The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

THE Xtberpoof :°'---)tatibarb+ TUESDAY, DEOEMB_ER 18, 1855 FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. Orr Monday last the Court removed from Windsor to Osborne, where HER MAJESTY and the Royal Family will remain till the middle of the present week, at which time they and the Royal Household will return to Windsor Castle, there to celebrate, in good old English style, the Christmas festival, and spend_ the seaso n ' s h o lid a y s . Arrangements have been made for having MEHITL'S grand Oratorio of Joseph per formed at the Castle on New-Year's-Day, on a scale of courtly and musical magnificence rarely equalled in this country. Madame GOLDSCHMIDT will, it is understood, take part in this performance. For some little time past, great commotion has been shown at the Military Clubs and places of resort, and within a few days gossip has been unusually busy in relation to certain movements connected with the army, in which the name and alleged interference of the PRINCE CONSORT have been freely mixed up. Intended novelties in the art of tailoring and batting, not hutting, the army form grounds of discontent and sarcastic remark among all ranks and grades in the military service. So much has already been said of the infantry hat and the cavalry coat skirts, that simple-minded men and the ordinary run of civilians- fondly imagined the inventive facul ties of an army clothing artist had been gratified if not satiated ; and that the spirit of pragmatical innovation had been effectually rebuked. Such, however,_it appears, is not the case, and a new regimental hat is prothisfd to the officers of the line, of such rare beauty, that it is supposed they will deem theinselyes happy men in being allowed each to acquire one at the moderate charge of five and twenty guineas, and the superannuation of their present costly though inelegant " golgothas." Everyone who has attempted to cater for the public knows to his cost the ingratitude which pervades all classes of that many-headed monster; and it is said that even royal designers of military coat-flaps, buttons and jack boots do not meet with more than a compensating amount of thanks from .subalternsrith - attenuate - d purses, and field officers who are stupid enough to prefer decorations awarded for meritorious service to the filagree ornamentation of coat sleeves with recondite designs in gold lace. Such an extent of obdurate ingratitude as is implied in the last-mentioned suppoiition is indeed distressing, nevertheless 'tis true, 'tis pity, And pity 'iis 'tis true, a head-thatch of marvellous form and surpassing :esthetic proportion&is_threatened-to-the army, and its members are greatly apprehensive of the consequences. Another, and a more important matter-than the "hat," has unloosed the tongue of gossip, and made scandal, oral and typographic, busy with the name of Prince ALBERT, and his distinguished position in relation to the army. The recent army warrant, enacting that an invidious distinction, existing in favour of the household troops, giving to their officers an ipso facto superiority of grade, shall cease, and that actual service in the field shall be the future ground of grade pro. motion, has given dire offence to the officers of the three re giments of Guards. These officers have prepared and for warded a urembriai to the QUEEN, which the Times says was secretly proposed and secretly presented, demanding that the warrant shall be rescinded because a few officers of the Line will by its provisions receive a temporary priority of rank. This memorial has, it seems, been signed by the colonels of the three regiments of Guards, including the Duke of CAM BRIDGE and Prince ALBERT. The interference of Prince ALBERT is looked on with extreme dislike and much jealousy by all military men. His individual influence with the QUEEN, his exalted position in the State, his personal inexperience in military affairs, are, each and all, cited as conelusive reasons why he should have stood aloof from any such movement, which is loudly condemned as at variance with the spit it of the time. This matter has given rise to much comment, and when it is remembered how many meritorious officers have been left behind in the competition for employment and pro motion, simply because they could bring no influence to bear upon the authorities at the Horse Guards, it ceases to be a cause of wonder that this interference on the part of His Royal Highness should re-provoke criticism on the influence he has exercised in reference to the highest military appoint ments. JOHN BULL, though patient towards accused parties, and ever-meMirifin the interpretation of questionable facts and ex-parte allegations, is exceedingly jealous of anything bearing the semblance of self-seeking and shabbiness, and doubly suspi cious upon the subject of military abuses, to which, of late, he has had his attention most painfully directed. At this particular juncture, the interference of the oldest field-marshal, though one of the youngest generals, in the British army, is felt to be particularly ill-timed and indiscreet. It has opened up the channels of rumour and suspicion, as to the exercise of "a power behiUd the throne," and singularly infelicitous allusions to the predominance of German policy, which is said to dominate and thwart the constitutional advisers of the crown. While military clubs have been agitated by the subject above mooted, and the matters collaterally arising out of it, the political clubs of the Metropolis have been the arenas of an activity unusual at this season of the year. Everybody supposes that during the few days of December, which pre cede the advent of Christmas, legislators, forgetting their senatorial anxieties, are busied in preparation for duly cele brating the festivities of our great annual holiday time, and everybody believes that they are, at present, doing so. In this conjecture, everybody, as is not unfrequently the case, is grievously mistaken — 'frue;-here and there we find a rural M.P. presiding over the annual bucolic celebration of his dis trict, stimulating the patriotism, and sympathising in the con tentment and rejoicing of his hearers; but this is no faithful index to the real state of affairs. For some time past the political clubs of London have had an unusual attendance of members. What adds to the seeming importance of this unseasonable congregation of political somebodies, is the won derful fact that each seems surprised at the presence of his fellow, as if all had secret missions of their own to fulfil, and believed that no one else even dreamed of a probable coadjutor. From this state of matters the knowing ones profess to draw very conflicting inferences. By one set the conclusion is held to be obvious that a dissolution of Parliament is imminent ; another, and these are looked upon as the better informed upon the subject, infer a " staggering state " of the minis terial omnibus. Theoretical and practical disagreements on many points of vital :policy are known to exist among the members of the recently patched up cabinet. The posi tion and prospects of the war are fertile themes for anything but friendly discussion. The PREMIER and Lord CLARENDON are said to have agreed to differ on some very important affairs of foreign policy. Other members of the Cabinet are likewise known to entertain views on the question of peace very different from those expressed by Lord PALMERSTON. Since it was first jumbled together, many screws have become loose in the Cabinet, and fair reason exists for believing that, in even the , most recent accessions to the Ministry, round men, to use the simile of Mr. DRUMMOND, have got into square holes,-aud-feel most undeniably that they are not " the right men in the right places." These and other "coming events" throw the shadows of a ministerial break-up strongly before the eyes of a sorely puzzled people. Ministers and their abbettors maintain that the PALMERSTON Cabinet is a "strong government," yet, singularly enough, it seems completely paralyzed whenever it attempts to move ;—they represent it as united in purpose and combined in operation, yet, at every turn it is threatened with dismemberment— every indicated action becomes the signal for revolt among some of its members. Numerous individuals, deeply versed in the science of political straw-throwing, maintain that the '" signs of the times" are portentous in their indications of a . ministerial break-up before the re-assembling of Parliament. The commotion about peace, which still agitates the public mind, is held by many to be a mere device forklirecting at tention from the ministerial squabbles ; while others, with a greater show of probability on their side, maintain that these rumours are in reality stock jobbing artifices, concocted with as much skill and as little foundation in truth as the late alleged scarcity of sugar in the British mar k e t h a d it s or i g i n in the fortuitous amount of the sugar imports. Both affairs, these parties affirm, had their origin in a fertile imagination, and an unscrupulous appreciation of individual profit. On this particular subject, the game is still pertinaciously main tained by the Morning Chronicle, the hazy oracle of the GLADsToNIAN policy. This astute political organ, only a day or two ago, drawing on the authority of that Mrs. GAasP with which it is in correspondence in the Austrian capital, says :—" From Vienna we receive as- Fr ances that the prospects of peace grow brighter eve r y day, and were never so sure as UM." The value of any guarantee held out by so mythical a diplomat as the author of the Chronicle's Vienna correspondence, will, of course, be taken by the initiated quantum valeat but any reference t o that journal, and its " foggy morn i ng" foreign news,. i mpels a reminiscence of the recent co nduct of its political idol, th e Right Hon. WILLIAM EWART G LAD STONE. That gentleman, ffi. it will be remembered, having possessed himself of suent courage to assist in tying up the rudder of the good ship Britannia till she " drifted" into a war with Russia, had al so the further bravery to undertake the prosecution of the war on the ready-money principle. He was to make each year's taxation defray the cost of each year's hostilities , and indig nantly repudiated the idea of a loan. He was, however, in doing so, the financial ruler of the war ; and in that capac it y he adventured upon a project denounced as the reverse of safe r- ~= or economical by the Duke of WznnrsGros—he carried on hostilities on the principle of a " little war." This pet hobby of the right hon. gentleman he was forced to dismount from, but not before he had entangled the nation in an expense, through mismanaged'resources, tenfold as great as that which a vigorous prosecution of the war would have entailed upon the cctuntry ; 'While he also caused, throUgh the same means, an expinditure of brave life such as no country can afford to throw away. Having accomplished this much, he was smitten with a sudden fit of conscientiousness, and could not on any terms consent to remain iin — inaber of any Cabinet which allowed the_elite the illustrissinsi viri of its composition to be told the truth by the country, or the House of Commons, or an committee which that house might appoint. Repudiating the Cabinet which would not shield him from the scrutiny which condemned his shallow, if not absolutely treasonable, policy, he has taken up the dignified position of an itinerant lecturer at popular institutions, and contents himself, for the present, with wordy efforts to ruin the con stitution he was only too successful in injuring as a minis ter. He now counsels the abandonment of our colonies, as he previously mutilated the war preparations, in obedience to the behests of a cheese-paring and candle-end economy, and a strongly-suspected partiality for Russia. To men who have only common sense for their guide, and reason for their moni; tor, it seems inexplicable that one who so stoutly insists upon maintaining the integrity of Russia, and defends as inviolate the territorial thefts which she has recently committed, should in cold blood, and as the pastime of a political leisure, only lest; mischievous than public employment, advocate the dismem berment of the British Empire. Yet, such is the course adopted by the Right Honourable Member for the University. of Oxford. He shrunk with horror from the bare idea of a dismemberment of Russia during the debate on the Vienna Conferences, yet he unhesitatingly advocates the propriety of stripping Great Britain of her colonies, while he, also, it is well known, aspires to seize the helm of - public affairs, in the ministerial crisis which he and his friends strive so hard to bring about. -While the Ministerial break-up seems imminent and inevit able; there are not wanting many who, in the working of the movement, still see rather the indications of a Parliamentary dead-lock and a dissolution. Of this belief are Many of the leading Rads of Manchester, who, with the proverbial sagacity which is supposed to be peculiar to the pig-headed tribe, see right into the wind's eye of the political horizon. Those gentlemen, disgusted with the anti-national policy of the Right Hon. T. M. GIBBON, and the right nothing Joux Mama; are preparing the seats of those gentlemen for new occupiers. Such individuals, ever in extreme, have cast their wooing glance upon Lord PaLattEnsToar, and mean, it is said, to nominate him in opposition to the pugnacious peace Quaker. True, his_ lordship repudiates the connexion, and, with that ascerbity of banter which forms a constitutional feature iu his character, says, in answer to the request of having such honour conferred upon him, "Me go to Manchester to meet Jarrx BRIGHT ! not likely ; Ihave too much of him in the House of Commons." The " knowing, ones "of cottonopolis, however, never understand a negative at bargain-making in its negative sense, and entertain no belief in the veracity of politicians. They apply their ordinary rule to the present case, and, in the refusal of Lord PALMERSTON, see only one instance more of political coquetry, and infer that in saying no he really means yes. Strong in this complimentary conviction, it is said they will in reality put his lordship in nomination. So much for having acquired the character of a political joker. Considerable additional light has been thrown on many of the disputed points of the Crimean war, and on the opera tions of the Allied armies immediately preceding that expe dition, by the publication of a " Sketch of the War in the East from the departure of Lord RAGLAN to the capture of. Sebastopol." It is from the pen of Mr. WOODS, late special correspondent of the Morning Herald, at the seat of war, The judicious letters of this gentleman produced a great and r'deserved effect in relation to the conduct of the war, as that was ,delineated in his nervous but not querrulous despatches. The substance of his remarks have been by him carefully digested, and, in the work which he has just published, he, as already said, lets in new light upon many of the dark and dim spots which tinge, though they do not tarnish, the bright course of events in the Crimea. He directs the rays of his concentrated sagacity upon the early movements of the campaign, demonstrates the inadequacy of preparation at the time it was undertaken, and incidentally makes out a strong case of incapacity against Lord RAGLAN, as its conductor. He denounces the encampment on the swamps of Devna, where the British Army suffered so severely before the expedition to the Crimea was undertaken—censures the inadequacy of the transport accommodation, which led to such frightful loss by the want of tents, of ambulances, of proper medical stores, and by the want of baggage animals. He also condemns unmeasuredly the lateness of the season at which the expedition was undertaken. In all this, un fortunately, there is nothing new. It has all been seen and heard and declared before ; but Mr. WOODS does not confine his remarks and investigation to matters which have been already inquired into. On the contrary, in his narrative the reader becomes for the first time acquainted with circum stances of vital importance, which, if they had "an ear and understanding," have hitherto; 'at all events, had "no tongue." Of this description are his comments on the Battle of Balaklava, in which lie tells us that but for Sir Conn: - CAMPBELL disobeying orders, or rather counter- 1 manding an order of General AIRET'S to withdraw a most important field battery, the Russians would have succeeded in seizing the town which it was the main object of their attack to effect. He also points out the unhappy results of those un seemly bickerings which early showed themselves between the Earls of LUCAS and CARDIGAN, declaring, however, the former to be the better officer, and attributing to his caution alone the fact that the Light Brigade was not annihilated through the rash impetuosity of Lord CARDIGAN in the first affair of the Bulganak. He casts the chief portion of blame in reference to the fatal Light Cavalry charge at Balaklava on the mistake of Lord RAGLAN in issuing his second order, before he was aware of his first having taken effect. He severely stigmatizes the carelessness of the British comman ders in not paying attention to the repeated representations of General EVANS as to the insecurity of his position, and holds the assault at Inkerman to have been induced by a cul pable neglect on the part of the commanders of the British army. The battle, he maintains, to have been without plan or stategy on their part; and to have been in all respects, and in every sense of the word, a "soldiers' victory." In his narra-- tive of campaigning incidents, Mr. WOODS is peculiarly effec tive; but of these an abundant supply has already been served up to an•admiring or indignant public. While fully exculpa ting Captain Cul/anis from blame or responsibility in regard to the loss of the Princes, he confirms, in the main, every particular of the gross mismanagement which led to such frightful sufferings and disasters in the British army during the winter. His reference to Captain CHRISTIE'S death is thus concluded :—" As I have already stated, Capt. CHRISTIE died of the ordinary Crimean fever, which was then commen cing to show itself among the Allies. A ' broken heart,' as it has been sometimes alleged, had nothing whatever to do with his death, for up to the last hour of his life he was confident of refuting the charges against him. But to this day our transport captains—than whom it would be difficult to find a more public-spirited, zealous, and upright body of men—una nimously regard Captain CHRISTIE almost as a murdered man, and as a scapegoat of the government, who. unhesita tingly sacrificed him that others might be saved." This book of Mr, Weans' is making, as it was certain to do, a' great sensation among all ranks in the metropolis., The musical event of last week was the re-appearance of Jurary LINT), whose fascinations have lost none of their charms in the person of Madame JENNY GOLDSCIMIDT LIND, whose revived song crowns the musical history of the present year. __ On Monday right last this matchless, vocalist appeared at Exeter Hall, and poured forth in mellifluous strains and warblings the dulcet melodies of HAYDN. She appeared ire the oratorio of the " Creation ;" and was, welcomed with a truly English fervour by a crowded and brilliant audience.. The pure, simple, and expressive style of her vocalization was, as heretofore, striking and delightful,. Her exquisite natural organ, tutored by art, and directed by a taste intuitively pure, found scope and captivating exercise in warbling such en chanting melodies as " With verdure. clad." In welcoming this old and all but idolized, favourite, the musical world of London, both amateur and professional, on Monday night at once performed a duty and received delight. Madame GOLDSCHMIDT returned to them the same earnest, simple minded, and accomplished daughter of song, as when she first won their affections and received their plaudits ; if changed in anything—a fact not wally perceived—she is considered by many to be improved. To-night she sings in " Elijah," the music of which some unaccountables prefer to that of the "Creation," on which occasion another bumper and another triumph are of course awaiting her. Early in the year she starts on a short provincial tom; in the course of which your readers will be delighted to learn she is to visit the "Queen of the Mersey," where, without doubt, as before, she will meet with a kindly greeting and a hearty welcome. In the metro polis great diversity of opinion is expressed regarding her ; but it is the diversity of admiration, and is in itself the highest compliment which can be paid. Some express themselves in favour of one peculiar beauty in her style, some of another, but all concur in her general and unapproachable excellence. Her powers of voice and execution are unimpaired, while those higher attributes which depend on the developement of genius and the cultivation of the intellect are present in, if possible, still greater force than before. The grace, sweetness, and brilliancy which first captivated her auditors, continue still to enthral them in a silken spell, and at the present moment she is hailed, as she as ever been the " Queen of Song." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) ..t THE Court met at nine o'clock this morning. Immediately on taking his seat, his lordship paised the following sentences: —Lucas Lowe (29), labourer, who pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, at Bury, on the 17th September, and against whom there was a similar Charge for the 18th, and another for a like offence on the 26th August, four years penal servi tide 1 William` Davies (42); packer, Enima Booth (28), and Sarah Smith, a factory hand, who had pleaded guilty to forging a promissory note, and uttering it at Manchester, twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour each ; George Moss (39), coach-springmaker, who pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, four months' imprisonment; Charles Fishwick (44), labourer, who pleaded guilty to a similar offence, six months' imprisonment ; Robert Bird (20), millwright, con victed of an indecent assault upon a female, two months' im prisonment ; Mary Leman, factory worker, who had pleaded guilty of concealing the birth of her child, at Wigan, two months' imprisonment. Ralph Parr pleaded guilty to a charge of unnatural criminality, committed at Nateby, and had sentence of death recorded against him. .... _ _ . CRIMINAL ASSAULTS.—Seth Eccles, a quarryman (41), was committed of a criminal assault on Ellen Rigby, at Longridge, on the night of Friday, the Bth of October, and was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation; Thomas Howard, an earthen ware dealer in Manchester (52), was convicted of a like offence against Ann Oldknow, a girl 14 years of age, who was his servant. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years.—John Ormrod, a lad under 16 years old, was convicted of a similar crime committed on Mary Ann Smith, a child only three years old, who had been frightfully injured. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for twenty-five years. ASSAULT ARISING OUT OF A COLLIERY-STRIKE.—Philip Hadfield (27), and Benjamin Wild (32), both colliers, were convicted of an aggravated assault upon Joseph Harper, also a collier, at Spotland, on the night of the 15th of October. It appeared the prisoners were both turn-outs, and that Harper had refused to join in the strike. On account of this, they as saulted and severely injured him. They were each sentenced to be imprisoned for fifteen months, with hard labour. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WIFE,BY HER HUSBAND.—James Hague, labourer (40), was charged with having, at Levens hulme, on the 10th of November, feloniously cut and wounded Eliza Hague, his wife, with intent to murder her. The jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Sentence six years' penal servitude. The court rose at twenty minutes to seven o'clock. WEDNESDAY. CHARGE OF MURDER 'AT LXVERFOOL.—John O'Neil, a la bourer (25), a sallow-complexioned man, 5 feet 6 inches in height, attired in moleskin trousers and vest, and a blue - flan - rid shirt, was charged, upon a coroner's warrant, with the wilful murder of Thomas Cahill, at Liverpool. After a protracted trial, the jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to be transported for life. MURDER NEAR MANCHESTER.—Patrick Healey, weaver (20), was indicted for the wilful murder of William Bell, at Gorton, near Manchester, ou the Ist of September last. The evidence was defective in identifying the prisoner as the man who stabbed the deceased, who was killed by a stab in the abdomen, and, under direction of the judge, Healey was acquitted. . - MANSLAUGHTER AT WlGAN.—James Ascroft (23), collier, was indicted for the manslaughter of Bridget Ascroft, his wife, at Wigan. Evidence was adduced; and after a protracted trial, the jury returned a verdict of " guilty," and the pri soner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. MANSLAUGHTER AT HAYDOCK.---Josbua Tunstall (38), labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder'of Hannah Bailey,. at Haydock. The prisoner, it appeared,• lived at New Boston,. near Haydock, about seven miles from Liverpool. On the night of the 19th September there was a benefit society's meeting at Haydock, and on that occasion some complaint was made that he had been guilty of an infraction of the rules. When he left the club he was in an excited state, and was heard conducting himself violently. The evidence showed. that in a paroxysm of excitement the prisoner Went home,- and seizing a poker, went to the house in which the'deceased,. au old woman, lived with her son, and attacked her with great violence, beating her on the head and person. She had eight ribs fractured, the fragments of some of which lacerated the lungs, and the wounds caused death in about two hours. The • jury returned a verdict of "guilty of manslaughter," and-the• prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude for five years: STABBING AT LIVERPOOL.—Sarnued Farrell (26), shoe maker, was indicted for having, .at Liverpool, feloniously stabbed and wounded Elizabeth Eades, with intent to murder her. He was fOund guilty. of unlawfully wounding,. and' sentenced to be imprisoned and - kept to hard labour for nine months. STABBING A PotrcE-OnicEs.—Gdorge Tighe (19), dock labourer, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, .feloniously stabbed William Jakeman, with intent to do him son - e° grievous- bodily harm. The prisoner was found guilty, and+ sentenced to transportation for 1 . 5-years. WOUNDING AT LIVBRPOOL.—WiIIiBM Banks (19), an• AirieriCan coloured seaman, was indicted for having, at Liver-. pool, on the 14th of August, feloniously wounded James , Ross, with intent to murder him. The prisoner, on being asked whether lie desired to avail himself of his right to be• tried by a jury composed one'half of foreigners and one half of Englishmen,. said he' would be tried- by an English jury.- The jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding w,ith intent to do grievous bo i dily harm ; and his lordship sentenced him to , penal servitude for seven years. The Court rose at half-past six-o'clock,. brutality. The jury returned a verdict of "guilty" against the prisoner, and he was sentenced to be transported for twenty years. The court rose at a little past six o'clock. SAWRDAY. ASSAULTING A BatrAPP,lrEdwin Gaskill (32), was Con victed of unlawfully wounding Jaines Berry, a bailiff, in the discharge of his duty, .and, on account of some mitigating cir cumstances, was sentenced to receive the comparatively light punishment of imprisonment with hard labour for six months. MANSLAUGHTER BY THE L ANDLORD OF TH E AMERICAN HOTEL. —Patrick Conolly pleaded not guilty to - having, on the 6th December, killed and slain Ambrose Dunleavy. The facts of the case are these :—The prisoner was the proprietor of the American Hotel, in Regent-road, in this town, and on Wed nesday, the sth Dec.; the decedsed (Dunleavy), an Irish farmer, and a witness, named Mackenzie, also an Irish farmer, who had been lodging at the same house with Dunleavy and his wife, for ten or twelve days, were in a public-house, kept by a person named M`Mahon, where they met the prisoner. In the course of the evening some words occurred between the deceased and the prisoner while in M`Mahon's, about bagatelle, at which they had been playing. They afterwards made up their quarrel ; and about twelve o'clock they all left M`Mahon's house together. The prisoner invited Dunleavy and Mackenzie to his house, saying that he would give the m some thi n g to drink. M'Mahonf left them at the corner of the street, and Dunleavy (the deceased) and Mackenzie went with the prisoner to his hotel, where they staid for some time. While having some drink, the discussion about the bagatelle began again be tween the prisoner and the deceased. They got to angry words about the game; and the prisoner at the bar afterwards told the deceased that he could get him work at the docks. This excited Dunleavy. At this time Conolly was standing near the door of the bar, in which position Dunleavy struck him, causing him to reel several steps into the bar. Dunleavy im mediately turned and ran cut of the door, into Blackstone street. The prisoner at the bar stepped three steps further into the bar than he had been knocked by the blow, and put his hand out as if picking something from a shelf ; he then ran after the deceased. Mackenzie followed, but he was for a moment stopped by the door closing with a spring. When he got into the street, he found the prisoner and Dunleavy on the pavement, nearly close to the door face to face; holding each other and struggling, but not striking. As he came up, he saw Dunleavy suddenly throw himself back. Mackenzie ran forward, and seized the prisoner by the waist, and the - prisoner then called out police. Dunleavy ran away to the left, and crossed as if to go down Regent-road. At that time; the po licemen, who were on duty at the Bramley-Moore Dock, came op, and about forty yards from the door in Blackstone-street, at the corner of Regent-road, they found the deceased man lying senseless, unable to speak, and dying from the effects of a wound in the heart, and another in the lower part of the body, As the police were coming up, the prisoner threw some-- thing down on the grating close tethe house. Mackenzie con-- tinued te' hold the prisoner, who' said he was stabbed, and that if he ( Mackenzie) had not come up, he should have been destroyed. He appeared lame of oneleg, and required holding up. On the' policemen coming up ; both the prisoner and Mackenzie were taken into custody; and the deceased was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where it was found that he was dead. On search being made by the police, the knife was found on the grating near die prisoner's house, and the deceased had no such knife as that in his possession. The above facts were clearly proved, as also that the wound on the prisoner's thigh had been inflicted by himself in the struggle with Dunleavy. The jury, after a' brief deliberation, returned a verdict of "guilty;" and the prisoner, after a suitable admonition from his lordship, was sentenced to be transported for twenty years. The prisoner, vvho•betrayed no emotion, was then removed. BURGLARY AT ASHTTON-ErNDER-LYNE.—JolitoOgilen (48), a factory-worker, and Joseph Taylor (60), a Jimmy, were in dicted, the former for stealing, and the latter fbr - receiving several articles, the property of William Hague,. of Ashton under-Lyne, whose house Was entered on the 9th of NOvern her. Taylor was acquitted;- and Ogden found guilty. Two previous convictions being recorded against him, he-vras• sen tenced to four years' penal servitude. POACHING AT CBOXTETH..—John Moody (32), a labottrer, was indicted for illegally poachifig on the ground of the Earl of Sefton, at Croxteth, on the- 13th of October. He - was found guilty, and sentenced to' imprisonment, with; hard labour, for four calendar months.- SENTZNCES.—The following priioners were then called-up and sentenced :—Charles Gordon, fbr burglary, three months' imprisonment ; William Kaye, for 'larceny, six months' lin- , prisonment ; Edward Glover, for rcanslanghter, four months' imprlionment ; James Jeffers, for mitoslanghter, four years' penal servitude; Owen Cathery and! William Hague, for per-- jury, twelve months' imprisonment! This terminated the business• of the assizes, and after someTemarks from the jury upon the difficulty of hearing experienced by them, the Court rose, shortly after three o'clock SECOND COUNT L . - (nefore Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Reforder if Liverpool.) TUESDAY, DzcEMBET:: ASSAULT UPoy 3 POLICEMAN.—SamneDYarna (29), foundry worker, and William Taylor (23), labourer; were charged with having, at Liverpool,. on the 4th of Sept*mber, unlawfully and maliciously , inflicted upon William Walton, grievous bodily harm. After a long trial the iciry acquitted both prisoners. ROBREEIf Anx LIVREPOOL.—JAII Coleman (26), striker (a returned conmiet), and Joseph Croft (26), labourer, were indicted for having:, at Liverpool, on the , 2sth of October, feloniously assaulted Philip Farally, and with violence stolen from his person twenty: sovereigns' and other moneys. The juvy , found the prisoners , guilty, a ml they were sentenced to fourteen years' transportation each. Coleman. was transported for ten years about film-years , ago, and returned to Liverpool sir months sincer HOSE STEALINf+: - . — Willi3ll3 Ja nes (33), farm labourer, was charged with sting a horst?, the property of Mr. ThoinaS Wood, the linatilerd of the II ',ed Lion Inn, Salford, on the 17th of November.:- The• jarry fo .und him,guilty, and he was sentenced to ten months.? imprisa nment. SHOPLIFItING.—Anno Ratcliffe, a sickly-looking woman, who appeared in the dock4vith. an infa ut in herarms, was in dicted for having, on the.sth; of Noven iher last„at Liverpool, stolen a pair of boots is , the-sliop•• of M. ary Fletcher Penning. ton.. The jury found the - prisoner guilty, and she Was sen tenced to sic weeks' impriionment. GA:ROTT.II RoßnEniri—John. Smith ,(25), labourer, indicted for having, on the ard A'"iirgult,. 135.1, a ssaulted and forcibly robbed Henry Duckworth' waslound guilty, ancrisentenced to 14 years' transportation,- EMBEZZLEMENT. , —George-Wahnsloy , (25), butcher, was in dicted for having, at Much_Woolton, he being a. servant to Mary Ann Blapkburn,_ embezzled the , sum of at• 14s. 5d., which he had received en account of his mistress, The jury found the prisoner o-nilty i . and he was sentenced to four menthe iMprisoinnenll- Smumaexs.--Before- the ,riring- of the court his lordship proceeded to pass sentence- wow the folio• wing prisoners, pre viously convicted :—PhtriCln Stnith, and .Mary Ann Hardie (the first-named as primuipal, and the last as his. accomplice), for robbery with violence. Smith,. 14 yea rs' transportation ; Hardie, eight months"- imprisonment —Ja .ne Morris ; for the concealment of the birth'.,of her female ! child, bur. months' imprisement. The courti.at. alittle bef, )re six o'clock, ad-- journed natil.nine the.frillewing• morning, . THURSDAY. The Court met this morning at nineo'clock. CUTTING AND' WOUNDING AT• Lile - ERPOOL. — John Verdi.i naut Grimer, a foreign sailor, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, stabbed, cut, and wounded Lewis Schom, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor,. whose evidence was interpreted, is a German,.by trade a shoe maker. The prisoner, being also a German, was tried by a jury consisting one half of foreigners and the other half of Englishmen. The jury found the prisoner "Guilty of unlaw fully wounding," and his lordship sentenced him to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. ATTEMPT TO MURDER k WOMAH AT. LIVERPOOL. — John Brophy (22), Labourer, was indicted for having, at Liver- , pool, on the Ist of October, attempted to drown Mary Ann. Hammond, with intent to- murder. her. The details of this. case, which occupied a considerable time iii hearing, showed .a savageness of inhumanity on the part of the prisoner, such as is but rarely unfolded even in a criminal court. The case was clearly proved, and the- prisoner was sentenced •to be transported for twenty-five-years: STARVATION OP CHILDREN IN LIVERPOOL.— WilaTall Aspinall (42), clerk,, and Mary Aspinall (35), his wife, were indicted upon the coroner's inquisition - for having, at Liver pool, wilfully killed Emma Aspinall,_ their - child. The pri soner Mary Ann Aspinall: was also indicted for killing and slaying the said Emma. Aspinall. The court was •crowded with spectators. This case,. which was a,sad • one; may be briefly narrated. The-prisoners, who-lived in Eldon-place, Vauxhall-road, had a family of ten children, . viz. :t-seven sons- and. three daughters. The male prisoner was a clerk in the• employment of the-London and North Western Bail, way Company, at a salary of £75 a-year. His eldest son. 17 years of age, was also in the same- company's service, attan. annual - salary of £2O. Notwithstanding this amounts of income, the whole family was involvedinthe very extreme of wretchedness, filtb i and misery, chiefly:, as• it appeared, thonrgh the intemperate habits and gross negligence of the female prisoner. The scene which•presenteditself to the eyes of the, police when they entered the miserable dwelling was sickening . to behold. On a squalid and nearly unclothed bed lay the dead body of Emma, the child for -causing whose death: the parents were put upon their trial,. and, beeide it lay another.at the point of death, and which in feet died within a few hours afterwards. The other children were stretched upon boards on the floor, with only a thin piece- of dirty calico foe a cover ing ; or 'laid upon the uncovered bottoms of two - old chairs and a• broken-sofa. The- dead child, one year and ten: months olth and that which died soon after,. were in the last stage of emaciation. Their bones almost literally protruded throirgh the Skin, and externally their bodies presented the appearance of skeletons. On a post mortem examination, their stomachs were found; destitute of any indication& of food ; and the medical gentlemen, three in number, Who examined the bodies, stated it strongkt and dis tinctly that the. cause of deatb...was-the want of food. Evidence was adduced. which, showed.s that the children were greatly neglected • and that even the father and the eldest son—the . sources of support for the whole Ismily—wers•likewise.sadtu, neglected ia their meals and.otherwise ; but that on Sundays,, when the father was at home, he was in the habit of getting pig's-cheek, and maki ng scup for the whole-family. It was likewise• shown that the mother of this miserable family was, in the habit of complainin that she did:not get sufficient money, and that she upbraided her unhappy husband for not giving her more, and stated that she should, have mutton chops:and port wine for -her own support, adding that sbe was sure he got money enough to afford her these luxuries. After a trial which lasted fully seven hours, -the jury retwaked a verdict of " not guilty," as regarded the male prisoner, and he was acquitted : in the case of the wo m an, they returned a verdict of " guilty." The learned judge said he would defer the sentence ; ea; on the following, day she was called up, and, after an impressive address from his lordship, sentenced to be imprisoned for two years, with:hard labour, the, first and last week to be solitary. _ . On Thursday evening the court adjourned at a quarter past seven. FRIDAY. The court met this morning at, nine o'clock. Ural Apr.); MwAnv - ExTunri.--Jobn Leyland;, a respectable young man, was charged with the manslaughter of Emmanuel Speakman, at Pennington, on the sth of November last. From the evidence, it appeared that the unfortunate event arose out of the.`rejoicings held on that day at Pennington, in commemo ration. of Gunpowder-plot Day, and. of the- battle of Inkermaal,, at which rejoicings fire-arms- were freely and incautiously used by the prisoner, and also by, others. While he was discharging a pistol, some one accidentally struck his arm, and thus gave an unintentional direction to the pistol, the contents of which were lodged in the head and back of the deceased, causing, his death on the following day. The whole of the fatal transaction turned out to be purely accidental, and the prisoner was dis charged, on a verdict of not guilty, given by the jury, • MALICIOUS STANBING.—James Jacob, a seaman, a man of colour-(25), charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 31st of July last, maliciously cut and wounded Charles. Wire, was acquitted. MANsratTGRTE.E.---Edward Larkins, - ship's cook, a man of colour (45), charged with the manslaughter of his wife, was ac -quitted.---Edward Glover, shoemaker (34), was charged with having . caused the death of his wife, by beating her. He was found guilty : sentence deferred. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MURDER.—John 'Culshaw, boatman (17), who was charged with having, on the 27th of November, shot at John Fletcher, with intent to murder him, was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months, with - hard labour. - MANSLAUGHTER.—James Jeffers, tailor (23), was convicted of the manslaughter of John Craddock, in a public-house quarrel in November last. Sentence deferred. CHARGE OF PERJURY.--George Howarth, factory worker, was charged with having, at Blackburn, on the 27th August, committed wilful and corrupt perjury. The jury acquitted the prisoner. . . MALICIOUS STABBING.- , —James Monntsey was convicted of a charge of having maliciously wounded John Williams, at Preston, and sentenced to be imprisoned for four months. MANSLAUGHTER BY A PARENT.—Thomas Keegan, tin man (33), was charged with having, in November last, killed his infant son, John Keegan. The evidence showed a long course of wanton and atrocious cruelty practised by the father against his unhappy child, until at last it fell a victim to his WEDNESIItAY. SIIMP' SIT ary Taylor; Edward Croppeu.Wra. Bromley; oadißoger Brawl, ey were-indicted for having,-stolen two sheep, the property of Richard Hardman, formeri. Falinge, near Rochdale, on tine 27th, of, October last. The jury retirad;i and! after an a .sense. of about two hours,,returned with a.wircliat of guilty :against James Crop per, William Bromley,- and: Roger Bromley, and a verdict of not guilty as regards the,other prisoners. Sentence deferred. CoNASEALAIENT • or--Rmaut.7—Ann De an (1.9) i . a factory worker,. clitarged with, concealing the birth of her. inegitim ate child} at 31ancbester,..was acquitted. - Aestrix UPON A E..24F.ALB.AIriaITREPO O'Brien (27), and Dennis O'Brien (34), tailors, were indicted for having, at Liverpool; on. the. nth Noiember„assaulted and, wounded Bridget Riley, with intent to <lo her some grievous bedily harm. The prisoners were both found gamily, Wm.. Hayes O'Brien was. sentenced to, be imprisoned and kept to• hard labour for six,. and Denis O'Brien for four months. ST AIMING AT kwapP,ooL..—John Robinson ) , agroom was: indicted for having at Liverpool, on. the 2..1 of. September, _ cut and wounded William. Hughes, with intentto murder him:-, prisomed and kept to: .hald, labour or voaneell),b,:vrFfoiEnrgdoeircatYadc:i.lEipt,, purporting p i k ) l :n to ch b e e St a al r i e : i . p was sentenced to, be:WI to ha ing, 1 1 - I f e ro • receipt-from mercyT heu r o y n found accou t n h t e ; p o r r is t o h n e er lw g cot ail o t ca y , t ihouitt he hid: rec. ndf ev d ed. hhu , nine months. Crellin Scutt, bookkeepe r Baxter for 1 clot' of lead, with intent to Wand : his .master Mr. John Holt,. lead merchant. Th e j ury returned, a.verdict of "not guilty,' The , prisoner was also acquitted on a charge of having embezgled certain sums of money. received by on account 0,045-employer. THURSDAY. MA.NSLA.UGRUR AT LIVERPOOL.—Zihry Ann. Roper (53), was indicted for the manslaughter of a, young man,. named Robert Main, at Manchester, on the nat. of November last. A verdickof not guilty was returned,, and the prisoner was immediately discharged from custody. STAnniwo. A x LlVERPOOL.—James,Crega,n at, a seaman, was charged with stabbing a man named Williara,Moseley, at Liverpool, on the 18th November last. The prisoner was foundguilty of unlawfully wounding. Sentenoed to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for, twelve months. REERGWLIES AT 30LtavenEsTEE.,7--Henry Campbell (17), a packing-case maker, and John Breen. (1,4), a joiner, were con victed of breaking into the house•of a woman, named Taylor, living . at Hulme, Manchester.—Henry Campbelj was also indicted for having, in compan k y, with Edward Torr (16), a cabinetmaker, burglariously broken and entered the house of Mrs. Buckley, Exe-street„ Manchester, on the Bth of November last, and stolen dresses and other wearing apparel to the value of RB. Verdict g uilty. Several previous con victions were proved against g reen, and he was sentenced to six years' penal servitude.. , previous conviction was also, proved against Campbell, and he was sentenced to five years! penal servitude. Torr was sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for four years. FORGERY AT LIVREEGOTH—Robert Quinn, a middle-aged man, whose name did not appear in the calendar, was charged with forging a promissory note for the payment of money. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. FORGERY AT MANCHESTER.—A respectably dressed young man, named William Holt, was indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 7th instant, forged a request for the delivery of goods. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for twelve calendar months. The business of the second court concluded at half-past four o'clock, when the court adjourned. SUNDAY SCIIOOL INSTITUTE.—The second lecture of the winter series was given at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson street, on Tuesday, by Professor Griffiths, on " Popular and Fashionable Scepticism." CO 3 I3IISSIONS SIGNED BY TUE LORD-LIEUTENANT OP LANCASHIRE.—Second Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia : Astley Jephson, gentleman, to be • ensign.— Third Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia : Ensign Peyton Sheals to be lieutenant, vice Patten, appointed to the Ist Life Guards; Ensign Thomas Conroy Knox to be lieutenant, vice Walker, resigned. THE AFRICAN PRINCESS who was brought home by the late Captain Forbes, R.N., in the ship Bonetta, having ob tained her from the King of Dahomey, is on a visit to the Queen. The Princess is placed, at the expense of Her MNesty, with Mrs. and the Rev. Mr. Scholl, formerly a missionary in Western Africa, and who had the charge of the interpreters in the Niger expedition. Mr. Scholl is the chaplain of the Naval Hospital, Chatham. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. A adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Wednes_- : day, the Mayor John Stewari, presiding. The proceedings of the Markets Committee were read and confirmed without remark. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee were read, and Mr. IjAN. NEn, in moving their confirmation, informed the meeting that the examination of the children would take place at the North School,- on- Monday,-and - at-the- South School on Tuesdar:-: The proceedings were then confirmed. TOWN-HALL ESTABLISHMENT COMMITTEE. The proceedings included,a recommendation to appoint William Evans to the situation of hall•porter, at the salary paid to his predecessor. Mr. FERNIHOUGH objected to the recommendation, on the ground that the appointment of a stranger over the heads of the old servants of the Corporation unfairly interfered' with their reasonable expectation of promotion, and he thought Gerard should have had the place. He moved that this part of the proceedings be not confirmed. ➢lr. WAGSTAFF seconded the amendment. On a division, the amendment was rejected by 19 to 14, and the proceedings of the committee were confirmed. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The proceedings included a recommendation " to rate to the several rates, under the sanatory acts, those owners of property who bad refused to enter into composition for the payment of these rates." This recommendation was adopted. After some observations from Mr. DOVER, Mr. COOPER, and other gentlemen, the TOWN-CLERK explained that the Council were obliged to compound if the owners chose to do it, and they were equally bound to rate those owners who neglected or refused to enter into composition within the time pre scribed, On the motion that the general proceedings be confirmed, Mr. DOVER, called attention to the urgent necessity which existed for re-numbering the streets. The Health Committee were anxious that the Council should impress on the Finance Committee the importance of giving them authority to pro ceed with the work at once. After some conversation, the TOWN-CLERK explained that, if the Health Committee passed a resolution, asking permis sion to proceed with the numbering immediately, and the Council confirmed that resolution, the Finance Committee would have no discretion but to order payment of the ex pense. - With this understanding the matter was allowed to drop. Mr. CHARLES TIME called attention to the difficulty 1 and inconvenience which were frequently experienced by strangers from the existence of two or more streets of the same name, in different parts-of the town. The charges made by the Health Committee, to the 'owners of houses, for making communicating drains, were brought before the Council by Mr. 132AnLEY and Mr. PreTorr ; but from explanations made by the MArog r the TOWN-CLERH, and. Mr. DOVER, it appeared that the right of owners to drain their own property was expressly reserved by the act of Par liament, and was not to be interfered with—that it was only where the owners neglected, after notice, to drain, that the Health Committee interfered; and thatthe question of charge for work done by the committee, in reference to houses not otherwise drained, is, upon the whole, favourable to the owners: Thepreceedinp of the committee were confirmed. THE GARD - E3s' COMMITrEt The moceedinga of this committee were also read and con firmed. IVATEE COMMITTEE. The proceedings included 'a very elaborate . report from Mr. Ashlin, thetreasurer, and Mr. Duncan, the- water engineer, in reference' to the management of the Chorley Waterworks. Mr. HoLr, its moving that the proceedings-be-COnfirmed„ referred to the report as having been prepared with consider able care, and as going necessarily very much into detail,, the object being to estliblish the best possible system-of manage ment, which, he believed,. had been done with so mirth success,. that he anticipated .no , difficulty whatever in reference to-this part of the property. Mr. BENNETT thought it would be better, if possible,-to le the water-rents at Ohorley, in the same manner-in whiclr turnpike tolls werciet, in order to obviate the necessity or keeping up an expensive establishment. Mr. HOLT, in reply-,-pointed out that the establishment at Chorley, although efficient, was on a limited scale,andwas maintained at a very moderate expense. The.proceedings were -confirmed. LIBRARY A:NTP MII3EXM COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee included a recornmencla ion to the Council to pass -a resolution undertaking to indem .;nify .11r. Ely and his co-obligees against any claim under the bond given by them to the Customs authorities, in respect to 'ithe model of " Ancient Rome," and to authorise the Mayor to , ;ate the common seal to•such , resolution. Mr. PICTON, as chairman of the committee, explained that' !this was a model which had been exhibited some years ago,. 'under the name of ".13runettirs Model of Ancient Romer but which, for a considerable time past, had been lying in , Liverpool unclaimed ; that it had been advertised both in England and America, in the• hope of finding the owner;. without success ; that the- Customs authorities, in whose" custody it had remained, were willing to give it up to the: consignees, upon being indemnified by them against any future claim, for which purpose they required a penal bond in the-sum of, £2,000, being fous'times the estimated value ; and.. that the consignees, on their part, were willing to give it up to the Corporation for the purpose of being placed in the. museum, upon being repaid: the freight and charges, and being4ndemnified against any claim in respect of such bond. He did not apprehend that the• Council would be running any risk in assenting to this recommendation, inasmuch as if at any future. time an owner should appear and substantiate his charge,- all that the Council would have to do would be to. give- up the model, being reimbursed what they might have paid for freight and charges. The recommendation having.:been adopted, the general pro ceedings were confirmed. The proceedings of the Hackney Carriages and Baths Com mittees•were then read and confirmed. BIRKENIIEID DOCKS COMMITTEE. The • proceedings of this committee were read and con firmed, Mr. HORNET said the Dockand Amalgamation Bills, which were to be brought before Parliament in the ensuing session were in a forward state of preparation, and would soon be.: ready to bi submitted to the Council. He would suggest. that. when prepared, a special meeting should be held to con sider them. M HODSON intimated his intention to oppose, to the Ut most of his power, the adoption of Mr. John Hartley's plans: but no discussion took place. The Coroner's bill, amounting to ell 18s. 6d., was, on the motion of Mr. Hornby, ordered to , be paid. TKE COUNCIL ANlkallE GAS COMPANY. The . IWayor's communications included a letter from Mr.. George. Hall Lawrence, enclosing the reply of the Gas Com pany to the report of the special committee of the Town, Council, and expressing a hope that if that report were to bej taken into consideration by the' Council, the company's reply. i would be considered at the same time. After some discussion, it — u;s - agreed, on the suggestion. of Mr. S. HOLME, to appoint a special day (the 9th January) on which the whole subject might be considered. A memorial from the men: employed at the North Landing- stage, for an increase of wages, was referred to the Finance. Committee. A letter from Mr. Sydney Herbert to the Mayor, asking his cooperation in reference to the " Nightingale Fund,'? was read; but it was stated that, the Council had no power tomake a' grant of public money in aid of such an object, and that it must be left to individual subscriptions. One or two other matters of no. public interest havimg_been disposed of, the Council adjourned. DESTRUCTION. OP WORKS OF ART. - _ _- TO THE EDITOR OE THE plates uader .whose des s the o i ye p d r , o m prie d r im o v.in f.. t g lie i,e ce en le t b h r e a l t 3 e e d rs e o n n graved rec S e l n ß try A order this act, which. has-so.unexpeetedly called forth so much public notice, has been:,,, done,, I feel confident that you will kindly permit me a space in your potential columns, in answer to some of the observations made, and to justify that which I have done—first, as Abe exercise of a private right . ; and, secondly, as having for, its caul a public good. The first point may, I think, he disposed of in a very few words : the plates were mine, they were ethripriaed in a very larg*purchase from Sir. F. G. Moon on his_ retirement, and they ware bought for ; and if I considered: that in their destraction I could in a desirable manner realise a profit, I had a right to do so. I, mean an abstract right:: but, if in exercising this right, as-- knowledging the public duty of every member of society not to, mar by any aetof his. the social good, I perceived that that good would be,benefitted, I say then that that act would be. doubly warranted.. This then I have, secondly, to prove ;'out,. before I proceed.to this, it would be well. to state one or two facts bearing,upon the case in question.. The plates, when destroyed, were, undoubtedly, all of them, in fine condition;. they were all steel,. and capable, if I had pleased„ of-taking el' 3,000 impressions each, which have-been attributed.to them, arising from the. superior excellence-and. talent of those - who engraved them. lint they were nottaken in such numbers; a very limited number of impressions -were taken.for thopurpose of being sold at a very moderate price, suffoient toaccomplish the end of remunerating the market ablevalne of the plate to be destroyed. In a trading; point of view this was the object, all ulterior benefit was to tho public good. At, this moment most of them may be obtained by the public at about half their oriOnal publication price, but the number being so limited as it is, they will, doubtless, from the nature of the case, rise in value as each impression leaves the market. This is not to be. denied; of some of them I have myself now not one impression left. Of the positive certainty of the. destruction of the- plates, under the circumstances of this private transaction having been so prominently brought forward as a public principle, there cannot be entertained a doubt. As to the motives which induced the destruction of these famous plates which have cost such an enormous sum, it is not, and has not been pretended that they were sacrificed for the pure object of public good irrespective of private interest; but I do claim the credit of having public• good in view, though associated with a hope of private interest. I beg also to state that no impressions from the plates were destroyed, as has been asserted.laysome writers. In a public point of view, I maintain that the fame of the country as regards the fine arts—l now refer especially to that of engraving —is involved in the non-depreciation of the finest works of our best English engravers : and that if those works are, after the first few years of their production, so far thrown open to purchasers at a very moderate price, that they may be had in a perfect and reputable state at the reduced price of half their original Publication, or, in some cases, less, it is the .lowest minimum to which, for the benefit to art, and, therefore, for public benefit, they ought to be permitted to fall. This is historically correct with regard to the plates in question. For nearly three years they have been open to the public so to be obtained ; if carried further than this, and what is called made cheap, the plates more generally fall into a worthless state, the printing and materials are done at a cheaper rate, and conse quently very inferior, and so art is damaged ; the destruction of the plates at the right point of time, before their original good qualities are gone—l speak of the finest plates —is in fact not the act of Vandalism it has been called, not the destruction of fine art, but in truth its preservation in comparative purity ; and this is what has now been done. But there are other considerations : the productions of the graver are now twentyfold what they were about that number of years shim, and therefore the destruction of a certain number of plates of an important character, and which have had their meed of admiration which they will always uphold—tends to make room for present and future aspirants to fame. There is , still a much more important point, which I feel assured must '[DECEMBER 18, 1855. carry its weight of argument with all those who are ca 1 4,11 of forming a right judgment on the subject. It is this ;glasses of engravings are not adapt e d b y th e i r ver y nature to WI classes of society ; the crass suited for the mansion is v e j i . ' e often not suited to the c o tt age , nor i s t h e class su ited to „ cottage adapted for the mansion. But more than this, there,ve a principle that high class art lowe r ed t oo muc h destroys ° a y . production of high class again. If the high class of engrs o ings referred to were customarily to be made chmp Plate s ' to . before mentioned, it wo u ld go f ar w h o ll y t o preven t thel), A , ductions of our best artists being engraved in that way of ut s l ; t4py are, ect worthy, by the eminent e ngravers who .1, furnished to the country suc h s pl en did spec i men s of the talents, and for these reasons : —The cost of some of "our Of t , plates has often involved in the prodution of each plate an ot h lay of fora, five, or more thousands of pounds ; the cost, considerable price fair profit, can only be obtained back by a conslu price for the impressions from the plates : this price can el f be paid by the wealthy—they are the patrons of the work. the same work is to be made hereafter common, inferior , cheap —a few shillings instead of pounds—because, OM; the same subject, it possesses none of the fine qua li t i es of . tt, original, these patrons, th a t wou ld b e, cease to purchase o'7, at the high prices. „If the high price demand ceases the 6 ' 4 cannot be obtained back ; if the cost cannot be reimbursed undertaking cannot be entered into ; and thus high art , be, ever high it may be, so f ar as engraving is concerned, smothered in its birth, and such noble and beautiful sY b ` e wi; mens of the graver as w e h ave now f or some years Po t to accustomed to gaze upon with so much pleasure will cease be produced. ar e It was upon a due consid era ti on o f th e po i nts w hi c h - hthe endeavoured to set forth in this letter, that I destroy e l o v, twelve beautiful plates whi c h have caused so much seas% l tg, The plan seemed to me to com bi ne t h ree lead i ng good P°lol —first, justice to the patrons of art who had bought st„ . . i t s prices ; secondly, an o pp or t un it y f or nearly three yearsiiiiie and still existing, for pur c h as i ng goo d i mpress i on s o ,' pf works at very moderat e p r i ces; an d t hi rdly, the sus t a ining fine art in its essential reputation and character. n ies' With my best apologies fo r th e l eng th o f this ocumn3 „ ". tion, I can only say that I shall feel greatly obliged by th sertion of it in your mighty record. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, 467, Oxford-street, Nov. 13. THOMAS Bo Norm—The Twelve Plates whi c h were d es t ro y e d, an d ~, ' referred to in the above lette r , an d i n th e numerous let'der• the same subject inserted in the public . press, were as t er; mentioned : The Waterloo Banquet, painted by W the engraved in Line by W. Greatbach. The Christening Princess Royal, painted by C. R. Leslie ; engraved 11, ss .., C. Ryall. The Quee n R ece i v i ng the Sacrament, painte d 3 R. Leslie; engraved by S. Cousins. "Shoeing"—The 0 , Forge, painted by , Sir Edwin Landseer; engraved by of Lewis. The Smithy, p a i n t e d b y Si r E. Landseer; engraved C. G. Lewis. The Sanetuary—Large Plate— ir painted by ' S Landseer; engraved by C. G. Lewis. The Sanctuary -- te. painted by SirE. Landseer ; engraved by Return from Hawking, painted by Sir E. Landseer eneL e er: 4 by S.Cousins. Crossing the Bridge, painted by Sir E.Lsn e r'S engraved in Line by J. T. Wilmore. The Deer Staff C.G.Lewis. The re d Return, painted by Sir E. Landseer; en,graved in Line . 4 C. G. Lewis. Christ Weeping over Jerusalem, painted by: det l, Eastlake; engraved by S. Cousins. The Three IT painted by Sir E. Landseer ;. engraved by C. G. Lewis. ECCLESIASTICAL. INTELLIGE2C° PREFERMENTS — A NiY APPOESTMENTS. net Rev. B. Aldridge, 8.A.,t0 the Curacy of North Salisbury. - , rfall ; ' a Rev. M. A: Atkinson, to the Rectory of Fakenham, 4.° 0, and Rev. B. C,- Barnes, B.A. to the Curacy of Wros.ba Salhouse, near Coßishall, Norfolk. . v oinr Rev. J. C. Binns, 8.A., to the Curacy of Itti:arn, near , . borough. SO Rev. G. J. Bird, 8.A., to the Curacy , of East lirainingb a° Bexley, near Nor4vich. 'n' oesr Rev. W. F. J. Blake, 8.A., to the Curticy of Great Snort ,- , -Fakenbarn. d e in Rev. T. Branck-ar, M.A., to the Pfebend of 14enstri g ' jedwortb, '' Wells Cahedral. ev. J. t S. Buchlaeic, 8.A.., to the Curacy - of Slandford Prur:: Dorset. ~,,,ers.e h Rev. A. F. Carey, tb th e C uracy o f Monckton Cotnbc„.: ports Rev. W. P. Chappell, M.A., to the qenlar Curacy of tire Church, Hampstead; Middlesex. erseta' n t , Rev. It. Colby, 8.C.E4,„ to the Curacy of Ansford, So- - (1... - Rev. W. F. Creeny, BtA., to be Chaplain to-Adlingtoa 0 Rev. tram, PrG. est Davie bury, s, Cheshire. 8.A4. to the Curacy of Ditcheat,n ear c Otie Cary. _ _ Rev. C. G. Houton, to the Vicarage of Bigaleswatle• Rev. G. Elton, to the Caracy of Windford, SOlnereet,• r gerg_ e t o " Rev. 3. H. Evans, 8.D.,.t0 the Vicarage onllerriotp " Rev. G. H. Fielding, M.A., tt) the Rectory of Freda' E-A - v- G. A. Firth 8.A., to , the P ei p etual Cur of of y at - -. Mi e ' . Re is, , e ue w Yorkshire. to the Incumbency of Neither -115'M rettl Crewkerne. Rev. W. Greenwell, to the 3.terpetual Curacyof- ,„, 11 , - „, Rev. 1..6. Girling, 8.A., to the Curacy - of Cramer, ." --f° , '''' t floft o- '‘ N ewcastle-upon-Tyne. A s i, Rev. A. Banbury, 8.A., to the' Curacy of Campsey----"' Dear Market Wickham: ~ Rev.. D. J. Harrison, M.A., -So the Inc um b enc y of Sl.'" psul'g District. Tot tenharn. Rev. J. W. Hayward, M.A., to h e Chaplain to the Fore et i° Camp at Aldershot. te Rev. J. J. Holmes, M.A., to be Chapl a i n an d H ea d M a ster the Kirkdale Industrial Schools, Lancashire. Rev. J. E. Jackson, M.A., Rectcr of Leigh Delamere, WiltSrt ° an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral Church of Bristol: Rev.. E. Jones, to the Vicarage of Lianaanon-Mynytid.MaKr Denbighshire. Rev.. H. M. Joyce, B.A , to the- Curacy of North and Soot!' lopham. ..... - , -- --- - Rev. W. F. Kemp, M. A., to be Assistant Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. North Rev. F. Kendall, 8.A., to the Curacy of Mu n desley. near Wahhatn. Rev. V. Knox-Child, M.A., to the Rectory of Little Easton, Grea s;. t Dunmow. Re W. .F. Lanfear 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy o f Christ Church, Weston-super-Mare. se l m ta ese ß t. res hford, R. J . F. Lambert , 8.A.. to the Cura c y of F Rev s Rev. C. H. Leathes, to the Curacy of Gunthorpe._ Norfolk.. Rev. E. Lord, 8.A., to the Curacy of Needham, li, Somerset. Rev. C. J. Langham, 8.A. , to the Curacy of BeccleesairSlluoffoul.k. Rev. W. B. Marsh, 8.A., to the Curacy of Parham with Rev.. R. Matlock, 8.C.L., to the Curacy of Barwick, near Woodbridge. M.A., Church, St. Pancras: Rev. W. Molyneux, to the Curacy of Regent-Wa re Ayclideiconry of Stafford. somerset - Rev.. H. Moere, M.A., Vicar of Eccieshall and of Pen,• to the • Rev. G. O. Mullins, M.A., to the Rectory of Chedzoy. _ „„, r d, Rev. G. H. Newman, 8.A., to the Rectory of west I , Y"'" Somerset. ith Achestoilt Bast - Rev. R. A.ll. Norman, M.A., to be a Chaplain of the .• Company, in thresidency ot engal. neß:are'Lo'-Gwesgt'oNft.° e tti P dge, 8,A., to B the Curacy of Carlto n Colville. Rev. M. Nunes, to the Curacy of Burgatev near Eye. the Devi. Rev. W. Y. *Patchell, 8.A., to the - Incumbency o . f District Church of Drone End, Gedney, near Holbeach. .., 0114 . Rev. C. 8.. Penrice, 8.A., to the Curacy of Skeyton, :C o V. hu rch , Rev..C. R. Pulling, 8.A., to th e C urac y o f St. J a mes's v Rochdale. Rev. J.. R. D. Pycroft, M.A., to the Perpetual Cure , ' °f 9t. Joha'S Church, Torquay. Oil the Rev. H. Rice, to the Vicarage of Sutton Courtney,' u ..,, Chapelry of Applefurd, Berks. , t v 0,,, _o Rev. It. Roe, M.A., to the Rectory of Melbury Osw Melbury Sampford, near Dorchester. near Rev. E. T. Seudamore, 8.A., to the Curacy of BrOo raet cona llet Bu Regna. v. y P..M. Shipton, S.C.L., to the Re c t or y o f Cl a ptmb - , „ - ,s o rton e: Rev. G_ N.. Smith, M.A., to the Curacies o f P res ton an° 1 , sub-Hamdon.. P. Smith,, Somerset. • Rev. W..G to an Assistant Chaplaincy in tlse ° fitis Army in the East. Rev. H. B: Smyth, M.A., to the Rectory of Heughton 1/14* - near Dunstable. - O r clgr Rev. J. H.: Stewart, M.A., to the Rectoryof3lillbro Southampton. 0 1 Rev, G.. W. H. Tayler, 8.A., to the Curacy of OtleYv - Ipswich. 'O6" Rev. W. S-. Turnbull, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of MI Yorkshire. insia,l' Rev. T. B.. Turner, M.A., to the Rectory of Po r t Royal,• , !l , Rev—T. Tuting, 8.A., to the Curacy of Horndon-on-t.' near Rumford.. ..,ear ~,,,,,,,,,,, 8.A., to the Curacy of C apel•St. sfary's-P— -IPrev.el.'P. M. Walter, 8.A., to the Incumbency of E d— ' ng°6 Derbyshire. ,. iit.e Walker, M.A., to the Perpetual Caney. of Old ltel b Yorkshire. Rev..J. 8.. Wenn, 8.A., to the Curacy of Melton Constable , Briston, Norfolk. Rev. H..S. White, 8.A., to the Curacy of Watton, Norfoll" the Rev. F.T. Woodman, NI.A., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford ,.to Vicarage of Broadwell with Kelmscott, Oxfordshire. Rev.. B. Wright, M.A., to the Vicarage of St. Mattcer Wolverhampton. CLERICAL ostwA,R.Y• December 1, at Dublin, the Very Rev. Theophilus- Blakeift Dean of Down, after a few days' illness, at an advanced age. et , December 4, at Cheltenham, aged 74, , the, Rev. J am es Cazs' formerly of Halsted-place, Kent. for 36 December 7, suddenly, the Rey. Pryce Jones, late and years curate of Helmdon, Northamptonshire, aged 68. t year, December 10, at Sparshott House, Lterics, in his queen's the Rev. John Nelson, D.D., and formerly Fellois °' Colleges. Oxford. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. Sal PXY-XERMENT.—WINWICIC.—The Rev. F m k Geor^.* wood, M.A., has been instituted by. the Bishop to the Reer„f of Winwick, in the coun ty of Lancaster, void by the dea th the Rev. J. J. Hornby, upon the presentation of the Earl e' Derby. Value £3200, with a house. the VACANCY.—The iierpetual. curacy of Knowsley, ° p• county of Lancaster, by the cession of the R ev . F. u• wood. Value £3OO, with a house. Patron, the Earl of De' °n „ A CONSECRATION.—The Bishop of Chester consecrat's;atY Friday the new church of St. Luke, Formby, hi the 0; 6 os. of Lancaster. The church. contains sittings for 330 Pe, 40 06 of which 109 are entirely free. It has been erected in l ii ' f abY; of the late Miles Formby,, Esq., by Miss Formby, of Fe r do ven hall, and other members of hisiamily, and h as been en f the with a parsonage house and glebe fo r th e maintenance oe minister, in addition to pew rents, and a fund for the r r. of the church. A inlaid ground is att ac h e d t o the chore THE IRISH Cnintext—The deanery of Down has becoulel cant by the death of the Very Rev. Theophilus Blakely' wnecl died last week in Dubli n at an a d vance d age. The dec was appointed Dean of Connor in 1807.. of THE - CoNvocATIoN.--On Wednesday, the Archin Alcor Canterbury, accomp an i e d b y D r. Travers Tw i ss , the • get General of the province, and Mr. Francis Hart' DYk e isfest• Majesty's Proctor, attended at the Jerusalem Chamberp eon y, minster Abbey, for the pu r po se o f f ur th er p ror oguing rift , cation, which. stood adjournedfrom the 21th of Oct. last. pro . Dyke, at the "Archbishop' s reques t, rea d th e sc hedule ° e rogation, from which it appea re d th a t the c lergy of tl i , e h of wince of Cante r b ur y, w ill b e c it e d t o appear f or the desna' business in the Jerusalem Chamber on. Friday, Feb.l. de d heo ST. PAUL AND Sr. B ARNADAS .—A subscription, „ n o e by Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope, has been opened for the P° . 'r ee to of appealing against Dr. Lushington's decision in refere il ratilf the crosses, altars, and ornaments at the churches of Sl... a ct , Knightsbridge, and St. Barnabas, Pimlico. A genera l been ing of the Committee of the London Church Union liar tile, called, and the following resolution agreed to T h s es committee learn with satisfaction, that, in the e i t bee° Westerton v. Liddell,' and of ' Beal v. Liddell,' it rof e determined to carry the appeal aga i ns t th e j u dgine ° ' to t ll ,. Lushington, to the Arches C our t, an d , if n ecessary' Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. They feel 6 0 0 P: that this judgment, founded as it is upon erroneous tr,ietio!: tion of fact,--and constituting an act of individual legi'pit: rather than a sound interpretatir of existing I °,, w e ' deep" although it affects no point of faith or doctrine, " .e, offensive to the religious feelings of English churcluu_.=.ll pecially in the outrage which it offers to the disting;;tio_ symbol of Christianity. They invite the serious col;srlely of the country unions to this important subject, 90 u ii i c h 01° their co-operation in carrying out the proceedings 0 become necessary: The r el; n e :t e l f icialt b : o ev t d li DcT r P ti varn ohthe ''s , hiP ia, Com a T AA _ l'ismrssio iFsPaPers trar ~ritish colon o gaged in takir street, which NI Br others, for the Pool t tre Arms Hots et, will a l so Pr cveme n t can I) t r AvOCITDA. t amed was condei I l tl a r iled to one I,l)ged. After 4 r garet Jones k r eelY be adde r t e4 a request, t, e ‘'led within th en cdnfined aft Ac e AIDENTs.— I lea was lino Itki Dock and tta l t ill daY, John k w ! of intoxlci t i a :re scalp woui emptying - so. re st Hourard-s1 N,Off two of "'them Ilospit St 4 ,ATut t ,;, e "le Town-had a statue % The st: W estminster Ivgclat of the V:logton, Pee liehser wer, 1(`: a the project , Oyster Lib 11Ptrons annou ! 0 each. STIIPKEEPI tt,,_ s daY, a shipl If‘th on boa named rd ' latisick-dock it'ner Co qa Very hoar I li m made no atte 4Z 4 was got out .ti i si ;tins /ono! K . s ix years of t ola 12 , Holly -t b s, and in ab e 'gitl3 sii.,l? latitl : (l e,.. , ~ . e c i t I I 1 : t1 .r: rentsta as S o a eet I.dee s e l i i :t o n a l noon, n tSt l(ti liescraNayrietrnttieDcheo:eilfd" hating 11. 1 0 1 lel . :3 1 1, 5. 0 , , , , , _ .b' t o , u - nrary, , ra se de i d b h ti 1 he a til c h l t: ct i i ,: it r e i ::evtei,a: is d ‘.lslL Y et r.e e fl r ei c l. l l. o ti: ur ning's busin ,7•3 Chtrch-sti f , Sbanter, Lo 4 ° ernan, a hand "`eern in whicl :c l2 iri<l compihn t. silrer chain , leased with the . LoMA a. R 4 tp 4,A p s 44:t d i e a a Y l o e ' ci f l i f r r t: a o G s m i i i t, t otn il lic n e ig d orcd i os t n i : F :s el side the will of eoz,,. of an an. i'h nted, that 1 , 4 ary legate It 4 TAL :tem w'lrd 44 , , d , yea N o , rowned w 01 1 t 'i,had just co get t !'e Port rail Of 9 111 g the ancl h e anchor ofl 1 4 Al l i:' on to the , r was iNniinde ~f n a ched. The l ili a 4. o hour, an d 1, he never si- Jar" . ofT4,, , f ., 4. , ...EPREEI n t , l 'e present 5f t,lously leo'kia i,,ir John Pot th' nenjamin H 4, l ° :e of gentlen, t o - edote is cum 4 4 'sk Lo r d Pali a n eed by askii p l , t rle to be put ' h tl e sent Parliam ~,1 1.1o uredly emc: 1 4 - ght. I h ave ti t n e s !" Nevertl k, g' the noble l ' e ar personall tk ii T i lT E , ../C.G1163 t,f. ',. cheap iron Iv} all the mane Och our stapl( heess. woollens allheeCssinia, inia, from 4,1 P can live, :4 'otion to the L 4stralia. in I I, l •;? ) lective oyste 'tory duties:: FableAl to Val* 1 r'l blankets, of 1 14 1 )ch govern? hag been oblige k i ,'"sh blankets ki, i , 4 tc d o i ats they 'en Yorksl Vtt SMOKE \.ting of som \' held at th ye into cotisi 'st e, fin. reference k l ,alboat props ~ (ter the Satuti 'John W.tkin dears past th e T„ Zt l isume the smi Zown invention enZ found utt4 peke with the 1 to il= t „ the engir t 'eh as that fro o t 1 14 11 ,_snined with 0 `:. ,in tug-boat re - 7 e ertain inters a ieticolly impof a l arks of the c 1 by :naorial shout deputation I - 1 11 k 1 1 4 4,frigG F 1310,: ; ast week, a virQn was hear a eral,miles aro p c; IningAblaze. A k . l .."s belonging 0, -4 .. ntrien se, colui bleb to thre 111;i4le Car ton I, 4 `,Carston !Rai] N , of the tuild it , e, resin, Sze.,4 0 k :V .. 1 1 tuenced,.W 1 e t hat in consi 1 4 ~,L ‘ nat has not tl,4l.ti N.Ll ki tiej;l:ll.;,.,..c a tt r oill g i i real e ii‘fel, o ;l f tlbu.i t ne h aeglr e rlti . 141„,aecident to ii V i reservoir of ' 3 4 r e :l a t, and it is A >ti the lii, &c., were I 1 14 1 .: 1 1 , Who were a ?,.., age is estima , i 0 ,, :11 ,0 ,E0.,1.iay5p tte 4 "daY, Mr. C. om 4 1 , 1 '‘)44kl . 4ii4ti. 54 1 seeded : 1 :1 l b l i li t i l i t tcl l: l Ifit:g-e4: burnt,, thanking h i i 1 1 . ttdil c : -l i e. t t e'b e r : f:Ae l tsei s Cos° e. a l ( 3 at'3 : o i ld i e°tkf' e i lo mb e h t r o o l td e : loWw i re t m a foti 3 fus i tnh ib ° • c ja l :rtef: , , i 1 ' 4 1b 11 , that the poi t„„,;' end of the' 9i2 el and Iron Cc ter4 'ocality be 1 0 541 Colonial Lo t 1ie4 4 . 11 office near Ikl i ellk i i ti a ti n i k e _ill . g the ~.i i h i ., :_ttton Ntn ;i ... .4 . ti',;gei, in e cho. j ttj F t il f Let t h.,_ . , 44 ; r :l s , i s : l eti ; A' inti.ox n e r o ed e a o ' r i l ‘l e r '. . -I‘'(l,l' Ilefe,r•eti( „ 1 1ar, , , 411 r ePorted .p,„ ,e of .., telt of the flat , Il so r 41r. lo ok , a pik ed tbf 1 nail Zo I I 111....