The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

although, of course, they pre fully registered in the
archives of the duildhidl.

But, perhaps, Mr. Alderman CHALLts has,signal-
ized himself during his year in office more than
his. predecessors. He has, at all events, dodeone
good-thing, by—in the language of a contemporary
—" raising literature to the level ;of turtle soup."
He now seeks to raise a monument to the PRINCE,
as a memorial of the :Great ExhibitiOn of 1851.
What consummate folly—lick-spittle adulation=
parasitical phrensy f Erecting a monument to a,
living man ! The entire scheme is nothing short
of grotesque toinfoolery-7--abOut as utile as the
"Lord Mayor's Show" itself, and every whit as
laughable. To degrade Art by making it subser-
vient to city vanity is bad enough ; but it is worse,
still, to render a beautiful idea as commonplace as
a civic dinner, or dish of whitebait. The ex-Lord
MAvott. could not have chosen a worse time for
bringing forward such a plan, albeit that the public
iveie. friendly to its adoption, To say the least, it
was not. exactly in keeping with a delicate Or re-
fined taste—which assureely a London MAYOR
_ -
ought to Tossess—and the censorious would;only
be too. glad to seize such an opportunity•for giving
full scope to that peculiar bent for which they are
so proverbial.

The proposal .has been met in-the proper spirit.
It has called forth unmitigated ridicule and
opposition froni the PreSS-.--.. to: which we join
our . humble, . but . earnest- denunCiation. A
project •so futile, injudicious, and ill-timed,
perhaps never was "conceived. ,It could not,
weare confident, fulfil .the purpose for which
it was designed, being neither complimentary to the
PRINCE nor honourable to the country. And the
only purpose it could serve would be to cause other
nations to pity our weakness and smile at our.
infatuation.

Positively any folly, when originated by a public
man, will meet with some supporters. The spirit
of flunkeydom has not yet departed from us.; and
we only reget to see' the..same manifested in high
clerical quarters.
,But-what will not people do for
a good dinner; and how eloquently they will speak
after it.. .Take the greatest Tom NOODLE •in Chris-
tendom, set him down to. the Lord MAYOR'S table,
let him go from thence to it *public meeting, and
we warrant, if he does not .surpass, he will at all
events equal CICERO in the warmth of his eloquence,
and the vehemence of his declamation. Of course we
could not guarantee his English—he might use as
many " as the'l3iShop of OxFoan.himself—but
what of that ? It is the province of genius not to
be bound by any rule, and certainly it may well
despise those of LINDLEY MURRAY.
We have -every respect • for the excellent, and
noble character of" Prince ALBERT. We admire his
genius---acknowledge his virtues—honour his ef-
forts for the public good—but we should not erect
a Statue in his praise, We have his living forth
moving and . working among us, which is 'better
than a dead impersonification: It. will be time
enough when he is- no more, to. erect a monument
to perpetuate his name and fame,- and' which may
serve whilst 'it' commemorated his virtuous deeds
to excite in others a laudable emulation. -

The best way to honor. our eminent- PRINCE is
to. promote those objects which his Philanthropy
originated. Not to erect an unmeaning block of
granite, but to build comfortable residences • of
brick and mortar, where our artizans and laborers.
may live in. comfort and decency. Raise as -moral
anent by all means, but let it be in the shape of
Model Houses
.for
.the poor.
_This • is a scheme
which will be sure to meet with universal appro-
bation and support.

Dispatches were received at the. Colonial office yesterday
morning, from.the Governor of Bermuda. •
Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the Colonial
office to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope,. and the
Mauritius. -

The. collection for the Blue Coat School at St. Peter's
church on Sunday morning, on the occasion of the new Mayor .
attending, amounted to nearly £loo. _
Letters from St. Petersburgh, of the 3rd inst., speak of a
fresh levy of recruits, to the extent of seven .in a thousand,.
having commenced on the Ist inst. throughout the eastern_
part of the Empire.
BANK or ENGLAND NOTIFICATION.—The Bank of Eng-
land have-intimated that they will now discount the amounts
of the various petty stocks due in January at the rate of 3
per cent. instead of 4 per-cent., as originally proposed in
their notification of the 2fid inst.
OPENING OF THE NEW CENTRAL RAILWAY, LONDON.--'
The extensive and handsoine station which has been built on
the site of the old terminus of the Blackwall line, in Fench-
church-street, was opened yssterday for the accommodation
of the North London and Blackwall trains.
• MR. JAMES HormEs, banker, In-Other of the late Mr.
Alderman John Holmes, of this town, who died three weeks
ago, died at Douglas, on Thursday- last. The family pro-
perty, which is said to be worth £500,000, has been left to
the deceased gentleman's two grand neices. The re-
mains of the deceased gentleman, were brought to
Liverpool on Friday evening, fer the purpose of interment
in the family vault at Low Hill Cemetery., .
;FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAMER:--011 Saturday
evening about half-past eight o'clock; Robert Cruikshank, ,
second-engineer of the steam-ship Minerva, while at work
on board, as the vessel was preparing to leave the Nelson
Deck for Belfast, was struck on the head by the fly-wheel.
and sustained injuries which caused his death as, he was
being conveyed to the Northern Hospital.
THE 'BOMBAY MAIL-PACKET SERVICE.---Tbe terms of a
contract for mail service between Bombay and Aden are
aglreed between the government, and the Peninsular and
Oriental ConipanY. The payment for this line has been
fixed at the -same -rate, viz., Gs. M. per mile, that the corn- ,
pally receive for the other -branches of their mail contract
between this conntry, India, China, and AuStralia.
-- TEE RIVAL GuAdEs.Another. " battle of the guages
is to come off to day at the meeting of the South Western
Railway
.Company. A railway between Dorchester and
EXeter is about to be made, and the Gieat Western and the
South Western are both contending for the making of the
the former company on the broad guage, and the latter
on the narrow. The directors of the South Western are
anxious to make .the line; but Seine of the 'Sha.reholders are
'opposed to their having anything to do with it, and a warm
discussion on the subject expected :at to day's meet-
ing. .

Tun Yoo.—Yesterday morning, LiVerpiool was enVeloped
in a dense fog, perhaps one of the most dense we have ex-
perienced-for some years. During the morning, gas was.
lighted in the shops and offices in town, and the entire as-
pect of the streets strongly reminded passer-by of a
London particular." The fog was accompanied hy,a very
oppressive and almost mephetic vapour. Towards evening,
it considerably cleared off, and last night, the atmosphere
was comparatively pure. Notwithstanding, however, the
denseness of the fog, the boats continued to ply across. the
river, and we have not heard that any accident occurred
throughout the day.
THE* FRENCH • GOVERNMENT 'AND " TILE TELEGRAPH.—
The .214),iiteur of the 9th instant publishes some facts which
are of interest to the travelling and commercial public. It
states that •the government has just opened two new office 3.
in Paris for the transmission of telegraphic messages to
England and elsewhere; one at the Orleans Railway Sta-
tion, the other at the station. of the Northern line. There-
are 'now, therefore, four offices-opened in •all—at the Min-
istri of the Interior, 103 Rue de Grenelle St. Germain ;
at 83, Rue Richelieu, opposite the Exchange, and at the
Northern and Orleans Railway Termini. The Moniteur
'cautions the public as follows The public is informed
that no telegraphic message can leave Paris unless it has
been presented at one of the above named offices, Persons
who remit their despatches ihrOUgh.agencies established by
private parties, who are always compelled afterwards to
present them at the government offices, subject themselves,
not only to delays, which are, often considerable, but
they also frequently pay much higher than those fixed by
law:"

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-11l the Court of Queen's Bench,
yesterday, on the application .of Sir Frederick Thessiger,
a rule nisi for a criminal information was granted against
Mr. Franks Evans Jervis, a schoolmaster, of Repton, near
Foremouth Hall, in the county of Derby, for having published
a libel reflecting on the character of Mr.. Henry Allsopp, the
well knoWn brewer, in which were contained very serious
charges against Mr. Allsopp, arid among them one of mur-
der. The libel was contained in some verses published by
Mr. Jervis, in which, amongst other things, it was asserted
that strychnine was used by Mr. Allsopp in the making of
his ale, and which was, therefore, deleterious. The libel
charged him with being a quack—with forcing his ales into
public notice.by falsehood, and compared him with being a
counterpart of Legree, as described in "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
sitting on a beer barrel doing the office of Jack Ketch,
without giving Jaek Ketch the trouble of performing the
office.