The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

many o

should not like to see raked up
brought before the public eye. Why should

make such odious " Guys" of ourselves, as tc
kindle bonfires, light tar-barrels, fire off guns

pistols, and three-half-penny rockets, and examine
the vaults of both Houses of Parliament ! to serve

no manner of purpose under Heaven, save to create
enmity at home, and excite . risibility abroad ! Is
it that we fear Cardinal WisEmAN and his Italian
banditti, as we have lately feared Louis NAPOLEON

and the French Invasion ? But as Dr. JOHNSON
remarked, "He who would apprehend danger from

Popery now, would have cried fire at the D

The fact ti

a custon

dency to create and perpetuate strong feelir

religious asperity amongst the people, would b

quite sufficient to justify and demand its future
suppression. But apart from this consideration,
the serious evils which it engenders, should most
certainly be stayed by the strong hand of
civil power, if life and property be of any worth.
With reference to Exeter alone, the scandalous

and outrageous conduct which took place in the
cathedral yard of that city, and in presence of the
police authorities—who were perfectly unable tc

cope with or suppress the mischief—strongly urge
the impropriety of permitting large bodies of per

sons to associate together on such an occasion, and

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.or such a purpose

The "Lord Mayor's Show," as it is vulgarly, but
quaintly termed, although certainly the lesser evil,
is nevertheless not altogether unobjectionable.
It is a trumpery piece of pageantry, at the best—

a mere gaudy gingerbread exhibition-

—caleulatc

to amuse nurse-maids and naughty children! -am

even the cockneys themselves view it in no bette

public money, and creates a serious suspension of
business. But these are not all the injurious con-

sequences that ensue. Whil

notables of the

city finish up with turtle and champagne, anc

quaff libations in honour of their titulary divinities,
the posse commitatus fail not to pay tribute at the
shrine of BAccnus, and imbibe potations, ad libitum,
in his honour. Of course accidents form part and

parcel of the day's amusement ; and for a weel

afterwards the London papers are filled with ac

counts of the same.
These unmeaning and absurd usages, we are gla(

to find, are falling away in public estimation. They
do not meet with half the support- now that they
formerly did; and every year lessens the number
of their supporters. But absurd national customs
" die hard, and rally often ;" and a long time must
necessarily ensue ere they cease to leave no trace of
theirprevious existence behind. There is little doubt
but that poSteritywill yet smile at our ig2 °ranee when

"V Munro Huh Enduing of ne 4nglin4 in nthrrrtiii,"
will take the position at present assigned to " Old
Mother Hubbard," and " The House that Jack Built."

The Birkenhead County Court sat yc

tried were of a trivial and ordinary cha'ra

Yesterday Mr. Williams, of N
his pocket picked of £6 10.
dressed woman

in his own shop, by a well-

Yesterday morning a man named James Sween(
bourer, residing in Paul-street

;, was worki

Glasgow steamer Topsey, now lying in theCanumb
and whilst in the hold, a large piece of pig iron fell ul
his head, and produced a compound fracture of the ski
Lie was taken to the Southern Hospital, where he lies ii
dangerous state.

'William Bradley, &boy of 13 years of ae,
Jx-street, Toxteth-park, when returni>
his father's dinner at the docks, yesterday afternoon,
one of the lorries on the dock railway, when the
jerked, and he falling off, the wheels of the other wa
went over him, producing a severe scalp wound and g

, living at No. 4,
sr, from leaving..

contusions

FATAL ACCIDENT IN DRURY-LANE
whilst John Pierce, a joiner, residh
passing through Drury-lane, carryil
knocked down by a lorry, which T

—Yesterday afternooi
in Copperas-hill, way

some boards, he w

sed over him, producing
1 in the course of a few
ident, the unfortunate man

1116 serious injuries that he die

hours. Immeoiately after the at.
was conveyed into Mr. R. Walker's Mansi

where he was treated with the utmost kindnL ,
everything that could be done to alleviate his sufferings, wa
done by Mrs. Walker.

in fact