Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-26 00:00:00

AUGUST 26, 1859. aeon, one of the most imposing political gather- lags 'witnessed in this country since the great Peel Banquet, after the battle of Reform, in 1 832• Lord Derby has, of .course, accepted the invitation; and the day for the meeting will be fixed as soon as possible NOTES OF THE DAY 'Whilst preparations are going on in th the transport of many thousand more troops to India, we have advices from Calcutta, intimating the continued discharge of large numbers of the late East India Com pany's forces. The Indian Government, we learn, have +„ at once, about twelve hun- .ountry for dretl of thos, oldiers to Euro: not one enabling ode will probabl :sh there win. st we expE !volutions, We say of liberty Italy. But we 2: of Sardinia or placed Count to form any correct estimatc of the number likely to demand their discharg the p having recours A to obser Such e been posted sibility of an inroac wherever it can be of any they are Police, for instance, in great strength, has to that county King of Oude having now been set would think that au efficient polic around the towns of British India, ysteni, in an very desirable means maintaining the peace calculated to put down the most embryo ain the standard of rebellion in such places England, therefore, iria'y ,00k for the re Lt with deep int ation to Victor of Sardinia of struck by a private society in commemoration of his memorable words to the Parliament of Piedmont ill January last :—" We are not insensible to the cry of grief 'which has reachei s from every part of Italy, Majesty an oppc hat he lives but for the n Prepared to die for it Re meat he mio of declaring respect to the King of Sardinia, wile IS by the national cat s,. in n se of Italy ; but 'reign of an united kingdom. Were 'N' i and rem, ready to die for, as 1 Napoleon considers it dering, seeks to estat t ionality," AA rumours of wars se, and Now, with all due deference 1 thing ply consists of sc- buf one of there is the tor Em- rn of Italy, as one united kingdom speak of " the ea there, we think, lies the gre either Victor Emmanuel or Lo' ;c, and, so co ,o hear of ova throughout the Italian peninsul warmest sympathy for -mu independence are decidedly opposed to either the th e Empero r of the French pursuing all the states t be b o wade through slaughter to the --, le are now some very decided appearances of a redaction in the armaments of France being about to _ . . . in fact, officially announces to a peace -imperial order to reduce the French army also contains an intimation thg Prs as will complete their terms of 'service in 1859, t home on the 20th of September ; whilst " be grar mmecliately although this reduction re is to be no slackening Navy is being others furloughs NV 11 ••-• - • - • wg-umcant fact, however, that n the array is announced ..-1," ateve r of the activity with which the ,_ lne , re ased on the cont rar y, no t on ly are th e d oc k-y ar d : forthwith kept" posy as ever, but measures are to be taken with fora general strengthening of the coast defences. own activity in these respects may, perhaps, account But it takes away, nevertheless, from much of .afidence which one might have in the pacific .rations of the French Emperor, to find that, although ' S army is to be somewhat reduced, his navy,—the very Power which one must expect to be most available `rainst this country,—is to be still farther increased; au cox his arm), Lt the same time, that other indicatic are giver determination to stand on the defensive s not, however, from these, after thing to dread —from Fran on the defensive ; but rathe has been doing even before the memor- istration,:abou ame last year Ate anc compact" under whiel the seat in I in-Tweed -as recently ament for Berwick- cated, a copy of whicl nserted in another column, ified Mr. Richard Hodgson, a Conservative, ming forward to contest the seat Not only was ,e no party to this discreditable " compact",- because evidently designed to cover corruption on —but also discredit- one side or the other, or ,perhaps on both uency ought to be disposed of by an private and confidenti arrangement uugson came forward on independent grounds, to give Conservatives of Berwick an opportunity of having Parliament in whom they pother represents he small majority of ene only, shows thy onservative portion of the being so nearly, if not altogether, in the not unreasonable in asserting their claim representation. It is what the Liberals do never they can ; and Conservatives are constrained to do likewise in very self-defence. THE LATEST NEWS Milli I CONFERENCE ZURICH, Aug. 25 Yesterday the French and Sardinian plenipo- 'lltiaries held a conference De Bourqueney has receivedu courier from he Ca binet of P !olloredo had a slight attack of apoplexy 'esterday evening, but is better to-day rA LY The Times publishes the despatch in which the 11 'dinian Envoy at Florence invited the Govern- rne nt of the Grand Duke of Tuscany to join in the The document is of great l ength, and is dated April 24th, three days be fore the movement which overthrew the dynasty. r against Austria M. Parini Dictator of Modena and Parma, has "sued a decree enacting that from September 1 the customs me between Parma and Modena shall be supprecßed AUSTRIA IL is greatly believed that in the new Cabinet the Sclavoniari and ultra-Catholic elements will prevail against the wishes of the Magyar party. PRUSSIA. The Berlin correspondent of The Times says That owing to the present complication of affairs in Italy, the Prussian Government is favourable to the convocation of a congress, as it would be an acknowledgment that France and Austria, are the arbitrators of Europe, if such weighty ques. tions were allowed to be decided by the Conference of Zurich INDIAN MAIL MARSEILLES, Aug. 25 The steamer from Alexandria brings the sub- joined advices ALEXANDRI Aug. 18 The Viceroy is increasing his army considerably NTON, July 5, The fleet composed. of 9 vessels proceeds in &ngland, advance of. the three ambassadors of France, and America, it sary, to force the passage of the Peiho 9,tions of peace are expected at Tourane A general massacre of of a district Pilgrims from Mecca gave the sequel to the outbreak FRENCH FUNDS 12.15. P./ first bargains in Rentes were at 69f. 25e _4.-_ a order, should it be neces- N egoci- 'hristians in two towns in Borneo is reported to have taker is supposed; PARIS, August 25 —The Funds open steady, and the The Bourse closed inanimate. Rentes or about the same as yesterday's closing 3.40 P.m 69f. 20c The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL. The Northam, Australia to Suez, reached Aden or the 17th instant THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Nepaul, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at 7, a.m., this day. The mails leave for London at 10, a.m. The lett TS on E The Indus left Malta for Southampton, at 1, p.m., on ina of the 31st HOLSTEIN AND LAUENBERG . - EGRA3I COPENHAGEN, Aug The .Paedrelancler, of Hanover has proposed to taken in the nd Lauenberg, br proposals Austria this day, says it the Federal Diet that affairs of Holstci Till now neith have not been supported nor Prussia have applied for information at Copenhagen respecting this affair FRANCE, Advertiser which gives the following news in its Paris correspondence "Engineers have been sent clown to Boulogne to sur- whole line of coast extending from thence to Calais that the may fix upon some spot for the forma- tion of a seaport to contain a fle3t of fifty transports. " The Minister of Marine has notified to h ,übalterns that 50 transports, each capable of containing 2000 men, must be ready and waiting on the coast opposite to Dover, by the commencement of the ensuing year." The writer says that the statement reposes on excel lent authority, and full confirmation of its authenticity has already been telegraphed to Downing-street. A conjecture is thrown out that a French altercation with Belgium will supply the pretext for a rupture between France and England. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Thursday.—The Moniteur of this morning publishes numerous addresses from the Conseils Generaux to the Emperor, congratulating him on the late events. MARSEILLES, Aug. 24.-2,000 disbanded Swiss troops have disembarked here to-day. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND Her hiajesty's departure for Scotland by the Great Northern Railway will take place at 9 o'clock on Mon- day night The Royal train will travel at a uniform speed of 40 miles an hour, and will reach Edinburgh at 8.10 on Tuesday morning. The Queen will remain in Edinburgh during the day, and sleep at Holyrood on Tuesday night. On Wednes day morning at 9 o'clock the Royal journey northward will be resumec The city of Perth will be re ached at ten minutes after 11 o'clock. Daring her Majesty's night journey, no person not officially employed will be admitted on any of the station platforms. POSTAL CONTRACTS ROUT} THE PANAMA A letter has been received from the Admiralty, whici shows that a long period is likely to elapse before 'any decision takes place respecting the tenders on the Aus tralian and Panama Mail Service. An official letter says, that in consequence of the Committee of the House of Commons, on the general question of postal contracts, the question ,of the Panama as well as every other projected mail service, must be considered to be under reference to the consideration of a Committee of Parliament. • The Bombay mail is expected to be delivered in Lon don on the 4th or sth September. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ACCIDENT TO A CHANNEL STEAMER.—The Emerald, steamer, from Ayr to Liverpool, struck on Carrock Island, Isle of Man, about 5 a.m. on Tuesday, during a 4lense fog. The rock has gone through her bottom and into the fore-hold. Pig iron is discharging on the rock. Assistance has been sent from Liverpool. Tun AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American Royal Mail Company's steamer Europa sails for Halifax and Boston to-morrow (Saturday.) The box at the Post-office will close at 8.15 a.m., and finally at 9 a.m. The receiving : house on the Landing-stage will be open for letters until the departure of the steamer, on payment of the late fee of ls. SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.—Sir W. Page Wood has been unanimously elected president of the department of jurisprudence for the ensuing year. A better choice could not have been made, as the learned gentleman holds a high legal position, and is possessed of great forensic abilities. He will deliver his address upon this important subject at the meeting of the association in Bradford, next week. ERVING'S EXCURSION TRAINS.—As will be seen by an advertisement in another column, Mr. Erving, the enterprising excursion agent, has arranged for a special train to Frodsham and Overton Hill , on Monday next, the 29th inst., and to Chirk and Llangollen Road on Monday, the sth September. From the well-known spirited manner in which these excursions are managed, we hope to hear of him being well patronised on the occasions referred to. ANOTHER. VICTIM TO DRUNKENNESB. -- About three weeks ago a married woman named Davis, residing at 33, Bright-street, South Hill-road, was confined. Since that day, it appears, she has hardly ever been sober. On Wednesday night she and her child went to bed about eleven o'clock. The child was then in good health; but, at five o'clock yesterday morning, it was found to be quite dead, having been overlain by the mother. An inquest will be held to-day. THE FAIREB QUBENE. — We yesterday mentioned that this ship, on her voyage from Glasgow to Ceylon, had run ashore on Arklow Bank. We now learn that she has about 250 tons dry goods and some 400 tons of iron on board. She lies about two miles south of where the Racer was, on the edge of the bank, and is quite tight. Several fishing boats, and also two schooners, have taken some of the cargo out of her. A later telegram announces that she has been ;ot off, and towed into - DAILY TIMES. NORTHERN STREET NUISANCES.-Of all the crying nuisances to IMR be complained of, there is none so bad as the hundreds of drunken women, principally prostitutes, who ramble about our streets after eleven o'clock at night. If the corporation would enact a bye-law, similar to that which now is in foree in the city of Dublin, and other large towns in Ireland,—that if those wretched characters were found perambulating after ten o'clock, they would be taken to the lock-up--the results would soon 'be observable, and would be a great boon conferred on the well-disposed and the good.—Correspondent. FORESTERS' ANNIVERSARY. -011 Tuesday evening last, the members of Court 713, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, with their wives and friends, commemorated their anniversary at the house of Mr. J. P. Crewe, Trprirv-street. An excellent repast was served TYNEMOUTII, Tuesday 'Night. by 800 electors was presented to M The Chairman, in opening the gised the exertions of Mr. Lindsay in the ,indsay up, and Mr. Bremner presided on the occasion. In reply to the toast of the evening, " Success to the Order of Foresters," Mr. Evans, the secretary, dwelt at some length on the. prospects of the Court; and remarked that, notwithstanding the number of deaths, numerous cases of sickness occurring during t' • A enndition ; and, as tee, who, after some appro; .ne past year, it was in a regarded its finances, the Court was second to none in the town. Singing and dancing terminated a very pleasant evening. WORKIIOTJSE CO3ISIITTEE.—Mr. Churchwarden Crop per occupied the chair at the usual weekly meeting of this committee held yesterday. The other members present were Messrs. Owen, Critchley, and Broome. The medical officer reported that fourteen deaths had occurred in the establishment during the week ending the 23rd August ; of these eight were women, three men, and three infants. The number of patients in the hoSpital last week was 510 ; admitted since, new cases, 150 ; cured and discharged, 181 ; now remaining under treatment 465, including 32 fever, 17 itch, and 1 small pox cases. The governor, Mr. Carr, reported that the number in the house last week was 1767 ; number this week 1764 ; number in the corresponding week of last year 1965 ; showing a decrease of 193, when compared with that period. It was reported that there were relieved in the vagrant sheds during the week ending the 2501. instant 299 destitute persons, of whom 158 were females, 107 males, and 34 children. These figures showed a decrease of 46 persons when compared with the previous week, but as compared with the cor responding week of last year there was shown an increase of 26. The business was of a routine character. LIST or NEW PATENTS.—The following Patents, amongst others, passed the Great Seal during the week ending August 23rd, 1859 :—Francis Morton, Liver pool, for "mprovements in the construction of fences, and the posts or pillars for the same, parts of which improvements are also applicable to the construction of Shaliii Milton, and Burns gate posts or poles for tel posts."—Thomas V cars, Ashmore, and James Smith iph purposes, or for signal • T. - Thomas Vicars, Jim. I of Liverpool, for "Ini, provements in the manufacture of bruin, like articles, and in the machinery and apparatus con nected therewith."—W. McNaught, for " Certain im provements in steam-engines, particularly applicable to compound steam-engines."—J. Newcomb and J. G. Lovell, for " Improvements in obtaining and applying motive power, especially,adapted, amongst other pur poses, to the propelling of ships and vessels."—E. J. Hughes,for " Improvements in preserving animal food, poultry, game, fish, fruit, and other similar sub stances."—J. Tem-Aman for " Improvements in the manufacture or production of artificial fuel."—W. Moron and I. J. Bennett, for " Improved apparatus for raising or lifting and lowering heavy bodies."—Cqm moticated from the Patent Offices, 4, Clayton-square, Liverpool. TOXTETR BOARD Or GUARDIANS.—The weeklymeet ing of this board took place yesterday, in the Public offices, Park-road, Mr. Mpass, the chairman, presiding. The other members present were—Messrs. Joseph Wil son, Joseph Harrison, J. D. Carter, W. H. Ogden, H. Leyland, and J. B. Hughes. The governor of the West Derby workhouse reported that there were in that esta blishment, belonging to the district of Tosteth-park, last week 314, this week 324; corresponding week last year 376. Cheques were granted for the relief of out-door paupers to the amount of £9B. Mr. Heath, relieving-officer, reported that he had remov d a woman named Elizabeth M'Guinn, from Croston-street to the West Derby hospital, as she was suffering from fever. An application was made on Thursday last for her removal, but it was not stated that she had fever, or that the case was urgEnt.—The chairman said he supposed that was the case referred to in a letter from Dr. Bennett, which appeared in some of the papers. All that they had to enquire into was why Mr. Heath allowed the case to remain from Thursday to Wednesday.—Mr. Heath explained that the application was merely for conveyance to the Infirmary in Brownlow-street, and he could not grant it, as the Infirmary was out of the town ship, and the words on the face of the application, "not for parochial relief," were struck out.—The chairman observed that the relieving-officer had no power to pro vide a conveyance when it was stated that the woman had fever; and in the event of a person being afflicted with fever, that person was removed for the safety of others. The matter then dropped.—Mr. Harrison moved that the tender of Mr. J. P. Cowley be accepted for supplying the township with coffins.—Mr. Layland seconded the motion, which was agreed to.—The minutes of the proceedings of the Building and Visiting Committees were read, and confirmed on the motion of Mr. Harrison. This was all the business. biscuits, am me on account of without it Now, the FIRE LAST NIGHT, Afirebroke out lastnight, in rear of the Adelphi Hotel, which at first threatened to be serious. Mr. Bell, lessee of the stables, had been out seeing that all was right, which is generally his last work, and returned to his house about eleven o'clock, when, looking :out of the window, he observed flames emitting from the rear of the Adelphi Hotel. He ran over and found that Mr. Radley's private stables were on fire, and gave directions for the sheriff's horses and the others to be at once removed. Intelligence of the fire was immediately communicated to Superintendent Hewitt, of the Hatton garden Station, and Mr. Barrett, of the West of Eng land, who were soon afterwards upon the spot with their engines. A reel from Seel-street had also arrived. Mr. Hewitt and his men were well assisted by Captain Faulkner of the salvage department, and his staff, with Barrett. At this time three haylofts were on fire ; but the operations so effectually commenced had the desired effect, that the fire was extinguished about a quarter to one o'clock. Superintendent Quick was present during the fire ; and with the officers which he had collected from their various posts, rendered most efficient service. Had not the first outbreak of the fire been providentially o e f d li one r s R a. in d W ie theey understandinsureda thatand in the t t t eo h nr e d ho s c en t o . n c a n en d dd a buildingthat of discovered, the results might have proved mos t clisas i‘Bri Bell ll u . is trifling. To-night an immense demonstration of the electors and non-electors of Tynemouth was held in the Albion Assembly-rooms, on the occasion of the presentation of a cabinent containing the works of Shakspeate, Bacon, Milton, and Burns, to Mr. W. S. Lindsay, the former member for the borough, by the working men. About 600 persons took tea. Dr. Dodd presided at the meet ing. Besides the cabinet and books, an address signed merce, and of Mr. Justice lialtharton in teat of litera ture. He then introduced Mr. G. Dixon,- the chairman of the Non-Electors' unless, round puntrymer ) care much a Mr. Rider, a journeyman joiner, who read a compli mentary address to MI . Lindsay, signed by up wards of 800 non-electors of the borough, requesting his acceptance ke cloc The Chairman then said—Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the non-electors of Tynemouth, and of the committee who have so nobly carried out this admirable movement, and with the most profound respect, I have the honour of presenting the keys of this beautiful cabinet, and this address. I beg to present these to you, sir, with the hope and prayer that they will be handed. down in your family as heirlooms ; that your descendants will look upon them with admiration and gratitude, when every head of this assembly is laid low. '(Cheers.) Mr. Lindsay then rose, and was received with loud and prolonged cheering. He said,—Mr. Chairman, ladies, and gentlemen, and especially you the non electors, I prize this token of your esteem and respect more than I can well express. But, above all, I thank you for the feelings which dictated this spontaneous de sire to do so very humble a member honour as you have done me this evening. I receive it with gratitude ; I will hand it down to my boy ; and I hope that when my head is laid in the silent grave those who follow me may be stirred up to exertions to do in their day and generation what in them lies to benefit those around them ; and that the testimoial which you have presented to me this evening will stimulate those who follow me to greater exertions than ever I have used in behalf of the working classes of this country. In the address which you have been pleased to present to me, reference is made to political matters. I, for one, however, will not touch upon those matters further than to say that I left you—perhaps I was forced to leave you—with regret, but not in anger ; and perhaps those gentlemen, many' of them esteemed and respected wrapt them witl people read them for amusement Otherwise jest -book. should It is a ,very bad friends, may in after years find that those principles which I always considered it my duty to advocate, were the principles which would tend most to the interests of the people at large, and also to their interests in the long run. (Cheers.) But, gentle- men, this testimonial is not, I believe, given to - the political principles which I lawyers know, to have two names have ever advocated. It Is given to me because there is a feeling among the working-classes that I have done some little in lending a hand to rear this beautiful struc- ture of your Mechanics' Institute, to give them the‘ means of gaining knowledge. (A Voice.—" That's it.") Now, I hear gentlemen who arc presumed to be in telligent—l cannot call them thus—stating that the working classes are better without knowledge; that, knowledge leads to those combinations and strikes which we unfortunately see throughout the country. Well, at all events, there were strikes when knowledge was more rare than it is now. (Hear, hear.) There were strikes in olden times, and, if knowledge has done nothing, it has done this,—that whereas in the strikes in olden times there was bloodshed and violations of the law, intelli gence has taught the working classes this, at least,— that, though they may differ from their employers, they have no need to violate the law. (Hear.) Now, I will tell you, in the first place, what many of the work ing classes have yet to learn. They have first to learn that the well-being of the working classes is as essential to the tranquility and happiness of the State as it is to their own comfort and happiness. They have next to learn that the increase of revenue and stock is the increase of national wealth, and that a demand for those who live by wages naturally increases with the increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly increase then perhaps they will not be so disposed as they are higher wages when the demand for at the present time to combine amongst themselvestheir labour to b en force or does the working men to study, to think seriously over, and not warrant it. Now, I wish you would also learn this fact—labour is the poor man's ca.pitaal ; bear that in mind ; it is as much his capital as ships or land is my capital. lie has a perfect right to go into the market an d dispose of that capital, either in this count r y, or any other country, to the best advantage in his power. (Hear, hear.) That I should wish the working classes clearly to understand, and I should wish the employers also to understand it. (Hear, hear.) I have said that labour is your capital, and I say you have a perfect right to combine, if you think proper, among yourselves, to in crease the value of your labour. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mind that—a perfect right t o d o so. Well, then, while you have the right to combine among your selves, I would first as k, is your combination for your owninterest ? That is the question. Now, it is with me very questi ona bl e if i t i s, on the whole, for your interest. You may think you gain by it, but I do believe that in the long run you lose. Now comes the next point. 'While, as I have said, you have a perfect right to combine among yourselves and say that you will not take less than a certain wage per day, you have no right to say t o y our ne i g hb our that he shall n o t d o so, if he thinks proper ; because, while you exercise your own judgment, if you attempt to force your neighbour to adopt your course, you are exercising a s p ecies of tyranny over your neighbour, inasmuch as you are not allowing him to exercise his own free will. (Hear, hear.) Now, I would like to speak one word as to the effect of these combinations. There are rules laid down which say that a certain man shall only work a certain number of hours. It may be perfectly right, I say, that he shall—take, for instance, the mason trade in London—that he shall only use the trowel with one hand,—that, in fact, he shall not give his energies full play. Well, then, what is the effect of that ? The effect of it is this,—that the skilled labourer, the man of in dustry and the man of energy, who could make his ss. 6d. or 6s. a day if he were allowed to have full scope for that energy, is curtailed in his energy ; and the man without energy—the indolent man—is put upon the same footing, because his wages are fixed the same as those for, the man of energy, industry, and skill. (Hear.) Now, then, while I say that it is injurious and false policy for the men to combine and force an increase of wages when there is not an increased demand, I say it is equally impolitic and equally erroneous for the masters to combine. There are in Sunderland and this port various grades of shipbuilders. There is one who, by his greater skill and greater energy, has more orders for ships. He can afford to pay the workman ss. a day, and make a profit ; and what right have the other masters to dictate to such a shipbuilder as that, and say that, because they are only paying 4s. a-day to the carpenters, he shall not give more than 4s. a-day ? 'Why, if it is worth his while to give ss. a-day, the other masters have no right to say that he shall not give 6s. He only giveS ss. a-day on the presumption that he will get value for what he hag given to the men. Therefore, it is as impolitic and as unwise on the part of the masters to enter into these combinations as it is on the part of the men. (Cheers.) That was the operation of the attempt to regulate prices ; and the same thing, I will candidly tell you, exists with regard to wages—be it on the part of the masters or on that of the men. Why should the indolent man, who, perhaps, working as hard as he usually will work, makes 4s. a-day, be placed upon the same footing as the fine, manly, energetic fellow in the same line, who could make his 7s. or Bs. a-day ? Why, do you think that those intelligent men through out England will continue to stand that ? No ; as they get more knowledge, as they get more educated, they will find that those combinations among themselves are I only tying th e i r hands, curtailing their energy, and limiting their skill, for the benefit of the indolent and less effici en t c l ass of workmen. (Applause.) I could go on and speak to you much longer on other subjects, in which, perhaps, yo u would be inclined to go more w i t h me th an upon the s u bj ect upon which I have been now address ing you ; but my excellent and worthy friend, Mr. Justice Halliburton—shear)—has been pleased to accompany me to pay y ou a visit, and will address you this evening. Therefore warmly, gentlemen, thanking you, and thanking you for the g rea t h onour w h ic h you have conferred upon m e thi s evening, I will no loner encroach upon your ti me , so that you may have the opportunity of he aring zny excell en t, my es t eeme d f r i en d, who has done me th e h onour of accompanying me to the north of England. (The lion, gentleman resumed his seat amid loud applaust.) LINDSAY, M.P., .AND M ve r y R. JUSTICE I Judge Ilalliburton then rose, And after paving a EALIBURTON. high compliment to Mr.. Lindsay for his knowledge in co mmercial matters, said—Mr.Chairman, ladies,..and gentlemen, Mr. Lindsay has alluded to my - hooks, and said there was an object of usefulness in them. In that he is 4glit, for I should indeed feel ashamed of myself-L -it would be very unsuitable and Tory incompatible with the situation of a judge, whim t nave nem m another part of the world—if I should sit down and write a jest book to make people laugh. That would be a very undig nified employment for a judge, and a very unprofitable one ; but I thought I might do a very great service "-, -- side of the water—provided I could convey to them cer tain truths, which, I thought, would either be too homely a. (Laughter and cheers.) 1 therefore little humour, in order that when .ev might find that ten a mere ___.4,-__ SUCCESSFUL VOYAGE OF A STEEL SCREW STEAMER. The screw-steamer, Little Lucy, that was lately built for river service in the Brazils, deserves especial atten tion, in having so successfully accomplished the passage from this country to Bahia. She was 70 feet long, 12 feet broad, and 61 feet deep, and only measured 20 tons register ; and, on account of the smallness of her size, it was originally intended to have her sent from this country in loose plates, and to have her put together, and rendered fit for service, on arrival at her destination ; but, to expedite matters, it was afterwards determined to rivet her up here completely, and send her over, under sail and steam, to South America. She was schooner rigged ; and although so miniature a craft in her appearance and proportions for so long and precarious a vogage, there was no lack of applications on all sides from captains to navigate the vessel, so satisfied was every one that she would prove a good and safe sea boat. However, to make sure of her meriting the opinion that had been formed of her, as regards these qualities, it was decided to send her round to Falmouth from the Tees before she took ber final departure from England ; and the very severe weather she so success fully encountered on her passage round the coast, left no doubt whatever of her performing the voyage across the Atlantic in a satisfactory manner ; and her safe arrival at Bahia fully justified the anticipations that were pre viously formed of her. The material used in her con struction was that known as " Clay's Patent Puddled Steel," made at the Mersey Steel and Iron Works ; and taking into consideration the smallness of the vessel's dimensions, and the thickness of the p lat e s th at com posed 'her hull being only one-eighth of an inch, the success of the design and construction of the little vessel must be looked upon as remarkable, and fully proves the adaptability of puddled steel for ship building purposes. The Little Lucy was built by Messrs. Richardson, Duck and Co., of Stockton, from the designs, and under the superintendence, 9f Mr. Rerbut L. lompson, of Leadenhall-street, to have writ for any man, as all we cal. advantage myself of_ having an alias, lam known as "Judge lialliburton," and also as " Sam Slick," (in creased laughter) ; but I hope it will not operate againtt me so much as I have seen aliases do upon prisoners in court. In short, I did not think it at all an improper companion for a judge to have a clockmaker, and for this reason, that it would teach the value of time— and t hat is very implytan. t wou punctuality, and it would teach them to meet their en gagements, and it would teach them that they ought not to de that which it is the nature of the clock to do—to go upon " tick." (Loud laughter and cheers.) There are wooden clocks, to be sure, but they are very cheap ; they answa the purpose, and they keep good time. Now, I shall not attempt to follow upon those subjects upon which Mr. Lindsay has so ably discoUrsee to night, because I think he has exhausted them already. Mr. Lindsay is a practical man, and whatever a practical man says is listened to with proper respect; therefore it is that I .agrec with Mr. Lindsay in the remarks which he has made relative to the strikes that are now unhappily prevailing in this country. But there is one consolation to be drawn from those strikes that I have never yet heard any body allude to, and it is this,—there is no country in the world that could afford to have strikes but England. (Laughter and cheers.) They are very expensive things, and they only belong to a rich country ; and I defy any man to point out any country in the world where mechanics can go upon strike for three months together as they do here. If the mechanics in the States were to strike, they would be starved out by Saturday night. (Great laughter.) There is one thing, however, that I might name, as I have been always a very great friend of education ; and it is that I attempted to come- here last year to see the foundation-stone of the Mechanics' Institute laid Now, there are no more valuable institutions in this country than mechanics' institutes ; but, at the same time, I think that they have changed their nature, and have become something else than what they were originally designed to be. I don't think they do the good nor fulfil the purposes which their founders, Lord Brougham and other philanthropic men, intended. They have become rather places for lectures upon abstract questions instead of useful subjects. I could wish myself, if I might give a word of advice to the working men belong ing to those institutions, to take them into their own hands. (Hear, hear.) They are mechanics' institutes, and I should prefer very much indeed that mechanics them selves should be the lecturers at those institutions. I should like to know whether a man like Mr. Fairbairn, who is a practical nu ehanic, would not give a far better lecture than the most profound man from King's College, London (hear, hear), because he has got the practical knowledge combined with the theoretical. If mechanics' institutions are to do any good, mechanics must take them into their own hands, be their own managers, form their" own committees, and make them entirely their own They must not look to any people of con- institutions lit must mal sequence to be connected with them them entirely mechanics' institutes for their own advance ment. (Loud cheers.) CORRESPONDENCE. [ll 7 e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of spondents.l Lichfield Yarmoutl Misty Mc Hop :Mere Arbour.... sporting flteltigeart RAGING FIXTURES Lady Falcone Difamoad Misty nor Interest Greta . AUGUST' HEADINGTON-HILL STAN. 29 I Totness ani 30 Derby Sun TRIAL STAKES Woodburn La Victinie Maid of the Mis' OXFORD STA MEMBER'S PLATE Eight rat STOCKTON RACES, BIENNIAL STAKES Five ra JUVENILE STAKES, Thirteen ran HARRY FOWLER STAK: STOCKTON,-THURSD. MANDALE TRIAL. Birdcaoe ........ La Hollandaise Five ran, CLEVELAND STAKES, Umpire High Treason Twelve rar Dilkoosh Four ran AINTREE TROTTING RACES THURSDAY The events which have for many months past been a looked forward to, have far exceeded the most sanguir tations of their promoters, and, although they have re ankce nags ,xiously Le expec- ulted in iven the utmost satisfaction to all, by setting at rest the often mooted question of which had the superiority, the American or English trotting horse. The style in which the English mare, the Daw, defeated the extraordinary cracks sent over from the Atlantic, fairly puzzlea the owners, who looked unutterable things, and could scarcely credit their own eyes ' • in fact, they deemed losing an utter impossibility, and did not scruple to assert that they should be first and second. The company was immense; the novelty of the day's sport attracting out many who do not care to see legitimate racing. Punctually at one o'clock the start took place. or The AINTREE STAKES of 2 sous each, 15 added, for British bred horses only, under 14 hands, that have never won £5O. Oace round and a distance. 10 7 Mr. Nelson's br g Romance, Mr. Campbell 1 8 11 Mr. Baker's rin Old Jane (in harness) ...Richardson 2 8 12 Mr. Burbage's b g Debby Owner 3 10 8 Mr. Coggins's ch g Manchester Tommy Birchall 4 Alice, Iris, and Kit also ran.---Betting at starting : 6 to 4 against Romance, 6 to 4 against Old Jane, 6 to 1 against any other---The lot got well off at the first attempt ' Romance taking a strong lead, Old Jane taking second place, and Manchester Tommy the third, nothing else figuring in the race. Old Jane made an effort at the bottom of the course, but had no chance to reach Romance, (late Bouncer,) who won throughout, only the two being placed by the judge. The SEFTON STAKES of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added, for horses of all nations. The second to save his stakes. Heats. Twice round and a distance; about three miles. 10 7 Mr. Thornton nas Daw 11 6 Mr. Amines nas Dreadnought .P. Paget 1 1 .Baldwin 2 2 THE SHIP CLYMENE TO TIIE EZ Your report in the Northern Daily Times of this day, of the inquiry into the stranding of the ship Clymene on the Kish Bank, on the 3rd instant, held at St. George's Hall yesterday, before Mr. Preston, deputy stipendiary magistrate, is slightly inaccurate, with regard to the decision arrived at by Mr. Preston, and his nau tical assessor, Captain Harris, inasmuch as Captain Har rison's certificate was not returned to him, and Mr. Preston observed he should send it with his report to the Board of Trade, with a strong recommendation to have it returned as soon as possible to Captain Harrison, as he (Mr. Preston) and his assessor considered that a severe reprimand by the board would sufficiently meet the justice of the case.---4 am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM TYNDALT 8, North John-streef 9A E NORTHERN DAILY TIMES SIR,- - v, Aug. .o, 1859 + COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the Royal Family, attended by the Ladies and Gen tlemen in Waiting, arrived at 'Osborne on Tuesday morning from Aldershott Camp. His Royal Highness the Duke of Nemours arrived on Wednesday on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen' having . determined this year to perform that portion of her journey to the Highlands between London and Edinburgh during the night, the directors of the Great Northern Railway were last week instructed to make the necessary arrangements for her Majesty's con venience ; and Mr. Seymour Clark, general manager of the Great Northern line, has received the royal approval of his proposed time table for regulating the prsgress of the Queen's journey. The train will consist of three royal saloons, with the usual number of first-class carriages and luggage breaks. The saloons will be fitted up in the French style, with mattresses and sofas, for the con venience of their occupants. The royal party will in clude the Queen and the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, the Prince Arthur, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa. The suite in attendance upon her Majesty and his Royal Highness will consist of Lady Churchill, General the Hon. Charles Grey, Sir Charles Phipps, the Hon. Horatio Stopford, and Major Elphinstone. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey will be the Secretary of State in attendance upon her Majesty. The hour fixed for the Queen to leave King's-cross station is nine o'clock on Monday even ing. The royal party is expected to reach Edinburgh at ten minutes after eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, and proceed through the park to Holyrood Palace. The Queen will remain in Edinburgh during the day, and sleep at Holyrood on Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, at nine o'clock, the royal journey northwards will be resumed. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, on Wednesday, from the Governor of Canada. AN OLD LADY.—The commissary of police of the district of the Rue Vivienne was, on Wednesday, called in to record the sudden death of an old lady named Freville, occupying a room on the Boulevard des Italiens, and to his surprise he learned that she was not less than 104 years of age. It is believed that her death, which took place very quietly, was hastened by the fatigue she underwent in remaining for a length of time at her window, on the 14th, to see the troops pass ; bat, in spite of all that could be said to her, she persisted in seeing the spectacle to the end, because, she said, it re minded her of the triumphal entry into Paris of General Bonaparte and the army of Italy, upwards of fifty years ago. FATAL ACCIDENTS TO TOURISTS.—" A sad affair," says the Paris Union, "has occurred at Bagneres de Luchon, in the Pyrenees. An English clergyman, the Rev. Mr. B—, an archdeacon, on Friday last ascended with some friends and a guide the .mountain called the Col du Port de Venasque. Arrived nearly at the top, where visitors generally stop, he resolved to go to the very summit, though told that the ascent was dangerous, and he went alone, refusing to allow even the guide to accompany him. Hours passed away, and he did not return. Nothing having been seen or heard of him up to Monday, several guides were sent out to search, and after some time discovered his dead body dreadfully mutilated at the bottom of an abyss near the Port de Venasque. The rev. gentleman, who was to have set out on Monday for England, was a great pedestrian, and bad ascended Mont Blanc." FIRST HEAT.—Butcher Boy, 12st ; Lady Godiva, 12st 3113 s ; Lady Temple, 13st; and Jack Itossiter, lOst 2lbs, also started. . . —Betting :sto 4 on Mountain Boy ; to to 1 Mountain Boy led past the stand the first mediately passed by the Daw, who never a: any other.— e, but was im terwards gave the stain Boy seemed 6tedly, Jack nearly bolting others a'eliance. Jack Itossite] shy of the crowd and broke rep Mom SECOND HEAT.-6 to 4 es. the Daw. Lady Temple, Lady Godiva, and Butcher Boy were drawn. Jack Itossiter's owner seemed bent on mischief, and went away with a strong lead, which he held for the first lap, and improved on passing the stand the second time. Between the stand and the stable turn Mountain Boy and the Daw cannoned, the latter nearly coming to grief. Jack and the Daw were in close company at the bottom of the coarse, and raced neck and neck to the distance, when the American horse had had enough of it, and com menced galloping, the Daw winning by ten lengths. Jack Roe siter, Dreadnought, and Mountain Boy went in harness. Jack was declared distanced. Time : 8m 42 sec. The CROXTETH STAKES of 5 sovs each, h ft, with 50 sovs added; for British bred horses only. Heats twice round and a distance. 12 1 Mr Ammes's Lady Godiva, P. Cameron 1 1 10 7 Mr Moffitt's Sail& Jack Richardson 1 4 Peggy, lOst 91bs ; Little Fanny, list 131bs 9st 71bs, also started. FIRST HEAT.—Betting : 2 to 1 agst Tommy, sto 2 agst Sailor Jack, sto 1 agst Lady Godiva, 8 to 1 agst Peggy.—lmme diately the flag fell, Tommy (in a sulk) took a strong lead, Sailor Jack being second. At the back of the course Lady Godiva took second place to Tommy, everything els* being out of the race. On ente•ing the straight the second time, the two were abreast, and made a splendid display, until half way up the distance, when Tommy broke up, and the mare won very easily by ten lengths. Time :Pm 6 see. and Tommy, SECOND HEAT.-2 to 1 on Lady Godiva ; no other named. Sailor Jack made the running for a short distance, when Lady Godiva got to his quarters, and the two raced together for nearly a mile, both going at their best pace. On reaching the Stand the second time, Lady Gocliva drew ahead, and after passing the stable turn had her opponents safe. Tommy over reached himself at the bottom of the course, and Paget pulled him up. Time : 9 m 6s. The KNOWSLEY STAKES of 3 sous each, with 25 added, for British-bred horses only. Once round and a distance 11 subs. 12 0 Mr. Holt's Maid-of-all-Work 10 7 Mr. Lupton's Charlie 12 0 Mr. Moffitt's Butcher Boy Ambrose 1 Birchall 2 Richardson dis. Betting : Even on Butcher Boy, 4 to 1 against Maid-of-all- Work. The favourite made all the running, and won with the most perfect ease. On returning to the scale, Richardson was found to be short of weight, and the race was awarded to Maid-of-all-Work. • jLL The day's sport terminated at half-past six o'clock, and cer tainly was never excelled on Aintree, or, indeed, any other racecourse. CRICKET. On Wednesday last, a match was played between the Royal Institution and the Collegiate Institution Clubs, on the ground of the latter, wnich resulted in favour ‘, Collegiate Insti tution by 24 runs. The followin,- of the s the seor COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION J. Garnett, b Mill ' E. Menlove, b Mill W. B. Erwing, b Mill Ll. Jones, b Hopley Rev. W. C. Green, b Mill J. S. Pater, c Mill b Hopley H. J. Peel, c Mill b Kirby P. J. Ramsay, b Mill T. C. Hughes, b Kirby E. S. Peel, not out p G ra ham, e Pierce b Mill Byes, 8 ; wicks, 3 ; leg byes, 4 E. Menlove, st Hopley, b Mill W. B. Irving, b Mill LI. Jones, b Mill Rev. W. C. Green, b Hopley J. S. Pater, e and b Mill H. J. Peel, b Mill P. J. Ramsay, b Hopley J. C. Hughes, b Mill B. S. Peel, run out D. Graham, not out Byes, 4 ; wides, 11 ..... ROYAL INSTITUTION H. Duguid, b Irving A. Foster, b Irving It. Kirby, e and b Irving J. Mill, b Irving Hopley, run out Ashcroft, c Ll. Jones, b Irving D. Lewis, b Garnett Pierce, b Garnett ................ Nugent, not out Campbell, c and b H. Peel A. Pick, run out Byes, 18 ; wides, 4 ; leg byes, 2 11. Duguid, b Irving A. Foster, b 11. Peel R. Kirby, b Irving J. 31ill, H. Peel, b Irving ~ Ilopley c, LI. Jones, b Irving Ashcroft, b Irving D. Lewis, b H. Peel Pierce, not out Nugent, run out Campbell, run out A. Pick, b Irving Wides, 4; leg byes, 3