Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

Le Nord says the reception given at Warsaw,
by the Emperor Alexander, to the Archduke
Albert, the bearer of the overtures of the Court
of Vienna, was most ceremonious, formal, and
cold.

ITALY.

Garibaldi arrived at Turin on the 28th ult.,
compliance with a summons from the King, ho
had been enthusiastically received everywhere on •
the road. At Togheri, in addressing the multi-
tilde, he is stated to have said, with a King like
Victor Emmanuel, with an army like outs, and
with a people like you, Italy should .not stop
until she had freed the last inch of her sod from
the heel of the foreigner. The. Independence of
Turin says that 405,000 inhabitants of the Vene-
tian territory 'have emigrated since January last•

SPAIN.

The Spanish Government has just chartered
all the steam-packets which run between its
ports and Marseilles for the conveyance of the
troops for the expedition against Morocco. The
official Correspondozcia of Madrid, in notichli,r
the report that the Queen offered to contribute
part of her civil list to the war, gives her
Majesty's speech in the Council of Ministers`
The Queen said—" I will have valued and sold au
my jewels for the success of this holy enterprise;
I will cut down any luxury. A simple string el
coral sits more secure on my neck than a neeci
lace of diamonds, if the latter can serve to defen,,
our own beloved Spain and increase her renown'

TUESDAY, Nov. 1.
The Channel has been visited by another gale'
which commenced on Monday evening, and still
continues. At eight o'clock this evening, the
gale at Deal and Dover was strong. Secei
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vessels are reported as having slipped from the':,
anchors in the Downs. At Plymouth, this
ing, the Elizabeth, from Cork, was ashore. The
Shamrock, from Dublin, is also reported aground''
crew saved.
There was a holiday to-day at the Lond
Stock Exchange.

MR. DISRAELI IN MANCHESTER•

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, last night, in the Free
Hall, in the presence of 3,600 ladies and geti,,i
men, distributed the prizes and certificates of merit ti).,
those who had succeeded in obtaining them ill etr:
nexion with the Lancashire and Cheshire Assee
tion of Mechanics' Institutions. On the platf°'-
,d-
-also were the Right Honourable Lord Stalliell:
&c. Mr.. Disraeli's entrance was greeted 14.t0,
loud applause, the cheers being repeated again and agelp,
On, rising to open the proceedings, the righti,ll°o
gentleman was.again loudly cheered, the whole alla'ef
rising. He said he was greatly obliged to theta
ter
requesting him to distribute the prizes of that ills°. ,
tion. He had very willingly accepted the ill'itatase
because he sympathised with their feelings, andbe tit
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he honoured their efforts. (Cheers.) Although
long period he had taken a deep interest in op pular
were,
cation, and in such institutions as these, there woes.
he saw from the first, many and great diffi,c firsts
to overcome in connexion with them. Sea
cree
however, anticipated greater advantages would :5,c60n
from the establishment of the mechanics' iast- bs(l'
than had done. Often when thinking over this, fife
been led to believe that the cause of their cotePartita'
failure might be isolation of the character of the jacisti•
tion. It was clear that the great reasons why thesein the
tutions had not beenfrom the first successful were „stl4
lack of experience by the managers, emulatle%retl'
energy among the members. It always groat
to him that mechanics' institutions were 0' boll
class that they could not stand alone, but he es,
observed of late that they had begun to flonlisij'e
pecially in the north of England, where the ularceso.
has discovered what it was to make them a silte r
They had combined the action of a large u11111.,,t 01;
these institutes ; had introduced what he
the federal principle, which had done so Ill`a'a
to the combination of 100 institutes ;
politics. Then they had had experience which hti;
6°
far as the first want was concerned, they hadneg:etle!
That, however, was not all that was wanted.
was not all that was required to obtain the reso fat
was originally anticipated from these institutes.avi,
having obtained that result, they next adopted the
rable principle of the age—he meant competitiotb,
nation—every man who attended the class off r „Ate
of obtaining knowledge, had, in the system %,,. to
examination, which had been adopted, sonleu'alprsoef
stimulate him. Thus, they obtain, in the seeeaeofaV
what was wanting to make the institutions suee $Ol,O
emulation among their members. (Cheersi)isa yet t
having got experience and emulation, the). 00;
acquire another great quality, and that w" tot_
To beget that energy they had had recd hey
popular literature of the day, and, therefore, bolo
established an itinerating library, which te41,0 011;
the hearths of all who chose to reeel icas
(Cheers.) A free and itinerating librarS, of OP
to
a happy principle. Thus, by the establish
library, they had added the third and lost 11,., euali
ne
fb
wanted to make this institute successful,
and the three qualities taken together had, d.lOlO
therefo t
last few years, produced a complete revolutbi (Cheers
•)
mechanics' institutes of this country. (C were. ~1119,it
was said that the mechanics of the country sof
members of the institutions which bore their „a„optle"„
if that were so, he should not on that accoun I`._ co".,
those institutions. What was the position ot
bined Lancashire and Cheshire institutiolissa4t tOtiei
moment ? Why, they numbered, as he Caere babiteco
with 22,000 members, of whom 8,500 Iv:truce 896,z
attendants of the institutions. etas bad
upwards of 1,200 had come forward t b f
se _40,1
and out of that number a committee o
eso.i:,
selected between 400 and 500 to undergo at
evx
esa btole
tion almost as severe as an university
cl 0
(Cheers.) (One-fifth of the:number selected lilt
(Cheers.)
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