The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

not merely affirm that the Chelsea Board adopted a
report at variance with the facts; he declares, and
we declare, that it was constituted with that
express object. It was a tribunal established and instructed
to falsity the history of the Crimean disasters, to rescue a
clique of coroneted boobies from the censure of a too fearless
commoner, to allow Level Lucan to skulk away under an
apologetic plea, Lord Cardigan to shuffle out of an exposure,
Sir Richard Airey to dress up his incompetent mediocrity
in the disguise of official enthusiasm, and Mr. Fader—that
soft hearted Cappadocian—to creep through the dark with
his superiors. Tha Board laughed at the public, frowned
at Colonel Tulloch, gave Lord Luau all the latitude he
desired for his contumacious bravado, and his goading
impertinence to a better man below him is rank and social
station. We are not astonished, however, at the injustice
of the Chelsea Board ; we expeected nothing less than that
an unscrupulous ➢liuister should abandon, unrewarded, a
public servant, whose only fault is that he performed his
daty too well ; but we shall indeed be startled if the English
public permits itself much longer to be imposed upon by
the mock heroism of men who rise by bribing their seniors
out of the way, or by the swaggering pretensions of a
statesman whose levity, when dealing with serious topics, is as
disparaging to the dignity of Parliament, as it is disci
to himself, and the colleagues who c:)nuive at the iric': of
his " liberal" duplicity:

TiM STEANIEn. TYNE ltorl Mad Company
have received a telegraphic message from Cap!ain
who has, for the last few clays, been end eavouring 0 that
the Tyne; stating, he entertained the strongest hp. .s of
success. Oa receipt of this message, the company's sup:;r7
intendent, Captain Vincent, gave orders to the Dock Com-,
pany, to have in readiness, one of their dry docks to receive
her ; and immediately proceeded to the scene of operations.
A Government tug has been despatched from Portsmouth,
for the purpose of towing her into Southampton, if the
effort had proved successful. It is currently reported at
Southampton, that she is floated off.

GOVERNMENT CIRCULATING, MUSEUM COLLECTION.--
-This valuable and interesting collection, consisting of
400 specimens, representing each section of the Central
Mus'Aim of Ornamental Art, at Gore House, and compris-
ing glasF, loco. Works in metal, ivory carvings, woven
fabrics, &c., will visit Liverpool in the beginning of Marche
and be exhibited at the Exhibition Rooms, Post Office
place, for a period of six weeks. The Queen has
graciously contributed to it, save-al of the costliest and
most beautiful pieces from her unrivalled collection of Sevres
porcelain. The c )11,cilan, s cid to be worth £20,000,
travels in a carriage constructed especially for the purpose,
adapted to all railways. It has been already exhibited at
Birmingham, Nottingham, Macclesfield, Norwich, Leeds,
&c,, where it has been visited by a large number of persons
with the most useful results. A committee, consisting of
four representatites, each from the Town Council, the
Collegiate Institution, and the Liverpool Institute, with
the secretaries and drawing masters o! the two latter
institutions, has been formed, for the purpose of making
adequate arrangements for Coe exhibition of the collec-
tion, according to the provisions pre!cfibed by government.
The first meeting was held yesterday in the Town hall,
Mr. Alderman Thrinett in the chair, and the Rev. J. S.
Howson, principal of the Collegiate Institution, Messrs.
Steains; Stitt, Geo. Holt, henry Booth, J. Grantham, C.
S. Samuel], &c , present, when resolutions were passed for
the purpose of promoting the success of the exhibition, and
a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Bennett, Sainuell,
and Grantham, with the local secretaries of the school of
art, Messrs. J. Gregory, J'nes, and Astrup Caries, was
appointed for the purpose of carrying into effect tha views
of the meeting.

THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AND FOREIGN DEeORATIONE.
—A Paris correspondent, writing on Wednesday, says—
The Debafs has published some very sensible remarks upon
the absurdity by which, in England, no man is allowed to
wear a foreign decoration unless it has been given as a re-
ward far military services. The Debits finds this arrange-
ment very strange in a country where military glory is
generally considered of but little worth, and where the arts
of peaca are for ever held up as superior to the arts of war.
Na matter how distinguished a ram may be, unless in the
army he can wear no orders upon his breast. If the subjEct
were a large one, agitation—the ba'ba's may feel aisured—
would soon commence upon it. If it had the proporthes of
a national vestion, her MajeStv's Ministers would
find themselves uuder the necessity of reforming a lar, so
supremely foolish, irrational, and disgracjul. Bat the
question is so limited that there is no chance -of its being
warmly espoused by .a large number. of •the community;
consequently there is no eha-,ce that it will undergo a
change, surely, in such a case as this, it would be graceful
on, the part of the Government to propose, of itself, a new
and better regulation in place of that which now exiEls
with regard to the wearing of foreign order s ; or the
Sovereign herself might take some steps in the
matter. But when did Sovereigns or Ministers ever
yield, except to the pressure from without ?

Meetings to petition for the reduction and equal assess-
ment of the income tax have been held this week at York,
Nottingham, and Grantham.
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, a man, named John
Redmond, a labourer, was working at a ship tailed the
Triumph, in the Trafford Dock, when the vessel canted
over and upset the stage, plunging the man into the dock,
which was dry at the time. He wes killed on the spot.
AMERICAN MAILS.—The royal mail steamer Niagara
sails this day for Halifax and Boston, with the American
and Canadian mails. Letters will be received at the gene-
ral post office up to eleven o'clock in the ordinary course,
and to twelve with fees. The box at the stage will be open
to one, with additional late fees of la on each letter.

A DRUNKEN MOTHER.—Yesterday, at the police clnrt, a
woman, named Jane Elliot, was brought before the bench
by Mr. Lodge, of the Night Aglow, who said she came
there quite drunk, NS ith a baby in her arau, which she had
let fall, and fat several times herself. The child was much
hurt. She was remanded.

FIRE.---Last night, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out in
the cotton kiln of Mr. GAskell, situated in Fleet street,
which, for a time, threatened the destruction of the ware-
house adjoining, but by the exertion of the fire brigade,
under the direction of Mr. Hewitt, was haimily prevented.
The amount of damage is estimated at about. £2O.

NEW AN C ROlL—Yesterday, Messrs. Norris exhibited one
of their new patent anchors, in Exchange street East, oppo-
site the News Room and a very large crowd collected to
inspect the implement. There was, so far as the inspection
went, general commendation, as three great points are set
forward by the parentee ; namely :—combination of parts
with the greatest strength, and smallest possible weight,
These are important ingredi,nts, and so far as appearances
go, the anchor possesses all these.
FATAL :COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, a fatal
accident happened at Earl Filzwilliam's coalmine, at Upper
Elsecar, near Barnsley, to a man named John Burgan,
who resides at Hemingfield. The poor fellow was engaged
getting coal, when a very large quantity fell upon him, and
he was so fearfully crushed and mangled, that not the
slightest hope was then entertained that he would
recover. He was conveyed to his home, and medical
aid was procured. He lingered in fearful agony until the
following day (Tuesday), when death ended his sufferings.
The unfortunate deceased was about 46 years of age, and
has left a widow and two children to lament his untimely
loss.

NEW CONSTABULARY FORCE FOR CHESHlRE.—Yesterday
a deputation from Claughton, consisting of Mr. J. H. Hind
and Mr. James Highton, the overseers; Mr. Henry
Jackson (son of William Jackson, Esq., M.P.), Mr. Henry
Bell, Mr. Whittingham, and Mr. Wahl (the town clerk of
Birkenhead), waited upon the magistrates at the Town-
hall, Birkenhead, with the view of explaining to them, as
also to Captain Smith, the new high constable, who was
present, the position of the township of Claughton regard-
ing watching and lighting, and to show that Claughton
came within the exceptions in the new bill, and could not
be rated as it was intended doing. - The deputation
explained, that by a former act of parli,:ment that Claugh-
ton formed part of Birkenhead, and was liable to be rated
by the commissioners of Birkenhead, fur watching and lighr-
ing, and which the commissioners intended doing, s) taai;
they could not with jastice be brougbi; under both ca' n.
After some dfstussion, it was arranged that the town &,rk
should prepare a statement, and lay it before the clerk of
the peace, in order to ascertain his views on the subject,
and the question in the meantime to stand over.