Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

LOCAL VOLUNTait CORPS

As the formation of local volunteer corps has ree(
been the subject of discussion in Parliament, at pub
meetings, and in the various metropolitan and prov-in Vii.
newspapers of all shades of politics, a correspondent D.SI
furnished us with the following details connected with the
Liverpool volunteer corps, which has been established
in
Liverpool since the year 1853. The Liverpool voluntee,
corps at present numbers sixty-three members, consisting
_°:
young gentlemen whose ages vary from twenty to thrt7n.
two years, and who are connected with the various inereahe
tile, commercial, and professional families and firms in I
elf
town. Each member (elected by ballot) furnishes b.,infsre
with an Enfield rifle and bayonet, cartridge pouch,
belt, and with a neat uniform, consisting of -blue s-ee.
jacket and pautaloons, forage cap, and over-coat, with ap,es
He also pays an annual sum of two guineas for the elrrle-h,
of ammunition service and rent of premises (at the Br t.
field Barracks, Islington). The officers are an adjutsl,
ensign, and paymaster, who have been elected by
te7t;
members of the corps. Every member, on being &cu,e
plecyges himself to. be loyal and well-affeeted towards her
Majesty and her Government, not to be a lII° of
of a political society, and to act under the orders
.1
the constituted authorities in the event of riot or lorcoe,'''
disturbance, either under arms as a military ftout
or if in plain clothes as special constables. the
two years since the corps applied to the Government °',heir
day for an official recognition of their existence, tof
memorial being, recommended by the then lord lieutenr
the county, the present Duke of Devonshire ; „: :the
";
orsfall, Esq., M.P. • by W. Brown, Esq , M.P. " "..1
H ' 0);
Mayor of Liverpool; 'by the head constable (Major'GT`lrtio,
by both the staff officers of the local pensioners, and 1)1
major of the Lancashire artillery. In reply to their aPPat
cation they received a communication from the Goverlicii
to the effect " that while her Majesty's Governmen,!,„o t
appreciated the patriotic motives of the Liverpool Irn'wof
Corps, they did not see fit to advise the formation 0,1 01
more corps of this description." As the subject of nati°ing
defence. by means of local corps is again seriously eng3geeer'
public attention, the members of the Liverpool V.Oll
Corps feel assured that;should they be officially recognib'es
they would soon increase their number to 200 Inenjoy
(the elite of the youth of Liverpool), without in „,anY,boir
lowering the gentlemanly standard of the corps. I°,,'" 're
that the Liverpool Volunteer Corps really strive to a.c:',olll
a useful knowledge of arms and military manoeuvres,
lie ststed that the members are drilled two evenings 'EI e
os
week, and practice with ball at a target twice a Wilt'
Saturday afternoons during the summer months.

gusdal
The Bombay Times of the 28th ult., says : " or
morning last, the Rev. John Jervis White Jervis. 31,51 of
Trinity College, Dublin, and late a Protestant chaP""tbe
the Church of England in India, for thirteen years .g1„0.
Bombay Piesidency, was received into the Church of 1"01r
The cermony took place in the fort chapel, named.okhor
Lady of Mount Carmel,' and was performed by inn of
Canon, assisted by the Vicar-General and the chaPill.
the fort

HOW CRACKED COINS ARE PRODUCED.—II has —fA 1!,S400
the lot of almost every parson to have had in his pose-O
at one time or another, a silver or gold coin which of
low or cracked on the edge, and it is astonishing to t'i
the fallacy existing in the public mind as to the cause ,`',0105
defect. The prevailing belief is, that at the Mint aly-tioe
are manufactured in halves, and that through 01e-100
workmanship, or wear and tear, some of them in time sor
symptoms cf weakness, and become cracked. Another or
position is, that gamblers have been unsucessfullv elides:to
sag to separate heads and tails for the purpose of noitip'llo
_heads and two tails, and thus forming cheating coins,. ocb
latter operation has indeed been performed,
°f the
pieces having fallen, we believe, into the hands °,15 to
authorities of the Mint. But neither of these theorie'
cracked coins is the correct one. The evil arises in,3,vate
which we will briefly attempt to describe. All legit' eta'.
coins in this kingdom, are made from cast bars of ulsiyeS
At the Tower-hill establishment there are orthod°%; to
for these bars, proportioned to the characters of the °°,1,00"
be produced from them. At a future time these siofficbes
be given exactly. That for sovereigns is about 26 17t le
long. by about 4 inches square. The bars arc cfr the
vertical moulds of iron, fitted together in halves '-oelJ5
purpose of releasing the bars of gold. On filling the nip, b!
from the crucibles, it will be comprehended- at olli",uir
our readers that in cooling there will be a nattir'' gad"silence in the centre of the upper end of the newt. thebar. Contact with the iron chills the outside of
bar first, and, like the mercury in a barometer .sii•
eb
is sinking, the gold is depressed in the centre- siifet
is the case, more or less,' with all bars
cast for ceoiwn:ese_rpvueerpuos seins.
perfectly square as "-* Thu lower end `r- be
of gold OrAl he
JAW-rolling e
as
we odoetsteormibe oft. thlet-i mtehuisldfolr:l;jeitilltea
the uppesn-- •
Here it is latnipattscitekc'uncl;lle.ill
this explanation is tae
be
rollers until e
puncTie'a out of it blank sovereigns. It `:resscd
observed that the hollow or upper end has been eotur lower
to the ribbon-like thinness as well as the square °l
el; on
ends, and it now exhibits, if closely examined, a
end, its edge. This, then, is considered a waste au' fs s▪ o"
portion of it is cut off by means of a pair of snetr-gfer,
refill-fled to the melting pot. Sometimes, h°",oole
enough is not cut from the cracked riband to IA
the entire defect, and it passes thus to the cr,in ell4a
press room. Here the ribands are perforated fro;ed
to *end by punches of the size of the sovereign,,, the
the hollowness has not been -entirely removed 1;1100
shears we shall have some few cracked sovereigni, ors
mingled with those that are perfect. Ringing ~'°lll4l/
-
now employed to test the whole by dashing then" Tole,.
as much rapidity as an expert drummer boy at the sou
beats "tattoo "—upon discs of polished iron. The: their,
pieces are musical—the unsound have "no music in as
souls, " and it is for the boys, by the aid of quick ere
eyes, to detect and put aside the defaulters Boys ar

cesl'"
s to
,el,O

lible, however, and they allow " dumb" pit,-
occasionally. These pass on to be stamped on both 'l,"irtf
milled on the edge at a single blow, and the prob„3"„vett-
that the hollowness of their characteri will only be 01'7-050
after some contact with the world, as in other chop;and then by the " counter": test of same susPieitsckea,
keeper, who pronounces them genuine, though "„c',/,aggi
and passes them into his till with pleasnre.---"
Magazine.
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THE NEW SUPERANNUATION ACT.—The New -,-
nuation Act, which received the royal assent on Tuellectw,
just been printed. It is entitled an "- An Act t° mince,
the Laws concerning Superannuation and other Ai"ce•
to perons having held Civil Offices in the Public 1" epert"
After the commencement of the' Act, which becsin!ue
tive on receiving'the royal assent, the superannott%
to be on the following scale :—" To any person wu 01
have served 10 years and upwards, and under 1 salaryell 02
years,aa emolumentsn u nnuu emoluments,
allowancellaanllaonw of 10:60 ths of the annual 7er
e.
allowance
dl
ehioisnf
allowance and
liffik-60th
cth 'manner oi
fFn olrr a-'sl6p
'll years,
teshaooerfsri
each
t ifluond,
_111;:it.tooi
ociato,
,11130e0:f
year of such service -until the completion of ",P4-0.60wr
service of 40 years, when the annual allowance 0, n et 0"
may be granted, and 'no addition shall-be :made in resLeestife:
any service beyond 40 years." In the event of to rnu
arising in any department of the public service '-rovisw-
claim of any person or class of persons under thisTirousarfr
it is to be referred to the Commissioners of the t
whose deeision is to be final. The Act, w't'wile'i
lre°"
judice to existing rights, is to apply to persousthi,
in the -civil service. There is a clause in .0 pc`
which requires to be stated at length from
liar character : --t, It shall be lawful for the Co or
of the Treasury from time to time by any order or d
to declare that for the due and efficient discharge°, Or:
office or class of offices, to be specified in such order__, oral'
rant,.professional or other peculiar qualifications order
narily to be acquired in the public service are poll
and that it is fit for the interest of the public thn. fbst of
shonld be appointed thereto ati an age exceedilsoc
fl
which public service ordinarily begins; and by ti pelOb
any other order or warrant to direct that when ficin'to such
now holding, or who -may hereafter be appoigte till?,
office,or any of such class of offices, Shall retire 2'o, to t,
public service, a number of years not exceeding. eon1,11,(1
specified in
.the same order or warrant, shall, ,tri froirte
in g the superandation allowance which )00Y, tided
to him under the foregoing section of this Act, ectuttot
the number of years -during which he may baceofice%
served, and also to direct that in respect of such otit
class of offices,lhe period of the ser;--lbe required Ott!,
the holders to superanuation may be a period. iel-eiso.we
10 years, to be specified in the order or warrant, and es, tt,
offic
direct that; in respect of. such -office or class 0- hough 0
holder may be entitled to superannuatieo, fltti
may not hold his appointment direc
.oe vi.„A
the Crown, and may not have entered the sn.roviot:
a certificate from the Civil Service Commissionerol4;easct
always that every order or warrant made under " the 'le
meat shall be laid before Parliament." Further!.
provides that an allowance in cases of bodily inin,,rYotitle tof
granted, although the period had not expired to eeseo,,,
party to a supennuation allowance ; gratuities In
,ho ub
short service maray_be 'kranted, and allowances one i; to ;0
N tion of offices, r.; full superannuation a110w,.",, froo, „et
made without a certificate of diligence and fidel.tb,Toe hal it
head of the der;artment. In cases of special sely.' iouterle„
sum may be granted, and in individual cases of eupiler
smaller su:a than that prescribed by the scale.
er'sou uo„.etia
annuatirAi allowance is to be granted to anY infirmity,
60, u.:iless on evidence of incapability from cod to seich
pelions superannuated under 60 may be reqtn la rv, lv b be
again until they attain that age. The Re
ect? is tO
Interferes with previous Acts on the same owl
f. "
cited as "The Superannuation Act, 1849."

THE WAR.

'ORTED HOSTILITIES.

EAT EXCITEMENT IN
PARIS AND TURIN.

IRA.ORDINARY CABINET
COUNCILS.

°VEIVIENT OF FRENCH

AND
AUSTRIAN TROOPS.
lIAILWA S THE
Y

FOR
TREIR CONVEYANCE.

E AUSTRIAN POLICY.

A Bue
'al cession of telegrams have reached us since
Hty, bs'' 411 of Which point not only to the probabi-
give the almost absolute certainty, of war. We
`ttent as follows :
.4
bPORTED HOSTILITIES.
Th,

tontacis'el'aris Patrie of yesterday (Friday) evening,
c cr-78 the following :
foi:a." delay granted by Austria to Piedmont
r,Ztti Taitig, will, as it appears, expire on Sunday
e --mR neut.
" Till „
here nod
nothing has confirmed the report
theon rciliated that an engagement has been fought
Ticino.
op;II! i 8 rumoured that General Randon will be
eent%tifted. Major-General of the army to be con-
-44:1,1a on the frontiers of Piedmont, and that
to jo-:441 nerqueny D'Hilliers will take his departure
eN
the army on the Alps.
ral Canrobert has arrived in Paris from
Tho
titer report is current that the Austrians have
It is' the Duchies of Tuscany, Parma, and Modena.
reii also asserted that the French soldiers on
Noble furlough are to be called

FRANCE.
at A
thlrttordin-
a Council of Ministers was held
--4:K
.
laderies on Thursday, the Emperor pre-
Pri
Nliej„le,Lne Napoleon, who, since he resigned the
y
bloopof Algeria, has never attended these Colin-
ok his seat in the character of a Prince of the
The heConstituticntel announces that a part of the
teact,°t Paris has received orders to hold itself in
Thns to march.
and 4th Infantry Divisions of the army of
11111%p a under orders to proceed to Toulon by
l'Ast)
frh
eairst Division will leave Paris on Friday
0 g.
lbort ,7;8, Friday, April 22.---The Moniteur of this
A contains the following :---
toaitintistria has not given in her adhesion to thero-
N.,8 made by England, and accepted 'by
yFrance,
(1' and Prussia; besides which, it appears that_
clire )it-et billet of Vienna has resolved on addressing
iltder
into obtain
to the Cabir.TtAfoiTt.
t
obtain the disarand
'Ol
_.e "ftias, the Emperor has
qt,u.i.Ftt this ~....eutration of the
_divisions of the
the frontiers of Piedmont."

3,114„,,,, A ITALY.
21st.—Threatening movements of
tak Placers army on the frontiers of Piedmont have
en
allamAustrian authorities have directed the
e
%lit e ra of the Lombard Railway to suspend the
AllLrains
the
to-morrow, 22nd inst.
%Ns e locomotives have been ordered back for the
I,ltrt of soldiers.
trieino.Ps are expected on the road from Milan to the
'der
'der tfi'enin4, a Council of Ministers was held
The {, 0 presidency of the King.
ItB may'°lleNving telec,ram was delayed nine hours on
by telegraph:—
°f
tOals, Thursdry, April 21st, 1859.—The Patrie,
In eii!s„rle.iling, states, that serious reports have been
'reope—acleo here to-day. The entry of Austrain
t1)04 into the Piedmontese territory has been
qrnie-d- °f, but, till now, nothing is officially con-
‘laritclt is, however certain, that General de la
'l.ogra°,- ,"; has informed' the French Government, by
Int that the Austrian army has made sieifi
th;evements on the stratgical line of the Ticino,
e 4he feared being attacked at any moment.
te .", ert is also current that Austria has refusedto
In
)11, her adhesion to the propositions of England,
p,,,c1 asked for it within twenty-four hours. A
of Ministers has been held to-day, under the
ati\reeY of the Emperor. The Princes Jerome
apoleon were present."

AUSTRIA.
''Pliiek'NA, Friday, April 22nd, 1859.—Piedmont,-
tißhtlas for some years past endangered Austria's
AN !has been summoned most urgently, by
tesiaato disarm.
Ilics4ClA4tMs demand, iespecially addressed to Pied-
F,erier„, Utria adheres firmly to the proposal of a
isarraament, although she cannot make
4(lor.'l.°Psal subordinate to the summons she had
d 0 Sardinia.

TURKEY
LTIt
April 21.---The Austrian Lloyds steamer
d -3- .hr;n ain a ---- (1" -
This ttPte to the 16th inst. -
1'4111;„, submarine` Cable to- Candia and Alexandria
- laid most likely on the Ist of May next.
Aug ne- Grand Duke Constantine will accompany
‘4llO on a visit to the Holy Places.
illateeordhlg to advice from Smyrna to the 16th
resae.'d it is asserted that a Greek butcher had con-
toketo being on a footing of understanding with
meted respecting assassinations recently COM-
4,,aere.

NAPLES.
MARSEILLES, April 21.—Advices have been re-
from Naples to the 9th inst. •
I(iu fresh discharge of matter has relieved the
14,41:, Chest, but the fever,- which has lasted three
"8, eghausti has reduced his Majesty to the last stage of
on
44ett •
ers state that Sicily is threatened by dearth.
Queen of Prussia has to-day left Naples for
,et, rs
Lation from Leghorn announce warlike manifes-
4'.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS Friday, April 22.
11.40
raeclie a.m.- Rentes 'commenced at 65 50, and im-
-4;,._ tely fell to 65 40, being a decline of 1 per cent
-mee vesterd
12.i0 ay.
Vn.--:Rentes opened at 65 45, and are now
651 Do
-Ate Bourse is very flat.
65 207 P.m.—Great uneasiness still prevails ; Rentes

2.32 •
itent P.m. —A further decline has taken place:,
da
~s, 3 64 q n
, . being 11 per cent lower than yekte
r
ciosing.