The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-14 00:00:00

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other. people. Het constitution can stand comparison
with the most boasted organisations." That is to say,
so long as it Continiie4 to work leOthly. But how
long is that likely to be ?. The two Chambers, a: short while
beforC the close ofttie I egislative session, narrowly escaped
coining to a dedd lock upon the rag question, and at this
v;cly, moment the Emperer is entertaining a petition
froni the Corps Legislatif, complainitk of the members
not being allowed a.sufficientiatitnde of discussion, and
praying, both for .an ex.tension of the subjects of debate,
-andtbr permission to allow the public to know what
what they say. An Miusid deg-ree of interest is_ being
taken in the forthcoming municipal elections, and many
other circumstances portend that the Imperial legislative
regime Will soon-be subjected to the severest teat.
We-may very shortly expect to lieex that the first bl4w
has been struck in China on the part,,pf, the allies; mid,
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so far, as military suecess, is concerned, we have every
.reason to- feel mcst hopeful of a prompt and brilliant
vindication of out, national pretii,,e from the stain
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apparentty attaching to it from the disasterat the Peiho
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last ye2.r.

The great annual migration to the north has taVn
place, andus we write the deadly tube is dealing destnic-
tien to the grouse. Parliament still sits, full of --work,.,
and if weAake the notice pap;i of the House of Commons
as an indication, with an, abundant, if not a healthful,
amount of work before it for months to come. When
zeal. the .session. be brought to a close ? is a. question
often put ; but as' time flits by the answer 'd'oes not
becOnie more certain. In all probability, jaded senators
will, for 'the first time for several years, be enabled to
temper legislation with partridges in 1860.
-The Recorder; in-addressing. the grata jiir-ral the.
.central Criminal Court, London, whialreannneneo its
sittings 'yesterday, made' the following rernarksl with
regard ,to the case of MahoMed Ali Khan :—" This was
a somewhat, singular case. It appeared
,tha he had.
come.tO this country_to present some petitions, and for
some reason or Other', whether to attract attention to his
case or for some other purpose, he cut his throat at the
bar of the House of Lords whilst the business-was pro-
ceeding. He bad, however, recovered from the injury
he had sustained, and was p.o7elwai with the attempt
to murder himself. Self-murder was an-offence against
the law, and flit- attempt; to -Commit that crime was also
punishable by this—court."' '

The opinion which we expressed in our impression of
yesterday, that thenian who has come forward to declare
himself guilty of the murder at Road, would turn out to
be a person: of unsound mind, lias been almost entirely
confirmed by the conduct-of the prisoner subsequent to
his being taken into custody. It appears that upon one
Of the.magistratesenteringliCe7lOom, the prisoner asked
an officer standing beside him if that was Mr. Kent? and
upon his replying, "No; don't you know Mr. Kent ?" he
Said, "NO, I never saw him in my life." Since he had been
locked up he has also complained much of his head, saying
it is too big for his body. He has also said that he wants
to get rid of his life, and asked if the assizes were on,
saying he, hoped they would hang him, though he had
not committed the murder. The_prisoner, who has
sandy hair and whiskers? and is of middle height, is not
known in the neighbourhood of Trowbridge of at the
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place where he Was 'apprehended. Though he 'apparently
speaks with a knowledge of what he is saying, there is a
wildness iu his appearance which,-as we have said, tends
to confirw our idea that he was a lunatic.

The survivors from the accident at Dover are, we are
glad to learn, progressing favourably. Mr. Gilfillan,
whose arm was fractured, is quite conscious, but, singu-
lar to state, he retains not the faintest recolleotion of the
t'errible occurrence. Mr. Harris still remains in a very
-critical state, but 'confident hopes ate expreised of his
recovery. No -inquest can be held, it appears, till the
Municipal Council appeints a new coroner. A Practical
gunner remarks upon this accident :--1" Everything has a
and even iron guns will not last for ever. There
ought; I think, to be a stated number of rounds, taken
from, an average of what guns have been known to
bear, beyond which, under ordinary circumstances, they
should no longer be used. I believe this rule exists in
the American Artillery, and in some others abroad. In
England lam not aware that it is attended to. In the
instance of the accident at Dover, I should be inclined
to suspect that in running the gun ap after it was
loaded the shot was jolted forward, and a space thus left
bet Ween it and the cartridge."

A meeting of the Marylebone vestry, London, is to
be held this morning,• at eleven o'clock, for the purpoe
of considering a proposal by Mr, G. F. Train, for laying
a street railway in that district. We understand that
Mr. Train will attend with a model, and explain the
method he intends to adopt for the working of the line.
A surrey has beefi'made'for the purpose of layink apne
from Pimlico station to Westminster-bridge.

UNION OF THE HOUSES OF TALBOT

AND STANLEY.

I'VE are not now so young as to make the
" Marriages " the first thing we search for on
opening a newspaper ; 'neither are we so old as to
disdain all interest in the latest hymeneal
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intelli-
gence ; but in this column We rarely indulge in
observations as regards either coming or past
events ofthat nature. We feel assured, however,
that our readers will concur-with us in thinking
the occasion to which we are about to refer of
sufficient interest and importance fe 'justify us in
making it an exception to our ordinary loge. We
presume we are fullywarranted in assuming the
accuracy of the fact, which the Tinos says it has
been authorised to antimince-7that Lady EMMA.
STANLEY, only daughter of the Right Hon. the
Earl of DERBY, K.G., is about to be married to
Colonel the Hon. W. P. 31. TALBOT, brother of
the Earl of SIIREWSRURY.
An " approaching' Marriage: in high life "--as
such coming events are usually denominated in
the papers:--dees not' usually present any very
:special, attraction for us. It may fill up an idle
Minute occasionally to talk of the rare and beau-
tiful flowers,- the glittering robes, 'and sparkling
bilquterip, the personal eharmS and graceful de-
meanour of the bride and her maids ; but for the
most part the display is too cold, formal, and
correct to enlist much of our sympathies, even if
there •should not be accompanying circumstances
to give_ rise in our minds to the suspicion that
the public and fashionable celebration of uniting
hands has not. been preceded or accompanied by
a Anion of hearts, In those spheres of life where.
there is little or no temptation to enter into
alliances of " hands--=not hearts,"—that is to say,'
in middle or even humbler class life, may most
often be witnessed happy marriages characterised
by all that depth and warmth ofr emotion on, the
part of all concerned, whidh is the most fitting
accompaniment of an event which
_must ne-
cessarily exercise a great influence fc*-good or
evil, on the future destinies of
.the: cimtracting
parties. Fortunately for•.the welfare and:happi7
ness of our nobility, the outward show and
demonstration which sometimes conceals does not
necessarily banish from .the heart the feelings
proper' to matrimonial' contracts. As an illus-
trious example of this happy. state of matters; at
the very apex of society,,we may refer, to the well
arranged marriage 'of 'our.gracions QUEEN and of
our PRINCESS ROYAL, both of which solemnities,
it will be remembered, were marked by little out-
bursts of
,genuine feeling, too predominant even
in royal breasts, to be altogether restrained by the
rules and formalities of high state deco-rum. In
the palace or in the cot true love and mutual
affection constitute the bond, without which
nothing can secure ,the happiness of wedded lifb.‘
To the list of happily-
arranged matches, carrying
every prospect of happiness and prosperity to
both, we :believe we may add the approaching
union of . the lovely, amiable, and benevolent
Lady EM MA STANLEY to the talented- Colonel
TALBOT. To enumerate the lady's virtues
ape' excellencies would more than fill our
limited space; neither is it necessary—the people
of Liverpool, and of this district, know them and
appreciate them. In the distinguished gentleman
whom she has accepted to be her husband we all
feel interested, for we may call him also our neigh-
bour; and we cannot but congratulate' him on
having been so fortunate in choosing so good a wife
so near home. The inhabitants of Liverpool will
congratulate themselves that they will still con-
' tinue to have Lady EMMA for a neighbour.

The Earldom of Shrewsbury, we do not need to