Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-08 00:00:00

YESTERDAY

DEPARTURE 01

After several, ye

HE GREAT EASTERN

trouble and anxiet

ler way this morning, luattor„cir,

entristaneet4 which may reasonably inspire
part of both the shareholder& ankl the publ
a more brilliant scene than. that which was wit

pe on; the
ri-ainly
sed cn

th&,Thames this morning has never fallen within. the

memory of living man

At .about twenty minates=to• eight o'clock (t

time of high Water this ntorring at Greenwidh
about ten minutes before ten) a shout ran:through the
crowd that the vessel was-:off-and so she was;. for at
that moment she was seen, moving broadside• towards
the-,middle of .the river, while the smoke, which was

vib r. 4,sly ipsiiing from her fOur

arge fumie

. -
thil-imaller funnels of the-tugs which were lying along—
sidb to take h.-T ofr, eampibtely hid her froni ahservation..
Guns were heio-d from' the opposite side, and , intense
excitement prevaileJ amonl•st all present.
.

.In a few minutes afterwards file- smolco, cleared off,
and the immense ves'cl' was seen to be majesticaly
gilding down the river, following her tugs;, for at this
Moment, although her own steam was um neitherlier
screw nor.her paddles were in operation. Sho was drawn
gallantly along in front of GreenwichTital. where-
she was received with cordial cheers, and at- this point
the interest was increased by the band omboard stsikiug
up " Rule Britannia." At this stage tku,v.essel; as in-
dicated by her marks,. drew twenty-two, feet of erater at
the bow.

OpPosit° "Greenwich Hospital, both. the screw and
paddles were put into motion, and the.vessetwent safety
round Greenwich Feint.

.Blackwell Point was the next to be passed; and here,
according to the Most experienced pilots who•rolunteered
their 'opinions., the only danger to tbeshipcoulki be antici-
pated. At half-past eight o'clock the Great Eastern was off
Black wall, the pier of which was crowded; as were also the
tops of the Artichoke, the Plough, and the principal hotels
on the river side. At Blackwell Point, opposite the Gun
Shoal, the wind and the set of the tide together drove
her bows too much in shore, and it required the united
power of five steamers•to patt the ship's head roun I into
mid-channel. This was happily accomplished after some
delay, during which the greatest anxiety was felt for the
safety of the ship, and she went off proudly to Wool-
wich, Which she passed at nine o'clock. Thence she
proCeeds to the Nor°, where, after adjusting her com-
passes; and taking in a fresh supply of coal, she will go
on to Weymouth, from whence she will in due time pro-
ceed on her trial trip, according 'to the arrangements;
which have already been made public.
During her passage down the river, the "great ship"
was accompanied by a large number of steamers, sailing
vessels, and 'small boats. She had on her foremast the
"Blue Peter,"-indicating that she is ready to sail, and
that those who are about to become passengers must
make their appearance on board ; and towards the stern
floated the 'Millen Jack.

The vessel, while in the river, was under the direction
of a Trinity House pilot. When released from his
control, Captain -Harrison will iu due course take the
command.

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THE CHOLERA AT HAMBURG.

The following account of the fearful ravages which
the cholera has been recently making at Hamburg we
take from the Hamburg correspondence of the AI/pc-
meine Zeitung

"The cholera, which is now dying out, has swept
away very considerable numbers in this city. Accord-
ing to official statements, the first symptoms of the
disease showed themselves on the 3rd of June. At first
the number of cases was small, but the contagion
rapidly spread, and it daily increased. At the end
of July it reached its height. On one day, the 24th of
July, no fewer than. 94. persons were seized with the
epidemic, in addition to those who were already ill.
From that day, however, the disease gradually gave
way—at fiat slowly, but
.afterwurds, with greater
rapidity. By the loth of August the number ot. cases
had reached that of 1,616, of which 900 had taken
place in the month of July alone. At the time of its
greatest virulence, the disease was fatal to two-thirds
of those taken ill, at a later time to only one-half.

The accounts we received from the small towns of
Mecklenburgh with reference to the ravages which the
cholera has made , there, ,are ,most distressing. Some
places have been, absolutely decimated, and whoever
wished to escape the epidemic sought safety in flight.
The little town of Goldberg, whose inhabitants did not
altogether amount to more than 2,500, has been very
nearly emptied in this way.. At the end of August
thirty persons died daily in this place alone, and
dead, with no (,ite to bury them A dearth of provisions
came on, for the country people round dreaded to enter
the devoted town.".

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. VACCINATION AND TEETHING.—
Since the legislature has rendered vaccination compulsory,
and appointed vaccinators to certain districts, skin diseases
have been more common. This arises from the great difficulty
of avo ding error in the selection of an untainted vesicle. If
the lymph he impure, the arm of the little patient becomes too
much inflamed, the skin looks unhealthy, and soon peals off,
and the scalp, ears, and neck, pi e3ent a mass of sores ; when
teething commences, all these symptoms are exaggerated. But
Holloway's Ointment is :a perfect antidote to this disorder.
No nursery should be without it.

TRADE IN FRANCE.-The operations of the manu-
facturers in Paris arc strictly confined to the production
of articles. for every-day consumption, nothing in the
shape of speCulative business existing. Orders for
export are also very limited. The retail trade in Paris
is also at the present time very dull, but that is a cir-
most of the principal residents
ks a set-off to

11 in the conntrir

tioned tha

Mulhausen a good business

limes, printed goodi

twist. The Lyons manufacturers have received some
orders from the United States and from Upper Italy,
but many of the looms are still unemployed. There has
been a fair amount of business done in raw cotton at
Havre, at a. slight improvement in prices ; but holders
did not press sales, in expectation of a further advance.
—GaiVnani.

he'Russian Economic Indicator publishes the follow-
ing " communicated " note on the necessity of construct-
ing- a commercial port in the Russian capital :—" St.
Petersburgh is not only the capital of a vast empire, but
a very important commercial port. The total value of
the exportations of Russia amounts annually to between
90,000,000 and 100,000,000 silver roubles (the silver
rouble is about 4f.), and her importations from
abroad are nearly equivalent. Out of tie sum of
200,000,000, the amount of the exports and imports
united, half falls to St. Petersburgh—her commercial
port and that of Cronstadt receiving annually
from 1,600 to 2,000 vessels, without counting those
employed in the coasting trade. For such an importickt
commerce as that of St Petersburgh, which is con-
stantly on the increase, the mercantile ports or
wharfs of that city are excessively small. They besides
present several other grave inconveniences; for exam-
ple, vessels of large and even average tonnage cannot
arrive direct at the city or the custom-house, and it
is very dill-kali for others to pass the four bridges
in order ro reach the wharfs. These grave defects caused
the government to seek in the city itself for a commodious
site for the custom-house andthe mercantile port. Various
projects on the subject have been proposed in the course
of the last few ycarF, and several of them presented
ameliorations more or less important in the present
state of things, but the best of them maintained
the custom-house in its present site, and proposed the
establishment of a port at Vassili Ostrow. However,
as the railways constructed, or in course of construc-
tion, at St. Petersburgh, and which united it with the
principal towns and the most important markets of,
' the empire, necessitate time establishment of a port at
the left of the mouth of the Neva, the government
necessarilycould
considerable, the expense,ofli
estabshing a port which would
in the narrow or the tho distant part of the city. The

spirit of enterprise which now prevails has caused a
company of Russian and foreign capitalists and scien-
tific men to be funned at St. Petersburgh for establish-
ing a new port ; and from careful surveys it has made,
it has ascertained that a vast and excellent port can be
constructed on the left bank, and at the mouth of the.
Neva, in the Gulf of Finland, at the spot where the
channel for ships and that for row-boats meet, at the
extremity of the Ile Kaconersky•and the Zoloteia-Mel
bank. A special commission, composed of delegates
from the Ministries of Finance, the Interior, Or. Marine,

and the General Direction Of Roads, &c., has been
charged to examine the plans of the said company for
the removal of the custom-house and of all its depen-
dencies to the spot indicated above, for the or,;anisation
;,..-Ar with rinrize anti starnhousei. and far

men n O.

navigable canal, accompanied by a railway clstine
unite the port with all the lines which run into the
cap:ol."

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CORRESPONDEY

BANQUET -TO THE-EARL OF DERBN

6111,—0n read*, over your valuable publication of
day, I perceive it stated that the Earl of Derby.
via be present at the dinner of the Manchester
acid Liverpool Agiioultural Society. There could not
be a more fitting opportunity for having his. lordship's
full consent to the contemplated entertainment about to
begiven him, so that. nu, 4isappointment might here-
after be experience&

expect, theiele;c, that there will be no, misgivings
or surmises upon this.matter; but that. Northern
Dnity Times will e• enabled to inform the public in a
few days the cert:an, result of what hundreds would be
mratified at knowing.:--I ara, sir, yours faithfully,

Liverpool, w euziesuay. ~ •
INQUIRER.
[Our correspondent Li mistaken in sappdsing that
there is any doubt: whatever respectin,, the banquet to
Lord Derby. IBS lordship had accepted the invitation
at t'le time it was, announced in our columns that the
Wm:met would Witt• place in the course cf next month.
—Ed. N. .D. T.ll

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DR. SMETHURST'S. CASE

TO THE EDTIOR OP TILE NORTHEIIIi DAILY TIMES.
me to address a few words to you,
respecting the. acquittal of Dr. Smethurst. If ray
memory doesnat. fail me, I think that when Dr. Palmer
was tried it v,cas. clearly proved that Cook was subject
to fits,' and; that when he NUIS under their influ-
ence' it seemed as though he had taken the poison that
Dr. Palmer- is said to have given, him. During the
trial of D. Smethurst, great. stress has been put Upon
the fact that Miss Banks muis. also subject to 6ts of
hysteria, and that her death may easily be accounted
for by natuai causes. Now; I think that if the death
of one rmty be so easily accounted for by natural causes,
so the death of the other might have been.. Then,
again, Dr. Taylor made a most awful mistake in this
trial ; and do you not think that it is just possible that
he might have made ethers during Palmer's trial ? I
think that if Smethurst is to be acquitted, most cer-
tainly Palmer ought to have been. It is certainly not
on account of the judge's speech that Smethurst is to be
acquitted, for it was far more like the speech of an
opposing counsel--4.remain, Sir, yours respettfully,
Liverpool, Sept. 7. AN OBSERVEn.

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COURT ANI OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

His Excellency Major-General Sir Henry C. Rawlins
son, K.C:11,, the newly accredited Minister to the Court
of Persia, left on Tuesday for his post, accompanied by
Dr. Dickson,' attached to her Majesty's Legation at
Teheran.

Sir James Grant, Bart., of Monymusk, N. 8., ex-
pired a few days since at his seat in Scotland. The Tate
baronet was born in 1791, and succeeded his father, Sir
Archibald, fourth baronet, in. 1810. His brother, now
Sir Isaac Grant, succeeds to the baronetcy and family
estates.

The Emperor and Empress, according to letters from
St. Sauveur, will leave that place, for Biarritz, on the
11th or 12th. The Empress will then remain at this last-
named place, and the Emperor, after visiting Bordeaux
and Nantes, will proceed to the camp at Chalons.
The King of the Belgians left Laeken, on Saturday
morning, for the Lake of Como.

IMPORTANT RAILWAY INVENTION. - The Post's
Paris correspondent writes that an exhibition took
place at Lyons of a new apparatus for stopping a loco-
motive in the midst of its speed, almost instantaneously.
Its power was acknowledged to be superior to any
machine introduced, and it will probably be employed
on all the lines in France.

GREAT STORM AT CHARLEROI. —A letter front
Charleroi states that a violent storm visited that city
and the adjoining country on Wednesday last, which
lasted two hours and a half. Hail fell in abundance,
some of it being as large as pigeons' eggs. Great
damage has baen inflicted in consequence. Many trees
have been torn up by the roots. The tobacco crops in
particular have greatly suffered.
The Paris correspondent of the Nord says that Victor
Emmanuel's reply to the Tuscan deputation was con-
certed beforehand with the Emperor Napoleon by means
of Count Arese. He points out a circumstance which,
he says, has not been before observed, namely, that the
delay which intervened before the departure of the de-
putation coincided exactly with the journey of Count
Arese to St. Sauveur. " This delay was evidently the
result of a wish to give the count time to return or send
the Emperor's reply."
.SWIMMING FEAT OF A DO/D.-Among the excursionists
to Arran last Thursday was a dog, the property of Mr.
Owen Begley, of Prospect Hill. On the return of the
Vesper,. the poor animal—either through the unfeeling
act of some person or by accident—was precipitated
overboard at twenty miles from land. Mr. Begley
thought the dog was lost, when, to his surprise, next
evening the noble creature reached his master's house,
having made a swim 0.!.. twenty miles in a few hours.—
Galway Vindicator.
A FRAUDULENT TAX COLLECTOR.—At the Wordsley
petty sessions, on Tuesday, a charge was made against
a late steward of the Earl of Stamford. The name of
the accused is Hackett; and it has been ascertained that
this man, who was at one time a tax collector, contrived
to charge the earl, between the years 1851 and 1859,
above £1,300 more than lie ought to have paid for taxes.
The Board of Inland Rovenue prosecuted, but from the
intricate nature of the case it was adjourned for further.,
examination.

FoRTIFICATION or lIAVIIr•..—The Havre journals
state that there is no foundation fOr the rumour that the

French Government intends to fortify that place. The
only works proposed arc for the enlargement of the
outer prt, which is too small for the present trade.
Havre now stands for one-fourth in the whole move-
ment of French commerce, which is estimated at about
5,329,000,000 f., and for one-third of all that is effected
by sea. Marseille; now occupies only the second rank
in mercantile importance.

THE MURDEIC.OF A CAPTAIN ON THE HIGH SEAS.—
A letter received by the wife of the second mate of the
Margaret, of Hartlepool, from her husband, named
Richard Faux, contains additional information respect-
ing the shocking tragedy enacted on board that vessel
while at sea. The letter is dated Falmouth, August 31,
and says—" My Dear Wife,—You will be surprised to
hear of our unexpected arrival at Falmouth: We were
about 1,400 miles from land when the captain was
murdered in his bed, on the 22nd of August, by the
steward, a Portuguese, whom we shipped at Lisbon.
He cut the captain's head nearly off his body, and then
went forward to murder the watch below. The first man
he went to was lying half awake, when he felt some-
thing touch him. lie jumped up, and the steward,
instead of cutting his throat, as he no doubt intended,
inflicted a severe wound upon his cheek. The steward
then came on deck, and the watch below, by scream-
ing murder, gave the alarm. It was my watch on deck
at the time, and when I saw the man who had been
wounded with his cheek laid open and covered with
blood, I immediately went to the cabin, to the captain's
berth, and called out twice, Captain Barker, the
steward is attempting to murder the watch below'
Imagine my horror, when, on obtaining no answer, I
looked into the captain's bed, and saw him lying in his
blood, and his head nearly cut from his body. I imme-
diately went to the master's berth, and found the door
locked and the key taken away. I expected to find him
also murdered; I shouted his name, and to my joy he
answered. I then told him to jump out, for the steward
had murdered the captain. I then burst the mate's
door with a blow of my fist. I cannot tell you more
just now. The prisoner is just taken on shore, and I
expect the jury on board every minute. The captain is
buried among the ballast." From this it would appear
that the intention of the villian was to murder the whole
crew, but that this was frustrated. The ship, it is stated,
was hound for Pnowash in America.

crtinc Ott#c C_c~Yrc,

RACING FIXTURES FOR SEPTEMBER
8 Pain's Lane .....
Rochester and Chatham .• 8 Leicester
Holbeek ........ 12 Monmouth
Doncaster . ..................... 13 Manchester Autumn
West Harptree ............... 13 Belford
15 ! Newmarket F.O
Dove

Cardiff

Tenby ............... West
............
Bridgewater and
Somerset ...................

F."; Brecon
'Vhitehaven
16 I Walsall

Cliesterfie

LATEST BETTING

6 to 4 on Promised Land

The return =atch between the Liverpool and
West to (Manchester) clubs, will be played this day (Thum-
day)- on the ground of the former.