The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS.

LONDON POPULAR CONCERTS AT t'llt
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ItALL.

An attempt was made last night to introduce to the
Liverpool public some concerts which, under the naive
of " Monday Popular Concerts," have been very success-
ful in the metropolis. The performers, instrtiniental and
vocal, are all of high-class; the selected music of high
character. A quartett for stringed instruments by
Mozart, executed by Mons. Vieuxtemps and Herr Ries
on the violin, Mons. Schreurs on the tenor, and Signor
Piatti on the violoncello, commenced the concert With
an example of classic performance which we should have
anticipated to be beyond the taste of the visitors to
popular concerts. It was admirably pertornied by all
four musicians, Mons. Vieuitemps lilt not been in
Liverpool or, we believe; in teglaiid Yeals.
His fingering is very adroit find delicate, but his bowing
is not pleasant to look at, nor is his tone as good in qullity
as we could wish ; and in his endeavour to nlav •
totes, he loses tone alter-.4L

, 'cry piano
ag Well as distinctness of

articulation.

kilts, probably, results from the 'attempt
w perform chamber music in a large hall without con-
sidering the diftetenee in see; Atadathe
*ER the idiiiano of the everiirig, .then

gaie a pleiat!ig song"damehe,,ilp,d day,

which she sang with great expression. and facility; and
Was entlitislastiCa,l4,enepicd;),4t, tiaereikhEsithe for-
Ward and,Sowedl er 4ineWledinient of the eduipllL
inittiltable Signor Piatti played a
Sarabande and Gavotte," by Bach, accom-
panied on the piano-forte by Mr. Charles Halle. The
music was peculiar and even comic in the latter part.
The performance was unexceptionable. Mr. Weiss
followed with " The Bell Ringer," by. Wallace.—a song
that does not bear out the reputation of the composer; nor
afford much opportunity to the singer. The first part of the
concert concluded with Mr. Charles Halle's performance of
Beethoven's sonata in E flat, of which the third thove;,
ment the minuetto and trio was by far the finest part.
The second part commenced with a. SOniiitii iii .13 flat, fOr
violin and piano-forte; hi this 4 played by M. Vieux-
tenips and M. blitlr6 Halle with great character; but,
as we itaire already remarked, the piano notes of the
violin were constantly inaudible, and the passages
became indistinct. Madame Lemmens Sherrington
then fascinated the audsence with her rendering of
Maefarren's song, "Why do we lose'?" and being again
encored, she repeated the latter movement of the song.
It is very peculiar in character; aid has some very diffi-
cult intonatian; *hi& Madamb iefamenS ShErrifirdn
made pleasing biY.tlie leitefitibii Of
.hei eiedition and
truth oc_expkerieton; Mr. Weiss followed with Men-
delsdblifi's uninteresting song, "I'm a roamer," out of
the " Son and Stranger." This unusual style of con-
cert concluded with Beethoven's quartett in B flat,
played .by M. Vieuxtemps, Herr Reis, M. Sehreurs, and
Signor Piatti. The galleries were filled ; the reserved
seats well attended, and the unreserved seats bad a fair
sprinkling of visitors ; the boxes were nearly empty.
There will be another concert this afternoon.

THE PANTOMIMES.
The severe weather has had no sensible effect upon
the attendance at our Christmas pantomimes, which are
as attractive as ever. At the Royal the effective cops
de ballet continues to be admired, while the mechanical
portion of the pantomime, which is no*alMost faultless,
reflects much credit upon Mr; Ca*drey, the siipeiinten=
dent of this department. The pattontinie now seems
very likely to disappoint the Pio6nostiCations of those
Who, upon its first PiOdtibtieiii anticipated for it a short
trod iinpOpillat• '64'4. There will be a morning per-
fOrinance ti ay. At the Amphitheatre, which is
CrOwdeil nightly with delighted audiences, "Little Bo-
keep " exhibits no signs of a decreasing attraction, but,
on the contrary, evinces unmistakeable signs of a pros-
perous longevity. "Prince Peerless," at the Adelphi,
Is drawing good houses; and the same may be said of
the very creditable Christmas burlesque which is now
being performed at the Colosseum Theatre.

HENGLER'S GRAND CIRQUE.
The celebrated pantomime goes bravely on at the
Cirque, and the crowds that still fill the house show
how much it is appreciated. We hear, with regret,
that next week will close this splendid spectacle; but
still this is only to make room for further and more attrac-
tive novelties. Last Right the house was, as usual,
crowded by a delighted audience. The other perfor-
mances, beside the pantomime, are of the most brilliant
description. We would advise all who wish for an
evening's real enjoyment to go and see the pantomime
before it finally closes. There will yet be two or three
day performances before the final withdrawal of "Valen-
tine and Orson."

THE MENAGERIES.
"It never rains but it pours." The truth of the old
adage has been exemplified in the arrival of two
menageries in the town. One is Edmonds's (late
Wombwell's), and the other Manders's. Both are well
known, not only in Liverpool, bat in every considerable
place in the kingdom. Their visits have always proved
lucrative ; never more so than in the present instance.
The town is in a state of excitement—outside the
waggons thousands daily congregate, and thousands pay
the price for admission and witness the exhibition. In
both instances the collections of beasts are valuable and,
as an Irishman once exclaimed, " One is as good as the
other, and better, too." Those who desire to know pre-
cisely which collection is the more extensive, cannot do
better than visit each for examination, and pronounce in
favour, as we have already done, of both.

THE DISTRESS IN THE TOWN-REAL
BENEVOLENCE.

Yesterday, we heard by accident, of a private act of
benevolence, which should not be suffered to pass
unnoticed;-particularly at this time when there is more
or less distress amongst certain poor classes at the north
end of the town. For the last few days it appears that
Mr. Harding, the extensive pork butcher and sausage
manufacturer, of Byrom-street, has been dispensing
intensive charity to the poor. One of our reporters
went there yesterday, and found an extraordinary scene.
There was a large crowd about the front door, and
some police officers keeping order. On inquiry we
ascertained the following facts. It seems that Mr.
Harding, for the last few days, finding there was a
considerable number of distressed poor people in the
locality, at once commenced making soup in his
extensive factory, at the rear of his premises. He was
not content with this, but sent tickets from his own
establishment to friends in Marybone, Vauxhall-road,
and the streets leading from these thoroughfares, to be
distributed to the most deserving persons who were in
real want. These tickets entitled the holders to a loaf
of bread, a quantity of potatoes, and soup, according to
the number of persons in each family. This was all
done at Mr. Harding's own expense, and in a manner
so unostentatious that only the destitute were a mare of
it. When our reporter visited the place he found
hundreds of poor people taking away soup in cans, jugs,
jars, and buckets, with bread and potatoes. The soup
was of the very best description, and was made of beef,
vegetables, and other ingredients : in fact a better article
of the sort could not be made by any ono. It is unne-
cessary to say a word in reference to the conduct of Mr.
Harding, who has thus practically shown what one man
may do. Yesterday Major Greig and several other
gentlemen visited Mr. Harding's extensive premises,
and they all expressed the utmost gratification at what he
was doing. We believe that Mr. Harding will be
surprised to find all this kindness in print ; but we
think it ought to be known, and that every one wil
duly appreciate this real charity.

EXTRAORDINARY MORTALITY IN
LIVERPOOL.

The following report, by Dr. Duncan, the medical
officer of the Board of Health, was made at the Board
meeting on Thursday last :

During the week ending January sth the deaths
registered in Liverpool, which in the previous three
weeks were 166, 206, and 245, rose to 293, being more
than in any week of the two preceding years, and 36
more than the corrected average. In the parish the
deaths were 204, in the out-townships 89. The morta-
lity has been only twice exceeded since the epidemic
cholera of 1854. The deaths from diseases of the lungs
have been in the last four weeks successively 71, 77,
127, and last week 159; this last being the largest
number ever recorded, and nine more than in the
coldest week during the severe frost of 1855, and 58
more than the average corrected for increase of popu-
lation. Bronchitis alone caused 76 deaths, inflam..
• mation of the lungs 33, asthma, &c., 9, and consump-
tion 41. Zymotic diseases occasioned 37 deaths, the
average being 63 ; of these 9 were from measles, 7
from hooping cough, 7 typhus, 4 scarlatina, 4 croup.
4diarrbma, 1 syphilis. An unmarried female, aged
23 years, died from excessive drinking, and a male,

67 years of age, from exposure to cold. Of the total
deaths, 43 occurred between the ages of 40 and 91.
The daily mean temperature, which had risen to 35 8-10
degrees on Tuesday from 20 0-10 degrees on'the Tues-
day previous, fell 6 degrees by the end of the week.
The mean of the week was 32 3-10 degrees, the average
of the same week of the preceding 15 years. being 42
degrees. Rain fell on Sunday night to the extent of
4-100ths of an inch.

During the quarter ending the 29th of December,
the deaths registered in Liverpool, including 221
sudden and violent, and deaths in hospitals) were
2,710, being 122 less than the corresponding quarter
of 1850, and 770 less than the corrected average of the
same period of former years. The deaths caused_by
diseases of the zymotie class were 489, the corrected
average being 1,019. They were only 34 more than in the
December quarter of the previous year, when the zymotic
mortality was the lowest which had been recorded in
Liverpool. The only disease' of that class whose mor-
tality has at all exceeded the average is measles, from
which 89 deaths were registered, the average being 82
Typhus caused 93 deaths less than in the corresponding

'quartet-, and 51 lest than tire riieiage searlatina 88;
average 290 i diiiriAa 30, average 114 ;
.hooping
croup 29, erysipelas 19, diptheria 15, dyien;.
tery 11,. syphilis 10, small-pox 2; chicken-pot 1. , To
diseases of the kings 986 deaths were, ascribed, about
60 less than the average; of this number 352 were
froth consumption, Tli6 Egan ieriipthittite bk. the
quattet was about 44+ degrees, half a degree higher
than in the same quarter of 1859, but nearly two
degrees below the average of the corresponding period
of the 14 preceding years. Rain fell on 47 days, and
the amount collected was 66 100 inehes) nearly 13 4
inches less that tile aferager

tt *as eiplained by lir. iltineati, in answer to a
question
,by one of the nienibeis, that the increased
number of deaths was entitely Oliirig to the eiceisive
aeret iieity of the athei:

SHAMEFUL TREATMENT OF THE RE-
MAINDER OF THE ENGLISH UIOADg
AT $4,17,ERN0,

The following letter has been received by a
gentleman in Liverpool from his son, and sent to
us fdr publication

r;AiiixiNti, fled. 18, 1860.
My dear Pather," A Merry dhristaias aria a happy
sew Year to yon.'; hie passed a dull one here,
in spite .4 a dinner given to us btthe officers, consist-
ing rbrta bilef Xbont the 14th
of this ttotith, it detfiehment of 250 their left here for
England in the Melazzo screw-steamer, and about a
week
.after a report was spread that she was burned to
the water's edge, within four hours' sail of Gibraltar,
and only 60, saved altogether; but happily, the report
was not confirmed, so, if all continues well, she will
have arrived in London by the time you receive this.
At the time the Melazzo sailed, 'it was said the
remainder of us would follow in a week, in another
steamer, the Euphrates ; but they could not agree as to
the rate of freight Money to be paid, so we were dis-
44:tinted in o'ir holies of being linthe before the Nei
Tear.

We are living here like pigs—nothing but straw to
lie upon, 'Which, of ccurse, creates vermin, and makes us
as miserable as one could possibly wish to be. They
give us ration money (17 bajocchi), or in English money
about sevenpence per day to live on. Meat (butcher's)
is very cheap here—pork in particular; we can get a
pork chop for less than a penny (two bajocchi), ready
cooked, in tomato gravy. Beef kidneys we get for 2d.
acid and nook them °undies, I flatter myself I
knot lid* to deolt a few Incite than theft I left England.
Major Styles and Several of the offieers hate left for
England in disgust (?), at being humbugged about as we
have been.

We were told this morning that those men who bad
gone to Naples to get their discharge, and their six
months' pay, could not get the latter, " as there was no
money in the Treasury," so they will have to wait or go
without it. There' are about 150 of the British Bat-
talion left, out of 750 men who left England, most of
whom have gone home of their own accord. It is quite
uncertain whether we leave in a week or so, or when.
and myself are both heartily tired of doing
nothing; and if by the end of January we are still here,
we intend to ask for our discharge and passage money,
and come home. The battalion enjoys good health,
generally speakirig. By4the-bye, about twenty of us
sleep in a room a little larger than the front parlour,
(about five yards square,) so that aborit two o'clock in
the morning the room absolutely stinks. Mutton has
paid me a little more money lately. My rifle has been
stolen at last, and I suppose sold ; but that is nothing,
as there are not more than eighty left. 'Whatever will
fetch any money, such as rifles, belts, pouches, blankets,
&c., is stolen, and sold, by some downright thieves.
Having told you all the news I know, wishing the girls
the compliments of the season,—
I remain, your affectionate son,

J. C. G., Jun.

WHY THE RATE OF DISCOUNT IS

7 PER CENT.

The absence of inconvenience with money at 7 per
cent. is a subject of remark on all sides; but it would be
hard for any one to point out a reason why the existing
rates should be regarded as an evil. There is no country
in which money abounds to the same extent as in
England; and yet whenever the value of this commodity
experiences an increase, there are always persons ready
to cry out that it must check commerce and produce
disaster. Happily the ignorance that produces this
tendency is daily diminishing, and the experience of
last year went far to convince the public that sudden
changes and high rates of discount may be
consistent with the preservation of credit and a
smooth and highly prosperous course of business.
Undoubtedly there may be circumstances in which
high rates should be looked upon as indications of
national misfortune, as, when they arise from distrust
in the honour of a Government or a community, or from
the wealth of a country being drained in consequence of
famine, or any similar calamity. But in those cases the
suffering country stands as an exception. At present
money commands high terms in England chiefly because
there happen to be unusually good openings for the use
of it. If it were scarce here, and abundant in countries
which compete with us in manufacturing industry, we
should of course be at a disadvantage; but in America it
now ranges from 12 to 24 per cent., and in France it
commands the same terms as in England.. In November
last the temporary pressure that occurred was simply
from the fact that, owing to the premium for gold
absurdly offered by the Bank of France, we were able
to make some very good bargains by sending gold to
that country. At the present moment the upward
movement is caused by the opportunity offered to us
through the panic at New York of buying up our own
obligations at an extremely heavy discount. If our suer-
chants by sending out gold can purchase at 100 or 101
the draughts upon themselves that intrinsically repre-
sent 109, it is not easy to see why this should be
regarded as a misfortune. Even if they themselves only
make a small portion of the profit, the remainder goes
to our steam and assurance companies and the agents
employed in the transaction. Money is dear at New York
because people from fright are keeping it out of employ-
ment. It is dear here because we are taking advantage
of that state of affairs and buying up depreciated bills
and securities. But it will be said that our manufac-
turers will suffer, that they cannot realise the same pro-
fits as heretofore if they have to pay seven per cent. for
the use of money, and, moreover, that consumption will
be checked, and that there will be a diminished demand
for goods. Now, as regards the first of these considera-
tions, it is plain that if our foreign competitors are equally
exposed with ourselves to the necessity of paying
high rates for money, there will be nothing to prevent
us from putting this additional cost on to the price of
our goods. The diminution of consumption is unques-
tionably a contingency to be regretted. That this can
occur, however, from the events now in progress to any
extent that would seriously embarrass British trade is
hardly probable. In the first place, we have no excessive
stock of manufactures, and a slight extra accumulation,
therefore, would be no very serious matter ; next in pro-
portion as one market falls off, it is usually found that
we contrive to penetrate to others ; next, it would
be against all that we know of the American people
to suppose that under any degree of political excitement
they will be likely, even for a period, so long as a few
consecutive months, to forego their regular use of the
comforts of life, and especially of good clothing ; and,
lastly, we must notice that the panic has curtailed the
operations of American manufactories, and that to that
extent the field will be so much more open to us for the
future, not only to furnish America with supplies, but
also those foreign ports in.which the New England pro-
ductions compete with our own. Hence on no ground
can the existing state of the London money market be
viewed as a sign of hard times. True, so far as the
badness of our harvest is concerned, the deficiency in
that respect is an actual loss to the nation ; but this loss
could well be borne amid the extraordinary prosperity
of all our other branches of production. It has necessi-
tated the importation of wheat and flour from America
to the value of £6,000,000 or £7,000,000, and would
probably have prevented money falling to any low rate
throughout the winter ; but, as the terms of discount in
the country whence we have derived these supplies are
now twice as high as in our own, it is clear that the
grain question must occupy a very subordinate place in
the affair.--Times City Article.

CORONER:S. COURT.—Yesterday the coroner held the
following inquests :—On the body of Robert Redhead,
a carter, in the employ of Mr. Thomas Kirkpatrick.
The deceased was twenty-one years of age, and was
killed at the Stanley Dock, by some bales of cotton
falling on him from a lorry. The affair was purely
accidental, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.
—On the body of a surgeon of a ship belonging to
Amsterdam. He poisoned himself by taking a large
quantity of morphine. Verdict. died of taking poi: on
whilst labouringu
name nd
unknown.
under temporary insanity. —On the
k
body of a man,
nonwo n
mark The
of body
viole
nisc•aes
ofound
in the canal, but there
was it,
nor anything that would lead to identity. Verdict,
found drowned.—On the body of Stephen Lamb, the
Nm fiat. t .1
tSeveral d
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in
deceased
o of
aas
iexcept as to the above
wr:stuarneedviadaevseicrdeecct of found drowned.
tfaheetsr,ivaenrd.
the
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jury
GREAT SALE Jr FANCY TOYS, The most exten-
sive and beautiful stock of exquisiten't
oever beheld in
Liverpool will be offered for sale at they; Compton House
on Monday. We had a private view of thisn
te col-
lection which has been purchased at the bankraurg
of Wells of Bold-street, at a reduction of 67 perp cent
e
on the cost price. This may seem an extraordinary
fact, but it is true. Out of Paris, we never saw any:-
was increased.r shown
any-
thing to equal this stock for extent, variety, beauty, and ;
usefulness and when some of the articles les lvc
to us marked in plain figures, the wonder
There is hardly any variety of article, ornamental or
useful, that cannot b.: found in this stock. If we were
to go into details, it would require a sort of newspaper
George Robins to depict the entire; but we may say
that young and old, grave :lad gay, ami such ladies and
gentlemen as do not come under these heads, will find
everything suited to their tastes'and states, and at prices
which will astonish them. The whole will be laid out
on Monday, and we can again affirm that such a sale
was never seen in Liverpool before of this class.

TAB ±WEINtT4i-NINTH 6A140N di TifE

CIIURCIL

AN IMPEDIMENT TO . BAPTISMOF THE
. • CHILDREN OE THE 1)0OR. . ,
itenreieritatiOns hive been• the Clergy at
several recent meetingsOt adri#adtioti of the Incon-
venience of a strict adherence to the provisions of iho
29th Canon of the Church, and urging the fact that it
was a great impediment in the way of parents of the
poorer classes bringing their children for baptism.
Accordingly at the meetings of the Convocation of the
trofiiide of anferltiir Iteld hest year; a petition to her
Majesty from both hOitgeg, fid4ilgfeed f(1, praying that
donvodation might bC granted a royal tiods6 td be
toAllowed repeal the 004quiOn; and to make and pro-
. anCiv Canon its T,.;;;-'fardi the &pie of
the last session of Parllatried, §if G Lewis, the Itome
Secretary, stated in the House of Commons end lift
7.yittje:4 h 0 acceded to the petition, and that the royal
license had been granted for the purpose required.
Since that time a joint Committee of both houses of
convocation has had frequent sittings in London, and a
case was prepared to be submitted to Sir Fitzroy Kelly
and Sir Hugh Cairns, the Attorney and Solicitor-General
respectiVelY of the late goternment, The questions put
Wein the i. is that tionion of the 29th
Canon of the Coniocation of Cardeibilrl,, *Moll enacts
that No parent shalt be admitted tO'
father for bis O'N;r4 deetaratory of, the ancient
s .
usage and„ law. of. the Church of Enc,land 2. If that
Onion 6f the 29th Canon be alterefl repealed by
the Convocation of Canterbury, and th;e alteration
or repeal be sanctioned by her Majesty, m'ou'ld
such alteration have the effect of ,relieving the mem-
bers of the Church in the province of Canter-
bury from the obligation now lying upon them in refe-
rence to sponsors ? 3. If the 29th. Canon should be
altered or repealed by the Convocations of Canterbury
and York, what steps, if any, ought to be taken by
the prelates and clergy of the Irish provinces with a
i}ear to preserve uniformity of discipline throughout the
United thdrelL'', 'the legrited gentleman have replied
as follows:—" 1. and 2. Having regard to the pro=
visions contained in the Book of Cominoli fraYet
annexed to the Act of Uniformity. 13 and 14 Car. 2;
c. 4 ; and having -regard as well to the state of the
canon law at the, time of the passing of that Act as to
the ancient usage and law of the Church of England,
we are of opinion that any alteration or repeal of the
29th-Canon, such 'as is proposed by the Convocation of
Canterbury, would not, even sanctioned by her Majesty,
have the effect of relieving the members of the Church,
lay or eleridal; in the province of Canterbury, from the
obligations; Whibli We think to etists; that a child
shall be presented for taplisni 11sponsots, being per-
sons other than its parents. 3. Being of opinion that
any repeal of the 29th Canon by Convocation would be
inoperative, it does not appear to us that, in the event
of such repeal by the Convocations of Canterbury and
York, it , would be necessary that any step should be
taken with a view to preserve uniformity of discipline
throughout the United Church." The whole subject
will be again brought under the consideration of Convo-
cation at its next sitting in February.

THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.-WANT
OF CONFIDENCE IN MINISTERS.

The following address to the Premier is'now being
circulated for signature: Emanating as it does from
the Liberal party, and seeking support from the Liberals,
it may be regarded as a virtual expression of a want of
confidence in the ministry

TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT P.kLMERSTON, FIRST

LORD OF THE TREXSURY,

" My Lord,--We feel it our duty, as members of the

liberal party in the House of Commons, who have gene-
rally supported your government, respectfully to express
to you the anxious concern with which we view the

present state of the public expenditure, and to request
for the subject the very serious consideration of the
government in preparing the estimates for the next

session.

"We cannot but hope that the enormous expenditure
of the current financial year was forced upon the Govern-
ment against their will, by an unhappy combination of
circumstances. Its amount, however, was so far beyond
what has ever been known when the country was not
engaged in a European war, that a great responsibility
will rest on the Government and the House of Commons

if it should not be materially reduced at the earliest
opportunity.

"The foreign relations of the country at the close of
the year are such as to encourage a reasonable confidence
in the maintenance of peace. The war with China is at
an end. The Italian revolution appears to be issuing
in the establishment of the constitutional rule of Victor
Emmanuel over the Peninsula, whilst the neutrality
which has been observed by England is acknowledged
both at home and abroad to have been the policy of
wisdom. Above all, our relations with France have
become decidedly amicable, having obtained the
guarantee of a Commercial Treaty favourable to the
interests of both countries, and being made still more
friendly by the abolition, on the part of the Emperor,
of the passport system in France, especially on behalf
of the subjects of her Majesty. •
"Under these circumstances the country will natu-
rally expect a considerable reduction of our warlike
establishments from the extraordinary scale of the present
year.

"We would also invite attention to the civil and
miscellaneous expenditure of the country, which has
for many years been in course of rapid and extraordi-
nary increase, until it has reached an amount which
loudly demands revision and retrenchment. We are
convinced that retrenchment will prove the truest policy
of the government as the only method of meeting
the financial exigencies of the State, satisfying the ex-
pectations of Parliament, conciliating the good opinion
of the commercial and monied 'interests, allaying
the dissatisfaction of the tax-payers, and preventing the
loud outcry which would inevitably arise in case of
another unfavourable harvest or any check to the public
prosperity. We are compelled to say that we should
view an expenditure for the coming year approaching
that of the current year with great regret and disappro-
bation ; and we believe that that would be the feelings
of our constituents and of the country at large. We
have therefore thought it right to offer these suggestions
in a friendly spirit to your lordship, and we trust they
may not be thought unworthy to receive the serious
consideration of the Government.—We are, my lord,
your lordship's most obedient servants."
Amongst the signatures already obtained are those of
Sir James Duke, Mr. R. IV. Crawford, Mr. Baines, Mr.
Bristow, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Ewing, Mr. S.
Gurney, Mr. R. Hanbury, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Pilkington,
Sir J. Shelley, Colonel Sykes, and Mr. J. A. Turner.

OLD ENGLISH FARE.—Yesterday, at Mr. Anderson's
Merchants' Dining Rooms, was roasted a baron of beef,
cut from one of the finest specimens of a Galloway ox;
and judging from the numerous attendance, the baron
was much appreciated, and will, no doubt, add to the
celebrity of Mr. Anderson's Dining Rooms, This is the
eighth baron served this season.

A MUSSILMAN GRIEVANCE.—Mohammed Lamate
writes :—As I am a Mohammedan, constantly in the
habit of visiting the Crystal Palace, I have frequently
been much disgusted at the carelessness or ignorance of
the artists who designed the Alhambra Court, in per-
mitting the inscription of the holy name of God on the
floor of that building. All Moors must cordially dis-
approve such a wanton desecration of the name which is
reverenced alike by both Christians and Mohammedans.
I do not think that those persons who place the sacred
name in such a contemptuous position can sincerely
adore Him. The Moorish Ambassador, when in Eng-
land, protested most strongly against this indignity, and
his sentiments are coincided in by all Mohammedans in
London.

THE LONDON BATHING CLUE.—It seems that, not-
withstanding the extraordinary inclemency of the season,
some half-dozen members of the London Bathing Club
do not flinch from the performattee of their ablutions
regularly every morning in the Serpentine. It may be
asked how such a thing is possible when that sheet of
water is a solid mass of ice nearly a foot thick ? But to
men cast in • such a heroic mould all difficulties are but
trifles. All they have to do is to borrow a hatchet from
the Humane Society, and cut away as much of the ice
as will furnish them with a lhath. These brave bathers
are quite satisfied with a single dive, seal-like, below
the freezing surface ; and when they emerge from the
Serpentine, with icicle-laden beards, they of course pro-
test that it is delightful.
_MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Mr.
hope Scott, Q.C., to Lady Victoria Howard, the eldest
daughter of the late Duke cf Norfolk, was solemnised
in the Catholic Chapel of Arundel, on Monday last.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Faber,
assisted by the Rev. Mr. Butt, in the form peculiar to the
Romish Church. The youthful bride was led to the altar
by the Rev. Canon Tierney, and was simply [attired in
white glace silk, with a Brussels lace veil, but without a
wreath or ornament of any description. There were six
bridesmaids, being the five sisters of the bride, Lady Minna
Charlotte, Lady Mary Adeliza, Lady Etheldreda, Lady
Phillipa, and Lady Ann Howard, with the youthful
daughter of Mr. Hope Scott. They were dressed in
pale blue glace silk dresses, with white cashmere
mantles, and white chip bonnets, plainly trimmed with
white ribbons. There were present also the youthful
Duke of Norfolk, and Lord Edmund Howard, the
younger son of the late Duke of Norfolk. The Duchess
of Norfolk also witnessed the ceremony. The bride and
bridegroom left in the afternoon for Norfolk House,
en routel' for Abbotsford, the estate of Mr. Hope Scott.
West Sussex Gazette.

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with our Foreign Secretary, that Mr. Russell had any
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gent young man, and has been ec:licated in reverence for
all greatness, I do not wonder at his seeking out the
great Captain at Caprera.