Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-28 00:00:00

SMETHURST'S CASE.

The Globe says that the delay in deciding on
Smethurst's case, has arisen from the suspicions
that there are other serious circumstances against
him, which the police have received instructions
to investigate.

The election
flll the of Mr. John Buck Lloyd, yesterday, to
vacant Aldermanic chair, cannot but give very
general
Renleraausa.tisfaction, eminently qualified as that
highly
es Is for the duties of such an office ; Ind so
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a private .iteemed, as he is admitted to be, both as
iineniidoeurrstand, Y the
and as a magistrate. This election
the Town spontaneous act of a majority of
Mr. Buck Lloyd himself, we
Council.
much rather have declined the
but he' Nfor various private and personal reasons ;
sPensible dasuttdeemed so eminently suited for the Le-
vi-as resolved leis of such an office, that his appointment
Peratien
that had not
the
as a matter of advantage to the Cor-
nowteltilleis• There is no doubt, we believe,
would have
as an Alderman been thus ob-
tained, they
at the been secured as a Town Councillor
aPPpro h*
nominate him a:s mg
elections ; since it was proposed to
Wouldwithout a candidate, under circumstances which
7 doubt, have
majority of the Co
Council his secured his return. The
honourably elected lined, therefore, who have •
him an kid now so
Fated that expressionof ' erman, have but antici-
about to be made • the popular feeling !NY
'Oll ha • • , and we heartily 6 which
was
Nang obtained a congratulate them
g o valuable an a •
accession to their
The attempt we Accidental death" was returned.
noticed Luc-Tulin BY M. H. SumimiN.—Yesterday evening,
U 0 yesterday, to
p n Mr. William BrOwn to prevail Mr. Hugh Shimmin delivered a lecture at the Working
put in nomination for the allow himself to be AUSTRIA. Men's Institute, Bond-street. The subject chosen was,
he vacant chair • The Vienna corresondent of the Times says that t ".The Homes of the People—what they are—what they
Seen, more clearly, is now •
than before, to havewheat hasprisen considerably, owing to the
mice of mi ht b " There fully people present,
were 200
artful dodge. The very been a most tthe last crop, which has disappointed g e% .
Brown is held great respect in which M inferior yield of
lmajority being of the working class. The chair was
Danube and in Austria:
r. by all expectation both an the ower taken by Mr. P. H. Rathbone, and amongst the gentle-
bun a formidablparties, would certainly haveln the Banat (considered the granary of Austria)
mademen present we noticed Mr. George Melly, and the Rev.
e opponent
the office. ___
_to any other candidate for crop is only about one-third of an average. George Beaumont. The Chairman, in introducing the
stance, We do not suppose that even that circum- . lecturer, said they had met that evening to inaugurate
it was the however
would have secured his election ; but SICILY. • the Working Men's Institute. Some five years ago that
Palermo, building had been used by several societies ;but from causes
v._best, nay the only chance, the Liberals had. The chief of police having been hissed at
not at present worthy of notice, an alOration of the
hat would have • • arrested.
more than mihtated against it, undOubtedly, some hundreds of persons were arres
ol.jects for which it was intended took place. Numbers
the Libera anything
else, was the presumption of ' of the working men, however, had banded themselves
1 trio that sought to dictate to the DEATH OF THE BEY OF TUNIS.
together, and. they had now come to the conclusion of
Whom it sh _ Council
forming a Working Men's Institution. The working
making (mid elect, and the unworthy expedient of [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
at: g the recommendation of their candidate, not his BONA, Monday.—The Bey of Tunis died. on the 22d . men were the great power of England;yet these work-
be nothing ifthere • .
8 t° Berl •instant.ln consequence of the energetic measures mg men would
it, e in the office, so much as his having
..uncentl taken by Rhaznodar, tranquillity
for ces,,n, 7 presented to the town a splendid buildinc, during the interregnum, which lasted thirty-six hours. opportunity of carrying out their great strength and
doe ph 'ming the Public Library' and Museum. We The PresumßtiTe heir, Sidi Sadok, was recognised as power. What was now wanted was, that the working
the re' regret to find that Mr. Brown's failing health was successor.
.He was installed as Bey on the 24th instant, classes should use more self-reliance—show that they were
• asen which induced him to decline the overture thus and took the oaths to observe. the constitution and laws worthy of all that was being done for them, and endea-
inanspieio_ .
granted to the country by his predecessor. your to educate themselves to fill a , higher and a better
Well_kn `l'slY made to him. Certainly that circumstance, situation than that in which they now were. To do this,
own •
him in
reason; so, was,
a position, is, of itself, a sufficient
PRESS. It was only upon self-reliance they could depend, indeed
out as hope, to get on in the world; and they were now estab-
doubt , ' well as this; Mr. Brown, we have no
n Surlluk • [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] lishing an institution which he hoped to see self-sup-
made with true gentlemanly feeling from being PARIS, Tuesday.—The Moniteur of to-day says, under •- He then proceeded to dive ' a eat's-, porting.
Illeh occasion t—lv ef for merely party purposes, on any pretence that the. press is not free, several journals direct progress of the People's College in Sheffield, now in
cannot just]. • The ,I__
1, audacity of the transaction,—for we their attacks against the decree of Feb., 1852, which go active operation, and hoped to see a kindred institution
aggravated I) e'Laracterise it by milder term,—was beyond the extreme limits of discussion, and are want- flourishmg in Liverpool. Having done this, he intro-
any
In in a respect for the law which is inseparable with duced the lecturer, who proceeded to deliver a very
" Artful D Y the circumstance of the three
with the Tc4gers" ~_the of one
the loyal exercise of liberty. The Moniteur explains, interesting and somewhat humorous discourse. In the
for his own cotultu.s. affair, having no connection that, immediately after the
which
evegrtaneted spent:.- course of his remarks, hetraced.the misery and degra-
eeehPation oi'' l';_ but being mainly conspicuous neously by the Emperor,
.ii a
_ h press from dation of the workingt classes in Liverpool—first, to
the chairmanship of „ 'flat most questionable position, the consequences of warnings received,the Government drunkeness on the par of the husband ; and secondly, to
r ',Lie 41• •
forebore to make use of the weapons at its
command, that on the side of the wife, stating in evidence of this,
Financial Reform Association."
but it will nevertheless not fail in performing the duty the expensive, untidy, and discreditable manner in which
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. ---4 ITALIANwhich is imposed upon it to make the law respected, she kept her house, and at the manner in which she
and, therefore,informs the papers that it is decided no managed her children. The lecturer exhibited a very
The °PERA
second series
of-.-----..... •
tolerate these polemical excesses, which can repulsive view indeed, of the management of working
Royal, was commenced last ° longer to
manoeuvres.. teens' households by their wives.—At the conclusion o
menced last • Peru at the Theatre only be considered as party
Reggimento." This o ulght with ~ - the lecture, Mr. Melly moved , a vote of thanks to Mi..
Pera
Shimmin, and took the opportunity of dissenting from
hot of the two • • was Presented La-
Figlia del
INDIA AND CHINA.
pnncipai Character, -- with the attrac- the lecture. He did not
China mails have arrived. Letters the views expressed in
by Mademoiselle •
Piceolomini and Ri:eine lnaper, nal The Calcutta andthe in h. h
er earliest think that all the blame for way wic the'
was not brought out alto h --Mr Belart .o -ed for Liverpol and Manchester despatchedp
working mens'• houses and families were kept, was the
distinguished the rf get gather with that e , but it trains. result of the conduct of the woman. He thought that,
pe ormances of the first Which CHINA. t fortnight • th it was the working man himself who was the par +y to
slum There was aco • •• series The advises from Hong Kong are to August 10
..
ia headof the family, and if he, as he
Preparation throughout,nsiderable' asince the affair blame. He was t e
but more want of Nothing of any moment had occurredih
Two gun- ought to do, brought home his wages whole, then he had
first act. especiau
fo_,, Mademoiselle Piccolo •'.of,J i. the of June 25th, at the mouth-of the Pe o.
hili the aright to see that his house was managed as it ought
rul all her exquisite 1 - ...Purse, put boats and a steamer remain in the Gulf of Pec ,
of thanks to the chairman concluded the
P Wiliness and • • rest of the defeated squadron being. at anchor principally to be.—A vote
irresistible off the entrance of the Ningpore river. proceedings.

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GAZETTE NEWS

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Thomas Peosse, as Consul at Galway, for the
United States of America.

Two more persons have died from the injuries
occasioned by the bursting of a steam engine at

Lewes

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The following appeared in a part of our
impression of yesterday :

GERMANY

The Ministers of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtembirg,
who lately assembled at Munich, propose, that in order
to strengthen the military power of Germany, the Con-

,erat s

tingent of t
and a half per cent. of t

%tion to two per cent

FRANC:

?astoral letter,_ expresses

The Bishop of Arras, in a
the utmost confidence in the intentions of the French
Government towards the Holy See, but indulges in
severe strictures on the events accomplished in Romagna.
The Bishop deploi es the untoward coincidence of such
events with the success of the French.

It ap-

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