The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-01 00:00:00

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MONDAY, JUNE 1, 18.57

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The Model 'Yacht Club of Birkenhead held their
first sailing match of the season on Saturday. The
weather, although fine. was quite unfitted to test
the sailing qualities of the respective yachts which
entered to compete for the prizes offered. Satur-
day was gloriously fine. The sun shone with
bright refulgence, but the air was calm and still
to an extreme degree—the water resembling, in
every respect, a sheet of glass—a liquid plain of
undisturbed oil. About eight yachts started, and
a silver cup, valued at £2O. was won by the Glyde,
the property of Mr. 'Wilkinson; the Electric,
belonging to Mr. Clarke, came in second. None
of the yachts had an opportunity of showing what
they could do, and merely drifted with the tide.
An amusing instance of " Liverpool Life" across
the Mersey took place on Saturday last, in Birken-
head, in which certain Liverpool officials played a
very active part. Four bailiffs landed in Cheshire,
and proceeded to carry out a distress warrant
against a character known as " John Finnegan,"
alias Toffy Jack, residing in the fashionable locality
of "Market Buildings." In proceeding to ‘' bundle
and go" with the goods, gear, and chattels, a mob
congregated, and the veritable better half of Toffy
Jack inflicted so severe a wound on the skull of one
of the limbs of the law, as to render his "first
appearance" at the dispensary indispensable,
where, under the treatment of Dr. Marshall, his
scalp wound was dressed. On two of the legal
cormorants offering to take down the bed with a
bed-key, they were politely shoved aside, and under
fell swoop of several daughters of the Green
Isle, the whole fabric was not only orn asunder,
but demolished in such a way as to render them
unfit for future service. All the articles, in short,
which were turned out of the domicile were
smashed to pieces, leaving the legal gentlemen to
muse on the mutability of all things earthly, and
the great impossibility of catching a Birkenhead
weasel aslsep. The case, which was taken up
before the Police Court, was remanded till Satur-
day. _ _ _

The Leeds election appears to excite consider-
able attention, and the Liberal party are about to
divide their interest, and in all probability allow
a Tory candidate to be the winner. On Saturday,
there was a meeting of the friends of both the
Liberal candidates, when Mr. J. R Mills was pro-
posed by Mr. Fairbairn, and seconded by Mr. A
Hepper. Mr. Foster was proposed by Mr. J. G.
Marshall, and seconded by Mr A. Luecock. The
candidates then addressed the meeting, and the
chairman called for show of hands. Show of hands
in favour of Mr. Mills.

From Norwich, we learn that the electors of
West Norfolk are about to ask the House of Com-
mons to inquire into the interference of peers with
their electoral proceedings. We are glad to hear
that such a question is likely to be raised in the
Parliament, for our old constitutional practices
seem to be on the decay. In all likelihood, Mr.
Keating, the new Solicitor-General, will have a
walk over at Reading. The only opposition likely
to be successful would be on the Tory side, but it
has not at present exhibited a disposition to move.
in his address to the electors of Reading, Mr.
Keating says :—" I may be permitted to express a
hope that in joining the Government of Lord Pal-
merston I shall be enabled to give to those opinions
a more effective support. The subject of law reform,
in particular, is one in which I have long taken a
deep interest, and I trust it will be my privilege i
my official position to contribute somewhat
towards the accomplishment of various measures
which are now urgently called for alike by the wants
and wishes of the nation.' According to our advices
from Dublin, Mr. Herbert, the new Secretary for
Ireland, is likely to have a walk over for Kerry, as
he is popular in the county.
We observe from a report presented by a select
committee of the House of Lords, that it is expe-
dient to discontinue the practice of examining
witnesses on oath, before committees in all cases in
which the administration of an oath does not
appear to the house necessary for the purposes of
the inquiry. Committees. therefore, are recom-
mended to examine witnesses without their having
been previously sworn, except in the case of
private bills, which involve questions of fact
affecting private interests.

Among the interesting items of home news is
the arrival of the Grand Duke Constantine, of Rus-
sia, on a visit to the Queen. A Portsmouth corres-
pondent sends us the following under date of
Saturday :—His Imperial Highness the Grand
Duke Constantine, Lord High Admiral of the
Russian Navy, arrived this day, at half-past one
o'clock, at Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty. The
Grand Duke left Cherbourg this morning at day-
break, in the royal yacht -Osborne, Commander
Bower, and was saluted from the ramparts and fleet.
The imperial flag of Russia was hoisted at the main
of the Osborne. The run across the channel was

favourable, and the yacht made the western portion
of the Isle of Wight: she proceeded through th. 3
Needles, and off Cowes the imperial visitor was salu-
ted, by the Ainerican -frigate Susquehanna, which
arrived in the roads two •or three days since from
the Mediterranean, in' order to take part with the
Niagara in laying down the Atlantic cable, The
royal yacht continued her course to Osborne, wher,
a royal salute was fired by H.M.S. Eurydiee, 26,
Capt. Tarletort. The approach of the yacht had bee
telegraphed from Hurst Castle. and by the time
she had arrived off Osborne, Prince Albert, wit!:
the Duke of Cambridge, and Count ChreptoWich,
the Russian Ambassador, were in readiness to
receive the Grand Duke. Prince Albert went on

board and welcomed his imperial highness
on his ♦isit. The Grand Duke then
landed. A detachment of the 93rd Regiment of

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