Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 years, LEWIS St CONIPANY, Ranelagh-Street. P o OBERT MIILLINER, (Successor to Goasr St Co.), (Late with Wm. Home, London), :CARRIAGE AND HARNESS MANUFACTURER, sg and GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, MANIITACTIIIIIIMOP BVZRY DZSCBTYTION OP FASHIONABLE CARRIAGES. °le Agent for the Patent Dioraples, for which a Prise Medal was awarded at the Ore.st Exhibition. ""'"A Great Variety of New and Fashionable CARRIAGES always on ;Tem, which are ready for immediate use. Estimates given for repairs. CARRIAGES TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Carriages sold by Corn- Good Standing on moderate terms. mission. Merchants suppllefl with Carriages for exportation on liberal arms. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ramlagh-street. Oan. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' dace, 2, Dale-street, 6 tons Buffalo Horns, 1 ton Bones, and a quantity of Hoofs.—Browne, Hunter and Co. At twelve o'clock, 20 tons Cromate of Ir.m, and 100 eases Cassia.— Cox Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Ansley-buildings, Oldhall street, 2.660 Ox and Cow Horns.—Rooke, Okell and Spence. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 2L Tithebarn-street, 76,000 Ox and Cow Horns, and 5 hhds. Cattle Bones.—lsaac Hadwen,j,,n. and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 3, Exchange-alley 292 bags Bombay Saltpetre.—J. B. Thomson and Co. At twelve o'a!ock, at the brokers' office, 24,000 Ox and Cow Horns.— John and Samuel Beckwith. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 21, Oldhall-street, 56 bales Madras Cotton.:—Buchanan, Browne and Co, At twelve o'clock, at I, Oldhall-str, et, 1,350 bundles Plassava.—How and Barclay. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 10, Water-street, 500 bags Black Pepper.—Hall and Jones. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 3. York-buildings, Dale-street, 266 bags Sorgo, and ;60 bags Shnmac —Carson and Kilgortr. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 4, Chapel-street, 600 boxes Pearl Sago.—E. L. Clare. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Lancaster-buildings, 63,700 Cattle Hoofs. 8,200 Rams' Horns, and a quantity of Bones. —Geo. F. Martin. At twelve o'c'ock, at the brokers' office, Lancaster-buildings, 17,000 Ox and Cow Horn•, 10, , 00 Rams' Horns, and 10,000 Cattle Hoofe.—J so es Gordon and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Victoria-buildings, Hacdn's hey, a quantity of Sago Flour and Pearl sago.—T. W. and J. C, Harrop and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, a quantity of Gam Arabia, Gum Tragacanth, Cream Tartar, Pumice Stone, and Irish Moss. — William Porter and CO. For particulars see advertisements. THIS DAY. A.AUST.AEITS, PUBLIC IMEETINGS,;&c. ROYAL AM NUT Rana—Dramatic Performance-7 p.m. HisisoLsit's GIAND CIRQUE VARLITS. Date-street-7 p.m. Tzuromc HALL (Upper), Lime-street—Diorama of India-2 p.m. Quintres HALT., Bold-street—Valentine Vonsdea-8 p.m. FREE ASON'S HALL—Gallery or Anatomy-11 a.m. to 10 p.m. ALLsor's CarsTAL PALACE, Lllae-s.reet-10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ROYAL CoLossattm—General Entertainment-6.30 p.m. ZooLoolcAr. GARDlCNrs—Grand and Varied Entertainment". Sr. GEoaolt'S HALL—Organ Performances-8 p.m. PausAamotttc HALL Mr. Russell's Lecture-8 p.m. le" For particulars see advertisements. TO CORRESPONDENTS. THZ JAMIEI L. BOGART.—In our paper of Tuesday we inserted a note from .Mr. W. K. Campbell, which we received at too late an hour in the afternoon to make any inquiries to make comment yesterday. We have since done so, and find that not only was the report we publi shed on Monday substantially but literally correct. No animas or malicious intent could have been entertained by the writer of our report. So far from the OM having been a private one, we learn that no appli cation was made to clear the court, and that during the pnsideration of the case some twenty persons were eau , 1, - ...wpm' of the Birkenhead police and a reporter from a cotemporary. states that the five pounds referred to were offered to Wa...4, before the money was received from the Treasury. We have seen the letter from the Treasury. It is dated the 22nd of April, and states that the sum of £66 14s. was remitted to Mr. Campbell, in two instalments—one on the 25th of March, for £4O ; the second on the 15th ofApril, then instant, for £26 14s Now, does Mr. Campbell mean to say that the five pounds were offered to Wellesley previous to the 16th of April, on which date he received the balance of the ipeamblr, ant-saJET..,X-evthoTh.do, aramol, &iv it happened that he allowed the period between the 15th of April and the date of the issuing of the summons, to elapse without handing over the balance which he had received for, and on account of, Wellesley. IQ {Own MIMI THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS Mr. Hardy's Beer Bill was defeated last night in the House of Commons. On the motion for its second reading, Mr Ker Seymour moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. He condemned the principles of the bill, and hinted his decided opposition to any scheme granting more power to magistrates. He said that the power which they already possessed, respecting licenses of public-houses, was not sufficiently exercised by the magistracy, and the same turpitude would be shown by them towards beer-houses. He did not, however, maintain that beer-houses were what they ought to be. On the contrary, he implored the government to take the matter into their own hands, and introduce a measure next session. Mr. William Brown followed on the same side. His name was originally placed on the back of the bill, as one of its promoters, but when he hat had time to examine the bill, he found the principles there enunciated diametrically opposed to those entertained by himself. He, therefore, seconded the amendment of Mr. Ker Seymour. Sir George Grey opposed the bill. He concurred in the opinion that the licensing system had not been successful ; that beer-houses were worse managed than public-houses ; and that the former were decidedly nurseries of crime—yet Mr. Hardy's bill was a retrograde movement. He would. during the recess, give his mind and attention to the subject. He thought that any measure on the subject should have for its object to make it the interest of houses to be well regulated, and to increase the power of the magistrates to suspend licenses, not only from the person but from the property. Mr. Hardy defended the measure The house afterwards divi led, when there appeared 180 for the second reading, and 213 against—a majority of 33 against the bill, which was accordingly thrown out. Mr. Locke King's Property Qualification Bill was likewise defeated by a majority of 59—the num bers being for the second reading 145—against it 204. The London newspapers are ' down upon" Lord Palmerston. On Tuesday after noon, a number of gentlemen connected with various medical corporations of the United King dom, waited upon the Premier, at his lordship's private residence, for the purpose of havin g as "official chat" upon the much vexed question of Medical Reform. The deputation gained sdrnis to his lordship's dining-room at two o'clock. As soon as the members of the deputation had com fortably anchored themselves upon well-cushioned chairs, the representatives of the daily papers made application for similar quarters, and in the ordinary formal way. O . rt other occ as i ons t h e Press has always been admitted, as a m atter o f course, but on this occasion they were doomed to despair and disappointment. Red, dark, and orn inous gleamed the countenance of " John Thomas Plush," as he delivered " My Lord's" order that no reporters were to b3 allowed to go into the room Wishing to be positive upon the refusal, the representative of the Times asked Dr. Burrows, of the College of Physicians, " if Lord Palmerston had given in structions for the e xc lusion of the Press.', The doctor made a nswer t h at hi s l or d s hip had dis tinctly said that reporters could not be admitted, and turning round to the man of calves and buttons. he asked if that was not his lordship's "order." And after a thundering cotempotary had been thus so unceremoniously snubbed in the presence of his fashionable and unfashionable brethren, nothing remained bnt for the whole line of the Fourth Estate to retreat from the dining-room of his lordship's mansion to the flnnkey-hall of the same, and meekly and quietly to retire from Cambridge-house altogether. A London morning cotemporary makes the following remark upon this rather questionable piece of Ministerial humbug :—" It is the way of Lord Palmerston, and no doubt it will be somewhat surprising to those who are not up in his lordship's history. The plain meaning of the thing we take to be, that as long as the present Cabinet remains in office, de putations to those high in authority must be managed in secresy, and free from the oversight, the counsel, and the flying pens of the Press. No doubt it would be a great mercy to Ministers if there was no Press, for it does bother them some times, and keeps its ears far too open, and its eyes far too uplifted. At all events, our brave and gal lant First Minister won't stand any nonsense, either from Yeh, Constantine, or the newspapers. With the Commons within his power, and the country at his disposal, why should he not send the reporters about their business?" A very destructive fire occurred in London on Tuesday night, in Pickfords, (the great carriers) office. The conflagration was as rapid as destruc tive, and the loss is estimated at £30,000 ; but happily it is confined to property, no person having perished. i d - The Civil Service Estimates for Education at home, and consular and colonial services abroad, issued yesterday, show, as usual, a very large in crease. Upwards of a million sterling is demanded for the former, and very nearly £400,000 for the latter. We may mention that in Labuan, which in 1856-7 cost nothing, this year claims £5,700, and that Hong Kong puts in a new demand for £lO,OOO. Our consuls and foreign ministers have in a single year become more expensive by £30,000. The grant for public education in England is £lOO,OOO more than last year, and the cost of the British Museum is frightfully on the increase. A number of Roman Catholic gentlemen, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, have had an in. terview with Lord Palmerston, respecting the Oaths Bill recently introduced into parliament. These gentlemen complain that the Roman Ca tholic oath is still to be retained, and they seek to have that "insulting distinction" abolished, and that they should take the oath now proposed by this bill for all other members. Lord Palmerston seems to agree with them, but won't promise to take any course not agreeable to his majority. The Catholic party, as we gather, have determined to oppose the bill—which would be opposing the admission of the Jews—unless Lord Palmerston acts towards them in a bona fide spirit of fair play. If he does, even should the amendment they intend to propose be lost, they will support the bill. The usual weekly meeting of the West Derby Guardians was held yesterday ; the proceedings were of rather an important character. It appears that in the pending libel case, alluded to in our paper of Monday, the board of guardians are not liable for one farthing of the expense incurred in the case. How is this ? The case of Dr. Nevins was again under discussion. In a letter to the Board, this gentlemen says— " Apologise further I shall not—resign I will not." As we shall have more to say on this subject to-morrow, we need not now go any further into it. We may merely add that the discussion ended in nothing The news from abroad this morning does not possess much importance; that of most interest concerns the Danubian Principalities. At the diplomatic conference at Constantinople, a resolu tion has been adopted, the result of which will be to leave to the Roumans full liberty of election. On this occasion Austria stood alone in opposition +n tJae course determined upon. Wan to the French elections, a step of some consequence nab L. on taken by the Opposi tion. The Red and White Repubuoang having found it impossible to coalesce, the Whites have united with the remnants of the old Constitutional parties, and a common list of candidates, headed by the name of Cavaignac, has been drawn up. It is thought that the Government may be defeated 44.4 err-biliy'-6 e t a t /AA awe; " f —Qua Germiny is actually appointed Governor of the Bank of France, in the place of Count d'Argout A Concordat between Naples and the Pope, restoring to the Neapolitan clergy ancient privi liges and exclusive powers in educational affairs, is on the eve of being concluded. The steamer " Star of the South" arrived at Southampton yesterday with New York advices of the 27th ult. The news is, however, anticipated. The City of Manchester, screw steamer, was off Queenstown yesterday. She will in all likelihood arrive here about noon to-day. She will bring one day's later news. The Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill was again befcre the Com mittee of the House of Commons yesterday. The Chairman ultimately stated that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the bill was provad. NEVER was the accuracy and force of the remark, that " Truth is stranger than fiction " better verified than on Monday night,when Earl GREY presented a petition from a Mr. SHEDDON, complaining that our courts of law had deprived him of his status as a natural born subject of the realm, and of the property to which he was entitled as the legitimate child of his parents. We agree with the LORD CHANCELLOR that cases of individual hardship, which have been investi gated by the highest tribunals, should not be re-opened, as it would shake public confidence in the administration of justice, and ultimately unsettle and disarrange all legal decisions by our courts of law, and last resort, an appeal to the House of Lords. Nevertheless, there are always exceptions to a general rule; and, if it can be shown that a British subject has been unjustly wronged, that legal chicanery and a suppression of facts has been employed to effect that wrong, and ensure its perpetuity, no argu ments, however cogent, can vindicate its justice, much less continuance. The facts of the case are so singular, and the entire history so full of romance, that we shall epitomise them, as given in the speech of Earl GREY, when presenting Mr. SHEDDON's petition, feeling, as we do, that it is quite possible that many of our fellow-subjects could complain of treatment of the same character. Mr. W. SHED DON, father to the petitioner, a Scotchman, left his native country, and went to follow mercantile pursuits in Virginia, United States, in the year 1764. He returned on a visit to his native country in 1770, and afterwards returned to America, where he resided as a merchant during the remainder of his life. Mr. SHEDDON was twice married. By the first he had female issue only. The result of the second was the birth of a son, —the petitioner. Marriage contracts, although so much coveted by the world at large, are the foundation of an immense amount of family disputes, the origin of social frauds, and the supporter of procrastinated legislation. The second marriage of Mr. SHEDDON, which took THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1857. place in 1790, is an illustration of our remark, and the sole cause of Mr. SHRDDON'S present appeal to the House of Lords. The second marriage alluded to took place in the city of New York; and a ceremony was performed, which, according to the laws of that State, gives validity to marriages thus performed. It seems, however that, lest there should be any doubt or cavil as to the succes s ion of his son, Mr. SHEDDON, six days before his death, was re-married, according to the rites of the Protes tant Episcopal Church, to the lady with whom he had been cohabiting for eight years previously. Here we may remark, en passent, that there exists a law in Scotland that legitimatises all previous marriages ; and had the second marriage just noticed been per formed in that country, the rights of his son, as heir to the property, would have been indis putable. Mr. SHEDDON had family connections in Scot land, named PATRICK, and to one . of them, Mr. WILLIAM PATRICK, was entrusted the care and guardianship of the petitioner, SHEDDON the younger, upon his father's death. When intel ligence of that event reached Scotland, acting under the plea that young SHEDDON was illegiti mate, and not entitled to succeed his father in the possession of the Scotch, Dr. PATRICK stepped forward, and to him, as next heir, the succession was opened in due form. The year after, 1800, young SIIEDD3N arrived in Scotland, and was placed under the care and guardianship of Mr. WILLAM PATRICK. He was properly educated, and when of sufficient age, he entered the navy, remained in that service until the close of the war, and then went to India, and finally returned to Scotland in possession of a large amount of property, in 1833. The validity of Dr. PATRICK'S title to the Scotch estates of the late Mr. SHEDDON was first questioned in 1803, by Mr. HUGH CRAUFORD, to whom the guardian ship of the petitioner was transferred in 1801 ; but the action of SHEDDON V. PATRICK, so well known in the legal records of Scotland, was defeated, and an appeal to the House of Lords shared a similar fate, the late Lord ELDON pro nouncing judgment. Although his final decision was pronounced forty-six years ago, we have the same parties moving in the matter once more. It should be observed that Mr. SHEDDON, on his return from India, had his attention turned to the Scotch estates, and his right and title to the possession. The result was, that he again, in 1849, opened a personal action in the Scotch Courts. PATRICK the . defendant pleaded his right and title on the ground of previous decisions, and the plea was sustained, and SHRDDON'S claim once more rejected, and that decision was confirmed by the House of Lords in 1854. This was not to be wondered at, seeing that it would the petititioner set about establishing his claim in 1852, by adducing proof that, according to the laws of New York, the marriage of his father with his mother was perfectly legal, and as such would entitle him to any property which would be left to him as the issue of said marriage. With the view of establishing his claim on this ground, he commenced a suit in the Supreme Court of New York, and it decided that the first marriage of WM. SHEDDON with the mother of the petitioner was a valid marriage, and the petitioner, as the issue of such marriage, and lawful heir of his father, recovered a certain portion of land in the State of New York. This was the case which Lord GREY asked the House of Lords to investigate, with the view of ascertaining whether there was any truth in the allegations contained in the petition presented. On a question of this kind, the chief speakers were Law Lords. Accordingly, we find Lords BROUGHAM, ST. LEONARD'S, LYNDHURST, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lords CAMPBELL, ALBEMARLE, LYTTLETON, and REDESDALE, each speaking for and against Lord GREY'S motion. Certainly, all the talent and legal arguments adduced were in favour of Mr. SHEDDON. Lord BROUGHAM and Lord LYNDHURST demolished the flimsy pretexts for resisting the inquiry. Even the opposition peers admitted the wrong which had been inflicted, but then Mr. SHEDDON must submit to that wrong for his country's good. This was aptly answered by Lord ALBEMARLE, who said, that he thought it was a maxim of our own that " there was no wrong without a remedy," but, although Mr. SHEDDON'S was a wrong without a parallel, the House of Lords refused to consider his petition. The circum stances connected with this extraordinary case should teach the people of this country a salutary lesson, how, and by what form, they contract marriage. The least irregularity bastardises the offspring ; and, should they be entitled to property, it is wrested from them by the avaricious grasp of distant relations. Our marriage laws are too complex, and hence the Lord Chancellor has been obliged to bring forward his matrimonial causes. With regard to Mr. SHEDDON, we believe he is an injured man ; and that the refusal of the House of Lords to hear his entire case, is only an attempt to bolster up their pretensions to legal infallibility. IT is the right of an Englishman to grumble against the laws under which he is living—it is a kind of luxury which he reserves to himself to vent his displeasure when things are not quite to his mind ; and it cannot be denied that he sometimes has reason for indulging in the cheap luxury of fault-finding. Justice requires that he should be not unwilling to acknowledge when a thing is really well done. We, there fore, congratulate ourselves and the nation that our Government is very commendably roused to make a signal example of culprits on a great scale. It used to be said that the little fishes were detained in the net of the law, but the great fishes—that is the great offenders—broke through by sheer force. It is not so always, and it, will be rarer than ever, we trust, in this England of ours. As we remarked yesterday, the leading offenders, being the Managers of the late Royal British Bank, are now being summoned by the Attorney-General, and held to bail. Mr. OWEN has been held to bail—himself to 4,0001. and two sureties for 2,000/, each additional. Also, 2001. are offered for the apprehension of the late Member for Tewkesbury, Mr. HUMPHREY BROWN, who finds it convenient to be away on his travels at the present moment. This proceeding on the part of the Government will do much to uphold and spread the idea of the impartiality of law. People will see that there is really an endeavour to make the same laws equally apply to rich and poor. True, this is so scandalous a case that it could not possibly be passed over without dangerously shocking the national feeling of justice. It is true, also, that the prosecution and fitting punishment of those arch delinquents will be but a feeeble atonement for such flagitious and unprincipled proceedings. Hundreds of poor people have suffered irremediable misery in the loss of their small savings, which will not be brought back to them, nor compensated by those gentlemen being put to hard labour for two years. Even the propitiatory sufferings of that pious Royal British Bank Director, Mr . HUGH CAMERON, will be but poor satisfaction to the ruined widow with her small children, or small trader, whose scanty capital' is now lost and gone. Still it is right that punishment should overtake the offence. It is a satisfaction, not to vengeance, but to justice. It is a right royal piece of British justice that the mis managers of a Royal British Bank should be treated according to their deserts ; that no wealth or station should protect them ; and that the working men, from one end of the country to the other, should see that the same law which would pounce upon them if they were in fault, is now being wholesomely applied to their betters. Let English law be thus administered, and English justice be thus distri buted, and the reproach will cease, that there is too often one law for the rich and another for the poor ; and that those who are too poor to buy justice must put up with oppression. A. notorious instance of the partiality of law, is Iseen in cases of Divorces, where a rich man, who •-• purchase deliverance from an ill-assortod marriage, but a poor man, to whom the same deliverance_ may be even more needful, is com pelled to remain in bondage all the days of his mortal. pilgrimage, or till the great equaliser, Death, shall free him from his worse half. This prosecution is well-timed. Commercial frauds, embezzlements, and swindlings have been fear fully numerous in this country. They must be arrested. If the arm of the law is too short and too weak; let it be lengthened and strengthened. While it is quite right that penalty should overtake the offender, we must, at the same time, always remember that no mere human laws and social arrangements can supply the want of moral principle—can make men virtuous, through fear of detection. No kind of fear—not the fear of human law, nor even the fear of hell, can be a substitute for conscience, or loyalty to right. We must point more to inward law, honour, and honesty, among all classes of our countrymen , and as these grow stronger within us, the restraints of outward law will be less needed, till peradventure, in the " good time coming," they will utterly cease to be, when man shall be a law unto himself, and none shall hurt or destroy in all God's holy mountain. We may be a long way off from this. Still it may be encouraging to cherish this belief, and have it as a bright star shining over us, helping to guide us through the darkness of this world, over the rough places of society. It will be an advantage to the commerce of England, and of the world, that the Sound Dues claimed by Denmark, and levied upon all ship ping, are now happily compounded for. Our share of the payment is about a million-and-a- quarter of money. England pays about one third of the whole, Russia another third, and all the world besides the remaining third. Here is an end of a very vexatious impost, more incon venient by the delay it occasioned to vessels passing the Sound than even by its amount. The principle was a bad one. The utmost that Denmark could fairly claim was a consideration or per tentage for keeping lighthouses, &c., in order to promote the safety of trade and ship ping. And even this might be questionable, in so far as she required those lighthouses, securi ties, and facilities for her own navy. It could take nothing from Denmark, that other nations sailed the sea that washed her shores, and used the beacons that guided her ships. But we will not debate this point. Our Government has made a fair arrangement of the matter, notwithstanding a few grumblings in the Commons. The Americans have the merit of being first to move in this affair ; and only lately it threatened serious consequences between America and Denmark. Happily, the danger has blown over ; the little cloud in the West has not grown to a storm. And the good offices of England have been mainly instrumen tal in preventing this; for, had we held aloof, an American fleet might, one fine morning, have found itself forcing the passage of the Sound. We may anticipate an increase in our Baltic trade. There will be a considerable saving of time and of money. But a greater gain to Europe will be the lessening of Russian influence over Denmark. Russia was the chief upholder of this impost for reasons best known to herself. At first she resisted the composition which has been made. She supported the claims of Denmark, and probably would not have been sorry to see them enhanced, for she one day calculated on the possible reversion of the crown of Denmark to the house of Romanoff. It is important that the Danes should be so far emancipated from dependence in Russsia. England, France, and Sardinia are the more proper and natural allies of Denmark than her colossal neighbour, who might sometime or other find means to annex Denmark. The three Scandinavian kingdoms, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, would find their safety in forming a triple allianee among themselves against Russia, and with the concurrence of France and England. TJ this it might have come, and to this things were drifting, had the Turco-Russian war con tinued. This arrangement secures by peaceful means an object which is in harmony with the purpose of the late war. That war and this composition have a tendency to restrict the power of Russia, and limit her influence. It is for the interest of Europe and of the whole human race, that Russia should be induced to apply herself to the development of the internal resources of her vast Empire, rather than seek to spread her barbarous legions over the fairest seats of civilization. Instead of acquiring more territory, Russia is at present large enough to be divisible into several kingdoms or empires. The insatiable ambition of Russia has received a check for the present, and perhaps the growing enlightenment and civilization of her people may avert danger for the future, and prevent another NICHOLAS from kindling the flame of war in Europe. Commerce, education, civilization, moral and religious influences, will be great peacemakers of the world in the future. But nature has given to Europe and mankind addi tional securities against Russian ambition. There are two Straits, one on the North, and the other on the South, which, if the nations are wise, may limit and defend the expansion of Russia—the one is the Sound, and the other is the Dardanelles. Russia cannot pass these narrow openings without the consent of France and England. A small British or French fleet could prevent any Russian navy, however large, ;,rot the key of Russia in our own keeping.. She is blockaded at the Sound and Dardanelles. If we are wise we shall retain those two keys. The late war was to secure one of them ; the settlement of the Sound Dues helps to secure the other. COMPLETION OF ONE-HALF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPEI CABLE.—Messrs. Newall, who contracted to supply one half of the Atlantic submarine telegraph cable, finished their contract on Monday last, at their Birkenhead works, though it was not legally due until the 30th inst. They have performed their task with the most praiseworthy alacrity, the 1,250 miles of cable having been " spun " in eighty days. When their tender was accepted in Decem— ber last, Messrs. Newall had to create the machinery and all the other appliances necessary for the manufacture of the cable, including 100 machines for manufacturing the spun-yarn with which the gutta percha, which forms the core, is covered. The process of spinning commenced on the 18th of February, and was pursued without interrup tion until Monday last, the Bth June. The cable consists of a strand of copper wire, covered three times with gutta perJha. This is " served " from end to end with spun yarn, and over this are "laid up" eighteen strands of seven wires each, which form the exterior of the cable. There are in all 25,000 miles of strand, and 175,000 miles of wire-2,500 miles of wire having been worked up daily on an average. The cable lies now at Messrs. Newell's works, in four immense coils, each 28 feet in diameter and 8 feet in height, ready for shipment on board the Niagara, American war steamer, to which the coils will be con veyed by smaller vessels. The weight of the cable is about a ton per mile ; and Messrs. Newall have employed 350 men in its manufacture. The wire has been manufac tured at the works of Messrs. Richard Johnson, of Man chester, who have emulated Messrs. Newall in the speed and promptitude of their operations. Yesterday a dingier was given by the Messrs. Newall, at their Birkenhead works, to their men, and their wives and families. About 700 persons were present, including the wire-workers from Manchester. Mr. Gordon, the manager of the works, presided, and a large number of gentlemen, friends of the contractors, scientific men, and others were present. In the course of the conversation, Mr. Reid, the " veteran electrician," stated that he had made an experinaont with the wire that morning, which had been most satisfactory in its results. He exhibited a minute battery, the plates of which were scarcely a quarter of an inch square, and with which he stated he had succeeded in establishing a perfect telegraphic communication along the whole length of the wire, namely, 1,250 miles. This sots at rest all doubt as to the practicability of transmitting th ectric current across the Atlantic. We understand that Messrs. Newall have en'ered into another extensive contract. to lay 1,000 miles of wire between Cagliari and Malta and Corfu, a portion of the great Indian line. THE NEW AttSTIt4.LIAN SHIP, " FLORENCE NIGEITINGILE." —Messrs. G bbs, Bright, and Co., of the world-renowned Eagle Lice" of Australian ships, no t content with their ample and splendid fleet of vessels in the trade, have added .nother vessel, likely to obtain as fair and far sp-ead renown, as that inimitable lady, after whom she is called This assertion is warranted, so im as speed is cotcerned, for the sh p, under most disadvantageous cir cumstances. and deeply laden with a valuable cargo of cotton, left New Orleans, in company of some crack ship 4, beat them, and also ships that were considered matchless, Rid that left days previous to her—but she arrived here before all. This, for a new ship—with every thing new, and untried—speaks well for her future success. In that respect, therefore, nothing more need be said about her. The " Florence Nightingale" is no ordinary ship. She at once commands attention, even from the passing observer. Her fine lines, her remarkable rigging, h er graceful appearance, Onf t °Z. y one semble, must arrest evor who views ker. Externally she is really a fine ship, but internally she is matchless. She may challenge any vassal that ever left the Mersey—and so say better judges thaa we are —in every respect, as an Australian passen ger ship, combining, as she does, all the best qualities of the best and most favourite ships, with additions that render her superior in every respect to her general competitors. It may be stated that her com mander, Captain Goss, is one of those " sons of the ocean," whose experience has not only rendered his own name familiar with many matters connected with navigation, but for three great and essential qualities, namely—able sea manship, successful voyages, and, though last not least, the esteem he has won from all classes of passengers, during his several quick and (almost) happy voyages to Australia. It would be deemed superfluous to say more on these points, but there are a few observations as regards the vessel generally. The Florence Nightingale was built, not for sale, but for her owners, and, therefore, there is nct a single plank or bolt in her frame that is not as perfect as the best materials and first class workmanship can make her. From a careful and elaborate inspection which the writer has made of every inch of the ship, he can say with confidence that she has never been surpassed, in all essential qualities, by any ship that ever entered Liver pool. Her 'tween decks for passengers are more than nine feet high, and the light conveyed to this depart partment is almost as ample as that which the great orb of day supplies to our streets. The ventilation (about which we are always peculiarly sensitive) is as good as the best practical medical man could desire. She has a noble flush deck, from the poop cabin to the forecastle, and this will enable the passengers to enjoy the great benefit (so much desired in a voyage to Australia) of air and exercise, and also amusement, which, after al is by no means an ingredient to be dispensed with on board an Australian ship. To give an idea of this fine ship, we may state that she is nearly 200 feet long ; 39 feet (in clear) beam, and about 26 feet deep, from ceiling of spar deck, Her nominal tonnage is about 1,300, but her carrying capacity is more than half that added, so it will at once be seen what cargo she can carry—and that too on a light draught of water. As to her fitting up, nothing has been left undone. Science and money have combined, and the liberality of the owners have accomplished all. The water tanks are of wrought iron, and capable of containing more liquid than would be required for the voyage, and it is needless to say how much more preferable iron is to wood in this respect. She is fitted with patent pumps, and all other approved appliances, and as for her first class saloon, we have never beheld any superior, as regards the sleeping and dining departments. In these respects, the other classes are equally remarkable, and as for the victualling department, both in respect to quantity and quality, the liberality of the owners are well known, and the thousands who have gone oat by their noble vessels bear testimony to the correctness of this. This is the splendid packet of the 15th July, and sure we are, from all he r attributes—the character of her able commander, Captain Goss, and the splendid accommodation which in all res - pects she affords to every class of passengers—she wil I soon be filled. Let emigrants for the colony see her and judge for themselves. ERRATUK.—IIi our remarks on the strikes now existing in Liverpool, which appertrel in Tuesday's publication, the word " wJges" was subsituted for " provisions," when we made reference to the questions of supply and demand as regulating the value of labour. SAILING OF THE SARAH DIXON FOR MELBOURNE.-Thig fine ship, which we described in detail some short time ago, belonging to the Liverpool line of Australian packets, sails this day for Melbourne. She has a full cargo of varied and ♦aluable merchandise, and about 500 passengers of all classes. Few ships ever filled more rapidly than tho Sarah Dixon. A safe voyage to her ! EDINBURGH THEATnic.A.L , ;.---We hear from undoubted authority, that Mr. and Mrs. Wyndham have been offered and accepted a lease of the Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh. We cannot but congratulate the " Auld Reekites" on securing the services of the above-named lady and gentle man, whose talents and industry have gained for them the onad feeline and nnplause of all, and we, with others, wish them every success in their double rosnsgoment. THE DIORAMA OF INDIA.—For the last two days this beautiful exhibition has been visited by a great number of the pupils at the public and private schools of the town ; and both teachers and pupils expressed the utmost gratifi cation at the treat presented to them. They also felt much indebted to the spirited proprietor, Mr. Sheffield, to Mr. Cassidy; the lucid lecturer, and Madame Correlli, for her beautiful and e xpressive musical illustration of the exquisite scenes r epresented ; and of which we have spoken in detail. This day, the boys and girls of the Orphan Asylum will be treated to the morning performance, and will be accompanied by their band. This will be most interesting, and the juveniles will partake of a great treat ; and we would, therefore, advise as many of our young friends, and their guardians, as can spare time. to be pre sent, at two o'clock, at the Teutonic Hall, where they are sure to be fully gratified. INALE OF A WEEK'S FUDDLE —On Sunday morning last, about ten o'clock, a man, named Thomas Howarth, a ged 53 years, of Oldh am - roa d, R oc h dale, attempted twice to cut his throat with a razor. Howarth is a woollen weaver, and had been drinking the greater part of last week. The stoppage of the mills, in addition to his own waste of time and money, it is supposed made an impres sion upon him, and created a fear of want. On Sunday morning he was found in the petty in an exhausted and insensible state, arising from the loss of blood, and on examining him, it was found that he had twice cut his throat, one cut being three-fourths of an inch below the other. The larynx was completely divided, and some of the arteries. Surgical aid was called in, and the wounds were dressed. He is in a very dangerous state, and his recovery is doubtful. PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR.—Members of parliament pay dearly for their honours. Nu one unacquainted with their daily and varied labours can form an estimate of it. No banister in the courts, or no merchant in his office, goes through half the drudgery of ;such men as are able and willing to work. There is, first, the correspondence, which varies from six to twenty letters a day, according to the number and extent of their constituents. Thi s must b e got over before eleven o'clock i❑ the morning, for at that hour the committees meet. From eleven to four the committees sit, and the best members take ample notes of all the testimony adduced, besides being often compelled to read Blue-books innumerable, containing reports of Commissions and Committees of Inquiry, which have sat on the initiatory stages of the bills under consideration. Then, at fcur, the House sits, where members remain until alter midnight, and occasionally do not get home till one, two, or three o'clock in the morning. This, it must be admitted, is no easy work, but to it must be added crowded rooms, and but June or July weather, and then sme estimate may be formed of a member's life during the sitting of parliament. RECOVERY OF THE BODY OF ENSIGN BOWLES.—The friends and relatives of _Ensign Bowles, who was recently drowned in the Ribble, will be glad to learn that his body was found by Mr. Henry Gornall, innkeeper, of Warton, on Monday evening about six o'clock. Information .was immediately brought to Mr. W. Paley, who at Once com municated with the officers of the garrison, one of whom left town at nine o'clock the same evening for the'' Guide's house' . (where the body had been tatcen), for the purpose of identifying it. An inquest was held yesterday after noon, at the "Guide's." before Mr. Myres, coroner, when the following evidence was adduoed. Henry Gornall, inn keener, of Wanton, depos ed to t he effect that ab ou t s i x o'clock i on Monday afternoon he was looking down the river, with the aid Of a glass, when he saw a body fhating down the stream, near the " Guide's House," 'Wartun. There being a great quantity of fresh and tide in the river, the witness, with assistance, launched a boat, got the body out of the water, and afterwards removed it to the'' Guide's House." The deceased bad on a monkey-jacket, and his ordinary clothes, but had no hat or cap on. His clothes were neither torn nor unbuttoned. When fonnd, deceased ws floating on his face. John Elston, servant of the deceased, identified the body, and stated that Ensign Bowles left the barracks at noon on Saturday, the 23rd of May last. D,ceased had then in his possession about £1 15s. Witness stated that there were no marks of violence on his person when found, nor were any articles of dress missing, except a large pilot cloth coat, which was found by a man near Salwick Pool, as stated in our last Wednesday's paper. A verdict of " Found drowned in the Ribble," was returned. We understand that the effects of the deceased gentleman were disposed of last week at the barracks, realizing the sum of £BO, £2O of which was given to his servent,—Treeton auar*n for Wednesday.