Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1857

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON.

'ROE OUR OWN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

By Express.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The United States mail steamship Fulton.
Which sailed from New York on the 22nd ultimo,
has arrived off Cowes, en route to Havre. She
brings 1.00 passengers, a semi-weekly mail, and
Specie on freight amounting to over half a million
dollars, of which 100,000 dollars are reported to be
for England.
The Fulton reports speaking the screw steamer
EWashington
on the 22nd ultimo, the City of
Washington on the 23rd, a Cunard steamer on the
25th, the Atlantic on the 213th, and the Africa on
the 28th.
The news by this arrival is two days later than
that brought by the City of Baltimore from
Washington. We learn that the New Grenadian
inThroglio, still occupies the attention of Secretary
Case. By the charter the Grenadian government
have the right to buy up the railway across the
Isthmus, which it is said they propose to do, when
it must fall into hands of some foreign government
Or capitalists. To prevent this unfortunate event
for American interests, the Panama Railway Com
Pally are urging upon the U. S. government to
purchase for them the fee-simple of said
Railway, They offer in consideration of
their patriotic intervention, to cede to them certain
'alanns in the Bay of Panama belonging to the
Railway Company, admirably adapted for a naval
ilepot. The government must be on its guard
against the diplomatic machinations of New
Granada, or it will get worsted, and ridiculed to
boot.
A Washington correspondent, writing on the
20th ultimo, says :
General Golcouria arrived this evening direct from
Mexico. Re brought despatches from Mr. Forsyth to
General Case. The purport of the despatches are not
known, but I understand they are unimportant• Ile says
there was a good deal of excitement throughout Mexico
relative to the Spanish imbroglio, and that they were
anticipating trouble, and were making extensive prepara-
tions accordingly. Ile says, also, that the people were a
good deal elated at the rumour that the United States had
conspleted a treaty, and that it was on its road to Mexico;
but they will be greatlydisappointed on learning that no
treaty had been made; that the mission of Senator Ben-
jamin and La Sere with reference to Tehuantepec matters
will be a failure; that the Comonfort government never
recognised the opening of the Tehuantepec route—they
consider all of them a set of sharpers.
t The President has by proclamation declared the
TTreaity of friendship and commerce between the
'flted States and Persia of binding force. In
addition to the ambassador or diplomatic agent
near each government, it provides for Persian
consuls at Washington, New York, and New
rreettc,
and United States consuls at Teheran,
Rend " -
Bushir, and Tauris. The treaty is to
contine in force 10 years.
genreTh Interior Department has receivel intelli-
41_e from reliable gentlemen and fugitive Mor-
a°ra that Brigham Young is preparing to resist
g'rreneri Harney ; that he has relapsed into the
ti:"est infidelity and aiheisn2, and that he con-
Ues t-
., hold up the Government of the United
Zee to the supreme contempt of the Mormons.
-govnilOng despatchesreceived by the United States
of thetement is the correspondence between one
reil:" naval officers and the Governor of Singapore
hauled to his ordering the American flag to be
Duty own by a British officer froms the
0141 barque Htnrietta Maria, which had
°f her '
aband ned 1 y her officers and most
the - crew, and taken possession of by
t undo' Inas.er of an American ship. Governor
to the A earnestly disclaims any want of respect
,eitizenia I]nerican flag or to the rights of American
but the la the steps he felt it his duty to take;
barque matter does not here terminate. The
Nether] Was delivered to the government of the
bei ands in India on the ground that the vessel
ng Dutch, the Chinese coolies found on board
of her, if .
er,innocent of mutiny, had a claim on the
,°Wners, and if guilty were punishable only by the
Dutch criminal court.

A mass meeting had been held in the Park, New
York, on behalf of the destitute filibusters from
Nicaragua. There were but a few persons present,
and only seven dollars were collected. Another
meeting was spoken of.
Two men, named Anderson and Phillips, were
arrested at Boston on the 21st ult, with a quantity,
of counterfeit notes on the Lee Bank, of Massa-
chusetts. Quite a number of these bills had been
Palmed off on shopkeepers during the day. The
Persons arrested are doubtless a portion of the
Fiaonrig,
saonumber of whom were apprehended in New
terfeits.me days
Previous for passing similar coun-
Ste.
Noniesibde,ra,ble excitement has been caused at the
the '°ltis Hotel, New York, in consequence of
twe;ttJinscovery of defalcations to the amount of
Lvy.
„llt thousand dollars on the part of one of the
_utY
,clerks in the establishment. The accused
aza.trested, and is now in custody at the hotel,
priti
, the result of an investigation by the pro-
iP 1.;
rs, Messrs. Treadwell, Acker and Go.
tiboue Secretary of the Navy had determined to
I:ten the cruises of national vessels from three
to two years. It is expected that by this
e,,a18 more efficient seamen will be induced to
..,Lr the naval service.
jouWe take tho following from the New Yoik
!flats of the 22nd ult.
4clviccs from La Paz, Lower California, to the Ist of
pace' have been received. It is stated that for some time
tert
t tr
y American speculators have been coming into the
buying lands, houses and lots ; " quien sabe for
hat reason," says the local. paper. An American had
established himself in business at La Paz, and was
r'tl'noPolizing the hide trade, as he had run the price up
„9,. 3 dots 25c when the native merchants formerly
fiechased them for 4,50 or 75 cents. Several rich mines
oead „
been discoved, but there was no capital in the country
17 Work them. During the last year the territory hal
ha(' eight different Governors, and tfie last one appointed
ad refused to accept. A party of revolutionists that had
been sentenced to serve in the army in Lower California
rebelled against their officers. La Paz was for a short
time the scene of a fight with them, but they had succeeded
14 escaping into the interior. The local authorities were
li4der fear of some filibuster invasion from California.
We have additional news from the plains. Oar
„.correspondent, dating at the Lower Indian Agency,
4tinnesoto Territory, states that the Indians under Little
erqw had just returned from the pursuit of Inkpadutah's
h -4114. They came up with them after six days trailing,
ca the 30th of July, and fought them during the day,
killing three, wounding four and taking two squaws and
?child prisoner. Five women and children were drowned
;II Skunk bake. Of the prisoners, one is the wife of
tkPaudtali, and the other the woman by whom Mrs.
Marble was treated so harshly. Colonel Nobles' party
It" seen by Little Crow's band at the head waters of the
'Cottonwood.
The accounts concerning the appearance of the cotton
;,„"°P in various parts of Louisiana continue bad. The
A'alveston Civilian of the 13th inst. gives full returns from
`kB Counties in Texas, showing Runnels, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, 4,500 a head. The Galveston
News of the 11th inst., says that the majority for Runnels
will be 9,000 or 10,000, and that the Legislature will be
more largely democratic than ever before. A bale of new
Florida cotton was received at Savannah on Wednesday,
tki 270,000 bushels of new wheat has been received at
Augusta within the last 20 days.

CM/ MEKCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
New Yonic, Aug. 22.
• „
th The Money Market has not undergone any material
Change since the sailing of the Persia, but it is expected
1„ at the Banks will soon ccmmence to contract their
e:,411S as the specie reserve, has become smaller than for
t',nlo time past. A gradual reduction is the banking
Wnvement is much to be desired, to prevent, if possible,
till! sudden and serious stringency. Money has been
It4aP and abundant for many months," and the period Is
broaching when a change ts invariably realised. The
have probably touched the highest point of expaa-

slon for this year. Foreign exchanges arc in moderate
request at formm* rates. Edward C. Bates and Co., of
B)ston, and Blanchard, Shewman, and Co., of the same
place, are reported to have suspended payments•
The following isi the latest state of the New York,
Markets :—The sales of cotton yesterday were confined
to about 500 bales, 200 of which were in transits. We
quote middling uplands at 1520,., and middling New Or-
leans at 16kc. Flour was dull and irregular, and some
descriptions closed at a further decline of about 5 cents.
per brl. Wheat was heavy for common and ordinary
grades, while the prime was unchanged. Among the
sales to-day were about 3,200 bushels of new fair Indiana
red received by the Erle Railroad, and the first of the
season from that State, at 1 dol 45a. Prime old
Illinois winter red sold at 1 dol 50c, new Southern
red 1 dol 55c to 1 dol 57c, and new white good
to prime at 1 dol 75c to 1 dcl 80. Corn was in good re-
quest, with sales of Western mixed at 85c to 85.1 c,
Pork closed firm, with sales of mess at 25 dols 75c. Sugars
were without change of moment in prices. The sales
embraced about 1,000 hhds, and about 450 boxes, at
prices given elsewhere, and 430 bags of Madagascar
sugars were sold at 71c at six months. The sales of
coffee embraced about 700 bags of Rio at There
was rather more doing in freights, especially to Liverpool
and London. To the latter port rosin was taken at 23,
end 3,090 brls spirits turpentine at Is 91 per 280 lbs.
NEw ORLEANS, Aug. 21.—Cotton slightly higher. Sales
to-day 250 bales, at 15c to 15ie for middling. Sales of the
week, 680 bales. Receipts of the week, 440 bales. Stock,
15,000 bales. Receipts at this port up to the present time '
as compared with those of last year fall short 250,000
bales, while those at all the Southern ports fall short
:,‘90,000. Wheat dull and unsettled. Pork firm, at 25
dots per brl. Cotton freights to Liverpool id, and to
Havre Ike.

THE TREATY WITH HONDURAS.

The treaty of friendship, commerce, and navi

gation concluded between England and Honduras
was issued, in the form of a Parliamentary paper
yesterday. It contains the usual articles found
in such treaties , but there is a supplemental ar-
ticle resp2cting the construction of the Interoceanic
Railway to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
which is special and important. We quote from
the treaty :
The Goveinrnentof Hereduras agree that the right of way or transit
Over such route or road, or any other that may be con-ctrecte 1
throneh its territories, from sea to sea, shall be at all time', open and
free to the Government and subjects of Great Britain, int all lawful
purposes whatever. No tolls, dutie', or charges of any kind shall be
imposed by the Government of Honduras, on the transit of property
beengine to the Government of Great Britain, or on the puelic mails
sent under authority of the same, nor on the subjects of the British
Crowd. All lawful produce, manu'aetures, merchandise, or other
property, belong ne to subjects of Great Britain, passing from one
ocean to the other, in either three:ion, shall be s rbject to no import
or export duties whatever, nor to an; discriminating toils or charges
for conveyance or transi on any each route or road as aforesaid, and
shall be secure and protected from all interruption and' theiition on
the tart of the State. The Republic of Hon divas further agrees,
that any other privilege or advantage, commercial or other, ice:Leh:is,_
or may he granted to the sal -icts or citizens of any other country in
retard to any sad; route or road as aforesaid, shall be also and at
the same time extended to British subjeet,c, and, finally, as an evi-
dear e of its disposition to accord to the travel and commerce of the
world a 1 the advaatoges remlang from its position in regard to the
two great oceans, the Republic of 110 edam of her own good will
engages to establish the ports at the extremities of the contemplated
road as free ports for all tile purposes of co nalerce and trade.
In consideration of these concessions, and in order to secure the
coestrnction and permanence of the route or road herein contempla-
ted, and also to secure for the benefit of man'eind the uninterropted
adva tages of such communication from sea t) sac, her Britannic
Majesty recog izes the right of sovereignty and property of Hon tiros
in and over the line of the said road, aid for the same reason
guarantees, positively and emmaciously, the entire neutrality of the
same, so long as Great Britain shall eaj )3r the privileges conceded to
it in the preceding section of this article. And when the proposed
road shall have been completed, her Britannic Majesty equally
engages, in conjunclon with the R.:pubic of Honduras. to protect
the same from interruption, se zure, or unjust confiscation, from
whatsoever q arter the att mpt may proceed.
Nevertheless, her Ritannic slsj esty. in according hot' protection to
the said route or road, and guaranteeing its neutrality and security
when completed, always understands that this protection and
guarantee are granted conditionally, and may be wit drawn by her if
she alien d deem that the persons or company undertaeing the
managing the sane adopt or establishing such regtrationsconce nine
the t affic thereupon a; are contrary to the spirit and intention of th s
article, eith r by making unfair discrinatn diens in favour of the
commerce of any nation .or nations, or by imposing oppressive
exactions or an easonable tolls upon passengers, vessels, goods,
wares, merchandiza, or other articles. The aforesaid proteetion and
guarantee shall not, however, be withdrawn by Her, Britannic
3C.jesty without first giving cis months' notice to the Republic of
Honduras.

CRIM. CON. AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
IN AN AMERICAN HOTEL,

On Saturday eveninz, the lath ult., the New York hotel was the
theatre of an abortive drama, in which one of the principal actors
may congratulate himself in having male a fortunate escape. The
following are the precise dotalis of the affair, as we have obtained
them from the best sources:—Among the transient residents of the
hotel was Mrs. NV—, a young and pret_v lady from Lo nislana, who
was enjoying too freely her husband's absence—he having remabed
in New Orleans on account of business. A gentleman of midd.e age,
raid to be rich, an auctioneer by profession, Mr. F—, had "over-
bid " with the greatest success on the charming creole, and their inti-
macy had gone so f,r that it was noticed and commented upon by
several inmates et the hotel. Among those was a friend cf Mr.
W—, who thought it his duty to advise him of what had occu Ted in
his absence, and to enjoin him, either by telegraph or mail, to come
on as soon as possible to put a stop to the scandal. As soon as he
received the message, Mr. W— left New Orlean-, without advising
any one of it, and arrived in New York on Saturday evening, with a
revolver in his pocket, determined to take the law iato his own hands.
It was in such a disposition of mind that he went to the New York
Hold, where his faithless better half was boarding, and inquired tor
the number of her room. Ha had no troable at all to get in. Full of
impudent security, and not suspecting that the outraged husband,
whom they thought far off, was already advancing in the
hall—the two lovers had not even been cautions euough to
lock the door. Mr. W entered as if ha was at home, an I altliotOt
it was very early is the evening, he found his wife and 'lr. F in
a position easier to imagine than to describe, and which did not admit
of any possible false explanation. 'Without uttering a word, Mr.
NV drew his revolver and fired at the guilty party. air. F— not
being hit, jumped oat of bed, and ran to the door, where, on opening
it, ho was shot at a second time, and tOO% flight headlong towards the
hall, followed by his terrible enemy. The fugitive lied nothing on
bat a single flannel undershirt, an I at the m rnent it seemed to b 3
least of his ca rs. Bat ooe can j edge of the 30 lia'.l,ll created by this
strange apparition am nit the persons hasten 112: fro n all side; after
the noise of the firing of pistols. Mr. F—, ruining heal for most,
allayed at the head of the staircase, descended in kr :at haste, tarned
to the right and stopped in one of the cells of the water coasts of the
hotel, in which he bolted himself close. The pu-suit hal been hot.
He could hear from his unooetical shelter the tamult on the sAirs,
and the trouble to st op and disarm the terrible husband. Ile, how-
ever, did not rely on his ears, and consented to op3a the door on y
when summoned by the polies, and upon the formal promise th his
life should be protected. It was being said that Mr. F-- was
wounded; but we believe it to be untrue, u dess one means the
doub e wound to his love and his self-love. As Mr. W-- imme-
diately left for the South situ his wife, we arc inclined to believe that
the affair will go no farther, after hiving caused less blood t
sweat and tears to be shed. —New York Herald.

The papers announce the death of Dr. King, President
of the Queen's College, and of Lieut. General Hutchesson
Royal Artillery.
TROOPS FROM BRITISH NORTH AMERICk —Her Majesty's
steamship Vulcan, it is reporeed, ij ordered to proceed, to
Halifax to embark troops for England.
TROoPS roe INDIA.—The _Miles says 11 more regiments
are under orders for India-7 infantry and 4 cavalry.
About 400 of the 72nd regiment will embark at Ports-
mouth this day, for India, in the Scotia transport.
HOLYHEAD, Sept. 2 —A grand operation took place to-
day in the presence of the Lords of the Admiralty, when
an immense mass of rock was blown up. Height of quarry
face, 172 feet ; the length of ditto, 150 feet; grip, 60 feet ;
charge of powder, 11,000 lbs.; power of galvanic battery,
410 cells ; result of operation, 70,009 tons of the hardest
quartz rock.
MR. DISRAFLT'S SPEECH ON THE MCTINIES.—The Free
Tress publishes a corresp.andenee between a gentleman
residing at Manchester and Mr. Disraeli, relative to a pas-
sage iu the right hon. gentleman's speech on the Indian
mutinies, which, as published in the Times, occasioned
much remark at the time. Mr. Disrach's correspondent
wrote :—" In the Time? report of your remarkable speech
on the state of affairs in India I find the following passage
I wish to show to Europe and to Asia that it is not the
desire of a Pailiament to overthrow a Minis:ry, to save an
empire.' May I enquire from you whether you were cor-
rectly reported in that paper, seeing that the Daily News
inserts the word but' to the words to save an empire,'
which materially alters the sense of the passage ?" Mr.
Disraeli wrote the following reply t—" Your version is the
cone/et one. The omission (probably mechanical) of the
moeaosyllable in the Times was, I thought, so obv.oae that
took no steps to notice it.—l have the boolir to be, sir
our obedient servant, B. Dlsfuzia."

IRELAND.

LEGAL ArrossTMENTN.—it is announced that Mre M.
Keatinge, son of Judge Keatinge, and Dr. Wiley, are, to
be the joint registrars of the New Court of Probate, at a
salary of .el,OOO a year each. Mr. Anthony Hawkins, the
present registrar, retires on his full salary—the usual
result of all modem law reforms and saving of the public
money.
GoVeRNMENT INQIJIRT.—It is announced by the Belfast
journals, that the Lord-Lieutenant has decided that an
inquiry conducted by the Government shall take place
into the circumstances connected with the abominable
outrages of the 12th of July and seven subsequent days.
The Northern Whig, referring to the promised investigation,
says The eppeal was made with all the emphasis
warranted by the circumstances; but the precedents for
such an investigation are not numerous, and it would not
have been difficult for Lord Carlisle to escape with all
routine decorum the awkward incidents likely to be pro-
voked by such an inquest, at a moment when the Castle
tactics are to please all parties by evading all but ceremo-
nial functions. But Lord Carlisle hag not shirked a plain
duty, and ho has done himself the greatest honoue by his
prompt and cordial appreciation of the facbs brought un_
der his notice in this journal."
In connexion with the recent savageries another Belfast
paper has the following► short statement with respect to
the progress of what is cooly called the "gun clubs move-
ment'' in the town which boasts itself as the centre of
Irish progress :—" It is whispered that there is something
more tangible in the gun clubs' movement in Belfast than
had been supposed, and that doughty champions of both
causes are stealthily providing themselves with various
descriptions of firearm, of course on those economical
terms familiarly known as handy.' This commencement
of a demand, with an early prospect of a brisk trade, has
imparted a firmer tone to the market, and extensive hold-
ers (pawnbrokers for instance) of qualities likely to be
run upon are keeping up for considerably enhanced rates.
The transactions in articles of approved brands are quite
unimportant, while Mantons aro altogether neglected, It
is not improbable that some of the Birmingham travel-
lers who were round during the last few weeks have taken
smart orders home for cheap rifle,—such as, in 1848, were
sold by auction in High-street at I4s each, and which in a
melee would certainly have done deadly execution among
those who steed behind them. We are not informed as
to whether any schools for drill have been opened, but we
presume the police know all about that."
POPUL tit EDuCkriON IN IRELAND.—At the meeting
of the Dublin association, held on Tuesday last,
M r. James Kavanagh, Head Inspector of National Schools,
read " a sketch of the rise, prog,ess, and present
prospects of popular education in Ireland." The Rev. l‘lr.
Marshall next addressed the section, warmly advocating
the cause of united secular education, and separate
religious instruction, but stated that in the population, as
taken by the census of 1851, there was a diminution of
1,623,739, leaving the total population at the period to be
6,5a0.3e5 ; and of these there were persons over five years
of age who could neither read nor write 2,763 283, ofthose
who could read only 1:203,016, and of those who could
read and write 1.935,68). It would also appear that,
while the totally ignorant had diminished by 1,000,000, or
those who could read and write there was also a diminu-
tion of 236,802, or within a comparatively small number
of the total diminution of the population. But still this great
fact remained to be accounted tor, why at this period of
their country's history so large a per eentace of ignorance
was to he found among them. The bulk of those figures
could not be questioned, and then if all parties were in-
quiring how it happened that with all the means available
for educational purposes (and it was no exaggeration to
say at 1 past .e 800,600 a year was spent in education) yet on"-
half of the entire population of those over five years of
age were in the most utter ignorance, and. unable even to
read. Mr. Marshall urged upon the section the necessity
that there was for inquiry, and earnestly desired
that the calm consideration of the subject might lead
those acquainted with educational matters to provide a
remedy for the evil, which struck at the foundation of,
and was opposed to, all social progress and improvement.
Colonel Bearnish observed that the section must feel
greatly indebted to Mr. Kavanagh for the very valuable
and interestirg manner in which he had brought forward
the statistics relative to education. . He trusted these
figures and statements generally would materially assist
in removing much of the ignorance and prejudice which
existed on the subject. It clear that no system of
education could succeed in Ireland unless it was made
satisfactory to the religions feelings of the great mass of
the peeple. Mr. Pare, in the course of some observations,
stated that the number of children receiving education in
the various countries of Europe. as compared with the
population, were—ln France and Holland, one in eight ;
in Prussia and some parts of Germany, one in six ; in
Switzerland, one in five ; and in Glasgow, one in 14. Ills
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant here rose acrid loud
applause, and said, "I do not intend to take up the time
of the meeting with any observations on the subject now
under discussion ; but I wish merely to mention one fact
—that the first time I ever saw the writer of the paper to
which we have just listened was as an humble school lad
in one of the country schools of Ireland. Lord
Monteagle said he had listened with much satisfac-
tion to the very excellent report which had been read
with respect to the proportion of the children taught in
these schools to the population of the country. Ho knew
that there was great difficulty in securing their attend

ante after they had arrived at an age in which they were
at all capable of employment, or could be of any use to
their narents at home. The withdrawal of children from
the schools was, therefore, owing to causes operating in
England, as well as i❑ this country ; for wherever there
was a demand for labour they would find that children
who could do any work would be taken from the schools
in those districts of the country which were agricultural,
and where schools existed in which was added agricul-
tural to intellectual teaching, they found the pupils were
allowed to remain longer, until they grow up and became
vigorous plants. This was an agricultural country, and
it was necessary that agriculture should be taught in the
national schools in order to convince the masses that the
instruction which their children were receiving applied
to :their occupation in after life, and would fit them for

it. Ile conddered, therefore, that the agricultural
schools which the Commissioners of National Education

had:established in many districts were a great benefit to
the country. In his (Lord Monteagle's) own neighbour-
hood they had a most excellent agricultural school,
around which there was a cycle of other schools, and he
could state that the boys, after working in the farm for
part of the day, returned to their studies for the re-
tnainder of the tire' with increased activity, mad with
their mental and physical powers greatly invigorated.

WALLABBY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

The usual monthly meeting of the members of this
Board was held last evening, at the Public-offices, Church-
street, Fgremont. The chairman, Mr. N. Caine, presided.
The other commissioners present were—Messrs. Hill
einglehurst, Hngbes, Fishwick, E. W. Colborne, Pooley
Chambers, and RW. Colborne. _

The proceedings of the last ordinary monthly meeting
were read by the law clerk, Mr. Hassell, and confirmed.
Mr. HILL suggested the propriety of a resolution beirg
adopted, similar to that at the Garston Board, abolishing
the reading of the minutes in future
In order to sate tithe, the subject will be brought forward
at the next meeting.

THE WALKS AND 'MUTH COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee were read. They
contained a recomme.udation that the tender of Mrs.
Calsbaw, fir the erectielt of a weighing-machine on the
premises belonging to the Board, be aeeepted, instead of
that of Mr. A.Fpinal, agreed to at a former meeting, under
the direction of the rurrey•or ; also that the sewer now
being constructed in Seacornb, be taken to Victoria-road,
instead of to the premises from the trustees of the late
Mr. Fgremont's premises, at & cost not to exceed £lOO
or £l6O.

31r. POOLEY mo7ed the adoption of the report, and in
doing so briefly detailed the facts connected with each
recommendation.

Mr. Freawrcu seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously carried.

TIIE PINANCE

The proceedings of this committee were next read
They contained a full detailed statement of all the expenses
that would be required for the ensuing ye ,r, the amount
collected, and the arr. ars due, the latter of which was very
large in proportion to the amount collected, and from that
it appeared that for the future year a general district rate of
Is. 9d. in the poun t would be requ're —a Fpecial district rate,
for the town of Seacombe 3d. in the pound, and the sum
for the township of New Brighton 4d. It was also
recommended that the town clerk should take the neces-
sary steps for giving the proper notice that such rates
should be made by the next meeting.
Mr. E COLBORYE moved the adoption of the proceed-
ings, andin doing so, said he regretted that not half the old
rates had been collected, and he committee felt it their duty
to adopt some more efficient mode of collecting the rates
in future, as the present srtem of paying the collector by
a per centsge was not a good oat). He felt that the
present collector, Mr. Kerr, was too aged to perform tl: e
duties, and that they should have a younger man as
clerk, who would assist. He moved the adoption or the
repor%

M. W. COLBIRNE considered that the proper course for
the Board to adopt would be to elect a new collector at
once, and not allow these arrears in the rates to go on
from time to time. It was quite Bear that the pre!ent
collector was quite unable to perform the duty, for, in fact,
he only called on those who willingly paid the rates, and
left those who were not.

At the suggestion of several members of the Board,
the subject was referred to the Committee for them to
repDrt thereon at a future meeting.
The proceeingi were then cmfirmed, withcut further
comment.

PAR L TAM EN TA RY COMM TTEE

This Committee had prepared a detailed report of its
transactions with regard to the Mersey Conservancy Bill
and other matters apps taming to the bills affec.ing the
district. It merely recapitulated what has already been
reported in the proceedings of the Liverpool Town Council,
and the Bit kenhead Commissioners, all of which have been
fully reported in this journal from time to time.
Mr. POOLE'S'. in moving the adoption of the report, said
that, in consquence of the course the promoters of the
Conservancy Bill took, which WAS well known, by les ving out
clau,es affecting works of construction, the commissioners
were left in the same position as they were befo -e the
whole question was left open, and they would have to g
over the same ground flex,, year, unle.s the new conser-
vancy beard, which he had no doubt would consist of new
men, and he hoped would possess a little less of
exclusiveness, should come to some arrangements with the
commissioners, and do what they required. Indeed, if
that were not done, they would have to go to parliament
again. He would not say any more bat would move the
adoption of the report. - -

Ma. W. COLBOR'NE had much pleasure in seconding the
motion, and in doing so, eulogiz3d the knowledge and
experience shown by the law clerk, Mr. Hassell, all from
his experience in parliamentary mat had bean
the means of saving the board a great deal cf
money.

The CHAIRMAN—Perhaps it would be better for us to
follow the example of tha town e)uncil of Liverpool and
give him £lOOO. (laughter.) Mr. Hill and the
members of the committee as well, (increased laughter.)
The proceedings having been confirmed.
Ma POOLEY wished to know whether, after the
adoption of the report, it was understood that the
parliamentary committee would continue to perform its
duties.

The LAW CLERK —lt is appointed for one year.
Mr. POOLEY said, such being the case, he had a few
instructions to move to that committee, which was to the
effact that they shou'd take steps to carry out the
resolutions adopted at the public meeting of the ratepayers,
which bad not been done. Those instructions had relation
to the ferries, the gas and water supply, and other objects
of deep importance, and concluded by moving a resolution
to the etrec-, that the committee be instructed to take the
necessary steps for introducing a bill into Parliament at
the next sessions, to secure the obj cs sought to be
obtained by the ra,epaye-s at their public meeting, and to
supply any defects that might exist in their own bill, and
that a special meeting of the Board should be called as
soon as the draft of the bill was prepared, and by them
taken into consideration.

Mc. W. CoLsoaxa wished to know the specific object of
the intended bill, before the ratepayers-were again plagued
with the expense of a parliamentary contest.
Mr. NOLEY said, that it could not be exp°cted that he
was to g, into specific clauses, therefcre he had contented
himself with giving the general principles.
Mr. FlsliWiCli seconded the motion.

Mr. W. COLBORNE thought that the object of the bill
should t e more definitely explained, before the ratepayers
were plunged into a law suit. They were then raising the
rates—(cries of "no, no.") —from. Is 61, to ls. 9d, and
perk ps in a year or two they would be 31. 6d in the
p.mucl. He would confess that he was so ignorant that be
cml I not unders'and what was fokel for. Besides, before
such a resolution could be passed, he thought a notice was
required.

HILL briefly explained that it was merely an inti-
mation to a committee, and is w,ml I be foe the Board to
reject or confirm any recommendations that that com
mittee brought up at the proper time. For his part, he
had mu h plea.ure in supporting the motion.
Mr. W. COLBIRNE would have liked the terms to have
been more definite, but, as a member of the committee, he
would say that he would do his duty so long as every thing
was straightforwe.rd ; but when they began to deal with
general principles alone, which might, perhaps, effect
indirectly other matters, he would at once resign, and
hlnestly give his opinions as a member of the Board.
Mr. POOLEY said one matter—and that, too, of the
greatest importance—that would be touched upon would
be the ferr:es, so that, perhaps, Mr. Colborne, when he
knew that to be the fact, had better retire from the com-
mittee.

Mr. W. COLe RNE : So that resolution is a challenge
for me to resign. (Cries of " No, no.") I will, therefore,
wait until I see what is to be done.
The motion was then carried, and the committee, which
heretofore consisted of Mr. W. Colborne, Mr Pooley, and
Mr. Hughes, was augmented by the names of Mr. Chambers
and Mr. Hilt.

Af.er some routine business, the Board sajoarned.

CENIUS oF DELHI Ix 1845-46.—As at the present
moment every species of information regarding the impe-
rial ci'y is anxiously sought after, no apology may be
necessary for troubling our readers with details of so dry a
nature as. the following :—Osi taking the census of
1846, it. w,:s. ascertained Oat Delhi contained 25,618
house:, 9;945 shops, mostly one-storied, 261 mosaics, 181
temples, I church, 678 wells, and 196 schools. Tete to'al
Population consisted of 137,977 souls, of wLom 69,731
Her males, and 68,239 females. Of thew., 90 families, or
327eper.so,_is were Christians ; 14,768 families, or 66,120
persons, were Mohammedans; and 19,257 families, or
71.,530 persota4, were Hindoos. In the year 1846, there
were born 1,994 males and 1.910 females ; the marriages
were 953 in number; and 4,850 deaths mitred. Of the
last, 1,320 took place before the age of twelve months, 493
between twelve months and two years, 843 between two
and twelve years, and 2,194 above that age. The census
of the 13 villages forming the suburbs of Delhi, comes
down to 1347. They then contained 22,302 inhabitants :
namely, of Hindoos, 709 cultivators, 14,906 non cultivators;
and of Mahornnaedins, 495 cu'tivators, and 6,192 non
cultivators. In this return there are two points worthy
of notice. The first is thar, notwithstanding the practice
of polygamy, there is a very trifling difference between
the number of males and that of females, The only,
inference to ba drawn from this fact is, that a large,
proportion of the males must be unmarrLd, and tiwt,
consequently, dissolu'e habits are the rule. The ot'eer
point to be remarked is the equal division of the populfetion
into Hindoos and Mohammedans. Throughout Fengal
generally the former is to the latter as three 'to one.
This exceptional fact is, of course, attributWo to the
circumstance that Delhi has always been revrded as the
head-quarters and capital of the Mohomme,d.an population
of India.—Allen's Indian Mail,

ALCOHOL;

OR, THE
MINOR CURSE OF ENGLAND

BEING TILE SIIIISTLNCE OF A 0-.RIE3 OF ADDRESSES DELIVEaED IN
CONNECTION WITH ST. AL %RV'S TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY,

KIRKDALE.

DEDICATED TO TUB
REV. MR. TIT !TRION, PREEIDENT,
BY A
LIY.BRPOOL WORKING MAN.

" Woe unt) that giveth his neighbour drink, that pat'est thy
bottle to him and mokest, him dranken."—Rabak. ii. 15.

INTRODUCTORY ODSEIWATIONS.—AII exposition Of the anpmelous
conduct of my own country in all probability will be designated by
the unthinking, selfish, and interested portion of my fellow couiitry-
men a seralece, or they may set me down as a fanatic—(be it so)—
in the fact, that while she is seizing authority in almost every part of
the b.abitaele globs—already so great is the territory under British
rule, that the sun never sets on Britain's empire, bat in every yen° I
of revolving time shines on some part or other, a fact of which no
country on earth can, or ever could, boast—possessing, too, every
requisite fur national prosperith.excepting a healthy tone in her con-
stitution. She has art, science, industry, manufactures, commerce,
riches, power, with a halo and brighter glory round her brow than
ewer natim, wore. She claims to be pre-eminently Christian, and
steads-forth before the people of the whole earth and pronounces
herself the most faerour.d of all countries; while lee oee can success,
fully dispute these assumptions, when we look within at her drunk-
enness, we must confess that mora kyratice ought te be as oil to the
springs of political power, she abandons. It is true she• is sending
the Bible In millions to almost every part of. the known world ; her
missionaries go forth in great numbers, Loly, excedenteand devoted
men, not counting their lives even- too dear, as that they may pro-
mote the work of-their Lord and Master, in• proclaiming that blessed
gospel, and in deserting perishing heathens to the Lamb of God that
tsketh away the sin-of the world, iu overturning the ado aof heathens,
and convincing worshippers of the absurdity of fall ing do An to-inanimate
stocks and stones, instead of the only ono tree and living God, and in
c invincing Pagans or the Mai oasne 33 of immolating:human beings to
appease imaginary deities, incurring an annual expenditure of some
£5J0,000, or half a million sterling; laudable as these efforts may ap-
pear, and indeed truly exeselleat as they really are, it is, nevertheless,
angularly true, that during the same period of time, •Great Britain is
expanding 0.. e hundred- and thirty-four times > that amount, or
£67,000,030 storlisg at home on' the eloloen, of Europe—alcoholic
di'. tits—and not lass than 5400) human sacrifices are annual :y offered
at the shrine of Bacchus in Eitglan I alone to appease this sang..inary
Juggernaut. Well might an ancient writer exclaim, " fhe;r wine is
the poison of dragons, and the ern -1 Venom of asps."—Deut. xxxiL 33.
No one holds the laws of England to be more sacred then. I de ; I
revere the sanctity of the religieneand the Ins, itadons of my native
land; I reg.rd our mast gracious Queen as of illastrioas lineage,
especially when I call to mini the piety and devoielness or her
illustrious ancestor George III.; I a n cheerfully obedient to her wet
and cotamands ; I yield to none the high sense I entertain of British
valour; ne heart glows more fu ly than mine oa the announcement of
victc:ies gained and conquests nchieyere especially when ceded to the
prowess of British arms as of arknoWeedged right, eels often done,
rather then by bloodshed; I rejoice in the•name of Briton, that I seas
born within. her peacefultominions, teeter her temperate and change
fal skies. Bat what matters it if, amid the age of progressive develop-
ment, of ralroads and steam ships, knowledge islet easing, " carriages
running like-lightning with torches of fire"—Nahum, IL g, 4 —as the
prophet said there would be; seas and mountains no longer
preesntieg obstacles to Britain's. onward progress—the mighty
throes of human t'sought and the mind of the world transmitted as
with the electricity and speed of harnessed lightning—nay, more, the
very rays of the sunbeam are maee subservient to the progress of art, by
which man, in a minute, can do the work waich has employed the
most active years of a lifetime ; what matters it, if, whilst the pro-
feandest depths of the human intellect are. taus being stirred, the
sunshine of Eng.and's greatness and glory is beclouded by the appal-
ing fact, that her idol, alcoholic drink, continually immures 100,000
British subject, withia her massive prisoas, at an annual cost to tee
country of two millions sterling; causes 1,030,00) Britoas to be
regularly fad by cold regal charity at as annual cost to the nation
of some seven or eight millions sterling; takes 40,000 immor-
tal beings from home, relations, and friendseaad places that appalling
number continuelleiin the dark and dismal cells of the asylum—tee
sad and dreary abode of the insene. Whereas, in the absence of this
terrible curse, it might be said of these--What a piece of work
is man; how noble in re son; haw vast in faculties ; in form
and moving, how express and ad aireble ; in adios, how like
an angel; in apprehension, how like God 1 the beauty of the
world, the paragon of animals. Alas 1 poor son=s, they are sunk
lower than brutes- continaally traeas one metion of our
yentas for some penal settlement, or to be the melancholy
inhabitants of these horrible places, causes 54,000 of our fellow-
countrymen and coaetrywomen to be annually shouldered to the
drunkara's grave. Wi hin a very few months six heads of families —one
from the vary next door, three-from consecutive houses nearly oppo •
site, and two others but a very few doors from where I reside in Liver-
pool—proof that numbers die of that dreadful rallaly of drunk-
enness, the delirium tremens —have been carried to drunk trd3' graves.
Am I silently to witness the belly-god of England (alcoholic drink)
thus busily emp'.oying death its ea Tying my neigebettis and former
associates to the grave, oat of my sight for ever;on earth 7 The Word
of Gad seams to me to be emphatic on. the subject, and I care not a
rash for any movement that is nit base I on God's unerring truth,
" Therefore to him that kaoweth to do good, and death it not, to him
it is sin," James iv. 17. Hence the following unpretending litt e work
designed to expose the evils of drunkenness in this country, and to
exhibit the advantages, and urge the adoption, of total abstinence
principles, as the only safe shelter from the avenging power of int nti•
eating drink. " Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; whoso-
ever is, deceive,' thereby is not wites."—Proverbs'ex. 1.
Chapter I.—Connection between drunkenness and crime.
Chapter 2.—Extent of crime is dependent on drunkenness.
Chapter 3.—Evils—the drinking customs of the age.
Chapter 4.—Social and domestic evils of drunkeness. •
Chapter s.—The evils of drunkenness On religion explained.
Chapter 6.—The evils of drunkenness, on health made evident.
Chapter 7.—Mental, moral, commercial, and political derangement
resulting from drunkenness exhibited:
Chapter B.—The advantages of total alestinenee demonstrated and

eafaced.

CHAP PER I.
CONNECTION BETWEEN DRIJNIXICNNESS AND CRIME.

INTEMPERANCE in its most co nprehensive sense d,notes, as I think is
ge❑erally understood, the unrestrained gratlacation of the senses or
the excessive sensual indulgence of the physical or intellectual
faculties of bo ly or mind. While temperasce may fairly be
considered as that grand combinat!on of moral propensity,
constituting gener.d virtue, being that dercee, of sensual
and intellectual indulgence of body and mini, wkich is in
accordance with the true design of nature. Perhaps of all the races of
mon that have successively inhabited and inherited the earth from the
moment that Eden's Gates were closed to the present moment, not
one individual save the " Lord of Life andollory," who,, for our sake,
became man, has been an unqualified obs,r rer of the rules of temper-
ance; all h .ve been, and still are, in soma degree, intemperate in
their indulgences, ee.ch one having a passion of more or lass inveteracy

—the roan, for example,. who abitemious'y governs•hia appetites for
food and drink, may be intemperate in the execcies of his physical
and inelestual powers, whilst he who governs. his physical and
intellectual f iculles with discretion, may be notoriously intemperate
in his love of pawer,. we or reiiown. Multitudinous illustrations
of this great fact might be deduced from tie, birgraphical records of
history, and oven the observations of every.clay's experience in com-
mon life.

" There is true happiness where therera a. cattalo and a few sores of
land," said the Great Na: oleon Bonaparte, to a peasant boy, when
brooding ovor his. misfortanes after the battle of Waterloo; When Miss
Logilia was pleading with that distinguished man, for pardon
for her father, she sald—" I do:nor.. ask for j nstica—l implore pardon.
Napleon's lips trembled, t3os filed hie, eyes, and taking the hand of
the child in ',both hii, which he tenderly pressed., slid—" Well, my
child, for your sake I will pardon your father." Napa:eon though
ambitious was temperate in reference to drink.

Such is the corraptiog ittihmee of arbitrary power, that is is said,
althouzh few possessed a nicer sense of justice, or presented a
thee illustration of the noblest natural virtues than the Roman Cato
towards free people—Us life was a,model ofevery thing just and good
--`ont to hls slaves he was a. perfect m mster, when they grew old he
starved them to death.

When Nero wit& reWred to sign a list of condenased malefactors,
ho said, "I wish to•lxaaTen 1 mild not write," so did he then seem to
desire the gosci of his paople; yet it is said tint Nzro sat fire to
rt,sm, and brtatal.ly massa2red the Christians.

So miserly at 43 I,aniel Dancer, who was wank £4,000 a year, that
he carried a satiff pockot, which he min lased to till in a
month with plr,ches from other pe3ple's boxes, ani thee sold it to a
poor woman for, a f Arthing candle, which pro laced the only light he
allowed 1 the )aouse.

It is said of Mr. Vandelle, a wealthy gentleman, that, when a
migistrata ns Pari3, he thrust himself into the office of milk taster
general, that he might fid his belly with other people's milk and save
his owa P)od.

It is F,Aid of Slr floury Elva,, the wealthy bironet, of Stoke, that he
socex.de i a t'ao and took do vn a crow's nest for the timber, for No

fir his fire, declaring that they were extravagant birds to waste so
tamela wood; i; is also said of this strange and wealthy man that

he died broken he irt becaam he had mislaid a five polled note.

I knew a man near where I was born, who used to bring his cash
to the bank, in Liverpool, in a sack across his shoulders, and in order
that burgla-s might not susp •ct him of having money he had a coat
with the left sleeve off, the right tall off, a ad with only a little rim on the
fore part of his hat. On one occasion when depositing the sack on the
counter, in the b ink, containing £5OO, he accosted the gentleman in
attendance thus--"Au 'v brout 0 a bit moor." Though that man had
.£B,OOO In the bank he was too miserly to fill his belly at his own
cost. _

(To be continued)