The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

SIR CHARLES WOOD AT HALIFAX.

On Thursday evening, the President of the Board of Con-
trol attended a public dinner given by the corporation, in the
New Assembly Rooms, to the retiring Mayor, Mr. S. Water-
house. Mr. F. Crossley, M.P. for the Borough, the magis-
trates, and leading men of the district, were also present.

The CHAIRM:iN proposed "Her Majesty's Ministers,"
and coupled with it the name of Sir Charles Wood, one of
their borough members, as well as a member of the Govern-
ment. (The toast was received with loud cheering.)
SIR CHARLES WOOD responded, in a somewhat lengthy
speech. He dealt a smart blow at the almost defunct Pro-
tectionists, defended our free-trade policy, spoke eulogistically
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget, justified the bill
for the disposal of the clergy reserves in Canada, and described
his own measure for the government of India, as the best that
could be adopted under existing circumstances. He touched
finally upon the Eastern question :—I hope (said the right hon.
hart.) I am not too sanguine in saying that, in spite of adverse
appearances, I do still entertain .a strong belief that we shall
yet be able to avert the most fearful calamity of war,—(ap-
p!ause)—at least I am sure of this, that the most earnest and
unremitting efforts will, as they have already been, be directed
towards this end. I grieve to say that former efforts have not
been successful, and that the Porte has made a declaration of
war, which, however much I may regret, one can hardly feel
surprised at ; for the Sultan has shown an amount of forbear-
ance entitling him to our admiration and sympathy. But
there is such a thing as a state of uncertainty, which rosy Lv
even more injurious and galling than the evil of war; there-
fore, I am not surprised, though grieved, that the Porte has
taken a step which is against the advice of its best friends.
But, sir, we do not despair even yet of being able to avert air
formidable war from arising out of these circumstances. That
some acts of hostility may occur, is possibly to be appm-
hended ; for we cannot tell what acts large bodies of men
actuated by bitter hostility to each other, with arms in ticir
hands, and located in the immediate neighbourhood of etch
other, may commit. But they are separated from each ether
by a broad river, which is difficult to pass, the winter seam is
approaching, and there are great hopes that, even after the de-
claration of war, actual hostilities may not be commented at
present; and that the season which is approaching, wil give
time for reflection, and for the interposition of the effirts of
every power in Europe, which by their position are able to
exercise an influence in the matter, and which are irterested
in endeavouring by some means, consistent with the lonour of
both the opposing parties, in preserving the peace o" Europe.
Of course it is impossible to speak with any confideice on the
subject as it at present stands. The issues of pears and war
are not in our hands, and however great our interea may be in
preserving peace, we may not be able to restrain dose fanatical
spirits who are bent on war. But I believe that the other
powers of Europe are also anxious to maintain )eace, as it is
for the interest of all that the general peace of Europe should
be maintained ; and I will conclude by sayint that, by the
blessing of Providence, 1 hope we shall yet to able to avert
the greatest of all evils—war. (Applause.) Several toasts
followed, and the meeting did not separate til a late hour.

THE YANKEE STORY.—An Englisiman was brag
ging of the speed on English railroads to I Yankee traveller
seated at his side in one of the cars of a " fast train," in
England. The engine bell was rung as the train neared a
station. It suggested to the Yankee an ,pportunity of " tak-
ing down his companion a peg or tvo." " What's that
noise?" innocently inquired the Yarkee. "We are ap-
proaching a town," said the Englishman ; " they have to
commence ringing about 10 miles before they get to a sta-
tion, or else the train would run by it before the bell could
be heard Wonderful, isn't it ? I suppose they haven't
invented bells in America yet ?" 4 Why, yes," replied the
Yankee, " we've got bells, but can't use them on our rail-
roads. We run so 'tarnal fast that the train always keeps
ahead of the sound. No use whatever; the sound never
reaches the village till after the train gets by." " Indeed r'
exclaimed the Englishman. "Fact," said the Yankee;
" Had to give up bells. Then we tried steam whistles—but
they would% answer either. I was on a locomotive when
the whistle was tried. We were going at a tremendous
rate hurricanes were nowhere, and I had to hold
my hair on. We saw a two-horse waggon crossing the
track about five miles ahead, and the engineer let the whistle
on, screeching like a trooper. It screamed awfullf, but it
wasn't no use. The next thing I knew, I was picking myself
out of a pond by the roadside, amid the fragments of the
locomotive, dead horses, broken waggon, and dead engineer
lying beside of me. Just then the whistle came alom mixed
up with some frightful oaths that I had heard th' engineer
use when he first saw the horses. Poor fellow ! e was dead
before his voice got to him. After that we tried lights,
supposing these would travel faster than sound• We got
some so powerful that the chickens woke up all %tong the road
when we cams by, supposing it to be mooing. But the
locomotive kept ahead of it still, and was in tie darkness, with
the light close on behind it. The inhrOitauts petitioned
against it;. they couldn't sleep with so much light in the
night-time. Finally we had to statio. electric telegraphs
along the road, with signal men to tetgraph when the train
was in sight; and I have heard that sore of the fast trains•beat
the lightning 15 minutes every 40 n,les. But I can't say as
that is true ; the rest I know to be ,o."—New York Tribune.

POSSIBLE TRACE OF SIR ;JOHN FRANKLIN.—Some
glass bottles have recently baei picked up on the N. W.
coast of Siberia, which it is saested may have been thrown
from Sir John Franklin's vepels, or from some of the vessels
at present in those region, One of the bottles has been
forwarded by the Admiral), to the Royal Society, and from
that body to Lloyd's, were it .rill bo placed for public in-
spection. It has been suggested that some person or other
may be found who cat give some information as to whether
similar bottles have some to their knowledge, or whether they
are English or fos manufacture, and for what purposes
such bottles have been used. It is known that such bottles
were not suppled to Sir John Franklin, but on the opinion
pronounced ir England as to their manufacture will probably
depend whether an expedition be sent front St, Petersburg to
the shores of Siberia.

pRoBJGATION OF CONVOCATION.—The Convocation-
of the Prelates and Clergy of the province of Canterbury,
.whicb stood prorogued to Friday, October 28, was further
prorqued to Saturday, November 30, according to the tenor
of a Royal writ, by the Vicar-General of the Most Rev. the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate, and the Metropolitan,
under the special commission front his Grace to that effect.
At 11 o'clock his Grace's Commissary, Dr. Twiss, attended
by the Registrar of the Province, Mr. Francis Hurt Dyke,
entered the Jerusalem Chamber, when his Grace's Commission
having been read by the Registrar, the Commissary direeted
the Royal writ to be read at length, after which the schedule
of proogation Was read by the Registrar and signed by the
Commissary.

S USPECTED ROBBERY.—A female on the town, was appre-
hended by officer 153, on suspicion of robbing a Captain of
£l5; but as the Captain could not identify the prisoner,
and there being no money found upon her, with the ex-
ception of 6s. ; she was ordered to be discharged.
SMUGGLING.—Timothy Jones, chief mate of the ship
Catharine Rogers, was charged with smuggling 14 lb. o
foreign manufactured tobacco. The officer in searching thef
ship found 111 b. of tobacco concealed underneath the mate's
berth, he denied having any. He was fined 20s.
CHARGE OF ROBBERY AT THE AMPHITHEATRE. —Henry
ItfeCoombe was charged with being found at the Amphi-
theatre under the following circumstances. Acting inspec-
tor Conies, of the detective force, stated that from frequent
robberies which had lately taken place at the Amphitheatre,
he had been for a long time on the look out, and on Friday
he arrested the prisoner in the gallery passage to the saloons.
He had got in evidently through a door which still remained
locked, but a hole was broken in the panel large enough
for him to effect an entrance. He got from the prisoner
a bottle and stick which he produced, and he also found a
cash box broken beside him, but the latter had not contained
money where the entrance seemed to have been effected.
The inspector stated that prisoner belongs to a gang of
juvenile thieves who make a system of infesting and plun-
dering this theatre.

M. McCabe, the property keeper of the establishment,
deposed that the property found on prisoner was his, that
the boy had been formerly employed by his wife as messen-
ger, but had not the slightest right to be where he was
found on Friday. He had also admitted when arrested that
he had taken the bottle and stick. The magistrate said this
seemed a trifling case, and not distinctly proved, so he
would discharge the prisoner.
PLUNDERING EMPLGYERS. .Heyward was con.
vieted of stealing a bottle of pickles, the property of her
employers, Messrs. Bank & Co. of Colquit-street. The
magistrate said this system of robbing employers must be put
a stop to and he would accordingly sentence prisoner to
seven day's imprisonment.

James Ryan and Edward Davies were charged by officer
218, with being on Friday at the corner of Lime-street,
with the intent, as he supposed, to commit felony. The
magistrate asked the officer why he had come to such a con-
clusion. The officer said that they were desperate charac-
ters, and that Ryan had struck him when he was arrested.
The magistrate remarked that he sincerely thought the cir-
cumstances warranted an arrest, but the prisoners could see
now what a dangerous thing it was to have a bad character.
They were discharged.

ROBBERY OF WEARING APPAREL—Tames Connolly and
John Joyce, were charged with stealing a quantity of wearing
apparel and linen from the Emigrant's Home, in Paradise-
street, at six o'clock, on Saturday morning. Officer 370,
arrested Joyce, while Connolly was inside, throw-
ing the property out to him. The property was identified
by the woman of the house. Joyce was remanded to this
day, and Connolly was sentenced to twenty-one days impri-
sonment.

A METAMORPHOSED IRISHMAN.—Thomas Kelly was
charged with stealing an umbrella from a peripatetic vender
of such commodities in the Clarence Dock. This son of the
Emerald Isle had just returned from the harvest in York-
shire, rigged out in a smock frock and all the other costume
of that country. Having discarded the frieze and coats of
the Queen's county, he was cheapening some handkerchiefs,
when he quietly walked off with a paraplue, which was
found on his person. He was remanded.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF MONEY.—Julia Nowlan and
Mary Close, two prostitutes, were charged with stealing
from the person of James ulligan an Irishman, twenty-
one sovereigns which he had in a belt. This robbery was
stated to have taken place in Old Moore-street, near Gas-
coigne-street. None of the money has been found. The
prisoners were remanded.
A LARK.—Donghlin M'Kensie, who appeared in full
Scottish costume, Highland-plaid lacket, tartan kilt, phila-
beg, and gartered hose, was convicted of a violent assault
on Inspector O'Brien, in Richmond-street, on Saturday even-
ing. He said some friends had come from Scotland the
evening before, and that he had dressed himself in the na-
tional costume and gone out to have " a lark." He ex-
pressed his sorrow for having struck the officer. He was
untenced to pay a fine of ss. and costs, or to be imprisoned
for 7 days.

ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. —Hugh Miller, who described
himself as a working jeweller, was charged with an aggra-
vated assault on officer 442, on Friday night, in Dale-street.
He knocked the officer down without any cause, and tore the
cape of 514, who came up to assist the constable. A gen-
tleman living in St. Thomas's Building, deposed to the cor-
rectness of the statement made, and stated he had nrver
witnessea a Inure aggravatea or unprovoked assault on the police
who, in the first instahce, had remonstrated with prison er,
who was drunk and creating a great disturbance in the street.
Miller was sentenced to pay. 7s. 6d., the value of the cape,
20s. fine and costs, or to be imprisoned for fourteen days.

DOCK ROBBERY.— Tohn leCortney and Francis 11PCoy,
two boys, were charged with stealing a. quantity of rope
from the ship Lucretia, in the Queen's Dock. The ship-
keeper spoke to the rope, and identified the boys.
M'Cortney, who was known to the police, was sentenced to
21 days imprisonment, whilst M'Coy, who was a very littl e
fellow, and not before the Court previously, was ordered to
be taken to his parents.

MARRIAGES

On the- 27th October, at St. George's. John, eldest son of Mr.
George Coats, Bentham, Yorkshire, to Elizabeth, only daughter of
the late Mr. C. Sharpies, of this town.
On the 27th instant, at Loch Gilphead, by the Lord Bishop of
Argyle, Clarke Stoughton, Esq., of Sparhana, Norfolk, to Mary Anne
Dora, only daughter of William Hallett, Esq.. of Eling-grove, Hamp-
shire, and g,andclaughter of Robert Radclyffe, Esd., of Foxclenton-
hall, Lancashire.
On the 27th instant, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev-
H. Douglas, Canon of Durham, cousin of the bride, the Lord Fredee
rick James Fitzroy, third son of the Duke of Grafton, to Catharinm
Sarah Wilhelmina, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Willie
Wexcomb, Rector of Langford, Esser.
On the 25th instant, at the Parish Church, Leeds, by the Lord
Bishop of Ripon, assisted by the Hon. and Rev. the Dean of Ripon,
the Rev. Arthur John Empson, Rector of Eydon, Northamptonshire,
to Anna Delicia, second daughter of the Rev. W. F. Hook, D.D.,
Vicar of Leeds.