The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

Corrt4pontrtnce THE FRUIT STEALING CASE TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. Sin,—The necessity, as I presume, of abridging your reporter's notes, has led you to give the case of fruit stealing in such a condensed form as to deprive it of most of its public intert:A. Ina late paper you commented most justly on the import ance of publicity in all the proceedings of our courts; but the privilege loses half its value if the daily press does not act upon it. Nothing could apparently be more trivial than this charge against a man of stealing - half a dozen pears from a fruit stall ; but, in fact, this trivial case involves matter of the deepest interest, not simply to the parties engaged in it, but to all the public ; for, who is not interested in the question whether legal prosecu tions shall be perverted into the means of impeding the administration of justice ? This was the issue raised in this charge against one Riley. Whether justly raised or not is a point with which another tribunal must hereafter deal ; but the evidence at the Police Court yesterday distinctly showed that this is the question to be tried, and that evidence disclosed matter so singularly mysterious, that on this account alone it is probable that the bulk of your readers will be gratified by a brief notice of it. Riley was accused of plundering the stalls of a fruiterer of the name of Reeves, and of taking eight pears from it at five minutes past twelve on Wednesday night; and, undoubtedly, if the evi dence of Lloyd, a detective, is to be credited, the charge was proved, for Lloyd swore that he saw him in the act. The defence was that this charge was preferred for the sole purpose of damaging the evidence of Riley, first in an inquiry, by the market committee, into the conduct of Mr. Luya, the superintendent of the market, and then in a heavy litigation still pending in the civil courts. In proof of this the prisoner's counsel relied principally upon an extraordinary circumstance which your report leaves wholly unnoticed. It ap peared that after Riley was given in charge, and locked up in the Bridewell, about a dozen more pears were thrown down the area of the house of a publican named Sykes, by whom the complaint against Luya was preferred to the market com mittee, and who is also, unfortunately for him, the principal in the heavy litigation that has been men tioned. Riley is Sykes's chief witness in both matters. These pears could not have been thrown there by Riley, at all events ; it being proved beyond dispute that the time when they were forced through a hole in the cellar must have been after his arrest ; they were found there in the course of the following day, and Sykes proved that the cellar was locked, and nobody could have access to it un known to himself ! The inference on which Riley's counsel insisted, was that they were purposely placed there to found a similar charge of plunder ing against Sykes himself. In support of this in ference, he urged the following facts, which were extracted from the witnesses on cross-examination : Lloyd had been placed on the spot by Luya, at the instance of Mrs. Reeves, at ten o clock on Wed nesday night, to watch. Instead of watching, he spent his time, from ten till nearly twelve, drinking at Porter's public house, next door to Sykes's, on the one side, and to Mrs. Reeves's on the other ; Riley was asleep at Sykes's from ten till twelve, when he left, and was seen by the barmaid to take the proper road home : he was perfectly sober. Lloyd, therefore, must have left Porter's, and Riley have left Sykes's almost at the same instant, for he was apprehended in less than five minutes afterwards. Mrs. Reeves admitted that she was so very inti mate with Mrs. Porter, that she was constantly at the hoase. It is with 'Mr. Porter's customers that Sykes is involved in litigation, and Porter was their principal witness. The origin of the litiga gation being the breaking of Sykes 's windows, and abstracting some wine by some of a drunken party at Porter's house, at one in the morning, of the Ist of June. Mrs. Reeves admitted that she had ar ranged with Luya for the detection of the offender, that she had no suspicion of Riley, nor ever men tioned his name, and that she put the matterinto the hands of the same attorney employed in the litiga tion with Sykes, though that gentleman was wholly moznnwn to her. She had employ ,a 4'.‘r gPvpral years, and other witnesses gave -him the higneSt eumau ter: With the merits of the case the public have at present no concern ; but it is of much concern to all whether witnesses are to be ensnared by inge nious devices, artfully arranged to criminate them ; and whatever may be Riley's innocence or guilt, it cannot be denied that the subsequent deposit of other pears in Sykes's cellar, looks roost supieious, and the extreme intimacy between the prosecutrix and Sykes's opponents, scarcely less so. Under such circumstances, and having regard to the character of the accused, and the trumpery nature of the charge, in my opinion, as an indivi dual, Mr. Aikin came to an erroneous decision. He ought to have taken the course always taken by the London magistrates under such circumstances, and have dismissed the case, binding over: the ac cused in his own recognizances to appear to any indictment that might be found against him. As it is, the magistrate has, in appearance, sided with one party, when it is impossible to say whether that party is not more open to suspicion of conduct yet, more culpable; for I can conceive no greater cul pability than conspiring to prefer a false accusation to frustrate the ends of justice. Such was the counter-charge, and without going so far as even to insinuate that it was borne out by proof, there was, at least, enough of suspicion to justify the middle course suggested; a course which any ma gistrate of common experience and knowledge of police matters would have taken. When shall we have our magistracy reformed? Yours obediently, November, 12. FAIR PLAY. COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH—SATURDAY. Before Lord Campbell and Justices Coleridge and Erie. BINGHAM V. CORA.S. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the County Court of Liverpool. In the court below, the judge had decided in favour of the plaintiff. The question arose upon the construction of a contract, which the defendant had entered into with the plaintiff, for the sale of a cargo of corn from Ibraila. At the time of the contract the corn was lying on board a vessel at Queenstown, the precise quantity being unknown. It was, however, stated in the contract to be about 1,300 quarters ; but it was agreed that the quantity should be ascertained by the bill of lading. The price agreed upon was 30s. per quarter, payment to be made in cash on handing over the shipping, documents and policy of insurance. According to the bill of lading, there should have been 1.667 quarters, and the plaintiff paid upon that presumed quantity, but in point of fact there were only . 1,614 quarters. The plaintiff, upon discovering this de ficiency, sued the vendor_ to recover the value of the 53 quarters which were deficient, and obtained the decision of the judge of the County Court in his favour. The defend ant brought this appeal. Mr. MILL IV AHD, tor the defendant, contended that, ac cording to the true construction of the contract, the defen dant and the plaintiff had agreed to be bound by the quan tity stated in the bill of lading. If there bad been more than the quantity stated, the plaintiff would have had the benefit of it ; as it so happened there was less, the plaintiff must bear the loss. Mr. WILLES, for the plaintiff, contended that he was entitled to recover the value of the deficiency, and there must be a readjustment. Lord CAMPBELL said, his opinion was that judgment should be given for the defendant—the vendor. Looking at the *hole of the contract, it seemed that the intention was, that the cargo should be sold for better or for worse, for less or for more. The parties might fairly suppose that the quantity would be fairly represented in the bill of lading ; and they might well agree that the purchaser should take the risk of that being the quantity. If there should be less, the purchaser would suffer; if more, he would have the benefit of the excess. He (Lord Campbell) was of opinion that there ought to be no return of the money which had been paid, and that the action could not be maintained. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice ERLE expressed similar opinions. Appeal allowed, and judgment of the Court below re versed, with costs. Miss Tulip, in speaking of old bachelors, says—" They are frozen out gardeners in the flower-beds of love. As they are as useless as weeds, they should be served in the same manner—choked !" SENSIBLE YOUNG LADIES. —The young ladies of Barna riscotta, in the State of Maine have recently formed them selves into a society of mutual improvement and protection. Among the resolutions adopted at a regular meeting we find the following :—" That we will marry no young man who is not a patron of his village paper, for we have thus not only strong evidence of his want of intelligence, but that he will prove too stingy to provide far his family, educate his children, or encourage institutioas of learning in his vicinity."—A mer i ca n Paper. THE MURDER AT BURNHAIII. Since the committal of Moses Hatto, the police have been actively engaged in trying to collect such evidence as may bring the murderer to justice, and the result of their exertions still further strengthen their suspicions of the accused. Upon his arrival at Aylesbury Gaol on Tuesday night the same air of bravado which marked his demeanor before the coroner's jury was observable ; but the next day a marked change in his manlier was observed. On receiving his breakfast from the warden on. Satu rday morning, he muttered the words, " Dreadful, very dreadful," but gave no further key to the mat ter occupying his mind at the moment. His man ner, however, exhibits a gloomy reserve, strongly contrasting with his bearing when first received at the gaol. The police have searched every spot on and about the premises at Burnham, where it might be supposed likely for the rings, pencil cases, and ra zors stolen from the diessing room in Mr. Good win's room to have been placed, but as yet they have not succeeded in obtaining the missing arti cles. They are now about to search the whole dis trict, with the assistance of Mr. Goodwin's labour ers. and the surrounding cottagers. The police complain bitterly of the conduct of the surgeon's assistant, who saw the deceased on the night of the tragedy. Superintendent Perkins, of Eton, says that the young man was requested by Mr. Goodwin to in form the police on his way home. He accordingly told Mr. Perkins that a coroner's inquest would be held on the body of a woman at Burnham Abbey Farm, and that he had, therefore, better send word to the coroner. The superintendent asked "What the woman died from?" " From suffocation," re plied the surgeon's assistant, and then rode off home. Not a word was said about the body being burnt, nor of the blood in the passages, the room and the walls, or of the broken fingers, and dread ful injuries to the face. Nothing more, in fact, than here detailed. Of course, the police sent word to the coroner, but it was not until the close of the first day of the inquest that they became aware of the butchery that had taken place There can be very little doubt but that the police, had they been informed of the true state of things on the night of the murder, would at once have been on the track in time to get material evidence against the assassin, whereas the delay afforded all the time necessary to place such impediments in the way as may, after all, defeat the ends of justice. It is stated that an additional link in the evidence against Hatto has been supplied by the discovery of the missing shirt. Lord Denman has sent a £lO note and complimentary letter to Mr. Chapman, of York, who stopped the party who offered for sale a part of his inkstand. SITTINGS or THE COUNTY COURTS.—It appears that last year the number of days in which the County Courts sat was 8,570. IMPORTATION OF EGGS.—From official tables just issued it appears that last year the number of eggs imported was 10,724,170, against 7,175,076 of the preceding year. INCREASE OF BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY COURTS.—It is shown by a return just issued that in 1851 there were 441,584, plaints entered in the County Courts, and last year 474,149, being an increase of 32,565. MONEY PAID L . NTO COUNTY COURTS.—Last year 630,3711. was received to the credit of suitors in County Courts, and 630,6881. paid out to them, being an increase on the pre ceding year. NEW HOTEL AT THE EUSTON STATlON.—Preparations are now being made by the directors of the London and North Western Railway for -the erection of an additional hotel at the Huston Station, for the use of second and third class passengers travelling by that railway. THE LICENSING SYSIEM.—At a large and influential meeting of licensed victuallers, held at Birmingham ou Thursday last, it was resolved to cordially unite and legally agitate "against restrictive laws which operate against the trade." _ _ . IDLENESS.—If the intellect requires to be provided with personal objects, what must it be with affections ? Depend upon it the most fatal idleness is that of the heart ; and the man who feels weary of life may be sure that he does not love his fellow-creatures as he ought. Lord Goderich and Mr. James Clay, the late liberal mem bers for Hull, were last night entertained at a public dinner in that town, on the occasion of receiving a testi monial of the high esteem in which they are held by the poorer classes in the borough. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAY.— A company has just announced itself, having for its ouject the construction of a new subterranean line railway from Leicester-square to the Bricklayers' Arms Station of the South-gastern Railway. It is 'proposed that the line should pass unuer th e mums wun. I.IIIgUITUIII auu vv atone° bridges, proceeding thence by way of the New-cut, St. George's-circus, and the London-road to the Old Kent road. THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA.—A letter (says the Geelong Advertiser) recently received by a gentleman in Geelong, from an influential Member of paihament, states that in a conversation with the Duke of Newcastle, on the subject, of a petition from Victoria, praying that the supreme govern ment of the Australias might be established in Melbourne ; the duke informed the writer that the position of Victoria, considered geographically, as well as on the score of revenue and population, would entitle it to the serious attention of the government. THE NEW AMERICAN THRASHING MACHLNE.—lterelTillg' to the machine already noticed by us, Mr. Mechi writes to the lYmes as follows : -"It may be interesting to your agri cultural readers to know that the American thrashing ma chine is as efficient for barley as for wheat. Since your report it has thrashed for me 56 quarters of barley, the actual time of thrashing being six hours. Not a kernel was broken, and although grown on poor, heavy land, it was sold for 455. per quarter for malting purposes. The operation was witnessed by Mr. Crosskill, of Beverley, and Mr. Hornsby, of Spittle, both eminent makers of - agricultural implements. Ten quarters were thrashed in 73 minutes. The power of the machine outstrips that of the feeders. By enlarging the machine and quadrupling the number of attendants, no doubt it would, on extensive farms, thrash easily 30 to 40 quarters per hour. I shall shortly try it with oats and beans. AIR. W. 11. JACKSON'S (M.P.) BALL IN QUEBEC.—Before leaving Quebec on his return to England, Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., jointly with Mr. Betts, gave a grand ball to the citizens, which is thus noticed by the Quebec Chronicle : We might in a word describe the grand ball of Messrs. Jackson and Betts, to the citizens of Quebec, which came off last night. It far exceeded any ball, in numbers and in excellence of arrangement, ever given in Quebec, and surely this is saying much. There were positively between 800 and 900 guests. The bands of the 66th and 71st Regts., sat opposite each other in the galleries near the sta g e. The highest civilians were intermingled with the most dignified uulitaires. The supper was more than sufficient—it was ample. The rooms were decorated expensively and taste fully. The evening passed off with the greatest eclat. INCENDIARIS3I IN THE WEST.—SEINTaI cases of incen diarism have lately occurred iu Devonshire, of a somewhat extensive character. Two cases occurred last week, and in each case an agricultural thrashing machine was burnt, which seems to indicate that the perpetrators belong to that class of misguided men—not yet extinct in this country— who consider the introduction of machinery to facilitate agricultural improvements injures the labourer, and tends to decrease his wages. Last Saturday evening a cow " linhay," a stable, and two large barns, on Fordlands Farm, belong ing to Mr. J. Heatheote M.P., were set on fire at a place near Tiverton, and the whole of the premises were destroyed. A thrashing machine, a quantity of• straw, and several bushels of oats were also consumed. On tho followiu." Mon day morning a Rio Droke out in some out-buildings on Iv illis's farm, near Uplowman, Devonshire, which con sumed a number of cow-linhays and a thrashing machine. Measures are being taken to discover the perpetrators of these fires, and it is hoped the police will succeed in appre hending them. PICTURE cr MENSCIIIKOFF.—Menschikoff has invariably refused to sit to any artist. He is about 70 years of age, of middle stature, has close cut milk white hair, a high open forehead, sharply defined features, and a bright spark ling eye. His gait is haughty, but slightly limping, from a wound that he received in a singular manner, at the siege of Varna, in 1823. One evening, h av i ng g i ven some or d ers that he wished to see implicitly obeyed, he strolled through the camp ; and as ho was returning to his quarters he stop ped and remained with his legs stretched wide apart while he enjoyed'a pinch of snuff. Suddenly , the report of a heavy gun was heard, and the Prince fell headlong to the ground. When lie was taken up it was found that a cannon ball had passed between his legs and wounded him severely in the thigh. Prince Menschikoff is one of the most exten sive landed proprietors in the empire, and counts his serfs by thousands ; but, unlike the generality of the Russian nobles, he adds daily to his wealth. His economy is with out a parallel, and indeed is stated to descend to parsimony of the lowest grade ; but, however grinding his extortion in his patrimonial estate, on all grand state occasions his ap pearance, carriages, and suite are most magnificent. Ile possesses a superb mansion at St. Petersburg • his establish ment of servants and equipage is on a scale of the most lavish expense, and he is surrounded by numerous aides-dc camp glittering in " barbaric gold and pearls." Another stricking peculiarity of this remarkable man is the aversion lie entertains for foreigners. Not one—even au ambassador —has ever been permitted to enter his palace. He is both rough and fickle, and when any thing offends him becomes absolutely brutal. But whitelie have the misfortune to be connect - eed with him ; and as he is a man of considerable talent and indomitable energy, he succeeds most marvellously in his amiable occupation. It is not therefore to be wondered at that he has many ene mies. Menschikoff married the Princess Dolgorouki, by whom he has a son and a daughter. THE NORTHERN DAILY - TIMES. GRAND BANQUET TO LORD ELP.HIN. STONE. On Saturday evening, the Directors of the East India Company gave a grand entertainment to the Right Hon. Lord Elphinstone, at the London Tavern, on the occasion of his appointment as Governor of Bombay. Mr. Russell Ellice, Chairman of the Board of Directors, was in the chair, having Lord Elphinstone, the guest of the evening, on his right hand. There were also present, on the right—Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Canning, Lord Hardin,ge, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Wigrarn, Lord Campbell, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Cardwell, Sir James Hogg, Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, &c. On the left of the chair man there were—The Lord Mayor, the Deputy Chairman of the Company, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of Shelburne, Lord Sydney, Mr. Lock, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Mr. S. Lushington, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Baines, Lord Justice Turner Vice-Chancellors Kindersley and Stuart, Sir Richard Jenkins, the Solicitor , General, &c. After the usual loyal toasts the CHAIRMAN gave the toast of the evening "the health of the right hon. Lord Elphin stone." (Great cheering). Lord ELPHISSTONE thanked the company for the flatter ing manner in which they had received his health. This was not the first time that he had stood in the position of returning thanks for an honour conferred upon him of a similar nature ; but he must confess he did not find that, that at all lightened the difficulty of finding words in which to express its thanks to them. He did not go out to India an untried man, but in going he felt the full responsibilities of the situation he was about to under take. And he must also add that he would be ungrate ful, indeed, if he did not also remember the assistance and the support which he had received when he was Go venor of Madras, both from the directors of the East India Company and their various servants in India, and with out with assistance he felt he should not have been equal to the situation. But it was the peculiar good fortune of the Indian government to possess a body of servants, both in the civil and the military departments, which he believed to be altogether unequalled for their zeal and ability—men of tried experience, who had been educated and brought up in the service of the company; and, with their assistance, he did not despair of accomplishing the objects for which he had been sent out. (Applause). It was unnecessary for him to dwell at any length on what he conceived were the prin cipal objects of an Indian governor. He would only say that the principal objects w which he proposed to himself in his government were three—first, to develop the resources of the country ; second, to promote the sound and practical secular education of the natives.— (applause); and third, to advance and promote, as opportunities might offer, those natives who might qualify themselves for situations of trust in the public service. (Great applause). In all these objects he relied with perfect confidence on the countenance and support of the court of directors. He was convinced, from all he had seen, that it was the wish of the people of this country that the natives of India should have their full share in the ad. vantages and privileges of British rule - and it was a great comfort to him that upon this subject his feelings and views should be in entire unison with the views of the court of directors and of her Majesty's government. (Applause.) He would only say, in conclusion, that if he were in any degree enabled to promote these views and objects, he should feel that he had not gone to India in vain. Next to the approbation of his own conscience, his greatest pride would ever be to receive the approbation of the honourable the court of directors, and of her Majesty's government. (Applause). The health of her Majesty's Ministers having been given, Earl GRANVILLE responded. He said he felt much embarrassed in rising . to return thanks on behalf of her Majesty's ministers in the presence of so many of his infinitely more distinguished colleagues, but it had been so long his pride and gratification to obey the orders of the noble marquis near him (the Marquis of Lansdowne) that he could not refuse to do so now. He might state that her Majesty's government, after long, careful, and anxious deliberation, had resolved to take that course which appeared to them the best adapted to promote the welfare of the natives of India, without showing favour either to one side or another at home; and he could assure' the meeting that he and all his colleague i s appreciated the straightforward and single-minded manner in which the East India Company had met their endeavours so to act. And in future he was sure the East India Company would find that her Majesty's government would always be ready to co-operate with them in every measure that was calcu lated to promote the welfare of the inhabitants of India. (Applause.) Ile should not do justice to the feelings of her Majesty's ministers if he did not express on their part the gratification which they felt at the appointment of his noble friend Lord Elphinstone, which appointment had also met the approbation of such a high authority as Lord Hardinge. (Applause.) It had happened to him that by such an accident as that which called him to-night to return thanks for her Majesty's ministers, he was placed in the chair of a committee of the House of Lords to inquire into the affairs of India ; and when there, he found himself in the position of that young member of narliamen.t who oxi beim? retnteed for ft pert-Qin was asked it he Wand much difficulty in public speaking. His reply was, that practice made perfect ; and that for Ins part the only difficulty he found was in having something to say. (Laughter.) So he (Earl Granville) had no difficulty in putting questions ; his only difficulty was in knowing what to ask. But he must say that while he found from all the witnesses full and clear information on every subject, he had especially found from Lord Elphinstone, whether in the committee or in the House of Lords, that he not only was in possession of a vast amount of information with respect to India, but that he also appeared to have formed clear and candid opinions on all questions affecting the welfare of those great dependencies. (Applause.) He believed he might say with the greatest truth that not only her Majesty's ministers, but all present, wished him every prosperity in the adminis tration of those affairs which had formed the study of his whole life. An acquaintance with him of twenty years' standing enabled him (Earl Granville) to say that his noble friend was one of the most honourable and high-minded men he had ever been his good fortune to meet with. (Applause.) He begged again to thank them for the honour they had done her Majesty's ministers, and he cordially joined them in wishing all health and prosperity to his noble friend. (Applause.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he should hardly have felt himself called upon to obtrude upon their attention on this occasion, were it not that he knew it would be agreeable to their feelings that they should not part without paying a tribute of respect to the chairman of the East India Com pany. (Applause.) With respect to the particular occasion on which they had met—the occasion of celebrating the ap pointment of his noble friend to an important station in India—he need scarcely say anything. As one of her Majesty's ministers, they had already spoken by the mouth of their foreman—his noble friend near him, and who was the first in official rank among them, and by whom they had been ably represented to-day—so that there could be no doubt as to their feelings on the appointment. In another capacity he might be held to appear among them as a member of one of the most important constitutional authorities in the country—the House of Lords—who, as well as the other !house of parliament, have always been in connection with the East India Company, ,and who have ever felt the advantage of leaving the affairs of the company in the hands of the directors and their chair man ; and he was sure both houses would always be ready to acknowledge the merit, the skill, and the judgment with which they had administered them. As a member of the House of Lords he was certain he spoke the feelings of all composing that assembly, when he said that if a vote could have been proposed there, er if any pro position could have been made in conformity with the prin ciples of the constitution with respect to the merits of the selection which the East India Company had made in the new Governor of Bombay—if ever vote was passed unani mously in the House of Lords, that vote would have been a vote in favour of his noble friend. (Applause.) There are, and there always have been, in that house members who de rive their right to .it th at usbeinbly 170 m their connection with services rendered in India to the East India Company, and to the country at large. Even in this room, they had great living instances, (applause,) and among the first families in the country there were persons who dated their origin and their position from services in the East. There were others who had made for themselves a career, in some respects a new career, by serving not only the Company with zeal and fidelity, but also, as his noble friend had told them, by holding it to be a great and solemn duty so to ad minister the affairs of the country as to benefit the natives who were committed to their charge. He had every confi dence that parliament had acted wisely in placing the go vernment of India once more in the hands of the company, and his confidence was all the greater from finding his hon. friend in the chair placed at the head of the company, to whom he begged to return thanks for the generous hospitality with which he had brought them together to-day and he would beg to propose as a toast, " The Chairman and Directors of the East India Company." (Applause.) TILE EMPRESS EUOENIE.-But the Empress—has she red hair? Has she absurdly large features, and a ridiculously long nose ? Does she look proud and haughty like a parvenu ? —bronzed and audacious like a successful adventuress ? In short, is she like the descriptions we have read of her from the pans of her enemies and rivals ? No, she is not. She is as sweet and gentle a lady as ever it was our fortune to look upon. None of her portraits do her justice, a point greatly in her favor, for we remember hearing Sir Henry.ltaeburn say, "No woman's face is worth anything if it can be put upon canvass," —meaning that variety and transitoriness of expression were the finest parts of female beauty. Even in feature she is statuesque and regular; "but 'twasna her bonny blue e'e was my ruin ;" it was the soft, feminine gracious ness of look and motion ; the retiring and yet self-possessed manner with which she acknowledged the sincere and hearty reception of the spectators—and to us— (" Land of any sires ! what mortal hand Shall e'er untie the filial band _ . That binds me to thy rugged strand ?") she had an indefinable charm—powerless perhaps on the hearts of French, or even English. She was the exact re presentative of " the yellow-haired lassie" we read of in Burns's songs—a refined Scottish expression about her mouth, winning and humorous, completed the effect.— Blackwood. PROFESSOR MAURICE. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Maurice to the Council of King's College, and was laid before them at their meeting on Saturday : "TO THE COUNCIL OF KING'S COLLEGE. " 21, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, Nov. 7, 1853. "My Lords and Gentlemen—l have received from the secretary of King's College, a copy of certain resolutions respecting me, which were adopted at the last meeting of the council. "Under ordinary circumstances, it would be my duty at once to resign offices which the legislative body of the col lege has declared that I cannot hold without serious detriment to its usefulness. But the council is aware, and the public is now also aware, that certain definite charges have been brought against me by the Principal, upon the strength of which he asked that I should be excluded from my professorship. These • charges amounted to a declaration that I had departed from the orthodox faith. He alleged, as his reasons for this grave charge, that I did not accept a meaning of the word eternal' which he con sidered to be the only right one, and that I refused to dra w certain consequences from that meaning, or to pronounce an opinion upon a subject on which the Articles of the Church of England have not pronounced one. " The decision of the council, as it avowedly takes cog nisance of the opinions which I expressed on this subject in my ' Theological Essays' and in my 6orrespondence with the Principal, can be understood to amount to nothing less than a condemnation of me upon the grounds which are ex pressed in the Principal's letter. The Council must be deemed to have accepted the propositions in that letter, and to require that all its professors should accept them likewise. The Principal evidently shares in this opinion. When I wrote to inquire whether my lectures were to be continued till my successors were appointed, he answered that I had better discontinue them froth the day on which the resolu tions of the council were passed. He pronounced this de cision though he had officially commanded me to be present at the opening of the term, and to commence my usual courses, retracting an unofficial letter in which he had re commended me to ask for leave of absence. I submit that a person ordinarily so courteous to the professors of the col lege, and so tender of the interests of the students, would not have thus summarily suspended a teacher whom, with a full knowledge of his opinions, he had invited tu be a lecturer in the theological department, and who had served the college in the other department for 13 years—that he would not have interrupted the studies of the term, and forced me to break an implicit engagement with those who are taking part in them—if lie had not believed that he was executing an ecclesiastical sentence upon a convicted heretic. "I cannot, my lords and gentlemen, believe that, great as are the privileges which the right reverend bench has con ceded to the Principal of King's College, their lordships the bishops ever intended to give him an authority superior to their own superior to that of the Articles by which they are bound - I cannot think that they wished to constitute him and the council arbitors of the theology of the English Church. Such a claim would be as alarming I apprehend, to the public as to our ecclesiastical rulers. If some parents have been suspicious of the influence which I might exercise over their sons, I believe that there are few parents in Eng land who will not complain that the college has departed from its original principle, when it gives such a scope to the private judgment of its chief officer, or even to the judg ment of the body which manages its affairs. " I think it due, then, to my own character as a clergy man, to the interests of the college, and to the liberties of the English Church, that I should call upon the Council, if they pronounce a theological sentence upon me at all, to de clare what Article of our faith condemns my teaching. I conjure them not to use any phrases in condemning me which they would reject as loose and vague if the property or the life of a fellow-citizen were in question. Whether I have unsettled the faith of my pupils, by giving an interpre tation of the word eternal' which I had maintained to be true (and especially . important for students in divinity) be fore I was asked to join the theological department, the after lives of those pupils must determine. But if I have violated any law of the Church, that law can be at once pointed out —the nature of the transgression can be defined, without any reference to possible tendencies and results. It is this justice, and not any personal favour, my lords and gentle men, which I now request at your hands.—l have the honor to be, my lords and gentlemen, your obedient servant, " P. D. MAunrcE." " P.S. —I have requested the secretary to lay before the Council some copies of my letter to the Principal, to which I have added some notes. I would respectfully call the attention of the council to note B, page 31, of the pam phlet." After reading this letter, the council decided that they did not think it necessary to enter further into the subject; and declared the two chairs held by Mr. Maurice in the college to be vacant. IRELAND. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING. MIGRATION.—Over three thousand emigrants left Cork during the last month. This number may seem large, but there is no doubt that the total amount of those who are now leaving Ireland shows a decrease with for Mer years. FIRE.—A serious conflagration broke out yester day Dominick-street, and was with difficulty pre vented, from spreading. As it was, one house was completely destroyed, another injured, and the in mates of both only escaped narrowly. KELLY V. Buteu.—The hearing of, this case which is going . on in the ,Court of Chancery, haS been al lowed to stand over for a week. IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE.—The argument in the case of Rodoconachi v. Sodorholm, is at present going on in the Court of Common Pleas, and ex cites considerable interest amongst mercantile parties. The facts are, that in the month of August last, the defendant, who was the captain of a ship which sailed from Burgos, bound to Falmouth and Cork, with a cargo of wheat; that he put into Constantinople, where he was obliged to make some repairs on his ship ; and in order to enable him to pay the expense of this he sold a portion of his cargo, a moiety of the proceeds of which went towards the repairs of the vessel, and the re mainder to himself. . This was done under an ad judication of the Swedish Consul. On the arrival of the defendant in this country, he was arrested at the suit of the plaintiffs, the owners of the cargo, for the value of the portion sold, and lodged in gaol under the 'judge's fiat. The present motion was to get the plaintiff out of custody, and Mr Macdonogh, Q. C., his counsel, dwelt at great length on the subject—the chief question in dispute being, whether Courts of Jus tice in this country should be bound by the deci sions of foreign. tribunals in the regulation of " general averages." , CLONMEL ELECTION —Messrs John Reynolds, and John. O'Connell, are canvassing the electors. The League deputation have also arrived in the town, but have not been well received. Mr. M'Carthy of Cork, and Mr. Carew O'Dwyer, are " talked of." THE Snip KOSSIITIL—The exertions to cleanse this ship of disease, are unremitting, and have been very successful. There are but five cases of cholera and ten of diarrluea on board the hospi tal hulk. On Thursday morning, a young woman on board the Kossuth was taken ill, and died within four hours. Much excitement has been felt by the country people in the neighbourhood of Queenstown, it being discovered that the dead re moved from the vessel, were interred at Ballymore Cemetery. It beinci understood that three were to be buried on Thursday night, a large crowd assem bled to prevent the bodies being landed, and, to prevent a riot, the police had to be called out. A LADY LAWYER.—The Cleveland Plaindealer says, that Mrs. Emma R: Coe, has been pursuing a course of legal studies, for the purpose of herself for the practice of that profession. On reading the quotation which closes the manifesto just issued by the Emperor of Russia, the Sultan relieved his mind in Turkish verse, of which the following is a literal translation " Setting off on your wars, you sing a Te Deu;n, AS if you'd already made tuunt of mourn; Just now you prefer the accusative case, But the nominative soon will appear in its place ; For (not to observe that this terrible fuss Will certainly prove in the end Te-dious), Those who chant out Te Deum at matins must, later, At vespers sing small Deus miseratur." WOMEN AND LADIES.—In the days of our fathers there were such to be met with as men and women; but now they are all gone, and in their place a race of gentlemen and ladies —or, to be still more refined, a race of " ladies and gentlemen" has sprung up. Women and girls are among the things that were ; but "ladies " are found every where. Miss Martineau, wishing to see the women wards in a prison in Tennessee, was answered by the warden "we have no ladies here at present, madam." Now so far as the ladies were concerned, it was very well that none of them were in prison; but then it sounds a little odd, ladies in— prison ! It would seem bad enough for women to be in such a place. A lecturer, discoursing upon the characteristics of woman, illustrated thus :—Who were the last at the cross ? Ladies. Who were the first at the sepulchre ? Ladies. On the modern improvement we have heard but of one thing that beats the above. It was the finishing touch to a marriage ceremony performed by an exquisite divine up to all modern refinements. ' When he had thrown the chain of Hymen around the happy couple, he concluded by saying, "I now pronounce you husband and lady." The aud i en ce stuffed their handkerchiefs into their mouths and got out of the room as quickly as possible to take their breath.— Washington (N. C.) Cain. POLICE COURTS.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. Richard Richards was charged by sub-constable, ,1 , 84, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared - lifat as the constable and another were on duty in Tithebaru-street, on Sunday, they met the prisoner, linked with three other men, coming down the street. On passing, the prisoner observed that he did not care a d—n about the police or any one else, and meeting, a few yards further on, three sailors, who were coming in the opposite direction, he dashed up against them, and nearly knocked down one of them. A .row then ensued, and the result was that one of the parties who was with the prisoner, stabbed one of the sailors in a very savage manner. The prisoner, who is a pig -drover, was drunk at the time and had a large sum of money about The magistrate severely censured him, and pointed out the sad consequences which might have resulted from his conduct. lie was fined ss. for being drunk. STABBBNG.— William Christie, a butcher, living in Rose-Place, and Matthews, two of the parties who were with the above prisoner, were subsequently put forward, and charged with assaulting John Keane, the sailor. Keane attended in Court, and appeared to be much exhausted from the blood he had lost. The first stab opened his cheek from the chin to the eye ; he was then stabbed in the ear and head; and the third stab, which he received in the back of the head and neck, inflicted a wound nearly two inches deep._ _ . _ _ - Police-officer 184 stated the circumstances out of which the occurrence arose, and which, are detailed in the fore going case. He 'said that he had scarcely looked at Richards, when he heard that Keane had been stabbed. He immediately returned with his brother officer, and found that the prisoner had taken refu g e in a yard. Failing to effect an entrance, they waited outside for some time, when Christie came out; and the moment he appeared, the by-standers shouted out that he was the man who had used the knife. Upon this, Christie made off, but was arrested by the officer at the corner of Smithfield-street. Other witness also deposed to these facts, but none of them could positively swear that Christie was the man who used the knife. The prisoners have been accordingly remanded, to enable the police to produce a witness who saw Christie open the penknife, which he afterwards dropped after having stabbed Keane. William Robinson, keeper of a brothel in Pellew-street was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Sunday night. The prisoner, who is a very violent character, when brought to the bridewell, and abut to be locked up, severely injured Mr. Kelly, the keeper, by kicking him on the leg. For the present, Mr. Kelly has been completely disabled, and he was obliged to take a cab in going to, and returning from, the office. The prisoner was fined 40s. and costs, or in default of payment, two months imprison ment. John B. Burdick. was fined 11s. 3d. for endeavouring to smuggle a small quantity of tobacco, from the steam-ship " Asia. COMMITMENTS. —Sarah Smith, for picking James Patti son's pocket of a sovereign, in a public house at Shaw's-brow, on Saturday night, was committed for 21 days. Henry King and William Smith were charged with, on yesterday, stealing 301bs. of clean tallow, value 155., from the ship "Charles," lying in Bramley-Moore Dock. King was ship-keeper, and Smith an apprentice on board the ship. The case was very clearly proved, and the magistrates ex pressed their indignation that a man holding the situation of ship-keeper, and drawing good wages, should have been guilty of so flagrant a breach of trust. King was com mitted for one month, and Smith was remanded. Charles Johnson was convicted for having, on yesterday morning, at a sailors' boarding-house, kept by Ann Adding, 52, Park-lane, attempted to abscond with a full suit of clothes, the property of a fellow boarder, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, in the house of correction. John Byrne, a boy nine years of age, who, at seven o'clock on Saturday evening, was found concealed under a bed, in an apartment in the house of Margaret Williams ' Grenville street, with two bundles of valuable household linen and Nearing apparel made up ready to carry off, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the house of correction. Patrick Joyce, convicted of having, on Saturday evening, at six o'clock, stolen 6 lb. of copper nails from the ship " Severn," lying in the Clarence Graving dock, was sen tenced to three months' imprisonment. _ _ Martin 11PGinness and .Patrick Connell were charged with stealing three sacks of potatoes from the Nelson dock, which had been recently unloaded from the " Telegraph" steamer, of Belfast, and the property of Owen M'Cabe. They em ployed a little boy and a donkey cart to remove the property to a cellar in Chartres-street, where they sold them. The boy proved to the two prisoners having loaded the cart with the potatoes. M‘Ginuess had been in the employment of At‘Cabe as carter; this being a bad case of fraud and felony, he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and Con nell to one month. Joseph Bethel, for having in his possession, on Sunday night, 30 lb. weight of coal, for which he could not account, was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month. REMANDS.—Nicholas Maunder, a Greek seaman, was re manded, charged with, on Sunday evening, robbing a fellow countryman of ,C 6 10s. and a suit of clothes, in a lodging house to which he had decoyed him. Ellen Good was remanded, charged with, on Friday, steal ing a mantle value £4 10s., from Jane Price, of John-street. James Cross, John Harrison, and William Lioge, were charged with stealinc , a quantity of bedding and wearing apparel from the West Derby Workhouse. They were not paupers in the house, but were on the labour test. The only evidence being an admission of guilt by Ligoe, he was remanded for seven days, and the other two discharged. James Mullin was remanded, charged with having, at a quarter to nine on Saturday night, picked the pocket of a woman named Mary Williams, in Great Charlotte-street, of fifteen shillings. STEALING mom A CHILD. —Mary Ann Bowers, a young girl, was charged with stealing a string of coral beads, value IGs., at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from the neck of an interesting little girl about eight years old, named Mary Ann M'Kennely, whose parents live in 'Williamson-street, Church-street. She had decoyed this child out of a shop, the little one having an infant in her charge, by giving the baby an apple, and pretending that she was about purchas ing a cake for it. She brought the child into a bird shop, and there took off the necklace. Mr. John Benosi, pawn broker, 65, Paradise-street, deposed that on the same evening prisoner offered the beads for sale. He suspected something from seeing the initial letters of a name engraved on the golden clasp, and very promptly gave the girl in charge to an officer. Soon after, the mother of the child came into his shop to look after the lost ornament. The magistrate said a clearer case had never been proved, and a very bad case it was. The magistrates on that bench had made it a practice to punish very severely parties who robbed children of their wearing apparel or ornaments. He should follow their example, by sentencing this girl to three months imprison ment in the House of Correction. DISCOVERY OF GOLD SUPPOSED .TO BE STOLEN.— Margaret Evans was charged by an officer under the following circumstances :—He had received informa tion of a serious robbery of sovereigns from the person of a gentlemn by a prostitute, at 39, Peter-street, and at the same time a description of the girl. On Sunday morning, at six o'clock, he arrested the prisoner in White chapel, she answering the description accurately. He told her what he wanted her for, and asked her had she any money on her, this she at first denied, but she afterwards said she had fourteen shillings which her uncle had given her out of his wages on Saturday to take care of for him. The officer then felt about her breast and perceiving a hard lump, he made the girl draw forth a small parcel which he soon found to contain a sum of seventeen sovereigns and one pound ten shillings and elevenpence in silver and copper. On going to the house in Peter-street, he found an overcoat which he supposed the gentleman had left behind him. The person robbed had not given his name nor address, but in the coat was found a card which it is thought will furnish a clue to find him. The girl was therefore remanded for seven days. Mr. Wybergh said the suspicions agaiust her were increased by the fact of her having two attorneys, Messrs. Campbell and Bluck, to defend her. _ _ CHARGE of ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.--.Tohn Thompson, Michael Walshe, and George Cusack, charged by detective officers Russell and Patrick with attempting a burglarious entry at the back of the premises of Messrs. Litherland and Davies, Bold-street, on Sunday, the 6th inst., as detailed by us at the time, were again put forward from remand. A " jemmy," some skeleton keys and lock-picks were produced and the evidence again gone over. The magistrates said that there was no shadow of doubt that the evidence con nected all. these parties together in a daring attempt at burglary. The circumstance of being three times found attempting an entry were too glaring, and it was not likely that they could be lurking about back doors on a Sunday evening, when people were supposed to be at divine service, for any thing but an evil purpose. It was their duty as magistrates to endeavour to protect the public, and as the prisoners were well known and daring thieves, they should be deprived of an opportunity during the.three next months of long dark nights of carrying their plans of plunder into effect. They would therefore sentence them to three months' imprisonment each in the house of correction under the vagrant act. MANCHESTER. AN EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.--At the Manchester City Police Court, yesterday, a young man named John Cavanagh was brought up, on remand, charged with having, on the 25th of October, stolen two boxes con taining a large number of silk handkerchiefs and 50 mufflers, of the value of £lOO, the property of Mr. John Jacombs. Mr. Jacombs, the prosecutor, was called, and stated that lie was a silk merchant, living in Portland-street. On Tuesday, the 25th of October last, as he was standing at the shop-door of Mr. Marsh, in Portland-street, he saw the prisoner near the shop window. He called him to him, and asked him if he knew of a lad who would come to him for a day or two, to carry some goods for him. He said that he wrs out of work, and should be glad of the job, and prose cutor then engaged him to carry two tin boxes which he had at Mr. Marsh's. He carried them to his lodgings, where witness met with him. He then carried them to a customer to whom witness sold some of the goods. The cases were again packed up, and the prisoner put them on his shoulder, and again walked along with him. Witness stopped a moment or two to speak to a friend in Great Ancoats-street and the prisoner went on with the cases. quick, and witness had certainly to check hula fast. He got some distance before witness In and there was a crowd of people in the sl public house. "Whilst he was following the sight of him near the crowd. He made inq that he met, whether they had seen the prisons him to Stevenson's-square. He had prat , pnsnner strict injunctions to go to the hot from if he should happen to miss him. "Witness place they started from, but the prisoner was he never saw him afterwards until he was ' gave information of the robbery to the some hand-bills printed, giving a des ( prisoner, and an account of the sustained. The next day he saw the, cases station, and upon examining them found !b' mufflers and twenty-five silk handkerchi from them. He could positively swear to parcels were worth upwards of £lOO, and t, from them were worth £7 15s. 6d. William Turner, a police constable, stet nesday, the 25th of last month, the prisone] to the police station, and in consequence tion she gave, he was directed to go with . Accordingly he went with her to her pointed out to him two tin cases, contail silk handkerchiefs. She told him that her s° o llo, employed by a gentleman to carry the cases, but u „ht o l lost sight of him in the street, and that he then b o r° oo,, home. Witness took possession of them, and tO, 4 the station. On Thursday last the muffler proaloP .iven up to witness, by John Thomas Tassiker, Mr. Slater, pawnbroker. t to 1 0 J. T. Tassiker stated that he was an assistan ,11 of Slater of Great Ancoats, pawnbroker. On the 26 b esi , 11 ° month, the muffler produced by the last w it° o lo pledged by a young man who called himself jo' e P He gave it up to the last witness on Thursday last_ohA Mr. John Grantham, stated that he was a P e t, • and that his shop was at No. 11, George Logh-st re the 27th of October last the handkerchief and raw i c io ! t1 duced by Inspector Duckworth, were pledged with De~'i young woman named Mary Smith. On the 29 41 them up to the Inspector. oath .04 Inspector Duckworth stated that on the -- Olt up the handkerchief and muffler produced We Ol f , up to him by the last witness. He showed thenle, Jacombs, who identified them as his property in lu e l dtl, upon seeingthem. John Fry, apolice-constable s tst . 00 0 the 29th of last month the prisoner came to til` s ,, r ll station and said to him, " I believe the police 113 i; looking for me ?" witness told him they had, and,,, 0 00 " For what ? " He told him that it was for with a quantity of silk handkerchiefs he had been lot to carry. He replied that he did not ; and stated o. lost the person who employed him to carry them, T he e then he took them home until he could find him. i t oi ness then took the prisoner into custody. Conli n to take his trial at the sessions. kt • ROBBERY OF SHEET LEAD AND LEAD PIPING police court, yesterday, Joshua Robinson and Tain‘. B were charged with having, that morning, broken ni l 0 10 entered the shop of Frederick John Ratchford, and pips therefrom four pieces of sheet, and twelve yards of le ,4 ing, of the value of £2 the property of Mr. flat ,`iet,i/ The prosecutor stated that he was a plumber and P: 0 1 . 0° ' 122, Great Ancoats. His shop was a lock-up one. 1 01 4 Saturday evening last he locked it up and secured everything at that time safe. He then went hernsio, that (Monday) morning he was called up by John cho p police-constable, and upon going with him to his ; discovered that his shop had been broken open, all f gl , trance effected into it by the breaking of a square ° o stf in the back window. He missed from the shop a f i t 00 1 of sheet lead and a bundle of lead piping, measuriag,tb twelve yards in length. He then went to the station T' ip alk constable, and there he saw the missing lead and lea" The articles produced were his property, and they W e bou about £2. John Sims, a police-constable, stated tha t ion Y t half-past one o'clock that morning he was on duty in . 0 street, Great Ancoats. As he was going down an entry ill street, leading to the back of the shop of the prose e n ° ol ; t 4l saw the prisoner, together with another man, in t h s e ca rd' and they were each carrying. some lead. Smith `cu ing a bundle of lead piping., and Robinson was carr) l ,,liie; pieces of sheet lead, the other man also had sonv, i ltehaodtwoWphreisnonthersey ran into him o th p e e y tt t y h , r i e n w to d , o vi w i t h th b e e l i e fob tl iT e e too l l and captured them. The lead was picked up, and n t it and the prisoners to the station. He then lr e , :s pro' called up tire last witness, who identified the lead as u l perty. Committed to the sessions. HousE ROBBERY.— Yesterday, at the City POl.O, soda a young female named Ann Hayes, was charged Wit ing, on the 12th of November, some dresses, sliirT,:pr () " yards of muslin, a pair of scissors, and a visite, t' o 'f the ' petty of Thomas Christian. Mrs. Christian, wife 0 ,0 , prosecutor, stated that she was a dressmaker, living: . 0 0;1 Charles-street. The prisoner had lodged with her ou lt ° l, an t weeks. On Friday night last she went to bed as 10° 0 10 the next morning upon getting up, witness discove r ,a the the prisoner had gone. She found the door locked, 31 d e r tht key was in the inside, as if it had boon pushed li! l c „,dres' door. She then searched the house; and l ar ticle 4 bodies, two shirts, five yards of muslin, and 00° c" —e safe tli altogether of the value of 30.., wnrevrshe had. se- 1 ; e of the night ' before. She gave information t o the Pelha bad robbery. The articles prod uce d were those that "hat b e lost. William Woodley, police constable, stated or oing received information of th e ro bb er y on Saturdayucr last, and that on the same night he apprehended the Po she in an entry off Whittaker-street. He asked her 11 ,, 1e aor was doing there, upon which she gave him a bunu taming the dress-bodies, and other articles now p r od° she He told her she was charged with stealing there, an fig , made no reply. On the last witness being shown the th she said they were hers. Committed to the sessiots. cou rt, ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—At the City Police , w ith, yesterday, a female named Ann Watson, was, charge", of having, on the 12th instant. stolen from the pas ° rillo Samuel Heath, a pocket-book, of the value of 2s. 61 on prosecutor stated that he was a small-ware manufae t living at Stretford. On Saturday night last, about tv;et, minutes past ten o'clock, as he was going up Brown -s k e a the prisoner came suddenly up to him, and without saY l i Soi word threw her arms around his neck. As she had h o D er him, he felt her hand at his breast coat pocket, and felt Le s taking the pocket-book out of it. As soon as she had ta bo it out she left hold of him. He then told her she, D er robbed him of his pocket-book--at the same time seizino ba t by the wrist. She had his pocket-book in her handy 0 1. immediately upon his seizing her she threw it on the gr ° oo . He picked up the pocket-book, and took her to the 80 bat The pocket-book contained a few paper memorandum s, no money. Committed to the sessions. , CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS ON FORGED ORDEL''',Oa John Woods, a respectable looking young man, was cha!,b,,,• with obtaining goods, the property of hi s emp l oyer s, g' Seddon and, Co., 7, arlton-street, on forged orders. ee r Mr. Clough stated that on the 16th o f September Prinar had presented, and himself fil e d i n the office, a forged or tr purporting to be from Messrs. Jackson and Sons, for. tithe bales of cotton, he had en d orse d thi s or d er ; t hi rty -two os4 e had been delivered, an d now th e p r i soner k nows not hing n' th e matter, neither the real destination of the goods nor carter's name. On the 7th of October he presented an order for el.o'et:' bales with precisely similar results, as he now affe et4 know nothing whatsoever of the goods. __:,. ad On the 29th of last month, he received notice to Vl'? "bar on that morning he put in another order for fifteen 01 ', 0 t bales, to which he attached his initials. This, for the '! ii; time, excited the suspicion of the Messrs. Seddon. 011 ee l s to the warehouse, they fond fifteen bales taken from •ct general pile, near the door, as if for the purpose of h e ,,„ i carried away. He had also employed a man to patch to mend these bales, which he had no business whatsoever do. John Turner, clerk to Jackson and Co., p r oved to the orders being forgeries ; and the warehouseman of Me • p e M s t e T r E t . Seddon, proved to seeing prisoner file the orders, and also • the initials being in the hand writing of the prisoner. Cori" CIough STEALING ucA evidence,s H requested ßwTi.tl Ic e eh m a s the n o d xb f wo o n r aesh s s e en N no - nt n ri days etdri a to l to • Aoob sessions, on a charge of stealing a shirt from the shop of Mr. David Turner, draper, Whitechapel. ry, THE S WELL MOB. —Benjami n J o h nson an d Th om as Ca . „ 1 ,1 two well-dressed rogues, were charged by officers 21 6 " t , 384 with being in the company of prostitutes in Lime-W e l l ) , Bold-street, and Glouceste r -st ree t, on S un d a y morn ing ` 11 ,, e the intent of committing felonies. lhe prisoner Johuson l ; not previously known to the police,-a n d h e was there ° lo .. discharged, but Carr had be en t we l ve ti mes b e fore o° o , mitted, and was now sentenced to three mouths impris ° ment. BEN ~..., ,,V i, A SELF'Acdustn..—The young man, Jerrat ' who g a , v 6 :l himself up to the poliee some days since, and who A l ', that he had shot a man who had seduced his sister (the 1 3 ‘ oi ; ticulars of which have already appeared) became illsa li fig e o f the night of Friday, while confin e d i n one o f the 0 ' 1 ; 1r the Sackville-place station-house, Dublin. Towards 10° " c ., ing he became more furious, and was attacked by a 6 11; siou of epileptic fits. He was taken before Mr. OC te ghan on Saturday, when it was clearly shown that the st r 3 e ii ment originally made by the unfortunate man was en irro' the result of the madness under which he was labou r ;av, The magistrates ordered hi m t o b e di sc h arge d f r om east ke u t .;; and sent on to his family in Li ver p oo l. O n hi s being „a clown to the steamer he became most violent, and assnio the constable, in whose charge he was at the time. are a was brought back a ga i n b e f ore th e mag i s t ra t e , who °r him to be committ e d f or swan days, for the purpose of ... , yer , ing his relations an opportunity of coming over from 14 ' THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. pool to convey the unfortunate lunatic —W hothe underst an. d far as present a pp earances go , the sta t e o f th e mon e y v ery ket and the prospect of war are likely to produ ce ? . s o great dearth in Parliamentary bills for the next seas T uee rs, great, indeed, as t o ren d er a famine among the englwest attorneys, and ba rr i s t ers ver y p ro b a bl e . The Grea t w ith ern are said to go f or b u t one bill, th e . amalgamation Shrewsbury lines. —Herapath the e tato_ Printed and Published by CHARLES WILLAIE , " , ? p er, Oxford Street, at his General Printing and Statio Establishment, 19, South John Street, Liverp ool. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 15, 1853. fie iv co o r a for in L e ver- to street, l' e3t he o Os° l l,o o Out a as e : o ss r u ei ' wl s a o l et i nd tuiateth i el evili e7 l i to z 4,15. • ca stodY• police, to .fq seriptioa u loss he 7 tses the rd VS'Za that tivel' t • fiefs were,;,, them. the g oods odav ile tt ,d4 ed t h a ,„ _n t ,, l • er's ractirrot i°,pda;!. of salve ' ll. l ° , 4 4,, 7 4' •• • her t h er ) 0 ii ' ' .. 4l ly Y . ** house, W _A berg oi , fining ` taw t o t, na 10 . 1 . V cia3.