Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-01 00:00:00

ainumaciat THIS DAY. Tuts DAT, the Ist2, insta ale-snt, at Twelve o'clock, at Dtreet, 300 Bags LINSEED, 1,100 „ RAPESEED, 500 „ MUSTARDSEED. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Broker Apply to Tuts DAT, the Ist instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Barrels common American ROSIN, landing ex Kangaroo, from New York.—Apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers MORROW TO-MORROW, the 2nd instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 30 Bales Surat COTTON, ex Tiger, from Bombay. —Apply to BROWN E, HUNTER, and Co., Cotton Brokers To-xonROW, the 2nd instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 7, Exchange-buildings, About 27 Bales low Surat COTTON, all faults. For further particulars, apply to HAYWOOD and MeTICCAR M -- ----- _---- To whom it may concern. TO-MORROW, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clok, at the B r okers' Saleroom, Atherton -buildings, Dale- c street, 85 Ballots ALPACA WOOL, damaged by sea water, per Tacna, from Islay.—For catalogues, &c., app:y to HUGHES and RONALD, Wool Brokers. TO-MORRUOW, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 600 Cases Valentia ORANGES, ex America (s.s.), 303 I—Chests1 —Chests Vianna ORANGES, ex Memento, 400 Cases Messina LEMONS, ex Adelaide, 200 Bags Turkey NUTS. Apply to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Brokers TiIURSDAY. On THURSDAY next, the 3rd instant, at One o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, About 1,000 Bales Low American and other COTTON. For further particulars applyßolton, Esq., Mer chant ;or to TITHERINGTON, GILL, and Co., Brokers. NEXT MONTH On THURSDAY, the 7th April next, at Twelvve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 300 Chests Bengal INDIGO, _ Apply . to Messrs consisting of consumers and shippers and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to T. and 11. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers ABNER STETSON, FROM NEW ORLEANS. G. A. 1 to 8 • A. L. 1 to 221 100 Bales COTTON, B. M. 1 to 37 P. R. 1 to 33 shipped per above ship by Mr. D. E. Plateniva, of New Orleans. Consignees of above Cotton are hereby informed that the same has been warehoused. and will, unless claimed within Fourteen days from date, be sold to defray freight and other charges.— Apply to BAKER, BARRON and Co., 19th February, 1859. 52, Tower-buildings East. On sate. JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanised TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and for Exportation. -J. It. CAMERON, CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOWER CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. -GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, ifc CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS. HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the N ORTHERN DAILY Torre, Price ne enny A t y ARM WINTER CLOTHING, T HE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 26, BOLD-STREET, P. L. MACTAGGART. TNYFMNESS WRAPPERS. OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS. FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS. 24 AND RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS MUFFLERS AND SCARFS FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING 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. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—THIS DAY. THEATRE ROYAL—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. * ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—Sir Wm. and Lady Don. ILINGLER'S CIRQUE VenuTE—Miscellaneous Attractions. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. MANDERS' MENAGERIE - Foot of Shaw's-brow. Lyrisaroor. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—Dres Concert. For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. TUESDA r, MARCH 1, 1859, THE DAY'S NEWS The political news is of an important and in teresting character this morning. Messrs. Henley and Walpole, the former the President of the Board of Trade, and the latter Home Secretary, have sent in their resignation to Her Majesty, in consequence of not being able to agree with the other members of the Cabinet on the subject of Reform. Their resignation was ac cepted, and the vacant offices at once filled up. Lord Donoughmore succeeds Mr. Henley, and Mr. Sothern Estcourt succeeds Mr Walpole, Lord March going to the Poor Law Boari. Mr. visraeli introduced the Derby Reform Bill, last evening, in the House of Commons, which was unusually crowded on the occasion by Peers, Ambassadors, and strangers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the course of his remarks, stated that the Reform Bill of 1832 was quite equal to the wants of the country at that time ; indeed, he was of opinion that legislation was then in advance of the age. Since that period no nation of the world had increased so much in population and capital, nor had the spread of education been so vast. The Queen had, in a speech at the opening of parliament ten years ago, declared that an alteration in the laws of the representation of the country was advisable, and this assertion was repeated at the opening of the present session. It was the unanimous opinion of the cabinet of Lord Derby, that the question must be dealt with, and in an earnest and sincere spirit. The Derby ministry were in favour of adopting the bill of 1832, to the circumstances of 1859, keeping in mind all the principles of the Constitution. The Right Hon. gentleman at great length combatted the principles of the new system for representation on the basis of population and property, and av pointed out many dangers which he theerred would result from the adoption of ons of the " New School," as being altogether fallacious. With regard to the borough should be he did not think that the rating instanced dbe left to the overseers ,of the parish, and several boroughs where absurd anomalies existed. the £lO franchise should still be thought that His proposal is this :—Persons e the standard. property, East India Bonds, p a o u ss d essed of funded should be entitled to a vote if 8138111( Stock, amounted to £lO annually. Peruseh property £6O in the Savings' Bank, enshaving for year ; those who were entitled to aone premium of £2O annually from the Government, and who paid £2O a year rent, should also be • entitled to a vote. As for the county franchise, h e not in favour of red ucin g it to a £2O test. Several Nas other minor alterations and a mendments w ere alluded to by the right hon. gentleman, after which several members spoke, and the discussion on this most important subject was adjourned. In the House of Lords, last night, the Earl of Malmesbury repeated his assertion that the French and Austrians were about to withdraw from the Roman States at the direct request of the Papal Government. The Continental news is more warlike. The Communication of the Pope to Austria and France, requeiting the withdrawal of troops from his dominions, has caused great dissatisfaction in Paris ; and the impression seems to be that the French Government will decline to obey his Holiness. The feeling in the maintenance of peace is evidently becoming very faint, and it is believed that the Austrian government will decline to enter into any negocia tions with Lord Cowley. The Paris correspondent of the Globe says,—" That the field batteries of the new rifled ordinance are now waiting steam transport at Marseilles, and 800 seige guns on the same principle are already finished and warlike. It is well understood in Paris, that the Emperor is not displeased at the prolongation of the present interlude, as the arrangements for a sud den development of his plan are not matured, though nearly so. The hope that Lord Cowley will accomplish something is not very sanF,uine. Louis Napoleon will not give up his footing in Italy without a subst mtial. equivalent, which it is equally clear Austria will never give unless under dire compulsion. The correspondent of the Evening Herald states, that there is talk of the probability of war being declared against Austria on the 11th April, the anniversary of the abdica tion of the Ist Napoleon at Fontainbleau, in 1814. But all !this is mere rumour, the intentions of the French government being studiously kept obscure. The Markets' Committee met yesterday, and reporters were in attendance. A large number of applications for the office of General Superinten dent was laid before the committee, and referred to a sub-committee for consideration. Some con versation took place as to the propriety of reducing the salaries of the superintendents of the several markets, after the general superintendent has been appointed. Yesterday, at the Police-Court, a young woman, named Sarah Lee, was prosecuted for obtaining board and lodging under false pretences. The de tails of the case will be found curious. She repre sented herself as the widow of the Rev. Mr. Lee, the nephew of the Bishop of Manchester, and " done" a Mrs. Potter, of Ashton-street, and Mr. Smith, of Albert-street, Edge-hill. She represented a Mr. Waldron, of Redcross-street, as her friend, and spoke about £4,000 a year, and carriages, Altogether, she adopted a new and artful dodge, although it seems she is an old hand. She has been locked up for the present. . Ou Saturda - y, on the Rugby and Leamington line of railway, a train ran off the rails and upset, killing three persons. SECESSIONS FROM THE MINISTRY, THE secesssion from the Derby Ministry of Mr. WALPOLE, as Home Secretary, and Mr. HENLEY, as President of the Board of Trade, on account of the Ministerial Reform Bill, will not tend to depre ciate the measure, we are persuaded, in the estima tion of the country. Those two right hon. gentle men may be considered to have represented more of the old Tory element in the Cabinet than all the rest put together, and it is just the very ele ment that . was to be feared in the construction of any measure on Parliamentary Reform. The Ministerial Bill itself will explain more forcibly than any words of their own can do, the apprehension which so affrighted them as to have produced their resignation. The Ministry will, no doubt, feel the loss of their services—for they were undoubtedly able officials. But there was no alternative but to part with them, when such a measure, in its integrity, was the question at stake. Their places, however, having been at once filled up, it would appear that the difficulty was easily surmounted, and that the DERBY Cabinet may still be considered as compact. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS CHANGES in the constitution of a political system generally lead to much more extensive and more varied results indirectly, than was designed to be directly produced ; and they often require, therefore, further and corresponding changes, it may be of infinitely greater moment than the others, in order that the system may be restored to a state of harmony and consistency. In the words of a celebrated dissertation on political philosophy, " political innovations commonly produce many effects beyond those that were intended. The direct consequence is often th e least important. Incidental, remote, or unthought of evils or advantages frequently exceed the good that was designed, or the mischief that was foreseen." And the inevitable consequence, we repeat, is, that other innovations must be intro duced in order to bring the system itself into a state of congruity. The Constitution of a country, or so much of its law as relates to the form and character of the Legislature, and the rights and functions of the several parts of the legislative body, must thus be adapted, whenever, as in our own case, it has become the object of unavoidable changes. We have witnessed, for instance, in this country, during the last quarter of a century or more, a great change in the composition of the most powerful of the constituent parts of that body the House of Commons ; and this change has, among other necessities, rendered it expedient to alter the oaths provided for its members upon taking their seats. The admission of persons originally and for long time excluded from that body,—first, Dissenters, then Roman Catholics, and. now Jews,—has made changes, from time to time, in the Parliamentary Oaths, indispensable. These changes, however, have been more in the form of the oath, than in the object of it ; and what has now, perhaps, to be principally com plained of is, that an object is left to be sworn about which is quite oat of character with the altered state of the case. This, at any rate, was the real gravamen, it appears to us, of the question as it was brought before the House last week, on the part of the Roman Catholics. They have to swear about their religious faith,—" that it is not an article of my faith, that princes excommunica ted or deprived by the Pope, or by any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any person whatsoever." And if they are to swear about their faith, why should not others do the same ? The intention is to guard against the deposition or the death of the Sovereign, which is certainly most important. But its being confined to the Romanists could only be justified, if it were justifiable at all., upon the ground that their faith was likely to have in it such an article ; in which case, assuredly, no oath could ever really prevail against it—the same power which could authorise any thing so utterly in defiance of all law, human and divine, to the contrary, surely being sufficient to authorise the making an oath null and void, in such a case. The oath, they maintain, is one containing matters and statements which no Roman Catholic gentleman can take without feelin g that he is placed in a position of degrading inferiority. THE NORTHERN TIME TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1859 And why this offensive distinction, when all that is really wanted is just what is required and taken from all the rest without any thing offensive at all, their solemn declaration of allegiance to the Crown and the Constitution ? But the anomaly of these oaths is the more glaring, when we come to that which, if it has any meaning at all, can only mean that they who take it are to consider their hands tied up as respects the Established . Church. " And I do hereby further disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention of subverting the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this realm." So runs the oath. Now how can those be expected, in reason and good faith, to put themselves in a position to have no intention at any time to correct what they may conscien tiously believe to be a great wrong ? Why, if there are to be no religious distinctions in Parliament—if not only all denominations of Christians, but they who are religiously opposed to Christianity in any and every form, are admis sible there—if a man's- religious belief, or his wan t of any religious belief at all, is not in anywise to be taken into account—why should they be obliged to swear they have no intention of remov ing what they most probably cannot, with their views, but believe is a great political evil ? Eyen were they all Christians, they are not as ~ • such, that is by their religion, under any such religious obligation,—for a State Church is no part of Christianitiy, but only, at best, a method of incul cating it. We have it on the authority of no less eminent a divine of the Church of England than Dr. PALEY, that " the authox:ity of a Church Establishment is' founded in its utility ; and that whenever, ulion• this principle, we deliberate concerning the form, propriety, or comparative excellency,• of different establishments, the single view under which we ought to consider any of them is, that of 'a scheme of instruction ;' the single end we ought to propose by them is, the -preservation and communication of religious knowledge.' Every other idea, and every other end, that have been - mixed up with this, as the making of the Church an engine, or even an ally, of the State : converting it into the means of strengthening or diffusing political influence ; or regarding it as a support of regal in opposition to popular forms of government ; have served only to debase the institution, and to introduce into it numerous corruptions and abuses." So that, ac cording to this—and it is the common-sense vie w of the subject,—its very utility, the only ground of its authority, and therefore its sole justification! is destroyed by its being just what it is—a Church Establishment ; that is, a State Church. And can members of the Legislature whose laws have made it, and maintain it, as an Establishmen t "settled by law," be they of what religion they may, yet taking Dr. PALEY'S political and philo sophical view of it, remain prohibited by an oath from having any intention, at any time, of sub verting it under a conviction not only of its inutility, but of its inexpediency and even its impropriety, consistently with that freedom of thought and of uction which it has been decreed . by that Legislature even religion itself is not to interfere with ? We do not believe it. To attempt it were an incongruity too gross to be endured, even under an oath. There can be no true religious equality, where one set of members may not' do, on account of their religion, what yet others may do. As Lord JOHN RUSSELL put the case,—" An hon. gentleman who is a Protestant dissenter holds the voluntary principle. He thinks - he is quite entitled by your present laws to bring forward a proposal, to bring forward a motion, for a bill which is to destroy the Church altogether, and there are other members of the House who are not allowed to vote for that motion, and are precluded by oath from so acting. What then becomes of the equality of members ?" What, indeed ! The effectual remedy for all this difficulty, and all this inequality, is to remove religious subjects out of the way altogether. An assembly that is composed of men of all religions, and of none, can never be qualified to deal justly with any one particular religion,* or any establishment of such religion. Every form of religion is not only to be tolerated, but to be protected; and the Church of England will therefore fare no worse than all the rest, without the special interference of Parliament, by oath or otherwise, in her behalf, —and particu larly so long as that clause in the Oath remains to which no objection seems to be taken,—" And I do swear that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property in this realm as established by law." France and Austria,—the Government, happily, being in a position to freely offer advice; and this without any danger that their motives would be mistaken, or any fear that they had any interest beyond the general interest in the continuance of peace. And, the further assurance that, upon the whole, satisfactory communications had been received both from France and Austria—communi cations leading to the hope that the Papal States would ere long be evacuated by the troops both of France and Austria, and this with the full concurrence of the Papal Government, was undoubtedly a most important fact at so critical a conjuncture. It is perhaps to be regretted that all this could not have been made known to Parliament and this country some days before ; for not only might its cordial reception by the Great Council of the Nation, and by the Nation itself, have had a salutary influence upon the Continent, but it would have calmed and tranquillised the public mind here at home, and thereby have served the financial and commercial interests of the country. It is evident, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL has so frankly admitted, that Her Majesty's Government have taken a right view of their position, and that great advantages have already accrued from their interventions. It is indeed most fortunate that, at such a crisis, we have a Government of peace—whose great aim, and whose highest interest is peace ; and whose strongest claim to the gratitude of their country will doubtless be, that at such a time of difficulty and danger they have succeeded—if succeed they fortunately do--in promoting and maintaining the peace of Europe. The last effort to that great end, we suppose, must be considered the mission of Lord COWLEY to Vienna. And it was certainly most assuring to the country, to find even Lord JOHN RUSSELL declaring that he expected every thing that prece dence could obtain from the intelligence and the experience of so well-chosen a diplomatist, —in forcible contradiction to the carping of the leading organ of the Opposition Press, that such a choice was absurd,—not, it is true, because he was not the best man for so delicate and difficult a duty, but because he could not be in both Paris and Vienna at once ! Well haS it been asked, however, " How would it be possible for our Ambassador at the Court of Vienna to speak . with the authority that necessarily attaches to the words of Lord COWLEY ? Who would give Austrian statesmen such an insight into the Imperial motives and resolves, as the nobleman who has made the policy of the Emperor the special object of his vigilant study 9" There can evidently be no answer to such ques tions as these, which will not amount to a sentence of warm commendation of the selection of Lord '.COWLEY for so important and peculiar a mission of peace. The result of Lord COWLEY'S mediation is naturally awaited with intense anxiety. But it is strange, and almost disheartening, that all the while the preparations for war in France have been going on as actively, and as -ostentatiously as ever_ We read, for in stance, that " the French Minister of War has issued a circular to the commanders of all military divisions, ordering them to avail them selves of the fine weather to train the troops to forced marches and night bivouacs,"—and that " all the military surgeons, who in time of peace are sent to the various hospitals to keep them in practice, have been ordered to join their corps, and within the last few days immense quantities of lint have been sent on to Lyons." This does not look hopeful for peace : it does not accord with the peaceful communications said to have been received by her Majesty's Ministers from the French Government. However, a very short time now will most probably answer our question—PEACE OR WAR ? THE CHURCH RATE COMPROMISE THAT compulsory Church Rates, in the present state of the nation, as respects religion, are a source of dissension, and a cause of discontent, among the people ; and that, dissension and dis content being evils, it is desirable, if not to abolish, yet to re-adjust such an impost, is a position too popular for any practical statesman now-a-clays to resist. And this is just the whole case of the Church Rate question. Whatever was the origin of such payments, they have from time immemo rial been established as fixed charges upon property ; and, as such, they have entered into purchases and sales, and become debts, the dis charge of which ought not to be considered as in any way wounding the conscience of the debtor. They are, moreover, and for ages have been, the law of the land. It is, indeed, a very ancient law —part and parcel of the common law of England— declared to be such by the highest tribunals in the country—which imposes an imperative obligation upon the parishioners of every parish in the king dom to maintain the fabric of their parish church. And for this, among other reasons, that it is their parish church, for their common use —free to all, even the poorest, who may choose to avail themselves of its ministrations. But when, unhappily, divi sions arose, and people came to repudiate the religion of such parish churches, then was it, in process of time, felt or imagined that the old law was a grievance. And certainly it must be acknowledged, that it is a law—being made at a time when all persons were of one mind, or pro fessed so to be, in matters of religion, in this country—which is not exactly suited to our altered circumstances. For not only are the people no longer unanimous, but the community is split up into numerous sects; all differing from one another, yet all agreeing in their dissent from, if not their opposition to, the Church, for whose support the law is in force. The money obligation on the part of the owners of property was not taken away— it could never be—by their dissenting from the Church ; for it was an obligation clearly justified and supported by reason and by conscience; and one which the law was bound to enforce, just as it would enforce the due discharge of any just debt to man. Still such an obligation, or rather the law enforcing it, has its inconveniences and evils, alike, to Church and State; and hence the expe diency of some such compromise respecting it A that which has beezi submit Her Majesty's Ministers: submit ted to Parliament by Various plans for effecting such a compromise have, from time to ti me , b een b roug ht forward. But they were schemes which either would .i..-ans fer the charge from the property now liable to to property not at present liable ; or which attempted to throw the obligation upon the public taxation of the country or upon the revenues of the Church ; or which attempted to substitute for a legal obligation payment by means of pew-rents. And all these were more or less objectionable,—the two former as unjust in principle; and the latter as not only oppressive to the poor, but impolitic towards the whole people. The right idea of a parish church—certainly the good old English idea of it —means; as Mr. Secretary WALPOLE, in bringing forward the Government measure, ex pressed it, " a church, which in every town, in every parish, in every village in the kingdom ought to be free and open to all, which ought to furnish every poor man in the country who wishes to receive it the blessings of the ordinances of religion, without any tax or rent for a pew or seat." And this most charitable, this truly Christian ideal, at any rate, is still to be upheld. The measure which Ministers have submitted for the decision of the House of Commons proposes to make the Church Rate a landlord's rate ; to enable the owners of land to charge it with a Church Rate, extending the power to tenants for life as well as owners in fee; to make incumbents and churchwardens corporations ; and to make certain provisions for aiding this rent-charge by voluntary assistance,—thus respecting and pre serving the moral and legal obligation that rests upon property to discharge a debt to which it is held justly liable. This is one side of the compro mise. The other is a provision to exempt Dissenters from the rate, in order to relieve con scientious scruples i —such persons as claim the exemption upon that ground not to be permitted to take part in vestry meetings for imposing a Church Rate : only Vestry meetings for that purpose, be it understood, and not from meetings for other parochial purposes, as we find the notion has begun to prevail; for such a general prohibition of Dissenters would, in the present state of things, be a great wrong, as they are still parishioners, as much interested in all secular parochial objects as Churchmen themselves can possibly be. That the Ministerial measure will meet with universal approval is not to be expected. No measure of the kind could possibly be framed that would do so. But it must be remembered, that it is a compromise; and one which, adjust it as you may, with any sense of justice, will be found full of difficulties. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated a number of objections to it ; and yet, after all, he was constrained to declare, " I believe it is the very best measure that under the circumstances can be produced, though it is not the best measure we could desire." We only regret to see Lord JOHN still setting such great store, as he does, by the maintenance of an Established Church, the principle of which is getting more and more inconsistent every day with the altered circum stances of the country, and the modified character of our institutions. "As I followed the right hon. gentleman's arguments," said Lord JOHN, " I could not but perceive that with respect to the second part of his measure in which he proposes to relieve from payment all Dissenters who state they have a conscientious objection, he is impairing the principle on which an Established Church rests, and he must have felt it himself." No doubt whatever it is so. But then.has not that principle been so impaired already, by Lord JOHN himself, as to render its further retention not only a gross anomaly, but often a great obstacle, and a grievous inconvenience ? The whole idea of Church and State" is now an idea not only out of date, but quite out of character ; and the sooner it were given up altogether, the better and happier would it be, we verily believe, for all con cerned, the Church herself not excepted. PEACE OR WAR ? Winion having indulged in any high flown professions about the United Kingdom being peace, —as France, for instance, so ostentatiously has done, in proclaiming and reiterating L'Empire est la paix,—the Government of the Kingdom has yet shown itself to be the great, as, let us hope, it will prove to be the successful promoter of peace in Europe. The Empire, or. rather its Emperor, has been on the point of giving a flat practical contra diction to his own boastful apothegm. And, but for England, it is more than probable he might have succeeded in doing so by this time. One does not yet know, of course, what after all may come of it. The fearful question of peace or war still quivers in the balance. The French Emperor has, almost in so many wards, " cried havoc," though he has not actually yet " let slip the dogs of war,"—those blood-hounds of ambition, " That make such waste in brief mortality." But he has made them ready for the field. He has them in the leash, and is still prepared, it is to be feared, to let them slip at his Imperial will. France, or rather its absolute ruler, could not well refuse the good offices of Her Majesty's Government ; and there is certainly great credit due to the latter for the pains that it appears have been taken to exert them effectually. Well might the House of Commons enthusiastically cheer the assurance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the other night, that in the present critical state of affairs, Her Majesty's Government httd not been idle, but had used all their endeavours to prevent the interruption of peace, on cordial terms with LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A child named Jane Mlfillan, seven years of age, was killed yesterday afternoon, in Lound-street, Fairelough-lane, by a cart going over her. Stu CHARLES T. BRIGHT.--WO understand that the next lecture in the Hope Hall course will be given on Tuesday, by this eminent practical man of science. Extremely interesting in itself as is the subject of his forthcoming lecture, viz., "The progress of Telegraphic Communication," it will be rendered all th e more attractive by the lecturer's well-known connection with the Transatlantic telegraph. CARGO OF Timm c:—Yesterday, a large cargo of the finest turtle ever seen in Liverpool arrived from the West Indies, for Mr. Morrish, of the Merchants Dining-rooms, Tithebarn-street. As many of these as could be piled on the floor of the large dining-room were laid out there yesterday, and created a regular sensation. Some hundreds of people went to see them, and the best judges pronounce the animals to be superior to any heretofore seen for years. It is needless to add that the admirers of soup, cutlets, and steaks of turtle, can enjoy these to perfection at Mr. Morrish's. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY. - (Before Mr. Com missioner Perry.)—ln re Frederick Cox.—The bank rupt, who formerly carried on business as a straw bonnet manufacturer, in Williamson-spare, Liverpool, applied to pass his last examination. Mr. Dodge, who appeared for the assignees, said that he intended to have examined the bankrupt, but the official assignee had afforded the information he required; he had therefore nothing to say, further than the bankrupt was now applying for a cer tificate to the London court, where he was bankrupt in 1849. His Honour said, that as he was now before another tribunal, the case had better be adjourned till he had been dealt with elsewhere. The last examination meeting was adjourned to the 6th of April. POLYTECNIC SOCIETY.—The ordinary monthly meeting of this society was held in the Royal Institution, at eight o'clock last evening. The chair was taken by Mr. M. Scott. The first business of the evening. was the reading of a paper, by Mr. T. R. Arnott, on " Coal ; its products and uses." The paper gave some highly interesting. statistics of the growth of the coal trade in America and in England. In the close of the essay the writer re ferred to the recent acts for the suppression of smoke, and observed that the sevens of our Town Council little knew how ,much less poisonous was the smoke which escaped above than file sulpheric air to the men working below. The danger was, however, he explained, greatly increased by penny wise policy on the part of the employers in consuming too much slack coal, and in employing ignorant, careless, and underpaid firemen. Some specimens of American heating stoves were exhi bited and explained to the society by Messrs. Snlith and Wellwood. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—SUICIDE. —The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday : On the body of Hannah White, 27 years of age, an unfortunate girl of this town, H who hung herself in otham-Street Bridewell. - She was locked up for having stolen a ring from another unfor tunate, in a house in Norbury-street. She was half drunk at the time ; and whilst in that state she managed to strangle herself by tying her apron round her neck. Verdict, " Committed suicide while labouring under temporary insanity. On the body of William Ramsay, who was employed as a watcher at the Londonderr boats. He was 50 years of age; and, his. body found dead in the Clarence basin, and it was suPP' 3 ''' he fell in by accident. Verdict, " Found dro wned." On the body of Alexander Neilson, 67 years of age, tailor. He was keeping a ship called the SeringaPaßirkenhead docks, anefell, by accident, into the hold, au' was killed. Verdict, " Accidental death." On the boa of two children, named Halliday (twins), four weeks old, who were accidentally smothered. Verdict accordinol. On the body of a foreigner, named Vincent MacK irtna, coo , - on board the ship Black' Eagle. He was go i ng on b oar d Saturday night, and was not quite sober. Fie s f e ll i n t o th, - Salisbury Dock, and was drowned. Ve rdict, " Accidentally drowned." LIVERPOOL I,TIRMARY FOR CHILDREN, 58, 11 01 1 i STREET. —Monthly recoyt.—Fresh patients admitted, 9v_ 06. Medical officers : patients who have receiN:ed treatment, 176 ; patientsr. maining under treatment, Stephens and Mr. He Sr. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND . 1E AND EAR IN IT t TION, 13, Rose Hill.—New patients e t ztered on thelb ; y: SurgOn dentist : Mr. Sewtuau. last week, viz :-26th February, 59 : Relieved at institution, 154 ; relieved at their own dwellings, "` total, 219. Visitors—Messrs. E. Watts, and G. Jordilu‘ Hon. secretary and treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, Escl• LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY,—Return for the wee ending Feb. 26th, 1859. Admitted : in-patients, 47 ; patients; 19; surgical casualties, 21. Discharged: cur 22 ; relieved, and at own request, 8 ; made out-patient!, 6;, irregular, 1; dead, 2 ; remain in the house, 19 2 ). For the ensuing week. Visitors ; Messrs. R. Broo cu 6 - e ' and C. Melly ; physician„ Dr. Turnbull ; sera Mr. Bickersteth ; house surgeon, Mr. T. S. Wa,lker t J ; housejunior surgeon, Mr. J._Allen ; chaplain, Ref- 0.- - Garrod, A.B. iiobert Hutchison, treasirer.' MR. AND MRS. SCARISBRICK'S GRAND CO'NCER'T'' ' 1 4 5 ST. GEOikiE'S HALL.—Mr. and Mrs. Scarisbrick's once came off, yesterday, with great success notwithstaudia that Madame Viardot Garcia was troubled_ with a se l , h re e cough. Signor Dragone also had a cold, and, in r 9 , evening, was so' ill as to be unable to sing. l e j Searisbrick was also so ill as to be prevell io singing either in the morning or evening. nt do not wish to imply that these singers were avt missed, but the corps of performers were so strong th3 e excellent concerts were prov4led nevertheless. Ma dan ; Viardot sang through her cold, as did Signor Drag ° . lc in the morning, and in the evening Mr. Scarisbric officiated for him, so that very little change was necq' sary in the programme. Miss Eyles sang her 1 10 .0 1 e charmingly, especially her part of the bea'_l ti fte r quartette from " Rigoletto!' Signor Luchesi sang De`il, than when last at the :Mist Arab Goddard played her part and elicited the most entbu sias ' , applause. Signor Giulio Remondi on the concertina se equally successful, and little Miss Wynn had the el e encore for sin g ng " Where the bee sucks," and we ll !D i , deserved it. The audience in the morning was aeut e " a cold ; but in the evening the Hall was crowded, warmer in their reception and appreciation of the P e n a formers. Mr. Hatton presided at the Piano-forte, a played the accompaniments beautifully. BY WM. KIDD, ESQ. -,Yesterday even e this eminent Naturalist delivered the first of t m nit t lectures, in Hope-hall, subject :"A general gossip al/ t v es birds, aviaries, ' happy families,' drawing room favouriv„ and domestic pets of all kinds." The attendance , I r ; numerous and highly respectable. On the pla tl ,, ° oll t were arranged a number of cages, with and iCi t ' o e s birds, and among the rest was one very beautiful Op entirely made of glass, having within it a beatit;e, bird, which kept singing during the entire eve1:111 Mr. Walker introduced the lectUrer, who was reee`ii s with applause. Mr. Kidd commenced by telling . d , audience that it was just thirty years since he had P, 3 0 1 0 0 visit to Liverpool, and he found as hearty a w el d on his present visit as he had on the former oc casion es, hearty, that he just thought himself one of theinsel/0 and he wished them to think him such, and he hnu,ap doubt but they would get on better in their g which - formed his subject on that °co st° l He then went on to say that he would endeavour t o slto them how to train the little creatures about whic h ,* was to speak, and prove that they had very tender and that their hearts were susceptible of human are ness. He then mentioned the fact that if children or o taught to treat the lower animals with kindness, ju 1311,er; mature years they would be much better ule nl os ite of society, and that to be taught the opP• would have an opposite effect on the hen Kindness was the only way to tame an animal, autintS it was tame, room and cleanliness were necessary Je r ot comfort. It would be impossible to describe t he e of Mr. Kidd's anecdotes on his audience , who we re ' l er are convinced, more amused and instructed than e ar they had been in the same space of time. At the tae elusion of the lecture, which lasted for upwards 0' u tire hours, Mr. Kidd sat down loudly a ppl au d e d / .t h , e „,, e d to audience seeming as though they could have his "gossip," for twice the length of time. fore J• LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT —YESTEILDA.Y. --- ( -L ' e si K. Blair, Esq., judge).—To S'ILIPOWNEILS : -11 - ohnila': b i t Cain. —This action was brought by John Erric 11°1'14 plaintiff, who was master of the Swedish barque Sa ti At against the defendant, Cain, a pilot, iu which he 50 f i g to recover the sum of £49, as compensation for dantligh alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff thro°,red the carelessness of defendant. Mr. Deighton aPP'cpat. for the plaintiff, and Mr. Temple for the del a oc ts The plaintiff was examined, and stated the so Cir as follows: He was the master of the barque Saßni k , is on the 3rd February, that ship left Birkenhead de9 „to charge of defendant, as pilot, for the purpose of e lti lhe sea. She crossed the river to the Liverpool side, el l t he port tack and was returning on the starboard tack t ° t he Cheshire side, when she came into collision withos schooner Anglesea Lass. The schooner port crossing to Liverpool at the time, on th e n th e tack, and was about 200 yards from the shore ° 7 0 ,01 .5 Cheshire side, when they came in contact. Th e ° of i ° of the schooner took proceedin g s against the plajuvilbich the present case, and obtained a verdict for £2 O, o bt t ° plaintiff had paid. In the present action he se n o t ioe recover from the pilot in charge of his vessel at th . e 9 for of the occurrence this £2O, in, addition to The injury done to his own vessel, the Safvu• ilott reason of the action was, because the r t he through negligence, did not tack sooner vil l ,„ ° 0 1, was on the Liverpool side. The defendant was eltarp °n and deposed that, after crossing to the Liverpool si": the the port tack, he put the ship about, and Was °- $O 5 starboard tack towards the Cheshire side, and th e ' - frost a ship corning down the river, which prevented 10 ii en tacking sooner. It was at a time of the tide si r 0 0 great many ships were movini , about, a nd st4 was the case at that time. moving did p c % 00, at the Police Court that the Anglesea Lass NY'-eragy .under weigh, but on the contrary, that she had Slate way on at the time, and had the topsail and OPP', sail set. The mainsail was about half set. Thei be r hoisting the. mainsail for the purpose of gett in g t tbv the starboard tack, and they lowered it down th il „f th e vessel might answer her port helm and keep cl ear .;, barque that he was on board of. When I Wa s 0 1; Police Court, Mr. Hodson said: " The fact is, ) I ', -° o sll have tacked before you came to the barque." i„ s ‘ ~; a barque at anchor in the river. Bat I made no The captain was steerinc , at the time of the afterwards told me that he had no fault to find ""- r °- that I had done what I could to keep clea' the vessel. Frederick Simpson, another P il°t was on board of the barque at ancOr a I the river, said he saw the occurrence , tha pilot had tacked sooner, to er, prevent c °ll/1 . l i t n o z'tb e e contact with the schooner, he must have ran 11 or:; barque that he (witness) was on board of. 31 , 1 ;,', 0, 41 6 captain of No. 2 pilot-boat, said the captain of 1 1 7, / told him that he could not blame the pilot —t , u lo oo 7 the fault of the schooner Anglesea Lass. 11'5 hedgentta,c said he could not see that any blame could be the pilot, from the evidence that had been gi e t iing"' thought it was a case of non-suit. Non-suit accor RESIGNATION OF THE HOME SECT Or AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE B C ' - TRADE. ce °f The Morning Herald announces that, in conseceipole some difference of opinion in the Cabinet, gr': ° bet° and Mr. Henley have resigned their office. M r " .- : t 0 0 ; Estcourt will succeed Mr. Walpole at the 110 Dory while Lord Mach will go to the Poor Law Bc'n Donoughmore, now Vice-President of the Board °- g 4 s9Y will succeed Mr. Henley in that office. The Times, in making a similar an nounce nl- , 1 11 ' ;11, the difference of opinion arose out of the Reforms Letters from Genoa state the suspension 4 Gutterman Brothers and Co. The liabilities Br i e 5 ., 1 go to be rather large, as the firms were " i°1154 1 A t pro credit. iiii n_li f Messrs. Hoare, Buxton and Co., who stoPP e , 6l 4o o° ,:ii during the crisis of 1857, announce that, of X"" der "" claims preferred against the first dividend 113 he estate, only £30,000 now remains outstanding'ifirs, to AN UNFORTUNATE BANRER.—At florae, ' A il ,_,, Hebrew banker has got into a heap of trouble• iitierat!v:tv of l'p-0.406,3+ Roman branches of railway are involved i° 0, 5 10 3 0 r and confusion. A Signor Ambrosini has P u o neer , oo libel against him, in which he calls him a b 6c o gla _ I ill to quote the text, questa Walker del veechio oloodor'ro the rivers of Babylon he sits or may 63c1 the is ' contemplating the seven-branch candlestick 03 of Titus,