The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-12 00:00:00

and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Companies have
for some time been prevalent, and have exercised some
influence on the value of their respective shares. We
can state, on the most positive authority, that these
rumours are without foundation, and that no proposal
of such a nature has been made, or even discussed, by,
the directors. The rumour has probably arisen from
the fact that negotiations have been taking place for
some alterations and improvement in the traffic arrange-
ments between the two companies.
The Volunteer Movement in Stockholm continues to
progress. Upwards of 7,000 persons are already enrolled.
Export merchants in France complain that they never
had so few foreign orders to execute.

The Vanderbilt line of American mail packets have
stopped running for the winter.
The sUbscriptions forwarded to hell's Life office for
the ei-chanipion, tom Sayers, were on Tuesday last
handed over to the trustees. The Money, which
amounts to the silm of £2,814, will be SO secured that
it cannot be touched by Tom's creditors, nor will he be
able to assign hicay or anticipate the income arising
frOM it. It is expressiypro'vided that in the eVent of
his again entering the ring the trust'e'es Oiali at once
deVote the *hole .e.ffioant to the benefit of his children.
A vessel sailed from Charleston on the 16th, bound
fer Liverpool, under the " Palmette flag," which is the
State flag of South Carolina, but of which neither the
commercial nor the political world can have any legal
knowledge. We are curious to see whether she will
enter Liverpool under this new specimen of bunting;
Once more, and for the last time but one, Baker-
street Ba2aar, 'tendon, is the ittitiegvotis of fat Eattle,
and once more crowds or people throng the yard to see
the sight, which always warns as that ahiistnias is at
hand—the pride beasts. The show on the whole this
year Is ih no *ay stiperior to preceding ones either
as regards the number and quality of the animals exhi-:
bited, or the Vatiotis articles Of manufacture; it is, hoiv-:
ever' an average eihibition, Mid Our 'OciiintrY friends will
hot be disappointed on paying it a visit. Yesterday
the doors were opened for the public, and from an early
hour large numbers flocked in, and it was not a little
amusing to hear portly farmers descanting, with the
greatest warmth on the beauty of the Durhams, the
condition of the Iterofbitis; dr the elegance of the
tOithdoivres. All had theft admirers, even the pigs as
they lay in a State. Of
~perfect heplesineSs', living
examples 'of 'the 'evil .of ecti of 06'k-eating; drew
forth eicpreAsieWs (Of idliqrgioil. from those who take an
Inferest in the improvement in the breed of this useful,
but not very ornamental animal ; whilst they invariably
obtained what they deserved most undoubtedly, the pity
of the humane. It is surprising hei'ir e
got into odd). 4 st-i'tei and it does not certainly appear at
first sight what good can result from getting an unfor-
tunate pig into such a condition that 1-,ie cannot move or
even see, and then bringing it to this—shall we say,
degraded—state before the public. Of the agricultural
implements it need only be said they are hthheitus and
Varied every article tised by the luttbaKdiliaii is there
'to .be fokci.
Mr. LAyard has defeated his remaining opponent,
Mr. Scovell, by a very large majority.
At the Midland Circuit held at Lincoln, December
Bth, before Baron Bramwell, sentence of death was re-
corded against Thomas Richardson, labourert for the
murder of Alexander. M'flrian, politeffiiii, at Wyberten ;
and at the Xortherh tienit at, Durham the same
day, 'before Mr. 'Justice ke,ati'ng, a similar Selhtente *as
iecorded against Milner hockey; for tine iiiiirtier of
TliOnias I;titrriiOn.
lohn Collins, a member of the Exeter Volunteer
Artillery, and late honorary secretary to the Exeter
Ragged School, committed suicide last Tuesday morn-
ing, by drowning himself in the Exeter Basin,

A public meeting was held in the ToVirnzhall of te'eds,
last nighty to inangtitath a kaolin zissobiatiOn of working
theit iii tbett tokVn ; in other WOrds, to 'organise a refothi
agitatiOn. The 'chief speakers 'on the 'occasion iveVe
Mr. E. bailie's, the Meta& or the lairOi; and Mi•
.TOhn bright, ‘Vho bnlitiged bh the delight which he
eiperienced at the prospect of a renewed demand for
reform, and expatiated, after his usual manner, on the
advantages which would, in his opinion, accrue to the
working classes and the country at large, from that
demand being acceded ta.

TO Tiit RIGHT HON.
THE EARL OF SEFTON,
LORD LIEUTENANT OF LANCASHIRE.

MY LORD,

It must afford yob. AO Ordinary
pleasure to observe the 'vast numbers of young.
men, belonging. to all classes of society, who still
continue voluntarily to 'respond to the patriotic
cry, '"TO aiths, td ititis!' which still resounds
tlirdnghout the length and breadth of the land
and nowhere more enthusiastically than in this
town. But the most devoted efforts in behalf of
the most noble of causes occasionally require
guidance and direction from superior wisdom and
eXperiencey enforced by a moderate and
timed exercise of high authority. At the present
time no greater service could be rendered the
Volunteer cause than sedulously to watch over
the formation of new corps with the view of
rooting out or preventing the further disse•
mination of ideas and practices which to
the experienced seem calculated seriously
to weaken and counteract the practical utility
of the organisation. In such an emergency,
to whom could the public there appropriately and
hopefully address therilsolVeS than
,to
ship? Your high official position as-the qUEEN's
representative in this great count Y—your Paitl
services to the Volunteers—your steady zeal for—
the development of the force—and yottr constant
readiness to do everything required_ or you,
officially or personally, on :Its _'behalf, inspire us
with confidence that the humblest appeal in-yidi
from those engaged in the service, shall be duly
considered, and fully warrant us in, believing that
in so far as lies within your power and kirisdieL
tion, nothing shall be left -undone to secure to our
great Volunteer army :the utnicist"attainable.
degree of efficiency and consolidation.

Your Lordship has, no doubt, observed that one
of the most proniin.ent features of the movement
in the preSent stage of its progress, is the forma-
tion of what may be called Class Corps. This
idea is, in itself,. unquestionably good, and ought
to be 'encouraged. But, like every other good
idea, it is liable to be abused or misapplied. In
Volunteering, class association is always desirable,
except when it runs into military isolation. Un-
fortunately some such tendency has recently been
manifested in connection with this phase of the
movement. This mistaken course may be so
far explained by taking into consideration the
feeling of exclusiveness which is apt to spring
up, and, be :eheriSbed anloug those who consti-
tute the members, of any particular profession,
business, or. trade, There is also, unhappily, a
degree of jealousy ,found to exist between those
of different occupations which to some extent
repels class from class, and so far tends to pre-
vent their mutual co-operation. Every section of
trade is ambitions of forming a separate and in-
dependent corps for itself—that it may if possible
outvie all other corps by' some distinctive
feature, and rejoice in the honour of as
many commissioned and non-commissioned officers
as possible chosen from behind its own desks,
counters, and workbenches. We have already
had somewhat too much of this; and we rejoice to
know that your Lordship's views are inclined to
oppose the formation of independent corps until
the strength of the existing battalions is ren-
dered more complete. We sincerely hope that
your Lordship will be induced to adhere to this
opinion, and unhesitatingly to act in accordance
with it in the event of any proposition being laid
before you for the formation of new corps. By
all means let us have Class Corps ; but for the
future let it be understood that they must be
formed under the auspices of, and with a
view to being consolidated with, some existing
battalion,

The number of Volunteer Battalions already
formed, or in course of formation, in this town is
amply sufficient to absorb all who have yet
come forward to be enrolled in the ranks.
They are, moreover, sufficiently varied in uni-
form and administrative arrangements to meet
the reasonable wants and wishes of all who
are likely to volunteer for some consi-
derable time to come. Indeed, it may be fairly
made a matter of question whether it might not
be of advantage to the efficiency of the force to
bring about,if Possible, a decided measure of con-
soiidationa m ong
the existing corps. Be this as
it may, it is certain that some more active effort is
required to fill up the ranks of our battalions, so
that we may have a really powerful organisation,
instead of a number of comparatively lifeless