The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-18 00:00:00

and also that Persia had accepted the gauntlet
thrown down. Thero is as yet little popularity on be-
half of this war with Persia ; for even the declaration
of hostilities, as penned by the Indian authorities,
deals more in a certain Weil ,known fundamental
principle of a particular church—" the doctrine of
intention"—than any tangible or real cause which
it can bring forward as a justification to warrant
British forces invading the territories of Persia.
We have just returned from Russian soil, where,
unfortunately, wo shed blood, and lost treasure to
an incalculable extent—for what? Echo answers,
what ! Now we are to go forth to another clime, and
fight, by way of demonstrating who is right and
who is wrong as to the interpretation of a treaty,
which all admit to be loosely constructed. If we
read that treaty aright, there is, no doubt,
but the Shah of Persia has the right, if he has the
slightest ground for suspecting that the Ameer of
Cabul entertains designs hostile to the indepen-
dence of Herat, to march at once against him, and
cause his expulsion by force of arms. Reading
the declaration of war against Persia, we confess we
are struck with the special pleading which was
resorted to, in order to make out the semblance of
a cause. We have felt from the commencement of
the affair that Russia is deeply in league with
Persia, and if it took both England, France, and
Sardinia to compel the Czar to listen to reason in
his European crusade, how will it be if England
has to battle single handed in Asia against
the mighty hordes of Asiatic barbarians, and
particularly when the cause we have espoused is
at best one of a very questionable character ?
Indeed, the Indian journals look upon this Persian
war as a deep laid Russian scheme to entrap
England, and they do not hesitate to express their
opinions and their fears that it is likely to be as
disastrous as it will be costly. It is said that the
two islands captured by the English in the Persian
Gulf were those lately ceded to France. Should
this be correct, we shall be curious to see how our
" august and faithful ally" will act.
There is not much local news of moment. The
parties accused of garrotting Mr. Singlehurst at
Birkenhead on the 6th inst. have been fully iden-
tified, and sent for trial at the next Chester Assizes.
The Police reports of yesterday do not embrace
any matters of moment. The chief case of the dny
being a conflict on board a ship in the river,
wherein the mate had exercised uncalled for
violence towards two of the seamen, and was fined
for his impetuosity. As usual in cases of the kind,
there was hard swearing on both sides, so that the
presiding Magistrate had no doubt a difficult task
to execute in holding the scales of justice evenly be-
tween the parties. Some other cases of robberies,
ill-treatment, Sta., in other parts of the country, will
be found noticed in the columns of to•day's
impression,

Witte
usual meeting of the West Derby Guardians
was held yesterday, and, according to custom,
there was another complaint against one of the
officials. On this occasion, the delinquent was
surgeon Fitzpatrick, a medical officer of
the Union, whose return respecting a pauper
patient was considered impertinent in the
extreme. The main portion of the business
comprised a resolution of the Board to consider
the request of the Anti-Poor Law League, to join
them in their efforts to abridge, if not entirely
abrogate, the arbitrary sway of the Poor Laiv Com-
missioners.. It is certainly time that some refor-
mation was •effected, for, taking everything into
consideration, we do not see what real good this
irresponsible body effects for the benefit of the
poor, or the administration of relief to the needy,
the distressed and afflicted.
We had a bottle of the Rivington Pike water,
lifted at Chorley, presented to us last even-
ing, if a bottle of liquid matter, which has all
the appearance of being lifted out of a filthy sewer,
a presentation. Undoubtedly, its appearance is as
we have described; its smell horridly offensive to
the nasal organs and, judging from these two
qualities, we earnestly pray that our fellow towns-
I men may long be permitted to partake of the clear
pure stream, taken from the red sandstone under-
neath the town. The sample handed to us lies at
our office, and all anxious for an inspection of the
same, can be gratified by giving us a call.
The contest for Southampton continues. Mr.
Andrews has at length issued his address. We
have received a copy of the same. His political
principles are those of " Liberty and Progress."
He is in favour of household suffrage, the ballot,
the abolition of church rates and ministers' money,
a total repeal of the paper duty, and a re-adjustment
of the income
,and property taxes. Should his
opinions agree with the Electors, he tells them
he is their man, and that if elected, he, as
journeyman, foreman, and employer, as Councillor,
Alderman, and Mayor, will do all in his power
to promote the welfare and prosperity of the
beautiful and rising town of Southamption.
As yet, there is nothing definite respecting the
murderer of Mr. Little. Our advises from Dub
lin, dated yesterday, state that a day or two since
a man named Dowd, an enginebdriver employed by
the railway company, made a most important
announcement. He says that after midnight on
Friday he had occasion to go into a back yard in
the rear of his house, when he saw a man muffled
up come to one of the windows in the side of the
building where the money was found on Thurs-
day last ; he shoved a plank through the window,
and rested one end on the window-sill and the
other on a high embankment in a garden adjoining.
He went out by the plank, with something in a
handkerchief, and returned in a quarter of an hour,
entered the building by the plank which he pulled
in after him, and closed the window. Dowd is
under the examination of the police.
William Snell, one of the defrauders of the Great
Northern Railway, has been sentenced to eighteen
months' imprisonment ! !

There is not much news of importance from the
Continent. Constantinople letters of the Bth,
announce the capture of the fort of Soujouk-
Kale by the Russians, from the Circassians, who
have occupied it since the late war. Some Turkish
vessels, most probably, engaged in furnishing the
Circassians with contraband of war, had been
searched and captured by the Russians, and con-
sular reports have been drawn up at Trebisonde.
This sounds menacing, but we hope the Consuls
will have reported in vain.
According to letters from Berlin, it appears that
Prussia does not, at least at present, contemplate
the mobilisation of her army, though it is not
denied that something like preparation is made
for it. Her plans, in case she thinks herself driven
to extremities, is to march an army of 60,000, or,
according to some, of 100,000 men, through the
territory of the States of Germany, who have
declared their willingness to permit it, and to
seize first upon the canton of Schaffhausen, partly
situated on the right or German bank of the Rhine,
which she then will hold, until what she considers
the legal state of affairs in Neufchatel be restored.
A telegraphic despatch, dated Paris, Wednesday,
says Austria is the only power signing the treaty
of Paris that has not named its representatives to
the Conferences. It is generally believed that M.
de Hubner will represent the Cabinet of Vienna.
We are informed that the negociEttions between
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Feruk Khan, the
Persian envoy, have taken a more favourable turn,
and that the latter thought it possible to pursue
his journey to Paris, and to leave the settlement of
the details till after his return. But our present
knowledge is limited to this general statement.
The official journal of the kingdom of tho Two
Sicilies brings the official report respecting the
Sicilian insurrection. If it does not consist of
downright falsehoods, the statement of some of
our cotempomies must have been false. Benti.
venga's attempt, it seems, fell altogether to the
ground, not from the repressive force of the
Government, but from want of support on the part
of the population.

matters relating to life in the jungles. Its writers
show considerable practical knowledge in navi-
gating unknown rivers, great graphic powers in
describing those portions of Asia which have
escaped the foot of the Eastern traveller and the
vigilance of that most rambling body—
" The Royal Geographical Society." It may
be, however, that they find that war has an
atlas of its own,'-on which are shown the rocks on
which the mightiest empires have been wrecked,
and the most prosperous nations suddenly
reduced to beggary. They may have discovered
that finance has its Alps, industry its shallows, and
property its quick-sands—that a warlike expen-
diture is a bottomless gulf, and excessive taxation
a whirlpool in which many a happy land has
foundered. Our cotemporary must be possessed
of some such chart to justify its proclaiming to
the world that England does not know where and
for what she is going to war in the Far East.
But it so happens that we all know what we are
about in the Persian Gulf.

We know that great Britain has been set at
defiance by the SHAH of Persia, who has fallen
into the meshes of Russian intrigue, and
relys on receiving the assistance of the Russian
army advancing towards the frontier of Persia.
This, certainly, ought not to give us much con-
cern, as far as the internal tranquillity of our
Indian possessions is concerned ; but if Persian
princes were to be allowed to treat our subjects
n our wide-spread frontiers with contempt, we
should soon find them exposed to bloodshed and
plunder of the most revolting character. And
should we be constrained to carry the present
war as far through Persia as Herat, we shall not
probably surrender that position to the enemy,
should we be compelled to besiege and capture
it. The march from the nearest point of debar-
cation for our troops on the shore of the Gulf of
Persia to the city of Herat, will be a most costly
and laborious exploit. The distance is great,
the country through which our army would have
to pass almost unknown to Europeans, and the
climate anything but encouraging. Still we
must either abandon our rule in India or main-
tain our supremacy at any cost. There is no
mid-course open to us, and it becomes a question
whether it would not be better to decide
wars which originate in the interference of Euro-
pean Powers in the affairs of our Eastern posses-
sions, in the quarter of the world from whence
they date than so many thousands of miles from
home, where the waste of blood and treasure
must be considerably more than it would be
nearer home.

If it should prove that the Czar ALEXANDER
18 the prime mover 'in Persia, and that his armies
are ready to aid our enemies, the sooner we find
a man to take Cronstadt the more blood and
money we shall save. Probably the London
Times sees that this is likely to be the sequel of
the declaration of war against Persia. Our
cotemporary may have found out that the shortest
cut to another Baltic campaign is through Ilerat
via the Persian Gulf. The Russian armies in
Asia would scarcely be allowed to unite their
strength with the Persian forces, as a matter of
course. Such an act would call for an imme-
diate declaration of hostilities against Russia
Proper, and if there be a Muscovite army co-
operating with the Persian troops at this moment,
the CZAR is as much our enemy as though war
had been declared between the two countries a
thousand times over. This, no doubt, is the
danger which has robbed the " leading journal"
of all recollection with regard to the geography
of Persia. It loses sight of the plausi-
bilities of a little Eastern crusade amidst
the dangers of a great European war.
It cannot see who are to be our friends or foes
in such a contest. If Viscount CANNING has
gone precipitately to work in the matter, he will
have much to answer for ; but, if he had no other
course left open to him to secure our Indian
frontier from outrage, he must be sustained by
the patriotism and loyalty of his country.
The London Times may not have a superabund-
ance of those high qualities. Few have, who
make no great boast of sincerity in any cause.
Yet, if our cotemporary should succeed in finding
us a benefactor who will " alleviate'' the war
burdens which are now bearing so heavily upon
us, before we enter on new scenes of bloodshed
and waste of money, he will be entitled to our
lasting gratitude. The military and naval
chests of England will swallow up this year, the
lion's share of the available means of trade.
Either the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the
trader, merchant, or working- man, must go
hungry to bed. Australia and California cannot
meet the demand for our present bullion taxation
notwitheanding their amiable inclination to
,gratify our earnest desire. Persia will hardly be
thought a sufficient excuse for a season of war
panic, a usurious rate of discount, or protracted
depression in trade. We must have something
more majestic and alarming, to make men submit
to evils which bring ruin upon large circles of the
community. The London Times knows all this

better, probably, than we do ; and its scribes
would rather throw their patriotism overboard,
than suffer an urchin like Persia to defeat those
economic principles, which must disappear the
moment any circumstance occurs, which will re-
require a bold and determined stand to be made
by Great Britain for the preservation of her
rights, interests, and opinions, as a great and
independent Power.

IN adverting to the deplorable fate of the
steamships rlrctic and Pacific, it must not be
supposed that we wish to enhance the triumphant
success which has attended the British mail
ships at the expense of the apparent defects
and heavy losses of their noble rivals, Ocean
steam navigation is in its earliest infancy.
We have done wondere ; but time seems to be
pregnant with wonders, and science repudiates
the thought of that vulgar political cant,
" finality." All that we have done thus far, can
be viewed as nothing more than stepping-
stones to a world of greater wonderments. In

THE London Times continues to confess its
ignorance of the whereabouts of Herat and the
precise objects of the Persian war. Few will
credit that Printing House-square is without a
map of the world c).- a modern Gazetteer. Our
cotemporary is often luminous on the subject of
swamps, anti particularly well informed on all

TEE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

science, however, we must wait for the develop-
ment of a steady order of progression. We
cannot jump at the vast desiderata which so
many believe can be obtained by a push, a risk,
or a bold act of foolhardiness. All our mighty
ocean steam-vessels, together with their engines,
boilers, and propellers, are constructed to a
mechanical scale ; and from this critically correct
arrangement of the great superstructure we can
only obtain a pre-understood result; and this can
only be arrived at by adhering rigidly to the scale
originally laid down. There is no use lat burn-
ing fuel, wasting steam, and straining machinery
in order to make a knot, which was never pro-
vided for in the computation of power or speed.
The anxious American navigator is not convinced
of the truth of all this. He " cracks on." His
glory is the " shortest passage." Our English
mariners are satisfied with safe runs.

Our commanders of steam-ships like to be
first, but they will run no risks. They are full
of emulation ; but experience has taught them
that they must be content with the average speed
of the year's work ; and that if they are required
to do more, the shipbuilder and engineer must
supply them with the tools. And here, we
believe, will be found the true secret of the suc-
cess which has attended the CUNARD Line cf
steamers. We will not, however, pretend to say
that their spirited competitors have run into the
opposite extreme, or that they have been too
niggardly to secure for their ships all the im-
provements which modern science has bestowed
on our shipowners ; still, we cannot deny the
truth of the assertions contained in the report of
SIOKELS v. ALLEN. This cause was recently
tried in the Circuit Court of New York, as will
be seen by the letter of our correspondent,
PARATEA, which appeared in the NORTHERN
TIMES of yesterday ; and in the course of the
proceedings it was alleged that, " the Arctic sank
" in about five hours after the accident, during
" which time her engines were still more than an
" hour and a half, and, I believe, more than two
" hours in motion. The air-pumps of the Arctic
" were about sixty inches in diameter, and five
" feet stroke, and that the quantity of water they
" were capable of pumping out of that vessel,
" was equal to her entire weight, in forty minutes,
" if the injection holes into them had been suffi-
" cient to permit the passage of that quantity of
" water from the hull of the ship." Now, there
is so much said in these few words, that they
seem to be in need of positive corroboration, of
which, we are glad to say, there is no dearth.
Counsel for the plaintiff supplied the confirma-
tory facts required. Ile said that, " ships of
" the CUNARD Line have crossed the ocean with
" holes in their bottom as large as that which
" sunk the Arctic, and large enough to sink them
" in an hour if the engine had broken down ;
" and yet they went safely, because their pumps
" could take up the water out of the bilge and
throw it overboard, without difficulty." These
are plain truths which cannot be questioned, and
yet we should be sorry to believe that anything
like mistaken economy in providing the Ameri-
can Steamers, in question, with proper pumps,
was the cause of the melancholy fate which
awaited them. If the Arctic's air-pumps were
constructed as above described, the veriest tyro
in the engineering world would say they were
abortions; for it appears, that while the diameter
of the bore of the pumps was sixty inches, the
diameter of the inlet or injection-valves was only
seven inches, and as a natural consequence, the
pumps are said to have discharged only one-fifth
of their capacity. This mode of construction is
so obviously defective, whether adopted in air or
water pumps, that it scarcely needs further com-
ment. It increases, if anything, the danger of
the pumps becoming choked. "If a particle of
solid matter," as was very properly observed on
the trial, " got into this trap, the pump valve
" would choke, and then the steam valve would
" not work ; but, worse than that, when the
" engine 'raced,' that is, ran too fast, as it always
" does in a following sea, the pump has to act
" with great speed ; and in all cases, in working
" a pump quickly, how likely it is not to fill with
‘‘ water ! If it did fill, the steam valve would not
" open until further down the stroke, and when
" it did open the engine would almost certainly
"go to pieces," All this belongs to the alpha-
bet, as it were, of the steam engine, and it would
be a bitter reflection to think that those noble
vessels we have named should have fallen victims
to any such palpable mistakes.
We should be among the last to entertain any
idea of the kind. We prefer our own unbiased
conviction, that our superiority in ocean steam
navigation is attributable to a wide circle of
causes, all of which tend to greater safety of life
and property, and a higher general average of
speed than the ships of any other port in the
world have attained. The American shipowner is
as much in the hands of the men of science he
employs, as our capitalists— their captains wil
lead the van of nautical enterprise if they can,
just as our daring spirits will ; and, as the free
discussion of their relative merits and demerits
are likely to lead to the correction of error on
both sides, we have willingly thrown open our
columns to those who will venture to enter the
field. As far as we are concerned, we most can-
didly confess, that we should like to see Liverpool
beaten on the seas, if it was only for the novelty
of the thing, and the immense strides it would
lead to, both in the construction of ships, and in
marine propulsion generally. But to think o
ascribing the loss of the Pacific to any specific
cause, is simply preposterous. There were
defects in the Arctic's machinery which can
only be avoided in future by giving them the
utmost publicity, while we claim for our own
ships that superiority only which time and
experience has given them.

Marochetti's monument, erected in Newport church by
her Majesty's command, to the Princess Elizabeth,
daughter of Charles I. Her Majesty, with Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, and Princess Alice,
went this morning on board the ship Resolute, lately
presented by the government of the 'United States to her
Majesty's navy. The Queen was received on beard in
Cowes Harbour, where the Resolute was moored, by Capt.
Hartstein, of the United States navy, and the officers of
the ship. Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-
in-Chief in Portsmouth, was also on board, in attendance
on her Majesty.
THE QU'EEN'S VISIT TO THE RESOIXTE.—The Queen's
visit, on Tuesday to the Resolute, lying off Cowes, in the
Medina Water, excited much interest among the inhabi-
tants of Portsmouth, Southampton, and Wight, and evi-
dently afforded cordial gratification to the American
officers in charge of the ship. The Queen, accompanied
by Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, left Osborne at a quarter
past ten o'clock, and drove to the ship in an open carriage
drawn by fonr grey ponies. Her Majesty was attended
by the Duchess of Athol and the Hoc. Miss Cathcart,
and in her suite were Sir James Clark, M.D., Major.
General Bouverie, Colonel H. C. B. Phipps, Captain De
Ros, Mr. Gibbs, and Dr. Becker. The Resolute, dressed
in her colours, was lashed alongside of the royal embarka-
tion place at Trinity Wharf. The English and American
flags were flying at the peak, and as soon as the Queen
set her foot on the deck, the royal standard was hoisted
at the main. The Retribution fired a salute, the boats'
crews " tossed' their oars, and the ship's company, stand-
ing on the rail, received her Majesty with three rounds
of cheers. Captain Hartstein received the royal party at
the gangway, and the officers, in full uniform, were grouped
on eithee side. They were Lieut• C. H. Wells, Lieut. E.
E. Stone, Lieut. Heinter Davidson, Dr. R. T. Macovvn,
and Dr. Otis, Acting SecretarY. The following gentlemen
.were also present :—Mr. Croskey, Consul for the United
States ; Chevalier Vincent Pappalardo, Vice Consul ;
Mr. Harling, Vice Consul for the United States at Cowes ;
Captain Higgins, commander of the United States mail-
ship Hermann; and Mr. Cornelius Grinnell, son of Mr.
Henry Grinnell, projector of the American Arctic Expedi-
tion• All were presented to the Queen by Captain
Hartstein, who then addressed her Majesty in the following
words—" Allow me to welcome your Majesty on board
the Resolute, and, in obedience to the will of my country.
men and of the President of the United States, to
restore her to you, not only as an evidence
of a friendly feeling to your sovereignty, but as a
token of love, admiration, and respect to your Majesty
personally." The Queen seemed touched by the manly
simplicity of this frank and sailor-like address, and re-
plied with a gracious smile, " I thank :you, sir.'' The
royal party then went over the ship, and examined her
with manifest interest. Captain Hartstein traced her
course on a map, and indicated the most important dis-
coveries of the American Arctic expeditions. In the
course of conversation Prince Albert observed that Lady
Franklin was very anxious for another expedition, to
which Captain Harstein replied that he was not sur_
prised that she should be so, for he thought it very pos-
sible that Franklin or some of his comrades might still be
alive among the Esquimaux. After completing the in-
spection of the ship the royal party retired amid the
enthusiastic acclamations of the spectators. It was origi-
nally intended to request her Majesty to take luncheon
on board, but the idea was subsequently abandoned
through a diffidence as to whether the proceeding
would be quite selon les regles. But, after the withdrawal
of the royal party there was an elegant dejeuner in the
wardroom, at which the following toasts and sentiments
were given among others :—" The Queen and the Royal
Family," " The President of the United States," " The
Union Jack and the Star-spangled Banner," " The Health
of Mr. Cornelius Grinnell," " The future success of the
Resolute, and may she be again employed in prosecuting
the search for Sir John Franklin and his comrades." This
last sentiment was proposed by Captain Higgins, seconded
by Mr. Grinnell, and evoked cordial applause. Captain
Hartstein was invited by the Queen to dine and to spend
the night al Osborne, and all the officers were invited to
visit the grounds at Osborne, a privilege of which they
availed themselves at three o'clock. The Resolute was to
return to Portsmouth and go into dock.

tar Majesty, as a mark of hor regard, and in honour of
the alliance which is to take place between the Princess
Royal and Prince Frederick of Pruss'a, is about to confer
upon the hereditary Prince of Prussia, the father of Prince
Frederick, the order of the Gat ter. Sir Colin Campbell
has been appointed to convey the order, with an autograph
letter from the Queen, to the hereditary prince. Sir Colin
starts upon his mission this week. The public will be
pleased by the selection of the envoy, as a proof of the
manner in which the Queen takes every opportunity of
doing honour to the heroes:of the Crimea.

MR. THACKERA.Y IN GLASHOW.—NOW that the accounts
connected with Mr. Thackeray's lectures on the " Four
Georges" have been made up, we are enabled to state that
the Glasgow Athenaeum has cleared nearly £5OO by the
speculation. For his four lectures Mr Thackeray received
only £lO5, having at the same time come under an ot liga-
tion not to re-deliver them, or to give any other lectures
in Glasgow during the present winter. He considered
that he had been " done," and, according.:to all accounts,
was but indifferently successful in disguising his emotions.
Mr. Thackeray had previously received x 2,00 for delivering
the same lectures in Edinburgh.—Glasgow Citizen.;;
OUR NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES.—On Tuesday even-
ing the Hon. Judge Haliburton, of Nova Scotia (author of
Sam Slick), addressed a full meeting of the members of
the Manchester Athenaeum, in the library, on the position
and prospects of the North American colonies. At the close
of the lecture, a vote of thanks to the learned judge was
moved by Mr. James Crossley, who said the address had
been full of " wit, humour, information, and amusement,"
and seconded by Mr. Alderman W. B. Watkins, who
announced the presence of the Hon, Mrs. Halihurton.

MISS LACY GASKILL.

This distinguished and truly accomplished musician givcs
a concert on Saturday evening next in the. Assembly rooms
Great George's street. Our advertisinesolumns intimate
the bill of fare which the good taste and musical discrimina-
tion of Miss Gaskill has selected for the occasion. The

songs, ballad?, and glees are all first class, and from our
past acquaintance of the ladies and gentlemen whose services
will be given on the occasion, we are certain that the ear
of the most accomplished musician must be pleased and
gratified. Miss Gaskill is a talented and rising musician,
and it is only a du'y which Liverpool owes to native talent
to patronise by a very large attendance. W. e are certain
that all who go to the Assembly Rooms, Great George's
street, on Saturday night, will not regret spending an hour
in the company of such gifted musical artistes.

COURSING MATCH NEAR ST. ASAPII.—We learn that by
the kind permission of R. H. Hughes Esq., a grand coursing
match will take place this day, on the Kenmel estate, at
ten o'clock a.m. precisely, at the Four Crosses on the
Toryd road, ithuddlun Marsh, near St. Asaph. The soots
of the day will be wound up by a dinner at the Plough
Hotel, St. Asaph, when hest Kenderdine will cater in his
usual excellent style, and provide a substantial and well-
prenared repast for his guests. The chair will be filled by
J. Price Roberts, Eeq.
SOUTHERN AND TOXTETIX HOSPITAL.—WEEKLY REPORT.
D,:c. 17, 1856.-10 patients Discharged : Cured 18 ;
relieved 1 ; at own request 2; irregular 0 ; dead 2 ;
entered 17 ; under treatment 66.—Out patients : Cured
38 ; entered 46 ; under treatment 39. Treasurer : James
Houghton, Etq. Visitors : Rev. T. Robbertls, and T.
andor ar y
sCuhrtaaplani ns : f
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the T .w De
week. B: arßryr.,
Rogers,l3.A. PEtiiciasycis.llnson
Cameron, and Mr. Minshull. House Surgeons : Mr.
Edward C. Garland and Mr. William Townsend.

LECTURE THIS EVE;I;(3(THURSDAY)I3Y THE kali. J. B.
OWEN LONDON.—This accomplished and most felicitous
orator is to deliver this eveninPs lecture in Hope Hall.
The subject on which he is to expatiate. is, " The Literary
claims of the Bible." Many who appreciate and revere
the inspired volume as an infalible revelation from heaven,
may, notwithstanding, be unaware, that of all books, it is
also the most elotinent. Whether it address the under-
standing, be heart, the will, or the conscience, its eloquence
is of the simplest, the most ;irrestive, and the most effective
character. We doubt not, that the well known and highly
appreciated sterling merit of the reverend lecturer, as a
public speaker, as well as the theme of his dissertation, will
attract many to the rich intellectual banquet he has pre-
pared for them. The Rev, William Pollock is to take the
cbair.