Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--YZSTEB.DAY. LIVERPOOL BEFORE MR. DIA.NSFIELD. SERIOIIS ABSAIILT.—Anne Murray, the wife of a sailor, was elarged with having vielen , ly assaulted a Mrs. Anne Cooper, by striking her a violent blow on the head with a tin-can. The p i riies resided in the same house, in Bevington-place. The comp' inant's husband is a pensioner, and Thursday being a festival day amongst the pensioners. they all got beery," and, when under the " info nce" of the aforesaid beer, a row was created, when the assault was committed, the wound being of rather a serious description. The prisoner was remanded for a week. AN AFFECTIONATE MOTEIER.—A woman, named Sarah Neville, who resides in Clement-street, was charged with having beaten her child most brutally. Ihe prisoner was drunk, and whilst in that state she b=at the child most unmercifully, for which she was sent to gaol for a month. Atonic DRlNK.—Margaret Moss, the wife of a beer house keener, in Slate-street, was charged with annoying him, and' for being drunk and disorderly. Mr. Dodd appeared for complainant, and de'ailed a sad history of the prisoner's proceedings for the last five years, which arose from her incorrigible drunken habits. He was obliged to lock her up for being drunk and disorderly. She was fined Ss, and his worship advised her husband to allow her something weekly, and if she annoyed him then, he would inflict a heavy penalty on her. ►SHOT ROBBERY.—John Sullivan, and Margaret Cross, were brought up by officer Lees, charged on suspicion of being concerned in a rohbrry that took place on T:tessday night, in the shop of Mr. Brown, watchmaker, Renshaw street. Mr. Block was for the prisoner Sullivan. It appeared that about nice o'clock on Tuesday evening, some one entered the shop, and stole a gold and silver watch and chain. A sort of Mr. Brown's proved that he saw the mate prisoner leaving the :=hop, and on 10-iking inside, dis covered that the watches were gone. The value of the watches was £lB. Tne male prisoner was sent for trial, and the girl was discharged, as the evidence was not sufficient to c invict her THE FINE ARTS.—.lfargaret Fisher, was charged by Mary Tinzirti, a broker, living in Mann-street. The prisoner was in the habit of calling at complainant's shop, and fur several months' past, the latter missed a great variety of articles, such as pots, pans, kettles, tea thing, and the like, and the last things the took were two pictures—the death of " Toro Moody," and another "work of art" in the shape of a likeness of a mother and her sin. A large glantity of article•s belong ing to complainant were found in the prisoner's place. Mr. Cobb was for the prisoner, and cross-examined the prosecutrix at great length, and contended that his client had purchased the goods. The prisoner was discharged. A BILLIARD " PLAYER "—A young man, named W. H. James, was remanded on a charge of having stolen some billiard balls from several billiardroorns in town, Manchester, and Burr. The prisoner was dressed as one of the confraternity known as " fast young men." In re 'sat ERW4OD.—Ia this case, the details of which have appeared in oar paper on two or three occasions, Mr. M'Donnell. barrister, appeared for the prisoner, and asked for a postponement, on the ground of the absence of a material witness. After some discussion, it was agreed to adjourn the further hearing of the case to Monday. The goods seized by the police, in th s meantime, to be given up to Messrs. Isherwood and Clegg. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY C OURT.-Yz STERDAY. BEFORE MR COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. In re M. NEV[LLE.—TIIC batikrupt, a brassfounder, of Liverpool, came up on his last examination, which -, , ^s adjourned, in order that a supplemental ballnec-sheet may be filed. hi re EDWARD WiLLTAms.—The bankrupt was a plumber and glazier, of Cne , ter. Yesterday was iixel for his last examination, hit as he did not surrender, the usual procla mation of outliiwry was made against him. "You're a loafe--a man without a calling," said a judge to a person arrested as a vagrant. " I big your pardon, your honour, I have a vocation." "What is it ?" "I smoke glass for eclipsed; but just now it is our dull season." RoMANTIC RAILWAY SPECULATION.—The beille du Nord, of St. Petersburg, discusses the advantages of a communicatoe round the w rid by a railway crossing Siberia, in the direction of Irkntz, and which, in the opinion of that journal, will be constructed sooner or later. It points out the utility of such a commercial communica tion, which would unite to Europe, by the Russian rail ways, the commerce of Central Asia, China. and Japan. The Euphrates line and that of Su-z are, says this journal, only usefel to England ; sod the Panama route does not offer the advantages to be expected from a railway in Siberia, which woad] be is the pew n - of It nssia. It alga that no want of security nerd be feared in Russia, as may be the case or: the Euphratce and Seez lines. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A COALPIT.-071 Wednesday last, an accident, attended with fatal consequences, occurred at the Wootlside Colliery, in Chaddeat en the property ot Messrs. Booth, Marland, and Co. A collier named Win. D'nty, twenty-three years of age, was at work at the bottom of the pit, about eight o'cleck ie the morning. He was conducting a wagger: of coal down an incline to Ire slier, but as he bad neglected to put a break on, it obtained art impetus he was unable to resist, and he was driven beftoe the waggon and crushed a4airst the wall. His cries brought another collier, named James Butter worth, to his assistance, and he was taken home and attended by Mr. liershavv, surgeon, of i s to:, ton, but h e lingered on in great suffering from ioteraal inj tries, and died abut eight o'clock. p.m. SUDDEN DEATH UNDER SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES Twa m, n, oeimed John Johnson and Jacob Massey, were employed in mowing a field belenging to qr. Hulbert, Crot's Bank, near Sire ford, on Tuesd:y I is', end, about a quarter before two o'clock, whilst hey were sitting on the ground, under the eh te t e of a re ee, having jest had dinner, Johuson said to M -Fey, " What's up with tour nose ?'' Massey replied, " N thing." J, hnson then said, "IV's terribly red on ore side," and, wild out anything more paseiog, Jelinson fell back upon the ground ; there was a rattling noise from his throat, he sighed heavily, and expired in about four minutes. It is probable that his remark about Mas ey's nose was the resort of an epf cal illusion, resulting from the fatal attack. The inqu'st was held en Thursday, and a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God," was re u reed. PIi,VIDRNT CLEaKs' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE Asso- CIATION. — An extraordinary oeneral meeting of !hie associ ation has been held; Mr. R. H. Jones in the chair, for the purpose of adopting several a iteratiens in the roles. A very long discussion took place, but ultirnetely the rules :es proposed by the directors were accepted. The chit alteration was one which en 'bled the ansotiation to eff-ct all such assurances on lives, survivorship, contin gence, arid events dep. ndent on or connected with life, o' otherwise, as may be by law made or rff cte ,- !. By the old rule, this association was not able to accept much valuable business that was offered. The (istussion,, although long and somewhat ternous, was satisfacto-y, as evincnig the strong interest felt in the operation of the essoe ation—a state of fee'ing which is oee of the best guarantees of succes ' . We are glad to lea n that a scheme on foot for organ izing an annul exhibition of works of British Art in New York. The proposith , n promises well, considering the rapidly iecreasing demand for works of art in Amerint, arid that a national scAol ot painting hes yet to bi founded amongst our trensalentic Hende Mr. Augustus R 'toe, the original projector, it is stated, has -Ore oly left Lender for the purpese, at:d it is proposed to open the first (Xhibi ;,)n in itciober next. Every one who feels en interest in art and artists must cerdially app-ore the under taking, wive!), in every point of view, appears to be a most happy idea. Mr. W. NI. It :site ti is the seCte•ary, o whom apolicatiens are invited to be made, and Mr. Frederick Aladex gyro an has cons rated to accompany the picture= to America. A gu rantce filed of pr. bah!) , not less that £50,000 is announced, tee exhiblotig artists to be reliev.d from 41 expenses of t.r.in , port ; hat a moderate per centage is tobe eha god Up - in the sale ptice of any worke that e dispo a o r „„, ot tee .-xhibitior.—[iVe almost thought the .Is4ewY rkerl h a d enough the Crystal Palace Specula n i on n •he r Ont.] FATAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN Fonutees.—l n Ittame, ant , pathy h. eween the aed French sol - iery has recrrly prod aced severet strgoinary frays, and it e ns requ i te d a doe admix u'-• of [(m i [(mi nty and ndeigence on the art of the French geneeo en .1 the Roman military eu•heaoi„ to patch iv a r, con ciliation between the enraged belligerents. The h ame of true affair is attributed to s-ens s idlers of the 25th Frenchßegitutm', recently renamed from the Crimea, weo abesed the Romans es well es th e ir owe cooirades for b i g 1. s ei _ Bats du Pape." The Roman Cha ears were f ete , c i, l i v indigean , at beholding the F enchm !ti w befors the ; barracks wino hits of roaccareni ire th •ir rilo:iths, y pretended to smoke like pies, an 'affront which the Chas insure would have aveoged at 'once if their major hart nor been on th e *net snit 'restreieed them. Th.' ma j or c plaitred to the French general, and assured him that a maseonewould have !-'kith place if he had net uteri t uno he ost his authority over his own men. The Piazze chola Chie-a nova has been th e pr i nc i pi l arena f or the c:mi batants hitherto, one or two of whom have been killed, and several severely wounded, in their various skirmishes ; and the inhabitants of the Regale, principally fellmorgers, with am: zingly long knives. showed a decided disposition to take part in the fray,—,Letter from Rome. PUBLICAN AND BEMHOUSS CASES. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1857. DIMON& NISIIRS. STITT AND CROSTEIWAITZ. PERMITTING DRUNILBNNRSS.—EIizabeth Bleasdale, the keeper ef a public-house at the corner of Russell -street, Copperas-hill, was charged by police-constable 554, with permitting drunkenness in her house on Monday last. The police-constable proved that about twenty minutes past eight o'clock, on the evening in ques ion, he was called from his beat, in Hothem-street, by police-constable 371, and from what he stated he went to the defendants house, in which he found six men, five of whom were very drunk ; the other man was sober. By Mr. Grocott: He bad been interned that the men had been fighting. He did not think that it was his du•y to go to houses and caution *he people not to sell persons who were drunk liqnor. Police-constable 371, corroborated the statement of the officer. Mre Grocott then addressed the bench, and urged that the defendant and her husband had kept the house for upwards ef ten years, and there had never been a com p'eint made against thorn, and contended that the town would be much benefited if the constables would pay more a tention to the disturbances in the street, than to going inn) houses and trying to get up cases ; instead of eal-ioning euhlicees not to sell them beer. He called Tlaemas Strongfellow, who stated he was in the house when the five men came in. They called for a quart of ale, but were cot drunk, although they were a little in drink. The men were very quiet, and left directly when they were told. The pelicemau called the men who w: re there " prigs," but they were not. A man named Sleeg, as printer, was there, and said all the parties were printers—that one of them had been confined on the previous night for being disor derly, and was discharged. He denied that the parties were drank. 'ldle barman of the house was also called, and he stated that when the men came in he did not see that they were very drunk, and he told the constable so at the ' time. A young lady, the sister of the landlady, said that she saw the men, and certainly could not perceive that they had had much drink. There were many other witnesses ready to give similar evidence, but as thee never had been a former cemp'ainr, the case was dismissed. Thomas Carroll, of Lower Milk-street, was summoned for permitting persons in his house on the Sunday morning, at half-past ten o'clock. Police-constable 584, proved the case. The house had been burnt down, and only opened on the previous night, and the defendant admitted that he had given two men a glass of whiskey each. Case dismissed. BEER-Horn KEFECREI. Phillip O'D ,nnell, of Circus-street, was charged with Sunday trading; and having several persons in his house at the time the officer visited it. Mr. Goodere appeared for the defendant, and in his behalf urged that the persons in tha house were lodgers. The house had been three times previous'y canvcited on the information of the same officers. Fined 20s and costs Elien Boardman, Netherfield-road, North, was sum moned f,r s,7ling beer during the prescribed hours. Con stable 175, spoke to seeing the ale taken from the house by a man on the Sunday moming. The man who had the ale in his hand in the street was called, and be denied that he had taken the ale from the defeniant,'s house. The clFe. was dismissed. Robart Yenng, Bi►kett-street, for permitting drunkenness and singing in tha house. Constable 520, prayed the case, but the second conFtab!e was not present, and the case was dismissed. Daniel Flynn, of Clyde-street, was summoned for refusing to admit Inspector Chew on the Sunday morning. The offence was clearly proved, and the defendant was fined 53 and cows. Thomas Jones, of Mann-street, was fined for trading after the prescribed hours. The house had been twice previously fined. Fined 5s and costs.' Sarah Meakin, of Marybone, was summoned for having an internal commulication betweea 11 , .r baer•house and the orovifion shop. Fined is and costs. Thomas Williamson, of Heath-street, Park, for trading on the Sunday morning. Fined h and costs. Joseph Price, Prince Elwin-street, for the 3311 V offs ico was fined 5s and cos',s.. John Black, of Mann-street, was alsl summoned for trading on the Sunday dqrirg the prescribei hours. Fined 5s and costs. William M‘Millan, of Back Knizht-street, was sum moned for a similar offence. Dismissed with a caution. Some other cases of a7similiar description were heard and disposed of. SlnclucG Estiticas OF INTEMPERANC . —The body of a man, named John Ingolds, was discovered about eight o'clock on Saturday morning, lying with the face down wards in a clayhole in Belfield-street, Glasgow, in which there was water to the cepth of about eighteen inches. Dee-aced had been drinking freely on the preceding night, and it would appear that while suffering under a delirium he had risen in the night and placed himself in the position in which the bedv had been found. He has left a wife and six children, who were dependant on him for support.—North British Hail. RYNOVAL OF THE CONVENTUAL ESTABLISIIIIINT AT WINCHESTER.—.I. special train, which left at an early hour (tour o'clock) last Tuesday morning, conveyed from Win chester the religious community of English nuns of the order of St. Benedict, who have occupied for more than silty years past the premises in St. Peter-street, lately known as " The Convent," but in former times bv the name of " The Bishop's House." During the sixty-four years of their residPnce in Winchester, the above religious body have buried four Abbesses who governed in succes sion, and the lady who now rules over them was elected in 1851. She was solemnly blessed and installed by his Eminence, Cardinal Wiseman, on the 15th of Auguet in the same year, and is the sixteenth Abbess of their monastery, reckoning (rim the time of its foundation, in the year 1599. The community have gone to a more commodious establishment at East Berghold, in Suffolk.— Hampshire Chronicle. DIsTE.SriSING BOAT ACCIDENT.—A very distressing accident occurred on the river Avon, on Sunday marning, by which a very flee young man, 13 years of age, named Albert Keel, met with his death. It appears that the dtceesed, who was the son of a gentleman residing at Yo) place, Withwic'n-hill, in that city, had gone up the rive, in a skiff to bathe, and was returning home when he came into collision with another boat. The skiff was upset, and the dccfinsol was precipitated into the water heed faremost, and nevar rose again. As,istance was speedily obtained, and the body recovered" in about fivs minutes ; but . , notwithstanding the short time that it had been in the water, and that medical asistanca was at hand as soon as he was pulled out, there was not the slightest signs of anirwrian, :lad all atterapai at resuscitation proved un availinea It is supposed that the deceased was stunned upon coming to the bottom of the tiver, as he was con sidered a good swimmer. THE TWEED FISHERIES' BILL.—The decision came to by the parliamentary committee on the Tweed Fisheries' Bill irilic.:tes the probable general law that will be enacted in Eegl ind and Scotland, to prevent the fearful destric ;ion of the breed of salmon, which has been alloyed to go for so many years. The resolutions of the committee are : —I. That the preamble of the cimmlssionen' hill is proven of course, involves the finding that the pre imble of the oppasiug or Berwick bill is not proven. 2. That the fishing seasoa for both net and rod shall commence on the Ist of March—the present day being en the 15th of February. 3. That the fishing season for nets shall else on the 14th of September—the present day being the 15 hof October. 4. That the fishing season for rods shall close on the 14th October—the present day being the 7th of November, but the committee thus adding a week to the ore cone " three weeks' grace" granted to rod fishing. 5. That the weekly close time shall extend from six on Satan. day evening to six on Monday morning throughout the season —the present hours being only till two on Monday morning up till the Ist of June. 6. That fixed nets shall he abolished, and the use of leisters prohibited. 7. That the possession of foul fish be made illegal. 8. That the working of the weir-shot nets be regulated. OCH DALE ELECTION PETITION, —A RACE AFTER A WirNEss.—We mentioned that the liberals had missed a witness named anninic 0 1 11 ara, who should have gone to indon by an early train oa Ttu'sday. In the middle of the day they got a scent of him ; they found he was at the Boar's 'lead, along wi'h three other men, who were taking especial care of him. In the afternoon, they got, a cab and stared in a great hurry for Manchester. Tne liberals accidentally got information, and two men followed in a gi They overtook O'Hara and his comoanions at Blue. Pits station, ani ascertained that the whole of them, four in number, had taken tickets for lfonehesler. The two 'nen wk,o were in pursuit turned their backs to look after their conveyance, when D and his cornr.Janions slipped them, made their way across a fi e ld up on th e hi g h way , signalled their conveyance to meet them, which they entered ani rode off to Middleton. The liberals set off agloi in parsuir, and overtook them. The runaways then took a fresh conveyance, and got into Manchester, the `seeping close upon their heels. Then commenced a rice through she streets. Those who were with Dominic wished to give their pursuers the slip, bat were unable to do s A - . last they got to the Shakspere Inn behind the Thea.re Royal, and every one still kept his temper. The liberals di . ated on the high trims the conservatives were committing, and warned D.iatinic as well. The conserva tives asked D onainie if he would have those persons after him. He replie i that he wouli not. Then they told him give them in charge, but' he did not venture on that step. Ins , ead or ke(ping the game up, after the conserva— tives had hired their fourth conveyance, they gave it up, and returned hona.3 to tell their friends that they had left Dominic and his companions at Manchester. THE GREAT BIRMINGHAM ASSAULT CASE. At the Birmingham Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday, the case of assault by Mr. E. H. Collis on Mr. T. R. r. Hodgson was called. Thf;court was most densely crowded during the trial. Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Cockle were for the prosecution, and Mr. Spooner and Mr. Wills for the defence. The circumstances which occasioned the assault have been previously described in our columns. After the speech of the counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Hodgson was examined. He said: I am a magistrate of this borough. I was present at the banquet given br the Mayor on the visit of the Duke of Cambridge, and pre sided after the Mayor had retired. I received the letter produced, and wrote the reply. (The two letters were then put in, and read by Mr. Edmonds.) My reply was sent on the 4th of June, about half-past one. In the afternoon, whilst seated in my office, Mr. Collis was shown up. I was writing at the time. Mr. Collis said. on entering my room. " Hodgson, do you withdraw that letter ? " I said, " No; but-" and before I could get another word out Mr. Collis struck me on the right side of the head. I said, " Collis, let me have assistance; don't you know lam lame ?" In saying this I referred to a broken arm, which has been almost useless to me for 20 years. I received another blow ou the nose. and a third on the side of the head, and then turned round to pick up the tongs, which brought the poker with them, and Collis picked it up. I cried out loudly, and soon after two of my clerks burst open the door. I received more than eight or ten blows. I never struck Mr. Collis either before or after he struck me. I had only one opportunity, and that was when I first picked up the tones, when I might have struck a fatal blow, but I refrained from doing so. I then became insensible, not altogether from the blows, but by them, coupled with the fact of the cruel treatment I had received. Mr. Collis never said to me, " Hodgson, when you wrote this letter, were you prepared to take the consequences P" nor did I say to such observa tion, "Oh, Collis, I'll withdraw it, and make any apology you may think proper." He never said to me, " Hodgson, is not this letter a He from beginning to end ;" nor did I ever say, "It is, I'll write you any apology." I did not begin to write whilst he was there. Mr. Spooner addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and contended that his statement of the assault was the most correct one of the two. He (the learned counsel) dirt not deny that a common assault had been committed, but it was one of those known as " common assaults," which was expressed in the last count. of the indictment, and there was no evidence to justify them in arriving at any other conclusion. The Recorder having summed up the evidence, the jury then - considered the evidence without retiring from the box, and after hearing the last two counts read over they immediately returned a verdict of " Guilty'. The Recorder, after a brief pause, with apparent anxiety, said, " I -ball postpone the judgment of the Court till to• morrow morning at nine o'clock. On Thursday the defendant was brought up to receive sentence. The Recorder intimated that if Mr. Collis retracted the imputation on Mr. Hodgson's veracity which constituted the defence, he would be spared a painful part of his duty ; if this was refused, the law would take ifs course. Ultimately, Mr. Collis acted on the hint, and the Recorder then simply fined him £5O. ALDERSITOTT.—A. real camp is to be formed, and net week a considerable portion of the sweltering troops wit be under canvass. PARIS, Thursthy Evening.—The council of the Bank of France has reduced the rate of discount on commercial bills, esconipte des effete de commerer, to 5f per cent. It maintains the interest on advances at 6 per cent. Taoors AND RAILWAYS.—The 2nd b'attalion of Rifles t left Aldershott at five o'clock yesterday morning, and will be present during the proceedings in Hyde Park, and will then start by special trin to Liverpool en route for Dublin. PRINCE ALBERT.—At the 'council held on Thursday, an order was passed for publishing a letter patent, by which the Queen grants to Prince Albert the title of Prince Consort during their joint lives. No one can object to the distinction which is thus conferred on the husband of the Queen after seventeen years of married life. It makes Prince Albert legally, as he already is actually, a member of the British Royal Family. Hitherto the Prince has had no British rank whatever. Philip, of Spain, was titu lar King of England, but the Consort of the present Qaeen is only what he was prior to his marriage —a Prince of the House of Saxe Coburg Gotha. He has not even received a British peerage, although a naturalised subject of the British crown. Prince Albert has hitherto borne only his German title, and out of England takes, we believe accord ing to the code of court precedence, only his rank as a younger brother of a ducal German house. Prince Albert will now meet foreign royal families with the status of a British Prince of the highest rank. NATURALISATION IN FRANCE.—Art Englishman resident in Paris, was ten days ago arrested on a warrant issued by the President of the Civil Tribunal, for a debt of 35sr, due to Mdlle. Cauca()ls, a dressmaker. On his demand he was taken before the President of the Civil Tribunal, sitting in chambers, and claimed to be released on the ground that, having been authorised to establish his residence in France, he was entitled to the privileges of a Frenchinan—that is to say, to be exempt from arrest without due form of process. But the president decided that authorsa'ion to establish a domicile is not equivalent to naturalhaion ; at:a that besides, when the applicant's furniture had been seized by his landlord fur rent, he offered no guarantee for the payment of the debt ; he therefore ordered him to be sent to prison. Ida Monday, the Englislatnan appealed to the Imperial Courfeigainst this decision. He maintained that the authorisation to establish his residence in France and to enjoy civil rights placed him in the eye of the law in the same situation as a Frenchman; he also represented that, as he was married in France and had a large family, and as he was the Publisher of an English periodical in Paris, be presented a sufficient guarantee. The court, after bearing the counsel of the dressmaker, decided that his objections were well founded in law, quashed the war rant for his arrest, and ordered him to he discharged from custody. CANADIAN EMMA TION.—A Quebec correspondent of a London paper writes :—A large number of vessels still keep arriving at Quebec. In three days alone of lest week 143 arrived-52 ships, 76 barques, and 15 brigs. Up to the first of the month 144 vessels more had arrived this year than up to the same period last. The railway cars and steamers are daily loaded with emigrants going west. Four thousand more have arrived this year titan at the same time last. Some of the newspapers are complein ing that many young men—clerks and others,—unfit for labourions and mechanical employments, have been induced to leave home, to seek employ ment here that they are now unable to find. This may be the case, as the market for that kind of labour soon becomes overstocked ; but I am satisfied that mechanic, agricultural labourers, servants (male and female), can soon find employment. Take an instance occurring a few days since—a young Englishman, a coach man and groom, came to me seeking a situation, which he vt as informed I could direct him to. He had ls3en forestalled, He seemed much disappointed, but after examining his testimonials, which were excel lent, I encouraged him by the assurance that be would not long wsnt employment. Next day I met hint in Natrc Dame.street, proud and contented, driving a carriage full of ladies. The charitable committees of the various national societies are actively engaged ; many of them have paid agents, who await the arrival of their emigrants on the wharves, ready to assist them with inform stints or advice. Few emigrants, of good character, sober and industrious habits, of the class I mention, need want em ployment long, I am quite certain. How TO SELL PENCILS TO ADVANTAGE.—The? moot celebrated and tee most succeesful charlatan of Paris— Mengin, the itinerant pencil seller—is just dead, and he left behind him a fneanie of 400,000 fr. No on o can have oassal many days in Paris within the last len years withal)+, having observed on the Pies de la Bourse, the Piece dii Chatelet, the Plhie de la Madeleine, or some other open space. the conspicuous figure of a tall handsome man, with a brass helmet and plumes, and a beard—the very model of that Hudibras, "in shape and hue most like a tile"—standina on the box of a light cart., and haranguing a crowd. He wore a costly mantle of green velvet embroidered with gold, and on the fingers of his white hands were many rings of great price. Behitie him was a squire, who from time to time blew a trumpet to attract public attention, and whose garments were only less splendid than that of his master. The only end and aim of all this porno and circronstares was the sale of lead pencils at two sous a piece. Mengin possessed in a high degree the art of corns - needing the attention of his audience. The laughs be rised were rare, but his face was fu' I of promise of something good coming, and thus he kept alive curiosity. Though his speeches took a long time in the delivery, he was essentially a moo of few words. He made long pauses, which were filled up ny pantomime, and making grotesque sketches on a slate to show the quality of his pencils, The substance of every one of his urses was that he had originally set up in a quiet shop, hat finding that he could not get a living in it, he had resolved to become a quack, and that from the hour of his taking that resolution he had done well. Why," he would say, ++ do I fig myself up in this ludicrous costume ? I will tell )O2 candidly ; because going about in this dress I sell a great many pencils, and it I stayed at home in ti warehouse coat I should sell very few. lam a quack, I admit, but I am an boast one, for I sell a good a rt i c l e , and if you want a pencil I doubt whether you will get as !poi a one any where else for the money." The speech was always followed by namerous demands, which he supplied from CBO packed in the body of the cart. Of late be was wont to speak of the large fortune he had made, and be would frequently turn out the contents of severs' rouleaus of gold, and count them in the public view. Ile was a remarkably healthy looking man, and could not have been more than forty years old, but he was carried off by a fit of apoplexy. A SCENE IN THE IRISH COURT OF CHANCERY. On Tuesday, shortly aftor the Master of the Rolls had taken his seat on the bench, Mr. Richard Major Hassard, whose presence in the courts ever betokens, like that of the stormy petrel, an impend ing tempest, addressed his Honour is an unusually dulcet tone, in ref ren:e to an order made in the case of Young o. Hassard. His Honour intimated to the gentleman that he hod made his order, an if he were dissatfttied with it he might appeal. Mr. Hassard observed that the case was out of court. inasmuch as all the parties were out of the world, having died. His Honour repeated that the public busi ness should not be interrupted, no withstanding which Mr. Hassard was importunate, and interrupted counsel learned in the law. Again was Mr. Hassard informod that if he persevered the official fingers of a policeman shell I be laid upon him ; and Mr. Hassard said that his Lordship might give him into custody if he pleased. The tipstaff was directed to procure one of the civic guardians ' in blue and " dack , ," an 1 he brought within the precincts of equity two of that highly useful fraternity. Mr. Hassard continued undaunted; he even advanced to the table at which the solicitors sit; the business of the court was suspended; the court was crowded; the policemen could not get near the refractory liti gant. but they had the r eyes upon him as setters fix their gaze upon a pirtrilge. Once mare he essayed to address h's lordship in inco herent eloquence, and complained that gross injustice had been done him ; the cause had abated ; all the parties ware dead. His Honour repeated that he had made his order. that it had been transmitted to the once of the Registrar, and a copy had been sent to the Lord Chancellor for t'e purpose of enabling Mr. Hassard to appeal to the Court of Appeal which was that day sitting. Mr. Hassard renewed his oration. He would not appeal—he called upon the bar to hear him—gross injtisti,:o had been done him. The Master of the Rolls was at length obliged to direet the policeman to remove Mr. Hassard. These worthies advanced towards the offender; his eyes glared at them like a tiger in his den, but then he tried to parley with them. [hey had not as yet laid hands on h'm, and in a moment the old gen t'eman, with the dexterity of Harlequin, or the flexibility of a sprite, dived or vanished under the tab 'e on which are ranged the venerable tomes of law and equity, and at which sit the august counsel of her Majesty. The policeman .re men of gigantic stature, Patagonians in their own way ; still ditty was to be performed, and they endeavoured to squeeze their proportions into the limited spice between the table and the do sr, but th's was impossible. The eal-like or puff n-like form of this element of discord hid f sand it easy, and, to the horror of a distinguished equity lawyer at the oppos;te side of the table, the wild bird before him cams up again, ana seized him by his legs We must sometimes stoop to conquer, and the policemen were compelled to creep on all fours, and crawl after the disturber under the table, amidst the most inconceivable merriment. The incident has no parallel in its intense ludicrousness. The court was adjourned for a time, the judges left the beach, and Sir. Hassard after some time left the court with the p olicemee, who, at the hazard of their limbs, had in vain pursued him. He continued to ejaculate that gross injustice had been done him, and when he rea :tied he hall he was snrr , unded by crowds of people. He per =imitated the hall for a long while, and it was not till evening that this eccentric occurrence ceased to excite laughter and astonishment. CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.—On Thursday, at the council at Buckingham Palace, Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert, Chief Secretary for Ireland, was sworn one of Her Majesty's most honourable privy council by command of the Queen, and took his place at the board. MR. BRIGHT.—This gentleman arrived at his Rochdale home on Saturday morning. Mr. Bright, it is said, wishes fir a twelvem inths' domestic seclusion from public life. He has, however, intimated that, if called upon, he shall not hesitate to resume his parliamentary position, though he would prefer that Mr. M. Gibson should precede him in parliament. IRISH LABOURERS FOR ENGLAND.-011 Monday evening over one thousand agricultural labourers embarked on board the steamer which left the North-wall, Dublin, for Liverpool and Holyhead, for the purpose, of cutting he harvest in different parts of England. About four hun dred m re were too late to obtain tickets, and had to remain until next day, when they were to embark.—Freeman's Journal. A NEWLY INVENTED Honsesune.—Apatent has recently been granted to a mechanic of Philadelphia for an improve ment in the method of fastening horseshoes. The inven tion consists in the construction of flanges or lips rising from the frost and sides of the hoof, against which they are made to bear, separate, and fastened by sliding into a recess in the side of the shoe, and secured by means" of a screw, thus entirely dispensing with the use of nails, and avoiding, any liability to injury by pricking. WILLS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS ABEOAD.—A. Bill has been • prepared and brought in by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Nfillins, and Lord Stanley, to amend the law relaing to the wills and to the granting of administration of the personal estate of British subjects resident Or domiciled elsewhere than in England. The Bill in question enacts that every will, codicil, or other testamentary paper executed and attested according to the law of England for the time being by any British subject shall be valid and effectual, a - •d admitted to probate, notwithstanding such subjsct shall at the time of his death, or at amp other time, be or have been resident or domiciled elsewhere than in England, and shall operate in all respects as if such subject had died domiciled in England. Clause 2 enacte that adrninistratinu of the goads of British subjects dying intestate, shall he granted to the persons entitled to the same by the law of England for the time being, notwithstanding such subjects shall, at the time of their deaths, or at any other time, be or have been resident or donaiciled elsewhere than in Eng land, in like manner as if such subjects had died domiciled 'in England. This-Act will not apply - to any will, codicil, or testamentary paper, or to the grant of administration of the goods, of any psrson who shall be dead a' the time of the passing thereof—This Act will not apply to Scotland. A LADY SWINDLEn.—A short title since the rector of one of the Cork city parishes, received a message from a lady who was stopping at an hotel, begging of him to call upon her as she needed his assistance under circum staances of perplexi y in which she was involved, The clergyman lost na time. in c tiling, when ho was ushered into the presence cf en elegantly attired lady, who occu pied private apartments in the hotel. Having apolo gized for the trouble she hid occasioned to a geutleman whom, though personally a stranger to her, she had often heard extolled for his kindness and liberality, she, with well-acted coalusion, revealed to him the delicate circarn stancei which occassioned her seeking his assistance. She stated that on her way from the Dublin train hir purse had been filch-•d, and she was left in the awk ward predicament of being without the necessary cash to d -fray her expenses hack to the metropolis. The clergyman, with a reaediness which did more honour to his heart than to his head, handed to her from his own private resources a sum sufficient to meet her requirements, which, with a profusion of thenlas end apologies, she accspted, peimising repeatedly that the mer•ey should be returned the moment she arrived in Scarcely had the rector quitted the hotel than the "lads" sent a similar message to the Rev.—, parish priest of parish, and having told him the same tale of the lost purse, she odtained from him a suffi cient sum to discharge her hotel bill, promising to repay she money immediately on her return home. However, although representing herself to he highly connected in Dublin, she has not since communieated with either of the clergymen ; but it is stated that one of gm reverend gee - ft-men, having since been there, had the pleaseire of seeing tier driving through the streets in a handseme car rieeie, but - .sot of receiving a reeognitirin. —Cork. Consti tution. MENTING OF Coeeizes.--On Tuesday evening, a meet ing of miners, chiefly employed at Len and the neighbouring collieries, was held at Wombwell, for the purpose of taking steps for the formation of a permanent fund for the prevention of colliery accidents and for the, relief of sufferers by such occurrences. Mr. James Green of Elscar, was called to the chair, He said, the ohj.mt troy had in view had been Suggested by- Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P., and had the approval of people generaly, and he was sure would meet rk - h great encouragement; and if the energies of the mines were only exercised, such a fund would soon he es'- Viied. The miner often left his home in the morning in the heyday of- his strength and never returned, but was swept into eternity by a fell of coal, or one of the numerous class of accidents which pre vail in coal mines. In these cases a provision needed to be made as well as in accidents of a more serious nature —Henry Davis saiO that the movement was one which ought to receive the hearty co-operation of every miner. The mining engineers had deputed Josh. Locke. Esq., and Mr. N. Wood to wait upon Sir G. Grey with regard to the firtnation of a mining college, and it was high time that the miners bestirred themselves, and applied to par liament for protection to life, and for the enforcement of meastirea to prevent accidents. If a tax of ld. each were vied weekly, the miners would be able to send out 220 practiesl miners in the shape of suhenTecters—that would be one inapector for every 1,000 man. Witn slch a system of ant-inspection, he questioned whether the Gymmer, or Wigan explosions would have enured. Alter some remarks from various speakers the following resolution was proposed and carried un mously :—" That this meeting pettion parliament for a small amount of fixation, to be levied on coal miners. That we send out praetieal miners, as sub-insvctors, one rub-inspector to inspect every 1,000 men. That the sub inpectors report daily to the government in.pectors. That there be a general board for nel, in the centre of the dine kingdoms, to control the same ; and that they be controlled similar to the police force ; and that sub iospectors be sent a few months to one place and a few months to another. And should any sub-inspector find a pit in a dangerous state, and be a means of improving it, or any way distinguish himself, he shall receive such advancement or reward as his services may merit. " The further consideration of the subject was then adjourned till Monday, July 7. M. LOUIS KOSSUTH ON NAPLES AND SICILY. The other evening, M. Louis Kossuth delivered a lecture on the subject of Naples and Sicily at the Beaumont Institution, Beaumont-square, London. The attendance was both large and respectable. The chair was occupied by Mr. Ayrton, M.P. M. Louis Kossuth was very warmly received on com ing forward, After a few preliminary remarks, he proceeded to say that the tragedy of Neapolitan inisgovernmeet was familiar to the public, and he would not dwell upon it minutely. He would deal with the subjects as it regarded international policy, and particularly in reference to Eng land and France. After all the promises of assistance made by these Powers, he felt that there was a desire to hush up the affairs of Naples and Sicily, though both Powers had been treated with contempt by the King A new Parliament had assembled, and there had been a royal speech in which trivial subjects had been alluded to, but there was not a word about Naples and Sicily. (Hear) After a long review of the affairs of Europe, he asked with what propriety it had been stated in the Royal Speech that there was a well-founded hope for continued peace ? There was peace, but it was peace in the grave yard of slaughtered liberty. (Cheers) Having glanced at the condition of Sicily, and given a brief history of the country, he stated that the people were now the most miserable within the pale of Christian civilisation. The Sicilian Court had been faithless to the English ; but the Sicilian people had been true to them. (Hear, hear.) The Sicilian Constitution of 1812, was the work of Great Britain, and Great Britain should have saved that constitution from annihilation. (Hear, hear.) But faith had not been kept; and Sicily had become a more province, though, if necessary, she should have been protected by British bayonets, (Cheers) Lord Castlereagh said that England was pledged in honour and good faith to Sicily, and Lord Palmerston had acknow ledged the obligation ; yet what had been done by British diplomatists for that unhappy land? But the present state of things in Sicily could not continue ; liberty could not be always trodden out there ; and the day of its triumph would come. fCheers.) The road to liberty lay through revolution. The battle of freedom against oppression must be fought (cheers) ; de layed it might be ; unsuccessful it could not always be. , r (Cheers.) No modification •of the present system would satisfy the people. All must be forgotten before Italy could forget her destiny ; and his desire was to see England made instru mental in accomplishing her freedom. In conclu sion, M. Kossuth declared his belief that there was an understanding between England and France to prevent the establishment of republicaninstitu tions in Southern Italy. A cordial vote of thanks was given to the lecturer, and the meeting separated. An epidemic is making fearful ravages in Vallavieja. A eipsy died lately in Carnar►onshire who was the father of 26 children! It appears that the construction of an artificial port in the Bay of Cadiz is decided upon. THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY have held their twenty-first annual meeting, when the following figures were presented : —The new premiums ob`ained upon 514 new policies are £9,814 lls. 2d., and the re newal., £58,148 7e. ld. ; making the total revenue £67,962 18s. 31. The claims have been £14,966 63. 101. ; the fire premiums have amounted to £91,306 3s. 61. ; and, after payment of losses and expenses, a profit of £l4 572 15!. 61. remain.. The Society now has accumulated funds to the extent of £342,535 O s. 2c1., result which must be regarded as highly satisfactory. TICKETS OF LEAVE —A new system has been adopted relative to the granting of tickets of leave to convicts. Aciording to the new arrangement the convict is bound to report himself at the constabulary barrack of the district to which he proceeds after leaving tho convict stltion, and an accurate description is there taken of him, such as would be given of a party whom it might be necessary to gazette in the Hue-and-Cry. In the event of the convict desiring so remove to another district, he is to report the same to the police barrack, and again report himself at• the barrack of the new district to which he removes Belfast News Letter. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—Walter Seymour, Esq., of Bally more Castle, County Gilwav, was brought, on Tuesday evening, to College-street Police Station, Dublin, in custody of Acting-Inspector Ryan and Sergeant Meyers, arrested on a warrant granted by the sitting magistrate at College-street Office. The informations stated that there were reason able grounds for apprehending that a breach of the peace would occur if Mr. Seymour was not arrested, as a serious dispute hid arisen between him and Thomas N ught en, Esq., of Thomastown Park, C mnty Roscommon. Mr. Seymour was admitted to bail in his own recogaizanees of £soo.—Freeman. FACTION FIGHTING.--At the fair of Borrisoleigh, two parties—the Magpies and the Blackhens—mustered in great strenghth, and before the market had terminated the old spirit of faction feuds became revived.; relative was arrayed against relative, neighbour against neighbour, in deadly conflict, and merely because they bore those un mlaning soubriquets. The fight commenced at the fair with such severity that the few constables available were altogether unable to resist it or quell the rioting. The town was kept in a continual state of ferment, the plac?s of trade were closed, and the blows of thick stout " alpeens" were freely interchanged. The fight was resumed on the next day, being a kind of half fair; and again, on the following day, which was a holiday—three days' continued riot - and excitement ! The scene was a p a i n f u l an d a terrible one; but returning prosperity and the hopes of a plentiful harvest, are, unhappily, evoking the spirit of fiction and drunkenness, - vith all their attending miseries and crime. Numerous arrests have since been made, and a few parties whose heads were fractured, and who re. ceived other severe injuries, now lie in a precarilus state. No informations have as yet been returned for trial, as the authorities are awaiting the result of the medical treat ment ; it is thought that in one or two instances life cannot be saved.— Saunders's News-Letter. EXPERIMENT IN B'ITLER BURSTING.—On Thursday morning, pursuant to invitation, several members of the institution of the engineers, including Professor Rankine, of Glasgow ; Messrs. Woodcock and Dixon, from Low Moor, visited the Windsor Bridge !roe Works, of Messrs. Dann, Ilattersley, and Co., to observe experiments upon two cylindrical boilers, constructed by welding, there being no rivets used, The company inspected the retort boiler in operation; were then conducted through the works to a shed where two tubes were placed in conjunction with as hydralic pump. The 5-m are seeking to avoid boiler explosions by making their boilers of very small diameter. Those now experimented upon were tubes four feet long, etch composed of a 7-16th plate, welded at the sides and the ends. The outside diameter was 161 in. There were fitted to the tabe of the pump one of Burdon's pressure guages, which would register up to 3,0001 b to the square inch, and also a lever guage, which corresponded to it. Both the small boilers were tested up to 1,5001 b on the inch, when one of them, on being carefully measured, showed a slight expansion in the centre portion. It was determined to burst this one, and the pump was gradually forced until the pressure guage indicated 2,0501 b to the inch. Toe lever guage has been weighed at 2,0001 b, and was beginning to move, when the iron tore at the welding. A. small quantity of water was-ejected upwards with great force, and a loud rushing noise. Surprise was expressed by several of the visi'ors that the boiler should have sustained such an immense preeure. The experiment was regarded with much in'erest„ A COOL AVENGER.—A certain English gentleman, who was a regular freventer of the green-roorn of Drury-lane Theatre in the days of Lord Byron's committee, and who always stood quietly on the hearthrug there with his back to the fire, was in his usual place one night when a narra tive was related by another gentleman newly returned from the Continent, of a barrier•duel that had taken place in Paris. A young Englishman —a mere boy—had been despoiled in a gaming -house in the Palais-Roval, had charged a certain gaming Cnint with cheating him, had gene out with the Count, had wasted his fire, and had been slain by the count under the frightful circumstances of the count's walking up to him, laying his hand on his heart, saying " You are a brave fellow—have you a mother ?' and on his replying in the affirmative, remarked coolly, " I am sorry for her," and blowing his victim's brains out. The gentleman on the hearthrug paused in taking a pinch of snuff to hear this story, and observed with great p!agidity . " I am afraid I must kill that rascal." A few nights elapsed, during which the green-room hearth rug was without him, and then he re-appeare.d precisely as before, and only incidentally mentioned in the course of the evening, `6 Gentlemen — l kill ed that rascal ! " He had gone over to Paris ou purpose, had tracked the Count to the same gamine-house, nad thro w n a gl a ss of wine in his face in the presence of ail the company assembled there, had told him that he was come to avenge his young cm_ patriot—and had done it by putting the Omit out of this world and coming back to the hearthrng as if nothing hid happened.—Dickens's Household Words. THE LEAD LINE. TO THE ZDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIYIS. Sir,—As landsmervere not suppose.d to...know the use of the line, I beg leave to offer a few remarks on that very important article. In the first plane, few of our seamen at the present day can take a cast of the lead, owing to the general use of steam tugs; in the second place, in strong breezes the ship has to be shortened of sail, and hove to, with maintopsail to the mast—course is altered, ship drifting to leeward, and subject, of course, to col lision, having no command of helm: At that time, we are bound by law to put our helm to port, to avoid collision. I would ask that gentleman who styles himself " R " what he would do if he saw a large steamer running into him during the procuiss of heaving the lead in channel in thick weather? I am sure no seaman will condemn the use of the lead, nor will he purposely run his ship asheie ; but accidents will occur to the most careful I should like to know the history of that gentleman who signs himself " R." lam happy to say tha, in the present enlightened aae such men are divested of the power of transporting a man for not tiron ing the lead What would " R." do to the captain of H. B. M.'s steam line-of-battle ship Exmouth, which went on shore at the Land's End ? That gentleman went on shore under the same circum stances as those vessels recently wrecked—namely, thick weather. I believe no lead was used. He was slightly reprimanded, but " It" would transport the unfortunate merchant master with few hands and not, perhaps, a leadsman on board. " R.," I am afraid, would be a severe judge.—Yours, A LEADSMAN. BIRKENHEAD GAS AND WATER COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—lt was not until Sunday last, that my atten tion was directed to a report of the evidence of Mr. Jackson, taken before a Committee of the House of Commons, on the Birkenhead and Claughton Gas Bill, making it appear as though Mr. Jackson had cast an imputation of laxity on my late father, in the discharge of his professional duties. The words I allude,to are reported to be, " Mr. Mallaby was very lax," Scc. On Monday last, I took an opportunity of pointing them out to Mr. Jackson, and he at once stated that what he had said had been misreported, and that it was never his intention to, nor did he, say anything so eon trary to fact. Several gentlemen who were present when the evidence was given, distinctly deny that the obnoxious words were either expressed or implied. I have therefore thought it well, for the satisfaction of Mr. Jackson, and also of the family of my late father, to correct a mistake, which, doubtless, has been inadvertently made in the reporter's notes.—Believe me, sir, yours faithfully ROBERT MALLABT. Ramsgate, 18th June, 1857. Haymaking has become pretty general in Holmfirth district; the yield is abundant. All of the standing crops are looking remarkably well, and promise a good yield. WESLEYAN Itlrraoorsta.—The following return ex hibits the present position of the Wesleyan Society, with the exception of the North Wales district, from which no return has been received :—ln society, 263,661 ; increase, 6,932 ; on trial, 17,415. THE HARVEST.—We have received reports from v irinns parts of the country, and the general condition of the crops is highly satisfactory. The hay crop has in sone districts proved lighter than was anticipated. The wheat is getting into full ear, and looks healthy and strong. Barley, oats, beans, and peas have the same promising aspect. The late showers have been highly beneficial to turnips and mangel wurzel, while they have done no injury to the cut sanfoin, which, with clover, is of excellent quality, though somewhat variable in quantity, according to the soil; generally speaking, however, all green crops are abundant MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. —Memorials from the Glasgow and the Liverpool Chambers of Com merce respectively have been presented to the hoard of control and the court of directors cif the E ist India Com pany, stating that canals for transit and irregation form an essential element in any plan for developing the na tural resources of India, many products being dependent on irrigation, and all benefited by facility of transport to the coast; and that such works may be more properly left to private enterprise than undertaken by government ; and praying that every facility may be given to com panies formed in England for effecting such objects, either by guaranteeing a minimum rate of interest, or by such other means as may appear most desirable. CRINOLINE IN THE PEW.--On Sunday evening, the Rev. W. M. Punshon, the popular Wesleyan minister, Leads, preached at Oxford Place Chapel, the largest chapel in Leeds. The chapel was crowded, as usual when he preaches, with a highly respectable audience, the aisles being all filled with ladies and gentlemen staeding. Mr. Punshon, before reading the lesson, observed several pews that would hold six or seven people comfortably, each occupied by three or four ladies. He observed that there were a great many ladies and gentlemen standing, whilst he could see that many pews were not more than half full. • This remark caused some smiling to those in the gallery, while the ladies in crinoline were alarmed at the prospect of an invasion from the passages. DARING BURGLARY, WITH VIOLENCE, NEAR HUDDERS FIELD.—On Wednesday evening, a daring burglary, accompanied with violence, was perpetrated at the E Eger ton toll-bar, on the Halifax Road, situated about thrae quarters of a mile from Hu Idersfiehl. .that twelve o'clock at night, two men, dressed in white smocks, with bands )ound the waist, and their faces masked, forced their way into the bee house, and praceeded into the back room, where the bar keeper and h's wife were sleeping. They were ransicking the room when the bar keeper, an old man, sprang from his had, and seized one of them. The wife celled oat " murder," when one of the men slid " shoot her," and a pistol was put to her heal, She struck it down with her arm, and ran an i opened the door, when both the burglars ran after her. Her hnilyind again seized one of the men, when he was felled to the ground by some instrument, and the burglars made their escape. THE Aacric REGIONS.—For the first time in more than a month we saw daylight, and I cannot describe how cheering was the effect of those pure, white, brilliant rays, in spite of the iron landscape they illumined. It was no longer the setting light of the level Arctic sun ; not the twilight gleams of shifting arm-, beautiful, but dim ; not the faded, mock daylight, which sometimes glitumerod for a half-hour at noon ; but the true white, full, golden day, which we had almost forgotten -30 nearly, indeed, that I did not for some time suspect the cause of the unusual whiteness and brightness. Its effect upon the trees was superb. The twigs of the birch and the needles of the fir were coated wida crystal, and sparkled like jets of jewels spouted up from the bosom of the immaculate snow. The clumps of birches can be compared to nothing but frozen fountains—frozen in full action, with their showery sheaves of spray arrested before they fell. It was a wonderful—a fairy world we beheld; too beautiful to be lifeless, but every face we met reminded us the more that this was the chill beauty of death—of dead nature. Death was in the sparkling air, in the jewelled trees, in the spotless snow. Take off your mitten, and his hand will grasp yours like a vice ; ttneA , er our m , :trth, and your frozen lips will soon acknowledge his kiss.— Barnard Taylor in the Arctic Regions. THE ESSEX MURDER,—CHILLNGFORD HATCH, THURSDAY: -- Mr. Small, although holding but a iew acres of land, was considered by his neighbours to be a man of consider able meant, having, it is said, amassed some large sums of money by dealing in the choicest descriptions of Alder ney and o t h er f anc y ca ttl e f or g e ntlemen's parks. M r . Small has held the farm ie question neva for about twenty years, and from what has transpired there seems but little doubt that the robbery of the place at least was premedi tated and planned by some one well knowing the place, and who, being acquainted with Mr. Small, calculated upon taking much more than has been missed. There can be no doubt but that the murderer entered the house almost immediately after Mr. and Mrs. Small had left for church, l as some things which. Mrs. Small wi s h e d h er s i ster, the deceased, ceased, to do previous to ber return from church had not been done ; and coupled with this was the fact that when the medical gentleman arrived he found the body nearly cold, and some of the blood in which it was lying was congealed. Of course the utmost secrecy is maintained by the police of the district, who have had the assistance of some London detectives, and in these rural parts where a prisoner can be taken at any hour before a country magistra'e at his private residence, and there committed, it becomes the mere difficult to arrive at the real facts. Thus much, however, may be relied upon. A paragraph has alreedv appeared stating that a man, whose name it is not advisable now to give, is in the hands of the police. This is said to be true, and if so, there is no doubt but that he well knee , Mr. Small's house, and also his habits, CASs AND DEED Boxes.—The next important thing to the posses sion of cash is, how (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. Thee boxes are male on new and admired principles, and possess patent locks, which defy the ingenuity of any "pick-lock" in the world to open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and others, these new safes, on e small scale, must prove valuable indeed. —Northern Daily Aram 2181 May, 1857.