The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE The Tieusual weekly meeting of this committee was held 47 o ()clock yesterday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. other members present were —Messrs. Rankin, 011,,Ter, Robinson, Brocklebank, Halhead, Mann, Bold, Aar, aubback, Rathbone, Mondell, Smith, and Holme. t ild ers were r ecommended and accepted from Messrs. Etattann 4 MI Co. for fire bricks and fire clay; from Messrs from °on and 0., for various of nails ; a ~1 ? Messrs., JamesC Bland and Co. for kinds Dantzic timber. nd Th e harbour masters' committee reported the death, Vc'tvning, of John C raggs, gateman o f S andon D oe k . Ilied l3 „ l an Was submitted for enclosing th e ea st side of the tokki m Pon the e as t quay of the Huskisson Dock, and tk a g a transit shed at the south end, at a cost of about ,-, h e f „_ titer , _ oa irman stated that, with respect to the two to s ued of the Bramley-Moore Dock which was referred do C l it nnittee of work s t o carry ou t, on p rocee di ng to *hieht n ° committ ee go t p l ans from the surveyor, by dim e t hey found th a t th ere woul d b e a very considerable the tos ea' eu'Y i n working the l ower s t ory , i n consequence of ati er of i ron columns which the surveyor advised dista'so lute ly. necessary. The columns were to stand at a the og ee fr om each oth er o f 12 f eet one way and 15 feet coloe; e t The sub- comm i t t ee o f works considered that . 11 ° asl 4SO pl would most materiallol6o render it aced advisable that interfere the matter should be >agsteconsidered. It was, therefore, sent to the . harbour ty, w r he ommittee, who considered the quethon yester liwi4i, he understood it was unanimously not to go 4 gtlio e to Plan previously proposed. The subject would , 13,1 e before the dock committee. 40 'll'Aathbone said the chairman was somewhat in error. tocotit4Blteeitateeela. si" was Therecome to by the harbour masters' . was a feeling of that kind ; but, in e e - of the absence of the chairman, no decision comeD t. " Del litil said the decision would be come to next k _ h e ' ll4 to Chairman said he was not present himself, having t old t o l t .tend the council, and only stated what had been ithe r Zicl observed that the committee had got into irti c i , ti e u r a : i l, Practice It was, that the chairman of the b'te d had id not leave . .to the chairmen of the several e to explain what their . proceedings were, i b looliZ l Tl the ease when he was previously a member of ti o l t oto — to 'i t t t e e c e - It was customary for the chairman of each 1 )4 , 0 _44 4 :or some member in his absence, to explain tt i :ol. to his committee. He thought . it would be titDr go back to the former practice, and have ,tler °e t e li ed ings conducted in rather a more formal r v ia ,' an at present. The reason he mentioned bp,, - "' that some irregularity took place in 'tetf,s—e,eedings which were recorded of the last urt out one and GI dstone mentioned the subject aYs ago, r. a h ht it th e e th e _go, he t oug would be better to t_oitair ! r oceedings conducted . as in the council, that )741:10t a s of each snb-committee should, in as short a o ° dregs ne thought fit move e confirmation of the ih",,gs_of `sub-cOmmittee, and some other member it i th e motion. A case occurred, a meeting or two r e did i tti r it was complained by Mr. Rathbone that 4 3 84 . to b ta k now the question had been put. He did- not coto.ss. Me the chairman, who devoted his time to the I; % bef e 7 t ees in a way that no other chairman had ever th t ." o , tot e • The chairman's successor might not do the h werght not have the time on his hands, rd,.althoug h were not likely to lose the chairman, still it was a itiLaP iz t h eQede should therefore recommend, %Ztthey t ' and he the to that 'uhat thee w.c.as.nothing shouldme hairmanor some othermember of each uthe r explain a nd move its proceedings, and tk et ,e e6.lnember second the motion. (Hear, hear.) tli`toe m .7 l c, Man said it had been his practice, since he tob. - mairo l general committee, to attend all set, eo ,_ an of the ked th a r uttees as much as possible, because . he con_ tiOs h that way . he should best discharge the be et , au to perform. He had, also, from ve t r i a m l to e sub tienittoorecillested by the chairman of . these thOrto tor ,s, to mention matters occurring in their different %t ' it . He quite agreed, however, with Mr. Bold, b of Itlitt be much better the chairman of the ti t ees °I• 0 would explain and propose the proceedings opthiktilat7 departments. Of course Mr. Bold did not k t littm :Y h should explain every recommendation for Matters ? ttl7notic:e.Oh, certainly not ; only anything calling for k t 111 ): al fs h ,lad said when he attended the first or second 1 00 ve's,`.tnarine sub-committee he was ver much ite;', (lof t ‘l,,e irregularity of their proceedings. It seemed tad re ps in the discretion of the chairman what they 64 hlrort to the general committee. There was to 44,,1114"MA from the marine surveyor, which tpeitig h alost important, on the subject of the telegraph, tit: 4 the ew many days the telegraph had communicated )poltoe„ seaboard to the land, and from Holyhead to 1 04 - I,_`ed - I ;'.,h,_°W may days it was at work, how many it t, i k , ot o 4'uout any stoppage whatever, and a . vai ant t c 0t0,,,. that kind which he thought it most impor Lht s *„ should know. He ventured to sug,est that rho r ed a ;„" so important it should be printed and cir- Etoagrlt the committee. That was not, however, Itteti-4% G Z l ,, v isable or proper—at all events until Ods rla r`us had expired. Very likely there were good do,"lve that reservation, but he should hardly like la leot." r esponsibility of the withholding of that hth Ch,• te k :: -Irtnan said that was a different matter Ito -00 -- As t.":l w hat Mr. Bold had suggested. .M . r. Halhe a at I , Wo u o n t , l , l te es go to the extent of depriving the su - kVURbt beanny discretion as to what papers were to p. .before the committee. I;ll(l,ll,allt„,ae.,klebank said the answer to the remarks of °4 " l , o Be' al. Was that tip , . report was only for six . mrths Nen' Sun; mer mOnths, and therefore as itw ou ld . I t itdpi Partial report, the sub-committee considered it he 7 eto Wait. :W t hr " °no said it was an important document,.and lir to s agre ed with Mr. Halhead that the committee tiobl4oeet.t. 4 i h eo e p ullit zeleebank : It ' ls recorded in the minutes of the I. tIlL 4 gtt lll t e r • then dropped, and the general business ' a lm „ ----- — 'teur de l'Armee Pi tl th ''s t ' l :,`"om St• P t rsburgh, in the Mont . a for erecting OTlete-14"„the subsceripetion opened in an d soldiers killed at 'l'il:qop o 'i',.' to the Russian o f a e n o d oo 0 silver roubl es. . 41 410 114 "18 produced a sum of as be has is to consist of a vast funeral chapel, wh ich s Ri 4 q the t rueted at the end of the cemetery. Th d oil i t4 tit , . , officers killed, and Akbi"'s W { l o took part in the struggle, will be inscribed those of the corps . an 2ttitttlt,c'orbblaek marble. klb• Iliti ko .AN ASsAssm.—A le tter / from Belgrade, of the Nie4, tltt 4 Ili the Leipsic Gazet e, st t a o tes that an Austrian It 4 1 t i ll i nsti e r ri r At • IT ' who hod flednd had gr aq, b.._eetion or Prague, a by England d ard i s n l settled' B4 liu,, s etit t , , ',-ts jit , t been arrested , the Austrian consulate, Nltitort linvistria. ft appeal' that he had obtained .tish 441,1 wi liler frandulent pretences, m ttit z belie ve 'Pv his protection ahimnd that at e a t h h s e e.q ß a r; , ate.. It , 4 11, 1 :11 iti u tb t e o r e b . o e r the oandi ti di . notc. I a t a ssassinbe the for Princess murder, W liolait Q.ltea-,...ellegeent. • ha,ttletit .'"4ILAnE IN ThotiGATS.—This extensive estab tc-;iltilatt'Lteueerloloasatagorgrits thing of the kin d . in ..''cotland, The other evening, when o th e t.e 4tOettlate,°;ere opene d , and the interior splendours_ ow f e. th e *titi!stat c , itt.e'ealed, a perfect stream of customers aon_nue continued d d to flow, ikiltl.tlie -:„.elPticious recesses, and . lia , s . ti !liittklritaillaelterizle hours, ever sine, , , tim wh e ' te:t re4„gazers has, at the 80.1" -he . crowd in u ed of to t ittMrdi e ,:u. the vestibule. The place has ' been fitted up ile co a nt 414 0 e NI ) p .nse, 1 ' '4 °F el " a n d the apartments, upwards of s itte qk l'etriettt er 'are all heated by steam pipes, a marked 'lle ,Ihei t i 11 P0u the themnuerousroofed, ill ventilated, tli p lace ~,,,ng houses in vicinity. and On bout seven o'clock Saturday evening 4 t1 )1 rtin , , 4118 cr owded in every part, The (I `) , 4` haq ,: )I 'n the establishment was so a great that a Con. . 1 41 e *l4 t fo , the waiters le ' \ ‘'r ' 0 he procured to keep back the crowd. T \ 4,,, p 7111,8 e r about h alf an hour,toenable to . get a place." li t 4 11ri e • vho we,re fortunate enough h a ititt 'B4 Arail. )og, Alsiti Low Cituncir.--ST. NICII . OLAS COLLEG g, tlh lAlz. tw.tot, 1.---011 "fu,:`Cday a public tt,ardil a 1,0" the purpose ~.!' meeting was held in appealing t , ,-, ; Boarding fit the sons far raising' a large WE. , '''.. _. i n connexion .6kllN't. N ich o l s (3f t he "lower middle ciass h e e s, School T nroposed objec . ' l td bp hs C >liege Shoreham. A th e " High 4:li,(l`l,toa,„e Islelelejtions of difference b a e a t d we t e he t meeting: po a s . h tt % t o it ions of the church The 4 4 4' 3 4 ";'i3 . R . li e th e r e o u u % l h b e• Lord Robert Cecil presided. , Church„ t eof a n the ICC' elle ' I)\'' h' We ' l violently oPpos .... r very stormy chars i, tqil I n ,1 pattisans eting, the Rev. m . 11' 4tcl 1. le enuro° of the me 1 - establishing St. 4e, I l t. 5 ( 1 a portion of the deed estab le_ of the , t ' bEtv:" lou.ported to be 'executed on the 4th of April, 4 ir Part, e en the R Ni c h olas Woodard. 1, , 04 a rid /1 , , - • Right Hon. yrovost, t rit t) ll jlatt. -Wert Arthur G. Talbot Cecil,..r Henry ' t 11, an 1 i s 'il, Alexander James Beresio a Hope, liiri rlglaild( John Jelleher Hubbard, governor of the Bank 'AN ` 3 , et /t i of the other part, and it sets forth St. Nicholas :tlik,. ka,3l'"'ed under the name and title of ' ting brio •ta t)ri . 71, tor tbc, roma that_ t a society purpo se of extending and pm" and 411 01 P c her Afajest . 's dominions in the do9tri it wNic,,,the church 3 the same are set forth in the . Bo ok Mr. Woodard, . It ' l4 h -" ' r raYer as on being questioned as 1 6 ) ) !Ilc i sP' au ricul . tlin'eh h lve t _ riar confession was p s ractised at the college, only one resolution, tlzeq.as moo e d Rb sorer. There Wa Chichester (bishop of the k hO be tw e , l , t , I vas as follows << " There being a numerous 04: of ea who are educated at public foundation nar national t,qtp;'-rek)l`ve country and those who attend t 11 tl - I.'' -1, e t ,d, that it is desirable to supp ly the de th Nit t rue. T h ' en ni carried by a grea 1 / 4 . I- b 0 this s hoat -rn d ent was moved condemnatory t keitr'44 441idet e a mendment was ( 4 , l,„ o teti rr ,, , peering,c.. hisses, t and confusion. I . he e, 44 ,`, l : ri b, g-I'til disgust , and N Paul Foskett ascending .artrry:"rt on the meet i ng r. to thank God . for the at the meeting were dil i tett iw°f C arn ill ar e v ng the speakerssford Hope, Mr. Paul 11 4 ' 10. 1 % P et ° ll , Mr. Beresford assemblage. PPeerst ers and others. A more tumultuous an has rarely taken place. i HEALTH COMMITTEE-YESTERDAY, Before the business of the meeting was proceeded with, Mr. Stitt stated that Mr. Thin (the party summoned for rates on the ground that he had refused to compound, and in whose favour the magistrates decided) had called on him, and informed him that he had told the collector, when called on, that he would compound for the rates. It was agreed that the collector should attend the committee next week, and that Mr. Price, if he so pleased, might then confront him, when the committee would hear both statements. The Town Clerk reported that he had been informed by one of the magistrates clerks that Mr. Price's cave had been decid , (I in his favour, because of special circumstances connected with it. He was, therefore, of opinion that the decision in the case did not rule a general principle, and recommended that the other summonses against parties who (lid not compound should be proceeded with. Mr. M'Gowan stated, in reference to these cases, that when the act first came into operation, counsel's opinion was taken as to the fulness and completeness of the notices served on owners of cottage property. The usual placard and notices were p'aced before counsel, and he was asked whether a disregard of them might he presumed to amount to a refusal to compound without personal service or personal request and denial. His reply was, " I think sufficient has been done to sustain the required proof of refusal to compound, and no further steps on that head are necessary.' The committee directed that the other summonses should be proceeded with. If the magistrates should hold that personal request and personal refusal are necessary to 'constitute a refu sal to compound, the town clerk will then advise on the steps which may be necessary to be taken under the circumstances. A FRACAS " MUSICALE." The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held at half "MY HEART Is Tr!'FiE !"—About one of the richest and rarest scenes we have witnessed for many a long day we past two o'clock yesterday, in the Town Hall, Mr. Alderman beheld yesterday in the Police Court, before Messrs. W. Dover in the chair. Earle and J. Stewart. It would have done more to cure Other members present—Messrs. Beckwith, Godfrey, Sheil, a dy s p e psi an than half a hundred weight of pills, and if Holden, Crosthwaita, Tinne, Johns on , A n th on y, Daydock, any unfortunate sufferer from that disease happened to be Stitt, and A. C. Stewart, present, we are sure he will feel very . much improved this morning. Mr. John Vinning, a gentleman of some musi cal celebrity, summoned Mr. John Lawtou, of 71, Gill street, for unlawfully detaining " certain goods, to wit, four hundred and eighty nine pieces of music, one masonic certificate, and various other articles," to the value of " twelve pounds and ten shillings, contrary and so forth." Mr. Pemberton appeared for the complainant, and after consulting both his client and the defendant, he addressed the bench, and said from the conversation and the arrangements that were likely to be arrived at, he thought it advisable to ask for a postponement• for a week for the benefit of both parties. He then retired to speak with the defendant, when Mr. Vinning came up to the reporter's table, and in rather a hurried manner, said, " Shall I go on with this case ? Will you advise me ?" The gentle men thus addressed, informed him of their inability to give him any information or advice, as they were in a state of blissful ignorance of the "premises " in dispute. He then asked them if tnev would like to have the defendant " properly shown up ?" as he was the boy that could do it. He asked several other equally absurd questions, and at last solicited their opinion if it would not be of the utmost importance to the whole earth and the inhabitants thereof, to have the fellow "shown up ?" Failing in his attempt to extract an opinion on so mighty a matter, as that which concerns the happiness of so many millions of our fellow creatures, the gentleman, after musing a while in silence, tapped his boot top, with a richly mounted cutting whip, curled the corner of his moustache with the other hand, and—sat down. Mr. Pemberton again entered the court, arid said it was very much for the benefit of his client that the case should be postponed, and he wouldadvise him to adopt that course. Mr. Vinning: No; I must show the fellow up, for the benefit of mankind. Mr. Pemberton : You sent to my office for me in order to consult and take my advice in this affair. I advise you to have the case postponed, as it will be very much to your benefit; and if you refuse this advice, I will have nothing more to do with it. Mr. Vinning : I wish to go on. Mr. Pemberton: Then I go off. (He left the court.) Mr. Vinning, : Come back—l ask, I implore you to come back —come back as a gentleman—come back as a man—hah. you wont ; well then T go on myself. Here he rushed into the witness box, and addressing the magistrates, he said, " See that fellow (Mr. Lawton) who stands before you in the form of a man—he is not a man. (Loud laughter.) (Albeit, Mr. Lawton is a very gentlemanly looking man, and his conduct before the court proved him to be such.) He pretends to be a great friend of an illegitimate daughter of Mr. Wybergh : This has nothing to do with the case—has he any property of yours ? Mr. Vinning : Property of mine, sir ? I pre sume he has, sir—music, sir, music. Mr. Earle : Prove he has property of yours. Mr. Vinning : Why, sir, there is Queen Victoria, and ah, but what says Robert Burns ? " A man's a man for a' that !" He then sat down on a chair, took out a small note book, and began to turn over the leaves in rapid succession, ever and anon casting looks of indignation and despera tion at the defendant, now and then ejaculating, "Beggar," " scoundrel," " ruffian." Queen Victoria sent—yes, let me see—here it is—no it's not—l thought I had it—that beggar there—my song. Mr. Wybergh asked him if the defendant had a song of his, and he replied he had, and the sovereigns, too, and added, with great simplicity—l want the sovereigns. All. ha! I have found it; here it is—not yet. In reply to the magistrates he said he was looking for proof in the book, in defendant's handwriting, that he had the property. Mr. Lawton : Oh, I admit that I got a few copies of a song from him. Mr. Vinning : Ha, ha ; do you ? Just give me five minutes longer. The magistrates consented. Complainant : See, now, there it is—l have got in three minutes. (To the defendant): Do you know what lyre is ? That's a musical instrument ; but liar—that's you—another sort of instru ment. Mr. Earle : We want proof that he has some of your property. Complainant: Oh! you want proof, do you ? I can give you plenty; every one in the world knows it. Hero I am, sent from an asylum without a penny in my pocket, and he has all my property, and may be ,e3O or some hundreds, for all I know, belonging to me. The defendant begged to say that there was some music written by complainant, but he got it printed in London and paid for it, and it was his own property. Complainant : Oh ; ha, :ha—do you think Jeffery will support you now ? Defendant : I am paying .e 2 lOs a week for Mr. Vinning's support at present. Mr. Vinning : LI A It—LIAR I (To the Bench): Is not that plain talking? Mr. Stewart: It is plain, certainly ; but giv , us proof he has any of your property. Mr. Vininng : Why, I have made it as clear—as the old women say in Devonshire, and do you know what they say ?—it's as clear as mud ; c (pally, fully, and fairly have I proved to you—my case is as clear as mud. To defendant : Your poor old mother seems— Mr. E srle (to Mr. Lawton): Have you paid more money for Mr. Vinning than you have received on his account ? I have, sir, ten times over. Mr. Vinning : You're a liar, sir, and that's plain language. Mr. Earle : Very plain, indeed. Mr. Vining : Just listen (to the bench), and I'll tell you what to do ; make an order to have us two shut up in solitary confinement together, in the same room, for about one week, and then you'll see the end of it all. Their worships utterly declined to make such an admirable order. Mr. Vinning went on to 'say that the world was in a blaze about his beautiful song " My heart is thine," and every day letters came to him from the four winds of heaven for copies, but he had none to send. The magis trates said they must dismiss the case. Mr. Vinning : Then I'll swear my life against him, so now fork out your bail, my boy, The magistrates : The case is dismissed. The defendant retired, and Mr. Vinning sat down, tapping his boot with the whip. During the above the people in court were convulsed with laughter. SERVICES AT RHYL CHURCH TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES be hang'd, if " Some busy and insinu. some cogging, cozening, slave, have the invidious paragraphs which have recently appeared in the NoRTHERN TIMES, in reference to the change of services in Rhyl Church. I am in no way connected with the parsOn, who is (rite capable of defending himself, were he at home ; but I do not like to see a man abused be hind his back, There can he but one opinion about the Church services here—that they are most efficiently, and most praiseworthily per formed. Thousands will bear witness to it ! acing ingite not devised I believe that the notices emanate either from some person who never attends religious worship in the church, or from some selfish Anglo-Saxon resident who is anxious to deprive the Welsh inha bitants of the privilege of having once, and only once a month, a morning service in their own language, previous to the administration of the Sacrament. Once a month there was of necessity an early English service at half past nine on this account ; but, since the ordination of a curate to Rhyl, we have had a concurrent English service in the Town Hall on Welsh Sacra ment Sundays. Perhaps the dissatisfied party would have been better pleased if the morning English Service, on this particular day, had been entirely dispensed with ; in that case, how many hundreds would have been disappointed? Three full services, and sometimes four on Sunday, is an arduous undertaking. Let those persons who complain that the accommodation to carry them out is not. sufficient, come forward gene. rously, and help to create a fund to build a church for the English, so that the Welsh, who have been unfairly driven from their place of worship, may listen to the Word of God twice on Sunday in a language understood by the people. The incumbent has his consolation. A great master mind has said, " Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny."— Yours, &e , FAIR PLAY. Rhyl, Dec. 1 NOVEL AND DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY IN TARLTON STREET. The "science of robbery " is becoming more and more developed as the "Ticket of leave men'' are extended—as there is hardly any outrage in which ono of these " gentry" will be found wanting, and although, at present, there is no certainty that the following outrage was committed by one or more of these " free brothers " the police strongly suspect that some of the " Cracksmen " on " furlough" are mixed up in the affair. At the early hour of 7on Wednesday evening, some persons went to the door of a watch maker's shop in Tarlton street, and by the assistance of a strong rope, made the door fast outside, so that no one from within could come out, This done, they deliberately broke a square of glass in the window, with the view of extracting watches and other valuable property therefrom. The people in the shop at once rushed to the door, but here they were foiled, for the reason stated. They, however, succeeded in raising an alarm, and some persons in the street coming up, the robbers fled without being able to carry off any property. The notion of tying the door is new, and worthy of a `• ticket of leave man," but until the " ticket " system is put a stop to, there can bo no real security for life or property. SARDINIA AND THE WESTERN Powmas.—A letter from Turin, in the Constitutionnel, says :--‘• Much attention has been excited luxe by ' the precipitate journey to this city of the Marqui s do Villamarina S ar dinian Miaister to the Court of P ar i s . I t appears that his object was to have precise instructions, in case a coolness between the 'Western Powers should make any change in the relations which bind the Sardinian court to those Powers." COUNTY COURT .-YESTERDAY Mr. Conway presiled in this court yesterday, in the absence of Mr. Pollock, the judge. FERNIHOITGR v. CARNE.—In" this case, Mr. Ferni hough, publican, of Tranmere, sought to recover from Mr. P. Carne, cooper, Redcross street, the sum of £lO, upon an I. 0. U. The plaintiff's collector deposed that defendant had admitted the debt in his presence. Mr. Anderson appeared for the defence, which he rested Upon the fact that the debt was a gambling transaction. The defendant was examined, and deposed that, in May, 1854, he was at the Chester races and went into a boo , h, kept on the course by the plaintiff a^d his brother. There was gambling going on, and the plaintiff induced hi-n to play at roulette, and won from him £lO, for which he gave the 1 0. U., on which the plaintiff now sought to recover. As the plaintiff's collector could not disprove this statement, a verdict was given for the defendant. IMPORTATION OF MEXICAN FIBRE.—KERFORD V. MAX • WELL —ln this case. Mr. George Briscoe Kefford was the plaintiff, and Mr. James Maxwell, broker, 6, Rum ford pla c e, defendant. The amount claimed wa s £24 l9a. id. The action involved a question of considerable importance, being brought to decide the amount of tare to be allowed upon Mexican fibre, an article of very recent introduction into the commerce of Liverpool. Mr. Ander son appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. "lime for the defen dant. Mr. Anderson, in stating the case for the plain iff, said the article in question was a very recent importation into the port of Liverpool. It was, he believed, a species of hemp of a very superior quality. It was used in the manufacture of a great number of articles in which hemp could not be used, such, for instance, as ladies' crinoline petticoats. (Laughter.) The war with Russia was the means of causing the article to he im ported into Liverpool, because, when the hemp could not he Otained from the Baltic, this, by the ingenuity of British merchants, was brought into the country. The subject, matter of dispute, in this case, was very simple. It appeared, so far as he could learn, that the first, importation of this Mexican fibre took place into Liverpool in the month of Jane, 1855, when a consider— able lot was sold by the Messrs. Hirrison and Co., through their own brokers. It appeared that upon that occasion, the tare upon the article was charged at the rate of 4 per cwt. As it was a new importation, having, of course, no fixed tare, the brokers, it would appear, made a calculation according to the scale in use regarding hemp coming in what were termed canvassed hales, on which, according to the brokers' regulations of Liver pool, a tare of 4 per cwt, was allowed. His client bad, accordingly, upon a former occasion, allowed 4 per cwt., but on a subsequent occasion he allowed only 2 per cwt., when the fibre came in what were termed roped bales. The arrival of fibre in reference to which the present action was brought, took place in August last. It was sold to the defendant to arrive on the 21st of July, but it did not arrive until the latter end of August, by the Iris. The sales contract was worded " Messrs. James Maxwell and Co , we have this day sold to you with the customary allowances, and public sales' pro visions, the following goods, See." The defendant charged four per cwt. tare upon the bales, which the plaintiff contended should only pay two per cwt.., being satisfied that four per cwt. was much above the actual tare. The question, therefore, turned upon the point whether the defendant was entitled to charge four per cwt. Mr. Anderson contended that the rule according to which roped hemp was charged two per cwt. tare, should apply to these hales. He stated that he would prove by evidence in the first instance, that such a dis tinction prevailed in the instance of hemp roped and canvassed. Then, that this fibre was dealt with on the same scale, and finally, that the bales in question were roped bales. He added, that although the matter in dispute was trifling, yet it assumed considerable importance in consequence of the number of cases which would be affected by this decision. Mr. Benjamin lames Lawrence, broker, deposed :—That the importation of Mexican Were came under his notice for the first time, in June,' 1855. The custom, when a new article is introduced, is to take the tare from a similar article in the book. In that instance, it was found on referring to the book where the tares are kept, that hemp was tared at 4 per cwt.; and the same scale was adopted for the Mexican fibre. Canvassed hemp is allowed 4 per ewt e t but roped hemp is allowed 2 per cwt. only. Jute is dealt with on a similar scale. The bales of Mexican fibre brought by the Iris—the subject of the preseut action—were not actually what are called canvassed. They el ere partly roped, but these had a little canvass. A canvass bale is completely canvassed On looking at the present bales, I would have thought 2 per cwt. the proper tare, and that he would not he acting as a broker,—fairly to his principal—if he allowed 4 per cwt. To the Court : The tare upoc this ar ticle is not established by universal custom ; it is only experimental. The bales came from a place where there is no means of packing them a regular size. To Mr. flime Haig allowed 41bs. per cwt. himself, but is not aware whether other brokers have allowed it. Several other witnesses were called —among others, the ware houseman of the Albert Dock, who corrobo-oted the evidence as regards the taring of hemp and jute, and deposed that the bales produced were what are called roped, not canvassed. He also stated that except by special agreement there is no intermediate tare in such eases between 4 per cwt, and 2 per cwt. Does not know of any custom as regards Mexican fibre, the article being of such recent introduction, and so few parcels arriving. Should think that the custom applying to Manilla hemp would apply to the Mexican fibre, the articles being of precisely similar character Mr. Hime contended that there was a well established custom in the case of Mexican fibre, distinct from that of hemp and jute, and that this custom was to charge. 4 per cwt. tare upon all bales, without any reference to their being canvassed or roped. To prove this statement Maxwell, the defendant, Mr. Leet, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Tunstall, Mr. Hodgkins, and other witnesses were called, who d e p ose d that on bales such as those prod uce d 4 p er cwt w as charged. His Honour gave a verdict for the defendant, stating that he held the system of charging 4 per cwt. upon the fibre to be established. But even if that custom were not so established he observed that he should hold that the article wee to be dealt with on the same scale as Manille hemp, on which 4 per cwt was charged when canvassed, and he held that the bales produced were canvassed bales. POLICE INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL, BEFORE MESSRS. W. EARLE AND J. STEWART, CHARGE AGAINST MR. NASH. —On behalf of George Nash, who was remanded on Saturday, on a charge of having travelled on a forged railway ticket (an account of which appeared in our paper of Monlay), Mr. Camp bell applied that the prisoner should be admitted to bail. The case, as it appeared to him, was one only of misdemeanour, and not of felony, and therefore he was entitled to bail. Mr Berry, for the railway company, said the case was one of a very serious nature. The charge of travelling on the railway without a ticket was one of minor importance, but the serious portion of the charge consisted in forging and uttering an obsolete form of ticket, that had been issued to a different person so long ago as 1840, and this constituted a serious offence. He would oppose the application. Mr. Stewart said, when the case came to be thoroughly investigated before the magistrates, perhaps bail would not be required. The prisoner stood remanded only to Saturday, and if the magistrates granted the application, the prisoner could not be brought up before to-morrow (Friday), so therefore it would not be worth while granting it for one d iy. The application was therefore refused, The persons employed by Government to see how many people enter the Paris B purse in a day counted 10,270 on Friday. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—One of those tetribll oc currences at which human nature shudders happened at Oakham, near Lincoln, a few ago, to a labourer named George Pawlett, who was employed by Mr. Burn, of the Mark.-t place, druggist, in the prepara tion of a quantity of vanish in which turpentine and asphaltum were used ; it is supposed that, while in the act of taking the boiling combustible off the fire, or in some other mole, he spilt some portion into the fi re as we ll as on his clothes. He was immediately enveloped in flames, and assistance not being at hand effectually to extinguish them (though a charwoman who was employed in Mr. Burn's kitchen promptly threw a large worsted shawl over him) it was not until he had, in this state, crawled on his hands and feet down a passage of considerable length, and thus reached the Market place, that the fire was extin guished. The fire engines were promptly en the spot, so that the fire on the premises was preveuted extending, and Mr. William Keol, surgeon, being at hand, tried every remedy for the alleviatifm and restoraion of the pour man which professional skill and experience could suggest, but without much hope, from the first, of saving his life ; and, indeed, he only survived the dreadful burns in every part of his body a few hours, expiring between 6 and 7 o'clock on the same evening, It is due to Mr. Burn, who is greatly distressed by the occurrence, to state that no blame what ever attaches to him, Pawlett having been in the habit of frequently boiling turpentine and other things for him in the warehouse ; and his k'nduess to the poor sufferer during the period of his intense agony was unremitting; indeed, everything was done for him by all which skill and huma nity could devise. The deceased was a widower (aged 33), and has left a destitute orphan child to lament his untimely end. The corpse was said to present such a spectacle as has been rarely witnessed. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. HEALTH OF THE TOWN The Medical Officer of Health reported that during the week ending 29th of November, the number of deaths regis tered i❑ the borough were 209; of which 144 were in the parish, and 65 in the out townships. This is about the average mortality of the same week of the preceding eight yea's, but if allowance be made for increase of population, it shows a decrease of 20 in the last week. From zymotic or epidemic diseases there were 49 deaths, the average of the same week of former years being 67. They included from scarletina, 13 ; measles, 10 ; typhus, 6 ; croup, 6 ; hopping cough; 3. Two infants, and a sailor, aged 40, died of smallpox, without previous vaccination. Diseases of the lungs caused 8) deaths, of which 55 were from bronchitis and inflamation, and 20 from consumption. Of the 209 who died from all causes, 119 were males, and 90 females. 110 were below five years of age, 13 between five and fifteen, and 72 between 15 and 60 ; and 13 only above 60 years of age. The temperature varied much throughout the week; be. ginning more than eight degrees above the average, falling to seven degrees below it by the middle of the week, again rising and falling to a still lower point. The mean was 42 9 10 degrees. The highest temperature was 53 2-10 degrees on Monday ; the lowest 31 6-10 degrees on Saturday. On Sunday and Monday, the horizontal motion of the air was 1663 miles. Rain fell on every day except Friday and Satur day, the total amount being 94-100ths. of an inch. A complaint was made on Monday last, that the body of a mln named Albert, who had died about a fortnight ago in Barlow street, Kirkdale, was remaining unburied The Inspector and Mr. Ainsley went there forthwith, and found the body encased i❑ a shell, well pitched inside, with a plate of glass inserted in the lid to show the face of the body. Although the body so far as could be seen through the glass was in a state of decomposition, yet so well was the shell secured that no unpleasant smell could he perceived. The reasons for keeping the body in this way were alleged to be twofold—the first to get the attendance of some friends of deceased from Glasgow, and in the second the want of sufficient pecuniary means wherewith to inter the body in the respectable way in which the father wanted it buried. The health officers made the utmost remonstrances in their power to expedite the burial, which, in the absence of smell, was all they could do in the present state of the law. The inspector of nuisances has not met with a case resembling this in an official expetionce extending over these twenty years in Liverpool ; but in London it is known that somewhat similar cases have occurred. The deceased, whose wife had separated from him for some time, has left three children, the eldest of whom, a boy, is about twelve years of age. When Mr: Fresh visited the house on Tuesday night, there were but the three children in it, the other inmates being engaged abroad. The body was buried yesterday at three o'clock in the afternoon, in St. Mary's Cemetery, Kirkdale. It appears that there is no law to compel the interment of bodies within a certai❑ time after death, and that the sanitary officers cannot interfere until it become a nuisance, The Deputy Town Clerk (Mr. McGowan) observed that it was a general practice in London. RATING OF THE ATHEN/EUM AND LYCEUM, A desultory conversation took place in reference to the rating of these buildings. Eventually, it was resolved, on the suggestion of Mr. Tinne, that formal application should be made to the managers for the rates, and that on refusal they s h o uld he summoned before the magistrates. If the magis trates held, contrary to Lord Campbell's decision, that they were exempted from rates, the committee would decide whether or not the case should be taken to the Queen's Bench. The question of appointing a general purposes sub-committee was again introduced by Mr Johnson ; when it was resolved on his motion, seconded by Mr. Beckwith, that such sub committee should be appointed, and that it consist of Messrs. Johnson, Beckwith, Robertson Gladstone, Anthony, Stitt, and the chairman and deputy chairman. The sub committee will meet every Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, at Cornwallis street offices. In reference to claims for damage through flooding, to the amount of £lB2 from the occupants of the " Union vaults," and " Brunswick vaults," in Queen Anne street, the borough engineer reported that the immediate cause of th flooding was the shutting of the clap of the Sefton street sewer by the dock committee. It was ordered that a copy of the report should be forwarded to the dock committee. In reference to a claim for damage to a horse and cart,which fell into a hole in Simpson street, the borough engineer reported that the committee were in no way to blame for the accident. It was resolved that the sub committee should confer with the finance committee in reference to the new post office in Dale street, as ordered by the council at its last meeting. A letter from Mr. Edward Brancker, complaining of perse cution under the smoke nuisance act, was referred to Mr. Beckwith. This concluded the business HOW VIRTUE IS DESTROYED, AND CHEATING PRACTISED. At the Marlborough street Police Court, London, a day or two ago. Vincent Debron Brown, a foreigner, living at 84, Norton street, was summoned before Mr. Beadon, for detaining some wearing apparel, the pro perty of Henry Axam. The complainant stated that the clothes in question belonged to his daughter Fanny, a girl about 16 years of age, who had left her home, and had been found by him living in the defendant's house. He ascertained that the defendant's house was an accommodation house, and that his daughter was living there in a disreputable manner. He per suaded his daughter to return home, and when he applied for her clothes the defendant detained them for a debt of upwards of £2, which he alleged to be due to him. His daughter was only sixteen years of age. The defendant's daughter denied that he kept a house of ill-fame. The complainant took apartments in his house as a married woman, and having- got into arrears for rent, he detained the clothes as security for payment of what was due to him. It was not true for the complainant to say that he was not aware of the course of life of his daughter, for the father had been at her lodgings drinking and smoking, and he had four other daughters all on the town. The daughter Fanny Axam, a very fine grown beautiful girl was put into the box and examined. She denied that her father had been to see her at the defendant's house, except to persuade her to return home, or that he had drank or smoked as described. The de fendant kept two houses in the street, which were full or girls, who got their living by seeing gentlemen, and who paid the defendant exorbitantly for lodging and extras. Mr. Beadon asked if it was true that her sisters were on the streets? The girl replied, she believed they were. Mr. Beadon told the defendant there could be no doubt that he kept an improper house, and that, as the girl, who was under age, was there for immoral pur poses, he could not l egally detain her clothes, which must be given up at once Th e d e f endant rep li e d t h at he should not give them up. Mr. Beadon would issue a distress warrant for their value, unless given up within 24 hours. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--An accident occurred on Wednes day night at Denton, on the London and North Western Railway, by which three passengers were seriously injured. They were brought forward to Manchester by a train which arrived there about eleven o'clock, and a ere imme diately borne to the Royal Infirmary. On application at the station, we were unable to obtain any information as to the cause of the accident; the servants at the station refusing to say anything about it. One of the injured parties was a man with a wooden leg. His other leg was broken in tw o p l aces. A woman was a l so s everely injured. It was stated that the accident was the result of a collision. BANKRUPTCY COURT BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON Re Lkwroun.—His Honour delivered judgment on the certificate yesterday. He said : The bankrupt's certificate is onposed on the part of the assignees upon two grounds —first, that of reckless trading, and, secondly, fraudu lent preference. It is also opposed on the part of the Rev. Mr. Hesketh, a creditor, upon the like grounds, and also, as far as I can collect from the examination in reference to Mr. Hesketh's debt and the remarks made upon it, upon the ground of the bankrupt having failed to give Mr. Hesketh a security which had been promised to him, and to this objection I will first refer. This security appears to have been one that was originally suggested by the bankrupt himself long after the loan was contracted, and when Mr. Hesketh became uneasy about the repayment of his advances, and, alth , ugh the bankrupt's premises in Norfolk street, whi , :h were offered as this security, were subject to an agreement for a mortgage to a Mr. Ames for the sum of £1,500 yet, rapt rom the correspondence oank and Mr. Ames on the subject, in which d latter consented to relinquish his security on these premises, upon his having a second charge given to him upon the bankrupt's premises and property in Kent street, the bankrupt considered himself justified in offering the Norolk street premises as the proposed security to Mr. Hesketh, and upon the faith of which he made the offer of this security, and this offer seems to have been followed up by the preparation of the draft seeurity, but for some reasom which does not appear the securiry was declined on the part of Mr. Hesketh. Under these circumstances, I do not think that any objection can be made to the bankrupt's conduct in this respect. With regard to the objection on the ground of reckless trading, it does not appear that the bankrupt is charged with having engaged in any speculation not connected with his business, or in any transactions to an extent beyond the ordinary course of traders carrying on a similar business, but this objection is, as I collect, chiefly founded upon the circumstance of the bankrupt having entered into and carried on the trade entirely upon burrowed capital. lint this circumstance alone does not appear to me to (urns an objection. It may be considered to impose a greater obligation upon the trader to act with prudence and caution in the carrying on of his business, and to add considerably to any objection arising from speculations or overtrading. The bankrupt, however, in this case, does not, as I have before observed, appear to have rendered himself open to this olijection, although there would seem to be a want of prudence on his part in entering into this business in Kent street, attended with such heavy outlay, and with which, as he himself admits, he was not much acquainted. I do not collect, however, that his loss is to be attributed so much to this want of knowledge, and certainly not to any want of care or diligence on his part, but that it has arisen principally from a heavy loss which he sustained in one transaction, and also from the great depreciation in his stock arising from the late war having so suddenly ceased, which materially affected such description of property. It seems, however, that he has, during the whole course of his trad ing, been much hamperid for want of capital, and by the constant necessity of borrowing money, to enable him to meet his engagements, and to which, I think, his failure must also be partly attributed ; and, in such a state of things, it beelines a question, whether the bankrur., ought not, at some period long prior to the presenting of his petition to this court for an arrangement, to have stopped carrying on his business, and to have made some arrangement with his creditors. It may be doubted whether, at the period of the dissolution of partnership be tween him and Mr. Y. Lace, he ought not tohave donethis instead of taking upon himself the whose burthen of the liabilities of the partnership, and the repayment of Mr. V. Lace's capital. It is difficult to sa •at what time a trader, who cannot meet his engagements—but is not hopelessly insolvent—ought to stop. It was observed by the Vice Chancellor, in the case of ex parte Johnson, 4 D. G. and Sm, 27, that it could not be contended that a man must leave off trade because he is in difficulties ; they might be surmounted. In the present instance the bankrupt appears to have been sanguine, up to a very recent period of his failure, that the business would succeed ; so much so, as to have entered into negotiations with a Mr. Smith, for a partnership, so recently as in May last; and the bankrupt positively asserts that it was not until the latter part of the month of June that he became aware of his affairs having become so deranged that he should have to stop, and I feel hound to say that from the very straightforward and candid answers that he has given to every question put to him, and his evident disposition to be explicit in the elucidation of his affairs, he is, I think, entitled to have full credit given to him for any assertion that he makes thus deliberately. Under all the circumstances, therefore, of this case which I have very carefully and anxiously considered, I feel warranted in coming to the conclusion that the charge of reckless trading is not substantiated. With respect to the charge of fraudulent preference, this applies to the security given to Mr. Lee, his brother-in-law, by means of which he has received a considerable portion of his advances. This security was, in the first instance, an agreement, dated the 27th May last, to make a mortage of the bankrupt's premises in Kent street, and the machinery and effects ther. in, and the good will of the business carried on therein, subject to a prior charge in favour of Mr. V. Lace, by way of agreement to mortgage, for securing the payment of the portion of his capital remai fling unpaid, and which agr2empt of the 27th of M a y was carr i e d into execution by a deed of assignment, dated the 12 . 11 of June last, being the same date at which a similar deed of assignment was executed in favour of Mr. V. Lace, in performance of his agreement for a mortgage before referred to, and under which deed the property was sold, a short time before the bankrupt presented his petition for arrangement. The bankrupt positively states that no promise was ever made by him to give Mr. Lee any security before the date of the agreement of the 27th of May. It is contended, therefore, that this agreement, and the assignment made in pursuance of it, was a fraudulent preference, and an offence against the bank rupt laws falling within the fourth division of offeeces under the 256th section of the Consolidation Act. His Honour read the section and then proceeded : Now, in the first place, I think it extremely doubtful whether the clause applies to a case like the present, where the bankruptcy has not ar i sen un d er a petition for adjudication, but by an adjudication under the arrange ment clauses in the Consolidation Act. But supposing this clause should be considered applicable to this case ; then, I apprehend, the date of the adjudication would be the period within which the two months there mentioned should be calculated. Now, the period between such adjudication and the agreement of the 27th May, which must be considered the time when the preference was made, would be more than two months ; and, again, this agreement was not given wholly voluntary and without pressure, on the part of Mr. Lee ; as, from the bankrupt's testimony, it appears that Mr.'Lee urgently pressed for a security ; and, under all these circum stances, I cannot consider that this provision is ap- plicable to the present case But, although this case may not fall within such provision, it is another question whether, the giving this security, may not amount to such a preference as to constitute misconduct in the bankrupt as a trader, to be dealt with by the court under the discretionary clause in the act, and which I propose to consider, without reference to the question, whether this constitutes a legal fraudulent preference, rendering it void as such, and to which I wish it to be understood, I give no opinion. Now, although it may be very natural that the bankrupt should have felt grateful to Mr. Lee for the material and oppor-' tune assistance that he had afforded him, in enabling him to establish himself in business, and to meet his engagements, and that he should have thought himself justified in acceding to his request fur a security ; yet, he should not have forgotten that he had a duty he owed to his other unsecured cre• ditors, and that before he gave Mr. Lee a security which had not been stipulated for on his advances, and which security, being over the machinery and other effects by which he carried on his business, as well as the goodwill thereof, involved his very power and means of carrying it on, he ought to have first fully satisfied himself that his affairs were in such a satisfactory state as to entitle him to consider that he was not prejudicing his unsecured creditors by giving such a security, and until he was so satisfied he ought to have resisted, however painful it might have been to him to have done so, all importunity for such a security ; and that the bankrupt's affairs were not then in such a satisfactory position seems to be evident, and although he may not have perhaps been aware until June that they were in so deranged a state as to require him to stop, yet I apprehend that the knowledge he had of them, which enabled him to make out the rough balance-sheet in April for Mr. Lee's inspection, ought to have been sufficient to s . how . him sat l uo i l a tei b i; i l liabilities, although , Kent w that the liabilities there mentioned, added to his private t i y d rewde were esroe farno not beyondapji ca b h is assets that he was not in a solvent state, and that not in ed s t ahavete as . t destroy considered his hopes affairshopes e h s i t c r h eet he pro co p n cr s o himself, yet it is a question whether, in still bein e g mhe a b b ain l r o raay t s o s carry differenton his business and recovering such a position of his affairs,. what he might or ought to have known, he was not Justified in giving Mr Lee the security in question, and particularly of shell nature, involving the power of continuing Under all these circumstances, I ha, e felt bound to " col - Y s to the conclusion that the giving of thi s security must t 1) 13 e regarded as an act of miscondu c t i n the bankrupt ac a LIVE trader, and such as this court never overlooks, as it tends between th to destroy the general confidelce placed in traders, that no preference should be given to a creditor which can be avoided, when the trader's affairs become embarrassed ; but rather that the general body of creditors should then be consulted on the state of his affairs. Under these circumstances, I do not feel justified in granting to the bankrupt an immediate cert ficate• But taking into consideration the many extenuating circumstances in this case, and having regard to the dili.r,ent attention paid by the bankrupt to his accounts since his bank ruptcy, and his anxious desire to give every assistance in his power for the elucidation of his affairs ; and, considering that his books have been well kept, and his accounts clearly made out, and that his private expenses have been very moderate, I think the justice of the case will be met by a suspension of the certificate for a shorter period than is usu illy adopted in cases of • and I therefore direct that the certificate p'eferenec shall be suspended fora perioi of eight calendar months, Wi . l) regard to the class of this certificate, r do not think, under the circumstances of the case, that I can unavoidable, but that they are certainly partly so, and therefore the c,rtifieate must be of the second-class. I think it proper to observe , that at first it appeared that the order given by the bankrupt by letter, dated the 23rd of June, directing Me.Fsrs. Lowndes and Co., to give up to Mr. Lee certain mortgage deeds from Mr. Luzmore in favour of the bankrupt, might be deemed . _ . another preference, which, on account of its very recent date, would have been a very serious objection. But the bankrupt positively denies that the order was given for the purpose of securing to Mr. Lee the debt then owing to him, bnt only for the purpose of forming a security for any money he might afterwards advance. That being the case, whatever different view may have been taken by Mr. Lee, as to the effect of this order and the deposit of the deeds, 1 cannot regard it as an inten itional pre ference by thel3ankrupt, Some remarks have been made in the course of the discussion on this certificate in respect of the rough balance sheet made by the bankrupt in April last, imputing blame to him by reason of his not having mentioned in such balance sheet his private liabilities, the cause of which the bankrupt explains to have been on account of his considering that these private liabili ties did not apply to the Kent street property, the object being only to show the state of affiirs relaying to that property. It is, I think, right that I should observe, that it does not occur to me that 'any blame can be fairly imputed to him on this account, as it was made out only for Mr. Lee's inspection, who seems to have been aware of these private liabi. lities ; and this balance sheet does not appear to have been made use of for any purpose of deception. The examination of Mr. John Yate Lee was then resumed. Mr. Brett, instructed by Mr. Dodge and Mr. E. Banner, appeared for the assignees, and Mr. John Yates, junior, for Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee examined by Mr. Brett : I recollect receiving from the bankrupt an agreement, which bears date the 27th May, 1856. It was stamped after it was written. I heard from the bankrupt at the time the agreement was signed, that he had pledged his stock of oil in Kent street with Messrs. Balinain and Hill, for somewhere about £2,000. The bankrupt several times gave me an account of what stock and property he had, and men tioned the liabilities to which it was subjected. I recollect Mr. Kennedy valuing the machinery in Kent street on behalf of Mr. Smith. I heard that he valued it within £lOO or £2OO of £4,000. It was stated to me that it did not include the good will. At the time of the pro. position made on the bankrupt's behalf to Mr. Smith, the machinery and good will t oget h er were put down at the price the bankrupt paid for them, namely. £5,500. The bankrupt, his brother, and myself, had several negociations with Mr. Smith as to his becoming the pur chaser of the property. The negociation resulted in an agreement, dated the 21st June, 1856, and it was afterwards carried out by a deed of assignment to Mr, Smith. I received, in respect of that assignment, from Mr. Smith's father, a promissory note for £l.OOO, dated the 12th July, 18.56, payable six months after date, and another, for the same amount, of the same date, payable in 12 months, and a cheque for about £260, which I realised. I negotiated one of the hills to Mr. Lace, on his paying me £550 ; the other I have not negotiated, To Mr. John Yates: The advance made by me to the bankrupt, in the month of Amil last, was on the under standing that it, or the greater portion of it, should be repaid in a week or two. That was the representation made to Inc by the bankrupt, when he was urging me for the loan, and subsequently. The agreement, of the 27th May, 1856, was given to me in consequence of repeated application for payment, during the month of May, of my last loan of £2,000, and no payment being made. _This closed the examination. RE EDWARD LANE.—This bankrupt, late a merchant, carrying on business in Liverpool, came up on an appli cation for his certificate. Mr. Lowndes opposed, on behalf of the assignees ; and Mr. L ace a pp eare d f or the bankrupt. His Honor deferredjudgment until Monday. 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Coughs, colds, astlamas, shortness of breath, pain or tightness of the chest, affections of the lungs, &c., are effectually relieved, and in many cases entirely prevented, by the timely application of these invaluable road,scc plasters to the c h es t , wh i ch are far superior to the common warm plasters, a n d i n many cases entirely supersed%. the use of internal rem e die s . N o person during the winter: ought to be without one ; persons abiut to travel by rail, in particul tr. 61, Is, and is 63eaph. To be hackonly from F. G. J o nes, Chemist, .5, Paradise Street, and London road, one door from Seymour street ; where also may be had the Horehound and Squills, so celebrated for coughs, /to , in bottles, is 10, 24 9d, and 4s 6d. Mr. Jones can show any pat is interested a number of testinxo, nials of the great benefit derived from the Aromatic Spice. Plasters and the Horehound and Squills, in affections of the. chest.-2fdvt. ezonon; tance CAUrION TO THE PUBLIC —No sooner is a- medicine welk established in public fav,,ur than a host of imitators spring, up. The Essence of Horehonnd and Squills, Pectoral, Lozenges, and Aromatic Spi ce Pl asters , are so ld on l y at 5, Paradise street, and 94, London road, and one agent in, most towns in the kingdom.—Advt, As MANTLES and JACKETS are so very generally worn this Season, J. MAC LENNAN, 36, CHURCII-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET), Ras made arra gememts co have a Case of Paris MANTLES and JACK ETS in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the other Fashionable Materialp, delivered Every Week for the next Two flonths; therefore, those Ladies desirous of having the Fashions as soon as they make their aPPearance' in Paris. combined wi.. fully sol;-;•- • -0 in pr i ces, are respect': UST RLOOO eratil icited to inspect the Stock ECEIVW" ing abo arily Low kc m, peLfErosm, Co L in - on r ( l l e t i n T g w a o t t C h a e se e s .t oo raor pta di i : ce of 4s. 1 each. I.ND MANTLE WAREHOUSE OPPOSITE PARKER STREET. AI A C L AcrIGATION AND NAII ABLY ASSISTED. P CAPTAIN A. 3 ACA f. RPOOL MAS 24, GREAT G; Inquiregior SILAWI DIA R CAL AST lacALly. By I D lONOMY, N AUGHTAN, RINRIRS' ASSOCIATION'S ROOMS as, LIVER POOL 118 at any of the Opticians,