Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-28 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEB,

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph'

INDIA. .
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No news has arrived from India, thong - -- dog
hourly expected ; yet it is quite possible that 0
two may elapse before it arrives.

THE.ROYAL INTERVIEW.
A despatch from Stuttgardt, dated yesterdai, 01
that the Emperor of Russia had taken the initiati
first visiting the Emperor Napoleon. aloe
The French 3 per cents. experienced another
derable rise,closing at 68f yesterday.

BELFAST RIOTS.

COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY•

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BELFAST, Saturday t
The Commissioners took their seats this dili„adot
o clock. A witness yesterday having stated that '
Town Clerk had an office adjoining the TowP.Ahl;.11"-
'so
Lindsay,
chief constable, came forward to-u_ll,
contradicted this.

Mr. James Speeres, a Presbyterian clergYnino'
that from the first Sunday in January to the c°7ls/1
meet of the riots, hs preached regularly every
13es Sfilti,
the open air, and he never encountered any 013,;.,:ter
Mr. Ramsey, Primitive Wesleyan Methodist 1"00
complained of being attacked with stones while rcts),
from in in-door service on the 'evening of tho 13t01
July, in the Romish districts.—Mr. Hirst, minister ,i 0
same denomination, also complained of a similar
on the same evening, and in the same place.
Mr. Givynn, a solicitor in Antrim, and a membe",°,oo
Orange Society since 1843, handed to the Conarnissejet!
documentary evidence containing the rules of the ;°,,,eP
and the certificate given at that time by the Bon' ":;04
Napier, Q.C., M.P., as to the legality of the soch4l
its re organisation in 1849. ciet!i
Lord Enniskillen, Grand Master of the Orange -3 og;
came forward and explained the rules of the sooiet'
cietJei,
contradicted reports to the 'effect that the so,
secret signs and passports,"and stated his rease°,,e
applying to the Hon. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ,
cure arms for the Orange Society, at the thus el
O'Brien's rebellion. et:l°
'r
Two witnesses, named McConnell and 04,
deposed to having seen Protestants attacked viith;t°o'
while passing the Romish districts, both in IL''
September.
Thomas Ward, a member of the Oran e Soo let!: 010#,
that on the morning of the 12th of July,g
members of the lodge, to the number of 80 or o.°ol
the evening to the number of 200, walked witl3°°t
emblems to church, and met with no opposition• a r
Captain-Dyer, a post-captain in the navy, $130,J0
Englishman, gave a description of a riot that occnro,
the 6:h of September, in High-street, while a fnap.ef,tDoLit
passing. He said he was present when a Roman v'
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priest officiated at the Custom-house in Dibli° uP
'c,
presence of a great number of Protestants, and
sition or riot took place.
The court then adjsuened till this day (Mond3ll'o,
BELFAS r, storiiro,,°'
Mr. Mailer, ex-Licentiate of the Presbyterian "lir
preached to-day five times in different districts °,lOOll
town to very numerous and attentive conge,g,d,
There was riot the slightest attempt at disturb?"
one of the services upwards of one thousand
were preresnt.

SOLEMN FAST FOR INDIA., ON WEDSO'
OCTOBER 7.

ers
In close connection with the subject of the st,'" tb
~r
India, the public will learn, with great satisfactioit
a day of national humiliation has been appolvte4hl)
Queen in Council, at Balmoral, for Wednesdai,
of October. The following is a
_copy of the Pra-

tion :
( The London Gazette Leraordinar y. SePtGs)
"By the Queen. A Proclamation for a Dai °`
Fast, Humiliation, and Prayer. 0 cr,
" VICTORIA R: We, taking into our most, serieul
sideration the grievious mutiny and disturbances 051!
have broken out in India, and putting Our trvil/,,
Almighty God that Fie will graciously bless Our ,00''‘f
fer the restoration of lawful authority In that fo'
have resolved and do, by and with the advice ° 11JPrivy Council, hereby command, that a Publi„
of, Solemn Fast, Humiliation, and Prayer, be 0
e..;
af(4
throughout —those parts of our Unitedfe9;
called England and Ireland, on Wednesday, the Seed
day of October next, that so both We and OJr pro
may humble Ourselves befor e Almighty GA,
to obtain pard'on of OUr.sins, and in the most elcv;cej
solemn manner send up Our Prayers and SaPPli-ff
to the Divine Majesty, for. imploring His Btessf-901;
Assistance on Our arms for the Restoration e-110!1
quility : And We do strictly charge and come3eA'vej
the said day be reverently and devoutly observe- 17',4
Our loving subjects-in: England and Ireland, °bet,
tender the favour of Almighty God. And for the giF
and more orderly solemnising the same, We 111`.°0
r,}
directions to the Most Reverend the Archbistleir'ltt
the Right Reverend' the Bishop of England and'ieeo')
to compose a Form of. Prayer suitable to this occs:iej
be used in all Churches, Chapels, and Places °`
sQe
Worship, and to take care the same be timely
throughout their respective Dioceses. 46
"Given at Our Court at Balmoral, this tWell"
th°
3?ptemb, ' ,he

o. ..?ptember, in the year of our Lord,
eight hundred and fifty-seven, and in the t`/'
year of Our reign.—GOD save tfie QUEEN. of d
A similar document has been prepared for 3
tsj,ltt
solemn fast, humiliation, and prayer for SOLI"' 01
otderrug Proelamitioa of the same to be Wade
usual way, at the Market Cross of Edinburgh.

THE NORTHERN RAILWAY ROBBER
15,51
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At the sitting of the Court of Assizes.YGai,
the public prosecutor addressed the jury illoi'lePty
of the indictment. M. Lachaud afterwards pot 01
for Carpentier, representing himas a vietl7,olV
'passion for gold. and for Stock Exchange g:gcl':lj
which characterises the epoch. He depl°';o"o4
at the early age of 25,-the " fearful. resPc'n'iVill
of the post of cashier of a great eriterprise„i• toi
Northern Railway had been imposed on li
had at first only taken shares in .the be'oft",if
by the use,of them he might realise a large' ti ”e 0
and his firm intention had been to resteri43ofliff
The learned advocate passed in review all
regarding the prisoner, representing al e;1'1"P
favourable a light as:Possible, and cf:,-.y..1
by imploring the indulgence of the Jude off
the course of his speech the learned ge-roAfi,
made some sharp observations on the
is which -the advocates employed by rid 6d'
tier in the T.Tnited States had. acted, t,i; of 9{
that their:" wretched subtleties" and In°";130,1)?
vocacy has so disgusted the prisoner, dill:, of o,
resolved to give himself up to the jilsli,iet'6 el
country. During all the time the
n_ °ain't:oo'lV
speaking Carpentier wept bitterly. M. v;;,,
pleaded for Grellet, and dwelt folgi
hi 9
fact, as an extenuating circumstance, in - aO.
that. he had mide the fullest disedosur';,ol,,,,it4
Dufaure then proceeded to address th°,;lBV
Pared, and he had. not concluded wherl3l"
rose.

:Of'd
DEPARTURE CP M. CEI,HOLM ANSON. ": ertitolo4
KONG.—Mr. T. Cliisoim .A.,,s,ey, our a'torn6sl:9 ow. rt!
having been absent about seventeen Mantbs, pr„ro,
his second leave of absence—in this install bio„q:r
months, we understani—and having sold off s'to P;pb,:t
tare and given up his how, he left for Calcitt logioY*o
Lancefield. Mr. Henry Kingsrnill, the youngr 'clotoi
of the bar, succeed, as acting attorney-genera"t int
general impression that Mr. Anstey does 0° Or
return here, but to settle in India,— Hong"lig
Register,