The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-14 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY,

The Transit screw troopship, having made g0,2,a
`lefects, her troops re—embarked at Portsmou:cn on
~, y,"tinfiay, and was expected to sail to day file Hong
.44.0ng. The steam transport Himalayais expected
to embark her troops to day or to ';norrow, and sail
at Once for her destination. The Charity, screw
Store ship, has filled up vv:ith a vast quantity of
'ltems, and is to leave to day. The other transports
are rapidly progressii;,gt
The steam troo.(iship Lebanon, with four com-
panies of Royal.. Artillery, sailed from Woolwich
Pier on Satur.day at three o'clock for Canada and
Halifax,

SRamows.—On Sabbath last, the renowned M,ss C. M.
-Huck, of Leicester, delivered two very able addresses in
the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Beckwith street. On
both (-mains there were such crowded audiences that
' 'lumbers were unable to obtain admission, The collection
for the benefit of the fund to erect a new chapel, in
connection with the above denomination, amounted to .216.
THEFT.—At the Birkenhead Police Court, yesterday
(before J. Jackson, Esq., and R. Bryans, Esq ,), a labouring
Man, named John Kelly, residing in Albion terrace, Albion
street, end for some time past in the employ of John
14tird, Esq., New Graving Docks, was brought up on the
tbarge of having stolen from the above works a brass
Pedestal cap, weighing 20 lbs, or thereabouts. From the
°f arnination it appeared that the prisoner had sold the
article to a marine store dealer in Albion street, and that
officer No. 668, of the Liverpool police force, had seized
fryail's wife, while passing along George's dock, on
ttturda-i last, in quest of a purchaser for the stolen article.
4°llll was committed to stand his trial at the petty sessions.
" THEY MANAGE THESE THINGS BETTER IN FRANCE."—
Many of our readers will be gratified to learn that Mr.
3',11n Thompson, under whose zealous management the
Menagerie and aviary, formed at Knowsley by the late Earl
of Derby, became one of the greatest attractions in this
bas
of the country, and acquired a world wide renown,
'Das lately received a recognition of his labours in the cause
1),,,1 Natural History, as unexpected as gratifying- The
i mperial Zoological Society of Acclimation of France,
lately established under the auspices of the Emperor, and
The most distinguished naturalists and agriculturists of that
Country, for the purpose of importing and acclimatising
latch animals and birds as are likely to prove useful or
ornamental, have awarded to Mr. Thompson a first class
silver medal, for his success in breeding various exotic
species, not previously bred in Europe. The medal itself
is an interesting work of art, exhibiting on the obverse a
figure representing France, surrounded by various animals
and biros, coming within the scope of the society's objects,
as the Yek the Brahmin Cattle, the Alpaca, the Curassows,
the Brush Turkey of Australia, &c., &c. ; and on the
• /averse the simple inscription, "M. Thompson, Oiseaux.
10 Ferrier, 1857," surrounded by the title " Societe
,211periale d'Acclimatation, Fondee le, 10 Ferrier, 1854."
The first intimation of . the award being conveyed in a
flattering letter announcing that the medal awaited his
acceptance. The unprecedented number of rare and
beautiful living objects brought together at Knowsley, from
all parts of the world, thriving, and in many cases
roultipl3ing, as freely as in their native wilds, the admirable
eatness and order of the grounds and buildings, and the
beauty of the tout ensemble, will not readily be erased
from the memory of those who witnessed them, who will
El
so readily appreciate the honour thus gracefully conferred
by our French neighbours.