Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

RIOT AT HONITON.

A somewhat serious riot occurred at Iloniten on Tues—
day among a number of navvies engaged is -:the construe—.
tion of the Yeovil and Exeter Railway. On Saturday,
night one of those fellow?, named Bartlett, was intoxicated..i
at the White Lion Inn, when a row ensued, and a num'oer-
of navvies and others surrounded the public-hotpe, broke-,
the windows, and committed other excesses. The count?.
police interfered, and were in the act of conveying Bartlett-
to the lock-up, when the navvies atteckel the officers, an&
attempted to rescue the prisoner, but in this they failed,
though they carried on their riotous conduct on Sunday
and up to M)nday, daring which period several of the
ringleaders were 10%01 in durance vile: As Inspector,
Timewell and a number of police were marching their
prisoners on Monday before the magistrates, at the Town.
Hall, the mob attempted a rescue, and succeeded in getting
three of the navvies from the officers ; but the remainder
were taken before the justices and fined.

SIR CITARLES WOOD TN LTV toirom...—ltegtklnlay,, the.
First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Caorles Waid,
Liverpool. He was received by Mr. Caaries „Tomer,
Chairman of the Dock Committee, and in company with
that gentleman inspeted the dock warshonset,
Laird's works at Birkeahead, and other places or interrst
connected with the port. lie also inorcted ,the docks
from the river, and sailed for.some time 0r.....,tke Mersey is
the Satellite tender.
STANLEY LITERARY AND: DEB VTING &IC ETY—TiIiS
Society he'd their usual weekly meeting. on .Wednesday
evening last (Mr. George Barnes in the chair), at their
rooms, Bible . Repository,. Slater strent, when Mr. T.
Sherlock delivered a very interesting, lecture, on the
" Misiion of the Age,"'and to whom an unanimous vote
.of thanks was accorded. 'The sahject anacenmd for
Wednesday evening next. at eight o'clock. was—" Is it
jest and expedient that murderers should ba paished with' •
death ?"

LECTURE BY THE,RMV. Was. IL. Itlnieutot,—lt will be
observed, by referetice to our navertisin; aolunius, that
the Rev. William. 11. Aliibtra, ex-ch4ain to the
United States senate, is to deliver a lecture on '' Western
Miad ; its manifestations, elavence anck humour," at
Hope Hall, Hope-street, on Monday evening next. To,
those of our readers who may have hard the pleasure of:
listening to the. eloquence a the " blina preacher" in the,
pulpit during, his recent visit to this town, we need oul:,!„
nacnticn the abave fact ; but to those. who have not yet
heard the distinguished Gentleman w;: can safely venture-
recommendation to avail themselves of this oppartunitv,,,in
the confilont belief thata riellintel.?,ectual treat is in. stz.ra,
for them. Jjhn Fatia.teorth, le..sck., is to preside upea the.
occtisioa..

A letter franc Milau of the sh states that ancthe pre—
ceding day the Archduke 'Maximilian gave a grand dinner
in honour of the King of the Belgians, who had arrived
th9re on the preceding day.
The ilaiiftar Courier w: jts:: " Edward B
for Cambridgeshire, offieiated in the pulpit. of the Rev. I
Mellor (Halifax) daring the earlier part off_ the service on.
Sunday night last. On account of a tee porary indisposi.
lion, he was prevented from preachin3,,tia,4o was requested,
to do." _ _

We have the gratification of stating tha►. the c)lleetion
made in Marheuf uhr:)el, oa S.:ladri last, afte: a
sermon by the liev, Francis Pigoe, fot. the relief of the
English sufferers in India, amoucieck to 3,l22ir.—Gctiq-
nani.

TAE SUFFERERS IN INDIA. —A pub'ie m ting was held.
in York, on Wednesday, the L;)rd Mayor in the (1.1:lir, to
open a subscription for the, sufferers in Indic. The rt.so,
lutions we e pEssed, as a matter of course, and the sum of
£3OOl was s ibseribed br4fore the meeting broke up.
INTENDED BANQUET 1N HONOUR (S TilE RETURN OF R.
N. PHILIP,, ESQ., Atp. Fox Bußy.—On Wednesday the
land was staked out for the ereotios of a temporary build—
ing, in which to celebrate the return of R. N. Philips,
Esq ,as the representative of Bury in parliament. It is
expected that it will be the largest tea party that has ever
been Mid tali-logien&