Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-30 00:00:00

CORRESP We do not hold onrselvc., responsible for t4c ep4 our ea OUR Itl - ,EMEN Six, —Participating, as I desire to do, of pleasure and satisfaction which the sight splendid band of Volunteer Rifles must have Cf the bosom of every trao son of Li venture to desire even a further display of and imposing evolutions, which I am so fai our young. and spirited townsmen could effect as Sir C. Napi( the other day Sol, I would those warlike ;onvinced 'lt is not alto- practice for riflemen to ma Their particular province, on the contrary, is to disperse themselves—shelter behind trees, regiments of the li rocks, high grass, &c., & in fact, any impediment that ;onceal them, and afford an opportunity for bringi have to do, I cannot understand the object of exhibiting them in close rank, with a brass band and dense columns. Bearing in mind their use as described above. it would seem to me that the right method of giving their fellow townSmen of Liverpool an idea of what the Rifle Volun- .eers were for, wou for t o spreac out in some convenient locality—Bold-street for instance —and there taking possession of lamp-post after lamp post, and all the little bye places' and alleys in the neighbourhood, to advance from point to point until they had gained possession of the entire street of cows, firinz.,freasional shots against the imaginary enemy. kiii . eeeding would at once give Liverpool a right idea of what its defenders could de ; and 't doubt not would confirm those feelings of confidence and trust in its defence which it is so neccessary should be paramount in the hearts and feelingi in the inhabitantS of . itch an exposed maritime town as Liverpool i Gr.o. VOLUNTEER CAVALRY CORPS FOR LIVERPOOL. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES SIR.,--I took the liberty of addressing a few words to yeti, a day or two ago, on this subject, and as you kindly inserted them in your paper, for the benefit of those interested in the subject,--and who is not now to express a hope that no delay will occur, on th part of those whose imperative duty it is to take th initiative, in organising a Volunteer Cavalry Corps for Liverpool. The leading journal is within the truth, with reference to the French proposal for a general disarm —allow ME meat, and any attempt to' turn it to account in checking would be that e Intrusted with .fire.a, asserts that Engladcl fit to bl Ind it ought to be so,—for, undoubtedly insulting French proposal is nothing less attempt. s the Times says, to ' administer a cooli We have, indeed, no alternative but to use every de spatch in forwarding and completing our grand National Guard of Volunteers in every arm of millitary service— cavalry included. And if we set to work with redoubled energy, not only will every man in England, fit to bear arms, be iNit4VED before Easter, but they will also, in some measure bein.a.SieriX:their drill exercise, and read to fall into their places in the volunteer rani s and march the word of command with promptitude and preci is called at Easter next ? Why should materials are at hand, and they only need the right All the t,linw. There is no great,—c( surmountable—nhstaele in +b. way; and tl amply repay the troubiD aitu cue cost of ge such a fine bo, this district can already boast of, lam quite sure the ladies of Liverpool and neighbourhood would approve the sight of such a magnificent cavalcade as would speedily assemble, while their bright smiles and heartfelt applause would acknowledge the bravery and patriotism of what would, undoubtedly, be the most imposing, as well as, vould be as con- ft of our young tacle would be gratifyie and in other im- dlow the ;rase a powE enemy cm ; and this is a cons ated, and the prop desideratum in some respects, the most useful, teers. Moreover, the parade and d ducive to the health chant princes and above and beyond body of volunteer horse as the s portant places in the empire, whit example of Liverpool, could not ft influence upon the calculations of ing an invasion of t tion too important to I ly over- must not be lost sight of, unt is supplied. "To I men of Liverpool, and show the country and the WOT that we are prepared at all hands to defend our he and homes. I hope, in a few days, to'see an am ment of the preliminary steps being taken for organising a " Liverpool Volunteer Cavalry Corps."--I am, &e. Liverpool, 29th Nov., 18a. W. M. EXPORTS OP ounce- —ln their statistical table of coal exports from the United Kingdom, Messrs. W. & H. Laird, of,Liverpool, state that during the month of October the total exports of coal from the northern ports were 311,753 tons; from Yorkshire ports, 30,106 tons; from Liverpool, 30,832 tons; from Severn ports, 136,290 tons; and 30,634 tons from Scotch ports. The total exports amounted to 539,615 tons; the total increase over the corresponding month of last year being 90,285 tons. EXTENSIVE INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR SHIP PING AT LIVERPOOL.—The demand for shipping at Liverpool has during the last week been of a most ex citing- character, and one feature of the sales is the absence of speculative purchasers. Prices, too, for good vessels are remunerative, and one firm alone (Messrs. R. A. Munn and Co.) sold no less than 8,000 tors of ships, including a first-class iron sailing vessel, of 1,300 tons burden, now- in course of construction on the Dee. The price paid for the ship was most satisfactory to the sellers ; and in nearly all cases the majority of the pur chases were made for the trade. AfinIDER AT. ST. HELENS.--On Monday, an inquest waii lieid at the Hawk and Buck public-house, at Peas ley Cross, near St. Helens, before C. E. Driffield, Esq., coroner, on the body of John Canary, a- labourer, twenty-eight years of age, who died on- Sunday morn ing last, from inflammation of the brain, arising from a fracture of the skull, produced by Ellen Luney, n mar ried woman, residing in that neighbourhood. During a quarrel on the 29th ultimo, she struck him a violent blow on the head with a spade, causing a severe frac ture of the skull.—The jury returned a verdict of " Wil ful murder" against the woman, who was accordingly committed for trial at the next Liverpool assiz e s. On , H I G HWA Y ROBBERY AT BOLTON. Monday, at the Borough emit, Bolton, three desperate looking fellows, named Michael. Sexton, Patrick Dakan, and Patrick Murphy, were charked with highway robbery. About half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night, an elderly man named John Ranson, in the service of the Telegyaph Company, was passing down Newport-street. The prison ers accosted him nearthe York Hotel. Re avoided them as well as hecould, and walked on rapidly. They followed him, and when he got to the railway bridge they threw him down, forceddirt into his mouth; kicked him severely, and robbed him of two half-crowns and one shilling. A brickmaker, named Edward Boardman, came up at the time, and interfereiLto protect the complainant, when Dakan threw his arm round Boardman's- neck, and at tempted to throw him down, whilst Murphy struck him in the face, and Sexton kicked him. Boardman strug gled with Dakan and they fell together, Dakan upper most. At this time the police were heard approaching, and Murphy and Sexton made off, but Boardman stuck to the other prisoner till he was taken into custody. The police had seen the three together a short time be fore, and, knowing them, they were apprehended soon after. They were committed for trial at the next Liver- SELECT VESTRY, The fortnightly meeting of the SelectWestry was held yesterday 'forenoon, in the board-row at the parish offices, Brownlow-hill. The Rev. Rector Campbell pre- and the other members presept were Owen, Smith, Critchley, Scott, Peak, 11, Whitty, Bairstow, Cafferata, 3vford, W WORKIIOUSE COMMITTEI -THE CORN MILLS AND FEMALE EMPLOYMENT The proceedings of this committee having been r as recommendations to appoint an hospital cl e of Mr. Taylor, and .a nurse in the place of ie said if gentlemen would allow him to say a few bout a letter which appeared in the morning papers yesterday, he should be much obliged to them. (Hear, hear.) At the beginning of last week, he re- ceived a letter from a friend of his, in which he stated that there was a gentleman in Liverpool who bad lought the most serious charges against the officers of the Workhouse. at least, if not of cruelty, of hars linrch trositment hninn , in nermittinv N a treatme labour unsuited to females, and the neglect being that the wheat, the article alluded to, was very inferior, indeed, and not fit to be ground for bread. He felt it his duty to write to thaigentleman and tell him that he thought there was a mistake; He felt sure that the gentleman, on visiting the house last spring, had seen things under an unfavourable aspect, autl 11e expr sire to explain the system in the workhouse, and to meet him at the establishment one day last week. y, met accordingly ; went . through the department of is.; and the gentleman made great complaints, t the wheat and the flour was - very inferior. rekeeper, on-the other hand, said the wheat was good, arid the storekeeper was the guide by which the com mittee went. A sample of the wheat was submitted to the Workhouse Committee last week, and it was unanimously condemned as not being the same as the sample. The Workhouse Committee did Rot wish to pledge them- s as to tte quality, but they felt sure it was not the same as the sample, and, therefore, the wheat had been refused, and it had since been taken away. The gentleman, however, proceeded, in his letter, to refer to is of the house, and to question the manner in which the idiots were attended to. He (Mr. Cropper) was sure there was no desire to shield anything from the fullest investigation. They wanted to make the paupers as comfortable as they could. They wished to provide a home for those who could not take care of hey derived their income— o show this gentleman t Hots ; and that it would be ae building, every shade of , m simple idiots. They were irt was very frivolous. As to the to give any explanations, he ways willing to explain any- to any gentleman coming to the house. However, r. Cropper) complained of this gentleman bringing the public in the way he had done. In he gentleman said he (Mr. Cropper) was If the board, which he was not; and he 4- a say that he did not meet with the airman .opper) e whole thing was a sadly ,d if the gentleman had any- xurnped up complaint ; it tbd% lotfpr hoinrr tion to that effect He say Mr. BA York or Leeds Mr. WHITTY Mr. Cx entleman "Le dates fr nan wished to to the Po e would o in the pl .ng. The whole letter should be t termined purpose of everybody, an ,ding fault with -every thi: o had made some of most e bAsiERAra. considered that the , employn women at the mills was one of the most valuable parts of the establishment. It gave the women labour, and it afforded them sufficient means to maintain the The workhouse was not a place to be made of eas Id hare numbers corning in to get si ch a comforta- ble place. (Hear, hear.) He had seen the great diffi culty which had been eiperienced before the present governor was appointed of having an efficient and suita ble employment for women ; but he thought the mills the most valuable portion of the establishment, The CHAIRMAN said it was stated thai the work at the mills was such as women should not be put to. W as that their opinion ? (Cries of " No, no.") After some further conversation it was referred to, the Workhouse Committee to take up the subject ant pro-. pare a report ; and the general proceedings were con- firmed INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.-'THE RELIGIOUS CLASSIFICATION OF THE BOYS The proceedings of this committee inchided a recom mendation to appoint Mr. Savage as assistant school master, with the addition of five pupil teachers. Mr. BAIRSTOW moved the confipnation of the pro ceedings. MC. CASTERATA called attention to the ease of a boy who was entered as a Proiestant having refused to attend the Protestant worship. He wished to ask the reason why the boy was, in consequence, sent back to the workhouse ? Mr. BAJESTOW explained that .the boy. was entered as a Roman Catholic ; but his mother, who was now in prison, had sent a written request to have him classified as a Protestant. This was done ; but the bey,. who was 11 years of age, declared that he ,would he nothing but a Catholic. The committee, in obedience to the general instructions of the Poor Law Boa r d, h a d th ere f or e transferred him to the workhouse. The CH AIRmLN—Is he an intelligent boy ? s - Mr. BAlRSTOW—Apparently. The CHAIRMAN —He know s w h a t he is about ? Mr."BAlßSTOW—ApparentlY o; ffit The OtIIMAN thought if tha:t were so, the boy might ,be allowed to remain as a Roman Catholic. (Hear,. hear.) Mr. WHirr - r doubted whether the mother was sincere in her request, as persons in her situation endeavoured to make a character for themselves, by assuming an appearance of sanctity, in order to , procure a diminution of the term of imprisonment. Mr. Satchell, at the committee, had suggested that the woman might possi bly be sincere, and he instanced the case of the penitent thief; but it weakened his argument that he was obliged to go so far back for an illustration. ,Pro bably the relatives of the boy would make an appli. ES AGE s ,were in expellir s Engldi y did for 1 Was a death chided _by ob- NORTHER - DAILY TIMES. cation to get the boy out of the workhouse, and so relieve the vestry of the difficulty. - APPOINTMENT OF A VESTRY s of this. committee embraced a resolu- "such appointmen notice from any LVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YEsTERDAY, Ire J. - S. MANSPIEI,I), STABBING.—Martin Grimes,. an Albert Dock labourer, was brought up en the . charge of . assaulting a person ti andstabbing,him in the lip with a ilnek appeared - for -the prisoner. It .e had- been some ill named James Mean pentnift existing both went into a public house, where they had some hey quarrelle le result Bluek coniendea , that the pre tutor was y - injured, r to-be di§cl: his worship to a lyordered him to entel.his awn recog- nisances in the sun'i Of £2O to keep the peace for twelic Or SHOPLIFTING .Emma Robinson, rathe ,man was pereha'hoots from. the shop of ilfr.'N‘Lennan, Whitechapel. Mr. Binck appear( he account given of the affair by M for the 'defence. M'Lennan's shopinan was, that on the previous evenin o a boot whic e produced, and said his'mother give him - its fellow unless he had thO other, which he despatched him for. On the return of the lad, he made answer de- terminedio give the bOY into custody, who, hoviever, did not afford him an opportunity, as -he seized the first favourable moment tOrua off. Information was given to the pOlice, and the mother of the lad was apprehended at her residence. A young woman, in the service of Mr. MfLennan, said that the prisoner was in the shop on Saturday evening, and Was left in it for some time alone. Mr. , Bluck said that. this was one of 'the most extraordinary cases he ever knew. He consi dered it -very if tho had stolen the boots, Sr ---" her -‘ ,Lie would have sent her sbn to the same establish ment to have them exchauFed within an hour after, and there was thns more reliance to. be placed upon the statement made by the prisoner that she bought the boots from a man whom she met in Sir Thomas's buildings. .Mr. 'Mansfield said he took the same view of the case as Mr. Black, and ordered the prisoner to be discharged. • ROEitERY 1W A SERVANT GlRL.—Three prisoners were placed in the dock, named Sarah Martin, James. Martin, and Jane Martin, the first on the charge of stealing a gold watch, chain, and ring, and the two' latter on the charge of receiving the same. It appeared that the girl was in the service of. Miss Rogers, 50, lluskisson-street, and on the morning of Wednesday last absconded, taking with her the above-named articles, value £25. The police had been searching for her.ever since, and only apprehended her yesterday, in the hthise of a brother-in-law, in a court in St. Andrew-street, The ring has been recovered, but not the least trace has been discoVered as to where the watch and chain have Several witnesses were called, to Seeing the articles in the possession of the ptisoner who deposed The ease e was accordingly se it for trial NT Y COURT. -YESTERDAY. (Before J. K. BLAIII Judge.) FINANCE COMMITTEE. Thu proceating ion to the effeet.that, inthe even :nation as yes his place, at a salary of £'soo a year Sing determinable by three months' The CHAIRMAN object resolution, as illegal; and, resolution was passed, omitting the wo three months' notice loft ; ar. that some provision would be made for that ge] ning was appointed in Mr. nagger's pl alary of £230 a year This concluded the business Wore --••••-• LECTURE ON CROMWEI nexion with the Young Meri's Christian Association. The casion was very considerable. - The title of the discourse was " Cromwell and his Age—A Study ;" and the mas terly manner. in which the subject was treated elicited frequent applause_ . . „ . 'the lev7o. WINSLONV, in his opening remarks, served that until the day of the:general regurrection, which will form #ho aria anhlimest act in the great rlronin of Ij-in;rnria 9 C tian4. 1-10-r1 Him whose ,government extends to all things that cer tain epochs - in human history should be marked by what Milton termed a resurrection of reputation, in which the names, characters, and ideas of the illustrious and good long .entombed and well nigh forgotten, and whose monuments and tombs were crumbling to decay, should be called back from the deep oblivion of the past, and Should live in amore agreeable age, In soliciting the attendance of the audience to a kind of - moral dis interment of Cromwell, he was not insensible of the difficulties of the task he had selected. No individual in history presented a more perfect type of:his age; he was created for his times, and was created, by his times. With the particulars of his.carly life he would assume his audience were familiar. Milton said he sprang from a glorious family, whilst the royalists of his time 'delighted in recording the fact that his father was a brewer, and that his mother continued the business, when left in widowed loneliness to struggle for a young and numerous family. At seventeen, Cromwell was sent to Cambridg,e, - where he made great proficiency in the Greek and German classics. He then, it is said, com menced his studies at Lincoln's Inn, but of this, how `here was no proof. It is clear, however, that .rly life he yielded to the softer passions, and wedded zobm .l- . "' "lumrliter of Sir James Bowcher. After talc uaue, his marriage he returned with his bric ai ttllnf cation - of his children, The age in which Crornw was an age of intense religious eicitement. Religious enthusiasm prevailed at that time to a much greater extent than at any other period since the first dawn of the Reformation. Religion was with princip . . notion but a reality. , It was the great business and battle of his life. ' He exchanged the attractions of his peaceful house for the conflicts and dangers of public life, and whether his eloquence - guided the deliberations of the senate or his sword was raised in defence of his viztorious legion; the advancement of religion was the subject of his ambition ; it was the cause he espoused and the principle he defended. It was a fact in Ororn well's history but little known that long before the cir cumstances passed meditated a retiren more perfect free& kinsman, had even the New World: t' the white sails 'lle had seriously e, and to seek for [I, He, along with bound foi loosened 1 Ranir, roluvrqi, + 1 England Cromw€ The lec until the Charles y , was Popery— it essent at t fforthv t the f if Cron'. amore spiritual, vcning nish their weap Alread asting s stitution was grappling vbri principle was opposing er and darkness was. strPi, or, error W go4en in this f depended a OCKi ;liened s and bigot] [ct.—The anddisplired age, •ir'd thews, millet, had begun. In itation, mind with mind, confounding truth should be for- on of England irer resumed his seat amid -----0----- THE KIND OF HONOUR 'OBSERVED AMONG THIEVES. —At the Salford petty sessions on Monday, Thomas Donnoley was brought up by police-constable Har greaves, charged 'with stealing five sovereigns, the property of James Matthews, at the Stanley Arms, Broughton-road,. on Sattirday morning. The prose ' ctitor and defendant had been in the New Bailey as prisoners, and an acqUaintanee had there sprung up between thern. The' prosecutor's time had been up first, and he had come to meet the prisoner on Saturday morning, when he cam&out, He then took him to the Stanley Arms to treat him. Prosecutor pulled out the when prisoner snatched the sovereigns out of - his 'hands and ran away ; 'and, being. followed, he swallowed four of them before he could be .prevented. None of 'these have' _yet been recovered.—The prisoner was remanded. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN GLOUCESTER SHIRE.—On Saturday night a most awful murder was committed at North Nibley, near Dursley, Gloucester shire. It appears that a young man, named John Sheppard, who for some years was in the county of Gloucester police force, but, having left that, had joined the Monmouthshire forc e , which he left , about three months ago, had been keeping' company with a young woman, named Eliza Smitham, who resided at North' Nibley. Sheppard went to the above place, and find* that his supposed sweetheart was 'engaged to another young man, who resided at Durs ley, he called at the house and said he wished to speak to, her. She came out, and some conversation took hlace beiween them, after which she ret urne d t o -th e ouse. Approaching the window to iron sonic _shirts, slie thought she heard footsteps and pulled the curtain aside, and, seeing Sheppard, exclaimed, "What do You want there ?' No' sooner were the words uttered 'than Sheppard fired a gun, and she fell a corpse. Her father rushed out, but the wretch had `made his escape. After tlie - discharge of the gun nothing could be found of Sheppard, and search was instantly made, -but without success until half-past seven or eight'• o'clock the next morning (Sunday); when he was discovered in a small orchard - with. the halt i9f his face, including the nose, shattered 'in ntiost fearful: manner. He was at once conveyed to the Virhite,Hart, and medical assitance procured, and now he lies in a very precarious state. An examination of the. pla.ce where he was found was made, and it is supposed that, he had shot hiMielf in a Shed about fifteen yardA from where he was lying, for blood was on some straw contained in the shed and over wed) was 1 t will be 100 original cases each day except Friday, ?od December, when there will be about 150 or 200 .g the fort- loan society cases. • Thursday, the Bth, is fixed for hear ing cases of £lO and upwards, and on Friday the 9th, the adjourned cases will be heard. LINGARD v. WIGNALL.—This was an action brought the plaintiff by the defendant in consequence of loss sus tained, by the plaintiff, being obliged to resell a pony which he had bought with a verbal warranty from the defendant for the sum of £l4. Two witnesses were produced who deposed that the plaintiff had been assured at the time he bought the pony that it was free from vice; but, after one or two trials, it was found that it "jibed;" and would not go on at times without being led. For these reasons it had been sold by the defendant, and in the transaction lost the sum now claimed. The defence was that Mr. Wignall had only bought the pony a short time before he sold it, and his reason for selling it was because it was too large for his phaeton. He tried it only once and found it stopped; but, at the time of sale, 'he told the plaintiff so ; and, therefore aute the nonv Wag sold as it was 142) umld. _A_ The plaintiff' TAE GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE OP 1860.—Tholigh the, total eclipse of the sun which is to take place next . year will not be visible in England, it will' be accompanied by BO many interesting phenomena; that we think a brief account of what those who may be more fortunately situated may expect to see, will be of, interest to our readers. The eclipse will commence in California, and terminate on the borders of the Red Sea. Passing along about the 60th degree of latitude, and quitting the American continent at Hudson's Strait, it will cross the Atlantic to the Spanish shore, and for some minutes - -thing like one-fourth of Spain will be in total The shadow will continue its course over Africa, crossing the Nile to the north of Dongola, and finally quitting the earth in Ethiopia. During the eclipse, the planets Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will be visible together, arranged in the form of a rhoniboid, an occurrence, so rare, that some centuries will elapse befqre such a spectacle can . be witnessed again ; indeed; the eclipse itself will be of a character that will be unequalled during the present century.— The Photographic News. THE CHURCH I darkness ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-Eln.—There was a marked change for the better (says the Times of Monday) in the behaviour of the congregation at the evening service in the church of St. George's-in-the- East. The attendance was scarcely so large as on most previous occasions during the unhappy disturbances, though there were not less than 2,000 people present. Half of them, at least, were very young men and women, having the appearance of shop-boys and domestic ser vants, and what unseemly conduct there was chiefly pro ceeded from that class. Some time before the 'service space between the communion-rails and thi pulpit, the quarter in which the opposition has been always principally manifested, was crowded as usual, and the officiating clergyman, attended by the choristers, had to conduct the ministrations with a standing mass of people pressing upon them on every side. Some 30 or 40 of, the local divisional police were again on duty, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Howie, ' inside and outside the church, but nothing occurred to call for the exercise of their authority. It is true that, at the close of the rector's Litany service in the after noon, the Hey. Mr. Lowder, ono of the curates, who had conducted it, was followed some distance, on leaving the church, by a mob of people, whose conduct was such as to render necessary the interference of the police, which had the desired effect of dispersing the crowd. At the' evening service most of the people congregated in the chancel appeared to be partisans of the clergy, ,judging from the lusty manner in which they took part in the chanting, and hence the service proceeded only with such interruptions as emana ted from those who insisted upon " saying" rather than singing it, and from others who now and then elpressed their disapproval in a hiss, or in fits of coughing and jeering. The point of .attraction being the chancel, the rest of the congregation in the galleries and the body of the church were all hors de combat, as it were. They appeared to be a mixed multitude, mostly young - people, whose attendance was due rather to a feeling of idle curiosity than to any wish to take part in the devotions. Yet, from the marked attention they paid ,to the sermon, which was preached by the net A. H. Mackonochie, one of. the curates— an attention, indeed, which. may be said to have been literally extorted from 'an unsympathising and. thought less audience by the singular earnestness of the preacher and the fervour and persuasiveness of the appeal he addressed to their hearts and consciences—it may be reasonably believed they returned better than they came, and with minds awakened to the necessity of leading an innocent and pious life. Once, during the dis course, some little , interruption took place by a woman being carried out fainting from among the crowd in the chancel, a 'circumstance which the evilly disposed sought to convert into an open disturbance, but the preacher never for an instant paused, and the attention of his auditory, distracted for a moment, wits won back to his stirring and affectionate address, which was all the more effective in that it was wholly' extempore. It was a noteworthy circumstance , that 'the lessons were read last night from the old-fashioned read ing-desk---a concession to the popular feeling which the congregation seemed to appreciate. At the close, of .the service, however, as Mr. Mackonochie t urne d hi s f ace t o the east on the ascription of praise to the Trinity, there was the customary hiss; but the people immediately afterwards departed from the church in an orderly man ner, and their demeanour, on the whole, presented a decided improvement on that of former occasions. :ran the op, THE GREAT EASTERN. The following report of the official surveyors appointed to survey the Great Eastern has been published : "Great Edstern Steam Ship, Holyhead, Oct. 18. " compliance with your request, We have made a complete survey of the Great Eastern, but, not, having had time to prepare our detailed report, we beg to submit the following remarks upon the points referred to in your letter, and some others which we think it important you should bring under the le 4 consideration of the board :—With reference to the ;hat Mr. Russell alleges that his con- tract is completed, we mark that the hull of th ship to which our survey has been specially directed gines) is not completed either as (exclusive of the CT [le general scope' or detai Ls of the contract, t-class passenger ship, such as those of Canard's line or the Royal West India Mail Company, and that in heipresent state it would 1 arrive at le completion of the ship in all respects in lccordance with the contract. The amount must be very pe imprudent to send ha to lefinite opinion as to the cost of the works necessary We are unaVe to state the amount of damages aer to sea. We may consequent on tile aelay in sending, remark generally, that, with the exception of a few cabins, the accommodations are by no means equal to the requirements of a first-class passenger steamer, such ah Curiard's line or the Royal West India Mail steamers, but are very inferior—materials, workmanship, and furniture. The aceonaniOdatiOn for the officers and crew is by no means such as ought to have been provided and is re quired by the contract. The decks are not tight, and a great deal' of inferior material and workmanship has been used in. them. There is no heating apparatus for warming the cabins in winter. There is a considerable amount of Fork which is absolutely necessary to be performed before the ship can be trusted on a lengthened voyage across the Atlantic, which work would require 'a considerable time to execute in an efficient manner. ; and, even with this done, the ship would not be whit the contract requires her to be ; and deficiencies in other respects would be a constant source of expense and annoyance to the company.—We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants, " GEORGE BAYLEY, " WILLIAM PATTERSON, - _ tt jORN JORDAN. " Messrs. Montague, Leverson, and Hawley, 12, St. Helen's-iilaCe, London, E.C." ',GENERAL REMARKS ,ON THE STEAMSHIP GREAT EASTERN DECK, BEANS, AND PILLARING " The decks are of very inferior quality, and some of the planks are shaky and. defective, not well fastened nor of sufficient thickness for a ship of her magnitude. The openings in the decks are generally without suffi cient combings, and hatches and skylights are without gratings. The beams are of great length, and in many parts wide spaced, and evidently not sufficiently' supported by pillars and carlings, nor connected throughout with each other and the hull of the ship. Additional strength is required in the large cargo compartments forward ° and aft. 44 DECK FITTINGS " Mooring bollards, leading chocks and blocks, pin racks, belaying pins, topsail bitts, ring and eye bolts, are generally insufficient in number, size, and fastenings. Mooring bollards and leading chocks are required on the sponsons. The stays to the sponsons require ad ditional stays, about the middle of their length, to keep them stiff and in their place. Ports are required for stowing anchors. Ports for guns, properly fitted with ring and eye bolts for working the guns. Coaling and cargo ports, with proper fastenings ; present ones being insufficient and not secure. The side lights all require refitting with indiarubber. and a." 1 ;a". n'`' l A"'"" pipes Matte good to carry _water clear of the side, and proper scuppers throughout the ship to carry off the water from all the decks. The water-closet stools out side c are insecure and dangerous. The iron decks throughout, where the crew live, Should be covered with three-inch deal, and the sides lined with wood next all the bed places throughout the ship. The arrangements for taking the water from the several compartments, and the space between : the two skins to be so completed, that any one compartment can be cleared exclusive of others by the engines or by hand, if necessary, and all the valves and cocks to be so placed and fitted, as to be opened and shut from the decks. The joiners' work, materials, furniture, and fittings, are generally of an inferior description, and very slight first-class character . not at all of a " CAPSTAN AND ANCHOR WRAP a very slight for its extreme The shafting to fore caps. length, and the levers and shafts of the connec disconnecting gear of the capstan are already bent have given way through insufficiency. The riding bo and deck stoppers are generally fitted upon small and i sufficient and inferior timber; there are no hawse buck lers nor hawse plugs to any of the hawse holes forward or aft. The chain lockers require additional security. The steering gear is insufficient, and no spare tiller (of wood). Small rudder pendants must be fitted. There is no steam power for steering, as required in the contract, nor cargo winches tchwaTs, is no steam power for coaling purposes The screw ',shaft quite exposed, and when the hold is filled with cargo or stores wiltbe quite inaccessible. A sub'stantial pro tection should be made, so as to prevent danger when in motion. The five funnels require particular attention to have a sufficient " clearance" at the decks and wood work, to obviate the danger from fire to which they are liable. The waste steam and other pipes are not secured so as to be safe at sea. The funnels are only stayed to the combings, and are insecure and dangerous. There are no arrangements for sufficient ventilation and warm- ing throughout the ship. These remarks are to be taken in connection with our report of this day's date, addressed to Messrs. Montague, Leverson, and Hawley. " GEORGE BAYLEY WM.' PATTERSON JOHN JORDAN. "Holyhead, October 18." DEATH OF HENRY SMITH BRIGHT.— , OII Saturday morning last Henry Smith Bright, formerly an exten sive merchant 'of this place, and who was convicted of forgery in 1858, was found dead in his bed at Penton via Prison, where he was latterly serving his term of imprisonment.--Ifull Adimrtiser. A 4,000-TON SHIP ABOVE BRIDGE.—The unusual appearanoe of a hull of huge dimensions moored.off the Middlesex foot of Vauxhall-bridge has for some months past excited the curiosity of, the passers by, leading in some cases to the extravagant supposition that a ship of some thousands of tons is being built'so high up the river. The fact, however, that she lies .off the Baltic ship-breaking wharf at once explains her position. The Orinoco, one of 'the fleet' of the Royal' Mail Steam-packet Company, after a' brief career, has fallen a prey to the dry rot, and has been purchased by Mr. Castle, ship-breaker, for a sum exceeding £5,000. This, the largest ship that has been broken up in London, was built at Northfleet for the royal mail service ; her tonnage was 3;090 register, and about 4,500 burtlien, and her .dimensions 66 feet in length by .44 in breadth. As might be imagined, it was a , t.ask two bl arches of no inconsiderable difficulty to bring her to her final destination. The .first obstacle to be_ . p e T e c i on: t t n e pass was underto red the uce her .bridges, i d ges , height w h : s h u s h ffi we c a i hs e a n da tl e y ieno t Tn o fapet n , enable by the and skilful p ilots` to a r t ,in t,h o e va v l i olt r iv ia o .o of os b l t e ? r g, upper it:.s._i .o:dfeuic.igk ss the s ra a.ki g r paddle-boxesrapid then it require d all the tors are shown by the crumbling of of these .t Westminster, where, from resouYces of povq. direct Ner course demolition a d i of the hammer. til ilifiges of the dry rot in some of the progress, and th most important twok.,9 t tl e ie p w as o s r u t i o e f r. the 7 bur the wood at the stro NOVEMBER 30, 1859. NAVAL ARagiiNAt AND DOCKYARDS TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES Sln,—As the immediate want of an additioaal arsenal and dockyard on a large scale has been lately discussed in the London and provincial press, and many localities have been recommended, the Times to make some 81 gh the medium of .estions on the subject My proposal is that the dockyard and arsenal should be constructed on the land to the westward of Wallasey' Great Float at Birken- bong other reasons as now being completed have several long bridge, at the upper end of th head, for the followir 1. The Birkenhead doc the Mersey Dock Boaid, and ent: a depth of water on mean neap tides of )n mean spring ;, except on the lo and wick noes from the River Mersey, the large and wit bout 500 ft. long and 100 ft. wide of which hay( on the sill, and 30f ient depth in fa he Great Float affords 130 acres of wat ation, wit] a abou our miles of w —suet' are three large graving docks in course of constructs nft. water on the block! 700 ft. long each, to hav( the lowest ,nees 50ft., 60ft 1Y ill, 3. There is a large area of land at the western en d °1 the docks admirably adapted for the construction of wet o basins with building slips or dry docks in which build or repair vessels of war of the largest clag• _:4,s . - # p r ol. • 4. Stone, clay for •brickmaking, and other Ma on . for constructing docks and the nece s s ar y b u ildig g meted with dockyards or arsenals are to be had 011 spot and at a moderate cost As the docks now making by the Mersey B°3r7;e" „ o a cost of about £3,000,000 sterling, will afford 4 .1.;, water access of the best description to the works of 1111 , 1 , dockyard or arsenal constructed in the situation I ha ft ' described, a large. outlay will be saved to the G° cer i i - , men; and there is already up to the land proposed r3,oe way communication to and from all parts of kingdom 6. The north reserve, comprising about forty aer'_ . „ 6 , land on the north side of the g r eat ent ran ce to the d7„i is still unappropriated, and mi g ht by arrangement is.'` the Mersey Board be laid out for a dock or basin, lA I4 I at all times depth of water to float the largest men' war. Arrangements might also be made by the Go c j r ; ment with the Mersey Board for the use of any Pg" l , o of the Great Float, the graving docks, or land on 7 0 margin, they might require in addition to-the new O r above proposed. 7. The shores of the Mersey afford a most secure rrt Lion for a dockyard and arsenal, the entrance to th being? (though capable of admitting the largest vessel) -e f difficult of access to.. strangers and easily protected floating and land batteries and. gunboats. Besides , it i l s not likely that any hostile fleet can run up St . Georg" Channel, and pass Holyhead, without being telegraP li its approach. 43, or some timely notice yen of additional security, a for. kind could be constructe upon the suggested site fot which would command the entire disirict'suirouo or battery of the stroPi. I on Bidston-hill (abut° the dock -yard and arse the proposed works. Having paid considerable attention to the construe' of works of the kind suggested, and knowing the fivc ties that exist in the locality, I have no hesitatia, saying that an arsenal and dock-ya r d of the most p er ' character could be there completed at a moderate PC parative cost, and in three or four years. __; I am the more confident in expressing this oP lili t v he from the fact that in the immediate neighbouruood,ad Birkenhead docks, works of a much more eiten sive ios difficult character, are now bei ng com pl e ted to the P and under fhe cnperintend onee of Arr. J. 13 rfort l T engineer of the - Mersey 'Dock and Harbour Boara, " are to be entirelyt-finished in little mo re than fi ve 113 from. the date of the Act of Pa their construction tment passed autaori and facilities of various kin f employing inoretli c a i n vii 2, e o:6 men, was,constiveted years jam es to the Abernethy,plan§ . an . d . under the, s , u f p L er c tt d e o llence °' My own kyard, also, comprising four larg docks, and Many other reasons, might be Aduced in favour °' locality proposed, but I till conclude with one of importance, and which es ment of the kind sun hire side of t bially appliei to an es Bested; whethe Mersey arge numbers of skilled workmc he La I allude to t 1 in wood O. are now employed in Liverpool, Birkenhead, 3.1aue11.: and the neighbourhood, and three k shipping. port dditional mechar that- Liverpoo' a press doe set on or arsenal, or where, hands are wanted on an erl'e or mann seaman 4 1)`. I am, sir, your most_ obedien Birkenhead, Nov [The_pree 'eding 1 .3 COllll ,er appeared in yester.d9'lis great lc with a matt, have pleasure in it to our columns.—ED. N. a T.J. Merest, FRENCH & + A ENGLISH FRATERNIS:. 101 AT GIBRALTAR. , d The following is an extract from a letter , date ,ei? Majesty's ship Caesar, Gibraltar, November 18,1..700' in London on Saturday evenin g :—" One of shipmen went over to the French flagship Bret 7,,, rb Algesiras, with despatches, and was invited 'OO French officers to take wine. An invitation l g , 0 / given to the officers to dine on board th e C° ;; , , it was insisted that we should first dine wi th the, tO think the French admiral knew all about it, fo r ° c or following day he sent over one of his frigates sal'ibold flag with 21 guns, which was acknowledged from °ll,lO the Marlborough. Eight of our officers acceptedt; vitaton, and a right merry affair it proved• oe c a o following Monday, the officers from the Bret a g a jo e l us a return visit, including three officers hol°3l`stoo, o the . Alexandre. We had our gun-room Ml d 1 t for the occasion, and the iJlace was decorati;i3 French and English flags. Our tables wer e w o o :ff magnificently, and all kinds of toasts werel l ;,o s e ft 6 i drunk before dinner was half finished. Pre t f op - o sitting down to dinner the band played it The , 11 4 of Old England,' and after dinner the band ; $l/ 1 0 5 ' Rule Britannia,' followed by P ar tant I) o ° 4 e ° 5 , the whole of which were received with ' AD 0 4 , enthusiastic cheering, which was continued I:dete bated vigour as the loyal and patriotic toastsbe7p posed and responded to. The company on isPt r e retired to the main deck, whe re dancing yr 3 ! ile it e ° oo among us for several hours_ Before taking ` airt oer or the officers of the Alexandre invited us t° rs chii r e , board their vessel. This visit we paid en i f ilti , h ere P.,yl 10th, a nd after dining we repaired on deck, "tbott id p ara tions had. been made in grand style fora 111114 per f or mance. A Magnificent chandelier 05 r the centre, constructed with baYOnets mid and everything passed off i n the most agreesbla r 1 and cf. SuAcheßt EistuLkeVdo,"LAllTNbufTEE:—.4r—rßa.—harrshe gran fts dsoll - p voluuteercu soldier for the Chinese expedition. a i° i f Sta illf s 1 ANNOYING PITBLICITY.—The Ear.. 0- ~,. w b-- „Jo- , Warrington has contradicted a paragrard„ St<l . l :, fo' i been going,theroands,of the papers that -! ; f e t r ' , l o:l had challengediome lady to ride acroV r o ilegla„ V £5OO, which first appeared in the* a la dys 111 ; stated that the paragraph bad giVen h er him Self great annoyance,. AM $ 1 *Tilt t.ti of hee. OPP l°21);:l tre es itrt,7 t : 4 Or _ "'Or' 4/ V `-.• trt, 1W) a s tin b l tq' A lt q t