Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-14 00:00:00

IRON SHIPS AND SHIP-BUILDING.

In our last journal we briefly alluilsd to the objections
of Sir James Elphinstorte to iron ships; in his opinion
they are less secure than those constructed of wood. I❑
, a subsequent communication he states, that it it had not
keen for the peculiar circumstances, and the reuo means
. of obtaining all the requisite- engineering appliaueos, it
might have fared differently with both the Great Britain
and the Tyne; he further alludes to the Birkenhead and
the unlucky Transit. This last vessel we will by no
means accept as a typa:what iron ships should be ; her
detects haveteen pointed out, her mishaps are a matter
of history; the authorities were tald she was not sea-
worthy ; her disasters ought to have taught them that, in
the face of public condemnation, she ought not to have
been employed; shl was, however, a pet of the
Admiralty. Sir C. Wood was determined to convince
every one they were wrong; and, despite protests
and warnings, despatched her to sea, the sequel we are
all acquainted with, and unless revived by some pertina-
cious member in the ensuing session, the probability is
that we have heard the last of the wretched Transit. The
superiority of iron' vessels has been generally acknow-
ledged ; some of them. have made extraordinary passages,
and we need only allude to the work which was performed
during the late war by the Himalaya ; this, however it
must be remembered, was only purchased by the. Admi-
ralty in their need, and, therefore, whatever credit is due
to her, there is none redounds to the gentlemen who sit in
Whitehall.

If iron chips are so defective as Sir James Elphinstone
would lead us to imagine, it appears but a sorry fate
awaits the Great Eastern mammoth ship, about to be
launched in the ensuing month ; her enormous machinery
and capabilitics will avail but little, and this monster will
be liable to greater casualties than any ship constructed
of timber. If Sir J. Elphinstone's premises are correct,
the engineering skill of Messrs. Brunel and Scott Russel,
backed as it has been by the British Association, will
only result in a costly and stupendous experiment to risk
life and property.
We have no such gloomy forebodings. In the majority
of cases where iron ships have been lost it has mainly
been owing to their detective construction, and the in-
ferior material of which they were composed. Instead of
our ironmasters having devoted their attention to this
important branch of industry, and furnished the best
metal for the purpose,it has been,comparatively neglected,
and hence the inequality of plates which in many instances
have been observed in these vessels.

Mr. John Clare, jun., of Liverpool, who has devoted
great attention to this subject, and whose communications
we have occasionally drawn attention to, has now pre-
pared a working model, 5 feet long, by which he can
lucidly point out how iron ships can be built so as to in-
sure not only speed but safety. The attention of the
Belgians has been attracted to the matter, and the Societe
Cockerhill has lately built a fine screw steamer of 2,000
tons burtnen, which, within the last few days, has been
floated on the waters of the Thames. Owing to the high
tariff in America, iron ship building in the United States
has received a great check; from this circnmstane alone
we should imagine that a greater impetus would be given
for the construction of vessels of that description in this
country. We have the material at hand, and the men
who are capable of carrying out any work which may be
intrusted to them ; and by properly availing ourselves of
the elements we possess, it is reasonable to suppose that
not on'y can competition be distanced, but pre-eminence
maintained.

The wooden walls of old England have proved effica-
cious in their time; by their instrumentality we obtained
the maritime supremacy of the world—this we must hold ;
but, in order to do so, it is necessary to adopt every im"
provement that may arise, and render our royal and mer-
cantile navy the most efficient, as it is the most numerous.
This is emphaticallyan age of iron ; and that metal,
fostered by engineering skill, has worked wonders in the
present century. There can be no question but that iron
vessels are capable of further improvement ; to
effect this we must not trust to government alone;
when they feel the pressure from without, a
movement in the right direction may he expected from
them, but until that occurs, memorials and representations
are but so much waste paper. British enterprise must,
as it has hitherto done, depend on its own exertions and
untiring energies. The subject we have treated of is one
of national importance; it concerns more particularly,
however, our ironmasters, shipwrights, and merchants,
and we trust that by a skilful combination of the powers
they possess, few accidents to life and property will occur,
and by these means our material industry will be
encouraged, and our national wealth considerably
augmented.—Mining Journal.

THE ALLEGED FRAUDS IN SHIPBUILDING

TO THE EDIT)R OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—We enclose copy of a letter we have sent
to the Morning Post, and which we bog you will
insert in your journal.
We regret, as we are in your neighbourhood,
that you did not see fit to make some inquiry
before you gave circulation to such exaggeration.
—We are, sir, yours, 43. JAMES BAINES & Co.
Liverpool, Sept. 12, 1837.

[COPY
Liverpool, 11th Sept., 1857.

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE MORNING POST, LONDON.

Sir—Our attention has been directed to a letter of
your Boston, U.S , correspondent, in your publication of
the Bth, in which he makes use of our name. Re must
have been misled, as the facts, so far as we are concerned,
are simply that Mr. M`Say built a number of ships for
us, that we sent him out large supplies of anchors, chains,
&c., and when they were completed he sent us in his
account for outfits at Boston. and various extra bills
over our contracts. which we considered excessive, and
refused to pay. The Whole account between us amounting
in the aggregate to £165,000 was left to reference, mutual
guarantees being given for whatever the award might be.
The decision was given in our favour. £7,500, which was
paid to us by the guarantee, Mr. M‘Kay having failed in
the meantime.
With respect to the build of the ships, the best proof of
what they are, is, that although they have been sailing for
nearly four years,startiug as packet ships, in all weathers
and seasons, and making the fastest passages on record,
not one of them has ever put back, put in, been lost, or
called upon their underwriters for a shilling.—Yours,•&c.,
JAMES BRINES & CO.

ROBRICITES AT THE EXECIITION.—Besides the cases re-
ported elsewherP,there has been six repor:s of gold and othe •
watches stolen at the execution, given to the police since
Saturday.
STREET PRENCEIING.—Tzie Rev. Verner. Wr.ite preached
yesterday afternoon, to a large crowd, at the old Islington
Market. The people were orderly, and listened with
apparent attention.
A local p tint- states, on the anthorily of " H ldsworth's
Mines and Soils of Ireland," that Lord John Manners is
the largest flux and linen manufacturer ia Belfast, and
carries on the manufacture in all its gradations except the
ST avin~.
MAN UNKNOWN" DROWNED.—A body was picked up
on Friday, by the captain of the steam-tug Lion. The
deceased was dressed in black cloth throughout, and the
knitted drawers were marked "V. C." An inquest (with
the usual verdict) was held on Saturday;
AMERICAN MAILS The Cunard Steamer Canada
sailed on Saturday, from the 31!reey, for Boston end
Halifax, with the mars and 171 passengers. Amongst
the latter were Signors Ronconi and Tagliafico, the well-,
known operitic singers.. There %sill be no mid-weekly
despatch from Liverpool this week, the succeeding steamer
being the Arabia for New York, on Saturday.
FATAL ACCIDB,It AT BIRKENHEAD.—Peter Roberts, a
man employed i‘t Mr. Laird's yard, and who was also th 3
chapel-keeper at the Wesleyan Chapel, B.rkenhead, was,
on Friday, endeavouring to get on board the steamer
Malta, lying in Mr. Laird's dock, when his foot slippA,
he fell into the water, and was drowned. The Coroner
held an inquest on Saturday, and a verdict of " SecidentA I
death" was re'urned.
CHARGE OF MAN-LAUGHTER M MA.DEISONE. —Yesterday,
about 12 o'clock, a man named John Delany, was arrested
by detective officer Sullivan, on a charge of having killed
a man named Michael Lyons. The facts were these. It
appears that on Saturday week, the parties, who reside in
a court cif Marybone had a varrel, on which Delany
seized a piece of iron, and struck his opponent a desperate
blow on the head, and then absconded. The injured. man
lingered until 11 o'clock yesterday when he died. The
officer wenit in search' of the prisoner and arrested him.
He will be brought before the magistrates this day, and an
inquest will b 3 held on the body of deceased.
PASSENGSR3 per Royal Mail Steam-Ship Arabia, James
Stone, commander, from New York to Liverpool.—Messrs.
Henry Smith, John Andrews, Bullard, Robert Eaton, Victor;
Mr and Mrs. Soler and daughter; Messrs Jose N. Biro,
Henry Stowell, jun.; Mrs. Henry Stowell, jun., Mr. and M rs.
W. T. Wilcox, Mrs. Boyce, child, and servant, Mr. and Mr 3;
W. W. Shippen, Messrs: Charles O'Neill, Henry Simpson.
B. C. Lee, liolieski • Master John Delaney; Messrs. H. A,
Royce, Brodie, john P. Woodward, S. Housman.
Fanshawe ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Moore, Mr. Carlier, Mrs. G.
W. Morton and son ; Messrs. E. Lee Childe, Martin
Goldstein, J. C. C. Azernar, Edward W. Serrell ; Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Graharn,.Mr. and Mrs. George A. Fan,..
shave; Messrs. L. Caillenx, A. C. Denison, W. Tit.
Heydecker, Alexis .Brun, George Brown, F. Junet, C. M.
Gignoux. G. H. Petrie, Thomas Swan wick-, James Ste-
?fart,
Julius and friend, William Green ; Dr. Jenne Wor,thing-
ton, Mr. Bushnell, Captain Udvardy, Mr. James Fleir, Mr.
Gustavus Wolfen, Mrs. Johnston; Messrs. G. 'F. Brown,
W. Smith, Antonio Zamora, Francis Quin, 'Henry Hays;
John
nrs and a
man servant, E.
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serElinzt e a,
tea Tully,
t W. Ralston,
Stole e, Tb.r,m.at F, West,
Roupel,

DREADFUL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL,

AND GREAT LOSE OF LIFE.

A telegraphic message has been posted at Lloyd's,
announcing the sad loss of the Dutch screw steamer
Sophie, of and from Rotterdam, which foundered early on
Friday morning near Dungeness, after being in collision
with the William Hutt, a screw steamer, and, melancholy
to add, was attended with a serious loss of life. The
Sophie was a first-class vessel, and belonged to some
tuerchants at Rotterdam. It, is reported that she left
that port on Wednesday night, and about one o'clock
yesterday morning she was a few miles off Dungeness,
making her way down the Channel for Bristol, when she
came •in fearful contact with the William Hutt. She
immediately began to fill, and in a comparatively brief
period she went down in several fathoms, carrying with
her the captain, nine of the crew, and two female pas-
sengers` The survivors (11) of the crew were picked up by
the Wrn. Hutt, and lauded at Dover in the morning. Same
of them when rescued were in a very exhausted con-
dition. They received every attention from the Dutch
vice consul of the port. Several' boatmen have gone to
the vicinity of the sunken wreck to save what property
may be cast up. The morning was dark and stormy,
with rain. Whet her both ships exhibited the usual lights
that are reqnired of steamers to prevent collision remains
to be ascertained. The Sophie was a sister ship of the
Maas, which, singular to state, was lost last year. The
Sophie had recently been detained 4 Bristol for'a breach
of the Customs laws. She was seized, and her officers
and crew, amounting in all to 20, were arrested on some
charge of smuggling. Through the intervention of 'dr.
May, the consul in London, the vessel was released and
manned by a fresh crew. She resumed her stations The
William Hutt, which sustained damage, continued her
voyage. •

HO IZIB%EINIURDER OF A. L A.DY
NF,A'R BRISTOL.

BsiaToL, Saturday.

Great sensation was created in this city arid Clifton last"
evening by a report that a murder had been committed f‘w
that romantic spot, Nightingale Valley, Leigh. Woods, near
Clifton. it appears that about seven o'clock last evening,
as a gamekeeper in the employ of Mr.W. Miles, M.P., was
passing along the north side of Nightingale Valley, near
the rabbit warren, he was horrified by discovering the
body or a lady-like female on the ground with her arms
extended, and her face covered with blond, quite dead.
The keeper immediately raised au alarm, and on examiniug
her body, it was discovered that her throat was frightfully
cut from ear to ear, and her head nearly severed from
the trunk. There was also a wound on the right side of the
head, apparently caused by a bullet, though this can only
be ascertained by a post mortem oxamination. There were
no othermarks of violence on the body, and no instrument
of death was found near it. The deceased female appears
to be about 30 years of age; she is of diminutive stature,
rather pretty, and dressed in a grey alpaca gown, frilled
round the neck and down the front, with kid boots, and
two skirts, one grey and the other white. At present the
deceased lady is• unknown; and there can be no doubt but
that she has been cruelly murdered. The body has been
removed to the New Inn, Ro wnham• ferry, and information
of the melancholy occurrence has been forwarded to the
county coroner, Mr. Bruges Fry, who will forthwith
hold an inquest. During the summer several pic-nic
parties have visited Leigh Woods, prolonging their stay
on some occasions till nearly midnight, when the ladies,
after having taken refreshment at the cottages on the
banks of the Avon, have strolled to Nightingale Valley,
leaving their shawls and bonnets with the inmates of the
cottages. This may possibly furnish a clue to the iden-
tification of the body, and explain the fact that the
deceased was without a bonnet.

DINNER AT BIRMINGHAM IN HONOUR OF

MR. BRIGHT.

A dinner in celebration of the election of John Bright
as M.P. for Birmingham took place on Friday evening, at
the Bee Hive, Bull•street. Mr. R. Wright occupied the
chair. The dinner was of first-rate quality, and served
up in excellent style; the cloth was drawn and the usual
loyal toasts drunk.
The Chairman then proposed the health of the new
member.. He believed whatever differences may have
arisen in the heat of the contest, that the majority
were quite satisfied with the choice they had
made. John Bright had no personal ambition to serve
by the election. He had won for himself a high
position, solely by his own intellect and commanding
abilities. When they remembered Birmingham
had a great political history, they would early see the pro-
priety of having a representative able adequately to
support their views, specially in relation to a future new
Reform Bill. John Bright had foretold the Indian troubles
long before; and while.he now said it was mercy to India
to put down the revolt, he yet, with his fine spirit of justice,
said that that country must be hereafter Loverned in
justice and truth. Manchester had ungratefully rejected
John Bright ; and his election by Birmingham would show
the cotton lords that they were not all England. Iu con-
clusion, after stating that Mr. Bright was the determined
opponent of the Enfield interference with private enter-
prise, he called on them to drink " Health, long life, and
happiness to the new Member for Birmingham.' The
toast was drunk with musical honours.

Councillor James Taylor proposed the health of Mr,
Scholefield, highly eulogising his courtesy, business talent,
and independent principles, who both deserved and truly
enjoyed the confidence and esteem of every member of his
constituency, be he Whig, Tory, or Radical. The toast
having beon duly honoured,
Mr. Bate read the• following letter from Mr. Schole-
field in reference to the present dinner :—" Reform Club,
4th September, 1857.—Dear Sir,—l should have been very
glad if I could have attended the dinner to which
you kindly invite me to celebrate the return of Mr.
Bright as member for Birmingham, for I hope I need not
say that there is not one of those who will be present who
holds in higher estimation than I do his great abilities or
more sincerely acknowledges his eminent public services.
Birmingham has done itself honour by the selection of so
distinguished a man, and I am proud indeed to associate
with him as a colleague, but my engagements are such
that I cannot leave town at the time named, and I must
ask you to be good enough to express to those present my
regret at my inability to be among,l hem. With best wishes
for a successful meeting, I am, my dear sir, yours vary
truly, WILLIAM SCHOLEFIELD. James Bates, Esq."
Several other toasts were afterwards drunk, and the
guests then separated, after , passing a very pleasant
evening.

Ma. lleNr.uv, M P., on INDIA —At the meeting of the
Theme Agricultural Society, in returning thanks for the
toast of " the County Members," Mr. Henley said—" All
social questions that might have attracted some degree of
attention in other circumstances are now almost over-
shadowed and put aside by matters of more stirring
interest that have transpired. I believe that though much
fault may be found with our conduct in India, still no man
can deny that there had been far greater security to life
and property, and that there had been much less wrong-
doing of any kind during the period of British rule, than
during any period in the preceding history of India.
(Cheers.) But whatever cense; of complaint there
may have been, it is impossible to suppose
that there was any real connection between this
and what had taken plan- An army of 80,000 or
100,000 men without notice, without grievance,—for
everybody is now agreed. that the story of the greased
cartridges was a mere pretence—without rhyme or
reason, have turned agatast.those whose:salt:they have
eaten, whose pay they have taken, and in the most trea-
cherous manner have not only murdered their officers
whom they were in. dut!Abound to protect, but have
either in their own, persons, or have permitted others
more wicked than therneelves, to wreak the most horrid
barbarities on woraen and children. There must be a
day of reckoniug. (Cheers.) If the 20,000 or 40,000 men
who have been, to set this matter straight are not sufli_
cient, I feel sure there will not bo wanting 100,000 men to
to rectify tb& terri.ble and grievous wrong. It is a matter
which sets aside all social questions for a time. Whether
a ten-pounder, .or an eight-pounder, or any other pounder
is to have a vo,,e, is a matter which must stand over till
we see our Ivey through this hedge which now stands
before. us. I believe our best chance of the
mutiny b- ling put down is that these black va
gabonda should continue to herd together in
Delhi. Now if these fellows are all banded together
in tea t city, I hope they will stay there till October or
Novi-mbar, when our reinforcements will arrive in the
Coy ntry; then they will be like rats in a trap, and a good
aricount will be given of them. Therefore, instead. of
regretting that we have not yet accounts of this city being
taken, I believe it will be better to let the thing come to
a head. My experience in killing all kinds of vermin is,
that it is much better to get Ultra into a corner than to
hunt them all over the field. It is just one hundred years
ago since a few of our countryman won this empire ; and
now with our power so much increased all over the
world, with the means of communication three times as
rapid as they were, I will not believe that we will not
only conquer again, but keep it with the utmost possible
safety.

DEATH OF MR. Frill, tilr, PROPRIETOR OF THE

" NORTHERN WHIG."

On ,Tuesday morning, at eight o'clock, at Glenarna.
County Antrim, died Mr. Francis Da'zell Finley, the
proprietor of the Northern Whig. His career was a varied
one; and more than any other proprietor of a newspaper
in this country, or in Great Britain, it was his fate to be
identified personally with many severe constitutional and
other struggles. Throughout these contests he preserved
and maintained a character for hrusquerie, but it was
always mitigated by honest adherence to principle. Very
impulsive in character, he ocziasionally offendei some,
but his friends wh knew him laughed over the mal Ines
he threw out. He was a superior man of business ; and
his enterprise was discernible in the fact that he always,
along with the gentlemen associated with him, employed_
the highest procurable telen‘. Mr. Finlay was born on the
12th July, 1794 near Newtownerde, in the County of Down.
His parents were farmer;; and a high tone of nationality
of the W( lfe Tone character was felt in that district. Mr.
Finlay was apprenticed, early in life: to the business of
printing, at the establishment of Mr. Samuel Archer,
whose sons now carry on the h use in. Castle-place. Dar-
: ing his apprenticeship, the famous D. Drennan, of
pAriotic celebrity, was particularly struck with the
,eoung
apprentice printer, aid he materially aided in advancing
his prospees in- life. This kindness was heartily recipro-
cated by Mr. Finlay, who in his domestic moments, when
he could unbend, would hunch out into stirring anekbtes,
anti; sing that immortal song of his patron's—
" When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood,
Cod blessed the green island, and KCd'it was good."
Like Franklin, Baranger, and Jerrold;- who were at
printre—,iourneymen printers at case—it was al., aye ha
boast e Frank Finlay that he had raised himself from'
that, the lowest position'on a newspaper, to the high greet
of a proprietor. The -Northern Whig, hii.. paper, wee
published on the Ist January, 1&24. The opening address'
was curiens, and at the time excited no little animadver-
sion from those who were nendly to the establismsnt of a
paper on Whig liberal principles. We transcribe a fee;
sentences:--

"It has scrretimea been• remarked that tho- world

governed bye, words. It is ofeu, *indeed, deluded by
mere sounds; and the use' of nicknames hate been a
favoured mode of carrying on the vrarfare of faction in
ages and countries. They are of easy invention—are
adapted to the weakest ea,pacities—have all the enact of
ajoke on the nerves of their victims ; and, if happy, they
set the million in a roar. This; in some cases, is half the
battle and more ; for-whoever gets the la-ugh on his side ie
the winner with the vulgar ; and the more ecle which a,
politician can attach to his own watchword. or the mere
odium and ridicule he can fling on that of his adverse ice
(next to. the main thing of loaves, and' fishes, which go Iltr.
with' all parties), the grea`er number of adherents hods.
likely to have under his banner. Of ill the political nicke-•
names with which we happen to be acquainted, there is,
none-which, in its progress down the current of time. has.
had greater varieties of f3rtune than the one which we haver,
assumed The Whig,'
The-prospectus goes -on to state the various phase
ehich Whiggism bad undergone. It enunc'atel that " the-
Whigg,ery of to-day is. act the Whiggery of to.morrow,"
and therein it told somewhat of a in. It to d solemn
truth, however, when it assered thet the Witiggery of
1824 was not the Whiggarnoreisnt of the previous century.
The deecription given to Whiggism:-at that period is.
perhaes, objectionable ; bat, as true cheonicler3 we record
it. Whiggism then was, it was stated, an " easy thing—
it shone with brilliancy at dinners, and it showed its tact
in selecting on these occasions old 'hock or sherry ; while
the wit of the Whig bon connives sparkled' in gay rivalry ,
w.th the goblet of champagne, as the opposite currents met,
upon the lip," Well, over thisperiod cf due 'flew of sour
we of the present day have to grieve It is past. It is among -
the things that were and are- not. But glorious deeds
were achieved by those old Whigs ; :and, although we ad-
here to the maxim of de mortuisfnil nisi lion urn, we must
say that the fault of Mr. Finlay's life was, that he did not
work out their policy in his own grand acceptation of
" Liberty to All "without intercalary (levied-ma which meet
the scrutiny of the inspector of Ulcer's history, as far as it
can be gleaned from the files of his and contemporary
newspapers. Mr Finlay was at lea't twice imprison d for
libels. Bat more than the two actions on- which ho was
convicted were brought ag tinit him, He was tried oat
some other libel prosecutions, and acquitted. There was
one especially in which one of the present members for
the County Antrim was the plaintiff.' We believe that
the cause was a matter of Tenant-right, and that the-
sting lay in the quotation Latet anquis in herbs."
Baron M'Clelland tried him on a libel action. The
question was put—"ls truth a libel?" "Yes," said the
Baron, "and if it were true as Gospel he sh-uld be con-
victed." The master under whom young Finlay served
his apprenticeship was on the jury that convicted him, and -
neat day he wandered abaut the prison like a troubled
spirit till the doors ware opened, and he had access to
the prisoner, to wham he said that he was compelled, in
consequence ef'ths charge addressed' to hint, to give
the verdict of guilty. Mr. Finlay used to tell some of
his richest anecdotes in reference to this. On 'this
occasion he spent some eight or nine months in jail.
He advocated the giving of civil rights to the Rot nan.
Catholics. Previous to 1829, housed to tell that he
was invited to a great banquet in. Belfast, at whir./ t he
was addressed thus—" Mr. Finlay, you are going tc -o far
in your advocacy of this measure; moderate your vi ewe
He then rose, and with a vehement manner, said':--" If'
you were to heap cotton milers on ,c)ttott milers, at 11 flax._
spinners on them ; and if you were to bring to bear all the-
influence you could, I will advocate what I believe 3 to be,.
-
right; and I will never cease till- my Roman C iatholic
countrymen have the same liberties that Ipo seat ." He -
then left the dining-room. About the year 18 30, Mr.
James Simms, one of the proprietors of this paps r, left e
high literary engagement to conduct and write for the-
Nortlttrn, Whig. Tae Whig, had advanced very consider-
ably, and it wrs not infra dig for Mr. Simmseto connect
himself personally with it, smile make it the vehicl3l, of
conveying his singularly correct notions to the I public. The
paper prospered wonderfully, under the editorship of Mr.
Simms It w s originally published as a small sheet
of eight pages, rather more than the size of a Blus Book.
After 1829, it became a paper of four pages, containing
the same quantity of matter ; • and, instead of once a week,
it was printed twice--;on Mender and Thursda3 a After
some years' labour, in the year 1836:, Mr. Simms get Mr.
Finlay to enlarge the size-of the paper, and to publish it
thrice in the week instead of twice. The days of publica-
tion were thenceforward, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays. The paper still prospered under the manage-
ment, of Mr. Sinam3;, and. again, in 1841. there was
another enlargement. The paper was published at
this enlarged standard 'up to the period at which Mr.
; Simms ceased his connection. with it, at the clew of 1850.
In the varied phases which Mr. Finlay's paper went
through, there was a great deal. of astuteness requisite..
The propriqor suffered many losses. When he was only
recendy married, his furniture was sold a.; his young,
p•ano and harp were disposed of to meet the fine .
imposed upon him, along with the affliction of imprison-.
meat. But over all these he rose, coming out from the,
ordeal more vigorous and more enesgetic, than when, his.
had been subjected, to its test, At the time of the passing
of the Reform Bill, he, glorying in his professien as-a.
practical printer, placed a printing-press on a platr,osme
which was borne along the stteets,, and he Camp!,
from the press amang the crowd net:fications of- the
legislation. of the so-much-wished-for • measure. To.
state all the incidents of the 1 fee of the decelsed.
gentleman would fill a volume. Suffice it to say,
that, for some years past he was estranged from
many, and had lost some of his old friends by death. He
pined, and, when. spoken to on any other subject, he
always reverted to the memory of his departed friends.
Some months ago he wet t to Donaghadee for the benefit
of the sea air. His health did not improve ; and he left
for Glenarm, where he was attacked with , jaundice.
Saturday, Dr. Hamilton, of Thooegall-squar©, Belfast,
proceeded to attend him. Mrs. Finlay, evth his son
Francis Dalaelle Finlay, jun , and Miss Finlay, were.
present- at his dying -bad, and received hie, last sighs.
Belfast Mercury.

THE BIBLE IN SWEDVN, NORWAY, A 14.1), FriLIND.-4111
these countries, rece:itl, 240,M) copies of the ew
Testament have been circulated, being a copy for every
family, and £lO,OOO for the solitary. and houvless. S)
highly is this agency of coiporteiirs pried in Sweden, that
a school for the trait-ling of agents has receitly been
opened there, and Eeviral benevolent men sf.,pport
number of them • ore of them. sopp.orti seven aralts.
IlitAran OF 14 R. ER:Gii annoanced, tha't Mr.
John Bright has perfei:ly r( envered his health, end is
for the c-tisail,g pailiatri4,.)"tary cam—
vigourously preparing
paign.
Neal ACT ON TUE GE 133ARD or, TISALTII.—BY
an act pissed in the late session of Par:;,ament, the General
Buad of Health is continued to the is:, of September, next
year. There is a provision that no salary is to ha paid to
the presilent holding en o:lice of rfootit. under the Crown,
and if at the time of such any:intment ho shag be a
member of tho Rouse of Cc famons, he shall not, by
reason of such appuinthunt, vacate his seat in Parliament.
SALMON Cis )AL.--For se.icral days to war,ls the beginning
of list week the water at the.nrYntli of Cie Dion might be
described as literally alive with salmon, endeavoutiug in
vain to force a passa.ge up the st;allow stream to the wonted
spawning grembd. The long continued drought of the
preceding weeks, had so far reduced the body of water that
several ftp:o we're stranded in the pools, and, we believe, On.
was ao',ual),y caught with the hand by a person who had.
obser.ved its struggle from the bank.—Ayr Observer.