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

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Convulsively clutching the tangible index of returning pros-
perity, they hurried off to spread the good tidings, and to
incite others to share in the outward manifestations of

rejoicing.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1856.

The British, however, are eminently a practical people; and
although generally and greatly preferring the national honour
to individual aggrandisement, it was remarked as not a little
singular to witness the avidity with which they contrived to
amalgamate personal profit with public happiness, and to
measure, in a great degree, the extent of public honour by the
amount of private emolument. Thursday was in a great
measure devoted to the expression of feeling and the transfer
of stocks ; but with the following day came the exercise of
reason.; and this raised the inquiry, what is the cause of all
this joy ? The phrase that the propositions had been accepted,
"as a basis of negotiation," called forcibly to mind the un-
welcome conviction that better than a year ago Russia ac-
cepted the "four points" as a "basis of negotiation ;" and that
this acceptance was duly honoured in the diplomatic vagarie
of Lord Jourr RUSSELL. It was also remembered that he
kept one set of tallies at Vienna, while he sent a second to
London, and brought a third, different from either of the other
two, home with him ; but that the whole ended as it had been
foreseen, before the stage was fully arranged for the comedy
in utter discomfiture and disappointment to those who ex-
pected any beneficial result from such negotiations. Happily,
in the present instance, few seem likely to be much deceived
The PREMIER is on his guard, if we can credit the opinion
uttered by the Morning Post, which is believed to echo the
sentiments of his Lordship. From this generally well-hr
formed organ of opinion, it appears that important proposi-
tions, which are not yet announced, will be ingrafted upon
that basis of negotiation, while the five points, it would seem, on
the same authority, were known to the Allies before they were
submitted to Russia. "When the cabinet of Vienna applied
to England and France," says the Post, " to know the terms
upon which they would consent to make peace with Russia, a
direct and distinct reply was given. Upon that reply Austria
founded the proposal which Russia has accepted, but she has
not represented to the CZAR the whole and exact tenor of our
demands, and it would not be fair in us, nor indeed just either
to ourselves or to Russia, tc enter upon discussion before the
preliminaries have been arranged so clearly and unmistakably I
that Russia, on the one hand, may not have it in her power to
pretend that we have entrapped her into negotiations without
making her fully aware of their import ; nor we, on the other,
be open to the manoeuvres of the adroit diplomacy which has
already, in former instances, so clearly amused our diplomagsts
to our disadvantage. To take an example : in the Austrian
proposals the name of the Aland Islands is never mentioned .
but, nevertheless, we believe it will be found that Lord
CLARENDON had emphatically stated to the Cabinet of Vienna
that we must insist upon Russia binding herself not to re-
build Bomarsund. This resolve, justifiable on the grounds of
military snccess, and requisite as a matter of high import to
the well-being of Europe, becomes imperative, when it is re-
membered that we have only recently concluded an alliance
with Sweden, and that it is our bounden dirty not to leave our
ally at the mercy of Russia, nor to permit the re-erection of a
huge and menacing fortress within a hundred miles of Stock-
holm." From these observations it would seem the Cabinet
of Vienna has acted the part of a mediator but indifferently,
if so well, if no allusion has been made by it to so important
a case as Bomarsund and the Aland Islands. The problem of
a favourable issue to the negotiations appears much more
complicated when charged with this new element of discord.
The key to a satisfactory solution may be found, however,
in the subjoined remarks of the Post, if promptly acted on.
"In the meanwhile, we must keep our energies braced up,and
relax not one iota of the prodigious exertions that are being made
for the spring campaign. This, we are convinced, is the soul of
successful negotiation." Not a doubt of it. The best rounds for
conjecture, backed by the most authentic means et acquiring.
information, concur in representing the Russian resources as-
greatly impaired, if not entirely exhausted. Scarcely any
reason exists for believing that but for the good offices of
Austria the war cannot possibly be carried on by Russia for
more than another campaign. If, through those good offices,
the humiliation of bitter defeat, and the entire prostration of
her energies, be spared to Russia by a premature peace, that
will, in all human probability, be only a truce to last till the I
Court of St. Petersburg, or it may be the Court of Vienna,.
shall, through the arts of diplomacy, have contrived to dissolve
the alliance between Great Britain and France. If peace be
established under present circumstances, there appears nothing
to warrant a belief that Russia will forego the policy by which
she has been actuated for centuries : nor is there anything to
justify the opinion that she will not direct all her energies to
subvert that alliance which defeated the carefully-hatched
schemes of Nicuonas. If Russia yield to all the conditions
required, peace cannot be refused to her; but, while concedh4
this, it must not be forgotten that the policy which, under
restraint, she professes to forego, is one which she long
cherished, and which she has more successfully pursued through
intrigue than by open war.
While measures have been taken in the north to ensure the
cessation, or at least for the suspension of hostilities, in the
south, steps for their vigorous prosecution have be& pursued.
with equal alacrity. The Allied Council of War has assembled
daily at Paris, under the presidency of the EMPEROR, who
takes a warm and active interest in the proceedings ; but out
of doors the strictest secrecy is observed as to the result of the
deliberations. The De'bats states that one of the chief ques-
tions under discussion has been and still continues, the nuke,
of the command of the Allied armies. This, of course, is a
question of grave importance, and from the Council will meet•
with a degree of consideration its gravity demands. The Paris
correspondent of the Independance Belge believes that there
will be a continuance of the campaign in the Crimea; and.
that the expedition to the Baltic, to be almost exclusively
British, will be without an army for disembarkation. In the
meantime, according to all the information that can... be
gathered, the CZAR is making such preparations for thaede-
fence of his Baltic fortresses as indicate his belief that-,,the.
coming campaign in these waters will be of a different oba-
raeter from the two which have preceded it. A Loudon
rumour has it that 40,000 British troops are to be withdrawn
from the Crimea, and, under the command of Sir COLLN
CAMPBELL, to accompany 50,000 French soldiers in carrying
on hostilities in the Baltic. The same rumour has it that the
command of the British Baltic fleet will be entrusted to
Admiral LIISIIINGTON, a dashing officer, who, in the-, com
mand of the "Naval Brigade" iu the Crimea, earned . high
honour, and rendered signal service. He is a young officer,
and comparatively a young man, being only forty-fear.. years
of age.
The Russian tactics of the " Peace at any price" partyein
parliament, have, it has been understood, been -ender con-
sideration, and has received the deliberate arrangement which
so incongruous and heterogenons a combination caa arrive at-
The leadership of this party in the House of Commons has
it seems, devolved on Mr. GLADSTONR, who will have as se-
conds the Marquises of BLANDPORD and GEANBI, and Sir
JAMES GRARAM ; the rank and file to consist; of several
members who have hitherto held aloof from this anti-national
band, and' who hesitate even yet in marching "through
Coventry" with such leaders. The non-commiasioned officers.
of the corps are to be, it is said, Messrs. BRIIIaIIT, MILNER
GIBSON, LAING, (the representative of the Austrian railways),.
and Mr. COBDEN, the voluminous author uponeßussian virtue-
and public spirit, and " What Next ? and Next !" These
motley peace champions, it is said, expect aleo to be joined, by
a cohort of money-market legislators, whooleeply
the game of " Beggar my neighbour," and, well read ba. the
play of " Who's the dupe ?" are expected to create much
diversion in their mode of dealing with the enemy, particu-
larly if no opportunity be afforded thert,of entering upon, the
additional hazard of double or quits.
While thoughts of daring " 'wake the world to, arms,"
somewhat more than a mimic war has broken out between
the potentates who rule the destinies, of Drury-lane and
Covent-garden theatres. A smart quiz has been, got up at
the former, upon the " conjv.rations and the mighty magic"
of the Wizard of the North, late of the Lyceum. The squib
is called The Great Gun Tr ick, and its principal character is
ably sustained by CIIARLES MaxnEws, for whom it has been
written. The caricature is cleverly got up, and being fully as
cleverly sustained, it has galled the Wizard, in two ways. It,
has held his clap-traps up to mockery awl. derision ; but it
has done more, the burlesque conjuring, has proved more
attractive than the real, and the Covent-garden hero is in high
theatric tiff. A running fusillade of handbills and numerous
broadsides of posters having proved ineffectual as a means of
silencing the "Great Gun." or of preventing crowds from being
delighted with the explosion, the original Wizard now threatens
a direct personal attack in the form of a new farce, neither very
facetiously nor courteously entitled, " Twenty minutes with
an Impudent Puppy." While the large houses are thus
belicose and thunderingly defiant, the trim little theatre in
the Strand provokingly laughs at both in a telling farce,
named "A Plague on both your Houses." This tripartite
icmomnseindseerley.blaet
the fun.
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING.
THE Court continues its sojourn at Windsor Castle, where
HER MAJESTY, in the proper exercise of her privilege as a
constitutional sovereign, has been dispensing the royal hospi-
talities to a numerous circle of distinguished guests, uncon-
trolled by the operation of political feeling. Conspicuous
among the courtly festivities of the week was a dramatic enter-
tainment, given at the Castle, on Thursday evening, by com-
mand of HER MAJESTY. The piece selected for representation
was GEORGE COLaSAN, the Elder's, celebrated and popular co-
medy, " The Jealous Wife," compressed into three acts. The
character of Mrs. Oakly was sustained by Mrs. CHARLES
REAP, the rest of the dramatis persome being also ably repre-
sented. While the Court remains at Windsor, the metropolis
continues, in a great measure, deserted, and, notwithstanding
the approach of the time for opening the Parliamentary cam-
paign, the West End is still in a state of social desolation. A
week or two, however, will entirely change the face of matters
in that respect. By the time Parliament meets, which will be
in about ten days, many leading members of aristocratic and
fashionable life will have resumed their places in metropolitan
society. Belgravia will be restored to its usual gaiety. The
parks will be again filled with glittering equipages and dash-
ing equestrians, and the shopkeepers and other tradesmen, who
minister to the wants of fashionable life, will exhibit their
usual flow of good spirits, stimulated by the cheering influence
of reviving trade. The other day, a circumstance, trifling in
itself, but yet of some consequence as a matter of Court gossip,
gave currency to a considerable amount of small talk among
the retailers of Court and fashionable news. This was the fact
that'the PRINCE of WALES occupied the chair on a public oc-
casion. The PRINCE, it seems, is a frequent, if not a regular,
attendant at Professor FARADAY'S lectures, and, on the occa-
sion referred to, PRINCE ALBERT was to have presided. From
some cause, however, he was unable to ba present—the chair
was destitute of an occupant, and must be filled. The occasion
was urgent; the boy PRINCE was solicited to take the chair.
He consented, and, to the surprise of many, conducted himself
with modesty and good sense, without compromising, by affec-
tation, the characteristic buoyancy of demeanour appropriate to
his years.

The past week has been one singularly fertile in topics on
which to exercise the ingenuity of the political gossip, and
to aid in the mysterious operations of the Stock Exchange.
Tuesday morning dawned tardily upon London, unexpectedly
pnt in possession of the long-looked-for official message
usually delivered to Congress by the PRESIDENT of the
United States ; and Thursday morning supplied the numer-
ous inhabitants of the metropolis with the still less expected
intimation that the CZAR of Russia is at last anxious for
putting an end to the hostilities which for so long a period
he has waged with such unrelenting pertinacity and ill-
success. The first of these had been looked for with much
anxiety on the morning of each of the four preceding
Mondays ; the second was an announcement as unexpected
as it at first sight proved satisfactory. The Presidential
Message, notwithstanding its long delay, in obedience to a
formal practice of the Republic, to withhold its delivery till
after the election of a speaker, and the due constitution of
the Congressional Assembly, was nevertheless delivered
informally by the PRESIDENT'S Secretary, to the infinite
disgust of the Rowdy orators who contrived to defeat the
formal constitution of the assembly after somewhere about a
hundred ballots. The document is a manifesto of the
customary magnitude, and it contains the usual amount of
" tall asseveration." The present time offers a conjuncture
in our affairs which the ultra democrats in the American
Republic deem fitted for an ostentatious display of their
dislike to our sober monarchical institutions. Singular though
it may appear, these lovers of freedom in excess demonstrate
the consistency of their political views by adopting the
quarrel of the CZAR. The extreme of affected social liberty
-fraternizing with the extreme of social despotism, is
a spectacle which enlightened politicians and sedate
legislators on this side the Atlantic are not prepared to
look for and cannot understand. A similar incapacity of com-
prehension on this subject is also prevalent in the minds of
intelligent Americans. This was clearly evinced in the fer-
vency with which the feeling of America espoused the cause
of Hungary, so mercilessly trodden down while struggling for
freedom. So, in like manner, the feeling among the intelligent
classes of America may be—indeed is, in favour of our cause,
as opposed to that of Russia ; but the voice of intelligence has
been overpowered, and its dictates have been set aside by the
louder bellowing of the democratic thunder throughout the
Unow. This conflict of reason with violence is manifested even
in the Presidential message. Trivial points of difference exist
between the governments of the two countries ; and it is sin-
gular to witness the exaggeration to which both sides of the
dispute are subjected in Mr. President PIERCE'S Message.
The one side he exaggerates, to suit and stimulate the angry
passions of the democrats ; the other, with greater study and
sobriety of purpose, as well as in more measured phraseology,
he exaggerates in such a direction as to make it appear that the
language used on the opposite side has no real purpose or
offensive meaning, while still assuming the swaggering tone of
one who feels that he is addressing two conflicting parties,
each of which, he wishes to believe, enjoys his whole sympathy
and affection. The purpose of such tactics is too obvious to escape
detection from even the least observant. He is a candidate
for re-election at no distant date, and votes from both sections
of the public are essential to maintain him in the position he
covets. Hence his anxiety to stand well with both parties.
But thinking men of every shade of political opinion see
clearly the degradation and danger a community must be ex-

posed to, where an application-of such unworthy means is
requisite to maintain its first magistrate in power, in-
stead of being, as it ought to be, the direct instrument
to denude him of office, as it unquestionably deprives him of
moral influence. It cannot be other than deplorable that the

government of any great country should be so constituted,
that the chief of its executive, instead of frankly expressing
the will of its people, should feel it indispensable to enunciate
the principles of its state policy in the ambiguous and

captious phraseology of an electioneering adept—one to whom

the permanent interests of the nation Ere decidedly secondary
to his own temporary and individual objects. The financial
and domestic concerns of the American Union are so tenderly
or rather so lifelessly touched upon by General PIERCE, in
his Message, as to have already secured for it among his
out-spoken countrymen the contemptuous epithet of the
"Stump Message." The subject of annexation is briefly and
rather obstinately than vigorously touched upon ; and the
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settlement of that question is inferentially postponed for
consideration at some contingent and distant opportunity.

Not so with the dispute about British agents recruiting in
the United States. This happens to be one of the points

towards which inflammatory language may be applied with a

certainty of being understood by the vulgar. It is, therefore,

a subject of especial value to stump orators and the con-

cotters 'of clap-trap manifestoes, and could nob have been
missed in the compilation of a " Stump Message." The
project was as unhappy as it was unsuccessful, and it was
speedily abandoned and •withdrawn. Explanations as to the
complete absence .4 any intention of giving offence, and an

expression of regret that any such step should have been
adopted, were promptly made by the British Government ;
yet Mr. PIERCE finds it convenient to state to his country-
men that he is seeking 1` reparation" for the injury, well-

knowing that no injury was intended or sustained; and
qual;;• Well aware that further reparation is not likely to be

demanded or conceded. Such a course of proceeding in a
solemn state manifesto cannot conduce to good. It is to by
hoped that our transatlantic brethren will ere long make
their good sense the means of rescuing their country from the
obloquy implied in adopting such inflated pretension as an

expression of the national sentiments.
The impression produced upon the public mind by the con-
tents and arguments of the
American nESIDENT'S Mes-
sage was destined to a brief duration. The early part of the
week was given up to rumours of the peremptory and absolute
refusal of Russia to treat for peace on the conditions proposed
by Austria. These rumours were speedily supplanted by one
to the. effect that the CZAR had signified his intention to
accept the most important points of those proposals, including
the neutralization of the Black Sea and giving up her pre-
tended claims upon Bessarabia. On Thursday, however, the
Metropolis, and, judging by the accounts received from all
quarters, the country also, was taken completely by surprise
when it was announced first, by a telegrapic despatch pub-
lished in the Times, that Russia had " unconditionally
accepted the propositions of the Allies." The value of which
intelligence was considerably impaired by a recollection of the
important fact that the " Allies " had made no propositions.
In course of the same day, however, the Morning Post
issued a third edition, stating that Ministers were in receipt
of telegraphic despatches from Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUB,

—"
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVEIIY OF MONEY—The Pilote
de
la Manche contains the following strange story : The corn.
missary of police of Granville lately opened, in order to
ascertain its contents, a small portative trriting.ease left some
years back in the care of the proprietor of the Hotel des Trois
Couronnes, by an English officer named Bell. In the case were
found securities of the value of 1,330,000 f. and a quantity of
private letters. When Mr. Bell left Granville to join his
regiment at Bombay, he owed in the town about 2,000 f. ; the
proprietor of the hotel having paid the money, the writing-case
was left with him as a security. It is said that Mr. Bell lag
year obtained leave to quit India and proceed to the Crimea,
where he was killed ; but nothing is exactly known here on
the point. The commissary of police immediately informed
the superior authorities of the contents of the case, and with.
out doubt something will soon be ascertained relative to the
absent officer."

stating " The Russian government accept the Austrian pro-
posals as a basis of negotiation." This, besides bearing the
stamp of authority, being also intelligible, was at once
adopted as a point of general belief, and great was the joy
manifested on all hands. In an incredbly brief period of time
the Funds rose three per cent. As may be easily believed,
many of those patriotic gentlemen, who take careful heed of
the national well-being as that is indicated by the fluctuations
of the Stock Exchange, lost no time in parting with their
stake in the country, to allow some others equal opportunities
with themselves of rejoicing in the public good fortune.

MR. H. C. CHAPMAN'S REPLY TO MR.
BRAMLEY-11100RE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

AT the County Court, on Tuesday, the judge gave a verdict
in favour of the defendant, without costs, in the collision case
between the Manx Fairy and the William Fawcett, both ves-
sels, according to his Honour, having been improperly handled
at the time of the collision.
THE annual saleof a Christmas tree and work, in aid of the
Scripture-readers' tract, clothing, and other funds, was held
in the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street, on Tuesday.
There was a numerous attendance, and the sales effected during
the day realised upwards of £6O.
WAR MOVEMENTS.—The transport steam-ship Sarah Sands
arrived iu the Mersey on Thursday morning, having on board
a few horses and men from the seat of war.—The examination
here of engineers for the royal navy still continues, and a large
number were forwarded to Woolwich on Wednesday, and
again on Friday.
A CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH.—On Monday afternoon
last, a little boy, named Howell Howell, whose parents reside
at 23, Clive-street, was so severely scalded that he died on
Thursday morning. The little fellow was sitting on a chair
near the fire, and the chair falling over with him he grasped
at the handle of a pan of boiling water which was on the fire.
The water fell over him, and he was severely scalded in
various part of the body.
SUDDEN DEATH or A DRITNKARD.—A boatman, named
Edward Smith, living in No. 0 Court, Grayson-street, died
suddenly on Wednesday. He had been much addicted to
habits of intemperance, and had been very drunk about a
fortnight ago, since which he had been very ill. On Wed-
nesday he went into the yard, when he was suddenly seized
with a fit. He called to his wife, "Ann, put me to bed." She
accordingly got him up-stairs, and he had no sooner lain down
on the bed than he expired.
CUE/OSITIEB.—A gold torque, or necklace, recently found
in Ireland, and which is valued at £1,400 sterling, may now
be seen in Mr. Mayer's shop-window, Lord-street. The arti-
cle is of great antiquity, and the gold of a very pure quality.
In the same window a Saxon brooch, fonnd in a grave in Kent,
may be seen. This, also, is of gold, and it displays some taste
in workmanship, when we consider the early period at which
it was made. Several of the stones still remain in their set-
tings, and the brooch is in a good state of preservation.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ANNUAL BALL.—The annual
charity ball of the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers was held on
Wednesday, at the Town-hall, and attended by upwards of
600 persons, including the Mayor, Major Greig, &ea The
stewards were Messrs. Thomas Clark, James Sykes, Henry
Denson, Henry Morris, James Thompson, John Allinson,
John Atkinson, and the committee. The refreshments were
provided by Mrs. May, of the Lamb Inn, Wavertree, the mu:
sical arrangements being under the direction of Mr. Squire'
Greenwood.
CHANGE RINGING.—On Wednesday, the united societies
of St. Peter's and St. Luke's aseentledthe tower of St. Peter's,
and rang on those bells a true peal of Stedman Caters, con-
sisting of 5,073 changes, in three hours and twenty-one
minutes. The ringers were James- Heron, treble ; William
Evans? jun., 2nd ; John Heron, 3rd; George Crute, 4th ;
Richard Williams, sth ; John Grindrod 6th ; John Heron,
jun., 7th e George Helsby, Bth; John, Birkinshaw, 9th ; Chas.
Lewis, of Oldham, tenor. The peal was composed by Mr. John
Heron, and- conducted by Mr. John Heron, Jun. Weight of
tenor, 25-CWt.
WEST DEBBY UNION.—The guardians-present at the meet-
ing on Wednesday were—The Rev. Wine Badnall, chairman ;
Messrs. Harrison, Siddeley, Lunt, Morris, Abrahams, Pitts,
Shaw, Roberte-Wensley, Birch, and Kireus; The balance in
the treasuree's hands- was £565 18s. Bd. It was resolved that a
special meeting"of the Visiting Committee be-held to consider
and report to this board, at the next weekly-meeting, on the
best mode of providing in the Workhouse thee means for se-
parating the disorderly inmates from those of better character.
The number of paupers- relieved during the lest week were
817 in-door, and 3i617:0ut-door ; total, 4,434: showing an in-
crease of 36 in-door, and 469 out-door; total,- -505, when
compared with the corresponding week last year:
A Wen DEEMS GUARDIAN.—Mr. James Mullins, tea-
dealer, Mill-street, one of the West Derby Board of-Guardians,
appeared at the Police-office, on Wednesday, on bail, to
answer a charge of being:drunk, and fighting witha- friend,
named John Ellis, early, that morning, in Dale-street. It
appeared from the stetement of Mr. Mullins, who-had both
hie eyes " bunged ups'" proving his ianorance of the noble
art of self-defence, that he and his friend had beenedrinking
wine together, and the-qaarrel between them arose in-conse-
quence of Mr. Ellis " bolting away without paying his shot."
itr.-Mullins hurried after' him, and requested him to,"-iltamp
up ;" but Mr. Ellis, consiaeriaga probably, that " base is-the
slave that pays," and perhaps'-also thinking that baselestill is-
he who asks for pay, took the polite request of Mr. Mullins-as-
an insult, and struck him inethe face. Mr. Ellis was filisdAll,
and costs. Mr. Mullins weeediseharged.
Tsetse SELECT VESTRY.—The-Rev. Rector CanapbeT pre-
sided at the fortnightly meetingen Tuesday, when a letter Wives
read from Mr. Win. Earle, inevhich he states that he elieuld
refuse to pass pauper lunatics-to asykras on certificates signed
by the medical men of the parish- A letter was also. read-
from- the Poor-law Board, requesting theeVe.etry to corsider
their proposal to increase the-salaries of Messrs. Ayrtere and
Games, assistant medical officers of the Workhouse, from £75
eto £lOO per annum, and from £75, to, £8 per annum reapec-
' tively, in consideration of their increased duties "in the eer-
tifying of lunatics for the purpose- of their being passe& to
asylums, and- the care of the medical stores?' A correspond'-
ence was- read, which had taken place between Mr. William
Areliina-w ratepayer, and the Paor-law Board, in which the
former stated that out-door relief had beten frequently illegally
roaininistered by individual members of the Vestry. In reply::
to- Mr. Jordan!s charges, Mr. Hart wrote to the board to the•
efsSct; that "although the relief, hoard bus not always been
attended-by the legal number of vtrymeu,its business, never-
theless;--hat been efficiently =ducted. Owing to various
causes; the original plan of the relief board-room, which was -
approved by yourselves, had, orely‘shortly prior to the receipt:
of your letter, been carried into .effect; and there is every
promise that the facilities now affirded,bethe board in hearing -
and deciding upon the applications -for relief—a laborious,. as
well--as -an important duty—will induce a fuller attendance of
its members.' On the motion of-Mr-Denton, it was agreed
that the,report of the proceedin-of the special committee on
the relief department, as presentedit the last meeting of the.
boardelbe approved and adopted; including the appointment
of Mr. -John- Evans superintendiugarelieving officer, with a
salary-of £3OO per annum, and the duties assigned to him by
the waimittee; the appointment onlesers. Penn and Bennett,
his assistant clerks, at a salary-0f4255. a week; and the ap—
pointment of an out-door inspectorseat £l5O per annum, with,
the duties specified in the same' report. The Chairman an-
nounced that there were thirty- able-betted boys, fit for sea
service, at present in the Industrial-Schodes. This concluded'
the business,. and the board adjemeled.
TWO- CILILDRM% STARVED TO.DgAMM,..-011 Wednesday,an
inquest was held at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, on. the.
bodiesof William and John Areher; twins, aged six months;:
children, of William Archer, es porter, living in a court in
Blossom-street. According to mstatement made by the neoes
thereehe found the children dead imbed on Sunday morning;:
and as there was reason to believe that-she had grossly negleethele
theca, ,the coroner had ordered:an:examination to be madwof
the body of the deceased WillianaArcher. The principal evin
deuce --adduced at the inquest was that of Mr. Thomas. W.:
Dyson, surgeon. He found eie-two• children lying in bed-
together, The body of William Archer was greatly emaciated,,
the surface being pale and bloodless, and the internal organs
generally congested with blood. A considerable portion ofithe
left lunge was in a state of inflammation; the stomach was
quite-empty, except that it contained three or four drops. of
brownish fluid. There was no appearance of either breast-
sack.or. food having been adininistered for twelve hours pre-
vious to-death.. The large intestines contained an extremely
small quantity of matter. There was mesenteric disease, Jeut
not sufficient to cause death., The surface of the lunge-was.,
here-and there spotted with bleed, as.is usual in cases of suffo-
cation.. Had it not been faasthis appearance, he should/have '
believed that want of food and,exposure to the cold had been-
the.sole cause of death; andhe -was of opinion that theechild.
must have been greatly debilitated by those causes,. and
thereby more easily suffocated. It was not reasonable to sup--
pose-that, but for this debility, two, children of that age could
have been suffocated by lying one upon the other in bed. The
mother stated that she had had the two children out with her
begging, from three o'clookin. the afternoon till 20 minutes to
lieon Saturday night. The. cold was very great that day--
'below freezing point. The mother admitted that she had had
drink. There were seene,marks of bruises on both children,
hue these had no connection with the cause of death.. The
appearances of suffocation were the same in both. He was of
opinion that the exposure to cold which they had suffered and
. the want of food were sufficient to produce, and were calculated
to lead to, fatal results, As the mother was reepousible for
this treatment and neglect, the jury returned a verdict of man
slaughter against her.--Manchester Guardian,
MANCHESTER, SNEPPIELD, AND LINCOLXSMIREt RAIL-
'WAY.—The report-of the directors of the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway Company fag the half-year
ending December -31, 1855, has been issued.. The accounts of
the past half-year show a total revenue of £278,238105. 4d.,
including the suns of £7,679 19s. 5d., balance received under
award from the Post-office, earned in emmection with the
railways and canals, a total expenditure of £139,765 75., and
a balance on, the half-year's working of £138,473 3s. 4d.; or,
with a balance of £6BB 16s. brought forward from the previous
half-year, ae total sum of £139,161 44. available for inte-
rest and dividend. The debenture andother interest charges
against the half-year amount to £58,2,31 3s. 11d., the canal
annuities, to £13,734 4s. 3d., the dividend on the £6 prefer.
ence shares. to £23,262 13s. Bd., and the dividend on the
£lO preference shares to £26,160;: making a total charge
of £1215728- la. 10d., as against the above net balance of
£139,161 19s. 4d., and leaviug £17,373 17s. 6d. available,
The directors recommend to the proprietors to pay a dividend;
of SO. per £lOO on the ordinary- stock of the company, or at
the rate of half per cent. per annum, and to carry forward a.
balance of £7,638 6s. sd. The directors state that the-ar-
rears of dividend on the No. 1 quarter shares, amounting to
:01,497145. have been already capitalised in accordance- with
the act of last session, and the coupons of 3,1 per cent. stock
have been issued to the proprietors of those shares. The
arrears upon the £lO shares, amounting, or. the Ist January,
1856, to £3 10s. per share, will be capitalised immediately
after the half-yearly meeting, making an increase of £305,200,
or a total capital bearing dividend at 31 per cent. of
£366,697 14s.

Sia,—You were pleased to give insertion, in your last Tues-
day's number, to Mr. Moore's entire correspondence with the
Board of Trade, which first apprised me of the fact, that
ex parte statements had been seat to the Marine Department
of the Board of Trade, totally misrepresenting the facts of the
case, and to which, of course, I could not have had an oppor-
tunity of replying, or of refuting.
Had the whole case been complete, Mr. Moore's appeal to
public opinion, whether in good or bad taste, would have been
manly and straightforward, and his motives, no doubt, duly
appreciated by those who hold his vaunted definition of Con-
servative principles ; and he would not be, as he is now, open
to the charge of an attempt to make political capital for him-
self, by means of covert attacks, not only on the law, but on
the honour and character of myself and the clerks in my office,
who carry out the routine of the Merchant Shipping Act.
As I had some years ago convicted Mr. Moore " of having
borne false witness against his neighbour," I should have
treated his reckless assertions with the silent contempt they
deserved, had not you published his whole correspondence, as
being of importance to the shipping interests, and, by so doing,
you perhaps inadvertently became the dupe of Mr. Moore, in
publishing a libel. I, however, agree with you so far as to
admit that the questions involved are of importance (when
stripped of Mr. Moore's personalities). I trust you will, there.
fore, in common fairness to yourself and the public, afford
me the opportunity of reply, by inserting this letter in its
integrity from beginning to end in your paper of Tuesday
next.

The facts are simple, when truthfully put. The "Pied-
Nez" arrived from Quebec, lost an anchor and chain in bring-
ing up in the river, on the 4th December, with no buoy or
buoy rope attached. On the Bth a boatman reported having
picked up an anchor and about 8 fathoms of chain. In the
afternoon the master of the "Pied-Nez" called and stated that
Ire had lost an anchor and 36 fathoms of chain. He su .bsew
quently appeared with the boatmen, claiming the anchor re-
ported, as belonging to the "Pied-Nez." My clerk told him
that he would be required to fill up the official form of claim
issued by the Board of Trade, produce the salvors' receipt for
salvage labour, and then he could at once take possession. It

then transpired that the boatmen would not deliver it to him
as he had demurred to paying them in full, the alleged agree-
ment being for an anchor and chain, and not for an anchor
and six fathoms of chain. I overheard the dispute from my
private office, and at once divining the cause, went and ex-
plained to the master that the law would compel me to
have the anchor landed, to be held in custody, pending a
decision by the magistrates on the salvors' claims; but
that the law also empowered me to compel delivery promptly,
on a deposit being made sufficient to cover a reasonable
compensation for salvage, revenue duty, and legal charges
He said he had no moneyl and could not get any, as his- con-
signees' office was shut, and would not pay the boatmen un.
less they delivered the anchor on board. Seeing that neither

party would trust the other, I could do no more than advise
as I had done, and left myoffice about four o'clock. This was
on a Saturday afternoon. It was quite optimal with the
master to make a deposit, and so compel the boatmen to deli--
ver ; or to leave the anchor in: custody, and take the boatmen
before the magistrates. On Monday I found the master had
subsequently elected to make the required deposit with my
cash-keeper, with instructions not to pay the boatmen.any-
thing without his order, pleading• at the time, to be.excused
being detained by having to fill up: the form of claim, but pro-
mising faithfully to do so on Monday. This promise be has
never fulfilled; and this circumstance it was that led.me to
suspect fraud somewhere—either that the boatmen had im-

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

I posed on the master an anchor which-was not his, or that the
latter had claimed what did not belong-to him. Further-in-
vestigation led to the discovery that the ship was classed A 1
in 1855, and would, consequently, be furnished with three
new anchors- and chains, with the maker's name on them.
This anchor was an old one, with no•maker's name on it,
and too light for a ship of the tonnage of the " Pied
Nez ;” and that; therefore, insurance must have. been
effected on a vessel represented to be A 1, when in
reality she was only A 2. ,The scale of fees is regulated
by act of parliament. A Receiver is bound, tof forward a copy
of all reports of wreck of the value of £2O to Lloyd's, and to
the Customs, for which a. fee is payable of ten shillings, and
the owner of the property, if claimed, has- to pay all legal
claims of salvors, and a commission of five per cent., but, no
matter how great the value; the maximum commission cannot
exceed £2O on any one claim_
The law well as nary instructions) defines, "-vrreck" as
jetsam, flotsam„lagan,,cleraliet, &c., &c. Some time ago a
case was heard..before Mr. Mansfield, and Mr. Simpson, of the

firm of Messrs. North and Simpson, quoted the decisions of the

highest legal authorities to prove that "lagan,'.' meant any

article left or sank, althougL. ~luoyed, and contended, that the

anchor and chain which .had been lost eleven months was not

" lagan," hem:we it was not buoyed. The stipendiary inagis-

trate decided that if an article: that was buoyeilnzas "lagan,"
a fortiori an, article not buoyed, was much more "wreck."

Mr. Bramley-Moore asserted. the contrary in his-letter to the

Board of Trade, and dematded back the baimice• of deposit

retained as fees.

As Receiver; I admit that Lwas wrong, accordingto the law,
in allowing tha-master to take. possession of the- anchor, and

relying on his word •; but if it only involves the: question of
fees, I would,,in a similar ease- of a ship riding at, anchor in
the Mersey, with no spare bower .tuachor on board,zather for-
feit my fees ..of office, than. risk the safety of the, ship.—l

remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Jan. 19th„.1.856. HENRY C. CE,APMA,N.

COURT AND FASHION._

Tau approaching marriage is announced of P2inee-Gabrielli
with the Princess Charlotte Bonaparte.
TnE Rev. Edward Atkinson, 8.D., has been elected to the
vacant mastership of Claretha.ll, Cambridge, by the votes of.
18 out of the 19 fellows of which the society consists.
IT is reported in legal circles that Mr. Phinn,. QC., will be
appointed.the Assistant-Judge of the Middleser_ „Sessions,. in
the room of. Mr. Serjeant Adams. The salary £1,200.
EARL-RITCNYN, while shooting in Hampshire, has met with
a serious. accident; a shot struck him and penetrated just
above the-right eyebrow. It has not yet been extracted.
Mu. SA...nun Way-sr.-fp Q.C., author of "Ten. Thousand
a Year," is to fill the vacancy in the representation of Mid-
burst, to be created by. the retirement of the-. Right Hon.
Spencer. Walpole.
Loap A.ND LADY CC Wia3T _gave a grand ballot the British
Embassy, in Paris, on Tuesday. The Emperor and Empress,
the 'fluke of Cambridge, and. other members of the Council of
War, were present. The Empress did not dance.

Tun election of a member for the city ef,Lincoln, in the
room of the late Colonel .Sibthorp, took place on Wednesday,.
when Major G. W. Sibthorp, son of the late- member, was.'
returned without opposition.
Aa the Earl of Eglint.on was coming oat of the National,
Bank, Edinburgh, one day last week, he was suddenly jostled-,
by two persons, and, before he had time to secure his pockets,
twenty five-pound notes had been abstractad. No trace of the
liens has been covered.

TEE marriage of Lady Jane Feu ding with Captain Levett,
took place at Mouli'sSirby Church on itharsday week. The
bridal procession . consisted of twenty-seven carriages. After:
the ceremony, a-.breakfast was given at Newnham Paddox, the
seat of the Earkof Denbigh, the bride'siather.
LIB RIGT, HON. SPENCER HOIL,A.TIO WALPOZIX, has
accepted the office of Archbishop's Church Estates' Commis-
sioner, vacated by. the lamented decease of the Right Hon.
Henry Goulburn. The income attached to the office is -141,901 a
a-year.
COMMANAER,IM-CHIEP IN TIEN, WEST INDIES.—It la
reported that Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Commander-in-
Chief on the West India station, has applied to be- superseded
on the were of ill health, and that, he will be succeeded by
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.B.—United. Service
Gazette.

Triz,Earland Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley
leave Knowsley this week for Bretby-park, on. a visit to the
Earl, and. Countess of Chester.aeld; after wbieh the noble earl
and countess proceed to London for the meeting,of parliament.
Ths noble, earl has issued cards for a grand. banquet to a large
party of his political friends. on the 30th instant.

THN Countess of Stradbroke died, on Tuesday last, at her
town residence in Hertford-street, Mayfair. The deceased
was daughter of the late Mr. Abraham. Whittaker, and was
born. March 17, 1769,50 that she had nearly attained her 87th
year. Her ladyship married the late Earl of Stradbroke in
February, 1792, by whom she had a large family, including
the present Earl of Stradbroke and Admiral the Hon. Henry
John Rous.

THE COUNTESS (Doves GER) or• Miaow, daughter of Mrs,.
Jordan, died on Wednesday forenoon, at Edinburgh, on her
way to the sick bed of her brother, Lord Adolphus Fazela-
rence. The deceased had left Mr. Duff's seat, in the north of
Scotland, and on Saturday stayed at Wemyss Castle, Dysart,
and reached Filinburgh on Monday, where her ladyship was
taken very unwell. The symptoms became alarming, and
Lads, Mary Fox and the other relatives received a telegraphic
message early on Tuesday morning, conveying the intelligence
that the countess was lying in a very dangerous state. Lady
Mary Fox left town by the express train on Tuesday, and had
the consolation of being with her sister at her dissolution,
which happened at the hour before named, without any appa-
rent pain. We believe she died of congestion of the brain.
MARRIAGE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL—The marriage of the
Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily
Hay, youngest daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and
sister to the Duchess of *Wellington, was celebrated on Wed-
nesday, in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, in the presence of a
brilliant circle of friends of both parties. The ceremony was
performed by the Dean of Worcester (Dr. Peel), brother of the
late Baronet, and uncle to the bridegroom. The Very Rev.
Dean was assisted by his son, the Rev. A. Peel, and by another
reverend gentleman. The youthful bride, most magnificently
attired, was attended to the altar by a bevy of bridesmaids
attired in white bordered with scarlet—a colour emblematic
of Leap-year. On leaving the church the party proceeded to
Apsley-house, where the Duchess of Wellington gave a break-
fast in the Waterloo Gallery, in honour of the occasion. In
the afternoon the happy pair left town for Drayton Manor,
near Tamworth, to pass the honeymoon. The bride, who is
the youngest of eight daughters, is in her 20th year; the
bridegroom is in the 36th year of his age.

SHIP COMMUNICATOR Ain LIFE Boor.—A very inge-
nious plan has been. invented by Mr. Sibbald, surgeon, of this
town, for saving life and property imperilled by reason of
storms and accidents at sea. The invention is called " The
Ship Communicator and Life Buoy." It is designed with a
view to effect a speedy communication between a ship in dis-
tress and a lee shore, and is equally applicable as a means of
communicating between one ship at sea and another. Its
construction is novel, and has the merit of simplicity. The
contrivance consists of strong canvas, or some kind of cloth,
rendered impervious to water, and sewn together, and mounted
so as to assume, when inflated with air, a cylindrical shape,
or rather it presents the appearance of three cylinders, one
resting on another, and altogether about a yard in length, the
centre one being of smaller diameter, so as to admit of half a
mile or more of Manilla floating rope being coiled round it.
Supposing a ship to be provided with one of these buoys, and
the crew during a storm to be desirious of communicating
with the shore to leeward, all that is necessary to inflate the
contrivance, which may be done in a few seconds, is to close a
valve, and to cast the buoy into the sea, It then floats on
the water like a cask, with one end upwards, until it reaches
the shore. There is a small water-tight bag or pocket
attached to the buoy, so that any dispatch, written requests,
or direction may be sent from the shore to the ship, If at
night, a small lamp is attached to the upper end of the buoy,
and a weight is added to the other end as a counterpoise. It
would require a burden equal to eight cwt. to sink the buoy.
The contrivance may be used as an ordinary life-buoy for
saving persons from drowning. We understand that its entire
cost is not more than 43.

[JANuAR-s: 22, 18561

EUROPE SINCE THE CONGRESS OP VIENNA.-A lecture'
gratis, introductory to a series on this subject, is to be
delivered to-morrow evening, in the lecture-room of the
Mechanics' Institution, in Mount-street, by Dr. Carl RetSJ4'
The subject is a highly interesting one, and, at the pmt
moment, it is peculiarly deserving of attention.
INFANT RAGGED SCHOOL.-OH Friday, the children st•
tending the Infant Ragged School, in Thomas-street, Were
regaled with tea and bun-loaf. They looked remarkably clew
and happy, and much enjoyed themselves. The visitors et
pressed themselves much pleased with the manner in Whit:
the infants went through their exercises, several of when
repeated a portion of Scripture with great exactness.
DUKE OF LANCASTER'S RIFLES.-Captain Littledale MS,
relieved Captain R. A. Aspinall in the command of the der
of the Duke of Lancaster's Rifles. During the past year the
latter officer has enrolled and sent to head-quarters pearl*/
700 men, many of whom have volunteered to the line, sii,a
gone out to the Crimea. Captain Littledale is meeting Ill',
:
similar success, the enrolling going on briskly. It is el
pected that an officer from the line will visit the regiment
this week for the purpose of accepting volunteers ; and we
are told that upwards of 200 men have signified their inter'
tion of joining the regular army. An opportunity will thus 1)`,
offered to others to join the ranks of the Duke of Lancaster!
Rifles. The results of the past year, as thus shown, reflect
the greatest credit upon the energy ant poeseverance 01
Captain Aspinall, who has done much to advance the reputu•
tion of his regiment for soldier-like proficiency, and we have
no doubt that the same qualities of efficient command will be
developed by Captain Littledale.
FIRE.-About half-past one o'clock yesterday marnillge°
fire was discovered upon the premises of Mr. Wyld, chair
manufacturer, Cuerdea-street, a narrow street running free
Byrom-street. Owing to' the contents of the yard and wort'
being of a very inflanimable nature, the fire rapidly
spread, and, by the time Mr. Hewitt and his staff of fire-police
had reached the ground, considerable damage had been done`
But a prompt supply of water being available, the flameswere, in a short time, got under, and, about three o'clock, tet
apprehensions of a further extension of the conflagration were
allayed. Considerable consternation was caused among the
inmates of the houses at the bade of the fire, in Clayton'
PRESENTATION TIO CLESGTNA.N.-0a Thursday, the street, which closely adjoined, as it was found that the Hamelltnhad communicated to one or two of them, which were emptied
Annual Christmas Tea-party given to the children attending
being hurriedly tumbled into the street, and the rain falling
of their contents, at great loss to the oWners, the furniture
the Sunday-schools attached to St. Paul's Church, took place
.at the time. The firemen, after greet exertion*, succeeded ill
in the school-room, Moorfields. The children presented their
preventing th e-fiames extending beyontl,the lower apartments /
pastor, the Rev. George- Read; A,8., with an address, era-
i near the yard, and in removing all feeler of serious damage,'
blazoned on parchment, and, also a set of books, elegantly
bound.
IWe believe the fihe originated in the store-for drying the wood
BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATTOm-The annual dinner of tlife - used in chair-making.
association took place on Thursday, at the house of Mr; I FLEECING AN EMIGRA.NT.-011 SatwilaY,- at the Police-
Cooper, Queen Anne-street. Mr. Gregory occupied the chaire : court, Patrick Carberryand Michael Cunningham were brought
and Mr. Robinson the vice-chair: It appeared, from the state-- up under the following circumstances :-Tobias- Burke, aged
meets of the honorary secretary and othern that the affairs of ' 21, of Bruff, Limerick, stated that, on Friday morning, he was
the-association and the trade, vritich-it was formed to protect, ' about to take his breakfast on board the ship-Martin J,Wartl,
ateina highly satisfactory condition! I ill the Huskisson Dock,-in which he was booked for a passage
RiLDHATIE DEFENCE AssociAreone-A meeting in further- i tin New Orleans, when Cunningham accosted:Mini-telling hip;
mace- of the objects of this association, is; to he held in St. I that he was a fellow-passenger. He subsequently introduced
George's-hall to-day, at noon, when- T. B. Horsfall, Esq., I bier to the other prisoner on deck, whom he represented as
M.P., is to take the chair, and will be surrounded by a : the man who had charge of all the proviainns on board"
, number; of influential gentlemen. _ Several clergymen are ex- I This, important personages; having ascertained that the prose'
pectedto take-prat in the proceedings:- The-admission will be I cutor•could " read, write, and keep accounts," engaged him to
by ticket, -to- be obtained at the usual platen 1 assist in keeping an account of the daily issue-of -provieions,
MECHANICS' INsTiTuTione-This valuable school is now n
, Beim ow on good terms, the three adjourned onshore, whe?
open, and considerable inducements are held out to pupils I Cunni :
- gham inquired whether the prosecutor had any Eriglis
who may evert themselves in the variom classes. An exhibi-
nmoneyil about him.
neen-juet sufficient to pay my journey from New - "Yes," he replied, ' I hayeethirty-tir
Orleans'
tion to London University, of the value-of £2OO, is open to s.
competition, in: the High School at midstrmmer; and the to St. puis.." " You had better give it to me," saklCunningt
` ..
ler:11, and
School of Ain forme a useful branch of the- education im-
I ham, end I will get it changed for you into American.
parted. Curls' and infant Schools are a.lo 'attached to the I money?' The too-trusting Irishman gave up his litt
institution, a.e-well as the evening classes. was, of eceerseesoon afterwards given tie slip by his treacherous'
friends. •Ire- gave information to- the police, which Led-{a the
ICIRKDAIE:SEssioNs..-Vhe business of these sessions corn-
apprehension, of the prisoners the :same day. They were;•conae
menced at the •Court-house, on Wednesday. Joseph Pollock, , mated to gaol for two months.
Esq., Judge of the County Court, presided.- The calendar I e
AGDAL We e INSTITUTIO-Theffirstannual meetingtf 'the.
N contained thenames: of 48 prisoners, of whom-1(7 could-read, M
12 read and write imperfectly,l2 could neither read nor write, 1 Liverpool Church of England* Magdalen Institution was-beld•
two could do both well, and one had received ae superior adu
_ . at the Bible-Repository, Slater-street, en Wednesday. - Mr.-
cation. There were only two appeal cases, neither of which
Adam Hodgem occupied the Olden: and there was a large'
were of any publieinterest.
attendance of local. clergy, and sometadien. The report stated
that though the institution had been, in; operation only since'
IFebruary last, there had been appliCations for admission let
120 females; eflerlione, however, they had been able to accotel".
DISCOVERY are-A,NEw' ISLAND.-en the outer voyage- to :
aCsatphte.
cHrerozoent,e,in ratitude-4141
eAonustthr,alaiandofinthea%Bee
cameellnexhecte I modate only a small proportion, the -accommodation of the-
edly upon land. Seipposin'g it was the Crozets, heetetrod- 1W i house being limited. to about 44 inmates. 38 applicants had)
dnonNgietuvdise,
miles south, and wesastonished to find himself at the •Crozetse- I been admitted, fiee;of whom had left atheir own desire, four-
lie describes the sew island as the highest he haelteyer seen, i had absconded, and one had been dismitesed for insubordina--
kr the mountain ridge
on it seemed to be as high, as the 1 :Ham "It is, lenrevere fcontinues the report,) satisfactory to-
Andes. The Crozete are- on a line with PrineenEdwarel be able to state thin two of the five who went out of the house;
Island, Marian, and: to Island. did not, as it has-been: positively ascertaiood,. return to a life of'
LIVERPOOL CHEMSTS' ASSOCLITION.-A meethegeof this I infamy, but are now at home with their friends. Of the re-'
society was held on Thursday, at the Royal Institution: After I mainder the connenitteenernr. venture to speak, if not with con-
the despatch of some•miseellaneeete business,Mr.N. Samuelson - fidence, yet, undoubtedly, with fair grounds of encouragement
11.atie delivered a lecture •on lead. Mr. G. R. Berry then ! and hope. As a bodynthey have become remarkably amenable'
read; a paper on the application: of photography to pharmacy; to discipline, endear,- strikingly decorous is o their demeanour. •
which was illustratedewith ;a number of specimens takers with , They pursue their various: industrial occupations in the laun- •
the microscope and emnera toinhined, and practically showed- : dry, the sewing-reon'i and in the general service of the house- -
the members present, the means, he employed of 'heleinge a, I hold, with admirable-cheerfulness, steadinesse, and goodwill, •
megnifled representation-of any ()Ilene, such as crystals,. llt is still more satisfactory to add that these girls, a little '
fishes, &e., by means otooyehydrogen light. I while ago utterly cute-if-from all ordinances of religion, now
A YetNG REPRORATE.-A. boy, about 13 years of- age; I attend, with evident- readiness of mind and apparent interest, •
. named Matthew Oxleye - was broneOet before the polka:m{4a. the daily ministrations of the chaplain, joining in prayer and
tratese. on Friday, on aAch-argeof stealing a quantity aeotton, praise, and listeningmetle meekness and attention to the word
and selling it. The mother of thepriaoner said that theboy lof exhortation, or to the simple exposition of Christian truth."
was an incorrigible thief, and that di the efforts of herself and, , The report further stated that the Rey. Drummond Anderson, •
her taisband were ineffectual in: keeping him from steauettt,' incumbent of St. Stephen'S Church, had gratuitously under-
and they were now greite willing.no pay Far his maintenance in- ; taken the duties of•chaplain and secretary. Mr. S. Martin,
some reformatory or asylum. The magistrates ordered-the
• I treasurer, read the etettement of accounts, which showed a
-
boy to be kept in custody, while- measures were takemne
beer. I balance in hand of £BO. He estimated that the yearly expene
Mansfield for his admiesion into aenvenile reformatory. - 1 diture could not be- less than £6OO, while the resources of the
I institution, from washing receipts and subscriptions, amounted
• tlereeenyonT DEBTOR.a-The.-The:- cases conneetedevith., to only £4OO : thus- increased diligence would be necessary
this- town- were heard. beihre John Addison, Esq., at the sittinge in order to obtain additional support. On theeproposition of of the court, at Lancaster.-Disofeerged forthwitk :::Win.. '
I Mr. Edward Hier i - seconded by the Rev. M • A derson; the
i . . n
Beown, of Liverpool; shipbroker -- James W. Morris, ofe,
report * d tg 11'
d usefulness,
was.a opan. . er resoutions, urging upon the
Gateaere, farmer ; Wm. -Berry,. of Li 1, schoehnaster. I - •
public to aid to extendets were,
adopted.
_Remanded- for two: rents :: John Lloyd, of Liverpool, c -
draper and outfitter e Thomas Tipping, of Liverpoel; agent 1 HEALTH ColenenTEE.-Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided
for and dealer in flour and sack's. Adjourned for er month' :: .at the weekly meeting on Thursday. The building surveyor
Peter Forshaw, of Liverpool, assistant to a licensed victualler.. gelr. Rishton) presented his annual report, from which we
Adjourned to next eon-rt.: - Thomas Fay, of Liverpool, :car- I extract the following :-Dwelling-houses and warehouses
Proprietor. _ i erected, or in course of erection, within: the Municipal Borough
, e , „,„ ;of Liverpool, during the year 1856: Under £l2 per annum, •
: Tins lthienDALE CHAIRmANSMITh.,-On :la Lurv-v, nem, I Polloc 83; from £l2 to £`26e...£1;144; from £25 to £35, 99 : from
W. Earle, as the Pollock made a communication to Mr... 1. A. Tinne andoltlie ; £35 upwards, 49; total, 1,330; warehouses, 9. Comparative
g,entlernen who , had proposed and seconded. ;
statement of the numberof dwelling-houses erected in each year
his nomination for the -above - offiee,. stating that thongh .he since 1838 : 1838, 1,052 e 1839, 997; 1840, 1,576 e 1841, 1,761;
had felt bound, at the, request- of a: lerge number of- gentle. ! 1842, 2,027; 1843, 1;390 ;1844, 2,450 ; 1845, 3,728; 1846,
. .
men, (including the deputation • who waited on Sir Thomas, , , ;
e,ou 1847, 1,220 ; 1848e.666:; 1849, 446 ; 1850; 420; 1861
Birch), and from a sense of public- duty, to attend at theses-. ' '''''•
, 837; 1852, 1,136; 1863,9241854, 829 ; 1855, 1,365; totalo
sions, which had then just ended. he• was eompelled tagegoest I 26,201. Buildings (not dwelling-houses, erected, alterations that his name might be withdrawnfroin the future considera- : made, and dangerous buildings taken down or secured, during
tion; of the magistrates.. fir: Pollock added that he eouldnon ' - the
1 year 1855: Builedin hstables,
gs-sue as smithies, &c., 77;
hews Even if it were offered• to hint;. accept the office...
I such as manufactorie,seoffiees,&c., 73. Alterations and addi-
Scnoon. FOE THE DEAR :AND. Dererne-The annual :meet- i tions : Of extensive character, 60 ; of inferior character, 303.
ing. of the friends of this: excellent institution was-heldneln Dangerous buildings, taken down or secured,, 97., . The
Thursday, in the boaetnroora of the• spacious building.; in Ox- 1 dwelling-house erections.-last year have been in excess of those
fordestreet East. Mre.R..Rathbene was called to the -chair. lis 1854. In 1851- there were only 829 dwelling-houses
Mr. Edward Banner .the honorary secretary, read the •report I erected, whereas, last. year; as will be seen, there:have been
Of the working of the-• institution during the past !erne:from! 1,355 erected. Of this•-oumber 63 will be let at about £lO
which it appeared thatits usefulness has attained us•highesh- I er £l2 per annum_ cache. 1000 will be let at about. £l5. or
point in the yearjust elneed-o-the;3oth. year of the institution!s £l5; the remainder:-will 'be at much higher rents. A dis-
existence- Mr. Banner:also read the, treasurer's statement of mission took place upon- a difference which had.. occurred ;
. accounts, from which.it appeared that there was a balance due' between the sub-committee- and Alderman Toulmin. Mr.
to- the treasurer of rdeoute£7o as._ Toulmin complained, of having been grossly insulted by
A Nov-BL STYLE: 0.S:ROBBEIIM-At the Polke-courteore , 'being served with a-summons for non-payment of rates ; and
Friday, a dock labourer; named, John Hanna, was .chargedil the sub-committee replied that Mr. Toulmin had received the.
with stealing about 801bs. of beans, the property- of, Messrs.. usual letter beforeebeinge summoned, and that on being re
Seger • and Tunnicßffen William. Lupton, warehouseman; to- minded of this by, the Deputy Town-clerk, he had- declared.
the above firm, said: that. the- prisoner had frequently- been that "it was a lie.?" Alter a good deal had been. said upon-
employed by them, and on Wednesday he entered_ one• of the the subject, Mr. It, Gladstone said he believed they had a •
warehouses at the Duhe's-Dockeand by boring a, hale in. one I much higher opinion:of their Town-clerk than Mr. Toulmin
of the floors of a warehouseewhere a quantity of beans. were seemed to possess, and they believed him incapable. -of stating-
stored, lie collectechabo.ut 801ies, weight in a haA,ithen he was anything untrue.-. The matter then dropped.-The: Medical,• •
observed and takeoeinto custody. The orisonenngitinst whom Officer reported that in.the week ending on the 12th instant,.
a previous conyietienseas-recorded was sent to,poiel: for thane 228 deaths from-,all causes were registered in the borough,.
months. being 10 More then- in the- previous week, bat. 22eless than
Loss or THE Se a',-The Ameriean nhip: Olivia, the average of thincorresponding week of the preceding. eight.
I
of New York, Captain G..S.:Spall, which sailetlefrom Cardiff, years. In the-parish the:deaths'were 168; in the out-town-
withships, 70. Of 72: deaths from diseases of the- zyrcotic class,.
a cargo of ci, for Savannah, in the latteeepart of De-
-28 were • frem, scarlatina, 20 from Trooping cough, 9., from-
eember, met with very. severe- weather. In a. heavy gale on
measles, onloo3..from- typhus, and 2 from small-pox. The-
the Bth instanteeshe sprang a leak, and despite all: efforts,
deaths from typhus were fewer than in any week of the pre--
foundered duringthe night. The crew took, to the- 131 e-boat
six months„ „
which was on hoary), and, were picked up at line- o'clock nextsix months. 60. deaths were caused by diseases of- the•
vious . _ _
lungs, and consumption. Of the total 228 deaths, 128 were-
morning, in 1at..49 N., long. 12 W., by the- barque Emperor, below . .
fie years of ate, and 22 above sixty --'9l s borough,
from Paraiba,-hound to this port. The , En- -ewer arrived off.
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estimate for - ' e'.
engineer submitteden the sewerage•:of Lodge-
Cape Clear oroSunday morning, and sent hercnews. on shore,
lane, in connection with Grove-park. The- amount leviable;
whence it was forwarded to this port.
„ on Grovs-paek would be£l4o, and on the borough, £2OO. Tho
AN ITINZ,RANT.; MITSZCIAN ROBBED ceeenes. FIDDIE.-At estimate. was approved. The engineer submitted specimens of
the Police-4one%, on Saturday, before Mr. Horeeby, James I numbers for numbering the houses in the- borough, which
Connor, a vagrant, was- charged with stealing a fiddle from an were examined by the committee. This being the whole'
of
itinerant musician, a boy named Georgediobertse from Man- the basitiess, the meeting separated.
chester. The prisoner fell in with the prosecutor at Warring-
ton, and tramped with him to Liverpool; living upon the little TEX:NIGHTINGALE TESTIMONIAL-An. influential meet-
ing at Mauchester was held on Thursdaye to: determine upon
fellow's wayside and street earnings. Ore arriving here, he
sent the lad for something into a shop; saying he would hold what steps.should be taken by that city to,promote the objects
'tof the Nightingale Fund. Mr. Sidney Herbert, M.P.,. Lord
his fiddle, but; on the boy returning, hefound that the rascal
Staoley,,M.P., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., and the leading
suited in the apprehension of Connors cud the discovery of the
had deeamped. Ile gave information' the police, which re-gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, were present.
fiddle,ata_pewa shop. The case wee. remanded. MreSidney Herbert, in addressing the meetingeexpLiined the
-
aim and intention of the Central Committee of the- Fund, -
ExTENSIVE. ROBBERIES OF BCOTS- AND SHOES.-At the which was to establish and create a "Fnefession of Nurses,"--
Police-court, on Friday, James, Nagle, Mary Nagle, and to. found a central institution in London, to which nurses.
Joseph. Murphy, were brought tgaby detective officers Scaife might be sent from the country, there to, be taught and
and Thompson, on the following charges. On the 19th of trained to hospital duties. This, Mr. Sidney Herbert ex-
December, the shop of Mr. Desore,. shoemaker, of Boundary- plained,. was the object of the Central Committee, and be
street, London-road, was broken; open, and 22 pairs of boots trusted that the nature and amount of the subscription would
and shoes stolen. The next day. some of these stolen artieres: be such as to enable them to extend the anticipated advan-
were pledged at the shop of Mr. Barlow and Mr. Gracie,. tages of the plan over the whole country. With respect to
pawnbrokers, in Birkenhead. This coming to the knowledge the management and arrangement of the institution, he
Of the-police, led to the arrest of the prisoners, who resided-at believed that if we wanted the thing well done, we could not.
No. 2, Prudhoe-street. They also broke into the shop of Mr. do better than entrust the details entirely to Miss Nightine
Williams, in Soho-street, and Mr. Browning, of London-road, gala:-Don't shackle and fetter her (said the hon. member)
stealing 12 pairs of boots and shoes from the former, and 23 by yourselves making minute regulations, which her expe-
from the latter, some of which were pledged with Mr. Fryer, rietace may show to be impolitic or perhaps impracticable.
of Hill-street. The conduct of the pawnbrokers was severely You must trust her with all the-details and arrangement, and •
censured by Mr. Bolton, one of the presiding niegistrates, for this reason, that she is more. competent than anybody else.
who said that such behaviour was little less than a direct You have got, to use the, slang term of the day, " the right
incentive to crime.. All the prisoners were committed for woman in the right place," and, having got her, trust her.
trial at the sessions. And trust her-why ? Trust her for your own interest, be-
HIsToRIc SootErr.---A meeting of the scientific section of cause she is the one who will carry out this reform the best.
this society was held on Thursday evening, he St. George's. Trust her for another recson-because the whole grace of your
hall, the Rev. Dr. Thom in the chair. The minutes of the compliment to her consists in the confidence the people of
last meeting having been read, Dr. Hume, the secretary,place in her, having seen what
England have to
announced the following donations to the society :-From the her integrity, her self-devotion can accomplish -Lo d
rStanley,
Geological Society of London-the quarterly volume of the pro- f bat brilliantspeech, '
M.P., in a brie • . disclaimed all desire on
of the committee to share Nightingale'soPut
Miss p
ceedings of the society, vol. XI., 1855; from the Geological the part Pointing ' that Miss •
Society of Dublin-the Journal of the Society, vol. I. parts 2, larity. on, . , Nightingale, " working for a
large and worthy object in the
3, and 4 (1834-8); vol. 111., 1844-8); vol. IV. (1840-51)% vol. V.
(1851-3); vol. VI., parts 1 and 2 (1854.6); from the Royal So- God, and compassion for man," was one who held the faith of
ciety-Proceedings of the Society, vol. VII., No. 16 ; and from universal brotherhood in action as well as speculation, and by
Dr. Heath, a catalogue of the fine-art department of the French breaking through custom and convention had opened out for
on exhibition, and a copy of an essay, by himself,
• the credibi- her sex a new sphere of usefulness, the noble lord earnestly
lily of the existence of the " kraken, sea-serpent, and other sea appealed against the popular belief that a woman's sole
monsters." Dr. Hume next exhibited a curious sheep bell, in
sphere of duty lay at home. On the detail and working
the form of the hawk's bell of the middle ages ; also one of and plan of the institution proposed to be formed, Lord Stanley
the medallions which Francis Henry Egerton, the last Earl observed :-I have heard it said that, before applying for
of Bridgewater, who left £B,OOO for the authors of the Bridge- money in a city like Manchester, we ought to have been pre-
water Treatises, had struck off for the purpose of throwing pared with a plan more definite and detailed than that laid
them into rivers, and otherwise distributing them over this before you. My answer is, mud must be left undecided, if
country and France, in the hope that they would be found at free play is to be given to the judgment and experience of
some distant period, and bring him into remembrance as the Miss Nightingale. It is not rules, not forms, not paper
"Literary Earl of Bridgewater;" also, a halfpenny bearing on checks or guarantees, that make an enterprise prosper • it is
one side the arms of the Duke of Bridgewater and the inscrip. the living, unfettered human energy. You ought to 'know
tion " Success to Navigation," and on the reverse the figure that in Mancheiter, if others don't ; and I believe you do
of a man carrying a burden on his back, and the inscription know it. Without a rare original talent this work could not
"Manchester halfpenny," with the date " 1793;" also, a piece be done at all, and with such a talent, the best.thing you call
of elastic stone from Delhi • and another very curious piece of do is to let it work out its own ends and its own way. We
stone, a sort of soap-stone, found in the neighbourhood of Beau- promise to leave Miss Nightingale free and unhampered;
niaris and Holyhead, of which the common women of North and we believe that is the best guarantee for efficiency we can
"Wales are in the habit of eating small quantities, as some per- give. His lordship then briefly sketched the origin of the
sons are in the habit of eating coffee beans, carraway seeds, &c. institution of hospital nurses on the Continent, and concluded
-The Rev. Mr. Moore then proceeded to read the second part his speech amidst loud :applause. Mr. Monckton Milnes, and
of a paper by John Hodgson Hind, Esq., on " The History of other gentlemen, then addressed the meeting; and resoldtiond
the Western Portion of the Kingdom of Northumberland were passed appointing a committee to further the aims of
down to the Time of the Norman Conquest." • the central committee in Manchester.

GEORGE HALLIDAY, aged thirty-two, boatman, lodging in
a Court in Hornby-street, fell down in a fit on Friday night,
and died before medical aid could be procured.
SABBATH DEFENCE ASSOCIATION.—Sermons in aid of this
association were preached on Sunday, in most of the local
places of worship.
THE QUEEN has been pleased to approve of Mr. William
Cunard as a consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the Emperor
of Austria.
THE British Empire (formerly the Demerara steamer, which
was run ashore in the Avon) has arrived at Cork from the
Chinchas Islands, with 4,500 tons of guano.
ON Tuesday, the Rev. J. C. Miller, of Birmingham, delivered
a lecture on the " Home Harvest," before the Young Men's
Christian Association, at the Hope-hall, Hope-street.
A PROMISING Younr, fourteen years of age, son of Mr.
Charles Thomas Aiderton, of Sketty, was killed by a toy
cannon exploding in his mouth while he was clearing the
touch-hole.
MR. LAIRD, the ship-builder, is in negotiation for the large
ship-building yard lately occupied by Messrs. Rennie, Johnson,
and Co., Sefton-street, for the construction of mortar-boats for
government.
NOTICE has been issued from the General Post-office, that
the departure of the Australian man-of-war screw steamer
Victoria, with ship letter bags for Melbourne, is deferred
until the Ist of February.
ROBBERY FROM THE POLICE OFFICE !—On Thursday
afternoon, while the prisoners were being tried in the two
police-courts, some thief entered a room adjoining the courts,
and stole a singlet, with which he got clear off. There were
some 30 or 40 policemen about the premises at the time.
A YOUNG WOMAN, named Ann Evans, who had lived eleven
years as servant with Mr. Reyner, Deansgate, Manchester,
committed suicide by hanging herself in the cellar of the
house, on Tuesday. She was very excitable at times, and very
much afraid of losing her money.
A SILVER TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE, Valued at 50 guineas,
was, last week, presented to Mr. William Rothwell, by the
tenantry and family of the late Rev. James Hornby, M.A.,
rector of Winwick, near Warrington, as a token of the esteem
in which he is held by them for impartiality, Sustice, and
integrity, during the 22 years he was engaged as steward to
the late rector.