The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-05 00:00:00

0 1+ ' .1 fi VEST INDIA MAIL. J ' lll : es t India royal mail steamer Orinoco ar vvi Falm out h on Saturday and landed her h o fifty passengers, and 1,600,000 dollars in leason has, as yet, been assigned for uato Falmouth, nor have we received any 'qf her arrival . at Southampton, the port West India mails are usually landed, O. Which place we receive our usual dis-. AND TURKEY. '44 4. ' 44 our Second Edition of Saturday.) - 1t i ,_,.. 28 t 1 1.---The Austrian cabinet binds its uous support to the Servian. declaration 4 e' does not sanction that neutrality, and .1 :! 11. ed 'the Servian government that if 'th e S u lt an wou ld make use of his fl :Stizerain, and march his troops through Tt . I riksh government has issued a strict pro 'aPinst the granting of letters of marque. 'St letters state that the Russian army 'ed to be soon in a condition to take the 'q)ect to the contradictory accounts of ofan engagement between a Russian 'ptiari "steam frigate, the version that k, as captured appears to be correct. ~1 1 steamer has arrived at Varna, to take V i tish Consul to Constantinople. ptan will arrive at Adrianople towards the ebruary -Th telegraphic quotation of exchange on Thursday, is 11.20, and denotes the tee of renewed distrust, such as had been on occasions when any news transpired i!able to the Russians weekly paper, The Press, has the We have authority to state that the S t Petersburg has addressed a note to the As of England and France announcing that ifPfl negotiation, with respect to the affairs Rat, will be listened to—that the part of definitively taken, and that part is "La Tames has a leading article on the subject of tted advance of the Turks, from Kalafat ,-tx-rajova, and remarks that this advance, kith the activity of the Turks along the the of the Danube, renders it evident that yet at the beginning of the Walla 41PaIgn. d '' l sl o°oo ~„a r 130 5; .61 itO lip T -r URT.HER PARTICULARS. u it• -•r., 1,. ' s 'made an advance from Kalafat on the 'I and constructed a large entrenched t,point about 12 miles -distant from the -t he direction of Krajowa. This retreat is 'verted into an advance, and, so far is Omar 'Din designing to evacuate Wallacia, that he ed.., it is said, some distance up the coun • established a fortified camp capable of 4,?learly three times the number of his force ,IP,,. as so unsuccessful at Oltenitza. This 4. (4 ' discloses intentions on the part of the I te it‘r . r.Y• material importance. For though it ttPe t the advance of 12 miles is not consider ',ll4t.f„ , t hat the construction *of a camp , might ',.`ttf l , e - -f-andicate designs rather of passive than I g.lre a , ?Aerations, still, if the plans of the Turkish knteCtl'ale_r.invo.lved .n . othi . ng more than.the mere er,4, 11 . 14 c.e of a position in Lesser Wallachia, it eiti 4 , l) ,' s to see how his new camp • could offer k 1 ti4 s t°,rement on the strong and convenient . 3a 4e .t, 11 . e already occupied at -Kalafat ; and in . 4 ttli ia it is clear that he neither - intends to re eletive, nor to retire ' altogether before the 14,7 t . bd frees of Prince Gortschakoff. r, . Narie_ from :t o onsi e Kalafat is therefore prelimi i'r.ttria i t i : operations of a more decisive charac ,,au,.. tloW plain that not only the yra t r :. but .- ispi•os.ecuted without in .imi:3 ‘.trii)lo'Eirail.:ll,,,\!: atOetla)ei of the battle of Oltenitza, it cqu iter a N A to infer that the Russians may ' k u , , i n°St formidable opposition ; for it is ti e nn that a force of at least 8000 Russians entrenched with serious loss by some 3000 or ' r enebed Turks. The Russians, in fact, \e t•lie as get within 100 yards of the Turkish IL ,and Omer Pasha himself, in his official ' l to the Ottoman government, describes 0 ‘,.,,Y only a s " a d vanc i ng with coo l ness an d un• almost to the brink of the trench." This k ;" 4 . any rate, that Omar Pasha can take up 40 ) : 1;s aions as are ' invincible against double his Itk i ltth under Prince Gortschakoff. tk,qthr evidence of the unremitting energy with - il tf!, f , ()stilities are continued is furnished in the 14fel t ;,,In Giurgevo. The fort opposite that of t, . 4 p,' i 8 the only point at which the Turks, at ti si ll tt lt , , , tl, g of the campaign, failed to accomplish th,7. L ly relinquished of the Danube. They never, however, tt i , (4 %ei v e nnquished the attempt, but maintained ki h t ki, h ", for some time on an island in the ttiii` th e b 'nf way between the two forts. This posi- V ittl'‘ussians repeatedly and at last success tlifr,"°\'el•„,aeked ; but on the 21st ult., the Turks 4 1 '4 . 1 - 1 ,0 the island and held it, in spite of two 4,, i ,'' . ) , 4 4 saults, until the 24th, when the Russian rtit,, sl 's got possession of it. . The desperate eli t '-'i't , this point indicates that both parties .")-1111k7:.11ts in which its importance would be 36 . - r , t,,,, tu, 100` f rom Widdin and Kalafat reach to Nov. oci, 't tins are planted on the ramparts at Kala ito '6l , ' explains the return of a great. portion cO 4 l i . h t , te e ,, Is forces to Widdin for better quarters. •101 4 ,1 are left at Kalafat, thus strongly fortified, 1 1 , "6 1 .;uer bein g sufficient for its defence. pi.- , n eold in Asia has been injurious to the t„,Clany cases of death and sickness have It t t,eN from Bucharest state that large masses '" 11 trrops were expected, and that the ke4 ikk tivei,,,Preparations decreed by Prince Gortscha lira, C l ),eing executed on a large, scale. The t,' l l, 41 Thy was expected to be soon in a con , . to , take the offensive. , - % ( p TRADE AND COMMERCE.. k. 4 l °k r 67 14 our Second Edition of Saturday.) t .,; , N At ti Nt °f Trade returns for the month ending N., Oier sth, show an increase in the declared `46,'N' ) (Ports as compared with the same month 'tti k ty s '' of £1,312,360, and metals and haber Ti‘l,,are again the two items in which the !hi t Cerease is observable. , 'l'ti4/I),i'lerease in exports during the first ten A` l o this year over a similar period .in 1852 ii lt , f) !VA lsl. ' e ons articles of food imported and taken L ''. ~ ' 4 lption there is no particular alteration. ik R SPAIN. 'h. it r iiBh government has received . a dispatch 4 i4 t 7t e ,j 4l -; announcing the probability that the :thj i e i - , government will, in a few days, pro `, 4 lines Royal of age. 0 kg A • ITALY. t ii i i c 1) 4 ,1 111 E81'S AT ROME.—ROME, NOV. 24.—A „,,'-o'itcli e e n° f Romans, belonging to the respecta ,*ita c lass, fell into the clutches of the sbirri Vi e of t1 !, ,, g.0, arrested, as is supposed, on .ac (44 in their political principles, they being hi,,i4;.::,,,ittliorileilb.eedrs of the fusionist party. It may that, after the last outbreak at t i tti - ar, a ,. ge majority of the Italian liberals pro e, ° il ist the ado tion of such •measures in V4l• ‘ " Pr 13 • 14 14, Ist °Posed a fusion of constitutionalists, 4.,hr're i a nd republicans, to the exclusion of 7,t4',q's salted friends of Young Italy, for the Vq.e'lloof- their future conduct. The expedition t * A.as ea e , 4 .° exiles to Rome, on the 15th August tt , N 6 i nesny opposed by the fusionists, and 1 14 •N,,i,• (in rice Lt ts th en _,... they were not comprised in the T.N.Toat, then don the discovery of the plot. V3 , 1 4 i %et,: dike shown them, however, appears to It t :s , I\ !'ke that granted by Polypheme to k k i 4 iiad iv 9inan shall be the last I will devour."' ',;+e c . i Rlit v , 'duals were dragged off to prison on 11 11, uefore whom 1 t "'Si, wh o last, amongst are Signors h•.'fij a !vo y W as nearly beaten to death by the ik. hilts na g's e i ,, M I „a6°—Mazzoni, who was arrested qtll„„ e ons u r, e, 1851, just as he was entering the ki , . t .,.,r of di to join a dinner party—Gigli, an 01.1k,"lia,„co`-'_ administration—and a clerk in the salt l' l , l Ly I C I the a r ar tnnistration—and Berni, a poet, kl, ai i r ettz . l ibretto of a new opera just brought CN- ttt tc , eq l ' t he IT'itch of Endor. This morning - 'S 18 a Ili 4 R- 'le , r e spoken of, and the names of Sig thMl •Itte 4 relli 1 3 ,. o il and Tittoni are mentioned as e r e Rst th e • • t h . ; S h e victims. They both belong to •ka e •-eetabl e . . • \ to e families, and the first is one of eaPitalißtB of Rome. THE PRESTON STRIKE.-=APPEAL TO THE MAST.ERS. GREAT MEETING OF OPERATIVES. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PRESTON, SATURDAY EVENING. —There was an immense gathering of the factory operatives of this town in the Orchard, at three o'clock this afternoon ; it being under stood that their favourite chieftain, Mr. George Cowell, would deliver an address. Mr. Rhodes, of Stockport, was installed in the office of chairman. Most of the delegates were in attendance, but few of them had an opportunity of speaking, in consequence of the unlimited time available for the proceedings: The meeting was very spirited and en thusiastic, and evinced a strong determination not to accept the terms proposed by the Masters' Association, in their resolutions of the Ist instant. The CHAIRMAN said the millocracy of Preston were now resorting to their last expedient, and if the operatives would only be :firm and determined, and above all things keep the peace, victory was certain, and that ere long. (Cheers.) Let them be of good cheer, despite the resolutions issued by the Masters' Association on Thursday last. They thought that as Christmas was coming on, the mills in some of the manufacturing districts would cease labour for two days, and in some instances for a week, and that as a result there would be a small subscription coming into Preston, which would have the effect of starving the operatives into sub mission. He, however, begged to state that the people of those districts were retaining sufficient funds in hand.to en able them to send a larger sum than ever in Christmas week. (Cheers.) Mr. WADDINGTON having briefly addressed the assembly, assuring them that they had a glorious prospect in view. Mr. COWELL was introduced amid general acclamations. He observed that after a struggle of eight weeks, they had gained one victory. The primary object of the masters in closing their mills was to crush the operatives' union. Now (said he), when they have thrown us in the streets, and find that they cannot crush our union, what do they say ? They will let us go back to our work, and we must not have our union ! (Shouts of derision.) The speaker - proceeded to criticise a placard headed "The mills re-opened," and ad dressed "To the factory operatives of Preston," which had not then appeared upon the walls, but which was issued in the course of the evening, and. created considerable excite ment amongst the unemployed. This placard (said Mr. Cowell) admits that we have gained the victory. Our mas ters declared emphatically tat they were determined to crush combination amongst the working classes. But now that we are locked out, and find that we are gaining sym pathy on every hand; when we find the people in the rural districts, and not only there, but in such towns as Liverpool, and Glasgow, and London, not promising us support, but sending its plenty of money, I say, when we ha ve these things before our eyes, it is evident that the victory is almost gained, and that the manufacturers are going on their last crutches. Those crutches will soon break, and then you will be freed from your fetters, and be enabled to sing with truth " Britons never shall be slaves." (Cheers.) The placard thus commences—" The Preston lock-out is at an end." I wonder who told the writer so. The Preston lock out is not at an end. Why were you locked out ? In the first place, because they wished to destroy combination amongst the working classes ; and 'secondly, because they desired to deprive you of the 10 per cent. which they had just yielded. Now, when they find they cannot starve you into submission ' they will forego the abolition of the union, but they will take from you the 10 per cent., and you may depend upon it the battle is ours. (Cheers.) " You may, if you please, return to work ; you may, if you please, again earn your daily bread, and be no longer dependant upon the charity of others ; and you may do all this without being humbled, without any compromise of your feelings, your principles, or your rights." But the Blackburn masters can find a vent for their goods ; and I will tell you how I know this, if a weaver can't turn off enough work in Blackburn, he must put on his coat and go about his business. Now I ask, is it reasonable to sup pose if the masters did not buy the cloth they would " bag" people because they could not get a sufficient quantity off their looms ? (Hear, hear.) The press wants us to sur render and give the masters the victory. We say, in reply, give us the ten per cent. and our union, or if you don't like that, pay us according to the Blackburn standard list of prices; we'll have either one or the other, and then we'll go in. You may depend upon it we are determined to have as much for our labour in Preston as they have in other places. (Cheers.) " The battle between capital and labour," says the placard, "has been fairly fought so far in Preston. The masters have put forth their strength, and the latent energies of the working classes have also been displayed; proving most clearly that such a conflict is most unnatural and equally ruinous to both sides. Circumstances have, however, arisen which give the masters an immense ad vantage in the conflict. They are nevertheless willing, upon two indispensable conditions, to abandon the conflict, and it will be nothing less than self-ruining madness if you decline the peace or truce they offer. Upon former occasions, harder terms have been successfully im posed upon you, and it has even now been said that the masters woad not re-open their mills until the workmens' committees were broken up and their unions dissolved. " They know they can't do that, said Mr. Cowell. The remainder of the placard was as follows :—" But observe well, no condition is required; the hours are left untouched, you may resume work and maintain your unions, and can you reasonably require more ? " True, it may be that neither party can claim a victory—true it may be that the artizans lose the ten per cent—but you preserve your unions ; and surely, far-seeing people must perceive that this is incomparably the most important point for you. Hitherto, the operations of the unions have been, beyond expectation, successful ; under a compulsory " lock-out" the sympathies of the public have been expected in your favour ; hut the masters have now, upon very reasonable and only necessary conditions, proposed to re-open the mills. The public will condemn you for refusing those conditions; you will lose the public sympathy; short time will lessen the wages of your warmest friends ; your collections will in consequence diminish ; and then on your side defeat commences. Now, in the full tide of your prosperity, honourable terms are proposed to you ; and surely, common sense says, accept them ! Ask yourselves calmly, is there any prospect of better terms ? - With the civil war in China, and with war in Europe ; with scarcity and high prices in France and England ; what prospect is there of any improvement in the cotton trade, either home or foreign, during the coming year ? It has been said that the Preston masters were only bound together for three months ; and it has been hoped, that after Christmas, some mills would be re-opened, but this is a false impression. It is now known that the associ ated masters are bound together for twelve months, so that, with the bad prospect of trade, and under the power of the masters' bond, there is no probability whatever that better terms can be offered to the artizans of Preston for the next nine months, than those now proposed to you. Then, be wise ; return to your work ; put an end to the misery, want, and ruin which is now overwhelming to many families in Preston. Cease to oppress your brethren, who, in all parts of the country, have so generously supported thousands of you, - when you could not work. Remember the masters proposal is one which all impartial people will consider reasonable, under existing circumstances ; if you refuse it, the responsibility will rest entirely upon your selves of starving and ruining the many thousands of men, wo man, and children of Preston, who are dependent upon factory labour for their subsistence and comfort. Consider th ese facts I beseech you, and act with common sense. It is remoured that the mills will be re-opened when half the men of each branch, i n eac h m ill, s h a ll h ave g i ven i n t h e i r names." (Cheers). Mr. Cowell concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the Blackburn manufacturers f or th e no bl e . . spirit they had oyinced during this agitation. - Mr. GRLMSHAW reported that during the week he had addressed large meetings of various trades as well as factory operatives, at Church Parish, Over Darwin, Great Hare wood, and Lancaster and the most cordial sympathy was manifested on behalf of the down-trodden people of Prest on. Mr. Cowzm, again stood forward and said Monday mor ning is coming, when the great doors are to be opened ; and you are told that when the masters get as many hands as will set half their machinery agoing, they will resume work. Now all you who are determined to stand by your committee and to have an unconditional ten per cent, hold up your hands. (An immense array of hands responded to this appeal, and reiterated cheering followed.) The vast assembly then separated. Mr. William Brands Pollard is appointed financial as countant in British Guiana. Mr. David C. Smith is appointed a member of the legisla. tive council of the Turks islands. Mr. Pownal Dale is appointed consul for Hamburg, at Port Stanley, PRIZE MoNzy.—Notice is given of the payment of prize money to the Cygnet, for slave captures in 1845. The cap ture of the Levin Bank, in 1860, by the Ranger, has been paid. BRITISH SEAMEN AT NAPLES, &c.—The King of Naples has signed a law facilitating the apprehension of British seamen deserting their ships in the dominions of Naples and Sicily. The Hon. W. C. Eliot (son of Earl St. Germans, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) now unpaid attache at Lisbon, is appointed second paid attache to her Majesty's mission at Berlin, in the room of the Hon. Vesey Bligh, resigned. Hercules J. Robertston, Esq. (advocate, 1817), sheriff depute of Renfrewshire, is appointed a judge of the court of session in Scotland, in the room of Lord Fullerton, re signed. Mr. Robertson will take his seat as Lord Benholm. The two senior masters in chancery, Mr. Senior and Sir W. Home, have been released by the Lord Chancellor, under the powers of the masters in chancery abolition act, and the causes remaining unfinished in their offices have been transferred to the five continuing masters. The South American and General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lusitania, which left Liverpool at 3 p.m. on the 24th November, arrived at Lisbon at 8 a.m on the 29th inst., being a passage of 4 days 17 hours ; she would leave Lisbon for Brazils, &c., .the same day. The home ward-bound vessel the Olinda, may be expected this week, with dates from Monte Video to the Ist, and Rio to the 10th November, •,,. • ______ T tST INDIA MA.1.1. E s-to , .: I Sit . I , ,• l \ r est i n • ssen b i at porn India royal mail steamer Or pa S; _. : , i s , i ,,, , . outh on Saturday and lan lig T',.„ ~,' T.,ilitY passengers, and 1,600,000 d itho.,in.r,- ‘,.,ca,,,,..,,,0 reason has, as yet, been assi c o ti°" - , - 0 61 , 11 t0 Falmouth, nor have we rece . f a" , 4','' t ja , t , her arrival *at Southampton, ,4 1 t 13 2'„ ',. i , 0 7„ 4 e . , NVest India mails are usually eoteeo, ~e - 7 \1 inch place we receive our u.: 0 ma y Stral i t t j c. , : UR. Q r 7-- a " ing '6 , :43. -LA AND TURK. •he'' g° l ' f- , it• : - • i on O n , ‘ 41 ;;4; :AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. a take 4„, - , ks i i , 1w 44,. ), our Second Edition of S ct t u rd e i fing° , ' 4&,- ': 2 B th ----The Austrian cabinet - 1: i 47, 111 0 us support to the Servian de, al , Of 4 1 4 ti t..dees not sanction that neutra rett.o.. " . . i .:: ll. ed 'the Servitin . government , sticF' ,• ~ii i ,„'the Sultan would make use to •• , -:• :•Izerain, and march his troops of ; l t,. I . day, • , i c nri. ,..risisli government has issued ast 01‘34 ' ' li 4 :Phist the granting of letters of i loo p tl4 ' - est letters state that the - Russit , e d,.' . i ~,.4„7,t(1 to be soon in a condition to its- , t 'A [3 ills.or' kA IV7 6 Pect to the contradictory ace i i 14,N1 of an engagement between a w itit''''t ,I•AVYPtiari 'steam frigate, the vers er Vf,;( ofi l l f, "as captured appears to be coil P ur ti.t' kill jay IL7-1314,. steamer has arrived at Varna ti , ,i • , 4,`;,ltsh Consul to Constantinople. „ e i• t?f i, 4 ... 1an will arrive at Adrianople tow A te 2 9l o ut ‘ 7oruary. • Po; T le4 4 ' .---- The telegraphic quotation of E ' 1 1 . 11 1 . le h a on Thursday , is 11.20, and den t ,t ) 0;0 , e " ci e e of renewed distrust, such as 1 ;• ', O oi i , .;_)° occasions when any news tr '. 1) 1 ?-r i f Ve taule to the Russians 1 y 0,-, 1 ti tie s 4o 01 11 J. " ; (ton weekly paper, The Press, ee lloir i' l l bf .. ----- " We have authority to state escci s ks.tlltz, t• Petersburg has addressed a no as 10 + i l ilith,, e ntsofEnglandaud France announ , 0 ) itl it , e D 'l'n negotiation, with respect to tl i n c4i, i , t 'afit, will be listened to—that the 00 01 1 l i tt e , , ,' 3 definitively taken, and that par' s s ' l o l !'7'i L vers r et l N o Tes has a leading article on the s os tP ttt s .I • 7 'ed advance of the Turks, fron ee?' , l e ' , - (\a'aj ova, and remarks that this lide... ,• i ii .,\‘'ith the activity of the Turks a . 0 g%., Le of the Danube, renders it evict cr allit o : , „' 1.1 3' as yet at the beginning of tL sek' s° o 6 l ',,, 'lll P a ign• 00 1 Tr'' i)1 1 ,, FURTHER PARTICULARS. ti,ivos,!.., v *,4,,uyks-,made an advance from Kalafi ti ll I " 11- ",, and constructed a large en I n - Oa • 1 41 Point about 12 miles distant- f rts• 4 Ilk the direction of Krajowa. This i tt - fc i 'l l4 k i lcN 7 ert d into 0,. i e an advance, and, so far ~ 1 5, ffli I,y k ar ", lll designing to evacuate Wallaci iilli oo 4 e 4ed, it is said, some distance up t es ter, 0 14 t 1 ei ja o tablished a fortified camp ca c ' l ` " .. '4,, 4 1 1 ',, t1 ; e arlY three times the number of THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. TILE RAIL WAY J3ERKHAJL(FSTEAD. A CCIDE_YT AT On Thursday morning a Nery serious and fatal accident occurred to the nine o'clock, a.m., down express train from Euston-squar6. Shortly after leaving the Berkhampstead station, 28 miles' from London,. the driver perceived a - violent jumping motion in the 'engine and inimedir,:tcly afterwards the Pore axle of the engine broke, and the engine and carriages ran off the line. The . gnard, named William Blayney, was thrown violently from his seat upon the line, a portion of the engine !falling over him and killing him almost instantaneously. Some of passengers were much injured and shaken, but fortunately no other lives were lost. The fracture of the axle took place close to the axle-box, the leading wheel left the engine, ran np an enibankment 20 feet high, dashed through a quick-set hedge into a meadow bdyond, and after describing a semicircle of about 40 yards' radius, buried itself in the.green . sward. The engine and tender, after running a few yards; toppled over .and buried themselves in the embankment. The guard'S break and a second-class carriage immediately . behind it were thrown across the up-line of 'rails with great violence, and completely broken up by the force of the concussion. There were very few passengers. The second-class carriage had only one young woman, a widow, acting as nurse to, two ladies, who, were in a first-class carriage. In the leading. first-class carriage . Were Barons Meyer . and Lionel 'de Roths child and four officers of the Guards proceeding to Leighton, to the "meet" of Baron Rothschild's stab-hounds, at Acton Abbots. This train does not stop between 'Euston and leighton. It was travelling at its usual speed of 45 miles an hour. On the shattered train cording to a standstill, all the passengers alighted in great alarm. The carriage in which the Barons Rothschild and their friends were was thrown completely across the line of rails, and its occupants l4st no time in extricating themselves from so dangerous a *Alan. They all received contusions. The two ladies aboie referred to, Mrs. Harper, of Havering-atte-Bower, and her sister, Miss Plitt, of Sandkeys; Cheshire, with Mrs. Harper's infant child, were in the last first-class carriage. The guard's break and the second-class carriage presented a complete wreck. ' Even the iron frame-work of the break had been broked in an incredible manner, and they were so embedded together, that it was with great difficulty an ex amination could be made to ascertain whether any sufferers lay beneath them. The crash of the first accident had.been heard by a man named Page, of Wood-lane farm, 300 yards on the east side of the railway, whereupon, led by the volume of steam, he hastened across, and, seeing what had happened, it at once occurred to him that several up . trains were now due, and if not stopped, that terrible mischief would ensue. With most praiseworthy forethought he immediately ran down towards the tunnel, on reaching which he saw the up-express enter the other end at full speed. As his only chance of, attracting the driver's oblervation, he waved his cap and shouted as loudly as he could, and, for tunately, as the engine emerged from the tunnel, the fire man observed him, and applied the break, the driver shutting off the steam at the same time. The distance from that to the wreck was 500 yards, and it was impossible to avoid running into the wreck. The speed had, however, been lowered from 40 miles an hour to 10 when the collision occurred. The shock threw the engine and tender of the up-train off the rails, and carried away the compartment of the first-class carriage in which Baron de Rothschild and his friends were seated. This increased the dreadful confusion of the scene. The down train, which starts at 9.15 a.m. from Euston-square, was now momentarily expected, but the guard bad fortunately gone back, and, by placing fog signals on the line, arrested its approach at Berkhampstead. The Earl of Lonsdale was• a passenger in the latter train. The telegraphic communication having been destroyed by the accident, a great deal of time was lost iuf communicating with London and Wolverton; and,' before any effective 01 cans for clearing the line were at hand, the rails were blocked for a considerable distance with the up and down trains. The remains of the unfortunate guard were subse quently placed on a shutter, and conveyed to the Crooked Billet public-house, a . roadside, inn near the spot. Mrs. Burr, servant to Mrs. Harper, was also conveyed to this inn. A very similar accident - occurred within a few yards of the same spot ten years ago, when the old nurse of Lord Byron was among the 'sufferers. Tu CORONER'S INQUEST. —Yesterday (Saturday) the in quest was held, at Berkhampstead, on the body of the'unfor- timate guard. The coroner: for the Hemel Hemp - stead divi sion of Hertford, Mr. F. Day, and aury of gentlemen and farmers residing in the neighbourhood, assembled where the body of the deceased was lying. Mr. M'COnnell, the loco motive superintendent of the company, Mr. Carter, the soli citor, Mr. Saville, Mr. Baker, and other officials connected with the railway. were in attendance. The jury, of which Mr. F. J. Moore, a magistrate of the county, was fireman, having . been duly sworn, The evidence was gone into, and the several parties en gaged in working the train which had broken down, and the others also were examined. They did not throw much light on the occurrence with the exception Of the following from the guard and driver of the broken train : The first witness called was Thomas Blayney, brother to the deceased, who stated that he resides at Liverpool, and is a porter on the East Lancashire Railway : I saw my bro ther alive last about six weeks ago. .1 have since seen him dead; he was turned 30 years of age. Frederick Shoebridge, guard of the train which met with the accident :—He said, r was acting as guard on the morn ing of Thursday last, although I am employed as porter at the Crewe station. lam one of the extra men occasionally employed as rear guard. The train left Euston station at nine o'clock that morning for Edinburgh and Glasgow. The deceased, William Blayney, was acting as the other guard. When about a mile from Berkhampstead we ran off the line, and I was thrown off the seat to the bottom of the van by the shock. That occurred about three-quarters of a mile beyond the station. We were within four. or five hundred yards of the tunnel, and were just passing under the Crooked Billet bridge when the shook occurred. I was in the last van, and as soon as I could get up I got out, and ran back as fast as I could, in order to stop the express train which leaves Euston-square at a quarter past nine. When I was running up I met a lad, and sent him down towards the accident, as both lines were obstructed. I heard the whistle of the express train before I got to Berkhampstead. I told the boy to run down the line as fast as he could, to stop anything that might be coming up. As soon as I had made the signal at the station I went back to the accident, and asked Flinn, the guard of the up-line, - where Blayney was, and be told me he was dead. He told me had sent his fellow-servant down the line to Tring, and recommended me to go down the line. I accordingly ran through the tunnel. At the spot where the accident occurred I found the up-train had come up, and that the engine was off the line. The guard who went before me towards Tring had succeeded in stopping the up mail train. I returned in the mail train to the place of accident. I knew nothing of the cause of the accident. I made use of detonating signals as I went along the line. We always carry them with us. I put down two before we got to Berkhampstead. By a Juror : I have no opinion as to the cause of the ac cident, beyond the axle breaking. The speed of the train was about forty miles an hour. "William Field : I was the driver of the engine which met with the accident on Thursday morning. We left Euston square at one minute past nine. I carry a time-piece be longing to the company. When the accident occurred I was thrown down between the engine and tender, with the foot plate across my back. If my mate had not extricated me I should have been " burned to bits." The ordinary speed of the train is 44 miles per hour. It was 41 minutes past nine when we passed Berkhampstead. I felt the engine give a jump just before the accident took place at the bridge, and I recollect nothing more till my mate pulled me out. I saw ..u.amat,Cll. Ire was qm a dead. When the engine was brought out from the shed in the morning, it was all right. I was on the pre mises an hour and a half before the train started. It is the driver's duty to examine the engine. The axletree was a little warm the day before, and I spoke to the foreman en gineer. He removed the weak spring of one side of the fore wheel and put in a fresh one, to diminish the friction. I never knew the axle to become hot before, although I have run the engine 82 trips to Rugby and back. After the new spring was in, I said to the engineer that I thought that side was still a little low • but he said it was owing to the way the engine was standing. Sometimes for weeks the axles will not require grease. When grit gets in we sometimes hear the axle screech. I have been three years in the com pany's service. I have had hot axles, but I never knew an axle to break before. The Coroner said in reference to the manner in which the railway company had come forward to afford every infer illation in their power, he could not speak too highly, and it reflected the greatest credit upon them. It appeared to him that there could be no doubt whatever from the evidence they had heard that the poor man's death was the result of accident, but he left the matter entirely in their hands. The'jury then retired, and returned in about ten minutes, with a verdict of Accidental Death ; the foreman adding, at the same time, " We consider that the company is not free from blame in sending out an engine with a fast train when any doubt of its efficiency existed." The proceedings then terminated. SPECULATION IN MELBOURNE.—A. Melbourne correspon dent of the Australian and New Zealand Gazette writes:— A Polish-Yankee Jew, who came here about twelve months ago without a shilling, commenced a restaurant on credit, and has so marvellously succeeded, that he is at this moment in treaty with the owner of, the royal hotel to take that establishment, and offers the following terms :—XIO,OOO to the present tenant for the two years of his lease still to run ; £l,OOO to the owner for his consent to the exchange ; £l,OOO a year for the two years, and £4,500 for five years after; and to spend £5,000 in improvements. There is another fact. The speculator is to make the place the best hotel in Mel bourne ; and if he does he may give any money almost, for nothing is wanted more than a first-rate place of that kind." VALUE OF LAND.-At the sale of the Mostyn estates, lately held, the prices obtained for several of the farms in the vale of Llangollen were at 65 and 70 years' purchase on the present rental. A small piece of land, a few feet square, required for the public approach to Trinity Church, Mar gate, was valued by the owner at 1001., or equal to 150,000/. per acre, being double the value of land in the City or Strand. It WAS disposed of for 301., being equal to the pre sent value of land in Belgravia or Regent's-park.—,Tournal of Auctions. LONDON INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. MRS. WARNER, THE ACTRESS. -IN BE ROBERT W. WARNER. This insolvent, the husbaril of Mrs. Warner, the actress, ap plied under the protection ad. Mr. Ernest Reed opposed for Mr. Jones, a house decorator, and Mi. Cooke supported. The case as it proceeded created Much sympathy. The complaint was, that a debt to Mr. Jones, had been either contracted by false pretences or without reascnable expectations of payment. It appeared that in August, 1851, Mr. Jones was employed to repair the house in Euston-place, New-road where the insolvent had . resided for many years. The bill was £76 and he NN as to be paid at Christmas. In that year Mrs. Warner went to America, where she was successful, and Mr. 'Warner went to join her on account of her illness. In 1852 she returned to Englaud, to have . a painful operation per formed. She again went to America, but in consequence of her bad state of health she came home in June last, and was now lying in a very dangerous state. The insolvent's debts were about £l,OOO. His furniture had been valued by the court, and Mr. Phelps had paid £147 into court for the creditors, in order to save the furniture for the family. The earnings of Mrs Warner were—in 1851, £9OO, and in 1852 £5OO, and in the early part of this year £230, arising from her state of health. His expctations to pay his creditors were from his wife's income. A fund had been raised for Mrs Warner and her children. Her majesty, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mr. Macready and others, had. subscribed to the fund. _ _ _ Mr. Cooke said he believed it was necessary that Mrs, Warner should have carriage airing ? The insolvent said it was. Mr. Cooke : And who provides it ? The insolvent said her majesty. Mr. Reed submitted that the debt with Mr. Jones had been contracted without reasonable expectations of payment, and that it was not a case for the court to grant protection. Mr. Cooke, in reply, said the insolvent had every expecta tion of being able to pay his debts by his wife's exertions, but her illness had prevented him from doing so. The learned counsel, in alluding to her sad condition, was so affected as to be unable to proceed. Mr. Commissioner Phillips relieved the learned counsel, by saying he need not further distress himself, and proceeded to express his opinion on the case. It was a very painful thing for a lady so highly distinguished in her profession as Mrs. Warner, to be obliged to appeal, through her husband, to this court. If it had not been for her illness, it was clear there would have been no occasion for the present applica cation. The evidence proved how,greatly she was respected. Her Majesty had subscribed to her relief, and had provided her with a carriage, and Miss Burdett Colas, whose name was found to every charity, had also rendered her assistance. It did not appear to him that there were any extravagant debts in the schedule, and there was every reason to believe that they would have been paid but for Mrs. Warner's ill ness. He would not, therefore, embitter her hours of suffer ing by refusing protection. A day would, therefore, be named for the final order. Mr. Cooke reminded the commissioner that there was 1471. in court. His Honor added that that circumstance proved Mr. Warner's anxiety for his creditors. A day was named in January for the final order and the protection re newed. ENTICEMENT TO CnnlE.—The custom-house authorities of London have addressed to the lord mayor the following intice, together with the enclosed circular. No doubt similar persuasives have been sent to the Liverpool employees of customs, and we draw attention to it, that our authorities may have their "eyes about them." The lord mayor, shortly after taking his seat, said he had received from the authorities of the custom-house a letter, of which the follow ing is a copy : " Custom House, 30th Nov., 1853. " The enclosed is one of a number of circulars t'hat have been addressed to many of the junior members of this esta blishment ; some with an intimation that personal accept ance will be taken, and renewed if required. It is sent to the lord mayor, not more because of his high magisterial ca pacity, than as a leading member of the community greatly interested in the welfare of that class, both in public and pri vate establishments, to whom it is addressed, in the hope that he may be induced to give publicity to it ; and to stigma tise, with the severest censure and reprobation, a system which is fraught with such incalculable danger aid mischief to the integrity and security of all classes of society. The circular, which appeared to be written by a female, was as follows : "Beaumont-street,Wcymouth-street, Portland-place. " 'Sir : I beg to inform you I lend various sums Of money to gentlemen holding government appointments. Any time I shall be happy to oblige you, or any of your friends. Yon may rely on secrecy. A letter addressed to me will meet with prompt attention; or I can be seen personally any eve ning after seven o'clock.' " His lordship said he had no doubt of the prompt assist ance of the Press under such circumstances. He was aware of the truth of the complaint, and was personally acquainted with the gentleman who had written it. He was perfectly aware that a disgraceful system was carried on, by which great commercial plunder was set going, and he would feel proud of opportunities to punish the perpetrators. DESTRUCTIVE TIRES AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF FIVE PERSONS. On Friday morning the inhabitants of the Cambridge road, Mile-end, London, were aroused from their slumbers by the spring of rattles, and a general cry of " fire." It was was then found that a fire had occurred in the premises belonging to Mr. R. Davies, oil and colour man, situate at No. 11, in the before-named thoroughfare. The discovery was made by police constable 134, of the K division, who iii passing along his beat perceived smoke issuing through the apertures of the shop window-shutters. He at once knocked at the door, and after some time succeeded in making the inmates, consisting of five persons, sensible of their danger. They then made an attempt to descend by the staircase, but the turpentine in the stores at that moment became ignited, when the dense black smoke rose up in such clouds as nearly to suffocate them. Having made for one of the windows, they were going to precipitate themselves into the street, when several persons called on them to remain until the royal society's escape, 'which was on its road, could reach the premises. At that instant a ladder was brought from the railway arch, and the same having been raised in front of the building, the whole of the five persons were carried down without receiving any personal injury. On the same afternoon a fire happened on the premises of Mr. Decosta, waterproof clothing manufacturer, carrying on business at 72, Sun-street, Bishopgate. It was caused it is supposed, from a spark falling amongst some waterproof goods in one of the workshops on the third floor. The en gines of the London brigade were soon in attendance, and the fire was subdued, but not until the workshop and its con tents were very considerably damaged by fire. Unfortu nately the sufferer was not insured. THE NATIONAL &SOCIETY, &5.c. The journals in the interest of the Evangelical party have been making as outcry because of the alleged refusal of Lord Palmerston to sanction this year the customary issue of a Queen's LETTER, promoting the , collection for " the National Society," and for " the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. The Morning Advertiser and the Herald of Satur day notice and denounce the refusal, and speak of the Home Secretary in no measured terms. But it appears from the Observer of yesterday that there is not a particle of founda tion for this story. That journal observes :—" There is no foundation for the mistatement, and the collections will be made this year in the usual way, in the churches, upon the letter, formally and officially addressed to the Arahfriabm , ,st Cauvuctoul uuu immoc tn - sit L'l! iuuu The same journal thus discusses the propriety of continuing the royal patronage with an irrererence which we condemn, but with a plainness that shows how nearly at an end is the custom of royally promulgating those annual collections : " But the present discussion will probably lead to an inquiry that may open the whole question of this sort of royal patronage in favour of eleemosynary efforts, which are of late years sufficiently organised to do without them. And should it so happen—fortunately or unfortunately•—that the decision of the advisers of the crown prove to be against continuing the practice in future years, we shall in all pro bability have the Rev. Dr. Denison declaiming that he had much rather do without it. Lord Palmerston, however, is proverbially good-natured. Whatever opinions he may have, he is ready to grant a long day—whether it be to the religious societies in question, or (if we compare great things with small) the Christmas Mose Clubs, which may boast no great religion at all. All irregular gambling tran sactions have been ordered to be closely watched by the police. The goose clubs at the public houses, and the plum pudding deposits at the small grocers' shops, are let off—for this year only—on condition that they have now fair warn ing, and that however innocent themselves, they will not be permitted to operate in future years, either as a cloak, or an example, for more dangerous dealings in the gambling line, which the government has resolved, in the interests of society, to put down altogether. MINING IN RUSSIA.—The mining Journal of St. Peters burg states that the mines belonging to the state have this year furnished to the mint 1457 pounds and 28 pounds of gold, representing oalue of 19,902,338 roubles (79,609,3520 and 1367 pounds of silver (4,979,524 f.), or in all 21,147,219 roubles (84,588,876 f.) THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS—A room on the ground floor at the eastern end of the custom-house, London, will be appro priated to the hearing of complaints and appeals. With re gard to the outports, the same mode of proceeding is to be observed, as far as practicable, the collector, controller, or other officer deputed for that purpose, presiding at the in quiry, instead of a commissioner. POSTHUMOUS WORK OF WILLIAM HUMBOLDT.—A letter from Berlin, of the 25th ult., says :—" There has just been published a collection of 352 sonnets, composed by the late Baron William de Humboldt, brother of Alexandre de Humboldt, during his residence on his estate of Tejel, whither he retired in 1831, after the death of his wife, and remained until his death, in 1835. These sonnets were dic tated by this celebrated statesman to his secretary, M. de Schulz, now sub-director of .the Public Debt of Prussia, recommending him not to publish them until 15 years after his death. The king has accepted the dedication of the work." LOSS OF THE SCREW STEAMER " MARSHALL," WITH ABOVE TWO HUNDRED SOULS, On Thursday afternoon a rumour was yery current in the town of Hull, that the Marshall, a steam screw-ship of 300 tons, belonging to the Elbe-Humber Steam N - aviga-, tion Company, and trading between Hull and Hamburgh,' was lost, with a large number of souls on board. The Marshall left Hamburgh on Saturday evening week. and the Elbe on Sunday. She had .on board a large and. valuable cargo, and upwards of 150 emigrants, besides her crew, about 18 in number. She should, in the ordinary course of. events, have arrived in Hull on Monday evening, but up to 3 p.m. on Friday sl . .e had not made her appearance. On Wednesday one of her boats was picked up in the North Sea by a fishing-smack, named the Flirt, and it has been brought . to Hull and landed. The crew .of the bark Woodhouse, Captain Gatgens, from Stockholm, state that bet Ween ten and eleven o'clock on Monday night last, the weather at the time - being very thick and the night very dark, a screw steamer came in collision with their vessel near the Newsand Float, just as she was making for the Humber. They further state that they hailed the steamer, and asked her name, but no reply was given ; and it is therefore supposed that she must have gone down head foremost, and that the passengers, who would be in their berths below at the time of the collision met with a watery grave. The steamer first struck the Woodhouse on the bow, and then swinging round caught her on the stern. In making some repairs im mediately after the collision, a young man, named Edward Burn belonging to the Woodhouse, fell overboard and was drowned. It is reported that the crew of a Prussian vessel, which has arrived at Hull, had heard on Monday night cries of distress from a vessel at sea. At the time mentioned, between ten and eleven o'clock, the Prussian had a narrow escape from collision with a paddle-wheel steam-ship from the south. The Hull News of Saturday publishes the following ac count: —lt is with great regret that we have to record the probable loss of another Hull steamer, accompanied by, it is to be feared, a most lamentable loss of life. The Marshall is a screw steamer, belonging to the Elbe- Humber Steam Navigation Company, and traded between this port and Hamburg, from which latter place she sailed on Saturday last, with a large and valuable cargo, and as it is thought, above one hundred and ninety emigrants. It seems that the steamer got out of the Elbe on Sunday, and was due in Hull on Monday evening, when she would have arrived here in the ordinary course of her voyages. Between ten and eleven o'clock on Monday night, the Woodhouse, Captain Gatgens, was making the Humber on a return voyage from Stockholm, laden chiefly with iron and deals, and had reached, as was supposed, within about three miles of the Newsand Float, off Spurn, when she was struck in collision—violent and, sudden—by a screw steamer. The night was very dark, and the weather at the time excessively thick. From the statement ,of the men on board the Woodhouse, we learn that their ship was first struck on the bow, and then almost immediately afterwards on the stern. She suffered considerable injury both in her keel and on the starboard bow. Of course all was confusion on board the Woodhouse, and an exclama tion wos made that the vessel was sinking, to which a reply was given from the deck of the steamer, that the crew of the other were to come on board. At the same time inquiries were made as to the name of the steamer, but in the noise and confusion, any reply, if reply was given, could not . be heard. The vessels immediately parted, and the steamer was seen no more, and the '`Woodhouse set about repairing damages, as it was not exactly known, what damage she had sustained. in the course of thiS work, we regret' to add that the Woodhouse lost one of her hands ; Edward Binns, a young man, while at work on one of the chains, fell overboard and was drowned. The ship brought up in the Hull roads on 'Wednesday night. There is to much reason, to fear that , the Marshall has gone down with all hands. Her non-arrival here, and the entire absence of information as to her having put in else-- where, present every reason for supposing that she had gone to the bottom. And this supposition is confirmed, if the loss is not clearly proved, by the fact that the fishing-smack Flirt, which arrived in Hull, on Thursday, brought with her a boat which she had picked up. When about fifteen miles off Dimlington, the crew of the smack descried a boat water-logged floating about, and, on securing it, they found that it bore the name of the Marshall. The gratings, oars and crutches of the boat were washed away. The same paper adds, if our information be correct, she must had nearly 210 souls on board, as we are informed that the number of emigrants was upwards of 190. One of the river steamers has gone down to Spurn, with experienced persons on board, if possible to arrive at any certain opinion of this calamity. [We learn ft:OM a gentleman of this town, a near relative to Mr. Cortis, the agent at Hull to the company to which " the Marshall" belonged, and who was at that port yester day (Sunday), that there is now not the slightest doubt that " the Marshall" is lost. Two steamers had be,,n dispatched from Hull, with a view of making a search for the vessel or any of the crew. " The Marshall" left Hamburgh on the 29th ult. We are also informed that the above accounts. as to the number' of emigrants on board the ill-fated vessel, are much exaggerated, as it is very rare, particularly at this sea son of the year, that the Hamburgh vessels have put a large number on board. The usual number is between 20 and 30.] i 1 /~ ~1 CRAYON SKETCHES. BY COUNT DE GABALIS. Written expressly for the Northern Daily Tinzes. NO. 111. THE LATE JAMES ROCHE, ESQ , OF CORK. (The learned "J. R." of the Gentleman's Magazine.) (Continued from our last.) He returned after some days' repose to his rein tives in BordeauX, and tarried there ,for a couple of years, at the urgent solicitation of numerous friends, who were anxious to obtain the restoration of the family property. In this effort they were partially successful ; but for many reasons of a private nature, he was resolved on seeking once more the security of British protection. In 1797 he therefore returned to London. It was not to be wondered at that he felt the period of his Parisian confinement had been neither useless nor ill-timed, since he spent the next three years—to many of his fellow-countrymen doleful and disastrous in the exreme—off and on between Dublin and Lon don, in comparative tranquillity. He had under gone le scrutin epuratoire, he declares himself, in order to obtain his certificat de civisme, previous to his discharge from his French prison ; and we have no doubt but he passed most satisfactorily. The Mind had been reduced to a temperature that would enable him to pass current through the world, and which never seems, through all the fluctuations of aftertime, to have sustained a ruffle again. A great deal of this rare equanimity may have been, however, acquired. from 4-- naa been for some years devoted, and which he now resumed with an energy that rendered it thenceforward rather a recreation otherwise.tl. 4 an ti,t hertiitil of mercantile life was before him, for his brother Stephen Rodle fl been importuned to establish a bank in the province of Airnabi., and offered the now matured subject of our notice a partnership in the concern. He accordingly accepted it. 'The bank was to be in the south of Ireland ; so they. opened at Cork, in the first year of the present century, under very favour able expectations. The brothers bad the singular fortune to marry two sisters, relatives of the Right Rev. Dr. Moylen, then Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese. The bank of Stephen and James Roche prospered so well for many years, that no one thought it possible that such a fatality as a failure could ever occur to it ; but the sudden peace after the continental war, and the war prices, dami ed and knocked many a thriving establish ment in Ireland and elsewhere, and amongst the rest the well-known bank on Camden Quay. We can well recollect the first announcement of the failure, though now thirty-eight years ago, and can distinctly recall some of the local effects of the astounding intelligence. The partners were men well versed in the line of business they had chosen, expert, intelligent, high-minded and honorable ; but it was bruited abroad. at the time, and by men who could see far into the mysteries of the banking system, and whose opinions were of weight, that they had been over-indulgent in their accommoda tions, and had met with•keen customers. But so wags the world. The arrangement of their affairs raised the brothers, if poSsible, still higher than before in public estimation. A princely library — collected with great care and at considerable ex pense, of the most rare and recherche description, the labour and selection of years and the fruit of unexampled learning and cultivated taste—was readily surrendered by Mr. James Roche to his creditors. Every available species of property was given up by the brothers ; everything was done to meet their heavy responsibilities which high honor and strict integrity could dictate. The cre ditors were so.impressed with the nature and extent of Mr. James Roche's personal sacrifice that they solicited him to make unlimited selection of such works as might be most useful or most agreeable for future recreation. Such conduct speaks highly for both parties. kp Kitt. • ' VP - ' - ';',,No - i,' London became once, more ?44,.ch.v5i...a-L Tetrea, 'A Mr. Roche,_ where he deyote 'h. ~,. and Ivonderful poviers of apPlic.:' . ... :, j sition of various articles which heet: N . it t , the admiration of all. He never woo _4 c VT reverse, of fortune.! His mind -apriAti , -.MI httk en tirely above it. We have no means exactly, at present, Of ascertaining the exact petio4 WlTiinairri valuable , and reondito coritributiMist conainbcccl. in the Gentle7llan's'2llitgazinc; . bt.''we areitiklosed to think that they must bave'been' briginWiM'Whout this time. ' Ever since they have conthitiM2io be 'poured into the ptiges 'of this admirably Wt-tt and curious periodical, until his initials (jl4,l;§earno redolent and ,c;ha.racteristic of ,the rich,, l l , t,Reeti, elaborate, Elizabethan-Pike; style 'cif his ennnV,lpi -- fifir tionscompTehensive in research, minutq,i+M},tw T , truthful and. copioits in detail; till nothing f m§4iff vfig unwritten which could coil itt plete his i»eaninorpg4 perfect his picture: '' '' - ' ' (.1 : - )4 - 1 oT In -Paris, Mr. Roche bad been liniren * Ol /.. cultivate the society of all the scieniitic-aildilifelMii-..q I L . men Who were enabled .affildstuithe fiu,ettriatitiaj'ag reverses, and rain of the time ,- 't 6 illti.Chimitgl 6 Js: :,(/Inns; the capital, .when though .yonng; 29 ' /la extraordinary abilities had already betrayed.ok w selves. Now, with a mind far more . Matured,:agl a -concentrated in the , British, intropolis, he - ivits_-___ 4 sought:after ' and Cotirted;lii i tOleYFk V 'Ailliti Ofer great whom his. ii um enSe til IW:`i : lli, :., V , • itii i ,Aid.K.., mg :,,ml. curious research, together i'v,'; :(114,0 , 41,-L" - „ manly.and. amiable_ manners and lirininp'„ Ok?,1-Xl i si l i !neat rendered an aeoeptable and welcome ilsoo r *... Jo i 'The anecdotes which he relates .of these'daysi r ipn, K { given in many casual and diverse papers, bit,4,,OrPplo all highly illustrative of men and thing§. One justaxt recurs touts, which we give, not by way, of .selec.;-. tion, but as the readiest to our recollection. A Cork merchant of the naine.of Luke O'Shea, who resided in one of those incongruous. repAsses,r. perhaps facetiously called squares in that facetious and fun-loving capital of South Munsterbaskclia some fifty years since when lotteries were,allikevopsii.t. commissioned his brothers to purchase . ifirlp [loud lottery ticket, by the agency of their Loikde4.o o correspondent, Mr. Barnewell, - Which weirs '11,&13,4 1-11 P ingly done. Before, the answer could botransinsi Ttifnd however, the ticket SO purchased . fOi r .ratice, O'A 4',,. d . ‘vas - d - rawn.-a-riz c- -6f-424. 3 7 043444 ; aticlirEff-0G1F.264-a S nil.____ advice of the purchase hail egbne forward, Mr. • Robert, Barnewell, if he had so willed it, -might—, hav&rel.ained the fortunate, ono and transmit - 4 • some ::other ticket. But ,iioi,, l!the , high-inthilf it dir merchant dispatched at once,an4icoOthita:bfilltii..(l O'Shea's good fortune; - togeth - er - - with the - Bunk order for the amotifill..l :THe" !vas immediately christened in pr6irinci al 4 pftritine:)e, ! LiiiiVe O'Shea. The fortunate' Winner ird.i6diikil heaikl idir ( fli6ll4iitfl turn of the wheel than he set' otiti feYrjfhe'4ilpital.,./ where he had his portraifoltawriliy l gart l iti t 'Aicliee T She e.—then cotninen c4l i i liB' j , 111! , ,T . 3 4481'—i tg : • • , , 4r s it s oi lt yr - )3 -, lift a cavalry V lAunteei . , v31,1;:,!L 91z . vg,tii1.1 - 1 ::t8',101444. 0 ,-, . to the chariot of the suii i mt kg ,Inti u p hiSß.,gi iii 4 - • 4 was- of, such extreme ,climensloim4hat,, i ikif i tme44 the side of a yery. loge :,1141,;Stlel.t) was,-,419,a exuberance - of - his -Celtic—pritle--: - Hit paternal .. property was known to.belnEkiiky moderate extent; but thus suddenly smiled upon by Dame. Fortune,„... he . married Miss . Connor, and deterinined„,witlt t ,. the blessing of Providence, on, the eontinuauev of his fortunate name and lineage-. A .-,A1r....rk closed his statement by observing that the I..oßkil house of Robert BarnoVell aria Sons, the diants alluded ti), was in f A•efy p,.)int of ) rf4iit )l " - , oth socially and c9ul. , inereiall'Y'Vi,l2:hly resii.eatAlV.°' ripn the elder of the firm flea started - the netropediS; . he opened an aec9unt, 'in 1767, att‘'s Messrs. Fuller's bank at the same time with threl‘. 7 \ othpr Irish gentlemen, but which euccesei - olly had given .way• in the, rum of \commercial aunt ationee.S,l while the establishment of the Baraewell'o, havth., only increased in mercantile opulence and pros perity. This character seems only commensurate with the integrity of the founder. They were the eldest branch of the old baronets of Greenanstown, who were created in 1622, and though of infirm title, are senior to the barons of Trimleston, one of the few remaining peerages of the Plantaganet creation. The Cheshire Stanleys are similarly circumstanced with respect to the Earls of Derby, . and many other instances of like import may be found in the peerage. The late Earl of Dudley had intended to avail himself of the valuable services of Mr. Roche, whose character and abilities he highly appreciated by engaging him in the arduous' but approPtiate,' situation of private secretary at the time that he, was himself in possession of the portfolio Ors foreign affairs. Nothing could be more suitable' to Mr. Roche than such a . post, wbese.,,,flu.en i t ra command of foreign languages and extraordinary endowments . - -would have rendered , invAlttable ; in filling it. But, strange to say, a• eingulur .but unexpected obstacle presented itself to theieonlie pletion - of So desirable. arr , event: Mr: Rochdale hand Writing was' so very rainuter:- that iterr could be scarcely deemed a difficulty with him VP'' , copy the Lord's Prayer Within the compass of' it's sixpenny token ; while my Lerd Dudley was so short-sighted: that he could scarcely read ,it, at all ! Mr. Roche again sought the French capital,. where he continued to reside, from the ,year . , 1829, until 1832, and then once more returned to his na tive country When the National Bank was Rstai Wished in Cork, he had been nominated as one,o(e the directors, and up to the period of his deethy,e continued to fulfil the duties of local director. It is needless to remark that his presidency gave unii,l versal satisfaction. He was president also of the' royal Cork institution, president of the Cork library . 1 society, president of the school of desigo, which was lately established, chairman of . the bench of' ) magistrates for the borough of Cork, and chairmini, of the Queen's College committee ; in fact, hip local position, and literary attainments, peettliarly, qualified him for such appointments. He .was, moreover, by no means insensible to the - PerSonal gratification of having to fulfil the duties of thOse respective offices. It was the only earthy mixture' in the pure and refined mould of his extraordinary composition. There is nOthingparticillarly attrac tive to strike the eye, either architecturally or other-. wise, in the building appropriated to the National Bank, on the South Mall ; yet, to us, it seems so mixed up with the man, his genius and learning, and so thoroughly identified in our mind wilh•the sluvele‘.es,u7el;celreilnttii?_lith,oeifmpteluipboslieteipm,m, er;ac Is,roiBefouffi x llea : ) l a " the sterling lore of the ancient times, and the startling recollections of modern days, that no structure of far greater pretension, or more ornate design, could be half so productive of the enjoyment which we have derived from its contemplation. - The historian Robertson is reported by his able! biographer, Lord Brougham, with an impartiality that dot uirri special honour, as a descendant, as liable to censure. n, finds reason to lament that his aintance with `-l history should iTavZ ina,, eat scenes and ienhtaimraaetteersacolu Li m too familiar with the crimes of 'exal t ed characters,- so as to suppress the full measure of reprobation. Although no perfectly consistent comparison can be drawn between him and Mr. James Roche, since he never attempted anything like a complete histo rical work; yet, as many of his articles will neces sarily become like landmarks and guiding stones to the future historian, it may not be entirely mis 4! placed ; and of him it may be justly boasted that he has never swerved from the strict line of 'duty: He has never allowed any act, matter, person, or occurrence, to pass the ordeal of his unbiaSsed and discriminate judgment without receiving its proper amount of animadversion. His cas tigation we have known at times, as in the case of Robespierre, to be fearfully severe. It is a matter to be regretted, that he did not think fit to combine his various rare and valuable papers in some historical or chronological order, since they would thus acquire 'un importance and uniformity which would render them a pictorial series of unequalled attractiov. But whether from the constant requireMentS - Or mercantile life in the disposal of his time, or the rapidity with which his pen discharged his won drous reminiscences, like the overflowings of his conversation, nothing of the kind ever seems to have suggested itself. He wrote as he spoke, while every anecdote elicited its own illustrations, until the whole article was thrown off with all the sub stance and spirit, and every sign and tokeri, , though hastily done, of an elaborate performance. We retain some of these papers at present in our pos session which had been, not long since, furnished to us for the Cork Magazine, and they are indicative alike of the rich fertility of the mind and the intense rapidity of the composition.' His mental faculties actually seemed to constitute a panorama of their own, and the pen, his instrument,. had nothing more to do, as it were,. than make out copies as fast as physically the work could be done.