The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-15 00:00:00

00..... he re 'fells hat of In the UL. '$ 6 .5. lion of 31t97 1110 to • eflOaf par; enciat apore , hot. con. their h. m port ring a elated NA. J 1 the tment fumed 'op on 3 oived )facial lAN DS. oboe° i ing o the The ec ioue teadl , We fields , 5,0 0 24. much L i, to ck bf the° Hided teal 3 3" stant► nge l burg' .; fdf 4 Sh e eat, .nglo; as oitg rwel l ' King' Kent' havY rro o9 :olds , wined t the the IS 01 the •day h i$ , o n• Lion er Y )y 3l and id tiG THE WAR IN CHINA. FALL OF PEKIN. FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR. BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF THE ENGLISII PRISONERS. In the event of an attack upon Pekin being ordered the general order directed the following directions to be observed :—As soon as the officers commanding. the Royal Engineers report that a practicable breach has been. effected in the city Wall, it will be stormed by the second division. On the wall.being g,ained die Otokmitlg party Will turn• to the right, keeping along the ramparts, and sieze the An-Ting Gate this .post being gained, the engineers and sappers, who should follow the. supporting oum ; will inlgeOciol at 4 9Pee.tp,Open the gate post will then be rilated in S. state of defence with the least Possible delay, and be held by a garrison,of suck strength as may be necessary. Officers and sol diers forbidden under any pretext whatever to quit the gate or ramparts, or ,enter any street or louse. All . property collected by officers on this occasion to be sold for the just benefit of all ranks. The Commander-in-Chief informs the army that he has taken upon himself a serious respim sibility, in appropriating to their benefit the treasure which was found in the Emperor's Palace, and which by right belongs to the Crown. Just immediately before the period given for Surrender would expire, Hang-Chun came out and said that our demands were acceded to, that no resistance would be made, and the gate was at our disposal. Thereon the outer and inner gates Were immediately taken possession of, and a por tion of the allied force was qttartered on the walls of Pekin. The Earl of Elgin and Caron dros pre a the IniliWy Itead-ill!aiters i but; ai Mr, Bruce has bebh salt 'or, it is possible that his lordship does !tot propose to spend the winter in the north. It is said to be the intention of the Commander -19-Chief to withdraw from Pekin, and make Tien [sin his winter quarters. Lady Grant has left 'Bong-Kong to join him. , The commissariat, even in its most trifling details, is unexceptionable. The general health of the troops has been excellent. The Tartar army is still in the field. The Emperor has fled to Tartary. Letters were found in the Palace froin San-ko lin-sin to the Emperor, assuring him of his confidence in being able to * annihilate ns. The garrison of Pekin is reported to be 60,000 to 70 000 men. , The pressure of the people is said . to have had treat:weight in inducting the authorities to yield. The generals and staff, with the Punjaubees itiid 67th regiment, entered the outer and inner rates of Pekin, and ascended to the ramparts, and took possession of the gate and a number of brass guns, and mounted our guns in their place. , The English and French flags were , then , 40isted'in token of our military occupation. The *all is sixty feet wide, and paved, and the troops inside have their tents pitched on it. The only thing the Chinese asked, was, that the Chinese ,coolies should not be allowed to enter the city . this was conceded. The Emperor's summer palace was only occu- Died - by three hundred eunuchs, and thirty or forty men in charge of the gardens. They made It slight show of resistance, when two were killed and two VretiCh officers wounded. The next day the palace was given up to indiscriminate loot after the French, had made first selection. The Hong Kong Overland Register, of Oct. 29, States that Captain Anderson and Mr. de Norman died from the effects of the brutal treatment of their Tartar captors. A serjeant of the Sikh caValry has deposed that all the prisoners were most inhumanly used, having their wrists bound With cords, and an insufficient quantity of food il lipplied them. No information has been obtained about Capt. kirabazon and Mr. Bawlby, the Times' special correspondent. A letter from the camp says that Messrs. Parkes and Loch, whilst with San-ko-lin-sin's army were forced to kneel before every man- Grin, however petty, their faces rubbed, in the dust, they were bound with their hands behind them, and carried on horses to Tung- Chow, and thence in the same state on one of the carts of the country to Pekin, when they Were placed in dungeons and remained so for some time. Mr. Parkes was beaten when he did not in ktantly reply to a question, and Mr. Loch because he could not speak Chinese. The London mail of the 10th September arrived tt Hong-Kong on the 20th October. PULL PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE T. OF PEKIN. LOOTING OF THE EMPEROR'S PALACE. POSITION OF THE ALLIED FORCES. LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From the North China Herald, October 20.) The following letters were brought down by her Majesty's ships. Pioneer and Furious : Camp of the British Army, one mile distant from the North-Eastern Gate of Pekin, Oct. 9. We have received despateheh ipatibn of the,Chinii Oil the 3rd of October the allied army corn- Inenced its advance on Pekin. On the 6th an earthwork near .Pekin was taken. On the same day, the summer palace Of the Emperor was taken . ttnd completely looted, 4itotaiiig Tbo ,thief ghate'bf thb plutider • ati+eitro to have fallen to tlie French. A qiiantity of the treasure.which was taken is to be divided between the French and .English. Some privates are said to have sold Their shares for about 30,000 francs. The entire British share, including both treasure and private loot, is esti-, Mated. at about $90,000. _ _ _ • On the 12th everything was prepared for the assault or the occupation of Pe,ltin. The siege guns and other drtillery, - *ere in, a position to bombard the to-tin Unless it Shoiild be surrendered by noon of the 13th:- . A general, order wpm issues}: by RI,- li,ope Orant for thedigfiew;4tan afid deilti.ol Of the forces under Command. The whole of the troops were to he furbished on" the 13th'With tVvollays' cooked rations. We encamped here on the 6th. On the same evening the Emperor's summer place, Yuen-min-Yuen, was taken possession of, and yesterday Messrs. H. S. Parkes and Henry Loch were liberated and returned to the Embassy. Isent a letter to you from the camp, six miles from Tung -chow, on the 4th, which will probably reach you With this. On the following the allied forces were on th e march in search of the Tartars, who were supposed to be in great numbers about four of five miles off. The front of the two armies stretched over a large extent Of country, but the enemy was not seen, nor any sight of an abandoned camp visible. We halted at one o'clock P.m. Reconnoitering parties were sent out at night, and they fell in with the Tartar pickets, who fired three shots at them. On the morning of the 6th we were again on the move at an early hour, but on reaching the ground where the pickets had been seen, all was still. Here are some very high brick-kilns, from which aemeral gates and other structures within ;the walls of Pekin were distinctly seen about five miles `distant. Still in pursuit of the retreating enemy, we marched on -through a thickly-wooded country until within half a mile of the earthwork which extends along the north aide of, and distant one mile from, the capital, where some Tartars were seen among the houses close to. The King's Dragoon Guards went in at them and they fled, leaving eight dead or disabled and one of the dragoons wounded in the skirmish. In a short time after the earthwork was reached, and a gap of sixty or eighty yards opened upon a straight road of the same width leading to the N.E. gate of Pekin. The troops entered by this gap, and, wheeling to the right, halted where we now are, within the earthwork - ---an embankment of forty to eighty feet high, which Would le a. strong defence in the hands of efficient troops. Here the greater part of the British army encamped. Why it did not proceed to the Summer Palace at once, as was planned, I do not know. The French, and most of our cavalry with some artillery did so, but the former did not arrive on the spot until two h ours after the latter, who were waiting for the remainder of our army. On the French corning up, the brigadier offered to co-operate with them. They asked him to go round to cut off. the Tartars, whilst they attacked the Palace. This they did, and found 300 eunuchs in charge of it, and forty men who take care of the gardens, only twenty of whom bad guns. They made a slight resist ! ante • two eunuchs were killed, and two French o ffi cers wounded, and they then took possession of the palace. It is said that the reason our army did not advance Was that a body of Tartars were seen to come out of the forth-east gate, and disappear in a southerly direction, and that we should follow them. I believe it was a false alarm. In the evening a communication was made to the authorities, demanding the release of the prisoners. A promise was given that those who were in the capital should be released next. day. The snrrender of the gate Was also demanded, with an intimation that it would otherwise be taken. The first has, happily, been complied With, so far that we had the pleasure yesterday of wel coming the return of Messrs. Parkes and Loch, with a French officer attached to the Societe Scientifique, and six or eight French, and privates of the Seikh cavalry. They Were, whilst with San-ko-lin-sin's army, treated in bloat cruel manner; forced to kneel before every man darin, however petty, their faced rubbed in the dust; th e y were bound with their hands behind them, and carried on horses to Tung-chow, and thence, in the same state, in one of the carts of the country, to Pekin, When they were placed in dungeons, and remained so until ten days ago. Mr. Parkes was beaten when he did not instantly reply to a question, and Mr. Loch because he could not speak Chinese. Within the last Week these atrocities have been discontinued, and they have met with some consideration. It appears that when 'the -party was returning from Tung-chow, where you Will remember Mr. Parkes went to remonstrate against th e Tartars encamping on . the ground appropriated to th e British army, they arrived at Chang-kia-wan, where th e battle of the 18th was fought, and seeing preparations for an attack, they consulted together whether to charge through them, or to apply to San-ko-lib-sin, who wawa short distance behind,- for a pass. They resolved on the latter course. He received theni with insult and abuse, and made prisoners of them. They do not know where the rest of the captives are, but suppose them to be with San-ko-lin-sin's army, whether in or out of Pekin is not knOwn. The Summer Palace is about five miles by a circuitous toad north-west of- this camp, outside .the earthwork. . description of it is given . in .Staniiten's account of 1 4 9rd,111aeartriey's ernbagsy, and other works on China, htit . nO Pen can dekribe correctly the scene that has taken. place there Within the two last ',days. Indiscriminate loot has been alloWed. The public reception hall, the state and private bedrooms, ante-rooms, boudoirs, and every other apartment has been ransacked; articles of vertu, of native and foreign workmanship,. taken, or broken if too large, to be carried away, ornamental wprti., screens; jade stone ornaments, ..iars, clocks; thitthes; and Other pie e 3 of mechanism, Ctirtairis and furniture, tiotie haVe escaped from destruction. There were extensive wardrobes of every article of dress ; coats richly embroidered in silk and gold thread, in the Imperial Dragoon: pattern; boots, head-dresses, fans, &c., in fact, rooms all but filled with them. Store rooms of manufactured silk in rolls, such as may be- bought in Canton at 20 dols. to 30 dols, per piece. By a calculation made in the rooms, there must have been 70,000 or $O,OOO pieces. Hun dreds were thrbwu do'wn and trampled oni a;nd the floor covered thickly, with them, men were throWing them-at each Other, and all taking as inank as they could Carry. . Th,ey were used instead of rope to seciire tlAe loading of its filled with them. Throughout the French. camp *ere hiiridredg•of Pieees, sortie heaped Up, others used to make tents or beds and coverlidS. In tha afternoon, yesterday, a patty of French went through the apartment with sticks, breaking everything that remained—mirrors, screens, panels, &c. It is said they did so in revenge for the barbarous treatment the released prisoners, their countrymen, had received. . A treasury, containing a large quantity of gold ingots and sycee silver, is under charge of a guard, and is to be divided between the English and French. • The total value of property destroyed would amount to a large itistal,blent of tbp. indemnity In one of the ante-rooms of the state bedroom at the Summer Palace, the treaty ,of Teintsin, in English and Chinese, signed by Lord wasi fonnd. It had been thrown/01 the ground,hY . soine one, and lay in the heap of 11, roken ; articles; till the, ; nglish., paper . evidently attrdcted th 4 eta of the person wpb discovered it. A general order from the British Commander-in-Chief desired that all articles taken by officers and men were to be sent.in for sale by public. auction. for the benefit of the army, was done. All were permitted to have the articles they bad brought away, for themselves valued, and have the option of taking or rejecting them. Many beautiful curios and souvenirs were' thus obtained at a 'nominal price. The sale realised 32,000 dollars, which, with the value of the treasure, estimated at 61,000 dol lars, is to be divided as prize money on the spot. Much di.isatisfaction has been expressed at the deci sion of the CommanderLin-Chief that only those of' the troops who marched from the last halting place on the 6th are to participate in the prize money, all the rest, those at the depot at Tung-chow and elsewhere, being excluded. . The Commander•thrzChief and general officers have waived their right to share. A gold jug of great value was presented to the Cominander-in-Ohief by the army. Nearly all the articles were sold at very high prices, large.enamelled'and inlaid vases . afid'ornairients realising full Shanghae prices for such articles, the fact of their hiving - Feen 'the property or Men rung adding an imaginary valite•to everything. The scene where the sale was held in the teigple occupied by head quarters, was worth of the pencil of an artist. Had his Imperial Majesty handed over the.whole of the contents of that palace, uninjured, it would have sold for an enormous amount, en ore"than three-fourths having been destroyed'er Wren by the French. All round the vicinity of - the palace are large enclo sures; parks, or cemeteries, with irees of some magni tude; and many stone bridges over nullahs,.the country being very dry at present. - Branching off from the palace are. several paved roads, and just outside of it is the French camp, by the side of two large lotus ponds. It its reported that they are to leave that place to day, and take up a position on our left, They wish to take the'west . gate of the city, whieh is the only one openi but it is objected to, as the Emperor's brother, the Prince Hung, would not be able to enter the city, should he be induced to return from the country to Which, it is said,' he has fled. We pro pose to take bite of the gates on the north side near to this camp, and shall 'do - so as soon as the siege guns, which have been ordered up, arrive. ' I have not learnt what is then to be done. It is supposed the army will not enter Pekin in any case, but that the officers will be allowed to do' so with a pass. The utter destruction of the interior of the Summer Palace, where, be it remembered, 'Lord Amherst, as ambassador from England, was insulted, is but small' punishment for the Emperor's contumacy, and the, treatment of the pri soners who were captured whilst on a peaceful mission; yet the like visitation 'being intlicied on the palace in Pekin might be impolitic, though deserved. That would not only utterly destroy the present government, but prevent the organisation of a new one under our pro tion, should it be desirable to do so. The prompt release of the prisoners on. our near approach to the capital proves that only a firm policy can succeed with this government. It is" to' be hoped that the same, will be persisted in, and that no terms short of our demand will be accepted. 'Whether we shall treat before the rest of the prisoners are released is not made known. If San-ko-?in-sin remain obdurate notwithstanding the defeat of his army at all points, we may have to do so, or the end will never come. At sunrise of the morning after we arrived here, a saluteof twenty-one guns was fired by the artillery to announce our positions to the prisoners, and to our cavalry and artillery which had crossed our trail and gone on to the Summer Palace, expecting to find the army there. The Emperor is reported to have gone to his palace, Zehol, in Tartary, where Lord Macartney was received. He has thirteen wives with him. P.S. The siege guns have arrived, and I believe the gate will be summoned to-morrow. There is a report that a part ,of the Summer Palace is on fire. The buildings are many and detached, yet I think it very probable • they will be destroyed, the feeling being so strong against the Chinese on account of the barbarous treatment of the prisoners. The following is'a separate account of the affair at the palace :- • INTERIOR OF THE PALACE. The French column, together with Col. Pattle's Bri gade of Cavalry, advanced on Yuen=min-yuen, the Eng lish column rather nearer Pekin a large body. of the enemy having been observed (near the village now occu pied by us). _ The'French entered with only two casual ties; two officers being wounded by the eunuchs of the palace, The following day no sig,ns of the French being visible, the English fired 21 guns to attract attention, and later in the morning the Commander-In-Chief - learned where they were. Lord Elgin, Mr. Wade, Sir H. Grant, Sir. R; Napier, and their respective staffs proceeded to the palace, and found the French had been comfortably estab lished there, and thOt a great portion: of the principal valuables had been already taken away, leaving the heavy, but less — valuable articles for the English, or at least what things the French could not carry they left for us. No description can give an idea ,of the splen dour of this residence. The entrance or reception hall is paved with marble, - and "painted with gold, azure, and-scarlet in -the mott gorgeous style. • The throne of the Emperor is of beautiful carved dark wood, and the 'cushion's, embroidered with gold dragons, attracted general admiration; every - inner chamber and saloon, was very handsomely fittecl, up, and the rolls of 'silk, satin, 'and crape, all Of 'splendid wo'rknianship, splendidly furnished cummerbunds and puggarees for the French soldiers, who appear to have adopted our custom in this respect. The _jade stone and china were of great value, , and some Sevres china of Louis Quatorze would have delighted the eyes of many a curio fancier ; and a presentation sword, with the English coat of arms, studded with gems, and evidently of antiquity, . gave 'the to some Speculation. ' The last 'treaty of Tientsin was also found, and the immense quantity of loot of all kinds made it impossible to know what to take away. Some idea of the quantity of silk may be given •by the fact that fowls, old pots, &c., were wrapped in the most costly silks and satins. All the ladies had disappeared, but their little Sapanese dogs, something resembling a King Charles spaniel, were running about in a distracted state. Mr. Wade secured some valuable books and papers, some, we believe, for the British Museum. The Emperor had left the day before, but his destination is, I believe, unknown. It is said that a panic took place amongst the French, and that they evacuated the palaces, return ing, however, when the alarm subsided. One thing is certain : --our allies took Care of themselves. • COMMERCIAL. HONG KONG, OCt. 28. TEA.—The state of the markets at the open ports is most singular. In face of a heavy export, of full sup plies, and of unfavourable advices from London, rates continue :nearly at the standard at which they were pitched when the prospects of a short supply were imminent. The .teamen . combine, as usual, making ingenious representations about coming supplies, sufficiently plausible to induce foreigners to be liee them; and to go on purchasing. Tt is true they are firm, but that probably arises more from their conviction of their abilit y to bring foreigners to terms, than from any belief they have in short supplies, The worst of the tea trade as now conducted is this—that when the communications are interrupted and the country teas really stopped, as was the case lately at Shanghai and Canton, spurious, inferior, or fancy teas are manufactured to such an extent, and meet with so ready a sale, as to cause the export to swell up so that when the country teas are released they find a sale from their scarcity, and make shipments amount to a figure which is absolutely startling. SHANGHAI.—In the absence of, any alarms as to the Nankin rebels, confidence has begun to return and trade to improve. Ningpo, however, still forms the principal outlet, the communications between the interior and that port being clearly less interrupted than those of Shanghai. HONG XoNG.—The reports of sales give but a small business for the fortnight. The import trade generally, however, is in a very healthy state, holders requiring an advance upon many kinds of staples, and stocks being sensibly reduced. CANTON.—The state of the market for the different description of goods is naturally similar to that of Hong Kong. F OOCHOWFOO.—The heavy sales reported last mail appear to have supplied the demand. Stocks are rather heavy. AMOY.—Stocks low, and rates firm, but small s ales. The Daily News questions the wisdom of the counsel often repeated during the last f e w ' months, that the 'Chinese' Government would give up anything- rather than allow us to t a k e Pekin. T h e f ac t proves that they would give up anythi n o. are gone, rather than to trust themselves w ithin our power. They' and with them go all our calculations. We have now done, apparently, all that the sword can do, and it is at the very moment of our most brilliant success that we learn how little that is. Our generals and diplomatists look round in vain for an enemy or peacemaker. The' Times attributes to the 'Emperor Napoleon the anarchy prevailing in the Neapolitan states, which can o nly be put down by milit ary force; but Vi c t o r Em manuel—obliged to watch Austria o n th e Po, in the States of the Church by th e ever w id en i ng circle o f French occupation, detained b efore a paltry f or t r ess by the defensive alliance into whi c h F rance seems to of h a ve entered with the Kinghampered Naples—has .not the means at his disposal to restore peace and order to his ne wly acquired dominions, THE WINTER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice KEATING.) His Lordship opened the court this morning at nine o'clock for the transaction of the criminal business. • STEALING A POSTOFFICt LETTER CONTAINING 11f0NEY AT LIVtRPOOL. Matthew Bell, it voting inert who had been in the employ of the Post-office authorities at Liverpool, was Placed at the bar on the indiCtinent of having stolen a letter, containing postage stamps and money, which was given to him to deliver. Mr: Cobbett,. assisted by Mr. Scott, conducted the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Aspinalli - William Edwin Towson was sworn, ana l said that he was a travelling inspector of the General Postoffice in London; at the time that the prisoner was taken into custody he was in the service of the Postoffice as deliverer of letters. On Saturday, Bth December, witness enclosed in a letter twelve marked penny postage stamps and two marked half-sovereigns, and placed them along with the letter in an envelope, end addressed it 'to 72, Camden-street, London-road, N. On the same afternoon he Pasted the letter in Liverpool; at the time he posted the letter he gave Certain directions to a person named George Slee, in the employ of the Post-: (Age: The nett Sunday rnerning he Went to the prise ner's house with a man named 'here, and a Constable named Cousins; they forind the prisoVer horne; and witness having told him who 'he was, said he *anted to ask the prisoner a few questions. He asked him if he had a letter addressed to Mr. Howard, of Camden street, which passed through his hands that morning. The prisoner replied that he had no recollection of it; and witness asked him if he knew that there was no such number as 72 in Camden-street what he should have done, prisoner replied that he would submit it to the intipector for hiidirections. Beth of them remained in the parlour., whilC the . Constable, and Tiere were in the back part of the houie sedichitig: Shortly wards Tiere came into the parlour, bringing with him a book in which witness found the postage stamps that be had marked ;. asked the prisoner if the book was his, to which he replied in the affirmative; asked him if the postage stamps were his, and he said " yes ;" asked him where he got them, and how long he had got them. He said that he bought them about six months previously from the person that kept the receiving-house in Byrom street (Mrs. Barbary) ; he said also that he brought the book from the Postoffice that morning ; he remarked that he had lent the hook to another letter carrier. Witness applied a liquid to the stamps and found that the private mark that he had previously imprinted on them beCarne visible. 'The postage stamps were not detached, but were in one piece ; the stamps were marked-with witness's initials. After the lapse of about twenty minutes he told the prisoner that he identified the stamps as those he had placed in the letter, directed to Camden-street. - The prisoner then replied, -"All I can say is, if you can identify these stamps as yours, they must have been placed in the book this morning." [The stamps were produced, and Witness raid they were the same that he bad placed id the letter.] By Mr. Aspinall : At the tiite that he posted, or *as about to, post, the letter, he rang the bell of the postsoffice window, called for Mr. Slee and gate him the letter; which was stamped. Mr.- Aspinall : Do you think that is the ordinary method of posting a stamped letter in the General Post-office in Liverpool ? After a good deal of hesitation the witness rePlied that he did not think it was the ordinary way. He had previonslY arranged with Mr. Slee what he was to do with the letter, and he believed that Mr. Slee had carried out his instructions. When lie Went to the prisoner he -found him asleep on the sofa, and imme diately awoke him. He was about half an hour in the house before the stamps were found. Witness was not present when the stamps were found. They were brought in by Tiers. They were very much in the habit of resorting to the plan of applying chemical - tests to letters in the General Post-office, London. The address placed on the letter, though not a correct one for Liverpool, was perfectly correct for London, as there was such a place in London. George Slee said be was a clerk in the Liverpool Post-office, and had been there for about sixteen or seventeen years. He had been engaged there partly in taking letters in at the window. He had been on duty on a certain day in December, and received a letter from the last witness, addressed to Mr. H. Howard, 72, Camdensstreet N, Liverpool. He handed it to the inspector. By Mr. Aspinall : .With a London letter the ordinary course was to have it for warded to London the following night. The ordinary , mode of posting letters was not the course adopted by Mr. Towson; but if it were a special letter, that course was generally adopted. Robert Tiere was called, and said he was the inspector of letter-carriers in the Liver pool Post-office. The prisoner had been for about five years in the employ of the Post-office. His district for delivery was Camden-street and that neighbourhood. On the Bth of September Mr. Towson gave witness a letter, addressed to Camden-street. Witness locked it up in a box, and put the key of the box in his pocket. the next morning he took the letter out of the box, when it appeared to be in the same condition as it had been in when placed there, and the letter along with about three hundred other letters, were placed on the prisoner's desk for the purpose of being then sorted; there were two sorters in the division, to which the prisoner belonged. The prisoner came into the office that morning at about a quarter to six o'clock ; when he came into the office it was his duty to sort the letters on his own desk ; he had nothing to do with tee stamp ing of the letters. It was the duty of the prisoner if he found that there was no such person in Catnden street, as had been marked on the letter, to submit the letter to the inspector or his assistant for instructions. He had made inquiries in Camden-street to ascertain if the letter had been delivered or offered for delivery, but was informed that no letter had been left at any house in the street. In reply to Mr. Aspinall, the witness stated that during the time the prisoner was sorting the letters in the morning he watched all his movements. 'William Cousins deposed that he was one of the officers of the Liverpool . Detective Force—last Sunday he went and searched the prisoner, and found some small change in his possession ; he also examined his bag, which he found behind a door, leading from the kitchen to a cellar, and found in it the postage stamps produced. He handed the stamps to Mr. Tiere, When asked by Mr. Towson. as to where he got the stamps, the prisoner replied that he knew nothing of them. By Mr. Aspinall : The prisoner occupies a house, and is a mar ried man with a family. Henry Rainer, a sorter in the Liverpool Post-office, said the prisoner never showed him any letter addressed to Camden-street. George Wheeler, a letter carrier, said that on Saturday evening last. he went to the prisoner's house and borrowed a book from the prisoner. The book produced was the one that. he had borrowed. The following morning he brought the book to the Post-office, and placed it on the prisoner's desk. Prisoner and witness were in the same division. ' He had not put auy postage stamps into the book. " Thomas Hall said he was a - Liverpool letter carrier, and did not see any postage stamps in the book which the last witness had received from the prisoner. at ui d lk n ht r Ye . Aspinall wef John Croft,. another letter-carrier, said he knew nothing of the letter. Mr. Aspinall, on behalf of the prisoner, raised a legal point as to the irregularity pursued by Mr. Towson in the manner in which lie posted the letter. He fide. co H u prisoner r t s . o l a A r n d p s o p h p e i p p a o l . s r contended, from that fact, it was not a posted letter bond r d g thethe addressed arguing ttilee question tl counsele foe the defence, and said that the fact of the prisoner being five years in the service Of the Post-office was, of itself, quite sufficient to show the good character that was previously borne by the prisoner. He spoke in strong terms of the disreputable course pursued by the officials of the Postoffice in laying traps for the detec tion of their servants. He denounced the system as - most illegal; and he hoped the jury would scruinise all the circumstances of the ease. His Lordship summed up the evidence; and a ft er h av i ng recap i tulated the the stamp the s orprisoner not. He at t s h aeidba that b w at as t h chief points of it, said that thequestiOn the jury would phaveerso person o whotry was, sto whether e pre serving the inviolability of the institution of the Post office was of immense importance ; and that the public who placed such great confidence in the officials of the Post-office, who were the servants of the, public, should beprotected. He considered that there was no great temptation placed in the way of any servant of the Post-office to break open a letter which might be entrusted to him to deliver, and extract from it the money contained in it, In the flank of England there were many clerks who had thousands of pounds passing through th.eir hands, and they would not be - justified in giving way to any such temptation. His Lordship then read over the evidence of the several witnesses. The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and did not return into court at half-past six o'clock, when his lOrdship adjourned the court till half-past nine o'clock last night. , THE JURY LOCKED UP FOR THE NIGHT. At half-past nine o'clock last night the jury in the case of Rooney returned into court and acquitted the prisoner of the charge of stabbing with intent to murder, but found him guilty of stabbing with intent to do bodily harm. His Lordship—He shall be sentenced to-morrow. The jurors in the ease of Bell also came into court, after having been locked up in their room from about two o'clock. The Clerk of Arraigns asked the foreman if they had agreed to their verdict. The foreman replied in the negative. His Lordship observed that he bad sent for them in order to ascertain whether be could possibly afford them any' assistance, either by reading over any portion of the evidence that they might have a wish to have elucidated or explained, or to remove any difficulty. that might arise in a point of law which be might assist in soliing for them, and of course, if such were the case, he should feel it his duty and be most happy to do so. But it seemed that they required no such assistance. The Foreman, in answer to • the observations of the judge, remarked that he was not aware that any such difficulty presented itself ; and moreover, it was not likely that they should come to a verdict. His Lordship—Gentlemen, it is important for the purposes of justice that a verdict should be come to. I am afraid, gentlemen, that I must dismiss you again to your duties. There is no other alternative. You must retire. One of the jurors said there was only one dissentient voice amongst them. His Lordship—Gentlemen, you must retire again. We can't really discuss that question here. It is necessary that a verdict should be returned. The same juror again observed to the learned judge, that for the last four or five boars they had all agreed in their verdict, except the foreman, who was the only dissentient voice. The learned Judge reiterated what he had already observed, that it was most important that they should agree in their verdict, and in order that they should come to that decision, he should have again to request them to retire to re-consider their verdict, as there should be a decision come to one way or the other. A Juror—l wish your lordship would explain, or say something., that might tend to elucidate the matter. The Judge—As I said before, if there be any portion of the evidence that I can read over for you, or if there , be any difficult point of law that occurs to you, of course I shall be glad to assist you in coming to a right under standing of it. But I don't see any point of law that can be raised in the ease. You are perfectly aware that a verdict must be returned by the twelve jurors that are sworn to do that duty. Several of the jurors murmured very much at having the prospect before them of being again locked up. 'His Lordship said that should request them to THE DAILY TIMES, SAIURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1860. retire till they had considered their verdict, and agreed in their opinion. One of the jurors said that he had eaten nothing since his breakfast, and he felt very unwell indeed. (A laugh.) Ifis Lordship regretted he could not help them in their unpleasant position. Another juror said he did not touch food since six o'clock that morning. The learned judge said that probably the bailiff who had charge of them might assist them in that respect, bait he really ,could not do so. lie himself bad specially conic down in the hope that they might have agreed in their verilict. Several jurors expressed their thanks to his lordship for his great kindness and consideration in attending at that late hoUr of the night at the court. His lOrdship again pressed on them. the desirability of their agreeing in their verdict, and requested them to be good enough to retire. Aluror said that it was a considerable length of time since he hid pdttakerf of any food: Moreover, he had been very unwell, last week, and this doubtless would have a very serious effect on his constitution. lie only spoke, for himself ; and he felt confident that his brother jurors had been without any food for some time also. The learned judge expressed his deep regret at not being in a position to assist them in their unpleasant condition, and again pointed out the necessity of their coming to a verdict. He should request them to retire till they had agreed. He could not possibly return again that night ; and they should be locked up till half , nine o'cloclr the following (this, morning. The oath was then administered to the officer of the court, arid in his charge the gentlemen of the jury retired to their room till such time Us they shall be agreed in their verdiet. The jurors appeared to' he very languid and exhausted, and seemed by no' means pleased with the conduct of their foreman. His lordship then rose, and the eotfrt was adjourned ill nine o'clock this morning. BUR'LARY AT GREAT BOLTON, John Jones (30), committed by J. Okon, Esq., on the 14th Dec., 1860, described as being able to read, was arraigned on a charge of having, at Great Bolton, bur gariouslv broken and entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Wilson, and stolen therefrom one coat and one Cap, the , goods add chattels of Thomas Wilson. From the opening statement of the learned counsel ,it appeared that the prosecutor kept a beer-shop in Cidel-street, in Great Bolton, and on the night of the 10th December last, about the hour of twelve o'clock, the prisoner was seen by a policeman coming out of a window in the beer-shop carrying a coat and cap, for the possession of which he could not satisfactorily account to the officer, who then took him into custody, and having roused up the landlord of the house ascertained from him that the articles which the prisoner had got belonged to him. It also transpired that the prisoner obtained an entrance into the house by breaking open one of the windows. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Littler, who, in his address to the jury, pointed out hog inconclusive the evidence was which was brought forward against the prisoner, to whom he hoped they would give the benefit of any doubt they might entertain in the case. After his lordship's address, the jury found the prisoner guilty, and, previous convictions having been proved against him, he was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. PLEADED GUILTY. Thorns Behan (24) ; described as being well educated, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for having at Salford, tin the 17th August, 1860, feloniously forged a certain order for the' papttent df money, with intent to defraud. _ BtTRGLARY AT OLDHAM Patrick Green, a raw, red-headed Hibernian, whO had been committed by S. Radcliffe, Esq., on the 24th October, 1860, and who was described in the calendar as being . ] imperfectly instructed, pleaded guilty to the indictnient of having at Oldham, on the 24th October, 1860, bureariously broken and entered the dwelling house of Ellis Brumfitt, with intent to steal the goods and chattels of the said Ellis Brumfitt, was seritereed to twelve months' imprisonment. ROBBERY AND BURGLARY AT ECCLESTON. Joseph M'Cormick (19), committed by R. Daglish, Esq., on the 14th September, and described in the calen dar as being able to read only, was placed at the bar o n the indictment of having at Eccleston, on the 11th of September, in the present year, in the dwelling house of Mary Hill, feloniously stolen one coat, and various other articles of wearing apparel, and £1 3s. 6d. in money, the property of the said Mary Hill and another person, and that after committing the said felcmy, he, the said Joseph M'Cormick, did burglariously break out of the said dwelling-house. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. BILL IGNORED. The grand jury ignored the bill against William Donakey (29), committed by T. S. Raffles, Esq., on the 24th October, 1860, and described in the calendar as being able neither to read nor write, and who was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 14th October, 1860, feloniously assaulted Jane Donakey, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. STABBING AT BURNLEY. William Rooney (23), committed by J. Heetis, Esq. on the 27th August, 1860, and described as being able neither to read nor write, was placed at the bar on the indictment of having, at Burnley, on the 26th August in the present year, feloniously stabbed, cut, and wounded William Rawson, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr. Kay prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Russel. From the evidence, which was very voluminous, it *eared that on the night of the 26th of August the prosecutor, accompanied by a number of friends, was proceeding homewards from a meeting, at which they had been attending. When near the "Dog and Duck" public-house they came up with the prisoner and a large body of Irishmen, who were quarrelling. In consequence of some foul play on the part of the prisoner the prosecutor interfered, and received a severe stab in the abdominal regions with a clasp knife from the prisoner. Mr. Russell, on behalf of the prisoner, addressed the jury, and contended that the wound might have been inflicted on the prosecutor by some other person in the crowd. The jury retired, and after a considerable time spent in deliberation came into court and asked his lordship a question' as to the wording of one of the counts cf the indictment. his lordship explained the difficulty, after which the try retired agaiiri, and did 'not return at the rising of ie court at half-past six o'clock. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Justice BLACKBURN.) MANSLAUGHTER IN LIVERPOOL. George Simpson (27), was charged with having at Liverpool, on the 14th of October, feloniously killed and slain one William Evans. There was a second count, charging the minor offence of manslaughter. Mr. Temple prosecuted, and Mr. Russell defended the prisoner. The facts of the case are es.tremely simple. The deceased Mr. Evans was the keeper of a spirit vaults, in Copperas-hill ; and one day, early in October, the prisoner entered the place, accompanied by his wife and brother. Some other people were also there. The prisoner, who was drunk, fell asleep on a form, when a quarrel and fight commenced amongst the other parties, from the landlord having refused to supply them with more drink. The prisoner's wife shook, awakened him, and told him that his brother. was being killed. On this the prisoner gOt up, and l.nocking down a man named Barry, was ordered out of the house. On this he made a rush at the deceased behind the bar, and running against a brass stove, snatched off it a kettle, with which he hit the deceased, who was wounded by the blow, and seriously scalded about the head. The deceased, who was a man of intemperate habits, had a diseased liver, and the surgeon who attended him testi fied that he died from exhaustion induced by delirium tremens, occasioned by the scald. The case for the prosecution having bees concluded, Mr. Russell called as a, witness to character, Mr. Rime, music seller, & e ., of Church-street, who stated that the prisoner had been in his employment, and be had always found him strictly honest, peaceable, and well-conducted. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter ; and the prisoner was sentenced to ni ne months' imprisonment with hard labour. UTTERING COUNTERFEIT MONEY. James M'Mahan alias John• Martin (34), was Charged with having, at Liverpool, uttered a counterfeit half crown at Mr. Godfrey's spirit vaults in Tithebarn street, well knowing the same 'to be counterfeit, he having been convicted of a like offence a few months previously. There was evidence also of a third offence. The prisoner handed in a long written defence, the gist of which was that he had got the half-a-crown i n change out of half-a-sovereign, when he was drunk. He pleaded that he was a hard-working man, the father of a small family, and hoped that he should have a fair trial. The jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. ANOTHER MANSLAUGHTER IN LIVERPOOL. Thomas Fox (29), who resided in 3; Court, Lower Thurlow-street, was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 6th of September, felonioasly killed and slain on e Elizabeth Mathers. Mr. Temple prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Scott., The deceased, Elizabeth Mathers, was a widow, thirty-five year of age and the prisoner, on the 31st of August, went to see a woman who lived with her, and who was ill from a stroke of paralysis. The deceased ca me to t h e door, when the prisoner said, " I want to see Julia Ro berts.' Deceased said he could not see her, when he kicked her in the belly. He also put his two hands to her shoulders, when the deceased fell into the y ard, and struck her head upon. the pavement. .The de ceased became uncon scious, never spoke f or fifteen days afterwards, and died about the 6th of September, from concussion of the brain. The strong points, for the defence consisted in the fact that the deceased was addicted to drinking, ' an d that the push which caused her to fall was not of a violent character. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to two months' impri_ sonment with hard labour. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT OLDHAM. Michael Melia (22), was indicted for h aving at Old ham, on th e 15th o f September, feloniously assaulted one Isaac Hall, and stolen from him 2s. 6d. and two punches. Mr. Cottingham prosecuted. The prosecutor and a friend named Rushton, were in a public house at " Oldham, called the Apollo, on the 14th of September ; and after being there some time, the prisoner and another man came in. They remained there some time longer, and then the prosecutor and his friend left the house to go home. It appeared that they were followed by the prisoner and another map, who, watching their opportunity, when the prosecutor and his friend had come to a dark and solitary part of the town, suddenly rushed upon them from behind, knocked the prosecutor down with a blow from some blunt instrument, attacked his friend who ran away, and while the prosecutor lay upon the street in a state of insensibility, they rifled his pockets of , all the money that he bad about him. He was pinked up some time afterwards, bleeding and wounded, by two watchmen, who passe d that way. The prisoner, whose id ent i ty was pos itively sworn to, was-arrested the next d ay. The jury , re t nr ued a verdict of guilty; and a previous conviction at Bolton for felony having been proved aeainst the prisoner, his lordship sentenced him to penal'servitude for life. BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL. Thomas Healey (28), Was charged with ha v ing , at Liverpool, on the 26th N ovem b er, b urg l ar iously broken and entered the dwelling-house of James Marrow, and stolen a basket, a can, a cap, a knife , a handkerchief, and other articles. Mr. Littler prosecuted. Murrow, who resides in No 4 Court, Blundell-street, went to bed about eleven o'clock on the 25th of November, , leaving everything safe. At half-past three o'clock next morn- ing, he was awoke by a policeman, who drew attention to the state of his house. His window had been put up, and the - articles enumerated had' Veen taken frcim a table in the room. It appeared that a man named Monahan, who lives in Kitchenstreet, in the immediate neighbourhood of the prosecutor's house; had been awakened by hearing some one breaking into his pre mises. He therefore dressed and went into the street to give information to the pollee, when he observed thgpri 7 - soner come out of Murrow's house with the things, when he was at once taken into charge. The jury immediately re turned a verdict of guilty. The learned judge,in passing sentence up,on the prisoner, said, although there was no legal proof on which the court could act, he had before him a statement which showed that the prisoner had been not less than sixteen times in the bands of the Dublin police for various offences, and that, when convicted, of burglary at Dublin, he had been sentenced to six years' penal servitude—a term, which could not have 'long expired when the present ofrence was committed. -It was fortunate for the prisoner that there was no, evi dence of that fact. His lordship then proceeded to sentence the prisoner to three years' penal servitude. The Prisoner i Thank you, my lord.—The 'Judge : You need not thank me : it is only because there is not evi dence that your sentence is not nicrte Severe. ANOTHER MINT CASE. Ellen Connor, aged 30, was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 31st of July, unlawfully uttered a base half-crown, well knowing the same to be false and counterfeit. She was further charged with passing a bad shilling to Mr. Whitty, publican, Netherfield-road, having been formerly convicted of a similar offence. Guilty. Sentenced to six years' penal' servitude. The court rase shortly after 5 o'clock, and adjourned to half-past g o'clock this morning. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT,-YESTEADAY. (Before Mr. RAfFLES,j' A FRTGHTUL CASE:-SHOCKING EFFECTS 'OF DRINK. Mary Jane iiiTormiek, a female about 2.5 years of age,' of very drtinteri app'eatance, Was brought up by police-constable 270, on the following charge. He said, last night the prisoner cane to rae. and. Wished to.be locked up, on a charge of . havin'g deserted her children. I took her to where she said she lodged in Burlington street, and there I discovered that'some day last week her htisband died: He had been engaged on the rail way, and she got a stini of Money from the company or club to bury him; bat, instead of doing so, she went off on a drinking bout, and spent all the ritioneY; and never went near her dead husband or her children since: Her father had to bury the husband, and take care of the children since. This statement was fully borne out by the father of the wretched woman, and the landlady of the house where the prisoner lodged. The father, in replk to his worship, said the woman was quite destitute; she was an inettrable drunkard. He had the children (three) at present, but Was not able to keep them. He must send them to the workhouse.. Mt: Raffles said it was an awful case,.and the best thing he could do was to send the prisoner to the workhouse. He directed the officer to take her there. • THE QUEEREST HORSE IN THE WORLD. Robert Patrick, a tall, stout-built man, with a whitish coat, the regular cut of a London jehu, and who spoke with an accent that at once saidnotwithstanding his Hibernian patronymic—that he did not come from west side the Shannon water, but directly from north the the Tweed, was brought up by police-officer No. 40, who charged him with being drunk, disorderly, and incapable of driving his horse, or taking care of himself or the quadrtiped that he was supposed to take care of. The case having been fully, Valved, Mr. Jarvey Patrick drew himself up at the bar, tand 'strafing his hand, as much as to say, be silent that you may hear, proceeded as follows :—That horse is the queerest horse in the world. He would vex any one—Job would not put up with him. Mr. Reifies : You are charged 'for being drunk. Prisoner : Yes, a great many gentlemen whom I drive:saythat the horse is always drunk too. (Laughter.) He's an awful queer horse, I assure you. He staggers abOut in such a way that old Nicholas himself could not manage him. I've droVe thousands of horses—hun-, dreds a-week, but I never met such an awful forelegger in my lifetime—he is the queerest horse in the world, and many a scrape he has got me into. I had to 'pay 14s. 6d. last week for some of his gambols, and I think I must dispose of him and get a donkey, as that is the only chance I have of a quiet life for the future. The gentlemen say he is a regular drunken horse; and I don't know what to do with him. Mr. Raffies—This won't do this man known here ? The bridewell keeper said he was several. times up before. The prisoner again declared it was all the fault of the horse, and that he must swop him for an ass. Mr. Raffies—l will not fine him now, but let him be reported to the committee, and that body will deal with his license. The prisoner was then discharged. THE FIGHTING MAN AND THE KNIFE. A desperate looking bull-headed fellow, named Tho mas Headly, was charged by Richard Flanagan, for have stabbed him. The complainant said—l was after enlisting. yesterday evening, and went into a public house in Vauxhall-road, with a friend, to have a glass of ale. The prisoner was there, and called me a "fight ing man," I said I was a fighting man no more, when he annoyed me, and I gave him a shove out of my way. He then struck me on the chest with some sharp instru ment, and cut me, saying he would put an end to my fighting, and prevent me from being a soldier. Two or three witnesses corroborated the statement. A surgeon stated that the complainant had a wound on the chest four inches long, and with a probe he found it went down to the bone. He did not think there was any danger to the man's life, although the wound was in' a dangerous place. The prisoner was remanded, in order to ascertain what turn the wound would take.' (Before Messrs. T. EARLE, CORBALLY, and CROPPER.) BEERHOUSE CASES. Thomas James, publican, Bridgewater-steet, was summoned by Inspector Dodd, for allowing drunkenness in his" hoicie". 'Filled 10s. and costs. John Bently, beerhouse-keeper, Park, was charged for selling ale at prohibited hours. Fined ss. and costs. Thomas Williams, beerhouse-keeper, Norbury-street, was charged for doing Business at illegal hours. Police officer 29 was the prosecutor in this case, and a .very learned discussion took place between himself and Mr. Cobb, on an Act of Parliament—the officer maintaining his right to interpret the' act as he liked, but he.got an awful " s craping" on his ignorance from Mr. Cobb. The case was dismissed. William Corns, beerhouse-keeper, Linden-street, was charged for Sunday trading. Dismissed. Martha Frost, beerhouse-keeper, Mann-street, Park, was charged for selling ale at illegal hours. ' Dismissed. William Thompson, beerbouse-keeper, South Chester street, was charged for Sunday tradin g . Disinissed. John Smith, beerhouse-keeper, .B,ose-place, was charged for Sunday trading.. Dismissed. Margaret Wholehouse, beerhause-keeper, Bevington hill, was charged for doing business at prohibited hours. Dismissed. Rose Anne Stuart, beerhouse-keeper, Canliffe-street, was charged for selling ale on Sunday morning. Fined s s. and costs: TIIE LIME-STREET WINE AND SUPPER-ROOMS. William Baxter, keeper of the Lime-street wine and supper-rooms, was summoned on two informations for unlawfully allowing prostitutes to assemble in his house, contrary to the act, &c. Mr. Cobb appeared for the defendant. Inspector Dodd stated that at half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning last be found twenty six prostitutes and twenty-eight men in Mr. Baxter's wine.house. Cautioned the defendant that if he allowed them to remain he would lay information. At ten minutes Past one he found six prostitutes, most of them drunk. There were men also drunk there. Cross-examined .'by Mr- Cobb : 1 cannot say how often the defendant was convicted. "Ire is a free vintner, and cloteA'aVtw - elve' on Saturday night. No one in Lime-street ever complained to me of the defendant's house. All was orderly except what I have stated. It is a house where prostitutes get refresh ments. Mr. Cobb Must not prostitutes get refreshments as well as virtuous ladies? I suppose they can' flive ivithout it. There are two informations against him, but I only have one. It is a large place. I told Baxter aboUt it. They were taking wine, but I did not see any coffee. Mr. Cobb : By whose directions are the informations laid Wellaye general instructions from Major Greig, and under the Act of Parliament—l lay the information the .game as in any other case. The last information I laid was in Nov. 1859, butt was off that beat since. Sbme of the women remained 35 or 40 minutes. The glasses were wine glasses. There was no disorder in the house. The second case was proved by Inspectors O'Brien and H o ugh, who on the night of the 27th of November, said there were thirty prostitutes and forty men in the house. On a second visit, there were thirteen, and on a third visit at two o'clock, there were seventeen women there drinking wine; the women were mostly .the same as on the first visit. In reply to Mr. Cobb, Inspector O'Brien said there were general complaints, but afier the former indictments there were not so many com plaints, but now the place was becoming very bad again. Mr. Cobb then addressed the bench on behalf of defend ant, and contended that the acts of the women in the streets could not be laid to the defendant's charge. He argued at length on the case, an.' said these unfortunate girls should have refreshments as well, as anyone else. Mr. Wvbergh said, for the information of the magistrates who were not on the bench some eighteen months ago, he would mention ,that there was a charge brought against a man named Smith, who kept the rooms. There was a conviction, and there was an appeal to the judges. The decision of the judges was, that if prostitutes remained only as long in the house as they, were taking refreshments, and were not guilty of any impropriety or disorderly conduct, they had a right to remain as long as they were partaking of the refresh ment; but if for any other purpose it was not lawful. It would therefore be for the magistrates to say if the parties had remained longer than was necessary to partake of the refreshments, and if they had been guilty of any other offence, or if they met for any immoral purpose. The magistrates consulted for a few moments, and then said considering that there was no charge against the house for over twelve months, and as there was no disturbance on the present occasion, they would dismiss both informations. SUDDEN DEATHS. —Yesterday, a man named John Myres, 39 years of age, who lived in a court off Saltney, street, was at work on board a ship in one of the docks, when he fell down and died almost irnnudiataly. - =-- - John Hayes, who was a prisoner in the Borough Jail, died suddenly in that prison yesterday. THE - POST-OFFICE ROBBERY AT BIRKENHEAD.-- Henry Hinton, the youth found guilty at the Chester Assizes, on Monday, of committing a series of robberies upon the Post-office at Birkenhead, where he was em ployed as a clerk, has been sentenced by Mr. Justice Blackburn to five years' penal servitude. NEW PATENTS.—The following patents were granted for the week ending Dec. 11, 1560 :—John Clarke, of Heaton Norris, "An improved registering apparatus applicable to gauges for steam, water, vacuum,-heat, and similar purposes, and also an improved mode of weighting or balancing the ordinary index-finger of gauges."—William Weston, and Benjamin Price, of LOnden, "Improvements in ovens for baking."—Henry Cartwright, of Dean Broseley, "Improvements in me ans ot'apparatus in connection with steam engines, to faci litate the working of the same expansively."—J o h n Silvester, of West Bromwi3b, "A new or improved steam pressure and vacuum gauge."—Thomas Chadwick Yates, of Manchester, "The manufacture of adjustable spikes for attaching to shoes or other covering for the feet."—Daniel Augustus Leyshon, of Brierley-hill, "An improvement or improvements in coating certain forms or articles of iron, steel, or zinc." -- 7Communiceited ffr om the .British and Areign Patent o.lfirreB; 41 clay(whypre, THE LwEitPooL SOCIETY FOR THE IVELFARE - OF THE - BLIND. . t., u ,j_ • PROPOSED WORKSHOP FOR THEVNEMPLOYED _ BLIND IN LIVERPOOL. A meeting of those interested; in the establishment of ' a workshop for the unemployed blind of this town was held yesterday afternoon in Hope Hall. The want of such an institution has been long and severely felt. It • has been ascertained that'there are about 600 'of these afflicted people in Liverpool`, and for their, accommoda ' tion there is only one establiAliment—th e Blind School, which can at most only accommodate between 70 s and 80. Besides the Blind School is, from its,very tation, unable to properly supply the wants, of the - large number of , afflicted persons in this and in other towns. It floes not profess to find work for those who are with.- outits walls, and there are many who. after leaving the ' Blind School, sink. from a scarcity of work to a state of abject poyerty. "To supply such With the means of ' employment, and, at the same time, to enable them to earn something, however small, is the mission," s* • the promoters of the establishment, we have taken . upon ourselves." A society similar in its objects and working 'to the' one propesed is already established ~at i 7, Euston-road, London, under the title of the Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind. With respect to the funds necessary to establish the propOsed ,institution, it is anticipated that £l,OOO will be sufficient to fit up and stock a suitable.shop, an annual s ub s c r iption of Mai to keep np its efficiency. Of this sum £792 3s. has been already promised. At the meeting yesterday there was 'a very large atteridande, several blind persons being present. The Lord Bishop of Chester preSided, and amongst other gentlemen on the platform were R. A. Macfie,,Esq. ; the Mayor (S: R. Graves, Esq.); Adam Hodgson, Esq„ Harmood Banner, Esq., J. Duncan, Esq.. _Rev. W. Ealloon, Rev. Jos. I3ardsley, &c. The meeting having been opened with prayer, The CIaiRIVAN said he wished to say what a pleasure it was to' meet them on this occasion, and to see so large an attendance of kind friends. He knew very well that in Liverpool eVery appeal that was Made for Charitable objects was always freely and liberally answered, hut he knew also that it Was ,Ify n'tettts an easy thing to gather together a large meeting in the middle of the • day. •He was glad to find that this ease was an excep ' tion, and that there was a large meeting of friends; particularly that they were honoured witluthe attendance of the Mayor of Liverpool, who had so many calls upon his, time that they must feel themselves under the highest obligations to ,him for his kindness in coming to the meeting. (Hear, hear.) They had also entertained a hope of seeing another gentleman whose name would have Veen kindly welcomed here—Mr. Horsfall. Ilut he was sorry to sac' that that gentleman bad been pre vented from fulfilling hs promise, by receiving in telligence of the illness ol * a near relation. The chairman hoped that we should hear ilia his friend had been restored to health again; in the meantime, they had to regret his absence, and the chairman was quite sure /that though he was away, his his heart would be with them. He then referred to the special object of the society to be brought forward at the meeting. - Ile• saw fry the paper that the society which now met had been in operation for some time; • employed in rendering emilfort in every way to blind people at their own homes, particularly by giving theni such instruction as they were capable of receiving ; and he supposed the poor people were also encouraged to such work as they were capable of doing; and now to day they proposed to open a repository, where the articles might be sold on advantageous terms. Now,.as to the direct object of such a saleroom, it was west benevolent and charitable ; it spoke for itself, and required no recommendation from him. The only ques tion which could arise, and which did arise, to his mind, was this-Lwhether, directly Or indirectly, it would have any injurious effect on other institutions. He believed that it Wonld not. Could it interfere with those tradespeople in the feWn who have shops for sell ing the same kind of articles Yvhieli would be sold at the repository ? He asked that question when he was first spoken to on the subject; and he received a plain answer—that the repository would be conduCted not on the principle of underselling the shopkeeper, but. the articles would be charged at the same prices as id the shops where the articles were sold; so that the only way it could interfere would be by opening another shop for 'the sale•Of the articles ; and that, in a large town like ,Ltrerpool,., never can have any sen sible effect upon them. Now there was another point upon which •he was rather anxious, namely, whether. the establishment of this saleroom and deposi tory would in any way interfere with the operations .of the Blind Asylum in Liverpool. He was sure that he need not mention that institution without being - snit that every one of them were anxious that they should not affect injuriously the interests of that establishment, He did not know of any which had been more honour to Liverpool, or been m ore productive of bl ess i ngs t o - the people for whom it - had teen deSigned. The raCteristics of that institution were that it was a home Or place ',where fany person labouring under the affliction of blindness are tang,lit to read, and taught music ; and thus they will be in some measure compensated for the affliction under which they labour. After enlarging upon the objects and working of the Blind Asylum, the e rev. chairman proceeded to say that in this ease they were not going to lodge and teach scholars, so that he did not think there could be any collisfon - between.-the two. They were all well aware that there was a sala; room of the -Blind Asylum, 'to sell ai:tiele:s which' are worked there by those who are now inmates of. the asyluM, or by those who have formerly been: But they must be very sure that in a town like , Liverpool there was a very large class of blind persons who have never been in the asylum at all. And here was a very fair opening . for this society. They 'did not propose to interfere with the already established institution, but to take , up-the class for which it did not at all pro vide; and, therefore, he was very glad to hear that the . Blind Asylum people did not look upon it with any but friendly feelings and hope that this institution will prosper:` Were ,it otherwise, he : shonld:ibe some what backward to take upon himself any setting up,of an institution that was likely to jar with another institution. He did not • think much good was done' by continually institutions, • raising - new if they' are only employed to the detriment of other institutions. In this case, however, there would be only two shops instead of one, and surely Liverpool had customers enough for both. He hoped there were kind people who would make a point of coining to this sale-room, because they would get their money's worth, and because they would - be assisting the cause' of the` blind: He entered into this Most heartily, under the full impression that there could be no real jar between the two, and he hoped there would never be any jealousy or rivalry between the friends of the Blind Asylum and the friends of this institution. It was upon that ground that he had coin plied with the invitation to attend there, and he would be. happy to forward in any way he could the objects of the meeting. There were others present who 'could speak on the subject better than himself. He was very glad to see his friend Mr. Harmood Banner, who, being so well acquainted with the Blind Asylum, could give inforination as to the way in which it regarded the pro posed institution. He hoped that the friends of the one were the friends of the other. The one thinglie had at heart was to see the friends of both institutions working together kindly and conjointly. ile.conclud4l4s able address by calling upon the Rev. Mr. Harke to read the report of the proceedings for the last year. The Rev. Mr. Harke then read•the report, of which the following is an abstract ;L--- The committee of the Home Teaching Society for the Blind have great pleasure in again giving a report of the work -entrusted to them. • They rejoice that in these days of domestic missions the operations of their society are truly such to the solitary. dejected, and di , heartened blind of this large town. • The efforts of their teacher hove extended far beyond the original and first point—viz., that of learning them to read. This is kept steadily in view as the one great object, and good influences are constantly brought to bear • upon them on every side. With. ".the law of kindness in her tongue" slie.urg,es the keening of the Sabbath and the importance of cleanliness and order. at home: - . She resents children from the streets, encourages exertions for occupation, and lends most willing aid to obtain it. , . . In cases of sickness her efforts ar e unwearied,. and. in eVery sense she is the friend of her dark brothers and sisters. Blind herself, her heart fully synipathiscs in their sorrows, and longs to impart to them the only real gonsolation for their common affliction. During the past year 2,412 visits have been paid by this one teacher to the blind in their own dwellings, no small labour. scattered as they are between Princes'-park on the South, and Stanley Dock on the North. Since the society eommencqi 351 blind have thus been sought out and Offered the benefits of instruction. Some have declined the aid for various reasons, but 176 have accepted it; and it may be interesting to E tate that the persons thus taught vary in age from 5 to 75 years. TO many, b'oth amongst the aged and the young, the teacher's first visit is an eventof most happy and grateful,remembrance. To the young, the hope of being able to react for themselves is highly prized; while to the old, the restoration of so great a blessing is a boon which its previous lots has taught them very fully to appreciate. " Reading a chapter to a blind person," as has been well said, "is like giving a cup of cold water to a thirsty soul ; but enabling him to read the Bible for himself, is like leading him to a spring of water; from which he can slake his thirst, not once or twice a week, but every day ; and even in the sleepless hours of the night." • The elder pupils, receiving a visit only once in three months, continued to use with true thankfulness the good supply. of books liberally provided for them in the free libraries both: at the north and south end. of tile town. The issue of volumes during the past year amounted to 714. These are, of course, irrespective of the books supplied by our society. • Our subscribers and friends are by this time fully acquainted with the system of embossed type adopted by the society, but for the benefit of strangers it may be desirable to state that it is the one invented by 'Mr. Moon, of Brighton, himself blind, but who may be considered one of the greatest benefactors of his class, not only from his invention of a character so simple that it; can be learnt at any are, but from his persevering in dustry which, overcoming all obstacles, has enabled him to stereotype the whole Bible in English, besides portions of it in 26 other languagas. .His work is still going on ; his earnest desire is that ultimately the Bible shall be given to the blind as well as the seeing population of the whole world. Several other works besides the Scriptures are also printed by Mr. Moon : The Liturgy, Pilgrim's Progress, England, Collections of Poetry, Sze, ; and if funds were only at his disposal, he would still add •to what may at all events be considered a nucleus of a general literature for the blind. The kindness of the lady who provided the tea-Party at. Christmas was deeply felt by the partakers of her bounty, d a o r o . heartfelt thanks are returned by them, not only for tha_t warm History of of kind interest, byit alsl for the very acceptable zifts of r world clothing which many of them have received ; they omit ,their, earnest acl:novfledgments ei it of Fund which has been opened for their benefit , ' on'rec 1 forntliltelleclo thing Subscriptions will be thankfully received by their weekly pence. - ' r of the committee; by Mr. Rose, at the. Bible ljePosit°rv,. (where a selection of Mr„ Moon's books may be ) ' seen , may or be paid into the Commercial Bank of Liverpool. The names and addresses of any blind persons who are desi rous of being taught, may be sent to Mr. teacher Slater-street ; oeto the Fice Lending Librarieswhen ' , a . vcl.ll be sent any inembe to their homes. The. ccunmittee deem it desirable to make more than a passing , allusion to the propoied workshops for the blind. An appeal for which has been circulated under their sanction and approval during the past' • - poverty existing amongst been They have long the poor. blind, which they. how ever, are quite unable to provide for. At an early stage they nudepainfullv aware of the . distress and application, through William Brown, l'Sq., to the committee of the School for the Blind, craving employment for any of Ahem ,who could work. It Was with sincere regret your committee learned that it was not within their province to give the •relief r e qu ired. ._ . The committee were not discou raged, and determined to try the experiment of o pening a similarin institution road in Liverpool London, to that - no w working SO admiraoly , where the blind worker is e nabled to get the full market value for his labour, and also taught, if necessary, without charge, some useful and profitable e mployment. . 111 ' conclusion, the committee -again commend the Home Teaching Society, and the proposed' Liverpool Society for the Welfare of the Blind, to.the attention of the benevolent public, 1 feeling confident that the pressing claims of the blind require only to be known in order to produce a liberal response. , His Worship the MAYOR rose to move the first reso lution, and was received with great applause. He said he had been requested to move the adoption of . the reort te had just heard read. And lie might state to thepm that lie lie did not accede to that request without con siderableihh ae, ,ebdifficulties orne hesitation, t.hell,bh uiojir d eb f n o e r saent l idiettschooeuplehdnenianotgt. opening, that e 1p hay been accorded t he p rivile g e of to feelingth o those N t r il li a o t wher e a benevolent instit ution has stru gg l ed th rou g h the day should, ing its success, not to those who, at the last momen t " publicly announc ; like himself,• had been called in• to shire in the success in the-proceedings of that day. He had done nothing whatever to promote , the success of the institution, for he was ashamed to confess to them that until the last two weeks the existence of the society was quite un known to him, and, when brought under his notice, the same objection which the Lord Bishop had alluded to. suggested itself to him—namely, that this was an institutron starting up to share the support which the parent institution in this town had so justly merited for so long a period of time. He also felt that there was no field for two such institutions to labour in the same cause. • But when he' was assured that so far from rivalry, the objects of this institution were those which the parent institution were unable to undertake, and that, so far from there being no field to labour in, we had 600 of our, fellow-beings in this town who are afflicted with the loss of sight to labour for, he felt that this was an institution entitled not only to his warmest sympathy, but to his most earnest support. He was sure he need only appeal to the details related in that most interesting report which it had just been his lot to listen to for evidence of the claims of the institution • to 'support. Nothing could be more satisfactory than its past working, 'or more encouraging as regards its prospects for the future, and he ventured to say that the promoters of the institution nev er cou l d have hoped that in three years they would have b een ena b led to produce such a report a's that they had listened to. Reviewing the career of the society, it appeared to have been limited far some years, and to have pursued its course of usefulness almost unknown and unheard-of except amongst its aim immediate' supporters. Gaining. confidence from success, it was emboldened to use the means placed within its disposal, and from year to year it had been extended until it now stood before them and before the public as a• most valuable and important institution ; and lie would express the hope that an institution which endeavoured to exhaust a field so full of practical philanthropy would meet with that support which had never been refused in this town to dese rv i nfr objects, in' order . that it may more effectually fulfil its mission. We had in this town many i n .. stitntiois for the relief of that distress of which so many instances were found in the streets, in the courts, and in the lanes, But if for a moment they considered the 'unutterable hopelessness, the 'entire inability for self support, and the dependence upon friends which such distress involved, when accompanied by a loss of sight, we must feel that the appeal came in a shape which was resistless ; and when made, as it was that day, for the greatest accumulation of distress to which suffering humanity was liable, hard indeed must be the heart of the person who, possessing the means, refused to respond to the appeal. (Applause.) Allusion had been made to the workshop, Or repository, which it was contemplated to open ; and he was aware that there were persons present who could bring this subject more prominently before them than himself, he would not, therefore, refer to it, except to state his conviction that he regarded it as one of the most important and vital parts connected with the working of the society, He had no doubt whatever that it only required to be known to enable the committee to carry it out imme diately. It only remained for him to move the adoption of the report which-had been read, and that it be printed and circulated. In asking their approval of those names be thought he might cordially congratulate the society on ha.ving such a list on their committee for the guidance of the society during the ensuing year, and he thought further that he might congratulate the 600 blind persons on the efforts being made on their behalf. In conclusion, he would congratulate those ladies who had undertakers such a labour of love for the coming season. (Applause.) The - Venerable Archdeacon JONES seconded the reso lution. After alluding to the disadvantages of multiply ing societies of an exactly similar character, he said it appeared to him that, independent of the existence of a blind institution, there was still a wide field that that honourable institution couid not occupy. Its object was of a home character, whereas the one for which .they had met that afternoon to promote was out of doors, and nothing whatever bad yet taken place in the old institution, which could possibly be interfered with by the operations of the proposed institution. The objects of the society was, indeed, one that recommended itself to every heart and to every bosom. Blindness itself 'was such a trial that no one could properly estimate it who had not experienced the want of sight himself, even where it pleased the Almighty Providence -to bestow all that was needful for this life; even where there' was an abundance of this world's pleasures and comforts, blindness was a very severe trial. The reverend gentleman afterwards spoke of the benefits that the blind themselves would derive from the existence of such an institution as the pro posed. 'Many poor blind in Liverpool who had learnt a trade made mats or baskets, but in some' cases the wife of the man had to go about the town for upwards of half a day before they sold one mat or basket, and then the profit out of that was, perhaps, twopence. This, no doubt, caused frequent disappointment among those poor blind men ; but, instead of that very deplorable state of things, for the future they would be 'encouraged in their labours by the establishment of, a workalsep, where they could . sell their articles, and receive a fair equivalent. They would then feel that they could do something to benefit themselves, something to benefit their families, and something to benefit society. Here, then, came in the use of this new institution. It would be an advantage to those who had learnt a trade; while those who had not learnt a trade could be taught one, and could get work out to do at home, or at the place, because he 'loped the avoikshops would he suffi ciently large to accommodate . men who were desirous of being taught a, trade,, the resolution was-put and car t ried.. l If tm Mr. G. Duu - cart propoaad the second resolution, which was as follows :—" That this meeting, having regard, to the distress e'xisting' amongst_ ,the blind of Liverpool 'and this neighboilrhood, cordially" approve and earnestly recommend the establishment of an insti tution, to• be called ' The' Liverpeol S - ticiety for the Welfare of the Blind,' haying, for its object to find employment for those who can work, and also to miti gate' the disadiantages of their sad affliction ; to be carried Out, so far as practicable, on the plan of the society existing . at Euston-read, London." In doing so he said it was proposed, in addition' to the workshop, to purchase materials for use in the trades of the blind, and to 'supply them at the lowest possibig prides. The resolution, was Seconded' by, Mr. Adam Hodson, and afterwards put and carried. --- A collection was then made towards the funds of the society. Mr. HARMOOD BANNER "then briefly addressed the meeting, and expressed a hope that the two institutions would act as auxiliary to each other, and not as rivals. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Mr. Hewett, M.P., expressing his approbation of the institution, and also another from Mr. John Cropper._ _ Mr. *STEA.INS; in mooing the third resol tion, said the business of the• Corporation was divided into com mittees ; and he, as a member of the Library Committee, might give them a short account of what the Corpora tion had done for the welfare of the blind.. They had from time to time voted grants for 160 volumes of em bossed hooks, for the use of which they bad forty-eight regular borrowers and readers. During the last year 896 volumes had been circulated among the forty-eight borrowers. The speaker concluded by moving that, for promoting the objects of the institution, a committee be formed, and that the following appointments be made. and are hereby confirmed :—Fatron : The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. Trustees : T. B. Horsfall, Esq., .M.P. ; the Mayor of Liverpool, S. R. Graves; Esq. Gentlemen's Committee : W. 11. Jones, Revs. Joseph Bardsley, P. N. Harke, C.NY:Newmann ; J. K. Rounthwaite, G. Duncan, and W. Chambers. R. A. Macfie, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was put-and- carried. • The CHAIRMAN then announced that £4O had been produeect by: the collection whieb had just heel made, He had been desired to mention another circumstance. It was understood that; to carry out this new organi sation—of having a depository, and workshop,—there would be something like £l,OOO required to give the ex periment a fair chance, and towards it there had already been £BOO contributed—(applause)—so that there only remained 'a very small sum to be collected, and he hoped that the philanthropists of Liverpool would be, early in their application to fill up the deficiency. Another cir cumstance he might mention, also, was that out of the £BOO, £3B liad : been , collected' by the efforts- of the blind themselves. A' vote of thanks to the chairman was proposed by the Rev. Mr.' Burton; after which a short prayer was offered up, and the meeting separated. A tea party was afterwards held in the schoolroom under the hall. • PASTOR CIIINIQUY'S PARTING ADDRESS.—A very largea audience assembled l ast n i ght, i n the Concert hi Lord Nelson-street, to hear the. parting address of PastOr Chiniquy, previous to his departure for America. The Rev. Canon M'Neile presided ; and a large numr ber of clergymen and gentlemen were present on .th, It was an nounced that the total amount platform. received from Liverpool w as £ B4 3s. 7d., of w hi c h £5 O had been dispatched. to London. The rev. chairman, in open ing the proceedin gs , sa i d they were assembled to hear from the Pastor Chiniquy the history of a reformation of which he had not been merely a spectator, but concern inc, which he might with truth say , maxima pars, nay, pars m axima fait—th at he was the niip spring of the w h o l e movement himself ; and when spTiking of it he would tell what he felt and saw, adding with the Apostle, wir e t not I, but the grace of God that worketh in He (the chairman) could say for himself, and felt he could say fo r th em also, that they stretched out the right hand of fellowship to Pastor Chiniquy. (Ap= manse.) They welcomed him as an American, as a Christian, and as a Protestant. First, as an Ameri can; we rejoiced in every occurrence, great or small, which tends to strengthen the bonds of union be tween ourselves and our transatlantic brethren. We hope that no question of .tariff, no question of terri tory, no question of slavery, no temper, no misunder standing amongst o ur statesmen, nor anything else shall ever relax the brotherly embrace which now binds David and Jonathan together. (Applause.) In these times of excitement, in the. face of autocrats and des pots, and the willinn• instruinents of tyranny on the.Con anent, in the midst of preparations for war in the midst of struggles such as thi s fallen world has never witnessed before, there must be no. difference between. England and America. On the contrary, the 'Anglo-Saxon bro thers stood shoulder to shoulder, and would maintain the acknow Indian ledged dom inion of the Atlantic, the PaCific, and sThe rev.'cliairmanthen referred to the safety which all who were persecuted found in Great Britain and hor colonies ; after which he spoke of the late visit of the o Prince of W a l es t o America, which, he said, was as plitic us design as it proved gratifying. in result. Secondly., they would. welcom e Pastor Chiniquy as a Christian; and thirdly, as a Protestant. They cordially ,rejoiced at the noble determination he had come to, and succeeded in bringing so many hundreds—be might say thousands to join him right to read the Bibl in renoiincing the traditions of men as a part of the rule f of faith, and in asserting his khees the 'teaching .of u Di ine . e or himsinterelf, s welcome reter eking upon w, in bis v. Nci this threefold aspect, - they would welcome Pastor Chiniquy. Pastor Chiniquy then delivered a lengthy and able address on th e d etails of the conversion- of the French Canadians, relating, also, the persecutions he had suffered in consequ ence of his conversion. After his remarks were concluded several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the proceedings terminated with 'a vote of thanks to the chair rn lior.LOWtY's Y mall. t r in the summer lithe is often productive of unnle s le uences to months The liver, the stomach, and b a.unt . conseu s are more or less seriously affected, so th, :zr e ls, such of cr :R e giand are, u at certain seasons, liabla to some of natives which range in warm elimat . es. , I.)eople cannot have a more powerful curative than Holloway s justly celebrated Pals. They cool an d purify tho blood, and render the system less liable to any sort of irregularity ; or, when disease .. , they abate its force, and at last totally destroy it. is presen L r% vsentery, billiousnessy acidity of stomach, sick headache,.and debility soon disappear before wcourse of. the achnireble.P/lia._ - : I • • WATER.RATES ON COTTAGE PROPERTY. -, Yesterday, at the Police Court, before T. Chilton, Esq.,. and C. J. Corbelly, Esq., Mr. Henry Rook and a large number of owners and tenants of cottage property were summoned for non-payment of water rates. Mr. M'Gowen appeared in support of the summons against Mr. Rook, and stated. that the case had been twice before'the bench already;and had been adjourned for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of Mrs. Phillips, who had been tenant of the house in question at the time the rate was laid. The question was, what • was the annual value of the house. Mr. Rook had on oath stated it to be one sum, and the collectors were informed it was more. Mr. M'Gowen, who had now secured the attendance of Mrs. Phillips before the court, would call her. Mr. Rook objected to the case being proceeded with. He held in his hands a newspaper report of the Council proceedings yesterday, by which it appeared that Mr. Jeffery said Mr. M'Gowen was summoning parties without any authority; and he wished to know, there fore, by what right he was brought there. Mr. Chilton : We are not the Water Committee, and cannot inquire into the matter. You are here on sum mons, and we must adjudicate. Mr. M'Gowen stated he was quite willing to hive the question discussed. It was a very unpopular duty, he knew, to make people pay rates, but that would not deter him from doing what was right. The remarks to which Mr. Rook alluded were not intended to convey any such impression as he supposed. Gentlemen in the course of argument illustrated .their views in a variety of ways, and the observations referred to by Mr. Rook were much in that spirit, not in the way of censure or unkindness. The collector, Mr. Morris, would state that no summons for water rate was ever issued against a rate-payer without explicit instructions from the Water Committee, and all those heard before the court on this and former occasions were so ordered. Mr. Morris, collector, stated that such was the fact, and the summonses havinc , been ordered he was bound to proce e d. W ithout t h em he would never have got paid. Mr. Chilton—We have simply to deal with the sum monses before us. The cease was then procee ded with, and it appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Phillips that she had origi nally paid ss. 6d. per week rent for the house, of which 6d. was to cover taxes. That about April, 1859, Mr. Rook made an alteration by which she paid him only 4s. 6d. per week for rent and 6d. for taxes, making ss. ; but she collected his rents for him from neighbouring property, and he allowed her 6d. a week for so doing. To the end of her tenancy the rent book contained an entry of ss. 6d. per week, and the way it was discharged was 6d. allowed her for rent-collecting, 6d. for taxes, and 4s. 6d. for balance. On this evidence Mr. M'Gowen contended that the value of the house would be ss. 6d. per week, less what the landlord, Mr. Rook, paid for taxes. Mr. Rook contended that he ought only to• pay on, a rental of 4s. 6d. per week that he was entitled to de duct from the gross rent whatever he paid; that in this case he did not in fact receive ss. 6d. per week, but only -55., from which 6d. must be deducted for taxes; andi that the other 6d. he had allowed Mrs. Phillips on ac-. count of some inconvenience she suffered from noisy neighbours and to keep her as his tenant. Mr. Chilton : Suppose you allowed her to live in the house rent-free. are the corporation not to be paid for the water ? You really got ss. 6d. from the house,. Her services, as stated in evidence, were considered by you as worth 6d. per week, which sum you allowed her to retain out of her rent. If the corporation object to• allowing you to compound for this property because, it is above £lO per annum, they are entitled to do so, and to call on the tenant to pay. Then the value of the house is that contended for by the corporation, namely, the yearly rent produced by ss. 6d. per week,:less what you may have to pay for local rates and taxes, under your agreement with the tenant to pay such taxes. - Mr. Rook stated that he was dissatisfied with the decision, and his present intention was to appeal. A number of other cases were heard, but they pre sented no feature of interest to any but the parties concerned. sP•orting luttltigtact. MANCHESTER STEEPLE _ RACES.—Tuffs: A Handicap Hurdle Race pf About tw, Age. st. lb. Romeo - rt... 11 0 Pactolus Irish Emigrant .... - St. Mark , a... 10 7 I Topsy a...10 4 I Heads or Tails 1...10 2 1 Greenwich Fair Yorkshire Miss Dr. Leete The Trial 'Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added, for all ages, One mile, on the flat. . Age. st. lb. 1 Age. et. lb. Romeo a 8 101 Peeping Tom 5...7 , 0 Greenwich Fair......... 6...8 8 1 Woodmite Bourgeois ............... a... 8 71 Fby Teddington—dam Cumberland ............ a... 7 12 1 by Sir Tatton Sykes 4...7 0 Spiteful Dick............ a... 7 12 1 Duplicity Annan ..... - .............. 4...7 10 1 Pliny Polly Peachum 6...7 81C by Longbow, out of Irish Emigrant 5...7 8 1 Lady Jersey Yorkshire Miss 5...7 61F by Loup-garou, out Gby Melbourne, out i of Yafa 3...5 13 of Jessica 6...7 6jC by Rataplan, out of - - Creeper Sheffleld, ,:, Dove 5...7 2 1 Lady Egerton - • 3...5 7 Tousle - _ The City Steeple Chase (handicap) of 5 sovs. each, with 501 added. About three miles and a half. Age. st. lb. Age. st. lb. I Old Ben Roe Tumbler Emperor Tnc Dane 5...10 101 Samba Irish Emigrant St. Mark Curate Heicls or Tails a...10 2 I Dove Ingomar .... ..... -... a ~10 0 1 Oliver Twist 5... 9 " 2 Topsy a .10 0 $ Wynnstay a... 8 7 Hospitality Lithe Wonder a... 9 91 Grace Darling 5. 8 7 Cheery Chap SASE, FLAT, AND HURDLE. )AY, JANUARY 1. 5 sous. each, with 25 added. 'o miles. Age. st. lb.. Spiteful Dick G by Melbourne, out of Jessica Cheery Chap 6... 9 & Mavourneen 5... 9 4 Peeping Tom - 4 Hawthorn ......... 5... 9 2 Grace Darling 5... S 7 HUNTING FIXTURES. The WYNNSTAY PACK will meet on Monday, December 17, at Broughton Hall Tuesday, December 18, at Penley Ran Friday, December 21, at Rednal Station. Saturday, December 22, at Styche Each day at half-past ten. Master, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker., The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on Saturday, December 15, at Delamere Monday, December 17, at Crewe Tuesday, December 18, at Sandiway Head Thursday, December 20, at Tabley Friday, December 21, at Peover Monday, December 24, at Wrenbury Station Wednesday, December 26, at Warmingham Mill Thursday, December 27, at Vale Royal Saturday, December 29. at Twemlow Hall Monday, December 31, at Three Greyhounds, Rudht ath. Wednesday, January 2, at Duddon Heath 'Thursday, January 3, at Appleton Hall. Saturday, January 5, at Oulton Park Each day at half-past ten. Mr. B. Nightingale has been elected Judge of the South Lancashire Coursing Meeting, to be held at Southport on the 9th of January and following days. IMPROVEILEAT 111 GENTLEMEN'S HATS. 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CONSUMPTION, COUGH, ASTHMA, AND BRONCHITIS CURABLE. —" I believe that the preparation of Balsam of Horehound and Aniseed (as prepared by Mr. Martin, of 22, Copperas hill, Liverpool,) will prove of more value, in cases of bron chitis and incipient consumption, than any other remedy extant. It relieves the most irritating cough in a few minutes; and, although it contains no preparation of opium, it induces sound and rifreshiny sleep, soothes the nervous system, and restores the healthy action of the lungs." Recommended above all other medicines by Sir Alexander Tralles—see Thomson's Materia Medico, page 175, vol. 2. The following is from Dr. Brett, the eminent chemist,:—" I consider the balsam of hore hound and aniseed, as prepared by Mr. Martin, an elegant and efficient cough remedy, and I fully agree with Sir Alexan der Tralles and Dr. Anthony Todd Thomson, that, in conjune tion with cod liver oil, it is an admirable remedy for con sumption and delicate constitutions."—R. H. Brett, Ph. Dr., M.R.C.S., late Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurispru dence, Liverpool Royal Infirmary. The balsam of horehound and aniseed is prepared only by T. Martin, chemist, 22, Cop peras-hill, Liverpool; but, owing to its great and increasing sale, agents have been appointed in all principal towns an cities. It can be procured wholesale from Raimes and Ce.. Edinburgh and York, from Sutton and Co., London, West macott, Manchester, and wholesale and retail from the manu facturer, as above. Price, Is. 4d., 2s. Pd., and 4s. 6d. each. The lozenges in box at ls. lid.• or free by post for Is. 6d. 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