The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-11 00:00:00

pporting, fr

In re,

Vcb,nl" "dy anti
Of a-es, the ht
the emtury (lester that •
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to the c

L....t. t.ie
• - urea in this country for
Ti4an,l Purpose) ;as found inadequate to meet the
"s. °f growing community, and an appeal was
_
datie -,' assistanc-e to enable them to provide accom
undeuril filphrethose to whom, for
.lack of space, they were
elass,,, Th.tirtessity of refusing would
admittance into the But i "(Ith what success they perceive.(year.)
• deviever gratifing? and instructive the might be, the conviction that the future welfare of th
wi l'tutt°4 must de end upon the intelligence an
,isdoin with which') it was conducted ma-'
should anxious that at their day of
,1,°1?1(1 be surrounded by so-
tZtinguished friends of popular education, that expression
this be given to the most enlightened v.iewsi. on
s subject which experience had taught that their future
course relight be marked out and their energies quickened
tt,Pursue it' and they ventured to hope that the labours of
fiesease-
, u
thongb over, peace secured, and attention again
0,04-ted to development of commerce and the improv.e-
tleve °I the people, the noble lord who, after so long a lifer
t,_ ted to the public service, now directed the councils 9
ue nation (Lord Palmerston) would not withhold his
consent to be present on the occasion, and to visit a
t°l4tiiTt Which by its industry contributed so largely
truth- national wealth, and of which he might say 7ith
do that it was in advance of every other in this king-
fwhlll .in its provision for the social gratification and
o")..ical well-being of its industrious classes, as well as
for the Persevering efforts which it had made to secure_
ethttieztetree,
.and at its own cost, the advantages of a soul
(Hear, hear.) The kindness with which
.wouitloble lord received and assented to their request
tleo, tot soon be forgotten ; and if he (the presi_
461;8/0 forbore now to make more than a passinga
the ri to the deep regret with which they lamen
he
doelnoble lord's absence, it was because he felt that t
to ci_es_,le bereavement which was its cause forbade them
au:veil uPon their own disappointment. They hoped,
hhe -ever, that
underliet visit was only postponed, and that
~ reafter ui t , happier circumstances, and at no very
s an,.
_.,.._
r'r I%,eic' t'47, the institution might have the gratification
eehlbitiuoitlitig him within its walls. (Applause.). The. 11 they opened to-day was the fifth which had
dit,eaet_undertaken and successfully carried out bY the
by, ,eirB of the in Their fame had long gons
Yet IPsed by the grander c,nceptions of later time ,
the 6 Elanehester might recollect with pride that she
.was
and trkst to set the example of these industrial exhibitions,
to make the announcement which the directors were able
Y,ear-sak,e at the conclusion of the first—now twenty
eY ~."ge--that although after having been visitedt
Nvilf,l)7ards of 60,000 people, it had closed withou
eberti ini
n,,,
of
to any single article exhibited—led to the
Mao -1,6 ef the Museum and other institutions in
Mr.
_,.!ester, and was the circumstance upon which.
for tt7telle, in the House of Commons, founded his motion
It wae °Pening of the British Museum. (Hear, hear.)
ttnere s 40 Prominent part of their scheme to pr.ovi et
'With ttal'Renlent, but they did not think it inconsistetnr
to devote Illgher objects to which they propc:Te.d.hereaf hereafter
as this themselves to endeavour by exhibitions such
crk= to awaken new and nobler tastes, to excite
that, t',.LY and enquiry, to emancipate from false pleasures
in sho" heart might be opened to the reception of new.-7
in an 11, to give a desire for knowledg,e by presenting it
exhibiatt.tractive form. After expressing a wish that this
'Want t thethough on an humbler scale, might supplty_ae
thren (1:), r working classes which they could not obai
and
e great and nobler efforts at London, Paris,
the exmln! the President concluded by announcing that
to% Atlan was open, and the company were at liberty
Thses at pleasure through its various departments.
°Peniiig cerernony'Concluded with a concert..
_

no of

le them

opening they

- EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER

~ On AT
-eho °TlclaY, an inquest was held at the house
six
ipileittc.as -Vince, the Miners' Arms, Garforth, about_ lo_
.ToilnB '...,°,111 Leeds, before C. Jewison,
day h math, 39 years of age, who had been kil,
_.
Esq., on the body t
ilrad37 the explosion of a steam boiler, on the lc!,
144,,ti'onNicholson, Stourton Grange.
PinsVor lvas connected with a steam eTnh;
nb ousediler
wfor
s
Plae the Machinery of a thrashing mill, and
in l
the farmhouse.
Solith, alarge barn not far from
of ti:B wire had been assisting in some
as a. e thrashing, and he, after doing his day s
1 workand
department,
alio, miner, went there to take his wife's place there ,_
...1' to
long
go home, but he had not
stiatleTrore the boiler burst with a tremendous beexenplosion,
the
allot „ln,,g the engine hi pieces, killing him 0
Passie•:, "Ying splinters, and itself, defying all resistance,
nce
Sts t%throug three stone walls, carrying destructiaownerin:
laite:._ n• The shattered remains of the poor man _
men
.or La.l3 and c.onveyed to the Miners' Inn. Seyeral
,„a f.. experience in the working of boilers and engines,e
in,..."0 Practical engineer from Leeds, attended a h
'vest, after Plates
co were all very thick and strong, they could only
haThig examined the boiler, but as the
,_ ale to the conclusion that the boiler had exploded
"IA of ic
of the ater, and the heating of the plates within reach
from
dept... aetlon washy fire red hot. A verdict of '' Accif:
fan1173,-"drattialt;t: turned. Smith has left a small

1,,1 on Saiur-
of

.11ION OF A MILL AT ROCHDALE
r BY FIRE.

Tn

„, -L at tviel4-v, morning, between four and six o'clock, the
."Is Parr i ° lo' Lane, belonging to Mr. Thomas Livsey,.,
hoil,„ „'a11)- destroyed by fire. It forms, with Mr. Livsey 's
- , ',re •
'l3 e,) c aides of a square The centre, or south side,
l4Marsblllai`:,(l of two liouses., Mae occupied by Thomas
ielf. Over tile manager, and the other by Mr. Livsey him-
east. the top there was a store-room, and an aisle
oeast. °lPin the west wing of the mill to the wing on the
f tlue fire originated in the west wing, in which as
of Whi ite Most valuable portion of the machinery,. a gre,a par
Roe~~•e fi.,•ce WaS new. By what means it got on fire is unknown.
teoeliidai,,°'cleek in the morning, two engines Preven, ' Police stition were on the premis.es.,and effectually
of
of the `c,.l the fire from spreading. Adjoining the por
Thie), fruit that is burned down is a one-storey carding room,
d4Ltn;4B°°,riplettly saved, and the engines have been i
the
;vlhole of °Y water. At one end is the engine house,
leei, w,shich is saved, together with the main driving
noose-;,:,in the other side of the engine house is the boiler.
tb--”' acettching room, a two-storey building. This
the e Machines are uninjured. The main portion of
"°ricesal,t wing is, however, gone, a building six
'll.e (1:attl!?e is; and also the materials in the storeroom.
mulaing ••"'' estimated at from £4,000 to £5,000. The
the roaebl•sn Itasered in the Leeds and Yorkshire office, and
1-,-° the fu'lierY in the Imperial and the Phenix, but whether
-raavet,,becil- sat:,ount is not known yet. The fire seems to
man 'r- Al, 'Ped in its berth in a most remarkable
-out, --out 1,
~,' will r out of employ-
- tO hanus ow

PRIV ,—,_.,.......
n i ~TING 0
MINUTE,—The New
~rieans
.p., 'lt THOUSAND SHEETS A
the pbil,
d',"/,/ene has ordered a four cylinder press ; and
The 'latter
a,re to cols,C.;Puia -Ledger two twelve cylinders. teousati,l
sheets dollars, and will throw off together sixty
11)ress,s
will an
minute These
hour, or one thousand a m
I,..l'Rer than& oe the largest ever built, being two cylinders
J.edger e . the one ordered by the London Times. Th.ne
the globe7B a larger circulation than any other paper i
TRADE
itioN
~v.t /.. ToE SARDINIAN STATES,._
The trade of Pied-
-5,470,1615hr Holland during the year 1854 amounted to
0 506,67.71,i'inn0rt5, and 558,424 f. exports; with. Greece
,
4or 1 imports, and 160,249 f. exports • with Sweden
li`r, „I%ay to 583,568 f. imports, and. 429,934 f. exports.
imp„ Lilo latter country the Sardinian States annually
irT„l about 850,000 kilogrammes of fish, 12,266 kilos. of
dir'.,' and 5,600 kilos. of train oil. From Morocco, Sar-
-10 11a8trn ports about 50,000 f. worth of wax, w001,.t and furs.
it als '4; owing to the interruptio❑ of trade.wi with Russia,
tiia
countorycl.rew about 560,600 f, worth of grain Tint,
th ' C'"E oF• UENRY CORT.—It is satisfactory to hear
t'at the appeal Which has been made on behalf of the
hrl,_,and two surviving daughters of Henry Curt, and
et.,:neti has been backed up by the approval of the most.s
o,cts, he
.ei.igineers and ironfounders in the kingdom,. 1
u hegining to tell. What is required now is merely
'4 Rubscription to defray the cast of the publication of
tol,'is_came, and application to parliament for the redress
r1'.,.1.t1e great ir.justice which has been done to a great
'llonal benefactor. The names of Alessrs. Maudslay and
Pield, and Mr. Robert Stephenson, are first in the list of
contributors.