Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-27 00:00:00

6oinnitirint ates. THIS DAY. Postponed from Wednesday. Tins DAY, the 27th ins!ant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 250 Hhds. Gingelly OIL, 1 1 4JW landing, ex Kercen, iron Bou.way.—Apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co.. Brokers. THIS DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Prokeis' Office, lip Exchange-buildings, 14 Tons Sherbro CAMWOOD, 9 Tons Roguelle „ 4 Tons Angola „ per Susan, from Sierra Leone, in the Albert Dock .—Apply to Messrs. Mclhuish, and De la line, Merchants ; or to y - ,T. 11. IiAYNIat and Co., Brokers. Tuis DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 15 Tons CAHWOOD, ex Athenian, and Armenian, in Stanley Dock.—Apply to J. H. RAYNER and CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern, Tuts DAY, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' ()dice, Peter's-place, Rumford-street, Liverpool, About 30 Bales of Damaged COTTON, landed ex Thames, from Savannah.—Apply to BULLEY and RAFFLES, Brokers, Liverpool. T 0 - M 0 It It 0 W On account of whom it may concern. To-monnow, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, at the 13folt2rs' 01'1l: 17, Exchange-buildings, About 30 sales Nowfoun nand COII'ON, damaged, A quantity of wet I'ICIC.INGS, ei Thames, from SavanAah, lying on west side of Brunswick Dock.—For partkulars apply to Cnarles Hill, Merchant; or to DUCKWORTH and IIATHBONE, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. TO -MORROW, 012. 23th instant, at One o'clo2k, at the Office of 3'tio.n , l-5 Joy:] 5 n.ail.ip:),,;3,..3laticliester.-baildings, 82les of CO FTON, ilartrtged, per Thames, from s'avaunah, lying west side Brunswick Dock.— For t particulars apply to THOMAS JOYXSOS and Co., 8r0kc.q..3. NEXT WEEK. Postponed from Friday, the 27th instant. Oa account of whom it may concern. On TuEsnmenext, the 31st instant, at half-past One o'clock, at the Brokard' 0:1Ice, Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick-street, 1-10 Sacks Dama.red French FLOUR, ex Justin Felix, in store. —Apply to H. H. GOLDING. Broker, NEXT MONTH. By order of the Mersey Dock Estate. • On account of whom it may concern. On WEDNESDAY and TnrasutY, the Ist and 2nd of June next, at Half-past One o'clock each day, A Quantity .of tJU ,Alt SCRAPING-:, COTTON PICKINGS, RICE SWEEPINGS. FLOUR, LINSEED, CORN, GAMBIER, SHUMAC and MYRABOLAM ,WEEPINGS, Old ROPES, RAGE, CAST IRON, &c., &c., lying in the Stanley Dock warehouses.— For further particulars apply to J 3 C. BUCIIANAN and Co., Brokers. On ,Stitt. JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DE RB t-SQUA RE, LI VTR POOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanized; TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholes.de and for Exportation. AMERICAN SOLACE. PIPE SMOKERS, TRY THE ABOVE, Packages, 2 ozs. for 33. C. TURMEAU. To MANIIFICTU RS OP SUPERPHOSPHATE, PHOSPHOROUS, PORC ,:LAT 24, AND TERRA COTTA. SO3IBRERO, AND OTHER RICH ORGANIC CRUST PIIJSPHATES OF Testing 80 to 85 per cent. ARNOTT BROTHERS, Mersey Chambers. Apply to AMUSEMENTS, MF.ETINGS, &c.—TTTTS DAY. ROTA'. AMPIIITREATRE—MT. and MTS. Barnes Wi l iamb. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS Mount Etna, &c. TICK PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. mr c ir For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. C)e Bart4ril FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS. Further details of the battle of Montebello con tinue to arrive. The Vienna correspondent of the Times furnishes the Austrian version of the affair. This account is dated Pavia, May 22. Count Stadion passed the Po on the 20th, with 25,000 men, to ascertain the position of the French. He found them at Casteggio, which he stormed. He then came up with Baraguay d'Hillier's army near Montebello. He attacked it so as to make the enemy display its strength. In the fight Stadion was wounded, and had ten officers killed and sixteen wounded. About 500 men were killed or wounded. The French brought fresh Troops up by rail during the battle. At night Stadion retired, '_having effected his purpose. The Austrian head quarters are at Garlasco. The first Austrian corps d'armee, 40,000 strong, is to be sent from Bohemia into the Tyrol, by way of Dresden and Munich. The 'Great Steam Navigation Company intends to put boats on between Trieste and the Levant, and is likely to get the whole trade into its own hands. _The Milan Gazette announces that the Neapolitan steamers in the Mediterranean have received: orders not to touch at Genoa. On the 21st there were between thirty and forty Austrian merchant ships at Malta, none of which dare now venture out. The report :that England, Russia, and the neutral powers had protested against the French occupation of Tuscany has been officially contradicted at Paris. The accounts from the Southern States of Germany describe the war excitement there as of the most intense kind. The accumulation of troops in Munich is so great that twenty thousand beds have been made up in the Crystal Palace. Colonel Carabriels, who arrested, with a battalion, the advance of the Austrian columns on the 20th, has been promoted to the rank of. General of Brigade. The PiedmOntese cavalry had four officers killed and five wounded at Montebello. The position of Garibaldi, with his free corps of 6,000 men, isolated from the Allies; is considered somewhat perilous. The blockade of Venice is a serious inconvenience to the Austrian government, as they can no longer send troops from Trieste. Archbishop Cullen, who has reached Paris min return fromilome, has received, as a present from the Pope, a portio n of the true cross. A circular was issued yesterday from the War Oifice, to Lords Lieutenant s of counties, explaining the objects which volunteer s s h ould have in view ; also, the pecu!iar duties expected from them, and 'containing various practical directions as to the best means of qualifying. A very general report prevailed in London yes terday, of the death of the Duchess of Kent. Indeed so general was it circulated, that it was considered necessary to contradict it in the Globe. The committee of the Liverpool Law Society have issued a report, showing the necessity that exists for the appointment of an additional stipen diary magistrate for the borough. We publish the report in another column. The ratepayers of West Derby held a vestry meeting yesterday. At the commencement of the proceedings some discussion took place as to the character of the meeting-- whether special, or an ajourned one. A statement was read, giving au estimate of the current year's expenses, after which, a rate of one halfpenny in the pound was proposed, which led to an acrimonious debate, in which Messrs. Jones, Rad cliffe, Urquhart, and Glazebrook took part, the latter being called to order by the chairman. Ultimately a poll was opened. The usual weekly meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, and the Health Committee, were held yesterday. At the former a long report was read from the Marine Committee, on the subject of the anchorage of vessels in the river in the track of the ferry steamers, and at the conclusion of which the committee state " that it is not desirable that the board should exercise the powers in question by so regulating the mooring and anchoring of vessels as to endeavour to provide a particular track for the ferry steamers." At the Health Committee, the medical-officer of health reported that the deaths for the week ending 21st May, were 215, being 22 below the corrected average of the same week for the 10 preeeeding years. In the parish the deaths were 131, and 81 in the out townships. Zymotic diseases caused 45 deaths, against 39 in the previous week; 17 were from hooping cough, 8 from fever, 4 from scarlatina, 4 from diphtheria, 5 from diarrhces,, 2 from measles, 2 from small-pox, 1 from croup. From diseases of the lungs, the deaths were 70, of which one-half were from consumption. THE FRENCH IN ITALY. THE French have made a glorious inauguration of their new invasion of Italy. The first fight has resulted in a triumph of their army which, though leading to no actual advantage, must at least have the influence of a fortunate prestige. It was a smart but irregular skirmish, it appears, of several hours duration; and there is no doubt of the fact that the Austrians had decidedly the worst of it. They were under the command of Count STADION ; and not only were they driven back in their attempt to gain pos session of the village of Montebello, but they abandoned their position on the hills round S tra della, and placed the Po between them and the French. The full details of the affair hav,e already appeared in our news columns, and need not be repeated here. They show very plainly, we think, that Austria, in this her opening encounter, sustained au ominous reverse. For, independently of the operations of the conflict itself, when an army not only does not retain the positions it held after the battle, but withdraws some fifteen or twenty miles, the retrograde movement cannot be considered as anything but a confession of their having been defeated. It is true that, alluding to the Austrian accounts, the contending forces were very unequally matched in point of numbers. " About 15,000 of the Franco-Sardinian army attacked our troops, number ing 3,000, at Vercelli. Our men retreated fighting to Orfengo. At this place two'other Austrian brigades hurried to the rescue, and threatened the enemy's flank, which retired across the Sesia to the western side of the river." Such was the intelligence received through Vienna; while that through Paris informed us, that "at the battle of Montebello the troops engaged on the side of the allies consisted of 5,000 French only and one Sardinian cavalry regi ment. The Austrian force was composed of picked men of the infantry regiments, the Croats regiments, and the Tyrolese Chasseurs." But, at any rate, the Austrians retreated—they were dislodged from their position, and driven back from the enemy's frontier. Thus France has made one signal advance towards the accomplishment of her design of depriving Austria - of a footing in Italy. To achieve the " inde pendence of Italy " to " rescue the Italians from oppression,"—these are the boasted objects of LOUIS NAPOLEONS entry upon the battle-field. But what ever it be—whether to re-establish them as a nation, or merely to give them a change of masters, one very decided step has been taken towards its success, by this first engagement with the Power that has to be subdued ere it .an be effected. Of course, it was but a preliminary affair. But it augurs well for French triumphs. A Proclamation respecting a former pretence to establish Italian independence has been re-produced, we observe, in the columns of the London press, as possessing a peculiar interest at the present crisis. It is that which the ex-King JOACHIM MURAT issued to the Italian people from Rimini, in Romagna, in 1815. JOACHIM, it will be remembered, was one of BUONAPARTE'S favourite lieutenants, and by whom he was placed on the throne of Naples, where he reigned peaceably for four years, when he was called upon to join his illustrious . but exacting patron in his Russian expedition, from which he returned to his kingdom after the defeat of Smolensk°. He was again with his restless chieftain in the campaign of 1813 ; but after the battle of Leipsic he endeavoured to make terms with the enemies of NAPOLEON, a proceeding which eventually precipitated him from his throne. Having taken refuge in Corsica, after the battle of Waterloo, he sailed thence to Italy, in the hope of recovering his crown ; and on this occa sion it was that the Proclamation alluded to was issued,—soon after which he was made prisoner, and taken to the castle of Pizzo, where he was shot. Louis NAPOLEON would almost seem to have taken his cue from his uncle's prOtege, JOACHIM. " Italians !" the Proclamation began, " The hour is come when the high destinies of Italy must be settled. Providence calls on you at last to be an independent nation. From the Alps to the Straits of Scilla a single cry is heard—the Independence of Italy." It then entered warmly upon the same kind of argument of the case that is now adopted by the French Emperor. "By what right do foreigners pretend to deprive you of this independence, which is the first blessing and first right of every people ? By what right do they rule over your finest provinces ? By what right do they appropriate to themselves your riches to transport them to the countries of their birth ? By what right, finally, do they "tear your sons from you to serve, to languish, and to die far from the tombs of their ancestors ? Is it then, in vain that Nature raised for you the barrier of the Alps `-.) Is it in vain that she provides you with still more insurmountable barriers in the difference of language and of manners, and the inviu- THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1859 cible antipathy of races ? No, no. Purge the Italian 1 soil of all foreign domination." All Louis NAPOLEON'S ideas are found in these queries. The following still more plausible representations may, for ought that appears to the contrary, have been literally addressed to them on this occasion also,—at any rate they are those which the French press has been employing since the Emperor set out on his Italian expedition :—" Italians, for a long time you have wondered that you called upon us in vain. Perhaps you reproached our inaction, when your aspirations reached us on all sides. But the proper time had not arrived." No,—" the proper time had not arrived," until all the diplomatic shams had been gone through, which were deemed desirable to give a decent colouring to the Imperial policy. There are two sentences in the Proclamation which even now have in them a force of truth as to the ostensible end, however hypocritical they might be as to the actual means. "The illustrious men of all countries," the Italians were told —" every nation worthy of a liberal Government, the Sovereigns who are distinguished by greatness of mind, will rejoice at your enterprise and will applaud your triumph! And can England refrain from applauding you—that model of consti tutional Government, that free people, who reckon it their glory to fight and to spend their treasures for the liberty of nations ?" No,—England would not refrain from applauding any really virtuous and patriotic enterprise of the Italians themselves, to assert their independence, and to establish a consti tutional Government. But England has no faith in a Napoleonic enterprise for such an object as a pretext. JOACHIM MURAT and Louis NAPOLEON may, in this respect, be estimated very much upon the par nubile fratrum principle. And although the latter may, probably, escape the summary fate of the former, as the speedy issue of his Italian enter prise, England has no more hope in the enterprise itself, on this occasion, than she had on the other. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MOUSE. SINCE Queen ELIZABETII reviewed the youth of England at Tilbury Fort, there has been no such call to arms as that which now resounds throughout the land, rousing the martial ardour of the sons of England. The Poet Laureate blows his trumpet, to the tune of "Riflemen form ;" the Lord. Lieutenants, unaccustomed to the receipt of orders from the War-office, receive despatches, "on Her Majesty's service," suggesting the immediate embodiment of the best shots in their counties ; the Deputy Lieutenants, whose duties have been, till now, limited to wearing a handsome uniform at levees and speakers' dinners, are commanded to attend public meetings ; the new Tory Magistrates (who, of themselves, would form four or five regiments of heavy cavalry) are formed into recruiting com mittees ; and every lad, who has five pounds to spend in " toggery," or an open credit with his tailor, puts down his name as a " South Down-shire Marksman," or a " Royal Short-horn Rifleman ." , Actuated by the same loyalty, burning with the same warlike spirit, our worthy Mayor calls a meeting, at the Town-hall, which is attended by enthusiastic crowds,—the army represented by the noble defender of Kars, the navy by heroes from the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Emigration-office ; the House of Commons, by our excellent member, Mr. EWART ; " the flags," by a man who has most worthily organised and most efficiently commanded a gallant little band of " Volunteers ;" the bankers and mer chants, by the late member and the late candidate for South Lancashire ; and " When. the pie was opened, The birds be.;an to sing.'; We were deeply disappointed with the burden of their song. We anticipated a " town side " move ment—something which would do credit to our loyalty, our public spirit, and our well-known liberality. We hoped to see measures taken for a really national movement —the immediate embodi ment of 20,000 men—their careful drilling and instruction in the noble art of self-defence by the excellent officers who were prepared to volunteer ; and we find that the new rifle corps is to be limited to those who are prepared, not only to sacrifice their time, but their money ; that the class of Dives is to be the only one invited to join in the defence of hearths and homes equally dear to the peasant and the prince; and that a movement which might have. been made the means of bridging over the gulf which divides rich and poor, is more likely to increase the distance between them. The regulation which, in spite of the manly and sensible protest of Mr. .J. PEMBERTON HEYWOOD, seems to be agreed upon, that every volunteer should provide himself with dress accoutrements and arms, and the general tone which prevails as to the aristocratic elements of the new corps, both in Liver pool and in the rural districts, militates, in our opinion, against the whole scheme, and robs it of almost all its value. If, in the opinion of the Government, it is desirable to rouse the warlike spirit of the people, and to encourage the nation to act as if an invasion of its shores were to be expected - at any moment, it is the duty of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to advance the trifling sum per man, which would place the services of hundreds of thousands at the command of Ganeral PEEL. If, in the opinion of the gentlemen who met at the town hall on Tuesday last, the vast commerce and enor mous wealth of Liverpool is unprotected, and may any day be threatened or destroyed by a hostile " steamer of light draught," let them start a sub scription list, which would, within a few hours, place a sum in their hands amply sufficient to fortify the docks walls, man the guns upon the landing stage, and fit up the powerful tug-boats upon the river with rocket tubes and Armstrong's guns. The schemes for our defence bear no proportion to the assumed greatness of our danger. The docks may be bombarded to-morrow ; and the Mayor is authorised to recei . - e the names of those young gentlemen who are prepared to pay their own expenses, and to sacrifice their Saturday afternoon. Truly " much cry and little wool." The mountain labours with an invasion of our shores, and brings forth a select body of three hundred young gentle men, in dark green uniforms, practising at a target near the Formby lighthouse. We perfectly agree with those who urge that every man, in these days of " wars and rumours of wars," should know how to handle a rifle, and should thus be prepared to defend his country when it is attacked ; but it is not by the formation of select and. aristocratic Rifle Clubs that this desirable result is to be attained. These Clubs, however, are not only harmless, but, in so far as they accustom young men to the use of firearms, aro useful. We only regret that they should be ushered in by a flourish of trumpets so utterly disproportioned to their im portance. _ Of the fears which have led to this movement, and of the uncandid itud timorous manner in which her Majesty's Government have met the call made• upon them, we shall speak on a future occasion. TOANSATLANTIC PACKET STATIONS—The report of the Commission appointed in 1850 to 'examine into the com parative merits of the ports of Galway and the Shannon as. a Transatlantic packet station was republished yesterday, pursuant to a motion made by Mr. Mansell at the end' of the last Parliament. The Commission consisted of Captain Beechy, Captain Smith, and Captain Coffin, and the report is accompanied with an immense mass of evidence and correspondence. The result of their investigations is more favourable to the ports of the Shannon than to the rival port of Galway. In the selection of a harbour, they say, especially on a boisterous coast, much depends on the com parative safety with which a vessel, when arriving, may be got within the limit of her port, or when clear of her anchorage on departure, can be got out to sea clear of the land on either side of her. The entrance of the Shannon, situated only 32 miles from the outer horn of the Great Bay formed between the Blaskets and Slyne Head, and having, from the Blaskets on one side, and for a distance of about 15 miles on the other, a bold precipitous coast, which may be safely approached at any time when it would be prudent to run for a port at all, and above all, having that part of the coast on the west lying in such a direction as to form a natural protection from the southerly and south-westerly gales, so formidable from the thick weather which attends them, the situation of the Shannon is rendered preferable to that of the port of Galway ; Galway, it is true, has no tides of consequence, and so far it has the advantage, but to vessels of the class and speed of those required for packets, the stream of the Shannon does not, ia the opinion of the committee, constitute an objection of any moment. In point of situation, therefore, they give a decided preference to the Shannon. The question of expense is then entered into, and it is estimated that the cost of making the port of Tarbet in the Shannon available for packet service would be, say £75,000, that the necessary works at Foynes would cost £13,000 ; while at Galway a pier and basin would cost about £230,000. While thus giving the preference to the Shannon ports, the Commission at the same time do not feel themselves justified in recommending eider of the ports a 3 suitable to a service requiring the greatest regularity and despatch, being of opinion that if the required regularity were enforced, it would be at a considerable risk. In these opinions, however, there is a want of unanimity in the Commission ; one of its members thinking it probable that, although admitting the boisterous nature of the Irish coast; yet, taking all things into consi deration, the service would-nevertheless be carried out at the Shannon with the same regularity, and with no greater risk, than it would be if the station were at Liverpool, as at present, or at Holyhead, if completed. THE COURT. OSBORNE, May 25.—The Queen, the Prince Consort, Princess Frederick William, Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty's dinner party included Princess Frederick William, Princess Alice, Princess Leiniugen, Count and Countess Perponcher,. Major-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and Major Elphinstone. The band of the Royal Marines played during dinner. HU' Majesty, .his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the . Royal family, accompanied by Princess Frederick William, will return to Rockingham Palace to-day (Thurs day), or to-morrow (Friday), instead of Monday next, to enable the Princess Royal, whose stay in England is very limited, to see as much as possible of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess having been prevented by indisposition from joining the party at Osborne: Tne DUCIIESS OF KENT.--WO have much pleasure in being able to give a definite contradiction to a rumour which has been very widely circulated, to the effect that her _Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had suddenly died. Her" Royal Highness has, it is true, been rather unwell lately, and was thus prevented from going to Osborne on her Majesty's birthday. We have authority for saying, however, that her health is now considerably improved. 1113 ROYAL HIGIINESS PRINCE ALFRED.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate Euryalus, which has on board our midship man prince, arrived on Friday from Canea, after having visited Alexandria and the ports of the Syrian coast. Daring her stay at Alexandria, which was over a month, the whole of the ship's company were liberally supplied with beef, mutton, rice, flour, coffee, sugar, tobacco, and even sherry for the officers, at the cost to the Paella of from £5OO £6OO a day. Carriages with four horses and steamers on the Nile, were placed at the disposal of the prince and officers of the ship, and Nebur Bey, the director of the transit, was specially deputed by the Viceroy to attend upon his Royal Highness. On the part of the young prince some very handsome gold mounted opera glasses, telescopes, revolvers, mathematical instruments, and other such like objects have been .largely distributed to pachas,. and other Egyptian and Turkish authorities, at places visited by his Royal HighnesS. The Euryalus will leave shortly to cruise outside with the admiral, and her future movements will depend upon orders from England.—Malta Times, May 17. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.---II is stated that an official communication has been received 'by the authorities at Gravesend to the effect that the Princess Frederick William, now on a visit to her royal mother, will depart from that port on the 2nd of June. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. On Tuesday evening last, a lecture on " Working Men's Homes; what they are, and what they might be," was delivered by • Mr. Hugh Shimmin, in St. Mary's School room, Kirkdale, to a numerous assembly, consisting chiefly of the class for whom it was specially intended. The chair was occupied by the Rev. W. C. Preston, of Claremont Independent Chapel, Kirkdale. CRESCENT CHAPEL LITERARY SOCIETY.-1110 closing meeting of this session was held on Wednesday evening last, in the school-rooms, William Henry-street. The proceedings consisted of the report of the committee for the past year, election of officers, &c. The society will re assemble on Wednesday evening, 7th September. when Mr. Josiah Smith will read an essay, entitled "The object of Life," CORONER'S INQUEST.—The Coroner held an inquest yes terday, on the body of a man named Thomas Gill, aged . 62. He was a man on board a coal flat, on one of the canals, and it appeared that some three weeks ago he " broke out drinking," after a long absence. He had a very bad cold and cough, and died suddenly, yesterday. No doubt his death was hastened by drinking too much. The jury found a verdict of " Death from natural causes." BIRKENHEAD POLICE-COVRT.—Yesterday, Messrs. Bryan and Jackson presided on the bench. The cases before them were unusually uninteresting. A number of persons wer e fined for infringing the - bye-laws of the township. Th( re were several lads brought up charged with stealing coals from the docks. Mr. Bryan delivered a very animated and, to the culprits, awful lecture, on the heinous sins which they had been com mitting. The worthy magistrate reviewed the whole Ten Commandments, and showed the poor lads that if they did not repent their deeds, and reform their doings for the future, they would meet with p u ni s h men t i n this and the other world. After the admonition, the poor fellows were discharged with a caution. Tits PARK THEATRE.—Yesterday, a Special Sessions was held in Chapel-street, before the Mayor, Messrs. J. Stewart, L. Peel, and James Holme, for the purpose of considering application from Mr. Robert Edgar, proprietor of the Royal Park Theatre, for a renewal of the license to that house. The only objection to granting the license, was a report made by Inspector Chew, that the late lessee of the theatre had got a beer license, and sold beer in the theatre. Mr. Edgar said he had occasion to be very much out of town, and he had let the theatre to a man named Ruddock, who, in his absence, and without his knowledge, got out a beer license for the house. When he fonnd it out, he gave notice to that person to quit, and he has now gone and the license discontinued. In reply to the bench, the police said there was no other complaint against the house, and now the practice of selling beer in the place was discontinued, the magistrates said they were satisfied, and granted the licence. A. BRIEF. - The following is a tree and literal copy of a brief handed to Mr. Cobb yesterday, in the Police Court, with a guinea fee :—" Johny James i stir his the meeker hog ah harroW about 2 take his oathe 2 1 barro\V whin he makes mAnnY E Saw Pathwren ah privet marke on cache off thim or Noomber Bakase thim barows R. oppen sowld from 1 2 another and who is 2 tel wh i Thur that his K E 1 thaT Hee made for Coyle R Knott i Dont C Whatt Coyle hus to doo wid the cease att awl whin ann nothur parson that gows bye the nam off polliy comes to clame it and ses it was given to her by Charetey i hay 2 tell you that Coyle his now strangher 2 Goole for hoe as been in Chester fr Gam blip he folleys race coorsus for nothin but Gamblin Coy le ses bee gave 2 lbs for a barow thatt metts cum to dame whas bought 2d hand att pressunt for 22 shillins and that was the valley of 'em thin By C King an hee no springes and hirons whiche cost table 2 lbs 17e 6d an tense and i gave Kinge 50 Shillins on E 7th of Maye cost mee 2 shillins." [Of course, any lawyer of ordinary capacity would have succeeded with the above "instructions" —Mr. Cobb, therefore, was quite triumphant.] WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this committee of the Select Vestry was held in the board-room, at the Parish-office, Brownlow bill, yesterday forenoon. Mr. Churchwarden Cropper presided ; and the other mem bers present were—Messrs. Owen, Smith, Critchley, Denton, Broome, Byford, Williams, Gair, Melly, and Scott. The medical officers reported that the number of deaths in the establishment last week was ten men, six women, and five infants ; total, 21. The total number of paupers under treat ment in the sick wards, last week, was 547; new cases since, 128; cured and discharged, 46 ; at present remaining under treatment, 508, including 56 fever, 12 itch, and 3 small-pox cases.. Mr. Lodge, the master of the vagrant sheds, reported that the number of destitute persons relieved in his department during the week ending the. 21st instant, was 180 males, 78 females, 19 children ; total, 277, show ing an increase over last week in males, 2 females, 17 ; decrease in children, 5 ; net increase, 1 t ; also an increase over the corresponding week of last year of 13. The governor's return showed that the total number of paupers in the house last week was, 1,851; this week, 1,804 ; being a decrease of 47 on the week, and a decrease of 299 as compared with the corresponding week of last year. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held yesterday, Mr. Shell in the chair. The other members present were—Messrs.Vernon, Crellin, Beck with, Crosthwaite, Anthony; Haydock, Bowring, Barton, Stitt, and 11 Gladstone. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances, reported various par ticulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 126 nuisances com plained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them ; 1,076 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 3,572 apartments, an 1 635 cellars, had been put under examination with the view of improving their sanitary condition, and 170 lolging-houses had also bben examined and reported upon. The medical officers reported that the deaths for the week ending 21st May, were 215, being 22 below the corrected average of the same week for the 10 preceding years: In the parish the deaths were 131, and 81 in the out-townships. Zymotic diseases caused 45 deaths, against 39 in the previous week ; 17 were from beeping cough, 8 from fever, 4 from scarlatina, 4 from diphtheria, 6 from cliarrlicea, 2 from measles, 2 from small-pox, 1 from croup. From diseases of the lungs, the deaths were 70, of which one half were from consumption. This concluded the business. TOXTETH PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS. —The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday, in the Public 'offices, Park-road, Mr. A. Glass, chairman of the board, pre siding. The otjier members present were—Messrs. M. A. Johns, W. Leyland, Joseph Harrison, J. B: Hughes, A. Grindrod, John Wilson, G. IV. Hunter, Joseph Boundril, W. H. Ogden, J. D. Carter, S. Siddeley, and H. Leyland. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read, a cheque for £lOO was arawn for the relief of out-door poor. A communication was read from the poor-law board, remitting the surcharge of Ll 4 made by the auditor against Mr. Charles Batten, as the cost of a seal executed for the board of guardians. Mr. • Harrison, as chairman of the visiting and building committee, moved that the report of that committee be adopted. It : included a recom mendation that the contract of Messrs. Kilpin and Mont gomery, to have the infirmary completed within four months from the Ist of June, be accepted. Mr. Hunter seconded the motioni which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Harrison then, in pursuance of a notice he had given at the last meeting, moved that all the resolutions adopted by the board in reference to the sale of land in connection with the new workouse, be rescinded. Mr. John Wilson seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted The Chair ! man intimated that, from an inspection of the bank account, it appeared the last call on the overseers had not been paid up, and that, in consequence of that, the board was in arrear. Mr. Johns moved that a call of £l,OOO be made on the overseers. Mr. Grindrod seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. The above was all the business, and the board adjourned. EXA.MIYATION OP THE DEAF AND Dunn. —Yesterday, the annual examination of the children of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb was held in the Royal Institution, Colquitt street. Mr. Harmood Banner presided. The children of the Female Orphan Asylum were present. There was also a number of ladies present. The chairman called upon Mr. Buxton to proceed with thz examination. He stated that during the year there were twenty-three children admitted into the institution—a number above the average of .other years. There were now ninety pupils in the institution. The examination was most interesting, and the result reflected the highest credit on Mr. Buxton. Notwithstand in. the difficulty of training the minds of such children to the' conception of thing's, the answers were given with great readiness, and from the nature of many of the questions, a large amount of intelligence was evidently possessed by many of the pupils. Their quick appreciation of light and shade was manifested by a number of drawitims which were laid on the table for exhibition, and executed by the pupils. A table was filled with• Various articles of needle work, the pro duction of the girls, and which the ladies present were invited to purchase. At the close of the examination, the chairman said he was sorry, that there was not a larger attendance ; but he hoped to enlist the sympathies of those present, and also the public, on behalf of the- institution. He felt confident that all those present had felt very much interested in the examination, in witnessing the alacrity and the intelligence with which the children replied to the various questions. He wi,hed to announce that the situation of the institution had become not only interesting as far as it had gone, bait •an object of great solicitude to the committee, to extend, if possible, the advantages which they were at. present able to offer. They require greater accommodation. They had as many as 90 pupils— a number whieh at one time was thought impossible to attain.. They had, notwithstanding that, numerous other applications, and the consequence would be, if they were not enabled ,to extend their accommodation, they would be obliged to shut their doors to some of these interesting cases. The com mittee were considering the propriety of extending their present buildine• so as to admit a considerable number of additional pupils.' Without education, he said, these children would be little more than brutes ; but with the education they received at the institution, they were =ade intelligent creatures, and were made useful members of society. The boys who left them, to whatever trade they went, did well; and the girls were tractable, ~ r ood servants. He hoped, therefore, the public would enable the com mittee by coming forward with as much money as would effect this alteration in the institution. It would not take a very large amount. The Rev. Thomas Banner moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Buxton, and took occasion to say that of the twenty-three children admitted last year, more than one were orphans, or had lost one of their parents. Mr. Buxton briefly returned thanks, and the meeting then separated. LIVERPOOL LAW SOCIETY.—Report of the committee as to the necessity of the appointment of an additional Stipendiary Magistrate for the borough of Liverpool, adopted unanimously. meeting at a special general of the society, held on Tuesday the 24th day of May : 1859: The metropolitan police force was established in the year 1829, and the system having been found to work satisfac torily for public order, it was introduced into Liverpool in 1836, when Mr. T. J. Hall was appointed the first stipen diary magistrate. He was succeeded in 1839 by the late Mr. Edward Rushton, and at his death (in 1851) Mr. Mansfield was appointed to the office. Since 1829 a very great increase has taken place in the extent of the town, and its population and trade. In 1841 the town population was 286,487, whilst in 1851 it had increased to 376,005, being an increase of nearly 100,000 persons in ten years; and there is every reason to believe that the population has gone on increasing at a still greater ratio. It is indeed computed by Mr. Thomas Baines that " the population collected within four miles of Liverpool Exchange, cannot he much, if anything less at the present timo: • • "than 600,000 souls." The docks have also increased is the following manner :—ln 1824, the dock space Was 6 6 acres; in 1843, 96 acres ; in 1859, 212 acres; and thy; are now requiring to be watched by the police, 17 mile' ° quay. This enormous increase of "dock and population 1 15, carried with it a like increase in the duties of the police and of the magistrates. Thus we find the fines and fr e e ' taken in the Police-court to be as follows :—ln 183 6-3 a £1,962 Os 74d ; in 1837-38, £3,776 14s 7.-}d ; in 1839- 4 9? when Mr. Rushton was appointed, £5,232 ens 10d; l t , 1851-52, when Mr. Mansfield was appointed, £7,471 17 59 " and in the year 1857-58, £8,467 14s 6d. It is unelle t s ; tionable that these figures show, with rough accuracy, t". increase of the business 'done by the court. But tlet necessity for an additional stipendiary magistrate is ° 3l Te eter , , evidenced only by this increase of bnsiness. A very 1 alteration has been gradually effected in the nature ° L O the business cast upon the Police-court. This court isg longer a court merely , for the maintenance of order' and the detection of crime. Very enlar g ed powe r ' have been given to it by the course of recent legislation . . For example, the magistrates have now to decide on ca se e. 'of desertion by a husband of his wife, and their decis io n places the wife to some extent in the position of aP I sole. By the "Merchant Shipping Act," the mag istrate entertain questions of salvage, and by the " Mersey W e e , Acts Consolidation Act, 1858," they are a court for t°, decision of collision cases. Under the "Passenger Act , they sit to adjudicate on questions of great legal difficilitil involving large sums of money. They also decide que r tions of seamen's wages. Independently of this extraordie ar b l e business, there is a daily accumulation_ of work to ~ done in adjudicating on the numerous offences puny n o able by fines, enforceable by distraint ; and a l e ' e in bearing and determining questions, under t" " Sanitary Act," the " Water Act," the Building Ac t e: and other acts relating to parish and local matters' , The increase of the criminal business has been so great , 1 ," now occupies :almost the entire attention of M r . Mansfiel d ' and consequently the rest of the business is transacted b e l t the lay magistrates. The lay magistrates are no ' don" competent to the discharge of a large portion of the business that comes before them; but it is indisputable that, al respects matters of a civil character, it is necessary th s ‘ the judge should be qualified by a sound leg al education , t ° enable him to decide correctly the cases s ubmitted to hin i t ; In cases of matrimonial desertion, the judgments of 0 Ecclesiastical Courts are the only safe . guides. In (re e v e tions of salvage and of collision, a knowledge of 0 , Admiralty law is absolutely essential ; and in hearing. claims of seamen for wages, the judge requires not oily, some knowledge of the Common law and the Admiralv law, but lie should be also conversant with all the intriel i cies of the Merchant Shipping Act. Moreover, in 3 these matters, the judge should have some acquaintan o f with the rules of evidence. Your committee is, therefore , is opinion that it will be for the advancement of the pub c l ,l interests if a second stipendiary magistrate be appoint• • and there seems no reason why this should not be d °fl e forthwith, inasmuch as the court is self-supporting, a- a already pays over to the borough fund an excess of fees an fines amounting to full £4,000 a year. 0 ERECTION OF NEW SCOTS' CHURCH, COHH.—INAVG. e MEETING OF COMMITTEE. [We have much pleasq: in giving a short account of the above, as i t Liverpool there are not a few who attach intere s t to the success of such undertakings, and deeply °a the importance of their results. Messrs. Carmichael sg, o M`Ostrich, whose names we dud down for £5OO, belong ' t, the finn of J. Carmichael and Co., Liver Establishul e ,',, Church-street. Liberality like this needs no cominent•J 4 The first meeting of the committee for the erection of t.", 1 new Scots' Church, was held at the great room in the InePF ri .. o Hotel. The attendance was not confined to the commit' t alone, the public having been invited by the advertiser/1 which announced it, The Mayor, John Arnett, Esq., 14 :2 occupied the chair. --Amongst those present we observe °,- Tile Rev. Mr. Magill, pasto r o f th e congregation ; Me ss i - o' John Carmichael, Alex. M'O s t r i c h, J. D. Ca rneg i e , Cha e r` i ; Cotton, Leonard Dobbin, Reuben Fisher, Michael GanlT John Gill, Robert King, Edward Lane, John Langla lo : Henry Julian, John Gailey (Liverpool), Win. Ciuninil Alex. M'Ostrich, jun., S. B. Loudon, Major leferedu, Henry Morris, Peter Ogilvie, Robert Patterson, S. M. re', John Stirling, Wm. Wood, W. Maitland, Et c ' e d The Rev. Mr. Magill proposed the first resolution, a'li t concluded by saying that, he had only to add, that the w e ' v to which they had now put their shoulder, was intimate :, connected with the glory of God, and the salvation of si o d 1 ners ; if it were not, he would not be there t o reconem e ee it. He had the happiness to be surrounded by aentleo tio to whom God had given large means, and who bad s eef hearts which would cheerfully carry out the project tf e e had undertaken. They would raise a memorial of th u d zeal and piety which would stand in thei r c ity f o r a g es, 9 a which, when they were mouldering in the dust, would Via the service of succeeding generations, and prove, as o f trusted it would, under the Divine blessing, a birtliplaeotio souls. The rev. gentleman concluded by proposing, j following resolution : --" That this committee, reco^ lll ' o f the necessity for increased accommodation iu their Pla c e ot i worship, cordially unite with the congregation of the S c . B o Church, Queen-street, in their efeorts- to erect a y e e chureh."—Mr. Leonard Dobbin briefly seconded the re' n el tion.—Mr. MtOstrich, in proposing the next resolution, s'io that no words which he had to express - were necessary 0 . ensure the fulfilmeut of what it embodied. He felt e° 11 .4 dent that every member of the committee would not eh give his aid to the project, but that he would ear ne r to exert his influence upon his friends and the plibl i ` e it ot ensure its speedy completion. (Hear, hear.) He nee d pet tell them that, to raise an edifice to God, was of tb e e rn o importance to themselves and to their children. iu." 0 noble examples had been furni s h e d the m in c 0 past. To dedicate, a house to the "Lord had be d their highest aim and utmost ambition. (Hear, b ea lts They had many noble instances on record where f o r blessed and prospered nations and kingdoms ~t ie l the desire manifested t o glorify His name. And ecle c e they not evince their gratitude ; would they not show, te, love by rallying round the throne of grace, and proclainq their determination to find a place for a' temple of 11., Lord—a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. (o' 4 hear.) - If ever there was a time for men to unite with 0 0 , , heart and soul to build up such a temple, it was in' itt After a speech of considerable length and interest, het ott conclusion, trusted that every member of the cone:raga° to would support the object they bad in view, whi ch` sva s e e f uphold and promote the Presbyterian faith i n the seu t ' ot e Ireland. (Hear, hear.) It was a noble cause, and la to worthy of their solemn meditation. (Hear, hear.) l i pp was one pleasing reflection connected with their underta t ha t and which could not but stimulate them, and that west , ho e the ladies were on their side. (Hear, hear.) Ba t IS 'red were they absent when the cause of religion reg a l, a their assistance ? Did they not console our Saeie t : n ob his sufferings, and were they not the fi rs t a t the For' when he arose from the dead ? Yes, and they : Joe then present with them and rea dy t o ass i st t h em i n burl ere up a house to g l or ify hi s name. Wi th their efforts t-ect. Let t s t n hem o l ot t i o b o t , but that forgetatthey th w a o t u accomplish w ld henthe moun their s o tA b b J ett nioi 1 selves should crumble, w h en th e sun wou ld b e darkene"„i to refuse to give its light, and w h en th e . wor ld it se lf le° 3l eal, dissolved, the souls of men sh ou ld li ve f or ever . Ile ,- le " o f proposed the following resolution :—" Th a t th e nimnb e (of this committee do each individually exert his influen ec a , the speedy accomplishment of the object in eief l iatO Mr. Peter Ogilvie second e d the reso l u ti on .—M r . W l ' l ei Wood proposed -- " That Mr. A. M•O s t r i c h, jun.' •csg' Mr. S. B. l.oud on b e reques t e d t o act as secretart 9 $ —Mr. Carnegie then suggested the propriety of inak i t ii t fee beginning of the good work by each gentleman Pr! be te down his name for whatever sum lie wished to cen trl i eere —The following sums, amounting to over £1,40 0, 00 then subscribed by those present :—J. Arnott, £2ooi :A c e, I Carmichael, £300 ; Alex. M'Ost r i c h, £150 ; Al ex . 31`t-''',, 4 00; jun., £5O ; J. D. Carnegie, £6O; Cha r l es C o tton, PIO Leonard Dobbin and Co., £100; Reuben Fisher , doe' Michael Gamble, £3O ; John Langlands. £2O ; S. B. L eu es; £25; Rev. William Magill, £100; Major M er edith , 0 0, Henry Morris, £5O ; Peter Ogilvie, £5O ; R o be r t Patt e e toi £2O ; Samuel M. Peek, £25 • Dr. Smith, staff-surgeon' •"s1; John Stirling, £l5 ; Mrs. S loane, £10; Dr. Cummin'e e . I' Mrs. Sarah Graham, £10; William Whiteside, X'" to' Mtdibbon, £5 ; William Cumming, £s.—lt was then be posed by M r . Mi c h ae l G am bl e , secon d e d b y Mr' " and Langlands, " That th e M a y or d o now l eave th e chair' the that John Carmichael, Esq, be called thereto, and that fo marked thanks of the me e ti ng b e o ff ere d t o the MaY li t r eeit 1 his dignified conduct as chairman."—The meeting I separated. a eea g " The Times disparages the battle of Montebello, ea- rii f ia t a tenth-rate victory. The war will involve a c o ds ell drain of men and money, with pit c h e d b a t t les and l ea' sieges; and this is not what Pa r i s ex pect e d, nor P r o to what it will long endure. 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