Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

tiOVEMBER 2, 1859. Priz es aucl, what wa's bore to - their honour, was that CI were 'hllivdiking-men, who toiled for their daily 1 1 - 0 in the I, factory, and machine shop twelve k ea t dh:y. These men had obtained prizes or 'certi aC. for having passed successfully their examination ,T 6e °ra, mensuration, and history. The first certi lice4 la algebra had been obtained by a boy—a factory r ft ,, Y r ivil o was but fifteen years of age, and who only i ;:ed ss. per week wages. (Cheers.) If he .(Mr. t h e ,,, l i) Were a millowner, and had such a boy, he tud, as the saying was, keep his eye on him. The t et t ll'anourable gentl e man proceeded to show it was .. e to s ay that the men who sprung from the ranks could ef° t'll : rid Would n o t i n thi s c o un t ry (if they were possessed ° p ti ° ll , application, ability,: and integrity,) rise to cadd 8 (4 honour and dignity in the State. Advancement Vert t° those in this country, more than in any other , was tlti3 se who possessed the necessary qualifications, " a nd integrity. The right hon. gentleman then static's ilte instances in proof of what he asserted—in -11,. Which had fallen under his own observation. 4 those attended those in agricultural counties, as well this f lilt other districts of England ; and he urged Th ey act li °Pon the consideration of the young especially. klii; v 4 "'" - no matter where they: were located—could by i rate ' by application, by industry, by diligence, and 1 ,, -- g ri tY, provided they had the necessary ability, titrtwHec-fiseaitnioillisfe. Those who, hgwever, had not the could not even fill the situation they let Wish to o btain. He kneTir a man who was civil service, and when he came to be promoted witbillalllpointment which for twenty years before was ti re , ats reach, and which he had coveted for that - 11 ' he had t o refuse it on account of his inability. - I, ; gllter .) During' that twenty years the man, know e.l,7 inability to, discharge the duties of, the office, ° lir ti ' ( i to ., have pre - pared himself for ,it ; and this he strongly th eir ."Pon the young, as it showed the necessity for the ir ' 141 Proving themselves now, as to be ready when tigh t ," I tle came, and come it assuredly would. The to o n gentleman, in conclusion, spoke of the way to " f m,lell. the Prince Consort devoted much of his time liaeue advancement of science. Only recently he Abe met the philosophers of the land at t ' ee n. ---- met them as a friend ; and he wh en that the day, perhaps, would come hat some of. those to whom he (Mr. Disraeli) tae4 to some Prizes would meet in the same way illustrious be e °',, the land.. (Loud cheers.) The prizes having /lawarded, Mr. Disraeli . called upon Lord Stanley. wa xd S TAwLEY stated that he had fora long time taken th at l, l4 i nterest in mechanics' institutes, and he was glad la rge I Tliainent recognised the educational movement by th e aannual -grants. He expressed himself favourable to to ti 74 . i ganiation of mechanics' institutes, in a similar way si ll ,' ' La ncashire and Cheshire ones. He stated that L a 184 4 the number of mechanics' institutes in t V 4i re had in crease d f r om between forty and fifty to atta e ' i, llll(lr ed, which was a most hopeful sign. He exami, ,' treat weight - to the value of the annual edi lea j ati ° ll a which was not only an incentive to youths tilat-th -°llal ly, but it was to some extent a guarantee whi eh -°s e Who competed for prizes were steady youths Ploy ed Wo uld always bring favour with those who ern re them, he concluded by moving a resolution co rtni the -. r iding mechanics' 'institutions to the notice of eetmg Mr. Egerton, M.P., seconded it. Mr. tr a :"Y , M.P., moved the next resolution, thanking the L- r - c i lt e ers for th e i r serv i ces , an d it was seconded by t eeli handos. These and other resolutions having past tea o ' clock. Passed, the proceedings terminated about half- .p r 'r es h ,e. following appeared in a portion of our im °ll of yesterday : Th e WEST INDIA MAIL. 16% , flail -steamer La Plata left St. Thomas, October and brialgs West India, Mexican,. and Pacific She has EiTecie valued at, £347,844 sterling. low fever has 44 h ead winds all the way home. The yel -rvisep,te been „ very bad on board, and fifteen deaths sn ," 4 , among the crew. ult., had , 4- 7 4111 . an with the outward mails of the 3rd 16th L i lt. arrived at St. Thomas at 4 p.m., on the At port -.all qtli -- i 'ince Hayti, sixteen of the ringleaders th e perreeyrl olu tionary Party, who so dastardly assas sinated 'coax* sl ' e l l t'S daughter, were shot on the 9th ult. The Y was qui e t . ti w ". *B fr. 0 121 the West India islands and from the Pa is uiteresting• 'qo v ve°llll ts from Carthagena state that the National 4tatee of rnment have declared the state of Bolivar in a sicge. . T h ISLAND OF SAN JUAN. 4 4, ,f o l, c° rrespondent of the Times writes, Sept. -15 th, : - -Matters remain in the island of San Juan each the same state as represented in my last letter. ' 3 fty or ce 'is 700,strong. The troops are fortif)ing them es' an d supplies continue to be sent to the island. d _NAPLES. O tt.e esPatch from Naples, dated 7th ult., states that kir t i: 4 4l Filanghieri has resumed the direction of the h e ' r Y of War. %m e full strength of the army of Abruzzi is to be 'ob t 11 11 It is to retain the character of .a corps of motion. I ,,liat t : 43 e. from Si c il y s t a te that disturbances still con- The : 11 t they are described as of little importance. ikbic e basttion was maintained by secret agents. The e3 ake u m ad was disturbed by a- general feeling of un alid apprehension. G r , a , GERMANY. r h e eent importance is attached in Germany to the meeting of the Emperor Alexander and the The ,of Prussia. fo llo 4ll ssian and Prussian Cabinets will, it is asserted, 1;' a!! identical policy on all great questions. not i-,`e4°senee of Austria at the Breslau interview is "4ded as a menaee, but as a hint. II P IEDMONT AND LOMBARDY. ~- 13j ectinotatese Gazette, of yesterday, publishes a I,,, l3 tablishing a new provincial organisation. The 4,41,0-411gdom of Pi e dmont and Lombardy will be I nto seventeen provinces, with a governor at Pol rtr e ad of each, who will represent the executive , I'6 will be aided by a council. 14 18 - -ri erlmontese Gazette, of the same day, also con ',llbse,;(lecree regulating the conditions of the new loan. r e ,,;'Ptions are to be received for four million pounds 4kt_ Pace bearing, interest from the Ist of January next. I"G' e , e of the - scrip will be fixed subsequently. keh t - , "National Bank of Turin has resumed cash pay 40. day. e p_ A top , Kench mail has not arrived. severaler storm is raging in the Channel. At Deal collisio ns h ave occurr ed. 14 e e: i)r inte and Princess Frederick William of Prussia ThePocted to arrive on Friday or Saturday. . 2 : i 'iles ! _Daily News, and Herald have again ne - ` 1 0. 1 4 -rl3 ° ol Conservative Banquet a topic for leadin g dae c hannel fleet was out in the great gale of Tees :Z The s hi ps s t oo d u p well and manoeuvred by ▪ 11 a manner creditable to so newly an organised ' 31 , 1 r ; 4 1 3 i,:r " l ies publishes a letter from Lieut.-General 41 g " great interest t o V o l un t e er Rifle Corps, eh_ ow- . p e e ß n l ode in which thei r s e rv i c es can be rendered Sh.--.4cient. b aldi e ur, Y Hoare has contributed £5O to the Gari uanki 184 ot Fund, and has opened an account at two (iold s ll .,g-hou ses f or facilitating subscriptions. Mr. F. .tloo'',larnidt transmits to the Daily N ews a c h eque f or 'or the same fund. her --..- f e 4l t e LlsW AVs PILLS the most powerful medicine forth e cure of - ''tabl eelnplaints. After many Years! experience, is incon - ill, for Proved that there is no medicine equal to Holloway's Z i i ß v oral t g he a cure of .diseases incidental to females ; their in , alu ab ,_ 1 1 , d purifying properties render them safe and s ' k ' e tgaur' . They may be taken by females speedily all a y es e for any Ihe ,au_sation or irregularity of the system r moving f ail use' restoring the sufferer to robust health. As a h a 'i You 'mile they are unequalled, and may be taken by old e ~ yeatoring health and energy after alt other means t'r UnsuCcessful, ..... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Paris correspondent of the _Evening Herald has the following :—" The Patrie to-night informs as that the Congress will take place. It would have taken place even in spite of the absence of tngland ; but the adhesion of the British Cabinet is no longer doubtful.' If this announce ment be correct, it would appear that Lord Palmerston's administration have determined to throw the Italians overboard. The plan pro :posed in the famous letter is pronounced Latisfac tory, and the plot concocted at Villafranca is to be carried out without opposition. The British Cabinet nods assent, as any third-rate power, at the dictation of ' our potent ally,' whom it is dangerous to offend. It remains to be seen whether the country will submit to this disgrace, and whether we are to have a second edition of the subserviency to France exhibited in 185$. It is to be hoped, however, that the announcement of the Patrie, which is founded on a telegraphic resume of a statement in the 3lorning Post, is a misrepresentation, and that the English Minister, even though he be a Whig, would sanction so disgraceful a transaction. The Court will leave St. Cloud for Compiegne to morrow. From Italy the only news of import ance to-day is that Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi have had an interview. 'The letter of Napoleon 111. to Victor Emmanuel in connection with the state of Central Italy has led to this ominous.. meeting. P Keeping in mind the declaration of the Oinnione that. Piedmont had not adhered to the arrangements made at Villafranca, Paris, Zurich for the disposal of Italy, it is easy to come to the conclusion that in Piedmont and in Italy the letter of his Majesty is not con sidered so satisfactory as it is pronounced (accord ing to the telegram) by the private and confidential organ of the English premier." ITALY. THE PAPAL STATES. RIMINI, Oct. 26. The news of the treaty of Zurich came like a thunderbolt. It almost terrified the officers and civilians who had gathered in the numberless dirty cafés .of this ancient city. The discussions about the meaning of its - provisions were numerous and warm in these hideous dens. This morning, however, I was greatly surprised at finding, that the feeling of the preceding night had undergone a great change. A fierce and strong determination to oppose the restoration of the Pope was evidently uppermost in the minds of all I met. The treaty was of course the only talk of the town, and everywhere I heard the same exclamation—" Let the armies of despots come then to support the priests—they shall prove the quality of our swords and bayonets." In the Piazza, and in the cafés, "Down with the Pope, down with the Austrians," were the only exclama tions I heard. The porticos of the recruiting-office of the commune were actually besieged by new volunteers, whom the tidings of the peace had brought to town for enlistment. " Viva Vittorio Emmanuele, our chosen King," and " Let us arm ourselves," they exclaimed everywhere; " Let us defend our country if Napoleon means to sell us to the Pope over again." This is now the universal feeling amongst the people of this town, as well as in the army. I have no doubtthat it is shared by the populations of the other cities of Romagna, and especially by those of Bologna, Faenza, and Ravenna, the most ardent and de cided of the Legations. It was rumoured here that Garibaldi had been summoned to Bologna in order to prevent him from crossing the frontier and beginning hostilities at the first announce ment of the Zurich treaty. I think, however, that this is not the case, for I hear th at the gal , lant general is expected to return to Rimini either to-morrow or the day after. Major Corte, the chief of Garibaldi's staff, will arrive here this ' very evening. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. SHIPS CARRYING LETTERS TO SAIL THIS MONTH.— Blue Jacket, from Liverpool for Welling;ton, N.Z., on the 25th.' Damascus, s., from Liverpool for Gibraltar and Malta, Constantinople and Smyrna, on the 10th. CANADIAN MAILS.—The screw-steamer North Ame rican, sails to-day for Quebec and Montreal. The box at the Post-office will close at 10.15 a.m. The receiving house on the Landing-stage will be open until 11 a.m./ on the receipt of a late fee of ld. ANOTHER DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS.—John Allen, a sailor on board the American ship Monterey, fell into thißramley-Moore Dock on Sunday, while in a state of intoxication, and died shortly after being taken out. At the inquest yesterday, a verdict of " accidental death" was returned. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER.—About six o'clock last night, the flat Sarah, which was engaged in coaling the screw steamer Hungarian, lying nearly opposite the New Landing-stage, had her bow rope broken by the violence of the surge. Her masts came in contact with the rigging of the Hungarian, and she capsized. At the time when this occurred, it is known that three men were on board of her, all of whom were drowned. It is feared that three more men were also lost on board of the fiat at the same time. COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before J. K. Blair, Esq., Judge.)—The following is the business before the court for the fortnight ending Friday, the 11th instant . Wednesday, Nov. 2:—Judgment summonses; 140 ori ginal cases. Thursday, 3rd :—Judgment summonses ; 1.40 original cases. Friday, 4th :—Judgment sum monses ; 140 original cases. Monday, 7th :—Judg ment summonses ; 140 original cases. Tuesday, Bth : Judgment summonses ; 140 original cases. Wednesday, 9th :—lnsolvency and gaol cases. Thursday, 10th:- 17 cases, £lO and upwards. Friday, 11th :—Adjourned cases, making a total of 718 original cases. A MAN HANGING HIMSELF.—At the Coroner's Court, yesterday,. an inquest was held on the body of Robert White, a joiner, who resided at 18, Hanley-street, and who committed suicide under the following circum stances :—The deceased had, for some time before his death, been unable to get employment in consequence of some bodily injury from which he was suffering, and the consequent reduction of his family to poverty appears to have severely preyed upon his mind. Early on the evening of his death, he had some conversation with his wife on their destitute condition, and then declared he would kill himself. On her going into the kitchen shortly after, she found him suspended by a cord from a nail in the ceiling. BIRKENHEAD POLICE. COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before James Younghusband, Esq.)—Robert D. Kirk, lately a shepherd in the employ of Mr. Robert Morris, Hooton Farm, Low-fields, was charged with having stolen, on the 21st of June last, five sheep ; and, on the 21st of October, ten sheep, the property of his master. Mr. Morris had a flock of about 300 sheep, which he placed under the care of the prisoner ; but, when the flock was sold last week, nearly fifty sheep were missing. They were traced by the police, and it transpired in evi dence that, on the 24th of October, the prisoner sold to Thomas Fraser, a butcher, at Stanley, five sheep, for £4 10s. ; and on the 22nd of October, the prisoner, through the mediation of a salesman named Roderick, sold ten sheep for £l2 12s. The prisoner, who admitted his guilt, was committed for trial. Horn HALL LECTURES.—The fourth lecture of the present course was delivered last night by. the Rev. J. B. Owen, on " Old School Affectations ." The popularity of the lecturer attracted, as we anticipated, a large audience, notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather. The well-known humour of the lecturer found ample scope in his subject, and he appeared quite in his element when describing those eccentricities of the old school, the recollection of which must cause the most serious-minded to smile. The lecturer, however, did not confine himself to the mere humorous parts of his subject, but sought, while endeavouring to amuse, to communicate valuable in formation, and thus render his lecture both entertaining and instructive. A t its close the lecturer was honoured with a hearty vote of thanks, and, after a similar tribute to the chairman, the audience separated. PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY MEETING. — The annual missionary meeting in connexion with the United Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, was held last night in the School-room adjoining the Church. Con sidering the inclemency of the weather, the attendance' was large. Dr. Crichton, pastor of the congregation, presided. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Dr. Lindsay ; the Rev, Mr. Thompson, of Birkenhead ; the Rev. H. Waddell, lately missionary to Old Calabar ; and by Mr, Grey, the town missionary, whom the con gregation 'supports. Dr. Lindsay, in his address, took a rapid but comprehensive survey of the extent to which missionary effort had been carried by the United Presby terian body. The Rev. Mr. Thomson pressed home upon the meeting the duty of the Church in this cause. Mr. Waddell gave some interesting details of his experiences among the natives of Old Calabar, and read some amus ing letters from converts in that country; and Mr. Grey gave an account of his labours among the heathen of Liverpool. The addresses called forth reiterated bursts of applause from the audience, Mr. Waddell especially was received with a perfect ovation. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY. (Before Kr. Commissioner Perry.)—ln re John Merson and Thomas B. Ingham : These bankrupts were glass manufacturers at St. Helens, and carried on business there under the firm of " John Merson & Co." This was the certificate sitting. Mr. Collins appeared for the assignees, and produced a medical certificate and affidavit of the bank rupt Merson's inability to attend the court, he having met with an accident, and now being a patient in the infirmary. His Honour, under the circumstances, dis pensed with his attendance. With respect to the cer tificate, Mr. Collins offered no opposition, but, on the contrary, was requested by the assignees to state that every assistance had been given by the bankrupts for the beneficial realisation of their estate. His Honour re marked that the books had not been kept in 'the most desirable way ; but, after what had been expressed by the assignees, he should award a second-class certificate. —ln re Henry Nelson Hughes :. The bankrupt, a builder at Wrexham, came up on application for his certificate, supported, by . Mr. Samlys. The case stood adjourned to yesterday, m consequence of the bankrupt's estate not having realised the amount required by .the statute (X 1,60). It now appeared, from the statement of Mr. Bremner, who represented the assignees, that that sum had been made up, and that he had no other oppo sition to offer. His Honour thereupon awarded him a certificate of the second-sass: COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice, walked and drove in the Home Park on Monday morning, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess' of Kent, at Frogmore. Her Royal Highness visited her Majesty at the Castle in the :afternoon. . . Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are entertaining a succession of visitors at Broadlands, near Romsey. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left London on Monday, for Cambridge. CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents.] THE EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD ELECTION. I, ons the :.ukc ourt anti- ..e l~ r~ he like and stop ronl e of ene. last• the Tile ciog . bate ter `• d till Leck fend- ale, n Still the ;era' their The' tio n , atice 10 6' . tb° O a ; eft re' t : 01; " • a' 30 6 f itici tail NORTHERN DAILY .TIMES THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADE. Monday commenced the thirteenth week of the lock-out and the fifteenth of the strike, and yet little advance has been made towards a settle ment of this protracted dispute. On Monday morning there was a meeting of the conference at the Paviors' Arms, where certain propositions were agreed to be submitted to the masters. Until an answer is obtained, the men in Mr. Jay's • employment will remain. The dividend declared on Monday was the, same as last week, viz.. 12s. and Bs. The total amount distributed was £BB3 4s. M., of which, £530 19s. 6d. was paid to 2,877 skilled artisans, the remainder of the sum being comprised of payments to 2,815 labourers. It will be seen that there is a dimi nution of about 100 from last week in respect to numbers of men, and a corresponding diminution in the amount paid. The subscriptions received yesterday from the provinces amounted to about £6O. • DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO MURDER. On Sunday evening an attempt was made at Oldham, by means of a hand grenade, to murder Mr. Isaiah Greaves, master brickmaker, of Broad way-lane Oldham, but most fortunately the at tempt was not successful. Mr. Greaves resides at the - end house of a row in Broadway-lane, some distance from the town of Oldham, but within the borough. The back of his house looks into a field, from which the yard of the house is sepa rated only by an ordinary hurdle-fence, so that any person standing in the field can easily see into the yard. On Sunday evening, about half past seven o'clock, Mr. Greaves, having been out for a short time, returned home, and just as he placed his hand on the latch of the back door an ex plosion occurred sounding like the report of a can non. He rushed into the house,and told his wife that he had been shot at, and Mrs. Greaves, going to the door, saw something burning on the ground, which she imag,ined vas the wadding of a gun. Mrs. Greaves's sister went for the police ; and Police-constable Buckley, and subsequently other officers, came to the place and made a search. An exploded gun cap was first discovered, and then several small pieces of cast iron, about a quarter of an inch thick, being apparently portions of a hollow ball of iron of about four inches diameter. One piece of iron was about 21 inches across, and had five gun nipples screwed into it ; another piece, less than the first, had three nipples, and ,1 from an examination of smaller pieces, it was evi dent that nipples had been screwed into the ball all I over at distances of about of an inch. The grenade is of a similar description to those used by Orsini and his fellow conspirators in their attempt on the life of the Emperor of the French. It appears to have been made in two parts, then to have been filled with powder and old. nails, screws, and bits of iron (several having been found in Mr. Greaves's yard), and then fastened together so as to make a perfect globe. Mr. Greaves received no injury, but one of the pieces of iron cut open his trousers just beneath the calf of his right leg. From the marks in the yard made by the explosion, and the imprints of feet in the field, it is supposed that some person or persons watched in the field and tossed the grenade i) - ito the yard when Mr. Greaves was at the door. The explosive missile struck the wall ipurediately behind him at his right side, and it /is perfectly astonishing how he escaped without very serious injury. Had the missile struck the wall between him and the door, he must inevitably have been killed. Some time ago Mr. Greaves refused to discharge a non-society man and employ a unionist, at the request of the lirickmakers' Society at Oldham. The union men turned out ; the rest of the em ployers took the matter up, and locked out all the society men whom they refuse to employ. It is supposed that the firing of a hay stack belonging to Messrs. Brooks, Broadway lane; the burning of a shed and implements belonging to Mr. Wrigley, Frankhill; and the attempt on Mr. Greaves's life (all having occurred since the lock-out), have all been the work of union brickmakers ; and in the latter case the supposition is strengthened by the fact of some members of: the union having been seen about Mr. Greaves's .house not very bag before the explosion occurred. We ( Worcester Chronicle) understand that it has been arranged by the committee entrusted with the arrange ments connected with the Pakington Testimonial, that the banquet at which the ceremony of presentation is to take place will probably be held some time about the 21st December next. - - EMBEZZLEMENT OF £23o.—At the Leeds Sessions, on Friday, William Greaves Chadwick, lately an out-door collector in the employ of the North-Eastern Railway, was found guilty of embezzling £230, the moneys of the company, and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. SMOKING, AND CANCER OF THE LIP.—M. BOLIiSSOR, of Montpelier according to the Medical Times, has recently stated that the great increase of this affection is due to the practice of smoking ; and the late M. Roux attributed also to this the fact of his having met with a larger proportion of cancerous affections of the lips during the latter than durin g the former half of his prolonged surgical career. M. Fleury, of Claremont, is, however, of a different opinion ; for, deploring, equally with M. Bouisson the pernicious practice of smoking, he doubts whether cancerous affection of the lips is one of its effects. Between 1845 and 1855 be has operated upon 86 patients, 71 being men, and 15 women, not one of these being less than 43 years of age. They were all of the peasant class, chiefly . from among the mountains of Puv-de-Dome and the vicinity, where smoking is almost wholly unpractised. It is a remark able fact that the inhabitants of the surrounding plains, and of the towns, where smoking prevails much more, are almost completely free from the affection.—Medical ,Times. - EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM THE MIDLAND RAIL WAY COMPANY.—A system of robbery of the most ex tensive nature has been discovered to have been prac tised upon the Midland Railway Company at Notting ham. For months past articles entrusted to the com pany for conveyance have been unaccountably lost, and heavy sums have been paid in some instances ageompensation. On Saturday morning, Mr. Farmer, the detective officer employed by the company, and Mr. Palethorpe, superintendent of the Nottinghamshire police, went to the houses of two men named Robert Shelton and John Manchester, Clifton-street, Lenton, a village near Nottingham. On the premises they foundlace, brocade, sugar, tea, tobacco, guns, rifles, a number of locks, for which the company had paid £49 compensation six months ago, and a quantity of other property, amounting altogether to over £lOO in value, which has been identified as having been stolenf rom the Midland Railway Company. The prisoners were taken before Lord B...dper and the sitting magistrates - at the County hall, and were remanded for a week. Both had been in the service of the company. INCOMBUSTIBLE STUFFS.—The Re'pertoire de Mimic .Pure et Appliqu4 publishes the following remarks by the •celebrated chemists, MM. Dcebereiner and (Elsner, on the various methods for rendering stuffs incombus tible, or at least less inflammable than they naturally are. The substances employed for this purpose are borax, al um , soluble glass, and phosphate of . ammonia. For ood and common stuffs, any one of these salts will do ; but fine and light tissues, which are just those most liable to catching fire, cannot be treated in the same way. Borax renders fine textile fabrics stiff ; it causes dust, and will swell out under the smoothing-iron ; so does alum, besides weakening the fibres of the stuff, and making it tear easily. Soluble glass both stiffens and weakens the stuff, depriving it both of elasticity and tenacity. Phosphate of ammonia , alone has none of these inconveniences. It may be mixed with a certain quantity of sal-ammoniac, a nd then • introduced i n t o t h e s t arc h prepare d f or s tiffening the linen ; or else it may be dissolved in 20 parts of water, in weight, to one of phosphate, and the stuff steeped in the solution, then allowed to dry, and ironed as usual. Phosphate of ammonia is cheap enough to allow of its introduction into common use, so that it may be employed at each wash. Phosphate of ammonia is obtained by saturating the biphosphate of lime with liquid ammonia. LITERATURE. BLACKWOOD FOR NOVEMBER. The opening paper in the current number of Black wood is entitled " The French on Queen Mary," French authorship and editorship, it is shown, having lately been profusely dedicating their services to Mary Queen of Scots. " The literature they have favoured us with, besides being divisible into good and bad, con sists partly of rhetorical declamation, which belongs in a great measure to the latter category, and partly to original research, productive of new facts and views, which constitutes, beyond doubt, the more valuable part of the literary harvest." Poor Mary, therefore, is fur nishing our neighbours with a subject which we may depend upon it they will make the most of, after their own peculiar fashion. The first volume of Dr. Vaughan's " Revolutions in English History,"—the - Revolution of Race, has supplied the materials for an interesting dis quisition on the general subject. "The Luck of Lady smede " has advanced to the twenty-third chapter, which relates the Senechal's troubles. Part 111. of "Captain Speke's Journal," on the supposed source of the Nile, narrates the return from Nyanza. "A Week in Florence" is an extremely pleasant paper on this most interesting Italian city. "The Idylls of the King " is a clever review of Tennyson's delightful poem. And these most agreeable varieties are followed by two very able and more solid papers,—one on "Allied Operations in China;" the other, the "Future of India and our Army," being a "friendly letter by the over land mail : " both of them subjects of most seasonable interest. It will thus be seen that the number is a good one. RECTOR OF EDINBURGH ITifrvEnsrry.—The names most freely mentioned among the students for the office of lord rector, are those of Lord Chancellor Campbell and Lord John Russell. THE PERSIAN EMBASSY.—WC understand that the Persian Envoy, who has been for some months residing in Paris, will arrive in London to-morrow. Rooms have been taken for him at Claridge's Hotel, being the iden tical apartments in which the former ambassador, Fur roukh Khan, resided. Hasan Ali Khan is, we believe, permanently accredited to the Courts of the Tuilleries and St. James's, but, it is said, he will reside princi pally in Paris, on account of his health. He is, in ad dition to his official grade a nobleman of the highest rank in Persia, being chief of a large and powerful tribe, and he holds beside a high position in the army of the Shah. He was accompanied to Europe by a num ber of young Persians of good families, who are now studying in Paris. This speaks well for the progress of ideas in the kingdom of " the Sophi." Persia wants but the vivifying spark of European civilisation to be come a great power and hold a prominent position, in Asia at least. Homeward Mail. A TOWN COUNCILLOR HORSEWHIPPING ONE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS.—On Tuesday morning last a somewhat novel and startling fracas took place in St. Mary's street. Mr. George Brinton happening to meet a person named Murnaghan, employed at the Ordnance Map Office, asked him if he was the author of the very offensive letter which appeared in the Advertiser, of last week. He replied that he was, upon which the worthy Town Councillor, whose general amiability of character and good temper are so well known, laid his horsewhip, which he had in his hand, about his back in right good style, and gave him a good pummelling into the bargain. I+e understand that Murnaghan has since brought an action against Mr. Brinton in the county court, where the degree of provocation given, and the summary readdress taken by the aggrieved party, will have to be decided by a jury. The damages are laid at £5O. —Hampshire Independent. SEVERE SNOW STORM IN THE NORTH. —The John o' Groat Journal says :—" Very unexpectedly a severe snow storm came on here on Thursday last, which up to the present date has continued unabated. The fall of snow is considerable, and the frost as intense as could have been looked for in January, and all this, too, be fore the operations of corn-cutting are over, and whilst the fields in many parts of the county are studded with stooks. Scarcely within the memory of the present generation has such a storm been witnessed before the completion of harvest. A storm about equally severe was felt here and over the north of Scot:- land so late as the end of April, causing a very late downlay, and consequently a - late haryest in many places, and now winter has set in with all its rigour within little over five months from the disappearance of snow from the ground. It has taken farmers by sur prise : they had made no provision for thrashing, and cattle have been obliged to be housed before there was anything prepared to give them. The sheep stock, too, are ill off; and altogether, whether as regarded straw or turnips, a longer open winter this year was much re quired, for fodder will be scarce. The mail coach has been arriving from the south from two to three hours behind time, the work being too heavy for two horses. On last, one of the horses going south dropped down dead." EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.—The police at Hereford are investigating a most extraordinary affair. On Fri day night, a man named Morris, a cattle dealer, living about six miles from Hereford, gave information of an extensive robbery, said to have been perpetrated at his house. He said he had about £1,400 in a small workbox in his bedroom on the first story, and saw it safe about half-past six in the evening—about £l5O in gold and the rest in notes, several of which were for £5O each. About seven o'clock he discovered that a ladder had been reared against the side of the cottage, that his bedroom had been entered through the window, and his money and the box stolen. .Nobody knew where the money was but himself and a man named Clifford,, whom he had employed, and upon whom suspicion fell, A rigorous search was made at Clifford's lodgings by two ; policemen, but nothing suspicious was found. Clifford charged Morris with having secreted the money to defraud his creditors, and said Morris had broached such a plan to him. Morris emphatically denied this, and being unable to read and write, has been all over the country, to London, Chelmsford, and other places, from whence he had the notes, to ascertain their numbers and stop payment. The ffair is at present involved in mystery ; but it is difficult either to disbelieve Morris's tale or account for the loss of the money. COMMISSION OF LUNACY UPON A CLERGYMAN.—A commission was opened on Monday morning at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, before Mr. Barlow, Master in Luaacy, and a special jury, to inquire into the state of mind of the Rev. Stephen Lewis Woodcock, a clergy man of the established church. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Morris, appeared for the petitioner; and Mr. Serjeant Shee and Mr. C. Mere wether on behalf of the alleged lunatic. Mr. Woodcock was present during the early part of the proceedings; but his interruptions were so frequent, and his whole conduct so extraordinary, that it was deemed desirable to remove him, and he was accordingly taken back to Bethlehem Hospital in a cab. It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel, and the evidence o f the witnesses called, that Mr. Woodcock obtained his de gree at Oxford in 1825, and acted as curate for some 25 years, when it became necessary to place him in an asylum for lunatics at Clapton. He had become entitled to an annuity of £2OO a year; which was vested in trustees on his behalf. A commission of lunacy was sued out in 1848, but the decision was in favour of the rev. gentleman's sanity. Upon being released he squandered his money, and went about in rags. He then went to Bucks, and lived on the charity of friends, and from the year 1845 to 1855 he had been confined in various gaols of this country, and in the Queen's Prison for debt. On two several occasions while in the Queen's Bench, he said the Irvingites had got such control over him, that he had the power to stop the Queen in the street, and knock her on the head. There being no doubt of his insanity in the minds of the officials, he was removed from the Queen's Bench prison to Bethle him under an order of the Secretary of State. 'When at liberty, the unfortunate man had been in the habit of going about in a very ragged and dirty state —carry ing undressed fish, pieces of mouldy bread, and such like, in his hat ; and his conduct generally was such as to lead to the supposition that' he was of unsound mind ; and the medical witnesses called gave it as their' opinion that this was the fact. The inquiry lasted seven hours, and was adjourned for the production of further evi dence. SHOCKING ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE.---THORNBORT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.--- . .)n Saturday morning a desperate attempt at murder and suicide was made near the White Horse Inn, at Redwick, in the parish of Almondsbury, about six miles from this town, and which caused the most intense excitement in the neighbotirhood. A labouring man named James February, about 26 years of age, a native of Chipping Sodbury, had been for a few years cohabiting with a widow named Emma Mab bott, aged about 30 years (whose husband was killed seven years since by a fall from a load of hay). But in cvnsequenee of his intemperate habits the woman had refused longer to live with him ; and this, together with the fact of her having taken up with another man, seems to have prompted the horrible deed. Finding the unfortunate woman in the house alone the assassin attacked her with a razor, and after cutti ng her throat performed the same office for Limse lf. Both wer e , conveyed to the Royal Infirmary, Bristol, but neitheris ex pected to survive, May-bell Miss Julia.. 5 BANKRUPTS. 6 . . Thomas Seamister, Liverpool, late of Ardwick, near Manchester, pastry cook and confectioner. Bennett Barnett, Burlington-gardens, Bond-street, London, dealer in pictures and curiosities. James Barnard, jun., Aldershott, Hampshire, licensed victualler and baker. George Mandersly Jackson, Elizabeth-street, South Pimlico, grocer. William Layton ' Portsea, boot and shoemaker. Esther Loui sa Mayne, Exeter, milliner and fancy draper. William Chestworth Caldwell, Nassau-place, Com mercial-place, London, tailor and draper. Samuel Russell, West Hartlepool, builder and cabinet maker. BANKILtrTey ANNULLED. John Batstone, Tooley-street, Southwark, builder. in e all parts of the he exec's. Jack throws his balls of the • THE ENGLISH • CRICKETERS AT New Yonx.—Tyre performsprinciple topic of conversation just now is the game of cricket between the All England Eleven and the United States Twenty-Two now in progress at Hoboken. The latter are nearly all En: glishmnn, and it is obvious they are ky no means a match for, theirgwsEoalinemth:eef n is h h swt r o instance,oet one e f eh t rs • a o p f e es s oad a m e EQt r ee o fer r specialitysai dfi t ec sa e nbne w ol nn a ngt bowler, e be r wax. expert a. ei nci T tha h L 0 p laying k or feats at the' wicket which would do honour to the Ravels, and so on with the others, whose familiarity withtossing, catching, and striking the ball, amounts to sleight of hand. The weather has be n magnificent for their purpose, and the at tendance has been immense.—Atnerican Paper. THE GOLD MINES IN - BRITISH COLYMBIA.--.The mines con tinue to produce a satisfactory yield of gold. Such miners as abandon good paying diggings for r( ported richer ones, gene rally fail and give a bad name to the mining country. The " wanderings" of a body of miners who went' from the lower part of Fraser,'s River to Fort Alexander, in New Caledonia, - • several hundred miles off, are likely to end in disappointment- A party which went to Queen Charlotte's Islaxd lately have also returned. Some of the adventurers saying there is no gold on the island--others, that the party did not . "prospect" sufficiently---and, some asserting-the country is rich, and showing gold in proof of their asserti n. As to British Columbia, I have irrefragable proof in the quantity of ;• gold exported, in the revenue collected, and in the merchandi , e • I consumed, that the individual miner earns much more than was ever earned in California or Australia.—Letter in the "' Times. ) SAD. EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE.—A poor, half-starved woman applied on Tuesday to Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Police-court, for some assistance and relief from the poor-box fund, under circumstances of a painful nature, and which have been too common in numerous families since the unfortunate lock-out in the building trade. The applicant said. her husband had been out of employ ever since the strike, •and she had pawned .and otherwise disposed of every article she possessed, except three chairs and a bed for the maintenance of her children, and the remaining articles must also go, unless some humane persons would lend her a helping hand or the magistrate would assist her. Her husband's tools were pawned, and she was unable to redeem them. Her husband could go to a job of work if she had the means of redeeming his tools. If that was not done, the whole family must go to the workhouse. Mr. Selfe : How many children have you ? The Applicant : I have eight, sir, all under thirteen years 'of age. Mr. Atkins, of-the Mile-end road, has attended some of them in illness, and he can certify as to my honesty and respectability, and that my husband is an industrious man. My poor children, sir, are in a bad state. Mr Selfe : It is a sad case. This is only one of many arising from the effect of the strike. I don't know that I shall be justified in using the funds placed at my dis posal by benevolent persons in support of "lock-outs." It will never do to, pay " lock-outs" from the poor-box fund; some rule must be laid down, or I shall .be overwhelmed with similar applications. The Applicant : My poor children, my husband, and myself have all suffered from the want of nourish ment. My husband is anxious to resume his work, but he cannot do so until his tools are redeemed. Mr. Selfe : It is a deplorable state of things. I really don't know what to do in this matter. The Applicant : Oh, sir, think of my poor children wanting bread, and my home broken up. (Here she sobbed loudly.) Mr. Selfe : Well, well, I will' listen to your very earnest appeal. Bring me a letter from Dr. Atkins cer tifying that yon and your husband are deserving persons, and worthy of relief, and I will give you enough to redeem your husband's tools. What is your husband ? The Applicant He is a plasterer, sir. The poor woman then retired with a lighter heart than she entered the court. A " TRIUMPHAL ENTRY" INTO AN AFRICAN VILLAGE.—The caravan broke ground at 4 p.m.. and, completing the prin cipal zigzag made to avoid wars, arrived at Senrgongo, Kanoni, followed by a host of men, women, and children, advanced to meet the caravan, all roaringly intoxicated with joy, and lavishing greetings of welcome, with showers of " Vambo, Yambo, Sanas" (How are you ?" and "Very well, I hope?"), which we as warmly returned. The shakings of hands were past number, and the Belooches and Bombay -could scarcely be seen moving under the hot embraces and sharp kisses of admiring damsels. When recovered from the shock of this great outburst of feelings, Kanoni begged me to fire a few shots, to apprise his enemies, and especially his big brother, of the honours paid him. No time was lost ; I no sooner gave the order, than bang, bang went every one of the escort's guns, and the excited crowd, immediately seeing a supposed antagonist in the foreground, rushed madly after him. Then spears were flourished, thrust, stabbed, and withdrawn ; arrows were pointed, huge shields "protected black bodies, sticks and stones flew like hail ; then them was a• slight retreat, then another advance—dancing to one aide, then, to the other—jumping and prancing on the same ground, with bodies swaying here and bodies swaying there, until at length the whole foreground was a mass of moving objects, all springs and hops, like an army of frogs after the first burst of rain, advancing to a p and : then again the guns we:, t off, giving a fresh' impulse to the ex citing exercise. Their great principle in warfare appears to be that no one should be still. At each report of the guns fresh enemies were discovered retreating, and the numbers of , their slain were quite surprising. These, as they dropped, •were, with highly dramatic action, severally and immediateiy trampled down, and knelt upon, and hacked and chopped repeatedly with knives, whilst the slayer continued showing his savage wrath by worrying his supposed victim with all the angry energy that dogs display when fighting.---Captain Spelie in Blackwood's Magazine for November. *Ming Inititigtact. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING.-TUESDAT. THE NCRSERY.PLATE HANDICAP of 50 sous. T.Y.C. Straight half mile. 6st. 101 b. Curlew 6 10 Little Dick 8 7 Hartley Whitney , 12 ran. WORCESTER AUTUMN HANDICAP of 10 sovs. each with 100 added.• Two miles. sst. 101 b. Timandra, 3 yrs 1 5 10 Mutineer, 3 yrs 2 SELLING STAKES 5 soya. each with 25 'added. 5 furlongs. Miss Eleanor 1 Bound Away... SWEEP STAKES of 5 sous. eaeh with 20 added. One mile. The Nun 1 Contract I 6. ran. VISITORS' PLATE of 30 sous. .5 furlongs. 11 ran. , STEEPLE CHASE.--THE. SEVERN-BANK STAKES of 5 soya. each, 25 added. Longford Black Doctor 10 ran. THIS DAY. THE WORCESTERSHIRE. GRAND ANN UAL STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to give 20 sovs. towards the expenses; winners of 100 sovs. after Oct. 18, 51b., of two or more such 71b. extra; about four miles; 21 subs., 6 of whom declared „a T t e t m a e Greyling lb age st lb Huntsman 6...12 7 Kibworth Lass a... 10 8 Goldsmith , . 6.. .11 0 Mis s Somerville a... 10 4 8 11 Thelhra Lotter y a...11 0 Sylph (h b) a 910 Chance a 9 10 Longford a. 10 12 Baalbec 9 10 Anatis a. 10 10 Crick . a 910 Chance (h b) a . .... 110012 Ghika 6...10 8 (k b) a 9lO LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. The SEFTON HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 3 ft., with 60 added. Winners of any handicap flat race value 70 sovs. clear after Oct. 28, 31b. ; 100, 61b. ; 200 and upwards, 101 b. extra, but not accumulative. One mile and a quarter. 29 subs age st lb age st lb Jack Spring 5 9 2 Coroner 3.. .6 4 Master Bagot ............5...8 4 Conductor 4...6 4 Lord of Lorn ........••••4...8 2 King William 4 6 4 Sir Col M..................... 5...8 1 T. P. Cooke 4 6 0 •a 7 7 Joskin B ourg eois ....... 3.. .6 0 Defender 3 7 4 The Slave 3 5 10 Polestar a... 7 4 Aneurin 3...5 10 Broadlands 4...7 2 Cynthia 3 5lO Romeo a.. .7 2 Timandra 3...5 10 Julia 4...6 8 Lady Peel 3...5 8 Conjuror 3 6 6 Tom ,Grasby 3...5 6 Adam Bede 3 6 6 Sir Harry 3...5 4 Meg Merrilies 3 6 6 Emerald 3 4 12 Donizetti 3 6 4 Tunstall Maid 4. pd. Griffin 3 6 4 The AINTREE PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages; winners pf any handicap, after Oct. 28, 51b extra; one mile. age st lb age st.lb. Jack Spring 5...9 2 Satellite .....................3...6 4 Lord of Lorn 4...8 5 Joskin .............. . ...... 3...6 2 Master Bagot 5...8 5 Aneurin ....................3...6 0 Bourgeois a 7 8 Adelaide 3...5 13 Hegira 5...7 2 Maid of Tweeal 3...5 13 Ferndale 4 7 0 Cynthia 3 ...5 12 Adam Bede 3...6 10 The Slave 3...5 12 Onus 3...610 Malachite 3...5 12 Conjuror 3 6 10 Lady Peel 3 5 .10 Julia 4 6 10 Stirpudding 3...5 7 Donizetti 3,..6 8 Sir Harry ..................3...5 2 Princess of Orange .••••• 5 .. 6 8 Emerald ................. 3...5 2 3 Griffin ........... . .: ._.6 , Professor Dick 24 • 7 Coroner ................ . 3. 6 7 LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP. • 7 to 1 against Meg Merrilies (t)• r ' - 10 to 1 against Schi sm . . 14 to 1 against The Brewer (t). 100 to 6 against Underhand (t).' •20 to 1 against Lifeboat (t). 20 to 1 against Satellite (t). • AUTUMN STEEPLE CTIASF,; 10 to 1 offered on the field. DERBY, 1860. 7 to 1 against Umpire (o). 11 to 1 against The Wizard (t). 50 to 1 against The Drone (t). TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, SIR,—In your report of my speech as chairman of the second meeting of Mr. Carne's friends, held last evening, you conclude, "The Chairman then alluded to the ques tion of education in the Corporation schools, and depre cated the efforts of Mr. Gladstone, MT. Stitt, and Mr. Jeffrey to banish the Bible from these schools." As this is quite at variance with what I slid say, perhaps you will allow me to give my own words, which were— ;)i " That I was sure Mr. Stitt would as little desire to e. elude the Bible from any schools as any one then e sent ; but that, relying entirely on th e voluntar rin ciple, and thinking . that the public money should not be devoted to educational purposes, he would, in conjunc tion with Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Jeffrey, do away with the Corporation schools, and that I did not think that was the wish of either the electors of the ward or the town."—l am, Sir, &c., THOMAS CHILTON. Pemberton Buildings ' Fenwick-street, Ist Nov., 1859.. THE POST-OFFICE AND POSTMASTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMER. SlR,—The recent inquisitional proceedings in the Liverpool Post-office, which attracted t'.e notice; and incurred the just condemnation of the Times , and other journals, and brought down upon the head of their author, the pointed ridicule of Porneh, cannot be con sidered at an end. Those who hate tyranny, and sym pathise with the victims of oppression, may probably be lulled into the belief that the matter is now at rest, since Mr. Rowland Hill's " intelligent officer" has been called upon for an explanation of hisconduct—his subordinates in office may be supposed to breathe freely, and once more consider themselves men. Alas! delusive belief! Mr. Hill has not yet informed us whether the " expla nation" he received was satisfactory, or otherwise, or whether the proceedings commenced in the name of the Postmaster-General, but without his lordship's, or Mr. Hill's knowledge, were stopped. Justice ! wh a t f ou l deeds are perpetrated in thy name ! The Postmaster-General is held up by irresponsible postmasters, as an ogre, to freighten their clerks into submitting to proceedings, too frequently as unwar rantable, as they are humiliating, and woe betide the unhappy clerk who presumes to call in question the authonty or good faith of his superior. Insubordination is a dreadful crime, and from the summary manner in which such charges are dealt with, on the ex parte state ment—not evidence—of the postmaster, the subordinate has left him the choice of two evils—slavery or star vation. Fortunately, in the present instance, more than one person was put under the ban, and the 'degradation was so unsufferable, that before surrendering the birth right of the humblest Englishman, whose house is his castle, measures were adopted which drew from Mr. Hill an apology ; and which, it is hoped, may be the means of instituting inquiry into a system, which, if permitted to continue, the genius of a Thackeray or a Dickens would not be misapplied in bringing to the bar of public opinion. The revision that was extended to the provincial post offices, under the auspices of Lord Canning, in 1855, has greatly improved the condition of the employees pecu niarily. ; and the acknowledgment of them as civil ser vants in the provisions of the last Superannuation Bill is another act of justice, for which they are truly thank ful. There exists, however, a canker, gradually de veloping itself, anal sapping the very foundation of the structure, which it is the boast of this enlightened age to have reared with unparalleled success. Previous to the revision, the patronage of the Post office was vested in the Postmaster-General, and the Lords of the Treasury, who, as a general rule, disposed it in accordance with the wishes of the parliamentary supporters of the Government of the day. Every one, thus obtaining an appointment, had some person of in fluence on whom he looked as his patron, and to whom he represented for redress real or imaginary grievances. This system, whatever its defects otherwise, was a salutary check upon the conduct of postmasters, and other superior officers of the department; and kept them in proper awe. Since the revision the patronage has been transferred to the postmasters, which, together with promotion by merit, was believed to be the one thing needful to bring the discipline and efficiency of the service to the point of perfection. Postmasters, like other mortals, are fallible, :and when invested with absolute power, are liable to abuse it. Surrounded by family and other influences, they naturally long for opportunities to bestow their favours ; and as their zeal and intelligence seem to be measured by the frequency and severity of punishments inflicted, vacancies are neither few nor far between. Once installed in office, the protege's merit expands and develops itself amazingly ; and promotion, the reward of merit, pursues him with giant strides, much to the astonishment of himself and all others, with the exception of the discerning chief, who dis covered the latent genius, which, but for him, might have been irretrievably lost to the State ! The crying evil is the power postmasters possess of inflicting punishment, and even procuring dismissal from the service, without the person accused knowing what statements are made against him, and having an opportunity of defending himself—a privilege not denied to the vilest criminal ; but, the discussion of this is too important a matter to be hastily passed over, and must needs be reserved for some future occasion.--Yours, &c. Liverpool, 28th October, 1859, A. G.