The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.—YEsTERDAY. Baron Alderson entered the court at nine o'clock -yester say. S Excxs. —William Davies, who pleaded guilty to the charge of having on the 28th of August, 1856, at 'Manchester, felomhusly married Ellen Drew, his former w if e , Margaret Qumlan, being then alive, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. James Thomas, who pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. PoeT OFFICE ROBBERY.--James Ingram was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a, letter containing a bank bill for £4BO, and eight half notes for £5 each, and also with having received the same, knowing them to have been stolen, The facts on which the charge rests, have beers very recently before the public in our pollee reposes. It appeared that on the 21st of Novem ber. S person named Anderson, in the employment of . I :siessre. Pilling and Co., 70, Deansgate, Manchester, put into an envelope, addressed to Mr. Nicholson, leather Boller and currier, Scotland-road, Liverpool, a bank post hilt for £4BO, and the halves of eight £5 notes. This letter he posted in Manchester about half-past six in the evening, and in the ordinary course it should have arrived in Liverpool and been delivered between eight and nine o'clock next morning. The prisoner was engaged that morning in sorting the letters for the 'first delivery, after which he had to carry nut letters, but not those addressed to the cane district as the leder in question. He had then to Return for the second delivery. As it Was very late when he returned some iSitspicion was excited, and he was summoned into the postmaster's office. While being questioned there, he expressed a desire to go to the water-closet. Permission was granted, but a person was set to watch him, and be was seen to transfer something from his waistcoat pocket to his boot. Police were sent for and he was given into custody. when, on being searched, the letter in aoestion was found in his boot. When this was discovered the prisoner said he was not the only guilty person. Before witnesses were called the prisoner, addressing his lordship, said he acknowledged that he was guilty of receiving the letter knowing it to be stolen, but not of stealing it. His Lordship said be should prefer proceeding with the case. The witnesses who previously appeared at the police-office were then called to prove the facts stated. The prisoner made a lengthened statement to the effect that the letters were given him by another carrier to conceal until enquiries should have passed over, and that after taking them he felt some remorse of conscience, and went back to the post office for the purpose either of dropping them there or giving them back to the man who gave them to hint Ilis Coming in having excited suspicion, and caused him to be brought into the postmaster's office, he thought it petter to hide them in his boot until the enquiries were over. Ile added that he could call witnesses to prove his previous good character. His Lordship : I will give you full credit for that—all persons employed by the post-office are persons of good character until they ate found out. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His Lordship sentenced him to fifteen years transporta tion. GAROTTE ROBSERY.—AIfred Pover, aged nineteen, tailor, was charged with having, on the 29 th October, together with two other persons not in custody' violently assaulted John Jones , with intent to rob him. The statement of the prosecutor was, that about ten minutes to seven o'clock, on the evening in question, he was going through Rayner street, Manchester, when a Man caught him round the throat so tightly, as to pre terit him from speaking, and another roan came up and struck him on the metith. A third man came up in a Moment afterwards, and called out—" kick him—punch him" Prosecutor struggled very hard, and in the struggle the first man was thrust against the doer of a cot'L e se, which was burst through. The light from within was thrown upon the assailants, who seeing the door opened all ran away. Prosecutor cried out, and a man named James Mitchell, living in the street, came to his assistance, and the prisoner was arrested, but the others escaped , The prosecutor positively identified the Prisoner as having been one of his assailants. The Identity of the prisoner was corroborated by a little boy who came out of the cottage, the man named Mitchell, end a policeman. The jury found the prisoner guilty. A coniictierti at the Salford Sessions in August, 1815 1 2, for stealing; and sentence of transportation for seven years was proved against the prisoner, who was then tried under the name of John Smith. He had received smaller punishments on several previous occa ithis His Lordship He ,appears to have had a good long run of it. I supprise he has had a ticket cf leave. The gaoler said that had not been ascertained. His Lordship : Well; he certainly has not served his seven Years. Ira eseeSsieg sentence his lordship said, the prisoner vas hopeless. All he could do, was to send him away altogether. The sentence of the court was, that he be transported for life. stemma:l GAROTTE ROBBERY.—William Stewart, Wil liam Callis, and Ellen Callis, were charged with having, at Blackburn, on the 22nd October, 1856, .violently aesaulted Jonathan Harrison, and stolen from his person £l6 10s, The female pleaded guilty, the male prisoners not guilty. The prosecutor deposed that, on the night in question he was going through Thackburn, when he was attacked, knocked down, and robbed of a canvass bag containing £l6 109 , by two men and a woman. He positively identified the prisoner Stewart as One of the men, but could only speak to the general appearance of the prisoner Calks, In the struggle Which tosA plate between them, prosecutor seized held of Stewart, who, in order to escape, slipped out of his coat and waistcoat, leaving them in prosecutor's hands. The parties succeeded in getting away. The coat and waistcoat were afterwards identified as the property of Stewart. The prisoner Callis was acquitted; Stewart was found guilty. His lordship sentenced Stewart to be transported for tell years, and the female prisoner, Ellen Callis, to he imprisoned for two years. His lordship said he should have sentenced Stewart to lee transported for lif e if there had been any previous charge against him, as he believed that in Cases such as that the most merciful course was severity. Addressing the woman, he said, that if, after her term of imprison ment she was brought up again, she should be trans ported for life. GAROTTE ROBBERY AGAlN.—James Marshall, factory yeorker, was charged with having, on the Ist of Nov., together with a man not in custody, feloniously assaulted John James, with intent to rob him. It appeared that on the night in question the prosecutor, who lives at Ashton-under-Lyne, was in Manchester, and going through Peter street, about eleven o'clock, met two men,one of whom asked him where he was going. He had scarcely time to reply when one ofthem seized him by the throat from behind, and the other began to search hiS pockets. The prosecutor struggled and .shouted, and a stranger came to his aid. The prisoner was arrested by the courage and strength of this man ; but the second assailant escaped. The jury found the Isrisonet guilty. A previous conviction was proved. Toe prisoner clasped hishands together, and passionately cried out for mercy. A sickly-looking woman, standing near the dock, with an infant in her arms, shrieked out—" Oh, my lord, have mercy—do have mercy on him, his wife, and his two children—l am his wife, and here is his child." The poor creature had to he removed at length. His Lordship said this was one of a class of ceses he was determined to put down if he coald. He sentenced the prisoner to fifteen years' transportation. His Lordship complimented the man who first came to the prosecutor's aid on his courage and activity, and ordered him a reward of £5. This man, whose name was Capstick, had his clothes torn, and received some hurts in the struggle with the prisoner and the assailant who escaped. .IL', THE GAROTTE OtTRAGE.—John Lloyd, and Wiliram Harrington, were charged with feloniously assaulting and robbing Henry Rothwell. Mr. Cross prosecuted. It appeared that the prosecutor had been in a public house, in Manchest er, on the night in question, where the prisoners also were. He treated them to some drink. The prisoner Harrington said he had no money. In going home the prosecutor went a wrong way. Har rington overtook him and they walked on togttber Harrington asked him where he was going, and prose cutor said to Stockport. They turned back together, and on the way went into a public house, where they had some drink. The prisoner Lloyd came in there also. They came nut together, and walked on to a street called Taylor street, where " Harrington stopped, saying, " Go on --s-I'll overtake yu. Lloyd walked on with prosecutor, and after they had gone about sixty yards Harrington jumped on prosecutor's back, and knocked him down. Prosecutor endeavo ured to cry out, but Harrington caught him round the throat and squeezed hi m so th a t he could not cry out. The y bothd rifled his pockets of u ic u l d e e s . . 4s, some pence, a tobacc o box, a nd some other articles. Nr. Wheeler defended Lloyd. Hp aregton fended. The jury foun d both prisoners guilty, previous conviction and sentence to seven years transpnr tation was proved against Lloyd in 1853; and a convic tion for theft, with four months imprisonment, against Harrington- His Lordship : I su pp ose Lloyd has a ticket-of-leave ? Mr. Wheeler said he was not aware of the conviction. His Lordship : It is just about the time they would let him out. Mr. Wheeler called as evidence two respectable tradesmen, who deposed that they had known and employed Lloyd for the last two years, and found him hard-working and industrious. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. His Lordship sad in consequence of this statement he would treat both men the same way—but for it he would have sentenced Lloyd to transportation for life. The sentence of each was therefore to be transported for ten years. GARROTING A FEMALE.—Christopher Thomas was charged with having at Manchester, on the 24th of Sep tember, violently assaulted and robbed Fanny Maybury. The prosccutrix was the wife of a man named George Maybury, and on the night in question, about eleven o'clock, was coming home along Oldham-road, after having received some wages for her husband from his employer, a chairmaker, named O'Connell, when she was followed by the prisoner, and another man not in custody. They caught her by the throat, and choked her in regular garrotte fashion, and then robbed her of the few shillings she had in her possession. The woman remained insensible on the ground until she was found soon after and carried home. She knew the prisoner by 1 face and name before the outrage, and he was accord ingly arrested and identified by her. Some other articles of property, such as a cap, a shawl, a box, and a fish she had bought, were stated by the woman to have been taken by the prisoner. None of these arti I , s were found in his possession when arrested. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. CHARGE OF GAILROIING.—Thomas Hansall, a boy of 16, described as a fustian coact . ; was charged with hav ing been one of a party who feloniously assaulted Francis Strahan, and with great violence robbed him of a watch, four shillings, and other articles. The prose eutor stated that on the Ist of October, abetit half-past eleven at night he was going home, and in passing through Deansgate he 31W the prisoner, who appeared to watch him closely. Ile turned into R.ainford street, and was proceeding on, when he was seized by two men, one of whom squeezed his throat, white a boy, whom he stated to be the prisoner, rifled his pocket. The evi dence of identity was very uncertain, and his lordship directed an acquittal of the prisoner.' BURGLARL—SamueI Fisher, aged 22, tailor, was charged with having, on the night of the 26th October, at Man chester, feloniously and burglariously broken and entered the house of William Avers, and stolen a clock, three silk handkerchiefs, a waistcoat, and other articles. The prose cutor keeps a house called the Grapes Inn, Union street, Manchester. On the night in question, the servant girl was roused by some noise, and saw a light outside her door. Some oue looked in, but withdrew. She got up, and, coming to the door, saw a man, whom she stated to be the prisoner, with a light, which, as soon as she appeared, he blew out. She raised an alarm, and her master came down, but the burglar had escaped, and the property mentioned was gone. A man, whose occupation was knocking persons up every morning, deposed that he saw the prisoner, with two other men, in an entry leading into the house on the morning of the robbery. The prisoner was subsequently apprehended. Mr. Wheeler conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Tindal Atkinson defended. The vary found the pri soner not guilty. The court rose at six o'clock. SECOND COIJKT. BEFORE MR. SERGEANT CHANNELL. BURGLARY AT SALFORD.—James Robinson, 20, fustian dresser, was placed at the bar charged with having burgla riously entered the dwelling house of William Farrar, at Salford, on the 16th of September, and stolen therefrom 18 gallons of ale and a shawl. Mr. Raffles prosecuted, and Mr. Sowler defended the prisoner On the morning of the day in question the prosecutor's wife heard a noise in her b droom, at d on:her husband, whom she awoke, going down stairs, he found that the cellar window had been broken, and that an eighteen gallon cask had been emptied of its contents. His wife also missed a shawl from her bedroom, and this was fouel concealed in an umbrella at his lodgings. On cross examination, the prosecutor admitted that his wife had bad tea, on the evening preceding the robbery, with a man named 'corn Richards, hot he could not say what kind of cream they had- used. (Laughter.) His wife was not quite drunk, but she did not sleep in the same bed as he did. Mrs, Ferrer also admitted that she had had tea with Tommy Richards and five others, and that they bad a quartern of rum in the cream. (Laughter.) The prisoner previously lodged in the house, and knew how to open the cellar win dow from the outside. Mr. Bawler, for the defence, urged that the most probable explanation of the else was that Mrs. Ferrer having been overcome by the " cream," had, during the evening, visited the cellar to draw some ale, and that forgetting to turn the cock, the liquor had run waste. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged, after ate admonition from his lordship to reform his rife, which was admitted to be of a dissolute charecter. STABBING AT PRESTON.—Robert Ogden, 29, handloom weaver, was placed in the dock charged witn having feloni ous'y slabbed Jane Overend' at Preston. on the night of the 7th of September, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. Cross prosecuted, and Mr. Wigham defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix is one of the unfortunate class of women who walk the town, and, on the night in question she, with two or three compenions, was pursuing her miser able calling. She returned to her house, in Green street Preston, about three or four o'cloc k, the following morning (Sunday), and as she was about to close the shutters, the prisoner came np and pulled her by the clothes. She pushed him in return, whereupon the prisoner drew a knife and stabbed her in the side. He immediately took to flight and was pursued by the prosecatrix. She soon, however, became taint from loss of blood, and fell insensible in the street. She was removed to the house of recovery, and there lay for mono than a fortnight in a very precarious state. The sergeant of police who was examined for the prosecution, stated that Cee prisoner was married, and that he was a man of good character. Mr. Wigham strongly urged this evidence in faveir of the prisoner, and eonteneed that it was a case of mistaken identity. The jury returned a verdict of "unlawfully wounding. Sentence was deferred. ARSON AT TOXTETH PARK.—Patrick Keogh, 23, hawker, was indicted for haying at Toxteth Park, on the 18th September last. feloniously set fire to two stacks of wheat, the property of Thomas Aspinall. Mr. Hornby prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended. Ile admitted that it was he who set fire to the stacks, but alleged that it was done through accident. On the evening of the day in question, the was seen by Mr. Aspinall'e servants entering the haggard, but no further notice was taken of him. The family retired to rest at their usual hour, end at that time, all seemed quiet about the premises. At two o'clock in the morning, one of the workmen was aroused by seeing flames burst from one of the stacks. He promptly gave the alarm, but the flames, being wafted by the wind, communicated the fire to two adjoining stacks, and raged so furiously that in spite of all efforts to suppress them, the three stacks were totally consumed in a short time. They were valued at £l5O. Shortly after the discovery of the fire, Constable 41 of the Liverpool force met the prisoner walking towards town. He accosted the prisoner, and the latter after a moment's hesitation, told him that he had set fire to the stuck, but it was accidentally. He said that the night being very wet, and having no money wherewith to procure a lodging, he went to sleep under the stack. In the course of the night he lit hit pipe, and, unhappily, the match which he used set fire to the stack. When taken to the p lice station he was searched, but no money was found on his person. A pipe full of tobacco and a few articles of sham jewellery of the most trifling value were the only things found in his possession. There being no reason to doubt his statement, the jury returned a verdiot of not guilty. BURGLARY AT ORMSKIRE..—Thomas Rimmer,lB, labourer, was indicted for having, at Aughton, near Ormskirk, on the 12th October last, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling house of Jeffery Robinson. and stolen therefrom £lO, the moneys of the said Jt fferey Robinson. Mr. Simon prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor is a farmer residing at Aughton, near Ormskirk, and shortly before the period of the robbery the prisoner was in his employment as farm servant. While so employed be became well acquainted with the habits of the family, and the place where the prosecutor kept his money. On the day of the robbery he was away from home on business, and left his house and family (his wife being of unsound mind) in charge of a little girl about 12 years of age. The prisoner was aware of this, and lost no time in availing himself of the opportunity to rob the house. He was drinking in the evening with a number of men in the public house adjoining the prosecutor's dwelling, and while they were making merry he left their company for about half an hour. During his absence the landlady heard a noise in the prosecutot's house as if a lock was being broken, but at the time she took no notice of it. The prosecutor returned in the course of the night, and next morning he found that the house had been entered through the kitchen window, and that his chest had been broken, and £lO in gold taken from it. It was at once seen that the robbery had been committed by some one well acquainted with the house, and suspicion fell on the prisoner. It was known that before the robbery he was so poor that he could not pay a small debt of a few shillings, while immediately after be seemed "flush of cash," and was to be found in every public house in the neighbourhood for several days subsequently, drinking and lavishly treating his acquaintances. He also gave four sovereigns to a person in the neighbourhood to keep for him. He was convicted, and sentenced to four years penal servi tude. This is his first conviction, were it otherwise, he would have received severer punishment. SHEEP STEALING AT WEST DERBY. —George Smart, 18, Was indicted for having at West Derby, on the 3rd October last, feloniously stolen one sheep, the property of William Robinson and another. Mr. Raffles prosecuted, and Mr. Scott appeared for the prisoner. It seemed that a few da y s before the 3rd October, Henry Case the drover of Messrs. Robinson and Morgan, cattle salesmen, placed 138 sheep in a Field near West Derby, previous to their being sold at the re xt market at the Old Swan. He went to count them on the 4th, and missed two .if them. A sheep having the same marks as the missing sheep, was a few days afterwards offered by the prisoner for sale to Mr. Turner, butcher, of Capperas hill. For the defence it was shown that it is usual for parties in Liverpool to purchase odd sheep from flocks on their way f•om the docks, and afterwards sell them, realizing generally by the transaction a few shillings. It was urged that this simply was what the prisoner had done, and that the prosecution bad not fulls identified the missing sheep as the one offered for sale by the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The court rove at half past six o'cleck. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. HEYWOOD. MORE BACON.—John and Thomas Finnegan, William Smith, and Jas. Connor, the four youths charged with stealing the ham (reported in our paper cf yesterday), were brought up on remand, Another flitch of the bacon had been found, but there was no further evidence given at present. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner Thomas Finnegan, and contended that the evi fence was not sufficient to detain that prisoner, and urged his discharge. his wor ship held the same opinion, and discharged the prisoner. Soon after Mr. Black entered the court and said the bo) had been again arrested by the police. He complained of this as an i ifringcment of justice. It was intimated to Mr. Blink that the wrest was made on another charge. AN APPARITION.—James Fletcher, a youth about 18 years of age, was cba-ged under the following circum stances. Mr. Hughes appeared for the prosecution, and I Mr. Black defended. It appeared that a Mrs. Wignall. who keeps a confectioners shop in Byrom street, had, for the last six months, missed a variety of thin g s from the shop, ' and at last, from something that transpired, a watch was kept on the place, and early on Monday morning the prisoner was found in the shop,having got into it out of the cellar,by starting a board ; his father kept a gas-fitting shop in the cellar. 'The prisoner was remanded. DOING THE OLD SOLDIER Three ill looking fellows named William Fletcher, George Moffett, and Henry Simpson,described as discharged soldiers , were charg ed with having stolen £6 from a soldier named Charles Skirrett The complainant said he met the prisoners in Lime street when he took them to Griffith's vaults and treated them, and the return they made, in gratitude, was to rob him. The prisoners were remanded. CHILD STRllTlNG.—Catherine Howard, a native of Westmoreland street, who had been several times convicted of stripping children, was sent for trial on a charge of stripping a child named Devereux, in Great Cross Hall street. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) ANNOYING.—Bridget Begly, the keeper of an oyster store, was fined 5s and costs for annoying Mr. Joughin, publican, of Roe-street, while she was drunk. Jane Melvin was fined £2 for an assault on officer 684. James Kearns was fined 5s and costs for exposing bad meat for sale. Anne Connor, a professional beggar, was committed for one month for anno)ing gentlemen about the Exchange. STABBING.—Juan Ichorro, a Spanish sailor, was charged with having stabbed Samuel Bridge. The complainant was going home the previous night, when, without the slightest hesitation or provocation, the prisoner stabbed him in the thigh with a knife. The prisoner was committed for trial. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY. BEFORE J. POLLnli, E.SQ , THE JUDGE. CAUTION TO HOTEL WAITERS.—A case of considerable importance not only to waiters at hotels, but hotel keepers themselves, came on for hearing in the above court yesterday. In this case, Arthur Rows, a waiter, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Augustus Speiser, the proprietor of the Victoria Hotel, St. John's lane, near the St. George's Hall, was the defendant. The claim was for LI 17s. 6d., for wages. Mr. Hime, soli citor, appeared for the defendant. On the case being called on, the plaintiff said he was hired by Mr. Speiser, and the wages was to be 153. a week with perquisites. He had been there ten weeks, and on Thursday, the 16th of October, he was discharged ; and having been paid on the preceding Saturday, he claimed the wages for ten days, including a week's notice and a week's salary held in hand, a custom pursued at the hotel, in order to prevent the waiters having without notice. Cross examined by Mr. Hime : Mr. Speiesr and the manager, Mr. Ibbersly, were present when he was engaged. At that time he was not told that there were not any perquisites, He did hoar something said about not being allowed to ask for money, but that he might have what was given to him. Ho recollected a gentleman dining there on the Tnursday. He did not ask him for any money, but he told him he had not left him anything lately. Before that, he had frequently given him something. When ho asked the gentleman for something, he said that he was not entitled to anything, because waiters were charged in the bill. The manager, and Mr. Speiser, soon after came up in a passion, and the former told him to leave the house immediately, and after that Mr. Speiser told him that his services would not be required after that night. He then took off his white collar and left the house. The next day he called and demanded his wages. 2s 6.1 was tendered hint, but that he refused to accept. The Court : How came you to ask for anything of a gentleman, when you knew that attendance was put in the bill ? The Waiter : I thought I was entitled to it. A young female was called, but her evidence was not material to the case. Mr. Hime addressed the court for the defendant. He said that he should he able to prove that the plaintiff, at the time he was engaged, was distinctly and emphatically told that he was on no account to est for money. That the rules of the house was, that all attendance was charged for. The case was of great importance to the defendant, as by an infringement of such rules by a waiter, great injury might be done. Ho contended that the plaintiff was, in reality, only entitled to fifteen shillings, although ho had been offered LI 23 6d. He called Mrs. Speiser, who stated, at the time she engaged the waiter, she was very particular in telling him that he was never to ask for any money, but if persons liked to give it him he might have it. She would most positively swear that she told him so three times over. Mr. Ibbersley, the manager, corroborated the statement as to the agreement, and said, that on the day the plaintiff was discharged, a gentleman had told him that he had been insulted, while at his dinner, by being asked for money by the waiter, but that he had given him such an answer that ho did not think he would do it again. He then went on to say that the waiter had behaved very impertinent, and had left the house, The Court : When did you ask the gentleman for money? Was it as he was leaving or not ? Waiter While he was getting his dinner. Tne Court : I shall give you a verdict for only fifteen shillings. Your conduct was very improper in asking for money, when you knew it was against the rule of the hotel, particularly in being so impertinent as to do so when the gentlemen was getting his dinner. A verdict was then returned for the plaintiff for fifteen shillings, without costs. Tne New NATIONAL GALLERY.—We understand that a royal commission will shortly be issued, appointing Lord Broughton, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. R. Ford, Mr. Faraday, Mr. Cockerell, R. A , and Mr. Gen. Richmond, to enquire into and determine the site of the new National Gallery, and to report on the desirableness of combining with it the Fine Art and Archeaological collections of the British Museum. THE NEW JOINT STOCK COMPANIES A T.—The rumber of companies incorporated under the new act is 626, of which 221 are with limited liability, and 305 unlimited . The unlimited companies are generally re-registrali ins of previously existing companies. All companies, except banking and insurance companies, were required to be registered by the 3rd Ult. THE BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. MARE AND CO , BLACK WALL—Yesterday, Messrs. Fuller and Co., in conjunction with Messrs. Charles Pullen and Son, auctioneers, Fore-st., by direction of the assignees of Mr. C. S. Mare, commenced the sale of the property of the bankrupt, which is situated on the Middlesex side of the estate, and which occupies an area on both sides of Bow Creek, of upwards of fourteen acres. For severel weeks past the auctioneers have been engaged in selling the property on the east, or Essex side, and which, it is believed, rea'ised about £25,000. SERIOUS INUNDATION_ AT CARLISLE.—.O Wing to the very heavy rains which have fallen in thisueighbourheod during Saturday and Sunday, the lower parts of the city have become flooded, and a large number of the houses are from two to three feet deep with water. Much damage to property is apprehended, and a considerable quantity of stock has been carried away from the banks of the Eden, the Caldew, and the Petteril. Upon those of the Caldew, the Corporation Bay, situate about a quarter of a mile above the city, has been completely washed down. The Eden. from Rickerby to the viaduct of the Caledonian railway, a distance ( f about a mile, is one complete sheet of water, the Swifts, the two Sauceries, and all the adjacent fields being inundated. WRECK OF THE SHIP CLAREND) 4 .—The week of the above vessel has been reported at Lloyn's. The following details are given in a letter dated Whitehaven, DCc. 6 : " The ship Clarendon, Captain Noose, from Miramichi for Liverpool, with a cargo of timber, &c., went on shore close to Rednes Point, about a mile N.E. i of this port, this after noon, about 4.30. The Clarendon s a new ship, of about SOO tons, and she had Leen in Westport a few days, and a powerful steamer was sent from Liverpool for the purpose of towing her to the latter port. it appears from the report of the master of the steamer that during the passage the tow-rope had broken three times, and this morning, when off the Black Combe, it again broke for the fourth time, and the sea being so heavy he was not a ble to get it again. It was blowing strong from the south-west when the ship went on shore, and the sea being very heavy, sixteen of the crew were taken on shore in the life-boat. The master refused to leave the ship, and four of the crew were left on board with him , but if she keeps together they will be able to get on shore at low water. It is probable the Clarendon will become a total wreck." THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Last evening, the last but one of a series of lectures to the above association was delivered at the Collegiate Institution, Shaw street. There was but a very small attendance, doubtless, owing to the inclemency of the weather. It was announced that Mr. J. Ewart, M.P., would preside, but in his abs3nco the chair was occupied by Mr. E. Heath. After the usual introductory prayer, the Chairman said the chair should have been taken, on that occasion, by one of the members for the borough, Mr. J. Ewark, but be was sorry to say that that gentleman was called to London on business, or he would most certainly hays been present, and in his absence, on a very short notice, he had been called upon to preside, and he would discharge the duty that had devolved on him with the greatest of pleasure. Having announced the fact of the gentleman's absence, it was not necessary for him to read the letter he had sent, but would at once, as was the custom, proceed to name the subject of the lecture for the evening, which was " The heroism of the far East." The notice he had had was so short that he was not prepared to make any observations of his own, and, indeed, the title of the lecture wis so general, it would be difficult for him t ) take any particular point, but when he introduced the Rev. ilr. Berrell, they would be aware that they would have an instructive and interesting lecture. Toe reverend lecturer then delivered a very highly interesting lecture on the Christian heroes of the Far East, which was listened to with the greatest attention by those present. A vote of thanks to the rev, lecturer concluded the business of the evenin NOVEL STEAMBOAT.—Some trial trips have been made during the last few days of the River Qeeen, built at the Iron Steamboat Company's yard, at Nine Elms, upon a new principle, which proved highly satisfactory to all person s concerned. The vessel, inste -d of being built wedge_ shaped, is round bottomed, and by its novel construction, is enabled to carry one third more passengers than other boats of the same length, thus rendering her most eligible for excursions and pleasure trips above or below bridge. EXTENSIVE SWINDLING AT WINDSOR.—A person who represented himself as " Mr. John Winning, appointed boatswain to her Majesty's yacht at Virginia Water," has been lately carrying on a course of systematic swindling at Windsor. He visited several inns, and on the faith of being able to give situations on board the Royal Yacht to the sons and relatives of the innkeepers, had various sums of money advanced. Goods have also been supplied him by various tradesmen. The other day Mr. John Winning decamped, in company with a female friend, and a large reward is now offered for his apprehension. THE SPANISH BOUNDARY QUESTION.—The plenipoten tiaries of his Majesty the Emperor, and those of her Majesty the Queen of Spain, signed, on the 2nd of this month, at Bayenne, a treaty destined to regulate the boundary between France and Spain along the greater part of the extent of their frontiers. The international act, concluded after a long negotiation, the duration of which is to be accounted for by the number and the nature of the questions which required a solution, now happily terminates some difficulties which had been in existence ever since the year 1455, notwithstaed ing the efforts made at various intervals to substitute for them a more regular state of things. CRIME IN ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.—For some time there has been a remarkable falling off of crime in Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Dukinfield, and Hyde, and the several places adjacent to Hyde and Ashton-under-Lyne, under the respective surveil lance of the Hyde force and the county constabulary, which it is most gratifying to notice. At the Ashton borough court on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday last week, there was not a case of the least importance ; indeed, on Wednesday and Friday there was not a single case, or even a summons, though Friday is the day for hearing summonses for assaults, &c, and on Monday morning there were only two cases against drunk a- d disorderly persons, and both were discharged. EXPEDITION TO THE NIGER.—The success which attended the exploring voyage of the Pleiad up the Niger, under the command of Dr. Baikie, is, we are happy to hear, to be followed up, as proposed by that officer; Government having resolved to send out another expedition. This a humane awl wise policy. The risk and cost are comparatively nothing. The judicious conduct of Dr. Baikie has shown with what security that most dreaded of the African rivers may be traversed, and how little is to be feared from the climate, and even from that " African fever," which was, heretofore, considered so destructive. Expeditions ably conducted tend not only to cultivate friendly relations with tne natives, but to check, and in the end, to put a stop to the slave trade ; to open new channels of commerce, and to forward the civilisation of the vast interior of Central Africa. The countries bordering this river and its confluents, are now known to be admirably adapted for the purposes and all Wine thev Duties arietie R s of tropicald h Committee , net;o agric n l: nre.— ( ) f whic h 4thence um. im The Mr . Oliveira, M.P., is the chairman, have just issued their annual report, from which it appears that the question to which that hon. gentleman has for some time past dedicated his iefleence and energies is gradually obtaining an extended and favourable consideration. This is espe cially the ewe among the wine-growers of France, of whose views Mr. Alfred Westphal, of Montpellier, is a most able and trustworthy exponent. The committee speak in mode rate, but satisfactory terms of the success of their under taking, and acknowledge with gratitude the aid they have received from the advocacy of the press. Upwards of £4OO have been contributed to the funds, which require still further auemt station for renewed exertions. The meeting held in the Crystal Palace, in July last, at which upwards of st)o persons attended ; the International Free Trade Congress, in September; and the circumstance that peti tions were presented to the House of C nnmons last session, signed by nearly 8,000 persons, sufficiently attest an in fluential and increasing interest in the subject matter of the report. THE LATE JOHN COLLETT. EsQ.—A melancholy occur rence took place on Friday morning, November 28, at Arnewood house, near this town, in the suicide of John Collett, Esq., formerly M. P. fer Athlone, by shooting him self through the head with a pistol. It appears that Mr. Collett, who had for some time past been labouring under an ill state of health, so as to excite alarm for his s...fits, succeeded, early on the m Tiling in question, in eluding observation, and, armed with a pistol. repaired to the library where the sad event took place. A female domestic.baving occasion some time afterwards to repair to the ep )t, found her master on the ground, bathed in blood, and bereft o! life. The shocking intelligence soon spread, and created a great sensation in Lymington, where the unhappy gentle man was well known, and much respec'ed. The coroner's jury sat on the body on Saturday, and returned a verdict of "Temporary derangement." Mr. Collett was a man of considerable wealth, and was, to all appearance, surrounded with everything calculated to the promotion of a more than ordinary degree of human happiness. The funeral took place on Thursday last, when the remains were committed to earth in the churchyard at Milford.—Salisbury Journal. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER A GAOL GOVERNOR.— Some sensation has been created at Bristol since the discovery of a conspiracy among the prisoners to murder Mr Gardner, the governor of the Bristol gaol. When the prisoners had arrived at Gloucester for trial, one of them sent for Mr. Gardner, -and informed him of a plan which had been formed by some of the prisoners (three of whom were ticket of leave men) to murder him. He said that Thomas Vowles (a ticket of leave man), had a stone about his person, with which he intended to kill the governor on the return journey to Bristol, in case he (Vowles) should be convicted. H 9 said that Vowles thought that by so doing he would be able to obtain possession of the keys of the handcuffs, and so let the prisoners go, and that two others of the prisoners were in the plot. Vowles was then searched, and a large stone was found upon him, which he must have managed to secure while passing through the courtyard of the gaol at Bristol, where some building wet going on. The ultimate design of the prisoners would have been 'frustrated, as though Mr Gardner always accompanies his prisoners in the carriage, he makes it a rule never to carry the keys. Vowles pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary committed in conjunction with his father. Mr. Baron Bramwell, before passing sentence, examined Mr. Gardner upon the facts above stated, and then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. A CUMBERLAND LASS.—On Tuesday Mr. John Lindal, shoemaker, Netherwasdale, was visited in the way of busi ness by a customer of no common order. This was Mrs. Wasdale, of Bowderdale, a daleswoman, who has reached the ripe and almost centenarian age of ninety-three. The old lady came four or five miles to buy a pair of new shoes for the winter, and judging from her bale and hearty appearance, which is really wonderful for her years, M r . yet turning over to her pairs, not a few.. Al t h ough b t hye three fashion quarters i n these e H spot, posfri air d azve 1 cgtpeoegwannyethieciut n r eah r a gd y t st . e tishhhr d ee.o S a eLm y d h s e had on a single woollen Lin d a 1 i s likely seiofincoriat,fseta a ielyoka s a,ndds i w ooceawson e nnw i a l dst oa.d a an s lhdharrecee p rlh r jiaet o uinay fi mnw t ioii , niodrhgas, of winter on the day named had set rigorously . in, Mrs. Was dale was not comfortably muffled up in cloaks and furs, as is shawl and bedgown--of her own spinning, too—and a e w p sheh o a e s s es bought expressedk es e s immediately oi apron. o nf her a the e d r gratified, professional . dealer of five and twenty. a The wl pfaancito,nbays onethe way, reminds us of a felt she performed when 87 years of age, viz., salving with her own hands 36 of her own sheep. Her mernoty being retentive , her temperament cheerfu . l, and e h l e g r ew h h a e b r i e t , s is ac a t a iv p e l , ea M san rs t . an W d a , s , d c a r l a e c , ky hy , bar own . fireside or can desire to meet with. On leaving Mr Lindal's she b a de all a h ear ty goo d by e , an d invited the family to ret urn a t Christmas the compliment of her visit, to discuss with her the good old Christmas fare of our old Cumberland fells and dales—roasted mutton, and raised pie, and home brewed beer. SLAVERY-WHAT IS SLAVBR TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir, —The termination of my last letter on this subject has now brought me to consider and deal with a most serious and allaimp ortant q uestion --a question which many great and enlarged philall," throphic minds have shown us p lainl y by the`c frequent discussions on the platform, and by contro versial arguments in various other ways, that theY, are in earnest in boldly grappling with a work ot such magnitude and vast importance—viz., education_ for the people; in other words , the grea t necessity of enforcing upon the minds of the ignorant and del; ralised state of society the imperat ive duty wilied they owe to themselves, as God's creatures, to fee and store their minds wel l with learning -4°a learning as will tend only to their future welfare , happiness, not only in this life but in the life to ha I mean, as I have pointed out be fore, no other tha o: secular and religious educatio n ; for nothing else do--such an education as will, most unquestionabl_ prove to Iss, society, or yiae ntgyxr t , ie o oaauttl b sde e l 3x:t which aimingot greatest r t e hs vae vast safeguardill esttimat—theoande ainililsepotirdaatntaoida: f pro t n do e ti c w t t e o go ; n ci f the vs tressed and perishable condition of thos e it hfllifigio us to assist. However feeble my attempts InaY "% c f extending my views on this momentous subject. afl wrestling with the argument as I would desire; do, some benefit to society may be the result, arid means of civilisation, to some extent , he created. 0 th . _, Many wise and able writers have o bserved the improvement of the condition of th e labourri; classes of people should be uniformly and stvic ps t attended to, and this has, so far, been their 0 11 ; 0 desire to achieve, that, doubtless, for manY Yfet-ba past, this has been the engrossing idea a nd aim more fortunate departments of society. i - „ are It cannot always be said now, of those wit-b well to do in the world, as once in;gbt h ave tl l °, the case, that their minds are entirely pee 11 1 !„, 0 0t 0 ' a ccumulation of wealth, and the sole enjoy'--€ the their numerous advantages without thinking ° l ,off poor. The period in which we live is far dill }fee in many respects, to what it was then, as 01.1,r,',, schools, model cottages, and an endless variejkli public charities, bear witness to, and the estau"o-0, meat of the former must be admitted by e very d, if shows that a great endeavour has been made; a '''„ to l igti sruel mgtbt tutelage being so gade t co power,fafrrtorspeak,hmieedthe i Nnvathoocge,r humblerrf fal e ed a acl temt classes, competition aamvygi grave. . jea g ic o tta i n n einati ! icaris - oe 5 si libel'e (100; are others also, in affluent circumstances , contrary way to those to whom I have just and . who not only check the moral and intellecno. requirements of famiies and individuals of the v 70 1., ing classes—their servants—who are entrust' 'but , at all events, trust themselves to their keep in g' by so constantly over-exerting their powers 7, 0 e of affixes no limit to their day work, and no rep very the sabbath, and by ill-paid wages, tend, in a to ol serious and alarming degree, to dwarf their ot h ialo capacities and undermine their constitutions, Ince renders their lives so frail that their spweiofpcidee:o.untboan: i terminates become ul t o i mf the fathers who have to toil hard for severe an d 'Orel' eelychiilndrdeenaothr,sn,tlrd, agairi'f-oor, siderate employers, whom nothing can e%e rri ,?, auto unreasonably long hours to perform the do" , olio of earning their daily bread ? And mothersostaoa have to work long and hard in fact, ries r f or of all day at washing tubs—to go out eb 9l _,:b lij e ';ie st; nursing, or slop working. or any of the out door avocations by which men and vy°7gree reat towns, c intrive to keep their families a per above starvation. How, I say, are the se poortbeir lected little ones to receive instruction, if visit parents are so far unkindly treated by falls tha t masters How are they to avoid the pit- 19 , e ved lie in wait, for their poor little tottering fe tit e "„ o , ar e day of the week, every hour of every day ? they to be ,raised from that puny, weak , nr 3 '; - 5 00 )e , deterioratod race, unless by the extension 01 al icv benevolent tc haolcalled dupon pAo d handa:tdh who,. stretched e t , lx r uoi e npdt t e c ,l nechuvteeenedd ask, o to u at come are more rn a e ss i ( s o t a v 13 d s rto a t e tth l i f ee charitabletthh their root—and 000 f ts— offspring ra a inn e cg t I of releasing them from this 113i5e ra . life but the employe: s of those who claim {b q 4 r le y ss se b n y se s o t f ri t k h i e ng iO drecie ' ri- ati telli° root—we can expect nothing else than a con iil3ll ,,re of crime and all the wickedness which yv e Ore constantly deprecating. Should it not the n os e e duty of such ought to be guardians of s ocietY arill that these neglected ones attend our public eo..tita schools where they may have good and chfl!ible and 110` princles instilled into their budding, a-- the V minds? Who can disagree with ine 113 de take of this matter ? I think no one to o rga There is another duty which I wish upon as being incumbent upon proptieintorpser:otide: establishments, both in this and other eic marts of trade, and that is, by giving the 0 3 1 5 0 0 in some degree, however moderate, som e c ' o poo from arduous toil, which he can only relirortaiit being instrumental for his good, and this office to devise some plait in which tba t ,g h ° e o, e , effectually be carried out. Things triti s ' w - ILI up strongly sometimes, that is when there On, occasion; but the great difficulty is to rf e a,ro ° o there is true occasion. Very unluckily', ness required on the one hand for taking ,"P e atb o strongly, and the discretion called for on s n , o to decide when. there is true occasion, die 4 b p j ° t o' together. The consequence is, that sen-rtioaeic, world a great deal of zeal without a Pr °l : l t - ilos t if amount of discretion. Let us then, for Pl,d p at o e , not allow our reason to fall asleep , 13111 .,,i shoulder to the wheel and tackle to the P l i p eard the amelioration of the condition of our wor t be It has frequently occurred to me tr . ' th e this kind might, with a little trouble ann_ i e raa i: b 0 f easily accomplished. In this way-- - a ll ' n aosi l4 , l ° 4 atten ion of our local legislators to the P r-.1 0 01°'„ o e, am about to make—viz , the desitableness,,, ", be reading rooms and public libraries, not novo oot s i bthuotnianhetvperryesdniinstirriicgt in n f the town, and o i p fl nio sb i : g al e do r offering n 0 say I cann A, see a more fitting and o`:; 00 0tio - .06 way of appropriating that munificent `poarithe X. 5,000, which a warm-hearted friend to the ws ',I ci d strenuous upholder of the undeniable rig,oll/110 people. has voluntarily come forward witbid;ooßiired sinumthemhaayndnsotofbeonariCegorupaotreatteobocadryr,yand 1/. 1 3 - '1 u e- fei tl out ! el : ha ro ot improvement of the morals of the manY, w hi t pari ii/ oad view, then let the purse strings of our locLlttr e d els be drawn asunder, and, by so dipping i n to w oiit 5- 10 0. box, make up the deficiency in carrying bent ear great and important object. Now, sir, if W io rts wt ibi g t institutions as these established in Inoni:yerrrier o „ r ; great and growing town, I would sugges t " a ce sl 4,o ' plan, by which frequenters of such useful T k iptitntl ol ., might not impose upon the well time", D ote a t b b to ataa c olhyi r dfbbs e evut d teasph u emnae l tor i a t mtfe y gometifh o gpo f hpi slfrtot, principals eetiecsiriahr,spdtemarodlipsakftsetoetoserdwr,lmswea. towards eivs A cneth n crh d .:iesia i rsr n oni erordcm o i r psbp d ioyil e ffot r tya:i i no; : e ; .,tbpe f o e ootior i iss ' o ic o lowing day, e f m lr p a l r o i y a e n r s o h r o m ul a d st h ear ave printed tickets in " .- 40 1 "---s li ' neatly executed —a kind of passport for theP°%," 08%00 0 recourse to such havens of research for kri: t he sig h " ! the let those forms of admission bear date, sa"; - e secii,t O le h e his card duly inspec ed, in order to PO I , and - ,ot not neglected or abused the valuable 1ne87,1, 0;0 0 ; tunity placed at his disposal ; and, if 6 4' 1, 091 / 701),,e 1 ' done by masters themselves, owing to P e re: s ;o l f itP: i e k otherwise, surely there are others colinue-nortsPoitoti when et a hr f ee t e tru r o w ron a ms r d tio s j eh i rs :iuot litebosotts:hinspebpost employ who could undertake such a verY,;: ri nc f adOtnast: One word more, and I say it with a "' in ' o re • f ° o , r tbl d piece of advice to those in power —the immediately mal t h eb e deir m ast i eo n i fy d kee improvements—to bring out, as society—take oi rai well f into eyrn otuiy,oll:lini its es od l et: r odli constitute that vast machinery which to ih r de btio o 00 c ow into the labyrinth of trade, with all idea' ear" trated to the one great aim and en i d t , t dllls;gl o r rr dseisig e lletri : of wealth—think and act feeling' towards,' f orts, t ie -Y their e e re° et who Ido notscruple to assert, create, by boo r ro thing that is practically accomplished, w it t ria i. t te ef st r e i a dwelling house, a palace, or a c - tad el roe , ni,,los what; in a word, as I have said bei r ies o " which ea r of doubtless, the real gigantic forcp 10 bee thing that is accomplished. .cl free r hog de; I trust, ere long, some wi , :er bead a- ve t Jo put into practice all these things we h it not l e o ,o ' lionotkhionginaetaanntidmtea,lkliaomg,oyvoeur,rs B e f e t2 bale 11°1'1 Liverpool, 6th December, 1'856, THE SELECT VESTRY The usual fortnightly meeting of the members of this board was held yesterday, at the Public-offices, Brownlow hill. Mr. Churchwarden Woodruff was in the chair. The other vestrymen present were Messrs. Whitby, Cook, Syred, Smith, Denton, Mellor, Bairstow, Shaw, Crawford, J. Jones, Whitty, Satchell,Jackson, Brancker, Taylor, Crellen, Owen, Chesney, and Critchley. The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, which were adopted and confirmed. THE WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee recommended the general board to accede to the previous recommendation for increasing the governor's salary £5O per annum, he hence forth employing his own domestic servants and all pauper servants to be withdrawn from the house. Mr. Shaw begged to move that the proceedings be con firmed. _ _ Mr. Denton seconded the motion. Mr. NV hitty requested to know whether the increase in the governor's salary was ircluded in those proceedings, or whether it did not require a special motion on the subject. Mr. Shaw : 1n fact it is not an increase of salary ; but es there might be some difference on the subject, he would give notice that he should at the next meeting move that the increase be made. Mr. Dentm requested to know whether Mr. Weightman had furnished his accounts for the measurement of the buildings ? The Chairman replied, that putting the question at that time was rather out of order, but he would, notwithstanding, answer it at once. He has not yet furnished the accounts. Mr. Denton thought such conduct on the part of Mr. Weiehtman exceedingly discourteous to the vestry. He had been repeatedly applied to for the measurement, and yet he would not produce them. He thought that some stens should be taken to insist on their production. Mr. Bairstow thought it was rather surprising that neither the contractor nor the sub-contractor had interfered in the matter. Mr. Denton said the fact was that Mr. Weightman had nothing to do with the sub-contractor; if be had had, it would have been a very different thing. He concluded by moving that the clerk 'oe again instructed to take the necessary steps to obtain the production of the accounts. THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. The proceedings of this committee were read and con firmed without any comment, as they did net possess any feature of public interest. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee were rather more volu minous than usual, and several matters had undergone investigation, amongst which was a letter from Col. North, stating that a man had been dismissed from the Liverpool workhouse ; that the watchman had given him 7s. 6d., and he had a list of places to call at on his way to London, written by a Mr. Thompson. This matter had been enquired into, and from the investigation then made it appeared that there was no foundation for the charge, and that there was not such a person as Thompson on the estab lishment; also, the case referred to them from the West Derby board of guardians, relative to the case of Mary Almond, who, it was alleged, had been refused relief. [The facts of this case appeared in this journal a fortnight since, when the case cme before the board.] All the parties concerned bad been examined, and the result of that exa mination was that the blame solely rested with the woman herself, who had made several statements on the subject. With regard to the complaint made by the police against Martin and Hughes, that case had also been investigated, and the two men told not to offend again. The Chairman, in reference to the case of the pauper Almond, said that the relieving officer of West Derby was to blame for not having relieved the woman, and then she would have not been found in the streets. With regard to a letter which bad appeared in print, from Mr. Heb back, the chairman expressed a hope that in future persons would be more ready to investigate cases before they made charges Mr. Whitty : In the proceedings of the finance committee, there is something said about the payment of £6 for rectorial rent charge, he should like to know what the me ming of it was. The Chairman : It is a payment in relation to the Kirk dale Schools, and has been paid to Mr. Stewart: Mr. Whitty : Bat have we a right to pay it ? The Clerk : Ten years ago the subject was discussed, and it was then referred to Mr. Lowndes, who decided that the vestry was liable to pay it. The Chairman : Wished to know whether the payment of the amount should be deferred. Mr. Bairstow : It would be better. We can then see if we have a right to pay it. Mr. Satchell : I hope Mr. Chairman you are not going to take away Mr. Stewart's rights, as well as the rights of the rector. The Chairman : I am not going to take away any person's rights. Mr. Whitty : All we want is information. The Chairman supposed that Mr. Whitty had a right to ask a qiiesiion. Mr. Bairstow : To settle the question, I wish to move that the payment of the rectorial charges be postponed until the next meeting (cries of " no, no"). Ido so only for the purpose of obtaining information. Mr. Chesney seconded the motion. Mr. Brancker : It is one of those payments that have been made for years, and why should we not pay it now. Mr. B iirstow : Because we have paid it for years, there can be no reason why we should not have information on it now. Mr. Satchell : It has been paid for years, and surely you would not in - ult Mr Stewart now by saying that he had been taking that which did not properly being to him. Mr. Whitty thought it was right that the vestry should have information on the subject to see if it was correct. They would not pay any other bill without first seeing all was right. Mr. Denton did not see that there could be any objection in deferring the payment under the circumstances. Mr, Brancker : But it is not like any tradesman's bill. Mr. Whitty could not see that it would do any harm in deferring the payment, so far as it being an established custom to pay it, he did not think from the experience they had recently bad on another subject, that that was any reason why it should be paid. He considered that the subject should be deferre I for fourteen days to have it examined into. The vestry then divided, when there were twelve in favour of the payment being deferred, and six for it being paid. The motion was consequently carried, and the clerk was directed to be prepared by the next meeting with the facts of the case. After transacting some routine business the board ad j ourned. TreE No SURRENDER SRAM.—" No surrender," was Lord Palmerston's motto. He insisted upon the fulfilment of the treaty of Paris according to its terms—denying that the Bolgrad point, or the question of the Isle of Serpents, was in any degree obscure or doubtful. He insisted, there fore, upon enforcement. We are assured, however, as if it qualified the concession, that " our government has made it a sine qua non that no questions but those immediately referred to the congress are to be admitted for discussion." If we read this explanation aright, it means that the dig nity of our ministers is saved because they specially sur render only those very things the surrender of which they declared to be out of the question, while they are to retain them by the connivance of the French government. Is it so very certain that it will only be a dramatic performance in Paris—all show and no real concession ? In truth, we cannot feel any certainty on that score.—Spectator. C , MMITTAL OP A HORSE STEALER AT WAKEFIELD.— On Monday, before the West Riding magistrates, at the Wakefield Court House, a young man, namel Wm. Henry Norbury. was charged with stealing a black horse, the pro perty of Mr. W. Clayton, maltster, of Wakefield. The horse, which is worth £2O, was placed in a field at Sandal Magna, on the 10th of last month, and was there seen on the above date by several' witnesses. On Mr. Clayton going to the field next morning he found that the gate had been taken off its hinges, and that the horse had been stolen. An innkeeper, from Penistone, stated that on the day on which the horse was stolen the prisoner arrived at his house on a black horse, which Mr. Clayton has since identified as his property. He asked him to put the horse in the stable. He then wanted to borrow 155., and on being refused he immediately decamped, leaving the horse in the possession of the innkeeper. The innkeeper, on going to the police office, identified Norbury as the man who took the horse to his house at Penistone. The bench committed the prisoner to take his trial at the assizes. EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF MISSING VESSELS —OR the application of certain shipowners of Dundee, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered the Bulldog and Salamander steamers to proved immediately towards Archangel, in search of five merchant ships belonging to the port of D indee, which were from Archangel, homeward bound, and have now been missing for two months past. Each cf there ships has received on board preserved meats, warm clothing, boots, Sec considered necessary for th e relief of the lost men should they happily be fallen in with. Both ships left Sheerness on Monday. The commanders are ordered, on their arrival in the Tay, to put themselves into early communication with the owners of the missing vessels at Dundee, where it is expected some experienced ship masters, old traders to Archangel, will be ready to proceed on board. Both ships will then proceed north until they make the Shetland Islands ; from thence they will steer north west, and proceed as tar north as latitude 64, provided they are not prevented by float or fixed ice, Their orders are to cruise for fourteen days, and then pro. teed to Cromarty, and report the result of their search.