The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-14 00:00:00

arm•rcloaamoeg , ,,l6l=.'... TITE CRIMEA. SEBASTOPOL, MAY BOTH, 1856. t 0 1." 4 tune that army—on ' whose deeds and welfare rtti: ° tlcl hung With interest—will have entirely 0.1,1k1 w hich they h ave su ff ere d so muc h t o ga in. !,1,474 re g i ments —the 9th, 39th, 17th, 62nd, and atici:re l ong since.; th ose f or Co r fu, the 68th, gal are also on their way to their new and more the ; While, a these destined for Malta, only two 1,2,t 0gs 3 1st an d Ito , 4 7th, igth, Pals (let) ; the rest, viz., the 21st tv io tte, b7th, and 71st having already Failed, thlt4tio ► e daily ex p ec t a ti on o f th e i r orders for aild - When th ey h ave gone , th e reg iments for lt(11 Ril) , 5.e, it ie h o p e d, i n qu i c k suc c es sion. The 'be the first to embark, and some ef them will '`lte e lelv e during th e ensu i ng wee k ; they are in l eti 04 i')tiditioll, and, notwithstanding the recent fl: 4 the s i ze of men, the present battalion e a bod y of men as one would wish to their O w , I)l)gins t n g extr„_. present ' Canary 1 emintrr . , .ng sta tae cupidity e migratory movements, deserted lo i, and a burr Bing servility ppearance ; ruins subterranean which our gore es, cart lea, MaS3 of odds Tartars k cautee ily careerir iavoiirite charger, nment ) part with at a sum which, e departure sclfy e QlllPelled its owner tWoald wen t • - b adding insult to it °tit° b ow I Perhaps, as amusing a critique on th,- 1 ' tile era at home, • - n for bidding any "transport Eta r, `Si p s, 1 do the forenoon, "tt t r eturn till dinner time ; the news is q 0 fat e h eY ride up ; immediately the mind reverts tig °f the brave an i m al which has carried them titr4'll° ; a cant e en-man, however, is at hand, , °4 11: : :: )e s I actu a ll y o ff ers t o t h e B r iti s h officer in full ' 4 9 ft 3 1 a head for the whole lot, " What ! sell my that gave £l5 for ?" ruefully exclaims a ' 4 llO ll he thinks o ver th e s m a ll return for expended tll t: l tteci alle , l , 4 ,. ; but th ere i s no h e lp for it, and the sale is 4 '' I 1; "e above offer is rather above than below the h 4 ''e known a good-tried pony, with a good saddle SOid 8 4 1 ) f or a dozen of bottled porter.. But the_ case )I.44 a t te , nl (who is not actually required to have ffa etaA ',le hard as that of the chaplains and staff °° to chaplain is required by the regulations of 0 6, 41° ‘ i h„ Ptilt ide himself with a charger and a baggage " does so, and gives about £3O for his L l ha l e :. 44 tl5 for , his bat-horse ; his pay and field tti at t el , by no means . more than adequate to meet 11 0 . other contingent expenses of camp gaperllt la ordered home with the army, and, by the 1 '4 ' 4 0 1 order , is not allowed to take any horses with . , til eaa• t tece ive any compensation for the loss in disposing N' m 'e thinks himself lucky to get £5 for his two I ql 4 ;' lthole stable equipment; and on his way through \ t t4 ts .4 o , ta i the transport ship,wonders that a Government 1 1 t3. id l ; si gns of whose immense wealth appear on t lip,ts crowd of Turkish labourers, hired atmos .14 1E Atit t w ages, its immense piles of stores, its railway, 14 4 11altra D P ,: -.Bll euld condescend to take £4O or £5O from Y • - J. Similar is the case with staff officers—even 114t t kt t t 13 1, 4e ,' t he are required to have three or four On h y duty, but if below the rank of major, can are forced by their Govern 4111+51°,!°tich strangers a il; the manner I have described. 'y a Flo 1111gra leful g our country may be, the army, at least, kPtt /t1 for evil ; and on Saturday last nowhere was i - " EI Y of our beloved Qieen celebrated with greater , th e d'4ll.,°re en thusiasm,than on the plain of Balaklava, C m h i d ' t _ 4ll t Boil of the Crimea. A review of the whole t:4l-7 11 ordered, e , eci, and at 3 p.m., probably for the last 14 4fIl 'tto - a t ti ,g l igh army ‘ was . stretching its long and glittering Ntte • ue talaklava plain. They were drawn up, on . t l 44 1 41 ' nearer to the road and liadikoi. The regi r "ye named above, a few generals, and aTeat to to M cers were absent; but still about 20,000 44t "lat ra te condition and order, were drawn up in , 0t1,4 array. Th e t ro ops were in the same order A► t re/ iews the Guards and 2nd Brigade—co t4 th4)6 l - 4 , 18t Division on the extreme rig ~ ht, next to the Idanderis, then the c 514 ha ' g il t Divisi on an d Rifl es on th e e xt r eme left. The k. 'jilt b een drawn up in line, the grand ceremony Codrington, attended by instructio Can well imagine ; the order arrives, the officers are out riding, divisions in numerical order, 4 th . "' lat - com menced, Ge, t Wa / )l 6e ne ster, to o k up a po 11ike 4°1711 the li ne —th e i r b r illi a nt staff enciroiin t , "ttillb °w • then with the faces of the whole army P .ugancl—where she ruled, whom they had .on well in front, about 4 1444 i , t t4 ' ll talit le 0 itm _ Well f or " ' -- their l ove d a nd longed-for home—they ICb.'ttl,th 8- 40%ted (1e s ome rising Ignal o firing the salute. Artillery ha , g ; t ; e n sui l " ro ath of w hit e smo k e cur l e d grace fully through l ; end the boom of the cannon gave the ttl° fir l e i . i i gn oe tt k l ; • the men came With one long simultaneous ring to "attention," generals, kf 4 4; ittadd. I ter e whole army looked in a moment as if t lt" t - "ed out of stone. Then a short pause—a gun f ita long rolling round, woke the echoes di ed bees 444 M ountains in honour of her forwhom they h 'l , b 11° bray 1 As the sound of the last gun ~,,C , 4 14 1* , ,m ' ' the band ' s o vi f on each . regiment all down the line d 11teth : f°tti l "God save the Queen ;" the unfurled rtiki ofallted (almost it seemed) to the air ; and . as de t ed fl ,l_ lN( l ' t o llatia tal anthem pealed forth, one felt in tt , - ` q likt n be an Englishman." After this,. Generals °Ne and Per ` de slowly down the line, and the itti ek ttie/iew ended with r t o he whole army marching past in l ld hs _ ktttte te4 l:4o. The Guards and Highlanders, as usua c , 174(1eb, attention • the Rifles were also mu ith 11 1: 4 : 4 464 1::I, 13 ._!! . 3 31 fact, all ' the men looked so well, that amoubitaeekas. b 4 t he. 714 !" 8 to distinguish; and the Czar would . have et awl much as he could manage with all the FRANCE. (>4t°l4 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 11 le b PARIS, T 11 1 ' 111) 1) - litra6DAY EVENING. It -eror returned to St. Cloud last night, at twelve 444 ; 441 his visit to the inundations at Angers and Ntail. 1 . lhan ks to the fine weather which continues to t b l4 113 ;bo tuel are now nearly at an end; but, in addition to a v ; 4 e i ,, offellee disasters they have occasioned, they leave 'l4 torefoul slime and filth, and of dead bodies, °le,tl;a4B,o4(t)e::_taa cr g ea r tea pestilence. In some places near 14 41 0 f i t peel.aprpea El . t hat . the Loire has deposited a thick tl , e to, ( 1 11 IY pernicious . sort of sand, mi lt ...i re • which, having l t ,, e 4 be into the soil, will, it . . is said, in spite of al tlie ' cl°ll e, deprive of all futility for several years to L lt h ‘i th ''.44 4' s been expected that the Bank of France would have ad Ott 11 :I°llllced a reduction in its rate of discount, and 111;tt:tcle;t:eli_ld have arrived of the Bank of Eng . c ell 1) 44 cio the same. But as neither expectations tilCege r i , realised,re the Bourse has he nit• a general and a very b L e a n v , y m _d u a e s c o h e line d t to l ee has been the result. The Threts . h _ _ fallen r % hitt % r the „„ ' W l Ol — 4 , 4 of the month, and the Credit Mobiii %La Pm,. th,4:l nY a emie of the procession to Notre Dome,. for the I)q'ttiNeio-el is Imperial Prino-, has been published. The t h .ll. Th B to leave the Tuileries, and is to be of great "T t , l ivie k e rail leave companies . advertise that cheap . special Batttge er,..u.a run to and from Paris on .. the occasion. t 4e h e if eiesterlay adopted lutin, to the effect tori: 1 111 4 . 1 1 °, P.ror should be requested to allow a monumen commemorate the vic- Nic.! ()ftilLeotthren 3 e v re . cte , Li c n ro Paris, ea and the peace conquered t 1. Ztl2e ,04,1„' 41 0,2%.: 1'1 " of his M a i es t Y• ti ~"cql , eu r publish es a l e t ter f rom the Lord Mayor of t t tl h;:o a - f i l!le Pr e f ect of the Seine, announcing his int t e . n e - It Also t h e " l Yleettng, and to open . subscriptions for h 10 6e.._letims of the inundationsi! th e u__ Of r. f r,„ . _that the Saltan h 0 has oe remittedlao's'..tr": Ithis- country. them for fa,T. 1 , 1 . , 16, 00 . ), . and_ t e P 1) . , 1 'ottl 4t7.o!lt!scriptious tor t em a s on bu l l, h I) agoin though q am, 4',',lulug such a figure a . we should g expect in ' 4 o‘. lne principal one In Paris has thus far produced 4 1 1:4 1` .ranes (upwards of £13,000.) The Pays says that (144,11Ubsreertlic24„orentligees, in Brussels, _proposed to take part in /4 4 4 % of t j , 1 , 4 .% but had to abandon the design in conse he 10% n.ue insults to which they were subjected by t "' their fellow refugees. THE THE CONVICT PALMER. CPRONI OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) STAFFORD, FRIDAY EVENING, 8 o'CLOcK A stranger entering this town to-day would little imagine that so dire and dreadful a tragedy was to arrive at its close, as will be, without doubt, by the execution of the unhappy and wretched culprit Palmer. The town's people during the whole of the morning pursued their ordinary avocations with undisturbed solidity, the tradesmen seemed as busily °ccnpied as usual, the carriages of the aristocracy and gentry of the neighbourhood are "shopping" as usual. The front of the county goal, a narrow circumscribed space, as yet does not exhibit the dread apparatus of death, and the only indications of the coming spectacle are those supplied by the busy carpenters " closing rive D" to secure the tem- porary erections in progress for the accommodt ion of the spectators, whose presence is looked for from the Potteries and other districts of the county, at an early hour to-morrow morning. In anticipation of the advent of an immense con course of strangers flocking into the town, the publicans and shop keepers are erecting to reception of g to an extent to Drary booths for the dela their ordinary appliances are insuffi ent. That a vast influx is expected is amply indicated by the subjoined precautionary notice extensively placarded by the Mayor of the borough and his brother magistrates t " The mayor and magistrates of the borough of Stafford hereby give notice, that on Saturday morning next, for the purpose of preserving peace and order, and guarding, as far s possible, against accidents, the police have received to prevent all young persons under the age of 14 from moving in the crowd; and they also suggest the propriety of all females abstaining from any attempt to approach the county prison, 'as the risk of personal injury from the pressure of a multitude of people will be very great. The mayor and magistrates likewise request that any persons who may intend to erect on their premises any platform or other standing places for spectators will give notice to the mayor not later than 10 a.m. on Friday next, in order that he may instruct the town surveyor to inspect the same with a view to guarantee its stability, and the town surveyor will thereupon sign a notification which may be affixed to the erection. The mayor and magistrates further more advise the inhabitants not to leave their houses in an unprotected state, such occasions being sometimes embraced by professional thieves to commit felonies." It cannot be deemed that this is a wholesome notice, and it is to be hoped the advice so wisely tendered will be obeyed. The good denizens of the town are quite alive to their own interests, and are large in their demands for accommodation. In this great rivalry exists, and invitations are now placarded to solicit customers. A gigantic poster announces " A good view of the execution to be had at the Carriers' Arms, — Sash-street ;" and this may be taken as a specimen of similar productions. To add,by way of climax, a company of strolling players, in anticipation of securing crowded audiences from the influx of strangers into the town, actually commenced a " season" of a week on Mon day evening, with true Adelphi diableries. Is it not heart-sickening to have to record such a state of feeling ? However guilty the criminal, it shows great debasement in the public mind that they should flock in the expected thousands to witness the expiation which the law inflict upon that criminal. In the afternoon the town began to fill with numerous clusters of well clad men, many of them from the neigh bourhood of Rugeley, the late residence of the convicted poi soner; and, as I have already said, the town is expected to be inundated by mobs of the lower orders from the Pottery districts. But I have run astray from that most important con sideration to which every humane and Christian heart is directed. Has Palmer made a confession ? The reply is, t hat he has made none, and further, that none is expected from him. It is also said, that Palmer has refused all farther interviews with Mr. Thomas Wright, of Manches ter. The ground of this interdiction is alleged to be, that the philanthropist has pressed the delinquent too hard to make a confession. Yesterday, the wretched man was visited by his two brothers, Mr. George Palmer, the solicitor, and the Rev. Thomas Palmer. • The final interview between the unhappy relatives, was originally appointed for noon to-day, but, fur reasons not assigned, it was po,tpoued until the evening. What took place I have not learned, beyond the fact, that Palmer aiheres to his declaration of inno3ence. The executioner, a man named George Smith, from Dudley, has arrived to fulfil his loathsome office. I hear that Le came into the town incognito, in a bother's cart, instead of by railway, in order to avoil the mob which had beset his abode in Dudley. _ . The arrival of every train adds to the population which Stafford will hold to-night, and as I have already hinted, to-morrow's dawn will bring its thousands, up to the hour when the execution is to take place. I have omitted to mention, that although the drop is not actually erected, it is ready prepared in a coachbuilders yard adjoining the prison, and will be brought out to its position shortly after midnight. Correspondence from Turin represents the Mazzinian party as agitating very actively rich a view of compromis ing Piedmont. C ItYSTAL PALACE. —ONE SHILLING DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 12.—Admissions on payment, 5,433 ; ditto by season tickets, 554 ; total visitors, 5.987. The Risorgintento of Turin of the 9th announces that subscriptions have been opened in every part of Piedmont for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations in France. Prince Soragni, president of the court-martial at Parma, has resigned, on account of his inability to reconcile his duties as judge with the requirement of the Austrian mili tary authorities. DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—On Wednesday even ing, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained, at the Mansion house, a large number of distinguished guests to meet the presidents of the learned societies and 'a lite rary party. VESSELS AND TONNAGE.—By a parliamentary return issued yesterday of the number of vessels and tonnage entered inwards and cleared outwards at the twelve principal ports of the United Kingdom during the year 1855, it appears that 24,006 vessels of 6.372,301 tonnage entered inwards, and 22,863 vessels of 6,426,566 tonnage cleared o twaris. _ _ With respect to the Church-rate bill, the Leeds Mercury says :—" We understand Sir 'William Clay has received satisfactory assurances of the disposition of the government to expedite this measure, and that full opportunity will be afforded to the Lords, should they desire it, of incurrinc , the odium of its rejection. It is probable that the bill will be brought into emnmitlee next week." THE EMPEROR'S CATECHISM.—The Gazette of Lucerne announces that the Emperor Napoleon is about to receive a present of a certain interest for him, namely, the cate chism which he studied in his infancy when he resided with his mother at the chateau of Arenenberg. The book belonged to the Abbe Diesel, who died some time ago at Ermatingen, and he preserved it as a precious relic. It is his family who intend to offer it to his Majesty. Marks indicate the quantity which the prince had to learn as a lesson. It is not unusual for the students of the Scandinavian universities to pay each other every two or threw years international visits in corpore. Such an international visit takes place this year from Denmark and Norway to the two Swedish universities of Stockholm and Upsala ; and preparations for the reception of the visitors are now being made, as they are expected to arrive in the course of next week. The number of Danish students who take part in this fraternisation is 228, and 233 from the Norwegian universities. There are also 130 coming from Lund. THE HERO or KAns.—An effort is being made in South ampton by the mayor (Mr. R. Andrews) and corporation to induce General Williams, who is now sjourring at Paris, to select Southampton as his port of deharcation on leaving France for London. In order to ascertain the gallant Genera's intention, the town-clerk had proceeded to France, and will make General Williams fully acquainted with the wishes of the municipal authorities of that port. A letter has also been forwarded, inviting the gallant veteran's acceptance of a grand banquet, to be prepared in honour of his return to this country, should he sect this route. THE LATR PRO•;ECUTION UNDER TTIEI EMIGRATION ACT -At the Police Court, yesterday, Captain Dyer, Govern. ment Emigration Offic9r at this port, stated to the bench, that it would be recol e.cted he had, some short time since, prosecuted a person named M'Keown, for act i ng as an emigration agent in this port, on behalf of Messrs. Saville and Co., of Liverpool, without authority from these parties. A fine of £2O had been imposed upon the defendant, on that occasion, but he (Captain Dyer) had since learned, that Mr. APKeown had written authority to issue tickets for passen gers, by a vessel called the Empire, for which the Messrs. Saville were agents, and that they had his name posted on their bills in Liverpool, as the party authorised to act for them in Belfast. Mr. Tracy said h e had now no power to revise the decision he had made ; Mr. M.Keown, how ever, might have a legal remedy against those parties for first having denied that he was their agent,—Belfast Whig, NOATRERN TIMES.- ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA FROM THE CITIZENS OF MANCHESTER. THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE MEETING AT THE MANSION-HOUSE..--YESTERDAY, Friends and Brethren,—We venture to address you under a deep feeling of solemnity, occasioned by the perilous condi tion into which the relations of our two great countries have been thrown, by the mis , akes or the misconceptions of our re spective governments. Whatever may be the errors of either or both of these governments, we cannot forget that we have to do with a people who, for domestic enlightenment, commercial enterprise, and political importance, take rank among the first nations upon earth ; and who, by expansion, increase of popu lation, and Christian philanthropy, promise at no distant period to attain the highest degree of influence among the govern ments of the civilised world. A brotherhood of race, and a community of interests, have sprung up between our two nations, more intimate, more continuous, and more compre_ hensive than the World has ever seen before. Never in recognised history were two great communities so closely allied by blood, or so intimately blended by their common interests ; and never before was it given to the world to witness a union where so much was involved of the wealth, the prosperity, and the happiness of distinct states, each having its separate gcvernment, and being under the control of its own inderndeut laws. We are, therefore, all the more alive—and allow us to add, tremblingly alive—to whatever may affect this union, and interrupt the harmony that has so long existed between us to cur reciprocal advantage, and we believe to the benefit of the whole world. Providence has made us mutually dependant—so much so, that whatever would seriously injure the one, would, an equal extent, seriously injure the other. As the direct consequence of this providential arrangement, we are equally iterested with yourselves in the material that is grown in A public meeting of noblemen, gentlemen, merchants, bankers, and traders of the metropolis, was held yesterday afternoon at the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of the people of this country with the sufferers by the late inundations in France, and of aiding the subscriptions now being raised in Paris for their relief. _ _ _ Amongst the gentlemen present we observed Lord Ravensworth, Baron Rothschild, Mr. E. Eveyln Denison, M.P., Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., Mr. Tite, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., and most of the leading city mag nates of the day. _ _ _ . . The meeting was very numerously attended, the body of the magnificent hall being quite full of gentlemen, mostly engaged in the trade and commerce of the city of London The I,3id Mayor, attended by a large body of supporters, etttere3 the hall a few minutes before one o'clock, and immediately afterwards the business of the meeting was commenced. The Lord Mayor, in opening the proceedings, apologised for not having given a longer notice of the rneetin?,, but he had thought that the language of sympathy was always prompt, end the sooner the meeting was held the better. He soon found, by the letters he had receive 1 from all parts of the country, that it was the bounden duty of the people of Eeglend to meat and express sympathy for the sufferings of our French neighbours ; but, before calling the meeting, he thought it right to consult with influential friends on the between us for its own auxiliary support. In a word, we are subject, and to communicate with the chief municipal of one blood, of one family, and of one religion—our sons, by authorities of Paris. To this latter communication he had long-continued emigration, are spread over your soil, and you received a reply the next morning, which expressed have made them happy by every domestic endearment !-a gratitude and thanks towards the citizens of Lsnlon for higher than human destiny has made our interests identical, t';e sympathy they felt for the sufferers from the and interwoven the prosperity of the one state with the pros- inundations, and anxiety to cooperate with the autho perity of the other; we are, therefore, placed among the rities of the Hotel de Ville in attempting to mitigate nations in a position to show what national friendships may the misery which this sudden eruption had produced. accomplish, where rivalry is directed to a common good, and his lordship, having read the letter, went on to observe that where success is equally shared between the rivals. A nd shall he wa s ' afraid the calamit y which had befallen France war be permitted to sever us? Shall battle and bloodshed, was hardly appreciated, because it was not understood in conflagration and the sword, be allowed to divide those whom the country, but from letters he had received from France God and mutual interest have made one : and to convert into he thought it was impossible to exaggerate its overwhelm national enemies, brethren by blood, by race, and by religion ? ing extent. England had shown herself ever ready to assist In the name of humanity and civilisation—in the name of our suffering humanity, and at this particular juncture, in the common Maker and of his Holy faith, which both nations history of the two nations, he was sure she would not be profess to believe and practice, we say no ! There is no backward in adding her contributions to those of Paris in sacrifice of time, of wealth, and of influence, that we would relieving the frightful sufferings which the inundations hail not be ready to make to prevent so dire a catastrophe among occasioned. (Cheers.) He would leave it for the meeting mankind—a catastrophe that we believe would more directly to take such steps as it might deem expedient to carry out tend than any other possible event, to throw the world hack the object they had in view, and he would c 411 upon the into the barbarism of the feudal ages, and to furnish despotism Governor of the Bank of England to name the first with a plausible pretext for banishing every form of constitu- resolution. tional government from the face of the earth. The Governor of the Bank of England moved the first We implore you, therefore, brethren, in the name of all resolution as follows: —" That this meeting has learned that is sacred and valuable among mankind, to employ such with great concern the calamity sustained by our French methods as your own judgments shall approve of restraining neighbours in consequence of extensive inundations irs your government in any warlike tendency that it may have several districts of France." In enforcing the resolution exhibited ; assuring you that we on our part will exert the governor observed that he agreed with bra lordship that ourselves to the utmost of our power to produce a similar it was har.lly possible to estimate the real extent of the effect upon the government of the British crown. We calamity which had overtaken France, but to give some believe that much of the dispute that now imperils the peace idea of it he might state that the inundations of the two countries has arisen in mistake, and not in design— covered an extent of country some six hundred miles in and we further believe that a calm and quiet survey of the length and one thousand two hundred in breadth. In question, will even yet lead to a satisfactory solution of every fact, to give a further illustration of the disaster, if they difficulty, and to the removal of every cause of center:- could imagine this island swamped over from the coast of tion and complaint. This we are convinced may best Devonshire to the borders of Scotland, they would have be done by submitting the whole case to the arbitration some idea of the magnitude of the inundations which had of some power, friendly to both parties—and while such suddenly come upon France. (Hear, hear). No doubt in a course would avoid the havoc, the cost, and the disgrace of the inscrutable decrees of Providence this visitation was war, it would tend to make our union firmer than ever, and intended for an all-wise pug) :se ;he would not attempt to through our example to exhibit the superiority of constitutional speculate as to what that purpose might be, but it would liberty and of the Cirri:Alan faith to the civilised world. We afford En g land an opportunity of showing how closely she therefore, brethren, implore you to exert you r utmost influence was attached to her noble and generous neighbours in with the government of the - United States in favour of the France, and how deeply she sympathised with them at this method of averring the calamities of war, assuring you with moment of domestic suffering and disaster. (Cheers). all solemnity, that we will do the same, to the fullest extent Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., seconded the resolution, and of our power, with the government of her Majesty the Queen in doing so he took occasion to observe that he thought the of Great Britain ; and sincerely praying that our mutu a l Lord Mayor had done right in calling the meeting together efforts may be attended with complete success, we remain, on the spur of the moment. Had there been a longer yours, in the bonds of an inseparable national friendship. notice ho was satisfied they would have had thousands pressing forward to testify their sympathy with France, where previous engagements now prevented them from being present to-day. (Hear, hear.) They had not met there to render assistance to France in a pecuniary point of view, because they required no such aid ; but they had met Sir,—lf any importance, or even the shadow of official to do an act of justice and duty to their own feelings. It was the expression of feeling that would be valued by authority, be allowed to attach to the very conspicuously France, more than the cont.ibutions they should send to the placed article in the Morning rose of this d a te, in our reps- Paris sule:e.iiption, and it was in that spirit that this meet tions with the United S ates, the sooner the people interest ing had been convened. England had fought with France on the battle field, and mingled her blood with that of her themselves in the question the better, or we may be betrayed glorious French neiohbours, and it was onl) an act of deli into a war with a power, apsarently es little known to our s acv that England ;lantild take the present opportunity of officials as Russia was, on a late occasion. As far as the showing that she could sympathise with France in matters enlistment question and Crampton aro concerned, the affair of a purely social a:-.d domestic character. (Cheers.) The coldest natures could hardly avoid feeling someth in g like is well:and fairly stated, over the signature of " Americana," sympathy for the sufferers, and be did not wonder that this in the Times of yesterday. All may understand, and few vast calamity hail excited such a universal feeling of can he at a loss to deduce their own coneusions. sympathy. (Cheers ) If Crampton ever possessed qualifications for the post he The resolution was then put, and carried by acclamation. held, he signally failed in proving it, by withholding the Barron R 4,lischild moved the next resolution , " That this meeting;, der n nsiug with the misfortune which very essence of a most important despatch, and this, too , at e -2" indee" to your fieds, the shipping that conveys the cargoes to every market of the universe, and in the endless train of relationships that the most princely commerce of the world has interwoven THE AMERICAN QUESTION TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIME& Iv symi aerial inference left is, a most critical junction; or, the ma that he acted in accordance with his instructions. general character of European diplomacy warrants this conclusion; and it das not speak much for the respectability of our own, that, in a few years, two of our envoys should have been kicked out from different courts. Torts now being )ffer its cordial co-operation with 01 made in France for the immediate relief of the sufferers•" lle agreed with those who preceded him, that it was not the money but the expression of English sympathy that would be most apprtc:ated in France, and therefore he hoped the subscribers would he largo in number though small in amount. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Eveyln Denison, M.P., who had just returned from France, seconded the resolution, and detailed the result of his experience of the terrible rains which had produced these dreadful inundations in the south of France. The English who attended the Agricultural Exhibitt , n had been unanimous i❑ getting up subscriptions to assist in relieving the sufferers, and he could assure the meet ing it was the sympathy, and not the money subscribed, that the French people seemed to have valued most. (Cheers.) This resolution, like the first, was carried unanimously. Mr. J. B Heath moved the third resolution, " That with this view a committee be formed under the superintendence of the Lord Mayor, for the purpose, of receiving subscrip tions and transmitting them to Paris." Mr. Dillon, in a few appropriate remarks, seconded the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried. The Lord Mayor here announced that subscription lists were already open, and between £4,000 and £5,000 had beeen subscribed. It was of importance that those who wished to contribute towards the object should do so forth with, as it was intended to make a remittance to Paris to- None who have watched recent events can doubt that Crampton should have been recalled ; our neighbours would the reby have been deprived of a very strong point d'appui for dispute, and their inclinations to make political capital of it thwarted (if such existed), and our own position strengthened by the magnaminity of our conduct. But, however, with our officials uttering aspirations for peace in one breath, and, with the next, issuing orders for de monstrations of the most irritating nature, to a powerful nation, it is time the bar to public discussions, by our representatives, should be removed nolena volens. There is too great and precious a stake at risk to be played for by our incompetents. Let us remem ber what has just passed—how many still wear the mourning garb for fathers, sons, and brothers who fell in the Crimea. And let me close this by telling you, that if ignorance exists in high places, there are those who know well America, her people, and her institutions, as well as her power and resources. If the people on both sides are allowed full expression of feeling, peace must abide with us. But if such feelings as these disseminated by the journal just alluded to, be allowed to gain prevalence, who shall predict the consequence Let some independent member at once address himself to the matter ; and, all other influence failing, la him tell our gentle aristocracy that a war with America is their certain downfall. I am, Mr. Editor, one who, from long residence in America, and intimate acquaintance with Americans, know something about it. Brit CENTURY. Liverpool, 13th June, 1856. night. Mr. Raikes Currie moved the next resolution, nominating the committee, and remarked this meeting would afford a graceful termination to the great struggle in the battle-field, which the united arms of England and France had just brought to a successful termination. Mr. J. B. Prescott seconded the resolution. Mr. Anderson having spoken in support of it, The resolution was then put and carried. On the motion of Lord Ravensworth, seconded by Sir Moses Montefiore, the Lord Mayor was named treasurer, and bankers were appointed to receive subscriptions. Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and the meeting separated, LONDON GAZETTE " MACNAUGHT ON INSPIRATION." BANKRUPTS. —EDMUND WEBB, Portswood, Sonth• amnton, timber dealer. MAURICE RICHARDS. Birmingham, grocer. WILLIAM NORFOLK, Dunkcswick, Yorkshire, tanner. HENRY JONATHAN lIAWKINS, Midway-terrace, Lower-road, Rotherhithe, licenced victualler, and dealer in milk. EDWIN FISHER , Middlesex - place, hackney coach and colourman. CHARLES EDWARD BACK, Tottenham Court-road, grocer. GEORGE NEWMAN DOBSON, Poole, tailor and woollen draper. ROBERT SENIOR and STEPHEN SENIOR, Stanicliffe, Yorkshire, blanket manufacturers. RICHARD GRIFFITH 3, Pwllhelli Penychcaln, Carnarvon shire, draper and grocer. TO THE EDITOR DI , THE NORTHERN TIMES, Six,-I hear, in many quarters, a mis-statement, to the l i effect that the Rev. John Macnaught, of St. Chrysostom's Everton, denies the inspiration of the Scriptures. Will you, as a lover of fair play, help me to correct this mis • take by inserting the following quotation from page 168 of " Macnaught on Inspiration ?" The author asks—" Do we believe the Bible to be inspired at all? Undoubtedly we do. We sre firmly convinced that the writers of Holy Scripture were inspired, and that their writings are the reflex of their own inspired minds and thoughts ; and thus we most distinctly avow our belief in the inspiration of the Bible. But, as has been seen, we are assured that there is no connection whatever between Infallibility and Inspi ration." Surely, sir, an author who writes in such a strain, ought not to be charged with denying the Inspiration of the Bible.—Yours, &C. VERAX. June 13th, 1856. - - --- The Sultan has sent 40,000 francs through the Turkish Ambassador at Paris for the sufferers by the inundations. Subscriptions fur the same object have been opened in every part of Piedmont. The Morning Post repeats the statements in the Times of yesterday, of the approaching expulsion of Mr. Crampon, accompanied, howev e r, by offers cstensibly conciliatory. The first, it remarks, is an insult, and the second is intended to bribe us into quiet acquiesence, and is conciliatory in appearance only. Substantially the offer is of no value, .because the American G o vernment must be well aware that it is impossible for the Cabinet of this country to discuss any matters with Mr. Dallas whilst Air. Crampton is forcibly suspended from his functions in the United States. In his capacity of representative of this country, he cannot consent to accept a specific arid direct insult for the sake of a pre tended equivalent in the shape of the concession of an arbitration of the Central Am er i c an question, which is a matter standing entirely upon its own merits and totally unconnected with Mr. Cranipton, or with any of the acts imputed to him. Under these circumstances, there is but one course which the country can expect from her Majesty's Government—the dismissal of Mr. Crampton must be fol , lowed by the dismissal of Mr. Dallas. --LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY 1 MEETING. 'Yesterday morning a special general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the company's offices in the Waterloo Station, W. Chaplin, Esq., M P., in the chair, for the consideration of " A Bill for the making, by the London and South-Western Railway Company, of a Railway from Yeovil to Exeter, to be called the Exeter Extension Railway,' and for other purposes." And at the same meeting there were also to be submitted for the consideration of the proprie tors, the following bills, in which respectively certain clauses and provisions have been inserted by their respective promoters, proposing to confer powers on, or to affect the interests or the London and South - Western Railway Company, viz. : 1. A bill for authorising traffic arrangements between the west end of London and Crystal Palace, the London, Brighton, and South Coast, the South Eastern, and Lon don and South Western Railway Companies, for sale or lease of the West London and Crystal Palau the regulation and increase of capital, and for other pu, poses. 2. A bill for incorporating the Salisbury Rail way and Market-house Company ; for authorising them to make and maintain a railway and market-house at Salisbury, and for other purposes. 3. A bill for making 'Away from Southampton and Dorchester Railway to 'ferd Saint Mary; and for other purposes. 4 A bill a railway, from Lymington, in the county of Southampton, to the London and South Western Railway at Brockenhurst, in the same ccrant z t, to be called the " Lymington Railway," with a landing-place at Lyming• ton aforesaid, and for other purpos.a The Secretary having read the a Railway, a Bland 1:1g the me The Chl Rus4rAN CommzacH.—The following paragraph appears in the Siecle :—" Russian commerce is about, it is said, to assume unprecedented proportions. Nine of the principal merchants of St. Petersburg, OdeQsa, and Moscow have ust obtained permission from the Czar to establish branch houses in Paris, le radon, Vienna, Marseilles, Constanti nople, Naples, New York, Lisbon, and Rio de Janeiro." WooLwica DOCXYARD.—Orders are in circulation to enter an additional supply of good leading hands for the shipwrights' department of - Woolwich dockyard. The docks and basins occupied in fitting out the war vessels, which are of the most varied and formidable description, are in an unusually crowded state. The number of hands employed in completing the Thunderbolt amounts to about 300. In fact, great activity is visible on board the whole of the gun and mortar boats, the number of hands engaged varying according to the amount of labour requisite. In the inner basin are the huge floating battery Thunderbolt; the 5 gun paddlewheel steamer Spitfire, 140 horse power ; the 3 iron paddlewheel steam vessel Antelope, 260 horse power ; the 11 screw steam-sloop Rattler, 200 horse power ; the 2 steam gunboats, Tiny, Miggr, and Growler, 60 horse power ; the 6 ireA paddlewheel steam vessel Trident, 350 horse power ; the 6 paddlewheel steam sloop Ardent, 200 horse power ; the 2 Parthian gunboat, 60 horse power, and five mortar floats. In the outer basin are the 4 gunboat Osprey, of 200 horse power ; the 2 paddlewheel s',eam vessel Vivid, 160 horse power; the 14 screw steam sloop Niger, 400 horse power ; the 2 screw steam gunboats, (lull, Ripple, Primrose, Pheasant, Pickle, and Prompt, of 60 horse power each, and five mortar floats. No. 1 dock contains the 4 gun paddlewheel steam troopship Dee, 200 horse power. No. 2 dock, the 6 gun screw steam vessel Roebuck, 250 horse power ; and No. 3 dock the 6 gun paddlewheel steam sloop Vixen, 280 horse power. dvertisement conven- ....irman made an explana course of which he said that the first line mentioned on the notice, viz., the Exeter and Yeovil, was the only one ;,, wh;nh thn coannanv was interested, either by subscrip- Xl4 or in any way whate 1r capita Great Western had, as the shareholders were no Gout -Pare, attempted to compel them to accept a claw •ng it incumbent upon them to lay down a double lir co as to hare a broad as well as a narrow - (Pi I 4111, but that attempt had been defeated, and the linethere fore would be upon the narrow guage only. • - Of the other four their names had been' withdrawn from the Crystal Palace line, and they had no connection by shares or capital with the other three, nor did they promote them ; but as they might have junctions with them, or be required to work them, it was better to give their sanction to the bills at once. The various clauses having been read. pro forma, of the Exeter and Yeovil Bill, a discussion arose, in which it was stated by the company's solicitor, that if the Exeter and Yeovil Company should make the demand, the South Western would be bound by the bill either to advance £lOO,OOO upon loan to the former, or take that amount in shares at their own option. The Chairman then moved that the sanction of the meeting should be given to the Exeter and Yeovil Bill. Mr. Snow seconded the motion. Mr. Helps protested against the bill, as being a conse quence of the penal measure forced upon the company by the legislature last year, in defiance of all principles of free action and equity. There was, however, no escape from the bill, and therefore he should not vote against it. Mr. Pitcher expressed himself to a similar effect. Mr. Wood energetically opposed the bill, upon the ground that the line would never pay, and made a statis tical statement with a view to support his opinion. Mr. Serjeant Gazelee enquired how Mr. Wood proposed to stop parliament ? became if he could show a way to do that, he (Mr. Serjeant Gazelee) would vote with him in opposition to the bill. Mr. Wood said parliament would no more dare to stop their dividends than to stop the dividends on the national debt. (Laughter.) Mr. berjeaut Gazelee intimated his opinion that parlia ment would not be very nice upon the point. A Shareholder said that tbere was one serious defect in the bill—viz., that it gave them no power to form a junction with the Great Western at Exeter. After some further discussion the motion was adopted ; and the other bills having been formally sanctioned, the proceedings terminated. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 12 (Sittings in Banco, before Chief Justice Jervis, and o Justices Cresswell, Williams, and Writes.) STAMMERS v. HUG 'IRS AND ANOTHER.—APPLICATION FOR THE RETURN OF MONEY PAID TO THE SHERIFF.—This was an action against Mr. Hughes and Miss Emma Stanley to recover £6l, for work done in connection with the entertainment, " The Seven Ages of Woman," and Miss Stanley having been arrested as she was about leaving England for America, was obliged to pay the amount to the sheriff of Lancashire, ire order to be released from custody. A rule, however, was subsequently obtained for the return of the money, upon the ground that there was no debt in existence. Mr. Watson and Mr. Pearce now this rule being MP . appeared to show cause de absolute. The Chief Justice s nley,and pen to be pet ding tt ment Stammers having made some necessary preparations, and they having advanced to a certain stage, he entered into an agreement with Miss Stanley, by which he was to r a year, and to pay her a third of the gross receipts, and also £3 103. for each performance, and he was to provide a stage and every thing necessary for the enter— tainment ; but the affair having gone off, and because some of the matters were before the agreement, he had the boldness , swear tha► —ere was a debt due. There was clearly no debt due. Rule absolute. employ her fo to swear that tt AMERICA. AND FRANCE The Paris correspondent of the Times, in his letter dated ; y, says A p: ,ce letter from Washington mentions, among igs, that the American government are anxious tin the disposition of the French government, ur raimka of the French Emperor, under these circumstances, and what part, if any, they will be likely to take in our quarrel. The Washington Cabinet is inclined to believe that France will maintain strict neutrality in the event of war breaking oat; and, in fact, that she will n , _it draw the sword so long as the honour of Franca remains untouched. In truth, I believe the opinion of that cabinet to be, that, even were France disposed to do otherwise, she cannot do so. The eagerness with which she accented peace with Russia is well known and appreciated at Washington, and the explanation of that desire is in her comparative exhaustion from offensive warfare. The terrible catastrophe of the inundations, which have laid waste more than 15 departments ; the probability of scarcity occurring , for the third year consecutively ; the mania of speculation which is so enormously developed in the country ; and the gigantic hut unsafe projects of the Credit Mobilier, which must inevitably lead to a fearful commercial crisis; even the fact of the great outlay necessary to keep down the price of bread in Paris at the cost of the rest of France ; the pos4ble exigencies of other great towns should the apprehended scarcity and consequent dearness of fool be realised, and the general discontent produced by those con curring circumstances, are, I have reason to believe, duly weighed by the Cabinet of Washington in the con clusion it may draw of the impossibility of France taking an active part with England. What weight ought to be attached to these considerations, and how they may be justified by events, iit is not for me to say; but, for one reason or the other, it is believed at the other side of the Atlantic, that, if battle there be, we shall have to fight it by ourselves." A letter from Constantinople of June 2nd, states that the fferenees between England and Persia are likely to be set ;d by the intervention of the Porte. Two conferences Lye already been held. Lord Stratford conducts the affair. AREIVAL OF THE 54TH REGIMENT FROM THE CRIMEA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The iron screw steam ship Perseverance, Commander John W. D. Macdonald, from Gibralt ir, 7th instant, arrived in Plymouth Sound this (Friday) morning, having on board 900 men of the 54th Regiment. ARRIVAL CF THE KING OF DUDE IN ENGLAND. —His late majesty the King of Oude landed at Folkestone on Thursday evening, accompanied by his suite, and E. L. C iffey, Esq. The king had arranged to sleep at the Pavilion hotel, but having had a most beautiful passage from Bou logne, his majesty left for London by the express train of thu South Eastern Railway FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS FOR CANADA corres pondent writes, In addition to the troops on their passage, or under orders for Canada, it is intended by the govern ment to augment the army in that province by 5,000. This number will include two regiments of cavalry, each 350 strong, 4 batteries of field artillery, and the remainder infantry regiments, and a battalion of the 60th .Rifles, a detachment of the Land Transport C or p s, numbering 400 drivers and 120 artificers, are held in readiness to embark for the same destination." On Wednesday Mr. John Ilaseman, a stevedore, residing . in Alfred-street, Stepney, was stowing the cargo . of the ship Alla, in the Victoria (London) Docks, Plaistow, and . had occasion to go on shore to see the captain. Ho got into a boat, and a'boy rowed the boat to a timber . raft, where Mr. Haseman landed. A clerk employed in the dock got into the boat when Mr. Haseman left it, and while the boy was rowing him past a barge, a stupid, half drunken Dutch seaman , named Reynard Laummars, jumped from the barge into the boat, and cansised it. The clerk and the boy sank and were drowned before any assistance could be rendered, but the Dutchman, the author of the mischief, was saved. He is in custody. A MOTHER'S CRUELTY TO HER CHILD. —CANTERB URY' LaISDAY. —The county magistrates here adjudicated on a shocking case to-day. William Jarman, of 'Whitstable ' and his wife, Lucy Jarman, were sentenced, the woman to eight months' hard labour, and her husband to six months, for cruelly ill-treating Lucy Fill, the illegitimate child of the female defendant, and only eight years of age. They had tied up the child naked, so that she stood on one leg, the other leg being fastened to the bed-post, in which posture she was kept many hours. They bad also beaten her with a rope an inch thick, until her back was " like a piece of raw beef." The poor little creature was bruised and lacerated all over in a frightful manner. THE REV FRANCIS BISHOP, MINISTER OF THE POOR, From the proceedings at the recent meeting of the Liver pool Domestic Mission Society, the public have been made ware that the Rev. Francis Bishop, for many years known in town as Minister of the poor, nection with the Tuckerman Institute, is about to transfer his Services to an ,ution of a somewhat analagous character in Manchester. The regret which Mr. Bishop's departure from this town will s not confined to the body with which he co-operated occasion Ms charitable and religious ministrations. By the members were appreciated, and the qualities of every sect his services of character, which rendered him peculiarly adapted for his sphere of duty, recognised and admired. Many public tributes have been paid to his useful labours by men who would pro v have differed from him in every_ social or political hmen to entertain were essentially -0 in that on which it was possible for Eng Mr. Bishop's servic iiistie views. racter—not nr forbears from si on with nd does refuse when unsectarian in the negative st nee whit of opposite .cews, _1 ' " erent religious only regards e of those in appeal is made to assist a member of 6 body—but of that warm and positive kind whit,. -t its beneficence the degree of need and depends—_ , om it seeks to aid, It is gratifying, even for our own !faker, Id that labours of this character were not unappreciated id , t Progressed in the spirit of' ---+Pnt as it has n which certainly has done in the rcla advancement. as less valued Lt class. whose or. whom he aided possibly' LIV 1 3 other class the of he :neroxis liberality to t imerce and mercantile 1 Bare W Even this appreciation, h ver, we fee Nlr. 13isliOp than the love and r he more especially vra and counselled, will feel his Many qua A. vigorous intellect, and a expanded culture, made ry different from that class of feeble-minded whn can scarcely be trusted to walk alone, even when striving to do good, and whose enthusiasm, ungoverned by judgment end perception, is as defective and dangerous in execution as it is praiseworthy in intent. Mr. Bishop knew how' to help on the weak and the depressed, so that they might at last kern how to help themselves; and this was perpetually raising up self-sustaining and progressive human beinls out of elements. which, under less judicious guidance, would have only developed into confirmed pauperism, and inert dependence. He brought to his task intellect as well as heart, and thus guided and warmed, at the same time fulfilled his duties in a manner which no merely wise discrimination, and no merely good natured benevolence could alone have attained. Mr. Bishop's place will not easily or soon be filled among those to whom he ministered in Liverpool. It is a satisfaction to those he leaves Z;,‘ know that the extent of his future usefulness will not be narrowed, a i t hfnigh its scene is to be c han g ed ; and it must be gratifying to Mr. Bishop himself to feel convinced that his public services, and his high and atible private qualities hare been appreciated, and will be remembered L.:re. POLICE COURT. -YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. BTITT.) STEALING BEEF.—A miserable-lookhig youth named John Glynn, was charged with stealing 11 lbs. of beef from the shop of Mrs. Rebecca Cook, Victoria-road. A policeman saw the prisoner leaving the back premises of the prosecutries house with the beef in his possession. The premises had been ford bly entered. The prisoner confessed having committed the offence, but pleaded hunger. He was sent fur trial. STREET ROBBERY.—A young woman named Ellen Jones, was charged with robbing a man named David Williams, in Harrington-street, of £4. The prosecutor met the prisoner, and after some conversation he missed his money. A police man coming up the prisoner was given in charge, when she 'd Mr. Williams to search his pocket for his purse. He did 11, and in the back pocket of his coat.was found the purse, but it was empty. The policeman recovered £3 10s. of the money from the prisoner, and stated that she had swallowed half a sovereign. The magistrate rebuked the prosecutor fot' his conduct, and said it was shameful to see a person of his appearance in such a position. If persons did net take care of themselves, the magistrates would not proteet thetti: The prisoner was discharged. BEEnnottsß CAS RS.—William Farrell, Cheapside, wai charged with doing business on Sunday last. Fined 6s and costs.—William Owen, 126, High Park street, was charged with doing business on Sunday morning. Fined 55 and costs. —Mary Hodson, Clive street, Park, was charged with selling half a gallon of ale on Sunday last. Fined 5s and costs. — Thomas Scoffield, of Upper Powuell street, was charged with selling ale at eleve❑ o'clock on Sunday morning last. No evidence to convict ; case dismissed.—George Hilt , Pembrook place, was summoned for doing business at twelve o'clock on last Sunday. Evidence was given for the defence, which quite negatived the evidence of the police, and the complaint was dismissed.—John Chisenhale street, was summoned for selling ale on Sunday last, at prohibited hours. Evidence not sufficient; case dismissed.—Mary M‘Manus, Banistro street, was charged with doing business at illegal hours on Sunday. Fined lOs and costs.—Mary Clarke, Blackstone street, was summoned for selling ale on Sunday, and for having two drunken men in the house. The defence was, that the people found in the house were travellers. Fined Os and costs.—James Walsh, Sawneypope street, was summoned felt doing business at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning last. Fined lOs and costs.—William A. Small, Mansfield street, ed with doing business at half-past eleven o'clock on hat the people found —Patrick Walsh, The defence set up v were lodgers tablebeer-seller, Marybone, was charged for selling ale on Sunday morning, and for having several drunken men and women in the house. The defence was, that the people were lodgers. Fined lOs and costs.—Elizabeth May, If athew street, was charged with selling ale on Sunday night at pro hibited hours. Fined ss.—John Spence, publican, Jordan street, was charged with selling whiskey at half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday last. The defence was, that the whiskey was given as a presen', and a witness was produced who proved this, and the case was dismissed.—Paul Jones Daily, beer house keeper, Carlton street, was charged with selling ale on Sunday morning last. The defence was, that the man who got the ale got it as a present. Fined 2s 6d, and 23 6d costs. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) SMUGGLING.— James Anderson, described as the mate of the ship Lorenzo, was charged with having attempted to smuggle two pounds of foreign manufactured tobacco. The defendant was stopped by an officer when leaving the ship, and on searching him the tobacco was found i❑ his stockings. He was fined 11s 2d, the value of the tobacco. The fine was paid. ASSAULT ON TEE POLlCE.—Patrick C trbeny, a resident of the classic locality of Banastre-street, was charged by police constable 142, with having assaulted him, and Bridget O'Brien was charged with having attempted to rescue hint from the custody of the officer. It appeared that on Thursday night the constable heard a great row in the street, and on going to ascertain the cause, saw the man at a door, creating a row and fighting with some girls, and on telling him to go into the house, he struck him a violent blow on the arm with a poker, which hurt him very much. The constable then got assistance, and after a hard struggle the man was arrested, but ho tried to get a knife to stab the officers. When being taken to the station, the woman seized the . officer by the whiskers, and nearly pulled the jaws off him, along with the hair. (A. laugh ) Mr. Black defended the prisoners, and made an able address for them, but he did not call any witness. The man was fined 10s, and the woman 6s. The fines were at once paid. JUVENILE HOUSEBREAKERS, AND RO' STOLEN PROPERTY IS DISPOSED OF.-Three laps, named James Connor, John Carr, and William Milligan, were charged with having broken into the Shop occupied by Mr. Dalton, of Great Howard street, and stolen therefrom about ten pounds of butter. A woman, named Bridget Robinson, who keeps a small shop in the Waterloo road, was also charged with two boys for receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. From the evidence adduced by the two detective officers, Laycock and Grissenth.. waite, it appeared that, on Thursday night, the owner of the shop left the premises all secure; but, at an early hour in the morning, he having been informed by the police that his shop had been broken open, and, upon repairing there, missed a quantity of butter, some tobacco, and other property. Upon the information they subsequently received, the boys were apprehended, when they acknowledged that they had committed the offence, but endeavoured to blame each other. A lad also came forward and stated that, on the night previous to the robbery, he heard the boys making arrangements to get into the shop, and, on the following morning, he saw one of them, who told him that be had sold it to the female prisoner, who had given them two shillings for it, althonght it was worth, at least, ten shillings. The butter was found on the premise; and identified. Tire prisoners were all committed to take their trial at the next sessions ; the woman being admitted out on bail. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE. —James Robinson, the keeper of a house of ill-fame in Hotham-street, was charged with assaulting one of his " lady" lodgers, a girl about eighteen years of age, named Ellen H ors fi e ld. F rom the statement of the two officers, 91 and 523, it appeared that about six o'clock on the previous evening they were called into Ifotham-street, and, on going there, they found about 200 persons assembled opposite the prisoner's door. There was a great disturbance, and the young female was calling murder, and lying in the kitchen covered with blood. After much difficulty they effected an entrance, when they were attacked by the Ind his wife. The girl stated that the man had —1 some words with his wife, being in drink, and, as come of the "lady lodgers" were making a noise, he knocked her (witness) down, and kicked her in the side. Uhe was insensible from the blows, and bled very much from the face and nostrils Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the defendant, denied the charge, and elicited from the witness that the police had been rather violent in the matter, and had hurt the defendant's wife. Mr. Mansfield, after expressing the regret he felt at seeing the girl leading such a life, and being subjected to the brutal treatment of bad men, said he was satisfied the police had acted very properly in going into the house and protecting the female, when she was crying for help. The man's conduct was most brutal, and he should order him to pay a penalty of £lO, and in default be committed for three months. The wife of the prisoner was also charged with the same, but was discharged.