Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-30 00:00:00

of the artful dodging with Sir BENJAMIN, thus
plainly speaks of it :--" The right hon. Baronet has
been a sufficiently consistent Reformer to enable any
Minister to reckon upon his support t 5) a sipcgre;
and Liberal niettSure. It iss `his independent oprib
sition. to a delusive or unsatisfactory project that
was alone to be feared. When, therefore, the Prime
Minister made Sir BENJAMIN the offer of his former
place in the Government, but without a seat in the
Cabinet, or of a peerage, as related on Saturday to
the Marylebone vestry, his astute lordship Made
a popular promotion without at all pledging himself
to a popular policy. He, in fact, got rid of one of
the men whose absence from a Cabinet thickly
studded with nobles of high and low degree would
help to generate distrust, and whose opposition to a
more Liberal Government would.be as certain as his
retention of a seat for Marylebone. Why was the
proposal of a peerage presented to Sir B. HALL in
the shape of an alternative ? If Lord PALMERSTON
has so high a sense of Sir BENJAMIN'S former
services as Chief Commissioner of Public Works,
why was he not recommended for elevation to the
Peerage when the Government of which he was a
member went out ? Or why were not his talents
and experience again secured to the service of the
country by room being made for him in the Cabinet?"
The only consistent answer to these questions is that
already given. Lord PALMERSTON wanted to get
rid of so throrough and therefore troublesome
a Reformer ; and the latter could not resist the
alternative that was offered him f- t of the

appointment, and received from the Queen his Gold Stick
of Office as Captaiu of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms.

Earl Dacie bad an audience, kissed hands on his
appointment, and received from her Majesty his Gold Stick
of Office as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
-The-Earl of Carlisle had an audience of the Queen.
The Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and
Vippountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, attended her
Majesty at the Investiture.
The Yeomen of -the Guard were on duty in the Grand
Hall.
A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards, with the
band of the regiment, was on duty in the quadrangle of the
Palace.
" Their Imperial Highnesses the Duke Nicolas de Leuchten-
berg, and, his brother, Prince Eugene, visited the Queen in
the afternoon. Baron Brunnbw,, the Russian Minister,
accompanied their Imperial Highnesses, who were attended
by Colonel Rehbinder.
His Majesty the*King of the -Belgians, and the Count of
Flanders, attended by Colonel de Moerkerke, went to Ton-
bridge, and visited the Countess do Neuilly.
The Duke of Oporto paid a visit to the Duke of Cambridge
at his residence in St. James's Palace.

Prince Leopold and the Princess Louisa took a carriage
drive.

The Queen had a dinner party in the evening

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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

BODIES FOUND IN THE RIVER.--Yesterday, the bodies of
two men were found in the river. Inquests will be held on
the remains this day.
A boy named Patrick Murray, fifteen years of age, was
killed yesterday, on board the ship Palestine, in the Huskis-
son Dock, by falling into the hold.
IT IS SUPPOSED the subsidy of £78,000 to the Galway
line, for conveyance of maili to and from New York will
be withdrawn, in consequence of the sihpowners of LiverL
'mg to do the business at-ocean postag,e.—Limrriak

Lave_.

way

And now as to the other case. Mr. VERNON
SMITH'S faux-pas at the India Board of LORD PAL-
MERSTON'S former Administration, cannot have been
forgotten by the country. It gained him, not un-
naturally, and certainly not undeservedly, a good
deal of popular odium, and its consequent public
reproach. And now the Peerage is to be the solace
for all his sufferings, the balm for all his woes ! LORD
PALMERSTON has given it out, it appears, that ".Her
Majesty deeply sympathised with Mr. SMITH under the
scurrility to which he had been subjected "—that is,
for his political peccadillos. As to this point, how-
ever, says the SatUrday leview, " we are sadly afraid
poor Mr. V. SMITH has been the victim of an unprin-
cipled hoax. We think we trace in this the hand of
our _wag of a _Premier. It was not a-bad joke- to-
represent Her Majesty as pining away in secret
sympathy with Mr. V. SMITH'S sorrows. It is
probably Lord PALMERSTON'S last. Yet if, indeed,
the tale be a piteous reality, Mr. V. SMITH'S calum-
niators have much to answer for. There has been a
sad time of it in the highest quarters. Tears have
been- shed in- a certain locality. Two ladies in
waiting have wept themselves away. Great, how-
ever, as was the trouble in the Palace, we cannot
wonder when we, contemplate the trials of the
candidate for commiseration. He never told his
grit: Silent, suffering Mr. SMITH ! He knows
what it is to have been in the fiery furnace of tribu-
lation, and to have belonged to the noble army of
martyrs. What a delight to think that he only
emerges a brighter jewel from the ordeal, and puts
' off the martyr to put on the peer!" Such, then, are
the different ways in, which a free-and-easy Premier,
like my Lord PALMERSTON, can make a convenience
of the British Peerage. Tho two elevations in
question have been made on quite distinct
grounds—although with a similar object. As the
Star has further explained it,—" the Marylebone
Bat-inlet is offeiecrthi alternative of a Peerage, as a
means for the repression of his troublesome activity.
The ex-President of.(th6...Roard :of Control receives,
without the option of a seat in or out of the Cabinet,
consolation for the pain of failure and the ignominy
of being duped. In the one case, Lord PALMERSTON
buys off a possible foe—in the other, he shelves a too
faithful friend." Such are some of the mysteries of ,
Whig Cabinet-making. Such are the tricks which
the Aristocratic Whigs find it necessary to have
recourse to, in order to construct a par excellence
Reform Ministry !

Chronicle.
A DoneTruL and chequered fame Mr. Gladstone will
assuredly leave; but he will leave a fame bright enough to
gibbet the ungenerous pretensions of his obscure opponent
(Lord Chandos), when his own faults are buried in a great
man's graye.--Saturday Review.
- SINGULAR DEATH.—Yesterday, a woman named Mary
Shaw, died under the following circumstances :—On Satur-
day, an inquest was held on the body of a man named
William Williams, with whom the deceased woman lived,
and yesterday she went with his funeral to Walton. On
the road-she suddenly dropped down, and instantly expired.
• THE-EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COMPANY'S STEAMERS.--
It is stated that Mr. Lever, M.P., is now in Vienna, hoping
to negocidte a sale to the Austrian government of .the eight
steamers'belonging to the'European and American Company,
and now the property of Mr. Howard, of Manchester. It is
said that successful overtures have been made to the French
government.
Wno JOSEPH CAMPBELL IS.—A young Scotch girl, who
was giving evidence in a case before Mr. Mansfield, at the
_Police-court, yesterday, mentioned the name--of--Joseph
Campbell two or three times. Mr. Clough asked her who
Joseph Campbell was ? and she replied he was a Scotchman,
~and-tame from a place called Scotland, which was convenient
to the Isle of. Man ! Of course, this settled the question, and
settled Mr. Clough also !
THE REGISTERED VESSELS of Great Britain and her de-
pendencies, exclusive of river craft, according to the latest
returns, amount to 37,088, admeasuring 5,531,887 tons, and
manned by crews of 300,357 sailors, while those of France
exhibit only 15,175 vessels, 1,052,535 tonnage, and an ag-
grembate of 90,217 men. Such a nursery for our royal navy
and dockyards, while it has been one of the main resources
in establishing our past supremacy, is no less a secure pledge
for its future maintenance.
WARD'S MARINE SIGNAL COMMUNICATOR.--Yesterday,
Mr. Ward exhibited, at the Underwriters'-rooms, his marine
signal communicator. The invention consists of signal
communicators -by lights, and, as a piece of ingenious
mechanism, we have not seen anything to equal it. As a
communicator, there can be no doubt of its efficiency. The
only drawback we can see upon its universal adoption on
ship board, is the complication of its actual working. Get
rid otthis, and the invention will be a valuable and desirable
one on board all ships.
AN ATTORNEY IN QUOD.—Yesterday, at the Police-court,
an attorney named Lightfoot, who sometimes appears there,
was bronght before Mr. Mansfield, charged with being drunk
and disorderly. He begged hard to be let off, and promised
he would never be brought there again. His Worship said,
as the prisoner had been so often before him, and had.made
similar promises, he could not credit him, and ordered him
pay.ss and costs, or to be imprisoned for three days. His
Worship added : You had better get some one to pay the
fine, or you may miss some case in the other court !
PASSENGERS by the screw-steamer Indian, from
QaebeC.--IP. Garnean, H. Benjamin, Z. Le Blanc. From
.Montreal : Hon.. R. Cobden, Capt. Bulger, J. Gilmore,,Mr.
Brundon, Majer Ruttledge, Captain Traverse, Thos. Bark-
worth, Edwin Florence, M. E. David, Florence David, Jas.
Stevenson, Mrs. Hill and son, Mrs. Faulkner and child,
Miss E. .Bing, Jos. De Foe, R. M'Culloch, Rev. Jas. Aikin,
Alex. Empey, Mr. M'lntyre, H. Evison, E. Leech, J. Ross,
E. D. Moss and two sons. From Toronto : Rev. W.)
M'Aulay, Mrs. M'Aulay, child, and servant, J. S. Potts„
James Hingston, S Bryan, James Tyre, Mrs. Lyons, Mr.`
Worthington and lady, Mr. M'Bride, Mr. Carroll, Mrs.
Badgley, . Miss Badgley, Miss M. Badgley, Miss Eccles,
Mrs. Mowles. Mrs. Brown, Mr. Skelsey, R. Thompson, Miss'
Frarcy, Mrs. Thompson, Dr. Badgley, From Ottawa :Mr.
Cunningham. From Hamilton : Mrs. Strange, Miss
Strange.-60 cabin and 58 steerage passengers.
DISGRACEFUL ELOPMENT OF A CHELTENHAM CLERGY-
MAN.—For some time past Dr. Humphreys, the master of
the Cheltenham Grammar SchoOl; a large 'foundation
educational establishment, had been most popular, and was,
regarded as one of the lights of the town. Last week he'
tendered his resignation of the office on account-of pecuniary
difficulties, and left Cheltenham on a visit (as he said) to
some relations in Derbyshire. In a day or two he wrote
to Mrs. Humphreys that he should be detained from her a
few days longer. By the next . post Mrs. Humphreys

DUBLIN, Wednesday.—The farewell address reception
of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant for both ladies and
gentlemen will be held on Monday next, the 4th prelim°.
On Tuesday, his Excellency will leave the Vice-Regal
Lodge en route for Eglinton Castle. The Fight Hon.
Maguire Brady was yesterday sworn in aa. Chancellor,
before the Right Hon. Josoph Mapet, by the Clerk of the
Town Hanaper.

THE COURT.

held received a letter
CHAPTER. OF THE GARTER.—Tier Majesty the Queen in.. her and pr. Humphreys to visit them. This areuied
a Chapter of the most noble Order of the Garter on Tuesday her suspicions, inquiries were instituted, and Mrs. Hmn-
afternoon at Buckingham Palace. phreys proceeded to Liverpool. Here she ascertained that
Soon after three o'clock the Queen was conducted to the he had taken a passage for America in an assumed name,
with the wife of one of his largest creditors, and the mother
White Drawing-room. . of eight childen ; he himself having six. It seems he had
Her Majesty wore her mantle as Sovereign of the Garter, sent large quantities of luggage to Liverpool, in anticipa-
together with the collar of the Order. The mantle was tion of his departure. On the morning of his departure
borne by Colonel F. 11. Seymour, Groom of the Robes, for Liverpool, he obtained 'from Mrs. Hmphreys her watch
Mr. Phipps, and Viscount Castle Cuffe, Pages of Honour ' and all the money she had, and left her and her children'
in Waiting. totally unprovided for. Dr. Humphreys had moved in the
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, wearing the first circles, and made large profession of religion and
mantle, hood, and collar of the Order accompanied the morality.—:Cheltenhant Paper.
Queen. WELLINGTONVOLUNTEER RIFLE CLUB.—Yesterday even-
The Knights companions also wore the crimson velvet ing, a public meeting of this club was held at the London
hoods and gold enamelled collars of the Order. Hotel, Clayton-Square ; 'Mr. John Williams presiding. The
The Officers of the Order were present. minutes of the last meeting 'were read; when the chairman
The Knights and Officers were ushered to the presence of said. they were met there for the purpose of carrying out
the Sovereign, and by the Queen's command the former took further the great movement which seemed to be thought a
their seats at the Chapter table. great deal of- in Liverpool, and it was of great importance
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales appeared at the to the public and the nation at large. He was glad to see
Chapter for the first time. His Royal Highness wore the several strange faces, and he hoped their object in being
Garter with the motto, " Houi soft qui mal y pease," below there was to enrol themselves as volunteers in the Welling-
his left knee. The Prince wore the purple velvet mantle, ton Rifle Club—a club which must stand Al, and take up
together with the hood and collar, of the Garter. His Royal a great position in the town of Liverpool. The rules of the
Highness sat on the left of the Queen, the Prince Consort club were simple, and easy to be complied with. There was
being on her Majesty's right. nothing more to be done with regard to them than merely
The Earl of Harrowby was introduced, and had the to comply with gentlemanly conduct, and it was expected
honour of Knighthood conferred upon him by the Queen that all who might join the club would have that qualiflea-
with the Sword of State.: tion. The entrance money was half a guinea,
The Earl of Derby was introduced, and received from her and one &nee was the annual subscription, and the
Majesty the honour of Knighthood with the Sword of State. members were to choose their own parade ground.
The Chapter proceeded to the election, when the Earl of It.was necessary that the club should get to work, but
Harrowby was duly elected a Knight of the most noble was also necessary that before they took any measures in
I Order of the Garter. His lordship was conducted by choosing their uniform they should number 40 or 50
Garter King of Arms to the Sovereign, when her Majesty members. He then called upon the secretary to read the
invested the noble Earl with the Riband and Badge and rules. The secretary read the rules in detail, which were
the Garter. twenty-two in number. The chairman said if there was
The Chancellor, by the Queen's command, read a statute anything objectionable in the rules just read, which had
declaring the Earl of P rhy elected a Knight of the most been decided upon by one or two meetings, and were found
noble Order of the Gut,.:', notwithstanding any statute to to be as lenient as possible, he hoped that those gentlemen
the contrary limiting tae number of Knights, it being present whom he had not seen before, and who, he hoped,
declared nevertheless to he the Royal will and pleasure that had come with the intention of joining the club, would offer
the next vacancy caused by the death of a Knight subject is any remarks they might think proper, and he would be glad
not to be filled until the number of Knights be reduced to to hear them. He would also be glad that any who wished
twenty-five, not including the Prince of Wales, who is a would enter their names upon the roll, and if any gentleman
constituent part of the Order. present had enrolled his name at tile Town Hall, and wished
The Earl of Derby was introduced, and was invested by to have it transferred to a private club, that could be
the Queen with the Riband and Badge and the Garter. done without any difficulty. Mr. Barnett said that it
The Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales, the two might be well for gentlemen to enrol their names early, as
senior Knights, assisted the Queen in investing the Earls they would' then have a voice in the choosing of the
of Harrowby and Derby. uniform. Several names were then enrolled, when Mr.
The Chapter being ended, the Knights Companions were Barnett moved that a copy of the rules be sent to the Lord-
called over by Garter King of Arms, and withdrew from the Lieutenant for approval. This motion was unanimous 4
Royal presence. : adopted. A letter was read from Lieutenant-colonel Rogers,
The Queen held a Court. in which he approved of the Wellington Rifle Club aneaing
Lord De Boa had an audience, and resigned his Gold at the Birchfield-barracks for drill. Mr. Barnett titestanoved
Stink of Office as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. that they meet for the purpose of drill on Tuesday, 4th July,
The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot had an audience, at half-past seven o'clock in the eveninri tad continue to
and resigned his Gold Stick of Office as Captain of the Hon. meet at that hour on Tuesdays and Fride:ys, at Birchfield-
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. : • - barracks, Islington, till further notice. i This *as adopted,
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