The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-22 00:00:00

Tit` i;rington, cotton broker, of Liverpaol. Mr. Tither—
ington has a partner—Mr. Gill—who, unlike his business
colleague, has been in the habit not only of attending
races, nit of making heavy bets on the resul, and,
according to the Chester Chronicle, won ,s mn"h as £31,000
at the races rec,ii I_, held in that city. N, v t'le.ie beifv;
notorious facts, it was rather a ticklish s.ep for Mr.
Titherington to preside at a meeting 'tiled .or the purpose
of thanking God for the success waich had attended the
efforts to put down the races, since it is quite clear that
Messrs. Titherington and Gill are ' unequally yoked
together.' But Mr. Titherington went further. Referring
to the statement in the ' Chester Chronic:7c, respecting
£30,000 which had been won by his partner at the
Chester races, he admitted that his partner, Mr. Gill, had
won that amount, but both he and his partner regretted
it ; and he was quite sure his partner would never again
be seen on a race course.' We are glad to learn that the
partners are both penitent, and if sa, they w:11, no doubt,
bring forth ' fruit meet for repentance.' If Mr. Gill has
done right, why there is no need for renentaace ; no need
for any promise never to be seen on a race course again.
But if he has done wrong, how can he pocket the profits ?
It is easy to repent of sin after he has made a handsome
fortune by it ; but this is scarcely sufficient. We are
afraid Mr. Gill's conscience is hardly convalescent ;
certainly it is not in the healthiest condition, if he can
allow himself to remain rich by an act which he now
abhors. We do not counsel him to hand back the money,
since the losers are no better than himself ; but there is
another way o t of the dilemma. Thirty thousand
pounds would endow an hospital, a score of almshouses,
or, better still, a dozen schools. Either of these would
be a truly penitential use of the money, and he cannot
adopt it too soon
.for
,his partner's credit as well as his
own."

GIGANTIC BLASTING or MOUNTAIN' ROCK AT Talc HOLY-
HEAD HARBOUR OF REFUGE.—Yesterday, in the presence
of upwards of one thousand 'persons, a portion of the
Holyhead Mountain, which is 122 feet :in height, was
displaced by a blasting operation of unparallelled magni-
tude. The removal of a very considerable portion of the
mountain, which consists of rock, is necessary for the
execution of the new harbour of refuge which is now being
constructed for the Admiralty, under the superintendence
of Messrs. Rigby, engineers, London. Two or three of
these operations have already taken place, and so
eminently successful were they as to induce the engineers
to attempt another on a much larger and gigantic scale•
The extent of yesterday's operation may be imagined
when we state that the arrangements for it, which have
for some time been i❑ progress, contemplated the displace-
ment of 120,000 tons of rock by the application of 18,000
pounds of gunpowder. At the last moment the engineers
determined still further to extend the operation, and for
this purpose two additional chambers of gunpowder were
prepared, making the weight of gunpowder used 25,000
pounds, and the body of rock displaced 135,000 tons.
Messrs. Rigby personally superintended the operations.
At a given signal, all the chambers containing the gun-
powder were simultaneous!y ignited, and the huge body of
-he rock and mountain was upheaved, and fell down on
the side in large fragments of several tons each. It will
be removed by railway, for the purpose of completing the .
breakwa.tr.r, from which it is about two miles distant.
The time appointed for the operation was half-past twelve
o'clock, and long before that hour large numbers Qf
spectators were present, who had arrived by railway
from different parts of the country, for the purpose of
witnessing the novel undertaking. It was rumoured, and
fully expected, that the Duke of Cambridge and other
distinguished individuals, with a large party from. the
Board of Admiralty, would be present; bat his royal
highness did not attend. Several engineers and other
scientific gentlemen from London and other places were,
however, in attendance, and took great interest in the
proceedings.

Ma. RussELL —Mr. Russell hts arrange,' to deliver his
War Lectures at the Liverpool Pailharaionic-hall early
next month.

EYRE EVANS, ESQ.—We are happy to say Mr. Evans
was somewhat better yesterday. The injury which he
sustained was a starting of the tenrsons of the leg, and
some time must elapse before he can recover the use of
the limb.

Tue. WEATHER.—For the last two days the weather
has been very changeable, but not at all unwelcome.
Tuesday in'u.ning was foggy, with an oppressive atuans-
phere, Some ruin fell during the dal. Yesterday, for
the greater p trt. there was heavy rain, and this, no doubt,
will prove beneficial to the coon 'foe evening was
fine, aul the atni,sp`..-re th ough the day warm.
TIIE BRUISE! SHIP METEOR.-- fh,S vessel is a British
ship, and not an American, as appears in s,tne of the
Lou lon papers of yes erday. The ship and freight were
wholly insured in Liverpool, as well as a coniiderable
porti 'o of her cargo, and the aggregate value of the three
interests was upwards of £lOO,OOO. Captain Porter
brought her across the Atlantic with ten to thirteen feet of
water is her hold oh the way. We may also add that
Captain Po:ter is al Englishman.
THE QUEEN'S FALL.—ILLNESS OP MR. VOUSDEN.—The
public will learn with regret, that Mr. Vousden was not
able to perform last evening, and that his medical attAa--
dants have interdic,ed him from stiring out before Mon-
day
next. This is owing to a malignant sore throat and
cold, the result of exposure to currents of air, and great
exertion in the hall. The anxiety which he feels for the
disappointment thus caused to the public is as annoying
as his Wile's is painful. He trusts, however, to snake up
next week to his numerous friends for the disappointment,
witich nothing but stern necessity could f tree him t 3
namely, confined to his apartment from the causes stated.
LIVERPOOL SesstoNs.—The following persons have been
tried before the Recorder, and sentenced to the undermen-
tioned terms of imprisonment :—John A. Martin, four
years penal servitude ; Sarah Gale, siz months ; Charles
'Devine, discharged ; Sarah Madden, two months ; James
Lynam, four years penal servitude ; Alice Fairclough,
bur years penal servitude; Bridg t Cunningham, one
month; Thomas Fairclough, four months; Charles Sands;
four years penal servitude ; Edward Graham, six months;
Susannah Graham, three months ; Edward Smith, two
months ; Thomas Mather, discharged ; Louis Flora, four
years penal servitude ; Ann Jackson, discharged ; Bridget
Farris, four years penal servitude ; Ann Brown, discharged ;
Honors Dillon, two months ; Elizabeth Smith, eight
months; Robert Wilson, seven months; John King, six
months ; Joseph Herdrnan, six months ; George Ratcliffe,
three months; Mary Aspinall, four years penal servitude ;
.John Mangan, five years penal servitude; Jane Bright, ten
months ; William Wilson, six months ; Jane Brown, eight
months. and four months bail; Henry Nerin, discharged;
Ellen Kennedy, fifteen months; Edward Molyneux, four
months; Henry Smith, three months; Catherine Coyle,
discharged ; Susannah Hislop, eight months ; Thomas
Hisrop, disk harged ; William Brown, discharged; Eliza-
beth Jones, four years ; Margaret Whitworth, two months;
Julia M'Lean, eightosn ra..,nths; Mary M'Donald, dis-
charged; Mary Scahall, discharged; Thomas O'Brien,
nine months; James 4Celly, six months.

The Grand Duke Constantine was present at the theatre
at Bordeaux on Monday evening, the orchestra welcoming
him with the Russian national hymn. At the conclusion
of the act a cantata, composed for the occasion, was sung.
The next morning the Grand Duke visited the frigates
which are being built for the Russian Government, and was
present at the launch of a Fret'Ch vessel, and was to leave
the next day for Rochefort,
A letter from Berlin f the 17th, in the Cologne GstzWe,
say, :—" On Wednesday last, an English deputation
arrived here with the view of e-mpleting the arrangements
makir g for the grand assembly of Evangelical Christians
which is to take place here in September next. The de-
piration was received by the King at Potsdam two days
ack, and it presented to his Majesty an address from the
Evangelical Alliance of Engaiad. ttembera of the
oeptu-ation had the honour of dining with the King in the
evening.
NEW VIAvSioN AT FoNTHILI, --The interesting ceremony
of laying the fonlitati mstone of a new mansion, about to
be eiectet by the Marquii cf Westmaist.r, took place on
Monday last. The stone was laid by the resident land
agent for the noble, ma. gnus. It will be a spacious edifice,
in the Scotch bat on'al style, from the designs of William
Burn, Esc' , of Lo.idon. The estate via, formerly the
prop:rty of Mr. Beelcord, author of " Caliph Vathek,"
and the site far the new al,insititi is about a qu'irter of a
ini!e from the remains of the celebrated Fonthill Abbey.
Sherborne
LUNDliff, L C,u,LIERT EXPLOSION.---'3irreo Saturday last
only six more bodies have been recovered. Of these, two
were brought out on Monday, and on- of them was identi-
fied as that of George Thompson, one of the leaders of the
Oaks strike. One was found on Tuesday, and the other
three on the north side, whe-e the rat n are still busily
engaged in clearing away the roof. An inspection of the
pit was made on Tuesday by the engineers, for the purpose
of laying before the jury, which met yesterday, the state of
the pit up to that time, and, if possible, to give some idea
of the cause of the terrible accident The number of bodies
recovered has now reached 101. It is stated that a number
of children have been born since the explosion, so that the
original number. of 190 left fatherless now exceeds 200, and
several more will yet have to be added to the number.