Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-20 00:00:00

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PRESENT FROM THE BRITISH GOVERN-
MEAT TO THE VICEROY OF EGYPT.

Her Majesty's_ Goveinnient have recently made a
handsome present to the Paella of _Egypt, in acknow-
ledgment of the services rendered by his ' Highness in
facilitating the passage of British troops through that
t-olintry: The present consisted of -a:MOSlCll's•tiation
engine, a large gun carriage, also with the endless rail-
way
attached, for the purpose of transporting heavy
artillery across the deserts, and two waggon's' specially
constructed to be drawn by the same engine. The
presentation to his Highness took place in Cairo,'
and is thus described by a gentleman who took.part
in the_ proceedine"s .—"., We found ..the _Viceroy at the
Government workshops at Boulac. His Highness, Ismail
Pacha, Edheiim Pacha, and all the high functionaries
of the court had assembled to -assist at the ceremony of
receiving the traction engine.and endless railway, which
had just arrived from. England. At ten o'clock the en-
gine moved off, and the moment it got clear of the yard
the 'Viceroy ordered his private carriage, that of Ismail
Pacha, and many others to be lashed on behind the ten-
der in the form of a railway train, and in these private
carriages we all took our seats, and acted our parts in
this most extraordinary procession. In the Viceroy's car-
'riage, next to the engine, was the Viceroy himself, his
'
Highness Ismail Pacha, Mr. Colquhoun, the .British
Consul-General, and ,Mr. AValne, the British Congul 1,
at Cairo. ' The other carriages followed with all the
big' wigs of' the court in them. The poles were taken
out of . the carriages, and one lashed to the other in
succession. After 'the traction engine had drawn us
abhnt twenty yards, Mr. Colquhounpresented Lord John
Russell's letter, to the "Viceroy, adding, ' That it was im-
possible for him to increase the strength of the many
friendly expressions- contained therein, and that he was
proudis
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hand, shook it very warmly and cordially, and, replied in
1' French, ' The Governthent of her Majesty could not have
presented me with, anything that would have pleased me,
more than this keoinotive militaire ; and in my name
I beg you will return them my warmest and most
cordial thanks.' This was all the speechifying there
was during the day, but it was well and warmly done on
both sides. We moved slowly on to Cairo, entered the
Great Square, paised S&plierd'i 'Hotel, and bent our
steps towards Kerr-en:Nril, which we reached about
midday. We were escorted by. a squadron, of Bashi-
Bazouk Lancers. Our speed varied from two to three
miles an hour. No accident happened, although.2,ooo
or 3,000 Arabs followed and hemmed in the prOces-
sion on all sides. When we got through the gates of
Kerr-en-Nil we found 4,000 or 5,000 soldiers drawn
up in two lines about forty feet apart. Between these
1- lines we passed, receiving military honours as we went
I along, fou4 or five bands of music playing airs all the
time. This continued up to the door of the palace,
where we got out. Before entering the Viceroy ordered
the engineer to be ready the following morning with
the engine to try its powers in moving artillery. After
this his Highness Ismail Pacha, Mr. Colqubwoun, Mr.
Walne, and a few more gentlemen were invited in to
dinner. The whole affair was perfect success, and thus
ended one of the most extraordinary scenes I have wit-
nessed in this or in any other country in the world."

FRANCE AND TIIE UNITED STATES.—Before the death
of the late Mr. Mason, representative of the United
States in France, that 'gentleman had communicated
propositions to the Imperial Government for a
a new treaty of commerce bet Ween this country
and' America. 'The cotton tradb of France with
the United States (chiefly carried on at Havre) was
one of the main objects of the late Minister's solici-
tation. The duty charged on every 100 kilos. of cotton
(the kilo. is about 2 lb.) is no less than 20f. Mr.
Mason, at the time of his death, was negotiating a
treaty to reduce this high duty, which, if decided upon,.
would,.it was contedted,- bestow a benefit on the con-
•sumer with probably no loss to the revenue, on account
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A YOUNG LADY DRUGGED AND ROBEED IN A RAIL-
WAT CARRIAGE.--4 most disgraceful robbery has just
been perpetrated in a second-class railway carriage on
the Hereford, Ross, and
.GlouceSter Railway, between
Ross and Hereford. A respectable young lady, resident
in Hereford, had been spending a- fewclays with her
parents in Gloucestershire. She got into a second-class
carriage. at Miteheldean, Station, and when the train
reached .Ross she, was joined by a respectably-dressed
man, with large black whiskers and mou.taehe, carrying
with him a carpet-bag and-a railway wrapper, and who,
immediately on the starting of the train, introluced a
bottle of what he called brandy, and pressed her to par-
take of it. She first declined, but being amain and again
entreated, she simply consented to taste it, and at once
became quite- stupified. Wheh partially recovered she
found herself in the waiting-room of the Barr's emit
Station, when she found she.haelheen robbed of a small
bag? contain two sovereigns in gold and los. in silver.
RELIEVING OFFICERS AND PAtiPERS.—A few years'
experience goes a- long way to bring a relieving officer
into 'close and almost affectionate communion with the
aged and permanently disabled poor in a large urban
district; and in visiting this class of poor, many, inci-
dents of a most ,gratifying character occur to make
the duty pleasant and Cheering. But, this class of
poor is by no means the most numerous of my charge.
there are those, ordinarily able-bodied, suddenly
disabled by accident—there are those whom, sickness '
has overtaken—there are young widoWS with families,
and young wives whose husbands have neglected or de-
serted them—th ere are the families of men in gaol for crimes
committed, or for small' debts--there are the wives and
families of soldiers, militia-men, sailors in the royal navy, '
and marines—there are men out of work and their fami-
lies, single women withuut children, and single women
with those encumbrances—there are tramps and vagrant's,
and there are the lunatic and imbecile. There is, I re- •
gret to say,- a great number of the -idle and dissolute,
who will neither work nor want—men and women who
never knew what it-was to earn their OWIL living in a
creditable manner, and who never will do so as long as
they live.. There are, I believe, "hereditary paupers "
of families that- have been in a state of pauperism since
the time of Elizabeth,, perhaps longer ; and there are
those who are professional paupers, -whose greatest pride
it ,is to deceive the relieving=-officer 'and gammon the
board of - guardians.—Odd Fellows' • Quarterly Magazine.
LEAP FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—As the down
train due at the Oxford, Worcester, aid Wolver-
hampton Railway Station, Bilston, at noon, was
preaching that station on Sunday' last, a woman leaped
through the carriage window on to the -space between
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room. She was found to have sustained some very
severe superficial injuries to the head and face, in addi-
tion to being much shaken. Her dress and appearance
indicated extreme ,vert- -nd she at first refused to

po'. ,y, and she at tub,.
state who she was, but, ultimately said her name Was
Martha. Bate, that she was a single woman, and lived
at Moxley. She had taken a ticket from Dudley. to
Daisey Bank, _and it is conjectured' that having passed
that station she feared she should be charged extra fare,
and so, formed the rash resolve to leap out of the
carriage.' Fortunately the train was proceeding at a
slow rate at the time, or the. consequences would, most
likely, have,beeu.fatal. Dr. Spackman and-Mr. Wise,
surgeons, were sent for, and every attention having been
paid to her, the poor woman was conveyed to her home
in w cab.
THE ARMSTRONG GUNS FOR CHINA.—It is a usual
and absurd mode of speaking and writing to call a gen-
tleman " a quarter," when he may be a round peg in a
round hole, but serving ourselves with this euphuism,
we, in sober sadness, call attention to a statement wlifich
comes to us from a " quarter." that cannot be questioned,
in reference to the Armstrong guns lately shipped to go
to China. The " quarter" can have no object in
deceiving -us ; quite the contrary. It is corro-
berated by other "quarters," and the coherent story

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injured. In some places large lumps of ice fell. One 1 makes us anxious to put the old question, " Whom
piece, which was picked up after the storm, was ' shall we hang ?" It is simply this : On hoisting
carried in a cart for three' hours, and when up the gun-carriages to stow them in the hold of the
measured after that lapse of time was found to be Himalaya, at Purfleet, they were found to be rotten!
an inch and three-quarters in length. A good deal of The hooks sunk into the wood-work, which had' iist
game was destroyed by the violence of the elements. been turned out fresh from our arsenal at Woolwich.
Eleven partridges and three hares were picked up Have the authorities heard the tale ? If not, they may
between the villages of Cherhill and Yatesbury—about probably ascertain on inquiry from the "proper quit.-
a mile apart—some of them on the high road, and the I ters" that it is.over. true. If it be so, the Chinese, who
game generally almost torn to pieces. The Duke of learned something at the Peiho from civilised Europe,
Beaufort's hounds were out during the storm, and are scarcely so barbarous, and the Russians are not. so
killed a fox in the midst of it, but happily they were corrupt in their dockyards, as we always believed. The
just on the outside of the centre of it. Hundreds of Armstrong guns were sent on board nicely done up in
persons have come hundreds of miles to visit the dis- Lags and sacking, looking 'like so many corpses in their
tract over which the storm passed, and all agree that shrouds. We have no doubt they will do their work
they never witucM4 4 more extraordinary sight than well—if only their carriages will carry them—Army
the ruins present. and Yavy Gazette.