The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-10 00:00:00

THE LYING IN HOSPITAL,

The annual meeting of the subscribers of this, to the
poorer classes, almost invaluable charity was held at the
anspital, Pembroke place, yesterday, at noon. The
Mayor had consented to pre.ide ; but, owing to severe
indisposition, which confined him to his bed, a letter was
read apologising for his non attendance. In his
absence,• Mr Joseph Jones took the chair. Amongst the
ladies and gentlemen present were—Mrs Brown, Mrs
Medley, Mr Crossfield, Mrs Ryley, Mrs Henry Crossfield,
Mrs Dickenson, Miss Berrington, Mrs Barnhart], Mrs
Fletcher, Mrs Mellor, Rev Mr Moore, Mr Mellor, Mr
Grinsdale, &c., &c.

The Chairman, after a few introductory remarks, called
upon the hon. secretary, Mr. Medley, to read the report,
which was as follows :

THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD AND
COMMITTEE OF THE LYING IN HOSPITAL.

The committee, in presenting to the subscribers their usual
annual report, are glad to be in a position to give assurance of
the steady progress the hospital has been making. They have
scarcely any thing to draw particular notice to, in the occur..
rences of the bygone year. The very fact of its being unevent-
ful may perhaps be the more satisfactory to those who are
interested in its welfare. The hospital continues to do well ;
and on an inspection of the returns made by the medical board,
it wili bo seen that the number of persons benefitted by the
institution have been considerably in excess of last year. Last
year the total return was 1,512 persons; this year it amounts
to 1,965. The dispensary last year admitted only 958 persons ;
this year 1,385 ; while the register for nurses amounted to 175
entries, but this year we find 249. The following is the return
made by the medical board :—Labours, 159 ; special cases,
17-176. Children born : boys, 84 ; girls, 74-158. Still
born, 5 ; mothers died. 1 ; dispensary cases, 1,385 ; wet
nurses registered, 249-1,968. The dispensary is in excellen,
repute with the poorer classes, who attend (women and
children) in many cases from the extreme ends of the town
to receive advice and medicine. Thu charge of a trifle for
the medicine, in the first instance, has been found very
beneficial in more ways than one. The increase in the
entries in the register for nurses has done good generally
to the institution, and the committee beg especially
to recommend this valuable branch of the hospital arrange..
ments to the subscribers and the public generally. The
committee has received many most pleasing lettere from
families who have been supplied with nurses from the hospital ;
and some new and good friends have been made by the
introduction of respectable trustworthy women into households
where their attendance has been required. The special ward
continues in active operation. During the past year several
very interesting cases, medically speaking, have been received,
and some important operations have been performed, which
have turned out most satisfactorily. It is to be regretted that
the funds set aside for the support of this ward are not greater
than at present, as, if they were, an extended number of cases
would be admitted, that could not perhaps he relieved else-
where. It is gratifying to know that the patients themselves
universally express the utmost gratitude for the attention and
skill that has been displayed in their often complicated and
distressing cases. The committee have to notice a very
important arrangement that has been entered into between the
hospital authoriries and the Royal Infirmary school of medicine,
not only as ono that must prove beneficial to those who are
preparing for an active and useful medical life, but also to the
hospital itself, as being likely to give it an increased interest
and value in the public estimation. In January last an
application, most numerously and influentially signed, was
made by the lecturers and other gentlemen connected
with the Royal Infirmary School of Medicine, to
permit their pupils i❑ the midwifery class to visit the
patients in the hospital. A request of such importance, and
so complimentary to the hospital, was immediately taken into
consideration, and the proposition having been fairly discussed
by both the Board and Ladies Committee, it was resolved that
permission should he granted to the pupils of the infirmary
school to attend under the personal supervision and control of
your medical officers. Accordingly the pupils now attend on
the patients in the hospital, and receive such practical and
valuable instruction as will, without doubt, ploy° of the
utmost value to them in their future professional life. ft is an
old saying that one grain of practice is worth twenty of theory.
In the school for nurses the most gratifying success has been
achieved. Twenty women have entered as pupils during the
past year, and some of them have proved themselves, when
their instruction has been put to the test, to be most excellent
nurses and valuable attendants in the sick room. The com-
mittee has to acknowledge a gratifying legacy of £157 lOs
from the late Mrs. Twentyman, who was ever a fit rn and good
friend to the hospital, and a subscriber to its funds for some
years. It will be seen also from the treasurer's report that
the legacy left by the late Mr. Gill has been received. From
the treasurer's report it will be seen also that the total amount
of subscriptions and sums accruing other ways has amounted
this year to £569 2s 61d, leaving a balance on hand in favour
of the hospital of £52 Os 61c1.
A detailed statement of the accounts of the treasurer was
then read.

It was then unanimously resolved that the above report
should be adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed t 1 the
officers and committee for the past year, with a request
that they would allow themselves to be re-elected.
The Chairman brieflyexplained the state of the accounts,
and expresser] a hope that measures would be taken to se-
cure an establishment of their own.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business
of the meeting.

The Advertiser believes that Lord Pannaure win, next
month, resign his situation as Minister of War, and Mr.
Sydney Herbert will be his successor.

The Gold Coast Corps is about to be male a regiment
of artillery, and a number of the officers of the late Lind
Transport Corps, who were promoted into it from the
Royal Artillery, will be employed temporarily in organising
the corps upon its new establishment.
The Times announces that Mr. Elvyn Denison is the
ministerial candidate for the office of Speaker, and shows
why he has been selected in preference to Mr. Baines and
Mr. Fitzroy. The objection to Mr. Baines is, that he is
rather too old and also short sighted.
Miss Nightingale has forwarded the handsome donation
of 50 guineas towards the funds of the Garrison Compas-
sionate Institution at Chatham, founded in 1853, for the
relief of the wives and children of destitute soldiers at this
garrison. The society is entirely supported by the officers
and troops.

PRINTERS IN PENSYLVANIA.—It is a fact that not only the
two United States senators from Pensylvania, and the State
Supreme Judge, but the present speaker, clerk, and assis-
tant clerk of the house, the clerk of the senate of Poesy!.
vania, and the democratic candidate for governor, are all
practical printers.

The Transit, iron steam troopship. which left Spithead
for China, on Tuesday, with about 600 troops, put back to
Portsmouth harbour on Wednesday, in distress. It appears
she brought up, owing to thick weather, and it is supposed
that while at anchor she swung on her anchor and knocked
a hole in her bottom, which let in so fast that the pumps
could not free her from it. They got back to Spithead in
safety and went in harbour. She will be immediately
docked, and the troops and baggage landed. Meanwhile a
court of inquiry will be held, to ascertain accurately
he cause of the disaster.

RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN SPANISH AFFAIRS.—A letter
from Madrid, of the 2nd, has the following • It is
said that the Russian Government is employing all its
influence to bring about a reconciliation between the
members of the Royal family of Spain, and to cause the
most influential Carlists to acknowledge the Queen's
Government, so as to enable them to return to Spain and to
obtain high places ; but the Narvaez Cabinet has nothing
to do with these projects. Reforms in the tariffs are
spoken of, but it appears that the government will not
undertake any without the co-operation of the Cortes."
A SWORD OF THE "SIX HUNDRED,"—We saw and handled
yesterday a relict of Balaklava, in the shape of a sword,
wielded by Lord Leveson Gower in the famous charge of
the " Six Hundred." It is a Scottish claymore of great
antiquity, having been in the possession of the Granville
family for several centuries, made of the finest tempered
steel, with basket hilt of the same material, and it measures
about three feet from point to guard, The owner presented
it to Captain Du Riviere, of the Zouaves, the present pos
sessor, who succoured him while lying on the field of
Balaklava, desperately wounded. The scabbard is dented in
several places by the hoofs of horses, and the hilt is slightly
injured by the thrust of a Cossack's lance. The charge of
the " Light Brigade" is not so recent but that this relic of
the event possesses considerable historic interest.—New
York Evening Post.

A CONSTABLE IN A SUSPICIOUS POSITION. —A t the
Wakefield County Court, William Hudson a colliery
owner, of East Ardsley, brought an action against Wm,
Sharpe, farmer, of East Ardsley, and constable, for the sum
of £2, the amount of a surgeon's bill incurred under the
following circumstances :—ln August last, Mrs. Hudson,
the wife of the plaintiff, was going home, after being out
shopping, accompanied by her little dog. On her way
her dog came into collision with three or four other dogs
which were fighting. She stooped to take her dog away,
when one of the animals, which she recognised as
belonging to Sharpe, bit her on the hand, which she was
incapable of using for nearly a month. The judge
bilieving.the claim to be proved, said he would either
give the plaintiff the option of accepting a verdict for
the amount, or he would grant a nonsuit for the purpose
of procuring a new trial before a jury which he believed
would grant larger damages, £lO or even £2O. The
plaintiff said he was willing to receive the amount of
the surgeon's bill. His Honour said the plaintiff had
been bitten in a part that might have induced lock jaw or
caused her death, or the dog might have been in a rabid
state ; and any injury would, ❑nder the circumstances,
have given substantial damages.

COURT OF PASSAG'E.—Pcsterday.

BEFORE EDWARD JAMES, ESQ C., ASSESSOR.
CLAIM FOR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.--LEATH ER V,
HOWARD —The plaintiff in this case is a medical man,
and had been called in some time in 1855 to attend the wife
of defendant during a serious illness. The bill foe attend
ance up to the close of that year, am: multi ig to £lB, had
been paid, The attendance was continued up t., June,
1856, upon the wife and servant of the defendant, and the
bill for which, amounting to £29 8; 61, was the subject of
the present case. It was pleaded by defendant that
he was not liable for the attendance upon the ser.
vant, and that the attendance upon, and medicine
supplied to the defendant's wife did not amount
to more than five pounds, A medical man was
examined to prove that the charges made were reasonable
and customary. Mr. Asninall ap2ear.;,l for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Brett for the defence. It appeared from the evidence of
the defendant's wife, that many of the visits charged by the
plaintiff had never been made, and that the visits which were
made were to the servant maid, and that the plaintiff had
voluntarily undertaken to perform the operation on the varicose
veins of the maid's leg, which caused his attendance at the
house, and that the defendant had never promised to be
responsible for the attendance and medicine to the girl, and
that he was told, previous to the °iteration, that the girl must
pay her own bill. The evidence on both sides was exceedingly
conflicting, The learned assessor summed up the evidence.
The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence
of an hour returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £2O.
ACTION FOR ASSAULT— !ONES V. PLUMBE. —Mr.
C inway, instructed by Messrs. Lace & Co., appeared for
the plaintiff. Mr. Brett, instructed by Mr. Booker,
eppeared for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case is
a young gentleman, 19 years of age, an apprentice in the
office of Messrs. Mackie & Co., timber brokers. The
defendant is managing clerk in the same office.
On the 9 h of March last he was ordered by
the defendant to copy certain measurements.
which he was directed to complete the same
evening. The measurements were not completed till the
following morning, when the defendant, under the
influence of angry feelings, struck the plainiiff on each
side of his head. It was alleged that an attempt had
been made, through the plaintiff's attornies, to
obtain a cancelment of h.s indentures, in consequence
of the unpleasantness of his situation from the de-
fendant's conduct. The plaintiff had sought to settle the
matter pacifically without coming to court, by requesting
the defendant to apologise airf pay over a sum of money
to the charities, which had been refused, and the plaintiff
now sought to recover compensation for the assault. The
jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, 40s.
His Honour refused to certify to costs.
CHADWICK V. BROWNLESS. —Mr Conway, instructed by
Mr Husband, conducted the case, which was undefended.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages,
£7 4s id.
Commissnael ON CHARTERING A VESSEL.—PYE V. LAW-
RENCE.—Mr Brett, instructed by Mr Blackhurst, appeared
for the plaintiff. Mr Aspinall, instructed by Messrs
Lowndes and Co., appeared for the defence. This was an
action to recover from the defendant the suns of £9O,
being commision for chartering a ship called Sylvanus
Blanchard. It was stated that in February last, the
plaintiff, on behalf of Messrs. Jones, Sanger, and Co.,
chartered the vessel from Messrs, Taylor and Co.,
shipowners, of this town. Another commission agent,
of the name of Baker, had also made a claim for comis-
sion on the same charter. The plaintiff was called to
prove that he was the person who made the contract with
the captain. The defendant had since refused to pay
this commission, and thereupon the action was brought.
It appeared from evidence put in for the defence
that the Sylvanus Blanchard came consigned to
this port to Messrs. Baker and Co., brokers ; who, on
being'requested by the captain to procure him a charter,
immediately sent for Mr. Taylor to se•
cure the charter for him, and that the
plaintiff had not at any time done anything virtually to
procure the charter. It also appeared that the plaintiff
had informed the captain that he represented the house of
Jones, Sanger, and Co ; but when he took him to the office
of Messrs. Taylor, with whom, through Messrs. Baker, he
had previously been in treaty, he very naturally refused to
comply with the plaintiff's demand, as Mr. Taylor had
made arrangements with him, and partly closed the charter.
Verdict for the defendant.
DAVIES V. VICKERS.--ACTION FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
—Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall
for the defendant. It appears that the plaintiff, who keeps
a boot and shoe shop in Houghton street, was walking
along the s'reet,when she was suddenly taken ill, and went
into a public house in Dale street, which was kept by Mr.
Vickers, and asked permission to go into the back yard,
which was at once complied with. In returning again
through the lobby, she picked up a piece of
valueless muslin. On entering the house with it in
her hand, the servant perceived it, and addressing
the landlord, said this woman has stolen something. Mr.
Vickers at once sent for a policeman, and although the
plaintiff protested that she was a resnectahle woman, and
had no intention of stealing the rug, she was taken to the
central station, end from thence she was taken to the main
bridessell. On the following morning she was taken before
the magistrates, but no one appeared against her, and she
was discharged. A verdict was taken for £7 by consent.
The assessor considered that it was a most scandalous
outrage upon the plaintiff, and if the case had gone to
the jury, he should have recommended them to have given
much heavier damages.
SHELTON V. SHADMAN AND A NOTH en.—This was an
action brought by a master joiner to recover from the
defendants, who are in business as pawnbrokers in
Vauxhall road, in this town, for the sum of £26 14s 9d
for fitting up the defendants shop. Mr Brett was coun, el
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendants. The
defendants admitted their liability, but pleaded that £9
was sufficient remuneration for tie wet k done, and that
there was a special agreement that teey sboelel be charged
ac the rate of 43 per clay for e.uch workman, the old timber
to be taken into account. Verdict for the plaintiffs for
the full amount claimed.

EGERTON V. Lzwts.—This was an action commenced by
Mr. George Egerton, the lessee of the Royal Adelphi
Theatre, to recover from the defendant, Mr. Lewis, an
extensive tailor and woollen draper, in Ranelagh street,
the sum of £34, the sum charged by the plaintiff for
exhibiting thirty four sheets of advertisements, putting
forth the excellence of childrens clothing. These bills were
placed in a scene in the pantomine called " Beauty and the
Beast," which it was stated had gathered together no less
than 80,000 people to witness it. Mr. Aspinall appeared
for plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defence. Mr. Aspinall,
having stated the nature of the case, which was a contract
between Egerton and Lewis, that the former was to
receive per sheet for putting the bills of the
latter upon a dead wall scene in the pantomine,
called the following witnesses in support of the claim
Mr. Charles 'Egerton, the son of the plaintiff, was
called, and stated that at Christmas last his father pro-
duced a pantomime at the Adelphi Theatre, and that he
(the witness) called upon Messrs. Lewis and Co. early in
December, and told them that they were about having a
scene covered over with bills; he arranged to have a
number of bills upon this scene, which was to be charged
at the rate of £1 per sheet He first said he would have
sixteen sheets put up, and witness sent him a plan of the
scene by a man named Bickerstaff ; Bickerstaff received
a further order, and there were thirty four put up
altogether. The bills were of different colours and sizes.
The pantomime was performed for about eight weeks, and
an immense number of persons came to see it—perhaps
80,000 ; there were other tradesmen who advertised in a
similar way, and they paid at the same rate
claimed from the defendant. At the conclusion of the pan-
tomime the defendant refused to pay. [A plan of the scene
were here exhibited, which caused some laughter. It
appeared m this that Lewis and Co. had the best .of
Kelly, therbutterman, and Hobbs, the hatter, as the
whole of a blank wall was covered with the advertises
ments of Lewis's cheap clothing.] By Mr. Brett
Does not know that Mr. Copele,nd, of .the Royal
Amphitheatre, made no charge for such advertisements ;
Did not say to Mr. Lewis that he could do the advertise-
ment for XI. The bargain was for £1 per sheet. When
the bill was sent in the defendant said that the charge was
preposterous, as he understood that it was to be LI charged
for the whole of the bills. Witness informed him that the
agreement was for £1 per sheet, and not for the whole, and
that he had charged Kelly the butterman the same price.
James 13ickerstaff, one of the scene painters of the Adelphi
Theatre, said he was employed by the plaintiff to solicit
advertisements for the patitomine scenes from various
tradesmen, and called upon the defendant Lewis, who
told him that he had made an arrangement with
Mr' Charles Egerton for sixteen bills, at £ I per bill.
They were very large placards, with the portraits
of little boys upon them: dressed in tunics. Witness ex-
plained to him what trey were charging for advertisements
of this description, and remarked to the defendant that his
would be an expensive advertisement. The defendant
replied that that was of no consequence. Witness was
paid 10 per cent commission for obtaining advertisements.
lied been paid his commission in full for Messrs. Lewis
and Co.'s order. John Biekerstaff, a brother to the last wit-
ness, stated that be was a theatrical decorator in Manches-
ter, and that he was in the habit of being paid about £2 per
sheet for a first class theatre ; for the Adelphi Theatre he
considered
,that £1 per sheet was a reaseneble charge.
Mr. Frederick Hobbs, a hatter, in Liverpool, said that he had
paid the plaintiff £1 per sheet for his advertisements in the 1

pantomime, and he considered such a charge to be reasonable.
For the defence Mr. Brett called the defendant, Lewis,
ho stated that when Charles Egerton called upon hint
for the order, he said he did not care much about it, and
remarked that Mr. Copeland was not in the habit of

charging. Charles Egerton offered to put up the bills
far £2, but witness said he would not pay that, but b!
would (-rive him £1 for the whole, which he said he would,
not take. A few days after this, Charles Egerton called
again, and said that he would accept a sovereign for tbe,
bills, which was agreed to. Bickerstaff afterwards calle.d,
for the bills, and asked for some small ones, as he said
that Mr. Egerton thought it would make the pantomio
look well. Witness told him he thought it would be a
waste of bills, but he might take some, which he did.
not tell Bickerstaff that he had arranged with Mr. Egerton fee
16 bills, and never heard Bickerstaff say that it would he a 3
expensive advertisement; when Egerton sent in his bill witn°
sent for him, and told him that ho had made a most swindling
charge, that his arrangement was El for the whole ; witnes6
went into the theatre with three friends to see the performance'
and did not pay for his admission; saw the bills were posted 01
the scene in the theatre. Dearden, a bill poster, said he 19'
six sheets of double demy put upon the scene in question. for
another advertisement, for which he paid Mr. Egerton I°e'l
which he considered was quite enough. Mr. Egerton l'au
asked witness not to tell Lewis what was paid for thel
bills. Charles Egerton said to him that Lewis bad raised
an objection to nay £34 for the hills, and that was e
reason why he did not wish the witness to tell Lewis of the
terms he was charged. Nothing had been said by Egertl
that if witness pored some bills for the Adelphi he shoe,
have his bills in the pantomime cheaper than any el
else. Mr. Walton, the stage directar to Mr. Copeland, °„
the Theatre Royal, said : It was the casrom to put places'
upon the scenes of the theatre. Was not aware that all
charge was made for exhibiting these bills. A picture°t
the ship, the James Baines, was exhibited, but did e°,
know whether any charge was made by Mr. Copeland fe;
such paintings. The jury, after consulting for a re,
minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £9;
GOOD FRIDAY.—The jurymen presented a memorial Afr
the assessor, praying that he would not take any et:
on Good Friday, which he previously intended to do. ~A.
James, the assessor, said that, upon public grounds, ';',A
would have taken eases ; but he would accede tot'.
wishes of the jury, and he would therefore adjourntbe
court until Saturday mornins.

THE LIVERPOOL FREE LENDING LIBRAYI'

Last evening a public meeting was convened by the
Rev. C. J. Twist, at the Christ Church National School
room, Christian street, for the purpose of considering the
propriety of presenting an address to Mr. Wm. Bro
M.P.. on the occasion of laying the foundation stone o'
the Free Lending Library and Museum, on Wednesa3/1
next. The meeting was convened for half past eiga
o'olock in the evening, at which hour not more ti fat
twenty individuals were present. Shortly after tu'ii
hour, the Rev. Mr. Twist was called to the chair, Wile
about fifty persons were present.
The Rev. Chairman briefly constrasted the eonclo,,ct,
of Mr. Brown, for his munificent gift, with t",
conduct of those gentlemen who made a good fortnila
in the town, and then left it, taking with them the ship and
cargo, and going to a distant place, to spend their fortuni
elsewhere, He then, in similar terms to the address, spoke
considerable length as to the praiseworthiness of the objec;
and also the duty of the people to express their thanks for sue
a gift.
Mr. Fraser then moved the following resolution--That
this meeting recognises the importance of public libraries
as a mmis of self improvement, and as a valuable aid to
moral character, hail with peculiar satisfaction the gi
of a free public library, about to be secured to theft
through the munificence of Mr. Wm. Browne, IVl'.
Mr. Fraser spoke of the great blessings that must inevitai
bly arise from such institutions as public libraries an
parks.

Mr. Lea briefly seconded the resolution, which Was
adopted.

Air. Hodson then moved the adoption of the following
address, and, in the course of his remarks, stated that'
although he did not believe that libraries would do all the
benefits that were anticipated, yet he did believe that they
would confer a great benefit on society at large, as they
would have a tendency to drag the poorer classes
from those belle of iniquity which infested this,
town. He expressed the great pleasure he felt at
rising to move a vote of thanks to Mr. Brown for his
great donation. He hoped that this example would he
followed by other great men in other towns, believing
that it would tend to decrease crime in England. lie
concluded by reading the following address :
To William Brown, .ffsq , from the Inhabitants

of St. Anne's Ward.
Sir,—lt is rarely that it fails to the lot of any community
to commemorate an act of such spontaneous monifieepee
as
that displayed by you in the foundation of a Free Library
and Museum for the use of your fellow
toy/wrap. Al
with though we are aware that such acts of generosity carry
them their own reward, and that your highest satisfaction
will result from the consciousness of having nobly performed
what you conceive to be a public duty, we cannot deny
ourselves the pleasure of expressing our deep sense'of the benefit and blessing which, by that act
you have conferred upon us. The advantages of
such institutions such as that you are about
to found, it would be impossible to overrate. They
are recognised as among the neeessities of the age,
and are especially valuable to such of us as are precludeu
by cur limited means, from f ,rming libraries. of Or
own. Holding the general opinions of our fellow toole,
men in this respect, we thick ourselves fortune!:
that the locality chosen for the contemplated institution is
within our own doors: Permit us, therefore, to tender 31°
this sincere, though imperfect, expression of our ester
and gratitude, and to add our prayer that your life may t,
spared to see the ,00d work completed, and to enjoy!,
eornest of those limits of oxtended usefulness which
God's blessing we hope it will provide.
Joseph Twist, a working man seconded the resolution, wh'cb
d
was supported by Mr. Fairhurst. Each of the apex',S.o
eulogised the liberality of Mr Brown in making such a nob
gift to the town of Liverpool.
It was decided that the Rev. Mr. Twist, Mr. Lea, °la.
Fairhurst, and Mr. Fraser should form a deputation
present the above address.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded -
meeting.

INTERESTING RELICS.—The San Francisco Bulletin El. 0
the names of a large number of old vessels which "`•O9
been broken up at that port, and remarks The histnrl„,
connected with these old vessels would be highly intereetTo'r
some of them romantic, some sublime. One of them,Aot
instance, the Cadmus, was the vessel in which the Psth.-er,
Lafayette came to America on his famous visit. An°',"ieb
°I
the Plover, was familiar to the world as the ship go
ed
entered the Northern seas through Behring's Strairs
great search after Sir John Franklin, and remain
among these icy regions for four or five years."
NEW ROUTE FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN PRODU--„„.
*
Southampton the steamer La Plata, which arrived on
Ist inst. with the last West India mail, brought b° he
among other cargo, a large quantity of indigo, from oft
west coast of Central America. The produce of that ,P o
of the world has hitherto been sent to England by the i„°
roun .about way of Cape Horn; but now, by arrangeol",3o
made by the enterprising manager of the Panama railvia,
it is shipped to Panama on beard a coasting steamer V,
vided by them for the purpose, sent thence by the rails',76
across the isthmus to Colon, and there put
on board t's9
West India mail steamers for England. The result is, 01
in the present case, that the produce is home, it
probably sold, at a time when, under the old systeoltbie
could scarcely be expected, even under the most favesrAse
circumstances, to have reached the neighbourhood
ter,
stormy Horn. The facilities thus afforded to thos!;tral
ested in the speedy delivery of consignments from vettleir
America well deserve, and will no doubt receive, •
cordial approbation and support.
FASHIONABLE& AT ROME.--The royal visitors e•-Pei
at Rome for the Easter ceremonies are beginning tnsrr
~'
The Count of Syracuse, brother to the King of
.P4s,rier
arrived on the 30th ult., and had an affectionate ist,erneks
with his holiness on the following day. The Grand
re
Constantine and the Grand Duchess 'Olga, of Russia, t
next to arrive. This week was fixed for the entry °'
Empress Dowager, and the royal circle is to be entsPie
tbe
tea
ti
by the presence of Prince Charles of Prussia, an defer
artistioal ex-King Louis of Bavaria. Other accounts
the arrival of the imperial party until after Easter. in
BALING COTTON.—The recent great fire in Ninhilfed,
which several thousand bales of cotton were destroy
ere
has caused an extensive discussion in the Southern Priv
of the expediency of baling cotton with wire. The Pope,,
cipal advantage is, that wire will not burn liked 018
and bursting, scatter the cotton to the flames anithin
wind, causing the destruction of every other bate I( Do
its reach. Cotton bound with wire could scare% it
made to blaze, and if combustion be carried on at a
must be in a smouldering condition.
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THE OPERATIVES' STRIKE AT PRESTON.— t a rn obij
of factory operatives held in the Cross Keys Asse the
room, Preston, on Tuesday night, it was stated by 1.
chairman, that in consequence of an alleged etr"ndel,
cation from Mr. Hollins to that committee on ffl°etio;
to the effect that that gentleman was desirous of inc,_ the
a deputation of his "hands" on strike in referenceo“re.
present dispute, the same afternoon a number of. rtio,
lives went to tha mill, where they were received?Ypfr.
manager, Mr. Isaac Barlow, who told them thatatta
Hollins did not want to see them; and so the ;Hs 1,30
ended. The appeal made in behalf of strike bands of
not been responded to by the employed operativs_er'eral
Preston g -norally. The meeting was addressed by to_
operatives, on the necessity of forming a union, su_eseet
be in future prepared for such an emerg
one. On irs being put to the vote whether the bate
should resume work on the terms , tiered by t,
employer, or should be still supported until tn.e.i_
as the P'bae(ls
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