The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-02 00:00:00

THE DONALD M‘KAY.

This ship arrived here yesterday from Melbourne ; she
sailed from that port on the 27th of February. The fol-
lowing letter has been forwarded to the London Times for
publication, in reference to a statement which appeared
in that journal of Saturday :
In the Times of Saturday your Plymouth correspondent,
while noticing the arrival of the La Hogue, says she sailer].
seven days after the Donald M'Kay. This is a mistake
which we shall feel obliged by your correcting, as the
Donald M'Kay did not sail until the 27th of February, or
seven days after the La Hogue, instead of seven days
before. She landed some of her passengers at Crook—
haven on th 2 28th ult., and we received our letters per La
Rogue and a letter from the captain of the Donald. AVICAY
by the same post, whish we think shows pretty clearly
that the Donald M'Kay has beaten, the La Hogue six to
seven days. The gold by our shln will be despatched to
London tonight.
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Previous to the arrival of the Donald M4E:ay, the pas
sengers presented the Captain with the following gratify
ing address :---•

Ship Donald McKa7, May 30, 1857.
TO CAPTAIN HENRY WARNER.
Dear Sir,—We, the saloon passengers, on the termination of our
voyage fromllielonurneto Liverpool by the above vessel, under your
command, beg to tender you our cordial and sincere thanks for your
most gentlemanly and courteous demeanour to us, and to express the
very high opinion we entertain of your skill and ability as a com-
mander. Our estimation of your character is greatly euhanced from
the fact of your habit of strict sobriety, it having tended to remove
many fears which otherwise we might have entertained. Nye also
be to express our high opinion of your officers, whom we believe to
have ably seconded you in the arduous duties of na7igating so large
a vessel. In conclusion we heartily wish you every happiness, and all
success in your future undertakings, and beg to subscribe ourselves,
yours, very respectfully,
JAMES CARNS, ELIZA. W. MACLEOD,
ALEXANDER WADDELL, AMELIA. WILCOX,
GEORGE C. WILCOX, CLAMINA JACIS,
W. L. JORDAN, Ei irA HOLLAND,
W. J. littariN, GEOROE ANDERSON

The Western, Ti;Aes mentions a rumour that Lord
Barrington has resigned the chairmanship of the Great
Western Railway Company, and it has been offered to the
lion. F. Ponsonby, brother to Lord Bessborough.
STEAM TO NEWFOUNDLAND. .The screw steamer Kher-
sonese, belonging to the North Atlantic Steam Naviption
Company, sailed from Liverpool yesterday for Nevifound-
land, Halifax, N.S., and Portland, with a full compliment
of passengers, 435 in all, and a vauable cargo, 'rho
screw steamer Circassian, Captain PoselE, had arrived out
at -Newfoundland in nine days eight hours, thence to
Halifax in 55 hours, thence to Portland in 26 houro.

THE DISCOVERER OF TILE COLLODION PHOTOGRAPHIC
PRocses.—Her Majesty the Queen having been informed
that Mr. F. Scott Archer, the discoverer of the appltcation
of collodion to photography (a proce's which has superce led
all others) had died, leaving a young family unprovided
for, has been pleased to head a subscription by a gift of
twenty guineas. The Photographic Society of London
have followed with a grant of fifty pounds, and, from the
general estimation in which Mr. Archer's discovery is held,
a very handsome testimonial is expected to be raised.
The committee room is at 226, Regent-street, and Sir
William Newton, has kindly undertaken the office of
treasurer,

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[By British and Irish Magnetic Tdegraph.]

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY NIGHT.
The Royal Mail Steamer Parana, has just arrived
with the West India Mails.

NEUFCHATEL.

The Grand Council of the Cantor: of Neufchatel
has been convoked for Thursday next, for the pur-

pose of decreeing an amnesty.

FRANCE.

The Three per Cents. closed yesterday (Monday)
at 69f 2,5 c.

LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS' REPORTS.
Report by the barque Strathmore, arrived here from Foo Choo Foo :
In lat. Lon.

Feb. so.. In Sunda Strait, passed the ship T ilavera,
from Foo Choc, Foo to Cork, for orders.
Mar. 15 ..Spo ke the American ship North Atlantic,
rom Calcutta, ont 40 days .... 26 1 SS. 34 E.
Mar. 31 .. Off Cape Aqnitas, exchanged signals with
the Sebasrian Cabot, from Calcutta to
Liverpool, out 57 days.
April 9 ..Exchanged signals with the ship Omega,
from Bombay to London, out 61 days..l9 31 S.. 1 40 W.
April 30.. Exchanged signals with oil) Kitty Cordis,
from Bombay to Liverpool, out 82 days 5 2i N... 22 13 W,
May 12.. Spoke the American ship Florence, from
New York to Hong Kong, out 14 days.
Desired to b 3 reported 28 10 N.. 42 07 W,

Report of the Melita (s.s.), arrived here from Alexandria :
May 15, six p.m., left Alexandria.
May 19, noon, arrived at Malta.
May 20, ten a. ni , left Malta.
May 2 noon, off Goza, signalled r.m.s.e. Jura.
Play 23, in lat. 37 N., ion. 1 3) E., signalled the Snowdon (s.i.),
bound east.
May 25, at eight a.m., arrived at Gibraltar.
May 25, at 5.30 p.m., left Gibraltar.
May 27, off Burlings, saw a screw steamer, with four masts, steer-
ing South.
May 28, sixty miles North of Cape Finisterre, saw the British brig
Ann, bound S iuth.
May 30, off the Smalis, passed the Araxes (s.s.), bound South.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY.

The settlement of the Derby accounts this evening was
but partial. Money changed hands rapidly, showing a
confidence unspirited alter the rumours which have been
circulated. To-morrow accounts will be cloned, and it
is thought the squaring; will be most satisfactory. But
one 01 two cases of difficulty are reported, and they are
not hopeless.

THE R U'EESENTATION OF GREAT YARMOUTH.—The fund
for defending the return of M.. W. Torrens M'Cullagh
and Mr. E. W. Watkin, tho sitting members for Great
Yarmouth, now amounts to £2.,400 ; a large portion of
this sum hse been subscribed from other parts of the
kingdom. _ _

The Liberals of the town and county of Northampton
are preparing to celebrate, on Thursday the 4th inst., the
very decided victory they achieved at the recent elections,
in the return of Viscount Althorp, the Right Hon. Robert
Vernon Smith, and Mr. Charles Gilpin. A "grand
banquet and demonstration" is announced to take place in
the large hall of the Corn Exchange, Northampton, with
Lord Henley in the chair.

IRISHMEN IN OFFICE —The address of Mr. Henry
Arthur Herbert, soliciting a renewal of the confidence
of his constituents, appears in the Kerry papers. Having,
after some consideration, undertaken the responsible
duties of chief seer, tart' for Ireland, the hon gentleman
proceeds to say :—" A few weeks ago I had the honour
of addressing you without reserve on most of the
subjects of public interest in Ireland, and I have
reason to believe that the sentiments I then expressed,
met with the approval of the majority of my con-
stituents. I trust you will, therefore, consider it unne-
cessary for me to reiterate the expression of opinion of
which you are already aware; but I may be permitted to
say that, as a member of the government, I adhere to
those views which, as a private and independent member
of parliament, I pro`eeted. In the step I have taken, I
have made no sacrifice of principle. I have hitherto con-
sidered it my auty to give an in-lependent support to her
Majesty's present administration, as one whose general
policy I believe to ba in acoordance with the wants and
wishes of the nation ; and now, in accepting an ap-
pointment, which was alike unexpected and unsolicited
on my part, it is in the earnest hope that I may
thereby be enabled to help forward measures of prac-
tical utility, and to promote the interest and welfare
our eernm el country." Mr. Chichester Fortesque, who
has accepted an office under the government not necessi-
tating a re-election for his seat in Parliament, has, never.
theless, deemed it respectful to his constituents to inform
them publicly of the fact. In an address to the electors of
Louth, Mr. Fortesque observes :—" When I ventured to
maintain lately upon the hustings the right of Irishmen
;0 serve the Crown upon a footing of perfect equality with
Englishmen or with Scotchmen, I did not anticipate the
event of my ceasing so be a private Member of Parlia-
ment, I feel confident, however, that you, gentlemen,
will agree with me in holding it an honour for any man
to take a share in the government of his country, and
in the belief that a position of labour and trust, such as
that to which I have been appointed, is creditable to a
member of parliament and to the constituency which he
represents. With this persuasion .I should have presented
myself to you with great confidence for the honour of re-
election had the law required it, upon the present occasion.
Such, however, not being the ease, I desire to communi-
cate in this way with my friends and constiteenetsa,teoswt whom
I am so deeply indebted, and to express my earnest
and desire that, whether as, an independent member of
parliament, or as a member of a government, I Way be
able to do credit to their choice."
CAPTURE or a Foitesa.—An extraordinary sensatoin
has been created in Bedford and the whole district by the.
discovery that a man just apprehended for horse stealing
turns out to be the notorious John Thang Harradine, the
great bill forger in Huntingdonshire. For some months
past a heavy reward has been offered for his apprehension
upon charges of forgery, but to no effect, and it was gene-
rally believed lie had. left the country. Strange to say,
after an extraordinary career he took a trip into Bedford-
shire, where he had formerly lived., perhaps trusting to hia
long beard and altered personal appearance to escape
recognition ; but, stranger still, when he arrived there
it came across his mind that he should be taken some-
where, some day, and that he would rather be
tried in Bedfordshire, " among his friends.' It appears
that he went to Brombatn, and took a cob out of the
stable of Mr. Rogers, of whom he formerly occupied a
farm at Radwell, and rode it to London. On the morning
of the 22nd instant, he was seen by a policeman riding
through Whetstone, and a few days afterwards this officer
saw a notice of a horse having been stolen, and the descrip.
tion convinced him that this was the Brinnham cob. ELe
succeeded in tracing it to Itedan-cottages, Upper Iloilo=
way, and then took it into Bedfordshire, where Mr. Rogers
immediately identified it. Another policemhn of the S
division was on the lookout immediately, and the same
night, between eleven and twelve, near the Redan-cottages,
he saw a man crouching down : he went to the spot and
the man started off. The officer pursued, and the man fell
clown and was captured. When he was taken to Belford the
superintendent of police there recognised him, but did not
recollect his name. He told the prisoner as much, and he
replied, " If you give me a piece of paper I will write my
name, and tsll all about it He then wrote to the following
effect :—" I give myself up into the hands of this court,
I had no idea of stealing the bores. My business down
here was eitle r to see Mr. Lavender or Mr. Higgins, to
give myself up to them. I a'iered my mind, and took the
horse with no intention os stealing him, My name
is John T. Harradine."He subsequently stated that he
shire, not be tried inHuntingdonshire ; that he was
tired of took the horse in order that he might be tried in Bedford.
ni
the life he had been leading, and he was and
leading
e that there was £lOO reward offered for his apprehen-
sion.He was taken before the magistrates at Bedford on
the horse was preferred
awar
magistrates
and then made a long
haritnad
.thue
He ac
haadrg
milted of st taekailni ng
Fsatnaraitdielanlyent about his going into Bedfordshire, and then d e
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termining to take the horse to serve two purposes—first to
get back to London, as he had no money left, and he wished
to obtain some information ; and, secondly,to secure being
tried in Bedfordshire. He added, " I intended to give
myself up at some time, as
my wife and family seemed to
be more against me than any other people, and I was very
uncomfortable." The prisoner, who belongs to a respec-
table family, formerly occupied a farm at Radwell, near
Bedford, but it appears a curious infatuation for him to
prefer being tried there, as his forged bills include
many purporting to be drawn by respectable parties in
that neighbourhood. After hearing the evidence of
several witnesses, the magistrates committOd the prisoner
for trial,