The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Edward JAMES, Esq., Q. C. Assessor.)
The Court of Passage for the Borough of Liverpool, com-
menced yesterday in the Nisi Prius Court, St. George's Hall.
The causes on the list for trial, three being special jury cases,
number 64, but on the sitting of the Court at nine o'clock,
nearly fifteen of those, being undefended, were struck out.
LIVERPOOL ADELPHI LOAN ASSOCIATION 'V FAIRHURST
AND WIFE.—Mr. Blants, instructed by Mr. Hume, was
.counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Millward, instructed by
Mr. Robey, appeared for the defendants. The action was
brought under the following circumstances :—lt appears
that a person of the name of Brassey was in the habit of
getting loans from the Association, and that the defendant's
wife was generally one of his securities. In 1848, Brassey
obtained a loan of £3O from the Association, his securities
being two parties named Brown and Costain, and the female
defendant. She signed the paper with the signature " Jane
Lloyd," her maiden name, though she had been married to
the defendant in 1847, and this it was now alleged she did
through false and fraudulent motives. £2l of the loan was
paid, and one of the securities being dead, and the other
away, the defendant, who is a journeyman painter, was sued
for the balance. He denied his liability, and the present
action was accordingly brought to try the case. On the part
of the defendant it was denied that the motives were false or

fraudulent, the wife coliceiling that it was a mere matter of
form, and signing accordingly the name which she had
always signed on such occasions. The jury, who were in
deliberation during ;the day, came into Court about four
o'clock, and stated they could not agree; but the parties in
the case not being willing that they should be discharged,
they were again sent back to their room for further
deliberation. The jury evidently gave a verdict for the
plaintiff for £ll, with costs.
CARNEY V. BELL. The plaintiff is Mr. John Carney,
poulterer, St. John's Market, and the defendant is Mr. Bell,
dealer in live stock, Liverpool. The action was brought
to recover £37 7s. Hid. for goods sold, for money lent,
and for money due on an account. The defendant denied
that he was indebted, but did not appear either personally
or by counsel. Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Yates,
junr., was the counsel for the plaintiff, for whom a
verdict was returned.
WHITE and WIFE V. Hoox and WIFE.—In the declara-
tion in this case, the first count charged the defendant
particularly the female defendant, with assaulting ' the
female Dlajntiff,.imprisoning her, dragging her through the
streets, and so forth ; and the second count charged the
female defendant with assaulting the female plaintiff on a
subsequent occasion, with dragging her through the streets,
imprisoning her in the defendant's house, giving her in
charge to a police constable, who took her at the defendant's
instance through the public streets to the bridewell, then
before a magistrate at the police office, and ultimately to
gaol, where she was kept on remand for seven days, thereby
entailing on her serious injury and loss. Damages were
laid at £5, and the defendant pleaded not guilty, upon
which issue was joined. Mr. M'Aubrey, instructed by Mr.
Grace, was counsel for the plaintiff, and from his state-
ment, it appeared that the plaintiff is a fireman on board
the `" Arabia" American Mail-boat, and the defendant a
publican, in Moffet-street, off Russell-street, Toxteth-park.
It further appeared that the plaintiff's son was bound
to the defendant, and that he left his employment in
consequence, as it was alleged, of insufficiency of payment.
On the 17th May, the female plaintiff was at the house
of the defendant, and on that occasion Mrs. Hook charged
her with receiving a sovereign from her (Mrs. Hook's)
youngest son, knowing it to have been stolen. Upon this
some words arose, and after considerably altercation the
female plaintiff was given into custody. She was liberated
after a short time ; but on the morning of the 19th of May,
Mrs. Hook, and a constable called at the house of the female
plaintiff, who keeps a small shop for the sale of confectidhary
and vegetables, and the constable demanded of her the
sovereign, threatening in the event of refusal, " to burst her
boiler." (Laughter.) The female' plaintiff again denied
having received the sovereign, upon which she was taken
into custody by the constable, and the injuries set forth in
the second count of the declaration were inflicted on her.—
Mrs. White, and other witnesses, were then examined, and
deposed to the facts stated by counsel. Mrs. White posi-
tively denied having received the sovereign, or having in, any
way, or at any time, asked the defendant's son to take money
from the till.—Mr. Aspinall, instructed by. Messrs. Francis
and Almond, appeared for the defendant. He admitted the
imprisonment, but said that witnesses would be produced,
whose evidence would show that his client was fully justified
in the courses he. had adopted towards the plaintiff.—Mrs.
Hook was then examined. She deposed to having given
the plaintiff into custody on the first occasion, in consequence
of the noise she was making in the shop ; and that she had
her arrested on the 19th of May, because she had admitted
in the presence of witness, and other, parties, that she had
received the sovereign.—Two other witnesses also deposed
to this admission ; and the son of the defendant, a boy about
eleven years of age, positively swore to having given' the
female plaintiff the sovereign, and also to having been'fre-
quently incited by her to steal money 4om the till, pro-
mising to repay him by weekly instalmetts.—After a brief
deliberation, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff,
COSGROVE V. OWENS.—The plaintiff is a lorry-driver,
and the defendant a master-carter. The action was brought
by the plaintiff to recover compensation for the less of his eye
caused by the negligence of the defendant. It appeared
that the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant, and
that on the Ist of last July he was loading his lorry at one
of the docks. The defendant was present assisting, and' the
plaintiff alleged that he had frequently cautioned him during
the day as to the negligent and improper manner in which
he was using the hook. It would appear that his caution was
but too necessary, for as a bale of merchandise was being
hoisted into the lorry it slipped, and the hook entered the
plaintiff's left eye, completely fracturing the ball. He was
three weeks in hospital, and was altogether nine weeks un-
employed in consequence of the accident. Mr. Aspinall, in-
structed by Mr. Yates, appeared for the plaintiff; but the
defendant did not appear either personally or by counsel.
Verdict for the plaintiff, £2O damages, and costs.
BRODRICE a. FOWLER.—The plaintiff, Sarah Brodrick,
is an old woman over seventy years of age, and the defendant,
Mr. Fowler, is a car-owner, Walnut-street ; and the action
was brought to recover compensation for injury sustained by
the plaintiff, through th 3 careless driving of William Roberts,
his servant. From the statement of Mr. Aspinall, who, in-
structed by Mr. Campbell, appeared for the plaintiff, it seemed
that on the 28th of July last, the plaintiff was crossing
James's-street, and that when about two yards from the
parapet she was knocked down by the cart of the defendant,
which was at the time driven by one of his servants,
William Roberts. She was much shaken by the fall ;
her leg was broken, and her general health, which up
to that period was most excellent, was considerably im-
paired. It further appears that Roberts subsequently, ad-
mitted that he had been driving very fast on the occasion of
the accident, and that Mr. Fowler promised the plaintiff's
son to make some recompense to his mother for her injuries.
The plaintiff was then examined, but from her extreme deaf-
ness, which was produced as she alleged by the accident,
her answers being ever wide of the mark, caused considera-
ble merriment in Court. She could merely testify to hav-
ing been run over, and to the injuries she had sustained.
Her son was also examined, and stated that the driver had
admitted to him that he was driving fast at the time, hav-
ing four " we ddinners " (Laughter) or a wedding party, in
the car who wanted to catch the boat. He also deposed to
the defendant having promised to recompense his mother,
observing that it was much better to arrange the matter
amicably, than to give the money to the lawyers, who were
all d--d rogues. (Laughter.) Mr. Atkinson, instructed
by Mr. Owen, appeared for the defendant, and while ad-
mitting the accident, contended that it was one which no
care on the part of the driver could prevent. Several wit-
nesses were examined to prove that the driver was not cul-
pable in the matter ; and the driver himself denied that he
had ever made any admission as to the speed at which he
Arivine. Verdict for the plaintff, £5 damages, with
costs.

COUNTY v COURT.--ESTERDAT.

(BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, EsQ.)
The Court sat at ten o'clock on yesterday. His Honour
delivered judgment in the following cases :
BEAD v. WINN.—It will be remembered that this was an
action brought against a man who had left this country, and
been in Australia for some years. The question which
arose, was whether the service of a summons at the residence
occ.ipied by his wife in Liverpool was sufficient to justify
rendering the property there liable. His Honour held that
the servicewas not sufficient.
KERR v. PENNINGTON.—This was an action tried last
' week to recover damages for the worrying of plaintiff's
sheep, by defendant's dog. His Honour ordered a nonsuit
to be entered, but gave the plaintiff leave to amend his
action by entering a plaint in trespass within the space of
a week.
RUDD V. FAIRCLOUGH.—In this case an action was brought
to recover £2O, for a month's interest upon a sum of £2,000.
The objection raised by Mr. Blair was, that the aggregate
of the principal, which was to be paid by instalments,
remaining still unpaid amounted to a sum which exceeded
the jurisdiction of the Court, and that the plaintiff had no
right to split his action. It was contended by Mr. Blair
that the plaintiff should either abandon any further claims
or be nonsuited. Mr. Aspinall, for plaintiff, argued the
point and declined to abandon the claim. His Honour
• ordered a nonsuit to be entered.
AIKEN P. BAINES.— Judgment for the defendant in this
case was ordered to stand.

COMMITMENT SUMMONSES.—His Honour then disposed
of some commitment summonses, none of which appeared t 3
possess any public importance.
INsorvENT CASES.—FinaI orders were granted to Eliza-
beth Hann and Samuel Hulse.
The Court adjourned at twelve o'clock.

ISSUE OF RECEIPT STAMPS AT MANCHESTER,—
since the new Stamp Act came into operation on the 10th
instant, there has been issued from the Manchester Stamp-
. office the large number of 456,000 penny
the value of £1,900. receipt stamps, of
VALUE OF THREAD FOR LACK,---Some thread
made at Hainault and Brabant, has actually been spun by
hand of so exquisite a texture as to be sold..at the rate of
10,000 f., or upwards of £4OO for a single pound weight.

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LORD CLAR_ENDON ON THE EASTERN
QUESTION.

On Friday, a deputation, headed by T. S. Dun-
combe, Esq., M.P., waited upon the Earl of Claren-
cbait, for the purpose of presenting to his Lordship
an Address on the Eastern Question, which had
been agreed to at a recent meeting in Finsbury-
Mr. DIINCOMBE, in introducing the deputation,
said that, a meeting having been held of the
inhabitants of the borough of 'Finsbury, for the
purpose of considering the present position of the
Russo-Turkish question, certain resolutions were
passed at that meeting .condemning the practice
of secrecy in diplomacy, not applying particularly
to the present Administration, but condemning
the practice . generally, as calculated to keep the
people of this country in ignorance as regarded
their foreign relations. The other resolutions re-
ferred to the misunderstanding at present existing
between Russia and Turkey ; and the meeting
pledged itself, in terms not to be misunderstood,
to give to her Majesty's Government every support,
moral as well as material, which might be neces-
sary to resist the encroachments of Russia, and to
preserNie the integrity of the Ottoman empire.
These sentiments were embodied in an address,
which was read, and embodied the resolutions
adopted at the meeting.
The Earl of CLARENDON, having heard the address,
said—There is one portion of your address in
which I am sure you will not expect me to concur,
and that is the passage in which it is alleged that
the character of this country for fair dealing has
been damaged, and is in danger of being lost.
Now, that assertion, in as far as this Government
is concerned, I am prepared altogether to deny.
You will not expect me at this moment to enter
into any details as to the policy of the Government;
but when the time comes for so doing, I trust that
the people of England will consider that the
Government have done their duty, that they have
flinched from no obligation, and that the national
honour has remained untarnished in their hands.
With respect. to the other matter to which Mr.
Duncombe has alluded—the mysterious veil which
is thrown over The diplomacy of this country—l
can assure you that, personally, no one more sin-
cerely than myself regretted that a mense of public
duty alone obliged the Government to withhold
explanations on this question, which has so long
and so greatly agitated and excited the public
mind. There is no one more fully than myself
recognises the entire right of the people of this
country to be clearly informed of all the acts of the
servants of the Crown, and minutely to scrutinise
those acts when they have come to their knowledge.
This has always been the practice as regards do-
mestic affairs,. but in foreign affairs you will admit
that there is necessarily a different practice. In
that case, not only our own affairs but those of
foreign nations are concerned ; and having had
personally a good deal of experience in such mat-
ters, not only in this country but abroad, I can
assure you that, difficult as negotiations sometimes
are now, carried on in the ordinary way, they
would become absolutely impossible if at each
progressive stage they were to be brought before
the public, and to become the subject of public
discussion—of open and free discussion, as in the
case of our domestic affairs. Therefore it is not
from the slightest wish to favour mystery that the
proceedings, not only of this, but of all Govern-
ments, are withheld from the public while in an
incomplete state, but it is from the danger of
defeating our own objects, from a sense of what is
due to the public interest, that not only this, but
all Governments and all Parliaments have sanc-
tioned the practice—have declined the production
of papers till the negotiations to which they re-
ferred had been brought to a conclusion. When
the affairs are concluded, then the public have the
right, through Parliament or otherwise, of having
the documents submitted to them, and of appro-
ving or condemning the conduct of the Govern-
ment. Now, with respect to the question more
immediately at issue, I have no hesitation in
telling you that a peaceful solution of this question
has been the object of her Majesty's Government.
It would be highly criminal if the Government
sought any other solution. Those who know what are
the calamities of war do not rush lightly into it, and
it is our object, if possible, to guard ourselves, but
more especially Turkey, from those calamities.
But, on the other hand, I consider that there is
4.1 r. ears myrn r, nv..-1 +ll.+ is TIOf;ATIO1
dishonour, a price at which, I can assure you,
peace will not be preserved by her Majesty's
Government. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) As I said
at first, I will not enter at any length into the
details of the policy we are pursuing, but content
myself with saying that we are so fully alive.to the
British and European importance of maintaining
the Ottoman empire, that the deputation may rest
assured twat there is not the slightest intention on
the part of her Majesty's Government of abandon-
ing Turkey. (Hear, hear.)

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER

M DTV A Y

THIRTY-TWO LIVES LOST.

On Thursday a most awful catastrophe occurred at Had-
low, which has hurried to an untimely grave no less than
32 human beings,—men, women, and children. The cir-
cumstances of this terrible calamity are briefly as follow :
For some little time past, Mr. Cox, an extensive farmer
and hop grower of Hadlow, has had a number of persons,
principally from the counties of Surrey and Berks, in his em-
ploy picking hops, in addition to the resident labourers. It
is customary when the picking has been finished for the day,
and the hops measured, to convey the people home to the vil-
lage in waggons. Accordingly, on Thursday evening last,
between six and seven o'clock, a waggon filled with the home
dwellers, left the Hadlow hop grounds, and proceeded to-
wards Tudely, crossing the Upper Great Hartlake-
bridge, over the Rive-: Medway, in safety. This bridge
is very old, and is built principally of wood ; it has a descent
on either side of about eight feet in forty, with a close
boarded fence, between two and three feet in height ; and
on the Tudely side the road curves a little to the left, oak
slabs, in a rotten state, supporting it for some little distance.
At this spot there is a depth from the road of about eight
feet, which is generally dry, but now, owing to the recent
rains, it is covered with water, and thus the width as Well
as the depth of the river is considerably increased. The
bridge is forty-two feet across, and nine feet three inches
wide. The first waggon-load of hoppers having been con-
veyed to its destination, the second waggon, containing forty,
if not more persons, followed (the unfortunate creatures
singing merrily, as usual), at the rate of two or three miles
an hour. At the ascent of the bridge, the waggoner desired
the hoppers to discontinue singing, as it might frighten-the
horses, which was immediately complied with. The fore-
horse had crossed the crown of- the bridge, and was descend-
ing on the Tudely side, when its foot slipped, from the
pieces of iron placed on the roadway to give a sure footing ;
it gave a sudden plunge, which disconnected it l':om the wag-
gon, and the shaft-horse at the same time leaning a little to
the right, had the effect of forcing the hind part of the wag-
gon against the fence on the off-side, which immediately
gave way, and the waggon with its contents was precipitdted
into the river •beneath. The scene that presented itself at
dren all huddled together, in ;.antic terror, were Striving to
escape destruction, but their efforts only tended
to increase the hopelessness of their position. !As-
sistance was promptly obtained, and by the *aid
of lanterns, the face of the' river', was examined, but it
was too late •; the mass of human beings, with the exception
of eight, had sunk to its bottom. For upwards -of half an
hour after the occurrence cries for help were heard, but the
unhappy creatures could not be discovered. One little Irish
lad was found about twenty rods down the stream with a
piece of fence, which he had clung to in his agony, Still
fixed in his hand. He was up to his middle in water, and
was speedily rescued from his agonizing. position. The poor
fellow's garments were torn to shreds by the unfortunate
creatures clinging to them for support ; and there is no
doubt, had his clothes consisted of a less fragile material,
his life would also have been sacrificed. The waggoner's
mate was sitting on the side of the waggon, talking to his
little boy, just as the accident happened : and, although he
attempted to snatch his child from the wagon, he was un-
able to do so, owing to the close manner in which it Was
packed ; and he only escaped by throwing himself in 'the
opposite direction. The bailiff's life was saved in a similar
manner. During Thursday night and Friday the river Was
searched in all directions, and six bodies were recovered—
five females and one man.
An inquest was held on the bodies recovered, on Saturday,
and after the examination of one or two witnesses, who
spoke to the facts detailed above, the Coroner summed up,
and in doing so, recommended the substitution of a stone or
brick bridge for the present one, with store copings.
The jury consulted together for a short time, and then
returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," with a recom-
mendation to the River Medway Company to erect a new
bridge.
The following is a list of the persons who are now miss-
ing :—Samuel Leatherland and five children, Mrs. Brusling-
ton, Mary Mahony, Mary Bruslingtont Sarah Taylor, Mrs.
Howard, Jeremiah Murphy, Catherine Donovan, Mary
Quin, Bridget King, Matthew King, Ellen Collins, Catherine
Roach, Harry Donovan, Stephen Taylor, Taylor,
(child), William Elsley, Mary Elsley, (wife), Ellen Dono-
van, Knight, (child) ; man, woman, and child unknoWn.
It is estimated that the weight of the waggon, with its
contents, was about two tons. The waggoner says that he
has passed over the bridge with four tons.

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SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

The Melbourne papers, received by the Eagle, contain a
long account of the celebration of the 77thl anniversary of
American independence in that town on the 4th of July, and as
some of the gentlemen who took part in the proceedings are
well known, and not less respected in the Liverpool Ex-
change, we have no doubt the following abridged report
will be read with interest by many of our townsmen. We
would particularly draw attention to the lively, and indeed
eloquent address of GEORGE F. TRAIN, Esq. The Melbourne
Argus says " the 4th July, being a day ever memorable in
the annals of the great republic of the New World, a large
number of the denizens of Melbourne, who trace their na-
tivity from that land of republican equality, smart notions,
and go-a head doings in business, met together in the great
room, at Hockin's, late Passniore's Hotel, to celebrate the oc-
casion with all the usual festivities and form. Covers were
laid for 160 ' • and the number assembled went considerably
beyond that figure. Dinner being over, and the cloth hav-
ing been removed, the famous declaration of American inde-
pendence was read, and received with much applause.
Mr. Train acknowledged the subject, by reading an ora-
tion which had been composed for the occasion. The address
recalled to the mind of those present that this was the first
occasion on which they had met to celebrate this day, which
was, as it were, the birthday of their nation. Americans
could almost forget that in Melbourne they were not in New
York.

The following toasts were then proposed in succession:—
" The day we celebrate ;" " Her most gracious Majesty the
Queen of England ;" " The President ;" " Prince Albert
and the rut of the Royal Family of England ;" "The
memory of those who signed the Declaration of Independ-
ence ;" " The memory of George Washington."
On the next toast being proposed,—" The Armies and
Navies of Great Britain and America,—may harmony
and friendship ever reign between them,"—the toast being
drunk with enthusiasm, the band played first, " Rule Bri-
tannia," and afterwards " Yankee Doodle." The two airs
alternately excited much national enthusiasm : nothing un-
pleasant however occurred.
Mr. GARDENER, then, in a neat and appropriate speech,
proposed " The Public Press of Melbourne and Victoria."
He briefly dwelt on the influence of mind acting with
mind upon the advancing civilisation of the age. A free
press was necessary to the existence of a free and enlightened
people. England, with a press cramped by taxation, had
yet to boast of a great and influential press ; while France,
which might be considered the hot-bed of European civili-
sation, at this moment, was altogether deprived of the
bulwark of freedom, and consequently was enslaved. In
this land the press was free, and it was consequently vigor-
ous and enlightened.
Upon the chair giving "Massachusetts," it was duly
honoured in the manner usual to Americans.

Mr. Geo. Francis Train responded to the toasts. He
said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, most cheerfully do I
rise to reply to the sentiment which every Massachusetts
man must feel a thrill of pleasure in responding to ; and
although my proper place, it would seem to me, would be
to hide myself in the shadow of the many eloquent gentle-
men present, who have the happy faculty of using the En-
glish language in a manner that cannot fail to interest you,
I must beg permission fo say a word in telling you how
much I appreciate the courtesy.
Massachusetts is my native place, and I assure you I
feel proud in representing her this evening. I was born
beneath the shade of Faneuil Hall. My school-boy days
were passed among her forest hills, and my mercantile
experience I obtained amid the shipping of her capital.
I love her as my natural mother, and notwithstanding my
being so many leagues away, I cannot easily forget her
sacred memory : but she needs no eulogy from me. In the
magic words of her great dead statesmen, " There is
Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, and there will
they remain .for ever." The prolific land that has given
birth to a Franklin, an Alston, and a Story, reads in their
works her beautiful history. Her statesmen—her histo-
rians—her
.painters and her orators—her merchants and
hermechamcs, rank high in that which makes men great !
Look at her merchant marine—note the magnificent fleet of
clipper ships she has launched within a few short years,
and observe the progress in their modelling; you have
them, within a very short period, all the way from a sugar-
box to a pilot-yacht ! Remember that
The clipper ship that won the race,
Owns Boston as her native place ;
Donald M‘Kay may well feel proud,
To build the flag-ship Flying Cloud !

Not satisfied with having built the fastest ship, he is now
about completing the largest in the world ! A ship 330
feet long, 53 feet breadth, and 30 in debth, a three-decker
with four masts, and to register 4000 tons ? Need I tell
you Mr. Chairman, she is to be called the Young America !
This is the age of progress—and surprised we cannot be at
anything that may happen. If any man of good sense
should tell me that he anticipated taking a voyage round
,the world, with only a single shirt to his back, and a dicky
in his hat, in some patent air-navigating baloon—or that
England and Ameriea were shortly to be Siamese Twins, by
means of a submarine magnetic wire—or that some promising
son had discovered a patent for living without eating—or
walking wnite sitting in Ins cnair—or a thousand and one
incredible things, I should want to reflect a moment before
I began to laugh.—" America has been making rapid strides
in improvement. Iler land is crossed with railroads, lined
with electric wire— _ _ _

" The steed called lightning, say the Fates,
Was owned in the United States—
Twas Franklin's hand that caught the horse,
_ _

' Twas harnessed by Professor gorse."
Let us jump on board a Collins steamship, and shake
hands with our relations on Albion's shores. Observe the
good feeling that has existed between us, and my prayer
shall ever be that the same cordial spirit between the two
great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race shall continue and
increase under the beautiful flag of our own happy land and
the strong arm of England, till the last wave breaks on the
shores of eternity ! May no barrier spring up to mar the
happiness of either, and why should they not ever be on the
best of terms,—the gifted mother and the progressive child ?
Compare their histories, and in many features you can but
detect a strong family resemblance—in the one. you have an
acknowledged republic—in the other the great Talleyrand
tells us you have the " republic in disguise"—each free,
and both with a broad and liberal government. Really they
are not so much unlike. Go back to earlier days. While
we were stirred by the burning eloquence of Patrick Henry
and his compatriots, she was listening to the immortal
Burke and the men of his day. If the same domestic fire-
side has given England two Premiers, so was the old Bay
state furnished America with two Presidents from the same
family ; for while she may speak of the eloquent Chatham
and the wondrous boy-premier William Pitt, we can but
remember the elder Adams and his son " the old man elo-
quent !" One from each land died in full honours while in
the councils of their respected nations ! Look at Eng.
land's stupendous monuments of genius. Go and see that
leviathan piece of mechanism of Stephenson's, the Tubular
Bridge ; walk through the Thames Tunnel, and stop a mo-
ment at the Crystal Palace,—and you will find wonders arti-
ficial as great in magnitde as in Niagara Falls and the
Mammoth Cave in America, you have them natural ! Go
with me to Chatsworth, the most beautiful palace in Europe ;
and here the princely owner, whom I was honoured by meet-
ing on the banks of the Menai, will tell you of what Mr.
Paxton has done.

Industry and enterprise is England's excelsior motto as
well as ours. We have taken many a leaf from her book,
and have oftentimes rested beneath the wide-spreading
branches of her gigantic oak, which covers one hundred and
fifty millions of her people. Even now.we have to see what
takes place in the world through England. Read that
mammoth engine of the Press, that bears the same relation
to England, that the Y. Herald does to America, the
London Times, and you will see a daily history of the world.
But enough of the land of my nativity, where I have spent
so many gala days. Enough of England, where, in that
great commercial port, Liverpool, I first learnt the true
meaning of hospitality. A twelvemonth (among her mer-
chants, I can judge something of their dispositions, for
-x liaQ •Irk n Tan] AQ
much at home as though I had been with them as many
years. I say enough of the land where I was born, and
the land where I sojourned so short a time : but a word for
the land of my adoption—Australia ! my new home ! May
its precious treasure shed a peaceful light throughout the
social circle, and develope a gold-field of happiness to all who
have been drawn beneath its magnet. Australia! the brightest
star in the whole British galaxy ! May it continue to shine
over the pathway of the weary emigrant until he has found
the haven for which he has so long sought ! Australia !
the great El Dorado of the Southern Ocean ! May the
time be not far distant when we shall show the good effects
of her yellow harvest in building a railroad to Sydney and to
Adelaide, and every other commercial town in the Colony,
with a magnetic telegraph for a companion. May this
wonderful town continue to grow and widen until it has
eaten up all the surrounding villages ; and may the facilities
for business keep pace with the wants of her people. The
criminal can no longer be seen among your people, and its
emancipation is a subject for rejoicing.
Several other toasts were proposed and amongst others
Mr. THROCKMORTON proposed " the British and American
Army and Navy," and coupled therewith the names of
Colonel Valliant and Lieutenant Morris. If these things
ever came to pass America would maintain them both.
(Drunk amid loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in responding to his health being drunk,
dwelt upon the unison of feeling that must ever exist be-
tween England. and America. Had the British Government
behaved towards the United States as it had done towards
the Australian colonies, she would no doubt have still re-
tained possession of them, (hear, hear) but her course of
policy was diderent. He delighted in the feeling of amica-
bility which existed between the two nations, and he felt
sure that the commerce of the United States and England
would have no rival in the whole world. (Loud cheers.)
Several other volunteer toasts were given, and the pro-
ceedingsbrolonged to an early hour in the morning amid the
greatest hilarity and enthusiasm, peculiarly characteristic of
the American feelings upon an occasion which is so much
reverenced by the American citizen at home or abroad.

THE PUBLTC DEBT.-It seems by a return to
Parliament, that in the year ended the sth January the in-
terest on the permanent public debt was £23,637,936.