The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

0 I SSIA AND TURKEY. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST (p ro _ 14 Our Steond Edition of Yesterday.) A p r e d ibl VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING. Nik ' e y reported that a serious conflict has -‘1 b etween the Servians and the Turks, tza, on the Servo-Bosnian frontier. The er• e repulsed. The loss of both parties , s & a ted at 500 men . otlli, "g new. tlf; D CONSTANTINOPLE 16th. " 4 41 [0 , ▪ " e u railitary envoy has made his first ePearance at the Divan. BUCHAREST, 21st, gr ea 4„, t est excitement prevails in AffghaniStan. th e 'llllned has declared to the Shah of Persia e n glialls are at war with the Russians ; n, 448 to attack them in the direction of and that he is resolved to march through C ho, l ao . .dominions with the Shah's consent, b e -"" Will give it, but against it if such con tiek d e . t ers nil of Bokhara has been killed by a band 'at e Inosly Affghans.lfg He is succ 'rand t Vizier, an Ahan Prince.eeded by ~ogVIENNA, 24th. Ire'Ttilapce has been concluded, but hostilities al ly Suspended on the Danube. News of S le ',‘ . of the Turks from Kalafat to Widdin is L 4l gra :', , only 6000 men remained at Kalafat. 1) ort letters state that the difficulties between and Servia are settled. : 4 4N It r-ka are to garrison the cities on the " t ki 4 nd O m a contingent of 12,000 men will be V I Z rj k to join the army on the Danube. I.lldirmiele's Vienna correspondent telegraphs e Ue reports of the Russians crossing the a r T he 1, 4 e unfounded. ) , e .l 4 ,,its are fortified at Kalafat, 24,000 strong. ; 0 40;,•"urg Gazette has news from Poland of the k to ' ll pri recall of the Russian ministers at London. .•• • •••1 •••si k t th, b PARIS, MONDAY. i' l irtC)ourse some violent fluctuations, owing ttri i ll rumours of fresh complications of the k a qUestion. Three per Cents closed at 74f. ". Pour-and-a-Half per Cents at 100 f. l 'ilt 7, ; OPINIONS IN LONDON. t li ll e Ozes money article says it was understood ed. l t3' on Monday, that a treaty had been ° T between En land and France, ,keyguarantee -4i \ g against any aggression on the part of 704 e 4 11d it remains for Prussia and Austria to i:! Pin. of they think fit. N i ., 441 states in a leading article, that there ttr ll - 7, 80 ti to doubt that the principal portions of Ooti l i ) 'igil have hitherto been uniformly credit / 1 ,, e Turks, and that they appear to have been lr' l lieularly successful in the Circassian o. t .but the Times does not see that we are ,` lt zip ai ! t i,.g any nearer to the evacuation of the 'Oci t i Lles, and the withdrawal of the Russian /I . ,„`'tki The aggression of Russia must be k, t ,'ttt4,`'ute authority of public law must be ot ;NA, 1 , and the rights of Europe must be co 4 ,'' l 44elit these objects are far more likely to trir t s : e4 tZ t ti by negociations conducted with the Itp pi l s eN at Europe, than by the engagement of any Nbl Powers in hostilities, of which it is 1 i 6 to predict the end. ts ? t it e I) _,DITIONAL PARTICULARS. l' otp leti v - e ".t that the Emperor of Russia has refused Itt era, and4ny more propositions from the Four lio„ C t w has declared that he would only in a k - , ta l e y treat w ith th e S u ltan upon his solicita q tile a t a Russi an fl ee t had also left Sebastopol, T he t o Toch and English fleets had received le drive it back a g a in. 1 tre "ers from C ons t an tinople by the Levant l ilett er much more numerous than usual. All p„ list 8 agree in stating that the Porte would i i0 k ,..7 1 ,1 to the recommendation of the Austrian 1 4 4 i: 4 0 10 r, to open direct negotiations with the ,Pro-21 Cabinet. 0 1tti,,( 1 % other quarters we hear that a virtual ar- Ve exists along i`Ltita th at the Danube, and the only t oboe reach us from that quarter are those 4 4 x . I . lll g the news of the retreat of the Turks t tli-e alaf at to Widdin, l af i at lY . held i )s. passed thr, s , i t h r that positiOniale6n,ro Of the 14.000 in a r ri n e r a o t of Osten-Sacken's a Jassy on the 12th inst. ters from Belgra d e state, that the difficulties leen the Porte and Servia are settled The 1 . , to garrison the cities on the border, and ' V r gcnt of 12,000 men will be permitted to 0 w „ my on the Danube. %" 4 :1 be observed that this conflicts with the iN tk l lee given above which speaks of a conflict V 4, to ,9 1 9 Turks and Servians. But other ac -4) 1 4te that quiet reigned in Belgrade on the OttPJ ..r s • thltll a , ~.of the 15th, from Constantinople, men -04, b". Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had requested 1 c, 0 , i i lv all to state, in writing, its refusal to take . Lt 4 :deration the last project of arrangement pq,,,,ad been communicated to it, and that 0 4 ;L.Pacha made no objection to doing so. ‘Z i;' - ' 4l l government appeared decided not to tl"it ) ' any sort of convention whatever, the tr eatieslitilty: which Russia had extorted from 0, i t With reference to a suspension of hosti -54r W as believed that the Divan would be un- Ili t • 41e . ), I , 134 to it. The reasons given are, that the t V , i ll army are ready to fight—drawn up, as i 46`„I ) 4 1 ,'"_'lle; while a delay could only be advan- Wl t i r "e th e Russians, who require time .to get ili t il t(l t . t eßerves that have still immense tracts of kNII. ° traverse ; that the expense of maintain 441,1%tipZilly is nearly, if not, the same during an 4 . 44 It to in campaign; that an armistice . would that tit it , t hey be inferred, justly or otherwise, i ttli " hs til e 'readed the chances of the struggle, and ksq result i would be the decay of the enthu- PI hi eh qt e t, . e- now pervades the Ottoman army and te th lEte r 7 ,, l ld which makes them bear with pleasure ‘l4l4,tig has they are called on to . make. That tr 'kg 4 been excited to a high pitch by the ad °° e 3 b • k t t)% w o tamed at Oltenitza, and the Turkish CIR 4 „ e fr ,re much flattered by the praises of the ili`4e 4 , l " l4 _ cers Spanish and English, who were at ';itlllieh' the of Omar Pacha. The manner areasl 'Lie attack of the Russians on Fort St. was repulsed is not less remarkable ; five p,lit t tl k v 11 h unes they tried to take it, and each time 'i, 1 , 1 17ib - ""„ 11 off with loss. The last attack took 'll t 'itt eA 'Fte 9th. A war steamer having advanced 1 „)i t t lIC: 11 / 1 0 n shot of the fort, was fired into by 4 - % " of the batteries only just thrown up on C t O t • To avoid falling into the hands of the k t t ,, t tlO l ' t tried to move out at all speed, but could r J 't lt ~' CI ; and, after driving about for some . time, ll il '' - 1 4 , a rock close to Batoum, where it went ' e ow ' l i' n ' had on board 800 Russians troops, be ll; At;rge crew. With the exception of 0 every 1'4,,e h'', 4 bLed. th;kt ~'l'e received accounts here to-day that the ill/ o Q ,"° l ltinue to evacuate the positions which th e e ,°4,',, ll Pied on the left bank of the Danube—not f kt l .,it t ' e ,l. l l.ence of any movements on the part . o l 4 , q S i. ji ,:fer l , an generals, but in consequence of special by Peremptory orders received from Constan 1, `itt i ' Where it appears the passage of the river ell , li r p till hll ow [Vila was never approved . of. . It is now N i k et ki , n that Omar Pacha, in entering Walla . 4i, 1 1•4,, `, had acted in direct contradiction with kll4 tl ,iso_,sent to him by the government; and 1 ,,r4 } , 4 4 :,`iience, though it exhibited great vigour, .4 1 "„, r a•R e - Tled to his reputation as a soldier, gave, ,ttish , Lc' the Sultan, and, it is said, to the k tiri `se lie ' r id French governments also. ‘ v it s i l er t. b a e l ! ) rilli, Lord Worsley, Captains Bathurst ~ 0 111 i t Wilson, and Lieutenant Buckley, were kl a 4 ie t rtr Paella in the battle of Oltenitza. 4, - klo t Z r Y has been reproduced several times, as N. E ,' betw" respecting a conflict on the Black 1 0. 'ea ft Turkish and some Russian fri it he ?.11., Suln kik Relit t r., on hearing of the victory of Olten- Omar Pacha his favourite horse as a further EXPORT OF GOLD. It Y ( 811 m of £200,000 in gold will be sent kt l4 4lh ' Nesdav\ o t . G. ov w Rotterdam, on account of the 1, ernraent. It is not expected that any pri v :rttauces of large amounts will be made to fixras. to t o a EGYPT. t a to folfte 1 9th.—Grain had fallen and rise . n. - ten • quarter, and prices were on the rise, in Fteilleuce of exports being limited. 1411 1) 15s. Exchange, 100. FRANCE. cr i t rill°lll. of its being the intention of the e lld Empress of the French to visit London , is revived in the higher circles. The old rumour of its being the intention of the French government to contract a loan of 850 mil lions of francs was revived, and gained some credit. This it was, perhaps, that caused a depres sion in the market. The 3 per cents. for cash fell to 74f. 30c. _ The judgment has been given in the affair of the four employee of the Orleans and Bourdeaux railway, charged with having caused the late acci dent near Poitiers. One of them is sentenced to two years' imprisonment and 1,500 fr., two to a years" imprisonment and fine, and the fourth to six months' imprisonment and a fine. These sentences are severe, but they will give almost general satis faction. SPAIN. The Madrid journals speak of a change of minis try, and of a dissolution of the Cortes ; but they were not credited. The Queen had given 60,000 reals to the poor of the capital on the occasion of her fete. PRUSSIA The Prussian chambers were opened on Mon day. The speech of the president was eminently pacific. IRELAND [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUBLIN, TUESDAY. The Daily Express announces the death of Dr. Mulcahy, professor of mathematics at the Queen's College, Galway, which occurred on Sunday. The deceased was one of our best mathematical scho lars, having been a gold medalist of Trinity Col lege, Dublin, where for many years he held a res pectable position as a resident master. Being a Roman Catholic, he was not eligible to a fellow ship. LORD CLEMWSTS.—The spirit of outrage would seem to have taken her flight across the island from Down to Leitrim ; Lord Clements, who for merly represented the latter county in parliament, has, it seems, become the object of dislike, whether personal, or political, or social, does not appear. A few days since, a person named Hugo Reynolds, was arrested and lodg-d in prison, for having, it is said, offered a price —X 5, to procure his lordship's death. Proceedings have been taken, at the instance of government, against two Roman Catholic clergy men of Kerry—the one for abusing the magistracy from the altar, and the other doing the like by the police. FATAL AFFRAY,—The Evening Mail contains a statement of an affray which terminated unhappily in the loss of one life, and the endangering of seve ral, from wounds occurring out of the unhappy diffe rences so frequently arising between tenant and landlord in Ireland. The following are the circum stances :—Peter Kelly, a publican, who resides in Moate, holds an extensive farm from W. H. Magan, Esq., M.P., at a place called Gaulstown, about three miles from the town, a part of which poor Kelly had sub-let by consent of his landlord, to a man named Green. Kelly, during the late election, was a warm supporter and agent of Capt. Magan, keeping open house for his voters, for which service Kelly fur nished a bill of £74. This sum the Captain de clined to pay, put offered the half, which was re fused. Kelly commenced proceedings against his landlord for the recovery of his claim ; and the latter distrained Kelly's crops for the rent due the Ist of this present November, and the produce of the distress was sold on Friday, the 18th instant, Captain Megan being himself the purchaser. The corn was removed to the premises of Kelly's under tenant, Green, who, it appears, is in Captain Ma gan's interest. Mr. Magan having brought a num ber of people to carry off his purchase, a large body in Kelly's interest resisted, and in the affray a man named Moylan was killed. USURY —0 VERMARKING AN EXECUTION.—A case was tried in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday, in which a Mr. Patrick Molloy, a Dublin money-lender, was defendant, for usury and overmarking an execution. It appeared he had lent a small sum of money, deducting 3s. in the pound interest for three months, and taking a bond for the amount—instead of a bill—with stay of execution for three months. Several payments were made during the time of stay, but the whole was not cleared off, and execution was levied. The excess arose from the rule followed by Molloy, in charging six per cent. interest on the whole sum, but not allowing for the several payments made. The jury gave damages, which were tripled by the court. Counsel designated the usurers as " the curse of Dublin," and it would seem that in this case Mr. Molloy's aid was certainly no blessing to the plaintiff. LINEN AND FLAX.—The Royal Flax Society held their annual meeting in Belfast. The following is a resume of the results of their exertions, as appear in the report :—" The best fibre exhibited was furnished by Mr. Cummins, county of Cork, and the specimens scotched in the mills of the Messrs. Norris Russell, Limerick, attracted much attention. The rapid increase of flax culture has been astonishing. In 1848 there were only 53,833 acres under cultivation-in 1852, 137,008 acres. In the present year there were 175,495 acres, being an increase of 29 per cent, over last year's crop, and of 220 per cent. over that of 1848. The increase in Munster, Leinster, and Connaught, as compared with last year, is 22 per cent., and with 1848, 436 per cent. The growth in the provinces increased steadily from 2663 acres in 1848 to 14,279 in 1853. We understand about 151. per acre is the fair value of an average flax crop. If so, the value of this year's crop will con siderably exceed two millions sterling, whereas the crop in 1848 was only worth 800,0001. The share of the south in the general product will for this year approach a quarter of a million sterling— a large accession to agricultural capital, and the more gratifying because there is no fear that the market will descend from excess of supply. SEDUCTION.—The scandal-loving public in Dub lin have been on the qui vine for - the last few days, in expectation of an action of the above nature, which was expected to come on against one of our city celebrities. The gentleman is Mr. William Dean Butler, the government architect He is a sort of Hibernian Chesterfield, and having already buried two wives, it might have been thought that his day for such failings was gone by. Unhappily, however, he did get himself into a scrape, and as the case was to have come on in the Queen's Bench yesterday, the court was crowded to suffo cation. The purient fancies of the spectators were, however, ungratified, Mr. Whiteside, Q,C., announcing on the part of the plaintiff, a Mrs: Callaghan, that the matter had been settled for 20/. THE GOLDEN AGE.-THE POST-OFFICE. The Times city article contains the following letter : " Liverpool, Nov. 26. " Sir,—ln the money article of an evening paper, we have observed the following remark : It is considered somewhat strange that the owners of the Golden Age should have de clined to take letters to Australia at the customary rate allowed by the post-office, because the immense number that would have Teen sent must have paid them, as it did the Great Britain, far better than the £l,OOO granted to con tract vessels.' "You probably are aware that the post-office authorities have heretofore claimed the right to speculate on mails sent by private ships, of whatever nation, paying for the service performed 2d. on each letter, and charging for the same Bd., or a profit of 300 per cent. This demand on the part of the Post-office was esisted by the owners of the Golden Age, but the same time a tender was made to take the mails for one-half of the amonnt of postage charged by the Post-office, fairly concluding that a profit of 100 per cent. was sufficient for the simple receiving and delivering the mails. " This proposition was declined, and an offer made by the post-office department of 151. per ton measurement for any mails the Golden Age would receive from it, being the amount charged and paid by shippers of ordinary merchan dise by the steamer. This the owners, of course, declined. Yet, desirous of accommodating the public, they again ten dered the ship for conveyance of the mails for the sum usually paid to sailing vessels for the same service —viz., 1,0001. This the department also declined, and there was no alternative for the owners of the steamer but to decline receiving mails from the post-office altogether ; but at the same time, with a liberality worthy of praise, they offered to receive letters and papers on board the steamer, and con vey them free of charge to Australia for any one who would take the trouble to send them to the ship. " The statement as to the large sums received by the Great Britain for carrying letters is altogether erroneous, as the entire amount for letters and newspapers, at the miser ably low rate paid by the post-office department, was only 911. 7s. 6d. Further comment is unnecessary. "We are, sir, your obedient servants, ‘-‘ DEANE, YOULE, and Co., " Consignees of the steamer Golden die 413.ERCR0.7118Y WARD. DINNER TO MR. EARLE. A public dinner of the constituents and supporters of Mr. Earle, took place last night, to celebrate the return of that gentleman to the town council as one of the representatives of the Abercromby ward. The entertainment took place at Mr. Craig's, Mulberry-street. The viands and wines were of the most excellent quality, and reflected much credit upon the host. Between and sixty seventy gentlemen sat down to table. The chair was occupied by GEORGE MAXWELL, Esq., and WILLIAM HANNAH, Esq., 61. D., officiated as vice-chair man. The cloth having been removed and grace said, The CHAIRMAN gave the toast of " The Queen," which was drunk with all the honours and with a full chorus of the national anthem, led by Mr. Wylie. The CHAIRMAN then gave " Prince Albert, and the other branches of the Royal Family," which was duly honoured. The next toast was " Her Majesty's Ministers," which the chairman introduced by an eulogium upon the present cabinet, and in particular upon Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Card well. _ _ The toast was drunk amid enthusiastic applause. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said : Mr. Vice-chairman and gentlemen, this is really and positively the toast of the evening. It is the health of my respected friend, our guest here, Mr. Earle. (Loud applause. Gentlemen, Mr. Earle has resided so long among us, he is so regularly an Aber cromby ward man, and his public and private conduct for so long a period of time have been so well known, that it would almost be a work of supererogation of me to enlarge upon his high qualities. He has before this occupied a place in the town council; he has held the highest office, that of chief magistrate of this great commu nity, and I am sure that we are extremely for tunate in having him for our representative. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers). I think our thanks are eminently due to Mr. Earle, for allowing himself to be nominated when we did nominate him. (Hear, hear.) And, gentle men, as I had the honour of accompanying the deputation which waited upon Mr. Earle, it would be unfair of me if I did not state that the consent was given voluntarily by him. There was no calculation ; the probability of a doubt never seemed to enter his mind ; he willingly, cordially, and unreservedly put himself into the hands of his fellow citizens. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, we fought for him a noble tight. (Cheers.) When I looked back at what took place in this ward only a week before, and when I reflected on what we had seen of the strongholds, and of the almost in vincible character of the corruptionists on the other side, I did entertain a fear that, even with the best intentions and most honest zeal, we would scarcely be able to attain our object. But when I saw the determined manner, when I saw from what class it came, and when I saw the shoulders put to the wheel, I soon came to feel a very strong convic tion that we wouldlbe where we are. (Cheers.) Gentle men I hope while we honour Mr. Earle, and while we are proud to have him as our representative, that the election will read a moral to the wards of Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) It has again surprised me, when I look to what has been the conduct of many since the municipal reform bill. They seemed to have a doubt upon their minds as to what part they should take, they seemed to be wavering, which I have sometimes attributed to men really being careless, and not looking to the consequences of municipal office. They ap peared to them to be matters of no consequence. Gentle men, they are matters of the highest consequence. (Hear, hear.) They are not only matters of high local importance to each community, as regards its good municipal government, and as regards the state of their funds, the necessity of having them properly attended to, and pro perly disbursed and accounted for. But, in my mind, mu nicipal honours are the stepping stones to parliamentary honours ; and I think that many municipal electors take a very narrow view indeed of the responsibility with which they are armed in the exercise of their suffrage (hear, hear.) I am quite sure that if many had resisted the temptations which we knew, in many wards, had been offered to them, and successfully offered to them, and had considered the conseq uences which they were entailing upon their families and upon the town at large, by sending a class of men to the town council who, we know, have occupied seats there, things would be very different. Gentlemen, as I have said before, we cannot think too highly of Mr. Earle, in coming so fairly, and candidly, and readily forward to second our views. We have been successful, and we have been success ful upon pure and proper principles (hear.) I heard it stated, and upon the best authority, among our opponents — "We made no effort to keep Mr. Earle out." I said— " Don't tell me anything of the kind. I was at the booth all day, and you never fought an election with more deter mination to keep him out" (cries of hear, hear ? and cheers.) Gentlemen, the honour is not the less for having been hard fought (cheers.) I shall detain you no further than to wish that we may all long enjoy the honest, zealous, independent, and fearless services of our representative, Mr. Earle (loud and prolonged applause.) Mr. EARLE rose to return thanks, and was received with enthusiastic bursts of cheering. Ie said : Gentlemen, I speak the truth from the bottom of my heart, when I tell you that your reception of me is perfectly overwhelming; I thank you, I feel extremely obliged to you for the friendly compliment you have paid me, in inviting me to meet you at dinner here to-day, and I have great pleasure in meeting you upon this occasion. I thank my excellent friend, our worthy chairman, for the kind manner in which he has pro posed my health, although I am perfectly unconscious of deserving the eulogium which he has chosen to pass upon me, and which I know he has done from a friendly feeling towards me as a friend. (No, no.) I thank you, gentlemen, also, for the manner in which you have testified your appro bation of the toast. I have become a member of the town council most unexpectedly to my mind ; I never dreamed of such a thing. I have been returned by your unsolicited efforts, and you did not exact any pledge from me. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could possibly be more gratifying to me than these circumstances. lam perfectly alive to the responsibility of the situation in which you have placed me, and I am determined to discharge the duties zealously and fearlessly. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I may not always agree with you in matters ; but I will say this that if I feel there is any measure which I feel bound to advocate, and that I feel conscientiously I am doing . an act which is beneficial to the community at large, nothing shall tempt me to swerve from the duty. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I should sincerely regret differing with you in opinion ; but having taken up that line of conduct, I would not court your favour by doing what would be dishonourable to myself. You are all aware that I and some of my colleagues lost our former seats in the council from having pursued that conduct. Our places were filled by some individuals who did not hesitate to make you promises, and thought it no dishonour to break those promises the very instant they had obtained what they desired. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I scorn such conduct—(renewed cheers)—and I shall never adopt it. It may happen, perhaps, that my friend Mr. Gladstone and I may occasionally differ from you. We cannot see with the same eyes as you do, and you will pos sibly imagine that blindness has come over us. If you think that, it would be an act of charity upon your part if you would send an occulist to clear our eyes. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I think that our friends the tortes have given us a very eminent man in that way, whatever you may think of him. (Cheers and laughter.) You may look to him, therefore, to cure us of that blindness. (Renewed laughter.) Since I was turned out of the council, or kicked out of the council, I am sure no man ever heard me com plain of the thing ; for the burgesses have a perfect right to do so, and I should be very sorry that they were deprived of that right. But, gentlemen, as I said, since that time I have read the debates of Ethe town council whenever I had an opportunity of doing so. I can see that a great deal was said about economy there, but I may remind you, gentlemen, that a niggardly expendi ture of money is not always economy. (Hear, hear). I can bring you a case in point which will convince you of the truth of my assertion. Some years ago the celebrated, ocfferage OI the town of Liverpool—a very grand plan. At that time the period of whichl am speaking, the streets, the sewers, and everything of that kind, were in the hands of a celebrated board, who thought extremely highly of themselves, although nobody else thought much of them. T mean the highway board. (Laughter). I once belonged to that gallant crew myself. (Renewed laughter). But I found I could do no good, the parties were so linked together by political friendship that they kept things entirely in their own hands—nothing could be done. Well, gentlemen I think they were guilty of the most infamous jobbing which ever went forward at the time, at that very period. I do not say they did so in dividualip but that they were guilty of permitting it to exist. pon the score of economy the streets were badly levelled, tLe sewers laid down without the least scientific principles, and abominably conducted in their workmanship. Gentlemen, last year, the street in which I live, Oxford street, was taken up, and it was necessary to sink a sewer 30 feet deep at one part of street, and I think it was 24 feet near my house, by which to carry off the filth of the neigh bourhood. The old sewer was exposed which the celebrated board had laid down, which I recollect being put down my self, seven or eight feet under the ground, to carry away all the filth of the neighhourhood. lam sure there are many individuals here versed in mechanics and know what the state of that sewer was when it was opened,—a perfect heap of rubbish. Now, gentlemen, I have shown you that money spent in that way is not economical. It is a wilful expenditure of your funds. You have all of you paid for these sewers, and I believe that scarcely any of them are now applicable to the purpose for which they were intended. (Hear, hear.) I thought there could not be much less than from £lOO,OOO to £120,000 spent in that way in this town. Yes, gentlemen, all more or less contribute to these funds, and you might as well have thrown them into the Mersey for what has been done. And now, gentlemen, you are again called upon to subscribe money, that is to pay your rates, for the new sewerage. I think you are very properly called upon to pay these rates, and I will do this board of health the justice to say that I think the town is greatly indebted to their exertions, and I have seen a marked difference in their proceedings since my friend Mr. Gladstone has come among them. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He is a man of a capa cious mind, and they have discovered that he can give very good observations, and many of his colleagues have the good sense to attend to his suggestions. Since the board of health was established there were 30 miles of sewers con- THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. structed in the town, and constructed in a manner to last for ages, never to be destroyed, and that is what in all other works ought to be done. You will say there has been a great change, and so there has, but none of you can calcu late the good which has been done. You do not know the diseases which have been prevented. Many a poor labourer might be prostrated upon the bed of sickness, if it had not been for the measures which were taken, and we all know that health to these people who live by the sweat of their brow is most essential. There is another subject upon which I may touch—the subject of the improvements of the town. (Hear, hear.) That is another very important consideration, upon which I shall have to give a vote, which I hope may be in accordance with your views. The parsimony which had been shown by the old corporation has in some degree been shown, in the present, and very golden opportunities have been lost of making these im provements, which you will now have to do at a very much increased cost, —that I am quite certain of. I have been engaged in investigating the matter, and the result will be shortly laid before you. Now, gentlemen, if my lifebe spared for three years, and my conduct be not approved of by the town council, I beg you will turn me out. That is all I have to say. I really do feel more than I can possibly express for the kindness I have received from a vast number of individuals whom I do not know, even by sight. It really is most gratifying to my feelings, and I beg to return you my most sincere thanks, and to wish you every possible happiness. (Loud and prolonged ap plause.) The VICE-CHAIRMAN said he had been entrusted with the next toast, " The Liberal Members of the Town Council." (Cheers.) With that toast he desired to couple the name of a gentleman now present, who was well known to them all Mr. Gladstone. (Great cheering.) Mr. Gladstone's private character was as well known to all present, as his attachment to his public , duties. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Earle had referred very properly to the great advantage which had been derived from the assistance of Mr. Gladstone upon one of the committees. Mr. Gladstone had been equally useful upon the dock committee, where his suggestions had Jnet with the approval of some of those whom he (the Vice-Chair man) might be allowed to call his most violent opponents in political matters. (Hear, hear.) They should value him highly as a representative, and they might feel pride in the fact that they had present that night two representatives of the Abercromby Ward, each of whom might be described as No. 1. (Cheers.) They all knew how easy of access Mr. Gladstone was to any one of them, at any time, awl he believed the same remark would equally apply to Mr. Earle. (Hear, hear.) He knew that. he was hina3clf quitc incom petent to do justice to the toast, and without further preface would give them —" The Liberal Members of the Town Council, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone." (Loud and en thusiastic cheering.) Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, upon rising to return thanks, was received with renewed bursts of acclamation. When silence had been restored he said : Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice-Chairman, and gentlemen, I should sincerely wish that my duty upon the present occasion, in as far as it res pects returning thanks to you for the toast which has been just proposed and drunk, were a more onerous one than it is ; and I am sorry to say that, even straining a point, it would be scarcely possible to satisfy you that therejre in the town council more than 1.0 or 11 liberal members. (Hear, hear.) However, that perhaps is not the fault of the individuals—it rests with the constituencies, and if they think proper to elect men of particular views it is not for me to complain. However, upon behalf of the liberal mem bers, I beg leave to return my sincere thanks for the honour which has been done them, and, if I may be permitted, to express . my own gratitude for the high compliment which has been paid to me, and which I feel far exceeds my merits. (General cries of "No, no.") I feel grateful to the Vice- Chairman, and likewise to my friend Mr. Earle, for the very friendly and kind manner in which they have alluded to my conduct. I can only say that I have endeavoured, with the best intentions, and as far as I have ability, which, perhaps, is not to a very great extent, to offex such suggestions as from time to time have occurred to me, and which I con ceived were at all calculated to bear upon the general good of the community. Gentlemen, I have a great abhorrence of the mind which can suggest nothing—which can only tread the old beaten track—oppose every object which in itself is calculated for the good of mankind, and then after wards, when a measure is carried, shelters itself under this, "It as become law, and it is my duty to bow and obey it." I say you had better have representatives who are in advance of everything that has ever been, than to have such men as these, who are for ever trailing in the mire. (Cheers). The best course is to cut all connexion with such men as these; and as allusion has been made to one of your representatives, of whom personally I desire to speak with every possible respect, I say you have a representative in the council who professes to give Sight to everybody but himself. (Hear, hear, cheers and laughter). Now, gentlemen, I should in deed be colder than I am in temperament, if I did not say how warmly I join in the feelings which have been expressed this evening with reference to the return of Mr. Earle at the the last election. (Hear, hear). He is before you, and there fore no man can compliment him before his face ; but we all recollect how long he has been connected with Liverpool— how long he has been known—how long his conduct has been before you, and that it has been ever marked by straightforwardness, by great ability, by the most pure inde pendence, and the most honest determination to swerve neither to the right hand nor to the left, when he thought that he was acting correctly. (Cheers). It would be well perhaps for myself and for us all that we could say so much for ourselves. I feel that I cannot, and I therefore desire to praise what I see in others, however faulty I may feel myself. Now, gentlemen, having offered my congratulations upon that subject, I dare say you will excuse my alluding to one or two others. (Hear, hear). First of all let me say if any man entertained a doubt that there was some thing wrong in the Abercromby ward, I would refer him to the last election. I tell him that all hasty excitement being no longer in existence, all undue influence set aside, reason has res umed her seat, common sense is again at the helm, and you see in the return of my friend who sits next but oneupon my right the exercise of that sound discretion, which I believe strictly speaking, is the inherent characteristic of the people of England. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Gentlemen, there are some circumstances connected with the first of November and the elections, which perhaps it may be as well not to advert to ; but you should be all aware that the honest, independent voter was at least attempted to be tam pered with : and moreover, that there was induced in one or two individuals, what I would call a very spurious kind of charity coming at that moment. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) There were proposals to supply the poor -that is, the poor voter—with coals. I would rather warm their hearts or their toes either, at any . other season of the year, than at the season of the municipal elections. (Hear, hear.) Charity like everything else that is good, should not be roused for a moment—it should be awake constantly and for ever. (Cheers.) It is not when a municipal election has been won by a very large majority, that the fitting time has arrived for a display of charity. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Charity has no connection with municipal affairs. (Laughter and cheers.) Now, sir, let me call your attention to what was certainly a very extraordinary occurrence. On the first of November, the opponent, the deadly opponent of liberal principles, was returned by a majority of 249. On the 12th of November, the true consistent friend of the liberals was returned by a majority of 12. Now, will any man give me a satisfactory reason how that majority of 249 was brought into existence ? How do you reconcile the .two things ? Is there any man here who can make black into white ? It is the fact, and I have the best authority for knowing that it is not alone in the case of representatives connected with the Abercromby ward, but unfor tunately, it is the case in other wards also, that the appetite and the stomach are made the highway to the brains, if there are any, and in this way the seat in the council is secured. (Hear, hear). Now, gentlemen, is not this disgraceful ? (Hear, hear, and loud cheers). Is it not highly discreditable to us all, and particulasir —.tang, as it does, from those who mei,° eAtraordinary professions ? I am satisfied that the example of Abercromby ward will stand in bold relief before the community, and we can only hope that for the future other wards will do as you have done, will exhibit, the caws liGternlinqfLlTl Fos every one must have witnessed on the occasion of Mr. Earle's ,election, to exercise those feelings boldly, and no longer to 'bear the trammels, but to return the man best fitted to represent their interests in the town council. (Hear, hear, and cheers). Now gentlemen, I may perhaps not weary you if I call your attention to one or two matters which occurred to me before I came here, and possibly there may be some difference of opinion upon them, and therefore, to tell you the truth, I am desi rous to have some expression of opinion upon them from the gentlemen who are assembled round this table. I put in my pocket, and I have here a statement of the purchases made by the corporation within the last few years, of landed estate, houses, and buildings of which the purchase has been paid directly out of the till, or else by money borrowed, the interest of which is charged in the annual accounts and current expenditure. Mr. Gladstone read a list of the pur chases he referred to, amounting to £154,763 15s. 3d., and proceeded : —Now, gentlemen, that is money of which the interest has gone out of your pockets, and I want to know what the present generation are to get for it ? Recollect, that if you are to trust to the mere sale of the property, you must wait until the next generation comes. This large sum, extracted from your coffers, ought to be met from some source or other. I will take the liberty of telling you what my notion is, under certain restrictions. There should be power, on payment of a fine, to convert all that leasehold property into freehold. The amount produced by that fine I would propose to place one-third to the extinguishing of the corporation debt, one-third to the credit of current expenditure, and one third for the purchase of land in the environs of the town, where the corporation might make their own streets, according to their own plans and width, without having to meet the objections of owners and the claims for compensation. (Hear, hear, and applause) When we make those streets it would be a useful plan; and this notion, I believe, originated with the borough engi neer, Mr. Newlands, to have a small tunnel in the streets, in which the gas and water pipes might be laid, so that whenever anything went wrong, the streets would never have to be taken up. (Hear, hear.) I should dispose of the funds arising from these sources in this manner. There is £154,000 added to the corporation estate. Well, they cannot take that property with them from this world into the other, We hive ovary right to the use of it, What are we called upon to do ? If we hand it down to those who come after us in a solvent state, with a balance besides, what more than that do they require of us ? (Hear, hear.) The leasehold of the corporation may be taken at from two to three millions. Now upon that amount, £20,000 would be but 1 per cent. Put the property into the hands of an actuary, who understands these things, and I am quite satisfied that very much more might be made of it. How ever, in all this, I must not be supposed to allude to the finance committee. They have a most able and highly honourable chairman, to whom the town is much indebted for his long services. (Hear, hear.) lam not a member of the finance committee. Of that, however, I do not complain ; but I venture to bring these matters before you in order that you may turn them over in your minds, if you have not already done so. There is another matter to which I wish to allude. The accounts of the corporation are printed and published yearly, and I believe they are con sidered to be pretty well kept, but there is no member of the council who can tell you, or who has the means of ascertain ing, what the property of the corporation in the streets of the town is. I say such a list should be in the hands of every member of the council, which would tell him every yard of property they had in every street in the town. (Hear, hear.) And I will tell you, gentlemen, why I propose that course. Because I feel that if that property were my own I would do so myself. Now, what is good for one's self, is generally speaking—although, of course, the rule will not always hold-good for the public. (Hear, hear.) That is, I am sure, a sound principle in itself. Now there is file other matter to which I wish to make allusion, which is this —I hope I shall not excite any unfriendly feelings in alluding to it : It is unfortunately the case that the corpo ration churches, after giving credit for the very small amount of rent received, cost something like £3,400 per annum. Now I think those churches might be disposed of. The appointments are gone. Perhaps you would ask who would buy a number of churches which are bringing you into debt each year. But I have faith in the management of private individuals over public bodies, who are generally imposed upon, and I think if these churches were once disposed of—and at present they are an eyesore to almost every one who knows anything about them—l think it would be a happy circumstance for the Corporation. (Hear, hear.) Now, just one other point, gentlemen. I know and I have felt that having for a long series of years differed from those whom I now see around me, both upon political, municipal, and other matters, it is only fair that 1 should now state that when I changed my views it was from con viction. (Great cheering.) The first occasion upon which I felt the raponeibility- of my position, and that I could no *longer regard society, as divided into classes, was the occa sion upon which I was made mayor of Liverpool. I then seriously saw that, however honest I may have been, how ever I may have acted, in the cause which I then advocated, it must have been in practice only for the benefit of a few, and not for the benefit of many. When I came to look closely into matters, I saw at once that plenty was better than scarcity —that protection might answer, and I don't think it did answer very well for the few, but that it was destructive to the many. (Cries of hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I felt that it was a gross injustice and a tyranny to the poor, that it was an exercise of power which no man or men had any right to claim, and I could not reconcile it to my conscience to continue to advocate the political views and principles which unfortunately had occupied a very great portion of my time and thoughts. (Cheers.) Well, now, gentlemen, Ido not blame those who in this very ward make faces at me as I go along. It is natural that they should feel, herhaps, hurt that I am not dragging along in the mire, as they are. Let me say this, that on the day I changed, I yielded to what I believed to be right, and I feel no dis grace. (Cheers.) It reminds me of the occasion when I opposed Mr. Earle. I opposed Mr. Earle with the same honest purpose with which I now support him, and I am ready to acknowledge my error, and to proclaim it at the cross. (Loud cheers.) If a man does what is right, he never need be ashamed. But, gentlemen, I have to say this, and I would hold it out as an olive branch to those who differ with me now in opinion, that since I joined the liberal party, I have never once been reminded of my former misdeeds. (Cheers.) I have been treated with the most gentlemanlike feeling, and I wish that others would follow my example in joining this party. (Cheers.) lam sure that if they did, they would ever feel gratified at the change. They may assure themselves that it is not possible to carry any measure—such is the freedom of this country—which is calculated to be injurious to the good of the whole commu nity. (Cheers.) I say that it is not in our power, or the power of any one else, to do so, and fortunate that it is not ; and, therefore, when we see any man, tory, whig, or radical, let us know that his heart is right; find out whether or not he would yield to the persuasion of men as parties ; whether he is sincere and honest, and if you assure yourselves that these different points are in your favour, it is in vain to talk about politics. (Loud cheers.) If you get men who hold honest views politics will always be controlled by their voices. (Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I have troubled you too long. (No, no.) I feel that some apology is due ; but I assure you, that if my conduct has been satisfactory to the town at large, and to you specially, my kind friends of the Abercromby ward, I feel highly gratified, and can only sea to t. assure you, that my best ende avours shall be, to merit the r u s m to JUMP wase resumed called upon his good opinion which has b een so genera lly ex p resse d h ere this evening. (Loud an d en th us i as ti c c h eer i ng , am id w hi c h Mr. Mr. ) propose, " The volunteers from other wards, who rendered us essential service." (Cheers.) The toast was responded to by Mr. Kirkus and Mr. Corkhill. Mr. OwENs, in a lengthened and eloquent address, pro posed " Prosperity to the town and trade of Liverpool." Mr. JEFFREY responded in an able and practical speech, in which he eulogised Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Earle, and pointed to several errors committed by the town council. He alluded to several defects in the sewerage of the town, of which he gave a practical instance which came under his own experience. He also alluded to a recent appointment of an alderman by the council, a gentleman who, he stated, was always remarkable for his bitter political partizanship, an d stated that an insult was offered to the public in the manner of that gentleman's election. He dwelt upon the great importance of good municipal government, and showed how, with an improved ruling body, Liverpool might rise to even more surprising prosperity than she had as yet attained. Mr. Jeffrey was loudly applauded. The VICE-CHAIRMAN gave " the Non-electors." (Cheers.) Mr. CHARLES WILLMER briefly responded. The CHAIRMAN proposed " the Press." Mr. BAINES returned thanks. " The Land we Live in " was the next toast, which was spoken to by Mr. DA.LZIEL, in an address of remarkable eloquence and power, which was loudly applauded. " The Ladies" was replied to by Mr. F. HULL. Mr. EARLE in a few words proposed the health of the Chairman, which was received with all the honors. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE proposed the health of the Vice-chairman, which was also received with enthusiasm. The VICE-CHAIRMAN having expressed his thanks, the formal list of toasts was declared closed, and the company shortly after separated. THE REV. H. S. BROWN'S LECTURE. On last evening, the Rev. Mr. Brown delivered, in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, another of the series of lectures which he purposes giving on the Religions of the Eastern World. The subject of last night's lecture was, " The Greek Church —its progress." The rev. gentleman commenced his discourse by briefly sketching the events which led to the establishment of Constantinople by *L„ Emperor Constantine on his conversion to. Having marked out the bounds of b;,. —.Line city, he deter mined that it should Jiro. L., 1)011nd-hand in magnificence, and accoril;no.3.7 cue old cities of Greece, which had then n) ,I,,Lies left them but their ruins, were searched from end to end, in order that their remaining treasures in art and sculpture might be transferred from their once glorious shores to those of the " Golden Horn." And among the treasures which were thus removed was a colossal Apollo, by Phidias, and least it might be in any measure suggestive of Paganism it was christened Con stantine, aua •ae for a fair fac simile of its namesake. At that time the great dom were those of Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch. The bishop of the newly-found city, Constantinople, was placed second in the list, and although the bishop of Rome was still first, yet he was exceedingly exasperated by the proximity of his rival ; and he was still more exasperated when at a succeeding council in 451 of the eastern bishops, it was decreed that both bishops should be equal in dignity and all other respects, inasmuch as both cities were of equal lustre. From that period might be dated the commence ment of that tremendous struggle which lasted for about 1000 years, in which those two great heads of Christendom, instead of paying the slightest attention to the spread of a pure and refined religion, busied themselves, from one generation to another, in endeavouring to establish their own supremacy. Each took the title of ectiminital, or uni versal bishop, and each in turn excommunicated the other and his followers. The dispute still waging, Pope Leo addressed to the Emperor Leo, the Isorian, a letter, which seemed to be a foreshadow of the haughty manner in which popes afterwards learned to address kings and princes of the world. In this communication he observed that the holy letters were sufficient for the emperor's con fusion, and that in opposition to his force they could only pray God to send him a devil for the destruction of his body, and the salvation of his soul. This was one of the first papal bulls issued against the emperor, and simply be cause he smashed a few images of the Virgin and saints. But while this dispute was raging, another controversy arose which was almost likely to rend Christendom asunder, and this controversy depended on two little words which had been introduced into the Nicene Creed. The rev. lecturer then described the famous controversy between the eastern and western churches on the words filioque, and observed, that had the emperor given back supremacy to the Pope of Rome, he would have considered this matter of very little consequence, indeed. He (the lecturer) did not take up the cause of either church. He believed there was very little difference between them. They were both essentially bad ; for popes, patriarchs, bishops, and nearly all the parsons into the bargain, were unprincipled men, and were, without exception, Christianised pagans, or rather blackguards; and that was all we could say about them. The lecturer then described how the Greek patriarchs and Whops, taking their cue from the emperors, were at one times furious Icono clasts ; and again equally as violentwc,z shippers ; and how, in one instancet , .on.q emperor. ;I, I I A being, if he might use a vulgar expression uucitmection with -,;;;; so august a personage, 's hard-up," mada,--np. ones about; seizing upon some silver images of the it d Saints,, an d converting them into " tin." (Laughter,) " this the.:;,- 3 )'• emperor was excommunicated, and, as lia l lse:re•W quence, he and his successors became theCoes • own defence. They caused their interpretations • ceived under pain of death, until at length one emperor threatened to cut off the head of any man who said a word on either side of the subject. The lecturer then described the temporising policy of the emperors, until at length Con stantinople fell beneath the power of the Turk; after which the Popes of Rome never renewed the controversy with the Eastern Church. The lecturer here observed that he consi dered the Turks acted then with great generosity and tolera tion to the vanquished ; and in order to show, in a future lecture, the nature of the right which the Emperor of Russia claims as protector of the Greek Church, briefly sketched the growth of Russia, and its thorough conversion to Chris tianity under Peter the Great. In the first instance, it re ceived a metropolitan from the Greek Patriarch; but on the fall of Constantinople, an independent Russian Patriarch was appointed. The Russian church then grew in wealth, until it was finally confiscated under Catherine the Second, the Patriarchate abolished, and bishops and priests put upon a fixed salary. In approving of this change, he did not mean to praise the Russian church. It was not other now than what it formerly was, and that was not saying much, for worse it could not be. (The rev. gentleman was warmly applauded throughout and at the conclusion of the lecture.) BANKRUPTS. . - From the London Gazette of last night. Thomas Rolph, builder, Lees Mews, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Middlesex. Charles Geal, grocer, East-row, Kensal New-town, Middlesex. Robert Walker, grocer, Staley-bridge, Lancaster. Douglas Bradbury, builder, Derby. Henry Reading, draper, Birmingham, Warwick. Michael Robinson, linen-draper, Halifax, Yorkshire. POLICE COURTS.-YESTERDAY, LIVERPOOL. STEALING A COAT. —James Al'Uore, a respectably attired young man, was charged with stealing a coat, from the out fitting warehouse of Mr. Gray, 63, Byrom-street. A boy in the prosecutor's shop observed the prisoner take the coat, and police-officer, 654, detected him with it on his arm, he not having had time to take the ticket from it. The prisoner pleaded intoxication as an excuse, but, as it appeared that he had only just been released from the confines of the gaol, was committed to take his trial. ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.—Edward Fust, was charged with attempting to pick the pockets of several persons. Police-officer, 176, said he last night watched the prisoner, and saw him repeatedly feel gentlemen's pockets, with the intention of robbing them. The prisoner denied the charge, but having been before committed, and invariably found in suspicious company, he was committed for three months. . „ WHISKEY AND OYSTERS.—Two respectably dressed young feniales, who gave their names, Mary Ormond and Ann Nightingale, the latter the keeper of a house of ill fame, in the locality of Clayton-square, and the former, one of her " young lady lodgers," were charged with stealing nineteen sovereigns. Fur some little time the complaining party did not appear, but, after being repeatedly called by the officer of the court, he entered the witness box, and stated his name was William Pennington, that he was a jeweller, and when at home resided at Carlisle, but at the present time he was staying at the Saddle-hotel, Vernon-street. Last evening, as he was perambulating the town, near Church-street, he accosted the defendant Ormond, and they repaired to the house kept by Nightingale. On entering, he politely asked whether he and his friend could have some whiskey, and, upon being as politely informed that he could, he sent for three, and, at the suggestion of " his lady-love," added 2s. worth of oysters. After partaking of the refreshment, and " talking soft nonsense," he went out for one or two shillings worth of whiskey, which having- dispatched, he requested to retire for the night. He most positively stated that he retired to rest alone, and at the time he unrobed, his money, nineteen golden sovereigns, were in his possession. He went to sleep, and this morning he was, according to his own account, astonished and surprised to find Miss Ormond comfortably asleep by his side. Upon making, this discovery, the fumes of the whiskey having evaporated, he felt for his money, butfoundit was gone, and upon informing Miss Ormond of his loss, replied "she was sorry for it, or something of that sort," and was about to take some further repose. when Miss Nightingale was called up, and a regular argument took place,—the gentleman " persisting that he had the money with him," the two ladies each "denying that they knew anything about it." At last Miss Nightingale called in the assistance of a police-officer--a search was instituted—but no money was found, except ss. he had himself presented to Miss Ormond, in the early part of the evening. Not being at all convinced but that that he had lost the money, and that the two women had stolen it, he gave them both into custody. The young woman confirmed the statement in every particular, except that " the gentleman" was often taking the last glass, was rather the worse for liquor, and that he and " the young lady" actually retired toge ther. _ _ _ _ _ _ There being not the slightest evidence against the defend ants, and an inspector of the detectives stating that the house in which the robbery was alleged to have been committed, was a respectable house of the description, they were dis charged; the gentleman from Carlisle leaVing the court with looks which bespoke that he was by no means satisfied at the conclusion the magistrates had arrived at. In making his exit from the room, one of the officers remonstrated with him for using such language derogatory to the bench, when he indignantly left the room, saying, " What do I care for you or ROBBERIES. —James Waters and William Long were charged with having committed several felonies in Great George's Place, Mill Street, and Park Lane, and stolen therefrom various sums of money, principally in copper money. It appears that after the robberies the prisoners went to a brothel in Norfolk-street, and gave a female a quantity of farthings, to go and get changed into other money. This caused a suspicion, and they were apprehended. One of the farthings, as was also a knife, found upon the prisoners, was identified, and they were committed for trial at the next sessions. STEALING A CHAIR.—An old woman named Elizabeth Smith, was committed for three months, for stealing a chair from St. John's Market. PICKING POCKETS.—A young urchin, named Thos. Tyna, was charged with picking the pocket of a female of one shilling. She stated that she detected the prisoner in the act. He being an old offender was committed for one month and to be publicly whipped. ANOTHER CASE OF STABBING. —Patrick Hand, a dissi pated looking fellow, about 35 years of age, and by trade a tailor, was charged with stabbing with a scissors, the keeper of a lodging house, off Duke-street, on Monday night. It appeared that the prisoner cohabited with a woman ‘v ho had eloped with him from her husband in I r oAnd, and that they lodged in the house of the prosece* ,, .• He came into the house at all hours in the ~;B n t, and was in the constant habit of brutallk „sing the unfortunate woman wh om h e e was frequently warned that he would not tted into the house at such hours, and it was when he was refused admission by the prosecutor on Monday night, that he drew the scissors, and stabbed her. She was immediately taken by the police officer to Dr. Mitchell's, in Duke-street, who dressed her wounds, and pronounced them to be of a dangerous character. It appears that the prisoner is a very violent character, as he also stabbed, under pre cisely similar circumstances, the prosecutor's husband, a few days ago. He was remanded until 12 o'clock to-day. Informations were returned against the negro, Edward Gay, for stabbing the woman named Ann Gill, on Saturday night, in Queen-street. Two men named Michael MqVulty, and John Smith were fined each 2s 6d and costs, for fighting dogs on last Friday, slauehterhouse in Blount-street. MAIN DESERTION OF A Ly.—Yesterday, at the City police-court, a hawker named Patrick Gilligan, was placed in the dock on a charge of having deserted his wife and family. It appeared that the wife and her family of four children went into the workhouse about five weeks ago ; that since then one of the children had died, and that one was so ill it was not expected to live. The husband, who hawks looking-glasses, left his family about six weeks ago, and had never been to see them since. This morning he called at the office of the workhouse, and said that he could easily keep his wife and family, but that he had been off drinking. After a severe reprimand the bench, he was ordered to be im prisoned for three weeks, with hard labour. BRUTAL CONDUCT OF A SON.—Yesterday, at the Salford town-hall, a person named Abraham llP.Arealy was placed before the magistrates, charged with being drunk, and creat ing a disturbance in his mother's house on Sunday night. It appeared that on that night he was very drunk, and creating at beingi st u i r n b a f n e c a r e i e n f d his n fa t's ger h t e o r h e house, , a w n e d n t t h o a u t t t f h o e r m t h o e while out, a neighbour went into the hou se , an d ta e oh n ffige d err e e a r vOured to take from the outrageous fellow a knife which he was brandishing in his hand. In doing so, the neighbour got his hand cut, but he thought that that was done acci dentally. The mother stated that her son kicked her on Sunday evening, but that he did not do so intentionally, as he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. She admitted, in reply to a question from chief constable Taylor, that she complained of her son's conduct about five years ago, and that on Saturday she stated at the police-office that she was apprehensive of danger from him, he was so drunk and furious. Mr. TRAFFORD said he must find two sureties in 420 each to keep the peace for three months. On Monday, while in Piccadilly, Yarwood was accosted by one of the prisoners, who invited him into a beer-house, in Dale-street. While they were drinking there, the other prisoner, came in along with some other men, who com menced playing at cards, and before they had finished, the prosecutor lost his watch and 60s. in silver, Both prisoners were discharged 4 a. .1 hot, r 'oCs!iit • 01