Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

..... , ...' ....1' howeve r ' -as a Incil reading-- ler. eted pttm por tion of a nd 016 ....• rS. anno ua• Lu strali s, ,g wa ils senget s ' ed. rate °I B" enß il g t week la° a nd. 0 : i 'OP- „„ of t ill ' ) 01 fl e fi to a sele cte e fori :s i T udes of 51 the 913 1116 Thos 3s ' • yr. R r e r v u ' es 33l gleieu”, In W ed s ; lace.. P 9 L e°o o3 late he ging ot o ion .0 ing 1/1 o cell „i/ 511 1 , 6 0 ierl f it a to ,co oodeP arol e " a lle e, 5 e 1 3 e s t ro . f 13 3 0°. ,er .ti ot ro' n ts ito`rtic; "ils ,ST ' A TE OF THE COUNTRY• gE u NEDIPLOYED POOR IN LEICESTER. kpc n elt number of o p era ti v es have been thrown out of 't:r 4 , In t in Leicester, and a very large number of e ik : re ° l2l Y working half or short time. As is usually ender such circumstances, parties are patrolling i, t 4B and outskirts of the town begging or singing. ).I, ae e seasons o f di s t r e s s this has usually beea the k;'ill e to w tioting or general breaches of the peace, but in in day no such result is feared, Some of those ): rrostly led the working classes in sack times have el their own position, while others have emigrated• !' ° Te I all, the poorer part of the working classes have ,•,!I'reil considerably advanced in knowledge. This is ;: cell 3' their manifesting the strongest desire to keep 1 r1 ,, e1 ) by their having placed themsolves under p ' dates of a Baptist minister of the town, Mr. S. J. °4 Sanday a large meeting of the unemployed 1 to the Pasture, a piece of ground near the town, V e Potati an w.is a pp o i n t e d t o w a it upon the magisa ° 4 : 11c1 r equest them to use their influence with the board 'i ' lm .tclisll B to grant outdoor relief to the deserving able- Poor( d ur i ng the present pressure. O n M on d a y I's:1! t he deputation waited upon the magistrates, , board expressed an unwillingness to interpose, oard of Guardians were an independent body. The 1 4tr h il i t ti' erli while expreesing their willingness to do all "I, d to alleviate the sufferings of the poor, said that ••, °tl ld not permit any parties to be singing or it the t own or i ts ou t s ki rts . O n M on d a y a larger 'i l c t rtlee ting was held, when a deputation was appointed , I i . „ 4 1 1 on the Board of Guardians, and the strongest t ,i i ' °ll Was evinced to keep the peace. The meeting re srod by two Dissenting ministers. The depu ild th e i r i nterv i ew w i t h t h e P oor L aw G uar di ans on 4, t 4 h e vening. A very good feeling appeared to exist and the board appointed a small committee :i t1 , 5c1 9 to consider the matter, and report to the board 4 4 r e e. best means which could be taken at the present ITNEIIPLOYED SILK WEAVERS IN P SPITALFIELDS. ;i tI:11 t he statements made on Tuesday evening, at a nf the broad-silk weavers of Bethnal-green and ,k,! b bourhood, it is to be feared that the amount of It t i t 7 l3 in Spitalfields is far beyond what the public IN:' Mr. Gear, one of the members of a committee it h - n . te d to consider the best means of relieving the pre iittpe l 3 distre ss stated that the committee had ascertained niost frightful misery existed among the weavers ; ' t , W as calculated that the number of idle looms i ) c n ' l 'ed to 3,101, and that in many places the children V: 43 th e p aren t s were w ith ou t food. This appalling ; e nt was con fi rme d by Mr. Hardy, secretary to the Itte e, who said that if something was not speedily r elieve the destitution, the newspapers would have ll d bllBll worse cases of human suffering than were ttte,, t- . tici in India. It is obviously impossible that a local 'std t ee like the one referred, to can devise means to allYthin g beyond temporary assistance to the ‘‘ii k t, 4l ., k(l , unless they receive the co-operation of the 4 'lls of the district. It therefore behoves those wile i nfluence and leisure to devote for the relief of t t fellow creatures, to organise a plan for administering di b, lr Wants, b e f o re the destitution arrives at its worst Ni tt . Those who have the distribution of Poor-law Ot t a to also bound to give promptly what the necessitous ', 4 4 le Zal right to claim ; for we cannot believe that '(l4,`°ll4Yers will grudge what may be bestowed for the fit ° a of human misery. Subscription lists should be th l ) ill order t.() afford scope for the charitable impalses t it ' b enevole n t, an d the amount so collected might go `pdilnder j u di c i ous arrangements , t 3 ass i st th e d es ti tute 'i ti ti v tle n)eloyed. Th e p u bli c generally are likewise bo u nd ► e preference for the silk manufactures of Spitalfields , 1 11 1 t ! 1.0 3e of foreigners, and encourage, by every means Ith i r Power, a de man d f or th e p ro ducts of native skill. Ilt e e we trust the distress is merely owing to a temporary olte tio 41 k, Of commerce, we cannot but feel that the lle k elog winter may bring a severe tr i al to t h e wor ki ng t ; i 4 l ef the metrep e li s, an d t h at t h ey are lik e l y to need t atd and sympathy which the public are able to Th e II °CIIDALE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 4 tr y °ll °Wing is the result of inquiries into the state ttet r l t ' e at 'd of the working population within the district, I tlet i ' c i irt ,g in one di r e c tion 'from Bluepits through t4O ele towards Bacup, a length of seven miles ; and in ther (including Oldham-road) to Littleborough—an h` e ''''rl miles by five. In that area there are 96 mills , lal27 hi c l, information has been gained, and at which k tt hands are employed ordirarly. Of the 93, there hti: 4 l With 1,427 hands, entirely stopped ; two of them i k , % i ,, ri ßcehdale. Running four days a week, and employ 511ands, there are 28 mil's in Rochdale; two running I htt e Ye and a half, emplo . , mg 320 hands ; seven turning ) . 1 da l's, employing 1,316 hands ; and two running five ts ' : lll 2 l oviric , 920 .. 8 hands. In Rochdale there are 33 tiv ° , -3 worki ng s h or t ti me ; a nd i n th e di s t r i c t, 7,215 ; q le l l a t otal of 15,050, exclusive of the 1,427 altogether l 'o t i lli c'Yed. Th ere i s ver y littl e diff erenc e in t h e time "eip i tci llY the cotton a nd woollen mills ; but the general t `•ty 41 o f employers in the cotton trade is that, except a t eat change takes place, they will be compelled to 1 Yto close. The few who are working full time 11 1 0 4a1 PlY working up cotton on hand, or completing t tr o T e rS• Sev.7ral mills that, up to last Monday t ll' s ,, l t ll l time are beginning this week to run four days C he t Th e machinists are suffering as much as other bran tlii for, trad e; in some cases, the hands have been 4(ll. tearly one half, a• .d those at work are so for an ht 4•! e o; days only. Three of these firms had been over hours before the panic ; and so pressing had s t tl e4 itnands upon them that they had made accomino -4t'l- ' O r ,500 fresh hands. One firm states "We calca :it t at to keep our mill standing for one week is a dead tp 470 ; and the universal feeling of the unillowners It 'fic as nearly the ordinary time as is at all possible, I kt necessary to add, that there is a good deal of li t ; % ! ! 4 tcongst the operatives; and that largely increased '' t ts are feared by the relieving officers. W o A 4' q o ItI QNG OF SHORT TIME IN STOCKPORT. 41 14, tt time at most of the factories in Stockport, is begin -I}q ) te ll heavily upon the shopkeepers, and also upon the 1 41 t funds. At the weekly meeting of the guardians, 4 : 411 , 111 , b er of paupers in the workhouse was reported to be ' t ; t 4 " u alli for some years past, there being 439 ( 1 93 males It tel t 2.B f emales), or an increase of 7 over the previous 4114 of 64 over the corresponding week last year. Tb STATE OF TRADE AT OLDHAM. t he majority o f t h e l arges t f ac t or i es i n the towr, , and lt ill it°ll works of Messrs. Platt and Asa and Eli Lees i ‘}: 11 (1t : 4 :inue running short time, in addition to which 41111 :erS of hands in the latter establishments have Tohttit°gether suspended : so that the working-classes to suffer severely: In Middleton and h i .': : t here is also a great deal of suffering amongst the )tp t "e class es , p art i cu l ar l y t h e s ilk wea vers, who con- N), i t he bulk o f t h e popu l at i on o f t h ese t owns hips, n st(illetl ee of the complete stagnation in the silk tracl itillittit(are?a vi, lying in l e t T lenE.—A . ccortnts from Cork announce that Q ieenstown and Passage the largest vesslst have anchored ia these roads for f o ' " Between the two anchorages there are probably kNig il than 200 sail of all sorts, almost all of which are arrived from the Pacfic with guano, or from the 11 1 4 1,tr e ,i,.. 11 ean with corn. Full half the vessels are of the th;.s k i a ° 4s ) and are only waiting for orders to discharge r ot ," This crowding of vessels is chiefly owing to kl'aiimg.loutherly winds and thick weather which have *44 ho7, l° r the last two days, and compelled the home -411d to run into Cork harbour for shelter. THE RURAL DISTRICT OF TONTETH PARK. MEETING OF RATEPAYERS. A public meeting of the ratepayers of the rural district of Toxteth Park, was held in the school-room, Lark-lane, at seven o'clock last evening, for the purpose of taking into consideration a report of the Finance Committee of the Local Board of Health, upon the desirableness of having the rural district incorporated with the borough of Liverpool. The attendance was rather limited. Among those present were—Messrs. Mathew Gregßon, H. S. Alpass, Charles Willmer, Joseph Boult, Thomas Urquhart, J. Briscoe, Darsie, Hughes, Treffy. Thomas Aviscn, McGregor, Brown, John Lathbury, F. Woodhead, Gibbins, &c. On the motion cf Mr. BRI3COE, the chair was taken by H S. ALLPASS, Esq. The CHAIRMAN said, the meeting was called together that evening, to take into consideration a report which had been submitted to the Local Board of Health by the Finance Committee appointed by them, to take into consideration the advisability of that district, under the present Local Board of Health, being incorporated with the borough of Liverpool for municipal purposes—not for parliamentary purposes—but for municipal purposes only. He should proceed, in the first instance, to read the report of the Finance Committee, which had boen adopted by the Local Board. The Chairman then read the foil) wing THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1857. district was brought under the general Health Act ; but, in a word, while their total rates now were 2s 3d, they would become 2s 4 6-11 d or 2s sd, if the amalgamation took place, an increase in place of a decrease. Mr. BOULT : Yon have not added the 5, 1 4 for Grove Park. Mr. Gaßosox replied that that was a local rate, and proceeded to argue that they themselves could have the night soil removed as cheaply as it could be done by the Town Council. As to lighting, there was not a road in the district which the Council woull not be memorialised to light by parties who would not have to pay a farthing of the expense, and under all circum stances the amalgamation ; instead of being a beneflt, would be a disadvantage to the rural district. He would, there fore, move that the incorporation do not take place. Mr. LATnunitY seconded the amendment. Mr. F. BOULT observed that 'nest of Mr. Gregson's arguments were quite erroneous, and urged that while he carefully enumerated all the disadvantages of the incor poration, he made no mention whatsoever of the advantages to be derived horn it. For instance, if they now drained into a corporation Fewer, they would not be allowed the advantage which the other district had, of paying the expense in twenty or thirty years, but would hive to pay it at once. That was an advantage which they would gain from incorporation, and no small advantage too, seeing the extent of district which in a few years they would have to drain. It was true, that at present they had only to drain the district mentioned by Mr. Greg,son, but they could not say what a few years would bring. A railway would certainly be brought through the district, and Vie Beckhoir-:e and \Vcodhouse p.7operties would also soon be brouzht into the market to suit purchasers. This would give rise to extensive drainage, and the sooner they prepared for it the better. As to the expense of highways, he calcu'ated that those of the rural district had to pay for just four times as much as those in the town, and weighing all the advantages and disadvantages of the incorporation, he was quite willing that it should take place, and that they should hear the special burdens of the town part of Toxteth-park, while that district equally bore theirs. It should be remembered, also, that all improvements undertaken for the future by ill: corpora. tion, would be borne out of an improvement rate laid up )a all, and that there were many improvements in their district—the widening of S.Bithdo sn-lace, for example, which required to be carried out. Mr. BRISCOE thought if trey were united to Toxteth park they would in any sewer rates be able to divide them between the landlord and the tenant. As it was, he believed the tenant had to bear the whole, if he was cot the owner. lie could not help thinking that if they had an extended area for the rate contributors they should diminish their rates. He had heard nothing at all said about their dispensing with the staff which they at present employed, provided they were taken under the wing of the corporation. They could reduce the expense in that we and they would be likely to be better served if they had the borough police, who were more eflhient and more numerous than the county police ware. Mr. WILLMER would suggest that as that was really a very important question for the ratepayers, as the meeting was so very limited in number, and as the fat's relating to the subject had been brought out with mere elaborate and important effect than they appeared as ernbodie in the report—the least they could do for the ratepayers who were not present on that occasion was to give them an opportunity of reading what had taken place, and of coming at some future period to decide upon the question. H thought it would be scarcely tight that with the small number of ratepayers present they should commit the ratepayers outside either to one course or the other. He would, therefore, if he was in order, move an amendment to the effect that the meeting do now adjourn for one month. Mr. TREFIFY seconded the amentlinenf. Mr. BouLr did not want to throw any taetious oppositio in the way of a full consideration of the question, but he did not think they would gain much by an ajournmen% At the last annual meeting of ratepayers to supply vacancies on the Board of Health, the chairman, the law clerk, Mr. Hughes, and himself constituted the meeting. Mr. WILLMER urged that it would be only right to give the ratepayers a full opportunity of considering what was said at that meeting, as they were about to commit them selves to a very important scheme, which might involve, if opposed, cot siderable expense, and as there was no necessity for acting with any haste in the matter. Mr. URQUHART, as the mover of the resolution,consented to the amendment. It tens finally agreed, unanimously, that the meeting should be adjourned' to a future day, to be named by the Board of Health, not within a month from the present. The proceeding then concluded with a vote of thanks to ,he Chairman. ' THE ASIIOVER MURDER. INQUEST AND GOVERNMENT RtiVAB D. Asuovize, Wednesday.—This frightful ml der still remains shrouded in mystery. Since the perpe ration of the tragedy, Fox, the chief onngte.hlo, ham boon eee.a zealous in his endeavours to trace the murderer. Six men had been arrested on suspicion, and discharged after proper inquiries had been instituted ; but another man, named Richard Hodgkinson, has been apprehended, and so strong are the circumstances against him, that he has been detained. The p lice are at the present moment collecting evidence which, it is hoped, will elucidate the mystery that at present surrounds the case. Last evening a communication teas received here from the Home-office stating that her Majesty's Govern ment would offer a reward of .ElOO for the apprehension of the murderer or murderers, and a free pardon to any persons who were not the actual perpetrators of the crime Yesterday, Mr. Busby, the coroner, resumed the inquest upon the body of James Simpson, at the White Lion inn, in this to am. The first witness examined was Hannah Simpson, the wife of the murdered man, who deposed that when her husband left home to go to Alfreton market he hal about him his silver watch and a half crown, which she gave him just before he started. He took soma butter to the market to sell. Thomas Rogers, grocer, and Joseph Boar, a farm s rvant, deposed to seeing the deceased in Alfreton market on the day in question, and that he was perfectly s b e. at the time. Mr. Joseph Fletcher, the proprietor of the Alton Colliery, gave evidence to the effect that he discovered the deceesed lying in t' e road. He was groaning. There was a wound near his left ear. He was bleeding, and the back of his eae and his shirt collar were blackened, as with powder. lie did not speak at all. Witness did not hear any report of fire arms. John Bassett, a farmer, spoke to hearing a report of a gun or pistol in the direction where the body was found. Peter Skidmore, surgeon, of Ashover, detailed the nature of the wounds. He discovered two wounds in the brain, and afterwards extracted a billet and a slug, the latter resembling a large swan shot. They had penetrated the skull, and the bullet was lodged in the middle lobe of the brain ; the shot was lying a little further in the same lobe. The shots must have come from the left hand side. The gun or pistol must have been in very close proximity to the head at the time it was fired, propably half a yard distant. Some further evidence having been given, the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or, persons unknown. TH3 GOVERNMENT PRESS & PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, The Globe wishes to know where we f rand sthtments in the Ministerial journals that there would be no Reform Bill next cession. The nines is to bs regarded as the leading organ of the Governm3nt ; and on the oth instant sx e find it saying:— "Under these circumstances, we do not think the sulojeo of Parliamentary Reform will stand much chance in the next session." Again, on the 18th instant, the Till US summed up its reasons against a Bill next session by :—"We cannot but think ou the whole that Parliamentary Reform had better wait." The same evening the Globe itself wound up an article depreciatory of the question by disclaiming : —" Any g.and expectation for the session of 1858." And next morning the Morning Pose—better inspired, perhaps, than even the Times or the Globe—frankly re marked, in foreshadowing the measures of next session : " We do not expect to hear anything of a Reform Bill. ' This is where we find the Ministerial Press preparing the way for a Ministerial abandonment of the promise of a Reform Bill next session. At times, however, the Ministerial Press is not very well informed as to Minis oriel intentions. For instance, on the 12th instant the Globe took us to task for insisting that the circumstances of the country required an instant relaxation of the Bank Act for 1844, and ridiculed the notion of the Government interfering as it had done in 1847. Yet, in a second edition of the Globe of the same evening appeared the Government Letter to the Bank of England, authorising the Bank to employ those means of assisting suffering trade and commerce which the Governmental Globe had a few hours before described as " empirical." So it will in all human prbability turn out with Parliamentary Reform. We shall have a Reform Bill, notwithstanding the assurances of the Ministerial Press to the contrary. And thus they will learn another lesson of the inconveniences of subserviency.—Daily News. REPORT Of the Finance Committee of the Local Thard of Health of the Rural District of Toxteth Park, presented to a meeting of the Board, held the 3rd day of November, 1857, and adopted by the Board. Your Finance Committee having taken into their con sideration the important subject referred to them by the board at their meeting of the 7th July, 1857, namely the desirableness of having the rural district incorporated with the b rough of Liverpool, beg to report as follows : That in 1842, by 5 and 6 Vic., chap. 105, the extra parochial place of Toxteth Park was divided, for the purposes of sewering, paving, and cleansing into two districts, in the larger and more populous of which only the commissioners under that act had power to execute drainage works. That district was made a portion of the borough of Liverpool by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, and in 1840, by 0 and 10 Vie., chap. , commonly called the Liverpool Sanatory Act, the powers of the commissioners of Toxteth Park within that district were transferred to the 'Health Committee of the borough. In 1855, by 18 and 19 Vic., chap. 125, the board of Com missioners, the functions of which were restricted to the rural district, was transformed into the existing Board of Health. The area of the whole of Toxteth Park, according to the ordnance survey, is 2,35] acres, 3 roods, 37 perches, of which only about 1,40 J acres are included in the rural district. The position and shape of the rural district are peculiarly disadvantegAous to the ratepayers who are thus laid under the obligation of maintaining a large extent of road sur face, including the Aigburth-road, Smithdown.lane, Green bank lane, and part of Ullet lane, the use of which is enjoyed chiefly by persons wh r reside without the district, and do not in any way contribute to the cost of mainten ance. They are for the most part residents in the borough, and in the suburban districts of Garston, Wavertree. Allerton, and Woolton, who piss over the roads referred to as they proceed to and from Liverpool. It appears worthy of consideration whether the board of health of a district so situated should not be empowered to obtain from the borough and the adjacent townships some relief from the oppressive burden thus im::osed upon the ratepayers. In the ease under consideration, the weight of the burden would be reduced, if the area of rate-contribution be enlarged, by re-uniting the two districts into which Toxteth Park has been arbitrarily divided. Your committee have been informed that the inspectors of the general board, when surveying the limits of any district into w - ich the Health Act is to be introduced, are instructed to pay especial attention to its local and physical features, in order that its limits may coincide as nearly as possible with these of the natural drainage area. The object in view appears to be that all the ontfall and other sewers may be entirely within the limits of jurisdiction of the board, under whose authority they may be constructe.l. It is remarkable, therefore, that the great southern outfall of the borough of Liverpool, for 3,346 yards of its course, lies wholly or partially within the rural district of Toxteth park. Commencing at the outfall on the arand of the Mersey at the west end of Dingle-lane, that part of the sewer thence to the junction of Lodge-lane with Ullet-lane, a length of yards, is on the boundary line between the borough and the rural district, and is, therefore, partially in both. From Lodge-lane through Ullet-lane, and across the Earl of Sefton's fields to Smithdown-lane, a length of 1,255 yards, the sewer lies wholly within the rural district. It is to be ob , erved that the Health Committee of Liverpool cannot make any u e of the latter portion of their sewer , by lateral connections, with , ut traversing some part of the rural district—a contingency aptly illustrated in the case of their sewer now being constructed fcr the drainage of that part of the borough which borders upon Lodge-lane. It was found most expedient 'o connect this sewer with the southern outfall through the sewer in Grove Park, belonging to the Toxteth Board of Health. On the other hand, the only feasible outfall for the drainage of Grove Park was into the Livarpool outfall. Where the southern ontfall sewer lies partially in the two districts, it is sometimes found most desirable that the property which is within the rural district and adjacent to the sewer should be drained into that outfit'', as, for example, property on the southerly side of UPet-lane and that on the easterly side of Lodge. lane. Tires the anomaly arises of propetty which lies in one district being drained into the sewer of another district. in the management of which the owner of that property has no voice—a contingency which appears to be wholly at varilDCB with the spirit of the General Health Act, and with the old constitutional principle of local self-government. A further practical disadvantage it entailed upon the owner of property thus drained ; he is compelled to pay for the privilege in one sum, according to the assessment for poor rate, when, if his property were in the same district -with his sewer, the payment would be distributed over a series of years, and levied in part upon the occupier, instead of falling entirely upon himself. In respect to police, the rural disirict is dependent for the most part upon the county constabulary ; it is, however, doubtful, considering its close proximity to so large a town, and with the great increase in those residen &es which offer strong temptation to the evil disposed, whether the protection thus afforded will be sufficient for any length of time. It is probable that any additional protection which may be required will be obtained at the least cost, and at the same time most efficiently, from the borough police In a financial aspect, it does not appear that incor poration with Liverpool would be injurious. In that part of Toxteth•park which is now included within the borough boundary, the rates for the year ending March 31, 1858, are as fcllows s. d Lighting and fire police.... Paving (including flagging, cleansing, &c.) 1 0 Sewer (one half to be deducted from the owner out of rent) Water (for public purposes, extinguishing fires, &c.) General 0 l; • Watch Museum .. , . . 0 2 Total in the bDrough . 2 5 The corresponding rates levied within the rural district for .the current year are as follows :-- 1. d. Highway General district County (police, &c ) . . Total in the rural district .) 3 To the latter, however, must be added the cost of removing nightsoil (included in the borough rates), which, under the present system, is probably not less than ld. ; an-I also the rates for sewers, which is only paid in those parts of the district in which sewers have been ccnstruc'ed. If Grove Park be taken as an illustration—it is the only one the district at present offers—the rate there will be sid for thirty years, exclusive of any addition to the general rate, which may ba required to pay the cost of maintenance. As the sewers of the district are likely to be largely extended within a short period. it is probable that the greater portion of the rateable property of the district will be brought under a charge similar to that now imposed upon Grove Park. Adding the items estimated for sewers and nightsoil to the sum given above as the total in the rural district, that amount will be raised to 2s 91d, or 31d. in excess of the rates paid by that portion of Toxteth Park which is within the borough There are several places within the district in which the highways are susceptible of very great improvement ; and the Board are empowered to effect such improvements as they may consider expedient, provided they h lye the con sent of those persons whose property is required for the purpose. But, as before observed, 'a considerable part of those highways are chiefly used by . the people who do not reside in the district, and consequently do not contribute to defray the expense. In many cases, therefore, it would be unjust to saddle the ratepayers with the costs of improvements by which they are but very partially benefitted. The force of this consideration is greatly strengthened where improvements cannot be effected except by compulsory powers specially conferred by Parliament. The costs of an application for such powers would in themselves be a considerable addition to the rates in any year, and swell the aggregate expenses of improvements to an amount, for which in general it Would be unreasonable to tax the ratepayers. If, however, these improvements were undertaken by the council of the borough, the proportion paid by each ratepayer would be insignificant, as compared with the advantages conferred upon the community at large. These facts and considerations appear to show that the suggested incorporation with the borough would be in no respect injurious either to the owners of property or to the ratepayers. On the contrary, many minor advantages may be anticipated, in addition to those before referred to, as, for example. unity of management, additional foot crossings and lamps, the watering of the roads, tSse ; these latter conveniences the board have not felt jus tified in providing, though the cost is small, as the area of taxation is so limited. If it be further considered that there is very great difficulty in securing upon the board the services of the number of gentlemen specified by the act, your committee think that the suggested incorporation will appear to be very desirable ; and that year by year, -as the population increases, and the district becomes more and more assimilated to Liverpool, the expediency of such a measure wilt grow into an urgent necessity. Your committee, therefore, recommend that a special meeting of the ratepayers be convened for the consideration of the subject, with a view to the opening of the requisite negotiations, should the suggestion of incorporation be approved of by the meeting. Signed on behalf of the committee, THOMAS URQUHART, Chairman. Committee-room, Oct. 17, 1857. The CHAIRMAN said, it was in consequence of the last sentence of the report that the meeting was called, to express approval or disaproval of the line of conduct recommended by the Committee, and adopted by the Local Board of Health. Mr. THOMAS URQUFIART moved the first resolution, as I follows :—" That the report now real be adopted, and that the Local Board of Health are hereby requested to com municate with the Town Council of Liverpool, and in conj'.nction with that body to take such steps as are necessary to the attainment of such a desirable object." He had some intention of giving further reasons than those embodied in the report, with a view to influence their minds to its adoption, but when he saw that the meeting was so exceedingly small, and took into account the fact that the report had been delivered to every ratepaeer, he came to the conclusion that the ratepayers were satisfied with the report. If they were not satisfied, the subject was such an important one th it they would certainly have made their appearance there. Moreover, when he looked around him he saw that the greater proportion of those present were members of the Board who originally adopted the report. He, therefore, merely moved the adoption of the resolution, reserving the right of making some remarks in case any one present should oppose the motion. Mr. BOULT had very great pleasure in seconding the reso tion. As the reasons were set forth so fully in the report, he would not detain the meeting at present, with any obser vations, unless something were said in opposition. Mr. GREGSON said, that portion of the district, referred to in the opening sentences of the report, which was attached to tho Borough of Liverpool, was within the par liamentary boundary of Liverpool, and that was the reason why the corporation took that portion of Toxteth-park. Of the 1,400 acres in the rural district of Toxteth-park, at least 1,000 acres must belong to the Earl of Sefton, so that they had only to deal with the rural district, to the extent of 400 acres. The principal portion of it lay to the westward of Aigburth•road. He understood from Mr Stewart that there was no intention whatever upon the part of the Earl of Sefton to break into any portion of his land for any purposes, except those of agriculture. The fact that a large extent of the road surface was enjoyed chiefly by persons residing without the district, was, no doubt, to a certain extent, disadvantageous, audit seemed natural that the parties passing over the road daily from the outer townships ought to contribute towards the expense, but then the district had no means of campellirg them, and roads similarly situate in other parts of the country were invariably in the same position. The situation, therefore, must submit to that inconvenience, and he thought he should show by-and-bye that they did not pay more for that road than they would if they were to amalgamate with the borough of Liverpool. Neither the out township nor the borough would contribute towards that expense, nor would there be any means of laying a rate to compel them Now there was no portion of the country better adapted for drainage than Toxteth Park. Naturally, within itself, it had every facitity for drainage, and was not requires to go into any district whatever. Other townships might have to go through Toxteth Park, but Toxteth Park did not require to go oue yard into any other district. Liverpool had come through Toxteth Park, and Toxteth Park through Liverpool, So far as the sewers were concerned, ho did not see how they should be benefited at all by placing themselves under the Town Council of Liverpool. Let Isom take, for instance, the sewer about to be made for St. Michael's and Parkfield, down to the river. This district must be cowered in any case, whether it was under the Town Council, or under their own beard, and he did not see how, by its being under the Town 'Council they csuld save anything. The Council could not do it cheaper or better than the Board could, or take it in a more direct way to the river. The next work would probably be the sewering of the very property they were now on. The CuAui'eAN : It is part of the same scheme. Mr. GREGSON said he should like to know what other part of the rural district, beside that, .would require to be sewered, for the present time or for many years to come They would recollect that the remainder of it, with the exception of that portion of the property, and that at Lodge-lane. had all seperate and die' inc` houses, with their own drainage. The drainage of most of these houses had been made for years, and he did not know any houses which required it By-and-bye it might, perhaps, be desirable. The Garston district required to be sewered, and it might possilely be an advantage to them to carry a sewer down Aig,burth-vale, being part of that township. He did not suppose that if that was thought a desirable way cf draining that portion of the township, the Garston Board would have any objection to meat them in a liberal way, and to pay a certain portion of the cost of that sewer. He understood, however, that the Garston Board were going to take a different direction, and to make sewers independent of Toxteth park. One portion of a sewer might be required before long. but it was one straight piece from the new workhouse, and would require no surveying. The main drain of the Town Council was within a couple of hundred yards off. A gentleman remarked that if they were united to the other portion of Toxteth-nark, a general rate would be laid upon the whole for their relief. Mr. GREGSON said the principal portion of the town district of Toxteth-perk was sewered already, and the' sewerage was paid for, This district could only unite itself to the toen portion of Toxteth-park. It could not levy a rate upon Liverro 1, or extend is rates beyond Parlisment-street, which was th naturel boundary of Toxteth-park. Ile had contributed considerably towards making the sewers in the town district of Toxteth-park, and lie believed that district was now nearly altogether sewered. The present meeting might say, "We will join you now that all your sewers are made, nod ynu will have to contribute towards making ours." But lie apprehended the answer would be, "If you will come end join us, come and pay your proportion of the cost of ours fist sf all." (Loud cheers anl laughter.) He thought he shoeld presently be able to show that they would have to pay a great deal more than they now did ; with resist -et to the question of police, the rural district was dependant for the most part upon the courty constabulary. As to the ncces - -hy for further protection to the rural districts, he thought there probably were fewer robberies, assaults, or lessons for the emrl yea nit of their police force in that district, than in any other portion of the country, much less than in. Liverpool. It was very seldom that he heard of any robberies or any assaults in Toxteth park, he did not think he had heard of any assault there for years. He had lived there twenty or thirty years, and scarcely heard of any assaults. If they wanted more protection they had only to apply to head quarters at Preston, and all the protection they might require would be given to them, and the expense would become a general charge on the hundred, and not on their district alone. The County Police would not be more expensive than the Borough Police. The CHAIRMAN : The watch rate is extended over the whole borough. Mr. GREGSON continued—if they amalgamated with the town district of Toxteth Park, and with that alone could they amalgamate, their rate would be increased 2J, because they could not ask the town district to pay a portion of their rates, unless they paid a portion of the csst of the works already done by that district. Now as to the police ; some persons supposed that the rate of id in the pound paid all the expense of the police. It did no such thing. Did they suppose that £6OO, the amount which Id in the pound produced in the town district would pay all the police in the town port of Toxieth-park ? It would not find them ten men—five by day and five by night. The police were paid by a grant from the borough, in c insideration of the water works and the corporation property generally in the township not being assessed to the poor rates. Now all the corporation property in the township was in the town part of Toxteth-park, so that in that respect they would derive no advantage from the amalgamation, because the corporation would charge the expense of every police man sent into the district, as well as a certain portion of the establishment in Liverpool. Attain, they would have to pay a museum rate of 2 , 1 in the pound, from which they were now exempt. As to the general district rate of _ 8d in the pound, they never had such a charge until the DOCK COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held at one o'clock yesterday, 31-. Charles Turner in the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. Rankin; Robin son, Hubback, Mondell, Clint, Bold, Rathbme, Lockett, and Halhead. The following resolution, adopted at a meeting of ship builders and master shipwrights, held at the Graving Dock Regulating Office on the 25th inst., was Jail before the committee : • Resolved,—Th it this meeting has learned with surprise that the amended plans for the Birkenhead docks, now on view at the Dock office, show no provision for graving dock accOm nodatlon; with the exception of a single dock enter:ng from the river ; and although it cannot b a doubted but that suitable provision is intended to be made, this meeting thinks it highly desirable that a certain number of graving doc .s—say ten or twelve—should be marked on the pans, in order to avoid any possible misunderstanding or delay in carrying out so important a branch of this undertaking. These docks should by all means enter from the float, and not from the river, and be placed as near to the centre as possible. Whilst stating the absolute necessity of graving docks bein g constructed pro rata with wet docks at Birkenhead, it mast be distnaly understood that no amount of extra accommodation there can remedy the evils arising from the existing deficiency here; and, therefore, this opportunity is taken of again entreating the dock committee to devote a portion of their first available finds to the c instruction of additional graving docks on the Liverpool sidc of the Mersey. Mr. Bold said the committee had no control at all in regard to Birkenhead. It was not necessary, in the bills of which notice had been given, to specify graving docks. The Chairman said the bills were prepared so as to give every facility for going on with graving docks, so far as it was thought desirable or advantageous to do so. Mr. Bold thought it well to have it known that the subject was being well considered, and not at all lost sight of. The resolution was referred to the Works' Committee. On the recommendation of the Works' Committee, the following tenders were accepted : —Messrs. W. H. Daunt and pig iron; Messrs. John Bibby, Sons & Co„ yellow metal sheathing ; 'Messrs. Bramhall, Sheffield, best quality cast steel files, and best quality steel. A resolution was road from the Finance Committee of the Town Council, sanctioning the placing of staneheons and chains en the east side of the new landing stage. A np3rt from the Ourveyor and the foreman in charge of the hydraulic crane for loading coals from the high level coal railway, regarding certain diffiaulti s c )mplained of by the coal merchants in loading vessels wi,h coals, was referred to the Harb-ir Master's C moinitteP. _ An application from the Lie of Man Steam Packet Company to have a recess made in the south-west corner of the Clarence half-tide basin, in order to facilitate the working of their trade, was ordered to be complied with. A report was produced by the Harbour Masters' Com mittee in reference to the railing off of the recesses of the dock bridges, and the committee recommended that the recesses of the bridges from the south end of the Queen's Dock to the south end of the Princes' D.ck be railed off. It was ordered to be don.. _ _ A report was read from the Solicitor, stating that, pur suant to the instructions of the committee, he had ordered information to be laid against D. G. Logan, captain of the ship Sebastopol, for having given a false state ment to the harbour master of Birkenhead of the amount of water drawn by that vessel ; and had also laid a complaint b-fore the Pilot Committee against William Draper, the pilot of the vessel, for the same cause. The magistrates convicted the captain, ' and inflicted a fine cf £lO upon him ; and the Pilot Commit!ee fined the pilot £l, and severely reprimanded Mr. Mandell explained that the jurisdiction of the Pilot Committee did not extend beyond £5 as a fine, and that, although the fine in the present instance might appear small, the, reprimand was more severe as regarded the character of the pilot, than a penalty of £lO. A memorial was rceeived from the gatekeepers of the auskisson timber quay, applying to be placed upon the same footing as the g atekerjo , rs of the Albert, Stanley, and Wapping Docks, who received 21s a week wages, while the memorialists had only 19s. The memorial was referred to the Harbour-Mailer.' CammWee. A. letter from Mr. Ro'.ert Mason, of the Secretary's, office, applying for an increase of salary, in consequence of long service and increased duties, • was referred to the Finance Committee. krecommeodation from the Finance Committee, that the salary of Mr. Jackson, employ - d in the Treasurer's otlic be increased from £2OO to £250 a year, which was postponed from the last meeting, was brought up and unanimously adopted. This was tlae whole of the general buguess. cza, HEALTIL COIISIITtEB.--YRArz:.DAT. The usual weekly meeting of this c3mmittee was held at half-past two o'clock, yesterday, in the Town Hall ; Mr. Alderman Dover, in the chair. Other members piesent-Lliessrs. Shell, Crellin, Vernon, lickwitb, Bow , lug, LT.tohiann. brosthwaite, Hodsrin, Johnson, Anthony, stitt, Barton, God , rey, anct-iitaydocir. _ _ HEAL. in OF THE TOWN. The Medical Officer of Health reported that, in the Week ending on Saturday last, tha deaths registered in Liverpool were 283, being 31 more than in the previouti',' week, and 41 more than the average of the same week of the preceding nine years, corrected for increase of popn lation. In-the parish the deaths were 206, and in the out-townships 77. The'exeess in the mortality is: still chiefly due to diseases of the lungs, which caused 100 deaths, the corrected average of the corresponding week of former year's being 74. Of these 45 were bronchitis, 25 inflammation of the lungs, and 24 consumption. From diseds2s of the zymn'ic class the deaths were 94, inclniing, from sea'rlatina 33, hooping conch 18, typhus 14, croup 5, diarrhoea 5, measles 2, cholera 1. Nine children and one adult died from small pox, a greater mortality than in- any week of the preceding six years; one half of the number had been vaccinated. Of the 283 who died from all causes, 195 were children. The temperature was above the average,'as it'has been in every week, with only two exceptions since the middle of May. The mean of last week was 49 8-10tha. degrees, nearly four degrees higher thau that of the same week of the preceding eleven years, Rain fell on two days of the - week; the amount was rather more than one-rourth of an inch.- • The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspec tor of Nuisances reported various particulars of the aperations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 97 nuisances complain of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy hem, 1,187 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 4,295 apartments and 1,181 cellars, had been put under examination, with the view of improving their sanitary condition, ar.d 298 lodging-houses had also been examined and reported upon. Mr. Johnson moved that the resolution oc the committee, in reference to the paving of Pembroke—place with square sets, be rescinded, and the memorial of the inhabitants of that quarter, praying that the street may be Macadamised, be again referred to the Sub-Committee. Mr. Beckwith opposed the motion, anl, while contrasting the cheapness and excellence of square set with Macadam pavement, urged that if they granted such a request in this instanv they could refuge it in no other. Formerly there were 75 miles of Macadam streets in the town; now there were only 45, and this number would be every year decreas-d. Mr. Bowring seconded the motion of Mr. Johnsan which was, however, lost on a poll, the mover and seconder only voting for it. ;,‘ • This ckoneladed the general business. TOXTETH PARK GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this Board of G tardians wa3 held yesterday at the public offices, Park-place. The Chairman, Mr. Horsfall, presided. Tht other guardians present were Messrs. Briscoe, Pickup, Wilson, Leyland, Ewing, Ogden, Alpass, Harrison, and Merc:r. The Master of the West Derby Workhouse reported that the number of paupers in that workhouse, belonging to the Park last week was 379, and this week 386. The above were thus classified :—Able-bodied, 7 ; net able badied, 76. The Master of the hospital reported that there were 33 patients in that estabiishinent belonging to the Park. . Mr. Alpass gave notice that at the next weekly meeting he should move that the four medical officers belonging to the baard be appointed the vaccinating officers for the t )wnship. It was ordered that the present amoun's due to the four medical officers, Messrs. Stevens ' Gilmour, Barrett, and Whittle, for vaccinating, should be paid. Mr. Wils in asked whether it was customr.ry for medical officers to send chemists assistants about hawking for cases from court to court. Mr. Alpass denied, on the part of the medical profession, that such practises had been ever pursued in the Park, and hoped Mr. Wilson would not make such charges. Mr. Wilson denied that he had made any charge, but had stated what he had heard. A letter was read from Mr. Culshaw, slating that the plans for the new workhouse would be ready for the inspec tion of the guardians by the next weekly meeting, and it Was agreed that they should be taken into consideration at the meeting of the committee on that day. There being no other businele, the board adjourned. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY CASE At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday, Joist' -Marks, st, Samuel Me ke, 24, and Abraham Simmons, 4S, were indicted for felony, in having, after the first-narned prisoner, had been declared and adjudged 'a bankrupt, unlawfully concealed and embezzled a certain portion of his effects, above the value of £lO, with intent to defraud his creditors. There were several other similar indictments for felony against the prisoners„ and they were also charged with a conspiracy to defraud the creditors of the bankrupt by secreting and embezzling to large quantity of his effects after his bankruptcy. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., was retained specially to conduct the prosecution, with Mr. •Giffard, Mr. Poland, and Mr. Wilki .son. Sergeant Ballantine appeared specially with •fr. Robinson, for John Marks ; Sergeant Parry was specially retained for S imuel Marks; and Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., was also specially retained, with Mr. Sleigh, for the prisoner Sinamoes. The case that was pro ceeded with, charged the prisoner John Merits with h tying unlawfully secreted and embezzled sit pianofortes, and a quantity of slckings, after he had been a 'judged a bankrupt, with intent to defraud his creditors ; and the other two p isoners, Simnel Marks and Abraham Simmons, were charged jointly as principle, in the first and seernd degree, with aiding and assisting hint to commit that offence. Mr. James, in opening the case, described it as being one of an extraordira-y chnracter, and said that the evidence would disclose a fraud of the most enormous descrip . ion. The prisoner, John Marks, carried on an extensive - basiaess as a coachmeker, in Long- „. .. acre, and SamuelSamuelMarks, who was his brother, arid had 70: married a daughter of the third prisoner, Abraham e' - e`ifol Simmons, also carried on the business of a coachmaker, in --4 * - ;:e. Long-acre, in partnership with that prisoner. John Marks 'ea'n became bankrupt in May, 1857, and for a considerable time before that period he obtained enormous quantities of goods from different tradesmen; and the case for the - 409., prosecution was that the bankruptcy was concocted by all -11iV. the prisoners with the object of defrauding their creditors, - 4 and that they all conspired together to conceal • the ' re*:,* go Ids until tho bankruptcy should have blown over, -elle when 'they were to ire disposed of and the pro- - tress ceeds divided among the prisoners. The chief wittiest against the prisoner§ was William Molloy : I was formerly is the service of the prisoner, John Marks. I was so employed ten or twelve years. I was the foreman of his establishment in 'Belle-street, Paddington. I knew the .saw other two prisoners. Ifi et saw Simmons after Samuel -ea Marks come to England from Australia, about two or • Jiiefe three year; ago. 'Samuel Marks married Simmons's eeei daughter, and they afterwards carried on business as - stele c oach-makers in Long acre. I remember being sent by -at John Marks to fetch some pianos from Mr. Cealins's._ I went twice end brought three each time. I conveyed these pianos to a mews in Great Queen-street, and they were plseed in a coach-house there, and Simmons and Samuel Marks saw them after they bad been put there. I after ward, by direction of the prisoners Samuel Marks and Simmons, took away four of the pianos, and I had _or o.t directions to drive the van oisr Waterloo-bridge,' and - as4set Simmons and Samuel Marks were to meet me, and the; r es did so, and got into the van, and told me to drive on, e e t and they directed me to go co to Kent-street, where" l evee turned up a turning and ••the pianos were taken out, Ufa the following Monday I toot the other two pianos, and some canvas that bad been purchased ( f Mr. Unite, to • the same place. I did this by the direction of , - tbe pri soners. The pianos and anvil.; were left at the. premises of a person named Vandervil. I remember taking -some goods from the premises in Belle-street to the, Lyceum „ ea t& Theatre, in Mty, 184 y ar. The prisoner, -John Marks, -.sue; gave me directions to take these goods. At this time there 'od er/ were 110 cases of different:sorts of goods at Belle_street. eeelesst They consisted of -hernese, clothes, boats, and riding- ,Ing o : saddles, and I should say the property was worth £6,000 e j l E or £7,000. I . know some of the tradesmen from whom .giul these goods had been purchased. I began to remote these e se tje a goods in Mae, and all the prisoners assisted me to load the e sae first van load. I went to the Lyceum Taeatre about seven bi e o'clock in the evening, amid I was met by all the -prisoners. !, 117 The van was driven away by Simmons. In consequence ofeeeertx some suspicion that I entertained, I directed two mem, ',.rim named Young and Richardson, to watch where-the van was e ,A taken to, and I was informed that, it was driven, with,the, emee l goods, to Wool-quay, and I _afterwards saw some of -thee Jew cases at Ipswich that had been removed from Belle-street re p After the bankruptcy of John Marks, all the prisoners complained to me of my having sent Young down to ek e Ipswich, and Simmons said that if it had not been for me they should all have been gentlemen. I efterwards heard: that Simmons and Samuel Marks had been taken iate , e ;d..o custody at Ipswich, and that th' magistrates refused tee. take bail for them. I remember being with the prisoneg- t- Sim Mons at Reigate, at the house of a person named For- 64 11, sedick: He was a gamekeeper , wad bad a small cottageet brie - and harp, near the town of , Reigate. It was after th a t bankruptcy when this warred. Simmons told - me' tlg edee , hadyeedvedn letter ,from Reigate informing him tiorie r Pl lie: a tndi ,rOinove seine goods that had been ,placed 'in a barn. at Reigate. they would be turned into the road..''-'w Simmons drove me to It iga . e,, and showed me the barn,?, ,g . and I saw a quantity of goods , consisting of saddles , r ug s,'• &c , inside the barn. These were some of the some goods that 1, 'lied previously removed from Belle- - ittee`. I rem , ved4inety-feer. cases e -altegoeher from Belle-street. -- They W, - eee large cases, and, abould say were: worth eight, oe- pounds altogether. cattle back de London witl - eszifirnions,. and shortly afterwards Samuel -0 Marks geit tie•direetions to c plane - all the numbers off the cases, and re-dircees them to Mr. Coleman, at the Brick; - layer's Arms station, to be called for. There were addresses ' l') upon, cards on the cases at this time, in the handwriting cif r e Sitsmons 'and Samuel' Marks. I afterivards received strnetiOni to send the cases to Reading, and they were cone veyed by the Great Western it :ilway froth; that place to Liverpool. After I had sent -the goOds I returned to 'London, and saw the priioner John Marks, and he began 1 to swear at me, and said that a person named Liddell ' had seen me, and that he had been examined at the - Court of Bankruptcy, and bad sworn he add not know where I was, and that if I was seen with hi-r, he might be indicted e for peejury. The prisoners had told me, if I was seen by any one at Reigate with the goals, I was to - say th It I was ' 'removing then] for-the benetit'Of the creditors, and I was to allow the goods to be taken, but to get away myself " 13 Samuel Marks after this give me £lO to ply my expenses' Gtr to Cambrilge, where I was to fled some good'. I went to 't the house of_a shoemaker in B.rnwell, near Cambridge, '- and I theredsaw some varnish and gold size. Several other" witnesses were examined, and Counsel hiving addressed the jury for the prisoners; letieJaat'ci' Coleridge summed up the whole of the evidence with great • care awl impar tiality, and the jury, after deltberetini a short time in the box, expressed ti %%WI to retire. Tdey left the court at ten minutes past five . , and at a quartti to rein o'clock they - returned into court, and ghye a verdict Of " Guilteagainst all the prisoners. Mr. James said that as he understood -- their lordships only reserved for further consideration the point raised by Scrjeant Parry, whether the prisoners, Samuel Marks and Simmons, could be convicted as princip de, -he p-opnsedoto let the other indictments stand over until flee point had been decided: The prisoners were ' then called up for Judgment. Mr. - 3 astiee Coleridge; in passing sentence, said that they had been fouled guilty, • upon evidence which was per.ectly sttisfuCury, of 'the commission of a crime which no one could doubt in a great a commercial country, was a crime or the highest gravity, and required to be visited by very severe, punish- 1 ment. By the bankrupt law, so soon as a man- - became bankropt the whole of the property he po s ssed betime the prOperty of his -creditors, and-- was to be equal'y divided amongst them, and it was e') quite clear that this law was a perfectly just one. vestion of I+w- had been raised which would undergo e further consideratitin,- but he should still proceed - 4 pass sentence, for if ehat point should be detailed din their favour, the eentenee woul-1 not - be carried out, and they would suffer no hardship by the course be was taking. It - Was perfectly clear that a great and gross fraud had been }attempted by them all, and he end his learned brother had looked carefully at the facts; to see whether they were justified in making any distinction in their cases, bat they had been unable to discover any grounds for making suck distinction. Hie lordship then concealed by ordering each of the prisoner; to be kept in netted servitude for eight years. The prisoners, and particularly Simmons, who appeared quite astounded to the sentence, were thee removed from the bar. • , From the Turin papers we glean the following statistics concerning, the new chamber :—lt contains 55 nob'emen, 33 of wham belong to the right; 45 commanders and knights ; 90 barristers, including 3 professors of the uni versities ; 15 magistrates ; 12 physicians ; 8 priests ; 16 officers cf the army; 2 bankers; and 5 professors not be longing to the faculty of the law. The priests all belong to the ultramontane party. A SINGULAR Stony.—The following occurrence is said to have taken place a short time ago at Atapulgas, Ga. A gentleman, who had received a considerable sum of money, was compelled to go from home, leaving his w;fe alone in the house Towards evening two negroes entered, and demanded of the lady her money, or they would take her life. She saw at once that it would be useless to attempt to evade the demand, so she gave it to them. The negroes then remarked, that as supper was nearly ready, they would stay and eat with her, She told them to be seated until she got it ready. The woman had a phial of strychnine in the cupboard, and in sweetening their coffee managed to put a dose of the poison in their cups. They drank, sad in a few moments were dead. The neighbours were Nina in, and the negroes discovered to be white man in diegai, near neighbours of her hu-band, who had ktioxst cf hie receiving the money, and of his ab-enoe. ex.,,