Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA MAIL, ALEXANDRIA, Bsc. 23. Aj Th e tt daha has brought in from Aden the Cal -4 Mail and passengers. The Alma broke down tiles from Aden. The dates are—Calcutta , 0,. 25th; Madras, 29th ; Galle, 2nd inst. ; Hong Nov. Li. Bagh was occupied on the 16th, after a te licloiss struggle, the enemy suffering severely , 4 ghting desperately. ,! 1 the 19th the Commander-in - Chief and three 0 1 Staff were wounded, the former only slightly. the 20th Lucknow was fully relieved, and the and wounded were conveyed to the rear. ur loss consists of five officers killed and 25 add ed, 4 i, 5 Gwalior contingent was still at Calpee , .46 d councils being said to be the cause of their li on. 4 It I S Passport Act has passed. S reported that the King of Delhi's son and ; 1 111 '0 nephews, after being tried by military corn 4Llotiers have been shot. . steamer Kbersonese had arrived at Madras 1 General Ashburnham was to leave China Ave, and an attack on Canton was contem -0 shortly after the steamers departure. Calcutta import and export markets were te Money market improving. Freights un ;ed. Exchange, 28. 10. to 2s. 21d. ; Madras, ; l id. to 2,21 d. ‘ r ,rived at s Calcutta, with troops from England, dohn Bell, Caledonia, and Victoria. The Mary 'kertoom, Captain Valentine, was wrecked on 'Asst coast of Fromoro ; mister and crew saved. 'IANGIIAL—The business done in imports was moderate extent. Exports dull. Freights °ganged. Exchange 6s. 9d. The total settle -11% of silk up to date, eompared to same period I t season, show a decrease of 16 , 000 bales. ••i °Nu KONG.—In opium little doing, nominal k e es from 700 dollars to 7 3 0 dollars. Exchange, to 48. 11d. i t :lNeAroax, Nov. 21.—Imports are in active Vand, with considerable sales made to arrive. s k e,hange, 4s 8d to 4s 103. k'le broke out on board the steamer barah Sands t `ge 11th ultimo, which fortunately was soon put k o hand she reached the Mauritius on the 23rd ; 'Ns were lost. 4k: / IE OVERLAND MAILS. — The Calcutta and China ,"B are expected to reach London to-day, at or 4 p.m. Letters and newspapers for elms. and Madras, and for any part of the Nal or Madras presidencies, intended to be awarded by the mail of the 2nd January, should a ddressed " Via Marseilles and Bombay." TRIESTE, DEC. 28. The steamer from Alexandria arrived here this h o / (the 28th) at 11 o'clock p.m., in 125 hours ,; : , (1 Alexandria. he Calcutta and China mails had left Alexan 6. with dates from Calcutta to the 25th of No ke44lber ; Madras, 28th ; Ceylon, December 2 ; , Hong Kong November 15. TThe news of the relief of Lucknow is confirmed. l in e enemy is said to have fought desperately. 1 , 4 4 bodies of Sepoys were scouted in one garrison. rebels had not evacuated Luoknow. air Colin Campbell asks for reinforcements. t u T hree companies of the 34 th Native Infantry i ti Ppied at Chittagong on the 19 th November, h't had marched to Dacoa. One hundred F'.uro- N 4 48 had been sent to intercept them. No Euro. 41, 8 were killed. The Calcutta markets were almost unchanged. the money-market had improved. Exchange, lid. to 2s. 2d. for credits. At Madras the money market continued easy. t here had been a further reduction in the bank 44 8. I xchange was unaltered. CHINA. 4 T he American Commissioner has arrived at Kongiri the Minnesota. l r he fleet is about to move into Canton River. The French fleet will co•operate with the English. i.Operations were not to be commenced imme - The Russian Commissioner was at Hong Kong. '-'xehange at Hong Kong, 4s 1011 to 4s 11d. 4o at Shanghai silk had given way 10 dole. to 15 16 ' Exchange, 6s 8d to Os 843 for credits. ENGLISH TROOPS IN EGYPT. Letters from Alexandria state that English troops el 't daily passing through Egypt. On Dec. ' ll 4 t teral detachments, brought by the Sultan and ti!, l llesis, had arrived at Suez, under the command 41 ‘ , 01en e i Macnsirdie. Of the total force of 1,100 only tour were in hospital, and they were not ~1 1( 2 ,1 1sly ill. These troops bad had a very good kiNe from Southampton. It was rumoured at kple%andria that the East India Company had made agateVts to' send 1,000 men per month to ' 4 y of Egypt.. FRANCE. PARIS, Dn. 28, °Pinions are divided with resp e c t to t he It t/ i l llttereial crisis which has prevailed in Paris and die departments. Some assure us that all fk s 4 culties have ceased among commercia l p eo p le ; t i gers maintain the contrary. It appears certain at th e F renc h merchants have not been as yet so hl'ereiy affected by the embarrassments which 4 4 4 e arisen in neighbouring countries as might been expected. Before it can be said, it • ever, that all difficulties are surmounted, i l i a necessary to wait till the bills due on the areinst., and those coming duo in January, ti e all paid. It is now ascertained that many t o the commercial bills due on the 15th inst. were tt i tl ewed. This mode of settlement neither places t tl e cash in the hands of merchants and manufac gi,re.re, of which they have much need, nor has it di minished the amount of the bills payable It has et elY postponed payment. Everybody in France , Pears to be possessed of cash at this moment, b. c oPt merchants and manufacturers, and the t s li t proof that the latter are in want of this t:ential element of commerce is that labour is 4 1 4 great degree suspended in the manufactories, 4 ,,!t. the bonding stores are encumbered with 'cles of primary necessiLy—such as cotton, q i 'lee, sugar, silk, and wool—and that traffic is t ninishing on the railways. The Paris oorn and 11 ° 1 1r market was unusually quiet last week. It is i t ( l l t expected that there will be much activity in Obe corn trade before the end of Janitary, when f Preceding year's accounts are closed. Flour t he best quality has fallen to 501. 50e. the sack of 7 kilo grammes. Good quality from the Beauce. g e e Sarthe, and Brie are quoted at 50f and 491 . the q o c k- There was very little business done in the lea market. Samples of wheat from Sons and 111 13 ntereau, for which 271. and 28f. were de. l it 4 nded, were so ld a t 27f and 271. 50c. the hecto re. The fall in the price of wheat during Iv the D :ek may be set down at 50e. the hectolitre on i tne wheat, and if. on ordinary quality. There 0 1 ts hardly anything d one i n r ye. The price is ki rilln at at 17g. and 3.71. 50e. the weight of 115 t 1 7 ; I grammes. Barley is likewise dull of sale at pthe 100 kilogrammes for samples from Chem rPe• There is little variation in oats, though fi t ne samples are scarce. Light oats from Bar t oi n in weighing 122 kilogrammes the three hoc 4,`,_l'ee, are unsaleable. e Tribu n al of Commerce pronounced judg- It'll he to-day i n th e case of the Presse newspaper. * de clares that M. Millaud shall act exclusively as th e t tlf editor of th e j ourn al; declares, further, that demand of 200,000 f. against M. Rouy as damagegis unfounded, but sentences M. Rouy to pay all the costs. AUSSIA. A letter from Warsaw, of the 21st says The great financial crisis which for six weeks has pre vailed in the States of Northern Europe, is making itself felt in a most disqßioting manner at Warsaw, and the other eommercial towns of Poland. Not only have a great number of traders been ruined by excessive spesulations in native and foreign pro ductions, but the recent failures at Dantzic, Konigs berg, and other ports of the Baltic, have caused dis asters in the corn, wool, and. oleaginous seeds trades, and those articles form the principal territorial wealth of this kingdom. From time immemorial, our traders and the owners of estates who cultivate their own land, are accustomed to consign annually corn and other productions of the soil to merchants in the Baltic ports. Bilis to a largo amount are consequently drawn on those merchants, but many of these bills have been returned protested. Most of the persons for whom they were discounted are unable to reimburse them, and numerous bank ruptcies are the result." THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, INDIAN GLEANINGS. AUSTRIA. Advices from Vienna in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin state that the Austrian internuucio at Con stantinople has received orders to support the application of ?d. de Lessens on the subject of the Suez canal. A letter from Vienna of the 24!h states that Lord Stratford de Redeliffo had paid a visit to the Min:Ater of Foreign Affairs, and afterwards had a long conversation with the Turkish Am bassador. Another Vienna letter stated that the Austrian Cabinet is a good deal occupied with what is pasa ing in Herzegowina, information having reached it that a plot for exciting an insurrection has long existed, and that the diffarence in the Danubian Principalities, the propagandism of the Roumans, and the quarrels in Montenegro have produced a certain agitation among the people. The letter ndds that Russian agents have for some time past been endeavouring to excite discontent in the Sclavonian provinces of Turkey, but it does not say on what authority it makes the assertion. PRUSSIA. The very unmistakable signs that have mani fested themselves at Charlottenbura of the total insufficiency of the King's cure, as at prevent attained, have compelled a renunciation of all idea of his resuming power for a long time to come. It is stated that the King of Prussia and his sister, the Dowager Empress of Russia, will go to Italy together in the month of January, but no guarantee can be given for the correctness of the report. The Convention between the Riverain States has not vet been ratified. A letter from Berlin of the 25th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" M. Zimmermann, the Secretary General of Hanover, who had gone to Frankfort for the affair of the Duchies, stopped here on his return to Hanover, and had a conference on the subject with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Three new failures have just been announced here, which brings up the number since the commencement of the crisis to 82. Money is abundant, in conse quence of no business going on in merchandise." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The Correspondencia Autografa announces that an English tribunal at Sierra Leone declared in Nov ember last, that a Spanish vessel, the Conchita, which had been captured on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, was a lawful prize. The Correspondericia remarks that such acts as this are calculated to drive Spanish commerce from the African coast, and it calls on the government to interfere in the matter. The Espana expresses the opinion that in .such affairs the English are actuated more by commercial rivalry than by horror of the slave trade, and the . Spanish Cabinet cannot be indifferent on the subjet. The Infante Dan Henry has, says the Espana, consented to solicit permission to return to Spain. Lord Howden, the English minister, had returned to Madrid. All the factions of the opposition had determined to bring forward M. Bravo Murillo as candidate for the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, in opposition to the candidate of the Government, whoever he may be. It was said that if the Government were defeated in this election, it meant to bring forward a formal vote of confidence in order to ascertain without any manner of doubt the sentiments of the Chamber towards it. _ HOLLAND. The First Chamber of Holland, on the eve of - separating for the Christmas vacation, voted almost without discussion, and in 'a single sitting, the budgets of Foreign Affairs, J ustice, Marine, Interior, Pub!ie Worship, Finance, and Colonies—in a word, all the budgets, with the exception of that of War, which will not be discussed until the session is resumed, a six months' credit having been voted for it. SWITZERLAND. The Swis3 Federal Assembly closed its sittings on the 23rd. Its short session has had the result of putting an end to the dispute which had arisen between the central authority and the canton of Vaud, and which had at one time assumed a very serious character. THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN POLAND. A letter from Warsaw, of the 21st, says :—" The great financial crisis which for six weeks has prevailed in the states of Northern Europe is malting,itself felt in a most disquieting manner at War'saw and in the other commercial towns of Poland. Not only have a great number of traders been ruined by excessive speculations in native and foreign productions, but tbe recent failures at Dantzic, Konigsberg, and other ports of the Baltic, have caused disasters in the corn, wool, and oleaginous seeds trades, and those articles formed the principal territorial wealth of this kingdom. From time immemorial our traders and the owners of estates who cultivate their own land are accustomed to consign annually corn and other productions of the soil to merchants in the Baltic ports. Bills to a large ansount are consequently drawn on those merchants, and the bankers of Wat saw have always discounted them very readily ; but in consequence of the failures that have taken place, a great many of these bills have been returned protested. Most of the persons for whom they were discounted arc unable to reim burse them, and numerous bankruptcies are the result." PROWTION IN THE INDIAN ARMY.—We have reason to believe that the statement which appeared in many of our cotemporaries as to the temporary cessation of promotion in the Bengal regiments, is altogether erroneous. Unless we are greatly mistaken, it will be found that the pro motion will continue as in ordinary times.--41len's Indian Mail. AN INHUMAN FATIIER.-At the South wark Police-court on Monday, RichP.ri FaErich, a tall man of dissipated appearance, was brought before Mr. Borchelt', charged with cruelly beating one of his children, a little gill six years of age. The chili, whose eyes were blackened and face very mach bruised, excited much sensation in the court, which was crowded to excess. Her statement, which she made with great clearness, was, that on Saturday evening her father came home intoxicated, and commeneod beating-her first with his fists, and then with a cane in a very violent manner. She had not done anything to deserve correction, and she begged of hint to spare her life Her mother coiled is a police-constable, when he left off beating her, Mr. Burcham sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. CAWNPORE. The following is a letter from Cawnpore, dated Nov. 14: — Troops have been arriving 'here nearly every day since the Commander-in-Chief left, and have been sent after him with all possible despatch. I hear that hi. excellency reviewed his men on the 11th instant, and that all expected to be busily employed soon. The post office people have just told me that two mails have been plundered between this and Agra. I hope this will induce the powers that be to send a small force upwards, to clear the road and quiet the disturbed districts. From Bhowkong upwards, all is, I believe, tranquil; but from that place down to this, the rebels are keeping up the fun, and will not give in I suppose, till a score or two are hung up or shot. I should say that the force already in Gude is sufficient to smother the rebellion there ; it consists of Ist Madras Fusiliers, Q.ieen's sth, Bth, 9th, (Lancers), 32nd, 23rd, 53rd, 64th, 75th, 82nd, 84th, 90th, 78th, a splendid force of artillery, some of the Rift' Brigade, Royal Sappers, Native Sappers, Sikh Cavalry and Infantry, altogether amounting to about 12,000 men. More troops are on the road up, and most of them will, I suppose, be stationed here to frighten or beat off the Gtvalior rascals, who are said to bo at Calpee threatening to come here and try our metal, but 1 expect they will find and look oat for " metal' more attractive in the treasury of some station not so well protected at this,— Phcenix, Nov. 19 DELHI. A. charge brought against Colonel Nom with reference to his public appearance in Delhi with the son of the King of Delhi, has produced the following letter from him, addressed to the Lahore Chronicle: _ Althoug'a I do not notice statements made by anonymous correspondents in newspapers, yet, as you have given my name in one of the editorials of your paper of the 14th Nov., as one of the officers who had been seen riding with one of the sons of the King on an elephant through the streets of Delhi, I send you for publication the following statement of the facts, leaving the truth of your charge of " lacqueyieg the King's son about the streets of Delhi " to the judgment of your readers, especially of those who know me. Having been asked to accompany the commis sioner on a visit to the King, I went along with' several officers, one of them holding high official rank in the army, to the house where he was confined. Before leaving, Jamma Bukt, a son of the King, apparently a lad of fifteen or sixteen years of age, asked the Commissioner if he might be permitted to go out occasionally for an airing along with any gentleman who would take him, and as I was in tt,e habit of going out every evening on an elephant, the Commissinner asked me if I should mind occasionally calling for him. I replied, " that if there were no other objection:, I would do so ;" and as both the Comm'siioner and the officers before alluded to appeared to think there could be none, I con sented to call for him, and accordingly on two occasions I took Jumma Bukt out ; the firs' time having nothing but a pad on the elephant, and being rather afraid that he might try and escape, I put hina in front to prevent him slipping off; the second time having a " charj I sat in front, though, I must say, I considered it a matter of very little moment which seat I occupied. As to parading through the streets of the city, the first time I went out through the Cashmere Gate to Lud. low Castle and home, when it was quite dusk through the Lahore gate and Chandnee Chowk ; the second time I passed up the Chandnee Chowk, and returned by the Lall Khoa• street, having been induced to go there by Jumma Bukt, expressing a wish to show me the house he lived in. Without entering inte the question of his guilt or innocence, but presuming that, it guilty, he would never have been allowed to accompany a British officer in public, I can only say that I found him a very intelligent lad, he gave me a good deal of information about the mutineers, their leaders, and their plans, and had I remained longer at Delhi should probably have taken him out oftener, bat having returned to Meerut on the 26th of October, I had no further opportunity. The Friend of India, Of Nov. lb, says : WI) would call the attention of the government of India to the state of things existing in the city of D2lhi. It demands instant and stern reform. We are certain that the freaks there committed have no sanction from the Governor-General, and if the message costs £lO,OOO in bribes. written orders should be transmitted peremptorily forbidding them. The youngest son of the king, eighteen years of age, has been declared innocent on account of his youth, and rides through pelhi on an elephant, with two British officers behind him to do him honour. The state. ment appears so incredible that it may be set aside as a mere newspaper report. We entreat government to believe that it is one which we would not publish without such information as produces absolute certainty. The King, also, it is said—but for this we have only the authority of the Lahore Chronicle—has a retinue to attend him, and coolly insults the British officers who visit him. It is things such as these, the honours paid to our mur derers, which exasperate Europeans to frensy. They are not ordered or sanctioned by government, but they should be stopped by courts martial if necessary. Furthermore, in the middle of October, there were the following leaders in custody unharmed : Hukeem Abdool Huq, a rebel chief of the Goorgaon district, who joined the mutineers. Iloossein Khan, a Persian, who commlnded a regiment at D. 11.11. Nuwab Ahmed Kooli Khan, the father in law of the King, who went out to meet the Bareilly brigade, and escorted thdm into the city. _ _ . . The Nuwab of Jhujjur Newab Amen Oodeen Khan, accused of assisting in the murder of Mr. Fraser. Nothing has been done to any of these men. It is impossible, or at least' most difficult, to refer to the Supreme Government. It is useless to refer to Lahore, for Sir J. Lawrence bas no authority in the north west. The officers in Delhi therefore dread the responsibility, and crime waits for the punishment it deserves. It must be po',sible to convey a letter to Delhi, if a sufficient bribe is paid to the cossid, and peremptory orders should be transmitted at once. It is stated that Lieutenant Hodson had no option in the matter of the King of Delhi. General Penny is still acting under instructions left by Mr. Colvin, and which have not yet been superseded. We can only say, if such be the case, the sooner a special officer is ordered from Lahore to Delhi, with power to do anything save pardon, the better for our interests in the North West. We repeat, we have stated only facts, and await with confidence upon this point the action of the Governor General. Emtantarox.—The Government em;grant ship R )(hay. 877 tons, the property of Duncan DiAnhar, sailed from Plymouth.on the 25th instant, for Melbourne, Victoria, with 18 married couples, 114 single meu, 121 single women, 19 boys between the ages of 1 and 14, 13 girls betwe9.l3 the sam3 ages, 4 wale and 3 female infants, making a total of 310 souk, equal to 287 a Nits, all of whom were itiS• . LIBER \ LITY OF THE FRENCH rNIPICROB.—It will be recoil cted that, on the occasion of theiVl-uperial Mjesties' del arture from CO rne, on the 10th of August last, a parting s ‘lute was fired from the battery of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club House, when, through the premature exp os ' -ion of one of the guns, Jacob H irbour, a labouring man, who was engaged to assist the gunner, had his rich , arm shattered so clreaalfully that immediate amputa'ion was necessary. A subscription list was immediately opened for the _sufferer, at the club house, and the sum of £l5O subscribed, which has been invested to his advantage. The French Emperor having been communicated with, has forwarded a cheque for the munificent sum of two thousand five hundred francs, about £lOO, which reached the teeipient, Jacob Harbour, who is quite disabled from foul )wing any lucrative employment, on Christmas eve. PUBCIIASIC OF THE &IMAGES COLLSC CION FOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. — The Mayor cf B rmingham, with the Mayor of Manchester, has invited the ass'etanee of other co-porate authorities in the seats of manufacture in the midland counties, to induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to purchase this collection, in order that it may be made useful in improving decorative manufactures in metals, pottery, glass, &c. A Union of Art Trades has also been formed in the metropolis, consisting of most of the larg,st producers of decorative manufactures, iu order to bring the purchase before Parliament as soon as it re-assembles, and the Society of Arts has allowed the meetingss of this union to take place in the Adelphi. Lord Granville, as President of the Education Committee, expressed himself quite favourable to the purchase, when a deputation of the institute of British Architects waited upon him, so that the question now r.maies wholly to be decided by the Chancellor of the Exchequer-and Lord Palmerston doubt less in accordance nigh public opinion. TH E AITSTH ILIAN MAILS, --: Much misapprehension exists in mercantile circles as to the due arrival of the future mails from Australis, but there seems no real cause for this alarm. It is true that the breaking down of the Esneu will prevent the departure '‘f the January mail from tiese colonies at its proper date, but those of November and December will come forward in the regular manner, and the former will be due, by telegraph via Malta, on December 29, and the delivery of the bags in London, via Marseilles. on the following Saturday (January 2) ; but as the Post-office authorities have despatched a staff of officials to Alexandria to meet the homeward mails, so as to " work off" the letters en route, which wii, it is expected, ex pedite the delivery of them by many hours, and as the coming Australian picket will be the first to which the new regulations will be applied, it is possible that the letters and papers will be distributed in the metropolis on on Friday afternoon. Hitherto, the delay has arisen between the Australian ports and Suez, and not between Alexandria and the home ports, so that there is no blame to attach to the Post- offi he authorities ; and if the Admiralty would follow the initiative of " working in" the steamers to Suez in the same spirit which the Post-office has resolved to do in " workirg off" the letters, there would be no ground of apprehension, either as to the present route or the due delivery of the correspondence.—Mintng Journal of Dec. 26. WEDNESDAY,- SELECT VESTRY.—YnTERDAy. The fortnightly meeting of the select 'vestry was held in the parish Board Room, at 10 o'clock. Mr Caurchwarden Woodruff pres'ded, and the other members predint we e MEssrs. Smith, Denton, Mello-, Syers, Whitty, W. Jopes, Richardson, Jackson, Chesney, wen, Cook, Cropper, Critchley, Hughes, Shaw, and Williams. Tirt , ILKHOUSE COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee wore read, from which ,it appea"ed that the number of vagrants relieved during the week was 272 males, 75 f2males, and 9 chddrea—total, 366 ; the number of sick cases on the 23rd instant was 613, including 49 fever and 31 itch. The number in the house on the 23rd iatttnt was 7,570. The proceedings were confirmed. INDUSeRIAL SCHOOLS. The proceedings of this committee were read. It appeared that' the number in the schools on the 21st inst. was 1,02; The sick eases were 49, including - flee itch. A spacial meeting of the cone mittee had been held to investigate certain charger made by the Rev. Mr. Doyle, Roman Catholie priest, against the Rev. Mr. Holmes, by whom, be alleged, he had been subjected to injnrious and insulting treatment. This eabe!et, which was referred to in our report o' the last vestry meeting, had been before the committee previously, and was adjourned by them to Saturday, the 2 lth of December, for the perpoee of learning the charges alai the reply of Rev. Mr. Holmes. In the minutes of the procea ings of that meeting was containe i the following entry : - " It was moved by Mr. Smith, and seeonded by Mr. Whitt) , as fellows :—Mr. Holmes and Mr. Deyle having been called before the committee, and questioned with reference to their respective state ments, and Mr. Holme's letter in reply to air. Doyle's having elven the assurance that le never had intended, ant never did intend to insult Mr. Doyle, the latter gentle can agreed to withdraw his le:t ties course having been suggested by the committee." Whereupon the following was moved as an amendment be Mr. eyrod aeconled by eir. William Jones; —"After a long and mare+ iog inve Aiwa on into the ch :mg( s made by Mr. Doyle agsinst Mr. Holmes which appeared) to this committee rot established, and Mr. Holmes having stated that he never iot-need any insult or injury towards Mr. Doyle, the com mittee suggested to Mr. Doyle the propriety of withdrawing the letter in which these charges ware male,' and the votes being taken on the amendment it was 'oat, there being for it two votes—Messrs. Syne). and Jonas, and against it four votes—Messrs. Owen, Smith, Whitty, and Williams. 'the original motion was carried by the sam 1 majority. Mr Smith m .tied that the proce.dings of the committee be con firmed. Mr. Whitey seconded the motion. Mr. Cropper moved that the letters be rca 1. The Chae man said the letters had been mutually withdrawn, and the effeir wan settled. He thought R, questionable, therefore, whether it would be desirrbl s to re open it. Mr. Richardson also urged that the letters should be read, and there appearing a m jority of the Board in favour of that coarse, the sate:esti rn wan adopted. The correseontience consisted of two letters from Rev. Mr. D the first briefly complaining of injuries anti insults received from the chaplain ; ani the sxond, stating at great length the grounds of his charges; and a reply from Rev. Mr. Holmes, wholly denying any intentioe of even conveying any insult or injury to the Kee. Mr. Hoyt s. The reading of the otters occupied about an hour. The length of t '0 documents would altogeiherlpreclude their puleicat'on in oar columns, e;en if a sufficient idea of their geeeral contents were not conveyed iu thefew lines, we have given a dzsariptivc of them, and in the resolutions of the cemm ttee. Dating the reedme of the correspondence the ch sir was vented by Mr. Woodruff, who bat to accompany the Wa.er Committee to Eccleston, for the parpose of inspecting lead piping: Toe chair was taken by Mr. Shaw. _ Mr. Whiny suggested that the evidence which was taken by the committee should also be read, and the a being no opposition offers d, the suegestlon was a so complied with. When the reading of all the docent nts had concludt d, Mr. W. Jones said the proceedings of that day were somewhat extra ordinary, inasmuch as tee beard was going fully into the duties which had been discharges by a committee. The usual custom was, that all duties of the vestry, which divided itself into departments, were given to the various committees; and at the meeting of the board, the usual course was to adopt the proceedings of the committees. B .r.t the extraordinary c urse pn.sninl by the bo,rd arose out of ex`raordmary conduct on the Gent of the committee. The beard would not have had such a loss of time that morning, had the Committee of the Industrial Schools conducted the business in the manner which was usually done. He would just reirend then of the circumstanc , s. They had heard read that morning the short letter from Mr. Doyle, in whicb ha made the first charge evens: Vte chaelsin. When that letter was la'd before the committee, Hr. Owen suggested that Mr. Hart should apply to Mr. Doyle for the f acts up en which he founded his charge That was done, nd at the last meeting of the committee they rocas ed the long statement which had been read that morning, and which the committee the., considered too long to go into at mire. and therefore adjourned until Saturday last. The committee then met specie ly. Mr. Doyle was present, Mr. ffolme was prevent, and every witness necessary, in order fully to investigate the cnarges, and ascertain the truthfulness of the facts sumnitted, was in atten dance, and the committee spent four hours, from ten of. lock in the morning until two in the afternoon in investigating the charges. Now, he would tell them west the impression of the committee during the progress of the investigation and at its conclusion was with reference to those charges. So ridiculously absur I ware they considered by one gentleman, Mr. Smith, that he had to be rebuked by Mr. Whiny for anticipating the verdict of the com mittee. (No, 1.0.) Mr. Owen : I think it hlehly improper for one gentleman to make these comments upon the cendnet of another. Perhaps if this course were pursued, M. Jones himself would not he exempted from comment. Members might remark upon the conduct of the chair man of the committee—they might remark upon his extraordinary emphasis, and something else Mr. Jones: Well, you will hate an opportunity cf doing so directly. Mr. Deaton thought it would be better to avoid mentioning any names. Mr. Jones had no objection to aicpt .that course. There was another gentlemm who was ordinarily of so amiable and quiet a dispositiou that it seemed impossible fur him to be ruffled under any circumstances ye' so monstrous did he cnn.ider one part o the evidence that he too expostulated at an early part of the proceedings. He believed the whole of the committee were unanimous in condemeatieri of the chareee. He relieved that with the single exception of one gentleman, there was no one present who did not believe that the whole ca.e had signally broken down. In s lying so, he quoted the words of one gentleman who had taken a very active part iu the question. At the conclusion of the proceedings, of course, it was tile business of the Committee to report to the Board. Did: thee report upon the character of the evidence teey had received ? Is o, they declined to do so. The majority believed that the facts were unsubstan itted, but declined to say so. The maj oity believed that the charges were un'ound•td, but refus?d to say so and this, while full well knowing that the charges were so gross, and e ai6ed in such offensive terms, aid hal been so publicly carcalated, that ece.hiue short of a strong expression el opinion umnssehe subject generally, <nd a severe rebuke to the g ntlemsn who had so wantonly outraged the cheeacter of another gentleman would meet the case tulle. He urged there ore, th it as the committee had in thin manner acted. as he conceived, unjustly towards the Rev, Mr. Holmes, the Board ought to record noon their books a resolution condemnatory of the charge which hal been m ide against that gentleman. He therefore moved as an amend ment, that that part cf the procee Ings which referred to that subject be not confirmed, and that in lieu thereof the fol lowing resolution be adopted, and entered upon the books : ha', in the opinion of ties bean', the cliarges preferred by the Rev. Mr. Doyle, the Roman Catholic priest attending the se - hoole, against the Rev. Mr. Holies, the chaplain the e, have bee fully disproved; and this board., cordialy ac,ept ng the unqualified assurance of Mr. Holmes, that he has at all times acted tow,rds Mr. Doyle in a manner om his position there as a Protestant clergyman and a gentle.bn e :a c n, a i s b s g ure Mr. Holmes that, while faithfully discharging his duties at the schools with courtesy and urbanity towards all, he may rely upon the protection of this board against any limitation of his moral influence teen, arising from all si silarly unfounded charge," Mr. Mellor seconded the amendment. Mr. Smith thought that having heard the question dismissed for four hews, and the letters having been withdrawn upon explanations garen, the matter should now be alleved to rest there. He dll not wish to see a fend kept up between these two gentlemen, and he thought it would have been acting a much wiser part to have let the proceeiings be adopted. Air. Whitty said the conviction on his mind WAS, that the committee ha 1 pus sued a wise course in arriving at the resolution which they hal submitted to the board. He could not but express great regret, that the chairman of the committee should have thought it necess ry after so much attention hid been given to the subject in committee to force it forward far public discussion that day. In adopting the resolution brought foroari in committee, he and the gentlemen who acted with him, considered that they were Walling their duty, ne members of the committee, by preventing the discus ben of such irritating subjects from being mace p iblic. Where it was a matter simply of persenal feeling, and the two gentlemen principally concerned expressed a concurrence in the course ad pte I by the committee, he thought it woo d have been good taste and good feel. ing on the part of the cha rman of the a ommittee to allow t i lee matter to rest there, and not to force it upon the pu lie for discusebn. Mr. Jones had stated that he never saw such extraordinary conduct en the part of a committee, bet he (Mr.Whitty) could say that during all his experience in connection with that Board, he never paw such conduct on the part of the chairman. The chairman flirted his views upon the committee in every possible question. He wrote several of the resolutions. He appeared to expect the committee to take up his views at once, without exercising their own judement. He ( eir.W bitty) never say the functions of a chairman discharged in so partial a manner. Mr. Cropper thought these remarks vrety personal. Mr. Whitty slid he won d have been induced to let the matter rest but for the onslaught Mr. Jones had made upon Mr. Smith and himself. Mr. Jones forced his resolutions upon the committee. He menaced cne of the members of the committee—threatened him with exposure. Since he (Mr. Whitty) was a a member of the Se'ect Vestry, he never saw such con !net upon the part of a chairman. He told a eentlem in of the committee that • he should be espied for exercising his private j idgmen'. Mr. Jones : Dorit't anisrepre.ent me. Mr. Whitty said he called Mr. Jones' attention to It at the time, and told him that he was d , perting f on the duties of his office. He threatened a gentleman with beng exposed. perhaps, in some private circle of Mends, or s ame congregation in the town. When Mr. Jones talked of propriety on the part of the committee, he should have preserved the impartiality of his office, and not disgraced the position in which he was placed by a public departure from the strict line of duty which belonged to the'Eltairman of a committee. Mr. Cropper supported the 'amendment, and declared that an apology was rather due to Mr. Holmes from Mr. Doyle for the language h, had used. Mr. Owen said the committer gave fall attention to the question, which only amounted to a equabb e between the two clergymen. He suggested at the time to the Chairman of the committee, the impro priety of h s raiding the documents eseth shakes of the head, and emphasis wh ch did not become eon whose conduct ought to Le perfectly impartial. Mr. Denton contended that the original offence came from the Roma Catholic priest. After some further discussion the amendment was put, when there appetteed— F a—Messrs. Shaw, Critchley, Cropper, Denton, W. Jones, Setters, Mellor, and Richardson—S. A AlNST—Messts. Owen, Smith, Cheney, Cook, Hughes, Jackson, Whitty, end Williams—S. 'the Chairman (Mr. Shaw) gave his casting vote in favour of the amendment, which was therefore dechred carried. The remainder of the proceedings were confirmed. Mr. Jackson proposed the following resolution of thanks to the gentlemen and ladies who kindly presented a Chrietmts tree, and ex hibited a magic lantera and other objects of interest to the inmates at Christmas:—" That this vesTy record on its minutes its grateful appreciation of the kindness of Mrs. J. E. Cropper, Mrs. Rathbone, Miss Gilpin, Mr. Breyden, of the Band of Hope Committee, Mr. Hausbu g, and other ladies and gentlemen, for the benevolent and judicious manner in which they have co-op rated with the governor of the Workhouse ani Industrial Schools, in contributing to the entertainment of the inmates of these institutions at this season of hospitality ; and that a espy of this record be transm.tted to the ladies and gentlemen before ment'oncd." Ihe reeolutioa was oranimonsly adopted. Noire was g yen, that at the next meeting a gentlemen would b 3 pro osed as a member of the vestry in the place occupied until lately by Mr. Crawford. TrIX RATING OF TUE DOOM. The following petition to Parliament upon this a tbjzct was adopted and signed by the churchwardens snd overseers : MEMORI tL. The humble peition of J hn Woodruff and Charles Wright Shaw, churchwardens, and William Bottomley Bairstow, Thomas Owen, Janes Crellin, and Thomas Smith, overseers of the poor of the parish of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Showeth,—That by The Mersey Docks and flaebonr Act, 1857,' a body corporate was constituted by the name of the Mersey Docks and Harbour . Boar i, and by the said act c7rtain docks, buildings , and works, situate at or ne•r Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and cettain lands, tenements, and hereditaments, situate in the same county, were vested in and are now the property of the said board. " That the said docks, buildings, and works, lands, tenements, and Try( DECEMBER :30; 1857. he reditaments are situate respectively in the parish of Liverpool. In the townships of K rkdale, and Bootle—cam-Linacro. and in the extra parochial place or township of Toxteth-park, all in the county afore said. " That no provision has been made for the laying and imposing of rates for the relief of the poor of the said palish, townships, and extra parochial place respe2tively upon the said docks, build Lags, works, lands, tenements, and hereditainents, or upon the said Hervey Docks and Harbour Board, in respect of the same, or for the levying and recovery of the same ; and by reason of the occupation of the said decks, buildings, works, lands, tenements, an I herednamenta by the said board not being a beneficial occupation, such rates cannot, without express orovision in that behalf, be imposed or recovere,i ; and your waitioners submit that it is just and expedient that such provision should ba made accordingly. " Your p :titioners therefore pray your honourable house that leave may Ire given to bring in a bill (a copy of which is i ereunto annexed) for effecting the purposes aforesaid, in such manner, and under such rains and regalations as to your honourable house shall 562 m meet. " And your p ialioners will ev.r pray, &c." This concluded tic bas!nest. FIRE ON BOARD THE SARAH SAND 3 TROOP SHIP FOR INDIA. The Sarah Sands (s. s.) a Red from Plymouth on the 16 h August with 'a portion of the 54th Regiment. he steerage- was satieeastory until the 11th .November, when the ship was about 400 miles from the Mauritius. On that day a fire burst forth among the cargo in the hold, and made a rapid progress. Es ery one, however, acted with erraordinsry courage and coolness. The ship's beats were launched, and the ladies, women, and children put tots the lie boat. She was ordered to stand off. All hands were then employed in constructing rafts; while this was gotng oat an explosion of one or two barrels of posder took place, which had been left in the magazine. The troops remained mustered on deck, and obeyed commands as on parade.. The result was, after the forepar of tee vessel had been so burnt, that only the ;shell remained. The steamer was iron built. The flames were suppressed altar a lapse of several days, during which the ship encountered a violent ga'e, and was in peril of sinking. She arrived in safety at the el matins without the less of a single life The Sarah Sands was an iron ship of 2 000 tons - burden, and was formerly employed in running from Liverpool to North America. She was chartered by the East India Company for the conveyance of troops to India, and on the 'lGth of last August she left Portsmouth for Catena+, under the command of Captain J. S. Castle, wish a portion of the 54th regiment on board, comprising Lieut. Cll. Moffatt, Cspte. Brett, Thomson and Gillum, Limits. Galbraith, Hughes and•Crompe; Ensign Wood, Lieut. and Aeintalt Houston, Surgeon Grant, assistant—eurgeon Donovan, nuartermaster Hipkin, paymaster Daniel, 21 sergeants, lb corporals, 11 drummers, 3 6 rank and file, 8 women,l children, and a number of ladies, relatives of the officers. The voyage 'appears to h eve been favourable until the 11th of November, when the ship had reached lot 11 6, long. 56 E. (upwards of 410 miles from the Mauritius.) About, three o'clock in the afternoon of that day the troops berthed on the after deck noticed a strong smell of burning which apparent'y proceeded frcm bsneath them in the hold. It rapidly increasing, the alarm was given to Captain Castle, who at once ordered the after-hold to be examined, and to tee horror of all, the cargo stowed there proved to be on tire It was stated that the bulk of the cargo consiste lof Government stens. Bala after bale was hauled up, in the hopeof getting at the seat of the fire, but in a short time the smoke became so dense as to defy any of the craw getting further into the hold, and as it filled the whole of the cabins with the suffocating effluvia, the • 'adies . sought relief on the quarter {leek. By this time the outbreak became general throughout the ship, and, as a nature]. result, much alarm was excited. There was no confusion, however, and every order was obeyed by' the men with coolness and conrage. • The course of the shin was stopped. Col. Moffatt was seen iu early consultation with Captain - Castle, deciding upon measures for suppressing the flames, while the crew were actively employed in taking all sail in. dad bringing the ship before the win I. Others 'ran out lenetne of hose from the fire eneines, which were passed down to hands below. white hose was also put on to the donkey engine. It soon became apparent that all these exertions failed in checking the progress of the fire. Ca:one' Moffatt, at the euggetstinns of the comeiander, directed his men to at once cast overboard all their ammunition: and in a short time they succeeded in clearing oat tha starboard magazine. The remainder 0: the powder in the port mag .zine how ever excited greattparehension. Already had the after part of the ship become almost niftenaele. from the dense smoke and heat which tilled °eery portion of it. The C 'lona apprale 1 to his m n as volun teers to attempt to rescue the con'ents of the magazine now so threatened. Several brave fellows instantly came forward and heroi cally succeeded in reaching tie magazine and clearing it, with the exception of one or two barrels. It was a very hazardous work, and severel nearly lost their lives, as they became en erpowered with the smoke and heat, and fell; and wh - n hauled up by ropes to the deck, they were senseless.. The flames aeon afterwards burst up through the deck, an a running along the• van' us cabino, seeedily sat the whole on fire. There was a heavy gale blowing at the time, and the ship was rolling and pitching. Captain Castle perceiving the critical position of the ship, at once took measures for the safe lowering of the hosts. They were launched 'without the least accident ; the troops were mustered on deck, there was no rush to the boats; and the men complied with the commands of their officers with as much order as on parade. C ,ptain Moffatt informed them that Captain Castle di 1 not despair of twine the wile, but for their own preservation it had been deemed advisable to keep the boat off, to a t to act in case of emergency. The ladies, women, and children were lowered into the port life boat, and sloe was directed to stand off null nuttier orders. All hands then turned to constructing rafts o` spare opera. Ina short time three were put together, which would hgve been capahie of saving a large portion of those on board. Captain Castle succeeded in launching two overboard, and the third was left across the deck to be lowered at a moment's notice. In the meantime the flames had made terrible progress. The whole of the cabins, saloons, &c., were one body of fire, and about nine o'clock the flames burst thiouge the upper decks and ignited the mizeu rigging. Throw •h the forethought el Captain Castle, in bringing the ship before the wind, the id e and smoke were swept away sferaways, but serious anxiety was felt lest the ship should ply off, and so render its destruction inevitable. Amidst this fearful suspense, a dreadful explosion took place, no doubt arising from one or two barre's left in the port magazines, which blew oat the port quarter. All was On entation, and the ship, from the main rigging to her stern, was in one general body of fire. Captain Castle still had hopes, althoneh he expressed his fears to the commanding officer of the troops that the ship would be lost. Providentiely her belkheal of the after p: rt of the ,hip withstood the action of the dames. Here a'l efforts were concentrated to keep it cool. Party after party of the troops volun teered for the work, and so endeavoured t s prevent the fire making its way forward. As it was, several fell tens less from the Buffo ating influence of the smoke, and vr-re draw t up apparently did. To the great honour of the troopa they obeyed the directions of their officers with a calmness and energy which was almost astounding, aid boat for which the ship must have perished, and doubtiese.many of those on board with her. Fer hours did this state of affairs continue. Although the men kept the fire at bay below, it gained the main rigging. Mr. Welch, the chef officer, with several of the soldiers, at once went aloft with stet blankets, an 1 after coast lei able peril and risk sneeze :lea in extingaishing the flames As it was, hosever. some of the yards were des roped. Towards two o'clock the fallowing morning the the men load the satisfaction of seeing the fire diminishing, but it only had the effect of inducing them to coutieue their exertions, with, if possible. almost double energy. The fi ar es were gradu illy beaten back, and by daylight de i- entire annihillation w s accom plished. It was not till then that the fall extent of the fearful hav,.c made by the fira was clearly ascertained. Tee after-part of the ship was burnt out, merely, its shell remelting, and now another fete threat-ned her. The gee still prevailed, and the ship was rolling and p tubing :n a heavy sea, coastantly shipping con siderable water at the port quarter, which had been blown out by the explosion. She had tifteen feet of water in her hold. and active steles had to be taken to prevent her foundering. All the men were set to the pumps, and bill g roster out of the hold. Capt. Castle fearing teat the stern woo d f all out got two hawsers under her bottonn and made them taut. The next (Meaty was to stay the water which was pouring in through the guider. Spare sails tnd blankets were placed over the opening, and the leak was partially stopped. There was no abatement in the gale tiering t e mornine, and in every heave of the ship the water tants in the hold, which had got loose, were dashed from one side to the other. 'the state of the ship, an at the continued , severity of the weathen rendered the 'constant working of the pumps and the bat ng im. endive ; It was not till two o'clock in the aterncon that the boats containing the women and children could be got alongside. They were got On board, end the other boats which had been ordered off during the raging of the Ire, returned with the excepiien of the gig, which had been swamped during the night The officer in charge of her, however, Mr. Wood and the hands were picked up by another boat. Daring the remainder of the day, the following night and succeeding day, the whole of the hands and troops were engaged in working the pumps and clearine the sh'p of the water. By the evening of the 13th the crew succeeded in securing the stern, and getting steerage way on the ship. She hat then drifted as far as long. 13 le S. Captain Castle then set all sail, and bore up in the trope of making the elauritins, and, to the j ty of all on board, made that port in eight days, where her arrival and marvellous escape excited considerable eensateco. The officers in command of the tromps speak in the highest terms of the conduct of Captain Castle dtiring the trying Occasion. By the latest arrivals, the loosed quarters and men of the 54th regiment continue at the Maurit us awaiting the arrival of a shle to take them on 'their destination. The Sarah Sands was heaves , insured at Lloyd's. ANECDOTE OF JUDGE JACKSON.—The Cork Reporter tells the following anec late of the judge just removed .—e- While the late judge was Solicito• General, Lerd S . anley, 100, held cffiee under Sic Robert Peel, and maintained the national syst ue of education, of which he boasted himself t ) have been the offieial founder. Oae of the annual votes of censure on the system having been brought forward by the. Solicit)r General's colle igua in the representation of the University, Mr. Hamilton, the Solicitor-General, felt himself somewhe. embarrassed between official and Kildare-street influence, and, deeming disc , etioethe better part of valour, was observed to "walk out of the house." Oar then representative, Sentient Murphy, was in possas sloe at the time,.sed called the attention of Lerd S— to the movement, observing that he apprehended flea the learned Solicitor •General for Ireland had stu'ied with equel attention the books of "Exodus" and "Judges." N IiFoR 11DDING THE BANA OF A CONVERTED MAHOaCEDAN. —From an avic'e in the Ilyinouth Journal we gather the following paricalars of a somewhat novel clerical dispute which has recently arism in Devonshire. A Turkish gentleman, named Mahmoud Effendi, who is in this country for instruction, became engag-d to be married to the daughter of an officer in the army. Hiving been converted to Christianity, he was, of course, willing to be married according to Christian customs. He applied to the chancellor of the diocese for a license, but the chancellor refused to grant him one. He then applied to the Rev W. J. St. Aubyri, rector of Sroke D mare!, to marry him by banns, and that gentleman, seeing no objection, pro ceeded to publish the basins. On the second publica'ion, on Sunday week last, the bums were forbidden by the Rev. J. Bliss, Mr. St. Aubyn's citrate, and during the a e k a caveat against the marriage was served on the rector. To obviate bny legal difficulty, Mahmoud was then baptised. Some correspondence ensued betwcee Mahmeud's legal advisers and the curate. The rest of the story may be told in the words of our cotemporary :—" Nothing more was den in the matter, as We are informid, till Monday morn ing last, the day appointed for the wedding, whin the parties most interested, their friends, the rector, and the clerk, were assembled in the vestry, to await Mr. Bliss's decision. It was now approaching near to the final canonical hour. when the curate made his appearance, and inquired of the lector if it was correct that be had baptized Mahmoud Effeadi ? This being replied to in the affirma tive, he withdrew the caveat. It is probable that preceed. logs will be forthwith commenced against the curate fcr b:awling, an offence which the church holds as one of a very serious character. We have not mentioned Bishop Phillpotts in the transaction, but it must not be supposed that he was ignorant of what was going on. He was applied to by Mr. Bliss, who, we understand, was supported by. his lordship. Mr. St. Aubyn took advice from a better source. Dr. A lams supported him, and told him that the course he was pursuing was right." RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Ei6T• LANCASHIRE. A collision of rather unusual character has occurred on this Rade Lancashire Railway, between Ramsbottom and Accangt in, Irbisztx. however, did not cause much personal icjary. A train of waggons, laden with stone, was gohg up 'he incline at Helmshera, whoa couplings which connected the eighth waggon from the end with tke former part of the train, gave way, and the eight waggons thus Ike joined began to mu backwards, clown the hill, in the dirwtina Manchester. The guard was cn the last wai:gon, which wee new falte first in the direction that this part of the train was taking, acid itfe jemped off in the hope of catching hold of the points and se itarniseg the waggons into a siding. Unf. nunately he fell down. and. tbie waggons passed on, acquiring considerable impetus in the downward run of about three miles which they had accomplished when the driver of the passenger train that left Manchester at live o'clock, saw thew approaching. He immediately put on the breaks and stopped the ea glee, but he could rot re me it before the waggons were up* arra. The engine and the first carriage were nearly &strayed, and. beat the lines were blacked no. The passengers were shaken, hut wet seriously injured, except in one case in which the injuries were al caesed by the collision. Mr. Littlewood, of the firm of Littiloweved. Young, and Wilson, of Church, near Accrington (and also of Mancheste), had been riatag in the fiftli (a eras easel) carriage from the engine, and when the train came to a stand st ill, suspecting that something was wrong, he jamead out of the carriage. He fell on the rails, and received so severe a contusion, of eke lett thigh, that he could not stand, and was oblig - d to be carried avow. Directly the accident occurred, MOOT: , s were sent to MaStnithells. the general manager, who, on arriving on the spot, telegraphed. for Dr. J. G. Harrison, the medii al officer of the company_ Dr. Harrison ascertained that no dislocatiens had talon place, amtl that the injury of the rassengers were not more severe than and slight cuts, which will not prey , nt the sufferers from atten&etg to their ordinary duties, except in the C%93 of Mr. Littlewood. Ty* farmers from Creston, who bad received blows oa the head, were met on by way of Preston to their destination ; a man who resides In. Um Hill, it aecliffe, but whose name we could not learn, was cat ea tars head; Thornton, the guard of the passenger 'rain, was disabled lay a blow on the legs; beyond ihese there were no injurles Worth nazotar a A number of men were immediately set to welt to c'ear the litres. and one line was so far free from obstruction in the course at as troxr and a half, that the train which is due at the New Bailey Statiga st twenty minutes past seven, reached Manchester soon afte: data - . o'clock. Thera is no reason to believe that blame is attributalga ve anyone, MANCHESTER, SFIEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN. A collision bctw ten locomotives occurred at Gorton on gawky night, which resalted partly from the neglect of the signal-msw a Thomas Taylor, and putty from the conduct of the engine driver at the ballast train, who was killed. - A few minutes after seven Vele& that evening. the ballast train, driven by the deceased, Georga Holland, arrived at Gorton, coming in the directim frees SWUM. The signaltnan,who ought to have been at hie post to turn the tress to the ballast siding, tad jest gone with a friend to a negtihatrit public-house, a few yards from the station. The driver, its signalman's absence, directed the fireman to open the potata.uadtk train was thenalinnt©d on t m the riding, in order to keep the abaft line clear. 6 s soon as this had bden done, the firemati went is tk foreman of the engine yard, to ascertain in what compartment the ensiae was to be left for the night ; and, during his 10631104, Holland, the driver, brengat the train again on tho taiga line. with the intention of runing V: on another aiding. razed for unemployed engines. This he bad no right is as lie had received no signal. It was his duty, as MOM as he found that the signal man wss absent. to give an alarm whittle, and to remain off the main line. Having cone out of the tallyet siiing, he ordered his son, a lad about twelve years of age, ta tiptalt the actin's lading to the engine-siiin r. This was done, and he k 4 just commenced moving off tho main line, when au enginciand break van came up from Ardwick, and a collision ensued, the two memo oming in contact. Holland, the driver of the 1 - ,alla,t tram. was thrown off his engine. and when picked up, a few minutes afterwnmft he was quite dead. The fireman of the other engine was !theorise thrown off, an i received severe injaries ahout the head. bat itis lik ay th it he will recover ; last evening he was p ogressing favour ably. The driver and guard wha were with the latter escaped with a few braises. Shortly after the accident occurred, Tayier. the P • wasapprehended. iints- We are informed that the deces.sed, George Holland, was one of the oldest and steadiest drivers cat line ; and that the signal-man, Taylor, has always boo i cousidered an extremely careful and sober man. The engine attached is the ballast tatin belonged to the contractor for th ropiir of the/Iw manent way, and the damage which it sustained is about .€01). The other engine was damaged to th 3 extent of between elf sell 430. THE VACANT IRISH JUDGESHIP. THE BOROUGH OF ENNIS. Among the latest rumours are roperts that one of the judges fades Court of Excnenner, either Baron Itichards or Baron Grec,e. wird to moved into Judge Jackson's seat, se as to avoid having all Catiatiks judges in the Court of Common Pleas, and that the vacancy avi I ba given to the Arorney-gereral. .It ie also sai 1 that the Sallititar— General, from delicacy of health, is dNnelined to incur the lab mrs and rosponsihilities of the first law offliership, and that the as./ Attarney- General will be Mr. Deasy. Hesidus the candidates airs tiy mentioned for Ennis, (Captain StaAtp3olo, Air. llngh , s, Q.C. and Mr. John Ball), there a-e now vamel Sir Thomas Redin sten. mai Mr. Macdonagh, Q C., as likely to enter the lists —Cor Reps.-ten o far as w 3 can learn, no step has yet bane t ken in regard to tire vacant judgeship, and the changes that may be newssary fa e'soo quence of appointing a successor to the late Mr. Justice Jackeis is the Common Pleas According to the legal gos ip, which is, of estrus. mere speculation, Mr. J. D. Fite ~ eraid wil n-t acceat the mimes judgeship; and Mr. Christian will fe the new judge. Aceor.ii q tr one version, either Mr. Sergeant 0' .Irien, Mr. llughe2, or Mir- Davy will be tho So'icitor-General. According to another, Las& Palmerston wishes +o have a Protes'ant with a Oaths is as law 0S xr.. and in this view Messrs Berwick, Butt, Bland, and Lawsee, s named for the Solicitor-Generalship. Thera are half-a-doses caw venions ; but we be ieve the simple fact is that nothing ataftio known, aid hence, perhaps, the great variety of rumours.—Ba&ba Evening Post. MILITiA RIO' S. THE iSt STAFFOIIDSLIIRM MILITIA AT Eprinuttag. Oa Friday night, about eight o'clock, a riot occurred is strar, Edinburgh, which might have proved very serious fa rate consequences. 3e,ci.,1 ~, , 111.n of the r ghnent of militia, (the td: Stafford), at present stationed in the C,stie, appear to have %see drinking in a public lionise in the Cowgato, at the foot of Blalr-stgest., and a fra,as en , nod among themsela , s and several civilians who list assembled there. A very large cried speed ly collected ; tad information of the dl , tnrbance haring been sent to the Pollee Odies. a message was d4spatched from thence to the Cattle, rcent stag Wet a piquet should be ordered to bring away the coldierr froze the Co'-gate. A p qoet of about a doze's men, under a sergeant, vise recordingly desp ached to the spot, bit by the time they arrived the row seems to have been over. A crowd of mmy hand ads of people. however, still thronged Blair-atr et; and in coming up th'it Watt after having been in the Cowgate, the piquet, for tome reason which has not yet transpired, attacked a mechan'c, an I, following hi bete one of the stairs leading to the South Fridge, threw him dlvre, sad struck him with the'r belts and Let. His cries brought Lieg.t , rs.asit Milligan, of the City Police, to his aid. Toe momont he appeared some of the crowd cal ed out that he was a police officer, ott whett the piquet, 'saving the other mao, attacked Mr. *Big , n, and draseive the it bayonets, stabbed him on the head in several places; fortsusteity. however, the cuts are not serious. A young man, namcd, Bald, who interfered to protect Mr. Milligan, was also set coca. bet both escaped with no farther injury. These are the facts to fir az' they ye yet transpired, but an investigation into the circunistaseet of the disturbance will, of course, be made by the nii itary amiss iWie. as well se by the police. There is one sergeant and four private' iv custody on a charge for stabbing with their bayol els. TRH ROYAL DUBLIN MILITIk AT BRADFARD. At ten o'clock on Sunday night, a number of men belonging tot*, 101 th Dubl;n Milli is Regiment passed through the streets of the tow to the barracks. brandishinz their belts, and in very v olent I ays2sce declaring vengeance egs , nst the pace. No attack, however. us made. The chief constable (Mr. Leveratt) has deemed it expediesS to place a large number of. his meu in the immediate neiztthoeskoatt of the road lying between Southgate and the barrac a on Braga* Moor. Tho militia frcqu,nt sev,ral beer boas 3 i in Southgate nigh If any attack sholl.l bo made on any of the police, the atter ire placed in sufficient forte to repel it. 7HE MUTINY ON BOARD THE CONSTITIITIOL At the Pelfast Police Court, on Saturday, fifteen seamen he:es Ow to the Packet Ship Constitution, were brought up an a charge eC mutiny. Their names were Robert Humphries, Robert Read, Jereeta Roche, Wm. Evans, Archibald M`Lean, Richard Jasper, Retert Ilorness, George Abbott, George Pestle, Joseph Dunne, Joker Malvany, Joseph Heroes, Joseph Martin, Jamas Stewart, and Gorge Wilson. Mr. Walter Thompson, captain, was sworn and exateduee...— Witness was masts • of the ship Constitution. She was resistedd 1,282 tons burden, and was value fir about '17,000, besides her cargo. She was as Ens a vessel as ever left Livorno Ji. and inclose, bees reteeered in Awn, 1857, after being built. The priserens engag, - d with him in Liverpool as seamen, on board the vess 1. nee agreement was that they Eo to New York, thence to any other pa t iu America or elsewhere and back to Liverpool, the pedal ssf sack voyage not to exceed twelve months. The vesoel sailed fssset Liverpool on the 1911 c ins'ant. The following day Sunday, the ceete e some of the m n refaced to work, when all hands were callei on deck to shit the sails, in oreer to chance the elute of the veseel. Witness was afraid sho was getting too near tleeet ma. and he wished the sails shifted quickly. When George Deane get ge deck he said he wou'd not work. Witness told h'm if he wowed net work he should be put in Irons Tho prisoner called 0, t, " Comedown here ti do it." so' itness remonstrated with the crew, and re:landed them that th , consequence would be, that they would be all im prisoned for three moons each fur such conduct, if he put the ‘llllll into eoreand owe them into custody. Deane rep'ied this; he bgA Jed got three months in Bombay Jail, and could put in three mere es another. One of the sails was call' ed away at that time becs.a a the crew did not work. They went to their work after a little, and ate* wind was contrary the vessel was detained in the Channel, antic tacking, she got into collision with another vessel 11 , 4 lost bog boom. Witness pet into Belfast Lough on the 22nd, and cast sachec. The next day the men amen refusal to cork, and sai I they were Volt at the anchor and would not leave that. Witness left the vele mit came up to Belfast. when he got a spar which answered Mtn, and indx it down and got ready for sea aga'n, but the men would not work the vessel. When witness was leaving for Belfast, they consented to pargP the vessel and oblee him, but he was to understand that they wens not returning to their duty. It would take but ten miantes is every twenty-four hours to pump the vesse'. She had tw.otersazvaa hands on b ard, which were a RIVE ,ient crew, being three more tb she made her last voyage with from New York. She was sees w of"J found in everything, end the provisions was of the best dese He knew of no rea.on why the men should act in such a Mine ec- They had received advance notes before sailing, but he had ordered payment o" them to be s opped since they refused to work. Wtestee also produced the tog book, and raid from it the entries wthee.isd had made. Several of the witnesses confirmed the captain's ueeste meat. No witnesses were called for tle defence, and the attest refused to enter any charge against the mote ; and it appears I tlist it was the esrpenter who struck WI ean, and that toe in kiseeen defence, ird under any circu ns'anns the bench could not Steers charge preferred by men who were in custody for a serious of tem. The beach then sentenced Ro he, Deane, Wilson, ens Stewed is kw imprisoned for twelve months each, and the other ele 'ea to Issi inspri oned for four months each at hard labour. PAURIENT J JURNALISIA. —The law reports this week of certain journals have been e.t.ised with a mss of unotioi— gated filth, repugnant to every sense of propriety c,d. purity of feeling. rm Nothirg is mere immodest, nNc othi more unchaste than the cant whic h assus a sense necessitate tsi public duty to the publica inn Of such dAsits ce criminal nastiness as the case of "The Qlcei v. a i'iti.n— son " offered. Those journals, tor., which disgirciaztob. the filth in its fall detail, are the first, we remark Ito discourse in terms of virtuous horror upon the eto±iiig depravity of the case, and to entreat judges and jeri•tw to give us no• more of i t . Wa y g ive us an y of it. rac publication of such filth is a discredit to the free prs 41 thus country.—Tress.