Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

keeping, French, geometer y, 'navigation, :algebra,
and other subjects not prescribed."' All that is
monstrous—moonshine—rage. Oh! how infinitely
is the reality here, below that described by
Dickens, at the Lancashire Institute. And the
picture of the mixed workman emigrant, of some
ten or fifteen years, drawn by the Federation writer,
is equally beside the truth. What a melancholy
picture does the reality present? Let the adver-
tising columns of our local papers, and of the
Royal Gazette, be consulted, and what a tale do
they tell, either of stricken down poverty, in the
very sadly numerous notices weekly of persons
taking the benefit, so called of a " whitewashing act"
of last session, or of unmitigated villainy. No, no.
The fortunate owners in New Brunswick of a white
cottage on the hill, or in the valley,• with a large
barn, three or four cows, pigs, horses, waggon,
poultry, turkey, geese, and one hundred acres of
freehold land, of which ten or twelve are under the
plough. Your sons work overtime at the mills,
carrying home to their parents £9 7s 4d per week,
after ten or fifteen years residence, is a most sadly
overcharged, and yet a most ludicrously overdone
picture. Few and far between must any such in-
stances be. Nay, I challenge the writer for Fede-
ration to produce one single existing instance like
the foregoing, to redeem his veracity, It is really
lamentable to have to expose such a prostitution
of any man's talent. And as to the political posi-
tion of the population, it is not bettered by any of
the so-called privileges of the franchise for parlia-
mentary or municipal •eleetioneering. The same
aids of bribery and corrupt voting prevail here as
elsewhere—the same corruption—and more incapa-
icity. In the Lower House the ballot is no
protection, and men are even -now sighing for a
return to the old system of a few years back, when
the magistracy in session appointed the parochial
officers. Charles Fisher and Leonard Filley, and
other worthies of that stamp, are really and truly
held in very moderate estimation. The blunders
of bye-gone years of liberal yearnings are not un-
lamented, and men would, if they could, retrace
their steps. While I write, petitions, in prepara-
tion for the approaching session of our local parlia-
ment, are in progress, actually praying for a
return to those old forms and institutions among
us, which Charles Fisher, at ed omne genus, not so
very long ago succeeded in beguiling the people to
consent to destroy. There will certainly be a
political change among us, and that at no distant
day.

ut, until times mend among us, let no poor
unfortunates come out as emigrants, to rue the
day they were beguiled to do so by the Federation
scribe.

York County, New Brunswick, Jan. 15, 1859

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

PROGRAMME OF THE FIRST DAYS RACING

AT LINCOLN.
LINCOLN MEETING.-WEDNESDAY.

The TRIAL STAKES, of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for
three-yr-olds, 7st 31b ; four, Bst 101 b ; flve, 9st 51b
six and aged, 9st 101 b ; mares and geldings allowed
31b ; and maiden three-yr-olds, at theotime of starting,
allowed 41h ; four and upwards, 71b. The winner of
100 sovs in any one year to carry 51b ; twice, or 200
sovs, 101 b extra. One mile. 15 subs.
Yrs 1 Yrs Yra
Enfield ..
Contract 3 Tournament 5 Layton
Lifeboat.. . 4 Vault .. .. .. . 3 Joyeuse
fby Stockwell— Burlington ..... 3 Indifference
Ter rona .
The Speaker . 3

The BROCKLESBY STAKES, of 5 sous each, with 40 added,
for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst
41b. A winner before starting to carry 81b extra. The
straight rim in, about half a mile. 27 subs.

Captain Christie's Spicebox Mr. C. Drave's Norton, by Snow-
Mr. Christy's b f Rosalind i den Dunhill , .
Mr. A. Douglas s Sunbury Mr. Saxon's ch f Ratlagoom
Mr. J. Ward's b f by SWeetmeat Mr. Singleton's ch gDanielßoyes
—Maydaf by Kinson (Mr. J. Jackson's be by The Cure
Dr. Browne's bc by Grecian-1 —Crazy Peggy
Pantheon'sdamby Dromedary Mr. John Osborne's br c by
Mr. Gulliver's b c Macbeth, by Mick?), Free - Blemish's dam
Magnes - Avon Mr. Thomas Bell's Cremorne, by
Mr. Gulliver's b c Perfidy Hermit
Mr. Hall's Canticle Mr. Devereux's b c Earl of Essex
Mr. Stephenson's fby Pelion— by Newcourt
Tufthunter's dam Mr. Hopkinson's b f Miss Deans
Lord Strathmore na Balloon, by (late Little Hobble)
The Flying Dutchman Mr. Birrall's Argyll
Mr. Merry's Madrid Mr. Eastwood's ch f Buttercup,
Mr. Merry's Lady Falconer by Daniel O'Rourke .
Mr. Merry's Thormanby Mr. T. Parr's b f Fairy
Captain Bayley's Circassia Mr. T. Parr's Pescatore
Hr. Seymour's Infanta

The GRAND STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) of 10 sovs
each,. 5 forfeit, and only 3 if declared, with 80 added;
the winner of any steeplechase of 100 sovs after the
weights are published, to carry 71b ; twice, or 300 sovs,
101 b extra ; the second to save his stake. Not to exceed
four miles, over a fair hunting country. 33 subs, 5 of
whom declared and pay forfeit.

Escape . .
Old Dog Tray
Odiham
Shvlock
Milkmaid
Hiss Harkaway
Tease
Little Wonder
Fanny
Omar Pacha
Dayton
Tamwarth (inc. 71b ex)
Chehnerton ......
Annatis
THE ALL AGE SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25
added ; for three year olds, Bst.; four, 94. 101 b.; five,
10st. 61b.; six and aged, lOst. 121 b.; mares and geld-
ings allowed 31b.; maiden three year olds that have
started twice allowed 41b.; four year old ditto, 71b.; the
winner to be sold for 100 sous.; if entered be sold
for £BO, allowed £7lb.; £6O, 121 b., £5O, 171 b.; £4O,
211 b.; £3O, 281 b. One mile. To close and name on
the evening of February 22.
THE CITY HANDICAP, of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added ;
the winner of any race after the weights appear (Feb.
9) to carry 71b. extra ; the second to save his stake.
One mile and a quarter.
Yrs st lb
Tournament
Mr. Sykes a 7 9 Lancaster .
Tame Deer
Apollo 4 7 6 Appendix .......... ,
Little Cob .5 7 4 bf by Stockwell—Ter-
Dusty Miller .5 7 2 rona
The Earl . . a 7 2 Lady-well
Verona • 7 0 The Greek
Trabuco 4 613 Nosegay .. ,
Stapleton .. 4 613 Burlington ...........
Princess Royal 6 12 Madame Moet
English Rose .... 4 612 Northumberland Du-
Missflt
Salonica
Bellefleld 4 6 7 . Joskin
br cby l'h e *Fano w•BuCk Attraction ............. 3 4 12
Subterfuge ... .. 4 6 6 Vigo .. 3 412
...4 6 5 Brusher ....3 411
...3 4 8
..3 4 8
3 4 8

a.. 11
a.. 11 4
a.. 11 4
a.. 10 11
a.. 10 (
a.. 10 0
6..10 0
a.. 9 11

Whistling Willie ..... a.. 9 6
ireyling
Barney Williams (h b) a... 9 4
Wildair
ihance ... a.. 9 3
'brain..
Alfred the Great..
Spring
Blueskin .. . a.. 8 13
Flatcatcher (11 b) .... a.. 8 13
Ratcatcher ..
Sauey Boy
b m by Vortex—Clo-
rinda

a.. 9 9,
9 7
9 7
a.. 9 7

a. 9 6
a.. 9 6

Yrs st lb

3 5 5
3 5 5
3 5 4
3 5 4

3 5 4
3 5 2
.3 5 0
3 5 0
3 5 3
.3 4 13

....3 4 7
... 3 4 7
. . 3 paid
. .. 3 paid

Queen B
Physician
Vault ... ,
Basilisk ..
Ochiltree
I select the following to win
TRIAL STAKES : Contract or Tonrnament, whichever
run.
THE BROCKLESBY STAKES : Circassia.
GRAND STEEPLE CHASE : Annatis.
CITY HANDICAP : Appendix.
A FRIEND TO THE MAN IN THE MOON.

Captain Wedderburn ...4 6 4 Skipjack : ...
5 513 oh g by Pyrrhus th
4.5 9 First Butterfly

4 5 9 Weatherwise
3 5 5 Brookside...
3 5 5 The Poet....

THE EXTRAORDINARY SEDUCTION CASE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS .-YESTERDAY. ESTERDAY.

GARDNER v. GODFREY.—This extraordinary and painful
which has created so'much interest as to its result,
was resumed yesterday morning. After the examination of
several witnesses on the part of the defendant, who were
not examined last night owing to the lateness of the
hour when the. court adjourned, much to the surprise
of the vast number of persons who crowded in
the expectation of hearing Mr. Edwin James reply,
Mr. Barnard, his junior, asked that the case should be
postponed on account of the absence of his leader (Mr.
Edwin James), who was unable to attend and address the
court, owing to a very severe hoarseness. He (Mr. Bar-
nard) felt himself in a very great difficulty in proceeding
without his leader, and would ask the indulgence of the
court to postpone the case. Mr. M. Chambers objected
to the postponement, on the ground that it would entail
great anxiety on his client. The Lord Chief Justice
said it was most inconvenient 'to postpone the case, but
looking at its importance, he thought the application
was reasonable. The case was then adjourned until this
day.

The Brighton Railway traffic return shows, this week,
an increase of £1,404.
The contest for Marylebone, between Colonel Romilly
and Mr. Edwin James, is expected to be a sharp one.
Lord Cowley had an interview with the Earl of Derby,
on Monday, at his official residence.