The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

THE ADRIATIC:

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The numberless stories that have been publiq tilet
specting the engines of the steamship Adriatic, aaut;ilcellt
preposterous rumours about the hull of this itiaga...
vessel have all been triumphantly refuted. Stea,'"froal
been put upon the engines, and the wheels revolveugeoll'i
eight o'clock in the morning until four in the eller, so,'
The ponderous oscillating engines moved as sincells„'lo'cl'.,'
with as little jarring, as the escapement of aj,t,
chronometer. The machinery of the Adriatic, "'roc':
excited almost as much attention and occasiond 11%he
discussion among engineers as Fulton's first engill tO,
fully justified all the pretensions of its builder; antes,
success of his plans will mark a new era in ocean "for
navigation. The Adriatic is now in perfect order wool'
sea voyage, and it the bay were free from ice, She
at once be sent to sea on her trial trip. The delay !vg t
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completion of this noble steamer has not been ol lief
any errors in her construction, or any accident; trc/s, fo.r,
machinery, but from a determination of her buil'ef", r
which they are entitled to great praise, to render:: 07
nearly perfect as human skill could do before silv4peeP
sent to sea. She is now completed, a magnificent :4111ef,
men of mechanical ingenuity and scientific skill; "I„,'"ctia:
appointments, the beauty of her model, the const'"d th:
of her engines, the vastness of her dimensions, an, fo'
splendour and convenience of her accommodatioc
passengers, he has no equal afloat upon the ocean so!
shall hail with pleasure the vessel that excels her 1100
of the requisites of a first—class sea steamer; but °me oar
no expectations of seeing her superior afloat
waters. It is uncertain now when the Adriatic
will A
on her first trip to Liverpool ; her day of departurvoi
depend upon the arrangements which the comPalif
make with the Government, but it will probow
within a month.—New York Paper.

MR. HUMPHREY BROWN; MP.
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We have received a lithographed representell:so,
piece of plate, weighing, we are informed, 343 otto-arofrej°
which is about to be presented to Mr. HunaphreY me At
M.P. for Tewkesbury, and a gentleman who hag °lion
a world-wide celebrity as a leading director of therdie
British Bank. If we did not know how much 09, a 104 L
there is in testimonials now-a-days, we should be
to understand on what grounds the Brown test':iigel,'",
with its basket of flowers supported by three "ted
figures, has been subscribed for, and is to be presesh
the gentleman who bears that honoured name- lector,
scarcely tell what motives has inspired the worthle
of Tewkesbury to render this honour to their rePrefessil
tive. Is the testimonial to be regarded as an exP,:orbie,4
of their sympathy for him in the painful trials iewne
he has been led by having become a debtor "d r,
British Bank books to the tune of .£70,000 ? °fp/:tie ti.s
viewed as a proof of their intention to exoeel.
from all blame in the transactions of the bank o'opti
he was a director, and for the state of whe,s,ed, ohia
he, as much as any man, is responsible ? L";(litP,if
may, we think it would have been much more.er;„
to the Brown party if they had abstained tre,;:dbe`o
testimonial movement until a little more light rio-0
shed upon their distinguished member's mune(' .101S",fla
the bank, or until he had ventured to make those `T,iSewog
tions of which he talked so glibly at a civic baociti,:oe
time ago, but which, although so long expected, "lees p
yet been forthcoming. Better still would it have silreo
the Brown party had bestowed the 343 ounces , itr4t
or the value thereof in the current coin of the reel'l,4ol,l
some of the poor widows or fatherless childrenfores%it
scanty resources have been absorbed by the a ecoltl
410,000. The Tewks,bury herald gives on st'
of Mr. Brown's recent " public reception ich
his constituents very different from that tslrof
been published in our columns. Our cotempore"og et
of " the ringing of the Abbey bells ; " " the gatherhollA
hundreds of the inhabitants ; the peoplA taking' ttirg gear
from his carriage, and drawing him to the C,`°'breat;
Inn preceded by the band playing national airs!' be" tai
honour could scarcely have been paid to a nationacorrhe't
factor—unless, indeed, our own report is the FOrenieol,
of the two. We are inform d that the honourable; betaf
in addressing the multitude from the window oft": or fig
asked if it were " the manner of Tewkesburisll4 Dna
Englishmen to condemn a man unheard I—to ti it)
first and try him afterwards?" and " this (said "-ft 11.14'
spirit in which certain of my neighbours have de3
me." "The truthfulness of this remark," saY,,diolil
temporary, " was deeply felt, and a hearty err:- to vd
execration and disgust was elicited." But neve:a' 4110
mind, were execration and disgust more really ~
uncalled for. If Mr. Humphrey Brown dies tPit Ito
gallows without a hearing, whose fault wilt ttios,oo
The English people have manifested every disP,°„3,;ooo,
hear Mr. Brown's defence—the gritish Bank ",`l''Orl'al
and shareholders have long and anxiously waitelantieti
but they have waited in vain ; and if the hon• ss",o,
will persist in his extraordinary silence, he eug-htle,„'
to expect to be condemned "unheard." Meanwi-stioPfle
rumour has reached our ears that, on the present et
the testimonial, Mr, Brown intends to make some ;Ah is
able disclosures with a view to refute the charge'for't
have been preferred against him; and we hoPe'stroorto
own sake, that he will be able to rebut 11,1014,itt
evidence than a mere cloud of verbiage the a`',l, aihrso
which his silence has laid him open. If he call o,l#
his reputation, well and good—by all means let 11,‘frie't;ii
as speedily as possible ; but if he cannot, his to ,of
would act wisely to send the testimonial hae'tireal,"sl
silversmith, and advise Mr..-Brown to seek rieh"o
from public life as the distinguished founder of if—to P-
British Bank, Mr. John M'Gregor, would aPPea.
done.—Morning Star.

n thet;of
A roll of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
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session o f the 16th Parliament of the 'United .6.1,11511,°';pi
Great Britain and Ireland has just been printed. ""nd Peer
Highnem the Prince of Wales heads the list, 9 of P
Talbot de Malahide ends it. The total number
amounts to 459.
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" Flow wa APPLBS Swmf."—The y fietab:isi
dal revision, on a comprehensive and scicountrentific for sool
executed with reference to practical experience. „gig; 06
a boon it must look to the abilities, the ellfreg—so
knowledge of- the right hon. members for Bll°'' tpe
University of Oxford.—The Press. 31:g big
It is under Mr.
.Beale's financial auspices
„dsta,
Literary Gazette) that Mr. Thackera has'beerl Jars
recent appearances, although the satirical ticu-57altrgel
replying to an invitation from the secretary c'itte 6°,4-0,1`;
literary institution to repeat his lectures on, ~,Tiotaft
at a reduced rate, refused, on the ground orvissF-,
himself to Mr. Barnum"---an intimation which
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reported to the committee of the institute
disappointed secretary.. y _

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