Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-03 00:00:00

be known to the merchants of Liverpool that thii

force is entirely composed of young men—,
surance offices, and mercantile counting-houses;
banded together for purposes of acquiring, by sy.
drill and hard work, something like a modest capabill.,
the town defence. The same' efficiency you exhibit in yo
employers' business duties will be manifest in your sold
capacity. (Hear.) The willing interest you take in can-
forward through all the details and ramifications of
commercial transactions, will be brought to bear
newly-acquired capacity; and I that your

lerks in banks, in-
bat you are

n firmly rel
honlderinv

determination, pluck, and capab:
will in no way detract from your co

...house zeal and effi-

cienty, but rather that

,e manly exercise which nerves yc

arm for your count

s defence shall imp

,pour tc

your intellects, and render you more fitting for the duties of
the desk, with your minds more than ever bound up in the
interests of those you serve. (Loud cheers.) As your honorary

secretary, I have studiously refrained from ann
cular patrons of this force, simply because I consider the whole
of Liverpool as rightly claimable for its patrons.. I have not
sought interviews with any gentleman of distinction, but con-
fined myself strictly to your business of real soldier-making.
may say, however, that, on Monday last, his Worship the
Mayor did your corps the honour of requesting my attendance
at the Guildhill; this without any solicitation from me, and I
need not say that you have the hearty support of your excel-
lent chief magistrate.
At the close of his interesting speech, Mr. Walter expressed
his earnest hope that funds would be provided to purchase a
library for the artillery arm, and a permanent building ob-
tained for its use, where the young men could resort for pur-
poses of assuming and taking off their soldier garb, and so
save the loag distances many would have to travel to reach
their homes.

Mr. WALTER then stated that, proportionate with the num-
ber of enrolled men, they had in their power for immediate
disposal three captaincies and six lieutenancies. He adyised
the force, however, to elect only two captains at this their
first meeting, leaving for their meeting on Saturday next the
election of the other disposable commissions. In highly eulo-
gistic terms Mr. Walter then submitted to the force the name
of Capt. Thomas Bourne, an officer of artillery experience, of
an old Liverpool family of high standing, and 1
deuce near Liverpool,
be commanding officer of the fora

gentleman eminently qualified to

Captain Bourne was unanimously elected to hold such rank
as her Majesty should think prope
The only other captain elected was our respected townsman
Mr. Philip F. Tinnc, of the firm of Sandbach, Tinne and Co.
His name was introduced to the force by Mr. Walter, in terms
worthy of his position and high character. When Mr. Walter
stated to the corps that Mr. Tinne, until now created Captain
Tinne by the Liverpool Royal Artillery force, had rejoiced, line
a man of true metal and a gentleman, to shoulder his rifle in
the honours of a full private, there was most excited cheering
for that gentleman.

to confer,

After transacting private business connected with the forma-
tion of the force, the meeting auguring so favourably for the
embodiment of a really efficient body of artilDary, broke up,
not, however, without cheers, again and again repeated, for
Mr. James Walter, through whose energy and known deter-
mined spirit the success of the movement has been ensured.
It was arranged that the remaining commissioned officers
should be selected from the leading and best suited men of
Liverpool.

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Orders have been received in Dublin from the Post-
officeFithorities to have a special train in readiness at
the Ring's-bridge terminus, to start at 11 o'clock a.m.,
on Sunday, with the American mail for Cork. It is
arranged that the special train will perform the journey
in four hours. A special steamer will be in readiness
to convey the mails to Queenstown, and place them on
board one of the Cunard steamers, which will proceed
on her voyage to America without any delay.
As a good instance of the high value of censorship,
there is a good story going the round of the city, of one
of these official critics, who struck out a manual of
chemistry--by the way, the first book of the kind
printed in Russia—the name of prussic acid, alleging as
his reason for so doing that it was an insult to the
Emperor for so deadly and virulent a poison to bear the
name of the country governed by the untie of his
Ala jesty,—.Lctterfron St. retcreb;ir,

consequence

This great fact alone should be enough to arouse the
philanthropist and friends of education, to examine and
to see whether this great drag on their efforts cannot be
on this I removed.

But further, we should not lose sight of the fact, that
the tone and the many facilities now afforded for the
development of the mind of our youth, must be of
great consequence on the future of our country; and
that as it has advanced so far by the diffusion of intelli-
gence, the means of education, and the guiding of the
Gospel, rather than by manual labour, and to continue
in the future that has been in the past—true progress,
England's sons must be wise in intellect, and firm in
religious principle. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

And this can only be secured by the rising class of
our community, the future of our " nation of shop-
keepers" having increased facilities for enjoying already
provided means of mental and religious improvement.

But, we now ask, will our assistant-tradesmen make
good use of leisure hours ? We unhesitatingly answer—
Yes. And we are not prejudiced as being one of their
number, and as being injured by late closing ; but we
have enjoyed acquaintance with them ' • we have fre-
quently mixed with them ; and, therefore, may be
allowed to know something of their
.desires, and their
inclinations.

We truly believe that, equally with that other
large portion of the community, our clerks, they
would avail themselves of intellectual improve-
ment. We are told, and it is considered a strong
argument by many employers, that their assistants
would not make good use of the time had they such
time afforded them. This we venture to dispute, and
we think the case of our commercial clerks one in point.
If we go to an evening class and ask what is the occu-
pation of the pupils, we are told clerks ; do we revise
the names of the members of our literary societies, what
have vie—clerks ; do we go to lectures and look around
us, whom do we see—clerks; do we ask the secretaries
of our Christian and other associations, who are the
majority of subscribers, again the answer—clerks. Why
is this, we ask ? Simply because their business is
mostly finished by six o'clock in the evening, assistant
tradesmen's bnsiness on the average at nine o'clock in

the evening.
Place the assistant tradesman on the same footing as
our clerks, and, we doubt not, that the same results will
follow.
Even our mechanics and artisans, all honour to them,
are members of our evening classes, and frequenters of
our public libraries from seven till nine o'clock in the
evening; thus the assistant tradesmen only are without
facilities. _ _ _ . _

im-
provement,✓
we should see it evinced ere now. We have
But, says an employer, if there was a desire for
heard this airument used. How could the desire be
evinced ? No books are allowed in the shops, perhaps
very properly so. No thinking can possibly be indulged
in by the assistant ; for what with preparing for, and
attending to, and sending after customers, all train of
thought must be broken—and, possibly, did he indulge
in afty, and in the midst of (business appear reflec-
tive, very likely he would be informed " he was not paid
for thinking." And when the establishment has been
closed, and himself at liberty, say at nine, often ten
o'clock at night, what spirits then, after fourteen or six-
teen hours' strain, are elastic ; what mind prepared for
intellectual food ; what sentiments ready for moral or
religious activity—none; the spirits must be dead, the
mind confused, the faculties benumbed, and the only
feeling perceptible, a hankering after something to
rouse, centre or awaken his feelings. 'What is there
then but frivolity with open arms, exciting liquors, with
their stimulating tendencies, sensuality with its awfu
sat pervades him.
l
DS, to rush to, to satiate the feeling of list-

COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Frederick William of Prussia, according to the present
arrangements, will arrive at Windsor Castle, on a visit
to her Majesty and the Prince Consort, on Friday or
Saturday next. The infant Prince Frederick William
Victor Albert will not accompany his illustrious parents,
it being the law of Prussia that the heir-apparent shall
not leave the country without permission of Parliament.
The Senate of the University of Cambridge, on
Tuesday, conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws upon Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Walpole, the Bishop of
Oxford, and Sir G. Grey (the late governor of the Cape

colony)

_Mr..Disraeli has been nominated by the Conservative
students as Lord Rector of Glasgow, in opposition to
Lord Elgin.

Mr. L. Pulman, Clarenceux King of Arms, and for
many years Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, died on
Saturday evening, at East Hill, Wandsworth, from an
attack of paralysis.

THE LIVERPOOL STAG HUNT,

FYTTE THE SECOND.

" A yow ! how-how ! yow-how !"
The dogs come howling round,

To see their huntsman in such fix,
The whole pack stands astound !
Then Jemmy with a ready wit,

For such emergency,
Beats up such clouds of pungent dust,

As let him soon get free

" Yow-how ! good dogs ! set on!
One of these bucks I'll slay"

The dust was blown aside—ha ! ha !
The herd had pranced away !
Then Jemmy, horn to mouth, began

s before,

But lo ! the horn was crack'd, and could

TantALra sound no more !

" Yelp!! yelp ! yelp ! yelp ! yelp ! yelp ! ',

Pull out that pitted stag ;
But good dog Holdf

ast was not there,