Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-08 00:00:00

~~r. only irourrh.hriben their e `coune iC is SEPTEMBER 8, 1859. id corruption, did the Lille in maintainine their sascelidnticv . Of )o late now to talk abOut exektimis r6thfegiird.6 the new register, exe,ept-sueh s UpOIL xtic founds' already taken But weagree With a - Liberal contemporary When he says, with reference to !hat'futUre in which the state of Ibe register will: be so :111,P,9rtant an element, that "It is an - undoubted fact 1 . -- "le konservatives are at the present moment in ni g h spirits, and are attending to the register wit h raore than usual vigilance. They are evidently uuckli ng on their armour in anticipation of an 'e s 4l.l Y struggle, and among the latest is one s'g the effect that they are resolved on contesting the county of Middlesex, the City of London, and the Metropolitan Boroughs." Such resolutions on the part of the ConServatives undoubtedly indicate a sense of in creased power, w hi c h i s m ost promising for the great olwstitdional cause. But their efforts, let the Liberals d e ies as e s y nrck will not be confined to " the county of Mid - Ole City of London, and the Metropolitan tu'u hs Althoff t urn we are still without any assurance that the .-out b u i lders of the metropolis are succeeding in tuaki no , . th 1 t up with their employers, there are signs of then r esources becoming so scanty, in comparison with my N ar il upon them, that it is probable the men may by fait, means be brought to reason, should all other means The dividend of three shillings per man, for a eek's subsistence, will never compensate for the cc's which his supposed " spirit of independence" can urg n _ °' g him to make. Their delegates, it is said, are t ut as ,ing the coun t r y, no t only with great activity, teal wall most unscrupulous misrepresentations of the arouse of the question in dispute. But it is a m fact that they are not meeting with that re seatltse, which it is evident they calculated upon. The b ey of the working classes throughout the country fe e 'e li g „ ettin o' too shrewd, ad are having too much good 411, __LI, to allow theselves any longer to be made the l ' t.° such mischievous agitators. 11- 1 E LATEST NEWS. FRANCE PARIS, September 7. IlenteB C ommenced at a further fractional im . 15 71 1):verne nt, Which, however, was not maintained Pres ent price is 6:35. 3.15 de°B°6l,,,rYfl ve at—final price of Rentes is 69.0, or a es -4e of a since yesterday. Bourse • DEPARTURE OF THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE the Aa l arge Russian s hip of war, the General t 1114111, with th e G ran d D u k e C onstant i ne on r, " a rd, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morn 14g for Cronstadt. AMERICA Th e v; SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday • anderbilt arrived at Cowes this morning, met h th e New York mails of the 27th ult., and °,° '°°o dollars in specie. The advices have gener ally be en ant i c i pated b y the Wash i ngton arid City of Baltimore. It is stated that General Harvey had taken 1 108e ssion of the Island of Beilvue, in Puget's 43°1111 d, which commands the entrance of Fraser River, and is claimed both by England and the United States. TURKEY Through Reuter's telegram we receive the fol- lowing MARSEILLES, September 7. Adviees have been received from Constanti nople to the 31st ult. Disturbances have taken place in Candia, caused by the collection of certain taxes from the Greek inhabitants. Five of the tax gatherers had been murdered, and two battalions of soldiers have been sent to arrest the chief leaders in the affra' annexa trthe Assembly —=it was signet wszru a-ad Gozgdgihil BOLOGNA, Sept, 6`:, The Tispnyuily:fl9s tlaninicitt3ly adopTed the following - We, the repre sentatives of the people of the Romagna, calling on t' , , Deity to witness the righteetls'ne,s§:' of our intentions, declare that the people of the Romagna, strong.in their right, will no longer submit' to the' temporal govern:- roent Of the Pope." The President' stated afterwards that the proposal to discuss the annexation of the Romagna to Piedmont had been adopted unanimously and teat the proposal would be submitted to the different committees. The joy of the inhabitants. is indescribable. A Circassian deputation had arrived at Con- Ntantinopl the and presented to the ambassadors of several powers a declaration, protesting a gainst the invaSion of their country by Russia, stating that the whole of their provinces would h e forced to submission if abandoned by the Porte. more especially as it emanated from the lips of Him antes for the service of fixed steam-engines, have been " who spake never as man spake." It kas had its in- erected. Below this are two substantial wooden sheds, fluence upon Mr. Macfie, as has been shown by the running north and south, each fifty yards long, erected princely donation thus bestowed. In everything that has the tendency of exalting our fallen humanity, this by Mr. Thomas, coach-builder, in St. Anne-streeet, gentleman is never found wanting. He keeps a free which, being constructed at his own cost, are to be filled library for his 800 or 900 workmen ; and to otherwise by a choice collection of carriages, embracing every encourage them, if they, by their industry, have paid variety of vehicle. Many of these are of great beauty and elegance. Contiguous to these sheds are some fine into the bank such an amount as will realise 21, per displays of wire-fencing, ancifancy flower-training devices cent., their indulgent employer adds the remainder, that it may draw 5 per cent. Such unostentatious acts of charitable benevolence are worthy of being recorded in in wirework. To these succeed large covered sheds, for the columns of the press. the reception and display of horses of different kinds. The field, which is f u ll y t we l ve acres i n extent, i s INQUESTS.—Yesterday, Mr. P. F. Curry, borough coroner, held the following inquests :—On the body of divided into a northern and southern section by a Jane Murphy, age d t wen ty-f our years , the wife of a longitudinal line of sheds, devoted to the accommodation French polisher, residing in Blenheim-street. It ap- and show of stock. On the north side of this there are peared from the evidence that on Sunday night three ranges of sheds for poultry, for sheep, pigs, and other weeks she took a candle to go.to bed, which she stuck descriptions of smaller animals, and also for produce. up on the wall, above the head of her bed. After she At the north-east, or bottom quarter of the field, is a fell asleep the candle fell upon the bed, and the clothes large space set apart for the show of stallions, and also took fire, and before she was able to do anything for for an examination or exercise groan/ herself she was badly burned. She was taken to the At the upper end, or north-west corner of the field, is Infirmary, where she died on Tuesday. A verdict the dinner pavilion, This is a large and well propor:- in accordance with the facts was returned.—On the body tioned tent, completely waterproof. It is eighty yards of a little girl, named Ann &tuber, aged twenty-one long by sixteen yards wide, and under the experienced mon ths, whose parents reside in 3 ceurtMetham-street. management of Mr. Morrish, of the Merchants' Dining= The child had been out in the street, and was run over rooms ; this spacious and really magnificent pavilion has by a cart passing at the time. It was immediately con- been laid out in a most commodious and pleasing man veyed to the Infirmary, where it died in a few minutes ner. Along the south side of the pavilion, the raised after its arrival. No blame could be attached to the table for the accommodation of the chairman and guests driver, and a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. of distinction, together with the members of the com- ' On the body of a labourer, named Joseph Holt, 49 years mittee, has been placed. It is thirty yards long, and con of age, who had been in the employment of Messrs. sequently will furnish ample space to accommodate th o se Holme and Nicholl. The deceased had been engaged for whose use it is specially intended. From this table carrying planks down, on the South Landing-stage, to there are thirteen transverse ones ranging at right angles be put on board the Eastham boat, and when he was with it, each sufficient for the comfortable accommoda at the end of the bridge next to the stage he slipped tion of between thirty and thirty-five guests ; while six and fell, and the piece of timber which he was carrying of the tables, last referred to, will accommodate at least struck him on the back of the head such a blow that he forty each. The arrangements for lighting and service ..., waskilled on thespot. A verdict of " Accidental death" are , in a ll res pects, admirable ; and with the skill e d an d was returned. liberal hands of Mr. Morrish, the culinary and furnish . LIATERV---lEW BETWEEN FRANCIS NEW DESCRIPTION OP CONVEYANCE.—A carriage, ing department of the . dinner may be left in the certainty . um&PII AND NAPOLEON. recently introduced to the public by Mr. R. B. Mulli- that all will be sufficiently and fully cared for. mlit.s.E ... . [REUTER'S TELEG Ph of Ahrenberg t he Caste ' itti S e Pt. (eh/ 1 , RAM i3 ner, coach-builder, (late Gorst and Co., of Great Char- That the exhibition will be a large and interesting basrance.)— tis asserted that lotto-street,) under the title of the miniature brougham, one, cannot be doubted. The entries are understood to tee of the i 8 personal into 4i, saia e Emperor s e ,France been prepared for the re- is one of the most complete and tastefully devised con- b e u p wa rds of sixteen hundred; and some of the a rr i va l s laaterta.inentheaust the admission been turned have yetout of any up to last night at seven o'clock were such as to show ssion of and Austria, where veyances which be Fended for the sh else elections rypireewsenivtill take place. It is manufactor The use of the brougham itself, even in that both in the stock and implement department the visitors to view the castle its old andoriginal style, has almost become general ; display will be great, and the competition keen. REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES. but now a similar vehicle is presented, arranged and TRIALS OF . . [up ITALY. _ elections Iv i constructed in a manner which, while it affords the The competition for excellence in the implement PARMA, Sept. 6 . t u h T .—. En T ' same kind of accommodation, exhibits a much more department took place yesterday, . ti commencing dl with the l 'With admirable order ; tb compact and elegant appearance ; the one will, in all trials of reaping machines, which took mi i place uwn i - n u a ne b . arle n y 'country have been electemast r concluded probability, to a great extent, .shortly supersede the field belonging to Mr. Tippings, S Chalier, Maestro, Verdi; oute n p. t . , e men • in the other. It is not alone the question of economy which this instance the crop was of an average quality, slightly and Cantelli Lenati • Ma:-quts Sanvioali, but the effect also of the were—Messrs. J. T. Rowley, Rowthorn, near Chester -0 -'8- Wu°lll A a l i j •e o. Signors should be consulted in the . case, although that is a point bent towards the south. The judges of the competition Opening of the assembly will takeCnsali• TO. mor tils s° l a/ deserving of consideration, 44111114 y. piaee with row the difference between the two when they are placed side by field, in Derbyshire ; William railing, Stapleton-hall, sIecIthOLOGNA, 6th, 4 p.m.—To-day the gr , e a t so- side for the family party. For the heavy wear of town Cheshire ; James Teasdal ,e Liskeard Farm, Cheshire. whom were fully wewere trio eance of the Papal motion for the 'visiting in the ^ks all e o r f e Government wasmay avail but 0 . . life or for ordinary pursuits, the old-fashioned brougham Th • and among , %sly bv the National Assembly. m.a a - • . It " ted una .. 'l• but for friends, driving p..r , efivveralicutincelarleadgsrpiceicitlatutorrisstspr,esent, nearly r , Qua° usly deckled that the b was further P • in or use in pleasure trips, the miniature brougham cannot them we observed—Messrs. Owen, Birch,Langton, qte s h ould . a use e f the p. fail to be extensively adopted. They are made suitable Atherton, Bell, Thomlinson, Mawdsley, and . not be debat-u u ontifical for one light cob, and the weight being under 7 cwt., anmowing L., pun. A proposal f e , re r the Four o Wood's' (American) reaping and machines were put to work. They were exhibited ilea may be formed of their neatness. 4 THE FRANCO-AUSTRIAN COMPLI- CATIONS The result of Prince Metternich's visit to the l'4llPeror Napoleon is looked for with much anxiety in Paris. It is said that Austria insists 141)°11 k nowing what are really th e i n t en ti ons o f the fliperor, touching the fulfilment or non ulfilnient of the treatyof Villafranca. She de- mangy the statu quo as it existed before the war, ll Z e opt in so f ar es relates to the loss of Lombardy. that Pari s correspondent of the Times says 4 4 the Zurich Conferences are suspended, de faCto, f or the p resent. Th e G azette de France, 4114 two journals of Lyons, have been prohibited Sardinia, in consequence of their advocating separation of Savoy from Piedmont. orThe Yesterd following appeared in a port i on o f our i mpress i on ay 1 T- , FRANCE. Th e ... . LREIJTER'S TELEGRAM.] ......yee_Air?ntteur of this morning . contains the following : e llees ..o,, Le aay the linbled; they plenipotentiaries of the Paris Confer e ti ° l llile' had under their consideration t . h oi . , ~,, e ectio a nd Mold av ia onza in the Principalities , wEdlachia b.,.._ AUSTRALIA The Australian mails to the middle of July, brought by the Northam, are expected in London to-morrow. The advices by the: steamer' Oneida from Melbourne are only two days later than those brought by the mail which was delivered on the sth of last month. She left Melbourne June 18th. • THE BRAZILS The Oneida brings, six days later news from the Bra zils. At Rio, Aug. 13, exchange on London 101 to 11 per cent. for first rate paper. Business dull. SMETHURST'S CASE Dr. Julius, of Richmond, - in contradicting a recent newspaper report, says that neither W. Bird nor himself desired to be relieved from .the responsibility which a painful duty'to society has imposed upon their, and he adds, that their opinion of the cause of Miss Bankes' death, has not been in the slightest degree shaken. TgE ARMY AND NAVY The Times says that . 5,000,000 of money could be saved out of our army and navy estimates,- and the .army and navy be more efficient than they now are. The Times calls upon Mr. Cobden, and says, if he would only give a portion of his vacation to mastering .this question, it is convinced that 5,000,000 might be saved ; and with one of these 5,000,000 our ships of war might be manned as easily as they are now coaled. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE At their weekly meeting, yesterday, the Central Asso ciation of Master Builders determined to declare the yards of all the members of the Association open from and after Monday next ; but this step is coupled by the determination to stand by the document called the Declaration. Practically, therefore, the situation of affairs is scarcely altered. The strike at Trollope's continues ; the aoitation for the nine hours has not ceased, and the declaration is still insisted upon. It is expected that numerous men will flock into the yards of the masters on Monday next, and the question is whether they will be in sufficient numbers of that class of skilled mechanics that is require:!. The master builders have issued an address in which they state that they feel bound to insist upon the decla ration document, which can only exclude those who are not prepared to give the very simple guarantee that they will not encroach upon the social freedom and civil rights of their fellow workmen. Sir Henry Rawlinson has left town for his post at the Court of Persia. The Irish horses at Barnet fair are said to have met a good demand at remunerating prices. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CANADIAN AND AMERICAN MAlLS.—YOSterday, the screw-steamer Nova Scotian sailed for Quebec and passengers. The' screw-steamer City of Baltimore arrived here yesterday about noon, with New York dates to the .27th ult., sixty passengors, and 1,300,000 dollars in specie on freight. GRATIFYING PRESENTATION.—On Tuesday evening the members of the Cambrian society of this town pre sented to Mr. E. P. Jones, their respected treasurer for the last ten years, a handsome silver fish-slice and fork, bearing the following inscription :—" Presented to E. P. Jones, Esq., by the members of the . Liverpool Cam brian. Society, in ackxovvledgment of his valuable ser vices as treasurer to the society during a period of ten years. September, 1859." Mr. Henry Davies, chair man of the society, in presenting to Mr. Jones this token of esteem an regard, passed a high eulogium on his integrity, and the zeal he displayed for the well being of the society. Mr. Maddocks, the vice-president, also bore testimony to Mr. Jones's many good qualities. In a few feeling and appropriate remarks Mr. Jones expressed his gratitude for so many marks of good feel ing which bad been evinced towards him. MUNIFICENT LIBERALITY.—(FiTtn a Correspondent) —While many, when about to pay the last debt of nature, bequeath munificent sums for religious purpose, and on behalf of religious institutions, it is pleasing to reverse the scene, and speak of the generous liberality of those in the enjoyment of health and strength. R. A. Macfie, Esq., our enterprising townsman, whose extensive trade in the sugar-refining business is of world-wide notoriety, has contributed no less a slim than £3,000 towards the Leith Missionary, and other religious societies of that important seaport. Such munificence, in the cause of religion and the interests of the church, is well worthy of being recorded , . It would appear that, possessing an abundance of this world's goods, Mr. Macfie has not engendered any portion of that narrow miserly spirit which is too often to be found in the NORTTIERN DAILY TIMES. A Institution, CO( street;—=Mr. president;-elect,•prescdinn% The business conimeneed by the President reading- tlie usual opening address, which was an 'essay . on the characteristics of the , 4)resent- Ile first showed. the tendency of people to form asseciations, arapointed out the length le , which the system was carried by in_ stancing the Tailkray companies, the •gas companies, and the Yarions other public associations: He next showed the upward tenancy of the great middle classes to by recent changes in legislation now that merchamts were the representatives of mercantile constituencies; and also in the arena of literature, as 'instanced in the case of Dr. Johnston and his friends ; and that with the exception of Lei& Byron, all the great men of this g€neration ivere of the middle class of society. The next characteristic was the respect in which things o f, the past were held, and the existing tendency to take our models from monuments of past excellencies_ On this • head he more particularly mentioned theology, music; •and architecture ; but his remarks . ex tended to the 'arts generally. He • considered that the imitation of the faults of the ancients was carried to a vicious extreme, which ought to be avoided. He showed that the law 'of progress was a sort of action and re-action, and illustrated ,his point by reference to the days of Charles I. and Crom well, when military despotism, iniquity, and revolution prevailed. He went on to point out the changes of customs and fashions in even the most common-place matters, and concluded his 'address by referring to the usefulness of ,the society. Mr. M'Laughlin, the secretary to the society, moved a vote of thanks to the president, and said that the paper should be inserted in the society's journal. - Mr: Payne seconded the motion. The sub, ject for discussion was, " Has the Progress of Art been . Aided by the Writings of Ruskin ?" In this debate Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Ford took the leading parts—the former for the affirmative, and the latter for the nega tive, of the question. At the conclusion, the votes were. in favour of Ruskin. The meeting then separated. . CATTLE FEEDING.—No one, we think, can visit the great Cattle Show to-day without being convinced of the importance of Cattle-feeding. By this term we mean the fattening of cattle in the best, most wholesome, and . most profitable manner,—a secret certainly worth know ing by all who have- to do with the rearing of cattle, and more especiallv by such as finish the work by pre paring them for the market. •We advertise to-day a new form of food for this purpose, which is considered by some of the first practical men in the country to be, as it is described, "a sound beneficial innovation upon the fast-exploding faith in feeding cattle upon oilcake ;"' and, as it is explained, for this good and sufficient: reason, that " the excess of oleaginous matter with which it is supplied, the gross adulteration to which it is constantly subjected, and its tendency to scour the animal system, have created a demand for improvement, as they have been frequently found to thwart the efforts of the feeder." Another reason is, that a mixed diet is absolutely necessary for the animal organisation, if feeding is to be effected successfully and , profitably. And it is one of the great advantages of tr_e new form of food to which we refer, that it contains. that admixture, being, as we are assured, " composed of various valuable ingredients, unequalled in the proper ties essential for nutrition ; yet so- distributed in their . combination, than the highest condition may be pro duced by a legitimate process which applies itself to re&' der ease to digestion and support the system." The name of this new food for cattle, as will be 'seen by the advertisement, is " The Royal Patent Cake ;" and from the great popularity among farmers and . graziers which it has already acquired, there is every prospect of its gettin g into universal use. It may be a seasonable hint, therefore, on such anoccasion as the present, to call the attention of those who are interested in the subject, so many of whom will be present at the show to-day and to-morrow, to so important an article. • • --...-- MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL CULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW AGRI: The proceedings in connection with this important agricultural meeting and competition continue to make favourable progress. As our readers are well aware, the display of stock, implements, and produce, will be open to the public this morning at ten o'clock. The show yard, as they are also cognizant of, is in the finely- , situated field directly in front of Clare-terrace, Edge - hill; which Geo. Holt, Esq., its owner, has very kindly allowed the use of for the occasion. The preparations to secure full accommodation for all kinds of stock, and the' great variety of implements and produce which will be brought forward, have been great, and, so far as ap pearances can warrant, seem to have been so judicious as to secure full satisfaction to all parties. The committee and their indomitable director of the show-yard, Mr. John Ellis, have been indefatigable in their , exertions to get everything into full working trim, and, at the time we visited the ground yesterday evening, their judicious labours seemed rapidly bringing matters into a satis factory shape. The entrance to the show-yard is to be in Clare terrace, a little nearer to Wavertree-road than Church street. A little to the right of the entrance is the booth allotted as the secretary's office, in which Mr. Ryder will be found, as is his wont on such occasions, zealously and intelligently discharging the duties of his important position. ImMediately in front of the secretary's office is tlle s pace set a' part for the spectively by'Ueasrs. Biset, Leason, anti Richmond and Chandler. The mower and reaper, driven by Mr. Cranston. aaeit for Mr. Wood, performed its work in so efrieimt a style as to elicit general nonitrimcbtion: 'The others worked well, and by all of them t 4 A.e work wag ae eonitylished' in a most satisfactory manner. mimns were not awarded' in V eless, nor in the cam- petition of grubbers and ploughs.. From all the circumstances which MT allowed to transpire, there can be no)doubt that this. will hone of the .most important exhibitions ever held and r' the auspices of the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society. THE ITALIAN OPERA The concluding performance of the first series of Italian Operas at the Theatre-royal took place last night, when the representation of " Dterezia Borgia" was witnessed by one of the largest and most brilliant audiences that ever graced that theatre. The prin- c !pal parts, were sustained by Mad'lle Titiens and Madame Borchardt ; by Signors Giuglini and .Badiali. The singing and acting were• both excellent, and their reception was a triumph.. In the last act, Giuglini was particularly great. In different parts or, the opera, M. Titiens and Badiali prpduced an over powering effecct, which the audience recognised by enthu siastic outbursts of applause. The principal artistes were repeatedly called before the curtain to receive their meed of well-merited applause, and at the final fall of the curtain Mad'lle Titiens was greeted by an. overwhelming Shower of bouquets. Complimentary as this was, the enthusiasm of the audience did not rest there. On leav ing the house her carriage was surrounded by a host of musical admirers, who greeted her with the warmest encomiums, and loaded her with expressions of admira tion.' • •The musical amateurs of Liverpool will learn with groat pleasure that this able company is to give three more operas in the Theatre-royal, namely :--" La Figlia del Reo-mimento," "La Traviata," and " Don Gi , yanni," to take place on Tuesday, the 27th, Wednes:- day, the 28th, and Thursday, the 29th instants. THE LADY AND THE LIFE-BOAT EXMOUTH, September 5 This usually quiet little town was' thrown this morn ing into some little excitement, when it had become generally known that Lady Rolle and some of her friends, accompanied by Richard Lewis, Esq., the secretary to the Royal National Life-boat Institution,' and some gentlemen of the place, had decided on taking a trip in the beautiful new life-boat recently sent here by that society. Adcordingly, about eleven o'clock, the life-boat was brought on her carriage out of her house and launched from it, having on board Lady Rolle, the Countess of Antrim, Lady Helen M‘Donnell, Miss Parlby, Rev. J. Hall Parlby, Mr. Tring, Colonel Wilkin son, and several other gentlemen, with the boat's crew. This operation, which is sometimes so difficult of accom plishment with sonic life-boat carriages, was, in this instance, quickly performed, in consequence of the in genious, but simple mechanism of the life-boat carriage. Indeed, the whole work of launching, from the time the boat and carriage, drawn only by her crew and a few extra hands, were taken from the house to the beach, which is sandy, did not occupy ten minutes. Nothing' could have been more satisfactory than the launching ; and loud were the expressions of approbation of the proceeding, and of the singular energy and intelligQice which the National Life-boat institution had brought to bear on its sacred and humane objects. The life-boat afterwards proceeded with Lady Rolle and her party in gallant style outside the bar. The boat's behaviour, whilst ploughing through the seas, elicited the admiration of every ono on board. She was afterwards brought alongside a vessel, and there,__ with 'the aid of some tackling, she was, after Some difficulty, capsized, but she immediately self-righted from a pecu liarity in har construction, and self-ejected the water thus shipped in a few seconds. This operation again excited some applause, as such an effect was, doubtless, quite novel to many persons in this little town. Some successful experiments were also made with the cork life-belts, which each man of the crews of the society's boats . now always required to • wear 'before going afloat in the life-boat. Some of the crew,- even those who could not swim, fearlessly plunged into the sea with their belts, and readily regained their seats. • The' life-boat is a beautiful craft. She is 30 feet long, 61- broad, and was built by Forrcott, of Lime house, after the plan of the boats now adopted by the institution. The life-boat house is a commodious and handsome building, and was built from the design of C. H. Cooke, Esq., of London, the honorary architect to the Life-Boat Institution. The cost Of the life-boat, carriage, and boat-house was munificently presented to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution by Lady Rolle. There is, probably, not a more complete life boat station on the coast of the United Kingdom than that at Exmouth. Such an establishment is not an ordinary affair. Here often the hope of the shipwrecked seaman, when Clinging with death-like grasp to sonic frail piece of his once noble ship, is concentrated. In the dark hour of the tempestuous night the minute gun at sea is heard from the sinking ship. At its sound the people 'from far and near make with all haste for the life-boat house. The well-known report of the signal gun has brought the crew of the life-boat to the station. She is quickly launched; with brawny arms and stout hearts her crew valiantly contend with the raging surf, which runs, as they say, mountains high ; but with a resolute will they arc determined, with - God's blessin stranded vessel, or perish in their peril At last the ship is reached ; the hapless and are soon on shore. The life-I housed in readiness for another hazardous expedition should her services be again required. This is no imaginary description. What we have here related took place a few months ago at Padstowe, Appledore, and many other life-boat stations. We are told that the National Life-boat Institution has now eighty-five life-boat establishments in connection with it, on which it has expended upwards of £28,000. More than 11,000 shipwrecked persons have been rescued from a watery grave since its first establishment, for saving whom it has voted upwards of £lO,OOO, be sides gold and silver medals, and other honorary dis tinctions. Let the reader inquire at our seaport towas and fishing villages, and he will not fail to hear many, many a wife and mother expressing their gratitude for the preservation from drowning of either a husband or son. Indeed, only two days ago, our reporter heard from the lips of a pilot at Shaldon, expressions of heartfelt gra titude that his life and that of his "poor boy," as he feelingly called him, had been saved some time since during a gale of wind, and in the night, from inevitable death, on Teignmouth Bar, by one of the life-boats of that institution. • There are many noble and valuable societies in this country : but we believe there is none more deserving of public support than the National Life-boat Institution, judging exclusively from the plain and stirring facts which it frequently places before us. Its operations are, however, • unques tionably, much crippled, for the want of adequate public support. Even at its meeting on Thursday last, we have been informed that payment, amounting to abmit £9OO, for new life-boats. boat-houses, and carriages, could not be discharged without infringement upon its funded capital, from the want of the necessary funds. Surely the few facts which we have here stated, relating to this valuable society, will call forth from the British public such prompt and liberal aid as will enable it to persevere in its course of usefulness, on a scale somewhat adequate to its great and national importance, in the cause of humanity—that of saving the lives of our fellow-creatures from the perils of the sea. --....-- LONGEVITY. -Dr. Smith, residing at Bawdsey, it Suffolk, has just completed his 109th year. He enjoys excellent health, has a good appetite, and in the fables of his spirits expresses a belief that he shall live fol some years to come. IMPERIAL R EWARD FOR GALLANT CONDUCT .—Th e 'reach Emperor has recently awarded a medal of honom to captain Paul, commander of the South-Eastern Company's steam-packet Lord Warden, plying betweet Folkestone and Bouloome, for having gallantly rescues the crew of a French fishing-boat in distress, in the month of November last. IMPORTANT PACT FOR TIPPLERS.—It is generally supposed that the old statute, 24th Gco. H. cap 40, sec. 12, which p rov i des that no person who sells spirituous liquors to a less amount than £1 at one time can recover the amount, has Tn thrs Inenin county court °MUM., , the other day, however, the judge de• cided that suchwas not the case, and in virtue of thi decision a person escaped payment of an innkeeper', bill, YESTERDAY DEPARTURE 01 After several, ye HE GREAT EASTERN trouble and anxiet ler way this morning, luattor„cir, entristaneet4 which may reasonably inspire part of both the shareholder& ankl the publ a more brilliant scene than. that which was wit pe on; the ri-ainly sed cn th& , Thames this morning has never fallen within. the memory of living man At .about twenty minates=to• eight o'clock (t time of high Water this ntorring at Greenwidh about ten minutes before ten) a shout ran:through the crowd that the vessel was-:off-and so she was;. for at that moment she was seen, moving broadside• towards the-,middle of .the river, while the smoke, which was vib r. 4 , sly ipsiiing from her fOur arge fumie . - thil-imaller funnels of the-tugs which were lying along— sidb to take h. - T ofr, eampibtely hid her froni ahservation.. Guns were heio-d from' the opposite side, and , intense excitement prevaileJ amonl•st all present. . .In a few minutes afterwards file - smolco , cleared off, and the immense ves'cl' was seen to be majesticaly gilding down the river, following her tugs;, for at this Moment, although her own steam was um neitherlier screw nor.her paddles were in operation. Sho was drawn gallantly along in front of GreenwichTital. where she was received with cordial cheers, and at- this point the interest was increased by the band omboard stsikiug up " Rule Britannia." At this stage tku,v.essel; as in dicated by her marks,. drew twenty-two, feet of erater at the bow. OpPosit° "Greenwich Hospital, both. the screw and paddles were put into motion, and the.vessetwent safety round Greenwich Feint. .Blackwell Point was the next to be passed; and here, according to the Most experienced pilots who•rolunteered their 'opinions . , the only danger to tbeshipcoulki be antici pated. At half-past eight o'clock the Great Eastern was off Black wall, the pier of which was crowded; as were also the tops of the Artichoke, the Plough, and the principal hotels on the river side. At Blackwell Point, opposite the Gun Shoal, the wind and the set of the tide together drove her bows too much in shore, and it required the united power of five steamers•to patt the ship's head roun I into mid-channel. This was happily accomplished after some delay, during which the greatest anxiety was felt for the safety of the ship, and she went off proudly to Wool wich, Which she passed at nine o'clock. Thence she proCeeds to the Nor°, where, after adjusting her com passes; and taking in a fresh supply of coal, she will go on to Weymouth, from whence she will in due time pro ceed on her trial trip, according 'to the arrangements; which have already been made public. During her passage down the river, the "great ship" was accompanied by a large number of steamers, sailing vessels, and 'small boats. She had on her foremast the "Blue Peter,"-indicating that she is ready to sail, and that those who are about to become passengers must make their appearance on board ; and towards the stern floated the 'Millen Jack. The vessel, while in the river, was under the direction of a Trinity House pilot. When released from his control, Captain - Harrison will iu due course take the command. -♦-- THE CHOLERA AT HAMBURG. The following account of the fearful ravages which the cholera has been recently making at Hamburg we take from the Hamburg correspondence of the AI/pc meine Zeitung "The cholera, which is now dying out, has swept away very considerable numbers in this city. Accord ing to official statements, the first symptoms of the disease showed themselves on the 3rd of June. At first the number of cases was small, but the contagion rapidly spread, and it daily increased. At the end of July it reached its height. On one day, the 24th of July, no fewer than . 94 . persons were seized with the epidemic, in addition to those who were already ill. From that day, however, the disease gradually gave way—at fiat slowly, but . afterwurds, with greater rapidity. By the loth of August the number ot. cases had reached that of 1,616, of which 900 had taken place in the month of July alone. At the time of its greatest virulence, the disease was fatal to two-thirds of those taken ill, at a later time to only one-half. The accounts we received from the small towns of Mecklenburgh with reference to the ravages which the cholera has made , there, ,are ,most distressing. Some places have been, absolutely decimated, and whoever wished to escape the epidemic sought safety in flight. The little town of Goldberg, whose inhabitants did not altogether amount to more than 2,500, has been very nearly emptied in this way.. At the end of August thirty persons died daily in this place alone, and dead, with no (,ite to bury them A dearth of provisions came on, for the country people round dreaded to enter the devoted town.". HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. VACCINATION AND TEETHING.— Since the legislature has rendered vaccination compulsory, and appointed vaccinators to certain districts, skin diseases have been more common. This arises from the great difficulty of avo ding error in the selection of an untainted vesicle. If the lymph he impure, the arm of the little patient becomes too much inflamed, the skin looks unhealthy, and soon peals off, and the scalp, ears, and neck, pi e3ent a mass of sores ; when teething commences, all these symptoms are exaggerated. But Holloway's Ointment is :a perfect antidote to this disorder. No nursery should be without it. TRADE IN FRANCE.-The operations of the manu facturers in Paris arc strictly confined to the production of articles. for every-day consumption, nothing in the shape of speCulative business existing. Orders for export are also very limited. The retail trade in Paris is also at the present time very dull, but that is a cir most of the principal residents ks a set-off to 11 in the conntrir tioned tha Mulhausen a good business limes, printed goodi twist. The Lyons manufacturers have received some orders from the United States and from Upper Italy, but many of the looms are still unemployed. There has been a fair amount of business done in raw cotton at Havre, at a . slight improvement in prices ; but holders did not press sales, in expectation of a further advance. —GaiVnani. he'Russian Economic Indicator publishes the follow ing " communicated " note on the necessity of construct ing- a commercial port in the Russian capital :—" St. Petersburgh is not only the capital of a vast empire, but a very important commercial port. The total value of the exportations of Russia amounts annually to between 90,000,000 and 100,000,000 silver roubles (the silver rouble is about 4f.), and her importations from abroad are nearly equivalent. Out of tie sum of 200,000,000, the amount of the exports and imports united, half falls to St. Petersburgh—her commercial port and that of Cronstadt receiving annually from 1,600 to 2,000 vessels, without counting those employed in the coasting trade. For such an importickt commerce as that of St Petersburgh, which is con stantly on the increase, the mercantile ports or wharfs of that city are excessively small. They besides present several other grave inconveniences; for exam ple, vessels of large and even average tonnage cannot arrive direct at the city or the custom-house, and it is very dill - kali for others to pass the four bridges in order ro reach the wharfs. These grave defects caused the government to seek in the city itself for a commodious site for the custom-house andthe mercantile port. Various projects on the subject have been proposed in the course of the last few ycarF, and several of them presented ameliorations more or less important in the present state of things, but the best of them maintained the custom-house in its present site, and proposed the establishment of a port at Vassili Ostrow. However, as the railways constructed, or in course of construc tion, at St. Petersburgh, and which united it with the principal towns and the m ost im p ortant markets of , ' the empire, necessitate time establishment of a port at the left of the mouth of the Neva, th e government necessarilycould considerable, the expense, ofli estabshing a port which would in the narrow or the tho distant part of the city. The spirit of enterprise which now prevails has caused a company of Russian and foreign capitalists and scien tific men to be funned at St. Petersburgh for establish ing a new port ; and from careful surveys it has made, it has ascertained that a vast and excellent port can be constructed on the left bank, and at the mouth of the. Neva, in the Gulf of Finland, at the spot where the channel for ships and that for row-boats meet, at the extremity of the Ile Kaconersky•and the Zoloteia-Mel bank. A special commission, composed of delegates from the Ministries of Finance, the Interior, Or. Marine, and the General Direction Of Roads, &c., has been charged to examine the plans of the said company for the removal of the custom-house and of all its depen dencies to the spot indicated above, for the or,;anisation ;,..-Ar with rinrize anti starnhousei. and far men n O. navigable canal, accompanied by a railway clstine unite the port with all the lines which run into the cap:ol." ~ ~~. CORRESPONDEY BANQUET -TO THE-EARL OF DERBN 6111 ,—0n read*, over your valuable publication of day, I perceive it stated that the Earl of Derby . via be present at the dinner of the Manchester acid Liverpool Agiioultural Society. There could not be a more fitting opportunity for having his. lordship's full consent to the contemplated entertainment about to begiven him, so that. nu, 4isappointment might here after be experience& expect, theiele;c, that there will be no, misgivings or surmises upon this.matter; but that. Northern Dnity Times will e• enabled to inform the public in a few days the cert:an, result of what hundreds would be mratified at knowing.:--I ara, sir, yours faithfully, Liverpool, w euziesuay. ~ • INQUIRER. [Our correspondent Li mistaken in sappdsing that there is any doubt: whatever respectin,, the banquet to Lord Derby. IBS lordship had accepted the invitation at t'le time it w as, announced in our columns that the Wm:met would Witt• place in the course cf next month. —Ed. N. .D. T.ll ♦-- DR. SMETHURST'S. CASE TO THE EDTIOR OP TILE NORTHEIIIi DAILY TIMES. me to address a few words to y ou , respecting the. acquittal of Dr. Smethurst. If ray memory doesnat. fail me, I think that when Dr. Palmer was tried it v,cas. clearly proved that Cook was subject to fits,' and; that when he NUIS under their influ ence' it seemed as though he had taken the poison that Dr. Palmer- is said to have given, him. During the trial of D. Smethurst, great. stress has been put Upon the fact that Miss Banks muis. also subject to 6ts of hysteria, and that her death may easily be accounted for by natuai causes. Now; I think that if the death of one rmty be so easily accounted for by natural causes, so the death of the other might have been.. Then, again, Dr. Taylor made a most awful mistake in this trial ; and do you not think that it is just possible that he might have made ethers during Palmer's trial ? I think that if Smethurst is to be acquitted, most cer tainly Palmer ought to have been. It is certainly not on account of the judge's speech that Smethurst is to be acquitted, for it was far more like the speech of an opposing counsel--4.remain, Sir, yours respettfully, Liverpool, Sept. 7. AN OBSERVEn. + COURT ANI OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. His Excellency Major-General Sir Henry C. Rawlins son, K.C:11,, the newly accredited Minister to the Court of Persia, left on Tuesday for his post, accompanied by Dr. Dickson,' attached to her Majesty's Legation at Teheran. Sir James Grant, Bart., of Monymusk, N. 8., ex pired a few days since at his seat in Scotland. The Tate baronet was born in 1791, and succeeded his father, Sir Archibald, fourth baronet, in . 1810. His brother, now Sir Isaac Grant, succeeds to the baronetcy and family estates. The Emperor and Empress, according to letters from St. Sauveur, will leave that place, for Biarritz, on the 11th or 12th. The Empress will then remain at this last named place, and the Emperor, after visiting Bordeaux and Nantes, will proceed to the camp at Chalons. The King of the Belgians left Laeken, on Saturday morning, for the Lake of Como. IMPORTANT RAILWAY INVENTION. - The Post' s Paris correspondent writes that an exhibition took place at Lyons of a new apparatus for stopping a loco motive in the midst of its speed, almost instantaneously. Its power was acknowledged to be superior to any machine introduced, and it will probably be employed on all the lines in France. GREAT STORM AT CHARLEROI. —A letter front Charleroi states that a violent storm visited that city and the adjoining country on Wednesday last, which lasted two hours and a half. Hail fell in abundance, some of it being as large as pigeons' eggs. Great damage has baen inflicted in consequence. Many trees have been torn up by the roots. The tobacco crops in particular have greatly suffered. The Paris correspondent of the Nord says that Victor Emmanuel's reply to the Tuscan deputation was con certed beforehand with the Emperor Napoleon by means of Count Arese. He points out a circumstance which, he says, has not been before observed, namely, that the delay which intervened before the departure of the de putation coincided exactly with the journey of Count Arese to St. Sauveur. " This delay was evidently the result of a wish to give the count time to return or send the Emperor's reply." .SWIMMING FEAT OF A DO/D.-Among the excursionists to Arran last Thursday was a dog, the property of Mr. Owen Begley, of Prospect Hill. On the return of the Vesper,. the poor animal—either through the unfeeling act of some person or by accident—was precipitated overboard at twenty miles from land. Mr. Begley thought the dog was lost, when, to his surprise, next evening the noble creature reached his master's house, having made a swim 0.! . . twenty miles in a few hours.— Galway Vindicator. A FRAUDULENT TAX COLLECTOR.—At the Wordsley petty sessions, on Tuesday, a charge was made against a late steward of the Earl of Stamford. The name of the accused is Hackett; and it has been ascertained that this man, who was at one time a tax collector, contrived to charge the earl, between the years 1851 and 1859, above £1,300 more than lie ought to have paid for taxes. The Board of Inland Rovenue prosecuted, but from the intricate nature of the case it was adjourned for further ., examination. FoRTIFICATION or lIAVIIr•..—The Havre journals state that there is no foundation fOr the rumour that the French Government intends to fortify that place. The only works proposed arc for the enlargement of the outer prt, which is too small for the present trade. Havre now stands for one-fourth in the whole move ment of French commerce, which is estimated at about 5,329,000,000 f., and for one-third of all that is effected by sea. Marseille; now occupies only the second rank in mercantile importance. THE MURDEIC . OF A CAPTAIN ON THE HIGH SEAS.— A letter received by the wife of the second mate of the Margaret, of Hartlepool, from her husband, named Richard Faux, contains additional information respect ing the shocking tragedy enacted on board that vessel while at sea. The letter is dated Falmouth, August 31, and says—" My Dear Wife,—You will be surprised to hear of our unexpected arrival at Falmouth: We were about 1,400 miles from land when the captain was murdered in his bed, on the 22nd of August, by the steward, a Portuguese, whom we shipped at Lisbon. He cut the captain's head nearly off his body, and then went forward to murder the watch below. The first man he went to was lying half awake, when he felt some thing touch him. lie jumped up, and the steward, instead of cutting his throat, as he no doubt intended, inflicted a severe wound upon his cheek. The steward then came on deck, and the watch below, by scream ing murder, gave the alarm. It was my watch on deck at the time, and when I saw the man who had been wounded with his cheek laid open and covered with blood, I immediately went to the cabin, to the captain's berth, and called out twice, Captain Barker, the steward is attempting to murder the watch below' Imagine my horror, when, on obtaining no answer, I looked into the captain's bed, and saw him lying in his blood, and his head nearly cut from his body. I imme diately went to the master's berth, and found the door locked and the key taken away. I expected to find him also murdered; I shouted his name, and to my joy he answered. I then told him to jump out, for the steward had murdered the captain. I then burst the mate's door with a blow of my fist. I cannot tell you more just now. The prisoner is just taken on shore, and I expect the jury on board every minute. The captain is buried among the ballast." From this it would appear that the intention of the villian was to murder the whole crew, but that this was frustrated. The ship, it is stated, was hound for Pnowash in America. crtinc Ott#c C_c~Yrc, RACING FIXTURES FOR SEPTEMBER 8 Pain's Lane ..... Rochester and Chatham .• 8 Leicester Holbeek ........ 12 Monmouth Doncaster . ..................... 13 Manchester Autumn West Harptree ............... 13 Belford 15 ! Newmarket F.O Dove Cardiff Tenby ............... West ............ Bridgewater and Somerset ................... F."; Brecon 'Vhitehaven 16 I Walsall Cliesterfie LATEST BETTING 6 to 4 on Promised Land The return =atch between the Liverpool and West to (Manchester) clubs, will be played this day (Thum day)- on the ground of the former.