Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

THE COURT, &c.

Osuoarre, TUESDAY. —The Qleen and the Prince Con-
sort, accompanied by the Princess Alice and Prince Arthur,
drove out in an open carriage yesterday afternoon;
THE IMPERIAL VlSlT.—Since the visit of the Emperor
and Empress to England has been spoken of, much doubt
has arisen relative to the port at which their Majesties
are to embark. At present we learn from persons well
informed that the Emperor, in order to examine
personally the works of canalisation effected lately in
the Seine, has resolved to come down the river to
Havre.

ORDNANCE SURVEY.—Yesterday there was issued the
report of Lieutenant—Colonel James, to the Inspector—
General of Fortificatens, of the progress of the Ordnance
Survey of the United Kingdom up to December last, to
which are added some remarks upon the differentbranches
of the work, and the methods of conducting the opera-
tions of the survey. This is the first detailed report on
the survey which has been presented to parliament. The
head quarters of the survey of the United Kingdom are
at Southampton, and from thence all orders connected
with the administration and conduct of the survey are
iisued, and all the plans and maps of Great Britain are there
engraved and printed : the plans and maps of Ireland are
engraved and published at the Survey Office, in the
Pheenix Park, Dublin. But it is in contemplation to
remove the head quarters of the survey to London, still
keeping at Southampton the engraving and publica-
tion in the same way as is now done in Dublin. The
number of persons employed on the survey on the 31st
March last was :-1 lieutenant-colonel superintending,
16 captains, 2 lieutenants, 1 quartermaster, and 480
non-commissioned officers and sappers of the corps cf
Royal Engineers, 960 civil assistants, and 609 labourers,
making a total of 2,069 persons ; but, in consequence of
the reduction in the amount of the grants for the survey,
this nnmber is now 'reduced to 1,282. " The survey
as it is now proceeding," writes Colonel James, "is
admirably suited to meet the wants of the community at
large. The plans of the towns are on a sufficiently large
scale to admit of admeasurements in feet, and the inser-
tion of every detail, the plans of the cultivated districts,
with the areas of every inclosure given, and on the scale
of one square inch to one acre, is remarkably well suited
for every public or private purpose connected with land
whilst the 6 inch map of counties and the 1-inch map of
the kingdom are equally well suited for the engineer, the
hydrographer, and the geologist. These plans will enable
the goverhment to carry into effect measures for faciitat-
ing the transfer of landed property, for the valuation of
property, and many other important measures, for
which an accurate detailed survey is the necessary
basis. I have asked for additions to the grants for the
survey, to expedite it as, much as possible. Wo already
have a large number of reople (1,282) employed
but there will be no difficulty in gradually augmenting the
number in proportion to the extent to which parliament
may be pleased to augment the grants; and it will be the
truest economy in the end to complete the survey as soon
as possible. The great drawback to the survey

the frequent change of orders relative to it. I believe
these under which we are now acting are most judicious ;
and after the full discussions upon this subject which have
taken place by correspondence, in eommittees, and in
parliament, I trust that this "great work (which will
certainly be the most perfect of its kind ever executed)
will now be pushed on steadily and rapidly, and without
any further material changes." OPIP.
OM.

LANCASHIRE INDEPENDENT COLLEGE.—INTENDED RE-
ma/gamic OF DR. VAUGHA N. —Dr. Vaughan has written
to the Rev. Dr. Raffles, Chairman of the Committee of
the Lancashire Independent College, stating that from
personal and domestic consieerations, as well as on some
public grounds, it is his intention to resign his office as
President of that institution at Christmas next.—Man-
ehester Examiner.

NEW PATENT FAMILY FIRE E3CAPE.—With the sanction
of the Mayor.—A public trial will take place this day
(Thursday), in Exchange-street West, at twelve o'clock,
under the management of Mr. Superintendent Hewitt and
girt of his fire brigade, when the public may witness its
efficiency in cases of fire, in the absence of any other
assistance. Orders received by Messrs. Mawdsley & Son,
Castle-street, or William Odell, Bold-street, sole agent for
Liverpool.
EXTEAORDINARY FLIGHT OF A PIGEON.—One of the
excursionists who accompanied the Rector in the late trip
to London, took up in a basket a pigeon to let off, to let his
mother know of his safe arrival. The pigeon was let out
of the basket on London Bridge at half-past twelve o'clock,
and reached Warrington at half-past six o'clock in the
evening—having flown the distance of 190 miles in about
six hours, or upwards of thirty miles an hour, for the
whole distance. These who were watching for it observed
it first over Messrs. Rylands' tall chimney, no doubt its
making point for its cote close at hand. It appeared
rather tired on arrival, but next day was as lively and
brisk as ever.—Warrington Guardian.
PRESENTATION.—NORIII SHORE, BOOTLE.—On Monday
evening the young ladies and gentlemen of this district,
who were confirmed at the late confirmation, met in their
newly-erected school-room, and presented their worthy
pastor, the Rev. George Troughton, L.L.8., with an
elegant and beautifully chased inkstand, an acknowledge-
ment of his kind services and unwearied exertions whilst
preparing, instructing, and examining them for that
Sacred Rite. The Rev. gentlemen, in thanking them for
their kind and unexpected presen', expressed the pleasure
he had is again meeting his young friends, and urged
upon them the necssity of pursuing that course, as the
only way to Salvation, which he had endeavoured faith-
fully to expound to them ; and of the still greater pleasure
it gave him at seeing so many of them partaking with
him of the Holy Sacrament, and at which he trusted often
to meet them. _ _ .

ACCIDENTAL Dig kTIIS —John Thomplon, forty-two years
old, was found dead in bed at 105, Hill-street, yesterday
morning. The deceased was inspector of meat in St.
James's market. He went to bed about half-past ten
c'clock on Tuesday night. - He then complained of a pain
in his left temple. His temples were bathed with cold
water, and he then appeared better. Not making his
appearance at the usual time, a man named 'Hughes
went into the bed-room of the deceased, and found
him dead in bei about half-past seven o'clock.--
William Spencer, aged two years, son of William
Spencer, plasterer, 4 Court, Wright-street, fell down
stairs and fractured his skull on the 13th instant,
and died on the 20th. The father of the deceased
stands No. 162 on the calendar for trial at the

present Sessions, charged with stealing lead.—A man
unanown, in a decomposed state, supposed to be
one of the men from the flat that sunk in the river a
fortnight since, was picked up about the Potteries and
removed to the dead house.—A bay, named James
Williams, residing at No. 17, Edward-street, Toxteth Park,
fell out of a boat whilst amusing himself skulling in the
Queen's Dock basin on Tuesday evening, and was drowned.
'the body was removed to the Southern Hospital, where
every means were resorted to by Mr. Pope, the house
surgeon, for restoring suspended animation without success.
The body was afterwards removed to the house of his
parents.—lnquests will be held on these four cases
to-day.
TLIE NEW Man ESCAPE.—We urgently desire to recom-
mend to the notice of every householder " The Family
Fire Escape" (supplied in Liverpool by Mr. Odell, Bold-
streei), as a certain means of rescuing inmates from burning
houses. The ladder-escapes, which have for some time
been used by the Royal Society for the Protection of Life
from Fire, are in themselves perfect machines, and admir-
ably answer the purpose for which they are intended. But
it must often necessarily happen that all portable escapes
will arrive at the scene of disaster too late to reader help
at the critical moment. Each second of time is of vital
importance when a dwelling is in flames. Besides, it con-
stantly happens that the only side of the burning house
from which, at the moment, it is possible for the threatened
victims to descend, is rendered inaccessible to the approach
of the otherwise useful ladders by reason of the many
walls, yards, and other obstructions within which the backs
of our houses are usually enclosed. It is obvious, then,
that all dwellings should be provided with such escapes
as, being fixtures, are always at hand, and ready for instant
emergency. We, therefore, forewarn the public to make
timely preparations against coming casualties. Let the
new fixed fire-escapes be provided to co-operate with the
old portable ones, and then, in recording the almost nightly
fires that occur, we shall no longer have the dismal task of
recounting harrowing scenes of deaths by burning, nor to
add our unavailing regrets at the loss of valuable lives.
Property is now universally secured against fire, and yet
we are utterly neglectful of securing our lives against the
dangerous element. Nearly all prudent men purchase fire-
proof boxes to preserve deeds, cash, &c., though it may be
hoped, or even believed, their houses will never be C 313-
Burned by fire. Surely, then, these same people cannot
hesitate to provide themselves, at a less cost, with the
certain means of preserving their lives, which are even
more liable than their deeds to be destroyed by fire, since
papers can frequently be thrown through the windows.
Every householder should remember, that all the vigilance
and precaution which it is possible for himself and his
household to exercise are ever liable to be frustrated by
the negligence of his neighbour. In this cue self-reliance
becomes the height of rashness, while a wholesome dread
of our neighbour becomes at once our wisdom and our
safeguard. " Nam tua res agitur paries cunzproximus
ardet."

ROBBERY AT ex HOTEL.—On Thursday morning last a
very serious robbery was committed at the Peacock Hotel,
Snowhill, in this town, a cash box, containing £B2 in
notes, gold, and silver, being stolen. It op; eirs that it is
the costom of Miss Hawkins, daughter of Mr. John
Hawkins, the landlord, nightly to convey the cash box to
her bedroom, and to secure the door, but on Wednesday
night she neglected to perform th's act of care, and on the
following morning the cash box was missed from its place
iu the bar. It is supposed that two young men who had
located themselves at the Peacock since Monday are the
thieves, for at six o'clock on Thursday morning they left
the inn in a very sudden manner, making their way out of
the premises by scaling a wall which broughs them into a
yard adjacent to the street. Since their departure it has
been nmembe:ed that one of them was partlcalarly f nd
of occupying a certain seat in the smoking room from
which could be ob aired a viD.w of the bar and the cash
box. They left two caps behind them, and in a room ad-
joining that which they occupied as a bedroom was found
a cash box resembling the one stolen, filled wiih stones.
This, it is presumed, was purhcased in Birmingham by the
thieves, who on a previous day had paid a visit to that
towr, and was intended to reptece the one stolen hal cir-
cumstrnces required this to be done.— Wolverhampton
Chronicle.

Bow OUR ANCESTORS BRIBED. —There is a variety most
creditable to English invention in the way in which our
ancestors adminiNered their bribes. At one place a mys-
terious person used to arrive with the cash, known as the
" Man in the Moon," who approached at nightfall, and
was at once met with " What news from the moon ?" This
was a poetic form. Then there was the humorous form.
" I'll lay you five guineas." said a celebrated canvasser
in Fox's contest of 1784, " and stake the money in your
own hands, that you will not vote for Mr. Fox." " Done !"
says the free and independent, and wins his bet—and
bribe. Another playful plan was to buy the elector's
canary at a price that would have been handsome for a
bird of paradise—a very pretty kind of bird-fancying !
Sometimes men tshowed perfect genius in availing them-
selves of profesional advantages :—thus a military gen-
tleman employed in the recruiting service once stood for
Great Grimsby, and enlisted a majority of the voters for
soldiers with a liberal bounty ! Such anecdotes as these
constitute the literature of electioneering; and there is
probably not a town or county in England where there is
not an e'.derly gentleman with a small batch of them. In
a contest a good many years ago in North Britain one of
the parties had strong reason to suspect a particular voter
of having taken a bribe—a considerable bribe ton—for
votes were valuible. A she.rp enemy resolved to make an
attempt on him. Accordingly, as the mare entered to poll,
he whispend in his ear rapidly, "They're making a fule
of ye Jock—they're a' bad ! ' " The scoundrels, exclaimed
his dupe; and down on the table he flung a batch of notes,
They wsre impounded at once by authoetaes, and the
man's n suffrage invalidated.—
Quarterly Review, new
number.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The three per cent. rents have to-day fallen one-
half per cent, closing at 66-95. The French
customs revenue for the first six months of this
year, shows an increase of 142 per cent. over same
period in 1856.