The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-29 00:00:00

EABTFRN rAsISA.GES.

Averaee time of Collins steamers le 20 ..
Average time of Cunard steamers
Average ti ie of Bremen steamers to Southampton .. 11 19 ..
Average time of Havre ete 'mere
Average time of Vanderbi%'. Havre steamers; l2 17 05

In favour of the Collins over the Cunard steamers.... 1 0t 01
In favour of the Collins over the Bremen steamers.... 2 23

In favour of the Collins over the Havre steamers 3 04
In favour of the Collins over the Vanderbilt fne 1 23

WESTERN PASSAQES,

Average time of the Collins steamers
Average time of Cunard steamers
Average time of Bremen steamers from Southampton l5 12 ..
Average time of Havre reamers
Average time of Vanderbilt's Havre steamers 13 15 ..

In favour of th• Collins over the Cunard steamers I 07 20
In favour of the Collins o'er the Bremen ste imers 3 ICI 20
In favour of the Collins over the Cunard at. amers 2 21 20
In favour of the Collins over the Vanderbilt line

We ought to learn wisdom from our experience in ocean
steam navigation. In this immense struggle for speed,
which has been going on for several years between the
Collins and Cunard ships, we have won the victory. But
at how great a sacrifice ? Let that wail from the Arctic,
as she reels down into the depths of the ocean, and from
the Pacific, as she crashes to destruction upon barriers of
ice—answer! Will Congress now legalise, or, rather,
command another race, and another slaughter upon the
—New York Daily Times.

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TIIE COURT, die

WINDSOR, FRIDAY. Dec. 26.—The dinner party yester-
day included the Princess Royal, Major General the Hon.
C. and Mrs. Grey, Colonel the lion. C. B. and Mrs.
Phipps, the Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley,
and Mr. Glover. The following had the honour to receive
invitations in the evening .—Lady Elizabeth de Ros,
Colonel the lion. N. and Lady Mary hood, Colonel and
Lady Emily Seymour, Miss Phipps, and Mr. Gibbs. The
Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning.
SATURDAY. DEC 27.—Her Majesty went this forenoon
to the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent to pay a visit to her royal tn3ther. Tho Princess
Royal accompanied the Queen

Tho Prince of Leiningen

and his younger trother, Princo Edward, arc tho guests

castle to dine with the Queen. His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, attended by his tutor, left the castle soon
after one o'clock this afternoon for London, and; went to
Buckingham Palace. Tho Prince proceeded to the Royal
Institution in Albemarle Street, where Mr. Faraday
delivered a lecture for juveniles. The lecture of the
learned professor was concluded soon after four o'clock,
and the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Gibbs, after-
wards left town and returned to the castle
Consort, in company with the Prince of Leiningen and
Prince Edward of Leingen, went. out 'shooting, attended
by the Gentlemen in Waiting. There are no visitors staying
at the castle, and the royal dinner party this evening was
limited to the ladies and gentlemen of the court in atten.
dance on the Queen end the Prinee.
The Queen, we are pleased to announce, has commis-
sioned Mr. William Simpson, the artist of the Crimean
War, to paint for her private gallery a picture of the
reception on board the Resolute—a very graceful memorial
of a most noble act of international courtesy. 'I he picture,
which will include portraits of the various members of the
royal family, and of Captain Hartstein and the American
officers and the American consul, will be engraved, and
will unquestionably prove popular on both sides of the
Atlantic

The Prince