Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-08 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS --MoNDAY, Marua v. 'rut UNITY Lin AND THE UNITY FL MN SNIPE 33 —A LLEGID BREACH OF AD 113 VIENT.—TIII3SB mon tame on for trial last Friday, and on that occasion it was arranged that the Chief Justice should himself say lade should be done between the parties. The p!aintiff bad been accountant to the two companies, at a salary at asses or them of £330 a-year, and the actions were sub stastially to recover a year's salary, which had been apnea to be paid to the plaintiff upon his ceasing to be ameweetant• Chief Justice Cockburn now stated his iheivion, and gave his reasons for it. The result was, ibat directed that the plaintiff should have the amount .to be paid quarterly as it became due. That the Latest iff 3houtd render service if req lircd in the prepara tion of the accounts. And he also directed that each party should pay his own costs, and if any dispute ailbafalki arise as to these terms, he would himself decide anut itcpute.- COURT OF EXCHEQUER -MONDAY. Tniaranztt v. D'AorrILAR,-•-•BREACU OF PROMISE OF iIkaILIAGS. —Mr. Prentice appeared for the plaintiff, and 11,. Chambers and Mr. Lush for the defendant. The mean was brought to recover damages for a b - each of premise of marriage, br the lady who figured recently in sionapplication for an affiliation order before the Brighton ist 7 ates• Mr. Prentice, who was left without a liescrer, both opened the pleadings end stated the case. Mielearned counsel admitted there would be great diffi malty in making out the promise, because the plaintiff had gives tip the defendant's letters, but he called on them int4ht-r to infer a promise from the conduct of Colone! 11111rAguilar, in coming frequently to Mrs. Thatcher's house sod zatking her pre ents of a pot- raft, a lock of hair, a riciegomidotiaer articles. The first witness, Mrs. Thatcher's der, an interesting little girl of 14, proved that on owe oc..nsion her mama had said in th,, , Colonel's presence Oat 'be was to be their papa. In cross - examination she egaul-v a/several gentlemen coming to see her mother, and saar.eihoes stopping all night, and of the Colonel having add morning been pointed out to her, because she had fregotten him. On the suggestion of the Chief Baron a jam: was withdrawn, and V - ie case prematurely ended. POLICE I NTE LL I GEN CE. —YrnSTfIRD A.Y LIVERPOOL. enrol/ a Ma. MANSF:BLD. ZeMOUS STABBING CASE.—Duncan M Intire wee charged havimg stabbed three females in a house fffame in Itatwasark-etreet. Mr. i3luck prosecuted and Mr. Cobb de- Itaeisted :he prisoner. The facts were these : —On Saturday sigeit zhe prisoner, wits come other persons, went into the limas kept by a woman named Ana Bradbury, where they /be some drink, and then a quarrel took place, when the der took out a knife and stabbed two women in the &as laid neck, and cut another in the hard. The details spied the court some time, and Mr. Cobb called some pumas for the defence, when his Worship decided on stir the prisoner f,r trial, but said he would teke bail sureties in f..'20 each—for him. Satanns."—Robert Man‘l,ld, James Clarke and Wm. Wiatieseas, three great " swells," well known to the police aviioeratie mombstnett, were brought np by detective SV!' Scott, who arrested them on board the Isle of Man Uwe, .wh e r e he saw them trying to pick the pockets of end persons. Mr. Bluck appeared for Mansfield and 'riaerke, and Mr. Dodd for Williams. The officer said he 2/frilr parties trying to pick pockets, and saw their kirszeb pat into the pockets of men and women. This mere . 2-ierra was corroborated by a Mr.. Whittaker, who finial he was an amateur detective for eighteen years, Brat kris real business was a timber merchant. This witnes s I.lll , lnes examined at some length, and caused vast merri- lawar in court, He said he could tell by the fac! of AlbreaS.vtd, (the prisoner) that he was a tkief; he (witness) was a bit of a phisiagnami-t, and took great delight in - ssiiikinfa pick-pockets. Mr. Black : Then yon glory in sin wad wiekedaess, do you? Sometimes I do, when catching *a-pockets. He was subject to a they cross-examina tiksz, both by Mr. Buck and Mr. Dodd, but the facts ware not altered in the main. Mr. Bluck ascertained dot The prisoners were arrested at twelve o'clock on llEaulay, and he contended that it was unlawful and isettentaitntional to keep them locked up during the /sax-mi. They ehould have been be 'tight up at once, sing to law. and he appealed to his Worship if the hew was not sc, ? His Worship replied it was the law as skated 'ay Mr. Black. Inspector Kehoe said inquiry - had Is made about the prisoners, and that caused the delay. S&L hack said it was quite illegal for the police to have scaad so.. He addressed the court, as did also Mr. Dodd lbw his elient. Hie Worship complimented both the )tamed gentlemen on their able addresses, bat sent Mans- Sala xed Williams to gaol for three months Clarke was itstrtaimied as there was another charge against him. Veacsarr Assaunr.—Anne Griffith the keeper of an fettveper house in Copperas-hill, was charged with having Wistisztly assaulted a female named Jane Smith. The pan,i2s had a drunken quarrel, when the prisoner took up & rig and gave Smith a violent blow on the forehead, iiminesting a serious wound, Bent to gaol fir three months. '.is BIRD THAT WOULD 14 OT SING —William Thoma., se ztrinig fellow dressed as a sailor, was charged Path Laving stolen a very beautiful psra-quet and ova, the property of a sailor named Jo-n M'Clel bow& The " bird" was at the Sa - lor's Home, and woe taken by the prisoner, who was stopped offering law sale. The prisoner said very cooly that the laikawould not sing, and was of no use whatever to him. -wee sent to gaol for three months. Calderbauk, a resident of Albion atnve, w4s charged with having violently assaulted his aiistar Jane. From the evidence it appeared that the Wines, -without any apparent cause, furiously attacked reßs lister,:icLocked her down and kicked her, brea ., ing two sac tmse of her ribs. He was sent to gaol for six months, saittals. expiration of which he .fte ordered to find bail, or, uteri:Aran% to be imprisoned for six months additi , nal. razenart Rai ♦ PORTE't.—J , ,hri Pratchet, and Maria his vae - a,-,. were brought up, on remand, by officers Scaife and - narsapson, charged with having stolen a consid-erable wwwwity of drapery goods, the proper. ty of Messrs. Wilding, ,litatthew-street. The ma'e prisoner was porter at Messrs. Ilirildiag'Et, and in that, capacity he had an opportunity of as a considerable quantity of property, consisting of taalia exvers, ticking, shirts, blankets, and the like, and it wee., 2ro7ed that the woman had pledged the property at swam) pawnshops. The prisoner. we-e scut for trial. .11 lixutiLaa, TFIUMPRIt. Mary Harper, a resident of 41 10 tend-street, was charged with having assaulted police latter 210. The prisoner and another woman were saaprged at the agreeable recreation of scratching each ititlirS' faces, and pulling the "thatch" off each others' , when the officer came up, and most impertinently Weirr?ered to prevent the " sport," whereon the prisoner Avnete round gave him a regular polthogue on the jaw, atelaocked him flat as a flounder, and when down she tiatectld ~, u his " carcase," for which Mr. Mansfield lined ktr or in default three months imprisonment. CORONER'S COURT. 3orough Coroner held the following inque4ts lewordv L'ans ' SUPPOSED MURDER O R S UICIDE CASE.--011 the body 4set3te man George Isherwood, aged sixty-six years, who was found in the Leeds Canal, with cats in his throat. Irle details of this case hare appeared in our paper of Trzra/ay, and although Mr. Blake, the active beadle of the mart, was engaged with his usual ability in investigating Vie nee, but he was not able to pr cure farther evidence; fie aidition to what we have already publiahed. The itrry, after a very long and patient investigation, returned a 11SZCI " Tt, " That deceased wee found drowned in the Canal twat rate in his throat, but how such wounds were in lined there was no evidence to show, yet they had auszilzions regarding the whole affair, but no evidence." tgair Coroner raid he was of opinion the verdict was a wept? one, as it was open, and therefore recorded it. Trrat FATAL AND M ELANCHOLY ACCiDENT ON THE - RIVER. —7:14, next inquest was heldnn the bodies of theßev. Wm. 3Xszonerrille, aged 67, the rector of Basford, in Watwick- Waiast, and that of Hugh Smith, a river boatman, both of isfiao2 2 were drowned in the river c u Monday afternoon. ':7 l aaa was a truly lamentable ease. The decpased clergyman Inane, with a yonna son of his, to Liverpool, to see another ane_ a respected officer on board the Donald 211‘1Cay. He grateeded in a small boat to the ship n the river, and, as ,ataa trollowing evidence will show, the poor gentleman and Dear:.4 h were drowned. Henry Archer said :—I am a boat- Rasa, and the deceased applied to me to take him over. MO Smith was my partner in the boat. Two gentlemen faits , leceased and his son) came to the to take them to the She was lying off the pier. There was a sazag torrent, and she was under weigh, towing at the arat. I don't think Smith was drunk ,he might have Ird a bat I did not notice it. We got close alongside the Pa3le.: leader the bow of a flat. The vessel took a bit of a anew- and upset the boat, and we went do , n under the flat's bate.l caught the flat's bow and jumped into the flat's boat, wad tried to save some of them. I picked up Smith, but *3.7233 dead. Another boat put off and picked up the :oder gentleman. FA, the bOdies at the dead house after. E *al know what drink Smith - had. It was in coule waxy of the sheer, and not in consequence cf any bad steozewement on the part of Smith 'hat the boat was upset. 174 the jury : There was no bad management on the part t the Bat. The flat was fast to the ship. and she Ina towing at the time by two r cam boats, reason that we went on that aide was the sea and tioarl water from the togs at the other hide. The Coroner Aare charged the jury, and left kW them to say whether 114 utfortunate affair was an accident, or if there was Mama attached t. any one. The jury at once 'found a sawaitict of " Accidental death." [Young M. Sommervill e 3aii we regret to say, in a very weak state.] THE ICvit i'HERN TIME S.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1857. COUNTY COURT.-YISTERDAY BTFORE JOHN CONiYAY, ESQ., DEPUTY JUDGE. This was the opening day of the first July Court, JUDG3fENT SUMSIONSES.—A. large number of unimportani judgment summonses was heard and disposed of. INSOLVENTS. Mary Ann Croly, insolvent, was supported by Mr. Chilton. The case, which was as adjourned one from last Noveb-iber, was still farther adjourned. Charles TlArgreaves received his final order unopposed. William Martin, senior, received his final order un• opposed._ John Hugh Jones, was supported by Mr. Husband, and received a final order without opposition. John Bibby, supported by Mr. Roby, received a. final order. Squire Ferdinand, was supported by Mr. Gray, and received a final order. Joseph Bentley, supported by Mr. Henry, received a final order. Charles Tait, baker and flour dealer, Vauxhall-road, wai supported by Mr. Hima and opposed by a creditor named Bolton. His final order was granted. William Ellis, supported by Mr. Gray, received a final order. Samuel Hogson, Ptescot-street, was supported by Mr. C :lob, and opposed by Mr. Husband, upon the ground that the name over the insolvent's shop was that of a former employer (Peekmore), and that ineolvent had stated to a creditor that he was only in the employment of that party up to the present. His Honor did not consider the ground of onpos'tion made out, and fixed the granting of the final order for August, Abraham Hadley Scott, flour dealer. Whii - echaoll, was supported by Mr. Chilton, and opposed by Mr. vir,,,clsu7n. Insolvent was discharged out of custody. John Jones, supported by Mr. Husband, received his final order. Thomas Holland, supported by Ur. Ha3band, received his final order. Robert Fair was supported by M. Chilton. The insolvent was not in attendanca, and tha petition was dismissed. Mary Harrison was stipp)rted by 31*. Grsy, and op posed by Mr. Carter. The insolvent was not in attendance, and the petition was dismissed. John Andrews was supported by Mr. Grocott, and op nlsed by Mr. Husband, Mr. Rymer, and Mr. Godfrey, on behalf of several creditors. After a protracted hearing the pstition was dismissed, with leave to file a new one. Edward Cozens, unopposed. Final order fixed for 4th August. Charles Whitley, unopposed, had his final order fixed for the Ch of August. James Whittaker, on an "mended petition, was sup ported by Mr. G,ocott, and opposed by Mr Gray. Fival order fixed for the 4th of August. Harriet Cross a widow, supported by Mr. Rymer, opposed by Mr. Hime Mr. Hime contended that there was a radical ohjiction to her designation, in so far as she was not deEcribed as a lodging-hou+e keeper. He also en larged on other topics cinneeed with the C 330, which he maintained were sufficient to entitle him to request the dismissal of her petition. His Honour, after a lengthened review of the case, dismissed the petition. Henry , Wright, unopposed, had his final order fixed for the 4th of August. Mary Ann Edgar, supported by Mr. Gray, opposed by Mr. Godfrey, had her final order fire 1 for the 4th of August, Benjamin supported by Mr. Hime. and unopposed. had his final order fixed for the 4th of August. I hear that Lord Camoys is about to be made Lord Li-m'enant of Oxfordshire in the roan of the late Doke of Ma,lborough. The appointment i remarkable, if only r‘r the reason that an Catholic holds a similar office at pr , s , ot in either England or Ireland.—London Corres pondent of Freeman's Journal. TFIE SURVEY OF GRPA.T BarrAN —ln a "o7respond ence between the War Depar ment and the Tr'asury, in respect to the scale on which the survey of Gr:!at Brityiu is ro he done in future, in consequence of the late vote of the Hizise of Commons, Lori ['azimut.e writes, through Mr. Haw,s. in a querulous tone alum-, tie upsetting of the survey arrangements by tint vote, but Wilson, on behalf of th Treisury, replies briefly that —" It appears to my Lords that the only course which the Ordnance Department can take will be to finish the works of the Ordnance Survey, at present actually in progress, nn the twenty-five inch scale, and to adopt the scale of six inches upon all new works." PRODUCTION OF ARDENT SPIRITS IN CANADA.—A return has been laid lo4)re the Legislature, showin7 that the cria , !tity of proof spirits manufactured in Canada had in crea.ed from 2,679,200 gallons in 1855, to 4,267,381 gallons in 1856. The return is incomplete, as not show ing the quantities of inferior spirits manufactured. "Of the above quantity, for 1836, 2,448,613 gallons were made in Upper Canada and 818.768 gaHoni in Lower Can ida—adescrepancy which can only be accounted for on the s'lpposition that large quantities of inferior spirits are distilled in the lower province. It is not a creditable fact, that besides the large quantities imported about three gallons of proof whisky on an average were con sumed in 1836 by every man, woman, and child in Canada Vire3t.— Weekly Prototype (Canada). PICTIME OF AN OLD AND PENIIIIIrM JUDGE.—Lord Campbell relates that when Lord Kenyon was made Attorney-general in 1782, there was a story current that he appeared at court, in a laced waistcoat, which he had purchased from Lord Stormont's valet. Jekyll asserted that Lord Kenyon never used a pocket-handkerchief in his life until he found one in the pocket of this very waistcoat, which handkerchief he ought to have returned, as it was not in the bargain! But we should not have his dres3 complete were we to omit the black velvet smalls, worn for many.years, and threadbare by constant friction which he used to rub with painful assiduity when catechising witnesses. According to Sam Rodger', when the income tax was imposed, Lord Ellenborough said that Kenyon intended, in consequence of the tax, to lay down his Docket handkerchief. Kenyon bad two hats and two wigs—one pair old and shabby, the other comparatively spruce. In court, on the days of the old hat and spruce wig, be shoved his hat under the bench and displayed his wig; but on the days of the old win: and good hat, he always continued covered in court. Having reached the dignity of Chief Justice, be was prevailed upon to visit Drury-lane, that he might see the famous melodrama, Pizzaro, when, falling asleep in the middle of the electrifying declamation against avarice and ambition, Sheridan, the mortified author, exclaimed, "Alas, poor man, he fancies himself on the bench." GIFT OF THE GAB. —The following amusing anPciot: is said to have occurred when in company with several other celebrities the late George Stephenson was paying' a visit to the late Sir Robert Peel at Drayton Manor. Dr. Ruckland and Mr. Stephenson differed in opinion on the formation of coal one evening, and the more practised speaker was evidently successful in the discussion. Next morning Sir William Follett met Mr. Stephenson in the grounds suffering from a brown study. What are you thinking of ? said the knight. Why, Sir William, I am thinking over that argument I had with Rockland last night. I know lam right, and that if I had only the commend of words which he has, I'd have beaten him. Sir William offered to have the case tried over if l'dr. Stephenson would instruct him. So the engineer aril the lawyer sat down in an arbour. until the latter was fully instructed on the formation of coal. Sir Robert Peel was taken into the plot, and after dinner he introduced the coal question again, This evening, to Dr. Buckland's annoy- ance, he had to grapple with the distinguished lawyer, and was vanquished a every point. When all was over, Sir Robert Peel said to the beaten man of the previous night, What . do you say, Mr. Stephenson ? Why, answered the attorney iu the case, who bad drawn the brief, I will only say this, that of all the powers above and under the earth, there seems to me to be no power so great as the gift of the gab. DUCHY or LANCASTER.—MS. BERTOLACCi'S PICTITION.— The cdmmittee met on Monday. Mr. Bertolacci stated that the banker refused to give him any informatien as to the payment of £B5O into their hatnls for Duchy lands that had been sold, without a written authority from General Fox, in whose name it was kept. He applied for that authority, but it was refused as being inexpedient, unusual, and unnecessary. He also applied for the usual leave. of absence in order. to examine the Duchy accounts; and though the usual time given was six weeks, without deduction for odd days taken at various times, he was i allowed only three weeks, and twelve days that he had previously taken were ordered to be deducted. His was the first else in which this rule was made, but it after wards became a . general order. The reason assigned was pressure of business in consequence of the war, but that pressure did not extend to his department until after that time. He was subsequently removed to another depart ment to supply the place of the head of that department, who, th 'ugh he had a mouth's leave of absence, was granted ,h a farthe r leave for an idefinite period, which lasted four weeks more and terminated some days after Lord Harrowby had caused him (Mr. Bertolacci) to he sent back to his own department. Finding difficulties thrown in the way of his anditin the accounts, h e wen t t o the office of Mr. Gooch with Mr. C oleman, an accountant, whom he had appointed his deput y, on the recommendation of Mr. J. A. Smith; M.P., and introduced him, but Mr. Gooch refuried . to show any books,or account s t o hi m i n hi s presence . H e appealed to Lord Harrowby to enforCe the terms of his letters patent, and his lordship refused to do so. At four o'clock the committee adjourned. LOSS OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP ST. CLAIR. This ship, bound to Quebec, has been totally lost, In lat. 50.30 N., long• about 19 W., and her passengers, 200 in number, narrowly escaped foundering in her. The St. Clair was nearly 1,000 tons burthen, and sailed from Traleo on the 12th of last month, in ballast and with a small cargo of salt, for Quebec. On the 18th the barque Grace and Jane, of Sunderland, from New York to Rot terdam, came up with the St. Clair, in the latitude above given, in a sinking state, having a few days previously sprung a leak. Captain Horan, of the bargee,. who boarded the St. Clair, gives a painful description of the deplorable condition in which he found the vessel when he fell in with her, and narrates the efforts made to save her, until it was finally determined to abandon the ship. The crew had been pumping for four days and nights, but the water still gained upon them, and when the vessel was left to her fate she had from ten to twelve feet of water in her hold. It. was with great difficulty that the crew an I passengers, 250 in number, were got on board the barque; the decks were crowded, and there were no means of accommodation, nor any food but bread and water, save, occasionally, a little tea and sugar. The discomforts of the passengers in this wretched condition were extreme. The barque at length succeeded in making Qeeenstown in safety. The St. Clair was reported to be fully insured. THE DUBLIN' MAYORALTY FOR 1858.—The Corporation meets to-day, anti amongst the duties to be performed will be the selection of a chief magistrate for the year 1858, when Alderman Campbell will be unanimously placed in the distinguished position of Lord Mayor Elect, for his native city.—Dublin Freeman. A CHAPTER OF ACClDENTS.—Carrickfergus on Tuesday was the scene of a cbap'er of accidents. A fisherman called Irvine, in an attempt to break another man's head broke his own arm. He was quito alarmed at the con.e quences of his proceeding, and cried out loudly for some one to get him a car, and have him conveyed to the Larne Workhouse. On the same day a worn in, named iVl'Quade, in an encounter with another woman, broke tha arm of her oponent. A child two years old, had swallowed a thimble, and is reported in a dangerous con dition ; another child swallowed a large marble; and a third fell from a height and broke his back.—Northern Whig. AN OLD THOUGHT IN A YOUNG FORM.—A. little Swed ish girl, while walking with her father on a starry night, absorbed in contemplation of the skies, being asked what the was thinking, replied, I was thinking if the wrong side of heaven is so glorious. what must the right side be ?" To BOROUGH VOTERS.—Electors for cities and boroughs are reminded that all poor-rates and assessed taxes, due from them before the 5h of April last. must be paid on or before the 20th July, or their names will be omitted from the lists of the present year. Overseers and collectors are not required by law to make a demand for ! their rates and taxes, in order to obviate the disfranchise ment of electors; the:efore s'mple non-payment dis. qualifies. It is of the greatest importarce that all £lO electors should see that all such rates and taxes are duly paid before the 20th july. PRESTON QUART SESSIONS, SATURDAY.—LORD V. KERSIIAW.—This was an appeal against an order in bas tards*, made by the magistrates at Bacttp, in April last, against John Lard, fur payment of 2s. a week in respect of Martha Kershaw's child. Mr. Blair, instructed by Mr. Par,imgton, of Rochdale, was counsel for Lord, the appel lant; and Mr. Whigham, instructed by Messrs. A. G. and W. M. Eastwood, of Bacup, was counsel fir the rno'ber. Toe case occupied the court five hours, and caused con siderable merriment. A request was made to the bench to view the body of the child. The child was accordingly produced, and it was suggested that the child had a marked and unmistakeable resemblance to Lord in its nose and upper lip, in which particulars Lord's father also had the stale peculiarity. Eight witnesses were called and ex amined on behalf of the mother, and five on behalf of the putative father.—The Court, without fully hearing Mr. Whigharn in reply, confirmed the order in the court below, with all costs, thus adjudging Lord to be the father of the child. ATTE►fPTED RAPE BY A POLICEMAN.—At the Midd;vex Sessions, on Monday, Walter Spencer, a constable of the S division, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Frances Elizabeth Hill, with intent, &c. Tue prosecutrix was servaut at the house of Mr. Claxton, chronometer-maker, Cornwall-road, Upper Holloway, and she stated that on the right of the 16th of June, she had been to fasten up a house, and get some matches, and was returning to her master's about a quarter to eleven o'clock, across a plot of freehold ground, on which Cornwall-road is situated, when she was accosted by the defendant, who was the constable on the beat. He placed his arm round her waist, and, notwith standing her strug::-les, threw her down on the grass, and then committed the offence he was now charged with. She got away from him, and went home and informed her master of what had occurred, and he caused the defendant to be apprehended by the clnstable 611 the next beat. She had never spoken to the defendant before. Mt. Claxton and two constables gave evidence. The jury found the defendant guilty on the second and third counts of the indictment, and he was sentenced to eight months' hard labour. UNFORTUNATE AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LADY.—An inquest was held on Monday, at the Manchester Infirmary, before Mr. Herford, on the body of Elizabeth Sane Labrey, wife of a salesman residing in Green-street, Ardwick, who died on Saturday from injuries sustained on Tuesday, under the following circumstances :—Deceased was standing on a counter in the shop of Mr. Leigh, hat-manufacturer, Market-street, waiting to see the Queen pass, and was talking to Ellen Cooper, her nurse, when she fell and her head came against the other counter in the shop. She was immediately taken up insensible and laid on a sofa, and a surgeon sent for, but it was an hoar before one could by obtained. It was found on examination that the teeth of the comb in her hair had gone into her head, and blood flowed profusely. After the surgeon came, deceased was removed to the infirmary, and though the wounds did not at first appear serious, she afterwards began to suffer from concussion of the brain, which terminated fatally on Saturday. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." A BURGLAIDOIIB Do(}.—On Monday, at the Wakefield Petty S - ssione, a m os t notor i ous o ff en d er , name d Simeon Kershaw, who, according to the statement of the Chief constable, had been committed 33 times, and passed ten years of his lire in prison (his last term of imprisonment being eighteen months, for a murderous assault upon a gamekeeper), was brought up under the following peculiar circumstances :—About twenty minutes to four o'clock, yesterday morning, a greyhound dog belonging to the pri soner was seen, by a man named John Wain, to enter the fowl-house of George Wass, at the bottom o f Kirkgate, and presently come o ut witlia fowl in his mouth. When near the goods warehouse of the Aire and Calder Canal Company, Wain saw the prisoner go up to the dog and take the fowl from it. Wain traced both Kershaw and his dog to the house of the former, which they both entered. Re then- informed the police, who went to Kershaw's house, and apprelepnded the p r iso ner . It was sta t e d th at the dog (produce in court) was educated by Kershaw to become a practised thief. :Kershaw was committed for trial, and the dog was ordered in the meantime to be kept in the custody of the police. THE SCHOOL AND TUN CUPBOARD. --The Rev. G. S. Osborne communicates the following in answer to a leader in the Times on the Educational Confererce:—The period at which village boys will be removed from -the village school is simply a matter of capbourd. Mother Hubbard, in her family economy, will only allow Bill to draw ratiots from her cupboard free up to that period of life at which he can begin to earn, or to learn how to earn, bread to put into it. She has each week to count the mouths which consume against the hands which can produce ; she will seize the earliest moment to convert a consumer into a producer. Mrs. 11. will tell the parson or his wife, with mach truth, " that the boys get soft-like when kept too long at laming ; the pen and the book be all right for the poor things, but they hands of Bill's must get a bit hard afore he can hold plough or handle fork. She don't hold to keeping children too long in-doors who have to get their bread in the fields." I confess, sir, I agree with Mrs. Hubbard. I feel that the necessity laid upon a labourer's child to earn his own bread at the earliest moment is one which I cannot contest. -I know that in order to stand exposure to all kinds of weather—the lot of out-door labour—it is well for a boy to be early inured to it. lam quite convinced be will be no happier iu the particular field of labour which is his destiny for that amount of schooling, I see so many desirous to give him. As to the " crime" question, it is not a year or two's more schooling which will affect that in any appreciable degree. The poor are more often detected, in crie:e than the rich, because they are more constanely watched, and the crimes to which they are tempted are just those easiest to detect. But this I say in justice to them as a class, compare those who can reed, write, and sum bitt a little, with those who have had the grea'est educational privi!eges, and I believe yon would find that in this our day, before God, the former are the purest in life, the most honest, the most tempted, the most loptl,—yes, and the most. Christian. In my poor opinion we run some risk of making our schools mere nurseries for young mothers, who never at home saw any thing of a mother's real duty. lam quite sure we are making marriage very easy, the road to single, useful "service" very di ff i cult. People complain they cannot get female servants. Do they think years passed in an educational machine, the cramming the head, and fitting the hand to nothing but pen, pencil, and needlework, a promising process for the production of "maids" of any work where, whore has common sense fled to TOXTETH PARK LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual monthly meeting of this Board was held at the public offices Toxteth Park. In the absence of the Chairman, Mr. J. R. Jeffery was called upon to preside. The other commissioners present were Messrs. R. Rath bone, T. Urquhart, E. Hughes, F. Woodhead, Darsie, Rogers, and Boult. The LAW CLERK-read the minutes of the last meeting From those proceedings, it appeared that the subject of supplying ten lamps for the Aigburth road had been referred back to the committee, as had also the widening of Smithdown-lane. The first subject was orcle-ed to stand over for the want of a definite report ; and, with regard to the other, it appeared that one of the owners of a portion of the land required, declinei to dispose of it, on such terms as the B. and had been led to supp-se. Mr. Boult, who had taken some degree of interest in that subject, subsequently explained that the matter was under consideration of Mr. Stewart, and at his request, it was further referred to the Sewerage Committee. The proceedings were then confirmed. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. From the proceedings of this committee, which were of a routine character, it appeared that the day fixed for the annual audit of the accounts was the 17th. On the motion of Mr. Urquhart, seconded by Mr. Darsie, the proceed ings were confirmed. THE SEWERAGE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee were read, upon which a conversation ensued relative to the sewerage of Smithdown-lane, Mr. Dm•sie wishing to know whether the committee had any report relative to the making and re-making of that sewers. _ _ The CiiernmAN said they had no report on the subject, and therefore it rested, if such bad been the case, between the contractor, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Newlands, the con sulting engineer to the Board. In answer to a question put by Mr. DARSIE, The LAW CLERK stated that the contractor had been paid £220, the original contract being for £3BO. Till EICLIEVING COMMISSIONER. The CLERK announced that the Comm'ssioners who retired in rotation were Messrs. Siddeley, Urquhart, Bonit, Hughes. and Woodhead, but they were all eligible for re-election ; and the third Friday in the present month was fixed for the annual meeting. THE SEWELL:IOE OF THE DISTRICT OF ST. MICHAEL AND PA RIIFIZLD An assistant from Mr. Newland's Twinned the plans for the sewerage and drainage of tho above districts, which it was estimated cost £4,049. including all expenses On the motion of Mr. Boum', seconded by Mr. URQU HART, the plans were adopted, and the Clerk was in structed to forward them to the General Board in London, for their approval, prior to borrowing the money to carry out the same. SEATS FOR TIIE ruran. A letter was read from Mr. T. C. Melley, requesting the permission of the Board to erect seats, at his own expense, along the Aigburth-road, for the accommodation of the public. The Board thought that they were much indebted to Mr. Melley for his philanthropy, and, on the motion of Mr. Boult, seconded by Mr. Rathbone, a resolution expressive of thanks, and giving the required permission, under the direction of Mr. Newlands, was unanimously adopted. INCORPORINING THE TOWNSHIP WITII THEBortoutga OF LIVERPOOL. At the last meeting of the Board, Mr. Boult gave notice that he should move a resolution to the effect—that at this meeting the Board express it as their opinion that it is desirable that the rural district of Toxteth-park be incor porated with the borough of Liverpool. On the present occasion he rose to move the resolution of which he had given notice, and had no doubt but that it would be carried unanimously. The grounds upon which he based the foundation of such a motion were, that the borough could not make its drains without going through the township, and that the rating for the rep•iir of the roads, which were chiefly used by the people of Liverpool, would be spread over a wider area. The OHAIRM tif objicted to the wording of the resolution, which at his suggestion was amended, and it was d ec id e d that the motion should be referred to the Finance Com mittee, for them to report thereon, after making full inquiries into the subject. Mr. URQUHART wished to know whwher the lrknevo lence of the township arose from the fact of Liverpool losing its Town Dues, as there was no doubt but thit the taxation would be much increased. The CHAIRMAN thought that as it was only a motion for inquiry, there had better not be any discussion on the subject. kr. RoGERS seconded the motion. After come conversation on the subject, Mr. URQUHART moved that the consideration of the Subject be postponed until the next monthly meeting. This was seconded by Mr. HUGHES. The CHAIRMAN expreesed it as his opinion that there could not be any object'on to a full investigation being made on the motion, and that there could not be a doubt but that the proper parties to inquire into the merits of the case were the Finance Committee. Mr. URQUHART thought that as the subject wag one of such great importance, that a public meeting of the rate payers should be called to ascertain their feeling. The CHAIRMAN replied that that could be done, and with greater effect, after the Committee bed considered the subject, and made their report. Then there would be something to lay before a meeting, as facts on each side would be brought forward. Mr. BOULT briefly replied, stating that it was absolutely necessary. if they agreed in the expediency of ircirporating the township with the borough, that it should be done immediately, as notices to Parliament would have to be given on the 30th of November next, which could not be done, if any farther delay took place ; and he had a wish to see the little bantling of his brought to mttnrity. • The Board then divided, and the original motion was carried ; only the mover and seconder voting for the adjournment The Board then adjourned. GARSTON LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual monthly meeting of this Boird of Commis sioners was held yesterday at the temporary offices at Aigburth—Mr. Tinnf3 presided. The other Commissioners present were Messrs. Morris, Pritt, Chaloner, Moss, Watts, and Bevin. The CLERK read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. On the suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Standish was appginted the Inspector of Noisiness and Lodging Houses, under the Nuisance Removal Act. On the motion of Mr. Morris, seconded by Mr. Pritt, a letter was read from the G-neral Board, in answer to a communication sent- them by the Town Clerk, request ing to have the detailed plans of the sewerage of the district sent to them as soon as possible, as well as the estimates. The detailed plans, as adopted at the last meeting were then submitted to the Board, and after a brief conversation, in the course of which Mr. Chaloner and Mr. Moss ex• pressed some doubt as to the practicability of carrying out such an extensive plan, it was decided that they should be immediately forwarded to the General Board for approval. A note was read from Mr. Goodwin one of the corn. missioners, informing the board that from indisposition he was unable to attend to his duties, and requested that his name might he struck off the committees, and some other person appointed in his place. The proceedings of the Works and Health Committee, viith those of the Finance Committee, were then read and adopted without any comment. There being no other business, the Board adjourned. STOPPED ON THE VAT. -At the Cork Pdlice Court, on Saturday, Constable M'Manus brought up a young and good-looking country girl, about 18 years of age, tamed Mary Fogarty, daughter of a farmer, from Cabireiseen, in the county of Kerry, and a woman flank(' Cremen, from Milistreet, under the following circumstances :—On last Sunday, while her father and mother were oat at mass, Miss Fogarty broke open her father's box, and took there. from all the money it contained—Z26, bent on " seeking her fortune" in Australia. On her way to Cork, she paid a visit to Mrs. Cremen,. at Millstreet, and commnnicating, her purpose and resources to her, the latter kindly under taking to accompany her to Cork, and assist her in pre viding for her flight to Australia, at the same time taking charge of the money, of which the constable found £7 en her person ; the father, on his return from mass, missing his daughter and his money, hastened to Cork, where he failed to find her, and then proceeded by the next boat to Liverpool, leaving " the marks and tokens" of his fugitive daughter to a man who coald not fail to make good use of , them, and who, accordingly, discovered ,her on Friday evening, in Nelson-place, walking about with Mrs. Cremen, admiring the Athennam, wondering: wheher it was a church or a chapel, and doubtless indulging her girlish fancy . in delightful visions of her future life in Australia-- married to a man who had made. £20,080 at tho " dig gings," &c., from which dreams she was abruptly awakened by the constable's polite invitation to accompany him to bridewell. She presented herself at the table in her hair, with ber velvet cape suspended from her head, quite unconcerned, and with au easy smile on her countenance, a perfect picture of rural innocence. Mr. Tooker : What in the. world induced you, .my good girl, to run away from your father t Miss Fogarty : I wanted to go to Australia. The magistrate .ordered both prisoners to be remanded till • Monday morning, awaiting the vulva of the girl's father from Liverpool. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. The usual monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Commis sioners was held last night, in the offices, Hamilton-square, Birkenhead; John Laird, Esq., in the chair. Oilier mem bers present—Messrs. Willoughby, M'Whirter, M . Donald, Golborne, Holme, Bailiff Keightley. Rae. Verelst, Bradley, and Hind. Tha minutes of the last meeting were read and con. firmed. ROAD AND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. The minutes of this Committee were read. They con tained nothiug of interest. Mr. RAE observed that he gleaned from the proceedings that they were going to make Water-street. fie wished to know whether the "frontage" in the street would pay the expense. Mr. HIND replied that it would. The work was about to be undertaken at the with of the owners, and until the money was paid down the committee would do nothing in the matter. The CHAIRMAN said, that when in London he had written to Lord PanmurP, requesting one or two of the Russian guns for the Birkenhead Park. He had also mentioned the matter to Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tollemache, and since his return he had heard from the under-secretary that Lord Pan/mire would place at tneir disposal two of the guns. (Hear, hear.) Ttie proceedings were then confirmed. On the motion of Mr. Golborne, the proceedings of the Finance Committee were confirmed. They contained nothing of interest. FERRY COMMITTEE. • The proceedings of this committee were read. The receipts of the ferry for the past month were £3,044 9s 9d, as compared with .V 3,359 12s 2d in 1856. From the 24th April to the 30th June they amounted to £5.999 19s fid, as compared with £5,592 2s 3d in the same period in 1856. The working expenses were £3,521 7s 10d, compared with £3,5302s lld in 1856. On the motion of Mr. M'DONALD the proceedings were confirmed. Mr. INl‘Wureeira moved, according to notice, that it be referred to each committee to prepare a detailed estimate of its expenses for the current year, and that they lay the same before the Finance Committee. It was unnecessary, he said, that he should enforce by argument the prudence of such a course. Kneeing the extent of their expenditure they would be better disposed to economise their means, and by such a course he hoped they would be able to pay the bond-holders more than in any preceding year. (Hear, hear.) Mr. RAE seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. A memorial which the chairman had received from the over seers of Claughton, enclosing resolutions adopted at a meet ing of the inhabitants of tt e township was read. It stated that though they paid £BO a-y Ar in taxes for the watching , of the town, they yet 'brained only one-fifth of two police men—(laughter)—and prayed that me ns might be talon to have the township relieved from the County Constabulary Act, and placed under the Birkenhead Lighting and Watch ing Act. The CHAIRMAN said that he had brought the matter under the notice of Sir George Grey, but that he had been informed by a letter from Mr. Massey, the under secretary, that the matter could only be determined in a court of law. He would suggest, however, that the memorial be referred to the Finance Committee, to report on. The suggestion was adopted. THE CONSERVANCY RILL. The CHAIRMAN begged to make a few observations in reference to their Parliamentary proceedings. The busi ness was not as yet altogether over, and the committee had consequently no report to present, but it might bs satisfactory to the Board to know what steps they had taken, and what had been the result. (Hear, hear.) The newspapere he should observe, gave a pretty good account of what had occurred in regard to the Dock Bill, but it would be well for him shortly to state what steps they had taken in the matter. There were five bills referred to the Parliamentary Committ ee—the Conservancy bill, two bills by the Liverpool Corporation, and two other bills, one promoted by Garston, and the other by himself. In regard to the Construction Bill, which the Corporation considered the most important, and in which he agreed with them, embracing, as it slid, the works according to the plans settled last year—the landing-stage at Woodside, and other works—the Corporation came forward and used every exertion to get that bill before the Committee; but Sir James Graham would not allow them to do so, unless they admitted a principle which would prevent them opposing the Conservancy Bill in the House of Lords. Seeing that the Conservancy Bill would sweep away their Town Dues, the Corporation could not be blamed for re fusing to admit the principle, and they were accordingly compelled to withdraw the Construction Bill. He had the Conservoncy Bill before, and he should direct their attention to one dance as being very important to Birken head. It was the 45th clause. They were aware that, according to the present act, the Corporation stood bound to complete the works according to Mr. Rendell's plans, or some other plans sanctioned by Parliament, and within a definite time, but the 45th clause of the Conser vancy Bill ran thus :—" The Board shall, if they think fit, immediately after the commencement of this act, pro ceed with the construction of the outer works of Birken head, referred to in the Birkenhead Dock Act of 1853,with a view to the completion of them, in accordance with the plans sanctioned by Parliament" He and Mr. Keightley ware in the room when that clattee was brought before the committee, and they deemed it a very unsatisfactory one, because it left the completion of the works for an indefinite time. They accordingly proposed a clause to the effect that the new trustees should be instructed to complete the Birkenhead works, sanctioned by rarliament, before proceeding with dock works on the Lancashire side of the river. That clause the railway companies were willing to see inserted; but the chairman of the Committee (Sir James Graham) replied, that they had appointed a new trust, and should leave it entirely to them ; that the trustees should consider what should he done, and that meantime the works at Liverpool and Birkenhead should stand in abeyance. Now, the new trust, supposing the bill passed, would not come into operation until the Ist of January, and in the event of any changes, they could not give notice before the following November, and would not obtain their bill before 1859. They would see, then, that the Conservancy Bill virtually petepened the commencement of the Birkenhead works for two years from this time. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the Railway Companies, when they had time to cool down, would see the effects of their opposition—that they were damaging the interests of Birkenhead and trade generally ; fur the port was never more over-done with trading than at this present moment, and never was there more difficulty in getting accommo dation on either side of the river. He was glad they had tried to get that clause in, because it elicited from the committee the nature of the power to be possessed by the new trust—that they might either go on with the works or postpone them for some years. That was the only action they took iu the bill, there being no chance of Rum eding on the other points. His own bill was very suddenly rejected by the committee, bat though the expense was borne by himself, he did not bring forward the bill to accomplish any selfish object. He embraced in it not only his own docks, but the docks of Messrs. Clover and Boyle, and other docks which might be constructed at Birkenhead, and he therefore could not be accused of having had any selfish object in view. He merely sought to relieve vessels discharging a portion of their cargo itt the river, and than entering the Birkenhead decks Prom payment of the Liverpool dock dues ; and he sh owed, by cases quoted by himself and by Mr. Aspinall Turner, hlw injurious was the right claimed in that respect by the Liverpool Dock Trustees. Now, Sir Ja ses Graham's objections in giving his decision resolved themselves into this—that it would obstruct the navigation of the river, and damage the bondholders. As to damaging the bondholders. he thought that was absurd, because it would have the effect of bringing more trade to that side of the water. But to meet that objection, knowing that it would be urged, there was a clause in the bill which provided for the protection of the bondholders, by providing that the act should not come into !operation if them was any risk of the bond lders not getting their dividend. :His other objection was, that the granting of the bill, and its psrrniesion for vessels to discharge in the river would have the effect of obstructing the navigation. Now, in the Conservancy Bill—Sir James Graham's own pet bill—he found this clause—" No stun shall be payable in respect of docks by any vessel which (lees not use the same " Here was a clause in the very bill which he (Sir J. Graham) himself passed, which would enable vessels to discharge in the stream. without going into dock at all. He considered, therefore, that the bill as passed by Sir James Graham and the cotateittee would tend much more to cb,truct the navigation of the river by holding out a bonus to discharge altogether in the stream ; whereas the bill which he (the Chairman) promoted wee only with the view of putting Birkenhead on an equality with Liverpool. He considered, therefore, that he wes fully justified in bringing that bill befo e the committee. 110 was asked if ho was not aware that a vessel discharging on his gridiron WO free . .? He replied that he was nor, and that tie was glad to hear of it. He then was asked if he was aware that in the present bill, vessels discharging at a reasonable distance were exempted from the rates? To this also he replied that he was not aware of it, and that be would speedily take the opportunity of testing both points. He should not rest satisfied until he raised those two points, and tea them he surely would. He had g , :t all the evidence at full length, and if the present acts, as read before the 1 , committee, were passed, and that their interpretation of their own bill was correct, he would be satisfied to bear the costs he had incurred ; because, if their interpretation of their own act be true, Birkenhead would be in a better position than she ever had been before. The Corporation behaved in a staighforward manner in this matter, because they came forward through their counsel, and stated that they had no opposition to offer to the bill. No one opposed the bill but the Liverpool Dock Com mittee, whose views with respect to extending the trade of Birkenhead were pretty well-known. He had stated before, and he repeated it again, that the taxing of vessels double which used Birkenhead docks, was a proof of their affection for that side of the water. He was quite satisfied, however, with the result, and he did not repent the expense, because he thought he should succeed in his object by the interpretaticn which the committee put upon their own act. There was no other question to which he had any occasion to refer, except the railway bill for the arrangement of Monk's-ferry. It had passed through the House of Commons, and would be in the Lords that week, or the next. He hope I it would go through. With regard to the Gas Bill, the Parliamentary Committee had laid a case with evidence before the Attorney-General, and as soon as they got his opinion they would call a meeting of the Commissioners, and lay the whole matter before them. Mr. M‘Doser.n asked if there was any report to be made in reference to the new cemetery ? Mr. Rea said he hoped before the next meeting the Cemetery Committee would be able to lay a report before the Board, recommending the course to be pursued. He might mention that plans were in the hands of Mr. Kemp, with the view of getting his suggestion as to the best mode of laying out the ground, and also the estimate of expenses. Mr. BAILIFF asked the chairman if the passing of the Conservancy Bill would not afford that relief he sought by his own bill. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said that was what he had just stated. He had stated that it even went further. He only asked for power to discharge partly, and this bill would give power to discharge entirely. Mr. BAILIFF said that spoke favourably for the passing of the bill. There was a necessity for a change in the Liverpool Doek Trust. The chairman had stated that the Corporation behaved in a handsome and honorable manner, and that they offered no objection to his bill; but the dock trustees certainly did. It had been long his opinion that the Dock Committee of Liverpool would do everything which lay in their power for opposing the interests of Birkenhead, and that there was the greatest necessity for a change in their constitution. He might be in error in his view of the bill, but that portion, if he under stood it aright, which contemplated an alteration in the trust, would be good for Birkenhead. He should ba glad if the relief which was sought by the chairman would be obtained in the passing of the Conservancy Bill. The CHAIRMAN could only say that he agreed with Mr. Bailiff in regard to the Corporation and the Dock Committee, bat he was sorry to say he did not agree with him as to what would be the probable result of the bill ; because by it the Corporation would be excluded from any share in the management of the docks. The Trustees would be altogether elected by the ratepayers, whom the Board has found to be most adverse to that side of the water ; and unless the dock ratepayers elected a certain number of the trustees resident in Birkenhead and Wal lasey, he did not know that anything could be more damaging to Birkenhead than that bill. The Corporation had behaved well to them, and would continue to do so, but by that bill their influence would be entirely removed. Birkenhead would lose them and their aid, and they would have trustees virtually composed of those most opposed to that side of the river. Mr. RAE quite agreed with the Chairman as to the pro bable result of the bill, and hoped that any power the Commissioners had, would be exercised in opposing it. The Corporation had a large interest upon that side of the water. The docks be'onged to them. But if that bill passed the docks would he taken from them, and trans ferred to a body which might not be more favourable in any degree to Birkenhead and Birkenhead interests than the present dock trustees. For that reason he hoped the Board would support them in giving every opposition they could to the bill, or at all events in securing some clause which would protect the interes of the township. The CHAIRMAN said as soon as they saw the bill in the House of Lords a special meeting of the commissioners would be called in reference to that subject. The proceedings then terminated. PARIS, Monday.—lntimation has reached us of some disturbances which have broken out in the south of Spain bat they appear to be without importance, and were ener getically suppressed. Measmerate, Monday.—News from Tunis to Ist instant has arrived. A Jew, at Tunis, having been insulted by the Moors, and having replied with blasphemies against the religion of Mohamet, was thrown into prison, and was afterwards beheaded, and his corpus abandoned to the insults of the mob. The consuls unanimously protested against these outrages, and Mr. Crowe, the English vice consul, has arrived at Marseilles, the bearer of a protest against the conduct of the Bey. SAD VorcE FROM A DIsHONOURED GRAVE.—Some weeks ago (says the Louisville Democrat) we published a brief account of the eventful career of Edward W. Haw. kings, convicted of the murder of the two officers i n E st ill county. He paid the penalty of his high crime on Friday last, in the county where the murder was committed. The same day upon which the unfortunate man was hanged he wrote the following letter to the editors of this paper : " I see in your last issue a piece styled Incidents in the Life of a Felon,' and as there are various inaccuracies in it, I wish to point them out to you, and hope you will correct them. I am a felon, it is true, and am sentenced to death, which debt, I imagine, I shall this day pay. The first error is that I am 22 years old; I will not be 21 until the 11th day of July next, (1857). Your next error is that all my wives are alive. Alas ! one of them, young, beautiful, and lovely as she was, committed suicide on account of the enorrneus deception I had practiced upon her. Your next error is you say I am the grandson of Tom Harper. I have no come ctions of thet name. Your next error is that you say I killed a commanding officer of the eegalar army ; this is not true. Your next error is that I numbered my murdered vicitus by the half-dozsu ; I have only murdered four persons in my life. I have married the six women, as stated in your article. I have committed the many other felonies, and more than alluded to by you." Tue Pools LAW.—The Report of the Poor-Law Board for 1856, was issued on Friday morning, It states that the suns of £6,004,244 was expended for the relief of the poor during the year ended March 25, 1856, being an in. crease of £114,203 as compared with the preceding year. This is equivalent to an increase of 1.9 per cent. or 61,d. per head on population. The increase is mainly attribu table to the continuance during the last year of the high price of many of the principal necessaries of life. It appears, moreover, that an increase took place in the number of persons receiving occasional relief; but this is of an occasional character, and both the number of p supers • and the amount of expenditure will have a tendency to dimiuish. The expenditure per head of the population in the year ending at Lady-day, 1856, seems to have been slightly above the average. The sum of £829,987 out of the £4,080,461 expended during the year ended at Lady-day, 1856, for in-maintenance and out-relief, has been expended in relief to irremovable poor ; the cost of the relief to irremovable poor may be calculated to amount to no less than 21.3 per cent. on the total expendi. ture for relief. The number of persons of all classes in reseipt of relief on the Ist of January, 1856, was 876,655 ; on the Ist of January, 1857, the number was 843,430, or a decrease of 3'B per cent. This does not include places an der local acte, in parishes incorporated under Gilbert's Act, 0r in single parishes not comprisel in unioes. The decrease . in the average number of paupers of all classes in receipt of relief at ono time in 1856, as compared with 1849, is 1.5.8 per cent. ; and as regards able-bodied paupers the decease in 1850, as compared with 1319, appears to be 32.6. The report states that in several instances Boards ts Guardians are no•sr placing the children receiving in door relief in school buildings separated, and in some instances at a considerable distance from the workhouee. In the metropolitan district 781 par cent, of in-door pauper children are at present under training in district or separate schools. The total nu:nber of insan e p er „,„ chargeable to the poor rates on the let Jenn e , y, 1857, was 27,693. 0: this number 17,192 were lunatics, and 10,501 were Hots. 13,438 were maintained in county or boiceteda lunatic asylums; 1,908 in licensed houses; 6,800 is union wor kh ouses; and 5,497 with thei r f r i en d s or eles where. The total cost of inateteining pauper lunatics appears to he 489,230/. The number or persons vaccinated by the public vacinators in England and Wales during the year was 435,01.2. The number of cases in which vaccination was reported as successful was 422231. Sa - isractory progress hss been made durin g th e year in providing new isoreheusee, and ia enlarging or im provieg existing workhouses. The sum authorised to be expended for these purposes during the last year was 263,470/. 10s. ; and during preceding yearn, from 1835, 4 503,64:3/ 19+. 81., roakil-g tog e th er 4,767, 1141 9s. Bd. Tue sum of 42,0001. was authorised last year to be expended in the erection of district schools, making, with the sums authorised to• be expended for this object during pre ceding yeti's, Prim 1849, 131,1651. 10s. 6d. Casa AND DEED Mass.—The next important thing to the posses sion el cash is, how (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These boxes aro made on new and adniired 'principles, and possess p a t en t locks, which defy the inge nu it y o f s hy ,‘pick-lo c k" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safes, on a small scale, meet Prove Yldneble ndeed —"Northern Daily rim. ,111af Nes. 18871