Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES

THE." LIBERALS " AND BRIBERY.

We have come through an ordeal of fearful trial.
Lord Derby, to carry the Conservative cause, 'was
announced, by the 44 Liberal" press to contemplate the
absolute purchase of constituent England. There was
a secret fund at the Carlton Club. If you walked the
streets, men with the evil eye of Pall-Mall smiled benefi-.
contly andoffered gold. Few Could say they had not been
tempted. The Premier himself had drawn a cheque upon
his bankers for £20,000. The neiv peers hid 'given a
handsome consideration for their peerage. Half a Million
of money was afloat, doing its corrupting work. Lord
John Russell at Huntingdon, said it was so much
that he could not add it up. The figurei were
so large that Mr. James Wilson alone could deed
with them. .Sir James Graham was the only man
who knew the whole particulars: The gentlemen
of the "Liberal " press confessed that the contempla-
tion of politics was at last corrupting even them. There
were not wantingsigns 'corroborative even in the heavens.
The sun went down in those disastrous days darkened
with a sickly gold. Forms and shapes; l/kened to a
golden rain, usurped the functions of the moon. Con-
servatism was pronounted a moral raurrain. The
" Evangelical" clergy, it was said, were c',)en active in
their parishes, but so monstrotts a calumny &it not live a
day. The plague was not stayed; and it was list until the
elecqou committees were strati that we could kamsnill-
ciently how to shudder at "Conservative corrupt:ol4' dr
understand how wonderful a human passion was the purity
of "Liberalism." The virulence' of the disease wase;per-
haps, most disastrously felt in Glareester and Bralliirdl.
At Aylesbury, where there was- a counter pettion,_
the constitutional candidate wilt, declared cleated,
and we were' scandalised by hearinsthat the " Libe-salv
candidate, by his, agents, had been pithy of bribery=-
scandalised because; when we heard of such things of
"Liberalism,' we had another lesson'• in the fallibility
a? human infallibility; and openly dititrnen long for thee
loiter days, At~ Beverley, where thelletition affected'
the.purity of botii. parties, the constitutiOnal candidate
obained an acquittal, which it is grevious to say was
not f.ellowed up iii' the. case of the " giberar purist.
At Lvßrtmouth the "Refornier" publicly' recommended
and advertised by lord John Russell. was- unseated, a
circumstance which wOuldperhaps cause anyother nation
but thieto pause and alkiitsellwhether any oth*rof the gifts
recommended byLordllehn Russell were aneflietter worth
attentions At Wakefie4 and oat this point we' shall: sok our
readers tb, consider our feelings., 'the brothortin-liw of
Mr. John, Bright, a daily reader of Mr. Blights two-
pstiny pat t;. a " Libenl;"littn, by his agent' bruaght
the electioneering: purity of the borough beforeasoonnizit-
,i tee of inquiry. We do not know whether Mr. Bri4lithaeput
laway his brother-in law fruits hlisoefnaintance ;: lant sviket
are we to' think of the success of Mr. Brightl-puisfic
ministry when we see his theories of
openly repudiated by the ag,enti of his brothers-in'-fass.?
That the shales-iza the heavens wine not withoutstheir
meaning hass been abundantly evinced ; but ifftheisC
was. a secret; fund in Pall-rutl4. the, " great Ligerall
party must- have met the millimetres who dispertsedi
it and robbed him, Before the steps- of the " Refoini,"
That there was,ai fund we knowcforwtchave the wititess,
irt:the eight ‘• raberals" who 11Wf7a Boon unseated, and.
the, one supporter. of Lord DenbY.: . We are not' stn.--
prised that the "'Liberal press shod& have said whit
they di&—they were' paid. in proportiOro tom the success of
their.assertions;:nor is, it more diflieuEt- to say why the
port played by moll men as Sir James-Graham and Lord
John: Russell is only. another evidence. that whilst we,
tolerate " LiberaEsm,"' we can neither have rarity in
electien nor purity., fur public men.—Constitutiona4
Itesst Magazine.

FATAL GUS A Seth EWE' IiFEA R dis—
trussing accident occurred on :Monday; at no.taiwell—
Haigh, near Wakefield, by- which 3tr.l.Thetnas Stith, a
gmtleman. farmer -ofrthat- place, highly respected, and_
thirty-nine years -of,'..agei. lest his life: Et- appears that
he had gone out,..about fear o'clock lin tie:), afternoon,
into some- of his- fieldsi t© shoot birdEr.witil a: double-
'barrelled gun. Ont:perceiving what he. considered a
good shot, andihaliiig_both barrels well'ehange. d;. he put
the locks of both on-ifull cock, and disehaupdi one of
them, but, it wonalseem,. without efidet.. He. then,
without firing ofri the other; and leaving; the- lock still
on full charge, planed the butt end of the-gun on the
ground to re-load-the discharged barrel:, anti while thus
o engaged, was bent oxer it; From some unknown cause,
F. the one-loaded-exploded, carrying away the right side. of
fir.. Smith's face and, head;. and thus causing armost in-
stant death. Thahhcly was shortly aftartakant to his.
'.residenee, and. thc ,sensation: created in the cliitatinti. where
he was well; known-And rtapected, was great OuWed-,
nesdaTan inquesb was ,hel4 when the Terdiit returned
' was. "Accidentally: shat:'"

Tan LEEDe 15t1IRDER,77COLIFESSION ORNORMINGTON.
—The prisoner•qharles, who, stands committed for trial
on a charge of having murdered Mr. Broughton. near
Leeds„ made a atatementna,Mr. Englis4chief constable
of Leeds, after the...exam% ation on Tuesdny.. As already
reported, Normington said, as he passed through the
crowd in the aorridor, that "he would, tell all about it
before he had, done with it," and when he got into the
police-office be called Mr. -English aside, and said he
had somethingto comm M unieate. r. Rnglisit called in the
clerks, and there .wea alsa present Mr. Berm,. clerk to the
magistrates.. The prisoner having been dalyteutioned,
volunteered a confession of some length.. The text of his
confession we are atpresent unable togive,,lttwe may state
its purport.. After;giving an account of hiabeing in com-
pany with anotherrean, whom he fully deserilses, hestated
that the murderous, blows were not struck by himself, but
by his companion,;: that he was then distant from Mr.
Broughtou a number of yards, and after the attack he
refused to travel in company with his, " pal" again.
This is taatamount to a confession of his.own guilt, for
the stick with which the blows were struck was his,
and he is found dealing with the pawn-ticket immedi-
ately afterwards, or rather the same evening.. The con-
fession having been read over to Normington, he said it
was correetT, Mr. English subsequently gave a descrip-
tion of the second man to Mr. Superintendent Pollard,
of the West Riding police, who at once proceeded to
Wakefield and saw Colonel Cobbe, the chief-constable
of the West Riding, in relation to the subject. It is
said that the evidence against the second man is very
strong, and that he is expected to be speedily captured,
Funistcit RAILWAY STATISTIC:3.7,IIIe following de-
tails respecting railways in France have jhst been pub..
lished :—" The force of the locomotives at work on the
railways in France amounts to 460,000• steam home
power, working one day out of three, and representing
1,900,000 ordinary horses, or 6,300,000 men, working
ten hours a-day. In the wholc‘ world there is, oa,reii-
ways steam power to the extant of 4,150,000.h0r5e5,
and after the completion of the lines now conceded,
there will be 7,100,000. The annual distance per,
formed by the locomotives: on the, whole globe is
884,790,000 kilometres (iths of a mile each), or 22,1119
times round the globe, an in a few years it will, be
2,293,145,000 kilometres, or 57,329 timesrouncl the earth,
and 6,882 times the distance from the earth to. the moon,
and fifteen times that from the earth to the sun. Mr.
Stephenson, calculating- the, niunber of Passengers con-
veyed on the English railways, and the sax* of time
which results from that rapid mode of travelling, estab-
lished that the value of the time of a man being taken at
3f. 75c. a day, England profited in one year 50,000,000 f.
M. Perdonnet has made a similar calculation, and finds
that the profit realised in France is 37,500,000 f. The
number of persona employed on the French railways is
about 55,000, and in the whole world it is eOO,OOO. A
great number of other persons are, however, employed,
either directly or indirectly, by the lines. The number of
those who derive their livelihood in Franee from working
on the lines may be estimated at half a minim, and
there is about the same number in England. When the
entire French network shall have been completed the
number will be
_nearly :doubled, As to accident, M.
Perdonnet proves that railways are of all modes of com-
munication the least dangerous, and he shows it by cal-
culations. It results from an inquiry made on this sub-
ject by the French government that since the first open-
ings of railways in France, the number of passengers
killed, as compared to the number carried, is 1 out of
1,958,555, and that of wounded, 1 out of 496,551 ; and
that by the diligences from 1846 to 1855 the killed was 1
out of 355,463, and the wounded 1 outof 29,871. In Bel-
gium, according to official documents, there was in 131
years one killed out of 8,861,804, and about one
wounded out of 2,000,000. In the Grand Duchy of
Baden and in Prussia, the proportion is still more in
favour of railways, for in six years' working, there had
been only one out of 17,514,977 killed, and one out of
1,154,331 wounded." The frequent accidents which
' have lately taken place on the French railways have
determined the Minister of Public Works to appoint a
commission to examine into the best means of preventing
a recurrence of them. It is, nevertheless, probable that
the railway returns will show fewer accidents on the
French lines than on the English once. During laBt
year, on the latter there were 276 persons killqdz nncl
655 more o 4 less severely injured.

THE MANCHESTER 'AND LIVERPOOL
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBI-

SECOND DAY, YESTERDAY,

The show-ground was opened to the public yesterday
forenoon, at ten o'clock, and soon after that hour -the
company began to arrive in large numbers. The day
was beautifully fine. Up to about noon, there was a
cantiimous.stream of visitors, and the appearance of the
yard was most animated. .

In consequence of the great length to which
our account of the prizes went yesterday, we were
unable, to give a detailed description of the different
departments of stock and agriculturni implements.
In reference to the display of horses, the crowded
appearance of that department of the show, yesterday,
testified to its. Superior character. The. fudges stated
that at no previous meeting of the society bad the spe.'
eimens of this class of stock been equal to That shown on
the present occasion. The work horses int particular
were admittedly admirable, as were also the butters and
roatisters. .

The show of cattle wasc equally good, more egpecially
as reads that portion of the stock exhibited) which
refers to bulls and cows. The specimens exhittied' in
this department attracted, and deserved, the laigehest
commemtatiom

The short-horns and dairy 'Rook were nunierousonti,
generally venting, presented at very favourable evidence
of the improvement which caul i)e. effected by judieiouti
crossing, andlintelligent attentijan fo feeding, as well as 4
breeding.
There were' several sales • made of the first claw,
animals in tie,* two departments of then how
and amongst fnem we :may mu ne a cob horse
belonging' to M. Kidd, which *as- geld for ninety
guineas. Captain; Gunter, of the Grange, Wetherby,
Yorkshire, refused' £7OO for a root heifer called the
i'" Empress of Hiatlbstan."
The display of Oka, was undoubtedi :superior to any
!which was ever on any' previous °WORM seen in this
!locality.

in 'reference to auger/tents the, Varied display
On. the show ground! amply justified the• olmervation
mad& by Mr. IForgilill; member of Parliament
fbr- Liverpool, at -the' dinner on. Thursday,
that thin department' of the show' affirmed the
assumption that, before' long, we mat' make up
out minds to the conelit§ion that the whole of the.
prtiesiit ennnexicm withithis show, and! that of any
otTier'part of England, mitgrbe open to general! public
comp-0160m The specimens' 02 the ground- were in
neaty all eases admirably ad teal to the purposes for
whiell'they were respectivelt-designed. The -thnnoning
and'thrashiiv machines, Vibe drills, grubbers',"ploughs,
and har'r'ows enhibited were krenera/dy possesse&ofgreat
indiraitif merit, and some et them were of such excel-
lence as tb' elicit the warm encomiums of the judges,
besides eliciting praise from the- practical agriadturists
present. •
The- number of people ort;= the ground yesterday
.was nob less; than from 13;0'00 to 20,0001;: and
there seemed to be a general feeling of regret- on' the
part of "the-puha. that the exhibition was not extftded
till to-dar-nmenruth as that it -was evident that three
days at least' is, ihnited enough!-3for the eomplet*". and
efficientexhibitioa of stock and: produce includedluthe
display orthesociety, whose annual proceedings-if-lies
been our. duty to record.
Mr. Stubbs'--s- Royal Ilarmoth6l.-Band had be6inen-
gaged, and diving the day perfo'cnted a number of
favourite-airst which contributeeniueh to the amuse-
ment an enjoyment' of the visitors::

The proeeedi.of the day, from admissions, amounted!
to upwartit-of'X4oo.
The foiliiwing are prizes whit* were awarded in
addition to.those which we published yesterday.

IMPLEMENT

Richmond;- Ohandlex,. & Norton, 6Z:: South John-street.
Liverpool; alnd.,.Salford, Manchester. A kneading made;.
invented bp Jahn. Heetgkinson, of Atridrton, improved and!
Manufactured ThOrthe exhibitors, for kJ:fear:nag dough by me-
chanical means 4; silver medal. Can's' new patent d.inte-
grator, for digmtegrating and mixing conglomerated phios-
phates, Bm.„. and ion palverising variencosubstances,
by percussion'', iilver medal. Rowle:e's'patent turnip duster-
and fly destroper;:•silver medal. Thernvere. also highly'"'-'
mended for a general. assortment

James Dicki;on, &ma,. & Co., 23, Ma
fairer medal fnethe general collection.
J. J. B. Porter. &Col, Lincoln. NaEonaUeotal gas apparstos
ali• country rerbieneea, farm buildings, &e,- nicer medal.-
Wm. C. Cambridge, St. Phillips Iron: Works, Bristol- A?,
potent double-ttotion press wheel roller arateloci-crusher ; siirbe
medal.

Manchester:

Picksley, Kirrsi-& Cby Bedford, Leigit,Laneashire.
,commended Per, chaff-errtting Ilartlley's gram-
grinder and blaistr (Vio, 2j, invented brfoliniHardley, bleof
Wight, and manufactured by the exhibtors-;: sever medri .

Henry Bridges 466; Orford-street, Louden:. A large variety
chew pattermsoftii3 istprorred butter prints, and other small
articles for dairy use Silver medal.
Alexander Mitapherson, Carstairs, Luna&hire. A poatable
ohkep, cattle,: and poultry fence-making./ machine, capable.of
ntanufacturinpfrom:2o6 to 360 yards cilftscing per day,. with
2,3; 4, or 5 heritoutul lines of wire ropetendlaertical tiralieDor
iron bars, or with :2; or 4 horizontal hues of hemp royfoor
other fibre, witliWerticat timber bars ; silirta-aredal.
J. and H. lifivrortli, 36, Dale-straer4,; raverpool. 311.ter
medal for genoral assortment.
James Banks- Derby-square, Live-4fook. Hurdles,
and fencing • sii4ermetist„ for general assortment.
Thomas mullonl, Cathedral-step; ; ewer

nodal, for gexerul collection of washing:war:Mmes.
Fixusis Morten & Cb., engineers ant:, liontractors, 27, -71.ntes.
street, Liverpool; silver medal, for gaitaninscli cable stand
fence for heavy bullocks, &c., inac at Ina invented tlythe
exhibitors...

Edward JArate, Pemberton, Sank aarllosltxn,, Warrington*
Gem of Hanaures patent patatoe diggereis savvy medal..
Thomas, Standing; Thane-street, Pre.itartilanma,shire ; silter•
medal for. generakcalleetiota.
Iturices,.Lostact Gralam, near Viwtsford. Patent
pLougb and pulteriser; which can be ;mad aaawommon plauglii..
and la easier LC, draught tan the c idnlliatese

James. Corneei Bare Works, :tear. . Av-egiS—
Sacred cheese-making kaparatnT, •inventedi. improYed,' aid
manufacturedby-the• exhibitor. A. cheese-press, wit slouhlb,
lever and puiktys.to press two chemee, invented and .rocoufaa.
tared by.tlamexhibitor. A cheese-press, with doublciOver and;
pulley, to press: twO cheeses, inyuntodt and manuf.tetured!../T:
the exhibitor;. A. cheese-press, witttiiotthlb lever 'a 4pullees,
to press Iwo cheese% invented and. inarurffsetured stir the .oxt.-
Itibit3r ; silVer medak. for 313, 348, a 49 and 330.
Hilt d. Smith, Baierley-hill Iron, Works, neoo,Ducith3%,
Staffendsh, A seleetiim of 6 patent, layought-irow)rordlosi.
invented and manufactured by tlhee exhibitor ; litap,obtai.ned
premityps Iten4several agrieniturakutnetihgs prick:awn 2:knee
yardi._ ie selection of 20 wrorais. 471.rni hurdles.of ordinany
different Lokttenns, adapted for d.ithlivlc pastures,
..enaosing
pleasure-grounds, gardens, &c. ; prim from ls., perliftam
yard; A...selection of 6 specimen ;-of, Kill and lasiAlf,s.:patent
preniiuna, continuous iron fence, whicit has twiet.nbtaineat the
silver medal! of the Royal Agri-N.141ml Society, cot • liagilmd.
This fencing- israuch preferable toixtn hurdle*, eeepecialltr for
Isitpationo: where it is intended tos.be perrnanenk Prie,e' from
2a..1d.. per lineal yard ; silver rtedaX for gener. 11; colle„tton.
John Whitaker, Bedford Mill Tklen Works,,L44l4.4loeushire.
,A oilcake mill ; silvel,tspedal.

AlfrodiNlxon & Co., the tWerpool..
An impizaved fixed corn grindimgtnill, inven°4ll;AAitilaprovedi
by Jobiz Tye; silver medal.

R. lkrrsliaw & eo., 415, Scobl.and-road,.Livor.pooU, d 4 cwt.
single Bever weighing machilft, with scoop ottachedifor
.-
ing• coal, &c., usually call& "coaling machito," and. is
adapted for coal merchants T.'er coaling vessels;; sitvca
George Turner, Depot of Inventions in PelAesti*lliachinery,
196, Great Dover-street, Berptigh, Londo;o, sibtur medalfor
general assortment of &Nal* implements.
Joseph Gorst, 81, St. Jamfts's-street, I:*.e.Fpool salver medal
for general collection of suKlery.

Sohn Knight & Co., (the Kancasbire,Mannve Company,)
Nross-bank Bone Works, 'Widnes, reaf,• Waginlegton; silver
medal, for a collection ot,roots statcditplayk been grown by
their nitrogenized bone .a pure.
S. R. Clarke, the G;Aume, near Xorrohy. ;; silver medal for
general assortment.

William Thomas, carriage work, 28,.30„ and 32, St. Anne,
street, and wheel works, Harkerzatfeet„ Liverpool ; silver;
medal and £5, for general collection,. The silver medal is more,
particularly for his,lndia rubbet springs, not entered in cant!
logue. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

IRobert Tinkler,:of Penrith, Cumberland ; silver medal, fog,
general assortment, A prize horse; hc,o, invented and restrKt_
factured by J. Stalker; 10s.-
Greening & €O., Victoria Iron. Works, 81, Oxforcl-,street„
Manchester ; silver medal for• wend assortment.
James Howarth, Farnwarth, near Manchester. Hmiallfe,
self-acting ventilator, manufactured by the exhibito4i; silver
medal.
Win. Orme Carter, 12, South John-street, Liverpoil-.. Silver
medal.
John Geddes, general and ornamental wire-worker,. maim,
facturer a strained wire fences, hurdles, gates, &g., &e.,
Cateaton,street, Mariehester. Silver medal for gepArat,assort-
ment.

GAROTTE ROBBERY AT BURNLEY.—A notorious in-
dvidual, named John Child, alias Tower, was brought
up on remand at the Court-house, on Tuesday, charged
with robbing John Crowther, of Mendough, in Cliviger,
aged 71, on Saturday night last. It appeared that, on
Saturday, Crowther had come to Burnley, and had igone
to a beerhouse, in Cannon-street, called the Blue Bell.
He had on him a silver watch, with guard, and about
twenty shillings in silver. In a minute or two after
entering the beerhouse, the prisoner went and sat
down beside him. Ie asked Crowther to drink
with him ; he did so, and then the prisoner asked what
time it was. Crowther did not pull out his watch, but
shortly left the house' followed by the prisoner. When
a few yards from the door the prisoner seized Crowther,
saying he was going the wrong way. He then dragged
Crowther into a passage, and passed one arm round his
neck. Crowther begged him to spare his life, but he
pressed more tightly, until the old man beeanie insensible.
When he came to himself, he found his watch and
money gone ; part of the guard was round his neck.
Information was given to the police, and in a short time
the prisoner was taken. Ho had nothing on him when
taken. The prisoner W 52 committed for trial.