The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-14 00:00:00

THE NOR'T'HERN TIME TO THE PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUEN CIES OE IRELAND. rTLEMEN - b 't it , v „ .... Two or three months ago, a gentlewoman in the countrf I 1 R r i d - -"em. MR. G oR HAm AND HIS PARISHIONERS. —On applied to the nearest apothecary to dispense for her.the) e ay, ail i the magistrates at Exeter were engaged in hearing prescription she had received from her medical adviser, for II inform ation preferred by the Rev. G. C. Gorham, of ati l t () a_ a bodily affection . under which she laboured. The culler of the simples, unprovided with the h ydriodic acid to which the Aeti 1.4 Seek°, against Thomas V.sey, the landlord of. recipe referred, forwarded. the prescription to another itel e cultural Inn, ter keeping his house open at an unseasone e apothecary in town with.an order for the necessary medi 25te "r• The annual revel of the village was held on th cal supply. The prescription—couched, no doubt, in the altirao a ta t ~,, , and a large room . attached to the defendant's crabbed terms with 'which doctors darken knowledge— was in due course !m i nded to one of the assistants to be 'vel e as engaged for dancing and singing . . About eleven Holmes forwarded. Now. happened that the.proe etit4 e k ci t , l!e R e v. Mr. Gorham and the Jlev. Mr. , mes made up and it _ l atist a e l ' a e house, and ordered it to be cleated by the prietor of the establishment had bought . the services of i h e i t s 4r Ve,s, which was done. Just before th e house closed, assistant in the cheapest market, and transferred an . un . ,- h his mother, tered man from a mechanical employment to a scientific I. arriy ed 'iolker a young farmer, we ere ' ra re Exeter, and not wiswhihnogitiroedslysilutrb his other, ' busigess. to which it was impossibl • to conceive he . coulp bring the qualifications which the . public safety imperi- NvBs i r e abed at defendant's, but hearing Mr.•Gluerh.an; ously demanded. The result, therefore,, was, that the s ad re -li t the house, he went out .to. avoid altercation, assistant substituted for bydriedic, hydrocyanic, or prus-, being 0 i4 , 11 .ed after the rev , gentleman was gone. The place sic acid, one of the most deadly poisons in existence. .The 4 r gla % e r 'et, defendant asked Mr. Baker'and a friend to have deadly potion * was forwarded to the country, and reached, j Ivr t ` lr lie c d' g!", and had just served them when Mr, Gorham . the hands of the unsuspecting lady . 'The proper dose was -1-r dl A e With constables, rebbilted defendant, and ordered m eted t yl as to h ot' to drink up his 'grog and go. home. He said it draught ldasral out according to . prescription. The providentially at the patient's lips when it was most provideniaz inh in. ° ttlre c) h; c 't, en which Mr. Gorham directed the constables from her hands in the iromonito t ri l , co nv ulsions t o ai, -44 .„ out, which they were about to do, when a threat stantly ensued, and which were t h e means of saving v ‘e aeBjai. Therareand bench at once dismissed the summonses, as weeks' since a it mo t.n t r e a r applied at a druggist's in the out mixture of tincture of rhubarb and 'wo w ,: the case in a second charge against Mr. Baker of .. skir l'Poti ag g a turf at the rev. gentleman, but which was looked esse t n s ce ° o t f 8 c ;mint for her sickly child. The shopboY served her. The drug was administered. That evening '' -u r th e , a _ s eonnter charge to that expected from Mr. Ba ke r the child was dead, and a post port on examination estab-_ _ ~ ault committed upon him. nailed clearly that death had ensued' from au over dose of ....,Llne, q _ - ail 4- or Two CHILDREN AND SUICIDE OFIII,E MOTHER. , laudanum. The poison had been given for the medicine tle 4 %our of . ' h reached us ; Similar instances are not unknown both in private life and ~„ Mo t a most appalling catastrophe as ;','olhe r -I hg, involving the death of three individuals - ea , public experience. From returns which have been' recen tly ' iai;in,.„,!hel two children—at a place situate between collected . by Captain Smart, it appears that the drug s hops ~,nave h Zue and Hollvmount• From the statements We- -in our eityaiumber 124, and that, in these are employed 1. 4 ` 0, L - e ard ' it appears that the wife of a farmer named 194 assistants. Of these 194 assistants, 32 are between eole n r--, had been p reparing to make butter, and had the age of 'l2 and 15, and 60 between 15 under their 20th seal • g Water in readiness for the PnrPoSe - of rinsing and Year ; 137 have never attended either a materia medica or, the ti" the churn. TWo children were in the ho u se at o ther class where a knowledge of the principlei of their haul i t "' an infant and a child a few years older, whom, professron Might be acquired ; .(;) do not even know Latin, tog e tt occasion for a short absence, she left playing ' with • which medical pratitioners col:nit:en to garnish their ,hosed 1. 4 ; ,While playing round the churn, as it is sun- prescriptions and druggists to label b_?ttles'andpots,, I Teed the Younger to some unfortunate casualty, the elder and " beggarly account of empty boxes ;' while 34 have a -orti Younger child intnthe churn. The poor mother oceurr. aft erwards returned, and unconscious of what had f had less than three ye ars p ractical exporience amon g drugs, and 38 cannot boast of )8 . months 1 When we acaldi n etl, ' Poured the boiling water into the churn, thereby a.e noun g the wretched infant, whose stifling screams only • Captain Smart's returns, and the power for good or evil agony °e ll its horrible death. , Urged to desperation and t aottu..." beholding the - effects "of her act, the frantic iwith which, to a -s - , not that awkward cases do, occur, but that they are great extent, it is entrusted, . our wonder Stool anoth er °u ()agorae implement of destruction —a foot- not more frequent. The absence of any test of conk othe,: child, to one. account—and hurling it -at the Potency among druggists and their assistants In Scotland ina o ,_ caused its death also who had been the is a sad ueglect in our social economy-, In Glasgow, if t,, a !lit cause of the shocking casualty, and then rushing we not mistaken the Faculty of Physicians annually elect among other -, offlce' bearers end e arn... s t close at hand, she dung herself into the water re lle nt a t s he fate she rashly invited. The dreadful occur- drugs ; but for whatever service these .funttienaries raty, liti7t,. ° 3 ,, itn e ti ansed great excitement in that part of the have behn originally intended, we'are afraid:*that prac.l' Nersione are given of the affair; but call y their duties now are merely nominal, 40 far. af•tir 'Certain inspectors of e Nv i e relaie the in c s i n r T eumstanc es as they have been comma- interest of the public is concerned, or - at least inadequate 0.-4.egorte.d to us, on respectable authority.—Galway Vindi- to supply the suPerrision and cheek for which a weyontend . , Glasgow Herold. Immediately before the close of the last Session of Par liament, I entered upon the books - of the House of Commons the following notice of motion for next Session : " Public Business—Select Committee to enquire into the means by which the time of the Imperial Parliament could be best economised, and the interests of the integral part of these Kingdoms may .he best secured; and whether these objects 'may not be advantageously obtained by the appointment of Separate Standing Committees, consisting of the 'Representatives of Ireland and Scotland respectively, by whom measures referring to Ireland and Scotland exclusively should be discussed and reported upon, before legislation had thereon in this house." This notice now remains upon the books of the house. 'As the objects of the intended motion are of equal import ance to the several constituencies throughout Ireland, I feel that it is my privilege, no less than my duty, to state to you generally - the reasons which have induced me to bring this motion before the House of Commons.. • The experience of the four Sessions during'whicht have had the honour to represent an Irish constituency, his convinced me that some great modification of the present arrangement is required, in order .to enable the public business to be conducted with utility to the nation. Each successive Session was ushered in with fresh promises of improved legislation—the close of each Session found those promises unfulfilled. Ido not now speak of measures involving serious Constitutional changes, which Would, of necessity, arouse the active hostility of one of the great parties of the State. I refer rather to changes in the law, the utility of which is recognised by a very large majority of the legislature; and yet even such changes it is almost impossible to accomplish. Measure after measure is brought in, is canvassed—some of the details appear objectionable to some section of the house, opposition is made, and the bill is infallibly withdrawn. I need itot'weary you with a catalogue of the measures, even in last Session, of which that account might be given —measures in relation to subjects on which fresh legisla tion was attempted, either by the Government or by, independent members. The Press throughout the United Kingdom has recently dwelt upon and sufficiently shown the existence of some greet. obstacle to the improvement of our law, even ea subjects universally admitted to, require such improvements. Former Sessions 'are liable to the same-reproach as that.of the last Session; Were ill otherwise, it might well be supposed that the evil spraug from some merely temporary cause, such as: that alluded to in the house when it was attributed to'the weakness of the present Ministry, This, however, is by no means the true state of the case. Year by year the amount of busi ness attempted increases, and the proportion left unper formed at the close of the Session is. greater. The fact, then, that the more that is attempted the smaller proportion of it is performed, at once suggests that the true cause of the abandonment of so many Bills is the lack of time to conduct to a successful' termination all the business which coma before the honie—at •least under the rules for the transaction of business which are 'at present in operation.. This impression is confirmed on investigating the details of the circumstances under which. the Government measures were withdrawn. In the great majority of cases it will appear that they were withdrawp, not in consequence of any defeat of the Ministry, but because some opposition being threatened, the time which would have been consumed in pressing them forward would have absorbed that which • was more urgently demanded for other purposes. All through the Session. whenever the Government exerted pressure upon its supporters, it was able to obtain majorities; but if an attempt had been made to force through the house all the measures which were •introduced even by the Govern ment, time sufficient for accomplishing the business absolutely teceisary for the public service would not have remained. On consideration of these facts it must be admitted that the Times was perfectly accurate in stating in its review of the last. Session that "there has been no enemy to legislation at all comparable, in his power of obstruction to Time." With respect to private members, of course the diM culty respecting time, which presses so heavily upon the Government ; must be almost insuperable, and that even_ in measures not opposed by the Government, and generally recognised as useful. But obstruction to new legislation is not the only evil produced by the want of time sufficient for satisfactorily disposing of the legislative business of the country. Mitch of that which is accomplished is done hurriedly, and, in consequence, is ill done. When it is pretty well determined that a measure is to pass, if no particular section of the house happens to take much interest in the subject—if it do not afford a fair battle field for party purposes—the general anxiety is to get rid of the matter as soon as possible ; if alterations are made, little or no care . is taken to adapt them to the other provisions of the measure, and the bill is huddled through a thin house, either to remain to all time a menu. ment of crude legislation, and an enigma for those who have to act upon it, or at best to become the subject of fresh debate and amendment in a future session, a remedy in itself imposing fresh demands oulthe time of, the house. Now I do not think that the House of Commons can be accused of idleness: The last session, which was remark able for its brevity, commenced in January and terminated at the end of July, and the average duration of each day's sitting was nearly eight hours. This represents a very considerable amount of labour, especially wh i n it hi remembered that this estimate does not include the time occupied by select ---ine:44reas •••••. r' `'ate Pitts ; however, the usual durations of the session is per haps a month longer. It may be suggested that by a still further protraction of the session much valuable time. would be gained, but there seems to me to be grave objec tions to carrying that idea sufficiently far to produce any very marked results ; 'of these not the least would be the impossibility of procuring the attendance of any consider able body of members after the lapse of the ordinary duration of e session. I think, then, that we may omit all consideration of that 4$ 'a probable mode of increasing the efficiency of the legislature , and admit that such increased efficiency must be sought rather by improving the mode of conducting business during the time occupied by the session than by protracting the session to an inor. dinate length, • The question then Wirs, can the mode of conducting the business of the house be improved, and if so, in what way ? I think the answer to that question is suggested not only by the terms of the motion of which I have given notice, but also by the following passage from the same authority (the Times) to which I have already alluded : " Parliament has done so little of what it has attempted for lack of the leisure necessary to carry out its designs Never was so complete an exemplification of strenuous, idleness. This seems to us mainly to arise from two causes—first, that the House of Commons insists to me carrying every measure through all its stages in the full house, by which means it entirely foregoes the advantage of division of labour, and overwhelms itself with the business which a part of it could discharge much better 14an the whole ; and secondly, that so small a portion of its time is devoted to the despatch of the real business of . the house. Now, assuming that the two causes above suggested are mainly responsible for the waste of time in the House of Commons—and-that they are so, no one , who has watched the working of the legislature can doubt—we must come at once to the conclusion that the first mentioned cause may be altogether, or, at least, in great part, removed; but I fear it is difficult to hope for any direct remedy to the second, because no rules could be framed which would prevent• perverse and unreasonable members from bringing improper subjects before the house, •which might not frequently be applied to prevent the exposure of abuses or the redress .of grievances. If,. however, an enlarged system of transacting business through the medium of committees be adopted, an indirect remedy to the second cause would be arrived at, ee by this means not only would the effective power of the house be mul t ip lied b y the number of separate committees which may be sitting at once, .but the amount of time lost by fruitless and profitless discussions would he materially diminished. So far as my notice of motion suggests the principle of entrusting to committees of less than the whola house, a large proportion of the business which the entire house now transacts, there can be no doubt of its proposing a remedy which mint of neeessity strongly tend to diminish the obstructive power of TiMe. • ' ' If two, three, four or five bodies are sitting at the same time, they can accomplish at least two, three; four, Or five times as much business as one body governed by„ the same rules. In point of fact, they could accomplish much more, for the obstructive powers of each Individual member would be divided or limited in about the same ratio that the working power of the house was increased. Now I may here remark that this veer improvement will probably be dwelt on by one portion of the community a$ .an objection to my proposition. _ . We know that many minds are so constituted that, to them all change appears objectionable. We know also that many persons may have strong personal 'motives for wishing that messures, even though they may seem likely to produce much general benefit, should not become law at all ; or at least should be delayed as long as possible ; adherence to the traditionary tenets of a party may inflo ence others, and on the whole I may assume that to net a few, increased facilities for legislation do not seem at all desirable. However lam fully justified in assuming it to be desirable to premote beneficial changes in the law, a proposition which will riot be disputed even by these who most desire to retain all present forms as engines ' of obstruction. . • To return then to the idea of delegating to committees a portion of the power of the house, we must remember that to a certain extent select committees are employed at present ; such committees are' usually chosen for enquiry into matters not the subject of immediate legislation, for the consideration of the details of measures which require peculiar technical knowledge, or for discussing Bills when the 'general principle is conceded but the details require much alteration. During the last session there were 42 select cernmittees on which 270 members served, while 380 served on no select committee relating to public business. I think that this may be taken as an admission of the utility of the principle of such committees, but it is liable to the objection that the house has neglected to utilise the services of nearly 400 members, and that the principle was applied in such a very small number of cases. However, as it seems to me, the real objection to, the Present system of select committees is, that the reference to the committee comes too late; for, if the matter sub mitted to the consideration of the committee be a bill, it is not referred until after all the discussion up to and including the second reading has taken place. If the committee be appointed for the purpose of any other species•of enquiry, a preliminary order of the house is rc quired, which often can only be obtained•after 1014 Pro tracted discussion, often • too after long discuss ion, the enquiry is altogether refused. This error I would pro pose to remedy by submitting almost all _businessplin the . REPLY TO LETTER I. ON THE CURRENCY QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Your correspondent, " J. W.," proposes, I notice, to enlighten your readers on the Currency Question. In the name of fortune, Mr. Editor, let him do it soon— let him tell us whether his reading on the subject has been in books less than fifty years old or not—let him tell us whether he has ever witnessed the working of an irre-- deetnable paper currency abroad or not.. If he has, let him tell us in how many places. "In some recent -City Articles, the Times has adinitted— I presume, madvertently—that, while our gold diminishes, our wealth increases ; that, unless we spend, more than we earn, we cannot become impoverished as a nation and that, if we earn mere than we spend, we must needs be enriched, without reference ,to the amount of the precious metals which we, may .hold at any given time. The gist of the argument .employed by the Times to allay the anxieties of commercial men awakened by the unmistake able signs of an approaching monetary panic, is simply this—' We are not such fools as to barter our gold and silver for other articles, such as silk and tea; - unless we hope to gain by the exchange; ergo, we need not be alarmed by a temporary drain of gold, for this cannot possibly affect ns injuriously ; so long as the credit side of our profit and loss account furnishes us with indubitable evidence of our commercial prosperity.' " If he reason until Doom's-day, he will .never affect the truth of the foregoing extract. Does he not perceive his own obj.efion is provided for in the words—so long as the credit side of our, profit and loss account furnishes us with indubitable evidence of our commercial prosperity. How silly to ask— " Is, then, the Times a convert to the doctrines of the currency reformers 7 Has it abjured the creed of the ballionists ? Is it prepared to demonitize gold, and to deal with it merely - as a commodity, and not as the sole basis of our currency, and the only real representative of our national wealth? If so, the argument is sound and conclusive, and I congratulate the country on the conver sion of the leading journal." Although I am no admirer of the Times, I do say it is a most fortunate circumstance for this country that the " leading journal" is sound on this subject, and far above the carping criticism of J. W." The most serious scenes over witnessed in American cities has arisen from the disastroui mnehelion of vain efforts , to make paper 'take the place of gad. There must be some standard of value. What standard does "J. W." recommend ? Of all articles of intrinsic value, gold is most convenient. To the extent to which you substitute paper, you substitute, cur!. rency which possess a double character, which is *partly_ made up of real value—that in the coin—and ofcredit value. We usually accept the credit value as equal to theseal value, because we know there is, or will be, real value to meet the paper, which is, in itself, only,a promise'to pay real value._ If Paper is as good as coin for currency, and there is no change in value owing to paper notes, then. is it not obvious that the paper notes in England would be just as good as they are now, even though there were no coin at all in England wherewith to perform the pro mise to pay on demand?' And this is the ridiculous result , to which currency crotchets would lead us. We should promise to pay what we had none of, and yet our promises would be said to be as good as the reality. The more la man has of the article he promises to supply, and the more we trust him. So it is with nations—the nearer we approach to purely permanent metallic currency, the higher will rank our paper promises, and the fewer will be failures in business. If the nation is now called upon to export coin, it must be for one of two reasons. Either the nominal, i.e., exportable, or the real value of our exports, has been too small. It is possible to ship abroad £100,000,000 in goo.ls at nominal value, which may produce less than £90,000,000 abroad—whilst the imports may have cost us £105,000,000. Hence the export of coin to pay the balance, which may possibly be owing. " But, if a certain number of counters are in the very nature of things required to circulate that wealth, and if the laws of this realm require that counters of gold only shall be used for that purpose, or, at least, counters which shall be vouchers for a certain amount of that metal deposited in the vaults of the Bank of England, then is the argument of the Tunes, as applied to a country so circumstanced, unsound and inconclusive. Then our wealth cannot increase while our gold diminishes. Then we may become impoverished a; a nation, though we do not spend more than we earn.' Nay. though we Tray have been earning for many years more than we have spent, the depreciation of property caused by the withdrawal of gold may make us poor indeed." That is nonsense I—if the remark apply to railroads or other fiscal property, their useful value is not the less, although their nominal value may be so. If it apply to importable commodities, it is untrue ; for of them we are enabled to buy more corn; or cotton, or sugar, with the same counters. In neither case is 02 nation made poorer thereby.—Yours very respectfully, and not ashamed to be, A BRITISH AMERICAN BIILLIONIST. P.S.—Let me recommend J. W. to read that lucid work of W. M. Gonge, of Washington, on " Currency." THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM TO THE EDITOR, OP THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—A most important subject is now before the Liver pool public, namely, the proposed erection of a library and museum, contiguous to St. George's Hall. Permit me, Mr. Editor, through the columns of the NORTHERN TIMES, cuAphativally to proto3t o.gainat the erection of any structure (save a monumental column) upon the spot %Awe it is at present intended to raise this iustituLien ; Ghotild ouch o thing take place, it will, without exception, be one of the greatest architectural blunders ever perpetrated in the town of Lis Pte late Sir Robert Peel once declared that the National upied the finest site in Europe. Sir, I contend that if the natural bounderies (so to speak) of our august building be not tampered with, the space they enclose will► be found quite equal to that at Charing-cross, and certainly one of the finest and boldest areas in the United Kingdom. To 'place such a structure as the library at the point pro posed, however clever the design (and report speaks favour ably), will not only be to dwarf it by the Leviathan triumph of modern times, but to altogether obstruct the splendid effect of the latter as it bursts upon us from the Islingto❑ approach in all its glorious perspective. I would, therefore, beg to suggest that the Corporation of Liverpool go for powers to obtain as much of Islington-terrace and Shaw's brow as will enable them to give to St. George's Hall an imposing and unVbrm flank, the centre of which might be prominent in design and devoted to the purposes of an institution, and to the right and left first-class places of business (strictly uniform), which latter, in a money point of view, would no doubt yield a satisfactory return —the whole to be in appearance worthy of 'the 'name of "St. George's-- terrace." In conclusion, I would allude to the very splendid position occupied by Commutation-row, as seen from Shaw's-brow. I believe Mr. William Earle has pointed out this to the Town Council in very forcible language; and a thousand pities it is that the proprietors of this short row did not agree to carry out their " improvements " according to a uniform deign. Had they placed the whale in the hands of a man of talent, ho would have produced something effective, at no greater cost, and in keeping with the adjacent pile —as it is, I will borrow an expression of Hr. Earle's, and pronounce the whole thing to be " rascally," and the only possible pretext our local governors can have for build ing opposite. I trust, however, they will choose the lesser evil, for better far to suffer Commutation-row to remain exposed in all its deformity, than erect an edifice which will block out from one of the chief points of sight that work of the modern Vitrnvius, which is so deservedly the pride of the people of Liverpool.--I am, 44e., L. Gallery me DRUG SHOPS I HE CURRENCY QUESTION [LETTER 111 stt. TO THE EDIl'OR . or THE NORTHERN TIMES. Th 6, " The knowledge of a disease is half the cure. e,,„aaast skilful physician cannot hope to benefit his 14'41ut without first ascertaining the nature of his malady. th e ,I° , before we can hope to discover a true remedy for - ape rrsnt : unsatisfactory state of our monetary affairs, tic% 4 3 '`Certain whether it arises from a real diminu lawc'tt',,tirlational wealth, or from the operation of some aliflst. o l a tem, which produces a scarcity of money in the U ndiminished wealth, 4.ain Other aawords, we must inquire whether it arises from e r; a beyond our means, or living bayon , l our means ; a od a 'alY 'from a t emporary di m i nu ti on i n the number N eurr le n'eannt the metallic counters which are our only f ro en of Y. ' the latter only, it is, it must . be evident to every eit hat th ate t o a Present perturbations in the monetary world la traced to the operation of the law which o ohs pr e t t h ie e p,Umber and amount of these counters—or, which ~u e lam e TY the same thing, enacts that they shall only „", 4 1teh o a metal that may be rendered so scarce,. as • h ealu a l iways available in sufficient quantity to maintain Th e t Y activity of trade. l'tote: ate of our revenue, as exhibited by the official 'aae,,- as published—the sound condition of our P,_ruved by the rapidly increasing amount of our th c , prosperity of the working classes—the price I . B l aVit e l°l .. :t;_o . f their labour—these are facts universally ,t( !tot ding ample proof that . our gelieral wealth an !shed, and that, as a nation, we have neither e ars dingthat nor living beyond our means. They also pstrZ w "at the great war we have concluded within the 44 Dai roA te unths, has neither exhausted our resources nor It• is , therefore strength. ;',ave a '',l l : i e refore, clear that the perturbations to which . nu c,""3ll le t 'l l ued, are entirely owing to a temporary . • Path e number and amount of our legalised counters, the , er er to a fear—and that not a causeless one—that ; i t our ',,, ° Perations of that trade which is the source of eat wealth, will so seriously diminish thorn, owing to "at▪ ea —a n ,„.'re foreign demand for the metal of which they saWLaetured, as to create a commercial crisis that '.,„tilo e ``„kie foundations of our great prosperity. !e the however, anticipate • such a fatal termination ko st ';+,oulties in which we are just now involved. It D i, i kely that the self-protective measures adopted 1 .12 of auk will regulate the exchanges, and stay the ~L4 ( l c o - ' our bullion • but as Messrs. T. and H. Little dale 'h - " S tY properly ' enquired in their circular of the t something wrong in our monetary ere _no ,C• eten t „7," , gives discouraoement to importers at the very Ahem our supplies of rate produce of every kind are tat „7 deficient ,and tares our merchant with a rate of r %Mich ope rat;ons cannot be c trried on with profit, 4 ,„"%;',,L ec luee the monetary affairs on the continent are h East i n ,"? and the balance of Imports from China and _t e coua t ,7 4 l 3 .4ave to be paid for from the current coin of those , Il ollin 4 , l *: . ' In fact, from the very simple process o!' tea `4l)lee' have adopted, the conclusion is, I think, inevi lr'll4 ilea in the source of the evil I am endeavouring . to in the law which compels us to use so fugitive Zit oh % t aa'gold for the basis of our currency. The la te "as rt Peel was the author of that law. His theory °4(l, built upon the assumption that gold, and gold le ,44 ; L as 'the eal measure of value. He . appears it v • n - 4us t sight of the fact, that although it v alue than most other commodities, still, 4-ncl eg not always maintain an unvary in g v a lue, oho-anstitutes, after all, only a very little item h 410 ni :alit catalogue of our national wealth. The ul 'gr4e," '" c the present day, following the wake of their d arti o —a 3 ter, speak and act as though it were the le d a i f n e g tol i t e „af their financial creed that "M an was ma e r • c4 o t. gold for man." Hence it is, that the prosperity th . I , 4 lle4 o e f euntry is almost., if not entirely; dependant on the e :ael t " o ' f ° , l gold located in the issue department of e _ , . 1 4,„.' 41 1.1and And so it comes ta pass, that thi! id . 1 l'heztworualciyearteotinle the destinies of the richest nation in moment's reflection will convince us, sim a p m roduct of nature, destined by P . rovi- . pie k j ae be co li nve a rted by the industry and ingenuity of 'ette r utt ° useful and profitable servant. But having se k ied the freedom of its action, by restrictive legislative h lee lb e rLta--having decreed, by an inflexible law, te 11111. e,,, which its services must be secured by those who l Vide ""ern —we have degraded it from its nature spitehe, a li,d legitimate functions, and so it escapes fropa or a 'aum and rules where it ought to serve. Ye . s, i d n that "° r -n a n our currency checks, so cunningly devise , that": el aborately ingenious—these patent safety locks th es e ere d— ‘e) baffie the skill of our commercial rivals— us we had and bolts which we had forged so strongly, and, th: a d fondly imagined, fastened so securely—in spite c!normous " addition made to the aggregate 'worm °, bullion in circulation throughout the tradin., eae fo ' and the still increasing supplies from Australia and "re: lie-4 n spite of the sound and legitimate state of eseap-tutnercial relations with other countries—the gold ererw e ll._ f rorn our thraldom, regaining its freedom, to r Ne n ,- 'nus with the evils of a monetary panic. f k otti ule Progress of the late war we suffered severely aa--,,-Operatiou of this absurdly impolitic law. Alter "04' had raised the rate of discontit, on the leth of a ltd 7er, last year, to a minimum of 6 per cent. for short, meta er cent. for longer bills, houses of undoubted 9 a _bm. IA ; - " ,, Y ere compelled to pay ruinous rates, say 8, 4 " e l,au som instaneee even 10 per cent. and upwards, Pray, RLt_nliQn commercial hills. The Yllt t t & — ,_" 4 rY action on the currency then adopted by leis 7 1 -ate o ir t P the efflux of its bullion led to this disastrous 11 heav gs. uei ty Y blow was thus inflicted on the trading corn teacee, at a time when, in an especial manner, the utmost 111 C w g i s etae nt oil ht to have been extended to that _com: st rin e ‘ gth —l o i t T e was g . then, as now, the life and soul, and et., no other empire. n'hecx he her course has been left open to the Bank, 111 4% r bullion has been withdrawn in large Tiantities, "d i t a l re llasai ng Of the law, which, on the assumption that vue only safe basis of a national eurrenc tte waled that it should always be maintained at one uniform without refere nce to the natural laws of Ile: lna ud• ahem evils of our monetary system were then most ‘te-aIY dlsPlayd, and had. it not been for the speedy be get b lisilment of , peace, the government would hav e e PreeocaellaPelled. however reluctant, to have followed the f ro% it e e t of 1797, when the Bank of England . was relieved "Yo ' r esponsibility of paying her notes in specie. ina )r ,t r readers may remember that the Times, t hen lacla - I „,, se d with the serious nature of our difficultie!, w - a hi one of its' leaders, that, "if the war expend 1- ib as nn 3. scale to involve a permanent drain of' gold. *eh , - as no alternative but to lower it, or prepare our - Ti La for a suspension of specie payments." aelere can be no doubt that a continuation of the war idea of laae led to a continuous drain of gold, and d as te the e t'terte.i°wering the war expenditure was too absurd wouldlpi Arely have for a moment, the latter alternative Oleo, been adopted; for vain aro all attempts to to pay the exportation of gold, when others are prepared earn a higher price for its services than we all ow our auntrymen to pay. A eYo u ne t question=—whether the war expenditure was a sks e; ''"e means of the country—would never have been litaa c ,"" era if asked, would have been met with an unan AN; and indignant NO I—if, in. lieu of the m i serable 4 1tth:., " our monopolist bulliopiets, we had been fur with a tegal tender paper currency, convertible, not the .h 4 , ae rtain fixed quantity of gold, which appears to be leteudionist's only idea of convertibility, but convertible nt t all th e necessaries and luxuries of life, and based, not tor tat ,Lew Millions of gold, but 'on' that boundless national fie thou s . ; i nich has been estimated at not less than . v . 'Au Millions of pounds sterling l Ohl it is humili , • votltto think that a country, thus wealthy beyond corn i• ' c 'e and beyond conception, should be brought to the e fit's' er ße of ruin by the exodus of a few paltry millions golden counters. J. itl. THE VICTORIA. PROMENADI SOUTHPORT. LLIVERPOOL,- TrESDAY. rir:ir r - yr r ► ~ r I"'lr`i'"~ [ADVERTIMMT I I TO - SHIPOWNERS WHO ARE CAPITALISTS, AN, D , WISH TO SEEP THEIR MONEY TOGETHER; AND NOT PAY HIGH PREMIUMS FOR INSUR ANCE, (S-c first instance to a committee, which should have fall power to discuss and report on the matter refereed to it. reserving to the house the power as well of final decision on each question, after the report of the committee should have been -made, as of. at once interposing and assuming to itself the immediate consideration, of . the question, in case such a course should seem advisable. It think that, by, this Means, ample opportmilty of discussion would be afforded; each newleapaopesed meeinre would haYe all the light thrown upon, it. that could. be given,' by' .:6.--11Y vaSSiri4.itS'imoviRionsi:and all avould-ba.accOnapilsl4 by a grnall`Pbatient Ofthe entire bodye while the ~ membei,s of Other committees were engaged upon- , similar.. tasks.:, ,It . knight occasionally' happen theta - re decision of the entire John Clare, jtinior's commercial experience developing house would be different from - thateto-whiche the _come where the defects lie in what are called iron vessels, con- Mitten had come, but it would not of necessity %now that. strucfed by people who are not mechanics in either the labours of the committee had. in every such case been to the' intellectsor skill, but upon the " tin-pot" principle, he will loit ; firli . dr light- would have been, thrown upon the leave that- .proportion of the trade to persons of that subject by these investigations. and the house would come class Whe have turned out.. sinking Oates tee consign to eariieration'of ahe subject; with the advantage oia watery graves her Britannic Majesty.'s. subjects who are being vitell'informed with respect: to themoints really at issue, and with the further advantage of having to con- marine : travellers in 'such things as the .Orion, Ida, , Taieur; Faith; Forerunner, - H.M.S. frigate. Birkenhead, slier a measure ; men d whh ;had been thoroughly scanned, others, ' 1 '• scrutinised, and aed, instead of 'very erode produc- .and many me Luling a number of colliers that foundered with their. crews, all orwhich were inefficiently and unmechanically constructed, in accordance with the TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SOUTHPORT VIsITOR." brought in. ,Of course it is not my idea that a measure tious,,such a.S. too many bill§ OW are. when they are first " tin-pot" principle. The ,public are ignorant - of what Sir.-In your last week's 'Visitor I read a letter from no they travel by when on board the present description of ,less a personage than John Goodman, M.D., in which he should'neceasarily undergo the ordeal of three readings in in favour of which: a committee might have reported theswhole house. . I think' it would be sufficient if it were iron' vessels; as they are unsafeeand.unseaWoythy from their badeonstruction and the light-material of ,which they to be once submitted to the house on adequate notice,the north side of the Promenade that, after all our efforts,. says he has "much pleasure in informing the inhabitants at are composed.upon the "tin -pot" principle. : . , though if a measure, were rejected by the committee the If security to life and property be the desideratum the entire of the present ordeal ought to be passed before itnow open and free of charge to our carriages, horses, omni marine department of the Board; 'Trade have in view, became law ; but, if I do not greatly err, the cases wouldhe road leading to our premises by the Victoria Baths is Siticerel g rretts - intentions towards the (i.e. . ublic,) into effect Now, sir, Ib , g to inform the public that the road has right to overrule the decision at . which its committee had ou ht td put their authority iif that board is ' buses," &c. be few indeed in which the entire house would think it ..theT forthwith; and cause a scale and mode to be laid down upon been : jest much open - and free of charge ever since I had as it is now Omnibuses, which iron vessels will be allowed to be built. Until the care of . the Promenade s d e e l l e ir te r d a . tely arrived, that committee having been suitably It will be observed in what has preceded, t the first the - that is done, there will be no end to vessel's! foundering, , &c., and sinking from collisions, such as the Imogene-- . donkey carriages, and railway carts, have had constant free h t simple principle of red each measure in th _ rst sacrificing some ee60,000, but, providentially, no life. As access to the houses ;' and I cb,alletige Dr: Goodman to pro duce any one that will say either that the chains were, or instance to a committee has been urged. I shall now my attention has been directed to the art of iron ship. charge Made to tenants, or any one else, on the carriage venture to deal with the eonstit ution of such committees building, to attain the climax whereby safety to life and any - in conformity with the terms 'of my uotice of motion. r road since the 10th of August. What my predecessor may body property is practicable upon scientific and mechanical ' Our endeavour shoeld bein each case to secure a have done is not to the -point, for the Dr. informs his principles, the development of which appears to have the road . which shall have a special and accurate knowledge of, and now open and free of charge, a that the is a iven Mr. 'Charles Bean (the editor of the Liverpool a strong interest in, the subject to be considered, whenever . g, whereas it hes been as much so for seven weeks as I have Albion )2 great offence; as it will naturally prevent that touches only. ear particular port ion of the kingdom ; shown above. I hope the reswtted Chairman of the Com hit pulling his friend, Mr. John Laird. of Birkenhead, in that :abject whual ae -azet. accomplished by refers-lea the the way he has done ; as the said person told me last missiopers will now be enabled to see the value of the suhject to bit consider,' 1 - by the representativ - s of that Wednesday, that he put that scurrilous document in his memorial, which he had. presented to him by the Dr. His particular - portio r n, of e :•irse with.the power on their part hi' t* the 6th because I had' running story about Mr. pu Ica ion, on lust,,. been Holden causing the chain to be broken to .appOlint, seleqcominittees for -special-purposes. his friend (Mr. John Laied), down. which false accusation When helhst came over, is all his own imagination, to say • • • English,the very large • When the sUbject3 ha opens' to ,be - He' qualified ( it, and said, no-but you the least of it, and on which I should say few M.D.'s are piolitaisrtfeii **filch . the English members bear to the nu have his ships. .- Mr, Uharles lean said , if you give a tie, rical strength ' of. the . house would make it desirable capable of inventing. Mr. Holden arrived , in' Southport to must take a tat. I saidelf .Mr.. 'John Laird, or to introduce home further principle of selection,on the 11 th of September, but there . was n ,more 'a any other person,' calling him Self an iron shipbuilder, which would also be necessary when imperial or colonial made coffins to drown' people, I, as a man, would do my chain then than there is there now. Bat -Jest the matters were to be considered; but the Scotch members best to protect my fellow-men from a watery grave. As : - ungrateful people of Southport should forget to would form a suitable body for the consideration of Scotch I, was a man, and always treated every person as one, whore they are indebted, 'he : informs thein that, affairs, as would the Irish members for those of Ireland. that was a man in principle, and as I always as a rule : during the short-lived honour whieele he enjoyed of England does not contain within itself any very mark ed Spoke of people as I found them , I only wanted the same' bein g a commissioner, he obtained free seats 'on the Promo distinctions to be defined by localities. 'Whatever is courtesy extended tome. , I will take care! do not commit - nade ; but he - has An t told the enormous cost of those applicable to Devonshire, may also for the most part be I myself by an unmanly action. I told Mr. Charles Haan that free seats to the ratepayers'. It may suit some persons applicable to Cumberland. It is true, in some districts any person who might be annoyed at my ideas, and purpose to make a great bustle about' free • seats one party may predominate while their opponents are .prbvided I was right, might write as muc h a s the y chose and free accommodati o n G f various kinds for - visitors ; more numerous in another, but the minority in the first ahout me, if they attached their names and address to it, case have the same wishes and aspirations as the majority but, after all, the considerate portion, 91 visitors will sa , thfu then he could not be blamed; but he was much to blame . of . for what .. in the second. Thus the real representation of the opt- for lowerin the d' itof th . Albion if be were not the g ign y e tort. the get nions of a Buckinghamshire elector may be given by a hay u besides, those who profess to e.s ch a concern eoecoctor of that document, as he stated that the poetry f .or th, 4l. member for Manchester. With 'respect to Ireland and at root had given him - and his friend, Mr. John failed, AcOininodation, would give more couvineitT.prOfitof' Scotland, however,-the, case is wholly different. In Scot- their such great offence. which appeared in the Albion a short sincerity by giaing something of thoit•hisu, To • land it may be that the prevailing tones of mind more time ago. For the".gtaod of the public, I again cause medical advice free, lod g ings r instance, free, &0., and then assimilate to those of England, but the system of law in it to be printed. The' French floating batteries that outrival all other bathing places in Lancashire, we should Seottaud is so totally different from the English system and , repelled the 64 lb. shot in the Crimea, and built feom the receive the 'patronage of many ecoetem• t and 'should is so completely Miknown to English and Irish men, with ' designs furnished by myself to iris I m p er ial majesty the visited Southport. The Dr. further . IS a who never set one solitary exception, that it is impossible for any Emperor. also, the same plans being carried out by the we have d one hi t h erto, a discussion n saYse we-ehall avoid, as members, save the. Scotch, to interfere without much risk British Government at the close of the war, by building are we to reconcile this statemetrt wii4:l' the subject. How of grievous error, and in point of fact the legislation of at Messrs. Robert Napier and Sons, Govan, on the Clyde; , he fact ef_the De . Scotland has been in . general conducted actually by the Messrs. Palmer Brothers, at Jarrow,' on the Tyne; and having written two lette , s in the,B Guthpoi p•i s ; '`°r -Pre- Scotch members though nominally by the whole house. - seated a memorial Messrs. Samuda Brothers, at Blackwell, on the Thames. spokento the Floating various . tunes 011 the * ..e commissione* g practically in operation with respect to Scotland, though 'dee meei n B Besides - furnished by me at the request of the Admiralty on the ml I Z ; having 1 .::::oject at the board and ' corn. no benefit is derived from it with respect to economy, of 9th and 16th &July, 1855, but originally brought before his daily conversation ) - Perhapsmade it a' neat prtion of time, simply because it is unavowed. - the Hon. Sir M. F. H, Berkeley and Sir Baldwin Wake Will ansiver this ' . , some friend of the Dr.'s is very Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, at Somerset House, us question, for the Dr. " will only unties With reference to Ireland the case, however, different ; our general system of law is more in unison the 11th of June,' 1854. co Thi.i with that of England and there is no obvious difficulty. on This' admission by the British Government building indicates a state of mind of which the surface to warn those unacquainted with the country will now bid the D •good I don't envy him, and I 'lron Floating Batteries, as thus described, is a c o nv i nc i ng h ; he '• bye on the PrOluenade aueeti o a. that by rash interference infi.eite mischief may be effected. proof that my ideas are sound and efficient in naval archi- hoping will find something for the exereiie 4+l'o-one-who is not intimately acquainted with Ireland can tecture, whereby ships may be constructed on scientific talents which will be more prodtictive appttif, of h ' tell how widely her population differs from that of E tg7 and mechanical principles. b ene fic ia l to his.fellow creatures.'' - ia land in character, in customs, in usages, in wants, and in • • • Siooe writing the above I have had ar ' . . interview with aspirations. --, ' . Mr. Holden, when he not only denied ta The less any man knows of Ireland, the more likely he J ohn Clare, thou bast a good old name, ''d statement about the chains, but al--Le truth of the Dr.'s is . to think that he may treat Mayo and Middlesex with 0 ! shall it not be known to fame ?: ee •eo expressed his di p , %et - Nation of the manner in. which the D Pr°- the:same, regimen. ,The consequence of this has been, H aply the sailor far at sea r. had conducted him _. „,, ..., „; , self,-,--I am, sir, yours truly that, hitherto legislation for Ireland has been almost ' N e'er shall forget to honour thee, . - oee. ,! , y, Tito MA.S HoDan, C o ll ec t or o f T o ll s altogether English. Even when it has not been so-even , in the few cases when the English members have yielded to the representations and arguments of their Irish col leagues-England has had to bear the responsibility of the legislation, because the .105 representatives of this country are too obviously powerless associated as they - - re are with 496 returned by English constituencies. My proposition would, beyond question, relieve England from • vs all unjust responsibility. If measures adopted by the ' el representatives of Irish constituencies should prove le la unsatisfactory, no accusation could be made against the English for the errors. That, however, is not so material Si a point for our consideration. It is unquestionably true 11 that by her sway 1r Ireland, England has covered herself T with odium all over the eivitiaed world, and has * exposed herself to the taunts of even Despotic Powers, It is also true that by devolving upon the )"' Tris.. members the :. duty of initiating legislation for Ireland, she would avert i. -meets of the odium ; but we are more concerned in oon• fttioinieg the _pretiahlo results Of such an arrangement ;neon N the condition:o this country-. , . . - ,- --In the first place, I have already shown that it would , facilitate the improvement of the law by removing ti obstacles ' to legislation; but much greater advantages might be expected from the improved character of legis- t l a tion. l e s I before said, the character, the Customs, the a wants, and !the necessities of this country In a great measure are unknown in England; a committee of Irish me mbers would be better informed in those respects. i: P Even if those wants and necessities were known to t he English members they might frequently disregard -eget , .o. them, in obedience to the prejudices or the sup- s et, he posed interests of England. With members respon- -In the sible to the 'lrish constituencies that would rarely -.ie me , . i .teed tl-- 17 se - occur, *so long as those constituencies remained true -:•1 - to themselves. In some cases where the necessity of - iO - legislation for Ireland was recoenised, even by -- the English members, they were deterred.from supporting -....-- it because they were unwilling to sanction the introduction of a principle in this country which appeared to them ..,,AIMEA" inapplicable to England. • If the consideration of Irish questions rested with the ..iton aro - Irish members, the adoption of a measure for Ireland -.deters, se could not be urged as a recognition of the principle as Marl! regarding England. In short, we might hope that our laws would, in course of time, be adapted to our condition instead of being framed without reference to it, and the fruitless effort would be suspended of seeking to adapt us to our laws. Ido not desire to make the Irish or Scotch representatives independent of the control of the Imperial Legislature. ,- England is not disposed to sanction such a change, however desirable it might be. My proposition is' merely to commit the earlier steps of inquiry and discus -Sion to the body which, lie each case, from interest in the -subject and special knowledge, is best fitted to consider and' reportnpon it.. 'The 496 English members exercising a' 'final supervision - are surely enough to prevent danger freim the 105 Irish, and the -53 Scotch ; but the weaker portions Of the.-Milted Kingdom would dprive this special advantage, that - the heinse would be slche to exercise its power ,despotically in opposition to the wishes of a people, legally expressed through its authorised representatives ; every occasion on which it would so act wouldbe a virtual a anegatioa of the principle' on which its own existence is based: , It would be governing by superior force instead of in accordance with the popular will. Still, the control iaipower would remain with the majority of the entire house, that is to say with the 496 English .members, and eyes if that security for English interest be not sufficient, it must be remembered that' they have a still larger powee at command in the other branch Of the legislature, where Irish and Scotch representative peers constitute hardly a twelfth of thelloue(a .. It may be inferred, from the general Observations I have advanced, that much of the inconvenience Ireland has to 'contend with proceeds from frequent want of knowledge on the part of English members, and certain prejudices in reference to this country. I wish it to be understood, however, that whilst I have treated of English members generally, I freely adniit that there are exceptions to these unacquainted with Ireland or governed ley any prejudice. A fact which leads me to expect that even amongst Eng lish members will be found those. who will ;sustain the motion of which I have giVen notiz:. : I have now laid before you a resume of the reasoning on which I have been induced to think that my proposition may prove beneficial. I have shown that economy of time is the one thing needful for the extension of beneficial legislation a that such can be secured by an extended sys tem of select or standing committees ; that so far as respects Scotland and Ireland, the best committees would be formed of their national representatives respectively ; that Ireland would especially benefit by permitting her representatives to.make the primary investigation of Irish subjects, and that this could be done, not only without danger, but positively with great advantage to England. e have the honour to be, .. Gentlemen, Yoars faithfully, TRISTRAM KENNEDY TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES folloWing is a copy of a letter which I sent for insertion iu the Southport Visit;r, but, for some unexplained cause, has not been allowed to appear. What makes its rejection more mysterious is, that the editor of that paper told me that be had no objection to it, aril gave me to understand that, having reached him too late for insertion on the 2nd instant, it would appear on the 9th. in; opi,.ion amongst the generality of the worki that the Visitor is rather opposed to any on( himself against the misrepresentations of tb, s appear a little higher in circumstances than hi certainly taking following h€irpa I p e e tt r er i however such - a - policy may please some of their find you will preventsroom others from thisfrotu and valuable paper, I remain, yours, &c., THOMAS HODOIT 7 Collector of Tolls, Victoria Promenade, Southport The prevail C an skill so_well brbught out as thine L ong fail as it deserves to shine ? A h I Jack,•as his pure draught he'll drink, eally full oft of Clare shall think. E ach novice o'er his glass shall ask ERRATUM Aeferiding TIMES Who was it made this water cask? And men the proud truth shall declare The inventor of this cask was Clare; Nor casks alone, but o'er the sea Clare's ships shall float from damage free; So sailors now shall drink pure water. Nor fear the cannon-bail's dread slaughter. Tew are the dangers which environ Ships made, as Clare's are made, of iron ; Masts, spars, and ribs may well defy Dangers from foes, - from wave, or sky, And when, far o'er the 'Atlantic sea, .a,nother home belongs to thee, your house of iron. all oompl^* o s t rong, so and neat, Wli make•wife's, dAnghter's, son's fond prayer A blessing on the name of Clare. .4, and TO THE EDITOR OF THE. NoRT: Sir,—l rreeive that a mistake has t. letter of Saturday. I ani trade to say—.l. late to stay the drain of the precious metals w. sovereign arid the last panic have disappeared." what I wished to say, was, that it would be toa late, d the last sovereign and the last yittorc have disappe,,.., Your correction of the above errltutn in the NORTHER TIME; of to-morrow, tvonirl - - Liverpol, )3th Oct., 1856. 4 .-, yours respectfully, JOEIN WILLS COLLISIONS AT SEA, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NCIRTHERN sea nave tatetTl73Zii — s — o - frequent that I oily be excused for calling your attention to the subject. We can hardly take up a paper Without ,Feeing the record of one or more of such' accidents. c In truth, it is becoming quite alarming. net only for the on& ror the • loss of property, which in many cases is. so great as to entail complete "eads . of the-owners and others interested in the 11 7 quite time that something should be done ruin upon the It is t veseels to put a stop to such a, state of thin P are almost afraid to cross the channel in c , .! 1, Formerly the danger was principally at night, but lately it seems there is quite as much danger in the open day. What is the cause of this ? Is it the' increase in the number of vessels, and particularly steamers, in the channel ? or the high rate of speed they maintain ? or, does it arise from the negligence of those in charge ? It must be one of these, and I think it will be found, on a careful examination, to be principally the latter. No doubt the large number of vessels that are new 'employed make it more dangerous, and the speed of our coasting and sea going steamers render it more hazardous ; but still we find no case yet where, with a good look out' and ordinary precaution, the collision might not _have been avoided.' It must be evident to all readers, that nearly every collision occurs in VIS CUM LEVITATE. E R S O N S desirous of having VESSELS built that can neither Leak nor Sink may obtain efficient Ships through the medium of the undersigned's patents, whn is uow prepared_ to__execute_ all orders _ confided to him. JOHN CL ARE, Jun , • Sole Inventor and Patentee of Improvements in Shipbuilding, Metallic Masts, Spars, &c., upon scientific and mechanical principles only 21, Exchange-buildings, by the Underwriters' Rooms, Liverpool. GARROTTING A CRIMEAN OFFICER Jane Walton and James Welch, two notorious ban characters, were brought before Mr. Beadon, at the Marlborough Police court, charged with garrotting and robbing Mr. William Maclise, surgeon of the 22nd consequee, , geginient of Foot, recently returned from the Crimea, before th e public, and now residing at No. 1, Francis street, University where thee coald see each other from a distance of two miles Hospital. The prosecutor stated that, on the previous and a Kali, and vet wi-h the bast possible inanagentent, the night, about twelve o'clock, he was proceeding along ! steamer, must needs run right . into the sailing vessel, Only Church-street, Soho, when the female prisoner came up l find Sunday, on a fineday, and accosted him, and while he was walking and talking in the middle of the afternoon, we L. h ano l another steamer ,sinking a small vessel near the Crosby to her, the male prisoner suddenly rushed upon him from ett i r g ele t' s - sn 'i s p e ' s er n w o o w rs a el wt i t° ha a Z n a mt le f t " ter behind, and with his heads seized him by the throat master of a coasting vessel, one of Irish and attempted to strangle him. He then threw witness this day irom th e ' . such thin re t'i tn g e s , ? rece l i s vc i d t on his back, and the woman, with another woman, not in which he states in custody, knelt upon his breast, and took his watch, a light-ship, carrying St rainers wi ran inti, him near the north west eilver one worth £B,, horn his waistcoat pocket. They complete wreck •-he a alYso.msatusttesbu h lwasks, and leaving bins a then ran away, and as soon as prosecutor recovered 'wee, nor took : s lackened the slightest notice t of a h im, although they ncv°l . this . s himself he went in pursuit, and cattle up with them just was in the greatest danger of sinking with all hands. n vessels as they were being stopped by two constables in plain with the masters of some steamers seems to be a trifle --indeed, clothes. In reply to Mr. Beadon, the prosecutor said he I have heard it stated by masters of coasting vessels; that the was convinced the prisoner was the man who first steamers seldom alter their course, but run right on regardless of attacked him. Joy, 388 A, said, about half-past twelve of what injury they may do their weaker neighbours: Now, o'clock last night he saw the prosecutor and the female e really think that this kind of work should have an en& prisoner walkingin Church-street, and he heard the prose- Can nothing a; be devised to stop it ? At present it is merely a cutor exclaim, " For God is sake, where are you going to tax upon the owners of vessels, who are always free frons take me i." This circumstance aroused his suspicions, blame. Yet, as the law stands, an owner may he held liable and he followed them to Compton-street,wbere they were for thousands, nay, may ho involved in absolute ruin by the joined by the male prisoner, who spoke to the woman, recklessness of a servant, and at a time when it is utterly im and walked away. The woman then took the prosecutor posaildo he can have any control over them. Now, when a to the dark side of the enclosure in Soho Square, where - collision occurs an enquiry is held, and,•after a great deal of they remained until the constable on that beat had hard sweating, in which, of course, b o th capta i ns make it out passed. The male prisoner then joined them again, and that they were right—the owner of one vessel is Mulcted in went with the prosecutor into Falconbere Mews. heavy damages, when the most prejudiced person must admit Witness, who was still close to them, then saw the male beis a/together intieemt of:the matter. But such is the ease; , prisoner rush ,upon the prosecutor, and put his arm s s h e owner, between the two, suff e rs net on ly th e l oss o f hi e round his neck, and fling him to the ground. T .-110, property, but largo , sums ia the shape of making good the woman, with another man, who made his escape, then dainages tc; :be other vessel. And this, in nine cases cut of threw themselves upon the prosecutor. Witness, who ten, is the fault of the parties in charge of ibn vessels who, in had in the meanwhile procured the assistance of atiother, nearly every case, escape Aithout the least punishment for constable, then made his appearance, and after a despe- their negligence. Now, sir, it may be said that it is but right rate struggle succeeded in taking. the prisoners into for the owners of the offending vessel -to pay the dernaae custody. Police Constable 335 A went to the assistance . D i .4. en - tap so ;it is not my object to protest a of last witness, and took charge of the female prisoner. simply to point out that the real offenders are He subsequently searched the trie - .vs, and close by where others in charge, who, either from want of s he had taken the woman he found the silver watch something w, rep, allow such things to tako plat produced. The prosecutor identified the watch as his new have to pay, and do pay, and the. gnilty property. The prisoners, who declined saying anything and, so long as :shipowners are, content, i in- defence, were fully committed for trial. But is it right ? Is ther e no law tnat will mal careful, Or make them answerable when call s _. am ready to make all allowance for rough an HATS ! HATS ! ! HATS ! ! ! The very best London but the fact is, that these collisions do not " - Hats, l 55.; style, quality, and ventilation, reqnireno Puff but in open day, on clear nights,when,occur at those times, Or Patent to sell them.—Wooe, 73, LORD STREET, L,IVER precaution, they might be avoided . with ordinary . It is time for owners to rooe.—Adv,move in this • T _____ waken mateer, and, as they have to pay, have ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND gYE AND EAR 1 1 `Mil the satisfaction of . . n punishin t' • h g nose t rough whose carelessness -• TUTION, 9, Rosa Rm.—For the week ending Oct. 11. or inattention the 'z —Be , eY may have suffered If we had some —New patients entered on the books last week, vi . stringent law applic a ble. relieved at their own to parties having charge of vessels, we " THE NEw SAFETY INKSTAND, we c - in bear personal lieved at the institution, 160 •; mic ,O. Total, 260. should have fewer collisions, d bott' el' and more careful witness to, secures to all clasies one which will keep the ink dwellings, 100 ; cases of prevailing epee/ T. Sark. Hon. Secretary caeeains. Truo we have a an Marine Act, but it is always clea r , a n d good, will prevent that accumulation of Visitors—Mr. E. Watts and Mr. ! so loosely framed, and Merca n ti le that the small and Treasurer, Esq. oxide which spoils the finest writing, and destroys the Joseph Kitchen, c . - the meshes are so wide, break the stet: The• (sumer de Tarn-et-Garort offende rs l• - Ds S ip, and the great ones , throughs - . • best pen ;by means of this inkstand, too, the amount of A TERRIBLE DRAHA. having just taken place in the Till we have somealteration i the laws affecting Souse in . D.. ink taken up by the pen can be easily regulated."— narrates the following as A. receiver of taxes, with a ;command will cilia be- endanzered, out by all Book- town of Tournon :—. - • •of steamers lives en Portsmouth Tines and Naval Gazette. — Sold i llicit intercourse • family, carried on an recklessly destroyed, we still grown tip ~.. sellers. Price 4s, Os, and is 6d.—Advt. of his daughter. Th' youngest is circumstance ts of distressing collision, by -the governess . be daily borrified.by accounts ALLSOP'S WAX -WORK EXHIBITIoN, TEUTONIC-HALL gave rise to family differences and to much public scandal.which lives have been .sacrificed; and thousands of Lim , L root• —DOVE, THE MURDERER .—Thu of this man, who was likewise a tax receiver in valuable . E-STREI.T. WER • e The son only correct likeness of this criminal is to be seen at the' This canton, frequently remonstrated with his father property wantonly destroy • . . to pay—my e ._...but am in daily turn has not "-aeon , expectati on, as I have above exhibition, and is placed by the sine of Palmer. Both on his conduct. The latter received or de rs from his the misfortune of b ein g — y our obe dient servant, these poisoners are full-length, and are acknowledged by all superior t o chan g e his reside nce , and manifested intentions T.,-y i erix , 1 10th Oct., 1836 . A S HIPOWNER . to be perfect likenesses. They are surrounded by upwar ds of taking the.governess with him. O n h ear i ng this the --," ". °, . of 100 w ax fi g ures , la r ge as life; together with 500 statues, ,son presented withhimself before the young woman, and - , f . tnenaCed her death in the -- busts, oasts of beads, &c.. &c. ; also a great num b er qtevent of her consenting to , - a: Oct. which f that step, would bring further ooe it - I-01 3 RP 01 AL INFIRMARY.—Week enc Ling ~ct 11, Stereoscopic and other views. The proprietor begs to state faintly. `The governess became dishonour on tin! . a _ _..- 5e Admitt d our.-patients, 11 • e : In-patients, 34 • , that the likeness of Dove and Palmer are most positiv_e i y e ideas of following alarmed, and gave up all 1 ° •the father • the casuals during week, 15. Discharged : , ,In -patients cured, , latter paid her, h the only true ones taken. Palmer was modelled by A Old ever, repeated visits atto 22 ; relieved,and Tournon, where she continued, , . at own requ e . George Ewing,of London, during his trial at the , . d D •the house, 153, Dtaken by Mr. John, rest e. During one ,of these visits, the son ,appearea 3 ; irregular, 3 ; dead, 1 ; remain on ouse„ Bailey; and a sketch of ove was isl fbr' Mr. before the guilty couple, and Mout opening his lips laid House visitors : Charles ~Freer, and Edward Gibbon, Storey, of York, and afterwards modelled ,expre.oy o. from the governess dead at his feet W b a shot from a double- _ &qrs. Physician and surgeon for-ensuing week : Dr, Allsop by Mr. William Leland, of Liverpool , gee, at this act, Dickinson 5 • A Peuadrill 'barrelled pistol The father, y • - exaspee and Mr. Long, House surgeon : Mr. E. Morris. 'ten, a.m till pm. Admission, Sixpence- . €,l e . rushed. on the on '' e fter -a "delP e-- rate struggle, e ten, Observe the "name 'of Allsop s Wax.: . . , . and , 'a.. ~ -dB . haul dead. Th e Junior house sUrg, eon, Webster: : Air. Cecil Chaplain band in attendance.wrestea the : 'fruit 'hitii, itsclis ce.--ddy• Rev. H. J. Cfarroa; WA.' BObett Ilittchismt, Treasurer . a work 012 the two lamps over the entrance father is now In custody. . gross carelessness. Look at the cases nose c. have orie now being enquired into, his, bu .hiek w Dublin,,Oct. 8,.1856. IRON SHIPS CLARE'S PRINCIPLE. THE ONLY i IiODA THAT WILL ENSURE SECURITY TO I.IFE AND PROPERTY WILL LAST .A I AT LLOYDS FOR, EVER,