The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-26 00:00:00

FRANCE

edDel
The Three per Cents closed yesterday (" -
day) at 70f 65c.

THE COURT, 4-c.
The Princess Amalie of Hobenlohe See'hili
visited the Queen and the Princess of Rollout)"
genburg yesterday at Buckingham Palace. b c
His Royal Highness the Prince rode on bersev-riliif
the forenoon, with the Prince of Wales and the
Royal. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and CaPtte(lo
Hon. D. de Ros attended. Prince Albert bona'
Royal Academy of Music in Tenterden street wit"
in the afternoon. or 111'

The Princess Alice and the Princess Feodore";ao
henlohe took a carriage drive. Prince Arthur s'o?
Princesses Helena and Louisa also drove out in al
carriage. Ol
His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prhin
Millenlobe Langenburg visited her Royal 'lig'
Duchess of Kent at Clarence House, St James s.
The Countess of Glinsborough has succeewio.
Countess of Desart as the lady in waiting to her kf9)ol
The Earl of Caithness and Mr. R. Ormsby eroretttO
relieved Lord Byron and Major General 100
Drummond in their duties as the Lord and ar
Waiting to the Queen.

THE AMERICA.—The Royal Mail Steamer /lig;
arrived at Halifax on the 12th instant, at 4 p.ro.l;dll
again at midnight, same date, for Boston, hal— f
detained eight hours by a heavy snow storm.
b
On Tuesday evening, a man named Jones, in - tzeta)
of the Birkenhead Commissioners, fell into the 131Loigr
dock, while going on board a vessel, in a state of to r
tion, and was drowned. His body has not let
recovered.
the The dead body of a female child was found on
yesterday morning, near the Birkenhead Fr.
appeared to have been only a very short time in the
The police are making enquiries, in the hope of fin"'
the unnatural mother. u 1).41.9;
LECTURE BY THE REV. ALEXANDER MIJI9,IIM
MANCHESTER.—The lecture in Hope Hall tlele.l
(Thursday) is to be by this reverend and learned go lir
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'• Human languages sprung from one root, en-- sth
descended from one pair" is his theme. John Lira
Esq., is to take the chair.
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FIRE.—A. fire broke out at half-past five .re,
morning, in a warehouse, situate in Kent-1;40r v
occupied by Mr. Johnson, oil cloth manufacter,e.,:d
engine frem Temple.court, and West of Eng7,-0,,j
engine, from Seel-street, were soon on the gr°' fly
through the combustible nature of the stock theme "I
fallen in before their arrival. The damage, o°'d
considerable, but the fire was confined' to
premises through the large quantity of water war Oa
speedily obtained. The premises of Mr. M`Mililtiv
manufacturer, were saved. Mr. Johnson is:insur ,
Phoenix office.
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WARRINGTON CEMETERY.—That portion Of worilf
public cemetery provided by the town council of "00e,
ton, under the provisions of 17 and 18 Vic., for the l, of
tants of the townships of Warrington, Latcbt°r..aool
Thelwall, which has been appropriated for the inter.rbilill
members of the Established Church, was consecrate" O
pela
Bishop of Ches'er on Monday last, 23rd inst. h cba
the performance of the burial service has been erected be
that part of the cemetery so consecrated, and clialle jog
also been erected on those pmtions of the cemetery
priated for the Roman Catholics and Dissenters. ay,
THE NECROPOLIS RESURRECTIONISTS.—Yeatard
meeting of the proprietors of the Neeropolisseari
were requested to meet the trustees at the .00 r,
polis, to take into consideration the sugges„,oo
the trustees, for its transfer to the Burial 'eatid
was held. The advertisement calling the /erallf
was signed by C. M. Jones, the Secretary. It $00,50, sot
thought that the meeting would have been Pahve-ostl!,
consequently, a number of persons interested if,.l7he pub?,
were in attendance, but, with the reporters ;owlet!'
press, were informed that none but trustees an" P.- 'ties
delibera•
would bo admitted. The result of the
therefore not known. lsre
HENGLER'S CIRQUE.—If the Cirque ware on, nool'
enough—ample without precedent as it is in Liver'
we might quote the beautiful lines—
" Away, away, my steed and I,
As free as air, as fleet as wind !" tolt
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for, indeed, the steeds are as fleet as wind, w"Tarfatu
performances are, apparently, as free as air, so vi°,7-40,.er,
do they go through the most astonishing feats,":l4ruc
trienism. We have already stated that the 0`;-fiee
demands on us for time and space, during the pat,"racti!
prevented us giving an elaborate notice of this st`
performance, but we shall duly redeem our prenli,s; bsel
may in the meantime observe that nothing like it osave 60
presented heretofore in the northern metropolis. opee,„V
that, in order to avommodate the large number of rvbiew
able parties who, up to the present, have not been brei
gain admission, grand day performances have
announced. , Lae, „.
STANLEY VILLAGE FREE LECTURES.—ThefOr„
Tuesday evening was delivered in St. Anne's Sell°. J
by Dr. Nevins, the subject being " Lions and Lalnbsif Oro
might be anticipated, it proved to be one intital„e;llll.4
netted with natural history, the principal points belloF
description of the formation and functions- of the riectSgefas
of animals named. At the commencement of his a ksar
Dr. Nevins pointed out the various colours and rai-org 5
the skins of wild animals, at the same time Prt,n' in:i
wisdom and purpose of the Creator in providing t"'"dtk,""
a covering least likely to be noticed by their prel,
enabling them to approach unseen. Many 113,teflittil
diagrams were introduced, as well as skulls of
clearly showing the great difference in the forol,lol,
the jaws, &c., of herbivore and carnivore. T,lleriptiag'
tribe was next commented upon, and a full av"„,-ostiL
given of the internal construction of cows or rilLif,":4
animals. The natural changes in the horns of u,-„styli.
were very ably described, and the lecture throng7gre;
rendered so intelligible and clear as to afford gre9,lll 1,1
cation to all present, which fact was fully prore"sej,
repeatad applause and cordial vote of thanks to Pr'esitlar
at its conclusion. The Rev. T. Gardner, who P-111
will deliver the last lecture of the series on Tae,-;COS
31st inst., the subject selected being ..PrusPe"
Retrospect."

tit Father Ventura preached at the Turneries 8O is
Sunday last. His sermon is said to have contourtli;
boldest possible denunciations of the frivolity of e°lolliter
and the venality of men in high situations. The v
seems determined to allow him liberty in the PulYn'-oi
THE FORTIFICATIONS OF RIGA.—A letter aw 11i
says :—Our town will soon cease to be fortified' bfat,
certain that the crown has given the land coveted 105,
fortifications to the town, on the condition of
effecting the removal of the works, excluding the
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at their own expense.
The Utrechtsche Courant states that the Prince of r 00ir1
0 As.
is, in the course of the summer, to leave the ilag r-,
cruise of four months' duration. A flotilla is toz afo"`.ooos
for the purpose, consisting of a screw frigate, the lv
a screw corvette, the Groningen, the sailing
Doggersbank and Ituiter, and the steamer Gedeo. 041
prince is to be on board the Groningen as chief 40100
the captain. The flotilla is to put out to sea 00 tot
and to proceed towards the Mediterranean. ),,If
The American " spirit rapper," named Hume, --tretti
left Paris, his sojourn having been on the whole 05 of
profitable to him. He has appeared a second tign Ole
Tuileries, and one of the reports concerning this virbi
that " be caused the hand of a lidy to be pressed , Otto
hand of her husband, who lies buried in a distall,d oro
At some places, however, practical jokes were PloY'd beeo
him. For example : On one occasion, after he bane°.
triumphing in his success, he was told that the r
whose presence and conversation he profess'-_,„ tie I'l
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secured, was an imaginary persona ge a rod -
Chateaubriand.
THE LißßAlly Or THE House Or COmM°s•ol
report of the (defunct) Standing Committee at
ty
Library of the House of Commons informs th
collection now amounts to upwards of 30,00° Yo'
onsOeli,
increase having occurred principally in dintloticto
books of reference, history, law, topography, dl,PgerfAii
voyages and travels. It has been found Ilec`m-crePp
provide further accommodation for the —'olo3-'lll
quantity of books. The general index to the 45 by
1837-1852 is finished, and the remaining 5:0, ire;
be in type and the volume ready for deliv;ioefor
year, when the preparation of the work, cornMen'he
1t153, and including the subsequent years, will s milted to the hands of Mr. Vardon, NO° "asireso
intrusted with the compilation of three volumes,
to
printed, of general index to the journals. T" to z° 18'1
indexes to bills, reports, and papers from 18w" niPl At
and to divisions from the year 1836, have been speay
Sir ,W
and printed. The committee consisted of the Wive. O,
Lefevre, Mr. S. H. Walpole, Mr. Baines,
cote, Mr. Patten, and Mr. Bramstou. -

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