The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-19 00:00:00

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given by her Grace

nice of Wellington proposed the t

groom, for which Captain W. Peel and

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the health or Lady Pe

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To this

replied, recalling the associations of the
lington and Peel, which the event of the morning wa,
lie proposed Lord Tweedale's
health, when thg noble lord again expressed his gratifica•
tion at the union.

Earl Granville then said—l have been flattered with
the delicate and honourable commission of proposing the
health of the six young ladies who have taken so prom-
inent a part in adorning the ceremony of this day. It is
impossible. without emotion, to behold under 'this roof,
on such an occasion,,the two sons of Wellington and Peel
-especially where the sister of a lady Whose tenderness
and devotion to the Great Duke will render her insepar-
ably Connected With the later days of his history—
is about to form, as her noble father has happily
described it, a link which unites both of those
illustrious families. Of Sir Robert Peel I can
speak . from my own personal knowledge as a
fellow-countryman and a brother yeoman. This much
perhaps I may be permitted to say, that the character of
the bridegroom is worthy the gentleness and beauty of
the bride.. I hardly know any story of modern times
equalling in romantic danger and interest that sudden and
terrible midnight plunge, which Sir Robert Peel made
from a sinking ship in the Mediterranean, where his cour-
age and intrepidily alone saved him from the peril of a
premature death. The plung he has made this day has
not been in the dark. and I don't think it has required
much moral courage. But for you, young ladies (t..
to the bridesmaids), it is, nevertheless, a solemn warning.
The plunge he has this day made is a plunge that must
come at last to all of you. Believe me, the longer you
stand shivering.on the brink, the more violent will be the
shock when it, occurs. The noble earl's speech caused
much laughter, which had hardly ceased when
'Lord Palmerston rose to'respond for the bridesmaids. His
lordship said—On the part of the bridesmaids, whose cham-
pion I are, I beg to return you their thanks. Fortunately,
—without any disparagement to their charms, —I am de-
prived of that qualification which I think all ought to pos-
sess who are called upon to perform my duty. But I, can
assure you that the graces of these young ladies no less
command my admiration than that of the young gentlemen,
so many of whom I see around me exhibiting signs of envy
of the proud position which lam permitted to occupy. In
these days of negotiation it is the fashion to depend much
on the mediation of intervening parties. (A. laugh.) I
strongly recommend those young gentlemen who are about
to enter upon tender diplomacies, not to have recourse
to any such mediating parties, but to use direct negotia-
tion, which, although not always successful in politics,
is by far the best plan. If my recommendation be adopted,
I have lit`le doubt that, before this day. twelvemonths, I
shall have the honour to assist at several successful negoti-
ations between the young gentlemen whom I see before me
and the fair maidens whom,l have now the honour to re-
present. There is an old song, ladies and gentlemen, the
refrain of which I remember. runs thus

4‘ She is a charming woman,
And he is a fortunate man."

arnin2

In the caves before me I doubt.not the virtues and prosperity
are shared alike in the same proportions, and will ensure to
the successful negociators lasting affection and permanent
happiness for their joint lives. .
The noble viscount's happy address was received with
unanimous applause, and made a fitting close for the ban-
quet, the company shortly afterwards retiring to the draw-
io-

g-room

The bridesmaids were Ladies Jane and Julia Hay,
sisters of the
,bride, the Misses Peel, and Lady Louisa
Hamilton.
The happy couple shortly afterwards left en route
for Drayton Manor, the Right Honourable Baronet's
seat, to spend the honeymoon. On their arrival
at Tamworth, they were received with".the liveliest Mani-
festations, of joy. The tenantry of the district were on
the qui vine, the bells rang forth merry peals, and the
iisual demonstrations of rejoicing were evinced. The
judicious arrangements at the station, and the cordial
reception and welcome made to' the gallant bridegroom
and his fair bride, were satisfactory ina,ugurations'of a
happy future to the deservedly respected couple.

DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF A SHIP'S
COMPANY.

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upon the coast of Newfoundland, on the 25th of December.
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sel was stranded on the 25th of November, two miles west
of Hermitage Bay, and giving a most.heart-rending nar-
rative of the suffering of the crew. He states that on
the 16th of November, when between Cape Ray and
St. Paul's, he put the ship under close.reefed top-
sails, the wind blowing a strong gale. The pumps
were carefully attended to, but the vessel made little
or no water at that time. Towards midnight the wind
began to veer to the eastward, blowing a perfect
gale, varying from every point of the compass, the cross
sea causing the ship to labour and strain much. The wind
then got into the N.W., and blew, if possible, harder, the
ship making more water. Towards daybreak, while in
the act of veering the ship before the wind, a heavy sea
struck her on the starboard side, carrying away quarter
boat, bulwarks, stanchions, filling the deck, taking an
ordinary seaman overboard, and causing the ship to make
agreat deal more water. The master got the ship before
wind, and kept both pumps going. He ran her five
hours before the gale, but the leak gained fast on
the pumps, when the ship became unmanageable. At
about ten a.m., he furled both topsails, and ran
bare poles, keeping both pumps going. He
sent the carpenter into the lazaretto, but before that officer
could get on deck again the water was three feet in the
lower deck, At noon the vessel filled and blew up the
hatches. At that moment the master saw nothing be-
fore him hut death, for the wind and sea were dreadful.
He ordered all hands into the rigging, and brought the ship
to. She came to the wind, but the first sea swept the
deecs of everything—boats, water-casks, front of the cabia
_everything overboard, both inside and out of the cabin.
The master, chief mate, and second mate, had not a change
of clothes to put on. The crew remained 24 hours in the
tops. It was snowing and freezing all the time. Some of
the crew were so. benumbed that they could not move. The
master and a few of the men got on deck, and got out of
the cabin about half a hundred weight of bread from the
top of the bre7d locker that was not wet with salt water,
and conveyed it to the tops—nine men in each top, in which
they remained 24 hours longer. The gale moderated a
little ; they then cut all away above the mast heads, which
eased her very much. Towards night again the gale in-
creased. They had to take to the tops again, and there
they remained four nights longer. Part of the crew
on each top began to lose the use of their feet and
hands, and—what was worse—they had not a drop of
water, and their thirst was fearful, which made them look
at each other with frightful despair. The looks of the men,
the master states, he will never forget, for hunger is.nothing
to thirst, and the cold was so piercing he thought that the
crew would all have been frozen to death. On the 6th day
six of the crew were unable to move, having no use of their
feet or legs, and those who were not so bad had to carry the
others down. In this sad condition the master says that his
crew seemed to want nothing but water. But God remem-
bered them in His mercy, for it remained calm for about eight
hour's, and snowed. They then saved about nine gallons of
snow water, and Rot it up into each top. The next morning
at daybreak the Isle of Miquelon was in view. It lies about
six miles to the westward of St. Peter's, and was about ten
miles from the ship; but they had no boats to help them. On
the havingeig
the seventh day tLey had to take to the tops again for 20 hours
eighth
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the fore and maintop sails. They got them set, and drifted,
and sailed down upon the coast of Newfoundland. On the
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had eleven men frostbitten ; but after she went ashore they
all remained thirty-six hours on the wreck before they -got
any assistance. They made a raft. The chief mate and two
m'n got safe ashore, but could not discover any inhabitants.
The ship began to break up; but, fortunately, on the 26th,
three fishing-.boats took the paor fellows off the wreck and
landed them. The master wrote his letter in bed, and he
was sorry to state that the people living on the coast were
not h
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unfortunate
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of crew. They

A letter received from Father Mathew say :—" Since my
return to Ireland (from Madeira), I have not left for a single
any my dear brother's house, to which I am confined by
illness. My heart is still, thank God, as ardent as ever in
the glorious calve of temperance."

Le Nord of Wednesday publishes a supplement, to enable
it to reprint Mr. Cobden's pamphlet, " the earnest talent
and the loyal intentions of the writer, imparting's° great an
importance to his brochure, that we believe it to be our duty
to place it before the eyes of our readers unabridged."

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(BEFORE MR. BOLTON.)
sx !-A porter, named John Han

'unnicliffe, and Co., from the Dut
price of dr. Lupton, warchousem

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down, and he put the bag under them to prevent the los
fie was committed for three months ; he had been convict
previously.

A BAD Boy.--A boy, named Matthew Oxley, at.;patently
about thirteen years of age, the son of a cutler, was charged by
his mother with having stolen a piece of cotton, which he sold for
twopence. The poor woman said she had tried every means
to reform the lad, but all to no purpose, as he stole every
-onld lay his hands on. He bad been charged by his
"-- th;n7s. and she really

er four tiro

previOu

did not know what to
pay for him in a rcforr

to be taken before Mr. Mans.

, who would order

sary steps to be taken to have him sent to a reformatory.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—James Nagle, Mary Nagle, and
James Murphy, were brought up by detective officers Scaife
and Thompson, charged on suspicio'n of being concerned in
extensive robberies of the boot and shoe shops through town,
for some time past. The first case taken was that of Mr.
Desore, of Boundary-street, London-road, whose shop was
broken into on the night of the 19th December, and twenty-
two pairs of boots and shoes stolen. On the 20th, some of the
property was pledged at the pawnshop of Mr. Barton, Birken-
head, and the officers having discovered this, it led to the
subsequent arrest of the prisoners, who resided at No. 2,
Prudhoe-street. An assistant in the shop of Mr. Barlow,
proved that the female prisoner pledged the boots. In reply
to Mr. Wybergh, he said the prisoner told him the boots were
het own, and he was satisfied she was correct. Mr. Bolton
said it,,was quite improper, on the part of the pawnbroker, to
take in such property. It was very suspicious, on the part of
the pawnbroker, to take odd boots and shoes,
as these were, without proper enquiry: Miss Margaret
Gracie. the daughter of a pawnbroker, residing
at Birkenhead, proved that the female prisoner pledged
shoes, &c., with her, and told her that they were made by her '
father and mother, and she felt satisfied all was correct. It
appeared that the shops of Mr. Williams, Soho street, and Mr.
Browning, of London road, were broken into and robbed—the
latter of 23, and the former of 12, pairs of boots and shoes. A
considerable quantity of the property was found pledged in
several pawnbrokers, and among them were Mr. Pryer, Hill-
street, in reference to whose conduct Mr. Bolton said it was so
had that it afforded facilities to robbers to dispose of property.
The pawn-tickets relating to the pledged property were found
by the officers in the residence of the prisoners, and after the
examination of several witnesses the evidence was deemed
quite complete, and the prisoners were- fully committed for
trial at'the sessions.

4-t a general tregao?a of FtM. ,
Leverrier, on Monday, much interest was occasioned by
the famous glass, now nearly finished, to complete which
M. Arago receivad from the Chamber of-,
100,000 franca, and by which, said the illustriot
nomer, "we shall-he able at last to see the moon, as

ich savans at the house of

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Montmartre from the Boul

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THE LICHFIELD BANK FAILIIRE.—It lug been discovered
that a clerk, who was for more than thirty years in this
bank, is a defaulter to the amount of £1,300. His -
is Lawton, and it r.ppears that he was in the habit of re•
issuing notes which had been considered cancelled. He
states that the money was used for the purpose of enabling
a lady to prosecute a Chancery suit, and that it is not
improbable the money will be repaid. Lawton was taken
into custody on Wednesday, and was taken before tha
tnAgistrates at Birminrrham on Thursday morn"-- '
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obtained, The prisoner
and Was, it is stated

~ an unmarried man

0 per an
He h

,upplied the information, in consequez“.,
been taken into custody.
ADMINISTR kTIVE AND 'UNIVERSITY REFORM.—
Heywood, M.P., lectured at the Manchester Athenmum
on Monday, on those subjects. He gave several anecdotes
illustrative of the necessity for adnainistrative reform in
this country, and praised the Americans for their anpoint-
tuent of public men independently of aristocratic influence.
He gave the following Russian anecdote :—He knew for a
fact that, some years ago, a large contract for iron was
made by Sir John Guest with the late Emperor of Russia
for 50,000 tons. Well, he had also heard a story in con-
nection with the contract, that whilst Sir John Guest
received 61 per ton, the Emperor paid 9/ per ton, the inter-
mediate sum of 150,0001 going to the ministers of Russia.
Mr. Heywood then referred to university reform, and read
a memorial signed by himself .and other 3 and addressed
to Prince Albert, as Chancellor of the University of
Cambridge, praying for reform of the university by the
abolition of religious tests, compulsory celibacy of
fellows, and other ancient restrictions. In reply, Prince
Albert (through his secretary) stated that he did not
possess, as Chancellor, any jurisdiction or authority
separate from the governing body of the university, to
whom he therefore had referred the memorial.
BRANDY FROM COAL.—Brandy distilled from coal is one
of the proposed applications of chemical science to sup-
port the wants of man, which is just now creating some
sensation. Hitherto brandy has been made indifferently
from potatoes, wine, beetroot, and other vegetable
sources ; but from coal, villainous black mineral,!mira-
bile dicttc! The experiments of Berthelot, which demons-
trated the possibility of producing alcohol from common
coal, have so seized upon the imagination of some French
Yankees, that it is seriously proposed .to distil alcohol
first from coal, and after dilution to give it the colour
and taste of the best vin cognac. I have no doubt that
the thing will be tried, for brandies have risen enormously.
Possibly it may succeed, for Frenchmen are not only
ingenious, patient, and persevering, but very enterprising.
For the information, probably amu'ement, of your
readers, I may state that the modus operandi is as follows:
Coal gas is first distilled in the ordinary way, and con-
ducted into a receiver. It contains about eight per cent
of hydrogenous bi-carbon in a gaseous:state, which is
separated therefrom (rather a complicated affair), and
introduced into a close vessel, containing sulphuric acid ;
the vessel is agitated until the acid absorbs the gas.
Water is then mixed with it, and the whole distilled for
alcohol, which is brought over. Good news for the Lon-
donderrys and Lambtons, if the chemical experiment
should prove capable of being applied to a manufacturing
purpose. Our coati districts transformed into brandy-
producing countries, rivalling with Angouleme itself, will
be one of the curiosities of the nineteenth century,
although, probably, our children may find nothing unusual
in asking for a drop of the best old Northumberland, or, a
glass of Durham water, hot, with a slice of lemon, and not
too much sugar.—Alining Journal.
MURDER OF ABo y.—A few days ago the body of a lad,
four years old, was discovered in the river Exe, near
Starcross ; and the state in which it was found indicates
too plainly that the deceased had come by his death by
foul means. The face and head were enveloped in a black
apron, which was Dinned tightly, and fastened by strings
round the body. A coroner's inquest has been held, at
which Dr. Pycroft, who had made a post-mortem exami-
nation of the body, gave it as his opinion that death was
produced by violent means. A verdict of " Wilful
murder against some person or persons unknown" has
been returned, and active steps are being taken to obtain
a clue to the perpretator or perpretators of the murder
THE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT CHURWELL
nesday, an inquest was held at the Leeds Court-hotk
before Mr, Blackburn, borough co
Groner, on the body
David Steel, who had died from a gunshot wound re-
ceived during a struggle which took place on Sunday
morning last, on the premises of Messrs. Crowther and
Co., woollen-cloth manufacturers, of Churwell, between a
gang of thieves and a number of watchers. The evidence
tendered on this occasion showed that after the thieves
came out of the mill, two of the watchers, named Holroyd
and Hirst. rushed forward, the latter calling out to the
thieves, "If you don't stand, I'll fire!"
ImmediatelY
afterwards Holroyd was knocked down, and then a shot
was fired by the thieves,
apparentlyfrom a pistol. Hirst
heard the' whiz of the shot-aitpssed close to him on
his right side, and he immediately fired in the direction of
the thieves. The deceased then ran past him in the
direction of the watchhouse, which communicates with
the road, but fell near the door. lie lay there for a short
time, until the other thieves had been secured after a very
desperate struggle, when he was found in an exhausted
state. lie was removed to the Leeds Infirmary, where he
died on Tuesday morning. After a lengthened inquiry,
the jury returned a verdict of "justifiable homicide."
Richardson, one of the watchmen, who was seriously
injured, is recovering.

of which he has

70n_ Wed.

TRADE REPORT

-FRIDAY

Corroisi: In the cornmelij•lnent of the week general
dulness characterised the Cotton Market, but prices re-
mained without material change ; yesterday, howevef, on
receipt of —' announcing the unconditional
terms propesed by the Allies,
a brisk demand was expe-

I acceptance by lidiisii, of th

I considerabl

zeneral