The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

AMERICA.

By the steamship Pacific, which arrived on Thursday, we
have intelligence from New York to the sth instant. The
Senate continued unorganised. The House of Representatives
persisted in refusing to receive the President's Message until
Congress was properly organised. The state legislature at
Albany was in a similar predicament to the senate, the mem-
bers not being able to agree upon a speaker. Further riots
had taken place at Kanzas, the mob having gutted a govern-
ment newspaper-office, thrown the type into the river, and
burnt the paper. Advices from Havana report several poli-
tical arrests, the prisoners being shipped off at once to Spain.
Mademoiselle Rachel had arrived at Havana, in a very bad state
of health; her medical advisers had prohibited her performing
for several months to come. A duel of a desperate character
had taken place between Senors Villagos and Paredes, mem-
bers of the board of directors of the Cienfuegos RailwarCom-
pany. The weapon used was the broad sword. The immense
strength of Paredes enabled him at the first cut to break down
the guard of Villagos, and to cleave his skull nearly in twain.
At the last accounts he was still living, but in a hopeless
state. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 18th alt., state
that the primary elections for the election of deputies to the
constituent congress had taken place. Great enthusiasm pre-
vailed on the occasion, but no disorder disturbed the polls.
Guadalajara
localities
had s
e
Tapic had pronounced against the existing government.
Guanajuato,also,it is sad Puebla,
pronounced,oaja c a Sai rdr atGh oe
r d a ,
.a n
other
smaller
had followed the example. The pronunetcomentoe seemed to
be principally the work of General Uraga. In most of the
revolted points the National Guard had triumphed over the
insurgents. At Cuantla de Morelos the Indians bad com-
mitted many outrages, assassinating and pillaging the inhabi-
otaf an
ntsiiLbeutstrs
ofxropmediLtioolnveronCdaelir a
fornciaorcsoimoamn,unniacmateed ztheerdroefaeoat,
by the Mexican forces under General Blancarte. Another ex-
pedition, a naval one, against Mazatlan, had also been dis-
persed, and the vessels captured. Speaking of the difference
between the English and the United States governments re- I
spectmg the Central American question (the Bulwer-Clayton
treaty), the New York Tribune forms the opinion that Mr..'
Clayton's (the U.S. plempotentia,ry) asseverations touching
theintentions of the negotiators of the Clayton and Bulwer

[JANUARY 22, 1856•

treaty must be taken with several grains of allomance,:„O'
our own part (it says), we believe that it was never t!" ~d.;
tion or expectation of the British negotiator of the tr'74,
surrender the protectorate of Great Britain over the P¢
tos. We believe that Mr. Clayton never approached teicieo
in his negotiations with Mr. Bulwer, knowing Alll4O
position which that minister occupied on that point; ;6{
lie cautiously avoided it, intending to obtain, by inu
and diplomatic wiles, what he knew would not be'
ingly yielded in unequivocal terms. We have rel
believe that Mr. Clayton chuckled not a little at Pl,
deemed his success over the British, diplomatist, as,„,o
not altogether complimentary in the terms be ;"If
to the astuteness of that functionary. Mr. elnetid
tered himself on his phraseology in the treaty, and he"
he had Mr. Bulwer fast on the point of surrendering
tectorate. Mr. Bulwer came with prestige as a sh3o
knowing man in diplomacy, and Mr. Clayton clainl
honour of having out-generalled him. Mr. Clayton l'ep
or professed to believe, that the terms used by binl
rb
treaty, by which Great Britain was not to 'colonise, "V
or exercise dominion in Central America,' included ber4
quito protectorate. But Lord Clarendon denies the f3O
denies the intention, with what we believe to be gr,e3too,
fulness. And he intimates very distinctly that Nl'
knew perfectly well, during the negotiation of the treavV,
neither the British Government nor 1. r. Bulwer ever be
intention of relinquishing the protectorate. As betweqA
two diplomatists, we think it is a plain case of the biter vi
bit. Mr. Clayton thought he had entrapped Sir Henrlittl
wer, while the fact is that the boot is on the other leg. ;,
a struggle for generalship in the use of terms, which bbl
the chief contest of diplomatists. Mr. Clayton tha,,t, ft
won, but it turns out but too plainly that be did 11°".,,P
treaty does not exclude and destroy the protectorate,Pp
that particular thing is to be done, the job will llace.:%
begun de novo. A new treaty must be made, and, 19 It,
end aimed at must be called by its true name."

IRELAND.

THE Tenant League denies that it is dead, and suratoov
have been issued to several members of the body to l'l_o
1
conference in Dublin, 'on the 22nd inst. The charge ;0
Tenant Right Bill is to be taken from Serjeant Shee,
contumacy in refusing to meet the council of the league'
Sr
BRITISH AND IRISH STEAM-PACKET COMPAIO9
shareholders held their annual meeting at their offices,
quay, Dublin, on Wednesday. The directors declared 'lt
dend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, for the hale'!
ended the 13th of June, 1855, and they now recelo3V
dividend for the past six months at the same aate,3l/
heretofore, free of income-tax.
P°
CAUTION TO NEWSPAPER CARRIERS.—At the
,- padti
court, on Saturday, a lad named James Davison was
by Mr. Kelly, of the Northern Whig, with having neerfe,
to deliver certain numbers of the papers at Saintfield, tPcio
disappointing the subscribers, and committing a bread'
contract. The case was proved, and the misdemeananitm
mitted to prison for one week.—Belfast Northern rinV,
FIRE AT THE BELFAST BARRACKS.—By the disastro'd
which broke out on Tuesday, in the quarters of the egic
the Cheshire Militia, now encamped in hutments in the 1,
rack-square, Belfast, a loss of property to a large anloultetso,
been sustained. The loss of Lieut. Hamilton is very 'I
ft
amounting to £9,000 or £lO,OOO, principally consisting (0
luable deeds ; and Lieut. Reade and Ensign Gale are
sufferers.—Belfast New Letter.
THE MURDER OF Miss HlNDS.—Seven persons (saYe#
Dublin Evening Mail) have been lodged in CavalW
charged with being concerned in the murder of Miss Pe
They are, with one exception, tenants on the estate of tu
fortunate lady. A man named James Murphy, fc'9l%^.;
county of Leitrim, is accused as a principal, and Thomas D
to
is charged with being the chief conspirator and condo-tothe diabolical offence.
THE SHIPPING AT QUEENSTOWN.--For thirty sea- dp
have not been so many British ships lying windbonnd 041
orders in Queenstown harbour as at present, and for ne':tlt
month back. They appear to be jammed up one agail's'•te
other, from Passage down to Camden Fort. They P 3-„, ,t.
over 300, with about 25 foreign ships, and five menifto
manned by over 4,000 seamen, of whom 2,700 are
merchant sailors, 300 foreigners, and 1,000 men-of.war'S,;
A FEW days since, about two miles on the other sinp
Castleblaney, a portion of the line, about 30 yards, sunk, 313
a manner, disappeared. The substratum wanted solidity eye
passenger trade is not interrupted. Parties travelling hieit
line have to walk about seventy yards, and then resume th
ole
places in the carriages. Sir John MaVeill will have the scot,
rectified by one of his ingenious processes on MondaY ;304
when the traffic trade will go on as briskly as ever.—f
Examiner.
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CHANGE OF LANDED PROPRIETORS.—In referi4wt, sir
operations of the Encumbered Estates Court, the Balli'1"„
o,
Star remarks, that "of the counties of Galway and,y
ib
comprising nearly three millions of acres, or about one-secpl
of the whole kingdom, one-fourth of the superficial extent the
changed owners," and adds, " It has been stated that
majority of the purchasers of the properties offered for se;
have been English and Scotch. This, however, is not the citto
of two millions of money invested in this way, not more ",0
£400,000 has been advanced by capitalists from across ,
channel."
f Wl6 IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—MT. W. G. Plunkett, o.
and J. C. Bower, Esq., have obtained a patent for the 01,304.
facture of paper and textible fabrics from the following PI3 ttf
viz., the yellow iris, or common flagger, the burdock, ,f,
coltsfoot, and from the leaves and stems of red and white tr,
and mangold wurzel ; also from the stems of Swedish, ft' el
deen, and other turnip bulbs. We have seen specimens of
paper and millboard manufactured by hand from several
the foregoing plants; and from fibre from the iris or Se;4l
flagger, which appears to have all the properties of 'the t,
flax. The iris contains a large proportion, at least 75 per cc'
of paper material.—Boyle Gazette. t
IT is stated that the Lord Bishop of Cork is about t
institute proceedings, in the Ecclesiastical Courts, for t
purpose of declaring the parish of Inniscarra vacant, by reasri
of the conviction and sentence to transportation for
forgery, of its rector, the Rev. William Beresford• Th of
proceedings, it is said, will be defended by the creditoiseeo
the convict. The parish has for a number of years b der
sequestered, and the revenue collected by a receiver 11 t
the court, for the benefit of the creditors, whose debts arecnt,
to a very considerable sum. The defence which, it is nude.
stood, will be set up, is a denial of vacancy, on the gr°
that the incumbent is not dead in law, as the prerogative $
the Crown may at any time be exercised in his behalf
granting him a free pardon.
„i
AN IRISH PATRIOT'S PROPHECY.—An ultra-Liberal
Roman Catholic journal, nauseated with the squabbles, ,Pc.:„D
tical and religious, which have rendered the name of anjl;sep
popular representative a byword of merriment, if no w° reJ
finds consolation in raking up an old threat of Grattan, uttepl
at the eriod of the union. " Well," said the indigila the
patriot, "Ireland will have her revenge; she will send into 11,
British Senate, and into the bosom of her councils, 105 of :Le
biggest rascals that any age or country has ever produce,
Horrified at this fancy sketch, the journal piously ejaculates' of
" Thank God, it has not come to this; for there are many e
the Irish members an honour to their native land; but
policy acted on of late by those dubbinithemselves our lea►
would very soon have verified the prediction of our imuler
countryman." •

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ii~ZE,. annual ball in aid of the Wallasey Ladies' Charity took
Tuesday, in the new Assembly-rooms, New Brighton.
try Chambers was the lady patroness, and the gathering
Sol4T.Yinumerous, and, fashionable.
141;,;:111 WILES MINERAL RAILWA.T.—This company's line
4f gr been leased to the Glyncorw Coal Company for a term
idiyiYde am, the company having guaranteed to the shareholders
Siraell(l°f 5i per cent. per annum. The proposition was ,
epr affirmed by an extraordinary general meeting of
°Prietors.
The works on the line are to be commenced
inter BE Ain WE BKEATICE."—This was the title of a very I
NikeLioß lecture delivered on Wednesday, by Mr. T. D.
aijia the National School, St. Paul's-road, Tranmere,
eteetkp the funds for lighting St. Paul's Church, recently
si 1,,,1 that populous district. The Rev. A Willink pre-
Atract, ,Ine lecturer treated of the various properties of the
The itiere, and of the great importance of pure air to life.
st, tnre was illustrated by experiments.
utti ji?,lE- DEATHS AT BIEICENTIEAD.—OnTriday, Mr. Chur-
t,ts, esZan inquest at Birkenhead, on the body of Jane Hop-
"t. —elitY-five years old, who had resided at No. 88, Back
as 8h:11e-street, and died suddenly on the previous evening,
Cathe;iwas Preparing to go to bed. Also on the body of
Nth lneHughes, 42 years of age, who had lived as servant
1116 tAitkin, Market-street. On Thursday she was wash-
-I)„ited.-11Tel,f, when she suddenly fell down and immediately ex-
"'the h,,',42 inquest was adjourned, in order that examination
to
"Y might be made.
t'lllitOLlG.—The late severe frost has afforded ample oppor-
the%ito the lovers of this favourite Scotch game to amuse
144%117" on the various large sheets of water. the vicinity.
Itkit ob Of the parishes of Scotland the practice is to play, at
",et in each season, for a sack or two of oatmeal for the
tltibi°. the district. The committee of the Mersey Curling
Ilimaave determined this year to introduce into Birkenhead
lithe o,l' laudable practice, and have challenged the members
the't,tlghton Curling Club to a contest, to come off on one
hod°etes in Claughton-park, whenever the weather is
St
'e 7')Ae• Instead of a sack or two of oatmeal, the arrange-f
that the losing party will have to pay for 500 lbs. o
r the poolsgEr of Birkenhead.
Ntzli 111:LEAD AND WALLASEY BUILDING SOCIETY.—The
104„,,qoaner of this society was held on Wednesday, at the
(17,,ve Hotel, Seacombe, when rather a numerous party
,'''!tp-", to a sumptuous banquet, which was served up in
31; 11
s": style, and reflected great credit on the establishment
,N4ded',4tes. The chairman, in the course of the proceedings,
Ltdiao the success which had attended the establishment
nt t—gri" societies on the Cheshire side of the Mersey ; and
least advantage was the good feeling promoted, as
1,, l!treta,„.lll the attendance on that occasion. Mr. Priest,. tbe
o Mentioned several instances, which had come within
'nowled..e of men in humble circumstances, who had
,a comp'ar'ative comtnce through becoming mem-
tklth,ilonilding society. Thee evening was spent with great
Ikt.ClitY, and all appeared delighted with the entertain-

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Nkl 2IERMINED FEMALB " SMILSTIER."—MatiIda Durkin,
kte, La stay maker, was charged at the Birkenhead Police-
titci oVaturday, with attempting to pass base coin. About
e ttle,n', on Thursday, she had gone to the shop of Mrs.
e',l4-rgyle-street, and selected a pair of child's shoes, n
4Si t,c. for which she tendered a cro iwn piece, which was de-
,11•0 be a bad one. She "begged pardon," and said that
tki r cid take it back to a shop in Market-street, where she
,t peee'h'ed it. She was allowed to go away with the coin in
S op,ession. A few minutes afterwards, she called at the
;Qhild,Jirs- Workman, Monk-street, and selected another pair
'lkrie,,,„3 Shoes, in payment for which she offered the same
4sll--, crown piece. Mrs. Workman gave her the change,
*11),- was about to leave the shop, when a police-officer, who
't is -`l,l sent to watch her movements, took her into custody.
llolistit'liosed that the prisoner is one of an extensive gang
44111:ve lately been very successful in "getting off" a large
S, 4,L,4 spurious crowns in Birkenhead. The prisoner was
'tvi,7, until Wednesday, in order that the authorities of
k i " nlaY be communicated with.
,111'144ALB DRUNICIILD.—At the Birkenhead Police-court,
:e1:(1a37, a wretched-looking female, named Mary Peers,
',,,!* ,rged with deserting her three children. The relieving
,10;'4,ted that her husband had been an engineer in the
;"'ilitt°l! Messrs. Willoughby, of the Birkenhead Ferries, and
b 'a lifetime had £1 17s. 6d. a•week. In Octoher,lBs4,
Iwa,i-fseized with cholera, and on being visited by a surgeon,
:41.se, °4n d that the depraved woman had not a penny in the
t 7) althoughda she had received her husband's wages only
laqillija before. The medical man gave one of the children a
N''' iv: to procnre some brandy; but on the child going ont,
im114,1 followed by the infatuated mother, who took the
4k'l,',4ntil her daughter, and at night she was brought home
‘'lls F ~' of intoxication,' her husband being then dead. A
4,44.°1,'26 was due from a benefit society on the death of the
ti;eunt the officers of the society, in order that it might
it':ll,6eBl,P,nt in drink, provided decent mourning habiliments
t 41te„1°0w and her children. In a fortnight after this, the
,krei,widow had pledged the whole of the mourning
4.,e4 114 the proceeds of which were spent in drink, and then
11,11° apply for relief to the guardians of the poor. The
N,ered to take charge of the children, but as the woman
it.„,,P Part with them, she was allowed ss. a-week for
tti witenance. About a fortnight ago, it was ascertained
.elili,,Prisoner was living in a disreputable house, and that
‘O4. `,...n were in au extremely filthy and neglected con-
-444(1re Ate relieving officer then interfered, and the poor
:+, millowere removed to the house of the prisoner's sister-in-
kali ,took charge of them. On Saturday, the wretched
t41,-a°aconded with 12s. 6d. belonging to her sister-in-law,
has nt
the money in drink. Mr. M'Nerney then applied
NoVrrant, and the prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday.
N teneet of the guardians, said the relieving officer, was to
,7pe._`e Woman (who was advanced in pregnancy) committed
`,,),9a, and the children removed to the workhouse. After
:i;i,:acntealtation, the bench decided that the charge of deser-
' h',',. s not proved; and the sister-in-law having promised
VeAcrt the children on condition of being allowed ss.
,c;:, the prisoner was discharged.
i').,ce,°]a MEcliamcs' INSTITUTE.—On Tuesday, a grand
piie.,,J, aid of the above institution, took place at the new
irl'ut"all, Northgate-street. Amongst those present were
4 i' i;),svenor (who took the chair), the Hon. W. 0. Stanley,
11;(10e; G. Temple, Mr. Caldicott, Mr. Wardell, T. F.
0%4, Wm. Brown, John Rogers, W. W. Brittain, W.
ly 401,14nd Mons. Kriens. The tables having been cleared,
,bJect e chairman proceeded to deliver an address upon the
..t 4°l their meeting. He briefly sketched the history of
Q.atieoster Mechanics' Institution, which was established
i'l,‘ll3, adoptedgo, upon rules and principles which were ge-
:o44; at that time, or even earlier. Mechanics'
14'41),,°na, said his lordship, throughout their career, had
9eter:'trit,,with difficulties and dangers of no ordinary cha-
etita'''neY had had to contend with the low character of
ttltt.l., "3' instruction in the day schools throughout the
lib
diiqelid in the next place they had involved themselves
lib e, km ,tY in having disregarded their educational pnn-
riei' nail consequently been led to give their attention to
lt,iield reading-rooms—ecellent things in their way,
k•l'"ed fromhad done much goods but in doing this they had
ki,lletiv„ , their right track, and followed one much more
kn.'ll'al si.' Out one which would eventually prove most detri-
eDtio4) their interests. Their own institution formed no
tte.444. to a rather general rule. It was fairly started in
Orem Its tender years gave prospect of very considerable
it'4,kti il and a vigorous majority ; but in that age which in
It, ,lott was most critical it in some degree declined ; but
~,'Y we,. it would soon recover from its partial depression.
Cel af,.° then met to celebrate its majority. It bad nearly
,retio , the age of 21 years. It had reached the years of
,t' hr *(in ; and he hoped it had sown all its wild oats, if it
4,,v,0r,j, 4,nY to sow ; but, be was sorry to say, it had received
!.,,'"' 4 large assistance from the rich. His lordship then
1
' Ilty. .4 earnest appeal to the wealthy inhabitants of the
ti):ka; and, after a feeling allusion to the death of the Rev.
iit:4 ins,,le, the late rector of St. Mary's, Chester, he referred
kem'll.3;. 'ileace of the lives of great men. The Hon. W. 0.
'' , al
ed , .P. Mr. R. G. Temple, and other gentlemen, also
ki, ee '0 the' meeting for support to the institution, and the
tierll73B terminated by the audience singing the national
`1)11,111 which they were accompanied by the organ and
' of the Royal Cheshire Militia.