reactiouot party,. and that Miranrm will have to depen d ti from entirely upon the army with which he set Ou'i, bo the capital. -In the meantime the war '- prosecuted with vigour all through the inter iet. the We have fileS from Turks Islands, dated 011 ,0 19th ult. . The Royal Gazette says Our 1 0 , e •e• continues dull, and there is no prospect of lueote ment at present. Advices from New Yolic c t. salt at 17-1-,c., four months. • The price witillcLite6 nominal, say 7c. to Bc. Mr. Winter, Uni tou from Con . sul, had arrived in the ship Marathon Philadelphia, bringing forty mechanics mid i: l 4 o' ers for the purpose, of commencing the set t ' i , - , ou e at West Caicos, with the view of cultivating t'-frou hundred acres of salina leased by Mr. Win ter the government." COMMERCIAL. , NEW YORK, March 12: The cotton market ww - 00,g yesterday, and the sales reached about 4,500 bales', 1i c 4 0 14 , the total transactions since the departure of the ,ge ft ) ; nearly 20,000 bales, closing stiff on the basis of J.- e t 1 0 ' middling uplands. Flour was more active, and P ri , c ; common and medium grades of State and We' te ,i better. Southern flour was in good demand, i l •' 4 l P/ freely made at full prices. Wheat was firmer, i wTt„i sales, and closed at a decided advance for & 00u * P:1 1 Western red and white. Southern and Kentuaty w; held with oTeater firmness. Corn was also fir ne " • e d moderate sales. Pork was better, and more 3eti 4 v . le, ant sales embraced new mess at $lB, old ditto at $l7 2 d 1, 4 , 6 14 prime at $l3 25c. Beef was firm and in good denl ati ro On, heavy. Sugars were steady, with sales of about 7uh Coffee was firmly held ; holders demanded prices av : l ale c _ e .; views of buyers, which checked sales. There f ; n e ment in naval stores yesterday. Spirits of turpe n ::, quite active, with free sales on'the spot and to arill-that f° de advance. The market closed with sales at 52-4-9 r d shipping order, while 53c was asked. Rosin turpentine were also in good demand, with toleraud'otry - sales. Freight. , engagements were moderate, ° l t; W 0131 without change of moment. Among th e ship , 1 6d, 650 bales of compressed cotton for Liverpool at 3-' ae' A 1,200 brls rosin at is 6d. 5 A ',di t NEW ORLEANS, March 10.—The Arabia's adv e- iffe r '- firmness to the cotton market, which closed at s bsl e i not quotably higher prices ; sales to-day 27/ 13 ,tic$ 11eae middling, 111 c. Freights : Cotton to Liverpool - to' 1-16 d., and quoted at id. sal es MOBILE, March B.—Cotton moderately active t hre e 0 M / 5 ! day, 4,500 bales middling at lltc • sales of last ball; ' 13,500 bales ; receipts of last three days 72 5 v Vil e ° March 9.—Cotton unchanged ; sales 5,000 balest.,, 9,0. -10.—The Arabia's news caused an advance; loy bales, at 117,-c to 1 for middlino• CH balesAarE s . T o N s , a e l s a r o c f h t hleo. weekTh, e sales 0 o fbcaoitetso, n a t io ° sni 1 1 ,111 1 0 1 ;i 1,800 to lc better rates than those of last week. G ooa 12c to 128. 300 balegbp SAVANNAH, March 10.—Cotton quiet, sales wee sales of the week, 4,750 bales ; receipts of the w e 3 /0, 0 bales. Total receipts at this port for the soa sell ' bales. Stock in port, 59,000 bales. . - rigf THE CABINET AND REFORM BILL. ine s(l 3 9, There was a meeting of the Cabinet Council on We l y e rber' The Star surmises that the speech of Mr. Syclael -t ha ve . passedts to understand very und e under i t u a c n h dr et t vh a i l ae k ltv e . a d . ml la measure s u uH t r eei Herbert suche. politic al clearlyas m r e . g i i: i r a c i ,e i, c en s i i eh r Cab ciro i s v ri s 1 e r , 'Walpole would have agreed to should his his I , Sueb and be supported by all the influence at his coninlaien' 0 1 a speech has a tendency to raise a supposition tha t e +teniP te i. be 3 . - ~i e fi' and before the debate closes, something ni a ; .1 act a — ,,ni to defeat the purposes of Lord John Russell, ea ',.. a ld prev.;j. sure passed during the present session that wu tare peri of now. .of a democratic kind being discussed at a fu defe 3t ..‘ b a t the s o 1 1, Yet nothing seems certain for the moment the Government in the event of the issue being tile t tlic has issued an add tio ls n fr to . t i ca ' r . h dt e earyh ß ol il e o . p in o . f Lont7 —'lP---- on was elected a Goveernitoripvo; on :h es e r t oom i .of the latet.Earstalti: tip% Tic vet' soltl°11; Tvootielemaagoaihne,:sLusfo jrcooShnonsuttillitt Cheshire (conseinteil,' op' se the second reading re _„ t r ef° also to of the goernrne. bill. 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