Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ,lamps Ton HIRE.-Now, and during the season, 'all-Ts, in every shade and variety, with oil to burn in Mine, can be had on moderate terms at the New Light Company, 19, Great George-street. , .djl6 CHRISTMAS CHEER.—Families residing within five miles of Liverpool can be supplied with Burton-Mild and bitter ales of the first brand, ns, also London stout, in 4*, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending. their orders, or calling at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant, 110, Duke-street. • CHRISTMAS CHEER.'—Amongst the good things - which the season affords, and which art produces, may be . e o auted the celebrated Yorkshire game pies. These slelicious viands may be had in perfection, as for many Years past," at Mr. Lawton's, Bee. Hotel, Queen-square, 'where the worthy host. is as busy as - the bee, producing these dainties, now so much might after. - • DEPARTDRE OF THE HUNGARIAN. —The splendid anrew steamer Hungarian, of the Canadian line of royal email boats sailed yesterday for Portland, U.S., with 'ne' Canadian and United States mails, a large cargo, and about fifty passengers. ST. GEonon's HALL.—.On TUesday next St.' George's -R all will be rendered more gerierally attractive than usual, by the performance in it of the fine band of the 9,,rPhan Asylum, for the benefit of the Orphan Asylum ' 4ll d: On such an occasion it cannot be necessary to by anything. The objects intended to be carried out .ey the promoters of the institution are at once sacred . and social. With such commendations, and the gene- 1 ;n1 good feeling of the community in its favour, as we know it is, we have no doubt the concert wella ttended, and will also prove beneficial to the funds. SocrErv.—The monthly meeting of . 's, society was held last night, at the. Royal Institution, -Lk Bar r y, Esq . . in the chair. Before proceeding with }the paper for the evening, Mr. Hayes called the atten ,"oll of the society to the proposed bye-laWs of the Health •ueminittee. He considered that thoze laws would Materially interfere with the regular architect. lie,: 6 iefOre, ,proposed that the • Law Society Should be `,,mittiediately petitioned on the matter, as it would soon 'be tonlate. Mr. Boult did not think the regulations 'Would, be at all inconvenient, as :there were .certain Tlauses which granted all that the profession had a right 'o expect. The discussion was postponed till the next menthly meeting. The paper for the evening was then 'read. It was entitled "The Ecclesiastical . Architecture "of the Middle Ages," and proved a most able and in teresting one. A vote of thanks to the author and • 6 ellaii*an terminated the proceedings. ' ConoxEn's COURT.—At this court yesterday, an inquest was held on the body of William Kelly, seaman 01 1 board the John Bright. The deceased was taken to• t he Northern Hospital on Saturday lait, and died the tame night. Mr. Harrison, the surgeon who attended Lhuh, made a post mortem examination of the body, and 'states that the deceased had been suffering from con -gest-ion of the lungs; which he (Mr. H.) believes to be the came of death. While in the hospital, however, the ir deceased made a statement to the vice-consul of the united States, which was to the effect that during the 'voyag e he had - been repeatedly beaten and kicked by 'the second mate, and it was to-this ill-usage that he, a .81 ' 01 't time previous to death, attributed his condition. As the two surgeons who made the post mortem exami nation attributed death to congestion of the lungs, the I,„in'y returned a verdict of death from natural causes.— Tuesday on the body of William M'Cloud, who died OR - Lnesday last, from fracture of the temple bone. It a l'Pears that about four weeks ago the deceased was with some other men in the snug of Mr. Griffiths' ~.,1 341n lie-house. They were playing cards, and the "deceased, who appears to have been a very quarrelsome t un, fell out with his companions, and began to abuse . 13eerson called Kent. He aimed a blow- at Kent, but w 4 not hit him. Kent then struck the deceased a were blow on the nose, and a large quantity of blood, ‘ . .ntantlY spurted out. They afterwards .shook hands A nil parted good friends. The deceased, however, corn- Valued very much of a pain in his head, which con 'tinned to increase until his death. Mr. Brown, Surgeon, .de a post mortem examination of the body, and found ‘4lathebi cause o f d ea th t o b e fracture of the ,temple bone; 13 ° did not think such fracture could have been caused the blow which Kent struck. Mr. Bremner, who jed for, Mr. Kent, called a witness, Henry Sutton, Ad "Posed io the dece ased's having received a heavy Th " his head about seven weeks before his death. jury returned an open verdict, to the effect that . 4 ,7-'ensed. died from the injuries received, buf from whom wte s re was no cvidonoo to show. - THE TRACK OF THE WOODSIDE FERRY-BOATS.—The "llowing memorial to the Lords of the Committee of trivy Co b uncil for Trade, is in course of signature at the .."'eodside Ferry :—The memorial of the undersigned 'habita n t s o f Bi r k en h ea d, Cl aug ht on ,-S eacom be, New Brighton Wallasey Tranmere, Oxton, Rock Ferry B ebbMgeon, nnd the neighbourhood thereof in the cO tr a Chester, respectfully sheweth, that your memo rialists are residents on the Cheshire side of the river M ersey, carrying on business, in. Liverpool, or having b usiness engagements r requiring constant and uninter ruptedcommunication between the Liverpool and Che re sides of the Mersey, by means of the ferry boats. That, : such communication: is generally impeded, and the hues of passengers are endangered, by the practice of "choring vessels in the track of the ferry boats. That a t e Passenger traffic between Birkenhead and Liverpool the Woodside Ferry amounts to upwards of 7,000,000 `f: r sone yearly, and the traffic at the other ferries is also very r rge. Th a t d ense f ogs on the rive r are o f f req uent occur stehn‘,ne,and, during their continuance, the Woodside boats are c . 4 y ferry-boats which ply with passengers, Wood e being the nearest and most direct ferry from the ittueshire side to the Liverpool landing-stage. That the , ho aux of persons to Woodside,in consequence of the w a n t : ceasing to ply at the ther femes i causes the dside boats to be the most crowded in a state of wit a it l her that greatly increases the risk of collision thvessels lying at anchor in the direct course between e landing stage at Liverpool and Woodside. That by W . Mersey Dock Acts Consolidation Act, - 1858, the. , a :;a C eY Docks and Harbour Board were empowered to ,; i 7 bye-laws for regulating the mooring and anchoring i t .4.ssele in the river Mersey, and prescribing the limits ~„1 , 1 1 which, and the particular places at which, such -t e Ets shall be moored or anchored. That one of the ob , B ,of such power being vested in the Mersey Docks and ,h e ,„,..• hour Board - was, the imperative necessity of regulations Made for the safety of passengers by the ferry boats _,T h 7,een the Cheshire side of the river and Liverpool. 40:" the said board have declined to exercise the powers ye a • ted in them, and have refused to make any such th o laws. That it is essential for the safety of the a li ends of persons daily crossing between Liverpool t e ,,,ine Cheshire side of Mersey, by. the Woodside 1e boats, that regulations should be made to prevent . bat, lying at anchor in the track of such ferry ret• Your memorialists, therefore; respectfully liest that your. -lordships will assist your memo "o7 ts in securing the carrying out of the provisions til re .„„ e , Mersey - Dock Acts Consolidation Act; 1858, with Kurd . a 4. to the anchoring of vessels in the River Mersey, • —um,- 14 oh , i !K to the spirit and intention of the said act, or of alning l eg i s l a ti ve p owers for effecting the objects memorialists.--And memoalists.--And your memoriahsts will ever se Y' C. A similar memorial to the Mersey Con uaturn.,n_Y Commissieners is also receiving numerous sig ". THE pi , F RENCH PRESS.—The responsible editor of the 11,011„c r ye la Loire has just appeared before the Correc- • 4 41 , 7 ,„_ - "nhunal' of Nantes for having copied from *the • Nr iet ,—,/a Religio n th e l e tt er :falsely attributed to King , th e 'f r-r zemanuel, and was condemned to 400 f. fine and costs. .A . *.at ated ra s senger who arrived in the Ocean- Queen has leciih in Washington that there was considerable • in 14'. 13 f indignation expressed by Southern Americans, towards Louis Napoleon, for entertaining tann Seward, to the exclusion of Southern gentle . - Btu day s ~.B : NntS-erorin.—A strange event took place three ko h ° at a public-house at Nevers. A sawyer named - Of iii;`," sitting at table enjoying himself with some "wh e Mends, and had just endorsed a bill for 100 f., ut n psis th suddenly took a pistol from under his' blouse, e_,lnuzzle into his mouth, and pulled the trigger. 1,4 death was instantaneous. tralyz,„ OF the - A PAISLEY GENTLEMAN AT BALLARAT. ac „ . _ e Ballarat Times, of October 5,. there appears of' M i t.' . ° l 4 ll l of the murder; on the 3rd of the same month, ag o to dam Crombie, who left Glasgow about ten years th ere h ir his fortune in Australia, and since his arrival v as been very successful as a cattle grazier. He hot b ya ume titap wan, name d G eorge, who had been for 2111irder In hie employment, and the cause of the v lni hi ninhedmi l . pears to have been a dispute about some wages, .Crorabie asserted the man had not earned. country and after firing the shot George fled into the c aPturek n 1..1 ) to the latest accounts had not been the time' of the deceased was a native of Paisley, and at p aying a i. :.h t e to m h e i l s tai m c o h t oa r o l e z re tt7 n . e . e . , was on the eve of De 4 jeinV6i - ' 29, 1859 SUBMARINE CABLE TO' BikKENHEAD. Wednesday Morning, Dec. 28. The first cable ever laid across the Mersey Was, early this morning, successfully submerged; under the able , superintendence of Mr. J. -Gisborne, Telegraph Engineer of the Mersey Dock Board, and communications are passing without interruption. TO THE EDITOR OP THE.STORTHERN DAILY TIMES. Sir,—The Telegraph Cable has been laid this morn ing between the Landing Stage and Woodside Ferry, and is working admirably.—l. am, sir, your obedient servant, S. RP,iip, Manager Manager's Office, Woodside Ferry, ' Birkenhead, Dec. 1859. . , It is proposed to construct a line of railway, between, Barnsley:and Huddersfield, so' as to accommodate the manufacturing districts of Dalton, AlmondbUry, Kirk- , heaton, Kirkburton, and other places in the , West Riding, and also doelop the resources of the Silkstone coalfield. , .A committee has. been formed, by owners of property in the district, with a viewto form a company to carry out the proposed undertaking. THE POPE AND THE CONGRESS.—The Parseveranza of Milan, of Dec. 24, in giving a translation of the new. pamphlet, " The Pope and the Cogress," says : "The matter treated 'of by -the French publicist is not, as suredly, the only element. of the Italian ,question, but it is one of the essential . elemenis; and one to` 'which' the most aclVanced minds. of Italy have for ages directed their thoughts. If the decisions of the Congress are in accordance with these propositions, it cannot Congress: that diplomacy will have contribUted to simplify consi-, derably. the other questions . which are connected : with, this, the principal, one." EXTENSIVE LAND , SLIP.—The inhabitants of the' village of Roche-Blanche (Pu.v-de-Donie) were alarmed a few days back. hy.a shaking of the earth, : .accompanied" by a Kumblirig noise like- thunder. The cause was soon ascertained -to be the fall of an enormous mass from the side. of the mountain against which the village is built. Ten cottages were destroyed, but no lives were lost. TWO persons occupying. a small dwelling hewn in the rock, were blocked up for several hours by the fallen rubbish, but were. at last extricated by theirneighbours unhurt. DISTRESS, Toßx. CHILD DESERTION THROUGH . — 7 on Monday morning last, a female infant child, only partially clothed, was found Upon the ice on the river Ouse, close by the city of York. The ,child was . alive, but in, a most exhausted. condition from exposure to the cold. It was ..at once conveyed to a house close by, where restoratives were administered, and subsequently to the Union Workhouse. Subsequent inquiries re vealed the fact that a young woman, 'named Elizabeth Bridget Rainey, left her lodgings in York about six o'clock in the morning with her illegitimate child, arid that the child had not been seen since. Rainey was, therefore, apprehended, and she, then .stated that, the infant which had been found was hers, and that she had, from sheer distress and inability to provide for it, been induced to place it in the position in which it was discovered. She also stated that she contemplated suicide at the time. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT WARWlCK'.—King ton, the unfortunate, man who had passed upon him, on Tuesday last, at Warwick, the extreme penalty of the law, has since manifested considerable penitence. Im mediately .on the passing of the sentence, that firmness which is, unmistakeably his characteristic, signally failed him, and he was' obliged to be carried to his cell. He remained deeply affected• during the whole of the day, until the evening, when he- seemed to become more composed and resigned to his fate. The chaplain of the gaol states that with, the certain prospect of a speedy death before him, he manifests considerable penitence, and acknowledges the justice of the sentence which has been passed upon him. Should the law take its course, and the clemency of the crown not interfere with the punishment awarded, the execution will, in all proba bility, take place on Friday, the 30th instant, Friday being the day "which, from time immemorial, has been selected as the day of the week for executions in War wick. The last execution which took place there was on Friday, the 14th of April, 1848, when Davis was hung for the murder of his wife at Birmingham. A CHRISTMAS VOOSE.--THE RING DROPPING DODGE. —This stale trick was successfully practised at Malmes bury on Friday last, The victim selected was one Henry Shipton, of Wootport, a daalpr in poultry Tt appears Shipton was going his rounds with a basket of geese, and when in Cross Hays he observed a man stoop down close by his side and pick up a piece of paper. The man accosted him and said, " Here is something," and on opening the paper exclaimed, "By Jove, it's a wedding ring ; look here, it is marked 18s. 6d." at the , same time he added, "We must go halves in this," an offer which Shipton readily accepted. The man de scribed himself as a shoemaker from Tetbury. The next thing was how to divide the prize. Shipton (who is a penurious character) was very desirous of having his part in money, and let the Tetbury shoemaker keep the ring ; this, of course, was no go. Nothing daunted, the cobbler, in order to overcome this difficult part of the, business, pretended that he would .go and see his friend,: Mr. Ind, the landlord of the Greyhound, and borrowed the required sum ; but he soon returned, and told Shipton unfortunately his friend was frem home. The cunning cobbler, finding he had a close-fisted customer to handle, suggested that the ring should be cut in two; this ruse had the desired effect, and melted poor. Ship ton's heart. He handed over 55., and promised a goad treat the next time they met. Poor Shipton was quite overjoyed, and the thoughts of marriage came across his mind. He ran off at once and showed the ring to, Migri Clark, his intended; the girl's mother examined it, and not' seeing the usual marks, took it to Mr. Hanks, .a silversmith, who pronounced it brass. Poor. Shipton, chagrined at thus being duped, gave information to the police, who overtook the cobbler on the road to Chip penham, and placed him in durance vile. The next day he was brought before T. Chubb, Esq., and Mr. Alder man Hanks, and gave the name of James Sparks, of Reading. The above facts being deposed. to, he, was committed as a rogue and a vacmbond for three months. --Wiltshire Mirror. GENIUS AND Busixass.-,-It has been a favourite fallacy with. dunces in all times,' that 'men of genius are unfitted for business ptirsuits. Yet Shakespeare was a successful .manager of a theatre—perhaps priding him self mere upon his practical qualities in that capacity than on his writing of plays and poetry. Pope was of opinion that Shakespeare's principal object in cultivat ing literature was to secure an honest independence. Indeed, he seems to have been altogether' indifferent to literary reputation. It is not known that he super intended the publication of a single play, or even sanctioned the printing of one ; and the chronology of his writings is still a mystery. It is certain, however, that he prospered in his business, and . realised sufficient to enable him to ' retire upon a competency to his native town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Chaucer was in early life a soldier, and afterwards an effective Comniissioner of Customs, and Inspector of Woods and Crown Lands. Spenser was Secretary to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and is said to have been very shrewd and attentive in matters of business. Milton, originally a schoolmaster, was afterwards elevated to the post of Secretary to the Council of State during the Commonwealth ;- and the 'extant 'order-book of the council, as well as many of Milton's letters which are pre served, give abundant evidence of his activity and useful ness in that office. Sir Isa,at Newton proved himself a most efficient Master of the Mint ; the new coinage of 169thaving been carried on underhis immediate personal ,superintendence. Cowper prided himself upon his bnsi ness punctuality, though he- confessed that he never knew a poet except himself who was punctual in any thing." But against this we may set the. lives of Wordsworth and Scott—the former a distributor of ~ ‘anips, the latter a clerk to the Court of Sessiow—both 4,' whom,' though great poets, were eminently punctual l,d practical men of business. David Ricardo, amidst the occupations of his daily business as a Ln•lien banker, in conducting which he accplired an ,tur , ol.; furtune, was able to concentrate his mind upon his favourite subject —on which he was enabled to throw great light:—the principles of political economy ; for he united in himself the sagacious commercial mtan and the profoand philoso pher. We have abundant illustrations, even in our own day, of the fact that the highest intellectual power is not incompatible with the' active and efficient per formance of routine duties. Grote, the great historian of Greece, like Ricardo, is a London banker. And it is not long since John Stuart Mill, one of our greatest living thinkers, retired from the examiner's department of the East India Company, carrying with him the admiration and esteem of his fellow officers, not on account of high views of philosophy, but because of the high . standard of efficiency which he had established ' O3 , his office, and , the thoroughly . satisfactory maw . ..Ler in which he had cenducted the busineSS of his tier 2artttient. —Self-Help, by Samut2 &nag tternickf c Corps/ d of the p o pe et granirl. Wet ou t of the ce since lace for o i gOr pra rmy tO - 1 Lng tb 3eed to rill stay .ty, and )ake of rd 6 the irmy is .edmout, f Lo ons soti lot tike ,DA Y. 5 p.in.r, rded ;sengerk Breen' minienty is made English riscrner. he. turn Salo; tnge Saleg, f week, at all 73,30 1,6(1 y;aa is firm' heavi scow' Tallow ls. 2d. aCrO ia SISA CW ring st sle tic attri" boid NORTHERN FATAL RIOT AT ALDERSHOT. We regret to learn that a serious riot took place at . Aldershot on the evening of the 25th inst., between-' some men belonging to the 2nd battalion - of the 24th regiment and a company of the King's- Own Light Infantry (Tower Hamlets) gilitia, and which al as unfortunately attended by the loss of one life, besides three men being wounded. , • It is' the custdm in most regiments' for the officers of each company to subscribe a certain sum` to provide their men with a Christmas dinner. This has tended to . promote and keep, up the good- feeling and sympathy which should always exist between the officers and their men ; but, unfortunately, in the present , case it has been distorted into the absurd cause of getting up - a row between the above-mentioned corps. The 2nd battalion of , the 24th Regiment occupy the permanent' barracks' of the west block in the South Carbp, each side of which , consists of three stories opposite to one another joined at the top with a covering of glass, so as, to admit of a whole regi inent being formed for parade OR the space below in case of rainy weather., According to the usual fate which seems to regulate all prOjects• undertaken by Government, these barracks or blocks as they are termed are, too large for any one regithent, but aren.ot sufficiently capacious for two.. One company,of the Tower Hamlets Militia was quartereLin the upper storey of the west , bloCk, with' men of the 24th Regiment living under them. and exactly opposite to them, the interval between the two buildings being about 15 yards, while the remainder of their own`regiment occupied huts some little way off. After partaking of a hearty(Christmas dinner it appears that, some of the Tower Hamlets and 2nd battalion of , the 24th betook themselvesto the canteen of the latter regiment, where an argument began, mooted originally, it IS said, by the - men of the 24th;. as to which regiment had had the best = dinner provided for' them' by their officers.. This took place between the hours of 7 and 6 p.m., at which time the canteens are closed. As.far as WP rnn Liara, a fcroat floal of laitior fooling bad. now arisen, and on leaving the canteen the men of the 24th went up stairs to the rooms occupied by the Tower Ham lets, and commenced warfare with mops and brooms. So far, though it was a ease of going to war for an " idea," the combat did not assume more serious proportions than " Molly's" battle royal,' as described .by Fielding ; but the parties 'appear to have become t' eTadually more exas perated, and at length the men of the 24th Regiment betook themselves to their own quarters in the opposite gallery, and began to load 'their rifles with ball cart ridges. It seems astonishing that the officers were not summoned from their mess-house, -Which was close'by,' before things arrived at this pass; but when'they were sant for, rides had already been discharged by the 24th rioters against their opposite neighbours. It was some time before the officers could quell the tumult, and when they did so, it appeared that four men of the Militia had been' wounded,' and, from the marks left - by the bullets, several shots must have been firecl. We cannot hear that' the Militia fired at all ; at any rate, if they did, they did so without' effect. Of the wounded men, one ex pired after great suffering, at eight o'clock next morning (26th inst.) ; the others are said to be progressing favourably. The colonel of the 24th regiment has been telegraphed for, and all the officers who were on leave have been recalled. A searching investigation has, we hear, been already instituted into the, origin of these disgraceful proceedings.' On dit, the 24th regiment will, be removed to the North Camp, pending instructions from the higher authorities. Any one who has seen the win dow frames riddled with bullets must have ;wondered that many More lives were not sacrificed. Strong pickets belonging to the other regiments in the south camp were stationed on the spot all night, - and will be 'again at night, least any further collision may ensue. As far as we could learn, riot a single man of the 24th Regiment 'had received any serious injury. Forty-seven men of that corps are in confinement in the guard-room ' for having taken part in the riot. Up to the present time the 'conduct of the troops in camp had been so exemplary' and the diminution of. crime so marked, , when compared with regiments quartered in other places, that great regret is expressed at this unfortunate affair. It is stated, from inquiries made in all quarters, that the Tower Hamlets Militia were not only not the aggressors, but that they, on the contrary, behaved with the greatest forbearance. This acknowledgement is the more - due to them as, from their previous habits, they appear to have been inoffensive. It is, however, to be regretted that they do not at present seem to have obtained much favour. with the higher authorities. Mr. George Cruikshank, the famous caricaturist, pre sided on Monday at the annual meeting of the Bristol Temperance Association, MONEY ORDERS.—On the lat of January neat, and thenceforvfard, the following changes in the mode of transacting the money order business, which have been effected in England and Wales, will be extended to Scotland and Ireland. The distinction between minor and major money order offices will be abolished, and. all money order offices will be placed on the foot ing of major money order offices. The advices of money orders drawn at any office (hitherto a minor office) in the United Kingdom, or any office in the United Kingdom, will be transmitted direct to the paying office (as in the case of orders dravin at a major office), instead of being sent through tke metro politan 'office as at present, and the corresponding orders will be paid, although the advices do not bear the stamp of the metropolitan money order office. Applications for 'the alteration of the name of the' payee or remitter of an order issued in the United Kingdom on any office in the United Kingdom may be made direct to the is suing postmaster, if the remitter can make the applica tion in person.. The existing charge for additional com mission will be maintained. If application cannot be made by the remitter in person, it must be made, as at present, by letter, enclosing the amount of additional commission in positage stamps, addressed to the chief money order office of the kingdom in which the order is issued. , GREAT SPANS IN RAILWAY BRIDGES.—The widest single span of any railway bridge in the world is that of the Niagara Sitspension Bridge, connecting the American and Canadian railways at Niagara Falls. The clear span is 822 feet. A still wider single 'span—one of. 1,224 feet —is being constructed for carrying the Lexington and Danville Railway. at an 'elevation of 300,feet, over the , Kentucky River, in the United States. The next widest spans are those of the Britannia Bridge, 460 feet each. Then come the two greatspans of he Saltash Bridge, of 455 feet each. The next great railway span is that of the Conway Bridge; of 400 feet. The next is the immense bridge carrying the Royal Eastern Prussian Railway over the Viatula at Ditschau. This, an iron lattice bridge, having six spans of 397 feet 3 inabes each. The Nogat Bridge, on the. same line, has two iron lattice spans of 321 feet, and one span'of 53ft. 6in. The great' railway bridge recently opened at COlOgne has four lattice spans of 344 ft. 6in. each. The openings of the railway bridge at Kehl will 'be nearly as -wide. The middle opening of the great Victoria Bridge at Montreal is 330 feet wide, the other 24 openings being each 242 feet. The Chepstow Bridge has a span of 306 feet, besides three side spans of 100 feet each. The Boyne Viaduct has one lattice span of ,a clear width of 264 feet, and two side spans of 138 ft. 'Bin. each. The Newark Dyke Bridge, the largest example of Warren's trussed girders, has a span of 240 ft. 6in. Several of the tubular bridge: erected by E. Gouin & Co., of Paris, over the Garonne, the Lot, the Tarn, &c., have spans of 80 metres, or 262. feet. The Spey Viaduct, on th e I nverness a n d Aberdeen Junction Railway, consists of a pair of box girders of a clear span of 230 feet. The tubular bridge at Brotherton has a span of 225 feet. The greatest timber span in a railway bridge, and now indeed the widest timber span in existence, is one of 275 feet, that of the Cascade Bridge on the New, York and Erie Rail way in. the United States. The Market-street (highway) Bridge, formerly crossing the Schuylkill, at Philadelphia, U.S., had a timber span of 340 feet; whilst a timber span of 1 300 feet, the widest ever attempted in that material, was ,constructed , by Johi Grubermanni over the Linmat, in Germany, in 1794, and was burnt shortly afterwards by the French., troops. Railway bridges with timber spa.na, : of 250 feet.. are not uncommon in the United States. The great railway bridge across the Mississippi river at Rock Island has five timber spans of 269,feet each, besides three others of 150 feet, The bridge by which the,Ohio and Mississippi Railway crosses the Great- Miami River, has five timber spans of 250 feet each; and axiother rail Way bridge, having' - two timber spans of 1 . 60 feet each, crosses the Delaware River near Port, Jervis, State of New York. The widest mason r y span ever erected for railway, purposes is one 180 feet, carrying the Glasgow and. South ,W,,tern Railway over the river Ayr. The new railway ordtge being. carried across the Thames at Pimlico, will have four cast-iron arches of 175 feet each, the widest cast-iron spans, we believe, yet employed for railway purposes. The six spans of the celebrated High Level Bridge at Newcastle are but 125 feet each in width,— The Engineer, lAILY .-COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS'' BENS- VOLENT INSTITUTION. } The half-yearly meeting of the friends and subscribers of this society :wai held, on Tuesday at the London tavern, Bishopsgate-street; to receive..a, report frOni the directors, and to consider certain resolutions, 'of which notice had ,beengiVen. • Mr. Jillius Aders, was in the chair, in the absence of Sir James Duke, • Bart., M.P. The advertisement -convening the meeting was. read; and the minutes of the last meeting held - in June last, Were read and confirmed. The , report for the . last .year comprised a statement of receipts and .eipendi tare, which showed that, including a balance brought forward irom the previous . year, of £731 3s. • 10d., the receipts amounted. to £1,112 12s. 2d. The expenses left a balance in favour of the institution of £403 ls. 11d. A sum of £4OO had been •invested in. government securities, -making the amount of funded. property £2,750. The - report concluded with an el - quent appeal to. the commercial travellers as a body to contribute more liberally to the finads of the institution. The report was adopted and carried unanimously. A motion, of which notice .had been given at.the meeting held on the' 27th June' last; by lir. Cherer, for the' alteration - of rule 16, having reference to-the-election of the board of management,-,not having been seconded, fell to the ground. , Another motion of Mr. Storey's, to the effect that no widow should b,e eligible to sny annuity until she Flaould have reached 50 years of age, was seconded by Mn Angell ;' and on this a long dis cus4ionensiied, during whieh it was moved as an amend ment to make the age 40; and that amendment having been -.seconded, it was then moved that the prescribed age ; be 45, unless the widow were afflicted WithparalysiS,. blindness, or,: insanity, thereby incapacitating such widow from the power of supporting herself. It was argued, by some of the. speakers that the'eiisting rule should be left untouched, at least for some future court, and that the effect of making the minimum age 40 or 45,. would- be thavmato„ y):o07bo, or, lifiv iil gcommercialesubscribed, travellers on the ,roan would not they :would, ivithdraw their support to the institution, It was further uro ° ed that whereas a member was eligible only to the benefits of the society, at the age of 55, ,widows under the existing regulations might be admitted at the age of -20. A. shoiv of hands was taken ultimately, in.the-midst of some confusion as to amen& ments made upon amendments, &c., on the, motion that 40 be the age for the -admission of widows, unless afflicted with total blindness, paralysis, insanity, or any other calamity which shoUld permanently incapacitate them from gaining a livelihood (these words being added to rule 42), -when there . appeared—kir the resolution, 18 ; against it, 15. The chairman declared. the motion to be -carried by a majority of 18 to 15. The above de- Crease is subject to confirmation at a future. Court. The election of the ,board Of management folletied ; after which the ballot was proceeded with-for the election of two candidates.. , THE LATE BARON PLATT , AND CHRISTMAS IN, THE QUEEN'S PRlSON.—Notwithstanding the decease of the late Baron 'Platt, a gentleman attended last Thursday at the Queen's Prison, and distributed to the poorer class of prisoners 7s. each. - An annual gift of a considerable amount was for a great number of years given by the late baron's father to the "prisoners on the countr and others confined in the Queen's - prison. On his. decease it fell into abeyance, until a representation was made to the late baron, who (finding his father- had really made the annual donation) very g enerously continued the same up to the time of his decease. Some apprehension was felt when intelligence of his death Was received as to whether any more payments would be made ; but all doubt was removed, however, on Thurs day last, .by the arrival of the money. It is not gene rally known whether his lordship has, by will, or other wise, ordered the donation to be continued after this year. The annual gift was originally 21s. each to a limited number of prisoners, but it has since been re duced to 75., in order that a greater number may par take of the bounty. The poor prisoners have also, in addition, received other donations, • amounting to 4s. 6d. in money, and joints of meat weighing from 101bs. to 18Ibs in weight. ALLEGED MURDER NEAR I NOTTINGHAM.—A shocking affair took place on Monday evening, at New Lenton, a village about one milofrom•Nottingham. About eleven o'clock on the evening in question, 'two brothers, named Herbert and Alfred Slack, were proceeding across the park which leads from Nottingham to Lenton, when they overtook two other persons, named George Clark, and William Weston, who were going in the same direction. Shortly afterwards Herbert Slack commenced annoying Weston, and then assaulted him. The affair between them, however, was made up on Slack promising to give him a half-sovereign. About ten minutes afterwards the whole of the men arrived at Lenten. The two brothers then whispered to each other, and the younger Slack went. to his brother's house, a short distance off, and in a few minutes returned with a dagger stick. Clark, not liking to see his comrade unfairly used, interfered. in his behalf, when the elder. Slack immediately seized the dagger, and saying, " Now, I'll pay you,' • stabbed Clark in the neck. The weapon severed the windpipe and entered the body five or six inches. The unfortu nate man exclaimed, " Prif done," fell to the ground, and almost instantaneously expired. Information was given to the police, and the two Slacks were taken into custody. The murdered man is said to have been very harmless and inoffensive, and Was. very seldom known to quarrel. He was a tanner in the employ of Messrs. Bailey and Shaw, and was universally esteemed for the propriety of his conduct. - He has left a wife and four children to lament his untimely end. The elder prisoner states that he did noftell his brother to fetch the dagger, but a half-sovereign to recompense Weston, and that while the scuffle was going on between himself and Weston, Clark ran on to the: dagger and killed himself. Towii AND COUNTRY.—True health consists in the harmonious performance of all the functions of life, and harmony in this respect is secured and promoted by adapting the several organs and systems of the body as much as possible 'to the external conditions upon which their just exercise depends. Thus the lungs need, suf ficiently pure air the stomach good food, and the brain and nervous system require that every influence which affects the consciousness should be grateful. Ido not here state the whole case,. but only what the occasion would appear to demand. Now, if there be defect or vice in any of the conditions just adverted to, the result, proximate or remote; must 'always be some injury to the health. The effect, from littleness of the cause, may scarcely be perceptible, but undoubtedly. a prejudicial result of some kind or degree must always ensue from deviations from the strict laws of health. To apply this doctrine. Certain constitutions require in an especial manner that the inspired air should be pure, in ord.er that the. health be sustained in fair ordinary measure; in such instances, a country' residence will generally . be found the best. This is .most frequently the ease in scrofulous habits of body, particularly if the temperament be phlegmatic. Young children almost always flourish more in the country than in towns, especially in summer. It must yet be noted that, in winter, and in very exposed situations, there is greater liability to inflammatory disease, and more virulence upon its occurrence. These countervailing . circum stances, however, may very well he obviated by corresponding watchfulness and oare. Now, on the other hand, there are persons so constituted that health depends .much more upon moral and social -influences than upon , any extraordinary . advantages affecting the respiration._ - Such individuals will often enjoy much better health in the town or the immediate suburbs, than in the country ; always supposing that some fair judgment has been exercised in the choice- of a dwelling-house. Where the mind is active and the dis position social, the , dull and tame tranquillity, of a country life, and its comparative loneliness, sperate prejudicially upon the brain ,and nervous system, through the mind, ,and thus the health becomes deteriorated at its source—in the, very springs of life. It is under. circumstances of this kind. that the invigorating effects of a temporary London life are often seen if dissipation and excess do not antagonise them. To hard-working persons whose days are actively engaged in the commerce and busy pursuits of a town, the comparative calm and .repose of even ings in the country are obviously. beneficial.. Yet, where the permanent residence is , the wives and the grown-up daughters but too often suffer from want of due activity in the brain and nervous, system, pro ductive of hysteria, low spirits, and other such Dais ' chiefs. There is in these , eases, a constant but unsatis fied craving for some sort of change, unrelieved lay those little gatherings which, in the ,present - scattered state of our more opulent classes, have become imprac.: ticable, and which, under other circumstances, were 'the more recreative, Fobably, because without formality . and largely improvised,. 1 ,omen in this state of thi n g s , i living n the country, do not enjoy . that succession of • varied and agreeable impressions upon the mind which L is so essential to harmonious action of the organism -7 • the necessary condition of true health.:—:.Dr.-.lsroble on Fallacies concerning thq, Production of Epidesaic Diseases, THE UNITED' ASSOCIATION OF' SCHOOL MASTERS' OF GREAT BRITAIN. On Tuesday afternoon, the sixth annual meeting' of the menabers' of this association was held in the great room of the Society of-,Arts,.John-street. Adelphi ; the Rev. Dr. Jacob, head Master of ChriSt's Hospital, in the absence, through illness, of Mr. T. Tate, F:RIA.S., their president, occupied the chair. • The minutes of the last meeting were read and con firmed. Mr. J. Tilleard, the corresponding secretary, then read the report of the acting committee for the past year, of which the' following is an abstract : " The 'committee have to report an, accession of 25 ordinary , members during, the past year.. After re- - moving the names of those members whose subscription was 'three years in arrear, and of others who had' left their former schools without communicating their new address, the list of the association includes 136 mem bers. The undermentioned gentlemen have been elected honorary members and have accepted the title :---=The Rev. F. C. Cook, M.A., her Majesty's inspector - of schools; the Rev. B. M. Cowie, Majesty's her Majesty's inspectOr of sehools ; the Rev. Dr. Jacob, head master of Christ's Hospital ; Professor Pillans, Edinburgh University ; the Rev.' W. Rogers, M.A., Royal com missioner on education ; Goldwin Smith, Esq., M.A., Royal commissioner on education ; the Rev. Dr. Temple, head, master of Rugby School 11. S. Tre menheere,. Esq., inspectOr of mining districts; T. Twining, jun., Esq., vice 'president, Society of Arts ; Dr. Woodford,' her Majesty's inspector of schools.. The title of corresponding member has been Conferred upon the following gentlemen, who were appointed by their respective governments commissioners to the Educa tional Exhibition held, under the auspice's of the Society of Arts in 1851 :—Hon. Henry Barnard, chancellor of the State University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis consin' United Statei; Mr. Fogh, openhagen ; Dr. o Krafr, Christiana ; M. Milne-Edwards, member of the Institute of France,. Paris; Counsellor Nissen, Chris tiania; Professor Sij estrum, P.A., M.A., Stockholm. There has been.a larger attendance at the meetings than at those of former years, showing that the interest felt by teachers in the proceedings of the association, ,is in-, creasing—the more so as only two of the meetings were specially advertised. Itis, perhaps, not sufficiently, known by persons who are not members, that the meet ings are open, free of charge, to all interested in educa tion. For the remaining meetings of the present session, the following papers are promised :—Mr. Brady, " On Biography as a means of Teachingand Training ; ' Mr. Gover. «On the Necessity of Logical Sequence in Teaching ;" Mr. Mumford, " What is the duty of Teachers with regard to the" Decimal Coinage Question ?" Mr. Teather, " Our Little Boys." The committee solicit the aid of the members in procuring other papers for the monthly meetings of the ensuing year, The papers by Canon Richson,. Dr. Morel, and the Rev. C. H. Bromby, read at the last annual meeting, and a paper - by Mr. Alfred Jones, " On the Principle's of Privy Council Legislation," have been published and issued to those members whose subscription is not in arrear. 'A copy of Mr. Jones's paper has also been sent to every member of the House of Commons. In pursuance of the recommendation made in the last annual report, the specimens of publications and appara tus collected in previous years, with a view to the establishment of a permanent educational exhibition in connection with the association, have been returned by the librarian to the respective publishers and authors by whom they were granted. By the treasurer's cash account for the year it will be semi that the receipts amounted to £46185. 9d., and the expenditure to £50135. Ild., leaving a balance of £3.155. 2d. against the association. The ex penditure includes the reimbursement to the treasurer of the sum of £9 ss. 6d., debitedby error in the cash account for 1854-5, and a reserve balance of 17s. 6d, at the banker's; the receipts include a balance of £l4 ss. 7d. brought forward from last year's account : so that the actual expenses for the year were £4O. 10s. I Id..and the actual income £32 135., showing an. excess of LI 17s. lid. on the side of the former. - The chief items of expenditure were these connected with the printing . and distribution of the lectures. The excess of liabilities over assets will be seen to be £2 17s. Bd. The income of the past year was greater by £l4 than that of the preceding year. Eighty-seven members paid the annual sub scription, and special donations were given towards the expense of printing the lectures. ' The appeal made to the members in the last annual repor has thus met with 3/ 4 that cordial 'response which the eo mittee.anticipated. With regard to the error alread mentioned, it is but just to, the auditors for the yeilf in which it occurred to state that,the mode in which the receipts were brought to account (in monthly summaries) up to the end of the year 1856, did not afford the requisite degree of facility for auditing, and that the error was detected on the receipts of the early years being posted in detail into the cash-book. Since the last annnal meeting the association has lost, through death, one of its vice presidents, Mr. Edward Hughes, who took a.prominent part in its foundation, and was one of the most liberal donors to its funds. We prepose that the vacancy be filled up by the appointment of Mr. Coghlan. The office of minuting secretary has become vacant by the resig nation of Mr. Braid, consequent on his removal from London. Mr. Braid has received the cordial thanks of the committee for his valuable services. The office has been temporarily filled by Mr. Rosse, whom we now recommend for appointment by the meeting. A ballot ing list has been prepared, in accordance with the general desire expressed at the last annual meeting. In con clusion, the committee congratulate the members on the increasing prosperity and usefulness of the association, and call upon them to make, renewed efforts, in the coming year, to • advance its interest and extend its benefits." Mr.- Munro moved the adoption of the report, which We•erceneled by Mr. Gover, and carried unanimou sly. a - : teifi worn bl! + • On. Monday evening, about nine o'clock, a female was crossing the line at the St. Helens Junction of the London and North-Western Railway, when a passing train ran over ler-and-killed her on the spot. ' ACTION AGAIN S T AN EXEelintlX.—A case which occupied nearly the whole of Tuesday was heard at the Manchester Court of Record, before John Monk, Esq., Q.C., deputy judge, in' which a weaver, named Boyes, sought to recover the sum of £23 15s. 541., the expenses of his brother's funeral, from Sarah Ann Robinson, the executrix under ' the will 'of the deceased. From the opening statement of Mr. Holker, who appeared for the plaintiff, and the subsequent evidence, it appeared that the deceased kept 'a beerhonse of disreputable character, in Windmill-street, in that city, that he was married and had one child, neither it nor his wife having lived with him for thirteen years ; but the defendant for some six yeari past had cohabited with him. In September last, the deceased was taken ill, and .on the' 20th. of that month the plaintiff, his brother, came to see him. The plaintiff requested the defendant to leave the house, which she did, and when his brother died, two days after he took possession of the property, including 11 21 and some watches and jewellery which were in a. drawer up stairs, all of which were however eventually returned to the defendant. The plaintiff then carried out the requisite arrangements, for the funeral,, as the defendant made- no attempt to do so, and an learning that 'the deeeased had bequeathed what property he. possessed. to ..the 'defendant the present action, was brought to recover the amount of these expenses.—Mr. Fernleyi'who, with Mr.: S. Pope, appeared' for; the. defendant, maintained tl4,the plaintiff banished. the defendant from the house, seized all the property, break ing opena chest' of drawers, contain& £1.50 .in geld and silver, six gold watches, three , silver watches; a number of Pins, and other jewelleiy, most of which, had never.been returned', and that, in point of fact, had the defendant even n,Qk been, prevented from doing her duty as executrix, the plaintiff had been trebly remunerated 'for any cost to, which he might have been put. The learned judge, with regard to the legality of some of the proceedings referred to, remarked, In summing up, that.the law allowed a, man to step in and become a ,volunteer to pay the ex,petiees of interring a deceased person IL it appeared that no one would undertake this duty, in order to preserve the decencies of life ; bat it did not allow a man to assume rights belonging to another, who was prevented from exercising them, and then turn round and demand payment. If the jury were satisfied that the defendant had been pre vented from fully exeroising her functions as execute's, or if they were of opinion that ,she neglected those functions but that the plaintiff had been amply repaid sr s th the tunl co e 11 s a u consultation,. vt cases'e a r ti d io to n c t , p f T u t h t h , e e t i h u d e r e n y e r s h a e f e t y e d r m f a u o found 'a verdict for the plaintiff for the atria - ant claimed, with the exception of some items in the account which did not belong strictly to the funeral expenses, and which by mutual agreement had been struck out in the progress of the case.—On the application of Mr, Fern ley, who urged that the verdict was against the evidence, by yh r itcjithh:hdeeiphraeaheertnYti.to the judge sale would grant a rule to show ems w hy the verdict should 'not be set aside, .. THE EARL OFTFINGALL" AND THE PAPAL QUESTION. . The followinz letter, addressed by the Earl of Fit!gall to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, ex plains itself : • • " Killeen Castle, Tara, Dec. 23, 1859. • " My DEAR Lonn,—l received yesterday from the secretaries a printed copy' of the resolutions proposed to be moved at the general meeting of the Catholics of this county on the 29th inst. While yielding to none in the deep-felt sympathy with which every Catholic must re gard the unmerited sufferings of the illustribus head of our ' holy religion, and fully impressed with the import ance of securing the political independence of the Holy See, it is with deep regret that I feel myself compelled to express my dissent from any portion of the resolutions which have received the sanction of your lordship's approval. As one of those who signed the requisition, on the assurance that the "sole" object of the meeting was to express sympathy with the Pope in his present affliction, I cannot but disapprove of the severity of the language of the earlier resolutions, which appears to me to go beyond the legitimate object for which the meeting was originally convened. It is, however, to the line of policy laid down in the fourth and fifth resolutions that I feel obliged, however reluc- - tautly, to offer an unqualified dissent. The object, as I conceive, of these resolutions, is to pledge the meeting, and more especially the county members, to oppose every administration which may consent to recognise the separate independence of any portion of the Roman states. Deeply as I should regret such a solution of the present difficulty, I find it impossible' to concur in a course of action which I consider would be fraught with evil to the best interests of the Catholics of the United Kingdom. Throughout my public , life I have always been opposed on principle to the imposition of pledges on members of parliament, and being myself a member of the legislature,- must decline to be bodnil by a resolution which would fetter my own judgment, and have the effect of imposing on others the necessity of doing what I myself should not be prepared to do. Under these circumstances, your lordship will perceive that I cannot approve of the course proposed to be taken, and must, therefore, however painful to me, decline attending a meeting with the main object of which I cordially concur. In> order to prevent mis apprehension with regard to my motives in the course I feel it incumbent on me to-take, and as the day fixed for the meeting is so near, it will be necessary that this letter should.be published with the least possible delay. —Believe me, my dear lord, very faithfully yours, • "FINGALL. " To the Most Rev. Dr. Cantwell, Bishop of Meath." AN ABSCONDING PARTNER.MT. Manassah Cohen, late render at the Jewish Synagogue, in this town, has reported to the police authorities that, on the 10th inst., Abraham Aaron, his partner, left home taking £350 worth of gold and silver .watches, gold clains, and articl, of jewellery, the property of the firm. A letter was received from him on Saturday, stating that he was bound for San Francike, and directing any communica tion for him to be addressed to that town. He is about twenty-two years of age, and a Prussian by birth. Mr. Cohen offers a reward of £5O for his apprehension. He is further charged with stealing a gold watch, value £s' 10s., and a warrant has been taken out against him on this charge. — Wolverhampton Chronicle. TTIE FRESCOES IN LINCOLN'S INN HALL.—A very fine fresco, 50 feet by 31 feet, painted by Mr. G. F. Watts, has , just been placed at the north end of Lin coln's Inn Hall. It represents an imaginary assemblage of the great early lawgivers, from Moses down to the King who has been called the English Yustinian— Edward the First. The figures are of colossal dimensions, and 30 in number. The design occupies the whole end of the hall, above the high table, from the upper edge of the panelling to the apex of the roof. This fresco is conspicuouSly distinguished from all the mural decorations hitherto executed in this country by its architectural characiter. The frescoes in the poets' . landing-place and in the corridors of the Houses of . Parliament are like clever water colour 'drawings on a life-size scale hung upon the walls, but 'not forming part of the building.' They do not harmonise with or enhance the architecture by the disposition of their masses or the tone of their colour. Mr. Watts's fresco seems so fit into and fbrm part of the hall it adorns. A LAWYER'S ORATION. —We remember once, when:a Young man, living in Hampshire, they dedicated a new bridge, and invited a young lawyer to deliver an ora tion. The lawyer bad never yet, after a fortnight's practice, had the honour of being retained, and the opportunity of establishing a reputation was admira ble. The day came, and with it to the bridge came the multitude and the orator. He had made no written proparation, that being, he had been told, unlawyer like—a lawyer being supposed to be capable of speaking without note or notice, any number of hours, on any subject, in a style-of thrilling eloquence. So our orator trusted to the occasion. He stood out upon the plat form, and amid the profound attention of his audience, commenced :—"Fellow-citizens, —Five-and-forty-years ago, this bridge, built by your enterprise, was part and parcel of the- howling wilderness !" He paused - a moment. " Yes, fellow-citizens, only five-and-forty years ago, this bridge, where we now stand, was part and parcel of the howling wilderness." Again, he paused. (Cries of " Good, go on.") Here was the "rub." " I feel it hardly necessary to repeat, that this bridge, fellow-citizens, only five-and-forty years ago, was part and parcel of the howling wilderness ; and I will conclude by saying that I wish—l wish it was part and pared of it now."--Brighton Examiner. tsgorting 3tdeUigture. STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES /FOR 1360. JANUARY. Manchester .... . 2 Jersey 4 Aberystwith.24, 23 FEBRUARY. Carmarthensbire.7, 9 Tenby 23 I Grand Military Derby Mid1and......21 (N'them..pton) 29,30 MARCH. Tenby 1 Pembroke Annual I Coventry l4 Birmingham...l2, 13 13 ts • yy nfqii RACING FIXTURES FOR 1840., PEBRIIARY. • • •. tAncolii Spring - ...I5 Nottingh.unSpring Dcrby Spring 23 21 I MARCH. ' Liverpool Spring... 6 Coventry Spring 13.! Northampton 27 Shrewsbury Spring Warwick Spring 20 Croaton Pack 30 6, ' APRIL. Newmarket C 9 Think l2 1 Epsom:Spring ...19 Cattericic Bridge 11 . Doncaster springl7 I Neynntlit F. 8....2* ISING 01 , ' STAKES. Liverpool July • Jan 3 L'srDF—X TO THE CD Abingdon, Jan 3 Ascot Bath Beverley 3 Bibury Club Brighton Csatterick Britge Chester Spring 3 Derby Summer 3 Doncaster Egharn 3 Epsom Spring ' l' Epesnaßammer, . 3 Goodwood ' ' v 3 . Lincoln , 3 Maschester . 3 Newmarket Northampton Nottingham. Spring 3 Worcester Nottingharo.,J. .odiliam P:ymouth Beading Salisbury. Stockbridge :Stockton. 3 Warwick. Spring 3 Warwick, Sept. ........... . Liverpool Spring 3 .1 Winshester ... 3 • •_,,, .‘,,,, ',. HUN,tIN.G. APPOINTMENTS. Adderley THE oakB;E.. •`-'m THE NORTH; STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS SIR WATlirgi W A IL t L WILL MEET ON Friday, Dec. 30, at 4.- . WILL. MEET •ON Friday, Dec: 30, at* - LO Friday, * Erddig Saturday, Dec..3l, at an : John Walker. Fi rA al 4 4P W ast rN t l"S FOX HOUNDS ' TUE CHESHIRE ROUNDS • iittLl., MEET ON • Thursday,. Dec. 29, at W. Wy A i t ii4 ha i l l f a - rt piss . t .H ten uu .• tarri ' Maroury Saturday,. Dec. 31, at 'Crewe 3fonday, Jan. 2, at ' Tatton Park Wednpsday, Jan. 4, at Master : Sir. W. * Asliton Hayes Thursday, Jan 5, at Duddon Heath Saturday, Jan, 1 , ,. at . ?cover Hall At half-past ten. THE SHROPSHIRE HOUNDS, • WILL MEET ON • Friday; Dee... 30, at ... At half-past tea.. MR. MEYNELL INGRAM'S HOUNDS . . _ • WILL MEET ON Thursday, Doc. 29, at Bretby Park Saturday, Dec. 31, at Loxley • ' At a quarter:to eleven. THE ALBRIGHTON FOXHOUNDS ' , . . WILL MEET ON • Thursday, • Dec. 29, at , „ ' Stretton Hall . 'Saturday, Dec. 31, at ~ Longford'Hall Tuesday, Jan. 3, at ' .. , Hunnington, near Hagley Thursday, Jan. 5, , at..,,,, „ Sheriff Hales Saturday, Jan„ 7 t at Burnel Green At a quarter to eleven. COURSING, COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1459.—Dacsisisse.. Great Crosby, Lancashire: 29. Chg.Wigton, Staffordshire: Mr. Warwish, " 34` n Le ith Butt" , tee )3r3id,