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

IRISH PROSPERITY,

The iirorther;rt Whig gives some further statis-
tics of Irish perogphrity
While the number of enfigrzats erom Ireland in 1859
was considerable less than in 1868., tlid'airionnt expended
in Poor-law relief in 1859 was less Ivy .£4.,,,2i3,1; than
that in the previous year ; the number of persons
receiving in-door relief was also less by 23,334, and of
those receiving out-door relief less by 426 in 1859 than
in IS. Unable property had risen from £12,091,563
in /868; to £12a13,610 in 1859; and the average
.
poundage had fallen from Sid to Bid. Further,
crime had decreased, and education had increased.
The at/miler of committals dtrrhig the year /859
was fewer by 443' than in 18'58 ; and there was an
addition of 85 to the number of national schools. The
amount of land in cultivation was, it is true, less in 1859
than m 1858 by nearly 2'0,000 acres, But they were
eiclusivel37 acres devoted to cereal prodricts. On the other
hand, the value of sbA had increased near a million in
1:859 over that of 185 q; and Ireland is rather a grazing
thaii' a corn-growing country. The facts which we have
collected an'd' put together show a decrease of poverty
and distress, witl4sQd to by a falling off in the num-
ber of emigrants, and id' the amount of poor-rates and
number of paupers ; art ktrease of the value of
property, a decrease of crime, tirld at extension of
the means of education, between the' as year of
which the returns are before us and its predecessor,
W'e do not,, it is true, venture to lay much stress -upon
slight flustuations from year to year. National progress
or decline mast be judged of by the average of much
fonger periods ; but the details which we have adduced
are satisfactory, in' so far as they show that the general
causes of pfastiglity which have made the Ireland of
. 1860, physically and morally, another eonntry than the
Ireland of 1830, have not, during the late year, been
suhlect to app, even temporary, suspension or disturb-
ance. We need not at present say more. Figures of

them. The eloquence csf faKts dispenses with the neees-
city of other words than those barely necessary for the
statenielit of them.

The ship Shalimar lid/ arrived in the river from Aus-
tralia, with a general cargo'.

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FlRE.—Early yesterday morratigt a fire was discovered
at a milk house in Lower Parliament-street. The alarm
etas won communicated to Hatton Garden, and the fire
brigade Viongbt out. Fortunately, however, the fire
Was soon ad/fp/Ist:fed with but trifling damage.

A PRETTY LrrrtE ALMANACK has been issued on a
taid, ahmit the size of a card used by any shopkeeper,
by Mr: roinquinos, lithographer, Cable-street, for the
use of hie ctktomets ; and besides being the prettiest
thing of the sort halt seen, it is the most useful, and
can be carried in any potket;:. and what more necessary
than a little companion of tttie sort

CORONER'S INQUESTS.—YeSterdaIf tile coroner held
the (6116 Wing inquests :—On the body or Mill Maxwell,
50 years of Loge, a tailor who lived in Sir Thomas's-
buildings. Demand was much given to drink, and on
Saturday night he was fey drank. He was found dead
in bed on Sunday morning. 'Verdict : Died of excessive
drinking.—On the body of Elizabeth plover, who lived
at 7 Court, Gascoyne-street. The deceased was seldom
sober when she could get drink, and was fourrel dead in
the petty on Friday night. She was very drank on
Thu'rsday, and it was supposed she died whilst in a state
of intokication. Verdict accordingly.—There were four
inqUeets bele} oft the bodies of children that were overlain
on Saturday mild S'rnday nights. Verdicts as usual.
WATER COMMitaii:.---Mr. Farnworth presided at
the'weekly meeting of this eirtenrittee yesterday; the
other members present were Mess's: Carle, Jeffery,
Wagstaff, Crellin, Alderman Woodruff; ifiretßeloe, and
Estill. From the engineer's report it appeared !bat the
quantity of water received from Rivington during the
past week has been 73,470 gallons, and from the wells
21,450 gallons, making a total of 94,926 gallons. The
number of gallons used in the same period amounted
to 9,M;000' gallons. Mr. Jeffery asked how the
arnoWn't conk/possibly have been so large. The engineer
replied that a great number of pipes had burst in the
last week. ljd Sunday alone there were from 100 to
150 of the leaden pipes hroketr. Mr. Jeffery said that
at his establishment they blad not used any of the cor-
porate water asthe pipes had been frozen, and he bad
no doubt that several other places were in the same
predicament. He thought it would be-desirable to have
a return of the number of burst pipes in the last week.
The assistant engineer also submitted the fallowing
report I have to report the following matters, for
the information of the committee :—Filters: Owing to
the severe frost, the Works have been clearing off the
sand from those recently cleaned. clearing the channels
around the clear water tanks and filters from snow, and
sand washing. At Roddlesworth the men have been
employed in keeping clear the goit feeder, and clearing
away the wreck washed into the top end oithis reserroir
during the late floods. Arrangements have been made
for breaking up of the ice and passing off the water in
case of a thaw; and as yesterday the thaw set in, the
engineer went off to Rivington early, and has again
gone off this morning, to see that due attention is paid
to his instructions, and every precaution taken for the
safety of the works. The depths of water below the
overflows of the various reservoirs were on Saturday last
as under

Vet. 29. Dec. 22. Rise. Fall.
ft. in. ft. in, ft. in. ft. in.
Roddlesworth 4 10 ... 3 7 ..„.,... ... 1 3
Rake
Anglezark 2 5 0 la , 2 3,1
Rivington 1 5 ... 1 10 ... 0 5 .., ...,..,
tleseot No. 1
Preieot No. 2
The rain ousts show no indication for the past week.
On the pipe line nothing has transpired since last report
calling for special remark," This was all the general
business.

Kossuth has addressed a letter to the Daily News,
quoting the opinion expressed by Lord Palmerston in
1849, when he said that any government surrendering
political refugees was degraded and dishonoured, and a
hope is expressed that England will protest at Vienna
against Count Teleki's arrest.
Tim Astoon.— The St. Petersburg journals state
that the commission which was lately sent to examine
the gold fields of the province of the Amoor, has ter-
minated its labours, and reported to the Government
that it has discovered two deposits, one of which seems
likely to be important. This latter is near Mount Sol-
kokone, not far from the river Modolakane, one of the
tributaries of Amoor. The deposit is at two days' march
from the latter river, and, from experiments made, it
yields a considerable amount of gold. The grains of
gold found are of average size, and appear to be of good
quality. It is believed that still farther to the north of
the mountain still richer deposits exist, but the com-
mission did not visit them. The journals add that after
1860 the Russian Government will allow the gold
placers of the Amoor to be worked by private persons.

A YOUNG LADY DHOWNED WHILE SKATING.—A
lamentable accident happened on the ice on Saturday at
noon, causing the death of Miss Fanny Wing, daughter
of the Rev. William Wing, rector of 6tibbington, near
Wansford. The deceased and her sister went to skate
on the river Nene, about half-a-mile from their father's
house, and near to the Sibson station of the Lcmdeni
and North Western railway ; whilst they were enjoying
the exhilarating exercise the ice suddenly gave way, and
Miss Fanny Wing was instantly plunged in the water.
Assistance, was useless, than. haing a strong rurrent at
the spot Where the accident occurred, by which the
unfortunate young lady was immediately swept away,
so that after disappearing beneath the surface she was no
more seen. The deceased was about 28 years of age.
This sad affair has cast a gloom over the neighbourhood,
in which the family is highly esteemed.

CHURCH PARTIES.—A correspondent of the Record
states that "at the recent ordination at Farnham Castle,
the Bishop of Winchester, having expressly framed his
examination to meet most pointedly the great questions
of the atonement and the sufficiency and inspiration of
Holy Scriptures, made also in his charge a most solemn
address to all the candidates, first warming them of the
evils by which. we are beset, by reading many passages
out of the notorious Essays and Reviews, and then
faithfully declaring that he would never knowingly
ordain any one holding views approaching to those
advocated by the writers of that (Neologian) school."
On the third Sunday in Advent (says the _Durham
Advertiser) an admirable sermon was preached in
Durham Cathedral by the Venerable Archdeacon
Coxe, of Landisfarne, on the words, " Ever learn-
ing and never able to come to the knowledge of
the truth" (2 Tim. iii. 7), in the course of which the
preacher animadverted in powerful and impressive terms
upon some of the religious tendencies of the present
day. Towards the close he alluded to the recent volume
of " Essays and Reviews." We quote the conclusion
pf the sermon :—" In thus . contemplating man's way-
wardness we have had a gloomy picture before us ; but
a shadow of yet deeper intensity, a darkness thick
indeed, would be thrown over it, could. I bring before
you the extravagant, the appalling length to which
infidel speculation has been carried during the current
year by ordained members of our own church, the very
guides to whom I have just referred. While separate
and distinct publications have assailed particular doctrines
—vitally essential doctrines—the atonement, the resur-
rection of the body, the future judgment, and others—
it has been the drift and object of a volume of collected
essays to obliterate at once and altogether the record on
which every Christian hope depends. I may not hesi-
tate to term that volume the most astounding production
that ever proceeded—l will not say from a Christian
university, but from any man or men still daring to
profess Christ's name ! To prove that the Bible—that
all external revelation—is a fiction ; that man can have
no knowledge, no strength, no hope, no salvation, but
that which his own instinctive internal consciousness
can supply (a mere borrowed exhibition of the God
within the breast' of the Stoic philosopher)—this
is the work which ordained ministers of our church
and accredited instructors of our children, the
regius professor, the theological lecturer, the college
tutor, the head of the popular public school, the parish
priest :—the elaborate denial, I say, of the Saviour, who
bought theth, of the God whose sworn servants they
are—this has been the work which such men have
thought compatible with their damning responsibilities
and solemnly reiterated vows. Without regret or
shame has the volume been put forth; and without
rebuke or reprehension—nay, with the seeming en-
couragement of public approval, of Royal favour, and
of official sufferance—it circulates at this hour. Well
may. the mass of believers, wonder-stricken and aghast,
be inquiring, what after all is the Church's faith ?
and where is her corrective discipline? hall we refer
them—shall we dare to refer them—to an open Bible,
to an Apostolic ministry, to Catholic creeds, to
Scriptural articleq, offices, and ordinances ? What ! to a
Bible so ruthlessly assailed, so slackly and tamely de-
fended? To a ministry so. rife with rebel treason, unre-
buked, encouraged ? To creeds and formularies so dis-
honestly accepted, so contemptuously cast away ? For
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influence his brethren and fellow-labourers, the pulpits
of England should know no other topic till this degrad-
ing scandal were removed. This very day we are bid-
ding men 'so to account of us as of the ministers of
Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.' [See
Epistle for Third Sunday in Advent.] And such, no
doubt, according to the purpose and ordinance of our
master, Christ—such we ever should be. But then, 'it
is required 41 stewards that a man be found faitaful."

LATEST NEWS.

BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

FRANCE.
A MELODRAMATIC POLITICAL
DEMONSTRATION.

The production of a melodrama at Paris, en-
titled the " Massacres of Syria,' from the pen of
Mocquard, is regarded as a political event.
The Emperor vent almost in state to witness the
first representation of his private secretary's
performance. He sat most conspicuously in front
with Marshal Randon and other officers of high
rank, and immediately behind him it was noticed
that his box was ornamented with flags and war-
like symbols. The great moral of the piece is
that the Eastern question is ripe for settlement,
and that it can only be settled by the word of
Napoleon 111.
The Opinion Nationale considers it as the
knell which has sounded in the affrighted cars of
Europe the last hour of Osmanlis.

The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says
the performance was meant to be, and has pro-
duced, the effect of a political demonstration.
Funds fell on Saturday in consequence.

THE FRENCH-FUNDS.
PARIS, Dec. 31, 3.30 p.m.
The Bourse has been dull. Rentes closed at
67f. 55c., or 10c. lower than on Saturday.