Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

‘ITId op° )b° l t b g of v ii ttri ,nce the ical 'eu irig aal HE LATEST TELEGRAMS. A . • NitE EMPEROR AT GENOA. Gle es t ort from Genoa - state, that town ,and 41 11 , 4 °' ' place, be: .thfiridair evening were I nated. Th e E mperor , accom p an i e d by Prince fole_leon and P r i nce C ar i quano , a ttended the per en4lices at th e th ea t re , and met with a most to 'anon reception. The King .of Sardinia went . 'elloa on Th urs d ay , i n or d er. t o vynt the Emperor, " ret GE timed again to head-quarters at 9.30 a.m. kN°&, May 13th.—The Emperor, accompanied J r military authorities, visited the barracks of the e nigno to-day. He was greeted on his way aeclainations of the populace. ti to e Emperor has addressed a proclamation to N 1 41 : 11 / 3 7; it is asserted that his departure for the t ls 'fixed for to-morrow. S ARDINIAN OFFICIAL BULLETINS. , Published on .Friday Morning.., l utv aundred Austrians, on their way to Piacenza, °ecupied Revergaro, on the rivcr,Trebbia. The b e ;,. quarters are a t. B o bbio. The wounded have ta conveyed to Occimiano. Published on Friday Evening. forslN, May 13 —The enemy are increasing their pi a near Castel St. Giovanni, on the road from briZ n za to Stradella. They have constructed thei's Vigevano and Motta Visconti to protect f or ; retre a t of to-day. Our soldiers have pushed Ca s : r d a strong reconnoitring party as far as he t ,. ' lle di Sera, near Vercelli, and our artillery i lo rn cannonading the enemy, which, however, was th e i, re ,Plied to by them. Our troops have • re-taken tortuer position. Fl tkv GERMANY. 4 3 , s .-XFORT, Friday, May 13—In an Extraord4i- Pos t i 144 4 of the Federal Diet to-day, the pro taril,(3ll of the military commission to put the Was -- , (348 of the Federal fortresses on a war footing, b ''reed to. The Hanoverian Representative . ro t) , 6 Pla ced s ec' that a corps of observation should be itgc (3 n the Upper Rhine but Prussia protested in s , t such a measure. Austrian Ambassador had, in consequence of With o r4 ° ll , to repair to Vienna. Quitted Frankfort lit bein g present at the sitting. - PRUSSIA. ItL IN, May 13.—1 n to-day's sitting of the Upper Web e se, the money supp li es d eman d e d by Government eollh .c i tin animously voted, with - many expressiOns of • et lee• Allspeakers were anti-Napoleonic, I n favour of German nationality. P A THE THE FRENCH. FUNDS op en Is, Friday, May 13.-12.30 p.m. 22 e , (1 fi-at at 61.60. , P.m. : A rumour is current that a change lleeistry, inimical to France, has taken place at flat Y l9 and the tendency in Rentes has been very 3 !:.in c onsequence, being- 61. . 11 01 . 1 , 0 P-m.: notice has been posted up in the -se, which states that the rumour of a change tileo4ourable to France in the. Prussian ministry is 3 t :ect; the Rentes afterwards were 61.05. 4 0 ,7 7 Bouree closed flat ; Rentes 61.5 for 4 4 ',e", arid - 60.90 for Account, being a fall of per " Since yesterdayX The Rentes THE ATTITUDE OP PRUSSIA, (l e a T h e attitude of Prussia appears to be clearly tai 4 ll ,ed in the report of the parliamentary com et ken entrusted with the examination ,of the o.Ptionai laws ; and in the explanation which the • it ilat 14t e ers have given to the. commission. as is to the ow cl eit tl i tions. - of the government. Prussia, itn kg:3' seen, refuses to enter into any war sit Prance, • " and, perhaps," the report Rev s '„,7 expose herself to yet further clan order to defend the position of Austria anise ~ *is position which has been compro p eg - ` ; '° ll gh Austria's own fault ,' and in spite Aftd r ,„ --B ,;ng'warnings. The Minister of Foreign ip th - r ," declared verbally before the commission that th an s-ospresent war Prussia recognises no other duty 4 , 11 t1 11, 4 ' t t of ,watching over the safety of Germany qap l ,,, - `e national interests ; and even if it should tah: l , that the efforts of the Italians to ob tevoi:s4eetter administration should degenerate into ‘;'eald" ° nary movements, Prussia, nevertheless, they s ee no reason for giving armed assistance to neF it -a • The report of the commission contains 4 t c ern l ' e lnarkable words :---" The stronger Prussia t he, - h e s by' the harmony between the King and c e r„ e° Ple, the less can she interfere by arms ” de tries where such harmony does, not exist. „S 6 hleinitz reminded the commission that get also would remain neutral as long a s /l itbr 'erests were unaffected. and that Russia Witf eb Y reserved to herself the right of quitting her later ul attitude the day on which other powers l ttot - , er ? ( l in this war. The Prussian government, Wee d 41 the con fid enc e of the nation, was able to Th e the interests of Germany against any attack. k r .,_bia,i Nord of to -day states that • the Prussian to a circular dated the 29th ult., urges the bet B erated States to avoid precipitation and being '°llo'l the nto i a course in which Prussia could not W m. NtA THE EAST. uett* ',.II%EILLES, Thursday Evening.—Advices have Th,; ee eived, from Constantinople to the 4th. agitation is increasing in the ;Turkish prohas - I,esPeciall 3 r Bosnia. The Turkish Government .I `at (2 l;', e refore increased the number of troops to Servia, and Montenegro. t qviZian vessels have been advised merely to 117,:', the Danube and Dardanelles. kimi - ,lustrian Government has stepped the trans °f,Politieal news to Constantinople by tele t 6 5 , European inhabitants have requested telexaph at Jassy be joined to the Russian Ir esterd t *'ee r , 4Y, t, sanguinary conifict took place be k l ;tue French and Austrians residing here. gkts ,;?,Ns, May s.—The Grand Duke Constantine and -e !alquished the project of visiting. Jerusalem, Will leave to-morrow'for St. Petersburg. 4 „tit4 - 4 'sperauce says, that the Grand Duke Con ‘11:1v`:11° has strongly recommended the Greek r rinient to keep neutral. e„. .4 1 1, =imp DROWNED IN A WigH-TUB. - On Friday, tf, 4 4l , l azned Cassels, abou n t ,s te c n ios months over old, was drowned i tking-tub, in Lawso -e, gate, Dundee. ut, kl tati.GE m HIGH LIFE. The marriage of Miss A t,lti tt ' e r , c nnbe, eldest daughter of Rear-Admiral the Hon. A. , 41 rohe, , and Mr. Sykes, of Raywell Hall, York was celebrated on Thursday, at St. George's Church, ver nue "€'l • tvt OccunitENcE.—A sad accident occurred a few I,":agi l 4l-8 ago, in the little town of Schutten HOffen, near „NJ' Several hundred persons had assembled on a ,tlato l „ n ver the river Watawa, in Accordance with . a local L Nyi' for some religious ceremony, when the , bridge sud -4744 bro ke down. Upwards of t 70 persons were precipi '4 t° , t he river, the greater part of whom were drowned, est h t)( 1 , b eing seriously injured. "° t I I6 4°II DINARcI AND USEFUL INVENTION. — There is la :*: tb g that hou sew i ves complain of with greater truthful t'l,4lll g a n the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, data, OT 'earthenware. In hundreds of cases such Lh e T Ca nnot be matched, and of course cannot be mended. Ziftct.atter want h as b een o bviated by an extraordinary and 4 7%,, 1ve i nvention, 'by Mr. Adshead, of Derby Pottery , near .et /h It a cement that may be said to heal, in a per t!id 1 , -4 . 1 . 11 ter, all cracks and breaks in the articles-spoken of , ; I lee t ' °ray in these, but in marble, alabaster,.&e. T L 7 i ts t ',s)! this artiele•need not be dwelt on.seen Wehave sthe °Lags I,: + t s t effects at Mr. Hall's, our neighbour's, and t e; 11 i t -;" nas beencernen ted by it is stronger in . that h part 1 „ -41 ,e ll i -n Y other. The -article is very cheap, and no . house Li re without ' it. Mr. Hall is the agent for its sale l 'imki ti l . -r Pool, and a ll interested can judge for themselves by 01 :11 4 1 1 : 4 2fl at his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. 4 aettt t,2 , South John-street. Sold in bottles, ah, col receipt of sixteen postage stamps.. N. 8 .,, . — T 4. 44 , I r tnuine, except lusting the sigAatuva, 0.1 SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES 'OFFICE, SATURDAY,.) COMMERCIAL. As usual of late,' the Funds experienced a rise of L to ? 4 - per cent. in the morning but the fall in the afternoon was un usually heavy. At four o'clock Consols were quoted about one-eighth per cent. worse - than at the same hour yesterday. Austrian Stock fell 31 per cent. to-day on the Amsterdam. Bourse, and Dutch one per cent. At Paris, the Rentes closed at a fall of ti per cent. The supply of money is so large that little difficulty is now experienced in procuring accommodation upon unex ceptionable bills at a reduction from the Bank minimum. There were no bullion operations 'at the Bank to-day.• The advices from Germany announce further mercantile failures. The wheat market to-day was firmer, at a recovery of 2s to 3s per quarter from last Monday's fall. Yesterday and to-day the arrival' of no lesi than thirteen vessels from' Australia has been announced. They bring a large quantity of produce, consisting of wool, copper -ore,bark, gum, &c.— Daily News City _Article,' Friday Evening. The English Funds opened this morning at a recovery of per cent., and subsequently experienced a further adVance, which was not maintained. Although there was no confir mation of the rumour of any local outbreak in Turkey, the news that the agitation lately fomented in the various provinces is rapidly increasing, seemed nearly as' unfavour able, and the continental advices generally were' not of a re-assuring character. In the Foreign Exchanges, this afternoon, there was no alteration of 'importance from the rates of last . post. In the Corn Market, this Morning, there was an upward tendency to ,higher prices. No gold was taken from the Bank to-day. As' fast as the AuStralian and American supplies come to hand, they are for the Continent. Large purchases of silver have also been made for Hamburgh. The Colonial Produce Markets, during the week, have been inanimate, 'even in articles likely to be influenced by the war, while the political uncertainty prevents consumers from making large purchases. The public tea sales Commenced to-day, and a fair proportion was disposed of at better prices than was expected. Black leaf congous and scented teas were cheaper. The railway traffic for the week ending May 7th, shows an increase over last year of 32,150.—Times City Article, Friday Evening. . On Friday, Whener and his accomplices, in the 'great forgeries recently perpetrated in London, bankers, were convicted, Sentence was deferred. In general orders from the Horse Guards, commanding officers are directed to send their bands and drums to oue `of the nearest towns on all market days, Or On such other occasions as may lead to a concourse of people, for the pur pose of raising recruits. THE NEUTRALITY OF ENGLAND. — The Star argues that England, by declaring her neutrality in a struggle, the only avowed object of which is a violation of these treaties, gives the treaties up altogether. The proclamation of nentrahty in Friday night's Gazette may 'be accepted as a confession that the treaties of Vienna are not worth fighting about. EUROPEAN SHIEPING UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG.'4— The Times points out, althOugh the statute law of the United States precludes altogether the possibility of registering European ships under the American flag, it will be quite practicable to place such vessels under that flag by a bill of sale drawn up by the American Nasal, together with a certificate that she is owned by an American citizen. She will then get the protection afforded by the United States Government, remaining, with regard to tonnage dues and all 'similar conditions, under the liabilities common to any foreign vessel. Should England become involved in war, it is probable that increased latitude might be given, by special acts, to facilitate the granting even of a national registry. AMERICA. • - SOUTHAMPTON, o Friday Morning. The - Fulton has arrived with the United States mail. She left New York April 30th. The Africa had arrived out. - • Mr. Cobden was staying with the President. The navigation of the St. Lawrence had been opened. The steamer Circassian had arrived out at St. John's, Newfoundfand. _ . By telegraph from New Orleans we have highly im portant news from Mexico. Miramon had succeeded in penetrating the lines of the liberal forces, and reached the capital on the 11th ultimo. He had already, it is stated, commenced the work of murdering peaceable foreigners indiscriminately. He had also issued a formal protest against the recognition of the Juarez government by the United States, and had banished Mr. Black, the American Consul-General, from the country. While these occurrences were transpiring at the capital, at Vera Cruz the British Minister had made a demand on the Juarez government for the full payment of all the claims of his countrymen, and instructed the commander of the British fleet to bombard the city in case of refusal. The exequatur of the Spanish Consul at Vera Cruz had been revoked. The Washington cor-' respondent of the New York Herald says, The intelligence of a threatened bombardment of Vera Cruz by the British fleet, is *not believed there, for the reason that the .claims of both the. English and French governments were satisfactorily settled two months ago. As on the 6th, Miramon was at Orizaba, which is 'sixty leagues from the city of Mexico, it is considered impossible that he could have reached the latter place on the 11th. We learn froni. Washington that Senor Mata;the representative .of the Juarez government, had been forinally 'received by. the •President to-day, as the duly accredited minister of Mexico. We have inivices and files of papers from Utah up the 2nd inst. The news is very interesting. Judge Cradlebaugh's proceedings at Provo, had created the greatest excitement 'throughout the territory. In addition to the company of one hundred soldiers quartered in the vicinitv'of the Court-house at the, request of the Judge, Oreneral Johnston had sent nine hundred more, to camp within a few miles of the city. The inhabitants of Provo and of Utah 'county petitioned the Judge: to re-, move the troops, and remonstrated with him on the course he was pursuing. Governor Cumming demanded of General Johnston the with drawal of the troops, which the General refused. Petitions to the Governor for protection were pour ing in upon him, and he had issued a proclamation condemning the course of the Judge and General. It is asserted that the Mormon leaders were exercising every influence to preserve the peace, but some of them had began to talk of limits to endurance. A Washington despatch informs us that the government, not approving of the course of the Judge, has determined on his removal. Advices from Leavenworth confirm previous statements of a secret movement at Pike's Peak, for a descent upon Mexico. Agents of this movement are at Leavenworth and other points, urging forward the migration to the gold region, in order to have at Pike's Peak suffieient material for their purpose. The leaders base their hopes .on anticipated developments in the gold country, and the probable dissatisfaction .of great numbers with their prospets at the mines. The plan of the leaders is not yet fully developed, but it embaces, it is said—first, a descent upon Sonora, and afterwards probably upon Durango, and `Chihuahua. Ten thousand emigrants have already left different points on the Missouri for Pike's Peak. We have advices from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 15th inst. The Mining news is favourable. The provision' traders `found inconvenience from the interpretation given by the customs officers to the word "flour," as it appears in the new schedule of duties. The officials intended to levy the additional duty of 2s laid on flour, .upon wheat flour, rye flour, and corn meal. The Nonsuch estate, in St Mary's, with one hundred head of stock and 150 acres in canes, together with Unity and Crawl Pen, adjoin ing, consisting altogether of 2,400 acres of land, were sold for the sum of $20,000. His Excellency the Governor has recognised Don Bruno Badan provisionally as Vice-Consul for Spain at Kingston. We have files from Bermuda to the 19th ult The British flag ship Indus arrived there from Havannah on the 15th, with Admiral Stewart on board. The Admiral had been waiting at Havannah for thearrival of the Mexican mail steamer, but she had notTeached that port when he 'left. One hundred and fifty-six convicts, whose time of penal servitude was about to expire, had 'been Shipped to England in the 'barque W. H. Chanifkr. The British war steamer Styx was n port, also the Term; and the gunboats Onyx mad iNettle. THE SUSPECTED CASE OT POISONING AT RICHMOND Yesterday morning; W. Carter,-Esq., Coroner for Surrey, and the .tiry previously empannelled, resumed the above inqiiiry at the Vestry Hall, Richmond. The hall was densely crowded. .Mr. Sergeant Ballantjne again 'appeared to watch the'proceedings on the part of the friends of the deceased. The accused, Dr. Smethurst, was brought from HorsemOngei-lane Gaol, by an order from the Secretary of State. The Coroner, in opening the proceedinr , s, 'observed, that Dr., Smethurst would be allowed to put questions . to any of the witnesses. It must. be observed that the present court was simply one of inquiry, and no charge could be entertained against any person until a verdict was arrived at. Mrs. -Wheatley, the landlady of the house where the deceased resided with *Dr. Smethurst, was examined at length,' but' her evidence was a mere repetition of, that given before the magistrates on Wednesday last. On cross-. examination by Dr. Smethurst, the, witness stated that hiS general Conduct to the deceased was kind, and witness always considered that th6y• liVed -very happily together. William Marchand, an errand-boy in the employ of Dr. Julius, at Richmond, proved' taking Medicine to the de ceased. The'bottles were labelled" Mrs. Smethurst." Mrs. Ann Robertson, the landlady of the honse aC_Riehmoncl, then repeated her evidence, provin g that the deceased was constantly ill with sickness and Vomiting - .' 'Miss Bankes, the sister of the deceased, was then re-examined, 'and the learned Coroner observed that he would now state the course he intended to adopt. He had yesterday seen Professor Taylor, and found that the necessary tests had 'been completed. It was useless to examine a number Of. other witnesses until it was first ascertained whether death resulted :frem natural causes, and he should, • therefore, adjourn the inquest, for the attendance of Professor. Taylor until 'Wednesday week next. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. AT THE WESTMINSTER: PALACE COMPANY'S HOTEL WORKS GREAT LOSS OF LIFE, AND SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED, Yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock, an acci dent of a most deplorable nature, attended up to the time we write with the sacrifice ;of five human beings, and serious if not fatal consequences to eight other persons, happened at the works connected with the construction of the great hotel, situate at the corner of. New Victoria-street, West- Minster. The immense structure, which was being built with all possible dispatch, belonged to the Westminster-palace Hotel Company (Limited). The contractor was Mr. George Myers, the well-known ecclesiastical and general builder of the Belvidere and York-roads, Lambeth. That gentleman, in order to see that the work was being properly carried out, was in the habit of daily inspecting the property, and giving personal instructions as to the erection of scaffolds, stages, &c., so as to secure the safety of the many men employed, but it appears that, although his orders were carried out in the first instance, some of his men, regardless of the danger, worked counter to his, instructions, and hence the'occurrence of the lanientable . affair which we have now to narrate. The building had been carried up, from external appear ance, between 80 and 90 feet, with a quadrangle in the centre, and in order to proceed with the work on the outside of this department it was found necessary to have a number of stages erected for the men •to stand upon. To accomplish this, Mr. Myers had • one reaching from the bottom to the top of the external wall, framed in the following manner : At each side were heavy timber supports placed perpendicularly, and stretching_ from those were wooden stages, probably about 14 feet wide. One of these stages was about the Middle' of the height of the wall, and the other at the top of the building. The lower one was propped up by means of heavy scaffold poles, and the upper was similarly protected, the poles resting upon the lower stage. The work, with these precautionary measures, would no doubt have .gone on without the accident taking place, had not some of the hands thoughtlessly removed the under bearings, which, as will be seen at a cursory glance, was the sole cause of the catastrophe. Upon the works being carried from the first stage to the second,' the supports were taken from the lower one, and consequently the props that rested upon it to keep up the highest one were also displaced. This Mr. Myers positively asserts was done without his orders or knowledge. 'At six o'clock yesterday morning the men went to their work at the usual places allotted to them, amongst whom. were thirteen bricklayers and labourers employed upon the upper stage. - About half an hour afterwards, quite on 'a sudden, owing to the accumulation of bricks and mortar, and the weight of the men; the stage snapped asunder about' the middle, and the whole of 'the thirteen men were hurled to the bottom, a distance of seventy feet at least, falling upon each other, and covered with bricks and rubbish. An alarm was imniediatieli given, and men from all parts of the building came to rescue their unfortunate companions ; and Mr. Myers being present at the time personally inspected the spot, and gave instructions as to the best way of getting the poor fellows out of the debris. The whole thirteen were rescued in a very short time, and - conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, when a fearful sight presented itself. Not one had escaped from being fearfully mangled ; some had broken heads, fractured legs, .broken faces, dislocated necks, and other injuries too frightful to particularise. The' unfortunate persons were at once seen and attended to by Drs. Hillman and O'Dare, who directly declared four of the parties to be dead, and another died about three hOurs afterwards ; and they held out no hopes Of any of the other sufferers recovering. The following is a list of the dead : Edward Sullivan ' John M•Cough, Cor nelius Buckley, Peter Forbes, and. John Carroll. Seriously (supposed fatally) injured : Michael Grogan, James Caton, 'Michael Carron, Dennis Cartey, Ed. Newman , Michael. Irving, James Mack, and a man named ,Cakill.. Mr. Inspector Ilumphries and a strong body of the B division of police are at the present time busily employed in keeping many thousand spectators and friends of the sufferers out of danger a work of no small difficulty. LATEST PARTICULARS It would be impossible to describe the scene of distress in the vicinity of the buildings and the Westminster Hos pital. Women and children, who have not seen their husbands and fathers return home to dinner, apprehensive that they have perished, have completely surrounded the hospital. taken possession of the steps, so that it has been absolutely necessary to have a reinforcement of police to keep the poor creatures back. Mr. Myers has given instruc tions that every attention shall be paid to the bereaved, but as most of the deceased were Irish, their friends are loud and clamorous in their entreaties to be allowed to enter the hospital to " wake them." Such a proceeding, however, cannot for one moment be entertained. The eight' remain ing sufferers are described - to be in an extremely dangerous condition, and three, if not four, in a state of articulo mortis. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-YESTER➢AY /Sittings Pl;us, at Westminster, before 21[r. Justice Williams and Common Juries ) This was the first ,day of the after-term sittings. The list contains 56 causes, 29 new causes, and 29 remanets. ST. PAUL'S WARD ELECTION. • ' THE Qualls ;:6.}lK.—This was a prosecution in the nature ofl a quo warranto calling upon the defendant to show by what right he exercises the office of town councillor of the borough of Liverpool. The defendant was elected for No. 4, or St. Paul's Ward.. The affidavit upon which the quo warrant° was issued stated that the defendant made the declaration required by the act, and that he voted in the council without being duly qualified, in consequence of his not being a burgess, owing to his residing beyond the boundary of the borough. Formal proof was then given of the above facts, and the jury returned a verdict for the Crown. LADlES.—Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliot-street, sell the best foar shilling tea'in England. ' No SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of Saunders and Co.'s Patent Selt-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and fitted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address, S4,UNDERB & CO., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. d HOLLOWAY'S OINTICENT AND PI/MS.—The ulcers, tumours, pimples, and discolorations of the skin, which arise from impure blood, ill-regulated secretions, or some heredi tary taint, often defy science, but can never long resist the action a Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Ladies accus tomed to apply astringent lotions to eruptions on the face, breast, and arms, should be warned that no practice is more dangerous. They throw the disease inward, and put life itself at stake. The only really safe and effective cosmetic ever ye prepared is Holloway's Ointment, which, assisted by his pills, will subdue the most obstinate cases of skin disease. - - - STOPPAGE OF AUSTRIAN MAIL PACKETS SAILING FROM TRIESTE. — The Austrian postal service by sea between Trieste and foreign ports having been interrupted by war, no letters or newspapers can, for the present, be forwarded rid Belgium (the first portion of the Trieste route) to the lonian Islands, Greece, the Levant, or Egypt. Letters, B ce . for Bosnia, Servia, the Danubian Principalities, Itijstchuck: Seres, Salonica, Sophia, Adrianople, or Canstantinople, when specially directed to be sent "vitt Belgium," will be forwarded from Vienna by the land route.--By °command of the Postmaster-General. ItowLawD KILL, Searetary._ General Post-office, May 14. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. - YBSTERDAT fa BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD La REARING.—A well-dressed, elderly Woman, named Mary Garlick, was brought up by officer 769, on a charge of having broken the leg of a woman, named Mftry Jones. The injqred woman is at present in the hospital, and of course was not able to attend. The evidence went to ahow that the prisoner and Mrs. Jones were-at 28; Sperling,: street, when some dispute took place 'between them, and the prisoner threw the other, woman down the steps of a cellar, and broke one of her legs.. The prisoner was allowed out on bail until Mrs. Jones could come forward. DESERTING SHIP. - Mr. Henry Murphy, the ont-door Superintendent of the Local 'Marine' Board, brought up • Henry Smith on a charge of having neglected to join the ship Thornhill. It appeared that the prisoner had been formerly the master of a vessel called the Mary Black, but was discharged in consequence of some irregularity. He then joined the Thornhill as second mate, and si g ned articles, He received £lo—two months advance. He did not join the ship, which was obliged to sail without him. The . I defendant was sent to jail for ten weeks with hard labour. BEFORE MESSRS. HEATS AND HUTCHISON. . John Clements, publican, Shaw'sbrow, was charmed by Inspector Danson, with Sunday trading. "Mr. ° Muck defended. The Inspe_"gtor said he saw, through the shutters, persons served with drink at onoo'clock•on SundaY morning., On cross-examination, it appeared that some of the persons Were lodgers:: Fined 2s. 6d. and costs.: . • Thonias Tarbuck, beerhouse-keeper, Preston-street, was charged with selling at illegal:hours. DismiSsed:' S. Graves, beerhouse-keeper, St. Andrew-street, was charged with doing business : at illegal hours. Dismissed. Henry 'llanfold, - Wolfe - street, was charged with selling ale on Sunday at prohibited honrs. The house was fined se - Veil, times during the year. Fined now 10s. and costs.' " Joseph Al‘Gorem, beerhouse-keeper, Midgehall-street, was charo•ed with ale •at twelve o'clockon Sunday to fourteen men. It was contended that six of the 'men were' lodgers, and the others came to see them. Fined 10s. and costs. • •• '- • . . Edward Park, beerhouse keeper, Christian-street, was charged with not admitting the police at three o'clock on Sunday morning last. Adjourned for witness for the defence. Richard Fox, beerhouse keeper, Finch-street, was charged with Sunday trading. Fined 5s and costs. Louisa Maria Booth, beerhouse keeper, Church-alley, was charged with selling at illegal hours. Mr. Cobb defended. The case was stated by officer Lanigan (554), who said he got nine men drinking at the counter, at nearly twelve o'clock at night. In reply to Mr. Cobb, the officer said the defendant stated that it was her birth-day, and something about a wedding. The defence was that the defendant had given the beer as a treat to the people on the anniversary of her birth-day,, and. on this, and on a point of law raised by Mr. Cobb, the case was dismissed. THE . COtRT.--ORDEB, OF THE BATH . Her Majesty the Queen held an investiture of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, at three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Knights Grand Cross were robed in the Promenade Gallery, by Messrs. Hunter and Ede, in their -mantles of crimson satin, wearing also the gold and enamelled collar of the Order. The Knights and Officers passed into the Dining-room, where the former were called over by Bath King-of-Arms, when the following answered :—Field-Marshal Vis:count Comber mere, Vicount Palmerston, Earl of Clarendon ' General Sir Howard Donglas, Bart , Lieutenant-General Sir George Pollock, Right Hononrable Sir George Hamilton Seymour, General Sir Alexander Woodford, General Sir John. Fox Burgoyne, Bart., General Sir Henry Dalrymple Ross, and the Earl of St. Germans. The officers of the Bath-present were—The Very . Rev the Dean, Dr. Trench, Dean of Westminster ; Registrar. and Secretary, Albert Wm. Woods, Esq. (Lancaster Herald) ; Bath King-of-Arms, Algernon. Greville, Esq. ; Gentleman Usher, the Hon. Frederick A. H. Chichester. Her Majesty the Queen, the Sovereign of the Order, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince. Consort, Great Master of the Bath, both wearing the Mantle and Collar of the Mali, were conducted by the great officers of state from the Royal closet, through the saloon into the old ball-room, where a chair of state was prepared for the Queen. The Duchess of Manchester, Mistress of the RObes, Lady Macdonald, Lady in Waiting, the great officers and the gentlemen of the Royal household, occupied their usual statiens near her Majesty. The Knights Grand Cross and Officers of the Bath were introduced, the. Knights standing on either side of the Sovereign. Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart., was introduced to the Royal'presence between the two junior Knights Grand Cros's present, the Earl of St. German's being on his right, and General Sir Hew Ross on his left. _ _ . ^ 4 NJ Val,.• • The King-of-Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order preceded Sir John to the Queen, the former bearing the insignia of the Order on a crimson velvet cushion. Sir John Lawrence knelt near, her. Majesty, who, having received the sword of state from the Lord Chamber lain, was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of knighthood. - The Queen, assisted by the Prince Consort, passed the riband of a Knight Grand Cross over the right shoulder and under the left arm of Sir John, and having invested him with the Riband and Badge, delivered to him the Star of a Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division) of the Bath. Sir John Lawrence kissed the Queen's hand, and was neon ducted to the dining-room, by the‘ two junior Knights Grand Cross. Sir Hew Ross and the Earl of St. Germans then rejoined the other Knights. The following Knights Commanders were then severally introduced by Bath King-of-Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order, received the honour of knighthood (except Sir John Young, Bart., and Sir Thomas Hastings, who, had already received that honour), and were invested by the Queen, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great Master of the Order, with the insignia of their respective divisions, in the second class (Knights Commanders) of the Bath, viz : Major-General Thomas Harte Frankes Colonel John Jones, 60 th Rifles ; Rear - A dmiral Aleiander Milne (civil) ; the Right Hon. Sir John Young Bart. (civil) ; Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings (civil); and Colonel Joshua jebb The undermentioned Companions of the Order were severally introdnced, and received from the Sovereign their decorations of the Military Division of the third class of the Order, viz.: Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Herbert Gall, 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Steele, 83rd Foot; Major James Robert Gibbon, Royal Artillery; Colonel Thomas William Hicks, Bombay Artillery ; Lieut.- Colonel, George Henry Robertson, 25th Regiment Bombay Native Light Infantry ; Major Thomas Fourness Wilson, 13th Bengal-Native Infantry ; and Major John DObre Woolcombe, Bombay Artillery. The Knights Commanders and the Companions were severally introduced by Bath King-of-Arms, and the Gentle man Usher of the Order. At the conclusion of the Investiture, Bath King-of-Arms again called over the names of the Knights Grand Cross, who, with the Officers, withdrew from the presence of the Sovereign. The Queen, accompanied by . Princess Alice and Prince Leopold, took a carriage drive in the afternoon, attended by Lady Macdonald, Lord Colville, and Lord Charles Fitzroy. Her Majesty visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of , Kent, at Clarence House, St. 'James's. The Prince Consort, attended by Lord Colonel Ponsonby, rode on horseback, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Kent. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall, held at the Duchy Office, Buckingham-gate, St. James's Park. There were also present—the Chancellor, the Lord Kingsdown ; the Keeper of the Privy Seal, Mr. Whitmore ; the Attorney-General, Mr. Alexander'; the Trea-urer, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps ; and the Secretary, Mr. J. R. Gardiner. _ _ The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The company included—her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl and Countess of Caithness, the Earl and Countess Granville, Field Marshall Viscount and the Viscountess Combermere, the Dean of Windsor , and the Rev. W. Cureton. VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO ALDERSHOTT.—To-day the Queen will visit her troops at Aldershott. Her Majesty, who will be accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Princess Alice, and suite, will leave Buckingham Palace early this morning. The royal party will sleep in the Royal Pavilion on Saturday night and Sunday night, and return to Buckinghom Palace on Monday afternoon. There will be a grand review of the whole of the troops before her Majesty on Monday next. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the General Commanding in-clvicf, and a large number of officers on the Staff are expected to be present. The Prince Consort has intimated that he will visit Aberdeen to open the proceedings of the British Association, at which he is to preside, either on the 7th or 14th of September next ; and we learn that the progress of arrange ments promises that the meeting will be one of the best which has taken :place under the auspices of the association. The Prince of Wales has not had it in his power to afford much patronage to the fine arts in Rome, but he has made a few purchaaes, and the last piece of marble h e ordered was Miss Hosmer's spirited little statue representing " Puck on a masks osa;" A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES. ADDRESSED TO THE WORKIN,G , q4.SSES THEMSELVES , THEIR RISE AND PROGRESS-bOCIAL AND POLITICAL PART .FIFTH CHAPTER §ECOND. PROSPERITY OF THE WOOLLEN AND LINEN MANUFAC- TURES DURING THE REIGN OF JAMES.-SUPE- RIORITY OF THE HINDOSTAN,IXUSLINS TO OURS.- HISTORY OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SILK WORM TO EUROPE. SUPERSTITION OF THE PERIOD.--POPULITION OF THE KINGDOM IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES, Under James the different manufacturers continued to prosper, ,and especially that of woollen cloth. But there was one great obstacle still contending against it. The statute passed in the reign of Edward the Sixth for preventing the use of machinery was still in force—a statute that was not repealed; indeed, until a very recent period. For, in Sothersetshire and 'Wiltshire, so late as 1802, and in Yorkshire more 'recently, 'serious disturbances took place 'on account of machinery being introduced to raise the nap on cloth, wherein the shearmen . contended that they were contrary intended to the statute of Edward the - Sixth. Injurious statutes were likewise still in existence prescribing the kind of dyes to be used (1); even the colours of the cloth sold by retail were settled by Act of Parliament. But in spite of all these obstacles, the manufacture throve apace by its inherent strength, the basis of which was our unequalled native wools. So that, in the reign of Charles the Second, it fOrmed the chief branch of manufacturing industry in the .country. The same' may be said of the manufacture of worsted goods (so called from Worsted, now an inconsiderable village in Norfolk, where their manufacture first began in the reign of Edward II.) ; it throve also, notwithstanding that it had to struggle against the same obstructions as its kindred branch of art. The prosperity of the linen manufacture is of more recent date. Up to the revolution of 1688, the fine linens were mostly obtained from Germany, .and those of a coarser kind were only made in England by industrious houSewifes for family • consumption. 'Celebrated as the English are for their cotton manufactnres, both twist, calico, and printed goods ; yet, in the production of a certain class of goods very delicate muslins —not all our resources, natural and cultivated, bring our products up to the level of the materials fabricated in Hindostan from time immemorial. Of the celebrated Dacca muslins, it has been,said that they are so thin and transparent, that if laid flat upon the ground during the night, so as to be gemmed with dew, it is impossible next morning to distinguish the muslin fabric from the adjacent dewy grass blades. This may be an exaggeration ; nevertheless the circumstance admits of uo doubt that, the cotton twist produced by the native workmen of Hindostan, aided by machinery of the simplest kind, is superior to anything of the sort ever turned out of England. The reason has been thus explained : —The machinery of spinning jennies necessitates the formation of a Aery hard twist whereas the hand-spun cotton threads of'lndia • not being so rigid, the fibre of the cotton remains more transparent, It may be here remarked that our word calico is a corruption of Calieut, a town in Hindostan, formerly celebrated for its cotton fabrics. The art of cotton printing, which now constitutes . such an important part of British industry, is at present wholly exercised on white British calicos. The art of cotton printing, however, in Britain, preceded that of calico weaving. For many years we imported large quantities of Indian calico for the express purpose of being bleached and printed. In the silk trade a great impulse was given to this branch of industry by a proclamation of James, concerning the planting of mulberry trees. . Ten thousand of these plants were sent into each county for sale at Merely nominal prices ; and. it is conse quently supposed that most of the mulberry trees now or till lately existing in England, including Shakspere's famous mulberry tree in his garden at Stratford, were planted in consequence of this pro clamation. The introduction of this most elegant and most luxurious of all our textile materials into Europe is somewhat interesting, and I may be pardoned for digressing here to relate it :-- The silkworm is a native of China that peculiar land, as it may be called, where time and discoveries seem to have stood still—so impressed is everything • there with the aspect of unchangeableness. In a region where the silk Worm occurs and .thrives, no great Suggestive ingenuity was ..necessary to turn the beautiful fibre to account.. The Chinese appear to have done so from the highest periods of antiquity known to their chronicles, and the silken tissues thus manufactured being carried westward, occasionally arrived at classic Greece and Rome, to astonish, by their beauty, all who gazed upon them—to be, in faet the envy of princes and the puzzle of philosophers. Amongst some fictions enter tained by the latter relative to silk, it was believed to grow on trees—a notion which may have originated from the circumstance that cocoons of the silkworm depend from the branches of mulberry trees, as if they really grew there. The estimation in which silk was held at Rome will be inferred from the fact, that in the second century the Emperor Marcus Antonius actually took the trouble to send an exploratory expedition to China for the purpose of procuring it. But either they did not reach that part of China in which the silk worm flourished, or the Chinese managed to conceal the thing in mystery, for certain it is that the source and nature of silk remained as unexplained as over. The imperialists of Byzantium were destined to be more fortunate than their predecessors of the west in their endeavours to introduce the silkworm into Europe. This occurred during the reign of Justinian, and in the following way : - Towards the beginning of this reign the supply of oriental woven silk had become so scarce that there seemed a probability of its going out of use altogether. Under these circumstances Justinian enacted various sumptuary laws to regulate its distribution. Still (1.) I may here observe that no really beautiful dye stuff was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans, nor to the moderns either, until after th e discover y of America, whence we obtain not only the greater number of our dye woods, but the beatiful cochineal insect, so much superior to the kermes insect found in southern Europe (the latter pro ducing a sort of dull red colour), and whic e h le f e o p r t m f e o r r ly pe t o o p o its place, that the latter went out of use almost entirely as soon as cochineal could be produced . in adequate quantity.' Nor was wool usually dyed in early times, of great rank. The Tynan purple, concerning , ' which people much has been said and written, was restricted entirely to special service. the supply grew less and less. More than ever was it of importance to discover the nature of its source —whether animal or vegetableand, if pos- Bible, to i n t ro d uce i t into Europe. Meantime - w C l r i istia in n a it k y ing nnd p e r r eg t r h es e . auspices. of Justinian, Monasteries were established in Persia, and the truths of the Christian g ospe l were preached in reg i ons Theseeven Persian so monks, a s remote whCehinhaad penetrated e t r H ath in d dos a t s an a . missionary enterprise to China, were fortunate enough to ingratiate themselve s with the Chinese, and to glean some particulars concern' mg the precesi of winding off the silk from the cocoons, and otherwise preparing it. Notwith s t an di ng the - confi dence, however, which had sprung up between them and the Chinese, the missionaries appear to have been not a little watched. At all events, they did not accomplish what they would have been willing enough to accomplish ; they did not carry with them into Europe either silkworms or silkworm eggs. They, however, nn Sooner arrived at Byzantium, than they related to Justinian, the partiefiliti' , i with which they had become acquainted in referenCe to the silkworm. The Emperor listened attentively, and urged them to proceed once more to China —not this time on a Christian mission, hut for the express purpOse of bringing either the silkworm or its eggs to Europe. They set out on the expedition, and in due course arrived in the country. As to the fulfilment of their mission, the task was not easy. To procure 'silkworms, and feed them during the long overland route, was impossible, seeing that their only food was the leaves of mulberries. The only chance of success was to smuggle away some of the eggs, which' was also difficult because of the vigilance of the Chinese. Nevertheless, the astute missionaries triumphed in the end. Having pro cured some of the silk Worm eggs, the latter were deposited in the hollow of a 'walking cane, and in this way passed into Byzantium. The eggs came to maturity in proper time, worms were hatched, and the climate of certain parts of the Eastern empire, more especially some of the provinces of Greece, proving congenial,' the silkworm flourished apace. Justinian now monopolised the production of silk, on which he realised an enormous profit. For more than six hundred years, the Eastern empire supplied silk to all Europe, and a great part of the west of Asia. Finally, however, Duke Roger, of Sicily, having invaded the. Eastern Empire, carried back with him into Italy both silkworms and silk-weavers. The mystery which formerly attached to silk, was now at an end, and articles of apparel made of this beautiful material were slowly diffused over the west. Silk, let me add, is peculiarly the material of luxury ; whilst linen, cotton, and wool, are fibres out of which the textile fabrics of cleanliness are made. Silk cannot be washed ;at least, it is so much worse for the operation, that the latter is seldom attempted. For this reason silk is not, and never can be, used by any race of people charac terised by their. cleanliness, otherwise than for state purposes. The.ChineSe use silken tissues for table napkins, sheets,' chemises, and bed coverings. The repulsive odours associated with these applications of silken fabrics are too obvious to be enlarged upon. Amongst many useful laws passed 'during the reign of James, respecting social rights and privi leges, there were others that cannot be so charac terised. One to which I may refer was in the law suggested by royal superstition, making it felony " to consult, feed, or covenant with any evil spirit.'" The period I am . speaking of, it must be remembered, was one of terrible superstition. Such omens, for instance, as the croaking of a raven, the falling of a portrait, the crossing of a hare in one's path, th e spilling of salt, or the unexpected crowing of a cock, had the power to disturb the most swaggering cavalier. (2.) Divination, therefore, formed a thriving trade, and almost every street in the metropolis had its cunning man or woman, who divined for the wise by astrological 'calculations, and for the ignorant by the -oracle of the sieve and the shears. - Thus, when the civil wars broke out in the next reigir, we learn that cavaliers and roundheads 'thronged to astrologers to learn the events of the succeeding week: Another favourite superstition then was the exorcising of devils. 'This pipee of jugglery was a favourite practice of the popish clergy, and was one of the 'ways they took to recover their esteem with the multitude. But even Puritans did not escape, for they became exorcists in return ; and as nervous diseases were common enough, they sometimes crouched round the bed of some crazy hypochondriac who was supposed to be possessed by a devil whom they stunned with prayers and adjurations. It is certainly to be regretted that these fanatics did not seek to heighten such absurdities as 'these, by giving their ejeeted deVils more pOetical names than those we find bestowed on them,—such as, " Lusty Dick and Hob," " Parr and Flihherdigibet," " Wilkin and Smolkin," "Lusty. Jolly Jerkin," and "Pudding of Thane." It would have been fortunate for humanity,. however, if the credulity of the period had gone no farther than this, but the belief in witches becaMe the master .spirit of the age. And hence it was-that James, who even wrote against them with great violence himself, caused the statute quoted from to be framed. The method, too, of detecting them was strikingly characteristic of the age. Thus if any old woman happened to vent herself in imprecations against her persecutors, and if they afterwards happened to sustain any calamity in goods and person, this was sufficient proof that the woman was a witch. Or if she talked to herself, and mumbled under the dotage of old age, she was - holding converse, as a matter of course, with invisible spirits, and was held to be an undoubted wi!ch. Witch-finders, in consequence, rose up, who pro fessed to detect any of those who were possessed of evil spirits. One miscreant of this description who had caused no fewer than sixty of these unfortunate creatures to be longed, in the. county of Suffolk alone, suffered poetical justice at last by being found guilty by his own ordeal, and subjected to - the same doom as his victims. While these legal massacres were going on in England, the destruction of witches went on . with still greater severity in Scotland.olly which Norhi zeals did the had death hindl e o d f . Between Ja es ki three e f and four thousand pe rsons are said to have been athaetyheearyel year r 4 0 1 a 7 1 1 1 d 1 t a h c Britishs or a io juryn . Eve l ' i te d leyn at Hereford ignorant enough to c e executed t s e bo d e r b ef e co t eu w i be persuaded that a woman could converse with the devil in the sll, de of a cat ! Some idea of the state or the kingdom in differed localities; in respect of wealth and population at - this time, is furnished to us in Camden's Britannia. Plymouth is therein described as having grown up in the last age from a small fishing village ' • the adjoining town of Davenport, now containing about 50,000 inhabitants, established, if at all, only as suburb of Plymouth, which itself is stated not to be very large -indeed, it had only one church. Brighton, now having between 40,000 a dd m 08 5 f O i r , O mß o i O rai i gg n hh h at a_ mh b ,e i en n as t lt s le , is ead d m ßn e es i n l a y i Is at e ai i n i t t i : o o n n i s e n d nd b e y h st ch t rei b e ee l d i o a a me as already swarming with inhabitants, and " echoing population was yet not what its it now is. Sheffield is described as remarkable amongi a with twentieth e n n o t i i s e e t of p a a n r s t il o s f , " bu t 40,000 inhabitants, is hereabouts for blacksmiths, in these pa r t s . Plenty of was then an obscure iron being dug other . . little towns Bradford a town now with by Camden resort,. Bur with half as man y, is not named at all. Sunderland buildings, village,merely n a a n m d e is d. not ot Huddersfield, entionea Bury R a o s e a h n d o a t l h e er as n a o m w a a r y k et towninferior of to no ;and it Manchester as surpassing all the towns hereabouts in populousness, and woollen manufacture. Liverpool is merely mentioned under the name of Litherpole, as the most convenient and usual plane for setting sail into Ireland. [These articles being Copyright, the Author reserves to 1 , !: , t".1./ the privilege of further publication or translatiou.l (2) Knight's Pictorial History of England. Attica I:rty's History of England. !P 11 NORTHERN TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 14 1850