Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-20 00:00:00

SOUTH LANCASHIRE CROWN ASSIZES 3efore Mr. Baron WATSON.] Henry Fitzgerah James Ferguson, to Thomas Steveuso: four years' Mary .Yorris, Taylor, at Wig: SENTENCES. or assaulting imprisonmer 3, for the manslaug ,ervitude. Yothi Widwal, 40, fo: months' imprisonment Martin Connor, 40, month's imp: Mary Wil month's imps Henry Mi mment tabbin. zlias Har bigamy, eighteen mo. George Chest( ad robbing ?er, two MIR J'( Johnson, on tided guilty to bigamy, five months' imprisonment. William Wilson, who pleaded guilty to bigamy, two months' imprisonment. John Fisher, 23, who pleaded guilty to having caused the death of Philip Ihmmersley, at Manchester, two months' imprisonment. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT AT LIVERPOOIL. John Davies, aged 26, was indicted for having, at £2OO, £lOO, and £5O, which he had received on account -of his employer, Robert Morrison, in 1825. Mr. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. Leofric Temple, were counsel for the prosecution • Mr. Overcnd, Q.C., and Mr. Deighton, were for the prisoner. The prosecutor is a provision merchant in this town. The prisoner was a clerk in the employ of the prose cutor, and had served his apprenticeship with him, the term of which expired about the beginning of 1855. Up to that time Mr. Morrison had had no reason to doubt his integrity ; indaed, he entertained such a favourable opinion of the prisoner's conduct and ability, 'that he appointed him to be cashkeeper. In the course of 1855, while the prisoner was so employed, the various acts with which he was now cliaried were that committed ; but it was Mr. Morrison had disco prisoner's appoiz as cashkeeper, Mr Morrison iook him into partnership, and sent hiM to New York, where he remained for some time. Dissatisfaction having . arisen. the partnership was dissolved, and the prisoner returned to Liverpool. Circumstances then occurred which excited suspicion, and on. examining Mr. Morrison's books facts were dis covered, which led to the present charge. With respect to the first item, £2OO, the device for its appro priation commenced on the 14th June, 1855. On reference to the cash book, which was kept by the prisoner, it was represented that on that date he' paid into the Bank of Liverpool £265 2s. 2d., and on referring to the ledger, this amount did not appear to have been r did it appear, on r€ to the banker's pass book, that any such sum was paid to the bank upon that day. In the cash book, opposite to the £265 2s. 2d., there was a reference to page 148 of another book, indicating that the particulars would be found there. Under the date of the 28th June, there was an entry to the effect that there had been withdrawn 2s. 2d., previously paid in. By entries were cancelled, and the then resor ed to other ways of accounting for ney. On the same folio (148), and on the same he represented that he had paid back into the n.l • this means the two bank the s for. Thi ix of £2i foi:', and it w aving £66 2s. 2c D be accoantec way into th the £206 was still udaecou for the appropriation of that sum to his own use that Oa 159, at the date he had drawn out of the bank th vas now charged. On page represented that £2OO which, it 19th July, the prison mtended, had never been paid in, and with respect to which he had made frmr or five fictitious entries. On reference again to page 159, they found an entry, "Bank of Liverpool, received W. G. Crory, £200." On turning to Mr. Crory's account in the ledger, they found there had been an entry of £5O, and it was contended that even this entry of £5O was a false one, having, it was alleged, been altered by an erasure into the sum of £2OO. Mr. Crory was an insolvent at this time, and his account had to be given in by Mr. Morrison. In the corresponding entry in the bank account it was contended that the figure 2 in the £2OO had been scratched out ; and a cypher substituted, so that the item read as 000. To make the addition right, the sum total had been altered by erasure. The other charges in the indictment were next gon into. Morrison stated, in the course of his examination, that he had given permission to the prisoner, since his committal, to examine all the books, except the sales Mr. W. G. Crory, provision merchant, proved that one of the items, £5O, had been paid to him, and that this sum had been transferred, in regular course, to the debit of a person named Fowler. The witness likewise accounted, by reference to entries, for another of the charges against the prisoner—the item of £2OO. Mr. Overend then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and urged that up to the time of these alleged discoveries, the character of the prisoner was without suspicion. He was asked in 1859 to reconcile differences in accounts of transactions which occurred in 1854. It had . been shown that all the books had been inaccurately kept, and that there were numerous erasures Theie Were so many mistakes that the iccounts could not be reconciled, and the prisoner had been suddenly charged with fraud. Not a sixpence had been traced to his client's possession ; and it was not until Mr. Morrison was led to look into his books for another purpose that, finding differences he could not reconcile, he began to suspect the prisoner. At this remote period of time, the prosecutor asked them, from these errors, to suppose the prisoner guilty of fraud ; he asked them to rob 'him of his character, and to destroy his prospects in life. All the erasures had been done openly, and Mr. Crory had satisfactorily explained two entries. He admitted that the prisoner had acted care lessly, foolishly, and inexcusably, but not that he had acted dishonestly. The jury had to try the prisoner, not for bad book-keepinm, but for embezzlement and fraud. With regard to tie other two items, the sole ground of )n, it was the duty of the jury to take that vie bank had beeli alive, he must Mr. Cr have completely altered the character of the allegations. He asked the jury to look at the prisoner's character, his position, the name he bore for integrity, all which had secured for him the position of a partner in Mr. Morrison's establishment—the distance of time, the numerous entries, the complicated accoun t s ,' an d t h e number of clerks in the concern, and not consign him to infamy. Hi; Lordship, in summing up the evidence, said that it always required the greatest possible care, at a dis tance of time, to reconcile accounts. He was always much afraid of being led to wrong conclusionsfrom books alone. Finding an entry here and an entry there, persons might construct a theory on those books which surround ing facts would not bear ou t: H e nee d no t t e ll t h e jury that if the prisoner had committed error after error that was not embezzlement. Embezzlement was s tealing money belonging t o an employer. During the whole.time, there was no concealment of the books by the prisoner ; they were open at all times to his em ployer, Mr. Morrison. The explanation of the item of £5O was as clear as the sun at noon day. The question for the jury to decide was, whether the cha rges b rought forward were founded on mistakes ; mistakes did not constitute embezzlement. The point was, whether the acts charged against the prisoner had been i done in error, or whether they had been done with the intention of fraud. Th 4 jury found the prisoner not guilty The ver dict was received with applause, which was immedi ately suppressed. The prisoner then left the court. RAPE AT WIGAN Thomas France, aged about 40, was indicted for hav ing, at Wigan, on the 20th of May last, committed a rap e on the person of Ann Shuttleworth. The prosecu tor Was a cripple, and, in giving her evidence had to sit a chai r 'which was lifted OR to the table by the officers of the „,;,. t. Th e j ury retired to consider their verdict, and had not agreed Villen the eourt rose. WOUNDING WITH A SICKLE. Michael Joyce, aged about 25, was indicted for having, at Cherie!, on the 9th inst., feloniously wounded Thos. Bibby. Tile prosecuter was a police constable, stationed at Cherley. At midnight, on the 9th instant, called to the Fox and Geese public-house there, to take he was into custody the father of the prisoner on a charge of obtaining liquor under false pretenses. The father had P o e what appeared to be half a sovereign, and had got liquor for it. The prosecutor was questioning the father, when the prisoner came into the room, and. after ~ H ave you found the half-sovereig n ?" took trosecutor, put out the gas, and indicted saying, hald a severe blow with a sickle on the head of the prose cutor. The force of the blow caused the sickle to break. The jury found the prisoner guilty of striking ablowt 1' 0 R ( Before MR. F Q.C. AT NEWCILURCH James Riley, aged 24, was found guilty of having, Newehurch, on the 9th March, 1857, forged the name a person as - guarantee for £l5, with intent to defraud • - p Loan Sc :ed 36, wc ROBBERY WITH VIOLEN John Riley, aged 30, and John E indicted for having, on the 23rd July last, assaulted and robbed Thomas Allen, in Elliot-street, Liverpool. The jury found the prisoners guilty. Sentences—Riley, twelve months' imprisonment ; Evans, an old offender, four years' penal servitude. A MOTHER CAUSING THE DEATH OF HER, CHILD BY' STARVATION Margaret Shuffiebottom was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 25th July last, caused the death of her infant child, named Emma, by neglect and starva tion. The prisoner was an habitual drunkard. The surgeon said that the cause of death was the want of proper nourishment, but he admitted that it might have been caused by the depraved state of the mother's milk, arising from drunkenness. Verdict—not guilty. NISI PRIUS COURT. -YESTERDAY [Before Mr. Justice HILL.] His lordship entered the court at nine o'clock, when the special jury issues in the Salford list were proceeded with. DISPUTED PATENT RIGHT -ERMEN V. LIDDLI The action in this case was brought against the de fendant for an alleged infringement of a patent granted to the plaintiff, and dated the 17th of June, 1851. The defendant put in pleas of use by various parties, and that the invention was an old one, and not the invention of the plaintiff. Mr. Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Webster, and Mr. Aston, were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Aspland for the defendant. The learned counsel for the plaintiff said, the action was brought for an infringement of the plaintiff's patent, which was of very considerable value, and one that was now for the first time, under peculiar circumstances, brought into question. It was a patent which was ob tained by the plaintiff, Mr. Ermen, in June, 1857, and the machinery in question was for the purpose of im parting. to cotton threads a gloss and lustre which made them, in truth, a totally different article of commerce. The plaintiff had carried on business for many years in Manchester, in partnorship with another gentleman, and the defendant was a manufacturer residing at Middleton, near Manchester. The defendant was found to be in- fringing the right of the plaintiff in March, 1859. Before the year 1851 Mr. Ermen had turned his atten tion to the great importance of getting a lustre put upon cotton thread, and after repeated experiments he at length produced the machine in dispute. It was an apparatus by means of which, through the medium of friction, the cotton thread was brushed very frequently, over and over again, in the hank, whilst in a state of tension and motion, and was similar to those patented by the plaintiff. The defendant admitted that he had used the machines, but now contended that the invention had been long in use, and was not the invention of the plaintiff A great number of scientific and other witnesses were examined in support of the plaintiff's case, but their evidence was entirely devoid of interest, except to the parties concerned. Mr. James, Q.C., addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, urging that that invention was not new, but that it was founded on a principle known and acted upon several years before 1851. Before that period Mr. Hunt, whom the defendant had succeeded, had made a precisely similar model, and it was his, and not the plaintiff's machine, that was used in the defendant's mill. Witnesses having been called in order to prove that the invention attributed to the plaintiff had been in use so far back as 1830, his lordship summed up, after which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages L5O. The case occupied the court during the whole of the day. HOUSEKEEPEII.§.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliott-street, at ls. 4d., is better than you pay ls. Bd. for at any other establishment. GOLDSMITH THE BANKRUPT.-At the Third Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, Lyon Goldsmith, 38, (late of Liverpool,) tobacconist, was indicted for obtain ing within three months of being adjudged a bankrupt, goods amounting in value to above £2,000. The case, which lasted until late in the evening, did not reveal any circumstances of a novel character, excepting the amount involved. The prisoner was a bankrupt tobac conist in January last, and then getting references, obtained from different City houses upholstery an I dra pery goods, watches, and other valuable articles, amount ing in all to nearly £7,000, nearly all of which he pawned and sold at much below their cost value. He was found, c,uilty,_ and sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BACTIP.—On Tues day, an inquest was held at Newchurch, by Mr. Har greaves, coroner, on the body of James Heyworth, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Thomas Ashworth, currier, of Newchurch. On the 6th inst. the deceased was engaged in shunting some empty waggons at the Bacup Station, on the Fast Lancashire Railway, on to an adjoining line. A goods train being in the station, he got the driver to remove four laden waggons a little further up the line, and then coupled the empty ones to them. As soon as they had been removed far enough, he signalled the driver to shut off the steam ; and while the train was still in motion, he attempted to get betwixt the full and empty waggons to uncouple them ; but in doing so one of his feet slipped on the metals, and he was severely crushed between the buffers. He died on Saturday. Verdict, " Accidentally killed." J. Gorsuch, Hair-Cutter and Perfumer, No. 7, Parker-street, begs most respectfully to thank his friends and the public for the liberal patronage be stowed upon him during the fourteen years he has been in business in Liverpool, and, furthermore solicits a continuance of their favour, which it shall ever be his study to deserve. He takes the present opportunity to announce that the late partnership ex isting between himself and James Wynes is dissolved and for the future the business will be carried on, at No. 7, Parker-street, under J. Gorsuch's sole superintendence. Boarding Schools attended by the month. Private families waited on as usual at their residences. An experienced assistant will be sent round once a month to the following places :—Bootle, Seaforth, Waterloo, Crosby Huyton, Bainhill, Runcorn, St. Helen's, Seacombe, Egre monti New Brighton, Birkenhead Park, Claugh ton, (Won, and Rock Ferry. J. G. may be consulted personally in all cases of disease in the hair. lie calls especial attention to the stimulative properties of his " Circassian Balm," (where the hair is falling off,) of which, and the Milk of Almonds, he is the sole in ventor ; and no other is genuine unless made by J. Gorsuch. s 2 CIRCITLAIL — Exchange Hair-cutting and Sham pooing -rooms, (over the shop of Mr. Turmeau, cigar inerchant,) No. 11, Castle-street, Liverpool, August 5, 1859.—5ir,--In handing you the inclosed card, permit me to inform you that the partnership hitherto sub sisting between myself and Mr. Gorsuch has terminated by mutual consent. I shall for the future carry on the rooms situate as above, where I trust I may be favoured with your patronage. Nothing shall be wanting on my part to deserve your confidence.—l have the honour to lac, sir, year obedient servant, James Wynes. IMPROVEMENT IN GENTLEMEN'S HATS.— Many appeared in the "Post" and " Journal," letters from time to time have, on this subject, tn 9 e obig A thl - s of which are to be seen at our silo STREET, and 6, CRESCENT. a JOHN A. SIMPSON, the active _partner of th e firm of KINNEAR and SIMPSON, begs t o s t a t e that this improvement in Gentlemen's Hats is hi s own inven t don, and registered by him in his owti name, and is his own private property. In bringing this invention so prominently before the public, he has avoided say ing one word about it himself. All that has been done has just been to print, in the " Daily Post" and the "Liverpool Journal," some three or four letters at a time. The principle upon which the advertisement is inserted is the one so well expressed in Proverbs--" Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth • a stranger, and not thine own lips." The whole of those letters are written by persons altogether uninfluenced by any other motive than this —that they really felt the benefit of Mr. SimPsopes invention, and in such a degree, that they thought it only just to him to state their opinions, not in words merely, but also in writing. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-FRIDAY, [Before Mr. J. AMIN.] THE POLICE AND THE PEOPLE.—A decent-looking man named Owen Jones, foreman in a timber yard, was charged by officer 352 with being drunk and disorderly. The officer stated that he found the prisoner asleep on the steps of a door in Pitt-street, and having awakened him, requested him to go away, but he refused to do so, and gave some abusive langua g e and then went awa y. He soon after returned and threw himself down and kicked and fought like a dog, and it was with difficulty that he was removed to bridewell. A disinterested wit ness, named Charles Shepherd, told a very different story. He said Jones was quietly going along the strcet, between two officers, when one of them gave his arm a sudden and violent twist, which evidently gave the man great pain. Jones struggled, and in the struggle he went down. When he was down the officers used great violence towards him, and dragged him along the street by the hair of the head. One of the officers said the witness gave the evidence through spite, because he had checked his son • one day for plucking grass from a cart. The witness denied being influenced by any motive except a desire to protect the people from such violence being used to them by the police. His worship said if, when officers found persons asleep in the streets they spoke kindly and advised them to go home, it would make a greater impression, and be much more effectual than rough treatment. He believed the officers had far exceeded their duty in this case, and used undue violence to the prisoner, whoin he would therefore discharge. ROBBERIES.-4 woman, named Mary Cooper, was charged with robbing a man, named Ralph Gustave Johnston, of £6. The money was found in her posses sion when arrested. The complainant, Johnston, did not appear ; and Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the prisoner, applied for her discharge. She was set at liberty, and the money found in her possessiorl was ordered to be returned to her. A woman, named Julia Iron, was committed to take his trial at the sessions for stealing 95 yards of checked cotton from the door of Mr. Hawthorn, Scotland-road. How TO RAISE BRASS.—A stout-looking man, named Joseph Jones, who said he was a smith, was brought up charged with stealing a quantity of brass from the ship British Emperor. The watchman of the ship said he was ashore for a short time, and when he went aboard again he found the prisoner wrenching off the brass rails from the skylight. The prisoner was committed. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—A young girl, named Ann Armstrong, was brought up charged with robbing Mrs. Eliza Miller, Great Howard-street, in whose ser vice she had been, of a watch, a gold ring, a brooch, and several other articles. The brooch was found in her mother's house, but no trace of the watch had been found. The prisoner was remanded for further inquiry. IMPORTANT TO SEAMEN.—A man named John Stan ley, was brought up on a charge of having attempted to ship as a sailor in a British ship, by the aid of a false discharge. Mr. Tyndall prosecuted. It appeared that the discharge presented by the prisoner was one which had belonged to a man named Evan Jones, a native of Carnarvon, whose conduct and ability were said to be good. Captain Miller, of the Sea King, had been ship ping a crew at the Sailors' Home, and the prisoner pre sented him with the discharge, and said he was in want of a ship. 11pon the usual' questions being put as to what ship he belonged to, &c., his answers were not satisfactory, and the captain handed him over to Mr. Murphy, of the Sailors' Home, to see if all was correct. Mr. Murphy said the prisoner told him that he had picked up the discharge in Duke-street, and that his name was John Stanley, and not Evan Jones. Mr. Murphy further stated that he had known instances where men were being shipped for the navy, and for each man £1 of reward was given, when men that were good for nothing would get a discharge belonging to an able seaman, and go down with a party and get the reward. If a person went to the office and stated that he had lost his discharge, they would refer to the books, and, if they found him to be a good man, they got him a ship. The prisoner said he remembered when he could have bought a discharge from a boarding-house master, in Park-lane, for a shilling. Mr. Murphy stated that a boarding-house master in Park-lane, who had been in the habit of selling discharges, had been prosecuted by Mr. Tyndall at the assizes, and got twelve months' imprisonment. His worship said it was a very serious offence. Men who were nothing but impostors and lubbers were shipped as good seamen, and turned out to be useless. He would commit the prisoner to gaol for two months.—Samuel Pickering was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, from a young man named Henry Clarkson. Mr. Tyndall prosecuted in this case also. Clarkson was examined, and stated that he came to Liverpool in July last, and wanted to go as steward on board of a ship. He knew a Captain Erris, and while in his company he met the prisoner, who proposed to get him a berth as steward in the steamer Gambia. He gate him a letter to the captain of that ship, and he gave him two shillings and six pence for his trouble, and one shilling as shipping fees. Witness took the letter to the person in charge of the ship, and he said that the man who wrote it must be a fool, as the ship would be lying up for twelve months to come. The letter was signed by J. Barton. Mr. Barton was called, and said he never gave any letter to the prisoner. The prisoner tried to excuse himself by stating that he understood the ship was going to sea. Mr. Aikin said he must have known that he was doing wrong in taking money from the man on the pretence of shipping him, as he had no right to do anything of the kind. Mr. Murphy remarked, since the prisoner had been taken into custody there had been several complaints against him. Mr. Aikin said that this was the way sailors were taken in ; and this was one case out of a thousand, as there never was an oppor tunity of getting . proof against the offenders, the sailors always being off to sea. It was a great matter when such a case was brought up that they had evidence. The prisoner had committed a double fraud , firstly, pretending to ship the man, and secondly, in shipping him for a ship that was not going to sea at all. He would inflict the severest punishment that the law gave him power to do, and that was, that he must either pay £5 and costs, or be committed for three months. WIFE BEATING.—The number of cases of this de scription that are tried daily at the police-court, is po sitively disgraceful, not only to Liverpool, but to human nature. Poor women, with cut heads and faces, and often with little infants in their arms, are placed in the witness-box, to give unwilling testimony by words, as well as by visible marks, to the brutal conduct of their husbands towards them. It is astonishing the length of time these poor females will suffer before they attempt to punish the men—,more worthy of the name of brutes— who are daily subjecting them to such treatment as would be visited with a heavy punishment if practised towards a dog. We do not for a moment say that all wives are faultless, but this we do say, that women ought to be protected from the violence of drunken and worthless husbands. Yesterday, several cases of this kind were tried, and it would be disgusting to our readers to give the particulars in detail ; but the conse quence was, in all cases, that the magistrates very wisely decided in keeping the parties separate from each other. [Before Mr. HOUGHTON.] PUBLICANS - AND BEERSELLERS' CisEs .--S tephen Fletcher, publican, Crown-street, was summoned for Sunday trading. The case was dismissed. —Hugh M'Quin, publican, Flynn-street, was charged w ith Sunday trading, but was acquitted.—John Gilbertson, beerseller, Olive-street, summoned for Sunday trading, acquitted.—Charles Jones, beerseller, Hygeia-street, charged with Sunday trading, was acquitted.—John Wright, beerseller, Bond-street, summoned for Sunday trading, was fined 10s. 6d. and costs.—Charl es J o h nstone, beerseller, Wright-street, summoned for Sunday trading, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs.—Alice Hunt, beerseller, Dal ton-street, summoned for Sunday trading., was acquitted. —Wm. Corns, beerseller, Linden-street, sum mone d f or Sunday trading, was acquitted.—John Barnes, beerseller, Maguire-street, charged with Sunday trading, wa s acquitted.—Alfred Bolton, beerseller, summoned for Sunday trading, was acquitted.—Tames Trafford, Ten terden-street, summoned for Sunday trading, was acquitted.—Jane Cross, summoned for permitting drunkenness, was fined 10s. and costs.—Samuel Gorsidge, beerseller, Netherfield-road South, was summoned for permitting drunkenness, and fined ss. and costs.—Mary Longford, beerseller, Blanche-street, Edge-hill, sum moned for Sunday trading, was acquitted. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS cure headache, bile, loss of appe tite ; can be taken without danger from wet or cold, and require no restraint from business or pleasure. They act mildly on the bowels, without pains or griping, strengthen the stomach, promote a healthy action of the liver, purify the blood, cleanse the skin, brace the nerves, and invigorate the whole system. They prove an admirable restorative of a debilitated constitution, creating- appetite, correcting indigestion, removing bile, giddiness, and nervous or sick head aches. It is impossible to speak too highly of these pills. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. I OnWednesday, the patrons of the Leeds parish church filled up the vacancy in the vicarage of Leeds occasioned by the recent elevation of the Very Rev. Dr. Hook to the deanery of Chichester. There were thirty-eight candidats for the vicarage, and the Rev. James Atlay, 8.D., Senior Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, was appointed. Mr. Atlay was born in the year 1817. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1836, and took the degree of B.A. in 1840. In that year his name appears in the first class of the Classical Tripos, and among the Senior Optimes of the Mathematical Tripos. In 1842 he was elected a Fellow of St. John's College, and ordained in the same year. He imme diately took the curacy of Warsop, Nottinghamshire, a village of 1,300 inhabitants, where he remained actively engaged in parochial work until 1846. He received an urgent summons to Cambridge, with a view to his taking part in the government of his college. He then became one of the tutors, and in 1847 was pre sented by the Bishop of Ely to the vicarage of Madingley, a village near Cambridge. This post he held in con junction with his college duties until, in 1852, he was obliged to resign it, in consequence of the increasing weight of the business of the college, of which he was then one of the principal tutors. In 1856 he was appointed a Whitehall preacher by the late Bishop of London ; in 1858 he was chosen by the Vice-Chancellor for the office of Select Preacher before the University ; and in the present year he is preacher to the University and the Foundation of the Lady Margaret. Mr. Atlay is understood to be a High Churchman, but not of extreme views. The plans for the new residence of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, in Gloucester, are so far com pleted that the works will be shortly commenced. Mr. Hutton, the architect, has met his lordship, and we believe that, with the exception of the chapel and hall, in the present palace (which are to be preserved), the whole of the structure will be rebuilt. Several houses adjoining are also to be removed, and a carriage-way made to connect Pitt-street with College-green. - - COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. On the occasion ofi the birthday of her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, on Wednesday, her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort gave their annual dinner and fete to the seamen and marines of the Royal Yachts, the detachment of infantry, the Trinty-house and coast-guard men stationed at East Cowes, and the labourers and workmen, with their wives, employed at Osborne. The numbers entertained amounted to nearly 600, for whom dinner was prepared in tents erected on the lawn. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone have left town for Hawarden Castle, Chester. Lord Stanley, who at the close of the Parliamentary session left town for Knowsley Park, has since gone to visit his estate in Ireland. THE GREAT EASTERN.—The Great Eastern is to leave the Thames for the Nore on the 3rd of Septem ber ; she will proceed thence to Portland, Dorsetshire, from which place she will make a trial trip on the Bth, to a distance, probably, of 500 or 600 miles. She will then be prepared to start on the 15th on a direct voyage to the United States, Portland, in Maine, being the harbour to which she will proceed. On this occasion passengers will be carried at fares ranging from £lB to £25, and many applications for berths are said already to have been received. THE LATE LORD H. SEYMOUR.—The unexpected death here, yesterday, (says a Paris letter of "Wednes day) of Lord Henry Seymour is the topic in many circles. He filled a large space in the eye of Paris since the days of Charles X. and the Duc d'An gouleme. The immense revolution in taste and habits he created among the upper and wealthier class of young Frenchmen stamps him as a social re former in his way. The fancy for racing, steeplechases, dogs, fox-hunting, and the general turf, or as it is here called, "Le Sport," is attributable to this emigrant from England. La Science Chevaline was in its dark ages before his coming. He was the founder of the Paris Jockey Club, in which manly tendencies were found akin- to martial prowess in the Crimea and Lombardy. Columbus found a new hemisphere. He discovered the Bois de Bologne. Parisians had never ventured beyond the Champs Elysees. He sent themin shoals not only as far as the smooth curragh of Chantilly, but to Epsom and Newmarket. DAMPING THE FETE.-The Paris correspondent of the Guardian, describing the effects of the shower which fell towards the close of the fetes on Sunday, says : " The first drops came down like crown pieces, as though sprinkled by the mischievous fingers of some fairies above, in mockery or emulation of the tiny white and rose-coloured parasols, with their silken fringes, .whioh, alas ! were all that could be opposed to such an unmannerly attack. At last down came the thunder shower in earnest. As I stood just opposite the Emperor, I had the pain of seeing his Majesty, .who had been literally roasting under a burning glass for more than three hours previously, cooled to some purpose. He and his horse looked precisely as jhough some one were pouring bucketsful of water on their heads, so incessant was the downfall for some minutes. The weather cleared up again ; but the change was sadly mal apropos, and ruffled the feathers as well as the tempers of the whole assembly. Even the. Emperor looked annoyed and provoked, as well he might, under his calm exterior; and her Majesty must really have ' felt' for him and his marshals as she gazed down from her gallery on their drenched and disshev elled plumage." POLITICAL SATIRES.—The Fischietto ' of Turin, con tains a humorous dramatic scene illustrative of the judi cious arrangements made by the proprietor of Bauer's Hotel, at Zurich, for the reception of the plenipoten tiaries of the three European Powers, and especially of tha measures adopted to obviate the possibility of an unpleasant collision between the representatives of Aus tria and Sardinia. Three parcels undirected arrive at the hotel for the use of the contracting parties. The first, on being opened, is found to contain pens and writing paper. " This," says Bauer, "is for the Frenchman, as France will draw up the minutes of the meetings." Packet No. 2 contains a quantity of erasers. These are, by the same authority, duly forwarded to the chamber occupied by Count Colloredo ; " for who but Austria has to do the scratching out ?" The third parcel is nothing but .a box of sand. "This is, of course, for Des Ambrois," cries the sagacious Bauer, everybody knows that the sole duty of Piedmont at the conference is to sprinkle the sand upon the treaty." While on the subject of political satire, I may mention a good hit which appeared in the last number of Pasquino. A French soldier, out for a day's shoot ing, has just discharged his fowling-piece at a double headed eagle, which is seen majestically soaring into the air at some distance. "Sapristi !" exclaims the disap pointed sportsman, " the bird is flown, and yet I know I've killed something." And so indeed he had, for a few paces off lies the lion of St. Mark kicking in the agonies of death.—Letter from Milan. BARON BRAMWELL, THE BAR, AND THE SUITORS.— At the Bristol assizes on Tuesday, Mr. Baron Bramwell presiding, Mr. M. Smith, one of the counsel present, begged for himself and friends to correct a mistake which had unaccountably been made, that they had received their briefs and taken them with them to Exeter. He had returned his brief in the first case, which was expected to occupy the whole of Monday, and had made such arrangements as he thought would relieve every one ; therefore they had done what they thought was best for the sake of their clients. With regard to their being kept, it was unavoidable, for they were assured by the solicitors who 'were practised in such matters, by one that the case would be a day cause, and by the other that it would be an easy two-day cause. It was not over yet, although they had sat till twelve o'clock at night. So far as to taking their briefs with them, no common jury brief had left Bristol. The Judge : M r . Smith, Ido not think you need have taken the trouble to say anything. Persons will hardly regard the rubbish they read in newspapers. Mr. Collier said it had been stated that he had come to Bristol, and had taken all the briefs and decamped with them to Exeter. He would say it was all false. He had come from the country, and all his clients were perfectly aware that he could not be at Bristol on Monday, and he had not taken any brief with him. Mr. Coleridge said, as a very humble delinquent, so far as a mere statement of fact went, not a single rag , of paper had left Bristol with him, and they had returned those they could not attend to. Mr. Baron Bramwell : So long as there are people who take a pleasure in reading scandal, some would be found for them, and people must make up their minds for it. The Times reporter, in explanation, stated that in the discharge of his duty he most faithfully reported what took place. He was assured by most respectable attorneys that counsel had taken their briefs with them, and that that was the reason they could not hand them to other counSel ;'- but he did not state the harsh remarks he heard made by the attorneys with reference to the absence of their counsel. THE TRIAL OF DR. SMETHURST, VERDICT AND SENTENCE, The Lord Chief Baron commenced summing up. He noticed the relation in which the deceased stood to the prisoner in severe terms, and touched with great feeling on the scene where the attorney was introduced to make her will, there being not a friend or relation to whisper her wm , -nd - co her wounded mind the message of peace. The learned judge was deeply affected in describing this This poor woman, he said, was allowed to pass into another world without any religious consolation, as though she had been an unbeliever in a foreign land. Having observed further upon the conduct of the pri soner, his lordship deferred the further summing up until to-morrow. The Court adjourned at a quarter to 6 The learned judge took his seat on the bench at nine o'clock. Mr. Justice Willes sat with him. The prisoner, on being placed at the bar, said—My lord, I wish to address a few words to your lordship. The Lord Chief Baron—l think you had better not The prisoner —That is very true, but your lordship made some observations which I wish to correct. It is simply in reference to this question. In addressing the jury last night with regard to myself, you spoke of me as a medical man in practice, and as one who intended to return to practice. For the last six years I have. retired from the medical profession. The Lord Chief Baron—l know nothing of that, and there is no evidence of it. • The Prisoner —You spoke as if there was The Lord Chief Baron—Gentlemen of .the jury, if there is any mistake about that, the prisoner might have corrected it by giving some account of himself and I spoke of him as a medical man in prac tice, because on Monday morning, the day after the will was executed, he wrote to , his wife to say that he should probably not return before a certain time, his medical his , practice, aid being required in a case of illness. (His lordship read the letter). In that letter he speaks of himself as one of the three doctors, Dr. Julius and Mr. Bird being the other two. The Prisoner—That is just the point, my lord. The Lord Chief Baron—lf he left the profession, there is no evidenca of it. The evidence is that he attended upon Isabella Bankes, and he wrote to his wife to say that he could not come home in consequence of his medical aid being required in a case of illness. If he considers that an important fact he might have easily proved it. Mr. Sergeant Parry—There is evidence that he was living at a boarding-house eighteen mouths without a surgery or anything of the kind. The Prisoner—l only came from the Continent the year before last. - The Lord Chief Baron then proceeded with the evi dence. Having dwelt at some length upon the circum stances connected with the residence of the parties at Rifle-terrace and Kildare-place, he proceeded to a review of the circumstances connected with the sickness of Isabella Bankes at Richmond, adverting early in the inquiry to the fact that Dr. Smethurst had refused her a nurse at the time that he had received her dividends, and had money of his own to a considerable amount in the London and Westminster Bank. He thought that the • true solution of this was, that the pri soner was unwilling to leave a witness in the room. Then his own explanation of taking out the soup was that it was done to cool it, the doctor having ordered that everything should be fresh and cool. But it must be remembered, in connection with this subject, that scarcely any one was ever allowed to enter the room, and it was never cleaned out. Sergeant Parry reminded his lordship that Mrs. Wheatley said that she cleaned the room every morn ing, and that she went in every evening also to clean it. The Lord Chief Baron said he had no note of it. The Prisoner-31y lord, it is correct. She always had access to the room, and in the evening to make the bed. Any other statement is false. The Lard Chief Baron—lt is a matter of very little importance. Sergeant Parry—But, my lord, as affecting the pri soner, it is all important. Mrs. Wheatley twice spoke to the facts I have mentioned. The Lord Chief Baron—All I can say is, that I have no note of it. Sergeant Parry—l wish it to be fully in the know ledge of the jury that such evidence was distinctly given. For that matter Mrs. Wheatley might be recalled. The Lord Chief Baron proceeded, and commented strongly upon the anxiety which the prisoner mani fested that Miss Louisa Bankes should net see her sister, particularly on the Sunday when he introduced a strange man, who made what was called her will. It might have been that Smethurst loved this lady, but at all events he loved her money more, and avarice swallowed up his affection. Towards the close of the lady's career, he made the remark, that as Miss Louisa Bankes had taken the whole responsibility upon her self, he should give out no tea nor sugar, and yet at this time he had £7l ss. of this lady's money at his bank. The will he induced Miss Bankes to sign he told the solicitor had been drawn up by a barrister in London'; but the instrument was in his own handwriting, circumstances which, taken into connection with his previous conduct, proved that nb reliance could be placed upon anything that Dr. Smethurst said. At one o'clock the Court adjourned for refreshment. On the return of the learned judge, the jury com plained of the intense heat of the court. Yesterday, when a similar complaint was made, the usher had to break two panes of glass, and this afternoon a similar process was resorted to, the elaborate ventilating ar rangements of the court having _been found inadequate The Lord Chief Baron proceeded with his summing up, and defended Dr. Taylor against the charges pre ferred against him on account of his blunder. [BY MAGNETIC The jury retired at ten minutes to four, the ch arge o the Lord thief Baron having lasted nearly eight hours, At half-past four the j ana returned a verdict of guilty. - - The Judge having put on the black cap, and the usual question having been asked, The prisoner proceeded to address the court, and spoke in a rambling strain for fifty minutes. He said he was innocent of the charge. With regard to the property, he said he might have had whole and sole control of it if he pleased ' for there was nothing which Isabella Bankes would have withheld from him. The . prisoner also entered at some length into a criticism of the medical part of the case, and touched upon various circumstances in connection with the case. His address was delivered in a low conversational tone. The Lord Chief Baron then said : Thomas Smethurst, you have been found guilty of the murder of Isabella Bankes. I think it would be difficult for ' anyone to consider the evidence, both for and against you, without coming to the same conclusion which the jury have pronounced by their verdict. I cannot help alluding to some words which have fallen from you, which are contradicted by the clearest testimony. It is manifest from the evidence, and it is confirmed by your own letters, that _you kept the sister, Louisa Bankes, from seeing Jsabella when she was dying, at the same time when you were introducing a strange attorney to make a will in your behalf. You state that that was of no import, for that you could have got the property at any time. It is incredible that in such a ease you should have introduced, within two days of the death of Isabella Bankes, a strange attorney, to whom you had made a false representation. It is incredible that, if you could have seized upon that fatal moment to insult the feelings of a woman you had apparently mad e you r wife by calling h er a spinster, and inducing her to sign the will in her maiden name, it is impossible for you to say that you did not prevent the persons from seeing the deceased. If anything could add to the evidence which has been given against you, it appears to me that the statements you have just made have a strong tendency to confirm the result of that evidence which was given during the trial. It remains with me now only to pass upon you the sentence of the law, which is, that you be taken to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place et execution, and that you be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul. The Prisoner exclaimed—l declare that Dr. Julius is my murderer. I declare before God that lam innocent. The prisoner was then removed from the Dock, and conveyed to Horsemonger-lane Goal, where the execu tion will take place next Monday fortnight. AUGUST 20, 1859. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday at noon the usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the above railway was held at the Euston-station, the Marquis of Chandos, chairman of the Boatd .of Directors, in the chair. The report and accounts have ;I;eady been published. The net proceeds of the half-year amount to £407,226 145., as against £407,357 ls. 7d. in the corresponding half of 1858. The balance brought forward from the last account amounted to £23,196 4s. I Id., and that sum, added to the net earnings, made a disposable balance of £520,422 18s. I ld., out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 4f per cent. per annum, which would absorb £511,186 15s. 5d. ; and leave £9,236 3s. 6d. to be carried to the next account. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that the increased receipts arose from an in crease in the traffic, and not from any advance in the rates. During the competition with the Great Northern many special bargains were entered into with neigh bouring lines, and the low rates had ruled in the past half-year ; but in the present half-year there would be a considerable rise in the rates, and no doubt a corres ponding increase in the receipts. He regretted to say that parliament had refused to sanction an arrange ment with the Great Northern and the Manchester and Sheffield, whereby the public would have derived very great accommodation. In other respects the parlia mentary campaign had been satisfactory. Having briefly adverted to several points in the report, the noble chairman concluded by announcing the retirement of Mr. Henry Booth, one of the secretaries of the company, who has been associated with railways since their very commencement. The motion having been duly seconded, Mr Puncher pomplained of the smallness of the di vidend, which he attributed to =thrifty management and an undue expenditure on capital amount. In regard to one station alone he knew that no less than £20,000 had been unnecessarily spent. The London and North western was the best line in the kingdom, and bad ma nagement alone was the cause of its insufficient returns. Between London and Rugby alone the local traffic was worked at a loss of £l,OOO a week. He estimated the working expenses at £5l 10s. ld. per cent. of the gross earnings. The average takings of the company were £64,000, and if the expenditure was brought within pro per bounds the dividend would be six and a fraction per cent. Ten years ago Midlands were at a discount of 33 per cent. At that time London and North-western stock was at a premium. Now the case was. reversed ; Midlands- were at a premium, and London and North western at a discount. These results were produced by good and bad management. At the proper time, there fore, he would move that a committee of seven pro prietors, three to form a quorum, be appointed to investigate the accounts kept in the books of the com pany for the purpose of comparing them with the printed accounts, circulated among the proprietors from time to time, particularly during the last four half years, and to report thereon to a special meeting. A Proprietor thought the working expenses ought not to exceed tut per cent. Mr. Franklin desired to see a declaratory resolution passed, that the principles of railway accounts- might be considered and improved. It could be done through the instrumentality of the railway parliament. Mr. Tite, M.P., said it was impossible• to go into figures in a meeting like this, and he would suggest to Mr. Puncher that he should examine the books himself, which he had a perfect right to do. The Chairman gave a variety of explanations upon the accounts, and stated that fuller information could be obtained at the offices. After some further discussion, the report was adopted, and the dividend declared payable on and after the 27th instant. The resolution proposed by Mr. Puncher having been disposed of, and the business of the ordinary meeting brought to a close, the meeting was made special to con sider an agreement proposed to be entered into by the Birkenhead Railway Company with the London and Northwestern and Great Western Railway Companies for the transfer of ,the undertaking of the Birkenhead Railway Company to the London and Northwestern. and Great Western Companies jointly, and for other purposes. - After same discussion, the directors were empowered! to enter into the agreement, and the proceedinga ter minated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. THE MURDER BY AN AMERICAN MATE ON THE TYNE. The inquest on the body of Daniel Witham, the seaman who died on Tuesday night from the effects of the alleged ill-treatment of the mate of an American ship in the Tyne, took place on Wednesday evening, and resulted in a verdict of "wilful murder" against John W. Moody, the second mate of the Mary. The Newcastle Chronicle says :—" Both the coroner and the jury strongly condemnad the almost criminal indifference of the captain and chief mate, as displayed in their neither sending for a surgeon, nor taking measures to prevent Moody's escape. There appears to have been no provocation whatever on the part of the deceased." FIVE PERSONS DROWNED On Wednesday, a young man, named Johnson, was having a row on the river, near Putney Bridge, with his sweetheart and her sister, when the boat capsized, and all perished. _ _ On Monday, two men, named M'Namara and Begley, were on the Shannon in a small boat, which unfortu nately upset. M'Namara was an expert swimmer, but Begley could not swim a stroke, and when both closed together, the latter gripped M'Namara by the shoulder, when a desperate death struggle ensued between the drowning men. M'Namara used every , exertion to free himself from Begley, to whom he repeatedly called to let go his hold and he would save him, but to no pur -^ the man was so frightened lest he should be - • fn hold on until DONATION OF WINE TO THE DREADNOUGHT Hos- PITAL SHIP.—The Duke of Northumberland, in addi tion to the donations of wine to the Middlesex and Westminster Hospitals and the Newcastle Infirmary, already noticed, has presented a similar donation of 1,000 bottles of sherry to the Seaman's Hospital, for the use of the patients on board the Dreadnought, off Greenwich. Thi s s hi p was formerly the Caledonian, 120 guns, of which the Duke of Northumberland (then Lord Algernon Percy) was captain, when he fought in a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon, and witnessed the fall of Genoa. MELANCHOLY FATE OF A LIVERPOOL GENTLEMAN._ On Tuesday the torn and mutilated remains of a young gentleman were discovered at the base of a precipice near Snowdon, and from the position in which the body was when found, there was no reason to doubt that the young man had fallen from a cliff, a height of upwards of 600 feet. Inquiries were immediately set on foot, and it was soon ascertained that the deceased was a Mr. George Frodsham, the managing clerk of one of the largest mercantile houses in Liverpool, and that at midnight on Sunday last, he, in company with a guide, started for the ascent of Snowdon, in order to be there in time to see the sun rise. Unfortunately for himself, he dismissed the guide before he gained the summit, and there is no doubt that he missed his.way in the thick mists which envelop Snowdon at night, and stumbling over the precipice in question, was literally smashed to pieces. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA .—A motion of want of confidence in the Ministry having been carried at the late• session of the Legislature of Nova Scotia, Parliament was dissolved, and Ministers made their appeal to the people. The result of a general election was the return of a majority of Opposition members. If English constitutional prac tice had beeu followed, the Government would im mediately hive called together the new Parliament, tested their strength in the House, and, if b ea t en , wou ld have made way for a new Government possessing the confidence of the people. This was the course, and the right course, in the circumstances, taken by the Derby Ministry in England. But in Nova Scotia things are managed differently. The new Parliament was elected two or three monthe ago, but as yet no steps have been.. taken to obtain from it the verdict, for the sake of which Ministers appealed to the country and it is stated that there is xo intention of assembling it till February next. In other words, Lord Mulgrave's p resen t c abinet intend to hold on to office, to draw their salaries, to administer all the patronage of the Crown in Nova" Scotia, and, to perform all the functions of a government for a period of nearly twelve months after the people have declared by their votes at the election, that these men do not possess their confidence.—lfontreal Tran script.