Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

AUGUST 25, 1859 :ered to be in the confidence of the Home Office, turned round from entertain- ded as to nalilt. and now Es to have disc wered that there are dffficulties in under the influence of which the Home Secre- ;hat the convict shall not be hung, but go into servitude for life. We must, ourselves, dissent Smethurst's strongly from such a course is onetliat is to be considered under all the eircum- ..... attending it, from first to last. It is not fair, end, to judge of it simply as .girds the mere No doubt it was alto- icion of poisoning by it adduced in T circumstantial eviden that was )ort of the capital char but that evidence has a and character given to it by the concomitant cir- Lees which it would not otherwise have, and - which rendered it impossiblc, to doubt the convict's guilt. It is much to be feared, therefore; that if he is allowed to escape the gallows, such crimes as his, which have lately been of fearful recurrence, will not easily be put down. The plenipotentiaries at Zurich are said to be pro ceeding satisfactorily with their work ; but they are cer tainly very slow about it, and we are all as muca in the dark as ever as to the nature of the results to which they are said to have conic [here are signs, moreover, of Austria being apprehensive that the issue of the ne gociations may, after all, be such as she cannot submit to ; and, under this feeling, it is believed she has al ready ordered a suspension of the reductions that were being made in her army. The idea is, that the French mmperor is too exacting,—not merely for Italy, whose interests ought first to be considered, but for such a course of settlement as might leave open an opportunity for his own future intervention, if not domination, in orne of the Italian States. One would fain hope that a more favourable result will be arrived at tlaan is now apprehended, before the negociations arc brought to a close; but the very mystery in which they arc still wrapped, is certainly ominous of evil rather than good. Another case of commercial fraud, on a most extensive aeale, is about t o b e invest the Scotch an Courts , The eminent Carron Iron Company, h for three-quarters of a century or more has carried iron foundry business, in all its branches, to a ►ter extent, perhaps, than any similar concern in United Kingdom, has been defrauded, it is charged, :wo of the shareholders, to an amount which really ins almost incredible, throt zh the means of false sheets and other dishonest courses, in the management of the concern, which was mainly in their lia nd• It is said, in short, to be one of the most ?endous cases of fraud to be found in .the history of 3mmerce. Some details of it will be found in another our present sheet that of the builders The lammakers of South Staffordshire have struck for a ksiderable increase of wageA, and those of Newcastle- ukes in ether trades tha x to be spreading through, the country Pon-Tyne are fraternising with them, and giving an npulse to the movement, there and elsewhere, by doing Ile weavers in some parts of this county are also on " strike," and have just declared anew their 'urination to persevere in the struggle with their The builders in Dublin appear to have nl ade a fresh demand of an advance of fourpence a day, Which, being refused, is likely to lead to a general turn out. In Loudon the same class of mechanics are still " out"—living upon the contributions which are made by their- brethren who are still employed, both there is in the country ; a lth ou gh the amount, it is said, 1 . 8 not suc h as to be at all satisfactory. It were much to be de s i red that some means could be devised to bring e employers and the employed to 'a better under- naployers a respect to the French amnesty, it appears that a great many suffering exiles will take t age of it, although there are others who have mined to treat it with contempt. Louis Blanc 1-r eady done so; and now we have Victor Hugo declaring that " Nobody will expect from him that he has al _ . grant, in what concerns himself, a moment of atten a to the thing called an amnesty;" and that, " As e is now situated, a protest absolute, inflexible, ernril, is his duty." He will have none of it : contrary, he " will share to the last the exile of —not ty; when liberty return: THE LATEST NEWS. SPEECH OF THE KING OF A medal, struck by a private society, has been presented to the King. It commemorates the following words of his Majesty, on opening the not insensible to the cry of grief which has rcac us from every part To th deputation who presented the medal, Victor Emmanuel spoke as follow " I thank you for your beautiful present. Ever since it has been in my power I have concen trated my effor to the great national cause. I have it constantly before my mind: live for it ; I am ready to die for it. Difficulties and misfor- tunes arise which must be surmounted, and they certainly will; for I have witnessed the courage and discipline of which the Italians are capable. The union, perfect order, and wisdom which the people of Tuscany, the duchies, and Romagna now display are admirable. Under present cir cumstances it has been impossible to go further, as I might have wished. In the midst of past sorrows I haxe found great consolation in seeing that the Italians have understood me, and have not entertained a doubt concerning me. •Be assured that now, as well as in future, I shall do everything in my power to promote the welfare of Italy FRANCE The correspondent of the Times says that verba remmistrances have been addressed to the minister of foreign affairs on the anti-. kustrian tone of recent articles in the Pats ie the minister dis- ill return,' on IRON CASING -A statement appearing in the Times, and PUDDLE STEEL ect thence into various provincial journals, has aking the rounds of the Kingdom, and probably )pe, to the effect that, from experiments recently no iron or steel plate that has yet been manu d can withstand the solid shot from the ninety- wt. gun at a short ran The first shot would penetrate through the iron plate, but it would .e it, and on three or four striking the plate immediate neigh- 1 the same place, or in tl bourhood, it would be smashed to pieces the result of the trial affected the steel plates, i t Proved that a steel-clothed ship could be far more lily destroyed than a wooden-sided one, and that the smashing ix of one of the steel plates the de 'action of life on the armed ship's decks, supposing the en plate to be driven through the ship's side, would mnething dreadful to contemplate, from the spread he splintered materials. The importance of the Aperiments referred to it is riot east to estimate, so lepends on the peculiarity of the circumstances Which they have been made. Of one thing, " r evel', we are certain, and that is, that the sweeping a ture of the conclusion, is, to say the least, premature. ' ru e enough, the results already chronicled may war ant the conclusion that, material and manufacture, sub .,. rai tted to such tests as those remarked on, may have Proved inefficient; but other experiments remain to be trie d• We are aware that plates, both of iron and steel, mte 11l process of manufacture, which, it is expected, 1'44 f ully meet the object contemplated by the Admi raltY• At Sheffield, and other places, plates of the kind r eferred to are now in process of manufacture, to, be, of T r r se) tested as to efficacy, by such means as the autho rities may deem desirable. As one illustration of thin, may mention that in Liverpool our enterprising and i ngenious fellow-townsmen, the Mersey Steel and ~° llM pany, are engaged in fabricating some plates cl / 4 steel and of iron, on their patent principle, which i n a short time will be subjected to the necessary tests ; an d until theirs, as well as those of other manufac tnjers, hav e b een prove d, it is idle to say that "iron or el sheathing" must be unavailing against heavy shot -at sh ort ' ran ge . The iron and steel plates manufactured at the Mersey- works are so carefully prepared, and with %thorough a knowledge of all qualities tending to pro 'duce tenacity or brittleness in the metal, as to induce us to utueve that if success is to be attained in this line of defensive armament, the manufacturers of the " great w rought iron gun" will achieve it. A short time will ' b ring the ocular proof, and till then it is only fair that public judgment should be suspended. -,----~- MELANCHOLY OCCURREN CE TO AN ENGLISH TOURIST —We have heard of a melancholy occurrence to an English tourist on Goatfell ; the following scanty parti culars in connection With it have only reached us :—lt appears that on Sabbath two gentlemen, one named Dr. smith, made a tour of inspection to the above peak, which, as all our readers know, is situated in the Island of Arran. In their wanderings they went to the most precipitous side of the peak, and his companion was astonished to find Dr. Smith suddenly drop from his side into a crevice. All his efforts to get him out were unavailing, and he had nothing left but to get assist auce. Unfortunately, on his return with assistance, he zforgot the spot where the occurrence took place, and no amount of examination could guide him to it. Yester ' tl aY morning, the inhabitants were _lolled for a arch, but, - so far as our information goes, their best *Aorta have gone unrewarded,—Glasgow Bulletin. avowed any connection with the journal in qucs• tion, and the Patric of Tuesday, in an articlE pursuant to order, says that it expr ;es only its own views. The following appeared in a part of our impression of yesterday FRANCE. REDUCTION OF THE ARMY [REUTER'S TELEGRAM] ft • 1 • The Monitotr, - of this. morning, PARIS, Wednesday.- contains the following : "The Emperor having ordered that the. army be placed from a War to a peace footing, _- War has given orders that, from tl:.e 20th of September, those men should return to their homes whose term of service expires in 1859 ; moreover, furloughs of three months will be allowed to those who are in that class of exceptional cases provided for by the statute of 1832, and the same has also been granted to the men who can prove that they are indispensable for the suppo'•` their family." The Moniteur further announces that nard has been elected deputy for Lille the Minister of M. Kolbe Ber- THE ITALIAN DUCHIES. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] MODENA, August 23.—The National Assembly, in its sitting of to-day, unanimously voted the - following decrees:— Ist. The confirmation of the dictatorship of Signor Farina, giving him full power to contract a loan of millions of liras. 2nd. The erection of a monument to commemorate the votes of the Assembly deciding the decheance of Francis the sth, and the annexation of Modena to Piedmont. 3rd. That the volunteers who served in the late cam paign for the independence of Italy, have deserved well of their country. 4th. That the Dictator be charged to negotiate with the several powers for the restoration of the political prisoners, which Francis V. carried away with him on • leaving the country. • The Assembly was afterwards prorogued RUSSIA. • The Invalidc Russo has received a warning for the provoking tone in which it has of late discussed several political questions. Special instructions also have been given to the Censors as to the mode of exercising their functions LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A CURIOUS FACT For six. and tij.l . ty years past different fire stations, yet, singular to say, not one o them has ever been used during the whole of that period THE AFRICAN MAlLS.—Yesterday afternoon, the screw-steamer Armenian, Captain Blow, sailed for the West Coast of Africa. She will call at Madeira and Teneriffe. She carries out the monthly mails, and about thirty passengers for the different ports of call. THE CANADIAN MAILS.—The Montreal Ocean Steam ship Company's royal mail steamer North Briton, Capt. Grange, sailed for Quebec and Montreal yesterday after- noon, with the weekly Canadian mails arid about seventy passengers ; including the Rev. Mr. Gibbs, the tutor of the Prince of Wales, and Sir Henry Holland. AN EAST INDIAMAN ASHORE.—Yesterday the Fairee Queen, from Glasgow to Ceylon, went ashore on Arklow Bank. At our last advices great efforts were being made to get her off. Her cargo was being discharged into lighters, and a tug-boat had been sent round from Dublin to render all the assistance possible. BA.NIERIIPTCY CoußT ' Y ESTE RDAY.--1 240 Robert Proctor.—This bankrupt passed his final examination, and the certificate meeting was fixed for Monday, the 19th September.—ln re Henry Wilson—This bankrupt also passed his final examination, and the certificate meeting was fixed for Tuesday, the 20th of September. Mr. William Henry Ward, an American, has just patented an invention, which, if successful, will prove of vast importance to the commercial world. He has devised a new code of signal telegraphs for the ' ocean marine service, by which, it is anticipated, intelligence to and from America and England will be obtained in rive days. *According to • his scheme, a steamer leaves New York, say on 'Wednesday . , arrives off Cape Race on the Sunday following, and receives from the lighthouse there- a telegraphic sum mary of proceedings at New York on the previous day. Next Friday, the steamer will, under ordinary circum stances, reach Cape Clear, and will signal the intelligence which may then be transmitted by the electric wires to Liverpool and the other great commercial ports of WARRINGTON AND RAILWAY CO? 'early mee STOCKPORT IPANY (ITT A TRAT AN the prop: rin tr ton and Stockport Railway Company was held at the boa: Esc., the el Mr. Kirkman, the :h it appear of the Warrington an ad the report, from ,Stockport Railway to the LOT has received the royal asse this act, the shareholders of the Ward: art .ltailwa Eton and toc1:-. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. convocati'm to the provirt receiv=ed a malori Her Majesty the qieen, that has occ ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. arage of. Kilmc Rev. RiAard Hamilton, M.A CONVOCATIO who was instituted to tor for the archdeaconry of Lew new el COURT AND OFFICIAI ;we candi- Sir Henry and Vicar his opponeß NTELLIGENCI is Royal Highness th Prince Colisori, the royal family, and the - ladies and gentlemen . of the court, arrived at Gosport on Tuesday evening at about twenty minutes to six o'clock. The royal party embarked on board the Fairy, and proceeded to Osborne amidst the customary salutes of the garrison, the ships in harbour, and at Spithead. Her Majesty and his Royal HighneSs the Prince Consort, their Royal Highnesses the Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa left the Pavilion at Aldershott on Tuesday morning, and again visited the entrenched camp. They remained inspecting the defences thrown up, and were present during the manoeuvres executed. The Queen, Prince, and Royal Family left the Royal Pavilion in the afternoon, and returned to Osborne. Lord Brougham is at present staying at Tynemouth, enjoying the fresh breezes of the North Sea, which sweep that headland. It is the intention of several of the mechanics' institutes and working mens' institutes on the Tyne to present athlresses to his lordship. The Emperor of Austria has just entered on his twenty ninth year, having been born on August 18, 1830. Count Victor Wimpffen, lieutenant in the Austrian navy, son of the Austrian general of that name, has just married the daughter of Baron de Sina, the banker, receiving, with the bride a fortune of 25,000,000 francs. The iron. Miss Edina Campbell, daughter of Lady Stratheden, will shortly be married to the Rev. Mr. Duckworth, son of Sir J. T. Duckworth; Bart. The number of yersons at the Forester's fete, at the Crvstal Palace, yesterday, was 62,343, the largest con ed there o AN EXCITING DUEL.—A correspondent of the New York Timov gives the following particulars of an affair of honour between the lion. Sylvester Mowry, delegate from Arizona, and E. E. Cross, editor of the Ilrizoniaii. The duel was fought near Tabac, in Arizona. The cor respondent says : "They fought with Burnside rifles, at forty paces. Three shots were exchanged, without effect. Upon the fourth round, the cap on Mowry's rifle did not explode, while Cross's ball whistled harmlessly past his antagonist. Mowry held his rifle still levelled, as an in dication that he had not had his shot, and many, not unders'tanding the code, supposed that he designed trying it again. Several grasped their pistols, as if to shout him down, and there were cries of 'Hold your fire!' • Don't shoot, Mowry !" Cross stood perfectly - calm, awaiting the result. Mr. Mercer (Mowry's second) advanced, when Mowry lowered his rifle and handed it to his second. They still claimed their shot as a right under the code. Mr. Cross unhesitatingly expressed his willingness to grant it, but his second •demurred. After conferring •with several gentlemen familiar with the code, who agreed with Mr. Mowry that he was entitled to the shot, Captain Donaldson (Cross's second) acquiesced, and Mr. Cross, handing him his rifle, folded his arms, apparently unconcerned, and faced his antagonist. At this stage of the proceedings, the spectators became terribly excited. Many, per- Imps a majority, thought it unfair, and some spoke of putting a summary stop t' the whole affair ; but, upon learning that those present, supposed to •be best acquainted with the duello, had declared him entitled to it, they reluctantly fell back. At the word, Mr. Mowry fired in the air, and declared himself satisfied. Cross had stood directly facing hilt, not knowing that he could rely upon his generosity to decline firing upon an un armed foe, fully expecting death, and yet not a nerve • trembled—not a single evidence of fear was displayed. Tears sprang into his eyes, and all enmity vanished be fore such an exhibition. Mr. Mercer (Mowry's second) crossed the field, and, taking Cross by the hand, in formed him that Mr. Mowry was satisfied. They started forward to meet Mowry, who was advancing, and after shaking hands, they stood for some minutes to receive the congratulations of their friends. THE PART LIFE OF SMETHURST.—The convict who at present lies . in a position so perilous is the.son of a small schoolmaster, and was born in the neighbourhood of Coventry in the year 1804. There is, however, no pretext for the allegation that his father was tutor to the Earl of Dysart, nor does there appear to be any better foundation for his assertion that he is a regularly educated medical man. According to his own account, as detailed in a boarding-house where lie lived, he married his present wife from feelings of gratitude for her attention to him when ill during the period of his career as a medical student ; but there is no proof that he originally was more than a chemist, or possesses a higher professional degree than that of the Apothecaries' Company and a German degree. lie undoubtedly, however, carried on medical 'adjoining London. Bat it was at Ramsgate where he practised longest and was best known ; he carried on• business there for several years, and it is but fair to f add that, except being considered some what close-fisted and fond of money, he bore a tolerably respectable character. After residing there for some time, he left for Germany, with the double view of ,placing himself wider the celebrated hydropathist Priessnitz, for the purpose of obtainin g relief - from a lameness with which he was afflicted, and of acquiring a suffi cient knowledge of the system to enable him to practise it. On his return to Ramsgate, he not only opened a cold-water-cure establishment, but published a book upon the subject. The latter is entitled "ilydropatheria." The book is rather respectable as a compilation ; and it is somewhat remarkable that when absent in Germany his practice was, ht his request, taken. care of by a gentleman before whom he was eventually brought at Richmond on a charge of murder. But at Ramsgate he never got into what is termed " fashionable practice," and he consequently removed to the establishment of Moos-park, in Surrey. .After keeping this for several years he eventually sold it to advantage, and led a com paratively private life until arrested on the charge for which he has recently been condemned. A Miss NIGHTINGALE IN ITALY.—The English lady alluded to as " Mrs. C." in some recent notices of the campaign in Lombardy, is the same person who forms the subject of the following letter of gratitude addressed to her, and inserted in an Italian paper (Gazzstta del Popolo) by an officer, in the name of himself and his wounded fellow-soldiers. The lady, we should observe, is Mrs. Crawley, widow of Mr. Ambrose Crawley, of the E.1.C.5., and niece of the present Sir Edward Meredyth, Bart. Mrs. Crawley happened by chance to be travelling within the vicinity of the frightful bloodshed then going on, and with the spirit of Miss Nightingale she converted her journey of recreation into a course of devoted service to the sick and wounded. Her aid proved most effective after the terrible engage ment of Solferino. The Italian officer in his letter ex presses himself thus :—" In the first moments after the glorious day of St. Martino an immense number of wounded, and amongst them several officers, were taken to Desenzano for • the first relief ; but there were no hospitals . prepared there, and there was a want of everything. This state of things was greatly remedied by the exertions of the officials of the place, particnlarly Avvocato Manfredi and Signor Cerese, who did their utmost to p rocure lodging for the wounded, and all that was, of urgent necessity, and who themselves attended the wounde d. Their charitable wor k w as ably sec onded by many of the good and ge n tl e l a di e s of the country. The wounded . who were at D es e nzano r emember with gratitude those persons, .but amongst them they recollect w i t h p articul ar pleasure the sy m p a thi s i ng and graceful countenance of a lady, who, Italian in heart, f or she took the most vivid inte rest though not born in Ita l y , was truly is the victims of a cause so sacred, and which she had espoused with all her soul. This lady was the. Signora Crawley (Corinna), an Englishwoman. She was an as siduous visitor at the hospital of Desenzano, where she passed many hours of ilTe r day, sitting by the bed of each wounded, inforMing berstilf of their ,, ants, and provid ing for them, consoling all w...affectionate words, so much the dearer as they came from the heart. Accept, noble lady, the thanks of all the wounded, in the name timents of the sincerest gratitude.—l Capital() del Bersaglieri.' (Signed) EMILIO PALLAxionvi, Europe WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians was held yester day, Mr. Potts in the chair. The other members in attendance included Messrs. H. Edwards, J. Edwards, Shaw, Ledger, Abrahams, Stone, Whitley, Medcalf, Pilling, Wareham, Roscoe, Smith, and Richmond. Cheques were granted for out-door relief as follows :-- Mr. Potts, £lO5 ; Mr: Olney, £3O ; and Mr. Lythgoe, £2O. The report from Mr. Gough, master of the workhouse, of the state of the house, showed that last week there were 5 7 2 paupers ; admitted! since, 29 ; born, 1; discharged, 20 ; dead, 3. In the house this week, 579, of whom 315 belong to Toxteth-park ; cor responding week last year, 640. Mr. Hall, master of the hospital, reported as follows :—ln the hospital this week, 72; died, 2 ; corresponding week last year, 88 A somewhat animated discussion took place on Mr Cleaver, law-clerk, reading a letter from an ironmonger, who had supplied goods to the workho us e , stating that if he did not obtain a settlement he would enter an ac tion at law against the guardians. Mr. Cleaver explained that this debt had been owing since 1856 ; that, how ever, they (the guardians) had paid several portions of it, and held receipts for the same. He also said that, by a late act of Parliathent,- the board of guardians could not Pity any accounts owing more than two years without consulting the Poor-law Board. Ultimately, Mr. Cleaver was requested to write to the. Poor-law Board, and receive inkructions on the matter. This was the only business before the meeting, which shortly afterwards broke up. :ent. per annum for the prc per can per annum Cc statement of learn that the total receipts daring the half all sources, was £6,417 9s. 10d. and by it 1, inaining 998 y 'ear, from On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by .Mr. Beaumont, it was dend, at the rate mm on That a divi- paid up on the pr cent. per annum on the amount paid up on the ordinary rem; shares, and at. the rate of 4 ix hares, be declared for the I last, subject to income-ta: year ending June 30th and that such dividend b 3 paid on and after the 31st day of Angus Mr. Fos' ibery having left the chair, it was taken by Mr. Barratt Mr. Highfield then rose to move—" That the best thanks of the. shareholders be and are hereby presented to William .Charles Fosbery, Esq., for the zeal and ability displayed by him in the discharge of his duties as chairman of the Warrington and Stockport Railway durin g the session of 1858-9, and for the satisfactory result of the recent negociations conducted by him, and that as an acknowledgment of his valuable services the sum of one hundred guineas be paid to him out of the small fund of undivided revenue." (Applause.) lie said he had seen something, the difficulties attending the management of small companies, and he tlnught at one time better terms might lave been obtained but from what he Irzd seen he was quite satisfied with the zeal and ability displayed by their chairman, and th€ result of the negoeiations. (Applausi Mr. W - 4- said he ha•l pleasure ul Beaumon seconding the motion, and paid a tribute to Mr. Fos lmy's management. He hoped that _gentleman wont accept the testimonial as an shareholders towards hinf. Mr. Barratt, depaty-e agreed with the remarks roost of (Appla iairma !cling of the he motion was carried unanimc ks for the honour pai and Mr. Parr, botl Mr. Posbery returned tl him, and remarked that when 1 A upon th chairmanship of the company he was deterniined to leave no stone unturned to rescue it from the low posi tion in which he found it. He was glad to say his exertions had been crowned with success ; but he was deeply indebted to his colleagues—the directors—for seconilin , his endeavours. He also felt indebted to Mr. Marsh for the advice he had tendered to him in his legal capacity as 'solicitor to the company ; and also to Mr. Kirkman, who had acted well both for the lessees and lessors. He again thanked nial they had presented him with had had a, liva m for the testimo- Id assured them he plause.) The meeting then broke up ie chair One of the jury in the Smethurst case writes :—" In order to remove any impression that may exist in the minds of the public with respect to the summing up of the. judge having a tendency to influence the minds of the jury, I beg to inform you that at the close of the de fence, and before the judge commenced his summing up,. eleven of the jury were convinced upon the evidence adduced of the prisoner's guilt, and the remarks of the judge confirmed their opinions." THE WELSH IRON AND COAL TRADES.—During the past month a satisfactory trade has been done in bar and sheet iron; while pigs have also sold freely. The hot weather, as .usual. at the season of year, exhausted the stock of water on the hills, and considerable inconvenience has in - consequence been occasioned at some of the works. At Ithymney this has been chiefly felt, and the necessity of completing certain repairs further tended to lessen the amount of work for the men. The stoppage of the Penyclarren works in Glamorganshire is severely felt by the miners, and it was at one time feared that a similar calamity would happen at Cyfarthfa. It appears that a difference as to the terms on which the lease should be renewed occurred between the proprietors and Mr. Crawshay, and the latter gentleman &termined.to relin quish the undertaking. There is now, however, a prospect of a settlement, and it is much to be hoped that the owners will not refuse a renewal of the lease on fair and reasonable terms. At Merthyr and Dowlais some good orders have been received, and are now in proc ess o f execution. The works in Monmouthshire are fully em ployed, the Continental demand having been regular and good. For steam coal an active inquiry has been ex perienced, and some lire contracts have been disposed of. The accidents in mines have been rather above the ,verage, some Navin lace at Blaenavon, Blaina, Gorwrd. Colliery, and . the • Butlideder Colliery. In each held, but it does not appN made to found . a School of Mines negligence is the ea is favourably received by many of the leading ronmast VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF ROOK.—On Saturday last, hi WALES TO IIIE BA is Royal Highness the Prince of Wales paid a visit to the Bass Boa, the cele• brated inSular crag near the mouth of the Firth of Forth, and to Tantallon Castle, the ancient feudal stronghold which Scott has made famous suite, left Edinburgh by the tea a.m. express 01 the North British Railway, and reached the brand terminus at North Berwick shortly before elevei o'clock. Here the Prince was waited on by Si Hew Dalrymple, the proprietor of the Tantallon, and by the Right Hon. Mr. Nisb Hamilton, whose hospitality his Royal Highness hak agreed to accept at Archerfield-house from Saturday evening till Monday. The horses of the Prince and suite having been sent down beforehand, the whole party mounted and rode 'through the small seaport and fashionable bathing place of North Berwick, which was gaily decorated with flags, triumphal arches, and floral designs. They were loudly cheered by the inhabitants and visitors, and were met at the Cross by the chief magistrate and council, who were presented to the Prince by Sir Hew Dalrymple. The party then rode about two miles eastward to Canty Bay, whence they embarked on board Sir Hew's yacht the Firefly, which quickly scudded across the two , miles of sea to , the Bass, Bask an, favoured by a line breeze from tke westward, which gave a lively motion to the yacht. The Pirefly, followed by the Lonisa,one of the gunboats of her Majesty's ship Edinburgh (now stationed at Queensferry, thirty miles further up the Firth), sailed round the Bass Rock, and at twelve o'clock the Prince landed under a salute from the Louisa, the Royal standard being, on a signal, hoisted at th e summ it o f the rock. His Royal e llighness seemed to enjoy the climb up the steep crag, which,. to those • unaided, requires at some places the exercise of both hands and knees, and a steady head, to preserve one's balance upon its giddy heights, and against the gusty winds that cons t a ntly sweep around it. The Prince was conducted by Sir Hew Dalrymple over the remains of the fortress prison that existed on the Bass up to the end of the 17th century—a fortress not intended for the protection of the coasts, but simply to keep the Bass, and which a its assailants might starve but not storm, and a prison in whose Nonconformists cold an d of thedismal dinigeo ns many n ywere of the Presby terian confined in Restoration terrible seclusion. After enjoying some rifle practice on the Solan geese, which hover in myriads round the rock, and several of which were shot on the wing by the young prince, the party ascended to the top of the rock, a perpen dicular height Of 423 ft. above the level of the sea, and here, the day being sunny as well as clear, a magnificent view was, obtained of the German Ocean, and of the Firth and its coast, from St. Abb's Head to the " east neuk of Fife." After spending alMui, two nounsin the examination of the rock and enjoyment of the scene the party partook of luncheon in the only habitable building on the rock; and about three o'clock they re-embarked and steered across to Tantallon, disembarking under the high cliffs which on three sides formed the defence of the old castle. After asceriling to the plateau and surveying the picturesque re:mins of the stronghold of the old Earls - of Angus, the Prince and party remounted, and h North Berwick and Dirleton reached Nisbit Hamilton, passing throe I Arahnrfield Ills I-toy parish church at Vrleton oa Sunda rttu.ned to liolyrood, mess attended. tae and on Monday I'IIE CONFRItENCE AT ZURICH Tesnondent of the Times, wri4i) see took place the day previot the Plenipotentiaries were pr ,t anithing very imports . _ mv ersation turned on any be —._____._ is no protocol: was drawn up n come to. Count Colloredo is, c nrr,i at of a maim- before entci nis part of the btrshless for Will that it wai the tip of Lombardy tv that would Baron de Bourgtizency spokc he has ( ninon, aim - testy, but re the s, and, when. generalities eirl amnesty constitu t much room for disagreement. The es one of the articles of the Treaty of Villafranca ; the Emperor Napoleon, by his. accent act, has fulfilled his part so far, and set an example to his brother emperor. THE IMPERIAL AMNESTY VICTOR HUGO AND THE AMNESTY.—TIIO fol6Willg is the deelaration made by M Victor Hugo, in reference to the amnesty proclaimed by the Emperor of the French :-- " Nobody will expect from me that I can grant, ia what concerns myself, a moment of attention to the thing called an amnesty. As France is now situated, a pro test absolute, inflexible, and eternal, is my duty. Faithful to the engagement which I made in my conscience, I will share to the last the exile of liberty. When liberty returns, Twill return.—Vreron HUGO, Guernsey, Haute vine -house, Aug. 18, 1859." M. LOUIS BLANC AND THE AMNESTY appear that M. Louis Blanc has received letters dis senting from his previous announcement that he would not accept the amnesty. He writes another letter to say that in his opinion the amnesty granted by the French ruler may be fairly hailed as a blessing by -It would many among the exiles, whom their forlorn po3ition in a foreign country, or family ties of a specially urgent character, justify in returning to their native land. The amnesty being unconditional, no sort of stair. whatever attaches to the act of availing oneself of it, more especially if it be for the purpose of fulfilling doniestic duties not 103s_ imperion sacred than those arising from political conviction. No man, therefore, conscientiously influenced by such contingencies, is obnoxious or to blame for seizing the opportunity, though reluctant to receive the boon. M. Louis Blanc, however, reiterates his opinion that French men, who have strong and obvious motives for believing that their return, besides being unsafe, would be of no avail either to their cause or to their country, are per fectly entitled to r.main where they can speak out their mind, and enjoy the ennobling protection f f the law. To serve France in France, he says. is for us now plainly impossible. To serve her abroad is the only chance we have left, at least so long as the policy of the empire rernabl , " unchanged. T THE SHREWSBURY AN!) HEREFORD RAILWAY. On Tuesday, the half-yearly meeting of this company took place at Shrewsbury ; Mr. W. Ormsby Gore, chair- man of the company, presided The Secretary Walter Roberts) having read the notice convening the meeting, Mr. J. J. Peele (solicitor to the company) read the report, which stated the prospects to be very encourag ing. The total gross receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1859, as compared with the corres ponding period last year, show an increase of about 201 per cent., being £89,651 ls. 7d., as against £79,417 14s. sd. The directors recommend the issue of the 23,935 remaining ordinary shares, and that they shall be first offered rateably to the shareholders of the company The Chairman having congratulated the meeting on the flourishing condition of the company, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted . " That the report be received and adopted, and trans mitted to the shareholders. " That a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., for the half-year ending June 30, be paid on the Ist of Septem ber next to the holders of ordinary shares, and a dividend of 41 per cent. be paid at the same date to the holders of preferential shares, the income tax in each case being deducted. "That the directors be, and they are hereby axtherised to create and issue, in shares of £lO each, the remainder of the . share capital authorised to be created by the Shrewsbury and• Hereford 'Railway Act, 1856. That such shares be issued on payment of a deposit or first call of £1 per share, and that the same be first offered to holders of ordinary stock of the company, in proportion to their respective holdings ; and such portions as shall not be accepted by them be then offered to the holders of the preferential stock of the company, and that any remainder shall be issued to such persons, at such times such mar, ner, as the directors shall determine " That the whole of the ordinary shares nosy existing in the capital of this company, in respect whereof the whole money now subscribed as being paid up, be con verted and consolidated into a general capital stock, tt be divided amongst the shaxehOiders according to their respective interests." The retiring directors were Lgrd Bateman, Mr. Wardell, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Holme. The three latter were re-elected. Lord Bateman declined offering himself again, and the vacancy was filled up by the election of Mr. John Ralph Ormsby Gore. The directors named Sir Charles Rouse Boughton, Bart, to be vice president in place of the late Hon. R. W. Clive, M.P., and Captain George Windsor Clive was named director in his brother's place. Mr. Smith was re-elected auditor. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. --•--- A correspondent at Southampton states that about two years since Dr. Smethurst, now lying under sentence of death for murder, had sonic thol:ghts of practising as a medical man in that town. His manners were, he says, considered gentlemanly. He used to laugh immoderately while in gay, social converse. Persons who had business dealings with him found him tricky and selfish, but. like most secret poisoners, he was exempt from any suspicion that he was capable of murder.—Zondon paper. HERTFORD ELECTION. - Mr. Dimsdale, the late Con stnertNlawth,-,ie,,,etannrds.idiantewfheirchillieerstafovrsd.:Lh,a,sAitstsiuleedtea:ml address Sn tho lothirs. in which lie says :—" At the termination CORRESPONDENCE. [TT e 6 , pot holt" our kesponsible for the opinions of our corresionclents.l HE U( TO rut - EDITOR Or THE NORTHER'S TIMES, Sin,—The present singularly dull state of our staple -is the subject of daily remark among ,nd sundry,. oven, unconnected wi th the ra , de, and the general r gned is the splendid Irovect of the growing T and Oc,ober are and from indications,, s well as fro:n recent- y prospet of our kintrce ❑d tilenwasson. Fifteen ran► hat the 'maths of Sopt --- en. r!ri nd e - )ased upon previous expert scientific observation, tier laving, in both hen "nopheres, very old weather during the next ninety days Leaving,„ however, the- qpeFition. of wer th er i n abey ance, let t arefer to. the position Of supply on demand. On the 19th instant, the stack of Ameri can Cotton in Liverpool was •587,000b15. Allow that we import from. that date till 31st December, the.samequantity that tempestuous and we did last year, and which no one con versant with the trade believes at all probable . 375,000 962,004 Total ..... • • • This will give a total for c nsumption and export till the end of the year of ... . . Let the average weekly consumption and export of American cotton which we have bad since January be given till 31st December, and you have 39,600 for nineteen weeks 9G2,000 752,400 Leaving stock of American on 31st Dec. at 209,600 Against, in 1858 Decrease It is an undoubted filet that the stocks of cotton on the continent and in the hands of American manufacturers never were so light, from which we may safely infer that the great bulk of the early receipts of the new crop will be eagerly purchased for those markets; and it is a fact patent to all who will take the trouble to inquire, that planters will not be scared this year as they .were last (as to the effect of a 3,750,000 bale crop upon prices) and force their cottons to market as they did then ; and a week or two will prove that the coming crop will be nearer 3,500,000 than 4,000,000 of bales. Why, therefore, should holders of cotton be running after spinners as they are now doing, and begging, "for Goa's sake," for a "bid," when a moment's rdlection will tell them that the cry of 4,000,000 is mere i" bosh ;" that the stock of American cotton, on the 31st Docember, will certainly be 50,000 . bales, and may be 150,000 less than last year ; and that the stocks in the manufacturing, districts are intoriously not within 80,000 bales of what they were at this period in 1858. I much fear that the reason of the anxiety to sell is owing to the desire many brokers have to render account sales, and to be able to ascertain correctly cva . y Saturday the exact amount of their commission account. And I would, therefore, respectfully recommend to those whose interests are connected with the " staple," to dis card the pernicious advice they have been for months labouring under, aral act like merchants, and upon the true principles of trade, which is to keep their stocks, if produced, till they are wanted; and they mny depend upon it that, in so far as cotton is concerned, that. will prove to be the case - ere many weeks have elapsed, and to an extent few at present think possible. 55,210 Yours respec "ONES WHO 1i ;ow CRUELT TO ANIMALS TO THE EDITOR or THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Sin,—We have almost all kinds of societies estab lished now-a-days ; but there is one in particular which. I should like to see established in this town, namely, a " Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," which, I have no doubt, would, to some extent, have a tendency to prevent tilos:, disgraceful and vulgar cruel ties inflicted upon animals, especially the ass, which treatment is a disgrace to the age in which we live. The scenes of this description which I so frequently witness here are disgusting in the extreme ; and llna surprised that thoso — whose business it is to look after these matters, so as to bring the perpetrators before the magistrates, do not exercise that vigilance so neces— s a r i y t for is a the lamentable pre venti prevention c t o f that those cowardly wretches to whose care those animals are confided have scarcely more understanding than the poor dumb creatures which they beat, curse, and load so. unmercifully. I think the law is not sufficiently stringent to punish those who are guilty of these excesses ; and that being the case, as well as the indiff renec with which the au thorities and people in general regard these matters, r fear that unless, some great efforts are made by sonic humane individuals, the evils of which I complain will keep increasing. The " Social science" movement would do well to try to stimulate that portion of opera tives, which is generally considered the groisest in society, to more humanizing influences, as their conduct in many respects is similar to the darkest ages of barbarism. - - There is one animal in particular for whic qi I feel the ruel treatment —. Which he receives from man which I hhve the greatest Veneration, on historic associations connected with him whose body for more than 1,800 `•ears indelible mark which should always command ou there i ,incere respect. The animal to which I alla the ass rhich has peen for a very long time' degenerating in consequence of the neglect, contempt, and cruelties which are exercised towards him. Whether he is naturally stupid or not, I do not know ; but the ill-treatment which he has been that stupidity. - is humble animal; is stronger than the w g - o ell th c i a ,o lc u t g d i a l te n d lo t r o e i f )r a o t d ig u u e: The ass an histreatment, he well were fed, notor i h n or t s l e ie f l o i habit of his size, si r z e e c , ei a r i i i n d g with less care ; and, not like that noble animal, is con tent to feed upon very homely - fare—thistles, or any weed which might come in his path. cleaned so as to make him look well ; nor indeed would h e I himself m-o uld g n r o t t rin c b o l l e n p a la t ii t i h o i f s receiving, beaten, tortured with nails,. and loaded beyond his strength. Is it to be wondered at that he sometimes manifests his displeasure at such usage by refusing to work ? I hope that these few simple observations, which r trust you will insert in your excellent paper, will have some effect in removing one of our social evils.-L-YOUFF, VIATOR. respectfully, ntelZiçe~tce. S, porting of the arduous contest in which I have been engaged, I desire to express, warmly, my most earnest and heartfelt thanks for the universal kindness which has been accorded to me. The large amount of support which I have received, the friendship I have formed in each political party, and the cordial sympathy expressed by many who did not feel at liberty to vote for me, compensate, even 12 , little betting, the cant 20 to . a h t i t t e h n i ds s h u ou p ie n of m dc y fe defeat, the T l i c e gr p et ri N n v e h i i p c l h es n y ec e e u ss h ar a i v ly e Very havean and responded ol joif: encouragedEapgsa Conservatism MURDER. tta t uhs h ße onaim, candidate, a. enthusiasm n_igldeaiiiid, nDeasEtteN pledge thevit —IDENTIFICATION h e. mischievoust) 4_ lll . which si i v o s t N l e l l e f g t oo i r r o l ne u t o T a i e mn i n : y g E e . heard me advocate are those to which I shall adhere, quite checking speculatioiL sight can accomplish has bee first wil in the e k t ictu ts ; in n nd u e i e e e more Americans than any of d st e rbefore n , e r c n i i i g e E t s hy of so-called Liberalism." ort:oi. to the number of arena training on the grouni Iris Bobby Romance PAWNBROKER'S ASSISTANT OF ONE OP THE M EN .— Kit We mentioned in our yesterday's impression that two Manchester Tommy men, named William Appleby and Walter Beardou, at Roan, mare (Moillts) Mountain Boy present awaiting their trial in the West Riding House Dreadnought of Correction, for burglary at Batley, had been identified Thlnger Lady Go Rossiter • . as two men who were in the field where Broughton met Jack diva his death shortly before the murder. On Tuesday „,,,,, rn. , iiia will commence ti to 1 again: to I again 8 to I again afternoon, at ve o'clock, Mr. Gill, chief clerk of the West Riding constabulary, brought the pawnbroker's assistant, from Leeds to the Wakefield prison, and he recognised Reardon as the individual w :io had pledged the murdered man's watch at his (Martin's) shop. Detective Wetherall, on teaching the roam of the pri soner B3ardon, found two knotted rs bludgeo and an old north end. He a The Stakes, and the utmost pun' through the events by dayligh been got up with the same spi earnestly to be hoped that Li ment worthy the notice of fon consider worth recording on t • - kGIIAM Bar .M.'f constable's staff, heavily toaaeu at mos t notorious and desperate character, and has com mitted robberies in all parts of the cbuntry lie is at present "wantel" for various offences in the borough; of Sheffield, Leeds, 'Wakefield, and other places. Appleby bears an equally bad character. The pawn broker's assistant pointa out Beardon from amongst seven or eight prisoners. Wild Ito Tot Dead heat with Olympias LATEST BETTING ES (AINTREE) Itain Boy. The Daw Jack Rossiter Dreadnought, lence displayed by the Americans Everythmg that care and fore done to render this meeting the it is a great chance but that it miverse, As it is patronised 1:7 ienrrsreasecenmizeaegteliZ i r n b ] , :u i tt o r io n , ( g viinin ilte Dam Tommy (Coles) SailO'i Jack Little Fanny Maid of all Worl Lady Harkaway Charlie )6 needed to E rvents have CY pool will afii ners, and one It they wilt hamlet. RACES on 'i'u