Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

AMERICA. The North Star arrived on Wednaslay at C owes , on her way to Havre. She left. New York on the 11th instant. She has brought 165 passengers, and specie to the amount of 181,886 dollars. At New York, the sales of cotton on the 10th embraced nearly 800 bales ; Upland Midlands at about 141 c to 141 c. Flour in moderate demand, and prices lower; wheat heavy, an d l ar d fi r m. Coffee firm, but quiet. At New Orleans cotton market firm, but little business doing. Ten vessels were in qnarantine at New York. The New York Herald says that since the death of Mr. Marcy, Secretary Cass has partially determined to make public the reply of the late Secretary of State to the French demand for indemnity for losses sustained by French citizens at the bombardment at Greytown. Everything in Kansas is peaceable. Two-thirds of the peo.slavery and free state men of Kaman, Missouri, and Mississippi Valley have endorsed Governor Walker's policy in Kansas. At New Odeans the cotton market was firm, but little business doing. Nine hundred and fifty sieves were landed at Cuba on the 24th ult. The slavers started for the Brazils as soon as they had lauded their cargoes. A British frigate from Jamaica is gone in pursuit of them. Fifteen persons belonging to the Dead Rabbits party concerned in the +h of july riots at New York have been found guilty of manslaugh - er by the coroner's jury Two more persons have died of their wounds. one of the rioters have been apprehend d. Law proceedings have been taken by the owner of the alleged slave bargee Panehita. against the British officer who seized her, and an order of arrest was issued, and bonds fixed at 15,000 dollars. Parot, eoneemed in the French railroad frauds, escaped from gaol, but was re-captured. Bevaral wrecks had taken place in the Bahamaq. Sou TRAMP roN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. 'lhe European and American Company's steamer Jason has arrivod at Cowes, on her way to London, from New York Sae left New York on the Bth inst., and her news Ins been ant;cipeed by the Persia. She has on board 1,300 tons of cargo. Tfiz HARROW TURN.OUT.—Load Palmerston, in acknow ledging his heath, drunk in his original character of " a Ea , row boy," at the last annual festival of the Harrovians. declared that no other public school in the kingdom had bad the good fortune to turn out such men as Lord Aber deen, the Etrl of Ripon. and the late Sir Robert Peel. Lord - Palmerston is modest; he did at least ai much as his school to tucri oat two of the three statesmen mentioned. —Punch POCKET PICKING AT A FAIR.—At St. Beswelrs fair, Mr. Thornlurn, farmer, Juniper Bank, Innerleithen, who had just sod a number of sheep, was leaving the Fleece" tent, when his pocket was picked of six twenty pound notes, one five pound note, and four one pound notes—in all £129. The same day, Mrs. Cotsworth, residing at Cowdenknowes, had her pocket picked of a purse contain ing a five pound note and some silver. In neither case has any trace been found of the thieves. LAY PREACHING.—Three country gentlemen in the north have recently entered on the work of preaching the gospel. They are—Mr. Brownlow North, for many years a " fast" man about town; Mr. Grant Macdowall, of Arndilly ; and Captain Macdowall, of Sandsi le. Their ministrations, especially those of Mr. North, are creating intense excitement. Mr. North is an Episcopalian, hut he holds forth in churches of all the denominations, from pariah kirks to Btatist, chapels. —Scottish Weekly Pulpit. A DRUM MAJOR'S PRINCELY PUPIL.--Druna M ajor Wiliam Loomes, 21. battalion Cokl,tre,arn Guarils, who has for some time past attended at Buckingham Palace for the purpose of teaching the young Prince Alfred the art of military drum heating, receivd from her Majes'y on Wednesday last a special mark of her approbation for his attention to the Royal prince. The Queen herself presented him with a ly,ndsorae gold watch, engraved with an inscription ; also a portrait of his young pupil, who is never so happy as when he is perf,rming some military movement. United Service Gazette. S ,me limo ago, an arrangement was entered into be tween the master bakers of this town and their workmen, that there should be a total discontinuance of night labour, and that with the exception of a faw hours early cn Mon day morning, the business of the baking trade should be conducted in the ordinary hours of other trades. Twenty seven out of thirty-two master bakers have faithfully maintained their agreement; but, as it appears, five have not thought proper to fall in with the movement, we trust that an arrangement will be made that will satisfy all the pal Lim., eon Ludt aeweialing will oe none euectuauf to carry o at this much needed reform.—Belfast paper. LORD NAPIER.—The Cumberland (Maryland) Civilian of Taesday has the following paragraph: —Lord Napier, the British Minister, and family, arrived in our city on Thursday evening last, en route for Frostburg, eleven mites from this place, where ha intends spending the summer. The elegant residence of Mr. Charles Hammil has been engaged for his lordships accommojation, where, we doubt not, from the present location, the beauty of the surrounding scenery, the cool and refreshing air, the pure and sparkling mountain water, and the warm hearts of many " brither Scots" beating for him a hearty w:lcome, ha will spend a happy season of rustication, redounding in health to him self and family, and a pleasant episode to be cherished in the recollections of all. THE FINAL FRANKLIN SEARCH EXPIDIrIO'N.—Two Or three weeks only have elapsed since the tiaal Arctic expe dition in search of the rmains of the missing naviga'ors of the Erebus and Terror &parted on its errand of humanity and benevolence, with the heartfelt blessings of thousands who have taken so deep an interest in this last of a series of noble enterprises. Such an expedition, it may be imagined, could not be prepared without great immediate cost, and still greater liabilities. The Lady Franklin's Final Search Fund now reaches £2677, and the cost of the yacht Fox, with provisions, and the pay of the officers and men for two years is £10,431; leaving £7,767 as the amount of Lady Franklin's liabilities with respect to the expedition. It is earnestly to be hoped that when this fact becomes generally known, the appeal made for assistance in lessening these large liabilities will be liberally responded to, and that long before the expedition returns from the icy region whither it is now bound, an energetic effort will be made to discharge the whole of the claims that will have accrued. HOUSES IN FLATS.—The Victoria-street experiment inns" be repeated, and finally become the rule of the metro politan abodes for all hut the upper ranks of society, unless, which does not seem likely, London should suffer a sudden check in its growth. At its present rate of expansion, it is doubling every ten years; so that the inconvenience of transit must ere long of itself compel the abdonment of f: system, which now extends the city's superficies at four or Eve times more than the necessary rate. The railway has brought Brighton within an hour and a half of London ; but no system of locommotion is conceivable which would bring the extreme points of London itself within that time of each other. The evil is becoming insupportable ; and here and there a house and a row of houses, eight or nice stories high, shows clearly that the metropolis sees the necessity of henceforward affecting the perpendicular instead of the horizontal direction of expansion. In this necessity lies the great hope for the domestic architecture of London, which has hitherto been wholly below = tempt. A house, eight or nine stories high, must he much more solidly built than one of three or four; and, as obvious solidity and permanence are the very first con ditions of architectural character, we fled that the new houses, recently raised in the city and the great central thoroebhfares, where the value of land is enormous, and constitutes an additional reason for lofty buildings, have often an architectural air which reminds us rather of Fl erence or Venice than of London.—National Review. Tuz PROPLeS PARK AND THE CORPORATION. -- On Wedne s d a y, a t a spec i a l mee ti ng o f th e Halifax Town C eincil, the Town-clerk read a communication from Frank Crossley, Esq., M.P. for the borough, offering to give to the Cs.rperation the p ar k a t Belle Vise, for the use of the inhabitants for ever, on the following conditions :-Ist. That it be ope n to the public during the whole year, Sundays included, from morning until evening. 2nd. That the hours of openin g and closing vary with the season, but no , , to he op en b efore six in the morning, nor after dark in the evening.,, 3rd. Th a t it b e use d on l y as a promenade. 4th. That no games, such as cricket, bowls, or hockey be allowed, and that b a thi ng b e pro hibited. sth. That bands of music be allow6d, except on Sundays (under certain regulations), but net d anc i ng. 6th. That refreshments be not sold within the pack. 7th. That the Corporation spend annually not less th an £315 in maintaining the b u ildi n gs, bridges, statues, t rees, shrubs, walks, Ste. Bth. If the Corporation fail to main tain the park in rule 7th, it shall revert to Frank Crossley or his heirs. 9th. No buildings shall be erected, except summer -houses, lodges, and sach like structures as may from time to ti me b e f oun d necessary. 100. The part( shall not be used for any political or other meeting, nor for the celebration of anniversaries of societies. 11th, No charge shall b a made for admission nor any use made of i t for private or municipal pecuniary advantage. 12:b. Teat the Corporation make and enforce such regulations as shall protect the trees, walks, & c . f rom i n j ury. Th e council accepted the munificent offer with perfect unani mity, and passed a resolution referring the arrangements for a public demonstration at the opening of the park on tt e 14th proximo to the General Purposes Committee. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.- STAFFORD, JULY 21. ACTION FOR DRBAT:CRING A IVIYE.—WEBB v. FISHRII.— Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Clayton were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Kenoaly for the defendant in this action, by which Joseph Webb, of Wol verhampton, dockmaker, seught to recover from Josiah Fisher, the owner of a small house property, and residing in the same town, £l,OOO damages for having debauched his wife. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and that the woman was not plaintiff's wife. In the opening, ?qr. Skinner said that the wife of the plaintiff was the daughter of a respectable tradesman at Birmingham. She had the misfortune to be seduced when about 20 by a young man who she expected would have married her, and the conse quence of the liaison 'was the birth of a girl now nearly 14 years of age, and upon whose evidence the result of the present action would mainly detentd. The lady's parents did not, however, cut her off, and by the year 1842. when the plaintiff first cultivated her aeqaaintance, she had so far retrieved her position and character that she was able to earn a subsistence by keeping a school for the education of young girls. In May, 1841, they were married, and in 1851 removed to Wolverhernton, where, in December, 1852, they took from the defendant a house in Church-lane. Defendant used to call for his rent on the Monday morning. Plaintiff regularly left home for his place of business about seven in the morning, and remained there until nine or ten at night; and in the early part of 18;2, taking advantage of his knowledge of plaintiff's habits, and perhaps encouraged by the previous lapse's of his wife, the defendant increased ;he frequency of his visits, and from this date a criminal intimacy appeared to have been carried on between them up to the month of April last, when circumstances which came under the notice of the plaintiff caused him to institute an inquiry the result of which was first the discovery in her box of two letters from the defendant to her, then the confirmation of his suspicions and the bringing of this action. The fear ned counsel recd the letters, which were very silly. About the same time as the plaintiff discovered the guilt of his wife, the defendant, who wadi a married man. would seem either to have become satisfied, or to have had his affections cooled by the fading charms of his paramour, who had become afflicted with an abcess in her face ; for in April last, just before the commencement of the present action, he gave them notice to quit a house of his in Ablow-street, to which they had removed from Church-lane. At the close of his speech the learned counsel called a witness to prove the marriage, and then Cecilia Webb, the illegitimate daughter of the plaintiff's wife, who gave her evidence in a very collected and intelli gent manner, deposed to frequent visits to her mother by the defendant —on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, mostly at the eve of dusk—in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, and 1855. He several times had tea with her, and brought with him on these occasions biscuits, plum-cake, and other things. At one of these visits it was a plum-cake and four lobsters. He always used to kiss her mamma when he came in and went out, and during his visits. She was generally sent away for awhile. She frequently heard the door locked after her, and found it locked on her return ; and also obserred a light in the bed-room when he was with mamma. "On one occasion on coming back," said the witness, " I knocked at the door, and after waiting a few minutes mamma asked, Who is there ?' She opened the door, and on going into the house I saw Mr. Fisher coming down stairs. He said mamma had been showing him the bed-rooms, which she wanted papea , d. I several times saw my mother sitting on the knee of the defendant, who was on the sfa in the parlour. When we went to Aglow-street he still visited mamma on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, up to a few months ago, when she bad art abcsss on the Ace. He also met hor at Mrs. Lloyd's, new.; door. I carried both of these letters to mamma. I saw Mr. Fizher write one, and the other I believe is in his handwriting. Several other witnesses spoke to seeing undue familiarities pass between the plaintiff's wife and defendant, such as his kissing her, and her sitting on his knee. Mr. Serjeant Pigott charac'erised the action as one brought to deprive the defendant of his little property. The woman was quite capable of concocting such a scheme, as she appeared to have been successful in tutoring her daughter for that trial. Several witnesses spoke to the loose and improper conduct cf the plaintiff's wife, both before and after her acquaintance with the defendant. One female swore that the woman in her hearing invited a Scotchman, to whom she owed a bill, to go up stairs wi'h her, and so settle the account, which he declined to do. Two men deposed to having witnessed a scene, showing an improper connection between her and Bridgewater, a married man, and the junior deck of plaintiff's attorney. His lordship, in summing np the case, said that it weeta be a very serious question for the jury to consider whether this was not a proceeding on the part of the plaintiff and his wife to obtain money from the defendant. On this point he directed attention to the fset Of two witnesses coming direct from the wife ; and even supposing that luterevurn*lnVl taKeu vlsce IJOtworm the defendant and the wife of the plaintiff, it would be for the jury to say what damages the plaintiff had sa'tained by the loss of the society of such a woman as his wife had been proved to be. The jury, after a long consultation, returned a verdict for the defendant. THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1857, BOROUGH SESSIONS. These sessions were resumed on Wednes lay, before the two courts, one presided over by the Recorder, and the other by Mr. Blair, deputy-recorder. The grand jury con cluded their duties, but made r,o pre.entment on the occasion. The following prisoners were trisd and senten ced : —Elizabeth Lawler, stealing £9 from John Rule. 12 months' imprisonment. James Griffi hs, stealing wearing apparel from !Try Ann Roberts, 3 mouths. Elizabeth Davies and Bridget Williams, stealing wearing apparel from Thomas Jones, and Elizaheth Murphy and Margaret White, sealing 13s 6.1 from James Joyce, each 8 months. John Thompson, stealing 21s from Mrs. Best, 7 years' penal servitude. Alexander Colqnhoun and Peter Atkin son, stealing locks, bolts ; and hinges from Robert Ston 3 months. James M'Elale, stealing a coat from ,T, W. Bell, 6 months. Sarah Ottowav, stealing a dress and a pair of boots from John Cashman, 12 months. Ann French, stealing £4 2s from Robert Chandler, 6 months. Ann Kelly. stealing a gold ring from John Rothery, 5 months. Catherine Douhertv, stealing $2O, £3, chain, studs, &c., from Jules Dove, 3 years penal servitude. William Ballett, sealing wearing apparel from Humphrey Bates. 3 months. Winifred Moore, stealing 7s from W. W. Wilson, 4 years' penal servitude. Eliza Smith, stealing 3s from James Oliver, 3 years' penal servitude. Thomas Lock, stealing cotton, 5 months. Rebecca Stokes, stealing 15s from Mrs. Holden, 1 month. Rase Ann MqVade, stealing a purse from Joseph Haslarn, 5 months. Marga ret Sweeney and Ann Burke, alias Welsh, stealing a petticoat from J,..ha WooSrtifT, 12 months. Elizabeth M'Donaid, stealing a watch and guard-chain from Joh n Rowland, 8 months. Mary Ann Smith, stealing £8 and a watch and chain from Jamn s Pirke, S months. John Lin der, embezzling £3 6s from William Fsx, 6 winks, John Fr ncis Williams, stealing wearing apparel and 3s from Messrs. Muras, 6 monlis. Bridget Johnson, stealing wearing apparel from John Howard, 4 years' penal servitude Ann Anderson, stealing wearing apparel from the child of Richard Pope, 8 months. Laura Douglas, stealing a watch and chain from Franci co Ventura Luna, 6 months, Hugh C irney, stealing a money-order for £1 from Thomas Brough, 9 months. James Watt, stealing cotton, 6 months. Mary Taylor, stealing £3 from William Tans'ey, 3 years' penal servi tude. Ann Purcell and Alice Hail, stealing wearing apparel and other property, the first•uamed 4 years' penal servitude, and the latter 6 months' imprisonment. Ed. ward Brannan. stealing a watch and chain from Sarah Blakeley, 5 months. William Williams, stealing two wheels from A. l‘l'Vey, 6 monthq. Edz ibeth Walburn, stealing 193 from John Beaden, 5 months. Margaret Taplin, stealing blankets, &e., 5 months. Elizabeth Woods and Mary Gelling, stealing lOs from Mary Hatton, the first-named 6 years', and the latter 3 years' penal ser vitude. William Jones 8 months, John Kelly, sen., 4 months, and John Kelly, jun., 6 months, for stealing 87ibs. of nails from James Baines and Co. Eliza Gray, stealing a watch and other property, 15 months. Susan Rogers, stealing a watch from Thomas Haygarth, 5 months. Bridget Keating 5 years' penal sertitude, and Miles Staunton 10 months, for sealing a watch from J. 'Wilson. John Williams, stealing 17s 6d from William Pugh, 3 months. Honor Cahill. stealing wearing apparel from Ann Delap, 6 months. Jane Hart, stealing £2, &a , from W. .L Pearson, 6 months. Catherine Mack, stealing 4s from Margaret Mee, 6 months. Ann Lucas, stealing Gs 6d from Mrs. Bainbridge, 4 months. Margaret Higgins, stealing a gold ring from Joseph R o th ery . 8 months Airy Fal!on, stealing wearing apparel, &c , 3 months. William Morgan, embezzling . L 72 odd from A n d rew S trop, 3 months. Caroline Miller, stealing wearing apparel from Thomas Churnside, 3 months. Novar. ltionsE-TnAp.—The other day a tradesman's wife in Nairn purchased s Mme shel!-figh of the gee us commonly known as " coc kl es ," an d l a id t h em aside in a stone-warn dish. During the same night, the husband and wife were considerab'y alarmed by a strange and startling noise in the room, and on a search it was discovered that the midnight prowler who had caused the unwonted alarm was a mouse, to the mouth of which a large cockle was firmly attached. The little animal h a d venture d to ap propriate the delicious, mcrsel exposed by the partially opened shell-fish, which had immediately clos e d, no d ou b t to the infinite terror and disgust of the captive marauder. —.Nairn Telegraph, COURT OF PASSAGE —YzsrzaDAY. BEFORE E. JAMES, ESQ. Q.O , ASSESSOR. COMCITAM V. HIGGINSON.—This was an action for an excessive distraint for rent. Mr. William Corkharn, a shipwright, was the p'aint.iff, and Mr. Thomas Higginson, the defendant. On the 20th of June, 1855, the plaintiff took a house, 122, in Bedford-street, Toxteth-park, from the late Mr. Yates through the defendant, as agent. Thelhouse was taken on a monthly tenancy at the rate of £l9 per annum. In September, 1856, the plaintiff said there was a balance of 153 81 due for rent. The defendant at this time levied a distress for £6 16s 4d. For that amount he distrained upon the whole of the furniture, worth about £6O or £7O, besides other articles. For the defence, it was contended that none of the goods were removed, and as there was a certain amount due, the defendant had a lien upon the goods until the sum was paid, and therefore he was perfectly justified in what he had done. A verdict was given for the defendant. ASSAULT UPON A SEAMAN.—ROBERTS v. SEDDON.— This was an action brought by John Roberts, a seaman, to recover compensation for an assault and imprisonment of the defendant, William Seddon, the master of the ship Tapley, sailing from this port. Mr. Temple appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Conway for the defendant. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and that as the master of the vessel, he was justified in using moderate correction to a seaman. In this case it appeared that the plaintiff ship ped on board the Tapley from this port to Old Calabar, on the coast of Africa. The defendant was the master of that ship. They sailed from hence at the latter end of August, and ended the voyage in about ten weeks. While on the Coast of Africa, the plaintiff was transferred from the Tapley to the Petrel, both ships belonging to the same owners• The Petrel went a short voyage and returned, and on the 16th of the same month the defendant went on board the Petrel, which was under the command of Mr. Armstrong. At that time the plaintiff was enraged at the pumps. In consequence of an accident which hap pened to a rope, which the plaintiff was told to let go, it fell down and struck the defendant, who thereupon called the plaintiff a " lazy, skulking, scoundrel." The plaintiff replied that he was not lazy, but that he had been ill. The defendant said—" I know how ill you have been, and I'll cure you," or something to that effect. He struck the plaintiff again, and plaintiff, in endeavouring to protect himself put out his hand and caught defendant by the shirt. The sleeve of the shirt became torn, and upon this defendant ordered plaintiff to be tied up to the rigging by some of the Kroomen on board, and with his own hand he gave him 75 lashes with a rope's end. The first rope he used broke, and he then took another. The plaintiff was allowed to remain tied up for two hours exposed to the sun, by the defendant's order, and kept in confinement for that night on bread and water. The plaintiff's back was severely lacerated, and he accordingly sought to recover damages for the injuries he had thus received. It was contended by the plaintiff's counsel that defendant had no authority what ever over the plaintiff at the time, inasmuch as he had been transferred from the defendant's ship to the Petrel. The plaintiff was examined, and deposed to the facts mentioned. His statement was corroborated by John Knowles, a seaman, whose depositions were read and put in evidence. Mr Evan Thomas Evans, honorary surgeon to the St. Anne's Dispensary, was examined as to the nature of the injuries inflicted on the plaintiff. He deposed • that they must have been of a very severe character, inasmuch as the marks which he examined only the pre vious day, were still so distinctly perceptible that the appearances which seemed to have been produced by the corners of the rope were traceable. Mr. Conway con tended, on the part of the defence, that the defendant had authority over the plaintiff, by virtue of an arrangement among traders on the African coast, which conferred, in cases where several vessels belonging to the same owners were on the same part of the coast, an authority upon the senior captain equivalent to that of commodore. He further urged that the punishment was fully justifiable, on the ground that the conduct of the plaintiff amounted to mutiny. The defendant was called, and deposed that the conduct of the plaintiff was very bad on the voyage, and that there was a disposition to mutiny on the part of some of the crew. On the occasion quoted, he stated that, the plaintiff refused to obey his orders, struck him, and seized him by the throat. The plaintiff had shipped as an able seaman; but defendant stated that in reality he was not so. The evidence of the defendant was corroborated by that of the mato of the vessel. The jury found for the plaintiff, with damages £lOO. Avis v. ROGERSON.—This was an action brought by William Avis, shipwright, of Liverpool, to recover the value of certain repairs done to a ship. The defendant was John Rogerson, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defendant. In April last the plaintiff was ordered to execute sortie repairs for the barque Heart of Oak, by Captain Heron, who then commanded her. While the work was proceeding, Captain Heron left the ship, the command of which was taken by captain Nicholson, to whom the plaintiff was introduced by captain Heron as thenew captain. Additi ona l work was done to the vessel by captatu orders subsequently. It was contended on behalf of the defence, co.. ...nu... captain was authorized to bind the defendant for repairs. The court directed a nonsuit. Nicrtem,s v. BYRNE.—The plaintiff, Thomas Nicholls, claimed the sum of ,e 9 as the balance of an account for work done by him as a painter and glazier for the defendant, Dennis Byrne, a builder. Mr. Thompson ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defence ; £l4 6s had been paid, and the defendant refused to pay the remainder, on the gronnd that the work was impro perly executed. The jury found for the plaintiff, with £4 damages. NICHOLLS v. BYRNE.—The parties to this action were the same as the previous. Mr. Thompson appeared for the plaintiff, asd Mr. Brett for the defence. It was an action for slander, and 4'loo damages were claimed. The allegation was that when the bill for doing the work mentioned in the previous action was sent in to the defendant, the latter declared that.plaintiff was a swindler and a thief, and that. he made this statement to several persons whom he knew to be likely to employ the plaintiff. In direct conseqnence of these state ments the plaintiff alleges that he had lost two dis tinct contracts, one from a Mr. Brett, and another from a Mr. Russell. All the witnesses, however, who were called for the plaintiff, concurred in stating that they had never heard any such language used as that on which the action was founded. The case was, therefore, non-suited amid great laughter. Grace v. FERGUSON —ln this case, Mr. Grice, the well known auctioneer of this town, was the plain'iff, and the action was brought to recover an amount of commission. Mr. Simon appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defence. The case for the plaintiff was, that in February last Mr. Ferguson asked the plaintiff to sell some lots of house property for him. The plaintiff told the defendant his terms, 2 per cent, and defendant agreed. The plaintiff introduced a person namen Stoll ;to the defendant, and by means of that introduction one lot was sold to Mr Stoll. Some time after Stoll spoke to the plaintiff about purchasing anoth-r lot, and the plaintiff accordingly went to the defendant, and told him he thought Stoll would purchase a second lot. Subsequently the defendant himself went to Stoll and sold the property to him. The plaintiff claimed his commission on the ground that it was through his means the sale had been effected. The defendant, however, declined to pay any commission, stating that he had made the sale himself. The action was accordingly brought to recover .elB 10s, beisg commission upon £950, the amount for which the second sale was effected. The commission upon the first lot was not disputed. The jury rotted for the defendant. The court adjourned at six o'clock. CORONER'S COURT. The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday :- - On the body of John Thompson, wbo was a meat inspector in St. James's Market, and who died rather suddenly, having previously complained of a pain in his temple. A verdict in accordance with the facts was returned. On the body of a child, named William Spencer, two years old, who died in cons , quence of a fracture of his skull, which he received in cons€q•ience of falling down stairs, in a court off Wright -street. Verdict, " Accidental death." On the body of a man, name unknown. that was found in the river. Verdict, " Found drowned." On the body of a boy, named James Williams, who fell out of a boat in Queen's-dock, and was accidentally drowned. Verdict accordingly. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY. BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. In re GEORGE WARD.—The bankrupt, licensed victual!er and window-blind manufacturer, of Liverpool, applied this day for his certificate. Mr. Martin opposed, on behalf of the assignees. H:s Honour deferred j.idgment. In rc S. H SPLA.TT.—The bankrupt was a shipchandler and sailmakcr, of Liverpool. He came up this day for his adjourned last examinatiJn, but it was again ad journed, to have the balance-sheet amended. Mr. Martin appeared for the assignees, and Mr. John Yates for the bankrupt. In re EDWARD WILLIAMS.—The bankrupt, plumber and glazier, of Chester, came up on his last examination and passed. Mr. Dodge appeared for the bankrupt, and Mr. Evans for the assignees. /n re EDWARD RAWLE.—The bankrupt, broke-, of Liverpool, came up on hs last examination and passed, and the 20th Anus', was filed fn. the certtdcato meeting. Mr. Banner appeared fur the assignees. CASH AND DEED BoxEs.—The next important thing to the posses sion of c ash is, how (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable artkles, manufactured expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South john-street, that challenge attention. These boxre are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent locks, which defy the ingenuity of any "pick-lock" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safes, on a small scale, Must prove valuable ndeed —lVeriliern Daily Ames,lst Nay, les7. POLICE INTgLLI,Cig,IitTCE7-YZSTUDAT. LIVERPOOL.. BEFORE MR. levoatutt). • A RUFFIAN.—A .f° l/ .:ow named Philip M&twell, who keeps a bad house - an Mansfield-street, was charged by a decently-lookingwoman, named Catherine Waters, with awaalted her. The prisoner was brought up on haing v warrant,. and it appeared that the complainant has a dausl a t ea , about eighteen years of age, who is deaf and (lamb, and she alleged that the prisoner, by illegal means, enticed her in'o his house for an abominable purpose. The girl was got out, bat the prisoner a second and third time induced her to leave her home. On the last occasion, when complainant want to the house, the prisoner followed her and beat her in a severe manner, blackening her eyes, and otherwise injuring her. The prisoner's wife came forward and said the complainant was a begging-letter impostor. This she denied. The wife then said she had two witnesses, but on their being called, there was no reply. His Worship said, no matter what the character of th 3 complainant was, the prisoner had no right to take advantage of the infirmity of the unfortunate girl, and assault her mother as he had done. He sent him to gaol for three months, with hard labour. SERIOUS ARSAULT.—Pat O'Brien, a dock labourer, was charged with having assaulted another labourer, named Joseph Maguire. The ptrties were in the public-house of Mr. Edward Fincham, of Regent-road, and the prisoner and some persons who were with him were drank. They quarrelled amongst themselves, one of the persons with the prisoner struck complainant with a jug on the head, and it seemed that the prisoner cut complainant on the head in five or six places with the handle of the jug, and a surgeon sad that the wounds which had been inflicted were rather serious, although not dangerous. The complainant's case was partly corroborated by the land lord of the house, who said the first attack made on the complainant was by a comrade of the prisoner but he believed the prisoner might have made a second attack on the complainant. The prisoner was remanded in order to get the other man who was engaged in the attack. THE BURGLARY IN ST. JANIS. STREICT.—JOhII Bamford, John Berry, Michael Evlin, and William Stanley, who stood' remanded on a charge of burglary and robbery, in the pawn-shop of Mr. Bram St. James-street, were brought up. Mr. Bluck was for the prisoners. In addi tion to the evidence already published, which showed that upwards of £6O worth of watches, ;jewellery and other articles were stolen, Inspector Murphy, and detectives Scott, and Laycock, produced Mr. J. Phillips, publican. St. James street, who swore that on the morning in question he saw the prisoner Stanley in his house, at four o'clock. On cross examination by Mr. Bluck, she witness (on being vary severely pressed) admitted that down stairs, in the dock, he could not identify the prisoner. Mr. Black : Did you say you never saw any of them bef me? Yes, Then that was a lie ? Oh, bat I know him now. He was subject to a very searching and close examination, when at length Mr. Mansfield said there was no necessity to proceed further, as if he sent the prisoners for trial, he certainly would not allow the depositions of the witness to be taken, as there could not be any reliance placed on his evidence, so far as the identification of the prisoner went. He did not, however, wish to cast any imputation on him, as it was clear he had made some unaccountable mistake in the affair. Mr. Black said, after that intimation, he would not ask the witness any farther questions. Mrs. Marr was examined as to hearing a noise in the house about the time the robbery was sup posed to have taken place. Inspector Murphy asked for another remand, which was granted. THE Hass ROBBERY.—Two or three days since some per sons were brought up charged with stealing a quantity of hams, value £l4, from the store of Mr. Taylor, Bronte street. Yesterday, James Hill, who keeps a shop at Thato Heath, and who is a carrier between Liverpool and St Helens, was brought up by detective officer Sullivan, on a charge of having four of the hams in his possessien The officer got the "mate" in the prisoner's shop, and as he could not tell how the hams came there, he was, of course, arrested. Mr. Corlett, the conductor of Mr. Taylor's business, proved the hams were his employers, and the prisoner was sent for trial. SERIOUS CHARGE Ellen Vallalley was charged for hav ing attempted to kill her mother in Shadrell-street, by flinging her down stairs, and inflicting a desperate wound on her head. The injured woman is at present in the Northern Hospital, and quite unable to attend. The pri soner was remanded until the result of the injuries on her mother could be ascertained. BEFORE MR. E. CROPPER. CAUTION TO DoG OWNERS —Several owners of cur and every other sort of wandering dog., including mongrels, pupplee, nr,a of low degree, were summoned by the police for allowing the " natunbiais to rove about the streets without " month covering." Fines of 2s were imposed. [We would strong'y urge on the police the mode of proceeding adopted in London, and other well-regulated cities, in regard to dogs found at large in the streets, particularly at this dangerous season of the year, and that is, knock their brains out at once. This is the only true way to cure the nuisance. If a dog is worth taking care of by its owner, care ought to be taken of it ; but it dogs are for no other use than running about the streets, endangering the lives of the public, they ought to be killed instantly. • Besides, there are hundreds of dogs infesting our streets, who have no acknowledged owners, and surely these animals should be knocked on the head at once. We give this warning to the police anthorities,who oueht to be held responsible, as "prevention is better than cure." The time to lock the stable door is before the horse is stolen. When some fatal accident from the canine tribe takes place, we shall hear a great fuss kicked up by the police. We warn them that this is the time to "kick up the fuss," by adopting some stringent measure to keep dogs out of the streets—the best measure we have pointed out.] BAD MEAT.—G. Hough, of St. John's market, was charged with having 60 lbs. of unwholesome meat at his stall, for sale to the public, and the case being proved, he was fined -El and costs. Joseph M'Donnell, of St. Martin's market, was convicted of a similar offence, and fined 101. and costs. " BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY."—Mr. James Napier, Blackpeel, Fyvie, had, the other day, the rite of b tptism administered to his twenty-second child by the Rev Mr. Chapman, Milbrex. Mr. Napier has been twice married. —Caledoni In Mercury. THE PHANTOM KING AT DELHI.—Mr. C. Wood, of Pontefract, writes to the Daily News : " You will find in page 272 of 'lndian Misgovernment,' that the great Napier recommended the phantom king should be removed from Delhi to Futtypoor, ' as within its palace ho forms a moral rallying point, round which gather the dreams of discontented princes feeding twon prophecies,' and finished his memorandum with these remarkable words : I can have no other motive t> influence me than that which has all along guided me—the interest of the East India Corn pany, and early preparation for that storm which may some day burst noon its possessions.' " MR, CHARLES DICKENS AS AN ACTOR.— In notieine; the performance of Mr. Wilkie Collins's play of the " Frozen Deep," for the benefit of the fund in remembrance of the late Douglas Jerrold, the Times says of Mr. Dickens's acting : Never was there a feeling cf deeper and mole genuine admiration than was left by Mr. Charles Dickens in the minds of his auditors at the conclusion of Mr. Wilkie Collins's drama, the" Fr: zen Deep." There was literally a gasp of applause when the curtain descended, and the conversation that ensued during the interval that preceded the farce was composed of a laudatory criticism of details. . . . The performance of Mr. TYckens as the vindic tive and (afterwards) penitent Richard Wardour is, in the truest sense of the wer 1, a creation. Nay, we may go further and say that it is the creation of a literary man— that it is doublet whether any mere actor, unless under the influence of some extraordinary sympathy with the part assumed, would attempt to fill up an outline with that elaborate detail that is introduced by Mr. Dickens into Mr. Collins's sketch. We feel that if Mr. Dickens had had to describe in narrative form the situations of the. " Frozen Deep," instead of acting them, he would have covered whole pages in recording these manifestations of of emotion, which, not having his pea in his hand, he now makes by the minutest variations of voice and gesture. Where an ordinary artist would look for " points" of effect he looks for " points" of truth. A specimen of humanity in which every twitch of every muscle can be accounted for is to be presented with all the elaboration of actual nature, no matter whether it be admired or not. When Richard Wardour tells the story of his disappointment in love, there is ample opportunity for much noisy grief and many a stride to the f totlights, but Mr. Dickens dares to keep down his voice through the whole of the narrative The; effect may be monotous—but what of that ? He who talks not for the sake of display, but simply that he may relieve his mind from an opprt ssive and almost humiliating burden, will necessarily be monotonous. A man louder under the sense of wrong would have excited less uneasi ness in his conduct. Bat such a man as Mr. Dickens presents—a man strong in the command of his voice, but weak in the art of suppressing the ianguago of his eyes and facial muscles—a ma❑ whose constant attempts to hide the internal storm by slight simulations of good fellowship only renders more conspicuous the vastness of that which he would cocceal—a man who has the habit of losing his temper in a manner that mere external circumstances do not wavrant—sueh a man is a just object of terror, _Richard Wardour, as depicted by Mr. Dickens in the second part of the " Frozen Deep," is the most perfect representation of dogged viudictitreacps that the imagina tion could conceive; THE JEWELLERY ROBBERIES IN BDINBURGH. At the ugh Court of Justiniary„on Monday, Thomas Kerr and Thomas Gilbertson, artisans, were charged with five acts of h eisebreaking and theft committed within the city of Edinburgh. The first count in the indictment charged them with breaking into the stop of William Davidson, ironmonger, which they entered through a hole made in the floor in a collar underneath, and to which they had obtained access by a false key, and from which shop they stole a great variety of keys and imple ments. They were next charged with having entered the shop of Mr. J. F. Cal ler, watchmaker and Jeweller, Lawnmarket, by .a hole cut in the roof, from vacant pre mises above, also opened by a false key, and from which shop they stole about £6OO worth of jewellery. The third and fourth counts charged them with having first obtained access by false keys to the cless.room of Mr. Roland, fencing-master, South Bridge, and thence breaking through to the shop of Messrs. Mason and Co., tea dealers from which they stole both tea and money, and from these psernise3 to the shop of Mr W. Darling, jeweller, from which a great quantity of gold, silver, and plated goods was stolen. Finally, they were charged with having broken into the shop in Prince's-slreet, oc cupied by Mrs. Lennie, oprcien and jeweller, by making an opening through the roof of a projecting portion of the - shop, and, having thus obtained entrance, stolen about 540 geld rings, about 168 gold chaiee, 21 silver chains, five gold-plated chains, 80 gold lockets, 108 gold studs, 70 gold pencil-cases, 100 gold keys and seals, from 150 to 200 gold brooches, a great variety of bracelets, and other artic'es of jewellery, the value of the whole being esti mated at £1,500. These robberies extended from Nov., 1856, to Feb. 1857, and about that period a considerable alarm was felt in the town for the safety of shop property in Edinburgh. The numerous burglaries were then uni versally ascribed to the operation of the, ticket-of-leave system, and no clue to the thieves was obtained till April, when it became a matter of considerable surprise to the public to learn that the police traced the depreda tions, not to returned convicts, but to artisans before believed to be respectable men, and who had never been suspected by the police. The accident which led to the discovery of the thieves was a somewhat curious one. In the Queen's Park some earth had been scraped up by a dog, and something was disclosed beneath which happened to meet the eye of one of the park rangers. On the earth being removed a square tin box was discovered with a funnel mouth corked up, but wide enough to admit the arm, so that if the box were buried it would be sufficient to open the aperture of the funnel to get at its con tents. The box was filled with jewellery, which was identified partly by Mrs. Lennie and partly by the other sufferers from these berglariee The maker of the box was then inquired for by the police, and was in a short time found, and from his statement the police wero enabled to apprehend the prisoners. Jo their possession was found a large quantity of stolen property, besides large bunches of rifle ! and skeleton keys, crowbars, and rope ladders. From various pawnbrokers in Edinburgh and Glasgow an additional quantity of the property was recovered. After a trial on Monday, extending from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., the jury found the charges proved in so far as applied to the housebreakinge at Calder's Darling's, and Lennie's, no evidence on the other charges having been called. The Lord Justice General, who expressed concurrence in the verdict, sentenced the prisoners to twenty-one years' penal servitude each. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON. At the Southwark Police Court, on Wednesday, Arthur Salvi and Jabez Gower, the two persons who stand charged with the above crime, were again brought up on remand, before Mr. Combe, the sitting magistrate, for re-examina tion. The court, as on previous incisions, was densely crowded, and the proceedings created the grea'est interest. The Rev. Mr. Goddard, Salvi's former master, was pro sent. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Messrs. Emslie, appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Robinson, instructed by M-ssrs. Smith and Son, of B irnard's-inn, for Gower; and Mr. Murrongh for Salvi. Mr. Sleigh sail, since the last examination application had been made to a judge at chambers, who had sanctioned the admission of Mr. Gower to bail. Mr. Combe said, properly speiking, the bail would expire that day. Mr. Sleigh said his wish was that lie should stand in the same bail from time to time. As far as one of his bail was concerned (Mr. Macnatnara), he 5,, ha !Olin e n anv th i s h e was i n a n.osiion to h. able to give bail for a score of persons to a similar extent. The irjured gentleman was not worse. His wish was that the case should stand over till Monday next. Mr. Corn he said it would be to the advantage of all parties that the trial should take place at the Old Bailey. Mr. Sleigh said, until the injured person either got better or died, be could not consent to a committal. Mr. Combe said, by the trial taking p'ace at the 0 d Bailey. they would have a good deal more time, and therefore he would remand them from time to time. Mr. Sleigh said a witness named Bell, an inmate of the prison, was not present, so he proposed to adjourn all farther proceedings till Monday next. Mr. Murrongh said be was instructed to offer bail for Salvi to the amount of £lO,OOO. He had no doubt whatever that Drs. Lawrence and Ferguson were quite right when they said that the injured gentleman was out of danger; and he thought, when all the circumstances of the case were considered, and as one of the parties had already been allowed to put in bail, and that when he offered baii to so serious an amount as £lO,OOO, that there would be no difficulty or objection to allow his client the same indulgence. Mr. Sleigh said, in the performance of his duty as the prosecutor for the Crown, he must emphati cally object to bail being taken. If the charge against Mr. Gower had been anything of so serious a nature, he should at once have objected to bail in his case. Salvi had been guilty of a most cruel and diabolical attempt at murder, and he therefore felt he was only doing his duty in objecting to it. Mr. Combo decided that Mr. Gower should enter into the same bail as before, and that Salvi should be remanded. Mr. Gower then left the court in company with several friends ; and Salvi was removed from the bar by Downes, the gaoler. A FAMILY OF SWINDLERS. John Jones, alias smith, alias Williams!, 55, Harriet Jones, 47, Ann Jones, 22, and John Lewis Jones, 17, son and daughter of the two first-named prisoners, were in dicted for obtaining a quantity of goods from various tradesmen at Rotherhithe and Croydon under false pre tences. The prisoners were also indicted fJr stealing several corn sacks, in which some of the property was obtained. From the evidence given, it appeared that the prisoners had, for years past, resided in almost every towa of the metropolis and adjoining villages, occupying fashion able residences, and carrying on a most extensive system of plunder. Their mode of operation was for the son to be dressed as a groom, representing his father as his master, and a gentleman possessed of large landed estates in Wales, and driving a pair of horses. The mother and daughter were also in the habit of passing and appearing as ser vants, when occasion served. Among the towns so visited was Croydon, where the prisoners occupied two estab blishments at one time, in different names, victimising every class of tradesmen, and suddenly taking their departure. Mr. Russell, corn merchani., of Croydon, Mr. Batchelor, corn dealer, of Croydon, and Miss Parsons, of Morden, Surrey, having given evidence in support of the above statement. Police-constable J. W. Crouch, 118 R, de posed that in company with Brown, 98 R, he went to the Duke of Kent public house, Old Kent Road, and there apprehended the prisoners. On telling the elder male prisoner that they were charged with obtaining goods under false pretences, he replied, " Then I am your prisoner now, not Brown's ?" and asked him if he had a warrant for his apprehension. Witness then told the daughter she would have to go to the station with him, on which she said, "Don't handle me, sir; I know nothing of these people, and never saw them before in my life;" the father also remarking, " What do you want touch that young woman foi ? what I have had is only a debt." The Chairman having gone through the evidence, the jury, without hesita tion, returned a verdict of guilty against the whole of the pri soners. Police-constable Brown,9B R,here informed the court that the prisoners had undergone repeated examinations before Mr. Trail, the Greenwich police magistrate, on each of which occasions the court had been thronged by tradesmen for miles in and around the metropolis. Wit ness believed that the prisoners had for years been engaged in a regular system of plunder. He herd in his hand bills from a few tradesmen, of whom the prisoners had obtained goods amounting to upwards of £lOO, and there would be no difficulty in collecting bills which would exceed £3,000 in amount. On searching the prisoners' residence at Garrod-lane, Wandsworth, witness discovered no less than 14 sacks belonging to different persons from whom corn had been obtained. The chairman said it was a lamentable thing to see the elder prisoners . brnging up their children to such a dishonest mode of living. They were of sufficient age, however, to know they were doing wrong, The court would not be doing justice to the public, if it did not pass a sentence which would keep him (the father) from plundering tradesmen for some time to come, and the sentence was, that he be kept in penal ser vitude for six years. The other prisoners were then een. tenced to six months' hard labour. THE BROADSrONE MURDER, To say that any one is satisfied with the evidence upon which a committal of the accused has been made out, would be to negative the public voice—it would seem that the magistrates were driven to the course of sending the matter to the higher court for investigation and adjadi cation, lees by the cogency of the evidence, than in obedience to .a not unnatural feeling that this accusa tion so strange, this denunciation so unnatural, F honld be followed up by the fullest inquiry that the criminal judicature of the country alto as of. Horror of criminal seems swallowed up in the repugnance, M t f or his accuser, and while the testimony of ihe unhappy enspicions which the children n ry places indicated could not o d f ee t p h e e ns m t o h n e ey v a e t ry ,:ae grave fail to have exci'kki, yet the anxiety is more intense that satisfac'ery reasons for the revelation should be arrived at, than that fur:her evidence should bind together the un nun e etc I circumstances that press against, but do not convict the prisoner. No credence is given, by the people at least, to the wife's alleged anxiety for her husband's salvation ; a;most as little to the existence of fears for her own safety ; every motive rather than those she had herself given is suggested to ac count for the denunciation of the father of her children, and keenly enough it is perceived that every fact which the revelations have disclosed are compatible with the assump tion that the crime was really committed by another rather than Spollen, It would be hard to tell how strong are the expressions of disgust which the women especially give vent to here, at a wife betraying her husband uuder any circumstances. How well our bard knew an Irishwoman's heart " Oh ! what is love made for, if 'tis not the same Thro' jay and thro' sorrow, thro' glory and shame ? I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart, I hut know that I love thee, whatever thou arc This will be a topic which a skilful counsel could urge upon a jury, and if he would seek for an example of a denunciation so unnatural and repulsive, he may find one where • "Tee green-ey-d monster which eo h make The meat it feeds on," prompted a wife to disclose a set of circumstances so damning, that the husband, even though innocent, could not escape the meshes they wove around him, and perished' on the scaffold. " The story is extant, and written in very choice Italian," most probably as it occurred in Pisa, and is to be found in the Annual Register for 1795. The playgoer will recognise there the story upon which Dean Mdman has founded his fine tragedy of " Fazio ' or the Italian Wife," from which a passage may be taken as eloquent, perhaps, as even our own eloquent bar coed supply, with which to address this accusing wife of to day : " 'Tis thy husband then— Woman, take heed, if, petulant or rash, Thou wou'ds't abuse the righteous sword of law, That brightest in the armoury of man, To a peevish ins - rument of thy light passions, Or furtherance of some close secret guilt : Take heed—'tis in the heaven-stamp'd roll of sins, • To bear false witness—oh, but 'eainst thy husband, Thy bosom's lord, flesh of thy flesh ! To set The b'ood-hounds of the law upon his track If thou speak'st true, stern justice will but blush To be so cheer'd upon her guilty prey. • If it he false, thou givest to flagrant sin A heinous immortality. This deed Will chrdnicle thee, woman, to all ages, In human gui]', a patent and an era : 'Tie of those crimes, whose eminent fame Hell joys at ; And the celestial angels that look on it Wish their keen airy vision dim and narrow." Correspondent of Cork Reporter. THE BURNING OF THE MONTREAL. A correspondent of the Canadian _Yews writes :—lt is impossible to describe all the painful feelings this event has produced, and which are continually kept alive as in ci ients connected with the wreck are daily unfolded. In the coat pocket of one of the bodies found, that of William. Donnie, aged 23, a blacksmith, from Aber&en, was found a copy of the song— Oh why left T my hame, Why did I croses the deep ? Oh why left I the land, Where my forefathers sleep ? I sigh for Scotia's shore, And I gaze across the sea ; But I cannot get a blink, 0' my ain country. A Mrs. Bloomfield, with four children, fr,nt Ed , .nr2l3 going to join her husband A, 1,1 Luc e..'my ot the Grand Trunk, lost two of her children, aged 11 and 5, and saved the two others, aged I and 9 years, by clinging to a rope, holding one child in her arms and the other in her teeth, until two of the latter brake out from the strain on them. Yet sae is 'a slight delicat—looking woman, bat yet endue 1 for the occasion, by her maternal instincts, with a giant's strength. Two brothers, Meikle, Scotch farmers, from Lac'nute, on the Ottawa, went down to Quebec to meet an aged father, approaching ninety, whom they had not seen for twenty-five years, and who had come out to close his days amongst his children. It was not permitted him ; he perished miserably in the flames, and one of the sons was drowned. Dr. Robb, the surgeon, who came out with the emigrants, was drowned, with his child—an only one—in his arms. His wife einaped, and is now here a desolate widow. But why go on narrating there things ? Painful incidents are but too plentiful. Suffice it to say that we have parents, sole survivors of large families ; helpless children, orphaned and alone—bereft of every tie in one fell moment. It is gratifying and satisfactory in the highest degree to witness the amount of kindness and sympathy lavished on the survivors. Everything that it was possible to do, under the circumstances, has been done to soothe their sufferings and alleviate their distress. The Saint Andrew's Society were most active in their attentions, and the St. Andrew's Home, an institution established this year for the benefit of emigrants, was at once thrown open for the admission of the survivors, and every attention paid to their wants. A committee from the society, with some of the survivors, was sent down to Quebec by rail next day, for the purpose of identifying and claiming the dead, and recovering any property that might be found. The Cemetery Company immediately placed a lot in a new cemetery at the disposal of the society for the burial of the dead, Many of the helpless orphar s, so sadly and suddenly deprived of their natural guardians, have been taken charge of by some, of our most respectable citizens. Contributions of clothing and food were liberally rent to the home, and the subscrip tion lists immediately opened were sqpn filled up. The Grand Trunk and Royal Mail Line of Steam Boats have offered :to convey free to their destination any of the un fortunates. Grievous, therefore, as has been the loss of these poor people, and sad as has been their mishap, they do not find themselves amongst unsympathising strangers, but are amongst friends and country people, who feel deeply and warmly for their misfortunes, and attest the depth of that feeling by acts and deeds that speak stronger than words. CRITICISM GONE MAD ! ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Being a lover of impartial criticism, I cannot help calling your attention to the notice of last night's performance at the Amphitheatre which appears to-day in the columns of a cotemporary, who has followed the example of the Morning Chronicle, and praised an actor for his excellent performance of a character in which ho never ap peared, at least not on the night named. Such falsehoods—for I cannot designate such conluct otherwise—will, no doubt, have their effect as enabling the public to judge of the value of news papers in which they are allowed to appear.—Yours respectfully, PAUL Pay. Liverpool, July 23, 1857. [We believe this to he the third or fourth time cotemporary has fallen into a similar error.] SALE OS BRANKSSA CASTLZ AND ISLAND.—More than ordinary interest wes excited on Wednesday by the sale, at the auction mart,.og to of the p r i nce l y property , i n Dorset shire, lately Col. Waugh. One of the large rooms was bo fillede l nci h eager auditors. Mr. Driver opened the sale by reading the con di t i ons o f sa l e , an d a f terwar d s entered into a lengthened description of the property, including the clays, terra-cotta, and drain-tile pottery works recently established on the island by its late possessor. At th e c l ose of M r. D r i vel ' s a d dress, the com petition commenced, £25,000 h av ing b ee n bid, and con tinued with much vigour until the figures had reached £lOO,OOO. A pause ensued, when the strife was renewed, and in a fow minutes the bidding of £119,000 brought down the hammer. A little excitement followed, conse quent on the termination of the sale, and no doubt a general opinion was entertained that the property had been purchased by some rich nobleman, or enterprising merchant or manufacturer. The delusion was not long entertained, for Mr. Driver, after thanking the company for their attendance, announced that the property had been bought in.