The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-20 00:00:00

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AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAILS, WHITE STAR LINE.
Under Contract with the Postmaster-General to sail for Melbourne

WASHINGTON LINE OF PACKETS.
LIVERPOOL 0 NEW YORK.
PACKET OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF JUNE.
Loading in Bramley-Moore Dock.
Wods received until Midnight of Monday, the 23d inst
The fine new American Packet-ship.
UNCLE JOE,
J. M. BOURN, Commander.
RATHBONE, BROTHERS, & CO.

on the 20th of every month. 4

GOLDEN ERA
MERMAID....
WRITE STAR.

Tons Burthen
1649
......1320,
2469....

Commanders.
Brown
. E. Devey

To Sail.
20th June.
20th July.
.20th-Ang.

Forwarding Passengers to Sydney, Geelong, Adelaide, Hobart
Town, and Launceston, &c., at a through rate, and by Steamers
when practicable.'
PACKET OF THE 20TH JUNE
FOR MELBOURNE,

Apply to

P'S\ The celebrated Clipper ship,
OLDEN ERA,
H. A. BROWN, Commander.
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magnificent ship, now on her third Voyage to the Australian
des, will be despatched punctually as above, with Her
,ajesty's Mails, Cargo, and Passengers. She has proved herself
exceedingly fast, and has most superior accommodation for Pa. Ben-
gers of all classes. Her cabins are very large, and elegantly fitted.
Captain Brown has received very flattering testimonials for his
ki:idnees and attention to passengers. Early application for Freight
or Passage shoAd be made to secure room. Ap
PILKINGTON & WILSON, 17, Water-

•ht by the Mall Steamers to

Gfaa and Boatcn, and to Nev

YOrk direct, J 64

Colonies

Freight on Parcels

ach and upwarda;accordin

nslgnees, collected and made up in single
packages, addressed to one party for delivery In America, for the
payment of fre;ght, will, upon exam nation
be charged with the proper freizbt.
AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL

PA Xi: Ls for different

En America by t'
BRITISH

,e ownen,,

NI SHIPS

t, Liverpoc

" BLACK BALL " LINE OF BRITISH AND
AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL PACKETS.
Under contract with H. M. Government to convey the Royal Malls
to Australia.
SAILING ON THE FIF t H OF EVERY MONTH.
LIVERPOOL TO MELB OITRNE,
Forwarding Passengers by Steam to all ports in Australia, Tas-
mania, an i New Zealand, at ship's expense.
(l'akinct Gozds for GsaLono.,
PACKET of the sth of JULY. "
Taking goods up to the 2nd of July, if not previously full,

The Magnificent New Clipper-ship
MORNING LIGHT,

J. GILLIES, Commander,

ons register

500 tons thirthen ; A 1 at Lloyd's; coppered and

From B

THE NORTHERN TIMES.-lIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

Germano.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVI
AND HAMBURG DIRECT.

Taking Goods for Harburg and Altona.
By the Union Steam Company's First-class
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4 • IltsN
UNION. Screw Steamsh!ps
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380 tons Captain BALSTON.
5AX0N.......... 450 Captain BROWN.
8R1T0N......... 450. —Captain SEARL.
The Stearnship
ITN ID N,
Is intended to be despatched from the Nelson Dock, Liverpool, for
Hamburg, on SATURDAY, the 21st instal --
And from Hamburg on the I Olb imtar
Bonded Goods must be shipped th ra3
Freights by these Steamers oill be low d
information apply to
WM. LAIRD & CO., Agents, 23, C

,t. at Noon
d Ist of Jul

)etore sailing.
—For further

Liverpool

DOGS AND THE DOG DAYS

TO THE EDITOR OF. THE NORTHERN, TIMES.

Sir,—" Prevention is better than cure," so says the adage,
and thus " the wit of one has become the wisdom of the
many." It is thus that each successive generation is wiser
than the generation that preceded it—for each inherits the
wise sayings and the wise doings of the generations that
have gone before it. It is thus that a child of the present
day travels by 'rail at the rate of 30, or even 60, miles per
hour, or is wafted across the ocean in one of our gigantic
iron transatlantic steamers, or hears of winged messages
passing, as swift as lightning, from one part of the world
to another, with little or no amazement. The child
has been born in the midst of these almost miracles,
and he has become accustomed to them, as so many men
and women become accustomed to the rising and the
setting of, the sun, to the flowing and the ebbing of
the tides, as matters of course that they have ceased to
be wonders—to be enduring marks of that infinite
wisdom, which is beyond our comprehension, by reason
of its very infinity. Let the great grand parents of the
present generation be suddenly brought, back from their
graves, fast bound in all the prejudices of their age, as
Lazarus, bound hand and foot in grave clothes, and let
some supernatural breath blow upon their dry bones,
until their skeletons appeared, and their sinews and flesh
assumed the accustomed form and symmetry of man, and
then, what exclamations of wonder and surprise I then,
how completely would the beholders perceive, and
the listeners realise, that their lot had been cast
in good and pleasant times ; that, verily, the
present generation was both wiser and more happily
circumstanced, than others that had preceded it. But it
IS high time, sir, that I make an application of the adage
with which I commenced my remarks. We are approach-
ing the dog days, and concurrently with these, the season
of dread. arising from, the fear of mad dogs. Now, among
other causes of hydrophobia, may not the chief cause be,
in the first instance, the very want of that water, which
subsequently is so disliked, and disregarded. I have
passed some time in the colony of Demerara, where the
thermometer is constantly at €0 to 85 in the shade, and
yet I do not remember ever to have heard of the case of
a mad dog. lam inclined to attribute the colony's
exemption from this curse to the plentiful supply
of water to be obtained by the canine tribe,
in every direction, both in the town, and in the coun-
try. The land is as flat as the top of a drum, and
this necessitates its intersection in every direction by
trenches to secure the land from being little better than a
swamp: Moreover, the flatness of the land enables navi-
gable canals to be readily cut for the transportation of
the canes, and the produce of the cane ; and dry indeed
Must the weather be, when, from these sources, a thirsty
dog cannot slake its thirst. But how stands the case in
England—especially in our large towns There is no
provision made to supply the lower animals with water.
It is only lately that in our own town provision even has
been made to supply the wayfaring man with water by
the wayside. lam glad to see that the public fountains

are being multiplied—but how easily could each fountain
have at its Toot, imbedded in the wall to be more conve-
nient, a trough, which might receive, and retain to a- cer-
tain height, the overflowings of the fountain above. To
these, the lower animals in the hot days of summer,
oppressed with heat, and their throats irritated by the
dust, raised by the foot-falls of many a passer by, wonld
continually resort, and by finding a supply of water might

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cease to run mad. If, sir, there is wisdom in the English
proverb with which I commenced my epistle, there is also
wisdom iu the Latin proverb with which, by your leave,
I will conclude it—" Bis dat qui cito dat."—Yours, &c.,
June 19, 1856. THE NORTHERN.

The Times publishes an article on American affairs,
but it does not present any new point, and contains no
new fact

TILE LEICESTER ELEcrioN.—On Wednesday, Mr.
Biggs, the late mayor of Leicester, was elected represen-
tative for that borough, in the room of the late Mr.
Gardner. There was no opposition.

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORICI:—ME. J. A. Roebuck, M.P.,
the newly appointed Chairman to the Administrative
Reform Association,ls to preside at a public meeting of
that body to be held on Saturday next at the London
Tavern.
SIR Jones PATTESON.—It has been determined by the
town and University authorities of Cambridge to present
the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson with a piece of plate, as a
testimony of regard and gratitude towards him for his
able and impartial adjudication in the disputes between
the two bodies. The testimonial is to cost 300 guineas.
ALLsor's WAX-wpax COLLECTION.—We beg to dra w
the readers attention to a very characteristic and life-like
figure of the wretched culprit Palmer, now exhibiting at
the Teutonie-hall, Lime-street. It was modelled during
the trial at the Old Bailey, by a celebrated London artist,
Mr George Ewing. Those who have seen the prototype
have pronounced the copy to be perfectly unique, and
singularly faithful in its delineation.
AMERICAN THEATRICALS.—The news of the success
achieved by. Mrs. Florence in her representation of Ame-
rican characters at Drury Lane Theatre having reached
New York, we are led to expect a further importation of
Yankee eccentricity in,the persons of Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Williams, whose reputation is of high standing among the
dramatic circles of the States. Dir. and Mrs. Williams

arrived here on Wednesday last, in the Baltic steamer,
from New York.—En. N. T. 3

MEMORIAL OF AGINCOURT.—The Progres 'du pas de
Calais says :—" A subscription is being formed for the
erection of a chapel at Agincourt in honour of the victims
of that battle. It is known that amongst the dead were
8,000 knights and esquires, more than 100 baronets, 7
counts, the Dukes of Brabant, Bar, and Alengon, and the
constable and Admiral of France. The subscription is
being received by a 'Franco-Belgian commission, which
includes the highest names of the two-countries."
LAW CLERKS' SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening, the
24th commemorative festival of the members and patrons
of the United Law Clerks' Society, took place at the
Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-
fields, Mr. Roundell Palmer, M.P., in the chair, sup-
ported by the Lord Justice Knight Bruce, the Lord
Justice Turner, Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, r. Serjeant
Parry, Mr. Rigby Seymour, &c. The guests numbered
in all upwards of 200 gentlemen, nearly the whole of
whom were members of the legal profession.
Tne TIPPERARY BANK.—On Monday Master Murphy
ordered that 2s. in the pound be paid to the creditors
whose claims are admitted. These amount to the sum'of
£240,379. For the purpose of the dividend there is to the
Credit of the official manager £25,000. A cheque was
signed for the required amount. This proceeding will get
rid of so much of the fund which presented a tempting
bait to litigants, if it were only for their costs. The
Master of the Rolls has decided against• the appeal of Mr.
Vincent Scully, and next gave judgment on the appeal of
Mr. Wilson Kennedy. The Master's order was confirmed.
OPENING OF THE DIRECT MAIDSTONE RAILWAY.—On
Wednesday morning the new line of railway, via Strood,
on the North Kent line, to Maidstone, was opened for
general traffic. It passes through the valley of the
Medway —a most picturesque and diversified country—
and there are stations at Shrobland, Cirreton, and Ayles-
ford. The journey was performed on Wednesday in
two hours and a half, being a saving of one hour and a
half compared with the journey by the South Eastern
line. The Chatham and Maidstone mails will be for-
warded for the future by this route instead of the South
Eastern Railway,
I 'A:a INDIA COMPANY,---OR Wednesday afternoon a quar-

neral meeting of the proprietors of this comriany

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(it:, field at their house in Leadenliall-street, Colonel Sykes,
tthairman of the board of directors, presiding. The
flicial business was of a merely formal character. The
oh) wing resolution—" That the divisional allowances due
)c ht, late Sir John IVl‘Graskell, for his services in Affghan-
;tan, under Sir George Pollock, be paid to his widow,"
ros proposed by Mr. John Jones, and after some discus-
init. negatived. The same proprietor also proposed the

„,towing resolution, which was negativedL.” That the
exaction of 12 per cent. interest on arrears of land revenue
in the Madras Presidency, is a severity that ought to be
abated."

HERO MEMORIALS IN THE CRIMEA.—We learn from
Sebastopol that the various monuments and cemeteries
are progressing towards completion and neatness. The
inscriptions on the obelisk between the fifth parallel awl
the salient angle of the Redan is " In memory to (sic)
those who fell in the trenches, and in the assaults upon
the Redan." The cemetery of the 2nd Brigade, Light
Division, on the Woronzoff•road, close to the Old Picquet
House, attracts hundreds on a Sunday, and during the
last few days a beautiful obelisk has been erected, on
which an inscription in Russian and English is being cut
to the memory of the 19th, 77th, 88th, 90th, and 97th regi-
ments. A monument, with a large cross at top, has been
likewise erected, at a little distance off, to the memory of
the 7th, 23rd, 33rd, 34th, and 2nd Battalion of Rifles,
forming the Ist Brigade.

THE RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.-At a meeting
held at Brighton on Monday, the Bishop of Jerusalem
(Gobat) delivered a lengthened address on " The State
and Prospects of Protestant Christians in Palestine and
Abyssinia ;" and in the course of his oration he alluded fo
the recent firman issued by the Sultan as to the rights of
Christians in Turkey. His lordship observed that it was
considered by some a source of great hope ; but those who
were acquainted with the Turkish character, and the
pachas of that country, expected nothing to result from
it, unless England compelled the Turkish Government to
keep her own laws. It was the duty of the English Govern-
ment to see that those laws were acted upon, by sending
eiVcient and qualified Cunsuls everywhere, who would be
firm as to their enforcement ; or, otherwise, Europe would
be deceived.

FATAL' RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday, Mr.
Wakley, coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the
Lord High Admiral, Agar Town, on the body of William
Thompson, late a plate-layer in the employment of the
Great Northern Railway Company. It appeared from
the evidence that on Saturday evening deceased, return-
ing from his work at Holloway, went by way of the
Copenhagen tunnel. Whilst in the tunnel, a train
approached from York, and the unfortunate man was
struck by the engine and killed on the spot. The jury
returned a verdict of " accidental death," appending to
their verdict a strong recommendation to the company
that in future no one be allowed to pass under the tunnel.
—The second case was that of a young man, named
Wood, who came by his death while attending as stoker
to .a comrade on the Lon-don and North Western
Railway. As he was passing along the framework of
the engine he became entangled in the machinery, and
an hour elapsed before he could be released. When
conveyed to the hospital, amputation of one of the legs
took place, and on the following day he died,