The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

Our rep,

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

that " The three last weeks, taking them
" altogether, have been the hottest for the last

"65 years. Meteorologists have opened their
" eyes with astonishment at the thermometer
" ranging, day after day, from 80 to 87 degrees of
" temperature in the shade. Thunderstorms have
"been frequent, but still the temperature of the
" atmosphere has not been materially lowered.
" The results upon the crops have been all but
" miraculous. They have been, as it were,
subjected to the influence of a tropical climate,
" and the consequence is, that all kinds of
" agricultural produce are ripe and ready.'
It adds a reasonable warning against the danger of

epidemic disease, especially cholera, which is said
to have re-appeared in some of the old tracts in
which it has been accustomed to make its way
to us. "In Paris," it continues, " there has been
" a considerable number of deaths from this fell
" disease, and it has also been very fatal in
" Madrid, and in several of the low-lying districts
"of Spain. In St. Petersburg it is again very
" prevalent ; but, with regard to the latter city,
" since its first appearance until the present time,
" in the summer months, it is always prevalent ;
" in fact, the disease in Russia may be regarded
" now as entirely sporadic."
We give the account, from our own reporter, of
a serious accident, imperilling several lives, which
occurred yesterday at the landing-place. Fourteen
boys had crowded into a small boat, and
upsetting, were only saved by a help so prompt
and efficacious that it seemed little short of mira-
culous. A very serious responsibility lies on the
persons who let out boats to boys under such
circumstances, and the recklessness with which
they abuse it calls loudly for a remedy. It is
proper to have it known that the person who let
out the boat in this instance would probably have
been put on his trial for manslaughter, had death
resulted from his interested carelessness.

FRANCE has long since earned for herself the
title of " The Land of Fables." Her fertile brain
is capable of filling the columns of a daily journal
of political novels, larger than any newspaper
published in this or any other country. The
revelations which take place in Paris and the
French provinces, in such quick succession, leave
no room for doubt as to the inventive genius of our
esteemed Allies. And we should not be disposed
to augur any evil to society at large, from the
publication of their extravagant romances, if •it
were not for the fact, that French history proves
they have always been found the immediate
forerunners of some marked change of policy or
lamentable coup cretat With the foul blot which

the publication of such tales of social and political
pollusion as those which have just been promul-
gated with regard to the Marianne, Pere de
Famine, and other secret societies of France,
leave after them on the national character,
we can have nothing whatever to do.
We can only gaze with amazement at the
frightful spectacle such a state of things present
to other nations. Fortunately, the truth of the
memoirs of the Marianne combination has been
" sworn to" only by persons who must have been
for the most part, if not wholly, police agents
Beyond the witnesses " sworn," we only hear of
one man, who after a fit of drunkenness fell into a
state of great despondency, and who, after making
his confessions, on the strength of which ".several
" persons were arrested," committed suicide by
way of confirming his insanity, and demolishing
the entire validity of his evidence. What testi-

mony is there, then, to justify the slander of the
French nation, as we find it in the London Times
of Saturday? There is no denying that there is a
strong feeling in France in favour of a republic,
and that the Riyalists are much divided on dynastic
questions ; but we will not believe that the great
masses of a people who are essentially re-
ligious, and as humane and just as we
are, have so far fallen victims to a base, bloody,
and brutal spell, as to justify every man below the
rank of an Emperor, a Marshal, or a Prefect, being
branded as an assassin, incendiary, and pillager.
Public opinion in this country has no right to
precede history with such revolting imputations.
It is not enough that the Paris correspondent of

the London Times should " consider the source'.
from which he receives his " curious notes" as
" trustworthy." Such " notes" are, in our humble
opinion, counterreits, totally unfit for general
circulation, and undeserving of public credit.
Our cotemporaries " notes " can only tend
to shake the confidence of England and all
the world besides, in the stability of the
national character of our Ally, and the near future
of France.

Christendom feels an instinctive repugnance
—and none of its members more so than the
Fench people—to the taking of oaths "on
" the blade of a freshly ground knife"—refusing
"to lend assistance when a cry of fire" was
heard, " unless it was the property of a
" brother," in a base political combination, " which
" was burning"—and " all the usual terrifying
" paraphernalia of such associations ; the mid-
night meetings in lonely places, the eyes ban-
daged, the naked dagger presented to the throat,
" and the solemn threat of instant death in case of
" disobedience." The bare thought of such a
degraded and brutal state of society, carries us
back further into the darkest eras of man's history
than we can conveniently go, and our cotem-
poraries " notes" will be " curious" indeed, i f
some miraculous concurrence of circumstances
does not prove, ere long, that France is a land of
fierce and untutored barbarians. The " leading
journal" can scarcely wish for so terrible a consum-
mation, to give the intrinsic value of truth to its
" notes." France must brand herself as the parent
of all the atrocities attributed to her before the
world will accept and endorse the counterfeit
paper put into circulation by her worst anemias,
and wily foes, to her prolonged alliance with Great
Britain. In a country with a population of over
36,000,000, there must be many bad subjects,
and not a few weak people who may be ;ed by

I counsel; but what can their united weight b

when compared witil the morality and Christianity
of such a large family of enlightened beings?

arental and religious teaching of ages have

not surely been wholly thrown away on a noble and
generous people. There can be no such collapse
in the great and glorious superstructure of civili-
sation as that predicted for France in the " curious
" notes" of trustworthy authorship. Where they
have emanated from we care not, but we hope they
will not be suffered to operate on our Stock market

so as to give their chroniclers a one per cent
advantage over their less well informed operators
on European credulity. If we are to receive their
publication as a prelude to a more rigid or a
reactionary governmental policy in France, the
only conclusion we can arrive at is, that the ene
mies of the Emperor NAPOLEON have triumphed,
over his Majesty's good sense, and have prepared a
future for France, which is too appalling to
contemplate. If our Ally is to follow-, Spain in
the great chain of reaction—if the French are to
have coups d'etat, their state of siege, and cama-

rilla— what is to become of their trade, commerce,

and industry ? Where is their immense income to
come,from? and how are their huge current lia-
bilities to be discharged? It is ardently to be
hoped that the unpleasant domestic affairs of the
Imperial FaMily are in no way connected with any
line of policy which may have been laid down for
the observance of the Court. These are all matters,
however, which must speedily answer the innumer-,
able surmises which the present anomalous state of
affairs has called forth. Meanwhile, We cannot
receive the " curious note " issues of our London

cotcmporary with too much circumspection, nor
cling, through all time, to our friendly relations
with France, with too much tenacity.

IF "BRITANNIA rules the waves," how is it that
the Liverpool Corporation cannot control the
waters of Rivington Pike ? This is a very
important question, considering the amount of
money that has been spent on the effort, the vain
promises made, and that many of our breweries,
populous courts, awl bath houses have been
threatened with all the evils of drought, and a water
famine. The Pikeists told us that we should have
a drink from the Rivington Guano Spa in the
genial month of April, but HOpe was doomed to her
chronic malady. To relieve the goddess in her

anguish, July, the sunny month of flowers, was
named. It came, and it passed away, with the
other visions of the over sanguine mind. There

was no water forthcoming, and general scarcity
and "personal hardships" were the result. And
after all these things had been endured by the
town, Mr. HoLT stands up in the Town Council on
the 13th of August, and coolly tells the public that
the' waters of Rivington are to visit Liverpool
within the next two months ! These assurances
would be very encouraging if we had not heard

them before, and had never been disappointed.
They would also be still more consoling if they
were backed by a statement of facts, which would
convince the Ratepayers that there will be a suffi-
cient supply to meet all demands when the works
are finished.

Mr. Hour is a high authority on all matters con-
nected with this aqueous enterprise. Mr. ROBERT
SON GLADSTONE very justly remarked at the Council
meeting, of Wednesday, that " the council and the
" town at large were indebted to Mr. HOLT for
" giving so much of his valuable time and

excellent services to the discharge of his
duties as chairman of the water committee."

If Mr. HOLT has nothing more than " time and
" services " at stake in the issue of the Rivington
project, he will have good reason to be thankful,
if we are to judge of its merits by his own
assertions. Mr. HoLT says ;—" The gathering at
" Rivington and the other reservoirs was perfectly
" satisfactory—water was collected there in a great
" body, and during the late heavy rain, the water
" in two of the reservoirs covering 250 acres, and
" 180 acres, increased eight or nine inches, respec-
tively, in a very short time. The works admirably
`` stood the additional test, so that he was glad to
" say there could not be the least doubt of their
" efficiency and completeness. The pipes were
" also nearly all laid, with the exception of one or
"two connecting ones across the railway at Hindly,
" and, in all probability, in the course of a month
" or two—he, for himself, should say two months—
" they would have the water in the town. As to
" the escape of water, it was found to be a matter

" not difficult of
.removal, but rather otherwise. A
" trench was sunk—the water was being pumped
" out, in order that a clay puddle might be put down,
"and the escape would soon be stopped without
" any expense or delay." There is much in this
statement which requires consideration.
Mr. HOLT informs us that there was a great body
of water gathered at Rivington, but he does not
mention the length of time it has taken to gather
it, and while he goes on to express a very positive
opinion as to the success of the tests, and the
" efficiency and completeness" of the works, he
does not hesitate to declare that " the escape of
" water which had taken place was a matter of no

" difficulty, as a trench was sunk—the water was
being pumped out, in order that a clay puddle
might be put down," and all this, according to

his notions of hydraulics, " would soon be stopped
without expense or delay." Now, we must confess
that we are quite at a loss to understand how there
can be an " escape " which requires a " trench,"
and pumps to carry off the troubled waters, and a
" great body of water" remaining, at one and the

same moment. Moreover, we are puzzled to con-
ceive how an idea of the " efficiency and complete-
of large water works can be formed before the
Apes have been laid down, and all the conduits
.ested. It may be necessary to keep Ratepayers
luiet on subjects of such import, but there are
cases in which wild assertions should be avoided
as mush as possible. Should the scheme prove to
be a failure, as many still think it will, the speeches
delivered in the Council on Wednesday will only
add to the public's disappointment and indigna-
tion. Charging a rate for water Which has not

been supplied is rather a novel and unaccountable
procedure, more particularly at a moment when
the Ratepayers only get half the quantity they
Any member of a Corporation who takes
upon himself to speak for an engineer on water
questions, brings a heavy responsibility, not only
on his own-shoulders, but nn those of the whole
body of his colleagues.

Mr. SAMUEL HOLME maintains that there are

three or four miles of water locked up from the
town, and that the " delay in bringing it lute use,
" was caused by a fault somewhere." Mr. HOLME
would find a large majority of Burgesses in every
ward in the Borough, of his opinion with regard to
delaying the supply, but there are very few who

ascribe that evil to the same cause he does.
The pipes must be laid, and the whole scheme set
in motion, before Mr. HOLT, Mr. HOLME, or even
Mr.HAWKSLEY, can venture to tell us the actual
reason of this or that disappointment. It is easy
enough to collect three or four miles of water
in an unusually wet season, but carrying it over
hill and dale for several miles, and keeping up a
large body in distant reservoirs, while an immense
consumption is going on, are very different affairs,

and Mr. F/AWKSLEY'S silence ought to convince
Mr. HOLME and the Town Council of his great
practical knowledge. We give the Pike engineer
all credit for the wise exercise of professional
discretion. It will be time enough for Mr. HA WKS-
LEY to talk at large when the thirst of Liverpool
has been quenched by his labours. If he should
succeed in bringing the water over the high levels
he has to contend with, the Corporation may be
well satisfied, but until this has been done, and the
whole of the works are in full operation, it would
be prudent for the Council to follow the example of
the gentleman who has been intrusted with their
The pipes, some people think, will_nat
answer, and the public will soon begin to believe
that there is really some truth in all that has been
said about them. Pumping out escaping water, and
putting down clay puddles, to keep in the rebelli
ous liquid, are little incompreliensibilities which
form an excellent
_finale to an interminable job and
monster bubble.

execution

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIYERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING

There has been only a moderate demand. for
Cotton to-day, and the tone of the market is with-
out change. The sales amount to 6,000 bales, of
which 2,000 have been taken for speculation and
export.
The imports of the precious metals during the
week comprise-371,332 dols in specie, per Nia-
gara, from New York; 181,000 ozs. gold dxst, and
10,000 sovereigns, per Royal Charter, from Mel-
bonnie ; 6,000/ in specie from the Brazils ; 6,600/.
in gold and silver from the Peninsula; 16,0001. in
silver from Antwerp , and 1.034,634 dols in specie
from New York, making a total import of
1,114,0201. The exports have been chiefly remit-
tances in gold to France.

The official return of the exports of bullion from
the port of London for the week ending Thursday
last, is as follows :—Gold coin—Belgium, 2,000
ozs ; Boulogne, 120 ozs. Gold bars—Petersburg,
886 ozs. Gold bullion—Hamburg, 378 ozs. Silver
coin—Boulogne, 1,000 ozs•
Advices from the foreign wool markets continue
to report a steady trade, and a greater demand for
the raw material by the principal manufacturers
in France and Germany. The improvement has
resulted from the probable increased demand for
woollen fabrics of the finest material, in conse-
quence of the scarcity of silks throughout the
continent. The high prices of raw silk also has
determined several establishments to limit their
production of the manufactured article, it being
generally expected also that the public will rather
patronise fabrics of a different material at a more
moderate cost.

The following is a statement of traffic receipts
of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas-
senger and goods trains for the week ending Ist
Aug., 1856, and for the correspondine period
last year :—Week ending Ist Aug., 1856, total
receipts, 7,8801 13s; per mile per week, 271 17s
Week ending 3rd Aug , 1855, total receipts, 5,6921
19s. 81; per mile per week. 231 12s. Increase:—
Total receipts, 2,187113 s 4d; per mile per week, 4155.
Aggregate gross receipts from the commencement
of current half-year to date, 290,4361 7s 9d; for the
corresponding period last year, 205,8221 Os ld—
all sterling.

The following is the traffics return of the Grand
Trunk Rrilway Company of Canada, for the week
ending 19th July, 1856, and corresponding week,
1855 :-1856, total sterling-5 4041. 13s. 6d.; miles
open, 513 1855, total sterling-4.7111 95 51. ;
miles open, 388. Increase :-6931. 4s Id. ; miles
open, 125.
The London Stock Markets have been quiet, but

here has not been sufficient business to sustain

the best prices of the day. Consols closed steady
at our quotations ; but railways left off somewhat
weak. Riges, however, were firm. Bank shares
were tolerably active; but no particular change
took place in prices, or in the prices of foreign and
miscellaneous securities generally. The Persia
brings 206.920/. in specie from New York. This
raises the imports of the week to nearly 980,0001
Fully 100 0001 of the present arrival is likely to be
retained in this country. The latest advices from
Calcutta and Bomby, state the rate of exchange to
have declined to an extent that will make it un-
profitable to remit silver to India. The French
Three per Cents closed to day at 71f. 15e, showing
great steadiness. The railway settlement had
passed over easily.
To-day there has not been much animation ir!
the Railway Market, but the prices, with one or
two exceptions, have been well maintained.
Caledonian and Eastern Counties have been both
unfavourably influenced by rumours with regard
to the forthcoming dividends. On the former it is
stated, there will be a return of 7s 6d per share
for the half-year, and on the latter 2s only. These
statements, although not generally believed, have
attracted attention, and the shares have receded
about 1/ for the Caledonian, and 5s to lOs for
Eastern Counties. Most of the other lines have

improved, but the Great Western, at the close of
business, were rather weaker. In the Foreign
Market there were very few dealings, but the Riga
and Great Western of Canada improved.

We quote the following from the circular of Mr.
W. Avens of London :
The Money Market, besides being favourably influenced by

harvest prospects, has been sensibly eased by a large arrival of
Australian gold ; but, perhaps, still more by the profitable
trade which all the great producing interests of the country
are carrying on. All our staple manufactures are in demand,
both for domestic and foreign consumption ; and stocks are
not accumulating. Speculative production does not seem

likely to set in for a long time to come ; and though there is
a vast extension of trade, it is essentially bona fide. The

development of this fact is calming the anxieties of bankers
and others, which were created a week or ten days ago by the
publicatio❑ of a long list of new undertakings upon Joint
Stock principles, which it was feared wai.d abstract too
much capital from legitimate commerce., ^ e better feeling
now apparent, has not, however, had any general effect upon
rates. They are nominally unchanged ;'_bitA supplies are
good, and there is more readiness to extend accommodation.
4s to the rates, we cannot expect any change by the Bank
until the continental demand for gold has been satisfied—
which may be looked for at no very distant period.
The gold received in the present week, amounts in value to
£770,000. Of this sum, about £600,000 are for the conti-
nent. There is an impression that the arrivals for the next
five or six weeks will he secured for this country. Consols,
which left off on Saturday at 95Z to 1 for account, have each
day since improved to 9.52 to -a, generally upon purchases for
the Savings' bank; but the improvement has seldom been
maintained beyond the close of the day, simply from want of
business. At the same time, any attempt to force prices
below 951 has universally brought in purchasers. The
transactions of the week have been principally for money.
The railway market has been interfered with to some extent
by the arrangements for the settlement, which are now in pro-
gress ; and, consequently, operations have been extremely limited.
There is no material change in quotations since onr last.
Some descriptions have slightly declined from the half yearly
dividends being lower than were anticipated; but, on the
whole, the market has been tolerably strong, without present-
ing any peculiar features. In Rigas there has been a further
fall since our last, but they partially recovered subsequently.
The call of £4 will probably be deferred from the 20,11 inst
until the Ist September, and in the meantime the Committee
of the Stock Exchange, to whom the documents were referred
respecting the concession and the guarantee of the Russian
government, have postponed their decision until Monday next.
F.,reign Securities are much the same as last week. In Joint-
S ock Banks, the intended establishment of a State Bank at
Constantinople has caused a decline in a.toman shares. Mis-
cellaneous descriptions have been rather actively dealt in, but
we have no particular change to notice.

ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND Eta INSTI-
TUTION. 9, Ross HILL.—For the week ending August 16th.
—New patients entered on the books last week, viz—Re-
lieved at the instittrion, 190; relieved at their o‘vri
dwellings, 70 ; eases of prevailing epidemic, 0. Total, 260.
Visitors—Mr. E. Watts, Mr. T. Kirk. Hon. secretary and
treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, E.CI.
FUNERAL OF THE REV. MR. MARSH.—The remains of
this much lamented and respected gentleman, who died on
board the Canadian steamer, as reported in our paper of
Fri 'ay, were deposited on Saturday in the Cemetery of St.
James, the funeral being attended by a highly respectable
cortege. The Rev. Mr. Daried read, in a very impressive
manner, the burial service, and all present were much
affected, which the very melancholy case of the untimely
death of the respected deceased seemed to h, igbten. Some
of his friends had come down from London to attend the
last sad ceremony. _

CORONER'S I QUESTS --The deputy-coroner, Mr. Statham,
held the following inquests on Saturday :—On the body of
an unfortunate female, who went by the name of Maria
Lawler, but whose real name was stated to be Mary Slack,
who kept a house of ill repute in Spitalfields. On Friday
the deceased dropped dead in the street. She had been
previously addicted to excessive drinking, but left it off sud-
denly. She died of disease of the heart. Verdict accord-
ingly.— On the body of a child found floating in the George's
dock. The only evidence was to the finding of the body.
Verdict accordingly.—On the body cf a painter, named
John Carrot, aged 37 years, who was engaged painting some
I premises b:longing to the London and North Western
Railway Company in Crosby-street. The stage on which
he was standing by some means gave way, and he fell ; the
injuries he received caused death. Verdict accordingly.
A SWEARING QUAKER.—In the heari, gof a case before
Baron Bramwell, on Saturday, one of the witnesses was a
m-mber of the Society of Friends, who duly affirmed,
according to the rule of his sta. On cross examination,
the counsel who bad him in hand appeared not quite
satisfied as to one of his statements, after repeatedly press-
ing on him the point, at last exclaimed, "Do you mean to
' swear that upon your. oath ?" The witness, growing
indignant at the impited doubt, answered vehemently,
" Yes, I do." His lordship looked gravely at the Quaker,
and said, " You surely do not mean that, Mr. —?" The
witness, not having the fain.est perception of his lordship's
humour, replied promptly, " Yes, my lord, I do." His
lordship : " Then you have taken an oath for once in your
I life. (Laughter.) But, never mind, you do not appear
much ,he worse for it." (Laughter.) The witness, who
b gan at this time to have a cloudy idea that some kind of a
joke was going forward, looked exceedingly puzzled, and
made no reply.

LATEST INT ELLIGENCE.

THE EAST

MARSEILLES, SUNDAY EVENING

The Montenegrins are threatening to invade
several districts of Turkey, and Kurched Pasha
has asked for reinforcements. A part of the
Imperial Guard was on the point of taking part in
a combat which took place at Podgoritza, and where
several churches and mosques had been destroyed.

An insurrection in one of the remote provinces
had been suppressed.
The Internuncio of Austria at Constantinople
gave a fete to Admiral Lyons.

SPAIN

MADRID, AUGUST 16,

Prince Adelbert of Bavaria will arrive this even-
ing at Madrid, and his marriage is expected to
take place on the 20th inst.

FRANCE.

(PROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING

This being the Emperor's fete day is observed as
a grand holiday, and, in consequence, the post.
office closes at an unusually early hour, and busi-
ness is generally suspended. The Boulevards and
other public places are decorated with flags and
streamers, and in the gardens of the Tuileries vast
preparations have been made for illuminations at
night, and at the triumphal arch of the Barriere
de l'Etoile for fireworks. As I write, the lower
classes are flocking in crowds to the Esplanade
des Invalides and the Barriere du Trone, to see
pantomimes, climbing up greased poles, and other
amusements.

The Mortiteur announces that Baron Brunow,
envoy extraordinary of the Emperor of Russia
yesterday presented Louis Napoleon, in the name
of the Czar with the collar of the Order of Stint
Andrew. He also presented to him Prince Gort-
schakoff and Captain Lusianski. The latter, says
the official journal, is charged to superintend the
building at Bordeaux of a steam frigate and cor-
vette for the Russian navy.

The Bank of France has not reduced its rate of
discount. The monthly return, published this
morning, shows that the discounts at Paris
amounted to 245 615 577 fr. ; those of the branch
banks to 216,329 783 fr ; the advances on public
securities to 101,803 8661 r. ; and on railway
shares and bonds to 57.206,140 fr. ; advance to the
government 55,000,000 fr. ; discount of treasury
bills 40,000,000 fr., and premiums paid for the
purchase of gold and silver 1,145 9861 r. The
amount of notes in circulation was 639,447,100 fr.
Intelligence of disturbances in Naples, is, so
to speak, looked for every hour.

WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY,

The West India Mail Steamship Company's
steamer Parana arrived here to day, bringing the
usual West India and Pacific mails.
She has brought 30,700 dollars in sp?cie, and her
advises are from Greytown, to July 21; Demerara
and Trinidad, 25 ; Jamaica and Grenada, 26; Bar-
badoes, 27; Porto Rico, 23 ; and St. Thomas, 31.
She reports the arrival of the South Pacific
mail at Panama, with, dates from Valparaiso to
July 1, and Callao to July 11.
The California mails from San Francisco, of July
5, had arrived at Panama, with upwards of two
million dollars.

INSPECTOR FIELD AT ALLSOP'S WAX-WORK EXHIBITiON.
—Every one who had seen Palmer, declare that his like-
ness at this establishment is the best that is extant, and a
day or two since, Mr. Field, the celebrated London officer,
on visiting the exhibition, was at once struck with the exact
likeness of that notorious person, and declared it to be the
most perfect he had ever heheld.—Adv.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.— WONDERFUL ESC k PE.
On S iturday evening, about four o'clock, an accident of an
unusual description took place in Lime-street, and it is
hardly short of a miracle that some one was not killed,
considering the number of people in the thoroughfares at
the time. A carriage belonging to a gentleman, named
Campbell, was going up Lime-street, when a bus, coming
in an opposite direction, by some means came in !light
contact with the vehicle. The horses were fine spirited
animals, and feeling a cheek they plunged furiously, and
the coachman, in his endeavours to check them, was
thrown from his seat, as the horses twisted round and
made down Lime-street with furious rapidity. The street
was very full of people at the time, and the alarm that
prevailed was great. The animals rushed madly down
John's-lane, where several ineffectual attempts to stop them
were made. The carriage coming in. contact with the
kerbstone, was turned over on its side, but still the
horses continued, at increased speed, dragging the upset
vehicle after them. The carriage was very soon smashed
into atoms, and at the end of John's-lane, near White-
chapel, the animals were stopped without doing further
injury. Most fortunately there
.was no one in the carriage
at the time—had there been, the consequences would have
been terrible. Some ladies had left it a few moments
previously. The coachman was considerably bruised but
nor dangerously hurt. In John's-lane several escapes of
almost a miraculous description were made, as the street
was crowded at the time by market people. , The alarm
was fearful, foriamndaginnoabsiveondTern,ank go
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EXCURSION FROM THE LITERARY AND 'MECHANICS'
INSTITUTION.—On Saturday last a great gathering of the
members of the Literary .Mechanics' Institutions of
1 ancashire and Cheshire. took place at Worsley Hall, the
splendid seat of the Earl of Ellesmere. Excursion trains
from Liverpool, Manchester, and Chester and the various
towns along those lines, conveyed upwards of 4,000 people
to Patricroft station. Immediately on arriving at this
point the excursionists proceeded in parties to the " Bridge-
water Foundry," close to the railway station, which Mr
Nasmyth, the celebrated engineer, had thrown open to
their inspection, one of the subjects of interest being the
gigantic steam hammer, invented by Mr. Nasmyth, re-
markable for its stupendous power, and pliant and diversified
f:fcility of operation. The weight of the hammer is seven
tons, and its length of stroke or fall seven feet; the full
weight, or blow it can deliver, being calculated at one
thousand tons. It can, however, be made at repeated taps
to drive the smallest upholsterer's tack, or at one blow to
annihilate the tack and the timber into which it is driven.
The wonders of the " boiler-maker's shop" excited much
attention, as did also the "foundry" or casting shop, with
its formidable array of huge casting pots, unwieldy ladles,
ponderous cranes, and mysterious moulding boxes. In
another part of the works a large slotting machine,
whose travelling distance is twerey-two feet, with a width
of table seven feet across, was busy dressing the slide or
guiding rules of a ponderous boring-bar, close by which
was another slotting machine. The whole of the machinery
in this department is driven by a small engine not exceeding
thirty-five horse-power. Much. attention was directed to
the models of a wrought iron mortar, and the monster
wrought iron cannon which Mr. Nasymth recently engaged
to manufacture. In the yard their attention was also
aroused by an inspection of the massive fragments of metal
which had be n intended to form the huge gun, the model
of which has just been mentioned. Here these ponderous
manes now lie carelessly heaped together, like the arch-
fiend of the poet " Majestic, even in ruin." Much regret
was expressed on beholding these gigantic witnesses of
spirited enterprise, baffled and overthrown by mis.directed
skill or, inadequate resources. The foot-walk, hence, con-
ducting to Worsley Hall, is along the margin of the canal.
On entering the grounds surrounding the hill, the visitor
is struck with the symmetry and orderly beauty of all
around him. Winding walks, bordered by flower-beds,
and closely mown sloping ban' s of verdant turf, lead to
wide spreading terraces, decorated by gay parterres of
flowers, laid out in geometrical figures, and insterspersed
with fountains and beautifully sculptured pedestals, sup-
porting noble vases. Above all these may be seen the
many•crested heads of the stately hall. On the principal
terrace the numerous visitors assembled in lex ,e bodies,
and enjoyed themselves in dancing for a considerable time,
three fine musical bands being in attendance. About six
o'clock in the evening the company, num'ering more than
5,000 persons, la•ge numbers having come in private
vehicles, from different parts of the country, began to
disperse. The excursionists were not aemitted into the
hell to inspect the art-treasures it is believed to contain.
Many of these parties were free in contrasting this treat-
ment with the affable liberality with which they were last
year welcomed by Lord Stanley, at Knowsley.