Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

DOCK BOARD-!SPECIAL MEETING. A special: tratethig of ;,,the Dock Board was held' on Satur4tty;it Wave o'cao4,for the. pax - Pose of .receiving a report from a committee appointed to consider and report upon the construction of committees. The chair was taken by Mr. Charles Turner, and the other members present were—Messrs. Smith, Farnworth, Laird, Bold; Tobin, Hubbae,k, Segal.; Anderson, Forwood, Boult, Moss, Lockett, Mondel, Inman, Rankin, Graves,. Bushell, Langton, ' Riipthwaite, liutchison, Iblrue,._ Evans; Brocklebank, Shand.' ' The Chairnian explained the business of the meeting, and then at once proceeded to read the list of committees as recommended by the special committee, for the adop- Lion of the board The board went into committee to consider the subject WORES COMMITTEE The special committee recommended that the works committee consist of ten members, as follows :.,Messrs. Brocklebank, Bold,. Bushell, Evans, Laird, Rankin, Shand, Smith, Tobin, and liolme._ Mr. Smith proposed, as an amendMent, that the com- tnittee consist of .eight, winch he stated was the original number and Which lie considered quite cn)ugh. Mi. Lockett seconded the amendment. A division being taken, the amendment was lost by 16 to 10. Mr. Smith proposed another amendment. Il6.thOight it quite out of order that the nominee members. should A great many suz be on the works had been made last year about the possibility ..of the docks and quays committee making some arrangements to economise time and space in the working. of the docks. Mr. Bushell had brought forward a motion for a special committee upon that very subject, and if the committees remained as now constituted, would probably do so'again before many sittings had passed. Now he . ura.ed , „, t hat that was properly part of the duties of the docks and quays conunittee, and that therefore that was the committee on which Mr. Bushell ought ,to have a seat. Under the circumstances he did not think that to put Mr. Bushell on the works committee, was to have the right man in the right place. He maintained that the coramittee ought to be so arranged as to avoid, if pos sible, the necessity of having a special committee ap pointed. He therefore moved that the committee con sist of nine members. Mr. Arnold'seccmded the amendment. )mmittee , restions The Chairman said it might be a matter of convenience if Mr. Bushell would state whether he would have any objection to exchange to the docks and quays committee. Mr. Tobin did not think they ought to alter the arrangements in such a hasty manner. Mr. Smith protested against the question put by the chairman. The arrangement of the committee was a question for the entire board, and not for the consultation or the convenience of individual members. He reminded the board that ALL a former occasion the name of Mr. Evans was left ward the •works committee, and the name`, of himself (Mr. Smith) left out of the parliamentary commit tee, probably because he was nit a sufficiently ornamental member, without any consultation of his own inclina tions. On the therefore, that. "what was sauce for the goose was sauce for the gander," he pro tested amainst the question put by the Chairman in this - instance. • The Chairman said, as Mr. Smith . had based a good deal of his argument upon the ground that Mr; Bushell had moved for a special committee upon the 'subject of -dock arrangements, he felt that it might save .the Board some trouble if Mr. Bushell would state at once, whether he was willing to become a member of the docks and quays committee, of which he would undoubtedly be a very valuable member. He did not put the question .with the objecksuggested by Mr. Smith, and he did not by any means press for an answer. Mr. Bushell said he would leave himself entirely iu the hands of the board, but he only, hoped that Mr. Smith would do him the justice to say that he had been as re gular an attendant at the works committee as'Any other gentleman. He should be happy to work upon the docks and quays committee, but at the same time he 'declared that he did no t think that committee could, having so much of its own work to do, undertake the special object which he had before proposed, and which he should feel bound to bear in mind. Mr. T o bi n strongly o bj ected to any di st i nct i on b e i ng drawn between the nominee and the elected members. A division being taken, the amid:neat was lost by 14 to 12. Mr.. Smith proposed that the name - of Mr. Hubbaek be substituted for that of Mr. Bushell, believing that the latter would be more valuable as a member of the docks and quays committee. Mr. Arnold seconded the motion. Mr. Bubback thought Mr. Smith should have consulted him before proposing such a motion, and begged to say that he should decline to serve on the 'committee, as he had many other duties already to discharge: • Mr, Arnold thought private feeling should always override public duty at that board: (,The Chairman : I presume. - you mean the reverse. Rear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. Arnold, said he meant that private feeling should never override public dtity. (Laughter.Y He thotight there were strong objections to the nominee members being all placed upon one committee, especially the works committe e , although there could .be no personal objection to any of them. The name of Mr. Hubback was finally 'withdrawn. Mr. In man propose d t h at t h e name o f Mr. Madver be substituted for that of Mr. Bushell. Smith seconded the amendment. Mr. Bushell said, contests ;117out his name Were so very painful to him that he should much prefer to Withdraw from the works committee and take any place the board might think fit. A division was finally taken, when there appeared— Po;ii;.Bashell: Messrs. Anderson, Bold, i3rocklebank, Evans, Farnworth, Graves, Hubback, Hutchison, Laird, IS ' Moudel,• Rankin, Shand, Tobin, and Turner— Fo r Mr. Maclver : Messrs. Arnold, Bushell, .Boult„ orwood, Inman Lockett, Moss, Rounthwaite, Seger, and Smith -10. Mr. Bushell's name was therefore declared carried. When the name of Mr. Laird was proposed, Mr. Boult begged to bring forward an amendment, as .that wa s the last opportimity he should have of objecting to the number of nominee members upon that committee. He believed that those members would not be. looked on by the ratepae-rs with the same confidence as the .elected members. They were appointed by an authority which was considered to have been exercised in a manner prejudicial to'the interests of the ratepayers. The works' committee was the department where the money of the ratepayers was principally expended, and over which, of course, it was desired that the most efficieat control should be exercised. It h ippened, moreover, that of the nominee members, two at least were considered to be personally interested in property at Birkenhead. - He was sorry to speak of such things, but he did not see how the question could be discussed upon any other ground. What had been hitherto said; did not at all appear to meet the gist of the matter. Ile desirei to speak with all respect and courtesy. The Chairman : Allow me to - suggest that allusions to the fact of gentlemen having l an d u p on thi s s id e o f t h e river or the other will not conduce to harmony of dis cussion, because it amounts to assuming that those gen tlemen are actuated by improper motives. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bohlt said, he was speaking of the feelings -of the ratepayers out of doors, among wham there was a very strong feeling on the subject, and who were accordingly dissatisfied. 'Mr. Boult concluded by moving that the name of Mr. Maclver be substituted for that of Mr. Laird. Mr. Inman seconded the amendment. Mr. Laird said, during the existence of the former board, the discussions were always conducted in a gentle manly and proper manner, but if Mr. Boult and other parties were to begin to tax him (Mr. Laird) with having property on the other side of the water, it must lead, without doubt, to retaliation, and to introducing the sub ject of the ownership of property upon this; side of the Water. (Hear, hear.) It would lead not only to that, but to questioning . the motives which induced every vote given at the board. (Hear, hear.) He did not want to throw the stone ; but if Mr. Boult or any other gentleman chose hereafter to raise questions as to where his property lay, he should be prepared to meet t hem, and he believed he could show that he was actuated by motives as fair and as honourable as those of any other member. If he had interests upon the other side of the water, he believed that he had spent as much money, and done as much good among the tradesmen of Liverpool, and was now doing as much as any other member of the board ; and if - bringing business to th e port, an d spending his money among the trades men of Liverpool entitled him to come to a question of that kind, he thought he could show as good a riht to sit at that board , and give his opinion upon the proper management of the docks and the harbour of Liverpool, . as any gentleman there. He hoped Mr. Boult would not persevere in such a_ course, which must lead to unpleasantness, for Mr. -Beak might depend upon it that he would not allow him or any other man t o impu t e mot i ves t o hi s ac ti ons while he sat there. (Hear,' hear.) The board then divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Laird : .Messrs. Anderson, Bold, Brocklebank, Bushell, Farnworth, Graves, Ilaback, Hutt on, Langton, Segar,'Shand, Tobin, and Turner-14. _ For Mr; Maclver : Messrs. Arnold, Boult, Evans, For wood. Inman, -Laird, Lockett, Mondell, Moss, Rounth waite, and Smith-11. Mr. Laird. was, therefore, appointed. The other names — Were then ,passed without any op position. Wii.REllOl"$E COMMITTEE The following names were proposed to form this com mittee, to consist of seven members. Messrs. Ilubback, Arnold, nrocklebank, Evans, Smith, Segar, and Little dale. - The names were passed without opposition, MARINE COMMITTEE It was . proposed that. this ,corninittee consist of six members. Messrs, Mondel, linnati; Lockett, Langton, Maclirer, and Moss. Mr. Lockett moved. that .the committee consist •of seven members. Mr. BOult seconded the amendment, upon which after some conversation, a division 'Was taken, which resulted in the amendment being rejected by 20 to 6. Mr. Inman moved that the nal:lie:of .Mr. Bold be sub stituted for that of Mr. Maerver, stating that he would hereafter move that the - latter gentleman be'pleed the parliamentary cominittet. ' Mr. Roxinthwtiite seconded the amendment. Mr. Maclver's name Was carried .14 to 12. No further amendment was proposed, and the com mittee was accordingly constituted according to the rocommendation. DOCKS -VXD QUAYS. COUNSIrIEE It was proposed that this committee consist of nine members, as follosirs : 'Alessi's. Locket, Graves, Langton, Hutchison, Rounthwaite, 'smith, ,Nlaclver, Boult, and For Wood. The proposed arrangement•wAs agreed to without any objection. • rINANCE COMMITT. The following gentlemen were unanimously appointed to this coMmittee,. in accordance ,with the recommenda tion :—Messrs: Rankin' . Anderson, Bushel, Hubback, Farnworth, and ,Littledale in number. MXSTER+POIITERS' COMMITTB It was recommended that this committee should consist 'of the following Six gentlemen : Ilfessr3. - Alounthwaite, Arnold, Inman, Hutchison, Segar, and Forwood. The recommendation was unanimously agreed to. PARLI.A.MINTARY commirrEl The committee was forthed, in accordance with the recommendation, of the following eight gentlemen : Messrs. Shand, Bold; Brocklebank, Graves, Laird, Rankin, Tobin, and Holme. PILOTS' COMMITTEE The duties of this committee have been added to the functions of the Dock Board. It is to consist of eight, members belonging to the Dock Board, and four not belonging to it. The special committee recommended the following gentlemen belonging to the board : Messrs, Shand, Moss, Boult, Anderson, Farnworth, Inman; Mondel; and Bold; . and•the folloWing not-helorig ing to the board : —Messrs. Andreii Boyd, Thomas g. Blythe, J. T. Jacob, and George Kendal., • The names were agreed to as recommended. This cOncluded the appointment of committees. Mr..Forwood drew attention to the question of dock fines, and asked if it were the fact that the magistrates had no power to mitigate a . penalty. _ _ the Chairman said the subject was under the con sideration of the solicitor, and would, he hoped, ,be satisfactorily arranged. . • Mr. Tobin referred to the recent lefter of Mr. Chaloner as to the crowding of; timber docks by empty vessels. He said he went - down that morniiig to examine those docks, and found the Crane unoccupied At the south end of the Queen's DOck; but blocked up with empty vessels, - Which,. although their removal would not necessitate their going into the river, no steps whatever were taken to remove, while there : were three mahogany vessels unable: to get a berth, and lying there, doing nothing. In the Union Dock there was a steam crane, peculiarly adapted for the discharge of heavy logs of mahogany, • and at the time the vessels he had alluded to were doing nothiag, there was a vessel lying at the quay berth to discharge deals. The steam crane was not : necessary for the discharge , and for five days she was doing nothing at all, although she occupied the birth, and prevented others froin doing anything. He then went to the Toxteth Dock, which was expressly adapted to the mahogany trade. There were lines of railway running all round it into 'the mahogany sheds ; there was a weighing machine at the east side for the purpose of weighing the mahogany as it was landed ; and there were no less than six cranes placed around it. These six cranes had been rendered abso lutelyuseless in consequence of the dock being crowded with empty vessels. When a complaint was made, :the Secretary wrote that the Board had no power to compel the - removal of empty vessels, but' at that very moment the lightships belonging to the Dock Board had a quay berth to one of the cranes, and had been in the dock with one brief interval something like three years. A vessel fox sale was occupying the very best space in the, dock, opposite to the crane, for several months, and preventing any mahogany vessel from using the crane. He hoped the committee to whom Mr. Chaloner's letter had been referred, would take notice of these factS, (Hear, hear.) • . A letter was read from the Mercantileliaane Assdcia; tion, asking for, permanent moorings in. the river for the .school frigate, Conway, which is e..mpeetad to arrive here next week, The letter was referred to the Marine Committee, This concluded: the general business: TOXTETH BOARD. OV GUARDIANS A On Saturday last Mr. Rees resumed the audit of the accounts of this board, which was adjourned from Wed nesday for the production of the particulars of some of the accounts which had been paid by the deputation on their journey to Lancaster and Ramhill Asylunis, &c., Mr. Urquhart having objected to their being paid by the township. The members of the board present on Saturday wire Leyland, Hug. l'hotuas Urquhart, J his , liarnsou, J onus n Wilson iddeley, Moss. accounts, with the libx.tieular items, were submitted Gowh's account, which amounted in all to V) Is. 3d. of which £3 10s. was for hotel expenses, including three bottles of port wine and one bottle of sherry discussed at a dinner for five guardians. The remainder of the bill was for railway fares from Skipton to Bolton, and this was also objected to as having no connection with th btisiness of the township. Mr. Urquhart did' not know on what authority Mr. GOugh joined the,deputatioa. Mr. Moss's bill amounted to LG 9s 6d, and Mr. Urquhart objected to all the items with one exception, which was LI . 6s 6d paid for railway fares. The rest, Mr. Urquhart said, was chargeable to the gentlemen who went on pleasure party, and not In reply to a le auditor The Clerk stated that the deputation was away two days on the first journey, and on the third day they went to Rainhill and Hay dock Lodge. The Auditor said it appeared to him thdt they might have done the business in the first instance in one day, and altogether not to have occupied. more than two days. Mr. Urquhart said, if it had been their own business they would have done it in one day. .• • • asylum, and they should have gone by an early train: The Auditor said it struck him•that the most equitable way of dealing with the matter would be, instead, of going througn an tne census Situ gtnii..6 little items, to allow a fair sum a fair and reasonable amount to pay these expenses, and he would put them down in this way : Fares to Rainhill and back, £1 17s. 4d. ; tolls and car'. hires to St. 1.55. 3d. ; fares to Lancaster and back, .1.',8; refreshments at Lancaster for eight persons, £3; conveyance from ilaydock to Newton, ss. ; from Newton to Ramhill, 10s. ; making in all, £l4 is. 7d. The original charge was £l7 6s. 2d, ; showing a difference of £3 Bs. 7d. The auditor. remarked, that gentlemen going on a deputation for such matters should economise the poor rates. • In reply to Mr. Urquhart the auditor said he would take care that the Bs. 61 should be paid to that gentle man, which he had not got credit for. • Mr. Harrison said, in reference to the remark made by Mr. Urquhart in regard to Mr. Gough, it were the desire of the Board generally, that Mr. Gough should join the deputation, being ft practical man. It was after the business was over that several gentleman spoke to Mr. Gough, and expressed to : him their desire that be should go, and.he had_been of great service to the deputation. Mr. Urquhart said, it ought to have been known by the board that Mr. Gough was to join the deputation, as it was a matter of expense. The Auditor said, in future they should be careful to know the nantes'of the perSOns who,Were to join a depu tation. They should all bejnentioned to the board. _ _ In reply to - Mr. Urquhart, the auditor said he could riot decide as to the legality of a private guardian occupying the chair, while the deputy-chairman was present, except it affected a matter of account. Mr. John Wilson asked if there was any particular time when these surcharges were to be paid, as the .£l4 in the case of Mr. Batten was not paid yet. The Auditor replied that they were payable within seven days from that time, except an appeal was made. Mr. Batten asked time for an appeal. This , concluded the business. and the gentlemen separated. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. STRANGE AND Suspicious C.ksE.--LDetective-officer Patrick brought up a rather respectable-looking female,' who gave the name , of Catherine •Baker • alias O'Keefe, on- the following charge., He . said he ' found the woman offering about forty ounces of fine silver plate, consisting of forks, spoons, ladles, and the like, at the shop of a Mr. Cohen, Great Howar&street, and on asking her something about it, her replies were not satisfactory, and he took her into custody. He then proceeded to where she lived, at No. 1, Sand-street, north end of the town, and searchedlhe place, where he found some silver plate of the same sort,. with the crest, &c., erased. He also found ten pawn-ticketa •relatinc , to plate; gold-watches, and other property, that had ' been pledged by the prisoner. Ainongst her papers was, a card in " memory of George. Searight, Esq., who died 14th August, a 1852, and was interred at St. James' Cemetery, on the 17th August; 185." The officer Said he thought that there might be same connection between the card' and some spoons and forks found in the prisoners: house; on which the_letter "S" was engraved. When at the station house the woman made a long and rambling statement, which was. taken down in writing, the foll Owing being tl:4 prominent portions of her story :—She said she was a native,d,Some pladUnear Charleville, - on the borders of Xork and Limerick, and ,that her . hushandii. was Deputy-Governor of, Chester Castle. . .He died! there about ten years age, and she then went to liondon with £4OO. 'After that she went to *Cork , arid Fermoy, and subsequently set hp - a 'drapery shop in 3:imeriek, where' she lost het-money by giving credit. She had, as She said, the plate ,all the time, and that she purchased it originally. at a sale in Cheshire; she-would not say when the sale was, but that it took place i.;t a public-house, and there was , a debt of' £95 due to her by . the person who had the sale; and, that she took the plate in payment.' In an. after part of her statement, she said she' had lived five years as h.ouselieeper at Mr. Parry's'llotel,,ScaeoMbe, that there was £95 due to her there, and that Mrt'. Parry became bankrupt, and that she took the plate in payment. of her debt. The tale 'was Very much longer than the above, and in many places was incoherent, and the names of some respectable persons in town were mentioned, but had - nothing to .do with the case. The prisoner was remanded for further enquiry. 'BREAKING INTO PREMISES. - John Manson, John Francis, and Patrick Boardman, well known to the police, were charged for having broken into the boat-building premises of Mr. Bragg, Bath-street, on the night •of the Ist, and stealing about £lO worth of property. Mr. Black defended. It appeared that on the morning of the Ist, some boys who were going from the "Bethel Union," heard a noise at Mr.,,Bra ,, g's yard, and .one of them saw one of the prisonera outside the gate, who called to some one inside, that" there were_peopje coming up: . The prisoner then ran away, and some of the boys folloWed him, and others went for the : police, who cap - thred the two prisoners inside, and the third was arrested in the street. ' They .had, tried- to:force 'open one of Milner's safes, but could not do se, as it resisted all their efforts. They were allidentified, and although Mr. Black did all he could for them, they were sent for trial. r 7 for ake lent. from )se A lertz, 01, of uities. , a y be ;s than octiq° ek, 15 stii►s' ow 111 tion Ol Th e v nlor! arri l ,f ° 1111 P; b: i-Stree4 in arl:th - 11/A lr br tC— .IO 1 1; tiltSP"I rra~' betvief, P go sni be 11 dayo to h, 9 1 , iot~a guisb l bocaw t , cleu to idoa j ats ° if y o ro . e 4100 rreCP , last, th raTe a tb" ainio o -crs in obel: ;rip 41 1 kstallv for .P . 64 rnau tt ' 0 ac a d hal :111 covi - t" tntellu inot. IL,. le % Pe r P,,, f o irvr e h ;ia teP r°ier• 0 0 A o 5 wev— r of tbe 0 7esolli P f, whie nv L ot 'crew he t in qufor74 o piec e i ; Bth ID, 44 . 7 . ging . l; WeaSr, IY - sc. e '! ' a ,a '!"1 kt ° r a il ar boa ad 10 iim °' „6/ V 'aShe 3 is tiu' [yr Or of X 4 )orsolls. Lring, , [slan a / wet° their ks at th,e Te" I ri s h red t` i i their Cre l/5 Its llS ICI S sigh I Nal rese n ;et )1' THE NORTHERN, r ,f,ENJES MONDAY, JANUARY 4Q, .1859. BEFO2tE.SIR. J. B. LLOYD AND 3IU. L. PELI . . . . . FURIOUS DRIVING.-Thomas Roark, the owner and driver of a spring c irt, was summoned by P. F. Curry, Eq., the Coroner of Liverpool, for' furious driving, and eadangering his life and the live 3 'of the' public. The Coroner stated he was crossing from the bridge :at the bottom of JaMeS-street, when the defendant came dOva James-street at a furious rate, and turned - quite shbrt to the left, and at the same rate. 'The complainant, ;lot • thinking the man was about to turn at such an angle and at such .a rate, had a very narrow escape. He explained the. law of such cases. A mile an hour might be furious -drivin , where there was much human traffic, where life might be' in danger, and ten miles an hoar, in a place where there was no danger, might not be furious driving. Mr. Blake, the beadle .of the coroner's court; proved that he went to get the defendant's name and: address, when. the latter acted very insolently, and said the coroner should have sent his valet to let him know he was coming, His Worship censured the conduct of the 'defendant, 'and agreed with Mr. Carry in the law, as interpreted by him. He said the drivers of spring, butchers carts, and others, went through the streets in a most .reckless manner. lie would .fine all such when hronght before hint., He fined the defendant 10s. and • costs. . • A.Mr. Giatsworth was summoned for furious driving, is Lord-street, on the 4th,'aild endangering the lives of the people.. The of per said he saw the defendant and his servant drivd furiously through. the street, and at the eroSsing at Wiiitechapel a luau was knoekel and hurt so that he was laid up since. The servant of the defendant endeavoured to convince the bench' that the driving was quite milel,..and that it was the man's stupidity to be knockal down, as he ran up against the wheel of the vehicle. The magistrates, however, fined the defendant 2 and costs LIVERPOOL couNrY COURT. -SATURD.IY FORE J. K. BLAIR, ESQ. COLLISION IN THE :MERSEY.—TROMPSON v. TYftER AND ANYIIIER. — This case, which was adjourned yester day, was resumed this inorniag, Mr. Aspinall, barrister, appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lushington, barrister, for the defendant. The point which the defence was endeavouring to establish at the time of the adjournment was, that the pilot,. who had charge. of the tug Albert, when it ran down the flat Rock; was a licensed pilot. The first witness called this morning was the Secretary Of the Pilotage Committee, who prolluced his book to show that 'Richard Williams was the pilot who brought in tha ship Zetland, and who had charge of the tug at the time of the collision. The books did not, however, prove that Williams was at the time licensed. The card was then adjourned to a later hour of the day, to give, the defendants au opportunity of bringing further evidence to prove that Williams-was a licensed pilot. When the hearing of the R. • full .on 7th .. July, 18 e Committee, iu which was'recorded a r'eso - lution authorising Richard and wanes: Aspinall said that was no proof that the pilot was licensed in 1858. Ilis Honour said he believed that ,Williams was on board the tug at the time of' the collision, , and that he was a licensed pilot at the time. .• This concluded isoinall then addressed the-court the evid, Jushington replied, .arguing that the. responsibility >t lie upon the tug hut upon the vessel towed ; uo m appeared to have been given in a case of this kind, - but -he relied, . with. confidence, upon ' '` -- a His Honour said • the ease having s lie had cited, been - cited, he should postpone giving ju'dgment HE STEAM WARRENER AND W, PELLOW V. SAMUEL WILSON This ., was an adOurned case. Mr. DJighton, barrister, instructed- by Mr. dfrey, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Aspinall, barrister, instructed by Mr. Roberts, of Manchester, appeared for the defendant. The Steam Engine Maker's Society is of a friendly character, and the Liverpool Branch has a sum of £296 in Messrs. Moss's bank, in the mune of the plaintiffs and defendant, qtly the trustees in whose names posited. It was now desired r( to transfer the money £2O, in the first instance, to new trustees, but this could not be done without the defendant signing, as the money was d, co-trust , ue in favour of the new rn . trustees for the amount . This the defendant refused to do and hence the action. .Mr Deightou contended that the rules of the society authorised 2-3rds of the society to remove.a trustee and appoint a new one, or to elect, new trustees. Mr. Aspinail said, the Liverpool branch was only part ce one society which had many branches, but only one Set of rules, and one certificate ; he argued, therefore, that without the action of the whole soc i ety, there could be no demand made upon the defendant. But his first contention. was that the court had no jurisdiction. Mr. Deighton replied, and argued that the court had jurisdiction. His Honour said, as the rules did not appear to be certified as required by the act of parliament, the court could net act iu the matter. THE LATE (GLASGOW) AUSTRALIAN MAIL CO Sydney Herold says of the steam-ship Australasian This ;team-ship Is the property of the ith'iolveut estate of the European. and Australasian Co., and was lately employed by the Royal Mail Company, No funds having been provided by the official liquidators for disbursements ,of ship or payment of crew, she has been detained for mariner& wages, and is now in the Vice-Admiralty Court. It is understood that this magnificent steam ship is mortgaged far beyond her value to a Glasgow bank. The list of forthcoming books for the month of January, as far as the announcements are yet made, comprises chiefly works of fiction. Among the most notable of these are a new novel, in' two volumes, by Charles Reade, to be entitled " Maiden, Wife, and Widow ;" one from Mrs. Gaskell, in two volumes, to be called " Around the Sofa ;" one other (tideless as yet) from Miss hinlock, in three volumes ; one from an old friend, long silent, Miss Jewsbury, whom we are glad to meet again, with the somewhat didactic name of " Right and Wrong," and one, finally, from Captain Mayne Reid, in three volumes, to be entitled " Oceola." —The Book -World. -- 1 111 - REWINMATES- OF - A NEIVGATE - Ex-Under-Sheriff Rose; 'urging, through the coluans of__a. contemporary, the _reconstruction of the.. part! of Newgate „appropriated to women,..pbserves In one room I have keen confined in Newgate a woman - Mary Anne a3ice Seago by name—who had beaten' het step child. to death under circumstances . -of unparalleled barbarity. The process ,of Murder . occupied some considerable time.; but I cannot write .the details, and it would be sickening to read„them. She was a clever, cunning woman,. well educated, and, with a very competent knowledge of the law' relating to 'prisons, with which she often .favoured the officials, and full of .grievances. Sir. George Grey, the then Secretary of State - for the HOMO - Department, .would not - remove her froth Newgate on account of a. supposed delicacy of health, and the most effectual stop to the outrages committed by this woman in prison was - a - threat to' get her removed from Newgate. Confined with her was one Celestina Sonn.er, also, well ~ educated ; -convicted of cutting the throat of her.ehild, ten years old, in a -coal cellar, with a carving knife, and whose conviction . was 'secured :-by the 'evidence of a servant .girl, Rachel; who slept 'usually in or - on -a bed -.in, the kitchen, through which the 'mother and daughter passed in their way; to the shambles in the coal-cellar, and who, awakened that 'night; heard the butcher in the act' of murder informing her. victim 'that she teach the to Willies.' That servant girl— her nervous system strung in au agony of fear became many . years older, that night ; for her . mistress, carving-knife in band, eaina,to Rachel's bed to 'turn her over and see whether she was asleep, which silo pretended to be. I did not go to sleep,' said this Wit ness at the trial, lay, awake all night.' The softeni'pg influence of prison associations on the heart of Celestma Somner may be imagined when she informed - her convict companions that' she was sorry sli:e had not finished the Servant as well as her . own child. The last of the three companions was a woman. who, by three different men, had had three childred,:who, wishing to visit a paramour in the country (Whether the father of any - of her offspring I forget, but I think not), and finding the expense of moving them all more than she could afford, delibe rately took two of her children down to a canal, and held them under water until they were dead. This woman before her trial trumped up a deliberate lie, with elabo rate circumstances, against the policeman who. took her into custody, which she adhered to after trial and convic tion, hut, in the imminent prospect of the gallows, she admitted the whole to be' 'false. These three were associated* together in one room—vain of the _attention they excited and received—as such criminals usually are, the more so, the worse the crime and the more notorious the criminal. They were attended by the. doctor, the clergyman, the governor, the matron, the - visiting magis trates; the sheriffs, the under-sheriffs '(to 'say nothing; of visitors), who are privileged, some (laity and some weekly, to wait upon criminals to' hear a statement !of their, complaints and grievances. More, much more, might bb added; but this is enough to prove that New gate wantsfurther improvements." PAUPERISM IN ENGLAND AND WALES A second return, ordered by the House of Commons;. has been . issued by the poor-law board, setting forth a, comparative statement-of the number of paupers. in Eng land and Wales, chargeable up to the last'week in'Novem-, ber, 1857 and, 1858. The return does not include private paupers and vagrants, it being computed.that the number contained in those two classes is less than .2.0 per cent, on the total pauperism. There are at the pressiit time 14,658 parishes in England and ,Wales, maintaining, or li able to maintain their Own poor, and of the5e.14,370 make, weekly returns to the poor-lawboard ; 233 parishes incorpo rated Under Gilbert's Act, or still under the provisions of the 43rd Elizabeth, not making any return whatever. The returns are arranged in eleven divisions, viz., the metropolis, including part of Middlesex, part of Surrey, and part of Kent ; the south-eastern including part of Surrey, part of Kent, Sussex, Southamp ton, and Berks ; the south midland, including part of Middlesex, Hertford, Buckingham, Oxford, Northamp ton, Huntingdon, Bedford, and Cambridge ; the eastern, including Essex, Suffolk; and Norfolk ; the south-western, including Wilts, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset, tlie west midland, including Gloucester, Hereford, Salop, Stafford, ,Worcester, and Warwick ; the north midland, including Leicester, Rutland, Lincoln;. Nottingham, and Derby ; - the'north-western, including Chester and Lan caster ; the York, including the west riding, the east rid big, and thi3 north riding ; the northern, including Dur ham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland the Welsh, including Monmouth, South Wales, and North Wales. Taking the last week of the return, the three preceding weeks, showing throughout a decrease on: the whole to the extent of 2.12, 2.74, and 3:37 per cent as compared with the same period (November), of 1857, the following striking decrease is obtained:—ln the metro polis, 4,888, or 4.87 per cent; the south eastern district, 3,382, or 3.58 per cent ; the south midland, 3,502 or 4.63 per cent ; the eastern, 1,809, or 4.91 per cent ; the south western, 3,358, or 3.13 per cent; the north mid laud, 3,816. er.7.17 per cent ; the north western, 17,553, or 16.27 per cent ; the York, 3,848, or 6.21 per cent ; the Welsh, 472, or 0.64 per cent. .The only increase had been, in the west midland district, 2.58, or 0.29 per cent; and in the northern, 1,004, or 2.67 per cent, the total decrease being 43,196., or 4.91 per cent. There is added to the return a very interesting ,table, drawn up with much care and labour, in which the population, area in statute acres, the miiiiber of anions . -anc parishes, are set forth ; together with a table of inthistrial statistics, which gives the important information as to the number of persons 'timed 20 and upwards, together with their trades or Front these tables the whole population of England Find Wales is stated, according to - the census of 1851, at ,17 acres the number of lersons GU years of ag upwards emp. in na,echani , ..,al art trade Dmestic purposes, agriculture, manufactures, . and mining and mineral works, is put down at 9,816,597; of whom 31.0 - per cent. are engaged in mechanical arts, - trade and domestic service, 16.1 per cent. i:1 agriculture, 8:4 . per cent. mineral worics It'ant .1$ ratvn up , with great care and attention, and does much credit to the officers connected with the statistical department of the Poor Law .Boaid, Emperor o Itusaa las just given his sanction to . .. .. a . proposal from the Governor of Siberia for baildinea town, to be called Sophiisk, at Djai, on the right bank of the Amur. - . • A few days ago a dairyman of Wedmore lost several cow-spans. After many ifiquitibs, and a diligent search, they were ultimately found sewn in the milking-maid's " church-going SLYGU ACCIDENT T 5 THE CARRIAI OP THE M A RCHION ESS OF WusTnL•Tsrun...Ou Monday afternoon, as the Marchioness of Westminster and her daughter, the. Lady Theodora Grosvenor, were proceeding, in their carriage, up ,Fore , r ' ate-street, Chester, the fore part of the vehicle, on which the coachman and footman were sitting, broke from. the carriage, leaving Lady -Westminster and Lady Theodora in. the body part. - The horse proceeded with the box or "dickey" on which the servants were seated; but they soon released themselves from their dangerous position, and the horse ' which was not a very spirited animal, was soon stopped. The Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Theodora - Grosvenor were not iniu_red.— Chester Courant. : Ma. EnwArto MtALL, AT BANBURY. 0:1 Friday evening, Mr. Edward Miall addressed a crowded meeting of the electors and non-electors of Banbury, in the Town Mr. - Allan addressed the meeting A great length On the subject of said, what - he slrould prefer reform h. was manhood saffrage, vote:by ballot, and a redistribu tion of seats, which ,would give such an approximation to equality of constituencies as would secure for the majority of electors a majority of members • but it was of more importance to consider what, if the offer were made, it was worth while to accept. He should prefer to have a moderate measure, thoroughly sincere and sound, to a larger measure that was deceptive and rotten. At the conclusion of his address Mr. Miall was loudly cheered. DivxuEsus.--The Brighton, will pay, it is calculated, at the rate of seven per cent per annum for the past half year, which will make up for the year, with the preceding dividend, six per cent. 51 per cent is talked of for the Midland, 61 for the Great *Northern, and 41 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire. The next half-yearly dividend of the Great Western may be at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, at least so a " Great Western Proprietor " calcu lates. No one more than he, unconnected with the management, is better able to form such an estimate. If the Great Western declare at the forthcoming half-yearly meeting, a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, it will only be, in fact, 2 per cent for the year 1858, for it is well known that on the last occasion the Great Western suspended their dividend. Herapath. THROWING A POLICEMAN INTO A QUA RIM —On Thursday night, a police constable, named Wardell, while on the old Hohnfirth-road, heard some voices in a wood. Suspecting something wrong, he stepped off the road, at a point near a quarry, and entered a wood, which stands on a steep declivity. Descending cautiously, he saw a man among the trees, and was making towards him, when another man started up in his path, and, driving his head violently into his stomach, seized him by the legs. and threw him into the quarry —a depth of about twenty-four feet. The cries of the officer brought to his assistance two men who were going along the new Holmfirth-road. They procured lights, and took him to the nearest inn. He was afterwards conveyed to the Huddersfield Infir mary, where he was found to have sustained compound fractures of the right thigh and elbow joint.---lianchester Guardian. AN IRISH THREATENING LETTER. Frdm the Cork Ilep . ioter's police intellio•ente we extract the following . - Mr. Fitz g erald, on behalf of Mr. R. Gre gg , so li c i tor, preferred a.charge of writing a threatening letter against a man named. Edward O'Connor, Paul-street, a fiAing tackle maker. About two years ago, the wife of O'Conner was.servant to Mr. Gregg, and married out of his house. Mrs. Gregg lately wanted a seryant, and hearing that O'Connor's wife was" desirous to - go into service again, sent a. messenger to her husband asking his" permission to let her re-enter her service for some time, until she could provide herself with another servant. To this, as Mrs. Gregg understood, O'Connor did not object„ and entered the service of Mrs. Gregg. again. Greatly to Mr. and Mrs. -Gregg's surprise, he came to the door and demanded his wife, and followed, up -that. outrage 1 Writing a letter to Mr. Gregg to the following effect : Six After this notice, if - you detain my *He : against my wish, Y will show you that know the law, and I wilt take it into nly own hands, for if she does not be with me- before two o'clock, I will shoot you.before the public. . , • . EDWAItA O'CONNOR. The reading of this epistle .cauqe.d.a titter through the court, and all eyes were turned to the writer of it, who stood.at the bar. He is .a short thin man, and"appeirs to be . of weak . intellect. Mr. Fitzgerald (in continuation) now applied to his worship to put this man. under a heavy rule of bail, or send him to gaol. Mr. Gregg was thensworn, and deposed to the facts stated by Mr.. : Fitrgerald, and : to the receipt of the threatening letter. , OTennor : Because you kept my wife against my will and . consent. Call Ellen o'.Counor, and ask her if she.was not kept forcibly, and then.l am satisfied to be punished: , Magistrate : Did you write ,that letter ? O'Connor i I did,:when they refused to let her home to ine. Mr. ShaW :.If your wife was detained against your Will, you had yoar remedy"; but I have only : to deal here as a magistrate, with that threatening letter. O'Connor : I'll : take proceedings against Mr. Gregg for detaining my wife. (Great laughter.) The seriousness and vehe nience ivitb:which the defendant announced his intention of going to .law only heightened the ridicule of his position, and the Crowded court was highly amused with the poor man's "much ado about nothing," The wife, !who stood beside him; is a mild and respectable-looking young woman, and apparently felt for her misguided and giddy husband, who is, perhaps, only the victim of some practical joking, by . his fellow workmen—Cork being famous for " humbugging," through all grades of its inhabitants. Magistrate : You must find two good and solvent securities, , to keep the pace for twelve months, or go to gaol in default of bail, where you will be THE . COLLIERS' STRIKE IN THE LEEDS DISTRICT. We leara that Messrs. Lock and Co. ) of Kippax, have come•to terms with their men, who resumed work on the 4th instant.—La CRUELTY. TO, HORSES.--The Examiner states that the average duration of a horse's life in Glasgow is onlytlire( years, and that about a thousand of these useful animals are killed by overwork every year in this city. DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAT. —A workman in the Dewlais Works died on Sunday last from the eitects of being bitten' by a cat in a rabid state. Six other persons were bitten 'by the furious animal, which has been destroyed.--Bristo/ .Mireto.y. THE REv. DR. CUNNINGHAM. The Edinburgh correspondent of the Ayrshire Express says : —" Before the Express is •in the hands of your readers, Principal Cunningham will have received from a few friends of the Free Church the princely sum of about £7,000, as an acknowledgment of his great services to that com- is Mercurit MlllllOll DEATH OF SIR JAMES RAMSAY, OF BANFF.—This much respected baronet died on New Year's morning. He had suffered long under a painful disease, and was in his sixty-second year. A warm-heated and extremely benevolent man, he is much lamented in Alyth and its neighbourhood. His brother (uuw Sir George Ramsay) succeeds to the title and estates. In him the the tenantry of Banff will have continued the advantage of a very good landlord. A SIGN or PEACE.--,--It is curious to remark the changes which take place from one year to another even .in the toys made for children. Thus it appears that at preient the pneumatic pistols, which *ere the delight of our juveniles last year, and were manufactured in such: vast" numbers as to . raise the price of zinc, have lost all their vogue. The sale of drums, too, has greatly dimi nished. Peace seems in the ascendant now with children as well as their papas. Scientific playthings are all the rage at present.—Galignani. CURIOUS ACCIDENT.—On. Saturday, while a young man was at work in the Corn Exchange, a piece of heavy plate glass, - with which a part of the roof is glazed, fell from the roof, a height of nearly thirty feet. Fortunately one of his companions observed the glass in its deeent, and gave the alarm to the _young man, who had time to step aside, or he, in all likelihood, would have been killed on the spot. As it was, the glass fell upon one of his feet, cut through his boot, and penetrated his foot to a Considerable depth. —Falkirk Herald. PROPOSED GOVERNMENT OFFICES —The views of the offiry, - qone a chluge. Without proke3sing to be quite exact in a matter which seems not- yet to have reached the stage of exactness, we believe the present intention is the purposes of the Colonial Office and the East India Board ; and that Mr. Seott and Mr. Dighy Wyatt (the latter holding the appointment of architect to the East India Company) will be associated as - architects.— The Builder. Thursday afternoon, 'i anehester an mast Re was brought before I B. W. Milner, Esq., ex-mayor, at Retford, — charged with forging and uttering a cheque, purporting to be the order of William Cook, upon the Sheffield Union Rankin°. Company at East Retford, for the sum of £l2O, with intent to defraud the said William Cook. He was fully assizes in March He was allo I to fiud bail, hirns in £2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each, HUSBAND MURDER.—A dreadful murder has been committed near Rambouillet, by a wife on her husband The couple in question, named some time back left Paris, and lived at a place called Les Breviaires. Several scenes of violent dispute had taken place between them, when on the day in - question, the liusband came home to his dinner, and foundtothing ready.. A:quarrel arose, at the end of wif the man was obli what'he could find, and then he went to bed. Two hours after the wife presented herself, with her clothes covered with blood, before the mayor, and announced that she had killed her husband. The mayor having gone to the place, found the husband lying dead on the bed, with his skull fractured by means of several blows inflicted with a heavy iron bar (hiring his sleep. The woman has been committed for trial. STOTUARD'S GRAVE.—WiII no one set up a monument to mark the " ilis jacet" of Thomas - Stothard in Dunhill fields ? There our English Raphael sleeps near to De Foe, - and not very far from John Bunyan. Surely the Royal Academy of Arts might within its own body do something, and at once, for so bright an ornament of its boly. Look at Rwrors's " Italy," the best illustrated book England has as yet set forth ! and is not Stothard supe rior to Turner, great as Turner is in that matchless volume ? But Stothard died very poor —it was not his fault—and Turner died very rich. Stothard's grave, in a dissenter's cemetery, is unmarked: Turner was buried, by his own desire, in St. Paul's cathedral ; and Turner left a thousand pounds poet Prior like—for his own statue to be erected in the masterpiece of Wren in London's cathedral.— Illustrated'Lonclon. News. • THE LATE J. M. KEMBLE. - A friend in Dublin wishes to inquire, through these columns, whether any step is likely to be taken for the burial or removal of the ashes of the late J. M. Kemble. Oar great Saxon scholar has been dead nearly two years. Ile remains unburied. On the temporary stone shelf in the Cemetery of Mount Jerome, near Dublin, on which his dust was placed by strangers, his dust still lies. .A certi ficate, testif y in g these strange facts, is now before us. Now surely this ripe scholar deserves from those who were his friends in life, if not a monument, at least a grave. If they think not, let them say so ; and the public will then have a right to step in. The dozen pounds or so required to house him in his rest will not be wanting, so soon as those who enjoy the first right to discharge this 'Amu office shall distinctly yield their claim. At all this scandal of an unburied body ought to cea ,. Athencetent. The uses of photography appear to 11,3 endless ; and no t the least agreeable one, as to its resul ts, promised in is the prospectus of a ve r y beautiful work s h ortly to be issued by Messrs. Lovell Reeve and john Mounteney These tiro g ent l en gentle en made l a walking tour 'l our Most Gracious i j u e 19 B h s r e i t n t * an y, aboutthe time Majesty and her faithful Commons Daring this time, they collected visited Cherbo ur g. in teresting notes, descriptiv e , • a vast quantity of quariaa and also a social, historical, and anti views-231r. Reeve, as handsome collection of stereoscopic becomes his literary taste, seeing to the notes, and M r. j e ph son, having special gifts that way, taking the stereo two are to be graphs. And the result is, that the published together M • --. i.Reeve's notes, and Mr. Je 1 , ' p-son. 8 stereo graphs beautiful and grap s —making in unison a very useful work. Vhen . 1 we state that ninety separate photographic. slides, with box and lock and key complete, a re t o be issued with the book, the book-buyer will be prepared to hear that • the price is a good round one.— The Critic. WAGES RIOI I— A.AIONGST SEAMEN - ATIIMI,T9I.. On Friday. ! a . ft,:iiiieon, 'about three o'clock, a most disgraceful riot took place on the Broad Quay ; .-amengst a number •of sailors, in the course of which - -they violently assaulted Mr. John Leech, master' cif the brig Gleaner, of Gloucester, bound 'up. the ,Iklediter- . rauean. The circumstance of a disturbance amongst the sailors of the port brought many to the scene of action from feelings of curiosity--=for. we are. glad to state' such occurrences are almost unknown • amOngst us. It' appears that within the last two do,T6 Mr. Leech has shipped his crew, consisting of six . men, sharks, adotncael ige wad e dehdmai had-nth. ott they the-particula r yesterday profess agr te engaged afternoon and, having signed articles for £2 is 64. a month, they•went on board their vessel. A number :of land consideredt fti o ti xaer - er b ne.oirt s einol i i t ai i Ibtcaoonetrittsa2.l?eebeffes.o;lrlii ship and whichri n ae gnt r ini • idT n til lavishly hiv t islm t oe h i e e t pi h ap nr quay men are notorious. Jr. Leech incautiously came ashore to pay Some lumpers, and was at once very roughly handled, not only, ay the_ seamen but by the rabble (at all times to be found in such places), and, as the question of wages is always. a_ . popular one amongst the working 'classes, they failed not to obtain the assistance of 'people us- evil disposed, as themselves. :The bonnatless women of the dark alleys and impure lanes joined; in the affray and dealt blows 'to the captain, while the scoundrels who commenced the riot jostled him about • in 'the most brutal- way_ Their yells and imprecations could be heard a long dis tance off, and, Considering the excited State of the mob, it is nmost fortunate circumstance that lie personal injury was done to anyone but the captain. 'The seamen remained on board, the threats of the mob heing•of such a dia meter that it was deenied desirable, for their own safety, that they shOuld not stir. The Captain. was pushed about and-beillten unmercifully until he took refuge in the shop of Mr. Langford, Broad Quay, whgt,he was desired by a police officer to remain ' until he procured a sufficient number of officers to justify an interference. Accordingly Mr. Bell sent down six policemen - from the central station, who succeeded in Capturing four orthe male ringleaders and one woman,' whom they conveyed to the station-house, with a man that attempted the rescue of the female. As may be readily imagined, a vast crowd assembled, whose dispersion was no easy task. The captain stated, in reply to the observation's of the parties who interrogated him, that in giving £2 7s 6d to the sailors, he had made an advance of 2s 6d a month on the wages that were now 'paid. On Tudsday M. Guizot sc ume of us memoirs, v appear before the end of the month Maclame Anna nth. - Madame Anna Bishop is now no longei Bishop, but Madame Schulze, having been re united to an American gentleman of that name • We (Post) much regret to hear that Mr= has been for some weel' 411 Sims Reeves demo N y seriously so lrptich so in deed as to cause her family and friends great anxiety and alarm. We (A.thenceuin) understand that Herr Joach:_citas completed a new Concerto TOr the violin; which, therefore, we may expect to hear during the coming season, we believe,' it is his intention to revisit England. --- The French government is about •to send presents to the Emperor of Japan ; part of them will consist of, 100 muskets of a beautiful model for his Majesty's - body guard, two pieces of cannon, and some Gobelins tapestry. A - PnEcocrous YANKEE.—A lad was, subpoenaed as a witness in one of the American Courts." The .jiidge said, "Put the boy upon evidence !" Upon hearing which young America exclaimed, " Who are you calling boy ? I've chewed bacca these two years !" A gentleman called on Jerrold one day, with a . fine youth sick for the , brine and bent on a gazette all to himself. "And what are you at now, my dear • boy?" exclaimed Jerrold. " Silk, sir," said the hopeful Nelson. "If you go to sea you'll find it worsted," replied Jerrold, m o T r n h i e ng l f ° o u u r r na in i d d iN i-l idifals ii ; c i e n of th e January 7 9 , f sayseii —This-gea- arines, passed the Orleans station, on their war front Paris to Clermont. Theyare supposed to be impliated in a mysterious murder, committed nine years ago. Mr. V, Brooke took a final farewell leave of the Mel bourne stage about ten months ago,•and in a few months afterwards appeared again on the same stage. His con duct, and that of the manager of the theatre, has been severely censured by the Melbourne press for this gross breach of public faith, for the sake of some little addi tional profit. . _ . THE ADNIRALTV.—Vice-Admiral Sir 'Richard Dnudas is at present on a visit to Sir John Paliiiigton at Droit wich. Vice-Admiral Martin and .Rear-Admiral Milne are the only members of the board in town ; but Sir John Pakington may be expected on Monday next,ifter which the other members will re-assenible . at Whitehall. —United Service Gazette. On the-occasion of the new pear, the Prince Regent of Prussia, after the reception of those who enjoyed the privilege of paying their respects at court had been con cluded, procieded to offer his personal congratulations to the venerable Humboldt. The King and Queen had, then also sent precious tokens of their , remembrance to one who is held in such universal esteem. Loss OF THE SHIP MARGARET TYSON AND BOSTON, Dec. 24, 1858.—The ship Margaret Tyson, Capt. Morrison, from New York' for Sun Francisco, is reported to have foundered at sea, no date given. The cre.' are supposed to be hist, except one man. who was picke. upjl floating on a mast of the Margaret Tyson, who reported that he had been on it seventeen days. Lord Broughton—better known as Sir John Cara Hobhouse, to be best known hereafter by a " Childe Harold" dedication—is about to anneal author p is to give us a volume about iq:unties, pictuie-galleries, and " green delights," from 1816 to 1854. Mr. Murray is to be the publisher. NEWS FROM COCHIN CHINA.—The Madrid COrres pondan:cite gives a somewhat carious piece of news from Cochin China :—The. great mandarin who - commands in chief the Cochin Chinese army had sent a peremptory order to the French Vice Admiral to leave the territory with all the Franco-Spanish forces within ten : days, threatening that, if he did not obey - , every man from the highest to • the lowest • should be crucified, or at least decapitated ! A grand poultry show was opened to the. public on Saturday at the Crystal Palace. The display includes upwards of 3,000 birds of various sorts, and the, coops, if very nearly a mile in ranged iu single row,, would b length. The din of all the. cocks crowing at mice is something astounding. The imitative parrots an toos in the tropical department are quite alive to the shrill clangour near them, and do nothing but crow like cocks all day in reply.. _ acoaa- AN ASPIRING JircEstue.—On New Year's Eve a vast crowd of persons congregated in and about the Methodist Chapel, in Bronwylfa-squarc, St. Aspali, to hear the oratory of a youth named R. Williams, abootthiq u e n n a years of aze son of a deceased porter on the Chester He ed eb th ose is Holybead'iailway, who was accidentally killed whilst wifein the discharge of his duty at Holyhcad,l3l leaving itinerant profession for about five } and children unprovided for. The He traced th e birth his text, John xvi. 14, 10. the Messiah was ~ to spring, , as typical of the ,„ change from law to Chris tianity, and its succeeding spread -roug, lOat thejand, birth and findity -, of Moses, from when; '• particularly in Wales, of which he was proud to be the youthful disciple. His style was quite novel, and he was listened to with deep attention. It was all in the - Welsh vernacular.—North JVales Chronicle. DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN WANDERER.—An incident of a very melancholy character occurred in the Ilighaela road. on Wednesday. A market-man was on his .way to Birmingham, about nine o'clock in the morning,. In the road named he found lying something whi c h at first sight appeared to be a bundle of rags. On a ne i rer approach, in h s u en m s a ib n l e e lyt and e ek up foaming the however, the object proved to he th e b ody -of a man-about age, a fi t ft t y h ) e - ea m r e s u o t f h.T hI wasquiteo market-man wretched man, and conveyed him to the Queen's aospitaL Mr. Gamgee promptly attended, and directed -that he and should be undressed, put to bed. That was a task more easily said than done, for the rags worn by the miserable unknown was so tied and twisted together, that it Was impossible to get them off without cutting them to pieces. He continued insensible until about eight o'clock the same night, when he died. At present there are no means of ascertaining anything concerning this forlorn man Birmingham Pape) ARRIVAL or WOUNDED TROOPS FROM INDIA.-0a Friday afternoon a large party of nearly 200 wounded and disabled troops arrived at Fort Pitt hospital from Agra, Delhi, Lucknow, and Cawnpore, having disembarked at Gravesend from the screw-steamer Asia, Captain Darke. The invalid troops left Calcutta on the 25th of September, and arrived in the Thames on Friday, after a tedious passage of 103 days. During the voyage sixteen deaths occurred on board, viz., fourteen troops and two children. The invalid troops belonged to the 2nd Dragoon Guards. 6th Dragoon Guards, 7th Hussars, 12th Lancers, sth. 6th, Bth, 10th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 23rd, 32t1d. 34th, 35th, 37th, 42nd, 53rd, 54th, 60th, 6ith, 73rd, 75th, 77th, 79th, 80th, 82nd, 84th, 86th, 88th. 90th, 93rd, and 97th Regiments, Royal Artillery, a nd Rifle Brigade., the number of 178 men of all ra nks, together with 5 insane men, and 2 soldiers who had been discharged from the service with icrnominy. The troop s were in charge of Captain C. J. P a tterson, 35th regiment, and Ensign C. Hastie, 93 r d Hi g hlanders. On arriving at F ti inspected, when 36 men who wo unded were t a k e n i n t o the hospital , an d the remainder sent to' St. Mary's`Barracks Le hPaidtt, been they verywe re s e immediatel y ia lv te o l awa it their discharge, • ort