Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-29 00:00:00

.e, Kelly, Reid

leade King,

)usine,ss done since the last half-

lad tr

resent any remar

subject of public interest, and to answer such ntiestions

Idressed to them on the subject

matter of

proceedings during the last two months

prevented ,from bringirb .before the member

anything actually done, there

several import-

ant matters that had occupied the counci
would refer; althou

[itch he

h those matters were in an ineorr

report to the bill for the amendment of the bankruptcy
law. Gentlemen would have seen in the public prints

subject, and met Lord Palmerston and the Attorney-
General. The deputation consisted mainly of persons
appointed by various Chambers of Commerce, the com-
mittee of the Social Science Association, who had had it
under consideration, and several members of Parliament
yf t 1 inforviacv

was given pretty fully in the papers, and from it he
gathered that the Government were preparing a bill on
the subject. They (the deputation) had hoped that
from the support given by Lord John Russell before,
and his expressed determination, before taking office,
that he would introduce the bill, and take
charge of it in the House of Commons,
that it would have obviated the necessity of introducing
another bill, but it appeared that a new bill was to be
introduced, and he hoped from the remarks of the
Attorney-General that that bill would accomplish the end
the commercial community of Liverpool had in view,
and that it would give general satisfaction. Mr. Danson,
the deputation from this Chamber, Was unavoidably
absent that day, but he had received the following letter
from that gentleman :

DEAR. have to acquaint you, for the hg'drmation of
the Council, that, in pursuance of the request of the President,
I went to London on Monday ;' and, on Tuesday, at 11 o'clock,
with about fifty members of Parliament and representatives of
Chambers of Commerce, had an interview with the Premier

,amunuge-nouse, touching the
proposed reform of the law of Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
The presence of a delegate from tce Liverpool Chamber—none
being present from Manchester—was considered to add
materially to what-would otherwise have been the weight of
opinion in favour of.the measure prepared by the Chambers,
and introduced into Parliament last year by Lord John
Russell. The 'printed report affords but a meagre
account of all that passed during the two hours which

elapsed from the entrance of the two ministers till thedeputation
left. Lord Palmerston, however, said, in effect, nothing.
And the-impression left upon my mind by what was said by
the Attorney-Cencral ,was only that he, on behalf of the Go-
verruuent, desired to send us away satisfied; but to,do so with
the least possible effect upon the freedom of the Government
to do anything or nothing .neft session. From Cambridge-
hotiSe the representatives of Chambers of Commerce adjourned
to the rooms of the " Society for Promoting the Amendment of
the Law ;" and there discussed the propriety of introducing or
withholding ti,e bill already prepared on behalf of the cham-
bers. The -result was the appointment of a committee, to sit
in London, and. to endeavour. to learn the character of the

?w,,r4jpent pacaaure a, •
vas .to s- -nu the ciele,fat

ioon as possible ;, and with instruc-
together, at once, should it not

Jl
prove satisfactor
At the last meeting of the Chamber, a report was
presented, on the subject.of collisions at sea, and that
report had been read at the Social Science meeting at
Bradford, and ordered to be printed and circulated. He
trusted the publicity given to the report would induco
some member to bring the subject before the Douse of
Conn-Ilona. Council had memorialised the Govern-
; for the abolition of the Elbe tolls ; and
had been in correspondence with the Government on the

rtrent, praying

e resol

by the I
that it h

Kith referen

md the Chancellor

try ml

's, Ist Novemb,

he Post

te, it would h
the price demanded for th

:hange of

o the resolution of ti

Town Council, which states that they must decline to make
any contribution out of the local funds, in. furtherance .of
4-office, my lords think it right,
- "louncil, to enclose copy of a
.de by their lordships, with
le upon which the Government
e in the erection of new post-

the erection of

s recently been r

a view to establish
ought to proceed f

can with a

To the Mayor Of Liver

he minute referrec

VT 1.11, 41.1V1
laid down, the present
.urinated, or Whether it

I am, sir, your obedi-
S. Ltnw.

to had been published. Now, the

request made by the commercial

Tnine.nt sa

3lnmunity of Liver-

greatly increased cost, either an absolute maximum of
local convenience, or the erection of a structure more
costly than the end in view may require, or a co-opera-
tion in some extended plan of local improvement ;" but
their request was made because they felt that the site
in Dale-street was the best site that could possibly be
had in Liverpool for a post-office. That being the case,
they urged upon the Government to purchase a site
there ; but they *did not dictate how much land the
Government should take or what should be the size of
the building to be erected upon that site, because those

were matters for the consideration of the department.
The commercial community only painted out to the
Government that the postal business was increasing,
and woull every year increase still more, and that
the present post-office buildings were utterly inadequate

be made at some outlay to answer present purposes, yet
within a very few years that would be money thrown
away, and the work would have to be done over again.
The Chamber had not interfered with details, With

could net therefore have urged on the consideration of
the Treasury. The chairman concluded by inviting
discussion on matters of interest to the commercial

firRA

ence to the

abject of Town D

one remark in refer-

It had been fie-

quently remarked that the .burthens upon imports and
exports should be, as light as possible, so as to attract
commerce on the one hand, and to prevent itleavirig us on

the other
kept clearly ; in view
rating the docks.

his principle seemed to have been
whenever they talked about
But it
,struck him that this

question of th

question. Provision was mad

dues, that where

.1 them

comm

I in ten

for thc

Mr. JONES, one of the deputation, said it was their
tion to send a copy of the pamphlet to each'Coun-
cillor as soon as published. He considered that the
tenants of houses from £l3 to £2O were not persons of
ability to pay, as had been stated to the Council. This

:new from twenty years' experience in collecting
Fi and from taking the census of Liverpool. There

females, residing, ia the same house, from whom it would
be difficult to collect rates ; and it would, therefore, be

m the part of the committee to rescind the resolu-
could not be dealt with as they

now, and with the same benefit to the water
If,.for instance, there were 15,000 houses from
s were to be collected, and they were to single

Of COITCC

ative to tt

*owns, dri

g to some of the

As in his former led&
only true and reliabl

training a vicious or prop,

by an application

the mind of

in such a manner as to convince hin

improper conduct was meant to 1

he said was a matter much mor

so a lar

)1) ted for

ss combined

3 cruelty 01

ed to him. This
ly accomplished

than at first sight might appear probable to the more
casual observer. The intelligence of the horse he re•
marked was very generally admitted, yet somehow
other, it was not acted on to nearly so great an esnt
as it ought to be. The first subject to be use', 4,5
illustration of his theory, by Mr. Itarey, and 0' "e
success, was the celebrated horse " Cruiser," 0"
which the lecturer seemed to consider a ce',.c,
i
telling one. With this fine animal he went throu4
anumber_ of experiments,

g to show

efficacy system, in redeeming. even
most refractory of the species to docility. His nes"
experiment was with an unbroken colt, which had never
had a bridle on his head or a bit in his mouth. After
going through his usual preliminary processes, by
he as it were inspires confidence in the horse, as to the
good intentions of the operator, he next proceeded t°
get him bridled. This was effected with little labour"-
and in a comparatively short time. The process !„
subduing the horse was next essayed, and this Nv,_"''
accomplished in about the usual time, and under the
circumstances which ordinarily occur, and which have
been already frequently described. In all these :Nit
narey was pre-eminently successful, concluding in tli
instance by saddling the horse, and riding him abort
and across the arena, he then beat a drum on the animaq
back, without evoking almost the slightest symptoms
uneasiness or irritation of temper. The third was a young.
filly, als o an unbroken specimen. Similar manipulative ft..)
rations to those already alluded to were equally successl;
with her, and she was completely subdued, and renderobedient and tractable. A fourthsubject was an ent
horse, represented as an exceedingly dangerous animal'
whose peculiar vice was that of biting. He was ill'
troduced muzzled, but soon after coming under 3re"
Rarey's manipulation, that gentleman took off the
muzzle. Ire then strapped up his fore leg, and w"
speedily so far master that the horse lay down quietly,
and allowed Mr. Rarey to open his mouth, and othcr-
wise interfere with him in such a manner as was roll
astonishing.

Mr. Rarey, in each of the instances, as is his custom'
gave brief descriptions of the leading, characteristics of
temper which had led to the peculiar demonstrations a
the different animals. In his remarks, he laid particular,
stress on the value of kindness, combined with energy
and firmness, by which it is easy to convince a Igoe
that he is under the control of a master, without fright-
ening him or otherwise exciting nervousness or irrita-
bility. He announced that he would give another
exhibition to-morrow (Wednesday), in the same place,
and concluded by stating that, on that occasion- he
ld
promised a horse to operate on which he was told woil,;,
occasion him some trouble; on that lie had no fear;
he preferred those which Wein expected to be trouble'
some, and which were said to be vicious. At the eon;
elusion of the lecture, and also several times during 1
delivery, Mr. Rarey was loudly applauded.

VitAISEWORTHY CONDUCT OF THE
CAPTAIN- AND CREW OF THE 5-
HUNGARIAN.

The Canadian papers recently to hand give lelirner-
details of an act of gallant bravery and seamanshiP
,r 1,4/
formed by the crew of the Montreal Ocean Steals.oo
Company's s.s. Hungarian, while on the voyage Tian-
Liverpool to Portland. On-the 9th instant, the '-'4o,e
garian, while e•oing before a severe gale, 150 miles in
east from St. John's Newfoundland, sighted a vessel at
distress: Withgreat difficulty the Hungarian's life-b°..
was manned by Mr. Hardie, first officer, Mr. Ported
third officer, and five seamen, who all volunteers
a
for the duty. Undaunted 14 the obvious danger`'
the life-boat and its gallant crew duly neared
the distressed vessel, which proved to be the Je.a,,.
Martin, bound from. Labrador to Carbonnier,
The sails of the Jean Martin were all blown mill,
only six of the crew (the rest being exhausted bi
working at the pumps), were fit for duty; and the ear,
tain, having taken on board a shipwrecked crew, 11P
entirely out of provisions. After a most gallant strugi
gle against a fierce sea and a raging wind, the
the persons on board the Jean Martin, 42 in Pri.ann,.ld.e,
were safely placed on board the Hungarian. Mr. .1"1"'•nito
however, who received a severe injury in getting 10
the life-boat, was afterwards washed into the-sea ;lance
had he not, almost. miraculously, caught hold of a.l-i:re
rope hanging over the stern of the Hungarian: his, ra.
would assuredly have been sacrificed to his Philftlithj'ell
pie gallantry. The Portland Adrertiser, from
we have gleaned these facts, then gives the followiria
4i On Saturday, as the Hungarian was approaZhe
Portland, there was a meeting of the passengers/ 31,40/
officers and crew of the Hungarian in the large of
for the purpose of expressing to- the gallant ere 7
the life-boat their admiration_of their heroic condueraLtej
saving the lives of 42 fellow beings, on board the ill",,eat.
Jean Martin. The occasion was one of thrillingin,t% of
These seven gallant men re assigned the pal' his
honour, when Captain Jones expressed to 01011 the
admiration of their conduct. He then calla 0.501
Honourable James Morris,-of Canada, a distingaibile
member of 'the Legislative Council, to speak
and hii fellow officers and crew. Mr. Morris 51.1 cere
We have all heard that bravery and humanity .:hese
characteristics of the British sailor, and • certairtlYwea-
virtues,were never more fully exemplified than on
nesday lastrby the officers and crew of this shit)" Jean'
sooner had our-noble-hearted captain espied the es,
Martin, with her flag at half-mast, indicating bee
than he directed the helmsman to bear down Wooed
and his prompt order 'to man the life-boat and Prto bf
to the distressed vessel, was heroically respondeu, fire
you, Mr. Hardie, and you, Mr. Porter, and the Our
gallant men opposite, who accompanied you, an vbicb
errand of mercy ; and the successful manner cad
the perilous duty , was discharged, manifested_ no
clearly to my mind, and to the mind, I hoe the
doubt, _of every spectator, that He who holds oil
billows in the hollow, of his -hand, was with you, The
smiled upon and blessed your noble daring. of
exciting scene of that morning I shall never forget'.o,l4
is it likely to be forgotten by. the youngest versa' e.
witnessed it. The('
prompt and fearless diseharg_t,
duty spoke well for our race, and the kind atte! ear
paid to the unfortunate persons thrown uP°P,OOI
hands made Us Think more highly of our fellow, bi
tmahny: friendsof
theyou r
appreciateac or
n o mu
n dn
highly
hthumanol y
and that of your officers and crew ; and I al?, fof
directed to intimate that the occasion call',efel:
something more tangible than words, and theo.
snyaaoyuturtroe;lltygonula,
najammaopdttiaisrinecelaeoaatice4,?'
a small amount of money has been raised'aill°l'rforc'
passengers
~ witinth whichhea -threefter- saloon
silvera cups it
and those iwnthhel opprcoi
pw rairadtecbin inscriptions will be purchased and preseatee
to you, Captain Jones, another to you, Mr. lard!l'e fi
the third to you, Mr. Porter ; and to each of 'd tWI"
brave sailors before me I am directed to bana prof
sovereigns, and in doing so, I can only wish you, dears'
perous and virtuous and at its close a haPP"a),
solaced (as it is not improbable you may theme to ss
the reflection that you perilled your own lives
nd
the lives of others.' ' ,
cci,
" The captain,- on behalf of himself, his pA
men, thanked the 'PaSsengers for the no
•

nenaytour, which he sd was 1101.u"'b der s.v"" cc
y demanded, and which would ao.aini retir
t, •
circumstances, be repeated. The boat's crew L"'
alnidst the harty cheers of the passengers.'