The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TEE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—Can you inform me if the circumlocution office
has constituted our Health Committee their agents in
Liverpool ? It really looks as if they had. Your
readers, no doubt, recollect that, several months since,
efforts were made to get the Health Committee to drain
this (the Lodge lane) locality, and that august body
agreed to do so—in words—but have really done nothing
in deed. As it is customary to shut the stable door
when the horse is stolen, I presume that we shall have
our long•promised sewer when Roper's row has lost
half its population by fever or cholera. It is well
known that some of the wealthiest inhabitants of the
locality have suffered severely from fever; but the
guardians of the public health do nothing but make
promises.—Yours, &c , DICKEY SARI.
Liverpool, March 29th, 1856.

BERLIN, Monday.—la answer to the communications
by M. Manteuflel, of the conclusion of peace, the King
has conferred on M. Manteuffel the Grand Cross of the
Order of the Black Eagle.

BERLIN,LTuesday.—M. Fonder Keydt, yesterday, corn-
municated to the PrusAian Chambers the conclusion of
the treaty of peace. The announcement was received
with cheers.

DEATH or Mn. GEORGE WILD.—We announce with
regret the rather sudden death, on Friday morning, of
Mr. George Wild, the celebrated comedian, and
formerly manager of the Olympic and other London
theatres

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen
haq, we understand, offered to head a subscription list
for the re-building of Covent-Garden Theatre, with a
contribution of £l,OOO. It appears, however, not to be
probable that any parties will be found to undertake the
re-erection of the edifice,

IRISH REFORMATORIES.—The Dublin Evening Post
states, that the Irish Roman Catholic prelates will
deem it their duty to oppose, as far as in them lies, Mr.
Horsman's Juvenile Reformatory Bill for Ireland, on
the ground of the manifest tendency of some of its
clauses to promote proselytism.
THE ROMAN CATII,LIC HIERARCHY.—The consecration
of the Right Rev. Dr. Walsh as Roman Catholic Bishop
of Kildare and Leighlin, and of the Right Rev. Dr.
Moran, as Roman Catholic Bishop of Grahamstown,
Cape of Good Hope, took place on Tuesday at Carlow,
Archbishop Cullen performing the ceremony, assisted
by six other Roman Catholic prelates.
In acknowledgment of the services rendered to the
soldiers of Omar Pacha's army in the Crimea, at Varna,
and in Mingrelia,
.his Highness has invested the four
senior surgeons with the order of Mejedie—a circum-
stance which we look upon as of some importance, as it
shows that, in the Turkish army, medical men who dis-
tinguished themselves are not debarred from military
honours. It also recognises services of these surgeons,
They are Dr. Le Mesurler, Messrs. Bird, Edwards, and
Buzzard.—Lancet.

A military court of inquiry was held on Saturday at
the New Barracks, Limerick, at which Major. General
Sir J. C. Chatterton, Bart., K.H., in command of the
garrison, presided, with his staff, to inquire into a
representation from the inhabitants as to the disturb-
ances created in the streets at night by the disorderly
conduct of some officers of the garrison. At the termi•
nation of the proceedings the major-general severely
reprimanded one of the officers accused, and animad.
verted in strong terms respecting some bill transactions
which took place in that city. He hoped it would not
occur again.

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On Tuesday evening last, a public lecture was de
livered, in the rooms of the Bible Repository, Slater-
street, by Dr. William Hitchman, surgeon, of this town.
" On the theory and practice of homeopathy, viewed in
connection with physical science." He gave an elabor-
ate exposition of the principles, explanatory of the
action of homeopathic remedies, to a highly respectable
audience, who listened attentively, and warmly expressed
their admiration of the sentiments of the lecture in a
marked manner. He combated the many objections,
and prejudices which this system had had to encounter,
and gave numerous illustrations of the correctness of
the homeopathic principle. At the conclusion, a vote of
thanks to the doctor, " for his very able, interesting, and
scientific lecture," was duly moved, seconded, and
carried by acclamation, and the meeting separated.

THE BRITISH SECTION OF THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—The
principal seats of manufactures were thoroughly well re-
presented, except Leeds, Birmingham, and Belfast. Man-
chester appeared much more completely represented than
in 1851, and its display attracted greater attention. Glas-
gow and Bradford, Sheffield and the Potteries were
thoroughly represented. Nottingham showed well, al-
though not so extensively as might have been wished.
Kidderminster well. The glass trade was but partially
represented; the furniture, almost wholly from London,
was excellent, but not great in quantity. The musical
instruments consisted only of a single organ and a few
pianofortes. Civil engineering was abundantly illustrated
by the best models of the chief works of recent times.
The three principal goldsmiths and jewellers made a full
display ; but the exhibition of watches and clocks and
philosophical instruments was less complete than it might
have been, several of the chief producers not having ex-
hibited at all. The number of exhibitors in the industrial
branch who finally exhibited was 1,555 from the United
Kingdom, and about 1,070 from the British colonies. The
number of British exhibitors who demanded space and did
not exhibit was 124. The value of the goods sent to the
Exhibition was £173,441, exclusive of the goldsmiths' and
jewellers' work, which was estimated at £520,186. The
Fine Arts portion of the British Exhibition excited great
attention in Paris. Undoubtedly it was a complete dis-
play of the state of the fine arts of the United Kingdom.
The total number of visits to the Paris Exhibition was
4,553,464; 3,626,934 visits were made to the Industrial
Section, and 906,530 visits to that of the Fine Arts.
40,000 British subjects visited the Paris Exhibition, of
whom 2,768 were persons who obtained workmen's pass-
ports from the Foreign Office without payment. The
receipts were 2,941,6P8E—a sum equal to £117,666 15s.—
Official Report from Mr. Cole f,o the Board of. Trade.

TRADE REPORT.-THURSDAY,