Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-11 00:00:00

;he defendant's paper

that was only fair,

then taken for th

costs to be granted on the hig

;her scale

AN extraordinary supplement to the Gazette of Friday
evening mentions that, by an order of Council, seamen

above twenty years of age who have now five years

to serve in the Royal. Navy, are, to receive a gratuity
equal to half of the respective bounties mentioned in State

proclamations

IMPERIAL PRIZE COIIRT.—PARIS, July 7
this court, dated July 6, fixed a delay of ten days for Parties
interested in the fitting out or the cargoes of
vessels named below to produce their pleas of defence, viz
The Zigga, Giovanna d'Arco, and Flacido Zinnaro ;
delay of fifteen days for those interested in the fittir

Decisions of

Austrian

or cargoes of the Triade and Romolo,, After these delays
sentence must immediately be passed upon the said prizes.
THE Esperanza of Madrid states that .4 in the Calle de
Atoclia there resides an English lady who on certain days
has Protestant worship celebrated

, with a certain degree of
publicity, in her drawing-room, by a minister of the
Anglican Church," and it suggests that it is perhaps that
lady and her friends Who have circulated the " bibles and
other pernicious publications" which, it says, have lately
appeared in profusion at Madrid. The Esperanza therefore
calls the attention of the authorities to the proceedings of
this lady, The Esperanza reproduces the paragraph, and
declares that " the government cannot see with indifference
the attempt made to break religious unity in such a Catholic
country as Spain."

DISASTROETS FIRE TN A COTTON MILL.—On 11:eduesday
morning, a fire broke out at the mill of Messrs. Cannon and
liaslam, Elpawlane, Manchester, The scotching room is
in the centre of the mill (it being of an old construction),
and underneath is the stove-room, in which was a large
number of bales of cotton. Adjoining the room is also the
staircase communicating with the other portions of the mill,
and in Consequence of the fire assuming so alarming a
character;.the workpeople could not make their escape by
that passage. The screams of the hands for the time was
terrific, there beinc, no means of egress but through the
windows; fortunately, however, the fire brigade was shortly
in attendence with the fire-escape, and succeeded in rescuing
the workpeoPle Several engines were also in attendance,
and with a powerful force-pump from the adjoining bleach-
works of Messrs. Bridson, and the hydrant at the end of
Spaw-lane, there being an abundant supply of water, the
fire was got under in about an hour. The damage done by
the fire is considerable ; but a large amount of
damage was also done by the over-zeal of the workpeople,
who got control of the jets, and, contrary. to the repeated
orders of the superintendent of the fire-brigade, sent a con-
siderable quantity of water amongst the machinery in the
spinning rooms, thereby causing much damage by water.
The fire was confined to the scutching-room, but the
damage by fire and water is estimated at upwards of £l,OOO.
Many of the hands will be thrown out of employment for
several weeks by this occurrence. The supposed cause of
the fire is, that some hard substance was in the cotton, and
the friction of one of the machines ignited the cotton,

ARMED NEUTRALTI Y !—A Methodist,. well. kncotnicinksforhhais
uncompromising hostility to all irirtoxlienaetlign,
Trbourhoo'd no-
toriousmade an appointment to preacht
"'as‘thg-erencetreadllyaurrnaidnesrtstothode
that his remarks were to
.be. chiefly 0
f the district in which he was to preach, the
besetting sin o
for its intemperance. As i
he offered to touch on what they meant should
several noted bullies had given it out that they intended to
whip him
be forbidden ground. The day appointed arrived, and the
preacher appeared on the stand. On mounting the stand,
he threw off his. coat and vest, and rolled up his sleeves,
displaying the arms and chest of a Hercules. He said!that
he had heard that-there were several men present, who had
threatened to whip him; that he had many. friends. present
who were able and willing to protect him. He said that he
did.hot.like'fighting, but that, if there must be fighting on
his account, he would rather do it himself than have his
friends fight for him, and that as he did' not wish the
service interrupted, he should prefer that it should take
place before the meeting was opened. "And therefore,"
-aid he, " if there is any man here who thinks he can whip
intends to try it, if he now will have the goodness
I flax bins out with as mu-eh ease as I
ft brother Smith, ' saying which, he seized a.preacher
lod by his s;'' 3 *wan, by

me 1411 C
to step forwar
now 1

the wa

id -who was a' snn
rreeches,. and_ liftii

irc m the
ground, held him out at arms' length with one bavl.. The
exhibition of physical strength n.
prevented any deopstration.
n the part of his enemies, and the meeting proceeded
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Is, in an article uperi this
17891)livillard calculated
4 the age. of 20.

)'l3lOnnyiiies observations,
According to Demonfer•

)0 reached the age of 80, 2 only
ge of 85, and one that of 89 ; while out of a million
only 640 die within 90 99. • Mathieu reduces the 640
to 491, and finds that out of that number only 9 reach the
age a 97, and only four that of 99. According to Davi],
lard and Denionforrard, -only 2 out of 10,000 reach the age
of 100 ; but in this re poet there are some privileged .places,
thus; at Carlisle, in Cumberland, 9 out 'of 10,000 attain
that age, while at Paris, scarcely a year passess without
some person 'dying 100 years old, or upwards. Ilenoiston
de Chatcanneuf calculating upon. 15,000 000 of individuals,
finds that out of a hundred, only 44 reach the arr; of 30;
23 that of 60 ; 13 that of 70 ; 41 that of 80, an,lll-16ths
that of 90. The average duration of life is now about 39
years and•B months ; 20 years ago it was only 36 ; in 1817
it did not. exceed 31-1- • before 1789 it was only 261 ; and
M. Villerme shows thatat-, Paris, in the 17th century 26,
and the 18th, 32. In France there was only 1 septegensrian
for 33 indiViduals, 1 octagcnarian in 160, and 1 nonagenarian
in 1900. !At Geneva, the average of human life in the 16th
century was 18 years 5 months ; in the 17th, 23 years and
4 months, :and from 1816 to 1826 it was 38 years and 10
months.'. lin' England, the average in 1840 was 58 year!;
in France;: 364; at Hanover, 35 years and 4 months ;
Schleswig-Holstein, 34 years and 7 months ; in Holland,
34 years; at Naples, 31 years and 7 months: in Prussia 30
years and 10 mouths ; in Wurtemberg, 30 year!.; in Saxon,
years. These facts show the average duration of life in
Europe as constantly increasing.