Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-07 00:00:00

HOLSTEIN.

BRRLIN, FRIDAY. —The committee of ihe Assem-
bly of the States in Holtsein proposes simply to
reject the project for a constitution, without
`Olfering any counter proposition.

7111 i LIVERPOOL CLIPPER TRANSPORTS.

"BLACK BILL" LINE.

Th. James Baines, with the 97th regiment on board,
'Wm passed on the 17th ult., with thirty-seven sails set-
-13,,."aa5, studding-sails, alow and aloft, and moon-sail.
"'Ler progress was wonderful considering the whole.
The Champion of the Seas, with the 20th regiment on
board' was spoken at the same time, not far astern of the
James Baffles,
The o' her clipper of the "Black Ball " Line, the
Lightning, was passed this day week 140 miles S.W.
4SLcillY, or about 100 miles from the foreland in forty-six
hears.

4uulsoeen—SUNSTß' KB —A boy about 7 rears of age,
*bile running about bareheaded in the fields, was sud-
denly seized 'with illness. On being taken home and
Medical advice sumrr,oeed, it was found that he had been
tunstruck. We believe that he is at present in amy
dangerous condition —Northern, Warder.
511EPA.RTURII OF NOTED CONVICTS.—Sir John Dean
,4111, Straehan, Bites, Robson, Agar, Tester, Sawat d (alias
R the Penman), together with the notorious swindler
• eedpetb, are on hoard the Nile, convict ship ; which vessel,
xehout noon on Friday, got under weigh from the Little
et°,,ret made sail, and proceeded towards the Downs with a
senth-west wird.
Ltsn EAULDOMS.—The premier earldem of England,
"'is moment the subject of Parliamentary litigation,
Rues back no further than 1442 ; and out of the whole 540,
°til; 81°, of temporal peers, only 117 can date the creation of
er, titles earlier than 1700. From 1700 to 1800, 187
Pateor'ges were created, making a total of 804, leaving
vt.telt 236 for the 67 years of the present century, of
14,11 90 have been created since 1830.
be Tug Char JUSTICE OF NEW ZEATaND,—The Queen
ti:t.,..4en pleased to appoint Mr. George Alfred Arney, of
vie western Circuit, to be Chief Justice of New Zealand,
eaee aChief Justice Martin, resigned. Mr. Arney is
akruea of Winche,ter (which therefore becomes vacant),
hi .ists Much esteemed both for his amiable character and
eafo'n legal attainment's He will proceed to this distant
week3s: to administer its laws in the course of a few
Teas
the o,) CONVICT Becoer.—The Stamford Mercury says
.coeinlavtet Bacon has not yet been removed from the
Prlsuu in Lincoln. Since the Government deter-
treatte_
tieuvr:'" which cuts him off for life from all comrnunica-
stud
54th relatives and friends, he has chaneed his whining
doggedetstedle sanctimonious demeanour, and has become
That heY sullen and discontented, rendering it pretty clear
laeou,in bes bouyed himself up with the hope that the
trials Woolf which bad carried him through several
Plthisblll still interpose to save him from any serious
Tex Gent•
Pero_ "AT EASTERN.—A correspondent of a cotem-
be says .--As our difficulties in India, I fear, will cot
got over so speedily as we imagine, atid man more
°°P3r will be required, could not the finishing yof the
eat Eastern be expedited, her trial trips made, and, if
satisfactory taken up by Government for the conveyance' of
,:tps to India ? She might start with men from England,
Pick up more at the Cape, Mauritius, Ceylon, or `wherever
"e] were not revired. After the suppression of the
Insurrection in India she could carry a whole:army at
bran to China, and grievously astound the celestials, and
g them to their census.
lit earl Fitzhardinge is now lying without hope of recovery,
masterly dying by inches. The noble herd is fearfully
aroo(t,e'!, baving for weeks been unable to partake .of any
organice°l ease,' milk; he is entirely free from any u disease, and, indeed, is expiring from sheer exhaus-
ties • The neble lord is still in full possession of his facul
extin"d quite conscious that the spark of life may be
say eilu:sib,"l ill a ra onent, though his medheal attendants
'Painful- 4's 6ufferines, which are occasionally exquisitely
Sir M. '3
may be Protracted for several weeks. Admiral
his Ur, keley is in attendance on his dying brother, at
Less Br
rfnuest, and at present a great part of the bus!-
Att,.[....the Admiralty is transacted at Berkeley Castle.—
a Chronicle.
lit
the wiiIPEUILDING TRADE AT CUSID?,RLAND,—Daring
tr4dgreater Pertion of the present year the ship building
elb_e of West Cameerland has been greatly elepressel.
their three months ago tire masters, in consequence, gave
'O7 si•l' hands notice of a, contemplated reduction of wages
tea"ana ss, to 4e, per day. A strike was the consequence.
learti7 400 hands voluutarily ceasing work at Weitehaven,
periere'sgtou, Workington, and Marort. After a brief
110" the men resumed work at all pLces except White-
tim?, where the strike has continued up to elle present
for • Here about 120 men have remained willing idlers
of Period of 12 weeks. As the masters are not in want
1114 en, there is uo prospect of an early termination of the
te.--Sunder,'and Herald
TeevsleStiteariso.—The reduced number of steam-ships
43- a,sa,e suaiciently indicates the continuance of improved
a 3 'and for this description of property ; more particularly
IriaTea3rcli Screw steamers of the largest class. East
suit 'a,rl affairs have induced the company to engage all the
tr
3uole
large screw steamers offered for the conveyance of
-neat " to India during the last month ; some steam-ships
is
th Yet in
put
port have also been conditionally accepted for
inap3,. false. Several of the leading builders have made
fair
aut
centracta for new ships, and we experience a
as' dee3uee
pi, maul for moderate-sized screw vessels for purchese
a 6 for charter. Paddlewheel steamers, other than
eiis.new on the market being not of a class suitable to
'lll4lrjak iDquiries, will acceunt for the number of these we
~,,;(I,r, Sale.
LovE.—Tire Ballarat Times (Amstralia) says
a chil:i!,l,7l since, a little girt was carrying her brother,
Point In her arms, through the holes not far from Golden
je,a„a °ll the White Flat, when the little fellow, from
fbeiiiisstnects,:
aorrmsso,maendother cause, made a sudden spring from
plumped into an abandoned shaft ten
eptieel% Without a moment's deliberation our little
visei;eT” Jumped in to save the life of her brother, and,
theea is ,
equally gratifying succeeded. A man who witnessed
e accident harried to the spot, foetid the girl up to her
-.eel. •
eln the Water, and holding the boy above her head,
:al hailed with te ,ei;l's imploring enaeaty—' Here, you
dra 4y little brother and don't mind me.' Both were
fire erae,
themup without delay, and both were uciejured save
the cold both and wet clothes.
laottts yea are SEPOYS.—Daring the Hereford races,
"terse was visited by a c enpany of Eiblopian melo-
wilts, dressed in their usual extravagant menner, one of
11; °lll, with a long blue swallow tail coat, a collar that hid
"1;8 head, and a large pieco of painted tin with a hole
his ibs'r:3 a substitute for an eyeglass, dangling from
wielded the baton at a music stand, after
h•the usannar of aullien. While these home-made Ethio-
,lns Were amusing some carriage company near the grand
'31071,de a respectably dressed man, apparently the worse
imor, came up, looking wildly at the performers.
Ve conductor, with the air of a cericatarist, quizzed
Company through his bit of tin ; his eye fell upon the
reetritthietrtell in beer, who became terribly excited, rushed
Zta ern one after another, causing great consternation.
-e'ariug they were -- escaped ,mutineers or sepoys,
roe that he would revenge the atrocities committed upon
4i34" Countrymen in India by thrashing each of them
th true Biitish style. This continued for some minutes,
b..e Ethiopians finding it impossible to charm the rustic
twalth their music, and it was not without some difficulty
'ri,,uatde he
hall couldnati be persuaded that he had been llabouring,ucion,