Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-11 00:00:00

Apply to gez Eliza IC Apply to Apply to ex Khm On WED To M A eammerriai satts. THIS DAY DAy, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'cleck, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court,- 41 Cases Naples ORANGES, 408 „ LENIONS, ex Tiber ss) 33 Bo „ x:ss Port LEMONS, ex Cintra (sts ( ). , Barcelona, Para, Turkey, and Messina NUTS. GEO. 8.-IGEN:ken and SON, Brokers, 18, North John-street. ).ty, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at te, Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2, Dale-street, 15 Cases Green MANGO CHUTNEY, 6 Dozen Bottles " BROWNE, HUNTER, anti r DAY, the 11th instant, at Twelve.o'elt;es, at 1, 0 dhall-Street, 4,596 Bundles PIA SAI from Bahia, in Prin HO meht kbout 970 .acks and Co.'s Off and BAR( COIR YARN GUNNY BAG M LIME, SALE, LEMON JUICI ns, lying in Kleinwort, BAGNALL, & BU PTER.WORTH, 30, Moorflelds. OTHERS. BARREL PACKAGE of ever Ldapted for all I TO GEN" _:11.1L 11110 KE 114, TRAD ESAIEN, AND lIE Paten ription &v., &c.- the Manu: I JIVE Is of 1 RIFLE CORPS BLAKEY :BROTHERS ilt Y BOOT MIA E R:S -SQI Genticin CORPS no:c f upset thl ZOOLOGII THE PA Under no is Li ED U. RIFLE CORPS. q9ll and Nel BRETT AND MILITARY TII CASTI LIVERPOOL TIN GS, &c -THIS DAY :Y, Parad! ,nents on titn pw,e SPONDEN we insert coinznur Lt jr II 110 NDA Y, Trill Y --.......... THE DAY'S N an Armistice has been ( two Emperor volatile Parisians assume made, Monite is to extend t kdriatic. From th Voniteur r,oth. shrewdly-wo: in could be logi Austria ha ,f goad_ fait he armistice shown a desire to Inn navigate th that Frai ited it added, s of it. meantime rivate have a all to the effect pense expenses Hs 7d; that Frame it as who first cried -"hold, encughl" fees, &c nected expenses The abseil( accoun committe nina l justice, ies are e`•idently not Iv I Guat Lamar of idquiry atithentic information on its origin .e told that the ante of ti declines to 'encli, embarrassed by th e omosi- I to the zov€ the sew LET us ne-s subject, from Cass- Yri the command quarter subjects, for instance, or Emperor Napoleon should stop short in a career ea victory, and make overtures to the foe whom he has defeated in two fixed battles, arid hurled back to the limits of Lombardy, argues the moderation or the necessities of the French ruler. We can hardly believe that the latter have been the cause of this sudden. resolve. If the •next week or two show that Napoleon and Francis-Joseph really wish to stop the effusion of blood, and to settle permanently the affain of Italy, we shall be glad to help them ; but it loccomes this country not to lower its dignity by 'pressing her advice, unasked, on two Emperors who have shown no desire, under the late circumstances, that we should share their council. The Morning Post expresses the opinion that the basis of negmiations should be in substance those ' which were declared beforehand, and should be essential to the regeneration of Italy —and France, in offering peace, can-contemplate no other terms— the extension of such reforms in Naples as shall raise that now depressed kingdom to the improved level of the rest of Italy, as she will be when the forthcoming councils have taken effect. This done, 'the mission of France in Italy will be ended—the long standing danger to the peace of Europe will have been removed. Several Parliamentary papers, estimates, and accounts were issued on Saturday. It would appear that the income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ending 30th of June last, was 65,689,5741. ; the expenditure was 66,063,679/., showing an excess of expenditure over income in the year to the amount of 344,103/. The estimates for the various departments, effective and non-effective, for the year ending 1859, ending March 31, 1860, are issued. They show the following amounts : —Customs, salaries and expenses, 857,155/., being an increase over the previous year of 7,870/. Inland revenue, salaries and expenses, 1,349,864/., or a decrease of 12,394/. Post-office, salaries and ex- an increase of 25,182/. ; super annuations, &c., of the three departments, 481,2211., a decrease of 4,354/. The total of the estimates for the present year is 4,739,4531., which is an increase of 16,3041., as compared With 1858. A Parliamentary riaper gives the details of the expenditure charged against the vote for Civil contingencies in the year ending March 31, 1859. The items are—Special missions abroad, 41,497/. 13s 6d ; outfits of diplo matic officers, on appointment, 18,025/. ; conveyance and entertainment, &c., of. distinguished, persons, colonial officers, &c., 6,580/. 14s 5d ; royal household not provided for in the civil list, 8,2501. recial commission at home, 6,019/. 8s 8d ; payable on conferring titles of dignity, )91. 9s 6d; expenses of letters patent, &c., ex clusive of those conferring titles of dignity, 1,0301. 2s 7d ; cost of presents, 551/. 18s; expenses incurred for legal and, other professional services, 3,455/. 15s 2d ; rewards, compensations, and expenses con -532/. 12s ; miscellaneous 8s 6d—total, 106,295/.13s lid. The ainount that will probably be required to defray similar expenses in the year. ending March 30, 1860, is 100,0001., of which 50,000/. was voted "on " last session. • - .... u..uu. of ou,Loruuy, araws attention to the system of ocean-Mail contracts as adopted by the English Post-office, in the following words:—" The discusSion on the subject of ocean mail con tracts has demonstrated the necessity of a select Our Post-office 'atithori- Il posted • up as to the changes which railways and steam ships have brought about within the last . five years. Take, for instance, the Panama Railway : unquestionably this is the route that \mill pay Steamers from England and America to AUstralia and the West Coast. Again, the weekly line of Canadian steamers, and the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada from the nearest eon 1100- ,_. tion with the Western States, of the. Union, New Orleans, and Columbia; with the . Canadian correspon dence withdrawn from „the Cunard ,Line is so much loss to the British Post-Office revenue. Here then V dRIOUS VOLUNTEER we have the Imperial Government compe ti ng w i t h tsour.ho , )d, can the Canadian, the latt er h av ing been driven t o asser t rFORMS at the Establi s h men t o f the justice of their c l a i ms . H a d the Cunard Halifax and Boston steamer been transferred to Portland, as JA.MES, sometime ago proposed, Canada would have been TAILORS, satisfied, and there woulii 1 ---- L - -,-.1 • en then a weekly line to Canada, alternately to' Portland, Quebec, athalf the cost which will be entailed by the preSent rivalry. Marks, the per Son who has been several times ex. , amined at Ghildhall,:charged with raising testimonial subscriptions fraudulently, is committed for trial. Lyon Goldsmith, a cigar :dealer, has also been com mitted for trial on the charge of certain irregulari - ties connected with hiio bankruptcy. In the Court „ ot of Queen's Bench on Saturday, the libel trial of ces- Ernest Jones v. G. W. M. Reynolds took place. We give a full report in another part of to-day' pressiOn. A verdict for, the plaintiff, damageS 40s. and costs, was the result. At the Cen tral Criminal Court, .ou Saturday, two notorious -1 - doctors. named Waters, "Pri . . sentenced to be ;imprisoned for six months, for obtaining money on false pretences, by advertising the. cure of deafness, and duping all those who were foolish enough to apply to them for advice. An account of the terrible murder of an American _ ...,,ereLL into by the sailor will be found elsewhere. is now an undisputed fact, and the Mr. ; Villiers has been re-elected f or Wolver that peace is as good as hampton. c We have recei ve d four' day's lat e r news from the ( United States by the arri va l o f th e E uropa, T here is rcial no political news of any importance. An accident ded notice in the near South Bond,'lnd., bywhich thirty-three persons illy inferred but that were killed, and fifty or sixty were wo u nd e d. ,B y the overland mail . f rom C a lif orn i a we l earn that get a .respite, and another revolution had broken out' in Sonora. The though the Moniteur revolution in Chili is entirely suppressed: The -14 be the use blockade ,of the ports of Ecuador by the Peruvian squadron • still continues. War seems inevitable 4 ween Salvador and Honduras. It is thought that •nala would interfere topreserve peace. General sent copies of General Cass's despatches - - 4nt of Nicaragua, demanding accept,- - 4arn. treaty.-- Nicaragua MERCHANT &HIPPING IN TIME OF WAR disdain to take a good hint, on any LIVERI turn up re eror of th tion of the Pope, to the revolutionary doings in hi: territory, is a peace confidenc Napoleon leave L o ba Austrian Arc takes this qpvor Emperor's of Italy We also declared It is said with g vosal came from the Empe dent S az the other hand the Patric .of remind involves th the Alp; .eineirtAx ..,_ ~,..„,,„:„" —.; ~,,,, wiiieu it may rotten be to our adVantage that. Count •; ,Cavour - has .to learn. They evidently - know for example,. how 4c,?,... Duchies of Modena and - to turn a war of other countries ' to-the good account Tiingdom -of;Lombardy, are-annexed - `inconsistent with the of their own. And they know. how :to take care ;the other side. N or of these ships that enable - them - to do so. One pry -_ .9n_ foot__ touching the- could not but' be struck 'with' this, after reading, as - 4 41 e Emperor Napo- we did, such a paragraph- as the following, An a we have a now _,-_, that N. 7ew York p&per just to hand :—" In the present aspect of European affairs, it would be politic that ..:ded by the dent, and pro- our ships e war should be seen in the ports of the British Channel, the North Sea, and the ' Baltic. in.tr of Hun gary, n, 'er and . . .... _ , t state of things is likely to throw ,Everi the preson peculiar , to ... avis a (rood portion .oef the carrying trade into our bands, among' the candidates for thrones. The / g .ti ti r n a -boats 0 . destined fo r the Bombardment-of Peseliera, have and sh.omd.• a gene ra l war break out, the peaceful been launched on the Lake of Garda; and the artil- pursuits of commerce 'vill he thrown almodsteepnetirt;nela-: lery were king every -preparation for commencing d, . our flag. Its security can be j un el ma by an exhiegition of our power -to defend operations wia,eu the announcement of the suss'ens:on of hostilities ireuched the , Sardinian headquarters. tient only ' ',• k• as - •- - " it." Ndw, lad. such it remar. this an in Servia is apparently very favourable to Italian 'inde pendence, about tijuy you ng . men of th e best Seryia n In English paper, - there would, to a certainty, hare f am ilies having 04,1 t red the army with the Special Vital object of going to Y• A telegram from Trieste been exception taken to it--in our present Minis informs us that an itustkian steamer suStalned a sue- terial quart e r s , more especially— asbeingirritating vessful contest with a French f r i ga t e on • Itar s ue to the belli gerents : just- as ..Minigtets are objecting The Times saYs , :' with: keipA.GT to the armistCee there to .stigxestions in Parlianent, for placing us in a is little to communicat e . beyond - what the public • - - - p)5111422 to make - 4 -‘ an exhibi - C on of- our power o already know. Alll . hat Seenn do be well authimti- . - sated is, that the "pi.eposal came from FranceA ~ and defend,' not our snipping onl y but our' etanitry, • was the result of the Emperor's own determinaion; on the ittAind that, to• iiitote the iv'oi-ak -- ot one of . . J a hiall r iro o This fao Pl4eP , r -- o 3 - P.rtlDt That Ile i the n, they fessire calculated to irritate any nagon _, Parma, and th to Piedmont ramou mint N alleged t leon and tween Nt. Kossuth, , of which g .ver,siG;l names` and -not Kossuth is Emperor, to make Hungary cure, if Possible, the eleeti:on of a unacceptable . to any Great POT I ' acceptable • England— ing to d is can afford ing n that the Jlt would be the E _ it of folly . to slight freedom (trade, in almost all its branches hey knoi Broken 1)1y to xY, Brokers, THIS DAY, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at t Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 100 Barrels .linerican SPI tam TURPENTINE, ately landed ex J. Foster, junior.. r.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker lit of whom it rr THIS DAY, the 11th insta Broker' Offiaes, Claread , 12 Bales COTTO' It Tw n-building o'clock, at the Ind a Quantity of a water, ex H Love-lane.— PICKING warcho and ; or Tithebarn:sCreet: zon, at_ New Orlea Apply to Messrs. Drat 3 XTESON'. erf.AMBRF,S. en_ Brokeni MORROW sit, at Twelve o'clock, at the North, Chapel-street an 1 ROSIN THOMAS SILL, H. H. GOLDING, Broker )SEED, hurtse, Crosby-str , et.—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER & Co., Brokers. EDNESDAY ply to Messrs. M There ''are• certain practical insti•u lion, Which About a thing THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1859 send in particular the French nation." There is no such squeamishness as this on the -other side of the Atlantic; and we may depend upon it they are all the safer for it. Our American contemporaries consider it patriotic to speak out. They declare that they " need an increase to the Mediterranean squadron, which now consists of the Wabash and the Macedonian only ; and one of the clearest headed, readiest, and most energetic naval captains should be placed in command there "—since that sea has already become the scene of active naval operations, and important questions may arise involv ing the security of their ships, and the honour of . _ their flag. The endeavour that was made in the House of Commons the other evening, to bring in a bill to amend the Foreign Enlistment Act (59 Geo. 3, c. 69) so• far as it relates to transports and store ships, was a movement in a similar direction to that in which the Americans are looking. It appears that the Shipping Interest of this country is at present suffering very mach under the 7th section of the Act, which has an operation in the case quite different from its original intention. The Act was passed at the instance of Lord LIVERPOOL'S Govern ment in 1819, with the view to prevent the fitting out of privateers in aid of the revolting colonies of Spain. So far it was right and proper enough ; but the provision complained of prevents the equipping of transport and store ships, and is exciting, in conse quence, the greatest uneasiness. Mr. DiGBY SEY MOUR, who moved for leave to introduce a measure to remedy this grievance, stated to the House that " a, great deal of misunderstanding prevailed as to the meaning of the proclamation lately issued, which was intended by Government merely' 'as a warning, but it did not explain what contraband of war was, nor what transport and store ships were. What was not contraband at one time," he went on to show, "might become so at another, as for instance, the article of coal, which the Gazette of Vienna had declared to be contraband. If that be so, a collier clearing the river Typm under a charter _ from a foreign Government, is subject at this moment to the penalty of misdemeanour, and to be indicted under the Act. The Act had reference to a vessel chartered by it foreign potentate, but n)t by a private indi vidual; but as an individual might be employed by a foreign Government to charter a vessel, the act was open to evasion." The hon. member very reasonably contended, therefore, that our municipal law should not be more stringent than that of the United States. and ',other civilised nations which left it to interna tional law alone to deal with any breach of the law of nations. The Shipping Interest of this country, under its present disadvantages, is not in a condition admitted, the to endure such unnecessary restrictions as are thus impsed account their inferiority The case was sinl more forcibly set forth by another hon. member—Mr. COLLIER, who main tained that if our merchants contravened .the law of nations, they would be dealt with by. the law of nations, but that it was most inexpedient' to interfere by a municipal law of our own in a manner in which otheij nations did not interfere with their shipping ; since by so doing we inflicted a burden on our ship ping from which that of other countries was free: And surely this is most unjust ; more especially after having stripped our Shipping Interest of all pro tectio'n against the ingenious operation of foreign transact, moreover, this mere prelude to the great drama, Napoleon III: has had ta violate the tradition of his uncle, and to throw upon his picked regiments the first onset and brunt of the contest. Relying with generally prophetic sagacity on the strength and impetuosity of his genius, it is well known that the first Emperor reserved his Guards to repair the spiteful tricks which the trusted goddess of his • destiny, fickle though believed in—" ludum insolentem ludere pertinax "—might play him. But the warrior nephew, with all his implicit faith in the " destiny," and the name, like a prudent hand, takes security beforehand against the caprice of his blind patroness, and uses all his resources to extort even a hard-won victory. The result is that he is now with a river in his rear, three formidable strongholds before him, and 200,000 enemies in his neighbourhood expecting the arrival of those extraordinary levies which are at this moment being picked up everywhere from among the best men of a military nation. It must be recollected, too, that after all these exertions of valour —this loss of life, these hard-won battles, these decimated regiments, and fields red with blood and carnage after all the swift enthusiasm of Imperial telegrams, and the imagina tive pictures of official bulletins—the Austrians are just in the advantageous position where, from the first, the best authorities anticipated they would have calmly waited the opening of the campaign. True, in their unexpectedly aggressive plans, they they have not hitherto shown themselves to very good advantage ; but with all the blundering of their first commander, and the constitutional tardiness of some of the subordinates, they have inflicted on the enemy a loss equal to their own. Though they have retreated from the positions upon which some think they ought never to have ad vanced, they are still masters of the impregnable situation which was always looked forward to as the great scene of the contest. Those facile writers, then, who had already amused themselves by apportioning the provinces of Lombardy, and arranging, by a stroke of the pen, the territorial limits of the new Ki gdom - of Italy, are as premature as they are ' imaginative All that the French had suffered yet appeared . los with scarcely any appreciable gain ; and we were disposed to doubt whether the Austrians had erred in tactics in inflicting upon their enemy this sanguinary delay. We do not think the soldiers of either France or Piedmont have gained any confi dence from. the closer knowledge of the stubborn foe they had still to• drive before them. The losses throughout the campaign have been nearly equal ; while with a smaller force, it is now universally Austrians, at Solferino, achieved greater execution than they suffered. Taking into think is a most significant fact; and almost warrants gerous lunatic abundance, and of superior quality. The hay harvest is rapidly progressing, the weather being peculiarly favour able for operations. We trust to see a full corn harvest also, as crops look well and promising at this time. OPEN AIR PREACHING.—Last evening, there was the usual large gathering of the lower classes of the community on the piece of waste ground near the Islington flags. They were harangued by several of the leaders of their class. Although there was much angry talk amongst them, and threats were freely banded from one to another, no actual violence took place. The majority of those assembled sported orange lillies in their coats, to show to what class they were connected. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INPIRMARY.—Return for the week ending July 9th, 1859. Admitted : in-patients, 41; out-patients, 34 ; surgical casualties, 40. Discharged : cured, 33; relieved, and at own request, 22; made out patients, 8 ; irregular, 2; dead, 1; remaining in the house, 162. For the ensuing week : Visitors, Messrs. Charles Wilson, and Laurence Peel, Esqrs. ; physician, Dr. Vose ; surgeon, Mr. Stubbs; house surgeon, Mr. T. S. Walker ; junior house surgeon, Mr. J. Allen; chaplain, Rev. H. J. Garrod, A.B. ; treasurer, Robert Hutchison. IRON-SHIP BUILDING.—We have again to record the loss of an iron steamer, the news having arrived of the stranding of the steam-ship Alma, in the Red Sea. Lord Lyndhurst in his able speech in the House of Lords, on Tuesday night, adverted to the Red Sea route as a way that might be cut off from England and her possessions in the East. This is only a ratification of the ideas, our corre spondent, Mr. John Clare, jun., made use of in his argu ments in favour of the Mastodonian steam-ships he has brought under the attention of Viscount Palmerston's Cabinet, and which he is now promulgating with the Government, so that a fleet of steamers of a superior con struction, class, and speed, shall be produced in accordance with his patents and views, on life-preserving principles.— Mining Journal. FEARFUL Row IN CHADWICK-STREET.—On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, a most fearful disturbance took place in Chadwick-street, off Great Howard-street, by which a female named Larkin received such a blow on the face that she will lose her eyesight, and several other parties had their heads broken. The row was occasioned entirely by the police-constable on duty (Davis, 711), who, from some cause or other, made a most violent attack upon the female, taking the jug from her hand, and smashing it on her face. Several parties went to her assistance, and a general row ensaed, the policeman using his truncheon indiscriminately upon the heads of all who came in his way. After a severe struggle the constable was secured, and placed in the main bridewell, and will this day be brought before the magistrates. The female and one or two others are in the Northern Rospital, severely suffering from the injuries they have received. 'TRANGE PROCEEDING ON THE PART OF A " SAINT On Saturday, a man without any coat, came up to . a large policeman, who was on duty near the Town-hall, and addressed him thus :---" I suppose, my good fellow, you think you arc greater than the Almighty!" The officer o gaveliim to understaed that he did not entertain such a in artillery, this we notion, whereon the man said, " Well, I am St. Peter, take that," at the same time giving the officer a tremendous blow on the side of the head, which knocked him prostrate on the ground. The officer got up and grappled-with the pugilistic representative of the Apostle, but again the latter prevailed, and knocked down the officer a second time, roaring out all the while that he was. St. Peter A strnggle again followed, but his Saintship required some six or seven powerful policemen to lodge him in the Main-bridewell• Of course the unfortunate man turned out to be a dan- TILE DREADNOUGAT.--Several times, during the past four years, we have recorded the almost flying passages of that truly noble and wonderful ship, the Dreadnought, between this port and New York, and • vise versa. Again we have to state another extraordinary run of this splendid ship, from New York to Liverpool, under the command of Captain Samuels, whose world-renowned fame is combined with the fainous vessel that he has commanded from her first trip up to the present time. The uniform success of the Dread nought, and the evenness of her voyages, prove two things —that a sailing ship can be built on principles that insure success, and that, when such a vessel has a scientific, prudent, and experienced captain (like Captain Samuels), there can be no doubt that a combination of both can command success and nearly combat the elements. The Dreadnought never had a chance voyage—she has always made her runs in about the same time, showing clearly that the captain knows his vessel, and can handle her to his liking —kilsing the work, as it were, in his own time. Her last passage from New York here, was accomplished in thirteen days, and, but for an extraordinary circumstance, she would have made the run two or three days sooner, thus maintaining the fame of her own sailing qualities, and the superior abilities of her respected commander, Captain Samuels. May both long enjoy their well won reputation. Mr Wm. Darton, Mrs Curtis and maid, Mr Gerard Terhoe4 Mr Geo. Nasson, Mr Wm. Stuart, Mrs Jason and maid, VI S. Quick, Mr Jno. Lindsay, Mr James G. Barbour, fit Surget and man servant, Miss Stout and maid, Dr G. g. Wortabet, Mr Jno. Payne, Mr Oliver Ankutele, Mr Michael Able, Mr Francis Hale. From 1/21ifax: —Major Sinai and lady, Mr C. Romans, Mr T. Kenney, Mr S. Mortat Mr C. S. Silver, Mr J. M'Murray and lady, Mrs and gi- 0 Campbell, Mr and Miss Rankin, Col. F. hurray and lady, Asst.-Corny. Gen. Napier, Mr Develier, Mr M. Talbot, Re' Mr Forling, Miss Hatntnond, Miss Smith, Col. Murray'` man-servant, Mr T. Davis, Mr XPICay. THE 12TH JULY.—THE ORANGE PROCESSION.—FOr the last few days a great deal of conversation, amongst certain classes, has been about the intended Orange procession to• morrow, and many rumours prevail regarding the proceed ings that are expected to take place. It is stated that the body will meet at the Dingle, outside the borough limit 4 and will proceed in procession to Wavertree, and its locali ties. We do not give credence to many stories that are in circulation relative to the body, but it is to be hoped that the persons who may join in the absurd demonstration will do so in a peaceable and sober manner ; and it is strongli and urgently recommended to other parties not to interfere with the processionists, but allow them to indulge in their humour ; for if men chose to abandon their work for a day to join in an unmeaning exhibition, no one has a right to interfere to prevent such folly. We trust the peace will be preserved, although, if credit be given to the reports afloat, such might not happily be the case. We understand that Mr. Sellers and Mr. Fowler, the two chief and efficient heads of the police in the county districts, are amply prepared with a force of constables sufficient to sup• press any disturbance, but we earnestly trust that no neces sity will arise for legal interference on the occasion. We understand that the Catholic clergy in the districts alluded to cautioned their flocks yesterday to keep aloof from the procession, and to strictly abstain from any word or act that would give occasion or excuse for anything irritating. It is stated that a " demonstration" will take place at Birken head, but this is not on good authority. Wherever such 3 demonstration may take place, we earnestly hope that there will be no reason to regret such afterwards. The " grand masters" of the Orange lodges in the north of Ireland have, issued orders strictly forbidding any processions this year, and such an example might be profitably followed here SOUTHPORT AND ITS ATTRACTIONS. —HANDBOOK TO SOUTHPORT. =—By David M'Nicoll, M.D. London : Arthur Hall and Co. ; Liverpool : Howell, Church-street; Soath-' port : It. Johnson.—lt is not long that wat lake districts have had the advantage of guide-books, the opinion that had they been equal in this arm —or had they not had these fortresses behind them as a derider resort —the issue even of Magenta had been different, and Solferino not so closely followed upon its heels. It cannot be doubted that the qualities which, in spite of defective generalship, and the more alert sagacity and greater readiness in availing himself of expedients, manifes- tech by the French Emperor, the Austrian soldiers have displayed,—such as stubbornness in the defen sive, unwillingness to accept a defeat, stability of discipline and complete self-command in the retreat, — are precisely those which would have told with most effea in the new position they have chosen, and whither the Allies were preparing to follow them. ,The character of aggressors is exactly that which best suits .the peculiar 'courage of the French army ; but the élan of the Zouaves, so resistless on the plains of Lombardy, would have encountered a very different test before the impregnable fortificationS which corn-. pose the world-renowned quadrangle. If Austria is continually rising, though she as often falls ; if her system possesses, as it is said, that perplexing ignorance ascribed by the First NAPOLEON to English soldiers —that it never - knows when it is - beaten —then if she had still been found unable to preserve the prestige of the quadrilateral, and the key of Italian despotism should have been wrested from her grasp upon the next turn of the :wheel, Europe would scarce have retained respect enough to" mourn over her discomfiture, While the people of England Would have rejoiced that even tyranny is so weak. - . . TOXTETH LITERARY ASSOCIATION.—The first soiree Of One consideration lent another hope to the future the members and friends. of this association was held on Friday evening last, a t th e A ssoc i a ti on ' s R ooms , Hill- s t ree t , of the -Aust r i an cause , name l y, that on each occasion corner of Park-road., Th e room , w hi c h was b eau tif u ll y on which she ha s com e f ace t o f ace w i t h h er enem i es decorated, was crowded. M r . F. A. L a th am , pres id en t , i n throughout this Campai gn , h er army h as su ff ere d less from mistakes in g enera l s hip. If exper i ence, takingthe chair, remarked on the i n f anc y o f th e associa which makes even fools w i se , h a l no t ava il e d to tion only four m on th s o ld - an d it s great success, t hi n ki ng suggest a little more tact to the generals of an old such a type of the desi r e o f th e young to ga i n i nte l lectual vigour. Mr. G. Lightbound deli vere d an a dd ress an P oe t ry, and respectable empire when pitt e d aga i ns t foes, which was much applauded. Mr. R. J. Woodburn read a -one of whom. she had already conquered, and the paper on "Courtesy." Mr. Wainwright's paper on " Riches" other is as unused to war as . . herself, we might have was very successful. Mr. Joseph Denton read a splendid given up her case as indeed desperate ; and all Europe paper on " Time," which met with a hearty reception. could have ventured to hope is, that her inevitable Mr. H. Ellis's paper on " Nousense"—which contained a fate may not involve Italy in the disasters of revolu- great deal of sense—caused roars of laughter. Mr. B. H. tionary anarchy, or the trammels of a worse than her Grindley delivered an eloquent address on " Chivalry." At own, because com.paratively aimless, tyranny, in which intervali, Messrs. Robinson, James Winsor, J.Williams, and the 'coup cretat of Paris, and the ruthless deportations Edwd. George delivered recitations. Mr. 11. M. Latham's to Algeria shall be faithfully imitated at Milan, or rendering of " Number One," in the dress of a confirmed tt ladiese spinster, w f a o s r wellthei their received. presence — not only oon thanksthis s w o e c r c e a spassedoccasion, b u t o t . ments depends on the issue of event s ; an d w h o Genoa, or R ome . W e k now th e unscrupu l os i ty of the child of circumstance whose fidelity t o engage also (which is a novelty i n Lit erary S oc i e ti es ) at t h e or di nary meetings —and to the chairman. During the evening the once, with some success,, taught France to lay the 'refreshment room was thrown open, when all the fruits of flattering unction to her soul, that the severest the season, and tea, coffee, and confections, were liberally excesses of arbitrary power were temporary expo- provided; and syllabuses , for , the nest session distributed. clients—the sharp- preparatives necessary for the The proceedings passed of with the greatest eclat " all final achievement of liberty ! ..: -; 2 , ~, -, i t ? , . present looking forward with pleasure to a happy re-union at the Christma soieee, which closes the nest session. ---,---. 0.--.-- LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. LIST OF PASCENCIERS per royal mail steam-ship Europa, du Leitch, from Boston and Halifax for Liverpool.— TIIE ouly Place in Liverpool for gentlemen to dine, as From Boston Mr and Miss Macnee, Mr and Miss VimseY, gentlemen should,—is at "The London," Clayton-square. Mrs M. Wilson, Mr and Miss Stout, Mr J. B. Andrews,, EvAxs's, UPPER DAWSON-STREET.—Messrs. Binnion and Mrs J. H. snow and daughter, Mr F. de Hautville. Mr F. Fuller, continue , their extraordinary : amusements, every Charlier, Master L. S. Andrews, Mr Thomas H. Eaton, evening, at this old-established and most popular concert- jun., Mr J. H. Burton and lady, St. J. C. Ketton, N.S.A., room in Liverpool. . Mr. Charles Day, Mrs Harvey, Miss Develier, .Dr. 11. N. ACCIDaNT ON SHIP-BOARD. —On Saturday afternoon, j Belt, lady, and sister, Mr S. Pirandello, Mr. 8.. W, Jones, a sailor,, named Richard Coleman, engaged on board the Mr A. W. Hoffman, Captain J. Chase, Dr D. B. Reid, Mr screw -steamer William Francis, while at his employment, B. O'Connell, Mr John Willis, Mr E. Surget, Mr C. Banas, fell into the hold of the vessel; and sustained several severe Mr and two Misses . Coleman, Mr George F. Totiim, Mr. contusions. He was removed to th e N or th ern Hospital, I Geo. Blackburn, Mr Juson and lady, Mr and Miss Hewitt, where he is favourably progressing. Mr Arch. Xeri, Captain Thomas Hodgson, Mrs Ewing, THE War authorities have ordered the useful little Mr N. D. Carlisle and lady, Mr Curtis and lady, Masters pamphlet issued •by the Royal National Life Boat Insti- Horatio, Edgar, Lewis, and Lawrence Curtis - and Alfred tution, on the management of boats in heavy sur f s and Greenongh, lion. G. S. Hillard, Mr If. II Richardson, Mr I broken waters, to be distributed in all the military libra- J. A. Ramville, Mr. Challinor and lady, Mr IL W. Sandford, ries at home and abroad. Thi s t h oroug hl y practised little IMr Jno. Dyke, Mr Ed. thdley, Dr Warren Taylor, Hon. book ought to be iL the h an d s o f every sea man and military Aeriasa Walker, Mr J. N. Hunan, Mr C. Smith, Mr D., E. officer: &lath, Mr J. F. Sclicpler, Mr Jno. Geddes, Mr THE *LTHER is now th e . 'Most favourable that we Hambruch; Mr James G. Rogerson, Mr John Munn, Mrs have had during th e season. The rural districts Tweed and two daughters, Mr Win. Currie, Mr W. Mr- . looking charming. Fruit and vegetably of All sorts are in j beck, Mr W. T, Buckley, Mr Thos. Sands, Mr Riekarby, competition But Ministers are evidently afraid of doing justice to our Shipping in this matter. If Parliament must proceed to remedy such a grievance whilst the present war, is going on, was the argument of the Homo Secretary, we should lay ourselves open to the charge of not observing our neutrality. But this need not be the case at all. Our Government would only have to renew, by Royal Proclamation, its strong injunctions against British subjects doing anything whatever in violation of that neutrality, whilst such unjust' and uncalled for restrictions: as those which now exist were no longer in force and if our Shipowners did anything against international law, let them, of course, take the consequence. British Shipping is now subject to an oppressive municipal law unknown to the United States, or to any other civilised nation ; and no fear of the dis pleasure of the French Emperor, or any other foreign Potentate, ought to prevent the immediate removal of such an oppression ---4, THE ARMISTICE AND THE QUADRILATERAL: WHATEVER be the real motive of the armistice of Villa-Franca, it is a delusion to loOk for it either in the ill-success of the Austrians, or in the affected " moderation" of Louis NAPOLEON. The former had given proof that they were enemies not to be despised, and, certainly we are as little disposed to believe, in, as the Austrians are to trust, the magna nimity of the latter. Nor is there language too strong to characterise. the insensate folly of the "leading journal," which ascribes the recent turn of events to the generous and benign consideration of a conqueror whose irresistible career nothing could have stayed but his own will or his own caprice. On the contrary, the campaign hitherto has conferred than prestige on the Allied arms, and all prudens men must think that it would better become an English writer to take a comprehensive view of the whole series of past events, than to bespatter his coltimns with the doubtful eclat of the French Emperor. little el As the Allies approached the famous Quadrilateral it is evident they began to scent the true nature of - the difficulties which awaited them. Already did the French seem to. pause for :th - e arrival of the . reinforcements which are pouring with stealthy but ill-disgliised haste into the battle-field of Italy. Notwithstanding the premature boasts of news paper sycophants, and warriors, intoxicated with a measure! of success, who have already learnt with national: facility the lesson of the First Empire "to lie like a bulletin "—Europe; atnused with 'the phantom of glory, knew and felt thai nearly every.: thing ;had yet to be done: Glory, as an end, is but an 112 tangible and fruitless pursuit ; and what more than a modicum of this remained to repay the -sanguinary - and disastrous losses of Montebello, Magenta, and Solferino This, after all, is- but an empty return far the decimatio n o f th e "Guides," and the all-but extinction of the Zouaves, whose exalted prestige need to inspire a whole army with unbounded confidence and resolution. To cross the Ticino, the allies had to win Palestro. Nor had they reached the left bank of the Mincio without leaving 'behind it almost another river of 'ibleod! And the object gained fbr the victorious and wearied soldier was to see before him the Vueatening fronty of Mantua and Verona, To written by authors of talent and repute. Up to a very recent period the literary character of a guide-book did not very much excel that of a racing- - and ill-written attempts at description of the mtural beau- ard. Vulgar to which the traveller's attention was invited, wearied the reader if possible even more than the dull inanity of what may be called its didactic passage; its analysis of the population and business of each hamlet, its explanations touching the best road and most comfortable inn, and to demesneS and pedigrees of all the squires in, the neighbour hood. Lately, however, we have had some specimens of a very different class. Some writer of talent and Public . spirit has occasionally felt suffiient interest in a locality to save it from the hands of professional guide-makers, and hotel-puffers Miss Martineau, for instanc visitors to the Lake country a guide-book, which, if not as full and minute as inferior volum will be prized as a valuable piece of literature, and a delightful companion, by every visitor of reading and appreciation. Something' of a similar task Dr. 111‘Nicholl has now executed f less famous indeed than . the glorious poetlegion, to whose celebrity Miss Martineau could not add: Oar own little plea sant, bright, - healthful Southport De. M'N'idiAl lies dCsabed; in a volume, of which every page tells that its author is a man of talent and a seholar. It tells all of Southport that the dullest of mechanical guides could point out, and it makes every detail interesting even to those not familiar with the spot by the attractions of thought and style. So?i lanters is the volume have a N le far beyond that which coald attach to any , mer graceful such, for instance, sea-bathing and the limitations within which it mist be availed of by invalids. The book also contains aeon history as those which are de oted to the uses o f of the various specimens of the animaVvegetable:Q fossil kingdoms which belong to the shores of Southport. In hied it exhausts in the fullest and best sense the subject which it hes taken up, and while it supplies the ordinary tourist, summer excursionist, or invalid, with all the infJrznation he can require, it will form an attractive and an instructive study to the cultivated reader, and may convey many a valuable suggestion to hundreds who have never seen, and are not likely to see, the pleasant little spot which it describes. We may add, as an unimportant point, that this little book is beautifully got up ; its typgraphy, and other external characters being such as would do credit to the foremost publishing house in the Metropolis. 410. - THE KEAN TESTIMONIAL TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir, Can you tell me why the public should be called upon to get up a testimonial to Mr. Charles Kean? Especially I should like to know why Liverpool people concern themselves about it, and why a local committee should be rendered necessary to enable us to transmit the expressions of our exhuberant rapture more promptly to , London ? Mr. Thos. E. Moss was a schoolfellow of Mr. Kean at Eton, and may naturally feel a pleasure in aiding a public honour to his friend. But what special cause have the other gentlemen of the local committee or the Liverpool people for joining in, the demonstration ? Mr. Caarles Kean is not a great actor. Hi haksperian performances are mouthing, gasping, teeth-grinding, snasm-working burlesques upon nature, passion, and Shakspere rendered no services to the English drama in his He has wteity of manager, unless it be , a service to convert '• King John," "Macbeth," the "Tempest," and other of its great Metes into magic-lantern raree-shows and blazing variegated crowded spectacles for country visitors to wonder at. Any original pieces his management has put upon the stage have been the feeblest and most inane samples of mediocrity Ile is not, I have heard, popular among the members of his own profession. But he has made a large fortune ; and if he'bas not served Shakspere, Shakspere has undoubtellrserved him. lie has also had the good f Intune to please the Times, whose dramatic critic is never tired of blowing the brazen trumpet of puffery in his favour. D:d you ever see a little sketch which was in circulation among dramatic people in London not very long since ? The vene represented Air. Kean seated in a money-office in the Princess's Theatre ; and to him enters a certain dramatic critic, who also does German translations, and writes small dramas. The critic brings a new piece, which the manager is supposed to accept. The critic (as we gather from the dialogue at the foot of the sketch) has asked a certain sum the generous manager doubles it ! " But," says the modest critic, "I fear, Mr. K., you over-rate my abilities ?" " Yes," replies the manager, with a meaning smile, "but hen, Mr. -, you know how long you have over-rated nine !" Various motives. therefore, may warrant men in feeling admiration for Mr. Kean. But those who were not at school with him, who are not likely to have farces purchased by him, who do not think him a great actor, who prefer Shaksperc without either musical or magnifying glasses, who do not want to have their names printed in the lists of the testimoniareoinmittee, and who have a gem fa! objection to humbug, may be excused if they restrain their enthusiasm on the subject—l remain, sir, yours, &c. PIIILISTER.