The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

VOTE OF THANES TO THE ARMY AND NAVY.

Lord PALMERSTON, in proposing a vote of thanks to the
army, the navy, and the militia, referred to the gallantry,
of the forces at the battles of Alma, Inkermann, Balak-
lava, and in the two attacks upon the Redan, and to their
constancy under the difficulties and dangers to which they
were exposed. He thought the loss on our part, which
was in all 22,000, was extremely small, considering the
position which we occupied, and the pestilence that for a
time raged ; and remarked that the enemy had 90,000
buried under the soil on the heights that surrounded
Sebastopol, and had lost iu all during the war, not less
than 500,000. With regard to the navy, by the refusal of
the Russian fleet to hazard an engagement, they had not
had so much opportunity as the 'army of distinguishing
themselves, but they had lent assistance in the embarka-
tion, disembarkation, and transport of troops, and had
even served 'in the field before'Sebastopol. The noble
lord then referred to the devotion of the militia, and to
their rapid progress in discipline.
Mr. DISRAELI seconded the motion.
Mr. A. STOFFORD eulogised Admiral Dundas.
The motion was then unanimously agreed to.
The House then went into committee on the reformatory
Schools (Scotland) Bill, when a motion was made that the
House be counted, and there not being forty members
present, the House adjourned at half-past seven o'clock.

THE LATE ELOPEMENT FROM LONDON.—This day week
we published the details of the elopement of a married
woman, named Elizabeth Horn, the wife of an excavator,
residing at Poplar, London, with a " navvy," named John
Fennel, and the fact of their arrest in Liverpool, by Sullivan
of the detective police, with nearly £2OO in money, which
the officer got with the parties. He also got a considerable
quantity of property with them. The parties had also paid
£25 on account of their passage to Australia in one of
Messrs. Baines' ships, and Mr. James Baines, of that
firm, at once returned the amount to the officer, on being
made aware of the facts. The parties were taken to
London by Sullivan, and were brought up at the Poplar
police station, along with a woman, named Sarah Howis,
who had been arrested in London on a charge of having
assisted the man Fennell to remove some of the property
belonging to Mr. Horne. The case was investigated at the
police court in London, when Mrs. Herne was discharged,
but Fennel, and the woman Howls, were committed for
trial at the Central Criminal Court, and the case will come
on there on Monday next.
CHEMISTS' A.CSOCIATION —The usual fortnightly meetingof this Association was held at the Royal Institution last
evening, the President (Mr. Abraham) in the chair. Mr.
T. J. Williams, Lord-street, was elected a member, and
Messrs. Pearson and Tomlinson associates of the
society. Mr. Mercer made a communication to the meet-
ing, on the subject of transferring the Collodim films used
in photography from the glass plates on which the pic-
tures have been produced, and, exhibited specimens e
of the processes of M Innes, Archer, and Rollason.
Dr. Edwards and Mr. Archer exhibited two very excellent
and economical microscopes, one, the Society of Arts
Prize Microscope, by Field, and the other manufactured
by Mr. Parkes, of Birmingham. Mr. Archer also placed
before the meeting a simple and ingeniously constructed
dissecting microscope, also made by Mr. Parkes. T. C.
Archer, Esq., then proceeded to deliver a highly interest-
ing lecture on the products of the natural order of grasses
(graminacece), illustrating his remarks with a valuable
and numerous collection of specimens. At its conclusion
a short discussion ensued, and a vote of thanks was
unanimously passed to Mr. Archer. H,