Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

SORTITERN DAILY TINES.

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LIVERPOOL HOMCEOPATHIc
a 13 IDISPENSAR.Y.

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At the aniniat 'general meeting of the Liverpool
Hoomopathk: .Diapensary,. held:at 2, Harforcl-!std
Mount Pleasant, on February' Ist, .J. Yate Lee, E4q:•iin
the 'their, Mr. Copper; he 'secretnil; • read thelellowing
eport :
.The Committee of the Itoniceopathie Dispensary, in
presenting theirlighteenth annuaLreport to. their -sub-
scribers, and to the public, take occasion to congratulate
them on, the extensive usefulness of• the institution, and
the continued appre.ciation of theboniceopathig.treatinent
by the poorer cla.sses; •
During • the -summer and early_ ;autumn, the %public
health was in- an unusually favourable .condition, and
.
consequ, ently the numbers attending, the diipeaskry wcre
considerably reduced ; nevertheless,. the.committio have
tqAeport the, number of new eases:diiring.the year 1859
at 3,867 = , the total number of prescriptions dispensed
being 20;92. Patients visited at their own homes" 720,
at an average of .three.Visite each,:giving 2,160 visits—
al?ont six daily; and as the residences of .the patients
tie often, in widely distant parts Of, the town, it will be
seen that the visiting surgeons have not been *idle.
The past year will be recorded as a very. important
One, in the
,annals of the lioaicoppathie Dispensary, in
consequence of a .determination arrived at by lhe com-
mittee to enlaege the Inititution to an extent that
ihOuld be commensurate with . the. important position
held by the liemeeoPathie apt* in and around Liver-
peel; and that should, worthily, •represent distin-
guished support of the ednezted and weil.thy classes
which it enjoys. The, house occupied lip to the present
time in Mount-pleaSant,, 'lOds; held rent free under' the
Corporation, having been sold, with othkr; corporate
froperty;,the committee, after making diligent search
or: other preinisei, determined, if sufficient fiends could
.raised, to erect a- building'worthy of the-cause,' and
satisfactory to the -supporters of ilomceopathy. With
this object, they "have,pUrchaged from the POrporation,
on favourable terms, pieee Of Hatt:linen-street,
adjoining St. Philip's--Ghisteh.-- A-design of the pro-
posed buildiugf given by an eminent architect (Mr.
Ellis), hai beeif.exainined,.add-approved ih its details
by the commitk.e_and, hY4p-o-_ffiedical efficers•ef2the insti-
tution; and the whole -is •exPected ' to be ooMpleted -by
the end of the ensuing autumn. •
'The Committee refer, with great pride and satisfac;,
Lion, to the handsidne manner-in which the public -have
responded to their announced :intention of building, most
of the. donations to the building fund having liven open=
taneously offered:
Finally, the committee- tender their thanks to those
donors and subscribers who have hitherto supported thiS
;excellent charity,• but at the same time they wOald urge
upon-them the Consideration that; with enlarged premises,
and the opportunity of extending its usefulness,.in,
creased fun& reqUired for its support •
A suggestion in this place may!perhaps be made, that
if those who are really interested in the support of this
charity, or .who have themselves benefittett.4sy this
system of medical, treatment, would exert themselves to
assist the committee in procuring: -subscriptions :and
donations; the object which the:y, have.so much at heart
weeild be speedily attained, and theinstitution maintained
iu au position still further to extend its operations.
During-the past.five or six years, the advance made by
hommepathy among the educated classes in LiSerpool
taid_the neighbouring towns has been rapid and almost
surprising, considering the array of medical practitioners
sohestile to the system.

:The number of -practitioners has increased, since 1858,
from four to eight in Liverpool, and since that period,
Southport, Warrington, and Run Corn have, each a settled
resident practitioner.
The-past year has also become marked by converts 'from
the old-system and among others may be mentioned the
name:Of Dr.r:douquest, the senior physician of St. Ear-
lholomew's hospital, London.
On the-18th January, .1849, a concert, -in aid of the
finds of the• Charity, was' given in- st. George's Hall,
kW,the Liverpool Voctal'Union, from which eonsidei,
able sum of money; was realised; and in May last;
a dramatic performance -by- the Amateur Literary and
,DrametiAi Society, and .although-this performance,
-ciwinly Width heavy expenses incurred, was not produe-
.tiva-rin pieuniary. sense;: it) NM: the means of pro,
minently advocating and making known ,the, slainis of
Homoeopathy ; andilthe_cofamittee now offer their best
tllanks ft,l• all- thos, Twhpfsp.:liberaly . and, kindly ;lent
their aid` on Ildth'those occasions.
, The sum collected. inibeliCa at the. Dispenary, kern
tbOreiinal of• the poor themselves, amounts to,
2tilOs. N., which must, be taken as oan acknoWled‘,.;
•
n~`ent by them of benefits received._ - •
Tt is to secure and extend these benefits to, the poorer
and working classes that the committee are now appeal-
ing to their more affluent and.presperous neighbours, and
to the public in general,-fOr continued support, and par-
ticularly for donations to the building fund.
After some hasinesS the Meeting separated.

CHURCH-RATES LAw AMENDMIOIT Brietll-L-The fol-
leWifig are the Chief provisions of the bill brought in by
MrL Hubbard and Lord 'Robert Ceoll:--;•--1.. Every pen•
son rateable to a chnrch-rate, and conforming.to:a form
of worship _other than the wotship of the Church of
England,' rriay (if he ..desire to do so) claini an exemp-
tion from the payment of such a rate in manner here,
iiafter provided '(a schedule being provided 'for it).
2. Every such person who ' shall deliver to one
Of the churchwarden's- Of7rthe pariah', -wherein the
property in respect of 'which he is rateable shall be
situate, seven- days before any vestry or meeting to
be held for the putPese of m'alciug a church rate, of
which vestry or meeting fourteen days' notice Shall be
given, a notice, signed by him, in the form 'contained in
the.se‘iedule to, this act annexed, shall be etethpted from
the payment of such rate ; and such' notice •be
deemed conclusive evidence of such person being entitled
to die exeMptiOn.peetlided by this'act ; provided'alWays
that such exemption shall not apply to any per Son exer-
cising the office of churchwarden. 3. Every -person
wholahall give much notice -shall be disqualified from
attendine. an}. vestry meeting, or any adjournment
ttrerent-ii trlintig or Ordriply i a such elirffa:;
rate ; and every. 441 f vest g or meetingior,lhe purpose
of making 'd elatitch'-irite Shall be";designated a church
vestrymeeting, and it shall not be,
,competent for such
Meeting to' transact any other business;
THE HOSTILITIES IN CHINA.--Sir De Lacy Evans
gave the -following notice of motion on Friday even-
ing :—" On going into Committee of Supply, to move---•
That, iii'vegard to hostile operations against China, this
house 'humbly participate in the wish expressed by her-
34ajesty in. her most gracious Speech on the opening
of: seSsion of Parliament, It will be gra-
tifying to me if the prompt.. acquiescence of the Em-
peror .of China in the moderate demands which will
bd' made by' the plenipotentiaries shall obviate the'
necessity for the employment., of force.' That Similar
eonciliatory wishes are stated, 'through various'
credible sourees, to have -been made by the :Emperor
igthina, expressing anxiety 'to 'make atonement, and
readiness to make such concessions in relation to the
..conflict at the entrance of the Peiho, and to.the stipu-
lations"of the treaty of Tien-tsin,.as may obviate the
necessity for the employment of force That, in the
opinion of this house, nothing could more contribute
te-thiS most desirable result than the choice of an Am-
bassador Plenipotentiary of reliable experience, of tried
of conciliatory temper, 'and unfettered by pre-
vious contact with Chinese officials, for the conduct of
this-important negotiation, and for directing or counsel-
ling the disposition of her Majesty's naval'and military
forces destined fel...this service! "—Friday, 17th Feb.
CAST IRON CANNON WITII WROVORT IRON. Hoorti:
—Captain Blakely, the inventor of these guns, writes
to the' Timei,
.to defend the principles on which they are
cfls.
viiicted :---" So early as 1855 I made a.9-pounder
of the. same weight and shape as the service east-iron
gun;' and the Ordnance Select Committee had it tried at
one of the latter, and also a brass
hoeburynesg against,
service gun._ The three guns were fired as follows :
Two rounds-with Slb. Of .powder and 2, shot, 86 rounds
With 31b: Of powder and I shot, 16" rounds. with 41b. of
powder and 1 shot, s.rounds with 51b.: of powder. and
1 ihet, 5-rounds .with 51b. of powder and 2 shot. So
far all -four remained. serviceable. The Charge was
increased,to 611). of .powder and .2 shot, with Which the
service 'east iron . gun burst' at the 110th round ; the
service brass gtm.became.unserviceable after 174 rounds ;
but mv
gun was so sound after 318 rounds., that the
charge was i ncreased by one shet at:a time,. till the gun
teas
times before it
the muzzle,. in which state it was fired 158
of the gu _it burst. The cause of the great . strength
are made so sm 11
Uai.tlin Blakely explains to
,be, that the hoops
before they canal, that they must be heated considerably.
When cool
they contract, eye:
strainers
Passed to their places.
permanenti(r the inner cast iron, and
.remain
they must o themselves. In this state of tension
burst the gun, kin
resisting a force tending to
pick cube could eotlile"()
.>, removed outer portions of the

LIVERPOOL POLICE-TOURT.--SIIIRDAt.

29-/-71;1T-T,79--Tals Tii)()ki-
- -( &bre Mr: .)`- • • -
7RonmrtY-.my A- IJAD.--iaMea Smith; a Indirot- over
fotirteen :years of , age,- whose mother is; arwidawf'reeild-
ing ii • street, • was,' ichatied ?With :Terrtering, 'the.
Sefton Arms public bons., London-read, and ailing
some monev i!!"Ters landlord; Mr.‘Mellist4
stated 'that on Friday;afternoon, when sitting. :in the
•hisattention!was drawn 'to the bar by ,hearing
tbe.sounduf money falling on the floor. On going-into
the shop he found the-prisoneri)ehind the counter; with
Falyer in one hand, and eoppwin the other, andlizperice
lying -at his, feet. The 144,raother, who wias presontt,
said he was very wild, and ltrad been away:from home
for two days. He was remanded for seyend.ays.
.C.n.iatoe ;or BURGPARY.—Three men named Richard
Rowlands,. John Berry; :and -iThomai.-Williams, two. of
them WelVknown to the
.police;! being returned convicts;
we're charg'ed' with breaking into the shop of Mr . Lei ces ter;
flour dealer, 34, London;road; between Thursday night
and Friday morning. • • Detective Carlyle stated that in
Ciikequen;e of- info'iniatien given by Mr. Ashley, publi-
can, St.: Anne-street, of an attempt by t ghmen to:force
their' way' 'into the bar, lie searched 'a lodging:,
heirs& 'kept' by Mrs. Harrison,' Springfiel&street,
Where he appreh'ended- the prisoners on the above charge;
aS 'he discovered flour on some of 'their -coats. Mr.
LeicestcVs place haVingbeerventeredthroiigh,the tiles; it
was impossible for any one :to pass through- it without
getting foompletely covered ivith..flour. -1.111
room, • a number of files _were :found,, and 'under -the
mattress, there: were three Shillings. Detective !Eaton
stated that he was in company! with 7 Crirlyle when
tte•-',priscuers .were 'taken into 'custody. -,11-e searched
-in his `room,- and on his- person, found
£1 3s. it'd. in silver and copper, among which was
an' American cent. Mr. !Leicester's shopman said there
was, to the best of his belief, aboutl.£l left in the till on
the night of the robbery, consisting-of fourpenny pieces§
a five-shilling .piece, and •a quantity of•coppers, amongst
which was an American cent. He could ,not swear to
the five-shilling piece or
_the cerit.---An errand-boy vas
called, who said the.-cent. was ;given .on Tuesday, but
there was -no! 'mark by which he' could identify it.7-Mr.
Cobb, who appeared for, the prisoners, subMitted: that
there was. no evidence against them 'to warrant, their
committal.-The magistrate remanded' ,these for seven
days, Ao allow time for further!enquiry.
- STAFAC.ROBTIERY.—Mary Brown was brought up on
a charge of :robbing a young man•named..Toseph Motly,
a musician -; • the Adelphi Theatre. It appeared
that, on Thursday,- he. adjourned after the labours
of. the evening to • a public-house Christian-
street, with number of companions. Ile-was there
till two . o'clock in the morning, .when• he !left!, it
utterly. oblivious. When consciousness returned he
found himself in an entry in the same street, minus . his
watch and scarfpin.—A public-house keeper appeared;
anddeposed that the prisoner had offered-to hinithe
watch on Friday merning about five o'clock.--The pri-
soner set ups a defence that she met the prosecutor in
Soho-street:.; he. gave:her the ;pin to barter, for .some
gin,. and, tbe,Watch be desired' her to pawn.—The magis-
trate. committed her for trial. !,.

''''/StkIT4AGE,OF IRONWORKS IN SC4OTLANI) -:-.4he Coat-
14ridgeleorrespondent- of :the Glasgote • lierald' says :
" The furnaces are all damped out 'this '(Wednesday)
and 'the furriacethen and those connected with
the Works are Idling abtuit-the'streets."
FIRST' ISSrE.-OF THE'•lsTrw CoLouns.—lt has been
determined (says the ' IFWited &mice Gettette) •that iii
future all regimental colou'rs shall bear at the top of-the
staff the crown, surmounted, by -the lion of England.
Several regiments have already been supplied,- the .100th
being the first. • • •
•tarianicAL ELOPENINT.—A circumstance, Most dis-
tressing and. pairrfnlln all friends of ,religion, has occur-
redAfthin the-past fair days: The carate-of St. NO),
las'. Church; Durham; the !Rev. W. Pros.ser, o,' Since
his aivbiritmerit to the curacy, haS gained great Popu-,
latity,lhad who is ,a married man,' has eloped-with 'a fc.
,who, it is said, was formerly an inmate of the
Penitentiary, of which inetitntion the -rev. 'gentleman
officiated ,as chaplain. The rev: delinquent- had' been
staving-. at.;Sunderland Bridge,-'where' the female was
living Ai service, and from that place' they -bbth de-
camped last week. The circumstance 'has east a gloom
overrnanv quarters in the town; for,'"since liis•appoint-
Mont to the' curacy he has been greatly respected, and
has taken a Very active part in the religious dirties of the
parish."-z-NOrtho.rn Daily Express.
• FEARrtL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL, AND' 'LOSS
,OF 'THE BARQUE 'ELIZABETH DAwsoNH-On Thursday
morning, as the bargite•Elitabeth'DaVrsort, 363'tons 'wad
sailingdoWn Channel;Avith a cargo e dials froth
derland to Alexandria; and 'when about three milei4f
the South Foreland, she was run into by another' barque
right amidships;' and ininiediately in deeti.waterr
Being cut below water mark, the crew had great difficulty
'in coming by the boat and, stvin,g themselves: • A very
remarkable `circumstance attended this catastrophe:
One of the men sunk in the vessel to the bottom of thg
sea. : ,In his struggles he mine in contact with a pfeee
of wood about four feet long, which- lifted him to the
surface. With much exertion on the part of the crew'
lie was picked up anisaved. They all landed at lover,
and met With a most kind • reception at the Sailors'
Home, .where they, soon found the comfort Of such a
refuge, after many hours' eiposureidabitter cold north-
east wind. 'lt is not known by' the crew what vessel it
was that ran' them down.

,
GOODNATURED AND ILLNATURED triilENl)S,.—lt you,
benevolent reader; wish to do a kindness, and to elicit
grateful feeling, go and tell a man who is growing bald
that his hair is growing thicker ; tell a man of 70 that
ho is. every day looking younger.; tell a man who can
now walk but at a llow'pace that he walkiluatommonly
fast; middle:aged lady, Whose voice is cracking,:
that it is always growing finer::, tell a"cottager whols
proud of his garden, aboathe middle of October, thatbis
garden is looking more blooming than in June ; tell•the
poor artisan, the .skilled workman; who has heendriven
by want;of work to,take to breaking stones for nig read
(which in the Scotch mind holds the place which sweep=
ing a crossing holds in the English), that you are pleased
to ,see that he has got 'nice- light Work for these winter
days,: and; if you be the parish: clergyman; atop for a
few minutes and talk cheerfully to him ; if Yin passed
that pooi•down:-hearted fellow to-day:With 'Mill 'a
-slight
recognition,..te would certainly fancy -viith`tlie
ens self-torinent of fallen fortunes) that yon did 'if
because he has been obliged so 'sadly to ." come' down."
But if you want toiprove yourself devoid of the instina.-
tire benevolence of the gentleman, .you will walk-up
to the man with a look of niitigleci grief And
astonishment, and say, " Oh, John, I: am sorry to see
von have come to this?' I have seen' the like done.
I have known • the people who, not 'from malignity, bat
from pure stolidity and. coarseness of nature, would
insist on impressing on the loan's mind how far he had
come 'down. Gelimer, at •Itome (or Constantinople, •I
forget • which)/ did not feel his fall more-than the-decent
Scotch carpenter or mason basy in his heap of stones.
by the roadside.. And • who, that had either heart or.
head, .bull woniftrather try -to keep him up than to take
hint' further down.? It is the delicate .discernment of
these things that marks the gentlemen' and the gentl6:
woman. Such, instinctively shrink from saying or -doing
a thing that- will.pain the feelings of another. If they
say or do anything of the kind, it is not 'because {hey
don't know what they are about; 'while Vulgar_people
go thrOugh ,life unintentionally and ignorantly stick.;
ing .Dins into more sensitive natures at every. turn.
You, my friend, aceidentally itiegL an old school.
companion: You think' him.. a low-looking fellow as
could well be seen. • But you'say to him kindly that yoU
are happy to see 'him looking ,so *ell.• - He replies to
yoi, with a confounded 'candour, " I citnnot say, that of
volt ; for yon are looking very old and careworn." The'
boor did mot mean to say anything disagreeable. It,
was pure want of discernment. It was simply that be
is :not a gentleman; -*and can never now-be made one.
"Your daughter, poor thing, is getting hardly
in
partners," said .a vulgar rich-woman to an old lady in a
ball-room ; "it is really very bad of the young men:"
The vulgar richi*oman fancied she was making a, kind
and Sympathetic remark. , It is to be recorded that some-
times 'such remarks have their origin, not in ignorance,
but iin 'intentional malignity. Mr. Snarling, of this
neighbourhood, deals in such. • He sees a man 'looking
cheerful after dinner, and langhing heartily: Mr: Snarl-
ing exclaims, "Bless me, how flushed you are getting!
Did any of your relations die of apoplexy ?" If you
should.cough, in the unhappy wretch's presence, he will
ask,' with an 'anxious look, if there is consumption in
your family. And he will receive your ne,rative answer
with an ominous shake of the head. "'l am sorry to
hear," says Mr: Snarling, the week after your new horse
comes home, "I am sorry to hear about that animal
proving sneh a' bad bargain. I was sure the dealer
would cheat you." - "It was very sad indeed," says Mr.
Snarling,. "that you could not get that parish which
you wanted." He-shakes his' head, and kindly adds,
" Especially as you were so anxious to get it,"—Fraser's
Ilfatja:ine for February.

xtTITVIYE-ORPRA-CTICAIi MECHANICS
r. ..PT.-P44§9olFtt. r.oie,t.).Ffetl gor.-1

- • ' .11C CI I _ Tit
We _select the folle.wing interegtwE.Vagref'r f°,lll
the iiiiiblicfory address to' the. 0441,, cri4ish-sOclety
of Arts, .reeently. delivered 'by the '.l%realheirt,-Pfolesibi
C. 44nati-Sinyth(T.M.Sti.L. and E..:—
'44f-Artorking sociopy ;like our °Wm,' ...whose session
alreatr:been opened, should rather. ber.up -and at: their
work., than again; listening at their, ease to the, bland but
iftdietilletplatitudes, and. the,delicious-self-iadniatien of
an *augural address. Such a conapositiOnimwt dead
in aach thins; and as F every boy a-t,a
ClasSical 6611001. Rigs in
"rater ,2Eneaa," as his' example in every theree,,.po;
,6vei-y • inaugural address of mechanical societies :at
this sinre;does it appear, to be thonght'essential to allude
to.itilie leading to i
ce of the day, the Grreat•Eastern,"
the,.." Atlantic • Tel ph," - • the " - and
&her distant undertakings Vast and !important, doubt.;
less;in themselves,. but so- removed from us in every may;
that etve- ahould.isurely. do better for oar owu:praetice to
leave Aliem-,to the newspapers„ and take up something
ruere:of .alomunature--7sOrnething th t we lAave dpnv,
Or at least hada hand in, and Which our discussions and
exertions may, toad still further to improve.
We have not to look'very.far for such a,ease, though
oir choice should be confined to steam-navigation; and
Will. xelate:an instance much as it-Came; alp.46st acci;
IcOnty knowledge this last summer: A Rnssiari
conipany, having need. of 7a. large stearriento,plpbetitteeti
Riga and Cronstadt, applied, through our respected
nlolll4er, .Mr. R. M. SntithiAo tha-well-known:Nahkrs,
of,Glalgow • who readily entered -into a contract,..:bin&
ing themselves, ,under ruinous penalties, to: produce the
vessel, requirej, punctually to ,a day, and. capable of
steaming at an, arnOtint, of speed, .and with a saying of
fuel, extensive and decided, beyond all precedent., .f.
The case required. the nicest -Calculations- and the
most thoroligh understanding of the thoUiand and One cii-
euncetances that go to make up a. good iteaniship ; .for:4
little leaning to one side-might lo the Contract, and to
the Other side might annul the builder's profit; and the
middle point ...could only. be; attained-by the utmosti!exl
nellencer,in the ;form of the ship, and the principles-of
boilers and engines. Indeed, the ease was. looked on as
hazardnusr perhaps by all. except Mr. James R. Napier,
and out' w9xthy number and deeply 14en0o. engineer,
professor J. Maeq.tioi,n ; whghad subnlitt9d
the details Ofalr. Mr. Napier'a vessels, and they are legion;
to hia'lY6tnaticad ' and: th ni*om the ships
thenasekvps, not from models, had, mind' out the ittYs
whiclft*efritiheir.perforrninee,'-iind redueed theni't
,a
ptacticalnhape.for workmen to-deal-with. Arthed with
the certainty which these. formulae gave, Mr: Napier
went .boldly: to*histask; and on the appointed day; a trial
Of the finished:-'Vessel came off, andour friend -34 r) Snaitb
was
.• tkere. Ito, -see,- • What
_was the, measured result?
Why, a speed,ofnot less than 13 miles was in the 13.onci,
ancl,a perforpanee of 131 miles. as,given ;,,and while
the, horse-power per. hour was to le
produced by a con
Stimpfion of not more than 3 lbs. of coal, 2 19-20 tbs were
all that were found'ileebssatv.
• The 'closeness of these residts is something -so ITmark-
ttErlei'b.§ to indicate that the building. of this steamer, th 6
Admiral, heralds in a new era,-.*bere Certainty; aatis=
faction; and Piefit;*illxeplace the'uncerthinty, risk; and
loss, to one ;party or the other,i which have.;beeti toe
commonly the rule in this de,partinent of engineering.

RETIWIMENT AT, — It is
pretty pnerally rlunimred that Mr. Glads.tsell in-
troduce his Superannuation Amendment Bill at,an.early
period of the'-session, and that it will coiat#la.elause
rendering it -ethrtfnilsory.on' thOie who have passect'their
sixty-fifth year, except-in splitial cases, to retireon their
pensions, »CleaiE 4'erqice,qazette. ;1 LTA '4)
V.;51.f OF MR. ,COIMEN TO STOCKPORT.-Mr. Cob-
den, .ivb.O, it*till be 'remembered, formerly represented
Siiitioft in Parliament, having been Solieited'hy. the
Reforni'Association of that town to be present at their
annual soiree;' has-inti Mated his intention, if his health
will alb)* 'him, of Complying with their wisheS. TO
snit. his -eofivenienee •the event has been postponed till
Easter • . _ •-•

STntxt: or IRON PuDoLtms.---1-On' Monday-- between
100 and 150 of the puddlers employed at the extetiiivQ
ironworks of Messrs. Dawes, at Elsecar, near Barnsley,
struck work. The cause -of the dispute• is said to be a
refusal:6n the part of the proprietors to continue their
usual lotigiiirmortey of 3d. per night or tirrril;--that is,
3d. for Cathlt4rn'otday or nvzht.shift.Zeivls McMiry.

A memorial.has been placed over the remain* Of Lady
Morgan, in:the (Brompten Cemetery. , It eonsiSts Of a
flat slab, 'supported by six pillars; below is a block -of
polished white marble, on which is inieribed. "Sydney,
Lady Morgan," and the date of her death in April last.
The time,of her birth, islnotfttAittioned. Above the
scription is an Irish harp of ancient form resting on two
volumes, oh one of which is 'written ," Irish Girl;" on
the other " France." The' tomb 'is -tacked by trees,
which add much to.the effect. •

THE FORTHCOMING •BUtiGET..— EXTRAORDTNART'
PAitkeNT of Exerst DotrES. 'IN GListiow:4--In -cenSe-
(pence of ari inigression which has ' been prevalent ~in'
eettain • quarter's during the 'last • few 'trays, that. Mr.
Glifdstoneintends to introduce into his Midget •on Mon
day'a proposition, for •increasing ,the
.duties on spirits,
the spirit 'merchants-of Glasgow.•have, in the course of
the week, paid excise 'duties to a very large and extraL:*
Ordiriaryextent.. We•bilieve that'the amount of 'duties
paid in excess of the usual average has, during, the week,
beedupwards of .£80,000; tbellrreatest -mini being. paid
yesterday (Friday); when bet Ween £20,000. and £30,000
aboVe the average amount :were handed over to the
excise • authorities. The exditenient,'' we understand,
detnnieneed on- llefidaY, , andlaas irieriased every 'day
since.—Gictegoto'heralet:'
,-•-- • '7.
FoitrAntilliat 'ELECTION'.--The election of a repre-
sentative in ParliSnient for.,Forfarshirejlook' place on
Wednesday at Forfar. The' lion. CharlO'Canicgie was
the only candidate. After' his' ele,ction;• Ifr.' Carnegie
stated' thK although he was:.l'deticledli.Eiberal, and'
would give 'th.6. Government an Sitidefiendent general
support, he would'not vote -for thein'tlychtigh _thick and
thin. He hoped'a-satisfaetery measure Of-reform would'
be• Carried, and that the claims of Scotland 'Would be
attended to' in the reAistribUtion of FarliamentarY'seats.'
He 'Was in favenr4of non-intervention in Italy,' aria:
rejoiced that the EMperor of thePrench hid taken some
step in the direction of fieetrade.
0A PENVT.FI6nrIEi rot. Otii:Fialt 'REA'66IB-:b. the
present udraneecrstate of science it has been determined
thatiihsevent is fOrtuitous, but may be referred to:some
definite antecedents,2 and he' subjeefed -11 d: valuation.
Every possible contingency of lifels susceptible-of- cal..
culation, tbat they 'probabilities for ,or against its
occurrence may' be represented by arithmetical-numbers,
or estimated in current coin of the realm. Though. no
exact data exist for, determining the absolute; chances of
marriage for. each person, yet they may be approximately
indicated, and we have pleasure in :presenting to our
fair .readers it table showing the. probabilities 'in favOur.
Of marriage at different ages, for, the.various eonditions
Of life, calculated 'on the same, scientific prinehtle§.:a
Ordinary tables.for. life assurance, from the retfirns:of
the Registri,General, by. distinguished professional-.
gentlemen, in witose accuracy every confidence may be
repoSed . •
Probabilities of Marriage at given ages for all conditions of life,.
computed froth the' Registrat General's Report f0r,1837,
Ages. Bachelors, .:Spinstt,rs.! Widowers. " Widows. '
20' lO to !: 19 10 to 18 • 10 to 387 10 to 194
25 lto , .3. 1,443 5 lto , 1 ,to it
30 • 1 " ls to 15 'lto 9 lto 5-
35 1 to- 27 lto 35 lto 6 lto 6
40 lto 64
45 lto 155 , )1;0' 109.. l. to 8 ''
.;to 19
50 l, to 346,...:. Ito 442...... Ito t 10.....,v1 to 14
55 lto 826:'' '!'l' to 1298 l' to 'ls
60 'I to 2820. ."1 'to 4283 • Ito 22' ' Tito •47
From this it will be. observed that at. 20 :the pro-
basr
ietaex exceedingb
infinitely
io, ta sfi
atngego
rrteofhe marriageaoh2itsoseeerr
much
twohtfuhoecrdaahnrsr:
bachelorolt festrabs
tei
tal
hti
othaifseehp,sotpi,
hfnrtbec
phs
both
ahtewothrer
widowed
same
ofowf
wnhs
te
dpiobl
feen
saitsugi
el
dnierefon
thiavt
taatneerrl
dd!
t
•
bachelor continuously decrease ; thoSe of the. bache;-
lot,: however, being always greater at all after ages,
while'lhose of the widowed of both sexes as rapidly
increase up.. to. '36 the 'widowers always retain-
ing: the . advance. At 35 . the chances of marriage
for.the widow, as compared with those of the spinster,
are as 7 to 11 that is, that 7 may be wagered to 1 on
the widow marrying first—a 'rather remarkable fact,
though not opposed to experience; but whether that
number represents the-greafser -attractiveness of widows
at that age,, or, their greacerdesire of .31Iarriage, we will
riot rashly venture .to decide. At 60,. the probabilities
are for the widower 128 times better than. that of the
old bachelor; and those of the widoW 95 times greater
than of the spinster; though only half the probabilities
of the widower. The numbers below the ag-s of 20 'and
above 60 have been rejected as too insignificant to be
estimated. Seeing, from this table, how rapidly the
chances of celibacy increase after 20, and how quickly
the unwise habit becomes confirmed, let those who are
discreet " gather their. roses while they may l"—The
Ladies' Treastery.

GRANTLEYT: BEKii..ELET-MN
AMERICAN "INSTITUTIONS. •

The:following sketch of the state* of soeietria the
United*taies, from the pea of one who is by no means
.dispesed.to take an ill-flayed view of the future of
Amerieti; is )well worth attention at the present
-moment -:

,
afli.7l`43'and'orie not-far-off day .will terribly 13e,. the
curse If that. splendid New World, that its own native
liandS4feleo democratically set up or foolishly and
proudly insane to -earn' their: honest livelihood by the
fait :and highly!. remitneratiVo'.eniployment offered
by their own country. What a lesson that ought
to 'be..to those English dernocrate and selflshly-pro7
minent demagegues as to the.boasteeL' blessings of .uni-
versal•saffrage,' and what they call the popular rights'
of mankind. The old adage of the.-' beggar on horse-
back' is not inappliCableto-thelgtate of things a view of
what °tight to have beenthe labotiring classes in Amirica
afforded me, and in my opinion the true interests of a
country eannot be long maintained, when all are masters
and none are men ; and a majerityyeturnedio Congress
not by the wealth and intelligence of . the ritition,b by
the houseless and despntic, -desperate, and wandering
class,-a,eoercion.exereised_over..the free. use of
.the con-
science by numbers( artned ivitli the revOlVer and rifle.
To talk of the undue influence bylandlords in England
over their tenants, their tenants having, many an interest
in common with their landlords,, is as a: mere drop of
water in the sea, compared to , the tyranny-exercised by
the '1;04-goys,'
,and Rowdies' over the freedom: of
uniprlal suffrage; and when I read the lueubrations
of Mese& Bright -and- Cobden at the reform meetings
as they are called, when they hold up, I fear, the
dis-
united States of America as a pattern to this country, I
an: at a less what to do—to marvel at the mistake of
these orators, or to laugh at the inipuclence
.of the
attempt -to lean a weight 'on the most fragile lath that
ever was put forth as a walking-stick for John Bull.. A
man has but to 'travel in America and to mix with all
classes, to see the errors -in—the-System of what may be
called the univeiial stiffrage:of:W iiresponsible people.
A king. can ,clo .no wrong:,;!,that is a curious adage,- and
inay.bea legal truth,; though it cannot he a religions
one.;-and: on, closely regarding the law and its general
enforeement.,in the .United .States, the same may be
illegallY. said of ,the A.merican people, The people can
do no wrong ;' .and that fact eventually, I
_fear;
be the knife ' that. will 'sever the bundle of. sticks,'
though accursed .ought for ever to be. the hand that
severs the unity of a splendid citizenship that can only
fall to , pieces by suicide, or ,by an insane intoxication
produced, by too much liberty. ,I,iberty is a ,beautiful
thing, ,in the social.. as well as; the political,,or public
system throughout the world ; -but if a man takes too
great liberties in private .society, liberty destroys the
delicacy of life,.and leads, if unchecked, to demoralisa-:
tion.. The. same resat is, at this moment, hanging by
a thread, over the, prosperity of America.; the people-are
drUnk with. liberty, already, to the destruction of the.
beSti' Of all blessings--the ample and.remunerative
ployment of the industrial _poor. In the States two
interests have clashed, and are clashing, fomented,. I
dee rr tply'reret to say; by clever and popular writers from
England, one of whom was made to believe, during his
visit to America, that slave-ownersmarked their slaves_
irithe Uniteili-States by 'knocking out a front tooth ;'-
and in the other an authoress assured us that, slave-
owners,inight always be recognised' bythe size. oftheir
right, hand; the .nuisctilar -,proficrtions. and 'weight of
which were increased from their .constant habit "of
knocking_down theirnegroes.' The slave quiestion,
whinla.has already. led to so much'bloadshed, as well 'as
to the pilot balloon-sent forth'to test how the wind blew,
in the shape of ,'Old Brown,' is the bjte:noir on, the
4orizonThof the- United States; With that looming
on them at. this very moment; and the intoxi-
cated state, in .regard to liberty,'-of the masses, the
numerical insufficiency of the standing army, thOligh.
splendidly officered,by-soldiers,andTentlemen, sons of
America.. The fact that that:army is a strange or forieigv
fotee, 6impri,ied'of-foreigners,'and not ofi-Arriericair citi.
zens, and the contempt .in-which many of the laws of
Congress
from eonvicted murder purchasable by money,
any man with a head Oil" his shoulders, who has tra-
velled ,in America, cai;not--; hilt, fear that ..tile mere
Weight' 'of a- feather thrown:iiitO the-Seale May bring
about a collision that 'Will'lend to:. the 'mat terrible
results. Many friends of mine in America—among
them-.a widely-exPerienced: and most 'gallant and 'able
soldier—assure me that they do not dread diSdnion
for all, the eopfusionathustings, Murder, and even petty
civil wars 'that.. have . been, ,and are .still ..notormus:
According to , their opinion, the men of, the slave. and
anti-slavery states, when,tfie
,hour of disunion arrives,
know Well that in disimion lies an individual ruin, and
they -Will ',1,; Anything rather than eut the Withe that
binds them unitedly together. In this opinion. MaY
Heaven grant that. my frielids in America may be cor-
rect-; but; ..as my sporting narrative proceeds, I shalt
have it in 'my 'power to show many a little eircumStMice,'
slight, perhaps, in itself, that tends, when considered in
the aggregate, to show ..grounds for apprehension that
things-:within..Arderica are far from peaceful-in their.
attitude, and • that there is• nothing: so' dangerous as
liberty insufficiently, restrained, :or a suffrage so uni-'
versal that property and life lie at the mercy- of an
irresponsible multitude. " .

LANCASHIRE AND 'YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—At. a
meetipg_rnf directors held .on Saturday it was, decided
to recommend to the proprietors at their next meetiFig
to declare a dividend for the half-year ending '3lst
betemhcr last, at the rate of 5 per dent. per annum, less'
income tax.

HULL FLAX AND COTTON lii.t.s..--The liquidatord
wiA pay the final instalment, which was due by arrange-
ment- with the creditors in October, 1861, on the Ist.
February next. On Wednesday next the liquidators
viill make a return of £2O -per share to the shareholders.
The new!! company foimed for •working the mills have
paid theipurchade money, and, we understand, commence
operations next week..---Eastern Cotinties Herald. •

BEQUESTS.—The will of the Right Hon:
Thonias Philip' Weddell, Earl de Grey, N.G.,. 1F.11.5:,
F.S.A., late'-of St James's square; and!of Wrest-park,'
'l3#dfordshire, was. proved in the•principal Registry of
140ndort, on the 25th, of January, by .the Right Hon;
Aklne-4Fl4rence,-D:twager Countess Cowper, his eldest
dankliter, and
,henry Vyner, Esq., his son-in-law, the.
jej.nt acting executors. The personalty was sworn.
under £lOO,OOO. The trustees are the Earl. of Clanwil-
liam and JameSlienry Cole, Esq , of Eaton-place. His
lordship has devised, his estates in the counties of Bed-.
ford, Wilts, and Leicester in trust for his eldest daughter,
the Dowager Countess Cowper, for her life, and
then to her soh; Earl Cowper and hiS issue—
the estates. and barony of Linas of Cnidwelli is now
possessed by the countess. The estates -in Craven are
. devised to. bet second. son,: . TheSeivby Hall estates are
disposed to his youngest daughter, Lady:Mary.Gertrade
Vyner, and to her husbandnnd their issue. The Family
Plate- is bequeathed to hiadaughter, Countess .Cowper.
The statues,and pictures at the seTeral,:mansions are to
'be held with the estates as heirTeorni: Legacies are left.
to' all the servants: His two daughters are appointed
;reiidriary legatees'. His nephew; thellight Han, GeOrge
1114tleriCli;'Earl bf Ripon; succeeds to the eaadoiti. of De
Grey; and ;the barmy of Gratit4am. The:WPI is-dated'
iJuly,3/;4808..--The will of :Madame 14 Marquise de is
Behriaye,.; who .Was .residing :27,. Nottingham,:place,
Marylebone, and. died on. the 30th" of .December, was,
provedi.in Loodonisni.the 26th January. ,-,She has.left:
her
.property tcr be ,equally divided .lietWeen. her two
granddaughters. Mdllle.. Eveline Anne de la ;Belinaye.
and ISldlle. Laura Maria Josephine de.la i3elinaye, whom
she appointed her executrixes. The.latter his alone duly-
administered thereof.—The will and' codicil of George.
ShearWood,' Esq.,' formerly of Calcutta, in -the East
Indies, and of Lithe-street, Loridon, Merchant, residing
,at 113, Gloucester-terrace,Hyde-park, were proved in
London ofrthe22Btli of January-by his relict, and George
Perry Shearwood, Esq., his son, two•of the trustees and
execntors—power reserved to his son, 'William Lachlan
Shearwood, Eiq. The personalty .in. England •was
sworn under £25,000. He has bequeathed to his wife all
such goods, chattels, furniture, wine, and other effects as
she may select for her o%va use absolutely; and leaves
her the , residence in Gloitcester-terrace for her life, or
during widowhood, and then to Lis daughter Isabdla..
All his personal estate in Great Britain, India, and else-
where, to. be held in trust till the youngest of his
children attain the age of twenty-one, when the same is
to be equally divided amongst them; his widow, in the'
meantime, receiving the dividends and interest for their
maintenance, and an annuity to be secured to her of
£BOO. The will, which bears date the sth of March,:
1853, was made at Calcutta, and witnessed by Thomas
D. K. Watts, solicitor, Calcutta, and G. Gliddon ; the
codicil was executed in London on the 19th of April,
1858.-414(4ra/ea _London News. .