Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-14 00:00:00

DEFEAT OF THE REBELS. MORE MUTINIES. PROGRE3S Cl! THE SIEGE. ARRIVAL OF RE-INFORCEMENTS. ARRIVAL OF SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. XAIIO2IUEDAN CONSPIRACY. ^slej• .been e has 1y of day' Mr. The Rear-Admiral at Malta to the pie ;lish ca. rerf ore the re - Ind alt. elf jec- OVERLAND MAIL. O FFOJAL DESPATCHES. RUNDRED OF THE REBELS SHOT DOWN. Elie following telegtaphic despatch was received 4t t ile Foreign Offi c e, th roug h t h e Ad m i ra lty, ei 3 t. 13, 5.30 p.m, Secretary of Admiralty, Sfpt, 11. The Pekin 4tb arrived at Suez from Bombay on the I nst., with Bombay news to the 15th August. a G eneral H avelock defeated the rebels at Abipur 411? Gunge, on the 20th and 30th o f J u ly, t a ki ng 1 : 111.1 .Y all their gu ns . H e ex p ec t e d t o reac h lieh new °n the 31st of July. Irregular 7thp Bth, and 40th regiments, and the 12th 2 : e gniar Cavalry mutinied at Dinapore on the —4l of Jul Her Majesty's loth Foot shot down 800 of them. witneh excitement prevails at Benares, towards City the mutineers were advancing. T he latest date from Delhi is the 27th of July. ti The siege was progressing slowly, and reinforce nts Were beginning to arrive. tteeneral kleid has relinquished the command on 13 ! Gli nt of illness, and has been succeeded by Igadie r General A. Wil so n. 4t Agra the Europeans remain in the fort, well ; t o Lola out, b ut - anxiously awaiting reliefs. en l'Pa of Yeomanry Cavalry is being formed at s e . ilt ta for service in the North West Provinces. Colin Campbell has arrived at Calcutta. "e Sealkote mutineers, on their way to Delhi' lii r e °h tot it ily destroyed at Goodahpore, by Brigadier 'n 's force. 'l\i ati nlut it)-3 7 has broken out in the 27th Bombay li a : Infantry, at Kolapore, in the Southern t4ratte, country. .4 11 ; t . 11.° Pean troops have been sent against the t eer3, and are said to have quelled the dis -14bance. Great al armkit n al armprevails in Belgaum, Dharway, ha ve gtierr Y) and Sattard, where means of defence ,tilueen adopted.. ha ve e b e-Ratlee of Sattard, and a native Rajah' er e t been talicn into custody and brought prison. ° 'elnb A i\iala ay . l a th e 11 °111( lan conspiracy has been discovered p oo °lll bay Presidency, and the Moolvie of n-, wio, -me n several accomplices, have been appre deq nd await trial. °` Artilier.37 "VS 33rd Regiment, and a company a nd the 1 ' arri ved at Bombay from Mauritius, 41.1 gust. .. °t titiger, and Canning, on the 4 h of a , 0 7 010001 Stua r t's colu m n h as reac h e d I n h our n ' I ` n 'l:Wor e , an d t ranqu ilit y i s restore d i n,ceutral I The Bombay Times considers that the —ilti nY is no longer confined to the Bengal army, the r ebellion has been checked, and that the news. t his mail is decidedly of a cheering character. T he Col um bi an arr i ve d at Suez from Australia onti le morni ng o f th e 7th. The Bentinck was i n sight al five o'clock, p. m ., on th e same ma t y . This intelligence was received from the Acting fonslll-General a t Al exan d r i a, un d er d ate S ept. 7, r the E arl of Clarendon. Signed, M. STOPFORD, Rear-Admiral. cod to earl• ronieS 3burft , and i Cre- Lord gbanh 4, and ed to S the ,j e sl and , our d de f 1119 erage ed bi ;11 lit inged , n Sir ear's AUSTRALIA, Th e „ unt raorency, belonging to Messrs. James Whi an e °Ors Black Ball. Line of Clippers, and arrive Sailed from Melbourne on the 16th of June , d oun ces o liolyhead y e st er d a y. She has 50,196 °F gold on b oard. The following vessels Setsailed before the Montmorency, but have not t he 1— qrri it, 14yeA For Li ver p o l : S ummer Cl ou d, o n May, With 7,961 ounces of gold ; Sardinian, 2 14 , with 4,902 ounces of gold; and the Anglo cia a ''°n, on the Ist June, with 24,923 ounces ; also vi th the 13th June, the True Briton, for London, 61 . 89 3 ounces of gold. AV ESTIN DIA MNIL. F 803( 0011 OWN CORRESPO:DEIST. (By Telegraph.) Th e m : SOUTIIAMPTON, SUNDAY noun'. N India Steam-Ship Company s royal . Th sh o „ sl eanl-ship Atrato arrived here this evening, ' I 'S after five o'clook. IY ST. 11 41 t ' A rI I LITY OF F /CLONE —Mr. Beeston, a timber mer ktl'arly°s.r,""riv-01, sun% years ' ago,. retired on a fortune of had - „' ,0 0 4 year, the proceeds of a landed estate, which ' l4 .ll,4, 4r nhased in Hereforeshir . e.. Unfortunately for for ton, he did not spend all his income, and wanting 4ref 7, ° "Y, he put a few thousands into the firm of D house, by which he , s ecA ro , smug and Co., a mercantile x", e f p-t - -4 4 6 44 ÷Vcng p.rtner, though his came did not appear " ° :Lp "bile, The week before last, this firm broke, a nd ti," 4 ° l l was summoned to B..istol on Monday weak, 'Ewr a n o -il a found that every shilling of his fortune was i v ,, ed 11 1) in the debts of the house.—Bristol Mercury. t e'id ers - "G LADY ATTACKED BT A BEAR.—Such . of our to the p i a . l have Joined in any of the summer excn . rsions .. 1:141M9 will have doubtless had their notice bY lad y bY a bear of some size, which is kept tethered lad y, ,nvener of the island. On Monday last a young W ith a °l Cl irtnr, was.on the Holms, walkiog in company elos,i; gentl eman, when she unfortunately approached too d e°the brute, whose tether was of considerable length, raste,eas attacked by him with great ferocity. The bear bugg-.d",_hie teeth i n h er person, t h rew h er d own , an d wb Out unr with great violence. Her screams and the 'to th e of the gentleman who was with her attracted others the 813° t, eel efforts were immediately used to induce ta n :alt to release his victim. This proved a work of tiece a, to One gentleman broke . his umbrella to ow: b el.bouring him, while others tried the effects of kr, l i a nd kicks upon the head, but all was in vain, until heard,lthi e f,‘ of the flotwells, made use of a heavy stick Tift o had with him. Miss was brought home to bar, 6 11 11 the steamer, and has since been u n d er th e car e of D a „ r e'g, sargeon. We are told that the same bear tore iseßcif tto a hand a s h ort time prev i ous l y. Surely something 4 N b ercure done to protect voyagers from hi s v i o l ence .— ° 1 y, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING Despatches were received today at the Foreign office, from the French Minister at Berlin, and were forwarded to Count Walewski, at Biarritz. It is said, or conjectured, that they relate to the alleged proposed interview between the Emperor of the French and the King of Prussia, the idea of which is reported to have been first suggested by Count Hat z feld t, the Prussian Minister at Paris. In the total absence of intelligence of the slightest interest from any part of Europe, a vast number of rumours are daily circu lated with respect to the appro tching inter views of crowned heads in Germany, and details are supplied, more minute than authentic, with respect to the subjects that are to be discussed at them. No accounts having been received of the commencement of the Moldavian elections on the 15th day (9th inst ), from the receipt by Prirce Vogorides of his instructions from the Porte, it is now said that they are postponed in order that the two Emperors may have some last words on the subject. Another rumour says that the Emperor of the French is to use his good offices with the Empe. peror Alexander to bring about an amicable rap prochement between England and Russia. These an d many other reports of the kind are in all probabi lity•mere inventions, destitute of foundation The,, l only thing certain is the interview at Stutgardt. General Fleury, the Emperor's aide-de-camp, charged with the direction of the Imperial travel ling equipages, has arrived in Paris from Chalons, to give orders respecting the journey, for which everything is to be ready on the 20th inst. A letter from Rome states that, in consequence of the reduction of the Austrian tro o ps in. the Roman States, the reconstitution of ,the Papal army is being rapidly proceeded with To this end, a committee of five has been appointed, pre sided over by Cardinal Antonelli. From Turin we learn that the Duke de Gramont was not to leave until the 25th inst. Prince Napoleon is now at Biarritz. He was afterwards to have paid a visit to M. Fould at Tarbes, but that Minister has come to Paris in consequence of the lamentable accident to his son. It is said that the PrinCe will go to England to witness the launch of the Great Eastern, and that he thinks of going afterwards to Suez, to study the question of the canal on the spot. M. APCarthy, a member of the Geographical Society of-Paris, has just started on a journey to Tirnbuctoo. He speaks Arab and various African dialects with great fluency. He travels alone. THE NORTHERN TINIES.--LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 14, 1857. PERSIA. A private letter from Teheran, of the 231%11y, gives some interesting details relative to the Persian army, awl to the state of the country since the capture of the town of Herat. At this moment the Shah of Persia has 100,000 infantry and 120,000 cavalry under arms. Of the cavalry there are not more than 11,000 regulars, and they belong to the Royal Guard. This army is a heavy charge for the population on which it is quartered. The irregular cavalry particularly, which is commanded by its Khans, and over whom the Government has but little con trol, forms an undisciplined mass, which plunder the neasants of every article it requires for its sup port. The artillery is like the regular infantry, well organised and well disciplined. It consists at present of four regiments of 1,200 men -each, who are well instructed in their profession. The materiel is good, although the calibre of the guns is too varied. The waggon train is excellent. The Persian artillery possesses a regiment of Zumburahis, com posed of six companies. The Zumburchis are artillerymen, mounted on camels. Each camel carries a light field-piece. The Zumburchis are commanded by a colonel, two majors, six captains, and twelve lieutenants. The most contradictory reports yere current at the date of this letter on the subject of what is passing at Herat. The Sirdar . Murad-Mirza had been accused of refusing to surrender the-citadel, but he had sent a justification of himself to the Court, which was folly admitted. The Hon. Mr. Murray, the British Minister, had combatted the excuse of Murad Mirza and demandel the execu tion of the treaty of peace. The Persian Go vernment then proposed to send two commissioners to Herat to ascertain the real position of the place. Colonel Taylor, a military attache of the British Legation, was chosen by Mr. Murray, and the Shah chose one of his aides-de camp. They immediately set out for Herat, and Colonel Taylor has been further empowered to see that the treaty is executed. If it be considered proper to evacuate Herat under existing circum stances, it will be done forthwith. The evacuation of Herat will permit the Shah to make a (onside rable reduction in his army. for the Sirdar Murad Mirza has more than 60,000 men under his com mand. These troops are excellent soldiers, and the Sirdar, who is said to be a groat favourite with his men, is accused of ambitious projects, and of intending to proclaim himself Prince Sovereign of Herat. The writer of the letter does not believe that Murad-Mirza has any such inten tion. He admits, however, that if such an event should take place it would seriously complicate the position of the English in that part of Asia, particularly under existing circumstances in India. The Shah is said to be animated with the best intentions. His late edicts, by which his Mussulman, Christian, and Jewish subjects are placed on an equality, will, it is feared, encounter much opposition from. the fanaticism of the inhabitants. The British troops had evacuated Bushire, and Emiru-Mirza, the new governor had taken possession of that town on the 28th June. The accounts from the interior of Persia are good. Fezlali Khan, who commands the troops of Fars, has recently chastised the Turcomens, who were perpetually pillaging the coast. The. Shah had quitted Teheran, with his court, accompanied by the foreign ambassadors, to encamp at the foot of Mount Elbour, where he is sheltered from the intense heat of the sun. He has likewise esta blished a camp there, in which 12,000 men are con stantly manoeuvred. SWEDEN. This retirement of the wary and cautious King of Sweden from the conduct of affairs is of unusual importance at this moment with refe rence to :the constantly increasing magnitude of the Scandinavian movements, of which the. Crown Prince is known to be an . ardent supporter, as is also the case with his younger brother; for the ap proaching crises of the conflict between the Radical Government of Denmark and the German duchy of Holstein, now engaged in a last struggle to save itself from incorporation with the Scandina vian kingdom, backed as it is by its Federal allies in Germany, will hardly fail to press upon Europe the conviction of the necessity of creating a strong Scandinavian kingdom out of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and of separating from the latter that German Duchy of Holstein which it is en deavouring per fas et nefas to incorporate at the expense of every dictate of justice and public law. ENGLISH LABOUR AT A DISCOUNT.—A Vienna corres ponde.i)t,- writing on the 7th inst., states Many Englishmen who have come out here expecting to find em ployment, are in such distress as to be obliged to claim the assistance of the Bitish Government, in order to get home. Tt owst he well understood that English workmen hive no ehancce of finding employment on the Austrian railroads, as the contractors prefer Italians and Bohemians, who are to do the same work at much lower prices." IRvtNatrx CUURCHES.—A peculiar fact in connection with the seat known as the Irvingites is, that all their church edifies, in every part of the world, are. designed alike. The church is divithd into two sections, the sanc tuary and the holy. The former, taking in about one third of the house, is raised above the body of the chtuth, and is ascended - by three steps. At its extreme back is the altar, to the right of which is the chair for The Madrid journals of the 7th contain no poll- the " an g el, " and to the left thet fo r the " prophet " To tical news. At Barcelona, the Captain-Genera the left its the rending-desk appointed for the Evange had interdicted the formation of mutual benefit list. The elders sit in sea's trensverse to the house on the right, and the pastors to the left. The deacons are societies, experience have shown that, by affording disposed on a seat outside the sanctuary, facing the altar, ready relief to workmen, they encouraged strikes. and ',mmediatelv in front of the congregation. The seats Not fewer than 136 companies in shares are stated or pews are generally made without doors, so that none to have been recen tly f orme d i n the Isle o f Cuba, may, even by such a slight obstacle, be debarred from and it was reported that the Captain-GenerP.l, I admission to a seat, all which are free, the rental being paid contemplated dissolving them. from the collection of tithes.—Antericatz Paper. RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia arrived at Warsaw on the 6th inst. The Emperor will celebrate the first anniversary of his accession at the Polish capital. His Majesty was expected to leave Warsaw on the 13th for Germany. SPAIN. THE MORALITY OF PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. ROBBERY UNDER THE GALLOWS. The scene of Saturday at Kirkdale—the strangulation of Henry Rogers, cannot be better illustrated than by the following, which took place at the Police-court subsequent to that event. We should say it ought to weigh consider ably against the shocking and revolting spectacles of public hanging. Only think of the scene—in one spot a human being hinging in the air—in another some persons preaching and singing psalms—in a' third place a lady distribuling religious tracts and quotations from scripture —and in a fourth, almost under the quivering limbs of the strangled man, a lot of ruffians engaged robbing their neighbours of their property ! We repeat what we stated on Saturday, that. publics executions create ten times more crime than they are calculated to stop. Seve ral crimes were committed at Kirkdale on Saturday morning that would not have:, been:committed had there been no execution. Edward Smith, a well-dressed fellow—in fact what the world would call a gentleman—(about 24 years' old), was placed in the police-dock, before Mr. Mansfield, charged with having stolen . a watch from Alexander Martin. The complainant said he was standing in the crowd in front of the drop at Kirkdale ; the prisoner was close against him, and at the instant the drop fell, he felt a tug at his watch and found it was !gone. The prisoner's hand was being drawn from the direction of the pocket, but he did not see it at or in his pocket ; the prisoner passed something to another person, who got away, and tried to escape him self, but was held by the complainant ; the ring of his watch was got under the prisoner's feet. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner, and contended that the evidence was not sufficient to convict; and his worship agreeing with him, discharged the prisoner. The next cake put forward was another fellow, dressed up to the fashion of the last prisoner, and also answering to the name of Edward Smith. Mr. Black also defended him. He was charged for having stolen two watches, one from John Connor, and another from John Taylor, and also for picking the pocket of Adelaide Clarke, of a silk handkerchief. This scoundrel also took the moment of the drop falling to practice his villany. The male prosecutors were wedged up in the crowd near the gallows, the prisoner being between them. He kept asking them what time it was ? and being told every now and then, would exclaim—" poor fellow (Meaning Rogers) he has only so long to live." In this way he went on until the bolt was drawn, an .1 then he seized both watches and darted through the crowd as well as he could. Seeing, on his way, the female, who was very well dressed (it was a shame to find her in such company) he made a dive into her ,pocket and took out the silk handkerchief, when he was seiz id by a bay. Mr. Bluck was addressing his worship, when the latter asked him how he could get over the boy's evidence? Mr. Black said it was strong, certainly. Mr. Mansfield It is so strong, that if you were Cicero himself, you could not convince me of his innocence. Mr. Bluck: Well, sir, after that, I will not offer another word. The 'prisoner was sent for trial. ANOTHER INCIDENT. A policeman, who had charge of several prisoners, when the latter were put to the bar, stated that he could not get the witnesses. His Worship aske:l him, why not ? and he replied they were gone to the execution at Kirk dale. It is a fact, that the grea•er part of the streets north of Dale-street, and those in the Park south of Parliament•street , were all but deserted by the inhabi tants, all of whom poured out to see the legal strangula tion. CAPTURE OF AN AB3OONDING RAILWAY CLERK. At the Mansion-hones Police-court, on Thursday, William Walton 22, was b ought up, upon a Lord Mayor's warrant, by detective-officer Spittle, who had captured him in America, charged with a series o f embezzlement', but especially with embezzling the amount of £69 Os tile moneys of his m niters, the South Yorkshre Railway and River Dun Coal Company, on the 18th May last. Mr Humphrey appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Woatner for the defence. Mr. Tinmphrey stated that a warrant had bean granted by the Lord Mayor so far back as Juoe last, which was entrusted to Spittle, a most active detective, who, armed with authority from the Secretary of State, pro ceeded to Canada, and succe ded in arresting the prisoner at Toronto, John Spittle : lam a detective of the City of London Police. On the 3rd June the warrant produced was granted by the Lord Mayor, and placed in my hands. From information I received, lat once procee ded to Canada, and on the 3rd of July found the prisone at an Hotel in Toronto, and took him Into custody. Mr. Humphrey said he did not intend to go further with the eviden Jo of the officer on that occa sion. J. Nicholl, account int in the Metropolitan coal department of the Smith Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Coal Company, verified a cippos:tion made by him before the Lord Mayor on the 3rd June la , t, and upon which the warrant kainst the prisoner was on that orca , ion grants 1. The deposition stated that the prisoner had for nearly two years been a junior clerk in the office of the company, 72, King William-street, City, and that between the 6th and tt e 18th May last, various SUM of money, amoun'ing to £69 Os. 3d. hal been en trusted to the prisoner to pay into the company's bankers, and had not beLn so paid in. The deposition also stated that four cheques for the sums of £123, £lOB, .C. 54, an 1 x £s3 respectively, had also been entrusted to the prisoner to pay into the company's bankers, Messrs. Currie and Co-, but he hal instead paid them in to his own account at Messrs. Barclay's. The deposition coaclads Iby stating that, after the 19th May, the prisoner did not return to the office, having Ec:o - ding to the deponent's belief, sailed for Canada. Mr. Humphrey then applied for a remind, which, not being opposed by Mr, Wontner, was granted. Among the property found upon th e prisoner at the time of his apprehension were the following—viz., I £360 in gold, a gold watch, gold chain, gold riug, opera glass, and a large stock of new clothing. . MILITARY FRACAS. At the Witham Petty Sessions, on the Bth instant, Major Alexander Duke Hamilton aapsared to a summons for assaulting Colonel Maximilian James Western, o s the let instant, at Keivedon. Colonel Western said —I was shooting on the Ist instant on the Felix Hall estate, with the p , rmission of my brother, Mr. Birch Western. I was accompanied by Mr. Sutton Western and two gamekeepers. I heard sows one call oat, and turned ro Ind and saw defendant, who said, "this is my lan '—yon have no right to shoot here; who are you ? and I said, " Mr. Western." Major Hami.ton said, " you are a ruffian;'' ani immediately seized, me by the collar of _the shirt. I had no handkerchief round my neck at the time. I called to the keeper, and asked " who's land in this ?" and he told me it was Mr. Western's in the presence of defendant. I asked the kee per " Who is this man?" an ahe said " Major Hamilton." Defendant said, "Yes, I'm an old British soldier—who tho h are you ?" replied," Co'onel Western:" He then sail, •` I dont care who yon are—you have no right to shoot here." Up to this t 1119 he had his hand noon my col ar ; he then let it go and stoo 1 a short time looiing at nee; Mr Sutton Western here came up, and defendant said to him " Wno the h —ll are yo a ?'' and Mr. Westem informed him who he was. Defendant replied, "you are no gentleman or you wonl , l not shoot here. I don't know yin but no* Ig ye you leave to shoot — shoot on." Shortly after Maj Hamiloa said, You may shoot me if you like," Bat I toll him I was not gain:: to shodt or strike him. No blows were struck on aline • side. He moved a little way, and said, " Are you going to ta' , e legal proceedings ?'' "It is not like a grntleman." I sa'd, " I she .not tell you whet lam going to do." Major Hamilton was much excited. It ends lin my saying to him, "You had batten ra .ire ; " and he replied, lam not a poor man, thank God; I can afford le;al woceedingl. Yon may send me to Chelmsfo T 1 gaol if you like." The camel's eviince having been corrobora ed by Mr. Tt1012133 Sutton Western, and Samuel Miss'‘, a gamekeeper, Mr. Cold alires33l the bench for the defend nt, con. tending t sat no assault ha 1 has I proved. Maj 1r H tmilton had lai d his hand oath t no nplainant's collar an I engairod who he was, and as soon as ha knew, he desired him to shoot on ; he would c al l Maj ,r Hamilton's sod to prove the', when his father went out in th e morning of the Ist ince the fi ;ids he had no black eyes, and when he returne I his face was much swollen; he hal been struck by Colonel Western two blows between tie eyes, and his blackened fee was the result. The major's son having been examined accordingly, the magistrates then retired, and on their return the chairman said, "we have given our best attention to this painful case. Major Ham ilton did wrong in collaring Colonel Western loafer e he asked his name. The assault is clearly proved, and we fine the defendant 40s. and costs. IRON SHIPS AND SHIP-BUILDING. In our last journal we briefly alluilsd to the objections of Sir James Elphinstorte to iron ships; in his opinion they are less secure than those constructed of wood. I❑ , a subsequent communication he states, that it it had not keen for the peculiar circumstances, and the reuo means . of obtaining all the requisite - engineering appliaueos, it might have fared differently with both the Great Britain and the Tyne; he further alludes to the Birkenhead and the unlucky Transit. This last vessel we will by no means accept as a typa:what iron ships should be ; her detects haveteen pointed out, her mishaps are a matter of history; the authorities were tald she was not sea worthy ; her disasters ought to have taught them that, in the face of public condemnation, she ought not to have been employed; shl was, however, a pet of the Admiralty. Sir C. Wood was determined to convince every one they were wrong; and, despite protests and warnings, despatched her to sea, the sequel we are all acquainted with, and unless revived by some pertina cious member in the ensuing session, the probability is that we have heard the last of the wretched Transit. The superiority of iron' vessels has been generally acknow ledged ; some of them. have made extraordinary passages, and we need only allude to the work which was performed during the late war by the Himalaya ; this, however it must be remembered, was only purchased by the. Admi ralty in their need, and, therefore, whatever credit is due to her, there is none redounds to the gentlemen who sit in Whitehall. If iron chips are so defective as Sir James Elphinstone would lead us to imagine, it appears but a sorry fate awaits the Great Eastern mammoth ship, about to be launched in the ensuing month ; her enormous machinery and capabilitics will avail but little, and this monster will be liable to greater casualties than any ship constructed of timber. If Sir J. Elphinstone's premises are correct, the engineering skill of Messrs. Brunel and Scott Russel, backed as it has been by the British Association, will only result in a costly and stupendous experiment to risk life and property. We have no such gloomy forebodings. In the majority of cases where iron ships have been lost it has mainly been owing to their detective construction, and the in ferior material of which they were composed. Instead of our ironmasters having devoted their attention to this important branch of industry, and furnished the best metal for the purpose,it has been,comparatively neglected, and hence the inequality of plates which in many instances have been observed in these vessels. Mr. John Clare, jun., of Liverpool, who has devoted great attention to this subject, and whose communications we have occasionally drawn attention to, has now pre pared a working model, 5 feet long, by which he can lucidly point out how iron ships can be built so as to in sure not only speed but safety. The attention of the Belgians has been attracted to the matter, and the Societe Cockerhill has lately built a fine screw steamer of 2,000 tons burtnen, which, within the last few days, has been floated on the waters of the Thames. Owing to the high tariff in America, iron ship building in the United States has received a great check; from this circnmstane alone we should imagine that a greater impetus would be given for the construction of vessels of that description in this country. We have the material at hand, and the men who are capable of carrying out any work which may be intrusted to them ; and by properly availing ourselves of the elements we possess, it is reasonable to suppose that not on'y can competition be distanced, but pre-eminence maintained. The wooden walls of old England have proved effica cious in their time; by their instrumentality we obtained the maritime supremacy of the world—this we must hold ; but, in order to do so, it is necessary to adopt every im" provement that may arise, and render our royal and mer cantile navy the most efficient, as it is the most numerous. This is emphaticallyan age of iron ; and that metal, fostered by engineering skill, has worked wonders in the present century. There can be no question but that iron vessels are capable of further improvement ; to effect this we must not trust to government alone; when they feel the pressure from without, a movement in the right direction may he expected fr om them, but until that occurs, memorials and representations are but so much waste paper. British enterprise must, as it has hitherto done, depend on its own exertions and untiring energies. The subject we have treated of is one of national importance; it concerns more particularly, however, our ironmasters, shipwrights, and merchants, and we trust that by a skilful combination of the powers they possess, few accidents to life and property will occur, and by these means our material industry will be encouraged, and our national wealth considerably augmented.—Mining Journal. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS IN SHIPBUILDING TO THE EDIT)R OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—We enclose copy of a letter we have sent to the Morning Post, and which we bog you will insert in your journal. We regret, as we are in your neighbourhood, that you did not see fit to make some inquiry before you gave circulation to such exaggeration. —We are, sir, yours, 43. JAMES BAINES & Co. Liverpool, Sept. 12, 1837. [COPY Liverpool, 11th Sept., 1857. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE MORNING POST, LONDON. Sir—Our attention has been directed to a letter of your Boston, U.S , correspondent, in your publication of the Bth, in which he makes use of our name. Re must have been misled, as the facts, so far as we are concerned, are simply that Mr. M`Say built a number of ships for us, that we sent him out large supplies of anchors, chains, &c., and when they were completed he sent us in his account for outfits at Boston. and various extra bills over our contracts. which we considered excessive, and refused to pay. The Whole account between us amounting in the aggregate to £165,000 was left to reference, mutual guarantees being given for whatever the award might be. The decision was given in our favour. £7,500, which was paid to us by the guarantee, Mr. M‘Kay having failed in the meantime. With respect to the build of the ships, the best proof of what they are, is, that although they have been sailing for nearly four years,startiug as packet ships, in all weathers and seasons, and making the fastest passages on record, not one of them has ever put back, put in, been lost, or called upon their underwriters for a shilling.—Yours,•&c., JAMES BRINES & CO. ROBRICITES AT THE EXECIITION.—Besides the cases re ported elsewherP,there has been six repor:s of gold and othe • watches stolen at the execution, given to the police since Saturday. STREET PRENCEIING.—Tzie Rev. Verner. Wr.ite preached yesterday afternoon, to a large crowd, at the old Islington Market. The people were orderly, and listened with apparent attention. A local p tint- states, on the anthorily of " H ldsworth's Mines and Soils of Ireland," that Lord John Manners is the largest flux and linen manufacturer ia Belfast, and carries on the manufacture in all its gradations except the ST avin~. MAN UNKNOWN" DROWNED.—A body was picked up on Friday, by the captain of the steam-tug Lion. The deceased was dressed in black cloth throughout, and the knitted drawers were marked "V. C." An inquest (with the usual verdict) was held on Saturday; AMERICAN MAILS The Cunard Steamer Canada sailed on Saturday, from the 31!reey, for Boston end Halifax, with the mars and 171 passengers. Amongst the latter were Signors Ronconi and Tagliafico, the well-, known operitic singers.. There %sill be no mid-weekly despatch from Liverpool this week, the succeeding steamer being the Arabia for New York, on Saturday. FATAL ACCIDB , It AT BIRKENHEAD.—Peter Roberts, a man employed i‘t Mr. Laird's yard, and who was also th 3 chapel-keeper at the Wesleyan Chapel, B . rkenhead, was, on Friday, endeavouring to get on board the steamer Malta, lying in Mr. Laird's dock, when his foot slippA, he fell into the water, and was drowned. The Coroner held an inquest on Saturday, and a verdict of " SecidentA I death" was re'urned. CHARGE OF MAN-LAUGHTER M MA.DEISONE. —Yesterday, about 12 o'clock, a man named John Delany, was arrested by detective officer Sullivan, on a charge of having killed a man named Michael Lyons. The facts were these. It appears that on Saturday week, the parties, who reside in a court cif Marybone had a varrel, on which Delany seized a piece of iron, and struck his opponent a desperate blow on the head, and then absconded. The injured . man lingered until 11 o'clock yesterday when he died. The officer wenit in search' of the prisoner and arrested him. He will be brought before the magistrates this day, and an inquest will b 3 held on the body of deceased. PASSENGSR3 per Royal Mail Steam-Ship Arabia, James Stone, commander, from New York to Liverpool.—Messrs. Henry Smith, John Andrews, Bullard, Robert Eaton, Victor; Mr and Mrs. Soler and daughter; Messrs Jose N. Biro, Henry Stowell, jun.; Mrs. Henry Stowell, jun., Mr. and M rs. W. T. Wilcox, Mrs. Boyce, child, and servant, Mr. and Mr 3; W. W. Shippen, Messrs: Charles O'Neill, Henry Simpson. B. C. Lee, liolieski • Master John Delaney; Messrs. H. A, Royce, Brodie, john P. Woodward, S. Housman. Fanshawe ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Moore, Mr. Carlier, Mrs. G. W. Morton and son ; Messrs. E. Lee Childe, Martin Goldstein, J. C. C. Azernar, Edward W. Serrell ; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Graharn,.Mr. and Mrs. George A. Fan , .. shave; Messrs. L. Caillenx, A. C. Denison, W. T i t. Heydecker, Alexis .Brun, George Brown, F. Junet, C. M. Gignoux. G. H. Petrie, Thomas Swan wick - , James Ste ?fart, Julius and friend, William Green ; Dr. Jenne Wor,thing ton, Mr. Bushnell, Captain Udvardy, Mr. James Fleir, Mr. Gustavus Wolfen, Mrs. Johnston; Messrs. G. 'F. Brown, W. Smith, Antonio Zamora, Francis Quin, 'Henry Hays; John n rs and a man servant, E. lilfe ; bliss s er Eli n z t e a , tea Tully, t W. Ralston, Stole e, Tb.r,m.at F, West, Roupel, DREADFUL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL, AND GREAT LOSE OF LIFE. A telegraphic message has been posted at Lloyd's, announcing the sad loss of the Dutch screw steamer Sophie, of and from Rotterdam, which foundered early on Friday morning near Dungeness, after being in collision with the William Hutt, a screw steamer, and, melancholy to add, was attended with a serious loss of life. The Sophie was a first-class vessel, and belonged to some tuerchants at Rotterdam. It, is reported that she left that port on Wednesday night, and about one o'clock yesterday morning she was a few miles off Dungeness, making her way down the Channel for Bristol, when she came •in fearful contact with the William Hutt. She immediately began to fill, and in a comparatively brief period she went down in several fathoms, carrying with her the captain, nine of the crew, and two female pas sengers` The survivors (11) of the crew were picked up by the Wrn. Hutt, and lauded at Dover in the morning. Same of them when rescued were in a very exhausted con dition. They received every attention from the Dutch vice consul of the port. Several' boatmen have gone to the vicinity of the sunken wreck to save what property may be cast up. The morning was dark and stormy, with rain. Whet her both ships exhibited the usual lights that are reqnired of steamers to prevent collision remains to be ascertained. The Sophie was a sister ship of the Maas, which, singular to state, was lost last year. The Sophie had recently been detained 4 Bristol for'a breach of the Customs laws. She was seized, and her officers and crew, amounting in all to 20, were arrested on some charge of smuggling. Through the intervention of 'dr. May, the consul in London, the vessel was released and manned by a fresh crew. She resumed her stations The William Hutt, which sustained damage, continued her voyage. • HO IZIB % EINIURDER OF A. L A.DY NF,A'R BRISTOL. BsiaToL, Saturday. Great sensation was created in this city arid Clifton last" evening by a report that a murder had been committed f‘w that romantic spot, Nightingale Valley, Leigh. Woods, near Clifton. it appears that about seven o'clock last evening, as a gamekeeper in the employ of Mr.W. Miles, M.P., was passing along the north side of Nightingale Valley, near the rabbit warren, he was horrified by discovering the body or a lady-like female on the ground with her arms extended, and her face covered with blond, quite dead. The keeper immediately raised au alarm, and on examiniug her body, it was discovered that her throat was frightfully cut from ear to ear, and her head nearly severed from the trunk. There was also a wound on the right side of the head, apparently caused by a bullet, though this can only be ascertained by a post mortem oxamination. There were no othermarks of violence on the body, and no instrument of death was found near it. The deceased female appears to be about 30 years of age; she is of diminutive stature, rather pretty, and dressed in a grey alpaca gown, frilled round the neck and down the front, with kid boots, and two skirts, one grey and the other white. At present the deceased lady is• unknown; and there can be no doubt but that she has been cruelly murdered. The body has been removed to the New Inn, Ro wnham• ferry, and information of the melancholy occurrence has been forwarded to the county coroner, Mr. Bruges Fry, who will forthwith hold an inquest. During the summer several pic-nic parties have visited Leigh Woods, prolonging their stay on some occasions till nearly midnight, when the ladies, after having taken refreshment at the cottages on the banks of the Avon, have strolled to Nightingale Valley, leaving their shawls and bonnets with the inmates of the cottages. This may possibly furnish a clue to the iden tification of the body, and explain the fact that the deceased was without a bonnet. DINNER AT BIRMINGHAM IN HONOUR OF MR. BRIGHT. A dinner in celebration of the election of John Bright as M.P. for Birmingham took place on Friday evening, at the Bee Hive, Bull•street. Mr. R. Wright occupied the chair. The dinner was of first-rate quality, and served up in excellent style; the cloth was drawn and the usual loyal toasts drunk. The Chairman then proposed the health of the new member.. He believed whatever differences may have arisen in the heat of the contest, that the majority were quite satisfied with the choice they had made. John Bright had no personal ambition to serve by the election. He had won for himself a high position, solely by his own intellect and commanding abilities. When they remembered Birmingham had a great political history, they would early see the pro priety of having a representative able adequately to support their views, specially in relation to a future new Reform Bill. John Bright had foretold the Indian troubles long before; and while.he now said it was mercy to India to put down the revolt, he yet, with his fine spirit of justice, said that that country must be hereafter Loverned in justice and truth. Manchester had ungratefully rejected John Bright ; and his election by Birmingham would show the cotton lords that they were not all England. Iu con clusion, after stating that Mr. Bright was the determined opponent of the Enfield interference with private enter prise, he called on them to drink " Health, long life, and happiness to the new Member for Birmingham.' The toast was drunk with musical honours. Councillor James Taylor proposed the health of Mr, Scholefield, highly eulogising his courtesy, business talent, and independent principles, who both deserved and truly enjoyed the confidence and esteem of every member of his constituency, be he Whig, Tory, or Radical. The toast having beon duly honoured, Mr. Bate read the• following letter from Mr. Schole field in reference to the present dinner :—" Reform Club, 4th September, 1857.—Dear Sir,—l should have been very glad if I could have attended the dinner to which you kindly invite me to celebrate the return of Mr. Bright as member for Birmingham, for I hope I need not say that there is not one of those who will be present who holds in higher estimation than I do his great abilities or more sincerely acknowledges his eminent public services. Birmingham has done itself honour by the selection of so distinguished a man, and I am proud indeed to associate with him as a colleague, but my engagements are such that I cannot leave town at the time named, and I must ask you to be good enough to express to those present my regret at my inability to be among,l hem. With best wishes for a successful meeting, I am, my dear sir, yours vary truly, WILLIAM SCHOLEFIELD. James Bates, Esq." Several other toasts were afterwards drunk, and the guests then separated, after , passing a very pleasant evening. Ma. lleNr.uv, M P., on INDIA —At the meeting of the Theme Agricultural Society, in returning thanks for the toast of " the County Members," Mr. Henley said—" All social questions that might have attracted some degree of attention in other circumstances are now almost over shadowed and put aside by matters of more stirring interest that have transpired. I believe that though much fault may be found with our conduct in India, still no man can deny that there had been far greater security to life and property, and that there had been much less wrong doing of any kind during the period of British rule, than during any period in the preceding history of India. (Cheers.) But whatever cense; of complaint there may have been, it is impossible to suppose that there was any real connection between this and what had taken plan- An army of 80,000 or 100,000 men without notice, without grievance,—for everybody is now agreed. that the story of the greased cartridges was a mere pretence—without rhyme or reason, have turned agatast.those whose:salt:they have eaten, whose pay they have taken, and in the most trea cherous manner have not only murdered their officers whom they were in. dut!Abound to protect, but have either in their own, persons, or have permitted others more wicked than therneelves, to wreak the most horrid barbarities on woraen and children. There must be a day of reckoniug. (Cheers.) If the 20,000 or 40,000 men who have been, to set this matter straight are not sufli_ cient, I feel sure there will not bo wanting 100,000 men to to rectify tb& terri.ble and grievous wrong. It is a matter which sets aside all social questions for a time. Whether a ten-pounder, .or an eight-pounder, or any other pounder is to have a vo , ,e, is a matter which must stand over till we see our Ivey through this hedge which now stands before. us. I believe our best chance of the mutiny b- ling put down is that these black va gabonda should continue to herd together in Delhi. Now if these fellows are all banded together in tea t city, I hope they will stay there till October or Novi-mbar, when our reinforcements will arrive in the Coy ntry; then they will be like rats in a trap, and a good aricount will be given of them. Therefore, instead . of regretting that we have not yet accounts of t his city being taken, I believe it will be better to let the thing come to a head. My experience in killing all kinds of vermin is, that it is much better to get Ultra into a corner than to hunt them all over the field. It is just one hundred years ago since a few of our countryman won this empire ; and now with our power so much increased all over the world, with the means of communication three times as rapid as they were, I will not believe that we will not only conquer again, but keep it with the utmost possible safety. DEATH OF MR. Frill, tilr, PROPRIETOR OF THE " NORTHERN WHIG." On ,Tuesday morning, at eight o'clock, at Glenarna. County Antrim, died Mr. Francis Da'zell Finley, the proprietor of the Northern Whig. His career was a varied one; and more than any other proprietor of a newspaper in this country, or in Great Britain, it was his fate to be identified personally with many severe constitutional and other struggles. Throughout these contests he preserved and maintained a character for hrusquerie, but it was always mitigated by honest adherence to principle. Very impulsive in character, he ocziasionally offendei some, but his friends wh knew him laughed over the mal Ines he threw out. He was a superior man of business ; and his enterprise was discernible in the fact that he always, along with the gentlemen associated with him, employed_ the highest procurable telen‘. Mr. Finlay was born on the 12th July, 1794 near Newtownerde, in the County of Down. His parents were farmer;; and a high tone of nationality of the W( lfe Tone character was felt in that district. Mr. Finlay was apprenticed, early in life : to the business of printing, at the establishment of Mr. Samuel Archer, whose sons now carry on the h use in. Castle-place. Dar : ing his apprenticeship, the famous D. Drennan, of pAriotic celebrity, was particularly struck with the ,eoung apprentice printer, aid he materially aided in advancing his prospees in- life. This kindness was heartily recipro cated by Mr. Finlay, who in his domestic moments, when he could unbend, would hunch out into stirri ng anekbtes, anti; sing that immortal song of his patron's— " When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood, Cod blessed the green island, and KCd'it was good." Like Franklin, Baranger, and Jerrold;- who were at printre—,iourneymen printers at case—it was al., aye ha boast e Frank Finlay that he had raised himself from' that, the lowest position'on a newspaper, to the high greet of a proprietor. The -Northern Whig, hii.. paper, wee published on the Ist January, 1&24. The opening address' was curiens, and at the time excited no little animadver sion from those who were nendly to the establismsnt of a paper on Whig liberal principles. We transcribe a fee; sentences:-- "It has scrretimea been• remarked that tho- world governed by e , words. It is ofeu, *indeed, deluded by mere sounds; and the use' of nicknames hate been a favoured mode of carrying on the vrarfare of faction in ages and countries. They are of easy invention—are adapted to the weakest ea,pacities—have all the enact of ajoke on the nerves of their victims ; and, if happy, they set the million in a roar. This; in some cases, is half the battle and more ; for - whoever gets the la-ugh on his side ie the winner with the vulgar ; and the more ecle which a, politician can attach to his own watchword. or the mere odium and ridicule he can fling on that of his adverse ice (next to. the main thing of loaves, and' fishes, which go Iltr. with' all parties), the grea`er number of adherents hods. likely to have under his banner. Of ill the political nicke - • names with which we happen to be acquainted, there is , none-which, in its progress down the current of time. has. had greater varieties of f3rtune than the one which we haver , assumed The Whig,' The-prospectus goes - on to state the various phase ehich Whiggism bad undergone. It enunc'atel that " the - Whigg,ery of to-day is. act the Whiggery of to.morrow," and therein it told somewhat of a in. It to d solemn truth, however, when it assered thet the Witiggery of 1824 was not the Whiggarnoreisnt of the previous century. The deecription given to Whiggism:-at that period is. perhaes, objectionable ; bat, as true cheonicler3 we record it. Whiggism then was, it was stated, an " easy thing— it shone with brilliancy at dinners, and it showed its tact in selecting on these occasions old 'hock or sherry ; while the wit of the Whig bon connives sparkled' in gay rivalry , w . th the goblet of champagne, as the opposite currents met , upon the lip , " Well, over thisperiod cf due 'flew of sour we of the present day have to grieve It is past. It is among - the things that were and are- not. But glorious deeds were achieved by those old Whigs ; :and, although we ad here to the maxim of de mortuisfnil nisi lion urn, we must say that the fault of Mr. Finlay's life was, that he did not work out their policy in his own grand acceptation of " Liberty to All "without intercalary (levied-ma which meet the scrutiny of the inspector of Ulcer's history, as far as it can be gleaned from the files of his and contemporary newspapers. Mr Finlay was at lea't twice imprison d for libels. Bat more than the two actions on- which ho was convicted were brought ag tinit him, He was tried oat some other libel prosecutions, and acquitted. There was one especially in which one of the present members for the County Antrim was the plaintiff.' We believe that the cause was a matter of Tenant-right, and that the sting lay in the quotation Latet anquis in herbs." Baron M'Clelland tried him on a libel action. The question was put—"ls truth a libel?" "Yes," said the Baron, "and if it were true as Gospel he sh-uld be con victed." The master under whom young Finlay served his apprenticeship was on the jury that convicted him, and - neat day he wandered abaut the prison like a troubled spirit till the doors ware opened, and he had access to the prisoner, to wham he said that he was compelled, in consequence ef'ths charge addressed' to hint, to give the verdict of guilty. Mr. Finlay used to tell some of his richest anecdotes in reference to this. On 'this occasion he spent some eight or nine months in jail. He advocated the giving of civil rights to the Rot nan. Catholics. Previous to 1829, housed to tell that he was invited to a great banquet in. Belfast, at whir./ t he was addressed thus—" Mr. Finlay, you are going tc -o far in your advocacy of this measure; moderate your vi ewe He then rose, and with a vehement manner, said':--" If' you were to heap cotton milers on ,c)ttott milers, at 11 flax._ spinners on them ; and if you were to bring to bear all the influence you could, I will advocate what I believe 3 to b e ,. - right; and I will never cease till - my Roman C iatholic countrymen have the same liberties that Ipo seat ." He - then left the dining-room. About the year 18 30, Mr. James Simms, one of the proprietors of this paps r, left e high literary engagement to conduct and write for the- Nortlttrn, Whig. Tae Whig , had advanced very consider ably, and it wrs not infra dig for Mr. Simmseto connect himself personally with it, smile make it the vehicl3l, of conveying his singularly correct notions to the I public. The paper prospered wonderfully, under the editorship of Mr. Simms It w s originally published as a small sheet of eight pages, rather more than the size of a Blus Book. After 1829, it became a paper of four pages, containing the same quantity of matter ; • and, instead of once a week, it was printed twice-- ; on Mender and Thursda3 a After some years' labour, in the year 1836:, Mr. Simms get Mr. Finlay to enlarge the size-of the paper, and to publish it thrice in the week instead of twice. The days of publica tion were thenceforward, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The paper still prospered under the manage ment, of Mr. Sinam3;, and. again, in 1841. there was another enlargement. The paper was published at this enlarged standard 'up to the period at which Mr. ; Simms ceased his connection. with it, at the clew of 1850. In the varied phases which Mr. Finlay's paper went through, there was a great deal. of astuteness requisite.. The propriqor suffered many losses. When he was only recendy married, his furniture was sold a.; his young, p•ano and harp were disposed of to meet the fine . imposed upon him, along with the affliction of imprison-. meat. But over all these he rose, coming out from the, ordeal more vigorous and more enesgetic, than when, his. had been subjected, to its test, At the time of the passing of the Reform Bill, he, glorying in his professien as-a. practical printer, placed a printing-press on a platr,osm e which was borne along the stteets,, and he Camp!, from the press amang the crowd net:fications of- the legislation. of the so-much-wished-for • measure. To. state all the incidents of the 1 fee of the decelsed. gentleman would fill a volume. Suffice it to say, that, for some years past he was estranged from many, and had lost some of his old friends by death. He pined, and, when. spoken to on any other subject, he always reverted to the memory of his departed friends. Some months ago he wet t to Donaghadee for the benefit of the sea air. His health did not improve ; and he left for Glenarm, where he was attacked with , jaundice. Saturday, Dr. Hamilton, of Thooegall-squar©, Belfast, proceeded to attend him. Mrs. Finlay, evth his son Francis Dalaelle Finlay, jun , and Miss Finlay, were. present - at his dying - bad, and received hie, last sighs. Belfast Mercury. THE BIBLE IN SWEDVN, NORWAY, A 14.1 ), FriLIND.-4111 these countries, rece:itl, 240,M) copies of the ew Testament have been circulated, being a copy for every family, and £lO,OOO for the solitary. and houvless. S) highly is this agency of coiporteiirs pried in Sweden, that a school for the trait - ling of agents has receitly been opened there, and Eeviral benevolent men sf.,pport number of them • ore of them. sopp.orti seven aralts. Ilit Ar an OF 14 R. ER:Gii annoanced, tha't Mr. John Bright has perfei:ly r( envered his health, end is for the c-tisail , g pailiatri4,.)"tary cam— vigourously preparing paign. Neal ACT ON TUE GE 133ARD or, TISALTII.—BY an act pissed in the late session of Par:;,ament, the General Buad of Health is continued to the is:, of September, next year. There is a provision that no salary is to ha paid to the presilent holding en o:lice of r f ootit. under the Crown, and if at the time of such any:intment ho shag be a member of tho Rouse of Cc famons, he shall not, by reason of such appuinthunt, vacate his seat in Parliament. SALMON Cis )AL.--For se . icral days to war,ls the beginning of list week the water at the.nrYntli of Cie Dion might be described as literally alive with salmon, endeavoutiug in vain to force a passa.ge u p the s t ; allow stream to the wonted spawning grembd. The long c o ntinued drought of the preceding weeks, had so far reduced the body of water that several ftp:o we're stranded in the pools, and, we believe, On. was ao',ual ) ,y caught with the hand by a person who had. obser.ved its struggle from the bank.—Ayr Observer.