The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

THE , NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

his trial until the next sitting of the Commission,
as it was impossible for him to meet the recent
charges of forgery during the present sitting of the
Commission. The matter is again to be brought for-
ward. It is reported that Robson, on being brought
to the bar yesterday, did not betray the slightest
emotion. He was well dressed, and walked with a
firm step to the front of the dock. The application
for a postponement of the trial is to be again
With regard to poor Mr. Cope, who
was so cruelly treated last week in Parliament
Street, London, we are told that he had a disturbed
night after his assailant had been confronted with
him on Tuesday evening, and was not so well on
Wednesday. It appears considerable risk was run
in subjecting the poor fellow to the excitement con-
sequent upon his examination, and Mr. Barnard
Holt, senior surgeon at the hospital, who happenesi
to be absent from London at the time, has expressed
his disapproval of the patient's having been subjected
to so trying an ordeal while in the extremely critical
condition in which he still continues. An inquest on
the bodies of the unfortunate men killed by the
explosion of the Prussian barque Frederick Rets•
Taff, at Cardiff, has been opened, and, after the
examination of a few witnesses, was adjourned until
Monday next. Eight of the crew are lying at the
Cardiff Infirmary, and three of them are not
considered out of danger. It is stated that an
enquiry will be set on foot by the Board of Trade,
with a view to the establishment of some rules for
the prevention of similar accidents.
According to the Registrar-General's quarterly
report of the Marriages, Births, and Deaths in
England, just published, we learn that the mar-
riages are still below the average in number; the
births are above, and the deaths are below the
average. Thus, although the high price of provi-
sions keeps the marriage rate below the high rate
which has prevldierl for some time, the increase by
birth and the public health of the Engi
tion present in the returns a favourable. aspect

strides which elocution and general information
have made.

It is all very well to say in private life—' Excuse
" my friend Mr. DUMB JONES, and his cousin Mr.
" STAMMERING SMITE. Mr. DUMB JONES cannot
" express himself clearly when in company, and
" poor Mr. STAMMERING SMITH is too bashful to
" give vent to the beauties of his highly cultivated
" mind." We may be sure there is a great deal
more ;than meets the eye in bringing out and
insulting the public with such men as these on our
Municipal and Parliamentary hustings. If these
gentlemen have no natural delicacy, they must be
made to respect the intelligence and proud attain-
ments of the age in which they live. There is no
lack of brilliant and able speakers to represent the
British nation in their Imperial and Local assern
blies. The land is full of honesty and sound
practical knowledge. Properly qualified men
can be found to represent us in the
arts and sciences, to carry out all their dis-
coveries—to produce any and every thing human
ingenuity can design—and why should we not have
efficient men to represent us in Parliament, and
our Corporations? Is it because so palpable a
necessity has been overlooked, or, that the mono-
polists of place, power, and emolument, are
afraid of a fair competition in human understancl7
? Do they dread the advance of education,
sustained by untiring industry, morality, and
public virtue ? It would take a very ably con-
ducted Conservative Press to answer these very
plain questions—to show us why the country could
not be more effectually represented than it is, and
that politics have anything whatever to say to the
change the electors seek.

renewed

sh popula

Respecting the increase in population, tire report
says :—As the births amounted to 157,633, and the
deaths to 91,330, the natural increase of people in
the quarter was 66,303. We have no returns of
the emigrants into England and Wales. The emi-
grants from the ports of the United Kingdom. at
which there are government emigration agents,
amounted to 50,228, of whom 19,225 were of
English origin; if a due proportion of the num•
burs (6,907) of origin not distinguished be added to
the 16,581 returned, 8,542 sailed to the Atp:tralian,
and 973 to the North American colonies, and 0,710
to the United States. The following observations
respecting the price of provisions, and the state of
the weather, will be found interesting and wDrthy
of perusal. The mean temperature of the quarter
at Greenwich was 59 9 deg., and differed little from
the average of 15 years ; but the month of August
was hotter, and the month of September colder,
than is usual. The air was dry in August, and
moist in September. The rain fall of 5 8 incheS
was in defect in July and August, but in excess in
September; it was on the whole 1 2 inches below
the average. The wind blew at the average rate of
77 miles daily; but the rate was only 44 miles in
August. The barometer stood at 29 743 inches,
which is .071 inches below the average. Wheat
was at the average rates of 63s 10d, 76s id, and
72s 3d during the months of July, August, and
September in 1854-5-6. It should be noticed
that the wheat and the wheat flour entered for
home consumption were equivalent to 117,807 qrs
weekly during the last three months, which is more
than double the quantity entered in the corre-
sponding weeks of 1854 and 1855; while the qrs of
wheat sold weekly (78,208) have been less in
number than the qrs (94,545) sold in the corre-
sponding weeks of 1855. Wheat then is still dear.
Beef, at Sad per lb by the carcase, is cheaper by 7
per cent in the London markets than it was in
1855. Mutton has been 6d per lb during the three
last summers ; and in those seasons, potatoes at
the water-side market, Southwark, have differed
little from 78s a ton, or 2 lbs for Id wholesale
Up to the time we write the Neapolitan dispute
is still unsettled. As yet, the Allies can extort no
promise of a conciliatory character from King
Bomba. The latest advices from his capital
informs us that in that city the political horizon is
cloudy and sombre. Jupiter is preparing to hurl
his thunderbolts at the accursed fleets whenever
they make their appearance. Every precaution is
taken to secure the fidelity of the army. Officers,
whose opinions are at all doubtful, are quickly
removed to the unattached list, and I%_,placed by

If we are to have the affectation of Toryism, let
it be intelligible. If Conservatives are to rule us,
let thorn be out-spoken. Reformers can and will
talk. Their opponents, therefore, know exactly
what they mean, and how to meet them. They
have no motive for hiding their light under a
Mishit. Lime-street Ward has discovered this.
Everton and Kirkdale Ward has also had a fair
sample of what the Reformers are. Mr. STITT can
speak to his friends and supporters. Mr. LONGTON
cannot. The latter gentleman is not gifted with
the ordinary amount of speech. He doubtless
means very well. But who is to know it ? His
views may be very comprehensive. Yet no man
can pretend to vouch for the fact. The electors

must take him haphazard, as they would buy a pig
in a bag, or bargain for a 'coon which was sitting
at ease on a rail. There are some very good
speakers on that side of the Council Chamber to
which Mr. L9NGTON and Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD aspire,
and, although we cannot quite understand the
drift of one-half they say—still we admire—nay,
we love ! their loquacity. When Mr. SAMUEL
HOLME lacks eloquence, he exhibits great forensic
ingenuity. When the other orators of his side of
the Chamber speak, it is against the impact of a
falling house, and we exult at seeing them prop.
ping up the roof and pillars, blocking up windows,
doors, and trapholes, with the crumbling debris of
monopoly, prodigality, and the shreds of party
craft. A few gigantic and eccentric figures
dispersed over the ruins of this once mrijestic
Forum, of world-wide notoriety, give great effect to
the picture. They relieve the unbroken repose of
Nature in a summer's twilight scene; and if the
soi disant Liverpool Tories would increase the
number of the embellishments required to
heighten the effect of our Municipal cartoon, we
should not be so much disposed to cavil
about the colours in which they were pre-
sented to us; but we do hope that the

others whose devotion to the Government of the
day is most certain. Nine lieutenant colonels of
the right sort have thus been suddenly promoted
to colonelcies. Great quantities of provisions
and ammunition have been sent to Gaeta lately,
and it is boasted that the place has been trans.
formed into a second and impregnable
Troy. It seems positive, says a well
informed Naples correspondent, that a large
amnesty had been actually signed, and then, upon
reflection, not put in force. Public opinion is very
marked. The police no longer succeed in fright-
ening people. On the contrary, it is very plain
they are themselves in a state of alarm. It is said
that the information received by the Government
as to the state of public feeling in the Calabreas,
the provinces of Lacce, and in various other
districts of the Itingctom, is anything but reassur-
ing. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Naples
has sent a circular to his diplomatic agents at
foreign courts on the dispute with France and
England. The document is said to be drawn up
in a mild and conciliatory tone. _ _ _

Ratepayers will not suffer themselves to be
longer insulted_ and injured by having so 'many
lay-figurer, very clever dumb gentlemen, and start].
mering jobbers thrust upon them as representa-
Let them give to talent the 'stipriort it
merits, industry the reward it has earned, and
independence and political honesty the prefer-
ment to which they are entitled, and we may yet
see the Corporation of Liverpool a true reflex of

tives.

the intelligence and other great and good qualities
of its inhabitants. Mr. J. R. JEFFERY and Mr.
STITT are men of sound natural abilities, and if
they are returned by becoming majorities, the
gains of the Reform cause will be infinitely greater
than the electors have any idea of. The public,
therefore, rely on every Reform elector doing his
duty.

KIRKDALB SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.--We under
stand that during the interval at the concert to-morrow
evening, Sergeant-major Richard Holden (a native of
Kirkdale) will be presented with a handsome gold watch
and chain, in remembrance of his services during the late
war, in the 47th Regiment, which suffered so severely at
Inkermann, on which occasion it is expected J. liabback,
EFq., will preside.
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We have news from Spain to the 26th ult., but
in the Madrid journals we do not find anything of
much importance. A royal decree, based on a
report of the Minister of Grace and Justice, which
report is written in terms of the utmost respect
for the Church and clergy, enacts that a general
statistical account of the clergy shall be drawn up.
It was said that General Prim was about to place
himself at the head of the progressiA party. It
was also reported that M: Barzanalla, Minister of
Finance, was about to resign, and to be replaced
by M. Bravo Murillo, but the report was considered
unfounded.

CORONEh'S INQUEST3.—TAO Deputy Borough Coroner
held the following inquests yesterday the body of
Patrick Daley, aged 6 years, who lived withhis parents, in
a court off Jordan-street. The decased was left in a room,
with some other children, and his clothes catching fire, he
was burnt to death. Verdict accordingly.—On the body of
a male child that was found in a field near the Zoological
Gardens ; and from the evidence of Surgeon Kemp, it
appeared that the child had been born alive, and from
marks on the body, no doubt remained that death was the
result of violence. Verdict in accordance with the facts.—
On the body of a child named Catherine Parry, 4 years of
age. The child was left, by its mother, who resides in
a court off Gay street, alone, and its clothes having caught
fire, death was the result of injuries. Verdict accordingly.
TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO Nit. WILLIAM FAIRHURST.
—On Wednesday evening last, the friends and admirers of
Mr. William Fairhurst met at the residence of Mr. P.
O'Hanlon. Sea Brow, for the purpose of presenting him
with a silver cup, made by Mr. Meyer, of Lord street. The
inscription on the cup, of which the following is a copy, will
explain the cause of the presentation :-06 Presented to P.G.
William Fairhurst, by the Officers and Brothers of the Loyal
Duke of Bridgewater Lodge, No. 2458, of the I. 0. of
0. F. M. U., Liverpool District, as a token of their esteem for
his valuable services during the last sixteen years.—Oct. 20,
18.56. The cup was presente IbyD.G.M. W. 0. Careful,
Esq., who addressed Mr. Fairhurst in feeling and eloquent
terms. Mr. Fairhurst returned thanks in a neat and most
appropriate speech, modestly stating that he owed these
manifestations of kindness, and the valuable gift then before
him, more to their affectionate feelings than to any merit of
his own. He would retain their testimonial through life,
and, each time he looked at it, he would be reminded that it
taught him to never falter in the discharge of either public
or private duties. Several other speeches were delivered
during the evening, and the company separated, highly
gratified with the proceedings, and not a little pleased at the
kindness and attention of Mr. O'Hanlon and his atten•
dents.

Regarding the agitation in the Principalities,
letters from Constantinople, of a late date, say:—
" The Russian Ambassador has proposed to the
Porte to have the disputed points of the Serpents
Island and of Bolgrad settled here at Constantino-
ple. This looks like a concession, and the Porte is
rather inclined to listen to this proposal, which
would be a kind of compromise betwee❑ the original
desire of Russia, backed by France, to have the
affairs referred to Paris, and between the views of
the British Government, which are to the effect,
that if not the words at any rate the meaning of the
treaty is clear enough not to require any further
explanation."
Late accounts from the Cape of Good Hope
state that reports of disturbances on the frontier
were again current, but government notice
.was
issued on the 16th of August, pointing out the
unfounded character of the reports in question.

THE Corporate Reformers have all the intelli
gence which has been brought forward at the
Borough elections on their side. Their candidates
can speak and express their opinions freely in their
mother tongue. Where a contest has been
attempted, they have opposed talent and integrity
to stupidity and jobbery. For this piece of public
service the entire community are deeply indebted

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to them. It is fashionable, and no less aristc- Hops HALL LECTURES.—The third of these lectures
cratic, to assume the dumbology of Tor
was delivered last night, in Hope Hall, Hope street' by
slit, Mr. Peter Bayne, M.A., author of " Christian Life," and
and put on the exquisite frills and irreproachable editor of '' The Commonwealth." The chair was filled
silence of Conservatism. Never did foibles and by the Rev. John Kelly; and among the gentlemen on
the platform were the Rev. Mr. Ffolliot, Rev. G. John-
prudence combine with better grace. Men with- stone, Rev. J. B. Robberds, Rev. J. N. Miller, Rev. Mr.
out brains have but very little use fur tongues. Kirlaus, Mr. R. A. M'Fie, Mr. Tinlan, Mr. Burt, &c.
There may be wisdom in motionless jaws, but it is 'h.she.st!itject of the lecture was i u
hno m
airnateetreeisi st tiines ofr
sense of a peculiar kind. It is not adapted to that instrucativeCtihvielmis ea t ion,
could '
thhavne whhee:n selected for a popular
bustling life we lead in these days, or the working discourse, In his treatment of it the' lecturzr was most
out of those great practical problems of good and effective. He
.was eloquent
which o
strengthened
gt
heed h argumentative,his positions
i tainodnsthhye
evil which are constantly before our eyes. A man ap happyuotaatninoners firnom the writings of the ablest thinkers of
who cannot give utterance to his ideas is not a fit the past and present centuryrindelengaloadndv,
alrlireadnee, and Gerd-
person to send into a debating assembly to analyse
emaareny;nberttoeunoehdi einnhtilisepaprre'paral:ion of his lecture. reading,
He
and explain difficult questions ; and the only was listened to throughout with ivident pleasure by the
motive their supporters can have in putting them large auditory assembled within the hall ; and, at the eon-
forward at Parliamentary and Municipal elections elusion of his discourse,_ was rewarded by an enthusiastic
of thanks,which ' burst of applause, and a vote
is to keep drouistn in the ascendant, and make by acclamation. As a rule, we refrain from attempting to giva
the constituencies of the county feel that they an outline)ftheinditshcooulirmse% ofbe anewspapereauseitwould be impossible to
are not worthy of being represented by fit and thecondense them
same time, preserve their spirit or
justicenotiteoett aneviewst
proper men. This is a very false and dangerous and ability of the writers. We may say, however, that,
system to tolerate. Education has done much for after
truthfulli s
lye noinnyortsoo
tMher.ohßaary,•netee'sr. lecture,.t lasth night,Gwl e can
the nation at large, and it is time we were allowed cotemporary, as that of "an accomplished lamutbhyoraandasbacroblwe I
the full benefit in our deliberative councils of those popular lecturer."