Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Yesterday, a special general meeting of the members of the Liverpool and - Manchester Agricultural Society was held at the Adolph Hotel, for the purpose , of Awarding the prizes for the best cultivated farms, audio I inn, servants. In the aZ.sence of , the Earl of Sefton, the Mayor a Liverpool presided. Mr. Ryder, the secretary, said-that the committee had 'been able. to obtain, a quitntity o clover and barlor. and also the t b ble Sic before th 6 show; namely, ( was hoped that the members The field in which the place was iu N Mr. Nesbitt. .ally would b., hQ trialg . would take o the town st to the society stated that durin vasintroduced by ti the last year Mr. ____-- resting lectures on ehteruistry as applied to agricultural w id t.Plii ne 4ery inte purposes. , . , Mr. Law and Mr. Langsdale were appointed a uditors for the ensuing year. The meeting then proceeded to award the prizes in class 1 and class 3, as follows: _ -- DRAINING, &e —BEST CULTIVATED FARMS, BEST CULTIVATED FARMS. Prths to members only, for farms situated in the diStrict of the Society, and which are in the best state of management, and in the neatest and best order. 1. To the owner and occupier of not less than 150 acres, the society's silver medal (one claimant, who withdrew.) 2. •To the owner and occupier of not less than 00 acres nor more than 150 acres, the society's silver medal (no claimant.) . 3. To the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon farm,ing., of not less than 150 acres, 212 (one c laimant) ; Robert Birch, Netherton, near Liverpool. 4. -To the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon f ari i,-,„g, of not less than 100 acres nor more than 153,, £8 (three claimants); Thomas Williamson, Linacre, near Liver- Pool: CLASS I E.ITo the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon farming, of not less than GO claimants); Samuel Cook, 1 6. To the tenant and occupier, not princiii upoi farming, of not le4s than 15eacres, £7 (nc 7. ,To the tenant and occupier, not principally de' upon fanning, of not less than 100 acres nor more than 150, norfmore. than 100, £5 (tw ly dependent £5 (no clairaiint). 8. 'TO the tenant and occupier, not principally dependent upon farming, of not less than 60 acres nor more than 100, £4 (three claimants, two withdrawn); ,Joseph Gorst, Garston, near Liverpool. 9. To the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon farmirg, of not less than 25 acres nor more than 60 acres, £3 (two claimants, one 'withdrawn) ;. Charles Musker, Bootle. 10. To the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon farining, for the best managed dairy or grazing 'farm, of not lass than 150 acres, £lO (one claimant) ; Samuel Davies, Eardswick Hall, Cheshire. , 11. 'To the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon tinning, for the best managed dairy or grazing farm, of not less 'than 100 acres nor more than 150, £7 (no claimant). TO WINNERS OF. PRIZES IN PREVIOUS ,YEARS (NEW PREMIUMS). 1 To any ineinber, being a tenant and . occupier in the • triet (wo has previously obinined a prize for his or her farm), for the best' cultivated farm, of not less than 150 acres, £l2 (five claimants) ; James Birch, Sefton, near Liverpool. 13. To any member, being a tenant and occupier in the -clis trict (who has previously obtained a prize for his or her farm), for the best cultivated farm, of not less than 50 acres and under 150 acres, £8 (six claiinants, one withdrawn and one ineligible) ; Gilbert llalsail, Halewood. DRAINING 14. To the owner of any estate in the district who shall drain for his tenantry in the year enclinz 12th May, 1839 the greatest quantity of land in proportion to the area of his estates, and on the best system, the society's silver medal (two claimants).; the Right Mon. E. Cardwell, Ellerbeck. 15. To the owner and occupier of not less than 150 acres who shall drain the greatest quantity,' the silver meds c'aimant): 16. To the owner and occupier of not less than SO nor more than 150 who shall drain society's silver medal (no claimant 17. To the tenant and occupier of not less than 150 acre ty, the greatest quantity, £8 (one elaiman Bebbington,,Oultonwe, Taipbrley: the tenant and occupier of not les. who shall drain tin Thom -- t han 1O Acre.s. nor;thore than 150, ivha shall tl a the greatest quantity, £6 'no•claimant, , 19. To the tenant and Occup:er of not less than 70 acres, nor more than 100, £4 Cone claimant) ; John Aspinall," KenyOn, near Manchester. 20. To the tenant and occupier of not- less than 40 acres, nc more than 70, £3 (one claimant.) 'No'award. 21. To the.tenant an& occupier of not less than 25 acres n more than 40,, t 2 (no claimant). SUB-SOILING 22. To the owner and occupier who shall sub-soil plough the greatest quantity, not less than six acres, the society's silver medal (no claimant). 23. To the tenant'and occupier who shall sub-soil plo „ greatest quantity, not less than four acres, £3 (two claimants, one disqualified) ; James Longton and Sons, Woolton near LiTerpool, IRRIGATING 24. To the owner and occupier who shall irrigate the greatest quantity, not less than eight acres, the society's silver meda (no claimant). 25. To'the tenant and occupier who shall irrigate the greates quantity, not less than live acres, £l, (one claimant) ; Silaf Doming, Little. Wortley, near Manchester. LAYING DOWN LAND TO GRASS. 26. To the owner and occupier who shall lay greatest quantity, the society's silver medal (two Thomas William Tatton, Esq., Northernden, near Manchest - L_ 27. To the tenant and occupier of a farm not less than 150 acres who shall, in proportion to the extent of land capable of arable cultivation on such farm. , wn the ereatest down the 45 (two claimants) ; Thou tity, not less than 15 acres, Atherton, Speke, near Liverpool 28. To the tenant and occupier of a farm not less than 100 nor more than 150 acres, who shall lay down the greatest quantity, not less than ten acres as in premium 27, £4 (three claimants); James Langshaw, Speke, near Liverpool. 29. To the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon farming, of a farm not less than 50 acres nor more than 100, who shall lay down the greatest quantity, not less than seven saes, as in premium 27, £3 (three claimants, one withdrawn) ; Thomas Langshaw, Speke. 30. To the tenant and occupier, principally dependent upon farming, of a farm not less than 25 acres nor more than 50, who shall lay down the greatest quantity, not less than three acres, as in premium 27, £2 10s. (one claimant, but too late). MARLING 31. To the owner of not less than 100 acres of land who shall marl not less than ten, the society's silver medal (no claimant). 32. To the tenant and occupier of not less than 100 acres who shall marl not less than ten, £3 (oae elaimant) ; William Palm, Stapleford-hall, near Chester. p. To the tenant and occupier of not less than 50 nor more than 100 acres, who shall marl not less than five, £2 (no claimant). TANKS OR RESERVOIRS FOR LIQUID MANURE 34. To the owner who shall construct the greatest number of tanks for his tenantry, and in the bestmanner, the society's silver medal (no claimant). 35. To the owner and occupier who shall construct the best tank, the society's silver medal (no claimant). 36. To the tenant and occupier who shall construct the best tank, £3 (one claimant, but too late). HEDGES, 37. To the tenant and occupier of a farm of not less than the acres who shall, at his own expense, eradicate, b Ist of June, 1858, and the Ist of June, 1859, the greatest length of old hedges, in proplirtion to the size of his farm, for the pur pose of laying out his fields in a form and size best adapted to the eultiv2tion of his land, 45 (Eve claimants) ; James Kerr, Woodchurch, Birkenhead. -^ , tnier of a farm of not less than 80 ICToiliienant and a and mOrethan 160 acres who shall, at h h, as_it cate the greatest leng an); John liilshaNy, Grc n 37, 1;] r Warrin 39. To the tenant ner more than 80 ac the greatest length, as in premium 37, L 2 to) late). 40. To the tenant and occup acres nor more than 40, who shall, the greatest length, as in premiums 3 41. To the tenant and occupier whc this own El length of whitethorit he Pro Portion to the size of his farm, and afterthe mast 'appro'ved method; _£s : (three . claimants); James Longton and Sons, Wooltcni Mill, 'pear I premium 41, and in proportion to the size of his farm, not less than 440 yards; £3, (no claimant). 43. To the tenant and occupier who shall have raised, as in premium 41, and in proportion to the size of his farm, not less than 260 yards; £1 10s., (no claimant). CLASS III.:--REWARDS 'TO FARM SERVANTS AND LABOURERS 1. To the ploughman,c;rter, or other farmer's man-servant who has the longest served in one place or under the same mas ter or mistress, and as an in-door servant, £3, (three claimants ...one too late) ; James Bond, Upholland, near Wigan, 41 years' servitude. 2. To the farm labourer who has longest served one master or mistress, or at one farm, £4 (six claimants) ; Josiah Owen, Dunham, near Altringham, 3G years' servitude. 3. To the farmer's woman -servant who has the longest served in one place, or under the one master or mistress, £3 (four claimants)-; Mary Bailey, Withington, near Manchester, 27 years' service. 4. To the baihff:or herdsman of any claimant or exhibitor, skill and good management in the discharge of his duties, and considered most deserving of a reward, the society's silver nodal (no claimant). 5. To the farmer's labourer, paying not legitimate th £8 a year rent, by whom the greatest number of hildren 'have been brought -up without parochial relief, £4 (one claimant) ; William Eaton, Much Woolton, near Liverno< (12 children). - The following prize is offered by the Rig Lord Lilford : 1,8. To the labourer or farmer's main-sere and lay in the best manner the gref, '— less than 120 perches (660 yards), ht Honourable The prizes having been awarded, some gen ness was transacted; and it was resolved that tl belonging to the. Blue-coat School be admitte the exhibition next week. unfir,r.f.,,,i +lln+ 41,1,a .;c1 an nannTlnn+ on stock 44 J 1.10,110 l 0 UAL .VGIIVILY ,aa. and produce; and it is expected that the exhi of next week will be superior to any that have prc DESTRUCTION OF TIM CRYSTAL PALACE STEAM -130A7 PIER. AT BATTEnsEA.---On Thursday morning the -tide in the river ran unusually strong, and carried away tke Crystal Palace sttam , boat pier at Battersea, and it now remains under the arches of Vauxhall Bridge. It supposed that the piles were not driven sufficiently kicep into the earth, POLICE COURT.--YI;sTERPA Y. [Before Mr. PB.EsToN.] I:ITAINING .A LETTER ON FALSE PEITrENCES.- Margaret Long was charged with the followingeffence : —Mary O'Dea is a widow, and used to :reside in a court off Chartres-street. She had a son, who went out to Amefica as a seaman, and who occasionally sent her some mowy. The wuiow left the =court in which she resided, and on the 19th of August the lettc . • . 1- carrier of the district went into tae court 111 axestion, called out Mary O'bea., and handed the letter ' prisoner, who said-the was the person - No more' t Long met Mrs-.ol)na,,Anf •eceived from her son: "Nothing red for court IN A she at all, I'm sorry to -say, I thotight that the lab . _ . . ra hat this last four mOntl...!'_. After some conversation In the .Ars. O'Dea went to the Post-office, 1 that the priSoner had received the letter 4nd gave her into custody. The letter-carrier swore that he delivered The letter to the nrignmprl Breen the wom iscovere and the case was remanded for the rpurpose obtainingcif the testimony of ,the woman who saw the letter delivered, and to give time for inquiries to be made at the various bullion offices and mercantile houses, to find but whether any cheque had been changed STEALING COTTON ON THE RAILWAY.---MRTgaret Kelly, a girl about seventeen .years of age, was charged with stealing cotton. From the statement of a porter on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, it would seem that he Observed three girls go to a truck and pull out a quantity of cotton. They concealed it about their person, and he followed them. They made off towards the canal; and, seeing that they would ulti mately be caught, they each took off their petticoats and threw them into the Canal. The "porter came up and laid hold of the prisoner, who then, with'some violence; attempted to throw him into the canal after the petti coats. She did not succeed, and the porter was able to keep hold of her and recover the garments, in the pockets of which 75 lbs. of first-class cotton , were found. The prisoner was committed for three months. [Before Messrs. SHILL and TURNER.] ASSAUiT UPON A: MOTHER.—Catherine Pearns, a woman residing in Bana.stre-street, charged her son, Thomas Fearns, with assaulting and beating her. The son lives in the same street as his mother, and is married. It would seem from Mr. Cobb's statement, who appeared for the defence, that there had been some quarrel between the defendant's wife and his sister. The mother of the defendant interfered, and he gave her a push. This was the assault. The magistrates con sidered that the young man was very culpable, even in pushing his mother aside, and fined him in 10s. and costs, which were immediately paid. ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—,Charles Dodd and Jane Dodd were brought up charged with assaulting police officer 456. Mr. Block appeared for the defence, and stated that the officer had taken out no ' less than four summonses against his clients, which, he said, was enough to kill any man or woman. The officer. said, on the 20th August, the woman was drunk at one o'clock in the He Went in the evening to get her name, when the man struck him on the breast tad knocked him down. The third summons was against the woman inr obstructing, the officer.—Mr. Bluck : When did the woman obstruct you ? When the man struck me. My clothes were torn by the wife. Officer 445 said he was in company with the last witness, and saw the man knock him down. A ferocious dog, belonging to the defendants, took hold of his leg and bit him, and he issued the fourth summons, for allowing the dog to bite him.—Mr. Bluck called a witness, who swthe that Dodd 'tvas so drunk that he could not have knocked a woman down, far less an officer.—The male prisoner was fined 20s. and costs, and the case against the woman was dis- morning missed, BEERSELLEILS' CASES James Pye was summoned for permitting drunkenness in.his }Muse on the morning of the 30th August last. The officer stated t. at he knocked at the door and was refused admittance, but he could not see that there was any one drunk in the house. ' The summons was for permitting.drunkenness, and the case was dismissed.— James Blcer, Hurst-Street, Was summoned for permitting drunkenness on his premises. Mr. Cobb appeared for the defence. A fine of 10s. and costs was imposed.— F. Major, Trafalgar-street; defended by Mr. Cobb,`was • fined 10s and costs for permitting drunkenness.— .... Hugh Devlin, Simpson-street, defended by Mr. Cobb, was summon( d by officer 771 for selling ale at a quarter past twelve o'clock on Saturday night last. The officer stated that be looked at his watch, and found that it was Mr. Cobb contended that the a quarter-past twelve watch might be wrong; and on the watch being pro duced, it was found to be ten minutes fast. The case was dismissed.—Stephen Jones, Dorswell-street, was summoned for Sunday trading. 'Mr. Cobb defended in this case also. The charge was not sustained by the evidence, and the case was consequently dismissed. Ann Derbyshire, Hughes-street, beerseller, was sum moned for Sunday trading. The case was dismissed.— Mary Sutton, Charter-street, was also summoned for Sunday trading. Case dismissed.—William Davies, Park street, summoned for Sunday trading, fined 20s. and costs.—Thomas Parker, Olive-street, fined ss. and costs for a like offence.—John Bedford, Martin-street, sum moned for selling during prohibited hours, fined ss. and costs. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY, [Before Mr. Commissioner PERRY.] RE YARRER RuswroN.—This' bankrtipt, who lately carried on business as a:draper, at Wrexham, applied to pass his, last examination. Mr. Cooper, of Manches ter, who appeared for the assignees, having observed that the assignees saw no grounds of opposition con nected with the case, his _ honour, after having pointed out several errors, and admitting of their im= mediate correction, allowed the bankrupt to pass accord ingly. Certificate sitting appointed for 7th October. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. JUDGMENT —HOPKINS v. BEEDLE.—His honour de livered judgment in this case, which was tried on Tuesday last. The claim was for £6 75., a debt con- The defendent w ,icted'for pt an a int of the games played. He said he had nt in a pocket-book, which he lost subse- His honour said that he had aently in Glasgow and. found some discrepancies. k -boy entered the games on a slate, and they examined t bills were made In the bill that referred to street he found Hs. 10d. entered, which was marked in the book as paid. He returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £5 6s BuTLEn v. BIGRAM.—This case was tried by a jury. It was a claim for £6 15s. 6d., money overpaid in the purchase of a copper vat, and for the short delivery of some goods; also, for the time of two men who were pre vented taking down an engine, which the plaintiff had bought along with other lots at a sale of goods, at the Charles-itreet distillery, belonging to Messrs. Ellis and Foden. Mr. Hime appeared for the defendant. This case was tried in May last, when a nonsuit was entered. Similar evidence to that adduced on the last occasion was tendered. The jury, after hearing the case, re turned a verdict for the defendant, with costs. His honour remarked that there had been a great waste of the time of the jury and of the court by this case ; that on the last occasion, when the case was before the court, ne gave every iatituae to tue puluitm, Willi 'AMU ducted his own case, but he thought there was no slightest shadow of a claim. A Pnusommilow.—We learn from reliable authority that on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 19th ult., a pecaliarly rapid current of air passed over some portion of the native town in a northerly direction, causing the dwellin g s to shake as if f rom th e e ff ects of an earth quake. Its power, however, was not fully demonstrated until it had crossed the railway line at Chinchpoogl , who-- low husl--- _.ere a few aes were torn from the earth. V ln its northerly course it had swept by the section of Tod waddy, making a severe impression upon a grove of toddy trees, whereby six were completely uprooted. action of the current, and describes the scene as in- tOr'sbewildermentwas enhanced by the fact that all was quiet 'where he stood. He admits that he would have been dubious as to a rightful claim to sanity, had he not `himself received a severe shock under the shelter he had but just appropriated. He further states that the current continued in a northerly direction, as was evident from the sad havoc made among' the tops of the trees, as far as the eye could reach.—Bombay Gazette. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. THE VICTORIA BRIDGE. ON THE • ST. LAWRENCE. The present Autumn will witness the eau perhaps, the greatest engineering work of m that great bridge across the river St. Lawrence, of which the Britannia Bridge over the 3ienia S have been but the precursor a hereafter seem but as the shadoC ,e Lion o spect of finding their country d a work of science; and throe important evens in the histo: which, since its liscovery; In the cies of the inliabita In addition to the direct connection which the Port. of Liverpool has with our noble Canadian colony, they must !'eel doubly interested in this gT&tt undertak ing, from the' eirenmstance that the bridge ;itself has I . iespects; t he parts have been again se and shipped to Canada ; there to be reconArnetca in its perfect and abiding form. To the Grand Trunk Railway a direct and uninter rupted communication between the north and south shores - of the St. Lawrence - was of vital ; consequen Inasmuch as a bridge across the St. Lawrence was the key to the whole province, so, in possession of that key, the Grand Trunk Railway would command the whole external intercourse of 6anada ; whilst, without it must remain : a mere provincial line. The tide of immigration - sets very . much into Canada from , and through the United States. The whole of that traffic, so important to the Grand Trunk Railway, would have been lost without the connecting link betweon Canada and the United States. In the winter season, also, the Grand Trunk Railway, kept open, des_ and frost, by various arrangements and appliances, would command the trade of the province without contend with any steamboat competit.on. To show; by one illustration, the importance of a bridge to the Grand Trunk Railway, it may be, mentioned that the Canadian Government contribute the large sum of £.56,0 . 00 alear to the Steam Ship Company, upon the condition of its opening and maintaining the best direct steam-commu nication bet Ween Liverpool and Canada. The diffieulties . of crossing the St., Lawrence were far from inconsiderable. Its width, even at the most avail,- able point, is very formidable ; , its current is Very s its depth not insignificant. Besides this, the nav t snow ha - viup. • of the river, not merely by steamboats and other vessels but by enormous timber rafts, had to be provided for so that unusual elevation and unusual width. betwo the piers were both required.• There was another obst ole, more „.formidable—far more formidabl In the winter season the river St. Lawrence presents a, field of ice from three to five feet thick. 'Whilst it is thus frozen, the river rises sometimes as much as twenty feet above its summe- level. This rise of, water might • •v be provided for ;- but.how was accident to be avoided at the annually recurring period when thd breaking up 'of the ice exhibits, in North America, 'one of the most won derful operations of nature _on that continent ? Could any bridge be devised to withstand these for midable difficulties ? If possible, how.was such a bridge to be constructed? 'The directors of.the. Grand Trunk Railway, to whom these questions were so -vitally im portant, took a course which will 'Probably be thought to redound greatly to their enterprise, and sagacity ; they determined to take the opinion •of the. most neer whose advice and counsel they could:obtain The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Straits was opened in 1849, and. it was •not, therefore, that in',Bs2 the directors should look td 'Air Stephenson as the engineer Most competent to advise' them. Mr. Stephenson considered the subject of so much interest and importance, -that he determined'to go out to Canala persOnally, for the purpos of dealing the end of with it He aceoidingly iepaired tiler the summer of 1853, and after examining into the facts, made a public declaration of his opinion, that a bridge across the St.' Lawrence was practicable. Oh the 2nd of May following, Mr. Stephenson addressed to the Grand Trunk Railway directors a report, in which he considered the whole question in three branches : first, as to the description of bridge best calculated to prove efficient and permanent ; second, as to the proper site ; and thirdly, as to the necessity for such a structure. Upon the first point he did not hesitate at once to recommend the adoption of a tubular bridge, as the de scription of bridge best fitted for a permanent, safe, and substantial structure in such a situation; on the second point, he was not a little influenced by considerations the river and " those almost irresis !Ant iinnn the iirPnlrincr nn of fho .ce in spring As Sir. s Stephenson's view of the nature of these forces, and the best mode of encountering them, has not yet, that we are aware of, received publicity, it may be interesting to place them upon record—especially as we are enabled to do so with authority. Mi. Stephen son, on his arrival in Canada, met with numerous alarmists, who could graphically describe to him the effect of the ice, but he met with no one who had in any way measured or calculated the amount of its pressure. In considering the question whether a bridge could be constructed to withstand that pressure, it appeared to Mr. Stephenson to be of primary import ance to ascertain really and precisely what that pressure was. This was a question of calculation ; though in tke absence of any data, the difficulty was how to cal culate it. And here, before the reader proceeds further, he may perhaps, not without advantage, pause for a moment to ponder on the way to solve the problem— what is the amount of the pressure of ice four or five feet thick in a running stream of a certain inclination, velocity, and breadtlq Of course it was utterly impossible for the creditors, who were unacquainted with 'thebankrupt's movements, to have matters so arranged as to admit of their being, represented at the meeting. Some of his creditors, how ever, attributed his disappearance from the south of England to its proper reason, and instructed their agents in Edinburgh to keep a sharp look-out for Pooley in the Gazette. In due time be appeared in the list of bank rupts, and the Edinburgh agents at once communicated the fact to their clients in England, with the necessary instructions for insuring their representation at the meeting, at the same time taking the proper measures to procure an adjournment of the meetin g , knowiim t its velocity. I that materials could not be forwarded in time to be Thi; Problem puzzled Mr. Stephenson at first ; but it was not long before he hit on an expedient. Ile first got at t le inclination of the river ; next Tie then assumed that the ice upon that river was what they had told him it usually was, from four to five feet thick. He then inquired into the condition of the river, and he found that about nine miles above Montreal, there was a fall called the fall of Lachine, which, of course, separated the body of ice above the fall from the body of ice below it. Taking these vailable. The meeting took place, which consisted of the bankrupt, his locafagent, and Mr. Jas. Muir, actu ary in Edinburgh, who was of course elected trustee, and who offered as his cautioner the bankrupt's Edinburgh Mr. James Bayac, S.S.C. The gross amount of the claims represented at the meeting would border upon £3,000, the affidavits and mandates ,being all hat wou bethe Er data, he calculated u miles of ice, from four to f a plane of a given inclination, and prior to the date of sequestration, thus giving a olour to the whole proceedings ; while Mr. ,eArthur and Younger, writers, Younger, of Messrs ge across he channel. The rest It of two English creditors, ited to upwards of £5.3,000, id urged strongly the expediency and propriety of ad journing till the following day, when the requisite docu ments would. be forwarded, to enable them to act. This ion in fi nverary, att even if it were possibie to sta the figures, they enabled Mr. Stephenson realise one all-important fact. He arrived at the col_ elusion that the "almost irresistible force" of this mas of ice would crush or sweep away any ordinary bridge and that all the suggestions previously made for e•Aceurr tering the difficulty were only likely to result in disaste] what6v was, as might be expected, declined, and the business hurried through.. We understand the whole matter will be.brought before the 'Court of Session, to 'Undo meeting fixed [, as in if carried into effect • n the ground of its being a iagrant attempt to defeat the rights of the English For up to the period of Mr. Stephenson's repo] great difference of opinion existed in Canada and els where as to the probable effect of the ice pressure. Gi .inory ease party held that no bridge whatever could stand against it ; another, whilst admitting the difficulty to be formid able, thought timber casings or fenders, such as those in use on the small rivers of Norway and elsewhere, would be an efficient protection for the piers. The proposal most forcibly impressed on Mr. Stephenson was to protect his piers by wnat is called a "crib-work;" that is to say, by large masses of timber in front of the piers, crossed and weighted, and as thick or thicker than the ice itself. It was evident, from the first, that this extensive crib-work must be au.additional obstacle and impediment to the free navigation of the river, and to the passage.of the ice. But, beyond this, Mr. Stephenson's calculations convinced him that such a work would be entirely inadequate to pro tect such a structure as he contemplated,, in such a THE GREAT EASTERN.—The Morning Advertiser states that. this magnificOnt ship was on 'Tuesday offici- ally entered " outvards" at the Custom House, by the command:2r, Captain Harrison, her destination being named New York. J. • Gorsuch, Hair-Cutter and Perfumer, No. 7, Parker-street, begs most respectfully to thank his friends and the public for the liberal patronage be stowed upon him during the fourteen years he has been in business in Liverpool, and, furthermore solicits a continuance of their favour, which it 'shall turfy to deserve. He takes the present ever ,be opportunity to announce that the late partnership ex isting between himself and James Wynes is dissolved and for the future the business will be carried on, river as the St. Lawrence; and that, even 11the crib-work stood, it would be subject to such abrasion and wear and tear from its conflicts with the ice, that it would require to be reinstated at least every two or-three years. It was more than doubtful t o his at No. "•, Parker-street, under J. Gorsuch's sole superintendence. Boarding Schools attended by the Private families waited on as usual at An' experienced . assistant will their residences, 'eon(' once a month to- the following Bootle, Seaforth, Waterloo, Crosby Iluyton Runcorn, St. Helen's, Seacombe, Egre- Nrew Brighton, Birkenhead Park, Claugh ton, Oxton, and Rock Ferry. J. G. may be consulted perbonally in all cases of disease in the hair. He calls especial attention to the stimulative properties of his " Circassian Balm," (where the hair is falling off,) of which, and the Milk of Almonds, he is the sole in id no other is genuine unless made by J unent would be capable of and if it did not, the capital of tasted. Mr. Stephenson, there .t once determined that such a work was uncle ; "and that such enormous stakes as those at issue mind if such an e resisting the ice at a] the company would could net be left an expedient. ?eudent upon the uncertainty of end Istract methods he had taken to ascertain if any ould withstand the almost irresistible Drew:rum ventor iects. would avail s _those pro' a. 'rho against which Iful to provide, ut tin 1 not r resistance " Cribs," ,9brded by gugstautial masonry wer methods . by which the independently of on the adootien stone piers, to carry the' tub, ;ach pier having, on the sic at wide inferva - THE ROMANCE OF AN IRISH ESTATE From the Belfast Whig.) *The ileath of Lord Henry Seymour, brother of the Marquis-of Hertford, leaves one of those blanks in the direct line of heirship which so frequently occur in the transmission of large properties. Lord ~Henry was the heir-apparent of his elder and; when he died; was - .in his fifty-fifth year. led chiefly in Paris ; 3ut, while' the late marl dueness, his mother, lived, he spent a large portion' of 4 s. time with '- Boul her ladyship He re;i her at Lognt, where- _ spacious apartments in,the mantel ate nobleman, we understand,. had never set foot on British soil,.having, it ,is, said, .had a presm4l. if he ventured to .cross the .straits which ,divin( assurec drowne that THE DUTY OF THE CONSERVATIVE& Ilsr In Paris, Lord Seymour was a 'great favourite with the lovers of sport, whether on:the turf or in 'the field. He was the means of introducing a manlier course of exercise to thejuvenile aristocracy of that capital'; and, considering the class of persons with *horn he delighted .0 associate, he held a very high position with the lead ing men of the . French metropOlis. It is said he' has left some very princely legacies to a number ot more than questionable characters, and about seven millions ; of francs to the Paris Of Us- lordship's character as a public man, little is known. He seemed ; to have no taste . for politics ; and as .to religion; faith, whatever he possessed, was that of the Italian rather than High Church. Some years ago, a gentleman from the neighbonrhOod of Belfast had occasion to ask a favour' of Lord 'Seymour. He called at his lOrdship's residence, and was received with 'great attention, his idea then being that, should Lord Henry become heir of the Itertferd property, he would be a good 'landlord. The late marquis did not fully recognise Lord Seymour, and left some notice in his will to that effect ; that point, however, is now set tled, without the intervention of a Chancery suit. The early history of the Hertford estate has about it much of that "truth" which the proverb tells us, is " stranger than fiction." In those times of free and easy morals, when Padhreen Alacphad, Redmond O'Hanlon, and other worthies of the same class, per- - formed their feats of financial legerdeoain On the open. highway, they were only following the excellent ex ample set them by the " higher orders," whose whole 7 sale confiscations of property proVed their affinity to Barrabas of old as certainly as if, instead of concerting their plans in cabinets, they had, with pistols and masks,. Made their raids on the road. . . . Shortly after having received- his patent, the heir of . the first presentee,. Sir Edward .Conway, an English Secretary of State,, commenced the building of a hand some mansion at.Lisburn, where to the present day a portion of the wall still remains. The marauding disposi-. tion cultivated by the summary mode of transfeiTing property in those days never, failed to show 'itself on all possible occasions. A descendant of the former owner of the 'estate having made a descent on Lisnagarvah in 1646, a son of Baron Conway led' on t3le English forces against what was called the "rebel " 'army, - headed' by Owen Roe O'Nial. Colonel Conway. routed the • " in- Vaders," . and pursued. them to the county .Monaghan, from whence, by way of compensation for hisjourney, he brought off .1,200 cows, and 400 horses, and 1,000 sheep. Had any of the Monaghan farmers from.whom the stock was then taken attempted to , grumble .at ,the rapid transfer, no doubt they would have been denounced as rebels of the most desperate character. As the Conway family had, howeVer, made themSclves Very 'popular with the tenantry, the castle was alway s ' o p en f or a ll guests; Jeremy Taylor, who resided in the vicinity of Lisburn, having been a frequeut visitor' a:s well at the castle there as at the one built by Baron Conway at Port More. . PARLIAMENT. • At the meeting of Conservative constituents of South in our paper,;of ycsterday, Mr. L. Palk, M. , Devon, which was l arge ly attended, and briefly notic ed .P the alluded to the - course likely to be adopted by the Con-. servatives elrly in the next session :—" I am told that the MiniStry. of. the present day, far. from. having s. majority in the HOUS3 of Commons,, is a Ministry on sufferance, and is -supported only. by a minority (4-0;1 people. long do you. think that this wre tel Lt, government is going to stand ? Do you think that' they are.the men to . bring in a ReforM Bill - that wool" be satisfactory , to you .and . to the people of 'Jib?. country ? . Do you think that the .'ran who.sacrific ea your intereStirand your honour at the-behests of Franc? is the man; to maintain,your interests and your honour • By a very romantic incident, the Conway estates fell into the hands of a branch of the Seymour family during the reign of 'William the Third, the first of the new dynasty being a Colonel Seymour • who had held office as Secretary of State in.En g l an d„and, on getting into pos-' session of the Irish property, took the surname of Con way. From that date the successive proprietors became partial absentees, the more recent heirs gradually ab solving themselves from all local symtiathy with the estate and its people. There is not in the United King dom a finer property than that of the Marquis of Hert ford. The extent is nearly seventy thousand statute acres, mountain and water included; the rental is about fifty-six thousand a year of well-paid revenue. Very serious complaints are made on the subject of leases for building, which, it appeared, the late marquis, as well as his father, were precluded from granting to their tenants: The present marquis proposes to act on the privilege he enjoys of granting building leases on perpetuity ;, and as, with all his apparent apathy and indolence, he appears quite an adept in the art of monetary accumulation, much public good must result from an extended exercise of the power of leasing, while large additions will be made to the rent-roll. I, ell, WWII, %N. _ tive party?' - It is—and let there . be . no c -UiTstake about it—as soon. as parliament meets to ~bring- this .(11: tion to an issue, and, by a vo t e o f wan t of eon donee, which I hope and trust I shall see moved drive from power . that government which for yea r ' s and years have maintained themselves in office by the greatest bribery and corruption, .which has 0 111 1 just been . 'ound out, but to which the country 11 ' hie )ming alive. For wherever a fresh election takf° place;• althoiigh the Conservative candidate may net every place be !successful, you will find that the Con servative candidate ha s h a d th e grea t es t nu mber hands • held up in his favour; and, therefore, if t l i t i Conservative cause rested on univer sa l . su ffrage, tu" ConservatiVe and not the Whig would have been elected." Mr. S. T. Kekewich, M.P. said : It appea rs to me that, we ought toyrew the, present governm ent with very great suspicion .; and the reason I view then' imniitohnso without thatso some e thinkc compromise ip i r t o with suspicion is because they consist of gentlemen hohl tirethsotomaagnyreoep principle, and nothing is worse in the rulers of thl country than any compromise of political principle• regard the government just as we see beautiful figur'' through _a kaleidoscope. They are made up of shred s t . and patches, but when viewed altogether they presen t to the eye a very pleasing_ and imposing effect. is this Ministry composed of ?- I do not - - wish to them any wrongs I know,, the difficulties whic's, pnb li° men have often , to labour Under ; that sometimes there must be a little compromise'-of prineiPle; but not to° great a compromise. My hon. friend has told u s that i we should go to the House of CoMmons next sessionf•?` t . m is is i e m ol s p si o b li le tie f° 4 propoSea want of confidence in the government. - I ,i e t , us, if we have a majority, have a fair stand-up fight; hs fight with confidence and courage, and try which ° the strongest-maw 'But do not resort to fa'ctious vote in trying to turn out the present administration. 11l determine to turn them out, let us d o it i n an honest no straightforward way." ' greaze Of course, where non-residence forms the sole rule of baronial administration, the local government must be carried on by an agent, who, in this case, is rather a vice-landlord than the mere receiver of rents. From 1817, and up to a very recent period, when his son was appointed to the situation, the Dean of Ross held the sceptre of local power, and in his hands the estate has undergone considerable improvements. In all the time of his agency, the three successive owners of the estate only paid one visit to it. Fifty-six thousand a-year is regularly drawn from the estate, and sent to France, the adopted home of the present proprietor. In this free country, where liberty exists in such lusty strength, the lord and the labourer are equally free to choose their own places of residence ; and, if the noble marquis wishes to dwell far away from the land that yields him such a princely revenue, he has a perfect right to indulge his fancy. Some equivalent, however, should be ren dered to make up for the evil effects of non-residence ; and, so far as we can learn, this is a piece of patriotic duty which Richard Earl of Yarmouth, Viscount Con way, Marquis of Hertford, has yet to put in practice. he visits of the poor-rate collector and comptroller of income-tax are not like those of angels, but regular and systematic. In former days, the cost of supplying the paupers and keeping up the State fell solely on the Shoulders of residents, while absentee's could carry off all their incomes without contributing a single sixpence to such funds. It is well that in these times the names of HorsExErrmits.—The Coffee sold by ThoinPee ll Brothers, 5, Elliott-street, at ls. 4d., is better than Y e i . pay ls, Bd. for at any other establishment. LOSS OF THE MARQUIS OF 'DROGHEDA'S YACHT" -- ; SLIGO, TUESDAY. - This beautiful, schooner-rigg e r yacht of 150 tons became a total wreck in Sligo Bay 61 " Saturday evening. On the schooner entering. the ball pilot offered;bis serviees, whi c h th e marquis would il e t accept, he feeling quite confid en t o f hi s a bility to pil l the schooner into the harbOur—a thing; indeed, he coal without difficulty manage to do, the bay, being deep 311 remarkably free from shoals, were it not that the buoy e ll Banger Bank was removed, owing to high winds or so me other cause which I cannot take upon "myself to de termine. • I have not heard that it _was mentioned to th e noble owner of the yacht_that the buoy was off the hank/ and, unfortunately, the Vessel wit aground there. She lay so easily, undoubtedly, if it were not that a more th . a o n . usually heavy sea was runni ng , s h e C ou ld b e go t o ff ' 0 %,: little or no damage. As it was,the beautiful craft Ivel't pieces in the course of two or three hours ; t h e creilr after conveying the ma r q u i s an d hi s no bl e l a d y on s horel, only succeeded' in' sa ving s o m e pl a te, leaving ben guns, clothes, and some va l ua bl e property , part of Whi e d became the prizes of sea-bathe rs f rom .Roscommon an Longford, some of whom are already brought to accou nt for their covetousness by the police. / may mention here that one fellow was caught with a lady's fine wove° jack eing et dried aon S brawny shoulder s, quis seem said jacket s to be a first little' b at the fire. The.mar grieved for th e , loss of his, yacht, which was insured fo.t'e £4,000 only. l am to ld t hi s i s a l i ttle more th an hay her value, and he intends inquiring of certain kuovTing t gentlemen, who gene ra ll y wear horse-ha i r w i gs/ i s 11° some quarter to bla me for not, as they were boun d to do, having a buoy placed on the unlucky bank.—Ce y respondent of Dublin Freeman's Journal. LONDON SMOKE AND LONDON GARDENS.—When the government befriended us by . compelling the big chimneys to swallow their own smoke, the few enthasial t : who had tried to defy the smoke, as Ajax d e fied tw lightning, found themselves suddenly relieved of an in: cubus—their crushed pets held up th e i r h ea d s ; tilq; was a new, or rather an old, because na t ura l music the rustling . of the leaves, and plants that had been for years living in smoky sickness suddenly mal e : new start, and, wonder of wonders, blossomed their season, as if not a singl e i nc h o f frowning encompassed them. A small man once undertook b " ignore Spurgeon," but Spurgeon continu e d to sh i , ne and grow more lustrous ; whereas the roses at , Temple-gardens did ignore London without hal dil ni l vowed to do it, and so nature was superior to hu°,7 o vanity in that particula r . Y es , s i nce th e a t mo splie", blacks were circumscribed and limited by law, gardeni n b has undergone a vast ch ange i n th e c it y o f Lon which which now has its own annual exhibitions of chryo,, themums, of which Mes srs . B roome an d D a l e 1.1 - e f presiding genii, and all the summer l ong ex hibitions ° roses, lime-trees, mignionette, rhododendrons, day and candytuft, are to be seen h ere, t h ere, and everyw."`" e —under brick walls, in little back yards, set out in Poi menade style, with verdant turf and shining P . a . "; peering over the tops of houses, screwed up betweed Towers of Babel, or flourishing on window-sills al' balconies, according t o th e several circumstances of tse exhibitors and the subjects of competition.—City MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT ABERe DEEN.—The, arrangements for, this great .meeting now definitely made. Ap ar t f rom th e sectional bus ness, which is fully expected to include many inter h°' ing papers, there will b e fi ve even i ng mee ti ng s t o t new Music Hall. It is, of c ourse , un d ers tood t ladies are equally eligible, at least, for admission in .; the classes, with gentlemen. The following is the P 1 gramme :—On Monday, 12th Sept., the 'Mechanics' Market-street_ 'will he nnr.ll n vonc.,4-LAn-rnoni, a n .1 uc vYwa ts, ,„a those persons are set down in the books of the tax- afterwards during the meeting, for supplying lists , ; ( 1 gatherer's remembrance. Were voluntary Said the Only prices of lodgings, lists and addresses of members', mode . of reaching 'the pockets of such men as the for giving information regarding the proceedings °I aa i Marquis of Hertford, b the sum total Eof their contribu- sections ; and gentlemen desiring information on to tier's, towards the relief of indigence or the advance- subject connected with the meeting are requestea,_, ment of local institutions would be easily carried off. make application i"..1 this room. On and after Montl i u !: Since his entrance into poisession of the family title. September 12, members and' persons desirous of bec,oents, and estates in 1842, Lord Hertford, as we have stated, ing members or associates, or of obtaining ladies' ticf, o , has paid only one visit to the property. His father, the are requested to make application in this room. " a s late marquis, never visited the estate during his 'day of tlemen who are desirous to attend the meeting' al possession. A vast amount of opprobrium was heaped members or associates, are requested to make plat on the head of the Monmouth of 4 , Coningsby ;" but appli ca ti on at t h e recept i on-room, on and after a u we have always heard that, in many cases, he was very day, September 12, for 'tickets, - which admit to Do much superior to his successor. As a patron,,of Lib e - th e section and general meetings. Observe tlia 4, ralism and the friend of literary men, the late m arqu i s wr i tten application for tickets can be attended to ; _ o f had few equals ; and his kindness towards Theodore without a proper ticket, no person is admitted to aniird i n Hook, when the famous novelist had • been bro ug ht t o t h e meetings. The first general meeting will be grief about the Mauritius affair, was really worthy of the Music-hall, on Wednesday, September 14, at the noblest character of a British peer. past eight p.m., when Professor Owen, M.D., The present Marquis of Hertford has never taken any F.R.S., &c., will resign the chair, and his Royal .10-fey, decided part in the politics of England. Wh en th e corn ness, the Prince Consort, will resume the ru:es ideu w ill laws were in course of discussion, the Duke of Welling- and deliver an address. The diff er ent sessions,, a b a r. ton held his p ro xy ; but then, as he has done s i nce , he assemble in the rooms appointed for them in Ma r ,7 ati d continued to re s ide in Paris, whe re , it i s state d , his sole College, for the reading and discussion of rePnrw 15 expenditure does not equal one-fourth of his income. A' other communications, on Thursday, September 17. large proportion of his immense annual savings is said to Friday, September 16 ; Saturday, Septemb er r be invested in tho French fu n d s , i n a ll pro b a bi l i ty as the Monday, September 19 ; and Tuesday Septemben 99, ir o., fertune of hi s l or d s hip' s son , w h om the laws of th i s at eleven a.m. prec i sely. On ThUrsday ev. e , the country would not permit to inhe r it th e l an d e d p ro - September 15, there will b e a conversaz ione perty. Music Hall, commencing at half-p 16 a t haV .S.r as t eight , The marquis is si x ty y ears o f age, an d unmarr i e d ; th e O n Friday evening, Sept em b er probability, therefore, of his leaving legitimate issue is eight o'clock, Roderick I. Murchison, G. 0., of dim and distant. His lordship's father was the only F.R.S., Director-General of the Geol. Sari. the son of Franci s , the second marquis, and, consequently, the United Kingdom, w ill d e li ver a di sco urse on 1 9, the estate an the title are likely to go to the next Geology of the 'Highlands, in the Music-hall• ei e l t descendant of his grandfather's brothers. Of the three Monday evening, September 19, at half-past eldest of these, there is not any male descendant in o'clock, in the Music-hall, the Rev. T. 11° ' ia[ 7 4 being. The fifth son of the first marquis was Admiral D.D., F.R.S., M.R.I.A Seymour, who died in 1801. .His son, Sir George Observatory, will deliver a discourse on Electrian' ou - Francis Seymour, admiral of the white,. and port charges in, Highly %rifled Media. On Tuesday a o,, the . admiral of Plymouth, is, therefore, next heir to the ing, September. 20, there will be a conversazione, marquisate. He was married to a daughter of Admiral Music-hall, commencing at half-past e ight " the Berkeley, and his eldest son, born in 1812; is Colonel The concluding general meeting will take place e Francis. Seymour, of the . Scots ,Fusilier• Guards., The ,Mirsio-hall on Wednesday, September 21, at thre P ots gallant gentleman has seen a good deal of service, is a The proceedings of the general committee and thlor. C. 8., and bears the decoration of a Crivean medal and of money sanctioned by it,-will then be st'ated. Profit a the 'cross of the Legion of Honour. He was married Philips, the assistant secretary, will be in Aberdeenof _the. about twenty years ago to &daughter of Lord Mansfield, day or two to superintend .the carrying oa t , pro and has several children. The eldest son is sixteen arrangement's. The exhibitions of portraits/ E lb' e rdeed director of the Arinvis_ years of age: There is, therefore, -little fea ll of the raises to be 'complete and 'very attractive. — Hettford title becoming extinct. . 1 Journal. op of 3' mcling 'ti :uttin and Sham rmeau, cigar at - the partnership hithei;tO •sub ivself cud Mr. Gorsuch has terminated I:shall for.the future carry on the I trust I may be favoured king. shall be wanting on deuce.—l have the honour sir, your obedient servant, James Wynes. ual con bove, fi ny part to di Tye -your h rbi,e up tipon the ?iers, but Esc as 111 were n progr kir delify,n;in - erder to meet the )etition - only ( 3ritanni tubes 'et c principl were cal6ukt superit the ammgem, So entirely Ken carried concerned. Greai Cr( ointed the res e brilf.r,C Tevolecl the inini OF THE SCOTCH BANKRUPT LAW, Glasgow Here( of all publicity ; Inverary case iesigned as a mar Knowir opposed to file course of the stream, large cutweers of salid stone 'work, inclined against the current, up which, as it mere, the ice would creep, and break its& to pieces byiits own weight and pressure. He arranged that these , wedge-shaped cutwaters should present sufficient to separate and fracture 'it at the same time so ,iseives to fracture. These vised to answer the double They exhibit, as massiveness and ts 'well as stability to support ience, indeed, has proved the. he structure Ita-slicer) the conditions its s withstood, .in, the most iolent pressures whi aliar circumstances )f She country and , the climate Of Canada, the super trUcture, which creates in America so much surprise, is _ . to Bri= trkable its several tubes are not so long bridge, _and are only otherwise .guishable iaasmiieh as 'that'their are - the 10.11 g-est anstruded Without the adaptation of the cellular It desorresmotice, however; that these tubes, in 1! their ~dtfails, • were. designed, plate by plate and rivet by rivet, at the office of Mr. Stephenson, and very 'strength and strain, and pre pared and arranged in all their details, under the sole supervision of his relative, • Mr. .e Robert Stephenson. With such nicety were ail Ling these plates. conducted in _ this country;that, under the directions of that gen tleman, every plate and piece of iron was punched in England • before it. was sent out to Canada ; and elaborate and detailed drawings and instructions were sent by the same hand to show the method of con neiion. On the arrival, therefore, of each separate cargo of iron in Canada, little remained to those nyon the spot but to fasten together the Variou s pi eces , an place them in their order aul position - as directed. „ indeed, have the details respecting the tuba been Conducted on this side, that it haS not only devolved on Mr: 'G. R. Stephenson to examine 'the quality of the iron at the iron -works, but to supenn-. tend the construction of the plates at the manufactory, And to issue instructions, for putting the pieces to gether. Upon him has devolved the duty of seeing to ,hipment of each tube as it was . completed, and _.going the certificates for, payments, not, .alone to the contractors, but . also to the resident .engineer and other officials' if Canada, wild were `employed and paid under Mr. Robert Stephenson's directions. It is most gratifying- that, from first to last, the , design. has - , 11 „harmoniously and efficiently by.. all. ';lr. 'Ls due to Mr. A. M. Ross, —dent engineer to superin ,D ..rics in Canada,. and who has espe ---- y devoted himself to the- erecton of the masonry ; to Mr. Hodges.; who, from the commencement, has most cfi.ciently, and honourably represented Messrs. Petoi. Drassey,. the contractors, and on whom has' ilonsibility in the 'execution' of the works ; as well as to Mr. StOckman, who, in the early part of the present year, went to Canada, acoom framed by Mr. S. P.;Bidder, to - make u full - inspection; and rdetailed report upon ;thk works—a ,duty which was performed in .a ,manner eminently calculated to satisfy the minds 'of the engineers and of thUpublic. AN ENGLISH BANKRUPT AVAILING HIMSELF Under the head Inverary, we find the following in the SLEXANDR . GOPSELL POOLEY We 'consider the follewing Case, Which has beeri cem nunicated to us on respeetable authority, is *ell worthy for we cannot but regard otherwise than with extreme suspicion the appearance of English bankrupts in remote districts of- Scotlattl—where they are quite out of view of their creditors—for the purpose of taking advantage of the facilities afforded by the Scotch-bankruptcy system : This is a sequestration running on all-fours with the notorious Toberinory case, and will now be known and The bankrupt, who was ?" chemist, residino.. in Lon- don, slipped down to Argyllshire, where he-remained for the time prescribed to qualify himself for a white washing in the Scotch Bankruptcy Courts. Sequestra tion was awarded by the Lord Ordinary officiating on the bills' on the 19th inst., and the statutory notice appeared in the Edinburgh Gazette of the same date. The London Gazette was not published until the Tues day following, the 23rd inst., when the creditors—all English—were apprised of the fact that a meeting was to take place within the George Hotel, Inverary, on the 26th inst., just three days thereafter, to elect a trustee, and discharge the other duties pointed out by the act. )00l th SEPTEMBER 3, 1859