The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-08 00:00:00

AMERICA. 411 RIVAL OF THE " PACIFIC." .L 474 ?ur Thild Edition'D f.Yesterday.) et-lean mail - steamer. Paeoe, ,. Captain Just arrived in the Mersey from New vices to the 26th ult., being two days the telegraphic dispatch published 'n the NoitTHERN DAILY. TIM ES of • • :has brought .93 passengers,,,: and. specie. We subjoin the letter of , YORK, S ATURDA Y, 11 A.M., Nov. 26TH. Pacific, of the Collins line, renews &S day, after. • a thorough: repair and and sails at noon for Liverpool. By )11 a summary of four days' later ad lose sent you by the America: lean news by the America, which. was 'sterday, has slightly improved the Lour and grain ; a brisk'deinand, sprang !s advanced from 61 to 121 cents. per stock market has not been so active, we had a downward tendency. There L supply of money, and a reduction of 'er cent. in. the :rate of interest has Lace the sailing of the America. kly'a limited supply of bills for remit= Pacific, and regular drawers have; in been able to maintain the quotations .t 109.• Market, both 'here and in the grow , 'Continues firm, and good business me, and the rates are rather better, , orted: , The sales for the week ending sum up 10,510 bales, including 3,637 -;757 for home use, 1,764 on speculation,. in transitu, at 111 to 121. cents for fair a nd for ordinary, 71, per lb. • tws I have to convey by this • steamer is -- ' ° rt; and only •of moderate' interest. t tality on board emigrant 'ships 'arriving ert continues unabated. Since my last, ' e t - ships Constellation and Hibernia have ' y e ( ' from Liverpool ; the former out of I € l o deaths on board, and the latter out `mat 33. Some other vessels -have been quarantine, in consequence of having °ll board. 111 e 23rd inst., Charles Edward Wedemayre, 7issioner and Superintendent of the 'Ger `ll4th:tent at the Crystal Palace, was de stealing a bottle of perfumery from the e i4l°Partment. He was, taken 'in charge by policemen, and on search being made , 4, 46 %fings several articles of stolen property v discovered, that had been stolen away at :du es . e 2 , 31 demenstration was held on the evening inst ; at our City Hall: congratulatory INh'ecess attending the National Democrats ,S r e election of City and State OffiCerS: The estervelt . preSided, and the meeting was 4 8 11 e. • , 41 / ,,,N0ra10 yesterday, Lawrence Fougharty 1 1 ,de tn t l i,le extreme penalty of the law, for, the ale ° f Air. Brown, at- Alton in December last.: .- 21; i (. 1 er Heilbourn was arrested on the 24th Zy t ` rs 'er the Ashburton treaty; for - alteget . l fraud Va. id in the city M London, for forging the ( , A„ Charles Macintosh and Co., to a Bill.of Vee , drawn on the 2nd July laSt, by the fth e Bank of England. ii to e l from Washington, furnish accounts of efferent of the President's message : that it (Owing to completion, and will be sent to klq,'reat papers in .tinie' to appear simulta k4,l:ith. its delivery at Washington before Con, t Ye health of the President is impaired, itol'r' as prevent his getting 'about little. The 1 ) , 1 , 5 4 stated, to be fa ) st 'filling up With • the ,t i le , l3 a , ° lCongress, from all' parts,of the Union. iir a ,„' 9, f British North Abler-Ica; at St. Jelin; e x ij"bed of XBOO, on the 24th ult.' Some `qe AC B as to the truth of this. kbe s t n t „ lll n ~I n eth Clipper-ship Great Republic has ( 2 1 ".. -lo r this port, in.tow of a steamer. • f ""' l3 -I.RA N , Nov . . 25.—The Steamer California, `\o B' oaf •,%,,vO,ll, t the dates from Cahfoupa, a Belize, below this city, ue Vf o ' f irly on Saturday forenoon. A tek states tioit the Illinois sailed from Aspin r ; Ne w York, on the 19th, with one million Jllgold, an d 150 p as sengers. ll in ois will be due here (New' York) on 1:0k1t,11"117-', YORK MARKETS—Nov. 25. ‘ftk )1)„,41431 STomis.—The supply of. money was easy at ';,.",r cent. There is a steady business paper, 90 i'cliths, at 10 to 12 per cent. The banks are dis ,K Thce their regular customers,. on very short prime St 7, elQ,aloreign news, together with the stiff _Fates for f ,hAir, and the prospect of a considerable ship ;ll4Nr„Li'le. by the Collins packet • to-morrow, caused an %id • e turn on the stock exchange to-day. The fall ktt ative stocks was about 1 per cent. The market I:tto4 i'vand rather drooping in the afternoon, with the kiteading• Seem in moderate demand at unaltered figures V)444 business includes 60 bblv. 5 doll. 56 for 1111" t a 46, 5 dots. 50 for Pots, per, 100,1bs. O lef Cotton to-day were 2,388 bales, the mark et Co;[p crop prospect, Mr. STEWART, in his circular, t4j°ll4•,lng packet to-morrow, remarks : "During the oa lebi.gat the weather has been throughout favorable tig the crop, and must exercise a great influence \l\kto'44 result The southwestern' rivers are slowly / t-'lll in the next month the receipts will probably ttlt r g Alt figures on a par with the general opinion of tot, Er cures /‘)aeed4 '4' 411 MEAL. State and Western brands, in -4 the 111 part by the steamers news, the moderate receipts Ittri4,tetior, and the anticipation of an early suspen 'lgation on the canals have been less freely 'ittoh,pers ttiore sought after, both by the home trade and `l'Ne 24) at enhanced rates. The day's movements OZelltia??00 brls. Canadian is brisker and firmer, but vit,4o` dearer. TB.--,Pork is even more freely offered. at still N 4,4_, yet is not in very active demand. The day's 4Htlarelude 500 brls. Western, at $l3 Sc. to $l4 for ho I)4itellt - 874-e. to $ll for prime, per brl. Cutmeats (41 alteration. Lard is depreciating. „Ts--To Liverpool, about 4,000 brls. flour were 41' lA4tl-2",,3:•. 6d. ; 8,000 to 9,000 bushels corn, in ships' N.tt' , 604,: and 200 packages lard at 40s._ per ton. To to 700 brls. flour were engaged at 4s. 9d. To brie. Sour at 95c. per brl. 00r) "Qtr 5b Nov. 25 1853.—Receipts since our last : Flour, kt 1244. • )00 wheat, 18,0.00 bushels; corn, 20,000 bushels; 'l4e 4.0 bushels. Flour : The sales reach 2,000 brls., to $6 87c. for State, and $6 17c. to $7 for Wes 4,Nat steady and firm ; sales 2,500 bushels, at 17s, °ltcN Corn :No supply, but in good demand ; sales t 63,k-. Barley : 20,000 bushels sold at 80c. for two to 81c. for Wisconsin. Oats?mproving; sales 141 t'h' A 4 o, itt,i4ort Nov. 25, 1853.—The only receipts since our have been 7,000 brls. of flour. Our market is (!1,44' is 44 ed we hear .of no sales worth, reporting. The V ,00itt„ ry cold, and there have been no shipments. aIE-rO, Nov. 24.—The sales of cotton to-day were 00. t_and for the week 9,000 bales, at prices ranging kkk:' I.le. The receipts of the week foot up to market closes ,c to higherz thanli last fair and fair being quotes at 10°, .to c.— rah • " sales of cot ton to-day were 700 bales, at 'O4; ing from 9e, to 10-fc. The market shows no 1,4 (la 4i3 ,ZAasis, Nov. 24, P.M.—Cotton 'has been very IRtY rea-"..,ernoon, under the Canada's news, the sales of '• to cuing 14,000 bales, the largest of the season. 0.0,51 e advanced strict middling being (incited at litilgett44 The receipts to-day have been 11,000 bales. active ;. 10,000 bags sold at 10c, to 111 c., and ra'etl'w asking higher rates. Pork—Sales of 1,500 87 at $l2 01:tx lt,•s , SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. %:t4tll 1)-'4 ielena, Newcastle on Tyne, 25th Nov, kV*. C.-Hibernia Liverpool, 25th Nov.; Java. I,piii'vsthei do.; .Siteridan, Liverpool, below. fi°ls,(la, ‘._cirtielia and Fidelia from Liverpool, 6:ctiar,s_ &lora London, have been towed up 4qt Rt.% 41'110 to day. k4ty4 44 Pomona, St. John's, fok.Lpith . /1)0,1 on. 52 Rhodes, St. John's, N. 8., ori 17th, lat. 42, ion. 64 12. 'i. 4 Od t) 504 b ‘r • • (741 '1 4. .11 LIST 42 Il tit i tit 4 . R . ; / 1 : 1111 g, Miss E.. D. Brown, Mr. J; N. A. Gris , k r. A.• Butterworth, Mr. H. S. Taylor • Mr, W. tOrtl . s. 1 1, 1 P. 'Washington and lady and' infant and ,t p rake Mills, Mrs. E. Ryder, Mrs. E. Busher, Goo am pdleton and lady, Mr. W. H. Whittemore er . children and nurse, Mr. Chas. F. Moulton, 1 4 'M 101, rothe t 4r. j - . • Mr. J. F. • Halsted, Mr. H. Spencer, 7 \ ku 4 k ti ieodger, Miss J. Watson, Mr. T. A. Vyse , 4 ‘;l lt l :less rs. VYses and two Mr. Vyses and female e Rochester,, William Bates, F. Fall, 0 .4 0 horn as rner (barer , F. lioechlin, W. F. Murray of despatches to Paris,) Dr. D. Fongeaud and lady, two children and nurse, Messrs. F. FrYou, G. W. Usborne, J. C. O'Neill, (U. S. Consul to Bel fast,) W. B. Snipes, J. Hart, J. ,B. and C. Thompson, Mr. J. W. Wilkinson, (bearer of despatches,) Mrs. J. W. Wil linson and daughter, Messrs. Borel, ..Stevenson,W Miss Stevenson, Mr. W. Proudfort, Miss Rhodes, Lieutenant ,General Vetter Madame J. Pauer, Dr. F. P. Abbot, (bearer of dispatches,) Messrs. H. M. Avery, L. Leveison, George Ronalds, H. Williams, H. Arens, Mr. Soldiac, Right Rev. F. Baraga, Mr. P. G. Penchy, Messrs. L. and A. Dubois, P. Young; R. Carson, J. Finlins, Deitz, C. A. Spatz, Messrs. . W. F% Shannon, Edward Gastard, P. Meyer, J. D. Pinkin ton, J. Hill, 'Dr. J. Stradley, H. Bosi, S. Robinson, Miss Robinson, Mr. Harris. Total 93. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST (From our Second . Edition of Yesterday.) Krajova letter's of the 30th of November state that up to that date the Russians had made no ad vance against Kalafat. It was thought General Tishbat had been ordered to fall back upon Bucha rest, where Gortschakoff is concentratiug.the whole of his troops, with the front of his army turned towards Silistria. On the 27th, 28th, and 29th, the Turks renewed . their attacks on Guirgevo' without . any favorable result. - - In MoldaVia affairs are conducted in the most absolute manner by General Urusoff ; the JeWs in particular are the victims of his brutality. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21.—The war in Asia is earried,on.with great energy. The Turks attacked `and routed a Russian corps in the Province of Bayazid. On the 4th a serious 'engagement took place near the fortress of Nekessa; and ended in the de feat of the Russians The following is the text of the Sultan's reply to General Baraguay D' Hilliers " I have always relied, and I rely in the ipresent crisis, on the material support of my ancient 'allies,. France and . Great Britain. France. and. the rest of Europe have the right to insist on peace : I, too, desire peace, but only if it can be had without prejudice to my sovereign rights, and the independence of Turkey. At present no arrangement is possible without the entire renunciation of the pretensions put forward by Russia, and without the immediate and complete evacuation of the two Principalities, which are a part of my Empire." The Times states in a leading article that the definite concert of the Four Great Powers at length established, deprives, the Eastern contest of the principal dangers attending its prolongation. With Great Britain, France, Austria, and Prussia com bined in a firm and • deliberate union, for the regu lation of affairs upon a basis previously arranged, it is altogether impossible that the general security of Europe should be materially disturbed. ST. PETERSBURG, NOVEM BER 28.—The frost iS - very severe, and the navigation completely closed FURTHER PARTICULARS. VIENNA, Tuesday Evening, It is authentically stated that the report that an. alliance had been formed between the four Powers is incorrect ; a collective note has been drawn up, but no mutual pledge given to enforce its acceptance. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 24, It is stated in the papers that a three months' armistice, demanded by England, has been re fused- by the Turkish ministers, and that in con sequence Lord Stratford had an audience of the Sultan, which lasted five hours. Au extraordi nary Divan was appointed to meet. The Russians, under Generals Nestorow and Argutinski, were defeated near Achirka and Achaltzik with great loss. After a battle of se veral hours' duration, they left their wounded, and a quantity of baggage and ammunition, in the hands of Ottomans: Several villages on the Russian terri tory have been occupied- by the Turks. The num ber of deserters from the enemy is so extraordi nary, that it is in contemplation to form a Rus sian legion, to be led against their former masters. At Jassy not less than eighteen large houses, be longing to different Boyards, have been converted into hospitals. Letters from the frontier of Russian Poland re peat that the levy now going on in Russia is not the ordinary recruiting, as has been asserted. So many men were never 'before seized, so much se verity was never before resorted to, and so many children (boys of twelve years of age) were never before taken from their parents to be • sent to the regiments. The Turkish garrison at Kalafat is changed every other day, the troops being relieved from Widdin. It is supposed that this circumstance gave rise to the incorrect report that Kalafat had been evacu ated by the Turkish forces. sithilar regUlation is observed at Mokan. The Turks passing, to and fro incessantly alarm the Rus sians at Giurgevo, who, not being relieved, suffer exceedingly. . The latest news is thus summed up by the ••Vienna Correspondent of the Times, writing on the 3rd;— • " Omar Pacha has been since the 15th Novem ber in Rasgrad, to which place reinforcements and supplies are forwarded every week. It is a singular fact that a great number of foreigners, among whom are many Englishmen and Americans, came with the last reinforcements. Since the corn, mencement of hostilities, the Turks have lost about 4,000 men, 1,300 of whom were either killed in battle. or drowned. - It is certain that the Turks were still at- Turna, where the Aluta falls into the Danube, opposite Nicopolis, on the -18th. On the 15th a very sharp affair took place at Turna, in which, notwithstanding the assertions - of the Oest. Correspondenz to the contrary, the Russians were worsted and put to flight. There is a citadel sur rounded by a wall either at Turna, or on an island close by, and ,this is in the hands of the Turks. The Porte positively reject,s all further media tion. Lord Stratford is said to have pledged his word for the repayment of the 30,000,000 of piastres (3'300,000) advanced to the Porte by Messrs. Baltazzi. MONETARY. (Front our Second Edition of Yesterday,) FRA?ICE.—PARIS, TIIkSDAY.—The funds were very buoyant. Threes closed at 75f. 45c., and Four-and a-half per Cents I.oof. 60c. Gold is about 0.38 per eent, dearer in Paris than in London, and 0.06 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The Exchange at New York is nominally 0.17 per cent. in favour of England, leaving a trifling profit on thc importation of gold from the United States. IRELAND [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. FARRELL V. THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.-- . -This case has been settled The plaintiff, who lost her leg, is to be .allowed £l2O per annum. • Frrin.—Mr. LUrxisden's printing office, Marl borough.street, Cork, caught fire a few nights ago, and £4OO worth. of type destroyed. Several moieties of proporties were sold yester day by the Incumbered Estates Commissioners, £37,000 were realized. With the exception of some house property in Dublin, which fetched nine-years' -purchase, the whole brought an average of twenty-three years: • . Louiss Napoleon hassgiyen a gold medal to Captain Ren nie, of the Zenobia" steamer, for saving a French brig. From actlignani wa learn that tne Parisian atmosphere is now as foggy as our own, THE ESTABLLSIIED CHURCH IN TIP gt)T e .9lgES.—The metropolitan see of, Sydney will be offered to the energetic Bishop of New Zealand qn his return to England, This tribute to the virtues and success of one who has been, with out exaggeration, called the " Apostle of the South," ye gredit on - the authorities who offer it. Directly, it shows that 4 . 1394 r is considered the true test of efficiency in making such appointiiiiess ; and, indirectly, it may be con sidered a proof that tried P 6 ,1944 PfPoTience is deemed the best credential for the in post of 4* 9f the Austra lasian epiScopate. Translation in the ordinary administra tion of colonial dioceses, the chunk is reasonable averse to. But bishop Selwyn will occupy a metropolitan see, and one of that importance which eminently requires a bishop personally habituated to colonial wants and feelings, al ready skilled in Inissionary work, and with age and practical knowledge such as shali attract the confidence of an impor tant . people. Without 'donbt the appointment will be as popular in Australia as in England. The venerable Oetavms Hadfield, archdeacon of Waimate, probably succeedhishop Selwyn in the see of. New Zealand.---Aroi7t7 TILE SOUTH :LatiNT.ISHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. CI.OWN COURT. (Before lir. Baron ALDED.soiv.) The learned judge took his seat a few minutes after nine o'clock. SENTENCES. Immediately on his loidship taking his seat, the following prisoners were called up for judgment. Dennis Mahony, 26, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday, to a charge of having, at Warrington, on the 29th of August last, entered the dwelling-house of Samuel Ashfield, and stolen therefrom money and wearing apparel, was Sentenced to six months' imprisonment. John Grady, 16, who pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of stealing a watch and other articles from the dwel ling-house of William Sandford, at Heaton Norris, six months' imprisonment. STREET ROBBERIES WITH VIOLENCE, AT LIVERPOOL. Elizabeth Rowe, 23, Charles Hazeldine, 28, and John Lewis, 25, convicted 'on Tuesday, of having feloniously as saulted and robbed John Butcher, were sentenced as follows : Elizabeth Rowe, to eighteen months' imprisonment, and Hazeldine and Lewis to four years' penal servitude. • Jane Hickson, 17, John Clarke, 21, and William Wilks, 18, convicted - on Tuesday, of having, with great personal violence, assaulted and robbed Michael Malley, were sen - tenced as follows : Hickson, fifteen years' transportation ; Clarke, eight years' penal servitude; and Wilks, four years' penal servitude. The learned judge, in passing sentence, remarked on the enormity . of the offence of which the pri soners had been found guilty, accompanied as it was by an attempt to strangle the prosecutor. Clarke had been four times previously convicted, and Hickson once. 7 NI: IISG. 41. we I°' icto. This l ' 4 j e ront oz loilars Aine - addl .°. ri 41. Jus t not , out' . 0 Y in :fer' `ta3 - ici . P adt: fi e Tliest , doll ft rs who " l le4p onl a 1 ° gene ri Ps this T ' It. 6; I t o ng, a 2 34 411 ." Yot q ll tho 296 europe !et Ye: ;lie Ott for fi r , e , NEt • 13 , ) 0 . o e Th e or hay 1 oilL good °4e P( s . jou , , ei s 1' th e P- V IDcwelly ~d o n at ot toil otlo B po kZe its ef n O , t4x4 A ;ti : € 1 • rip , j oi ttt , el' eti -PC keil 0 0 , E Por t 4 lye Lrb id a !ife tieliew4a • of ti . fort ar e A l ir I V rtalit • t Port of PO ,vi sli Ri et : 4. e A 4 1 . e d is W ittO ' o' l loll A , !lie pi t lost 0 quar ar 4 4 ' whi c) .o 0 1 : 11 b )41' 4 1 ,7 kllito' 23i 000 I)ssi i l'artrc dealstel de I pl o y the Pa le se _ri ‘l4(lniPc NORTHERN DAILY TISW. STABBING AT ORRELL. Thomas Clayton, 30, was charged with having at Orrell, near Wigan, on the 22d of September, feloniously stabbed and wounded William Glasby, with intent to do him bodily harm. Mr. TAYLOR prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended. It appeared that on the 22d of Septeinber the prisoner, with three or four others, were at a public house in Orrell. The prisoner and his brother were inclined to be quarrelsome, and the prosecutor got the prisoner's brother out of the house. The prisoner then went up to another person in the house who had a sickle in his belt. He deliberately took the sickle from the man, and went out of the house to the spot on which his brother and the prosecutor were standing, and stabbed the prosecutor in the shoulder and jaw. In a few minutes afterwards prisoner's brother and the prosecutor returned into the house. They were immediately followed by thd prisoner, who again stabbed the prosecutor on the right hand, which had disabled his thumb and fore-finger for life. Witnesses having been called in supiort of the above facts, the prisoner urged in his defence that there was a general quarrel, during whioh the prosecutor knocked him down, and he (prisoner) received considerable provocation besides. Guilty of unlawfully wounding, but acquitted of the felonious intent. Sentence deferred. GAROTTE ROBBERY AT LIVERPOOL. Tames Anderson, 26, was charged with having, at Liver pool, together with three persons unknown, feloniously assaulted John Sergeant, with intent to rob him. Mr. HORNEY prosecuted, and Mr. SneoN defended the prisoner. On the 34 of October last, about half-past ten o'clock in the evening, the prosecutor, who had just left the Royal Amphitheatre, where he had been performing, was proceeding along Hood.street, when two females came up to him, and asked him to accompany them, which he refused to do. He was almost immediately afterwards att,aoked by a man from behind, knocked down, and an attempt was made to strangle him by three other men. A man from the country happened to see what was going on, and called for the police. The men then ran away, and all of them suc ceeded in making their escape, with the exception of the prisoner, who was found behind a cart in Back Roe-street. A snuff-box and a knife were found in the cart e which were identified by the prosecutor as his property. The case having been proved as stated, Mr. SIMON addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and urged the improbability of the prisoner being one of the parties to the robbery, It was very likely that the snuff box and the knife were thrown into the cart by some one of the other men who were seen running away. The learned JUDGE summed up, and expressed his opinion that it was quite conclusive against the prisoner. The jury almost immediately found the prisoner guilty. • His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence said—This is another of these garrotte robberies, as they are called, in Liverpool. The sentence of the court is that you be imprisoned to penal servitude for five years. ROBBERY WITH VIDI,ENCB, NEAR ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Reuben Fowler, 23, and William Slater ' 26, were charged with having at Ashton-under-lyne, on the 6th of September, feloniously assaulted Henry Buckley, and stolen from his person, a purse containing the sum of ten shillings and six pence. Mr. COBBETT conducted the prosecution, and the priso ners were defended by Mr. Monk. It appeared that on the evening of the sth of September, the prosecutor; Henry Buckley, who is a carrier, residing at Mosley, was proceed ing home, and called at a house named the Hunter's Tavern. The two prisoners Fowler and Slater were there, and Slater had a glass of ale with the prosecutor. After leaving the Hunter's Tavern, the prosecutor proceeded on the road with two friends, and went into another public-house called the Odd nim. He left that house alone, after being there for half an hour. As he left the Odd Whim the prosecutor met the two prisoners going into the house and when he had got about 40 yards on the road, the two pri soners came up to him, and Slater got hold of him by the throat, and held him, whilst Fowler got his money from him. Both the prisoners then tried to run away. but the prosecutor succeeded in holding Fowler by the hair of the head, when Slater came up and struck the prosecutor, and knocked him down, Both prisoners • then made their es cape, but were subsequently arrested and taken into custody. The prisoners were both found guilty, and there being a previous conviction against both, they were sentenced to penal servitude for eight years. STABBING A LIVERPOOL POLICEMAN. David Irwin was charged with having at Liverpool, on the 9th of October, stabbed and wounded Stephen Thomp son, with intent to do him grievous bodily lla,rm, Mr. RAFFLES prosecuted, and Mr. Mown. defended the prisoner. The facts of the lease (which have already ap peared in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES) are briefly these : That on the night in question the prosecutor was on duty near Boundary Bridge, Scotland Road, and hearing a noise he turned round, and saw the prisoner approaching, flourish ing a bayonet in his band. He had neither hat, coat, shi r t, nor shoes on, but only trowse rs and stockings. Without saying a word to the prosecutor he rushed at him, and stabbed him in the thigh and the side. [Whilst the prosecutor was giving his evidence, his lord? ship asked him if there was a lunatic asylum in the neigh bourhood of Boundary Bridge, from which the prisoner had escaped, for the act looked like that of a madman,] Mr. MONK admitted that it was the apt of a man who was in a state of madness. The fact was that the prisoner had been wrought up to a state of frenzy. Under the directions of his lordship a verdict was then given of unlawfully wounding. Sentence deferred. SHOOTING, WITH INTENT TO MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. _ _ Nickolas Jackson Naltrass, 32,' captain of the ship Ma• tanzas, was charged with having, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the admiralty of England, unlawfully and feloniously shot at George Wake, With intent to kill and murder him. Mr. MONK and Mr. ASFINALL appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. DIGEY SEYMOUR, M.P. for Sunderland, defended the prisoner. Mr. MONK stated the facts. of the case, which have already anpeornd in our noliep 41.0 Matanzas left the port of Snnderland for South America, and, returned to England, arriving in I. 4 iyerpeol in Septem ber last, on which the charge was preferred against the prisoner. Having stated the particulars of the case at con siderable length, the learned counsel 'called George Wake, who said :—I am a seaman. In March last I was at Rio. I engaged there as a seaman on board the Matanzas for anywhere she might go to. The other seamen on hoard . at Rio had been discharged. [The witness here stated the crew who shipped with him at Rio. He continued ; We sailed for Bahia in a fortnight after' shipped, In a few days we found we were short of water; and put back to Rio, After we sailed again we got on to a reef in a fog. There was then a dispute about the appren tice, who was acting as chief mate. We got to Bahia in Zi days. We loaded there. There were more quarrels there between the apprentice and the captain. The apprentice com plain,ed to the consul and he was discharged from the ship. There were also 00;0 between the crew and the captain, which were referred to the consul. In consequence of some quarrel about the stowage of some 'stiffer, - tWo of the nip refused to work. That was three days before I was shot. The night before I was shot the captain discharged the ship's muskets and loaded them afresh. On the Sunday morning I went to the captain and asked him if he was going to sea ? He said he was. I asked him if he was going to take the two men who were off duty ? He said he was. I told Min that the men said they would rather snter death than, go to sea. I also tbld'hiin 'I would not go to Sea unless he put the two hands ashore and got two otlieri in stead of them, He said to me he would make them work when lie got tq sea. I told him 'mew bow he intended to make them work,' for that last nigilt he had frightened us from going to sea with him, Ile ipecip a Ttind Pta laugh of it and walked off. Soon after, w e w ere sen t t o b r e a k ? fast, and as we sat down the mate came and told us the captain wanted us. We went to him. When we got to the captain he asked me to weigh the anchor. I told him I wenld not weigh the anchor until we got our complement of hauds• We wprp short-handed from Rio to Bahia. Ife asked' me if I would weigh anchor for his sake. I said no, lie then again' said • will you neigh anchor ? I again said U no," an which he p p ulled out a pistol, and said "you may take that," and fired at me, hitting me between the shoulders. He wa s th en a b ou t two or three yards from me. After I saw the pistol I had just time to 'slue" my shoulder, or it would have shot me in the heart. After that I saw him take two more pistols out of his pocket and pre- Sent them at the two men. The men said they were willing 'to Weigh the' anchor, and he did ;et fire. I afterwards asked him for the boat, and he went aft, but I was ultimately taken ashore, and was at the English hospital at Bahia Per more than three months. By the JUDGE : Our complement of hands should have • - b een l 4 Cross-examined by Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR : We were a fortnight i2o at Rio before we went to Bahia. The captain had the yellow fever at Rio. He was still suffering from illness at Bahia. 1 Lad seen fire-arms on board the Matanzas before. I had cleaned them before. I don't know that it was any of the crew that assisted the captain to discharge the pistols on the Saturday night. It was none of the men forward. It was the first thing on Sunday morning that the captain asked me to weigh anchor. When he asked me to weigh anchor I do not recollect him saying that he had ten men on board, beside the other two, and that he was the best judge of the number to form a crew. He said he could not get 'men in Bahia for love or money. He said " for God's sake do your duty, and do not keep the ship in this sickly port." Ile also said he knew several ships that had lost both master and mates, and part of the crew, and that many had gone away on account of the fever which was raging. The clearing officer came and boarded the ship after this conversation between us, and after that the men were called on deck, I (lid not hear the prisoner say, ",Now, my men, weigh the anchor." I did not hear the men say, Yes, we will, provided George Wake will work." Thomas Savage, and William Steward, two of the seamen on board, gave similar testimony to the last witness, after which the case for the prosecution closed. Mr. SEYMOUR then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that from the peculiar position in which the prisoner was placed, having charge of the ship, he was obliged to act as he had done in consequence of the repeated obstinacy of the crew. He implored the jury to take amerci ful view of the case, as the act, to say the most of it, had been done in a moment of great anxiety and irritation. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury retired for about half an hour, when they . returned into court with a verdict of guilty against the prisoner on the minor count, viz, with intent to do bodily harm, but acquitted him of the intent to murder. SEYMOUR handed to his lordship certificate of claracter, signed by several shipowners from Sunder- His LORDSHIP then proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner, and observed that it was of the greatelit conse quence that, in a great commercial port like Liverpool, captains should be aware of their duty to seamen, as well as it was necessary that seamen should know their duty to captains. It was fortunate for the prisoner that the jury had taken a merciful view of the ease, and found him guilty only of the minor oflence. The sentence of the court was that he be imprisoned, and kept to hard labor, for eighteen months. STABBING IN LIVERPOOL. Rose Ann Kilian, 20, was charged with having, at Liver pool, stabbed and wounded Margaret Murphy, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Qn the 2411 of Noverqber, the prisoner met the prosecutor in Park-Jane, and, without provocation, stabbed her on the forehead and in the eye. The prisoner was found guilty. Sentence deferred. • Patrick Hand (not in the calendar) was charged with stabbing Jane Simmons at Liverpool, on the 28th of No vember. It appeared that the prisoner had engaged lodg ings at the house of the prosecutrix, in Wolstenholnae, square, for a young lady, - whom he was iu the habit of visiting, and it was during one of these visits that a quarrel took place, and the offence was committed. The prisoner was found guilty of unlawfully stabbing, and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment - vprigaL THrtcrwwG. Ann Webster, 30, pleaded g . uilty-tO a charge of felo niously and maliciously throwing two ounces of vitriol upon Gabriel Webster (her husband), with intent to burn him, and do him grievous bodily injury. Sentence deferred. The court rose at twenty minutes to six o'clock. SECOND CQUET, (Before Mr. Baron MARTIN.) A youth named John Finnigan, deaf and dumb, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying a youth named John Shanley. Mr. WHEELER defended, and Mr. MONK was for the prosecution. Mr. Patterson, the teacher of the deaf and dumb institut , tion at Manchester, was called upon to act as interpreter, and stated that the prisoner was his pupil for five years, and was very quick of apprehension. It appeared that the pri soner accompanied by another youth, was proceeding. along a canal, Manchester, when they met the deceased, John Thornley, and another boy. The deceased attempted to take a stick from the youth who was with the prisoner. Tho prisoner full of passion, and seeing the injustice done to his companion, took hold of the deceased and tumbled him into the canal. The witness (Thornley) informed his mother next morning of what had occurred, which led to the prisoner's apprehension, The body was recovered the fol lowing day (sunday.) Acquitted; BURGLARY AT CRUMPSALL. . ,David Morris was indicted for breaking open and entering the house of Mr. Alexander Henry, at Crumpsall, at an early hour on the morning of the 29th of September. Mr. R. A. CROSS prosecuted, and Mr. AxiNsoN defended, —Guilty. His Lordship deferred sentencing. BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER. Thomas Hunt was indicted for breaking into the public house of Mr. Armitage, Long Mill gate, and also for receiving two copper kettles, two copper measures, six gallons of whiskey, and six gallons of rum. And Henry Burns, who was previously convicted for felony, was indicted for having been concerned in the robbery, Mr. WHEELER prosecuted. Both prisoners were found guilty of receiving throperty knowing it to have been stolen. The prisoner lunt was sentenced to 1$ months, and Burns . to 12 months imprison ment, each with hard labor. FORGERY AT ASHTON-17NDER-LYNE.-- Thomas Morris, described as a laborer, was indicted for forgery. It ap peared that on the 19 th of September, the prisoner, who is a Briekmakers' Society, presorted it written a memb erorde rforLls, purporting to be signed by the secretary and president, to Mr. Minshall, who keeps the trunswick Arms Inn, at Ashton-under-Lyne, where the society meets, and who is the treasurer of the society. Mr. Minshall paid the £l5, and the prisoner said it would be " all right." The secretary and president of the society said the order was a forgery ; Mr. HIGGINS prosecuted, and. Mr. WHEELER; defeuded, and stated that it was merely a requebt to pay the money. The prisoner was apprehended some time afterwards in Staffordshire. The jury returned a verdict of " guilty," but at the same time expressed an opinion that the man acted under ignorance. His lordship in this case imposed a sentence of two days' imprisonment. CONCEALMENT OF CHILD BlRTll.—Margaret Clegg was indicted for concealing the birth of her child. The Cllll4 was still born. The prisoner was sentenced 'to a week's imprisonment. CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH AT WLNDLE. An unmarried female, named Jane Young, was charged with concealing the birth of her child, under the following eireninstances the 21st September, in the panel. et Pocket.nook, near Windle, the feet of a l child were qb,seTve4 on the top of the water. It was taken out, and a piece of tape was found to be tied round the child's neck, to the end of which was a bag containing stones. There was also a rag over the child's mouth. The prisoner was perceived to be 'pregnant about that time, and it was supposed she had se cretly delivered herself. _ _ Mr, Stilox, for the prosecution, endeavoured to make a connection between the prismier and the offence. His Loitnsmi :considered that there was an insuperable difficulty in bringing the connection to the prisoner. A verdict of not guilty was returned. BRUTAL ASAULT AT Mnicryv Denis Dena and John 1 4 latterty were indicted for violently assaulting John Colley. It appeared as the prosecutor, ac companied by a friend, was proceeding home to Mossley, a village about three miles lion}Asliten7uncler;l4y - ne, 'they went into a public-house called the " Heroes of Waterloo,' to get some drink, and there met with the prisoners. The prisonerDenee was quarrelling with a person about the militia, and the prosecutor Colley interfered, and was most brutally set upon and assaulted by the prisoners, Denee using a belt and Flaherty n poker. The prosecutor was an 41. 1 1, rernoyed in a state of insensibility, l!tith several' severe" ants on his head, one penetrating to the bone, and a broken arm. WHEELER prosecuted. His LORDSHIP remarked that it was one of the most ntrocious assaults ever brought into a court of justice, The jury after a short' eensultation i xetiirned a verdiet of guilty of intent to do some grieVous bodily harm. His lordship said, that as there were so many cases of that serious character, Baron Alderson would sentence all ; and he could tell them there would be a heavy punishment. CHARGE OF MURDER. Pi4 , l4etA Cunit was charged with the murder of her dauglater, .4.liee Hannah Outilifre, ht Rairelistall, neo'r Burn ley. 'The surgeon of the Kirkdale gaid, Mr. Chaloner, and a surgeon from Rawenstall, considered she was in an unsound state of mind. His LORDSHIP said the unhappy person would be kept in custod until her Majesty's pleasure shall be known. In f e course of the day's proceedings, his lordship cora, mente ilP(11 thelriSiiffleient arrangement for bringing pri soners froM Itirkdare gaol with dispatch, as were it other wise, the buSines of the court might have been closed to-day. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till nine o'clock this morning. Lynn is constituted a Port, and obtains all the privileges attached to it. HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. —There is a great in crease in hardware and cutlery as exported. The value of such articles exported between January and November was 22,991,636. ArrEmprEn SUICIDE.—On the afternoon of Saturday last, two sisters and their mother quarrelled . when the poi* wee called in; While the of was advising he dispu tants to agree amongst themselves, one s of thefemales named Catherine Sutherland or Wilson, who was very much the worse of liquor at the time, seized upon a razor and in flicted a wound on her throat. She was about to inflict a second wound, when the constable arrested her hand, and I with some difficulty got the razor out of her grasp.—N. .8. ' --74 j,, --/d( COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS THE BRADLEY INQUIRY. The usual monthly meeting of the town council was held at eleven o'clock yesterday in the Town-hall. The chair was occupied by the MAYOR. The TOWN-CLERK read the minutes of the last day's pro ceedings. The MAYOR said : Gentlemen, the first 'business will be:- to receive the report from the special committee whom you appointed at the last council, and, as it refers to a member of the council, and a question of privilege, it is the first upon the paper. The TOWN-CLERK read the following report : The special committee appointed by the council on the 9th inst., to inquire into charges preferred against Mr. E. Bradley, a member of the council, relative to the course purl sued by him at the recent election for Vauxhall ward, as to which it is alleged that he unduly and improperly used his position of a councillor and member of one of the committees of the council, to influence a voter named Stopfortb;' as' to giving his vote at suoh election,, and to report thereon— unanimously report to the council, 1. That Mr. Bradley, being a member of the water com mittee, and of the financial sulf-committee of that committee, became cognisant of the names of persons in arrear for water rents in the several wards, 2. That a meeting of the financial sub-committee of the water committee was held on the 21st ult., and attended by Mr. Bradley, and it was proved that he, at that meeting, made extracts from the list of persons so in arrear and re siding in 'Vauxhall ward. 3. That George Stopforth, a voter in that ward, was one of the persons included in the list of those in arrear for water r rents, and that Mr. Bradley did, when canvassing Stopforth for his vote at the recent municipal election un duly and improperly use knowledge of the fact, which he had obtained as a,member of the water committee and of the financial subtcommittee of that committee, for the purpose of including Stopforth to vote for a particular candidate at that election. Your committee submit with their report a manuscript of the short-hand writer's notes of the evidence adduced, upon which the committee observe only, that witnesses having been called to disparage the character of Stopforth, other witnesses of undoubted character and respeetahility were called in reply, all of whom, having 'mown him for many years, speak of him as a sober, hard-working, well-conducted man, and as ono upon whose honesty and truthfulness every reliance may be placed. J. B. MOORE, Chairman: Town-hall, Liverpool, Nov. 29, 1853. Mr. Alderman BRA.MLEY-MOORS rose and said, Mr. Mayor, as chairman of. the special committee, sir, which it was the pleasure of the council to appoint to inquire into the cir cumstances on which that report is founded, it devolves upon me to move its acceptance and adoption by the council. And, in doing so, sir, my duty is a very simple one. As the evidence has been submitted and hid upon the table for now several days, for the perusal of the members of the council, I presume that every one has availed himself of the oppor tunity, and will be thereby enabled to form a conclusion whether we have arrived at the right decision or not, and whether the decision which is stated in the report is a just one according to the evidence laid before us.. I shall abstain sir, from any commentary upon the evidence,because I think it would be wasting the time of the council, every member having had a chance of leading it, and forming his own judgment thereof. But as it appears to me, sir, that there exists upon the minds of some members of the coun cil some misapprehension as to the duties which devolved upon us,l think it right so far to state we were not instructed to try Mr. Bradley for any case of bribery or corruption. The instructions to us were simply whether he had unwar rantably made use of his position as a member of the council, and as a member of the water committee, and of the sub-financial committee of that committee, for the pur pose of influencing voters in the Yauxball-ward. Therefore, it was net for us, sir, to try any other question than that; and upon that decision I believe it will be for the council to say whether Mr. Bradley shall be placed on any committee of the council for the future. In fact the names, sir, have been held in abeyance until the report was read, and there fore the council will now be able to form its own opinion, whether it will be proper, or their pleasure to place Mr. Bradley on any committee of the council, and more especially upon the water committee, for the future. I have only one observation further to make, sir, and that is that the com mittee were unanimous in their decision. I have now, sir, fulfilled a duty which, I confess, was a very painful one,, and a very onerous one ; but your committee, sir, devoted a great deal of time and patient inquiry to ascertain the facts, the simple facts on which the question hinged, and in their judgment they have done so, and have given an impartial decision, regardless of whatever the consequences might be, either here or elsewhere. I shall now conclude, Mr. Mayor, by moving the reception and adoption of the report, and I think the council will agree with me that I should waste their time if I were to indulge in any further remarks upon the subject, and if tho ceipation shall give rise to any such necessity, sir, I shall have the opport444i 4 toply, and can then state my views more fully, - The MAYOR Does any gentleman second the motion Mr. Alderman Hopirs : I have great pleasure, sir, in seconding the adoption of the report. The MAYOR : Gentlemen, it has been proposed and seconded, that the report of the special committee be adopted. Is it your pleasure that the motion be passed ? (Several cries of a Yes, yes.") • Mr. Alderman DOVER : Is the report carried The MAYOR : I understand so. Mr. FERNMOUGH : Some members of the council may wish to carry this matter somewhat further. I apprehend that there are members of the council who intend to carry it somewhat further at the right time. The MArolt : The next portion of the proceedings is the appointment of a member of the church expenditute com mittee, the water committee, and the lil4rAry and museum committee, 144 r. DovER I hope I will be in order in making a few remarks. The MAYOR : Do you propose to make any resolution ? Mr. DOVER: No ;- I am going on the motion. The MAYOR : Then I think that is passed. Mr. DOVER : Then I merely want to know, as a point of order, whether, if Mr. Bradley's name is propped as a member of one of the sub-coninlittees, shall I be in order to make a few roraarki? The MAYOR : The course the council have adopted is this : They have accepted the report. The next question comes on in order, and any member of the council is in a position to move any resolution founded upon that report, and to propose any member to the three committees mentioned in the council. Mr. Fgivinlotret4 -The only point which strikes me is this : If wenre not called upon to put Mr. Bradley upon any committee of the council, why not carry that prin ciple a little further? The committees are only fractious of the council, and surely if a member has an opportunity of doing that which is not considered by the cuancil—l can not exactly find the word-,7(laughter)---if, in fact, the council cannot place any confidence in him as a membe r o f the committee, a lesser body than the council, it appears to Me, that we should place ourselves in a very extraordinary position if we were to consider him qualified to sit upon the council itself. The MAYOR : I take it that the position of the council is this : The municipal act gives power to the council as a whole body to appoint committees, and delegate certain de tails to them, The council have a Tight to keep as many members of the committee as tliey may think proper. Th en comes the next question. If any member of the council wishes to proceed further under the municipal act, it map be done by an information : I take ; f - nave nnnnw.r xeep any member off a committee. Mr. V Fsxxixouax: Yes, Mr. Mayor, but still 1,13,11 culty is not removed. I look upon the council as a committee of the whole louse : in pontradistinction to the lesser com mittees, There are matters frequently carried here in this council by one vote. If wo are told upon evidence—and I certainly apprehend that the evidence is pretty .plain ; I have read it three times over, every word of it, to see if I could find anything in it which could be offered in defence of the gentleman concerned- 7: 4nd if we are told upon evidence that lie has dcine these things, and it is moved here that he be 'lint off the committee, I can only say that I do not like to see any member put off a committee unless the council be prepared to go further. The members of the council are otherwise placed in what T oo,nside.r a yery wrong position; because if a man is not qualified to sit as a mem. bar of fraction of the 5)4, he is of qualified to sit as a member of the whole body. Mr. HORNBY : If Mr, Fernihough has a motion to bring before the council, he ought to do so. (Hear, hear.) In my opinion the council does all that is required. The object of the council in appointing the committee, was for the purpose of taking into consideration the allegations Which were made by one member of the council at the last meeting, with respect to Mr. Bradley. If their allegations were founded on fact, certainly they would influence a great number of gentlertlen in the votes which they would give in appointing him a member of any committee, and more especially a member of the water (I - fear, hear.) Having done what we have beard,' fr. Mayor, I think. the 'council has no power to go any further, UnlesS any gentleman choses to move that the town-clerk be instructed to take criminal proceedings, upon behalf of the town-cou s ncil, against Mr. Bradley. Now I, for my part, am not prepared to go that length. Ido not believe thatllr. Bradley, when he copied out the names of defaulters for . the water-rent in Vanxliall,ward, had any intention of committing bribery ; but Ido believe that he intended to make use of the information so obtained for the purpose of influencing voters in that ward. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) Havinc , so exercised his power as a member of the water committee, I, for one, would not give him my vote for being again elected a member of that committee. (Hear, hear.) In going! tiny thrther than that, I think the council would act very unwisely. (Hear, hear.) Mr., DOVER : I do not think the charge, brought against Mr. Bradley by Mr. Hodson, has been proved. I think the charge brought by Mr. Hodson—and I take it from two, circumstances, first of all the words he used himself; and, secondly, the note which he tendered to Mr. Bradley, and whiph,lve read, at the eouncil—l think the charge lie then brought distinctly, was that of compromising the pecuniary interests of the .eorporatiote (No no.) Now, 1 , 116 SA CI, ' charge hak „been proved. I really think the •character of a member of the council is at stake, and— The A.lnvon do not think, M r , Alderman Dover, you _are qnita-ilorder in going -into this over again, whielrhai been already inquired into. As ; tat separating what is the -charge and what is 'not la charge-(hear, hear)—l think in follinVing Mr. Herlihy as to the further proceedings of the. council 'I think vii would ,he quite in order but, at the same time, I do not think you wo,nla IN in ,orcler in openag n fr tup if& question again, after it has ,been - aiready fa ß y,dis- ,eussed, :as to - what - 31 1 i. Hodson's charge, was, which the committee have inquired inte,, and, upon which they have founded a report. I think there is that distinction. Ido not want to prevent you from spe4kiiig ! : , afs - 414raby has done, with regard to the course which the ,cdtincil should now adept. Mr. Down : Mr, Hornby made the remark that the fr charge which was made against Mr. Bradley by a member , f of the council, had been proved. Now I contend that the,. p • charge which was brought was not proved. coal Mr. IlduNny : I did no t . sav anything of the kind.. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DOVER : I understood yeti so. • The MAYOR : I certainly did not understand Mr. Hornby to say so. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Dovnit : All I wish to say now is, emphatically to declare that the"opinien of the majority of the committee was, that there was no proof Whatever of such it charge -as was made, thht it was contradicted , by.facts. Mr. noesesr : I beg most :distinctly to disclaim—(inter ruption, and_ cries of order.") The MAYOR ; I think Mr.. Dover has travelled out Of the- - matter, (Hear, hear.). He, got up to speak of the position of the council, and the steps they are now to adopt. - Mr: Hornby had spoken to this qiicstion, and Mr. Dover had a perfect right to speak to it, also. The uestion before the council nevi,' is that which stands upo n the paper,' that the council should proceed tee' elect,- as proposed at the list meeting, a ineniber,'•fiist; the church expenditure corn- • mit tee. Mr. Hoeses : Mr. Mayor, I must disclaim entirely mak ing oue single remark about the pecuniary matter. (near hear.) I had nothing whatever to do with it. Mr. Dover is nle p ti erf rb.e e wr ef o lL f t w ihw r r o c a o 4 m . ;inii ( t il tee e 9 a y. r, :t h h 7 t r. m ) r.,xann be appointed tt Mr. JEFFREYS : second the motion, - --- - Mr. GREGSON : I think that further proceedings ought to be taken. (Hear, hear, and no, no.) The Mayon ; 'lf further proceedings are to 'be. teent somebody ought to bring forward a motion to that effect. There is no resolution; and nobody 'haS 4got up to propose one. gr. GREGSON, : Then,iMr. Mayor, I will proeeed to :mere; ^ :. that the town-Clerk be instructed to take such legal steps as he shall be advised. against Mr, Bradley; (Oh, oh, and hear hear.) Mr. TnomsoN: ()nett' not a month's notice be given of that motion ? Th 9 NA.ion z Nv. ,I think anyvreeolution founded upon. the report 'which the council may deem proper may be passed here. Mr. MoSS In regardte,tbat The,illoron a The motion has not yet'been seeoniedi Mr.Tronr'neir : I beg leave second. the motion. Mr. Moss : Before the, coueeil :pasa , that resolution I should like to ask t4legal adviser m of .the:ecameil whether he would recommend that the money of corporationthe should be spent in such -a prosecution? , - The TOWN-CLERK : Assuming that Mi. Bradley has com mitted this offence - Mr: Moss : Assuming ! I ask the question—Yee erne? The TOWN-CLERK,; , Assuaging that Mr. Bradley has colli mated ,tha. offence, it would be competent for the•cOuncil, under the provisions of the municipal act, te.order a prose cution, under the section, of, the, municipal act which relates to bribery, which; • I suppose, is that to which: Mr.- Gregson refers. Bilf have to observe that the milieus ; upon the subjeet of:1 brilitry tis by no means complete.: (Hear, hear.) ('lts niinet a, matter which the special jeom mittee was appeteetech i te jequike into, and it was not pore sued. - than:4llst, . what-came Bu t in the conversation, bet ween - M r- B ra d ley and Stopforth. But before a,prosecution could be i ns tit u t e d t h e ev i dence should be gone into much More carefully and f u ll y upon that point than..is the case atpresent. I should also.state that under the municipal act, any person guilty ; ,of bribery. May be pro ceeeled'iageilAt . 1 )Y ?AMP e 40% 190 5 Y All action, to receive a penalty. It is not In 4lie pr9 , eine,„e / ofthe coutieil• to mesa a penalty,theinsel,ees..„Any pepeapanaybe proceeded against'," at. common law 9r by amiefermationunder the statute, but what I wish to say is, that the evidence now before the coun cil is.byHne means sufficient to sustain a proceeding of that kind, Mr. GREGSON : After the opinion:which, has been expressed by the town-clerk, I shall beg leave to withdraw my motion. (Hear, hear). Mr. CUARLES TtaINER I was going to suggest, if the motion had not been withdrawn, that it would be better to give notice for some fliture council, so that time might be given to consider the matter. Mr. ItRADLEY ; air.lllayox , Lurh s ...,gnixacct this position, I think you will see the propriety of my not offering any observations. (Cries of hear, hear). The council then proceeded with the filling up of the vacancies upon the committees. Mr. Mame was appointed to the church expenditure com mittee. Mr, Hove begged to move, as chairman: of the water come mittee, that Mr. garlebe Appointed toi the vacant place on, that committee, He said he felt satisfied that the well-known abilities of Mr. Earle and his qualifications to attend to the duties of that office, would :be-sufficient .to recommend him every member ckethe council. (Hear, hear). Mr. Coo.toin seconded the motion, - Mr, Doyen; I rise ,to propose another gentleraan, but I do not do. so in opposition to Mr. Earle. I beg- topropose that Mr. Bradley be appointed a member of that committee. I lost the opportunity of making some remarks a while ago, which lam now going to make. (Hear, and laughter) While, sir e I rise to propose Mr. Bradley, t distinctly say again that I do so, not out of any wish to prevent Mr. Earle front en tering the committee, because I think he would be e a one m ohm os n : useful naitte member,. 4otole, h a Ad o Ar do r. Bradley was a think kthat member of surheieratr reason been adduced, why he should be kept off the committee. The town-clerk- has told you that the evidence upon which the committee, of which I was a member, came to a decision, was not such as would convict a man in a court of law, (Cries of "No, no,") The Towrreeeenx ; Oh, no, I beg your pardon,; I said no such thing, Mr. DOVER Then I misunderstood you, Mr. Bradley has been, there can be no doubt, proved guilty of attempt ing to influence voters by undue means, (Gen era l cr i es o f hear, hear.) I ask this of any member of the council, any man who has mixed inuela in electioneering matters ap• the municipal welds, I ask him can h e conscientiously say, in respect to his having e ver use d any undue influence, " These hands are clean." (Cries of hear, hear.) More than one member of the council, has confessed to me, that among other things to which he was indebted for his election there was —what I have heard the expression used more than once, beer and bad tobacco. (Oh, oh, cries of hoar, and laughter.) Any person who has mixed much with municipal elections, and I have myself mixed much with them, and I do not come before you here, building upon my innocence of wrong, m w i e ll mers admit ct f t i t i h s andcouncil en d o have declare, n c e, o : ri t i hi. e ne n e t r i s o : n .m s l e y ( H,etxehtaaernt:mh thatea anry gr. Bradley has gone, and therefore if we are to keep him off the sub-committee, because lie used undue means j ea t n h s at at an e municipal election, there are a great number e - ""enlan who should also be. JinAttea , r, we must b... in k n u o o d w son of . the kindness and good foal; election is a kind of Saturnalia, when people consider tue.o.- selves at liberty to do and say thi ngs w hi c h th ey would not do or say at any other period. S ome a ll owance ought to be made for this. fromh friend attr I . that if the feelings of opposition had b een a ll owe d to cool, if some few or, feelings weeks had gone over, we should never have heard of this charge against Mr. Bradley ; but he acted upon the impulse of the unfortunate feeling which pervades elections in general, and hence this charge was brought, and the evidence gone into, But I say this to the other mem bers of the cogged ; In the evidence before the committee, it was proved that upon the other side —not by my friend Mr. Hodson, certainly—but it was proved that an influen tial member of his committee did pay the water-rents of voters. We all know that such things are done at muni , oipal elections. I was afraid, when Mr.. Hodson brought the charge, that he distinctly stated in hi s no t e to M r. Bradley, that Mr, hradley said to Stopforth, if he would vote for Mr. pa w ol his water-rent would be excused. That was in Mr. Hodsoe' , s note to Mr. Bradley ; and all that Mr. Bradley has been guilty of, in my mind, was using undue influence. (Hear, hear.) But if nlr, Bradley had been the only member of the council who had used undue influence, such as that at the last election, I should be the last man to move him upon the eommittee„ I think, air, this is carrying I the thing too far. I think we have gone far enough in it, (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bradley has heard the report, and think we should go nq further. Mr. Alderman PARKER said he meant to secondthe motion for the Very abject with which the worthy alderman 'had proposed it, to get an Qpportunity of making a few remarks.' (Laughter.) Now he understood that the worthy alder man was one of t 4 foremost in unanimity upon the con. mittee which bad just sat upon that question. What was the question ? It was not ' the question that alderman Dover had gone into ; but the question was whetheetcrE Mr. Bradley war. entitled to sit open the committees. The council unanimously, without opposition, confirmed the report of the committee, sod the worthy alderman, for the' sake of bringing out something which had been kept back, proposed that Mr. Bradley should be appointed a member of the water committee ; and he (Alderman Parker) for the same reason begged to second the motion. Now the penalty flr o br r i e b n e a rir ty 7 ta —a h n e d m h or e al (Al ly d d erin egr a a n de P d ar a k n e d r) po k li ne ti w ca lt ly w d e e ll a - z That Was the punishment. Being one who was charged with such an offetce, he might stand up there to make a feW remarks upon what had fallen from Mr. Dover, He • was not treated with the same courtesy , as Mr, Bradley w s s Was not merely that Mr. Parker was unworthy .of a seal upon a committee, but he was at once brought before a 'ury of his country, tried by a jury of his countrymen, honour-