The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-16 00:00:00

THE COURT,

The Queen went on Monday to Woolwich, for the
purpose of reviewing the Royal Artillery recently returned
from the Crimea. Her Majesty was accompanied by the.
Prince Consort, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and
the Princess Louise. The illustrious party occupied four
of the Queen's carriages and four, and was escorted by a
detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoons. Her Majesty
quitted Buckingham Palace soon after ten o'clock, and
returned at a quarter past two. Her Majesty, with the
Princess Royal, took a drive in an, open landau and four.
Prince Albert and the Prince of Prussia rode on horse-
back. Her Majesty had a dinner party. The company
included the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duchess
of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Royal,
the Princess Louise of Prussia, the Princess Mary of
Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke 3f
Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and the Marquis
of Abercorn. The Queen had afterwards an evening
party. To-day, the Queen, accompanied by her distin—
guished guests, will go to the camp at Aldershott, where
her Majesty will remain for the night in the rO.Tal pavilion,
proceeding on the following day to Osborne.

HER MAJESTY AT WOOLWICH

On Monday the Queen reviewed at Woolwich the whole
of the Royal Horse and Foot Artillery recently returned
from the Crimea, and, owing to the favourable state of
the weather and the presence of a brilliant assemblage of
visitors, the spectacle was exceedingly picturesque and
striking. There were upon the ground 3,500 men, 2.450
horses, and 92 guns, of which la belonged to the horse
Artillery and the remainder to the field batteries. The
majority of the guns were of 91b. calibre. with 24 lb.
howitzers, but there were four batteries of 18-pounders,
and a howitzer battery of 32-pounders, which did some
service at the battle of the Tchernaya. This fine park of
artillery was ranged precisely as on a field of battle, the
guns in front, and the tumbrils and ammunition wageon&,
in lines three deep in the rear. The men attracted uui-
versal admiration by their splendid appearance, the pre-.
cision and celerity of their movements, and their perfect
discipline. In the centre of the ground was stationed the
excellent band of Artillery. The Queen, accompanied by
Prince Albert, the Prince and Princess of Prussia'
Princess Louise of Prussia, and the Duke of Cambridge,
and attended by a brilliant retinue, arrived in front of the
Artillery Barracks at eleven o'clock. The royal party
were received by General Sir W. F. Williams, of Kars,.
Commandant of the Garrison, his staff, and a guard of
honour of the Royal Marines. Her Majesty wore a•
scarlet riding habit trimmed with gold lace, in h"r hat a-
military plume of white and red feathers, and across her
left shoulder the sash of a general officer, and the ribanti
of the Garter. Prince Albert wore the uniform of a
Field-Marshal, the Duke of Cambridge, that of a general
officer. The Prince of Prussia also was in military cos-
tume. Having alighted from her carriage, her Majesty
mounted her favourite charger, and repaired to the review
ground, the Prince of Prussia riding on her right, and
Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge on her left-
Then came a glittering group of officers, splendidly'
mounted, among whom we observed the Earl of Cardigan,.
The carriages of the Princesses of Prussia and their suite
followed. The illustrious party rode leisurely along the
front of the line and then down the rear, while the band
played the national anthem and the Greenhill Battery
fired a Royal salute. The Court then took up their posi'
tion beside the flagstaff erected in front of the Royal
Military Academy, and the troops marched past them is
gay and glittering array. The Royal Horse Artillery,
headed by Colonel Henry, who lost an arm in the Crimea•
took the lead, advancing in columns of troops. Ilex'
followed the field batteries, marching in columns of bat'
teries six guns abreast, each battery having in its train
its respective lines of attendant ammunition waggons'
most of them drawn by horses, but some few of them by
Austrian mules. The batteries moved at quarter dis'
tance,

and the scene occasionally acquired a ludicrous
interest from the grotesque apparition in the intervening
spaces of a ragged dog, a black sheep, a shaggy goats
or some other fond familiar creature, which the men
had brought with them from the Cri nea. A Russials
donkey, which an inordinate zeal for gunnery, a truant
disposition, or the pursuit of thistles under difacultie#
had lured into one of the redoubts of Inkermann, where
he was captured by our soldiers, was an object of par'
titular attention. Around his neck was knotted a costlf
sabretash, and, thus accoutred, his appearance evoked
cordial acclamations ; but it is due to him to say 010
he bore his honours meekly, and that there was siottliag
in his demeanour to warrant the supposition that he g'3'
the first animal of his species who had worn such aP
ornament. Among the pets of the Artillery there is a`6°l
a camel, but this " ship of the desert" was at anchor alle"
did not make its appearance. After marching past tile.
flagstaff in slow time, the field batteries wheeled round'
made a circuit of the Common, and passed a second time
at a swinging trot, with the gunners mounted on the luJ
ers. The field batteries having drawn off fronting the
Queen, the Horse Artillery then dashed past at full
This manoeuvre has always a fine effect, and would be still
more impressive were it not for the cloud of dust thrO'
up by the horses' hoofs, which obstructs the atmosphere/
and dims the glory of the scene. A driver was thrown fro°
his horse yesterday, but fortunately sustained no Wad;
After the march past, the troops advanced in line are:
saluted, the band playing " Cheer, boys, cheer." TV),
then retired, and the gunners and drivers dismounting
formed in line in front of the batteries. In this order the
Queen again inspected the troops, paying particul
ar
attention to such of the men as wore the four-clasp medal'
This ceremany concluded, the troops gave three roll
of hearty cheers for Her Majesty, who, with the rai
party, then quitted the review ground, and returned
town in her carriage. There were no manoeuvres, a°,
the whole proceedings were over in an hour and
quarter.

MACNAUGHT ON INSPIRATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES,

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SlR,—What a knowing gentleman is he who wrote tl/6
article in the Herald of Saturday, on Mr. Macnaught
the Herald. Would it not be as well, sir, for this person!,
look up his Greek a little befcra he attempts to writ,
leaders on theology ? You will observe about half
down this article, a quotation from 2 Tim. iii. 16,
the author thinks will have tremendous weight agai°
Macnaught on Inspiration. " All Scripture is given by 1;
spiration of God." if he had read up the original he well'
have seen that the word is entirely misplaced in our 0,
r 1
lish translation ; the passage being more correctly renderi
" All Scripture given by inspiration of God is profitable ,
reproof," &c, which, of course, materially alters the 110t$0
ing. I might point out several other foolish paragralibi
but it is not worth troubling you with these as they or4Pe
come from the Herald. Fancy them branding Mr. :06
naught as an infidel—Yours truly, C. 11'
Liverpool, July 15, 1836.

ASSURANCE COMPANIES.—A large blue-book, just P
lished, gives a return of the names, places of busivelis
and objects of all assurance companies completely regrip
tered from the passing of the act 7th and Bth Vietaio
cap. 110, to this day, together with their accounts. „c,i
list includes 195 companies, and their accounts, °'
extends over a space of 300 pages. ll°4l
HARTLEPOOL, 817NDAY. .1 thunder storm of unequy
violence broke over this place yesterday eveLitig. wit!
peals cf thunder and flashes of lightning continued wit Pol
intermission for twenty minutes, with a deluge of rain 04
hail. In the lower parts of the town, the cellars
.;,01
flooded a foot deep, and much damage was done.
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small fire engines were employed in Northzate stree'S
pump the water out of the Cleveland Hotel. The eteli
seems to have been pretty well confined to thin town,
did not extend two miles from it. el
METROPOLITAN AMUSEMENTS.—A prospectus nag herd
issued of a company for the construction of an adeci.llerd
,s Hall Company ; and the building pie''
occupy room at the west-end of London. It is to be
between the Regent's Quadrant and reel
:ample entrances in both. It has ,
c thead
nS)
yt: a
with
aiptiahnce
designed by Mr. Owen Jones, and will exceed nearifetei,
the large music rooms in the kingdom, including V 4,0,4,
in length and height, altough not in width, iis
shuarilement being 134 feet by 60, and 60 feet in
There will also be tvio minor halls, together with a 5,,4110j
ous restaurant, the whale of which will be availal),'-wg,l
public meetings or festivals. The capital, incluniP,
margin of £5,000, is fixed at £40,000, in £lO shares,c,lol
the annual outgoings for rents acid management ;fir Ages
mated at 2„522. Lord Granville and Mr. H. Birkjpre
Baring are the trustees, and the provisional inanagewili,
is vested in experienced persons—namely, Messrs.
diet, Beale, Chappell, Ella, Leader, G. Smith, and k"

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY.
The House met at five o'clock.

THE SEES OF DURHAM AND LONDON,
The second reading of the Bishops of London and
Durham Retirement Bill was moved by
The LORD CHANCELLOR, who stated that its object was
to allow the two prelates, who had signified their desire,
in consequence of infirmities which incapacitated them
from the discharge of the duties of their sees, to retire
to act in accordance with their wishes.
A long discussion followed, in the course of which Lord
Redesdale, the Bishops of London and Oxford, the Duke
of Newcastle, and the Earl of Derby, while assenting to
the principle that bishops should be allowed to retire,
objected to this special measure likely to prevent general
legislation on the subject.
The Earl of HARROVBY defended the bill.
Upon a division, there appeared :

Contents for the Bill
Non-contents against,

Majority
The bill was accordingly read a second time.

THE WAR DEPARTMENT

In reply to the Duke of SOMERSET,

Lord PANMURE said it was not intended to make any
change in the position of the Commander-in-Chief, con—
sequent upon the relations between the offices of Secre-
tary for War, and the Commander-in-Chief.

Lord MELVILLE remarked that he thought that all
the superior appointments in the army should be vested
in the Commander-in-Chief.
The subject then dropped.
The Saint Sepulchres Manor Dublin Bill, was read a
third time and passed.
A number of o,t'ner bills were advanced a stage, and
their lordships rose at twenty minutes past nine o'clock.

Hr3USE OF COMMONS.-TIIESDAY

The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con..
sidered and agreed to, viz. :—Crystal Palace Company
Bill, Gloucester Gas (No. 2) Bill, Grand Junction Water
Bill, Leeds Improvement Act 4 Amendment Bill, London
and South-Western Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) Bill,
Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill.
The Perth Burgh and Harbour (No. 2) Bill was read a
third time and passed.