Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-28 00:00:00

because the present Emperor established the Anglo-French
alliance —a feat of statesmanship which Louis Philippe had
neither the talent nor the honesty to achieve—affect to
believe that England must be bea'en out of India ; but
with these slight exceptions Europe and the world are
with us. The fact is cheering, and will not only have its
weight in the councils of this great empire, but in the
ranks of our armies. It is better to fight with the appro-
bation of mankind than without it ; and that the world
approves of what we have done and are doing in India is
clear to demonstration. Even the Russians know that we
shall win. They may lament the fact, bat they lack the
assurance to deny it.
The United Service Gazette has the following :
Emphatically we say, then, let the idea of resuscitating
the native army be altogether discarded. It has been an
excresence for the past eight years—it has been a curse
and a scourge for the past six months. We are convinced
that Englishmen can always be found in sufficient num_
bers to keep up a force of 80,000 bayonets and sabres,
provided that pains be taken to cherish the force by
not needlessly exposing it to irksome duties under
a powerful sun. A couple of hundred low caste natives
might be attached- to every regiment, as the gun
Lascars are to the Artillery, to perform all the fatigue
work of the corps, such as mounting guard in the heat of
the day, escorting prisoners, stores, and treasure, protect-
ing baggage, keeping clean the barracks, the arms, and
the accoutrements of the Europeans, pitching tents, &c.
This was their duty in the last century—the conversion
of them into regular soldiers was an idle concession to
their pride, which we have lived to repent. They are
only fit to do the work of slaves—they are unworthy of a
higher occupation."

THE BAHIANA.—This fins steamer sails to-day for Ports-
mouth, where .she will at owe embark troops, and sail
direct for Indi

THE WEATHER, up to Saturday, in the past week, was
very file and warm—a sort of second surnm,r. There was
a change early yeot rday morning, wren the wind altered,
as the moon got into its first quarter about that time.
Very heavy rain f .11 during the day. Thera has been ,no
indication of the equinosiAl gales ❑p to the present.
BODY OF A FEMALE FOUND. —Yesterday roczaing, the
holy of a wall dressed female, who appea ,ted to be about
35 years of age, was found floa log in the T. yeeth D )ck, by
the dock-gateman. There was a small EMI) of money
found in her pocket, brit at p-esent thore is no•hiag to
in licate her identity. The body lies at the dead-house.

ACCIDENT.—The Old Swan 'bus, that leaves at nine in
the morning, when turning from London-road to Lime-
street, on Saturday, met with an accident, by the falling of
the centre horse, which caused some alarm amongst the
passengers, as it was supposed the 'bus was jeopardised.
Fartanetely, no damage (except the fright) was sustained
by all one.
MR. AND MRS. BARNI.Y WILLIAM..—We are glad to
he able to say that these performers appear at the Theatre
Royal fer six nights more. Mr, Williams is one of the
truest representatives of Irish comic humour the stage has
seen for many years ; and the equally peculiar acting of his
wifeeserves admirable to set off his admirable delineations.
The success which follows the Irish B iy and Yankee Girl
eve-vwhere has been nowhere mere brilliant than in Liver-
po 1 _
STREET ACCIDENTS.--On Saturday, an accident, which
was near being attendel.by serious emsequenc)s, occurred in
Lord-street. A car, belonging to Mr. Bruinby was stand-
ing near Great Charlotte-street, when the horse suddenly
started off, aid ran through Clayton-square into Lord-
street, where it was fortunately. stopped; not, however,
until it had received some consderable damage. The
driver was thrown off, and received a severe contusion
'on the temples. On the same day, a donkey and car', the
latter fi led with vegetables, raminfo the sewer now being
constructed in the London-road, at the corn' r of Seymour-
street.. The woman who had the case of the c art was
much injured, and bad to be conveyed to the Dis2ensiry.
PASSENGERS per R.M.S Asia, E. G. Lott Commander,
froni New York—Mrs. Purcell, Professor Icelland, Mr.
Boninjer, and Mrs. J G. Lohmenn ; Messrs. Brand,
Walter M'Gee, John Gaunt, George Berlow, Captain S.
Goodhue' Chevalier Manthuer, Daniel leases, G.. H
Newhall, A. G. Findlay, D. S. Jackson, Bowrier, W. H.
Lewis, Lewis Hope, Bristow, Adolphus Johns, Julius Hess,
John Frazer, S. M. Burritt, W.A. Dewar ; Mrs. Miller
and child, Maria Peekhem ; Miss Ann Baxter ; Ray.*
M. Theocleire.; Me. R. Meagher, John Needham, James
Gray, James E. Miller, Rev T. Eetchnaann, M. Galtier,
Me. M A. lienssella, Mr. J. D. Orange, and Mrs.
Charles Bernhard and three infants, • Mrs. Johnson and
child, Mr Hackett.
THE lATZI MAJOR NIACDONIALD.—A correspondent at Rock
Ferry writes:—Perhaps you are not aware that the IVLijor
Macdonald noticed in tee Non-ruses Times of this day
(Saturd I), was, •ie: net actual'y a native of the place, very
oLosely connec:ei with i%; His father was for many Seas
'coniin inder of one of the quarantine ships fortnerly moored
off Rock Ferry. A 'brother, who is a captain in the East
India Conpan)'s service, resides here now with his
famly ; &se two or three sisters, one of which i 3 the wife
of Doctor Roper, of St. Paul's R •ad, • Rock Perry.
jur tegiruent mutinied, shortly after the
event named in your paper, murdering himself and wife,
together With 'all its officets, &c. Teree children belonging
to Major Mee lonald were saved by the servant, and are
now on their way home.
CORONER'S legineere —Thu coroner held the folio-vine
incre3ts on Saturday: ---eO.l the b dy Ora chilli, named
Robert C irry, six weeks old, the soa of Mr. Corry, 60;
Myrtle-street. , It appeared that the servant girl had the
chill in her arena, %El was currying a basin, whin, by some
accident, she fell end broke the besin, a pieCe of which
stuck in toe child's neck, and caused 'death. Verdict,
"Accidental death:" On the bie ly of a chiP,about a fortnight
old, that was overlain in bed in the Wo'rkhouse. Verdice,
" Accidentally suffocated." On the body f Wm. Aldridge,
a man who was working on board the steamer Badger, on
the 24th, and was hurt by a fall, from the results of which
he died in the Sorthern iospital. Verdie, " Accidental
death." •

RAPID PASSAGE.—The add] ship, Azatha- Maria;
arrived here on t.e 240 inst., from Amsterdali, hts
made the passage. irom that pert to the Mersey in the
extraordinary short piee of four days. She sailed
from Amsterdam a little after one o'clock on Sunday last,
the 20th inst., and at two o'clock on Thursday she. was at
anchor_ ii our rifler. S'ae is quite a new vessel, having
been launched only two months back, and is destined for
the Java trade.' This is' the second Dutch c'ippar at oar
port within the last fortnight. The Willem Krouprius
(fez. Nederlanden, a vessel equal in every respect to the
gatha and Maria, having been reported 11.-re on Ills 10th
inst., this latter vessel has_ made a very rapid .pass ige from
Rotte:•clarn. Both ships are quite new, and it is anticipated
that they will mike the fastest runs out to Batavi I Ole
destination of b )th ship) that hive ever yet been made.

The, Lincoln Mercury says :—lt is definitely stated that
there will bd one day's race for. Lincoln, and that the con-
test wail come, off on Thursday, the 22nd October, There
are, it is announced, to be six races and it is stated that
the adc'e I money will amount to fu'ly £2OO.
LONDON 001' OF TOWN.— [8 it really.? wha went to
the Crystal Palace list Saturday moneing, and saw 19,000
persons in. the midst of,v,vnriders of art, listening to such a
cane rt for a s'ailling as would have gratified the most
-faStidi Nis, or who had tri4d to take, places for the opera at,
her Majesty's The ttre that night, and -could't get theria ;
or who saw the -Surrey Music-halt on "Sunday morning
packed full of wor,hippors, or. got mixed up with the
str,tamtof lie that filled the New-road in the evening of
that same day o! rest—might reasonably doubt the asser-
tion. Nevertheless, it is true, comparatively "speaking,
Griosvenor-scpare, .13,1gravii, and Tvbarnia ars desolate,
and a m member or other of ere y houeeliold, Smith,
Jones, and Robinson, has fli.ted, far or near, to unbend
for a while, and get fresh alt.—The Builder.
Intelligence has been received in Penrith of the safety
of Captain Harrison, his lady, and family. He was in
Command of the 2nd Nizam Cavalry, a division of the
Gwalior Contingent, which mutinied almost to a man.
The dangers; hair-breadth escapes, and privations to which
be and his family have been sulject during a ten days'
and nights' wandering in a hostile country—unfet,
unrested, scorched by day, and drenched by night, impeded
in their flight by impassable rivers, harassed by swarms of
fiends, thirsting for victims and intent on plunder—all
this and more, which may be -imagined, but cannot be
described. All will rejoice to know that so gallant an
officer is sill spared to defend the honour of the British
arms, sad we (Carlisle Patriot) hope he will long be
preserved to be a comfort to his aged father, Col. Harrison.
lsrEw SOUNDING INSTILUMCNT.—Copt. C. F. Brown, of
Warren, It. 1., has invented an explosive sounding instru-
mane, which is entitled to notice in connection with the
various appliances brought into requisition to insure the
success of the proposed Atlantic telegraph. It is thus
described. " The invention consists in attaching to a
spindle a long spberoidaribamber' containiug some gu :-
powderlvithin the lower part, and having underneath the
chamber a needle operate I by a spring, which is forced
against a cap on a nipple, and thereby igniting the charge
of powder when. the lower end of the spindle strikes the
bottom , and the time that elapses from the period the
instrument is dropped until the sound is heard, or concus-
sion felt, is noted and depth determined upon positive data
to form proper conclusions." The inventor is a practical
navigator. •