The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-04 00:00:00

--LIVERPOOL MONDAY.

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THE P.a.EMIER AT FISHMONGERS' HALL,

On Friday evening the ancient company of Fishmongers,
according to custom, Celebrated the "accession of the
family of her present Majesty to the throne of great
Britain by a banquet. Mr. Waudsey; who officiated for
Mr. John Kynalton, Prime Warden, presided; and among
the company were Viscount Palmerston, K.G., the Earl
of Fortescue, K.G., Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, the
wght Hon. Dr. Lushington, the Hon. J. P. Locke King,
M.P., Mr. E. Ball, M.P., Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., &c.
After the usual loyal toasts, the thrae watermen who had
gained the first, second, and third prizes for Doggett's
coat and badge were introduced by the Fishmongers'
Barge-master. Having taken their places in front of the
Prime Warden, the Barge-master was asked if the match
had been fairly won, and the answer being in the affirma-
tive, a few words of compliment and encouragement were

expressed by the Warden to the principal winner, G. W.
Everson, accompanied by a !note weleome present of a
bottle of port wine for himself and another for his "gal,"
as he called her in reply to the question, Have yeti a wife
or sweetheart? The same agreeable ceremony passed in
reference to the other two, each having a " gal" to receive
the second bottle of wine, and this part of the business
being terminated,
The Chairman proposed " The Health of her Majesty's
Ministers." (Cheers.)
Lord Palmerston rose to acknowledge the toast amid
great cheering. He said t Mr. Prime Warden, my Lords,
and Gentlemen,—l beg, for myself and colleagues, to
return you our most sincere thanks for the kind manner
in which you have been pleased to propose our healths,
and the flattering manner in which you, gentlemen, have
had the kindness to receive it. I assure you, gentlemen,
that nothing can be dearer to the hearts of her Majesty's
government than to receive such proofs, and expressions
as it has been my good fortune now to witness of the good-
'will and good opinion of large bodies of our fellow-country
men. The Prime Warden has been kind enough to speak
in very handsome terms of the conduct of her Majesty's
government during the arduous period of time which has
just elapsed ; and, as far as constant study and the zeal-
ous devotion of our whole time and thoughts and energy
to the public service may entitle us to your good opinion,
we flatter ourselves that in that respect we have
deserved it. (Cheers.) The part which any govern-
ment in this country has to perform in a difficult
time is an easy one indeed, and the more difficult the
circumstances the easier is the task they have to dis-
charge, because there never was a period in which a
nation displayed such a noble determination and such an
honourable public spirit—such a determination to unite
and to afford to those who have to conduct public affairs
every possible means for vindicating the national honour
and asserting the -national rights—as the British nation
has manifested at the present thee. There never was a
period, too, at which the country has been ruled by a
Sovereign who has sympathised more with the people she
governed, or who was more ready to give hand and thought
with them in the common cause. (Hear, hear.) There-
fore the task that has fallen during the late war to the
government has been perfectly easy. They have only had
to accept the means that a generous people have placed
at their disposal, and to direct that gallant army and navy
which have been ready and competent to undertake any-
thing that human nature could enable them to achieve.
(Hear.) My hon. friend the Prime Warden has adverted
to the terms of peace. I think that they have been found
satisfactory, and that the more they have been reflected
upon, the more they have been found to accomplish all the
legitimate objects for which the war was undertaken.
(Hear, hear.) My hon. friend has touched upon some
topics which were calculated to excite regret rather than
satisfaction—of causes which we were unable to advocate,
of interests which we were unable to serve; but however
the generous feelings of the nation may point to sufferings
which they might wish to relieve, or miseries which they
might wish to put an end to, yet in human affairs we
must consider what we are able to do, and we must not
be led on, even in a loyal and generous spirit. to attempt
ends which we are not able to accomplish. And it may be
necessary to remember that, in attempting things that are
beyond our means; we may be attempting impossiblities
which may do more harm than good to those whom we may
seek to serve. Gentlemen, it is gratifying to me to feel
that I am an honorary member of this ancient corporat ion-
I cannot boast of any other c3nnection with this corn .
pa.ny ; but it is a satisfaction to me to think that I am
a member of an association which has reckoned among its
members some of the most distinguished men who have
been the ornaments of this country, and which has been
remarkable for its liberality of opinion and its constitu-
tional principles at a time when examples of this liberality
were not so frequent as at the present day. It is needless
to remind those who are your guests to-day that this asso-
ciation, independent of its great antiquity and merits, is
one of the best landlords to be found in the sister country.
(Cheers.) There is no society which has administered a
great property in Ireland in a more benevolent spirit to
its tenantry—which has expended its revenues in a more
enlightened spirit for the improvement and advancement
of those who live upon its estates, and which has, there-
fore, been more entitled to the aclmirantion of the country.
I may also be permitted to say that circumstances con-
nected with the present moment render the present invi-
tation more particularly agreeable to some of us. 'We who
are members of the house of parliament sit at a table not
so well stored with things refreshing to the mind and body
as we find here—(laughter)—and we sit also for hours,
days, and nights in an assembly which is not quite so
unanimous as that which I have now the honour to ad-
dress. (Laughter.) But finding value in contrast, and
with every possible respect for that assembly—of which
I can only speak handsomely since they have, during this
great struggle, behaved as honourably and as nobly as
the people they represent; yet I must say that the occu-
pations of this evening are fully as agreeable as those in
which we have recently spent so many hours. The noble
viscount concluded by proposing " The Health of the
Prime Warden," which was drunk with every mark of
respect.
The Prime Warden returned thanks, and proposed the
toast of " The City of London, its Corporation, and Com-

merce."
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose acknowledged the toast.

aay we E

EMIGR&TION FROM LIVERPOOL DURING

JULY,

The emigration statistics collected by Captain Schom-
berg and his officials during the past month, exhibit an
increase in the number of emigrants of about 3,000, as
compared with the corresponding eight months of last
year. Daring July of this year, the departures (under
the Emigration Act,) were—To the 'Lifted States, 19
ships, carrying 106 cabin, and 6,417 steerage passengers ;
to Canada, I ship, (the Admiral Boxer, of 1,116 tons,.
despatched by Sabel and Curtis for Quebec,) carrying
3 cabin, and 415 s,,ecrage passengers ; to New South
Wales, 1 ship, carrying 4 cabin, and 316 steerage passen-
gers; to Victoria, 7 ships, carrying 46 cabin, and 1,872
steerage passengers—a total of 28 ships, 159 cabin, and
9,5 a steerage passengers; of whom 2,849 were English,
615 Scotch, 5,176 Irish, and 410 foreigners. Of the 1,918
who went to Australia, 1,115 were English, 237 Scotch,
429 Irish, and 91 were foreigners. Of vessels not coming
under the operation of the act, (such as mail steamers, &c.)
there were despatched—to the United States, 17 ships,
with 968 passengers ; to Canada, 4 ships, with 555
passengers; to New Brunswick, 1 ship, with 22 passen-
gers; to Nova Scotia, 1 ship, with 16 passengers; to New
South Wales, 1 ship, with 10 passengers ; to Victoria, 1
ship, with 5 passengers; to Africa, 1 ship, with 20 passen-
gers ; to West Indies, 1 ship, with 9 passengers, making
altogether 27 ships and 1,605 passengers, or a total
emigration for the month of 10,814 passengers carried in
55 vessels. The following is a list,of. the, Anslralian.
departures : . Effirrillopnok

Date. Name Tong.Pa"en-Destlnation. Despatched by
- gers. I
1 Almora 1,107 440 Melbourne Gould & Davis.
3 Vocalist
5 Morning Light 2,377 60g Melbourne ~
2'2 Mermaid 1,233 274 ~ Pilkingtou & Wilson.
23 Mack Swan .. 8)5 88 ~ Keso.
23 Eagle
31 Merlin...... __ 1,030 150 1, Jame, Walthew.
31 Fulwood 1,160 136 it henry Fox.

LIBEL.-+ On Friday a verdict, awarding £4OO damages
to Mr. Duncan M‘l.aren, was given in the Edinburgh.
Jury Court against Mr. Ritchie proprietor of the Scotsman
ncwspaper, fur the publication of a libel on that gentleman.
The case arose out of the late election for Edinburgh, in
whit!' Mr. Adam Black was the successful candidate.
Caledonian Mercury.

SENTENCE ON THE REV. PATRICK KING

At the Warwick assizes on Thursday evening the Rev.
Patrick Ring, who had been acquitted on the charge of
attempt to murder but was convicted of an assault upon
a child, as reported in our paper of Saturdry, was brought
up to receive sentence. Mr. Justice Cresswell, addressing
the prisoner, said f--Patrick king, I. have to discharge a
most painful duty in passing Sentence upon a clergyman of
the Church of England for a very serious misdemeanour
indeed. From the wording of the indictment, which
charges you with a common assault, it might seem of a►
trivial "character, because there was no bruise or bodily
harm inflicted upon this infant.; but, when the nature o f
the assault is considered—that it involved the exposure of
that child by the side of a road, the desertion of that child,
and that you must have been acting either without the
consent of the ►bother or as agent to a wicked mother in
deserting that child, and leaving it on a public road.--the
offence assumes a very serious aspect.. One can raney the

strong feeling which may have Misled you on the occa-
sion ; but. if we are not led to expect from a dlergyman of
the Church of England that he can resist temptation such
as that of commit lug an offence of a

)ect of t hose who, without ed

religious instruction.

opted to ecr

)g with infan

children in such a mans:
possible rtinftner the duty which I feel incumbent on me in

.chirge in the light

s I do, to imprisonment in the gaol' of
The prisoner then bowed

sentencing you
this county for six mon„
and retired.

CONVICTION FOR MURDER

At the Bodmin assi2ea, on Thursday, William Nevan
was convicted for the wilful murder of Benjamin
Robinson, at Saltash, on the Ist of June. The circum-
stances of the case appeared to be these :—Deceased was
serjeant-major of the guard on board the Runnymede
convict ship, and the prisoner was a corporal under him.
For several months there would appear to have been a
strong feeling existing in the mind of the prisoner against
the serjeant-major, who was a smart and active officer,
and he had found it necessary to remonstrate with
those under him if they 'neglected their duty, and
among whers he had found it his duty to remon-
strate with the prisoner. Thes-i remonstrances pro-
duced a strong effect on the mind of the prisoner,
and he had been heard to say that if he found fault
with him he would put a bullet in his musket, and put
it ino him. On the afternoon of Sunday, the Ist of
June, the serjeant-major bad the men on parade, and
examined their firelocks, &c. It was the duty of the
men after this inspection to take their fire!

s down

below ; they were loaded, but not capped. After the
inspection on the afternoon of the Ist of June, arid after
the'other men had gbnc below, the prisoner for some
reason remained on deck, with his firelock in his band,
and he was seen to put a cap upon it. The serjeant-
major then told the prisoner to call a man named
Sullivan. The prisoner called Sullivan, who came up
and went towards the sergeant•major, who was on the
poop The prisoner followed Sullivan, and went, up the
poop ladder, and then placed his musket on his hip,
levelled it at the sergeant-major,-and fired. The ball
struck the sergeant-major in the abomen. Ile exclaimed,
"Oh, God ! I am shot," and fell dead. The prisoner
ran down the poop ladder, where he was seized. He said,
" Let me go, I have done it, but T was drove to it." The
same afternoon the prisoner stated to an inspector of the
police, " If I did it, it was an accident; I did not know my
gun went off at first. It caught the hencoop, and went
off by accident ; but the serjeant—major threatened be
would get nay pension taken away. At the time it was
done I was not rigt. At times Ido not know what I
do." The prisoner afterwards said to a man named
Richardson," You have been the cause of this."

The above are the facts as proved in evidence by the
witnesses who were called on the part of the prosecution.
Mr. Baron Martin then summed up, calling upon the
jury to decide this important case entirely upon the
evidence. They had heard the witnesses and seen their
demeanour.

The jury having retired for some time, returned a
verdict of Guilty.

Ou hearing this, the prisoner looked upwards, and,
clasping his hands together, uttered some words appa-
rently of prayer, and just afterwards, audibly breathed
the words, " Lord, have mercy upon me ! " The judge,
who was deeply. affected, proceeded to. say—l do not
see bow any other verdict could be returned. Ido not
mean to pain your mind by any lengthened address.
Yo❑ mast be conscious that it was wrong to take the life
of another, and what the legal consequences were. A
document has been forwarded to me from the town of
Tuam, of which I suppose you are a native. I refer to
it only to say to you take no advantage from it, but make
us of the short time you have to live in preparing to die.
I shall. forward the document to the Home Secretary to
take the Queen's pleasure on it, but I do not think
there is anything in the statement to induce the Secre-
tary of State to interfere in the case, and I therefore
wish and urge upon yon to prepare for that fate which
awaits you, and to embrace that assistance which I
know will he readily afforded you in this county for that
purpose. The learned judge then passed sentence in the
usual form, and on coming to the words, " and may the
Lord have mercy on your soul !" his voice rtltered, and
it was with considerable difficulty his lordship completed
the sentence. The prisoner again clasped his hands and
uttered the words " Lord have mercy on my soul." lie
was then removed from the dock.