The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-29 00:00:00

THE RACE,

The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year
olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Set 21b ; the second to re-
ceive 100 sovs out of the stakes; the winner to pay
100 sovs towards the police and regulations of the
coursa, and 50 sovs to the judge. The last mile and a
half to be run on the new course. (213 subs.)
Ellington
Yellow Jack 2
Cannobie

The following also started :—Wentworth, Fazzoletto'
Vandermulin, Artillery, Fly-by-Night, Bird in Hand,
Rogerthorpe, Mr. Verdant Green, Puck, Bay Hilton, New-
ington, Astrologus, Cotswold, Pretty Boy, Coroner, The
Prince, Leamington, Forbidden Fruit, Aleppo, Wandering
Willie, and Dramatise.
Twenty-four ran. Value of the stakes,.£s.97s. 'Admiral
Harcourt is the owner of the winning horse.
The other events or the day were thus disposed of :
THE TOWN PLATE.

Weathercock.
Vulcan

Eight ran.

THE BENTMCK PLATE,
Rip Van Winkle
Torn Burke
Englemere _

Typee

Sideebox
Coroner .

Four ran.

THR EPSOM PLATE.

LATEST BETTING,

OAKS.
2 to 1 agst Mincepie
4 ... 1 ... Mermaid
Kalipyge is scratched.
THE DERBY, 1857.
10,000 to 300 agst Blink Bonny (taken)
4,000 ... 100 ... Bel Oiseau

Lord J. Russell is preparing to leave England for a
lengthened residence in Switzerland and Italy.

Orders were received at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, for
paying off and dismantling a number of gunboats and
mortar vessels.

The morning papers contain leading articles approving
of the verdict in Palmer's case, and the manner in which
the proceedings have been conducted.
FOREIGN 0 FFICK, May 21.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. George Knehmer as Consul-
general in England, for his Majesty the Emperor of all
the Russias.

The Simla, steam transport, arrived at Spithead on
Tuesday night, from Scutari, with 469 cavalry officers
and 297 horses. The Orinoco arrived the same day,
with nearly 600 men and above 250 horses, from the
East.

The _Daily .2Vews says, owing to continued severe
indisposition, Mr. Baron Platt is said to have, yesterday,
tendered his resignation Mr. Watson, Q.C. and M.P.,
is already spoken of as likely to be the new Baron of the
Court of Exchequer.

SUSPECTED IVlutinna.—Margaret Jones, the under-matron
of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Swansea, is in custody
on a charge of murdering her male infant by smothering it
under the bed clothes. Joseph Maslen, and another female,
are also in custody as implicated in the clime

BAPTISM OF THE FEFRCH IMPERIAL PHINCE.—The
following are some few details of the preparations now
in progress at Notre Dame for the baptism of the Prince
Imperial. The whole of the church will be decorated
with paintings, to harmonise with the style of the build-
ing, and all the windows filled with coloured glass, so
as to throw a soft light over the interior. The keystones
of the vaulted roof, and the capitals of the columns
will be gilded. In the centre of the transept, and
on an estrade approached by six steps, will be placed
on the right and left the legate, the archbishop, the
cardinals, the prelates, and the other dignitaries of
the Church. In the centre will be se ,ts for the Em-
peror and Empress, the Imperial Family, the ladies of
honour in attendance, and the ministers. The altar,
which will be placed at the entrance of the choir, will
be covered with a canopy, and on either side in the choir
will be erected tribunes for the ladies of the high pub-
lic functionaries. Between the altar and the prie-dieu
of their Majesties will be placed the baptismal font.
The water for the ceremony will be put in the vase of
St. Louis (now in the Musee des Souverains), and which
will be placed on a table of white marble. The
diplomatic body and the senate will be placed as usual
in the southern transept ; the northern being occupied
by the legislative body and the council of stole. On the
right and left of the nave will be seats for the public.
The orchestra will be placed, as on the occasion of the
marriage of their Majesties, over the grand entrance near
the grand organ. Outside,
front of the central
entrance, will be raised a richly decorated porch, with
masts ormtmented with flags.-904sani.

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DOCK COMMITTEE.---YEsTEBDAy

The weekly meeting of this committee was held yester-
day, this day being sot apart for general rejoicing. Mr.
Francis Shand presided, and the other members present
were—Messrs. Robinson, Palmer, Gregson, Rounthwaite,
Gladstone, Mondell, Smith, Lockett, Anderson, Rankin,
and Evans.

Reports were read from the surveyor, the dockmaster
of the Huskisson dock, and the head constable, regarding
the fire which took place, in the dock mentioned, last
Thursday night. These documents, especially from the
head constable's office, were of great length, and compris-
ing the most minute details, and the names of all parties
engaged. The reading occupied a considerable time.
When at length all had concluded,
Mr. Evans exclaimed : Thank Heaven, it's over.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Gladstone: There is one satisfaction, that even if
you promote all these parties mentioned in the report by
and by, you cannot promote the bugle. (Laughter.) That,
at least, must remain where it is. (Laughter.) [We may
state that the services performed by the sounding of this
warlike instrument were made a prominent feature in the
last of the despatches.]
The Chairman stated, in answer to a question, that the
cause of the fire was scarcely known. The goods in the
dock were French goods chiefly, and it was assumed that
some package containing matches or other combustible
matter must have been among them. So far as could be
ascertained there was an explosion in the very first in-
stance which spread the fire in every direction. They
were very much indebted to the militia, soldiers, and to
Co'. M•Dougall and his officers for the very judicious
assistance which they rendered.
A letter was read from Col. Sir Duncan M'Dongall,
enclosing a statement by the Quartermaster of the Royal
Lancashire Artillery, of injuries received by some of the
men in person and clothing. The letter urged that the
committee should not allow the loss to be borne by these
men, especially as they were about to be disembodied on
the 30th inst. The letter was referred to the committee
of works to consider how the injuries received by the
men might be compensated, and their services rewarded.
Mr. Smith moved a vote of thanks to the colonel and
officers of the regiment•
Mr. Gladstone seconded the motion, which was carried
by acclamation.

-A letter was read from Messrs. Humble, Greyson, and
Co., urging on the committee the necessity of providing
additional graving dock accommodation.

Mr. Evaiis saki there must be a pressure sometimes, as
it would be quite impossible to provide full accommoda-
tion at once in every instance.

Mr. Mondell observed that the want of accommodation
was not caused so much by the increased tonnage as by
the greater size and altered shape and material with
which vessels were now built. Iron vessels required to
go into a graving dock every three months, if in port, to
have their bottoms cleaned.
Mr. Rankin thought additional accommodation might
be obtained by better regulations of the graving docks. _

The letter was referred to the works'-committee, with
a recommendation to the harbour masters' committee to
report upon the subject mentioned by Mr. Rankin.
Four additional water troughs for cattle were ordered
to bu placed respectively in the Nelson, Collingwood,
Clarence, and Trafalgar dock.

It was agreed that the warehouses and offices should be
closed at eleven o'clock this day.

Mr. Glads'one called attention to the rough and incon-
venient state of the pavement on the west side of the
George's dock.
The Surveyor explained that the committee hal under
their charge only ten yards from the sheds, the remainder
being under the care of the health committee.

A-letter was read from Mr. T. K. Hassall, on the part
of the Wallasey local board of health, asking permission
to use one of the lifeboat houses at the magazines as a
temporary receptacle for the bodies of persons found
drowned, whose friends could not be discovered. The
letter was referred to the marine committee.

A letter from Messrs. Pappiani and Mussabini, urging
a reconsideration of the committee's decision upon their
application of the 9;h ult., for a permanent berth for their
steamers, trading bet ween Liverpool and Turkey, was
referred to the harbour—masters' committee.
This concluded the general business.