Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

THE WEST DERBY UNION. The usual weekly meeting r,f the bard was held yester day, at the board-room, Mal-lane, Everton. The Rev. Mr. Badnall, tho chairman, presided. The other members present were —MeserJ. Henry Edwards, Whitby, Pickup, Me&elf, BayneF, Miller, Parr, Heyes, Wilson, Johns, Evans, Richmond, Sager, Almond, Isaac, Edwards, Taylor, Ledger, Abrahams, Evans, Owen, Roscoe, Clarke, Tatter sail, and Pitte. THZ OFFICIAL lIRTURNS. Cheques to the amount of £230 were voted for the maintenance of the ont-door poor in the several districts conneced with the Union. The master of the workhouse reported that last week there were 582 paupers in the workhouse, since when thirteen had been admitted, twenty one discharged, and four deaths. This week there were 570, and for the corresponding week of last year 614. The master of the hospital reported that there were ninety nine patients in that establishment ; since when ten had been admitted, thirteen cVslharged, ald one death. This week there were ninety-fire, and for the -corresponding week of last year eighty-eight. THE HOSPITAL commtrrzz, AND A SCENE ABOUT THE PIGS. The proceedings of this committee recommended that the master in the hospital be requested to pay 8s per week for the rations of his wife whilst she resided in that estab lishment. Mr. JIHRAHAMS moved the adoption of the report, and, with a view of showing that the eommittee had only charged a fair price for the rations supplied to Mrs. Davis, quoted the following statement of the actual cost of the rations supplied to the master, with theeontract prices, each week: Bread, 8 lb., 'ls. 4d.; meat, 7 do., 3s. 04d.; potatoes, 7 do., ; tea, 4 oz., ; coffee, 8 oz., 81d ; sugar moist, 8 oz., 3d. ; ditto loaf, 12 az , 9d. ; butter, 12 oz , is. ; cheese, 8 oz., 31d. ; bacon, 8 oz., aid. ; seven eggs. 4id. ; ale, 7 ouarts, 2s. 4d. ; milk, 3 pints, 40.- Total 12s. 9d. Mr. 'ISAAC EDWA&DS : I wish to know from the chair man of the committee, or any other member of the board, whether there is as much wine consumed at the meetings by guardians, as there was some few months since ? Mr. ABRAHAMS (With great warmth): As chairman of that committee, I can say that the guardians do not have any wine. Mr. ISAAC EDWARDS : Well, I asked the question, be cause I was yesterday told by a gentleman that that was the case. Mr. ABE IMAMS: I will take my solemn oath that there is neither wine or spirits consumed by the guardians at their meetings. Mr. ISAAC EDWARDS : I believe it, as you state it is so, and I could hardly think that the gentlemen forming the committee would take any of the wine. When I was asked the question, I told the party that Mr. Pitts would no more do that than he would keep pigs at the expense of the board. Mr Perrs : I call on ynu to withdraw that. Mr. ABRAHAMS : I will swear that it is not so. The CHAIRMAN " Order, order." You have said so once, and that is enough. Mr. PITTS : But I insist on having an explanation. That is no answer to me. The CHAIRMAN (imploringly) : Will you allow me. It does no , , seem that we have anything to do with the matter Mr. Edward: has not stated to this board that von did keep p'gs at their expense, but that he told a gentleman that there was no truth in it. What he said out of this room we can have nelhing whatever to do with. You (Mr. Pitts) have minuderstood what was said. Mr. WHITBY : Is there any business before the board. The CHAIRMAN : It has been moved that the proceedings ba confirmed. Mr. BIRCH thought that Bs. per week was too much to ask the master of the hospital to pay for the rations of his wife, and moved that it should only be 6s. per week. Mr. PICKUP seconded the amendment. The Board then divided, when the amendment was carried by 12 to 8. Mr. PITTS : But, sir, before this question is disposed of, I must ask you to request Mr. Edwards to withdraw use es t ,. s,,essi he made use of towards me. The CHAIRMAN : I am FOITy IlLie quo+afin n has been brought up again. Mr. Edwards merely stated that he did not think it was likely that wine was drunk at the hospital more than that the pigs were kept there by Mr. Pius. Mr. PIT rs : I beg to say that I do not keep the pigs at the expense of the union. Mr. EDWARDS : There have been thirteen pigs there of yours and you only pail ls. 6d. per week. The CHAIRM tN : I know nothing about it. Mr. PITTS : I pay what I wa4 called upon to do by the guardianP. I hive one there, a breeding sow, that they keep for me. The CHAIRMAN : If there are thirteen there I think that one of them belorg4 to me. Mr. SHAW : As tythe. (r aughter.) Mr. PITTS : I made an agreement to pay 2,.1. 61 per week for them, and yi,u have other pigs kept there as well as mine. Mr. SHAW : There is no reflection on you. Th, only fault ww, thY tha arrangement was not entered on the minutes. The best way will be to be more regular in future. Mr. Pura : I did not ask the board to take my pigs to keep It V-721-4 a nix ntaty offer on their part. Mr. WasoN : The more regular way would have been, to have had the affair entered on the minutes. Mr. SIIA.W : And then the general hoard could have con firmed or rejected th:> offer. The CHAIRMAN : I think I am entitled to cue of the pigs : (Llughter. ) The pig inestion then dropped THE VISITING COMMITTEE During the late invcstigati , n before the InspEctor from the General Board, certain facts were elicited, upon which the hoard alludtd to as follows : The Board take this opportunity of adverting to two or threo points which have been brought under their notice in the course of this inquiry. In the first place, the board deemed it necessary to press upon the attention of the guardians the advisability of all medicines, and extras ordered for the sick being administered by the three re sponsible paid nurses, and of all cases of midwifery miming in the workhouse being attended by the medical officer instead of by the nurse, Elizabeth Wood. They also think that the porter's book should be kept with strict accuracy, the precise time of every person entering or leaving the workhouse being entered therein. When children born in the workhouse are not born alive, the Board are of opin;on that the fret should be duly recorded in some book kept for the purpose This, motion was referred to the Visiting Committee, and, after duly investigating the case, they reported that the present system of having unpaid nurses had operated satis factorily, and that r,o alteration should be made ; and, with regard to the other point, that the midwife should be employed in all ordinary cases, and that in extreme cases that the medical of&er should be sent for. Mr. ABRAHAMS moved the adoption of the report. Mr. SHAW : But that is in direct opposition to the in structions from the Poor Law Board. I, for one, cannot consent to the committee's recommendation. I think the wife of the poor maTi is as much entitled to the services of a medical man as the wife cf any of us sitting at this beard. I shall move that the medical officer attend to every case i f midwifery occurring in the house, at least when his services can-be obtained. Mr ABRAHAMS : He is al waya sent 'or when Mr. Gough, the master, thinks it necessary, and Dr. Nevins has never failed to at-end. Mr. &taw : i did not say one word about Dr. Nevins, but it appears that his name must be dragged into every discaSsion. I o doubt, but that Mr. Gough is as good a judge as to when it waa necessary for a medical man to attend on such cases as I am. and I will confess that I should not know whn to send for him. We have no right to break the laws, but as Englishmen we have a right to obey Mr. Whitby : 14 it contrary t,.) the instructions from the Poor Law }Lard ? The Crux : It ia, moat decidedly; for they recommend the appointment of nine paid nu,ses. Mr. PITTS : But if we carry that out we shall entail a very great expense on the Union. Barely, if there were nine or ten women in the " straw" at one time, the medical officer could nor, be called noon to wait for each case. 31r. WHITBY : I am surprised o hear how some gentle- men can blow hot and cold at ore time. If it was the order of the Boerd it ghoul.; be obeyed. When gentlemen liked they were 'all for The Beard, and at other times, when it did not suit their purpose, they refused t) listen to their instructions. Mr. ROSCOE : Is the medical officer entitled to any fee for attending on such cAseF ? The Cum{ : No, he is not. Mr. Salw : If Latazd alone I will object tc the reeom mendaticn from the Visiting C.;mmittee. The Rlard then divided, whMn the amendment that the medical offiler attend each case was nen . there being twelve for the committee's report, and seven aping it. :tug PINDING LIBEL CASE. Mr. SHAW : T wish to ask a question, anCt perhaps the clerk is the pen= best able to answer it. I tee, from a paragraph in a paper, that a n applicati on h as b een ma de to the Court of Queen'a Bench i n t h e ease of James Goodwin. wish to know whethe r the hoedwiU 471 to pay the expense& From the papers, it seems that the application was made in the name of the board? - The CHAIRMAN: I will a 'newer that. The board is not responsible or liable to on( I farthing of the expenses. THE BOARD AND ITS Mt DICAL OFFICER, DR. NEVINS. The CLERK then read th e following communication from Dr. Nevins : 7 II I 'HE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL; recognise the necessity of treating the guardians with the courtesy due to the position they occupy. Now, that is the opinion of the judges who had heard the case, and to whim he had applied to as well as themselves. After that it is impossible for any person to say that Dr. Nevins ought not to apologise, and retract what he had stated. He had been called upon to do so ; but he had replied that he would neither apologise or resign. There fore, after the resolution that had been carried last week, I for one will not stultify myself by letting it pass unno ticed. But Dr. Nevins had not been content with what he had done and written, but v ith very bad taste he had pub lished another article in the Noarnearr Texas of Friday last, and had displayed very bad taste in doing so, knowing that this matter was not settled. Mr. PITTS : How do you know he wrote it Mr. Strew : I will admit that he did not write it, but I know from its oontents, that he must have supplied the information, as it could only be got through him. Mr. Pirrs : Read the article. Mr. SHAW then read the article, which appeared in this paper on Friday last, and went on to say, that he knew on the best authority that Dr. Nevins had written it, because he was told by an officer of the Board, on the Thursday night, that it was to appear. • Bat that is not the question. Last week .a resolution was carried that he should be called upon to snake an ample apology , or resign ; he had done neither, therefore I shall move that the Poor Law Board be requested to call upon Dr. Nevins to send in his resignation, as the Medical Officer of the Union. (Hear, hear). Mr. ISAAC EDWARDS : I beg leave to second the motion. (Hear, hear). Mr. LEDGER then proceeded to explain that perhaps Mr. Edwards had been mistaken when he stated that Dr. Nevins had had a copy of the report. And then, with regard to the seven deaths, Dr. Nevins had never• said that they had all died in one day, and expressed it as his opinion that Mr. Shore had exhibited a vindictive feeling in putting the case as he had done. He thought that the same tale had been told over and over again, and that reading long riguia roles from the newspapers had nothing to do with the matter. He he pod the matter would rest where it was, and that thAy should never hear anything more about it. Mr. Wiiirnv said : The question we are met to dissuss is, after the resolution that had been carried last week, and as Dr. Nevins has not sent in any apology, what are we to do ? I should like to have had an apology from Dr. Nevins, but as he has not sent one I shall support the motion. Mr. REYES insisted that Dr. Nevins had made two apologies—one before the inspector, and another in the letter that had been read ; for he had repeated the same words, and he did hope that the guardians would say that it was quite sufficient. He did not believe that some of the gentlemen knew what an apology was. (Hear, hear, and oh, oh.) He should like them to explain, and give Dr. Nevins an opportunity of giving it in their own way. To him the opposition to Dr. Nevins appeared like a combina tion to persecute Dr. Nevins—(Cries of " No, no,")—for there was evidently something more in it than came forward. Mr. WHITBY : I will tell you what an apology is— (Cries of " Spoke, spoke.") Mr. EVANS wished to make a remark or two on what had fallen from Mr. Reyes. He had stated that we do not know what an apology is. What he thought it should be was this. If a man make gross and sweeping charges against another, and they were found to be incorrect, he had a right as a gentleman to retract those words. Dr. Nevins had made some wholesale charges against the board—they had been proved to be incorrect. He had slandered the guardians, and when asked to retract what he had said he refused to do so, but persisted in repeating them. The Rev. Mr. TerraasALL said, from what he could learn of the case, he thought that Dr. Nevins had made as much apology as he could in the letter that had that day been read. Some confusion then took place, in consequence of it appearing that there was only Mr. Shaw's motion before the beard, but Mr. Abrahams and Mr. Ledger stated that they had moved and seconded an amendment, that the letter read be received as an apology. Several guardians denied that such was the case, and the Chairman being appea!ed to, said he had never heard it. Mr HEYES : Then I will move as an amendment that the letter be received as an apology. Mr. LEDGER : And I will second it. Mr. PrrTs regretted that after eleven years' service Dr. Nevins should be subjected to such treatment, and con tended that as Toxteth-park was about to be separated from the union, the guardians had no right to interfere, but leave Dr. Nevins to the board. Mr. JOHNS said he should have been most happy to have received any apology from Dr. Nevins, but instead of doing so, he further insulted them i n his letter. Mr. SHAW then rose to reply to the several speakers, and in the course of his rernat k s mos t p os i t i ve l y denied that he bad any wish to persecute Dr. Nevins, or that he had any personal motive in taking the steps he had done. Mr. PITTS : Have you not been applied to for a vote when the situation is vacant ? The Chairman : You have no right to put such a ques tion. Mr. SHAW : I will answer it. Yes. There has been a meeting of the medical profession, and Dr. Nevins applied to them, and after that one of his (Dr. Nevin's) friends called upon him to say that if there was a vacancy he should be a candidate ; but I will promise that he shell not have my vote. (Hear, hear.) He then concluded by urging upon the board to carry out the resolution they had adopted last week, and support his motion. The Board then divided, when their appeared eleven votes f. , r Mr. Shaw's motion, and ten for the amendment. The voting was as follows :—For the amendment : The Rev. Mr Tattersall ; Messrs. Ledger, Sager, Birch, Owen, Pitts, Clarke, Wen4ey, Abrahams, and Heyes.-10. For the motion : Messrs. Johns, Evans, Medcalf, Baynes, Roscoe, Pickup, Whitby, J. Edwards, Taylor, Mawdesley, and Shaw-11. Mr. PITTS : Mr. Chairmain, you have a vote. The CHAIRMAN : Yes ; but I will not give it to make it equal, and then have to give a casting vote. (Applause ) It it had come to a casting vote I would have soon shown my colours (Hear, hear.) Mr. PITTS : I will give notice that next week I shall move that a memorial be sent, from this board, requesting Dr. Nevins to remain its medical officer. Mr. SHAW : Without a salary. (Laughter.) The Board then adjourned. Exthisively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Years. LEWIS & COMPANY !ane;a1:11 street. CASH AND DEKD Boxas.—The next important thing to the posses sion of cash is, how (when you have got iij to keep it safely, either in the cLunting•howie 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 fur Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These boxes are made on new and admired principles, and posses, patent locks, which defy the ingenuity of any " pick-lock" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safe., on a small scale, must prove va.nable indeed. —Northern Daily Times, 21st May, 1857. NEGLIGENT WORKING OF THE TICKET-OF-T. KANE SYSTEM. —The burglar Charles Russell, otherwise Melbourne, who attempted to shoot two police constables in the Hay market on Saturday morning, appears to be one of the very worst of characters, and this makes it more difficult to understand how he contrived to obtain his liberation on a ticket-or-leave. The police have ascertained that the burglar, after conviction at the Central Criminal Court, where he was sentenced to seven years' transportation, Prved about four years of Lis punishment in various phces, in all of which but one he maintained his bad charac ter, and had actually to undergo corporal punishment in one of the prisons, for an assault on the warder of the prison. Notwithstanding Russell's general bad behavour while in confinement, he contrived to obtain a ticket-of leave about twelve 'months ago, and has been committing robberies ever since DISCOVIV,Ir OF A NEW OPEN PASSAGE INTO CARLINGFORD LOW/N.—Quite a sensation has been created in Newry town, during the week, by the report of the finding out of what is spoken of as a new passage, wholly avoiding the weel. known bae, into what Sir J. Rennie has pronounced to be " the fine netural asylum harbour of Lough Carling ford." 'This discovery has been tnade by the Admiralty surveyors, at present offici;Jlly inspecting the coast. By our personal iequirits nt Warnnpoint we have elicited what may afford, at least, a partial explanatien en the Foint. What is spoken of as the new channel runs south of the bar, on the Carlingferd side of the lough. Its navigability has been tested, One of the Admiralty surveyors—Mr. Hoskins —master in the royal navy, wh.tm the new passage had been recently discovered—being de i rons o f some vessel try; ing the e,xperiment of navigati ng th e c h anne l, f,:r;s',s'oed the bewtogs to Captain Smith, of her Majesty's ete ter Chance. Thee experienced and skilful officer. wile has been seventeen years on the station, made the trial Monday last, the 'Est of June, and went out thr•ugh the passage, finding it s' much as 600 feet wide, with not le -8 than twenty feet depth, at low water ! Tne bearing of the entrance et this new passage has been thus sketched for us, for the inf.rmation of nautical readers :—" Bringing Greenere Light en with Fatham Mountain until the two ba , vons erected by the surveying officers in Crarfiell Bay are brought N.E.tR, then steer in for them, keepinie hero in one until past the lighthouse, and steer right up for Greenore into Carlingford." We may add that the assumption of Captain Smith is, - that this w as th e uenally llavigwed passage in olden times, when, in all probability, that which now constitutes the well-known bar was part a the land, upon which the sea has gradually i and successf u lly encroach e d in the ntervol,—Artwry Telegraph. " in TO TUB MIST DER BY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. Gentlemen,—! beg to ackn Awledge your resolution, passed last Wednesday, alluding to a letter of condemnation from the Poor Law Board, and calling upon me t o make an ample apology or resign my o slco. I beg to acquaint the guardians that I have received no commtrni cation from the Poor Law Bo and on the subject of the letter to which you allude, and that lam in I iessossion f its contents simply from the public newspapers, the Poor Law Board having apparently thought it unnecessary to inform ma that "without reference to the truth or otherwise of my charges acre rist the guar,iians " it has decided to inflict upon me the utmost penalty in its power. With reference to your demand for an apology, I mast rem'nd you that the charge which I brought a:, , ainst the board was that it ha neglecter! its duty to the sick in the workhouse this winter, by reusing the medical attendance which was necessary, and which the visiting committeermommended. Some of the newly elected guardims may not be aware that the visiting committee, on several occasions, recom mended the employment of a properly qualified medical man as my assistant, in consequence of the great increase of sickness In the workhouse, and that the board refased to allow it. I was, there fore, left entirely without help of any kind, and with nearly two huadred and - fifty sick patients in the house. The case was so urgent that I engaged the assistance at my own expense, and for several months I have been paying for the medical attendance which is still Mecemexy, with nearly two hundred and twenty sick still in the workhouse. 5) long, then, as the board neglects to attend to the recommendat!on st* its own visiting committee, and leaves me to pay for the necessary assistance out of my own pocket, it la impoaible for me to retract the charge, for the board la s:111 neg:e;:ting its duty to the sick who are under its care in the workhouse. There is, however, another charge which I willingly take this opportunity of again contradicting. It has begin imputed to me that I have charged the guardians with the murder, or manslaughter, at the least, of seven inmates of the workhorse,—a charge which I never made, or ever even hinted at. In my circular to the county map's. trates I said, " The number and severity of the cases maybe estimated from the fact that the deaths have for some time been at the rate of 250 in the year, and last week seven dead bodies were lying in the dead-house at the same time." This is all that I ever said ; but as I found that it had been much misunderstood, I made the fo,lowing statement before the inspector, at the inquiry in April last It is right that i should say that this statement has reeeived a construction which I t ever put upon it, and which I never intended it to bear. I adduced it as an illustration of the amount of sickness, and never intended, nor do I now intend, to impute those deaths to the board. I do not think that the expressions I have used convey that imputa tion: if they do, I can only say that I am sincerely sorry for it, for I did not intend it to be the case." Th's statement was published at the time, and I read it then as voluntarily as I now repeat it. Your resolnUon," however, calls upon me to make an ample apology, or resign my office." On the occasion to which I have already alluded, I made use of the following expressions :—" If, in the heat of the contest, we have fallen into the common error of combatants in aim ing rather to wound our opponents than to make good our owa defences, I trust that the kind feelings of old times will now return on both sides. * • * And if my own conduct or language has been such as to excite deserved disapproba tion on the part of a single guardian, I tender him my apology as frankly as I trust and feel assured hejwil accept it." This was spokm freely and heartily, with a sincere desire that it might allay any bitterness which might have been roused, and promote a return to the old kind feelings between ns ; and if the gentlemen who carried the resolution last Wednesday think to extort from me by fear what simple good feeling would not prompt me to utter, they have mistaken the cha - actor of their medical officer. Apologise further I shall not— resign I will not—with that resolution upon your books; for, if I adopted either eourse, my conduct would be attributed to fear—a sentiment with which I have yet to become acquainted. If, however, the board decides upon dismissing me from my office, they will relieve me thereby from a duty which is at present too heavy for any ono man to discharge properly, and for which the salary paid by the board is no adequate remuneration, even If I were not forced to sacrifice so large a portion of it in procuring the assistance which the guardians themselves ought to provide. I shall carry with me the recollection of many kindnesses from members of the board whose personal acquient,nce I have had the pleasure of making, and the consciousness that so long as I have been your medical officer I have discharged the duties of my office with faithfulness to the b,ard, and with an earnest zeal for the 'snefit o f the sick.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, J. BIM/BECK NEVINS. 25, Oxford-street, Liver r ool, June 8, 1857. I,lr ISAAC EDWARDS : There is one passage in the article —"rattle Ins Lonou nver the stones"—which I, as a guardian, can never forget. In that article he said that the board wished to appoint a young and unexperienced man in his place, that the sick poor might the more easily slip through their fingers. Thus making it appear that it would be a saving to the ratepayers. I can't forget that. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Anaansus : We have had many long disenssions on this subject, and I do hops that the board will now say that the letter that has been read is an ample apology for all that has passe. We have a right to forget and forgive. There is a deal of unpleasantness about it, and -I do think that the letter should be received as an ample apology for all that has passed, and that we should let by-goner be by-goner, and that we shall never hear of any more un pleasantness between the medical officer and the board. Mr. SHAW : I rise to perform a most unpleasant duty, but it is no less a duty that I owe to this board, and a duty I owe to myself, after what has occurred. (Hear, hear.) This (holding up Dr. Nevin's letter) is no apology, and I will just go through some parts of it,. for the purpose of showing it as such. First he states taut, "lam in Fs session of its contents (the report from the poor law board) simply from the public newspapers, &c, That report was read this day for:night, and I then proposed that a copy of it should be furnished to Dr. Nevins, and I did so because I thought it was a duty that we owed to Dr. Nevins, but Mr. Henry Edwards said it was of no use, as Dr. Nevins had it, and knew its contents, for he had told him so himself. So if there was any blame, it rests with Mr. Edwards, Dr. Nevins's friend, and not with the board. That is an answer to that part of it. He next speaks of havince, paid for assistance out of his own pocket, but it must be recollected that he had had 30s. per week allowed him as long as he liked to accept of it. So that statement is not correct; and then there was the statement about the numbers, I moved that thirty of the sick should be drafted to the hospital, but at that time Dr. Nevins said that there were not more than he could attend to himself. Then again, with regard to there being 'seven dead bodies in the house at one time. —Why, I would ask did not Dr. Nevins state that these deaths had taken place in five dsys, and not in one, as he attempted to make the public believe, for he knew the facts as he had to give the certifi cates, and knew the diseases that caused their deaths. Bat no, he stated that the deaths were 250 in two years, and that on one day there were seven, making it appear that there wore seven in one d ty. Neither myself or the board ever said one word against Dr. Nevins. Now, with regard to the cause of the article that was written in the NORTHERN TIMES, I will not say that the board was right in refusing him the assistance, nor will I say that they were wrong. Sufficient for my argament is —that it was refused. I &k the board—" Do you consider it justifiable for an officer, the first time he is refused any thing he may ask for— for he stated before the Inspector that it was the first time—do you consider that he was justified in writing such an article as this in the NORTHERN TIMES " (Hear, hear.) I should sa y th a t no person can justify such contact. Mr. Shaw having next detailed the steps that had been taken in the matter by the board, and by Dr. Nevins, since the publication of the article, then proceeded to read the following extract from the report of the Poor Law Board, which was as follows : REPORT OF THE POOR LAW BOARD Th board have carefully consider:d Mr. Manwaring's report, and the evidence by which it is accompanied, and it appears to them that Dr. Nevins has wholly failed to substantiate the charge preferred by him against the Board of Guardians, of systematic neglect of the dick poor, or in his own words. "of determined neglect of its duty towards the sick whom-it sent into the workhouse this winter." The sole foundation for this charge (so far as the evidence taken before the inspector shows) appears to:be the fact of the guardians having only consented to provide Dr. Neville, as medical officer of the workhouse, with a dispensing assistant for a month, at a salary of 30s per week, instead of complying with his req• est for assistance of a more general and permanent character. Dr. Nevins wrote a letter to the guardians, in which he admits that he was the author of the article referred to. In this letter, which was made public, he again charges the guardians with neglect of the sick inmates, and uses language towards them which the hoard cannot bat consider is totally irreconcileable with th it propriety which is requisite in carrying on t'se neces , ary inter - Cause between those standing in the respective relations or himsel f and the the Board of Guardians. The board must repeat that the charge of neglect thcs made, has in their opinion been shown to be unfounded. it is certainly true that Mr. Manwariug wrote to the guardians in February last, pointing out the overcrowded state of the sick wards in the workhouse, but it is to be observed that Dr. Nevins during the inquiry, distinctly stated his opinion that the wards were not too full of inmates. Withi,ut reference to the truth, or other wise, of the accusations made by Dr. Nevins, the board think he hes con ducted himself in a manner which raise a questi in whether he should be permitted to retain his office. The beard are of opinion that ,h s should very much depend on the feel ngs of the guardian, whom he bad aggrieved, and whose proper authority, and respectful treatment by their officers, this board are at all times desirous of vindicating. If, after what has passed, the guardians think that Dr. Nevins, by the way in which he has acted, has placed himself in such a position, as to make it impossible for them satisfactorily to continue to act with him as their medical officer, the bo ird will feel bonnet to req ire his resignation. Bat as strong testimony has been borne to Dr. Nevins'• general efficiency and carefulness as medical officer, the board trust that the guardi.ns will be satiated with the expression of their opinion contained in this letter and with the expectation that Dr. Nevins will for the future eollnllS any complaint he has to make as to defective medical arrangements t o the Drew chamiela t and will THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1857. POLICE INTELLLIGENCE.-YESTIRDAY. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. THREATENING Lirg.—A young man, named John Car roll, was convicted of stealing a bottle of porter, from a house ,in Ben Johnson-street, and as he was an olfl ' offender he was sentenced to three months' imprison ment. As he was leaving the dock, he swore an awful oath that he would kill a man named Alexander Brogan, who was a witness against him, as soon as he got out of gaol, and for this he was sentenced to six additioal months, in default of finding bail. THE EFFECTS OF A WEDDING.--A young woman, named . Eliza Boyce, and Martin M'Gee, brother and sister, were charged by Denis M‘Gee, their father, a butchisr, living in Carry-street, with having annoyed him. The facts of the case were these :—The complainant got married a, few days ago, and it appeared that this caused an ill feeling amongst the children, and on the previous evening the prisoners, as they alleged, went to take their clothes from the house, when the annoyance complained of took place. The prisoners were ordered to find bail to keep the peace towards their father. A POOR-LAW CASE.—Mr. John Coe, boot-maker, of South John-street, was charged by Mr. Hughes, one of the Parish officers, for leaving his wife chargeable to the parish to the amount of El: Mr. Campbell appeared for the defendant, and said he could show that the woman was , not entitled to support, as she had turned to be a common woman on the streets, and he would prove by undoubted evidence that she had committed adultery with several persons, and that she was charged at Birkenhead with stealing a gold watch from a gentleman whom she had an improper intimacy with. He asked Mr. Hughes if the woman was in court? and he replied she was at the workhouse. Mr. Campbell said the woman must be present, in order to have her pro perly dentified It was then arranged that Mr. Coe should lodge the amount, and let it abide the decision that would be arrived at when the evidence was ready. The case stands over to this day. SHOPLIFTERS.—Three young women, named Catherine M'Longhlin, Margaret Sweeney, and Anne Burke, described as "prnfAgginnal ,shoplifters." were observed by detective officer Thompson, in Maryboiie, and suspecting that they had stolen something, he arrested them. With one he got a petticoat which was proved to have been stolen from Mr. Woodruff's shop, Scotland-road. The evidence against M'Loughlin was not sufficient, and she was discharged. The other two prisoners were sent for trial. AN UNPOETUNATN Bov.—A small boy, named James Daly, was brought up by detective-officer Povey, on a charge of having, with some larger boys (not in custody), broken into the office of Messrs. Brown and Co., Cable street, and taking therefrom some money, stamps, and other things. Povey said Mr. Brown wished to have the unfortunate boy sent to a reformatory. The lad had got in with a bad set of boys, who induced him to join them. They had cut the panel out of the office door at Mr. Brown's, and got in that way. The little fellow showed him how it was done. Mr. Mansfield asked the poor little creature how he got his living? and he replied," by break ing into Mr. Brown's office, sir." Thie caused much laughter. The little fellow was remanded. _ _ CHARGE OF EstBEZZLtlf lENT.—A respectable-looking youth, named Jobn Lindon, was charged with having embezzled £3 6s 4d belonging to Mr. William Fox, cotton broker, Liver Chambers. The lad was employed to collect small recounts, and he had received the sum mentioned, but did not account for it. He was remanded to this day, in order to produce further evidence. COTTON ►STEALING FROM THE DOCKS.—James Houghton, described as a clerk to Messrs. A. E. Byrne and Co., and Thomas Johnston, a man in the employment of a master porter, were charged with stealing five hundred weight of cotton, value about £lO, the property of the above-named firm. The prisoners were in charge of officer Barrow, No. 7, who said they were at the Prince's dock, discharg ing cotton -from the ship Mongola. Houghton was check clerk to Messrs. Byrne, and the other prisoner acted in the same capacity to the mister porter who had the discharging of the vessel. It appeared that both sent the cotton out in a cart, both passing it out of the dock gate as all right, Houghton being the proper person to do so. They sold - it for £2, and the person who purchased it sold it again to a marine store dealer for £7 10s. Mr. G-oodere, for the prisoner Houghton, contended that there was no case against him. Mr. Kehoe, the inspector, asked for a remand, as he would be able to produce additional evidence. The prisoners were remanded for a week. BEFORE MESSRS. DIXON, BOLTO N, AND R. GLADSTONE Mr. Shelton, a colour manufacturer, having his factory in Bedford-street, Park, was summoned at the suit of the Health Committee, for creating a nuisance. Mr. M'Gowan appeared for the complainant. It appeared that the people who reside in the neighbourhood complained, that when the wind was in a certain point, their houses were much annoyed by the dust from the factory, which turned their bed and cther linen into a red colour, and also their furniture. The defendant, after some discussion, agreed to abate the nusianee at once . A NICE POINT Or Law.—Police constable Lang , No. 118, summond Catherine Seaton, the keeper of an im proper house in Hotham-street, for having" used obscene language to the annoyance of passengers." Mr. Bluck appeared for the defendant, and in his cross-examination of the witnesses he caused much laughter, and elicited some strange 'revelations regarding Hotham- street affairs. He ascertained that the offence was committed at three o'clock in the morning, and that there were only two roistering drunken fellows in the street at the time, and these enjoyed the " fan" very much. Mr. Bluck took an objection to the summor s in point of law, and contended that there was no " annoyance to passeng rs," inasmuch as there were no passengers in the street at the time, and the mag;.strate agreeing with him on the point, dismissed the summons. " SIMPLICITY."—Esther Corlett, a furniture broker, was summoned by Maria Williams and Jane Beatty for having assaulted them. Mr. Black defended. The defendant was a lady-like looking person, but from what was proved of her conduct, it did not maintain the character which her appearance proclaimed. She was fined £1 and costs in one case, the other was dismissed. At LEWIS, Bc. COMPANY'S, Rant,lagh street, BOYS : - Ire CLOTHED from the Ages of 6 to 20 Yearn. THE CASE OF THOMAS FULLER BAcarc.—A.s the trial of Bacon for the wilful murder of his mother, at Stam ford, will take place in London, the trial will not take place until after the judge-; return from circuit ; probably not until the August oPssioa. when a special day will be appointed. Da. RUS3ELL.—On the 16th, 17th, and 18 - b, Dr. Russell will deliver hi; lectures in Dublin, The Theatre Royal has been selected as the " locus in quo ;" but it is thought, with questionable prudence, a hip building of that des criptl,n seems peculiarly unfitted for such a purpose, and by no means calculated to afford the same facilities to the lecturer as the Ancient Concert Room, or even the Rotunda. However, public anxiety has been so thoroughly aroused by the prosp , ct of hearing Dr. Rusiell, th a t t h e box-office is daily beseiged by applicants for places. The scale of prices seem altogether unobj ,, ctionable. THE SOVEREIGN FAMILIES' OF .EUROPE.—" After the visit of the Queen of England to Paris," says the Patrie, " her Majesty, as a return for the hospitality with which she has been received, made a present to the city of the busts of herself and Prince Albert, in white marb!e, executed by Marochet'i. The municipal council had them placed in the salle, where it holds its sittia4s. Since the visit of Queen Victoria, the Kings of Sardinia, Portugal, and Bavaria have been in the capita', and the council has just decided that the busts of thes - ,! sovoreigrs shall be also placed in the H 0,1 de Ville in vine tnhrance of their visits. Once that the example his thus been given, it is probable that, as all the sovereign 4 of Europa are visiting Paris, there will not be a crowned head but will h a y s its -likeness at the Hotel de Ville." PI,OGRESS of 8017T1-1 AUSTRALIA.—The Adelaide Ob. server furnishes a swim ,ry on this subject, from which it appears that two railways have been opened, an electric telegraph construct Ht, aod t e litg,!st bridge in the pro. vince complete . t,besi , les several other niin,i; public works and buildings. The v; eat u n,tak , ngs in sore are the drain age and water sueply ~ f Adelai e, ar a prob ttle cost cf of £300,000, which wi l ho-cy be comniericted, and the construe ion of r ;.0 Hint i n, i n irtweeq the three great points f the city tit- Murray river, and the Burrs Burra ;nines. The 1,,t, e• most he a w of time. as the estimated eFnlit .r.- wllhe a Tio tie shirt of £1,000,000 exi rm in, inte' - est, woul f observe hat th.• 13u r: Bur a Alow. ins yielde4 m re Oran . . 11,090 tons the past a , ie •,t 3 Of 10 toms Tr' i• m t+l. DBATIL ••F M it, HOLMES, th I.tAIiiiISTUR —The last Sur- ViV:r ot thoc • tor -p rt s” of a fortnA-ag , h :a pissed The ev nt n.s• feren:ty recall the recollection of that nrr:, t whico tl airishel 8) exatn randy at the peril Mr. Hot tie himself helped to occupy the patnin rei: d. and . at the same tirtn, give birth to the sal r , 8•-•;i0 that. ti• :.re none now on vvhAn ' their mand s " Al , bough Mr. H Imes could not for , si'lered as gift , :d so abundantly as th gr 4! eo ebri t 8 t .:is .till he was possessed, in an '.in n o f th.,. sterling honesty and genuine pat.O, istn , s Eve row so rare to find, and which, when t'll;•(:-, is No slightly apprtciatcd. He lived in the most event , 11 age, ono was as eye-witness of, and active parti cipEa r in, ti r great struggles which marked that period, sad never was suspected of having for a moment even wavered in his principles. Since his retirement from the bar, Mr, flotmeq, resided in England, where be died, HT 510 jt , a-4917NTY COURT.-YINTZIWAY. ,b6l of be: • • ,finst.dat oite.'cozewiv - isQ . Loctett4B6D 14, PAueeitittati.--::This was an action brought by. 3V.` of Crown. Chambers, Redcrods . - - street, against a carter, named Pazickerley, residing, in_Aimond street, Myrtle-street, for the 'Val ue o f certain articles lost While in the care of the defendant. On-the 20th of April, _plaintiff employed defendant to CarritwO hampers front Liverpciol, to ~Oxton, containing wine, a l e , b ran d y, grocer i es, and other articles. When - defendant arrivedat Oxton, it 'weal found that the greater part of the content s - o f one o f the.hathpers was • missing altogether, and a . portion was spoiled 'apparently by water: 'Some of the wine, the brandy, the ale ; and other articles were gone. Plaintiff went to • defendant's house to get some explanation from hign,-betas he could'not see hhn, he brought the action in the court.. Mr. Rime, who appeared for defendant, said he must ihroW biniself, to some extent, on the mercy, of - the plaintiff. The- fact was', that when defendant was taking the hardpers'to the steamer one of them fell into the water from the Live: pool landieg-stage, and, it bursting in the fall; the articles were lost or - spoiled. He urged that the accident had nbt arisen from any' fault , or negligiqicie on- the part' of the defendant. The defendant one himself examined, and deposed to the facts 'as men tioned by Mr. Rime. The plaintiff said, hi . consideration ofthe circumstances, ao would agree to take C 2 and costs. Mr. Hime said his client ought to feel much obliged to the plaintiff. Defendant agreed to pay the amount at ss. per week, and a verdict was entered accordingly. The plaintiff remarked that if the defendant had come to his office and explained the circunistances, he would have saved himielf from having to pay the costs of the action. RETURNING FROM THE DERBY. The Man Abntit ToWn his just seen Blink Bonny ' an nounced (a few minutes after the race has been run) as the winner of the Derby of 4857, in the window of the news office ; and, seeing it, he walks in to greet the publisher with this astounding—Canard. " • Ha! ha! Capital race, wasn't it I ex claimed, on entering, with an effrontery which was intended to remove all suspicion. ' Never enjoyed myself so much in my life. Saw hosts of people—. glorious sport—course covered with carriages ! Saw one man lose thirty thousand pounds with the greatest coolness in the world, and make a good dinner after it. Wouldn't have been absent on any account.' Why, you don't mean to say—?' •'' Of course I do. All London was there, and if"l hadn't been I should have been ashamed to have looked London in the face again.' " But really it seems impossible that'—and the pub lisher consulting his watch, compared it with my own chronometer, and arrived at a careful correctness—' that in the time you could.' " • Oh, am I the first back ? Ah! well, we came spanking along the road with four famous nags in first rate style, I assure you.' " The road ! What, all the way from Epsom in half an hour ?' " Did I say the road ? Pooh ! absurd. Too slow for me. The rail of course. Finest engine in the world, and never stopped a minutef anybody.' " But such a quick retarn'— " 'For a small prophet,' I added quickly, hazarding a feeble joke, in the vague hope of smothering the obvious impossibily, 'seems extraordinary, but it isn't. To save unnecessary delay, I took a return ticket.' " ' But the first train after the race won't have brought its passengers to London-bridge for the next half hour at least ?' _ " Train ? Pooh ! did I say train ? Not half quick enough. I took my return ticket by the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ! ! !' Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20 Years LEWIS & COMPANY. Ranelazh street. DEFALCATIONS OF OFFICERS OF SAVINGS' BANKS.—A return gives full particulars of defalcations discovered to have taken place in savings -banks, since the Ist of July, 1851, with all the correspondence thereto relating. M 3.- falcition3 h the taken place in the following banks—viz., in the Ongar branch of the Bamford Savings-Bank, the Dunmow Bank, the Newport (Isle of Wight) Bank, the Runcorn Bank, the Bradford (Wilts) B ink, the Southport Bank, the Yoxall ant Barton Bank, the Rugby Bank, the West London Bank, the Bromley Bank, and the Leicester B DEFALCATIONS OF OFFICERS OF SAVINGS' BANILS.—A return gives full particulars of defalcations discovered to have taken place in savings' banks since the Ist of July, 1851, with all the correspondence thereto relating. Defal cations have taken place in the following banks, viz , in the Ongar branch of the Romford Savings' Bank, the Danmow Bank, the Newport (Isle of Wight) Bank, the Runcorn Bank, the Bradford (Wilts) Bank, the Southport [lank, the Yoxall and Barton Bank, the Rugl:y Bank, the West London Bank, the Bromley Bank, and the Leicester Bank. DEATH PROM FarGur.—On Saturday night, at a quarter to ten, just before one of the omnibuses from Pen dkton reached Manchester, a man fell from the roof and was much injured. On arriving at the offi ce , a woman , who was inside, was asked to give her name, that she might be called as a witness, and she was approaching the book-keeper for the purpose when she fell down dead. Inquiries have been made in the neighbourhood, but it has not yet been found who she was. She is described as being of respectable appearance, and about thirty years of age. NEW KING OF DELHI.—An Oordo) letter from Delhi mentions that Mirza Korash, the eldest eon of Bahadoor Shah the ex-king of Delhi, has received a telegraph mas sage from Calcutta that the Supreme Government has approved of the recommendation of tile Lieutenant Go- vernor of Agra regarding his appointment as heir apparent to the throne of Delhi. Upon this the old king has deter mined not to bestow the usual khclut and the title upon his eldest son, and in case the Government forces him to d eo, he will bring the matter to the notice of Parliamen'. -- Burkaru, April 25. SPIRIT LICENSES IN IRICLAND.—The total number of censes granted to spirit dealers in Ireland in .the year 1855, amounted to 458, against 453 in 1854 ; 430 in 1853, and 413 in 1352. The number of licenses granted in 1855 for the retail of spirits in quantities not greater at one time than two quarts, not to be consumel on the premises, was 220. The number of spirit retailers or publicans who sold spirits and beer to be drunk on the premises in 1855 was 15,985, and the number of retail licenses granted for the sale of beer to be drunk on the premises to persons who had no retail or public house licenses was 405. EMIGRATION OF GOVERNMENT ARTIZANS.--The Wool wich committee for promoting the emigration of the artizans discharged from the Roy 11 Arsenal and Dockyard, have made arrangements for the shipment of 50 families for Canada on the 10th inst., and 200 families on the 25th instant. In addition to these, the fund now available will enable the committee to send out about 100 families, who will be forwarded when the necessary arrangements are made for their shipment. The secretary of the Woolwich committee yesterday received an official comnaunico.tioi, from which it appears that a sum of 43,000 will be sub scribed to the fund by the government. EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A YOUTH. —On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Bahr, at the Landon Hospital, respecting the death of James Lee, aged 16 years. The deceased was standing, on Thnrsday last, near the windla , s of a crane, at the steam-packet wharf, Lower East Smithfield, when his neckerchief be came entangled with the machinery, whereby he sustained extensive injury to the neck, He was removed to the London Hospital. Mr. Luke, the eminent surgeon, per formed the operation of tracheotomy, by making an incision in the throat, by which means the life of the deceased was prolonged for several hours ; but subsequently fatal symiroms supervened, and deceased expired on Friday. Verdict, "accidental death." THE LEEDS ELECTION.—A charge of personation has been brought against a man who voted for Mr. Beecroft. The prisoner has been taken before the magistrates, and stands remanded. Warrants have been issued against two other men on charges of personation. In these cases the parties have voted for Mr. Mills, the unsuccessful can didate. There is some talk of presenting a petition against the return of Mr. Beecroft. A number of the learlinz members of the Liberal party had a meeting yesterday to consider the propriety of doing so, and they decided to refer a number of cases which have been brought tinder their cognisance to a committee, with a view to ulterior pr meedings. SUPPRLSION OF A FAIR AT DEPTFOIID.—On Sunday morning, some hundreds of persons assembled on s me ground near the Deptfo r d St at i on , o f t h e Greenwich Bit!way, with the intention of holding a fair. Superin• t-ndent Mal'alien apprehended a man who was driving stakes into the ground for the purpose of erecting a marquee. In the evening a great number of vans assem bled on the same ground; and the police having stopped three which were entering, were informed that they belonged to a Mr. Manley, who had taken the wound to hold a fair, who came up and was taken into custody. Manley and the man who was driving in the stakes, and who was in his employ, were brought up at the Greenwich police -court yetrerday. A letter was produced from Mr. Davidson, so'icitor of Soring.gardens, stating that no one had power to ter, or bad let, the ground for the purposes of holding a fair. The ma gistrate ordered Manley to fi n d bail in £4O, and to enter into his own recognisances in the same amount for his good behaviour for three months. The other prisoner was discharged. CORONERS VOURT.-LIMPOOL. The coroner held the following inquests yesterday : On the body of Mary Gorman, who was killed at the sair-mills of Mr." Gorden, Great Howard-street, under the circumstances stated in our paper of yesterday. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental Death," but at the same time recommend that the portion of the machinery should be more guarded in future. Mr. Gorden said it was well guarded, and all persons were prohibited from going near the place where the decea4ed met her death. On the body -of John Tyrer, who was killed at the corn mills of Mr. Jump, Vauxhall-road.. The farts of this case were reported in our paper of yesterday. The jury found a verdict of " Accidental Death," at the same time stating that a person named Falters was much to blame for his incautiousness in letting the sack fall. On the body of J. T. Crighton, aged 40, a clerk, who resided in Chapel-place, Brunswick-road. The deceased left his office, at Mr. Summers, veterinary surgeon, in Naylor-street, on Tuesday evening, in company with ano ther person, and on the way home he fell down in the street, and very soon expired. He was subject to'pains in the chest, giddiness in , the bead, and fainting fits. The jury returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes." On the body of Bridget Sixsmith, that was lotmdin the canal. She was the wife of a painter, and was 46 years of age. It appeared, from-the evidence of her husband, that she was a very' drunken person, And that they separated early in 1851, and since that he has married another woman. He did not see her for the last three years, nor did he knew what had become of her. She was seen in the evening before her body was found in the canal, in the neighbourhood of where her husband lived, in Edge-lull. She was then drunk. That' was all the evidence, and the jury found a verdict of " Found drowned ;" at the 'UM time censuring in strong terms of disapprobation the unfeeling conduct of her husband. B(lvS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelazh street. It appears that the extraordinary flow of specie to India and China receives large additions direct from the gold, fields. During the month of March the totals sent from Melbourne included £32,000 to India and £45,500 to China. NOTHING AND NOBODY.—In a sportsman's opinion , Nothing Is more delightful than a - day's hunting or shoot ing. With a literary man, nothing is morfacherming than a book. f ' NOthing is higher than the summit of the highest mountain. Nothing is deeper than the uttermost depths of the ocean. Nothing broader than the real horizon. Nobody precedes the King. Nobody is higher in law than the Lord Chancellor. In the Church, Nobody is higher than the Archbishop of Canterbury.. Nobody has disco vered !perpetual motion. Nobody has found out the longi tude. Nobody has leaped over the moon. And Nobody is' reater than our most gracious sovereign. , • IMPERIAL PENSION ERS .—O n M arc h 20 , 1811, the muni cipal council of Paris voted an annual pension of 10.000 k. to the bearer of the intelligence of the King of Rome's birth. That pension was accordingly enjoyed by M. Van Heteren, one of the Emperor's pages, until 1814, when he became a Dutch subject, and the pension was stopped. This gentleman who is at present a member of the States- General, has, since the 3rd of April, 1855, preferred a claim to the city of Paris for the revival of his pension ; admitting the justice of the motives which may have prompted the city to interrupt the payment during the subsequent reigns, but contending that, now that the French people have recalled the dynasty of Napoleon to the throne, and that " Providence has sanctioned that act by the birth of a prince," the city of Paris is bound to. recognise his (M. Van Heteren's) claims. Last year the Municipal Council voted an elegant silver service and a panoply, to Commandant Fave, who announced the birth of the Prince Imperial to that body. MORE TROUBLE IN INDIA. —A friend has favoured Us with a number of the Delhi Gazette, a postscript of which, dated April 16, contains the following :—" We regret to be informed by telegraph that, bad symptoms hare 'mani fested themselves at Umballa. The native troops have been ordered to fire what they consider the objectionablo cartridges tc-morrow. The empty European barracks were burnt down at nine last night, and the native infantry hospital, a mile distant, three hours after." We are afraid the Government is acting foolishly. They know the objection of the Hindoo to the cartridge, and yet they persevere in insisting on the use of it. It is a superstition to be sure, but we need not go to India to learn the strength of a superstision, and it would be be!ter to -respect the feelings of the troops in these things than in others in which cruelty mingled with fanaticism, but in which we did not until lately interfere with them. It will be a serious thing if, through the obstinacy of Government. the troops on which we rely for the maintenance of our Indian empire are driven to dissatisf iction.—Cork Constitution. MR. SPURGEON DONE BY A PICKLE-SELLING TARTUFIE. —Most persons have observed in the newspapers, and on the walls of the metropolis, announcements of a reward for the apprehension of Mr. John Gregory, an oil and pickle merchant in the Borough, who has not surrendered to his bankruptcy, but has left the country in company with, it is said, his governess. It may not be known that in Mr. Gregory we have to add another to the unhappily long list of persons who have traded on religion, or, rather, a hypocritical assumption of true religion, for the purpose of deluding the world in general. Mr. Gregory, who was accustomed to wear a white neckcloth, among his other personal adornments, was treasurer of the funds in process of colketion for the new chapel about to be erected for Mr. Spurgeon, by whose teaching, it would seem, he has profited but little, and has absconded, it is said, with over £2,000 of the pepular young Baptist's money. A warrant is issued for his apprehension ; indeed, it is rumoured that he has been captured already, and, if so, he will find himself in a "pickle" much more "pretty" than his own olives, cabbages, and cucumbers, FRACzICAL HOAX AT DERBY. —During the past week a report, the origin of which, perhaps, it would be difficult to trace, was circulated its Derby, that a wife was to be sold by her husband, in the Market-place, about noon on Friday last, and the rumour having been very widely spread, a great mass of people assembled on that day, and at the time mentioned, for the purpose of seeing the " slght." Gradually the Market-place became filled, and at twelve o'clock such was the c nsh of the crowd that business avocations had to be suspended, and in some instsnces the owners of stalls had their nro perty cleared away in a manner the reverse of agreeable; the business done was rather roughly, and how ever brisk some of the articles exposed might move off, the vender was net in the beet possible humour at the celerity with which his wares were disposed of. One cabman was upset twice, having a sudden down ward tendency, which they in no way deserved. These little divertisements occupied the crowd for half an hour, when neither men, woman, nor halter appearing, the thoroughfares were cleared gradually of the assembled throne of persons, some of whom candidly admitted that they had beets hoaxed, whilst others, of a highly imagina tive turn, asserted subsecriently that they bad seen the woman sold. Her name and price were also mentioned ; but as the former differed according to the narration of the relator, and as the prices ranged from as low as 7/1 to as high as is 9d, we need not enter any further par ticulars on this head.—Nottingham Review. A WORKHOUSE OF FIDDLERS.— Certain Poor-law Guardians, considering it expedient to augment the num ber of vagrant fiddlers, who ou th e occasion of births, deaths, an d l marriages, races, fairs, " stations," and Sunday boozings, make silence excruciatingly eloquent in pleasant Tipperary, advertised the other day for teachers of the violin and bagpipes, in order to furnish the inmates of the workhouse with a knowledge of the divine art. But they did not anticipate the effect of their benevolent course of action. At the next meeting of their board a batch of sightless persons presented themselves for admission into the projected 'Musical Academy. In fact, the Tipperary establishment has suddenly b eco me quite a popu l ar institution, in consequence of its high-art t en d enc i es. The pupils havin g b een a d m itt e d, the tende rs sent i n b y the competing instructors were opened. One who de teribed himself as a " mueicianer," offered to discharge the duty four clays a week, "to the aattsfacthun of the girjans," c ompitint jedge of rnueick, for half-a crown without rations." Thi s was considered o per r diem, ie army na cheap—not more than the chaplain got, and beneath the doctor. A Mr. Cleary, however, feared that 'he " indus trious blind" would come from the four wilds as soon as ( s i c ) ~observed that if th e guardians had fiddles and the. G uar dians get well into th e scrape, whereupon Mr. Bury (sic) taught, it would relieve the ratepayers of £lOOO a year. He was aware that blind men in the village of Colleen earned £1 a week." The Clonmel chronicle reports the ciisc iss:on ensued as to the morality of blind fiddlers and the respectability of the musical profess)rs who usually operate at the wakes of Cul leen. Ultimetely, however, the consideration of the tenders was postp fled sine die. The ratepayers, therefore, have for the present loet, their chance of being relieved of £t,ooo a yoar, and there is a widespread lamentation among the musiciatters of Tipperary. We hale not yet got under the influence of the Dog-star. There consequently, some little hope that the guardians may recover their vagabond senses before the fetal climax of the year arrives. A little homoeopathic, treatmen'—strictly confined to the principle of like to like—ought to be useful in protecting them from a deplorable ca'astrophe. We would pat them into a moderate-sized apartment, say their own board. room —as good a place as any—and having assembled all the blind pip ers an d fiddl er s in the shi re , bid the artistes in classic ph rase —Pl a y on . We guarantee such a cure u Hahnemann never achieved.—Dublin Mail.