Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

CHINA.

BS this mail we have advices from Hong
Kong to October 29, and Shanghai to October
22. The following is from the summary of the
China Mail:--

"Everything remains dull. A portion of the 67th
Regiment has come up here from Calcutta, and the 3rd
Buffs are daily expected from the same place, it having
been supposed that Shanghai was in danger at the
time of the riot there. It is said that a recent survey
of the mouth of the Peiho has disclosed that large
vessels can move in very close to the forts, so if direc-
tions come out for the destruction of the forts, there
will be no difficulty in doing so. A number of vessels
are engaged at Calcutta lest hostilities should be
ordered, but we are not without hope that moderate
counsels will prevail.
"The wreck of another steamer has to be announced
by us every mail almost regularly. This time it is the
James Hartley, the loss of which we hive to record. It
left Shanghai for Hong Kong en the 6th instant, and
on the evening of the 10th, a little after six o'clock,
struck upon some rocks about 80 miles distant -from
Hong Kong. After incurring great danger, the officers
and crew were then taken down to Hong Kong by a
junk; 25,000 dollars which were on board were after-
wards recovered by a gun-boat. The ship Inkerman,
'AAA& 1V vii O. JVLLL
Louisa Bailie, on its way to Swatow ; and the schooner
Minnita, on the other side of this island.

"Early on the morning of the 19th instant a destruc-
tive fire broke out here, which destroyed the establish-
mehts of Mr. Marsh, Mrs. Rickomartz, the Victoria
Exchange, the billiard-room of the Commercial Hotel,
and the newly-built Roman Catholic chapel, with an
adjoining house. The damage is estimated at upwards
of 100,000 dols.

MILITARY STUDENTS.—One of Queen Christina's sons
has just entered the French Military College of St. Cyr.
Four young Turks, sent from 'Constantinolile by the
Sultan, are also among the latest enrolments.
IRON IN LINCOLNSRIRE.—The neighbourhood of
Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, has been found to abound
with iron ore. On the estates of Mr. T. M. Richardson
and Mr. E. Tickler, ore has been discovered yielding a
very heavy pei centage of iron. Works are to be com-
menced, and sanguine expectations are entertained as to
the results which will be achieved at them. Sidings are
to be at once begun to facilitate and improve the railway
communication, and it is expected that employment will
soon be afforded in the neighbourhood for several
hundred men. Of course the anticipations formed on
the subject will have to stand the test of time; bUt if
they should prove ,correct,- the character of the district
will soon be greatly changed.

FATAL EFFECTS OF A POW.DER.-011 Wednesday, an
inquest was held on the body of. William Higginson, a
butcher, living in Wilmot-street, before Mr. Henry At-
kinson, deputy city coroner. On Tuesday morning, af-
t er attending market, the deceased felt unwell; and in
the evening, acting upon the advice of a Mr. Willis,
druggist, he took twenty grains of Dover's powder.' fie
then seemed to fall asleep in the Chair, but it was found
necessary soon after to call in Medical aid. The deceased
expired in a few hours after taking the powder.—Mr.
J. M'Ewan, surgeon, said the immediate cause of death
Was coma; brought on through congestion of the brain.
Dover's powder, taken in the quantity named, would
cause congestion.—The jurylfenind that the deceased had
died from "natural causes." - .
-DEATH .OF COLONEL THE HON. .JOHN WALPOLE.—
We.regret to announce the death of .this officer, which
occurred on the 10th inst: at Sydenhanx, at the advanced
age of 73 years. The deceased. officer served With the
Guards in the Peninsula, -and was 'severely wounded at
the siege of Burgos. He. represented King's Lynn in
Parliament. from 1827 till 1831; was private:secretary
to Viscount Palmerston, when Secretary: of-State for
Foreign Affairs, from. November, 1830, till August,
1833, when he Was appointed Consul-General at Chili
lie was promoted to the rank of Charge d'Affaires in
i'flay, 1841, which post he _held, gall March, 1849,
when he retired upon a superannuation allowance.. '
THE SPANISH 'NAVY:---This .once terrible navy now
Qoneists of two new vessels, the Reina. Isabella, 86 guns,
built at Cadiz, and the Rey Francisco, 84 guns, built at
Ferrol, both in good condition ; four frigates—Espe-
ranza and Perla, 42 guns ; Ballen, 40 ; and Cortes, 32;
five transport frigates from 2 to 4 guns each ; 5 cor-
vettes, of which two are of 30 guns, Villa de Bilboa
and' Ferrolana ; two of ;24, - Isabella 11. 'and Louisa
Fernanda ; and the Mazaredo of 16 ;, 23' brigs, 1 of 20
guns, 1 of 18, 5,0( 16, 14 of 12, and 2 of 10 ; 3 small
brigs, carrying altogetber 32 guns ; 5 schooners Carry-
ing,24 guns ; and .73 vessels carrying about' an
equal ,number of, guns, And particularly adapted for
eolenial, service:--Le Volvo% .
A REMINISCENCE OF DAYS GONE BT.--A few days
aince,:ae a fisherman named Atebinigonvwas, dredging in
Medway,U short distancafroMehathnuidockyard, he
disceiered embedded in the mud a cannon of large size
and ancient workmanship.. On its being-with difficulty
raised froni its, resting pine,
it; removed to the gun
Wharf, where it was examined, . Its weight is rather
more than twenty-one. 13.11ndall-weight. The gun is
of iron, and when it w discoverod had three shots
in it. There ,is no dou t has been lying in, the
water for many years, and froth. its decayed-appear-
ance.it 'is thought by-English men,of-wer which were
some to' be' one of, the Cannons
'belonging to those
burnt and sunk in the river on the occasion of the Dutch
I
:fleet sailing up the Medway in 'the yeign of .the second
Charles,
,on • which. occasien they burnt nearly a dozen
large vessels :of war. . iSince it haq been. on the gun-
wharf the cannon has keen 'carefully cleaned and exa-
'mined; but the, only marks discovered have been the
•" broad arrow" and the figures denoting the weight.
The more general opinion seems to,be that the gun was
originally part of the moorings of the line-of-battle
ships stationed in the Medway. Since it' has .been dis-
covered, it has been inspected by a large 'nUmber of
persons,

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COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

OSBORNE, Dec. 14.—The Queen, Prince Consort, and
the royal, family walked and drove yesterday in the
grounds.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary will leave Cambridge Cottage,
Kew, early in the ensuing month, to make a series of
visits in. the provinces.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave Cam-
bridge House in a few days for Broadlands, where they
will.receive a distinguished circle of friends during the
Christmas holidays.
The marriage of the Earl of Hopetoun with Miss '
Reynardson is fired to take place on Tuesday, the 3rd
of January. •
Lord Holism' remains in a very critical state at
Naples. His lordship's life was despaired of a few days
since, but his disease has since partially yielded to
medical skill.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—When we consider how uncer-
tain are life and health, and their value so appreciated
by all, it is strange indeed to observe how often people •
neglect the means of preserving these blessings at even
the most trifling cost. They pay heavily to insure their
premises from fire, or their goods from accident by flood
and field, but they often put off the expenditure of a few
shillings on a box of Holloway's Pills to keep by
them as an unavailing safeguard, as a charm to protect
the possessor against all diseases. They must certainly
do good; if used according to the instructions.
SALE OF JACOBITE RELICS.—At the sale of the late
Mr. Peter Aitken's stock of jewellery, plate, &c., at
Messrs. M'Tear and Kemp's, on Tuesday, at Glasgow,
the coat and vest of the Cardinal York, and the coat and
vest of " Bonnie Prince Charlie," brought £2l. The
ebony casquet of Mary Queen of Scots brought £l6 16s.
Indian case, taken at Seringapatam brought £3 10s.
Native gold coronation medal of Charles I. sold for
£5 55., &c.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.-on. Tuesday evening, a goods train from
Wolverhampton to Stafford, and when between Bush-
bury Junction Station and the Four Ashes, one of the,
axles of a truck suddenly gave way. The broken car- •
riage came to the ground with much violence, tearing. '-
up a portion of the rail, and carrying off the line about
six carriages. The engine, fortunately, remained on the
line.. It was stated that the stoker of the train had re-
ceived severe injuries, but we cannot vouch for the truth
of the statement.. •

PAINFUL RESULT 'OF A SIMPLE ACCIDENT.—At
Langport, on Tuesday, Mr. J..llolley's little girl, named
Ellen, an oily child, climbed lip to a corner cupboard,
containing china and glass, to take down her doll ; the
fastening gave way; and the cupboard came down with
a crash, all the contents being broken except one
saucer. The child was not touched, but her 'nervous
system received such a shock that, notwithstanding the
care of a medical man, she died on the following Sunday
evening.—Western Counties Herald.
THE SEVERE WEATHER.—On Wednesday a very ,
severe frost set in in the metropolis, the wind the pre-
ceding evening having veered round to the northward,
in which point it has remained, varying at intervals from
N. by W. to N. by E. An idea of the intensity of
the cold may be formed from the fact that the ice was
carted yesterday from the ponds in the suburban die-
triets fully two inches in thickness; and towards even-
ing, as the tide receded from high-water mark, a coat-
ing of ice was left on the river banks ; and the ornamental
waters in the various parks were so much frozen, that if
the weather continues with the same severity, the ice
will soon be of sufficient strength for skating.
WRECK ON THE BLACKWATER BANK.—Cahore, Dec.
12.—The wreck on the Blacks, ater Bank, on the Irish
coast, of the ship Sonmouth, of Liverpool, from Fleet-
wood to Savannah with coals, early on Sunday morning
last, briefly reported iu this journal yesterday, appears
to have taken place from the somewhat hazy state of the
weather on Sunday night. The master and three of his
crew left in a boat for the Lightship, to ascertain if a
lifeboat could be sent from it to the wreck. No life-
boats being kept on the Lightship, and the weather
being too boisterous for him to return to the wreck, he
signalled his wife with her child and his crew to make
the best of their way in the ship's boats to the shore,
which was distant some eight or nine miles. They for-
tunately succeeded, after much suffering, on a very cold
mornings, in roaolting Cialaorc about f.:re o'cleck in asfety.
Immediately afterwards, the life-beat of the National
Life-boat Institutiiin was launched, and was pulled with
a will to the rescue of the remainder of the shipwrecked
crew, whom, after many hours of hard toil, the life-boat
now safely brought on shore. The fishermen deserve
much praise for the promptitude with which they man-
ned the life-boat at so early an hour, and put to sea,
They have been paid by the Institution £l3 for their
valuable services. •It is gratifying to be able to repoii
the readiness with which the fishermen man the new life-
boat ; they are.only too anxious to see who shall be first
in her.
THE GOLD. AND SILVER CROP OF THE UNITED
STATES.—The Baltic, whieb arrived at this port yester-
day, brought from California $1,700,000 in gold, besides
perhaps a quarter of a million in the hands of passen-
gers. The gold crop of California exhibits no diminution
in its yield, notwithstanding the immense returns
of the precious metals it has been pouring out for the
past ten or eleven years. Indeed, it has been steadily
increasing of late. 'We find that the imports of gold for
1859 up to the date of the Baltic's arrival yesterday
amount to nearly 36,000,000, with three more ship-
ments yet to be received between this and the end of
the year, which will doubtless bring it up to 40,000,000,-
and will show an increase over the shipments of 1858
of abobt 4,000,000, while the increase during that year
over 1857 was cloke.on 2,000,000. The returns of gold
from the Australian fields, it may be remarked, do not
exhibit so favourable a record as this. Then; we have,
the Pike's- Peak and 'raser River mines, both giving
promise of a rich harirept in time. Up to the present
Pike's' Peak has yielded from half a million to a
million, and the. work has r not fairly' 'commenced
there, while the Fraser River mines, which hive
been longer in operatio,n,,have given from 2,000,000
to 3,000,000. Arizonn, meantime, opens to us her
fruitful fields of silver, which promise to be abun-
dant, and perhaps that territory only requires the aid of
machinery, mining skill,. and a ready transit to render it
as valuable as California in the hardly less precious
metal. When the cont,epaplatedi road from Arizona to .
Guaymas is . openecl,-Ve shall, probably have such
another rush of emigrants as the gold discovery in Cali-
fornia produced ; .and it is not 'unlikely that silver will'
soon come pouring in as plentifully from Arizona as
gold from Califorma,--a fact which will effect a change
in the relative value of the, two metals. Before many
years, then, we may beedunting the geld and silver
crop of the United States ()Ivan equal footing with our
cotton crop ;in value and- importance. —New York.
Herald..

3portijlg luttitigturt.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Ti E CHASE.

, THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS
WILL. dIKET ON
Saturday Dec. 17... ............ Calveley Hall. •
Monday Dec. 19. .............. Church Minshullj'
Wednesday
,' Dec. 2L .............. Wrenbury. • - ' t'
Friday Dec. 23 Cholniondeley.
Saturday . Dee. 24 Mere.
A Half past Ten o'clock

sllt WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN'S HOUNDS*
WILL MNET ON
Friday • • Dec. 16 ' Maloam;
Saturday...,.
Alhalf-past ten.
.Dec. 17 .Lightwood Green
Master : Sir Wynn.—Huntsman: John Walker. •
• • • COURSING. ,
COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1359. —Dsesmaga.
Bryn-y-Pys, Flinthire ; Mr. Warwick, 19.
Tyne Side Club (Kirkley), Northumberland ; Mr. A. Da/sell,
11.
Tredegar Park (St„. Pierre, Chepstow), Monmouthshire: Mr.
War Wick, 20, 21. ' r" ' •
Chilton, Berkshire : Mt.',M‘George, 21, 22.
Newhall Cross (Combermere), Cheshire : Mr. A.-Bennett, 22.
Barton-tipot4lunibei•,'"Lincoldshire Mr. Warwick, 22, 23.
Pembrokeshire Club. (Haverfordwest), Pembrokeshire : Mr.

Warwick, 27.
Kenilworth, Warwickshire : Mr. M'Oeorge, 27, 28.
Scorton, Catterick (Open), Yorkshire: Mr. Headley, 27, 28.
- Caledonian Club (Open), Ediabttrgh : Mr. A. Dalzell, 27, and
following days.
Bishop's Castle, Salop: ' Mr. Warwick, 28.
North of England (Greenridge), Northumberland : Mr,
Cocoa, 28.
Great Crosby, Lancashire : 29.
Chillington, Staffordshire :, Mr. Warwick, 29, 30,
STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES FOR 1860.

JANUARY. i
Manchester
ematuAllY.
Carmarthenshire.7, 9 Tenby. ............. 28 I
Grand Military
I
Derby Midland 23 (N'thampton)29,"
MARCH.
Tenby 1 I
Pembroke Annual Coventry 14
Th I rmingbam...l2, 13 13

MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD.

- •
Mr. Charles Turner presided at the usual weekly
meeting of the- Dock Board, ye.terday ; and .the other
members preSent were—Messrs. Farnworth, Ilubback;
Forwood, Afos, Mondel, Rankin, Bushell, Lockett,
Brocklebank, Langton, Smith, Tobin, Boult, Mather,
Rounthwaite,_Littledale, and Graves.: . . .