Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-02 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1857

INIR. SPURGEON AT BRADFORD.

ACCIDENT FROM THE CROWD.

There was grel excitement in Bradford throughout Tuesday in
anticipation of this celebrated preacher's • sit, with a view to preach
two sermons -in St. George's Hall, in aid of the funds of Trinity
Chapel (t aptist), Horton Lane. The admission to the stalls was by
ticket ; co the galleries free. The influx of strangers frnn various
parts was very gre.t. It is believed that 4,300 le .rso-ns ware present
rt the first service. In the evening the doors were besieged for
hours before they were opened. On the opening, the rush was
tr. mendotp, Women shrieked and men shouted, and the cutwa d
por..ioo of the living wave tressed r>rward. The heavy stone
balustrade eneosing the are by the kitchen of the restaurant gave
way, and top stones five feet long and ahoy s a foot broad, with
supporting steno pil'ars, acre hurled into the t rea, smashing a
portion of the iron railing of the steps in their descent, and them-
selves also- stnash,cl A terrible cry rose at the momet,t, but, as if
by instinct, and obeying erne imt'ulse the living tid swung back w rd,
abd were thus, as if by a miracle, prevented from being percipitated
bee :long after the parapet, when fatal consequences must have
ensued from the falli 'g of misses upon ea:h ether. As it was, no
pe son was hurt ca-opt fro m the crtish and the fr'ght, and the hall
proceeded to fill, and at the p orer time the service was proceeded
with, Mr. Sp irgeon preaching rrom Ephes'ans ti. 1, " And you
bath he qu'ckenel wh3 were dead in trespa ses and sins," to
perhaps the moat crowded audience which ever assemVe I In the
building. Th 3 service ended about rine o'clock. We heir that
many were disappointed with the preacher, and also with the
parrali y shown to the distribution of the tick..ts. The collections
amounted to 4'340.

THE BLACK EAGLE, "A FOUR-MAN

POWER YACHT."

This unique craft is shipped exactly on the model of a paddle steam.
beat, and measseres about 56 feet In length by 5 feet beam ; she has
main and m'zen masts, sad carries train sail, m'zen sail, and jib, a la
schooier, if the wind tappers to be in her favour; but she is
intended to work by "man power." She is a paddle Coat ; the pad-
d:es are ph•cel on each side in the centre, and are worked by four
men at a d üble windless, standing in pairs looking forward; and,
when The handles of the windlass are worked, the men in front are •
stooping, s hi'e the na m behind are upright, alternately. The axle
which turns the paddles crosses the boat in the centre, and is worked
by means of a horizontal beam, act, d newt by the windlass, end she
progresses, in smooth water, at the ra'e of a' ont six miles an hour
It requires s x mea to wor:c the windless f,r any considerab
distance, for reliefs, and their uniform is "white trousers, blue
Guernsey frock shirts, and red caps," and the turn out is remarkably
neat. The Black Eagle belongs to the ion, George Frederick Boy'e,
brother to the Earl of Glasgow, was built at Greenock; and another
boat of the same kind, now that they have the model to work by
would cost abont £75. They tried on one eccaslon if she would
either sink or could be 'up-et ; and they filled her with water, and
seven or eight men tried to upset her lay all standing on the gunwale,
but wi bout success, as the moment the wing touch el the setter,
it so buoyed her np that both experimen's proved unsuccessful.
Some amu,tng stories are told in connection with her, of which the
tole) ting may te quoted. Going up the Clyde one evening after
d,-rk, they came to a well-known anchor age groan 1, and made fast
close under th s stern of a large screw-stea - er, and the gentlemen
rg the crew on board far ;he night. Next morning the
following colloquy was heard on board the screw :—Jack " I say,
Bill, look here, I'm blowed if the old croft han t been and got a young
'nn in the night—look at that " Bill : do she ha ; but I say, Jack,
she's e paid'e, and we're a screw." Jack : "Oh ! you never mind
that, she's a cross-breed I suppose ; but I Say, Bel, where's her
funnel ?" Bill : " Don't you see, stupid, that she's one of then 'ere
newfangled craft wot consumes their own smoke, and in consekens
they don't want no faenel." Jack : " see, Bill, in coorse ti ey
don't." Goin; up the Clyde in the dusk, they were passing a heavy
door', which h.d hailed them, and asked them to glere them a t,w
up to G'asgow, bnt, of course, t'e favour was not acceded to. Re-
turnsng from Ayr one dark night, they were keeping very near the
Trod in order to keep out of the tide, which was running strong
agzinA th sm, when ore of the Clyde tag steamers, seeing their
Heist (a regular orthodox sea light), so close to the land, very good-
nature Is steered out of her course to hail them and warn them o
their darger. " Steamer oho-o-oy l Steamer she- °soy t steerf
W.N,W., you'll be ashore," Week Eagle. " Aye, aye ; good-night."
—Fiel t.

AN APPEAL TO TEE BENEVOLENT.

(From the Liverpool Mercury, Oct. 21, 1857 )

I shou'd not feel jastido I were I at this time to apologise for
addressing yon, since the high sanction of our holy religion imposes
upon me the duty of ape t ins, and upon you Mt respon sib lity of a
considerate iuvestiga ion int ) the me, is of the case I now bring
b fore y ur no ice.

I am appointed pastor cf a large district, extending from the
west end of z, t. Jrmes's Church to the Queen's Dock, and contaLii,g
a popwation or D,uuts sows.

For this large number of people there was until recen ly no
adequate spiritual provision, bnt now, I am thankfa to say, through
the kind exertions and benevolent ass'srance of nrmyi Christiao
gentlem,n, there is a very reasonable p ospect of having a church to
con'ain 600 persons, and schoo s for 450 childrm, re-dy for use
darlag the ensuing spring. The whole scheme will cost about
4'4,400 £3,200 Is already promised, and it is expected that a
grant of about £609 sent be obt tin sd from Government, leaving £6OO
still to be obt ine3 'ram the kind friends fn Live posh Un'il this
time, however, I have no means of fulfill ng the aolemn duties of my
chsrge except by en assiduous pastoral visi ation and preaching
from house to house, and in this I am often cheered in finding
amidst bo much spiritual destitution one and anolh. r to whom " the
gospel comes not in worl only, but in power."

i have jest made a regular visitation through the whole of my
district, and I have been subjected to not a little p in at witnessing
the suff,riag of others, so much so, that I am &most ready to ray
that I cannot make another visitation of the lt,red under the same
circumstances. The temnsral condition of the peop'e In such a
district as th's must always be very humble, bat at present it is woree
then anal; a very le•ge Lumber of the poor m .n have not had half
work for the !act three months ; the prospect, therefore, for the
winter is a '.ulutel depl.r•eble. Tao whole district, wi:h few excep-
tion!, is tenantel by the very poor—icy persons who, if hey exercised
the greatest sk 11 and ace .omy in household matters, w nli Red it
very ha-d t., " provile things honest in the sight of a'l men." It is
true t• at the goad earnings of a few weeks' fo tunate labour met
with now and then are sometimes lavishly expended; bat we mus'
not expect many great and good thia!ts from peop e livin is such
uneomtort .bly small houses, and whose relgious and moral training
have been much neglected. Such persons do net came by a miracle
into good ant proper habits.

I know that a great deal of commercial depress'on has lately
existed in Liverpool, and t Latthere Is very coas:dorable apprehension
on the part of merchants and tre 'cameo for the future, yet I mast
urge you to consider the state of ill-fed and altno4t naked people of
tl.is poor district; some of these poor peop'e are driven to the last
extremities, :.nd the enfeebled cry of the hilf•et trved children is
dis'ressing beyond measure—very different from the lusty cries of
the wel.-fed children of your houses.

Tla's miserable, forlorn, heart-sickening wretch iclimis is terribly
azgravated by th, knowledge that within a few yard, of this poverty
there is en augh atilt° sure. lam sure that such heavy distress will
be severely Mt in my d strict, which has not within itself th
caotibilties of self-m tig Alen, unless lam as Aide.' in my eff tr's ',"o
relieve it, by those whose homes al., not ovetldA the abo les of
poverty.

- I am ready to ba'ieve that thong's your Christian ch trity may not
be s'rong enough to lead you to seek opportn-ities `or its exercise
that nevertheless you will respond to the call now made upon yo, to
relieve those cases of destitution brought immediately under your
novice. I bog, then, to inform you that I shat be delighted to be
ties a'moner of your bounty; and ve y gladly will I rece ve at my
residence, 40, Wesley-stree-, Toxttth-pa le, any contribu tuns of
money, feud, clothes, calico, ftre.,—anytt,ing which a kind-hearted
sympathy w Wel suggest as I k-dy to relieve the wants of the poor.
And I would enforce this appeal to your chari.y by an apostolic
argument empioyea by St. Owl in circumstanc-s somewhat analogous
Remornb x the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who% though he
was rich, yet for our sskos he became poor. that we through h',
poverty might be rich ;" and may yon never forget that as fidlowers
of Jesus Christ you are not only called upon to give oat of your
abunlanc,, but to give that which would involve so no sacrifice to
your elves, and if g'ven from a promoting love to Jesus Christ would
be a speci Illy accepted service to him who had promised a reward
to such. (a' atthew xxi, 35 to 46.)

In conclusion I can only promise that what your generosity may
give I will c •refully distribute, as I trust my a,qttaintanca with the
district places me lasyond the reach of imposit on. "Do go ,d unto
all men, but especially to those who are o" the hJuseh,,ll of faith.''
" To do Row', and to distribute farget not, for with such sacrifices
God is well pleased."

I have raver arpealed to the Chri,tian public bifo-e on tit's
subject. tut n iv/ beg to thank several kind f,i‘m -s who have helped
me in a priv de way since I have had 'he taro of this poor district.
With every protestation of respect, I remain, your obedient
servs.nt, Motu INTINCE.
40, Wesley-street, Oct. 19;1857.

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GrtRAT TASTE, at LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Lianelagh-street.

Some lids were at play a few days ato in the forest of
V, rs )ix, on the frontiers tic Soritz,rl,nd, when of a su ld• n
the)- catae across a baa constrictor, ten feet ►ong, which
was rollcd round an oak tree. Tiny attacked the s rpent
wish clubs and stones, and after some time succeeded in
kill'ng it. lc was subs:yently nscirtained that the Ina
hr d escarei fr ma a travelling mansgerie while prr ceeding
from Lass Anne to Geneva.

At LEWIS & OSIPANY'S, Ranalagh-street.
BOYS are CLOTHED fro= tb Ages of Six to Twenty Years,

THE LATE ROBBERY FROM THE COUNTESS
OF ELLESMERE.

At the Worship-street Police-court, on Thursday, Edward Jackson,
a portly well dressed man, described as an oil and colourman,
carrying on business is Leonard-street, Finsbury, and his wife An r
Jackson, were charged on suspicion of having feloniously received
various costly articles of dress which had been stolen, with a
travelling trunk, containing jewerery and other property, belonging
to the Countess of Elesmore, to the aggregate amount of £15,000.
The prisoners were also charged, in conjtmetion with Charles
Steelman, a ticket-of-leave convict, with having bma found in
possession of a further quantity of valuable property, the supposed
produce of other robberies. Mr. Lewis, jun ,of Ely-place, atteeded
on,behalf of the prisoners Jackson, and Steadman w defende tby a
-elicitor bearing the same name as himself. It appeared from the
statement of Inspector Thornton, of the A division, teat on Tuesday,
the 22nd of January last, the box in question, with its sumptuous
contents, comprising a cas- of jewe'lery and other articles of great
worth, was adroitly abstracted from the roof of a carriage during its
transit from Cleveland-square to the Great Northern Rahway,
from which the Countess of Ellesmere was about to pro reed
to Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Infor-
mation of the robbery was immediately commun'catsd to
the police, but although a reward of J6'so had been offered for the
detection of the thieves, for whose apprehension the unremitting
exertions of the beat London detectives hid been ever since directed,
the whole affair remained wrapt in impenetrable mystery, without
the slightest clue having been obtained to any p )rtion of the missing
property, until a discovery was at length made, the peculiar
circnmstances connected with which were developed in the subjoined
evidence :—Police constable Evans, G 145, stated that while on duty
in Old-street, between 1 and 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Snuffer,
the Pith inst., he met the prisoner Jackson and another man, who
hastily parted company, and moved eff in different directions as soon
as they caught sight of him. Having recognized both of them as
suspected characters, witness rapidly followed Jacasen, whom he
overtook in an adjoining street, and as he obstinat-ly refused to
disclose the contents of a bulky pee:rage which he had with him,
witness took him into custody. On searching the bundle at the
station house, he found it to contain upwards of 100 yards of ribbon,
a dozen scarfs, and sundry other expensive revile es of haber-
dashery, which the prisoner alleged he had purchased at
Bethnal Green from a man named Woodward, with whose
exact address he was unacquainted. The prisoner at the
same time enqu'red in a resentful tone what had been do 'e
with the man in his company, "as he had regularly pat him
away in the affair." Witness subsequently procee led, with
other officers, to the prisoner's house in Leon ird-street, and havin g
stealthily effected an entrance, he made his way to a small roc
behind the shop, where he found Jackson's wife in close conference
with Steadman, who was sitting opposite to her. The female prisoner
was in the act of inspecting a plated g ,blot, which she had apparently
just received from Steadman, who had some money in his hand, and
neither of them was at all aware of the unwelcome presence of witness,
until he saluted 'the hetes with the startling enquiry, " Well,
Charley, what are you do'ng here?" The prisoner faintly replied
Nothing," which Mrs. Jackson quickly modified with the remark,
"He was merely showing me this mug." Witness
the 3 questioned him with regard to the ownership of
the goblet, and trio prisoner finally accounted for it by
stating that he had picked it up in the street. After leaving
Steadman in chargelaf another officer, witness proceeded up stairs
with the female prisoner, who kept up a running tire of eomme. tary
upon his olitrusive conduct, despite of which he searched several of
her drawers, and discover ed therein various costly articles of wearing
apparel sui-able for a lady of high distinction, a portion of which had
been identified as the property of the Countess of Ellesmere, two of
, whose servants were now in attendance to give e Adence in suaport
of the charge. Lucy Danford, an upper servant in the est iblish-
ment of Lady Ellesmere, stated that she was in attendance upon her
ladyship on the occasion of the trunk having been stolen, and she felt
satisfied that the lace handkerchiefs and mantle produced had formed
a portion of the contents. Mary Anne Edling, Lady Ellesmere's
maid, who had assisted in picking up the trunk, also identifie d
several of the articles, one of which was-her lady's bridal veil of old
point lees, and which she could positively swear to from the rare
quality of the fabric, which could not now be purchased. After some
observations from Mr. Lewis to the eff_et that, according to his in-
structions, his clients would be rely prepared on a future occasion to
furnish a satiscacto y esplanation with regard to th,ir possession of the
articles. Inspector Brecknold requested a remand, far the discovery of
owners of the property which had not been identified, and which he
had rea on to ben ye, from infer nation he had just received, was the

part produce of a recent extensive burglary in the city. The
prisoners were anor ingly rernandei, but bail was accepted for the
appearance of Mr. Jackson.

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH G9EAT TASTE, at LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street.

On Wednesday a'ternoon, at five o'clock, Mr. R. Monck-
tnn Milner, and Mr. William Wood, the two members for
Pontefrae, were entertained to dinner by their coastituency
in the Town Hall Pontefract.

VERACITY OF NoaD."—This Russian journal
informs its readers that " the English troops at Delhi ere
in a more difficult position than they held before the
assault. They are in their to -n besieged by the Sepoys,
who have established themselves ia a fortified position six
miles from Delhi, after la lying cat off all communicati ru
between that place and the other great military posts
We remarked sometime ago that the military movements of
the Hindoes display a system of tactics which would do
honour to the best European generals."
A letter from Hong gong, says :—" Ie contradiction to
the Crime?, clo-:e shaving*, and not beard growing, is here
the order of the day. Tne fashion is to shave off all hair
about the face, with the exception of the moustache. The
custom in a hot climate like this is a cool and comfortable
one, and we get over the disagreeable op _ration of shaving
by nand, if affected by a native barber, who shaves you
with such skill th at the whole performance may be com-
pleted as you sleep, wi how, waking you. C.lonel Paken-
hare, the ar3jetan'-general, C aloeel Graham, of the 59th,
an I some oteera still wear their hirsute appendages; but
the two officers I have named have really such magnificent
beards that it would be a sin to immolate them."
HousEI3IIEAKING AND FEMALE HEROISM.—The Nor-
thern Ete-ign records a very remarkable instance of female
bravery occurrine near Wick. It appears that the
f,r►nhouse of lekermann, occupied by Mr. David Levack,
fish-curer and farmer, was bureleriously entered on
Saturday morning. Mr. Levack's daughter, who was
sleeping in a beicloset, was awakened by a certain noise
theaein, and observed on the window blind the Shadow of
a person movieg, back varls and forwards. Knowing that
no one had any business there at that hour, ate jumped
out of bed, seized hold of a man, and held him till her
cries awakened her father and the servants, who instantly
ran to the spot. Oa a light being obtained it was found
that the prisoner was a stranger, and that he had already
commenced the work of burglary. Tile fellow had gained
access to the house by means of entering by the kitchen
window. He was immediately apprehended awl taken to
Wiclr, and was afterwards committed to gaol on the
charges of burglary and theft.
THE LATH LION. MR. C LVIN.—In Mr. John Russell
Colvin, the late Lieutenant Governor of the north-western
provinces, the Indian Government has los-. one of its ablest
civil servants. Having passed through Haiieybary with
credit and success, Mr. Calvin became one of the civil
servants of the East India Company, at Bengal, in 1824.
He successively held the pest of assistant to the British
Resident at Hyderabad, Secretary to the Balder Court at
Calcutta, private secretary to Laird Auckland, and
Commissioner in the Tenasserim provinces ; he was
promoted in 1853 to the pest which he held at hie death.
Ho was mere especially distinguished as a judicial reformer
In a "notification," issued by Lord Canning after his
&geese, Mr. Culvia is singled out for especial praise for
his " ability, energy, an l experience," anti lamented as
one whose life, had it been spare], would have been now
more than usually valuable to the State. H.. died at Agra,
Septet's aer 9, in the words of Lord Canning, " worn out
with the unceasing anxieties ant labours of his charge,
which placed him in the very front of the dangers by
which India has recently beea threatened."
A BISHOP NO PARSON —The fallowicg strange story is
given by the Droit:—"some mon los back a bishop was
celebrating divine service at Cerunna,and amongst the con-
gregation was a retired soldier, who recognised the prelate
as a man who had served, as a oomsnon teidier, in the same
regiment as himself, and who, after long-centinuod
misconduct, had deserted. Supr sed to find a deserter a
bishop, the man made communication to the authorities
and a searching investigation was instituted. It led to the
diseovely that the liesbop, whose name is Pereira, really
was a deserter, and that after deserting he went to Portugal,
where he gave himself out as chaplain of a regirnect. As
he displayed considerable knowledge of theology and wits
of good address, he was introduced to the ecclesiastical
authorities of the district, and they, after awhile, gave him
a curacy. In this post he inguished himself by his
eloquent sermons, and after a while he was invited to
Liaison, where crowds, charmed by his eluquencs, also
flocked to hear him. At Lisbon be was b: fore long conse-
crated a bishop. In 1854 he went to Madrid, where his
fame preceded him, and there likewise be excited
admiration by his sermons. He was selected to preach on
several solemn occasions, and amongst them on anuiversa-
riee of the fatal 2ad of May. Never b.ieg ordained a
priest, he was not a real bishop ; yet he administered all
the offices of the church es if regularly ordained. Fur this
serious offence he has just been condemned to 18 years
hard labour. The P.pe having been appealed to on the
subjeetelass declared that all the ecclesiaricai acts performed
by the man shall be considered valid; but doubts are
entertained whether, in spite of this, the marriages
celebr.ted by him are valid in a legal point of view."

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, 5a119141-street.