Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-27 00:00:00

.give 'the Dock Rate-payers a last farewell taste
of their love of prodigalty ? The present ➢ock
Management have not the power to pledge the
new. Conservancy Commission to any of their
monster schemes, and yet they go on spending
money on Parliamentary notices, as though no
enange had taken place, or was even likely to
occur. It would be hard to find a name for such
doings as these, unless we dipped into some very
harsh and awkward vocabularly. They serve,
however, to show how very necessary it is to
correct the corruptional spirit, whenever we find
it in the management of public affairs. And
now to return to Twaddledom. The defenders
of St. Peter's Ward have earned this unenviable
subroquet for that corporate locality. They tell
us that Mr. BANNER has given us our Asylum
for male and female orphans, and that "he has
erected a church for that asylum." This reads
very like a libel on the very long lists of
subscribers who paid down their money for
those good and holy purposes; and on these
lists the names of a large number of the Liberal
Electors of St. Peter's and other Ward's will be
found recorded. True, Mr. BANNER headed the
lists in question, and he also took an active part
in getting the church built ; but when all was
finished, Mr. BANNER gave the church, with its
annual stipend, to his own son! We are not
accustomed to calculate the money-value of
church livings, but, probably, the special
guardians of Mr. BANNER'S fair fame will
inform us how much Mr. BANNER lost by this
very praiseworthy transaction. We question if
his losses were sufficiently large to entitle him
to the support of those Electors who really feel
concerned for the economic government of this
Borough, and whu think it absolutely necessary
to cat down a Corruptionist majority in the
Corporation, who set no bounds to municipal
extravagance.

Every Liberal voter in St. Peter's Ward must
be ready to admit that Mr. BANNER is a good
and well-meaning citizen, but as a public man,
and one of a majority in a prodigal Council, they
are in duty bound to themselves and their
fellovv-townsmen to oppose him. Mr. BANNER'S
friends say, "We do require a band of spouters
against time in the Council Chamber," and they
very unguardedly add, " If noise were a criterion
of worth, the braying of the ass would take pre-
cedence of the bleating of the lamb." This,
though perfectly poetic, is quite true, but unfor-
tunately for our Liverpool,PEasfus, " the spout-
ers against time" are all on the Corruptionist
side of the Chamber ; and it is in order to get a
hearing for the "lambs " on the other side that
we seek to get rid of those noisy quadrupeds
against whom Mr. BANNER'S supporters direct
their invectives and censures. But it is useless
to look for safety from corruption in preposterous
metaphors. Mr. BANNER belongs to that section
of the Council which has plunged this Borough
and its commerce into debt to the extent of
18.000,0001. to 20,000,0001., and it now remains
to be seen whether the Burgesses will thank Mr.
BANNER to retire with a good grace, and send
men into the Council who will turn the key' of
the Corporation till, and tell the Ratepayers to
button up their pockets; or whether they will be
guilty of the further cruelty to dumb animals of
sending a lamb into the Chamber to bleat against
braving, to the dit,cdrdant tunes of 18,000,000!.
or 20,000,0001, local debts. Mr. BANNER'S
opponeW, Mr. BOWRING'S capital is not invested
in churches, or other property which is likely to
survive the advent and passing away of gene-
rations." It is employed in ships, imported pro-
duce, and goods for export, which are precisely
the description of property which is most liable
to be confiscated by excessive local taxation and
gigantic corporate abuses. In Mr. BowniNo we
have, therefore, a guardian of those fountains of
skill, 'industry, and enterprise, from which all
churches are built and all asylums are supported.
So much for Twaddledom ; and now let the
Liberal electors of Liverpool show that, while
they are ready to award to every man the praise
which is due to him in whatever sphere of society
he is found, that they are rccolved to put a stop
to the gross mismanagement of the local affairs,
and the barefaced jobbing propensities of a clique
who have obtained sovereign sway over their
pockets and tills.

'DIE -MUNICIPAL ELECTION. —A BVICROMBY WARD.—
On Monday next, the burgesses of Liverpool will be
called upon to exercise their privileges, and elect gentle
men to represent them in the Town Council. Our
readers are, of course, aware that we have heretofore
strenuously supported those gentlemen who have

advocated the supply of red sandstone water to the
inhabitaats of Liverpool, in opposition to the Pro-Pikeist
party, providing that these were otherwise qualified for
the responsible office of Town Councillor. On these
grounds we are, therefore, much in favour of D:.
Anderson, who is a candidate for Abereromby Ward.
Mr. Robert Hutchison is a most respectable and
influential gentleman, but his remarks at the meeting on
Wednesday last, on the water question, were far from
satisfactory. lie is evidently in favour of the Rivington
Pike scheme, but he so far qualifies his remarks as to
make it appear that he would advocate the supplying of
red sandstone water for dietetic purposes ; but this he
would not do until all theories and systems of filtration
had been found to fail. Besides, he seems to think that
the red sandstone water cannot be obtained In sufficient
quantity for domestic purposes ; for he says, " that the
latter can only be a supplementary supply." irrom Mr.

Efutchison's remarks, we come to the conclusion that he
will vote for the Piko through thick and thin, and on
these grounds we give our support to D. Anderson, who,
as will be seen, is determined to use his utmost efforts fo r
the restoration of spring water for 'the use of the
inhabitants of the borough.

EVrRTON AND KIRKDALE WAnn.—Mr. George Melly,
the Liberal candidate for this Ward, will address the
electors to-morrow evening, bath in Evcrton and Kirk-
dale. Mr. Melly is at present engaged on important
business in London, but at. the solicitation of h's numerous
friends, he has arranged to return to-morrow for the
purpose of explaiuhis his views to the burgesses" of ;the

Ward. There is little doubt of Mr. Melly's success, as
there is a very strong feeling in his favour, and it needs
but his presence to ensure his triumphant return. Mr.
Stitt, Mr. J. Aikin, Mr. Jeffery, and other well known
gentlemen, are also expected to address the meeting in
supprrt of Mr. Melly.

Tnz COMMERCIAL CRISIS ZN CANADA.—From the
Montreal Gazette, of the 10th inst., we extract the
following interesting article :—" We have had news from
Western Canada) to-day. contained in the letter of our
Toronto correspondent.V,We learn that as a result of the
meeting of the Board of Trade of that city, that body has
addressed a communication to the Board of Trade of
Montreal, praying it to act in concert by seeking means
of relief for the present stringency of the money market,
and such an extensienj'of :bank acconetno ration as will
enable the crops of the present autumn to be sent forward
to market in payment of the liabilities of the country.
We know not what the council of the board here may see
fit to do in the matter. The best action, probably, would
be none at all. Things of this sort are just the promoters
of that style of foolish panic which induces everybody to
distrust everybody, and everybody to think that every-
body must fail, which is productive of the worst possible
results in times of commercial crisis. There is every
ground to believe that the affairs of the banks of Montreal
are in the hands of men competent to 'manage them, and
manage them well. They know that to allow failures in the
mercantile community here is most prejalical to them-
selves, that it must harm them more than any others,
besides the victims themselves, and they will exert
themselves to the utmost to:enable all sound mercantile
concerns to meet their liabilities. They know that the
commercial credit of Canada is to a great extent in their
hands, that the other portions of the country as well as
the United States are looking to them as the barometers
by which the soundness of Canadian commerce is to
be tested, and we have every confidence that they will
prove themselves equal to the occasion, Our Toronto
letter shows us the operation of the large Chicago
purchases of grain by Western millers and others. The
Canadian bank paper paid for them has been returned
forthwith, and s, ecle drawn off into the States with which
to pay American debts, not ours. The same operation
has been going onto a certain extent in this city, where
some of the bill-brokers have been kept employed drawing
specie for the notes of our banks picked up in the States
and sent in here for that purpose. Yet it is in face of
sech facts as these that the banks wee blamed in some
quarters for not aiding large operations in the produce of
the Western States. Men talk as if the banks' right to
issue paper was perfectly unlimited, and as if their paper
whe ; issued were not redeemable in specie ; as if it were
not only prudent but their duty to keep all paper repre-
senting past transactions afl )at, and give as much new
accommodation as would open up as much more new
business, so doubling the credits of bank customers at
one sweep. Is this,:we ask, talking like reasonable men ?
As a specimen of the panic stories afloat, of the false-
hoods that are palmed off on even careful news gatherers
on the streets, we give the rumour at the end of our
correspondent's letter stating that all new discounts are
.refused by the banks doing business in Toronto. We
have the positive assurance that two of the leading Mon-
treal banks doing business in that city are discounting
there and elsewhere, and giving
,facilities to responsible
parties for produce operations.

RgADING IN RitLWAY CARRIAGES —There is a system
of impolitic economy at work in the management of many,
if not all the British railways, which, in one particular
at least, calls for the loudest rernoustrances of the
reading public. We allude to the p trim coleus habit of
late years in respect to the light afforded in the first,
second, and third class carriages. Time was when two
lamps gave ample light Dorn the roof of a first and
second class compartment for a m in to read his paper or
his book, and mayhap, as has been our case, often to
save that time which would otherwise be expended in our-
study by jotting down an essay, a leader, or a few
paragraphs. It would seem that the cause of this else Ise
paring or oil-squeezho; system arises from the practice of
farming out into divisions the various supplies or the
rolling stock or perm merit way. If the voice of the
passengers is not raised seinehatly stroa; to reach the
ear of the direction, or what is yet mere to the purpose,
to affect the returns of the trafft 3, n 3 heed is taken of any
abuse, however apparent and unjust. It was far different
in the old coaching tines. We has no sexier sat down
to our dinner at the " middle stage," when the horn
would sound to call us to the top of our coach, or
the coachman hie:3,4f weall appear at the door,
having received his instructions from the laollady, and
civilly intimate that he was "only new waiting for
you, sir." The knowing traveller, the exception to
the mass of tourists, &e., would inceatinently seize upon
a cold fowl, and knuckle of ham, with a due re g trd
to the necessary condirnetants, and hulling it into an old
newspaper, would throw d twa his h tlf cro ern with a
grin, and pick his poultry outside the coach at his leisure.
The railway traveller peences on a book, thro we do sen
its price, and retires to enjoy his mental banquet in the
carriage, for a seat in which he has, also liberally paid ;
but, alas, if it be night, all attempts to get through his
intellectual provender are futile. Oae solitary wick
suspended over a plot of thick opaque oil,
which, with the oscillation; of the carriage, in its tura
throws its grin steal areal], is all that is allotted to
six or eight first-class passengers. It is in v Lin th tt the
persevering realer exchanges seats with some less
studious companion. It is in vain that ha sits upon the
divisional arms of the seats. Eptally so to stand up,
and bring the book close to the thick glass prison of the
wick. Yet more so that he attempts to clean the glass
itself with his handkerchief, the dirt—dire disappoint-
ment—is thick, and it is within. Seriously sneaking,
this state of things is a great shame. We question
whether there may not be some clause in the Railway
Acts: which would make it imperative upon the manage-
ment to give suffielent light for ordinary porpoise, and
the darkness visible of the present mode is far from being
so. Or if there be no provision by enactment, there ought
to be a clause at once introcliee 1 to that effect. We feel
assured that if any member of the Legislature—let him
be lord or coma:neer—were to rise in his place and call
attention to those fasts, th,re is not a man who has once
submitted to this system of solitary confioeinent without
the benefit of books that would not meet heartily thank
him. Literature is much interested in the question, and
publishers are alike affected, while the newspaper press,
we are convinced, as a body, are serious losers by a
practice which, more particularly during the winter
months, incapaciates every man, woman, and youth from
the perusal of their favourite journal while returning from
their business and to their homes by railway. It may be
urged there is a remedy for this grievance by the pur-
chase of a railway reading lamp ;.but who, in the name
of higgage ! is to carry about with him a lanthorn, a la
Diogenes, wherever he may wend, because at night he will
require it for his temporary sojourn in a railway carriage.
No—such a book and candle plan would be but an extra
penance. Let the managers of railways do what is just
and equitable, and the more liberal and the greater
their enlightenment in this direction the greater will be
the patronage of the " votaries of the lamp."—Moir and
Son's Monthly Review.

REP3nT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND
FORESTS —On Saturday morning was issued the 25th
report of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods,
Forests, and Land Revenues, together with the accounts,
schedules, &c. It appears that in the year ended March
31, 1857, there have been granted 38 leases of land or of
houses belonging to the crown in different counties in
England, and not being within the boundaries of any of
the royal forests. The property demised may be divided
Into three classes, viz ;--1. Farms or lands for agricul-
tural purposes ; 2nd. Rouses ; 3rd. Land for building
purposes. The total number of leases of the Ist class
amounts to 17. The total acreage of the lands comprised
in these lemes, in the counties of ESSOX, Kent, Lincoln,
Southawpton,and Sussex,a.nounts to about 4,8 tl a 3r 24p;
and the rents reserved by them ana3unt, in the whole, to
£5,939 71 sd, subject, in several cases, to a future increase
in consideration of buildings to be erected, or of irrprovo-
ments iu drainage to be made at the cost of the crown.
Of the 2ad class, 10 taws hive been granted of 13 houses
in Loudon, one of three imamst ilumpton Court, and

one of Cowes Castle, in the Isle of Wight, at rents 07;
ins in the whole to £1,971 103., and upon payment the
cases of fines amounting altogether to £l,7V* Cif res
3rd class, one lease has been granted of the site for tb
houses at Windsor, and two of the sites for tiro 01.
tenements which had been erected on land enclosed ill;
the waste of the manor of Portiand ; one lease has bee
granted to the Secretary of State for the WO DeP efr
meat of the site of the old stationery-office, in 341311,0
street, Pimlico, and of a parcel of ground ad.joillinfsatoi
Wellington Barracks, for the erection of edd'.
ew
barrack accommodation ; and a lease has also
granted to the trustees of the Jsnior United Service CID
b
of the site of the house in the occupation of that 6011
the rebuilding of which has been executed at 08.01 or
of the club, on the sites of the former club house $ll,O
several homes in St. Alban'3-place. The leases of Poe,
several houses were surrendered to the crownbef4r,:s9sl
execution
Posternls
ebwe nTge rwaenrt-ed hill;of
andthe siint e s
allh
of t twoethese
of the new lease to the trustees. Tfl°
nceawsehecio eitlblec
us'.
have
1.4
buildings have been erected at the expense of the sege
lessees or
before the grant of their respective leases' 40
rents re served under the leases in the 3rd ea" ani°
in the whole to £967 14s.

AMUSEMENTS, &C•

-- go
THEATRE ROYAL.—THE WIZ kRD OF TOO ''"11 flI
1
Professor Anderson, we think, has been guiltl ;Or
misnomer, when he takes the term " Wizard °do it
North."
would come nearer the mark. What might have bk As
orderednf if he substituted "wizard of the f°rp.p."-eo' st,
to the Professor some two centuries and a-half silleeed' If
ocradnereasily tell—he would cortainly have been art°. beet;
which incomprehensible devices did not step in to
beyond
resc.rue be
delighted, and puzzled--e
expression—by the performance of gr. A 13".,
WeY haven can otlii -05
parehl seen him for many years, and we
dbweeettonhb edeali
believe
vauKets ieanwdss,o'tsualkda
ere
stake,
Majesty,"
onetby e,
of
fnab and would
eowvvconansl
beanoed. hav efesi
eib
if%
ii:i
'm to a diamond of the first water; time (411/;01r
refulgence to his lustre, and the longer we 1001 ci, Oa
the more new beauties we discern in every elle-og.
stamped
of his performance. lie is one of the bright; ht+
very
m anotnl
eh, uelvneann
inna tliiiiree,,
carries
om neveretb
itnogfaacise_to;oo:islil
along with it. We do not refer to the host et "5 efed
(even) imitators of this master genius that 113 0 110
where grown up within a few years ; their light *1 whose
the stars, compared to the glorious orb of dal.' '406
brilliancy eclipsed all. Often as we sea the ;Ft°'' felt
andm delighted as we have been with him, We liefesrl lil°
nperceorsroteimnpealenacsyu.reltthaisnuloooskminagllonthhinim last nightalirt:tiediS:
vigour, matured in natural and ast°l le
Anderson is. a singular man—singulareinn are sag
045 ittlittilf
one ; but the greatest singularity about him' is trovii
believe People azi,sobuutntuhseedptorotfheastsosrorttelol: thing. that
utdlntcheelptteotbe
will deceive them, and he performs the promise-4'e

truth! It is pleasant, so says Lord Byron,

To see one's name in print, • '.
A. book's a work, altho' there's nothing int, sofS
But there is: something; pleasant in the Freilisertier
brut. bbeucraupsheilothsoerpehya.re thingslmtoirsesaidmthpaonsscestes 00:4er;
bperformance, not because it is a blank as abece grey.
and that these cannot be deceived. Now, tare 00;
strong in opinion so far ° Se
as regards our natural 0
but we begin considerably to doubt of the correct:3i: tliS
our notions, after spending an evening 064
'• Professor." We have written' so far, fir
although we turn our backs 'on agbit 0, -esd°
tive now and then, we are rather at for
for /51,a-911
tell the public what we saw last oveastianglo:st the 'llo:der
aninkinitd
Royal. The bills proclaimed it was "A nightill:ll.o9;
World ;" and in good faith it was a night et -10°I.tota.
wonders. The Professor divided the performance -
parts, and each contained seven acts—and Filollfetg' tP-
public never before laid eyes on. It opened fie
wizard's " Great Trick in Liverpool," and encic",, sec
appropriately with the " Tunnel to the Antipodes' isid
had a few notes of the whole, but the Dress of 19°2 th#
other matters, precludes us doing more to-d9'l
briefly alluding to these. We cannot, howeirer'elef
remarking, that the wizard has imPrcveci in '124
elf
particular ; that his fetes are singe Is happy,ter'
to his -
exquisitely performed ;t that he has added
all respects; and that the programme is the best eve OS
forth by him. We may remark that the Ile 04
crowded, a few dress seats only being unoleePie 011
that the enthusiasm was unbounded. We 114" °II
say, that everything went off with the et 844. be
`‘)l.l
greate
that a variety of new and astounding fetes, IlevAe;tecintl
attempted, were performed with wonderful "etpeoll'
We intend to enter more fully into this excelieer-trieci-ig
mance, but at the same time, we must say to eeip6tar,i
that they should not lose the greatest treat
ci
magic ever presented before them. The splontr'os,t
light shone from the top of the theatre #
evening; and attracted large crowds, outside,3lsl °3-
thoe.who entered the arcana of Or. so
wonder
tiotk
stage itself is
Tu worth going to look at.
c AMPHITITEATRE.—We have only space t°
1)5°,°1
that this theatre was well filled to see 11112° Peh-rl
p. eculiar and dramatic performances. To-night
what is considered not only his best Pet-C(1355°204
one of the marvels of the stage, Daddy Elif-are'
'he parody on Ristori's
Medea."
b„toe elj a
60

CORONER'S INQUEST.
Sarah Anne Jones, who died ler oi
inquest on the body of a child, four years (3„/ i9PI ig
sustained by her clothes catching fire, il „ajar
Saacombe street. It was an accident, and t'''''
naisissi3gionneeesr,
accordingly. 11;
3.1 r. or
•
Perry.)—Li
frifftiirinee:Ts
eyncoon dpirpe,itusaN:tesiell
ii
na rn St.oet 1 r
e. Stock.—
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olec. ye e, thehsr. q
tileci: : (113:0
rslneorih
01,043
(Before bloki f
LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY Counx•— h
efts d
f:rmerly glass na..inuf icturer, at /41',2wton, canle,-;e, tied •
on application for his certificate. Mr. D°"4l.-gra9'
certificatejlEs , and is
insitiA.Divisn was held at o f 1",,
feel ° t'ilf
g of 3/' IV'
yeStera dee JP
Claresdon Rooms, South John-street, for tbe,,, ip,,,.. a'
in the; bill 0.-'pe,
a t.3urgean-accoucheur to the Cnarit',
KlNri."Mßisi's.is"T"l'sseir'einwe'ejr.e. tThit-leeckCiaanirlividaasterScfc:rPtib7ve reegl;ceirt;
Open
apa
eymnsic(
Likeness
sfigiscriGkicLreiilDnisnscertii:eesumnirt Gilmour, fir.
3ov
attended :fr fl
.tyrNh. t
eoA6B2Nt axiieaybnbul,sye
dspAy,
ea,
1,
3m, aloß.nmo.vdo—oedMnt
esistr.e.
fr:::::gttetri;rog;eci:jp.Aluelegorieoo:::
AvrGeiNeciuwt!m our was elected by 103 vote;, the OtP e
nano
I:: 106up1r,
Rl:TR:en:77cl
vtal.
aNi rid ira,,eino—r
kuDn
Exhibition,nd ner4t eie
nu ri lliss ' I C `'.-11. 311' i i v
Linie..s..e
stiottlinoto
pool, to2elher with upwards of 1000 was fiVirl. tip
3cle-lajrBsdreifisle4bula't9ll3lll:o,co,4,lo:ol
SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—OR SIIIIi3Y, 'b.' ife of fii..-Ii
a
l
tklil ieni vi
lit%i!'idn°:,
pi
tanoiraisado:
mett ielaebrtdninlaodesewdl
aril
totl:rrLlataslniyorn:timeah Line,
pudding,
Wdir .mrielrkk:t'wsa,'eileaged
tarh4bot aBypti :let' rch'
tiejel its" --htlawgrcieb°lll:letnie•fgnige toil:
tined
diseas3 of the lungs. On Sanday one of her °desire' SoFr
'f
ft tshhee
rbeeqdusiirdeed, waintyhthainkgniPfe
When,
nhdenfotrek on ni
gtl.l
bbeoeer 1:,, latesb
eb r. : ftitoego: ede 1j:
time after one of her sous went up to sea 11°'.0r, 13%01'6
her bleeding terribly a fearful gash lilt'', iellt sija,
He gave an alarm, and medicl aid was rFanIPI.s Ittoisj tli-
nonleceu,
nbruotrtallnl
awteas
wvaoitnn,inshweadsieitussoaonue.aftser;lroin:itto todi
act with the knife. An inquest will be "el fists'
this day.
not, Ittra'd lis,l
AB •CONDING DEBT IRP—Far same titre r ireii-l'on
man, loather dealer, Clouakiltv, county C'r",ot 04,,,,1100,e;
been fl ecel by a num's:r of sh apers. They 'de til''';ises'd
of lether on fa'se pretences, sol.l it, and M. 4,0 14°,70' v',.„-
Biterla, -oe 10), fro;
scarce. This in ide of robbing Mr.
serious, that he delermine I to proc--edega:-",„s:tyrerl,` ,54,,,
last obtained goods frcm him. One jihe .v..10,41] '," 7,if t;
Rots Carbery, coun'y Cork, obtained £5O -0 tesleo, 411-/
fr'm Mr. Bateman, immediately sold them, aeotcol.o4a.if
Liverpool, where he was followed by Afr'nriyater; off
obtained the s,,,rvlcs of Mr. Maguire, Whwe ' e. ‘Ti ;be° 0
ctrue is at No. 2, Doran's-place, Lard-std sop!. .
much trooblo, ths latter gentleman succe el:0, Yoe oe.
iag him on board the Joseph Fo,ter, for 7i, had Poo IteEt
was immediately transferred to L3OES3IEr• has g 011,600 00
111.3 money to his Wife, who, by-' he- b) 0. est," allefforl
way, "not r sicing," to " the lind of the wade 30
es
IP
"lord and master" Fitzgerald has Tit will e
arrange the matter, but we don't know what