Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-15 00:00:00

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Yesterday, afternoon, a general meeting of the Liver- make final arrangements as to tne approaching meeting at Bradford. Joseph Hubback, Esq., the chairman presided ; and amongst the other gentlemen ,p resen t , we o b served Mr. Theodore Rathbone, Mr. C. E. Rawlins, Dr. Higginson, lir. W. R. Jevons, Mr, George Melly, Mr. J. T. Dan son (the Secretary), the Rev. J. S. Howson, the Rev. T. Cart 4, and the Rev. W. H. Channing, besides several other gentlemen. The cHAIRMAN stated that the meetin e , called in t accordance with an understanding on the 20th of March 1P -I - they shoo previons.to the meeting of the Pa. ford. and wive an arrannt of the, taken in the meantime in furth( which they had in view. lie the secretary, to inform them at Sock had been .rrived at called upon Mr. D Mr. DANSON, inn lengthy speech, e varied subjects which had engaged thf Taking up first the heading of law and he made rapid reference to the d;'"' with foreign debtors, the -- of judgments, and , the board of foreign shipping the law regulating diet scurvy had ha a communication snni.‘,l vv,; ct Another question a board s rom showed that. so far as Liverpool evidence was wort anything, the law was not duly carried into effect, an a great deal was required, on the score of humanity t prevent the abuse and, neglect. Mr. Hows state what had been done As to crime, a few days ag( Greig for a _copy a would z, wh are lisually made up the application bein t , leave had been. cheer] )f September, ani 7 remitted to the Watch Com hhadl soners' make a statement ; on tl Mr. Dansc commE Lted at some length crime generally allowed rated three, as follows where the 'robbi to the question of Public 11 that they could do nothinc, the communications received haa strol out the injustice' of having our hos , entirely supported by the v o l un t ar y contributions of the charitable. At present British sailors were received free to whether such was rc at were Bolshaw. Piilin Garrett, WI )f last y ade to have two divine sere each Sunday, as w Is one service in the hospital. Mr. LEDGER said the only objection that Mr. Les] had to this before, vas that he was in bad health, b d now. The servi ster3 performed three s were not ver prevented hit s, that lv do it r. LEDGE vc , d thnt. Visiting proceedir ri lair. Rees, the poor- 4 A SA named M .t zent was the The o woman Ellen 18 ession of it. She s abtut it, and I'll g however, was not sat aformed Mr. Fran S 110P-LIFTIN with refc late m r of ti me surcharges of Mr, it the suggestion of Mr. *ensley, the board agreed ,e to Mr. Davies's securities to pay the amount, or proceedings would be taken against them. foreign sailors charged for rate of 12s. a-week ; but a strong faelin all should be placed upon the same fi the institutions should b( rate upon all vessels to social economy, nothing had been done ing-man's association fined after the and composed of the operatives emplo) Library building non-attendance of its the habit of intoxic Mn was so muck 1 by a small tonnaze- 'y as to why low than thirty years ago had called forth .11y ti prevalen strong doubts case, and the subject was one Which it would to pursue A. special committee had the. inves gation v on. The Parent. Association had granted them' £36 ber of pat admitted [owing r. Pott Mr. H. EDWARD? said he cor .ustody servic( NORTNEItN DAILY for the Promotion of Social • Scibnce LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERD4 ocmi in their names to the secretary before Oft first lay of October next, shall form a society, to be called The Liverpool Society for the Promotion of Social Science. of the National Assoc as shall (Before PRT:ST A SAVAG `O.qeph Wcbst a powerful-look !nee, all )rn the evidenc the law he pre;rentidu of crime, a If criminals. 4. Public It Iyoung Slate r was walking when the prisoner came t red that along Prussia-street le least pro- society shall eifect ) time shall by the .ts purpose by such means 'lron ibers be deemed most expedient ,nd discussion o: knocked two of his first instance, by the statistical ana oti the prisoner then kic 21 times, c society, while preserving character, shall act as far•a National Association for th shall conduct ench local in squared" at him, Foi threatened to serve him in the promotion of Secial 43 the prisoner doing'farther mischief by t him into custody lOckiT for the prisoner, anc of sufficient importance violence of the prisoner was Fie ltev. J he motion ; and, st know in doing so, took occasion heartily to invite the co operation of ladies. He humorously remarked that in London a sanatory society, _ composed of ladies, had I excuse for suet brutal outr imprisonei iscu§stng, lie was told, such questions as these, 'ls of perambulatori,. and how to feed a baby. _..) Very important questions, but with which .omen could scarcely deal. I'he CumnmAN, in putting the resolution, expressed the evil us hearty concurrence in it, and it was carried unani , Y, Mr. hvor. , eting t WEST DERBY BOAT ID OF GUARDIANS At the weekly meeting of this bo nairman, pres Messrs. H. Edwards, Ledger, Abrahams, 7,rensley, Shaw, Smith, he other members d RichmOnd le nun was 60, 'allowed and ea to harc .th his pocl le lad, and consideration Afivool'held Aftei so'ri magistratei Fair to asses Id ther€ wot Some oti ons lai mation was tity of merc contradict The 16 for eve to say tt attention Fire havir whom t into open :ollectm L)raw - s Ler arm on Lyons' acking• wn a some He o. teen v von intc She denied all kno She ;vas sentenced to three months' imprison- Tangemen s in the workh mfinned yamittee contain( Ar him up. Mr. B ship, hoping he would mitigate the sentence He said the_ prisoner's father and mother would 1(11. s father past thirty years. Ultimately was paid before the Lt he was drunk E. Ir. Pres- Irisoner r Ls AV or- it became known to thcm TIMES. ie circumstances under which Mr. ! r remarks, Mr. Stewart said the pinion, that whatever Mr. Atwool raises at 4000 ; - the assessment lueed bT £4OO. no importance were disposed of PREVENTION ared to sustain several informa ts who had acted contrary to the i the above act. The first infor- Jo3eph W. Scott and others, ship t-eet, within the borough ; and the. y Mr. M'Gowan, was, that on the were carrying on the business; and in warehouse, they had stored a quan- ot used for the prpose of ship- a, quantity of corn, t 'Ao Fire Prevention Act. )n of that act directed that it was not ;Merchandise to b 'icing in posited iii parties so offending should be £lO, and a further penalty of £lO 4ey continued to offend. He wished ions of the act had not been .very )rainittee fur the Prevention of as fox a number of others against laid, and he did not it should be brought u His .clients weredesit\ms that testion on-its merits. f some ,length arose between Mr. 'oodburn, but _as the facts of the was fined 20s, carrying on the red in the upper rehouse, the same not being --- , t►-- COLONEL NORTH, M.P., ON MR. BRIGHT AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE. ;y wits Speaking, nislied s 4 jy without uncontrolled by it ; and it heart the interest of the service. or who , s was a mana interest and jobbeiy rE ITS IRISH ESTAT rprised that the Irish newspaper i - aletnninr.r the vigorims and decided lel. The law with all pioelamation of dis- untry in thc crafting serjeant iltenaporaries have not the hardi- .nd open terms crimes of thi 'rations re- privatc la outrages at which humanity The annual meeting -of the Bartbui.y agricultural n the ,afternoon the members dined in the market-room of the Red Lion Hotel. Colonel North, M.P., occupied the chair, and the Rev 11. Holbeach, the ,Mayor of Banbury, Mr. IL Norris, Lieut. Brickwell, &c. The usual loyal toasts having been given, The Chairman proposed " The Army and Navy." Ho said he was satisfied from what he knew of the good qualities of the army—their gallantry in the field, their Sovereign, and their devotion to the country, that they Were worthy of the estimation in which they were held. as he did, in a count• which fur- of the country, he trusted they would allow him to refer briefly to a speech in reference to the army, re centlydelivered by Mr. Bright at Huddersfield. (Cheers.) political ; but there were some passages in it in refer /IT Pr. fank +ll,-• 3 1 . • l• le army The lion. member for Birmingham, in his speech at Huddersfield, went on to say, The Horse Guards is a confirmed by every fact that comes to my know- management of t der its diree- tion, is a management where interest and jobbery reign supreme, and where the - interest of the nation at lark and fair dealing to all applicants for pre ferment are very little considered." Now, with regard to the control of the army, the direction of the forces de volved upon the Duke of- Cambridge,-and he believed that very few men held the opinion of his royal highness which 'AIr. Bright appeared to entertain. (Cheers.) t a Wien i r n the country who had more Bright, who would presume to say that the mana ment of his royal vent, " wlier .ipreme, and where •tlic large and fair cleanup, to all applicants for preferment are- very littl'e considered." If ever ally man had devoted his whole energies Hto the improvement of the con dition of the army it was his Royal. Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and it was most unfair that such an attack, should have been made upon him by Mr. Bright. (hear, and cheers.) The hon. men committed' upon his member for Birmingham went on to say--"In a free • country like this I yonder that certain things are per mitted which now exist. r have been engaged for the last two months in pronring the discharge of a soldier, if I may call him so, for he is not.a man, nor indeed a young man, but a boy, who was only fourteen years and a month or two old when he 7stas - entrapped by the re " , It has taken the father of that bov, I st April or Ma`•, to procure his dis- charge, and it has only been Obtained at length on account of the urgent remonstrances that I made ; for memorial 'after memorial has gone to the Horse Cuards,. and to his Royal Highness the Puke of Cam- bridge, which, memorials have been 'replied to in the usual fashion, nearly meaning We have got yOur son in our barracks; he has the oath he has taken the shilling ; and, be he man or boy, we will among you, think of a boy, fourteen years of age, being otherwis SEPTEMBER 15, 1859. GLOLT.CW,ER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Those who, misled by puritanical doctrines, strenuously and constantly opposed musical festivals, _ , lese were given in a ( the Horning Post), must kel annoyed in no small dek,rree by the almost unprecedented success of the present meeting. So strong an expression of public opinion as this vast ,assemblage involves— a ga th er i ng which la eludes, too, nearly all the • leading families of three great counties—ought surely to have due weight, even if it were not the 136th triumphant reply which sacred art has given to sour asceticism in this part of the country and yet there arc m an y h ere who energetically and, we presume, conscientiously, still use their utmost endee' Yours to throw discredit upon the time-honoured "I' es` tival of the Three choirs," and would gladlv see it away with altogethe r , even th oug h t h e al;dition m ust necessarily bring destit u ti o n 't o many a w id o w and orphan. Happily, however, their hostile efforts have been thus far signa lly d e f ea t e d . done At an early Lour cin Tuesday morning, a peal of joy bells from the cathedral announced the first day whil s t the merry harbinge rs w ere .•of the festival, but resound- . . measured tones of death's sad music became strangely mingled with the festive Sounds, telling that Gloucester had lost one of her oldest and- worthiest • citizens-411e. west country music meeting one of its most devoted and powerful supporters. The mournful bell was being tolled for the late Mr. Turner. The festival was inaugurated according to custom, with a church service. The , follo wing,- is a programme pie arrangements Pieces - and Responses M J Tallis. GRAND DEITINGEN Tr. DFIUM - Solo, Miss Lascelles, and Chorus, "We praise Thee, 0 Got Verse, Mrs. Clare Hepworth, Miss "ascetics; Mr. Mont Srzith, and Mr. Thomas, "The Glorious Company' Chorus, "The Holy Church." Solo, Mr. Thomas, and Chorus, "1 (Trumpet obligato Mr. harps.., Solo, Mr. Montem Smith, " When Thou toolu Chorus, "When Thou hadst overcome." Trio, Miss Laseell es , M r . M ontem Sm i th, and Mr. Thom " Thou sittest at the right blind - the King We therefore pray Thee." Make them to be numbered." PSALM XLII 3lis : Clare ifej;ll7-47t4t1' Mrs. Clare fie-1;w-o-At Solo, Mrs. Clare Ile7;;IO7t 4 forth." Red Quint( Hunt Mrs. Clare llepwort Mrs. Clare llepm Mr. Richards, '_III• God within IT lontem Smith, M orth nd Mr. Thomas a Anthem, ' Attwooe The sermon was preached by the Rev. Richard Harvey M.A., canon of Gloucester Cathedral. • The rev. gentle Titan selected as his text the 12th and 13th verses of th fifth chapter of Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over ' you in the Lord, and admonish you. And to esteem-them very highly in'love; for their work's sake, and be at peace among yourselves! In the course of_ an eloquent and impressive sermon, in which Canon Harvey dwelt principally upon the immeasurable importance of the duties assigned .to Christ's ministers, and, their claims to the respect and. love of all men, he expressed his regret at being obliged to solicit pecuniary aid 'for any members of:the church, or their families ; and also made a very touching allusion to the death of Mr. Turner, whom lie justly described as one of the most liberal contributors to the charities whose cause Canon Harvey Was called upon to advocate. The discourse was listened to with most respectful attention, and was truly of a nature to make th- rise deeply with the " c congregation sympat ancl needy," whilst deploring tl )imake calls on the differen ss was of a formal liffeienc but a: banquet shall sur our schools in LiverpoOl would be embarassed. The question of household training and evening schools had BUYING i?uoilecl upon and Mr. TT wson sliniulCZ, ..The result of the whole as follows : That the present Privy Council system was a good one, and had been of inestimable benefit to the country ; but it was desirable so to modify it as to offer to a rather higher range of schools the benefits of organisation and inspection, without offering them money, for they did not want it ; and it was especially desirable to bring it down it some more stringent manner to the very edge of the criminal population. Then, he confessed that all the papers which had come to - him led to the conclusion that a system of free schools, resting on local rates and administered by local boards elected by payers, would be a very great evil — the tendency to take the management out of the hands of those who really care for education, and put it in the hands of those who would be always :squabbling. But then, on the other hand, the conclusion seemed equally clear that, unless there was some provision for keeping up local information, and pressing local needs upon the government, and seeing that local wants were supplied, and the money properly ad ministered,—we should never find our poor children much more educated than they now are. An associa tion like the present seemed to him to be the right in strument for the purpose. (Applause.) Mr. GEORGE WELLY was called upon to make a statement on the subject of a Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. A society of the kind in London con tinued its labours, and was working more satisfac torily than before. The same had happened in Bir mingham, but there was a difficulty as to funds. Wakefield was a new institution, but .doing extremely well; and one or two other' institutions ha been also doing well. • Had it not been for the dissolution of parliament, the whole committee of the London Society, part of the Birmingham committee, and other friends, would have been down to have had a conference with them upon the subject. These societies, so far, were based upon the gratuitous system. Sometimes a pri soner sent for a long period was allowed by extra work to save money, and if his conduct had been good 1 there might be payable to him a sum of from £3 to £29, - for he had known an instance of the latter. This was generally made payable by instalments reaching over six weeks or two months; but if it were required for the purposes of emigration, the whole amount was paid at once. For the year end ing the last of May, the Discharged Prisoners' Aid So cieties had emigrated 300 men or women, and the money cost to them, owing to the source he had stated, did not exceed £1 per head. H ere , th ere was no gratuity, an it was a complete question of ch ar it y; and so long would it be difficult to raise £lO or £l5 to sen d a man to Canada whose only claim was that he had been a thief in Liverpool, and while in gaol had been an attentive listener of Mr. Carter. (A laugh.) He had no doubt that if they held a meeting, funds sufficient might be raised to send from thirty to fifty prisoners to Canada, and the letters showed that all sent there had been doing well ; but at the present time, with the number of claims which they hal u pon them, and so many honest people to be helped he thought it would be wrong to carry out the movement. Mr. Melly, with the remark that their own association was gradually becoming t.t_thpower, referred to the subject of education, and said at ragged schools at the present moment should be without one penny of aid was, he thought, manifestly unjust. (Applause.) He spoke of the great success achieved by ragged schools in the town. • e rate that- it would have - ICir. JEVONS the — n - rose to propose that they should resolve themselves into an independent society for carry ing, out the same objects as the National A ss ociation had i,, ..: - .. __ argued that the object in view of g ulfoinlation &c could be best performed, not a —At a meeting nrm rver., 9 TTrt ityr. that a reform meeting be held in the Free-trade Hall about the middle of October ; and that one of the most efficient lecturers in the country be engaged to deliver lectures en parliamentary reform in all the towns of Lan cashire. It was also decided that information should be diffused amongst the population of Lancashire by means of nnhlinnt;,,n. A Le, win( with decided an- Jval, that a great reform banquet should be held in the Free-trade Hall, in January next, prior to the meeting of parliament, and that all the liberal mem - I bers of the House of Commons should be invited to r remunera ; it. I; is stated that the reformers intend that this .e.• • tew (lays ago ? a man giving himself out to be the hetla iloai:dman or groom to Sir C. 13. Phipps, was at Inver Inn, trying to buy a pony for Sir Charles, when a cattle and horse dealer from Kintore, of Abergeldie, happened to be passing on his way home from Castletown of Braemar. On seeing the man find fault with the pony he was in the act of buying, he informed the groom to Sir Charles Phipps that he bad got threeponies to dispose of, and he was sure they would suit, only he would have to go to the grass park and see them. The dealer, thinking he had now a chance to dispose of his steeds to advantage, treated the supposed groom to plenty of "heilan whiskey," and off both parties set for the grass field. As it happened, the groom got fearfully drunk on the way, but got on the dealer's horse and rode to the grass park, and, of course, the ponies suited to a nicety. Tell ing the dealer how to behave in selling, they reached the house of the latter, when, instead of, the groom get tin" sober he was still getting, drunker, and, of course, cord not appear before Sir Charles in such a state. lie would not like to trouble the mistress, but would take a bed for a few hours, which was granted. He and his new friend went both to the same bed ; but upon the dealer falling asleep, the groom . get very soon " fresh" enough to rise unheard by any in the house, and carry off the other's watch from the top of his bed, also his coat and vest and a pair of shoes, leaving the horse dealer to get up in the morning to find that he was not only " done," but had kilt his assistance to the decamped groom to carry out his intentiona.—Aberdeen Herald. ELOPEMENT FROM THE SULTAN'S HAREM.—It has been stated that the master of the Sultan's band, an Italian, has arrived at Geneva with his wife, a beautiful Circassian. According to a letter from Constantinople, this female, whose name is Sersafras Hanum, was for some time in the harem of the Sultan, and was one of That was n ly exhausted and the q now was, whether they should not and form an independent local body s a committee general association The Rev. Mr. Howson, who has undertaken to pre pare a special report upon the question of education, based upon the enquiries which have been made, stated the different heads which he meant to set forth. Tt appeared that there had been most numerous communi cations upon the subject, and different conferences of school-masters and the clergy. The points considered, embraced, Ist, the Privy Council system ; 2nd, schools not under the Privy Council, of all descriptions ; 3rd local supply of schools ; 4th, schoo' lyments Privy Council system had it Might still be 'improved There w of opinion as to the capitation grant absolute unanimity that unless a Itr2 tion were made to ma Lerk was instructed remainder of the basin SED GREAT REFORM BANQUET poor her brt the sympathy of the the murderer and -none with the , e shot down like dogs, in the nice esence of a multitude of spectators ae forward to bring the culprit abitants of whole districts will give osition — to enforce the great truth its duties as well as its rights, L, however terrible, upon a corn- . Ides with equal wickedness and rof God and the law of man. The about to fall upon the inhabitants as a man who is proverbially mu and equitable of Irish landlords." which o e concur in the deserved enlogium >Teary has pronouneed upon the noble we believe, would not have adopted the estate, ex good and its particu atires of the murdered man, without ason. The crime and the sympathy the criminal both spri2.g from the Of the pe session o is about a question - eonnectea,Wiih the pos- The punishment which the noble lord appeals at once to the same chronic i people. If the inhabitants of Doon, ..-Hassiu'off. Mr. Crowe as well as they priest, would come forward and 1.133 , would even refuse to aid and who is now skulking from jus- Ice of the law would not remain un however, in their loose code of morality, ci'vate the perpetrator of a cowardly ri• to the dignity of . an agrarian hero ; [e this election, they have no right to cyd Derby should now enforce against ;ours of the landlord and tenant law " &,tor, " proverbially indulgent and d never attempt to assert except in a complicity in diabolical crime. The ! adds :—" Lord Derby has the sym good man in the desire to put down - bat, he has not, and cannot have, the wii conscience, or that of any honest instinct of who know know theiT give eyider abet the m tice—the v satisfies have chosen and crud i and having complain tl them thee( whicl case of whc Freeman' pathy of ( agrarian ci it approval of man, in I him to ication of the eviction law, io enable nay be hundreds of families all as iclf, for, the useless purpose of The answer to these observations noble lord is_ not likely to be conscience• so long as his-object is idoubted right which belong to pro-- pose of dragging great criminals to ) lord has a perfect right to say that his estates to be occupied by men who .) the sanguinary Ribbon code than to nd—who give concealment to the a his deeds !of blood, and who hold lue that any question connected with innocent striking tc is obvious wounded i to exercis perty for tl justice. ,Th€ he will not p pay more reip the law of ti. criminal f the infamc land justif ATTEMPTED STREET Ro mg man, charged two men, David Gardiner, with havi watch .om him ir kevious night when I n down, and pulled his watch out of his pocket. The prosecutor then seized Muller, and Gardiner came up and kicked Cox, and endeavoured to assist in the robbery. They, however, were frustrated in their attempt, and were taken into custody. Both prisoners had been sentenced to seven days' imnrison- , n knocked BEATING A DA Griffiths, who has from time t WITH A P Thomas .e of beating his d tg her, was ag surgeon said that there were ,o time been remanded on 4 er with a poker, and p to-day. The n broug was committed for trial, ..ltliough the -used daughter begged tal and demoralised father [lard for mercy towards ASSESSMENT APPEALS ,-RATING OF THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. - Mes,rs. STEWART and CASTELLAIN.I [Before Mr. Wylie, assessor for the parish of Liverpool, attended at the Sessions'-house, Chapel-street, yesterday, to sustain the assessment in a number of cases where the rating has been appealed against. Mr. David Atwool appealed . against the assessment rating him for the Tobacco Warehouse, - King's Dock, at the sum of £5,400. Mr. J. B. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Tyndall, appeared for the applicant. Mr. Wylie said the Tobacco Warehouse was held by the Crown, at the rent of £6,750, payable to the Corporation. At the ordinary rate of assessment the premises would be liable to a rating of £5,400. Mr. Atwool was the tenant, at the rent of £4,000 under the Crown. The question was at what rate he ought to be assessed. The assessment against the Crown had never been made. When Mr. Atwool took the 'premises, the question was, how he was to be rated. He said he paid £4,000, and according to the ordinary rule he was rated at £3,600. When that assessment became known at the Parish-office, it was said that the tenant should be rated at the rent paid by the Crown to the Corpora tion ; but when that was done, Mr. Atwool objected to pay more than the rating upon £4,000. Mr. Aspinall said Mr. Atwool was the tenant of the crown, under which he held the premises at the yearly rent of £4,000 ; and he was at a loss to know why he should be assessed for more than he had paid the first year of his occupation of the tobacco warehouse. It appeared that the crown, some time ago, leased the ware house from the corporation, at the annual rent of £6,750, but it was found to be a bad bargain. The crown asked the corporation to take baOk the lease, but they refused. On the corporation refusing to take back the lease, the crown, in order to make the best of a bad ba r g a i n , adver tised the premises to let, and -ffers were made. kiosque of the fugitive was examined and sumptuous presents of —the gold, silver, , by, -- ,, ee, but by a society having an independent 1 e,,,..,... j , -- - .. had made her had been carried off. The beauti exstence of its with"vn. He thought if they could go np f c it is said, possesses a splendid voice, which Bradford ful Sersa ra., . Sultan' to would be followed 1. .. 1 other towns. Mr. Jevons then formally proposed : th e S u lt an admired greatly ; and, as she has fr.' with an Italian ma Resolved—That such of the gentlemen present as shall no w may som e day appear In the hind in their names to the secreta . - r 3 , and such local membe rs Europe." that t 'e;tro, if is not improbable that she theatres of Western -a-a piaxate assassination. The di s p ersion his favourites. " One day," says the letter, "she called ~ -- for her carriage, and, accompanied by two female slaves of such a community, th oug h it may en t a il much and a male attendant, went to Ortakie. There she stopped -_-_au several oa misery and satlerinea is au ac t o f j us t retri at a house which she indicated, and was received by two One offer - was higher than Mr. Atwool's ; but, in con- oution which can bring no discredit u p on th e females, with marks of the most profound respect. She sequence of ce r tai n s tip u l a ti ons connec t e d w ith t h e humanity of Lord Derby. A s l an d was th e cause of the 0, ime, so land is to be the means of punish entered the house, followed by the two slaves, while the higher offer, Mr. Atwool was considered the most eligible went. Lord Derby, we are bound to say, has acted with other remained at the door. She was introduced into tenant at a yearly rent of £4,000, which sum was in a sumptuously furnished drawing-roo m , an d th ere s h e rea lit y th e f u ll va l ue o f th e prem i ses . Th e prem i ses great courage and ju3tice. He ha s s et an exam pl e w hi c h dismissed the two slaves, who went with th e d omes ti cs were l e t t o hi m a t £4,000 a year , w hi c h was a fair rent, the proprietor; of Ireland would do we ll t o remem b er . of the house to an apartment, where they were en t er - an d th e ques ti on f or th e ma gi s t ra t es was , w h e th er t h ey Let the peasaetr foul reproach that they are the williny of Ireland remove from the mse l ves the of murder tamed with cakes, cigarettes, and coffee. Two o f th e were p repare d t o sa y th a t th e crown had done anything will be 3 nod of evictions nee domestics quitted the room from time to time, as if t o wrong or i mproper i n l e tting the premises to Mr. At- and assassination, and then there see that nothing was wanted in the drawing-room, and w oo l, an d w h a t th e i r m otive could be. The assessment to supply, not so much the defici enc y o f th e l aw , after a while they all left. The two female slaves con- had b een ma d e f or on e year, rating him for the r en t a l ; want of witneeecs, who are in reality th e accomplices in as the tinned to amuse themselves with their coffee and cigar- and w h en it was said that the crown had not been rated crimes which -;hey witness with f avour an d a pp ro b a ti o n, ettes. At last, getting surprised at not seeing any of it wa s be caus e it could not be done according to law. , and the perpetrators of which th e y screen f r om the just the servants return, they went out in their turn, and Mr. Atwool was then called, and deposed th a t h e punishment a the law.—/fo rn i ng P o st. finding -4- all quiet they returned on tiptoe to the drawing- was the tenant, under the crown, of the tobacco ware room. Hearing no noise they entered, and, to their asto- houses, and he took them from the crown at £4,000 per FlonsExmerais.a--Th e Coff e e sold by Thompson nishment, found that thei r m i s tress haddisappeared. Th e y year . H e h a d a lease of the Premises- At th e ti me he Brothers, 5, Elliott-st ree t, a t i s . 4d., is better than you called out, but received no answer—the house seemed to o k th em th er e was a public competition, and h e sent pay ls. Bd. for at any other e s t a bli s hment. d deserted. They then commenced a search in the diffe- i n hi s tender, which was accepted. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. *-- On Sunday, a frightful rent rooms, and presently found in a boudoir their M r . St ewar t sa id he thought the conditions were that gun accident occurred at Sutton, near Hull. Edward mistress' s dress. They were thunderstruck, as it was all repairs were to be done.by the owners. Fnsterby, aged twenty-two; son of Mr. Easterby, butcher, evident that she had fl e d ! Th ey th en u tt ere d l ou d Mr. Aspinall said the effect of that would be, that the Hull, who was visiting at his uncle's, Mr. Wilson, of cries, and the male attendant entered. Hearing what remises should be rated at, less, because Mr. Atwool Sutton, took down a loaded gun which was hung up in had happened, he searched the house throughout, but he p would be expected to pay a higher rental than he would one of the rooms. He laid the gun across his arm, and was unable to discover the fair favourite. Hastening o th erw i se d o , considering that the corporation p a id for was proceeding to examine it, when it exploded, and the back to the harem, h e t o ld the black aga of her des" ap - - all repairs. He might repeat that there was one other charge shatterf.l his arm near the elbow joint. Medical pearance. That functi onary i n his turn went and tender higher than what Mr. Atwool had made. assistance war immediately called in, and amputation searched the house with great minuteness, b u t cou ld not Mr. St ewar t remarked that if it were a private thing was performed ja.3t below the shoulder joint ; but the find any trace of the Circassian, but after a while he per- b e t ween t h e l an dl or d an d the tenant, the bench had sufferer never rallied, and died next morning. ceived that the house opened OR the port. An investigation done with it. FIRE AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, lIITLL.—A fire having been instituted, it was ascertained that seve ra l Mr. W y li e sa id the rule which they observed in lay- occurre d at tha Theatre-Royal, _Hull, on Sunday morn= persons dressed in European style had been seen in a ing th e ra t e was how much the Premises would let fo r i ng . About e - ,ee:e i o'clock, the keeper of the wardrobe ?aique near the house, and had suddenly left it. It from year to year. went to the theatre, to arrange some the dresses that urned out that a handsome Italian, named G ua t e lli , Mr. Castellain asked how muc h t h at would be in the had been women ta e previous night. The room being •- 'f the music at court, had disappeared. The present case ? dark, she lit a candle and placed it on one of the masks. Mr. Atwool sa id no p ers on would think of taking tke She left the room, and went to another part of the remises from year to year, except he had a lease. theatre, where s'n , .) remained till a quarter past twelve Mr. Aspinall sa id th e or di n ary course was to take the o'clock, when slat fe-ind several of the dresses in the rent and deduct a per tentage from it; and, unless ta.„ ....__a__,_ _a - _a Le- a-- - - , ....:; 11 -- ---- - 1, -- - c'i - .uttiCC out .ere was something very wrong immediately raised an alarm, and assistance having been in letting th e prem i ses t o M r . Atwool, it was impossible procured, the fire wasspeedily extinguished. The damage to depart from the ordinary course. • done to dress4)s is considerable; but, we understand, Mr. Wylie thought they ought to throw overboard . all Mr. Pritchard is insured. and k-street. The the he was returnit tempted to ste met in the sl drels, mid ben, you want me to do ?' says the boy. Oh, come amlbe. a soldier.' But lam too little.' -.ICo, you are not ; you.are just the right height.' Well, but lam only fourteen.' .‘ Never mind, say-you are eighteen, and it will be all right.' " Now, ha v i ng once reets by one of ked, these unmitigated seoun- Are von wanting 'a job ''What d soldier, he (Colonel North) had bee n considerably aston ished at this statement, and made some inquiry respect ing it, from which he found that the boy went t 3 a serjeant of the 3rd Regiment, and offered to enlist. No conversation took place, bat he received th e _ _ )assed hint surgeon, who ultimately ie regiment, icr and mother of the lad abused the serjeant for enlisting him, but never asserted for a moment that he was a y only 14 years of age. The testimony of the military surgeon who inspected him was that • his height was Mt. 41in., his weight 1201bs, and that he measured thirty-two inches round the chest, so that, at all events, he must have been a most precocious boy of fourteen. (Laughter and cheers.) The Commander-in-Chief could have had no interest in detaining the recruit, except as the guardian of the public interests. During the Russian war he (Colonel North) had had occasion to apply to the Horse Guards for the discharge of a boy who had been enlisted under age, and he found great difficulty in obtaining it, simply upon public grounds, but the moment he produced a certificate of birth, showing the real age of the boy, he was at once handed over to his parents. (Hear, hear.) All he could say was, that from the knowledge lie had of the character of his Royal High nesS the Commander-in-Chief, if there had been grounds for refusing the discharge of the boy referred to by the honourable'memher for Birmingham, neither the urgent remonstrances of Mr. Bright, nor anything else, would have influenced his decision. (Cheers.) With regard to the term " unmitigated scoundrels," he (Colonel North) could only tell Mr. Bright that if lie referred to the non-_commissioned officers of the army, they were no more unmitigated scoundrels than he (Mr. Bright) was an unmitigated' scoundrel himself. (Laughter and cheers...), Their respectability as a class, their devotion to their Sovereign, and their gallant r y u p o n a ll occas i ons, had secured for them the respect and esteem of the whole country. (Cheers.) No regiment could exist without its non-commissioned officers, and instead of being unmitigated scoundrels, they formed one of the efficient branches of the service. (Hear, hear.) Adverting to another subject connected with the army, Mr. Bright said : " But have . .you not seen within the last day or two what they do with their recruits when they get. them ? Have you read in the papers the account of the brutal flogg•ing'of one of these young recruits down at Woolwich ? I am afraid to read the extract that has been sent to me by some gentlemen who wished particularly that I would refer to it on this occasion. There were two soldiers, but of one of them ' it' is stated his back when they began with him was covered with a mass of red inflated boils, which bled profusely at every stroke, and reddened the 'ground under his feet." Now the officer who commanded at Woolwich was General Sir Richard • Dacres, a most humane man e and certainly a person who could not be accused of unnecessary harihness. The recruit's name was Davis. lie enlisted on the sth of March, 1859, and absented himself from the regiment on the 23d for three days. He was tried for the offence, and being a young recruit, was sen tenced to a moderate punishment ; but on the 31st of March he deserted again, and was not brought back for some months. He was again tried and sentenced to receive fifty lashes, and to be imprisoned for eighty-four `days ; but, from feelings of humanity, Sir It. ))acres remitted the imprisonment. The man, On being taken down from the halberds, after receiving his punishment, to show his contempt of the authorities, began to crow like, a cock, and the moment he came out of hospital he deserted for a third time. It was for that third offence that he had been recently flogged, and every one of the military surgeons who }Lid examined him declared that the statement of Mr. Bright was false, The punish ment of flogging for desertion in the army had only been lately sanctioned by parliament in the Mutiny Act, and it was absolutely necessary, because during last year alone there were no less than 11,000 desertions ; and it must be borne in mind that every soldier cost the coun try for his kit and his bounty alone £6 18s., indepen-. dently of which a large expense was incurred in drill. With the regard to the punishment of flogging, he had no hesitation in saying that it was a degrading punish ment, but it was intended to be a degrading one. No doubt it was a severe punishment, and he had seen both officers and men faint whilst it was being inflicted ; and if Mr. Bright, or any other man, would provide an effectual substitute, he had no doubt the whole army would gladly receive it. (Hear, hear.) As to the opi nions of Mr. Bright with regard to the officers of the army, the officers of the army cared very little for any thing he might say. (Laughter and cheers) In con clusion, he begged to propose " The Health of the Army and Navy Several Other toasts having been drunk, the proceed . ings were brought to a close. peals in behalf of the widows and orphans of our hard' working ministers of the gospel. The worthy preacher did not think fit t o enter into details;. otherwise he might have stated that a very large number of our cicrgy belonging to the three dioceses receive less than £lOO per annum. About 1,700 persons were present on this occasion, and the 'collection of 0. I amounted to £203 14s. 8(1., to whi ;er service sheriff of . Gloucester contributed £5O, the Bishop of the • Diocese £2O, the Gloucester Archery Society £27, and an anonymous well-wisher. ..£lO. The plates were held by Lady Charlotte Carnegie, Lady Augusta 'Wyndham Quin Mrs. Harvey, Miss Dutton, hiss Sher - Wood, Mrs. Bankeg, Mrs. Brooke Hunt, and Miss Ric% In the coarse of the musical performance,. the memory of 'tuner was duly honoured by the intro- Irch- in Saul." The general execution of the various pieces in the programme de served high praise. The chorus and band (allowing for occasional unsteadiness) acquitted themselves admirably; and although none of . the "star" singers were present, the excellent performances of Miss Laseelles, Mrs. Clare Hepworth, and Mr. Thomas, in the Dettingen "Te Deum," and Mendelssohn's "Psalm," left little cause to regret the absence of higher celebrities.. The strictly " musical" festival was to commence in the evening a grand miscellaneous concert, in the Shire-hall THE CASE OF Dn. SMETHURST.—In addition Ito the vast con course of visitors who generally resort to Mr. William Allsop' 6- magnificent exhibition of wax-work, sculpture galleries , musical promenade, &e., Teutonic Hall, Lime-street, Liver pool, the numbers have been greatly augmented this week lir the introduction of Dr. Smethurst to his already world renowned establishment. The figure is a full-length one, in wax, and is positively a perfect and faihtful likeness, modelled by that renowned artist D. Bruccian, of London, from careful drawings taken during kis trial, and is certainly the only model taken. So great has been the excitement caused by the case of I)r. Smethurst, that upwai ds of 5,000 persons have paid a visi t to this very gorgeous and interesting exhibition in three days' Open from ten a.m. to ten p.m. Admission 6d. LYTTIAM AND FLEETWOOD LIFEBOATS.—FLEETWOOD, 'September 12.—Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of life boats to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, has just paid a visit to the lifeboats•of the society stationed' at Lytham and Fleetwood. ' On Friday he took the Lvtham lifeboat out for her quarterly exercise; it was blowing at the time a very hard gale. Ile and the crew went on to one of the sand-banks under sail, and crossed and re-crossed it under oars. Nothing could have a ceeded the behaviour of the lifeboat, showing Clearly that she was capable of any hazardous work she might be called on to perform in that dangerous locality. 03 Saturday lie took out the Fleetwood lifeboat. It was blowing hard at the time, but there was no heavy sel;•• This boat's - behaviour. again gave satisfaction to all. The lifeboat-house at this station is rapidly being Brought co a completion. _he Lytham and Fleetwooa lifeboat establishments have probably cost the National Lifeboat Institution upwards of £600; and we regret to find, from inquiries we have made, that of this large amount the rich county of Lancaster has not contributed £l5O. At the present time demands amounting to nearly £l,OOO, are ma d e on t h e limited funds of this truly benevolent and national society, which cannot be met without an infringement on its limited funded capital, the interests on which is so indispensable to the permanent efficiency of its numerous lifeboat establish ments. SALE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE, SALTAS it ' CORNWALL—The machinery used in the construction of this stupend ous b r id ge , d es i gne d b y M r. B rune l, and lately opened by his His Royal Highness the Prince' Consort, has been daring the past week brought to the hammer, by Messrs. Fuller and Horsey, of London, and has attracted a large attendance of purchasers from al; parts of the kingdom : the prices realised are considered high. We subjoin those of some of the principal lots Lot 298. Al 5 cwt. Nasmvth's hammer, 185 gain e rs . Lot 313. A 12 inch cylinder horizontal engine, 15 5 g s ' Lot 336. A set of 10 ft. 6 in. bending rolls, 149 g 5 ; L)ts 342, 343, 344, and 350. L ever p unc hi ng and en,'" ting presses, 105 guineas, £lOO, £7O, and £B5. Lot 3 91 , - A 14 inch screw cutting lathe, by Parr and Co., 9" guineas. Lot 407. A 104 inch screw cutting lathe, Smith, Beacock, and Tanned, 86 guineas. Lot 411. screwing machine to screw up to two inches, 60 guine„ 3 ,' o . Lot 421. A powerful planing machine, by Glasgow, 31 guineas. Lot 425. A radialdrillingma c hi ne , 5 feet 9 le e arm, 145 guineas. Lot 429. A planing machine, b) Glasgow, 140 guineas. Lots 431 and 432. Nall-drill in' contractors' steam . engines, by Clayton and machines, 33 guineas and £3l. Lot 440. The lathe upon which the flanges of the octagonal columns were turned, 120 guineas. Lots 586 and 591. Two portable liuttle worth, 160 guineas and 155 guineas. Lot 59 3 . Th o e . link proving machine for testing the bridge links, The contractors' rails realised £6 ss. per ton. Lots 27 and 728. Two livanisin,g tanks, 48 guineas and e .l u, guineas. Lot 747. An 18 inch cylinder horizontulj steam-engine, by Gallolfay, 230 guineas. Lots 762 763. Two rack saw benches, 120 guineas and le,v_ guineas. Lot 794. A screwing mac:-.ine to screw tl!). 1;;', inch„ 44 guineas. Lots 807 and 808. Two. Nani.tm(2.- ..ht iron tanks, 45 guineas each. Lot 816. A wrou r 41 • 840 8 ' Burnetisine , tank, 400 guineas. Lots 839, -; 17a and 842. " Four portable contractors' steam-engUics, guineas, 160 uneas, 1.50 guineas, and 1 00 g . ueas- The sale is eexpectedto realise uywards of £lO,OOO. man will to inflict munity wl audacity be