Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-14 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

TRUE TO NATURE. A Novel. 2 Was. London : Hurst
and Blackett, 1557.
"True to Nature" comes launched forth into the world
for no special purpose, and on no special mission. It does
not explore unknown social depths. It does not coast
a'ong now scenes. It is laden with no theoies. It- is
manned ty no interesting victims of unequAl laws, or
protesters against unholy conventions. It is no weary
sermon, fraudulently concealing itself beneath the light
sails of tha novelist. It is merely a pleasant story, full of
kindliness end grace, and they who read it will feel, as
they close the book, that they have hell communion with
a gentle and loving sprit. And so, after, all, " True to
Nature" has its mission. Tha man of the world may turn
away from its pure and unaffected narrative,—the man
of business will not give the time,—the literary critic may
not give the attention,--which its pages wet deserve. But
many a happy fireside will follow the fortunes of Etealor
and Clarice—many a sick ro ,rn will be cheered with the
patient resignation of Lod Montag u—many a cold, sad
heart will glow again at that happy home ammo; the oaks
of Chillinghurst. It is a good, truo book, and we can
heartily recmmend it. '

All the city people found in Delhi are said to have been
bayonetted by our troops. Europeans were discovered
there fighting on the side of the rebels.
LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR BOYS'
CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for week ending
Sqturde.y, NoVenther 7th, 543; corresponding week last
year, 339 ; increase, 204 boys.
COLLEGIATE .•:CllQOLS.—l'elr. A. W. Hunt, of this town,
whose rising eminence as an artist, is well known, and who
was formerly Canning Exhibitioner from the Upper Colle-
giate School, has recently been elected a Fellow of Corpus
Christi College, Oxford. Another pupil of the slim school,
Mr. T. Webster, formf.rlv Gladstone Exhibitioner. was last
month elected Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
SnORT TIME AT LANCA.STER.—An aanoundement has
been m do to the hands is the employment of Messrs.
Greg and Ca , of tOi3 town, that, until further notice, the
mill wi:l only run four days a week. Mr. Ceoaet's
workntrople, at the 111th Mill, are already upon short time.
Lancasfrr Guardian.

The law colrts of Athens are ahoot to be engaged in a
suit in which six millions of frar:cs are involved. A Greek
of distinction, named To.z.zss, left by will to his widow
his whole fo,-tune, cmsisting of the above mentioned sum.
The testator's brbthe:,- residing at Leghorn, disputes the
will and hence the suit. The case cicites gre.at interest
at Athens.

FATAL AccrnErrr.—A shocking accident took place on
Tuesday last in South Devor, causing ihe instant death of
the unfortunate gentleman to wham it occurred. Mr. W.
Wills, a gentleman r• siding at Ilsingt n, on the borders of
Dartmoor, was out hunting at Torbryar, near Newton
Ab4ott, when, in crossing the railway, the fore-feet of hie
horse caught in a "sleeper;" the animal stumbled,
thr rx Mr. Wills over, and fell upon him, killing him in
a moment;

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL—The Emu left. Sydney on the
11th September, and Melbourne the 17th. On the night
of the 20th of October, she struck on a coral reef, in the
Red Sea ; she got off crippled, and was run ashore on the
east coast of Nubia, to keep her from sinking. She arrived
leaky, at Suez, on the 3rd instant, and transhipped
£(;40,000, in gold, to the Australasian, for Southampton.
All well at the geld fields. Wool market very firm. Money
tight. Produce selling at fair prices. The mails brought
by the Emu are likely to be delayed. It is supposed they
had been tran4erred to another mail boat, which had not
arrived at Suez at the last dates.
A Nlew :IDeEstre thnizetr.—Professor Edmund Davy,
in a paper, reed to tbe Royal Society of Dubin, proposes
the following as an excellent cement for repairing gutters,
drein-pipes, pumps, &c. It consists in two parts of common
pitch mel,ed together with one part of gutta pereha. This
compound is in many cases preferable to gutta
perclia alone, and may moreover b.: dried and preserved
for use. In order, to apply it to metal gutters or pipes,
they should be warmed with a hut iron, and the cement
tlnn be poured upon a leaky place. It is equally
applicable to wood, glass, porcelain, ivory, leathe
paretic:atm, and, a number of other subetaneas,