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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

We are in receipt of later news from Indite The
telegraphic despatches which we publish this morn-
ing at the first blush appear rather more favourable
than our previous acivices. It is to be hoped that
the telegraphic despatch with the news from
Calcutta will be more complete than the summary
of intelligence from Bombay. The date from
Bombay is seventeen days later, but the news from
Delhi is only fourteen days later. The Bombay
mail of July 30 brought news from Delhi to July
14, an interval of sixteen days ; but the present
mail, according to the telegraphic despatch, has
news only to the 26. h August, a period of twenty-
two days prior to the despatch of the mail from
Bombay. General He.velack's successful attack
on the rebels on the 16 h August was already
known. The allusion to Lucknow is vague, and
no date is given. The news from Calcutta
is eleven day later, but nothing is said
of the arrival of reinforcements. The
strength of General Outram's force, which is said
to have arrived at Allahsbad on September Ist, is
not stated- So far as the Bombay despatch goes,
it is to be inferred that General Havelock had
remained inactive from the 16th of August, but no
later dote from Cawnpore is quoted, although the
telegraphic despatch by the last Calcutta mail,
which arrived September 29th, brought news to
August 16, and the despatch received at the Foreign
Office yesterday, might be expected to have com-
municated later news from Cawnpore, Lucicnow,
and Delhi also. The fact that several additional
regiments had mutinied, is ralher discouraging;
but, so far, the new rebels had not succeeded in
doing much mischie- It is now seen that the
Bengal army system is a complete failure, and we
hope that the civil and military trust hitherto in
the hinds of the natives, and who have so grossly
abused that trust, will be taken from them. A
sweeping revolution in the inferior branches of the
civil service in India; all posts must be filled by
Europeans, and a large infusion of Anglo-Saxon
soldiers and civilians, is imperatively demanded.
Lord Elgin had left Calcutta for Hong
Kong, and the Persians have evacuated Herat.
A statement has just been published, from which
it appears that in Bengal, about the time of the
mutiny, there were 21,068 Queen's troops ; in
Madras, 1,312 ; and in Bombay, 4,239 ; besides the
16,333 European troops in the service of the East
India Company. Since May there have been sent
to Bengal 19,991 troops of all arms; to madras,
2,213 troops ; and to Bombay, 4,615. This estimate
includes the troops ordered for service in China
and at the MAuritius as "in India but not the
six regiments expected from the Cape as en route.
These may be estimated at about 4,000 men.
Members of the House of Commons are at present
making a great deal of the state of affairs in India.
Within the past day or two several addresses have
been delivered by them. The tone of these
speeches, while firm as respects determination to
support the Government in
.putting down the
revolt in India and restoring order, is equally
emphatic against tae cry of vengeance, or the
infliction of indiscriminate punishment. We
gather from them that ministers will certainly be
called to account when Parliament meets for their
blindness and indifference to the many signs ol
the coming storm which heralded the Bengal out-
break. Mr. Baxter, who spoke at Arbroath, and
who is a general supporter of ministers, put the
case very strongly against them.
The Overseers of the Parish of Liverp.ool seem
to be in earnest in their crusade against the
existence of places of resort for courterans. They
having succeeded in their prosecution against Mr
Domviile, and compelled that gentleman to shut
the notorious den in Lime-street, recently known
' as the " Hop," have taken it upon themselves to
enter a prosecution against Mr. Stott, the proprie-
tor of the rooms in Great Charlotte-street, called
the " Parthenon." On Saturday, application was
made to Mr. Mansfield for a warrant for the
apprehension of Mr. Stott, under the provisiona cf
several acts of Parliament. The warrant would
no doubt haVe been granted, but Mr. Nyberg
found a flaw in the proceedings, as the summons
served upon the Head Constable for the suppres-
sion of the rooms, ought to have been served upon
the Parish Constable. It appears there is really
such a person in Liverpool. He was appointed
about forty years ago, and his whole public duty
during that period, has been putting his signature
to one document. Mr. Mansfield said that it would
be advisable to serve a summons on that well-
tried public official in addition to the head con-
stable. The warrant was not then granted. It
would appear from this that the whole proceed-
ings in the case of the Hop" was illegal.
However, that place is closed up, and, we have
no doubt, will remain so. In London, the parish
authorities of St. James's, Westminster, have sue--
ceeded in their opposition to the renewal of the
license for music and dancing for the Argyle-rooms,
Windmill-street, Haymarket. The place was
solely resorted to by " gay women," who went there
to pursue their trade, and the place was a complete
nuisance to the neighbourhood. The opposition to
the renewal of the license for music and dancing
for Cremorne Gardens, London, has failed—the
magistrates, by a large majority, overruling the
objections.
We supply ott• readers with the details of appa-
rently one of the most horrible transactions that it
has ever been the duty of any newspaper to report
It was brought to light, on Friday, in the meet
extraordinary manner, the mutilated reine:ns of tl-e
unfortunate victim of the traee'lS' being diseove,red
on one of the buttresses of `Waterloo-bridge, Lon
don, and deposited in a carpet beg. 'I he head, the
hands. and the feet were absent. They lied, pro_
bably, been thrown iWo the liver at another point.
The circumstances of the murder may he similae
to those which are associated with the infamous
name of Greenacre. Meanwhile, the material fer
the detection of guilt is not wanting. The woman
who ca-ried the carpet leag throntl-1 the turnstile is
remembered by the toll keeper, the carpet bag
itself may he traced to its maker; while the mi-
nuteness with which the apparel of the murdered
re an is described, may possilily lead to his recog-
nition. " So far as the facts point," says the Ob
ofner, "it is probable that the -murdered
man was cut off in the midst of sin, the most nee-
Boilable deduction being that his life was taken in
some of those low brothels which are a disgrace to
the neighbourhood of the Strand and Covent-

garden. The position of the cuts in the garments
which it is presumed were worn by him, as they
were found along with the fragments of the body,
corresponding with a deep incision in that part of
the breast which more directly covers the heart,
and in so far justifies the supposition of murder.
But, while the shirts and waistcoat are pierced, the
coat and outside wrapper are intact, a fact which
leads to the conclusion that they were not worn by
him at the moment he met his death. Then the
Incision in the breast, which would appear to be
of itself sufficient to produce death is on the left
side, a position which suggests the idea that he was
lying on his left side when the wound was inflicted.
These, coupled with the additional fact—which
does not seem to admit of dispute—that the heavy
carpet bag containing the mangled remains was
conveyed to the centre of Waterloo Bridge by a
woman past the middle period of life, point to the
inference that the man, whoever he may be, was
probably murdered in a house of ill fame, and
that the scene of the murder was not a great dis-
tance from the spot where the fragments of the
body were discovered. There is a rumour, how-
ever, that that the whole affair is a hoax. There
are stabs on the body with which there are cor-
responding holes in the clothes, but there are also
other stabs on the body with which there are no
corresponding holes in the clothes, and this par-
ticula) ly applies to wounds on the lower part of the
abdomen—a personal inspection of the mutilated
body, leads to the belief that the body has been cut
up by no unprofessional hand, and that it may be,
after all, the w irk of some medical students.
The man Davis, who cut his wife's thraot in
London, on Tuesday night, has had a verdict of
guilty of murder returned against him, by a coro-
ner's jury. Aia a n has been-apprehandel on the
charge of murdering a boy, at Nottingham.
There is a variety of interesting news from the
Continent this morning. The King of Prussia is
alarmingly ill. Napoleon 111 has closed his mili-
tary recreations at Chalons with a distribution of
medals, and with a proclamation which mingles
warlike doctrines and peaceful sentiments. Eng-
land, France, and Russia, are, it appears, prepared
to combine against the Celestial Empire. The
Russian Admiral Putiatine is to go to Shanghai,
and to write to the Chinese Emperor a threatening
letter. Baron Gros and Lord Elgin will likewise
enter into negotiations with the Court of Pekin,
and if these should fail, the English and French
forces will bombard Canton, and even endeavour
to penetrate further into the interior of the country.
According to a statement in the lndependance of
Brussels, the Sovereigns of Austria and Russia
decided, in their interview at Weimar, that a treaty
of commerce between their States shall be con-
cluded on the same basis as that between Franco
and Russia. From other sources in which we
place greater reliance, we hear that the short
conference of the Emperors at Weimar has by
no means contributed to lessening the dis-
tance which for some years has existed be-
tween the Courts of Vienna and St. Peters'
burgh. Count Buol, who was so suddenly taken
ill before the journey of Francis Joseph, is
now inclined to recover as suddenly. The news
from Italy continues to be gloomy. The Sardinian
Government is greatly exposed to be seduced by
tear into imitating the reactionary measures of the
other Italian courts. It has ordered wholesale
expulsion of the refugees, who till now had found
shelter under the hospitality and independence of
I'iedmontese

The only intelligence of interest by the Persia
arrived here on Saturday is that relative to the
movements in the Monetary Circles of the United
States. The Presidents of the New York Banks
had held a meeting, and come to the determin-
ation that an additional line of accommodation to
the extent of three million of dollars should at once
be arranged for. This had had a very beneficial
effect upon commercial affairs. Money, how-
ever, was exceedingly difficult to procure
and the American journals state that 60 per cent.
per annum is not unfrequently paid. There is
nothing new respecting the loss of the Central
America. Upwards of 15,000 dollars had been
collected for the relief of the survivors of the
wreck—about 160 in all. At Havannah the slave
trade is as rife as ever it was, and the authorities
of the island seem to connive at the introdue.ion
of Africans. At St. Domingo the war was nearly
ended.

THE question of Reform is beginning to assume
distinct and important proportions. Statesmen
of all classes deem it their duty to propound
various schemes, so that hardly a day passes
without Lord PALmErtsTorr and his colleagues
being reminded of their duty, and what the
nation expects of them as a Government. There
is not any excuse for delay. Indeed, we have
the declaration of Lord JOHN RUSSELL that the
time has come for taking up the question,
and Lord PALMERSTON has pledged himself to
bring forward a measure for improving and
extending the representation of the people. In
all quarters of the country anxiety is evinced
as to the nature and tendency of the expected
measure. The Premier has to watch the move-
ment of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, for there cannot be
a doubt that, should there be any hesitation on
the part of the Ministry, the noble lord the
Member for London would eagerly snatch the
opportunity, and make political capital out of the
affair. lie is most anxious to regain his position
in public estimation, and jealous should he be
compelled to lower his standard of 1832, and play
second fiddle to the Premier. There is also
much pressure on the Government by the inde-
pendent members of the House, and the Man-
chester politicians have started a project for the
purpose of stimulating the cause of Reform.
Among the latest and most important state-
ments on the subject is that Mr. BAXTER, the
Member for the Montrose Burghs. From this
gentleman's speech it is quite clear that no plan
of Parliamentary representation will be accepted
unless there be a re-distribution of the constituen-
cies, and a complete extirpation of rotten boroughs.
It is most unjust that populous places, such as
Birkenhead, should not have a representative in
Parliament, while towns like Ripon send two
representatives. No system of representation
can be good which does not make population a
main basis. We hope, therefore, that whoever
may draw the new Reform Bill, this important
consideration will not be overlooked.

All classes of the community have a right to
be represented. The tax-payer is interested in
the proper expenditure of the revenues of the
country, and we have no doubt that a 5/. fran-
chise would make a more intelligent and inde-
pendent constituency than we have at present.
With reduced franchise, and improved education
among the people, the constituencies throughout
the country would take good care not to send
any man to Parliament who would not act for
the advantage of the entire community. To
secure purity of election, and to prevent bribery
and intimidation, the new Reform Bill must
adopt the ballot. Unfortunately for many a

constituency, the landlord influence is exercised
to the-disadvantage of the humble voter. Dur-
ing the last general election, innumerable cases
of the kind occurred. Such undue tampering
with the rights and privileges of the voter should
not be tolerated in a free country like Great
Britain. They who would do so will, no doubt,
try their hand at opposing any measure which
may be put forward, but we have no fear that
their opposition will have any other effect than
uniting the Reformers together, and thereby
gaining a complete and beneficial victory. Hints
are being thrown out to the.effect that the Minis-
try will try to postpone the subject, on the plea
that the mutiny in India will be a question
requiring a more full and immediate examination
and consideration than that of the representation
The Government could not commit a greater
error than attempt anything of the kind. Before
we settle the Indian question, we should have a
new and a reformed Parliament. The country
should most undoubtedly pronounce its opinion
upon the manner we have governed the millions
of Hindostan. When the cause of the mutiny
comes to be thoroughly probed, we shall see that
the conduct of the East India Company has been
perfectly reprehensible, and such as to goad on
the brutal and murderous Sepoys. The cost of
subduing them will be a heavy item, so that the
public at large should pronounce its verdict, and
by their votes dictate our future policy in
India.

THE Pike is, at last, in a state of articulo
mortis—it has reached the last stage of collapse,
and its most ardent supporters have given it up
in despair. At the meeting of the Water Com-
mittee, on Saturday last, there was a very
meagre attendance of members.—only one-third
of the Committee being present—namely, Messrs.
EARLE, BENNETT, FARNWORTII, WOODRUFF, and
_LIVINGSTON ; the Chairman, and others of the
more influential members, not thinking it worth
while to attend, although matters of considerable
importance had to be taken into consideration —a
significant fact, and one of itself sufficient to
indicate the state of feeling on the subject on the
part of the Committee. The Pike advocates or
apologists are, at last, hearti'y sick and disgusted
with the whole affair, and shrink from all further
attempts a:, bolstering it up as utterly hopeless.
The Ratepayers will rejoice to learn that a
resolution was confirmed, directing that as much
of the well water should -be raised as was practi-
cable; and that for the present, at least, no more
of the bog-wash should be supplied than what
was absolutely necessary to make up any defi-
ciency. This is, certainly, a large stride in the
right direction, and, so far we are grateful to the
Committee for the boon. We only regret that
the resolution did not go one step further, and
direct that the Rivington water should at once be
be applied to all such purposes as it was suited
for. This done, the well supply would be ample
for the domestic requirements of the inhnh;tanta.
But the Water Committee are not engineers, and,
unfortunately, with one or two exceptions, the
members are unacquainted with the practical
part of the subject, and hence they are entirely
in the hands of their own servants, some of whom
may have crochets of their own, which they
desire to carry out, without proper regard to the
public welfare. But for this, there can be little
doubt that the Committee would, long ere now,
have complied with the wishes of the inhabitants,
and restored their well water in its integrity and
entirety, and not by instalments.

Some of the Committee still cling to the hope
—the vain hope—that some process of filtration
may yet be discovered which may render the Pike
water less objectionable for domestic purposes
than it is at present. This hope is carefully fos-
tered by parties who have clearly private advan-
tages to attain by the prosecution of experiments
in reference to the purification of the Pike water,
hence the resolution of the Committee, directing
their Engineer to proceed with certain additional
experiments, in order to test the practicability of
discolouring the water by passing it through
animal or vegetable charcoal. The water thus
treated is (if the colouring matter be removed) to
be submitted to two eminent chemists—we believe
Professors CLARKE and BRANDT-for analysis.
We do not object to such experiments on account
of the cost, but we do protest against their in any
way diverting the attention of th 3 Council or the
public from the main question, namely, the resto-
ration of the well water, unmixed without any
portion :f the Anglezark bog-wash whatever.
Assuming it were to be possible, by an enor-
mous outlay, to improve the colour• of the Pike
water, which we very much doubt, it would still
be vapid bog-water notwithstanding, and as
such no substitute for our brisk spark-
ling spring supply. We attach no
importance whatever to the plan pro •
posed by the Engineer to construct filter beds on
the tops of the various reservoirs. We recognise
in such a project only another job, and a further
needless waste of time and money. As it is,
however, highly desirable that the Rivington
water should be made as extensively available as
it is possible to make it, for such purposes as
it is really well suited, then we say let the expe •
r•iments have regard to this object solely. At
present the Pike water is so foul as to be totally
unsuited for the supply of the public Baths, even
when diluted with half its volume of well
water.

Now, as these establishments consume a very
large quantity of water, we would recommend
that at the very outset the experiments should
be confined to attempts to render the water so

pure in colour at least as to be applicable for
their use. If this can be done it will be a great
point gained, and a conclusive proof that more
may be accomplished. If, on the other hand,
it is shown that there are no commensurate good
results from the supposed plan of filtration, then
let them forthwith be abandoned. It would be
an easy matter to put this plan to the test, parti-
cularly at the Cornwallis-street establishment.
It would entail no very formidable outlay. Let
filtering tanks be constructed Sufficiently capa-
cious to filter the supply necessary for these
baths, only let these tanks be charged with the
various filtering materials which have been
suggested, and let the effect of these be fairly
tested on the unmixed Rivington water. There
is no practical difficulty whatever in carrying
out this plan. There is ample space in the yard
in Duke-street for the construction of the tanks,
which way be elevated to any necessary height,
and made of any requisite capacity. The idea
is pne worthy of consideration, and the cost
ought to be •no hindrance to a fair trial
of it.

A concise and very satisfactory report was
presented to the Committee from the Town Clerk,
who gives it as his opinion that there are no
legal inii;,liii-usnts la the way of the Council
supplying the well water for dietetic purposes,
and the Rivington water for sanatory and such
other general purposes as it may be adapted for.
It is most satisfactory to find that the Town
Clerk expresses his views with so much frankness,
under existing circumstances, seeing that throng-
out we could not help recognising in him a
strong feeling in favour of the Pike—a feeling
no doubt prompted on his part, like that of
others, by an honest conviction that the scheme
would prove, when completed, what its pro-
moters had represented it, and not what it has
turned out to be. However, the time has now
come when the past must be ignored, and when
all, in whatever capacity they may move, who are
really actuated by a desire to promote the peace
and welfare of the town, must sink their differ-
ences, and unite to make the best they can
out of past disasters.
The Pike scheme has wrought its own con-
demnation, and it would now only be a waste of
words to say anything further against it. Nor
is it at all desirable even to insinuate reproaches
against those who were its most honest and
zealous advocates, for none have ever dared to
impugn the sincerity or purity of their motives;
and it is, assuredly, matter more for regret than
triumph, that their fondly cherished anticipa-
tions have been doomed to such bitter disappoint-
ment. The public look forward with much
interest to the meeting of the Council on Wed-
nesday next, and we trust the various members
will be at their posts, resolved honestly and
fearlessly to perform their duties to the town on
this one great quesion.

The Water Committee must now find them-
selves in a most painful position. and it is the
duty of the Council to relieve them from it at
once. The Committee are in no way responsible
(or the Pike disaster. They were merely ap-
pointed to carry out the views of a majority of
the Council, which they have done to the best of
their ability, and with the most perfect single-
ness of purpose ; for the total failure of the
scheme they are in no way responsible. Of
their honesty, zeal, and devotion to the discharge
of their duties, there cannot be two opinions.
They fulfilled the mission entrusted to them,
and they will best consult their own dignity, and
the future good of the town, by confiding to
other hands the carrying out of a system of water
supply diametrically opposed to that which fell
to their ministration.

The Economist observes that the most important cause
of monetary disturbance at the present moment is the
condition of things iu the United States. It is estimated
that in this country American railway and cther similar
securities are held to an amount of between eighty and one
hundred millions sterling. "No doubt these are held
chiefly as investments, and beymd the gloom and anxiety
which the state of those securities are now in, they well
not, probably, create much effect upon our market here ;
and as it is probable that the greater portion will revive
after the present panic, there may not be much ultimate
loss occasioned by them. But it is certain that those who
in this eountry are connected with the trade of the Unite I
States, will be induced to dispose of securities which they
hold in this market, in order to sustain the demand upon
them from the other side of the Atlantic, and which will
be less or more permanent according as that crisis continues
for a shorter or longer period. It is imposs:ble to look at
these three causes of demand upon our financial resources
without feeling that, independent of any temporary causes
which may affect the Bulk returns, and which may counsel
a further rise in the rate of Bank discount, there are
sufficiently grave considerations of a more permanent
character, to induce us to apprehend a farther pressure in
our money market."

The Press betrays considerable annoyance at the late
speech of Major .Beresford at Ileadinghara. It regrets
much to fled that Mr. Beresford has ' joined that clique
which, professing to prefer their country to their party,
prove at once that they are ignorant of the tree interests
of their country, and entirely misconceive the character
of their party. We confess that we are surprised,
and as grieved as surprised, to learn that Mr.
Beresford considers that in order to be a true patriot, he
must cease to be a faithful conservative. No leader of that
great connexion, nor even its humblest member, has
ever given occasion to its opponents to impute to it that
unscrupulous partisanship which is willing to realise
"political capital' out of the sufferings and disasters of
their country. We recommend Mr. Beresford to read
again the sentiments of those eminent men upon whose
sagacity and integrity the conservatives of the kingdcm
repose with loyal confidence; and we are sure that the
regret he will feel at the injustice which he has done to
them, will in no way be compensated by the approbation
of the ministry or the adulation of their journals."
The Saturday Review continues to urge the permanent
and general establishment of volunteer corps. " There
would be no d.fficulty," our cotemporary thinks, " and no
very embarrassing expense, in keeping such a force em-
bodied for a month in the year, either continuously or
from time to time, as the convenience of the members of
the corps and the nature of their occupations might re-

quire. In many regiments a whole month's continuous
embodiment would probably be very easy. A large pro-
portion, indeed, of the more affluent classes of society
would greatly enjoy such a variation on the established
autumnal holiday, and a few weeks' encampment at Alder-
shott or on Dartmoor would quicken the circulation and
toughen the muscles not much less effectually than a Swiss
or Scotch tour. The habits of that section of
the community from which such a force would be recruited
are anything but effeminate. Indeed, we doubt whether
they are not to the full as hardy as those of soldiers in
barracks. Country gentlemen, the better kind of tenant
farmers, and a very large proportion of the younger mem-
bers of the mercantile and professional classes, would be
only too glad to join in such a scheme ; and they would,
we do not at all doubt, form a force which, though it might
not come up to the full standard of military criticism,
would oppose a very formidable obstacle to any invader,
and on an emergency set the whole of the regular army at
liberty for foreign operations."
The United Service Gazette says : "Fifteen years ago,
the Affghans massacred, in the depth of winter, some
13,000 British soldiers, sepoys, and camp followers. An
army of retribution was immediately formed, and meeting
were held all over the country, to raise subscriptions for
the prisoners and families of the victims. The excellent
Bishop of Calcutta, Dr. Wilson, either presided at the
principal meetir g, or attended to support a resolution.
What was the exclamation when the cruelties of the
Affghans had been vividly portrayed The troops are
assembling to take vengeance on these Affghans—only
let us get at 'em V Here was a simple question of ven-
geance ; there was nothing to fear from sparing an
Affghan as there is from showing mercy to a Sepoy, yet
the pious bishop —one of the most amiable of prelates—
could not restrain the expreosion of his hope of inflicting
retributive punishment, Only let us get at ' em!' —We
should like to Ees that passage inscribed on every banner
until the whole of the offending native army of Bengal
has fallen beneath the fire and steel of the English
soldier."

The Loader has heard of the departure for India of
twenty-nine ladies, in one packet, and observes :—" The
more women go out, the more soldiers must follow to
protect them ; so serious is the inconvenience, that it is
by no means an arbitrary act to issue a positive order against
the embarkation of woman for India during disturbances.
When a woman fought a gun in Rodney's flagship, he told
her she was a fine creature, but a great nuisance. Fine
creatures and—par 'on us—great nuisances, are the ladies
who now go out to Bombay, Madras, or Calcutta. We
doubt whether Queen Durghutti herself, of the Hindoo
kingdom of Gurrah, would be welcomed in the camp of
Havelock, although she was a brave champion of the Hin-
deos against their Mohammedan invaders, wore armour,
shook a burnished lance, plucked arrows from her bosom
without fainting, and at last died in the field. But the
young girls bound for the East are not D arghuttis or Maids
of Saragossa. They carry to India only S 3 many forms of
grace, bloom, and delicacy, within cool circles of crinoline ;
and at, a glimpse of their white throats the knives of a
hundred Nana Sahibs would be sharpened for another
licentious butchery. Let them think of the worst that
might happen."
The John BO regrets that so many statesmen of
mark, should, at such a moment as this, be shut out of
the government. "If Lord Derby, Lord Grey, Mr.
Gladstone, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord John Rus-
sell, Mr. Disraeli, Lord Etlenbarough, and others
whom we could name, were all of the same
politics, we might regret their being among
the Outs, but presume that the Ins bad men of equal
calibre to cope with them. But these names are the flower
of Whig and Tory., and it cannot therefore be a healthy
state of things which debars the Queen and the country of
their services. We acknowledge the advantages of
government by party ; but if you have for a time no party,
you cannot have government by party. The principles
which draw men into parties will always exist, but the
line of party demarcation often becomes from accidental
circumstances confused or obliterated. Then is the time,
wbgan U. propping danger calls for it, that garasataa atatoa
men may fairly be asked to abandon their jealousies, and
to give up to mankind what party has usually exacted."

THE MGR PRIC 3 Or MEAT.—A week or two since,
occasion was taken in The Observer to advert to the
unseemingly and unjust practices resorted to for the
purpose of keeping up the price of bread, and the success
which had attended the efforts of the speculators, who,
with corn some thirty shillings a quarter lower, have still
been able to keep up the price of the 41b. loaf at 81. and
Bd. The failure of the potato crop was not then generally
known, therefore it may be relied on that this will now be
tu-ned to account, and that the price of bread will be kept
up at its present heig'et, if not increased. But there is a fur-
ther class of speculators who operate, and most sucessfully
too, in the other principal and staple commodity of human
food, viz , meat. For the last four years the price of meat has
ruled enormously high, and without any reason whatever,
except that a combination of capitalists have been enabled
so to regulate the supply as to keep up the ptice. About
seven years ago the large `breeders of cattle had almost
overdone themselves ; they were overstocked, and the prices
they then obtained scarcely repaid them, considering the
risks the ran of the failure of the green crops, always a
subject of much anxiety, owing to the variable character
of the climate of this country. They, therefore, determined
to limit their operations, and not breed so many head for
a year or two. In many instances they restricted them-
selves too much, and after a short time there was as great
a scarcity of good cattle as previously there had been a
superabundance. Prices accordingly want up fully twenty-
five per cent , f nd at that figure they have remained ever
since, notwithstanding the breeders are now annually
rearing quite as many, if not more, head of cattle than
they did on the first occasion referred to. In addition
to this the importation of cattle has largely increased
We have now weekly large consignments of horned
cattle from Germaay, from Denmark, 2paia, and Portu-
gal. It is true that there has been a certain amount
of disease ; and that pleuro-pneumonia has been rather
prevalent; but still these causes are insufficient to account
for the present high prices, prime joints of meat cannot
now be bought even at a second-class butcher's under 81-dt
Di and 10d per pound. At first-sass butcher's the prices
range from Dtd to a shilling a-pound. How then is it pos-
sible for the working classes to pay suck exorbitant prices ?
The manner in which these high rates are kept up is
stated to be by the speculation of a class of middlemen who
operate between the breeder and the salesmen. These men,
principally Jews, have amassed enormous wealth, and, like
the Greek firms in the late war, are enabled to buy up very
large quantities of stock while they are still in the pastures
of the breeders. They operate together, especially as re-
spects the London market, which requires many thousand
head of cattle a week ; and by their large purchases are
enabled in a great measure to regulate the supply so that there
shall always be a regular demand. This practice is so well
known that, to stop the system, the corporation of the city
of London hate framed bye laws for the regulation of
the market, under which it is enacted that there shall be
no re-sale of cattle in the market on the same day ; laws
aimed directly against the middlemen. These bye-laws are,
howeter, continually evaded by the operatians carried on
long before the market opens. When the price of meat is
high, the public too often urjustly blame the butchers ;
but the blame really rests elsewhere, inasmuch as before
they can despoil the public they have been despoiled them-
sel es. In these days of high prices one is induced to long
for the return of those good old times when the law of fore
ateliers and regraters punished those who for 'the sake of
gain, unjustly enhanced the food of the people. There is a
case on record, where Lord Chief Justice Kenyon thus
strongly expressed himself in passing sentence on a man
convicted of this system of forestalling the price of food.

kg°
" If," said the judge, " the defendant went to oar
the purpose of making his purchases in the Air cos 700
dealing, with the view of afterwards dispersing the the
modity in proportion to the wants and convenience el.
public, whatever profit accrued to him from the trio a tie
no blame is imputable to him. On the contra* ;$0
whole of his conduct shows plainly that he did not do
chairsriepdurocnhmineosrdwierthto,
to deprive the people of their ordinary 011351 no,
norituelleee
?c,o, m p443nl
dt hienmptroo
opfutrhchataeteheit
judge
rote!
oid,
who can deny that this is an offence of the
tehhishavniceewt,hebuptrietheaotf his
the
cotrtnaiiitiostesjow;
he fined the defendant £5OO. It would, indeed, hs "els
blessing if some score of the speculators in the
moA
people could be similarly punished. It would hall ° per.
A ace
wholesome effect, especially if to pecuniary boa
added the terror of imprisonment. A society hsof
tbt
formed for the purpose of promoting the inOrsstsd led
trading trading community, and this unfair and underbso tie
is proposed to be dealt with by that body. Ir'3.lYprs,,
minded person must wish them success in the core;
worthy undertaking. Their self-allotted task 'gm' oof rri
be no sinecure, and the difficulties, an these dad set
trade, will be very great ; but the object is so gc° port
such importance to the public, especially theiertso
classes, that they deserve to succeed in their and
And so we wish them good speed!—Observer. •
tea
strae.
Tame SHIPBUILDING.—The model of a vessel eir'n 010
on
an
upon Mr. John Clare's patent principle is
fecictivirbhitaittiott:;::
it. 4
tion at Lloyd's.
NAVAL PROMOTION.—Captain Thomas Ogiteris,
formerly of Preston, now of Garth-y-Don, ne3l/""
promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral.
The steamer Borussia, Captain Trantmann, halnt e
/
this port, consigned to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, seiete !der
wood, to repair her propeller, to enable her to Oa' hr AlswAl
voyage to New York. She left Hamburgh
number of passengers and cargo, on the let icl; bore'
back on the sth to Greenoak, and then came -11
There is no damage expected to the hull or cergn• of I,
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Yesterday, es R SOEISSP„teto
ship John Bright was passing through Denison-s"0 1
,
was struck in the bead with a poker by a youngeill, pseud
of the residents in the street. So severe was rtbeti
inflicted, that the man had to be removed to the At",
Hospital, where he now lies. The party wbb
blow was at once arrested, and will be brought tir
etei
police court this morning. Peaferi•
FIRE AT HALE.—On Friday evening afire we--„ view
in the rick yard on the farm oecapied by Mr. EL;',ela,',
nary surgeon, of Hale Bank. Before assietance 'tot
procured, the flames had gained such ground, or,
large corn stack was totally destroyed. Tha ~0154 t:
great that the flames were seen for miles, alio io
large assemblage of the neighbours, who reada"' Thelo
assistance they could to save the other propertf• „Ai
is estimated at a large amount, at b, we undo
Ellis was fully insured.
est.;
CONSECRATION OF ST. PAUL'S CIFORCIII,
On Saturday, this sacred eii6ce, which has been 7,0,1
public worship about two years, was duly eent-oltild?
the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. The cereinonl'eoil'fi
a' eleven o'clock, but long before that hour the n, VII,
was filled by a most respectable congregation' '4,1110
Bishop of Chester, with the incumbent, the Retaillfe
link, assisted by about a dozen of the clergy be'°-e-odsh
the neighbourhood, performed the usual solelna ;bed ,"
posing prayers, afTer which his Lordship 10,1/lerof
sermon. A collection was then made, and libervi fieto:9%
del to, the proceeds being devoted to the buildigatol'4,
CORONER'S COURT.—The Coroner held the no
L-quests en Saturday :—On the body of Christ°PrOai,
tersby, aged 40, who was killed at the Union -Ictircle,"
Friday, by a piece of timber falling on hici• sestsigt"
Accidental death." On the body of Georg°,ollrdis
aged 44, who cut his throat on Friday, the de:jslett;iol
published in our paper of Saturday. It appeare: fto.oB
unfortunate man was insane, and the jury 00,10;1
to that effect. On the body of a woman won" „,"airsaYi
Coenoly, who lived in Grafton-street. It sPP-0.41
she was insane from drink, and whilst in the -aro
hung herself with a clothes line. Verdict, "8"
00,4
fe 1‘
i usanity."
accreinrs.-1 dock messenger named Marled!
nigh, aged 15, residing in Naylor-street, roc
o'
Saturday, while standing in Brunswick-street, atea,ort
kick in the arm from his horse. The arm was bras Vfo
above the elbow, aid the poor lad novt lie' !tie clas'e
[leering in the Northern Hospital. On tho the Vol
man named William Fagan, in the employ "rir ela,
shire anl Yorkshire Railway Company, fe" otst'oi
' high level" on to the dock quay, while ja %OP
intoxication. So severe was the fall that he reb°,ll elo rot
fell from the quay into a flat lying in tb„e "ct'snr
sustained severe contusions, and now lies in "
state
FATiAnLtheACNComrtzhNeTrnOHN oTse;:ltal C
p.
ntursill
it 0194.
Ralawsv.--On Thursday afternenn a. ns'eot
accident occurred on the above line, by which %re
Henry Stokes, a plate layer. met his death. It al'ec"
the deceased, with several other working ti'ecileosiol
engaged in repairing the line near Tranotere'wer eto
train from Chester arrived. The signal was fta Kos
all the men excepting the deceased left the rail, 'l,', to
he could get out of the way, the buffer belong'cl'hitoti,
eagine struck him with sucl force that it bnie, 0101;
considerable distance, and he was most severau;oolTAkti
He was taken to the Birkenhead hospital, wherei).a fr'"o3
time, death put an end to his sufferings. "0014'
evening an inquest was held on the body of the
by H. Churton, Esq., the coroner,and a verlirr, °' jl
ot
dental death." was returned.
MUsICAL Togas.—Another company of artisi-nie°ediif
hen formed by Mr. Bale for the purpose of
of Operas in the provinces—some in English taljos
Italian—commencing hers on the 19:11
leading members of the troupe will u
Jklidarne Borchardt, Mr. Sims Reeves,e -e
and ntg,r, sr„;(1,,
guished artistes, whilst the Operas in Which t"i'eti'Y
perform will be "La Soanambala," " The 13ebera,ifili' to
‘a‘nLda,,TlriavTiraotva,,';o're'L.,,irciialdei
,Lissitnimofer3aronot.,s"iraVeoeeifiro
Newcastle daring the present tour, recalls to 03'-ellohis
that it was at the theatre in that town he 1037, sti:„o
appearance
believe
he has not performed there, excepting tii,,teiri.o
since that time. His voice eyes then considers"
such parts being allotted to him as Covit flocl°,l4
" Sonnambula," ant Dandini in " Ceneiellot°,;(o,l isll
that period he has rapidly progressed in his Pere
visiting Italy and assiduously cultivating the P°l;elf
n,ture had given him—until he has placed Itini;pito.'i
ri
"head and front" of those English artists Wl'°
highest rank in the lyric world. It must be gr,-,,llserle,
our readers to have an oppo.tenity of hearing,,,estglq
the most popular Operas, English and Italian, ti'ertiO
baritone now transformed into the first tenor lielrd'de
alßi aelsaetvoeefnslt, asdt
peoouyibei
ttiiriosnnptarhnoedd umcaieendqatitsi
roaenfmdaenasytl
sipoeuwrl
sdeotnli there
fairy o"~
their attention to the fo!lovvilz er'ordq,whit jlre
some time since in the Musical World: L.." ou,i'1:11,11
now in the prime of life and the meridian of 4'1,00, ri
in public and respected in private. Nature hall "ior;ijiltal"
ataeaWfameoptsvntaperhdra.pdreaalaaßemtlrm:tn.laialete:oinnhdev;Geaehlanspiari'ai
patronage,
Isitoitsiir, aleeoitstare
hnhhiaeafoendangntrgEhleeotalt:Fu„arttiaronteipissiiadrsaprntototruifnmhesfris
totevheehaireeogeenfiheadtasp:aorhtns:inmleefenvasenipimfvriatrodrweboiteurnsE,h,rr:euuog,enradbt;tll.3s:eitlostaianistrocsi.:::o-iejitel.igetet,orrbosreo.h,:cenei_4lo:,:_i:ooolii;i:,:ioi.viii):;:
cient to state that, in addition to her distineti ";eof,
been prevailed ul.on to sign an eagagenva" , raj
season in Rome. as°l
LIST OF PASSENGERS raft R.M.S. Feature
YORK.—Mr. J. A. Novello, Mr. Hugh Di%.,,,(111'/I.
Mrs. Young. child, and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. .7101101rj,
jun , Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pancrast, Mr. itn,fooititallis
Magnin, Me. and Mrs. Louis Althof, Mr. Pl 4, '7
Mr. E. Agnes, Madame De Montholme, Mr- P. litc'
Mr. G. W. Fenwick, Mr. Theo. Brockleme9'
Marshall, Mr. D. H. Meeks, Mr. H. M. D"'l,: 711-.4.34')'!
Hickey, Mr. Powell, Mr. Robert Rodger wed'
McKenzie, Mrs. Thos. D Johnston, Mr. Saltat 457
BMiril.inDgo,g2anirn,
Jllolhra. ATaFomreads,m3eine,.
Jos.Mr. PAe.tkr
~Vtaers.Sat"o-6
b l
Mr. aed Mrs. S. C. Joao, two children, et 40 1
and Mrs.
inirre.r.WoodburyaHmansd.
dBO.
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dsnn,4e:a3ani.
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t1,10:1146,,;:e s!tve
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yns.. e.ncessHe.,c,,°l3mu• Miss Hannah Fethergill, Miss
jti
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Mr, and Mrs. Fanshawe, three childrent_g-nieret.ii,ro
An
a
Mr. H.,
Stewart,
rJtm,ohrm.n
Ramon
a.w.mDo.anußbivioleoduthranywo,ize7k,r3.l3llrW.r..Ziociir_obaeoLefore;:fi
Hasche, Mr. S. E. Waste, Mr. and Mrs,. `:-Vira,,fr;
Paterson, Mr. Moore, L. Rosenfall, -131 Pep'
ley, Colonel Bell, R.A., Mr. al 3. Witilsl.lc. /4°
Newbegin, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Winchester, ,0
Mr. Goodyear's maid-servant, Mr. G. W119°13 13ete
servants, Mrs Langdon's maid•servant, '/t,
Paul Brandt, Mr, Urban Hewitt, Mr. and oeff",,eol,lo
Mrs. Frances Wood, Mr. Langdon's luttl2, Ottir:d
Jareslaw, Mr. John Robertson, Mr. 4:°!)-
C. B. Smith, Mr. Robert B Johnston,
Mr. James Mayor, Mr. John Norton, Mr`
and Mr. Patrick Mc Glenchay.