The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOTJSE OF LORDS,-THURSDAY, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. A discussion arose upon the Commons' Amendments to the Lords' Amendments to the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill, in the course of which it was agreed, on the motion of the Duke of BuccLEucu, that the clause continuing the religious tests in the appointment of schoolmasters, which had been rejected by the Commons, should be re-inserted and insisted upon. A long series of bills were advanced a stage of pro gress, after a miscellaneous discussion, and their Lord ships rose at a quarter past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY, The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter-past twelve o'clock. The Lords' Amendments to the Scottish Central Rail way Bill were considered and agreed to. BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM RETIREMENT BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Mr. HADFIELD moved, as an amendment, that the bill be committed that day three months. He drew attention to the fact that the Bishop of London had received the large income of £22,000 per annum, while the President of the United States received only £5,000 a year, the Pope only £1,500 a year, for the Government of the Roman Catholic Church, the cardinals only 1400 a year, and the Roman Catholic Bishops in this country only .1300 a year. While the bishops were in possession of these enormous incomes, there were more than 10,000 clergymen of the Church of England with incomes under £lOO a year. Since the Bishop of London had entered upon his diocese he had actually received no less a sum than 4'628,000, while the Bishop of Durham had received 345,000. And yet these right rev. prelates, after receiving between them nearly one million sterling, now called upon the house to give them retiring pensions amounting to over £lO,OOO a year. Mr. NEWDEQATEI seconded the amendment, and said the best answer to the attack made by Mr. Hadfield upon the Bishop of London was to be found in the admirable manner in which he had distributed the revenues of his diocese. He was opposed to the bill, however, because of the mischievous precedent which it established. He wished to know from the first Minister of the Crown if it was in contemplation to bring in a general bill on the subject in the next session of parliament ? There ought to be the means of retirement for bishops, but any plan of the kind should be carefully guarded, by having some tribunal to judge of the necessity of such resignation. [The business was here interrupted, in order to allow Mr. Napier Sturt to take the oaths and his seat for Dor chester, in the room of Mr. G. Sturt resigned. The hon. gentleman was introduced by Colonel Lindsay and Colonel North.] The Marquis of BLANDFORD hoped the government Would adopt the suggestion of Mr. Newdegate. He had voted for the second reading of the bill because, it was impossible to leave the diocese of London in its present state, but he felt the measure to be an exceptional one, and hoped the :government would bring in a general measure on the subject. Mr. MOWBRAY also asked the government to give a pledge to bring in a general measure next session. The present bill was certainly exceptional, but even if a general measure had been introduced, those two sees must have been dealt with exceptionally, which was a sufficient answer to those who objected to the present bill as an exceptional measure. The hon. gentleman pressed on the government the necessity of dividing the sees of London and Durham into two each, as the revenues were sufficient to support them. Sir. J. FITZGERALD maintained that if this bill was good for the bishops it was equally good for the inferior clergy, and a general scheme, including the latter, should be brought in by the government. Mr. HILDYARD said, if any general measure should be introduced on the principle of this bill he would give it the same opposition as he had to the second reading of the bill under consideration. Lord PALMERSSON said he was not prepared to say whether government would next session introduce a general measure on this subject ; but even had the bill before the House been a general one, there must have been exceptional clauses for the purpose of dealing with the Sees of London and Durham. He admitted that in any general measure care should be taken that the men wish of the bishop to retire on the one hand, or the wish that he should retire on the part of the government should not be sufficient to warrant such retirement. There should be some safeguard if only for the purpose of pre ♦enting the imputation of improper motives. Mr. HENLEY could not admit the argument as to the specialty of the case, and stated his intention of moving an amendment in the preamble of the bill. After a few wards from Mr. Kinnaird, in common jus tice to the liberal manner in which the Bishop of London distributed his princely revenue, and from Mr. A Pellatt, Mr. HADFIED withdrew his amendment, and the House went into committee. The House went into committee, and the first two clauses were agreed to without alteration. Oa clause 3, which provided for the retiring allowances, Mr. DuNcomßE moved the omission of the words fixing the pensions. Mr. Gladstone supported, and Mr. Headlam opposed the amendment, which was negatived by a majority of 75. A proposition, made by Mr. Roebuck, to reduce the allowance to the Bishop of London from £6,000 to £3,500, was negatived by a majority of 85. _ . . It being ten minutes to four o'clock, the chairman reported progress, and the sitting of the House was sus pended. The House resumed at six o'clock. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN, In answer to a question put by Mr. Murrough, Lord PALMERSTON said that, looking to the judgment and segacity of the Emperor of the French, there was no reason to apprehend an armed interference by France in the affairs of Spain. THE CASE OP ME. JAMES SADLEIE. Mr. HORSMAN laid on the table a copy of the indictment found by the grand jury of Tipperary, against Mr. James Sadleir. ROEBUCK then moved the following resolution : " That Mr. James Sadleir, having absconded from public justice, he be expelled from this House." The hon. and learned gentleman said he asked that House to exercise a 'power which was necessary for the maintenance of its hon Our and efficiency, and to rid hon. members of the companionship of a man who had disgraced himself in the eyes of the country. He did not ask them to pass judg ment upon the charges against Mr. Sadleir, but to expel him on the ground, that with grave charges against him, he had disgraced himself by refusing to surrender himself to justice. A messenger of the House had been sent to Ireland to find Mr. Sadleir. He had not answered to the call for him to appear in his place, and they had been unable to find him, and, therefore, he (Mr. Roebuck) con sidered that he had fled from justice, and having fled from justice, he thought there was sufficient reason for expell ing him from that House. There had been no conviction, but the flight of Mr. Sadleir was a confession of guilt, sufficient to satisf y the consciences of hon. members, and he, therefore, called upon them to support his motion. The hon. and learned gentleman quoted, as precedents for his motion, the expulsion of George Robinson in 1732, for fraud, on his refusal to appear in his place to answer the charges against him, and the expu l s i on of Benjamin Walsh, under similar circumstances, in 1812, and added, in reference to the latter case, th at the law did not touch the offender. Mr. NAPIER seconded the motion, and stated his opinion that the H ouse h a d power to decide upon the w or thi ness or its members, and to take such a step as was now pro- Rood. H e quoted a number of precedents of th e expul of members in cases similar to that of Mr. James &Idle*, and called upon the House to agree to the resolu tion as an act of justice to the electors of Tipperary. M r. S. 'WORTLEY moved the adjournment of the debate until the following day, in order that papers upon the subject which had been laid on the table might be placed in the hands of members. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL for Ireland said that Mr. Vlidleir had as yet had no opportunity of vindicating his haracter, and appealed to the House to postpone their decision till the result of the trial was known, when either Mr. Sadleir would be made amenable, or outlawry would have been pronounced. ,) T e Attorney-General, Mr. Malins. and Sir H. Wil loughby, having spoken to the same effect, the motion for adjournment was withdrawn. Mr. HENLEY moved the previous question.' Lord PALMERSTON supported the amendment, which was adopted without a division. Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether, in the event of application being made batween this and the next session of Parlia ment for the Chiltern Hundreds, it would be refused ? Lord PALMERSTON : Undoubtedly. The committee on the Bishops of London and Durham Retirement Bill was then resumed, and the remaining clauses were agreed to. The Lords' Amendments to the Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill, the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill, the Nuisances Removal, &c., Scotland (No. 2) Bill, the Formation, &c., of Parishes Bill, and the Smoke Nuisances Act Amendment Bill, were considered and agreed to. The Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill, and the Sheep Contagious Diseases Prevention Bill, went through committee. The House adjourned at ten o'clock, ALARMING FIRE LAST NIGHT Shortly after ten o'clock last evening, the inhab of Prescot-street and London-road, were thrown into the utmost consternation, by the policeman on duty in that district, giving the alarm that smoke was issuing from the shutters of the shop of Mr. Casterdine, the first shop off Moss-street. Shortly before the fire was discovered , the policeman had found that all was right. After he had left, the alarm was given, and before assistance could arrive, the whole shop was in flames. The reels from the Prescot-street fire station, were immediately on the spot, and having an abundant supply of water, the efforts of the fire brigade were judiciously brought to bear on the devouring element, and all danger was speedily over, but not until the whole of the property in the shop was much damaged, and a great portion totally destroyed. The origin of the fire still remains a mystery, but it is supposed that the gas was left burning in the shop after the family had retired, and had caused the conflagration. By the timely assistance rendered by the reels and the men in attendance, the adjoining property was saved from destruction. Mr. Kirkus, who occupies the next premises, which as a chemist and druggist is filled with combustible matter, was from home, and on his arrival his thanks %ere given to the police for having saved his property. No little credit is due for the prompt attendance of Inspector Barrett, of the West of England Fire Com pany, with all his force. The property is insured in the Sun Fire Office, but not to the amount of the damage done. Inspector Grica, Detective-officer Cousins, and a large body of the police were present, and aided con siderably in keeping order and preserving the adjacent property. HORRIBLE ATROCITY BY A MOTHER A most atrocious and heartless outrage came under our notice in Birmingham, on Saturday evening last. From information received, Constable Evans went to the house of a woman named Powell, and requested to be shown a child which was upstairs. The woman, if she be worthy of the name, took the officer up stairs, and in the coroner of a room, in a filthy bed, he discovered the object of his search. He took it away, and on an ex amination found that the poor thing was extremely debilitated, incapable of speech, action, or bearing its own weight. The left arm had been broken in two places, and, horrible to think of, the fractures had been left without bandage or ought that could possibly alleviate the pain or restore the use of the limb. The back, loins, and thighs were in a dreadful state of laceration, and from the right thigh a piece of flesh had been torn. tier name is Hannah Powell, and she is two years and four months old. The mother has been apprehended on a surgeon's certificate. She is a stout, strong woman, and has been for a long time notoriously cruel to her infant, who, she still asserts, is naturally a weak, consumptive child. In the house the indus trious officer found a strap of horse-hide, with a large buckle at one end, with which the wounds upon the poor creature's back had been inflicted. Dr. Clay's opinion is, that the child is naturally of the most healthy description, but that it has been reduced to its present horrible proportions by starvation, cruelty and neglect. Its weight is no more than fifteen pounds, although nearly two and a-half years old, and the skin being flabby and loose, hangs upon large and prominent bones. The cause for the disgraceful usage it has received from its mother is not very apparent.—Birmingham Daily Press. LIGHT WE LGHTS AND FALSE MEASURES Yesterday, before Messrs. Gladstone and Benn, at the police court, the following persons were summoned on charges preferred by Inspectors Johnston and Kes sick :—John Davis, coal dealer, Mellor street, light weights, fined 2s 6d. Andrew Fitzpatrick, chandler, Vauxhall road, false scales, 2s 6d. John Stokes, provision dealer, Scotland road, false weight, fined 6s. Mary Ellis, butcher, Saint Martin's market, false scale, fined 2s. 6d. Joseph Newport, public in, Chaucer street, for using a delf mug instead of a metal one, fined 2s 6d. William M'Gray, marine store dealer, Gascoigne street, light weight, fined 2s 6d. Francis Mooney, Vauxhall road, same trail,;, light weight, fi ne d 2s 6d. Mary A. Dunne, same trade, same street, false scales, acquitted. William Davis, coal dealer, same street, light weights, fined ss. Anne Aspinall, provision dealer Warwick street, false scales, fined ss. William Jones, butcher, Harper street, false scales, fined ss. John Gouhan, flour dealer, Albert street, Park, false scales, fined ss. James Hyder butcher, Mill street, false scale, fined ss. Mary Bulger, pork dealer, Saint Martin's market, false scale, fined 2s 6d. Thomas Lewison, chandler, Bevington hill, false scale, fined .ss. James Bigham, grocer, Scotland road, false scales, fined 2s 6d. James M'Lean, shipsmith, Watkinson street, light weights, fined 2s 6d. Thomas Dow, warehouse keeper, M'Vicar street, light weights. fined 30s. William Smith, marine store dealer, Brick street, light weights, fined 10s. Patrick Rogers, coal dealer, Newlird street, light weights, fined 2s 6d. Ber nard M'Manus, coal dealer, Jamaica street, light weights, fined 2s 6d. In each of the above cases, costs were added to the fines. HONOUR TO THE BRAVE:—The monument to the memory of the late Colonel Unet, who fell at the attack upon the Redan, is now in course of erection at the top of Upper Temple street, Birmingham, and will shortly be exhibited to his admiring fellow townspeople. The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, has ap pointed the following officers to be his aides-de-camp:— Colonel C. Tyrwhitt, unattached ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lord W. H. Burghersh, C.B , Coldstream Guards ; Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. J. W. B. Macdonald. C. 8., unattached; Major T. H. Clifton, unattached ; and Lieutenant-Colonel G. Ashley Maude, C. 8., Royal Artillery. SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right Lion. the Speaker's Parliamentary dinner to the clerks and officers of the Home of Commons took place on Wednesday night, and was attended by Lord Charles Russell, Sir Denia Le Merchant, the Hon. George Waldegrave, Mr. Dyson, Captain Gosset, Mr. F. Garnier, Mr. Rickards, M r . L e f roy , M r . M ay. M r. H. Ley, Mr. jones, Mr. Gudge, Mr. J. Rose, Mr. Pole, Mr. Frere, Mr. S. Smith, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Rowland, Mr. George Gunnell, Mr. Postlethwaite, Mr. Gray, Colonel Forester, and Mr. Varden. A letter from the Crimea, of July 8, says :—" Rats run about here by thousands, and especially infest the graves. Vegetation, and the growth of the vines in particular, seems to flourish exuberantly in the various grave-yards ; and there is little doubt that the land about Balaklav a where the sick were buried, and in the front where the killed lie, will have been improved in productiveness by the late campaign. The large marble cross, of Turkish marble, sent from Constantinople by Miss Nightingale, as a memorial or monument, has been placed on the hill overlooking the Castle Hospital at Balaklava. It is to bear no inscription ; it stands 18 feet high." THE GROWING CROPS.—It is our painful duty to announce that from nearly every part of this county reports have reached us that the maggot, that destructive insect to the wheat crop, has been discovered destroying with certainty and rapidity some of the finest looking crops the eye ever beheld. Upon examining the ear closely, and removing the chaff, what should be grain is nothing but living Insects. In many places cottagers and others are driven from their homes by the horrible stench arising from the putrid haulm, the tubers in some places suffering to an extent which almost amounts to an nihilation.—Brighton Gazette. EMPLOYERS AND THE EMPLOTED.—One of those delight ful meetings, when masters and servants make common cause together, took place on Tuesday at the Crystal Palace, on which occasion Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, the railway news agents, entertained the several hands employed in their London establishment, numbering nearly 180, with a most excellent cold collation, under the direction of the Messrs. Staples. The arrangements were all that could be wished. Mr. Smith, jun., presided. Mr. Smith, sen., from ill health, did not arrive until nearly four o'clock, but his appear ance on the field, where cricket, quoits, bat and trap, and other amusements had been provided, was the signal for such a burst of applause as we have seldom met with, and which indeed seemed almost for the mo.nent to overpower him. At seven tea was provided ; after which the company enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the grounds, and returned by the last train to London, truly grateful for the liberality of their em ployers; THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. THE LATE COLLISION TN THE RIVER.- ADJOURNED INQUEST-YESTERDAY The adjourned inquest in the case of the recent collision was resumed at ten o'clock yesterday, before Mr. Statham, deputy-coroner, in the Nisi-Prins Court, St. George's-hall. Edward Gallagher, cattle-dealer, of Athlone, was the first witness examined. He deposed, that he was on board the Mail steamer on the night of the sth of July. Remembers the collision between the Mail and the other steamer. Was in the horse .stall at that time. There were other passengers with him. When the collision took place they got up on the spar deck. Witness saw the front of the Mail all broken down, and some of the sailors getting out the lire-boats. Witness got into the Excelsior, but was ordered out of it by some of the crew. Thought it safer to go out, and went back into the Mail again. Heard some of the men who were in the Mail under the spar deck crying out to the captain for relief. Witness called out to the captain of the Mail for help to take some of the timber off a man named Thomas Neill, and said they (the passengers) would give all the assistance they could. Thomas Neill was standing straight up, held by the legs and up as far as the thigh by the windlass, which was pressed against him. The assist ance witness asked for was not given until the Mail went into the Prince's-basin. He was then relieved by some of the sailors of the Mail and witness, laid upo❑ a plank, and taken to the Northern Hospital. Witness has seen Lim since, and he is not dead. Witness himself was not hurt. To Mr. Raffles : I was not more than a minute on board the Excelsior. The man Neill appeared to be very much hurt. He was cuing out all through. He remaic ed with the windlass on him until we got into the Prince's-basin. I think that would be from twenty minutes to half an hour. The captain saw him in that position. He was quite close to him. He did not seem to take much notice of what I said. To Mr. Blair : I was not much confused at the time. I was attending to the dying. I had a small bottle of French brandy, and I was dividing it among them. There were others hurt, but except those who were killed I don't think there was any one worse hurt than Neill. There was no other person crying out for relief but Neill. There was many others moaning with their wounds, but no other person was crying out for relief. The mate of the Mail was here re-called for the purpose ef answering some questions regarding the position of the vessel's spardeck and other particulars. David Baxter Kerr, captain of the Excelsior, was then examined. He deposed as follows : lam captain of the Excelsior screw steamer. She is 285 tons burthen, and 70 horse-power nominal.. She has two engines. I have commanded her eighteen months. I was going out with her on the morning of the 6th of July. She had been in the Collingwnod dock. I was bound to Belfast. I had a pilot on board before leaving the dock. We got out of the dock about half-past one a.m. Our course then was accord ing to the pilot's order, as soon as we left the dock, to pet the helm hard-a-port. I was standing on the top of the deck house. The pilot was standing alongside of me. The orders to the engineer are given by telegraph signal. The pilot was standing close to the telegraph along with me. I observed that when the pilot gave the order " hard-a. port," the vessel obeyed it. We were at the entrance of the gates when that order was given. I should say we continued in that tours; before another order was given from about a minute ae.d a half to two minutes. The next order given was " steady." She then, as near as I could guess, headed down the channel. For about six or seven minutes I should say, no other order was given. She was diving that time in the centre of the stream. The order was then given to starboard. I then left the telegraph, and went to the starboard side of the funnel. I went there to repeat the pilot's order to the man at the wheel. The wheel is abaft, 113 feet from the fore part of the deck. The vessel obeyed that order. We so continued about three minutes before any other order was given. The order was given, " hard-a-port." It was the pilot who gave that order ; at that time I was again at the telegraph. I c'o'sider that that order was given to avoid a collision. I had heard the mate sing out that a steamer was a-head, just when the order " hard-a-port" was given. The words the mate used were " steamer a-head." I saw a steamer coming on. I knew she was a steamer by her funnel and her masthead light. I saw no other lights on board her. The mate's words were the first notice I had of the steamer. I should say, to the best of my belief, we wcra then about two-thirds over to the Cheshire shore. The pilot gave orders to stop and to reverse the engine, almost in the same breath that he gave the former order, upon hearing the mate's words. I telegraphed the order to the engineer. I cannot say how far we were from the steamer reported at that time. I cannot form an opinion. We were very close to her. The colli sion then took place. We struck the other steamer on the port bow. I cannot say how far we cut into her. We got entangled in her. Our best lower chains was over her bits, and our anchor fell aboard of her. We remained ent a ngled, as near as I could pos3ibly guess, about an hour. When we got loose, we got our vessel round, and proceeded up the river, until we got abreast of the wall at the Clarence Graving-dock. Saw the Mail at the Clarence-dock wall, bearing in alongside the Clarence Pier-head. We then proceeded round her, and surveyed the damage. This was about three o'clock. We then proceeded to sea Our vessel is an iron ship. We had a bright light at the masthead, a red light on the port bow, and a green light on the starboard. It was a cloudy night about that time, with a stormy gale of wind from the west. The day was just begibning to break at the time of the collision. There were a great many lights of ships in the river. I saw one light in the middle of the stream, and several lights near the Cheshire shore. We had not passed the light in the middle of the stream before the collision. It wanted about nine minutes of high water when we went out of dock. The breadth of the river at that time was nearly a mile at the point where the collision occurred. I think the point of collision was about a quarter of a mile south of a line drawn eastwardly from the New Brighton pier. (Toe witness described upon the chart the bearings of the place described). The sreed of the Excelsior is about nine knots per hour with from 10 lbs. to 12 lbs. pressure. I cannot say what the speed was at the time of the collision. The pilot gave order for the rate of speed after we left the dock. The order he gave was " Full speed." I have had the command of steamers five years. I have a certificate from the Board of Trade, of competency as master, which I now produce. Having a pilot on board, I do not consider I had any con trol over the ship at the time, or anything to do further than to see that the pilot's orders were carried out. lam aware of the law which requires me to pursue a particular course in a river, or narrow channel, when I am in command, that law is to keep to the right side of the river i n go ing out, and to put the helm a•port in meeting a vessel We had a look out forward, consisting of the chief mate and two men. We bad three cabin passengers, and four steerage. Mr.Aspinall called the attention of the coroner to the fact that in the former act of parliament the rule just referred to containel the words " navigating any river or narrow channel," tho recent act distinctly altered that rule by leaving out the word river. Mr. Blair : I suppose my learned friend means to contend that a river cannot be a narrow channel ? Mr. Aspinall sail he meant to contend that the omission of the word " river" implied a distinct alteration of the rule. The reason was an obvious one, because such vessels as the New Brighton steamer were in fact navigating a river, but could not possibly be expected to comply with the former rule. The witness was then cross.examined by Mr. Blair. He said he went on board the night of the vessel's voyage, about 9 o'clock, and the pilot about 11. There were three persons near witness at the deckhouse—Mr. Charley, the Belfast agent for the vessel, Mr. Perry, the Liverpool agent, and Mr. White, a merchant of Belfast. These were the three cabin passengers he spoke of. The Excelsior has a passenger certificate. She had not a passenger certificate at that time, but she had a pass from Mr. Nicholas Fitzsimons, the Board of Trade surveyor in Belfast. Does not know any reason for both the agents being on board that night. That was the Excelsior's first trip to Belfast. She had been in the Crimea previous to that. Cannot say what she was put on that station for. Does not know that she was put on to oppose the Blenheim. There was a vessel at that time on the station called the Blenheim, belonging to the Messrs. Langtry, witness believes, but does not know of his own: knowledge. Mr. Charley had came over with witness, from Belfast, on the previous Thursday. Lie had sailed with witness four times before, when he was in the Maryport trade. There was a lunch party on board the day before the voyage, Saturday, the sth instant. Cannot tell what the reason was for the party. It was not a large party ; the cabin would not hold a large one. There might be about ten persons. There were six lunched at one time and four after, as the table could not hold more than six with comfort. The first lunch was at one o'clock, and the second about a quarter after. Witness was one of the party. Mr. Charley, Mr. Perry, Mr. Thompson, and others were there. Mr. Reed was also there. Mr. White was not there, Does not know the (Ahem There was no champagne. (Laughter.) There was a dinner party ashore also, at Mr. Perry's. They sat down about four or half•past four, and came away about half-past eight or nine, It was not all the luncheon party who dined, only a few of them. Thinks he tasted about one glass of champagne. Does not say that he did not like the champagne. Had one glass of sherry and half-a-glass of Iwhiskey afterwards. That was all the drink he took—he could have had more if he liked. There were no toasts drunk. After coming on board the vessel witness drank nothing until eleven o'clock, when he had half-a-glass of whiskey. Had an hour's sleep when he went on b - ard t refresh him for the night's watch. Had nothing to drink after that. The pilot had about half-a-glass of ale. Mr. Perry came aboard about half-past eleven. Mr. Charley and Mr. White about five minutes after that. The " mate rials" were not produced then, so far as witness saw. Does not know what was drunk in the cabin. Was down in the cabin two or three times, but saw nothing to drink on the table. When the ship came out there was no person placed between witness and the man at the helm to pass the word. Cannot say how long before they got out of the dock the gentle men he has mentioned came out of the cabin. There were no orders given by Mr. Charley, so far as witness heard, from the time they left the dock until the collision took place. Mr. Charley had given orders as to the navigation of the vessel when on board, but no attention was paid to them when he does (laughter) ; he has no business to interfere with the navigation of the vessel, nor did he do so upon that occasion. The Excelsior steers very well. Mr. Perry did not interfere in the least, in the management of the vessel. It would take the Excelsior a quarter of a mile or a little more to come round with the wind, as it was that night. Knows that there are generally several vessels lying along the Cheshire shore. Cannot say whether it is the rule for steamers coming in, to come along that shore. but presumes that it is so. Did not keep his own side of the river, because the pilot was in charge of the ship, and he did not want to interfere with him. If he had been in charge of the vessel himself, thinks it very likely he would have kept nearer to the east, or Liverpool shore. Considers that that would have been a safe and proper course. Did not make any suggestion to the pilot to that effect. First saw the red light of the Mail when the colli sion took place. Did not see that light until the collision had actually occurred. Our bowsprit projected about nine feet, and there was a small jib-boom about two and a-half feet, long beyond that. Five minutes before the collision, there was a light reported a-head. Continued observing it up to the time of the collision. There was also lights reported on the starboard bow, which appeared to be that of a vessel lying at anchor. Had that been a vessel at anchor, the safe course would have been to have passed it at their port side. Witness thought so at the time, but made no suggestion of that kind to the pilot. By starboarding, they were getting more into the path of vessels coming up. By Mr. Raffles : Did not go forward at all before the collision. Could see the mate and the other men on the forecastle on the look-out. Thinks they were on the look-out, as they were standing by the mate. The crew numbered eighteen, all told. All hands of the crew were on deck at the time. The collision took place from twelve to fifteen minutes after leaving the dock. When the mate reported a light a-head, he saw it, but did not take any particular notice of it. Saw it nearly the whole time before the collision. Is positive that he never saw the green or red light until his vessel ran into the Mail. When he saw the funnel, just before the collision, did not see either the green or red light. Has been in and out of the river about four times. Took a pilot with him always but once. That was in another vessel, and he did so because a pilot was not to be got. Does not know where they were when the pilot gave the order to starboard. They might have got clear had they not starboarded. His opinion, as a stranger to the river, was, that if the Mail had continued with her helm a-port, and the Excel sior had not starboarded her helm, they would have passed clear. The mate called out, "My God I there is a steamer," about a minute before the collision. The pilot went forward immediately after the collision, and left me on the deck house to prevent the vessel from drifting across the hawser of any other vessel in the river. Went forward about fifteen minutes after the collision. Saw some of the passengers of the Mail on board the Excelsior. They were about eleven or twelve. Did not see them turned back. Called at the top of his voice, about a minute after the collision, to allow the passengers of the Mail to come on board, as he thought she might be in a sinking state Does not know if the order was heard. Saw no ill usage by his crew towards the passen g ers. By Mr. Bremner : The pilot was no t at the lunch or the dinner; the captain of the Blenheim was there, and a party of ladies; having been only four times in the Mersey, does not pretend to know the course of naviga tion, or the currents of the river. When they got out of dock, the helm was ordered hard-a-port: the wind was then strong on their starboard bow; they were nearly in mid-river before they got her head round to northward ; almost immediately after they got her head round to the northward, a vessel was reported on the starboard bow; the helm was starboarded to go to the west side of that vessel ; that was the effdet, and thinks it was done for that purpose ; had lent his night glasses to the pilot; gave them to him about two minutes after coming out of dock ; saw him making use of them ; the pilot was in his proper position on the vessel—he could see all around ; saw him standing there till the collision took place, look ing steadfastly through the glasses at the light reported by the mate ; a white light seen all round signifies a vessel at anchor ; had witness seen the red light and the green light at the same time, the collision would not have taken place, for he would not have allowed the pilot to starboard the helm ; does not mean to say that the pilot would have done so—does not think the pilot would have starboarded his helm had he seen all the lights ; on such a night, and stem on, could not tell whether the light was fixed or approaching. Had she been a vessel at anchor, in his opinion they would have cleared her. If the pilot had ported instead of starboarding, when he saw the vessel on the starboard bow, he would have gone clear of her, but cannot say whether it would be much out of his course. Asiuming the model is a correct representation of the Mail, the netting is calculated to obstruct the light right a-head. Being four feet higher in the bow than the stern, that would obstruct the light, The best place for a light is where the vessel begins to taper off. Re-viewing the netting as placed in the model, and the stanchions in front of the lights, the light would not show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass. Though looking at the Mail for five minutes, did not see her side lights. By Mr. Aspinall : Took the pilot to Belfast, as he had no opportunity of putting him on board a pilot boat. Since the collision the Excelsior was again surveyed, her lights, &c., examined, and a second certificate granted. To a Juror : When he went out without a pilot, he had a mate who well knew the port, and had a certificate. William Shaw, mate of the Excelsior, examined : After coming out of dock, and the vessel's course shaped, saw a light on the starboard bow and reported it. About a minute afterwards saw a light on the uort bow, and about a minute afterwards saw a light a-head. Reported it as a light a-head. Observed nothing particular for about three minutes ; when drawing nearer to the vessel a-head heard the order to " starboard the halm." The vessel paid off to port, and in about a minute afterwards observed that the last light was a steamer's. Saw her funnel and her smoke and her mast-head light. Saw no other lights on board of her then. Observed that she was in motion and coming towards the Excelsior about a length off. She appeared to have ported her helm at the time. Reported " that a steamer is a-head. ' The order was immediately given to " hard.a.port." That was all he heard. Struck the Mail in less than a minute after seeing her. Heard some one hail from the other steamer. Heard the word " port." Struck in about half a minute afterwards. They were a long time in getting clear. Saw a red light just before the collision. Does not think the Excelsior answered her helm when the order was given to " hard-a-port " before the collision took place. Did not know the vessel was in motion when he first saw the light. By Mr. Blair: Has a certificate of competency as master, and acted as such for six weeks. All the deck hands of the Excelsior wero on deck. There were men with witness on the forecastle. Does not believe they were finished coiling down the ropes from the forecastle when the collision took place. The men were then expected to look out. Only one was engaged in coiling down the ropes. The navigation in the river is more dangerous than outside. There was no order given that he heard or the course changed between the time he reported the vessel on the starboard bow and the light a-head; when the light a-head was seen, and the order given to starboard, observed the Excelsior alter her course ; if the light a-head had been stationary, the Excelsior, in starboarding, would have cleared it to the westward. The other steamer must have ported her helm and turned her head towards the Cheshire shore more than it was before. The red light of the 'Mail was open just before the collision. If the Excelsior had ported instead of starboarding, they would have gone clear. The Mail was scarcely half the length of herself off when witness saw the red light. The captain and the pilot, from the position in which they stood, should have seen the red light better than he did, It would have required good eyes to see it at all, as it was so dim that when witness first saw it he could scarcely tell whether it was a signal light or not. Thinks the light being so weak or obscured must have been the rea•• on he did not see it sooner. Did not see the green light at all. The mast head light was very dim. Saw this light four or five minutes before they struck. The Excelsior might go three-quarters of a mile through the water in that time, if at full speed. The vessels may have been a mile distant when he saw the light first. Had no jollification of any kind with any of the men on board to celebrate the first trip of the vessel from Liverpool. To Mr. Raffles : Was the only man who had nothing to do but look out, before the collision. Atter seeing the light first looked particularly for a green or red light, but saw none then. Could not make out whether it was a screw or paddle steamer until they struck. Did not say anything to the passengers who jumped ou board from the Mail at that time. In about twenty minutes or half an hour, when they were about getting the vessels clear, asked them to go aft in the Excelsior or go back into the Mail. Asked if they would come to Belfast or go back to Liverpool in the Mail. Wanted them to keep clear of the forecastle. Did not see any of the passengers receive ill treatment—they received none. They were not hurried over the sides by his people. To Mr. Bremner : If the Mail had been a paddle steamer would have ascertained that she was a steamer before from the noise of her paddies. If a light is coming stem on, it is not easy to tell whether it i s a moving or a stationary until it got very close. Has been up and down the Mer sey in the Excelsior about half-a-dozen times ; does not know much of the river. If the captain of the Mail taw that the Excelsior was starboarding, and knowing that, put his helm a -port, that was the very course to bring the vessels into collision. If the Mail had been a vessel at anchor, as he at first supposed, there was quite room enough to pass her on the Cheshire shore. There is no rule about passing vessels at anchor—you may pass at either side, which is most convenient. To Mr. Aspinall: During the time I saw the white light, its bearings did not alter at all. The proceedings were adjourned shortly before seven o'clock, until ten o'clock this morning. POLICE COURT .-_V E STE RDAY THE BRAZILS. By way of Havre we have received advices from Pernambuco to the 24th of June, and from Bahia to the 21st of June, which are nearly a week later than those last received by the mail steamer arrived at Southampton. The English brigantine of war Spy had arrived at Pernambuco. There had been no arrivals of vessels from Liverpool or London at either of the ports. At Pernambuco nothing had been done in freights during the week, in consequence of the few vessels open to charter demanding higher rates than shippers were disposed to give. The business done in sugars was small, and the shipments for the week are reported at 1,498 'tons. There was a small business doing in exchange on London, at 27d per mil reis. We subjoin details of the commercial news from both ports : PERNANIBUCO.—.IMPORTS.—The business of the week has been very limited, owing to the non arrival of vessels from foreign ports.—Butter : No arrivals, and no sales to advise.-- Codfish : Owing to having no jerked beef in the port, the demand for fish has been increasing : and as no fresh supplies have come to hand, stocks have been reduced to about 3,200 di urns. The last cargo from Newfoundland, per the Chanticleer, was sold at about 131.000 instead of 14$000 per drum. _Flour : The cargo from Boston, per Helen, has proceeded on to Bahia, which, together witliche consumption, has reduced our stocks to about 10000 barrels. 400 barrels from Genoa, per Daino, are retailed by the importers; and of Lisbon, sales by public auction have been effected at 20$0A0 to 225000 per barrel. Manufactured Goods: The demand is improving. EXPORTS.—Sugar : The stir in the market this week has been of a trifling nature only, and the purchases have been next to nothing from the stores ; the prices in the hands of =autos have ruled at 24450 to 25500 for channel kinds, 2000 to 25750 for superior lots of 'AI uscovadoes, and 3sloo to 45200 per arroba for whites, low to fine qualities, which latter are denominated thirds and seconds. The shipments have been 1,498 tons, making a total since the com mencement of the crop to date of 48,801 tons, consist ing of 20,803 tons whites, and 27,998 tons browns, against 51,357 tons within corresponding period of last crop, comprising 28,077 tons whites and 23,280 tons browns ; during same time of 1853 to 1854, the shipments amounted to 44.709 tons, of 18:52 to 1853 to 57,958 tons, and of 1851 to 1852 to 41,029 tons.—Cotton : The entries of the week have exceeded those of the previous one by 69 bags, all of which have been purchased on arrival at 65200, 0300 and 65350 per arroba. Since Ist July last the entries amount to 21,357 bags, and the shipments to 20,729 bags, against within same dates of last crop, former 26,820 bags and latter 22,135 bags; stock for sale and shipment to. day 2,924 bags, against 6,028 bags at like date of last year. Maceio and Paraiba cottons : Sales to the amount of 2,500 bags of formers have taken place at 65400 and upwards, part in payment; of latter no sales have been made, sellers are asking from 7sooo per arroba upwards —Hides : There has been nothing stirring during the week, and we consider the rate for purchasing to be 200 rs per lb. The total exports since Ist November last to date, exceed those of corresponding period of 1854 to 1855 by 342 ; of 1853 to 1854 by 22,490; of 1852 to 1853 by 23,910 ; and those of 1851 to 1852 by 32,884, dry salted.—/:um : Entries and stocks continue to be limited, which, together with a good demand still prevailing, have caused prices again to advance, and 86$000 to 88$000 per pipe are the rates asked to-day Spirit, nominal 140$000 to 1455000 per pipe. 307 pipes have been shipped since our last number, making the total shipment since Ist November last 5,051 pipes and being an excess of 315 pipes over those of same time 1854 to 1855, and 399 pipes over the exports within same dates of 1853 to 1854 —Freights: Nothing has been done during the past week ; for the few vessels open for charter high rates are being asked, which shippers do not feel inclined to pay.—Exchange: A small amount has been transacted at 27d mil reis.— Discount : Bank rate 7 per cent per annum, money is plentiful out of doors but apparently with little demand. BAHIA.—ExPoaTs.--Sugar : Both whites and browns are in demand, but purchasers refuse to grant former prices, and transactions have consequently bee❑ on a very limited scale; superior qualities are scarce, and in request for the southern markets. Quotations remain unaltered. Cotton : Without alteration, arrivals being readily disposed of at former rates of 55750 pr arr for Maceios and 0000 for Bahias ; a list of the latter has been sold at a higher price which has not trans pired, but supposed to he 6sloo or 65200 per arr:, at which, Fxchange 27 122, it costs 6d to 6.11 d per lb. tree on hoard, exclusive of freight. Coffee: We have had no supplies, and quotations are entirely nominal. Hides: Unfavourable weather has prevented shipments, and prices consequently remain unaltered. Freights and Exchange: No transactions have transpired since the departure of the Southampton steamer, and quotations are nominal. PIER HOTEL AND LANDING STAGES TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—Allow me to suggest what would be felt upon the completion of the landing stage as a most valuable acquisition, and what would greatly tend to facilitate the immense passen ger traffic of your great port. I mean the erection of a really first-class hotel where the present baths now stand, something 'after the fashion and working of the Great Western Hotel at the Paddington terminus. I have been informed that the sweeping away of the baths, and a dock extension, have been talked over by the authorities, but to me it appears that with every power to extend the docks both on the Liverpool and Birkenhead sides, it would be a monstrous pity not to have at least one point dedicated and made entirely subservient to the passenger traffic of tlte port of Liverpool. As a speculation the hotel would prove eminently successful, and baths might easily be made an adjunct upon a scale equal in size to those now in use; in fact, in skilful hands the present building could be made to form a portion of the basement of the hotel. The effect of such a building from the river would also be magnificent, and would servo to break the somewhat monotonous line of sheds and warehouses, which have no pretensions whatever beyond their utility. Allow me, in conclusion, to express a hope that some scheme for connect ing the two great landing stages may be devised, so that the promenade may be continuous, except at the time when vessels are passing into dock, by means of trussed bridges made to lower, and meet in the centre. Such, I fancy, might be easily accomplished, otherwise passengers arriving by a seagoing steamer, and having to cross over to Birkenhead, will be compelled to pass all round the basin, and subjected to all sorts of annoyances. I would also suggest that the landing stages should be conducted as railway platforms, having a staff of porters and trucks, for the removal of luggage from one steamer to another, and to ba under strict supervision. Such, if carried out, would make Liverpool a model pert for the embarkation and debarcation of passengers, and without which the present system of plunder and annoyance (particularly to strangers) will inevitably continue,—l am, sir, yours, Adelphi Hotel, July 24, 1856. A TRAVELLBR. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE J. POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) There were twenty cases to be heard in this court yesterday, all of which were undefended, with the excep tion of GILL V. THE PROPRIETORS OE THE ST. MARY CEMETERY, KIRRDALE.—This claim was made for the value of a tombstone. In the year 1854 Gill had a little girl bnried in the cemetery, one of the restrictions being that if a tombstone is not placed over the grave in less than twelve months, the grave is forfeited. It appeared that some arrangements had been made with one Jones about the gravestone, to whom £l7 2s 2d had been paid, but he had not com pleted the stone. The claim was for £22 16s 2d. For the defence it was urged that the man Jones bad no right to receive money for the proprietors, the proper persons to apply to being the Mr. Tunsdale, the chaplain, and manager. The court gave a verdict for the plaintiff. APPLICATION FOR A NEW TRIAL.—LITHEGOE V. SHARPE. —ln this case Mr. Hinie moved for a new trial, on the grounds that there had not been sufficient evidence adduced on the trial to warrant the judgment that had been given ; and, also, that a document had be en pr o duced whic h had not before been seen by the plaintiff. Mr. Almond opposed the motion. His Honour could not entertain the application on the grounds of deficient evidence, but with regard to surprise on the production of a document, the application might be tenable. He would consult with Mr. Raffles, who heard the case, and give his decision on Monday next. PRESENTATION or COLOURS.—New colours were pre sented to the 25th Regiment, or King's Own Borderers, on Wednesday, at the Salford Barracks, by Lieutenant• General Sir Harry Smith. ARCHDEACON bENISON'S CAGE.—On Wednesday the case againt Archdeacon Denison was resumed at the Guildhall, Bath, before the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the asses sors, Dr. Lushington, Dr. Heurtley, and the Rev. G H. S. Johnson, the Dean of Wells. The evidence tendered was chiefly confined to proof cf the printing and publishing of the sermons under investigation, the next question for the consideration of the court being whether these sermons contained doctrine contrary to the articles of the Church of England. Dr. Phillimore, for the defence, said the latter point was one which he should leave the court to decide, without offering any opinion of his own. His Grace and the assessors having retired, and remained in consultation about an hour, on their return, Dr. Lashington said it was the unanimous opinion of the court that the printing of the sermen preached on the 7th of August, 1853, and the publishing of the same within the diocese, had been proven; that the publishing of the second sermon, preached on the 6th of November, 1853, had been proved, but not the printing; and that there was no sufficient proof of the printing and pub lishing of the third sermon, dated the 14th of May, 1854. The case, therefore, was now confined to the substantive charge, so far as it referred to the contents of the two sermons. Some conversation ensued as to what course the proceedings should then take, and the court adjourned. (BEFORE MR. T. D. ANDERSON THE WRONG SORT OF PRULT.--JOhll Goodwin, a young man who sells fruit in the streets, was charg al with stealing 12s. from a gentleman named Patrick Driscoll, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that complainant had imbibed too much fermented liquor of some sort, and that, whilst in this happy state of oblivion, he made an unaccountable mistake, by supposing that a door step in Fontenoy-street was a downy pillow, and on this he lay down and fell asleep. Whilst in this state the pi isoner came up, and, with another person, commenced searching his pockets; a female saw them and gave the alarm, when the other got away, but the prisoner was arrested. The complainant said he lost 125., but be did not wish to punish the prisoner for that small sum. The prisoner was remanded. A PIECE or BEEF —John Quinn, a limper, who was at work on board the Cleopatra (s.s.), w as charged by the chief steward of that vessel, with stealing a piece of beef. The steward said, there were a number of men at work on board the ship and that their conduct was outrageous, as it was as mech as he and the storekeeper could do to prevent them from stealing everything they laid hands on. They broke into the store where the porter Bald ale were, and stole it ; and he caught the prisoner taking a piece of beef, 8 lbs, from the vessel. The prisoner said the beef was given to him by another man ; he had good wages and had no occasion to steal. He was sent to jail for a week. THE ROBBERY OF ANCIENT COINS, &c.—Mary Anne • Edmondson, William Murray, and James Davidson, who stood remanded on the charge of being concerned in the robbery of Mr. Bennett's collection of valuable gold and silver coin, were brought up. Mr. Snowball was for the girl,,and Mr. Dodd appeared for the prisoner Murray. Detectives Horn and Cozens, who had charge of the case, produced some more of the coin stolen, (which they had found), and amongst these there was a Greek coin 2178 years old. It is larger than a shilling, and about douhle the weight of that coin. It is in excellent preservation, reed is of the reign of the Greek King Sirnechus, who flourished 322 years before the birth of our SS Jiour. There was also a coin (gold) of Martin Luther, (very rare), and a variety of silver coins of the reigns of Charles 1., James 1., and Elizabeth. In ale, there were 66 gold coins, and about 1,000 silver, consisting of Roman, Greek, and English, with a few Indian and other coins. The collection was extremely rare. The intrinsic value of the coins stolen from Mr. Bennett was about £2OO, but, as curiosities, the value would be at least ten times that amount. The following facts transpired yesterday in addition to what we have already published :—About six weeks before the robbery, a carpenter named Lloyd, who resides in Mansfield-street, was employed by Mr. Bennett to make the cabinet for the coin. Mr. Bennett found the prisoner Davidson a lodger in Mr. Lloyd' house ; and he told them he was a soldier from the Crimea, and he excited the compassion of Mr. Bennett, who gave some money, and was about to get him employed, as a groom, by a friend. When the cabinet was finished, Mr. Lloyd sent the prisoner home with it, and he left it in Mr. Bennett's library, and that gentleman gave him some money. By this it would appear that he knew the place. The mys tery, however, was how the place was entered, as there was no violence used. Mr. Royle, from Messrs. Franklin's, bullion dealers, Crescent, proved that on the Monday morn ing after the robbery, he purchased £lO 158 worth of the gold coins from Murray, and took his address. The pri soner called again in the afternoon and sold him £3 7s 6d worth of gold and silver coins. He said the coins belonged to a fireigner and he must give the full value for them. Me. James Bell, the keeper of au hotel in Great Charlotte street stated, that he purchased a silver crown piece of Charles 11. from Murray, who came iu in the usual way ; this coin had the name " J. Dean" engraved on it, and this coin was identified by Mr. Bennett as one stolen from his cabinet. Mr. Snowball addressed the court on behalf of the female prisoner, and contended that there was no evi dence against her. He said she was very respectable, and called some witnesses who accounted for her time, from the period when she loft the house until her return, when the p'ace was found to have been entered and robbed. The girl was discharged and was admitted as a witness; but the only thing important stated by her was, that the story told by the prisoner Davidson was totally untrue, The other witnesses, who were formerly exam i ne d , were again pro duced and examined. Mr. Dodd addressed the court for Murray, and contended that his conduct was open, and not that of a guilty person. Ho said Murray had actually got the coin from a foreigner, but, unfortunately, he was not able to bring evidence of the fact. The prisoners were there fully committed for trial, (BEFORE MESSRS. ANDERSON AND SMITH.) A VERY BAD WIFE —Officer 504 brought up a woman, named Mary Anne Jones, the wife 3f a rigge r , on a c h arge of having stabbed her husband, John Jones. The constable said he heard a great noise in Gore•street, is a house where the parties lived, and after some time he heard the man exclaim " Oh, you have stabbed me." lle then ran up stairs and found that the woman had hold of her husband by the throat with the left hand and striking him with her right, but he could not see what she had in that hand. He found the man bleeding desperately from a wound on the Prehead, and he took him to the Souther - a Dispensary and got his head dressed; he then went back and found a knife (pro duced) on the 8 or, with blood on it, and he then arrested the prisoner. The unfortunate husband said he came borne at night and gave the prisoner his day's wages, 4s. 6d., keeping sixpence for himself. She was not satisfied with this, but made a furious attack on him with a knife. She had stabbed him once before and was imprisoned twelve months for it, but she had been worse ever since, and he could not live with her. Mr. Campbell, one of the bridewell keepers, said, in August, 1854, the prisoner was convicted, at the sessions, of having stabbed her husband, and was then sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment. She had been committed no less than twenty timei. The complainant said he had gone to North America in order to avoid her, but he left her £2 10.3. a month and that was not h a lf enough to support her in drink. It was a had day for him that he ever saw her. A medical gentleman from the Southern Dispensary, who dressed the Wounds of complain ant, was examined, and gave evidence as to their extent, but he did not think there was any danger of the man's life at present. Tice prisoner made a long rambling st aenaeut She was sent for trial at the sessions. (BEFORE MR. R. GLADSTONE.) VIOLZNT ASSAU , T.—Laurence Burns, a shoemaker, was char- l ied with having assaulted George Jennings, and with having broken his ribs. The complainant resides in Hygeia street, and he had employed the prisoner to work for him. On Wednesday week, some dispute arose between them about a silk pocket handkerchief, when the prisoner took up a wooden mallet and struck the complainant on the ribs, breaking some of them. In reply to the charge, the prisoner made a long speech, in which he introduced the war, Gene• ral Williams, and several other personages. He was fined £5, or, in default of payment, two months' imprisonment, BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT. A CURIOUS TASTE. —Edward Hart, was charged by police constable Hodgson, with falsely representing himself as one of the Birmingham detective force, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain money. The prisoner in charge, certainly bad the appearaace of a policeman, and it was sated had 'formerly br - en in the force, but was now a labourer, working in the Albert docks. Hodgson stated that on the previous morning, the prisoner called at the police office, and represented himself as a Birmingham detective. He said he had come there after three men who had absconded--one for having forged a bill on his own father, the second had robbed his employer of £45, and the third had stolen a gold watch and chain, and that one of them had been several times convicted for felony, and was a returned transport. He gave a description of three men, and the consequence was that Hodgson and the prisoner went in search of the offenders. As Jones stated, they found three persons answering the description he had given, but one of them was absent. From what took place there, Hodgson began to have his doubts as to whether. Hart was really what he had represented himself to, be, and asked him to prove that he was a police man, by showing his ticket, or anything els-3. After making several evasive answers, he attempted to make his escape, but was soon captured. In an swer to the magistrate—the prisoner said he was in drink at the time and did not what he did. Hodgson and several other witnesses said he was perfectly sober at the time, with u g hr hethe had be en hallinking for several days before r, wobut recently returnA from a foreign country. The magistrate after admonishing the prisoner for such simple conduct, ordered him to be dis, charged for the present. STEALIN G IVORY lIAN DLEi.-- A rough-looking elderly man, was brought up on a charge of having stolen a quantity of i vory handles for umbrellas, &e., the property 0 Mrs. Ann Kennedy. The complainant stated that she was the manufacturer of the articles. Having occasion to be at Seacomb, she stayed at the prisoner' house where she left the bundle containing the articles, while she went to Egremont. On her return, she went to Manchester, taking as she thought, all the goods with her, hot to her astonishment when she got there, she missed a large quanty of umbrella handles. Informa tion was given to t h e police, when it was proved that the c p eala r isposed of such art i cles at various therefore appr e h en d ed. The case pi,saoender he ead was d was clearly proved, and he Was committed for trial. STEALING SKE WE RS.—Henry S m i th and William Willi a mson, were charged vkith stealing 30,000 skewers, the property of John Leicester, of Liscard. The prison ers were remanded. NAVAL COURT M ARTIAL. —At P or t smou th a court martial was held, on Wednesday, on board the Vi ctory, to try a seaman named William Wyatt, of the Sidon, steam frigate, for stabbing John Weed, a seaman, of the same s hip, with intent to take his life. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to forfeit all his pay and prize money, and to be imprisoned and kept to hard lab our f or two years, and to be di sm i sse d f rom the service with disgrac,-,