Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

degenerating into the reckless partisan, committed to one fata and invariable line of opposition and usation. We do not wish to see him develope, in the meridian of his day, the character of an unseru- . • pulousren6gad.e, whoi is &terinineel, at, all hazards, to Pkit a bold face troop. the Ithnself upoly the matter, -and-to--revenge party he .has' deserted for the C o mpunctious sitings of his own con ALTROU. GA Lord ELcuo's motio: line occupied in the di ir nPort Lord, PALmp det en , in his owr prom active part in any Confere ss which is no perors o: )ver a cup of Foreign Secre coffee, and thl present Government. lire :ER. has fully ye nme whici free, from the vas withdrawn, non it was not t point which this ake a positive and ssue from Zurich, upon ,e two is and France, at Villa- curling fumes of terms less disadvantageous than those MPEROR of AUSTRIA, through the mediation of 11 LOUIS E,` ply as )f France, as they ferring to that prog expelled the edd 11 - 0. Irth, of rendering It and recc Bah ! Parblieu! I care no more es of Italy thar you do ; this to which ni37' destiny has } lead so much for Buckingham style has been the v erY mail that has produced those difficulties .bYIICh Louis NAP( IS' now finds I Elinaself I°llll ded, Italy and ,elibes to the ingratitude of misapprehension of his purposes by Iropean Powe a ILY means, out of the -cv It is to extricate him, if by ,mplex circumstances ne has wrought around himself, by com eneing an unjustifiable war, and concluding a peace upon .1-111;;1:- icable conditions, we are to forego that Of the n eutrality Which distinguished the able policy Bta tkd it N 5 Administration, and which the PREMIER his in "lie M tentio trquis of NORM. In an ab BY ver beech deli red in thf aunultaneousx.) C4lmul ° ll s, th a t the Empero r NAPOLEON was quite justified in stating to the EM the t er , , °I Peace which had been proffered through "gland met with the approbation of justly. observed, with Lord me dian, o f T ' re sent Gone : 'EROR Of AUSTRIA that ' 633 1 he w01,1.d impose, if they only settled the matter and ever conditions harder Mace between themselves „:_ • consideration at his own individual In fact, that he should 114114 tba n frn th e jute, to Who: vention of those " natural - he look e d. With this appar en t desert 11'n must be engendered, in the mind of the calpE itot , 0 , _ L A USTRIA, feelings towards us, if not ab sol uostit .Mlat yet in no small degree unfriendly under such a class of sentiments, i ng our 'et to exercise, or what authority becom- IR an Y f 0: Tonal dignity can we expect to maintain coining _ Conference which may be the prnig of this 'present Congr .minat R, that of: at Zurich, of which Europ and in contemplation of which i already, it ar pears by Lord ted to take part ? It at fell from the Cii CELLOR of the 1 uestion he independence of Italy, are to be dis- we are asked to those subjects, of importance, into which s well that we should Parliament is pro- Are we to be the champion of nationalities mean, backed up by his ss colleague, the Foi N SECRETARY, sorption of the Kingdom of ssian Empire and of the Austria, as contraven aty of Vienna, Italy fron as the the rule of . Aus- .gument just amounts another autocratic I ~'anea CiaTtrAf NAPOLEO What does th busy and restl Vhen he ref€ Po. land into the R Public of Cracow Cons to the liberatiori c ta.a. is ? His I to thi What 'e coon IS this—and we are only the ex- P " en ts of the f eelings and opinions of the public We do not .nterfere at all, at present, in tae settlement of the Italian difficulties, rendered so ' c omplex by the peace which has been negotiated at llafr Let the Italians, the pans, Bolognese, and Modene ', settle their own affairs and the EMPERORS of AUSTRIA s not meddle with that which With the Po RANCE ; W e cannot come out of with advantage or honour. 131 that masterly review of the present position of Ita lian affairs, taken and expressed by the honourable k enibe r for Hors 'ham, we entirely agree, when he allow the people of Italy to settle their bwn —and that is the doctrine which both my noble friend (Lord ELCHO) and I have ever held in afrai this Rouse, :sPecia ,lly in the course of this present I believe that Italy, having no .easons fc itation or discontent, would • _ 131.°c ' ee d in . peace and order to establish the founda lit. rnment OTES OF THE DAY It is still ;d that Parliament may be prorogued on r daY; and preparations would appear to have been during the present week to realise that expectation. Rouse of Lords has had a Wednesday sitting, in order. of the other House, the "''sines of which has been so far advanced as to leave )1 d c/t h. jog, we believe, undone that it is essential to dispose of :ring the p resen t sess i on. N o very sat i s f actory rev i ew o f I , u ' l egislation, upon the whole, si n ce the me eting of Par kment in February last, can possibly be taken. The i li 1 1 1 terr option to the progress of business' which, it is now or e titan .ever evident, was occasioned by what may be a faction fight, has inflicted no slight injury upon Mme of the most important interests of the country, since "reral questions affecting those interests have had to be e ither slurred over, or. put aside entirely ; and all this, in very order- that a party, impatient for the resumption of office, might be thrust upon the country by the displacement of a Ministry, in whose hands the honour and security of the kingdom were much more safe than they now are. Time, however, works wonders ; and time alone is wanting to create a revulsion of feeling, which will return to power a mservative Administration, and place it upon a mor stable basis than evc The Times.asseiti, with no timidlrshafe df audacity, that the change that is taking place in our foreign policy, "is this alteration in the moral pressure .of, .our diplomacy 14.ttion comes from the peop' speaking at Lord-Derby's in recent decisions of Election Commitiees:whiCh ha .ent, really came to no,such decision, but one which ) have confirmed Lord Derby in power ; but to in- dulge in such mendacious assertions, now that it is.so evi dent the majority against Lord Derby was a fictitious one, is really a display of unscrupulousness, which one would scarcely have expected, even from such a quarter. The time, however, is fast approaching, when such delusions as are thus.sought to be kept up will bb entirely dispelled, and the people be enabled to exert their legitimate Comm vative influence with an effect that is not to be Ited by the machinations of the Liberals THE LATEST NEWS. AUSTRIA TRIESTE, August 11 Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 6th inst. The Sultanlas returned friiin 'lll4 journey:- —He-has- sanctioned the double- election- of Prince Couza, with. the con.ltions that:Ppiope Conz4 is to .come to Constantinople to J.-endey hOmage to the • Sultan. , M.'do Thouvenal has, arrived here. It is confirmed that the town of Erzerounv has been. entirely dn stroyed by a fresh earthquake. News from'Smyrna of the'rith inst., nunou r nee . the death of the Governor )re the I General. VIENNA, August 11. The official Austrian correspondence of this even ing contains private intelligence; dated Parma, the 9th, stating that the Piedmontese had been driven frdm the city. The Red Republic had been pro claimed. The property iiolders and the friends of order were taking flight. GERMANY }IAMB URG it, August 11 To-day the citizens of Hamburgh, representing all the parishes, voted for the modification of the 'con stitution proposed by the:Senate, which was adopted by a majority of 678 against 153. SWITZERLAND BERNE, August 11 According to news received from Zurich M. de Bourqueney had to-day a conference with M. des Ambrois. At three o'clock p.m. another conference took place between M. de Bourqueney and Count Colloredo. Marquis de Turgot,. French Ambassador at Berne, has issued numerous invitations for cele brating the fete of Napoleon on the .15th instant. Yesterday there was no sitting of the Conference at Zurich. At the sitting of the day before yester day the representative of Sardinia was not present. Baron Meysenburg has departed for Vienna. The Vice-President of the Confederation of Switzerland and the Counsellor Cied.a assisted this evening at the diplomatic banquet. SARDINIA August 11 Advices received from Bologna state that a decree of the Government has convoked an assembly, to be elected by the in'habitants, in order to express the wishes of the population. • Several agents of Mazzini had been arrested and expelled. It is asserted that the Conference at Zurich has prolonged the armistice indefinitely. The French troops have suspended their departure, from Italy. House of T cords, Leno's in the House of f The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday :---- • FRANCE [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, August 11.—The Moniteur of this morning con tains a list of nominations to the Legion of Honour of those soldiers who have distinguished themselves at Solferino. The Moniteur says further, the Emperor returned yesterday at seven p.m. froM Plombiers, after having visited the cave: which have been constructed there. HEALTH' OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. OFFICIAL BULLLETIN. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] • The symptoms of conr,estion of blood to the brain which his Majesty experienced yesterday have diminished a little, and they did not , increase towards, the evening in the same degree as. in the day, before. The state of- his. Majesty's health is, in fact, much the same. (Signed,)' DR. PRINO. DR. • BOEGER. Sansovia, 10th Anglist,:B p.m. TEE, BUILDERS' STRIKE. The Central . Association of the. Metropolitan. Master Builders, has issued a low; printed address to their,work,- men,,pointing, out to them that to exact more wages for less work, is the surest way of losing both work and wages, and the address is also very emphatic, respecting the tyranny exercised by the Trades' Union Dictators, and the Executive Committee. TAUNTON ELECTION. Close of 'pal (conservative), 381 ; Barclay (liberal), 336.; . 'majority, 46. LEGAL APPOINTMENTS The rocordershipS held by'the late Mr. Serjeant Clarke have been filled. . Mr. J. W. Neile is appointed recorder of Walsall; Mr. Fitzjai* Stephens, of Newark; Hon. O. 0. Vernoa, of Lincoln, and, Mr. Ilibbert Bremer is appointed recorder of, Northampton. LOSS OF THE ARGO, The inquiry into the loss of this vessel was resumed yes terday morning. Henry' Wakeman Swift was 'the only witness examined, after which the inquiry was adjourned until twelve o'clock this day (ThUrsday.) The Grand Duke Constantine visited her Majesty yester terday afternoo, The Mil Election Committee has not yet concluded its sittings. This is the only election committee that has now to sit this session. •'' The rhnei and Post contain articles on the Pontefract election, and comiiromise.. The Times is severe on both patties. f--- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTBRDA.Y TDB INDIAN LOAN , The Duke of ARGYLE moved the committal of the East India Loan Bill. Ile entered at length into the deficit in the Indian revenue, and the transactions of the various loans. He denied that the finances of 'lndia were in a state of chronic deficit. They had been in a sat4actory condi tion before the mutiny, and he trusted that when the re sources of the country were developed they would be so again. Every atention would be paid by the Government to all the branches of this most important subject. ' The Earl of ELLENUOROUGU entered at length into details of the expenditure of India, declaring that he did not believe that any reduction could be made in the British ,military. He approved of the appointment of Mr. Wilson as Chancellor of the Exchequer in India; but . declared that he could do nothing without proper assistance. He objected altogether to the policy of an imperial guarantee, and did not believe that the deficit could be repaired by. the new taxes. The actual system of . India WV, a chaos, out of which order , was to be produced; a nd when that •was 'done, he believed that useful and economical reforms might be • introduced. He deprecated reduction . in the salaries of the 'civil service. Able men would be induced to go to India only under the expectation of making their fortunes. He advocated a re duction in the number of native troops, against whocri the troops of the line and'the local European farces would form an even balance. Lord LvoEnBN asserted that the military force could be som e further discusSion, the bill passed thr oug h greatly, r educed by.the establishment of a local, police. • TUE VOLUN TEER RESERVE (NAVAL). FORCE. committee. After The House went into committee on the Reserve Volunteer Force of Seamen Bill. The Dule of SOMERSET explained the object of the bill, which was to create a reserve force of seamen, by giving them stated sums per a nnum. The Earl .of ELLEN BOROUGR said that the dif f iculty wcnild be to ge t the men tog ether, No sailor should be engaqed except those engaged on short voyages, The bill then pawl tbrougb. committee: The builders' strike is coming to an end without a cam- and it is, perhaps, as well, if not a great deal it it should. The firm whence the strike origi- tod have already obtained, we understand, a ,sufficient asiness, and many other departments have also agreed to work according to the terms of their employers, to sign a declaration against such combinaiions, and to work ten ho' The association of masters in the metro- seems, had offers from the country, which it is-expected will, in a few days, enable many of the firms to get to work through the assistance rendered. It is still to be hoped that a perfect reeondiliati6n ; may be effected between masters and men ; and as there is now, apparently, a disposition on either side to yield something, one may, not unreasonably, hope this will soon be the case. . One of the most hopeful signs of a better state of things in France that we have obServed' 'for some tithe, is to be found in the abandonment, within the last few days, of the custom that has hitherto prevailed under the Napoleonic regime, of seizing the English papers en masse, as they came to the Post-office. " None of the weekly papers that carne on SundaY," says a letter from Paris, " have been confis , Gated, and for the first time for many months Englishmen have been rejoiced by the sight of that brilliant and pungent periodical, the Saturday Review." Let us hope that this decision of the Emperor will continue' to lie observed. At the same time, it, would be utterly in vain to expect' that have, it His Majesty can go on.outraging public. opinion, with im punity, if the strictures - of a Free Press, such as that ,of England is, are allowed to be circulated, and to produce their obvious impressions among no inconsiderable portibn of his subjects. _ _ _ It is every day,being made more evident, that murder is becoming a. sort of mania in this country. Murders, for some time past, have been of almost daily occurence, in ons part of the country or another ; and to the long, list which the last few weeks had furnished, We haie to add one of a peculiarly horrible type, committed at Durslcy, in Gloucester shire, where a woman, haying been vexed by her husband, went to him when he was in bed, and deliberately cut his throat from ear to ear. Such dreadful occurrences certainly show a very 'demoralized state of society ; and one, the cause of which cannot be too carefully,investigated by the magistracy of the 'country. country.. Parliamentary Reform is, no doubt, a very important thing.; but it must, undoubtedly, be more important to effect such a social reform as will prevent those murderous outrages with which the country is now being horrified, as well as being disgraced. THE THREATENED CONGRESS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES SIR,—If there ever were a time which called for the watchful political eye to look round with suspi cion and apprehension it is the present, .when the supervising eye of Parliament is about to bd.closcd in the sleep of prorogation. A more eventfnl period never dawned upon us. With so unscrupulous, so wily, so grasping, and astute a politician es the Emperor of the French, we have no one to compete worthy of the task; and a second edition of, but in volving higher imperial interests than, the humiliating. failure of Vienna will be perpetrated, if the news paper press do not supply the place of Parliament, and keep the country in a safe state of ' information ql , -" 1 C _nit we shall De hooked into a ,ongress the recent protests of sundry members in the House of Com mons to the contrary, notwithstanding) in which we ought to take no part,—that we shall be overmatched in cliplomacy,—that we shall. be 'made tools of, and the mere instrument to give currency to, and the impress of English acquiescence in, French arrange ments for French aggrandisement and purposes, will be proved in the next Parliamentary Session,:—such is my firm conviction. _ _ _ That Napoleon purposes appropriating Italy for a Napoleonic dynasty, I' have not the shadow of a doubt. That his' plang are laid, and deeply laid, for that purpose, and 'that he will 'work through any sinuosities to accomplish it, will certainly be seen ; although ,not perhaps on the instant,, for he has sagacity, prudence, and patience enough to bide his time; and that our present ministers am no match for his astuteness, all must feel persuaded. - As for disarmament, in the true and practical meaning of the term, any one who believes in it must be' ridiculously incredulous ' for it is a rotten fallacy and deception, intended to deceive us into the abandonment of 'our improvement of the defenceS of the country ; a child might see through it ; and Yet our " motley administration " will be taken in by it, so accurately does he measure the calibre of mind in that administration. Much as we may deplore the loss of the Derby, Ministry at this crisis, we may vet hate and execrate the, vile, treacherous "Liberal" bribery which accomplished it, more ; for had that ministry survived the factious assault made upon it, it would have eschewed all participation in the• solemn farce about to be perpetrated in the name of a Congress •, or, were participation inevitable, the very antipodes of a Russell would be our diplomat in' the grave affair, —a man, perhaps the only one, capable of measuring and foiling political duplicity with Louis himself—Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. A catastrophe is before us—a blunder is in the foreground — perilous imperial cons equences in the rear; and to the press must we look for, such coun teraction as the best information of its foreign cor respondents can realise,. to put us on our guard during the Parliamentary interregnum. That is no disarmament which can keep up 400,000 troops in . posse, and 200,000 more in esse; that can be , placed on the battle-field in a fortnight, and a fleet all .but equal to our own, and that can be manned in eight and forty hours ready to start with the cry evax. Long communications do not suit • a diurnal sci well occupied as yours ; but permit me to congratulate our F ool). old town, once the most loyal of the loyal, on its acquisition of that which it has • long needed- - a local . Tines, already diSPlaying rare talent ' in' its leading articles, as well . as being well collated and admirably: conducted • the appreciation of whiCh may be. justly inferred from the influx might almost add superflux) of Advertisements crowded into its coluinns by the advertising public. August' 10, 1859, BBOOKVALP i_ _ T • THE CAUSE LIST AT THE ASSIZES.—The cause list at the assizes which commenced yesterday contains, in the whole, 117 entries. There are 341 entered for trial in the first, or Salford, list, 13 of which are marked for special juries. In the West Derby list there are 83 issues, of which 21 are special jury cases. Amongst the entries in the West Derby list are included the Liverpool Borough Bank v. Logan and another, Cocker and Co. v. the Cor p oration of Liver pool, and Banbury v. the Liverpool and Loudon Insurance Company. Wo understand that. the list 99ntPlas several eases of elan* and libel, • • MISCELLANEOUS BILLS The Government of India Act Amendment Bill was also passed through committee, as did the Medical Act Amend ment Bill, after a protest from Lord Dungannon. The Dublin Police and other Bills were read a second 'The ti iddia t- Bill was read a second tim after some discussion. ‘AncVother bill's were advanced a istage; and the llou adjourned at ten minutes to eight p.m. • HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YsTnnnAir. Mr.:Bentinck took the oaths and his seat for Taunton THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. Replying to Mr. E. James, Sir G. LEWIS detailed the facts of the interview betweei i himself and the master builders relative to the workmen's strike. The object of the masters was to secure the arbi tration of Government. His answer had been, that both the Government and the House of Commons had no knoW ledge of the subject, and therefore could not undertake any such office. THE BREACH OF PRIVILEGE QUESTION In reply to Mr. Griffith, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not take upon himself to refuse the Chiltern Hundreds to any member, solely beCause . a political war was pending against his election. If there was: ground of objection, it was for the. House to interfere. • J. RUSSELL, in reply to Mr. Baillie Cochrane, declined to produce papers relating to the negociations since the Peace of. Villafranca. A new.writ was ordered for Davenport in place of Mr. Wilson, who has accepted the office of Commissioner of Finance in India. TAE SERPENTINI Sir SosEru PAXTON asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he intended to proceed with the works, as proposed by Mr; Hawksley, for partially cleansing the 'water in the Serpentine. Mr. 'FrizitOy said that he intended to proceed with the plan, not fOr partially, but entirely, cleansing the waters of the Serpentine. A lengthened discussion ensued, in which Mr. STEPHEN SON declared that the state of the Serpentine had been greatly exaggerated, hut approved of the plan as the most economical yet proposed. Sir J. PAXTON, on the contrary, staked his reputat that the plan would turn out a failure. CHARITABLE TRUST 3 ACT. On the order of the day for going into committee on th Charitable Trusts Act Continuance Bill, Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed : the bill on the part of the Roman Catholics in the north of England. The Roman Catholics were desirous of being placed under the operatibns of the general law of the land, and were apprehensive lest the entire number of the Catholic charities would pass into the hands - of Cardinal Wiseman. On this ground the Roman Catholics of the north had petitioned against the bill, which he called upon the house to • reject on their behalf. 4e moved, as an amendment., that the bill be committed that day three months. Mr. SPOONER seconded the amendment Mr. HENNESSEY supported the motion. Mr. Bowym animadverted on the new character in which Mr. Newdegate appeared as the advocate of the Roman Catholics, of whom he had hitherto leen a bitter opponent. The only object of the bill was to prevent the confiscation of charitable property under the Superstitious Uses Act, Until some well-considered and permanent measure could be devised. After some observations from Mr. Scully and Mr Kinnaird, Sir G. C, LEWIS observed that the bill was merely a Con tinuance Bill. lie trusted that it might now be passed, and next session they could legislate more satisfactorily on the subject. Mr. SPOONER declared that he would do all in his power to put an end to these continuance bills. There was no danger whatever that these charities in question would he brought under the Superstitious Uses Act. The object was to check the foreign interference brought to bear upon. he Roman Catholics of this country. Mr. P. O'BRIEN remarked on the singularity of the fact, that the advocates of the Roman Catholics, on the present occasion, were its bitterest enemies. On a division, the amendment Was negatived by 70 to 47: The bill then passed through committee, and the stand ing orders being suspended, was read a third time and passed. • Tnn DIVORCE COURT The Trouse then went into committee on the Divorce Court Bill. On clause 4, extending the provisions of the bill to Ire land, TllO ATTORNEY-GENIMAT, said that the clause had not 1-Ten inserted in the original bill, but it was introduced in the HoU s se of Lords, and he moved the omission on the part of Government. Mr, D. GRIFFITHS objected to double legislation, putting Ireland on a different footing from England. Mr, DEASY said that the clause was totally inapplicable to Ireland—that it was totally opposed to the feelings of the people—that it made the Irish subject to a foreign tribunal, and interfered with the privileges of the Irish courts. On the clause giving the judge discretionary power of sitting with closed doors, ' Mr. E. JAMES moved the omission of the clause, declaring that the adoption of such a rule would not prevent the pub lication of any case, while it would lead to imperfect and garbled reports. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the law was due to the ex perienced judge who presided in the court. That court was often haunted by bad characters, whose conduct was such as to be most offensive, when ladies gave their evi dence under certain circumstances. Hence, many wo men were afraid to come forward, and the consequence was, a direct denial of justice. He was in favour of publicity as a general rule, but contended that this discretionary power ought to be placed in the hands of the judge. On clause 7, the provision authorising the Attorney-General to examine husband and wife as to any collusian in the case, was struck out. The bill then passed through committee, and was read a third time and passed Ths Sale of Gas Bill, as amended, was considered,_ and read also a third time and passed. On the conideration of the Attorneys' and Solicitors' Bill, as amended, Mr. KNIGHT was commenting on the bill, when the House was counted out at half-past seven. DEATH OF A CHILD THROUGH THE BITE OP A DOO.—OR the sth instant a number of children were playing around a pump behind the residence of Mr. John Cropper Brierley, waste dealer, Promenade, Rochdale. A young servant girl told them to go away, but they refused. It is said that . the girl then'hissed the dog at them, when it bit George Edmund Stott, aged three year?, on the leg. Mr. Stanwell, surgeon, was called in, but on the 9th instant the child died from the effects of the bite. A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH AT Bourox.—About two o'clock on Sunday morning, a police-constable found smoke issuing from the house of Edmund Holt, in Back Howell croft, Bolton, and on going into the house he discovered' a woman, named Mary Ainsworth, lying on the floor, with her clothes burning. Molt, the owner of the house, was near to her, fast asleep. The fire being extinguished, the woman was removed to the infirmary, where she died in about an hour.. The deceased was thirty-two years of age. Both she, and Holt are sUpposed to have been in a state intoxication. A Boy AND GIRL SCALDED TO DBATll.—lnquests were held on Wednesday, one at West Ardsley and the other at Wakefield, on the bodies of David Brook and Mary Jane Phillips. The boy's mother had taken him into a neigh bour's house at West Ardsley, where she left him playing. There was a can of boil in g water on the sink. This, by some means, the child upset upon himself, and was so ' injured that he-bas since deed.--.the mother or the girl had left 'a large basin of boiling water on the kitchen floor, and, While she was upstairs, the giri nt , w the hile basi playing with the eat, laccidentally fell 'b ac k w ards ion, and was also so dreadfully scalded that she died soon afterwards, verdict in each Oase s " A c cidentally soldcd," LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. EARL OF CHESTER'S YEOMANRY.—On Monday the mem bers of the Altrincham troop were entertained at a sump tuous dinner, by Captain Fox, at the Unicorn Hotel, Altrincham. The. officers present were the Captain, Cap tain Hall, Lieutenant Nicholls, F. Fox, and Dr. Broadbent. Ma,• COADEN.—We understand that - the whole -of the tickets for the soirée, to Mr. Cobden, at Rochdale, have been applied for. ."The'comniittee," says the. ifernekester (hirer _ dian, "are indefati ga bl e i n thei r endeavours to rend er it once the most important po itical. demonstrations which has taken place in Lancashire for many years. DEATH FROM ILL-TREATMENT ON THE MGR SEAS.— Peter Antonia, a seaman belonging to 'the' American ship Conqueror, now lying in the Waterloo Dock, having been ill-treated by the captain and mate, was taken to the North ern Hospital, on Sunday, where he expired on Wednesday last. THE HIGH SIIERIFAL Sir Robert Gerrard, Bart, than usually gay and attractir ,GE. — The " turn out" of :tient high sheriff, is more The noble bay 0 in number; are' beautifully caparisoned, 'and the liveries exceedingly rich. Yesterday forenoon, on escorting the learned judges to the courts, the high sheriff appeared in his full dross as a field officer in the army. EARLY CLOSING.—The Liverpool Early-closing Associa tion held a meeting last night in Oakes-street concert-room, Mr. A. B: Steele in the chair. The object of the meeting was to form a committee for the district of London-road, including Islington, P a ddi ngton, &c. Several mem b ers of the association addressed the meeting, the purpose of, their address being the objects which the association has in view. A committee being formed, the meeting separated. • EXPLOSION OF "GAS.--Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, an explosion of a dangerous character took place in the establishment of a pawmibroker and bullion dealer in Lime-street, nearly opposite Elliot-street.. It would seem that the gas had been escaping all night in the drawing room, immediately above the shop, and on the p r op r i e to r entering that ap ar t men t i n the morning an explosion took place, which burst out the windows, tore the Venetian blinds to pieces, forcing them through the windows into the street, and doing considerable damage to the furniture. Fortunately the proprietor escaped with no worse injuries than a few blisters over his person. FATAL COLLIERY Acciumyr.—On Wednesday afternoon, a shocking accident occurred at the Mount Osborne Colliery, belonging to Mr: William Day. Au old man, about 70 'years of age, named Mathew Lambert, of Old Mill, had just finished his' work, and was going towards the pit bot tom to be drawn out, when, in crossing a tramway, , his foot caught the rope and he was thrown across the rails. A train of waggons which were coming along the pit bottom at the time passed over the poor fellow;. killing him on the spot. He was taken up in a shockingly mutilated condition and conveyed horn, where the body now awaits a coroner's CORONER'S COURT.—YESTERDAY.—The following in quests were held yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., borough coroner :---On the body of John Jones, a sawyer, in the employ of Mr. Mullen, joiner and builder, of Walton road. It appeared that the deceased, on Tuesday last, was at work at Mr. Million's saw-mill, when he and a man named Bradley, in the same employ, began to " skylark." The play continued for some time between Bradley and the deceased, when Jones's foot slipped from the balk-frame carriage, and he fall on the circular saw, when his right arm was cut off. He was at once conveyed to.the Northern Hospital, where he expired yesterday. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." In the case of the ad journed inquest of James Carlisle, the jury returned a ver dict of "Manslaughter against John Rooney." AN ImrosTunn.—A man of about 35 years of age, five feet six inches high, very fresh complexioned, brown hair, little or no whiskers, and dressed in a billycock hat, white blouse, light trousers, and shoes, who sometimes represents himself as John Moors, farmer, 13ohrdman Edge, and some times Greenwood, and who no doubt assumes many other names and residences, has lately been going about 'Wood houses, Little Moss, Waterhouses, and the neighbourhood near Ashton-under-Lyne, calling on the farmers and asking for assistance in consequence of an alleged loss .of a large number of cows by disease. He has in several instances obtained contributions, and it is high time a stop was put to his career. Should he wait upon any of our readers, they should immediately. call in the police, as he is " wanted."— Mane/aster Gnat dian. The following patents (amongst others) have passed the great seal during the week ending August 9, 1859 :—J. G. Proger and D r Davies for " Improvements in lanterns used on board ship to signal to, the : steersman. 7 G., F. Chau troll, Liverpool, " improvements in the treatment of char coal ,after its inanufael i pre .or revivification." J. B. Red man, "An improvement in the' const ruc ti on o f carr i a g e ways." It. J. Ellis, LiverpoOl, " Improvements in the ap paratus for lifting sunken vessels and other submerged bodies." C. W. Siemens, " Improvements in elect r ic tele graphs and apparatus, and in supports for electric telegraphic line wires." Thomas White, " Improvements in apparatus for raising and lowering ships 'along inclined slips." Geo. Betjemann, Geo: Wm. Betjeniann, and John Bt.:lonian, for " Improvements in book slides." ---Communicated from the. Patent Offices, 4, Clayton-square. PRESENTATION, TO via EX- C URORWA UDEN OF ST. PAU . Vs.—Yesterday evening, a meeting of the congregation of St. Paul's Church, St. Paul's-square, was held in the school room, Edmund-street, and which had been convened for the purpose of presenting Mr. Brownbill, their late church wardett,, with a testimonial. - Rev. Mr. Read occupied the chair; and on the platform were—Rev. Henry Stephens, Mr. Read, jun., and several ladies of the congregation. The chairman called upon the Rev. Mr. Stephens to read the address, which was very arti s ti ca lly go t up. Th e a dd ress stated that, ? in presenting the accompanying tea service as a small testimonial of esteem for his energetic and valuable services for a space of eight years, they were only perform ing a very pleasing duty ; and wished the service had been more deserving of his acceptance. The chairman, in pre senting the testimonial, made some pointed allusions as to the manner in which Mr. Brownbill performed the duties of his office, under very trying circumstances, and expr.ssed a hope that the present wardens would leave them in the same pleasing. and friendly manner. Mr. Thomas Lowe, in rising, said - that he ha'd been requested, as secretary of the Day and Sunday Schools, to express, in their behalf, special, thanks for the interest which the late churchwarden manifested on all occasions towards the schools, and especially for the very active part which `he took in,establishing the present day school, which, though now held in a small room, numbers in actual attendance 186 children, and that in a district where there never, was a Protestant national school before. The speaker proCeeded to say that the churchwardens of the ; establiShment were gentlemen on whom much depended for the prosperity of the national church, and that great. responsibility rested ,upon them. In paying the tribute to their late warden, it was the unanimous opinion that they were only rendering "honour to whom honour is due."—Mr. John . Sinn n o ( t addressed the meeting on behalf of the congregation, retired expressed regret that Mr. Brownbill shoul s d have p but hoped ho would receive, in the same the people who irit in which they were tendered, the good church.—Mr. the present e same fame that wardens.T o worshippedm s Lwaoiyunllodr that earn followed , ez f e o n r t landly themselves' l ; B :o '° p osi e ' d ens t. 1 :i 3 : followed the late worthy churchwarden.=Mr. Browribill, in returning thanks, appeared much affected, and assured the meeting that the recollection of their kindness would never be effaced from his memory, and that he would always review with satisfaction the manner in which they bad been pleased to recognise his humble services. 4 INDIA. The mails from Calcutta to July 2, and from Hong Kong June 22, have arrived. The letters for the provinces were despatched by the earliest trains this morning. • Tho only intelligence of interest reported by the Calcutta journals refers to the mutiny of the Europeans arßerhani pore, who deposed their officers, and selected a colonel and a force of H.M.'s .9Rth, 3rd Buffs,major from among, themselves. This c ause d a d espatch mutineers to their senses. at Berhamp ore f rom the :rivernf r o ,dr m h2e C g a u l t c t Lar i oo tt , ,t pt a os of b i nn s gd t r et oi e, g steamers, and the men of the bth were allowed twenty four hours to consider returning to their duty, under a promise that their grievances should be•enquiredinto. Some thirteen or fourteen, however, remained refractory, and were (as a consequence) made ; prisoners. The day before ; the troops ,marched for .11erhampore the order of Government was published, which • . reached England by last Bombay mail. The order, it was known, exempted the sth 'Europeans ; it held out until inquiries had been made as to their conduct. • The CalcuitaPaiel;;Tairdander in connection with the mutiny was over. The following is the letter of the Times' Calcutta corres pondent affair of the 6th Europeans is over, and the quarrels between the soldiers of the old army and the government may be considered settled. There was some thing so comic mixed up with the proceedings of the men at Berhampore, somethin.c , so utterly bizarre and unexpected in some of their acts, that you will find even officers dis posed to treat the mutil3y with contempt. It was, howeyor, a serious affair. Who'repuient was about 000 strong, %ad had expressed its opinion in . the matter of the transfer with offensive clearness. It continued, however, to do duty until froW Allahabad who taunted Nearly 500 of the men whatever, upon which ltlaitland, ordered the ome deserters the arrival of the men with doing ur hereupon refused to do the commanding office: officers to withdraw. it implied a da officers of tl and assisted at,iori%•l , This - step exaspera . ted the Alen, of assassination, and-they elected IC Marshall being chosen colonel, vtains, and four sor- aitlana *rithdreii ' all servants, last, everything except o stop withont, an xplo-. Marshall turned out_ a lu,tion. He .threatened )tmg„ and carried his r man, guilty of dis— and the regiment waf; 3jitio to which it wacc entirely unaccustomed. The men flayed cricket under their' of cer:7; noses, but otherwise remained quiet enough, open— ing, however, a correspondence with the 6th at llazaree— bagh. At last, on the 26th of June,' Colonel Kenneth- Mackenzie, Deputy Adjutant-General —not Colonel Colin. Mackenzie, who only went up to protect Moorshedabad— arrived with 1,000 men of her Majesty's 99th an the Buffs, and four guns, He placed his men, and offered the mutineers twenty-four hours to consider themselves. If at exr qtion of that time they returned to duty, a court of tui - mould be held into their grievances if not he should emr y fore,. 4- hirl - • Inquiry m '-nine excepted, submitted,. The court of inquiry is now sitting, but it seems perfectly understood that the men will ba simply discharged. I feel very doubtful whether even the ringleaders will be punished. The discharge will apparently be nearly universal. Of fifty recruits at Barrack-- pore, all demanded it except two. All the men in the arsenal took it at once, and even the Governor-General's band declared their resolution to resign.' The sth, it is known, will go en masse, and letters begin to come in speak- , in.' of discharges by the hundred. We shall, in fact, lose the whole. substance of the Company's European army, which has thus, like its native con - tragic, committed suicide. The inen cal culate OR a pleasant voyage to England without work, three months' holiday at home, and re-enlistment on fresh Imunty. They share,. moreover,, the feeling of dislike to the country, now so lamentably strong even among officers, and have been, finally, idle in the tropics for months. The Governor-General has ordered. that Thursday, the 28th of July, shall he kept As a day of thanksgiving for the restoration of peace in India. - There is literally no further news, except that the Supreme boonveacrotu man—Sir Outram. Bupreme j t in ain tl e t: Supreme Court, Sir B. Frere is still in Seinde, and Mr. Ricketts is away sick at the Neilgherries. • Mr. Harrington ) , member for the North West, has accordingly been called to , Council for the nonce—a step almost without a precedent. The men, and the recusants were arrested 1 - 1 I N The news. from` China is devoid cf interest. The com— mercial news haS been partially anticipated. At Calcutta the export market showed a declining ten dency. Import trade was very quiet and dull; prices or yarns had fallen considerably ; all kinds of piece goodw lower. Arrivals of latter very large, metals dull, freights. to Liverpool as before. _ _ report trade. dull. Metals de- . The liong- advi. scribed as very dulrindeed. Foochoofoo letters of the that in the tea trace large transactions had taken placa at an advance of l a to Z tads. on opening rates. The eagerness to buy was partly caused by anxiety to get away the first ships. Teas were coming in freely, and it was hoped that prices would be brought to_ a more reasonable figure. Of. fine tea the sup— ply is said to be small. Pekoes had been sold at very ex— treme rates for fair quality. At Shanghai very extreme rates had been paid for the: first arrivals of the new silk crop. .Sgartinff c4nteitigrlYrt. RACING 1' 'IXTTIRES 3UST. AU( Wenlock l2 Plymouth Congleton l6 York August l7 Folkestone l7 Spilsby Barnsley Radcliffe Barnstaple and' North Devon 24 Oxford Canterbury Yarmouth Totness and Bridgetown j Derby Summer G RACES ELSDAY. 1 Neophit Hop Merchant Treacherous whimsical Madame Eglanti] Cynthia Princess Royal Julie came in first but Was di and the stake awarded to Cynthi Cav ersh a Stakes. Handicap I Dove . it ran. Hartley:Wintney I Stakes. Misty Mor isqualified for carrying overweight Stand Plate. 1 Little Cherub AINTREE TROTTING RACES Tho Entries, as under, took place last evening, The Aintree Stakes of 2 sous each, with £l5 added,. Mr. Smith's Iris. Mr. Coggin's Manchester Thinnig Li r. Ilarbago's Bobby. Mr. Hodgson's Kit. Mr. Moflit's Ali e. Mr: Barker's Roan Mitre. Mr. Nelson's Romance. AUGUST 25, The Sefton Stakes of 10 sops each, with £lOO added, for horses a all nations. Mr. Wilding's Jacob. Mr. Lawton nas Big Sam. Mr. Johnson nas Mountain Boy. Mr. Drummond nas Lady Godiyx- Mr. Ammes nas Dreadnought. Mr. Ford nas Butcher Roy. Mr. Lee nas Ranger. Mr. Thornton nas Haw. Mr. Harland's Jack Rossiter. Mr. J. Ellis nas a Brown Mart•. The Croxteth Stakes of 5 sous each, with £5O added, for Britt,lt bred horses only. Mr. Bastion's Jacky: Mr. Mums' Lady godly Mr. Whitmore's Daw. Mr. Moffit's Sailor Jack. Mr. Parker's Peggy. s Little Fanny. The Knowsley Stakos of 3 sous net bred hor Mt. Cole's Tommy. Mr. Ammes' Lady Godiva Mr. Parkei's Peggy. Mr. Lopton's Charlie. Mr. Whihnore's Dow, Mr. Tioffit's Sailor Jack. READIN Mr. Cole's i'oirony , with £25 added for Birtisfa • Mr. Nelson's Lady llariraway: Mr. Staveley'S Little Fanny. Mr. Ilolt's Maid of all Work. Mr. Hodgson's Kit. Mr. Moililt's Butcher Boy. LATEST BETTING EBOII. HANDIVAP (York.) 6 to 1 ag 8 to 1 10 to I Sha:foe. (t) Volatile. (t) Bar the Twa ST. LEGER against Promised Land y, Trumpeter. ~ Prelude. SEFTON STAKES (Aintree.) 3 to 1 against Ranger. 7to 2 „ Jacirltoasiter. 4 to 1 "Rig Sam 5 to 1 5 to 1 6 to / Mountain Boy Daw. Butcher Boy CRICKET GENTLEMP.N m i nty! NORTH AGAINST GRATI.P.MEN Op Tug SOI,Tir.: —This very interesting match was commenced yesterday, On the Liverpool Club ground,. and drew together a large company of the lovers of the game. • Th e sou th , as w i ll be seen, made a most ter rific innings, but whi c h t he i r opponents were very fast approaching when the stumps were d rawn; as they have St ill fi ve wickets to. go down, play will be resumed to-day, at twelve o'clock. IR SCORE STANDS. SOUTH. FIRST INNINGS, V F .. 1:.... Walker, l( er,, E l s , : ci s . 1. e , J. H. Hale, Big., b Price ' B. Dowkon, Esq., b Buchanan c a Price, nd b r r b i c ß e ... ...... .......... . ...... ...... : G. T. Eastridge, A. 11. Walker, Esq., c Prest, b Makinsori E. Napper, Esq., b Buchanan ...................... J. Walker, Esq., c Price 13 Buchanan Esq., e Lockhart, b Buchanan Captain H. Marshal e Bleakly, b Price b Hampshire 1 .1 ,; .. Ivirtyll,l:Er,sqE.b.qn.,ac outl'rice, b I tannish ire.... A. Walker, Esq., NORTH, bI,IU 3, w 16, n-b 23 1 , 11:ST INNINGS. T. IT. Clmman, Esq., c Estridge, b V. E. Walker Mr. Horner, FN., ruu out D. ly, Esq., cJ. Walker, bV. E. W a lk er, J. Makineon, Esq., st J. Walker, b V. E. Walker A. 11. Rowley, Esq., b V. E. Walker William Prest, Esq., not out ... .......... F. R. Prtce Esq., not o u t • W. P. Lockhart, Esq. G. thunpshire, Esq. ..... F. Brandt, Esq. ... . ................... D. Buchanan, Esq, ................................ Total 1$ I 0 b 4, 1-b 7, u-b 11 73 s, l►l 3 anti" rving ,n 1 of abtftl i ;and intw' id we toul tt stin t 5 11 $ .A nub litiol l ►f bi 4 13 0 (ii°' all) aG I MO° AUGUST 12, 1859. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.