Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-04 00:00:00

tiamtuaritti Jates. THIS DAY. Tura LIAR, the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Bales Fine JUTE, ety.CArsauttanded.; lying in Campbell's, Gradwell-street.—Apply to Pieldea, Brothers, and Co., Merchants; or to J. H. RAYNER:and Co., Brokers. ma* PAT ' the 4th instant, a t T we l ve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 76 Bales Bombay HEMP. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers &WY gC IX, the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-streei., 10 Bales New JUTE, ex Garatilda. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers r/sv 531 On account of whom it may concern. . the 4th instant, at Half-past One o'clock precisely, Golding's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, ntity of Damaged Egyptian WHEAT and BEANS, aa, Stanley Dock.—Apply to J. and M. HARNETT, Brokers. )Av, the 4th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on the Quay, East side Brunswick Dock, G Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, „ CEDAR, Lately landed ex Dorothea, from Neuvitas. 4 Logs Cuba MAHOGANY, B Tons COCUSWOOD, lately landed ex Waybosset, from Santa Cruz, Logs YELLOW PINE, 24,957 Feet, 5 576 , ___ f P oAK, ELM I Quality PINE DEALS, 2nd PIPE STAVES —.. ~ 5.:100 Merchantable PUNCHEON' STAVES, 12 Cords HEMLOCK LATH WOOD, hipment, and now landing ex Sea King, from Quebec SPRUCE-and PINE DEALS and SCANTLINGS. 5 SPRUCE BOARDS. ly landed ex E. D. Peters, from St. John, N.B. will be added Quantities of American WALNUT, MAPLE, COCUSWOOD, and ROSEWOOD; also, - ls PINE and SPRUCE DEALS, Quebec OAK, D PINE, Pictou BIRCH, &c. On account of the Importers. es and further particulars apply to DUNCAN; EWING, and Co., Brokers. NEXT WEEX WDAT next, the• Bth instant, at TwelTe o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 2,764 Bales JUTE, ved ex Florence Nightingale, Prince's Dock.—Apply t• Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. MAY next, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 854 Bales GAMBIER, 50 Cases East India BORAX, 9 Bales Bombay MADDER ROOTS. T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. Av next, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, 210 Bags Fine SALTPETRE, ?,:t Florence Nightingale.—Apply to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. INCIIIMD AT next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 5,266 Bag,s Bengal LINSEED, 3,500 Pockets Ditto DITTO, 2,828 Bags Ditto RAPESEED, I ex Florence Nightingale, Prince's Dock. - Apply to Lomas and John Broeklebank, Merchants; or to T. and 11. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. I Tzt , t 31immes. T T1L414/SDAT next, the 10th instant, at Twelve-o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 1,500 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 200 Ditto RAPESEED, 100 Ditto MUSTARDSEED. F to T. and 11. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 1300 . Bags Bold Bengal RICE, 1,200 Bags Broken DITTO. T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers. wls, to ; tat /and. Doses. W;-: "RSDAY next, the 10th instant, at• One o'clock, at the rokers' Saleroom, 35, Dale-street, Liverpool, 02 Bales Austrian Army Clippings RAGS. JOHN L. BOWES & BROTHER, Wool Brokers, aNDIY next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 7Casks Cases ' African GUM COPAL, ex Maggie Walker, from Sierra Leone, in the Albert it houses.—Apply to Messrs. Burnett and Kidd, Mer tir to J. H. RAYNER & Co., Brokers. On si:tit. TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS, C.FLESYLIRE PHOSPHATE COMPANY have constantly ON SALE Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, awl walual4Pe fertilisers.-.-Samples and prices may be had at t3lTiscti 3, CABLE-STREET. aeca 1 —Lowa BEBINGTON. J R CAMERON , CIIRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, b 4, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. COLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, LLDRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, 4c, CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS, HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every satizday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Price INTARAI WINTER CLOTHING, TELE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGART. INVERNESS WRAPPERS. OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEX, SHIRTS RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS, MUFFLERS AND SCARFS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING TO CORRESPONDENTS, CT.' *dm- pm circumstances can we insert communications not asecompartieci by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily far publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—THIS DAY. ravrtrait 11.oTAL—Grand Comic Pantomime. VAS. AMPEITUEATRE—ERgIiSh Opera Company. SMILIII's CIRQUE VARlETE — Miscellaneous Attractions. `" PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. as' MENAGERIE Foot of Shaw's-brow. name HALL (Lime-street)—Ascent of Mont Blanc. ,TWIN HALL—Christy's Minstrels. particulars•see -advertisements on Sth page Mt&Niry ril)r litirtijPrn FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1859, THE DAY'S NEWS Yesterday-, Parliament was opened by her Majesty in person. The day was remarkably favourable for the proceedings. The sun was bright, the atmosphere clear and frosty, and the sky unclouded. Vast crowds of people were con grpgated in the streets through which her Majesty itimeeeded to the Houses of Parliament, and "It is needless to say that she was received lwitis vociferous cheering. The Queen's speech as the occasion r i are. . will be found in its proper be first ana is ti s i tated in the scriptures, the last shall is th e first last—so it is here, the subject ii.' Reform the 'Speech, wherein to in the final paragraph of is stated " attention shall be called to the stat u e Oiti laws which regulate the representation of the people said on in Parliament." This is all that is on the subject of Reform. The prosperous r ndition of the country is alluded to ; an success of Car arms in India calls forth an 210 gium on the British army for their deeds in t:ice far off land. 49afr foreign relations are very Majesty says :—" I received from all Her forei gn pawers assurances of their friendly f ee li ng cultivate and confirm those feeling, to m ain t ain s:° isyiolate the faith of public treaties, and to e tribute as far as my influence can extend totT - F is:servation of the general peace, are the obje c t s o f =v =IT unceasing solicitude." After a passing glance st the various treaties entered into since the (2514011160 n of Parliament, and a few words eon asstsdating this country on the abandonment of ithe free negro emigration scheme by the Emperor Na,poleon, the gentlemen of the House of Commons are unformed that the estimates for the ensuing will be submitted to t hem. " The y hav e = framed with due regard to economy, and the efficiency of the public service." '• la the House of Lords, the Earl of Winchelsea 31 4grred the address in reply, which Lord Ravens iroirth seconded ' .and after some few rema rks from 164 . G ranville,._'' who,. characterised the lonian. difficulty as an " unfortunate affair," the address was agreed to. In the House of Commons the address was moved by Mr. Trefusis, and seconded by Mr. Beecroft, which was agreed to. The treaties of 1815 was alluded to, after which the House separated. Anew writ was moved for Galway in the House of Commons last evening. We understand that Mr. J. 0. Lever , of Man chester, the projector of the North Atlantic St eam Navigation Company, is a candidate for the borough. Th e continental news continues of a most warlike' character. The artillery of the army of Lyons has been placed on a war footing. The pamphlet entitled, " Napoleon 111. and Italy," is expected to have all the characteristics of a manifesto of the Government. The Emp eror himself is believed to be the author of numerous paragraphs. The determination to protect Italy is said to be unmistakably though indirectly expressed. A rumour is current in Paris that the King of Sardinia is about to marry a sister of the Emperor of Austria, the widow of the Duke of Luchendary. If this is the case, how will it effect the war prospects ? A us t r i a , F rance , an d Sardinia would then be related t o eac h o th er by marriage. We are in receipt of three days' later news from the United States by the arrival of the steamer North America, yesterday. In the Senate Mr. Lennard -had introduced a bill authorising the Postmaster General to enter, into an arrangement for the conveyance of mails from New York to Liverpool, or Southampton, at the rate of $12,500 average per voyage. A vessel had been seized at New London, on a charge of being a slaver. Another of those ungentle manly and disgraceful affairs between members of Congress, had taken place in Washington. The Hon. George Taylor and Mr. George Waldon of the House of Representatives, had been in collision, and struck each other with umbrella and stick respectively. The President had informed the Senate that no correspondence between the United States and Mexico, respecting the purchase of Cuba, had taken place further than that which had already been laid before Congress. General Santa Anna has been chosen president of the Venezuelan Republic. The Brazilian Mail steamer Avon has arrived at Lisbon, from whence we have a telegraphic epitome of the news. The expedition against Paraguay had arrived at Monte Video, but as the United States had accepted the mediation of the Brazilian government, it was hoped that the diffi culty would be settled. The Brazil, Monte Video, and Argentine Confederation had signed a treaty at Rio Janeiro. We are in possession of details of Australian news to the 15th Dec. from Melbourne, and Dec. 10 from Sydney: A despatch from Lord Stanley had been received at Sydney, stating he had advised her Majesty to withhold her assent from the St. John's Catholic College Bill, in consequence of some assumption of title in the preamble of the bill, on the part of his Grace Archbishop Folding. The bill has received the assent of both Houses of the Local Legislature and of the Governor-General, and resolutions were moved in the House involving first questions of procedure as to religious sects in the Colony, wherein it was affirmed, among other things, that any interference of Lord Stanley with the Acts of the Colonial Parliament was unconstitutional, but on three several times on which resolu tions to this effect were moved, the House was counted out. A meeting of the shareholders of the Western Bank of Scotland was held this week, at which a report from the liquidators was read, and approved of. It is exactly a year since the liquidators entered upon their duties, and the results of their labours have been so far satisfactory. The total obligations of the Bank, when it stopped on the 9th of November, 1857, was nearly nine millions. At the time the liquidators were appointed, on the Ist of February, 1858, the amount was reduced to £6,351,000 ; and now, at the end of a year, the liabilities outstanding do not exceed £1,770,000; towards which there are funds in hand amounting to £474,000 ; thus leaving a balance of £1,296,000 still to be provided for from unrealised assets and arrears of calk It is, how ever, most satisfactory to learn that this balance of liabilities will be eventually met without having recourse to any further demand upon the unfortunate shareholders. At the Health Committee meeting yesterday, it was reported that the deaths last week rose to 272 against 232 the previous week, and 254, the corrected average of the corresponding week the previous ten years. The proceedings of the Workhouse Committee will be found reported at length. A number of dishonest shopkeepers were yester day fined for keeping illegal weights and measures. Their names will be found in our 'police intelli gence. THE QUEEN'S SPEECII SPEECHES from the Throne, on the opening of the Parliamentary Session, are never very satis fying to the public curiosity, or relieving to the public anxiety ; and the Speech of her most gracious Majesty which we were enabled to give in a Third Edition yesterday, within a few minutes after it fell from the Royal lips, is scarcely an exception to the general rule. It communicates but little beyond what was, or might have been, looked for ; and even what it does inform us of, upon the subjects expected to be introduced to the notice of Parliament and the country, goes but slightly, if at all, below the surface of the matters in question. Still it is, upon the whole, perhaps, satisfactory. It congratulates, it promises, and it assures. And what more, under the cir cumstances of this country, and of the world, could one in reason require in a Queen's Speech, which is purposely prepared to be as indefinite as it can, to be of the nature of a Royal Message at all ? Its opening paragraph itself, were there nothing more, is full of satisfaction—as far as it goes. " I am happy to think," says her Majesty, " that in the internal state of the country there is nothing to excite disquietude, and much cause for satisfac tion and thankfulness. Pauperism and crimp have considerably diminished during the past year, and a spirit of general contentment prevails." Cer tainly this were something—we will not say worth knowing, because we knew it, or might have known it, before ; but it is something worth being assured of,—and it is pleasant to think, as one cannot but do under such an assurance, that a Session which it is hoped will be devoted to the consideration of some of the most important matters that could engage the attention of Parliament, thus opens under such favour able, such encouraging auspices. Next in interest, as a subject of congratulation, is that our British Queen, and now our Indian Empress also, should be in a position to declare to her Parlia ment and her people,—" The blessing of the Almighty on the valour of my troops in India, and on the skill of their commanders, has enabled me to inflict signal in arms a ga i nst my still chastisement upon those who are have ventured to encounter authority, m whenever and trustthey y for ces; that, at no distant pe • 110 I may be able to announce to you the complete pacification of that great Empire, and to devote my att • ention to the improvement of its condition, and to h t oblitera, tion of all traces of the present unhappy conflict." This, it is true, like the other, we had already had the opportunity of acquainting ourselves with ; but it is most satisfactory to be re-assured of it. Then the assurance that our foreign relations are all in aivamicable condition, and that there will be an increasing' solicitude to cultivate and confirm friendly feelings, to maintain inviolate the faith of public treaties, and to contribute as far as the influence of her Majesty's Government can extend to the preservation of the general peace. Other public treaties, we are reminded, have been concluded,—one with the Sovereigns who were parties to the Treaty of Paris 9f 1856, respecting Moldavia and Wallachia ; another relating to our commerce with Russia ; another for friendly intercourse with China ; and another, to a similar purport, with Japan. Still another, also, is on the tapis, we learn, with the Emperor of the French, respecting the discouragement of the slave-trade, the partial revival of which had become so imminent under the guise of a compulsory negro emigration from the coast of Africa,—a system which her Majesty has much satisfaction in announcing the Emperor of the French has abolished. Returning to our domestic concerns,—the Com mons are, as usual, assured that the estimates for the ensuing year "have been framed with all due regard to economy, and to the efficiency of the Public Service." And then an intimation is broadly, and perhaps not unreasonably given, that the "reconstruction of the British Navy, is rendered necessary by "the universal introduction of steam power into naval warfare,"—to say nothing of other and more ticklish causes, of which there will be plenty,—and they will be expected to vote liberally, " for an object of such vital importance as the maintenance of the maritime power of the country." Then follows an allusion to the " various measures of legal and social improvement,' to which the labours of Parliament have been so usefully directed in recent Sessions, as introduc tory to an intimation that Bills will be submitted of further reforms, of a similar character,—such. as, for assimilating and. amending the laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency; for comprehend ing, in one set of classified statutes, with such _ modifications as experience will suggest, the laws relating to crimes and offences in England and. Ireland; and for enabling the-owners ofland in Eng land to obtain an indefensible title to their estates and interests, and for the simple and secure regis tration of such titles. And then,—last but not least ; nay rather in the present anxious anticipation- of the country, greatest of all,—comes..the all-absorbing subject of Parliamentary Reform. Its introduction is modestly, yet deliberately made. " Your atten tion will be called to the state of the laws which regulate the representation of - the people in Parlia ment, and I cannot doubt but that you will give to this great subject a degree of calm and impar tial consideration proportionate to the magnitude of the interests involved in the result of your• discussions." Such are the terms—calm, discreet,. yet, let us hope, earnest, in which this question of questions is, by Her - Majesty, introduced to the notice of her Parliament. More might have been said,—and with great propriety, indeed, the Speech might have opened with such a subjeet— " this great subject," as her Majesty so truly styles it. But n'importe. Attention is to be called to it ; it is to undergo, let us hope with her Majesty, a " calm and impartial consideration." It is not said, as in the other cases, " I have desired. that a Bill be submitted to you without delay," for amending " the laws which regulate the represen tation of the people in Parliament ;" for the proba bability is that Ministers will not incur the responsibility of a Bill of their own, in, the first instance, but proceed by Resolutions.. But be the mode of proceeding which it may, let us hope that on so all-important a subject both Lords and Commons will indeed exercise their deliberate judgment ; and, with her Majesty, let us " firmly pray that their councils may be so guided as to ensure the stability of the throne, the maintenance and improvement of our institu tions, and the general welfare and happiness of the people." ;stllDt THE NORTIIER,N TIMES FRIDAY, FEIMU.A.RY 4, 1859 UNIVERSITIES FOR TIIE POOR THE question was asked by Cardinal WISEMAN, in his Lecture on Practical Education here, last week,—" Why should there not be Universities for the poor ?" Now, we are certainly not of those who can see any reason why there should not : on the contrary, we see several very powerful reasons why there should. We see a very powerful reason, for instance, why there should be such institutions, in the fact that, just because there is so much neglect in the education and training of the poor, is it found necessary to have such extensive Penal Penitentiaries and Reforma tories for them after they become criminal. These are schools ; although they are unhappily, at the same time, places of punishment : educa tional and penal institutions, to do that for them, alas ! as criminals, which ought to have been done for them when they were innocent children. The country expends about half a million of money annually on its criminals ; and they amount, in the course of the year, to very nearly half a million of prisoners —men, women, and children,—including about twenty-three thousand known thieves twenty thousand vagrants and tramps, twenty-four thousand prostitutes, and forty-six thousand suspicious characters ; and most of them, could their histories be known, in all probability those whose childhood and youth had been so neglected as to have naturally developed into the criminal courses which had conducted them to the prisons and penitentiaries where their numbers were reckoned up. Of a single year's commitments, we learn, nearly two thousand were children under twelve years of age ; upwards of t en thousand were between twelve and sixteen ; and about thirty thousand were between sixteen and twenty-one. Here, then, are between forty and fifty thousand children and young people arrested as criminals in a single year. And we will be bound tn say, that the average expense of dealing judicially and penally with them; would be quite as great as would have been the average cost of educating and training them to be virtuous and respectable members of society. As a question of pounds, shillings, and pence, therefore, it would obviously be to the advantage of the country to have —if not Universities for the poor, yet certainly schools of such a character as would give them a moral and religious training, which must have a very great effect in restraining them from their criminal courses, the pursuit of which by so many thousands as are given in the criminal statistics of the country, is not only so enormous an expense, but so dire a curse to the nation. Well might the Cardinal ask; "if it was not a reproach to the age, that if you wanted to get a boy a practical education for some future remunerative and respectable class of life, the best thing you could do for him would be to make a criminal of him, and put him into a Reformatory ?" This very view of the case, then, is just that in which it is presented in its most naked truth. We have no such means in operation for practically and usefully educating the youth of the poorer classes whilst they are free from crime, as we have after they have made some progress in a course of crime That is to say. we take little or no "pre- cautions with them against crime, but reserve our means until after our neglect has made them criminals ! Well might it be asked again, there fore, " Would it not be worth while then to try the experiment of prevention, and do what would have the effect of saving thousands And even £20,000,000 could not be better bestowed than in this way. It would be equally beneficial to spend ing the same sum in emancipating at least the slaves in the colonies; preventing, as it would, a future generation being over-run by a stream of youths made more acute in their vice and more dangerous to society." It is impossible to scan those immense buildings which have been erected in different parts of the country as Reformatories and Penitentiamies, without a strong feeling of regret that they had not been provided for those who are to inhubit them, not when they had become criminals,• but long before, and for the purpose of preventing them becoming such, Noble erections, some of them are : and they would have made magnificent schools for the poor—Universities, if you like : not of course, Universities, as seats, of learning —not as places where all the arts and faculties are taught and studied; but where such of them as were fitting for the industry of the country, and such of thetn, the aeqpisition of which would make thou sands and tens of thousands useful and honourable members of society who , are now its greatest bane How infinitely more pride - and satisfaction would one not have in pointing-out to& foreigner visiting our country such evidences of its wealth, and of its readiness to appropriate it liberally to purposes of social reformation, if one could only state that they were designed to prevent crime, rather than to. punish, or even to arrest it after it got formi dably ahead ? But, as it is,. the foreigner naturally asks,. " Where are your institutions for so training and educating these classes, of your youth as to prevent their being the criminals they must unhappily have become to entitle them to be the inmates of those extensive and costly reformatory establishments ?" And one is reduced to the humiliating necessity of aclatowledging, such is the nation's fatuity, that its care and cost are mainly reserved to be bestowed upon the youth of the poor when the country's. neglect has brought them to the bar of justice, and made them the prisoners of our gaols, instead of primarily and principally directing it to the provision of such educational and training facilities for their special behoof, as might have the effect, in no long time, if properly applied, of rendering those Reforma tories and Penitentiariesaltogether unnecessary ! BOSTON ELECTION—Theo appointment of Mr. W. H. Adams, M.P. for Boston, to , the vacant recordership of Derby, rendered it incumbent on the hon. gentleman to solicit re-election at the hands of his constituents, by whom he is deservedly respected. The election took place yesterday (Thursday), and Mr. Adams was re-elected without opposition, }Tawas well received, and made an able speech. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. CRESCENT CHAPEL LITERARY SOCIETY.—This society hold its usual weekly meeting in the sehool-rooms, William Henry-street, on Wednesday evening last, when Mr. Josiah Smith, the secretary, read an essay, entitled, " Robert Burns, as a man and a poet ;" in which he eulogised the manly character and poetic genius of the bard. . MA.NAGEM.ENT OP THE NECROPOLIS.—A meeting of parties owning graves in the Necropolis, was held in the chapel attached to that Cemetery on Wednesday, for the purpose of appointing three of their body to hold seats on the new committee of management during the ensuing year, Mr. King presided, and the gentlemen appointed were —Mr. William Henderson, Church-street; Mr. Thomas Corkhill, Brunswick-road;, and Mr. Andrew M'Bride, Richmond-row. CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The fortnightly meeting of this association was held in the Royal Institution, last night.. Mr. H. S. Evans presided, Mr. J. W. Nichol. son, of Oxford-street, was elected a member of the society. Mr. Thomas Nicholson was also elected a member. Three numbers of the Medico-Cltirurgicat Journal were presented to the society, by Dr, Nevins ; the 48th part of " Muspratt's Chemical Dictionary," by Mr. Wright; and the Pharmaceutical Journal, for the present month, by Mr. Bell. The paper for the evening. was by Dr. Nevins, " On the Internal Administration of Medicines in a state of vapour." WEST DERBY UNION.—The weekly meeting. of this board was held on Wednesday, Mr. H. Edwards in the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. Abrahams, Wensley, Heyes, Stnith, Shaw, Ledger, Stone, Kirkus, Roberts, Roscoe, Taylor, Isaac Edwards, and Parkin. In accordance with the recommendation of the hospital committee, Mr. William Hall was appointed master of the hospital, at a salary of £5O a year. Mr. Kirkus moved that Mr. Thomas Moore, of Bristol, be appointed assistant master (or bookkeeper) and porter, at £BO per annum. Mr. Abrahams seeonded the motion. Mr. Smith moved, as an amendment, that the guardians merely appoint a potter. Mr. Shaw seconded the amendment. After some discussion, the amendment was put, and lost, and it was agreed that the appointment be made, provided Mr. Moore's testimonials were found satisfactory by the visiting committee. This was the only business of any importance before the board. EXTRAORDINARY RUMOUR. —TIRE BRIGHTON BOARD ING-SCHOOL CASE.—An extraordinary rumour prevailed through Liverpool for the last two days, lad, without attaching any more value to it that: to rums ars generally, and by no way vouching for its authenticity, we merely give it as an on dit of the day. It has been so much spoken of that we cannot any longer avoid alluding to it. The story . goes that one of the " unfortunate young ladies" is of Liverpool, and that her position in society is of the first class. She is said, too, to be of an age when (to quote Shakespeare), "Younger than she, are happy mothers made." Her personal appearance is stated to be very attractive. We shall say more on that point. The story goes that she, is likely, in a short time, to become a mother, bxt whether happy " or not, is oqujecture. The most curious portion of the tale (if any portion be true) is, that the lady has just been united in matrimony to a gentleman who has, along with her, received some " twenty thousand charms," in the shape of sovereigns, ,as a dowry. We tell the tale as it was told to us, but, as it s correctness. remarked, without in any way vouching for correctness. • HISTORIC SOCIETY. —At the usual weekly meeting of this society, held last evening, the Rev. Mr. Ramsay occupied the chair. The secretary announced the following donations to the society :—" Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic - Ngociety of Chester," from the society. " History of the Parish of Waterbeach," by W. K. Clay, 8.D., vicar, from the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. " Buletin de la Societe Archeologique de l'Orleans," No. 30. Mr. George Leslie, of 133, Upper Parliament-street, was elected as a member of the society. The paper for the evening was on " The Poems of Oisin," by Professor Connellan, of the Queen's University, Ireland. The Chairman read the paper, the object of which was.to prove that Oisin was of Irish birth and parentage, and to show that.the words "Scot" and "Scotia" were originally Irish; and this was borne out by the inhabitants of the Highlands speaking the same language as the Irish, and a people who, he said, were from the same country. A conversation ensued the reading of the paper, after which the members separated. MR. BARKER'S PAINTING OF 6 ' WELLINGTON CROSSING THE PYRENEES."—There is at present on exhibition in Mr. Isaac's Art Union Rooms, Castle-streeet, a painting, by Mr. T. J, Barker, which can hard fail to awaken interest in the mind of every Englishman who looks upon it. The subject of the painting is the crossing of the Pyrenees by Wellington, in 1813. Accompanying the hero, whose figure is the principal of the group, is another soldier, whose name possesses an interest pecu liarly fresh, and, it must be added peculiarly melancholy to England—Lord Fitzroy Somerset, then aide-de-camp of the Duke of Wellington, and since then celebrated and lamented as Lord Raglan. The faces of these illustrious men appear to be strikingly correct as portraits, while as a mere historical group, there is the spirit and life-like • apparent, which belong especially to Barker's paintings. There is very much the picture to command attention. and admira tion quite apart from the historic interest which rigour Mr. must attach to the incident it illustrates, and the forms it presents to our eyes. The other figures , of the group —in especial those of the' barefooted mountaineers who lead the horses—are full of spirit and animation • and the mountain scenery, the gorges and torrents at the left of the figures, and the purple beaks in the background, form a striking and beautiful frame-work, kr which the descending warriors and their companions are. set. No one can visit the picture without feeling gratified that he has had an opportunity allowed him of observing an 4 admiring it. TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN TOBIN, OY THE DONALD MACKAY. TO CAIrT. T. J. TOBIN, BHA DONALD MACKAY Off the Mersey, Jan. 31st, 1859 Dear Sir, We, the undersigned Passengers of your ship, having now almost completed our voyage, feel bound, before separating, to convey to you our warm and heartfelt thanks for the unvarying kindness, con stant attention, and gentlemanly bearing you have evinced towarda us since we have had the pleasure of being under your charge, as commander of this noble ship. We shall' always bear feelings of sincere esteem towards you, for - the readiness and liberality with which. you have at air times met our requirements, and en deavoured to condnce to our amusement and happiness. We regret exceedingly, on your account, that calms and' contrary winds have so largely prevailed since we left Melbourne, and• lbngthened our voyage beyond antici pation ; but we gladly bear testimony to the unwearied diligence and constant care you have exercised in the management of this, the largest clipper-ship in the world. To Mr. Morris, and the other officers, as also to Dr. Macintyre, we beg; through you, to convey our warmest acknowledgments and.sincere thanks for the kindness and constant attention we have at all times experienced from them, coupled'with our best wishes. for their future success. _ __ _ With these feelings we now reluctantly bid you fare well. May every blessing attend you wherever you go; and when you retire- from your arduous profession, may you meet with that comfort and happiness in the bosom of your family which we feel you so richly deserve. Signed by M. Jacobs; J. Maclaine Laser, E. Jacobs, G. Rapheal, W". Crisp, Mrs. Crisp, Ralph Buckley, W. Cullen, Mrs. Michie;,John Rutledge, Robert Colley, Mrs. Colley; T. Dean, JoSeph.Martin Mrs. Martin, Hamilton Downe Gundry, Jane Mary Walters, James Seymour, A. D: Lawless, Alex. Stewart, M.R.C.5.1., Mrs. Stewart, Win. Gurney, Win. Henry Gibbons, Win. Bond, Joseph Little, T. H. Sharge, Thomas Harwood, Mrs. Harwood, Wm. Kirkwood, George Pobjoy, It. Macdonald, James Patterson, Hugh Arthur, Nicholas Martin ' M'Galvin, Francis M. Keeley, Henry Peard, Elizabeth Baird, Julia Dawes, Mariet, Bklletti Ambrogir, Guiseppe Bertholi, Mrs. Hyland, Charles Block, Henry- Klisch, Charles Ellroll, N. MacLeod, Frippani Luigi, James M'Culla, • and Miss Dean.. Liverpool, Feb. 2, 1859 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, —I beg to acknowledge the complimentary testimonial that you have been pleased to. honour me with, and to assure you that the highest gratification that can be conferred upon the commander of a ship. is,. to. receive the unanimous and unqualified approval and praise of his fellow passengers. It has ever been the study of my life, sinee first I held my present responsible office, to ensure the comfort and happiness of those whose lives have been committed to my charge ; and when this desirable end has been attained and attested too, my anxieties are fully compensated, and my pleasure few can appreciate. ram painfully conscious that my thanks would be tar too, inadequate, too feeble, to convey to.you those deep feelings of my heart, that your flattering approbation of my conduct has awakened ; but believe me, that I shall long- cherish the recollection of your kindness with that fervour and tenacity which no clime,, no distance, can ever obliterate.--. Yours, very. sincerely, T. J. TOBIN. TOXTETH BOARD OF GUARDIANS The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held yesterday, in the Board-room, of the public offices, Park road. The Guardians present were —Thontas Urquhart,, Esq., (chairman), Alexander Miller, John Moss, John Wilson, William Johnson, Joseph Wilson, J. B, Hughes, M. A. Johns, Samuel Siddely, Henry Leyland, William, Ldyland, and John Rogers, Esqs. The Guardians proceeded, to the relief of paupers. The Report of Mr:. Gough, house governor of the West Derby Workhouse, showed that the- number. of inmates belonging to. Toxteth-park district was. 374.. A cheque amounting to £1.20 was drawn for the relief of out-door paupers. A case prepared for counsel was read, the purport of which was to consider whether the medical officers had a right to continue their services after being noticed by the clerk, or to, resign in accordance with, a resolution passed by the Bnard. The ground on which the. officers protested against the notice was that they had entered upon a second year before receiving notice to. resign, The Chai.rinita said, the question was, whether notice could be given at any other time than, at the end of the year. Mr. Wilson, said., with all respect to. the. clerk, he wished to know what was the duties of the clerk in the natter. Fie saw in the specified duties that the clerk was to attend to all orders and directions of the poor law Board of Guardians. From that, he would say that it was the duty of the clerk to, have made the medical officers. acquainted with the reaolation an the day on. which it was made. The Chairman wished to. know. intr. Wilson had artot motion to bring forward. _ _ _ The Clerk said, that even had he written to the medical officers on the day on whioh the reslolution was passed, it would not hare• reached them till the next day, and consequently they would have commenced a, new year. Mr. Moss moved that the case for counsel me sent up to London forthwith. Mr. Rogers seconded the motion. Mr. Hu - glies tnoved an amendment, that the case be not sent up, but that the officers be contimmd as medical officers, and he gave notice of motion to that effect for that day week. Mr. Moss said he was very glad that Mr. Hughes was obliged to hold over his motion for a week. If any circumstance could convince him that they were right as a medical committee, in having the matter investigated, it was what had come up before him that morning. When the medical certificate were placed in his hands he took occasion to ask the parties that the doctors said they had visited, whether they had been visited or not, and in no less than twelve instances he found that Dr. Gilmour had certified to have visited where he had never been at all. He thought it a monstrous thine", that these men should be paid a salary of £2OO a-year for work which they never performed, but which was done by assistants at from £4O to 150 a-year, Ile had made a charge against one medical officer, but the others he would compliment for the manner in which they had done their duty, especially Mr. Barratt and Dr. Whittle. He had asked their patients and had been informed that these gentlemen had visited them upon all occasions. He thought it would, therefore, be well to send the case to London forthwith, and that the certificates be referred to the medical relief committee for enquiry, and that the committee should report upon the matter to the board. Mr. Rogers seconded the motion, w l- ,l c h, upon being Vat, was carried. This ended the publie business, THE LATEST NEWS. AUSTRIA TRIESTE, Wednesday. Advices have been received from Corfu to 29th January. The 'lonian Parliament, after having unanl mously declared for union with Greece, passed 9 resolution to elect a parliamentary committee, for the purpose of considering what further measure 9 should be taken. Mr. Gladstone, in consequence, addressed . 9 message to the Parliament, stating that tbl resolution was contrary to the constitution, en advising that the committee beinerely empowerev . . to address a petition to the Queen of Great Britaill' THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, JaTY. 29, The members of the lonian Parliament have handed over to Mr. Gladstone the address of tl* 7 committee to the Queen, with the request to 11 before the great powers their desire for union W it Greece. TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 20. According to advices received from Jassy, 5 political conspiracy, with a Russian tendency, ha 9 been discovered and frustrated. The statement made by some French journals , that the English Consul had protested, in an interview with the Viceroy - of Egypt, against the projected Suez canal, is false. ME PARIS BOURSE, PARIS, 'Feb: I 17 p.m. ,The Bourse opened rather firm, Ull` with very little doing, Rentes 68 35. 2 VI p.m. The speech of Her Majesty a t the opening of the English Parliament has producea a fall, and Rentes are now 6& 34. 3 30. The Bourse closes very flat, and a further fall of per Cent. has taken place. Rentes , 67 40 for Money, and 67 55 for Account. Foil!, and a half per Cent, Rentes for money, 96 s v' Bank Shares, 29f. AUSTRALIA. We have received from Malta, in anticipation of the mail, files of papers from Melbourne to the 17th of December and Sydney to , the 10th of Decenv ber The following is an epitome of the news t° VICTORIA POLITICAL .—AB was fully anticipated, the re" auction in the proposed number of members, an the consequent alteration in the proportion 0 ' representatives allated to the digging and urb° ll , constituencies, hack the effect of neutralising much of the opposition felt to the measure in the- Lego lative Council, where its third reading W as ultimately agreed to without division.. Some amendments, of more or less importance, were pr'r posed in its details. The division of the metrepolit iol constituency into several separate districts Acn ° objected to, but, after considerable discussion, th e bill was allowed to remain, irt this respec t ' unaltered. A proposal was submitted to &ran; chise the Melbourne University, allotting . it 01 1 , 5 representative in Parliament as soon as ,'L graduates- should reach a certain number, but tsY was rejected, on division, by a large majoriti; The only actual alteration effected has been t" separation of the South Melbourne- district ill ,„ '""; two- distinct constituencies, to return o n a member. each. Among the subjects deeni sufficiently pressing to call for an i n ; mediate settlement is the question of" mining °.„, private property . The state of the colonial l ar a on this subject is at present most anomalous, an . the legality whi ch the contracts entered into,. by u . ,, c the owners of land's purchased from the Ck°'',.;f have conceded to private persons the- right L extracting auriferous deposits from their lan e l has•long been a fertile source of public qua rrel and legal conflict - . A large number of these CI; tracts are at this: moment in practical, force. some instances the title of the persons in. w ll° favour they have been made has been% disputvit with violence. Altogether the subject is one whi c has occasioned great irritation, as well as- uncer tainty of tenure. The Solicitor-General introduced a Bill for the removal' of - those dip.' eulties.. THE GOLD FIELDS.—From the summary in the lbourne Argits;we take the following : ae r It i s every day becoming more evident that the larbi o the capital investeciiimnachinery and the o th era djunct n ,s, 0 systematic mining the greater will be the returns. more powerful the machinery the more• economieallY, the quartz be crushed; and the greater the power apPil'ut and the greater the facilities for removing and washing ° A _ in large quantities the earth from old abandoned grono, and alluvial soil too poor to pay for workiiagby hand label; alone, .by so much will the profitable field. of labour b proportionally extended. At the Clunes- works every o fr. e ' i shaft sunk; and every addition to th,e machinery, recla!,.., the employment of more hands, and' increases the i s dads of the shareholders. - Nor is their- any fear of t' l i o particular mine being exhausted by these addition; a the working power; for the more the works are e xtefl the more does there appear to be of the material to is operated upon. Only a few days- since a new ' c o . of quartz,' of considerable thickness, and most Pin bably of great extent, was accidentally struck_ t h running a- drivr across the Company's ground N`.' es . quite another object in view, andwhich pronlbe, to give a larger average yield: •of gold than ce s4: quartz upon the working of which the sa c of the Company has hitherto been founded. Syste' n surf3ce' tic mining, at a sufficient depth from the has, in this one spot, proved the existence of an Ow mous amount of wealth, which can be most profi tAv ia extracted by using the requisite means ; and, if in such abundance lies buried. where the supelMi l , indications offer so little encouragement for the foo l e what may- we not expect ° to find whera'e quartz near the surface contains twice and, times the. proportion of gold to the ton ? however, be needless, for' some time to come, to,oltP e p, labour and money i n s ea r ching after these hidden r e i e n i as plenty to employ the mining population fAr 11 ';03 years have been already opened up, and every, daY 3 is to o:wit-number. No discovery of especial importaec e t y alluvial ground has been made since the finding of o e deep load at Indigo, but from all parts of thecountil have accounts of the clicovery of new quartz: veins, s° o s of them giving promi se o f grea t r i c h ness . I n the 0 i ' O , district, where, in consequence of the distance from t' t , 4 l,, but little crushing- machine r y h as b een , y e t erce,:otr several reefs, with most promi s i ng i n di ca ti o ns, ";,"% been lately found, and are now being worked in 50 651 '0 tion of machinery being soon on the ground. ° Li " the gold fields there is a growing tendency towards Irgt settled habits, and an increasing disposition on theF,pr of the miners to render this a more- steady and rer ni o pursuit, so that when- leases can be obtained, wenftlit expect to see this class avail tUmse/ves largely °, l tb° advantages to be derived from, 34 fixity of tenure, 811- (01 4 right to take up an extent o f groun d th a t will mite occupation for years to each company or co-DP e '' association. LABOUR MARKET.---During the last week or 4o t the general labour market has been in a b e 'ot condition. The demand for men suitable for 1 0 kinds of country work has much increased ;3 be there are more men unemployed than show p 0 idle at harvest time. If the w eat h er continue for changeable through the season as it has been to to some weeks past, the f armers w ill b e oblige employ a greater number of men than us ual, il d i e in this case, all wh o are ca p a bl e o f ass i s ting i ii „ e cl• harvest-field or stack-yard will soon be eng% o tp The immediate prospect for tradesmen 15 n or however, so good ; many cannot obtain work is there a prob a bilit T of any sudden deinan skilled workmen arising. COMMERCIAL. In the money market there has not been any l r rell t ment whatever. Money has been plentiful at the c u t' et' rate of interest for advance on mortgage. For ° °ln tttci r cial purposes the banks have been cautious jo advances, but the returns issued of the average „ b ll O, done by the eight establishments carrying on , ur. - c o` . during the third quarter of the year do not gil at io* denoo any material decrease of accomen the The 1;old market has continued quiet through ° ,tl mr:,nth. There has been an active demand and a le s ;,, i tel average supply, but no change has taken place b ro ke These are now quoted by th e M e lb ourne bullion k an at —for Omeo, Gls 6d t o 71 s 6d ; Pl easa nt Cre e k 0 1 ' Goaldburn, 74s 6d t o 75 s ; Castlemain, Sandhil,r s "aolli c i Jim Crow, 75 3 t o 76 s ; A rara t, ‘M ary b or ough, m ° os 3 1 1 4 Fiery Creek, Avoca, and Amherst, 76s to 775; ,P; c :7B sl ' , 1 Yackandandah, 77s to 75.1 paultt, 77s 6 ` l '1 per ot-bnce, *tei ab c to 22 / Pal it E fur Sell rno co t Cu sa, / Cot gi g . sub b e ; diet heft dcc to t Ra pol gei otr issi • .?