Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
PENINSULAR MAILS

PROM OUR OWN CORBESPONDKNT.

6e h SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY E. VZNING '•
kor oyal Mail steam-ship Tagus, arrived here
ked!lng with the usual Peninsular mails.
N 'tee brought by the Tagus are :—Gibraltar,
ito,:•; Cadiz, 15 h ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto and
e t.,ll'e 20th.
,to 71g0 brings seventeen passengers, about
fltie 4 specie, and a large cargo of fruit and
Ile L.
kerices by this arrival are to the same date
kt LP.II,BIY published by us.
Lilli"on business is reported to be in about
1t... e•as at the date of our last advices ; the
M'lle believed to have somewhat abated.
154;nRes on London for bills at three months,
; 44, Genoa, 014; Amsterdam, 431-; Paris,
kilnartiburg, 481.
Ice‘etirs
of intended
prevailed alteration in rate
Vint at the Bank of Portugal, but nothing
Was known
b:

%OR OF ARTHUR H. HOLME, ESQ.
rith
Itt !eft pain we announce the death, on Sunday, of
tier:lol Home, Esq., architect, of this town, and
1t."3 our pr sent Mayor, Jam s Holthe, Esq.
101111 be remembered that we sated in our impress
lealetday, that the Mayor had been prevented pre-
Ntitt the Concert Hall, on Saturday evening, in con-
pe 1447 of the expected demise, and it now appears that
eY the respected and talented gentleman breathed
k 'after takirg leave ef hi; numerous relatives.
clialtnehasleft behind him many monuments of his
lg„
gEnius in the numerous buildings which adorn
ktet arro-gse which may be enumerated St. Paul's
tOw;' Prince's'-park ; St. Matthias' Church, Great
4trd'alreet ; All Souls' Church and Schools ; St.
4,a %larch and Schools; St. Alban's Church ; All
elitirch; St. Mary's, Grassendale, &c., &c.
1111) at Easthem was also another proof of his
at
IS; a man of eminence in his profession ; but the
on the Curragh of Kildere, for the use of
you',
art, Wes cotsidered to have been his greatest
skill.
Holme has died regretted and respected by
tiftr-flelids, leaving a widow and two eons to lament
eNfable loss.
R~txV-`11) COMPANY'S NEW ESTATILTSHMENP FOR BOYS'
,Litia---Nunab.:r of boys clothed for the week ending
',lt,'3,Novetither 21st, 67.5 ;. corresponding week last
041,„; finer.-rase, 280.
4003133 NT.—Yesterday evenin Denial Jones,
niet with a serious accident
.on the railtwi ay,
4tiltaiu?l-street. He lies at present in the Nor lern
~441,1,' in a dangerous s'ate.
ad Tr
ESIIIBITION.—Mo-e then two thous•an 1
.1,-"r'd !sea have now left the Art Treasures p ,
4b.,,e"afford, since the packing commenced. By Satur-
istlb".7 it was expected that all the contributions
'rtioze lb the possession ef the proprietor=.
GAS ,51PANY. The arrangements for
Llltfo'le parish of Wootton with gas are. being rapidly
by the C:mp;ny which was formed only a
Tr,e works are now in a very forward state
tipp.e4npletion and it is confidently expected that in
bC° of a fortnight the first lamps wlll be lit. The
Will be earn_ down in the first instance to the
tk,YG:teacre but it will be f,r the pariabionera to
ae whether'or not the road through Wavertree to
4,4:4 taball be lit with public lamps. In ten days t:r
Ott tktue Directors expect to be in a position t ) place
,Ittoll.sh,e holders a c.uplete balance-sheet, showing
(ill.4.Lat expenditere up to the present time.
Issmurr N SCSI examinations I r
t 34st coneled d at 1./....iversity College, London, Mr.
3/4044),ahtend, of this town (la.e a pupil at the above
jp, qtained the distinguished honours of the second
ti;lll.lathematica and the fifth in classics, among all
Oidates. Mr. B ;hrend was also elected to the
6.1144'8.,,°Pen Scho'a.rship, of fho.veliue Of £6O per annum.
„Irte elate ena7l from Australia tile sale arrival at Mel-
'qt4, the cioper ship Sarah axon was annonemed,
ktge "ry favourable passage. The while of the pas-
ti,tqral' 60 in Lumber, were landed in exeellent health,
11111 tr. ain Salt received highly ceneealtilatory addresses
11,10,11,,.`ni• This ship belongs to Afr. Walthew's Livers
,th 1'44: of Australian Packets, andlailed hence on the
11°,
' SEAMAN'S AND EMIGRANT'S FRIEND SOCIETY
t‘tthe 41;1, UNtoes.:--The thirty-sixth anneal meeting
Ittpiltge),l.-tla ters of this s :ciety, was held -at the Great
Ps.-bdatee Street Chapel let cvenitie. There was a good
-`lod The Rev, Dr. Raffles presided, being sup-
he nn
platfo.m by a nutian• of clergymen and
p:ty. tak a deep interest its the objects of the
Toe meeting having been opened in the usual
lue President effered a few approprix, e remarks
illtlzilibervatious on the subject then under consideration,
equently called upon the S:cretary to read the
aNdLrr:Tort of the committee; which was a document of
t4ble length, and will great minuteness detailed
ttlt,,4lacte'clings of the society, particularly as to the
lgr, I°n of the G spel and tree's amonust sailors and
3lt 11,18 in this great commercial port. From the tate-
t.,he Treasuur, it appeared that the sorb ty had
liTthe;nurieg the past year
_the. sum of £7lO Be. 4(1 ,
tt`l`Cntne had not been stelicient to meet that expen-
A.,, .here being e deficit of £l2B 23. I LI., therefore, a
.„"--resident stated, with much regret, altht.ugh it
411:,11t3', the, sachty commenc:il the year in debt.
C. M. lii roil, then move I that the report
ttee,"--1 and circulated under the direction of the
co n-
itpleea,a in the cons; of his remarks took oceasi! to
I,e the use of intoxicating spirits on board ships,
0,41114{1 been roved it was uln cessary to bodily
w.-!s exceedingly detrimental t 3 their well
ICttit ge coecludel by observing that, if the use cf
ititij,4lllDirits wes abandoned on board of vessel., more
iltilplifYle objects the scci'ty hat in view would be
!Zeit ~B"ed. The Rev. G. Scot secondel the motion,
as ulani(nously adopttel. The mteting wes
addrcsled by the Revs. Graham and NW-
severl .other friends of the society, each of
f'rcilo!y and eloquently pointed tint the claims
tvel fad upon the public. A collection was male,
delta I°l the Rev. Pr!sident pronoeuced the blessing,
fleeting terminated.

))' 44111,Ln/10LN FLOGGED.—Wonwfm, No v. 20.
Isittalion of Royal Artillery, and thirty non-
tf,,Ml2l.e officers and privates of other companies,
I,*lt/iti'", at the Riding-house Establishment this morning
4%1 ‘l, the punishment of 50 lashes, which was inflicted
7°,0 Day. a gunner of Captain Fisher's Ist Corn-
Battalion. Although many of the speo'ators
at the sight, the, prisoner b)re the p mish-
-44; proviiBt and,when removed to the h ispital
4t°ltheed to be but little injnrel. The prisoner
'„,elleed by a cLurt-martial to 50 lashes and two
'OtcrPriaonment at Fort Clarence, Chtttham, for having
Pe! farm duty when at Tilbury Fort, and for
r 1, his busby at Captain Fisher, and telling that
to h:/tt he had not earned the Crimean medal with
to °l't &was decorated. The prisoner will' be removed
,1116,-t rence to undergo his further punishment when
%411 t.
11.1 h-,8 'OR OF TRE APOSTLES.--The celebrated Abbe
toz. t'ast communicated to the Univers the preface of
14" qt" ire°,4ll.l3g third volume on " Christianity in China."
1/4",`,144 IS to denounce the whole course of our Indian
ktti"l4 foic)! toleration for Buddhism and Mahomedanism.
N,6„weeping away the last vestiges of superstition,
witti these enervated Asiatifts so as to end.
%,,qat Isrltt a summary style. Here is a paragraph
kt`t`taode use of atkirg who was in the wrong, the
tt of Ergland or the Chinese Viceroy ?, yirh
1,h,11S °ether Sepoys had a greased cartridge grievance
tht fa-:l2n Pally was in fault ? A sad muddle all this !
±.01,3 L's 3, we are cpening tte preliminaries of a giant
ttiht, wisdom
Europe and Asia, an encounier which
ate
)18dotn has Frig foretold, and now contemplates
40 4-414 Y, It was written in Genesis, c. ix , v 27
tf shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the
oktvt,tii
ki')rdirit 4"
CIITS4 —A St. Petersburg letter says :
NNIt : to the latest intelligence, the relations between
it0,Q0,4,:i China hare taken a hostile turn. At all events
;104' ;,4" of Pekin has refaSed to receive the Russian
k,;ll(lBe.`"°,l'. It is evident that the generally hostile
'Jksbeen''' the Chinese Government towards foreigners
Itqktiot-411 e more so since the suspension of military
T,,Bgainst it in consequence of the rebellion in
tll Vatied,ne interior troubles of the country seem to be
'it i and the Chinese Government now flatters itself
1,.1114te 4:rable to make head agains • t Europe. Since China
Lt,Pelleatars to all pacific negociation, we shall at last be
klit,ll,4t 44, to adopt the most energetic measures. '1 here
" t4rtant circumstance we must rlways keep in
Ile):)$ z ' that Baßsia and China are close neighbours
4t.tmsekt4Teat extent of common frontier, and that our
413hizenta on the Amour river must be pro-