The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-28 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIAIES,--LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, MA-

discover this. Laws are made to favour the rich
more than the poor. Merit is not promoted for
itself, but for its accompaniments of birth,
wealth, or social position. The highest offices
in the State are not thrown open to all, as they
ought to be in a popular government ; but are
reserved as the special patrimony of a few.
Even in the Church, where rich and poor should
meet together in the common level of hurneity,
the spirit of caste and of exclusiveness prevail,
and the ascent is by golden steps to the place of
privilege. Man has been defined to be not a
reasonable being, but a being capable of
becoming reasonable. We might describe the
British Constitution as being not popular, but
"capable of becoming popular. This is one of its
chief excellencies, in spite of many theoretical
defects, that it is capable of being moulded to
suit the growing wants of the people, without
violence, and even without disturbance, to the
regular process of industrial occupation. This
is an advantage that ought to console us for
many drawbacks, and go far to reconcile us to
the somewhat slow march of improvement.
" Slow and sure" is our motto in England. They
may manage things otherwise on the Continent,
but we prefer our constitutional method.
Constitutions, as some one has said, are not
made to grow. Fully admitting this, however,
there is no 'harm in quickening the pace of
.reform, in so far as this may be done wit
safety. The danger lies the other way, of
change and` reform lagging behind the, wants
and capabilities of the - nation. Too slow
progress might be just as baneful as too rapid ;
and it is the nice point of political wisdom for a
statesman to know the proper time and the
proper amount of reform which is expedient.

Amid the many reforms which arc needed,
and putting out of view the great Reform
Bill that is to be in the beginning of

next session, most will agree in the
Crying necessity for Army Reform. The
time seems more than fully come for setting this
part of our political house in order. We have
lately got through a sad chapter of accidents
andilosses in a Turko-Russian war. The public
mind has not yet cooled down on this subject,
and it is well to strike while the iron is hot.
Moreover, we are preparing for a Chinese
struggle of'unknown duration, hostilities having
actually commenced at a point distant from
England some twelve or fourteen thousand
miles. It appears, also, that a commission of
three gentlemen had been appointed to inquire
into the military institutions of continental
nations. They inquired, and reported, and the
result of their labours has appeared, as usual, in
the form of a blue book. The information is
said to be very valuable; and it shows our
English system, or, rather, our no-system, to be
in striking and unfavourable contrast with those
abroad. This book got into the hands of the
Upper House, but, strangely enough, it did not
reach the Commons. That gallant old general,
Sir DE LACY E v-ANs, inquired of the Premier,
a short time ago, for the missing book, and now
it has reached the Lower louse. Here, then, is
one of those reforms that will test the purposes
and the earnestness of our government. We do
not accuse them of duplicity, we credit them
for sincerity ; but let them show it, and prove
their sincerity, by furthering the reform of the
army, now so much needed, while we are at the
end of one war, and the beginning of another.
There can be no more fitting time for Army
Reform than now ; a plea of delay would be a
presumption of insincerity. Let popular
members press this on Ministerial attention.
They will he warmly seconded outside the
house. Should they b.; remiss, the people will
compare their politeness to Ministers with their
late professions on the hustings. Improvement
here is needful to our national existence, but
certainly to our proper ascendency among the
great powers of Europe.

It is also an economical question, with which,
most properly, the Commons may interfere. Better
arrangements would husband the resources cTf
the country, and enable us to be more
effective than we now are, at less cost
of men and money. There is no want of
said material to make excellent soldiers
whenever the safety or honour of the
country demands ; and notwithstanding a long
peace and great industrial development, and a
love of money as almost the one needful thing,
we saw, on late occasions, that there was no
deficiency of the spirit required to make soldiers.
What we need is that our men and our money
should be turned to the best account. No one
blames or doubts the courage of the British
army officers and men ; but the higher qualities
of soldiership are not proportionately cultivated :
hence our late antagonists in the Crimea used
the sarcasm of "lions led by asses." Why
should not our officers and leaders be as
accomplished in their profession as they are
personally brave ? Why should we, in all that
is called military education and training, be so
inferior to continental nations, and have to go
and learn even of Austria in the matter ? We
know we are not a nation compelled like them
to maintain vast standing armies. Happily
this is not our system, and not our necessity.
Circled by the sea, we have a better defence
than martello towers and fortresses, But as
one of the great powers of the world, we cannot
abdicate our right to have a voice in the
general counsels of nations—and that implies
that we shall be prepared, if need be, to support
it by physical force. A small army, well trained
and disciplined,is the true policy for England.

We hope to see Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT in a
position to give effect to his enlightened views
and accurate knowledge on army reform. His
accession to the Government 'would be wise and
principled, because the country needs the best
men without regard to political sections. Surely
there can be no want of experienced army
reformers, while we have in the house such
men as Generals EVANS, THOMPSON, and WILL sms,
of Kars. The ministers are pledged to improve
the condition of the camp. It is for our
representatives to hold them to their pledge,
and to urge it soon. The nation expects that
our representatives shall do their duty.

ERATTA.—THE SARAH DIXON.—In our description of the
above fine vessel, in yesterday's paper, the writer fell into
a mistake in saying she belonged to the "Mersey Line"
of packets. It should have been " The Liverpool Line"
of Australian packets. The mistake was purely one of
hurry, which substituted the former in place of the latter
name. - -

CHESTER RAILWAY STATION —On the Cap Day the
enormous number of 36,500 passengers passed through
this station, via the Great Western, the North-Western,
and Birkenhead lines, without, owing to the able super-
vision of Mr. Mills and his coadjutors, a single accident
or unusual delay, and although there are 100 trains daily
passing the station.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The coroner held the following
inquests on Tuesday. On the body of a child named
Emma Bell, five weeks old, that was overlain in bad.
Verdict accordingly. On the body of a man named
Thomas Clarke, 28 years of sga, who lived at J court,
New Bird-street. He was drunk on Saturday night, and
about one o'clock he fell down stairs, and his head coming
in contact with the flags, he got a fatal cut in the back of
the head, and died almost immediately, Verdict accord-

ingly.
BELFASI' GIRRISON.—IN6PECT/ON BY SIR COLIN CAMP-
BELL.—Sir Colin Campbell arrived in Belfast on Sunday
evening, and the gallant general appeared in the Barrack-
square at seven o'clock yesterday morning, when the troops
in garrison, under Colonel Toweshend, were under arms,
and we-e minutely inspected. Sir Colin seemed highly
pleased with the soldierly appearance of both officers and
men. The veteran warrior then partook of luncheon with
the officers, and afterwards inspected the barracks, men's
Mess, and the books of the depots. Sir Colin was accom-
panied by his aide-de-camp, Colonel Stirling, and we were
glad to see the hero of "many a well fought field" looking
so well. He is " every inch" a soldier. Col. Townshend
and the officers entertained the gallant general, in the
evening, to a sumptuous dinner in the news-room.—Belfast
News Lecter. .

STEAMER KANGAROO.—NIay 25th, 1857.—At a meting
held on beard by the passengers of the steamhip K Ingaroo,
from New York to Liverpool, Samuel C. Clark, Esq.,
from Maine, was called to the chair, and E. Francfort,
Esq., from Connecticut, secretary, Captain Ewing, from
Alabama, (late of the British army) offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted.—Resolved
" That in Captain Jeffreys, the commander of this vessel,
we recognise a gentleman of high character, a true British
sailor devoted to his duty, and even mindful of the wishes
of the passengers under his care. We desire that he will
express our gratitude to all subordinates under his com-
mand, for the excellent discipline, precision, and cheerful.
Less with which they have, in our estimation, performed
their respective duties.-01 behalf of the passengers
Samuel C. Clark, chairman; E. Francfort, secretary.
WIRRALL UNION —TRAP/HERE TOWNSHIP AFFAIRS.—The
half-yearly audit was held on Monday last, before K.
Roberts, E.,q. Nothing of interest took plaee, beyond
a laughable incident, arising from Mr. Hugh Cumming,
one of the overseers for Tranmere, objecting to the
overseers' statement of accounts for that township, more
especially against the amount expended in the removal of
paupers, down to the payment of sixpennyworth of sealing
wax. The worthy overseer, after uselessly detaining Mr.
Roberts until after seven o'clock in the evening, by pro-
testing in all imaginable forms against the different
amounts expended, coolly withdrew his objection, on finding
that any payments disallowed, he would be individually
liable, as one of the late overseers. We understand that
public offices are to be forthwith erected in that township,
with the farther probability of a vestry clerk being
appointed.—Were was King Bombs.?—From a Corres-
pondent.
CHEAP AND PLEASANT TRIP TO Wardis.—As the season
for summer trips is now rapidly arriving, it may not be
out of place to mention that few excursions out of Liver-
pool are more pleasing or cheap than those which may be
made daily by the steam-boat Satellite, between Liverpool
and Mostyn. The fare is very moderate, the vessel is one
of the swiftest sailing from the port, and the sail, which
rarely exceeds two hours, enables the passengers to skirt
along the coasts of Wirral and Wales, passing New
Brighton, Hilbre Island, the mouth of the Dee and Rhyl.
At Mostyn visitors can spend a few hours very pleasantly
in ramblieg through Mostyn Park, and visiting the famous
collieries. We may state that refreshments can be pro-
cured on board of the Satellite, and that at Mostyn there
are vehicles plying to the railway station, and to various
parts of North Wales ; but on many occasions, specially
notified in the time bills, the Satellite makes the passage
from Liverpool.to Mostyn and back in one day,
CORONER'S CounT.—The coroner held the following
inquests yesterday :—On the body of a child, named
Catherine Clark, twelve months old, that died in conse-
quence of being scalded on Sunday last Verdict,
" Accidental death.—On the body of William Dougan,
who died in consequence of injuries inflicted by the kick
of a horse at, Mr. Lucas's. Verdict, " Accidental death."
—On the body of Peter G-erritz, forty years of age,
who died in 15 court, Oriel-street. From the evidence
of Mr. Sayer, surgeon, it appeared that death was from
bronchitis, set up by natural causes. Verdict accordingly,
On the body of Carherine Hogan, eighteen months old,
that died s oldenly, but from the evidence of Surgeon Sayer
it appeared death was from natural causes. Verdict accord-
ingly. On the body of Peter Carroll, 59 years of age, a
salt-heaver, who died in the Northern Hospital, in conse-
quence of injuries sustained by his falling into the hold of
a flat, by accident. Verdict accordingly.
Teiz BOSTOCK-STREET MURDER.—The prisoner, James
Davies, was brought up yesterday, before Mr. Benn, for
final examination. In addition to the evidence given
before his worship on Tuesday, Mr. Horrocks, the surgeon
who was examined at the Coroner's Court, on Tuesday,
was produced, and gave the same testimony that he did
on that occasion. Nathan Hudson was also examined, and
his evidence was the same as what appeared in our paper
of yesterday. When the depositions of all the witnesses
were read over to the prisoner, his worship gave him the
usual legal caution, and asked him if he wished to say
anything after the caution? The Prisoner : Ido not wish
to say anything now ; I will keep it in reserve for my
trial. He was then fully committed, and the witnesses
were bound over to prosecute. [The wife of the prisoner
was present, and in a different garb from that in which
she appeared in the Coroner's Court. She seemed as if at
a theatre, more than hearing the details which may deprive
her of a husband.]
TILE GREAT INDIAN DiopAmA.—ln Tuesday's paper we
gave a general description of this fine work of art, which,
in that respect, independent of its other beauties, lays
claim to public attention. Again have we visited the
Diorama, and, in general with the large numbers who have
witnessed it for the last three nights, have to express our
praise of it. It is one of those things that is enjoyed the
more the more it is looked upon. The immense quantity
of pictures which it exhibits, the close fidelity of these to
nature, the relief of the figures, both human and those of
the lower animals, presented to our astonished gaze—all
combine to raise the liveliest emotions and admiration,
awarding due merit to art that so thoroughly captivates,
by tranefering natural scenes to canvass. The manners,
customs, sports, religious ceremonies, commercial and
agricultural pursuits, domestic habits, and all the pecu-
liarities of Hind()) life, are here before us in vivid colours.
One and all of these present such perfect specimens of
Indian life, that we all but feel ourselves mingling amongst
them. We shall again have to speak more in detail of this
exhibition, which none should delay in sexing, and which
all must feel delighted at.
LIST Or PASSENGERS PER STEAMSHIP KANGAROO.—
Mr. Smith, Mr. A. C. ,Sullivan, Mrs S. Sullivan, child,
and infant; John Harrison, Mr. Moore, Jacob Wetsleium,
P. S. Richards, 0. D. Wilcox, M. Harrison. Mr. Kinnear,
William Yulloch, N. N Brown, Mr. K. Ewing, Mr.
Chamberlain. Miss Mary Edwards, Miss M. Edwards, Mr.
Pegnolet, Mrs. Morrison, Mr. Warren, Mr. Reath, Mis.
Sophia Daniel, Miss M. Dewsenbery, Thomas Armstrong,
Thomas Cams, Mr. E. Frankfort, Mrs. Frankfort and two
children ; Mr. L, Westugaul, Messrs. Harvey, Mill-
wood, Hooley, Hornell, Forest, Mrs. Forest, Miss Forest,
Mr Budgie, Mr. Paisley, Messrs. J. Cafferata, Samuel
Forteu, Lassidy, Kennith Tulloch. J. Stanley, Bawes,
M.Cann, Andrew M‘Bridge, D. H. Carpenter, Mayson,
Stephen Ryan, Yates, Mrs. Yates, Miss Yates, Mr. H.
Yates, Mrs. Albut, MiN3 Pallas, Miss M. Dowling, Miss
Louisa Dowling, Master Samuel Dowling, Master Henry
Dowling, Mrs. Leece, Miss Flieetoff, Mr. Parks, Mrs. Parks,
Miss Parks, Miss Kenrick, Mrs. Goodwin, Miss Goodwin,
Mr. Haines, Mr. Clarke, Mr. George Lowe, Miss Hambly,
Messrs. Phillips, John Thornley, Will; aan Tbornley, and
PaVrick Henry. —Total, 272.

28, 1857.

THE

MERSEY CONSERVANCY
AND DOCKS BILL.

(PROM 017,R OWN' REPORTZR.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WitDNEsDAT.

The members of committee present were—sir James Graham,
(chairman), Mr. Philips, Mr. Paget, Mr. Knatchbull, Mr. North, and
Lord Henaker.
Mr. Heron, Town-clerk of Manchester, was recallel.
Sir James Graham—The last point, I believe, shown by Mr. Heron,
on Monday evening. was, that the Dock Committee of Liverpool hada
right to vary the rate of pilotage.
Mr. Heron (to Mr. Webster)—This matter was subject of inquiry
before the committee last year, and the evidence on the point will be
found from page 214 to page 235 in the Blue Book, on the Local Dues
on Shipping. There are 12 pilot-boats, 24 masters, 171 journeymen,
and— •

Mr. Merewether objected to Mr. Heron, as a man of many trades,
reading as his own evidence of facts, that whit's was elicited on• an
exparte examination. . • . •
Sir James Graham—The evidence has been remitted to us, and I
lion% see how we can shut it out.
Mr. Merewether—l merely object to its being given now, with the
effect of a viva vane examination. I may as well state here, that we
are at direct varieties with the report of the Board of Trade as to facts.
After some discussion as to the admissibility of the evidence in the
form proposed,
Sir James Graham said—lie thought Mr. Heron ought not to read
the evidence. At the same time, as it has been referred to the com-
mittee by the house, and as it comes from a responsible department
of the Government—the Board of Trade—we cannot shut-it out-from
our consideration. Of course, when counsel opposing the bill come to
open their case, it will be competent for them to call the witnesses and
examine them further, with a view of rebutting any testimony to
which they may take exception.
Mr. Merewether regretted that ►he Corporation of Liverpool die-
. puted alike the statement of factso and the reasoning thereon of the
Board of Trade. ; _ _ _

Mr. Heron proceeded to read. the dates, preambles, and provi-
lisions of the;varions dock acts, and stated, in reply to Mr. Webster, that
by the first of these acts, the Corporation of Liverpool obtainedthe power
of carrying out the trusts thereby eiieated. Ted portion of the examina-
tion was-purely technical, and related to the powers of the corporation
to purchase land, construct dicks, and let the waste ground belonging
to themiti the neighbourhodd of the, duslie id•censtructed. An act of
1708 stated in the preamble that the corporation had granted four
acres, being a piece of: ground, part: of the waste lyifig atthe'south
side of the- pool of Liverpool for making a dock, and the 13th sec.
reserved to the corporotion the right of holding, enjoying, setting, and
-fretting the waste ground belonging to thetown of LiverpaeL By an
act of 1784 the corporation Were to.be repaid fOrcertain lAnds appro-
priated to docks,, the amount-which the laud had cost them. By an
'act of 1779 the corporation Wers to.he paid foi land, always their
property, given up for dock- purposes, at the same rate as if they had
purchased the same ; , and_ this act also reserved the right, of the
corporation to the land Westward of the doek,,ivhich Mr. Heron con-
sidered referred to land. in the river. tilersoy;- with "a proviso that by
enclosing suck-land the navigation fifth& stream should not be inter-
fered with, but of such interference the corporation were to be the
judges. A recital in another portion of the act, stated that the corpo-
ration were "owners of the port," but in a snit arising •bet Ween the
corporation and the Irwell commissioner, in 1826, the court held that
such a recital was no evidence of title, and it was atone set aside.
Sir JamesGraharn—The words'in the recital "of which port the
corporation of Liverpool are the owners," is most important, and we
should like to hear the circumstances of the trial, and bdterre!' what
judge it took place. -

Mr. Webster—The case is not to be found in the books, but I believe
it is referred to in some of the Parliamentary proceedings. ,
Mr. Heron—l have all the papers coimected with the case in town,
and I shall produce them to the committee. Tit, act of sth Gel, I 11.,
(1811), was the next act referred to. This was the •first act that gave
power to levy duos on goods imported and exported, and also provided
for increased- tonnage dues. • ,
Sir jamesGrahani—Are you sufficiently acquainted with the state
of the trade of Liverpool at this period, to say whether any article of
goods likely to' beetportedot impbrted At the time, is Included in the
schedule of the act?

__..Mr. Heron—l don't feel myself competent to answer that question.
Mr. Merewether—l don't kuow,air, if you have caught the fact that
this schedule relates to book rates, and not to Town Dues.
Mr. Heron—Yes, but there is a list of the Town Daps, which it is
easy to compare with the items of the dock rates.
The witness proceededto refer to the dock acts. The 53rd Geo. 111.,
gave power for borrowing £60,0:0 for dock purposes, and the 6th
Geo. IV. (1825), provided for the constitution of the Dock Committee,
in consequence of complaints by the merchants of Liverpool of the
administration of dock affairs by the corporation, but this act reserved
the corpogation the right of veto.
Mr. Heron then proposed to read to the committee extracts from
the Report of the Municipal Corporation Commissioners, presented to
Parliament in 1835, relating to a report of the Audit Commissioners,
of alleged frauds in the management of the Dock Estate. In regard
of lime atone, the commissioners state that gross frauds had ueen
practised upon the trustees of the docks, not only in regard of quan-
tity, but price. The report also referred to mismanagement under
the heads of law expenses, iron, &c., and a second report of the
auditors referred to the necessity of a radical change in the manage-
ment. The commissioners at the time received the cheques of the
Dock Trusteel, signed by Mr.'Molyneux, the Mayer.
Mr. Merewether—Of course they did.
Mr. Heron —But care was taken never to give them an opportunity
of reporting again, by the clause introduced into the !Alta next year.
I now propose to read a petition, presented to Parliament in 1833,
complaining of the management, and the revenue connected there-
with , of the Dock Estate.

Sir James Graham—lt appears that a very considerable body of the
merchants of Liverpool were or opinion that the Audit Commissioners
had rendered very considerable service by their exposuee of mis.
management; and you propose to dell with an act which annulled
the powers of these commissioners, and to show that the community
Were datanified by the 'charge. You are coming now to another
point—complaints made by the merchants of Liverpool stating that
in their opinion, the change of 1825 was injurious.
Mr. Heron—l propose to read a petition, presented to Parliament
in 1833, stating that the double power invested in the Dock Trost was
injurious, and that the interests of the municipal body and those of
the Dock Estate were adverse and incompatible.
Mr. Merewether—From whom d d the petition emanate?
Mr. Heron —From the shipowners, merchants, and traders of
Liverpool.

Mr:Merewether staled, that he had no objection to the reception of
the document, and it was accordingly read.
Mr. Heron then proceeded with his evidence in respect of the
Liverpool Dock Acts. It was mainly confined to a recapitulation of
the provisions and powers of the enactments of 1829 and 1841.
Sir James Graham referred to , the cases of the Sarah. Sands and the
Brazilian, as stated by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, and asked if, under
the clause of the Act of 18 11 , which empowered, the Dock Committee
to impose clodk dues if any portion of cargo were Shipped. or tend
shipped, Mr. Heron knew of any other case4n which a' strained inter-
pretation had been. given.
Mr. Heron thought these cases were vary strong; but he considered
that, under the clause, the simple, patting on board of a passenger's
portmanteati would create a liability to the daes.
Mr. Merewether —Then you interpret a passenger's portmanteau as
goods merchandise ?
sir James Graham—lt is plain a single bale of goods would mike
the whole ship liable.
Mr. Heron next passed to the act of 1843, authorising alterations in
the system of ascertaining tonnage rates.- A more important act, he
said, was passed in the following y e3r, 1844.
Sir James Graham—And this act, I take it, contains the first
expression limiting by name the boundaries of the corporation estate,
and it would be well to ascertain if counsel at both sides are agreed
as to the extent of the port of Liverpool.
Mr. Webster—We are not at all anxious to circumscribe the limits.
Mr. Merewether—Of course not. You who seek would have 011 that
we possess ; but Liverpool has yet to be heard against the pretensions
Of .Manchester.

Mr. Heron read the Dock Act of 1815, the Bth Vic., cap. 11, and, In
answer to Mr. Webster, stated that the erection of the Liverpool
landing-stage was a matter of complaint, inasmuch as it was paid f,r
by the Dock trust, and not by the town of Liverpool. Th.l provisions
of the 9 and 10 Vic„ referring to the construeti‘in of streets at Tox-
icth-park, &c, and to the power of borrowing for such purposes, and
the 11 Vic., cad. 10, authorising the erection of warehouses, and the
purchase of la,id for the purpose, were next laid before the committee
as evidence.

Sir James Graham begged, at this st ige, to draw the attention of
the gentlemen representing the corporation of Liverpool to the order
made by the House of Commons on the 7th July last ; that there be
laid before the house full returns from the town of Liverpool of the
earliest tariff of Town Dues, the present tariff of ditto, and the
charges and modifications therein from time to time, with all infor-
mations relating to the sale and purchase of land, the appropriation
of moneys, &c. [Sir James read the order at length.] That order,
continued the chairman, was made in July last, a long recess liati
taken plane, and no return had been made to the late Parliament.
rho order, by the rules of the house, had lapsed, and unless satisfied
to-morrow morning that the returns ware ready, he should move the
house to-morrow evening for a renewal of the order. It was most
important to the inquiry that they should be produced.
Mr. Hope Scott—And most important, too, to those who are dis-
puting our title at law.
Sir James Graham —The house wished it, an I the committee feel
the nec:ssity of them.
The committee then adjourned.

THE BIRKENHEAD GAS AND
WATER BILL,

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY.

The Select Committee resumed its sittings this morning at twelve
o'clock—Mr. Packe in the chair. Notwithstanding the attractions of
the Derby on Epsom Dewne, all the other members of the committee
were present.
Mr. Henry Beloe, examined by Mr. Jackson, said he was a public
accountant at Liverpool, and had been frequently in the habit of
inspecting the accounts of gas and water companies. In 1851, on the
appointment of a new treasurer, he was appointed to audit the
accounts of the Birkenhead Gas ant Water Company. An investiga-
tion of the books of the two years previous to 1851, showed that the
late treasurer was a defaulter to the extent of 42,600. Witness
examined the cash book from the year 1841, and found many trifling
discrepancies. The examination was of a most searching charac-
ter. flee capital account appeared to have been well kept
generally, but there was an error in the account for 1851. Was
well acquainted with the working of ga companies. Had for
several years audited the accounts of the Liverpool Gas Com-
panies, on behalf of the ratepayers' and from information
thus acquired he was enabled to state that one of the results of the
sale of new stock by auction had been to benefit the town of Liverpool
to the extent of 4100,000, by premiums derived from shares sold by
auction. By the berm benelitted, he meant that that amo iet was
actually used by the company in the extension of the works bearing
no interest. On, the Ist of January, 1857, the paid up capital of the
company amounted to £95,000, and the net earnings for the year
ending March 31, were £95,092.
Cross-examined bg Mr. Cidvert. Q.C.—Had attended meetings of
the company in an official capacity. Attended once on the 11th of
May, 1857, when Mr. Jackson made the following observations :
" I may state to the meeting that it is not imperative that we should
prosecute this bill this year—that is. the direct interest of Lie com-
pany would not need that we should push this bill forward this
session. We have 47,500 unexpended capital, and we have
all the land that I have shown you. We have made the
estimates as to what will be the outlay necessary daring the
next two years ; and I have no doubt whatever that we can
carry on our operations for two years to come. But what I feel is,
that I don't wish to put my property into the hands of any one man
to say what it is worth, and what I shill receive for it. Indeed, I
doubt whether Parliament would let the Commissi mers of Birkenhead
take it; but for myself, I ts, artily wish they mare."
Re-examined—At the same meeting, Mr Jackson also said :—" The
district may be without water, or nearly so, before we Can get more
land. We are doing everything we can, under the guidmee of one
of the most eminent t iydraulic engineers in the world, Mr. Hawkesley,
and we are not limiting ourselves to any expenditure, but are follow-
ing implicitly his instructions, I think the progress of the out town-
ships is as important to Birkenhead as Birkenheai itself ; and as
of water, it4is we.
have to go to the out townships to get our supply only'
fair that we should give them a supply as we bring our pipes thro.igh
them."
Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., was next examined by Mr. Hope Scott—He
said he had considerable property in Birkenhead, and had an interest
in the Birkonheal end Cisughton Gas and Water Company. His
Wili°ll time he was en-
interest In'Dirkenheacl commenced 111 1829, at

gaged in carrying on a mercantile concern .which traded with the
coast of Africa. At that time Birkenhead was a small place, and ets
pursuits were principally agricultural. In the year 1837 witness had
became one of the largest speculative landowners'in the district. In
that year Birkenhead was under the managenient of self-elected
commissioners, of whom witness was one. In 1838 thecommissioners,
from being self-elected, became elected by the ratepayers. Witness
repeatedly urged upon the commissioners the necessity of providing
Birkenhead with a good supply of gas and water; and, indeed, he
went so far as to offer to lend them money for the erection of gas
works. At that time (1837 and 1838) the town was very poor, and
almost struggling for existence. There was no difference of opinion
as to the necessity of supplying gas and water, bat the question was,
how the means of providing the supply were to be obtained.
Mr., Hope Scott here read the minutes of the various meetings of.
the commissioners respecting a gas supply from 1839 to 1840, and also
a copy of the tenders which were sept in to the commissioners in
April, 1840, for eepplying the 'public, lamps, &c., of Birkenhead with
gas for a period Of 75 years.
lExamination resumed—l was one of the persona who sent in a ten-
- der, and
tmy contract, dated 25th September, 1840, was accepted. By
that con fact I bound
myself to complete all necessary works and
apparatus on' or' before the Ist of February, 1841. I lighted the town
myself for 12 months, up to February,lB42. Alyindenture of sale to the
present company is dated the Ist of January, 1842. While under my
sole management, theenterpriee answered exceedingly well. In Aug.,
1842, I was a party to the premotion of a bill for supplying the town
with water. The supply of water was at that time very imperfect, and I
feared that my contract would be damaged, unless proper means were
taken for improving it. The act Which was subsequently passed for
. providing a water supply did not include the powers of my lease, and I
should, consequently, have been in collision with the company. , I
therefore made an arrangement with the company, by which I under-
took to convey to theca the benefit of all my existing works,.land, aed
material; at its proper commercial wane. At • that time the, company
was not numerous. I waemyself one of theprincipal meMbesrs of it.
For the benefit of the concession, the goodwill of the, undertaking,
and for the whole of -the works as they stood, I agreed t 3 take
£50,000; but in that £50,000 were included about ten acres of Lind;
• which L had purchased of Mr. Brassey and Mr-Locke, for £3,776.
A cansiderable portion of that land' is still unoccupied at the present
moment, and its value has increased fourfold. It woad at this moment
readily fetch more than double what I sold It for. In round numbers, I
received fur the works, material, and goodwill, £45,000. I estimated
the goodwill of the Undertaking to be worth twenty years' purchase,
at £5OO a-year. If there had been neither works nor consumers
when the sale was effected, I could have got for the advantages-
which my lease offered the sum which I haeis mentioned. I also 41-
cu'atee that,. when the works were completed, they would being
_the
in 42,000 a year, without requiring any additional outlay. Me esti-
mate was fully borne out by the result. In the year ending Septem-, -
ber, 1842, the receipts for gas amounted to £1,883, and for meters,
colre,find tar, to £170; 1843, £2,565 and £144; 1844, £3,803 and'
, £225; 1845, £4,341 and £274; and 1846, £5,708 and' £366. In
the latter year the profits were £3,284 18s. 7d. I chargedlhe com-
pany 16e years' 'purchase, at £2,00a, and there was also an addi--
tional sum charged for the amount actually expanded in constitute-
; time Probably I may have had Influence with some of the peraonsfo
whom ',sold my lease, but there was one gentleman, the late Mr.
I Mallaby, who would take every care of himself. But quite apart from
any consideration of the persons with whom I effected the sale, I am.-
. pedeetly pnapaped to defend the reasonableness of the arrangement:
If I had antiespate,d the progress which Birkenhead hes made of, late
:years, I should certainly never have dreamt of parting with the power which I' held In my hands. ' But I always looked upon the concern As-
a means to an end: I eultivated it as eoseas I could, in order that its
• miglitibe beneficial to the further development of the town of tirkenel
head. By my original, contratlgwa,swbitohinundateciertsaninppsipye3atlamer
titintheee whole of Birkenhead proper with as
In 1656 the receipts forges were £11,896, and for meters, &c„ £e23..
!The total expenditere for gas. up •to the present time has been-
R 79,813 is 101, and for water £33 813 e. 15s 8d:. What I sold. fee
£50,000 in 1843, appears to have been eendered capable of producing a
'grets revenue in 1856 of upsVards of €12,000 'by an outlay of £33,000..
The concern was sold by me at a time when only a small ontley was.
.required' to develope..large profits. Prom the increase - which has
taken place, and which is stie taking place in Birketlhead, r think
;the time has arrived for providiog the, district with a !urge and copi-
• ors, supply of kas.
Mr. Jackson waa then examined at some ledg,th relation' to the
!hill-now before parliamept: He sitated that the CoMmissieners of
Birkenhead had deposited a petition against it, and soon alter it had
been Vend a second dine in the House of. Commsns lie wrete to the
Chairman'of the Conimissioners, making certain propositions, with. a.
'view to an amicable arrangement. He proposed--Ist; That-the
revenue of the company, at a particular period to -be fixed tipon,
'should be ascertained and mutually agreed usion, as the basis of nego-
:dation ; 2nd, That bands, in a form to be agree,' upon, should be
issued by the township to such an amount as, if calculaied to yield
interest at 4 per cent., would produce for the proprietors in the coolie Pany a revenue equal to that ;camel at the time so: agreed upelli•
Which bands should be taken by the proprietors in the Gas and Water
Company in perpetuity; 3rd, That the bonds in question should be
secured on the works and plant when' transferred to the commis- *sioners, and, as a guarantee against any undue reduction in teeprice,
of gas or water, or of any mismanagement of the concern; the :colleen t
of the ratepayers Libelee be obtained to the imposition of a contingent
rate in aid, neete'exesed Is in the peund—such rate to be levied only
in the event of a deficiency in the receipts ; and 4th, That all excess
of revenue, after payment of interest and charges, should be applied
for the benefit of the ratepayers. Those propositions were rejected by'
the. ebimmis•ioners, who made counter proposals themselves. The,
present scheme included a variety of townships besides Birkenhead and Clanghton, welch were in urgent want of water. If those town.:
ships were to have water, this was the opportunity.
Cross-examined by Mr. Calvert—l own„32 old shsres in tho present
company, and I have an interest in upwards of 1,600 additional
shares.
Mr. Calvert asked what the nature of Mr. Jackson's interest was,
and whether he owned the shares to which he referred.
Mr. Monk said, that parliamentary committees had always exhibited
considerable delicacy in pushing inquiries of this nature, and an ex-
treme reluctance to invade the socresy of arrangements betwen per-
sons and their trustees, unless a distinct and clear necessity for such
an invasion was shown. •
Mr. Calvert—All that I want to know Is, the precise amount of
interest which Mr. Jackson has in these. 1,000 shares—whether he is
their owner, or only interested in them as a trustee ? It is of vital
importance to us, in opposing the bill, to know the exact interest which
he has in the company.
Mr. Jackson-1 possess an interest in 1,00) shares, which would.
enable me to influence votes to that amount.

•
Mr. Calvert would be perfectly satisfied if Mr. Jackson would say
that he had a moiety of interest in each of the shares to which he
referred.

Mr. Monk—By making the admission that he has influence to the
extent of Low) shares, Mr. Jackson has given my learned friend all, ,
the information that can be required.
Mr. Jackson—l can go a little further, and say that I can comr .
r and the votes upon 1,000 shares.
The committee decided that it was not, necessary to push.the
minatim on this point any further.
Cross-examination resumed-1 proposed, to work tho original Con.
tract, with money p,.ruy obtained from my brother John, and partly
from Mr. Mallaby, who was at that time clerk to the cow,
missioners. My own capital was locked up in a mercantile
firth, of which I was a partner. Mr. illallaby and my brother
were to have sh„aras in the concern, but I am not aware
whether Mr. Mallaby roads the arrangement known to the cow
missioners. I was the sole promoter of the bill of 1841, though.
other names appeared to it.- I paid the whole of the expense of the
bill, and considered it as mine. Mr. Gilbert Harrison's name appeared
as one of the originators of the company, though that gentleman
never-undertook to take any shares. It was necessary, in order to
comply with the rules of parliament, to insert certain names in the
bdl. The contract was really transferred to myself, my brother, Mr..„
John Somerville Jackson, and Mr. Mallaby, who formed the Sole •
company. Money passed between Mr, Mallaby and myself at m
own house in Birkenhead, but only as a matter of form. Up to 1848 there was no change .in the number of shareholders; in 1849 there
were five new shareholders; in 1853, three; and in 1851, one.
At, . the present moment there are 'thirty-one 'proprietors.
My shares and my. brother's are now pretty nearly the
Same as they were originally. New proprietors have come in in con-
sequence whose shares were sold by
public incurred, prior to the Ist Jan.,
heThdracthtuoaflM expense
ldnasielat
auction. o f
t
1842, in establishing gas works, was between £15,000 and
,X 20,000.
With that sum I bought the land, erected the works bought pipes,
got the lease into my possession, and in point of fact' established all
the works which I transferred to the company for £50,000.' I do not
think it extraordinary that the property should have increased so
much in value in so short a time. The riskin the valve of property
in Birkenhead has been enormous. I see a gentleman now present
who sold me forty acres of land for 4400 an acre, and In three months
I was realising twenty shillings per scpaarevard from that land. The
accounts of the company were not filed with,,the Clerk of the Peace
until 1816. The omission to file was a piece of great negligence. In
order to obtain votes at the election of commissioners rates were paid
by the company to the extent of 'l4O.
The examination of Mr. 'Jackson was not concluded, when the
Committee rose shortly after four o'clock.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(By British alai Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, WEDNESDAY.

An imperial decree abolishes the sequestration
pronounced by the Council of War, on the pro-
perties oflthose condemned, and restores them to
their former owners or thoir heirs. Those who
sought refuge abroad are to be allowed to return
freely if they so desire.

FRANCE.

The Paris Three per Cents. closed yesterday
Wednesday) at 69f. 55c.

Baron Marochetti is at present engaged in a colossa
monument to the Duke of Wellington, which will be raised
in St. Paul's if the design meets the approval of the
government. An imitative door of bronze is to be placed
between two of the inferior pilasters, and on the steps
leading to it will sit a gigantic figure of Victory, with
outspread wings, supposed to be the constant companion
of the hero even to the tomb. Above the door will stand
the equestrian statue, while on pedestals on each side of
the steps will be seated two figures symbolising civil and
military honour.

TIME BARGAINS ON TILE PARIS BOURSE.—The Court of
Once again called on to decide
whether°l2torwroi toinmeEry'
bargainsida at the Bourse are legal—the
eassati
question having been submitted to it, on appeal from a
judgment of an inferior court, in a case in which two per-
sons, named Pirrie and Lacaze, and an agent de change,
numed Delpech, were parties, and the sum in dispute
between them was 26,661 f. As it has done on numerous
occasions, the court gave judgment to the effect that time
bargains at the Bourse are illegal, when purchasers or
sellers at the moment of their bargains, have neither the
intention nor the means of receiving or delivering the
securities bargained for, and can consequently only liquidate
the transactions by the payment of differences. According
to the court, such transactions under whatever name
they may be disguised, constitute bona fide gambling, or
wagers on a rise or fall of public securities, and conse-
quently are included in articles 419, 451, and 422 of the
penal code.—Gdignani.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO.

The Philadelphia Screw Steam Company's
steamer Kangaroo arrived here last evening, with
one day's later news, and 272 passengers.
The news to hand is of an interesting description.

From Washington we learn that the new Gover-
nor of Kansas, Mr. Walker, had been talking the
matter over with the President, previous to his
departure for the territory.

Governor Walker's programme is to allow the
pro-slavery party to go on and frame their slave
state constitution ; to allow the free state party, at
the same time, to hold as many conventions and
pass as many indignation resolutions as they
please, and to throw all the proceedings of both
parties into the next Congress, with a splendid
manifesto in behalf of his new compromise. And
what is that ? The simple scheme of giving the
lion's share of Kansas, as now organised, to the
free state party for a free state, and of formin:,,
the boundaries for a new slave state by adding to
a small slice of Southern Kansas a large slice from
the splendid Indian country south of it ; the
slave state and the free state to come into the
Union together. By this arrangement it is sup-
posed that both the pro-slavery and free state

politicians, in getting the Congress men and other
spoils of a new state, will be satisfied, and that the
speculators in lands, town lots, white settlers and
niggers, will also be satisfied, and above all, that a
great treaty of peace will folloW between the North
and South.
We have Californian advices to the 20th April-
A bill providing for the payment of the state debt
bad passed the senate of California by:a vote of 22
to 2. A rumour had reached San Francisco from
Carson Valley, thatßrigham Young had been com-
pelled to fly from Salt Lake City, to save himself
from assassination. The difficulty arose from
matters relating to the administration of the church
property. A company had been organised in San
Francisco for the purpose of establishing a new line
of steamships between that port and New York. The
new company propose to convey passengers
through for 150 dols. in the cabin, and 50 dols. in
second cabin. The present rates of fare are
250 dols. for a first class passage, 200 dols. for
second cabin, and 150 dole. in the steerage. The
United States District Court at San Francisco had
decided the case between Garrison and Vanderbilt,
requiring the former to deliVer to the latter the
steamship Cortes, Pacific, Brother Jonathan, and
Uncle Sam, belonging to the Accessory Transit
Company.
From New Granada we have advices dated at
Panama and Aspinwall on 4th May. There was
nothing of local importance to report from the
Isthmus. Senor Arosemena, a New Granadian
senator, had- brought a measure into Congress
having for its object, as he alleged, the settlement
of the Isthmus troupes. He proposes the separa-
tion of the Isthmus jurisdiction from the authority
of • New Granada, and its creation into an
independent State ; to be placed under a
joint protectorate formed of the governments
of the United States, England, France, and

Sardinia. It was thought that the project
• would not be countenanced. A good deal
of popular alarm existed with respect
to an invasion from the United States, and many
ignorant people were leaving the seaboard towns
and..seeking the interior. Some British ships of
war were already at Carthagena, and the Mackin-
tosh claim difficulties were again discussed. The
British Minister was not very complimentary in his
comments on Senor Pombo's official statements. A
large portion of the native press heartily supported
an amicable settlement of the questions pending
between the governments of New Granada and the
Cabinet in, Washington.
Our advises from the South Pacific are dated at

Valparaiso on 31st March and at Callao on the 12th
April. In Chile the trial of the political prisoners
had not terminated, and a good deal of mystery was
observed by the officers with respect to their proba-
ble ultimate fate. Government was affording munifi-
cent aid to free schools, universities, medical col-
leges and railroads. A loan was about to be raised
by the Executive for the purpose of continuing the
Valparaiso and Santiago Railroad from Quillota
forward. The new Commissioner to Costa Rica had
not set out on his mission. The ten and five
dollars gold coins of Chile were to be taken at
their full value in Costa Rica. The mining in-
dustry of the country was progressing rapidly.
Flour was very dear. The Sardinian Charge
in Valparaiso, had died, as had Senor Trujillo, an
eminent revolutionist and honest public officer.
In Peru affairs were unchanged. Senor Galvez,
Peruvian Minister, had been received by the Costa
Rican government. The Legislative Convention
of Peru had voted a loan of ono hundred thousand
dollars to Costa Rica, in order to aid her in the war
against the filibusters. An electric telegraph line
between Callao and Lima, and thence to Pasco, was
to be put in operation. Bolivia was tranquil. Gen.
Cordova la? d granted a complete:political amnesty.
Fever raged at La Paz. A carriage road to Tacna
had been commenced, and would be carried to the
river limit boundary between the territories of
Bolivia and Peru.

From Havannah we learn that intelligence had
been received in that city of the retreat of Walker
from Nicaragua, and of his having taken refuge on
board a British man-of-war at San Juan del Sur.
A statement to the same effect has also reached us
by way of New Orleans. No particulars are given.
Neither the officers of the George Law nor the
Empire City, however, make any mention of this
important matter, and the Aspinwall and Panama
papers contain not a word in verification of the
report.
A Panama correspondent mentions a rumour to
the effect that American filibusters had taken pos.
session of the port of Guaymas, in Sonora. We
have advices from the City of Mexico to the 25th
ult., and Vera Cruz to the Ist inst. The French
journalists in Mexico are much excited with
regard to these reports, It was reported that the
Archbishop of Mexico has succumbed to the
civil government, and would support the
new constitution, notwithstanding a deter-
mined resistance on the part of many of
the inferior clergy. The elevation of Bishop Labis-
tida—who was exiled last year for his rebellious
course—to the post of Cardinal by the Pope, had
excited the younger clergymen to an imitation of his
action. General Comonfort would, it was said, be
tendered a voluntary loan by the church. The
Forsyth treaty rejection question was much
canvassed, and it was thought that new
and satisfactory negotiations would ulti-
mately end in the perfection of a beneficial
artical between the United States and Mexico.
The so called lobby friends of Mexico in
Washington are openly repudiated by an influen-
tial portion of the press of the metrepolis. A more
frequent communication by steam with Havana
was advocated, and the Union, a new steamship,
sailed from Vera Cruz for Cuba, on the 30th of
April. The minor clery of Mexico have refused
to officiate gratuitiously for paupers, in obedience

to a government decree, and many of them had
resigned their charges in consequence.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NSW YORK, May 14.

There has been less eagerness in the street demand for money, but
at the banks and note brokers there is no change. Foreign exchange
closed very firmly.

AsnEs.—The market was quiet, with small sales of pots at Iles
Pearls were nominal.

BRICADSTUFFS--Flour.—The market was dull, and closed at a
decline of about 6c to 10c per barrel. Common to good state, 6 dots
60c to 6 dots 70c ; Common to good Michigan, 6 do's 600 to 6 dols 70c ;
Extra State, 6 dots 853 to 7 dots; Extra Ohio, 7 dots 20c tip 8 dols.
Common to good Ohio, 6 dots hoc to 6 dots 703 ; Southern mixed to
good brands, 7 dols 50c to 7 dots 60c ; Southern fancy and extra,
7 dols 50c to 8 dots 90c; Canadian superfine and extra, 6 dots 50c to
8 dols 50c. Canadian was heavy. Southern flour was less buoyant.
Wheat.—The market was firm; with sales of white Genesee at 1 dot
99c, and prime red Illinois, to arrive by canal and to stop at Troy, at
1 dot 65c. The market closed with a fair demand, especially for the
better quotations. Corn.—The sales were moderate, including
Western mixed, in store and delivered, at 85c to 86c. Oats were
steady.

COTTON.—The sales embraced about 800 to 1,000 bales, based upon
middling Uplands, at 13.1.3. to 13ic.
FREIGHTS.—Rates were heavy; and engagements were moderate.
To Liverpool about 300 bales of Sea Island at id, and 1,200 barrels
of rosin at 6d; grain, flour, and dead weight were nominal. To
London, 200 tierces beef at 3s, and 40 hhds tobacco at 15s.

PROVISIONS. —Pork.—The market was firmer, with sales of mess at
23 dole 50c to 23 dole 75c, and prime at 190do1s 30a to 19 dole 40e.
Beef was firm; country prime at 11 dots 50c, and country mess at 14
dols to 11 dols 50a, with silos of ab >lit 150 barrels. Repacked
Western was in fair request, with li4ht sales at 15 do's 50a to 16 dols
50e. Beef hams were quiet at 23 dole 50e to 24 dole. Bacon was
firm at llic to 123 c. Cnt meats were firm at 9c to 94e for shoulders,
and at loic to 11c for hams. Lori was steady.
SUGARi.—The sales embraced about 600 to 700 hhds Cuba musco-
vado, a': 10c to 101 c, and 250 d,. in bond, for export, part at 9ic to
93c, and the remainder at private terms. After the news from
Havannab was received by the Empire City, holders 'gen rally with-
drew from the marke', while some asked is per lb advance.

A shark, twenty feet in length, was captured a week or
two ago, in the German Ocean.—life Herald.
The Exeter Gazette says—" From all the fruit growing
districts of this county we have the most encouraging
reports of the state of the apple and pear blossom.
It is estimated that the Londhill Colliery explosion will
entail an expense of from £12,000 to £16,000 on the pro-
prietors, apart from the loss of interest on capital.
LORD OXFORD AND THE NEWSFAPERS.—Lord Oxford has
written to the Morning Post stating that the paragraph
recently circulated is a repitilion of a hoax played some
thirty years back.
THE VACANCY AT LEEDS.—Mr. Cobden has been men-
tioned to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr.
Hall. Mr. Becket, who formerly represented Leeds, will
be invited to comp forward.

Stanfield Hall, the residence of the late Isaac Jeimy,
El., which has been unoccupied since 1848, has lately
become inhabiten by Captain George Cholmondeley and
his family, who have taken the hall and grounds for a term
of years.

THE QUEZN'S BIRTHDAY.—Last night (Tuesday), grand
banquets were given by the principal ministers and officers
of state, and the leading thoroughfares of the west end
presented an unusual display of stars and crowns, and were
crowded with loyal spectators.
We lately mentioned an attempt at suicide made at
Brussels by an actress, Mdlle. Anna F-----, just atter
her return from a visit to Germany. It appears that
her life is not in any danger, as the ball of the pistol
after striking against one of the ribs merely lodged in
the flesh.

The merchant steam freight ship Cleopatra has been
taken up for the conveyance of a part of the 23rd Fusiliers
to China. The Mauritius steam freight ship has been
taken up to convey a portion of the 93rd Highlanders, and
the remainder of the regiment go out in tier Majesty's
ship Belliesle, 72.
In the course of the debate in the Spanish senate on the
20th, some strange expressions were made us' of, thus
the Marquis de Mirafiores declared that the principle or
national sovreignty was a "nauseous" one, and M. tuzu-
riaga spoke of the necessity of causing the throne to be
supported on_coustitututional shoulders. .

THE RED RIVER,—It is no longer a secret that one
hundred and twenty men of the Royal Canadian Rifles
have been ordered to tho Red River, but the object of
their journey has not transpired. The detachment is to
be commanded by Major Seaton, and is to be accompanied
by an engineer officer and a clerk of works.—Toronto Globe
of May 6.
YACUTING.—The Earl of Yarborougb's magnificently
fitted up yacht has been totally wrecked. The earl, accom-
panied by the Hon. W. Monson, and other friends, was
cruising in the North Sea on the night of the 24th when
the vessel drifted by the tide on a sandbank, fourteen miles
off the Norfolk coast, and rolled over. The noble owner
and his friends, with the crew, took to the boats, and the
water being smooth they safely reached the coast guard
station.

DEATH OF Ma. D. DAynts' M.P.—We regret to an-
nounce the death of D. A. S. Davies. Esq , M.P. for
Carmarthenshire, which event took place suddenly, at the
University Club, on the evening of Friday last. Mr.
Davies, who was a barrister-at-law, and for many years
chairman of the Cardiganshire Quarter Sessions, was first
returned for Carmarthenshire in 1842. In politics he was a
Conservative, and he voted against the Government on the
subject of the Chinese war. Mr. Davies was in his 66;h-
-year,

The Bonner Zeitung states very decidedly that the
Prince of Wales will spend the months of July and August
at Koningswinter, and that the Hotel de l'Europe has been
taken for him and his suite, which, together with the
servants, amounts to twenty-seven persons. The rent to
be paid for these two months is said to be .El,BOl. The
same journal informs us that the Princess Royal will also
pass a month or two on the Rhine, and that the spot
chosen for her royal highness's temporary residence is
Remavn, a little way farther up the Rhine, above Bonn.
BOILED AND FRIED.—The Toronto Globe states that great
excitement prevails among the lumbermen of the Ottowa,
in consequence of a minifesto against the wasteful practice
of frying pork, which the employers who provision their
labourers have issued. The employers say : "We desire to
furnish to these in our employ an abundance of good food
suitable for their nourishment and maintenance in good
health and strength, but being convined that fried pork
administers no more to these ends than boiled pork, and
in view of the great loss sustained by the practice of
frying it, and the unusually high price of this article at
the present time, do most emphatically protest against a
further continuance of the practice, and have instructed
our foremen that it be wholly abolished."
It is now stated that, notwithstanding the efforts of the
principal creditors of M. Charles Thureeyssen to ascertain
the limit of his defalcations, no positive conclusion has yet
been arrived at, but that the amount is not likely to be
less than £600,000. It is mentioned in letters from Paris,
that when M. Thurneyssen left, on the 21st, he took refuge
with some relatives in Germany, instead of proceeding
directly to New York. Probably, however, a variety of
statements have been circulated on this point to bafll3
pursuit. One communication from a leading capitalist
asserts that the Credit Blobilier is understood to have
found itself compromised to the extent of £75,000, apart
from personal losses sustained by several of its adminis-
trators. The principal foreign losers are at Amsterdam and
Antwerp.
The Charivari has discovered what it considers a useful
employment of the little balloons with which children have
been amusing themselves of late. A gentleman and lady
are represented walking out in the country during the hot
season. The former takes off his coat and hat, and fixes
them on the balloon, which he them allows to ascend some
distance above his head, where it remains stationary, being
held by the string, and forms a protection against the rays
of the sun. The lady does the same with her shawl and
bonnet, and so avoids the necessity of carrying a sun shade.
The same journal has a caricature, representing a bathing
establishment by the sea-shore. A gentleman comes up,
and finding an immense crinoline standing erect, exclaims,
" Ah! here is a tent, but how the deuce am I to get into
it ?" and, at the same moment, the proprietress of the
article cries out in great alarm from where she is bathing,
"Monsieur, laissez mon jupon tranquille, je voes prie."
MONSTER Dann —Amongst other appliances whtch have
been sought to augment the musical effects at the approach-
ing Handel festival is a monster drum, the largest of its
kind, as we are informed, that has been constructed. The
committee having heard that a skin fit for a drum-head, of
unparalleled size, was in the possession of Mr. Distin, the
musical instrument maker, at once commissioned its con-
struction, more as an , experiment than with any certain
conviction of its utility in the orchestra. The result ex-
ceeds their most sanguine expectations. The tone is full
and resounding, and more resembles that of a deep bour-
don organ pipe, both in quality and continuance, than that
generally obtained from an instrument of percussion. The
vibration continues after the drum has been struck for
nearly a minute, and for a longer period its pulsations
distinctly preceptible at a short distance The diameter is
between six and seven feet, the frame is said to contain
300 pieces of mahogany, adrotily joined in a manner best
adapted to secure strengthand freedom from warping. The
instrument is as much under tuning control as a smaller
drum. It more resembles a tambourine in its external
form than an ordinary drum, having but one head, this
form being said to'allow greater freedom of vibration.
The maker is Mr. Distill, of Cranbourne-street. The
great organ by Messrs. Gray and Davison is nearly com-
plete. Some portions of it will be played between the
parts of next Friday's opera concert.