Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

ground must be red hot, and at a

greater depth, either the whole must be me

4tod, or only-the

non-fusible and intractable kinds of materials preserve some
degree of solidity. He did not mean to say that there was no
solid central mass. Upon the whole, he thought it likely enough
that there was, kept solid in spite of the heat by the enormous
pressure, but that had nothing to do with his argument, and
all he contended for was the existence of a great internal sea
of liquid fire upon which they were all flogting. If, therefore,
the dry laud was perpetually wearing down, and thus becom-
ing lighter, and the bed of the sea was continully filling up,
and thus becoming heavier, it was treasonable hypothesis to
would sink, whilst the former would rise.

assume, that the lath

It was a fact that the bottom of the Pacific was now sinking,

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though the depth of the ocean was neither increasing nor de-
creasing, the actual bed' of the ocean remaining at the same dis-
tance from the surface. It was impossible but that this increase

.essure.in some places and relief in others must be very un-

equal in their bearings, so that in some place or• other the solid
floating crust must be brought into a state of strain, and if there
was ,a weak point or a soft part a crack would take place, and
down would go the land on the heavy side, and up on the light
side. After entering very fully into other parts of the, subject,
Sir John observed, in conclusion, that, in the study of these vast
and awful phenomena, they were brought into 'contact with
the immense powers of nature, acting in obedience to the im-
mutable laws of the Creator ; and,. however terrible it might be
that 29,000 or 30,000 beings should be swept, into eternity by
the outburst of a volcano or an earthquake, it formed but the
manifestation of creative power, and, they could only say with
the Psalmist-:-." 0 ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord ; praise
Him, and magnify, Him for ever."

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FATAL AFFRAY . IN' A PUBLIC-HOUS-!. ST, or
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THE LANDLORD.—At Worcester, a fearful tragedy,
resulting., from :the evils of excessive !drinking, has
.thrown that city 'into a state of. unwonted excitement.
;About-twelve--o-'clock - on Tuesday-night-ra-dieturhance
took place atithe Angel Inn, 'Silver-street, beOween two
navvies, named John :Westwood and cl.ward•_Collinsi and
'the-landlord, ' Mr.' Pearce. , . The navvies, who- are"natives
of Evesham, had been at work on the Worcester and
.11erefor&ailway,.. at Colwall, and:came to Worcester
on. Tuesday to attend the.races, and in. th 4: evening
went to• the ,Ap,gel Inn to -sliendl them remainder of
their Money.i, Here they were u icllardng till eArly en
o'clock;. by Which time they were] both ve drunk..
According to the statement of dollitts, Mr. Peirce came
to himishortly befOre twelve, and said to him, " What
i r
are yoU:drinking-?_-. .. Collins replied, " Nothing?'
Mr. Pearce (then ordered him Out; but
,he refused to
go, and, following Pearce • into' the: bar, attempted, to
kitlichim,-when-he (Pearce) picked' up the poker - and
struck Collins with if several times across the shoulders,
arms, and hands. Upon:this, Westwood came forward
and attempted:to, take the poker from. Pearce-Pearce. Pearo
however, stria him a severe !blow upon the:heady!'
ku0.44%-)1411 clown. upon the. floor, where he lay.about
ten minutes. •In the meantime .-Sergeargs:. Dons
and Banner, and Police-constable Ledgeley„ ;arrived.
Westwood, was then handcuffed to Collins,,-and ;both
were conducted.' to the.:police-station on the charge of .
being drunk and disorderly. , There did
.not,.then ap-
pear to be much the matterwith Westwood, further than:
being. drunk, and :he refused . to have his wound ex-
amined. Both prisoners were locked up in a:cell, in
,QTRany.with three or-four, other men, where they re-.
roamed till seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, when..
a fellow-prisoner, . named. rancis Coucher;.noticing how'
quiet.WestwoOd 'lay, Inntrod at him, and found_ that he
was YdeaCL and. Vita c01d... He gave the: alarm at 011CA3-
thelsurgeon'‘-, Di'ag cant fnr, I=. ...kaininea 1
about two inches long; but Mr. Jeffry.did not ascertain
and
woundiVrr.jeiffnrY his
head, which_is.a Jagged cut wound of
its depth. The prisoner was apprehended, and remains
in 'onstOClV until ti,,. _____ . , , . ..