The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

THE iLibtrpool :-:ztattbarb+ TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1855. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT, MONDAY MORNING. To use a figure borrowed from the martial spirit of the time, the legislative campaign having been brought to a close, --2 and the - various divisions of the Parliamentary army having gone into cantonments, the diurnal or hebdomadary chronicler of their achievements is necessarily put to his shifts for ma terial wherewith to garnish his tale. If, however, abandoning the often unwelcome, and more frequently unprofitable task of recording their performances, or censuring their non-per formances, he casts his eyes abroad upon the everyday world, -he will find no lack of themes to exercise his talent—no want of objects solicitous of observation. True, the Court, and with the Court the gaiety of fashionable life, have conjointly, for the time being, deserted the English, and taken up their temporary residence in the French metropolis. But are courts and pompous pageantry the only objects worthy of consideration among a great and enlightened people, as the English profess to consider themselves? Assuredly they are not Unquestionably, every loyal subject of QUEEN VICTORIA-- that is, every breathing Briton—must feel proud and grateful to learn, that in the person of his Sovereign the national vir tues and the national graces have met with appreciation, and commanded esteem and admiration from our noble-hearted allies. The visit of the QUEEN of BRITAIN to the capital of France, and the welcome accorded to her —not merely by her Imperial hosts, but by the myriads of that people who were taught from lisping infancy to regard the subjects whom she sways as enemies, and who were taught to tune the first accents of their tongues to reproaches of her people, and to designate the island-home in which her throne is placed as -perfidious and deceitful,-must stand recorded in the page of history as a memorable event. If regarded only as indicative of that cordial fellowship which exists between the rulers of two great and powerful kingdoms, the visit is one fraught with no ordinary or ephemeral interest. Viewed as the symbol of that harmonious unity of feeling which better knowledge of each other has ripened into ties of friendship and affection between the people of the two most powerful and enlightened nations of the earth, the interchange of visits and reception acquires a significance rarely accorded to the acts of individuals, and confers a new aspect on the destinies of Europe. A brief space of time only has elapsed since the world, almost for the first time, saw the armies of England and France contending in the same field for the same object- Brethren in arms, though rivals in renown; • but the past week has witnessed the generous strife of the people and the sovereigns —the rulers and the ruled—in giv ing assurance to the world of their cordial union in defence of enfeebled right against aggressive might. The political im portance of the friendly intercourse between the monarchs far exceeds, as it will long outlive, the gorgeous splendours of the numerous spectacles—the balls, illuminations, banquets, and other social glories, with all their fascinations and delights, will speedily recede into the dim oblivion of the past, and be thought of only as a gorgeous dream —not so the grandeur of those moral results which must flow from the union of two mighty nations leagued together as the active foes to oppres sion. This night our beloved SOVEREIGN takes leave of her august ally, and ere to-morrow's dawn she will be speeding her homeward way, followed by the vivas and the blessings of the French people, as she will be welcomed by the joyous ac claim of her own true-hearted subjects. While gala, rout, and roundelay have lent their combined charms to enliven the royal progress, performances of another order have contributed to keep attention awake at home. Further communication from the Baltic has enabled, or rather constrained, us to class Admiral DUNDAS' talismanic an nouncement, " Sweaborg is no more," with the memorable " Sebastopol est grit" of the French EMPEROR, uttered about ten months ago. Sebastopol is not taken, and Sweaborg still exists. The completeness of the work done at the latter for tress is much less than the language of the first despatch had led to the belief of. The guns and fortifications of the place remain almost uninjured, although the destruction of naval and military stores has been greater than was at first sup posed. The enemy has indeed received a severe blow, under the effects of which he must reel and stagger, but without producing any very vital injury, or such as can exercise a decisive influence on the immediate progress of the war. The success, such as it is, however, has had the effect of igniting the explosive mixture which forms so conspicuous an ele ment in the composition of Sir CIrARLES NAPIER, and the result has been the discharge of a long and angry letter, in which, with great unction of ascerbity, he renews his quarrel with, and his denunciation of, Sir JAMES GRAHAM. He main tains that the bombardment of Sweaborg has effected nothing which he did not foresee and foretel last year, and which will not require to be done over again next year. Much and severe animadversion has been spoken, written, and printed in con demnation of the brave old admiral's somewhat spicy letter ; and " natheless," as DOMINIE SAMPSON would say, it is greatly open to sharp criticism. To find fault with even the partial success of another, in a sphere of action in which he himself did nothing, seems, at the first blush of the business, to look invidious. To repeat a series of accusations against the late First Lord of the Admiralty, which he had previously fulmi nated, and on various occasions, is certainly open to the charge of egotistic indiscretion. For an officer who has held a high command to turn round and assail his superiors because he has not been able to carry their instructions into effect, does savour of insubordination, and assumes the aspect of querulous incon sistency; but when the matter is examined a little deeper than the surface, many of the seeming improprieties disappear ; while further inquiry leads to the conviction that the veteran has not only considerable ground of complaint, but that the very success of Admiral DUNDAS is corroborative of the injustice to which Sir CEARLES NAPIER complains he has been subjected. From Admiral DUND.LS'S state ment it is perfectly clear that such destruction as has been hurled upon Sweaborg has been by means of mortars and -that the large ships of the line took no share in the affray beyond that of distant spectatorship. Sir CyfintpS NAVER had no gun-b4:43 or mortar-boats, nor, as he himself says, a single mortar in his fleet. He urged on Sir JassEs GRAHAM and the Admiralty the expediency, indeed the necessity, of being furnished with these, to enable him effectually to attack ri;weaborg, and even Cronstadt, and pointed (rse not with the assistance of these, he would have teen able completely to destroy the foitifibitions of Sweaborg, and even to reach the shipping sheltered tinder them. Instead of furnishing him with those instruments which he declared indispensable to success, their lordships ordered him to attack with the ships he had, and, because he would not do so, they deprived him of his command. This, coupled with Admiral DUNDAS'S success, gives Sir CHARLES the opportunity of making a strong hit, with which he concludes his peppery epistle. "Sir :Jeases GRAnAM," he says, " was one of the ministers who sent a British army to Sebastopol in the middle of last September, without the means of moving, without food, proper tents or clothing, and without hospitals, to pass a dreary winter and perish ; and he was the minister who wanted me to take a British fleet, in the end of October, to perish among the rocks of Sweaborg, and, to their shame, got two naval officers to put their names to the insulting letter he wrote me : and these men still remain in the Admiralty—and that is the way the navy of this country is managed." Strong language this from an officer in accusa tion of a public servant; but not stronger than the circum stances seem to warrant ; the glorious triumph achieved against Sweaborg forming the chief evidence of its propriety, and conclusive justification of his conduct in refusing to obey the orders of Sir JixtEs Galata.k. Admiral DUNDAS was the officer chosen to repair the alleged errors committed by Sir Cnismns NAPIER, yet he delayed making any attempt upon it until late in the summer, and would not undertake it till he was furnished with that particular arm of strength which NArinn said was indipensable, and which was denied to him. In point of fact, Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S conduct was a natural corollary to the sentiments connected with the war indulged in by the Cabinet of which he was a member. The object of that Cabinet was evidently to carry on war on negative prin ciples. The whole was expected to be managed by demon stration, and the rude Contest of war was by them intended to be carried on on the same bloodless principles which regu late a game of chess. The pawns, knights, and bishops ; the kings, queens, and castles being placed in particular array, it was supposed that the antagonist force, perceiving the hope less condition in which ) according to the regulation, they were placed, would gracefully bow acquiescence to the conven tional strategy, confess beaten, and there an end. In pursuance of this demonstrative mode of waging war, an army was landed. at Gallipoli for the protection of Constantinople from a `coup de main, but there running the smallest possible risk of conflict with the enemy ; a fleet was equipped for the Baltic, so arranged that it would prevent the Russians from coming out of harbour, but utterly incapable of approaching them if they chose to remain there. Under such circumstances, was there anything unnatural in finding that, when forced to assume the offensive, the army was found unfurnished with the means of prosecuting a vigorous campaign ; and that the fleet was discovered incapable of doing what it was never meant to perform ? In connexion w ith tiltlisself upon usubject,obser one flagrant, if not unpardonable, matter forces ration, If the commanders knew that they were expected to perform real warlike services, instead of the chess-board style of combat, why did they not see that their respective arma ments were suited to the service expected, from tbtm ? If they could not estimate the requirements, they were them selves but indifferently qualified as leaders in the enterprise ; if thty knew what was expected and could estimate what was needed, but did not insist on having it, their qualifications as commanders do not rise in estimation. In either case, or both, what has been said a hundred times, and a hundred times over, comes back with double force,—the Ministry, collectively and individually, were greatly to blame for the gross waste of public means, the discredit brought upon the Country, and the misery and suffering endured through their mismanage ment. While indulging in so unpleasing a retrospect, the mind is involuntarily led to inquire, what of the future ? For a con siderable period past, the public have been made bitterly familiar with that " hope deferred which maketh the heart sick." The summer has run its round, and is waning into the "sere and yellow leaf" of autumn, and still our brave country men and our gallant allies continue in the trenches on the south side of Sebastopol. The actual condition of the fortress, of its defenders, and resources, are little'if at all better known to us now than they were twelve months ago, unless indeed we reckon the uncheering knowledge that its defences have been greatly augmented within the period referred to, and that everything seems at present to indicate the probability of our armies spending another winter in those trenches which last year proved so fatal. The battle recently fought in the line of the Tchernaya is differently looked on, and conflicting conclusions are drawn from it by dif ferent parties. One set deduce from it as an inevitable I conclusion that nothing but starvation in the garrison could have induced the Russian commander to hazard an engagement under the circumstances. These parties argue, but do not state their ground of argument, that dissa tisfaction, engendered by suffering, and misery occasioned by starvation, prevail to such an extent in the garrison as to make death itself preferable to longer continuing within the walls ; and the advocates of this theory assert that the battle was occasioned by an exodus of the discontented from the city of Sebastopol—a theory requiring no small amount of credu lity to secure acquiescence in. Another party, with much more show of probability, say the battle was fought by, or chiefly by, reinforcements newly arrived in the Crimea, now liberated from the Galician frontier by the defection of Austria from the Western Alliance. This latter conjecture appears the more entitled to credit, when it is considered that little less than absolute madness, or positive despair, could have induced Prince GORTSCHAEOFF, without reinforcements, to attack the greatly-augmented army of the allies, posted, too, in a strong position, like that which they at present occupy, and which they are engaged in still further for tifying. Estimated by the number of Russians slain, the. victory is far from unimportant ; yet, like other victories achieved in the Crimea, it has, so far as can at present be seen, produced no permanent result, and, like the destruction of the arsenals at Sweaborg, the victory produces only barren laurels. With such facts and prospects full in view, the inquiry forces itself strongly on the public mind, are adequate measures afoot to secure the army against a recurrence of the dreadful calamities under which it suffered last winter ? If they are not already organ ized, no time is to be lost. Surely our rulers will not again plead ignorance of the rigours of a Crimean winter in extenu ation of official negligence. Let it not be forgotten that the French, last winter, had a road from their harbour to their camp, sufficiently hard at bottom to be practicable at all weathers, while that which should have been the road from Balacklava to the British camp, was represented byan irregular trench of sludge and semi-liquid mud. The Sardinians, on the Tchernaya, have already begun to experiment on the Con struction of winter huts ; it is to be hoped the British army will not again exhibit the only departure from the rules of prudence in such matters. Among the celebrities which have arisen out of the calamities of the last winter's campaign, and the shameful ignorance and negligence which characterised all the public departments in oonnexion with it, no one has shone with a purer lustre, or been marked by a more disinterested zeal, than that which hallows the name and exertions of Miss NIGHT INGALE. This lady has now, it is understood, succeeded so far in arranging the chaos in which our hospital provision and management in the East were involved, that her onerous and dangerous labours can be spared, and, accompanied by her noble-hearted sisters in humanity, she is about to return to England. As was to have been looked for in a case of heroism so great, self-devotion so unhesitating, many of the most benevolent and humane who adorn our land have set about preparing the way for a public acknowledgment and enduring memorial of those services she has rendered to her country and humanity. This, in compliance with the desire of Miss NIGHTINGALE herself, has taken the form of a subscription, to found in London an hospital to be worked on her own system of unpaid nursing. This is to be called the " NIGHT INGALE Hospital," and a subscription list is about to be opened at Messrs. COUTTS' bank, for collection of a fund to be placed at her disposal when she returns to England. The proposal has been met with general approbation, and without doubt it will call forth a bounteous flow of liberality. If, through the Divine blessing, Miss NIGHTINGALE is thus enabled to carry into operation her benevolent desire, we shall be indebted to the ruthless hand and dire calamities of war for the introduc tion of personal devotion in the administration of our public charities—thus further illustrating the wisdom and benevo lence of that Providence which is continually From seeming evil still educing good. Such members of the political clubs as have not yet departed on their autumnal migration,or, having made but a short flight have returned, and like ghosts "revisiting the glimpses of the moon," are still to be seen flitting about the coffee-rooms and corridors of their favourite haunts, are at present amsklerably beset for topics of convenient gossip. By these members of the necessitous classes anything is eagerly swallowed as matter for rumination in the bovine sense, and odd affairs they some times do contrive to "bag." Among the most recent of these fancy flights is that which transfers the present Speaker of the House of Commons to the peerage by the title of Baron HECKFIELD. Long before the end of the last session, it was hinted that the Right lion. J. Slaw - LRFEYRN, tired of his onerous task of sitting and trying not to yield to the influence of those soporific s+rains by which his ear has been nightly in veded, was desirous to escape from the involuntary penance, and hence the proposed promotion. Of course, in providing retirement and a peerage for the right hon. gentleman, it is also necessary to furnish the collective wisdom with a substitute, and for the last few days a report has gained considerable cur rency that Sir GEORGE GREY or Mr. BAINES will be put in nomination for the vacated office. 'Whether the election of either of those right hon. gentlemen to the post vrould be fol lowing out the principle of "putting the right man in the rights place" may well admit of doubt; but in the pre%.nt uncertain state of parliamentary parties, to calculate securely on the success.. of either, would be a labour much akin to that of " countistg.., chickens before they are hatched." A mong o th er mat t ers.) which have occupied the attention of the useful class of idlers. referred to, the Herts Guardian has afforded them a delsotable • bit of political sweetmeat. According to that authority, Mr. HATTER, who sits for the borough of Wells, and piles the " parliamentary whip " for the immaculate Whig party now in power, has hi the most disinterested manner inaaginable unfolded to the wondering eyes of his constituents and his country, the astonishing aptitude for public servie4svhich has hitherto lain buried and unsuspected in the borough of Wells. The registered electors of this borough number 125, of whom, at the last election, 175 recorded votes in favour of Mr. HATTER, Among this limited number of claimants on his political bounty, the right hon. gentleman has-discovered that , they or their children, or their children's children, have caps. city for government service to the number of fifty-one, and these, profiting by the spirit of the time,he has had placedsia "the right places." Of the public administrators hatehedin Wells-20 have been suitable for appointments in thecuss toms, 18 have found their proper nestling-plaess in, the excise, 6 have been born to do date in. Somersetsliouse• and the Stamp-office, 3 have had capaclty for the Postsoffiee, 1 has been fitted for the Royal Dock-y ,1 : for a posilion (which is not mentioned) in the convict establishment,, 1 has alighted in the London police, and 1 in, the packet service ! How can this country ever run short of public servants, so long as we have warrens for their production as fruitful as Wells, with a ferret as active in unearthing, them as Mr. HATTER ! Scarcely has the hur 4 of wonder been bushed on this exci ting topic, when it is again. stirred up by the ." sough," as our Caledonian brethren would call it, occasioned by Lord RUSSELL'S purclmse of Hillhouse, Radborough, near Stroud, until lately the residence of Sir J. D. PAUL. ' The an dit has it that Lord Jonx means to make it his future country resi dence; and, the Gloucester Journal says "political motives are attributed to the noble lord in fixing his residence at Stroud. It will be remembered that he sat in Parliament for the borough from 1835 till 1841." Does his lordship already feel his city throne " tottering to his fall ?" is the question put in all the clubs Of course it is answered differently at Brookes' and the Clarendon, although there are not wanting plenty who say the same opinion predominates in both. Your neighbOtir, Lord STANLEY, who, I see, has been making himself agreeable to the popular leaders on the subject of Education and Mechanics' Institutes, has published a letter advocating the earlier assembling of Parliament, as a means of economizing the public time. The letter has occasioned considerable remark, and its tone is generally 'approved of; but those most, familiar with the subject maintain that the true mode of economising the time of Parliament, like that of any other assembly, is to work more and speak less. Theal.rical and other amusements are dull and uninviting as they always are in the dog-days, yet some exception must he taken to this in favour of the Haymarket, where a bur lesque has been got up of the late Administrative Reform THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD . movement at Drury-lane. The new piece is from the pen of Mr. Elmira -Ir, and is called " Olympus in a Muddle." There is not much of originality in it. Jupiter, satisfied that all is not right in the Olympian establishment, resolves to set the matter as it should be, and in a "thundering" rage orders his subordinate deities to betake themselves to callings more congenial to their respective natures, and as a result he con trives to leave "Olympus in a Muddle. Mars he fin& un fitted to do the service of a maid of all work ; Mercury, although smart and trickey, and not over-scrupulous about truth, turns out to be a bungling Chancellor of the Exchequer. Neptune feels out of his element when called upon to take the " ribbons" as coachman to the sun. Venus, though potent in the wars of Cupid, finds her armoury unfitted to the work of Mars. At length, after having turned his house completely " topsy tarry," to use a classic phrase, the " wrath ful Jove" is fain to acknowledge that in his anxiety for ad- ministrative reform, he has not been successful in putting the right Gods and Goddesses in the right place, and the drama ends by a return to the orinigal state of affairs. The acting was good, and the performers laboured hard to make a hit, but the success of the piece was rather less than simply in different. The subject affords but little scope for anything beyond the merest common-place " fun" of the burlesque ; and although several decided "hits" are contained in it, and were delivered with telling effect, as a whole the piece met with but a poor reception, and will not do much towards filling Mr. BUCKSTONE'S exchequer. LIVERPOOL GAS COMPANY. A TRIP TO CHESTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. sin,—This is especially the season of pleasure-trips and ex cursion trains, and perhaps there is no kind of passenger traffic which is more satisfactory to all parties concerned, not withstanding the absurd remarks made about it at the half yearly meeting of the London and North-Western Railway Company. By the bye, I may remark that there is no com pany which has so much reason as this one to be satisfied with excursion trains, which, under the able management of Mr. Marcus, have become an institution of no little impoTtance. It is folly to pretend that they interfere with the •regular traffic, for it is well known—indeed, it must be obvious to the shallowest comprehension—that those who travel by ex cursion trains are not ordinary travellers, but holiday-makers, tempted by the lowness of the fares, which are something akin to those in America, where it is said to be cheaper to travel than to stay at home. I have, however, wandered from my subject, which is to recommend to your numerous readers in the comparatively new towns of Liverpool and Birkenhead, to make a trip to the ancient city of Chester, so easy of access, and pre sentine•' so many object s o f i n t eres t , no t on l y to the anti quary,but to the lover of the picturesque and beautiful, There is something unique in these days of peaceful commerce, when towns stretch out their streets through suburbs, innocent of all attempts at defence, or thoughts of invasion, to see a city completely surrounded with walls l reminding one of days long since past, when towers and forts, the drawbridge and the portcullis, were the accessories of almost every town, and told the story of civil war, or the dread of invasion. Chester is, without doubt, the finest and the most perfect relic of antiquity, and must consequently be an object of in terest to every one acquainted with the history of hisown country. The streets, also, are very curious, many of the houses being the veritable remains of this middle ages, with their quaintly decorated fronts and curiously ornamented gables, —one of them in particular being profusely covered with grotesquely designed bas-reliefs from scripture history. Those who have not seen the "Rows," as they are called, will be struck with their simplicity, being like nothing else that I have seen elsewhere. In other towns the footpaths run along the streets in front of the houses, but in Chester the footpaths are through the first floors of the houses,- so that they form a pleasant and dry promenade; whatever the weather may be ;;.- while the shops seem so snug and comfortable in their seclu— sion,- that it is difficult to. avoid• the temptation of entering e them,. in order to see their curious arrangements. Then there is the ancient cathedral; with its line old dole ters and antique tombs, which will well' repay a visit; the old bridge with the weir across. the Dee, over' which the river falls in a broad cascade; the castle, still. garrisoned with soldiers,. with its frowning battlements overlooking the river ; the Grosvenor-bridge with its - single arch , of enormous span, and the picturesque Rhodee forming a , natural amphi ' theatre, and perhaps the oldest race-coursein:the kingdom. From thewalLs on the northern side may beseenthe canal at a frightful depth, hewn out of the solid rook.; .while• every street presents scenes so widely different from any tiling which modern towns present, as to render Chester an olfeet of attraction at all times. Nor is it without natural beauties r aa the surrounding landscape, bounded on one side- by..the moun tains of Wales, is grand and. picturesque. The railway from Birkenhead •to Chester -only fifteen miles, so that the journey from Liverpool is performed within the hour; and as many, in these days of pleasure exanr sions, are: asking themselves- the question—"'Where we go ?" lam earning their• gratitude by advising.them to spend a day in Chester. Such an excursion makerno, great inroa&orl time or purse, .while it will present an almcst endless succession of novelties, interesting in e - Tery way to , all; who can appreciate an acquaintance with the things .of the. past, and who love indulge in imagination 'tileir historical; recollections. Railway comretition in • cheap trains has sent many thensands to - SouthPort; both from Liverpool-and Man chester. It might not be amiss •for the Birkenhead mod. Chester Railway Company to try a similar experiment bekre , the fine , weather has departed.. It may. prove sdvantageeus, both to and to their own funds.--I VIKTOIt. THE GAS"' IN,Q„U THE special committee of the Town Council , appointed inquire into the local supply-of gmi met on Friday; present. Messrs. Clint, Hornby, R. Glaelstene i Dover, Croatlawaite, and Bradley. Mr. Radler was appointed:!one of• the auditors, in poem of Tar- Morris. 4 j The Cninr . ..4.Hys ,proposedAliat the remuneration ottihe di reetors be £soPTer.annurn for the present year. Mr. C. TITEMIZZ proposed a vote of. thank to the diilectors, and expresssed,h4.regret at the attacks madam the Gas-Com pany out.of doors,,-because he felt that. these attacks were finite Undeserved.. The chairmanhadi-referred to the determination of the. directers:to withdraw from the inquiry going on, before the council. The.t...matter- the directors had...doubtless. well considered. - )Vbether. they- hast considered that in withdraw. . ing they might be looked lipon , by the public.; as -taking a too hostile view of,the znatter hedid.not know;: hut if anything Of that sort weretheresui,,it would be mostrunhappy. It was most- desirahle . that before.. the town they should,. not appear. as regarding . the investigation a.• hostile spirit, and.. he, • thought. that their ~w ithdrawing_. front. further inquiry might belooked uppnin: that point. of , view.. The.. Cif:C.443E4N , assuredr.,Mr.. Turner that. the matter alluded to, had recelveth, the best consideratioa of. the directors. When. they first entered into, the• investigation they met the council in the; most friendly spirit ; they. quite ackw.wiedged the right the collocate:interfere,. and the company Wt, they hadi nothing to disguise, But as they. were afraiALAlaat -objetti_ ons. would be . raised. which., at the. moment itt.might.. be klanult to.rneet, they. had .come. to the - Conclusion,..,not in -any hostile spirit, .but with, a-view. to their ; own protect:inn, of.witMrawing from theinqnity. His brother, direetors.were unanimous ,on., the point. When the proper,: time came-they. would be prepared to gem' eoproper -answers. to, all,charna, or, objections... This bernainated the' piroceedipgs. The communications between thetown-elerk and the ms-- company.were read:- The town-elerk wrote to.,Mr. Carson,. ant the 18th, saying The special committee cu. the gas ques tion have retained the service& of Mr. Clegg, engineer„ to, assist them in their inquiries, and he informs-them that. fair, this purpose he should have access to the company,'s weeks.. plans of pipeage, &c. am instructed by the committee-to. request that-Mr. Clegg-mayhe afrorded the fuellitles he req*es., He is staying at the Adelphi Hotel?' This-letter having beenilaid before the direeters on theffithi. together with. the report, they came to the,-foliewing resohat-, tion Resolved—Thabit.appears from theabove report s . heat. the caters of. this company who attended the-meetings d. the committee of the couneilOaave clearly expresses i the. willireas. of the directors -to meebany charges -that mayhe made argallsb the company, and in. the absence-of any charge being &stab- . lisbed, the officers are hereby:directed nob to attend any Air Cher. meetings of the committee, and that, as. the directors, are- irk ignorance of what the objects of those whaappear to be urging the inquiry .before- the committee are, theArectors decliwe t to, permit anypersoa to have access to their. wet s, Plans•of-Piße agei &e." - In transmitting: this resalution, Mr..Ge IL La3vrenee e . the chairman of the company, said :-.-" I take the .opportunity a . 1 assuring youthat our objection to continuing . th e iettemilee.ea orour °faders at your committee, and: to throwing open. aux ' ivorks, &c., for public inspection, doesnot arise from: my want of respect to the-wine/zit and, least of all, from, any - epprehen. Bien of our inability fet/b , to meet thaeharges whiehhavebe en insinuated againet us. We are ceesciotes that we have a com plete answer to-them, rhich we reserve until they reach us in a more -definiteforra. Meanwhile, : we shall contiune, , to elis -charge the duties entrusted to ui e ne conformity wale one act of parliament ma to the best of our ability. The CneanKeze.seid that after e the promises which tthey re ceived from the company, at a former meeting, the- committee were now scarcely treated fairly. In withdrawing from the inquiry, he thous that the cexnpany had precluded,the com mittee to a-considerable extent from obtaining, that informa tionwbich..they ought to have, .Placed es they were,lsowever, it, would be the, duty of the committee to take the-.most advisable course, in order to make thebest report they : could under the n ciremreeeances, and ultimately the following. resolution wile.. passed.:,--"The Town-cleriereported that he had written to Mr.. Carson xequesting that Yeti ...Clegg might, he. permitted to ex,. amineetbe works of the company, and be-afferded facilitiesdoe making. his report, andi submitted the. following replies, re. ceieed by him. Resolved, that the committee learn with i deep, - Decrease_..... .. :.. 23,257 li3, a - t 3,287 19 6 regret and surprise that- the- directorge decline to giyo the, facilities necessary to,enable Mr. Clegg -to institute such- an. T.hpdecrease in goods trafiehai.takemplace entirely on the line between Chester awi l Birkenhead. the quantity carried. iliqpiry as will enable. him, to. make. a full report as.: to the. bee=n•*the half-year ending 30th Juae,,1854_153,737 tonse works of the compacny.. and: that the'y also decline tnpermit II II 1855...143,477 tons.. theeontinued attendance of their , officers at the lreetinge of iie-it. is satisfactory to observe, that the traffic-on the line thecommittee; time depriving, the committee of the means between Chester and, Manchester. continues to progress, es and facilities of cbtaining that information which,the officers shown by the following comparison: : .of . the company had previously expressed their willingness to Carried in half-year ending 30th, June, 185 4-39,72 A-to me afford." . II 11. 1855...49,36kt0n5. In answer to-Mr. Reay, Mn, TAUNTON stateq-, that the dry The expenditure in the goods. department has been. de.. meter was better than tho wet meter, and raere, correct in, ' creased, but in the locomotive. department there has, been, an registering.. increase, owing to the high price paid for coke and to the Considerable.discussioa next took place as, to. retaining- the peculiar position in which the. company is placed with regard services of Mr. Clegg e, and his:report, so ;fir ate he. heal been to the Chestmestetien. enabled tio,draw one up,. was read. It stated amongst other ' A reduction in the price of coke has since been. effected, things— and a further reduction is. anticipated when one of the eon " I (le not think there is much the "natter with. the- meters tracts expires next Christmas. themselves, either as. regards workmenship or material ; and The. eoaching charges have been augmented by conven es to a respectable company selling short measure• knowingly, c ur v ed paid for i n sustained by an accident which oc- I cannot believes it. Should any such fraud, however, be cto a train in January last. All the claims, except detected, and proved, it ought to b e t h eren w .t , exp ose d and one, arising from this accident have been settled, and charged traced to those who authorised ib. in the. revenue account for last half-year, ' Gas below its standard in illuminating power will fully The directors have much satisfaction in reporting that the account for all the discrepancy in registering more gas than Birkenhead Docks have been sold to the. Corporation of Liver they ought. Gas below the standard aets. in two ways in pro, pool. The prospect of the docks being completed by the ori pelting the meters faster than they should. First, gas of ginal promoters was so very uncertain that the board felt no inferior specific gravity will flow with greater velocity through hesitation in ;ruing their support to th'es passing of a bill to the openings ; for instance, the average London gas, specific promote an object of such vast importance to the interests. gravity 400, will flow through an opening et-inch in diameter, of the company ; and as the act requires that the works be pressure l e -inch head of water, at the rate of 80 cubic feet per completed within three years, the proprietors may reasonably hour ; but bi-carhurated hydrogen from cannel coal, specific look forward to the increase of traffic for which the large gravity about 700, will flow through the same opening only at expenditure was incurred by this company to connect the the rate of about 70 cubic feet per hour. It therefore follows docks with the railway. that, all circumstances being the same as adjusted for the A few days after the last half-yearly meeting an intimation standard gas, the meter measuring inferior gas will go quicker was received from the Great Western Company that they had in proportion to the inferiority of the gas. Then there -is directed their solicitor to prepare a notice of their intention to another cause for increasing the velocity of the meter, and run their own trains over this line, but no formal notice to that is the increased velocity of the inferior gas, and conse- carry their intention into effect has yet been received by this quently greater consumption, still falls short of the illuminat- company. The directors regret that the state of the uncer mg power of the standard gas. To remedy this, the 'openings tainty in which they are thus placed, has prevented them talc are increased until the illuminating power is at the .standard, fug such steps as would have put the arrangements for the and . as the inferior gas does not give out so much smoke by a carriage of the traffic across the Mersey in a more satisfactory higher flame as the standard gas, the difference to an inexpe- position, rienced eye is not perceived ;so that, taking both causes toge- The same difficulty presented itself in considering the extent ther, the meter may mark on 15 per cent. more gas . for the of accommodation necessary for the traffic at Birkenhead; but same light than it ought, without the consumer seeing any when the amalgamation of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Dock perceptible difference in his burners. I therefore recommend Trust was completed, plans were obtained for the erection of a that the gas be tested at least once a week by a competent warehouse and the formation of a basin on the station at the person, but at no stated times; and, if the gas is kept up to much the Great float: the cost is estimated at £15,000. the merle there will not be found, I apprehend, By this outlay, accommodation will be provided for various mater with the meters, except being over-filled with water by descriptions of traffic which could not otherwise be obtained; umers themselves, in ignorance of the consequence. and, in conjunction with the system of hydraulic cranes, which This defect can soon be remedied :—a defective one now ai:d is expected to be in operation hi about two months, a large re then, out of so many, there is sure to be. duction in the expense will be secured, and the traffic conducted " I examined the illuminating power of the gas at the office with more dispatch and efficiency. of Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer. It is a most elabora' e The estimates include a building, to which it is proposed to apparatus. But one of the essential tests was not there, and remove the head-offices, and, by concentration of the staff, and that is, a thermometer to tell the temperature of the effect economy in the management. BIRI EaNTIS. 4 -MAANCASIIIRA,4IVoictiEsitium Jul WON RAILWAY. Tx3 ikalf-yearly. meeting of this company, was held at 11kulep Fer.ry, Hotel; Akkpnhead, om Saturday ; Mr. 11 ,7 11,1iam Atkinson,: of Ashton Hayes, near Chester, in the. ehnin. the late chairman, Ni- Bancroft, oemaring a seat au - iOVg the directors. After tho,.usual prelim:varies : , the Secretary, \lr. flaßso.y, read the .following water that the meter works in. A difference of from 40 deg. to 70 deg. will make a difference of about 6 per cent. in the quantity of gas delivered by the experimental meter; but as it wad', I found the gas equal in illuminating power to 17.89 sperm candles, each consuming 144 grains per hour, and the gas consumed 4 cubic feet per hour. " Your gas inspector, Mr. Taunton, has explained to me his manner of teating the correctness of the gas-meters, which I entirely approve . of. Many of the meters so tested he finds 5, 6, and even 10 per cent. fast, and that the meters are mostly filled too high with water, and generally by the renters' servants in ignorance, being told by the gas com pany's servants to fill them well up. But upon this point Mr. Taunton will give his own report. " If the old gas company persist in producing an inferior article, I can see no other remedy than by a new company, who might erect works and lay mains, equal to the present de mand, for £300,000. But if, on the contrary, the old com pany will do their duty, I think it better to let them continue their monopoly than to break up the streets again, but of this the town is the best judge. A new company would be able to sell gas of 20 candles per 4 cubic feet per hour for 3s. 6d. per 1,000, and make a dividend of 10 per cent. After some discussion, the committee adjourned till to morrow (Wednesday), when Mr. Newlands, the borough en gineer, will be examined as to the pipes and breaking up of the streets. Thu annual meeting was held on Tuesday, at the offices in Newington. Mr. G. H. Lawrence, chairman of the board of directors, presided. After the annual statement of accounts had been read by the manager, Mr. Steele, the following report for the past year was read : It is with much pleasure that the directors have to report to the proprietors that the business of the company has pro gressively increased during the past year. The directors have taken steps to provide for the continuing demand for a further supply of gas, by the erection of addi tional works between Edge-hill and Wavertree, and in such a position as will afford to the company the advantage of having the cannel coal brought by railway to the works. The directors have now the satisfaction of submitting to the proprietors accounts of a favourable character, not only as re gards the interests of the proprietors but also of consumers. The anticipated result of the year's accounts ending the 30th of June last, which the directors submitted to the proprietors in the report laid before them at their meeting in August, 1854, has been realised, and the proprietors will ascertain from the accounts now submitted that the reductibn of the price of gas within the borough, which took place on the let January last, has been fully justified. The directors wish the proprietors to understand that one great advantage which has assisted them in bringing the affairs of the company to such a satisfactory result is, that the supply of cannel has been delivered under contracts made some years- ago, at a price much under the present market price. At the half-yearly meeting in February last, a dividend of five per cent. for the preceding half-year on the consolidated stock of the company,' and 2s. 6d. per share on each of the £25 A shares, was declared, which together amounted! to £22,521 6r The profit and loss account, for the year ending 30th of June last, shows the profits- of the company for the year to be' £49,157 Os. 4d. ; deducting from which amount the above sum of £22,521 55., leaves a balance of £26,635 15S: 4d. applicable to the payment of dividend, and to the reserved fund. By the act of the company, the reserved fund to be provided is £3 per cent. en the paid-up! capital of the company, now amounting to £433,l2s—that is- to say, a sum of £13,893 155., and the directors have passed to the credit of this find the suns of 1A328 Is. 6d., which completes' the total amount now re quired by the act. The- directors recommend that - out of the above sum of £26,635 , 155. 4d., a dividend of £5 per cent. on the consolidated stock; and 12s. 6d. pershare on the £25 A shares, be now de; dared for the half-year ending the 30th. of June last, which, together, will amount to the sum of £23,156 55., and this sum, with theT3,3lB is. 6d. so carried to the reserve fund, makes the sum of £26,484 Os. 6d., leaving a surplus-profit of £l5l Bs. 10c1. The directors feel assured that the'above satisfactory result of the operations of those _provisions of the company's act of parliament Which secure to the consumers, with the increasing business and , profits of the company, progresaive reductions in the price of gas, will demonstrate to the- inhabitants of this community that, by giving to the management of the cozy= pony their confidence and support, they willobtain the bene fit of -further reductions more speedily than by giving their' countenance to agitations, which, whilst they - have had the elect of distracting the attention of these whe are entrusted with the affairs of the company from their proper and ne cessary duties,-must certainly occasion an eapenditure of those fundo which otherwise would form the 'basis-of further re duct:bps in the price of gas. The directors' first daty is to consider the provisirass of the company's - act of parliament, and to take care-that the pro prietors are not prejudiced by any act in the management in their reeeiving , the , axmount of dividend Which , the act of parliament sancticias - ;:nasre particularly when it is- considered that many proprietors have paid large premikuns , to the company, which, by trio• agt of parliament, have been-expended in the works of the company, and npen which ne , protits are divisible,. but, in fact, only giving to such proprietors- a divi dend of £5.-Per cent_ per-annum, and in: some cases. a , less , divi dend on the amount paid: to the company for their shares. In consitision,•your direetws have to-state that four of the directors, namely, Mr; Ear, Mr. Barton, Mr. Larwrence, and Mr. .iliesr.ley, retie front the direction, but are eligible for re-election.. GEORGE H. LAWRENCE, alai:l3lMM , The report:en .the maotibn: of the CHLZEMA.N, seconded by Mr. CuARAESTITRNESC,. VMS unanimously , adopted. The Caxlnsr.AnanovectAhalt a dividct enor rive per cent. tor the half year cmding4the 30th lune, be payable, less-income :, on the 23rit inst. The , resolution waz, -- udopted. , In reply to , a question by Mr. C. Turner; the ensa - aatax said that early notice wouldi be- given of any-intention ta make a call upon the , A shares,- At present they were not in want of money, but the new works. might render it necessary:. Mr. H. Earlir,.M.r. James- Barton, and Mr., G.-IL Lawrence, retiring directors.- were ro-elected, and Mr. John Grant Morris was deeted in:-room-of Mr. Mozley„who retires , from ill health. RE POll7. The direetora,regret that, owingc,,tc; the severity of the win ter and the depremiOn of trade, the accounts .for the half-year slum a cousidtrable reduction in, the amo un t of racoipt&, cow paTed with the zorresponding sizonenths of 18(Ks, The receipts in the half-year ending : 30th June, 18544 =muted to ~403,84,0 4: d, 433,585 12 7 30,582 ; 1,0, 8. 30,297 13 1 The following were unanimously appointed directsrs in the place of those who had retired := .Messrs. James France Ben nett, of Liferpool, Wm. Henry. Pettilean, John Alexander 11Ohson, Manchester; and Thomas Hunter Holderness, of Liierpool. Mr. Walter - ddralston was appointed secretary, vice Mr. Gibson, resigned.. Mr. Beloe wasreappointed auditor. On the proposition of Mr. BEIZE, seconded by Mr. Munn, a resolution waz•unanimously adopted, expressing regret that Mr. Gibson had-' , resigned led the office of secretary, the duties of which he had discharged with so ranch diligence and ability. A -vote of thanks to the chairman, terminated the pro- HORRIBLE' TRAGEDII---CILILDREIT .6-214RrED TO' DEATH 111 LIVERPOOL. O_* S aturday, one-of themost painful and; harrowing inquiries er;sr held before the - Berough coroner was. investigated, dis clesing an-unparalleled: agree of parentri inhuinanity on be. ha Potthe prisopers,.William and Mary Aspinol, two of whose ehi!drirn have died frarn,-starvation, while , tiießfe of another is , des-paired of.: The priSonera lived in Elden;pktee, Vauxhall roadianti en Friday- morning, after a guar:mai-which raised the whole neighbourhood; the female prisoner balkil to a police -likm-i-,2lixt-vaitt that vue - mfiltrr children had died en;Wednesday. from the, cruelly of the male prisoner. The- officer on this ea!Zed4for•a: surgeon; and,. by his advice, he took the prisoner to bridotvell... Information was then given to , Mr. Blake, the coroner.te beadle, who,.on going to the house: of the prisoners forrndseveral children; almost black with filthimul in a perfect state. of nudity. One.about four years okl, nam e d Willi am Valentine,: was buddideup on a chair, like a. dog. This poor child mos se emaciated that,. though now welt attscaled to by theaspensary surgeons; hie life is despaired -of.. One child, named Emma, a little girl; about. a year and ten months old, was: dead -in bed, a mere , dirty skeleton, most horrible to loolt.a4andanother ehildabout four montLeold,..who died on Frklay night while Mt.-Blake and the surgeon. were present, from ievident starvatbm. The inquest held on Saturday was selelY.on the body of the child Emma. The- jury . and the ceronerbeth visited the house where these -dreadful_ scenes oceurred,-and were quite horror-struck with, the sight, the premiiee being dirty and,desolate to a deg,ree,scareely The coroner informed. the lary that be had, requested a medical man to visit the house in which the- bodies and that he was accompanied, by Mr. Walters, of the Town-hall, forthe purpose of having photographic representations of the two,deceased taken.. The-;any should be told. that the man then before them bad beetigiven into custody in consequence of a statement made by his wife; but he din n.ot know that ha:should be doing his-duty, after what he had seen.and been informed of, if he didaiot.roquire that the wife..be. also appre hended. Aiavoman here s;;epped, forward from the-body of the. court, and said, in a loushaud excited tone of voize ) .." - I am. the wife, sir, ~and I'll come; . I'll come." She was tben.t.aken into cus tody, and placed besidelw husband, who. took-not-the slight est notice of her. The female prisoner is apparently, aboutW. years of age, ur,der -tho middle height, slightly formed, and: has a rather genteel .apnearance. She was-attired in a black. Coburg dress, blackjmniced visite, black transparent bonnet,. and black lace veil; nevertheless her plazsiognomy was sinis-- ter, and manifeateCindications of irregularity of life. Mi., dressing the c•aroner, sbe said, ".When I made the eharg...a.l.., did against my.busband,l must have been. o b u o t aTe e ntsh f dtee m trrl y nex - ,.no s ß.i e sal n ta s tici es we4rsa i- y... I must have been .mad; and I now e- , 0 , -.Prate him from. all, blame. If there-is anybiame, it is with myself—it is with me, The first witness was John Aspinol, the- eldest son of the, accused, a lad _about seventeen years ofaige.. He said that Ilia, either gave to has father or his mother. 75 a-year, and that be himself rive. ETBo father ,avai w ed:eci as kaara,.s i ovo . v e nfi.a. : tw e ri hey r i l ee : of, family, e a l e a l f n i t v e d e r o , n n o fi o a v i n 4 e , d a r brothers t htl h y id evening, theii bodies being quite wasted away. Thedeaoased, Emma, was not able t o wa lk , but sometimes sat on hen 'mo th er ' s . . knee. He had heard his father complain that she was .not taken proper, care of. He also deposed that bislather ancl mother, often quarrelled, generals. on : account of hia.,mother spendiegn. poriion of the household, money inclriok,. mother.did not generally treat the deceased kind'y, and be-had seen it naked in a dish on the sink,. He and Ws-, father eitea came home . and found no food, prepared for them,. and the mother quite,drunk. The deed children oftecraved for4ood, which was given them by his;. father and sistair,, but. be aidn't remember his mother givirg them any. This witness's ac count of the state of their house was most paiufulto,&aten to. It was.dirty and disorderl:T., and the childaen,slept sometimes On the boards and sometiriles on the flag sues oft he,kitchen. The windows and furniture. were .broken, and. everything in confusion. Mary Aspinol, daughter of the ptisoners,. about fourteen, years_ of age, gave similar evidence to. that of the previous wituees. She stated tzhat previous to. the laat fortnight the deceased was health , : and.had food, but she could not tell if she had enough. 'J deceased was frequently washed in the sink by her sister,_ a child eight years of age. She caught cold, and deceased ; appeared to waste away about a week before she died. When, food , was given. to the deceased, the oth er children often pinched, her and took it from her. Her mother used to drink, and she and thofather quarrelled very often in con sequence. Oat. Thursday last her mother drank a quart of ale s , which she purchased with money given to her by her son (the. first witness): She often pledged things for her mother, who: spent the money in drink. . Sometimes they were two or three days without food, but not all day. Latterly her father and. brother-purchased the food for the house, and they often; could not stay while she (witness) cooked it. iii, Geo. Kemp, surgeon, said he had made a post m oP t em examination of the bo t ty of the deceased. He never saw such a case of emaciation; the eyes were exceedingly sunken, and the. arms and legs quite wasted away to a skeleton.. The heart was healthy but empty; the lungs healthy hut of a light grayish colour ; and the entrails totally devoid of either fluid or food sufficient to fill a dessert spoon. He had no doubt but that the deceased died of starvation. It was the worst case of the sort he ever saw. The bones of the deceased pro truded in several places through the skin. The appearance presented by the body of the deceased could not be produced by disease. Mr. Salter, cashier of the Londeu and Northwestern Rail way Company, said the male prisoner received £75 a-year, paid monthly, and his km £2O a-year, paid fortnightly. The prisoner had several - times asked for his salary in advance, alleging domestic difficulties as the reason he did so. John Aspinol recalled---A Mrs. Smith, he said, sometimes visited them ; she was at their house on Thursday, but he could not tell when . she was there before. The male prisoner said that he and his son had frequently to walk the streets till all hours of the night, as they could net stop in the house, the female prisoner, when in a state of intoxi cation, throwing plates, dishes, &c., at them, and breaking the windows and furniture. She never washed the children more than once a fortnight on the average, and he was frequently obliged to cook food for them. The children and their mother j were generally in bed when he and his son came home. The female prisoner said that her husband frequently got money which he refused to give her, and that although she and the children were very often without food, he refused to give her money either for food or other necessaries, and he had several times beaten her and abused her when _she asked him for money, Tier husband on one occasion lately asked her to go in a i - i'liblie house, and because she refused he beat her so severely that she 11;c..a forced to break the windows to The position of the company with respect to station ac, modation in Manchester has occupied much of the attenti, the board. An offer was received-some months since from Bonding Warehouse Company to dispose of their propert: Salford; but after a careful consideration by a deputatio the board, the offer was declined. The directors will conti to give their attention to the subject. The expenses of Chester station still bear very heavily u the company, but notice, under the powers obtained in the for amalgamating the Shrewsbury and the Great Wesl Companies, has been given for a revision of the proportions company should contribute to that station. The alterations in the management referred to in the rel. to the last half-yearly meeting have been carried into effi by the appointment of Mr. Charles Mason, as manager, salary of £550, an increase being contingent upon increase the dividends paid to the shareholders. With the view of meeting this increased expenditure, 1 board recommend that the annual allowance for direction reduced from £9OO to £6OO. Mr. Gibson, in May last, ga in his resignation of the secretaryship; and as it has b( considered desirable that the offices of secretary and treasu should in future be combined in Mr. Johnston, who hitherto been treasurer, there will thus be a saving in the penditure, notwithstanding the appointment of Mr. Masi who will take upon himself the out-door employment hither managed by the secretary. Mr. Bancroft having resigned the chair, Mr. Atkins has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Your directors have seen with regret the remark made the Great Western report, that their traffic is still obstruct, by this company; your directors are not aware that any oh struction has been offered to the traffic of that company durir the half year referred to. Your directors have the satisfaction to report that arrange meats are in progress by means of which the relations between your company and the Great Western company, and other coin• panies are expected to be placed on a more satisfactory am friendly footing, it being the determination of your board afford to all the companies in connection with this railway th greatest possible facilities for an interchange of traffic. Your directors feel that this policy, pursued with energe and economy, will, at no distant period, place this undertaking in a position more' satisfactory to' the• proprietors. Since last half-yearly meeting, Mr. Gibb has resigned k seat at the board, and the following directors retire by rot tion, Mr. Bryans, Mr.-Peter Catterall, and Mr. James Brown consequently there are four vacancies to be filled up, and Mr C. Beloe, one of the auditors, also retires by rotation. The directors recommend that a dividend• at the rate of per cent. per annum be declared, and made 'payable on the stl Sept., subject to deductionlof Income-tax. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, en• tered into an explanation of the causes which had led to his appearance in the position be held on that occasion.. Referring to the' position and prospects of the company, he deprecated the restrictive clause in the agreement with the London and Northwestern, which prohibited- them from carrying foreign traffic from Chester to Lower Walton at other than local rates. The intention- of this was, no doubt, to prevent the Great Western and-Shrewsbury traffic from goingupon their line, to the great annoyance of that company and loss to themselves. The Great Western Company, he understood, had leased land near the docks-at Birkenhead for £2;000 a-year, and had built warehouses and-offices, with the view of carrying on a consider able business;: while they had purchased a number of flats for the purpose of carrying their goods traffic over the river. After reverting to other topics mentioned in the report, and having announced; .as his general policy, not to allow himself to be over-reached by any company to the detriment of the Birkenhead Company, he concluded by moving theadoption of the report. Mr. EDWARD HA.411.1/1 seconded the motion. In the course of the' discussion, Mr. Evan's, a director, exl plained, in reply to Mi. •Milne, that the excessive charg e u p on the`goocis' traffi c arose m. tbe difficulties inseparable from , a divided right of entrance into the station at Chester. Apart from-that, the expenses-of their goods traffic were as economi cal arthose of any line in the kingdom. After some observations-from Mr. EDWARD HARPER, with reference to the claims of- the Great Western Company, and the impolicy of offering any obstruction to their traffic coming upon the - line, The report was unanimously adopted, and the dividend was declared,' subject to income 'tar, and payable on • the sth of September.- L ic h e il i a l n e ts h aTi e d d ti those w security from crime. tQ 044 The grand jury were then dismi.isej trials COITIMORCCd , h o r esort to i t w ; - • _ es e idle El !cone- : for help. She had previously been in a basin_ , o ,, i e tt ,_ , ion of her to keep herself and children, and she had t° , '! n the that if he would leave her alone she would • t . ' i e,,,e, ;,, ty in He had taken a vast amount of her own pr oper . 9,L .o 7,i, 4 . fAuatlsT 28, 1 80 ' on of After a lengthy summing up, from the I ;°J ;re t tinue returned a verdict of "Wilful murder the „., Boners. The male prisoner, on hearing ' .. ` e lje,l, 01 7 e. upon and his wife, who a moment previously had l lee :: ~,1 e act braided him, now called him by endearing' ne',: re iv e t stern herself for saying ought against him, and dectle, rd 1 this one of the kindest and best men in the J U w° l r ild be l ' 1 11 The Coroner said that the children we te tt port by the Workhouse officials.l f r the et] [feet, On'Saturday Mr. Carr, the Governor 0, or i N I at a accompanied by Mr. Blake, went to the Pri s° oo tlo t, e in placed an experienced nurse in attendance IlLbt le 41. 4 t w l with means to obtain everything that a the towards aiding their recovery. , 44' ll be . YESTERDAY, , ptt ,(.1 0 w ave ~. An, inquest was held on the body of Thom' utel een pinol, aged four months. 0 ,4, Oe .e is !, urer . The first witness examined was John It s t r ie 'e lercl, le has • deceased died on Friday evening. He sleP e teee. 'ell( 1 Saturday.-Mary wdahyo._gamvaerysimAilsparineordetnhcee et?detshtatdisfuttoe7iPit, erto 1 three days before he died. Had seen her t o f ol ) ,s 11 1 t e I child ; but she did not appear to have Plelg il l Ytte l tl4 non heard her mother say she was short of wo'' e ee‘i, , ,,,, e 1 as be fo e rj;; . te ! . fed the child with a spoon, as much °,_ ;fed during the last two or three , days the child re eeclo,Ale el lteti She observed him to waste away. Her father _ 0 11)0 4 oh . opportunities of seeing the state the child ita: ber , Aar,i one ing slept in the same bed with his father and o) % a defi;',iiy e a ll night-dress and other clothing. Her father a° t „,1 )11 al ge - ' often quarrelled about her mother getting dr;: e scilt Ab L l] ran ' day witness's brother gave his mother 51 ":0 11 ,5)kie, nct' mother sent her fora pint of ale, and then fel, o ,ri'Al r, le •nd she drank. A deal of money was spent in cil lelYelte a t to mother and her.father. When witness went ~,, , 'tN,4 , to ,he was plenty of food in the house.-PolicesnlStek4te said his attention was first called to the case. isrllYl ti bi gY ing about four o'clock. He was on duty ° i et,eleOei ng when Mrs. Aspinol came from a back-door, s / e lo'.,elke'' his to protect her from her husband. She s °t “e-rs P rl li 4 Pi l , shamefally, and murdered one of the ail': Oe t , tt , , ne starvatan. There was one lying dead f tY.ai e e t t i n; another dying aside of it. Witness went °_. f d r ,h e tr. Eldouptsee, and knocked three times, but c,°,.' l r e el l y th t l t b e . , mission, though he heard. some one inside. ~.1 , 1 1 . .) b l , l' the cellar window to the back door, and 1 ,, ,i t o 'ri 4 4 ,! Ln prisoner asked what he wanted, and refit's! e l t? ie!! another offeer was going for assistaa e `,' ti01:79,' tae i l l; w P w n ah'ietonnnesehsce asked o replied,pon c d h . i t m l c i c e ' Aw d s o iki o a r tm , hee l nlbeeandcianddesoatnieotlniticspe,lii:s;dvic;eifclei v l O,l 11,etItt.t ; l t,, 1 1 lies." Witness took-him into custody S ,Tsoa d ..; • tt t iv , 'a dren dead, and Wli Other in-a very bad sta"'d, P',4 . `ll n dispensary for medical assistance-31r. ER •e be .0 k tiv ,se, at the North Dispensary, in-Vauxhall-road, sa i oe re 7/ i t 4 is ". by the last witness to go to 64; Elsion•ran ee 'eerb el 'o I ti s tl ' 'n , house he found a female child in bed in the,, e - d sell!), J E ; r il 3 _• - deceased lying beside - it. It was in a very P '''j'lle".4 e`; emaciated, and wasted almost to a skeleton . It e `",e i l te e 16 the child had had no ' food for some hou r .% of l 'el', fl : . et s P afterwards, and witness-made an. examinatleieee ' l e ' A' 4 ' • ! the - presence of Mr. Fletcher. He found n e e 9 r eit° l o .o? , \ Vel on the surface,- but it was considerable' . cO, ` l , _lve e i t in folds, and the bones prominent Tht: ''' ~,,, ,, r "41 ' ratively healthy ; there was about half a ' - ' : ollf' e t tf for ,, e , .gesteci food in th stomach- There Nyasa tot ; , de) i v . li os t ' •on any of the tissues, and vritness attribiitc a t e !. ' ill,; j l l , t. %t, ', vatiOn.-In the course of this witness's csn tr '•;;diori,i', IN,: , prisoner applied to the coroner to have ate bad 'a ~: ! he * pointed out turned out of court. He ' The' t i t ~t it itl''', L' boundover, and considered hien an enemY• „Dore i i. 4 ",, 4 8 1 1,‘ -' he could not do so without better reason- -- . 4 ": } , : fol'Fi. the ,7 1 ; 'wards - a jnryman called the attention 0 , ,. `",, - t of t / Ni l i t t ' . laughing at the prisoner, and he was ttallea'e 01 k,'' 0 , Mr. Dicker Fletcher, surgeon and lecturer ci t l io , .4 4 '4 • - assisted-the-previous witness in...the exan,i nr4 e ol t ,et' ' e zi ,At t gave - similartestimony. He said:the wasin. g rol 0" . i. ,',.. e been going on for some time r probably ''''' fie f ',:e'i l i,, 4 ll t ,,,. t ki, metst'have been evident to any looker -49r ', e tar fs o l i ' 4 4'o All the last witness that the cause a death 10 ,, 0 0 04 i 4 4 el Tlie - male - prisoner-r said he haelnothinr ^- ," t the 01' ( itt ( ; 1 ' 0 1 said that she had nothing to say except , ta g „ t ioi , N -,,', N . after it.was weaned, and witness herself - "."'" tio) "` health.. - , if •.0; • ils ed 1 ,sori' j 're°' i'' I 'Pled • The Coroner then addressed thetaryere' t ill' i l irc' . d t 't j,4 - ' said on Saturday, it was one of the'aii * ,•ee'' to (1- ' t , el"; a photograph taken, in order to preserve srec s ' a ik 1 .1t1 ,,, ',.,(C' of the deceased,. as it would be diffienlV4" e 'r 9 ‘ - t De 1 "', 4 13', 1, 1 ': e„,:kg t ttaw h erh e nde dieh investigationae s a s -al l' p tiist. O lol' ti 6(imaa ve Pde:aie p elet:a a enerr e ild nt am s p anothernor i 'o n tf obi theci c a ai otsbuh s lm e reeat s Pi : o aPhfill f eleaar t d trah e : at adit:l4 . l: : :t:ee:c) : :: : :l l` t°:::: ' ''ff : :: o l:j°lllegefV e e:l s! R ici l s:l-ri:6t1 1 5114:11: . ' neglect of supplying children with noaris"' 1 4 ' bt, ' 0 , Ml,l' ,Aila• 1 1 1.1 fel . i ~,, s 4 remarked. on. the conduct of the indi';'' ~i 1 o. - r ' , 'ilß i .„ turned out - of the court, and who, Lolls' , - I el% it „titre primary cause- of the disagreement betwefi x , tln o oe ,Lee, l commented- on; the evidence as it al:11,%, ~ the 0 .05 r b ., 4 ' .; case, and left. it to. the jury to say w-eet die 0 -13. tt rishment, of which it was evident the el)! be t's, i ,Iviji , f ,0 1 't - parent, gross neg,ligence, and whether that' ° parent, andi if 'so,. which of them• at - oh ,. ecterni , i; The jury r after a brief consounit ors. ,ti 'at wilful murd'ereagainet both Pr`............--• - • fr t 41e, ..-•...__._ _ _ _ _ - - - . •'_ _-!--"'----- - - - - _ - - - - - - . r ., oill" 'iz t , .., 0 . LIVEZpooL QUAR TE-tt , - 3 ri d k r i l l r t art tl o i er e e b rsrd or e o rr ag h. ahr:c.o4:::sliniteo7a.----- - of t bi so4 til 'l ,l't 1.6 , 11 -1 1 : e i ll ie d5 f, ' ?Ii 'll: 1 41'.:4 1 i lll y tt' o:t et , ?: 1, "'" Th Y e E fo s l r l :::::: e th n te . le g m en e e n ral we g r ua e s r l t v e o r rn se en the I is 1 . 01 , , Thomas Much,. broker, Oldhall-street, fO T e Do t f 1 1 . 1 1 felony, Gl before iti:yN,:t_pa ianna G dm: il ß b fyot e i r .uri t - w. witio:te ,1.4 ; an( , in Christopher - Bushell, wine broker, Ncrth •'° ~. le e Samuel Bailey, share broker, Hackin's-heY', ‘• eele s treet' ki tt t ' 1 Thomas Arthur Bashby, broker, Dalo - A tre at ' tt o Nl Samuel Marshall Bulley, broker, Eurafor" - „t lle'''tee John Baron.. broker, Oldhall-street. ~,,e . stn't , ' ee\i e 4t tt Robert Croafie, tobacco broker, North.J° 4 l, - s tre e ' te'le. e : A Frederick Cliapple, merchant, South east,-" .. " , i ,-I.,tit e Henry Crameship broker, South John-st ns f t ' L a b „ , John Driver,. wine merchant, Exclangee we ' ' e k :l e j aee Rol Jamesmßl.Tl:ody la x lbl i i i w r :pet. William iii3 Du . . r l r r t i : ]:cotes, ho r n s l e s-rr'r rectifier, ths l ei fi k r m r c a o e ype k e hr orr e a m: r En h , tx a C c n h h t a a , p l e l el-street, Rumford-pl acee n -s - n b t r i e , , , i e , id t i s tr . e s , e,e te ' ; ,;"' 11 el it' s„ , ll 4('-'r 1 j ;, 1 : 4'451; ~,,ll itii, ~ oc Thomas Stanton Eddowes, anchor-smith , 7 1 1 4,.' 0 1 , 1 , t William-Griffith Leete, broker, Sweeting' - ' tell 4 ?' 4e t "l n a li g n o e t d i r f , n a b e c y t r u o -s k r t e e r r r e , : \ B t : a rn ti lp: i4 !; ' , (4e „4 , :.ld i :eii ()l, I' ' e. C'ee, , ri The RevORDVE then proceeded to addee elleVea e ; d e „ tholist before him, which was fuller than th e ,`) el 0 , , -„,, ~...%,,,, e i aoritained. the• names of 19 prisoners.. sea? $ vol k, doe'„ course of five weeks. There were, butKet o e st t ) p.l' le etlet, ahic'n , he had to make to them for-the Peer sfc 00 1 ~NAte'''et them in theeases that would be brought 1 )8 ,,' - 1/ 13 0 00:9 t.' Lit ly '' tr , vas a case-of house-breaking, in which'. it, ' e ': 01;4 h '' l T - 'l, ll he thief entered through the baeleL„kitc°`l, it d -i ,tfi l e - j lad no , Essienini , - but if they should be.; rd d r, i l it 8 G eindow had been shut down, ther..loptent e n ' f .,- ibf , ) 181; " 1 he sash: worth/ be a breakimg. - into tYl e ee",0 0 1 :1 1 / l A te„4l Mere was- also a case of elefainir e '' ese iley, , i d 1 , 1 ,'e iretences e in which a person, by representi",,o9) i'l'ari' ( were siaere induced the pawnEtokers. to' P (17 NA ranee- than they would otherwise havoeinn e tlet ° Il i ( . 1 1o r t i tIt e hey ware. net silver at all.. Upon titi g ' r e tell t e); ' e - 0ti, 41 ,,, .elvanced many different theories. For '., e .'' eP o t'l a 'mee Aos ' old'any of them (the jury) au unsound hor', e ' sie, N tt9ll anted', to be sound, an at torney -would:tel t , "' t Do' 'Arksi, lie proceeding against him. criminally,. / Intet l 9, te, 4l i woreeded against oil the warranty. 150 t to I t tb ;4, i ' t e e i te a ~lea-ened argument on the-matter, he elion•Vir reiii . te el ltl rould be for there to find the bill: Though t ' -I se 4 erli 4 - , ef Leliglit, he was not quite-so sure that crime'` ee l il li. i i ,'"ole ishing in the town, because, from. the la te l 'a L t 1 6,‘ 1 01 0 y 4 , 4 Attul that there were 864:person& ih. prison i ebt' o t i .44), itue-more than the average ; and, in trt , tt l 'e e ssele , ,,it ~,,, N. i Liat fewer persons hail; been sent to. the Sesler °. 1, 8 4 y oft , 4 /so found that there had. been ::a larger nn in er oorey } er,l4`,:l °evictions, and that a : larger member of V''' ofd „eleod .I t it't " :Red in prison. Rather it was. another inou e v re er e:, ,;„ , t .eli ll fenders than a diminutiore, of crime , orhicll' 0 11 1 11: 4 0) 11 0 '• ?!iilt a their calendars. Fur be it from bin: l , l ' 4) o e rtlic• •dr/ i k k t ko,°' / nportance of summary convictions. fle ; ', 2 l- -s °„ , ~ „fe l ' eerl e e kit the greatest part , of thecrinainel h ll5ll- o ' f t l 'eeke A ' 'as administered by,tha,sumanary decisions, icr ay ., l ) o c ~4 1 ', e .ki ad he believed that, as their intelligenc e i t i eeir(Se t ei te o lP Ic`t , „LIP mfidence of the.: public increased, th e ; /el :9 °LAO./ • ' IN 'mild be extended: At the same time, so:;?oeee;) td ill: 'ore tied with. regard to measures of PO' e cl J ./ ire: 3 ,o 4e ' ' ',, lt t . t. ; !so always he.a.proper proportion obsel l pe 0 , esPer, ' OA: ices sent tai the higher. courts, otlierwreee l !Aetyr, 't Ity, ii ?o O teetu u ao l ud d rpfi b etaro e b elreri too, ed. Ha . td:ah h e t n ie h r a )r n ee in ds fl o n at : l o o n i f i etb number iced w magistrates, g o is ff4 a n t d e e s r , s to e:"ll, trit , r ier t e .,,, : t . :, i, 1 k c l , ktt rti a p h ass ad ed o t ie his ho s i e lo ss w i r on o , f i?i,: 1 1 ,',: c 0 e .,: le il , I c .i tt : 4 l ,o l l l ' ' ' i ti, ' :" u O t4 t i ses, snore powers were , given to thene rf i :,oso' e te , :,,e ~, •" . t t t l t ens, which he thought had been ad0p1 2 ,A..,e, i p t q l „ . l ll' ‘ 0 powers of summary jurisdie9on wcareeo t''' 1 0 ', ' teNe when he f° ° . Jitt‘ l e ,e s ','..eee; ' At " -e 0 to 41l i lit tie or instance,. where a party aenP„ee ello,e 0,4 ,tp`'t a- magistrate, instead of sending ', t ie ecc` 0 0 0 e, ',C,te, It receive sentence, might sentf' bee° t. 11° e erly l'e ees l l i I , other cases, where a person. 1 1, '" coti r el', 'De c , N`l mmarily convicted, when sent to that ora e 5 hilt i g,re,gf, , a tcji le to penal servitude. The want of 4 5 0 ecti°,, De ° ' ,l ll7 ' e seo l i el been severely felt, because when a 11 2, - ,1 c°°o ; . 4. t+ 1,1'1.0e0 twelve times summarily convicted u'eeely to e el:. s !", e`- ace se Recorder) it was almost hopeless I Z, e el' a ece'' to t ii, 4l 'e t t, Lion. His hands had been tied, ao'-_,.1 °.o l td o ses' t jOY , t;t;' . e,le t , 4 3 mto imprisonment. This new at'' ore in terelle j e te,7it e eful measure of punishment, in e ere' e op o'7l, )4, l leLle ssed. A time was drawing steal . ' sing ,eit° s t o i, r•te'''' he n is , ' tht 4 07 '•11 - t1 my persons he meant, the minue t , e tog say es t # Ll e k e •merly regretted that, at one the °, " la d t aii j to a.. ,'eo tl 1 oral in granting licenses. He 'Wa s o ptet i ' t lice,TeV t) i. ,r.,1 1 '' o other view seemed to have been l a nro her ° ter ' t';e l I ; ` l ,e rtes seemed to have limited the l ho pe that' oe sse• 0 , I ki?f i e e Jae to eo ri ' - e ;e d ss o it r i d e e s r o , f t t h h e e y pre l% b o li u c id an ve d r h se e v ti c i i d e. iii.ie, (the e,_ rioop ra , e b th w e 1 tr.,4 A11. 4 ., e4 t :asion, _as the judge of that courth: nt e blq t er tha ; ge i d l 4 'NY , cnowledge a fresh and most impoiehle to e" led °t e r° i'' 't,, e t't tl l 'ation of Liverpool. It was impel s „lONIC _ c oil Ail ~,,trl lout being reminded with what.! .yho s rerf tios e;o t lit e Corporation had provided for a u l t i , ' be ,ide s 9 l s A o( 4 o o7te:, ,Lie administration p.dministration of justice. 13 . e there '''' t tlio. 4 f r eo l/ A le l'e l t in the administration of justic.:_ 1 , 04 -01 1 . iDel_oot i !, ,e.„411 o ought not to be forgotten -I 0 t the 1:Iw s u o tbilig, IlS` c e, ~..k ties who had offended against. ine d that n er soll,;ti t q f 1 01 3 Council of the borough, &ter: d for s ticjl t so c '' ' o 4 o l/ e eg 4 t, iting on their part to prov,t oufwe sneee cil ei6 pi1 . ;1 .1 , t t3 ll t expense, built a place et r i s on (. 11 7 1 i s pos"'"oieP e pr : '4, 1 .'41 t the best known system 0 P,, le w ell- 4; te : 11 , 1 ).t l tii tied out. There, in seclusion,,tu_,, o f the ; ti Drr:o t ea, lid be protected from the infli 6 l .o 4-,?ff, rie , i velt , ' oll eis ci e T ,,, e r ; ) e tl iisposed prisoner, confined in m" to refle ct i i cr P r° 1. l icil le t IN l i ir n doing mischief, and be led „eel(' eartd eq eeceoe l tb, j e, t Council, he had no doubt, would so c,v' oe d t: s el e t: Ve i religious influence for the pre ul„ e T eal we n , ' o'i 15,,.7 1 ) , vitness "." spel l d• le nil' 'i,,i 4 li tt , [3" been his privile.ge to` '., e .l this c-, rol e I ta tcs, it e A l , 1.,, e i which the magistracy ]o.", ' theY 3v el e -iagi st lot '•fic y • I'it to rind watchfulnees with wleel i hr (tit e ' e ed t e clii t i g t a i ny laudable object. Lander 1, benefited' i e d P P ,i i r 4 - ', 3, he honed the town would_ , in itwou ld ~,,4. 0 'ile 00h. OCKWS, sold use Prod be foul also COB , tor ofii the For the. sum liabl had 13 , ( dt k‘44 tat ‘1 tetc ‘‘‘A tt 4 iito et ii t iZ '2 ) 1 t 't $41 t. 11 : 11. : 01 t