The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY The royal assent was given by commission tAi:the Cedelis (England and Ireland), and several other bills. TO Indus trial Museum (Scotland) and Tramw,r , erfelanA) Bill 4 passed throngh committee, asdid the Adroitity hrisdiction Bill. The Earl of SHArrEserav asked if the force about to be sent to Syria was to be employed tinaply in the preservation of reace, without interfering in civil and religious matters. He trusted that the vigorous policy inaugurated by Lord Sratford de Redeliffe Would be maintained, expressing his d - strnst of the intentions of the Emperor of the Frentb. • Lord Worznorsr replied that 'there vans to tuttlier inter ference contemplated thrui what was necessary to restore peace and Order. The Mamuis of CLANIVICA:fi.DE the'flPht that steps should be taken' beyond the immediate otcaion, to bring abbut a final settlement of the affairs of the.Ptitintry. -• • The order of the day for the committal of the Landed property Improvement (Ireland) Bill was withdrawn. The House adjourned at hal.f.past six. OUSE OF q r, IMMONS.---i-Ys'rEilelY. Mr. Tiznicrazy asked the Chandelt4t.• of the teieheeuer whether in consequrence of the More of the Atlantic Tidegraph Company in their attempt to. lay doWn a submarine line to Ainerica; 'the agreement entered into between them and her Majesty e dvernment had tbt 'become void, and whether the 63verar " :at will be pretttted to entertain' applications • from other erties willing to undertake the same enterprise, subject to theeeenditeens tet forth in the Select Committee of Packet Telegraph Contracts which have been, recently affirmed 43- the 'house. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ,VER replied that the con tract, though not repealed, had beeothe void in law. No application had been made froth any other company for the Purpose of constructing a telegraph, on similar conditions. , laioking to the success of the deep sea telegraph and the pre= tent state of 'the question, the Government would exercise 'great cantion•in entertaining applications for the construction 'of any further telegraphs. In reply to Mr. Caicd, The Loan ADVOCATE said it was the intention of the Obi.ern 111ent to appoint a commission to enquire into the etale of the Switch herring fisheries. • Mr. Gaserirn asked the Secretary of 'State for Foreign .Affairs whether he has now.reeeleed official information that Abd-el-fiader, by his active and courageous exertions, had saved the lives of a large nninber, said to be several thousands, of the Christian inhabitants Of . Damascus, who 'Weald other wise undoubtedly have been massacred ; seOfhether it • would not be generous and sound policy en, the part of this •eountry that we should make sortie Public acknowledgment of 'such services, as an example and encouragement to the cause naf humanity in those cotintneS. Lord. Joan Rosetta, protesting against the repetition of those inconvenient Question., rep'it.d that the only information he had received was, that Abd-el-Kader had saved the lives of several hundred Christians. The'illeuse then went into committee on the thietores Act. 'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHETCLE, to bringing foiniaid his resolution on the duties, observed that he had proposed two resolutions, because one part of the sobjett Wetted the . commercial treaty, while Vat other Nit liiVOl.Vel Commercial considerations alone, without any referente to the treaty. The 'effect of his resolution Ott the revente*ill be but small, neither 'will it-greatly influence the price of the article. On this sub ject the grossest exaggerations prevailed abroad. The pur chaser and consumer ot. paper would have the advantage common to all others-eCt reducing the pressure upon the home iniarliet by resotting to: foreign supplies. But the question involved high considerations of policy, not only as regards ' , their honourable engagements of the treaty; and yet more, ;whether those great principles of free trade were or were not 'tb be adopted to their full extent by the present Haase of 'Commons. Adverting; in the first instance, to 'the french :treaty, 'he avowed his surprise at the opinions he had heard . expretted that the treaty did not reduce the customs duty on raper to the level of the excise. He slowed, froth •the tereenof the treaty, that A was perfectly clear upon that point, and that no power was left them ' to place a protective ditty 4355 any article whatever imported from France. the same thing was proved by the official correspondence on the subject. Re ceentended that the House, in adopting the principles of the treedy, had done so with its eyes °pea, alter tine consideration, rand with fall. cognisance of its - reeenitig. It had been said that the redaction of the duty on paper was contingent to the removal of the prohibition of the exportation of rags froin Trance. This he denied; observing that the French govern ment hid efikeiVoured to induce their legislatUre to remove the prohibitien;. but the protectionists had proved too stitifg for them. Let not the House, by its example, short aia appro-, . -sal of that* proceeding. The questiencf Tag eipertation was, in itself most insignificant. Rags were dear in France, and we could not under 'any 'circucittances expect from ' thence a- large - supply. The PrenCh goVernment had throughout acted - with the most extreme liberality. They had long ago offered to give up the article of coal, and now they offered not to press for the immediate execution of the article, as regards the duty on paper. That handsome offer, as in the former case of coals, her Majesty's, dovernment had. declined, trusting in the principles 'el - their win policy. If, indeed, they had done any wrong by their proposal to Britiob • producers, they might, inconvenient as it might be, accept the , :bcon of the Fr enc h G overnment; but when the proposal was .one of strict justice Os the other 'classes of the communitY— when it tended to remove the state of paralysis in which the trade - reinaitrail atthis moment, however they might-acknow ledge the a - g.ease- offered .to - them, they could not accept it. let them hot prolong the suspense in which the papermakers -would he if they postponed the settlement of the questions The ' ex aggerated notion of the imp or t ance of the propose d cluutre which was bewildering the inin6 of the papermakers I,'slOsroducing a stagnation injurious to trade,.and it would be •=r. act of humanity to remove it. Freedom of commerce had at the commencement of the session received the adhesion of most inveterate protectionists, and yet, hoWever widely .admittetfin the general principle, it was always opposed in its particular applications. So it: was, the paper makers enter frain!a,o_the.present instances s uc h un f ounded apprehension. The' paper ,maker had received the full benefit of free trade, in obtaining without duty all the commodities he uses either 'in his trade or out of it. What right had he to' rleiaand ‘-vauetaptiOn. from the general rule. He complained without any reason that he was subject to special burdens, a complaint made in succession by all classes when their, protection was taken away. The special burden of the paper maker was the . "prOhibition Of the exports of rags from abroad. The case was lltostradically misrepresented. We had an ample supply of rags in this country. The material at 'home was increasing in quantity, and lessening in price. The wkole cry was a delusion and an error. We were not an importing country .of rags as we exported in paper More than we imported 'in rags— the paper being of the finest kind. As a proof of this absurdity of the dread that we Shou'd be overwhelmed 'with, a deluge of French paper, he showed that in foreign 'markets, undee many disadvantages, the British manufacturer' 'outsold the French. This point he proved by direct quotations from . .the American returns. Iri conclusion, he urged the -claims of the publishers of cheap 'publications; who had no .right to be compelled to purchase in a protected market, and who were exposed to competition from books, printed ahroad, .and admitted under duties lovier than those, charged on the material of -paper. Finally, he called upon the House to 'follow the grand principle of recent legislation, to disregard 'the; proceedings of foreign countries, and to carry out, without 'extraneous consideration, their own domestic measures of "equity, fairness, and equality. This was the last remnant of - protectibil yet lurking in our legislation, and by its removal theTtook a. last and affecting farewell of that antiquated system, Let them carry out to its full extent those principles whch had aided, not alone in the prosperity of the nation, but in the . direct advantage of the producer of the once pro tected commodities. Thb Chancellor then put the first item of the first resolution, reducing the duty on books to 16s. per cwt. Mr. Pur„LLB. called upon the House to consider the details more minutely before adopting the proposal now offered to them. He contended that so serious a step ought not to be taken without further enquiry, and that the matter should be referred to a select committee. After adducing many facts to chow the danger of thus encouraging the foreign manufac - turer, he moved, as an amendment, a resolution that, " without (desiring to prejudice the question of a reduction at a future period of the customs duty on French books and paper, this , committee does not think fit at present to assent to such reduction." Mr. Campers supported the resolution, which he regarded as a step towards csmpleting the practical realisation of free ,trade principles, and as such to be substantiated by the same arguments which had prevailed in the corn law. Mr. F. CROSSLLY argued on the same side, that the present question was one of protection versus free-trade. It was, he believed, the last time that this issue would ever be formally presented to the legislature. Restricti s ng the question between England and France, his recent visit to the latter country had led him to the conclusion that the French Commissio!tera were chiefly anxious so to arrange the import duty on English com modities-as to secure a maximum revenue, and with this view were s p ec ially desirous to facilitate and augment every branch of trade between the two countries. This endeavour should, he maintained, be reciprocated to the great benefit of both communities. Mr. MAGUIRE contended that, under existing circumstances, the customs duties on paper ought not to be diminished. The borne paper makers were still oppressed • by a heavy and vexatious excise tax, and should not be.called upon to. contend on such unequal terms against foreign competition. If was giving a powerful encouragement to the protectionists in ' France to give them everything, w hile receiving no thi ng in return- Mr. RARSSI said that, after having accepted the treaty of commerce, the House would stultify itself by adopting th e amendment proposed by the member for Hertferdshire. He supported the resolution on the broad pr i nc iple that all taxation ought to be adapted to the interests of thecommerce, and not to that of the producer. Sir H. CAIRNS observed that the resolution had been defended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the double argument that the mitigation of the customs duty on paper was enjoined by the principle of free trade, and ..prescribed by the commercial treaty with France. Neither of these arguments, he contended, were tenable, and he proceeded to insist that their presentment in union was highly suspicious. He afterwards went at con ,siderable detail into the case of the paper makers, in defence of .which he . argued in much detail, and with a copiourecitation of Illustrittions and instances. Adverting to the treaty, he analysed minutely the clauses of that convention with the view of Shelving that they contained no engagement on the part of England for the equalisation of the customs and excise duties •cr Taper. After some explanat'on from Mr: Gladstone, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL sought to discover and explain the true import of the commercial treaty, not, as he observed, in the spirit of a technical lawyer, but as apparent to the intelli gence of men of honour endowed with common sense. This interpretation, he maintained, conveyed the conclusion that, as between England and France, customs duties were to be tarifeed on the English side merely so as to counterbalance the excise duties charged on the native manufacturers. On this understanding, which he elucidated by reference to various articles, the aseimilation of the customs and excise taxes on paper was, he contended, directly and incontrovertibly derived. Mr. Nona's, as a paper manufacturer, denied that the prin ciple of free trade, as laid down by Sir Robert Peel, applied to the case of the paper duty under the circumstances in which this question was now presented to the legislature. Mr. HENLEY reminded the House that the Goverment had themselves established a differential duty on hops, and thus, as be contended. had surrendered their whole ease so far as it was based on the consideration of the commercial treaty. As to the question of general expediency, he considered that the unlucky paper makers had already suffered enough from the uncertainty in which their trade had been enveloped ; and, at any rate, deserved a short remission of further punishment. Lord J. RUSSELL submitted that when two states had con cluded a mutual treaty, its conditions ought to be fulfilled according to a wide and generous interpretation, disregarding the advantages which might be derived by firm and settled arguments for the benefit of either parties. The plain com mon-sense rendering of the treaty with France implied, as he maintained, the general assimilation of customs and excise duties on all articles (paper included) which Might become the subject of mutual trade. Every treaty could be voided by the ap plication of quibbles such as were advanced by the opponents of the present resolution. The amendment which had been brought forward was, in his opinion, a mere evasion of the treaty obligation to which the House had already given their p le dge. After the free trade question has been so often undated, and so th oroughly settled years a go, it was strange e ven mortifying t o see once more revived the o ld hob goblin of protection. Mr. le, Lieu argued that as the Ministerial policy had failed wi t reductiotth rega r d t o th e excise duty on paper, th e i r proposed 3 bit the customs duty ought to be abandoned. . . A. ter';' te7 year's ego the whole question. of_the taxes oa pager Was revised and adjusted under . the auspices 'Mt\ 'Gladstone himself. From his examination of the Vrins of the treaty, he found no reason to Conclude that the assimilation in the paper duties was aniatterot obligation. Many of the details of the twaty Were in fact still unsettled, bdth as regarded tht tariff of dtty and We tithe it qthich the CGlnrention would take effect; asc thAa 'irets no reason why a t"Yhilar delay shutncl, Tie 'l'lA ter tire on , the English side in order to arrive at a Mfr . adlittitient of an important and suffer ing braiteh of tiadt, Lord l'Ataenslot , re-stated the basis on which the question reAed. The 'House was asked to fulfil the obligations of a treaty, and carry to completion the policy of free trade. On there principles, he maintained that the prOpotcd - eifiraliisation of the paper duty was a matter at once of ,honottr and of expediency. The committee then divided For the resolation „ L iog Agains i t , ~injaritc fh..3'rel , rliltiOn was then agreed to, as was also the second tesaration, - extending the equalisation of the paper duty to countries other than France and Algeria. • ' . The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past two. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. SIR WILLIAM DON, tAltt., AND LADY DON. This evening Sir William Don will appear as Bailie Jarvie, in the play, of "Rob Roy." "Kenil worth" will be the afterpiece every evening during the week, and on Friday next Sir William and Lady Don will take their benefit. CHAMBER OF COMMEtCE. The monthly tt eetilig of the council was held yester. day, W.. J. toinlinson, Esq., president, in the chair. • MASTER PORTERAGE. A report was brought up from the Customs and Dock Arrangements Committee on this 41 uestl6. 7 'and was adopted, with the exception CT one of the recommenda tions, which uses h'fdried back for reconsideration. PAPER DUTIES, A communication was read, asking the chamber to memorialise the Government to grant' the same bonding facilities to English manufactured paper.as are given to foreign paper. A draft memorial was submitted and agreed to. • lIALV-YEARLY GENtItAi, Monday, the 21" th ihstatt, ry dt , led for this meeting, and it wiisirefeited 'th the tommanications committee to prepare a i• et) dit The other subjects brought before the council were not of any immediate public interest. THE -LIVERPOOL PROTECTIVE BURIAL SOCIETY: The fourth annual meeting of this society *as head last evening, at the Concert-hail, Lord lelson-street. The chair was occupied by Mr. Alderman *oodruff; and upon the platform were_ Mesgre. Hurl, Martin, Shepherd, The CifAIRSIAN expressed the latitfattion he felt at . finding 'that Working then had within themselves the mutual assistance, knd that during the career of three years and a half the society had been enabled to acquire so large a balance at its banker's, and that all its legiti mate claims had been met in so honourable and beconiing a manner. It was not his object to make a comparison j between that and other societies ; but he would say that no similar-society in-Liverpool had lever 'enjoyed so prosperous a career, and had .tines so much satisfac tion to all concerned. The report, *Mefl has already been published, was read a (21 - agreed to. Air.llips was unanimously elected as president, Mr. Murphy as secretary. Messrs. James Boat and Mr. Matthewson were appointed auditots, tad the following gentlemen were elected as membei-s of the committee :--- Messrs. J. G. Broil:it, Guile, James Love, George Smyth, IFetry . S mitb, .B. Jones, Edward Vaughan, jartes Leischman, Richard Wooley, Robert Robson, Stephen Johnson, Whittaker Edmondson, and James Cannell. Mr. SHEPHERD, in moving a vote of thanks to the .Guardian Committee, mentioned the !ladles o Mr. Martin and Mr. Hull, speaking-of-the latter as the father of the society, and 'one to *Min the society owed a deep debt of gratittdo, irlitch nothing but the success of: the society conld Vepay. Mr. 'hit, in responding, assured them that although he andthe chairman were' the only members of the guardian committee who had attended, their, absence must not be taken as an exhibition of their want of sympathy ; for whenever there was any subjectof importance to be con sidered, no difficulty was experienced in bringing them together. He expressed regret at having seen so many mem bers:of the committee displaced ) and annotinced his inten tion of opposing auy alteration in the rules, for which it was intended to call t special meeting. The usual subscription of a guinea each was voted to. the Royal fntirmary, the - Northern and Southern'Hos pitals, to the three dispensaries, and to the Homceo pathic Dispensary, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE JULLIEN FUND. To, those who take an interest in this movement it must be gratifying to know that the concert held last Tuesday at the, Surrey Gardens, London, was a great success, there being nearly 15,000 persons present.— Madame Jullien, the widow of the late composer, is at present in Liverpool making arrangements for a-grand ,promenade concert, which we believe will shortly be held at the Zoological Gardens, at which Prince George Galitzin will do the henours of the chef d'orchestre. The programme will shortly be announced, and we have no doubt it will be of such a character as to draw a crowded audience, and ensure a large addition to the fund. The corner stone of a Masonic Hall has been laid at Todmorden. ACCIDENT.—James Cullen, a labourer, residing at 21, Ford-street, was knocked dowii by a woman in the same street, and sustained a fractured leg. The Cunard steamship Olympus, which arrived at Liverpool a few days ago from Constantinople, brought several thousand Turkish medals for distribution among the British army. A scheme has been propounded for the establishment of waterworks at St. Michaers-oli-Wyre, to supply Blackpool, Fleetwood; and Lythain with water from the river Wyre. • FATAL ACCIDtNt—On Monday week, a man named John Love fell off a ladder in Hunter-street, and died yesterday, in the Northern Hospital from the effects of the injuries he received. LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT PLEASANT.—ConsuIting Surgeon, Hugh Neill,, Esq. ; Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Dr. D4revins, T. Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty, Esq. ; Treasurer, S. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for the week ending August 4, 1860 :—New cases: Eyes, 94 ; Ears, 42. Prescribed for, and received Surgical assistance : Eyes, 418 ; Ears, 146. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES:—New eases received advice and medicine at the institution : North, 273; South, 174 ; total, 447. New eases visited at their own houses and Supplied with medicine : North, 80 ; South, 56 ; total, 136. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., Pre sident; Captain Bourne, Vice-President of North Dispensary; Mr. R: A. Payne, Vice-President of South Dispensary ; Mr. Francis Mill, Treasurer ; Mr. F. H. Langley, Secretary. CAUSING THE DEATH OF 'A WIFE.—On the night of the Bth July, a woman named Mary Gallagher, the wife of a man who lived in Sumner-street, was stabbed by him with a knife in several parts of the body. She was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where she died yesterday from the effects of the injuries. The husband is in custody. An inquest will be held on the body this day. The details of this case were published at the time of the transaction, and all arose out of drink. A t the loli nts hi re Assizes an action was heard, the object of Whi c h was to recover £3,500 damages for injuries sustained by the wife and family of Mr. John Heywood, surgeon, of Flint, whose death was caused on the 25th December, by the alleged negligence of the London and North Western Railway Company. The deceasei l, it will be remembered, was run over by a train. at the Flint station.---The jury retnrned a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages £7OO, to be divided thus—.£2oo for the widow, and £125 for each of the children. RA *AND ' MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.— On Saturday lLw AY ACCIDENTan RA accident occurred' on the' line froth' m at ile a s 'e f7orn ssin th g e n fo e r ar me j r 3esear.: place. Southport to M a nchester , five Lane, about four or afternoon, conveying a larg e at, usual speed until The train, which left Southport for Manchester at half-! past four o'clock in the its number of passengers. proceeded for vehicles and where there i s a l eve l cros sing it arrived ab ou t 500 yards p a st Bescar-lane St a ti on , pedes trians. At this point there arc gates on each side o f th e railway, on which a cau tion is inscribed that they must be kept closed. When thetrain arrived within a short distance of the crossing, a fm but, throu g h th e n eg li gence o f th e d r iver horse and ca r t, was en d eavour i ng toat servant, with a pas, the animal and s over the line ; vehicle co u ld not be got to the opposite side in time to clear the t ra i n , w hi c h was c l ose upon thespot. The consequence was , the engine struck the off of the vehicle, which was dashed forward for a short The engine distance, b u t did not get clear of the ling. I again st ruc k the cart, which was shattered to p ieces, side wheel the horse kill e d on the spot, and the locom otive was forced o ff the line by the collision, tearing u p the rails f or a b out 50 yards, and plunging, as it wer e, into a deep b ed of sand, carrying with it one or two carriages. As may b e suppose d , t h e passengers w ere greatly alarmed, and at first it was supposed.that human life had been sacrificed: Indeed, from the nature of the occurrence, such a conclusion was only reasonable, but we are glad to state that no one experienced more than a severe shaking, with the exception of the engine driver, who• was slightly hurt en 'the' breast. The railway officials were immediately made acquainted with the accident, and means were at once adopted to put the line in working order. This, however, was a work of much time and trouble, and the traffic was greatly inter rupted until Sunday morning, W h en the trains passed to aid fro as usual.. - . THE EISTEDDFOD WHAT IS IT ? (111;63i 63 RAISPONDENT.) • • DENi3I(4I4 August 6, 1860. This institution is probably the most ancient Of the institutions of Britain. The of the earliest ages had their Eisteti;bdatt, and the institntion was upheld thro the tut-mega of the iniddle ages until a century Or two ago. An Eisteddfbd is a tonipetitiVe meeting of bards and the iitemt,i, presided ot'er hjc idjialiCalors or judges, Who bade Orl the relative merits of the poems arid the treatises sent in - for competition. Com petitive Meeting's of this nature maT be, of great value and iniportancOn a-country, emerging from a state of comparative barbarism and igtierdrlce, Sr in a country where the arts and sciences are understood in a, pre; eminent degree. For, in the first, the rewards offered for treatises would stimulate the inhabitants in the search after knowledge ; by this means . they would be driven, as it were, to an acquaintance with the elements of science. --In the second country, rewards offered would cause a rivalry between Men of intelligence dud learniree, - resulting, -"its a matter of Course, in dis- CoVeries and inventions of infinite - importance to mankind: It will be asked, if an institution of this nature a.dmirablY suits nations one comparatively uncivilised, .the other enlightened and accomplished how can it act derogatory, in a tontitit Which is neither uncivilised nor yet learned '? The reasciii nitist be o h= vious. ,bite ivih take tho Welsh nation as-an illustra- Eisteddfodau and schools have instilled into this country the first principles of civilisation, nay it has advanced it to an equality with the greater portion of _England. But how has this been accomplished ? The Welsh language can boast of no scientific works written by a Welshmen r7lio did rot tindei'statid English. "Cheaters' Information fertile People" and a variety of other works eminently useful, as far as they go, have been translated, and they-have entered the houses of the peasant in their Welsh dress.: Again, the treatises writ e ten .for Eisteddfodau have been compiled .from these translations, or at best translated from original works in the English tongue. Written by met i i . Who follow th e • plough and wi e ld the hattrad, Hits,; - 'cannot be eipeeted to bemaiteitiee's Attar as translations or compilations, and they have advanced the nation to a certain point ; fiirther the nation cannot advance unless the best works are translated as they issue from the press. In order to do this the translator would require the genius of the writer, a perfect knowledge of the English tongue, a profound' adqUaintance with the details of each science, and the life of Methusaleh. - Thus the Welsh *mild lie divided into two sections. The first idoilld be Welshiiieti who had a kno.wiedge of tho tile - Bh, and iiho' diank of the tatets of knotVledge at the foinitain's.eye ; and. the second would be Welshnion who anderstand :no other langnage than Welsh, dad received the ite'rea, if We may so termit, tbroUgh the Augiot-Weillimen. Yet we fear, in most lidtatioeS, %0 Altered .water would not be nearly as pure as when it bubbled upwards at the spring. Now for a second objection. • Since a hundredth part of the scientific works in English have not been translated into the sister tongue, those conquests of one Welshman over another -would -lead,- and leads; the Yicterious to suppose that.ha has drained the-bottom of the - cup of knowledge, and is a master of the intritaties, 'of: science. 'Then this ;Waist 'ha the Mare *eighty objection.. Croter this Child Who has gained a victory as a scholar, and.he feels no less pride than a Wellington. or a Havelock. In . the -same manner reward the man Who - bUt a child in his intellectual powers, and he • will relapse into lethargy, existing onllorbteeKtittng the battles he has fought:: 'A -sayer misfortune can never bald a child tk.ke `td t oe induced to believe that he has made conquests as a :scholar. • A greater evil can. never beset a country than to be imbued with a_ false civilisation . ; and to the inhabitants of that country than to be made to glory in victories never won, We haVe now stated our objections to the theoretical part of the &Ned; let us proceed to review . the kstitittion-the Esteddfed . itself. In Wales there are National, iverites'., Chael, Teetotallers', and Pablic - honse ET'efeeltfrodaL The National , ittedel t fodal , aVe patronised by the Society 'of -tards,- *ho - presume to - understand the mysteries of Druidism, and to a great extent the theory of the creation. The Ivorites' EiSteddfodau are held under the auspices ,of the Iv or ite s, a fr i endly soc i ety peculiar to Wales. 'The reader can immediately under stand who patronise the Teetotallers' and' the POLlO house competitive meetings: neWaids are offered for poems and treatises Oti different sable.ets. At a meeting held in September of last year, in YetalYfertr, in the Swansea Valley, the seVen beet firirec Were offered. for - peenis. pi.t4king seven private - parties the lieighhcaitheod ; and, - judging- -from - the relative position of these gentry, who as privateindivi e deals are worthy. - of every praise, and the committee of the, Bardic • gathering, there can be na doubt that the rewards were offered by the parties most 'interested in the.matter. Then the adjudicators are men in many instances who understand little, if anything ' of the sdb ject treated, or they drd country curates or dis senting ministers, who reward the most deserving probably, but , in most cas es d o not reward intrinsic merit. Thus, at an _Eisteddfod held last :year, in Neath, the patron was a brewer, the adjudicator his clerk, the secretary his friend, the musical brass instru ments his property, and the players his workmen. It .may be added that the ability-of the •Adjadieatdr was exceedingly small; And the adjudication, in point of justice, questionable. The result was that a very unseemly scene occurred before the_ meeting termi nated. Taking the most lenient view of the ques tion, and presuming that every adjudication is just as far as the powers of the adjudicator can lead him to a correct .conclusion on the 'relative merits of various compositions, does, or can, these' institutions be benefi cial to the nation at large ? Certainly not. The praise habitually bestowed on the unsuccessful, is *ell as the successful competitors, is unwise, untrue, and unjust to those parties themselves. Their powers are over-estimated, and they naturally assume an assurance of manner in dealing with subjects, which is pitiful, because it is ridiculous. In these remarks we do not include the great National Eisteddfod, which-occurs annually, and takes place this and succeeding days at 'Denbigh, over which Sir Watkin Williams Wynne presides. This is an exception : and for this reason, the literati only are able to. compete for its prizes ; and it, therefore, only proves our opening objection—that competitive meetings are advantageoush societies which are a d vanced to a undreds , nay, in , high state of civilisatio* Now, when it i s cons id ered that 'thousands, of pounds are yearly expended in. Wales upon Eisteddfodau, the question of their intrinsic merit assumes a very formidable shape, and becomes a subject of deep interest, not only to \Vales itself, but to the nations of the world. What are the magnificent results of this costly fabric ? Where are the Shakespeares, the Byrons, the Milton-, the Newtons, the Lockes, the Burkes, the Talfourds, the Johnson, the Brewsters, the Lyttons, and the Addisons, who were brought up under its wings, whose works are known and appreciated by all civilised nations ? Not in the grave ; not on earth. Are their names on _the pages of the historian ? Are their works reclining in dusty corners, covered by the 'cobwebs? • There are, 'as we have already said, works poetical and Instructive in the language ; but of these, how many were submitted to adjudicators 'at Eistedd focrau? . :Very . few, or more correctly, none at all. Dalydd! lonawr competed for a prize but once in his lifetime, and he was evidently so disgusted with the manner in which the meetings were conducted, that he ever afterwards withheld his support from all institutions of the kind. To conclude, we assert that all Welshmen who have merited immortality as authors, mounted the pinnacle of fame without any aid frOM listeddfodati. And what is far more conclusive, the nation is at this moment writhing under Superstition, and will continue to do so until good schools have been established through: out the country, which might be erected on the ruins of the present institution, if the nation Were appealed to for a transfer of the patronage to a Welsh, national scheme of education. Thus stately colleges, and first class schools might' be established without the aid of the English Government; and the Welsh nation, in twenty or forty years, might become one of the most accomplished on the face of the earth. -- THE EISTEDDFOD •Ta-DAY. The annual Welsh National Eisteddfod will be held today(Tuesday), to-morrow (Wednesday), Thursday, and Friday. It is under the patronage of Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, who 'will occupy the Chair at all the meetings. The affair is likely to be a grand one, and prizes to the tune .of some hundreds,, we believe, will be awarded to the successful competitors, who rank among the Bards of the -British Island, Beirdd p r - ydain. The results will be duly repOrted in the Daily Times.. THE WELSH LANGUAGE Is like the Welsh people-,simple; and, unlike most other languages, topious, musical, comprehensive, and easily acquir e d. Experience has shown that its prin ciples may be acquired in a feW months. A study of ten or twelve months enabled Thirlwall to preach in it as fluently as a native, and quite as correctly. Probably there are some readers who laugh ,at the assertion that it is musical. We will endeavour to turn the laugh against themselves. The follOwing . extia`ci Velma indis criminately from lonawr's "Cywydd y Damn," will serve to show the alliteration which pervades.through out the language : " Y follten hwyaf wylltaith Nis gwyr dyn derfprdy (faith, Ac ar d'ol gwir yw y !lAA' Criichlef a llif y er . oftwlaw, Y daran o'u du orawr • Mal berwateg derfyagateg for." This continual alliteration occurring throughout all, Welsh works is extremely pleasing to the . ear, and' un prejudice& minds will immediately - detect it. There are twenty-seven letters in the Welsh alphabet.' To these the Welsh make no further claim than the usage of them since the days of the Roman invasion, being pre ferred because they are prettier than those of the ginal British. The " double" l etters have a simple sound, which, ill all cases thro ug h out the alphabet, in whateverposition they may be found, never .varies. The Ais always Ah ; the B always B. There are no mutes, for each letter takes its full open sound. This is im portant to the student ; for - it is evident that if the promm i a ti on of the letterP is once mastered, theta HE DAILY 'I U: tie all:Acuity in his way to become a fluent arid Correct Speaker. In acceptation ode rule only has to be observed! Words consisting of several Syllables have the accent on the penult/nut and every, second syllable fieni the end of the *ord. The formatiod of the deli vatives varieii The primitive *et& May stand as nouns of the third persoiisiOgolaf, act as adjectives, and perform the fiinCtions of Prelißsitieris, con , jiineiio#s, and adverbs. Fach deriti:ze can be t traced eleirieiiA , words of which ft IS feinted, ilifts leaviil fidtliiifg td the imae4ation of the etpdologist. Nouns arc Masculine, feminine, andpeuter; the plural is fornied by adding the terinliiiipns au, awry, ed, nedd, on, wys, ycid ; or by letters ; is in the ease Qf oen Ca lamb), wyn (lambs). Substantives undergo no inflection, therefote the language knows nothing of cases. Pronouns have similar functions to those of the English, representing a Rroper name. Demonstrative pronouns also discrimi nate the gander, as in the case of hwn (him), hon (her). yhe adjective is of the same number as the substantive to *hiehit felatei, aAd id fdtzried by adding on and ion, or by inflecting the words. - Degrees of comparison are made by placing prefixes or affixes to the nouns, as teg, fair; go-deg, rather fair. There. is one article—y, which also takes the form of yr under certain circumstances. Verbs are transitive or intransitive, have three persons Six nioods t the iOdicatiVe, the irttficrative,. the optative, the the jidtefitial, and the iiittifictlice and three chief, with some contingent, - tenses—" I love," carwyf ; "I have loved," cerais ; "I will love," caraf. There are primitive verbs, and verbs formed. by adding vowels at the end of the noun,Aftvr, a gleaner; llofes, to glean,, These are the saliefit.p?ints of the grammar. 4s,.may easily iniagitied; they have, no words which de Le iiiodetti sctericeA, or, di feast, bad itai: how can they express themselves in scientific matters Easily. In order to define a certain ,thing, which is a compound of two elements say, they do precisely as the English do with the Greek tongue, take two primitive words which express severally the two simple elements, combine them, and thus .form ,a, slngle word clearly efpressin,g the tVto tleinents *hen in a state of combination. We will take, for instance, the word TelegrctiA which is expressed in Welsh in two primitive words; Pell (far), and cb (to communicate) ; Jr as a masculine termination. Then Telescope, ex pressed by P e ll (f ar ), an d t cclyr (to see); and all other scientific terms are expressed in a similar manner. A close acquaintance with the language would show that in other particulars the 'Welsh is all that Welshmen claint for it. ,WELSH tifiLiTtißi, Are all the works published in .English worth the • • pertisan. those of any other nation, .Greece prodiced b‘itprie Horner ; Itoa l @ lint one Virgil; Englaaa but 'dile tliakeipearo. 'Wales dig() possesses verjt little literature rivalling the classics. Did we name, however, every Welshman since the days when E.'ngland was called Britannia, until the present, who aspired to the glories of poets, and teaid the nation With their rhyme, a thick octavo volunie Would not con tain their names. Did we repeat their productions, then.libraries to a certain extent, and stables, and lumber rooms hi. general, *wild be filled with books: (if the onipaitiont 6t the bards ilid lived fireiiolis to the Rottiati invasion of tritain, nothing is known. The bards handed their songs to . posterity verbally, from father to son. Indeed, there are no manuscripts extant of the first five centuries ef the christian era ; but at the commencement nf tie si4th bentiity, Paliesin, Anen t% g l yrAdin, and Llywarch Hen, warbled their im mortal songs. From this period downwards, bards were held in high esteem, and barddoniaea became the principal study of the prince and the peasant. Bardd Teulu occupied a seat of honourgin the - courts of itywel Dda, in 914. In the tetetith detitiltl) Cadwaladr held vii titteadra. i..silbdiled the 13rinci pality, billed LieWeilyi ab Grtiffy4ci,, and elealtn. heavy bloW dpoi4 ty irydidd. Ito4Uinf, lOrwerth r ychan, Casnodyn and other bards of this period, speak not one word about the cruelties which George is said to have practised towards their brethren, and. therefore we feel inclined to disbelieve the. story. Trahaiarn Brydydd Mawr, Dafydd ab Gwilym existed about the year 1400 ; Owain Glyndwr assumed power .about this time ; and his Wit NV!ts fre quented by fold Gbeh gild Gruitydd tl*o rikifydd apFinlorl iityoy. The nest century Witnessed the birth Or Glyn COilii, Guito'r Glyn, and dtherd: 'Tithe Men served their country in battle, it, Would Apfteai fr* ilioir songs. dwalAtiiii; a bard of the twelfth Cenitiri said Llachar fy nghleddyi liuch ei anwyd Yn /Thad llewyrchedig cur arty ysgwyd." - • " And bright is my sword, destructive in battle, And brilliant the gold on my shield." Again, " Gwadreidd fy nghleddyf godrydd yn ngbal Yn nghyfranc a Loegr llawr nid ymguid. Gwelais 9 arfawd oerfab GruffYdd Riallooedd tr*eh, tic.'► 1 ` bloody my sword when raised in the battle, ThErblood of the English shall flow o'er the ground;_ From the blow of the arm of the warrior fab Gruffydd Whole armies shall fall, &e." The Gododin is a brilliant composition. It was the production of Aneurin. To its beauties it would, in a translation, be impossible to do justice, He says of Caradoe t fati gryg•yei CaraAawb y gat Mael haed cart trychwn trychyat, Tarw bedin en tryn gomynyat Ef llithyei wydgwn cc anghat." " When Caradoc flew to the field, Likf.‘ a beast of the wood, he woune.ed and destroyei ; A bull of war, he cut down the enemy in the fray, And with his hand he bade the dogs of war to follow." Speaking of " brad v cyllyll hirion," the slaughter of the Welsh at the banquet given by the Saxons, Aneurin says : "The warriors (the arinY of Myn yddaeee, noted in the battle) proceeded with one accord to the feast, and above the wine cup were trea cherously assailed. The price of the feasting was the loss of their lives : Caradoc and Madoc, Pyll and leuan, Gwgawn and Gwiawn, Gwynu and Clynfan, Peredin, of the Golden Sword, Gwawrdden and Aeddan—who were their country's pillar in the fight—men who used their shield with skill. If they were murdered, they too slaughtered. But oh! not one to his country returned." We must pass over the poetry of the Bards, because, even if we could, space will not permit us to do them justice. Llefoedd and Cyhelin lived about the tenth century. The song of "Myrddin and his Sister," by Cyhelin, displays a considerable adieu& of feeling, and shows that the author possessed an extensive knowledge of human nature. Meilyr Brydydd, of the 11th century, chronicles the death of Prince Trahaiarn ap Caradawc, in the war against Gruffydd ap Cynan, about 1080 ; he a l so com posed a lament on the death of Gruffydd ap c ynan. These songs chiefly dwell upon the bravery of these warriors and relate their victories in a simple, clear, and pleasing manner. Indeed, the majority of Welsh poems treat upon wars and victories. Lore now and again becomes the subject of the bard; and in these the deepest passion is displayed. All are wild in their style, elevat ing in their sentiment, and noble in all respects. He re and there wit predominates, and some of the poems deal in irony. With the exception of the last century, Welsh poetry is solemn in its tone, and abounds in deeds of glory. The absence of flowers from the poesy is rather remarkable. We certainly find here and there the rose used as an adjective ; but generally speaking the ancient Cymry banished flowers from their thoughts in favour of battles and victories. Indeed the poetry of all ancient nations is composed of tales of war ; and it is sur prising how seldom the tender' passions form the subjects of their theme. To this there are, of course, exceptions. The poetry of modern Wales is of another cast : almost every subject is treated upon. Davydd lonawr. a giant in intellect, wrote a largo quantity of religious poetry, and be displays the minutest acquaintance with Scripture history. H e was it man of education, and a close observer of nature. H e possessed the feeling of wonder in an unparalleled degree; the universe, the works of nature, the outburst of thunder, the lightening flashing forth from a huge black cloud, the sea, the flowers, were the objects of his veneration and.his praise, which be poured forth in notes sweet as the nightingale's into the ears of his countrymen. From nature he looked up to natu re ' s God. His chief works were "Cywydd y Dri n d o d , " "Cywydd y Dilyw," "Cywydd Joseph." and "Cy wy dd y Daran." We have no space left left to criticise the works of Goronwy Owen, Cawrdaf, and a thousand others who have great merit, and whose works will some day or.another probably be translated into the English language. The poet* of the present day are as numerous as the birds of Cambria,_ but those really deserving of the came are Caledfryn, Dewi Wyn o' Essyltt, a n d a few others. THE BUXTON INSTITUTE FOR FUGITIVE SLAVES.— A public meeting was held last evening in Hope Hall, at which a collection was made on behalf of this institution. The Rev. Dr. Barns, professor of the Theological College, Toronto, and the Rev. William King, formerly a slaveowner in Louisiana, addressed the meeting. SALADS AND SUMMER SOUlDL—Physiological research establishes the fact that acids promote the separation of, of the bile from the blood, which is then passed from the system, thus preventing fevers, the prevailing die-„ eases of Summer. All fevers are " bilious," that is, the bile is in the blood. Whatever is antagonistic of fever is cooling. It is a common saying that fruits are "cool ing," and also berries of every description ; it is treause the acidity which they contain aids in separating the bile from the blood. Hence the great yearning for greens and lettuce, and salads, in the early Spring, these being eaten with vinegar. Hence, also, the taste for something sour, for lemonades, on au attack of fever. But, this being the case, it is easy to see that we nullify the good effects of berries in proportion as we eat them with sugar, or even with sweet milk or cream. if we eat them in their natural state, fresh, ripe, perfect, it is almost impossible to eat too many, or eat enough to hurt us, especially if We eat them alone, and not taking any liquid with them whatever. Hence, also, is butter ' milk, or even common milk promotive of health in Sum mer time. Sweet milk tends to biliousness in sedentary people; sour milk is antagonistic. The Greeks and Turks are passionately fond of milk. The shepherds use rennet, and the milk dealers alum, to make it sour the soone r, Buttermilk acts like watermelons on the system. SDAY, AUGUST 7, 1860: WATER COMMITTEE. . The weekly. meeting of this committee was held at . the T,own-ball yesterday, the chair being occupied by Mr. Hodson. The other members piesent were Messrs. Crellit, Reloo, Jeffery, Ftrnwoith, C. Turner, Rae, 'Wagstaff, Vi* odruff, and Ruined. From the Engineer's report it diffiediV, that the qiiar,itityof water received from Rivington during the week ending the 4th of August, vas 72,931,230 gallons, and tile quantity pumpecl from, the wells, 26,055,756 gallons; the quantity of Rivingtoil Witei to well water being as 36 . to 13. THE FIRE AT THE STANLEY DOCK WAREHOUSES. - The Engineer submitted the following repOrt on this subject :-- " This fire occurred on the evening of Tednesclay, the lst of August, some time between nine and ten o'clock. The alarm reached this office at 10.30. " It took place in the upper storey of the north-east angle 'of the northern range. The room contained cotton and other goods. There are fire, mains and hydrants laid along Oa yard and tip the staircase of these warehouses, and the lloCk Committpe, Rave pro vided hose and other appliances considered to be neces sary for the purposes intended. From the best informa tion the engmeer can obtain, when the hose war applied to the staircase hydrants the pressure was found not to be sufficiently strong to throw the water to a greater distance th i gh a few yards from the nozzles ; and it has been stated that, had thte be ii sufficient pressure at the commencement much property would helve been saved. " This statement, with other facts which came within the knowledge of the engineer and assistant whilst attending at the fire, has induced him to make inquiries into the facte, and he finds that, on the alarm of fire reaching the Athol,.street station, where a fireman and reel is Statidned; with d tntrieoek for the night, the night turncock, Webster, being out Cloglng tip the side streets, the fireman, in his zeal, ordered the turncock to open up the Athol-street side services, and by that means for some time deprived the parties engaged at the fire from obtaining such a supply as they would otherwise have done, On this mistake being dis ceveredi, l ama, the valve shut, a good supply was imme diately blitaiiied: . , , ~ "Ultimately nine jets were broirght to hear on the fire, and two were used below, two of 'which were from two engines. - "It appears further that when the fire brigade from the Central Station reached the fire, shortly after ten o'clock, the roof had fallen in. "The section of the town in which these warehouses are situated is supplied With water from the Audley street ItesetVoit i and the mains from this station have not yet been completed. /t is to lie regfetted they were not; fof had they heed 4o; *liateyet the result might have beet! as td the pitierty distiofecl; aii eiplantitory report would have been unnecessary, for the prissilre of . water would have been the beet that, could be obtained, and,wotild in he oxiiiien of the engineer, have obviated, • i • -,, . . all complaint as to eficieney. , , . , 'ii Thie itibiecl has been be foie the committee on several occasions, and Id iededtly as tile biegithiingof May in the present year, at which time the conimittee was informed that, in consequence of the Audley-street main not being complete. the northern division was in en unsatisfactory state. The delay has arisen from the Health Committee having under consideration the con •struction of a new bridge at Boundary-street; and the present structure not being suitable for carrying a pipe of such dinienstions as that of the tripe, o he i latd. "It Vassuggested that, sinless The Health Cot iffiittee did intend to proceed with the Work at. an early day, a temporary pipe . should. N I laid. „The Engaer was in formed that stNh was theantention of the health c4m mittee, and, that the works Wodld ininiedlelP be pro ceeded ivitlil . ' "On finding no progress had been made the inquiry. was repeated, and again a similar reply was made. On a more recent inquiry it appears that the works will not be sufficiently advanced for nine months to admit of the pipes being carried over the canal. Immediately after the discussion referred to the Engineer had all the works necessary to complete the line of main done, with the exceptiod 6f the passing M& the canal, add in addition carried a length If pipe tilting Yaufhall-toad trona Bolin dary-striet to Athol-street,,ftir the ,sole ,imniedittp_pni pose Of .iiiigirienting the supply to the districtin ciueS tion ; the improiei n etit thus tenipotatily effected has been unquestionable. " It therefore becomes necessary to make rf temporary connection, if posible, so placed as will admit of the bridge being built before it need be disturbed. This it was desirable to avoid, could the structure have been ready in time. When this is 'completed, the character of the supply hi the tiorthetti diVisinn will he entirely changed; add it Nis heed the intention to obtain, from the ,Ose6retiens „Whi4la Weald, be d7tiVed from the district if lakipieted; , Mich data ag 'Would he reliable for treating the other ening& which tri4 be necessary, dnd of determining the question of the necessity of separating, as was done in the original Green-lane nrains, those, for fire prevention from those for general supply. This subject, in volYing #s it,Ooes large interests and dpenclittire; has, been one. of Anich anxiety, to the engineer, and would be cieteiliiihied frditi pratlical result if the Boundary-street main were completed. It may not be out of place to state that for some time past night turncocks have been placed at the following stations : Hatton-garden, Seel-street, Rose-hill, Athol-street, Present -street, and Eisex-street, whose duties have been to shut up the side services after eight o'clock in the 6eiiiiig, And. mien theni 4. ,by .cil o eleek in the morn ing, by which 400 the tut - mucks' 'entree eornmence,, ep that the pressures on the mains should be kept up as high as possible, and .to be in attendance at the several fire-stations in the event of fire occurring in their respec tive districts. Hitherto this has been attended with good results. To complete the temporiry works pro. poned at Boundary-street, from three weeks toe month will be required, and the cost is estimated at £3OO. "tith ,August; 1880." . • Mt. Crikaita Taiiii - de said he bad . idst• left,ti Meeting of the 'Warehouse Committee of the Mersey Docks Aid Harbour Board, who were making a very stringent investigation respecting the recent fire at the Stanley Dock Warehouses. The report of the superintendent of the warehouses quite confirmed the admission made by. Mr. Duncan, that at WA commencement of the fire there was not a sufficient supply of water. When the hose was put to the hydrants, the water would not flow above four .Or five feet from the nozzle. If there had been a sufficient pressUre of Water, hi helleied that comparatively little damage would have been done, Instead of this, mauy thousand pounds damage had been done ; and not only that, but there was imminent danger to the whole stack of warehouses taking fire, and . nothing but the substantial way in which these warehouses were built, prevented this being the case. The great cause of the deficiency appeared to be, that the night turncock was ii(it ift the place in Which he ought to have been, and an ignorant tan Was allowed to take possession of the turncock, add the result was very natural. Mr. Duncan had stated what precautions had been used, and turncocks had been appointed ; but if these men were not in their places, it was useless to make regalia tions. That was not the first time that something of the kind had taken place, though not, perhaps, to the same extent. A very great misfortune had attended the arrangement of the engineer with reference to the fire at the dock warehouses, and such things really ought not and must not be alloWed. Mr. Dr NCAN-=The firertian gave the tunicock inatruc. tions to do that which he ought not to have done. Mr. TURoEß•—Where was the turncock ? Mr. DUCAN—He was shutting off side-supplies. Mr. TIELOE was in hopes that Mr. Turner would have concluded his remarks with a motion for the appoint ment of a committee, for when he found blame thrown upon officials, which perhaps might be attributed to those higher in position, there were many facts which ought to be enquired into. He could not help thinking that it was due to the Council, and due to the committee themselves, that a special committee should be appointed to enquire into the facts detailed in the engineer's report. He felt that the matter was of the greatest importance, and hoped that some member of the committee of more importance than himself would move the appointment of a committee. Mr. Alderman BENNETT said he would be happy to act upon such a committee if it were'empowered to give the engineer instructions to lay down a separate line of mains for extinguishing fires, which might be done at a cost of £40,000, while some fires had destroyed pro perty to the extent of some £300,00 or £400,000. Mr. TURNER said that was not the subject which he was anxious to bring before the committee. He had no doubt that a better arrangement of the mains might be made, but he was anxious that the immediate attention of the committee should be drawn to the fact that the best use was not made of the mains as they were at present, and that was a question which he thought the town looked to that committee for a searching enquiry into. Mr. JEFFERY said it appeared that but for the mistake of the fireman there was an ample supply of water, and he could not undeistand why Mr. Bennett should plunge them into an expense which would be very serious, in addition to the deficiency in revenue which they bad at present, without showing that the supply was deficient. There could be no doubt that there was an ample supply of water if it had been turned on by the turncock. Mr. BENNETT said it was impossible, with the under ground system of pipeage. • Mr. JEFFERY—We must deal with things as we find them. Mr. WOODRUFF would like to know why the fireman took upon himself to give directions to the turneock, and whether the turncock and the fireman knew their duties, and he also wished to know whether the instruc tions which those men received were verbal, written, or printed. It was eventually agreed that a committee consisting of Messrs. Beloe, }'arnwortb, Jeffery, Crellin, Rae, Woodruff, and Turner should be appointed a committee to consider the report of the engineer, and, this beiug the whole of the business, the committee adjourned. SUDDEN DEATH OF A VOLUNTEER BANDMASTER.— On Saturday, the rifle volunteers of Stockport mus t ere d for drill, preparatory to the review at Newton-1e- Willows. For some time past the band has been in training by Mr. William Johnson, Peter-street, Man chester, and on Saturday turned out for the first time, the bandmaster being apparently much elated at the proficiency which the musicians had attained. On the march from the Market. Place to Woodbank, Mr. Johnston, who was leading with the clarionet, suddenly faltered and sunk to the ground. Ensign Graham (a medical gentlemen connected with the sixth company) adopted the most prompt means in his power to avert the effects of what appeared to be an epileptic fit. This, however, was in vain, for in about four minutes Mr. Johnson ceased to exist. The volunteers were dismissed immediately after the mournful event. COURT. , -41:srERDAY -• -~ j (Before Mr. Ittrittil TI I 7.:*KNIFE AMONGST WOMEN. h i n y g o u st n a g bb i ed .om a n a o n t , b e n r a female , nl ed ltT a n r a T ni j e o d " ° S s ; r a r m g .e s d . t T C h th e t p ah i ek r s t ,n i i e r s e live in Peter -street, are of in repute, and on Saturday knife, with i d t r h un w k h , te w h h s e h n e th in e tl y t_ q t ti e rel d led, and tgliewop,rtinsdoneehr the foi•A l earl cdthe other. f)r.' and ;h citt ai the wound was serimist, e prisp,ner trjal assizes. FORBIDDEN PETIT. James Patterson, 4 young sailor, char g ed • assaulted Mary Binghatir.' The'coiriblattiarit said : On Saturday night I was with a young wenan, Powiiall-equare, whets tie met a _young man who took us to a fruit ffaii'd, to treat us to some e l f. tit, finest on the table. Whilet we vede there enjoying ourselve , , ppeoner came up and interfered with us, saying we had no right t o o tat the fruit at all. The yo un g man told him to go away, when he ii'ffa6keet him, so that he ran away, and then the prisoner struck me over the ere, and cal in-! severely. Mr. Block (for the prisoner) : With! tshat nor did I ever did he ;trAt'd yith his hand. I'don't know if he had anythingwp , re e :119.?,7 fl,7..:vuegac r t, , n E li cti the t r o d h i i d ni t , he young man w see him before. Mr. Block said he coal. festitteted to say that w in ith hi u s s, h gt an D y Ni p the prisoner was iniulted, but he had no witness. rir. Raffles said it was a bad case, and fined.the prisoner £2 and costs, or one itiotith's imprisonment. fififEATENINO TO SHOOT AN INSPECTOR OF POLICE. Arad Hie'keY, deecrited ac a brats and copper smith, having a shop in Iltirstoetieef,- WaS - 14ro'itght nU by 15Incer 441, on 'a charge of having threatarteri iia egolat te*sPeetor Valentine. Mr. Campbell appeired for the prisoner, *l4 deeded in a dreadful state. lie shook fearfully, and was eVidentlf isihodring under exoitement of no ordinary description. Officer 4 1 41 said On he night, of the 24th July the pri,;oner called at hiti house and asked where 'Yelesetor Valentine lived. He told him he did did not know, and that t.'e thnet go to the proper place and enquire. The prisoner then sale': lit 84 got pfstels, powder, and ball, and that he would blow the - brag an't'i he was not quite sober at the time, and was shaking and dated. Cross-examined by Mr. Campbell : He did not say anything when I arrested him on a warrant. There was an enquiry before Major Greig and the Watch Committee last week. The IYriat.:t *fts,itot theft issued. The prisoner said Inspector Valentine ha d reedded. hit wife,- and that he would not be satisfied until he took hifi Nei as said he would take both their lives if he saw them togetheii of iir the street. The complaint of the prisoner againit the futpetikr; before the Watch Committee, was dis Missed, as it was clear th'i pAeofter was labouring under delirium tremens. Police officer 2il s&d on the i uight of the 25th July the prisoner came to me in Cotn4allis , Streetj and asked me to show him No. 5: I did so, an.l he said that fiV wife fiked there, and that Inspector Valentine war in the house with hd: Hi Wanted' de to go in, but I refused, and then he called his wife, and iMetted her to come out, but she refused. After that the prisoner ciiMc to me again, and asked if I had seen any bulk in his pocket, and I said not, when he said he had pistols in his pocket, charged to blow both their brains out. Police-officer 749 said on Thtfrsddy night last the prisoner came to ms in Park-lane and stdre he *mild sltedt the Inspector. He was very much eicited at the time, and ajtrie.ired td liaja, had some drink. ingpeetor Valentkne was then sworn, and said the Vrirener did rick tfiaie fige of ant direat to Me, hilt he went to my house at three in the Matting ita reed an thutoyAnee to nay family. 'T had him locked up a out tic•ifari eir eight Yeas ago' for assaulting me, but I have known nothing aßotti wife since. There was no foundation whatever for the charge mad f 431, -t me. I never kept Company with his wife, nor did I ever cezlior for the last seven or eight years ; I did not know her before her Marriage. I ripplied for the warrant in consequence of what the officers told rtle; and, from what they state, I am in danger, and apprehend daziEß !man him Mr. Campbell cioss-examirod the inspector at some lengf but his evidence was not altered; he said he never saw nor spoke to the prisoner's wife for over seven years; did not know if she lived in a house in Walnut-street, and never was in tilit cit; 6.117 ether house with her; in fact, he knew nothing at all dtiout the ladt. Mt. Cdrriphell then addressed his Wor ship.on behalf of the prisciner, dt the eoneltudoil of which Mr. fifes oMe:.red the prieonet to find two stiteties of £25 each to keep the peace, or to 4 , - .e inipiionecl, for two' nionthS. tiailiiiNa BOI'S Robert Williams, alias "Jack nag," Wile aelig fruit cM a barrow in the streets, was charged for haying broken the thigh of John Mnlalley, a boy about 14 years of age. It appeared that on Sunday the prisoner was in Parliament fields with his barrow, when some boys began to annoy him, and he ran after them ; coming up with the boy named, ha gate him two kicks in the thigh, breaking the bone in three places. The lad now lien in the Southern Hospital,in a serious state. The priscindr *as remanded. (efore Mr. 1. R. SITVERt.) • Mr: jeti t e6 at iegterclaf in the second c - flirt, and diapesed df ad cafes rikdrini only Cr 4 tietoie twelve o'clock, but had to wait nearly ttto hdii a fdr seidnd rilagt.; strate, in cases requiting two justices. Thus the pubild time is daily frittered away for the want of a sufficient number of magistrates to discharge the public business. SAILORS' WAGES. William Valentine, an able seaman, summoned .111 r. James Moss, ai3nt of the Nemesis steamer, for £3 ss, a month's wages. Mr. Pluck wts for the complainant, and from his statement and the evidence of clahtfartti it appeared that thc latter signed articles to go in the ship for £3 Ss a raCrlth, and Was to be en hoard on the Ist August. He put his clothes on bealieli and on goin:g to pin the veasef on Wednesday he found the ship had sallcid ths flak before, and therefore he claimed a month's wages, as his clothes vern! ions. defendhnt did not deny the facts, but only wanted to see ail via 4 right ; would have given thc claimant work on shore until the shlli came back from Bordeaux. His Worship made an order for S 3 56, , , (Vefofe *sm. 41ErrEnY and J. H. TURNER.) AN I g NftkTOß A well-looking youth, named Henry et*ei was charged under the following circumstanced. Mathevi; . 6tiv4.tt rt •-.• printer, said he was coming from the other side of the river on Sunday night, and on board the boat he met the prisoner and another_ person, who iminaated themselves into his corn ptbiy, unl sited going up Tithebarn-street the prisoner took • 16 `. de s t itit tit out a E art e guard of his watch, and tried to steal it.. On the part V.Eorier it wee proved that the corn:- plainant was drunk and did not v-lfat lie Was doing and the young man, who was along with the priiblier; disprofed the charge, and stated that he was a respectable young ean. The magistrates thought there was no case made out against the prisoner, and discharged him. COURT OF PASSAGE-YESTERDAY. (Before Ef , *Altti Esq., Q.C., Asseesor.) ACTION FOR THE No.N-tIEEIVERY or Oodn's. MILLER AND ANOTHER V. PEER: ANli g.146114EK.^-The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. John anti lienrY Biller; and the defendants Messrs. Peek and Brothers, wholesale tea and Coffee merchants. The action was brought to recover damages:for the non-delivery of a barrel of coffee, which the plaintiffs had purchased from the defendants. Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Eleightort for the defendants. On the 10th of August last the plairitiffa purchased from the defendants two barrels of Ceylon Plantation coffee, kr Whieli the defendants agreed to take a bill for au los. 4d., Fly able in two months. On the Rth October the plaintiffs applied for one of these, and it was sent' to them ; but on applying for the other, they were unable to obtain it. They made repeated applications ; and the defendants eventually said they could not deliver the barrel, as it bad been re-sold. They also alleged that, although there certainly Was a contract to sell to the plaintiffs both barrels of coffee, it was rescinded by the consent of both parties. 111 support of this view of the case Mr. Deighton called the defendants' salesman, whd said that after the first contract was. entered into the defendants found that they had oversold this particular finality of coffee, and they therefore sent a corrected invoice to the plaintiffs. The salesman called personally at the plain tiffs' shop, and told them that he could not send the second barrel of coffee, as they had oversold themselves. This was the case ; and the learned Assessor, in remark ing upon it to the jury, said the whole question was whether the conversation spoken of by the defendants' salesman could be relied on ; and if so, then it might be taken for granted that there was a virtual rescinding of thee-original contract. If it were not so, then the plain tiffs were entitled to recover compensation for whatever loss they had sustained by the non-delivery of the coffee. The jury, after a short consultation, found for the plaintiffs--Damages £5 15s. 6d. BEVAN V. WEACHEN.—In this case the plaintiff, who is a porter, sought to recover from the defendant, a cork-cutter, compensation for certain injuries he had sustained through the alleged negligence of the de fendant. Mr. Temple appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Deighton for the defendant. The plaintiff was sent by Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi Hotel, to bring some goods from the defendant's place. On entering the warehouse a handcart, which was being lowered from one of the upper stories, fell upon him and injured him. He was taken to the Infirmary, and recovered in a few days. The defence was that the plaintiff had contri buted to the accident by his own negligence. The jury found for the plaintiff to the amount of L 4 10s. ACTION ON ACCOUNT OF MONEY PAID.—ROBERTS v. Ditareit.—This was an action in which tha plaintiff, who had formerly been keeper of a public-house, sought to recover the sum of £75 which he had deposited with the defendant as an earnest of the purchase-of the good will and fixtures of the public-house occupied by the latter. Mr. Brett was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. The circumstances of. the case were briefly these :—ln February last the plaintiff 'and defendant entered into negotiations for the sale, by the latter, of his public-house in Commutatioarrow., Early in the month it was agreed that the license, goodwill, and fixtures of the 'house in question should be sold to the defendant for £3BO, £25 of which was deposited with the plaintiff, it being arranged 'that he would take possession of the house on the 27th of the.same month. He was unable to enter the house on the date mentioned, and by leave of the defendant the term was extended to the 19th March. In the meantime an additional £5O was paid to the defendant. The plaintiff could not enter the house until the 14th March, but he was then prevented from taking pos s e ss i on by the defendant. Before the case had proceeded far enough to go to the jury it was settled privately. BREACH OF CONTRACT. —CLARKE V. Bar.,—The plaintiff in this case was a metal dealer at Manchester, . and the defendant was a carter in this town. The plaintiff sought the re-payment of a sum of money which he had paid the defendant for a quantity of nails alleged to he brass. Sometime ago the plaintiff purchased the nails from the defendant, who alleged them to be brass; it was afterwards found out that they were not such, and they were returned to the defendant. - The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with leave to move in a superior court. FALSE IMPRISONMENT.—LLOYD V. BUTTERWORTH. 111 this case, which was an action for false impriionment, Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. It appears that on or about the 24th of April the plaintiff was employ e d as quarter master upon the Armenian, one of the African mail boats. In the hold of the vessel there were several eases of G eneva , and the plaintiff, with another quarter- master, was sent below to Fee that these were not opened by the Junipers. The defendant, upon lookincr into the p aar t n h dt a o t ni-ght a n d t o ld hi s employers histll companion with a bottle x l theaefctt plaintiff ni ship o f the fact he had witnessed, and hold; Geneva defendant a w e a boat was despatched on the next day. The plaintiff and his companion were brought back and given into custody on a charge of breaking open .the cargo. They were brought before the magistrates and acquitted. The jury, after a long con sultation, found for the plaintiff—damages, £l2 ORIGIN, OIL IRIS NAMES._ The.C'Sheridans are of Milesian descent', attd were lords of the ancient territory of Claut.Mathon; Aug/ice Cloned:Polt, hi the coiirity of Cavan, which territory extended front lk:l.;attnt Arngent (so called from a family of that name who seltro fbere) and the north and eastern shores of Lough Shredtrt , to Lough Ramor, and from Oldcastle in the barony of Denisfore, county of Meath, to Ballyjamesduff, 'and thence westward to Lough O:ounagh, and thereby comprising the whale of the parigi of 'Kilbtiicle, in the barony of Clonmahon, together with patt's• of the adjoining 'parishes both in the said barony, ana in that ofcastlerahan. This familY gale birth to several men eminent in. the walks o literature. lq`G.tt. .r . _ The AlGhees,llihemich . Maol-ganithe, are of Milesian descent, and were possessed of a large tract of land in Donegal in tbn early part of the twelfth century. This territory obtained the name of Muinter-Maolgaoithe, from its possessors, and was nearly co-extensive with the parish of Denaliniore. This territory was watered by the ri -,. et Finn, OR the lauiks of which stood Magee's ( Castle, which was built by the O'Donnells, but given with the above-named territory as a marriage portion to Sabina or Sabh O'Donnell, err her marriage with Maoilgaothe, a commander in the Tyrceneltinti army. They Were possessld of Oilcan Maolgaoithe„- or island - Aiagee, onee'an island, now a peninsula, and forming the . parish of island Magee in the barony of Lower Belfast, and county of Argent!, Which , contains 7,036] statute acres. This peninsula is formed by Lough Lorne, which extends into the parish of Templecorron, and whiCh fr.c.tinerly joined a mountain stream below Bally carry. This island *as the scene of the cruel massacre of the Catholics by the satage Munroe and his Scottish soldiers (a misapplied epithet) if! 1042. During the wars of the Protectorate several families of this name removed into and settled in the county Mayo, but very few, if any, of their descendants are to be met with in that county Ert the present day-- They are gone, they are gone; and the cruel hea r ted stranger, InultinglftleaOs o'er the dust of the free, And the cruel Sa2xott Iced, and the; proted Norman boaster, Enjoy the fair lorelkhips of Meli-Mager. O'DAIY. The O'Dalys, Hibernice O'Dalaigh, and Siolna- Dalaigh, are Milesian , being descended from Dalaigh (from whom the name re derived) son of Murtogh, son of Fergus, eon of Shenna, sou cf Fergus, son of Sheens, son of the famous Conal Gulban, sod of Nial of the Nine Hostages, son of of Eochy Moyvone, Monarch of Ireland by Carion Casdubh, or Cosdubb, daughter of the I(ing of Britain. The O'Dalys were possessed in ailtient times , of a district in Tyrconnel, the country of tbeiV od-relatives the' O'Donnells; also of the district of Cores Adharab, COreadine, which comprised a very large portion of the barony of Clorrlonan, in West meath. The 01;Dalys were one; of the principal families of said county at the period of the English invasion, and several of the name are extensive landed proprietors in the cOdfity Galway at the present day. It is conjectured that this family fife settled in Galway about the period of the English invasion. WIDOWER, RECTE O'DWYER: The O'Dwyers are of Milesian descent, being descended from Cairbre, son of Conchorb, or Cuchorb, King of Leinster, of the race of Hugony. the great supreme Monarch of Ireland. They were _chiefs of note in the coliiities of Kilkenny and Tipperary et, the period of the A;glo-Norman inirnsiort About 1,000 letter carriers held a meeting on Sunday, in Hyde Park, to make a public statement of their tow pay and other grievances. George Cass, a farm labou r e r , h a s b een sen t ence d to death at, Carlisle, for the murder of Ann Sewell, a female fellerw•serrant, They had quarrelled, when he cut het throat, dud afterwards robbed her of a trifle of mottey Which ehe possessed. APPROACHING MAitruLteE IN. HIGH LITE —We understand a marriage is arranged between Lord Eustace Cecil, third son of the Marquis of Salisbury, and lay Catherine Scott, fourth daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Eldon. John Plumley Edwards, the Birmingham merchant, Ntifdse embezzlements have been sufficiently reported, pleaded guilty, at the Warwick assizes, on Thursday, to certain of the charges, ateid Was sentenced ta seven, years' penal servitude. 11r. Ifutt, Q. C., M. P., was specially retained, says the Tyro...!e tonslitation, and came over from London, for the defence of iobn Holden., his fee being 100 guineas. Before leaving the learned gentleman chival rously handed to the prisoner's wife g N note, being nearly one half of his not over liberal retainer, T Daily News, in a- leader, remarks trade, during the &A week, has been less brisk than of fate. The dulness referred to extends through the cotton, *oollen, and irrni &strict& In most quarters there is still a fair amount of bitsiness going forward, and labour generally, is pretty tfelli employed. Trade throughout the kingdom is cheaed by the doubtful prospects of . the harvest, as welt as by the state of foreign politics. PARRICIDE.—On Thursday, Carlisle was startled by the intelligence that a farmer, narPed David Batey, about sixty years of age, residing at How Bunks, had treen killed by 'William Batey, his son, a young man al'ottt twenty-three or twenty-four years of age. How Betties is a small farm of some thirty acres, situated about thrie quarters of a mile from Smithfield, on the Carlisle and Lotigteiwit toad. It is said that the father and son had quarrelled in the byre, that the father threw a milking stool at the son, who, seizing a byre rake, inflicted such injuries upon the old man that he has since died. Duni or GENERAL WYNDRAM.—The death of this gallant veteran took place at Cockermouth Castle on Thrirsday everting bets eett eight and nine o'clock. The deceased, Sir henry Wyndham, was, we believe, about seventy year# Or age. he was second son of the third Earl of Egremont. The deceased (Anent! was one of the surviving Waterloo veterans. On that memorable field he distinguished himself by an attempt ivhich, though unsuccessful, won him high fame. Ho was a held officer, and, seeing the carriage of Jerome Bonaparte in the wake of the general retreat, he made a dashing attempt to capture the Emperor's brother. But Jerome, it is said, was on the alert, and plunged out by one dot While young Wyndham opened the other. As a couple *ere about to be married in Greenfield on the morning of the fourth, the gentleman left the house and said he would return it a. moment. Hour after hoar elapsed and nothing was heard or seen of him until near night. It was then ascertained that he had loaned a friend q 26, and that he was leaving for New York, and the intended husband hearing of the fact, followed him and got at the depot just as the train started, and got aboard and followed him. He collected the money and got off at Northampton, and failing to find the telegraph operator to send word Co his wife, returned to Greenfield on foot, and was married imme diately after. ExreosioN CAUSED av A Tnier.—On Friday night a frightful explosion, arising out of a robbery, took place at the Crown Tavern, Winchester-terface East, Caledonian-road, Islington. A man went into the tap room, unscrewed the gas fittings, and took them away. The consequence of this was that the gas escaped through the crevices of the door, and the bar being lighted up there was an explosion—the whole of the front of the house being blown out. Twelve persons, including the landlord, • were severely burned, having been blown about in all directions. Two of the suf ferers will probably not recover. The police have not, succeeded in apprehending the thief. AN AMERICAN REDAN.—A correspoedent writing from Westpoint, says :—" Col. Delafield has within the past year caused the old Fort Clinton, which stood on what is now the plateau at the Point, to be reconstructed on its original tracing. The order-book of Washington, which is in the possession of Prof. Weir, contains the Instructions according to which the fort was built by Kosciusko, and these have been faithfully followed for a second time ; and, strange to say the semblance between the Fort Clinton constructed in the time of our revolu tion and , the Redan at Sebastopol, amounts to almost exactness. The parapet of the Redan was IS inches higher, but no other material difference can be remarked. This singular circumstance indicates how little progress in the art of fortification has been made in the last three-quarters of a century ; since the most important and most famous fort of this day—that which so long withstood the combined attacks of two of the finest armies in the' world —presents no improvement an the plan of one built• in the time of the" Aniefican revolu tion.". . . , .. • SYMPATHY OF THE BODY WITH AN, AMOTATED MEMBER.—At Tower's Mill, in LanasboroUgh (Mass.), on Tuesday, •a • young than, named. Jerry 'SWIM, was caught by the arm in some machinery, and the limb was so badly broken and mangled that immediate amputation was necessary. This was successfully performed, but, according to the Pittfields - Eagle, Mr. Swan's connection with the: diiii . vered limb did not cease with the operation. The Eagle says :—" On recovering from the stuporipirice, duced by the use of chloroform) Mr. Swan still comp i s c ulling hi s: . sorely of an aching hand. Late in e distress became very great, and lie imTisit,ethdlabt the band had been was cramped by being doubled iv. _..... , attenda - nts dug placed in Asmall-box and:burie ti. fli it up and straightened the hand,. n ir u d ri li c e d. 7 B s s a TT e 7 s s o ie o r l ; . This morning the limb w complained of a sensatiOnasofnutoilld and great. pain in it. r again, wrapped . up, and It Was ticcordingly tnken which he is azain reheited." deposited in a tomb, since , will receive Out' readers hive only to send L i n ti ci eir autti,.. s.: to D. 1 `..• Barry, . -- itcgcn t_ ti treet, W., o on. and they gratis a o n , d fre e by I,oet The "INVALID'S INN li 4e p e er , fect t GUIDE" o sound l i .u cin ng e s ' a ° n r d e- 7eft ell 'est'ng 9l I. N . r a a t t i l r . it 1 . 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A BRILLIANT METEOR. p it, THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. ,—ln your paper of yesterday I see a most inte resting at:cow/it (copied from the .Arcu, York Herald) of a brtiarit meteor which was seen about ten o'clock on the evening of-the 20th of last month, not only at New York, but-at Philadelphia, New Haven and Newburgh on the Hudson. It is described as "A blue tinted luminous globe, the size of a man's bead, that when nearing the earth it burst, like an immense sky rocket, into_four portions, and that they flew athwart the sky f rom _ ve it to east, occupying in th e i r fli g h t a b out a minute," _The. pasties who witnessed it were under the - impression it dime within a quarter o f a m i le of the earth ; but, when we consider that it was - seen almost sinniltaneously within a radius of 500 miles, it is evident they were mistaken. It must evidently have had a grand ap pearance, the account, it p u t s t h e great comet of pasi'aticn7 foto b hreshyade. Now, my object in trespassing upon your space in this matter is to state that a similar appearance was witnessed in the heavens in this neighbourhood about the same time, if not the very evening. I do not for a moment advance that I and several others saw the identical meteor, for bur time is four hours earlier than theirs, but I have no doubt we saw one produced by the same or a similar came. It was about nine o'clock in the even , . mg when the meteor made its appearance. To our view it apparently fell from the heavens. When near ing the eartfi.it burst, and instead of travelling west to east it went in the contrary direction. A more bri'- liant sight of the sort I never witnessed. Some may say, "Oh ! it was merely a falling star ; "—I have seen hundreds of what are termed falling stars, but this was ' as superior to one of these as the finest skyrocket or Roman candle is to a penny squib. I looked in the papers for several days not doubting that some mention would be made of fts appearance, but without observing any; and it is singular that the first public notice—at least so fir as I am aware —should come from the States. What have, our astronomers been about ? surely they must have heard of it if they did not happen to witness it. I cannot go so far as to say that it eclipsed the great comet, for it was quite of a dif ferent character and almost instantaneous, but out cousins across the water enjoy a thinner air and can probably see further. I enclose you my card, with the names of several gentlemen who had the pleasure of witnessing this beautiful and rare sight.—l am, yours truly, OBSERVER. Moor-lane, Great Crosby, near Liverpool, 7th August, 1860. JAMES STEWART AND. 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WROLESA.LE AND EXPORT STATIONERY AND ACCOUNT-11006 MANUFACTURER, ENGRAVER; AND LITIIOoRApHER, AND GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT, 82,---C AS T LE-S T Woßmg : HAERINOTON-STREET. ARTIFICIAL TEETH, GUMS. AND PALATES. PROTECTED SIT HER MAJESTY't. ROYAL LETTZ;T.S rArr.N T. lESSRS. GABR /EL, DENTISTS, , DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Opposite Berry-street : r3r 33. LUDGATE-RILL LONDON WEST-F.NE Bruxeri, REGENT-STREET. OV;ve Numbers particularly. ESTAPUrtiTED Isls. -SEE DirumA. TEETH, THEIR LOSS. And as now restored. on the new principle of self-adhesion and capillary attraction combined, by means of a soft.fies ible lining, with CORALITE ciese-c9l.ol7ltEli INDIA-RVIIRF4 in lien of bone or gold, without springs or who, and with out any operation; THEY ARE WARRANTED ETRE, wiroi.r.- sosts, At 'ENTIRELY FREE FROM BieitLl,; they are nary and comfortable upon the most sensitive rums, and nisy be worn for many years without being in any way affected. The materials used are of the best quality, the workman,- ship of the &A order, and are supplied at less than half Ste ordinary cast. New Erlition,jztet published. " Gabriel's Treatise is of importance to all requiring thy • dentist's aid, and, emanating from such a source, it may t confidently relied on."—tintod Service Grmette. " Thousands requiring'artiftellel tooth are deterred from consulting a dentist, fearing tbe. anticipated cost or dread of failure. To all such we say, peruse Gabriel's treatise." ' Service Gazette. Pnblished by Messrs. Gabriel (gratis on application, or sent on receipt of three postage stamps), at their Establish ments. FROM COUNTRY PATIENTS, ONE VISIT ONLY REQUISITE' FOR A ISINGLE TOOTH OR COM PLETE SET. • PATENT-WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT the only per manent preparation for front teeth, which effectually retains its colour (51. per packet). PREPARED WHITE GUTTA PERCHA, the best stop ping for Decayed Teeth or Toothache. This inraluable stopping is placed in the cavity, when perfectly soft, becomes hard as the tooth itself ten minutes after inset tion, and renders the decayed member sound and useful mastication. Is. 6d. per tox, or sent on receipt of 20 stamps. The ROYAL TOOTH POWDER, Is. 6d. per Box •«" The above preparatione may be bad from any cbennst in the kingdom. Stopping Decayed Teeth, Scaling, &C. AIESSRS. GABRIEL, THE OLD ESTABLISHED DENTISTS, ear 134, DUKE-STREET, Liv.sitrooL 33, LUDGATE-HILL !LONDON 110, REGE ' NT-STREET , . Attendance daily from Ten to Six. girths, *arriago, 110 Drat4s. - n tlig t ior icarik4 for insertion, must Births, Mai•riagee, and the nam e address o f be properly authenticatea. _ifinsertioTh of Births will N Six tko sender. Pie charge for,r" Six pence each. . BIRTHS. . . ult., at wavertree,.the wife of Henry Hesketh, 5 0 )‘I n n.' theea23:o;ctilin c• t at G aer a w Q e 2A,tle Islington - sea Liverpool, , J. Lowe. teacher of dancing, f a daughter . ° On the 4th inst., the wife of J. A. Stolterfoht, E sq ., Sandmen is ar k,W aver tree, of a daughter. • On the 4th 'wit., at No: 10, Ptince's Park-terrace, Mrs. lose . Stott, of a MARRIAGES. On the 23rd ult., at St. Bamabas Church, Mr. John Hewit sonare to DMearia, youngest daughter of M r. Phillip Squires„tpple d, von. on the Ist inst., at Christ Churel , , Clau;hton, by the Rev. Dr. Bkikeney. Itichard'eteyen Roper, of Cwmbran, Monmouth shire, aon Of Thomas Roper, Esq., of Newland-house Inver stone, to Harp,daughter of the late Tllo7llqB Shaw, this town, On the 4 th.inst., at Berkeley-street Chipel. - by the Rey. J. G. Roberts, ThomaS Young, E sq ., o f this town, son of the Rev. T. Esq., o f thi s town. Garliestown, to Mary Jane, daughter of James Mont gomery,On the fith inst by license, at St.'StePhen's. Byrom-street, by the Rey'.Henn George Vernon, ALA., BobrrteKeinerty, Esq., II.M. customs, to Margaret, da.ughterof Michael Culler, Esq., of Carnarron. DEATHS. On ti l • - ) ist inst., at No. s,.l.inttcrineic..street, Windsor, aged 2 , Archibald, ton of Mr.•Patnck'At'llli,ter. On the Ist inst.; in Wellington-place, aged 18, after a severe illness, John, only son of Mr. John Lloyd. On the :Ind inst., at Ceeki.rmeuth Castle, General 6ir Wyndham, M.l`.•for , West Cumberland: • On the 3rd ins - t., aged I Maths, George Wiliiam,.only child of W. Currie,'geslitter, of tirbC town. On the 3rd inst., Mr. John Ulrio Anderss.on, .his 8 Briciersi and Bacot:: most i+spectfully anuounc.e to cu ; touters, and the public generally, that they korett...."•- - -selected stock of articles required for II atnuY and that all Funeral and Mourning or d er s are atten ded to • the greatest care and economy.—magazin : Sit 83, Bold-ntreet.—ddr. r