Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

By British an 4 Irish Magnetic Tele:g7aph.

IPSWICH RACES.—YESTERDAY,
NANDICAY OF a BOYS.
Delusion
Three ran:

SUFFOLK HANDICAP•

Verona ..... I Tyre 2 I Malakoff ... ..3
Ben Nevis's jockey was thrown, and is seriously hurt.
Six ran.
SWEEPSTAKES.

by Harkaway..l I Glimpse . ...2 I Silvertail 3
MEMBERS' PLA.TE.

Amelia .
WINTERS' STAKES.
No race.

The ground was bard.
ENTRY FOR QUEEN'S GUINEAS (TO• 103 RUN FOR THIS DAY).
—Polestar, Pretty Boy, Hamlet, Odd Trick, Verona, Neva,
Tyre, Clarendon, Amelia, and Barbarity.

HEREFORD RACES.—YESTERDAY.
HEREFORDSHIRE STAKES.
Oakball 1 Odd Trick .... ,2 I Grey Pyrrhus.. 3
Five ran.
LICENSED VICTIIALLERS' PLATE.
Delaine • I Gen; Bosquet ~5 I Alembic 3
Six ran.

LATEST BETTING.

BT. LEGER.
6 to 4 agst Blink Bouny

STOCKTON RACES.—YESTERDAY.
MEMBERS' PLATE.
Minnie 1 I Peto .. 2 I Breeze ........ 3
Four ran.
IMPERIAL STARES.

Intercidona
Five ran.

GREAT FIRE.—On Wednesday afternoon, a fire of a
serious character, attended with a vast destruction of pro-
perty, took place in the premises belonging to Mr. Spratt,
a builder and saw-mill proprietor, situated in Langton-
place, Brixten, London. The building in which the
misfortune commecoed, was of considerable extent, and
stretched in one direction upwards of fifty feA, and in the
other between thirty and forty feet. The place was fitted
up with most expensive goods and the stock contained
therein was of great value. This range of buildings was
used as the factory, and were adjoining the steam sew-
mills and counting-houses. Owing to the infiammabl e
nature of the stock-in-trade, the fire travelled, comps• tii_
tively speaking, with the rapidity of lightning, so the ,r in
less than five minutes after the outbreak, the entire
length and breadth of the manufacturing premiser
presen-
ted a general sheet of flame, and the conflagr'
ation was
attacking with the greatest rigour the steae
.n saw-mills
and other buildings. For some time the r
.eatest excite-
ment prevailed in the neighbourhood owin g to the great
height the fire ascended. 'rho nece, sary intelligence
having been despatched for the aid of tl'
,e engines, in a very
short time Mr. Henderson, the chief or
,ice' ot the D section,
attended, having under his comma'
.ld the brigade engines
from Southwark-bridge Road, - Waterloo-road, Tooley-
street, and others from the mor
e distant depots, including
the one from Beaufoy's Vine c Works, under the charge
of Mr. Pratt, and that of the
West of England Office, with
Mr. Connorton and a body
of firemen. A most abundant
supply of water etas imw
diately Procured, from which the
firemen went to wo:k
in an admirable manner; but in
spite of which, ("lir it
to the firm hold the flames had
previously obtained t WaS found impossible to cheek the
violence of the fir ' a until the whole of the factory was con-
sumed and all its valuable contents, not excepting the
workmen's tir As. The saw-mills machinery, and also the
counting hr uses are, in addition, seriously damaged by
fire. SC',eral of
the firemen narrowly escaped, owing to
the fal' Aing of the works. Fortunately the sufferer was
initlVA in the Atlas Fire Office.

WHAT is COMING to LIVERPOOL on OS
31st instant ?—Why,
THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD

WHERE Is IT TO BE SEEN?
THAT" 6 THE QUESTION.

ROMANISM IN Bon Irto.—Mr. Spencer St. John, he o°, T
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sul-Gcneral at Brunei, has addressed a letter to the Bisb%
of Labuan (Borneo), who is temporarily away from .
diocese, in ceusequence of recent troubles, in which
ho
says:—" The Pope has appointed a bishop for Borneo, cvs'
arrived last week at Labuan, with five followers, Italtah
and Spanish priests. They are going to build a chute,
and schoolhouse, and to apead their mission along tbij,
coast. They have two prahus (pinnaces) at their disposv
Six Jesuits will be enouph to startle the quiet commuuln't
of Labuan. lam daily expecting the arrival ut Brunei„".
the Roman Bishop of Borneo and his suite, They sal
is a very pleasant fellow."
;he; °,,1

Ma, F-ox's Smerccriss.—The most powerful speeene- jo
Mr. Fox, both in youth and middle -age, were rnarle.-ct
favour of peace. Not that the great orator was for Peed
at all times, and at any price. When France attenll:l;-$
M.
to destroy the independence of Hull and, in 1787
applauded the vigour with whiCe. .Mr. I itt resisted4r '1)-0
to(
design. When Napoleon, 1181%0 with the victorl of
Austerlitz, burst all the bounii,s of moderation, Mr. It
preferred the continuance of the war to dishenournt
concession. Still, the favov.rite predilection of hls beta
was love of peace. Neithr_r the pride which carried ,`Ol,
nation forward in the assefftion of dominion over Areeihe
nor the passion which sr,ught to punish Me crimes of `,e,
French people by the '.iavasion and desolation of Fraiic'e,
led. him.. away from the great aim of honourable Pe9oo
/,eft bias in a small minority in.,A
This disposition
House. of Co.mr dons at the beginning of the Anterl'esi
war, in a stlY
and during smaller minority at the commencer° of
l'ae course of the French war. The Wiliti°
all prospcet of power, the invectives of vulgar P°„rif
clans, he 'was content to bear; the loss of friends, de;edr
whereed,/,acrifies more
ar.1(.1 of the national confidence honourably aceill'of
painful to his heart. But be neon
!alter ed and never swerved from his purpose. The
infl imed by animosity, lifted up by arrogance, alsil„isi
b an as an enemy to his country, because he 00;00
measures injurious to her interests, and inconsistent 000
the groat laws which regulate the relations between ott'
and man. In this deluge of folly and fury lie s°ll6cs°
in a return to literary pursuits, an occupation aiivool
amusement. Other times may see the renewal of f‘:s
as unjust and imprudent as those which Mr. ,V
opposed; bat while the many wilt be carried avfe°
the prevailing hurricane, those who can keep their %ID°
will recur to his example as that of a great mall. d to
preferred the welfare of his country and of matil'if tee
the power and popularite which were acquired .137661
wanton sacrifice of human life, and the disregard ()fit/lett'
charity, aud mercy. By finch his memory will be re 4
to all future generatioes —.Lord T. Russell. „,tei
El.Ecilo-PLkTE Goo os.—'lhers are few branches of art t'iity tot
perfection has been attainei in than in this portion of our erg, Fo4
tore, and the most beau' if ul specimens of spoons, fa, s. g6b,e of ed
other table articles of the sort, may he seen at Mr. E. T. Hall :.sacitA
South John-street, who, to his ocher branches of business,
a department for the We of these articles, having been BPrciefp
arnt to one of the first manuf,icturers in Birmingham. I.ll' 0
in these articles a: e hcautifr', the quality very superior WOW dat,
as silver), and the price, con idering all Unite, moderote t't,oll4l
An inspection of the goods will prove the above fact.,.
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