Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—YEsTgepty. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE 9i R. MANSFIELD. WANTON AND M URDEROUS ASSAULT.—A young man named Wil'inn Cl.iy'o7, a boiler.mzker, out of employ ment, was hnnight up in custody of polcc cms'able 570, charged wi'h hgvirg arsPult d a latonrirg man named Michael Melia. resi.ling in 18 Curt, Milton-street. The assault was of a 'nog wanton a , d murderous character, so much so, that it is drub fu' whether 111 , lia, who - is in the hotpi al dangeroudy ill, will ever recover. He is unable to leave the hospi:al, bu: from the stateme - ,t of the con stable, it appeared that on Tuesday Pft..-trnlon -he w , s called to a piece of waoe gro%nl in the 'Pa , k, - where some lab , iir,rs were at walk brer king stores, and there found Mr li.t 1, deg in a state of insensibility. The bystanders informed hint that the prisoner had knocked him down with a blow of a hammer. Mr. Pone, the-sureena of the Southern Hospital, sail the wound was a dangerous on& The prisoner was remanfied, MORE AssAuLTe.—John Gi'lham, a well dressed young man, wa. cha-ged with havinznssan'ted police office s 584. 374, and 218. but twelve O'clock the pretions night, the prisoner, with same (ober versota, were in Byrom strect, in a sate of intoxication, and•noting disorderly, when the p olice ordered them awq, bot insteA of going away they knocked down and kicked the officer 534. The other nonst4b!es eo r,i g up, they were ,lea assaulted. One of the pri-oner's inr;y, a person named Overerd. fell and broke I-is leg, ani it at prtsent in the Northern Hes pit, al. The pr'smer sacs fined £lO f , r the two assaults, or in d fault, to 11, imprisoned for six mouths. BAER Cote.—Tonzeas O'lHen and Thomas Barrs, two well known .'suishfis," w , re charged wi'h havinz passed a b.sc florin at the shop of Mr. Naylor, Greet Haward stree, arid being w , lllcrinwn to the Nlica as f .llu wing the "trade,"±hey were 'eat for trial. Peter Kitig and Pat Mani were remanded en a earge of p trise e,in in the p attic house of Mr. Ras bottom, Great Cresshill- trert. CIIARGS UNDFR THIS MEECH VNT SHIPPINO ACT. --P I:Fr M'Lear, el o..nniee-p!ace, was suinmoi.ed under the 147 h sEctioa of the Merchant bhipping Act. for hayirig shipped a seaman without a licence, Mr. Tyndall appeared fir Vie Bard of Trade, and Mr. Diggers fir the defen hint. Mr.. Tindall stated the case, and from the de'ails and the evidence of a sailer n uned Walsh, it appeared thiv W Ish was passing Carinieg-place, and seeing "shipping office" over the (Icor, he went in and asked the defendant had he a ship? He a-id he had the Glenalva, far Calcutta, and thmanded half-a-crown, telling him to come at a certain hoar to meet the capt in of the ship. He did so, and went next day to the Sailor,' Home and s;gned articles. He then went back t r the defendant's with his advance ro'e and saw a piir4i,er of the ciefendantewito demanded 2s 6-1., but he hoi oily Is. Bt. w ich be gave him. ?he ship sailed without him, and finding himsef dare out of s it, he applii-d at the Seiko s' 11. me and henee the proceedings. Superin'endant Murphy cf the Horne, earolairvd haw I , was the man lost the ship, which was not the man's fault ; he bore a good char ,c er and was a steady man. The eeliplailant was or issiismominad by Mr. Diggars, and denied that he dese ted the sh'p, or that it was ihe captain that sent him to the defendant. Mr. Daggers said his client laboured under great difficulties in the case, as the captain, who emil ! prove his innocence, was absent. The defendant ke;.t an office, o • was an agent only fir comas; vessel', and did cot come within the Act of Parliament. Ile contended that tde man was sent to his client by the espta'n of the ship, and therefore, could net be held liable. Mr. M aesfield said the cas2 we: r.-ry clearly proved, and - in order that it might act as a warring others, he w - itild Erie the defendant £2O, and £2 12i. costs. Sop rirtendent Murphy said, there were seorss of paiisons plurdering sailors daily in this way, a d he hoped the decision of his Worofp would he a warning to such pe sins in ftture. Mr. 1 1 .1 , esfielil said there were many eoin,;lairos made to horn by me chants of the inopeo ration of tl - n Ac' of Parliament, bat lat-rcoefare the staff of the Sail •re' Ikme was no; of that efficient description which it row w.s. Perha,esi, elan, in some meesure, merchants r.hemaely s were to blame, in not lo king after captains, ends eing that they 10. , ,,rf, - rine(l their duty and got proper'l ee. lie wi.s very 21ad to find that the stiff of the bailors' Home was effieieut (under Mr. Murphy) and that en rnooli reform was being card d out for the benefit, of all pat t'es. SJ far as he was concerre!, lie would do all in his power to carry out the Act, and preven. plunder, for it was most disgace'ul to find the way sail irs were treated. Tun '.£loo BILL —ln our p - per of Monday there apoaared a report of tha loss of a £lOO bill, and cattiest's, that wore stoles from Humphrey Smith, of Grafton-V.rret, on Friday night, by a female. Yesterdl; lieory, and John Chin, svre nroneit up chargd with having the picket-bock and the documents it th it posse - sion. It ap:,earel that the female prisoner keeps a bad house in the Pi k, and that the man (and the woman who stole tho boAr, and Bch ) is at present in prison) lo'ged there. The police got scene information about the tome and its contents, and cs . nt t the !wag- to search it. The prisoners at grst denied all knowledge 6f the book, but subs quently gave it u', wi•h the bill and other things. They were r,rnan 'el for farther inquiry. A IVAlca " MAKER !"--A person of very formidable svipeararc so fir as an itnronse crop of fiJry-r-d whiskers, mats ache, &r., could be called so, aha gave the name of Philip Lamont, and . sho was stated to be a watchiriker, was charged wi h having stolen a watch out of the bedroom of Mr. Joirt Wall, Warren•strcet. The hisfory of the case was this : —lt ar pease I that the prisoner lodged at Mr. house for ne erly Oro years, until about eight or nine days age, when he left. He always hid a latch-key, with which ha let himsall into the drive. 01 Tuesday nigh', cfner 711 saw him in Vauxhall-road, arid, as he was ac lug " susriciAisly " cri h a bundle that he hal in his hand, and refusing to give any ace cunt if himsef, he took bun into custody. On en'ering the stelion, he dropped something., and the , Meer pre curing a light, fund a watch beside the door. Th's watch proved to be the property of Mr. Wall ; and it would s:ern that, about one ofelock in the morning, the prisoner was seen by officer 397, enter Mr. Wal's house by the latch-key, but the etfi er took no more notice of him, thinking he was shill loigi lg there, and was only t!oi!.g in as u,ual. Mr. I.l.l..nstiell asked Mr. Wall what the prisoner wag, and he replied, a watch maker. or watch mender. Mr. Matifidil : watch etealer. Mr. W,ll Hie Eto'e mine, at a!1 events. Mr. Mangled]: !re vas it ? M. : fianing op in my hc.ironir, and he must Tare stolen up ard stole it down. (Laughter.) Thy trisouer was suit for trial. THE BANK OF ENGLAND TO THE EDITOR OF THIC DAYLAY TIMES. Sir,--cif er tnetoor considerashun, I have come to the conelooshun that the institooshun nown as the Bank of England, h a noosance and hort to be 4 ‘ phut up." I regard it as an humbug, and the bugbare of British commaree—frikentng, when- Lever it thinks proper, this greet country from its propaliaty ; and all for an untradesman like and sellfish puppus. What rite, I hash—and 1 hask it in the name of tha cominershll.commoonitv—has this hooge jint-stock institooshun to dictete its 7, 8,9, and 10 per sent to the trayders of this greet country whenhever its thinks proper ? Sir, I per test against it, and solemly call upon the country to put it down ; or, at !vest, demand that this ebomnib!e and protenshus institooshun be re dooced to the same futting as other jint-stock establislirneents: let it, and them, stand before the pt;hlik upon equal tenni ns dealers in money, and, hif they can get it, let 'em charge there 8,9, 10, aye, sent per sent. The trayde of the country will regelete the rate of intrest, and not the Bank of England, as it now does, jest to pleese the greet eappitallists,. to the hurter confushun of the legi teemate tr!yder. Let., I say, evry jint-stoek bank isshue its own notes, and let 'cue be receeved all over the country as legate tender;. but, to prevent. any think like a swindell taking place, let a lor be passed making anything like a swindeli, on the part of the man , j tr and paid directors, punishible with Deth, and the other directing gents with transpertation for Life This wad pat the banking sistim upon a holesum futting, make money plen tiful, and giv a hetnpetus to trayde such as this greet country, nor nn bother country, as hever experuneed before.--I have the honer to be, sir, yours reely and truly, JEAM ES PLUSH. Liverpool, Nov. 11, 1657. At LEWIS Et CO II emirs, Rancagh-st met. IsIOTS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Tweuty Year A MIX 1N SKRUSTON POUND AT PONTEFRACT During some rec•nt excarations on Copperas Hill, top of Newg4re, Pontefract, the spade of ore of the diggers struck against some s'.bstai:ca harder than ordin ry. Oa ex training the loc lity, a human skull was blind. The m-in, 'were very much ast.iundtd, as mw be imagined, carefully, par s .their labours, lAA at leagli turned up a carnp:e e skeleton, which was in a sitting posture, and not more th , n six from the surface of the soil. Th place in which this relic of h imlnity was fiund, had for a number et yeArs' been a shed to a ropeiy. It is only about six years ago that this ropewalk i 4 as discontinued.' Vri ins are the rumours now afloa►, but the circumstance rests, as yet, sntirely unexplained. At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, RaneJagh-street. B3YS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Years. LIVERPOOL B A.NE.RUP rcy o (MET —YzereavAir. BEF3RE MR. COMML , SIONER TRAM% Pr DALTON EROTII.Rs —Pis Honour delivers; jnagmvat this day en the application fur the-certificate in this case. Ilesaid : In this cave th-ee brothers, Samuel, Daniel, and Alfred Dalton, carried on business in co-partnership under the 'firm of the Leeswood Iron Company. They were each indebted in the morth of June, 1854, the time when a lease of the iron works was granted by a Mr. Oakley and his mortgagees, Samuel and Daniel, in a sum rf £7OO or thereabouts, End Alfred in a sum of £5OO lie. 6d. ; and the firm ware also itidsbted to varicus parties iu 1:711 . 131 9.1 Before they got the lease, -they had borrowed £5OO, to carry on the works, of a M.r.•G.bbnne. The lease was granted on the Ist June, 1854, for a terra of ten years; and it was thereupon immedi ately handed over to the solicitor of Mr. Gibbons, who wag also their own solicitor, as a security fJr the loan of £5OO. The mule of their tra ling has been shortly this : They- commenced working in August or September, 1854, and matte a profit, to 3 st December in that year, of from £5OO to 1700 net. In the year 18:6, they woull appear to have snstained a loss of more than £2,000 ; and in the year 1850 their less appears to have been about £2,009 From a general statement, p epered in the course of the p ro c ee di e ge under the bankruptcy, it appears that the wh de loss was £3,760 3s. 51. They drew out of the concern, in the course of less than three years, the follawing sum+ : —Samuel Dalton, £1,654; Daniel Dalton, £1,461 tds 31; Alfred Dalton, £1,169 18 41 —total, £4,235 fer 7,1 ; and their debts to stecnrel credi tors wore a 1,788; to unsecured creditors, £1.75 656 153 3d. Before jeining this concern, two of the brothers, Daniel and Alfred Dalton, had carried on bu-iness as iron masters and engineers et West Themwich, where their business vrss so conducted that even their books are not to be produced, having been carried off by a person in their employ—their cosh-keeper. They say, howev r, that elthoneh they made no profits, they paid everybody. The Terswoed Ire n Company hal en tre teptaace of theire, for .f6OO, returned dishonoured in the Autumn of 1856. and it remained s ) dish - no/red uu 11 the end of Februtre, 1857, when an execution having been pat into the pre • miser, the subjest of the lesse e it was discharged, together with the £5OO originally borrowed, by means of a loan from Mr. Cherton It is said, with respect to this sum of £BOO, diet negotiations were going on with Mr. Rushton, the holder of the bi 1, to supply him with iron to the amount of it, the supply to extend over a 1 period. There were also several bills of Me. Oskley's upon the bankrupts dishononret The bankrupts came en this court on th r 11th March last, under a petition, not for adju ication, lett for re-arrange ment, and the prep 'sition they made to their creditors was to pay them in full, beginning with a payment of two shilling+ in the pound at the expirati m of six months, and so on every surceedieg three, months, until ten succes ive payments bed been made. It is obaervable that no security for the due performance of these con ditions was ( - flared ; and the proposal not being assented to, the theets broth rs were declared bankrupts Mr Dodge has objected to the cello canoe of their certificate on three distinct grounds ; First, reckless treling ; sec md, excessive private expsnditure ; third, bad b tokkeeping ; and he contended that they ought earlier to have come to this court, if not when their first bit to Mr. Oakley was returned, at least in the year 1856 Now, as to the Second and shied grounds: I do not think their private expenditure excessive, in the ordinary sense of that term, but was hardly warranted by the state of the con cern. The books, though far from being well posted up are said, by the official assignee, to have contained the materials for making out correct and t , ue account+ of all the bankrup.'s dealings so that the book keeping has not bean such as to cell for any cen , ure from this court, other than what is implied in a want of regular posting of the account. Wi h regard to their trading, the , bankrupt, Samuel Dalton, has been examined by Mr Evans, the solicitor to the bankrupts, at some length, and he attributes their fsilu-e in business altog ether to the non performance by Mr. Oakley of a crrenent con tained in the lease, to supply them with clean and pod ironstone, coals, end slack in suftialent quantities to keep the furnace always in actinn. In place of performing this engsg,ment, by which ha had stipu lated for a specified supply, he rodured the bankrupts to the necessity of keepirg their furnaces alight with coal and lime ; and, icsteaa of clean and good iron stone which is left lying for some months at the pit's mouth to become weathered, the ironstone was loaded at once into trucks, and conveyed to the furnaces. Mr. 8 Dalton makes the total dtfference in favour rf the fi m to he the sum of £22 292, t h:ch they would have re ceived, if the supply of clean and good ironstone, coal, and shark had been equal to what M-. Oakley stipulated ftr But it is to be borne in mind that Me Oakley was liOle uncial* Its covens , t, ann mgat nave been epzea. and I cl i not thick the bankrupts sherd(' have been satisfied, seeing the loss they were sustaining, with his mere promise to make them a better .upply. Another course was open to them, the obtaining ironstone else where. This, probably, would not lave been very feasible for the bankrupts, working only with a borco ved capital of £5OO ; but then the argument arises, that with a borrowed capital of £5OO, if they ware unable to carry on the con cern except at the pleasure of Mr. Oakley, they aught to have closed their workings earlier; and I think that the time had arrived when, after sustaining losses amounting to nearly £4,000, the bill held by M'. Rushton was returned dishnnou-ed ; for it must be borne in mind that Mr Oakley was not the only, though the largest, creditor of the bankrupts. Mr. Bull was a creditor for £4,619 ISt 61, and there were other creditors ; and it was a duty they owed to those other creditors to close their transactions with the least amount of less to them. Lokirg, then, at all the facts of the case, and giving every fair consideration to the circumstances under which th -n bankrupts held the lease, I think it will he my duty oily to g-ant them a second , clues certificate after a suspension of six calendar months. Mr Evans, who t ppeered frr the bankrupts, said, 43 there was no allegation of franc, he hoped his 110-cotta would , grant protscion. His Honour: Certaicly. Mr Dodge, who was for the assignees, said he had not the elightee objection. BOY.' CLOTHI D w ITH WOE tT T.kg rE AT 1.1/WIS and C 'S, Rin2:,p;ll-sticet. Fix MEN FILLED. —II the vale of Nsntille, Stbr.uf, nine milts from - Cat - nit:von, a eeploro) . e accident cecnrrs d last ays,ek, by which six pers.ns lost. their hires , . In the quarry of Cleddfa tt, Son, 14 men we e at work. TI ey tst ere in cony rsa i , n 72.mtom of a deep I o'low. They had nit been long there when they heard the welt-known and dreaded cry of 4. Rewire!' upon which they instan ly ran to the cabin constrne'cd for the sr:fe'y of those at work when danger is sxoseto 4 . Unhappily, this provad the worst spot they c>ulrt lysve chosen. A taiga rock, about thirty tons in weight, felt in one lives from a 11 , ight of fif y yards, and. staking against the ledges of stone in its descent, broke into a thousand pieces, which bounded with tremendous f rce to the ground, killin; three of the men on the spot, an 1 mortally i jarif,g three others. One of the Ltier died aim st immediately. another *file being carried borne, and the 'bird in about eight hours a'ter the c taste pbe. The bodies presented a frightful spectaele. One mar, named Robert;, who had a diitinct impr..ssion of the danger that threa`ened, minify lan toirards the poi t where the rick tryinz to pall another man with him. The later escaped by leaving part of his waisn •at in Robers's band , . The injared men, though s rarely hurt, are progre , sings., favourahly The aceid,nt is supposed to hive arisen fr ant the adhesive ness of the niel; bring affected by the 10,1gin>nt of water_ it a level j ti t, whic'i rant to an angular point at the bottom, thus making the ma s SoMMe SEC CTS OF TU RICCItUITINGI Sea' en chao...r and a-e at the present crisis, nottribu.ino very large (pintas to the military service, and the results of the recruitine tOrgeint,' lib sure are, of course, duly re parted to the War Office. Th se results assist in In kinc up the I:-trite t :Ws of which his Royal llich , e , s the Duke of Oambrike speaks so boasting y. Pali:toe the fii,ld marshal's jubilant declarations of the wart ke pr psnsiles of the Anglo-3 xte at Otis moment would be modifie, if his subal erns were to transmit to head quirers ell the circumstances in conrectio , with the recruiting service which estate to their knowledge. One cause of the great number of r,c nits in this 64ttiet is the txt that the mills are working short time ; another is, that :he cturiard h :s bean rednned to the bei4ht fixed on d !ring the Russian war. The officers of the 6th Lareasbi e Militia have instructions to enlist for 43 regim nts, an I they succeed in procuring neatly 5) r c - uits every week, who are sent off every Monday to Liverpon', for interireliate approval. The recruiting officers in Deansg its obtain a sill larger accession weekly to ow forces. But what becomesof these raw ncreit-I Do they enlist fr .m patrioie feelings, or is it to serve some uteri purp tse ? We hive reason to believe that the majority t.f lounz men off dog them selves for service, studions!y avoid enlistment in the regi. meats, rngioed in active service in India. The genet . . desire in this listriat is to enter the 39,h It"cielerit, now stationed in ono a our :orth American col :pies; and the military exolnatinn of this des;ra is, that the men whc so enlist are anxious - I'o emigrate to Atnerica, and adopt this method cd' ob aining ,c free pissege over. It is slid Ilut large m :jori'y of then desert upon reaching their destina- Um, and make for the back woody, efts r which they are never henrd of by their cnmnsandiog ► ffieers. The system of deser ion is said to be ouch more general in the colo nies than in any pin of Great Bellew—Manchester Examiner. BIRKENHEAD AND CLAUGHTON GAS AND WATER COMPANY. At the half yearly, meeting of this compfiny, held OR - Monday, Mr. IL Mallaby, M P., in the chair. The following report was submitted by the Directors:— . • . "The , directors beg to submit to the shareholders the aecounts of the company, made up to the 30th September 1857, from which it will he seen that the profit for the half-year is £3 747 154. Bd., which added tie the profit of the half ye r ending 31st March last gives a gross revenue £10,816 4e 81, from which is to be deducted £1 485 for interest on bonds, leaving the nett sum of £9,330 4s Bd. as the profit earned during the last twelve months. There is in sedition to the above £23 12s lld left undivided on the 30th September, 1856, and £832 13s. 51. placed to credit to dividend fund, in ace edance with the resolution of the last helr-yearly meeting. Makirg a total of 1210,180 lls. 01. Of this a sum of £6,341 13s. 4d has already been carried to the credit of the pro p ietors, and £6OO to directors' account, in conformity with the resolutions passed at the meeting held in May last, and it is now proposed to credit the pro- prietors with an additional sum of £l5B 63 81 During the past half-year the directors, in order to meet the increasing consumption•of gay in the district. have, under advice of the company's consulting engineer, erected an additional retot t home, aed made such further extension of works and mains as will more than meet any demand that may arise for some time to c 'me The directors have to state the bill, which, under the authority of the pro prietors, was intrdincecl in the last session, did not receive the sanction of Parliament. The means which that measure contemplated fir affording additional water supply, have consequently not ben avail able. The directors have, however. assiduously applied themselves to effecting that cbjeet, so far as the existing district is csneernei, by means of the company's powers un 'er the present act. And they have, under Mr. Hawksley's recommendation. determined to enlaega the original bores, to drive altitional ones of large calibre, and supply further engine newer. These works are now being actively prosecuted. By these means th) supply of wa, er has already been much increased, and the directors have ge)et hopes that, by the end of the present, or early in the next year, the company will be thereby enabled to effete' a constant supply." A.ter the reading of the report, the Chairman said that, looking a: the goner ii poeitioa of the Company, threatened with litigation out of Parliament and in Perliamen', he thought a strictly defensive course was the most desirable one for them to take ; and to enable the direct() s to assume that position, they proposed that nothing affecting the subjects about which they were at difference thoul he dis cussed at that meeting It would be, then, for him briefly to advert to the report of the directors, and in the first place he would re'er to the revenue, which was in a most sseiscactory state. The nett profit of the half year was £3,747 153. 81 , out cf which sum it was proposed that the ad .itional sum cf £l5B 6a 81. should be carried to the prop, ieto:'s' credit account We reel hardly say that the present stets) of the works, as well as the present con dition of the Money Msrket rendered it necessary bat the company should be allowed some lat , tude with respect to their funds. The shareholders were aware that the bill in troduced into Parliament last sea-ion was thrown out, and in consequence the company Lad resorted to every possible expedient to replace the advantages which they anticipated would have been given to the public, had that bill passed. The company had erected an additional retort house, and they were now prepared to supply the district with any amount of gas required, and of such pn , ity as perhaps no oher company in the kingdom could give. With reference to the water works, he might state that, under the able mensgement of their meaning director, they were rapidly proceeding, and the supply of water was quite equal to the demand at present, and in a short time they hoped they would have a considerable addition to the quantity actually required He had nothing more to bring under the notice of the meeting, and he would therefore simply move that the reeort of the directors be received and adopted. Some . opposition w Ai 131104 1 ;11 to the adopt'on of the report, and Mc. Laid proposed the following amend ment : "That this report be not received and adapted until the accounts of the c mipany f•om the commencement have been aulited by independent parties, and the amount of capital actually paid up and expended is ascerta;ned." Mr. Gough. in seconding the motion, said he thought the accounts of the company ought to be looked into and exs-ninAd. They were eh rge t interest on a capital of £133,000, and he was credibly informed that that sum was not ptid up. He did not see why they should pay dividends out of that amount before outside shareholders should come in. 'trio resoltrion proposed ny mr. Lairs was then put and 11 , t, on 'y the mover and sec-mder hclding up their hands in its favour. The report of the directors was declared to be received and adored. Mr. Laird next referred to the supply of water, and said he supposed there would be pleuty when the new works were completed. Mr J. S Jackson replied that there would be a con stant supply of water, and read a letter fr.= Mr. J Hawksl,7 on the subject Tae meeting then separated. Exclas'yely for Cr.OTIIING 11'11 - 4 Sig to Twenty Years LEWIS & COMPANY. itAielagn-stiec GUNPOWD7R EIPLOSI N AT ANTWERP —On Monday, the heave occupied by a gunmeker blew up with a tre mendoes crash, so that nit a h lc% or sac': remained stan 1 The wife of the gumnie r, the only persan of the family at home, was blown to some distance, and picked up in a Mutilated and eying state. The hence my. door was b ill eleetroved, and several other babitettens considerably shake% an 1 thousands of p +nes of glass destroyed. The misf ‘rt+ ne is attributed to the xnlosien of a large steel: of gunpowder kept on the prem+ses. The excavations are coatinued with unebited zee'. The mite s hare rescued one ma, who ae:s b riel banes ,th rha ruins, but ?VAS m•r +- cu'oes'y p e e^red withoit the slightest injery, although he eel from the third storey. DEATH OF A GIRL FROM BRUTAL OUTRAGE AT HEY wooD.-0a tfe 22w1 ult. a young men, naiad Am s Geeenwool, rrnerly a fa+ t try hand in Rochdale, bu• who hes of live been travelling round the cmotry with a men named Robert Hancock, selling Chine's peas, COT- Tailtel a most brutal outrage upon a girl of nine yews, named Miry J dinson, a nose at Hancock's, where Greenwood lodged. The peer vietna, p-eviwely a fine healthy girl, died on Thera lay from mortiaeati+ n, the resul , of her injuries. Before she died her deposition was taken by Mr. Kay, magistrate at Heywood. Greenwood was apprehended at Hyde, and brought h:fore the magis• trates at Bury, and commit . ed for trial at the winter assizsa at Live-pool. An invest is to be held on the deceased on Monday, and Mr. Pickford, surgeon, has been directed to make a post mortem examination. EXTRAORDIN'AItY FIGHT BETWIXT A LION AND A TIGER.— Our readers doubtless notiend,a tew days buck, an account of a tiger vihieh escaped from a cattle truck in Itatcliff High ley, Lend n, and which, after runni g along the centre of the road for some distance, was caught by his keepers while in the riot of teatime a led, who uefor tunatt ly cro sed the anirnal'e path. The tiger, wbieh was only eigh'eea months old, but, of large size, was the pro perty of Mr. Jamrac, an importer of wild bees:o, and he sold it a day or two erre+ wards to Mr. Edmonds, the son in-law and successor of Wombwell in the management of one of the well-known Unveiling menageries. Mr. Edrnow7s his been in this district during th , last Fight or ten days. His purchase reached Birmingham on Satnrdey nigh', and on Monday it j)ined the menagerie at West B omwioh. It was p 1 cod in one cf ‘he ordinary carriages. one of two camoartenents, the adjoining den hien occupied by a very fine lion, six or seven years old, for Wee Mr. Edmonds gave £3OO. three years ago. The attendants had ail left the menagerie to go to breakfast, when suddenly those in the earrings whisk the proprietors occupy were aletmed by an unusual outcry among the beast.. They wee dieenered the cane). Ihe newly-bought tiger had herglariously broken through the "slide" or pertiti tI dividing his den from that of the lien, and hid the latter in his terrible grasp. Tee cimbst which ensned was a terrible one. The lion acted chiefly on the defer sire, and having probably tree considerably tamed by his three years' coefinement, the newly-imported tiger had the advantage. His attacks wire of the most ferocious kind. The lioa's mane saved h's head and neck from being much injured, but his savage assailant at las: succeeded in ripping open Lis belly, and then the poor animal was at the tiger's mercy. The lion was dead in a few minutes. The scene was a fearful one. The inmates of every den seemel to be excited by the conflict, and their roiring and howling might have been heard a quieter of a mile distant. Of course Mr. Edmonds and his men could not interfere aleile the conflict lasted, but when the tiger's fury had partly subsided, they managsd to renme the carcase. He must have used his paws as a sort of batter ing ram against the parti+ion, as it was pushed in rather than torn down. For the future he wi 1 be confined In a carriage of + xtra length, lined throughout with sheet iron. We execct to hear that lie has been eir liteced •' Nina Sahib," which wo'ald contently be an appropriate name tor a Bengal tiger of so ferocious a character. He is valuable, having coat Mr. Edmonds .£4oo.—Birminglain Journal. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION AT INCE, NEAR WIGAN. On Saturday Welt last. about seven o'c'ock, a lad went into a small shop, kept by James Moore. where grocery and drugs are sold, about sixty yards from Ince toll-bar, on the right-hand side lealing from Wigan to Wadley. The business of the shop was get er-lly Tooke I aft-r by the wife, but Moore (who works in a coalpit, but occ Mortally hnlps in the shop) was there when the boy came in. The litt'e fellow asked for a gunpowder squib, and was served by James Moore, who, at the boy's request, handed him a lighted piece of paper. In a moment or two the squib was bouncing about the shop. The boy ran on' and hos not since hem heard of. A barrel cont , ining a qu , ntity ;if powder exploded and blew out the shop window, killing two girls, who were on the pavement, and injuring Moore so severely that h s life is in dancer. Oa Sunday morning the crowd WAS Mame se round t'ie house, all ragerly in quiring the particula , s. The house and shop presented a mass of wreck, everything in it being literally sma , hed. The damage in shop goods is a'mut e5O Most 0 , the furniture is destroyed. The ceiling of the sho was lifted up, an-t fell aga n. but not through to the floor o' the choo. The roof remai,s supp irted by props. Moore ran out of the shop with his clothes on fire, his hands, arms, and face dreadfully scot( he 4, and some bystanders helped him to Mr. Mtkforints, the Squirrel Inn, adjacent, waere he now lies in a precarious state . attended by Mr. Hussey, surgeon, Hindley, and Mr. Heaton, Wigan. Ile is not yet out of danger. The lad who bought the s ,uib is not known. Mrs. Moore was a w:clsw, turned Fe-te-, when the married her present husband, tno months : ye. Her maiden name was Sharratt, and her father keeps a (Ilia:gist and grocer's shop at' Pendleton. She learnt somclhin shout drugs fram him, aid kept the shop at lace with Foster, her :ate husband. ST,cs was in the h use part, fronting the street, with a chill about 12 weeaa old in her • ruas, and her other child, a girl of 10 years of age, whin the bricks, ceiling, furalare, &c., all fell in shivers around them, but none a f the three wore inj ared. Of course, her state of mind, as she now rema'nq, can be beater co ce ved than described. She has lost all, a d her husband can scarcely aaswer two questions without losing h s memory. Information has been sent to the coroner, at Prescot, and an in q test upon the two girls w,ll be held w:thoat delay. Their names are Mary Taylor, ag( dl2 and hi try Jane Taylor, aged 12. Although of thc same name, :hey were not related. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BROADBOITOM CHARGE OF NEGLECT AGAINST PLATELAYERS. At the the Hyde-park sessions on Monday, before Samuel Ashton, Esq. (John Chapm in, Esq., having declined to act, as he was the deputy- chairnium of the ra lw.y co n ;easy), six men, being a gang of platel yers, were summoned under the 6th end 6th Vic., and caarged with having disobeyed the 169th rule of the company, that " A man must be stationed, with a caetien ya ds bark, whenever the state of the line required that the train should proceed with caution." The cherge arose out of the late ralway accident at the B ca ib ittem Viaduct of the Man hater, S reffie d, ant Licco'nshire railway. lv r. 'Feeley appearel for the company, and Me fir the men. Mr. Tapley elected to take coca case separately, and the first summons c lied was against Robert Sh3l-lermine. Mr. Tap'ey having at nted the caie, end asnertel chat he could nail witnesses that the sole blame was attrieatable to the defend ants, pre.ssel the berch to inflict the fu'l penalty. Mr. Ellison h:ving refused Le admit a'y thing, Mr. Tapley et led James Wright, who said he was an inspector under the company, and that having a ked the defer' 'ant if he had l reneht his rules and re;ula ions wit's him he .epliei that he had, and had given them to his attorney that morning. Mr. Ellison crossalcsmined the wit .ese as to whe her he had told him what rates he m ant, when he ackeowle.lged that he had not. Witness knew that the 1 ying of the plates was let by contact, and that the de endant was a servant of Mr. Taylor, to whom they were let. air. Tapley prodac id a declaration, tsiened by he deasadant, that be woe the sesvinnt of the company in cnswer t o Mr. Ellison, that there was an nnd of the csse. and Mr. Ellison rellequished this objection on the 17th section of the act being read, which ap t lies to " arrant or other person." Mr. Tapley then proceeded w:th his else, bat without p - ovine the rules or the declaration, and calla I Berj tern Weal- y, the engine-ex.:v. r of a co .1 train between all. titeld aad Ardwick, and Thos. Green, the engine-driver of the injured train The laltr stated that they stopped at Guile Bridge, as usue', and let at proper time. Nothing one .urrel until he had p ts.sted Mettraeu Station, when he observed a g rug of men at wark on the up-lne at the west end near the viaduct. They were reeetirfne toe line. and witness hat io whistle to the men for them to go away. He d d not receive any signal to slacken his speed. If he ha I teen a sig tat he sh told have stopped or slackened l.ie speed, ancording b the sienal. They were not going so fast as usual, and they wa - e shalt the right time. Witness then described the accident, and sal I as he felt the jerk he shut off the steam and reversed the engine, which happily prevented a most fear ful accident. re j :min Thornloy, a porter, proved that the ordinary signals were all right, and said he cif n'a see that anything was wren; before the acci lent. I his was the case. Mr. Elliston contended at length there was no case, insisti that the rules and regulations had not beers proved, asserting th the line was a den consequence of a curve, and the speed at wia h the special trains travel ; and satin; that he could call witnesses to prove that the line where the men wee working was n:t i i a dangerous state. He then called Jehn Platt, Richard Kirk, John Smith, W. Webb, and John Genlithorpe, al of wives' had bee-i summoned. They contradicted the evid nee of the prosecution in several ponts. Mr. Ashton, after some clelib,ret'oe and conversatioa wi:h the clerk, said the evid nee cif tke engintadriver showed that there mast have been something very wrong, or th • signal man would net have bees tent, and he tined the defe Want Li a- d costs, or one neont'a's impri sonment. The other cases were Wthris awn. —Mr. Chapm ea then told Green, the engine driver, to stand up, and Iddresaleg Lim, lie said as he was chairman of the company, he bad taken no part iii the decision of the cane; but he was glad now the case was over to compliment him (Green) on the pros .nee of m nd an 1 boated j inlgment he hal displayed at the time of the ac ndent, which, if alga, s shown on such ones ions, wneld prevent very disesirons results. He had s'eown grea t Presence of mind in the f tee of great danger, in sto , ping o-s his engi. e and :eversine It; and he had groat pleasure in informing him in that open cone, that the directors had deheemiliel to reward him. CONVICTION OF A GANG OF FEMALE 8110 FLI F At the Scuthw.rk Pollee -court, s ondon, on Tnesdiy, Catherine M•Nally, Emma Smith, and C 4therine Csven2y, ti,res young woman, about 18 years f age, w.xe flaal'y ex tininad, e'iirged with steaiing a piece o:' French 111 , 3,ii0, valle 4')3., fron the shop fMr F.ast..vood, Haan- 'raper, 46 and 49, Nawington•ea I.3tt way. Dennis se ,n 1 in, p.,lice•coaa ably 177 said thet oz Fri 'av afternoon, the 3) ultimo. h 3 was on duty is private clothes in No ,i11,.t)11-causeway, when he es-v the prisoners and another• fema'e pass Mr. East.wsad's shop semral tines. Ile vicat,:.ths I the,n at a shori: ellAanea, and as a lady was enter n; the shop, :11'N4Ily fol lowed, and snatch d a piece of m.erino °lra p le, aid he (witness) watchad her oat wti it u ?der hu' arm. Fla 3 0 - hot" pri .o _eri sur rounded the d, or ani &idol her to got off. Idowover, he ran up at the time, ani soh) I M'N4 . ly aid took hsr bee 'he pros:eater's shod with the merin, in her posses On, which was - dentifiad Ha ,- ulg left her there he went in pursuit of the others, aid, with the assistance of Bill 33 m, he s =cede 1 in ap,s ehendiug the other prisoners, but the fou , t'i fs-realo enapei. Sydney Cha:nber.ath, a:sistint to Mr. Faitwand, sell he saw the piece of merino safe on a pi's inside the doorway about five minutes previoas, and ha did not ra's3 it until NltNally was broa A ht Tito the shop by last wita,ss. 113 kn .w u , thing whatever o" the prisoners. aeknowled,ted h tying tto'en the ni , rino, and declared that the other girli were strangers to her, and kn3w nothing whatever a')ou; It. leanlan here into-m9d his Worship that the priioners were all topther, aad ae,i ted M`N•t ly in • onimitting the rohbery. Mr. Burnam acco - di •gly t.,1 i them that if they porsi,ted i the'r inno:enea h 3 mast c mimi - them all for•trial. Smith and Conway, %Iv h?Atation, plc ided gulty. Mr. Burch= asked what wa; kn3WU of them ? Thomas Titehene-, 185 Z. said th. t M`Nelly was an old ,h9plifter, and had been com mitted f.:r a moith at LarnbAh Po Le-zottrt, with threo other', for unlawful possession o' a piece of in rut. The others were companion■, but he did not think they hal been convict:•d bef )re. Mr. Burch sdd th the .e tr) doubt they were !mite mutie s icp ifters, and as M`Nally was an old off der he should eau vic , her for six 'ninths, the hi;hest penalty ho could inflict. Each of the other two prisoners he shou d se.itenc3 to bur mouths in Wanlswirth House of Corre:ition. Elizabeth Chap,,le and Elm Brlwu wore also finally examined charge I with st!asing a pair of militsry heelei boats from:the shop of Mrs. Frances Dawson, No. 11, Newing`oa-can , eway. Scanlan sail that on Wednesday afternoon he saw the prisoners come oat of Mrs. Daxson's shop, and knowing the n to be cmn eted with a gang of shoplifEers, stopped them, and seeing so.nening under Chap, le's shawl he asked her what she had there. She at fist s iid "nothing," bat afterwards proluce 1 a pair of cloth boots which she said she had just purchased. Wftess, however, seized hold of tier and fo nil a pair of leather boots, when he took them back to the shop of the pros ieu'r'7, who gave them Into castody. When at the station house Brown said she purchased both pairs of boots and gave them to Chapple to carry. Elizabeth Ladd, assistant to Mrs. Daws,n, said she recollectel the prisoners came into their ship on Wednesday afternoon, and Brown b sight a pair of common toots. She never soli either t.f them the leather boots p:Todneed. One of th m mast hays taken them from the counter, which Will in con'usion, owin to aPer..tions in the frnnt. the prisoners p:eAded guilty, and rcuested his worship to deal summarily with them. Mr. Bureiam, believing it to be their first off:nee, commlted each of them to three months' ha. d isbonr I.i the House of Correction. THE SCANDINAVIAN IDEA.-A lot'er from Sockholtti, in the New Prussian Ga:ette. sAys.: —The Sc.mdinavian idea —:hat is to say, tha political union of the three pos , fu , s, Denmark. Sweden, and Nnryviv—has spread FO far that a Scandinavian j 121-nal (the Norden) made its first appear ance on July 23, at Melbourne, in Australia. It is printed alternately in Swedish and Danish, andiegina vy an int:- resting article on Scanditavianim At LEWIS & OM?ANY'S , Raneogh-strest, BOYS aro CLOTLIED from th e Aga .fits Treaty YeNri, - THE ORTIIERN TIMES.unLI ERPOOL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1857 WEST DERBY UNION. Yesterday this Board of Guardians held their usual weekly meeting at the Board-room, Mill-lane, Everton. Mr. H. Edwards presided. The other members of the Board present were Messrs. L.mt, Abrahams, Parkin, Medealt; Heyes, Birch, Clarke, Pitts, Tattersall, Roberts, Roscoe, and Morris. OFFICIAL RETUIIN , . The Master of the Hospital reported that the number of inmates in that establishment was last week 108, since then 12 had been admitted, 17 discharged, 4 deaths, this week 99, of whom 29 belonged toToxtethPark. Correspond ing numbers of last week 94. The master of the workhouse reported that the number of pauprs i❑ his establishment were last week 632, since when 23 had been admitted, I birth, 14 discharged, and 1 death ; this week 642, of ahem 363 belonged to Toxteth Park. Corresponding number for last week 623. Cheques to the amount of £l7O were voted for th , x relief of the out-door poor. THE BURIAL FZE3. A letter was read from the Rev. Thomas Hornby, the Vicar of Walton, enclosing a table of fees charged for the burial of the paupers, from which it appeared that the charges were—for the vicar Is 23, tolling the bell 23, ground 4(1, and making the grave 3s, total 6s 6d. On this subject a desultory conversation took place, in the course of which Mr. Pitts disputed the charge for the tolling of the bell, on the ground that such a charga hid been made, but the bell had never been tolled. The Rev. Mr. Tattersall contended that the toiling of the bell was part of the funeral service of the church of England, and therefore the board had no right to object to its payment. Mr. Pitts denied that such was the fact, as the Almighty never required a bell to be tolled for him Mr. Roberts wished to know whether the 2s for tolling the bell was in the table of fees of the church. the Clerk replied that they were not, therefore they could not be demanded. Mr. Pitts moved that the sum of 53 6d be tendered at tha time of each funeral, and that the vicar be paid no more, as that was the legal amount. The Rev. Mr. Tattersall could not see what power the board had to offer any sum, until they knew whether or not the vicar would accept it. The Clerk having decided that Mr. Pitt's motion was in order, it was put and unanimously carried. VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY A communication was read from the Poor Law. Board in reference to the valuation of the property of the union. At the unanimous wish of the Toxteth Park Board, this union, and the General Board, Mr. J. Stewart was chosen to make the valuation. But it appeared that the terms asked were so high that they could not comply with his demand, as the funds would have to be paid by the board, therefore Mr. Manwaring could not satisfac torily recommend the appointment of Mr. Stewart in preference to Mr. Atkinson, of York, whose terms were much lower. It was therefore supposed, after that comunication, thoy would have to submit to the York architect making the valuat ion. Mr. Abraham thought that Board had a right to know what each of the gentlemen charged, before they submit ted to have tho valuation made by the Yorkshire man. Mr Pitts thought that as the General Board were very fond of asking questions as to why this and why that was done, that they otmht to apply to them to know why they would ❑ot have Mr. Stewart. (Laughter.) It tying understood that the Board had no power i❑ the matter, the appointment of the valuer was left to the General Board. THE CHAIRMAN'S RESIGNATION. In consequence of the resolution agreed to at the last weekly meeting of the Board, in reference to the rentiest from the Rev. Mr. Badnall, that the Board would permit him to resign the office of Chairman, to which the Board expressed a wish that he would continue to hold that position until the expiration of the year, a reply was received from the rev. gentleman, consenting to the wish of the Board. This announcement was received with applause. Ater trinsacting some routine business, the Board adjourned. APPEAL CASE. TiE CORPORATIO`q OF LIVERPOOL v. THS OVERSEERS OF TILE TOWNSHIP OF WEST OERBE.—Some short time sin :e the Overseers of the above township caused the Water-. works belongieg to the Corporation in Green lane to be assessed to the rates for the relief of the poor: At that time the Corporation appealed against that assessment, and it was argued at the Kirkdale Sessions, the Corpora tion dispu'ing their liability, but a case was subsequently agreed upon for the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, and it was there decided that the Corporation were liable. Since then the Overseers of the same town ship had again assessed the Waterworks in Green-lane at £5,300 net, and the pipes p essing through the town at £l,BOO net. The Corporation again claimed exemption, and yesterday the case was again argued at the Kirkdale Sessions before the bene'l of Magistrates. Mr. Sear appeared for the overseers, and Mr. Aspinall for the cornoration. After the ease bad proceeded for some little time, the following terms were agreed to by each party in:erested:—" The appeal referred. to J. F. Ellis, Esq., Q C or, if he cannot take it, to some other gentle man to be agreed on by Mr. Segar and Mr. Aspinall, on usual terms of order of Nisi Prius as far as applicable. The arbitrator is to have power to state a easy for Queen's Bench. A ppeal to he kept alive respiting, and judgement of a7hitrator, or Queen's Bench, to be that of the Court. Costs of the arbitrator to be divided. With respect to all other costs, each party to pay their own." BA.MPFYLDE COPPER MINING COMPANY. The third ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share holders of this Company was held yesterday, at the Stork Hotel, Qieen•sgnare. At three o'clock, the chair was taken by Wm. Roberts, Egg. The meeting was respectably and fully attended. The secreta y, Mr. Charles Hand, read the notico calling the meeting, and also the half-yearly report and statement of accounts, from which we wake the following extracts : THE REPORT stated that tho present financial position of this company, as shown by the accompanying statement of receipts and exoendi - u-e for the past six months, affords satis factory proof that the favourable anticipations set forth by the committee at the last half-yearly meeting have now boon realised to such an extent as to relieve the B)ard from those feelings of responsibility which always attach to prospective representations in mining. Al though the liabilities exceede 1 the available asscfs on the 13th May last, when the earl of 2s 6(1 was made, the balance in hand this day is £1,580 19s 4,1, exclusive of about £550 worth of cooper ore at market. The accounts include cost sheets for seven months. and it will be observed that the item for September is only '133 ; the greater portion, however, of this sum was expended in the recent heavy repairs to the large eastern water wheel, which having unavoidably broken down, in consequence of imperfect construction, has incurred a serious loss. It is gratifying to the committee to be enabled to state that the call of 21 61 per share was responded to by the proprietors with only one exception, in which the share holder relinquished 359 shares, which shares the com mittee recommend should he now cancelled or offered for sale. By tiro breakage of the eastern wheel, and conse, q:tent rising of the water to edit?, the workings of the mine were totally suspended for a considerable perio 1 hut operations have been resumed within the last week or two. with little probability of any further interruption for some years. The report then entered into details on a report made by:Mr. Pope, the engineer of the company, who con cluded an elaborate account of the mines by stating that the mine was a very profitable concern. From the state ment of the accounts it appeared that there was, o❑ the 21st May, a balance of .e 268 144 10d against the comnany, but that the income since that time was £3,395 124 2-1, and the expense £1,814 123 10d, leaving a balance in favour of the company of £1,580 193 4d, together with ore at market value £550. The outstanding, liabilities of the compaoy were put down at £299 Is Id. In reply to Mr. Rollins, the chairman said the copper set down at £550 was not included in the ore set down in September last, but a separate item. And in answer also to Mr. Rollins, he said the accounts were quite correct, bat were not signed by the auditors, because one of the gentlemen was in London and the other gentleman was since disqualified,because he was not a shareholder. It would be for the meeting to pass the accounts, or merely to receive them, subject to be audited hereafter. He had little to say en the report and statements of accounts, except to point out the improved condition of the company—(hear)—and that would have been much more so, but for the accident that happened to the water wh•el, which not only cost money, but prevented them from raising copper for about six weeks, and the expenses came to over £3OO, yet they were in a very prosperous state. (Hear, hear.) He would be happy to answer any questions that might be put to him. He would now move that the report be received and also the statement of the acccunts. Mr. Rollins said he hail not the least objection to the passing and receiving of the accounts, but for form sake it would be better to have them audited. He would, therefore, for form sake, move that the accounts be held over until audited, and that the auditors report to a meeting to be called for that purpose. It was agreed, after a short discussion, to adopt that course. The next business was the election of auditors, and Mr. Heath, with Mr. Rollins, were unanimously elected. This concluded the general business, and then the meeting resolved itself into a special meeting, for the purpose of deter m i n i ng as to the di sposa l of 350 relinquished sh ares , by cancelling the same, or offering them for sale, in accordance with the Cost Book rules and regnlaticos of this company, and after some conver sational discussion, it was resolved to empower the committee to sell the shares, at not less than 20s each, but no tender to be received for the purchase after the 9th of December, as it was stated that the shares were valuably increasing daily, and the Chairman said, but for the unfortunate accident to the wheel, the meeting would have that day declared a dividend. Votes of thanks were then passed to the Chairman and secretary, and the meeting separated. THE WEST DERBY UNION• IT has often been our duty to notice a t f , 19 tla be , condemn certain proceedings connected with West Derby Union Guardians. We did s,O a feeling of duty, and not from any deosire ridicule-or bring in'o contempt the decisions; stra o ii r r, that body. On the present occasion, though it may appear, we have first to acceer, praise, and afterwards to censure the m, for, urt taro proceedings which took place in the u e of Queen's Bench, on Monday last. fold On that day the Board fiaured in t he 01°, 0 manner alluded to. In the first plac e ' 0 1 s e Guardians held a special meeting for the pllheParge of making a searching inquiry itvo the c iQ ed that had been preferred by a wom an na the CeanKs, alleging that the Governor of Workhouse had taken improper i lib er ties, rge her. Our readers may recollect that this after • was brought before the Police-court, anuheerd, all the complainant's evidence had been, 0, the presiding magistrate, Mr. Alderman P e id ol although acquitting Mr. GOUGE in, a „waft point of view, looked so sanctillle-blia and threw out such inuendoes as led the Os is in general, and the West Derby Guardiallgo particular, to think that the story of NIA CLARKE was true, and that, morally Y ea o tte there had been an improper ult c a rc ar ata between the pauper CLARKE and Mr. ' t here The Guardians very properly felt j ro an was an unwarrantable stinc, in Mr. A l ' A e the, Florun's remarks cn the case, I til. "de fact of eulogising the compl a i nan t's ° b a the giving evidence, as well as the remark re aiS. present state of the evidence, they"--th e „ - :ted' trates—` , could not say it was corrou''' roe ' legally." The latter word was driven I ‘, bel b the with all the peculiar emphasis for win c i f worthy Alderman is so notorious, not ° ll ,,,late the Bench, but in the Council and on the rhos, form. The decision of the magistrates , to Was Mr, Alderman HOLME was the rnouthPle c d e ,; o teitt correct, but the mode of delivering i g it od caused the Guardians to take up the ea 9c , e tbe i carry the evidence a point beyond that wh e. 0 0 6 magistrates had pronounced judgmen i t 'd pe t which,. as Alderman HOLME said, '")1 etioe apply to future proceedings." The invest'Sfor of the Board of' Guardians took place 00 le e, day, and resulted in the moral, as well al e e ol exoneration of Mr. GOUGH. The evid en d th e MARGARET CLARKE, which so enartol u L e nt oll e Bench of Magistrates, notwithstanding tuPvio-s$ witness, THOMAS PRICE, told them Sh e ve cli t "lady of easy virtue," and that he had Pr ° ,oo in Beau-street last May —was demoliebed, 0041 men of education and character, holding the and responsible situations, completely g ay fet, lie to the main gist of her teetimoni' r tol, instance, we find her swearing, "I ne ve v all Mr. MOORE that the child was my htl" 3 „he 46 Hear what th e Rev. Incumbent of St. Steep avers on this matter—' On one occasion, odoe` he called at her house she was out, and innee the were then thrown out that Mr. G o uGg w 3 obe father of the child, and when she did cool 00 ordered the woman to leave the room , antaAjCV he asked her the question, and she:i s Mr. GOUGH has nothing to do with it-- - d e dioo husband's child." Dr. NEVINS, the Oho ► officer of the Union, also stated that , vi , j " th at was discovered she was enciente, she suited gr, her husband was the father of the child' de REYES, one of the .Guardians, also 1n g at similar declaration. After perusing thee e ,tlP ments, all of which confirm the impressievoOP CLARKE'S story was concocted for the t rigiaing and that Mr. Gormr's explanation ° a ticUhl f : e . the woman money, was true i n evetY, l , 3 ,of for a person in his position, if gu n ' ti e d 01 , 4 1 offence chated, could have easily ad°, 00 1 1, and means to prevent an exposure of ' I-5 , of t " e delinquincies. We thank the Guardial);ooollf.: 'West Derby Union for having had th e at ter r f manliness and honesty, to probe this I ., c ter ° they have done, and to vindicate the ch, g ar c ' - ial .4 a truly meritorious and urbane ° I “'" gentleman who has endeared himself L t o be r e inmate of the Workhous e , of whie'ratale"f4- Governor ; and we furth erm ore cong - 0 them upon the fact, that they have sil egi e tae ij v no matter how they may bicker „pe a l ' themselves on certain matters and o cc ' e l j al A i v they will not tolerate indecency or iln ift , o , V : 4 in any one of the officials. To Mr. 0°1 ; 0 - a t b d jl t must tender our congratulations on Pas s '„len such a trying ordeal, and that the uttinza`'cf, ° ,, of the inquiry has been to prove the se ell n . a taejd what CLARKE said Mrs. GoUGH told her' ',oil', that " she would not believe Mr. Golici fl s e, A do anything wrong." The more the i ; 9 6el which the foregoing remarks refer, is Cllli b t ; the more does it show that a wilful , " unusual attempt, has been made to e atort ot hillr o gain ed Both CLARKE and his wife have ' it be by the course they have taken,exc e P t idoll ls , e 'a prove that they a re mos t unwor thy ind' v ,, - ae it; But we are glad, althou g h it naay i, most painful to Mr.•Gouon, that the ln i ara te t c tion has taken pl a ce. It w ill s h o w to Mahge adjudicating up o n affilliation cases , s la i 4 worthlessness of oaths made by perso v ot be position Of MA R GA RET C LARKE , and 14 ~hOO 0 4 5 pronouncing their d ec i s i on they 'gong ►g doubly guarded not to utter a11Y,,,, r e gO' tending to affix a moral guilt, Wr o lli tg e beyond their province to say that it i 6 ' 6 70 0 w it Furthermore, the designs of' erring W „ ° t , e ss most dangerous. They call into P lB ',W ° , l l;ed' cunning and logic which most of the 5 : igl e t o in a greater or less degree; and n o oth e o , e itl degraded and debased, are nothing , t hei b oe prefer a ch arge , we ll k now i ng t h a t t bei b ese nothing by their attempts at extortion; i e h t iti c nothing to lose. The length to sv d- arifiv:o , remarks have extended prevent us I . o ra cotl e i of under notice the proceedings in th e d Queen's Bench, respecting the alleg e 9 of t he Mr. GOODWIN against the Guard ia ii il lor° West Derby Uni on . Th e m a tter sh all subject of future comment. t BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-stree t ' tl "AC' PARLIAMENTARY REFORM OEGANISA.IIOI4•,se has just been formed in Preston for the Purci e et o fi roa; meacing an agitadon in that town on the 81 4,11 3 e ev o f 111 , liainentary Its.fortn, with especial refercnCe p s6 o f tO t chisement of that vast mass of the intelligeT:ii,ilee tbi 9 s f toje‘e, 1 o population who, as yet, do not possess the P: 0 suffrage. The general apathy which eilsts,, mo ters,, 0, 1 4 throughout. the country has induced the Pr" tis i s ciety in Preston to believe that if an iai, eli on due te d Se, conducted agitation were commenced Abe a _ e , c orent o pP; spirit and energy, the country m i g ht ta 7 he ( or b ', sense of its duty in this resp, ct, end c e l r ive d ° of I • nests of Parlamentary Reform 4rand excuse for not countenancing an :great Psalter wou ld be ueP teo ion 0 th .. ;ranchise, viz., that the people were i nd ' he ld in "; subject. A public meeting will sher;ly be ..atio p Ito and, from what we have heard, the orgeo"otei 0 1 ' 0 to be a very powerful one. It has been s fest i° " a ti o t°# o l lY committee should take action also in the s in t, nlcipal Reform, the disgraceful olioproeee,a e v' 0 00 of Preston this year having outstripPe(Loiont tests for bribery and shame-faced Pe" rendered some such step highly necessary. fe .s° At LEWIS Sr COMPANY'S, R arle, L... 1 W Tweritl BOYS are CLOTHED fr om tik e AR ea ° si I ."! f t i4 1141 1 , ; .tea tai 2 Atfi r • "LEI Ti• - i •.. nY POI \ 1 9th i C 2% ` 7 •9; i 33 11 04 Z 3( find i r Y tar; li r l o T t 4 t? %ti e 4 , Po [IT ° the ri * ltt FO ro, „N ' , wk., the 4,n - /sette r f' l (l' 9 UL 'dl 9i *a. th 7