The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-04 00:00:00

MARRIAGES.

On the Ist Inst,, naCir
Bowen, MA., Samuel, second sem eef tite i"Ohn Hignett,
Esq., f this, town, to Margaret Arabelß, eldest daughter of
Mr. John Jones, oat C'trien Pork, Chester.
On the tna Inst 4 at St. Paul's, by the Rev. J. 11. Stafford,
Mr. dosep)h Oates, of Sheffield. to Miss Margaret Williams, of
Sheffield, and late of this town.

On the 2nd inst., by license, at St. Peter's, Everton, by the
Rev. S. B. Sutton, ILA., Mr. Richard Carter, Mariner, Moult-
street, in this town, to Miss Elizabeth Jones, Conway-street,
Everton.

DEATH.

On the 25th ult., in Vaughan:;tieety aged 42, Eleanor, wife
of Mr. W. Hinds.

On 'the 26th ult., at the residence of his son, Mr. R. R.
Hughes, 94, Otivt?r-street, Dirkenilead, aged &7, Mr. Robert
HugheS.

On the 25th ult.' at •unimer-seat, Bootle, aged 1751 Mr, Robt.
Walmsley, late of her Majesty's customs.
Oa the 29th ult , aged 26, Edwatd, 'youngest son of the late
George Pritchard, of this torn.
On the 81st aged 10, John, son of Mr. J. Leatherbarrow,
licensed victualti r, of this town.
On the 31st ult., at 22, Upper lluskisson-street, aged 69, Mr.
William Oringe, formerly woollen draper, of this town.
On the Ist inst., at 165, Islington, aged 81, Jas. Ashburner,
Esq.

On the Ist inst., at Fairfield, near this town, aged 7s,', T. IL
Banning, Esq.,

On the 2ndinst., at St. Helens, Elizabeth, the beloved wife
of Mr. Frederick B. Wignall, St. Helens, aged 31 years.

PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS AND. THE NEW YEAR.

W. H. TPDXE)
SUCCESSOR TO . . .
F. L. HAUSBURG,
In presenting the usual address at this Season, hege to,return
his best thanks for the kind and liberal patronage conferred
upon him during the past year.
To his extensive and unrivalled Collection of
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MANUFACTURES
has been added every
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NOVELTY,
And the greatest care has been exercised in the SELECTION
of the GOODS, to SECURE TILE BEST QUALITY at the. very
Lowest Prices.
Especial attention is requested to the large Assortment of
FANCY ARTICLES,
including
PARISIAN NOVELTIES, FANS, CASKETS,
SOUVENIRS, BOUQUET HOLDERS,
and the NEW STYLE of
HEAD ORNAMENT
in the greatest variety.
AN EXTENSIVE STOCK OF
FRENCH DECORATED CHINA,
ALABASTER FIGURES,
PARIAN DITTO.
A splendid STOCK of
BOHEMIAN, ENGLISH, AND FItENCII GLASS VASES,
LUSTRES, &c.
The unequalled Stock of
DRESSING-CASES, DESKS, WORK-BOXES,
BAGATELLE TABLES, &c.,
manufactured on the premises, will be found complete in
all its branches.
The assortment of

:ENGLISH AND FOREIGN TOYS, GAM} 8,
DISSECTIONS, &c.,
is replete with every novelty, and includes a great variety of.
ORNAMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS TREES.

W. 11. TOOKE hopes, by his unceasing personal attention,
to secure the continuance of that confidence and support
which have hitherto been so kindly extended to him. '

OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS,

LIVERPOOL.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The French Bourse has been much depressed; id
consequence of the absence of anything reassuring in
the Einperor's laconic speech to the Corps Diplomatique,
and of the rise in the discount in the Bank of France,
which, as we have already stated, was quite expected. The
uncomfortable and unaccountable line of policy pursued
by the Emperor, with reference to Francis 11. and his
' useless defence of Gaeta, is beginning to produce some of
its natural fruits, in the shape of suspicions and surmises,
of an ugly character, regarding the actual designs of
the French Government in this matter. For example,
it has been already broadly insinuated that France has
not the smallest intention of recalling the fleet from
before Gaeta, or renewing the obstacles which she
continues to place in the way of a prompt surrender of the
fortress to Piedmont, without receiving from the latter
power some additional territorial compensation for the
service she has rendered to the Government of Victor
Emmanuel,—in short, that the farce of Nice and Savoy
is being played over again. Meanwhile, according to a
despatch from Marseilles, a deputation of Sicilians has
gone to Gaeta, with the view of obtaining from Francis
11. still better terins than are promised them under the
Government of Victor Emmanuel, and has been ex-
tremely well received, the young King, who is at pre-
sent richer in promises than in anything else, promising
them a Vice-royalty under the Prince his brother, and
a Sicilian Parliament. We must, however, add that
the statement on this latter subject is one the accuracy
of which we are not disposed to guarantee.
The Zsfonite,er of yesterday denies that there is any
truth in the rumour that the French Government is
under the necessity of having recourse to a new loan.
The present amount of Treasury Bonds, it is added, is
only 75,000,000 f.

The organisation of the Hungarian counties is pro-

grossing rapidly on the basis of the laws of 1848, and
the Government appears to be content--for the present,
at least—to let things take their course.
Venetia is inundated with revolutionary proclamations,
and the principal streets' of the cities are every now and
then. strewn with little bits of paper, on which are
written " Si." It Reed haidly be said that the word
quoted is that which was used by the Italians who voted
in favour of annexation.

A Berlin letter, of Monday, says :—" Prince Alfred
(of England) has not appeared muc4..in public since his
arrival in Berlin, but he spent nearly the whole of the
time in- the company of the Prince and Princess
Frederic William at their town palace. On Saturday,
however, his royal highness enjoyed the sport of skating'
with Prince Frederic William at Shandant, and in the
afternoon was present at a grand dinner given by the
Prince Regent and the Princess of Prussia, at which the
Prince and Princess Frederic William were also present.
Yesterday, his royal highness went to the palace of
Sans-Souci at Potsdam, and this morning left.erlin at
halflpast .seven for Coburg, where his ,roya4ighness
will pass some days."
"extradition'' case has just been decided at To-
•
rontO, the circumstances of which have excited in Upper
Canada fully as. mach interest as the arrest of Count
Teleky created in Europe, Thecase alluded to is that
of Anderson, the fugitive slave from the United States ;
in which the Court of Queen's Bench, Toronto, gave
judgment on the 15th ult. Chief Justice Robinson and
Justice Burns decided that the prisoner should-be deli-
vered up to' the United States atithorities.. Justice
*Lean held that•the• evidende against him'was irisuffi-
dient to vvartant-his rendition, The- prisoner's counsel
have applied foi,an appeal to the Bench of Ji-rdies, mid.
and it is to be decided whether an appeal will be
allotted. It is likely, eventually, to be brought before
the Privy Council, in England, for. decision. The
greatest excitement prevails throughout Canada on the
subject.
The tote or the mercantile letters from Xever York
exhibits a great improvement, althongh the politicians
at Washington continued to express very discouraging
views. " The.commercial panic," it is said, " as:far as
New York is concerned, may be considered over."
It was currently rumoured in Washington that a
motemerit *as going on in;the.bordsr States, upop both
sides of Mason and Dixon's line, for a great middie'con-
federacy,' to be 'calltd the Cential United States;" or
the Fedeial Republic of WashingtOn," including New
Jersey, PerinsylVania, rind the North-West upon one side,
and Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri on the other.
The orders for the transmission of gold to America
continue on an extensive scale,: and furthsremittances
will, it is stated,- have to be made. The Edinburgh
steamer; from this port for New York, which sailed
',yesterday morning, took out £106,000, It therefore
now appears that the total to be forwarded will exceed
£2,000,000; if it dots not in reality reach n,500,000.
Patlianieht *as Prorogned yesterday to the sth of
February licit; by the Lotd Chancellor and Cunimis-
sioners, then to meet for the dispatch of business.
There was not u single member iti the house besides the
Lords Commissioners:.

The ttieeting of the grand Trunk of Canada Railway
Company was held yesterday, and was numerously
attended, the discussion being on the, general position
and proipeets of the undertaking. After a lengthened
debate it was agreed to appoint a committee of -seven,
including shareholders, preferential bondholders, &c.,
to confer with the directors, and to devise means by
which the necessary investigation may be carried.out in
Canada. It is believed; that by to-operation, a satis-
fabtory adjdstffient of dillictilties may tie attained, acid
the exertions of the directors and proprietory seem to be
now' centred in achieving this object.
The Rev. H. F. Yeatman, chairman of the Dorset
Quarter Sessions; in his charge, on "Wednesday; called
attention to want of legislation on the removal of
nuisances and the attempted prevention of adulteration.
We are glad to hear from Mn Yeatman thattkthe jus-
tices of
,the peace oter whom he presides intend to take
into consideration the propriety, of appointing Compe-
tent analysts tinder this act. /to act of parliardent is
ever more likely than this to become either a nullity or
great- public boon, just according to the way in which
the public neglect it or apply it.
The storm which passed over the metropolis on Mon-
day-night and Tuesday morning has told with disas-
trous effect in the Channel, where its violence was expe-
sienced to a fearful degrees Serious losses, both of life
and 'property, hate been the result. On New Year's
morning a large French barque was wrecked on 'the
:GoodWin Sands; of the crew, the fate is Uncertain, it
being Only knoWii that they stiddeeded irigetting into
their boats. ' Another large vessel, bcidngifi &Rant-
burg, was also wrecked on the- south part of the same
sands. In this instance, also, the unfortunate crew,with
the exception of five men, have perished. The opposite
French coast appears to have been the scene of even
more numerous casualties than our own, the gale having
raged there With extreme fury.

An explanation has been received of the mode in which
news froth Pekin reaciieS St. Peters.litirg. The irecent
speedy telegrams regarding the Chinese treaty were trans-
mitted, it appears, the usual way. The Russians have
. reray norses,
and tho despatches are delivered tip to the first telegreph
office iii iiorMedtion with St: iieterebtirg which the
bearer can reach. .The route is vid Mongolia, Itialchta,
and Irkutsk ; and the common mail. reaches the latter
place within sixteen days of its departure from Pekin.
From Irkutsk to St. Petersburg seventeen days are
reepiiredt to the telegraph office at Cassano:
,The bight Hon. E. Horstdaii meta ldtge body of.his
constituents on. Wednesday afternoon at Stroud, and in a
long speech defended himself against the serious charges of
inconsistency alleged against him, on account of his con-
duct last session. At the conclusion of his address the
meeting unanimously passed a resolution recording its
disapprobation of ,the flight Hon. gentleman's parlia-
iiientitY 66U4lia, iiliicli *es eaictitlatea neither to pro-
mote peace or liberty in Europe, not' the title blinotir Of
this empire. The resolution expressed confidence in Her
Majesty's Ministers, and condemned the repeated attacks
made upon them by Mr. Horsman. The Right Hon.
gentleman, in reply, said that, notwithstanding the vote,
he hoped to be for many years the Liberal representa-
tife of the Liberal constituency of Stroud,
All attenlpts to float the steaMs*" titian Victoria,!'
which grounded on Wednesday in Plymouth harbotifi
have, proved fruitless.

Her Majesty quo!' Victoria; in grateful remembrance
or the esetipe of the Prince ddrisoit fioin thie dafigetOus
acdident whith befel his Royal diirin4 the
recent visit of the Queen to Coburg, has forwarded a
sum of money which is to be devoted towards the
foundation of a charitable institution in that plane.

" His Grace" of Tuam is out with a new year's gift,
in the shape of an epistle to Lord Palmerston, in which,
in "his usual able and trenchant style," as one of his
flatterers has it, he calls the premier and, through the
prettier; the Bridsh natibri; tb debotint fdr a vast accu-
linitation of public sins. (learn-tient, he sage, are
terrified out of their seven senses by the .monster
national petition, and he has somehow found out that
Lord Palmerston and Lord John are the reverse of
cordial colleagues since the latter brought that Her-
culean difficulty upon the shoulders of a ministry that
required no artificial troubles to embarrass their
positict:
At a dividend meeting yesterday, tiridtt Mr. Hullah's
bankruptcy, a memorial was submitted, signed by all
the creditors, recommending that various testimonials
presented to Mr. Hullah should be given up to him.

.CLERICAL INioUNl'ACilts AND BEARDS.

WHAT may a man, lay of clerical, not do ?' There
are sotne things that are not expedient.
Then, what things, being laVvfnli is it expedient
that individuals, ecclesiastical or otherwise, should
not do ? The question of expediency is mainly
to be determined by weighing all the circum-
stances affecting any given case, with an earnest
desire to ascertain the influence thereby exercised
upon all parties ifithestedi and to soetive for them
a just and fair consideration. The delicate ques-
tion still remains, how far is it right and pteper
not to say imperative, for individuals to make
sacrifices of their own preferences, in regard to
matters in themselves -Unobjectionable and per-
missable, in deference to the peculiar feelings and
ideas of other persons constituting a large, if not
the major body of the people ? For illustration,
take the great moustaches, beard, and whiskers
question ? For ourselves we may prefer what
some have called the barbarous process of shaving
off our moustaches and beard, and occasionally
trimming our whiskers,--that may be our taste or
fancy,—it may be right or it may be wrong.
What matter? Nobody cares—certainly nobody
is offended. The world is perfectly content witll
whatever shape we choose to sport these
hirsute appendages, simply because it does not
interest or affect it in any manner or way.
Another rejoices in the fact of possessing unmuti-
lated " wing-whiskers" another luxuriates in
unequalled length of moustache—another boasts
of an immeasurable and richly-flowing beard—and
another glorifies himself in the realisation of the
truth that neither razor nor scissors has ever
touched or diminished any of these shaggy adorn-
ments of his natural man. As to all such matters,
in the case of private individuals, we say again
so far as the public are concerned, they have
nothing whatever to do with it. Is it not a good
bargain that pleases both buyer and seller ? Why

then should any one interfere ? This is a free
country, and our personal liberties are not to be
tampered with. Time was when,the cut of the hair
and the quality and style of the garMents for each
class of men were minutely laid down by law, and
when every man according to his station was
positively obliged to conform to the statute there-
anent. But we have long since got over all such
puerilities. The force of public opinion has been
found quite sufficient to keep within ordinarily
decent bounds the eccentricities of
,the weaker
-members of society in matters-of costume and the
like, and we are content to smile quietly at the
f.ollies.of. the few.who, for &time, may
.perchance
prove themselves insensible to the pitoprieties of
the age and the tastes of the society in which
they live and move. All such evils of excess thus
speedily cut& themselves.
How has it happened, then, that certain mili-
tary and ecclesiastical authorities have of late
distinguished themselves by entering upon a
campaign, the one against military " wing "
whiskers, and the other against clerical long
beards? Are we thus about to return to some-
thing like our ancient sumptuary laws, and so to
show despite to all our modern notions of per-
sonal freedom P If not, then, what propriety is
there in the Bishop of Rochester's injunction to
his clergy to make greater and more constant use
of the razor over their chins and throats ? Shall
not an ecclesiastic, as well as a private civilian,
do in this matter exactly as seemeth right in his
oral eyes ? It is no ordinary event to find an
English prelate thus entering the field against
the individual freedom of his presbyters in such a
personal matter.; and it is of no small consequence
to ascertain how far his lordship, in this respect,
may be right or wrong. Are not clergymen men,
and have they not, equally with other men, a
right to wear the virile facial appendage ?
Is not the ridiculous and troublesome cus-
tom of shaving rapidly falling into desuetude;
and may we not expect, ere long, to see
Archbishops and Bishops themselves wearing the
flowing beard, and even the massive moustache,
which characterised their predecessors in past
centuries ? Is not the beard a natural protection
to the throat, for want of which men have been
killed, and by the restoration of which others
have been saved from impending death ? So
argue those Priscyitically-disposed partisans who,
without daring to at ow the secret ground of their
sympathy with the clerical innovators; seek to
justify the outrage upon neutral grounds. It is
all very well to say that clergymen are men ; but
are they not men of a particular class, under
special rules, and having prominently public and
sacred as well as private relationships. It may
answer a purpose to assume that shaving is
going tnit of fashion, but we were not aware of
, the fact. It is equally futile to anticipate
such a change as that by which our highest
church dignitaries shall wear the beard.
It may or may not be true that shaving is ridicu-
lous, although certainly it is troublesome. We
are not now called on to pronounce as to its
unhealthiness or otherwise. These assertions are
either wide of the Mark, or stand in need of being
substantiated. Shaving, so fat CIS toe know, is
still in fashion with the majority of all classes;
and our archbishops, bishops, and clergy, gene-
rally, do not Wear the flowing beard and heavy
moustache. But we do know that this innova-
tion has been attempted ; and that those silly
arguments in its defence have been urged by
those Who, as a party, assert that clergymen are
something more than men ; that clergymen are
not bound to submit to the prevailing fashion in
style Ord costume ; and by those who have
recently made it a great point to set archiepis-
copal, episcopal, and clerical customs at defiance,
except in so far as it chimes in with their anti-
quated notions of obsolete ecclesiastical order.
These advocates of clerical beards, therefore,
appeal to a class of arguments from the benefit
of which they have completely divorced them-
an, y

to beconie true:

Beyond all question the clerical moustache and
beard, as well as the great Wing=whisker, are an
innovation in the sanctuary, the reading desk, and
the pulpit, and are as obnoxious to the common
feelings of the people, for whose benefit they
ought alone to minister, as they are indicative of
inorciiriafe Sanity' mental weakness, and personal
indifference to public decorum and ecclesiastical
sobriety. We are not by any means insensible to
the natural beauty of a magnificent beard
neither are we slow to appreciate the unsurpass-
able elegance of the human form in its nude
and, therefore, most natural state. But for well
known reasons we clothe the one and shave the
'other. If nothing more, these artificial regula-
tions in practice tend to our comfort and conveni-
ence. Besides, if we are to grow the beard, why
should we clip our back Bair ? The flowing jet
curls behind are not less naturally graceful
than the same in front. But both are
inconvenient, and, according to our mode
of life, uncomfortable: To follow out the
natural argunietit Wertild only lead us back to
is-ntate of savago nudity nr2rll.l4r9tsto for;;aity.
short, the attempt to argue the matter upon the
laws of nature apart from social custom is simply
absurd and self-destructive. To speak plainly,
this is merely a question of common sense and
fashion: There always has been, is now, and
ever will be, a fashion in these things. Those
who will not conform /mist pay the penalty of
being held ridiculous and nonsensical. But more
than this: Are the faithful members of the
Church of England, within the diocese of Roches-
ter or elsewhere, to be scandalised by the intro-
duction of such uncalled-for and mischief-meaning
novelties 011 the part of a few youthful clergymen,
so long as they have a faithful Bishop placed over
them for the very purpose of protecting the ser-
vices of the Church from all such Indecencies.
Pot his honest courage and unhesitating straight-
forwardness, in so delicate a matter, we cannot
but look upon the Bishop of Rochester with all
praise; The moustache and beard question is but
a trifle, "to speak, in itself. But a straw will
show which way the *rind blows. Let those who
at first sight might feel disposed to doubt the
necessity for prelatic interference in this question
make a little further inquiry as to the Puseyitical
sentitnente and mediaeval tendencies of those
would-be moustached and bearded clergy.

RE-ELECTION OF CHAS, TURNER, ESQ.,
AS CHAIRMAN O 1 THE DOCK BOARD.

YESTERDAY, CHARLES TURNER, Esq., was again
unanimously re-elected chairman of the Mersey
Docks and Harbour Board. The high dignity
and importance of the office which has thus once
more been conferred upon that gentleman can
scarcely be over-estimated. From the enormous
extent of the Liverpool docks, spread as they are
over some six or seven lineal miles, together with
the capacious works now so far completed, and
still in progress on the Cheshire shore of the
Mersey ; and considering the fact that the
revenue and expenditure of the Board far exceeds
those of many Sovereign States, it may at once
be inferred that the patronage at the disposal
of the body over which Mr. TURNER has
now presided for so many years, is something
wonderful and unequalled in its own way. When
we reflect how all-pervading must be the influ-
ence of the chairman of such a Trust, and con-
sider that the unsullied integrity and high
principle of the management has secured for
this great commercial interest an influence and
prestige of which no other body in the kingdom
can boast, we may be enabled to form some
estimate of the value of the services Mr. TURNER
has conferred upon Liverpool and the Mersey