Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

'TIE NORTHERN TIMES, TUESDAY , MAX 24, 1859.

areir ditty withott experience to restrain them. If we had
'now a nucleus '(composed of skilled rifle-shots) for each of
our volunteer regiments, such as we might have possessed if
tier ha i been set on foot a year or two ago, even the Enfield
might be managed with efficiency and safety under their
saperinte'ndence ; but we doubt the propriety of limiting
oar volunteers to its use, as these corps are now likely
to be composed. Still we can readily see the difficulty
in wlrich the riernment is placed, for there can be
no hesitation in affirming that whatever is the arm
selected, all should be armed alike. At present the
Enfield is by official sanction the regulation pattern, and
until it is deprived of that position it would be naturally
-fixed upon by the War Office as the arm most proper
for the use of the volunteer as well as the regular.
For ourselves, we see such important differences between
the two services that we cannot think that what is suited to
the one is necessarily suited to the other ; and, on the con-
trary,
we are of-opiwion that a weapon more simple in the
mode of loading, even though its range may be less; would
do more good and less harm in the hands of the:volunteer:
In discussing the merits and objects of volunteer rifle corps,
two•extremes art to be avoided : on the one hand, and yust
at present,,tt is necessary 1o
guard against damping the
ardour 'of their members by "leading them to conclude that
they are never likely to approach the regulars in efficiency.;„
but, on the other; and with reference t 9 the future, itis still
more dangerous to allow them to suppose that they can
become,-as a body of -men, efficient marksmen rot 1,000
or 1,500 yards. As *le of our correspondents has
remarked, the ground for practice cannot be
found,

1, without this, such a result is utterly im-
practicable. Let us only get in addition to our regular
ferces-200,000 or 300;1500 rifles which can be used well at
300.yerds, and England is safe from invasion even with all
Europe in arms against her."

A FRENCH BULL.—The Courier de Paris saris that over
the gate of the cemetery of the little town of Bourdeaux,
department of Drotne, has lately been painted the inScrina•
tion : lei on n'enterre ques les snorts qui *vent dans la
commune---" Here are buried only the dead who live in the

parish."
TB E LATE FETAL ACCIDENT AT THE WESTMINSTER
PALACE HOTEL.—ANOTHER DEtern. —Yesterday morning,
at half-past five, Dennis M'Carthy, of 18, Orchard-street,
Westminster, one of the unfortunate men who was pre-
cipitated a height of 60 feet, with 14 of his fellow-workmen,
five of whom expired instantly, died in Westminster Hospital.
The deceased had sustained serious injuries to his head and
back, but the immediate cause of death was inflammation
from internal injuries. Frederick Cahill, who received a
fracture of the pelvis, was not expected to live many hours.
Subscriptions are being rai,ed in Westminster, limited to ss,
on behalf of the wives and families of the sufferers.
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.—.host wisely Sydney. Smith
wrote to his friend, an anxious mother, seeking advice for
the bringing up of her girls. " Womenbave often ill health
and irritable nerves ; they want, moreover, that strong
coercion over the fancy which judgment exercises in the
minds of men ; hence they are apt to cloud their
minds with secret fears and superstitious presenti-
ments. Check, dear madam, this in your daughters ; dispel
that prophetic gloom which dives into futurity, to .extract
sorrows from days and years to come, and which considers its
own unhappy visions as the decrees •of Providence. We
know nothing of to-morrow--our business is to be good
and happy to--day." "A woman's heart," he goes on to say,
" does not want softening ; it is a strange composition of
tears, sighs, sorrows, ectasies, fears, smiles, &c. ; a man is
all flesh and blood." There seems to me great truth in this
picture of " woman's heart," and if so, her best help in
guarding against its besetting weakness, is to open her eyes
clearly to what they are. Hard, no true woman ever will
become ; Strong, she may be, if in true service she seeks
her strength.—"My first Situation ; Fugitive Reminiscences
of a Retired Governess," in Titan.
ABANDONMENT OF THE PROPOSED EXHIBITION OF 1861.
—lt was-announced a short time since that arrangements
were in progress for holding a Great Exhibition of the
-Fine and Industrial Arts in 1861. The opinion of
many of the principal manufacturers of the metropolis
and of the country was taken on the propriety of
holding the proposed Exhibition. The feeling among
those who were the principal exhibitors in 1851 was
generally against the proposal, or in cases where not
opposed to the scheme, a very large amount of apathy
was manifested on the subject. The reminiscences
of the display of 1851, were by no means agreeable to many
who were then exhibitors, and they evinced. a very natural
dread of embarking in an undertaking of a similar character.
There were, however, several eminent firms, who stated that
if the exhibition were to be held they would consent to con-
tribute specimens of their manufacture, though upon the
whole they would rather that they were not called upon to
do so. The result of the appeal has been, we believe, that
about 300 manufacturers in London and in the country con-
sented to become exhibitors. Added to this want of active
sympathy with other objects of the promoters of the under-
taking, on the part' of English producers, there is now the
difficulty interposed by the state of affairs on the continent,
and it would be idle to suppose that the European nations
would entertain with much favour a proposal just now to
become competitors in the peaceful arena of art and industry,
while their attention is engrossed with the more momentous
struggle of military powers. Under these circumstances it
has been decided that no further steps be taken towards
carrying out the proposed Exhibition of 1861.

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r tin EATRE ROYAL, WIL LIAM SON-SQUARE.—
Mr. W. R. COPELAND his great 'Pleasure in announcing
that he has succeeded in effecting 1..1 engagement with the

DYNE AND HARRISON
. ROYAL ENGLI II OPERA COMPANY,
For Twelve Nights ouly.

This instly celebrated Company, whose performance of English
Opera (during the late seasons at the 'Theatre Royal, Drury-lane,
and Ito3cal English Opera House, Covent-garden, under the immedi ate
patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty and
.11.12. H. the Prince
Consort) have called forth unqualified praise from the whOle of the
metropolitan press, and have for twenty-six consecutive weeks
filled'the above theatres to overflowing, will appear at the Theatre
Royal On MONDAY, May 30th, 1859.
The"Pyne and Harrison Royal English Opera Company includee,
amongst others, the following celebrated Arti-tes
• Mlis LOUISA PYNE,
MR. E. SEGUIN,' Ka. HRNRY CORRI,
Ma. GEO. HONEY, MADLLE LANCIA,
las.. A. ST. ALBYN, Mn. TERROTT, Mu. BARTLEMAN,

ROYAL A MPIIITHEATRF, Great Charlotte-st
Proprietor Mr. W. R. COPELAND.
THE FINAL PERFORMANCES OF
MR. AND MRS. BARNEY WILLIAMS,
The original Impersonators of the Intsn BOY" and "YANKEE
Gina," whose appearance at the Theatre Royal has been so success-
ful and attractive, will take place at this Theatre, where they are
engaged for ELEVEN NIGHTS ONLY, previous to their depar-
ture from England.
THIS EVENING, (TUESDAY), the 24rn INSTANT,
RORY O'MORE.

Rory O'More
Kathleen ....

Mir. Barney Williams,
Mrs. Barney Williams.