Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

'MAIL NEWS.

The ipon steamer, with the Australian ,'and
zenitay Mails;-passed Hurst `Castle at MO a.m.
• Thv-steamer Saxonica, from New York, :arrived
at 00Vit'S this morning, and proceeded to Ham-
burg. On the-Bth instant she spoke the •steamer
-ureratu, for New York.
The Saxouica brings. 720r600 dollars of -specie,
• 179M2 of will& are for England. Her•advices,
WhiCh are to the Ist • instant, hEme been
anticipated. - - -

CIIANGE-S IN THE STAFF OF -THE

ARMY OF INDIA.

'come important changes in the Sidi' of . the
Amy of India are abort being made. Lord
Amy
as is' well known, is about to return, to
Tigland to. enjoy his well.-earned repose.- -Sir
11.0nry Somerset has comPletecl his period of ser-
-I'lQe as Commander-in-Chitf of the troops-in the
mbay prefiidency, and Generals BereSford, and.
are:aitout resigning their dividanaleom-
trtands in the Madras presidency for ,a 'Similar
l'eason. • It is already-settled that. Sir Hugh Rose
81'eePeds Lord Clyde in 44-Le chief command, and
~t' Sir `Wiliam-Mansfield becomes Commander-
at Bombay, in..the room of Sir Henry
Somerset, the office of chief of the -staff being
415olished. It is also protale that Majer-General
Malcolm; CB., and -Major-General Spencer, CB,
Vain succeed-Major Generals Beresford end Craigie
itrthe Madras comutands, and that Mnjor-General
ei; nynghame, C. 8., will, proceed ,to the'Borabay
Command now held by Sif-Hugh Rose. ,

"'Sir H. Keating took the oaths yesterday,
as elle -off the judges of-- the Court of Common

%he following appeared in a portion (Tour ina
Prutsion OfLy.saterday
SPAIN.
[REUTER'S Tr.L'EtiRAMS.]
MADRID, Mee. 13.
tike third Corps d'Armee has, disembarked -at-Ceuta.
Lieneral'Prim lasi)een attacked on the road .to 'Tetuan.
The '3tioors were repulsed with_ great loss. Tha'Spauish.
uad izrty killed and wounded.

MAIL NEWS.
Thc.fealcutta:and China mails, via Afarseilla.,-.virill be
utliveava in: London early on- Tl;ursday mornitg. •

'THE _AMERICAN MAILS.
Cetrkplaint is.matle in the Timm city article, that , the
transinisSion of the mails to America, via. Cork, las not
began Altecessfully. The, letters 'landed at Queenstown
on Monday reached Liverpool on Tuesday morning.,
The Liverpool merchants will, therefore, be cut/bled to
teply by the steamers ArageHungarian which
leave on Wedneselay,while London no deliv.wylas,
yet taken ;place.

FRENCH 'CONTRACT FOR HEMP.
The Dail g..Areles, says the French Government. has
Just concluded a
.e6lntraet with .Freach firms for the
841PPly of ',Goo tons of hemp. As this quantity is
COO tons in excess of
_that ordinarily :comprised in the
annual contract, it denotes an exceptional degree of ac-•
:Aivity in the French dockyards.

THE NATIONAL' DEFMCES.
The Times anuouuces,' in a leader, that the comntis-
"lctu on fortifications will,probably recommend 'works of
'Pehtice for the dockyards of, the kingdom, and that a
fi of £10,000,000 "is set down as the necessary cost of
'ae• A still larger amount has been named, but it
~iu no doubt be found that this is enough, and that
72'(43000,000 will most likely be.asked for next year by
';',l4e, Chancellor of the Excliequ.er. It is not stated whe-
'th'er sum required !rill be raised by loan orndditional
,;"`loP• The Tiatesstatesthearguments for each course, and
Ltcsl3la-tes that the opponents of a :lean will argue that;
tne ,works cannot with any reasonable prospect of
16.41:1(14y, or economy be completed in 'less than five years,
give only £2,000,00e a year.
111.01ITT,11.1MBERLAND AND DIJItH4SI
DISTRICT BANK.
4 TLE second report of the liquidators was issued Tester-
fro . It appears that 4587,227 has , been eitracted
,r the shareholders ; that £40,000 more is expected
front the
,same,swirce ; and that £575,000 is calculates
.„1111°1a, as the A'ault of an arrangement effected by'
ittaln of the shareholders to carry on the Derwent
1,r,°4 Works, making an aggregate of £1,202,227..
'e assets to meet .outstanding liabilities, exclusive of
serest, are now :considered to show an excess ,of
2'36,160 ; but it is said they will require peeuliar.
ilr„e,ore and that their .collection cannot be completed
c' 1 866.
454 Times announces that Mr. John Smith Mansfield,
Poadiary magistrate, Liverpool, -has been appointed a
figiw.rate of Marylebone Police. Court. The vacancy
as been created by the retirenignt of Mr. Long.
Nt,TllO Irraid reports that in the Colonial Produce
DirKet a steady business is doing, the tendency of
tf,es being still in the sellers' favour. The clearances
re
consumption are satisfactory, and in almost every
t4llce show a reniarked increase on those of this
"ft last year.
It w •
that rumoured in political eicles, says the JoAn:
ger,t a Pro Posed scheme fo'r a bill to amend the repre-
to ation of the people in 'Parliament; appreVed by
dative of the most distinguished meMbers of the Conser-
cailje connection, will be pUblished by our enterprising
hrilleanir."arY7 Co; q("l2(h.ciut' oss 21-ago,:we for

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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

A good Playing Card for is. 6d. Sold by hlawdsley
and Sen, 4, Castle-street. d 22

SAILING OF THE HUNGARIAN. The Montreal
Ocean Mail steam-ship Hungarian sailed yesterday
afternoon for Portland, Maine, U.S., with the United
States and Canadian mails, a tolerable cargo, and
about sixty passengers.
CORONER'S ConnT.—The following inquests were held
yesterday :—On the body of Margaret Riley, a child of
eleven weeks old, wlrom her mother overlaid during the
night ; and on the body of Martha Briscoe, a child of
one month, who was found dead in the morning in a
similar manner. Verdicts, " Died from suffocation."
THE AMERICAN. MAILS.—The Cunard steam-ship
Canada sails for Tlalifax and Boston on Saturday next,
with the United States mails. The letter-box at the
General Post-office closes on that morning at a quarter
to eleven o'clock. '
PLRE AT BIRKENHEAD. —On Tuesday evening,
about seven o'clock, a fire broke out at the house of
Mr. Sedgwick, Belmont, Oxton-road, owing to the back
kitchen fine having become overheated and set on fire
one of the rafters of the. back parlour floor. The police
extingxished the fire, with the aid of buckets of water,
in about an hour and a quartcr. The damage is said
to be about £lO.

Wnramforox RIMEL —The members belonging to
this corps mastered last night for drill, in considerable
numbers, in Richmond-hall, Great Richmond-street. It
is proposed to increase this corps to the number. of 300
men, which will be divided into three 'companies.
Recruits are offering themselves thick and fast; every
fright sees an addition to the number already on
the roll. The'first company is nearly proficient in drill,
and the second company, which is the course of forma-
tion,is making rapid progress, being Already, advanced
to company drill, preliminary to having thennflcs placed
in-their hands. The appearance off the corps.last night
was most creditable ; the precision of their movements,
and the aptitude displayed, considering the 'short time
they have 'been under training,augurs 'well for the
position it will take amongst *he other corps in the
strict.
MAIL N'Ews.—Tire mails for 'the Azores (via Por-
tugal), Cape De Veld Islands, Madeira the Pacific,
the West Indies, and California are made up at the
Liveipool Post-office at 9.:se p.m. on Friday night.
The man foi Malta (by French packet) is made up Tat
8.15 a.ra. on Friday.'
" lit-NYAN'S HOLY W.w.n.' "—This was the subject
matter of an admirable lecture delivered last evening, in
the school-room of Myrtle-street Chapel, by the Rev. H.
'S: Brown. The lecture 'was characteristic of the rev.
gentleman, and provoked repeated 'bursts of applause
from -a numerous and discriminating audience.
ST. BARNABAS'S METRICT.—Loot evening, Christo-
pher Bushell, Esq., lectured in the school-room of the
above district on " Reading:" Although apparently a
dry subject on which to address a body of the working
classes, the refined and well-matured mind of Mr.
Bushell grasped the sul ject in a manner so able, and so
deeply interesting, that 'the -attention of the' audience
'-was rivetted by the lecturer throughout the' evening. A
small charge for admission is made at all the lectures in
connection with this'ecairse ; and the numerous attend-
ance showed that the working classes, for• whose instruc-
-tion these admirable lectures are delivered, appreciate
the boon that is offered to them. Mr. Thishell and the
chairman, Mr. P. M. Dove, received votes of thanks for
their services.
' SALE OF VAT:CT:V.IE' PAINTINGS AND' E)W.RA.VING'3.
—From our advertising columns it wilt be seen that
Messrs. Walker and Ackerley will sell, to-morrow, at
their auction rosins in 'Church-street, a collection of
choice modern paintings, comprising •admirable speci-
mens of J. Ward, R.A., H. O'Neill, °Buchanan,
Boddington, 1. W. CariniChael, Rossitor, Woolmer,
Williamson, Meallows,l Bouvier, and other -artists of
celebrity. The collection also includes- a ',number of
splendid. engrav-In7,s, "among-which are seven cartoons
after Raphael. The whole will be on view-to-day, and
the collection will be four thwell worthy Of 'inspection.

-
LECTURE ON "TrtE -LONDON LOCK-OUT:-I,ast even-
ing, at the Coneert-halle -Lord Nelson-street;., the Rev.
E. A. Verity, of Habergham, Lancashire, 4lelivered a
lecture, entitled." Labour and labour's rights .vcestes the
great London leek-out." Mr. Turner, a- cooper, pre-
Sided ; and in an admirable introductory address he
urged on the meeting:to support the lock-outs in Lon-
don. The lecture of the rem. gentleman 'was' substan-
tially the same as the one he delivered at the Oddfellow's
Hall, a few weeks ago ; and it . was loudly applauded
throughout. The meeting was also addressed by Mr.
J. Osborne, a delegatedrom the London Conference
. THE NECESSMY OF THE PERMISSIVE (LIQUOR) BILL.
.--Last evening .fir. TAV.. Freckleton lectured in the
Argyle Rooms, Birkenhead, to a very crowded audience, ,
on "The necessity of the- Permissive Bill fee England."
The fearful amount of misery-,--of pauperism, lunacy,
and crime, resulting from drunkenness in this country,
was vividly depicted by-the lecturer, who urged that
when such facts 49.these.c-were stated by the judges of
the land to have'been the result of their 'observations,
it was the duty ef the .I:egislature on moral and social
no less than on Folitioalt rounds to stop the source from
whence so, muoh •evil: Ikwe:3. . He 'showed that a
permissive liquor bill was not a • ,riovelty in
England, and explained .•the provisions of the bill,
-which has been so 'long before the • emblic, by
which it is souedit to remove from • the justices
the power of granting -publicans' lieenae3, and to
place that power an the hands of the people. It was
.proposed that whenever two-thirds of the adult people
eof any city, borough, or other place, agreed in public,
meeting assembled to adapt the bill, the public houses
r should be eloseeleand.no licenses granted. The opiniqn
of several eminent men e'was in l'avaiir of &prohibitory
measure; and, amongst, others, Lord .Brougham had
:mid e,--" Of intenaperanee, ,the baneful effectieneed not
be ' dwelt upon in detail... It is the smallest part of 'the
evil; that at the very least, ten times as much money is
ant ,upon drink as upon publications of , all kinds,
newspapers included. But• the far worse effects of this
,prepensity in.produeing disease .of both body and-mind,
and. in filling our jails with criminals, our workhouses
with ,'-paupers, are se dreadful as, loudly to call for the
rip
application of repressive measures. The law-giver is
i mperatively boimd. to lend his aid, when it appears
3natifest that no paltiailves cameral Then the phil-
authropist mould. na.,leuger.. complain with taie. re-
corder of
.13rininghara, thet; into whatever . path of
benevolence we may Strike, , the drink-demon .:starts
.up before him, and blocks . his way ; or compozing
whet is cheerfully squandered upon the fuel of
intemperance with what 2.5. gindgingly bestowed won
:the Mums of mental improvement, lament to findten-
, .fO,ll the price of food to the mind.poid for poison to the
'body ;•,brt would delight to hear ,our poor, reclaimed
from the worst excesses, free from,theyoke, of creel,
though perfidious tyrant, declare as they did to the
Amenearunissionary, that the law must have come from
heaven, -for it.was too good to be .the work of man.",
Throughout the lecture Mr. • F3.-eeklet3n was loudly'
applauded, end at 'its conclusion I,e.reeeived a cordial'
vote of Allarries. *. '• . ,
YA:VES,DEOTPING IN THE ASSIZE Coierir.—A pn-
soner named :Johnson, who was yesterday convicted of
pacing base coin, and sentenced to tweln months'
imprisonment, :was afterwards brought up from below
to have en ipterview with his wife. The Wife leaned
over the side of the deck, and for some minutes was
engagedin earnest conversation with her husbariele' The
turnkey' was, as :usual, present, together with Another
gaol offiCial, arid they 'both heard all that passed ; but
lunch surprise and lisgust was excited by the conduct
'of. several spectatora Who were sitting near,
,and who
seeing what was going en eagerly peered forward, and
Were even impertinent and curious enough to thrust
their faces almost between the prisoner and his wife.
The turnkey should certainly have checked an interfer-
ence sO rude and unfedlinl.; and we feel coniiriced that
had the judge noticed the he Would hate ordered
them out of court.
BlnicENnEAri OFFENDT:RS TRIED AT CHESTER ASSIZES.
—At the Chester Assizes,' on Tuesday, the following
eases were tried before Mr. Justice Wines :—George
Jones alias Kippering,• was tried for a burglary in the
house of Captain' Fisher, Prince's-terrace, Grange-lane,
Birkenhead, on the night'of Friday, the 19th of August,
`and being found guilty was. sentenced to seven years'
penal serntude.—James. Kelly was tried and acquitted
on a charge of having . forged some pay tickets on Mr.
31‘Coriniek, the contractor for the .11irkenhead Dock
Works:--Ann Lockray was indicted for having stolen a
shawl, the property 'of Thomas Jones. The prisoner was
found guilty and sentenced' to six weeks' imprisonment
with hard labonr. Ms lordship observed that this case
ought not to hare been sent to the 'assizes, but should
' l have been either sent to quarter sessions, or dealt with
by' the justices under the Criminal Justice Act. It ap-
peared that the prisoner had been, on several- occasions;
' committed for being drunk and disorderly and creating
disturbances, and that she would have been dealt_ with
. , udder the'Criminal justice Act, but for 'her persisting'
tin plc ;ding that the eb.ae\-1 was given 'to her, .

CAR/sva.es CHEER.—Families residing within five
miles of Liverpool can be supplied with Burton mild
and bitter ales of the first brand, as also London stout,
in 4-1, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending their orders,
or callinn. at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant,
110, Duke-street.
WRECK or THE ROYAL CHARTER.—The following
letter, relativa to the pressure of the atmosphere on the
night of this melancholy event, has been received by
Mr. Mansfield, stipendiary magistrate:—

Traffos, Bangor, Dec. 5, 1659.
TO J. S. MANSFIELD,ESQ.

,
Sin,—ln your report to the Board a Trade you mention a
deficiencx of infermadon as to the barometer, and as I care-
fully renstere 1 mine on the fatal night I send it to you.
This place' is (by ordnance map) 71 miles S.S.E. from Moelfra
Island. On the 25th October the barometer and thermometer
stood thus

Earornefer.
Oct. 23, at 8 20 a.m 29.10 ..
„ 12 noon 299.10..
t, 5 p.m 23..0..,
~ 8 p.m 28.94 ..
10 p.m 28.86
Oct. 20, at 8 a.m 28.70 rising
I am, your olamlient servant, J. WILLIAm.s.

Thermometer.
33 had been 31

ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—ThiS society has just
been deprived of one of its most useful members by the
death of Mr. Charles Verelst. The meeting of the
society last night was consequently adjourned, after a
vote of condolence to his widow had been carried
unanimously.
THOMAS COURT, ESQ., ox "Tan OCEAN, AND OCEAN
NAVIGATTON."—Thomas Court, E.eq., the secretary to
the Liverpool Underwriters' Association in Liverpool,
delivered a lecture on "The Ocean, and Ocean Naviga-
tion,
.popularly considered," on Tuesday evening, at
the Nautical Schools, Bootle. The Rev. J. Cramp,
presided. Mr. Court said—On entering Liverpool
for the first time, the greatest attraction to the
stranger, notwithstanding the magnificent buildings
which adorned many of its thoroughfares, was our
ePlendid docks, in which were to be seen so many
beautiful specimens of naval architecture. Having
passed a high eulo.g•ium upon The members of the Dock
Estate for the faithful and nfiicient manner in which
they had directed those works, which were now brought
to their very doors, the lecturer sail that the ocean was
the great highway of nations ; it was directed by a
higher power than that of man, -and therefore it was
perfect and quite free from toll-bars. It was the great
natural means of bringing one eountryinto communication
with other onntriea ; ofeitending civilisation to barbarous
climes; and it was the means of -supplying us with the
necessaries of life. Raving treated of the ocean, Mr.
Court nextadverted to navigation,'which consistedf. twe
branches, The first enabled the navigator to dinover
his position- on the -chart so as 'to enable him to-reach
his destination. The second ',branch was the -skilful
department, or that of good seamanship, which enabled
a commander to pat his ship in that condition, hr steer-
ing and the. position of the sails, by which she could be
propelled-,t-the, greatest rate. Now, to make sa good
navigator it was necessary that these two branches of
learningShonlalse closely studied, and itwas a knowledge
of thesetwo branches that had improved the asereantile
marine of thisasort and enabled them to take a position
that was second to none. Having exhibited and ex-
plained-several descriptions -of compasses (one of which
was a Chinese), Mr. Court spoke of the rapid
strides -made in the construction of ships, • and gave
it as his .opinion that the building of iron vessels would
pi-egress. Having traced the history of navigation from
the time when men ventured on rivers in ..canoes down
to the-present period, which marked the construction of
such gigantic vessels as the Persia and the Great Eastern,
the lecturer exhibited a -number of specimens of electric
telegraph cables, including the "sea serpent" which was
to have connected Europe with the Western world. He
referred to the establishment of the steani-trade between
this country and America, alluding at -some length
to the doubts at -first -entertained even 'by practical
;nen of the success of large steamers in crossing
the ',Atlantic, for, as • was said by a •-friend of his,
in epealing of the :Great WeStern, • "-she will be
beaten to pieces by the waves." The -new practical
men, =however, discovered that the safest part of
.the •
vessel swas the very part it was supposed would be
broker up, for it was the broken watt' that gave
safety-to the sponsors. At the close the -chairman said,
on -behalf of the audience, he tendered his cordial
thanks to Mr. Court >for the able, eloquent, and, al-
though he discarded 'the word scientific, -skilful lecture
he had given them - that night---(applause)—and he
loped that on some . future occasion he would again.
gratify them with ariother-leeture. The vote of thanks
was-carried by acclamation ; and, after "-Rule Britan-
nia" • had been sung by the audience,. the' proceedings
terminated.
HEZTGLER'S CIRQUE VARIETE.—,The new entertain-
ments introduced by -Mr. Hangler, as appears in our
advertising columns, are well worth going to see. The
programme is everything that could be-desired with res-
pect to its preparation;-and the judgment-of Mr. Russell
is worthy of high encomium. Messrs. Williams and
Clarke on their two favourite steeds, give wonderful -
perforinances in equestrianism, while the Brothers.
Elliott with the four gldbes, call forth bursts of applause
from-.a generally crowded circus. Indeed, all the artistes
acquit themselves admirably, and by . their exertions
sustain the character of the entertainments. Saturday
will be a grand gala day, his worship the mayor, T. D.
Anaemia, Esq., being then to patronise the-circus.
MOSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BoAun.--4)n the- Ist
January, the following-members of this board will retire
by rotation -7—Messrs, :Broeldebank, Graves, Smith,
Maelver, FarnWarth, and Tobin ; and we are glad to
say that they all, -with the exception of Mr. C. Maclver,
have consented to offer themselves for re-election ; and
in the-room of this gentleman, whose resignation we
muehaegret to have to record, Mr. Benjamin Darby-
shire, a merchant of high.standing in this, town, has
consented to be placed in !nomination, and the intimate
knowisidge this gentleman !has of the requirements of
the trade and commerce of the port, will render him an
able representative, and one that will enjoy the eon&
deice of the ratepayers.
WEST DERBY BOARD OF 4GUARDIANS.—ThO weekly .
meeting_ of this board was held yesterday, in the ?Boards -
room of. he 'West Derby Workhouse; Mr.:Pitts:chair-
man of .the board, presiding. The other members
present were—Messrs. Metaalf, • Abrahams, Roberts,
Shaw, .Ledges, Wensley, Pilling, Wareham, Perkin,
and Riehmond.—Mr. Gough, the governor, reported
the number of paupers in the workhouse last week-to be.
, 668 ; admitted since, 24 ;,•diseharged, 21; number•in at
present, 669;; 363 of whom are chargeable to Toxteth-
park.—The -hospital last week-contained 106 patients,;
admitted "since, 20 ; ..discharged, 'O.; dead, 2 a number in
at present, 1,1.5 ; .47 of whom belong to Toxteth-pails.
In the corresponding week laSt year there were also 115.
—The cheques, for out-door relief were—Mr. Pottg,
£126 ; Mr. ~Olney, £3B ; Mr. 'Lythgoe, £22.—Mr..
Abrahams moved, that as Christmas Day will fall on
Sunday, the inmates of the workhouseshould have their
allowance of roast beef-and plum pudding on the follows
ing Monday. The motion, was seconded:by Mr. Roberts,
and carried.--Th.ere were two charges of neglect against
Mr. Johnson, the medical officer, but _after enquiring
into their nature, it was shown to the satisfaction of the
:board that no blame attached to him.--Mr. Ledger pro-
, pissed that the. board petition Parliament for a modificaa
ton of the power of the Poor-law Board. He said
these powers.wOuld expire in a short time, and it was,
usual for Parliament 'either to withdraw them, or con-
finale them for the ensuing term. They did not wish
the.pater removed, bat as the PoOr-law Board had so
often interfered with &ens, on the most , frivolous pre-
tencea, ,he thought their power shmild be modified. lie
mentioned this that the members might have time to
think over; the matter,—This terminated the Public
business. .

EXPORT OF VALUABLE BREEDING
CATTLE TO CALIFORNIA.

The great attention paid 'in this country to the
provement of the breeds of cattle has obtained for us
enviable obarapter, not merely in Europe; but the fame
of English-bred stock spreads also among the enterpri-
sing and intelligent .citizens of the United States. So
true is this; that every..year we are" visited by some
sagacionsamericans, for the purpose of selecting animals
suited to improve the' breeds of cattle in the fertile prai-
ries of the Test. This species of traffic appears to be
rising in estimation all over the anion ;_ and only last
week, a considerable number of 'splendid 'specimens of
the Durham short-horned breed, were conveyed from
Liverpool for San Franeisce. They were shipped by Mr.
Bell, of the Adelphi coaching establishment, m this town,
on account of Mr. James Bell. The animals, as already
stated, were admirable specimens of the 'short-horned
breed, and *eregeletted-with great care and- judgment .
from the hills of the most eminent hreeders. They
showed all the marks of great purity of blood, and were,
. 'we understand, the first ever exported from this country
for 'California. Besides these, it affordS us pleasure to
ndte that .Mr. 13c11 has also just completed an eNtensive
shipmeit'of choke' _sheep, on hoard the' Ellen Sophia
and the Norfolk, for the Riyer 'late, Theo latter