Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

Exciu3ivoly for cLoTar NG BOYS from 6 to 20 yeira LEWIS & CONI P XY, Ranelagh-Street. J OBBRT MULLINER, (Successor to GoasT & Co.), (Late with Wm. Home, London), CARRIAGE AVD TVAN7ESS MANUFACTURER, 59 and 3 1, GREAT CHARLO PTE-STREEP, LIVERPOOL, MANUFACTURES. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OP FASHIONARI , E CARRIAGES. Sole Agent for the Patent Dioraples, for which a Prize illedat was awarded at theGresi Exhibition. A Great Variety of New and Fashionable CARRIAGES always on •iew, is.:llelt are ready for inmediate uae. Estimates give a for repairs CARRIAGES TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Good standing on moderate terms. Carriages sold by Com mission. Merchants supp!ie with Carriages for exportation on liberal arms. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GitEAT TASTE, At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Rinelagh-street. tra:Anierciat - lato.—Ebt4 Mal?, - At one o'c!ock, at the broker's office, 1, Oldhall-street, abnnt 40 bales Sarat Cotton.—Cunningham and Hinshaw. At twelve o'clock, at the broKers' office, 2, Dale-street, 7 tons Buffalo Horne, and 1 ton Bones.—Browne, Hunter and Co. At twave o'c ock, at the brokers' office, 8, Lancaster-buildings, 421 barrels Rosin.— Sill and Mengens. At elev n o'clock, at the commercial saleroon, Temple-court, a quantity of Frait —Jemes Adatn, Son and Co. At one o'clock. at 13, Exchange-buildings, 200 bales Surat Cotton. — T. and H. Littladale sad Co. At twelve ()Woes, at the broko.'s offia , , Victoria-b dldinga, Hackin's hey, 415 bags Sago 1 , lour.—T. W. and J. C. Harrop and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' offic,e, Ansley-buildings, 330 tons Jamaica, Log..vood.—Bower and Slack. At twelve o'clock. at the brokers' office, Apsley-buildings, Oldhall street, 180 tons St. Domingo Logwood, and 40 tons camwood.— Hooke, Okell and Spence. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 60 tons Logwood, and 25 tons Fustic.—Edward Cox and dons. E f ir For particulars see advertisements. , -. , IUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c, THIS DAY. ROYAL Am pair HEATRE—Dramatt Performance-7 p.m. HENoLER's GRIND CiaQuE VARIETE, Dale-street-7 p.m. A RUToNIC HALL (Upper), Lime-street—Diorama or India-2 p.m. Fa.REmAioN's HALL--Gallery or . Anatomy-11 a.m. to 10 p.m. ALLsoP's CRYSTAL PALACE, Lime-street-10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ROYAL CoLosiseum —General Entertainme It-6.30 p.m. ZoOLooicAL GARDENS—GIand and Varied Entertainments. [ Er For particulars see advertisements. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Soros " writes—Can you, or any of your readers, inform me why the summons clerk of our County Court declines to receive instructions for summonses on Saturday? Surely the delays already existing in it are sufficiently numerous and vexatious, without being subject to the will and pleasure of a clerk. 411. c Port4trn witrtP MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1857 THE DAY'S NEWS, We are in possession of four days' later news from the United States, by the arrival of the Niagara. The advices contain several items of an interesting description. Civil war reigns in Ohio. A telegraphtc despatch from Cincinnati furnishes a brief account of the arrest, by the United States Marshal and his deputies, of four persons charged with harbouring fugitive slaves. Subsequently a writ of habeas corpus was taken out and served by the Stieriff, who was backed by a large number of citizens. The Marshal resisted the State officers, shots were exchanged between the parties ; but eventually the United States officers were arrested and conveyed to Springfield, there to answer the charge of resisting the S i daeriff while iu the dis charge of his duty. Here is a collision of the stockholders of the Underground Railroad Company and the federal authorities that will create an intense commotion. A bloody riot happened at the municipal election in Washington, on the Ist instant, between the citizens ou the one side, and a large number of Baltimore rowdies on the other. The rioters were well armed, and took possession of a piece of artillery, with which they threatened their opponents. Two companies of marines, ordered out by the President, were placed at the disposal of the Mayor, who ordered them to fire upon the mob, which they did. Five or six persons were killed, and a number of others were wounded. The killed and wounded, as is usually the case on such occasions, were innocent lookers on, while the rioters escaped almost unhurt. The accounts of the riot are conflicting, and may be greatly exaggerated. Governor Walker reached Lecompton, Kansas, on the 27th ult. His inaugural address asserts, among other declarations, that the laws of the territory will be maintained by the entire force of the government. The administra tion have at last decided upon sending a formidable body of troops to Utah. Orders have been issued for the despatch to that territory of the 2nd regi ment of Dragoons, the sth and 10th regiments of Infantry, and Captain Phelps' Battery of Light Artillery, numbering in all some two thousand men, under the command of General Harney. This is said to be only the beginning of the move rent. Mr. Reed, the new Minister for China had received his instructions. He would leave for the scene of his future labour in a fortnight. The signature of the prominent shipping merchants of New York were daily increasing to the agreement abolishing the system of advance wages to seamen after July, 1857, and a general acquiescence in that measure is now considered certain. Major M'Culloch, who was appointed Governor of Utah, declines the honour. Later news is to hand from the Brazils and River Plate. Alsina had been elected Governor of the Argentine Republic, by a vote of 35 to 18. Alsina had declined his nomination, and tendered his renunciation to the General Assembly, on the ground of strong personal opposition to him, but the renunciation was negatived by 44 to 11, and his acceptance was looked upon as certain. The revolution in the Rosa Rio had been put down by the Governor of Santa Fee, and a tempo rary arrangement come to with Urquirza. A Monte Vido business was at a standstill. The f ever had made great ravages, but was hoped to have subsided. Yellow fever was daily diminishing at Pernambuco. In our paper tc-day will be found a report of a speial meeting of the proprietors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, which took place on Saturday, W. Brown, Esq., in the chair. The object was to get their sanction to a bill in Parliament, giving fresh powers, and making the domicile of the company in London instead of Liverpool. The chairman said the Government had made this a sine qua non. It was not desirable that Government interference should take place in private companies, but for political pur poses it was deemed requisite by the Government that they should, in this case, have such power, or they would give their support to another corn. party, It appeared that the Government would subsidize to the extent of £14,000 a-year, and that a concession would be given for 25 years, the capital being £350,000. Some opposition was made as to a few of the clauses by Mr. Moffat, M.P., and others, but the bill was eventually carried, the amendment of Mr. Dixon having been withdrawn by him. The Press thinks the abolition of the lord lieute nancy of Ireland only a fresh attempt at more centralisation, but that even in that respect the measure would fail. A new political organisation wonld be founded at Dublin on the ruins of the viceroyalty. " A large ingress of Irish politicians certainly might be looked for in London, and feelings similar to those so harshly excited by Wilkes and Churchill against the Scotch would, possibly, be raised against a new, noisy, and exasperated settlement of those whom Lord John Russell in his Deculiar style called " deprecate Irish immi grants." We all such unsocial feelings ; but we believe that the extinction of the lord lieutenancy would be the prelude to a new series THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, JUNE 16. of feuds. It is far more fitting that the agitators should surround Dublin Castle than that they should besiege Downing-street." The domestic news this morning is very meagre. A. circular has been issued by the SAretary for War to the effect that the number of non-commissioned officers allowed on the establishment of the perms nent staff of the militia being in several corps still incomplete, his lordship, with a view of affording greater facilities for their completion in this respect. has approved, as a temporaey measure, of the transfer of soldiers from the regular army to the staff of the disembodied militia, after 18 years' service, instead of 20, as heretofore. The Prince of Wales has been moving about incognito, and is to travel abroad in the same abated condition. But what is the use of his incognito when everybody knows who he is ?" It has been asked. " The use," replies the Spectator, "is considerable. The travelling in that avatar of royalty amounts to laying aside the panoply of state, and moving about like " anv other gentle man" who desires to see the country without embarrassment. It might have been well for some of the Prince's predecessors if they had learned a little more of the land they seemed destined to govern ; for, strange to say, the sons of his house have not travelled, in any sense of the word, with one remarkable exception. It amounts to a truism, that it would always be better if a man placed in so important a position as that of sovereign, or likely to be so placed, were to be come acquainted with the land in which he was to be enthroned from top to bottom, in the real habits and daily life of his people. Yet hitherto the indis pensable part of royal schooling appears to have been omitted. Now, it is quite impossible that the heir-apparent to a throne, if he can never forget the prince in his youth should acquire even a topo graphical acquaintance with his country. Proces sions cannot move over hill and dale, in highways and byways ; and still less can the understanding enter into communion with the things around it, while by the forms of state the mind can only move in procession. An old woman was murdered near Bury on Friday, full particulars of which will be found elsewhere. The news from abroad, this morning, does not possess much importance. In France the elections continue to be the great topic. The Debats has published the list of oppo sition candidates, but it ungraciously and wantonly marks out among them those whom it calls its own. This is shabby on the part of the Orleanist organ, as there could be no competi tion between any of these candidates. The Governor of the Bank of France, M de Ger niiiny, is not specially known as a political economist of superior range of view, such as is wanted at the head of an establishment like that of the Bank of France. The Moniteur contains a long and elaborate eulogium on the Legislative Body, the session of which has just been closed. It is of the nature of an epitaph, in which more good is said of the defunct than ever was heard of him during life. Wa hear frog) a quarter likely to be well in formed that arrangements are either completed or in contemplation for a conference of the Italian Potentates, including the Pope, the Emperor of Austria, the King of Naples, and the minor Princes. The object of this meeting is said to be to concert measures to relax the rigour of government in the Peninsula, to improve the administration of the law, and generally to ame liorate the political condition of the people, with the hope of giving the Governments flaeniselves a larger and securer basis. If we be not raisin- . formed, the Pope will preside at the conference, and perhaps the journey his Holiness is now making has had something to do in originating the scheme. The Italian Government could not do a wiser thing. The Neufchatel treaty is now ratified by one branch of the Swis Legislature, and is safe. THE proceedings at the police-court on Friday last, included the hearing of several cases brought by the police against the proprie tors of public-houses, for permitting drunkenness on their premises. We have no objection to urge O S gttl cf tho eta pr. wocse3Zor olr nor of the punishment of all persons who aid and abet its extension ; on the contrary, we are the willing and zealous supporters of the authorities in their efforts to abolish the tippling system, well knowing that a drunken people can be neither prosperous or happy. Thus far, and no further, can we go with the system now adopted by the police for the purpose of regulating the conduct of public-houses. The evidence given in the case of Mrs. Fox shows that the practice of sending policemen in plain clothes, for the purpose of entrapping the unwary publican, is still carried on. This, as Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE suggested, is un-English--it is not fair play ; for, as the worthy magistrate justly remarked, "Every man has a right to know when justice, in an official capacity, goes to his door." The practice is open to several very grave objections, and these we shall briefly glance at. In the first place, we consider that the practice of sending policemen in plain clothes, for the purpose of laying informations against public-house keepers is illegal. It may be that no special Act of Parliament, can be found to support this allegation. but if it is contrary to the spirit of our laws and British justice, then, we contend, that it is actually what we have termed it—an illegal act. When a policeman doffs his uniform, and enters spirit vaults during prohibited hours, and then and there presents himself as an ordinary customer, at the same time having a prosecution in ;his mind's eye, that being his sole aim in the call, he assumes a character which he is not, and although not legally he is morally guilty of false pretences. The publican does not know who he or she is dealing with, and hence an unintentional error may be committed through the very persuasion of this detective. But, suppose this " plain clothed" police-officer should ask for drink during prohibited hours—and we have known instances of this kind—does he not actually commit a breach of the law ? lie is an accessory before the act, and by his presence lends an apparent approval to the violation of the law. Independent, then, of the immoral tendency of such scheming, and of the injustice of which it is the parent, to publicans, we believe that the spirit of the law is violated by sending out police-officers in plain clothes, to detect and bring to justice the violators of the enactment which compels all public-houses to desist from the sale of intoxicating liquors, during certain hours every day of the week. Independent of this illegality. we consider the practice under consideration to be one of injustice to the publican. It is true that he exercises a certain calling which is regulated by Act of Parliament, and for which he pays an annual sum, entitling him to the privilege of vending spirituous liquors. Tne fact of paying this aanual fee entitles him to the aid and support of the executive, and instead of being way-laid by the skilful traps of detectives, with the view of enticing a violation of that law, he should be dealt with openly and above board. If the law is violated, he should be met, as Mr. GLADSTOKE would have it, in an English and truly candid manner. There should not be any mean and skulking subterfuges adopted for the purpose of proving a conviction. The very fact of making a police-officer assume the character and the garb of a private citizen, when in the discharge of official duties, is deception. Deception of any character and kind is illegal, and what is more, it is immoral; and as it entraps the unwary, and robs them of a certain por ion of their property, be the same, more or less, it is rank injustice. The highway robber is, of the two, a more preferable character than the midnight burglar. The one attacks you with some chance of escape, but the other steals with the cunning of the serpent, and without any symptoms of approach, pounces on your property when all is hushed in the solemn stillness of the night. In a similar spirit does the policeman, dressed in plain clothes, go into a public-house, and lay an information for selling during prohibited hours. But we also object to the practice from a feeling that it is calculated to lead to a breach of the peace. We have already demonstrated in these columns that the fact of a policeman lifting and tasting glasses of ale or spirits is a breach of the Petty Larceny Act; and if the owner knocks down this law officer of the crown, whilst in the act, he would be perfectly justified. We do not countenance such a step. What we contend for is, that the habit which policemen adopt to substantiate their public-house informa tions is not only illegal, but fraught with the most serious consequences to society. A law cannot be good which requires immoral and dishonest means to be employed to insure the carrying out of its provisions. We therefore object, and for the reasons which Mr. GLADSTONE advanced, on Friday, against the schemes now adopted by our police-officers, for the purpose of preventing the sale of liquor in prohibited hours. It is an non-English, illegal, and dishonest course, and as such, should be discountenanced by every member of the community. THE CROPS IN UPPER CANADA.—The spring is unusually backward, as the winter was unusually long. But with the present fine weather things will grow so rapidly that the lateness of the season may possibly not be observable in a month from the present time. An unusual quantity of rain has fallen this spring—a circumstance which has been unfavourable to farming operations, especially in those parts of the country whero spring wheat only is grown—a remark which applies to the whole region below It - introit.. - th. .- be put in unusually late or not at all. As to the Autumn sown wheat, its prospects are not just now so bright as they sometimes are at this season of the year. There are some complaints of winter killing, owing to the early February thaw leaving the crops unprotected against the subsequent frosts, but it is hoped the evil will be found to be limited. In some rare instances fall wheat thus injured has been ploughed up, and spring wheat sown in its place. But even this was a very difficult operation in consequence of the excessive moisture that fell during the spring. RECIPROCITY.—One of the most striking commercial results to be found in the statements of the Provincial Chancellor of the Exchequer has refersnee to the rapidly increasing exports from Canada to the United States. The value of these exports amounted in 1856 to £4,421,415, whereas in 1846 it was only £69,623 ; and even in 1854 not more than £2,802,9)6. Tne inSports from the United States had risen from £704,400 in the year 1854 to £2,997,A0 in 1856. Such was the effect of the Reciprocity Treaty. Furthermore, in 1854 the imports by the St. Lawrence amounted in value to £6,169,107, and those by the United States to £1,963,284, but in 1856 the tables are completely turned, for the imports by the St. Lawrenoe have decreased to £3,826,467, while those by the Lidded States increased to £7,069,759. These figures tell a tale which was told by a comparison of :the cus• toms' duties received at Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, &c. They may also prove that Canada (as Mr. Cayley words it) is building up for herself an immense trade with the neighbouring States; and that, though from the Recipro city Treaty no revenue is derived, still great indirect benefits may accrue in a general way. This view of th e case is certainly a very urgent reason for the reduction of the tariff to the lowest figure possible. Is it natural, is it just to exact high duties on goods imported from the mother country, while the same class of imports are admitted duty free across the line ? A. reduced tariff is One of the real and essential wants which the commerce of the country requires, and it is useless to talk of retain ing the trade in the St. Lawrence route without such reform.— Toronto Correspondent. A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—In a second edition of Mr. Phillips' Essay on Capital Punish ment, the following is given as the punishment for murder prescribed by Mr. Livingstone's code for the State of Louisiana, It has been now in force for nearly thirty years, and has been found quite efficient :—" Murderers shall be strictly confined to their respective cells and ad joining courts; in which last they may be permitted to labour, except for two months consecutively in every year, commencing on the anniversary of their crime, during which period they shall only come into the court during the time necessary to cleanse the cell ; and oa the anni versary of the commission of his crime the convict shall haveino allowance of food for 24 hours, during which fast he shall receive the visit of the chaplain, who shall endea vour by exhortation and prayer to bring him to repentance. Murderers shall receive no visits, except from the in. spectors, the wardens, officers, and attendants of the prison, and from those who are constituted visitors of the prison. They shall have no books but selections from the Bible and such other books of 'religion and morality as the chaplain shall deem proper to produce repentance and fix reliance on a future state. The fast shall not be suf. fered when the physician shall certify that it will be dangerous to the health of the convict. The convicts who have not learned to read may be instructed by the teachers. No murderers shall have any communication with other persons out of the prison than the inspectors and visitors ; they are considered dead to the rest of the world. The cells of murderers shall be painted black within and without, and on the outside there shall be in• scribed, in large letters, the following sentence:—ln this cell is confined, to pass his life in solitude and sorrow, A. 8., convicted of the murder of C. U. His bread is of the coarsest ; his drink is water, mingled with his tears ; he is dead to the world ; this cell is his grave ; his existence is prolonged that he may remember his crime, and repent t, and that the continuance of his punishment may deter others from the indulgence of avarice, hatred, sensuality, and the passions which lead to the crime he has corn. mitted. When the Almighty, in his due time, shall:exercise towards him that dispensation which he himself arro gantly and wickedly usurped towards another, his body is to be dissected, and his soul will abide that judgment which Divine justice shall decree." FREE FARKS.—A. few years ago there lived two men of considerable note, one of whom had an European as well as an American reputation, who thought alike upon ono subject—if upon no other, viz., the propriety of suTering crown lands to be improved by any persons willing to do so, the laud so improved to become the actual property of the settler, without other cost than that of his own labour. The Hon. Daniel Webster and the Hon. John Neilson were, each in his own way, inclined to place the wilderness at the disposal of the new corner, without money and without price. Without labour the wilder ness could never blossom as the rose ; with labour, the dreariest wastes would become productive. Such was the idea common to both of these: eminent men. could have beta no greater inducement held out for imeni. gration. A. man without a penny, possessed of nothing besides his family than health and strength, was to have the opportunity afforded him of turning his labour to his own advantage. Every stamp that hi , pulled up, every fence that he put down, every grain of seed that he put into the ground, every animal that he reared, and all that he did, was to have been solely with a view to his own profit. There was to be no grinding landlord to annoy him if the season was unpropitious and the crops would not grow. The first cultivator of the land, he was to have whatever he could render productive for himself, his hoirs, and assigus for ever. The land cleared, a man's own labour was to be surety to the banker and to the merchant for any sum of money they might advanee for further improve_ ments. Nothing but gross extravagance could alienate an acre of that land, the first cultivator of which had crea' ed wants, and given employment to wheelwrights, carriage makers, and blacksmiths, and the business to the trader and shipowner. This, it has ever occurred to us, would have been a wise course to have followed, instead of be stowing large tracts of land upon companies, and indeed upon individuals, who had not the means either of making roads or of clearing the forest, but it was not pursued. An acre of land was not obtainable without money. People might squat upon land if they pleased, at the risk of being ejected after they had completely established themselves. The Court-favourite could lay hold of any quantity of land to keep until some unfortunate fellow was prepared to squat upon it and improve it, and be turned off as soon as he had done so. Nobody else could. Now things have changed. To induce the immigrant to remain in Canada, Mr. Vankoughuet, the new Minister of Agriculture, offers fine farms to such as choose to occupy them. The Legis lature has ceded so much land to the North Shore Railroad Compauy as may be necessary to make a road; and the Government intend to concede so much land, without charge, as will make wealthy and indepen_ dent settlers along the whole length of the road to make it pay. Instead of a railroad having to pay for the lan 1 through which a railroad has to pass, as is the case in England, and must be the cane in all the old well settled countries, and as the Grand Trunk even has had to do in Canada, the land over which the North Shore railroad is to be run is to be made to pay for the road. The road is to make itself, as the free farm is to make the farmer. Railroads will attract labour; free farms near where labour is to be found, will attract farmers ; farmers will attract artisans; and labourers, farmers, and artisans together will, by their united exertions, attract money, and put not a little of it in the public chest, if for no other object than to show that public lands bartered only for labour aro neither lost to the state nor given away.—Quebec Gazette. THE UNITED STATES STEAMER ERlCSSON.—Accoants have been received at Lloyd's that a board with " S. Scrip Ericsson" on it, and several pieces of timber, were picked up on Wednesday, the 3rd of June, off Baltimore Harbour. The steam-ship Ericsson is now in the service of the United States Government, and carries the mails between New York and Liverpool, and vice versa. She left Liverpool on the 27th May. ACCIDENT.—Last evening a child fell from the pielhead into the river. She had the presence of mind to catch hold of the chains by which the Landing Stage is moored, to which she clung until released from her perilous situation. When taken out she was in a great state of exhaustion, and was removed to the Receiving House at St. George's Dock, where restoratives were administered, and she soon after recovered. GRAND CRICKET MATCH.—The grand cricket match, t 0 be played between the Twenty Gentlemen of Liverpool (with two given) and the Eleven o f Al! Vnaland_ wj:11 com mence this day in the R oyal Cricket Ground, rrinee's Park, The match will last three days, and at present there is considerable interest manifest in reference to the result. The refreshment tent will be supplied by that Princess of suburban caterers, Mrs. May, of the Lamb Inn, Wavertree ; and as the weather promises to be favourable and the sport excellent, a full attendance may be expected on these beautiful grounds. LECTURE ON THE TIDES.—On the afternoon of Suturday last, the Rev. Professor Haughten, of Trinity College, Dublin, attended at the Sailor's Home for the purpose of delivering a lecture, on " The Tides in the English and Irish Channels." The lecturer was attended by Mr. Graves, Mr. J. Aikin, Mr. W. Rathbone, and other gen. tlemen of the town. The audience consisted principally of persons connected with the sea, and for whose special instruction the lecture was given. At the request of the meeting, Mr. Tomlinson took the chair, and after a few introductory remarks, introduced Mr. Haughton. That gentleman then offerred a few remarks, apologising for appearing there to deliver a lecture on the tides, knowing that he was not connected with the sea, but had devoted much time and attention to the subject, and had had peculiar facilities for obtaining information on the subject. Having referred to the various tidal observations which had been made since 1836 of the two channels, he at once proceeded to the subject under discussion, and minutely explained his theory of the ebb and flow of the channels, which he explained from a number of diagrams. The lecture was an excee,lingly interesting one to seamen, and was listened to with the greatest attention. At the conclusion of the lecture a vote of thanks was voted to the rev. professor, and duly acknowledged. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. NIAGARA, FROM Bos- TON AND HALIFAX FOR LIVERPOOL.—MPS H Brown, daugh ter, and grandson, Miss B Hanel, Mr G Scratch ley, lady, child, infant, and servant, Mr J Bryden and lady, Mrs Conkling, Miss Conkling, Mr J F F Stahmer and lady, Mr E Dupasseur and lady, Mrs E N Pratt, Mrs Waterman, Mr R Medina, lady, two children, and two servants, Messrs A Wood, Littlejohn, J Baumann, J Mouton, jun , M Thirbant, L Colombi, Simoner, R Lexon and son, W Scully and boy, Mrs Colombi and maid, two Misses Colombi, Messrs C A Roberts, F H Conkling, Leon Pierre, W J Waterman, Rev Ansel Lee, T Timpson, Mrs J H Westcott, Miss Timpson, Mrs Lilley, Miss J Loonie, Messrs J Worsley, J R Coolridge, W Baker, J Wood and lady, W B Bacon, F H Underwood, Dr Johnson and lady, Mr John Ross, Jules Hanel, W A Bullard, G A Brown, Rev Dr Cladicott, R H Neal. Messrs T C Broadwood, J MacPherson, G Stretton, R H Allen, C PulLvo, J A Bea, J Ritchie, J Thompson, J Dufan, Penniman, J Comellas and two sons, M de Cordenus, J Armat, J Basset, W E Stevens, Lieutenant-Colo 1 Dawkins, Messrs J Garcia, J M Conkey, A Ocklelman, E Mares, Mrs W B Bacon, F Low, Messrs D Spiedy, J F Stewart, W M'Keon, A M'Keon, R Jamison, Mrs Addy, Miss Gillmore, L G Mathon, Messrs H Leversidge, P Schell, lady, and three children, Herchinroder, D A Jones, A Moore, S E Smith, J 0 Nixon, Mrs Mitchell, and infant, Messrs J R Taylor, lady, and and two children, A Person, A Agnew, J Butler, IV Brinton, W B Poynton, Miss Stewart, Messrs A D Cohen, A Stevenson, S A Smith, W Bowes, H Quanten, P Corones, E Babin, M Rueff, T C Sergeant, M Arnoldi, Mrs Maitland, and two chil dren. From Halifax : Mrs A M Eastman, and daughter, Messrs J Stanford W Young, and lady, Dr R Clark, Captain Wilkins, lady, three children, and servant, Messrs Crows, Clementson, Jewett, Scarlett, and Taylor and child. MR. JOHN BRIOUT.—NTr. John Bright continues to re main in Switzerland, and his last letters to his friends we believe bear the Luserne postmark. If we are not misin formed, Mr. Bright may be expected in England within a few days, and we earnestly hope with restored and invigo rate.) health. CATTLE DISEASE.—We understand that within a few days past a good number of cattle in the Cacao of Gowrie have died from the effects of a disease which is called in the country °'e king," brought on, it is thought, by the animals eating strong rye grass on newly-sown land. Perthshire Courier. A RAILWAY TJ :FONT BLANC.—Among the bills just passed by the Sardinian Chambers is one for establishing two new lines of telegraph, one in the island of Sardinia and one from Annecy to Chamounix. " Next year, there fore," says a Turin correspondent, " English ladies and gentlemen seeking a babble reputation on Mont Blanc will have the means of announcing to their friends at home their departure or their return with the rapidity of thought, and if the wires are placed in communication with the Egyptian Hall, the British public may profit to the fullest extent by any novelties that may occur in the ascent. It is calculated that there are from 10,000 to 12,000 tourists at Chamonix every year, and that will be aullicient to pay the expense of the telegraph." 1857. THE COMET, POSTPONEMiNT OP THR mit. All Liverpool, and the greater portion of Scotland road, expected the comet on Saturday and yesterday, but for some reason that, may hereafter be explained—if it can—the:" blazer" did not make its appearance, and the world has gone on much as usual, after the old fashion. It was stated, we cannot say how truly, that a " forked lightning " message was received by the " authorities," who were in waiting to receive the visitor, and its tail— (tail is the fashionable word, in the milky.way language, for suite) —that an unforeseen accident had happened to the locomotive, by which its high-ness was to have been conveyed; in fact, the fireman got drunk with a relation of Jupiter's, and, having been " booked for safety," could not be found when wanted. It has not been stated when the ill./ustrious foreigner may be expected ; probably about the time the New Zealand artist will be seen sketching the ruins of St. Paul's from London Bridge, or when the New York awl Liverpool Atlantic Railway Bridge is finished. Much disappointment was felt at the non-arrival, and the vox populi has by no means bean silent on the occasion. The people did not see (neither do we) any reason why such a provoking accident should have deprived them of the anticipated visit, and the heat of the reception that would have been given and received on both sides. Indeed, the warmth of :the meeting is spoke❑ of (if it had happened) in terms of enthusiasm. They say (and we agroe with the saying) that even Royal visitors should be punctual, and not allow their stokers to be imbibing alcoholic liquids—that the Maine Liquor Law should be introduced by the Hon. Neil Dow into the regions or realms of this princely comet in the Isle of Skye; and that would secure punctuality. So great was the anxiety to be present at the arrival of the stranger, that hundreds of people remained up all night (in solemn seriousness—this is a fact) and inflicted on themselves great mortification, chiefly consisting of fasting and pray ing. In the latter respect, no doubt, a great deal of good has been effected ; but every one knows that— When the Devil was sick, The Devi; a monk would be ; But when he got well, The Devil a monk was he I The most remarkable features, however, that we have heard in conjunction with the expected visit, were the following :—A pawnbroker being seized with an unusual fit of benevolence, and fearing he had only a short time to live, began'tfaPbey the precept that tells us to " clothe the naked," ara„,he accordingly/commenced flinging " fine garments" into the street, to every poor person that seemed to want' them. Of course, comment (or'comet) on such a noble action would be ill-timed ; it carries its own reward. The next was an extensive car-owner, who made his will, leaving vast property amongst his poor relations (goodness bless him), and then, jumping into a large water barrel (we could not ascertain if it was Pike water), tried to drown himself, saying it was an easier death than burning! We have heard of several equally disinterested actions ; but we have just received a com munication from an old friend and correspondent, " The Man in the Moon," and he informs us that he will trans mit an elaborate account of the whole transaction, from " head" to " tall," and so we must postpone further re mark, as the COMET HAS THOUGHT PROPER TO POSTPONE ITS VISIT. MR. HUMPH REY BROWN. On Saturday, in the Court of Queen's Bench,'Mr. Hum phrey Brown, who, as we are informed, surrendered him_ self on the previous evening, was brought up before the court, and the necessary warrants having been signed, he was delivered into the custody of the Marshal of the Queen's Bench, in which prison he will be detained until the time, unless bail should be offered and accepted before. Mr. Sergeant Byles has been retained as leading counsel for both Mr. Esdaile and Mr. Brown; but that the trial will not in all probability take place until next term. Mr. Brown's appearance is unchanged, nor does he seem to suffer in the slightest degree from the anxiety which must necessarily be endured by his position. We have been informed that since he has been in custody he has expressed the strongest confidence ;iu his acquittal, and denies being open to any imputation of fraud in reference to his connection with the Royal British Bank. THE DREADFUL CATASTROPHE AT LEGHORN. The following details have been received concerning the catastrophe which occurred at Leghorn on the 7thinstaut• Upwards of 3,000 persons were assembled in the theatre ciegli Aguidotti to witness the representation of the taking of Sebastopol, when suddenly ono of the rockets let off to imitate the bombardment set fire to the side scenes. A sudden panic seized the public; the people in the pit rushed to the doors, and many of those who were in the boxes and galleries attempted to save themselves by jump ing into the pit. The carbineers vainly attempted to stem the current by assuring the people that there was sufficient time for all to go out quietly; many, being frightened out of their senses, threw themselves out of the windows, although the British consul, Mr Macbean, had caused ladders to be placed at some of them. This disaster is the more to be regretted that there was really no occasion for such a panic, the fire being got under almost immediately afterwards, before it had time to spread. The Monitore Toscano states that 43 persons were killed, and 134 wound ed. On hearing what had occurred, the Grand Duke im mediately set out for Leghorn, and visited those who had been carried to the hospitals. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF VIOLATION, At the Worship-stireet Police Court, London, on Sa'ur day, Harris Michael, a middle-agel man, of gente-nanly appearance, described as a merchant, was charge I with having criminally assaulted Mrs. Julia Lewis, the w.fe of a wholesale stationer, of Mon-street, Finsbury. The complainant, a delicate-looking young person, who exhibited very great excitement and nervous prostration, stated that the prisoner about a fortnight ago engaged apartments in her house for himself and his wife. On the previous afternoon, when the prisonar's wife was absent, and on:; of her two servants was also out of the house, she went up stairs to make the beds. The prisoner suddenly entered the room, and, having closed the door after Mai, clasped her round the waist, and assailed her with the grossest indelicacy. After throwing her down upon the bed, he applied to her mouth a stone bottle, and forced her to swallow a portion of the contents, which hurt her threat, and partially stupefied her. He then stifled her cries, and proceeded to further acts of violence, from the effects of which she became totally insensible. On recovering her consciousness she got book into her own room, where she remained till her husband returned, to whom she commu nicated the particulars of the outrage• Mr. Richard Lewis said, that on returning home he found his wife lying on the bed in a state of complete stupor. Upon hearing what had taken place he went to the prisoner, and charged him with his infamous conduct ; to which he replied that there was no truth in it, and his wife must be insane. Witness then sent for a policeman, and gave him into custody. A. solicitor, who appeared for the defence, said he was instructed that the charge was altogether wi'Laut foundation. Mr. Hammill committed the prisoner to Newgate, and refused to take bail. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—On Saturday the coroner held the following inquests :—O .t the body of John Andrew M'Kie, who lived in Mars-street. lie was 17 years of age, and was subject to fits. He went to bathe on Friday evening, and was drowned, supposed in a pit. Verdict— " Accidentally drowned."—On the body of a man, name unknown, that was found in the river. The only evidence given was as to the fin.iing of the body. and the jury returned a verdict of "found drowned." AN AMERICAN CONSULATE IN MANCIIESTER.—Those of our readers interested in the trade with the United States will be glad to learn that C. G. Baylor, Esq., has been appointed, by the United States Government, consul for Manchester. The consular office is at No. 1, Town Hall Buildings, Oress-street.-Ifatiche3ter Examiner.: ALLEGED NUISANCE AT BOOTLE.-0a Saturday , a case was heard at the county magistrates court, before Messrs. Brocklebank, Theakstone, and Preston, at the suit o f the Bootle Board of Health, against the Earl of Derby, .for a nuisance alleged to arise upon his lordship's lands in the, neighbourhood of Bootle. The nusance was alleged to arise from a sewer which drained out upon Strand-teace, Bootle. Mr. Conway, instructed by Messrs. Statham and Cotten, appeared for the Board of Health, and Mr. Barrow represented the Earl of Derby. After the case had been gone into for some length, the parties agreed to a post ponement until neat Saturday , on the promise of Mr, Hailes, head steward to his lordship, that he would havt the place surveyed and reporte4upon- TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.] BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JUNE M. The Moniteur :Beige of to-day contains a report of the Minister's address to the King, in which it is stated that it is prudent to give way to public opinion, although it may not he iii accordance with strict justice. This declaration is followed by a proclama tion, which orders the session to be closed as well as the adjournment of the law on Charity. The Mexican question is in an unvavourable condition, notwithstanding the conferences which have been held between M. Pidal, and M. Dafragua. It is supposed that their opinions are at variance, and that the Republic is far from wish ing to concede the demands of Spain. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE, 8. A misprint in my letter of the 28th of May, which appeared in the Times of the 2nd inst., needs correction. The number of negroes esti mated to have been imported into Cuba during the period of Concha's command is not 100M00, but 10,000. Some of the Madrid papers mention a report that an agent of the English coupon-holders has arrived in Madrid. I have been unable to discover the slightest foundation for this rumour. The question of the coupons attracts more and more attention, on account of an idea that has got abroad that this government contemplates its settlement. The reports of a ministerial modification have lost strength during the last two or three days. The entrance of Senor Gonzales Bravo into the Cabinet is still considered only a ques tion of time. It is an event which both he and Narvaez desire, but if it is only to be accomplished by the removal of General Lersundi to Cuba, and if Concha does not resign and-the Go vernment does not decide to recall him, it will have to be postponed for a short time. On the other hand, it is not improbable that, whilst allowing Concha to finish his time at Cuba, the government may send out Lersundi some weeks before its ex piration, nominally, that he may consult with the present captain general, and become initiated in the mysteries of the government before assuming it, but in reality, or at least partly that he may act as a check upon Concha's proceedings. It is reported that Pidal and Seigas Lozano refuse to accept Gonzales Bravo as a colleague, and say that the will resign if he enters. If this be true, it is a serious obstacle. To change half the Ministry is a serious thing, especially in Spain, and sometimes entails the downfall of the whole. From the risk General Narvaez might perhaps recoil. The Mexican difficulty is still in statu quo; but I believe despatches have been received to-day, and we may therefore hope soon to learn whether they increase the probability of an amicable settle ment of this unpleasant question. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. On Saturday a meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, Mr. Brown, M.P., in the chair, to consider the provision of a bill, now before Parliament, to incorporate and regulate the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and to enable the said company to establish and work telegraphs between Great Britain, Ireland, and Newfoundland, and for other purposes. The Cu - am - KAN having briefly stated that the meeting was a formal one to consider the provisions of the bill, called upon Mr. FRESIIVELD, the solicitor, who read the heads of its various clauses. The CHAIRMAN said the bill had been anxiously and well considered by the directors, and he had no doubt it would meet with the approbation of the meeting, and moved a resolution that the same be approved. Mr. T. H. BROOKING, director, seconded the motion. Mr. DICKSON complained of the late period at which the meeting had been held, viz., after the third reading of the bill in the House of Commons. A bill changing the constitutio❑ of the company should have been laid before the shareholders at a much earlier period. It was calved to adopt a foregone conclusion without giving the share holders an opportunity of considering what had been pro posed. He objected principally to the 25th clause, which stated that the principal offices of the company and its coporate domicile should be in London. The CHAIRMAN explained that. Mr. Wilson made it a sine qua non on the passing of the bill, or he would nego. date with another company. Mr. DICKSON also objected to other provisions of the bill; one was, that compelling the offices to be in London, virtually deprived the shareholders of ali control over the affairs of the company. He moved as an amendment to be added to the end of the 25th clause fixing the offices in London, the words, " until otherwise determined by a majority of the shareholders. Mr. THORNLEY moved the amendment. Mr. rVIOFFATT, M.P., said that he considered it was better to accept the conditions of the Government and obtain the contract, than refuse and loose it. Toe CHAIRMAN explained that it was compulsory on the part of the company to accept the terms of the Government, and they had in consequence placed the Agamemnon at the disposal of the company for the pur pose of laying down the cable, and she would commence taking in the cable on Monday. It was absolutely neces sary that the cable should he laid down before the August gales, and any stoppage of the bill now would have the effect of retarding operations for twelve months at least. Mr. B LYCRA:SAN, M.P., approved of London being made the domicile of the management. In reply to a question from a shareholder, The CHAinmibt said that clause 13, making the ap pointment of directors dependent upon the sanction of the Government, was introduced at the wish of the Govern ment, in order to prevent the success of any attempt to buy up the shares for political principles. Mr. FRESPIPLELD, the solicitor, explained that if the bill was not approved of by the shareholders there would be an end to the existence of the company. After some further discussion, The CHAIRMAN said that the Government, in return for their interkrence, gave the company a subsidy of £14,000 for 25 years, and the assistance of two men—of-war to lay down the cable ; and the United States had sent over the Niagara to assist them, and she was now at Portsmouth undergoing the necessary repairs to render her fit for the purpose. The tariff of charges was fixed by the Govern ment. LOGIE (director) said that, as the Government had granted them a 25 years monopoly, and found then ships to lay down the cable, which was worth at least £lOO,OOO, it was but right that the company should make some con cessions The amendment was then withdrawn, and the original resolution agreed to. The meeting separated, after a vote of thanks to the chairman. HENGLER'S CIRQUE, DALE-STREET —The past week ha been one of triumph at the Cirque. As we anticipated, the judicious management and excellent arrangements made by Mr. Francis, together with the extent and variety of the entertainments, have combined to render the Cirque the most popular and fashionable pl ace of entertainment at present in town. Th e man y hundreds who could not g ain admission last week, le consequence of the crowded state of the house, will be glad to learn that Mr. Hengler has been able to retain the services of that inimitable Shaksperian and Queen's jester, Mr. Wallett, and the celebrated Del avan ti F a mily, for six additional nights, before their departure for Drury-lane, London. This, and an entire change of p e rformance for the week , will be hailed with satisfaction. Those who have not witnessed the performances of Madame Bridges and Mademoiselle L'3llZ3 have yet a treat of au interesting and novel description in store, and although we might write much in reference to the brilliant performances of these ladies, no adequato idea can be formed of what they do accomplish unless witnessed. Herr Hengler on the magic cord, and Mr. A. Barnes as the most wonderful somer sau lt th rower per h aps i n th e wor ld, are in themselves a host, and, if no other attraction was to be found at the cirque, would be sufficient to gain applause. Then there are the Messrs. Bridges, certainly the most daring, and at the same time most pleasing horsemen. we ever saw ; and, as for the clowns, they are unrivalled—nothing coarse, but genuine flashes of origi nality, that may be said to keep the audience in . a roar. The tout troupe and performance at the . c . irque is fully equal to the ample support given to the spirited manager, the attracticms for the week being Mere extensive that!, usual.