Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-12 00:00:00

, POLICE COURT.—SATpi.pAy_. . [Before Mr. PRESTON.] SE-IGEIAR CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—WiIIiam Whitby, car-owner, Wavertree, - charged a man named William Gill with the folloWing offence :—lt would seem that, one of Whitby's cars rv.n over-a man in Wavertrec-road some time back, and he was takes to the Northern- Hospital. His name was mill; Whitby, in a day or two afterwards, was passing the Northern Hospital, and he saw Gill coming - out of that - _building. He drew up, and asied him if his name was Mill ? '" Yes," answered Gill, "get into the car, and take you home." " No," says Gill, I' in going - to see a friend in — Regent-street." "I'll drive you,there,"' says cabby. "No ;' I'd rather walk." He took .him, however, to a public-house, where he gave him some drink; and . about - five shilling in money, labouring . under the impression all the while - that he was the min that bad been run over. Gill,•however, had been injured, at the fire at the North Shore mills. In a few days the wife of the real IMIU came to Whitby in great distress, and then he ,discOvered how he had been cheated, and he gai , e the prisoner • into custody He - Was remanded. AN OLD OFFENDER.—DaniolGannon," a well thief, and a ticket-of-leateminiwas charged With rob Bing, a vessel of a quantity of canvass. The prisoner had been in the army, but was cashiered from the ranks on ~count of bad conduct. He was committed for trial. Row IN 11ornA.m.srinEr.----Bridget Lynch, awoman of light . character, charged Mary Ann - Cok;. a woman. of a similar occupation, with having stabbed' her with a knife. The prisoner and Lynch had some old grudge against each other, and they came •to high words on Friday, the result being that Mrs' Cox cut Miss Lynch over the right eye,' with, as the latter alleged, a knife. Mrs. Cox denied the soft impeachment, and said that it must have been with her ring that she was cut. A doetor from the Infirmary said that the wound might h a i e been inflicted with the ring. • His worship con sidered One as bad 'as the other, and . discharged the pri soner. . [known THE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SERVANT.—Henry Finch was brought up on remand, charged with having em bezzled the sum of. £ll 75., the property -of his em ployer, Mr. Pitts, currier and leather dealer, Kirkdale. Some additional evidence was given, and Finch was sent for trial, his worship admitting him to bail in two sureties of £5O. BREACH OF THE PASSENGER ACT.—In this case, which had been heard on a previous occasion, Mr. Pres ton delivered judgment as follows :—This is a summons taken out by the Emigration Officer of this port against Michael Duffy for a breach of the 70th section of the " Passengers Act, 1855." As this case appeared in evidence, Lieutenant Hay, an emigration officer, on the 11th August last, at the request of the defendant, the broker of the ship, went on Soard the Samuel Locke, an American ship, 911 tons, bound for New Orleans, for the purpose of cleansing her. He found that there wero no more passengers within the meaning of the " Passen ger Act, 1855," than were equivalent to lit adults, and that the vessel from her size was qualified to carry, without becoming liable to the regulations of the act as to what are therein described as " Passenger Ships," eighteen of such passengers ; and received a list of provisions sufficient for eighteen passengers for seventy days... Subsequent information led him to pro ceed next day to the Bramley-Moore Dock, accompanied by the -Government -Inspector. Then they found—the ship hauled from the quay, with a tug in readiness to tow her to sea. The passengers were mustered, and it was-found - that, in addition to those who appeared the day before, passengers equivalent - to iit )een embarke adults in all, thus rendering the ship "a passen7er st according to the definition in the 3rd section of the act, and subject, therefore, to all the provisions of 1 applicable to what are therein defined as " pas ships." The contract tickets of the superaumery pusengers were demanded and received by the in spector, and it appears that two of those tickets were signed by the defendant, and one by his agent au thorized by him in that behalf. The, defendant then ad mitted that he had done wrong; and said that he should send the additional passengers ashore. The ship, how ever, immediately proCeeded to the river and on her to New - Oilcans, without landing any of her passengers. This was in defiance of the provision which the act has carefully made for the safety and comfort of such passengers, and the ship is liable to forfeiture if found within two - years after the offence within her Majesty's dominions, and the master to heavy pecuniary penalties. But the ques tion before me is, whether the defendant is guilty of offencefor which the act prescribes a specificpenalty? section was referred to in the course of the neat; but as it inflicts a penalty only on the :he act voyage The 17t1 arg is out 'of the qi stion in the pr The charge rests on the 7 - oth section It is.contended that each of the contract tickets signed by the de fendant, or by his directions, shews, under the 'circum stances proved, one offence within the meaning of that enactment. Each ticket states the ship to be of 1,000 tons register. Lieutenant Hay stated, in evidence, that she was of about 900 tons- register. The difference is not great, and I do not convict on the ground of this falsehood, as it cannot be predicted, with reasonable certainty, that any passenger was induced to engage a passage.by the representation that the ship was about 100 tons larger than she really was. But I .must observe, in passing, that though this form of fraud appears to be very common, it is highly repre- . hensible, and it would be well for brokers to bear in mind that 'those who, by exaggerated repre- mg of the size of the ship induces persons to engage passages, render themselves liable to the penalties of this clause. These certificates also represent that the ship would be victualled for the voyage according to the dietary prescribed by law. It does not appear that she was so victualled. Being, as she sailed, a passenger ship within the meaning of the 3rd section, she should have been victualled, according to the 30th section ; for all the passengers she actually carried for 70 days. on the 11th of August, she victualled only tor adult passengers • on the 121-1, she sancta with 29 adult pasSehigerS. There is tia Oitielie, easily given if true, that the . state of the ship, as to provisions, was altered-bet Ween the 11th and the 12th, and it is not suggested—and it certainly is not to be assumed—that alditional provisions were, sent ,on board during that shoit interval. That representation; therefore, was fahe, aad that it induced the passengers, to whom it was made, to engage their passages, is to be inferred from the coitideration that such persons , would not engage passages without the assurance that -there would be the means to feed them properly during, the voyage. On the; whole evidence, I think it clear that there. was. an .original intention to evade the act; and - that the defendant was privy to that intention when three cer-' tificntes were' issued. As broker of the ship, he knew, or had the means of knowledge of her state, as to pro visions. • He knew when these tickets were issued for the. passengers in excess of 171 adults that the 'ship would not be provided with - the victuals which the law reqUires for 29 passengers. He did wrong—knowing that he did wrong. What he represented in this respect in each of those tickets issued by him, in excess of. 17? adults, was in effect, and operated in result, as a false representation, which induced passengers to engage their passages. lam of opinion, therefore, that he is guilty in the letter as well as the spirit of the enactment. The case is not one for mitigation of penalty; I. adjudge him, therefore,- to pay £2o' for each offence—in all £OO. I have felt much doubt whether it was not incumbent upon me to exercise the power conferred by the , 67th sec., of forfeiting the defendant's license ; but, on the whole, I think that the ends of justice are sufficiently attained without enforcing the extreme penalty. FRACIELETON'S CASE.—After considering this case, I do not think the evidence is sufficient to affect him with a guilty knowledg,e or' intention. As 'to him, therefore, the information is dismissed. (Before Messrs. STEW!IIIT, HOLM, CASTELLAIN, and ANDERSON.) STAGE MANAGEMENT.---Dall Lowry, an. Irish come dian, supported by Mr. C. Aspinall, applied to the bench for a license to perform stage plays in the Nightingale Music Saloon ' Bevington - hill. Mr.. Aspinall said the applicant had been in occupation of the premises for the last two years, during which time he •had conducted the place to the satisfaction of all parties. Inspector Kehoe and Reid testified to the 'good character of the house. Mr. Anderson said the building was close to the corpor ation schools, and, he thought, it was desirable to tak( _ tlae !pinion of the schoolmasters s to wheta the boys in attendant( liceUie would be likely to injur at those sehools.. After some disenssiOn, k in or n of the jur THE CASE OF DR. SMETHURST men in thii , in reply to a paragraph which appeared in some of tile daily antweekly papers, that the whole o f the jury had agreed to a memorial a remission of the sentence of Dr. Smethurst, that a statement is entirely false, and that they still +o the decision th ey came to, believing it to be to stat, lv in accordance with" the evil rience, DIMPLINEJN THE C . UNAIW_STEAMER.S. I The success'which has attended these steamers may, in a great measure, be attributed to the rigid discipline by which their movements are regulated. In the first place, the vessels and machinery are as perfect as possi ble, and their. officers and crew are mea of tried cape- To render this combination efficient, certain -------- rules, as imperative as the naval code, are applied to the Mana , rement of every Vessel. A general superintendent inspects them every voyage upon their arrival in Liverpool,, and reports their condition to the managing owners. If ny s th s ig rt isa rigid examination is made an d th e e wrong, aja ez. A tell-tale is attached to every eng i ne , by Which the pressure of steam and number of revolu acaunasce ascertained ; and the log-books, which are arranged under certain heads, indicate the discipline of the crown. The duties of the engineers and their men, the duties of the captains, officers, and crews, and prescribed in certain particulars ; and all that prudence and experience have brought to,light for the safe con duct of steamers, are incorporated in the general in structions to their commanding officers. But, after all, excellent as the rules may be, everything dePends . upon the ability to enforce them, and in this respect as little has been left to chance as pos sible. The Cunard Company have been very careful in training men to carry out their views. Their com manders have all served them as inferior officers, and have been raised, step by' step, according to their _merits, and their crews are picked seamen. Every sailor who is shipped must.produce a good character from his last captain, and to insure his condrict he is put on pro bation for one year before he is considered a permanent hand, 'During his trial, ten 'Shillings per month are retained from his wages, which, if he performs his duty to the satisfaction of the 'captain, he receives at the end of the year, and after that he draws full pay every voyage, like the old hands. If he exhibits talents suit able for an officer, he has a chance to rise ; thus every man' is encouraged to do' his best. The crews are well fed, have watch-and-watch at'sea, and_are allowed grog once a day. Many of the seamen: are married, and re gard_the steamers as . their permanent home. From these facts it will be seen that the Cunard steamers are well manned, for . the longer men are kept together the more efficient they must become. A seaman who joins a 'steamer for the first time has much to learn before he is considered' a good steamship sailor, but his duty once acqUired renders him highly valuable. It is a mistake to suppose that a good ship-sailor is good in every class of vessels. The very best merckant sailors, for example, when they join a ship of _war, are often more than six tions are Every to months ,aficiat before they feel themselves at home change of ship a sailor makes he has something new discipline at sea on board the Cunard steamers is that we have heard merchant captains, who so perfect I,o,A♦*.nct that t 1 hardly perceive how the duty was parried on, everythi was done so quietly; eveiy probable .contingency seemed to be provided for.. In every state-room there are two life-preservers for the use of passengerS, and these are inspected every every boat a crew appointed to ires, in the event of accidents the hose and engines are inspe?ted it the , watch. In port the -boats are lowered, and the men exercised at pulling. The importance of these arrangements has been frequently tested by ex- and to zu, nd -of- °yen, perience, fin - , though generally successful, the steamers have . not been always exempt from accidents. One of theni was ivrepked, but not a life was lost. Several of them have been aground ; others have had shafts broken: They have been in collision ; have run vessels down, &c., but in every case there has been no want of energy and skill on the part of their officers and crows in making the best of the circumstances. Accidents will occur in spite of every precaution, but by skill and resolution, in nine cases out of ten, accidents may be prevented from becoming irreparable disasters. There is little doubt that if the unfortunate steamer Austria had been one of the Cunard boats that all hands would have been saved, supposing the fire to have be come uncontrollable. But we do not think the fire could have occurred on board a Cunard boat, under similar circumstances. In the case of the steamer Sarah Sands (an iron boat like the Austria, but not half so well pro vided with the means of extinguishing the fire) we have learned how discipline can triumph even over fire. Half laden with gunpowder, and with nearly two thousand souls on board, she caught fire at sea during a gale.' Most of the gunpowder was thrown overboard ; the boats were hoisted out and manned ; the fire was combatted, and, after three days and nights, was vanquished, with out a life lost, although the vessel's stern was blown out. Without aid from any quarter, she was brought safely into thelsle of France. Discipline saved her. The lack of discipline destroyed the Austria. _ It is much easier to preserve discipline at sea than in port, because in the one case the men, are exposed to temptation, but in the other they are under constant restraint, and have specified duties to perform. In port, the captains of the Cunard steamers are not only parAicular about the ship-duties of their crews, but about their morals and piety also. Every Sabbath forenoon, all not on duty must attend public worship on shore, escorted by the officers. For this purpose, the Cunard Company pay for their accommodations in the episcopal churches nearest the steamers in foreign ports. AnA when any of the men have liberty on shore, all hands are held responsible for their conduct: We have made this article longer than we intended when - we commenced it ; and yet we have only stated a few of the leading rules by which these steamers are governed. J3ut these show conclusively how careful the Cunard Company have been, and still are, to secure success. - - - lictou Cominercial.Builetin. • SERIOES ILLNESS or Mn. BRUNEL—A letter re ceived on Thursday in Bristol, says :—" Mr. Brunel (of Great Eastern notoriety) is now lying in bed very ill. He was brought home on Monday afternoon quite in sensible,._llaving been seized with an attack of paralysis, . from which he has not yet rallied, but hopes tained that in a day ar two he will revive." BREACH. OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—An action was lately brought before the Sheriff's Court at Hamilton, by Catherine Brown, daughter of John Brown, tradesman, Newmains, against Thomas McMillan, jun., blacksmith there, concluding for damages ' alleged to have been sustained by the pursuer, through the defender having, during a courtship of several years, gained her affec tions, and asked and obtained her consent to become his -wife, soltunily engaging and promising to marry her on the 31st December, 1858 ; and, after being duly proclaimed, refused to eater into the marriage— and also with having seduced her on the faith that the marriage would take place. The amount of damages was restricted to £l5. The pursuer is only seventeen, and the defender, an apprentice blacksmith, about nineteen years old. In December laSt defender, 'considering the ' pursuer's "interesting" condition, agreed to marry her, and to the banns being proclaimed, but he had scarcely sufficient cash to pay the session clerk's fee. Pursuer Was at some expense in making preparations for the happy union, and had invited a party to the wedding. The marriage was to have taken place on Hogmanay, but shortly previous to that particular day the pur suer began to shun the defender's company, and to associate with other men at the dancing school, especially with one named John Barr, a miner at Wishaw, from whom she accepted an invitation to go with him to a ball on the same night proposed for the marriage with Her mother would not allow. her -to "go to the ball, but insisted on her re maining at home to be married. The, defender did not appeal-that - night or send any message. The pursuer's feelings were alleged to 'be much injured, and in consequence of the disappointment she took to her bed, and there was a great talk about the matter. As the def en d er had good reasons to apprehend something improper from her preference for these other men, he intimated that he had changed his mind, and he would not take her; whereupon Mr. W. Brown, solicitor, raised the action on behalf of the pur suer against him. He produced certificates of good character in favour of pursuer, granted by Dr. Thomas Thompson, Mr. William Macnab, druggist, Mr. D. Hart, draper, and Mrs. Macfarlane, all of Wishaw ; and also accounts incurred to Mr. J. 16 , 1. Stewart, draper, for the "braves," besides a cer banns. Mr. Thomas Dykes, enter- ion of R,nd urged that the defender was justified in breaki Sheriff YE the defence, and c Sheriff Sir Archibald Alison, ', on appeal, alt of the marriage lines pro, - showing that the proclamation took place after the defender had heard of the pursuer's conduct with other yn.n.c.nrid &mazes due on account of the defender's but modified th NORTHERN DAILY, TIMES, MUSICAL, DRAMATIC,:LIIERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND .GOSSIP. Madame GOla Sig-nor Belletti, and Herr Joachim, -0 part in concerts announced at Belfast for the 12th, 14th, and loth October. Messrs. Lawieace and Stolber, the well-known melo digs of the *principal coneert4oortis, hare accepted a lucrative engagement to appear :at St. Petersburgh, with a troop, of nigger melodists. _ The lovers of r - e‘'ally good Music were 'to have a rich treat at the grand 'concert at the Crystal Palace on Saturday,.for which Mdlle. Piccalomini, _Mc:llle . . Titiens, Signor - Ginglini, and the other artistes of the 4alian opera, returned to town expressly. The programme, was of a highly classical character; and included selec tions from Auber, Bellini, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart, Doni= zetti, and Neyerbeer. Mr. Phelps renewed his management at Sadler's Wells Theatrd on Saturday, having strengthened his company by time addition of several well-knoWn actors, and one or two new competitors for theatrical honours. The prospectUs of the new managers of the St. James's Theatre (Messrs. F. N. Cliatterton and Willett) has been iisuedP . Drama, farce, ballet,' and bUrlesque are to be the staple attraction. Among the company are Mr. Leigh -Murray, Mrs.' Charles Young, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss Murray (trona the Priucess's), Miss Arden (from the Adelphi) Misi Kate Hickson (of whom report speaks highly), and Miss Lydia, Thomson, a danseuse, whose performance in a pantomime at the Haymarket some years ago treated a sensation, and who has since earned many laurels in the principal Continental cities. The interior of the house 'has been thoroughly re-ar ranged, a new gallery and dress circle built, the pit greatly enlarged, &c. _ , A ciirithis mistake occurred on Thursday in an editorial article in the Times which must have puzzled some of its readers, especially as 'it is several times repeated. The article we. allude to is headed " The French Amnesty," in which the writer says.;:—'' We have re ceived. two . additional declarations, drawn forth by the amnesty—ore from M. Edgar Guinet, dated from Vey taus,-in Switzerland ; the second from ibi. Feliz Pyat," &c. It. is not to be expected that every one will re cognise in the former of these names the celebrated Edgar Quinet, whose lectures' . upon the Jesuits at the College de France; and his book upon " - Ultramontanism," attracted so much attention during the regime of Louis Philippe, and finally led to M. Quinet's deposition frem his professorship. The Rev: Alexander Dyce (pleasantly gossips the Town-and-:Table•Talker), the learned editor of Shaks peare, of Beaumont and Fletcher,. and of many of those great men's friends and associates, has been flitting with a noble library from Gray's-inn toraddington. Rumour asserts that a library was never before removed in so piecemeal a manner. Trust a professed packer of books —No, not Mr. Dyce. Trust a long-loved and still-loved friend to assist him in the removal of his books !No not Mr. Dyce. Om. well-skilled Englis to his pockets—and ample "they are—his arm-pits, and his hands. It is in this careful way that a careful scholar removes volumes not readily to be replaced— volumes, it is said, designed for the 'Bodleian. scholar trusts There is. a story' told that a German, after visiting our /I ous es of Legislature, made the profound observa tion, that in the House of Commons some of the mem- seems a correspondent or thi Philadelphia AMU/Call, who, in describing. the Bostonlboak sales, says that he has been "struck with the appearance of one or two hundred of book merchants. They are a y of men, and wit le intellectual Ther literary look than ordinary merchants have. ar some Websterian heads among them, and they certainly evince that their trade is a remarkably good one for the A new addition of the complete works of Lady. Mary Wortley Montague, comprising all Lord Wharncliffe and Lady Stuart's additions, will shortly be published by Mr. Bohn. The editor, who has been long engaged upon the task, is Mr. Moy, Thomas, a gentleman whose labours in editing some of the series of the " Aldine Poets" have been very favourably received. It is said that his edition of the works of Lady Mary,, to which a "life" will be prefixed, will contain much curious and original matter concerning the letters; the doings, and the quarrels of that singular woman. Lady Mary's works, as we know to our cost (having recently bought a copy), have been long out of print. The last edition (1837) fetches at our Loudon book sales more than its original publishing pFice. Cheap journalism is to have another representative in Everybody's Journal, which is to be published in a few weeks. Among the writers mentioned in the prospectus we find :the names of Mr. G. A. Sala, Messrs. R. and W. Brough, Captains Mayne Reid and Wraxall, Mr. Albany Foxblanque, jun., Mr. Gerald Massey, Mr. Edmund Yates, Mr. and Mrs. Howitt, Mr. Dudley Costello ; Mr. W. C. Bennett, Miss Power, Miss Pardoe, and Mr. W. H. Davenport Adams ; while among the artists are Mr. -John , Gilbert, Mr. Harrison Weir, Mr. C. H. Bmnett, Mr. E. Weedon, Mr. J. Scott, and Mr. F. J. Skill. A collection of the -works of David Roberts is to be exhibited during the winter in London. An exhibition of works of' art by British amateur artists is, it is rumoured, to be opened early in the ensuing year for the benefit of the " Home for Young Women engaged as Day-workers," an institution founded about four , years since by some benevolent ladies of distinction. Art could not do a nobler service. The Royal Hibernian Academy of Art has tried the bold project of opening its annual exhibition at the nominal charge of a penny for admission for each person,- and it has been completely- saccessful. Mr. Lake Price, the photographer, has been engaged, by command of the Queen, in .photographing the apart ments and artistic treasure* of Osborne. House, RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY.—A letter from Drif field, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, says Now that the 'harvest is over; there seems a mania among farm servants for entering the army, and the recruiting sergeants are continually taking off batches of fine healthy young fellows to the different regiments.. One sergeant, who has been here for the last nine months, has been sending away the finest of the agricultural labourers atthe rate of four a week." PLACING THE SADDLE ON THE RIGHT HORSE.-At the provincial and other meetings on behalf of the work men, it has been stated with a strange bravery that the present is not a strike on the part of the men. Surely the speakers knew better. The strike, let it he right or wrong, is a strike on the part of the men; pure and simpl. They struck - at Messrs. Trollope's because their request to have ten hours pay for nine hours' work was not granted. By, their organisation they could have ruined the Trollopes, or forced them into compliance, and . so with the rest of the masters, one by one after wards. The masters, of course, saw this, and made the strike general instead of particular, hut the strike is the act of the men • it is they, and they alone, who have brought about the present melancholy state of affairs.— The Builder. THE LATE LORD JAMES STEWART, M.P.—The death of this nobleman was awfully sudden. We learn that his family having retired for the night, Lord James rang the bell for his servants to extinguish the lights, and give him his bedroom candle. In the act of rising to take the candle, he fell forward into the arms of the butler, who replaced him in the chair. Medical aid was instantly sent for, but arrived only t o con fi rm hi s bereaved family and friends in the sorrowful impression that his lordihip had breathed his last. It is a remarka ble fact that the late Marquis of -Mute, brother to Lord James, died equally sudden, but at an earlier period of life by ten years. The late Marquis, IN hile in his usual health, had . a few friends to dinner. Ile was sitting afterwards in the drawing-room at tea, laid down his cup, retired to his dressing-room, and in a few minutes after wards was found resting on a bed lifeless. THE DUCHESS OF PARMA AND HER ,peaking of a recent tour which he made i n S w i tzerland, 1711 -4: n Trr3 , 41,11. ;II +ll. rt.— -.I . • _ 31. Fiorentino, a will,Cl iu Lite uonstitutionnel, states that he happened to take passage on board the same steamer with the Duchess of Parma and her young family, whom he thus describes :—" Scarcely had we taken our places on the deck when we noticed at the other end of the seat a lady surround e d b y a group of morning g ne sweeter, dress of merry laughing children. She wore a s t raw hat without e e x it t h r e e r me ri s b im bo p n lic s it o y. or Itis i to feathers, rn paonsdot M a e ramble manners. That s of Parma, on her way from Genoa h her children and several attendants. or more pleasing tea lath , was ti to Friburg, wit witli a thougiitful air 4"ut His younger b;Otherutr touched hisllat whenever he spoke to him princesses had am( 1 -asing air of The To Pe`' I THE RIGHT HON. j -W-HENLEY, M.P:, IN OXFORDSHIRE. At the anniversary meeting of the Thame Agricultu ral Association, held at Thame last week, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., in responding to the' toast of " The health of the Members for the County of Oxford," with which was coupled the name of Mr. Henley, said— r believe I am now fairly entitled .to congratulate . you upon the complete restoration of tranquillity throughout the whole of her Majesty's dominions, and upon' the prosperous and flourishing conditon of the country gene rally. For .the last two or three years, we have here met at a time when the amicable relations of Europe were disturbed, or, when our troops were employed in suppressing a great revolt. Last year we met in the middle of all the horrors of the Indian mutiny, when almost every man was oppressed by the feeling that the, knife of the Indian might at that mo inent be at the throat of some dear friend or connection, and when we hardly knew what was to be the result of that terrible outbreak. (Hear, hear.). Thank God, all those fears have new passed away and complete tranquillity has been restored. (Cheers.) Since then we have had some uneasy feeling in reference to the course of conduct likely to be pursued by one of our near neighbours on the Continent. Of course any feeling of uneasiness with regard to so powerful a Sove r eign must naturally be the subject of great anxiety to all of us, for I do not suppose that there is a single man living in this country who would not strongly de precate a war between England and any other continen tal Power, and more particularly a war with France. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the supposed necessity for making some change in the present system of the representation of the country in parliament, I may say my own opinion is that the main body of the people in this country are very well contented to leave things in the same condition as they, are at present. At all events, if they are to be altered at all, what the people at large ' naturally desire to see is that any alteration made should be of such a nature as to lead to a reasonable hope that it would produce a real and substantial amendment of the condition of all daises of the population. (Hear.) Above all, due care ought to be taken that in any projectedalter ation of the existing state of things, no mischief should arise in consequence of rash and reckless innovations. (Hear, and cheers). I believe that the feeling I have ex pressed upon this point is not only the feeling of the great majority of the well-instructed and well-informed classes of the people, but the feeling of the majority of the people at large ; and, it is a feeling in which I candidly confess that I perfectly concur. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, when I was a young man I can assure you that I was never very fond of putting my foot forward unless I was perfectly well aware of the nature of the ground upon which I was about to place it, and now that I have grown older and do not find it so easy, perhaps, as it used to be to stand upon one leg, I am still less desirous of lifting my foot and shifting my position, unless I know very well in what direction I am about to advance. (Hear, hear.) l At the same time,' although I avow these sentiments, say also that where a real reform is to be effected I will never be backward ' • • (Cheers.) Either in reference to of our own country business, or while in advocating it the condt taking part in the transaction of business of the em never shrinl, lung as i occupy toe honourable position in which NOR have placed me, from giving my best attention to the consideration of the true merits of any proposed change, and if any person can show 'me that there is a reasonable prospect of such a change doing 'good to the great masses of the population, not only shall I he ready to adopt it, but to give it my strongest support: But change is not always reform. (Hear, hear.) I never have been, and if I am to give you a candid expression of my opinion upon the matter, I do not think I ever shall be ready and willing to adopt a proposition for a change in the existing order of things simply because it is a change. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I do not say that the present system is perfect, for undoubtedly some evils may exist in it ; but what I say-is, that it is far better to endure an evil the nature and extent of which is known, ti as to jump into another of which we know nothing. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) LORD DERBY AND HIS IRISH ESTATES.—Lord Derby's mode of dealing with the abeam of murder on his Irish estates ought to produce a very salutary effect. It may be remembered that a 'man, named Crowe, was a short time since brutally murdered at Doon. Large rewards being offered .for the apprehen sion' of the assassins, but the tenantry have been as silent as death, their sympathy being evidently in favour of the murderers. This, indeed, has been so palpable, that his Lordship has instructed his agent to have Doon cleared of all tenants, with the exception of the im mediate friends of poor Crowe. THE FRENCH MARITIHE ARMAMENTS.--The Paris correspondent of the Independanee Belge says, that the French Government have resolved to construct twenty iron-plated vessels instead of ten, as was at first con templated. Of the first order for ten vessels six have been completed. Although the sheeting of these war vessel.; is not less than ten centimetres in thickness, they are on the whole very light. The government, being apprehensive that the Imperial foundries could not supply the whole of these vessels, have given an order to the proprietors of the Creusot foundries for the manufacture of some. Fifty large steam-transports, each capable of containing 3,000 men, will be finished in a short time. Preparations fer defence are being made along the whole coast. ' Besides the casemated batteries, of which the Nouvelliste of Rouen has recently spoken, the forts on the Mediterranean and the ocean, which have been abandoned for a long time past, are being re-armed, The forts of St. Malo are also taking in nets ordnance. . THE ACT ON THE. NEW COINAGE.—The New Coin age Act, which received the Royal Assent on the day of Jlie - prorogation;, is . entitledAn Act to extend the . .Ehactinents relating ;to the Copper Coin to Coin of Mixed Metal."- It' states that her Majesty may think fit, for the public convenience, tc cause to•be issued coin of bronze, or mixed metal, instead of copper monies, or for the purposes of the like payments for which copper monies have been made current. There is only one enacting clause, which provides that, when any coin of bronze, or mixed metal, shall be current by virtue of any proclamation that may be issued by her Majesty, all the penalties and provisions of the Act 2 and 3 Wm. IV., c. 34, are to apply to current coins of bronze, or mixed metal ; and all enactments, where current copper coin is mentioned or referred to, are to be construed and to take effect as if in addition to current copper coin, current coin of bronze, or mixed metal, had been men tioned. By virtue of this act, bronze coin will be issued by the Mint. MASTERS AND MEN : COITNCILS OP CONCILIATION. —As regards negociations with their men, masters mu s t be held responsible for injustice done by their foremen.; and they should prevent such injustice, or misunder standing, as in the present case, by choosing themselves to meet their men on matters such as wages and hours of work. Workmen must put some one forward as spokesman ; and such an individual is,not necessary to be viewed as an agitator ; he is made one, however, by being dismissed. The system which has been adopted in the carpet trade in the north of England, and in the Potteries, as well, as in some other instances, has led to the best results; and in the appendix- to the report of 1856, the fact as to the Carpet )fanufacturers' Association is testified to by masters and men. The workmen say that for some years the annual meetings of masters and delegate's ,took place, but that latterly the good temper produced by the steady working of the system had rendered the attendance of the men infrequent; they had such, confidence that justice would be done, that it was seldom the delegates thought it necessary to attend. However ,Qpimons differed in 1856, as to the constitution of equitable councils= whether these should be directly on the model of the ium, or Conseils des Prud'hommes in France an( otherwise ; there seems to have been every testimony to the value of some medium, even in regard to the most fertile source of strikes—wages ; though in regard to these at least it was not contemplated to give any power of final decision. Indeed, there is at present an act (sth Geo. IV., c. 96) which permits disputes. relating to past contracts between masters and workmen to a justice of the e peace, settled summarily by —tfiough ro/n cer- or referees by him aiipointeq— tain reasons it has been ne little known. The observedthat — hc The young ist p1e..,-. - gentleness and good nature. _ youngest,. a very pretty and lively child, amused herself by carrying her doll up and down the deck, and went every now and then to whisper some great secret to her governess. Her hre,4-I,—_ P aers and sister part of the time, crowded round a ja Agler, admiring his dexterity, aid pu: ;hasir g arly inoperative, and is ,ame act permits disputes to ,be set- ruent u Don a report c f operatives" was prepared and brought in at the close of the last session Of Pi by Mr, Mackinnon, Mr. Slaney, and Mr. Ingi. -hich was intended to amend and extend the provisions act of George' r. From all evidence it appears a better understanding might be cultivated between masters and workmen—through which their might be exerted towards that increase of capital which hiQ is the true source of t h eir own employment.—Th, s from hi m Builder. 'am, and JUDICIAL STATISTICS. In the annual " Judicial Statistics," in the Pailia mentary volume for last year, recently published, a mass Of useful information is afforded. Some of the revelations made by Mr. Samuel Redgrave, in the Criminal Registrar, are astounding, and the compilation must have, been a work Of great lahour. The number of the criminal classes at large amount to 134,922 in England and Wales. These live by. the plunder and vices of the community ; to-day in wasteful , extravagance, to-Morrow in' want. Each spend less than £25 yearly, though they cost the public double that sum. This amounts to £7,746,109, which, added to the charges for the expense of offenders in jail, shows the' criminal classes entail an annual expense on the Community of not less than £10,000,000. The constabulary force in England and Wales consists of 20,256 persons, which is an increase on the preceding year. The total cost of such police last year was 4447,019 3s. 7d. There are 138 detective officers. In September last the criminal classes numbered 160,346, and of that . number 134,922 were at large. Of the criminal' classes mentioned in September there were 101,657_ males and 58,689 females. The youth of both sexes form a large-proportion, being 18,807, or 13.9 per cent.. There- are • 3,122 houses of receivers of stolen goods, 2,402 public houses, the resort of thieves and prostitutes, besides other houses of -a. similar description, numbering in the whole 7,096. There are 7,915 brothels and houses of ill-fame, and 6,987 - 1 tramps' lodging houses, making 15,120 houses of bad character. The number of felonies committed in the year ending September last was 57,868. In the same period .30,458 persons „were apprehended. Last year there were 85,472 persons charged with " drunkenness," and of that number 51,861 were conv i cte d . The assaults committed were 83,086 in number, and of these 49,873 were convicted. A larger number of offences were dealt with summarily under the Criminal Justices' Act and Juvenile Offenders' Act. Proceedings were adopted against 24,636 common prostitutes, and the number at large was 28,760. There were in the year 1858 as many as 260,290 summary convictions. Last year there were 19,846 covo- ners', inquests, being a decrease on the preceding year„ when the number was 20,157. The costs of the inquests. last year were £58,973, `1 la. 9d., or on an average. of £2 195. sd. each inquest. Last year 13,246 persons were sentenced, and of that number 53 were capital' convictions, of which 16 were for murder. The number executed was 11, in each case for murder ; they were' all males, and four of them foreigners—making in the last three years eight foreigners out ,of 41 for executed - Something must be radically wrong such a state of things to, exist. Means must exist to recover these poOr creatures from the depths of misery and sin in winch they are plunged.—Globe. COMMENCEMENT OF THE HUNTING SEASON.-' winter of the huntsman's discontent is fast becoming glorious to every pack in the United Kingdom. Litters of cubs are being divided, and their ranks thinned, nearly every morning. It affords us great satisfaction to make known the fact that a belief is growing in high quarters of the possibility of the co-existence of foxes and pheasants. We trust the example of non-destroying may be universally followed. Accounts from all quarters are most cheering.—The AFTER DINNER Porxries. , 7 --What a wonderful insti tution is a public dinner,!. 'lt is a plant indigenous to Britain, a real native production, racy of the soil. Every body goes to public dinners at one time or another, and every, conceivable object is dined about or dined against. The London season begins about March, rages with great fury in June and July, and falls when the grouse do. Then it is that the provinces take to dining apropos of everything, and keep on dining till thp Ist of February. Do we want to build an hospital ? We dine ; and cancer or fever. blindness or deafness, are made war against with the knife—and fork. Does Mr. Overseer Bumble earn the gratitude of Stoke Pogis by his stern repulsiveness to paupers, thereby saving the parochial funds twopence three farthings a week ? We dine in his honour. Is a man made M.P., or alderman, or bishop, or beadle, or judge ? We dine. Is he defeated in his election, and does he need consolation ? We dine also.' In short, every one, at all times, in all places, for all reasons, conjugates the verb "to dine" in this happy land of ours.--11Peekly Mail. TRE HON. GRINTLEY F. BERRELRY.—This distin guished gentleman and sportsman, whose - writings on matters connected with' the chase have made his name almost as much a household word amongst his brother sportsmen on this as on the other side of the water, is now on his way to the United States, through which he purposes to make a short but comprehensive tour, devoting his time to the study of our national resources in the war of fur, fin, and feather, agriculture, and stock raising. Mr. Berkeley's experience in, and enthusiastic love of, these subjects, will find a wide field for study and reflection upon this continent ; though we do not doubt that any increase 'of knowledge he may chance to ac quire whilst with us will be returned to us with handsome interest, in the way of hints and suggestions, when Mr. Berkeley returns home. Perhaps to so ardent a student —we ought, perhaps, rather to say, so great a master— of natural history and science as Mr. Berkeley, the im mense variety of animal life to be found here will be a source of interest, deep and expansive enough to last a lifetime, and then our, to him, novel modes of hunting, and strange species f game. We are afraid the hare and fox, and carted stag, with all their brave accompani ments of pink coats and well-matched hounds, will appear rather tame in his eyes after a' month of deer- hunting in Virginia, and a buffalo chase or two across our W;stern_prairies.—New Fork Spirit of the Times. CAPTAIN HARRISON, OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—At a very early age Captain Harrison, whose nautical predi lections were absolutely irrepressible, selected in a some what self-willed manner the profession he has ever since follolved. .He was afterwards apprenticed in regular course, and that the man was cut out by nature to cern mand ships rather than to serve in them may be gathered from the remarkable fact that before he was out of his time he was captain of a vessel. It was in the East and West Indies, and on the coast of 'South America, that the earlier years - of his career were passed. Here for some eight years he was in command of free traders, sailing ships; and in the course of the numerous squabbles among the rival_powers in the last-named region, was more than once in action, hanßling his ship on all occasions as a good officer and courageous man. Subsequently to this period he went into the 'service of the Cunard line of Atlantic steamers, and-continued in this position for the fifteen years immediately-pre ceding his engagement with the Eastern Navigation (now the Great, Ship) Company. _ During this period he commanded several w.ell-known vessels., It .was during his command on the Cunard line that sonic of the' gen tlemen connected with the direction of the Great Ship and also with that of the Grand Trunk in Canada Line, having frequent occasion to - crog the Atlantic, had opportunities of observing, the abilities, of Captain Har rison, and thesesult was an overture to take charge of the Leviathan then 'building, • 'Captain Harrison- is a little more than midway. between forty and fifty; his eye, quick, sharp, and penetrating.; his head, voice,- and general bearing denoting rapid perception and quick determination ; his manner remarkably straightforward, honest, and courteous, even for a sailor. DR. SmETRURST'S REPRIEVE. — There seems to be great reason to fear that the Home-office has acted, not upon a conviction bated upon the evidence, but upon a vague, and for the most part grossly ignorant; clamour raised' by a number of people who wrote to the news papers—as often as not anonymously. That what is called public opinion should be allowed to have the very slightest weight in a case of this kind is one of the greatest calamities that could befal us. The object of :criminal justice is not to gratify-the passing- inclinations of he majority, lut to carry out certain rules. It is its ob ect toput m i m•derersto death, to transport robbers, and to mprison thieves, with the most perfect indifference to ifeelingsii ias Q n f ad t. hh e dy e o t hi purposeni g n n , i tyo.. expressingf. a I fg great c e r ai not u it nation,i e l a .wbiust profound l t e h s s e . t f h e ea con victionin ings of sympathy or antipathy entertained by an indefi nite and undefinable crowd. No one who had paid reasonable attention to the subject, , and Who had any ' adequate notion of the nature of evidence, could read without the most profound contempt the floods of letters which filled the •columns of the newspapers on. Dr. Smethurst's case; nor could they reflect without disgust uponthe fact that, if the crime had been less conspicuous, if the criminal had been a man below the position of a f ienp u gme tl r e aisg na nwhsr a t, n r ,eanndotifitnhewtarniatl of f a m d t a a f k te e r tag l when r te columns,ne w s be .4fore the .public when they wanted something to have been hung ten times over without exci talk about, and when the newspapers waited something particular notice. Happening, as. he did, to to, write about, he became a sort of peg for the half understood comnomplaces about the one innocent and the; ten' guilty; men, the difference between probabilities and certainties, and the other nonsense with which ill educated advocates are in the habit of imposing on OW Bailey juries. Dr. Smethurst I thour inconsiderable degree .to the very same influences which owes I confer an unmerited notoriety on inonstr berries, showers of frogs, and ladies with .1 children at a birth.—Saturday Review, REPORTED ACCIDENT TO THE R.M.S. PERSIA. Report of the R.M.S. Persia, from Messrs. D. and C. lifaclver. Extract from a letter : latitude - 50.32, longitude 14 west. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7. " Our port engine broke down in a gale on Monday night, at ten o'clock, the crank pin breaking short off. The whole of that night there was a tremendous sea ;- and at three o'clock yesterday, after vainly attempting to substitute a new pair, we bore up, intending to make' Queenstown. We are now (9 a.m.) hove-to, about 30 0 ' miles west of Cape Clear,' alongside the ship Ben Neviss . (whose captain is very ill) ; and as the weather is mode— rating, we are again trying to repair damages, and mar be able to proceed on our voyage. Between Monday' night and Tuesday morning, the weather was very bad, but, excepting the crank pin, eve r ythi ng e l se i s °— . right, ship quite safe, and passengers well." From the report of the captain of the ship Ben NeviEL, who brought the above, Messri. DI and C. Maelver are of opinion that the Persia proceeded on her voyage , ...having two spare crank pins on board. The ship Ben Nevis arrived here on Saturday. Sh e brought the following report from the master of the steamer Persia,.which she fell in. with in lat. 50.30, len' 14 W. It is .dated September 7 (Wednesday) :—" ptu port engine broke down in a gale on Monday - night at ten o'clock, the crank pin breaking short off. The whole of that night there was a tremendous sea on, and at three o'clock yesterday? after vainly attempting to su b s tit u t e a new - p i n , w e bore' up, attempting to make Queenstown. - We are 1 1011 (nine a.m.) hove to about 300 miles west of Cape Clear , alongside the ship Ben Nevis (whose captain is very ill); and as the weather is moderating, we are again trying to repair damages, and may be able to proceed on our voyage. Between Monday night and Tuesday moll the weather was very bad, but, exceptin g the c pin, everything else is all right. Skip quite safe, an' passengers well." RAILWAYS IN ALGERIA. - Sir Morton Pete, vlb c : has been in Denmark during the last.few days, is abew' to visit Algeria on the business of_ the extensive railivaY works with regard to which his firm have long been i ° correspondence with the French governnient. The hen' baronet, it may be remembered, 'left England so long back as March, 1857, on a similar expedition, b ut two years and a half .have been suffered to elapse without any progress having been made in the m atter: probably, in consequence of the exhaustion inducea, by the Crimean war, and the distnrbed state ' of Europe since. The lines contemplated; of course, run inwards from the French. settlements on the coast ; an d although some variations of . detail may have been Blau ° in the plans, the French official journal some time sin e° annoUnced that the comminications to be. established in the first instance were from Algiers to Elidah, across the Metidjah, and from Phillippeville to Constantina, by the Sam Valley. The length of the works at present co ntena° plated is understood tobe altogether about 300 miles. Tb e Metidjah; it may be.desirahle t o o b serve , i s th e gre at leve l expanse of 45 square leagues in th e i mme di a t e vicinity t Algiers. - The glowing 'reports sent' home' to la belle France of the agricultural capabilities of this district, induced a considerable emigration of French - fame° some time since ; but the enterprise failed to a o n t i siderable extent, through the .attack of the Arabs an the unfavourable swampy climate. . Probably, hosvece,r! with sufficient drain a g e , an d a p ac ifi c government, the troubles-may be - overcome. Constantin is the principal town in the Eastern province, and is 50 leagues fro g the coast AN ANTIQUARIAN VIEW OF THE GREAT EASTERs.:.." The writer of Town and Table Talk (understood to be .1 4 , 1 ' Peter Cunningham, son of Allan of that ilk) says :—" l ' e were on the Great Eastern when she quitted her hou se off Deptford, and Messrs.. Brunel and Scott Russ e intrusted a long anxiety and a noble offspring to tl?.191:t pure waters of the Thames and the waters of all seas. What a noble sight it was to se a her ! As she left her mooring, and must move if a b c would ever move, there was in every heart suspense. When the first movement or symptom motion was felt, the suspense instantaneously ceased; p an pr . what was a- momentary doubt became a confinieu tainty. What privileged visitors appeared to feel was,' „ , ) , no way shared, as far as we could observe, b the men wo,, had her in hand. Mr. Scott Russell -was as calm an d - collected as all great nienhave eYerbeen on great occasions/ The captain (Harrison) was as - self-possessed as Neptua ° himself. The Trinity pilot (Atkinson) was as calm ag Father Thames himself, and Father Thames seemed `" recognise the mastery over him. The American ca t 8 p (Comstock), was no unworthy follower of his friena an t fellow-seaman Captain Harrison:. It was only right tha,. the noblest vessel-ever built should be governed by. captain of the Old World and by . a captain of the N i e w ; Father Thames was in his beSt trim. It was, indeea4 great scene. What would Peter the Great have thong!' who left Moscow for Deptford to learn the art of sh l P.; building, of a scene like that at Deptford on Tuesa4 last ? What a chronicle of its first voyage from t', 3 Pool to Purfleet would Mr.. Pepys have made ! All s.' cj i, great shipbuilders in wood, dead and living, what thin, you of this triumph ? When Bing Charles I. was Y ll 4 the floating curiosity of Deptford—in the very import. the Great Eastern lay—was the ship in which „ t Francis - Drake, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, sr e , t l, round the world. At Oxford you may see a chair, 1 13 , a clever copy of verses by Cowley upon it, made f r° rs this very ship of Drake's. When science has fall a breathless a century hence (perhaps less) a chair from the irol l i t t the Great Eastern may become the mere curiosity ° SEPTEMBER 12, 1859. museum" WILLS - - AND BEQUESTS.—The will and two CO of the late Cosmo Orme, Esq., of Bryanston-scl ll3 i . formerly bookseller and publisher of Paternoster - r e '; . firm of Longman and Co., were proved in Londo rl ,, ° De. the; 26th .of August,' by Malcolm_ Orme, Esq., nephew, and Joseph Bonsor, Esq., two of the surva," executors. Power reserved to Thomas Brown, r' c ip, an executor ; James Alston, ESq.,'another executori„„o, The The personalty was sworn under £2oo,u;ci The will bears date in 1851; the codicils 155 3 , ' lO 1855. He has bequeathed to- his nephew, 3 -falf„led Ornie, an immediate .bequest of £lO,OOO, and apPnT ece , him residuary legatee. 'He bequeaths to his P: nit % Catherine. Isabella Orme, the residence at Bryan s 'ol square, with the 'household furniture and effectstA ag carriages - and horses, a legacy. - of £5OO a nt ', a annuity of £l,OOO a year. ToO -l each of hii ri legacy of 10,000,, besides other legacies; also, I ,'„ a ys - bequests to others of his farnily.. , .To Mr. T" ° l- Brewn. £l,OOO. To . the B oo k se ll ers ' P r ovident 1 1 ,',, 0 1 0. tution £lOO, and Booksellers: Provident Retreat _‘ s . to To his servant Edward Palmer £5OO, and legac t o e , i ty. his other servants: All legacies free of legoN', ',i n - el The will, with three codicils, of the late Lady '5 % ;. 1 0, Morgan, relict of the late Sir Thomas Charles ge r F or s, M.D., were proved, in London by two of the ese eu gar Charles Wentworth Dike, jun., Esq., and Dunca n t te gregor, Esq., the other executor, Mrs: Sidney Jutl es ;, ( lcf niece, having renounced. The personalty was sworn no, X 16,000. The will bears date 1854, and the codiCils l of She has left specific bequests as. mementos to sev e it ea the nobility is ho were her distinguished and muc h c " - the patrons,' amongst them the Duke of WellingtoalLito Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Carlisle, C o otess Beauchamp, Viscountess. Combermere, and Visc? Dungarvan. To Sir Charles Clark r lier brother' J on es she leaves £300;. to her niece, Mrs.\ Sidney bu t £3,000, and has appointed her residuary lega tee, bus to share the plate with her niece, Mrs - . Geale, a legacy of £2,000 ; leaves to Henry Arthur La tifl her grandnephew, £l,OOO, and. the Greek and ;$0 classics from her' library to assist in his edunat i° but, the Theatrical Fund for Distressed Actors, t o the if discontinued, then to , the college now erectin,. Poor Governesses' Institution, £2OO ; and to the , Needlewomen's , Society, £lO. Legacies to 1 , 1 , e1 : ' leit' wants. The MSS. of her late husband sh b e ii l l i t - o rr e, to Dr. Robert Ferguson, M.D. The last of to her executor, Mr. Dile, productions, she remarks, was " Angels on Eartb , '.: p o it pared for the New lironthly, and was replete With hint and humour ; the proofs were crrrected bY, o res , shortly before his death. Her wn MSS. she if' ~,,, The bust in marble of herself, taken in 183° ear' French sculptor D'Augers, she has directed ker e_ s , i r t o f tors to present to one of the public galleries. Henry Al sager, --sager Esq late of Champion:park, t 1 .7, -01 George-s L., -Iv-nil aSW r orth, a7 of r• -;ctered and hlr. Hepworth Mt; x The Nci" ciabe ~-nouse, London, was 'administereu „Mrs. Hannah Pritchard and M iss Ann Ilsaror Personalty, £45,000. The father, who was the esecAlis and principal lezatee, haling died ' in the lifetini ,. e . Z jo, i Lor, the tof kin, come into posse ,-7, 7 t. 50 nose of. his property, wi th the exception of , 7-.,,ated _London 1 eti7s, a dying sisters, as his only nex