The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-12 00:00:00

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removal of the night soil, appeared in person, and
made a serious complaint against Mr. Ellison, an-
other contractor, of having removed soil which was
his (Mr. Rose's) property. After a short conversation
the Committee came to the conclusion that Mr.

Ellison had been guilty of the grossest misconduct,
arid they were evidently of opinion that he should
be punished, but the Law clerk intimated that the
Committee was powerless, and that it would be for
Mr. Rose to take steps against Ellison for taking
his property. The health of the town is not in
such a satisfactory state as we have hitherto this

year been called upon to report. The extreme cold

has caused a considerable increase in the mor-

tality ; the deaths being ;244: being 35 more than
last week, and mere than in any week of the pre-

vious three months. The proceedings in the Dock
Committee were merely of a routine character;
nothing of the least importance having transpired.
There is not much variety in our domestic
intelligence this morning. [t will be seen that the
knave Harrison, alias the " Leeds wizard," has at
last met with his deserts. On Wednesday he was
tried at the York assizes on a charge of bigamy,
found guilty, and sentenced by Justice Earle to
four years penal servitude his lordship re-
marking that he was one of the most vile
wretches that ever appeared before him. Lot d
Campbell has been complaining on the bench of the
present state of the law, in respect to cases of
adultery; and from his remarks, we may hope that
some means will be taken at the forthcoming Ses-
sion of Parliament, to alter lulu utut ud tho Amt. in
question. It is high time that something was done
in the matter. The Assizes are still going on, and
the several cases disposed of yesterday will be found
under their proper head. It will be seen that the
Grand Jury were relieved from their' uties ; but be-
fore being finally dismissed, they addressed his Lord
ship on the Ticket-of-leave system and indorsed his

views on the subject, as stated by him in his charge
on Monday.

We would direct attention to a shocking railway
accident, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way, on Tuesday last—a fearful boiler explosion
at Bolton, on the same day ; and a fire at a mill in
Glasgow, whereby property to the extent of £5,000
was destroyed.
Lord Hastings has been making himself
again, ridiculous, at Norfolk. He has been visit-,
iug the Editor of the Norfolk News at his office ;
dared that he wanted to blow out his brains,
and conducted himself in such an ungentlemanly
manner, that he was ultimately turned out.
According to our Irish advices, the funeral of
the late Father Mathew will take place at Cork
this forenoon. The Town Council, together with
the other public bodies, will take part officially in

the melancholy ceremonial. There is nothing new
with regard to the murder of Mr. Little. The

police are still actively engaged in endeavouring to
probe this mysterious affair to the bottom, but as
yet their success has been anything but gratifying.
Ou Wednesday, in the case of the itewcastle Bank
v. M`Dowell, official manager of the Tipperary
Bank, a verdict of £95 000 was taken by consent.
,

The claim of the Newcastle Bank was for .30,000

The agitation against the present exorbitant
amount of the Income Tax has been taken up in

Ireland, and steps are on toot to have public
meetings held immediately both in Dublin and
Belfast on the subject.
The affairs of the Royal British Bank seem as
far from being settled as ever ; and, notwithstand-
ing that the Courts of Chancery and Bankruptcy
have taken them under their protection, it seems
they are not able to afford that shield to individual
shareholders, which has been so much desiderated.
So recently as on Wednesday, a verdict was ob-
tained at Guildhall against one of these un-
fortunate individuals ; and yesterday a petition was
presented, under the arrangement clauses, by Mr.
Gillot, one of the new directors of the Royal Bri_

tish Bank. The object of the proceeding was, of
course, merely to obtain protection, which was
immediately given. Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P.,
who was connected with the swindle on the
shareholders and depositors of this Bank, is at
present engaged selling off his household effects
at Tewkesbury, and is about to bid, farewell to that
borough. The hon. gentleman . hag not yet
favoured the country with his promised account of
British Bank stewardship ; nor has he taken steps
to bring his threatened action against a local
journal, but we certainly ought not to suppose that
he will retire from public life or leave the country
till he fully justifies his own character.
Candidates for Tewkesbury in room of Mr.
Brown have already been mentioned ; and there is
a vacancy for Downpatrick, which Mr. B. Ker,
brother to the member for the county Down, is
anxious to supply, and he is about to return from
St. Petersburg for that purpose. Of Greenwich
we have heard nothing that is reliable, but con-
cerning Southampton we learn that new candidates
are likely to take the field in addition to the many
whose names are before the electors.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1856.

Mr. Williams, M.P., met his Lambeth constis
tuents on Wednesday night, and told them that the
peace with Russia was not a good one, for which
the blame was to be cast upon France. Then, in
the next place, he proceeded to speak in support of
cutting down national expenditure, as if to prove
how thoroughly incapable he is of taking the place
of Mr. Hume in the Houseof Commons. When Mr.
Williams had done speaking, his audience resolved
that the franchise should be extended, that ex■
travagant expenditure should be curtailed, that
the income tax should be opposed, and that there
should be a revision of the ticket.o!..deave system.
The prisoners, Redpath and Kent, accused of
defrauding the Great Northern Railway of various
sums of money, were yesterday placed at the bar
of the Clerkenwell Police Court. The evidence
brought forward was of a similar character to that
offered on Friday last, the nature of -.vhich, it will
be recollected, was to prove certain cases of forgery
against Redpath. The investigation into the
accounts of the Great Northern Railway Company
is still proceeding, and the defalcations are not
expected to exceed the amount we mentioned a
few days ago—viz , £120,000.
The foreign intelligence this morning is interest
ing. The fact of an attempt having been made on
the life of the King of Naples is confirmed, but few
additional particulars are known. His Majesty
received a stab with a bayonet from a soldier. The
wound was slight, and the King was able to con
tinue the review. The population manifested on
the occasion the greatest horror of the regicide.
Speculations are being freely indulged in re-
specting the forthcoming Conference. It seems that
nothing is yet settled as to its object, except that it
is to decide the Ttestion of the frontier regulations.
This is to be done by a majority, which will make
the business very short indeed. There is, how-
ever, a proposal that the Conference should like-
wise lay down a distinct arrangement for the eva-
cuation of the Principalities and the Black Sea,
but it seems that England and Austria cannot be
induced to promise more than that they shall be
willing to evacuate if the Porte desires, a
very different thing from having it settled by
the whole of Europe. Prussia is exerting
herself to get the Neufchatel affair arranged
by the Conference ; and a circular of M.
Manuteuffel is spoken of, setting forth the mea-
sures which Prussia will be constrained to adopt
if nothing be done. According to a Paris paper
of yesterday, the relative position of the depart_
ments is no secret ;—on one side, France, Russia,
and Prussia ; on the other, England, Austria, and
Turkey ; in the middle, Sardinia, which, coinciding
originally with the opinion expressed by France,
is now, it is said, oscillating between the two.
We hear that the Cabinet of Vienna demands
that France should bind herself to vote with
Austria, England, and Turkey on the Bolgrad
question ; but France is said to refuse, though
Count Walewski has made an oral promise to that
effect. Le Nord says that Sardinia will enter the
Congress with untied hands.
i Another very lengthy document is published in
the French papers received last night. It is ono
which comes from the Federal Council of Switzer-
land on the Neufchatel affair. The paper is a
document like that of Russia. The first half of it
aloneextends to more than six columns, and it
contains
an explanation of the arguments that have ,
been brought forward on the Swiss side. The
part of this document which merits most consi-

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The usual weekly meeting of the Health and
Dock Committees were held yesterday. At the
former Mr. Rose, one of the contractors for the

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deration is that which is devoted to prove that the
present state of things is alone practically pos-
sible. . .

The latest news from Constantinople acquaints
us that Anli Paella, the predecessor of Redschid
Pasha in the Vizierate, is to represent the Porte at
Paris. R;za. Pasha, Minister at War, is no longer
a member of Redschid Pasha's Cabinet= so says a
telegraphic despatch. We do not know the reasons
for his retirement, nor whether his successor has
yet been nominated. But at all events the news,
should it be confirmed, proves that the Ministerial
difficulties at Constantinople are not over.
Letters from Malta announce that Admiral Dun-
, das has reeeived'orders not to send any more ships
to the Black.Seauntil further instructions.
We have: repeatedly had to mention movements
of Russian •troops towards the Persian frontier.
We have to-day a telegraphic despatch from St..,
Petersburg, according to which the concentration
of a corps of 50,000 Russians has been edected on
the frontiers of Persia, ready to cross immediately
at the call of-the Shah.
The elections for. the renewal of the Grand
Council in Switzerland have commenced. The
conservatives were full of hope, and it was appre-
hended that disorders would break out at Friburg.
Disturbances had already taken place at Estavayer.

The Madrid Gazette- con'ains a very curious
article in which Marshal Narvaez's Government
seems anxious to free itself from the charge of
hostility to the liberty of the press It denies the
legal eXistence df a censorship, and pretends that
the warnings which the Madrid editors are in the
habit of receiving are meant only for their good ;
and it says that, it they think their cause the right
one, and have courage enough to try the law, they
need not heed these warnings. Such is the Spanish
way of doing things.

THE Grand Duke CONSTANTINE'S letter to Sir
CHARLES NAPIER places Sir ROBERT PEEL in a
most awkward _position ; still, we are at a loss to
understand why Sir CHARLES NAPIER should have
undertaken to fortify All the Russias by declaring
Cronstadt impregnable. It may have been as
much so as Sebastopol. Our ►feet was of no use
when directed against granite batteries in the
Black Sea. Yet Sebastopol was reduced to a
mass of ruins ; and a powerful army, such as
Cronstadt, can never contain, driven out with
round shot alone. And does Sir CHARLES
.pre_
tend to tell Europe that Cronstadt could not be
taken asreadily as its sister fortress in the Eux-
ine ? It would be, hardly fair to preach such a
doctrine in the face of the Allied armies, who
took part in the Crimean campaign. With a
general who knew how to 'commenee a seige'
and knew where to make proper lodgments
around a citadel about to be beleagured, there
would have been no Malakoff and no Redan to

tion" about risking a man -of-war or two in one bold
endeavour to save perishing armies, and bringing
a war of starvation and frightful bloodshed to a
speedy issue.
'the World must learn to care less about diver-
sions which divide an enemy's forces, exhaust his
military chest, render the fnrnishing of timely
succour impossible, and cripple his whole avail-
able strength with% hearty good-will, second only
to the nation's determination to conquer. These
vulgar notions of the science and dry business of
war must be laid aside for something. More. sopo-
rific, mpre rational, and less likely to' detlidliSh
the high dignity of an imperious foe. Civilisa-
tion has to teach us) much, and our naval heroes
appear to be ready to receive all it is expected to
impart to the human understanding in relation to
war; and in these days of transition, it, is most
unjust to fix on one out of many commanders, for
yielding to 'a virtue which was more or less
universal during the Eastern struggle, and for
which others have been promoted and otherwise
handsomely remunerated. Had Sir CHARLES
NAPIER taken Cronstadt, Lord LYJNS and Admi-
ral DUNDAS might have questioned his conduct,
and declared him to be one of the rashest of
sailors breathing. As it is, these popular Admi-
rals have nothing to say ; and why should Sir
CHARLES NAPIER trouble himself about rambling
speeches, which, whether semi-official or not,
make no impression on the country ?

have taken ; and, unless Sir CHARLES NAPIER is
prepared to admit that all we attribute to routine
in the East, was perfectly right, he certainly can-
not pronounce Cronstadt to be beyond all powers
of subjugation. He probably meant to say that
Cronstadt could not be taken by a fleet like that
which he commanded. If this is what he really
meant to convey to the world, it is a great pity
the veteran sailor was not more explicit, He
had no right to declare simply that that pile of
stone and mortar, which appears to sit like an
incubus on his mind, was impregnable.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER ought to have considered
the possibility of the same combination of forces
being employed against Cronstadt, which reduced
Sebastopol to submission despite all odds. The
squabbling of individuals is a matter of very little
moment to the public. Sir ROBERT PEEL may
deserve all Sir CHARLES says of him ; hut the
country will never think of the gallant Admiral
as Sir ROBERT PEEL does. The latter is no

authority on naval affairs—the former is, and a
high one too. We question if BLAKE has left
a more undying impression of the irresistible
valour of a British tar on the naval mind of the
Peninsula, or NELSON a more profound respect
for the flag of England in the Mediterranean,
than Sir CHARLES NAPIER has. Whatever he
says goes forth, therefore, with great weight ; and
his opinions respecting the Baltic fortress, may
lead Russia and her sympathisers into grevious
mistakes. • Cronstadt must, indeed, be a " Tower
of Strength," if it could withstand the moun-
tains of iron we threw into Sebastopol, and it

THE late chairman of the Water Committee
retired under a pledge that we should receive
a supply of water from Rivington within
two months; and Mr. Alderman COOPER takes
his office, with an assurance from his sup-

porters, that we shall have the water, for
which we are now, and have been for some
months, paying rates, in January next. We
will not allow the heart to grow sick at these
repeated disappointments of hope. We shall

have the liquid guano, adulterated, as a matter of
course, with sand, as soon as it arrives, and not
before. Monster jobs will not always work
smoothly ; and this is one of the incorrigibles
which baffles all experience in hydraulics, and
all the Ordinary exertions and foresight- of a
Corporation. There appears, indeed, to be some
supernatural fatality about the undertaking,
Think of the very rocks having been " com-
pletely uplifted," as Mr. JAMES HOLME calls it !
Who ever heard of little springs becoming so
troublesome to a really experienced engineer,
and a no less enlightened and watchful commit-
tee ? Making a goit, or common embankMents,
where modest little brooks run along from dimi-
nutive jets or pools of water is, however, danger-
ous work. These aqueous urchins will " uplift
"rocks" if they are not properly attended to ;
and we know that there is one of these neglected,
pigmies in the great Rivington goit, which will
cause a considerable divergence in the waters of
the Pike at no distant period.
The Council seem to think that they are not
responsible for these oversights and costly mis-
takes. They throw the blame, and with some
show of justice, on the shoulders of their
engineers—Mr. STEPHENSON and Mr. HAWKES-
LEY; but they no sooner do so than they assert
that " engineers cannot look into the bowels of
the earth," and a leakage arising from some
smothered spring, and water accumulating from
other sources, cannot be foreseen ! This is all
mere nonsense. Every practical man knows
how to look into the bowels of the earth suffi-
ciently far to secure a proper foundation for his
work. He knows what to do with springs and
running water. Neither Mr. STEPHENSON nor
Mr. HAWKESLEY need hope to get out of any
responsibility which rests upon them in any such
way ; and, since the additional cost, delay, and
inconvenience the public have been put to, which
are attributed to the engineers engaged on the
works, it would be well for the Council to apply
to those gentlemen for a detailed report of the
exact condition and prospects of this deplorably
ill-managed scheme. When their report shall
have been received, it would be well for the
town, or one or two of the Wards, to employ a
competent engineer to go over the whole of the
works. This would enable the Ratepayers to
get at the actual state they are in, and it ought
to be done with as little delay as possible, as it
appears by Mr. JAMES HOLME'S statement, that
" the Water Committee expect that in a very
" short time the pumping engines will be
" stopped."
To attempt to take such 'a step before the new
works and supply are thoroughly tested, would
be most improper ; and, until something is done
by the Ratepayers to ascertain what condition'
the job is in, it will be impossible to estimate the
extra cost to which the Borough may be put.. It
is quite evident that the Water Committee can-
not give the information required to enable those
out of the Council to judge of what is really
going on. The wretched undertaking cannot
now be abandoned ; but, it should not be

must surely be within range of some spot of
earth. It may have its Garden and White
Tower Batteries, and even a Redan and Malakoff-
accommodation for a large force within its walls,
trenches, covered-ways, out-kanking forts, heavy
and long-range guns, infernal machines, and
mines ready _ to spring at any moment. But,
" what of all that ?" ask our Crimean heroes.
" Place them between us and Sir CHARLES
"NAPIEn's fleet, and we will ere long render a
" good account of them all." Europe fortunately
knows this, and we have, consequently, less to
apprehend from the very impolitic expression of
Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S opinion.
With regard to what the British fleet may
think of all that has been told about the impreg-
nability of Muicovite batteries, we notice some
slight difference of opinion. The readers of
naval history, who are filled with the daring and
genius of BLAKE, NELSON, and DUNDONALD, do
not feel disposed to endorse all Sir CHARLES
NAPIER has said. They think that something
may be done by our " Wooden Walls" after the
manner of our great sea warriors of former days ;
and the nation does not despair of finding a man
who will, should an opportunity occur, place Sir
CHARLES NAPIER in the position in which the
gallant Admiral has laboured so long to fix
Sir ROBERT PEEL—by their achievements
before Cronstadt. Granite is harder than
wood ; but iron shot, and plenty of it, do
wonders, as the Russians know full well. It is
quite clear, however, that the Admiral who suc-
ceeded Sir CHARLES NAPIER in the command of
the Baltic fleet, left Crodstadt just as he found
it. This is a striking point in favour of Sir
CHARLES. The latter wanted gun-boats, the
former had a fleet of them. They could do great
execution before Sweaborg, but they were no-
where when looking on Cronstadt. Sir CHARLES
needs no court of enquiry to clear up this portion
of the British fleet's campaigns in the Gulf of
Finland. If he was cautious, the commander
who succeeded him was doubly careful as far as
Cronstadt is concerned ; and all that remains to
be said is, that the Russo-Turkish, struggle will
teach posterity how to prize their ships, and how
to reward the household discretion of their great
captains. There is too much of "over-specula-

suffered to entail any more debt on
the town than is absolutely necessary. The
pipes may be nearly all laid, and everything
approaching completion, but still we have but
little faith in the pipe system. We must wait
until the whole are charged and in full opration
before we can believe one tithe of what we hear.
We all know what corrosion will do with iron ;
and if only one joint in the mains gives way
under the high pressure which will be upon
them, the expense of repairs, to say nothing of
the damage to property which may ensue, will
be very great. Mr. Alderman PA RKER has said
that it will, take 40,0001. to stop a leakage which
has already occurred. This is a serious item to
come in as an affix to the surplus over the
original estimates which have already been paid ;
and yet the bursting of one pipe might involve
the town in a much larger cost to repair damages
to property. In a word, the entire scheme is a
most frightful abortion, and we would not have
the public take Mr. Alderman COOPER'S word
that the quantity of the Pike water tallies with
his very amiable and respectable appearance.