Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-15 00:00:00

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T.—You have not furnished as with your name and address; and consequently, your eommunieztion Is not inserted. 'Etc luttijau IIIIPS WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. Full details of the news from our Indian posser. sions will be found in the sixth page of this day's publication. They are even of a graver complexion than the telegraphic messages had led us to ex pect. That the mutiny will be put down we hope and believe ; but it has still to be put down, and its suppression will cost both blood and treasure. Thirty two regiments of the Bengal army, with some companies of Artilley arrd Sappers and Miners, have mutinied. The insurgent force in Delhi is composed exclusively of the Meerut mutineers, and the native troops stationed at Delhi, which made common cause with them. They have been joined by revolted regiments from Nusseerabad F er o z epore, and elsewhere. This force has not bean driven within the walls after one defeat only ; they have repeatedly ventured out to give battle to the assailants. Nor is Delhi the only point at which mutiny obstinately holds its ground. Although quelled at first at Lucknow, it has since broken out there with greater violence; and Cawn pore, at the time of the latest despatches, was held in a state of seige by mutineers. The dis banded men and deserters, too, form an elemen t of mischief calculated to awaken scarcely less anxiety than the banded insurgents actually in arms. They are disseminating themselves through the country, apparently with the design to foster and inflame any local discontents that they may find existing among the ryots. Some struggling parties are reported to have made their way to the neighbourhood of Nagpore. The Globe of last night makes the following remarks upon .the news now to hand :—" So far as appears from the intel ligence before us the capture of Delhi will be the suppression of the rebellion. At no other place have the mutineers been able to make a stand. At Nusseerabad the gallant fidelity of the Ist Bombay Lancers was almost sufficient to defeat the mutineers. At other points, irregu lars, European and native, have successfully dealt with bodies of the revolted soldiery. Only one native chief had the temerity to revolt. Pun ishment speedily fell upon him. A body of volun teer horse from Allyghur dashed into his village, caught, tried, and hung him on the spot. The TOth Native Regiment at Barrackpore had asked and obtained permission to march against the mutineers. The 9th Native Regiment at Allyghur " politely dismissed " its European officers before a portion of them marched to Delhi. At Murdaun, the 55th deserted their colours ; they were assailed by Europeans and Irregulars, cut to pieces, taken, and dispersed. We had two arrivals yesterday from the British North American Provinces. The screw steamers Indian and Khersonese—the former from Quebec and the latter from St. John's, Newfoundland arrived here within half an hour of each other, yesterday morning. They sailed from their res pective ports on the 4th inst. These passages were made under nine days and a half, and the In dian has made the passage out and home, including her detention at Quebec, in twenty-six days. The news is chiefly confined to particulars of the burn ing of the steamer Montreal. We give the captain and purser's statement respecting this melancholy catastrophe. 200 bodies had been recovered, but it was feared there were yet 100 missing. In the House of Lords last night the business transacted was not of much public importance. Attention was directed to the unfitnes of several of the transports engaged for the convey ance of troops to India, the Earl of Albemarle stating that one of the transports had the reputa tion of making four knots an hour. The noble Earl also objected to the system of hiring vessels by the government. He thought that they ought to be engaged registered tonnage instead of by the gross tonnage. Lord Panmute denied that the vessels were old or unfit for the service for which they were engaged. " The vessels were clippers, and he understood that that was the swiftest description of sailing vessels." Some conversation occurred on the Earl of Hardwicke asking the Post master-General whether any arrangement had been made for expediting the India mails through France. The Duke of Argyle replied that in no case during the last six months had the mails been delayed more than twelve hours, and an arrangement had been made by the French Government, by which, in case the Indian mail arrived within two hours after the departure of the morning mail, the Englieh letters were forwarded by express. Several bills were fowarded a stage, including the Joint Stock Company's Bill, which was read a second time. The House of Commons had an early sitting yesterday, which was wholly occupied by the Metropolitan Police Grand Juries Bill, the object of which is to abolish grand juries in the Metropolis. On the motion for going into committee on the bill, Mr. Boyer moved that the chairman leave the chair. He spoke very strongly against the bill, as did also several other members, but the motion was lost by a vote of 187 against, and only eighty for. At the evening sitting Mr. Disraeli asked for further information as to the state of affairs in India, and asked the noble Lord at the head of the government to fix a day upon which the House might express an Opinion upon the sub ject. Lord Palmerston replied that the despatches which the Government had received, were only an amplification of the information received by telegraph. He would as soon as possible lay papers on the subject before the House, and he was of opinion that it would be premature for the House to express an opinion until the docu ments were in the hands of the members. Arrangements had been made to send out a force larger than that stated by Lord Canning to be necessary. It was sated in the House that Genera Anson had not communicated either to the Govern ment or to the East India Company, the inform atio of disaffection being prevalent in the India Army. On the motion of Lord Gooderich it wa agreed by the House that it was expedien t o extend the system of competition to all th offices in the Civil Service of the country. An ad dress to her Majesty, praying that she would employ all the means in her power to put down the African Slave Trade, and that she would take steps to obtain the execution of the treaties made with other power for that purpose, was carried unani mously. Mr. Scholefield last night, in the House of Com mons, brought up a report from the Mayo Election Committee, stating that Mr. Moore was not duly elected for the county of Mayo, and that the last election, so far as regarded the return of Mr. Moore, was void. They also reported that undue iefluence and spiritual intimidation had prevailed at the last election to a great extent, and that the Rev. Peter Conway and the Rev. Luke Ryan were the most active in this respect. The domestic or local intelligence is not of the least importance this morning, if we except the fact of a ship being run down in the channel, and the loss of six lives. The ship Carlyle, which left this port on Sunday for New York, on the following day, while off Holyhead, came in contact with the Austrian barque Grayio Deo, from Liverpool to Trieste, and the latter immediately sank, and six of her crew were drowned. The Carlyle has returned to port. The coroner's inquiry into the St. Martin's Workhouse murder, has resulted In a verdict of Wilful Murder being returned against the unfortu nate lunatic by whom it was perpetrated. There is nothing of political interest in the greater portion of the continental news to-day. All the accounts from Spain, although mostly coming through sources hostile to the insurrection, represent it as being not yet overpowered by the Government forces The largest of the insur rectionary bands which first appeared at Utrera, in Andalusia, was hotly pursued, fled in the direction of Gibraltar, and has not yet been taken or dis persed, so that Marshal Narvaez might have spared his rash b )ast on the subject. The Flyverosten of Copenhagen says :—" We learn from a good scuree that England and France have expressed to the Austrian and Prussian governments, through their ambassadors, the wish that those Cabinets should defer any ulterior steps in the Danish question until after the meeting of the Holstein Chambers in August." A Constantinople correspondent gives an account of the new reforms, as recommended by a recent Government Commission. Aco , rding to this account, the new organisation of the provinces, as projected by the commission, amounts to little more or less than the introduction of the corn mur al system based on elections, instead of the system of the governmental centralisatio❑ which has been hitherto prevailing. The Persian correspondent of the Bombag Times makes a curious report to that paper. He states that the Shah has made a requisition upon General Outram for a column of troops to enforce he evacuation of Herat, which is held by his nephews, who, disapproving the terms of peace, refuses to withdraw from the The Bombay Times does not discredit the news, but is unable to vouch for its accuracy. THOUGH the news from India affords no room for despair, it is sufficiently grave to demand the utmost despatch and activity on the part of the Government. From the tone of conversation in both Houses, we should infef that the worst may be considered as past, and that Ministers expect soon to hear that the insurrection has been crushed at the point where it made its chief stand—Delhi. We hope this is true, yet the very latest accounts are not at all in harmony with it ; for it is now telegraphed that thirty-two regiments of the Bengal army, with companies of Artillery, Sappers and Miners, are in open revolt, At other points, also, as at Ferozepore and Nuseerabad, the mutiny has shown itself ; also, Cawnpore and Lucknow are reported as besieged by the mutineers ; and at Delhi there seem to have been several battles and skirmishes, the deserters had came out often and again give battle to the Government troops, though they were beaten, and driven into the town with the loss of twenty-six guns. Oa May 23rd, the heights surrounding Delhi were in possession of our troops; but so late as June Bth, the town had not been taken, but was still occupied by the insurgents. This indicates that the insurgents were in greater numbers, or that more resistance had been offered than was expected. Still we entertain no real doubt of the speedy reduction of Delhi, as reinforcements were advancing from many quarters on this and the other disturbed districts. What complicates the case, and greatly increases the danger, is the circumstance of the deserters, and men of the disbanded regiments, spreading themselves over the surrounding country, trying to spread dis affection, corresponding probably with regi ments who have not yet mutinied, making travelling less safe, and causing a vast amount of general fear and insecurity. The telegraphic communication has been cut off between Delhi, Agra, and Calcutta. Something like thirty thousand men have already been lost, through all causes, from the ranks of the native army, and more desertions and mutinies are suspected. Though it is hoped that the crisis is past, we have, as yet, no security that it is so. Twenty thousand European soldiers are now asked for, instead of the ten thousand first marred. Prophets that prophecy after the event are, indeed, now telling us that they knew all this was hatching and preparing long ago—that even the Mohammedan part of the people has been conspiring against us, so that sooner or later an explosion was inevitable. Why, then, was not all this made known long ago, and measures taken to prevent it ? Why was not such important information confidentially imparted to our Government ? Why make such a profound secret of intelligence so vital to the safety of our Indian Empire ? Of plots hatching for months there were probably preliminary symptoms, and ' we can only regret that men with eyes, and ears, and patriotism should live and give no sign. Still we cannot believe that the insurrection, though magnified in some French papers, can long sustain itself against the force that will be brought to crush it. Those proud, high-caste Sepoys, who fight so well when incorporated with, or accompanied by, European regiments, are comparatively feeble when alone. With British officers and discipline, they are equal to the best soldiers in the world. Not even the soldiers of France or Sardinia could surpass them. But the insurgents are at present without ammu nition, without any plan of operation, without officers, discipline, and a General who might THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. 1857. inspire confidence and command obedience. They cannot long hold their ground, then, unless the insurrection should spread far more widely than there is reason to apprehend at present. Happily, the mutiny is still purely military, and has not invaded the general population. A panic is said to have seized the mutineers at Delhi, and 500 horsemen had made their escape from the city. The Bombay and Madras armies have, without a single exception, remained faith ful ; and in the Bengal native army there are several very encouraging instances of unshaken loyalty to the British colours. The poor puppet King of Delhi, descendant of the Great Mogul, who of course has acted under constraint, and will be too glad to lay down his little brief authority, is wishing to throw himself on the mercy of the British crown. That brave and chivalrous officer, Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, has been appointed to the supreme command in India; and within a few hours, he was ready to leave England for the field of his duty. • We can offer no opinion on this appoint ment. A worthier soldier does not wear the British uniform. But we trust that the great local knowledge and Indian experience of Sir PATRICK GRANT, who has succeeded General ANSON, will not be lost to India or to England. Sir PATRICK GRANT appears himself to be not unworthy to be Commander-in-Chief; and, with two such men as Sir COLIN and Sir PATRICK, we trust to hear at length a good account of the Indian insurrection. WE need offer no apology for again referring to the trial of MADELINE SMITH, just concluded at the High Court of Justiciary, in Edinburgh, which is almost unprecedented in Scotland. It has been considered the PALMER case of Scotland, where a young lady is the heroine. The compari son is unfair, and the cases are little parallel. PALMER'S chief victim, COOK, was innocent ; the betrayer of Miss SMITH was a villain. His victims were many ; hers, at the worst, only one. By a long course of lying and treachery he com passed his murders; the unfortunate young lady openly purchased the arsenic, for cosmetic purposes, she says, and boldly subscribed her name in the chemist's book. Though we are far from wishing to palliate a crime, yet it cannot be denied that Miss SMITH had great provoca tion, and must almost have been maddened by the fate that seemed impending over her, in the threat of L'ANGELIER to "disclose all." She has been liberated by a jury of her countrymen. The case of the Scottish young lady is, except in interest and the length of the trial, not at all parallel to that of the English poisoner. The verdict just delivered at Edinburgh coincides with public opinion, and to our think ing was the only one possible in the presence of the evidence. An essential link was wanting to connect the young woman with administering poison on the last fatal occasion, and the period bot,-Qc. F hrures f Do ....a M 4L,.ia zr, LIIC uate of the poisoning, was not satisfactorily bridged over. " Nat Proven," was then the only decision that a conscientious jury could arrive at. And now the young woman returns to her family, liberated, but not acquitted, with a tarnished name, and a tainted mind. We deeply sympathise with the injured family —the parents, sisters, and brothers of Miss SMITH, who must feel themselves dishonoured by the unworthy conduct of one of the cumbers. And towards the unhappy young lady herself, our feeling of moral reprobation is tempered by compassion. There is no effectual retrieval of such mistakes in life. Repentance and amendment for the future may restore peace and even hope, but cannot give back innocence. She can never be as she was before. She can never be the unfallen woman, though she may become the Magdalen, out of whom demons have been cast. By a useful and virtuous life hereafter, she may cause her former frailty to be forgotten ; and her deep experience of the whiles of sin, and the sting that follows it, may impart to her more sympathy for her erring fellow creatures, while she watches over her own weak heart. What a lesson is this to all young persons to guard against the besetting sin, and the first approaches of evil. Here is an accomplished, clever, instructed young lady, who probably had no serious intention at first of yielding to the temptation. She parlies with it, practises concealment from her parents, and at length lands herself in a position where she is publicly accused of a crime of the deepest die. It is important and wholesome for all young people to know that there are some sins and faults that society never forgives, and that repentance only half effaces. This young woman will require to be treated with the greatest care and discretion by her relations and those around her. Any unwise treatment might drive her to despair, and per manently send her to evil courses. She had fallen a victim to one who seems to have lived a villain, and subjected her to the most torturing oppression that one human being can exercise over another. He held her by the most tender part. He knew her secret, and he basely threa tened to divulge it. She would have escaped into legitimate wedlock, where she might in some small measure have atoned for her faults, and he would not let her. Ile wished to retain her in his own hand—a blighted flower—the victim of his artifices—the feeder of his vindictive selfishness, whom he could terrify every hour by the threat of exposure. However weak, and however guilty she may have been, nothing call exceed hik , meanness, crueltyt and vindictiveness. Was it not enough to have been the instigator or the companion of her ruin, and must she, in addition, be cut off from the very possibility of amendment and peace of mind? No man of right feeling would for a moment have sought to extort from a woman —and she his victim —the unwilling meed of her affections. In dismissing this painful and humiliating case, we must express grave doubts whether any good can come to public morals from publishing nauseous details in licentious letters that ought never to have seen the light. They are adapted to suggest the thought of evil, and render licen tious imagery familiar to minds which else they might have never entered. Here is moral danger of the most insidious nature. Lewd pictures and corrupt images taint the imagination and deprave the heart ; they cannot lose their influence, like a false statement or an illogical argument, when fouud out to be false. The understanding clears itself of the falsehood when the evidence fails, and no stain remains on the mirror of the mind. Not so the imagination. There the impure image or the immodest description remains long after to haunt the mind —to cling to it, to lend it odour, as the odour of some nauseous medicine clings to the vessel that contains it. We take our leave of MADELINE SMITH, permitting her character to remain in that shrouded mystery where the verdict of her countrymen has placed it—praying that the public may not be needlessly deluged with the chronicles of depravity, and that many young persons may take warning from this example not to dally or tamper with vice—not to put them selves in the way of temptation, but to flee from the evil thing ; for, in the words of our classic poet— Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen ; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity then embrace. OUR epitome of the proceedings of Monday's Parliament, in yesterday's publication, has already informed our readers that the late news from India was made the subject for interpola tions of the Ministry on that evening. Mr. DISRAELI, as the leader of Her Majesty's oppo sition, assumed a position which we consider was quite legitimate. Ile manifested an anxiety to learn whether the Government had any authorised information to give respecting the insurrection among the native troops of India ; and to learn whether there was any prospect of obtaining, at an early date, a " blue book" on the subject. We do not quarrel with the desire, much less the effort, to obtain from official sources as much information as possible on the Indian rebellion, for such we must now term it, as can be obtained. On the contrary, we believe that the Right Honourable the Member for Bucks is to be commended for endeavouring to outam as mucu -• umciai itnormation on me serious topic to which his question had reference, as Ministers were disposed to give. And here let us do justice to Lord PALMERSTON, and say, that he was not only candid but sincere. He manifested every desire to oblige the right honourable gentleman, Mr. DISRAELI, and through him the public at large. Unfortunately, however, he was not in a position to tell more than the readers of the NORTHERN TIMES knew on Monday morning. What we then published perfectly coincided with the statements of the Premier on Monday evening. These, although they do not underrate the magnitude of the contest which has taken place in our Indian Empire, do not recognise the idea that the unpleasant and certainly disastrous conse quences which have taken place are of an insuperable character. Lord PALMERSTON looked upon the fact of the loyalty of the Bengal army as a hopeful view of this unpleasant, and it 'ay be dangerous, aspect of the enzeute of a portion of our Indian army. Besides this, he did not fail to draw attention to another important fact—that that portion of the Indian army which had remained faithful to the British standard had, in conjunction with her Majesty's forces, made a sensible impression upon the fortress of Delhi. Moreover, he gave us promises, of an equally satisfactory character, as to the final result of the operations against that strong hold of the rebels ; and did not fail to declare that he would give to Parliament the fullest and the latest particulars which would reach any department of the Cabinet. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGLI was the chief party who spoke on this important subject in the Lords. As a matter of course, he was desirous of showing to their lordships that his Indian experiences—the gates of Sumnath to wit—entitled him to read a lecture to the Administration. At the same time, no one who considers his lordship's character, and his ardent desire to induce the world to believe that he knows more of India and its government than the whole world put together, can be surprised that the last few mails from India have proved to him a godsend for en forcing all his ideas. Besides all this, he can with impunity indulge in the most direful predilections as to our future rule in these extensive and most important possessions. Lord PALMERSTON and his colleagues have been accustomed to these vague and ill-founded prognostications. England is jealous of her rights, her privileges, and her power. She has obtained dominion over the Indian possessions by means of a legitimate conquest. Nay, more ; she holds her sway in that quarter 01 the globe for the benefit of the world's civilisation ; mars her progress therein; Art and Science spring up in her foot-tracks of conquest. If there is anything in our Indian rule, let it be rectified ; but a nation—an empire, vast and great in the extreme, cannot be lost at the bidding of political emissaries of foreign nations. We cannot in this place help observing that Lord ELLENBOROUGH has assumed quite too dictatorial a part in the affairs of India ; and although we would have been glad had Lord GRENVILLE been less courteous with his adver sary, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, we must say that the House of Lords is not the place to hold a Council of War, or to decide the military qualification of a General, whom Great Britain has, for his Crimean deeds, delighted to honour and reward. The main point of the debate in question was this—that Government had determined to use every exertion to bring about a satisfactory settlement of this unfortunate eruption. The fact of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL being sent forth for that purpose is quite a proof that another Penin sular WELLINGTON has gone forth, and that the British Crown shall not suffer in glory, honour, —aye, or mercy to a fallen foe, than it did in the memorable year of 1815. TEE COURT, &c. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort leave town on Thursday for Aldershot, intending to remain at the Royal Pavilion until Saturday, when Her Majesty repairs to Osborne. REPORTED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO FRANCE,—A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels, says : —After the visit of the Emperor and Empress to Osborne, Queen Victoria, we are assured, will pass a fortnight at Compiegne. Her Majesty's visit will, however, not have any official character, and she will not come to Paris. Tim QUEEN OF Otrog.—Her Majesty's reception of the Queen of Oude, with her son and grandson, bas at length taken place, and nothing could be more gracious than the welcome given by our Queen. The Queen of Oude left Harley House in great state—her Indian crown being placed in the carriage. It is a lofty coroneted cap, in form something like the coronets of our peers, only higher and rounder at the top, and, instead of velvet, is a mass of gold tissue ornamented with jewels. On the top of the cap are placed some extraordinary silver ornaments, which sway and jingle about with every movement, producing a sound like a number of silver bells. From the rim of the crown depends the veil, which is really two curtains of gold and coloured tissue, that meet over the face and then pass down each shoulder. The Queen of Oude wore a robe of gild tissue, pendant from her shoulders, which was borne by a Hindoo " Lady in Waiting;' who alone was permitted to enter the carriage with her. The Queen's dress was a blaze of Eastern magnificence, but she has adopted Euro pean fashions euffieiently to indulge in the finest silk stock ings, though they were ornamented with gold anklets.— Court Journal. Tui ROYAL VICTORIA PATRIOTIC ASYLIJR.-011 Saturday, the foundation stone was laid by Her Majesty of a new asylum, bearing the name, and destined for the reception of 300 orphan daughters of soldiers, sailors, and marines The cost of the erection and endowment of the asylum will be defrayed out of the surplus funds still remaining in the hands of the Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund. The asylum is to be constructed to accommodate 300 girls, and, so far as we are enabled to ascertain, it is to be built after the design of the famous Heriot's Hospital of Edinburgh, omitting, however, much of that nrnate Style ni daeorati.n , unnecessarily absorb an undue portion of the funds at present available. The site which the building is to occupy is a very pleasant one, on Wandsworth Common, a short distance from the Clapham station of the South Western Railway, overlooking on one side the Wandsworth House of Correction, and the pretty Gothic building of the Freemasons' Asylum for Female Orphans. THE QUEEN AT SPENCER HOUSE. The Queen honoured the Earl and Countess Spencer with her presence at a ball given at Spencer House on Monday evening. . _ Her Majesty, who arrived at twenty minutes after ten o'clock, entered resting on the arm of the King of the Belgians, the Earl Spencer conducting the Frincess Char lotte of Belgium, and the Prince Consort leading the Countess Spencer. The Princess Royal followed with Prince Frederick William of Prussia. After the lapse of a few moments the Queen ascended to the ball-raom, the band playing the National Anthem• The foreign Ambassadors and Ministers awaited her Ma. jeaty's arrival in brilliantly-decorated uniforms opposite the dais, and were graciously acknowledged by the Bove- reign. The Queen having taken her seat upon the chair of state , the other royal personages present assumed places on either Bide of her Majesty, who for some moments engaged in an animated conversation with Countess Spencer, the Prince Consort meantime passing round the room, and graciously stinting the principal ladies present . At a given intimation from the Lord Chamberlain, the first quadrille was formed, her Majesty leading off with the Earl Spencer, and the Prince Consort dancing with the Countess Spencer. The following danced in the same set —Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, Count of Flanders and the Princes s Royal, Lord Althorp and the Princess Mary, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and the Duchess of Manchester, the French Ambassador and Madame Van de Weyer' Connt Chotek and the Countess Persigny, Duke of Man chester and Lady Louisa Hamilton, Mr. Thynne an .1 the Marchioness of SLfford, Viscount Castlerosse and Lady Clementina Villiers, Captain Seymour and Lady Cecilia Molyneux Another quadrille having intervened, her M ajesty commanded a third set, and this time gave her hand to the Prince Frederick William of Prussia, the Prince Consort dancing with the Duchess of Wellington, the Earl Spencer with the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, Lord Althorp with the Princes 3 Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Manchester with the Countess Persiiny, and Captain Seymour with the Duchess of Manchester. The ball now became general, her Majesty remaining seated on the dais, and occasionally joining iu the dance. At midnight the Queen was nini'.u3ted by the Earl and Countess Spencer t 3 the banqueting-room, where a grdnd supper was served on gold plate. Her Maj sty retired shortly before one o'clock, attended, as on her arrival, by the Earl and Countess Spencer, who, before the royal departure, received the Queen's gracious acknowledgments for the magnificent fete provided for the entertainment of her Majesty and her illustrious relati';eP. The festivities of the evening were kept up same time after the Queen had taken her departure. VISIT OF PRINCE NAPOLEON TO MANCHESTER. At half-past twelve o'clonk on Monday, the Mayor of Manchester, Sir James Watts, lint, the Town-clerk, Joseph Heron, Esq., and Rdward Tootal, Egg., were in attendance at the station to receive his highness, and v;el. come him to Manchester. General Sir Harry Smith and two aides-de-camp, in uniform, arrived at the station abou t the same time, and were aftewards join' by Colonel Wilbraham, also in full uniform. A mall body of police under the direction of paptAia rP;lin, and two sugar- intendents, was stationed on the platform to keep order. Precisely at a quarter to one the train reached the Victoria Platform, and all eyes were immediately directed towards the carriages, the greatest anxiety being evinced to obtain a glimpse of the prince —an anxiety in which the police seemed to join with as much avidity as the people who were on the platform. The result was that the police mingled with the people in e,owding round the carriages, and the prince alighted on the platform in the midst of a crowd composed of the mayor, town-clerk, military officers, police, and civilians, who were mingled without the slightest attempt at dis tinction nr order. The prince, by some means or other► succeeded in discovering which was the mayor, and, alter a brief interchange of coartesie., the prince entered the mayor's carriage, accompanied by his worship, and two members of the prince's suite, and drove off to the Queen's Hotel. It was generally remarked that t he prince was a remarkab'e type of the first Bonaparte. The visage so strikingly resembled that of Napoleon, that anyone acquainted with the portraits of the present Eroperol's uncle would have been able, withont any difficulty, to identify the prince in a crowd as a member of the Bonaparte family. Prince Louis Bonaparte is attended by the following suite :—Le Baron de la Roncierc-le-Noury, membre du conseil d'amirautec M. Ferri Pisani, chef d'eseadre d'etat major, aides-de camp; M. Regnault, membre de l'institut ; M. Le Vicomte chef d'escadron, aides-de-camp ; M. Le Comte Broniki; M. Arago, inspector general des beaux arts ; Champcom'ois, ingenieur des Mines, professeur a I'Ecole des Mines. The prince was also attended by the French °nisei of Liverpool. The dining-room appropriated to the prince is the room known as the " Alma" room, io front of the hotel, and immediately facing the Wellington statute. At the dinner par'y, at seven o'clock last evening, covers wer laid for ter. The prince will remain in Man chester until Thursday morning. THE MERSEY CON3ERVANCY AND DOCKS' petition to the House of Lords against the Mersey Con servancy and Docks' Bill is now in course of signature in Liverpool. The petition will be found in our advertising columns. It objects to the principles of the bill, which has pas.ed the House of Commons, inasmuch as it introduces government influence, which would doubtlessly be ulti mately extended, and that the port of Liverpool has wonderfully improved un ler the present administration of the Dock Estate ; consequently, that it is inexpedient and unnecessary to make any alteration in the formation of the existing Board. The gist of the whole petition is that portion of it relating to the Town Dues, which " have been at all times wisely and judiciously expended on objets beneficial to the trade and commerce of the port, as well as to the inhabitants of the borough." Their lord ships are implored not to pass the bill, for, if it became law, there would be no security for the continued enjoy ment of municipal property or any description. We would urge upon our readers to peruse the petition carefully, and to at once affix their signatures. We do think that it will have a beneficial effect upon the minds of the mem bers of the Upper House, when the bill comes to be dis cussed before them; for many of their lordships hold estates, and receive rentals from such estates, granted to them by the Crown under the same circumstances, and on tie same conditions, as the Town Dues were granted to Liverpool. THE SCREW STEAM-Mr GREAT BRITAIN.—Oar readers will recollect that this splendid vessel sailed from the Mersey, for Melbourne, on the 16th of February last. By the arrival of the Jams Baines we learn that she arrived at Melbourne on the 19th cf April, whilst the Australian mail steamer, which sailed about the same time, had not been heard of when the James Baines sailed for Liverpool. We have had the opport&ty of perusing a private letter from a gentleman on board the Great Britain, by which we learn that she crossed the Equator when out seventeen days eighteen hours ; the weather was fine, with light breezes, throughout. The south-east trades were also light, and far to the southward. She made the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope after a run of thirty-eight days Cuur uvois Guam Lirciptivl, autl from thence to Hobson's Bay the time taken was about twenty-three days. The royals were never taken in during the passage, except six hours. Her greatest speed under canvass was 345 and 323 knots in the twenty-four hours. Had the winds been strong, she would have made a very rapid passag e. The passengers, on lauding at Hobson's Bay, expressed them— selves hizhly satisfied with.the ship's accommodation, and the kind treatment which they received. Captain Gray has reported to the owners that all the alterations which were made on the Great Britain before she left on the last voyage have answered splendidly. She was to sail from Melbourne on the 26Lh of May, and may be expected here early next week. PRESENTATION.--On tionday evening, the 13th instant, Mr. Mondell, on behalf of the boys in connection with St. Michael's School, Toxteth Park, presented their school master, Mr. Reeves, with a handsome pair of silver mounted vases, on the occasion of his marriage, as a token of their esteem for the kind manner in which he had instructed them for a period of nearly four years. GREAT SHOW OF FINE AND VALUABLE DRAPERY AT JEFFREY, MORRISR, AND Co.'s,—There is a proverb which seyeth " It's an ill wind that blows nobody good." Failures and losses in trade will inevitably happen, and as such Veings must, in the course of events, take place in the trading world, it follows that sacrifLes must ensue, and that the public must reap the benefit. Although the Compton House is so well and favourably known, not only to our fair population, but also to the lords of creation, and although standing in the centre of the greatest thoroughfare in the metropolis, fevv perhaps are aware of the ein rmous extent of the concern--of its_ vast ramifica tions, and the endless variety of articles which it contains. —the produce of every loom and clime under the all-seeing sun. In the midst of us there is a wonderful curiosity e unexplce el by many, and indeed until yesterday we were not coeversant with the fact, and it is no less astounding than true, that in Europe there is nothing in its line to. compare with the great establishment of Jeffrey, Morrish, and Co. Ladies who go casually into the shop to purchase articles in their line, perhaps never proceed further than the counter at which they can find the goods they require; but sure we are that if they took the trouTe of a few' minutes, they would behold departments, both on the shop floor and up stairs, that would dazzle and delight them. We never had even a remote idea of this gorgeous establishment until yesterday. Curiosity is a natural bent —call it passion if you will--of the human mind ; and amongst thousands who were attracted to Compton House, yesterday, we made an unit. Of course there was a reason for it, as it was ;announced, for some days past, that, in addition to the - Already extensive summer stock of exquisite goods, the stock of Mr. Edward Blakely, an eminent trader of Norwich, had been purchased to the extent of £a,ooo. This stook consisted of Calicoes, silesias, &e.; prints; flannels, blankets, counter panes, dimities, &e. ; plain inuslins and skirts ; linen goods; alpacas, Cobngs, &e. ; French merinos ; challi wool plaids, Hulsey's, printed flannels, &e. ; fancy dresss delaines &c ; balzarines, &c ; bareges, and printed mas t ins ; silk s , poplins, velvet, &o; shawls ; mantles ; furs ; ladies' under clolhing ; sewed mus li n , an d l ace d goods; ribbons; fringes, gimps, &c.; parasols and umbrellas; gentlemen's shirts, collars, printed shirtings, &c ; geetlemea's bandanas, neckerchiefs, neck ties, &c,; hosiery, gloves, and haberdashery ;flowers ; funeral pall ; cloaks, &a. ; perfumery ; remn an t s an d sun d r i es . aria this may convey srao wee of its extent. The beauty rand fine quality of this stock, after all, has a greater at tracdon than hues could impart to it—namely, about 40 per cent. less than the cost price, or a shade under half the value. - We have scarcely observed such a scene as that presented yesterday at the Compton Honse. Every de partment wfes mare th an pl e th or i c w i t h l a di es , eager t o ge t supplied with articles which they knew well they could not procure elsewhere under nearly double the amount. It was picturesque and exciting to stand i•-a the gallery and look at the animated and truly busy scene below. The anxiety of the purrJhascrs, the politeness of the attendants, the rushing 01 the clerks to the cash counters, the pushing of ladies to get in, and the pushing of ladies to get out (who were fortunate enough to get served early), all formed a picture and mass of busy life that should have been witnessed to meet with due appreciation, As to the quality of the goods, the fine colours, the variety and event, nothing could surpass them; and, from the scene of yesterday, there can be no doubt that the valuable stock will soon disappear under the eyes of our fair townswomen. Tho whole is worth a visit,