Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-05 00:00:00

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mittee of the council to inquire fully- into the same, and
to make sucka report, with any ,sucrcreitions or -recom-
mendations, to the council, as may Cfound necessary.

GRAND REVIEW OF THE RIFLE .CORPS

AT BIDSTON

Oil Saturday afternoon, the different rifle corps which
have recently,, been embodied in this% neighbourhood
were assembled for the purpose of a review on the top
of. Bidston-bill. -About half-past three o'clock, the
members of the Liverpool corps, to the number of about
seventy-eiglit, under the command of Captain Boust
met at the, stores in Christian-street, and marched in
_ . _ . _
cy embarked
landed at
where The
Mout forty,'

procession to the Landing-stage.
on board one of the steamers, ai
Birkenhead, they proceeded to tt
members of the Cheshire corps, nt
under the command of Captain

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ing they presented arms, and then, having gone
through a number of exercises and: mancenvrings,
they formed in procession and marched towards
liidston-hill. 'At the junction road at the Dock
Cottages the members of the Wallasey corps, numbering
upwards of thirty, were added to the two other Om-
ponies, from this point, and the u:eited body---about
135—continued the march to Bidston Hill. On
arriving there, they were .placed 'Under the directions of
Captain •Bousfield, and went through. a number of in-
teresting skirmishes, which occupied upwards of an hour
and a half.
At the close of their evolutions,,
different corps .were severally adi
Bousfield and Caine, Captain ;Bonsf
addressing the members of the Cliesl
his deep obligations to them for ,ti
they had committed themsel
common with the members of
proceedings of the day

he members of the
•essed by Captains
,id more especially

,rce, expressing I

nanner in which

his command, in
i force, during the

Captain- Caine, of Cheshire -corps, warmly com-
plimented the members of the Liverpool
.corps on the
efficient manner in which they had gone through their
exercises, and on their soldier-
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rn 1,000

THE EMIGRATION TRADE OF

LIVERPOOL

For many years past the passenger, or emigration,
traffic has formed an important department of the
general trade of Liverpool, this port having enjoyed 'y
far the largest portion of the emigration trade which
has taken place from the British Islands. A variety of
causes conduced to bring about this result, not the least
important of which was the fine class of ships employed
by Liverpool houses for the. purpose of carrying pas-
sengers ; to which we must also add the high character
of the shipowners chiefly engaged in the.trade, and the
great facilities Which presented themselves in various
forms fOr the . accommodation of emigrants. Conse-

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quent, on these considerations, the returns of emigration
supplied from time to time from . the Government
°ince, have been looked on with much interest. The
information thence obtained shows that for a consider-
able time past there has been a falling off in the number
of emigrants to nearly all the colonial dependencies of
Great Britain; as compared with some of the previous
years ; it also exhibits a diminution of the numbers as
compared with laSt year. ' The returns for the math
of .A

. .
gust have been completed, and' they show that,
contrary to usual eßkrienee of that month, there has been
eral improvement in the emigration trade from
The total emigration during the month

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amount al to 6,714 souls, of whom 368 were cabin, and
6,356 intermediate and .steerage. Of the latter, 2,235
were natives of England, 471 'of Scotland, 3,451 -of Ire-
land, and. 244 belonged to other countries, chiefly from
Germany. In the previous month of July the numbers
were 5,916 souls-1,414 English, 323 Scotch, 3,899 Irish,
and 280 fOreiomers. One remarkable feature in these
returns is the large falling off in the number of Irish emi-
grants 'sailing from the Mersey, the decrease during the
month being nearly 600, while-the-English and Scotch'
emigrants 'lave increased nearlyl,ooo. To the United
States the emigration has been larger than for many
months, the numbers being, 310 cabin and 4,276 steer-
age passengers-T--of whom 1,362 belonged to England,
126 to. Scotland, 2,572 to Ireland, and 216, were
foreigners. During the previons month the number of
cabin passengers W,IS 180, and the steerage 3,754-L743
of whom were natives of England, 166 of Scotland,
2,862 of Ireland, and 163 foreigners; while in the cor-
responding period of last year the cabin passengers'
numbered 184, and the steerage 3,717. In vessels
not " under the act," or subjected to government
inspection, 166 emigrants. sailed for ports in the United
States. The emigration to the States developed itself
more towards the end of the month; as we find that dur
Ping the early pait of kuguit vessels' cleared with barely'
250 passengers, while towards the end the ships mustered
from 400 to .500 souls. These returns do not comprise the
passengers carried out by the royal mail steamships to
New York and Boston. Another feature in these returns
is the number of returning emigrants, ,as we find that in
July 241 cabin and 1,349 steerage passengers returned
to the Mersey from New York, while during the past
month they did not reach half that number. To Canada,
the' mail screw steamships which do not come "tinder
the act" 'convey the bulk of the • emigration,.. but in
"short-ships," two cabin and 50 steerage sailed during
the month. To the Australian colonies the returns for
August show a great fallingioff,, the aggregate numbers;
inclasive of government ships, being 42 cabin and 1,609
steerage. Tliree ships sailed kir Melbourne with: 948
passengers, 390' of whoni were English, 152 Scotch;
324 Irish, and twenty-four foreigners: During
the corre4ponding period of 1858, the. numbers are 45
cabin and 1,429 steerage passengers-759 English, 228
.Seatch„ 415 Irish, and 32 foreigners. It may be well to
reiriark' that in 1857 the ernigration to the Australian
ColOniei was nearly three times as-great as at present
the number being, in the month of -August in that year,
87- cabin. and 2,986 'steerage passengers. In "short
ships' .43 passengers left 'the Mersey, nine of whom
wore cabin: The vessels returning from -Melbourne
brought.. 240 cabin and 1,388 steerage passengers.
Three vessels with government emigrants .sailed during
the month—viz., the Herald of the Morning, for Mel-
bourne, with 415 passengers ; the Shackamaxon, for
Moreton.. Bay, with 330 passengers ; and the David'
31‘Iver, for Adelaide, with 385 souls. The Annie
Wilson is at present -embarking government emigrants
frem the depot at Birkenhead. To New Zealand, 16
cabin and 175 steerage passengers have sailed

the mo:

being a slight decline-when compared with
July. To- the Cape of Good Hope, 288 steerage pas-
sengers, selected by the Hon. Mr. Field, sailed in the
Matilda Atheling, 151 of whom •were English, 66
Scotch, and 71 Irish.

SEVERE ACCIDENT FROM EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.
—On SaturdaY morning a frightful accident occurred
to a fine young woman, Elizabeth Walters by name,
residing at Pitt's-place, Battersea-fields. It appears
that two young gentlemen had been shooting, and gave
the unfortunate sufferer the powder flask and gun to
take doWn stairs. While the powder flask was still in
her hand she ran to the fire to turn off some water,
when a chance spark ignited, the powder. The explosion
threw her down violently, and set fire to her dress. Her
screams brought assistance, when the flames were extin-
gnished, and she was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where
She now remains in a very precarious state.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, at an
early hour, a determined act of self-destruCtion was
----'tted by Thomas Golding, aged fifty-nine years,
. 21, George-street West, ferry-road; Poplar,
he following circumstances :—lt appears that
ceased was a ropemaker, and was a good work-
man, in the service of a large firm at Poplar, but. for
the last week he had given war to excessive drinking of
ardent spirits, whereby he had distressed his home,
which was entirely broken up, and nearly everything
he possesSed taken away. One of the lodgers having
occasion to go into the kitchen, discovered the deceaf el
suspended by a rope to a beam. He was cut down, but

red: The deef
his landlord for

whic

THE LABOURER AND HIS HOLIDAY,

Harvest Homes are at present the order of the day.
Baron Hambro, who does the amiable and popular thing
to as gnat an extent as any proprietor around, leads the
way in our own immediate vicinity. The rejoicings at
Milton Abbas were rather different from those of the
Harvest Home. It is a' holiday which retains the
popular form of horticultural allotment competitions,
carries them out to an extent almost unprecedented within
its area of operations, and at the same time superadds-the

baronial entertainment (as we may in this case term it)
and rural sports and rejoicings as "in the olden time."
The amountlof garden produce raised and eithibited, we had

almost said, under difficulties, but
allotments which, required :the woods tube cut open for
their due ventilation, is almost fabulous—it took two
first-class gardeners and a nurseryman to 'adjudge the
prizes. The prizes themselves appear to have been. most
appropriate. Mighty was the man Who carried off the
steel fork—rheing -the first allotment prize in;, each
of the several parishes of Milton Abbas, Stickland,
and Hilton ; likewise great and worthy were they
who 'gained the second prize spades ; -though,
singular to relate, the hoe which formed the

all events upon new

third prize wain more instances than one achieved by
a. woman, and that woman *a widow.; and as if to prove
that something more than empty praise was: merited
even by the-less successful competitors, it is .scarcely
possible to repress a smile at the numbers who atlfilton
Abbas were "commended and rewarded with a picture
to each."• The 'East Brent celebration was, however, of
a broader and more generic caste, stamped, we might
almost say, with features of nationality, for indeed it may
be safely regarded as the model modern English HarVest
Home, in connection with which the name of Archdeacon
Denison will Undoubtedly he henceforth handed down to
posterity. Mr. Kinglake, a gentleman who takes a leading
interest in these East Brent gatherings, neverfails to in-
vite out presence at theM, and we are bound to take• espe-
cial notice of their auspicious success. The-sanction be-
stowed upon them by the Lord Bishop of Bath and
Wells (Lord Auckland), and his preaching the occa-
sional sermon, as well as participating in the tea-
table services' by handing about the cake, in 'them-
selYes conferred distinction on this celebration
at East, Brent. But the great attractions ware. pro;
vide& bY the indefatigable zeal of the \Teri. Archdeacon
and: Mrs. Denison ; More especially as regarded the
beautiful and lavish decorations and inscriptions that
rendered the , occasion memorable. One mournful
feature,- however, here saluted us ; we could not help
thinking of the Lady Georgiana 'Wolfe' as of some dead
personage of old romance, as 'we : saw her well-remem-
bered banner— • ,

May God psur out his benison - .
• On Archdeacon Denison.
hung over an empty stall—since "the place.thatknew her,
knows her no more." But the banners and,processiens
to and from church, through a village smothered iddecora-
tions, processions again of joints and dishes, of ladies and
servants, plum puddings, " and delicious sweetmeats,"
really reminded us of the days of " Queen Hoo Hall.; "
but then the procession of speeches, from Sir William
illiles's to the close, recalled us back to the stirrin,g times
in which we live, and only served to convinceus of Vac fine
effect with which Archdeacon Denison has borrowed a lea
from an illuminated missal of past life to embellish a
page of our own. The beautiful speech of the .tord
Bishop of Bath and Wells will not pass unheeded; his
exposition of the mutual dependence of class upon class,
which is the very moral of meetingS such as these, andhis
advocacy of temperance, both in language and in liquor,
do him infinite honour even in the pastoral office to
Which they are so becoming. The archdeacon's respoise,
to o, was hearty. and wholesome--his love of East
Br