Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT.

Yesterday the Coroner held the following inquests :
On the body of Jane Carter, aged 49 years, who resided
at 38, Hatfield•street. She was subject to a bad cough
for a ion; time past. She was found dead in bed on
Monday morning. Toe jury found a verdict of died of
natural causes. •

On the body of Owen Mackin, a dock labourer, who
died in consequence of injuries be received by a fall into
the Bandon Graving Dock from on board the Great
Britain, having been thrown down by the falling of a bale
of wool against him. The inq test was adjourned to this
day, in order t) produce some witnesses, whose attendance
could not be procured yesterday.

E xclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Years.

LEW IS & Coll.?ANN".lt.,of•lagh street.

THE " Cipr op Tosc:, as."—Lieutenant 11.mper, of the
Arctic expedition, found at Fart Simpson an Indian woman
whose name was' Thirty-six Tongues." It is to be hoped
that her husband was deaf and dumb.

"A FRUlraor, VINS."—NT,nes Capatack, late of Dol.
phinholme, but now of Bradford, recently pail a visit to
some of her relatives in Lancaster. She is 82 years of
aga, and has had ten children, sia'y-sis grandchildren, and
thirty-seven great-gratEcttillren. She is at present strong
and healthy, she can sew, knit, and even read small print
without the aid of spectacles.

APPROACHING MARRIAG2 IN THE HIGHER LATITUDES.
—One of the aged freemen recently elected to fill o3e of
the cottages on the Freeman's C3MMID, being of the ma-
ture age of ninety-five, and feeling himself lonely at
the Knighton Gate, is about to espouse a grave lady of
the age of eighty-eight. Should she be the longer liver,
being a freemen's widow, she will be entitled to a rever-
sion in the eotfage and pension under the act of parliament.
—Leioester Mercury.
fiza MAresTv's " Moaximo."—The Queen of the
Belgians had told her molter that the Queen always drank
a glass of iced water at ten o'clock ; in consequence of
which one of the attendants at that hour broeght her a
waiter, on which were a dec enter and two glasses, but this
she declined, an lit was placed on a table. The Q seen of
the French saw this, and guessing the reason, told the
Prince de J )inville to pour out a glass, and offer it to her
Majesty, which 1p did, and it was forthwith accepted.
Thee came Lord LiverpoJl, wh) had not observed this,
hurrying in with another glass of water, but it was
too late for the exemise of his pat.—Journal of T.
Raikes.

Tuts IfoinAvtAx ELEcrums —Telegraphic despatches
from Constlntinople announce thi reccip,, by the British
and Austrian Ambassadors, of the fresh instructions from
their resp'ctive governments, by which they are ordered to
demand of the Porte conjointly with the representatives
of the other four Powers, that the Moldavian elections
should be annulled. It is added, that before obeying these
orders, the two Ambassadors thought it their duty to
make a fresh representation to their Courts. There ap-
pears not the least doubt of the sat'sfactory arrangement
of the affair, the Sultan having declared his willingness to
conform to the decision of the six Powers as socn as that
should be nnaninvms. It seems pretty certain that
Kepriali Pasha will be Vizier. This bias is decidedly
French. I am assured that the French Government's
latest instructions to M. Thouvenel are to be as concilia-
tory as possible in his manner of transacting business, and
carefully to spare the susceptibilities of Lord Stratford and
Baron Prokescb.

Tgs New &ALUM GOLD FIELDS.--By the last advioes
from Nelson it would appear that the population is
flocking from the other provinces to the Aorere gold
fields, which, if it does not aff)rd such " stunning" yields
as those of Victoria, at least enables the generality of
diggers to obtain a fair wage for their labour. Men
who are both willing and able to work are, in the
great majority of cases so far successful as t 3 pursue their
work cheerfully, and to be well satisfied with their earnings.
Many of the diggers are making, it is reported, front £1
103 to £2 a day, while the earnings of others are much less.
Upwards of 600 persons are represented as being at work,
and the Wellington papers present us with many adver-
tisements of cutters and schooners bound for the auri.
ferons and more attractive side of Cook's Strait. As at the
other gold &ids the prices of provisions at Aorere have
risen to a golden figure. Flour was quoted at £35 a ton ;
potatoes scarce at 9s per ewt.;*, and mutton 103 per
quarter.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh street,
BOYS are CLOTIIED from the Ages of 6 to 20 Tears)

THE CLIPPER aHIP LIGHTNING AT
GRAVESEND.

GRAND DEJEUNER, ON MONDAY.

The enterprise and energy of Liverpool merchants have
always been made available in the crisis of war; and the
service performed by our mercantile marine—and more es-
pecialy by the noble ships frequenting our port—during
the late obstinate struggle with RliSia• were of the most
essential importance to the interest and success of our
armies. Now th it we are at war with another enemy,
even more distant from our shores, the Government and the
East India Company are displaying their wisdom by
chartering the finest and the fleetest ships for
the conveyance of troops to the scene of action.
Messrs. James Baines, and Co., have been singularly
honoured by the Beard of, Control, for, after having
chosen two of the Black B all Line of Australian '
clipper ships, they have now taken up a third—the
Lightning. The Lightning is familiar to the Mersey, and
would in our river only excite a moderate share of the
wonder bestowed upon those " huge leviathans of the
deep;" but in the Thames it becomes a matter of great
interest and moment. This may perhaps be attributable
to something more than the symmetrical beauty or vast
proportions of the vessel itself, for it is destined to carry
to a campaign, the duration or ferocity of which cannot
yet be foreseen, a considerable number of British seldiers
ready to endure the toils of a sanguinary war, or the
worse horrors of a pestilential climate. Yesterday it,
embarked depots from the Bth (the King's), 16th, 29th,
32nd, 35th, 53rd, 60th (rifles, Ist battalion), 75th, 82 id,
and 84th. Anxious to do healer to the interesting
occasion, the Messrs. Baines determined to hold a grand
dejsaner on board their favourite clipper, now stationed
at Gravesend; land, with that view, invitations were sent
out to the following distinguished persons :
The Duke c f Cambridge, E trl of Ellenhorough, E trl of
Harrowby, E of Hard wicke, Earl of Cardig in, Lord Par_
mere, l‘Ljor-General HO). Sir .1. Sc trlett, Right Hon.
V. Smith, Hon. B. Disraeli, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Monsell,
Hon. Colonel Gordon, Hon. Colonel Macdonald, Hen. F.
A. Chichester, R. D. Mangles, Esq., M.P. Caairman
of the H. E 1. C., Colocel Sykes, E. J. Dentin, Major-General
Vivian, Director of the H. E. L C , Sir John Ramsdeu, M.P.,
Sir George Airey, Sir B. Hawes, Sir H. B. Walker, Sir. J. M.
F. Smith, Sir G. Clerk, Sir W. F. Williams, Sir C. Yorke,
Sir F. AL Berkeley, Sir F. R igers, Sir J. C. Melville,
Admiral Sir G. Seymour, Colonel Eden, Captain &hem-
beef; R.N., C apt. Locke, E. I. Co., A. Smith, Mr. A.
H. Layal d, &c.
Owing to some irregularity in reference to the distri_
bution of the invitations, many of the above failed to
grace the occasion with their presence. Early yesterday
afternoon it was telegraphed from the War-Office that
the Duke of Cambridge would, in all probability, attend,
but:his Royal Highness was subsequently prevented, in
consequence of being called to the distribution of some
military colours at Shorncliffe.
Doubtless some of our readers will feel interested in
knowing the dimensions and some of the performances of
the good ship Lightning. She was built by Donald
Mackay, of Boston, in the spring of 1854 ; her length
from stem to stern is 246 feet ; her extreme breadth, 44
feet ; and depth, 24 feet. She is 2,036 tons builders'
measurement, and 1,463 tons new register. Her poop is
92 feet long, and the saloon 86 feet ; the latter is elegantly
fitted up with paintings on glass and china; it has more
the appearance of a gentleman's drawing.room than a
ships' cabin; the decorations alone cost upwards of
£2,000. There are ten commodious family state-rooms,
and ten rooms for single persons ; a first-rate piano is
also provided for the use of the passengers. Her 'tween•
deck accommodation for second-class and intermediate

passengers is 176 feet long, 40 feet broad, and eight feet
high, which is the loftiest of any ship afloat. She carries
36,000 gallons of water—or about 160 tons—in iron tanks.
Her height of mainmast, from deck to truck is 157 feet,
and her main-yard is 93 feet long. The total cost
of this magnificent vessel was 1:30,000, and her
performance cpite justify this large sum paid for
her by her spirited and enterprising owners.
She sailed from Liverpool on her first voyage to
Aust-alia, on the 14th May 1854, and arrived back on the
23r1 of October, m sking the voyage in five months and
eleven days—the passage home being the shortest on
record, viz., sixty-three days, thus avera Ting 240 nautical
miles per day. Her passages out have baen respectively
seventy-six, severity-two, eighty, sixty-eight, and six-
eight days; and home -s'x y-three, eighty, eighty-three,
and eighty-three days, Her greatest tray's run was 430
nautical miles, or about eighteen knots an hour, and she
ran, in seven consecutive days, 2,188 knots.
The greatest rue she hag ever made in 24 hours, by
observation, was on the 27th February, 1855, and amounted
to 390 knots, equal to 445 statute miles, being an average
of 161 knots, or 19 miles per hour, during the whole day.
At the same time, in eight consecutive days, she ran
2,158 knots. Daring her last voyage but one, in seven
consecutive days, from 28th June, to 4th July, 1856, she
ran, by ob-ervation, 2,188 kn,ts, or 2,553 statute miles,
being an average, during the week, of 13 knots, or rather
more than 15 statute miles per hour ; and in the last 25
days of the voyage, she ran 6,958 knots, or 8,118 statute
miles, (1,000 miles mo-e than twice the distance from
Liverpool to New Yerk), being an average of 11 knots,
or 13,-r, statute miles during the whole time. We believe
the records of the performance of clipper ships show no
parallel to thi?. Her shortest passoge from Liverpool to
Melbourne was her last but one-68 days 10 hours—and
her quickest passage borne was the first she ever made,
and was accomplished in 63 days.
The following parricalars of the speed of the Lightning
on her last homeward passage are interesting :

DISTANCE SAILED IC tCH MEEK.
Mg 11 to May 15 740 miles.
16 „ 22 . 1376 „
)) 23 „ 29
30 to June 5 . .•
it _ _ t,

June 6 „ 12
f f 13 „ 19
~ 20 ' , 26 .
~ 27 to July 3 . 1072 „
July 4 „ 10
f t 11 ft 17 .. . ... ... . • 1723 „
„ 18 „ 24
f f 25 to ... ...... . 1115 ,
Aug.
. ,

15,065 miles.

THE RUN,
From Melbourne to Cape Horn
Cap, Horn to the Equator 25 „
Equator to the Az )res
Azores to Liverpool ...

82 days.
75 days on the starboard tack.
SPEED.
Longest run in 24 hours ... .. 384 miles.
Shortest ditto
The Lightning yesterday displayed gay bunting from
the truck to the deck, and the beautiful vessel altogether
wore a pleasant holiday appearance. Shortly after two
o'clock in the afternoon, the company, numbering about a
hundred, having all arrived on board, a cold collation of the
most superb description was served up in the 'tween-
decks, Mr. Mackay occupied the chair, and Mr. Baines
the vice. After the repast had been concluded,
The Chairman said : -It is a very amiable phase in our
nation, that wherever Englishmen meet on any festive
occasion, that their first impulse, after thanking Gad for
their creature comforts, is to drain a bumper to the health
of their Queen. Nov, if this holds true on ordinary
occasions, with how much more enthusiasm will you now
drink to the toast within these wooden walls which, ere
sunset to-mm)w, will be filled by our gallant countrymen
who are going to the East to vindicate the supremacy
of her Crown.
The toast was drunk with all the honours.

The Chairman next said—l am sure nothing that I can
say will enhance the esteem felt for the Prince Consort by
the English nation. His position at first was a most deli-
cate one, but his own solid worth and homely wisdom has
earned him a pllce in English history that all might envy.
I trust that the children may all inherit their parent's
virtues. If they do, whaever in the providence of Gad
mounts the throne, will find that they, like their excellent
mother, will stultify the poet's adage, "that uneasy lies
the head that wears a crown." Indeed, we all prize every
member of the royal family so much, tLat I may b 3 per-
mitted to change the usual toast and drink to the Prince
Consort and the 8100 l Royal of England.
This toast was warmly responded to.
_ _

The Chairman said—lt would indeed require an utter-
ance to which I have no claim to do justice to the toast
of the "Tbe Army and Navy." Whatever diff,r-
eine of opinion may exist as to the detail of their admi-
nistration, there is none about our confidence in them
in the hour of trial. We feel that, " though their swords
are ten thousands, their bosoms are one."

They are true to the last of their blood and their birth,
And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.

It is true that .the foe which they have now to contend
with is only the cruel, merciless, and treacherous Sepoy ;
and I believe the most merciful command, at such a
time, is "Smite--smite—smite !" till the dead alcrm
the dead, for the British Lion can and must crush the
Bengal tiger. But at the same time let us not forget that

those unfortunate people have never had the light of our
glorious Gospel brought home to their minds, and while
exacting the mist signal reparation for their atrocities,
let us evidence our Christian principle by tempering judg-
ment with mercy, not forgetting that the God whom we
adore has said. " Vengeance is mine, I will repay." There
is not a soldier now afhat that will long ere he reaches
India have heard of the glories of Plessey, Assay°, Meanee
and Hyderabad, and live in the hope they may see the
name of Campbell added to those of Clive, Wellington,
and Napier. God grant it ; and when we see among them
those on whose breasts hang the medals for their glorious
deeds at Alma, Inkeiman, and Sebastopol, rest assured that
those whom the horrors of the Crimea could not paralyse,
will not quail tinder the fiery sun of Hindostan. I couple
with the toast the names of Colonel Elea and Captain
Schomberg. (Applause.)
Colonel Eden briefly acknowleJged the compliment on
behalf of the army.

Captain Schoenberg said : Ladies and gentlemen, for
the navy I have the honour to return you thanks, more
especially at this time when the army is going forth to
fight our battles. I hope I may say for the navy they are
always ready for peace or war when called upon, and I
hope in whatever circumstances, however difficult, they w 11
be well worthy of the toast now drunk. (Cheers.)
The Chairman then said—lt is a fortunate thing that
the indignation of John Ball rare!), assumes a more
dangerous form than a good honest grumble, and far better
this than raising barricades, or popping at your neighbours
across the street, like our more warlike friends across the
channel. Well, I need scarcely tell you that the Directors
of the East Iddia Company are at present enjoying all the
benefit of the British safety valve. Luckily, however, there
is noble substitution of jasece in our wrath, and when we
discover we have made a mistake, the reaction is stronger
than the fit. It is not quite six months ago since the East
India Company was one of the most wonderful facts in
English history. Nay, it was our chief pride to point out
the wisdom and moderation of our great merchant princes'
rule in India, which for a hundred years has been increas-
ing in wealth and prosperity. Be in a moment a change
came over the spirit of our dream, and what no ono
foreseen, save the prescience of that wonderful man Sir
C. Napier, is now converted into a crime against the
Directors. To my mind it appears like a fire in a joiners
shop. When the first spark was lit, if it had been trampled
out firmly and decisively we might have lived on for another
hundred years, but the elements of combustion were at
hand, and once it gat head it buret into a conflagration,
which has now a mo,t alarming appearance, bet when the
bond of cohesion is cat asunder, will sink down beneath
the onward tread of the European. Sorrow may endure
for a while, but rest assured that the result will be to
consolidate the B,itish rule on the ruins of Hindoo
fanaticism and Mahonedan snaerstition. With this toast
I associate the name of Mr. Mason. (Applause.)
Mr. Mason, H.E.1.0 S., said—M.r. Chairman. I feel
myself deeply indebted to you, sir, for the kind manner in
which you have singled me out to respond to the toast
which has been so cordially drank, for the Hon. E.I.C.
Sir, the E.I.C. is a curious body, as you indicated in the
commencement of your speech. I regret, sir, that there is
no one, crttioelly speaking, belonging to the Hon. M.O.
constitutionally present here to-day to hear the speech that
you have made, a❑d to respond to it in a becoming manner.
I may, therefore, sin take upon myself to say, that the
chairman of the E.[ C. had commissioned his private
secretary, my young friend on my left, to state for him—
and I believe he did state—in fact, I heard him say, that
he felt great regret that the pressure of public business
prevented him being here to-day. (Hear, hear.)
I take this opportunity of saying this much, as you
have been kind enough to i lentify me with the Hun. E.1.C.,
I will not venture to follow you throughout what you
have so kindly said about the Company— t would ill
become me so to do. And, now, sir, I may say, that
the Hon. East India Company, is the prop3rty of histo-y,
and history has literally done that great b ,dy justice, and
indeed I have not the slightest doubt under all the circum-
stances than, and he would not be behind hand -in giving
the Hon. Company its .due—(hear, hear)—he would not
be behind hard in lashing her if she had not done her
duty. I speak in the female sense, for lam old enough to
recollect when the Company had what is called a " hus-
band." (Laughter.) lam sure she will not be sparing of
praise if by the exertions we are now in some degree
met to celebrate, they turn out auspicious. (Cheers.) Sir,
it has been said, and truly said, that India is the brightest
jewel in the British crown, and rest assured that those
members to whom the brightest jewel has been entrusted,
and still remains entrusted, will never be suffered to be in
the slightest degree tarnished. Sir, the exertions which
the H.E.I. C 3. have made to seal out troops, it has been,
I may say, their good fortune to have among
their transports two very splendid vessels. We
have now the pleasure of being on board
the third which it has been their good fortune to
take up, and I am quite satisfied that those gallant sons
of England that have been destined to go out in those
magnificent vessels, will have a splendid passage—that
they will have every comfort that can be afforded to them
throughout the whole of their journey, and that they will
be landed in India, I em satisfied, so far as the enterprising
and energetic owners of tie Black Ball Line can manage,
and is the least possible time, and in the best
condition. (Cheers, and hear, hear.) Sir, I am quite sa-
tisfied, if it were possible, the present colonel of the regi-
ment to the private soldier that they would express
their thanks if it were correct in them to do to for the
manner in which ample provision for their comfort has
been made on board this splendid clipper. If it wore
possible now for them to givo expressim to their feelings,
I am sure it would b 3 in one unanimous vote
of thanks for the very great care that has been
taken to meet all their requirements. (Bear, hear.)
And, therefore, sir, it is due to the spirited owners of
this most excellent vessel that I should, in some measure,
reciprocate their kindness to our countrymen about to
sail on a long voyage, by proposing " Success to the
Black Ball Line of Liverpool and Australian ex Royal
Mail Packet-ships," and I have particularly to request
that this highly influential and numerous company will
join wi:h me in drinking this toast with all the honours
due to it.

The toast was drunk with the ut nost:*enthusiasm and
bursts of cheering repeated in succession, and loudly tes-
tified the gratitude that was felt towards Messrs. James
Baines & Co. for the admirable arrangements on board
the Lightning.
Mr. James Baines, on rising to respond, was greeted
with loud cheers. He said : Mr. Chairman, for the very
kind terms in which Mr. Mason has proposed, anti ladies
and gentlemen, for the c rdial manner in which you have
drunk success to the ;Black Ball line, I beg to return
you my grateful acknowledgments. It would, indeed, be
pure affectation on my part if I professed not to feel a
degree of pride in the line of packet-ships with which I
have the honour to be connected in, and on board of one
of which you are now assembled. (Applause.) And I
think you will feel with me that our line, at least, is an
exception to the prophecy of those who, when we entered
the Australian trade, and had shipping constructed by
old and well-known builders, said that we should never
succeed. (Hear, hear.) When we had our ships built,
they were looked on as the very romances of navigation,
but I think the period has arrived when even those who
were against us Rill admit that we were right in our
views, and that consequently they were in error in theirs.
(Hear, hear.) It requires a person to have a knowledge
of emigrant ships of former days to enable them to appre-
ciate the benefit that the emigrant now receives by
embarking on board such a ship as that in which we
are now met. It would, indeed, be wrong in me to take
entirely the credit to our firm for the very many improve-
ments that have been effected in this an I other ships of
our line. We are very much indebted to the emigration
officers at the port of Liverpool, and especially to Capt.
Schomherg, for many, very many of the improvements
and the comforts that have been introduced on board, not
only on our own ships, but those of other lines sailing from
the port of Liverpool. To the East India Company, in
having honoured us with their confidence in taking up
three of our ships, we feel most deeply grateful, and are
proud of the distinc,ion conferred upon us. (Cheers.)
Nothing has been, or will be left undone on our part, to
contribute to the safe and comfortable conveyance of so
many of our brave countrymen, to uphold the dignity
of our Sovereign in the East—(loud cheers)—and I hope
in a few short months we shall have such news as will
prove that the Hon. East India Company were not wrong
in placing their confidence in us. (Loud cheers.)
The Chairman : Permit me, by way of supplementing
my partner's remarks, to observe one fact which shows
you what energy can and will do. Donald 111-Kay was
in our office in Liverpool on the 7th of September, and
this vessel, on board of which you now are, was ready to
be launched at the Christmas following—(cheers)—after
he had to make his passage to Besto , and there make
all his arrangements, and the drawingswand plans for her
construction. (Cheers.) I am jealous of this subject,
for, although Donald APRIL), hails now from Boston, he
was by birth a British subject, and I discovered a short
time ago that he was of Scotch connection—(laughter)—
our common parent having been hanged about 150 years
ago for the gentlemanly accomplishment of sheep-stealing.
(Roars of laughter.)
Captain Schomberg, R.N., said : Mr. Chairman, ladies
and gentlemen, I am before you to-day to perform a very
pleasing duty—one that in the whole of my life time I
have never before had to carry out. Captain Enright,
I have been requested by the cabin passengers of the
Lightning, on your last voyage to Melbourne, to present
to you a token of their grateful remembrance and respect.
Yon have been hurried away from Liverpool, so that I
have been unable to fulfil my duty to you there—in the
Mersey. I have followed you to the Thames, to prove to
you that it is no small gratification to a captain in the
British Royal Navy to present a captain in the mercan-
tile navy who has circumnavigated the globe in uniform
success and great skill in the grateful acknowledgement
of those whose lives were in your hands. (Hear, hear,
cheers.) With your permission, ladies and gentlemen, I
will now draw your attention to the sentiments of cabin
pusengers In the Lightning on her last outward voyage,

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Ship Lightning, off Melbourne, AP
emenr. conveyedlieedham ns in the following Fr
Cant. Sehomberg, R.N. wed jl
My Dear Sir,—We are, by God's blessing, just all
destination, after a most favourable pawage.
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Our exoelleut friend and captain, Captain Enright, has
oso
regard of the passengers, that those of us who occupY the_d,
presented him with an address, and have subscribed a I"
purchase of a chronometer for him. efej
We are desirous that this chronometer should be pub'
tie*
Capt Enright on his retire to Liverpool, and I are ow—
'
by my faiow passengers to request that you will kindly
the presentation to him.
/r>
I have never met with a man in Capt. Enright's posit-^ iII
folly deserved a testimonial of this kind—" An accomPli'"
sailing his ship with the, canvas and spied of a 901°' #
admired his vigilance, wondering when he contrived to to
enough to seaport nature. Never since wa left England 700
been without " Royals set "—abstemious in his habits,_f4to
exhilarated with wine. Capt. Enright has never been niell4
an oath or profane expression, and has set a good Oaalr _
manifest respect for everythmg connected with religion.
Trusting you will pinion the trouble we are imposOeff
beg to remain, my dear sir, faithfully yours,
(Signed) R. W. tarp,'
geti
That, ladies and gentlemen, is a letter from 3r, te'l
(Hear, hear.) There remains but little for 310/41ti
That these are the qualifications that a searaloalidi
possess no one will doubt. (Hear, hear.) 113 d Pri
sess a character for even firmnes,i, kindness s':010,
ness and, above all, the crowning quadtsoilli
judgment. Long may you live, Captain Eur4h!fot
these qualifications—(cheers)—and I hope
continue to practice them on the sea. Ne,
afford to lose a son in 1857—particularly
circumnavigated the globe so trequantly, a,
uniform success as you have. I present to
costly and elegant chronometer, and it is wit!
feeling, sir, that I do so, as a captain in the
(Loud cheers,) I have new done my du;
Enright ; I have, however, yet another WI
I regret to say that Captain Enright has di
give up the command of the Lightning on
This is a great loss, for his ship has now to
service of carrying troops to the East to
Indian possessions there, and this is the ve,
his services are specially required ; yet I
that the spirited owners of this line of ships
an able successor in Captain Burns. Her nal
lating—Lightning—the men only are wanted
sure that there will be no lack of energy of
Captain Burns, or his officers and men, and
earnestly that the same providential hams
guarded and guided Captain Enright in his
guide and guard Captain Barns in his—(hear
I earnestly hope that it may please God
Hanger, his non-commissioned officers and in
in health and vigour, to render conspicuous
Majesty the Queen and the country. (Loud
cheers.) I feel, ladies and gentlemen, extreme
to you all for your patience and attention.
ary pleasure that I have had to-day. I gene
deal in stern matters of duty; but I have
that duty to a day of pleasure, and I
to Loadon to obtain pleasure, which I have '
I; thank you, one and all, for having affo)
delight of appearing amongst you on so
occasion on board so noble a ship. (Loud
Captain Enright, in returning thanks,
wholly unfit to deliver a speech, or to utter
appropriate words. He could only say hi
honoured in being presented with such a test ,fo
he did not deserve it, as he had only endeavoure',,
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duty conscientiously, while the duty itself ha"
him a pleasure. (Cheers ) ad
Capt. Burns also returned thanks. He said 10 e
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appointed to the command of the noble ship, aad
only promise he would do his best to render 01l ,„
worthy of the situation, while he should enlP''"oti°l
ability in taking the ship to her port of dest" „
quickly as possible. tae
The Chairman then said—The toast I am abe,
pose, as has been before remarked, seems to nabatt,
placed upon the banqueting list on the principle th
who are last shall be first, The Press, whi°4-18
known as the Fourth Estate, really controls l'spri
three ; and I believe that the benefit whieb„,coed
enjoys from its freedom and indeendence, is 713ig
price. No doubt errors will occur; for what ig
but a record of human imperfections, but they test 09
as to be quite exceptional. There is no better iitioloi
real state of a nation's principles than the en?;‘,6-fa!,
the Press, and the high sentiments of our Pn,brinitiej
have established such a distaste in the palm° „§, 1,4
anything tending to dishonesty or licentiouso, Or
papers of their class can scarcely lift their heau''
This toast was duly honoured and responded
us. (Applause.) 0104
The Chairm in next proposed the health of btiO
the chief Emigration Officer, at London, w""B3lfr,
kindness and strict attention to his duties, had
many lives as Sampson destroyed. 092
Captain IVl'Leau returned thanks. He said he
sensible of the honour conferred upon him in t", 081,0
which had been proposed in such a flittering
the Chairman. He had been long acquainted 0.0 di
SI
enterprise of the merchants of Liverpool, and tatri
success and prosperity of the Black Ball Line; u"; 10,0111
same time he could not forget the great enterP%
the merchant shipowners of London in conneeti°4
the Australian navigation. They were the first Pe'
in the great emigration mwement ; and when Ulf trill
chants of Liverpool found that the importance ;dirt
colonies had becomekuch as to warrant develop l 'esira
resources, they-hadMtered the work with all the On
prise which the English merchant was known to Pow.,
and their name in consquenee had now become aloe
with the passenger interests throughout the
(Applause.) cop
Toe toast of " The Ladies," and seine perSoll9'.ol,o
meats were then passed, after which the ~cfp3oll
separated, carrying with them a pleasant re°`;,
and departing, no doubt, " wiser than they came. oar
[ Che preceding aprea-el in our Extra Editl°l2
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THE LATE LIEUT.-COLONEL YULE, ()11
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A. civilian gives the following particulars of the
this gallant and able officer:— i ;1
" Poor Yule's body was not found till next morn-11,
had both thighs broken by muszet balls, a !OIL, bed
the head just over the eye, his throat cut, and ".0
much gashed, besides other cuts on the head, 'osio
supposed that when knocked off his horse he /14'1,4
his hands to save himself. Four of his men Abe
dead beside him. Poor fellow, I was in hopes ''',;(l
have been very shortly a C.B. ; to well deser/ trolo
mark of distinction, for no officer ever took nicireo 3io
or was at more expense to join his regiment tbs Odd
whenever there was a likelihood of anything to a°„' Oro,
at this time he was on leave in Cashmere, but 0100
dak all the way to be in time to take the coalman d j°
9th till Colonel Grant came up. His poor wife es ell
family are at home.
" Our friend James Fairlie had a narrow 044
men fired at him on the day of the mutiny, 58 ets
lodged in the saddle. He owes his life to a native iitOp
who took him off the parade and hid him in the 4 0
during the night, and got him into the barrael.,
morning, where he was delighted to find his brothBo.lol`
" The men out here, who were also out in the 0,
say that was a joke to this.
" Oa the 23rd of June they were firing from 5 -,„0:0
7 p.m. Sickness is on the increase, and it' the trtre
to remain before Delhi after the rains set in, t'"
be sad accounts of both men and officers."
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The following is a letter from Peshawur, date- ;00411
of June last, written by a soldier, of the 87th Ite4bieti
6, Dear Sister,—This country is in a very tre"0,,,r14
state, the native troops throughout this, the Beeg„ey
dency have mutinied, there is not a station but t'peolp
committed the most unheard of cruelties, and 8: itt
at Meerut and Delhi. They turned out of Meer0:40001
last and barbarously murdered every European t''of
lay hold of, and before the European soldier 3 (of
station heard of it. had killed 200 persons of etjiltit
without regard to age or sex. It would be imPe'" tow
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me to attempt to give you the least idea of the --ll fi
which they have acted. They then set out 1`)-foryt:114
and possessed themselves of that large and strong a 0001
where they received every encouragement froe-, 0700
King residing there. This King was support beet fl to
Company who allowed him thousands a year; bno
is now on the eve of falling, and will soon be of
The native troops stationed there were discnveb'idipi
most horrible plot, and if they were all agree tO org
would have succeeded, for those who did not agr,'-od sitto/
plot promised secrecy ; bat fortunately their (101100 elf.
frustrated. It was about 9 o'clock at night wnres:AA
news reached us ; we stood to arms and prepared t".O frrit
them, but they did not trouble us. We remained lae°'oo.
under arms, and proceeded next morning to disarreAool;oo
which we succeeded ; there were seven regiments."ted, Air
and there were three regiments that were tre' tee
they are loyal yet, still there were numbers 0, Orly
armed that deserted, and a large number of tbe'ooBo
up, of whom several were sentenced to severf„' i'1„1309
ment. There is a scaffold erected on the plai.,l t_A"
twelve of them have been hanged at one time, 117,0c1P;411'
more at another time; forty-two have been e yet 'OlO
be shot, and that was the most horrible death I -a piSelf,
nessed. They were brought out ten at a time, Ow, Vol
before the guns, where they were blown into the
limbs flying in all directions, scarcely a pound °awe j 4
their bodies left together, so their remains be,,,,bero
prey of vultures and jackals. There are nu'ationyt
custody. We are certainly in a dangerous sit%
only get one night in bed as the duty becomes 'with tit
and then we must lie in bed in our clothes hafeif
muskets beside us ; and, to add to our trouble,li 4.3„ opt
find a strong guard over the families of the 0043'0 fri,of
there is not soms speedy assistance sent Or;og
Europe, we have a poor chance of mainta
ground."

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