Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-08 00:00:00

OCTOBER s. 183 P. 'whom the present " Motley Administration" have I enlisted into their service. - We' hope that under r Lord JOHN'S tutelage, . the Manchester party will learn the lesson which he has at Aberdeen read e to them from that admirable axiom laid down by r Mr. HENLEY, that " change is not necessarily e reform." It is pretty generally known to many of our readers, that in the EaSt a religious enthusiast or fanatic, will infuriate himself by eating a quantity of a powerful narcotic drug called "bang ;" and, supposing that he is a Malay, he Will take his crease, rush out of his, habitation, kill and destroy everything he.meets with, indis criminately, whether friend or foe, until at last he is himself overcome and restrained. This is idiomatically called " running - a niuek." And does not the pell-mell, helter-skelter way in which JOHN BRIGHT attacks the institutions of our country, represent to us a career in politics very like that of the maddened Malay ? In his desire to upset everything which is established, the muck he runs" is equally alarming,—What is there that would escape him ? _What part of this delicate machinery of Government is there that he has not the arrogance and self-sufficiency, not only to alter, but to destroy, and to substitute in its place something of his own invention ? We lament to see Lord J. RUSSELL, a statesman not Without some good qualities, and of whom we .wollld not " se t clown aught in malice," entangled l a the meshes of such a set of politicians as he has Wove around himself, for the gratification of per -0711,4'l P i que and party triumph, and for a tenure Power Which cannot possibly be of any long duration. NOTES 'OF THE DAY uere would seem to b e no en d o f s illy rumours in t g °B siPPing circles of Paris. The pOlitical world of ~rope at large, and of France and England in par tieui ar, has been kept very busy in its specnlatious, in .4‘.7Bectuence of such reports, for several weeks past. now we have to notice another, which, could it : be snPPosed t o h ave -one grain of truth in it, would seem Justify England in at once standing boldly and defi antly on th e d e f ensive with the French Emperor. It i s, that an invasion of Ireland under the direction of qeneral~i`~Sahon 'ieve, an Irishman by —himself, we bel - :" 4 ' though a F renc h man by adoption. This, rumour ha s received some credence, it would seem, from its a og been seriou s ly u tt ere d b y t h e Bi s hop of Orleans. For 0,,, al , - Part, hewe ver , it d oes no t se em to be entitled to —Y consideration ; although it be regarded as, in cer.s tafatinwhearh„uatato:teehrsinhllaoyuusiirehattiih,n,eg the adage, that " the wish i ttrieoatty e result, after all, either of the 0 7 - Peace to be signed at Zurich, or the delibera quensti,-, a Ilropean Congress, as respects the Italian central r in their the Legations are undeterred and unfettering progress towards completing the union of Victor It alY with Piedmont. Having already recognised 4 , r Emmanuel as their popularly elected sovereign, they 'are now aboli s hi ng - a ll- C us t oms ' d u ti es on th e th e i r -11 an d Modenese , frontiers, and adopting within rrane"v.a territories the Sardinian customs' tariff. Are --E3? It is now ev id en t, w ill not f urt h er i n t er f ere . W e lAt a-°lfneira lly told, that she confines herself to Cen~r I l 'ivie calculated to ea prospeity of as ;._ ; e no and can go so sure far as the to dictate r orders Equo g o vernance. Austria, however, will not be so finish, She, doubtless, only awaits the ratification t he treaty of peace with France, to . take her own course Ti with th e revolted States Atte discls of Liberal cor D'aee I )efore osu there Wakefield and —u,o,esber commissions, are great aggravations to the - f - ormer charges against that professedly immaculate political party in the State. One of the more indepe obser ves, that " ndent of our Liberal contemporaries that o f W am ong modern. political poisoning cases, akefield will be sureto hold • a dismally notorious position." And this case, be it remembered, was one under the special auspices of Mr. john Bright's Nre and patriotic brother-in-law, Mr. Leatham. "The Procc-,dings before the Committee of the House of Com "°lls," adds our contemporary, "showed a sufficiently .. ' el e o 3 P s orate state of things ; but, bad as were those l 'tes, they arealtogether of the eclipsed bY ePost..4.--the daily results n s z a e m x e am m i a n y ationnow bein g made on . the 0 b t Z t ' b i -4- d ni° th rt e e be said of Gloucester. —. h f th e ni - : s e . cases of. that Liberal electioneering by, wine obt a i ne •T ri tY against Lord Derby's Ministry was alone red ' i t is declared by the same authority we have al( cit ed, that "profligacy on such a prodicr' T 11 1 -?, t O ften met with " Li berals, we sup will hay vedh_ ,_ of the AYrsh. prep to the Earl of Glasgow's interference with Mr. ,:. no objection. Campbell i election, in favour of their candidate, I Craigie. Had it . been the other way, i Giasom_47e made all the difference. The Earl . of 4 , ''''''' is actin g a most. unjustifiable part in . realm, First, be has no husiness, as a Peer of the ain ' to interfere with an election to the Commons tngoose of Parliament. This, of itself, were quite acting to condemn him. &it, more than this, he is serv ng . a culpable part, by professing to be a Con vhoatrve and yet requiring his 1--- thi ' as a hig-Radleal, is t' ng that is Coniervativ- aantry to support one ery opposite of every- DERBY BANQUET. tent Conservative_ii°w Veplharmonic ea n bled t o state, that this impohre -anquet will take place in t Rll,—all the obstacles in the way °EnivelttsabalePP7Priati°n rcor oe. for the purpose having been The hall is in every respect most it ; for the occasion, but for one reaso n,— ,-,, L S not sirfaciently spacious to admit to dinner j 1 ,70 than a fourth of the number of persons who _ Wll•eebalri_eady applied for tickets,—the price of auh ' i; -- Alas been fixed at two guineas. tu.- 4-4eations amount, we understand, to upwards of ..nori,th°llgalld ; whereas the number to be accom t--qted at thg, tables must not exceed t s h ix e C l o l ii i li t e i , u • This circumstance is o f perp lexity • ltud itee, we believe, a great deal p . erp e y, r eco _t will probably be found necess a m l y ar t ge havepro pooLitoe to the ballot, pai.tv/I,of the tickets. in ln as a s d i rion g to t m h b e l diri age ne o r f abo„,..",nowever, there will be an asse t 6 f ti; . "" thousand persons as wen,' ladies, occupying the boxes and galleries.spectaors, many aireaeconderstand that among those who have the folioY accepted invitations to the banquet are xtjip,cellor); the Earlwint. Lo r d r ° , f , ka mesbury ; :Lord Chelmsford : . (late , distinguished personages :—The Sightjel - u Hon. h. , ,; Benjamin Disraeli ; the Right ' Marquis of Salisbiiry;_the Cai r " -ralcitiptton ; the Right Hon. Sir Hugh wielctise:l/411 John ? Maners; the Earl of the Al 1 :* Seymour Fitzgerald • Lord .Stanley ar This f . . j ili a . the Earl o f 1, 1 , ; , ° Bath ; Sir William o , Hard losebh Napier't; General Peel ; the Right Hon. Lord' IC (late Lord Chancellor of Ireland) ; terrarda:s-ensworth; the High Sheriff, Sir R. for the. Skelmersdale ; the two members Alger 811th erti division of the county, the Hon. th e e ll°4 P. Egerton, and Mr. W. J. Legh ; tersf°'lservative member for Liverpool, Mr. It a; Colonel Taylor, &c., &c. thethic "' be much to be regretted, we cannot but , should there be no other opportunity of great Conservative statesmen who will honouroec our town with their presence on the ali ° l7l bein he ard ple than gby it a alia .ati those who may be expected to gain awn at the Philharmonic Hall. Would it before, which on the same day, at not be possible to have' another meeting, either or - the - e venin g the working classes mor e particularlymight be Lord dn Derby,t he political :and spormeseenotf, histo l b at e e e a o d lag d le ress u e e d s, bify notLo questions of the day, at least on some of those im portant social subjects in which the interests of the greatbody of the people are so deeply involved ? Is there no public institution in our town, the object of which is the improvement of the moral and social condition of the people, that could have its cause eloquently advocated by these distinguished statesmen, at such a time ? Are our ragged schools,,for instance, so over-prosperous that they might not be benefited extensively by taking advantage of this opportunity of obtaining the earnest advocacy of so many real friends of the people ? We throw out these hints for, the consideration of those who, from their position in society, or their connexion with such institutions as we have referred to, may be the most likely to give effect to them. We have no wish to dictate what course should be pursued. We simply suggest. But, certainly, it would be a great pity to lose- so admirable an opportunity, not only of showing the people that our Con servative statesmen are really the friends of their best interests, but of advancing those interests through the support thg might be enabled to give them, on an occasion of public interest and importance which may not occur again for perhaps many years. THE LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. FRIGHTFUL OUTRAGE AT PARMA. PARIS, Friday The following telegram, dated October 6, has been received here from Parma :—" A horrible occurrence took place yesterday evening. The: Count Anviti, formerly colonel of the troops in Parma, and held in detestation by the people, was passing through Parma, on his way to Pleisance, and being recognised at the railway station, was arrested. j The populace, informed of his arrest, broke open the barracks of the gendarmerie where he was confined, and, having seized the unfortunate Count, he was dragged through the city, receiving blows on all sides. His hands were fastened together with a cord, and he • was then pulled through the streets, until he arrived opposite a Café that he was in the habit of frequenting, where, whilst he was still alive, his head was cut off, and then carried in triumph to the grand place, where it was placed on the top of a column. The cries of joy of the people increased the terror of the situation. The National Guard and the troops were called out, but arrived when all was over nine o'clock in the even ing quiet again reigned in the city." PARMA, October 6 Yesterday Count Anviti, formerly colonel, on whose life an attempt was made a few years ago, and who was concealed here for some days, has been murdered. It is reported that his presence was in connexion with the counter-revolutionary scheme. MARSEILLES, OCt. 7 Advices from Rome to the 4th inst. state that the. Sardinian Minister received his passports on the Ist of October, but obtained leave to defer his departure until the - end of the week. On Sunddy the principal friends of Piedmont gave a banquet to the Sardinian Minister near Frascati; and intended to make a night demonstration in Rome. It is stated this was prevented by General Goyon, in accordance with a previous order passed, forbidding any political manifesta tion in the streets, and also in accordance with the policy which the Duke "of Grammont is in structed to continue. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Friday, October 7 12 10 P.M.—There is no change, to note in the Bourse. Rentes quoted at 69f. 50c. 3 30 P.M.—The last price of Rentes is 69f. 45c., or about the same as yesterday. BOLOGNA, October 7 To-day the functionaries of the government took the oath of allegiance to the King of Sardinia THE SPANISH MOROCCO EXPEDITION. The Spanish expedition against Morocco will, it is now said, consist of 30,000 men, under the command of Ros de Olano. The Madrid journals state that the ultimatum sent to the Emperor of Morocco is as follows : "On a day indicated the Moorish Government shall cause the Spanish flag to be saluted by artillery at Melilla Centa and other places on the coast. It shall immediately pay' an indemnity for the expenses occa sioned by the preparations for the expedition. It shall concede near the Spanish fortress in Africa a certain extent of territory, at the extremity of which it shall construct block houses ,to contain soldiers of the Emperor's guard, charged to prevent any act of hostility against the Spaniards." NAPLES MARSEILLES, OCt. 7 Advices from Naples to the 4th October state that fourteen notable persons who hitd been arrested have been released without prosecution. The Prefect of the Police has been changed. General Felaugieri will resume office. THE CONSTANTINOPLE CONSPIRACY, TRIESTE, October 7th The Austrian Lloyds steamer just arrived, brings advices from Constantinople to the Ist instant. The Jour' al de Constantinople contains the names of 34 conspirators, amongst whom are—Feriy linssain Pasha, and two brothers of the Governor of Yemen. The brothers of the Sultan have not been arrested. Edhen Pasha has been ordered to proceed to Odessa, to express the friendly feelings of the Sultan towards the. Emperor of Russia. Mustapha Nari Pasha has been appointed Governor-General of Bagdad. The reported appearance of the plague ' at Beyrout has been denied. Mehemet Pasha has left for Smyrna, bearer of an autographic letter from the ,Sultan to Prince Alfred ATHENS, October 1. The French Ambassador, Viscount Deseraes, has arrived here. RECOGNITIOE N'ARMY OF THE IN INDIA. SERVICES OF TH The Gazette publishes a minute setting forth the services of civil officers and others during the mutiny and rebellion, and bringing under notice of the Home Govermtent the names of those earnest and devoted men, by whose abilities, sound judgment, and unexampled labours the civil authority of the British Government has been upheld and re-established. the A Or e " ct tll Aber , oe r bli c li 1 0 ii‘e ..,, J''" e 42 03 t °llO. - oef at ilt )io be _ ao ic ,rtsirrot cra o ) ro do - at ti gre rt of . 001.111' NORTHERN BAILY TIMES. COUNTY COURT.—At this Court, yesterday,; before J. K. Blair, Esq., Judge, Colin Cameron, formerly custom house officer; but now superannuated, applied for his discharge. Mr. Anderson supported the application. The insolvent was unopposed ; and on his proposing . to give up a portion of his pension towards the liquidation of his debts, he was discharged. SUDDEN DEATH.—At the Coroner's Court; on Thurs day, an inquest was held on the body of James Cava nagh, aged fifty, a porter, residing in Oak-place, Clay street. The deceased, who was in the habit of drinking to excess, appears to have indulged in that habit before retiring ton bed on Tuesday night, and died on Wednes day morning. A post-mortem examination of the body showed that deceased had died from excessive drinking, and a verdict accordingly was returned.. AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Madame Celeste closes an engagement of twelve nights this evening, when she will appear as Harramateah. in " The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish." This very able and favourite histrione will give a mid-day performance, appearing as Miami in the " Green Bushes."' She is to be succeeded, it will be seen, by Mr, Swinboarne, who enters upon a twelve nights' engagement on Monday. Mr. Weston, the attentive and obliging box-keeper, it will be seen, takes his benefit (we hope it will prove such to him,) on Friday next. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, it will be seen, are shortly to commence a brief engagement at the Theatre Royal. BAZAAR AT BEBEINGTON.—Yesterday afternoon a bazaar was held in the school-room belonging to the parish church, at Bebbington, in aid of the funds for the erection of a new organ. The bazaar was opened at two o'clock, and shortly after that hour the school-room was much crowded with a numerous attend ance of ladies and gentlemen. Amongst those present were the Rev. R. M. Fielden, rector of Bebbington, and the Misses Fielden, in addition to a considerable num ber of the leading families in the neighbourhood. The different fancy articles exhibited included several choice specimens of embroidery, which were much admired. The sum required for entirely defr:ying the expenses connected with the erection of the organ, is about £250, and we learn that in the course of the day upwards of £2OO was realized in sales. THE GOVERNMENT ANNUAL TRIAL OF OHRONO METERS.-Mr. John Campbell, chronometer maker, of South Castle-street, has received the following gratifying communication from the Government, his chronometer being placed first on the Admiralty list on account of its superior performance : TO MR. CAMPBELL, CHRONOMETER MAKER, LIVERPOOL Hydrograpliic Office, Admiralty, August 19, 1859. SlR,—The annual trial of chronometers for the use of her Majesty's Government having now terminated, I am com manded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to offer you the sum of 60 guineas for your chronometer, No. 837, on the present trial.—Requesting your answer as soon as conve nient, I am, sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. The above chronometer is the fifth selected by the Admiralty out of ten submitted by him, only one being deposited on each trial, the other five being above the centre of the list on each occasion. 012 GRATIFYING TREAT TO WORKIKEN.—OR Monday evening last a very interesting re-union took place at Mr. Bulmer's, the Old Swan Hotel, Old Swan, on the occasion of Messrs. Brett and James, tailors and drapers, of South Castle-street, entertaining their workmen to a sumptuous entertainment. About fifty of the hands in their employ sat down to a most excellent repast, served up in a manner which did justice to Mr. Bul mer's well-known liberality. Mr. Hetherington, the foreman in the establishment, occupied the chair, and in the course of an appropriate speech proposed the health of their worthy employers. The toast was re ceived with unbounded enthusiasm.—Mr. Brett, in acknowledging the compliment, expressed the great pleasure it afforded him to see those in his employ en joying themselves in so rational a manner.—A number of other toasts and sentiments followed, including a vote of thanks to the worthy host and hostess, for the profuse and liberal manner in which the repast had been pro vided.—At the close of the proceedings, Mr. Brett, with a praiseworthy liberality, engaged two of Mr. Busby's omnibusses, by which the parties were conveyed back to Liverpool. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Yesterday.—[Before Mr. Com missioner PERRY.] —In re Y . RUSRTON.—This bankrupt, who lately carried on business at Wrexham, as a draper, applied for the allowance of his certificate. Mr. Cooper, solicitor, of Manchester, who represented the assignees, observed that he was not instructed to oppose. His Honour said the bankrupt had kept no cash nor till book ; and, after referring to the proceedings, granted a second-class certificate immediately.—ln re J. W. JONEs.—This bankrupt, who lately carried on business in this town as a commission agent, also applied for the allowance of his certificate. Mr. John Radcliffe, who appeared on behalf of the assignees, said he was instructed to state that to the conduct of the bankrupt the assignees had nothing to allege but in approval, inasmuch as the bankrupt had brought a large sum of money into court, which would not have been the case had he continued to trade. His Honour ob served that the accounts were badly kept, the expenses excessive, and the bankrupt had, also, omitted to keep proper books. Mr. Wynne addressed the court in support of the bankrupt's application. A second-class certificate was granted, immediately. THE ATLANTIC CABLE The Chamber of Commerce and citizens of New York having presented gold medals to the officers of her Majesty's Navy who took part in the depositing of the Atlantic telegraphic cable, the Admiralty has issued- a notice to, forty-one officers entitled to the same, stating that the medals are ready for delivery. OUTRAGE ON BRITISH OFFICERS Three British officers, a major and two eaptains, from Gibraltar, while engaged in field sport en the Morocco coast, were assaulted by the Moors, and compelled to escape in an open boat, without fool or drink, and they were not picked up for seven days. One of the officers had died, and the death of another was expected. The Shipping Gazette does not give the names of the officers. THE STEPNEY INQUISITION The inquisition at Stepney, touching the death of an infant, alleged to be the illegitimate child of a young lady, the daughter of a clergyman in Wales, was J . - resumed yesterday. The Rev. . Bonwell, incumbent of St. Phillips's, Stepney, was examined. He deposed that an unmarried woman, named Yorath, was confined of a child in the schoolroom attached to his church. When at the hotel, and it was found that the child would not live, he baptized it. The death of the child 'was registered, but not its birth. Ayres, an undertaker, of Great Cross-street, confessed to the surreptitious placing of the child's body in the coffin of a deceased woman, and that - there was then only one burial service and one certificate of death. Dr. Godfrey, of Finsbury and Whitechapel, who was present at the birth of the child, and subsequently at tended it, described the symptoms previous to death. At the close of the evidence, Mr. Beste, who watched the case on behalf of Mr. Bonwell, hoped the jury would consider his client had not been guilty of any criminal act. The jury found that the child, when in the charge of the mother and the Rev. Mr. Bonwell, died of inanition; and lastly, that the conduct of Elizabeth Yorath and Rev. James Bonwell, and Ayres, the under taker, is highly censurable. The treaty of peace between France and Austria will, it is believed, be signed at Zurich, on the 10th or 12th instant. The Paris correspondent of the Times, referring to the article in the Constitutionnel of Thursday, remarks upon the double current exhibited by the comments of the Ministerial press on Italian affairs :—" It is: a see saw of encouragement and discouragement ; and the result is a general feeling of doubt as to what the Government really intends to do." The story is revived that the Central Italian States have offered the Regency, to Prince Carignana, a cousin of Victor Emmanuel, and Regent of Piedmont during the late war; but this time it is accompanied by a. report that the Prince has signified his willingness to accept the post. The following appeared in a portion of our im pression of yesterday : AMERICA The Vanderbilt steam-ship Ocean Queen, C. P. Sea burg, commander, from New York, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m., arrived at Cowes this morning, at 10 a.m., having sus tained heavy weather during the most part of her pas sage. She brings mails, 11 passengers, and $786,337 in specie, for Southampton ; also, mail, 163 passengers, $493,215 specie, and cargo, for Havre. On 25th Sept., 3 p.m., lat. 40.35 N., long. 69 W., passed steamer Van derbilt, steering west ; Sept. 30, at 1.0 a.m., lat 48.10 N., long. 44.50 west, passed steamer Fulton, steering west. INDIA AND AUSTRALIA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] MALTA, Oct. 3.—The Panther has arrived with the Bombay and Australian mails. BOMBAY, Sept. 10.—Imports unaltered. Cotton with out chan g e. Oilseed unchanged. Exchange on Lon don 2s Old. Money easier. MELBOURNE, Aug. 19th.—Departure of gold ships for - England :—On 4th, British Trident, 32,706 oz.; on 9th, George Marshall, 29,813 oz.; on 1 lth, Dirige, 18,653 oz. Imports dull and below exports, Wool firm. Exchange prem. The above telegram left Malta on 3rd inst., at p.m. The Times publishes a . private telegram received in Liverpool, yesterday, from India, which states that thi European troops had accepted the bounty and consented to go to China. The slight relapse in the funds yester day afternoon was caused by the telegrams from India, from second edition of the Times, not containing any confirmation of the intelligence. AUSTRIA AND THE GERMAN UNION. [REUTER'S TaEGRAIO FRANKFORT, Friday.—The Duke of Saxe Coburg has replied to the note addressed to him by the Austrian Cabinet. He does not contemplate the exclusion of Austria from the German union, but asserts that German support of Austria has been rendered lately impossible by the defects of the Federal Constitution, and by the sudden conclusion of peace by Austria. FRANCE PARIS, Oct. 7.—The clergy of Paris are about to give a banquet to M. de Tulle, on account of his sermons, on Sunday last, in favour of upholding the rights of the Holy See. Tile squadron alleged to have sailed for some un known destination in the Mediterranean, proceeded to the African coast with 6,000 men, who will be disem barked at a port near the frontiers of Morocco, and will reinforce the expeditionary land force, which is to occupy the district of Ouchold. DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA The' Hon. Capt. Clarke, R.E., at the request of the colonists at Victoria, has been named by the Duke of Newcastle commissioner to purchase in Europe the arms and munitions of war required to complete the defence of•the above portion of Australia. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. We understand that the Rev. W. M. Falloon will preach a special sermon to young men on Sunday even mg (to-morrow), in St. Bride's, Percy-street. DE A.= FROM EXPOSURE.—Margaret Hastings, a child nine weeks old, died, on Wednesday morning, from the effects of exposure during . a deck passage from Dublin, the previous night. An inquest was held on Thursday, when the jury returned a verdict of " Death from exposure." THE GREAT EASTERN.—It will be seen, from our advertising columns, that cheap trains will run between Birkenhead and Holyhead each day during the stay of the Great Eastern at the last-named station. These trains offer peculiar facilities for parties desirous of seeing the " Great Ship." THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British .and North American royal mail steamer Europa sails for Boston, 'via Halifax, this morning. The box at the Post-office will close at 8.15 a.m. ; but the Receiving-house on the Landing-stage will be open till 9.30 a.m., on the pay ment of a late fee of 6d. HENGLER'S GRAND CIRQUE VARIETE opens to night in the Circus, Dale-street. Commendation of Hengler's celebrated troupe is unnecessary. . His Liverpool admirers and patrons are too numerous and too ardent to require that. Merely calling attention to -the fact is amply sufficient to secure him a bumper house aid an enthusiastic welcome. THE CHRISTY MINSTRELS continue to draw crowded and enthusiastic audiences nightly in Clayton-hall. To-day, in addition to their evening performance, they are to give a mid-day entertainment, which, we doubt not, will be welcomed by a fashionable and crowded auditory. Next week they are to proceed with a bur lesque of the Italian Opera, and to give an entire change of programme, with new songs, choruses, and dances. THE HIGHER TRANMERE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. — This society inaugurated its second session on Wednesday evening last by a soiree, held in the Wesleyan School-room of that village ; Mr. Shone, president of the society, in the chair. About eighty members and their friends, many of them ladies, were present. An opening address was delivered by the president, and papers of an instructive character were read by Messrs. R. B. Bastard, Morley, jun., Jackson, Diamond, and Driver. The proceedings were con siderably enlivened by selections , of sacred music, most efficiently . given by a choir, under the direction of Mr. Harris. Votes of thanks to the ladies who pre sided at the tea table, to the gentlemen who delivered papers, and to the choir 'terminated a most interesting meeting, which, it is hoped, will be the means of extend ing and increasing the efficiency of the society. THE STEAM-SHIP CITY OF ABERDEEN This very splendid and substantially-built steam ship is to ply regularly between Liverpool and Holy head during the period of the Great Eastern's stay there, commencing her first trip on Monday after noon. Through the courtesy of Mr. Denny, one of the owners ; of Captain Townley, the commander ; and of Mr. R. Lamont, the agent of the ship ; we, in common with numerous other gentlemen connected with the newspaper press of Liverpool, had an opportunity of inspecting this very fine vessel, and of forming a judg ment as to her capabilities as a first-class passenger ship, and as a strong and well-famed sea boat. The City of Aberdeen is a large and powerful wood built steamer, having been constructed for the London and Aberdeen trade, in which she was employed for a considerable period. She was built by Messrs. Scott and Sons, of Greenock, and is in all respects a vessel of the first class. The City of Aberdeen is 185 feet in length overall, and is 50 feet in breadth of beam. Her registered tonnage is 900 tons, and she is worked by engines nominally of 300 horse-power, but capable of being worked up to fully 600. All her framing and timber is of the best African oak, and she is fully oak planked. From her great width of beam, this fine vessel sits very easily in the water, and even in the roughest weather she is not liable to roll. Her great length, combined with so much breadth, affords ample deck room, and she is fully competent to the easy and comfortable conveyance of from 1,200 to 1,400 pas- sengers. The saloon of this noble vessel is, in all respects, superb ; it is very roomy, and well lighted, and is fur nished and fitted up in a style of substantial elegance not frequently to be met with ; and the state-rooms, opening out of the saloon; are spacious and well lighted, and fully supplied with everything conducive to the com fort of the passengers,—the saloon sleeping berths being competent to the accommodation of 140 first-class pas sengers. The saloon fittings are of massive mahogany, richly carved, and enliveied by a profusion of gold mouldings and ornaments. As one proof of the superi ority of this fine ship, it may be stated, that she was selected as the one in which her gracious Majesty and the Court made the voyage from London to Aberdeen, and that the accommodation afforded the utmost satis faction to the royal and other illustrious voyagers. The commander of the City of Aberdeen, Captain Townley, is a gentleman in all respects worthy to be entrusted with charge of such a ship. In our advertising c Aumns it will be seen that the regulations for conveying the public to and from the Great Eastern, while the latter lies at Holyhead, are most complete and effective, and such as we do not doubt will give general satisfaction. COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. BALMORAL, Oar. 4.—Her Majesty, the Prince Con sort, the Prince of Wales, and Princess Alice went to Balloch Buie, where the Prince Consort and Prince of Wiles shot, the woods being driven for deer. Sir George C. Lewis has left the Castle. The following letter has been received by the Lord Provost from Colonel Bruce, governor to the Prince of Wales, in reference to the resolutions adopted by the Town Council on the subject of his Royal Highness's visit to Edinburgh Balmoral Castle, Sept. 16. My LORD,—I am directed to acknowledge thereceiPt of your letter of the 13th inst transmitting a copy of certain resolu tions which were ado p ted at a meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh held on that day, and to request that your Lordship will have the goodness to convey to the Town Council the thanks of the Prince of Wales for the very gratifying terms in which they refer to his recent visit to Edinburgh, and to assure them that his residence there has been in all respects most in teresting and agreeable to his Roy al Highness . --I have the honour to be, ke AOI3KRT Bnycz, Colonel. CORRESPONDENCE. [gads not hold ourselves responsible for the opittioies of our correspondenti.] AMADDITIONAL FEATURE IN THE LIVER - - POOL POST-OFELCE DO, TUE EDITOR OF THE, IiORTIIERN DAILY TEAES. Stn,—Subjoined I beg. to land to you another illus tration, of the mode in which the Inquisitorial system has been carried out in our Post-office'. The instance now under consideration. has been, it will be seen, applied to the humble, though by no means unimportant Blass of officials—the Better-carriers. It is• as fol lows :—" Liverpool Post-office, 25th July, /8.59.—1 n future, letter-carriers mast record every Christmas per quisite, or gift he mar receive during the year in his official capacity, in a memorandum-book, and the date on which he received it. Such record' to include the name and address of the giver, and every book must be handed to the inspector, on the Ist of. April each year, and must include every gift up to the atst of March.. The letter-carriers are warned against falsifying any such returns, inasmuch as measures will be taken to test its accuracy ; and, if it be discovered that any man has given an incorrect return, or omitted to record any gifts which he has received, he will be severely dealt with. Every letter-carrier must at once furnish himself with a memorandum-book, and show 'the same to the inspector. Initialled, C.B.B.'L—I am, sir, your obedient servant, AN OBSERVER. REVISED LIST OF 'VOTERS TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NOIkTIIRRN DAILY TIMES Constitutional Association, Prince's-buildings, 7th October, 1859 SIR,—My attention has been drawn to W. Branfitt, the secretary of the Reform Association, in letter of Mr the Daily Post of yesterday, impugning the statement published by you of the result of the Borough Revision Court, and substituting one of, I presume, his own "cooking." To the uninitiated this diserepawy in . the two statements must be irreconcileable but to those _ _ learned in the tactics of the Reform Association significant. Perhaps the writer of the letter will inform the readers of the Daily Post how many of the 1,713 objections professed to be made by him were bad Radicat votes, to strike off which would do his party no harm, but add materially to the numbers claimed to be struck off by them, and, by their calculation, reduce the number struck off by the Conservatives. lf he will do this, I think a correct statement of the • result of the Revision In these extraordinary days of ours, when - men advo will be arrived at ; and that, I take upon myself to cafe peace and yet prepare for war,—when too many assert, will confirm the statement published by you, give the lip to God and the heart to Mammon,—when which, after allowing for 198 withdrawals, and for lightningwe converse by and walk about by steam, in deaths and duplicates 96 in.addition, making altogether • • 294, which deduct from the 698 majority claimed to be pin es respecting past days and past persons are both popular by contrast . and unpopular from association. Few made by the Conservatives, leave them a majority'on the of the population of our great town have heard the name Revision of 404.—1 am, sir, yours most respectfully, JOHN S. BRANCH, of Jeremiah Horrox ; and of the thousand s w hose dail y resort is to the paved area "where merchants most do Sec., pro. tem., Constitutional Association. congregate," fewer still could tell what he did to awaken our interest or claim oar gratitude. Yet he was born 'almost within the borough limits, in that part of Toxteth which is still rural, and is now called Jericho ; and hiss TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, left indelible footprints in the sands of time. Sue —ln the Liverpool Mercury, of the . sth instant, When the late W. R. Whatton, Esq., F.R.S. of I noticed a letter signed "S. H.," and headed with the department Manchester, wasengaged in writing the biographical glaring title of " The Municipal Market Sold Again," he prepar of prepared d the " Barnes's mater History of materials f oralie n cl i sh or ir e," Horrox, and I feel compelled on the part of Mr. George Nickson and efforts w e re made contem p oraneousl y in the same to reply to the remarks made concerning him ; and allow direction, by the late Professor Rigaud, of Oxford. To me, in the first place, to contradict the assertion that these circumstances allusion was made by Dr. flume, at the ' Roscoe Centenary in this town, in 1853 when men- Mr. Nickson is the " Orangeman's Friend , " in t h e tioning that there were other distinguished men con offensive sense in which it is used ;he is not, nor ever nected with our district. Fully a hundred and eighty was, connected with that body in any way whatever. five years after this distinguished youth had been No doubt, like "S. H.," hehas many warm friends in that removed from earth, an admiring astronomer. Mr. body, and supposing he were a member of that body, Holden, of Reston, erected a chaste tablet to his memory should like to ask d ' S. H." what 'the crime would consist in St. Michael's Church, Toiteth, and within the last of ? I only hope "S. H." bears as unimpeachable a two years great efforts have been made by the Rev. character as Mr. Nickson ; for none are more worthy of Brickell to procure a suitable memorial of him at the a seat in our local legislature than George Nickson. the little village of Hoole. • Though Horrox died at the candidate for St. Anne's Ward ; and, although S. H. early age of twenty-two, that is a year sooner than he unworthily sneers at his being a shop-keeper, his mental could be ordained in modern times, he h.‘ l qualifications, his standing as a straightforward trades- years in orders, and officiated as man, a supporter of the various chaneties, and a friend Ir. Brickell, who occupies the same pulpit, to every movement, educational or otherwise, which sirous to enlarge and beautify the little church,. can benefit the poorer classes, entitle' him to' that add a memorial chapel, with free accommodation for the honourable position in which the indePendant poor.. All this has been done ; the dial and clock, asso electors of St. Anne's Ward will most certainly dated with the name of the astronomer, have, been re place him, on the Ist November next, notwithstand- newed, and a handsome mural tablet is added, with a ing "S. H.'s" unjust and ungenerous remarks. With suitable inscription. During the interest excited by regard to the spleen shown to Mr. Joseph Kitchen, lam this last effort, Mr. A. B. Whatton, of London, revised not called upon to reply, neither do I consider that that and arranged the memoranda of his late father, and portion of "S. H.'s" letter is worth referring to. It hence the issue of the present volume. ought to be treated with the contempt which it certainly Horrox was born in 1619 ; and became a sizar at deserves. I may here say that the business qualities and Emmanuel College Cambridge, when he was scarcely 14 affableness shown by Mr. Kitchen, during the time he years of age. Here he became enamoured of the study has represented the ward, must entitle him to respect ; of astronomy, which then occupied a very diirerent and how much soever "S. H." or his followers might position from what it does now. It was not then the desire a change, still " S.'H." must bear in mind that noblest triumph of demonstration and observation before such a change could take place, the electors 'combined, but was just discarding the rags with which must be consulted; and almost to a man, of what- astrologers had invested it, and emerging in its native ever shade of politics, I feel certain they would sup- beauty. - There were then, few books on the subject, port their present excellent member,. Joseph Kitchen, and such as there were in general reached this country One word in conclusion. "Si H." states that the name from those nations of Europe in which the revival of of a good man is before the ward , who has "no private letters had taken p lace earlier. A catalogue of Horrox's in • terest to serve." It will be for the interest of that little library has lately come to light, and it would gentleman to mix a little with the electors of the ward, appear that all his astronomical books were in Latin. and to learn their opinions, before he allows himself to After detecting, by observation, numerous errors in the be made the cat's-paw of a factious opposition. astronomical tables of his time, he predicted the transit A copy of the above letter I forwarded to the editors of Venus across the Sun's disc, to occur iu 1639. Lie of the Liverpool Mercury, on the 6th instant, requesting made several steps in advance towards the correct lunar an insertion on the 7th instant, but why it has been theory which we now possess ; and though he did not omitted is best known to themselves. see sufficiently far to understand gravitation in the JUSTITIA. modern ,Newtonian sense, he announced that terrestrial 7th October, 1859. JEREMIAH HORROR.* ST. ANNE'S WARD Le curate of, Hoo -- --- attraction and centripetal for dentical Le very law which moil: And bids it trickle Iron .eserves the ear That law Aad ka ..,s the planets in their course. , Bat the crowninn act of Horror,—though his short life was distinguished by numerous successful undertakings, was his observation of• the transit of Venus. This took place on the 24th of November 1639, no other having occurred for many years, or being possible during the remainder of the century. The preparation, the obser -ation, and the important results which hinged upon an - ite knowledge of the facts, are recorded by Horrox himself, as well as by subsequent writers on astronomy, S N • v e h p ol u e rc o b f as h ed is e u x s e u in a p i ti d o u n ti b es y gi we v r i e n_g ii and by the present author. Curiously enough, - the transit took place on a Sunday, and though Horroz giving-his with minute attention. ' As our purpose is to draw attention to Mr. Whatton's interesting little volume, not to supersede it, ' need we not enitonnsP right tld hand,almo st th h e a __ the various claims which Horrox has-for honour to his memory, both here and everywhere. But it is interesting to know that even then Lancashire had several men in humble life who cultivated science•for the ,love of it; among whom were the correspondents and friends of Horrox himself—William' Crabtree, a draper of Broughton, Manchester, and Gascoigne. Mr. T. Y. -Wilkinson of Burnley, himself a Lancashire mathe- uatician of acknowledged . eminence, in an article wotthy )f his pen, has enumerated a long list-of the worthies of this But' while we admire science in her maturity; let Who rocked its cradle, and guided its ad gave it both a healthy constitution ms. Mr. Whatton, in discharging his duty, has prepared agreeable informa . r, and a grateful theme for the local Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Rev.. Jeremiah HorrOx, Curate of Hoots, near Preston ; to which is appended a Translation of his celebrated Discourse, upon the Transit of Sun. By the Rev. Arundell B. Whatton, 216. Landon : Wertheim, Macintosh, and LL.B. Bvo. pp Hunt, 1851 BERLAND, by William Dickinson, F.L.S. IN rhitehaven, Russell Smith. _Callender and Dixon; London, John A GLOSSARY• OF TILE WORDS AND PnuAsEs 12mo, pp. 138. when those who passed The time has happily long popular speech, can be examine the curiosities of Persons ill employed. Our regarded as oddities,, orasasis p fcnind in Chaucer, Spenser, ancient language? n a s" and Ben Johnson, lingers still in Dunbar, Sh OF CUM - aksPe re ' and all the best editions of , our remote parishes ; s t a ndard Engli sh classics are illustrated by a reference lisms. Few counties contain so many, o r suc h rich to provincia specimens as Cumberland, though Westmore land, Yorkshire, and Lancashire, are not far behi n d. By the side of the great works of Jamieson,, Boucher, lialliwell, and Wright ; or even of the moderate sized ones of Carr, Forby, and Brockett, Mr. Dickinson's looks small ; but it is meant only as a glossary, and it is carefully and well compiled. The preface contains a sort of brief grammar of the dialect, and an illustrative poem. . SAILORS' WIVES TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES am wishful to draw ti ttention 'of. the oularly merchants, and the public generally, to a great evil, and also a great hardship to oue merchant sailors, viz., the not granting half pay to seamen before the mast. lam aware that there are sonic few excep tions. Where the man knows the captain, it is perhaps granted to him, as a special favour ; but if he is not so known, he may wish, but he will never get it. And suppose he is going on a twelve months voyage, what shall support his wife and children during his absence ? Let her be prudent and frugal, and willing to work closely, hoarding the money earned by her husband on his last voyage,---all her plans and painstaking may be as nought, if sickness or death should visit her abode. Her calculations are made with the supposition that she is to be always well in health ; but with sickness,. and the necessary , expenses attendant thereon, is an end. of all: she finds herself pennyless and alone—her only alternative the poor-house or the streets. She cannot starve, nor yet see her children starve ; 'and can we wonder that she falls from the path of honour and virtue, and sells her soul and body for the maintenance of her children ? And when ono she, falls, she falls for ever ; for the same reason still operates and keeps her down, viz., the want of means to live on during her husband's absence; whilst he goes, on from year to year, happy in his ignorance of his wife's misconduct, won dering how she manages when he is away, and yet afraid to ask. Sailors are not what they formerly were, when altogether uneducated, and brutish in their feelings. A better state of things can now be witnessed in a ship's forecastle ; and I know, from actual experience, with what bitter regret they leave their wives and children unprovided for. In every ship there are some few pro fligate men ; and how agonising it must be to the husband and father to listen to their ribald jests and boasts, in connection with other men's wives, and then again to know that their own wives are open to a like tempta tion. This is no over-drawn picture : hundreds can testify to its truth ; and I hold it a,.4 T a scandal on ,our town that suck temptations are suffered to go unheeded among the poor sailors' wives. It cannot be said that the Shipping Interest would lose anything by granting this boon to our sailors (beyond the interest of their money) ; for, even supposing a man runs away from his ship in a foreign port, the one half of his wages that has been retained by the ship will, in nine cases out of ten, balance the money that the wife is receiving at home, till such time as her husband's desertion is known at the owner's office. Let owners and captains only think of this great evil, and I am sure they will willingly remedy it. It rests with themselves to bring a blessing on many virtuous houses. and to bring back to the paths of virtue many an erring wife. Let me hope that this note, though only coming from a sailor, may be th e means of bringing the subject under the consideratios! of some of our philanthropic townsmen, and dtihenattl good be may result from the same.—l, am, yours o existence of THE GREAT EASTERN AT HOLYHEAD, TO: TAB:EDITOR: O.E' THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES . • Sin,—Your correspondent, -" One of the Public, ,, should, consider for a moment, and he" may be' led to exercise a. little patience, and save his money. When the Great Eastern wants freight and passengers, with which will be in no long time, he will most probably see her without going, to Helyhead. There is good reason for believi ng. she maybe in the Mersey sooner thauxuany of }}our readers expect. Speaking upon, this, only yes opinion upon such, matter, and who . has, besides, op Tortunities of b ecom i ng acquainted with quainted with the views'Of the t erd GreataY'' a gentleman well, qualified to form an hip em a. his answer to the question, " Where is it propo se d t o fi n d passengers a nd f re i g ht f or her ?" was, " She tramyt come to _Liverpool." . I have no intention of trying to live two days in a steamboat at this time of the year, or to endure twelve Or-fourteen hours, calling and shunting, on the railway ; but shall wait a short time. . . A. B. Liverpool, October 7 , 1859. TO THE EDITOR et? THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SIN — In. your valuable paper, under date 6th instant, " One of the Public" complains of the arrangements made by the Great Ship Company with the London and North-Western Railway Company. I cannot agree with him, that " the effect of this practically is to exclude from the sight the numerous passengers who would have availed themselves Of cheap steam7boat trips from Liverpool." O i Can the contrary, as one o f the intending passengers he refers to, I am not only still' determined to avail myself of the superior accommodation and com fort offered by a steam-boat over a *railway train ' a cheap trip train' but I rather rejoic g so e na rs e fr r o es m po t n h s e ib s l h e o b re od t y o t h h as e s c h h i a p rge T of hi co s; nlv understand; be all the London and North-Western Railway Company have the monopoly of ; and very few intending passen idnegrstPaansd,sento- gers would expect that any and all steam-boa's, sailing vessels, or boats, great or small, should be allowed to go alongside the Leviathan to discharge their, cargoes. While by the arrangement, as advertised by the Com pany, they have merely to pay the admission fee on the pier, and are thus •saved from all extortion or over charge. If you can find space in your columns for this communication, it may tend to remove some misunder standing which appears to exist on the subject.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, -_ AN-OTHER OF THE PUBLIC LITERATURE