The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-04 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.

ma to dwell upon it ; and I will only add that if
Sir John Bowring's conduct regarding it was
' flagitious," that flagitiousness had been echoed
.by the Foreign office, in their despatch of the 10th
December (based upon the opinion of the law
officers), and is echoed by truth and by common
sense.

The news from Neufchatel seems to prove that
great excitement prevails in the canton on account
of the conduct of the Royalists. The Republicans
are indignant with the conduct of these men after
the clemency shown to their comrades. It was
feared that some disturbances might arise out of
the ill feeling which had been engendered. But
measures had been taken by the authorities to
repress at once any disturbance of the public
tranquility. The discontent at Berlin against
Switzerland, meanwhile, seems on the increase It
is even said that the King does not consider that
his honour has been satisfied, because the pri-
soners, although set- at liberty were not allowed to
remain upon the Swiss territory. The Municipal
Council of Neufchatel, has published a proclama-
tion, warning the inhabitants against the incen-
tives and projects of the Royalists. The National
Guards have received' orders to hold themselves in
readiness for any emergency. The posts have been
doubled, and the Gendarmes reinforced by the
Guides.

From all accounts it would appear that a war
between Spain and Mexico is certain to breakout.
The Spanish Ministry has addressed a notcl to the
representatives of Spain at the Europe,in Courts,
explaining the quarrel. Having mentioned the mur-
ders and robberies committed on the persons and
goods of Spanisl, subjects residing in Mexieo, by the
soldiers of General Al ~arez, the present chief of
the Mexican reimblic, the note declares that the
-Spanish government does not- desire to make the
people .and the GovernMent of Mexico responsible
for the atrocious acts, if the Mexican Government
would only take energetic steps to repair them. In
this spirit, the Spanish legation in Mexico has been
instructed to demand from the Mexican Govern-
ment, the punishment of the offenders and the
indemnification of the Spanish subjects who have
been the victims. But, at the same time, fearing
that this demand is not complied with, the
Spanish Government has ordered the departure of
vessels of war and trolps from the. Havannah in
sufficient strength for the protection of Spanish
subjects. Five vessels of war, with troops, likewise
leave Spain to reinforce the squadron at, the -;ftvan-
riall. The expedition will altogether consist of 30
vessels of war, and will have a numerous army on
board. The Spanish government deplores the
necessity of resorting to such measures towards
a nation united to Spain in blood, language, and
religion ; but it hopes everybody will understand the
obligation it is under to avenge the national dignity.
Yet with the inauguration of President Buchanln,
who is regarded at Madrid .as the incarnation of
all fillibusterism past, present, and to come, it is
hardly possible the Spanish Government will run
the extraordinary hazard to which a conflict at this
moment would apparently expose her American
Islands. It is more likely that the pretence of
Mexican difficulties is the mask for defensive
measures against Americans which her fears deem
necessary.
We have papers from the Cape of Good Hope to
the end of December. The last mail from Kaffee-
land brings the intelligence that all was quiet, that
no more rumours of war were heard, and that the
Kaffirs were making their usual purchases at King
William's Town. The Frontier Times describes
the appearance of the country as splendid, and
the standing crops promise a good harvest.
Lord John Manners took his seat for North
Leicestershire last night. He was returned for
that constituency on Monday, without opposition.
The local event of the week, the Grand Fancy
Dress Ball, in aid of the Public 'Charities, came
off last night, with great eclat, at St. George's
Hall. As we have devoted a large space of our
paper this morning to it, we need not further
allude to it here than direct the readers to the
particulars.

THERE are few, if any, circumstances
con-
nected with the PALMERSTON administration
which have manifested a greater degree of incon-
siderate illiberality and a desire to prop up the
delinquencies of aristocracy, than its treatment
of ho Crimean Commissioners. Sir JOHN
M'NI:ILL and Colonel TIILLOCH. These two
distinguished public servants, the one a ci-deva pit
ambassador, the other an eminent military
officer, undertook, at the urgent solicitation of
the Government, the performance of a most im-
portant, but at the same time delicate, duty. They
proceeded to the Crimea, and investigated the
cause, or causes, which had led to the almost
total annihilation of the British troops then
engaged in conflict with the arms of Russia. It
will be in the recollection of our readers that
Mr. ROEBUCL:, seeing the sad havoc which mis-
management and disease had made in the British
army before Sebastopol, moved for a select com-
mittee of the House of Commons to enquire into
the causes which had produced such terrible
results. Lord PALMERSTON, by one of those
master strokes of diplomacy for which he is cele-
brated, came forward with a proposal to extin-
guish, with his own hand, jobbing and
favouritism, and thereby render the labours of
Mr. Roxßucx's select committee unnecessary.
The country was then too indignant at what had
taken place in the Crimea. It felt, and deeply
too, for the many brave and hardy sons of Britain
whose career was cut short on the Crimean soil,
not by the ravages of war, but from sheer
neglect, and the want of all those comforts and
necessaries essential to the proper conduct 6f a
military campaign, to ward off the exposures
which were sure to follow. The committee was
appointed, and what occurred is now matter of
history. Meantime Lord PALMERSTON kept his
word, and as an earnest of his • sincerity selected
the two gentlemen already named. Of their
competency for the office there was but one
opinion—all agreed that no better choice could
be made.

Arrived lat the Crimea, Sir JOHN APNEILL
and Colonel TULLOCH proceeded to the discharge
of the duties imposed upon them. They con-
ducted their investigation with consummate
skill and ability, and collected evidence respect-
ing each and every thing relating to the com-
missariat department of the British army there.
They examined everything, wherever they could,
with their own eves ; and where that was impos-
sible—the events having occurred before they
departed on their mission—through the medium
of competent witnesses. From the materials s o
collected—and which, in any other case, would
have been regarded as undeniable authority, the
Commissioners drew up their report. The state
ments in that report afterwards became the
subject of keen and animated discussion both
in and out of Parliament. It laid bare the
whole system of army mismanagement, traced it
to the fountain head, and thereby provoked the
bitter hostility of the friends of mismanagement
—the demonstrated incapables, the negligent de-
delinquents, and a host of others who cavilled
for the sale of cavilling. To appease this in-

terested outcry, as well as to give a sop to the
wounded feelings of certain of the aristocracy,
whose • military doings were impugned in the
Report, Lord PALMERSION deserted his own
Commissioners, men of his own selection and
appointment, and granted another inquiry—the
" Chelsea Board of Commissioners." Of the
constitution of that Board nothing need be said,
beyond noticing the fact that it was strongly
biassed in favour of military routine, and prose-
cuted its labours with the view of whitewashing
the identical men who were the first cause of the
sad mishaps which befel our gallant army, and
upon whose conduct, capability, and will to act
with promptitude and decision in peculiarly
trying circumstances, Sir JOHN WNEILL and
Colonel TuLLocH were authorised and em-
powered to make inquiry. The Chelsea Board
terminated its inquiry, after hearing the charges
made against the Report of the Crimean Com-
missioners, and the answers of its authors.
They, too, prepared an elaborate Report, with
a minute of the evidence which they had
collected.

The next step in the history of army mis-
management in the Crimea, is about the most
singular and reprehensible of all. Sir JOHN
M'NEILL and Colonel 'rummer' found reason to
impugn the conduct of certain generals and
senior officers. They traced to them the origin
of all the disasters which had taken place, and
satisfactorily demonstrated that by negligence, by
unwillingness, by ignorance, and by incom
petence, they were the means of rendering the
before untried, inhospitable, and ungenial cli-
mate of Balaklava, and the heights of Alma,
Inkermann, and Sebastopol, not merely an
"Acaldema," but the " GOLGOTHA" of fully
thirty thousand British soldiers—the greater
part of whom were in the prime and full vigour
of manhood, when leaving England's shores for
the seat of war. Yet these were the very
men selected by the military authorities
for honour, for place; and for power. They
had failed in all the essentials requisite for

the proper discharge of their duties. Above all,
they manifested a total indifference to the comfort
and health of the men under their command ;
but they were applauded and rewarded. Upon
the breasts of these men, the Royal hand has
placed medals of distinction, and insignias of
honour and valour on the battle field. To them

has been granted in profusion the Military Order
of the Bath, Majesty itself, placing the badge and
collar around the necks of the recipients. In a
word, they did not do their duty, and they were
feasted, feted, and honoured. But not so Sir
JOIIN M'NEILL and Colonel TIILLOCH. These
able, faithful, efficient, and indefatigable servants
of the Government were passed over in silence,
and it was not until a sense of shame, instigated
by the indignant protests of an offended public,

that Lord PANMURE and Lord PALMERSTON were
compelled to deliver extorted compliments.
It is true that Lord PALMERSTON offered each of

the Crimean Commissioners 1,0001„ and he told
the House of Commons-that the offer was refused,
" not indignantly but courteously, and in kind
" language." Whether Lord PALISIERSTON is
correct in his
_interpretation of the refusal to
-a a •v, VY
Certain it is, however, that the rejection of the
offer indicates a strong feeling that both Sir

OHN M'NEILL and Colonel TuLLoca deem it
unworthy of their acceptance. They have pub-
licly expressed their disappointment at the man-
ner in which their Crimean services have been
acknowledged and requited, and it therefore
follows that they must still labour under a keen
sense of wrong, and much dissatisfaction.
Mr. PALK has given notice that on the
House going into committee on the army esti-
mates, he will move " that Sir JOHN MNEILL
" and Colonel TULLOCH had discharged their
" duties efficiently ; that the evidence, taken in
" connection with their report, showed that the
" sufferings of the army were very great; and
" that it appeared to the House that those suffer-

ings were attributable to the want of manage-

ment of the departments." To the three
propositions enunciated in this resolution there
cannot be a cavil, much less a doubt. Members
on all sides of the House will admit their extreme
accuracy, and join, we hope, in recording the
solemn thanks of Parliament for services which
cannot be over-estimated, but which, to allay the
excited and wounded feelings of haughty aristo-
crats—such as the impetuous CARDIGAN and the
fiery LucAN, or the official pride or an AIREY and
a FILPER-were paid with the offer of a thousand

pounds. Remonstrances against this shameful
deed, and total disregard of public opinion,
should go forth from every quarter of the empire,
until at last both Sir JOHN M'NEILL and Colonel
TuLLocu shall receive the due reward of their
meritorious and useful labours.

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LEWIS & COMPANY, Raneligh street.

INSTITUTION FOR DESTITUTE N EIDLEWOMEN, —The
annual meeting of this charity was held at the Institution,
Benson street, on Monday last. Many friends of the society
were present. From the report read it appeared that,
during the last twelve months, work to a largo extent has
been provided for many destitute women, for which
£144 12s 10d has been paid to them. It was stated that the
receipts unfortunately do not meet the expenses, and, con-
sidering the great good done by the society, it is earnestly
hoped that the public will aid, by an increase of sub3criptior,.
s) excellent an institution.
FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT MATRICIDE IN LIVERPOOL.—A
frightful attempt to murder a mother, by her daughter; was
made on: Monday afternoon, in a cellar in Circus street.
The facts are these. It appears that a poor old woman,
named Jennings, resided in a cellar in the above street, and
that she had a daughter, named Susan, who, for some time
past, lived with a man as his wife, although they were not
married. On Monday, however, it appeared that the par-
ties were married, and after having some drink, they pro-
ceeded to the cellar in question,where the old woman lived.
The daughter demanded money, in order to procure drink,
but the old woman pi otes'ed she had none. Some angry
words followed between the mother and daughter, when the
latter took up a knife, seized the old woman by the hair of
the head, and actually commenced sawing the knife across
her throat, inflicting several severe wounds on the poor old
woman', neck. The screams of the old woman attracted
and some persons rushing into the cellar, rescued
her attention,,
front the assassin hands of her unnatural child, who
was then given into custody. Yesterday she was brought
up at the police court, before Messrs. Dixon and Smith,
I when the above facts transpired in evidence, and she was
remae ded for the present.

IMPERIAL PALL lAM ENT.

[By the BMW, and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.]

HOUSE OF LORDS—TuEsDAY,
The house met at fire o'clock.

DIVOUCS AND MATRIMONIAL B!LL,

• Th,-.! Lord Chance moved the secAld reading of the
Divacc and Matrimonial Causes Bill. which, he said,
with the exception of two•points, was precisely the same
as that introduced by him last session. He had omitted
the clause hserted by the Bishop of Oxford, providing
that the adulterer and adulteress should not be at liberty
to marry ; and he had inserted a clause enabling husbands
and wives to enter into a deed of separation.
Lord Lyndhurst generally supported the bill.
The Bishop of Exeter opposed it, on the ground that it
offered facilities for breaking solemn vows, and moved that
the bill 1)3 read a second time that day six tnanths.
The Bishop of Oxford seconded the amendment.
Lord St. Leopards objecte,t to some clauses in the bill.
but was willing to allow it to pass a second reading.
The Earl of Derby remarked upon the, presence of
only two bishops on that occasion, when a great number
had been present to rate upon a political glestion.
Alter some fur her tlicusAati, in winch Lord Grey.
Lo,d Wenfleydale, Lori Redesdale, and others too!:
part, th .ir lordships divi,led. The numbers were—
Par the second resding
Against • 10

• Majority
The bill wai accordingly reid a second time.
The House having gone committee on the Chief
Coe stables Bill,
Lord Dungannon moved an amendment to the effect
that no person slaoul f be competent to fill the °ince of
Chi •f Cons!able who had ha,ea a baukrapt, or who had
passed through she Insolvent Cotirt, unless such bank-
ruptcy should he nrwed to the satiaraction of her Majesty's
Secretary of State for the home department, to have
arisen from unforeseen and unfortunate circumsances,
and not to have been the result of hand ,A• careless
extravagance.

The amendment was rejec'ed by 10 votes to 3, and the
bill passed through commitiee.

The house adjourned at a quarttr to ten.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
Lord John Manners took the oaths and his seat on his
election for Leicestershire.

GRAND JURIES.
The Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill was brought in and
read a first time.

CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.

Mr. 147 wart gave notice for that day fortnight of a-bill
providing, that in the case of the employmilit of young
children, a certain time should be allowed each day for
education. •

their votes, which he stated to be fear that three insigni-
ficant members should find their way through some
fancied combination into office. He followed the
arguments of the government supporters upon the
subject of the war, contending that the treaty with
China had been brokea.by the British authorities by the
encouragement given to the trade in optum. War, though
a scourge and a curse to man, had the recommendation of
exhibiting bravery; but the war with China was like a
war unoq women, and those who brought the couhtry into
the difficelty were these who• tarnished its honour. Ttie
weelsnese qt he Cii:nese led theta to employ the detestable
contrivances to which reference had been made ; but‘thie,
he coetWrided, only deepened the guilt of those to whom ,
the War was atrributable. With regard to the future, the
Chinese were arming to a man to die in' -the quarrel
that he had pressed upon them, and if there was- to be a
continuance of the present policy, the prospect of the
future was dark indeed. The Government had not evert
stated that the entry into Canton 'was desirable, and he
was of opinion that it would be prejudicial at the
'Fires •nt moment, and, • under these circumitances, the
Government was to be censured for making war upon that
ground. If they had committed injusticeewere they to be
frightened into a continuance of it ? Spme of the members
of that House were .prepared to vote against the motion
through-fear ; and he put it to the House, whether it would
not: be to the prejudice of the country to show that though
a majority concurred in the motion, it was rejected upon
such grounds. The result of agreeing to the motion,
though it had been made to nobles and to bishops, and had
failed, would he to show the power of that branch of the
legislature in saving the country ft;oin being committed.
The•right hon. gentleman. was long and loudly cheered.
Lord Pahnerston.vindicated the appointment of 'Sir J.
Bowling, on the ground of, commercial knowledge and
ability, and observed that he was not ee member of the
aristocracy, but one Of the people. The, appointment of
Sir J. Bowritig was made with the consent of 'Lord
' Aberdeen. and he tholight that the noble lord showed his
discrimination and justice in the selection. Sir John.
Bowring was a member of the Peace .Society, and he
dared say that had any other member of that society been
in his position, they would have,done as he did. the hon.
member for est Riding condemned everything English
and.lauded everything foreign. He had stated we were
cowards to the strong, and bullies to the weak, and that
was said at the close of the war with one of the most
powerful nations of Europe. .The honourable member
intimated that we were cowards to the United States,
and that was said by a member of the . Peace Society.
The Charleston affair, to which the hon. member refereed,
was settled by communication with the authorities, and
very, probably, if they had had access to the government.
at Pekin, the operations at Cati,on might have bees
avoided. He would not enter upon the legal arguments as
to the nationality of the Arrow, .which he thought would
have been appropriate in a case before the Court of
Admiralty, but which did not bear upon the case which
that house had to decide upon ; the question was What
did the Chinese believe? He said they -believed the.
Arrow to be an English vessel, when they boarded her
and hauled down her colours, and the animus of the insult
and the violation of the treaty existed: Therefore, the
British authorities were justified in their demand. He
believed the lorcha • Arrow-wad entitled to protection,
and contended that it was a miserable quibble to say,
she was not ,at . sea, because . she -was: in the river at
Canton. , The veesel bad been lying off Canton for five or
six days, and the Chinese must have known that she was
trading legally, for 'her cargo, must have been landed in
the face of the Custom fieuse officers. -The 'British liege
and the Biqa Peter. had' been seen to be pulled down, and
the Blue Peter flying Vvas'a proof that slie was about to get
under weigh. • The captain' went on board just as the men
were being taken -off, and owing to his representations)
two men were left, and with this bore them away with
the flagitious falsehood that -there were no- foreigners on
board.: Tha .conduct. of. •the •Britieh authorities was
not open to, censure, -and. •in the case of the
American, . flag . having been . fired. upon, a• blow was
first, and explanations .demanded afterivards.
He argued that the British authorities had acted with the
greatest
.40)egrance, and..that .the conduct 'of the
Chinesewas.
.precisely, the .. reverse.. .Reprisals had
been tried and found
_unsuccessful in.. procuring
the fulfilment of the demands.-of the British
Consul, and further: measures were justified
and necessary. With regard to the future intentions of the
government, that would depend upon circemstances,
but he thought that the British and Americans should
combine to send a Mission to the Court
,of Pekin to
secure if pessible 'greater facilities of access to the
government of China.' He believed that the effect. of the
motion, if carried, would be to endanger European in-
terests at all Chinese ports, and it would tarnish the
honour of the country. Combinalaes had been made
between persons of opposing parties to remove the
Geverntnent, knowing well that the country, if called upen,
to say "aye" or ‘i no" upon the question, fairly put;
would retain the. present Government, and had resorted
to the flimsy veil .of unintelligible phrases ; and he
called upon members of that house to decide upon
the question as involving not only the lives of
many fellow countrymen, but also the honour of the
country which they held as a holy trust. The noble lord
wes loudly and generally cheered throughont his speech.
Mr. Disraeli rose amid mingled cheers, cries of "Divide.
divide," and " Order, order," iu the midst of which his
opening remarks were lost. He accepted the motion as
one of want of eorfidence, and observed that it was more
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had had a British owner and commander, he should have
censured the course taken; but it turned out that the
right to British preectron was merely an assumption.
The conduct of Sir J. Bowring having been accepted by
the Government remained no longer to'be impugned. by
that house, and therefore Sir J. Bowring bad been
unfairly dealt with in the debae. With regard to the
unprincipled combination to which the noble lord
referred, the noble lord the member fur London was
a party to it, and the noble lord hail only recently
as it appeared got to fear coalitions. The obj ct of the
noble lord was to avoid condemnation for a proceeding
which had commenced 'in Outrage, and which, if persisted
in, would end in ruin. The noble lord had found that
the time was come when he:must have a policy, and as
soon as his policy was questioned, he declared himself
the victim of a causpiracy, The noble lord threatened,
t ens with a dissolution, he should be happy to meet the
noble lord at the hustings at' Tiverton, and see with
what sort of a cry he was ready to meet the consti
• tuency,

After a f©w remarks from Mr. Cobden in reply,
The House divided Upon the first resolution, when the
numbers were:—
For
Against
. -

Majority against Government ... 16
The announcement of the numbers was received with
loud cheers by the successful party.
The other business on the piper was then disposed of,
and the house adj urucd at a quarter before three.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL LYFIRMARY.

Week Ending. 28th February, 1857.

ADMITTRD.

Inpatients
Out-p clients
Casuals during week

THE GRAND

FANCY DRESS BALL.

The event which has been discussed and pre-
pared for in almost, every circle of,. our* local
comrinnity'for months back, took piece last night.
The'arnount of interest and, even excitement
-which
from many causes the Great.Feneae Dress Bail of
last night, in' St. Georgic's g o', created'emongthe
people of Liverpool., fairly.entiths it to take rank as
A Itind of era, or landmark, in our local chronology.
Metropolitan or foreign readers can, perhaps, not
easily understand the degree of commotion which
the announcement of the preparations for, and the
actual occurrence of this naderniking created
here In the first place, a Fancy Dress Ball on
such a scale.as that oflast night, is .ennoecurrence
rarely taking place in Liverpool, whrh'e gaiety does
notnote often enierge, out of the orO lv . track. of
respectable and biteiness like graviay. In the next
place, .last 'night's Specteele was the first of the
kind.ever witnessed within the walls of our noble
St. George's Hallett fact in itself almost. sufficient
to account Mi. any degree of interest ardonglhe
inhabitants -of Liverpool. And.'et third, and very
sufficient reason for , the unusual irnsiortartee
attached to the midertskieg, may 'be fonnd in
the fact that it was a project desieeed
and
organised not for the object of a passing etejry-
ment, but as a means of making amusement
Subserve a-higher purpose—meking geity an agent
of charity ;- and, .froth the abandon and excitement
of a few hours extracting the Means to give lasting
relief to distress, and healing to sickness.- The
„
object of last night's festivify was, as our readers
must be all aware, to aid the funds of the Royal
Infirmary, the Northern and Southern Hospitals,
and the Northern and Southern Dispensaries.
This fact gave a far deeper interest to_ the
occasion than it could possibly have possessed
as a mere spectacle or Passing means of
harmless and exhilarating
,enjoyment. In-
deed, in glancing back ' °tier the principal
festivals of a similar character which have taken
place in Liverpool "during many years, it is gra-
tifying to perceive in lutr.v many instances, some
purpose equally exalted, lay beneath the glittering
surface of mere revelry and display. It may not
be uninteresting to bestow a feW lines upon a hasty
mention of the principal public celebrations which
have taken place within the memory of Most of
our townspeople.- . .
In 1830,a Grand Fa.neyDress Ball took place in the
Town Hall, a buildlng pechliarly suited for such a
purpose, as the number of rooms it contains, and
which are all thrown open on such „occasions, allow
of a perpetual movement and incessant change
amongst the fantastically-attired crowd, and sagas
'prevents the sense of monotony and wearitlests which
is tolerably sure to set in after the first sensations
of surprise and interest have faded, if the same
figures enclosed by one set of walls are kept
continually before the eye. .On the occasion we
refee to, and upon similar subsequent occasions, a
covered way was made from the Town hall to the
Exchange newsooom, which tieing splendidly fitted
up, became a sapper room of superb proportions.
The 10th of February, 1840 being the day of the
Qeeen's marriage, was celebrated 'its Liverpool as a
general holiday, and at night neFeneyDress Ball
took place in the Tow n4lll. On the 23rd of April
following, a noble effort was nllOO by the Corpo-
ration and, by the townspeople in aid of the local
charities. The Town; Council voted £I,OOO for the
purpose, on the understanding that the public
should subscribe £2,000 in addition. For this end
the public, among .other means, had recourse to
the expedient adopted last night. A Grand Fancy
Dress Ball was celebrated in the TOWII Hall, and
was splendidly successful for, its higher object as
well' as in the shape of a mere pageant. More than
the reqUisite sum was realised. For the same
purpose great Musical Festivals were held in Liver-
pool at stated intervals. One which took place in
1823Srealised 'for the local charities 2,5001.; that
held in ,1827 produced 1,2004 In October, 1830,
the Musical Festival was the means of placing
0)001. in aid of the charities, and in 1836, 2.3001.
,were obtained from a: similar source. , At a more
recent period, in August, 1849, took place the Grand
Fancy Fair, and Flower Show, held in Prince's
Park, under the auspices of Mr. Brantley-Moore,.
M.P.; then mayor .of Liverpeol. This spectacle
lasted for three days, the,athe
,Qehaessaaereptela
saas -SiSalisad, -10iiell was divided between
the Northern Hospital, the Southern Hospitaly
and the Infirmary. It should,he mention,eil iliet
a considerable addition was. Made to the Southern
Hospital Out of the proceeds of a concert given for
-that charitable purpose 'by Mad:ame Goldschmidt
-(then Jenny- Lind). Many splendid donations
from the hands of PriVate benevolence would *ell
deserve notice ; and we only'pada this subject over,
because we cannot possibly mention all who have
given princelYsums to our charitable institutions,
am-I'We are unwilling to single out and blazon pub
Hely any names from among the rest. Returniog,
however, to -the subject from which we started, we
may mention one or tWo instances in which Fancy
Dress Balls took 'place to commemorate , events
having local and public interest if not exactly of a
charitable or benevolent character. The Philhar-
monic Hall, a building which, for its own character
1 and for the institution to whiCh it beiongs, distin-
guishes Liverpool as much as any other of which
we'ean boast, was opened on the 27th of August,
1819 e-its foundation stone having been laid Sep.
tember 23rd, 184 G—with 'a
Fancy Dress Ball, and
. .
we believe no finer spectacle, up to last night,
alas ever witnessed in Liverpool than the
gorgeous "display whieh characterised that
occasion. In the Weliiugton...Rooms, Mount
Pleasant, which were opened in 1810, a Fancy Dress
Ball took place under the auspicies of the British
Association, on the night of January 19th, 1819,
Since then several most successful festivities of
the same character have been held in these rooms.
In March, 1844, a Fancy Dress Ball, in aid, like
last night's, of the local charities, drew together a
brilliant crowd in the Town Hall. -These are the
principal public entertaizn of the kind which
have taken plaCe of late years in Liverpool, and
having thus alluded.tes ilex:nve may pass to say a
few words of the charitable institutions in whose
behalf the greater number of these splendid gather-
ings originated. ,
There are few towns or cities, if any, perhaps,
I in' the kingdom whose inhabitants contribute a o
largely to public charities as the people of Liver-
pool. 13y the "people': of Liverpool,we do not here
mean all who live within the limits of the borough,
who share in its 'prosperity, avail of its privileges
for their own- aggrandisement, and who, while
equally benefitted with their neighbours by its
municipal regulations, pay little or no taxes
towards its expenses.- And manrsuch are to be
found in., this community—people who are, as it
were, mere-4 birds of passage," who come here for
the purpose of business, never look upon the town
as their home, and who therefore feel in regard to
its charities like the man at the charity sermon,
who, when asked by his immediate neighbour why
he didnot also weep, all the congregation at the time
shedding plenteous tears of sympathy at the pie-
tura of human misery affectingly depicted by the
preacher, excused himself on tire ground. that he
belonged to another parish. . There are multitudes
in Liverpool who feel that they belong to another
parish, and who, though:they have resided here for
years, and have grown rich, sharing in the enter.
prise of all around them, yet think themselves jus-
tified in extending no aid, or if any,with a niggard
hand, to our many public charities, whose benefits
are communicated to all, but whose burthen‘shoarie
borne only by a few. The. class of
we are thus briefly dasoribing,
truth the worst
among us, are not of -aisear.clriiiitti,ity,” it is said,
and
tr;l:tevohle'leth'eu though
specimens of eostnop
it " to look out for
" beOns at home;'' °hjuita,t,
so complacently al/ow c at y
these have no home, and
that they' are
e they`mnynweonusittd:
rate with their means,
itself. We do not mean to say
notinsecnosni btilei
btuot
eh,
to the alleviation of some
uattlintosuaTielxntgenotrfutilldayt',
singular instance of misery if brought under their
immediate notice. ,Far from it; but as pain is.
often inflicted as much " from want of thought as.
want of heart," so in like "Danner do men often
overlook important social duties and obligations

torn want of reflection, especially in a large
community like this, where wealth is looked upon
and pursued by all as the great good.
By the term " people" of Liverpool, we mean
those who have been born and bred within
it—men who, like our present esteemed chief
magistrate, remember when a walk round
Everton was regarded as a pleasant rural
ramble, who can carry their memories back to
the time when the noble line of docks which
grace the Mersey were but in their infancy, and who
take a very natural pride in the town and in its
giant growth, to which they themselves have largely
contributed by an industry unremitting in its per-
severance, and by an enterprise which has extended
the commerce of England to every known shore of
the whole world. These are the men who support
the charities of Liverpool, and their munificence is
in keeping with their character of " merchant
princes." It would not be unprofitable, perhaps,
to publish their names, if for no better pur-
pose than to shame the hundreds who walk
the Exchange flags, and never part with
a pound, but for a pound's worth, and
we would here willingly do so, were it not that we
know that, in their large hearted charity, they seek
not the praises of their fellow men, but of Him
who watches over all, and because, in doing good,
they experience a luxury which could not be in-
creased by any commendation. It would astonish
one not well conversant with the inner life of
Liverpool, to read the list of subscribers to its
charities. Take one list, that of any given charity,
and you learn the subscribers to all. They are
few iu number, but their munificence in the cause
of charity is unbounded. The institutions in aid
of which the ball of last night took place, are
striking proofs of it. Of their kind, they are
as noble and as well sustained as any to be
found in the Kingdom, While on this subject, it
may not, perhaps, be amiss to say a few words
descriptive of them, and to allow the reader to
judge of their importance and claim to his support
by showing the extent of their operations.
We will take the Royal Infirmary first in order,
because first in importance, though not first in
usefulness, for in that respect they are all equal.
It is situate in Brownlow street, and is one of the
few noble architectural structures of which the town
can boast. The foundation stone of it was laid on
the 19th July, 1821, by the present Earl of Derby,
then Lord Stanley, and was formally opened for the
reception of patients on the 25th Sept., 1824. It
cost, in the first instance, some £28,000, but in sub-
sequent years, alterations were made in it at a cost
of £5,000. On its list of donors are to be found the
names of members of the oldest and most distin-
guished fomilies of Liverpool. There is attached
to it a lock hospital and a lunatic asylum, but they
are distinct buildings, and under separate manage
went. Its average number of patients is about
one hundred and eighty, and its annual expense
is from £7,000 to £B,OOO. Need we say one word
more of its importance and usefulness ? The
most serious surgical cases are received into it,
and are treated by the most eminent of the medical
profession in the town—a profession whose mem-
bers do more for the cause of charity than any
other class or community, and who, because they
do most in the nature of things, are least thanked,
or at all events rewarded. "There are homes which
are no homes;" and if this be true, as undoubtedly it
is in a general sense, how fearfully true is it when
applied to the homes of the poor in times of sickness.
What provision have they in store for the evil
hour ? How tend the sick man when a thousand
wants are pressing on them ? How, in fact, aro they
themselves to live, when h 9 whose labour alone
was the support of his family, lies on a sick bed,
maimed perhaps for life? How maimed ? By
one of the thousand accidents which are of hourly
occurrence in Liverpool, and which are to some
extent almost inseparable from its great trade.
Ta whose employment was he ? It would be
difficult to say ; he was doing the work of the
merchant, the shipowner, the manufacturer, and
because doing the work of all neither, one in par-
ticuular feels called to come to his support in
the distress into which he has been so
unexpectedly plunged. What would be the
position of the poor in such cases,'.were the relief
afforded them by these charitable medical insti-
tutions for a moment withdrawn ? And yet every
ninety nine men in the community act in regard to
to them as if they performed every socialebligation
by the unwilling payment of the ordinary rates
y. • . _ _ 1. Ct. T:t
night will do more than afford temporary aid
to the institutions in whose behalf it was got up—
hat it will cause them to be thought of
where before they were but scarcely known,
and that the future charity of all who shared
in last night's amusement—and they were very
numerous, as a glance at our columns will show—
will be in proportion to the pleasure they must
hive enjoyed. If they were not pleased they
should have been, as all outside thought, and if
they were not pleased they should have been treated
as the eastern despot bade " good cheer" to his
friends, when he, by way of preface to his enter-
tainment, observed to the company : " Friends, I
desire you all to be merry, and I give notice that
the first man that is not merry I will chop off his
head.'' With such a stimulus to amusement, we;
may be assured that the fun would be '‘ fast and
furious."

The Southern Hospital, in Greenland street,
was opened in 1842, and affords a very large
amount of medical relief. Upwards of 1,500
patients are treated there annually, in addition to
double that number of out patients. Its annual
expense is from 1,5001. to 2,0001.
The Northern Hospital, in Great Howard street,
affords a still larger amount of relief, because mare
largely resorted to on account of its situation. Its
expenses are, as a matter of course, also greater.
In point of usefulness and good management,
both are equal.
The Dispensaries, which are situate in Vauxhall-
road and Parliament-street, were opened, the one
in 1831, and the other in 1832. They afford relief
to patients who can be counted only in thousands.
They deserve the largest measure of support, and
should be established more generally through the
town, which has far outgrown their power of
ministration.
For these reasons we have thus trespassed on
our readers, and shall now proceed to the imme-
diate subject.
When the ball of last night was projected, the
following gentlemen associated as a committee to
carry out the undertaking :
Mr J B Aspinall Mr Charles Langton
gAlderman William Bennett I Mr William Langton
Mr Tyndal Bright Mr E Latham
vajor Bourne I Captain Littledale
J T Blame Mr J B Lloyd
Captain Mr D Mlficcar
Captain T a at,. • Mr W F MacGregor
Mr J P Campbell Mr G A Meckenzie
Mr Thomas Earle Mr W H hfaislean
Mr R S Ely "r George Melly
Mr John Enthoven
Mr A P Fletcher Moss
Mr Thomas Gair Mr Charles :,!"'zieY.
Mr A S Gladstone Mr John Myers
Mr h R Graves Mr John Orred
Mr R. M Grinnell Alderman James Parker
Mr R. Haigh Mr S G Rathbone
Mr George Holt. Jun. Mr W R Sandbach
H F Hornby Mr S Warner Shand
Mr T D Hornby Mr James Shell
Mr Robert Horsfall Mr John Stewart
Mr J A Jackson Mr G H Thompson
1 iMr B H .7 ones Mr J A Tobin
Mr H W Meade King Mr J H Turcer
Mr G Winter Moss. Treasurer.

The following ladies because the lady
patronesses :
The Right Hon. the COUNTESS OF DERBY, •
The Right Hon. the COUNTESS OF SEFTON,
The Right lion. the COUNTESS OF WILTON,
The Right Hon. the COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE,
The Right Hon. Lady ANNETTE DE TRAFFORD,
The Right Hon. Lady ARABELLA HESKETH,
The Right Hon. Lad
Hony C.
Lady AROLINE
UST, TOWNLEY,
The C
Lady W. W. WYNNE,
f !Mrs. SHAND,
fifths. GRAHAM,
''Mrs. WILLIAM BROWN,
Mrs Ashton 1, —.l Mrs J B Lloyd .
Mrs Henry Ashton Mrs W F hlacgregor
Mrs W L Bailey Mrs Marriot
Mrs Blackburn Mrs G W Moss
Mrs Blundell Mrs T Edwards Moss ;
Mrs Weld Blundell Mrs Mosley
Mrs James Bourne Mrs Naylor
Mrs Thos Brocklebank Mrs W B. Sandbach
Mrs Thos Earle , Mrs Shaw
Mrs Fielders Mrs Thompson
Mrs J P Heywood Mrs Charles Turner
Mrs B H Jones Mrs J H Turner
Mrs Littledale
The idea of having St. George's Hall made the

scene of the display soon presented itself, and it
was at once agreed that no building could give so
splendid an effect to such a festival, or so fitly be
employed as aninstrument in advancing the cause
of public charity. The use of the hall was at once
granted by the Mayor and Corporation, and no
time was lost in carrying out the preparations
necessary to render the building suitable for the
special purpose. The tesselated pavement of the
great hall was covered with a wooden flooring,
contracted for and laid down by Messrs.
Kilpin and Montgomery. The bronze doors
were splendidly polished and draped with
velvet hangings. Over the organ was placed
a beautifully executed figure of Euterpe, the
work of Mr. Nichol], by whom the sculpture of
the pediments was executed. At the main entrance
magnificent candelabra, supplied for the occasion
by the Gas Company, were hung up, and all the
corridors were splendidly lighted The Concert
room up stairs and. the Nisi Prius and Crown
Courts were converted into supper and refresh-
ment rooms, and the corridor rooms, such
as the Vice-Chancellor's Court, the Library,
the Barristers' Court, &a., as well as the
fine room where the Grand Jury hold their
sittings, were used as card and conversation
apartments. In the vacant niches, and on
the pedestals around the interior of the Grand
Hall were arranged vases of the most
rare and costly exotics, which were supplied partly
from the Botanic Gardens, and partly from the
Conservatory of Messrs. Skirving. The supper
rooms, which were ]aid out under the arrangement
of Mr. Anderson, of the Merchants' Dining Rooms,
Castle street, who supplied the refreshments, were
also adorned with vases of exotics. The epergnes
and flower vases of the tables were furnished by
Mrs. Emett, of 90, Upper Stanhope street. In the
northern vestibule, where the company entered,
were placed vases of flowers in the front of each
pillar, with a large stand of flowers in the centre.
The floor of the vestibule, the entrance ap-
proaching it, and the staircase flights on either
side, were covered with crimson cloth,
supplied, as well as;the other fittings of the same
class, by Messrs. Jeffery, Morrish and Co., of the
Compton house The galleries of the grand hall
were also tastefully fitted up with cushions for
the convenience of those who choose to cease
for a while from mingling in the crows, and
become quiescent spectators from above. Mr.
Streather's band was stationed in the grand hall,
and during the night played the following pieces
of music :