Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-16 00:00:00

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By British and Irish Magnetic Zelegraph'

THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, WEDNESDAY I 7 r*
The state of the King is very favourable.

FRANCE.

4101111'
PARIS, THURSDAY 1 y
To-day the Emperor reviewed, in the Clatirpoig,
Mars, several regiments of the garrison 0' .`43et
which are about to leave the capital for
quarters.
The Three per Cent. Rentes are still WeUses'
tained, end closed to-day at M. 85c. sal).
The Constitutionnel of to-day advocates the
li, e, thmnt of a French penal colony in /1,618g115e
and even the complete conquest of that isie-,,41.

INDIAN TROOP-SHIPS, .
fitw
The Champion of the Seas, which men
of thr
England on 8 of August, with 999 Melltbefill)
28th and 42nd Regiments, was spoken 03
of September, in 10 S., 34 W.

BELFAST TEA. FRAUDS•

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOND/INT.
0010'
BELFAST, TnURSDAY 0.1 tooX
A public inyestigivion into these frarsilto..it'
place today, at the Town Hall, before 1.8-Ir. 115°
sen., and there were present large nurnbevst %ter'
mercantile community, amongst whom grer: Ott
est was felt in the proceedings. Mr. gen4ja;
was out on boil, and Mr. Harrison, for •Nvii°ti- were
at tho high figure fixed could not be pro
brought up in custody. The Customs' aut,-°d itbe
were represented by Mr. Harlisen, all wit'
accused by Mr. M'Lean, solicitor. The 10,'
n esses examined were Mr. Godfrey,: 113
POved the de'Pi7ll,
ing\i surveyor,, who tbd
Moore 's stores to be 780 chests, Ivb,"neo. 0;
ditty amounted, in round numbers, to
John Rohl', the porter employed in the e5/4
m(-nt, stated that Moore was assisted by j h-veg 4;;
who was connected with the concern,- anua's.liesr
risen, who was a clerk, in abstracting te-the Vt.
from the bonded warehouse belonging to:`,-hetgl;
mises, and in placing dummy chests, lu n(j
bricks, and straw, which they substitute -a
teas abstracted. The parties accused vver-
mately sent for trial at the spring assize.

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THE LAST DAYS OF THE MANCIIESTER felaa/31015te,
The attendance on Tuesday, the last. shilling '14'00361
mos' numerous yet recorded, amounting to 28,9° ds
On Wedoesday a well-organised attempt was 13:13teee5;re
up a requisition to the committee, to keep oPellaiga
bition another werk. Sheets, with printed he,olllol,eged
simultaneously pieced for signature in the ere be
portico and all the principal hotels, and people %/ere-at f°o
to effix their names. The attem
very successful, bat there is a general impress'''. goo°
have movement emanates from a quarter likely to ha
/
with the committee. oleo
QUICK PASSAGE OF THE SCREW-STEAMER birnfielif
Thestallowing is au extract of a letter from latlf,titrcre.
pts did not aa,l);,dat
board the above ship, bound for Hong Kong, w'-ero 0
dated at Ascension, 30th August :—lt We arrived fat
an unprecedented passage of nineteen r1,15,51;eb,1,0
Plymouth. We made the island of Madeir-a, ae.n"„-149:0d
off Feyal in four days twenty•one hours. Toes "a,901,
days to cod, on aec runt of Saturday being a feSti '4 • gut'
Sunday doing all we could. Left on the 11.110,°',151:01,"'
connected the engines, and sailed for four dar,
eineass only, and made the passage in the lir°;ae „ts.
specified, Of he troops and all hands are quite- Woof
ship that arrived here lost evening•givesbad d
of the state of Hong Kong at the time of her leatwo 010,
THE WEATllPR.—Yesterday morning the at:ra ate
river were enveloped in a very denselfog, s° ",-ertllutef
early hour that it was with difficulty that pers°l3' dog tt
bat a short distance before them. Notwitheta" 000
state of the atmosebere we have not beard °f alearredoo,
ial
resul ing in the town, but several casueltfes 94'0
the riveratheugh, fortunately, not ,diesel` Otte Vireau:hol:
of life or material destruction ofproperty' 1 ing at oll'ef
railway steamer ran into a small berVaeud
hs
0,10,
orrlio
is the river opposite the landing staie,
Sr er3R Bef°o,o
away the bulwarks. while several
collision together, but without doing any °
the above nothing of imp attnee occurred, all° .1
the fog had totally disappeared. DY (11f
STANLEY LITERARY AND DEBATING SUE liredoep,
society held its.usual weekly meeting on la, taao
evening last, at the Bible Depository," Slater-6dee1)31;10
George Barnes, the president,. in the chair. TbetietP,,l'if
the Tar:slim—a Was the conduct of the Pretes'a' tf°l4
in reference to- street preaching and the ree,,Vlniastfr-i
Belfast, censurable?"—was (games] in the an,',;-9itii.etlte
Mr. T. H. Ellis, and in the negative by Ma and
After an animated die ission the leaders reiliea'f of Pail
question was decided in the negative by a ma.Prin'atllcal
The Rev. Dr James, Vicar of Panteg, Afe°°-'4.1P.06
late of Kirllale, is to preach next SendaY sad to
Church. Morning end evening in Weltaa dr
afternoon in the English language. ail i
O 0
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SERIOUS Loss or RusaaN SHIPPING —The fete
st ber de'
St. Petersburg has the following "On the nig" see ego
the 16th and 17th of September a great calaniqs.r., of
o the Walkhow, opposite the town of Pidv,n'aliaitle,
where, at the moan!, of the Lady' canal, " eatfrfthe
vessels laden with merchandise and timber 005°i0Ot
Shortly after midnight a tempest arose,. aa the 4110,
vessels caught fire. The flames, fanned by dor
spread to some other vessels which had run as"deolledey,
greatest disorder prevailed. The vessels werrteleas O.;
against another, end many of them sank. .str`
sible to give them aey esance, and ever"' '9OO
direction of the wind ne,:r the island and rigelletta °e l $.l
either burnt or sunk. The wind coming irla, sterael°
kept along tile right shore ; this circuttistane; the
the vessels on the railer side. It is estimate 010
200 vessels of different sizes were destroyed. otliCile?
UNITEEStIY DEGREES.—What a host of C°Mraeltlabie,
have poured in neon you with regard to the °Jerold "dole;
of Doctor of Philoso.hy, now se much useue;tei° Viero
" Germanieus" is very right when he serer-net... 00
are " household words,". require no ouPjaind' alf
would all the titles in the renal add to the fli°,s4t ineled„.t
°0
of Berzelies? I re-assert that no retail drega;,eetrolli:,
land (or, in fact, very few men in Englarld.);o bfrtat3
the Ph.D. ; and, if he takes it, he only e%P°'—deeleti',
ridicule and (ant rapt. Why? Because. he: Or oil
public-. Take an example : Mr. Heraeatil„;s(B
llt
to a stranger at the same time with Da FL" peer awl
strettiee pool
There beirg a great deal in a tile, the
course consider the pestle and mortar trOn for 0.01
able ere
chemist. Ilerce the harm of its being v's—ea dee stee.o
druggists, villate organists, &e., to obtains lib-yese Ifoe
a ruse or payment. The ones referred t° lo"rf
Giesler. "Mater of Arts" admits that verolor°
Po,D. is frequently improperly conferral: of ed;
admirable remarks upon the abuse of the allele tdi)eat„,
Philesepby, by Mr. Diekena and.pirielished,e:t of Leer ra
will place the matter in the right P"'" ahlsreetlea
" Although, as a rule, a man has right t° borafa-
buys and p ys for, yet tbis rule like all oil's far salads:
tion tion .. Aby no means illiterate persen t"olteel
purchaee the privilege of placitigPftcr hiq °ea tlide„;:e cal
Ph.D or b. fore it the title of Doctor,' °° eve;
himself in society as one of the learned ; hoetaesll„7ooti°o
bay brains with bank-notes. or learnirg 0 dig';
so an ienoramus has no right whatever tog', the '„,rf,l‘to
although he may be able to show a receipt 'o'd his r
cash of his diploma. A gentleman advertise-a toteet tie
in the literary papers regularly, some time tgeaeleitlr,,o,
anyone who could pay, certain learned. debieo-00
diploma. The wholesale houses with Wth.e"„ aricl'iree°'ol
understood to be the Universities of Jeri-tiat "arelot
*• * * It must be understood, heateverith,D;eae ;00
the title of 'Ph D.' is a suspicieus one, "OP It
pretenders. Even at the German t 1 iv'll '
theitene' 0°
and stecond class of dectora can only ob"'reio'llreialei/
after trying and legitimat successful elasart, !olio
is oily the third-cless diploma which
;is thirallet °lllst
questa es raked.' On the document of this ,I,acebt
insetihed that the candidate has tweed cub'e see"od
praiae (doubtless ' for prompt payment) ;4. et raise; 5"113:00;
awards it cam m2dea laude, er with ',ye. tee at
first, cum sumiza Made, wi h the highest 11,..ras of to, ibo
our roost distinguished chemists are Pht'orsbitbef red
clasa such as Lym Playfa'r, Hofmany'eee olleeedtteir
Maspratt. The public cannot, however, kn"be ens the
all
innumerable Doctors of Philosophy daily t° or of 4 10 to
are of the honourable first or eeeond-claig' Tbeijefreo
honourable—becatte paid, far—third-elase' by et, to
(lector O. ,
however, detect any pecket-dubbed. „at sort0044
look at his diploma, and learning - f f -ce o be_
e was capped.' The present market On septet])
German degree is ,160 guilders."--41
Mining Journal.