Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-11 00:00:00

FRANCE. 12 41 ti5, • Monday,--The inaction of the Austrians •,,,jirprised every .one after - their lerOnlptory P li nions to Piedmont. A French Genera - writes theirt they seem to have recklessly - thrown away all before advantages. They were first on the ground heir the French had-yet moved to the support of t r ,, e ' r allies, and to make that support efficient available have had to be sent- in hot haste from every theyquarter. The - priority in time, of which theY do not seem to have made, much use, is more th an - count er b a l ance d •b y the rapidity - With which e French are swarming t o . th e th e at r e o f fray, The ar tifi c i a l i nun d a ti ons they must, hole their knowledge of the country, have been trePared for, and the floods caused by. the B :avY rains, as well as all other accidents of the eo a *,, s°ll s, ought to e n ter into the calculations of the a " in lander of an a rm y w hi c h is about to manoeuvre l e inst an - enemy . S o s t range i s -thi s en ert n ess, to la to novices in warlike operations, as to give rise tno :ne suspici on th a t th e a pp ar e n tly: retrograde B , th "lents, as mentioned in the Moniteur, cover deep: Strategic plans slowly developed, and as hie deep not obvious to people at - such a distance C: ° , ° are from the scene of operations. I have h ard military men express their astonishment — h a d s ale who believed that the.: -, Austrians t w ' by thei r b e i ng fi rs t on th e fi e ld ; th e oppor -Av of - attacking the Piedmontese before their ulillaries came up, beating them; and• then, taking s trong , position to await the French: The official. Strom s from Turin Of the Bth inform us that the' n 4 'tans have advanced from Vercelli -on Buronzo: th Saluzzola, and that they continue to fortify O:Th-selves on both banks of the Sesia, and at San thsriti„ano ; that a reconnaissance was carried on one t he du pont-of Casale, where they were attacked ef the Piedmontese, and retired. Private accounts A„`ile ith from the seat of war, state that the, fo'strians, finding the banks of the Po, too swampy operations, have re-crossed the river, and g e - ; e nloving on Turin; They add, that the French th, 4 , er als earnestly desire to see them .advance on A ( f" e it:Y, as in that case they, express their_ con eaee that the- combined armies will give a, good s ee e°lll t of them. Another, and a private despatch, . a rms to corroborate the fact of a movement on Turin. are so far from the seat of war, and the informa thfn, allowed t o t ransp i re i s o f so meag r e a ki n d, w hen epir l'oll , is any information, that we cannot give an 1 . on what passes just now on the banks , of the e ' fi ne , I 'n or th e P o . Th e E mperor ' s de p a r t ur e is still p os ' for to-mor ro w evening at 6 o'eloCk, though a thi 'Tenement was vague ly hi n t e d a t to-day. Every-, - aee ng, how ever , i s prepare d, an d, accor di ng t o various 4 °ur ns, his presence is _looked forward to with II Patienc e b y the. army. His Majesty, accompanied -4 37. the Empress visited this afternoon the rooms of .111411-known photographist on the Italian Boule-• •t ri T s— l suppose to have their portraits taken. They ree v, ea with ou t an es e or t, or even ou t r id er , a nd were - 11 0 ° ;ved with acelainatiOns by the groups on the 11 .b r t evards, as it was th e h our w h en ever y -One was ,p er ° ad, and the weather was :magnificent. The Em °r visited an ftrmourer ' s es t a bli s h men t afterwards,: , ta ," - the carri ages rema i n i ng a t th e d oor a tt rac ted a de 4 siderabl e crow d. O n hi s return t owar d s th e R ue , eei Paix he and the Empress were similarly re-, A ed. It is said th a t an app li ca ti on h as recen tly •de by the French to the Neapolitan Government, a scertain what would be the p o li c y o f th e . latter dur ing h the war ; and that the answ er was , strict ne utrality. Also, that a request then was made for 1/e rtnission to occupy three other ports, one in Sicily gird two on the mainland; that the answer to this h W as, that it, was contrary to the right of the nations, et' if the French took them notwithstanding, the " e apolitan Government would make no opposition, as Sthey had not the means of resisting . The o, `ll('' s brother is also said to be in ill-health. thi e serious disturbances took place at Ta rbes th e days back, in consequence of the refusal of l ai . - leasants who frequent the market to pay- a toll eaitie3. imposed by the Mayor on each head of °tier d f r sale. At first, all that occurred e refusal W as the e 9 I Sal to pay, but afterwards a crowd fined,TC and attacked the barrack of the gendarmes. or °se latter, finding themselves in danger of being s e er P ° Wered, were obliged to use their firearms, and h ' ,, e „ ra l of the rioters were killed. It unfortunately at a " e ned that the principal authorities were absent re ,Lourdes at• the time, attending a council of g o \i n si° n , but on their being informed of what was On, they hastened back, and succeeded in nih rs uadin g the crowd to. disperse. - It is said that Pcrsons were killed, and more than that number 9114 (10d b a d ly. AUSTRIA. Con . . the A ustrian nt 13uo1 has issued the following circular to diplomatic agents at all the Go vern- . liii i V t 8 of the. German Confederation : an , i ." l, k A 28th.---The Imperial Government had d p rov with the Royal Court of Prussia to abstain' from vid e ,? k ,ing a debate in the German Diet on the case pro- Vi ( - 'Or by Article 47 of the final act of the Congress of I)ehnua until the intention of France to take part in a war e ve ers Atistria and Sardinia should have been formally T r essed. eto,at moment has now arrived,. the French Charge tilUires the Marquis de Banneville having declared to m e gr: 2 6th, in consequence of orders he received by tele abthat his Government would regard the passage of teanlOntesi frontier by Austrian troops as a . easus k at , ', 4 nd France has not even waited for that -event to 1 P F troos into dinia. .14;:eanwhilerench we have also Sar received the evasive reply from and at the same time news of a military revolution at 'of w r is en -,e, and risings at Massa and Carrara, in cons e q uence tnar i l our troops have been ordered to enter Piedmont. bs' r these circumstances we can no longer delay express eg o urselves at' rankfort, and we charge Count de Rech "helg t,° hand t o th e Diet, in an extraordinary sitting to be. of 4iTPussible, on Monday next, the subjoined dec laration, 'I i ,• c h I send you a copy. Gay e „ e g of , you to communicate it without delay to the 'ho . 4 — , ll lent to which you are accredited , expressing the. anitZNnat the result Will be mobilisation of the federal army , iltat,tile representatives of each Government will receive - "ctioni to urge that revolution upon the Diet. (Signed) DE .BtiOL. JAPAN. t hat from Japan to December 31 st , mention a t the Japanese commissioners appointed- to n r r °ceed to Washington to exchang e the ratification jthe American treaty are Nag aai Genba no Kami, Tway Of Accouats and Minist er of the Nav y , and Say Higo no Kami , Imp erial Ins p ector. The `tlissian Consulate was to be removed to Kanagowa. The Russian steam-frigate Askeld was undergoing r epairs at Nagasaki. Cholera has b een raging in • t he northern part of Japan to a fr i g htful extent. A a Yeddo alone the deaths are reported at 150,000 '4l . one month. Allissima and Odowara had also 'jafrßred greatly. The outbreak of th is dreadful •e ourge so soon after the foreign J embassies were _mottled. at Yeddo had led the people to a ttribute to them its introduction into their country, and superstition points to' the to lecidenee as a punishment for opening Japan foreigners.. By the latest accounts the disease et less v i ru l en t. The Danish brig Vilhelmine , f Ora Shanghai, arrived on the 18 th Decem ber, and deft again on the 21st, not hav i ng been p ermitted to trade, in consequence of there being n o treat y b etween Denmark and Japan. Another steamer, the Nagasaki, built in Holland for the Prince of Fizen, arrivedon the 15th November . The Russian Consul- General; dwelling at Hakodadi and at lon y a, on the side of th e b ay opposite to Desim a at Na g asaki. The mer y 8 ;It commanders who took the two steamers and Nagasaki from Holland to Japan were of,residing with their wives. At this place, also, some ti l ue officers and crew of the Askelcl were lodged ; remainder live in a temple in t he town. AU STRIAN VESSELS IN SARD INIAN PORTS. The followi is the article of the Piedmontese °clzette, making ng public the decision of the govern- ment relative to Austrian vessels in Sardinian ports : His Majesty's government would have willingly, during the present war, proclaimed those liberal principles, accord ing to which the mercantile vessels -of the enemy are allowed a certain, space of time to leave the ports of the state without molestation. The government has been unable to do so, because the territory of the state is invaded by a powerful army, which oppresses the occupied provinces with acts of violence of every description, thus disobeying both the rules of the law of nations, and those of humanity, recognised in our present state of civilisation Orders have therefore been given to lay an embargo on the Austrian vessels lying in the ports of the state. This measure bf precaution and security was imperiously called for by circumstances. And although the enormous requisitions and extortions of all kinds practised by the enemy . on our territory, to the injury of the unarmed population, justify even now an order of capture of the said vessels; nevertheless, the government still reserves its deci.,ion in that respect. . Meanwhile, the goiernment hastens to notify to all whom it may concern, that the property of neutrals that may be on board the sequestered vessels shall be immediately restored to their owners, conformably to the declarations in favour of neutrals signed by the high powers, at the Congress of Paris, 'in 1856. The application of such principles can naturally only be invoked in the case of such vessels as -shall scru pulously observe strict neutrality. . THE MERCHANT SHIPS OF GERMANY. In a Hamburg letter, dated Friday, last we In the possibility of the armies of Germany being called upon, sooner or later, to take 'an active part in the war against France, our senate had deemed it prudent to beg, through our minister at London, the English government' to take under its protection - the numerous merchant vessels which sail on every sea with the flag of the three ports and. free Hanseatic cities. The official reply has not been long coming. Lord Malmesbury has informed our senate, that if Germanic Confedera tion'should, by the turn of events, 'be brought into a war against France, England would not be able by any inter national treaty, to take under the protection of her fleets, . . the merehant - ;re'ssels of the German - states forming part of the Confederation. This resolution of the English Govern ment, which became knoWn to-day at our Bourse, has caused a profound sensation . amongst the shipowners. GARIBALDI AND THE ITALIANS We obtain the following curious document from the Gazette de Liege. It purports to be a set of instructions addressed by Garibaldi to the chiefs of the National Society of Italy in the different Italian States : TO TILE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ITALY. In the present state of Italian affairs the president con siders it his - duty to transmit to the society the following secret instructions . . ..,.„.... o trasi Ist: commenced _ sooner have hostilities comenced between I . a ye barbarians, and altogether interlopers . nd `b . • Piedmont and Austria, than you will at once rise in insur rection to the .cry of "Viva l'ltalia e Vittorio Emmenuele• among the el i ect of the earth, in which category ;they place themselYes. Theia . pariesesend some of Out with the: Austrians !" their head men to us on 'a mission of peace, amity, - . and goodwill, to extend the market for their man • 2nd. If insurrection should be impoSsible in your own town, all young men able to bear arms will leave it and pro 'ready tures,. and to open a n field . ceed to . the nearest town where insurrection has been a grand usage suite,_ t e i h , _ throws ufac-: successful, or is likely to be so. Among neighbourin,,c , towns They will come with ewfor our commerce. witha i- around n n all d you will chocise those nearest to Piedmont,'where all Italian the entourage that. Oriental a ental forces should be concentrated. . the iinniediate representativeS of the royal person. 3rd. You will make every effort to vanquish and direr- In they the East adhere with remarkable tenacity ganise the Austrian army, intercepting its communications, to all the old forms, customs, and fuss and feathers destroying its bridges and telegraphs, burning all depots "of of diplomacy,will r and this be reproduced in our provisions or clothing, and 'making prisoners of all imper tent persons in. the Austrian service. • . midst.. The sight .of the new commission will be thegreatest attraction of the day, and when it 4th. Do not at first fire on Italian or Hungarian soldiers, but, on the contrary, endeavour to induce them to folloW arrives the Battery will present a scene which will worth a day's walk to." your own flag, and receive with open arms all who g ive way be branch of business, has taken place in New' York to your exhortations. A very marked revival of trade, in almost ever sth. Regular troops who will embarrass the na tional York cause will be at once sent into Piedmont. this Spring, one consequence of which has, been a 6th. Wherever the insurrection is successful, the man genera l demand 'for higher wages in most. descrip who stands highest in the popular estimation will assume bons of employment, more especially with mechanics. military and civil Wages were lowered during authority, with the title of Provisional considerably - the panic Commissioner for Kin.. Victor Emmanuel, and will main- ' of 1857-8, and they had not been advanced. There thin it until the arrival of the commissioner . despatched by has lately been a general turn out amongst the the Piedmontese government. 7th. artisans employed in the large establishments, from The Provisional Commissioner will abolish the taxes; on bread, Cern, &c., and in general all taxes which do which it was argued that things were wearing not exist in Sardinian territory. prosperous aspect,: and that a season of unusual Bth. A levy will - at once be made, by means of conscrip- commercial activity was .at hand, which is now tion, of young men from 18 to 20 years of age, in proportion being:proved:to be the cage. The increase of wages of 10 to 1,000 of the gross population. All men, also, from obtained . has ranged froin 10 to 25 per cent. Many 20 to 35, willing to 1.,...- arms In aerAnce of the national ' a gocid mechanic can now again P 511.11 Ilia fur. independence, may be received as v01uint.....-__b o th con- and a half dollars a-day in New Y •k York—some, some ? indeed, scripts and volunteers being at once despatched ri.a ni ont. a good deal more. 9th. The Provisional Commissioner will appoint a council , of war, with power to try and punish, within twenty four • The .usual result of brisk and money-making bales 11,..... hours; all Who may be guilty of crimes against the national not failed to appear, in the thriving state cause, .or against the life or property of pacific citizens. of the various hi l e d of public amusement. There are The council will make no distinctions of rank or class, but . now no fewer • than twecno -ocular licensed theatres no person may be punished for crime s committed anterior en. in New York, night by night , and all of t h em to the crowded—exclusive of concerts , show s, i ns urrection. generally . • . - 10th. He will not allow of the establishment of political and the thousand and one minor exhibitions of the journals, but he will publish a bulletin of all facts which it metropol The mixed ha cracter of the population is necessary to make public. '. ' - " • •• , of this city is strikingly indicated by the fact, that 11th. :He will dismiss froM their posts all magistrate's or there. are theatrical performances taking piace in no officers who may be opposed to the new order of things, less than four European languages : English, French, always - proceeding with prudence and caution. : German, and Italian. The lobb ies of the Opera . 12th. lie will maintain the severest discipline; applying to . house, on a full night, present a scene of rustling all the laws suitable during a time of war. He will be in- nationalities; and are made to ring with a jargon of exorable to deserters, and give the strictest orders on this subject to all his sub Ordinates. . foreign tongues, which no such places of resort it' 13th. lie will Send to King Victor Emnianuel a precise the old world can possibly surpass. Some idea may description t own theUrnis, ammunition, and money found in be formed of the rage ' there is in New York the various s-and provinces ; and- -he - will await corn- for puic' amusements, . among all classes, from mends on this subject. :certain bl statistics . of their capacity, attendance, 11th. In Case*Of 'necessity he will make . requisitions for and receipts, which the Herald has recently money, horses, carts, shops, &c., always giving.a correspond- given. "In accordance," it observes, " with ing. receipt ;. but he will punish with the utmost rigour all an occasional custom, we on last evening despatched who shall make requisitions of this kind without tie most reporters to the principal theatres and other places pressing necessity, or without making a definite contract. of amusement, for the purpose of obtaining estimates 15th. Until the time referred to in the first article of of the attendance at the several houses. The result theseinstructions, you will use every means in your power . for manifesting the aversion which. Italy feels for the we_ give hereunto appended in a tabular form. The Austrian domination arid for the - gOvernments dependant on first column gives the capacity of the theatres, with Austria, as well as her, love for independence wilier confi- their'highest receipts Ut 'their present prices, and the deuce in the house of Savoy and the Piedmontese gevern- , second the actual number Of persons present at each meat ; but you will do all in your power to prevent place on last evening, and the amount of money untimely or isolated movements. , , - • , taken at the. doors, as nearl y as the estimates can be For the President, • made from the best data that could be procured." . . The Vice-Presldent; GARIBALDi. I need not trouble you with this table. Suffice it Turin, Ist March, 18.59. to say, that it gives the account as regards twelve theatres, the aggregate number of seats in which is 26,000 ; the actual attendance on the night . in question was 19,780; and the receipts on the occasion are estimated at 6,9t5 dollars—or nearly £1,400 of FROM Otiß OWN, CORRESPONDENT. English . money. But this was not a fair average THE WASHINGTON TRAGEDY. AMICABLE SETTLE- night, it would seem, by any means. "It should be MENT OF THE NICARAGUA DISPUTE : ATUTUAL remembered says the statement, " that the present ENGAGEMENTS FOR PItOTECTION ; , IMPROVED week is one of the worst in the whole year for public PROSPECTS. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY : Now ON , amus ements, as it is the end of Lent , when the I Ts 'WAY TO THE UNITED STATES; AN XIETY AS 1 Catholic portion of our population, as well as many TO ITS ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION AT NEW YORE: ; I otherS, are absorbed in the devotional exercises IMMENSE EXCITEMENT ANTICIPATED. REVIVAL appropriate to the season." it app es from OF TRADE: ADVANCE OF WAOES ; CONSEQUENT the table given, that the aggregate receipts ar are FLOURISHING CONDITION OF PLACES OF AMUSE- sometimes as much as 11,925 doll. a night. MENT ; TIIEIR POLYGLOT CHARACTER ; TIIEIR With all these outward signs and symptoms of LARGE RECEIPTS. UNEASY FEELING IN THE prosperity, hoWever, there is still, I find, an uneasy MONIED CIRCLES: FEARS OF ANOTHER FINANCIAL feeling in well-informed certain .financial quarters, „ CRISIS ;• RUNNING INTO EXTREMES. . arising from the dread, no doubt, of the consequences It excites no surprise that Sickles has been of another financial inflation. 'lt is remarked. I see, acquitted. This was for eseen from the first; and . and certainly with only too muc h truth, that six it is a result which is quite in harmony with millionsexports from New York, exclusive of popular sympathy. He had received a wound in his specie, against twenty Millions .of imports, indicate h on our, and in his happiness, he who inflicted a very high pressure of importations ; for it amounts which, it is contended, deserved death at his hands, .to an increase for the month of nine millions of —and he received it. This, I say, is the popular imports, against an increase of a little over a feeling. Of, its bad , effect upon society I can say half a million of exports as compared with the nothing at present. The Court having decided corresponding month of. last year. "We seem,"' that the defence might put in any evidence says the Hew York Herald,' remarking upon ths that would go to prove the alleged prove- fact, "to be entering upon the flush times of 1853. cation —namely, the adulterous intercourse between But let all parties concerned remember the revulsion the deceased and the prisoner's wife, the country of 1857. 'The, old rules and regulations of banks, has had •to be disgusted with all the ban kru p ts, corporations, trade, &c., still exist. indecent details of their conduct, so far as it was Congress has neglected those general reforms, checks, found possible to rake them together. It has been and balances, in our financial and. commercial affairs observed - of this decision, that `andit created the so earnestly recommended by Mr. Buchanan so greatest excitement at Washington, made a deep that the same wide margin remains for inflations,. sensation throughout the country, and that, so far speculations, peculations, &e., which brought on. as the common law of homicide is concerned, it the late collapse. ' Caution is the parent of establishes a precedent which has frequently been safety.' Let us not be carried headlong into another. raised, b u t w hich has never before been distinctly explosion." This is the great issue that is so, much defined." I don't suppose that this course made any to be dreaded. There is so much running into difference, as to the result, while it certainly must extremes. Men get drunk with commercial and have had a demoralising .effect on the community. financial success, and then undo all that they lave The tedious, and at one time threatening Nicaragua I accomplished. The coach runs down the hill with dispute, is at length, it is hoped, in a fair way to be I out any drag upon its wheelsthe oonsequence.% amicably settled. The point l f Iv t i a,e.,.,, kX, issue Iles been as experienw los, shown., ax often feart\AL AMERICAN AFFAIRS. THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 1859 this,—the Nicaraguan government required that the United 'States should piomise to prevent 'Military expeditions from leaving--- this country -against Nicaragua: To this the President objected, and maintained that the laws of the United States were to be executed by themselves, and to be repealed or changed without being the subject of stipulation with a foreign government. This has now been got over, it is understood, by an amendinent providing that the United States shall .engage to use due vigilance and .all lawful means to prevent the organisation of hostile parties in the States, intended for the invasion ,of Nicaragua. Nicaragua, on the other hand, engages to use the necessary forcetd keep the transit route open ; but if at any time she should fail to do so, the United. States have a right to land troops to protect persons and property. • The information from NiCaragua leaves no doubt that the . British are acting in good faith, and are making arrangements for surrendring the Bay Islands and the Mosquito Protectorate. Altogether, therefore, the aspect of affairs in that quarter is much im proved. I -know .there are rumours of a very opposite effect to. this. " General Lamar," we are told, "is coining, home; Sir William Gore Ouseley has failed in the pacific views which he is supposed to have entertained ; the Cass-Yrisarri treaty,. which is the only convention that can place the vast interests of the whole republic of trade on a' safe foOting in those regions, still hangs fire.. The Transit route is closed. American interests are violated, and Anierican claims are insultingly -,ig nored," But this is an exaggerated statement of the It is," I -believe, in a much more hopeful con thouh no donbt there may still be serious difficulties in the way. di t ion Another diplomatic matter is, .on other grounds, . exciting a still More lively interest, especially in New' York. The Com Mission, which has 'been appointed by the Emperor of Japan to exchange ratifications of the new treaty with the United States is already - en route for this country. Lieu tenant A. W. Ilabersham, of .the navy of the United States, has been detached . from the Powhatan steamer, and Will act as the escort to the Japanese mission. It was arranged that the CommiSston should be conveyed in one of the United States war Steamers to Panama, and thence by the usual route to New York, where they , are expected early in June. " The arrival of this unique diplomatic corps," says a ,New York paper, will Create an immense eXcitement among our mercurial population. ,It will be especially interesting from the fact, that although the practice of interchanging compliments between independent nations by means of. envoys: had its origin .ambng the Oriental nations, where it was done With the greatest solemnity, pomp anti:dignity, vet there have been .but few. , such . communica- Eastern sovereigns and their European cousins, whom theyhold to. be impertinent lions between the POOR LAW INQUIRY. TAMPERING WITH - VOTING PAPERS AT TOXTETH PARK. . , . . . . 1 - Yesterday, Mr. Mainwaring, poor law' inspector, held a i commission of inquiry at the Public-offices, Park-road. for the purpose of investigating the matter with regard to tampering with the voting papers. ..There were present— Messrs. H. S. Alpass (chairman to . the guardians), M. A. Johns, J. D. Carter, J. Harrison, Joseph Wilson, John Wilson, John Mois, Henry Layland, and S. Siddely. • Mr. Aspinall, attorney, appeared on behalf of Messrs. John Wilson and Henry Layland. Mr. Wm. Cleaver was the' first witness examined, and stated : I am clerk to the guardians, and the first election of guardians for the township took place in July, 1857, on an order of the Poor-law Board dated the -13th May: In that order, which was directed to the overseers; and which by article one directed them to appoint some fit and prciper Person - its returning officer ' Mr. Thomas Avison was a pp o inted as such. The first meeting of the' guar dians_ took place' on the 20th July. ' I being ap pointed clerk attended . the< meeting. I then informed the guardians that the voting papers were in the closet., in the waiting-room of the public offices. Hebanded the key of the cloSet to the chairman of the Board of Guar dians, gr. Horsfall. The papers were not produced at the meeting. The chairman then handed the key to me. There is ' nothing on the • minutes respecting the voting .papers. There 'is some provision in these orders respecting voting papers. Article 22, to the effect that all the nomination • and voting papers should be delivered :by the returning , . officer ; to the guardians, at their first meeting. There is nothing; . said about the custody of them. ' After the • first meeting, I went the same day into the waiting room. I saw that they were in the closet referred to. I locked the door and kept the key in my possession. The room is in the occupation of the overseers, and there is a housekeeper, Mary Hunter, to whom the keys are entrusted. To my knowledge, the overseers were not parties to the papers being there. I don't know that they were aware of their being there. Mr. Joseph Wilson, one of overseers at the time, was also a guardian. I saw no more of those papers all that year after the election of guardian 4, • which election 1 conducted under an order, dated the 16th • June, 1857. At the first meeting of the , second year's • guardians, in Ainil.:.lBsB; I produced the nomination papers, and I. informed the , guardians that I had lodged the voting . papers in the - closet, as I had, . done .", the:, previous year. I locked . them. in the room, as , before. I next saw them When .I received; information, of the closet having been opened. I then came up to the office, and found that the door of the closet was open ; that was on the 21st of March, . , in this year. I referred to a bundle of the first election papers; I found; -on examination, that some of the bundles had been recently opened. I took possession of the papers then, and kave had them under seal since. I made _a report of the natter to the board of guardians, of which the poor-law board has a copy. Mr. Aspinall :. Will you allow that report to be read ? Mr..Mainwaring : The report has already been published in the newspapers. _ Aspinall : 'Yes, I know ; but we don't always look in the papers for these things The - report:was. then read. • ' Mr. Aspinall asked if he could,. ask Mr.• Cleaver a fete questions, as he appeared for Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Henry Lavland.-• • • Mr. MalifwariAg said ho understood that there was a gentleman present whO has been summoned as a witness, and who was anxious to get away, and he would liear'him first. Mr. Thomas Rogers was then called, but it was found that his evidence must be taken at a later period, as• they had not come to that portion of the inquiry to Which it had reference. Mr. Cleaver, in answer to Mr. Aspinall said, he was ap pointed clerk to the guardians on 20th July, 1857, or thereabouts. His appointment was confirmed by the Poor law hoard, about two months after his appointment. The reason of it being so long was in consequence of a corres-. pondence between Mr. John Wilson and the Poor-law board. The letter which Mr. Wilson wrote was in effect objecting to the appointment. The voting, papers were given into his custody before the confirmation of his appointment. The key of the closet was given to him ..at the first meeting of the board. The room in which they were then assembled was 'part of the public-offices, rented by the overseers of the poor. The guardians paid no rent or other expenses in connection with the building. The room containing the cloSet was nsed . as ' a waiting-room, and was also the property of the overseers. He went to the room on the 21st March, and the key of the. ORM nos in his pocket. The door of the waiting -o°m cm , LII. overseers (Air. Johns), who accompanied me, went for a locksMith; and got the lock picked. That was about twelve o'clock in the day. I kept this key till about two weeks since, and it was then given to Mr. 'Barnett. I had no other key belonging to these premises but it. The chairman gave me no instruc tions not to let anybody see these papers, and I do not remember having done so. I certainly never let any one examine them. When the key was handed to me it never occurred to me to look at the papers to see what was given me to take care of, but when I looked in to the closet and locked the door I saw sufficiently to know that they were voting papers. Mr. Potts, the pay-clerk, in March last, first informed. me of the voting papers having been examined , and the closet opened. He did not say that the papers had been taken away altogether. Mr. Potts is not here that I am aware of, but he might be on the premises. Mr. Aspinall : I suppose, Mr. CleaVer, you would have had him here if he knew anything about this matter ? Mr. Cleaver : Pardon me, sir, but I did not suggest one witness ; I am sure the guardians will bear me out in that statement. Mr. Mainwaring : Mr. Aspinall. Nobody is charged with anything, and I am here to investigate this matter, with your assistance, and I have no doubt we will get on very well. Mr. Potts was then sent for. Examination continued: Mr. Potts did not accompany me, but Mr. Johns, Mr. Pickup, and Mr. Siddely were wit me. I met them betwixt my office and this place, and they stated they were 'coming to.my office on this business. Mr, Pickup is now an overseer, and might have been in embryo then. I did not forbid him to be present at the examination.. He called upon Mrs. Hunter, the house keeper, on our arrival here, and enquired for the. Vey of the waiting room, and she had not got it. The outer door was locked when we arrived, but the overseers were up stairs, We questioned Mr-Barnett as to where the keys were, and he said he' believed Mr. Layland had one; and Mr. Joseph Wilson the - other. I did not get either of these .. keys. Mr. Barnett went to Mr. Wilson for the key, and before he returned Mr. Johns had get a leek smith, and when he was told that Mr. WilSon refused to give the key, he gave directions to have the lock picked, and it was bile. I considered thyself the custodian of the papers, and thought I had full power to make enquiry into the matter. I . had not resolved on anything at the time, but to take possession of the papers. I did not examine the lock of the closet door, nor any one to my knowledge. I don't know that it has been locked since. Mr. Aspinall Why did ycu not examine the lock, lily. Cleaver, was there any blood on the key that made you nervous. ? (Lang-liter) No. the key was in my pocket at the time. Ido not know that Mrs. Hunter had a duplicate of that key. I saw by the dust on the papers that they had been opened. When I put the papers in there, in 1857, there was nothing in the closet but a box of cl6thes, belonging to a former assistant overseer. I took the papers to my office, at Elliot-street, when I found the closet had been broken. The papers were produced at a special committee of the guardians, on the 25th March, and some of the bundles were examined. I have not examined the. papers to see whether any of them were missing, neither did the guardians. I can swe ar that some of the bundles: had been opened. Ido not think that, because I was personally aggreived, that that was the sole canse of this investigation ; and I do not feel the responsibility of this investigation as being mine. lam here as a witness only. Mr. Holden is solicitor to this board of guardians, or at Least he was to the last board. The uresentboard are at liberty to select whe they pleas e to conduct` their legal business. He is not to be hero as a witness. Ido not know that he could have given any evidence in his private c haracter. I cannot say that the voting papers of 1858 were disturbed. Mary Hunter was then sworn. She said: lam a widow, and live at the Public-offices, Toxteth-park, and employed by the overseers to clean. I recollect, on the 19th of Marcia last, hearing footsteps in the waiting room, and went up. I met Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Leyland coming out at the door. / said I thought the door of the waiting room was locked, and Mr. Layland said, so it was when we went up-stairs, and when we came down it was open. He• asked me if 1 bad a key of the door leading out of the passage into the waiting-room, and they asked me if I had more than one, and I gave them the tw o keys belon g ing to, the d They locked the door and took the keys a' ay. In the evening of the same day I saw Mr. Joseph Wilson, a guardian, and also an ov erseer, take O A key ott ilia g pocket, and let himself into the room. Mr, Barnett, Tha t „y which was which (lookin at the specimens of voting assistant overseer , a fter bayin g been up stairs, followed Mr. and nomination papers prodneed.) Wilson into the waiting-room. Mr. John Wilson came The Inspector remarked that any one could print nomi afterwards, and went - into the room. Mr. Carter, who'was nation papers. not a guardian or over seer last y ear, but is a guardian this M r . J ames : I pr i nte d the whole of t h e nom i na ti on year, and also Mr. He nr y Layland, joined them inthe papers air the overseers, lait none for others. Mr. Holden others. I was susp i c i ons of h i m on acceunt o f t h e s l y room. That was betwi xt six and seven o'clock, It was wished his nomi na ti on. papers to be different from the b f : r gi n a nin li g gh to te - d b e can a u r d k l , e s , i and 11 d 1 r I . J g o s a e y p e h i t W t i o ls o t ri ll came .em toT Thy manner which fie came about ththeir e, left a little after seven, and gave me the candle back Inspector : Well, but you know peple are always sly at still lighted. I did not see what they were elections. doing. There never was anybody went in, in the same Mr. James then read from his journal, an entry of 100 way. The magistrates sit in the room for hearing sum- nomination papers fCs- the overseers, and 50 for Mr. Holden. monses- at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Since the ma g istrates William Moore, journeyman printer,was next examined, made use of it, which they have done f or the last y ear or and said he was working with Mr. James at the time the so, the room has been kept locked. I keep the ke y s hanging papers were printed : and .he remem b ered meet i ng erection, up in the kitchen. On. the Sunday evening I wen t to Mr. La y land, and conpatulating him on his churchnt half-past six o'clock, and left Mr. Dickens in the and telling him that he otrght to have gone in last year, if room up stairs at work. I shut the door after me when I all had been square. He etas in Mr. James's office, and went out, and w h en I came back he was gone. He was Mr. JMees was not there. Mr. Holden washed some of the preparing to go away when I left. He could go out without voting papers to be printed fur liim. He said, 4 aTtiese a key as the door shuts with a spring lock. . fellows have not got voting papers enough." Witness said Alfred. B. Barnett, assistant overseer for the township, hodid not think it would be right to print them for him, acting as superintendent, gave. his evidence as folloWs : as that was not the quarter from . which the original cadet On Saturday, the 19th March, I came to these offices at had come. Mr. James so on afte r e ame in, -and he alSo said about half-past five o'clock in the evening. I saw Mr. he thought it; would hardly be right to palra them. Joseph Wilson before me. He went into the passage just After sonic conversation, Mr.. Aolden said there would before me, and I passed him in the passaae, and .fiuding not be any time to get them done elsewhere, and '111; James he did not follow me up stairs, I returned aihim, thinking agreed to print them ; but he thought it better to alter a lie might consider me abrapt in leaving him. He was then line, so as they would not appear to come from the same in - the waiting room, but he did- not say how he got in. office. A day or two elapsed between the printing of the In answer to some observation of mine s he said the voting one and the other, Ile swore dist in atly that the y Were papers are here, pointing - to a shelf under the voting papers, as he had set part of'it up. After the I counter. . He: did not point to the cupboard printing of the voting papers for the overseer s, a n other lot I had some conversation with Mr. Joseph 'Wilson, and I w a s p r i n t e d f or M r . Holden. • . think Mr. Leyland was present, but lam not sure that he Thomas Rogers, 32, St. James's-road : I ani a linen draper. was. The conversation was to the effect that he and others . I recollect being at Mr. Leyland's, on the 19th :Starch, and were under the impression that ; malpractice had taken Mr James, the printer, was present, and lasked, him if it place at the election of 1457. This, was in the morning of was true that he had printed certain extra voting papers, Saturday. Mr. Joseph Wilson expressed his desire to and he said it was. I asked him where they exact copies , inspectilie voting papers, and it was arranged that I should and he said tbe,spellingawas the same, bat he had made an write to 11fr. • Cleaver for the key of the closet in which alteration by altering the type from italics fats.' roman.. I they were ; but I was not to write till the Monday. I told him that I thought it strange conduct fAr him to do Mr. Joseph Wilson said that, if Mr. Cleaver knew, he so, and he replied. that he:had:refused to do so at Mist, but Would take the papers away, and they could not see them ; when the alteration was suggested , h e •did do it,' , and said that was tbe reason ' for directing me not to write till the he would do the same for Me or any :one else. Monday. This was all that passed till the evening. lam Inspector to Mr.. James: Did you print two batches of quite sure that I cannot tell what the observation was that votinf , papers ? I did not. Then, what your fm-eman has I made to Mr. Wilson, but it might be to th i s eff e c t—that stated is not true ? It is not tree, sir. You did not iiiint this is the closet in which the voting papers are. When I any for Mr. Holden ? I did not, ins, any, one - else,. I came into the' 000 in, Mr. Wilson was walking round the admit making the statement, but 'at th counter, as if to look at the papers, and lie did look at them, tinguish the difference between voting paper as if to discover a difference of type between the legitimate tion papers. i - voting papers and others that were supposed to have been intro- Mr. Aspinall made a lengthened statement ' with duced, I assisted him in examining them. I did not ask him reference to the position in ; which his clients were how he got possession of them, and the reason was, because I placed in, the matter, and thought ',too much' had did not like to put the question, he being an honorary overseer, been made of the whole thing. To him it appeared he might have thought it inquisitive. Whilst he and I ' nothing • more or less than a, political .squabble. With were examining the papers, Mr. John Wilson, .Mr. Carter, reference to Mr. Holden, lie remarked that he was quite and Mr.' Henry' Leyland came in, and assisted in the sure that he stood as high as any man in Liverpool; and examination; to the extent of two or three bundles. They would not do an y thing that be would be likel y to be p ulled were. the papers of • 1857. They did. not discover any- over the coals for. It ga v e him pleasure in lis abSence : to thing to ,confirm their suspicions—that I am aware of. f The papers were - tied . up, and I helped to put them into the closet again. 'We all left the room together. - I think Mr.' Leyland locked the door. They all left the building before I did. I (lid not tell any other overseer what had happened. , There were two overseers, that were s as a uutte,olllok not, present. When Mr. Cleaver arrived on the Monday I , a e,,,-, --- Was in the office; Mr. Johns, Mr. Siddely, and Mr. Pickup were with him. I came down stairs, and they asked me if I had a key, and I said no, and they then asked for the key off Mrs. Hunter, and she said she had not the key. I then went to Mr. Layland's house to get the key, and I found lie was away from home. I went to Mi. Joseph Wilson and told him if he would not give the key I thought. they would break the door open. Mr. Wilson said the key was at his house, and he would not take the trouble of fetching it. I came back and told Mr. Cleaver and the other gentleman what Mr. Wilson said, and there was a locksmith present who opened the door, and I went into the room with them, and the door of the closet was a little ajar. Mr. Cleaver, the clerk, took down my evidence before the committee of the guardians. There never has been any reward offered to know who opened the door, that lam aware of. The examination occupied an hour and a-half, perhaps. There was no comparison made. On the morning of the 19th, I was led to believe that they would take forcible possession of these papers, and I suggested the milder course of writing to Mr. Cleaver. Mr. William 'Roberts, ironmonger, 44, Mill-street, on being examined, stated that—On the 10th of March Mr, Henry Leyland and .Mr. John Wilson came to my shop to borrow some keys. I ' accompanied theta to these offices, and they opened the door of the waiting-room. It was between one and two in the afternoons We then tried the keys to open the closet door, and not succeeding, it was agreed that I should send- a man to pick the lock. I brought a, man, and. saw him pick the .lock s .in presence of Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Henry Layland. The it was booked. (Leughtbia I uon-taFaidiellh stasawhem any hooks. Both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Leyland had a running account with me. My man made a key to fit the lock, and Mr. Henry Layland locked the door. afterwards. Some of the papers were brought out of the closet when I was there. I don't think any of the papers were examined then. Ido all the work for these offices. To Mr. Aspinall : I was sent for again by the other side to do a little job for them on the Monday. (A laugh,) I was not at home this time, but my man came•and picked the lock of the waiting room door for Mr. Cleaver. This- I charge -to the overseers. . Mr Alpass : As Chairman of the guardians I think I have elicited who were concerned in the picking of the lock. Ido not think we have anything further to prove in this matter. The minutes,of the special committee appointed to enquire into this matter were handed to Mr. Mainwaring. He Observed that more witnesses were 'eterained, by that com mittee than had now been called. He -said, as the guardians' had no further evidence to brim, he would call upon Mr. John Wilson ; and Mr.. Henry Layland to give, any explanation they thought proper. Mr. - John Wilson said :-I am a tallow chandler, and I live at 33, St. James's Place; I am, besides, a guardian, and an - overseer of the poor. I was not overseer last year. I have heard Mr. Roberts' evidence, and it is correct. Our object was to look at the voting papers for the first election of guardians, as we had reason to believe that . there had been some foul play. We heard from Mr. Moore, a journey man printer, that voting papers were printed from the same type, and at an improper time, as those that were printed for the overseers: I heard that Mr. James, master-printer, had admitted, in a public company, that he had printed a batch of voting papers at an improper time, and that he would de so again if ho were paid for it: The per sons with whom I acted wished to seethe papers to know if any of these reports had any corroboration in the appearance of the papers. I acted as a guardian. I did net bring the 'subject before a general meeting before .I attempted this course, because I had reason to believe there was something, 'improper done on that occasion, and that made me anxious, that .was the reason for my acting so hastily. I thought, if the subject was discussed, the papers would have been removed before it could be aseertainedwhether the rumours were correct. I thought there was not time.to lay the sub ject before the board, and that, if it had been mentioned, the papers would have been.taken away by Mr. Cleaver at once. I thought that, although Mr. Cleaver had the key of the closet, it was especially the property of the overseers, and that they had a right to l ook into the cupboard. After a very slight examination , we cause in the evening-, and remained about half-an-hour. We then put the papers back into the cupboard, without any harm to them, and l ocked ' the door n p . We 41 , a_ made no discovery then as we had not time. I will swear The - Scutari and John Masterman have , arrived from the door was locked when we left it. Not having had time China with 1,307,600 pounds of tea and 1,539 bales of silk. on the Saturday evening, wo intended to return on the ' The freight circular of Messrs. Sharer, .just. issued, states Monday afternoon and have the papers fairly examined at that in less than a fortnight an advance has. taken place of the board-room, -but they. were taken away. I was. not 50 to 75 per cent. in Mediterranean had beencoal freights; of 5() examined before the special committ ee. p er cent. in Black Sea freights;homeward and of 50, s a 60 Mr. Henry Layland , 22, Mill-street, g uardian and p er cent. to and from same of the Lal s tic ports. Other overseer last year, said, he read the eviden ce of Mr. freights are en hanced, hat net to the saute extent. ad resided i n . th e Roberts, and it is trio. In 185 7, 1 was a candidate with Mits. Doi or. JxmtisOLii.—lt is with deep regret we Messrs. John -Wilson, Thomas 'Williams , J . D. Carter, and announce the death of this amiable gad accomplishedilady. William. Baynes, and we were all thrown out. , Two or . Since the demise of Isar husband she b three months afterwards, I met Mr. Moore who s aid, there country, and her loss will be painfully f e lt b y a l arge c i rc l e i had been foul play, or .I and the others woul d have g ot in. of those who were not only her friands, but wlsa On the 17th March, Mr. James admitted at my- house that, the intimate associates of Douglas Jerrold, and cherished he didprint other voting papers besides those• p rinted for the most sincere attachment for h i s f amily. overseers, and that he felt reluctant to do so, at first as he Denali or SIR A\RTDDR AsuN , dills not think it right. Mr, Joseph Wilson and I consulted announce the death of Sir. Aatkur Ingram Aston, which what we should do ; we had a high legal opinion ; I would e _ occurred at his. residence, . Aston He'll, near Runcorn, K.C.B.—We. regret to not like to say whose, but as an overseer I bo c a o i n Ni cera b d Cheshire, a day or two sines-. The deceased was a son of I had a ' right to get into I the p ° a g u ot the leaf the late Colota Henry Hervey Aston by the fourth daughter force to inspect the voting papers. and co-heir cif the last Viscount Irvine, and was great discover anything like a fraud, but I did not loot at more opinion before I broke open the cupboard. I did gnot grandson of the Hon. nail Rev. Dr. Henry Hervey, who assumed tbsanatne of Aston, and who was fifth son of the than half-a-dozen of them. first Earl of Bristol. He was born in London in 1798, and received the d ' degree of' M.A. from the University of Oxford Mr, James, printer, 7, Chester-street, Park, said, I recol lect having a conversation with Mr. Layland, respecting i n ia ,_ . Iti In April, 1810 he became attached to the embassy voting pawl - B. Mt: Thomas Rogers abruptly told me th at Secretary of legation at Rio de I had printed voting papers. I said I had printed some- j , 1 at Vienna and was made thing of the kind, but could not call to mind anima in April, 1826. .noanted Secretary of what it was, whether voting or nomination papers. I n.are s ely, in January, 1833, he wasE (IP- Fxtraordinary and likewise said there was a roman and an italic line substituted Nearly sever. years afterwards , i the Embassy at Paris . , and .vas Madridnvoyom fr February, 1840, one for the other. The overseers were oharged with the I Minister Plenipotentiary at one set of papers, and Mr, Malden tiiith the other. I e tc November, 1843. He reeeivea can acturning to England, the Order of the Bath on e time 1 did not dis- nomma- say so. The inquiry then closed TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHBEN TIMES, , I regret that the foregoing enquiry bad terminated on my arrival at the Public ' at .5.1,5 p.m. tbis after= noon, inasmuch as I had no opportunity of the evidence given by the witness pared to do upon oath, had I been aka to mat. the Board- room in timE entpltati= I take leave to assure you, and the public cally, that the papers which Mr. James printed for me were " nomination papers," and not " voting papers" as alleged by Moore.---I am, sir, your's respectfully,. RICHARD HOLDEN.- 2, Elliot-street, Liverpool, 10th May, 1859. ALARMING COLLISION OF RAILWAY TRAINS IN A TUNNEL. An accident of an alarming nature occurred on Friday afternoon last, in the tunnel on the Lancashire and York shire Railway, between Bradford and Low Moor. It appears that a few minutes after the 3.25 passenger train left Bradford for Manchester, it was followed by an empty train, whose destination was Low Moor. On the latter train reaching the Low Moor tunnel, instead of being signalled to halt at the top until the first train had passed through, the engine-driver was allowed to go' on, and the consequence was that the empty train rats into the 'Manchester train at a • spot about three hundred yards from the other end of the tunnel, which is a mile in length. The Manchester train consisted of one first, and two second class carriages, a van; and the engine and tender. One of the second class carriages was driven against the engine with such force that the buffers were smashed, and a portion of the ,fit-e& ravviairA was broken. while the bodies James Hoyle, the engine-driver of the passenger train , was thrown down, and the guard, Joseph Firth, who was seated in his box at the moment of the collision, had his head forced quite through a window. Both men, however, escaped with only a few scratches. There were about forty pas sengers in the train. They were thrown violently against each other, and, as may be supposed, were in a state of great alarm. The engine was detached from the carriage next to it, but the driver stopped it, and the engine of the empty train having b-e-21 - 1 also stopped, the whole train was soon brought to a stand. None of the carriages had been thrown off the line, and by fastening the engine to a bar of the broken carriage the train was taken forward to Law- Moor. Mr. Todd, the station-master at Low Moor, and the. engine-driver of a Leeds train which was waiting there had begun to suspect that an accident had taken place, in con sequence of the Manchester train being about ten minutes behind its time, and the appearance of the train verified their suspicions. 'Mr. Todd and the servants of the company at the station assisted the passengers from the carriages, and found that they had all suffered more or less injury. With the exception of one gentleman, however, they were all able to proceed on their journey, and after a delay of about twenty minutes, went forward in another train, under the charge of the guard, driver, and stoker of the disabled one. The gentleman referred to is Mr. Maude, painter, .of Brad ford. His upper lip was severely cut, and his whole frame was seriously shaken, but none of his bones were broken. Some friends who were returning to Bradford by a train which came up sometime afterwards took charge of him at the station, and he was removed to. the :Commercial Bradford, where Mr. Steel, .surgeon, attended him,. after: which he was conveyed to his own home. On inquiry yesterday, our reporter was informed that Mr. Maude had suffered considerable pain about his back, shoulders, and left arm, and was still very unwell, but that the injuries he has received are not thought to be of a dangerous character. Mr. Steel continues to attend him, and he has also been visited by a medical gentleman employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Cempaily, Neither the engine-driver nor the stoker of the empty tram which came into collision with the passenger trf!in o. e o us; tamed any injury. The acciden t "..a& entirely owi ng breach of the rule laid dow n b y the railway company which requires that train enbefore an te i r o i i i i i e g r t h i e s tu al n i n o e w l e s d ha t l o A enter. sl,s l have passed quite through man is employed at -, each end of the tunnel t e :i7 r o- y b to ensure the observance of this -Ask, and though they both maintain that they signalled properly in this instance, yet one of them must certainly ha ire neglected his duty, or the accident could not have happened. The two ,men are in the service of the Great Northern Compony.—Leeds Meremry. ',"„ e ilif r B,°°° aSU "3 ioe Al of ;ter lie ces ooll to tile lig elice of the —,lO Risi °ll fig lit i . relic) 2 8 th ti l ' - icith tio n; .el i 3 :1,;c11