Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-25 00:00:00

SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST A CHESTER TRADESMAN. On Saturday, the County Magistrates' Court, at Chester, was crowded, to hear a serious charge of assault preferred by Mr. John Bentley against Mr. 'Ellis Ecela, a blacksmith,. in an extensive way of business,•and a man of propertlsY investigated. There were four magistrates on the bench,. including Mr. Potts, who presideu, and Mr- Peter Ewart:, Mr. MdWard BrOthcrton, of Birkenhead anti Liverpool,: ,defended Mr. Eces. The complainatt, who appeared in'court with his left ann. : in a sling, said—On the 9th cif this , month I went to the; 'defendant's boric, and saw his -daughter, who was prepared with soot and grease, whiet .she -ratted all over my ? , face. •. The Clerk:. What, was Miring at; hilsaid ? The Complainant : Nothing at -'all' es said. I bnck(iii: from her, an tumbled dorm, And shrwent into the house, got an handful, and did likewise v'ailc I was on 'the ground. 1 got hold of her to . -puA her from rue, •and Eccles came up. I get , np by some means, and we got hold of •each other, and he struck mecyer the head with a drawing knife or spokeshave. I caught hold of it with my left hand to prevent hire striking me mgain, and he wrestid . it out'of fray hand and cut it tremendnusly. He struellne over theto.ek of the head with the instrument, and then I -f e ll: down, and don't remember anything afterwards. -Onthe Sunday morning I sent for 'Dr. Weaver. The first blow cut through to the 'lone, but the -second blow must have been 'With the haft, as it only raised a lump. Mi,'Ewart : How long were you confined to your heti'? Complainant : Ever ' I °Cy got out a little hit yestelkday for the first - tine. • Ins cross-examination by Mr. - Bretivrton, the complainant said . that he had had drink : that he' bad not been at thede fendanr s house previously that day, - nor had he been in his garden on that day, -and walked' <CI with a dahlia stick ; thet'he had not seen fie defendant's 'daughter previously that day; that he had been • ten minutes previously standing in some pig styes that were not in Eccles's premises, and that he went there to ask Eccles why he'had put up a flag again. Ho wortid not be certain What think he had between one and four o'clock that day, but he remembered that ithaa Higginson . dr.sw him a pint of hoer, and she said, " John, you will get tipsy; and you shall have no more." He had been foul-times before their Worghips for being tipsy, and - twice for assaulting. He was never charged - with abusing any parties os the high road, 'but he had been charged With putting !them in the ditch. Mr. Bretherton : Oh yes ; that is-nothing. (Laughter.) Complainant : But that was ottiv once. He had 'not abused a boy named Darlington, but he had fought -With him. (Laughter.) He had , been accused of heating a man named Spencer ; had never been charged with beating 'his own father ; never pulled his father out of bed by the' hair of his head,- and beat him with a crow-bar; never broke open the door of his father's house, and never tem- promised the matter in court. Mr. Bretherton - : - Well, now, will you venture to tell their Worships that. you never assaulted your own father ? Complainant : I have done so, but not in that way. That was nothing to do with this case. Mr. Brethert,on : But, Mr. Bentley, when you come here for protection, their Worships want to know your true , elaracter. The cross-examination continued : Did you ever beat your own sister ? Never. Five months ago did you beat her. No. Five months ago was she confined ? I believe she was. Was the Child still born? It was. Had she been beaten the day'before. Never. ITor touched ? No. Nor turned out of n'doors ? I have witnesses here. But, nevertheless, the next morning she was confined of a still born child ? Yes. Mr. Potts said, therthought the line of examination was beinc , carried too far. Mr. Bretherton said, it affected the general charge, and had reference to the complainant's character. The Complainant denied that he had torn Miss Eccles's dress off her back, but he did lay hold of her when she rubbed his face a second time with a sort of-grease. He went to the defendant to ask why the flag was put up, and if he would take it down, for, if he did not then, he (complainant) would pull it down for him. Mr. Robert Lee said he saw the defendant strike the complainant over the head with a drawing knife. In cross examination he stated that the defendant did not strike the complainant until the latter had torn his shirt front. Eccles only struck the complainant once. When he (Bentley) fell and was bleeding, Miss Eccles brought some water, and her father bathed the complainant's head, and bandaged it up 'for him. _ _ . Mr. Ewart pressed the -witness with several questions, with a view to show that two blows might have been given without the witness soeing them both. He said he only saw one blow. In continuation of his emamination, he sal& he saw the young woman's petticoat come off when the plaintid had hold of her. She was appoently trying to get away from him. She had, previous to laying :hands on him, asked him to go away, but he did not do so. Dr. Weaver described the nature of the two wounds ; one an incised cut, which had •very likely been caused by the back of the blade, and the other a clean cut separating the Tittle finger from the third, on the left hand, and .cutting across the palm : The wound en the head - was about one-third of an inch deep, and cut to the bone ; it was - now healed up ; tirtat on the' hand was nearly healed, and the only thing.to be apprehended was that lock-jaw might supervene. Mr. Bretherton, in his defence, did not for a moment mean to contend that a man could , be justified in the use of such , a dangerous instrument as a drawing knife, except in the most extreme case, but what he did mean to contend was 'this —the plaintiff was ©n the defendant's premises, clearly for an unlawful purpose-; .he was drunk too, anctle (Mr. C.) would ask was that tbetime to go and do such-an act as that to his' neighbour, who lived a quarter of a mile from • 'him. Four times during .that day had the com plainant been at the defendant's prem . ises ; he was per suadedEio g o away, and then he went pito the garden and. got a stick, which was taken from him by the, daughter, then he came twice tothelig -styes, and on being:. sent away on each occasion he wertio the public-house, but returned to annoy . the whole family. The complainant had omitted t 4 tell the bench one importantfact that had been stated by his own witness Mr. Lee, and that was, :that before lay ing a hand on Bentley, she suggested that he should go away, and asked him to go. The complainant must have known the fact, for it was hardly lileely -that a man could come in contact . with a girl or young woman, without hay ing a vivit.recollection of such a fact. .AsAke refused to go, she rubbed'his face with a greasy rag. 'Ho -caught hold of her, and held her until her petticoat strings gave way, when the unfortur.ate defendant came up—unfortunate, because he bears a very estimable character, .and had never been subjeeted before to any charge whatever. He was ill tr,i.,ated by the complainant, who.tore his shirt; he had seen his daughter ill used, and he •was , betrayed into doing that, on , the spur of the moment, 'or which he was exceedingly sorry. Mr. Bretherton contended that the blows on the head and hand were contemporaneous, and that whilst striking.the complainant with the lilunt.mle of the knife, the sharp side had caught Bentley's .hand and cut it. Miss Ann Eccles was called, and she stated-that the complainant had 'been at her father's house that day, at one o'clock, when he -struck her mother on the Sareas; that he went into the garden and took a . stick which was taken from him, and that he subse quently came twice and annoyed the faufily. On the last visit she toldlim, if he did not go away she .wauld blacken his face, ant Las he did not go, she ful&led her threat., He Caught told of her, pulled her top slcirt off, . and then her father ea-ifie and struck hits with the knife over the head once. Ellis Eccles, jun., ga7, - e similar testimony. After a long consultat,,n, Mr. Potts said that, a fortnight ago, Mr. Eccles charged Mr; ilentley with pulling down a flag-staff and flag, a mitter upon will& the bench had adjudicated, and then Eccles appeared to have done a very irritating thing by putting up a party ag again. It was very true Bentley was a very drunken fellow, and nothing was to be said in his favonv ; but, at the same time, Eccles had used a most tremendous weapon, for -the purpose of inflicting punishment upon him. The cast was a most serious one, indeed, but the Bench hoped that the very livoderate decision they bad arrived at would be the means of prcuerving peace between the two per sons concerned in this case. If it did not, they would find -themselves dealt with in a very severe manner. The defendant was ordered : to pay 43 4s. flue, and costs. The Court-room mks soon cleared, for the case had created some stir in the city, *ad when disposed of., ;left the justice room almost desolate. • TO SHIPPERS AND P,Tp o , Rs profitable article of export, to warm climatesTE — s — pee l ial m ly e , a a t re the Self cleansing Charcoal Filters, pztented. Saunders and Co., of 16, Parker-street, Liy erpo b f l i invaluable wherever there is bat'. water. Liverpool--in they are Co, allow a liberal discount on export a n d sv tolesale orders. It i s a we ll , known maxim that "time is money'" _the terms are relatiVe •so to save one is to save the other. We save both time.- and economise patience, and present good tempers, when we have a good PEN —a bad one upsets pati ence and temper. Preserve all, then, by paohasing your steel pens and other stationery, at E. T. 1141's whole sale steel Pen warehouse. * S ou th John-street, John Gillott's, Thomp 1 4owe ' s , G. TT. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per Ei'9.lB: qQA Pog 4pldpFs d per demi, LIVERMOL. POLICE ,- INTEIILIGENtE—SArtaImy. BEFORE MR. PRESTON. " Two TO 0 'Gormley,' a 'fireman on board one. oftehe Glasgow 'boats ' was charged by police-offieet 704 with.;beinst drunk and disorderly, anti also with shaving a.ssautted. him. The officer said he sate the prisoner rolling about James-street 'very, drunk, abort a quarter :to 1I ie'ekr,k the previous night. He was':: raking a great noise, and witness told him to depart and keep quiet, when he up With his right hand, awl gave him et, blow on the ;left jaw 'aid ear, and knocked him down. When he got ten; the priSoner again drew his left ha.nd, , and gave him another on the right ear, in miler to keep the left one company, and dawn he - went: a 'second time. When he got up, the prisoner again made,* him, but le drew his staff, and gave him " one " the arm, so liis arm dropped. Not so, however, the other arm ; for he-gave him another blow, and down he went ag:ain. The officer then hit him on the head with his staff, and captured him. Mr. Cobb (for the. prisoner) : - Did - you see a 'woman there ? No. Did you see two men there? No. Mr. Cobb said his client came out of a public-house, whew Le observed two Inen . beatitig a' woman, and,, .of course, he couldenot stand that, and .he. interfered, when one of the men knocked him down, and, on getting -dap, he' happened td 'st r ik e th e policeman, ' thinking he was .one of the men who struck him e but. it seemed he had run away. He trusted that as the man had received severe cuts in the head from the policeman's. stick,. his Worship would think, it sufficient punishment.' The' prisoner was fined 10s. and costs, which he - paid. A FEARTUL SHARE.—A splendid-looking young, man,: about..six feet four' hitches high. who gave the name of George HenryJohnston e of All er t on H all, was charged by Inspector Thomas Smith with having assaulted him. The inspectoreeaid : At twelve lastaight I was.en duty in Lime street, and went into Derry's supper rooms, where there Was a great number eof people ; men and women. The prisoner was there also. Some of them emid, "Well, Mr.-" Bobby, is this yew ?"'" Others said, " Ile is a policeman on duty, and ho has no right to be - insulted." Some" of the people there - were drunk, and cautioned Mrs. Derry lboet them, and said if she ventinued to har-e bour them, I would lay an information against her. I then crossed -over towards the Adelphi when the prisoner ran after me, seized ere by the' breast,' and shook me violently, saying, "If you go back and, make eel apology to;the lady, I will shake you out of your : shoes," and then lie shook me again. 'Cross-examined by Mr. Cobb (for the prisoner) : Was lie svery drunk ? No, not very drank ; he could walk and talk. Mr. Cobb : He merely wanted, yoleto.go back to the lady ; he was only in joke ;to protect her, as it .were ? Inspector : I don't know that ; her husband is in gaol, as he was one of the fellowi -sent to gaol the other day by the Recorder. He tore the . buttons off my coat, but did not hurt me. Mr. Cobb : Don't you think it was done.in joke, more than anything else? Well, I don't know exactly, but I was not hurt.. Inspector Tobin said': I was along with Smith all the ' time, and I saw all he states. Mr. Cobb said his client was extremely sorry for what had happened, and expressed, 'through him, his great regret. He had had too much wine, and itd it merely en joke. He had been in prison all night, and that was some punishment. .His Worship regretted to see a gentleman in such a position, but he would deal with him as he would with any other person, and fine him 'The fine was at once paid. . 4 ‘ A JOLLY BEGGAR."—A stout -" old buffer," named Thomas Farrell, was brought up by officer 417, who said, at one o'clock on Good Friday he got him begging from door to door in Pointon-street. On .searching him at the station, he found six so vere i gns , s i x shillings in silver, and six shillings and sixpence in copper, on him. He said the prisoner made a great deal of money b egg i ng a b out h ouses of fame, . and it was supppoied that he had a great deal of money at some place or other. The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, said, I . am 40 years in :Liverpool; and never was before a magistrate till now. He was sent to jail for three months with hard labour, and the cost of his support to be deducted from the money found on him. The "old buffer " nearly - fainted. CURIOUS CASE UNDER THE NEW YRAUDULENT TRUSTEE ' Act. —A young woman, named Sarah Cross, a person of ill repute, was charged with having stolen £1 5s from a sailor, named John Ashe. Mr. Bluck was for.the prisoner. The complainant said he gave the money to theprisoner to keep for him, andin the morning she denied having had it. Mr. Bluek argued that it was not a stealing under the circum stances. - 'His 'Worship said he would take it under the Fraudulent Trustee Act. Mr. Bluck said, that act never contemplated such a case as the present. The prisoner was remanded, to have the point considered. Edward Robinson, alias Kendall, was brought up by detective officer Patrick, on a charge of having stolen £5O from a cattle-dealer in' Carlisle. The details of this case appeared 'in our paper of Friday. The prisoner was transmitted to Carlisle to answer the charge. NO SIIIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of Saunders find Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and atted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address, SAUNDERS & CO, 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. Were emery man to sum up his own case as impartially as he does that of his neighbour, he would in all probability come to the conclusion that he knows enough of others to be certain that he has enemies, and enough of himself to be as certain that he deserves them. EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There 1S nothing that housewives complain of with greater truthful ness, than the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable china, or earthenware. In hundreds of eases such things cannot be matched, and of course cannot be mended. The latter want has been obviated by an extraordinary and effective invention, by Mr. Adshead, of Derby Pottery, near Derby. It is a cement that may be said to heal, in a per fect manner, all cracks and breaks in the articles spoken of , and not only in these, but in marble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article need not be dwelt on. We have seen some of its effects at Mr. Hall's, our neighbour's, and the glass that has been cemented by it is stronger in that part than in any other. The article is very cheap, and no house can be long without it. .Mr. Hall is the agent for its sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judge for themselves by looking in at his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold in bottles, is each, or sent free on receipt of sixteen postage stamps. N.B.— None are genuine, except bearing the signature, "E. T. Hall." THE BISHOP OF EXETER ON " Sciusm."—The Rev. J. tE. Gladstone, formerly a clergyman of the Church of England, but now the minister of a Free Church, at St. Mary Church, near Torquay, wrote to the Bishop of Exeter a few days ago, informing him that " two youths at school in the parish wished to receive confirmation at the forthcoming opportunity. Their parents were members of-the Church of England, and when at home attended their parish church:" " Your lordship is aware," continued the rev. gentleman, "that there exists a strollg impression that ;in the parish church of this place doctrines and practices are taught and maintained more in accordance with _those of the Church of Rome than of the Church of England. On this account many sincere members of the Church are compelled by conscientious feelings to absent themselves from the church of the parish. By ;heir parents' wish, these two boys have done so, and have attended at' the Free Church. They have applied to the vicar to be =rained that the.y may be confirmekl. He has refused to receive them, unless they promise to attend henceforth at the parish church. At this ' parish church they will not; at their etvn, when they return .home, they Will. I beg to ask your lordship whether, under these circumstances, they are to be denied participation in the rite." To;this communication the Bishop, through 'is chaplain, the 'rev. Reginald Barnes, replied as f o ll ows :—" I am directed' y the Bisop of Exeter, ih answer to your letter of the Bth inst., to inform you that your ministry being ; manifestly sclosmatical, the Bishop cannel, admit to confir mation any candidate who has been under your ministry, unless he is first brought to see and acknowledge the sin which he has committed, and promise before God, and in (faithful reliance en His aid; to renounce it for the future." To this letter Mr. Gladstone replied as follows It is very .well for me and those v,!ho think with me that the voice of ,the Bishop of Exeter is not the voice of God,' that his say ing my ministry is manifestly schismatical,' .does not prove it to be so. It is also well that all the bishops, clergy, and members of the Church d o no t agree o f necessity with -him, for my own daughter Las within the last few months been prepared for coufirmation by a canon of .one of our cathedrals, and confirmed by one of the bishops of the church, after having. received the religious instruction of her life .from myself. Pee sit me to add that by such a course as ,this, the bishop doe; not, and cannot, prevent per- Sons f,rera reeeiving confirmation, but sends them to other diocesses for that purpose ; and I commend to him and yeti the consideration that it is rather your duty to endeavour to win persons .back from schism than to ?harden them in it. I shall ta,ke permission in the last place to tell you, that that which the Bishop calls 'schism' was -not caused in this parish by me, but by Mr. Maskell and his proceedings; that Mr. Maskell afterwards became honestly a Papist, that the schism is perpetuated and strengthened by those who hold Mr. Maskell's principlw without Mr. Maskell's honesty; and that I am preaching without the Bishop's lieense, in spite of a sentence of the Arches' Court, which forbids me doing so in 'the diocess of London and the province of Canterbury ; and Ido so beesase I believe it to be right to obey Goa. rather than man.' I belie v e the Bishop has as much power over me as over any clergyman in his dioeess, that I am as much a priest as any of his clergy, and being as he thinks contumacious he has only to move the Arches' Court . to issue a mon iti on to carry out their own sentence, and and v‘ sc - l a t n h d ot a i l, t t a r n ia d l lam guiltyissue.itmustof and am Ifsehism su b po epsrotng others gireatasin in it, is it not the Bishop's duty either to try to teach me better, or stop me by the power which . as i Bishop he pozsesses ? Will be 40 so?" The above correspondence t. ce mal wa y s r c e h a u d r b ch y :Mr, Gladstone at a publie meeti ng held , EXAMINATION OF THE TWO FOREIGN - PROCITRESSES. At the Hull 'borough police court, on Wednesday, the two German 'women, named Mary Catherine Margaret Hamann, apparently about 28 'years of 'age, and Mary Schwartz, about 50, were brought up before T. IL Travis, Esq., charged with illegally procuring Mary Ann Ferguson and Martha'Vernon, for the purposes of prostitution. The following •evidence was adduced: -- Mary Ann Ferguson . : I know Mary Catherine Margaret Hamann. I saw her first lastsummer, being taken to her by a gentleman. She asked me to go with her to Ham burgh as an unfo r tu na t e g i r l. I s h ou ld have gone with her, but a friend took me away, and I: promised to go with 'her afterwards. I next heard of her being in Liverpool` last Sunday night. She had a room at a gay house, 'kept by a Mrs. Berry. I "rent to her arid asked. her 'if she would take me to •Hamburgh, as I 'did not go last year. She said she was not going to take girls this time, but told me to call next day, - as s'he saw I was determined to go; I did so, and she said she would take me, as I wished to go. She said she had two houses in Hamburg. I understood 'her to mean two gay houses. I loft Liverpool yesterday, in company with the two pri soners and Martha Vernon. I am not certain who paid our fares. Neither I nor Vernon had .any money. For the three days we were in 'Liverpool we had our meals at Mrs. Berry's.. " Madame" (Hamann) always gave us them. She did not find us with clothes. She gave me this shawl to wear. I first saw Mary Schwartz on Monday last, at Mrs. Berry's. She was with Madame Hamann, but was not present when it was decided I should go; they tame to Liverpool together. I told Vernon, who was my 'fellow-lodger, that I was going, and she went with me 'to -see Madame Hamann, who agreed to take her, • after a little persuasion. Schwartz was there. We came to Hall via New Holland, and arrived here about half-past .one -o'clock on Friday. We drove in a' cab to a house in the town, and were to go early on Saturday morning to Hamburgh. We were apprehended by the police about eight o'clock on Friday night. I know 'that last summer Madame Hamann came fer girls. 'I think she only got one' girl, named Alice, who would then be about nineteen or twenty. I am twenty years of age. Hamann said she would dress us up and-keep us, but I don't know that any arrangement was made about money. Hamann told me that Alice had been taken away from Hamburgh by a gentleman. She said there were four German girls in the house she lived in. The other house was for English girls. She said she only.intended to keep six together, and that and Vernon were to have the other house to ourselves. She said it was better for me to be at Hamburgh than at-Liver pool. She said nothing to me about walks, concerts; or theatres, but she said she had music and dancing in her house every night. The deposition of the Witness was then read aver by Mr. Ayre, the magis trate's clerk, and translated to the prisoners by Mr. Jacobson., In the course of it the prisoner Ha mann made the following statement. On coming to the point where the witness said she had promised to go to Germany with her the next time she was in England, the prisoner said, " That was the reason I came." Respecting the travelling expenses of the witness, the prisoner said she "paid all," and had taken a dress out of pawn for the witness, for which she had paid 2s. She also stated that sloe came for girls to Liverpool last summer, and that the " Alice " alluded to by the witness was a girl named Alice Scott. She said she came over to England last year in consequence of a letter which she received from " her agent" in Liverpool (a person who was stated to h ave only one arm,) and that she had had some unpleasantness with him on the present occasion, because she would give him no money, as the girls came to her of their own accord, and the agent had been put to no trouble about them. She wished to correct one statement. She did not tell the witness that there would be music and dancing every night, but they would be taken out to a dance on Sundays. She believed the witness had told the truth, as far as she under stood it. Martha Vernon was then examined, but her evidence was substantially the same as that of the other witness. She said she was still willing to go to Germany with the prisoners, and so was her companion. On the evidence being completed, the prisoners did not deny the charge, but Madame Hamann, in defence, stated that she was "licensed" to keep a brothel at Hamburgh, and was not aware that she had acted illegally in what she had done. She entreated his 'Worship to deal mercifully with her, and said if set at liberty she would never come to this country for such a purpose again. Mr. Travis remanded the pri • soners to Saturday, in order that further inquiries might be made into the case. He stated that he would accept sub stantial bail. Ferguson and Vernon were then placed in the dock, charged with being in company with the two first-named prisoners for an unlawful purpose, and were also remanded to Saturday. The ocean of love is not always a Pacific ocean. EPITAPH ON A COCKNEY.-Peace to hi,: hashes! Qur.wrioN FOIL SURVEYORS.—Is a crazy, tenement a mad house? A. pipe is like a quack medicine, it is nothing until it is puffed. No man is always wrong; a clock that does not go at all is right twice in the 24 hours. • The current coin of life is plain, sound sense. We drive a more substantial and thriving trade with that than with aught else. There are many things that are thorns to our hopes until we have attained them, and evenomed arrows to our heart when we have. That was a very singular mistake made by Digg,iat the wedding, who, when introduced to the bride, wished that she might enjoy many returns of the present happy occasion. A SOUND INFEUENCE.—A gentleman remarking that he had fallen asleep during a sermon preached by a bishop, a wag observed "that it must have. been Bishop the ,com poser." "The wicked don't live out half their days," said a good man to his negro servant. " Dat is queer," said Cuffy. " Him , no live out half his day ? Den I s'pose he did 'bout 'leben o'clock in de forenoon". A farmer who had married a rich wife, after promising another of meaner circumstances, endeavoured to palliate his conduct to a clergyman, who told him it was so wrong that he didn't know anything like it. "If you do not, I do," says Hodge ; "It is like your leaving a poor parish for :a rich one." A certain Scotchman, who is not a member of tho temperance society, being asked by a dealer to purchase some fine old Jamaica rum, drily answered, "To tell you the truth, sir, I canna say I'm verra fond o' rum; for if I tak mair than sax. tumblers, it's very apt to gie a body the head-ache." M.A.m3foni Nnwsp.ti , F.a.—The latest effort at Yankee snpremacy is in the newspaper line —the proprietor of the Constellation, having promised to produce at the latter end of March, or early in April, the largest newspaper the world ever saw 1 The sheet will be three yards and two inches long, and two yards wide. ROLLING OFF A LOG.—An editor out west, being deser ted by his printers, who were " on strike," was compelled to turn into the office himself. _ In his next.week's paper appeared a graphic account of the circumstance, composed by the editor's own fair fingers, concluding with the word s , —" Talk o,; tile sublime art of Printing! bleSs our soul ? it's as eAsy es roLling off a La." A Scimsiriric Toy.—A pretty toy has been invented by Mr. Gorham, which he calls a.Kaleidoscopic Top. The idea is to blend the primary colours by rapid motion,. and then break them by an intervening card, cut into patterns. Some beautiful affects are produced by the top. At first it is rather complicated for a child, but grows easy .with use. It is the sort of toy an indulgent schoolmaster will like to exhibit to his boys on a holiday afternoon. Coiiposmow SLEsr.- - -Lord Thurlow told his nephew that " when yTung he read much at night, and that ante, while at college, having been unable to complete a particular line in a Latin poem he was compoSing, it rested so .on his mind that he dreamed of it, completed it in his sleep, wrote it out next morning, and received many compliments on his classical and felicitous turn."—Lord Campael;'s " Lives of the Lord Chancellors." ANCIENT CANOE.—The loch which surrounds the ancient castle of Closeburn is at present in course of being drained. On Satmelay last the workmen employed in mating the drains discovered an ancient canoe embedded aboitt three feet deep in the moss forming the bed of the loch. The canoe is of .oak, in an excellent •state of preservation,. save that on one side a small extent of white wood is decayed. It measures II feet in length, is 2 feet 4 in width within., and twenty inches deep. —Dumfries Courier. - EIGHT CHILOHE:Y AT A BlRTH.—Abant five months since the wife of Jacob 4.bbott, living about ten miles cast of Golconda, in Pope .county, C.W., presented her husband with eight pledges of affection at one birth. These. children survived until six weeks old, when two of them sickened and died. The remaining six are still living and thriving finely. The whole eight were very small specimens of humanity when ushered into the world, as might have been expected. This statement is literally true ; it is vouched for by numbers of respectable witnesses who saw the children.—Lockport Journal. Literally true..--Gates head Observer. THE GOLDEN Ros E.—" The Pope," says a letter from Rome, "recently, in accordance with annual custom, blessed what is called the "Golden Rose." This flower, which is made of the purest gold, and ornamented with precious stones, was rubbed with balm, and incensed,, his Holiness reciting verses explaining the mystic meaning of the benediction; after which he took it in his left hand and blessed the people. Mass was then celebrated in .the Sixtine Chapel. The gold roses are ordinarily sent to female Sovereigns, sometimes to princes, and sometimes, though rarely, to towns and corporations. The one of last year was sent to the Empress of the 'ranch, and that of the year Wen to the Queen of Spain." GROSS, JOBBERY. To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TIDEWAITERS' CLOTHING COMMITTEE. Sir,- Your letter and mine are now before a dis cerning public, and I am content to leave it with them, to say which of the two is most like what you call a " rigmarole." Mine is =B, statement of facts, which you are unable to gainsay. Evidently your cause is bad to defend ; hence arises the Jesuitical manner your reply is dictated in ; another fact will confirm my previous statement, and that is, namely, —the contract has been given to a house in this town who are neither tailors, drapers, or outfitters, hut, -as you -well know, ure wholesale clothiers, and consequently no more eligible than myself, according. to the construction you put upon your advertisements. You state that it would be unwise, for your reasons for so doing, to be .made public. No - doubt it would, because publicity would at once expose the rotten foundation upon which they rest. For my own part, I believe the advantages 'of publicity far outweigh any • disadvantages arising therefrom; and, as regards my samples being opened, as you now say they were, allow me to ask you what bUsiness had you to open them when you had decided that I was ineligible; and also, again, I press you to give me a straightforward answer to the question. Why did you not state so when I applied for par ticulars, and not put me to the trouble which you acknowled you did. Let your reasons for this be stated, if you do not consider this unwise also ; and as to the statement that my samples were not the best, allow me to tell you that it is mere assertion, and that founded upon ignorance, as I can prove to the world that what I state is correct, providing you had the manliness to accept my challenge, which you very Jesuitically pass over, without even noticing. I again repeat it; if you are right, you have nothing to fear by a comparison of samples ; and though you imagine that the public have nothing to do with the question, what, may I ask you (if my charge be correct), will they think of Her Majesty's Custom-house Officers ? For your comrades' sake, you ought to clear this question up. 'Tis true, your assertions may do amongst your intimate friends, but I imagine they will be few in comparison with the public, who are legion ; and, unless you throw off that Jesuitical mode of reply, and answer my questions fairly, depend upon it they will denounce your committee's transaction what I have termed it to be-- Grose Jobbery. . . WILLIAM EVANS, 8, Pitt-street. THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Yesterday being a partial holiday, myself and a few friends went to Garston, having ordered dinner the clay previously at the Wellington Hotel. After dinner, everythilig being conducted in the most . quiet and respectable manner, to my great surprise, two policemen had the assurance to walk up stairs, and, without the least intimation, open the door, and walk into the room, and was very impu dent. I ask .you, Mr. Editor, if the liberty of the subject is to be, infringed upon by such unworthy representatives of Government.—l am, yours respect fully, ' VINDEX. Liverpool 23rd April, 1859. THE BRUSSELS GREAT CATTLE SHOW. —Th e great cattle show held at Brussels, on the 18th, attracted a large crowd of spectators, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, snow and sleet having fallen on that day. The animals exhibited, 532 in number, were extremely fine, being chiefly crosses of the Durham breed. Prizes were adjudged to the amount of 2,800 f. for oxen, 850 f. for heifers, 375 f. for sheep, and 400 f. for pigs, besides 18 silver medals. SENTENCE OF DEATH ON A GENERAL FOR POISONING.— The Criminal Court Of the Hague has delivered its judgment in the case of General Gunckel, accused of poisoning his mistress. The jndnment, which was of great length, declared unfounded the plea of insanity raised on behalf of the prisoner, and condemned him to death by hanging; the execution to take place at the Hague. The General manifested no emotion on heal ing the sentence. The court was crowded to excess, chiefly by personages of distinction. SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE.—At the customary election of 16 representative peers for Scotland, which will be held at Holyrood-palace, shortly after Easter, there will be three vacancies to fill up, even if the other 13 should be all re-elected as a matter of course. Two vacancies are occasioned by the bestowal of the English barony of Strathspey on the Earl of Seafield, and the intended grant of a similar honour to Lord Elphinstone, as already an nounced by Lord Derby in his place in Parliament. The third vacancy will arise from the retirement of Lord Sinclair, who has long been the senior representative peer, and who has nearly completed the 91st year of his age, and is the oldest member of the Upper House, with the single exception of Lord St. Vincent. We understand that the Earls of Haddington and Morton and Lord Saltoun have announced themselves as candidates for the expected and actual vacancies. It is remarkable that the late Earl of Morton, and also the late Lord Saulton, were for some time representative peers for Scotland, while the late Earl of Haddingtou held a seat in the House of Lords in virtue of his English Barony of Melrose, which did not descend with the Scottish earldom to his kinsman and successor. The three new candidates for seats in the Legislature are all supporters of the present government. NEW ACT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CONVICT PRISONS. —A new law was passed on the prorogation day of the late session for the management of convict prisons abroad. The governor of a colony where a convict prison is established, by virtue of his office, is to have the same power as the visiting justices in England, or the director of convict prisons in England, and the same powers are to be exercised by visitors appointed by the governor, with the sanction of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may appoint (and remove at his pleasure) a comptroller, or super intendent, or a deputy ; also a chaplain and surgeon, and assistant chaplains and assistant surgeons. Subor dinate officers may be appointed and removed. A governor is empowered to suspend the chief officers until the pleasure of the Secretary of State is ascer tained. The Secretary of State is also empowered to make regulations for the good government of the prisons, to pre vent the introduction of spirits and prohibited articles of food. No convict is to be discharged who is labouring under any acute distemper, unless at his own desire. Every term of penal servitude is to commence from the expiration of any unexpired term. Offences under the act are to he tried according to the law of the colony. Returns are to be made, and to be laid before Parliameat. The Act is to apply to Bermuda and Gibraltar, and to any place hereafter appointed for the confinement of offenders, and the keeping of them to hard labour. GUN MAKING AT WOOLWICH ARSENAL —Of the inumer able experiments tried durin g the last two years at Wool wich Arsenal for the purpose of ascertaining the best way to make large guns, one good thing has come, at all 'events— the authorities and ourselves know the proper kinds of iron to use for the purpose. Failures there may have been in the subsequent stages of manipulation, but many guns were certainly cast of the best possible admixture of metal for the purpose. So long back as 1356 ironmasters and others were invited by public advertisement to send to that estab lishment samples of the iron they could confidently recom mend for this particular branch of 'manufacture. Fifty samples came on this invitation. These were subjected to tests chemical and mechanical in the first instance, and selections were made from them. The result of these primary experiments demonstrated what has sub sequently been completely confirmed—that English cold blast pia iron is quite equal in purity and strength to the bulk of foreign iron. Northerton and Parkhead were found in these early trials indeed to be far superior to East Indian or Nova Scotian. Swedish grey occasionally proved of very superior character, but generally it seemed extremely hard, and it could not be used, therefore, safely in the com position of guns. The impurities sought for in the chemical testing of the iron were silicon, sulphur, and, phosphorus, and if these existed in quantities larger than 1.5 per cent. of the first, .05 of the second, or .5 of the third, the iron was uniformly rejected. The mechanical tests were applied to ascertain the tensile and transverse strength of the material when cast into bars. Its specific gravny was also taken into account. Without going further into detail, however, upon this interesting subject at present, it may be stated,—and there is some satisfaction, in a patriotic sense, in doing so—that the irons peculiarly adapted by nature for the manufacture of large guns are English, and these stand in the following order— Northertou and Parkhead, Staffordshire ; Bowling, York shire; and Blacnavon, Shropshire. The cost of these averages from £6 to LG lOs per ton, against £8 15s -to £lO per, ton for foreign. The charge of metal necessary for the casting of a 68-pound gun, with the " dead heads"— the latter is used, howe ver , in the charge for the next gun to be cast,--iS eight tons or thereabouts, and the conve niency of using English irons, with the certainty that they are the best becomes thus apparent. ,Fhether the Arsenal will yet be able to finish these weapons in it style equal to twat of :certain contractors is, we believe, a proam yet to Q 157 9 -- fe chan Magaziite. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening. This was generally a .holiday .with commercial men in Liverpool. The Cotton Market and Stock Exchange were closed, but there were nevertheless some business transactions. In the London Stock Market there was a large number of members in attendance, in consequence of the exciting character of the foreign news, and obtained admission to the building. Transactions to some extent took place, notwithstanding the pre vailing excitement. All the markets wore a very wild and excited appearance, and every class of stock and share property suffered severely. The Funds have fallen per cent compared with the latest quotations of Thursday ; and English Railway Stocks 11 to 2 per cent. French and Lombardo- Venetian railway shares are also severely depressed and almost unsaleable. Consols opened at 93f to 931 for Money and the sth of May, and, after vary ing between 931 and 94, are now quoted 93,1 to 934, both for Money and the sth of May. In the Share Market the quotations at the close were—London and North-Western Stock, 911 to 92+; Great Western, 551 to 56 ; Midland, 981 to 99+; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 901 to 91+ ; Caledo nian, 381 to 39 per share; and South-Eastern, 19a to 19? per share. It will be noticed that the depre ciation, compared with the closing quotations of Thursday, amounts to about 1 to 2 per cent, French and Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares have also sustained a severe fall. Lombardo-Vene tian Old shares are now quoted to N dis, and the New, 1 to 11 dis. All the other foreign as well as colonial railway shares, have likewise given way, but the extent of the reduction cannot , yet be accu rately tested. At Paris this day, at the official opening of the Bourse, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were dealt in at 64.75 for the account, but soon receded to 64.55, showing a fall of about 2 per cent. compared with the last price of Thursday. The telegram adds, that the Rentes are " pressingly offered." Foreign stocks of all descriptions have likewise fallen heavily, and quotations in many instances are merely nominal, the appearance of this department being extraordinarily unsettled. Some idea of the nominal depreciation may be gathered from the fact that the Old Turkish Six per Cents. are now called 81 to 83, and the New Loan 71 to 73. The Movements of the Precious Metals during the past week have been moderately active. The imports have amounted to about 252,9101., including 6,2501. from the United States by the Niagara ; 2,7101. from the Peninsula, by the Taus; 18,9501. from Alex andria, by the Indus ; 25,0001. in sovereigns from Constantinople, and about 2,000,0001. in silver from the Continent. The exports have been 709,2841. to the East Indies and China, by the Peru ; and ship ments to the Continent through the London Custom House estimated at 6,3681.---making a total of 715,6521. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.---APRIL 23. The markets being closed till the 27th, both Sugar and Coffee are quiet. Tea firm ; common congou Rice good inquiry, and business doing at advanced rates. Saltpetre market much excited, 43s paid for 5 per cent refraction to arrive, being an advance of 3s since Thursday. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—APRIL 23. Most of the principal dealers being absent this morning, we have no report to make under this head. MARKET AVERAGES.—Town tallow, 57s 3d ; fat by do., '3s Od ; yellow Russian, 67s 6d ; melted stuff, 41s; rough ditto, 24s 6d ; tallow greaves, 15s; good dregs, 7s. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—APRIL 23. !Very little inquiry to-day for any kind of hops, and prices ruled almost nominal. LONDON MINING MARKET.--APRIL 23, In the - absence of the leading dealers, very few transac tions have taken place this morning in the mining market, and no reliable pikes can be quoted. From Dundalk Lead Mines (April 16), Captain S. Bailey reports : " I find by dialling the 10 fathom level driven north from the underlay shaft that the lode which had crossed this end 2 fathoms behind the present fore breast, or 11 fathoms from shaft, is our counter lode; and as the lode at this point is rather poor, I beg to suggest for your consi deration whether it would not be judicious to suspend driv ing on the north branch at the 15 fathom level, it being only 5 fathoms deeper, and drives out. at our nest levels." DONCASTER CORN MARKET.-APRIL 23. There was an average show of wheat, but the probability of war and the general election disturbs trade. White wheat 6d per three bushels dearer, and better descriptions, of red meet with a still readier sale, and oats and beans unchanged. • NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET.—APRIL 23. Moderate supply of farmers' wheat, which finds ready sale at an advance of is to 2s on the prices of this day week. South country scarce, and held for 2s per quarter more money, which checked sales. Foreign generally held much above market value, and consequently nothing could be done. Flour easier to sell, and is per sack dearer. Malting barley : Not much done, and but last week's prices obtained. Oats firm, but not brisk. Beans and peas met more inquiry, and prices rather better. GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—APRIL 23. Nothing doing. No. 1,50 s 9d to 51s ' • warrants, 50s 9d 51s ; makers' iron, 50s 9d to 51 s ; N o . 3,50 s 9d to 51s. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—John Manley, Exwick, near Exeter, miller. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.—John Turton, Notting ham, lace manufacturer, 2nd dividend of is ld, April 25th, and three subsequent Mondays, at Harris's, Nottingham. William Aulton and John Sanderson Butler, Nottingham, lace manufacturers, 2nd dividend of ss, April 25, and three subsequent Mondays, at Harris's, Nottingham. George. Bradshaw, Whitchurch, Salop, innkeeper, Ist dividend of Is 91d, April 26, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Whit more's, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS D LbSOLVED.—G. Gee, R Gee, I. Gee, and S. Gee, Kersley, Lancashire, cotton spinners, so far as regards R. Gee. F. Daniels, sen., and F. Daniels, jun., Manchester, wine merchants. R. Maddox and W. Home, Shrewsbury, mercers. W. Rayner, W. P. Rayner, and F. Rayner, Birmingham, millers, so far as regards W. Rayner. L. 'toys and F. Zima, Manchester, cork cutters. W. Bowker and W. Jewitt, Droylsden, Lancashire, cotton dyers. R. Adams and W. Powell, Market Drayton Shropshire, mercers. R. Hammersley, C. Ball, and Drayton, Leek, Staffordshire, silk dyers. THE TRANSATLANTIC BALLOON. - The arrangements making ,by Mr. La Mountain for the manufacture of the balloon with which he intends to cross the Atlantic are rapidly progressing to completion. The twine from which the network is to be 'made has been finished at the rope and cordage manufactory at the Dam, and is the most complete article of the kind ever made in this country. It had been the intention Of Mr. La Mountain to build the balloon at Lancaster, Pa., the home of Mr. Wise. Recently, however, offers have been made to induce him to do the work here, and he has it now in contemplation to procure a large room at some convenient location, and proceed with the work. He has not, as yet, fully determined upon this point. Mr. 0. P. Gager, of Boston, proprietor of the Bennington Pottery, who has been connected with Mr. La Mountain in this enterprise from' its inception, and who has the fullest confidence in its success, has made a selection of a superior quality of India silk, which will probably be employed in the manufacture of the balloon. Mr. Elisha Waters, of this city, is engaged in getting up an apparatus for main taining different degrees of altitude without wasting gas or discharging ballast, which is to be attached to the car. The enterprise begins to assume a tangible form.—Troy Times. AN UNNATURAL MOTHEL-At the court-house, Burnley, on Tuesday, Margaret Blakey was brought up and charged with having thrown her child, a girl two years of age, on to the fire. The prisoner is a married woman, but did not reside with her husband. On Monday night, about seven o'clock, she went into the house where she and her child lodged, in Finsley-gate, and inquired of the old man who occupied the house what her husband had been saying about her. He replied that her husband was for taking the child from her. She swore he never should, she would put it on the fire first. As soon as she had said this she seized the child and put it on the fire. The old man rushed to the fire, and rescued the child. In his evidence before the bench he stated that he could not say whether the mother had hold of the child when he dragged it from the fire, he thought she might have, and his wife. had told him that she had. The child is severely burnt on the back of its thighs, but not dangerously. The mother was described as being in a very excited state at the time, but whether she had been drinking or not•did not appear. She had nothing to say in her defence more than that she was quite "raging" at what her husband proposed to do. The bench tentenced her to six months' impi•lsonmcnt, with hard 14bour. Sill P P ING INTELLIGENCE. HIGH WATER. Morn. Even. Height. Tois DAY . • . 425 —.. 5 0 .... 10 S WIND At LIVERPOOL,—E.N.E.—Moderate breeze. " HOLYHEAD,—E.— Do. A A R R I V E D. Alps (ss) New York.l Herald of the Morning' Kangaroo (ss) New York. - COW' Persia (s) New York Nemesis (ss) .... • • ~. a y Daphne Abbeville Prince Albert (ss) : • 01 "" - a Rita (ss) Bilboa Nova Scotian ....Portlall SAILED. Atilr Niagara (ss) • Boston 'Linn. ....... .. ••• • • S 4 c arc . Axel Charles Souchay .. Charente Coronella ....Mon te Lubec Newfoundland Teaier Buenos Ayrv- i. k r ehaag e Siam Quebec Watchword .•• •- bec Edith Monte Video Home .......... Que _ Cyprus . . Cronstadt Lucie Arnie ..... .Bordean,;, Havelock Perthshire .... Rio lloniba Jauciroy Es TeazerPir . ... . . . . . . . '- ............. Li bo St Peter Paul Riga Odin (ss) ..... CronsT'„ 4.6 1( '` Windau Riga Athenian (ss) .•• • • • °JO' St Jean Bordeaux Reays Emma Jane Bombay Isabella ....... • Bordea T and J Sutton .... Stettin Florine mARITIMB EXTRACTS. Ln-EitrooL, April 2 4. elf Captain Landerkin, of the ship Montecello, from - the , Orleans for Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton, o d d by destruction of which by fire has already been repor te telegraph, arrived at ( New Orleans on the Ist insta nt, . ) fe the ship• Franklin Haven, Capt. Sears. The captain's the and the crew, seventeen in nu m b er , a l so arr ived 00 "eat Franklin Haven. Captain Landerki n re p or t s that he to sea from Pass a l'Outre on the 26th u lt, a t 9 3 . 111.; tbe 10.30 a.m. 27th, smoke was discove r ed i ssu ing from of boobyhatch ; had the hatch cleared away ; the volume 4 smoke increasing, placed the ship before the wind tn_,„'; for the land, which was about 75 miles distant, be a 'l .- north. Having got the ship before the wind, had the bl t t.i? cleared away and the launch ready for immediate nie• 1 p.m. the fire burst out through the deck ; the care en and othors went to work throwing water on the fire, 'f',l the remainder were engaged in lowering the boa ts r oe .• getting them astern. In the meantime the fire had b ro '' out in several places and communicated to the portll4 fore-running rigging; the port lanyards were soon away, causing the fore and mainmasts to fall to the S ' - es, board. The ship was now enveloped in smoke and VI,. when all hands took to the boats over the stern of the s 'li at 3 o'clock p.m. Lay by the burning wreck until sbe o'clock p.m., at which time she had burned down t ot bends ; night coining. on left the boats for the Passen , o 7o• , on Monday, 28th ult., at 12 o'clock, made South ." light, the keeper of which directed us to the head of Passes, which was reached at 11 p.m. 28th. OUTPORTS. GRAVESEND, April 23.—Arrived : The Eliza Grace, 'rota Ostend ; Dagler, Dantzic ; Balance, Rostock • Stralsund ; Pilgrim, Christiana ; Catharine, Kioge Pr i . 111 „;:' Gothenberg Frederick, Gothenberg ; Cristiana, - Chrisu 3 ;4. Perle, Danzic : Julia, Pellan ; Soberlina, Danzic ; Sea ; •• Antwerp, Gesina Ebrina, Danzic; Pollux, Gothenberg E. U., Frederickstadt ; Otto, Stralsund ; Andrea, Ca rtb f i e ' gena ; Doctor, Taganrog ; Temora, Rotterdam ; Danzic ; Speculation, Arundel ; Phoenix, Danzic ; Christiana; Johanna, Sannesund ; William, Dunke v rc l o t r , Anna, Stronstad ; Edward, St. John's, N.B. ; "st. Frederickstadt ; Marley Hill, Lisbon ; Charles Brooks , s , Vincent ; Nathalie, Danzic ; Theodore, Horsems; Maria, Randers ; Catherine, Ditzum ; Christian, Hoop, Worcum ; Odine, Randers ; Mary and Ann, Ail• , ville ; Jacob, Stromstadt ; Castor, Gottenburg ; Mitt-o'l, Danzic ; Auguste, Wiesmars ; Sarah, Gottenburg Anna Sophia, Helsingford ; Gefion, Sarpsburg; I .,e na n - 0 , Stralsund; Ferm, Lisbon; Herd, Nieuvort ; r • Christiana ; Soma Lomston, Sarpsburg ; May-flower, COP.:. Plenty, Gottenburg ; Hertha, Danzic ; Die Berthe, Danzl" ') parz ic Charlotte, Danzic ; Frederick Serilla, Danzic ; Cline, Genna, Gottenburg. Sailed : The Indian Ocean, for Bombaq,, Caledonia, Hambro ; Gundreda, Adelaide ; Barbaallw Bombay ; Morning Star, Bombay ; Schwalbes, Bremeu; Excelsior, Hobart Town ; Jenny, Berbice ; Hannah, IC° . DEAL, April 23.---Passed and anchored : Princilla, L a ; don to Bathurst ; Edward, St. Johns to London ; Bac London to Lisbon ; Vespasian, L o nd on t o Calcutta ; Co n do'. London to Rangoon Agnes Garland, London to , Janeiro ; Elinor, Londo n to Kurrachee. ' QUEENSTOWN, April 23.—Sailed : Mary, for London' Und, Frith of Forth; Jessi ss a, Li ver p oo l ; H.M.S. rerse; verance, Cape of Good Hope, with t ro op s ; C or morant ~, Liverpool. KINGSTOWN, April 23.—Arrived : The Duke from S, e "' port, for Newry; Catherine Regina Dole from Ode" - Sailed : The Swan for London ; Duke for Newry. DUBLIN, April 23. —Arrived : The C a j ons from Ch stone ; John and Anne, Newport. WATERFORD, April 23.—Arrived : Th e Telegraph, fr ap., - ° . • Kraderoe ; Malvma (s), London ; Killa rne y (s), C °r}l i j Mars (s), Liverpool ; Camilla (s), Bristol ; Malakoff r Milford. Sailed : The Shamrock (s), for Bristol ; Liverpool ; Aurora (s), London. BELFAST, April 23.—Sailed : The Amelia, for Trooa ; S t " ~ Anne Bidian, Troon. GREENOCK, April 23. —Arrived : Th e Evangeline, from Rome. Sailed : The Zara, for Demerara; Mae, Montrem" FOREIGN PORTS. gar ci) Ethiope (ss), hence at Madeira, and left for Africa 31. Danube (s), hence at Genoa, April 17. il 16 ' Katty Darling, cleared at \ Vigo fo r Li ver pool, Apr Clio, Santos, hence at Lisbon, April 14. Moult, Sladen, sailed f rom St. 'tithes for Liverpool, APri 18. Hebe, Mathews, sailed from Cadiz for Liverpool, 14. left for America (ss), from Marseill es a t B arce l ona , a nd Liverpool, April 17. Tajo (ss), hence at Barcelona, Aprill6. Susan West, hence at Paimbceuf, April 20. Bernicia, I. 0., and Express—all at Paimbeeuf for Liv er pool, April 20. • e Ellen and Honour—both sail e d from Paimbceuf for 1 0 r pool, April 20. Marie Adele, and B on J u l es b ot h sa il e d from St. Nazaire for Liverpool, April 20: Alice, and Maroim—both sailed from St. Maio for W ei 4 pool, April 18. 4 Pallas, Westlake, hence at Helvoet, April 21. r ood Nictanx, Armst rong , c l eare d at Charleston for Lire— April 7th. Judah Touro, a n d E m il y S t. P i erre, cleared at Charlastea '- for Liverpool April Bth. Canova, and Henrietta, c l eare d at A pa h c hicola for L iyer pool April sth. Sirms, Pope, hence at New Orleans April n 2 d • William Rathbone, Aquilla, Northampton, Thor ed - s t HorizOn, Albatross, Arth.ur, and Henry Cook—all cl ear • New Orleans for Liverpool April sth. AMERICAN NEWS. Delhi, hence at New York April 8. William Penn, Meade, hence at Baltimore April 6. Leucothea, Gay, hence at Boston April 7. National Guard, Gates, hence at Galveston. Souter Johnny, Small, hence at New Orleans. John M. Ward, and Carlyle ; both hence at New Orleans April 8. Pleiades, Winslow, hence at Philadelphia April 7. Georgia, M'Loon, hence at Savannah: „ fi nah Consul, Theodore ' and Colonist ; all cleared at Sa va x: for Liverpool April 5. Vancluse, Carney, hence at New Orleans. Clara Wheeler, hence at New Orleans, April 7. • Thames, Anthony, hence off Providence, April 6. , City. of Baltimore (ss), Leitch, hence at New York, Allm 12. 1 Lebanon (ss), Cook, hence at New York, April 12. B. D. Metcalf, hence at Philadelphia, April 5. I Orso, Jones, c l eare d a t N ew O r l ea ns for Liverpool, 7th inst. o Endymion, Hallett, cleared at Mobile for Liverpool' Ist inst. Challenger, Johnson, cleared at Charleston for Liverpool' 7th inst. Canada (s), Lang, hence at Halifax, and sailed Bth inst'' at 4 p.m., for Boston. Edinburgh sailed from Glasgow at New York, mis t, t Inkerman, from Charleston for Liverpool, 4th ins ity THE NEW MEDICAL ACT.--On Monday Act to amend the Medical Act of last year. The P eli t he for the registration of the profession is extended from the Ist January last to the Ist July next, to which time formation of " The Medical Rey is also extcuode.ae The Act is amended with respect to persons entitled t 13 Ot registered. Any person who has a , degree or diploma, was printed : being a Britishsubject, Clastvely for foreigners. may practise in any hospital e'' kA VI( ty t' %t 1 Lit z to* THE NORTHERN TIMES MONDAI, APRIL 25, 1859 ___.-....J '