The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-07 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY, MARCH I.—Wind S.S.W., light.

ARRIVED.-- Rather and Sophia, from Maracaibo—Consul,
Smith, New Orleans—Karnac (s.s.), Dubbing, Constarti•
nople—Maravdla, Conde, Larache—Queen of the Dart, Gibbs,
Alexandria—Trident, Forster, Hamburg—Harriet, Alowatt,
Antwerp—Laura, Bahia—Edina, Meyer, Smyrna—Earl of
Devon, Boase, Palermo Zibiah, Le Gresley, Laguna—
Amphitrite, Schroder, Dantzic—Shamrock (a.), Hockler
Havre.

SAILED.—City of Glasgow (s.s.;, Morrison ; Shackamnxon,
Kennaire; and John Currier, Bulman, Philadelphia—Switzer-
land, Dohe: ty. Sydney, N'S.W.—Robert Kelly, Lawrence,
and Criminal Rath Brand, Berg, New York—Arno, Camp-
b...ll, Genoa—Josiah Bradlee, Boyson ; Saxon. Knowles ;
and Woodman, Galilee, New Orleans—Gauntlet, Bell, Buenos
Avres—Win. Witherlee. Westcott, and Charles Humberston,
Lovett, Boston—Wendelina, Mulder, Riga—Glasgow, Clark,
Savannah—Stry•iCian, Bell, laguayra JOlin and Albert,
Crowell, and 'Gametic. Stalker, Charleston —Jurneaux,
Menquiv, Rio Nunez —The Duke, Atkinson, and Invincible,
Graham,Calcutta—Coquette,Carrington, and Hope, Langdon,
A frica—Cezinn Catharma, Evert, and Neptunus, Stradbeim,
Riga—Amos M. Roberts, Colson, Rio Janeiro—Admiral de
Winter, 8ib8i1)7,11, Harlingen—Marco Polo, M.Credic, Con- ,
stnntinople—Gullerus, Steu-ert, Barbadoes Amain', De
Gondra; and Caridad, Abastna, Havannah—Augusta, %Val-
(lack, Ghent—Lord Stanley, Thomas, Geelong—Alexander,
Juthe, Elsinore—Enterprise, Bloomfiehl,Valparaiso—Paladin,
Murphy, Baltimore—Pedlar, Webber, Rangoon—Julia, Coi-
led°, Barcelona—Tribune, Wakeham;Ancona—Tevere, Gallo,
Jamaica—Amelia, Redman, Odessa—Majestic, Tregarthen,
Venice.
The Orleans, which sailed hence on the 26th Feb., for New
Orleans, struck on the Calf of Man same night, and capsized.
The crew were saved. She was subsequently fallen in with,
bottom up, by the Mona's Queen (s.), and towed into Douglas.
Chinsurali, from Sunderland, at Aden.
Johanna Catharine, hence at Singapore.
Menzies, Wilson, sailed from Amov for Harannah, Dec. 28.
Goasypium, sailed from Aden, Jan. 31, and Salem, Feb. 2
both for Bombay.
Inn, Warwick, and Helvellyn, Wright, from Port Phillip—
both at Madras.
Annie Fisher, Edwards, from Tutucorin, and Glendragh,
Smith, from Singapore—both at Colombo.
Carthagena. Cromer, from Melbourne, and sailed for
Ganjam and this port, Jan. 21.
Nymph, Le Conteur, sailed from Madras for Pondicherry
and this port.
Princess Royal, sailed front Saugor„ Jan. 14, and Patriot
Queen, 17th—both for this port.
Carlton, and Olive Branch, sailed from Callao, Jan. 4, and
Schoodine, sth, all for England; and Ituna, 9th, for the
United States.
Volante, Kelly, for Troon, has put back, with loss of bul-
warks, jibboom, figurehead, &c., having been in contact on
the night of the 27th Feb.' with the Richard Wright, of St.
John, N. 8., hence for Boston, when the crew of the latter got
on board the Volante. Mem. : The Richard 'Wright was taken
into Wbitehaven, yesterday, a derelict, by a lugger.
SHANGHAI. DEC. 31.- The Russian vrar-steamer, Vostock,
and frigate Prince Menchikoff, arrived here from Japan, Nov. 29, and the steamer ,left again on her return to those islands, Dec. 21.
PERIR, W.A., DEC. 24.—The C. F. Bennet, Burns, from Liverpool for Melbourne, went on shore at Port Augusta,
previous to Dec. 20, and it is feared will be a total wreck.
The crew and part of her cargo saved.
SINGAPORE, JAN. 6.—The Hendrika, which arrived at
Batavia, on Dec. 15, frcriii Japan, reports the arrival, at
Nanzaski, Japan, on Aug. 20, of a Russian frigate, a corvette,
a steamer, and a transport, under the command of Admire'
Portianine.

THURSDAY, MARCH 2.—Wind S., fresh.
Mum'En.—Chapin, Cottrell, and R. C. Johnstone, Cousins,
from New Orleans—Alfredo, Araliar, St. Michael's—Galatea,
Petherbridge, Palermo—Emilie, Romelhoff, Norway.
SAILED..— Rhine, Me!cher, for Chat leston Susanna
Chrifitina, Stotte, Sydney, N.S.W.—Zenobia, Robinson;
R. D. Shepherd. Hamilton • and Eva. Philbrook, New
Orleans—Esther, Pierce, Gibrtiltar—Ann Lawson, Robinson,
Valparaiso—Antartic, Stauffer; Auguste, Anderson and
Elbing, Uuruk, New I ork—Bellona, Jump, Demerara—
Persian, Howard, Charleston—Louis Charlotte, Schwarz,
Stockholm—Henry Curwen, Alorice, Porto Rico—Jobanne
and Louise, Osterlch, Jamaica—lsabella Harnett, Wrelan;
W HUM Carey, Eminent, Calcutta—Elena, Peace, Buenos

The Pacific (m.s.), Nye, from New York, arrived at this
port, mt 3, a.m. She left New York on the lSth Feb.
Roe, Tyrrell, f:oin Africa, at Bantry.
Sarah Fl!cn, Lea,Bey, hence at New York.
thilour, Wowed, from Chincas, at Virginia.
Canada (r.m s.), hence at Boston, Feb. is,
London. Marshall, sailed from Altyab for this port, Feb. 23.
Bee, Tannhill, f:oin Gibraltar at Malaga, to load fruit for
New York.

NEW YORK, FEE. 18.—The Africa (r.m.s.), from Liverpool,
is still egrotnd. All her cargo and fuel have been taken out.
Attempts were ramie yesterday to tow her cff. hut without
success. The America (r.m.s.) will leave Boston on the 22nd
Feb. with the mails, in place of the Mika, which should leave
New York the same day.

FRIDAY, MARCH 3.—Wind S., light.
ARRIVED.—Cormorant (s.s.), Rochefort. from Rotterdam—
Livorno (s.s.), Glover, Marseilles—Asia, Newlands, Manilla—
Putlyona. Arkle, Charleston—Ashburton, M‘Williams. New
York—Queen of the East, St. John, N,B. (in 18 day's)—Black
Hawk, Banker, Mobile—A. M. Lawrence, Hallett, Baltimore
—Wateree, Hammer, Charleston.
SAILED.—George Foster, Zessin, for Baltimore—Rappa-
hannock, Cushing, New Orleans Thomas H. Perkins,
Theobaid, Philadelphia—Zone, Fullerton, A lexandria—Mar-
ce;la, Arriandigm, Aalsund—Ottawa (s.s.), Atkins, Portland—
Venilla, Martin, Buenos Ayres—Nelson, Oliver, Gibraltar—
Camila, Leon, Barcelona—Frithrof, Huovinen; Catherine
Hodges, Lewis; and Ariel, Taylor, Genoa—Ambassador,
M`Donald, Apalachicola—Ceres, Nelsen, and Schnelle, Evert,
Copenhagen—St, Mathurin, Redmond, Martinique—Lavinia,
1.4:mt./Malard, Africa.
Scholl. Scban, Johns, from Calcutta, et the Mauritius.
Lofty Sleigh. Appleby, hence for Africa, at Beaumaris Ist
March.
Gondola, from London for Boston, at Falmouth Ist March
leaky. The Gondola bore up from lat 46, lon. 20.
FALMOUTH, MARCH I.—rlie barque Wave, of and for
Dublin, from Savannah, was abandoned on Feb. 13, in lat a%
lon 46, waterlogged. The crew were saved by the Ernestine,
arrived here.

iSATURDAY, MARCH 4.—Wind S.E., light.
ARRIVED.—Mary Ward, Little, New Orleans—with main-
mast sprung—Robert Preston, Francis, Charente—Johann
Lange, La tneke, New York—Farmer's Lass, Lod wig, Palermo
—fEolus, Stoakes, Santander—Marline Elise, Vallee, Lampaa
—Bayard, Valparaiso and Cherbourg—Rose de Mai, Pau,
Nantes.
SAlLED.—Arabia (s.), Judkins, Boston—British Qoetn,
(s.s.). Wickman, Constantinople—Ostervald, Jarvis, Mobile—
Mermaid. Smith; Livingstone, Griffiths; and Louisa, Richard..
son, A (rica—Lampedo, Crook, St. John, N.B.—Molly, Politz,
Elsinore—Rio Douro, A crocha, Cape Verds—Mary
Robert
Kelly, Aitkin, Gibraltar—Hilwrnia, Malony. Philadelphia— Robert
Kelly, Lawrence, New York—J. H. Jarvis, Rich, and Talavera,
Blair, New Orleans—Fernandes, Contente, and Garoupa,
Vida!, Lisbon—Fear Not, Heath, Mazazan—Falcon, Waddle,
zen,
Ceara—Elizabeth Ann, Lidstone, TeneritTMathilde, Frant-
L,guayra. --
Lightning (new clipper•ship), J. N. Forbes, commander,
late t f the Marco Polo, from Boston, at this port, after a very
rapid passage, haring left that port late on the evening of the
18th ult.
Johanna Catharine, hence at Rangoon.
, Surht hence at Bahia.
...

Schwzirtz, at Galveston, and loading for this port.
Aquila, Beugoechea, sailed from Matanzas for this port,
2nd ult.
Mars, White; Juverna, Henderson; Tremont, Hughes;
and Runnymede, Hunt, hence at Rio Bento.
HAVANA, FEB. 7.—The George Nicholans, from New
Orleans for Liverpool, which put in here on Dec. 23, leaky,
and discharged her cargo, has been condemned and sold.
HOLYHEAD, MARCH 3.—The Peningliam, from Liverpool
for Rio Janeiro, which got ashore on Salt Island, Feb. 19, was
got off this morning. after discharging her cargo, and brought
into the old harbour.
DOUOLLS, MARCH 3.—The Orleans, from Liverpool to New
Orleans, which was towed in here bottom up, has been put
aground on the north part of the bay, in eight fathoms water,
her stern only being above water. It is expected that her
spars, chains, cordage, &c., will be recovered, and the vessel
afterwards removed farther in shore. A steamer has gone to
Turley Point to bring the Lucy round, as she floated last tide.

SUNDAY, MARCH s.—Wind S.E., light.
ARRlVRD.—Undaunted, Barber, Smyrna—Persian (s.s.), Graves, Alexandria.
SAlLED.—Lniverse, Bird, and P.uroelyden, Bennett, New
York—Old England, Barstow, New Orleans.

Perim. Petersen, and Matador, Christofer, hence at Odessa.
Karnak (s.s.), was got off on the flood this morning, after
being ligntened.
Robert Preston, from Charente. laden with brandy, and
lying in the Prince's Dock, took fire last evening, which aid
considerable damage to the cabin before it was subdued.
BELFAST, MARCH 4.—The Charles Humberston, Lovett,
from Livemool for Boston, ran' on shore in Dundrum Bay,
yesterday morning. A stearn-tng will be despatched to her
a.

MONDAY, MA actt 6.—Wind
ARRIVED.—Charles Cooper, Cust, New Orleans—Frank.
fort (s.s.), Palermo.
SAlLRD.—Ettroclyden, Bennett, and Universe, Bird, New
York—Old England, Barstow, New Orleans—Nieuw Lekker-
land, lhanan, Melbourne—Jacob von Clef, Rosema, Galata.

Niagara (s.), hence off Tarifa, Feb. 28; Cambria (a.). front
Dublin off the Terms, March I—both with troops for Malta.
Calpe (s.s.), hence for Genoa; Frankfort (s.s.), Palermo in
four days, and Genova (s.s.). Marseilles in 31- days, both for
Liverpool—all at Gibraltar Feb. 27,
TRIESTE, MARCH 4.—ihe Due Figlie, for Liverpool, is on
fire in this harbour.
STROM NESS, FEB. 28.—The Prussian barque Peter Rolt,
from Liverpool to New York, put in here on the 23rd inst.,
with loss of sails, boats, bulwarks, stanchions, and water
casks. decks saver t, rudder broken, part of cargo washed out,
and ether damage. The vessel must go on the patent slipfor
repairs. The Vesta. M'lntyre, from Archangel, for Liverpool,
remains wind bound.

' VESSELS SPOKEN.
Prince Albert, Dundee. fin Adelaide, Jan. 23, 35 days 01.14
in 20 W.
Anne Cropper, Calcutta to this port, Jan. 30, in 17 S, 4 W.
Retriever, St. John for Melbourne, Jan. 20, in 5 N, 20 W.
Annie Henderson, Valparaiso to this port, Feb. 13, in 49 N,
19 W.
Coral Isle, hence to Alexandria, Feb. 10, off Lisbon.
Miles Barton,
New Orleans to port port, Feb. 4, in 30 N, 8C W.
Miles Barton, Bombay to this, off the Cape.
Palatine, off the Cape.
Robert Barbour, Calcutta to this port, Jan. 11. in 31 5,19 K.
Assam, Bombay to this port, Jan. 14, in 35 S, 19 K.
Mencius, Dec. 21, in 30 8, 40 E.
John Moore, Bombay to this port, off the Cape.
Grecian. Buenos Ayres to this port, Jan. 17, in 36 S, 25 W.
Delmaine, for ,the Clyde
Jan. 13, off the Cape.
William Penn, the Clyde to Bombay, Jan. 17, about 400 miles
from the latter port.
James Titcombe, hence, Feb. 18, in 50 N, 11 W.
Ord Van Nes, hence to Sydney-, Dec. 12, out 39 days, in 20
S, 26 W.
Anne Armstrong hence to Calcutta;4Sept. 13, in 43 N, 12 W.
Matilda, Table Bay to Moulmein, Dec. 25, in 30 S, 86 E.
Hydrabad, hence and Rio Janeiro to Calcutta, Dec. 31, in S 9
B.
Maria, Mauritius to this port, Feb. 13, in 48 N, 16 W.
Zeemeeuw, hence to Batavia, Feb. 17, in 49 N, 8 W.
Marguerite, hence, Feb. 20, in 45 N, 12 %V.
Europa, hence, Feb. 21.
Guy Nlanneritig, hence to .Ne%v York, Feb. 28, off Tuskir.
Dryad, hence to Lima, Feb. 28, below Bardsey.
Guiding Star, hence to Melbourne. Feb. 27, in 49 N, 13 W.
Lady Franklin, westward hound, Feb. 16, 41 N, I 3 Liberia, hence to St. John, N. 8., Feb. 21, 49 N, 28 W.
Parliament, hence to Boston, Jan, 23, 47 N, 30 W.
GermaniCus, from New Orleans to this port, Feb. 4,26 N, 80 NV

TIDE TABLE.

DAYS.

M.OIII.N.IEVENO. HGHT. HOLYDAYS, ETC

March.! h. m. h. m. • ft. in.
Tuesday.— 7: 438 5 S 11 1
Wednesday. 8 549 I 631 10 2
Thursday .. 9; 7 IS 7 58 ! 9 11
Friday ....10 834 I 9 5 10 11
Saturday ..11 933 956 12 2
Butidav ....12 10 18 10 37 12 7 2d Sunday in Lent.
Ntonday....l3 10 55 11 12 15 4

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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MONNIN G

THERE has been no lack of subjects for conversation in
political circles during the last forty-eight hours, the
budget of this evening forming the most fruitful of the
whole. It would be idle to speculate on that, seeing the
telegraphic wire will convey its substance to you in the
evening, and I only refer to the question for the purpose
of indicating the tone of the clubs—Conservative and
Reform—thereanent. Our estimates already are £3,000,000
in advance, without the consideration of a single penny
towards the expense of the war, so that a pretty round

sum must be raised by one means or another. It is said
that Mr. GLADSTONE will this evening move, at once, that

the Income Tax be raised to one shilling in the pound, or
£.5 instead of £3. Of all taxes it is the most available to
a finance minister, as it goes with but little delay and
charge into the Treasury; it is also essentially a war tax,
though we have groaned under its infliction full many a
year of peace.
Another subject is the case of the soldiers' wives and
families left behind ; the long residence of regiments of
the line in towns throughout the United Kingdom,
but especially in and about the metropolis, has led to
matrimonial alliances to a very large extent ; the soldier,
in many instances, merging into the quiet civilian, num-
bers being allowed to work several days a week at trades
previously acquired. Hence the painful position of these
women, some of them with half-a-dozen children. A plan
for their provision is at present under consideration ; and
though political economists will doubtless set it down as
Utopian, there cannot be a question that, from its prompt
and practical character, it will answer all ends in view.
It is the proposition of that great lawyer and eminent
Conservative statesman, Lord St. LEONARDS (long known
as Mr. SUGDEN). He suggests that the children be
gathered together in little parties of five or six, and taken
in charge by the well-to-do, and put out to lodge with
worthy persons in the country. His lordship, whose
country seat —a beautiful spot—is within a few miles of
town, is willing to take the fatherly care of five children
himself, which, he states, he can do at about £8 a year a
head. Five times eight are forty. What is LIO a year P
A mere nothing to countless numbers of the upper clases ;
I could mention in a breath a dozen names—take that
exalted lady, Miss BUBDETT COUTTS, as an example, who
could achieve this grand object, and never miss the money.
There need not, therefore, be much grieving on this

they do—base their aspersions on the former state of
your town, which I am not now called upon to describe or
vindicate ; but, thanks to that little local bill of yours,
which excluded my old acquaintance EWDIN CHADWICK
from all interference with the health or disease of Liver-
pool, matters of a sanitary character are in a pretty
healthful state - pardon the apparent pleonasm—notwith-
standing what may be said to the contrary. Why, I can
state for a fact, that the London Board of Health is starved
in every way—money—intellect—energy well directed, save
in a few examples—starved as compared with Liverpool. I
see from a note before me, that Liverpool expends for its
board, about £16,000 per annum; sustaining an intelli-
gent and efficient staff. How much does EDWIN CHAD-
WICK:S London Board of Health cost ? Put the one sum
under the other and subtract. All this is known to Lord
PALMERSTON, the best Home Secretary for practical pur-
poses—because he is prompt —we have had for many a
long year. When I stated that the discussion of private
bills in Lords and Commons is very uninteresting, two
slight exceptions ought to have been taken. All private
bills, however insignificant, are of importance to the pro-
moters; and though not much noticed by the papers, are
much cared for by the parties concerned, as is evidenced
by their earnest and constant attendance. The other ex-
ception is, or rather was, with regard to railway bills.
During the heat of the railway speculation, when GEORGE
HUDSON could neither take a walk nor a drive, a mile or
two in any part of England, without some needy "engineer
or surveyor" dogging the " Railway King," fancying that
he was contemplating a new line in the district—during
that period the House of Commons presented a most ani-
mated appearance, on the discussion of a railway bill.
Gradients and gauges, broad and narrow, were debated as
keenly as corn or currency. Why ? Private property was
affected. _ _ _ _

" The wish was father to the thought" is a nice quota-
tion ; it was fully exemplified in the library and lobbies
of the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, during
the discussion of Mr. T. CHAMBERS'S excellent motion
that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the
existing state and rate of increase of conventual and
monastic establishments in Great Britain and Ireland,
and to report whether any, and, if any, what alterations
were required in the law affecting these establishments.
The honourable gentleman, in a speech fraught with
rather startling facts, drawn from Roman Catholic sources,
showed the ground for the inquiry. The Irish Romanist
party in the House, and some of their friends out of it,
before the hon. member had concluded his address, began
to whisper " count out"—it was tried on. Mr. CHAM-
BERS continued keeping a house, and something more,
notwithstanding that

" - tocsin of the soul,
the dinner bell,"
had rang, and a count-out did not occur—Lord Joux
RUSSELL and Mr. MIALL, or Mi-eau, as the London milk-
sellers most properly announce and pronounce their hybrid
beverage—milk and water—opposed the motion, Lord JOHN
talking about non-interference with the education given
" within these walls" (monasteries). No doubt the noble
lord was so far right when he argued that, if we closed
such places, the inmates would go to Belgium, and other
places, and there seek the undisturbed opportunity of
exercising those devotional feelings, or indulging in those
active charities,which made "those ladies,whatever might
be thought of their religious tenets, an ornament to their
sex." Mi-eau's remarks were not worth hearing. The
whole debate was interesting enough, though stained with
much error. The Roman Catholics, we are told, are grow-
ing with their growth—extending in influence—they in-
crease and multiply. There may, I have no doubt of it,
be the number of monasteries, for men and women, Domi-
nicans, Franciscans, Augustinian, Grand Carmelites, Bare-
footed ditto; friars of orders grey, white, and black, quoted
by Mr. CHAMBERS—but Romanism, in spirit, has retro-
graded ever since the false and ambitious step, four years
ago, resolved upon at the Vatican by Pio Noxo, and the
carrying out of which in England was intrusted to Car-
dinal WISEMAN, and crushed by that poor feeble measure
called " The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill," a measure as pith-
less as was ever proposed by minister ; yet this pitiful
instrument hushed the vaunting of the Papists. They
are working hard; however, and collect vast sums of
money, wrung from hard hands in all parts of the globe,
and they may break out again—yea, will ! They mean it.
They cannot help it. Malgre Lord Joint RUSSELL and
Mr. MIALL and Nonconformity, the grand motion was
carried by a Protestant majority of 186 to a minority of
119. But the Roman Catholics are only " biding their
time ;" they say so. I wonder if honourable members
ever take a walk about the sunny hedge-rows within four
or five miles of the metropolis ? Here and there they
might meet with large and ancient-looking houses of
sombre aspect, screened by the trembling poplar, windows
all curtained—close as those of any monastery. The
pedestrian wonders what these houses are meant for ; if
it be a saint's day—and their name is legion,we all know—
the organ strains of PERooLEsi, of Becu, of Rossixi—
atabat mater—captivate the ear—soften the heart. The
" Sounds which delight,
And hurt not"
the listener outside, roll on till vesper time. These houses
are all Roman Catholic establishments.

subject.
A third topic for gossip is of another character, and I
am of opinion means more than meets the eye. I refer to
Lord PALMERSTON'S sudden demolition of the Metro-
politan Sewer Commission at a time when that body was
contemplating the achievement of wonders, namely, the
outlay of two or three millions of pounds sterling —when
they could get them—in the new draining of the metro-
polis, clarifying the Thames, and soforth ! But there is
something below the surface here. One man in his time,
we are told, plays many parts ; EDWIN CHAD WICK has
enacted not a few in his fifty odd years ; has he anything
to do with Lord PALMERSTON'S recent acts as regards the
destruction of the Sewers Commission ? EDWIN is at
the Board of Health—head and front of it. The Board
of Health is going to " drain" the metropolis ;—it may be
in a double sense. A new building bill is likewise to come
out under its auspices. So that Mr. Cuinwics, disliked
by Sewer Commissioners, city and metropolitan,—deodo-
rizers of ditch water, city and suburban, and other bodies,
most potent in their way, will have an addition to pay and
patronage, which he probably did not anticipate when he
commenced his humble and arduous career in the almost
lowest line of London literature.
Yet another subject, and I have done. Lord Jour;
RrssELL is a witch—say wizzard, for ;gender's sake—l
mean one of that order of sprites, who keep the word of
promise to the ear and break it to the hope. From the
first, I told you all about the vaunted, the promised new
Reform Bill. Pitiful as it is, the country is not to have
it, and Birkenhead must " wait a wee" for a member. The
fact is, there is a split in the Cabinet on this same bill ;
some for it, some against it ; and some caring not a half-
penny for the measure. I believe among the latter class
may be reckoned the public out of doors, The bill is vir-
tually abandoned,—absorbed by the question of war, and
munitions of war. These give good colour, pretext for the
withdrawal of the Reform Bill ; had they not existed the
real truth would have come out, and the coalition would
baie been broken up; but they hang together, and pro-
perly so at the present juncture.. Meantime, the most
• casual observer of the conduct of the members of the
Cabinet, not only to Cabinet questions, but to each other,
as individuals, can plainly see that cordiality is not exten-
sively cultivated—or warmly.
In spite of all the stir and bustle of warlike prepara-
tion that is now going on, not only in the metropolis,
and all the naval ports and military depots of England,
but over the whole of the three kingdoms, our pacific
ministry still refuses to acknowledge either that we are at
war, or that war is, as everyone else considers, inevitable.
They still play the shuffling game of procrastination and
delay, and resort to the most transparent manoeuvres to
gain a little time—to push back the fatal day when the
unmistakeable outbreak of hostilities shall compel them
to look "grim-visaged war" full in the face, and they
must either decide on a bold and manly course, or resign
the guidance of this great nation into hands able and
competent, and willing to carry it successful through the
portentous crisis that is preparing for all Europe. Any
sane and logical minds would have concluded, after the
contemptuous rejection, by the CZAR, of the well-intended
autograph missive of the EMPEROR of the FRENCH, that
any further effort to chloroform the Russian Bear would
have been—not to say useless—but simply ridiculous ; and
yet .the very last move of our sapient coalition is to
send another address to St. Petersburg, asking, in the po-
litest terms that could be culled from the "Complete letter-
writer," that Russia would evacuate the Principalities on
or before the 30th of April, and agree to settle all matters
in dispute with Turkey amicably—before a county-court
judge perhaps ! Why, have not these very terms been
rejected over and over again, until the world was sick of
hearing their eternal iteration? Who suggested such a
contemptible course can scarcely be doubted ; for even
Lord JOHN RUSSELL declares his belief that the proposi-
tion will only meet the fate of its predecessors, and that,
at the end of the next three weeks, we may expect to hear
of our message being as cavalierly dismissed from St.
Petersburg as our ambassador was a fortnight ago. We
are only waiting to have our letter flung back with con-
tempt in our face ; and then, says the great little lord,
"Her MAJESTY will be compelled to send down a message
to both Houses of Parliament, to state that she is no
longer in friendly relations with all the powers of Europe."
It will be curious to see whether, even then, the courtly
ABERDEEN will be able to shape his mouth to utter the
ugly word "war." In the meantime, if we have not the
thing in name, we have something very like the stern
reality, and no doubt, as soon as the ice in the Baltic
thoroughly breaks up, which will be about contempo-
raneous with our receipt of the CZAR'S refusal of our
proposition, we shall commence aggressive operations
there. The appointment of Sir CRABLEs NAPIER to the
command of the fleet is a sign that earnest is meant, or,
even if it be not, that gallant and practical officer will
very soon make it so. The speech of the EMPEROR of
the FRENCH, at the opening of the Chambers, shows that
we may confidently reckon on the sincere and thorough
support of our neighbour and now ally, who is preparing
to second us as efficiently in the North as he has already
done in the East. At the same time it must be confessed
that it is not wholly befitting England's honour, dignity,
or interest, that she should be compelled to rely on any
other power for being able to count with certainty on
beating an enemy in waters so near home as the Baltic.
In the Black Sea, or in the Mediterranean, it may pass ;
our interests there are more remote, and are more shared
by other powers ; we are not so largely bound to insure
our own safety, by having it always within our ability to
overmatch any or all the rest ; but the Baltic is next door
to us, and it is a mortifying eonfession of weakness that
we cannot " go in and win " single-handed, but must
wait for the co-operation of a fleet which the mutability
of human affairs, a caprice, a pique, an accident, ambition,
interest, or fifty other incentives may, in a year, a month,
or less, direct against ourselves, and in combination with
Russia. This ought not to be, and in olden times it
never was.

A good lesson in history was given to the young Princes
of England the other day in their first visit to the Tower
of London. There, by accident, let us leave the starched
sentence of the Court newsman, merely setting forth that
a visit was paid by the Sovereign, &c. I don't believe the
royal children care much for the sight of jewels, even the
crown jewels, as those in the Tower are denominated; it
may be because they know not the value of their spark-
ling ; at all events, Colonel WYNDHAM, who has charge
of the crown and sceptre, and all and sundry other royal
things, was not long detained in showing them. The
regalia at the Tower don't look half so well as paste at
the opera; there the latter does sparkle The " Bloody
Tower," with all its fell records, roused the royal chil-
dren ; they afterwards looked into two or three roums still
standing, with names in sorrow, engraved an inch deep, of
former inhabitants, bright in Heaven's page for all that.
Lady JA .NE GREY, for example. The QUEEN and Prince
ALBERT, and the princes and princesses went to see the
armoury. There they staid a long time. Thousands upon
thousands of guns and pistols of all sorts, from Arquebuse
downwards, almost to the Minie and Colt, were fused into
one peaceful and incongruous masa, when the ancient for-
tress, a few years ago, was burnt nearly—thousands upon
thousands still remain ; these attracted, more than all
jewels of great price or " barbaric pearl," the attention of
the visitors. The head gear, helmets—Roman tiles some
of them—were examined minutely. The princes did not
try them ; 'twas well : it ishazardous for those, who, as
the royal children, have the right to roam, and the rare
privilege to handle these thrilling reminiscences of chi-
valry. They are dangerous as practical playthings, for our
friend the armourer may be necessarily not forthcoming
when most he is wanted. An inquisitive young French-
man, replete with genius—cleverness—took up one of
these same head-pieces, of which I am treating—one of
`The very casques
That did affright the air at Agincourt."

Parley-vous put on the helm,—click ! click ! and he was
nearly choked ; the visor fell, and all the power and inge-
nuity of the parties present could not get the Frenchman's
head out of trouble until the blacksmith was sent for.
The springs and locks were secret—very cunning, and very
strong—and, though old, not rusty and most workable.
After looking at all these things, the royal party ascended
various towers and the battlements thereof, enjoying the
glorious view and the " sniff," for it was a sunshiny and
breezy day, especially up there. Her MAJESTY soon after
left, and on Tower-hill, where men, considered " fause
loons," lost their heads, was received by thousands of loyal
subjects. After that the carriages were driven home to
Buckingham Palace without note.
Some time ago, I took notice of an order for obscene
and other worse than worthless books for the "gold dig-
gings," which had been received in London ; how it was
discussed with aversion at a literary evening meeting, and
so forth. Every reader, possessing a well constituted
mind, must be gratified on being informed, that even had
the party, to whom the order was transmitted from Aus-
tralia, been inclined to comply with it —auri sacra fames
—he could not. The police authorities—however silent
the newspapers have been on the subject—have not been
idle : they rooted out waggon-loads deposited for secret
publication in various parts of the metropolis—waggon-
loads of the obscene works. This has been done under
the surveillance, instigation, it may be, of the Vice-Sup-
pression people. The sheets of the works after seizure
were cut from top to bottom, and then cast into staining-
vats, the type being obliterated by the process. These
sheets were afterwards converted into large posting bills,
being pasted together as such things are. Not a book of
the sort referred to can be procured at any price ! In
fact the abominable trade is apparently defunct, neither
plate nor type to be had.

THE PRICE OF BREAD.

The discussion of a private bill in either house of the
legislature is about as dull and uninteresting an affair as
can well be imagined ; and the Liverpool Improvement
Bill, for a short time, at the commencement of business in
the Commons on Thursday afternoon, formed no exception
to the rule. It appears that a number of petitions against
411te measure have been presented to the House from divers
merchants, manufacturers, and others of Birmingham ;
from the directors of the Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce ; from the Commercial Association of the same city.
Mr. °EACH, a smart man enough, and who has risen to
what he is by his own talent and attention, moved the
suspension of a standing order of the house, so that the
host• e petitions might be referred for consideration to
the committee on the Improvement Bill.—Mr. WILSON
PATTEN objected to tkis, observing that the standing
order referred to was a most salutary one, for it demanded
that petitions must be presented seven days before the
second reading of any private bill, unless there were strong
reasons for a contrary
practice, which he did not perceive
in the present instance with regard to the Liverpool Im-
provement GEAcs
goesthe on without int Me-
r PATTEN, so _that your
ruption as far as peTitions such as, that
mriberaedhearers,
concerned. The fun of the thing ,
and others about the house, who ought to know something
of the question, were at a loss to. accountfoerptraheyesrteopf
Mt
bre'
GEACH had taken, save in obedience o
Petitions. The liprovement Bill will t t
pass , the Govern-
went is for it ; the rising importance of Birkenhead,
increase of the trade of the Port of Liverpool, population
and So forth, all call for every improvement that can be
effected at almost any cost. I now keep sanitary reflec-
tions entirely out of view ; but if only one half which is
stated in Parliament and elsewhere, on that point, be true,
tien Liverpool ought to cry aloud for improvement and
have it. The people who run down or would run down
the care of the Liverpool Board of 'Health, I suppose,
know little about it; Probably—nay, indeed, I know

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

doing. Tea, at previous rates. Palm Oil and
Tallow rather lower.—To-DAY, the Sugar market
has been quiet, and the only sales reported consist
of 600 bags Madras, at 30s. 9d. ; 35 hhds. Cuba
and Porto Rico, at 355. to 365. 9d. ; and 130 boxes
damaged Havana, at 21s. 6d. for yellow, and 245.
per cwt. for.. white. Nothing has taken place in
Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. The sales of Tea are
small, but there is considerable inquiry for common
Congou under ls. ld. per lb. Of Rice, 500 bags
Madras have been sold at 13s. 9d. to 14s. 3d. for
Barley grain, and at 15s. 3d. to 15s. 6d. per cwt.
for pinky. We have also to notice 50 bales
Bombay Hemp, at £26 10s. ; and 130 tons Cam-
peachy Logwood, at £8 ss. per ton.
WooL.—The transactions are so meagre this
week that there is very little to report, and the trade
indeed is almost at a stand still. Manufacturers
are only buying just to supply their immediate
wants, and dealers do not seem inclined to increase
their stock in the present unsettled state of affairs ;
sales are consequently very difficult to make, and
for most kinds prices have given way id to ld per
lb. Had it not been for the late government con-
tracts for army clothing, &c., there would have
been a general dulness throughout the trade ; but
they have tended to keep up the prices of short
stapled clothing wools, which are now rather
scarce ; with this exception stocks of all descrip7
tion are very plentiful. The London sales closed on
Saturday, and during the last fortnight there has
been a gradual decline from the opening prices, on
some long and ill-conditioned sorts as much as
21d. per lb., but the general average of decline is
about 11d. The total quantity offered was,
54,000 bales. Imports for the week, 1,939 bales,
viz., 1,515 from the Mediterranean ports, 296 East
India, 34 Lisbon, 8 Peruvian, 13 Irish, 63 Scotch,
and 10 coastwise.

MESSRS. WM. GREAME AND Co, in their monthly
circular say : _ _

The trans-actions for the past month have again been on
a very moderate scale, without any material alteration in
prices. Considerable orders have been given out for
clothing both for the army and navy, and medium qualities
of wool suitable for these goods have in consequence been
more inquired for; but the present inauspicious aspect of
political affairs, coupled with the high prices of provisions
of every description, continues to have an unfavourable
effect on the market generally. East India wools, of which
the imports are again considerable., continue to be in great
favour; there is an active demand, and prices are fully
maintained. Good long stapled wools—such as Egyptian,
Turkey, Oporto, &c., are all in good request ; but for the
lower qualities—Barbary, Crimea, burry and heavy Buenos
Ayres, &c., there is no demand, and prices are almost
nominal. English and Irish combing wools have alsobeen
very heavy of sale, and, with the exception of bright-
haired medium qualities, prices must again be quoted
rather lower. The public sales of Australian wools, which
commenced in London on the 9th ult. will close on the
4th inst.; there has been a good attendance' of the trade,
and, up to this time, the opening prices have been pretty
well supported.
_

messrs. JOSEPH ROBINSON and CO, say :
Notwithstanding the expectation of immediate hostility
with Russia, the Wool market has fully sustained the
buoyancy alluded to in the first month of the year. In
the districts of manufacture a large consumption is still
going on in low foreign Wools, in nearly all the branches
in which they are used, and few complaints are made of
want of orders ; the portion of the trade the most de-
pressed are the worsted spinners, owing to their almost
entire dependence on a large export of Yarns, which has
been sometime wanting, causing a considerable quanitty
of machinery to be either standing, or working short
time; otherwise the trade of the country is healthy, and
prices of all classes, with the exception of English, are
firmly maintained. The auction sales that have been
progressing in London last month have certainly been• a
drawback to business here ; however, the transactions
are to a fair extent.

LABOUR MOVEMENT..

MEETING OF msz SHOEMAKERS OF LIVERPOOL..

YESTERIWY forenoon (being St. Monday with the trade),.
a meeting of journeymen shoemakers of the town was
held at the Concert Hall, for the purpose of extending
their trades! unioin,and advocating the-extension, of a sick
and burial fund in connexion with such societies through-
out the. country. Me Hall was not half-filled. About
half-an-hour after the time announced fbr the commence-
ment of the proceedings,
Mr. SINNOTT was called to the chair. He explained the•
object of the meeting to be to consider the• best means of
furthering a more-complete organization' of theirtrade, and
extending the power and influence of the•union through-
out the country, by establishing a sick and burial society
in connexion with. it. The last time that. they had met
in that hall was to organize, so that they: might get an
increase of wages- In that he was glad to say that they
had succeeded, and their object now should be to put
themselves in a position to prevent those wages being
reduced. (Applause.) Many parties had left their society,
thinking that, fora the payment they made; something
should be allowed in cases of sickness and. death.
Mr. DONOVAN was then called upon t'o.move the first
resolution, which was, "That in the opinion,of this meeting
it is the interest of every journeyman, boot and shoe
maker to enrol himself a member of a trade society ; and
it is further of opinion that the only security we possess is
in a general. organisation of our trade." He said, to show
the necessity of organization, he need only call attention
to the admitted fact that some of their trade were the
worst-paid class in the country; and. they might rest
assured. that, if they rested on their own resources and did
not join the society, they would falconsiderably lower.
It was a duty they owed to themselves., their families, and
the general, good, to come forward at once, for whilst the
other trades. of the country were progressing, they surely
should not retrograde.
Mr. RienaansoN seconded the resolution in a very
poetical, speech. The labourer, he said, was worthy of his
hire, and that maxim was certainly not fulfilled when an
industrious- and honest shoemaker might labour from
morning, to night, and not earn sufficient for his sub-
sistence and the education of his children. The masters
sought their own interests, and why should not the men
seek theirs.? The masters sought to undersell each other
at the. expense of industry. (Applause.)
The• Chairman then put the resolution to the meeting,
when, it was carried unanimously.
Mr:. LEWIN moved the second. resolution, which was
declaratory of the expediency of introducing a sick fund
throughout the entire trade. To.show the value of a sick
fund, in connexion with a trades' union, he adduced the
instance of one in connexion with their own (central
trade. society) in the town. The. societies at the out-dis-
tricts.did not adopt the principlesif a sick fund, and the con-
sequence was that the members had left, and the societies
were- languishing. The low grade that journeymen
shoemakers were brought to in. this town was not the mas-
ters' fault, but to the want of union among themselves,
and it was doing an injustice to. those masters who would
pay the fair wages if they did not unite. In the north
district, last week, there had,been some dispute, in which
the men obtained the advantage, from their determination.
and union. In his experience, wherever in any town the
trade society had been stable, it had been the sick fund,
which had made it stable. (Applause.) At Norwich there•
was no society, and young boys and girls were set to work
almost as soon as they could walk, and they were paid for
the single pairs of shoes.that were made but by the dozen..
(Laughter.) Those shoes found their way to the mercer's
shops, where they sold, for 3s. 6d. each, and were of such
inferior quality that they would actually burst in trying
on. This would show haw the public were imposedupon,
and how the journeymen shoemakers suffered from. their
want of union. Hs-begged to move—" That, in order to,
guard against the casualties of our nature, it is. necessary
to establish a general sick fund, and this meeting pledges
itself to use every exertion for that purpose."
Mr. Tnomsax seconded the resolution. To. show the
advantages of the sick fund in connexion with, the trade
society, he instanced, also, the society in the central dis-
trict. There they paid one shilling every four weeks ;
sixpence of that went to support the sick, twopence to
bury the dead ; CO. was paid on the death of a man, and
£3. a woman.; and 6s. a week was paid to any man who
might fall sick. There was another society, unattached,
but still in some connexion with it, by which, when they
were sick, they might double the 6s. and get 12s. This
sick and. burial fund• had wrought well, and they had
found it to combine the men remarkably together. There
was one feature of the society that he might mention.
They were 160 strong, sometimes less, but he never knew
a man attached to that society, or his family, who had
ever applied to the public or parish for relief. (Loud
applause.) The 6s. was only paid in full to the sick for
eight weeks. They had, however, an old member who
fell sick when he was eighty years of age. He had ex-
hausted the. time of benefit. As be had always
been a good member, the society resolved to give
some assistance, but rather than infringe their
rules, they raised a subscription, and there was hardly a
week till that member died, that he did not get 10s. a week.
(Applause.) That would show hoiikthey stood by each
other. (Applause.) Alluding to the divisions that they
had sometimes in their trade clubs, the speaker next said
that the worst way to improve a society was to forsake it.
It might have its faults, but if they would persevere, what
was right.would be carried at last. The working man, he
contended, had no means of raising himself but by a
trades' union, and therefore they should cling to it. They
had inquired throughout Lancashire and Yorkshire, and
found that all the shoemakers' trade societies there had
established a sick fund, and the effect had been, that
instead of decreasing the number of members they had
rather increased. He recommended the two local branches
to attach a sick fund, and they would find that it would
cement them more firmly together. If they did so they
would not find themselves twopence the worse for it at
the end of the year. (Applause.)
The motion was then put and carried.
Mr. THOMAS JONES proposed the third resolution. The
working classes in this country, in his opinion, had them-
selves to blame for a vast deal of the poverty that they
had to undergo, When he looked around the hall, and
saw the comparatively small attendance, and contrasted it
with the number of shoemakers in the town, he might
ask if the shoemakers were justly entitled to an advance
in the social scale ? It showed that they were indifferent
to their own interests, and, if so, they did wrong to corn.
plain in bad times of destitution and the masters' tyranny.
They were slaves of their own making, and deserved no
better fate. (Applause.) The resolution which he had
to move was, " That we have the power in our own hands
of effecting our own emancipation, through the medium
of co-operation, and that power this meeting is resolved
to employ for our social elevation." Mr. Jones, who is,
we believe, a Chartist orator, at great length then pro-
ceeded to review what he considered the condition of the
working classes in this country, past and present. For-
merly, he said, the working classes were the serfs of the
landowners, and now they were the slaves of wages. For-
merly they were kept in good physical condition,because it
was their masters4lterVit that they shoutibe i but noW

they were used for the purposes of an employer, and then
thrown away regardlessly. The genius of Christianity
had released them from the first condition, and now he
must be released from the latter by the power of co-
operation. (Applause.) Suppose 1,200 shoe-makers sub-
scribed 6d. a-week for forty weeks, that would raise
£1,200, with which they could open six goods shops, and
employ 600 men. When they did, then let any master
dare to make an attack upon their wages. They could
draw the men out of his shop, and put them into theirs,
without having to send them upon tramp as now. That
(Mr. Jones said) would be much better than a strike.
Strikes had done great injury to the working classes, al-
though he regarded them as a necessary evil. Ten strikes
(which he enumerated) within the present century had
cost not less than £2,166,000. He concluded by arguing
strongly in favour of the principle of co-operation, as
they might then be able, with their own shops open, to
set their employers at defiance.
Mr. HENRY SMITH, of the Tailors' Institute, seconded
the motion, giving the full particulars of the co-operative
body with which, as manager, he is of course so intimately
acquainted. He stated that the tailors had commenced in
1850, with a capital of only £5, but their business had
gradually increased. From Jan. 1852, to Jan. 1853, they
did work to the amount of £564, and paid £227 in wages ;
from 1853 to 1854 they did work to the amount of £3,069,
and paid in wages £451, whilst now their capital was
£69 10s. They would shortly require larger premises.
(Applause.) Mr. Smith denied that there was identity of
interest between the employer and employed, and said
that the former were often only hsvesters of capital, and
having no knowledge of the trade in which they were en-
gaged, they could not possibly have any sympathy with
the workmen. He said if the Tailors' Institute were
properly supported by the working men of the town, they
might employ all the slop-shop hands, and give them two-
thirds more for their labour ; and it was their intention
to apply for some of the large contracts, although it was a
fact that at present our wise corporation were getting
some of the police clothes made in London.
The resolution was put and carried, the CHAIRMAN
remarking, that the subject of co-operation was one which
they might take up at a future time, an executive being
appointed to carry it out. _ _ _

Thanks were then voted to the chairman, to the reporters
present, and to Mr. Smith for his address, and three
cheers, not very hearty, having been given for co-operation,
the• meeting broke up.

THE BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL AND►
DISPENSARY.

WE regret to state that a very serious difference has
occurred amongst the subscribers and governors to this
excellent charity. At the general annual meeting on the
30th of January last, Messrs. Jeannette and Hamilton,
two of the late medical officer.", were elected consulting
surgeons. The meeting was a very small one, and a
majority of the committee or board who manage the
institution took up the opinion. that the election had not
been regular, and in compliance with the 14th rule, which
prescribes that such appointments, shall take place at
"the next meeting after the resignation of such officers"
—a condition it was contended which had not been strictly
complied with. They therefore determined to exercise the
powers with which they are vested€ of calling a special
general meeting of the governors- $ reconsider the
question.

The meeting took: place last night at the Town-hall,
in Birkenhead, and the extent of interest felt in the matter
was shown by the very numerous and respectable attendance.
The Rev. Mr. Knox, the president, occupied the chair,
sand Mr. W. W. St. George, the secretary, read over the
minutes of the previous meetings. Letters' were also read
from Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Jeannette; returning thanks
for the honour of their election, and protesting against the
steps taken to disturb it.
The CHAIRMAN expressed himself opposed to the view
taken by the committee, and' thought that the appoint-
ment had been perfectly consistent with the laws.
Mr. POWELL said that his best wishes were with the
institution, but he contended that the terms-of the 14th
rule had not been complied withi and, therefOre, moved
" That the proceedings at the last annual general meeting,
for the election of consulting surgeons, were 'irregular and
illegal; and that such election was .null and voi4"
Mr. WlLLounnsr seconded the motion:

Mr. X. W. HARDEN began by expressing his detestation
of the anonymous communications which had been circu-
late& out the subject, and pledged his reputation as a
lawyer that the election had been perfectly legal, He also
quoted the opinion of Lord Ellenborough and others
who had decided similar cases. The rule he contended
was permissive, and not prohibitory..
Mr. POWELL, after what Mr. Harden had said;-with-
drew his motion, which was then proposed by Mr.
Willbughliy and seconded by Mr. Hoare.
Mr. WAVS'ON spoke at some length,. amid considerable
confusion and cries of " Question,". in. favour of the
motion. At the annual meeting there• were only eleven
or twelve members present, and he thought that some
notice-should:have been given of the proposed apponement,
thattparties.might have attended.
A very long, confused, and irregular dl hate followed,—
Mr. Harden, Mr. Bell, solicitor, and the• chairman: con-
tending:that the only question for the meeting to decide
was the- legal construction to be put upon 'the rule, and
the other- party maintaining that the wHole question of
the appointment should be gone into.
• Mr. Dimon, one of the consulting surgeons; was amongst
the latter, and persisted in canvassing what' the qualifica-
tions oft a surgeon should be, but was put' down lay the
chairman.

Mr: Lrmag asked whether rule 6 had been, strictly
adhered to, which required that their offi.xrs should be
elected by ballot ?
It was stated that that rule did not apply to •tiie pre-
sent case:

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY EVENING, MAscn 6.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

LONDON.—After official hours, rumours regarding the
forthcoming Budget caused a slight rise in the markets
generally, and Consols closed at 911 for Money, and 911
on Account. On 'Change, P. Y. C. Tallow, 635. 6d. on
the spot, and 645. forward delivery. Linseed Oil, £34 10s.
per ton ; Rape unaltered. Scotch Pig Iron, 788. ; Spelter
611-300 tons sold at £23 10s. In Saltpetre, Tea, and
other articles, little alteration.
CABINET COUNCIL.—A Council was held at the Foreign
Office this afternoon.

Mr. Biaso-olt thought it would be best for- the pros-
perity of the institution to consider the Fast'mecting as
null and void, and reconstruct the rule.
Mr; PORTER expressed a similar view.
The. Rey.. Mr. LIINDIE spoke against the-instion; and
Mr. PERcY and Mr. Dovn in favour of it.

Thp ihrx-rumAN, after expressing the interest which he
felt in the prosperity of the institution of which he had
been the founder, and hoping that the present proceedings
would prove•no injury to it, then put the• motion; after a
few words-from Mr. Willoughby.

A question then arose as to the qualifitation which
should be possessed by gentlemen to entitle •them,to vote,
whenthe >Secretary stated that no subscribers ofless than
£1 a-year-could vote, and none who had been a•subscriher
in 1863.

As it was found impossible to take a show•of hands with
any satisPactory result, the gentlemen present separated
and went-to separate sides of the room.. The • secretary
then,counted the heads, when, after considerable delay, it
was ascertained that the motion had 28 • supporters, and
that-there were 28 opposed to it.

The proceedings of the last genera' meeting• were con-
sequently confirmed, and the election declared valid—a
result,hailed with loud cheering mingltd with hisses.
The•meeting occupied not less than•two hours.

THE' LATE COLLIERY EXPAOSION
NEAR WIGAN.-TIRE: INQUEST.

WIG N, MONDAY (YEsTBRIMAY).—The• inquiry into
the- cause of the late accident (adjourned.fivm Friday),
was. resumed this morning, by a: continuance of the
examination of

Mx. G. E. Elliott, viewer for. the Marquis of London-
derry, at Newcastle. He stated: that, when he inspected
tile mine, he found the ventilation in,a satisfactory state.
The air would not be so pure when the men were at
work, and when shots were being: fired. Having carefully
examined the mine, and tha mode of working it, he did
not think he could make a suggestion for the improvement
of its ventilation. He diet not consider it necessary to
sitik another shaft to increase the•ventilation.
Mr. T. E. FORSTER, manager of several coal works at
Newcastle, gave a generallcorroboratien to the testimony
of the preceding witness. He repeated the statement he
had made twelve months, ago, that the arrangements of
the mine were good, and reflected great credit on Mr.
Darlington, the manager.

Mr. J. Dickenson,, government- inspector of mines, in
the course of a long examination, gave evidence to the
effect, that he believed! the explosion to have been caused
by the firing of a shot, or more likely to the sudden erup-
tion of gas into the workings. He expressed it as his
opinion that the system of. working the mine in an intri-
cate series of wcprkings, like that pursued in the Arley;
Mine, was likely-to cause explosions ; and stated that some
alterations be bad recommended in reference to this par.
ticular, at the time of the previous explosion, had not
been carried ant.. He had no hesitation in saying, that
all the explosions which have recently taken place in, this
district, have beep hi pits where a mode of working,
similar to that adolited in this mine, have been in use. It
is not the system generally adopted in Lancashire,
although largely acted on in the vicinity of Newcastle,
and the most extensive explosions have taken place under
it. After what has taken place, he would recommend, that
no gunpowder be used in the pit ; and above all; he• would
recommend an alteration in the workings ; and further,
he considered the proprietors had reached the verge, and
ought not to proceed further without sinking another shaft.
Mr. W. Price, manager to the Earl of Balcarres, had
viewed the Arley Mine, at the request of the coroner, and
found the workings quite free from gas, and would have
had no hesitation in taking a naked candle through the
works. No explosion could have occurred from a gradual
fouling, and the accident must have arisen from a sudden
outburst of gas. Witness considered the Arley Mine coal
the most explosive seam in the Lancashire coal fields.
After what had happened he should hesitate"to employ
gunpowder in the mine. He did not consider the mode
of working the Ince Hall Arley Mine unsafe; nor did he
think it one of the best ventilated mines he ever saw.
Shortly after seven o'clock the inquest was further
adjourned to Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, when Mr.
Wynne, the other government inspector, will give his
evidence, after which, the coroner will sum up, and
the jury will consider their verdict.

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The usual
fortnightly meeting of this society took place last night,—
Mr. M'Andrew presiding. Dr. Hume intimated that, at
an early meeting, it was intended to bring before the so-
ciety specimens of the Saxon Antiquities lately purchased.
He next drew the attention of the chemical section of the
society to the.extraordinary statement made by Dr, Price,
relative to the diffusion of gold in the waters of the ocean.
A letter was read from Mr. Richard Spence, by Mr. San-
som, relative to the cryptogamic botany of the upper region
of the Amazon. The letter was dated San Carlos, del Rio
Negro, 27th August, 1853. A paper was read by Mr. F.
W. Bloxam, on the " Minor Poets," in which, after glancing
generally at the principles which regulate the poetic art,
and making illustrative allusion to the poets of antiquity,
he reverted to the early English poets. He then traced the
practice of those of the Tudors, Stuarts, Queen Anne,
and the Georges ; and adverted in complimentary terms to
Longfellow and Poe, although he maintained that Ame-
rican literature had no claim to the possession of a great
poet. He dwelt in very eulogistic terms on the poetry of
Tennyson and Mrs. Browning, and severely stigmatised
that of Alexander Smith. He concluded his paper by a
general complimentary apostrophe to poetry. Dr. Hume,
while differing from some "of the conclusions of Mr.
Bloxam, complimented him on the interesting paper he
had read, Mr. Boult and Mr. ReddisA followed, expre,s,
sing both acquiescence in, and differeAco from, sow of
the principles laid del% tix Ws. Dlexam'i paper,